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eroguron0nsense · 10 months

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Straw Hats Pokemon League AU Part 2

Part 1 : Gym Leaders (Usopp, Chopper, Nami, Brook, Franky, Robin, Jinbe, Sanji) I thought of making the elite 4 yonko or former yonko, warlords etc but it got a bit weird figuring out who would qualify for it so I figured I'd just choose four of my favourite characters and run with it. As stated in the previous post, everyone is alive and well and it's all very wholesome; I'm not making an evil team either because there's too many goddamn antagonists to establish something coherent. All elite 4 members get full teams off the bat because I can

Ground Specialist Nefertari Vivi: Vivi is part of a tradition of ground type elite 4 members including her dad and Crocodile and she’s thriving! Cobra is doing just fine and both of them have mentored her to varying degrees, although she still maintains (justifiably) that Crocodile is an asshole. I like the idea of her wearing her coronation outfit in the official league battles and switching to more casual stuff when you actually see her in her hometown. Golduck is there as a tribute to Karoo, and the Sandaconda is a nod to Cobra. Hippowdon would help set up sand streams but also per the first post it’s implied that she gave Nami a hippopotas egg that hatched from her own. Cobra has a Nidoking and Crocowani has a Krookodile. Team: Golduck, Garchomp, Sandaconda, Gastrodon, Hippowdown, Nidoqueen

Fire Specialists Portgas D. Ace and Sabo: Ace is the successor to Whitebeard’s old elite 4 position, and *dealing with some stuff* after a lifetime of inferiority complex knowing he’s the son of a former GOAT champion. After you clear the league, he decides to take a bit of a mental health break and Sabo fills in for him, although you can still find him for rematches. I almost almost gave Brook the Skeledirge because I wanted him to have more musical Pokemon, but I thought it’d be funny to give Ace a ghost type (wink wink nudge nudge) His team’s not the most balanced in that it has a lot of sweepers and is very offence oriented, but I think that suits his character and there’s some thought behind it (lots of drought and heat rocks to nerf water as much as possible and boost the team, probably an air balloon here and there to help balance out the ground weakness, and give the Incineroar and Armarouge some fighting moves to counter rock types). Sabo is also kind of a fire specialist, but he gets lots of dragon types as a tribute to his mentor and signature attacks in canon. He also gets a Charizard to kind of link the two brothers since the Mera Mera doesn’t exist in this world. Ace’s Team: Volcarona, Mega Charizard-Y, Drought Torkoal, Armarouge, Skeledirge, Incineroar Sabo’s Team: Mega Charizard X, Haxorus, Ceruledge, Chandelure, Turtonator, Salamence

Mixed Dark/Fairy Specialist Charlotte Katakuri: I was caught between having either him or Kidd as the third elite 4 member but I ended up choosing Katakuri just because I personally enjoy him more. I thought of giving him a dessert team at first but there’s no donut Pokemon as of yet and I figured that would suit Linlin better in the event that I do make a team for her, so I’m giving him a lot of dark and fairy types. Mismagius and Hatterene are both there as tributes to Brûlée and I wanted to give the bitey boy something known mostly for its extremely prominent hidden jaw as his ace/signature Pokemon Team: Grimmsnarl, Obstagoon, Clefable, Mismagius, Hatterene, Mega Mawile

Ice/Water Specialist Trafalgar D. Water Law: Law still has his submarine, although he uses it a bit more for research purposes; you run into him in the Polar Tang while you’re being dragged around doing underwater side quests at Jinbei’s behest. The Beartic, Cetitan and Empoleon are there mostly as tributes to Bepo, Shachi/Hakugan, and Penguin, and he leans toward ice/water specialization because of his crew and their polar theming. I thought about giving him an Eiscue, but I figured Empoleon would help balance the team a bit more and generally feels slightly more sword-fighty. Alolan Ninetales is the exception to the polar marine animal theme (although ig it could technically be an arctic fox) but it’s mainly just there to set up hail and I don’t think Aurorus suits Law any better. I thought of giving him an arctozolt to match the colour scheme of the Polar Tang but I ended up choosing Weavile just because it seemed more aesthetically suited to him. Team: Beartic, Cloyster, Cetitan, Empoleon, Alolan Ninetales (snow warning), Weavile

Champion Roronoa Zoro: Zoro is, at present, the champion of the region although he doesn’t really think it suits him, and straight up tells the player that someone else who’s stronger and who he’s deeply loyal to should really be in his place right now. His team is annoyingly, almost detrimentally sword-themed and painfully unbalanced. He’s basically the Wallace of this world, in that he’s got the chops to be where he is but he’s still basically filling in for the real champion/final boss (Luffy) It’s implied that he and Sanji had a massive fight over who should take the seat after Luffy stepped away from being the Champion; Sanji claims he chose his current job so that he could focus more on his cooking but keeps insisting he totally could have beaten Zoro is he really wanted to and it remains a major point of contention. The rest of their friend group is sick of it. Team: Samurott, Scizor, Lucario, Mega Gallade, Absol, Kingambit

Final Boss: Pokemon Trainer Monkey D. Luffy This one’s a bit weird; Luffy’s team isn’t meant to be especially balanced or well thought out because Luffy isn’t a strategist and chooses his companions on pure instinct, but he still needs to have those mythical Zoan attributes, a monkey theme, and stand head and shoulders above all the other bosses, so I slapped a bunch of legendaries/mythical Pokemon that had Luffy vibes onto his team and let him approach battles with a “hit hard, ask questions later” kind of attitude. The Infernape was his starter and given to him by Ace, who obviously raises little fire types in his free time, and it’s there for the obvious Wukong connection. Annihilape kind of reminds me of gear 5, the Tauros is a tribute to Ucy/Moocy, Hoopa has chaos vibes, and Victini is there as a symbol of victory and liberation. Pokemon Trainer Luffy's Team: Paldean Tauros (Combat Breed), Infernape, Zarude, Annihilape, Hoopa, Victini

I figure other Yonko, Warlords, Supernovas, or major antagonists could be frontier brains or something along those lines but I have spent enough time coming up with Pokemon teams for now.

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xamaxenta · 3 years

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i love your pokemon aus! do you have other headcannons for what the strawhats (and everyone else) does in the pokemon world?

I love this question so so much, world building is one of my favourite things ever

Currently I’ve mentioned Ace Luffy Sabo and Marco (a bit of Usopp) so far

more under cut because this is huge

Ace was a competitive trainer and took the league challenge by storm, he was the new rising star, undefeated and with a strange monotype (mostly fire type) team, his starter was a chimchar, but died as an Infernape protecting Ace from a rampaging stolen Rhyperior, since his partner’s passing Ace quit the pro battle scene and became a Pokémon Rancher/daycare specialist

Ace’s original competitive team consisted of: Infernape, Ninetales, Salazzle, Houndoom, Talonflame and Alolan form Marowak

Sabo was away during the devastating time Ace went through in mourning his Infernape’s passing - he regrets it, hates himself so much for finding out months after - reason being he was on his own journey to catch and train all dragon type pokemon in the world so he may seize the title of dragon master, however the moment he hears about Ace he returns after his journeys to the same city as Ace’s Ranch to work at the coincidentally “Dragon” type gym, it is the 8th and final gym in the league challenge, the original leader Dragon (harhar) was called away on business and Sabo has taken his place as the leader, his duty is first and foremost protecting the city and its people

Sabo’s gym officiated team is a gauntlet of five dragons or four dragons and one honourary: Garchomp (also his therapy mon), Druddigon, Dragonite, Salamence, Gyarados

Luffy is the only one out of the three to go challenge league pro, after seeing Ace leaving his dream of becoming the champion behind, Luffy swears to carry Ace’s dream for him and become the champion - his strawhat was given to him by Shanks a mysterious Pokémon master who sees potential in Luffy, they will battle someday - Luffys starter was a Ledyba now Ledian caught by Ace and Sabo when they were children, it is his pride and joy - he also gathers his “crew” to journey around the world with

Luffy’s current team is still growing he has: Ledyba, Scrafty, (Aipom - currently wild but tags along)

Zoro, left his home early because his sister Perona wouldnt stop torturing him with her creepy Sableye, he meets Luffy in the forest outside his father’s castle (Mihawk) after wandering around said castle for a day or two, his team: Kartana, Doublade

Nami, originally a con artist meets Luffy and Zoro in the town housing the first Gym, she steals Zoro’s bag and loses to Luffy in a battle to get the bag back (has all their money in it dumb boys lol), her team: Meowth (yes it has payday), Rotom, castform

Usopp, bug catcher and budding artist meets the dawn trio in a forest where Luffy and Zoro scare away the Heracross he was hunting to draw, joins them after they help him catch it, his team: Heracross, Treecko, Noibat

Sanji, because all then strawhats are actually 14-15 here he’s run away from his family, now holing up in Zeff’s restaurant and Pokémon double battle cafe combo, Luffy beats him and Zeff both in a double battle and Zeff encourages Sanji to travel with the group, his team: Combusken, Buneary

Chopper is the last to join the motley crew of friends, he’s basically threatened to join the crew by his grandmother Doctorine, she wanted some peace and quiet from all his whining (she wants to see him grow with friends his age) his team: cherubi, chansey and snover

Robin Franky Jinbe and Brook are all older trainers met during the Luffy crew adventures, al four tagging along during the more dangerous parts (gang fights saving the world etc)

Robin meets Ace at Portgas Pokemon Ranch initially due to her Litwick, unsure what to do with its tiny flame she goes to Ace for advice seeing as she’s heard of his achievements and incredible talent for Fire types - Ace only has to take one look at the litwick to inform her that Litwicks feed on the closest lifeforce, but this one loves her so much it doesnt want to feed off Robin at all, stunned and very emotional over her Litwick, Robin becomes fast friends with Ace and whenever someone becomes friends with Ace it means they get to sit through the riviting tale of the “Luffy sagas”

Marco, head doctor in the largest Pokemon hospital in the same city that Ace’s ranch and Sabo’s gym resides - meets Ace one day to check on his tiny runty flighty Azurill (Azurill was dropped off by Thatch earlier in the week so Ace didn’t meet Azurills original trainer then), assuming Ace’s services to simply be babysitting, to his amazement Azurill clings to Ace like glue, full of life and adoration - Ace informs Marco that under his care Azurill has learnt two moves since he was away and hopes this is ok, Marco realises hes dealing with someone who knows what he’s doing and maybe maybe its love at first sight 😳❤️

Marcos pokemon are fairy types, they help him with patients: Sylveon, Azurill, Chansey (doctor requirement haha) alolan ninetales, togekkiss, Kirlia

other characters of note:

Deuce, Ace’s travelling partner back in the competitive days, he’s now studying to become a Pokémon researcher and professor, his only pokemon is a vivacious Lucario that insists its very very helpful (which he is), Ace meant to pass on his Ninetales to Deuce officially to help protect him during his fieldwork bc Deuce has a knack for getting into trouble easily, unfortunately Ninetales did not like Deuce and prefers digging holes all over the Ranch for Ace to fall into

Coby: Luffy’s rival, his starter is also a bug type in a wurmple - Luffy fights him when its a Cascoon, and essentially tells him he’s weak why is he afraid of evolving ? Coby inspired next challenges Luffy with a stronger team and his fully evolved Dustox

Koala: gym trainer at the dragon type gym, basically showed Sabo the ropes and gave him a tour around the city when he first moved in, called Sabo a nerd only to find out the next working day that said nerd is her BOSS, RIP koala 😭 her team: Haxorus, Altaria, Dragalge

Law: another teenager competing in the league challenge, someone who has the unfortunate or fortunate luck of bumping into Luffy everywhere he goes who really really loves his company, for whatever reason, he currently travels with them as Luffy’s demands, his team: cubchoo (bepo!), umbreon, kadabra, chansey (doctor/healer requirement, his however is a shiny bc he won’t be caught DEAD with a pink one)

Dadan family: runs a small countryside daycare in which Ace stayed at to heal after the tragedy , learnt everything from his foster mother Dadan to open his own ranch

shanks: ???? Pokemon master 👀 or soon to be one at least more to come on him hehe

#Op pokemon au #Pokemon au #xam scream #also the warlords are gym leaders #the yonko are the elite four #whos the champion👀

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epicspheal · 2 years

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Hello! After beating Clair and then stumbling upon a fanfic in which she got fired from her job as gym leader ( having refused the gym badge to multiple trainers and then using her pokemon to threaten people who question her. It's really good so far and it still very respectful to Clair as a character!) I was wondering what's the cactuverse! Clair is like? I'm not sure if you have any plans for her really, but I'm curious. The same goes for Lance if you want!

Hi there @ihopethisendswell!

Okay, first off, I really want to know the name of this fanfic because the premise of Clair getting fired sounds interesting.

Cactusverse Clair is pretty much how she is in the games. All canon characters of cactusverse are based on their game counterparts and Pokemon Masters (the non-Pasio-specific bits) with perhaps minor influences from the manga and anime (and a few manga and anime specific characters like Yellow and Tracey Sketchit do exist in cactusverse).

So yeah, Clair in cactusverse was very much a poor sport to Ethan when he beat her. Despite coming from the Blackthorn Clan, she's not an aura user with a strong aura guardian lineage. This is mainly because I don't necessarily want every canonically strong trainer also to happen to have aura powers. After all, it gives the impression that the only way you can get to the top is with aura, and that's not what I want for cactusverse. Plenty of strong trainers get their without aura powers, and plenty of weak trainers have aura powers.

I will say that once the Johto arc in cactusverse concludes, she begins to start working more on becoming the next head of the Blackthorn clan. Eventually (probably after the BW2/XY events), she'll officially retire as a gym leader (with the Blackthorn gym going to another member of the clan) to be the leader. As she's preparing to become clan leader, she definitely makes it a point to rehabilitate the clan's image to the public. On the one hand, the Blackthorn Clan is greatly respected as dragon tamers, and they're praised for keeping the aura guardian heritage alive in Johto (along with the Kimono Sisters).

But, on the other hand, there are many who dislike the clan. The Blackthorn Clan has a monopoly on aura guardian knowledge among both Kanto and Johto regions because their ancestors destroyed pretty much every other major clan that also boasted an aura guardian lineage. Being a clan that specialized not only aura but also dragon types gave them a monstrous advantage, allowing them to monopolize the aura guardian market of two regions. This was done in part by merging some of the clans through marriage. And some of it was just warfare. Only two families with a strong aura lineage survived in the ENTIRETY of the Kanto-Johto region: the Oak family and the Kimono Sisters. Any other people who popped up with aura powers from Kanto or Johto (Red, Leaf, Trace, Elaine, Jasmine and Chuck, and other citizens) were all solely due to genetic chance, or they had ties to lineages from one of the other regions. With other aura guardian families out of the way, it allowed the Blackthorns to dominate the market by being escorts for the ancient Johto populace (since that's what aura guardians were used for across regions before owning Pokemon became more commonplace).

So yeah, that's a rather nasty family history. Clair and Lance definitely work hard in their own ways to repair that reputation because those days are long gone, and (most) of the clan doesn't have the so zeal for being warlords, but it's mainly Clair's responsibility. Clair takes a big move in eventually making it easier for people to train at the Dragon's Den and using the massive wealth the clan has accumulated to start funds for poorer trainers to be able to learn how to raise dragon types. This does anger some elders both from the Blackthorn clan and other dragon tamer clans who like the elitism that comes with specializing in dragons. But there's overwhelmingly more support, especially from younger dragon tamers from other regions such as Zinnia, Iris, Ryuki, and Raihan. Even some oldheads like Drake, Drasna, and Drayden also approve of this change and work with their own dragon tamer clans to help make dragon taming more accessible. This is all part of a larger, concerted effort among leagues to help reduce barriers to Pokemon training.

Clair is definitely spearheading this charge, and at the end of it all, she ends up being one of the most well-respected Blackthorn clan leaders in history.

As far as Lance goes, he's pretty much who he is in gameverse. Now there are two things with Lance that I borrow from the manga and anime. Like in the anime, he is a member of the G-Men (something he actually ends up recruiting both Yellow and Silver into). And like in the manga, he has empathy and healing powers. However, here it's not about being a child of Viridian forest, but aura power passed down by his family. He's also not genocidal (because I just really hated that characterization in Pokespe). That being said, Lance does prefer the company of Pokemon over humans, something he shares with many fellow aura empaths like Red, Yellow, Cyrus, N, and Lillie. But yeah, his arc is pretty much the same that we see in FRLG and HGSS. There is a bit of a change with the Let's Go arc as Lance, at that point, pretty much works full time as a G-man, so the Johto Elite Four line-up is still intact.

Lance has gained the unofficial position of Team Dad in the broader champion's circle. He's pretty much the father figure for Red, Blue, Yellow, and Leaf and helped them all get resources into controlling their powers since Red, Yellow, and Leaf all were the first known members of their family to display powers (and Oak had just left Blue and Daisy on their own). He would later also become the unofficial dad for Ethan, Silver, Kris, and Lyra. Blue and Silver both affectionately call Lance "Pops," and Yellow calls him "Big Bro"

When not handling G-men business, he, along with Cynthia and Steven, are the ones who coordinate inter-regional champion's conferences. So he often is one of the first to welcome newer champions such as my OCs Jabari, Marsha, Cami, Valen, and Calla.

Lance was one of the main people who expressed vocal support for Valen being allowed to keep his title since some elite trainer snobs didn't want what was, in their eyes, "a cheap battle robot" holding the prestigious title of champion.

Lance has a bit of a rivalry with Marsha since she's considered a Fairy-type specialist champion (and also, he approves of her being willing to punch the lights out of threats such as Lusamine and Rainbow Rocket Ghetsis). They've teamed up together in Multi-Battles at both the Battle Tree and Pokemon World Tournament.

Lance and Cami got off to a rocky start because Cami is very easily intimidated, and Lance is a very intimidating man. She got it in her head that Lance hated her (he didn't) and tried to avoid him whenever he came by the Viridian Gym. Only as luck would have it, they'd end up on a mission to the Power Plant and working together to convince Blue to retire as a gym leader and go to the Battle Tree in Alola. They eventually form a friendship (which was inevitable given how she was about to marry Blue).

#champion lance #gym leader clair #cactusverse #ask epic spheal

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nad-zeta · 4 years

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Hello, hello, hello! I loved your head canons about the warlords' ages and I wonder if you can write head canons of the warlords' profession, not in modern AU but the warlords deciding to go to the future with MC and well, the profession they would have!! Thank you so muuuuuuuuuch. 💕

Hi hi, love! 🌻Thank you sooo much for the ask! This is legit my third time writing this up, the first time I did this, I forgot to save the word file, and the second time my laptop crashed right after I finished writing it😭....... But finally, here it is🌻! I’m so happy you liked my HC, I hope you enjoy this one, and I hope you have a good day! ❤🔥

Headcanon: Warlords and their future jobs

Nobunaga

I think the second Nobunaga arrives in the future he would become a businessman

He would start off small from your apartment, but within the month he will turn into the biggest corporate leader, having thousands of people working under him

He would spend the first few weeks just chilling in the future with you but soon start to get bored

He would also, low key feel like its wrong for you to be supporting both of you

He does some research on stock trading and then starts playing around with your life savings

Good thing for you, Nobunaga is a clever man, and he manages to triple the money in a week by playing around on the stock market

He uses the income made, to start a small business, which soon starts growing at the speed of light

This man will not be able to work for someone so I can definitely see him being the CEO of his own company

He will be the ruler of the corporate world in no time

It’s pretty funny how in the span of a year he has earned the old name he once carried in the past “Devil king.”

Masamune

This is a no brainer

Obviously he will be a chef

I think he would start off small like finding a job at a local café but then soon take the culinary world by storm

It started off when the two of you went to eat at one of your favourite cafes

He enjoyed the food so much, he couldn’t help but pop into the kitchen to thank the chef (◕‿◕✿)

The kitchen was absolute mayhem and the chef had told him that he was very short-staffed

And that is how Masa got his first future job

He worked in the café for a few months picking up experience and learning to use all the futuristic equipment

From there, he bounced around from place to place learning all sorts of cool culinary techniques

I think at the end of the day he will most likely open his own restaurant

One that specializes in authentic Japanese cuisine

Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if he opened a branch of the restaurant in Nobunagas company

Mitsunari

I can see this cutie angel being a teacher or professor

I think he would be a great academic and educator

I can actually, see this boi being a professor teaching all sorts of subjects from statistics to the art of war ヾ(●ε●)ノ

The first few weeks of being in the future with you, he spends in the library absorbing as much knowledge as possible

One day while he is sitting and reading up on every and any subject, he overhears a group of struggling professors at a nearby table

Apparently they had been trying to solve a certain equation for months now but to no luck (ﾉಠдಠ)ﾉ︵┻━┻

Mitsunari walks up to the group and cheerily asks if he can be of some assistance (◕ᴗ◕✿)

Usually the group would just laugh and chase the random stranger away but desperate times…

They hand Mitsunari the equation and this clever boi takes one look at it and starts writing out the answer

The math professors were sister shook… Like he didn’t even freaken, need a calculator (◯Δ◯∥)

They legit offered him a job as a lecturer and he soon becomes the students’ favourite absent minded professor (◕‿◕✿)

I think he will most definitely also publish a few research papers as well and contribute to the body of knowledge in all sorts of subjects

Ieyasu

Also super easy he will either be a vet or a doctor although I am leaning more towards veterinarian cause of his love for animals

He will most likely join Mitsunari in university, cause he is a super-smart porcupine he will become a certified vet in no time

Also spends the first few weeks of being in the future at the library absorbing as much medical knowledge as possible

He gets the idea of becoming a vet after watching a bunch of animal rescue shows on the national geographic channel

While you are at work he starts volunteering at an animal rescue during the day to pass the time

That is where he met one of the vets that help out at the rescue in their free time, he legit liked Ieyasu so much he took him on as an apprentice, while Ieyasu was busy completing his studies

Later on he will most likely have his own veterinary practise

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he starts his own animal rescue on the side as well

Within two years the two of you move to live on a big plot with all yours and Ieyasus rescued pets

Hideyoshi

Hideyoshi could go one of two ways hehe

If Nobunaga comes to the future with yall then you best be sure this boy is ganna help Nobunaga rule the corporate world

Buuuut if it’s just the two of you, I 100% see him becoming a primary school teacher

Like he would just be so good with kids

He is basically trademarked as mama hen anyways, so why not put him in a primary school to teach lil chics

I think he would be such a good teacher, supportive, kind, and patient

He has enough practise lecturing Nobunaga for bad behaviour, so he might as well put that to good use correcting the behaviours of troublesome kids

He gets into teaching when your sister drops her kid off at your apartment to babysit

You had work, so the only one that could care for the child was, the mother hen himself

He sat and taught the little boy how to read and write, this impressed your sister so much that she recommended him for the position of substitute English teacher at her child’s school

At first Hideyoshi worked as a substitute teacher, but soon he became the designated aftercare teacher and within a few months he was teaching his own class

The children absolutely adored him although they would sneak behind the school building to eat candy cause, they didn’t want to get yet another lecture from Yoshi on the negative health consequences of their favourite sugary treats

Mitsuhide

100% detective (¬‿¬)

I mean can you just imagine how sexy he would look in a trenchcoat… like OMW (づ￣ ³￣)づ

The first few weeks of spending time with you in the future you introduce him to CSI and Law and order and he is super fascinated

You are so amazed by the fact that he can figure out who the perp is 5 minutes into the show

The crime in your neighbourhood was pretty bad, but since Mitsuhide’s arrival something crazy happened

The crime seemed to disappear.

Like no more robberies, no more drunks walking up and down the street, just peaceful quiet calm neighbourhood

One day as the two of you were buying snacks for your CSI bingeing session, two armed men came into the convenience store

You looked over at your lover who seemed completely unphased, like one of the robbers were legit pointing a gun in his face, yet Mitsuhide looked uninterested

Within a blink of an eye, Mitushide managed to disarm the men and tie them up

The police were hella impressed with the way Mitsuhide handled things

He helped the police department solve a few petty crimes in your neighbourhood and soon they started calling him up, to help them crack some difficult cases

After a while he becomes the most famous and popular detective in town

The government low key recruits him as an agent to help them

Kenshin

Again I don’t see Kenshin working for anyone

I think the first few weeks the two of you arrive, bunnies start following him around

Looks like the bunny lord is never safe from the love of the cute fluffy creatures

The two of you will definitely be living on a bunny farm

Kenshin, although he doesn’t admit it, has a soft spot for the cute fluffy creatures

So the bunny farm is actually more of a bunny rescue although that’s just his part-time job

As he adapts to the future, I can see the farm transforming into being a bunny and sake farm

Lol Kenshin loves Sake so much

He knows how good sake should taste, so naturally he starts to make his own and sell it

This starts one day when a friend of yours invites the two of you to a sake tasting

The instructor was so impressed with Kenshin’s keen sense of taste that they got to talking and before Kenshin knew it, he had two people willing to sponsor him, to start his own sake brand

Naturally he never backs down from a challenge

He actually goes on to become the largest Sake producer and bunny rescue

Yukimura

I can legit see this boy doing something active like being a firefighter or gym instructor- cause lets be real this boi is ripped

Or actually maybe both

The first few weeks of being in the future he managed to save 2 peoples lives by fearlessly running in a burning building

The firefighters were legit so impressed they decided to take him on as an intern

He got some of the perks, i.e. free gym membership to stay fit

That’s when he started giving out a few pieces of advice to the people around him

“Like seriously dummy, don’t you even know how to do a proper squat, u legit ganna hurt your back if ya keep doing it like that.”

The members of the gym appreciated his advice so much, some of them started paying him to become their instructor, and soon the gym decided to hire him part-time

Now when Yuki isn't running into burning buildings saving people he is training people in the gym

Best be sure he is gonna drag you to the gym with him

Shingen

Hehe I’ll admit I’m not too sure what this boi would get up to in the future

I think the first few weeks will be spent with you just adapting and getting to know everything

I think he would continue on with his carpentry

He kinda starts to notice your apartment is furnished in super cheap furniture

You tell him you are just a student in this time and don’t really have money to buy anything fancy

He buys a few cheap pieces of wood and starts furnishing your apartment with the most beautifully crafted furniture

Some of your friends visit the two of you and notice the remarkable craftsmanship and start commissioning him to make them some furniture

After a while he becomes the best carpenter in town

Goes on to open up a shop selling the different furniture he makes

I can see him hiring people in need, and that need a fresh start and then teaching them the trade to be able to make something of themselves

I can also see him volunteering at rescues and fostering bear cubs cause he misses his so much

I hope you enjoyed this dear and thanks again for the ask! ❤❤🔥🌻

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canyouhearthelight · 4 years

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The Miys, Ch. 101

Apologies for the delays....I scheduled this 3 weeks ago to post today, but apparently technical difficulties have occurred. So. Shout out to @baelpenrose and @zommbiebro who blew up my PMs when the chapter did not go up at the regularly scheduled time. Y’all saved me, I swear.

As always, after an arc, we get... FLUFF! Please enjoy!

“Are you sure you want to do vegetarian hot pot?” Zach wheedled. It was a week after Jokul’s meeting with the Council, and while there was still some work to be done with some straggling members of the accidental cult, things had largely calmed down. As such, I was taking Huynh’s suggestion and eating in one of the mess areas closer to my office.

“I may do one veg and one non-veg.” I bit my lip as I thought about it. We were discussing an upcoming ‘family dinner’, where I had decided to branch out into unfamiliar territory. No date for it was set in stone, but I wanted to make sure to get all the details ironed out ahead of time. “Vegetarian just feels safer, if that makes sense? I feel a bit weird about including raw meat - I mean, what if the broth isn’t hot enough and someone gets food poisoning.”

Zach gaped at me, but Hannah cut him off by reaching gently for my hand. “Sophia. You know as well as I do that everything from the food consoles is synthetic, including the meat. So, technically, it’s all vegetarian and there’s no risk of foodborne illness.” Her tone was pleasant and even, and I was in no way oblivious to the fact that she was using her professional nurturer skills on me.

That did not change the fact that she had a point. “Fine,” I heaved a sigh in concession. “I still want them kept strictly separate, to avoid violating any religious taboos. I can still do that,” I insisted.

Hannah patted my hand in reassurance just as Zach’s head snapped around toward the entrance. “What in the world?” he asked, no longer paying attention.

As Hannah and I turned where he was focused, I noticed a few other people looking that direction with the same curious expression Zach had. I glanced at Hannah, who shook her head - she didn’t hear anything either, at first. After another minute, I could faintly hear shouting, and it got louder as it headed our direction.

By this point, more and more people in the cafeteria were staring toward the shouts, which were soon accompanied by the white noise of a crowd speaking. Whatever was happening had been going on for quite some time, and was going to pass directly past us. I swear on all that is unholy, I thought to myself, If this is another crisis, I will walk out an airlock willingly. No sooner had the thought finished than I saw a vaguely familiar face coming around the curve of the corridor. Standing and abandoning my lunch, I moved closer to confirm my suspicions.

Sure enough, a familiar smile bracketed in a thick, coarse beard beamed at me. Ivan Thorson was slightly shorter than I was, but at least as broad as he was tall and also cheerful carrying what appeared to be a stack of dark gray cloth. Horror dawned as he approached.

That stack of cloth was squirming. And kicking. And shouting. Even worse, I recognized that voice. Part of me wished I had just ignored everything and finished my lunch.

“Hey, Ivan,” I ventured carefully. “I would love to know - “

“Put me down! This is entirely undignified. How DARE you!”

“ - why you are abducting Mr. Bjornson here?” I finished.

“Hey, Sophia!” Ivan replied, completely ignoring the squirm of the much taller man he was currently carrying over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. “I was just - “

“Councillor Reid! Thank the gods…” The squirming intensified.

Ivan just calmly repositioned his - passenger? Victim? - before continuing. “Down at BioLab 2, talking to Nixe - “

“UNHAND ME!”

“ - when I saw the most interesting ball of tension I had ever met. So, being me, I decided I had to meet this man.”

“Sophia. Please. Help me!”

“Oh, hey Ivan,” Zach greeted, completely unperturbed by the insanity of the situation. Hannah smiled brightly and waved.

“Hey guys. So, as I was saying, I introduced myself, we started talking, one thing led to another - “

“How did ANY of that lead to - to THIS!?”

Finally, Ivan seemed to hear Jokul. Frowning, he turned toward the hip currently slung over his shoulder. “So, you didn’t mean it when you said I was aesthetically pleasing?”

“Well, I did, but - “

“Or was it the part about finding me charming?”

“No, I meant that, that’s not what I’m saying - “

“Then it was the part about wanting to get to know me better?”

I had to clench my jaw to keep from dropping it, mostly because I wasn’t sure if I would laugh or scream at Jokul’s response. He was downright soft. “Ivan, I did mean that. I do mean it. I just… I meant coffee. Or - or dinner. Not - “ A hand gestured blindly. “Whatever this is.”

“You said your feet were hurting,” Ivan pointed out before turning to me, Zach, and Hannah. “He decided to walk all the way from the Archives to BioLab 2.” Reaching around in a way that actually looked uncomfortable, he patted Jokul on the back, carefully avoiding anything further down. “Good thing he’s so pretty.”

“I…” Jokul started before trailing off, at a loss for words when confronted with the strange but undeniable logic of a man a full foot shorter than him but who was also carrying him like he weighed about the same as Mac.

I, however, was not equally speechless. “Why not take him to his own quarters, then?”

Ivan looked at me like I was being silly. “BioLab 2 is on Level Two. Jokul’s quarters are on Level Forty. Mine are on Level Twenty One. Much closer.”

“You could have gotten a transport, Ivan.”

Despite carrying well over two hundred pounds of former cult leader over his shoulder, he still managed to shrug. “It was a gym day, anyway. This does double duty.”

“Ivan - “ I started before being interrupted.

To my astonishment, Jokul stood up, brushed his hair out of his face, and faced me squarely with his hands on his hips. “If you don’t mind, blood is rushing to my head and making me dizzy. Can we please get on with this? I was promised French-pressed coffee, ginger cookies, and a foot rub.”

With quiet laughter, Ivan grabbed Jokul and tossed the taller man back over his shoulder. All I could do was sputter with the knowledge that I had drastically misread the situation.

Realizing he won the argument, Ivan threw a wink at me before patting Jokul’s leg. “Just a bit further. You all have a lovely lunch, I have someone to make coffee for.” With a cheeky wave, he marched on.

Just as he passed, I could see a very confused former warlord and accidental cult leader, arms crossed and indignant, but nonetheless quietly enduring his journey. Leaning toward Zach, I murmured. “Is Jokul… safe?”

“Yeah, safe as he can be on the Ark,” he shrugged in reply.

“You’re sure?”

He snorted at that. “If you’re worried about Bjornson’s virtue, it’s as safe as he wants it to be, I promise. Ivan takes pride in the fact that he is very charming, and you would not believe the number of dates he gets because he takes anything less than a direct invitation as ‘no’.” He rolled his eyes.

Where I had originally been worried that the indomitably-pleasant Ivan was taking… something… out on Jokul, the other man’s scolding assured me that his squawks and shouts were only for show.

“Clearly, he could have stood up whenever he wanted. Or even accidentally,” Hannah pointed out.

“So why didn’t he?” I was so confused. Admittedly, my mind kept going back to Jokul’s cries for help, even knowing they were for show.

Zach started coughing and turned bright red. Hannah patted his back and smiled at me. “I think you should probably ask Charly that question.”

“Why - oh. Oh……” Now, I was turning bright red. With a cough, I turned and strode back toward the table where our lunches were cooling. “So, hot pot,” I most certainly did not squeak. “What meat goes in hot pot? We decided one veg and one non-veg, right?”

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Student loan debts (WSJ) U.S. taxpayers could ultimately be on the hook for roughly a third of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio. This could amount to more than $500 billion, exceeding what taxpayers lost on the saving-and-loan crisis 30 years ago. While defaulted student loans can’t cause the federal government to go bankrupt the way bad mortgage lending upended banks during the financial crisis, they expose a similar problem: Billions of dollars lent based on flawed assumptions about whether the money can be repaid.

Costa Rica to close non-essential businesses next week over COVID-19 (Reuters) Costa Rica will for the next week close non-essential businesses, including restaurants and bars, across the center of the country due to a sharp increase in new cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, the government said on Thursday. From May 3-9, restaurants, bars, department stores, beauty salons, gyms and churches must close in 45 municipalities in central Costa Rica, where almost half the population lives and over two-thirds of new cases have been registered. The government will also impose travel restrictions during the week.

After a Year of Loss, South America Suffers Worst Death Tolls Yet (NYT) In the capital of Colombia, Bogotá, the mayor is warning residents to brace for “the worst two weeks of our lives.” Uruguay, once lauded as a model for keeping the coronavirus under control, now has one of the highest death rates in the world, while the grim daily tallies of the dead have hit records in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru in recent days. Even Venezuela, where the authoritarian government is notorious for hiding health statistics and any suggestion of disarray, says that coronavirus deaths are up 86 percent since January. As vaccinations mount in some of the world’s wealthiest countries and people cautiously envision life after the pandemic, the crisis in Latin America—and in South America in particular—is taking an alarming turn for the worse, potentially threatening the progress made well beyond its borders. Last week, Latin America accounted for 35 percent of all coronavirus deaths in the world, despite having just 8 percent of the global population, according to data compiled by The New York Times.

France Proposes More Surveillance to Hunt for Potential Terrorists (NYT) The French government, responding to several attacks over the past seven months, presented a new anti-terrorism bill on Wednesday that would allow intense algorithmic surveillance of phone and internet communications and tighten restrictions on convicted terrorists emerging from prison. “There have been nine attacks in a row that we could not detect through current means,” Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister, told France Inter radio. “We continue to be blind, doing surveillance on normal phone lines that nobody uses any longer.” The draft bill, prepared by Mr. Darmanin, came in a political and social climate envenomed by Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader, who applauded a letter published this month by 20 retired generals that described France as being in a state of “disintegration” and warned of a possible coup in thinly veiled terms. Published in a right-wing magazine, Valeurs Actuelles, the generals’ letter portrayed a country ravaged by violence, swept by hatred and prey to subversive ideologies bent on stirring a racial war. “If nothing is done,” they said, “laxity will spread inexorably across society, provoking in the end an explosion and the intervention of our active-service comrades in the perilous protection of our civilization’s values.”

Toll of Afghan ‘forever war’ (AP) After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the U.S. military, over whether the time was right. Starting Saturday, the last remaining 2,500 to 3,500 American troops will begin leaving, to be fully out by Sept. 11 at the latest. Another debate will likely go on far longer: Was it worth it? Since 2001, tens of thousands of Afghans and 2,442 American soldiers have been killed, millions of Afghans driven from their homes, and billions of dollars spent on war and reconstruction. The U.S. and NATO leave behind an Afghanistan that is at least half run directly or indirectly by the Taliban—despite billions poured into training and arming Afghan forces to fight them. Riddled with corruption and tied to regional warlords, the U.S.-backed government is widely distrusted by many Afghans.

In India’s devastating coronavirus surge, anger at Modi grows (Washington Post) As he surveyed the thousands of people gathered at an election rally in eastern India on April 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared jubilant. “Everywhere I look, as far as I can see, there are crowds,” he said, his arms spread wide. “You have done an extraordinary thing.” At the time, India was recording more than 200,000 coronavirus cases a day. In the western state of Maharashtra, oxygen was running short, and people were dying at home because of a shortage of hospital beds. In Modi’s home state of Gujarat, crematoriums were being overwhelmed by the dead. For Modi, the most powerful Indian prime minister in five decades, it is a moment of reckoning. He is facing what appears to be the country’s biggest crisis since independence. Modi’s own lapses and missteps are an increasing source of anger. As coronavirus cases skyrocketed, Modi continued to hold huge election rallies and declined to cancel a Hindu religious festival that drew millions to the banks of the Ganges River. Modi swept to a landslide reelection victory in 2019, offering Indians a muscular brand of nationalism that views India as a fundamentally Hindu country rather than the secular republic envisioned by its founders. He has cultivated an image as a singular leader capable of bold decisions to protect and transform the country. Now that image is “in tatters,” said Vinay Sitapati, a political scientist at Ashoka University in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Modi and his governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) built a formidable machine for winning elections, Sitapati said, but their mind-set of continuous campaigning has come “at the cost of governance.”

Iran and Saudi Arabia Edge Toward Détente (Foreign Policy) Iran’s relationship with Saudi Arabia could be entering “a new chapter of interaction and cooperation,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Thursday, as the two countries signal a rapid mending of diplomatic ties. Khatibzadeh’s comments came in response to an interview Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave to state television this week, when he said that problems between the regional rivals could be overcome and “good relations” could soon prevail. His recent comments offer a stark contrast with ones he made in 2018 when he compared Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Adolf Hitler and described Iran as part of a “triangle of evil.” Behind the scenes, the two countries have also been busy. Earlier this month, the Financial Times broke news of direct talks, held in Baghdad, with a primary focus on ending the war in Yemen.

Chloe Zhao's challenge to Chinese Beauty standards (Quartz) Although Chloé Zhao’s Oscars win has largely been censored in China, her chill, no-makeup look at the awards ceremony has become a hit among many Chinese women, who say Zhao made them feel they can also ditch cosmetics and stop appealing to mainstream beauty standards in the country. China has a set of rigid standards for women’s appearance, prompting online slimming challenges that encourage young girls to pursue body shapes that allow them to wear children’s clothes, or have waists with a width similar to the shorter side of a piece of A4 paper (around 21 cm). As such, Zhao’s no-makeup look is a much-needed endorsement for women in China, where few public figures dare to break away from traditional beauty requirements.

Hong Kong’s latest star TV host? City leader Carrie Lam. (Washington Post) In a city known for producing action-packed martial arts movies, there’s a gripping new TV show on the block. The title promises to captivate viewers: “Get to Know the Election Committee Subsectors.” The star? Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, not as a guest but as the host. The show, which premiered Wednesday on public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong, gives Lam a platform to promote electoral changes introduced by Beijing that further tilt the system against pro-democracy voices, add weight to industry-sector representatives and ensure only “patriots” loyal to the Communist Party can govern Hong Kong. People in mainland China have long been accustomed to state propaganda broadcasts. Hong Kong, however, traditionally had a freewheeling media environment. But almost a year after China imposed a security law that curtailed freedom of speech there, the public broadcaster has become a vital instrument of Beijing’s efforts to control the narrative. Wednesday night’s double-episode premiere featured furious agreement on the merit of Beijing’s electoral changes. The episodes scored only a few thousand views and mostly “thumbs-down” responses on YouTube. One user drew comparisons to George Orwell’s “1984.” If you missed the show, there’s plenty of opportunity to catch it again; episodes will air four times a day, every day.

Cambodians complain of lockdown hunger as outbreak takes toll on poor (Reuters) Residents in Cambodia’s capital gathered on Friday to demand food from the government, outraged at what they called inadequate aid distribution during a tough COVID-19 lockdown that bars people from leaving their homes. Authorities put Phnom Penh and a nearby town under a hard lockdown on April 19 to quell a surge in coronavirus infections that has seen Cambodia’s case total balloon from about 500 to 12,641 since late February, including all 91 of its deaths. Though private food deliveries are operating, markets and street food services are closed, making it difficult for poorer families to get supplies, with many without income because of the stay-home order. Amnesty International on Friday called Cambodia’s lockdown an emerging humanitarian and human rights crisis, with nearly 294,000 people in Phnom Penh at risk of going hungry.

Palestinian election delay (Reuters) It could have marked a political turning point. Palestinians were slated to go to the polls starting next month for the first time in 15 years—but on Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he will indefinitely postpone the elections. He blamed Israel, accusing authorities of stonewalling efforts to let Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem cast their ballots. But Israeli officials suggested Abbas was using Israel as a pretext to cancel a vote his faction might lose. Hamas, his party’s rival, has rejected the move, and some Palestinians took to the streets to protest.

The real threat to Chad’s military rulers: unemployed youth (Reuters) When Neldjibaye Madjissem graduated with a mathematics degree in 2015, he began searching for work as a school teacher. Six years on, he is still looking—and is angry. The 31-year-old blames Chad's government for lack of work, mismanagement of oil revenues and corruption. No wonder people are protesting on the streets in their thousands, he says. The battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, after 30 years of autocratic rule, sent the Central African country into a tailspin. But perhaps the greater threat for Chad’s rulers comes from the mass of unemployed young people tired of the Deby family and its international allies, particularly former colonial ruler France. At least six people died in violent protests this week. "The lack of jobs risks creating a great problem. The people are angry," said Madjissem, as he prepared a private lesson to a high school student in the living room of a tiny house in N'Djamena. His infrequent wage: $3 an hour.

Famine looms in southern Madagascar, U.N.’s food agency says (Reuters) Famine is looming in southern Madagascar, where children are “starving” after drought and sandstorms ruined harvests, the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Amer Daoudi, senior director of WFP operations globally, speaking from Antananarivo, Madagascar, said he had visited villages where people had resorted to eating locusts and leaves. “I witnessed horrific images of starving children, malnourished, and not only the children—mothers, parents and the populations in villages we visited,” Daoudi told a United Nations briefing in Geneva. Malnutrition has almost doubled to 16% from 9% in March 2020 following five consecutive years of drought, exacerbated this year by sandstorms and late rains, he said.

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Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa (born Lance Taylor; April 17, 1957) is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro-funk. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world.On May 6, 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation due to multiple child sexual abuse allegations dating as far back as the 1970s.

Early life

Born as Lance Taylor to Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, Bambaataa grew up in The Bronx River Projects, with an activist mother and uncle. As a child, he was exposed to the black liberation movement, and witnessed debates between his mother and uncle regarding the conflicting ideologies in the movement. He was exposed to his mother's extensive and eclectic record collection. Gangs in the area became the law, clearing their turf of drug dealers, assisting with community health programs and both fighting and partying to keep members and turf. Bambaataa was a member of the Black Spades. He quickly rose to the position of warlord of one of the divisions. As warlord, it was his job to build ranks and expand the turf of the young Spades. He was not afraid to cross turfs to forge relationships with other gang members, and with other gangs. As a result, the Spades became the biggest gang in the city in terms of both membership and turf.

After Bambaataa won an essay contest that earned him a trip to Africa, his worldview shifted. He had seen the movie Zulu and was impressed with the solidarity exhibited by the Zulu in that film. During his trip to Africa, the communities he visited inspired him to create one in his own neighborhood. He changed his name to Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, adopting the name of the Zulu chief Bhambatha, who led an armed rebellion against unfair economic practices in early 20th century South Africa. He told people that his name was Zulu for "affectionate leader." Bambaataa formed The "Bronx River Organization" as an alternative to the Black Spades.

Career

Inspired by DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Dee, Bambaataa began hosting hip-hop parties beginning in 1977. He vowed to use hip-hop to draw angry kids out of gangs and form the Universal Zulu Nation. Robert Keith Wiggins, a.k.a. "Cowboy" of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, is credited with naming hip-hop; the term became a common phrase used by MCs as part of a scat-inspired style of rhyming. Writer Steven Hager claims that the first time "hip-hop" was used in print was in his Village Voice article where he was quoting Bambaataa, who had called the culture "hip-hop" in an interview.

In 1982, Bambaataa and his followers - a group of dancers, artists, and DJs - went outside the United States on the first hip-hop tour. He saw that the hip hop tours would be the key to help expand hip hop and his Universal Zulu Nation. In addition it would help promote the values of hip hop that he believed are based on peace, unity, love, and having fun. He brought peace to the gangs; many artists and gang members say that "hip hop saved a lot of lives." His influence inspired many overseas artists like the French rapper MC Solaar. He was a popular DJ in The South Bronx rap scene and became known not only as Afrika Bambaataa but also as the "Master of Records." He established two rap crews: the Jazzy 5 including MCs Master Ice, Mr. Freeze, Master Bee, Master D.E.E, and AJ Les, and the second crew referred to as Soulsonic Force including Mr. Biggs, Pow Wow and Emcee G.L.O.B.E.

In 1982, Taylor, who was inspired by Kraftwerk's futuristic electronic music, debuted at The Roxy a test cassette of EBN-OZN's ground breaking, 12-inch white rap/spoken word "AEIOU Sometimes Y". It was the first commercially released American single ever made on a computer, a Fairlight CMI, ushering in the era of music computer sampling. In that same year, Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force stopped performing with a live band, and began to use only technology. Bambaataa credited the pioneering Japanese electropop group Yellow Magic Orchestra, whose work he sampled, as an inspiration. He also borrowed a keyboard hook from German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk and was provided the electronic Roland TR-808 "beat-box" by producer Arthur Baker and synthesizer player John Robie. That resulted in "Planet Rock," which went to gold status and generated an entire school of "electro-boogie" rap and dance music. Bambaataa formed his own label to release the Time Zone Compilation. He created "turntablism" as its own subgenre and the ratification of "electronica" as an industry-certified trend in the late 1990s.

Birth of the Zulu Nation

In the late 1970s, Bambaataa formed what became known as the Universal Zulu Nation, a group of socially and politically aware rappers, B-boys, graffiti artists and other people involved in hip hop culture. By 1977, inspired by DJ Kool Herc and DJ Dee, and after Disco King Mario loaned him his first equipment, Bambaataa began organizing block parties all around The South Bronx. He even faced his long-time friend, Disco King Mario in a DJ battle. He then began performing at Adlai E. Stevenson High School and formed the Bronx River Organization, then later simply "The Organization." Bambaataa had deejayed with his own sound system at The Bronx River Houses' Community Center, with Mr. Biggs, Queen Kenya, and Cowboy, who accompanied him in performances in the community. Because of his prior status in the Black Spades, he already had an established Army party crowd drawn from former members of the gang. Hip hop culture was spreading through the streets via house parties, block parties, gym dances and mix tapes.

About a year later Bambaataa reformed the group, calling it the Zulu Nation (inspired by his wide studies on African history at the time). Specifically, Bambaataa watched the 1964 film Zulu, which sparked the name for the group. Five b-boys (break dancers) joined him, whom he called the Zulu Kings, and later formed the Zulu Queens, and the Shaka Zulu Kings and Queens. As he continued deejaying, more DJs, rappers, b-boys, b-girls, graffiti writers, and artists followed him, and he took them under his wing and made them all members of his Zulu Nation. He was also the founder of the Soulsonic Force, which originally consisted of approximately 20 Zulu Nation members: Mr. Biggs, Queen Kenya, DJ Cowboy Soulsonic Force (#2), Pow Wow, G.L.0.B.E. (creator of the "MC popping" rap style), DJ Jazzy Jay, Cosmic Force, Queen Lisa Lee, Prince Ikey C, Ice Ice (#1), Chubby Chub; Jazzy Five-DJ Jazzy Jay, Mr. Freeze, Master D.E.E., Kool DJ Red Alert, Sundance, Ice Ice (#2), Charlie Choo, Master Bee, Busy Bee Starski, Akbar (Lil Starski), and Raheim. The personnel for the Soulsonic Force were groups within groups with whom he would perform and make records.

In 1980, Taylor's groups made Death Mix, their first recording with Paul Winley Records. According to Bambaata, this was an unauthorized release. Winley recorded two versions of Soulsonic Force's landmark single, "Zulu Nation Throwdown," with authorization from the musicians. Disappointed with the results of the single, Bambaataa left the company. The arranger credit on these recordings is correctly attributed to Harlem Underground Band leader, Kevin Donovan. This led to the false assumption that Bambaataa's real name was Kevin Donovan, which was widely accepted by the hip hop community until recently, following sexual abuse allegations, when Bronx River residents spoke out and revealed in oral testimonies that Bambaataa's real name was in fact Lance Taylor.

The Zulu Nation was the first hip-hop organization, with an official birth date of November 12, 1977. Bambaataa's plan with the Universal Zulu Nation was to build a movement out of the creativity of a new generation of outcast youths with an authentic, liberating worldview.

Recognition

In 1981, hip hop artist Fab Five Freddy was putting together music packages in the largely white downtown Manhattan new wave clubs, and invited Bambaataa to perform at one of them, the Mudd Club. It was the first time Bambaataa had performed before a predominantly white crowd. Attendance for his parties downtown became so large that he had to move to larger venues, first to the Ritz, in a show organized by hip hop pioneer, Michael Holman, with Malcolm McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow, then to the Peppermint Lounge, The Jefferson, Negril, Danceteria and the Roxy. "Planet Rock," a popular single produced by Arthur Baker and the keyboardist John Robie, came out that June under the name Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force. The song borrowed musical motifs from German electronic music, funk, and rock. Different elements and musical styles were used together. The song became an immediate hit and stormed the music charts worldwide. The song melded the main melody from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" with electronic beats based on their track "Numbers" as well as portions from records by Babe Ruth and Captain Sky, thus creating a new style of music altogether, electro funk.

Afrika Bambaataa was booked on the first ever European hip hop tour presented by Europe One and Fnac France. Along with himself were rapper and graffiti artist Rammellzee, Zulu Nation DJ Grand Mixer DXT (formerly Grand Mixer D.St), B-boy and B-girl crews the Rock Steady Crew, and the Double Dutch Girls, as well as legendary graffiti artists Fab 5 Freddy, PHASE 2, Futura 2000, and Dondi.

Bambaataa's second release around 1983 was "Looking for the Perfect Beat," then later, "Renegades of Funk," both with the same Soulsonic Force. He began working with producer Bill Laswell at Jean Karakos's Celluloid Records, where he developed and placed two groups on the label: Time Zone and Shango. Bambaataa recorded "Wildstyle" with Time Zone, and he recorded a collaboration with punk rocker John Lydon and Time Zone in 1984, titled "World Destruction." Shango's album, Shango Funk Theology, was released by the label in 1984. That same year, Bambaataa and other hip hop celebrities appeared in the movie Beat Street. He also made a landmark recording with James Brown, titled "Unity." It was billed in music industry circles as "the Godfather of Soul meets the Godfather of Hip Hop."

Around October 1985, Bambaataa and other music stars worked on the anti-apartheid album Sun City with Little Steven Van Zandt, Joey Ramone, Run–D.M.C., Lou Reed, U2, and others. During 1988, he recorded "Afrika Bambaataa and Family" for Capitol Records, titled The Light, featuring Nona Hendryx, UB40, Boy George, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Yellowman. He had recorded a few other works with Family three years earlier, one titled "Funk You" in 1985, and the other titled "Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)" in 1986. In 1986 he discovered an artist in Atlanta. (Through MC SHY D) by the name of Kenya Miler a.k.a. MC Harmony (Known producer now as Kenya Fame Flames Miller), that was later signed to Criminal Records and Arthur Baker. The group was Harmony and LG. The first single, 1987's "Dance To The Drums/No Joke," was produced by Bambaataa and Baker with musicians Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish. Bambaataa was involved in the Stop the Violence Movement, and with other hip hop artists recorded "Self Destruction", a 12" single which hit number one on the Hot Rap Singles Chart in March 1989. The single went gold and raised $400,000 for the National Urban League to be used for community anti-violence education programs.

In 1990, Bambaataa made Life magazine's "Most Important Americans of the 20th Century" issue. He was also involved in the anti-apartheid work "Hip Hop Artists Against Apartheid" for Warlock Records. He teamed with the Jungle Brothers to record the album Return to Planet Rock (The Second Coming).

Gee Street Records, Bambaataa and John Baker organized a concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1990 for the African National Congress (ANC), in honor of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. The concert brought together performances by British and American rappers, and also introduced both Nelson and Winnie Mandela and the ANC to hip hop audiences. In relation to the event, the recording Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa) helped raise approximately $30,000 for the ANC.

From the mid-1990s, Bambaataa returned to his electro roots. In 1998, he produced a remix of "Planet Rock" combining electro and house music elements, called "Planet Rock '98," which is regarded as an early example of the electro house genre. In 2000, Rage Against the Machine covered his song "Renegades of Funk" for their album, Renegades. The same year, he collaborated with Leftfield on the song "Afrika Shox," the first single from Leftfield's Rhythm and Stealth. "Afrika Shox" also appeared on soundtrack to Vanilla Sky. In 2004, he collaborated with WestBam, a group that was named after him, on the 2004 album Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light which also featured Gary Numan. In 2006, he was featured on the British singer Jamelia's album Walk With Me on a song called "Do Me Right," and on Mekon's album Some Thing Came Up, on the track "D-Funktional." He performed the lyrics on the track "Is There Anybody Out There" by The Bassheads (Desa Basshead). As an actor, he has played a variety of voice-over character roles on Kung Faux.

Bambaataa was a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. On September 27, 2007, it was announced that Afrika Bambaataa was one of the nine nominees for the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions. On December 22, 2007, he made a surprise appearance performing at the First Annual Tribute Fit For the King of King Records, Mr. Dynamite James Brown in Covington, Kentucky.

On August 14, 2012, Bambaataa was given a three-year appointment as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. The appointment was made in collaboration between Cornell University Library's Hip Hop Collection, the largest collection of historical hip hop music in North America, and the University's department of Music. His archives, including his vinyl collection, original audio and video recordings, manuscripts, books, and papers arrived at the Cornell University Hip Hop Collection in December 2013.

Child molestation allegations

In April 2016, Bronx political activist Ronald Savage accused Bambaataa of molesting him in 1980, when Savage was 15. Following Savage's allegations, three more men accused Bambaataa of sexual abuse. Bambaataa issued a statement to Rolling Stone denying the allegations. In early May 2016, the Universal Zulu Nation disassociated themselves from Bambaataa as part of an organizational restructuring that saw the group removing "all accused parties and those accused of covering up the current allegations of child molestation" from their current roles in the organization.

On May 6, 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation.

In June 2016, The Universal Zulu Nation issued an open letter apologizing to the alleged victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by Bambaataa.

"On behalf of the members of the Universal Zulu Nation worldwide, who have made their voices heard through their chapter leaders, we extend our deepest and most sincere apologies to the many people who have been hurt by the actions of Afrika Bambaataa and the subsequent poor response of our organization to allegations levelled against him," the Zulu Nation said in a statement signed by dozens of UZN chapter leaders worldwide.

"To the survivors of apparent sexual molestation by Bambaataa, both those who have come forward and others who have not, we are sorry for what you endured and extend our thanks to those who have spoken out for your bravery in bringing to light that which most of us were sadly unaware of, and others chose not to disclose."

The apology was signed by nearly three dozen members of the Zulu Nation, including leaders from as far as New Zealand. The organization also apologized to Ronald "Bee Stinger" Savage and Hassan "Poppy" Campbell, two of Bambaataa's accusers, who they said were "subjected to unjust and inexcusable attacks on their characters in official statements by our organization when they chose to speak their truths. ... We hear you, we believe you, and we stand with you."

In October 2016, Vice published an in-depth article titled "Afrika Bambaataa Allegedly Molested Young Men For Decades" and reported the stories and testimonies of the alleged victims and witnesses. The article stated the accusers "claim that these accounts of alleged abuse have been common knowledge in the Bronx River community and beyond since the early 1980s, including among many of Bambaataa's closest friends and Zulu soldiers."

Despite the multiple allegations and testimonies of victims and witnesses, to date no charges have been brought upon Afrika Bambaataa and he has not been prosecuted for these alleged crimes. This is due to New York state statute of limitations, which provide that actions for civil damages for defined sexual crimes, including sexual abuse of a minor, must be brought within five years of the acts constituting the sexual offense.

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Leather and Lace (Neganxreader)

Before the apocalypse Negan was your favorite teacher who you also had a massive crush on, the two of you are reunited in Alexandria and you discover that the fire between you is far from extinguished.

Gif is not mine, full credit to the maker.

Requested by @you-are-electric-temptation-girl

*rating* explicit.

*Warnings* Negan's potty mouth, graphic descriptions of sex, Negan tormenting Rick, unprotected sex, multiple orgasms, oral sex, fingering, come licking, leather kink, student/teacher relationship, age gap, underage sex mentioned but never actually happened, mention of death and Canon typical violence.

“they're here!” you heard someone whisper from the crowd that had gathered around the gates of Alexandria, fear in all their eyes as they watched Rick open the gate for the convoy of Saviors here to collect their tribute.

You weren't there on the night of the lineup where the Savior’s leader had brutally killed two Alexandrians in retaliation for Rick taking out a Savior outpost with the help of Jesus and the Hilltop, but Negan wasn't a common name, and the odds that you knew the brutal leader were looking more and more likely.

Negan was your teacher before the outbreak, not only was he your favorite teacher, you also had a massive crush on him. So massive it was embarrassing, you were very grateful he never found out. Not only was Negan married, he'd also never sleep with an underage girl.

A demented little voice in the back of your head reminds you that you're not underage anymore if the leader of the Saviors is really the same Negan.

You turned 18 a few months after the world fell, if the apocalypse would've waited another 2 weeks you would have graduated with honors. Instead you and your family fled to the Alexandria Safe Zone where you'd lived ever since, and your entire high school career seemed like a different lifetime, Negan included.

When the gates opened your suspensions were confirmed.

It was definitely your Negan. He looked different now, he'd traded in his old gym t-shirt and running shoes for a leather jacket and biker boots, he looked older, with more lines on his face and grey hairs in the scruff on his jaw, and he wore his hair different now, slicked back and shaved down shorter on the sides. He was still just as hot as you remembered him, maybe even hotter if that was even possible.

He stops to talk with Rick, grinning from ear to ear, and obviously getting off on tormenting Alexandria's leader. You were a little ashamed of yourself for thinking it, but you would love to get him off in another way.

He asks to see the armory as his men park their trucks and start looking for things to take, Rick begrudgingly begins walking toward the armory with Negan following behind him looking absolutely gleeful.

He looks up and makes eye contact with you, and you see immediately that he recognizes you.

“Holy shit! Y/N? Is that really you?” you nod, you're a little surprised he actually remembers you, but part of you couldn't be happier.

“Yeah, it's really me.” the Alexandrians look shocked.

“Well hot damn. You been here all along?” he asks.

“Yup, pretty much since the start.”

“You know what Ricky? I think I'd rather take the tour with Y/N here, we got some catching up to do.” Rick looks irritated and so done with Negan's shit he's probably actually glad he doesn't have to give Negan the tour. He nods exasperatedly.

Negan throws his arm over your shoulder and you walk to him to armory with several Saviors in tow.

“So you're like what? A warlord now?” you finally break the silence.

“Not exactly, although I do rule with an iron fist. I keep my people alive and relatively well off, that's more than most can say these days.”

“What about your wife? Lucille?”

He looks sad “She died, cancer, right after the outbreak.” he swings the barbed wire wrapped baseball bat down off his shoulder holding it up on display. “This is all I have left of her, named her Lucille after her.”

“Oh, I'm really sorry Negan.”

“What about that boyfriend you had? He still around?” he asked as you open the door to the armory, he waves the Saviors off and they take up guard by the door, which Negan closes behind you and locks. You feel like that should make you nervous but it doesn't.

“Didn't make it, he died in an altercation with another group.”

“I'm sorry, that's rough kid.”

You shrug “It was hard but it wasn't like we were married, not like you and Lucille. I'm passed it. ” he picks up one of the guns and starts turning it over in his hand before removing the clip and examining the bullets.

“Can I just be honest for second?” he hands you the gun and picks up another.

“I wouldn't expect anything less.” you wonder if always knew guns this well or if it was a skill he acquired post apocalypse.

“I always thought that guy was a douchebag and you deserved better.” he admits and you laugh.

“He was kind of a douchebag wasn't he?” he holds up two guns weighing his options.

“Oh yeah, definitely. Don't know you ever saw in his.” you didn't know what you expected from Negan, but it wasn't this, it wasn't playful flirty banter.

“Okay, ya know…” you start to say but he cuts you off.

“I thought about you, after. Wondered if you made it, I went to your house after Lucille passed, but you were already gone.”

“Why?” you ask.

“I didn't want to be alone.” he admitted, the look in his eyes tells you that he was alone, and probably alone for quite a while after that. “And then I came across this group of men, not that they even deserve to be called that… the shit they were doing to women in their group- God it was so fucked up. All I could think about for the longest time was wondering if you were with people like them.” you were genuinely surprised and touched by his words.

Almost immediately his smug smirk returns with a vengeance.

“You used to have the biggest fucking crush on me back in the day.” you want to deny it, but you can already feel your blush heating up your checks and you know there's no point in trying to play it off.

“For what it's worth I had a thing for you too.” he says while loading up some of the guns he chose into a duffle bag. You're too shocked for words and all you can do is stare at him.

“Probably would have acted on it if you weren't so young and my student too.”

You don't think before you speak and the next words out of your mouth come as a surprise even to you. “Well I'm so young anymore, and not your student.”

“Are you saying what I think you're saying?” he asks, and when you see that sexy smirk cross his face you can't help but feel you're making the right choice.

“Maybe, what do you think I'm saying?” he pushes you up against the wall, pinning you in with his body, and his hand raises to brush your check, while he leans in close to your ear.

“I think you're saying you want me to bend you over this table and fuck your brains out.” you feel his breath on your ear and a rush of warmth goes straight to your core.

Your hands grab the lapels of his leather jacket, he smells just as good as you remember, like whiskey and leather with a hint of something spicy and masculine that reminds you of a forest somehow.

You lean in and kiss him, which he returns in full, quickly taking control of the kiss with one hand grabbing a handful of your hair and the other sliding down over the curve of your ass. His tongue slips in your mouth, making you moan against his lips.

He breaks the kiss, his hand going to the zipper of his jacket. “Take off your clothes babygirl.”

Negan's lips are against your neck when you regain the brain power to protest “We can't Negan, not in here. Someone will hear us.”

“It's fine, I got guards on the door, they won't let anyone in.” he reassures you. “Just relax and trust me,” he whispered against your ear, softly nipping your ear lobe on the way down your neck, planting kisses and sucking on your skin as he went. Once he reaches the juncture of your neck and shoulder you feel his hand snake under your shirt “Can I take your shirt off?” you nod letting out a shaky breath as he pulls your shirt over your head,leaving your bra on he stands back and takes your body in.

His hands slide down to button of your jeans, popping it and sliding the zipper down, “Take off your pants and touch yourself for me.” you find yourself immediately following his orders, toeing off your boots and stripping your jeans off, wiggling your ass as you pull them down, putting on a show for him.

Once they're off and you're left in your bra and panties you let your hand drift to your core.

“Just over the panties.” your fingers trace the arousal that had already soaked through your panties, and rubbed yourself through the lacy fabric desperate for some friction, just when you fall into a rhythm and it really starts to feel good Negan's hand grabs your wrist, stopping you from pleasuring yourself.

Your hand is replaced with his, and you feel his leather clad fingers move your panties over and slip into your folds, you have to bite your lip to hold in your moan of pure pleasure at the feeling of smooth leather, slick with your arousal, teasing your clit.

“Damn darlin’ you're fucking dripping. You that happy to see me?” his fingers slip lower, the tip of one teasing your entrance, and God do you want him to fuck you with them so badly.

“Or is it just that you haven't gotten off in a while? Tell me, how long has it been since somebody touched you like this?”

“Awhile.” you admit, whimpering with need.

“Do you want me to fuck you? Do you want me to slip my fingers into that tight little pussy and fuck you until you come?” something about his voice made your walls clench.

“Yes!” you practically whine.

“Good girl.” he smirks and then presses two fingers inside you with one smooth flick of his wrist. The feeling of leather inside you is a little strange but definitely not unwelcome, there's something so arousing about it. His thumb rubs your clit in slow rhythmic circles while his fingers find that perfect spot deep inside you that makes you throb in all of the right places.

It doesn't take long before your on the brink of your orgasm.

“You always this responsive to a little finger fucking?” he asks.

“No, I think it's the leather.” you admit with a moan, starting to thrust your hips against his hand.

“If I knew you liked it kinky I might have just fucked you back in the day.” he admits with a wink, still stroking your sweet spot perfectly.

“Now come for me, show me how good I make you feel.” it only takes two more thrusts of his fingers and you come around them, the leather feels even more amazing rubbing against your walls when your body is clenched with pleasure.

When he pulls his hand from between your legs it's soaked in your juices.

You lean against the table behind you, still coming down from your high, but Negan has other ideas and leans down to kiss you again, he pulls your panties down to join your jeans and shirt on the floor.

Slipping his tongue in your mouth as his hands slide down to the curve of your ass, giving you a little squeeze before lifting your up and sitting you down on the table.

He drops to his knees in front of you, hands sliding up your inner thighs to part your legs his smug smirk staying on his lips until his mouth starts exploring your folds.

His tongue laps at your clit and teases your entrance before dipping inside your already desperately needy pussy. He alternates between fucking you with his tongue and sucking on your clit, the combination of the two is enough to make your eyes roll back in your head.

You would almost swear your crush on Negan was just women's intuition trying to point you in the direction of a man who knew how to lick pussy at this point.

And oh my God did he know exactly what he was doing, your thighs rest over his shoulders, while you desperately move your hips against his mouth, needing his tongue to be everywhere at once.

You lean on your elbows and make yourself open your eyes and look down. The sight of Negan on his knees with his tongue inside you is enough to put you on the edge of another orgasm, and all it takes to push you over that edge is one more soft lick up your clit. You have to bite your lip to keep from immediately alerting all of Alexandria that you just let their worst enemy make you come on his fingers and then lick you clean until you came again.

Negan finally pulls away from your folds once he's satisfied he's lapped up all your come.

“Damn babygirl, you must've been so needy for that it hurt.” he wasn't wrong, you felt so satisfied but also still achy and needy, you needed to be fucked. You needed to feel his cock inside you, filling you up and stretching you. He reaches down and starts undoing his belts, and opening his pants.

“Now I'm gonna fuck you, nice and hard, until you come on my cock.”

He drops his pants and you aren't really surprised to see he's very well endowed, long and thick, he's already rock hard and dripping precome.

He pulls you down off the table, turning you around and bending you over it and gently kicking your legs further apart.

His hand squeezes your ass again and gives it a light smack.

“You have a fantastic ass, maybe I'll fuck it next.” he whispers in your ear before taking his tip and lining it up with your entrance.

He slides in slowly, you can feel every single inch of him stretching you, you can even feel the vein on the underside of his cock, the angle is perfect and makes you feel so deliciously full.

“Fuck you're tight.” he moans starting to thrust, he finds a perfect rhythm and angle, it makes you lose your breath every time he fills you again with each thrust, and you whimper and moan every time his head hits that spot inside you that makes your walls clench tighter and your toes curl.

“Goddamn babygirl if you keep squeezing my cock like that I ain't going to last much longer.” he groans still thrusting hard in and out of you.

You whithred against him, desperate for another orgasm, and then you feel his gloved hand between your legs, the tip of his finger rubbing your clit.

“oh!” you moan in a combination of pleasure and surprise, his leather clad fingers rubbing and teasing your already so sensitive and swollen clit combined with his cock filling you so completely is enough to make you almost scream in pure pleasure.

“Negan!” you moan his name as you feel the coil of pleasure start to build in your core.

“That's it baby, come for me.” he says against your ear. And you feel your third orgasm wash over you, your walls clenching him so tight it feels like you're exploding with how full you are, while his fingers rub your clit all the way through your orgasm.

When the last spasm fades you fall limp on the table and he stops rubbing your clit, but keeps roughly fucking you until he reaches his own release, and you feel his come spill inside you, making you moan again as the hot spurts of his come fill your overstimulated core.

He turns you around, giving you a kiss and gently stroking your hair.

“That's my dirty girl, you took my cock so good.” he takes a washcloth off a shelf and gently wipes you clean.

You lean there against the table, still undressed and dripping wet, while he grabs the rest of the guns he wants, tucking them inside the duffle bag.

“After what we just did I feel like it would be wrong not to offer you a place at the Sanctuary. You would have everything you could possibly want, you would be protected and taken care of, you'd stand at my side and be treated like a queen. And most importantly, we could do what we just did every night. It's all yours if you want it.” you start to dress yourself again, you assume that the Alexandrians are probably getting suspicious at this point.

“I don't know Negan… how would I explain that to Rick and everyone else? What would they think of me if they knew?” you buckle your belt back in place, and fix your hair, trying to make it at least reasonably like it did when you walked in here. As if that would somehow cover up the smell of sex on both of you.

“Does it matter what they think? It's your body, you're free to do whatever you want with it, or let me do whatever I want with it.” he said with a grin. “And you won't have explain shit, I'll do the talking and there's not fuck all Rick can do about it.”

“I don't know. Can I think about it?” you ask.

“Yeah, of course. I'm not forcing you to do anything, and I won't ever. The agreement is completely consensual.” he takes you in his arms again, “I'll be back next week, and you can let me know what you decide then. Until then thanks for the awesome fuck,” he digs in the pocket of his leather jacket and pulls out an extra black leather glove that matches the one on his hand that he fucked you with, and puts it in your hand “And if you just can't wait that long, here's a little something to remember me by. There's a catch though, if you play with yourself wearing this, you have to let me watch next time.” somehow that doesn't sound like a catch to you, but rather a good time.

“Deal” you say, and he kisses you, roughly nipping at your bottom lip when he pulls away.

He grabs his bag of guns and opens the door to a very confused looking Rick, leaving you standing in the armory with his come dipping out of you and his leather glove in your hand.

He shoots you a sexy crooked smirk over his shoulder “See you around sweetheart.”

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Where The Heart Is

This is part of my Voltron Season 7 & 8 re-write. If you are interested start HERE

Onboard The Atlas, Kinkade’s alarm clock goes off. Getting up, he starts his morning routine and begins his daily log entry.

He talks about how he’s been faring on this mission so far and admits he’s had a bit of trouble settling in, as his fellow MFE Pilots are the only people he’s close to. As the days go by it becomes harder, being so far from everyone and everything he knows and loves. However, he reaffirms that this is the right thing to do, and it’s where he’s meant to be. He makes a promise to do everything he can to protect Earth.

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Heading out for breakfast, Kincade meets up with Rizavi, who has been waiting in the hall for him. Kincade notices that she is unusually chipper for this early hour and asks what’s made her so excited. She eagerly explains that she’s on the roster to have a video call with her family later, and she just can’t wait to see and talk to them.

She shares how it’s really hit her how much she misses her family and how hard it is being so far away from them. Kincade says that he feels the same, and wonders how the Paladins were able to do it for so long. Rizavi soberly questions if they will be out here that long.

Kincade notices how much that question weighs on her, and says he doesn’t know the answer to that, but at least they, Leifsdottir, and Griffin have each other. Rizavi nods and says he’s right.

Kincade suggests that when they have some free time, they and Leifsdottir go to visit Griffin in sickbay and to see how he’s recovering from the injuries he received from Ranveig’s Creature and Lotor’s attack. Rizavi brightens at that idea and agrees.

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After arriving to the mess hall and getting their breakfast, Ricavi and Kincade sit with Veronica and Leifsdottir. As they eat, they notice Sven entering and getting some food. The four comment on how it’s such a weird idea that their are alternate versions of people they know in other universes.

Veronica watches as Sven goes to sit by himself and calls out to him, beckoning him over and asking him to join them. He accepts her invitation and sits and they all officially introduce themselves.

Veronica asks how he’s holding up, and Sven says that he’s been trying to get a sense of the place, but it’s hard with everything on the ship being so calm and peaceful. The group at the table can’t believe he describes their current state as “calm and peaceful”, but when he explains the choke-hold the Altean Empire had on his universe; the near constant destruction and devastation committed by them, and the ever present looming terror the Hoktrils provide, they come to grimly understand how he finds things around the ship ‘peaceful’.

Veronica asks if he has a way to return to his universe when this is all over, and Sven says it’s not likely, due to the fact that they would have to tear another rift in reality open and that’s not really something they should try. However, he says that he made peace with his predicament during his time on the abandoned Altean colony.

With Hira and her followers no longer a threat to his universe, he knows the Guns and Rebels will take control and see to it that everything is made right. He says that as long as they can end Hira and Maahox once and for all here, he’ll find peace no matter what universe he’s in.

Lance cuts in and says that they definitely need to end those two ASAP, cause Sven looks like he could do with some peace. The group at the table look up to see the Paladins standing by. Lance explains that they were coming for breakfast and were going to invite Sven to join, but seeing that they are all settled here, he asks if they could join them instead.

The Pilots are surprised that the Paladins want to join, but before they can answer, a Red Alert blares and Shiro calls for the Paladins and MFE Pilots to get to their Lions and ships. Lance and Hunk moan about not getting to eat, but Allura and Keith push them out, saying they can come back to that later.

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In the Black Lion, Keith asks what’s happening and Shiro explains that they just received a distress call from The Narti; a large fraction of Galran Warlords ambushed the Blade and they are under heavy fire. Shiro sends them the coordinates, and the Paladins fly out..

The three MFE Pilots ask what they are to do. Shiro says he wants them to assist the Paladins out there, but with Griffin out of commission they are to follow Keith’s orders. The pilots obey and fly out after the Lions.

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The Lions arrive and see The Narti and some of the Blade’s smaller ships surrounded. Keith contacts Kolivan and says they were here to help; then orders each Paladin to a target, telling them to get the Warlords’ attention. The Paladins agree and start attacking.

Keith flies over to where Zethrid, Ezor, and Axca’s fighters are battling and takes out several of the Galran ships. Zethrid complains to him that they too long, but remarks she’s glad to see them. The three Blades follow behind Keith as he leads them to attacking the main ship of the fleet.

The MFE’s finally arrive and enter the fray, but with Keith already involved in battle and having no direct leader out on the field, they flounder, as they don’t know the Paladin’s fighting style or patterns. As much as they help the Paladins, they also find themselves getting in their way.

Keith sees this from where he’s at, but he’s tied up with attacking the main ship. He comms Lance and tells him he needs to lead the MFE’s. Lance is surprised, and asks if he’s sure. Keith tells him he wouldn’t be asking unless he knew that Lance could do it.

Confidence boosted, Lance takes his words to heart and says he can count on him. He flies over to the MFE’s and jovially greets them, telling them that he’ll be their leader for the day. His relaxed response helps set the Pilots at ease as he guides them into the battle. Following Lance’s commands helps them get into the battle without another issue.

The Atlas finally arrives and helps lay down heavy fire, allowing the Paladins to unite to form Voltron and finish the fight.

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With the battle over, The Atlas escorts The Narti to the nearest Blade outpost for repairs. This allows the crews of the two ships to intermingle during this time.

The three MFE Pilots, pumped from their victory and having some free time, head to sickbay to see Griffin. When they enter they are surprised to find Keith there visiting him.

Keith greets them tells explains that he was informing Griffin about how well they did, and how much of a help they were. The Pilots are puzzled by his warm praise, as they remember what the old Keith from the Garrison was like, and that’s not this Keith. They are comically unnerved by this change.

Keith stands and says he has to get to training and wishes Griffin well. As he leaves he orders the pilots to give Griffin a hard time and Griffin tells him to get lost with a chuckle. The three Pilots look at each other, unsure what they just saw, and Rizavi questions if they’re the ones who entered an alternate universe.

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In the gym Shiro, Krolia, and the Paladins are doing some training. Keith, Allura, and Krolia work together to teach Lance how to fight with his bayard’s sword form.

After Lance loses another round to Krolia, Keith, taking pity on him, calls for him to break. Allura challenges Krolia to a match as Hunk and Pidge sit with Lance.

Shiro smiles as Keith comes to stand by him, then notices Axca, Ezor, and Zethrid entering the gym. He points the Blades out to Keith, telling him this is his chance and gently nudges him towards the three.

Keith goes over to the Blades and they greet each other. The four stand there awkwardly as Keith struggles with trying to ask a question. Zethrid, annoyed, tells him to spit it out. Keith frowns, but finally says that he’s had some questions about being half-Galra, and was hoping they might help him.

Keith brings up how his Galran features came out when fighting Lotor, and explains that that wasn’t the first time it’s happened. He asks if it’s common for half-Galra to have Galran features just come out during stressful events like that.

The three Blades admit they’ve never heard of that happening before, usually half Galra are born with features that are permanent. Keith is disappointed by that, but they continue and say that he is the first human/Galra hybrid, so this could be something distinct for that blend.

Axca suggests that he could train with them, see if somehow they could help him figure things out, and maybe even help him gain control of his Galran side.

Keith asks if he will end up appearing more Galra looking. Ezor says it might, they don’t know; she then hesitantly asks if that would bother him. Keith considers her question and says no, if he ended up showing more of his mother’s heritage he’d be proud, not ashamed. Hearing him say that touches the three Blades.

They invite him to join them in their next training session, and he accepts.

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Later on in the day, Leifsdottir enters the Aeroponics bay, looking for some plants she can use for homemade herbal remedies. She spots Pidge there with her mother, and sees they both are wearing crowns made of plants. Pidge is explaining something to her mother, and Leifsdottir watches in amazement as Pidge closes her eyes and touches a plant, causing it to re-shape itself.

Excited, Colleen starts to talk about all the great things that can be done with Olkari knowledge. Pidge, equally excited, agrees, but before she can gush any further, she notices Leifsdottir and greets her.

Leifsdottir approaches Pidge and asks if she was able to change the plant because she is the Guardian Spirit of the Forest. Pidge is surprised, but pleased that she knows that tidbit, as most people don’t know about their connection to elements.

Pidge says her connection is only part of it, and explains that what she was teaching her mother was taught to her by Ryner and the Olkari. She says that anyone can learn it, and hesitates for a moment before asking if she would be interested, crafting another headband before and holding it out.

Leifsdottir looks at the headband and nods before taking and placing it on her head. Pidge is ecstatic and continues sharing all that Ryner taught her.

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From the observation deck in the Lion’s hanger, Romelle watches as the Paladins return after retrieving another Non-cog Altean from a Mech the Rebels took down.

Sven joins her and apologizes for what’s happening to her people. Romelle tells him that he shouldn’t have to apologize, it’s not his fault. Sven says he didn’t sabotage Hira’s ship in time. This wouldn’t be happening had he completed the mission before they crossed over into this universe.

Romelle considers that, and says based on what she heard, it sounded like it was meant to be a suicide mission. She turns to him, and the two stare at each other. Sven doesn’t respond and Romelle knows she was right. She turns back to the hanger below and says that she’s glad he was unable to complete his mission, as there would be one less good person in the universes. With him here they have an even better chance of taking Hira and Honerva down.

Sven is surprised by her comment and says she must have a very positive outlook. Romelle admits that it's something she's trying to work on and for the longest time she didn’t. She explains about how her colony was created by Lotor and how he used her people as a fuel source. How her friends, parents, and brother were taken from her one by one.

When she was eventually left alone, she began to suffer from depression and despair. After witnessing her brother's death and seeing Lotor's involvement in it, she turned all her feelings to anger and resentment. She couldn’t stand watching her people worshiping the man who was responsible for all her suffering and she was trapped there with no escape, constantly worried over who Lotor would take next. Eventually she began to shut herself away from her people, becoming a bit of a recluse.

It was only after being found by Keith and Krolia -who helped her get answers and closure- and connecting and building relationships with them and the Paladins that she realized how much she had negatively changed. It’s through her new family and friends that she’s began to heal and change her outlook to a hopeful one.

Sven listens intently to her, and when she finishes he says he understands her feelings. Due to the circumstances of his universe, he was much the same way. Constantly losing people who you love leaves a toll, and the more he lost, the more he pulled away. The last person he was close to was his universe’s Slav, but he sacrificed his life shortly after the Paladins left.

That’s why he took the mission to take down Hira’s ship. With all his loved ones gone, he felt the only thing left for him was to try and see to it that Hira and Maahox’s tyranny ended.

However, maybe Romelle is right, maybe there’s more he can offer the universe. Perhaps reconnecting to people, like Romelle has, can help him find some peace and meaning.

Romelle smiles and tells him that she and the Paladins are here for him whenever he needs a friend. Sven thanks her and the two feel a weight lifted from burdens shared.

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Stopping by the mess hall for a snack, Kincade smells something delicious in the air. He heads to the kitchen and finds Hunk in the middle of baking. Not wanting to disrupt him, Kincade goes to leave, but Hunk calls him in. He explains he could use a taste tester, and offers to make him something in return for the help.

Kincade accepts the offer and Hunk gives him some tasks to do. As they work in silence, Kincade notices him using alien ingredients and comments how it must have been difficult to learn new ingredients in order to bake in space; Hunk laughs and confirms it was, but in the end it was worth it. Hunk begins to talk, sharing his love of cooking and confesses that sometimes it felt like baking was the only way he could keep himself sane...and keep the Paladins from having to eat Coran’s ‘special' meals.

He explains that it was a comfort when they first started their journey, as it gave him a piece of home. He tells him how it then started to help bring everyone together. He shares how things were rocky with the team when they first started out, as they all didn’t know, trust, or completely like each other; but whenever he baked, no matter who argued with who, or how badly they failed during training, at the end of the day they would all come together for a meal. It brought him a lot of peace to see that.

Though that he started to really take to heart the things his mother use to tell him about cooking. How a shared meal made with love can bring people together. He says he always understood to a degree what she meant, but it wasn't until getting into space that it really hit him the meaning and worth of a shared meal. It’s something that he’ll never take for granted again.

Hunk realizes how he’s been going on, and apologizes for blabbering, but Kincade says he didn’t mind and that it’s a comfort to hear that sometimes finding your place is easy as sharing a meal with friends.

Hunk looks him over, curious by that statement, but doesn't press, instead he mentions that they are baking these treats for a game night the Paladins were planning on having later. He invites Kincade and the other MFE Pilots to join if they want. Kincade thanks him and says he will ask the others, and the two get back to work.

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In a private communication room, Rizavi talks with her family, sharing all that’s been going on. She tells her siblings about all the battles she’s been in, while also trying to assure her parents that she hasn’t been taking too many risks.

She gets a warning that her time is up and they all say their goodbyes. The call ends and Rizavi sits there downcast, the euphoria she’s had all day now gone. She sniffs and tries to regain her composure as the next person in line knocks on the door. Rizavi apologizes and steps out.

Movement catches her attention, and she sees Lance and Veronica step out of another communication room. Veronica looks to be in much of the same state she’s in, and Lance puts a comforting arm around his sister. Veronica notices Razavi, and hastily rubs her eyes as she says hello. She asks if she’s spoken with her family yet, or if she’s waiting. Rizavi points to her own red eyes and says just ended.

Veronica chuckles lightly at that, and says she doesn’t know how Lance was able to go on for so long without being with their family. Lance admits that it was hard, that not a day went by where he didn’t miss or think about them in some way; but as hard as it was to be apart, he knew that without Voltron, the people he loved could end up in danger and he wouldn’t let that happen. However, it was the thought of one day reuniting with them, free of the Galra’s threat, that kept him strong.

Veronica and Rizavi are both touched by his words, and agree that keeping that in mind strengthens their resolve to end this war. Rizavi says instead of fretting over being apart, she’s going to start making plans for what she’ll do when she’s back with her family. Veronica and Lance think that’s a great idea and agree they should do the same.

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Evening rolls around, and Griffin is finally given permission to leave sickbay. The Pilots, along with Veronica, head to the lounge where Hunk told Kincade the game night was being held. Entering, they find not only the Paladins, Romelle, Coran, Krolia, and Shiro, but also Sven, Axca, Ezor, and Zethrid.

Lance greets them from where he’s sitting, calling the three Pilots ‘his team’, which Griffin sputters at. Lance tells him not to worry, he's not planning on stealing them..yet. It's just that Keith put him in charge of the Pilots during battles until Griffin is cleared for duty. So, he's taking care of them for now. Griffin playfully threatens that he better.

Rizavi asks what they are playing, and Coran explains that it’s “Monsters and Mana”. He tells them how they had started playing it before losing the Castle of Lions, then on the trip back to Earth, they got Keith, Krolia, and Romelle into it. They were now going to teach it to the rest of them. They join the table and Allura shows them how to create their own character.

Veronica looks to the Blades and says she thought that Axca, Ezor, and Zethrid would have stayed with The Narti when they left it at the Blade outpost earlier. Axca explains that they transferred over to The Atlas to work with the Garrison, Krolia, and Keith as Blade representatives.

Veronica is happy to hear that and says she’s glad to see them here. The three are a little surprised at that, but happy to be accepted nonetheless.

Hunk finally comes out with the treats that were made earlier, and is excited to see the others there. He joins them at the table, and they all begin their game.

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Before heading to bed for the night, Kincade updates his video journal and says that even though they are far from Earth, he feels like The Atlas has become a bit more like home.

Notes:

Look at that, one big happy Voltron family with Sven, the MFE Pilots’s and, Ex-Generals finding their place in the Paladin’s circle of friendship.

This is pretty much the last fully light-hearted/filler story in my re-write. Not that things are going to be nothing but dark and depressing, just the stories are going to be focused on the main plot. So, I really wanted to focus on the fact that the Paladins and their family are really developing a genuine friendship with the MFE Pilots, Axca, Ezor, Zethrid, and Sven here.

I also wanted to finish some plot lines like Keith's Galra features popping up, what happened to Sven's Slav, as well as developing more of the characters.

I really wish I could do more with some of these things -mainly Keith's Galran features-, but I don't have the time for it. So, with the exception of one upcoming mention, this it pretty much where it's going to be left.

So, clearly this it a take on “Day Forty- Seven”. I changed the name of the story because I didn’t want to give the exact timeframe of how long they have been in space. So you get an insanely cheesy title instead.

The original episode this is based on was one that I felt was mostly a waste of time. It was an interesting idea to have a ‘day in the life…’ episode from the viewpoint of a vlog, but most of the episode’s plot was ‘stuff happens’.

The only thing the episode consists of interviews that were more about jokes then development, an unseen space battle, and only 3 to 4 minutes of anything having to do with the main storyline (Yes, I go back and play these episodes to actually count the minutes).

There was a lot of potential with this idea and a lot of ways they could have used it to great effect, but instead it was just another wasted story without any meat to it.

It was actually during my first viewing of this episode that I looked to see how many more episodes of the series were left, because I was so exasperated and bored with it.

Oh, and can I just take a moment to rant about how much the scene of Rizavi and Kincade recording in the situation room?

Before that scene Kincade say they aren’t supposed to record, and yet they do. I think I’ve said it before, if not I’ll say it now: this is a military institution. You can't break rules like that. You do and you go to jail, end of story.

Look, I get that this is an animated show, and they aren’t thinking about this through the eyes or real life rules...but they should. Kids watching this should see that there are times and places where rules should be followed, even if the characters don’t like it.

Plus, the flippancy they portray these characters having towards rules in a military-esk setting makes me look at the characters as amoral idiots who deserve to be held accountable for stupid actions.

Ugh, anyhow.

The communications situation -with how they make calls to Earth- was inspired by Star Trek: Voyager and how they communicated with Earth in the later part of the series. I figured The Atlas would have to keep transmissions to Earth limited, as they don’t want the enemy picking up on signals and what not.

So, while everyone would have opportunities to call home, they have to wait their turn on certain days/times.

#keith kogane #lance voltron #hunk garrett #voltron pidge #voltron #princess allura #takashi shirogane #MyVoltronSeasonSummary #mywritings

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so I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of riverdale

I think we can all just being utterly honest admit that the riverdale writers really don’t want to be writing teenagers anymore. the only real reason the school exists is as a framing for musicals, since we know we’re gonna be doing spring awaking next year which by current levels of escalations will be WILD to try to dial it back for the framing of a school musical.

I mean there’s also the fact that we know kathy keene is gonna be set int he future with josie as an adult rather than a teen.

Honestly I feel that it wouldn’t be hurt by doing what PLL did and just doing a timeskip and having the cast all suddenly adults I mean lets review where our guys are by back of half of S3

Veronica: is a small business owner, her family drama is now very much framed in the manner of like...dynasty or whatever rather than as a dependent on her parents despite the fact she still ostensibly lives with them. she runs her silly speak easy and invests in business, all the new kid or cheerleader stuff is dropped. she can clash with her dad or elio but its all with the idea of her being organised crime adjacent.

Betty: betty’s age is unimportant. her job is basically trouble maker/investigator. like she doesn’t even supposedly run the blue and gold any more as a cover for reporting. she just sticks her nose in business and solves crimes because that’s what betty does.

S1 jughead is dead and that’s fine. he is now inescapably tied with the serpents so his character is going to be communally based despite all his loner stuff earlier. of course we have the issue where the writers don’t want his gang to be a gang so they’re currently....a vigilante cop militia with no oversight. honestly its like they want jughead to be police but are aware that 1) as a faux gang leader he has the authority to organise his affairs rather than be under someone else in a chain of command 2) making him an official police officer rather than a gang that does police work would kill any counter cultures rebel cred he supposedly has and the writers want him as a leather jacket wearing ‘bad boy’ not a narc. so now we’ve got this whole weird situation with the adult sheriff asking his teen son to lead investigations and guide him. lord knows how this plays out in future.

archie is a bit of a weird one, i’ve been thinking about this post for a few episodes now, originally beofre the rest of the leopold and loeb boys came. I wanted to talk about how archie has completely dropped football and music (as seen by the dream self baseball bat beat down) and the writers are throwing their hands up and admitting he is now a blank slate and they chose....boxing. and honestly there are only so many plots you can do with boxing: training for the big fight, training someone else or i guess small business stuff with the gym. instead they’re going with him as a i guess a pseudo gang leader with his ex con boxers who much like the serpents won’t do ‘crimes’ but will break the law.

I mean also part of it is....these characters can’t really go to the college and keep the show the same, given their difference in academics and background it would be too much of a strain for them to go to the same college and they don’t have big enough b listers to be main cast while the core four go away like glee. i mean they could maybe do the buffy/smallvile trick of having cast go to college in town and then just...drop college without saying anything.

that’s why the time skip makes sense, get them graduated, back in riverdale, drinking legally, running their businesses. of course the issue is that if we track linear progression of escalation for riverdale by season 7 or whatever once they graduated their town should be a radioactive wasteland run by warlord....idk fangs? plus the whole thing of people are invested in relationship dynamics as if and you can either go the harry potter option of have everyone exactly as they were on graduation which seems unrealistic, give them new supporting cast which is unsatisfying cause who are these guys? or the pll coward option of have them all move on over the years and slowly detonate every relationship to get them back to their HS ships.

anyway this is dumb and probably more thought that riverdale writers have given the future lol.

sorry everyone!!!

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Forbidden Fitness Secrets Of A Modern Day Ninja Warrior

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Forbidden Fitness Secrets Of A Modern Day Ninja Warrior

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And why you can do the same thing today… with the information on this website.

Here’s the story:

Hundreds of years ago, Japanese warlords were “haunted” by a clan of warriors who possessed mysterious and magical powers…

In fact, they were so formidable that Japanese warlords were forced to face one horrifying fact:

These Invincible “Shadow Warriors” …Were Simply NOT Human!

Impossible.

They were ghosts…

Demons…

Men possessed with the spirits of ancient deities.

Whatever they were, one thing was for sure:

They were anything but mere mortals.

Or So Legend Has It…

So, who were these “shadow warriors” REALLY? And what does this have to do with you? Well…

Some say they were a secret society formed one moonless night… deep in the Iga Mountains… during the chance meeting of a Wandering Warrior Monk, a Chinese Mystical Priest and a Peasant Farmer.

Others say they were “freedom fighters” guided by an oracle with access to lost ancient knowledge.

Whatever spawned them, know this:

They were real flesh and blood.

They eventually became known as the Shinobi.

But you probably know of them by their pop-culture name:

The Ninja.

Naturally, you have to ask yourself…

What is it about the very real, flesh-and-blood Ninja that made warlords terrified of their own shadow?

That made Samurai elite look like fumbling buffoons?

That created so much confusion on a battlefield, their enemies ended up fighting against themselves?

Believe it or not…

There’s Nothing Magical About It

Truth is, the Ninja simply used a strategic set of “forbidden fitness secrets” that made them SEEM supernatural.

A dedication to clinical and precise training of these secrets is what allowed the Ninja to be limber, supple and “move like mist” one moment…

Then suddenly call up a body plated with “muscular armor” the next.

This ability allowed them wield strange weapons, dispatch elite opponents, suffer inhuman punishment, and climb trees and walls with…

A Supernatural Ease That Would Cause Other Mortals Pain, Injury And Even Death!

Anyway, do you want to know the most prized of their forbidden fitness secrets?

Building unmatched levels of a special kind of strength known as “intrinsic strength”.

And you know what?

Even though almost nobody truly understands intrinsic strength today…

…it’s something you can quickly and easily grasp if you really want to.

You can think of it this way…

Building Intrinsic Strength Is Like Reinforcing Your Joints, Ligaments, Tendons, Bones And Muscles With Elastic Steel

And while I’m not saying you should go out and start masking yourself in black and terrorizing your political “warlords”…

…layering your body with elastic steel CAN make you feel so damn shatterproof… you’ll want to become a professional “daredevil”!

Imagine sensing things in your body you never have before…

Being able to “shrug off” muscle tension and joint stiffness with only a subtle movement and a deep exhale…

Moving with such an intimidating level of balance, coordination and smoothness that…

People Now Look At YOU Like You Are Simply NOT Human

Please understand, this isn’t some action flick fantasy.

Anyway, listen… if you think building up intrinsic strength isn’t something to take seriously, you’ll want to think again, because…

Poor Intrinsic Strength Undermines All Areas Of Physical Performance

A lack of intrinsic strength is why guys can have the muscles of an Olympian… and yet joints made of peanut brittle…

Or why top level athletes experience “phantom injuries”… where they tear a muscle or ligament for seemingly NO reason, and end up missing an entire season or more…

Or why your average fitness joe can bust his rump in the gym and still end up stuck in a rut, or with embarrassingly low levels of strength and power to show for it…

Matter of fact, according to the sweet celestial science of Physics…

Intrinsic Strength Is The Key “Invincibility Factor” In Measuring An Object’s Breaking Point

So it seems the Ninja were onto something all those hundreds of years ago.

Anyway, look… how do I know all of this?

Recently, I discovered a keeper of such “forbidden fitness secrets”. An expert in the realm of the true Ninja and their brand of intrinsic strength training.

One night (over one too many rounds of scotch) he started letting me in on his “forbidden fitness secrets”.

And you know what surprised me most?

The Short Set of “Soft Tissue” Exercises He Revealed Are Really Quite Simple In Their Application

And yet, when practiced with discipline, they give your soft tissue (joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and bones) an almost supernatural breaking point.

Best part?

You don’t need any formalized or specialised training to master them:

you don’t need to be a martial artist…

you don’t need to be a special agent, elite operative, or government spy…

you don’t even need any equipment outside of your bodyweight (and a kitchen broomstick for some of the movements)

In other words…

Anyone of Any Age Can Wield The Power of These Forbidden Fitness Secrets And Walk The Earth A Brand New Person Because of Them

There’s just one catch.

You need to make sure you’re doing these exercises IN THE RIGHT ORDER.

You can’t just do them willy-nilly. In fact, doing so will have the OPPOSITE effect on your body.

You’d be like some fool-thief wielding a magic spell book. Not a pretty picture.

Fortunately, Ryan’s developed a system that guarantees you’re doing these exercises THE RIGHT WAY.

The “magic” behind the rapid development of your “supernatural skills” is Ryan’s way of moving your body from Ninja-Supple to Ninja-Strong.

Follow These 3 Steps And You Will “Wire” Your Body To Handle Maximum Stress Without Risking Discomfort, Pain Or Injury…

You first set out to restore the full, healthy range of motion of your joints with targeted regeneration exercises.

You then seamlessly transition to intrinsic strength exercises by “adding weight” to that healthy range in a very specific way.

Finally, once your “intrinsic base” is installed, you build traffic-stopping joint, tendon and ligament strength in odd ranges with “forbidden” exercises you’ve likely NEVER seen before.

It’s a surprisingly simple (but clinically precise) system when you see it in action.

Anyway, would you like to learn this secret way of making yourself “near-invincible” in the gym?

And would you like to do it without having to leave your home… or even having to expense a trip to Berlin and pay Ryan’s high end private coaching fee for it?

Then check this out:

These Forbidden Fitness Secrets Of A Modern Day Ninja Warrior Are Hard To Find