#and thus i am writing nonstop about him

[bittersqxtch]

got to 5k works for Mesmerising You today, AND crossed the 2k word count for the Trumpet Creeper fic too!! (I have yet to give it a name but we'll cross that bridge later)

anyway, I'm so proud of me ;^;

[starry-bi-sky]

Ugh im writing this on mobile but i’ve been thinking about it nonstop for an hour and I’m just- mmmmm thinking about Clone Danny and his wardrobe choice as Phantom. Cuz like, he doesn’t have any powers, right? He has no built-in secret identity and suit that he can change into in a flash of blinding circular light. If a ghost shows up he’s just got what he’s got on, and whatever he has in his bag.

And I’m just. I have a lot of thoughts about him and his canon self, thoughts that i dont think i can all fit on my phone and im. Thinking about the dichotomy between him and his canon counterpart. From an in-universe perspective, the halfa Danny Phantom looks remarkably human-like. Especially compared to the ghosts he fights, all of whom are unnatural colors, shapes, and sizes. From flaming hair to glowing eyes and pointed claws, there’s nothing about them that doesn’t scream “ghost!” “Inhuman!” “Unnatural!”

And then you look at Danny Phantom, the ghost boy fighting them. And he just… looks like a glowing human boy. The only unnatural thing about him is his white hair and green eyes - and green eyes is a natural human color. Maybe not the shade it’s in, but it occurs in human genetics. He’s about as close to human as he can get.

Think about that from an in-universe perspective, and then think about it with the idea that ghosts take pride in their ‘ghostly’ look. They pride themselves on looking scary; unnatural; inhuman. It’s a showcase of being unique, of their own individuality, of their interests and wants. Looking ‘scary’ is part of ghost culture, and if not scary, then unique and ‘inhuman’. They don’t want to fit in, they want to stand out.

And you look at Danny Phantom, as his canon self without any of the fanon customizations, and he’s none of that. He’s about as human-looking as a ghost can get. He’s got human-like skin, hell he’s even tanner than he is as a human! His hair is normal, his eyes are green but normal, his hands? Soft and round, not a claw in sight, and his teeth are blunt and ears are round.

His suit is all black, it doesn’t even tell you anything about him other than he probably died in a lab accident, and he looks like he’s straight out of a b-rate comic book. There’s no story to tell about him, he’s a book with the pages all blacked out in ink.

His name, if you take it as him only calling himself “Phantom” isn’t even all that unique. It’s a generic ghost term that you can find by googling ‘ghost’ and looking at its synonyms.

And then look at his behavior: yeah he fights ghosts, and fighting is all about ghost behavior. Its one of their social activities- but its clear from Phantom that he’s not being social. He’s being aggressive, he’s doing it for the sake of the living (which while fair, doesn’t make him look good in the context of everything else). Then he comes into the ghost zone, he doesn’t do much to integrate himself into the culture, and yeah he makes allies but it still doesn’t feel enough. He’s not participating in anything, he’s alienating himself.

All in all, Phantom looks like a ghost trying to pretend he’s human, that he’s still alive. And for a ghost culture that prides itself on not being alive? It’s insulting.

And then let’s circle back around to that human thing, but from a different angle. Probably one that’s more mindset than outside looking in. But Danny’s alienated by the rest of the town for ages despite helping them. And while him looking human likely has to do with his own mindset of viewing himself as “living, but with ghost powers” and thus reflects back as a ghost, it also makes it look like he’s trying to fit in with the humans.

“I am not a ghost” he says, with his human skin and blunt teeth. “I am human like you, see? See? I look like you.”

He’s making himself look approachable, friendly. ‘You can trust me, I’m not a ghost. I’m not like them. I’m not scary. I look just like you. I’m different.’ He looks about as harmless as a human child could be. He’s trying to be relatable. And in turn he’s giving his fellow ghosts a cold shoulder - i’m not like you, i’m better. I’m different. I’m not ghost. I may be dead, but I’m no ghost.

Danny is trying to tie his ghost self in with the living as much as possible - he wants them to think he’s almost human. The same way he wants to think that himself. He’s distancing himself from his ghost half and the ghostly qualities the others have. Whether intentional or not, he’s doing it.

He shows his face and goes ‘see? See? I’m just like you.’

And then lets look at clone Danny, mister not-a-halfa. Who doesn’t have his canon offensive capabilities, who only has his ghost sense and the ability to hit ghosts without gear, his scary eyes and pointed ears, and the ability to see weaker ghosts not visible to the mortal eye.

He has no ghost form, no powers. And yet the first time he goes out as Phantom, he wears a mask that looks like a skull. Instead of distancing himself from ghosts, he’s distancing himself from humans. And at first it stems from the need to be unrecognizable, the last thing he wants is for his parents to find out that he’s ghost hunting. To do that, he needs to hide his face. That’s the first step.

The next step is to act in such a way that people couldn’t possibly tie him back to Danny Fenton. He’s not distancing himself from ghosts, he’s distancing himself from humans. To do that, he acts inhuman. He wears his mask and wears baggy, shapeless clothes - his hoodie and his pants - and he learns how to act unsettling. His eyes glow green, unnatural and shining through his sunken-in, skull-like mask. But it’s not enough on its own. He must do more.

He wants to be the thing someone sees at night and turns the other way. See me and run, he says, crouched on all fours and crawling across a beam like a monster you see in a movie. Twisting his body in unnatural, fluid ways, like he’s not quite sure how having only four limbs work.

Run. He says, dead green eyes glowing through his mask, piercing through black night from the rooftop. I am wild thing. Come no closer, look no closer. I am not like you. I am not your friend. I bite. Run.

You cannot see my face. This is my face, I am not alive. I am not like you. I am an animal about to pounce.

He doesn’t want people to think he’s human, he doesn’t want them to think he’s anywhere close to it. Anything to prevent his parents from figuring out its him.

And the thing is, he doesn’t have to. He doesn’t have to appear ghost-like or inhuman to keep his identity safe, wearing a mask and wearing unidentifiable clothes is enough. But he’s choosing to act ghost-like; unsettling; scary.

And in doing so, he unintentionally participates in ghost culture. And while his clothes are not anything unique, or outstanding, his mask is. His clothes don’t tell anything about him, but that’s okay.

Imagine meeting this boy from a ghost perspective. This annoying, fleshy human boy who jumps into fights to stop you and catch you. You’ve heard stories of human ghost hunters, you know there are hunters on the other side. You have heard the horror stories, you have seen the scars.

And then this boy catches you. This human, fleshy boy who yells quips at you, who puns and insults you, who wears an unsettling mask and acts ghosty. He catches you, and you think you will be the next one on the chopping board.

And then you end up in the ghost zone, untouched. Unharmed. And you tell someone about it. You were caught and released by a human child who feels touched by death. And then you hear that the ones who’d been caught were freed by a fleshy human boy who was touched by death, and a boy who they call “Phantom”.

And, isn’t that the name of the child you fought?

And he talks to you, but then he’s in the daytime. There are living around. He doesn’t speak to them - he ignores them outright. He keeps his distance, he stays away. If he talks, it’s with his hands. They will not hear his voice.

I may be alive but I am no human.

And its just — ????? So good to think about. I’ll reblog later with more thoughts when I have my laptop, but god i just needed to get that out there.

[secretivemessenger]

sorry its my first time doing a request, anyway! bottom male reader and a sadistic kamisato ayato, your own plot please!!

Back Home { 2 }

Kamisato ayato x bottom male reader

Rating: NSFW

Warnings: Boots humping! Degradation! Deep throating! Cock worship! Cum swallowing! Fingering! Overstimulation! No condoms! Not proofread!

~ Back Home Part One

Note: this is a part two of my back home ayato fic , read the first one to avoid any confusions

An apology: sorry that this came too late i was on a trip so I couldn’t write anything and i got hella lazy when i got back and had no motivation to write but , but here i am now

You had been told many times to keep your hands off your body , and you being a good boy did just that , but when you were left alone for a little while you couldn’t contain yourself , and look where it got you right on your keens

Something about being completely naked and exposed infront of him excites you , with ayato being fully clothed sitting on the bed while you sat on the ground looking up at him

His light blue eyes looked down at you in disappointment “Whats the hold up for , begin moving already” he ordered in a demanding voice , you’re totally expecting to get edged for the full night as a punishment in fact you actually got a bit excited for it

Wanting ayato to just continually jerk you off and deny you whenever your close , wanting him to milk you of all your worth to make you cum on yourself nonstop until there’s no cum left in your balls , by just ayatos hands brutally pumping your cock

You wanted him to abuse your pathetic little hole day n night , wanting him to ram his cock in you completely rearranging your insides , to have him cum inside you as much as he want , You wanted him to paint your insides white with his cum

Without realizing your body moved on it’s own , hips rocking against ayatos boots it made you feel everything but good , the feeling of your cock grinding against his rough boots didn’t feel good at all , but even thus you couldn’t stop moving your cock continued to leak pre cum

You rested your face on ayato’s thighs , drooling all over his jeans while your hips continued to seek even little fraction from his boots , You looked up at him to find him looking right at you , watching you pathetically trying to pleasure yourself , his eyes made your body tremble and shudder

Gasps and moans leave your lips as you were getting lost in the not so pleasing pleasure , thats before you felt ayato pulling at your hair pulling your head away for his thighs “can you be anymore of a greedy whore” his word made you shiver “look at yourself moving your body like a useless slut , the least you could do is put this mouth of yours into better use then letting out these shameless sounds”

It felt like being hypnotised by his word , your hand hurriedly went to unbuckle his pants , opening the zipper and taking it down revealing his hard cock through his boxer , your mouth watered just at the sight of it , taking off the only thing covering his cock it sprang to life infront of you coming face to face with you , you looked again at ayato’s face seeing him looking at you without saying a word , not wasting another minute you took a deep breath and got your mouth to work

Starting with simple licks and kisses to the tip to gently sucking the head using your tongue to circle the base slowly but surely going deeper , completely forgetting about your cock thats still moving against his legs , but thats was the least of your concern all you think about now is to make up to your lover , giving a sincere apology by sucking and worshiping his cock with your own mouth , not halfway through and your already gagging at his cock but he showed no sign of wanting to help you , while you actually expected him to just grab your head and shove it all the way in but all he did was stay still and look at you

You sucked it in and pushed his cock deeper you almost immediately chocked tears appearing at the corner or your eyes , you stopped once the tip touched the back of your throat giving yourself a small break before going back to moving , pulling your head away before going back you started moving your head forward and backward sucking and swirling your tongue around his cock while pumping what you couldn’t take in

You can feel his cock twitching inside your mouth and you knew exactly what it meant , you moved your lips even faster taking his cock in deeper feeling it go down your throat , when ayato was close he finally made his move taking a hold of the both sides of your head and he started moving it even faster groaning at the feeling , he pushed your face all the way to his abdomen forcing you to take his cock fully and not longer till he released all his seed inside your mouth , stopping your head still he spilled his cum all down your throat not pulling until he released everything

You gasped and panted as you finally pulled away still very dizzy by the past experience , “no time to relax now , you’ve been a very disobedient boy and we are far from done” he said “get on the bed now cuse i still need to fuck this hole of yours” he spoke again which sent shiver down your spine , obeying him you seated yourself on the bed on your hands and knees exposing your gaping hole to him , you heard the sound of shuffling behind you but you dare not look back obediently waiting for ayato to ram his cock in you

You felt his hands sneak down your abdomen to your forgotten cock he immediately started jerking you off fast and harsh making you cry out from the fraction finally getting some real pleasure , then you felt his other hand press at your hole circling his fingers before ramming two inside at the same time , you gasped at the feeling there was no need for waiting for you to adjust as you just finger fucked yourself just a while ago , which gave ayato the opportunity to move his fingers right away pulling them out then thrusting them back in again making you feel an excessive amount of pleasure , a third and a forth finger joined in on working you open while at the same time he continued to jerk you off as all you could do is cry out to him from the overstimulation

You can feel yourself close just looking for that push that would make you see stars and there it is , ayatos fingers pushed right at your prostate making your body jolt as you arched your back , his hand thats jerking you off speed up its movements upon sensing that your close to your climax , right as you were about to burst his pulled his fingers away and replaced them with his hard cock giving you the shock you need to finally release it all , all the pent up pressure you had as you came all over his hands

You barely had any time to rest before ayato started moving his hips against you , you were too overwhelmed to do anything other than moan out of pleasure your hands lost all power as you upper half fell on the bed with a soft thud while your lower half is being kept up by ayato’s hands , the sound of skin slapping against each other filled the room alongside the sound of soft cries from you and an even softer grunts from ayato

Your body moved with ayato’s rough thrusting , your eyes completely rolled to the back of your skull as he continued to fuck into you harshly pulling back all the way till the tip is left inside then snapping his hips roughly over and over again going on for hours and hours with no end , the sun rose with ayato still fucking into you he had came into you many time you forgot the number you came on yourself multiple times now all you do is have dry orgasms , he fucked you in every position draining everything of you while you can’t even move a muscle

When he was finally done you were laying there on the dirty bed laying on your own pool of cum with your gaping hole dripping with cum you were stuffed full

“What do we learn from this” he asked you as you can feel the smile in his voice , you weren’t able to answer him because your voice was completely lost from your moans but he answered it for you “never touch yourself without permission” he said before placing a soft kiss on your tear covered cheeks “i still got work to finish and you seem tired so I’ll see myself out , take a rest darling” he said before leaving you to sleep on your own filth

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[kenobster]

Star Wars Reading List

Figured that since Ao3 is down, this might be a good time for y'all to get into reading actual Star Wars books/comics. Thus, here is a list of excellent books that focus on Obi-Wan & Anakin or beloved prequel-era characters.

Note: With whatever credibility I've earned, I ask you to please consider ordering these books from somewhere other than Amazon. Not only is Jeff Bezos a plague upon planet earth, but his site is also wreaking havoc on the publishing industry. Amazon is a huge contributor to current bestsellers sucking and diverse, marginalized voices not getting heard. Local bookstores are best, but even Barnes & Noble is better. I am happy to assist you with an Amazon book boycott if you PM me.

Karen Miller

Reading actual books & comics is gross, you say? Fanfic is more palatable in style to your interests? Not a problem, my friends; do I have the author for you. Karen Miller writes some excellent Obi-Wan & Anakin centric books that feel just like reading fanfiction (if only minus smut XD). The way she writes the protagonists goes deep into the bonds they feel (and/or develop) with each other. If you're used to reading fanfiction, this won't feel much different.

Note to the wise: Don't worry about Karen Traviss—you don't need her.

#1: Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth

Even though Wild Space (below) is the first book in this storyline, I recommend starting with this one. The beginning of the book is Obi-Wan & Anakin & Ahsoka engaged in a multipronged battle. From a starfighter, Anakin engages his squad in an air assault while Obi-Wan fights on the ground with Ahsoka. After that, it has one of my favorite Obi-Wan tropes ever in which Anakin spends about four chapters assigning miscellaneous members of the GAR to escort Obi-Wan to the medbay for neglected injuries. (If you like my fic Every Shadow, then you will love this.) Afterward, the story veers toward a mission that Obi-Wan & Anakin embark on together, in which the two of them bicker lovingly whilst exhausting the ever-loving shit out of themselves to endure dire, hostile straits. The amount of sweat, fatigue, and desperation drenching their characters by the end of this novel will make you feel alive.

#2: Clone Wars Gambit: Siege

The direct sequel to Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth, which is no less fun of a read. Oh? You thought the nonstop sweat-drenched, desperation-fueled survival instinct and fatigue were over? You thought that? Cute. Being the direct sequel to Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth, this book starts as Obi-Wan jolts awake from an unexpected, impromptu nap and yells at Anakin for letting him fall asleep in the first place. (In response, Anakin is shrugging like wtf was I supposed to do, we're tired and tired ppl sleep.) In the midst of their argument, the stolen speeder which Anakin is piloting decides to demand an immediate crash-landing in the middle of nowhere. From there, Obi-Wan & Anakin are stranded on a planet under intense Separatist surveillance and are forced to find sanctuary in a local and suspicious village. But this book is titled "Siege" for a reason. Catastrophes are not over, and despite what you may think, they have not yet scraped the absolute bottom of their limits yet. They will though. They will. My favorite scene involves Anakin (running on sheer fumes and willpower alone) throws a tantrum about Obi-Wan healing civilians so much he's practically keeling over. You will like this book. I guarantee it.

#3 Clone Wars: Wild Space

Now that you understand Karen Miller is a fellow author of all your favorite Obi-Wan & Anakin fanfic tropes, you can read her fanficiest fanfic of all published Star Wars material. The amount of Obi-Wan whump in this novel is batshit, y'all. It starts out with a lot of satisfactory Obi-Wan & Anakin scenes, especially re Obi-Wan enduring physical injuries and Anakin being intensely upset and worried. Then, for the second half of the book, Obi-Wan embarks on an investigative mission with Bail Organa based on the Senator's mysterious intel. This leads the two of them to Zigoola, a Sith planet of utter despair and Obi-Wan's worst nightmares. This is the origin story of Obi-Wan & Bail's friendship, but mostly you'll like it because Obi-Wan is so fucked up by the end of it that he can't even stand. The whump cuts deep on a physical, emotional, and cosmic-Force-magic level. A true treat.

When Ao3 is back up, I recommend the incredibly written fanfic A Thousand Satellites by stark2ash as a follow-up to Wild Space.

Matthew Stover

Alright, you're with me on why reading published Star Wars content is good now? You're ready? Amazing. Let me introduce you to one of the most incredible authors of our time. Matthew Stover writes so expertly that his books feel like literary masterpieces, regardless of their inclusion in the Star Wars franchise. If you read nothing else on this list, please read something by him. You will not regret it.

#1 Revenge of the Sith novelization

If you always liked the prequels but felt they were kinda rushed or shallow or failed to adequately suspend your disbelief for certain plot points, then this is the book you should read. Every single aspect of the movie is portrayed with such care in terms of themes, characters, and attention to detail. There is incredible characterization for Obi-Wan—the hopeful but tragic hero of the clone wars; the brilliantly competent and yet endearingly humble Jedi Master. The emotions Stover puts this man through successfully makes us sob rivers, alongside the masterminded and horrifyingly abusive manipulation that Palpatine directs onto Anakin—the child prodigy who struggles so desperately to stay in the Light and ultimately fails. You know how people always watch a movie and come out saying how the book was better? Somehow, Stover managed to achieve this feat after the movie was already released! Again, if you read nothing else, please read this book. Otherwise, I can't talk to you, lol.

#2: Shatterpoint

Since you followed my advice and read the above book (you did read the above book... right?!), I am now assuming you realize Stover is a literary genius and a true master of his craft. Thus, may I present you with Shatterpoint, an equally inspired character study of Jedi Master Mace Windu. You like Mace Windu, right? Yeah, of course! We all do. But I bet the content featuring him has always been a little boring. I bet that makes you a bit nervous to give this book a try because you're worried it will be boring. Well, ho boy you are wrong, my friend. This book is a fascinating deep dive into not only the political landscape surrounding the clone wars but also the human element of what constant war can do to a society. At all times, the book is intense, chilling, and thrillingly page-turning. If you're a loser and don't like Mace Windu, you absolutely will by the end of this. I cannot convey how utterly this book strayed from my usual interests and still managed to zip me through to the very end.

Miscellaneous

Aha! You have read all of the above and are still looking for some more? Well well well, you fucking nerd, you are definitely someone I'd would like to engage in friendly conversation with. XD Now that I've proven my good taste, please add these additionally nerdy books your list.

#1: Brotherhood by Mike Chen

Hey look! It's a canon book! Yeah! This book is canon! And it's good, too! If you always wish for more political/investigative drama in your Star Wars content, Mike Chen has you covered. Obi-Wan is a brilliant Jedi in terms of getting to the bottom of some forensic shenanigans, pulling all-nighters to write persuasive essay-length speeches to extremely important people, evading enemies who intend to do him dead without harming a single one of them, and most notably displaying a strong inclination (and talent!) for diplomacy even when it means doing none of the above. On the side, he maintains an adorable relationship with his newly knighted Padawan, who embarks on an interesting journey of his own. Anakin bonds with a Jedi initiate who is struggling with a intense Force empathy, both of whom decide to go "rescue" Obi-Wan. I love this book. It is one of my all-time Star Wars faves.

Also in this book, Anakin manages to have the most hilarious scifi equivalent of an "I'm going through a tunnel" phone call while talking to Mace Windu. 😂

#2 Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray

This book is also canon, horray! If you're dissatisfied with many two-dimensional portrayals of Padawan!Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn, then this book will satisfy the relationship you never knew you craved. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan fumble to overcome their rocky dynamic well into their Master-Padawan relationship—causing Obi-Wan a massive amount of anxiety and Qui-Gon a massive amount of guilt. Their miscommunication, however, goes both ways! Both of them are beloved Jedi who are trying really hard to understand each other—and eventually do! Obi-Wan righteously abides by Jedi guidelines, but in the most obnoxious and bratty way possible. XD Meanwhile, Qui-Gon's interest in myth and precognition is actually more complicated and nuanced than it seems. This book characterizes these two characters, including their relationship with each other, not only in the way George Lucas originally intended but also in a super emotionally compelling way.

#3: Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

Quinlan seems to have become a bit of a fanfic favorite for some, but his character is actually a lot more complicated than you'd ever know! Read this book for the beautifully intricate story regarding the choices he has to make and the paths they take him down. He has a hell of a time and he struggles dearly between right and wrong because of it—but the layers of depth to his character, including his devotion to the Light side, his intelligent kindness, and his endearing façade of humor shine through the darkness he is subjected and temporarily falls to. Obi-Wan himself is a central character to this story; likewise, his fierce perspective on forgiveness, atonement, and redemption are essential cornerstones to understanding this novel and his character. Plus, there is some very cute Anakin to boot. If you made it through the other books, then this one is an absolute must-read.

#4: Rogue Planet by Greg Bear

Ever wonder where all the "Barriss Offee once was great" discourse comes from? Ever intrigued when fellow fans talk about the Blood Carver? Well, my friend, you're in luck! This book are both conversations' source. I'll admit, this book is the driest of all of my recommendations, but it is no less worth the read! The moments where Obi-Wan struggles to be a good mentor to Anakin, teenage mom style, are adorable, particularly in the early scenes where he must stop Padawan!Anakin from competing in a podrace-like competition. If you're literally out of things to read, this book will get you over the spell. And after you're done, you'll finally feel knowledgeable enough to start engaging this Barriss Offee discourse!

Comics

Damn it, you're still not with me on the book-reading thing? Books are too wordy for you or something? Sighs, to each their own, I guess. Here's some incredibly well written comic runs that achieve fantastic storylines but with super pretty pictures, too.

#1: Obi-Wan & Anakin (5-issue run in 2016)

The comic in which, despite Palpatine's disgustingly creepy attempts to the contrary, Obi-Wan is an incredible teacher and Anakin is an incredible student. Obi-Wan's style as a Jedi Master is shown to be lovingly wise and gentle. In fact, it is so uplifting that it repeatedly brought me to tears when I read it. Similarly, Anakin's struggles with the Jedi Order are defined with a satisfying level of depth. He is trying and sometimes he fails—but he learns. The storyline overall is gorgeous, both in art and in narrative value, and the ending itself is something truly beautiful. Furthermore, this artist paints Obi-Wan in a way that makes me reconsider my sexuality. You will stare for decades at his face.

#2: Darth Vader (25-issue run from 2017 to 2018)

What happens after ROTS you wonder? How does Darth Sidious begin to instruct his new apprentice? What measures do the surviving Jedi take to attempt to preserve their culture? Where do the Inquisitors come from? How does one "bleed" a Kyber crystal? All of these questions and more are answered in this 2017 comic run (not to be confused with other Darth Vader comic runs). Besides the really interesting worldbuilding immediately post-Order 66, I don't think I've read a comic run this absurdly well-written ever. Of particular note, the author & artist use a sort of magical realism in Darth Vader's Meditative Hellscape™ to convey intricately detailed emotions/metaphors/themes. You have to see it to believe it. For example, I feel the below two pages are so full of depth and meaning that they should be added to any kind of college art/film/fiction curriculum:

#3: Slaves of the Republic (6-issue run from 2008 to 2009)

This comic definitely isn't of the same caliber as the former two, but it's still ideal reading. If you feel the show left some stuff out or should have gone differently or should have handled certain subject matters with greater respect, then this will bring you closure! This comic's issues fills in so many holes in its plots and thematic values left in the Zygerria/Kadavo episodes. It also characterizes its protagonists Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka in a way that makes huge amounts of sense. Obi-Wan is kind and brave and self-sacrificial in a way he failed to be in the show. Anakin is intelligent, compassionate, and competent, especially regarding matters of slavery. And Ahsoka contains the fun characterization of her iteration in earlier seasons before Dave Filoni stripped it from her. The worldbuilding, too, in these comics is much more rich and interesting than their episodic counterparts.

Now that you're done reading comics, I would like to implore you to please please please go back to the top of this post and try again. I prefer fanfic to books a vast majority of the time, too, but I've tailored this list specifically for you. I promise you won't regret the effort.

[accirax]

WAIT. I THINK I MIGHTVE SCREWED THIS UP. I THINK OTHER PEOPLE ALSO DIDNT SPEAK IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENT SAYS SOMEONE

well, apparently it's a day for misreading things and making hasty assumptions, because I misread "closing argument" as "scrum debate," assumed you were talking about DRDT, and wrote a whole lot of analysis about the makeup of scrum debates and how placement might affect the DRDT's Ch2 killer. expect that in a separate post in, like... half an hour or something? gotdamb i am a fool.

but, yes, Eden's Garden, the closing argument, and mastermind theories! i'm going back to the official prologue walkthrough video (part 2) to see who talked and in what order, writing it down here. the people who participate are:

Damon -> Ingrid -> Jean -> Diana -> Grace -> Desmond -> Cassidy -> Ulysses -> Eloise -> Jett -> Wolfgang -> Eva -> Damon

since there are 12 unique individuals who speak, and there are a full 16 participants, that means 4 people don't speak: Kai, Mark, Toshiko, and Wenona.

well, that makes them all a little suspicious. but, it's true, having Mark be one of four people who don't contribute does draw less suspicion to him specifically, and thus, makes it less likely that that was meant to be a clue that Mark was the mastermind. i wonder what all of the characters' reasons were for not wanting to speak up...

for Mark, i'd assume it's because he's shy, and for Wenona, I would assume it's because she's not a team player. Toshiko and Kai are weird to me, though. sure, you could say that Toshiko was insecure about being younger and therefore potentially less informed about what happened than her older peers, but that take is the opposite of what i remember of Toshiko's personality thus far. Kai, as i previously argued, loves to talk, so his disinvolvement is weird. but, maybe he just figured that this specific part wasn't worth his time. he's here to slay (in the good way), not talk about who else slayed in the past.

what i will say is that all four of these characters not talking in this Closing Argument boosts their odds that they will be neither the Chapter 1 victim nor killer, in my opinion. given the inclusion of this prologue Trial in the first place, it really seems like the P:EG crew wanted everyone to be able to participate in the Class Trial. obviously, they were missing some things (like Scrum Debates...), but at least everyone gets a line in a Nonstop Debate, you feel? with this Closing Argument format, i would think that it would be really easy to give each character at least one line in a Closing Argument, as long as you give the victim (and probably killer, because most killers likely wouldn't want to help Damon and co solve the murder they tried to create) a line in this one.

i'd still probably leave Mark in the spot where i just put him, though. if not, Eva and Wolfgang are kind of a block in my mind, so i'd probably move him below those two, but still above Kai. your point about his absence still stands, and could still make him suspicious.

thanks for the ask! :D

[thevindicativevordan]

Any thoughts about the recent Dawn of DC announcements ?

Let's see if the new DC is the same as the old DC.

DC's official press release says that 20 new books are coming, and they only revealed 10 (one of which was last year's Round Robin winner), so 10 more books are coming that have yet to be revealed. Let's take a roll call:

Unstoppable Doom Patrol by Dennis Culver and Chris Burnham - Burnham has me excited, Culver has me skeptical. All of Culver's DC work thus far has been lousy. His Justice League Incarnate book with Williamson was the weakest of the Infinite Frontier trilogy, his Future State Gotham book was really bad, and Doom Patrol is a great team that demands unorthodox writing. Rooting for Culver to surprise me here because God would I love to have a good Doom Patrol book with Way never coming back at this point. Can't believe it took DC this long given the success of the DP HBO Max series. Jane having a new alter that places her in the role of the Chief is a cool idea at least.

Superboy: Man of Tomorrow by Kenny Porter and Jahnoy Lindsay - I voted for this, I'm glad it won, I've enjoyed DC Mech, I expect I will enjoy this. I'm praying Lindsay gives Conner a new costume, it's time to ditch the 90s look for something new. No more looking back for Conner, that terrible Fitzmartin YJ mini was right about one thing: we can't live in the past. He needs a new modern costume, and a story that reestablishes who he is in a post Jon Kent world. This and PKJ Action are seemingly going to accomplish that, both in terms of who Conner is on his own, and who he is in the Superfamily. Given the long wait between when this series was announced as the winner and when it is finally coming out, there shouldn't be any delays at least.

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan by Mariko Tamaki (Artist TBA) - Tamaki is mostly good with a few misses, her Tec, Supergirl: Being Super, and (apparently I haven't read it) Crush & Lobo books were good, her Wonder Woman run not so much. In fairness that was blatant movie synergy and didn't leave her much freedom to work with. I liked her Tec run and this appears to be aiming for something similar. Hal back in Coast City on Earth, rebuilding his life here is exactly the kind of thing they should have done after the Johns era's nonstop cosmic epic. Give me revamps of old Hal Earth villains beyond Hector Hammond that we haven't seen in a while, Hal struggling to make friends with the neighbors the way Tamaki had Bruce do in her Tec run, and put Hal and Carol back together again, and I'll be happy.

Green Lantern John Stewart by PKJ (Artist TBA) - Now this has my attention. Giving PKJ another book means they trust him, giving him a John Stewart book - who may end up being the main DCU Lantern if that HBO Max GL series actually gets made - means they view him as one of their up and comers. He's expressed a lot of love for and desire to work in GL before, he's set up plot threads for GL such as the Revenant Queen threat that would give John his own Rogues which John desperately needs, and I obviously am a huge fan of the cosmic storytelling over in Action which I fully expect will be repeated here. DC Cosmic has been crying out for a worldbuilder to flesh it out more for ages, this is an exciting choice. My hunch is that John will be dealing with another Aspect of Olgrun, since there are six more out there unaccounted for. Inject some of that Warworld Saga storytelling into Green Lantern, let's get John a love interest, and maybe Stewart will finally get that equivalent to Johns run on GL with Hal which his fans have been begging for. Sampere is a huge GL fan who has history with PKJ before, I would say he's a natural choice for this book, but he likes Hal more so I could see him ending up on Tamaki's book instead.

Cyborg (Creative Team TBA) - Wish I could be more excited for this, but I have to know the team and the pitch before being interested. Too many Cyborg stories rehash the same "am I a man or a machine?" crap for me to pull this sight unseen.

Batman: The Brave & The Bold by Tom King and Various Artists - King got robbed of his 100 issue Batman run so I guess he's going to make up for it by doing secondary Batman books forever. Does Batman really need another team-up book given World's Finest already has him teaming up with Superman and the rest of the DCU? I'll be reading this so I guess I'm part of the problem, but I really wish King would take on another of the A-Listers. All he does is Batman books, C-Listers, and the occasional dabble in the Superman sphere. I want to see him tackle another Justice Leaguer's ongoing, give him an Aquaman or Martian Manhunter book since everyone else seems to be claimed. Apparently he's shifting back towards the mainline DCU ongoings after spending a couple years doing minis of dubious canonicity. Looks like creative teams will rotate and since Rob Williams is here and he's a writer not an artist, guess he's next up after King.

Green Arrow by Josh Williamson and Sean Izaakse - Williamson has been building up to this since the start of Infinite Frontier, cool that he's finally announcing the book. I'll admit I'm annoyed it's opening with a "we have to find Ollie who is lost out in the Multiverse!" arc, I'm sick of the Multiverse and I'm tired of DC "building up" to doing what everyone is asking them to. Just write a damn Green Arrow back where he's in Star City/Seattle interacting with the Arrow Family! Maybe Williamson doing a Multiverse story with a smaller cast will be more palatable, I did enjoy his Flash run after all.

Shazam! by Mark Waid and Dan Mora - Other than Superman proper this is probably the book Waid has been dying to write the most. He, Morrison, and Gail Simone pitched to take over the Marvel Family way back when, I bet he's got loads of ideas on how to revamp the character, and his ideas will probably be better received than Johns' revamp was. Solicit sounds great, Mora on art (and apparently still doing art for World's Finest, dude is a machine) is perfect, and Waid's handling of the Fab Five over in WF has shown he can handle younger characters still. Should be fun in the same way WF is.

The Penguin by Tom King and Stefano Gaudiano - Hah that's a pretty great team for a synergy book. King's Penguin in his Batman run was... well he seemed to be teasing that Penguin had sex with actual penguins, so clearly his take on Penguin is untraditional to say the least. Pitch seems interesting enough, Penguin back in crime because the government forced him back in as their agent is intriguing.

Steelworks (Creative Team TBA) - On one hand hell yes a new Steel book! Tell me Greg Pak is writing this and I am there day one. If it's not Pak however then I have qualms. The brief description in the press release makes it seem like John Henry is giving up on being Steel and handing over the role entirely to Natasha, and I've got no interest in that. S&L make me into a Nat fan but I love John Henry more, and I am not going to be happy if DC's idea of celebrating his 30th is him handing over the role to his niece. He better be the main protagonist and he better get to suit up and be Steel. Glad that DC has enough faith in PKJ to start spinning new series out of what he's doing.

Only two Bat books so fuck it, let's call it a win. Satisfied overall with the creative teams announced, for those that were actually announced, DC is playing it safe but after Infinite Frontier took risks and bombed that's exactly what I expected to happen. I guess the next event is going to be called Knighttime and will be another Batman event. Ugh. Also is that red circle with a bird supposed to represent Penguin, because it sure looks a lot like Hawkman’s symbol. Maybe a new Hawk book will be announced as part of the second wave? For the second wave I want books for Zatanna, Aquaman, Vixen, Justice League Dark (use the Shadowpact name if we're keeping the JL on ice for a while), Suicide Squad, and Legion of Superheroes, but as an opening lineup? I'm pretty happy with this!

[coal15]

**whew** so after a long day of basically nonstop writing and editing, I've got Ch.7 of All Roads Lead Back posted. The Chapter is titled No Other Gods Before Me, and here's a small teaser:

Aziraphale paces back and forth waiting for the massive amphitheater to fill up. Delegations of several hundred Angels from each department, all subdepartment managers or management teams as well as another several hundred voluntary attendees from the lower ranks. It adds up to a crowd of well over a thousand. The Supreme Archangel makes a great show of eager impatience as everyone files in and shuffles about in search of a place to sit. When it seems everyone has settled in he waits a few more minutes to account for stragglers before doing a miracle to amplify his voice and begin his speech. 

Please let this go according to plan, he prays to a God who may or may not be able to hear him. Either way, the prayer calms his nerves. As it always does. The way a small human child will cling to their favourite stuffed toy or blanket in times of stress, prayer plays a similar role in Aziraphale’s life. Right, no more gadding about. Time to do this . . .

“Is everyone seated? Comfortable? Lovely. So I am sure you’re all wondering why I’ve called you here to such a large assembly. Well my Angels, I have been getting reports of rumblings, quiet frustrations in our ranks. And questions.” (not one such question had been reported to him by anyone but Muriel of course, but he, they, and Crowley agreed it was a smart bet to assume Muriel was not alone in harbouring such sinful curiosities) “As such, I thought this would be a good time for a . . . well, I suppose you could call it a pep rally!” He says with a wide, cheery smile. “To make sure we’re all on the same page and fired up about the Great Plan. We should be excited! But we also must remember our roles and serve faithfully each and every day. And to work in harmony. As a team. Now then, for our first team building exercise we-”

Crowley storms in through the stage entrance just to Aziraphale's left dragging Muriel along by the arm. "SUPREME ARCHANGEL!" He rages.

Aziraphale spins around in mock surprise. Magnificent! He thinks. Both of his co-conspirators are thus far doing an amazing job with their end of the show. Crowley seething with anger and Muriel looking for all the world like they are struggling to remain defiant in the face of terrible fear. 

“Sorry to interrupt your thing but this is urgent. And quite frankly they-” he gives Muriel’s arm a hard jerk- “deserve a good public shaming for what they've done before you discorporate them.”

“A shaming? Discorporate?” Aziraphale hopes his play at bafflement is up to par. “There must be some sort of mistake, Muriel is one of our most loyal servants. Not terribly important, but loyal.”

“Oh really?” Crowley yanks a crumpled piece of paper out of his pocket and waves in the air. “I found this in their quarters when I popped by for a visit. Seeing as they vouched for my good character when we returned to Heaven I thought we were close.” He glares down at Muriel and says with a bitter snarl, “I thought we were friends!” He shoves the paper into Aziraphale’s chest and steps back, still tugging Muriel along for the ride.

Aziraphale gasps, looking from the paper to the audience and back again. It is important for all to sense his shock and horror. “It’s a whole list of, of-”

“Questions!” Crowley cuts him off.  “Exactly. And some of them are outright treasonous.” 

“Oh dear. Oh dear, dear, dear.” Aziraphale shakes his head mournfully. Perhaps I missed my calling as an actor . . .  

“Look at the ninth question down!”

Aziraphale clears his throat and reads aloud: ‘does God make mistakes or have regrets?’”

Gasps and mutterings ripple through the packed amphitheater. 

*******To read from the beginning, go HERE

[elmaxlys]

thoughts on utaren?

Dear anon, literally my first thought was "are you new here?" but then I realized that yeah okay fair I haven't posted about them in forever. you do need to have been there for a while to have known me during my nonstop utaren-posting phase

Short answer: there are 18 pages of posts tagged utaren on my blog, i think this speaks for itself (aka I love them, TG OTP)

Long answer: *stick figure violence* they mean so much to me

Retrospectively, this answer is not making any sense I'm just throwing thoughts around. Have fun, anon.

The thing with Utaren is that. they are so. so . They're best friends, okay. They know each other better than anyone but also they don't know each other at all and that's fucking poetic. They've been around each other for decades, they haven't seen each other in years. They can't live with the other, they can't live without him either.

If you want to know, back in. oh dear. back in the days of early :re publication (i read og around when :re was announced or something but i got "active" in fandom when :re was being published), I was Uta/Utaren posting and was arguing that Uta's tattoo talked about Renji, ya know, while anti-Utarens were arguing back that no it talked about the humans/ghouls relationship actually. Because I was so young back then with no concept of analysis, literary or not - despite the insane quantity of meta I read and my good grades in french/literature class - and also my english sucked wonderfully, I couldn't prove my point clearly. But anyways yearsss later I was proven right and this was maybe one of the best feelings I ever felt. When I say I'm always right this is what I mean.

So yeah I've been a shipper since forever.

The way I'll describe the way I see them depends on who I'm talking to, honestly, so take your pick.

With Utaren antis/deniers, they're my OTP. I ship them. They fuck on the regular. They try to kill each other before, during and after, it's part of the mating ritual. They've ruined my life enough I won't do in subtlety and won't go in deeper analysis. Leave me alone.

With Fellow Utaren Truthers, I'll say yes I ship them but I also see both of them as aspec, you know, I see Renji as arospec ace and Uta as either oriented aroace, either as alloaro, and thus this impacts the way I ship them, you know? I alternate between they're QPPs by the end of :re, they're FWB and they don't define their relationship/the way they're involved with each other (they have A Thing going on and who needs to know what that is apart from them, ya know)

With myself, they're friends. Their "we're friends" leitmotiv is. extremely important to me and that's what made me sooo involved with them in the first place, ya know? it's. so meaningful, both to them and to the story. to the fact they literally can't be together nor apart. They're friends. That's how they define what they have and who am I to tell them otherwise, you feel?

So yeah I ship them in all the ways above and probably more.

Also ya know this meta

And this fanfic

Speaking of which, I started a lot of utaren fanfics.. i never finished any because I really struggle writing relationships, especially when I'm not decided as to where I want them to go (see above the many different ways i ship them). RIP I guess

[noperopesaredope]

Have ya’ll ever hyperfixated on multiple things at once? Like, I can always FEEL when I’m in hyperfixating/hyperfocusing mode. I KNOW when I’m hyperfixating on something really hard. And I definitely know when I’m hyperfocusing. But over the past few days, I have been experience all the signs and feelings of a hyperfixation spree, but for multiple things.

I have been banging out pages and pages of writing and fic stuff for my She-Ra Horde Squad AUs. So many of my reblogs over the past week or so have just all been related to the Collector. And yesterday I started watching multiple videos on Welcome Home and liking every piece of fanart I can possibly find. I’ve been flopping back and forth between almost constantly thinking about my Horde Squad AUs or the Collector, and it’s nonstop.

Kyle, Lonnie, and Rogelio finally decide on their rooming situation in my brain (bunk beds), before Colly interrupted them and said that I made a new AU for them (Colly) and I said they could live in that particular house (the Hyperfixation House) in my brain. This has caused a major housing problem on who gets to stay in the front of my brain, and they’ve been debating about it for days. 

Things were already messy and it seemed like it would be really difficult to resolve, and then Wally waltzes into my brain and cheerfully asks if he can have an apartment. I tell him that new residents of the Blorbohood in my brain always get to stay in the guest room of the Hyperfixation House for their first few months as they get settled in and find a house of their own. He thanks me and strolls in only to find Kyle and the Collector having a fistfight on who I can focus on today.

Thus far, they haven’t been having too many problems with Wally, but that’s only because I only think about him whilst on Tumblr, I’m new to the fandom, and I haven’t started any AUs or projects for this one. So right now, my brain is just a mess as I hyperfocus on multiple things at once right when a new blorbo decided to move in.

I am in distress. Please help me.

[tomkiesche]

Clock has started. Less than 48 hours. I have worked with all three dogs. I like all three. Not for every situation or handler. I am down with Covid currently. I do not know if I’ll be back in before the clock ends. This is nonstop madness. I do not know if any official pleas were sent out on their behalf, #A2005330 JEEZY MALE (NEUTERED) 3 YEARS 47 LBS Available Date TUE, NOV 30, 2021 Intake Type OWNER SUR, RETURN Reason AGG PEOPLE RESCUE ONLY Last Walk 10/18/2022 (9 DAYS) My personal experience. Jeezy is insecure. Rescue should read all notes. I take him out the least out of all three. #A2007509 EL REY (Available to the public. As well as rescues.) MALE (NEUTERED) 1 YEAR 11 MONTHS 68 LBS Available Date MON, JUL 11, 2022 Intake Type STRAY, PICK UP Last Walk 10/25/2022 (2 DAYS) He is one of the most fun GSD‘s I’ve ever met. Very friendly and playful in the yard. I have talked about him many times. He has lurched at other people while he’s been on the leash with a handler. He has never done it with me. I don’t know if he was taught it or if it’s insecurity. #A2041476 WENDY FEMALE (SPAYED) 7 YEARS 98 LBS Available Date THU, JUL 21, 2022 Intake Type OWNER SUR, OBS Reason AGG ANIMAL Web Desc RESCUE ONLY Last Walk 10/11/2022 (16 DAYS) I’ve only had her out a few times. She has been the calmest. Most beautiful dog. So gentle with me. And loving. She has killed little dogs. So she would need to be with someone who will protect her from making mistakes. She has the cutest little mole on her eyelid. North Central Animal Shelter 3201 Lacy St, Los Angeles, CA 90031 ☎️ (888)452-7381 💻 Visit the website at LAanimalservices dot com —————— Disclaimer: I am a VOLUNTEER. I write my perspective/opinion. For official or exact info check with staff. Read my other posts for full disclaimers. Ran out of space. #1foranimals #Adoptdontshop #Adopt #RescueDog #Rescuedogsofinstagram #ShelterDog #Dogs #Dog #HelpThisDog #LoveDogs #LovesDogs #MustLoveDogs (at Friends of North Central Shelter - Los Angeles Animal Services) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkPiH18LCV5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[marshmallowprotection]

Kait Kait Kait~ I finally got around to reading Iris and lemme tell you, I’m HOOKED. I haven’t read many multi chapter fics but this one is sooo good!!! Im reading it nonstop in my free time.

I appreciate how you build the twins’ relationship and Saeran’s struggle to adapt to the world, not just that but the flashbacks of Mint Eye and Iris’ relationship to Unknown. I’m in love with how you write the characters, you really bring them to life and make their actions believable to their character. Fjjdsjajdbsns I just love everything about it hehe

I’ve been reading for a little over a day and I just finished chapter 14. It was definitely the hardest hitting chapter for me so far, but I think my favorite moment was in 13 when Saeyoung and Iris comforted Saeran during his breakdown. His PTSD and guilt is definitely something he’ll be dealing with for a long time. It’s good that he can lean on Saeyoung and his MC when it comes down to it.

Reading this on AO3 I noticed all the chapter names Ice cream flavors right? I think that’s cool. You need to know how in love I am with this story like I did not know how much I needed it in my life until I picked it up.💜💜💜💜

Iris is a story that I wanted to tell since I met Unknown in 2016, but it took me a while to get the energy to write it the way that I wanted to. I'm glad that I waited because it gave me time to practice and get my skills to where I wanted them to be. In many ways, I relate to Saeran in a very personal way and this Saeran specifically means a lot to me because his emotional journey helped me at the worst time of my life thus far back then. Being able to describe the recovery and process that comes with it is tough but... it's cathartic, too.

Iris is a mesh of past and present. I wanted to entangle the feeling of what flashbacks feel like... not just the bad ones but the ones when it haunts you late at night. Mistakes, problems, good choices, failures, success, and more. Life is hard like that. You can leave the pain but a memory always stays. Saeyoung and MC are there for Saeran, but he has limits. Iris is there, too, but he's got guilt.

His journey here isn't like GE Saeran. They're different and the way that they handle things is clear. You'll see that process in the story and by the end. It's not a picture-perfect ending, but it's one that is realistic and human for what happened to Unknown. I'm glad that the moment in Chapter 13 stood out. Nobody ever talks about how SE Saeran feels knowing that his gun killed V. Even if he hated him by the end, the weight of that action is... well, you can't deny it. I really wanted that moment highlighted. It was important to me.

And yes! Each chapter of Iris on AO3 is titled after a flavor of ice cream. There's a theme to it that you'll figure out in the middle of the story and I'd urge you to think about it for fun. I like adding in little hints here and there for the readers to figure out. Thank you for this comment! It makes me smile. I hope Iris treats you well and you love the story and the way it concludes.

[arctimon]

The Big Hero 6/Pokemon Crossover We All Wish Would Happen

Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Big Hero 6 fandom have been drawing/making mock-ups of the team with their respective Pokemon partners.  Now, in total accordance with being late to every single trend ever, I will now do the same, but I won’t be backing it up with wondrous drawings.

Mostly because I can’t draw. Some of the members were really obvious, and some...weren’t.  Out of everyone, Hiro was actually the hardest one, and I actually am still not really sold on my choice.  That’s mostly because the specific Pokemon is not his schtick.  There’s not really a Robot Pokemon.  There are certain members that were tremendously easy.

And we’re going to start with one of them: Go Go. 1.) The picture I drew of Chibi Go Go and Cinderace (which I still have to finish, for the record) doesn’t actually depict the Pokemon I’d put with her.  Cinderace would be her second choice.  The first?

Falinks, the Formation Pokemon.

Genwunners may not know this one, because it’s from the newest Pokemon games, but it’s very symbolic of Go Go: there’s six of them, it’s pure Fighting-type, and it has a signature move in No Retreat, which is basically a Pokemon version of “Woman up!”.  It raises all of its stats in exchange for it not being able to escape from battle.

But Go Go never escapes from anything, so it’s appropriate.

Plus they have the discs as well. Cinderace would be her backup, mostly because of the speed and rabbit parellels for her roommate, who is up next.

2.) Honey Lemon actually had the most options for her, because she’s the cutesy one.  That means she can be handed literally any Fairy type and call it a day, but what fun would that be?

Especially because there’s another bunny Pokemon that she’d be with...and that’s Lopunny.

It doesn’t really delve into her superhero side because it’s a bunny and cute and furry and all that jazz, but imagine HL’s completelyf amazed face when she gets one.  The squeeing would be nonstop.

Her secondary would be a Fairy type, and something that would change colored flowers based on the mood: Flabebe.

3.) Wasabi was also entirely way too easy, and he gets, in my opinion, one of the coolest Pokemon that was introduced back in X and Y: Aegislash.

I can’t even think of a proper backup for him; Aegislash is just that good.  Plus, if worse came to worse, Wasabi could grab him and swing it around himself.  But not too much, because the Aegislash line have a thing about possessing people with their tassels. His backup is another blade-related one: Bisharp.

Dark/Steel, cool design, somehow got Laser Focus as a level-up move in the latest games.  Pretty much a no-brainer. 4.) Karmi is also an easy one, and her inspiration came from one of the occupants of her lab when Hiro came to offer his help in “City of Monsters”: Mr. Varicella Zoster.

What Pokemon is cute, semi-translucent, looks like something scientific, and is also a psychic powerhouse (you’re assuming Varicella Zoster is not)? You guessed it.

Reuniclus.  The Multiplying Pokemon. The origin of it is based off of cells and amoebas, which is a perfect thing for a very scientific person like Karmi.  And the imaginary story in my head has her getting her partner first through the mysterious means that the team has to investigate. Her back-up plays off of her other project: the tech rose.  And the only Grass/Steel Pokemon (Ferroseed/Ferrothorn) isn’t really much of a fit.  So we’ll play off of her wannabe superheroics with another plant-based masked powerhouse: Roserade.

What’s better than a bouquet that has flowers for fists?  Nothing. 5.) Fred is a mascot for a “living”, and I think it would be funny if his partner would be very similar to a mascot, and that would be Bewear.

No, it doesn’t have cool Fire/Ice-type moves, and it’s not a lizard, but it’s a pun name, and I think Fred would appreciate a Pokemon with a pun name. Plus, I couldn’t really find anything that had Fire, Ice, and was a lizard.

At least with Bewear you can chain-breed Ice Punch onto it from Cubchoo, thus making Cubchoo an even greater Pokemon than before. His backup is one of the Pokemon based off of kaiju: Tyranitar.

Do you think that Fred is actually a Pokemon guy, or is Hiro the Pokemon guy?  Methinks it would be a collaborative effort to try to get everyone else to know what the heck they’re talking about.

6.) You didn’t think I would forget about Baymax, would you?  Now, you’d think that with being a healthcare companion would make me want to go for the obvious choice.

Blissey. And...you’d be partially right. But Baymax can’t just sit on the sidelines and heal, even though that’s his...purpose. Nah, we gotta get something a little more...metal.

Melmetal, to be precise. He’s very Baymax-y in the anime when Ash has him, and plus he’s got a two-fist move in Double Iron Bash.

Oh, and we’ll just give Mini-Max Meltan for funzies. 7.) As I was writing this up, I scanned back through it and was like “Who am I forgetting?”.

Oh nuts, Hiro is the one I was forgetting. So here’s the thing.  I actually really like the idea of giving him Magnezone, because of “lul magnetism” and all that.

And I was struggling to give him a back-up when I saw @baymaksu​ and his drawing of him and Riolu, and it just clicked for me.

Plus the mental image of Hiro manipulating Aura just like Ash gets me excited. So there it is.  My long, exhaustive post about Big Hero 6 and their Pokemon partners, based off my twenty some odd years of being a Pokemon trainer. I wonder if I should do the villains next.  Or maybe the Beta Team. Or both.

[snarkwrites]

Hi! I discovered your page today and read a lot! I was wondering if you could do D from the NSFW alphabet for Eddie Brock? If you could, the reader (female, very long hair, small stature) is a virgin, that's her dirty secret. Like, she never even masturbated. And how does Eddie deal with it and how he calms her down, or something like this. Don't feel pressured to write it of course! Thank you so much!

Ooh, this seems like an interesting and fun challenge for me. And I've been dying to attempt writing Eddie Brock for a while now, so I hope it's okay that I just used the letter as a basis and kind of did headcanons for this instead? Thank you so much for sending me this!

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implied sexual content. I won't say it's explicit or racy but I will say that if you're a minor, DNI.. Ya know, just to be safe. If there are further warnings, I will add those in an edit and attempt to hashtag below. { ᵖᵃᶦʳᶦⁿᵍ / ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳ / ᶠᵃⁿᵈᵒᵐ }

Eddie Brock x Virgin!Reader | Venom | MCU { ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖᵃʳᵗˢ }

None. But this might spark something later, you never know with me. { ᵉᵛᵉʳʸ ˡᶦⁿᵏ ʸᵒᵘ'ˡˡ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ }

masterlist of links / information. { ᵗᵃᵍᵍᶦⁿᵍ ᵐʸ ᵐᵃʳᵛᵉˡ ᵇᵃᵇᵉˢ; }

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@mrsstevenbuchananstark

[*] It was just supposed to be one blind date. A simple favor to your oldest and dearest friend because she was meeting a Tinder match and she didn't want to do so alone, so she arranged for you to double date with a friend of the guy she was meeting. Honestly, you didn't think there'd be any sparks but there were. There definitely were sparks, a connection, dare say a magnetism between you two. After the date, you went home alone but you stayed on the phone with him until at least 2 am. You talked about absolutely everything... Well, everything except for one itsy bitsy detail. But to be fair, at the time you really weren't sure what would happen, where things would go. You half expected not to hear from him again.

Obviously, you were wrong. After another two weeks of talking nonstop and texting constantly, Eddie asked you on a date. For two. You were beyond thrilled, you couldn't stop gushing. Well, you were right up until the realization hit you.. You were keeping something from him. From everybody, to be perfectly honest. Oh, you knew there was absolutely nothing at all wrong with being a virgin. And you knew you didn't owe anyone any form of explanation at all, either. It wasn't as if you were ashamed of it, you just weren't going to bring up the tidbit in trivial conversation, either. Because if you were being perfectly honest, the sole reason you remained a virgin had everything to do with compatibility issues thus far in life. You hadn't met anyone who made you want to change your status... Until Eddie. You spent the duration of your first date with him on pins and needles. You couldn't actually enjoy the date because the entire time, your secret weighed heavily in your mind because you weren't stupid. You realized that Eddie Brock had experience. Lots and lots of experience.

Eddie left the night with mixed feelings. He felt like you hadn't really been as into him as he might have originally thought. But then the texting and phone calls started up and you were as warm as ever. Downright flirty. Eventually, he asks you if he'd done something or if you hadn't wanted to go on a date alone with him. You chose for the time being to tell him that you'd had a lot on your mind because technically, it wasn't a lie. You did have a lot on your mind.

Given the way things played out on your first date with him, you realized you had to do something, lest he think you're leading him on or you weren't into him or having a good time. So you invite him for a second date. And this one goes much better. So good, in fact, that you two start going on little dates and stealing time alone together whenever you can manage to do so (which again, is not easy with a symbiote hitching a ride in one party).

Eddie kind of really wanted to take his time.. Let things develop. really get to know you. By the fourth date or so, you were starting to wonder if maybe he weren't losing interest because he'd yet to even attempt giving you a good night kiss. Baffled by it, you finally asked him, on the seventh date... "Why haven't you kissed me goodnight?" which was a huge shock for you because you honestly didn't think you'd have the nerve. Eddie kisses you goodnight after admitting that he didn't want to push or anything but with a sweet little husky chuckle he mumbles against your lips as his brush against clumsily that he's been dying to kiss you since date number 3.

And this first kiss is what puts us on the path we find ourselves on currently.. The more time you spend together the more serious things seem to be getting. He's copped more than his fair share of feels by now.. There have been long and lingering and oh so deep kisses.. There have even been neck kisses and you sitting on his lap.. But you always manage to extract yourself from these little situations before they carry any further until finally, you just can't anymore. You're faced with one simple fact in all it's undeniable reality. You absolutely want to go all the way with Eddie Brock.. THe only problem? The secret you /thought/ you were keeping. You have to come up with a way to tell him.

It's probably around two months later by now and you two have gone from little dates and phone calls and texts to spending an obscene amount of time together.. But you've yet to cross that sleep over barrier. Until this particular night. Things got hotter, heavier.. There was this almost electric feeling in the air. When Eddie's hands began to wander, you squirmed in his lap.. Rocking against him with all the grace of a tot just taking their first steps. You extract yourself from his body and you take a few deep breaths.

"Doll? Everything alright?" his voice is gravel and sex and desire and his tongue dances along the shell of your ear as he asks the question. You take a shaky and deep breath. "There's uh... There's something I want.. But first, there's something I have to tell you."

Eddie swallows hard. But then he notices that the higher his hand creeps up the inside of your thigh, the more you squirm. The wetter you seem to get and as it all clicks for him, he bites back quite possibly the most sensual and animalistic growl you've ever heard, hands down. His eyes settle on you, turned navy as his pupils are blown with lust. He rocks himself up into you and you whimper, gasping out the statement that it's hard to talk when he's doing everything he can to distract you.. Your stomach's really starting to coil and every little touch, every rock of his body against yours has you squirming even more.. Whimpering, reacting exactly as you should -that it's the first time you've ever been touched in this way. "Eddie, I'm..." your eyes flutter open and shut because he starts to trail his mouth down the side of your neck. Purring against your ear, "Yeah, doll? I'm waitin.. I swear if you say married, doll, I'm gonna be real fuckin disappointed." in a teasing tone. You manage a gasp and giggle out the words "I'm a virgin. A complete virgin."

Eddie growls again. The sound sends a jolt racing through your body at a dangerous high speed. You bite your lip and pull away, waiting. Fidgeting. Nervous as hell because you're honestly expecting the guy to just get up and leave.

He licks his lips as he openly fucks you with his eyes. Hands lock in place across your back and even if you wanted to, you couldn't climb out of his lap, his grip is strong. he's quiet. Lost in thought. Then he gives you that soft and goofy smirk. His eyes are even darker now and when he finally does speak his voice is so low and thick that you find yourself whimpering quietly. You go to look down, he tilts your chin. Gently. "Ah ah.. Don't look away, doll. Don't go shy on me."

"I thought..." you went quiet. You tear your eyes from his again and he's tucking a finger beneath your chin, making you look up and at him before you even get a chance to look away.

"I was gonna magically lose interest? Honestly doll, this just makes it more fun.. Ya act as if I got a ton of experience myself..." Eddie goes quiet mid-ramble.. His finger blazing a trail over your bottom lip as he pulls you completely against him. "I mean obviously, kinda have more than you, but.. feels kinda good, ya know?" he's rambling and you can't entirely tell if he's rambling at himself or you or a mix of both. The thought is answered when he moves you so that you're straddling his thigh just as one of his hands slips up your body.. Beneath your shirt. he gives you a look as he pauses. Silently asking permission. "Do you wanna change that, is my only question to you, doll."

"I do." you mumble, a quiet whimper rips right out of you as he chuckles. His hand slips beneath your bra and his other hand is settled on your hip, kind of dragging you back and forth over his thick thigh. "That feel good?"

It does. It feels really good. The friction isn't enough and yet, it's too much. You're not used to it. You want more. You crave it. "Y-yes." your cry shatters the silence of his apartment. He's pleased with getting you louder and just a little more vocal. His eyes fix on yours and he offers up one softly spoken promise. "I'll be real gentle, princess.. Gonna make sure you remember tonight forever." and all you can do is nod. And ask quietly, "You're gonna... You have to show me what you want me to do.."

"Nothin, doll.. Absolutely nothin.. You're just gonna let me take care of you tonight, hm?" he's moving you against his leg just a little faster and your breath catches in your throat. You're so wet you can feel a spot forming on the leg of his pants. The heat rushes through your body and settles in your cheeks and you can feel them burning up as the friction sends your wet sex throbbing harder. Eddie's hand leaves your hip and you wind up settled on your back on his leather sofa, Eddie hovering over you, his burly frame keeping your legs apart. He licks his lips and leans in to steal another kiss and mumbles against your mouth just how hungry he is.. Just how good he intends to make you feel.. how he won't stop making you moan and whimper and scream his name until the neighbors have to call the cops because they think something is going on at his place. And it's a promise that he manages to keep... Both gently and somehow, roughly.

He makes sure you definitely remember your first night with him.. Slowly peeling off your clothes and just staring at you as if he's the luckiest man alive -while lowering your arms because instinct sends them rushing up so that your crossing them over / attempting to cover your chest at first...From the bites and handprints all over your body to the fact that you wind up having your clothing pretty much shredded away from your body... To the cocky smirk he gives when he glances up from where his mouth is buried between your thighs, the glistening of your juices dripping from his mouth and a hungry look in his eyes. Encouraging you to get louder. To rock your hips against his mouth more.. To let him lick you absolutely clean.

You're begging for his cock by the end of it and he happily obliges. Pressing into you from behind.. Large fist tangled up in long locks, his burly frame enveloping your smaller one. Throaty growls against your ear as he continues to fill your neck with bite marks. He's slow and steady, even a little too gentle at first.. But then you're begging him "More.Harder." and begging for him. Absolutely begging. The more you beg, the more he happily obliges. Anything to make you happy, absolutely anything.

He’s almost too gentle with you at first, definitely. But when you let it be known that you’re okay and you want it harder or faster.. If anything he does changes your volume even by a little, he’s doing it over and over. Until you’re so close to the edge you’re shaking and can barely stay up on your knees.   He’s really showcasing his expert level self control here too because given that you’re a virgin you’re actually a lot tighter than he’s used to / been with before and that feels way too damn good for him.. But he’s determined to make you lose control and that he wants you to get yours first, so that iron clad willpower is damn near impressive, trust meeeee...

[some-dr-writings]

Gundham’s and Kazuichi’s mangaka S/O wants to draw them

Gundham Tanaka:

·       Though you were the Super High School Level Mangaka you specialized in historical fantasy! You absolutely adored doing research and finding new mythical beasts and species to sketch and incorporate into your work. It was no surprise that Gundham became your muse the moment you two met!

·       Gundham would allow you to visit his creatures and draw them to use as bases for cryptids and monsters of all sorts in your manga. The four Dark Devas often acted as your pose models given how unusually animated they were for hamsters.

·       Having asked the Overlord of Ice to allow you near his animals so often you spent much time together and eventually started dating.

·       “My Queen, the Stringer of Fates, what curse dares to plague your soul?! You’ve not touched the pages with which you create and destroy worlds, as if it were deadly to do so! You’ve yet to search out a demon to immortalize. Not even have you greeted the four Dark Devas of Destruction as you always have.” You huffed lazily watching the rabbit Gundham was currently grooming. “Artists’ block. I can’t seem to draw or write anything. Either I just stare at a blank page for hours, or I start something which quickly dissolves into an incoherent mess!” Rubbing your temples, you grumbled at the clogged feeling fogging your mind. “I did pull a few all-nighters last week. Maybe I’m just drained. But if things keep going like this, I’ll miss my deadline! I already asked for an extension on it last week, I can’t keep doing this!”

·       Gundham watched as you picked up the sketch pad and pencil. There was this stiffness in your movements. Your hand which once flowed about gracefully like a bird in flight now paved plain straight lines. Your eyes darted about unable to focus on anything. “UGH! I can’t even draw a proper circle for the rabbit’s body!” Sinking into your seat you tossed your sketch pad and pencil aside. “Perhaps a day of respite is in order.” “No, I already took a day off yesterday. I feel I’m even worse now than I was two day ago.”

·       The Devas quickly scurried over to you, hopping into your lap, or climbing onto your shoulder to nuzzle your cheek. “… thanks.” Gently petting the two in your lap you sighed in defeat.

·       It was at that Gundham abruptly stood up. “Where is my Queen, and what have you done with her, villain?!” “… Huh?” “MY Queen would never rot away so quickly into a decrepit state such as this! She’d fight and claw till her final breath! She’d never faulter so easily!” “I Am, your Queen.” “Hmph! No, you are not. Now, tell me where she is.” You marched right up to Gundham glaring at him. “I’m right here! I am your Queen, the Stringer of Fates!”

·       It started as a chuckle which boomed into uproarious laughter! “There you are. That determination, your will to live has returned to your eyes. I am glad to have you back.” Surprisingly, you did feel like you had more energy than before. “So, shall we be off? A piece of you is still missing and we must search it out less you start to fade away once more.” “… Yeah, a date sounds nice right now.”

·       As a bright blush dusted his cheeks, the Overlord of Ice took your hand into his bandaged one, the other taking your bag of sketch supplies, he led you out of the school grounds into the great beyond!

·       The day was filled with fun and laughter as you raced from place to place, doing anything you could think of. A walk in the park, a trip to the arcade, lunch at a café, shopping at a bookstore, and anything else you could have dreamed of.

·       As the sun began to set, Gundham and you found yourselves at the clear beach, dancing around barefoot, not a care in the world. “… Gundham. Thank you, today was amazing.” His entire face instantaneously flushed hearing his true name being called. In that moment he just looked so beautiful to you. His sheepish smile, those tender eyes, just, everything about him.

·       “May I draw you?” “… Of course, my Queen.”

·       And thus you drew, having completely forgotten that morning or the past few days, you were struggling.

·       “Ah! Your depiction captured my true form! I should have known you could see through my mortal guise!” He so happily admired your drawing with sparkling eyes.

·       While he was distracted you worked on another piece, one of a dark king holding his queen close on the soft shores of the beach.

  Kazuichi Soda:

·       You never held much interest in machinery till you came to Hope’s Peak and met Kazuichi. It seemed just about every time you saw him, he was tinkering with something, from a small robot toy to a monster truck engine. Often times the parts of whatever he was working on were spread out, and then seeing how they all fit together fascinated you. Without realizing it you’d end up just watching him work for hours and sketching out the pieces and tools he was using.

·       Quickly this fascination bled into your own work, incorporating steampunk-esque elements into it. And the more elements you added, the more references you needed. At first you tried getting some on your own, but you’d just end up injuring your hands and fingers in some way or you’d break the pieces.

·       “Look, you got me into this mess and now you have to take responsibility.” “W-what!?” Before Kazuichi could panic you placed an old, rusted pocket watch before him. “How do I disassemble this!?” For a week or two after you’d bring some new item to Kazuichi to disassemble and reassemble. You eagerly sketched out the pieces you needed the references of and more.

·       Quickly you and Kazuichi became friends. You would chatter away as you did your own things. Before you knew it the two of you ended up spending time together just to be together, no drawing and no tinkering.

·       Kazuichi would go to you for advice for his unrequited crush on Princess Sonia to which you’d try your best to help, even if it did hurt a little given your crush on the mechanic. She wasn’t the only thing he spoke of though, so you had plenty of other conversations.

·       Kazuichi certainly liked chatting so when one day he was quiet you got a bit worried… Then you remembered something. “Oh Soda. You’ve never been on a school trip before, right?” “Hmm, uh, yeah. I skipped out on the only one I got a chance to go on.” “Because of financial issues, right.” “Yeah.” “Well, I happen to be going on a trip all over Europe for background references and I was thinking who better to take along than my best friend and best mechanic I know!” The news certainly perked him right up, and he excitedly chattered on about traveling! Quickly the news spread, and it ended up becoming a class trip! Honestly, though a trip alone with Soda sounded lovely, you more enjoyed seeing how ecstatic he was to be going on an actual class trip with everyone.

·       The trip was fantastic, it seemed to be nonstop fun. Often you’d forget that you were being payed to go on this trip for work and that you needed to get reference materials, thankfully Mikan took more than enough reference photos for you.

·       Though during the trip, you noticed how Kazuichi, though still friendly, was a bit more reserved than usual. When you asked him what was wrong, he said he appreciated the concern, but it was something he had to work out on his own.

·       Eventually your trip took you all to France the city of love. The place was certainly an artist’s dream, you found yourself drawing nonstop there. It was amazing!

·       At one point in your trip your class wanted to get to a restaurant at the top of a rather large hill, but the only way to get there was via a thin road by car. So, you, Kazuichi, Sonia and your driver were the last to get to the restaurant.

·       Then the car broke down. Kazuichi immediately went to check the engine while Sonia stood at the edge of the road, looking out at the sunset. It was a gorgeous sight, her profile, the sunset, the city lights, everything. You had started sketching out the scenery when a though struck you.

·       You elbowed Kazuich, gaining his attention. You then leaned in real close while still looking at Sonia, not noticing the blush spreading on his cheeks as he kept looking to you. “Hey Soda, now’s your chance. This view is absolutely romantic, and you’re in the city of love. Don’t you think this is the perfect time to ask out the girl you like?” This hurt, it really did, but seeing how happy he was to be going on a school trip without worry like he always wanted, you could hardly imagine his joy if Sonia got together with him at a time like this. It hurt, but you just wanted to see him happy.

·       “… Ask out the girl I like, huh…… Okay.”

·       Turning to you he placed his hands atop your shoulders. “Y/N I have a crush on you. Please go out on a date with me.” “… Wait? I thought… what about Nevermind?” “I, well, yeah, I do like her, but… I really like you… I… That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out lately and... so I... You get it, don’t you!?” “… Soda, please let me draw you!” “Huh?” “Well, if we start going out, we’ll be boyfriend and girlfriend, right? I’d like to have something to commemorate the moment by.” “S/O!” He pulled you into a tight hug, giddy out of his mind.

·       You ended up drawing him at the restaurant. He loved the drawing so much he took a picture to use as his phone’s lock screen. From then on you often drew him for references for poses and though all great, his favorite would forever be the first one you made of him. It was made to celebrate you getting together, it was always so special to him.

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So-- I know I should be writing and working on the requests I have and the other WIPs I have in my drafts--- but aonjgvoaierh I can’t help myself. I literally got all of my Fukurodani themed items today in the mail--- so here we are LOLOLOL 

Majority of the items I got are Akaashi themed / centric (No surprise there) Thus this idea was born LOLOL, so here I am swimming in my big ass Fukurodani jacket while I write this fluff skskks I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did with writing it!

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Wrapped in nothing but warmth, she couldn’t help but feel adoring eyes on her frame. The fabric surrounding her practically swallowed her up as she peered over to sweet gunmetal blue hues. The owner being quite proud of the display as he couldn’t help but flash her a small, yet teasing smile as she offered an inaudible scoff. Though in contrast she made sure to roll her eyes in the utmost exaggerated fashion before burying herself deeper into the familiar scent of her boyfriend’s jacket.

When (y/n) had mentioned she was cold, she half expected the vice captain to merely shrug her off and offer a quick solution. Instead, she was met with an abundance of fabric. The taller male having discarded his jacket as a warm smile was suddenly gracing her eyes. 

“K-Keiji?”

“Hm? You had stated you were cold. This was the quickest solution I could think of.”

Though polite, the cheeky tone that weaved it’s ways into his voice told her otherwise as a sudden flush of pink overtook her cheeks. Subconsciously, she clutched onto the jacket where her heart rested. A feeble attempt in soothing her rapidly beating heart as she could only really watch the latter bring a hand to her slightly tousled locks.

“I hope this will suffice until practice is over.” 

Eyes glinted with mischief and adoration, Akaashi couldn’t help himself as his fingers buried deeply into her messy locks. The pout that graced her features only added to the endearing sight placed before him. A heavy desire to suddenly swoop her up into his arms into a sweet chaste kiss was all too much for the setter as he forcibly swallowed the aching desire. 

With great reluctance, the second year finally pulled himself back from her. Whether of his own accord or because of his teammates nonstop cooing, no one would really know why Akaashi had pulled back in that moment.

There was a hint of disappointment, but even that was quickly dismissed as the team began their collective stretching. 

With the distraction now out of the way, (y/n) finally felt herself ease fully into the comfort of her boyfriend’s jacket, thus leading her to be seated on the bench whilst reviewing over the misses, hits, and any other mental notes whilst observing the team. Of course, never once forgetting about those love-filled blue orbs that never seemed to leave her form. 

[godkilller]

@izzabizz139

I wanna hear you rant about the Gin vs Hitsugaya anime fight bc I love seeing your pov and you clearly write better than whoever extended that scene :) pretty please

          out of character.  DON’T ENABLE ME SO MUCH !!  No but I cackled when I first saw this ask because oh my god, clearly you saw a taste of my annoyance about the anime adaptation -- no, adaptation implies it was accurate, I’ll say the anime’s take was “inspired by” the manga’s quick run-in. I’ll start by saying this moment is supposed to be a bit important considering, via the audience’s point of view, THIS IS THE FIRST WE SEE OF TWO CAPTAIN-RANKED SHINIGAMI CLASHING. The only other captain-involved fight we’ve seen thus far in the manga is Kenpachi  ( who is an outlier and should not be counted... no, I joke... but, still, Ichigo was not an equal to him, his sword was sliced through like butter. )  The whole reason I enjoyed this encounter between Toshiro and Gin was simply this; it wasn’t some fancy multi-chaptered fight. IN THE MANGA, THERE ARE ONLY TWO BLOWS MADE. One, by Toshiro, to begin the fight. The second, to end it, is Gin’s strike.

          I want you to know that I’ve rewatched this specifically to answer this ask, and only due to this, as I wouldn’t have ever sought it out otherwise. HONOR MY SACRIFICE.

          Read more for length. I’m merciful.

          In the anime, they monologue at each other, and it’s mostly a combination of Toshiro making three separate death threats  ( he starts this off by saying “I’ll kill you before Hinamori arrives” and then goes on rewording it each time, and then also repeats the death-threat he gave Gin prior to this conflict about “I’ll kill you if Hinamori bleeds” )  and then also Gin and Izuru talking about how truly powerful and amazing Toshiro is -- no, this isn’t me being bitter or petty, I literally shit you not, Gin has a line that is legit “AS EXPECTED FROM HITSUGAYA TOSHIRO, CAPTAIN OF THE TENTH DIVISION, A CHILD PRODIGY OF TH' SORT THAT ONLY COMES ALONG ONLY ONCE EVERY FEW CENTURIES. HOW VEEEERY DANGEROUS. YOU’RE SERIOUS, AIN’T YA?” like don’t get me wrong, love a good sarcastic little shit comment like that, but the amount of times the anime pumps Toshiro up like he’s their shinest new cash cow ( and he is, at this point, it is not even 50 episodes into the series and they’ve realized everyone likes him and he’s jumped to high ranks in popularity polls... earning him filler spotlights, and eventually his very own non-canon movie )  so everything coming out of Gin’s mouth feels like more bullshit than necessary. Izuru’s already literally monologued, internally, how powerful and amazing Toshiro is anyways. Why this ?

          Not to mention that, prior to saying that long-winded shit, Gin’s haori changed length three times  ( and once it was longer than his entire body by several feet, and no not in a ‘to show motion’ way )  and most importantly Shinso was drawn, consistently, at katana-length for the duration of their little spat where the following, too, happened: Gin frog-leaps after doing a backflip, Toshiro gives Gin two (2) haircuts, Gin ruins some floorboards and gives Toshiro at least one splinter in his arm, Toshiro whilst wearing socks lands on Shinso’s blunt edge and pushes the sword down with his footsie because that’s how that works, there’s another backflip somewhere in there that Gin doesn’t need to be doing, twirl, twirl, and ballet, Gin’s face elongates until his chin is bigger than his face, Gin spends ten+ seconds purely dodging very close strikes to his face as Toshiro is the only one making breathy growly and ‘tsuuaaah’ sounds, there is a brief moment of no gravity as Toshiro keeps hacking at Gin midair and Gin blocks it over and over again but they still stay in the air but they’re not standing or jumping or using reiatsu they’re just like, momentum-locked I don’t fucking know, Gin frowny faces as he blocks because like somehow this kid who doesn’t even have more reiatsu than him, whose arm strength should not be an issue, is like. making him nervous?? as sword sparks fly. if you know me at all you know I hate when they fuckin’ firework sparkler-ify swords clashing.

          Anyways, all of this happens whilst Shinso is the wrong length and Gin’s hair is getting purpler by the second and this entire thing is somehow a big jack-off to Toshiro’s immense strength even though he’s screaming and wailing at Gin like a child and Gin’s just a vessel at this point to Enhance Toshiro, which, fine, okay, but at least be more accurate with it god damn. ANYWAYS,

          THEY JOUST. They literally run at each other, swords centered, and run past / to the side of one another. Jousting. “Cause that’s how that works. No slashes, no cutting motion. Just swords centered, because the animators were like “no worries guys I know swordfighting basics that’s a legit pose” yeah it is WHEN STATIONARY. Not rUNNING IT DOWN.

          And then Gin’s sleeve is cut, somehow, from the Jousting, because wow Toshiro wow wow wowowowow, and then Toshiro comes back and starts wailing at Gin again and Gin blocks it, again, and it’s all very annoyingly repetitive, and Gin’s frowning and sparks are flying and Gin’s using Shinso, the katana-length wakizashi I guess, with two hands because like I said, the animators knew basics and basics are “katana are used two-handed” like. Okay, you’re not wrong, but I cannot stress this enough: SHINSO IS NOT A KATANA. It’s shorter and meant to be used single-handed!!!! sTop!!! So then Gin rips off the tattered part of his sleeve and throws it at Toshiro, who swipes it away from his face using his Zanpakuto because that’s intelligent and a piece of cloth was definitely threatening enough to use your sword to bat it away  ( btw, Hitsugaya wasn’t holding his sword with two hands at this precise moment, so he could have just... used his other hand )  and then Gin goes in for the classic “stabby stabby rapidly at you while the animation gets a little breather because we repeat this cycle a few times with flashy bgs and phew money made” ... WE ARE FOUR MINUTES AND THIRTY SECONDS INTO THIS FIGHT BY THE WAY. Gin does this for seventeen (17) agonizing seconds straight. Yes, I counted. That was sixteen and a half too many seconds for me, personally.

          Toshiro somehow lassos Shinso whilst Gin is stabby stabby-ing with Hyourinmaru’s chain component. I say component like it’s somehow some type of beauty guru’s lipstick holder, but really am I that wrong ? When else has he ever used this feature ? Anyways, he lassos Shinso because yeehaw I guess, god I’m falling apart at this point can y’all tell????? I need a drink.

          and so, because now Toshiro has Gin’s sword somehow trapped with chain even though it’s just looped around it, he backflips over Gin for a cool trickshot, no blow issued, just vibes, and Gin uses a big brain moment to tug Shinso and the chains slide off. okay now what. We’re past five minutes into this fight, nonstop.

          SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME FOR GIN TO PAUSE AND APPRECIATE TOSHIRO AGAIN! “I see, I shouldn’t have underestimated you, HItsugaya Toshiro” I’m starting to have a feeling Gin’s VA was told to just wing these lines because the amount of times he fills silences / Gin’s mouth movements with Toshiro’s long-ass name is astounding, he’s definitely drawing blanks here but he sure as hell knows one thing: that damn ice-boy’s name. He continues by saying “I suppose I’ll end up regretting it afterwards.”

          Toshiro says that’s not enough, and it’s really dramatic and cool. His eyes even glow all icy and blue and pretty, like his flowy reiatsu. Aesthetic points were gifted entirely to Toshiro’s animations in this scene. Gin was finished in MS Paint and each new scene they had to draw Shinso from memory and try to remember what hue of purple his hair was at gunpoint. Toshiro lets off a big wave of reiatsu and then it vanishes, and he jumps up reaaaally high. like this guy’s flying. his eyes arent glowing anymore that’s sad. Bring Back Glowing Eyes For Strong Shinigami 2k21.

          Toshiro releases his Shikai, and it’s badass, the sky darkens, Izuru looks distinctly more worried than usual, and Gin’s frowning with his teeth out like Bugs Bunny’s having a bad day, all is right in the world. Toshiro and his released Shikai have a nice moment for the Pics, and a big epic freeze frame blur moment happens with it all coiled and swirling around him. Wrow!  ( click the ‘wrow’ it’s a link to my exact reaction )  Izuru narrates for the third time about how powerful Toshiro is, his reiatsu, his Zanpakuto being a deity who is only unlocked every few centuries. The strongest ice-type sword. Pardon the pun, but that’s... you could say, so cool.

          It can even control the weather. So hey, next time it’s rainy, cold, icy, or snowing and you’re unhappy, it’s time to direct a big fuck you at Toshiro.

          Gin dodges the first dragon, and blocks the second with Shinso because blocking water and ice with a sword makes sense right? This actually takes a solid amount of seconds as Gin cuts through the entire length of this ice dragon noodle. Things dissipate, and pause, too, to really drag this out. Surprisingly, this reveals that Gin’s made a boo-boo, his left arm’s frozen, which doesn’t even mean anything because Gin is right-handed, and Toshiro teleports himself behind Gin in true fighty fashion.

          We have arrived at seven minutes and just under twenty seconds of this fight, and Gin turns, DOES THE UNTHINKABLE, gasp! He opens his eyes. His red, dull, evil, gray-eyebrowed with purple hair eyes, and shoots Shinso through its hideout spot behind his haori. This nearly takes off Toshiro’s eye and upwards of his head, but the little guy dives down fast. The rest happens in slow motion, supposedly, because it takes an eternity and people talk entire full sentences in its span of time.

          Gin asks Toshiro if he’s sure he’d like to dodge that  ( it’s a little late for that ) and says that Momo’ll die if he does. SHINSO SCRAPING ALONG AGAINST HYOURINMARU STRANGELY MAKES NOT A SINGLE SOUND. Mute. Even though before they had no problem animating and adding sounds to them smacking blades earlier. There are soundless sparks though, so there’s that. Yay. Can you tell how exhausted this’s made me? I need a nap.

          Shinso is already more than halfway towards Momo, still unconscious, she most definitely has a serious concussion via Toshiro backhanding her midair consider she’s been unconscious for longer than ten minutes. Toshiro has time to get up off the floor where he dropped to dodge, realize with a shocked gasp, turn, shout her name, and watch as Rangiku arrives in a random glow of gold which never happens ever again and blocks the attack with Haineko. Haineko almost cracks on the impact, and continues growing in damage as Rangiku holds Shinso there, implying that she’s stopped it from reaching one-hundred sword’s lengths to pierce Momo. Yes I’m including that implication / note in here because we love to see Rangiku succeeding in life and being Not-Helpless, all while potentially damaging Haineko severely if it wasn’t able to hold him off. Yikes, Gin!

          Rangiku threatens to join the fight if he doesn’t withdraw his sword. Gin smiles, withdraws it, and then Shunpos away.

          Whatta mess. Oh, and the anime fight was pretty fucked up, too.

          This is a long post, but here’s the manga version:

Toshiro leaps into the air,

This is where the fight actually starts between them:

And end. 

Five pages. Two blows. Does not equate to ten minutes of non-stop fighting and monologues. Sometimes, and I mean this in the most unbiased way possible, less is more.