#and literally the second I got home I kinda forgot that I also needed to run errands ^^;

[alaskan-wallflower]

the people yearn for more of your angsty Steve headcanons 🙏🙏🙏🙏

DONT THINK I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

(TW//drugs, alcohol, abuse, divorce and sui attempts)

Okay so for one, I kinda have a whole bunch of lore for Steve that I’ll start off with

So Steve was completely unplanned, and he’s known that for years. He didn’t quite see the tension between his parents (well, he was like…four when it started getting really bad, he didn’t know much better) but he remembers the fighting, the screaming at him over the littlest things, everything. He was eight when his parents dropped the ball and told him they were getting divorced, and obviously that meant a lot for him. He went from being a punching bag to being a pawn in his parent’s game. Whenever they’d be with him one on one, they’d spoil him rotten, but then they’d follow it up with “I bet your mom ain’t gonna beat this, huh, kid?” or “Dad’s gonna wish he came up with this!” but all Steve knew was he was angry. He didn’t feel loved, and he knew he wasn’t loved. Not in the way he should’ve been.

Eventually his Dad got full custody. His mom was addicted to crack cocaine over the time period the custody battles began and not only was it used against her in court, but it was also used as a scare tactic for Steve.

Steve was maybe nine when it all ended and he got settled in with his dad. Last he heard his mom’s in jail, or rehab. He can’t remember. He doesn’t want to remember. His dad isn’t much better, and he starts leaving Steve alone at home so he can go drink.

Steve’s relationship is very on again off again with his dad, he wants to love his dad, he wants to have a father-son connection with him as his only kid, but he also can’t shake the fact that his dad constantly prioritizes his alcohol over their relationship

Steve was a very angry kid—he took out his anger at his home life on other kids. He was dubbed the “problem child”. Not only that but he used to get picked on a lot in school, specifically for his looks, namely his teeth. The bullying at school went away when he started getting muscles tho, but it still left imprints

He started lashing back at people, he got violent sometimes. Violence was the only way he was taught to express himself. When Mom got mad, she would hit his dad. When Dad was upset with his mom, he’d whale on her. When someone wa specking on Steve, he finally bit back. Literally.

Him and Soda actually became friends because they’d both gotten their recess taken away when they were in second grade—Steve for being violent and Soda for “lack of respect and attention”. Soda was the only one who was actually nice to Soda when he didn’t need to be.

Steve actually used to pick on Sodapop a lot. He saw the rest of the kids pick on Sodapop, and if bullying Sodapop was the only way he could fly under the radar, he’d join in. The reason they became friends was because Sodapop was genuinely upset and Steve had never seen him like that before, and for some reason it hit a nerve.

They became freida’s after they explained their situations to each other and found a common interest in catching bugs (not ladybugs tho Steve hates those)

Anyway back to the angst

As Steve gets older, gus relationship with his father gets worse and worse. His father is a wild card. Some days Steve will come home from work and his dad will be grilling something, other times he’s getting beer cans chucked at his head and tobacco spat in his face as he’s told to get out and never show his face again

Steve spends a lot more time in the lot than maybe even Johnny. Johnny doesn’t wanna be a burden, Steve has too much pride to ask for help. The two of them sometimes show each other the best places to find food, or some sense of warmth in the winter.

Speaking of, Johnny and Steve are both victims of abuse, but they cope and reflect it very differently. Johnny just lost all hope in the world while Steve wakes up seeing red. If the world isn’t gonna treat him fair, why should he treat anyone else fair?

Him and Evie don’t fight often, but when they do, it’s usually a shouting war that ends with one of them storming out and the other trying to talk it out for a few days. Usually the fights are over Steve’s home life, or his pride and how it gets in the way of their relationship…but the main thing they fight about is Steve’s jealous nature

I’ve talked about this in the past, but Steve puts up a facade and acts like he’s got all this bravado and he’s cool and smart and he makes good marks, he knows cars better than he knows people sometimes, he’s got an awesome partner (whether that’s Evie, Soda or both is up to you), but deep down he sees himself as flimsy and like he needs to put up his front in order to seem like there’s nothing wrong…but he gets jealous super easily.

He gets accusative very quickly. If Evie’s talking to a guy friend, he’s gotta come over and start talking over the guy and getting overly touchy. If Soda’s making a new friend, he’s gotta be there showing he’s Soda’s best friend. Both Soda and Evie understand—Steve’s been replaced and put on the back burner way too many times, but it angers them both. Often to the point they confront him and it escalates. That’s what their worst fights are over.

Every time he fights with one of them he feels physically ill. Contrary to popular belief but Steve doesn’t like yelling. Every time he yells, all he can see is his younger self cowering from his screaming parents, but once he starts he can’t stop

Steve’s “love language” is gift giving, and not in a good way. Hr thinks that five bucks and a dinner date is a good apology, because that’s what his dad taught him, and that’s what he tolerated. He’s not great with being confronted post fight, with neither Evie, nor Sodapop. They both understand, but they can’t help but to feel angry with him at times. They don’t blame him, not completely, but it’s hard when your boyfriend/best friend “apologizes” by handing you five bucks and tells you to “buy yourself something nice” and then just…leaves like nothing happened.

He comes to his senses after a couple of days and offers a genuine apology. Apologies aren’t frequent from Steve, so they know he means it. They’re both trying to give him better ways to apologize and show his affection, though.

They’ve both had separate talks with him—a lot of crying, a lot of hard things came out, a lot of hard things were said (on both sides), but afterwards, he doesn’t do it as much, and he’s learning to genuinely apologize

Steve will not admit this to a single soul but he’s scared to death of drinking if doing drugs. He knows addiction runs in his family and he’s seen what his Mom looked like, what his dad acted like…he’ll still drink with Soda, usually as a way to break his frustrations, but every time he does he’s shaking, barely able to get it down. He drank to the point of passing out one time and never drank again because he was just so scared of becoming who he hated most.

Steve actually got a letter from his mother in prison the same week Pony left, the same week Johnny and Dally died, the same week Sodapop got with letter from Sandy. He threw up after reading it. Not a single soul knows. For now, at least.

The things Pony says do affect Steve a lot more than he lets on. He hears a lot of that from his dad, or he heard that in school a lot…it was very hard for him

Steve doesn’t love the Curtis house. He feels disrespected and unwelcome because Pony obviously doesn’t like him and he feels Darry hates him. Him and Soda have spoken about it before, but he doesn’t like bringing it up. Soda has enough fights to mediate.

Speaking of Darry, Steve was never very fond of him. He felt Darry was trying to be too fatherly for him, and his “brawn no brains” comment was meant to push Darry away. It worked too well and Steve still beats himself up over it.

The hardest moment of Steve’s life was probably the week of his sixteenth birthday. His dad and him fought worse than ever, and he just felt so helpless and like he had no one there for him, and he ended up attempting to take his own life at the lot. He wasn’t sure who brought him to the Curtises, but the next thing he knows, Soda’s there, bawling his eyes out so hard he’s making himself sick as he’s simultaneously trying to communicate how worried he was and how angry he was.

They had a long conversation that night, Steve just unraveling before Soda and telling him everything that happened, everything that had happened, his mom going to jail, his dad’s on and off behavior, how he felt about his placement in the gang…everything was coming out, and that was probably the hardest he’s cried around anyone. Soda doesn’t say a word to anyone, it’s all kept inside, it’s all secret with him.

I hope that’s angst enough—

[raeathnos]

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[cosmosluckycharms]

Showtime☆

pt2

Lullaby In Blue

When you finally get to the manor, it's dark out.

You were so sleepy. You just wanted your momma. You just wanted your grandpa.

You assume that when you get home, your father will take you in with open arms and talk as sweetly as your momma said.

Unfortunately for you, unlike how momma described him, he's cold and hard to decipher...

You look up at him in a mix of curiosity and excitement. He looked so cool! he was wearing a fancy outfit and he just looked so cool! The only thing that threw you off was how he looked so.....tired.

"WOAH!! You look so cool! Are you my dad? Momma has said so many good things about you! How about that one time when you-" He cut you off.

"Alfred, show her to her room if you will." he started walking away.

Your heart broke a little at that, but it's okay! You win him over sometime! For now, you need a nap.

Alfred walks you to your room while profusely apologizing about Bruce.

You walk into your room. And it's clear they didn't do much research on you...

The toys were better suited for a kid younger than you, maybe around 4 or 5 years old.

You don't complain though, the room is huge and you have a bigger bed than you can imagine!

You have your bedroom and walk-in closet! Alfred says to sleep and tomorrow they'll sort out the room and make it more for you.

The next morning you wake up and decide to unpack a bit.

You didn't have much, just a few clothing items, jewelry from your momma, a few picture frames, and some of momma's old stuff such as paintings and her cassettes of movies.

As soon as you finished unpacking Alfred came to call you down for breakfast.

You go downstairs to see at the table your father, a boy around 23 with black hair, and another boy who looked around 18 years old with also black hair with a white patch.

You introduced yourself to them like your momma taught you.

"Hello!! im Y/N L/N!!! Well, actually I don't know about L/N now because technically he is my dad," you point to Bruce. "I'm kinda hungry," before you could continue with your ramble Alfred shut you up with a plate of pancakes in front of you.

It's clear to everyone but you that 7 in the morning is too early to be this hyper and nonsensical.

"Oo! pancakes! I love pancakes! They're my favorite! My grandpa makes it from scratch-" You pause for a second, a very slight stop that makes your eyes water up a little.

No one could notice it.

Well besides the literal detectives sitting at the table.

You continued rambling for a bit before Alfred mentioned a playground in the backyard, recently designed for you.

"WOAH that's so cool! Can I go play on it? Please?" you made sure to drag the 'e' in 'please', that's how it always worked on momma.

He allowed you to and you quickly got off your chair.

You were about to play outside before realizing you were nowhere near ready to play outside, you still had your PJs on, and your fuzzy socks!

You ran to your room to get ready for the day, which was difficult because momma would always help usually

You were trying not to look sad, you shouldn't be sad. You should be thankful for all the things they're doing for you.

After a couple of hours of playing on the mini playground, you got tired.

You decided to get back inside and eat.

You went inside and saw it was empty. You decided to go into your room and take a nap.

You walked in and realized you forgot to go shopping with Alfred! All the things in your room were baby things, and you only had two other pairs of clothes to wear!

You didn't mind though.

You lay down on the carpet and fell asleep immediately.

It wouldn't hurt to sleep for a while...

You woke up a couple of hours later.

You woke up silently crying, you had a dream about the day you and your momma and grandpa went to a theme park.

You couldn't remember much about the dream, only that you had so much fun.

You don't know why you're crying, you had a great time, did you not?

You didn't understand. This shouldn't be happening.

To calm yourself down, you started humming the lullaby your momma sang to you.

It worked slightly.

You decided to get up and eat, you were hungry and hadn't eaten earlier.

You went downstairs and saw a boy no older than 15 eating a bowl of cereal.

You hadn't met him yet, so you tried to introduce yourself to him!"HELLO! My name is Y/n l/n!!!!! What's your name??"

Unfortunately for you, you caught him at a bad time. He had been working on a case since 7:30 am and this was his break.

"Leave me alone," he said, in a obviously tired tone.

Well, obvious to everyone but you.

You continued asking him questions, only for him to ignore you, grab the bowl of cereal, and walk away to his room.

You looked at him with a confused look on your face.

Your stomach rumbled a bit before you snapped out of it and grabbed yourself a bowl of cereal too.

You ate alone at the table.

The next day while outside in the garden, you saw a boy playing with a dog.

The dog looked so cute! You decided to talk to the boy.

"HELLO!! Im y/n l/n!! it's nice to meet you!!"

You started asking him a lot of questions, like what his name was, what the dog's name was, are you guys were siblings, and more!!

The excitement you had to meet others was overwhelming to some people.

He ended up getting the dog to chase you away.

You ran to your room and stayed there the entire day.

You wanna go home.

You ended up finding out their names at one point or another.

The 23-year-old one was Richard "Dick" Grayson, the 18-year-old one was Jason Todd, the one that shooed you away while eating cereal was Timothy "Tim" Drake, and the boy who got his dog to chase you was Damian Wayne.

You don't understand why they didn't want you, you weren't mean or evil like those villains you saw in the books momma read you, so why did they not want you?

You tried getting into hobbies you didn't care about so you guys could talk about them.

You joined a book club, which you kind of disliked since it was so quiet.

You joined gymnastics, which you were good at and kind of enjoyed, it did help you get your energy out, though!

You tried coding, which you didn't like at all.

You tried art, which you were okay at.

Nothing really stuck!

And it's not like it helped with getting your family to notice you.

It didn't matter to them, they had Gotham to help.

You didn't have actual hobbies or interests for a while.

Not until you were 12.

You had signed up for theater in middle school, and the teacher was nice enough to take you all on a field trip to a play.

It changed your life.

You knew immediately that that's what you wanted to do.

You wanted to spread smiles, just like how this play had spread joy to you and others.

You wanted to perform on stage for others!

You knew this was what you wanted!

As soon as you got home you asked Alfred if for your birthday you could have a stage.

One that was going to be demolished soon due to not bringing in any money.

He decided to think about it.

It was a strange request coming from you.

You never really asked for things like this.

You never really asked for non-neccesities at all!

But he decided to not think about it too hard.

feeding my like 2 emu!reader enjoyers lmfao

oml this took so long

guys lowk im so tired

anyways this is ass

taglist:

@shirp-collector-of-fixations @maybeethan69 @iluvcatzz @tacendxx @ninihrtss

[mingis-orangejuice]

Using Reverse Psychology On The Demon Bros

Warnings/Genres: manipulation(in a cute way, kinda?), mentions of diets (only in Beel’s part) fluff, crack

I feel like all the Brothers would fall for reverse psychology so easily. I don’t think MC would purposely try to manipulate them (at least not all the time), they would just say things that happen to make the brothers suddenly want to help them lol

Lucifer

-He’s literally the avatar of pride, if you wound his pride he’d be quick to try and prove you wrong

-MC: Lucifer can you help me with my potions homework?

-Lucifer: MC, can’t you see I'm extremely busy with paperwork for Lord Diavolo so that will have to wait for now

-MC: Fine, I guess I'll just go ask Satan, he’s the smart one anyway… *turns to leave *

-Lucifer: *is instantly standing in front of you within half a second looking all flustered and grabs your notebook from you* Let me take a look at that for you 

Mammon:

-Even tho he’s a Simp for you he’s also a bit lazy so you’ll need to ask him multiple times for help when it comes to any type of hard work.

-MC: Mammon, can you help me carry some boxes from the attic Lucifer says we need to start getting rid of some of the useless junk up there.

-Mammon: Nah I got better things to do than menial labour for Lucifer

-MC: ok I guess I‘ll ask Beel to help, He can probably carry all the boxes in one trip, we’d get it done so quickly ☺️ 

-cue Mammon zooming up to the attic trying to stack all the boxes to prove that he can lift way more than his little brother.

Levi:

-Levi would definitely be the easiest to trick with this since he’s already constantly jealous of his brothers anytime they spend time with you.

-MC: Levi it’s my day to cook dinner do you want to come shopping for the ingredients with me?

-Levi: Sorry MC I’m on hour 9 of rewatching TSL, plus it's too bright outside. Why don’t you pull up a cushion and we can watch it together?

-MC: Oh that's ok I guess I'll go ask as Asmo, he’s been wanting to take me out on a date anyway *You close his door and start walking down the hall to Asmo’s room

-Levi: D..D..D.. Date! Wait MC no I’ll take you, I didn’t realize you were asking me out on a date, wait please come back!

Satan:

-I feel like he would also get jealous really quickly. Especially if you bring up Lucifer he would go full-on rage mode. Basically, anything that works on Lucifer will work on him too.

-MC: *pointing to one of the many books in his room* can I read that one? it looks cool.

-Satan: No MC it's cursed you could get hurt

-MC: ok *walks away*

-later MC is on the couch reading a book they borrowed from Lucifer

-Satan: *sees you reading the book Lucifer recommended, runs to his room to get the cursed book you wanted to read earlier* wait MC read this instead !!!!

-MC: but you said it was cursed

-Satan: it's fine I’ll figure out how to cure you just drop that other book NOW!

Asmo:

-Asmo would definitely get upset if you complimented someone else

-he wants to be the only one MC goes to for beauty advice 

-MC: Asmo can you share your skincare routine with me?

-Asmo: My dear MC I can't just give away my secrets to looking this gorgeous *walks away*

-later at RAD

-MC talking to Simeon: Wow Simeon your skin is positively glowing what products do you use, you’re so beautiful!

-Simeon: *blushing* oh, let me show you, I use…

-Asmo who had been eavesdropping: *Grabs MC’s arm* MC why don’t we head home I have to show you how gorgeous I look when I’m doing my skincare routine! 

Beel:

-I don’t wanna be cliche but reverse psychology would only work on Beel if it was about food

-Beel is always ready to help so there wouldn’t be too many situations where you’d get to use reverse psychology on him. Like if you asked him to help carry something he would do it, no questions asked. 

- but if you wanted some of his food, especially if it was something special that he’s been looking forward to it might be a bit difficult.

-MC forgot their lunch and saw Beel eating in the cafeteria: Beel can I have some of your food it looks really good!

-Beel: *looks at MC and then looks at his food* uh this is the limited edition Goliath Hellfire pizza from Hell’s Kitchen each customer is only allowed to purchase 1 in their entire lifetime. 

-MC: oh it's okay I just hadn’t had lunch today, I guess I can just go ask Asmo for some of his lunch

-Beel: *Grabs MC’s wrist to stop them from leaving* Asmo is on a diet again so there’s no way he has enough for both of you to get enough, here MC have some of mine *sits MC down and  hands them a slice of pizza that's almost double the size of their body

(this one was a stretch cuz I feel like Beel would have given MC some food anyway but I couldn’t think of anything for him, but I also didn't want to leave him out)

Belphie:

-He is the definition of unbothered he doesn’t care if you go out with the others cuz he’s too lazy to go out but also he knows the moment you sit down he can just fall asleep on you and now you’re stuck with him 

-but other than that I think he’d be just a little possessive of his nap stuff tho like blankets pillows etc… 

-you know he has the best stuff so if you want to have a great sleep you’ll need to ask to borrow them.

-MC: Belphie can I use your fancy sleep pillow I can’t sleep

-Belpihe: *pretends to sleep on the couch so he doesn't have to give MC his favourite pillow*

-Mammon: Don’t worry MC come sleep on my bed it's crazy comfy you'll definitely fall asleep right away.

-Belphie: *Throws the pillow at MC and pulls them onto the couch to take a nap with him

-Mammon: Hey they were gonna sleep in my room tonight!

[local-hyena]

Allright allright, I think I'm ready now...

TF2 COMIC 7

Saying "I loved it" would be an understatement. It was PERFECT, the perfect ending we deserved. It's been seven goddamn years, I honestly didn't think this issue would ever be released. I started getting into tf2 only recently, about a year ago I think. I hope everyone who've been there from the beginning are happy.

This last issue gave us SO MANY THINGS ! A TIME SKIP WITH THE MERC'S FUTURE ! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ALL GOT THE "THEY GOT HOME AND BUILT FAMILIES AND REUNITE FOR CHRISTMAS" TYPE OF FUTURE THAT LITERALLY ALL FANFICS ARE ABOUT. SINGLE DAD SCOUT IS THE GREATEST CHARACTER DEVELOPPEMENT POSSIBLE.

WE ALSO GOT LITERALLY EVERYTHING WE WERE HOPING FOR. WE GOT UNMASKED SPY, WE GOT PAULING'S FIRST NAME, WE GOT SCOUT'S LAST NAME, SCOUT WITH AN UGLY HAIRCUT, WE EVEN GOT PYRO'S DOG AND MEDIC'S BABOON, TOM JONES IS BACK. ALSO HEAVY HAS A BEARD NOW, AND SOLDIER AND ZHANNA HAVE CHILDREN !!

there are of course still unanswered things. However, the fact that the Administrator forgot why she wanted revenge on Mann really adds to her character and the overall story. Also, it seems that Scout still odesn't know that Spy is his father, since he introduces himelf to Scout's children as Scout's coworker... Scout's ma is also noticably absent, I do not want to think about it too much, since Demo's mother is still alive, there is no reason she wouldn't be as well. We're gonna say that she's spending Christmas with another son, since she doesn't really take an important rôle in the comic... Also, as a Medic main, THERE WAS NO MEDIC CONTENT. LIKE, I KNOW THAT THE LAST COMIC WAS VERY MEDIC AND HEAVY FOCUSED, BUT STILL. I always need more Medic content 😭😭 glad to see that Archimedes is here also !

Also, Merasmus why are you so ripped 😂😂 he looks ugly as ever.

I am so very happy that Hale and Olivia both got fired from MannCo. They are finally happy now, with Hale going back with Mags fighting animals and going on other dangerous adventures.

There is ONE lats thing I need to point out. No, two things. First, I wonder what Valve will do now. Now that Team Fortress 2's story has come to an end. What will happen ? Is the game going to stop updating ? Or on the contrary will they go back to working on it ? Is there going to be a Team Fortress 3 ? Or is Team Fortress simply going to end on this perfect note ?

Finally, the ending. It took me a while to understand that the last dinner scene was adressing directly to us, the reader, the player. When I understood that, it hit le right in the heart. I cannot say that tf2 has been à huge part of my life. Like I said, I only got interested last year or so. I don't even oike the game itself that much, online multiplayer competitive FPSs are not my preferred genre. But the story, the characters and what the community makes (yes, the funny GMod machinimas and SFM movies. The memes and the serious stuff, both of them) made me learn to enjoy this universe. I must confess something. For some time, I played Fortnight with my brother. He made me try because I kept saying that I didn't like it, but I hadnd't poayed the game. After my first game, I said that I had some fun, in the end. So, he kinda forced le to play. For... idk, a few years. I do nlt remember the dates but I started the season with the Nomad skin as the ultimate reward, and stopped when there were hoverboards, or whatever they were. I didn't enjoy it because he insisted on being super competitive and was raging 90% of the time. So yeah, I hated every second of it and I vowed to not play competitive online multiplier games anymore. Which is why I absolutly refuse to play Overwatch and League of Legends. I wouldn't say that Team Fortress 2 reconciled me woth these type of games, but after watching all the Meet the Mercs and learning more about the story, I tried playing. I was a bit intimidated as to which class to choose, but after trying out several (and being very influenced by Meet the Medic), I found out that I had the most fun while playing Medic. I do nlt have a very good aim and I tend to die immediatly when I try to shoot at people. I also discovered that, playing an online multiplayer game doesn't have to be competitive. I have 9h30 in tf2, I play very casually. I do not get mad when I die or my team loses, because in the end, I just want to have fun in my own way. So, this ending hit me right in the heart

I... I almost want to print that last panel and hang it on my wall... I know, there's nothing stopping me, but I don't want my family to question it.

Anyways. That was tf2 comic issue 7. I cannot wait to see what the future will bring for our mercs !

[lara-cairncross]

Sonic related question - What were your thoughts on the 3rd movie aka WAS I THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN EMOTIONAL SHAMBLES???

Also fanart possibly??? 🙏🙏🙏 I adore your art

can confirm that you are not, in fact, the only one left in emotional shambles. i don't think Shadow has left my mind for longer than ten minutes at a time since i first saw that movie a month ago bro

apologies in advance, this is gonna be a long read:

shadow did nothing wrong and i WILL excuse his every action at a level previously only witnessed in delusional dream apologists. i will defend him on my deathbed idgaf who cares if he killed people!!! he was having a bad day 🥺🥺🥺

no but actually. i have so many things to say about this. like, do we realize that before Gerald instigated the whole revenge plot, Shadow made no move to hurt or attack anyone that wasn't trying to hurt him first??? when he first woke up, he only attacked the GUN soldiers that were actively pointing weapons at him, but left the two guys up in the command station alone. when he was in Tokyo, he was surrounded by people and lights and cars and was probably really disoriented, but didnt attack ANYTHING until GUN showed up with tanks and guns pointed at him-- and even then he tried to tell them to just leave him alone before the fight started. when Team Sonic first showed up, he again literally just told them to LEAVE HIM ALONE even though they came from GUN, and only fought back after Knuckles attacked him first. even after his escape, all he did was try to return to his home!!! HE DIDNT WANT TO HURT ANYONE UNTIL THEY CAME FOR HIM FIRST!!! HES A GOOD BOY IDC WHAT ANYONE TELLS ME !!!!

and even with the revenge plot-- like, of COURSE Shadow was gonna do what Gerald said??? obviously he had a choice in the matter, but Gerald was also his one remaining link to both Maria and his past home, and he probably spent his whole life in the laboratory doing whatever Gerald told him to do. like, that's a fifteen year old who's sister just died, and the one person who's passed as a father figure/authority figure to him for his entire life is telling him to get revenge on the people who killed her. no SHIT he was gonna do what Gerald told him to. ik its speculation on my part but you cant convince me he wasn't conditioned into following orders in that lab like im sorry

EVEN WITH ALMOST KILLING TOM-- like ofc Sonic was rightfully mad, and I do think shadow needed to get sucker-punched to the moon for that one lmao i love Tom too much to see him go. but also, Shadow wasn't really attacking Tom-- he was attacking Walters. Like, the guy who let his sister die and then locked him away for 50 years. i feel like that's a slightly understandable reason to want somebody dead lmao

in short i wasnt lying when i said i would defend everything Shadow does AHSHDHAHDH. the one thing i am NOT happy about is Shadow leaving Stone behind when the crab got swept away, but he probably figured they'd all be dead in 24 hours, so like. efficiency? idk idk Stone will probably forgive him after he adopts him soooooooooooooo

okay enough of that. knuckles is my second favorite character in the movies behind shadow. hes so fucking funny but surprisingly emotionally mature and i love him SO MUCH. that scene where he's on the brink of fighting with sonic over the master emerald but calms himself down to prevent in-fighting??? saving sonic and tails' asses at the end??? thats my BOY my SON he did SO GOOD AUGHHHHHH im a sucker for older siblings acting like shields (Rise Raph, Vi from Arcane, etc) and Knuckles is just the latest addition to my collection of Eldest Daughter Syndromes

adding onto that kinda, i really liked how they used tails and knuckles in this movie :DD i was scared they'd kinda get shoved aside but NO!!! they both had great moments!!!! GOOD STORYTELLING HOLY SHIT I FORGOT HOLLYWOOD COULD DO THAT

ALSO the human characters continue to surprise me with how much i care about them lol, i wasnt as big on it in the second movie but i think thats cuz tom and maddie were separated from sonic most of the time that the focus was on them?? but in this movie, whenever tom and maddie were on screen they were usually WITH the boys or talking to them somehow, so i think i liked it better that way!!! they're both such good parents!!!! AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON STONE AND ROBOTNIK. GOD DAMN IT.

we need more Ozzie content overall. where is the good boy. i barely saw him

the shadow and maria moments were so well done and hit a lot of emotional beats for being such a short chunk of the film??? like they didn't have a ton of screentime together, but what they did have was PACKED. im an older sibling to a little brother and sibling relationships in media hit me so hard bro. i actually saw it with him in theaters the first two times i went and i was tearing up at maria and shadow's scenes together every time :(((( ark siblings you are so important to me !!! I NEED TO DRAW THEM

tbh i would've liked less of the Robotniks' shenanigans and a bit more of Shadow's backstory? i really enjoyed a lot of the Ivo and Gerald scenes, but it was starting to get a little old for me by the end, especially with some of the cutaways from the MAIN CHARACTERS. idk i just would've liked more shadow in the movie,,,, about shadow,,,,,, but also im biased so maybe its actually fine LMAO

That being said. i fucking LOVED ivo in this movie!!! PEAK EGGMAN BEHAVIOR OMG OMG OMG AND HIM SACRIFICING HIMSELF AT THE END??? AND THE FUCKING. DOOMED YAOI. STOBOTNIK YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME I NEED TO DRAW THEM SO BADLY I CANT WAIT ANYMORE IVE SEEN TOO MANY TIKTOK EDITS THAT REBOOTED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY

having Live and Learn being a reoccurring motif was a galaxy brain creative decision and i applaud whoever did it

I LOVED the coloring they did for Super Shadow-- like, the rosey gold/platinum color??? PHENOMENALLLLLL IT WORKS SO WELL ON HIM!!!! I don't like Sonic's bright fucking yellow gold coloring as much, but I also dont think the model was as bad as everyone seems to think it was???? i dont know enough about it tho lol, in my eyes they both worked really well for the Super scenes :DDD

the moon scene . need i say more

also can we talk about how Shadow is like. blatantly suicidal. can we talk about that. does anybody want to share some thoughts about that. and maybe scream into a pillow. and have a crying session together. like i know *I* was suicidal at 15 but Shadow doesn't deserve that come on now

Sonic was great as always but -50 aura points for the second-hand embarrassment I felt every time "Konichi-WHAAAAAAAA" came up on screen oh my god i had to hide my face behind my fucking popcorn bag whenever that scene happened i couldnt handle it. my brother keeps saying it at random points during the day now because he knows it pisses me off. and its sonic's fault. ik hes supposed to be a cringe teenager but i do want to dropkick him occasionally /affectionate

tails is baby. tails is baby boy. i liked it when he flushed the crab. baby boy. did nothing wrong.

everytime i see a screenshot of shadow and his stupid wet-cat-kicked-puppy face i want to SCREAM. HOW DID THEY MAKE HIM SO CUTE. LIKE HIS MODEL IS GENUINELY PERFECT I CANT THINK OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEY COULD'VE MADE HE LOOKS COOL BUT CUTE BUT SAD BUT ANGRY ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! HES MY BABY AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I HOPE HE SHOWS UP IN THE FOURTH MOVIE I HOPE SOMEBODY (coughs stone coughs) ADOPTS HIM AND GIVES HIM A HOME I JUST WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY BRO

where the fuck did the chaos emeralds go. im kinda hoping shadow fell to earth with them, cuz that could lead to a possible plot with knuckles (or the whole team) having to recover them and running into him again :D

definitely my favorite sonic movie out of the current trilogy!!! it definitely wasn't perfect tho, and i dont think it's the masterpiece everyone makes it out to be-- like, there were definitely some issues I had with the writing at various points, and sometimes the pacing felt off? I do think it should've been like, at least 10-20 minutes longer, especially with the cut scenes that have been released. Stone pulling Ivo out of the wreckage SHOULD have stayed in!!! I dunno why they removed it!!! that being said, i LOVED IT and it's the movie that's gotten me obsessed with the Sonic franchise, so in my mind it's now one of my favs :DDD PLUS I SAW IT WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER AND HE LOVED IT AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN SO NOW ITS JUST A GIANT HAPPY FEELING IN MY BRAIN WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT IT RAHHHHHH

anyway. Gabriella should kill them both

fanart wise-- dude im cooking up so much i promise. tbh the biggest issue is that i have so many ideas and so many WIPS that im just pingponging between them all and not actually finishing anything LMAO

[lesbianrobin]

ok since people r very into my chris fic i shall share some of my random behind the scenes thoughts while writing it:

adriana has literally been waiting her entire life for her obviously gay older brother who joined the army to avoid his wife and then moved to los angeles to be a sexy firefighter to COME OUT ALREADY and by the time we meet her in this fic she is like Vibrating with the need to be like EDDIE IS GAYYYYYYY ARE YOU PEOPLE BLIND??? which is why it takes like absolutely zero prodding from chris for her to spill all of eddie's business. i think when eddie was little he was a very obviously gay little boy and as he grew up he learned how to Be Normal but adriana never forgot and she's like deeply sad about it.

chris is So fucking miserable at his grandparents' house he misses video games so bad. i couldn't find a way to really incorporate this without it feeling like a cheap "look he's a TEEN BOY" thing but yeah the second he gets back home he is slamming that headset on and gaming until eddie tells him he has to take a break or he'll burn his eyes out of his sockets.

there are a Lot of songs on buck and eddie's joint depression playlist that i listed and then cut for practicality's sake but if there's any like interest in that i could maybe put together + link the full playlist for y'all?

buck's "maddie" playlist is entirely music he listened to growing up bc it makes him think of her. as a younger sibling my music taste from birth to like. age fifteen ish. was just wholly whatever my older sister listened to and i think buck is the same way. i don't think buck necessarily listens to this playlist on his own very often but if he's hanging out with maddie and/or babysitting jee-yun he'll put it on because it makes him happy to enjoy some 90s/00s nostalgia with his best girls. sometimes he'll play it in the car when he's driving chris somewhere because he wants to carry forward some of those good memories he has with maddie with chris.

buck and eddie's texts were written in order to coincide with each other! eddie texts more frequently than buck but i think if you pay attention you can sometimes tell which days buck Also sent chris a text bc they match. some of them were sent specifically in the wake of very emotionally taxing shifts where they both wanted so badly to call chris and beg him to come home but they knew that wouldn't go well and they didn't want to make chris feel guilty so they tried to play it cool.

speaking of buck and eddie: i don't think that eddie's conversation with chris is necessarily the First step in eddie realizing he's gay or moving toward something romantic with buck. keep in mind that chris has been gone for at least two weeks by the time he talks to either of them, and buck and eddie spend the vast majority of their time together. this fic is restricted to chris' pov, and he has no way of knowing whether, say, buck and tommy broke up, or whether his dad has been thinking about some things differently since he's been gone. buck and eddie Also have to spend twelve hours in a car together just the two of them between the end of the fic and their reunion with chris. this is not me saying that buck and tommy DID break up or that buddie got together while chris was away (i don't actually have a solid "canon" for where they're at), just that i intentionally left space for a wide range of possibilities due to chris' limited knowledge of what's going on with them!!

i kinda intentionally did not delve too deeply into the psychology of the diaz parents here because i think their behavior is a bit inscrutable to chris. the vast majority of his memories of them are from when he was really little, and therefore i think he doesn't actually know them very well as people. he knows that there's some tension between them and eddie, but prior to this fic he never really bothered to question Why. all he knows is that his grandparents will probably come and get him if he calls, and that it'll hurt his dad's feelings, and in the immediate aftermath of the kim debacle that's all he cares about. once he's in el paso, he starts noticing some things that make him a bit uncomfortable, but he never does determine for sure what their motivations and opinions are about this whole situation, whether they're treating him a certain way bc he's the grandkid or bc of his cerebral palsy, and whether their treatment of eddie really does stem from homophobia or not. at the end of the day he's thirteen years old and i wanted to leave his grandparents' True Selves as a bit of a mystery because 1. i don't think They necessarily know why they do what they do and 2. i don't think there's any one answer that would be satisfying.

chris literally had zero intention of saying anything to eddie about the Gay Thing he just is very much thirteen years old and emotional and he fundamentally Trusts his father to never like. lash out at him for saying something like that. so he doesn't try too hard to hold it back and impulsively says Hey Dad Are You Gay Maybe because he's never gone so long without talking to his dad before and he's just bursting with thoughts and feelings. he's not even trying to do a buddie matchmaking thing it's just that the easiest way to make his argument is to be like (points at buck).

[nogenderbee]

♡˗ˏ✎*ೃ˚ 𝕄𝕒𝕗𝕦𝕪𝕦'𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕓 ₊˚ˑ༄

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ @miguelito-maruti-blog request: It is I, the rambler! May I request Mafuyu's little sibling! reader (male specifically) meeting Emu and Shizuku (include one of your favorite characters) and them not knowing they're the sibling of their friend/senpai?

I thank thee for accepting my request.

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Oh my yeah absolutely!! Also, I kinda wanted to do An but idk how she could know Mafuyu sooo I went with niigo!KAITO because I felt like that could be interesting!

Not really sure but I think it's good enough! So hopefully you'll like it! ^^

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ platonic

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✧ I feel like Shizuku would just bump into you one day, when you came over to Miyamasuzaka to either pick up your sister or give her lunch box she forgot to take

✧ somehow, she immidietly recognized those eyes and puffy hair and approached you with kind intentions!

✧ of course, she asked first if you're her little brother and when you said yes, she immidietly was happy to get to know you and maybe help you find your sister

✧ if you also have the "good boy" persona, she'll be curious as you're literally so similar to each other, so she'd be curious if there's something that differentiates you two

✧ but if you don't have one and just show your emptiness, she'll be a bit worried but still talk in kind manner to you! She's just gonna ask Mafuyu later if you're alright because she got worried... how cute of her~

"Oh~! So you're Mafuyu's little brother? That's so nice! Are you also just as interested in music and archery as her? How about hair? Does it also naturally styles itself the same way as hers? Are you also-"

✧ she's just excited to meet little sibling of her friend is all! If you meet once more, she'll make sure to have another chat~ And if she knows you from emptiness... she won't hesitate to ask if you need a hug or to vent

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@bleachtheidiot @qwnelisa @miya-akane @miguelito-maruti-blog - come get your beautiful model~

✧ Emu most likely met you when she literally straight up ran into you at Kamiyama while trying to get to Nene

✧ and... it was definitely a bit of a painful fall...

✧ she immidietly went to apologizing before she noticed your purple hair and purple eyes... she never knew Asahina had a twin!!

✧ she'll immidietly be all around you, forgetting about lunch with her friend for a second because gaining information now sees to be more important to her

✧ if you have the same "good boy" persona like your sister, she'll most likely be a little bit uneasy around you but still act all bubbly... and she'll try that Wonderhoy trick on you and... now she's sure this is just aura Asahina's family has...

"Oh! Are you really Asahina's little brother! Hehe~ Wonderhoy then!! ... EEEK!! N-Nothing..."

✧ but if you don't mess around and are just your normal self to everyone instead of putting on fake mask, she'll be startled but she'll know what she's standing on! Oh, but she might run off faster...

✧ but when she stays, she'll probably ask you mostly about your sister! She's curious what kind of sibling relationship you two have after all!

✧ and when you go back home, you'll probably hear from your sister how pink haired girl randomly approached her and started asking her about you...

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@bleachtheidiot @akitosheart @hayillaaaaaaa @miguelito-maruti-blog - come get your smiley girl!

✧ n25!KAITO most definitely gave you a side eye the moment he saw you for the first time

✧ honestly, despite asking you "and you are here for what?", he doesn't actually care... he just recognizes familiar energy and needs to make sure

✧ but when he hears you speak, the way you choose words in similar way to purple haired girl he knows... he's sure of your identity

✧ he'll be a little salty when you meet but I feel like he'd also try getting few informations out of you, even if he might seem rude or threatning because of it

"Oh? So you're their brother? You'll be just as hard to deal it as her... I can feel it from distance already... Nonetheless.. you're not as broken as she is yet."

✧ also, don't expect this secret to be safe, at least your sister will know about it and maybe but of another Vocaloids too...

✧ either way, he's still gonna somehow try talking some sense into your mind before it gets too late or before you get on your sisters mental level

✧ if you react the same way as she at first, by refusing, he's gonna loose his hope and accept you'll be hard to deal with... but if he gets reaction he was going for, who knows~ maybe he himself will pop out of the phone to talk with you one day?

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@bleachtheidiot @hayillaaaaaaa @prsk-krow - come get your soft gentleman brutally honest man!

[recurring-polynya]

Okay, I am back, and by back, I mean 'ready to recap more of 2005 Bleach OAV The Sealed Sword Frenzy. (Part 1 is here)

When I left off, Renji was on the ground with a knife sticking out of him, and Ichigo was about to face down the baddie. His name is Baishin. I never gave you a picture of him, but here he is:

Kinda DILFy. Covered in knives.

Ichigo tries to fight him, and even though Number One is playing, it doesn't go too good. Baishin stops Zangetsu with one bare hand and then steps on Ichigo and grunts "I am a knife", which he also said earlier when he set all those shinigami on fire, so I think that might be important.

Here's another one for my collection of "Rukia and Renji try to attack someone in synch and get trashed for their trouble":

At first, I was wondering if Renji had Zabimaru again, but no, that's just the shotgun. Maybe Renji was gonna hit him with it? Maybe he forgot and thought it was Zabimaru for a second there, too? Maybe the shotgun is Zabimaru's gigai? This is going nowhere good. Let's move on.

[9:07] At this point, I don't know what I expected, but it was not Captain Hitsugaya to make a fucking sweet entrance, and yet that is exactly what happens.

Baishin dodges his first attack and decides to nope out through some sort of smoky portal, summoning a bunch of Hollows as he goes. Hitsugaya suggests they all get out of there, as well.

Hitsugaya somehow always shows up in these things and sighs deeply and gets his ass kicked a bunch, but I gotta admit, he comes of looking pretty cool in Sealed Sword Frenzy! Maybe it's because he left Matsumoto at home?

[10:37] What kind of Bleach ancillary media would this be if we didn't go the Urahara Shouten for some exposition?

Hitsugaya gives us this beautiful explanation over lovingly desaturated flashback-vision.

Who the hell are these randos???

Hitsugaya what

Okay okay, I joke, but this is Grade A, secret-act-that-was-never-recorded, Gotei-13 bullshit, which, as you all know, is my favorite thing in the entire world. We've got five captains here, none of whom we've ever seen before (although that one guy looks kinda like if Captain Amagai and Ashidou, Rukia's Forest-of-Menos hookup had a baby). Two of them died, plus a whole mess of vice-captains. They just sealed a dude in a mountain in the Living World and left him there. The head captain is nowhere to be seen. This is literally on the order of the Hollowification event, but everyone probably forgot it until ten minutes ago when Hitsugaya had to look it up on the Gotei-wiki. This is some lore. This is some stakes. This is the standard by which every filler arc and movie should be judged.

Anyway, the temple from the beginning was there to keep him sealed, which obvs didn't work. Now they are on a special mission to re-seal Baishin or kill him. At this point, Rukia notes, "That explains why even Hanatarou was called out," to which I say, no, Rukia, it does not.

[11:59] The other thing that's obligatory in Bleach ancillary media is Ichigo and Renji being gay for each other, so now it's time for that.

They start arguing as an excuse to put their faces really, really close together, but Hitsugaya yells at them before they can start making out. Spoilsport. He reminds them that the town is being attacked by Hollows as they speak (oh....yeah...) and then it's revealed that Ichigo doesn't actually know who Hitsugaya is.

This is so delightful to me because it's correct, actually? Ichigo probably saw Hitsugaya in passing once or twice at the end of the Soul Society arc and got told his name and promptly forgot it. He calls Hitsugaya "little one" and Rukia and Renji yell at him for it, but if I were Ichigo, I would be more like "hey, I think we need to have a talk about child labor practices in Soul Society." (To which Rukia and Renji would likely respond "a) he's older than us and b) we were child soldiers and turned out fine" and then if I were Ichigo I would never listen to them again)

[14:04] Apropos of nothing, a senkaimon opens, and these goons step out, one at a time, like they're doing a celebrity guest star reveal. They admit that they brought Zaraki, too, and have somehow already managed to lose him.

I hope they've already planned which two of them they're gonna sacrifice to put Baishin back in the mountain (Soi Fon and Hitsugaya, or possibly Zaraki is my guess). Why is Yoruichi even here??? She doesn't even work for the Gotei anymore!! Or is she a 1099 now, and gets paid triple the civil servant rate? That would honestly explain a lot, actually.

I am now halfway through this thing, but I am pretty sure I can get through the rest in one post (and then one more for the ED), so I'm gonna call it here.

Update: Here's Part 3

[theficpusher]

Kiwi by dimpled_halo | M | 6080 The last place Louis expects to see Harry again after ten years is performing at a music festival in Chicago.

the one who stays and the one leaving you by dragmedown | M | 10315 Fuck. He had just slept with none other than Harry Styles. ⛸️ OR the stolen hoodie and lost panties AU

A Few Very Good Mistakes by louisandthealien | nr | 12172 He almost wishes there were a better story. "Fucked up pop star ends five day bender by wandering into a dive bar alone and passing out in public." That would've generated press, he thinks, and if there's one thing that's constantly on his mind (or more accurately, on the mind of everyone else around him) it's that all press is good press, and good press is good press but bad press is great press. Besides, he's 25 and trying to do the whole transition from boyband to solo pop star. He's pretty sure a press-fueled meltdown is, like, a right of passage. The truth, alas, is a whole lot more boring. --- Louis falls asleep in Harry's bar. Harry takes him home to hang out.

Prelude to Forever by AlwaysAqua | M | 13503 @StylinHarry: So I kinda fell for a boy yesterday at #ChiPride. Kissed & fireworks went off. Literally. He’s a drama teacher. Goes by “Louis” but I prefer Sunshine. Very pretty. The prettiest. Got separated & I’m a fucking idiot who forgot to get his number. Anyone know him? #helpfindsunshine Or, Louis and Harry meet at Pride in Chicago and spend the day falling for each other before getting accidentally separated.

Soup Of The Day by jacaranda_bloom | E | 19958 It had been the single minded goal for them since college and seemed simple enough. 1. Study hard. 2. Open their dream restaurant. 3. Take the culinary world by storm. What could possibly go wrong? Or the Restaurant AU where Louis and Niall are chefs, Chicago is windy, and cracking the big time is harder than they ever imagined. But when a mysterious man starts grading Louis' soups by leaving little piles of rocks, could it be just the thing they need to get them on the road to success?

i talk out loud like you're still around by vaultingus | M | 24693 photographer!louis / model!harry chicago, u.s. louis sighs into empty air and takes pictures for indie labels and promises himself he’ll be better this time. harry still has pink lips but they used to smile so much more and he does his best work when he’s in a war with the camera. it’s hard to be found when you don’t think you’re lost.

Bitter Ends Turn Sweet by allwaswell16 | E | 30164 It had been four years since Harry first heard the song his ex wrote about him and far longer since they broke up. He forgave Louis long ago, and now his life was focused on his career, his family, and especially his son, Max. But Louis was back in Chicago, after all this time, and he’s not an easy man to ignore. Or a songfic inspired by the song Chicago

You're the Light by allwaswell16 | E | 31285 Before beginning a new graduate school in the fall, Louis Tomlinson decides to spend the summer working in Chicago as an editor’s assistant for the Chicago Tribune newspaper and staying with his old college roommate. What he finds on his first day of work is a tall, gorgeous editor named Harry who has the most beautiful green eyes he’s ever seen—and who also happens to be his new boss.

In The Name of Being Honest by sunflouwerhabit, therogueskimo | M | 123563 Back at his desk, Louis closed his eyes for a moment, trying to settle into the reality of this. He was leaving the UK for only the second time in his life. Suddenly, the holiday he took to Spain three summers ago felt like it paled in comparison. He was going to the U.S. - for work, it was true, but still - alone. He’d been all for seizing the moment when his boss had been looking at him with a gaze of steel, but now he felt vaguely nauseous. Louis took several shaky breaths, feeling like the air was being sucked from the room, and opened the manila folder, laying it flat on his desk. His breath caught as he saw the destination, centered in a large, block font at the very top of the first page: Robinson Publishing - Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. ~~~ After two years of living in an everlasting cycle of work, sleep, and regret, Louis finds himself wandering brand new streets perpetually haunted by the ghosts of his past. The Chicago Fic.

[fuszulykaleves]

I'm back on my bullshit, sue me.

Where were we? Ah, yes Hide the Pain Harold/ Lord Géza just got cardiac arrested after witnessing the hungarians opposing his hip new christian religion. Woohoo.

Now the following song is my favourite. Let's see what they do with it!

*deep fucking sigh*

My god. I forgot how badly Asztrik sings in this one. He couldn't have sung "Kyrie Eleison" any worse even if he tried.

Umm... Why did everyone paint their face with mud? Also why is everyone doing this weird Indian war cry? Also, also, the music is speeding up for some reason?

The people part before Terminator Asztrik like the red sea did before Moses. More Indian war cries

(You can tell who the bad guy is, 'cuz only bad guys wear sunglasses to funerals.)

Koppány and István, somewhat clumsily, lay lord Géza down on the dirt. Terminator Asztrik starts praying and then shouts at the people 'cuz they should be praying too. The people, startled, start chanting "Kyrie Eleison". Again, for some reason, the music is faster than its supposed to be, its like they are rushing to get this over with.

Jesus Christ, they really are rushing! István couldn't wait 2 seconds in silence before he started singing about how sad he is about his father's death.

Some of you could say I'm overly critical and I shouldn't be taking this so seriously, and I'm not, really, I do this 'cuz its fun for me. And I do try to see the good in these newer productions too, but ya know, I'm only human, and I'm biased towards the original.

Anyways, I feel István is overplaying the grieving son role. He didn't pace himself well, this song is supposed to build up slowly, his voice gains strength as the song goes on, but here by the middle he is already at the 'climax', so he goes right back to softly singing and builds up again, tho it is, understandably, rushed.

And then, Koppány enters. And very politely interrupts István. At first I think "Huh, at least he has a nice voice." NOPE. Oh, my God. This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He doesn't have the range to reach the high notes, his voice is breaking! The Indian war cries are also back.

(he is struggling, the poor guy)

You can't take this seriously, you just can't. This man looks constipated, he is in pain, he certainly sings like he is pain.

Koppány looks awfully satisfied with himself, i think its wholly undeserved.

This shot looks familiar too, hmmm...

Ah, yes, found it.

Huh, just realized, the singers are not keeping tempo, the poor musicians are literally trying to predict the future by speeding up and slowing down, and when they inevitably predict wrong, the singers try to fix it by speeding back up, to maybe meet the musicians halfway. It's a mess.

Lord Géza rises from the fucking grave. I have no words.

(Yay for Nagy Feró!)

These two wander onto the stage, are confused, start singing. I am no longer surprised, half the cast in this production is confused by something.

Hey, Sarolt is singing, and she is kinda good too! But she is also rushing to get home and watch Szulejmán or something, i dunno.

Laborc/Romeo enters, Sarolt is not amused starts leaving, then (i laughed out loud, im not even kidding) he shouts "PAY ATTENTION!" Sarolt stops in her tracks and he continues on!

Awkward silence i so did not miss you! Also this overly long scene where Laborc is killed, while he shouts "No! Noooooo!", did not need to happen.

The 3 nobles are back and the music is fast and they are not on time, they sing slower than the music, the dissonance is killing me. István has had enough and tells them to fuck off, and that's my cue for tonight.

Goodbye, i dunno when i will pick this up again.

[miruac]

nekoma x manager! oc headcanons(part 2)

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warnings: not proofread at all, possible manga spoilers?

synopsis: random things that happen between nekoma and their manager akira yin(oc)

part 1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF OC

akira yin

female

five feet tall

second year class two(same class as fukunaga)

chldhood friends with kenma, and then when kuroo moved they became a trio

wears glasses, round square frames

more on the chubby size(MIDSIZE GIRLIES RISE UP)

has long straight blue black hair, with side bangs

intro/ambivert

is dating kenma(since their first year)

I HEADCANON THAT...

you guys know that one panel of girls gushing about how lev and kuroo are when they were having a conversation about shit? yeah aki and lev are so comfortable to the point where they talk about how many shits they've taken

kuroo and yaku just watch this happen and theyre mildly disgusted but they all end up talking about their shit schedules

one time aki forgot her bag in the gym and it was already locked. so she called up tora and tried to climb the windows to see if they were locked(they were. she didn't get her bag until the next morning.)

aki likes to knit, so she knit miniature versions of their jerseys as little keychains

she also made kai a hat, since she got worried he'll be cold because of his buzz cut

this girl carries yarn EVERYWHERE

on the bus to training camps? knitting. during lunch in her class or with the team? knitting.

she also almost always has her earphones in

girl needs music to function like if she doesn't have it on she literally cant do anything

obviously except during matches, shes busy listening to the squeak of shoes against hardwood

when nekoma was playing fukurodani, she was on the edge of her seat

during yaku's injury, she sat next to him and reassured him that shibayama can fill his position

they both teared up watching the little first year do so well

when they got the ticket to nationals, she literally pounced on the team and hugged them all so tight while complaining about how they all stink(kenma got the longest and tightest hug, throw in a couple of kisses)

on the bus home, they held hands the entire way and kenma even walked her home <33 i love this gamer boy

they also shared earphones the entire time

did i mention nekoma is aki's personal group of bodyguards? when she was going to the bathroom during a team dinner some weirdo tried to corner her and get her number. freaking tora came stomping while kuroo n lev towered over them. was kinda terrifying seeing them do this stuff, but at least she's safe with them

[starlightsunrise]

2025 Soup Challenge - Soup 1

Black Bean Soup

I couldn't decide what soup i wanted to do first but found a recipe for black bean soup and was like "oh hey i bet thats kinda like black bean dip. i like black bean dip" so thats what I made

Followed this recipe

Shit I did different:

This recipe did not call for salt. I am not a fucking animal. I added salt.

I forgot to buy canned chilis so I used red pepper flake. obviously i havent tried it w the chilis but the red pepper flake did its job and did it well

Used garlic powder instead of garlic. I didn't buy fresh garlic bc I SWORE i had some minced garlic in oil at home and then could not for the life of me find it. I found it literally as i was putting the leftover soup away

Despite the recipe saying "if you're using a crockpot just dump everything in together at the same time," I put the oil, onions, and peppers in my crockpot on high "to saute them". This only sort of worked.

The recipe calls for a blender or an immersion blender; I own(ed) neither of these things. So I was like "psh its fine I'll just mash shit up once its all cooked" and then my soup, before I mashed anything, looked like this

So I said fuck it and ordered an immersion blender from instacart because there was no way I was gonna mash that into the consistency it was supposed to be.

Around this time is when my roommate asked about the soup - I had told them that I was making it but that they probably wouldn't like it on account of Soup Is Difficult For Them, Texturally Speaking and they were like "I mean. it smells good. so I'd like to try it" and I was like "hell yeah alright"

I cooked this sucker on low because i didn't have anywhere to be so by the time instacart brought my immersion blender, soup was just about ready to go. It looked So Dubious once i was done blending but I promise it was Good

I also did a taste test at this point and yep, this fucker needed more salt. So I added more salt and let it cook for a little longer. While it cooked, I toasted some french bread in olive oil and sea salt for dipping and by god that was the best decision I made all night, in a series of very good decisions

Finished product, the soup was wonderful, I wolfed down the first bowl and went back for seconds immediately. My roommate had half a bowl to taste test and liked it enough to go back for a second (full) helping. I thought it was a little under-seasoned, but my roommate (who usually likes things More Seasoned Than Me) said it was great, and by the end of my second bowl the heat had snuck up on me enough that I was like yeah okay this was seasoned nicely.

Recipe was easy and relatively cheap to make, I know it looks like I didn't make A Lot bc my crockpot is Huge but it did make a good amount of soup, it got me AND my roommate to eat beans and veggies.

It was really filling!!! this makes sense because Beans, so Protein, but I really was not expecting it to fill me up as much as it did. Like, I had two bowls, which realistically is not a LOT of soup, but I'm sittin here like "well shit i need a nap now" and I have so many leftovers and I get to have really good soup for lunch for the next couple days and I am So Happy

FRIDAY SOUP RATING: SUCCESS

ROOMMATE SOUP RATING: SUCCESS

[4townie]

Road to 4☆TOWN

part 1…part 10

Jesse was staring out the tour bus window like a dog as they approached his stop.

“I swear if he had a tail, it’d be wagging like crazy right now.” T joked as Z and Taeyoung snickered.

“Oh, leave him alone guys.” Robaire rolled his eyes. “He’s just excited to—is he panting?”

Courtney shook her head and chuckled at the boys as the bus rolled to a stop. “Hey, Jes, this is your—”

“Thanks, Courtney. Love you, guys. Bye!” Jesse said quickly before sprinting off the bus.

Everyone stared.

“Do you think he’s gonna come back for his stuff?” T asked.

“Give it a second.” Robaire nodded. “I’m sure he’ll figure it out.”

They waited a few seconds. Nothing happened.

“Okay, gimme his things.” Robaire got up. “I’m gonna race him.”

Up in the building, Jesse flung his apartment door open. “HONEY, I’M HOME!” He paused. “Oh, hi, Daunte.”

Daunte scoffed and rolled his eyes.

“Daddy!” Marcel came running.

“Squishy!” Jesse picked him up. “Ugh, I missed you so much. It’s been too long since I’ve pinched those chubby cheeks.” He said as he got a handful of cheek. “Your uncles wouldn’t let me buy you every toy I saw, but I did get you a couple of things.” He looked around. “That I’m assuming Robaire is bringing up here because I forgot all my stuff.”

Marcel giggled. “Daddy’s silly.”

“Yeah, he’s very silly. He just wanted to get back to you and Mommy as soon as possible.” Jesse smiled at his son. “By the way, do you know where Mommy is?”

Marcel pointed in the direction of the bathroom.

“Hey, Daunte, how’s she doing?” Jesse asked.

“You got her pregnant and then left her alone with a two year old.” Daunte glared at him. “How do you think she’s doing?”

“I mean, I was kinda hoping for a real answer, but go off I guess…” Jesse muttered. He knocked on the bathroom door. “Baby? Can I—”

The door opened and Selina stared up at him with wide eyes. “Are you actually here or am I dreaming again?”

Jesse chuckled and caressed her face with his free hand. “I’m really here. Finally.” He leaned and kissed her deeply. “I missed you like crazy.”

“Ugh, that was the longest two months of my life.” Selina hugged him tight. “I was holding it together on the phone for you, but really I just wanted you to come home and hold me.”

“I know, babe. Me too.” Jesse hugged her back. “I’m not letting either of you go for at least a week.”

“Okay well as cute as this little “family reunion” is, I’ve got to get home so I can sleep before work.” Daunte got up from the couch. “Selina, Marcel, love you both, see you later. Jesse, be good to my sister or you’re dead.” He headed towards the door. “Also there’s some weird kid standing outside your door.”

“Is that who I think it is?” Selina perked up.

“Hey, hey, Lina.” Robaire awkwardly waddled in with Jesse’s bags.

“Baby bear!” Selina rushed to hug him.

“And there she goes.” Jesse watched her run away. “At least you won’t leave me, right, Marcel?”

Marcel shook his head and hugged Jesse again. “Don’t leave, okay?”

Jesse was quiet for a moment. “Selina, I think I’m gonna need those tissues in my bag.”

———

“Okay, honey, time for bed.” Selina called to Marcel. “Actually it’s past your bedtime.”

“No, I wanna stay with Daddy.” Marcel clung to Jesse.

“Marcel—”

“Awww, but he’s so comfortable.” Jesse whined a bit. “Can’t he stay with me a little longer? I don’t think he’s ready to let go yet.”

“Jesse, you literally haven’t let go of him since you got home.” Selina chuckled a bit. “If he doesn’t do it now, then when?”

Jesse looked back at Marcel. “Your mom kinda has a point there, Squish.”

Marcel whined and hugged Jesse tighter. “I don’t wanna.”

“How am I supposed to say no to this?” Jesse looked at Selina. “No. I’m not ready to let him go yet. We need a bigger crib.”

Selina sighed. “I guess I have an idea.” She rolled her eyes.

A few minutes later, Jesse and Selina were laying in their bed with Marcel in between them.

“I didn’t wanna spoil him.” Selina said quietly. “This is a pretty hard habit to break once it starts, but I can’t pull you guys apart.”

“I don’t care if this becomes a habit.” Jesse stared at Marcel, gently rubbing his arm to help him fall asleep. “This is perfect.”

[doegirldaydreamerarchived]

Diary entry #3 - 22/01/25

Soo.. yk how i said i was gonna take a little break so i didnt burn myself out?? Yeah.. no (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) but forreals tho today was actually really nice and like.. i barely even needed to romanticise it so obvi im posting about it bc i cant shut up!! Also i didnt actually take notes today so im going off memory so this is probably shorter.. also i might stop w notes bc i feel like i get nervous that ill forget sumet soo.. testing my memory idk!!

Anyways! Abt today! It actually didnt start really well bc firstly its my mums bday and i literally told myself the second id wake up id tell her happy bday and i completely forgot and i feel so bad she deserves the world honestly. Promising myself to spoil her next bday when i have a job bc.. maybe i like spending money a little shhh.. Anyways i also forgot to study for my exam in the morning and even left my notes sheet at home. Not that it rlly mattered bc i had the exam first period and didnt have time to look anyways. But still jdjdjdjd.

Also i was in a rlly nasty mood today for some reason </3 Like i was super pissy and snappy and idek why. Like im not near my period or anything.. maybe bc i didnt sleep as much as i probably shouldve.

Okay anyways period one!! Which was the exam.. but actually it wasnt that bad bc R my pookie was in and shes doing it w us. My other friend forgot his earphones tho.. which tbf was probably for the better bc i literally have like a 10 second attention span. But i actually think the revising worked bc i got a lot down and i actually remembered some stuff!! I would revise it more but also ive sorta moved on from the bit i can revise for and onto the like.. critical thinking stuff kinda. Anyways I helped out R with hers a little which like.. i dont think is allowed but also were both clueless so i prolly wasnt much help anyways..

Okok then period two englishh!! My teachers daughter had an assembly at school that she performed in and miss told us abt it and it was sosoosos funny 😭😭 Firstly they sung the london bridge song like 5 times so its like.. lets calm down a little. Giggle fr though basically they were talking abt firemen using hoses using erm.. a.. peculiar action!! Possibly may have involved swinging ones arms infront of yourself… and she was telling us abt how her husband was trying really hard not to laugh and bc she had her school high vis on she had to like tell him off gigglibggg!!

Otherwise it was pretty chill honestly. Like i didnt even realise the girl i used to be scared of wasnt here until miss did the register and its like.. is this recovering?? We were also just doinf like an article thingy which wasnt great but also totally couldve been worse. We were either meant to go with like funny or serious and i just kinda went serious bc like.. idk im not putting effort into being funny let me live </3 giggke fr though its like hard to be funny when asked i think? Not sure. I did call dogs pudgy pooches tho which is a win to me.

Noooow break! Tbh it usually kinda like blends together for me bc its always just me and my friends yapping lol. One of us did get a waffle tho and he shared it w me and i kinda dreaded it for a sec. I still ate it tho which is something i guess? I just feel bad bc like its his food. But also i dont wanna refuse bc ik its sorta sending me back down that hole and uthhggh. Its just hard sometimes. Itll get better eventually.

Anyways, on a better note!! Period three which was biology! I was kinda spaced for a lot of this giggles. It was nice tho i chilled out and sorta talked w the girl next to me?? And I accidentally told her a wrong answer but she wasnt like horrible about it. So maybe ill live giggle. Also the girl i thought they might have beef w kinda seemed like.. less put together? And idk it made me feel a little bad. Like she was bad to me but also it’s probably hard for her idk.

Then period 4, which was maths as usual. Miss wasnt in AGAIN which like.. i feel abandoned </3 but forreal not much happened again. I got through like all of the sheet we were doing which i was acc a little proud of honestly. Also omg i need to say something that i feel kinda bad abt bc im scared of like spreading rumours but apparently a kid one seat over from me has nits?? Like ppl have seen them and everything. And im so fucking scared of getting them theyre actually ny worst nightmare ever they freak me out so bad. And like.. if u cant get rid of them bc ur situation or something thats one thing but like!! Please dont come into school w them?!!? Or anything infectious at that?? Pls!!

Hhhhn okok anyways. Lunch! They were doing like lower school cakes (w the like white frosting ykwim?) and mt friend gave me some and it was like really good. Also my old maths teacher is gonna help us by giving us some papers and textbooks to practice w which honestlt i need rn. Also we were joking about my friends sneaking out and helping me cheat an exam by like sending light codes giggle i love them. Also omg those annoying kids came up again and its like.. leave us alonnneee omg do u actually have no other friends to bother?? Does ur year hate u that much??? Sighh anyways yeah. Omg and when we were talking another kid (our year) whos apparently like really creepy and harrassy came over and my friend got nervous.. like i thought he was just annoying not like.. a predator 😭

But anyways. Now period five which was chemistry. Honestly it was pretty easy bc were mostly revising so i could chill for a little. The mz kid did get like sorta told off tho bc he was being insistant about calculators or something which was like.. omg ty for saying somehtingndjdjjfn. Alsosooso a girl in the class who i thought was popular but like.. i think people really dont like got caught on her phone and got a dt for it and she was like really nasty abt it to the teacher and i feel bad.. like i thought she was nice but damn girlie u dont need to be on ur phone 24/7 even im not! Idk i cant really say much i just used to get embarrassed when i got caught so.. i dunno!

Buuttt something new today! I went to this like afterschool english help thingy for poetry bc my friends go! I was gonna go last week but i couldnt get permission. I got to go today thoo! It was actually rwally chill and i sat next to one of my sorta friends i dont get to talk to much which was nice! And theres a lot of like loud kids there but theure surprisingly like. Listening?? Idk it was nice to see they actually kinda care and theyre not just loud and mean. Also we were talking abt this at break but one of them is actually really smart and i did NOT expect it bc he always used to fuck around in lessons and its like!! Respectt omg. Also hes really religious (muslim) so its like he actually seems like a really nice person. Which was a nice change!

Aaanndd now afterschool! Ive literallt just been hanging out and girlblogging and reading fics giggle. I do kinda have maths hw to do thought which is just tijtjgjjg. I dont have to do it today technically but also i probably wont wanna tomorrow so.. productiviy idk. Anyways im eating a pizza rn which is amazing and im like pure hanging out. Also i wanna like expand my wardrobe for like punk rock gf vibes tbh because im feeling that vibe so hatr rnrnrnn!! Ong also lastly my package still isnt hereee crying.. its like two days late now. Litro brokenhearted.

Okayaya forreals giggle thats it for today!! Im gonna forreal try not to write another entry tmr honestlt bc i really need to not burn mtself out today was just funn!! If u made it here, ty for reading gorgeous!!

Rue, signing out 𓂃۶ৎ

[ghostinthegallery]

Hello Ghost! First good day I am you are doing well!

Second; forgot to ask in AO3 but will we see Trazyn explaning the shitshow he put himself, Solamnace AND everyone living in Solamnace at the mot? It would be so cool to see his crypteks and Ashkut AND Huntmaster calling him an impulsive moron in the politest most passive aggressive way they can get away with XD

And seeing their undying loyalty to him too. Even with imminet and lets be honest extraordianary danger they are all in all WILL stand with their lord until to the bitter end. He is theit lord and this is their home and by the all dead gods they will fight tooth and nail to protect it!!!...also after the amount of work the put in Solamnace and regular bullshit they go through there is no way in hell they'll go without a fight.

I would love to see Trazyn getting emotional XD (because these people were HIS family before and after biotransfarence I will die on this hill you and magistralucis convinced me in XD)

(if anyone is curious what situation Trazyn got himself into, read my longfic here. Shameless self promo done)

Haha, I do have plans for the Solemnace crew (not immediately, there's a lot to cover but it will come!). Now hijacking your ask because it did get me thinking about loyalty as a concept for necrons. So few of them have free will. Even those that do are still machines. Machines can be programmed. Szarekh literally had a command protocol that let him control every single necron (which he gave up but the fact that level of control is possible is kinda terrifying)

So how can one truly know if loyalty is chosen or programmed? How much free will can a machine without a soul have? I find that idea so interesting, and I imagine is occurs to the characters as well. We just don't see it as much since most of the POV characters are lords who would have no reason to consider it. Severed imho addresses this in a roundabout way with how it portrays Obyron's loyalty to Zahndrekh. It shows that a subordinate can choose loyalty to their lord, rather than having it forced on them by programming.

I imagine the Solemnace crew are in a similar position (the sentient ones anyway). Trazyn is not the best lord out there, he will take possession of a subordinate's body if he needs it and that does NOT sound pleasant. But the narrative really does show his court having will and opinions and skills that Trazyn values. That's not true of every overlord. So yeah, based on what we see I do think their loyalty is a choice. That's hella emotional to me, so yeah, I promise it will come up XD