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okay to talk about EXACTLY HOW i would handle giving charon a big good boss fight and also sympathetic backstory and redemption and all that jazz

there are approximately ten million words beneath the cut, and also ten million raspberries in my shampoo, and these charon thoughts are just as sweet as that

alright so ALREADY i kinda did feel like he was sort of a friendly enemy when i first played the game?? like his Thing of being the constantly never fightable dude actually was kind of sympathetic in a way. it always just felt like he was Chilling Out and not giving much of a shit about being evil and also had nothing personal against you the player. he doesnt follow any of cyrus’s big philosophy and he’s clearly only here for the money and really phoning it in, and that kinda makes him not your enemy at all, even though he’s on the team youre fighting. Like I always found it a good establishing moment that in the Valley Windworks when they first introduce “hey this time there’s two galactic teammates here” and all, CHARON IS STANDING DIRECTLY IN EYELINE OF YOU RUINING EVERYONE’S PLANS. he’s just standing there! and of course he’ll never do anything to warn mars about you, the game just isnt programmed that way. but it fits really well with his character if you think of it as an intentional thing? just imagine this random gramps sitting there drinking tea while all his teammates actually Care About Things and Use Effort. He’s always criticizing team galactic’s plan too and like WHY IS HE DOING THAT TO YOU if not because Nintendo Wants Him To Be My Best Friend ok. Like he doesn’t fuckin trust anyone on his team so why would he spill the beans about his big secret plans he has to make money off of this villain plan and then bail before they actually do all the dumb shit with legendaries and such. Yes ok its PROBABLY just because its a videogame and they need to exposit stuff to the player that the character is probably just thinking and not saying out loud. But wouldnt it be so much better this way!!!! Also even when you finally face off against him personally in the postgame for his actual dumb money plan he’s still like ‘lol fourth wall breaking time im gonna not have a boss battle cos if you beat cyrus’s ass i aint got no chance’. Dammit nintend i still wanted to fight him but thats endearing so i cant stay mad at u! And he has several lines during it with stuff like “i like seeing children trying so hard BUT YOURE TOO LATE” and “youth like you can live in idealism but for me its all about the money”. Like man u remember that time i had a big angry rant about how his manga version was super OOC cos they didnt just choose to make him eviler but made him murder a child? like the only time anything involving children is mentioned in canon its him being mildly more polite to children!!! MILDLY FRIENDLY! LET ME HAVE THIS...

okay so YEAH the first big change would be just giving him more screentime and more fleshed out character in these early scenes. Make him a full on friendly character who is technically on the opposite side but has no beef with you and no loyalty to the greater plan of his team. So he’s just comically like “oh hi again! yeah lol today’s plan sucks huh?” and makes idle conversation while the main character villain admin of the day is actually doing important plot stuff. like have him along for everyone’s scenes not just mars at the start, dissappear for hours until the very end. And yes definately keep the thing of the game constantly lampshading that he’s a new character for the third version of the game, and everyone in the team thinks he’s useless and forgets he’s even there. it was annoying in the original game cos he actually didnt get any love from the writers themselves, but yknow you could give him an expanded role and rewrite that stuff to be more like “oh poor guy he’s the underdog”, yknow? am i the only one who felt inherantly sorry for him?? i mean he’s a tiny grandpa!!! and he looks so sad on his official art!! Oh oh and also add the additional running jokes and expanded characterization he had in his very brief anime appearance, which was honestly the only well written part of the entire team galactic arc. It fleshed out a bit of his relationship with jupiter who never really appeared alongside him in the game except to say “im not teaming up with you” at the end. Having the context that she finds him annoying cos she’s very serious and also very dedicated to cyrus so she hates this opportunistic bastard pretending to be dedicated when its an obvious lie. And also she thinks his laugh is obnoxious XD Oh also I liked how they expanded upon that one scene of Saturn being sarcastic at gramps and made it into an actual thing that him and charon most often work together and have a mutually sassy dynamic. I found it humanizing that anime saturn is very serious but can comically overreact to very minor teasing from this grandpa! I thought that was better than the games where he’s just serious or the manga where he was 100% changed to be 100% silly and kinda stole charon’s personality for reasons i will never understand.

ANYWAY! IN SUMMARY! show scenes of charon being endearing by being not really interested in the big evilness, being underdog-y by always failing at his smaller evilnesses and getting disrespected, and also maybe drop in some more interpersonal relationships between the admins to hint that charon does indeed have some friendship going on even if he’s a tsundere bitch who’d never admit it. Also maybe the other thing from the anime where they made him a cool computer guy? cos srsly it was lazy that the games just said “he’s the science” and never clarified wtf he actually does at his job. cos cyrus is already a science boss??? he kinda already did most of the big sciencey plans?? why does he need this man if its not for mechanical or legendary pokemon stuff OK HEY MAYBE COMPUTERS! also its funny to imagine him being a memey blogger but sun and moon actually made faba canonically that so i dont think you could improve on him. TAKE NOTES FROM BEAN MAN, NINTENDO

Also maybe you could hint at the rotom backstory before it actually happens? like could just show some mild implications that he is sad, cos the ‘friendly enemy’ thing would already be decent foreshadowing for him potentially having a soft spot. “Wah i am an emotionless evil money man” says local villain, while gossipping with Dawn about his coworkers and sharing lemon squares. But like I mean i don’t really want him to be LITERALLY that, i still like him being grumpy and guarded about his secret good heart. I’m just saying “friendly” as in.. sort of a disconnect between what he says his personality is and how he actually acts. The stuff he actually says is very grumpy but like.. hey he’s saying stuff to you when he doesnt need to, and nobody else on this team is casually talking to you as if youre not an enemy. Like he’s SUBCONCIOUSLY friendly and doesnt realise it? He’d never SAY “i am lonely hello please talk to me” but he’d sure as hell walk over to you and talk to you anyway. About grumpy things! Grumpily! And maybe express occasional compliments in a sort of “haha im surrounded by idiots you’re way more down to earth than all these adults who act more like children”. Cos in that fourth wall breaking moment he has, he respects that you’re a badass and decides thats why he’s not gonna have a boss fight. “You’d just kick my ass, so lol fight these grunts instead while i run away and do my evil plan” That is the kind of sympathetic charon i want!! He’s doing a douchey thing by breaking the script of how boss battles work and making everyone else fight you instead even though he knows that they’ll lose. But he’s also likeable because breaking the script of boss battles is unexpected and comedic! And he’s also accidentally being complimentary to you so its like SIMULTANEOUS JERK AND NICE AT THE SAME TIME. Thats the good stuff!! That quality grumplegramp content!!! if he got redeemed and just 100% changed his personality to lose all the sass and sneakyness then that’d be boring yo...

OKAY WHERE WAS I? Okay hey once you’ve established that, maybe now you have a basis for the sad foreshadowing!! Like you could have one scene where he’s suddenly NOT friendly, he’s not just grumpy in the funny sort of way but actually seems cold and stoic and actually does something useful to the team’s mission or whatever. Sort of a ‘whoa what’s wrong with him today’ thing and it could be subtle cos on the first playthrough you’d just think he was being a jerk cos he’s a jerk and all. but maybe it happens on a scene of team galactic doing some evil plan in eterna forest/other place that’d potentially relate to the rotom sidequest. like he’s just really fuckin depressed to be reminded of his one big failure in life. OH maybe it could actually be at the unnamed junkyard thats mentioned in his backstory but doesnt actually feature as an area in the original game? It could make sense that it’d be part of their plan cos team galactic attacks various energy sources and other technology related places to find the stuff they need to make the big world erasure machine. could just be simply them robbing some old generator parts after their attempt to take the whole power plant failed.

Oh and also maybe add a lil something to his last scene at the galactic lab? Cos like.. what we already have in the game has potential to be a moment where he did a good thing but no its not. Like when you look at it, hey he kinda helped you out here by being all “hey lol saturn the kid is here, bye im not stopping u, feel free to take the lake trio”. Even if saturn is the one who actually SAID feel free to take the lake trio and actually had a good hint at redemptiveness moment and all. Please never take that away, that was good, you just coulda had both of them do it, yknow? And we dont wanna make charon go full good guy all of a sudden when he hasnt even finished his characetr arc, so instead make it more of a moment where its like “im a bad guy but this is going too far”. Like maybe ACTUALLY HAVE A PAYOFF for the foreshadowing that he has no loyalty to cyrus and is blatantly plotting to betray him at some point. He never actually did!! He only tries to capitalize on cyrus already being defeated in an entirely optional sidequest that fails at delivering a proper payoff.

So hey! My idea! Add some complexity here by making it clear that charon is evil in a more petty and mundane way and not in a.. like.. actually dangerous way. Once things start getting actually dangerous he starts chickening out! Like he’s a jerk who does mean things to get money but he’s just MEAN and not friggin murderous or worldending. Give him a moment of “oh shit cyrus was actually serious oh god how do i get off of this train”. Like it seemed that he never really believed that team galactic would ever truly create a new world, and he certainly didnt give a shit about it, he just thought he found an easy opportunity for a paycheck in some dumbass’s deluded plan that’d never really work. But OOPS i guess it actually is happening, oh fuck! Give him a bit of a crisis where he realizes what he actually helped this man do, but not like a full on “everything ive ever done is bad and i dont wanna be evil anymore”. Not YET! Just friggin.. “oh fuck i cant spend money if the universe doesnt exist and also i am dead”. “PLEASE HELP ME CHILD, CYRUS IS GONNA TAKE AWAY THE MONEY!!” xD It’d be fitting for his character and a good light moment of comic relief after the emotional and dark stuff happening around this section of the game. Like he already kinda does that by having that scene of saturn snarking at him, but it could be even more funny! Move the first him and saturn bickering scene to earlier on and have this be like a satisfying scene of saturn actually winning? cos in the anime it was always charon being smug and making fun of him while saturn gets all grumpy about it, now it could be the reverse with smug charon having a breakdown and realising his whole money plan is in shambles and its his own fault.

Also maybe it could have additional payoff with Charon actually helping you take down cyrus? Again, not actually because he’s switched sides but because he's still evil but evil for different reasons than cyrus. That good ‘reluctant teamup with minor goofy villain to take down big actually scary villain’ thing. With the added bonus that the minor goofy villain is objectively a worse person than the scary villain and the scary villain is still redeemable, as opposed to in the manga where they used this same trope in the form of “cyrus is good now and we’re making charon the big scary villain to prove how good cyrus is cos charon is worse”. That was dumb. It was especially dumb cos WHY ON EARTH would you pick charon for this??? like they still had moments of him being comedic and wimpy yet at the same time wanted us to believe he was legitimately threatening? ANYWAY my idea for this is that charon’s computer skills could pay off and it could be something like “oh i always put a failsafe kill switch in my computer just in case i need to grab the money and run”. Like him being a paranoid untrusting selfish asshole was actually the reason he was able to save the day! Also it would explain why cyrus’s machine only fails and summons giratina in platinum version. the manga actually did say that charon sabotaged the machine so thats one actually good thing that came from it! Congrats u filled one plothole while making twenty more XD

OH and perhaps this same section could also foreshadow the rotom thing? like I was thinking about how he could actually choose to give up and let you take the lake trio and have it still be 100% in character. It could be an extension of his “shit, i didnt think things would get this serious, please save me from the consequences of my own actions!” moment. Cos I think that any normal dumb greedy money man would still be horrified at the idea of mutilating a thousand year old majestic unicorn of mythology and then flushing it down the toilet when it outlives its uselessness. Like he doesnt do it because he wants to help you save the day or anything, just cos the idea of killing the lake trio is just too evil for even him. It could be kind of a meaningful moment about how cyrus is doing all this for good reasons yet they caused him to do these actions that are even more evil than the actual dude with evil motives. And maybe you could establish this through a scene of him and cyrus inetracting, which could also help amp up how intimidating cyrus is, in preparation for the big climax? Have charon trying to wimp out of “disposing of the useless specimens”, but cyrus is having none of it. Like it could start off funny with him making up loads of other excuses cos there’s no way he’d admit he’s having Feelings and all. “Wait but let me have them! if theyre useless to you then i can just sell them right?? ha ha thats the only reason im saying this, lol you know me i’d never be swayed by any sentiment” But cyrus sees through it instantly and gets right up in his face like fuckin Raw Cold Fury, no you are NOT going to disobey me. He is PISSED OFF because the only reason he kept this useless senile old bat around is because he’s the only one in this group who isn’t a simpering moron at the mercy of their pitiful heart. If you can’t even do that, then what’s the use of you? So everything charon tries fails and all he accomplishes is getting fired on the spot for even TALKING ABOUT defying his boss. And cyrus just orders saturn to dispose of the lake trio instead. Saturn of course is smarter and says nothing in defiance, but then the both of them work together to let you take the pokemon and just act like they failed to stop you rather than doing it on purpose. And its kind of an uncharacteristically quiet and intense moment between these dudes that are usually at each other’s throats with funny banter. They’re united for a moment but for very different reasons. Charon knew that cyrus wasnt a good guy from the very beginning and he just underestimated him, and is now feeling in over his head and worried this could be the end. And saturn always thought cyrus was good but is starting to struggle with doubts. And maybe charon actually tries to warn saturn about it? Like “hey i knew this all along but i never told you but HEY CYRUS MIGHT ACTUALLY KILL US ALL” and saturn starts on his usual speech about cyrus being the greatest but he starts to question it and AAAAA! but ultimately this moment isnt the moment where he makes the right choice, and he does end up going back to cyrus and continuing the plan. and also charon is on the edge of actually doing something good and trying to stop cyrus’s big ol doom time (albiet for selfish reasons of No Money In The New World) but he also wimps out from this chance and instead decides to grab as much cash as he can and run the fuck away, as if its even possible to outrun the destruction of a whole dimension. but at least him and saturn agreed on the lake trio rescue operation, thus their moment of almost-redemption helped the player even if they didnt actually turn good. AND then you’d have the surprise moment of charon actually stepping up at the last minute and doing his thing to sabotage the machine and all. which again doesnt really solve the whole thing and doesnt really make him turn good but at least it downgrades the threat from ‘cyrus actually succeeds in destroying the world’ to ‘okay we just need to deal with a slight case of poke-hell and one collossal centipede’. Srsly man sinnoh’s plot has the highest stakes cos in platinum you straight up actually fail and cyrus actually would have destroyed the world if not for giratina! Oh and also a random note is that i think it’d be funny if charon helped you out while still running away? like you just learn about the machine sabotage being his responsibility cos it flashes his goofy hacker logo from the anime or something. Maybe instead he hacks your Poketch and is like HEY HELLO IM GONNA SPLODE THE THING BUT NOT COS IM A GOOD GUY, BTW I AM A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY PLEASE DONT LET CYRUS KNOW I DID THIS

SO YEAH! whatever! whether or not we get that added bit of teamup with charon in the climax, we’ve still given him a bit more screentime so the player actually remembers him and actually cares about doing his optional sidequest in the postgame. so him not having a boss fight would be less of a letdown and all. But having the teamup plot would be a good opportunity to turn the wifi event into not a wifi event! maybe during his panic charon drops the key to his secret lab and thats how you get it? cos really it makes no sense at all that the magic wifi gods can just hand you something you’d have no idea existed and never have an opportunity to get. none of the other wifi items are literally a thing owned by a significant character that needs to be teleported out of his pocket by plot magic! Also it sucks that a chunk of important backstory would be hidden in a wifi event so if they still wanted rotom’s alt forms to be a wifi event then JUST make it the ability to get the forms and not the charony diary bit. Cos it makes no sense that the ENTIRE REASON CHARON EXISTS is to introduce the rotom form event yet you’d have no clue he was connected to rotom until after youve already finished the event. It gave no damn indication you had to take the key to this particular dude’s lab in team galactic!! ANd click on an otherwise unmarked wall!! Put the diary somewhere else and hey there’s a Charon Clue(tm) and now you can actually find the damn event, there you go, fixed. Also annoying cos nothing in the event tells you you have to go somewhere entirely different to catch the one rotom in the game, and click another unmarked piece of scenery that only has a staticky screen to indicate rotom if you happen to be playing at night. Seriously this is why serebii.net was such a lifesaver!!

Okay so WOOP there we go, here we are at a point where the player has seen more of charon and had oppotunities to grow to like him as a character and be suspicious that maybe he could have some sympatheticness. And if he drops an Importante Key Itemme right before the end of the game then thats a hint that postgame stuff exists involving him, and at least one clue where to find it! All the rotom diary stuff would play out exactly the same except that its less of a hell to find, lol.

BUT THEN the big difference in Stark Mountain is that now you have the full context of charon’s backstory and the game actually reacts to you having that knowledge. Like maybe if you dont do that step first then either charon never appears at stark mountain until you do, or you get an abbrieviated version of the quest without the redemption plot? I was thinking actually maybe make it one of those daily repeatable quests, to avoid the player doing the quests out of order and permenantly losing the chance to redeem gramps. Like if you dont see the rotom diary then instead of a big actual quest you just get some five minute “oh we’ve seen team galactic sneaking around stark mountain, defeat them for Some Money Or Something hey thats weird that they were only stealing money hey yknow who’s all about the money? charon! maybe go follow up on his Importante Key Itemme to continue the plot.”

SO THEN once you return Emboldened By The Knowledge Of Good Gramps, you get the proper thing. And... it would actually play out totally the same as in vanilla platinum. Charon doesn’t have a boss fight, all his minions leave him and say he sucks, he gets anticlimactically taken out by someone else in a cutscene, and his last moment is someone making a crack about him being so frail and useless that the hot volcano breeze could knock him over.

BUT THAT ISNT THE END

Its just a fake out that its gonna have the same funny ending as every other charon appearance, and the same lack of him being remotely threatening.

cos NOW WE FINALLY GIVE THE MAN A GODDAMN BOSS FIGHT

and yknow how i said i hate the manga where he’s all super evil and owns three legendaries and kills a guy? okay take away all that stuff but KEEP THE MOMENT OF GRANDPA GETTING TO DO SOMETHING BADASS FOR THE ONLY TIME EVER

Maybe he surprises everybody by actually not being down for the count! And by now he’s just SO pissed off from a whole game’s worth of failing and being disrespected that he does something desperate and stupid at the last minute. If he was meant to be the dude who invented the red chain, maybe he could use it to control heatran even if looker took away the magma stone? like i feel it’d be in character for charon to secretly steal a prototype red chain for himself during the whole “oh fuck my boss is legit destroying the world i need to get out of here” thing. Grab some stuff to sell now your last paycheck is dissappearing into an ominous void, lol. He didnt expect to actually be using it, and if the actually completed red chain puts enough stress on its weilder to make them cry blood then this thing must be even more risky to use! so its a really huge holy shit moment of tiny gramps actually doing something intimidating! and his boss fight could actually be using heatran and actually having heatran get to goddamn appear in this sidequest. it was soooo underwhelming to have to return thru the dungeon a second time to actually see heatran, this time without any story stuff to break up the long walk...

also this entire thing could be a great climax to his character arc and sort of a moment of “okay THIS was actually his motivation all along!” Cos I always felt like Charon’s real motive was low self confidence? Like he’s always on about money but he seems to focus more on SUCCESS instead. Fame and success. “Ha ha i am the greatest scientist and i want people actually aknowledge me” is a thing he repeatedly brings up and also that other characters directly demonstrate in how they act towards him. It just feels like he thinks he can buy that with money if he’s failed his whole life in earning it. And the old “acts egotistical because he actually hates himself” character archetype would work really well as a sympathetic interpretation of his character. It would be like how he’s ‘subconciously friendly’. The thing he actually does (being boastful) is because of a different reason (not believing his own lies and being super insecure about his self worth), but he keeps it so well hidden that not even he realises that its really what he feels. Similar to how he acts grumpy because of a different reason, because he actually DOES want friends and he’s just guarding his emotions under a million walls cos he’s scared of being hurt again. And scared of how he knows he’s a weak willed person who might betray his friends again for his desperation for money. Which is really a desperation to feel valid as a human being, which is really just ‘i want friends’ again under another coat of paint. So depressingly he caused his own problems because of the same character trait that was once a positive in his life! I think he works well when interpreted from that angle, he’s like a dark subversion of a pokemon professor or of your classic ash ketchum figure. Like “the power of friendship” is what turned him evil, and also turned him into a guy who acted awful to his friends. And it could add to this thematic thing if “loving pokemon” was also referenced throughout his plot in a negative sense?

That’s actually one other good thing about the manga, they removed his greedy grumpyness (bad) but replaced it with the same motive as the villain of the 2nd movie (weird flex but okay). Aka “a guy who collects legendary pokemon just as trophies and has forgotten how to treat them like genuine friends”. Even if that wouldnt be his main character concept in this hypothetical rewritten game, it could still be a secondary trait that’s used to suppliment the main emotional arc. Like instead of just saying “money money money” you could flesh out more scenes of him actually talking about HOW he’s gonna get the money and what he’s gonna use it for. Via collecting all the rare pokemon, and to collect more rare pokemon. Which will somehow (in his twisted cynical perception of how the world works) make him a person of value and get people to respect him. It could also tie together pretty much every scene he already has! Cos his backstory is finding this pokemon friend... who was a rare unknown species. And maybe as a kid he decided to become a scientist initially just out of excitement to learn more about his new friend and show them to the world! But then the realities of the difficulties in being respected as a scientist gradually wore him down and he became more cynical, more obsessed with recognition, more believing that the only way to get it was by being an asshole and he’d just get taken advantage of if he kept being soft. And he started to forget why he really wanted that fame in the first place, and instead it just became an obsession, a vain hope that he’d hate himself less if he accomplished his life’s dream. When really from the player’s perspective its obvious that even if he succeeded he’d still be depressed when he realized how he’d lost everything in the process. And it’d be a more realistic sort of way he could have turned from a good kid to an asshole gramps. There wasnt any single day he suddenly made the decision to change, it was just a gradual wearing down of his morals over the years. he became more obsessed and more cynical that normal moral ways of doing things would never get him what he wanted. he started making small sacrifices to his personal sense of morality, and eventually reached the point where he’d completely abandoned it all without even noticing the gradual change. And somewhere along the way he forgot that he started this because of his pokemon friend, and discarded it as “not good enough” in favor of this vain quest to acquire a million other rarer pokemon and just friggin put them on a shelf to boast about them and feel less empty inside. And then also his redemption was a gradual change too? After he reached that point of completely betraying his own sense of goodness, he gradually got sadder and more tired with living this way. By the time you see him ingame he’s not remotely happy with being evil and he’s just a poor dude who’s deluded that being evil is the only way to escape the sadness rather than the cause of it. And thats why his whole ‘oops im accidentally subconciously befriending my coworkers and also the enemy’ thing kinda set him on the road to eventual redemption, cos its the first bit of small upliftingness he’s had in ages. sorta recharges his Ability To Care and he starts realizing what he’s doing and feeling regret. But yeah throughout the main game he never actually acts on his doubts and just repeatedly misses the chance to get redeemed and makes you Kinda Frustrated, similar to zuko or peridot’s redemptive arc? And ultimately reuniting him with his old best friend and showing him that its not too late to fix what he broke = the actual catalyst for his changes to fully stick and he completely switches to the good side.

BUT ANYWAY thats why he needs a boss fight first!

Something like 50-70 years worth of self hate and frustration from devoting himself to a super incorrect way of defeating that self hate, and sacrificing EVERYTHING for the sake of it, and being disrespected the entire time, and being terrified that you’re getting old and running out of time, and almost dying to some guy’s weird void plan, and losing the only thing you had left aka the team galactic job and a few maybe sorta kinda friends you had, and now being disrespected AGAIN by those same people you thought were friends (but never actually admitted it to them) and then also bitchslapped by a frog?? Also this place is real fuckin sweaty?? Yeah stark mountain is a great climactic point for his entire frustrations to boil over and be a bigger eruption than the actual volcano!

Thus we have Grand Dad Gets Serious And Has An Actually Interesting Boss Fight!

but also grand dad is being emotionally open and whoops accidentally might be tearing down those walls he built up around his big ol soft as fuck heart

like the battle would possibly be more ‘you talk him down into giving up, realizing he was wrong, quitting being evil, and going home to his friend that he misses so much. and finally realizing that thats actually the only way he could ever really defeat the self hate that drove him this far in the first place. also he’s not worthless and his friends always believed he was the awesome dude he always wanted to be’. Yknow, rather than actually defeating him and all. I mean you still do that but i think it’d be a case like with the giratina fight where even if you lose or run away you get the same result, just slightly altered text? Just as long as you come here with rotom in your party your victory was already a foregone conclusion. you just get a really cool boss fight as your reward, yknow? cos seriously I WAS WAITING THE WHOLE GAME FOR THAT DAMN BOSS FIGHT!!!

obligatory link again to the cool song i think is a great summary of all of my headcanons for this man’s character arc and would also be badass backing music for a hypothetical boss fight:

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context: it makes more sense if you imagine it as his own internal thoughts of all the stuff he’s been running away from accepting in his own feelings. and/or what he THINKS that the player and rotom would be saying to him, so he’s shocked into speechlessness by the fact that they actually do think he deserves a second chance and has the potential to be good.

actually that could be a really good ending to the fight!!!

like when you get through to him and convince him to stand down, he cowers in fear thinking he’s gonna get the karmic payback for everything he’s ever done. and he tries to run away from reuniting with rotom. half of him is scared that his friend hates him and the other half is.. well..

i think it would be thematically appropriate to end it with a hug

just an image of this lil toy robot pokemon hugging this scared old man, and he’s just so empty and doesnt know what to say. its the last thing he ever expected. and then his shock turns into pain and sadness, as he was really the most scared that his friend actually would forgive him. that everything he ever did really was all for nothing, and he should have done this years ago and saved all that lost time. he’s so scared because he thinks he doesnt deserve forgiveness and he doesnt know what to do now its happening. so he just lets out all those tears he’s never cried over all these years, and the scene ends with him desperately hugging his best friend and never wanting to let go ever again

And then that’d be the big moment that was really the turning point for him, though of course that wouldnt be the end of his redemption and if there was any further postgame content you could show various scenes of him atoning throughout that. or just some images in the second credits scene after you beat the postgame stuff. i’d kinda like if there was some moment of him apologising to the rest of team galactic and joining them in their attempts to rebuild the team into something good. and maybe an extra postgame segment where this redeemified team goes on some bigger quest to try and rescue cyrus from the distortion world and heal his pain too. i think you could get a lot of good scenes out of a redeemed charon being along for the ride! like you’d obviously have cyrus being skeptical that this dude really has changed so much, and probably an extension of that earlier scene where he’s pissed off that the one guy he thought agreed with him about emotions being foolish is actually being the most emotional of everyone. but i think because of that they could also have scenes of relating together and actually starting to form a friendship in the end? like i can see charon feeling guilty for never trying to reach out to cyrus before, and also believing really strongly that cyrus can be redeemed cos like ‘yo i’m way worse than you and i was able to change, please believe that its a possibility for you too!’ Also cyrus likes machines so i think he’d be happy to meet rotom and become friends. And he has that whole grandpa related backstory so it might help a lot towards healing those scars and reuniting the two of them if he starts forming a friendship with a different gramps? THERES A LOT OF GOOD THEMATIC LINKS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TEAM GALACTIC MEMBERS THAT ARE NEVER EXPLORED IN THE ORIGINAL GAME

also in the original version of this plotline it was a fanfic/fangame idea of an alternate universe swap where dawn/lucas/other customizeable protagonist is a galactic grunt instead of the hero. so a lot of the details were different but in that version the protag was literally adopted by whichever galactic admin they picked as their main friendship route. entirely because of self indulgent ‘i wish these guys were my dad/sister/grandpa/whatever’ feels cos sinnoh helped me thru a tough time as a kid. soooo i cant really do that charon grandpa idea where he also renovates the Old Chateau into a ghost pokemon sanctuary and becomes like an actual good pokemon professor. (also rekindles his friendship with prof rowan and agatha from the kanto elite four cos thats just a random headcanon i have) BUT i could still do all that except the part where he adopts u cos canon dawn/lucas already has a mom lol. And i think it’d be more fitting of canonverse protag to adopt Cyrus? Like obv in the canonverse itd probably be the main boss of the team who gets the bigger redemption plot and is canonically the best friend EVEN THO for tumblr user tumblunni in particular it is All Grandpas All The Time. And i like the idea of Cyboy being a survivor of child abuse who tries to become a good dad just like his parents werent. But i also like the idea of dawn’s mom adopting him as her new big brother and him getting to experience a genuine loving family for the first time! I think itd work that way cos cyrus is meant to be 27 even tho he looks older, and i dont think dawn’s mom is that young and also i just see no chemistry between them as any sort of ship. (and headcanon cyrus as asexual anyway) But also the family does still keep in touch with all the other galactic friends!!!

hhhh i wrote So Many Word just about grandpa redemption holy shit i’ll probably die if i try and cover all the other teammates now

ok i will leave it here but just know i also have Deep Headcanons about all of them, even if charon gets the most. somedaayayyyay i will share with you more!!

#commander charon #why. why am i like this #okay apparantly i have used that exact tag like 15 times already on this blog and im betting most of them were also about charon #please love charon

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Now You’re a Real Criminal (Part 3)

Pairing: Edward Nygma X Reader Word Count: 2900 Warnings: I feel like Ed being a jerk in an adorable way should be a warning

-Part 1- -Part 2- -Part 3- -Part 4-

The precinct was about as awkward as you imagined. He did, in fact, kill a few people there not a year ago. It was almost comical watching Ed stride in with a smile, relaxed around so many that wanted to choke him. Yet his threats were anything but funny. In a few words the room was helpless under the power of his authority. It was a wonder how awkward and bright you appeared, left behind after he spurred off to the forensics lab. Reluctant to break the screaming intensity of the room, you gave a small cough. Holding the clipboard close, the grumpy detectives Edward had threatened personally snapped their heads to you. With a glee you smiled and introduced your name, and more importantly, “I’m Mr. Nygma’s secretary!” Their glares raised into confused glances toward one another. “I got promoted this morning.” you added with a chipper tone. They both gave an even more confused smile. Jim was the first to cave, holding out his hand with a demeanor so polarized from the way he spoke to Ed. “Uh, Jim Gordon. Is there something you wanted?” “Oh! That’s right!” you gasped, “Mr. Nygma wanted me to collect any files on those hooded people?” “The Red Hood Gang?” Bullock asked, a hint of judging you in his tone. Your whole department should be talking them, with it being attacked by the crooks after all. “Yeah! I think so!”

The two shifted, Jim glancing away in Ed's last direction. When he came back to face Harvey, there was wide-eyed apology there. Harvey’s face fell annoyed but pleading, only for Jim’s face to twist into a sorry frown. Turning back to you with a bright smile, Jim offered, “If you don’t mind miss-”

“No-no-no-” Harvey begged under his breath. “You can follow Detective Bullock here and he’ll give you everything you need.” “Jim! Jim-no-” In a swish Jim was gone, stalking fast to catch Ed. Left alone with the defeated Harvey, you tilted your head in innocent expectancy. Harvey forced a smile before motioning for you to follow. Pattering to keep up, you decided to start some digging. “It’s hard to imagine Mr. Nygma working here. Was he always so… you know,” “Arrogant? Homicidal? A dick?” Holding back a smile you could only offer a nervous, “Uhh-” “No. Ed was a geeky little worm not six months ago. Annoying to boot. Always going off with his riddles…” He grumbled. “Yeah the riddles, what's all that about?" “Who knows. Ed’s always been a little screwy.” He opened the door and gave a little bow for you to come in. Seeing the file room, a chill ran up your spine remembering the graphic details of Ms. Kringle's death. 'Dismembered' was the favored description. Walking down an aisle, Harvey stopped and leaned on a cabinet. “Hey, how did you come into employment with Ed? You seem so…” He struggled to find a way of pointing out you appeared to only have a small fraction of Edwards intelligence. After a pained few seconds he saved with, “Nice!” You smiled wider trying not to laugh, “Thank you! A lot of people tell me that!” “They’re not wrong.” He pointed. “But Ed isn't the type that works well with others. He’s treating you alright, isn’t he?” “Well we’ve been working together for a little while but we’ve never had much interaction before. We would pass off the numbers for the campaign, you know, like all the stuff we have to buy to look good and sell the election. It’s a lot of work and it takes a lot of money. People might think it’s easy but it’s busy-busy all the time! One time, while I was hanging the bows-” “Is he treating you nice? Like, he doesn’t yell at you a lot does he? Or... make you do thing you’re uncomfortable with?” You bit your lips, looking off. Now was your chance. You could whisper how Ed was threatening you into playing his underling. How he was planning to kill people. How he wanted you involved and would kill you if you backed out in any way. Yet, Ed was Chief of Staff and could no doubt hire his own jury. Also he was a murderer and would be overjoyed to kill you on the slightest provocation you weren’t faithful. Down the road, after a lot of careful consideration and set up, you could come out. But right now this one old time detective wasn’t enough to bet on. ��Mmmm-nope! He’s no different from any other boss I’ve had!” Harvey hummed to that, looking off almost disappointed. “But I only started working close with him this morning, if I see anything, I’ll know who to call!” Harvey nodded, not taking the veiled cry for help to heart and instead held out the thin folder. Turning the file over, disappointed with the lack of beef, you followed him out. Ed's gravel reached your ears and you lifted the file, waving it childishly, “Oh Mr. Nygma! I got the thingy!” Unimpressed with your act, Ed patted his knees and cheered like you were a little puppy, “Good job! Look at you! Shaping up to be a spectacular employee!” Offended he’d play so petty, it was hard to keep your glare back, the smile straining not to turn into a snarl as he walked by and ripped the file from your hand.

Bare feet kicked up on the couch, you flipped through what little there was to know about the Red Hood Gang and it’s previous affiliations. All the associates were dead, leaving this copy-cat gang dry on leads, even more so on motives. Ed was at his own large desk with maps and pictures and a notepad he scribbled all over when something connected, boiling down the places the gang hideout could be. Peeking at him, it was strange seeing Ed out of his suit and hat. You dare say he looked like a natural born person in a white t-shirt and plaid pajama pants, hair falling in disarray the more he combed through it in frustration. “I find it interesting they’re not a true copy-cat. The group before was nothing but a bunch of bank robbers. Terrorizing the mayor wasn’t exactly on their list.” Ed gave a vague hum. “Makes me think someone hired them, know what I mean, using the icon as a front?” He gave another uninterested hum. “Come on Ed, motive’s important.” Thinking about it you started mumbling to yourself. “Which is why mine is always kind of embarrassing. ‘I did it cause it’s fun.’ isn’t as exciting as ‘I did it for vengeance!’ or ‘I learned it from watching you!’-” “Motive takes a backseat and can be misleading when the evidence comes to surface. It’ll be easier to put everything in place once we find out where they are.” Glancing over his shoulder he pointed out, “If I got caught up in motive I might not have found you.” You tipped up the papers, ignoring his self-bloating. “I don’t know, this has all been really personal. They decapitated his mother for crying out loud.” “They’re thugs. They’ll do anything for name recognition.”

You gave an opposing hum. “Has he pissed anyone off recently?” Edward scoffed, “He was a crime lord that brutalized everyone he had to climb by. There are plenty of criminals who would want him dead or terrorized.” You looked back to the pictures of the past exploits that had nothing to do with Oswald. “This is why motive doesn’t mean much when you gather evidence. Evidence narrows it all down to an absolute, motive is too broad a scope and half the time relies on a gut feeling.” “Have you pissed anyone off recently?” Edward shot a glare over his shoulder before turning back to his work. “I’m serious.” You chimed. “Did you step on anyone’s toes to get into your position? Maybe someone who would want to make you look weak to Oswald in an effort to get it back?” Ed spun around in his seat, his mouth opening to no doubt demean you in some way. Instead he halted, tilting his head away as he thought allowed, “Butch has been staring me down a lot lately… but it couldn’t be. I know he’s an idiot but to attack Oswald in that way, he would at least know the anger to erupt from Oswald-.” You hopped up excited, stalking and dramatic as if it was your plot. “Would taste so sweet if it turned on you should someone, say, a spurred lackey came to save the day instead.” his features softened in realization. With a smirk you leaned on his chair, teasing with a down-tilt of your giant glasses. “If I were you, I’d throw out the idea of underestimating someone just because you think they’re stupider than you.” His eyes side glanced you, returning the smile. “Still,” He pushed his glasses up and turned back to his map. “Motive means nothing without evidence.” But you didn’t leave, hands still fastened to the chair as you looked off in thought. It started distracting and annoying Edward, making him huff. “Could you go think somewhere else please?” “Is there anything coming up soon? Something with a lot of people or media presence?” “Oswald is having a party and inviting some of Gothams richest.” “Oh the gang is definitely going to hit that party-” “Obviously. That’s what I’m trying to prevent.” Ed grumbled, still agitated with your looming presence. You mocked him behind his back, tipping more to look at the map with black circles and lines all over it. “So what evidence do you have?” “The only thing out of place was potassium-chloride found on the abandoned vehicle.” You started putting your weight on the chair, making its front feet tip despite his weight. Just as he was about to snap at you, you asked, “Like the stuff they use in laundry detergent?” He was struck silent, spinning back to his map and crossing out a few circles before doubly circling a foundry in the Narrows. Sitting back with a clap and a laugh, Ed's voice dripped in satisfaction. “I know where they are.” He shoved the chair back, no mind for your stumbling to not get your toes bashed. “Get your coat!” You tip-toed the cold floor to slip on your shoes by the couch. “Wha-why?!” “We’re going to pay the Red Hood Gang a visit!” You gave a tiny helpless, “What?!”

Deep in the night of the foundry, some lights were on where they shouldn’t have been. You two crept up to the building echoing with distant voices, the car far behind. Edward stood up straight and adjusted his coat as soon as the entrance was at his feet. “You called for back up right?” You whispered, curled up behind him. “Not yet.” “What do you mean not yet!?” You rasped, smacking his shoulder. “I want to ask them a few questions first.” He argued, turning amused by your anxiety over the situation. “You can’t just walk in there Ed! You said it yourself, they’re thugs! They’ll probably get spooked and shoot you on the spot! I know you want to find out what this is all about but you can’t honestly think-” Smiling, he placed a single finger on your lips. “I can never be stolen from you.” You deflated and glared at him. “I am owned by everyone. Some have more, some have less. What am I?” You rolled your eyes with a frustrated sigh. Hands on your hips, you were stern, “What does knowledge have to do with walking into a death trap?” Ed only held his smile, his eyes searching in yours in a dizzy way before tapping your lips and ordering, “Watch, and learn.” With that he straightened his back and waltz headlong into the abandoned foundry. You stuttered a bit, far too frightened with following but came to break, charging in to stand behind him. “Hello gentlemen.” His voice reverberated off the steel walls. Ed held his hands up as they all jumped from their card game and drinking, pulling out weapons. “Easy now, I only want to talk.” He eyed the red masks all scattered on the table and smiled wider. “I see I found the right place.” Guns of every kind pointed at you two, the leader tilted his nose up, “What do you want to talk about?” “The routine. Who you’re working for, what they want, how much I need to pay you to tell me all that such n’ such?” They scoffed among each other. Ed turned to you, “I’m gonna assume you have a couple thousand on you, yes?” Caught off guard, you looked wide-eyed at him, at the men all perked by the sound of currency. You’d ask him how he would know you kept emergency cash on you but, of course he’d know. Finding your character you announced to them, “I do!” With your innocent facade you lifted your purse and pulled out a thick bundle of cash bound in a rubber band. “Probably a couple thousand more if we leave here happy!” Stealing a glance of Ed, wondering if you’d played your part right, you found him smiling gleeful at you. Turning that smile to the goons, he shrugged, “Couple grand doesn’t sound too bad in exchange for some answers… does it.” The leader leaned back to his group, the five huddling and whispering to each other. The guns started lowering as they wrapped up in heated and hushed debate. You clutched the money a bit close like it was your body armor, hoping they’d not realize they could shoot you both and take it. You didn’t realize Edward leaned into your proximity until you felt his breath on your neck. "This might be a pretty nice dynamic.” You gave him a questioning look and he explained with a big smile, “It’s often the woman as the wise guide while the man is a bumbling buffoon. It’s kind of cute we have the reverse of that.” Ed looked back at the five while you seethed up at him. “You know, I honestly can’t tell when you’re insulting me on purpose or insulting me on accident.” Taken back, he countered your glare with an accusing, “Why are you so defensive about your caricature?” The question flustered you, made you shift as you tried to defend, “She’s doing her best, okay, she doesn’t deserve to be mocked by you.” huffing the frustration, you snapped at him, “Just, stop making fun of my persona. I don’t make fun of yours.” Edwards jaw set and the air around him prickled. You stepped on a nerve, and that idea after all this brushed away bickering made your skin cold. “I don’t have one.” He growled. Swaying on your fears, gambling how to treat the situation, you murmured, “That’s not what Harvey Bullock had to say.” “Oh?” The smirk he gave had such a bitter edge you could taste it. “Asking around about me were you?” Ed shifted, looming over you and pointing at your chest like he wanted to rip out your heart. “Now you listen, the man I was before-” An insistent cough grabbed the tension. Ed’s glower crawled to the thugs, chests puffed with consensus. With a last warning look, he pushed his glasses back up and faced them with an impatient smile. “Butch Gilzean.” All your fear rushed out with a hard victorious clap of your hands. “HA! CALLED IT!” A reluctant smile made its way on Ed, some of that angry air slipping. “Two thousand for the name, but... would another five be enough to hire you for myself?” The whole room raised a brow to that. The leader gave an impressed upturn of his lip, “Buddy, for five thousand I’d even tap dance and sing for ya. Though mind ya, the vocals might shatter some windows.” “Noted.” Ed tried to give you the okay to hand over the money but you were hesitant, leaning in and whispering out the corner of your mouth. “Five thousands a lot don’t ya think? I only managed to steal like eight.” That earned you a look of indignity. “We’ll plan to rob a bank when we get home, would that make you feel better?” Your face shifted as you thought. Giving an agreeable shrug you walked up to the big men with big guns, plopping the roll of cash in their hands. Rushing back to Ed, the leader unwound and flipped through the bundle. “They’re all twenties and tens.” He was downright disgusted by the scene. With your cheery ditsy aura, you explained, “Oh! When you pull out a hundred in public, people want to get in your business wondering where you got hundreds. But when you pull out twenties and tens, well that’s business as usual!” The leader hummed in surprise, looking down at the bundle before offering you a flirty smile, “That’s awful smart of you little lady.” You twisted, bashful and cute, finding Ed frowning at you in disbelief. How many times did you break out of character tonight, and they wanted to believe in the ditsy persona instead? A chuckle escaped you at the irony you saw so often, bubbling one up from Ed after he got over the shock.

#edward nygma #edward nygma x reader #edward nygma imagine #gotham imagine #my stuff #Now You're a Real Criminal

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laresearchette · 4 years

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Friday, October 02, 2020 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: TINY WORLD (Apple +) UNDERCOVER BOSS (Global) 9:00pm KINGDOM OF SILENCE (Crave) 9:00pm MONSTERLAND (CTV Sci-Fi) 10:00pm WARRIOR (HBO Canada) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT DEADLY DOUBLE CROSS (TBD - Lifetime Canada) THE REAL BLACK PANTHER (TBD - Nat Geo Canada) NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

AMAZON PRIME BUG DIARIES HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (Season 1) SAVAGE x FENTY SHOW (Volume 2)

CBC GEM BIG THINGS SMALL TOWNS (Season 2) BRASSIC (Season 2) DETENTION ADVENTURE (Season 2) DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL IN THE LONG RUN (Season 2) PEN15 (Season 2) R.L. STINE’S THE HAUNTING HOUR (Season 1) YOU CAN’T ASK THAT (Season 2) CRAVE TV 8 MILE A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST BALCONY STORIES (Season 1) BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON DJANGO UNCHAINED HOPE GAP INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS JACKIE BROWN KILL BILL VOL. 1 KILL BILL VOL. 2 KINGDOM OF SILENCE NERDS AND MONSTERS (Season 1) PEEPLES PULP FICTION RIDICULOUSNESS (Seasons 14 – 16) SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE SINGLE MOMS CLUB TEMPTATION MARRIAGE COUNSELOR W5 (Season 5, Episode 1) WARRIOR (Season 2, Episode 1)

NETFLIX CANADA THE BINDING DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD EMILY IN PARIS A GO! GO! CORY CARSON HALLOWEEN ÒLÒTURÉ SERIOUS MEN SONG EXPLODER VAMPIRES VS. THE BRONX YOU'VE GOT THIS

FRENCH OPEN TENNIS: (TSN/TSN2/TSN4) 5:00am: Day #6 (TSN3) 8:00pm: Primetime

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 2:00pm: Marlins vs. Cubs - Game 2 (SN1) 6:30pm: Brewers vs. Dodgers - Game 3 (SN1/SN360) 10:00pm: Cardinals vs. Padres - Game 3

LET'S BRUNCH (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Vanessa creates an international menu with brunch recipes from around the world.

DRAG HEALS (OUT TV) 8:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): A new cast of drag kings, queens, monarchs and things begin crafting their personal stories into a stage show.

AMPLIFY (APTN) 8:30pm: Spring Breakup

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confidenceatitsfinest · 7 years

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The Fire Was Screaming Out Your Name (And I Watched You Burn)

Pairing: Jikook

Warning: very very slight mention of gore and drugs

Chapter 1

I finally got to writing chapter two after months! I am so sorry for the wait but I hope you enjoy the next chapter. I will try to update this earlier than I did this time.

Chapter 2 [Crossposted on AO3]

Jungkook woke up drenched in sweat. Another nightmare. He shouldn’t be surprised. Sleeping beside Jimin always seemed to quell his fears, stop the streak of horrors that plagued him every night in his cold bed, but last night was an exception.

He took a few shuddering breaths to calm himself. He looked over at Jimin who was still sleeping soundly and sighed at the sight. A swell of unusual contentment bloomed in his chest and no matter what he said to himself, he couldn’t crush that feeling of utter longing. Jimin was always painfully beautiful, but even more so when serenity washed over his features and smoothed out the firm hostility of his normal expression.

Jungkook knew it was way past the time they were supposed to be up and operating again, but he couldn’t bring himself to wake the older. So he lay beside him, watching like the loyal guard dog he was. Or thought he was. Jimin had never bothered to put a label on him – he did everything and anything – and Jungkook didn’t find the need to persist on asking for a name. It didn’t matter what he thought though, it was Jimin’s decision after all and he’d follow his orders all the way down to hell.

Jimin’s eyes suddenly snapped open, shocking Jungkook enough to make him gasp out loud and his muscles to tense.

“I’m sorry, hyung. Did I wake you?” He kept his voice as steady as he could to not betray the anxiousness he actually felt. Jimin always had that effect on him.

“No, it was about time I woke up anyways.” Jimin’s own voice was eerily calm, devoid of any emotion. But Jungkook could here the little lilt of satisfaction. His special privilege, after years of remaining under Jimin’s care and protection, was the ability to detect every tiny nuance of any kind of emotion Jimin expressed.

“Jungkook-ah,” the older’s tone snapped him out of his thoughts, “Did you sleep well?” It was an ordinary question to many, but to Jungkook, it had a meaning far deeper than the surface. A meaning that only held a meaning when between the two of them. He deemed it worse to lie because Jimin could always tell if he lied. It was the way he shifted his line of sight just slightly to the right or the twitch of his fingers against his thigh.

“For the most part…” Jungkook chose his words carefully.

“But?” He should’ve known he wouldn’t be able to escape Jimin’s perception. There was no use trying.

“But, I had another bad dream. It’s nothing worth concerning yourself over.” With that, Jimin walked up to him slowly, cold eyes meeting his and he struggled not to look away. Even after so long, Jungkook couldn’t look at him directly for long.

“Don’t tell me what I should and should not be concerned about. I know best.” Jimin hand shot up to grip his chin, tight enough for finger marks to be left behind and tight enough to make Jungkook to lower his gaze in an attempt to placate him.

“I apologize, hyung. I didn’t mean to imply that. I just meant…that my trivial sleeping problems should not hinder your business.” He felt Jimin’s hold on him slacken and the touch travel down to the sensitive spot just below his jawline. His breath hitched as Jimin’s thumb pressed into the soft skin of his neck, right above his pulse.

“Say, are you scared of me, Jungkook?” He shook his head the best he could while Jimin’s hand was still wrapped securely around his neck. One wrong move and the mafia leader could crush his windpipe under his palm. Not that it would’ve mattered to Jungkook. His life had always rested in Jimin’s hands and if he wished to blow out his flame, so be it.

“Do I make you nervous? If you lie again, I’ll have no choice but to punish you.” Jungkook felt small. He wanted to squirm in unease but his body betrayed him, too used to the strain of keeping his composure for hours on end (eighteen hours was his record, that one time Jimin had him act as a sniper).

“Just a little bit, hyung.” Jungkook tried his best to prevent himself from melting when Jimin started to gently stroke the spot just under his ear.

“Why is that?” A twinkle of amusement danced in Jimin’s eyes.

“I don’t want to disappoint you.” He wasn’t lying. He’d never forgive himself if he let Jimin ever feel as much as an ounce of disappointment in him, would hurt himself for lowering Jimin’s expectations.

“Ah, you’re not scared of dying? Of me killing you so, so easily?” The pressure against his neck was back and forcing its way to the top of Jungkook’s senses.

“No.” The soft not anymore never left his mouth.

Jimin let go of his neck, leaving a dull throbbing in his wake. He pat Jungkook’s cheek softly, satisfied with the daily manipulation of his most loyal subordinate, his sweet little puppy, his deadly Jungkookie. A wry smile tilted the corners of his mouth up, eyes flashing with an emotion Jungkook couldn’t decipher.

“You should be, Jungkookie. You should be terrified of me.” He sounded resigned and Jungkook furrows his eyebrows slightly at that. Jimin hadn’t done anything too extreme that had traumatized him more than the things he’s seen with his own eyes while he was still crawling along the icy streets.

“Hyung treats me well.” Jungkook’s voice was barely above a whisper, not daring to defy Jimin’s words but also implying why Jungkook could never be truly afraid to stand beside him. The older does treat him well, better than he treats his other subordinates for whatever reason and Jungkook would like to keep that special treatment for as long as he can.

“Is that so…” Jimin pressed a finger against the junction of his neck again, where he’d left the distinct fingerprints on the previously unblemished skin. He dropped his hand and said nothing as he leaves Jungkook alone in the room.

Silence enveloped the room at Jimin’s exit and the sun pours into the room again, as if the sun too was afraid of the older’s presence before. It’s a shame, Jungkook thought, Jimin hyung would be beautiful in the sunlight.

He made the bed quickly and closes the door as gently as he could as to not make a sound loud enough to echo through the halls. He walked his way to the kitchen where he often had breakfast with the cooks and servants. He knocked on the wooden door gently and once it opened, he was squeezed with strong arms.

“Jungkookie! I missed you! How’s my favorite little assassin?” Jungkook laughed, hugging the taller male back just as tightly.

“Hi Jinnie hyung, I haven’t seen you in a while.” He had a different kind of love for him. He was the one that gave him the affection he craved when Jimin wasn’t around.

“Too long if you ask me. Come on, I have this new recipe and I want you to try it first.” Jin pulled him in by the wrist and sat him on a chair beside Yugyeom and Mingyu, the two apprentice chefs under his oldest hyung. They both pat him on the back with warm smiles and immediately dove into conversation.

At times like these, Jungkook feels normal, like he isn’t constantly surrounded by splatters of blood and whiffs of drugs, like he’s just a normal young adult with a job and friends that care for him. Even if he dreams about that alternate life sometimes, he still wouldn’t trade his current circumstances for the world. Because in that other dimension, he’d never have met his precious Jimin hyung, he’d never get close enough to see the sparks of fire in his eyes, he’d never get a touch of that smooth skin, he’d never get to watch those marks on his own body fade.

A steaming bowl of beef stew was placed in front of him and his eyes sparkled in appreciation. He nodded his thanks to Jin before immediately blowing on the spoonful and tasting the glorious first bite.

Jin looked at him expectantly, “How is it?”

“It’s amazing hyung, really. The best I’ve ever had.” Jungkook wasn’t lying. Nobody else has ever cooked for him. Growing up in a corrupt orphanage where he had to scavenge for food himself and being kicked out onto the streets at the tender age of sixteen had enhanced his gratefulness for someone like Jin in his life.

Jin ruffled his hair affectionately and returned to stirring the soup he was going to serve for lunch.

“Hey, Kook, how was your last job?” Mingyu had a thinly veiled expression of concern crossing his handsome features.

“It was fine as always, Gyu, don’t worry.” He flashed his friend a soft smile to reassure him.

“You can’t just tell us not to worry, we’re your friends! And boss always sends you on the most dangerous missions!” Jungkook put a finger to his lips, silently telling Yugyeom to lower his voice.

He knew that if Jimin even had the thought that Yugyeom was defying him, one of his best friends would die. He didn’t have the luxury of being a favorite like Jungkook was.

“I know…but I can do it. It’s the least I can do for him after everything.” Mingyu and Yugyeom could not argue against the sheer devotion.

Jungkook took steady steps towards the study room down the hall. Jimin had called for him earlier with nothing but a demand to meet him after lunch.

“Hyung, it’s me.” He opened the door and stepped in. Jimin was leaning back in his office chair, black hair slicked back and eyes hooded.

Jungkook immediately noticed the glass of whiskey on the cherry wood desk.

“Jungkookie, do me a favor.” It was a command behind pretty words. A wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing. That didn’t stop Jungkook from handing his whole existence to the other man whole-heartedly.

“Anything.” If Jimin noticed the deeper meaning, he didn’t show it.

“I’m meeting with a potential business partner tonight. You will be accompanying me tonight.”

Jungkook felt the need to clarify, “I will be attending as your bodyguard, hyung?”

“No,” Jimin swirled the amber liquid in the glass and took a sip, “This time, you’ll be attending as my equal.”

“H-hyung?”

“Not today, Jungkook-ah. Do you want hyung to get hurt?”

“No.” And he didn’t. He would never forgive himself. He would die before he let anybody harm a hair on Jimin’s head.

“Then you must call me by my name. Go on, try it.” The slight smile on the older’s face indicated that he was amused.

“Ji-Jimin hyung.” Jimin shook his head in disapproval and Jungkook felt himself shying away from the eyes directed at him.

“Jimin.” The name rolled off his tongue easily, in familiarity, as if another version of him had no qualms about saying Jimin’s name so casually. If it was anyone else, he was sure their head would be rolling on the ground before they could open their mouth to say another word.

“That wasn’t so hard now was it? Good job. Just remember that for tonight.”

“Yes, hyung.”

“Ah, humans are such creatures of habit,” Jimin’s eyes got distant and Jungkook wondered if he thought of himself as something other than human, “You may leave.”

Jungkook dipped his head in respect and slipped out of the room, leaving Jimin to stare out the window.

Later that evening, Jungkook returned to his room to find a suit laid out on the bed for him. It was different from his usual mission uniform. This one was evidently more polished, with cuff links and a tie clip. He took a quick shower in his personal bathroom and slipped into the clothes Jimin had chosen. Everything fit as perfectly as usual.

He styled his hair the best he could, tried to do the slick-backed look Jimin liked to sport but ended up going back to his usual, bangs falling just above his eyes.

“Jungkook, you ready to go?” A deep, muffled voice came from the other side of the door.

“Yeah, Tae, tell Jimin hyung I’ll meet him by the car.”

“Will do.”

Jungkook ran his fingers through his hair one more time, put on the wristwatch Jimin had given him for eighteenth birthday, and closed the door to his room.

Jimin’s chauffeur opened the door for him, Taehyung and Yoongi would follow in another car as a precaution, and he slid in beside the other man.

“Ah, Jungkook, you look good.” Jimin reached up to straighten his tie.

“Thank you, hyung.”

“Remember what I taught you?”

“Yes…Jimin.”

“Good boy.”

They sat in relative silence, Jimin staring blankly and Jungkook wringing his hands in his lap. He wasn’t used to going to these kinds of negotiations. He normally worked behind the scenes, not in these formal situations.

A hand on his wrist stopped his ministrations, “You have to relax, Jungkook. You know, they can smell fear. Do you know why I believed you when you said you weren’t afraid of me this morning?” Jungkook shook his head.

“Because I can smell fear too and I could tell you weren’t scared of me.”

“I’m not scared, hyung, I’m just nervous. This is important to you and I don’t want to ruin anything.” Jungkook was well aware this deal was more volatile than Jimin let on with his constant façade of nonchalance.

“Trust yourself that you won’t and nothing will happen.” To outsiders, these words may just seem like a piece of advice, but to Jungkook it was the closest to verbal comfort that Jimin has ever shown.

Neither of them said anything more until the car stopped in front of a warehouse. Jimin stepped out of the car first and held his hand out for Jungkook to take. He looked up in slight confusion. Right, equals.

Jungkook walked pressed against Jimin’s side, their hands brushing, “Don’t speak unless I give you the signal to.” An ominous feeling tugged at the back of Jungkook’s mind but he bushed it aside as nerves.

With that, they walked into the lion’s territory.

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hlou14 · 7 years

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If you follow my Instagram, you will have seen back in January that I was in Brunei, a little-known, tiny country on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. I was there to spend Chinese New Year with my ethnic-Chinese Bruneian boyfriend and his family, in what would be my first authentic Chinese New Year in an Asian country. It was a lot of fun, I ate a lot of food and even gambled (only a little bit – don’t worry, mum and dad). Read on to find out what celebrating Chinese New Year in Brunei is like!

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Chinese New Year in Brunei starts with a bang!

Chinese New Year celebrations last for two weeks, and this year they started on the 27th of January with New Year’s Eve. I flew into Brunei with my boyfriend after spending five days in Kuala Lumpur, and NYE was spent preparing for the upcoming festivities. The family shared a large meal consisting of eight dishes – 8 is the lucky number in Chinese culture – and at midnight went outside to worship at the two shrines in front of their house – one for the sky gods and one for Tudigong, the Earth God – with incense sticks – three for the sky and five for the home – and then let off fireworks. They also light a fire and burn fake money as an offering to the gods so they will watch over them.

Yu sheng – the dish pictured centre-right – is a southeast Asian tradition and not found in mainland China.

My favourite part of New Year’s Eve was the yu sheng, the dish consisting of 8 separate ingredients. The family then mix it all together, lifting and combining the foods, bring it as high as they can. The higher it’s lifted, the more luck and prosperity it brings you! Yu sheng is a southeast-Asian tradition, one that’s not found in mainland China. It’s a lot of fun and it tastes good too, though it’s made differently from family to family, and year to year.

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Open houses – prepare to stuff your face!

Over the next fourteen days or so, people travel from house to house to visit family, friends, bosses, colleagues, eating and drinking as they go. These are called “open house“, and you are fed at every single place you visit. Every. Single. Place. I’m serious. On my first day I visited about five houses and I was stuffed to the brim after just the second one! I quickly learned how to pace myself and listen to my body…and sometimes politely decline yet more food. Beef rendang, a Malaysian dish, featured in the spread at most houses I visited, something I wasn’t unhappy about…it’s delicious!

Mountains of shoes outside the front door – the ultimate sign of an open house!

Open houses are held both during the day and the night. The daytime and evening open houses host lion dances and the occasional dragon dance, while the nighttime open houses play host to gambling, and lots of it! I learned a few new games, including a complicated but fun (once you understand it) version of blackjack, and gambled a little bit. I’m a very careful player, but some people like to risk it and come out winning big…or losing big! It’s no surprise to see several different games going on at once, though there are limits to the amount of people at any one table to save the banker from playing himself out of house and home.

Blessed by lions:

There are two parts of Chinese New Year which are integral to the culture and celebrations of the event. The first, which I have already mentioned, is the lion dances which, when celebrating Chinese New Year in Brunei, are restricted to just the first three days of the new year. They vary in size and quality, but most are run by schools or churches, and will visit your house for a fee.

A lion offering the pomelo to the Earth God.

The pomelo and oranges are given to the lion(s) by the homeowner, and the lions then prepare the fruit, presenting it finally to the homeowner for an offering to the gods.

The lions dance at your house, often entering and walking into each room to pray for each room. They will pray over your cars, and, most importantly, visit each shrine on your premises to pray to the Gods. Finally, they will take your gift of fruit, often a pomelo and oranges, and transform it into a beautiful display. The most amazing dance I saw involved five lions, four of which entered the house (the house was HUGE) and one that danced outside on stilts. I LOVE the lion dances – they are easily my favourite part of the celebrations.

Wear your lucky pants…but only if they’re red!

The second integral part of Chinese New Year is the giving and receiving of ang pau, the red packets containing money. The amount varies depending on the person gifting it, but even strangers whose houses you visit (maybe your sister’s boss, or your boyfriend’s friend’s mum) will give you ang pau…if you’re young enough! You generally stop receiving ang pau from non-family members when you begin full-time employment, but people will give in-family for as long as they want.

Driving through the Chinese communities in Brunei at Chinese New Year, there is one colour covering almost every house – red! Red is thought to be the lucky colour, and will bring prosperity to you and your family. The more red you have on your house, the luckier it is, and it is customary to wear red on the first day of the new year.

While I didn’t wear red on New Year’s Day, as it was supposedly unlucky for my boyfriend and his family this year, I did wear a cheongsam, also known as a qipao – the traditional Chinese dress. You can read more about it on my post about the qipao here!

Celebrating Chinese New Year in Brunei is an ever-quieter affair:

Because Brunei is officially a Muslim country, you cannot celebrate particularly openly. Since speaking to friends and my boyfriend’s family, I have learned that over the last few years, while the sultan has been applying the Muslim laws more and more, the celebrations have become ever more restricted. Lion dances, which used to happen across all fourteen days, are now restricted to the first three days. Furthermore, where in other countries you can see decorations everywhere, in Brunei there are no public displays of the typical red and gold.

I was super excited to be celebrating Chinese New Year in Brunei this year. I had a really great time learning the traditions and cultures of the celebration in a genuine setting. It is a beautiful, colourful, delicious affair – I thoroughly recommend visiting friends or family in an Asian country to see Chinese New Year for real!

Want to hear more about my time in little-known Brunei? Read more here.

Read all about my first time experiencing Chinese New Year for real! Ten days of food, dancing lions, and taking off and putting back on my shoes... If you follow my Instagram, you will have seen back in January that I was in Brunei, a little-known, tiny country on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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danny321 · 7 years

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