#bad news: he's baaaack!!

[jackwalkerstan]

...... i have bad news gang 

[marymekpop]

⟢ highlight of the hour: the good bad mother [1/14] ⟣

priorities

[emo-trash101]

HELLO HELLO ONYX,DEARIE!!

I'm baaaack!~

(me,coming to your blog when I have an Idea because I want to feed you: )

The platonic asker,yours truly,has come once more to request a new platonic headcanon!

May I please have platonic! any character you'd like (Maybe Alastor,Vox and Lucifer,but you may change that as always! All characters are welcome.) With Child!Gn!Reader that randomly goes out (maybe teleports? Idk,just a random idea) and brings back random sinners (mostly poor and homeless) at the hotel/the character's work and goes "They wanted to work for/with you!!" with that little sweet and innocent voice of theirs? They're really naive and talks to everyone really kindly,a bit like my first ask! They're just a sweet sunshine kid that wants to help those in need! It's not their fault there are bad people that may use them,they just want to help!!

Anyways,I think that's good for me!!

Here's another reminder to take care of yourself! Eat,drink and sleep well,honey!

Enjoy writing this new prompt <33

Stay proud,

-Nina <33

I MISSEDD YOUUUU!!! And that prompt is giving me flashbacks to when I brought a feral raccoon into my house when I was a little kid lmao. But I love this!

Alastor, Vox, and Lucifer x Sweet Child! reader

THIS IS STRICTLY PLATONIC AND SHOULD ONLY BE TAKEN AS SUCH

Pronouns: Second person, gender neutral

Tw: Kidnapping? (Can a child kidnap someone?), pedos, general hazbin hotel

Alastor -

- I would say this man would be disappointed but in all honesty, he probably taught you how to steal people by accident.

- It would most likely take place after Charlie goes on one of her rants about how she needs more people at the hotel, and you being the cute little child you are, waddle away to go find some.

- I feel like he wouldn't particularly notice you missing until you show back up, random ass sinner in tow.

- Obviously you get lectured by everyone for stealing a person off the street and bringing him to where you live.

- cause...y'know...pedophiles happen to be in hell.

- But after you pull out the cute little eyes and the "I just wanted to help" everyone kinda gives up.

- Alastor does make you release him back outside like a butterfly you grabbed (omg that is something I never thought I would write)

Vox -

- As I've mentioned before, this man kinda lowkey sucks.

- Like Alastor, probably accidentally taught you how to steal someone, but he probably did it on purpose or some shit.

- You'd most likely see him murder fire another one of his workers and decide that he needs an immediate replacement.

- So you take your two little feet and waddle down the streets of hell asking anyone and everyone if they want to work for Vox.

- Obviously everyone wants to work for the Vees, so you end up bringing like a hoard of people to the office and kinda just, bring them in.

- As I've mentioned, this man would not notice you being gone like, ever, so when you magically show tf up with like 70 people all in tow, he is partially impressed and partially confused.

- He asks you why you brought so many people and you just look up at him with your cute little baby doll eyes and go "I thought you needed someone to replace mr. dead guy".

- He honestly kinda appreciates it and gives you a little pat on the head as he kills kicks out everyone you brought.

Lucifer -

- This man pays copious amounts of attention to you so the fact you were able to waddle away to go collect people off the street is honestly astounding.

- He was like, super art blocked and could not come up with another idea for a duck, and it was starting to piss both of you off.

- So you do your little thing and walk off by yourself to collect another person to help come up with some sweet succulent duck ideas.

- Well turn out, creepy people exist in hell (surprise surprises).

- So a creepy ass guy follows you to the palace and when you get back Lucifer panics.

- He was worried you died or something and was about to go find you when you show up with a rando behind you.

- Lucifer politely scolds you for running off like that, but before you could introduce him to the guy you found to help, the guy left.

- So you give up and instead devote a lot of your time to making a new rubber duck

- Lucifer ends up making a duck that can track where you are incase you go wandering off again.

This was so funny to write, I hope y'all enjoyed reading it!

[hothothotch]

hi sweetheart! after you absolutely killed my last request and cleaned every dish with it MM MM MMMMM I'm back

this time, DBF!Hotch. The two of you got caught on your dad's new security camera beside the house that you didn't know about. Your dad tries to send aaron home to chew you out on it but Aaron gets all defensive and refuses to let you take the fall for both of your actions (maybe this leads to aaron's first acknowledgement that he loves you, 😮‍💨) but yes just protective!hotch standing up for you and your relationship 🦋🦋

Hello I'm baaaack!

I'm finally taking the web off the asks that got lost on my inbox when I disappeared, so you may see me for a few days!

Requests are still open, and you're invited to send anything Aaron Hotchner on my way.

Thank you for your request!

LUCK: sucess or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions. Chance considered as a force that causes good or bad things to happen.

With you, it was usually bad things.

Of course, there were exceptions — like when you graduated in law, only a few months ago; or the day your father (the Senator) allowed you to go for a guided visit to the FBI to study it's many Units just because you wanted to see law being applied on different contexts; or — and this one was your absolute favorite — when you stumbled into your dad's best friend, Aaron Hotchner.

The latter one had been an absolute blast.

Aaron Hotchner was BAU's Unit Chief, and thanks to his ties with your father, he had been the one responsible for your tour of the sixth floor. Aaron had been attentive and careful, he embraced your curiosity as if he was being paid to give someone a tour, and not to find serial killers.

At the end of your tour, he offered you his number because, "I was a lawyer, so if you ever need something, or another tour, just give me a call".

One week later, you called him to ask for advice on a hard case you've taken at the law firm you were working at; Aaron asked you to dinner so you could talk privately about it, and helped you go over the case files. You also talked some more about your private lives — how he had an 8-year-old son, how you had a dog, how both your jobs took more time from you than you wanted. At the end of the dinner, there was another one scheduled.

Aaron had to reschedule that one (a case in Alaska wanted his immediate attention), but he knocked on your door first thing when he came back, a bouquet of flowers (sunflowers, to be exact) in hand as he proposed you'd go out for that delayed dinner. You accepted right away.

The third date was at your home, and that was the first time you kissed. The first time you've done way more than kissing. By the time Aaron left your home that night — staying over wasn't an option when he had a son at home —, you were sure there was nothing you wanted more than a solid career and to have that man's hands on you again.

That was when things started to go wrong.

You've had your fourth date scheduled when a pipe at your home exploded, causing a flood to start in your bathroom and spread all over your house; and while you weren't excited to go back into living with your father, that was the only available (and financially worthy) option, because you certainly wouldn't ask Aaron to let you live with him.

No. Nope. Absolutely not.

It wasn't like you were dating, on the romantic sense of the word. Yes, you had feelings for him; yes, you messaged so often that people had asked more than once if you were in a relationship; and yes, you did way more than just making out like hormonal teenagers whenever you had a second to be together.

But Aaron had a son, and you had a golden retriever (and said golden retriever was too attached to Aaron, to be honest), and a month and a few days of hookup wasn't enough to justify calling someone and saying, "Hey, mind if I crash down at yours while my pipes are being changed?".

"Yes, honey" Aaron nodded, looking down at you as he played with your hair, "That's exactly what you should've said".

You rolled your eyes, shaking your head in bewilderment. That was probably the third time you've been having that discussion, but it was the first time you've done it personally since Aaron had just came back from a case.

As usual, Aaron spent the night at home with Jack (he did invite you to go over, but you didn't feel like you were this far in your relationship to say yes) and appeared first thing in the morning at your father's house to see you. Now, you were lying together on the backyard, Aaron looking down at you, prompted up on his shoulders as you laid on the towel you brought out.

It was intimate, cute. The kind of moment you wouldn't have anywhere else, since the two of you lived on apartments. It was special, as if there was something more going on there, something unspoken.

Frightening. That was the word to describe it. And yet...

"I'll keep that in mind next time" you replied, a smile spreading on your face at the sight of the smallest quirk on his lips, "I like it when you smile, Aaron".

Aaron's smile widened, and God — you could feel your heart beating faster at that godly image, at the fact that you had put that smile on his face, the realization that his look of adoration was for you, and not any other woman.

"I like it when you smile, too" he whispered, leaning to press a soft kiss against your lips, "Even if this is not a rare occasion, because you're the softest person I've met".

"Oh, come on!" you pushed him away, and even if it was nothing more than the touch of your hand against his chest, Aaron pretended to fall backward on the towel, a silent invitation for you to lay on his chest, "I'm not soft!".

"Yes, you are" Aaron replied with a laugh, "Even more than Garcia, and she's essentially a marshmallow".

You gasped at his words, placing your hand on your heart as if he had offended you, "I can't believe you said that! I am a serious lawyer!".

"Never said you weren't, honey" Aaron pointed, pressing a soft kiss against your head, "Just that you're a very soft lawyer, that's always good to everybody".

"Which some would point as a weakness".

"Some are stupid" Aaron shrugged, "You are not. You're the best lawyer I've met, and I know you can do great things, baby".

You didn't know how to react to his words if there was an appropriate way to react. On these few months you've been seeing each other, Aaron had made a point of cheering you on whenever he could, and even managed to watch some of your court hearings (a benefit he got from being both an ex-lawyer and an FBI Agent), always having some strategic input for the next one.

Aaron has been helping, and has been hearing. He believed you even when you weren't sure your father believed.

God, you loved that man.

"Thank you" you whispered shyly, moving to kiss his lips, "I don't know what—".

"What the fuck is happening here?".

So, here's where the word luck suddenly turns into unluck. That specific moment in time, when you realize that the feeling of something missed you've been nurturing, had nothing to do with a lack of word to define your relationship with Aaron, but with the fact that at the end of the day... your father had no idea you've been dating Aaron.

It wasn't like you were hiding it from him — you've been open about dating someone, and he was aware that he knew that someone, but in truth you've never properly told him who that someone was. And while you wanted to say it was pretty obvious (because you've lost count on how many times you and your dad talked about Aaron when having dinner together), your dad had never been the one to read between the lines.

So, yeah. That was kinda your fault.

"Dad!" you stood up immediately, thanking every god available you and Aaron had decided to just lay outside, and not do something else, "You're home early".

"Yeah? You tell me" your dad snorted bitterly, looking between you and Aaron with anger written all over his face, "I was watching the security camera because I know this is when you get Lucky ready for her walk, and what do I see? You and Aaron here together! What was I supposed to do?".

You had some answers on your mind, but none of them seemed important as you looked around, eyes half-closed as you studied the space around you, "There are no security cameras on the backyard".

"Thank God I put on some last week!" your father pointed, "I thought you'd be safer if I did, and now I see that was providential for some other reasons".

You noticed when Aaron stood up beside you, his hand touching the small of your back softly, "There's no reason for you to talk with that this way".

"No reason? No—" your dad stopped, pinching the bridge of his nose for a second before he pointed at Aaron, "You, I want you out of my house. And you—".

"No".

For a second, you thought you'd been the one to mutter that simple word, that you had dared to say 'no' to your father to defend a... situationship with Aaron; it made sense because in your heart you wanted — craved — to tell your father that he couldn't tell you who you could date, or to put your "I'm an adult" speech to use, but you hadn't been the person to retort.

It had been Aaron.

"What did you say?" your father barked, his eyes twitching in nervousness.

"I said no" Aaron replied, taking a step in front of you, "You're not gonna talk like that with her. Not today, not ever".

"I'm her father—".

"That doesn't mean you don't owe her respect!" Aaron retorted, his voice louder than your father's, "You wanna talk about us, that's your right. You wanna know about us, that's also your right. But to scream with her in order to get some manipulated answer, that's not happening, not on my watch".

You knew you were supposed to step up and say something. Maybe you should tell Aaron to leave, so you could talk privately to your father; maybe you should stand with Aaron and leave with him because, honestly, you were dreading this specific talk.

But having Aaron defending you?

You've decided to study law because you knew what it was not to have someone on your back. Of course, your father had defended you in some instances, but there were other moments he'd made it known he'd step out so you could solve things by yourself; it did help you build character (as he used to say), but you missed having someone patting your back at the end of the day, or helping with the fights you just didn't feel ready to fight.

Aaron was just that person.

You didn't know if it was because he was FBI or it was his lawyer side rubbing in again, but it didn't matter — Aaron was fighting for you. Fighting for what you had.

God, you really loved that man.

"Okay" your father humphed, both his hands on his waist as he looked directly at you, "Then plead your case. And I hope is a good plea, because I didn't pay for the best university is this country for you to give me some lame reasoning—".

"Shut up!".

Yeah, this time it was you. And you knew that if you didn't go on with that, you probably would get too afraid to continue, so... "I'm an adult, dad" you cringed at how lame your words sounded in front of what Aaron had just said, "I won't say there isn't an age gap..."

"Twenty years" your father pointed between gritted teeth.

"But I'm an adult!" you stomped your feet, holding Aaron's arm, "I'm 28, I'm a lawyer, and I..." you closed your eyes, biting your bottom lip before those three words escaped her lips, "I can make my own decisions, dad. I'm not asking for your permission, I'm asking acceptance".

Silence. Deafening silence.

"Can I talk to Aaron?" your father asked finally. You could read anger all over his face, the way his jaw was tense and his hands were closed in fists, but you could also see defeat in his eyes — the realization that it didn't matter what he did or said, you'd stick to what you had with Aaron.

And you were proud of yourself.

You looked up at Aaron, waiting to see if he wanted to have this talk with your father, even if you knew he was too much a gentleman to refuse something like that (you had your doubts he'd ask for permission if he ever decided to pop the question — but why the hell were you thinking about that?), which was quickly confirmed with his curt nod, "Okay" you whispered.

With a gentle smile towards Aaron, you made your way towards your dad, stopping your walk beside him before whispering, "I love him. Please, don't fuck with that".

He didn't answer, nor looked at you. Taking it as your leave, you walked back inside the house, closing the door behind you — but not quick enough not to hear Aaron's final words.

"I fucking love your daughter, man. Please, don't fuck it up".

Maybe you weren't that unlucky, after all.

Thank you for the request!

[k2ntoss]

so i was about to fall asleep but then i started thinking about constantine's sidekick!reader again and just imagining a little scenario where they and jason are having a little tiff or something after some kind of mission...like they're both running on adrenaline and maybe a little manic cuz one of them almost got really hurt or something, and then just at one point reader gets tired off the back and forth and just uses their magic to pull jason over by his collar and kisses him to shut him up? and jason just melts immediately?? mmmmmm god i seriously cant stop thinking about this man

-🦊 (thank you for indulging my brain rot every day, it makes me smile sm every time i see your thoughts and additions to my lil ideas😙)

YA GIRL IS FUCKING BAAAACK i do have news but lets leave them for another moment, now i'm here to be amazed by your ideas that feed the little beast inside my head, chef kiss, michelin star kinda shit

it's been years since you started by john's side, it all ending in you learning a few (almost all) of his traits, a mini me and an obnoxious sorceress is what most people would call you, but a caring person nonetheless and that's something you also got from your mentor. john constantine was a drunk silly man, a jerk but he took you in like his kid, he took care of you and protected the only stream of light that his life had.

all of that made easier for you to notice when someone cared for you, making jason's anger melt your heart right now even if you've been pestering him all the way round. the aftermath of this mission was a ton of adrenaline, a big nasty wound on your side and both of you covered in disgusting hellish goo.

some dumb criminal decided that summoning demons was a good idea to terrorize gotham, as if the city didn't had enough demons already. when jason and you attended that particular call you never thought you would end up hurt but how could you not after pestering a demon, all cocky and smug around it before it all ended up in a few more inferior demons attacking you but hey, you managed yourself.

"for once, learn to keep your smart mouth shut or you'll get yourself killed" jason starts, he's towering over you and his arms are crossed on his chest "you're always testing your goddamn luck and look where it got you"

"dick always runs his mouth when he's fighting, it's funny, jay" you smirk, the mention of his older brother makes him shake his head and sigh heavily "it's not that bad, mom" but a sudden pinch of pain makes you grunt when your hand brushes the wound.

"yeah, not that bad" jason is probably a bit more angry when you laugh softly "mind telling me why are you laughing?"

"it's nothing, mommy hen" you shrug before leaning into a wall under his gaze, you can see jason is worried but once again would it be you if you didn't teased the guy a little? "it's hard to think when we're both covered in sticky goo" and even if the comment is meant to tease him, jason looks at you unamused.

"it's not gonna work for you, let me see your side" he speaks while walking closer, jason takes his gloves off and tugs them into one of the pockets of his tactical cargo pants "you have no spell or shit to heal this so we'll do this my way"

"not gonna happen, mr. hood" and jason stops, taking off his helmet too to let you see his stern expression and it's enough to let you know you've gotten under his skin "you expect me to undress here? just like that? no foreplay?"

"i'm being serious, y/n" there it is, jason's voice turns lower and you know he is indeed worried.

a soft sigh escapes your lips, using the resting energy on your body to use your telekinesis and it's hard because jason is good on resisting magic but when it comes to you he almost always let's you get away with it. his body is pulled closer to yours, his body sliding all the way towards you and when he's right in front of you it's your hand the one that tugs him from the collar of his shirt before your lips collide with his in a chaste kiss.

there's a small smile on your lips because he melts into your touch, kissing you back with one of his hands on your waist and the other one cupping your face.

"is it always this easy to shut you up?"

[maytheleiabewyou]

Analysis of the German gay film #freierfall / #freefall PART 4

For the 10th anniversary (omg! 10 years already!) (11 now because its 2024!) of one of my favorite movies I decided to make an analysis of the film and especially of the scenes between these two great actors.Max Riemelt and Hanno Koffler. Kay and Marc. Marc and Kay. I hope you like it and that above all it serves to encourage the creators to give us that long awaited second part.

HERE IT IS PART 4:

I'm baaaack! Sorry for the delay <3 I would have liked to upload this fourth part as a christmas present but well now you could say it's a late valentine's day present hehe

Remember where we left it? :)

I promised myself I was going to only talk about these two ignoring all the plot with Marc's wife pregnancy but I think its necessary to mention it. This wonderful kiss in the woods happened MEANWHILE! (although here Kay did not know it yet!) After this scene there are a couple more that do not involve these two = boring. haha Scenes that Marc tries to convince himself how good is his life and how lucky he is. #whoareyoutryingtofool

After training at the police academy comes the action! And of couuuuurse Kay had to go to the same unit as Marc. Fact that Marc did not seem to like it at all.

+What are you doing here? (Marc) -I'm glad to see you too (Kay)

The first time I saw the movie I thought Marc was going to kiss Kay furiously. The next few times I watched this scene I felt sorry for Marc and how he deals with his frustrations with violence and is not able to face these new feelings in a normal way. But now, I see this scene and I really feel sorry for Kay. He doesn't deserve to be treated like that and even less for saying what we all think (that Marc is quite happy to see him again). It is true that for Marc this meeting is the last thing he needed. But just because he is afraid.

Time for Kay to find out he will be an uncle? hahah

oKAY its true that Kay's expression is everything in this scene but look at Marc! He is saying so much without talking! He is between shy, serious (not smiling at all even though Bettina is happy talking about baby) and kind of afraid that Kay found out? Look how for a moment he looks away and immediately looks at the ground as if avoiding Kay.

The dialogues here are key to understand everything. First of all neither Kay or Marc greets each other (where are your manners guysss)

-scary huh? (Says Bettina due to Kay's facial expression)

And then nobody talks about it anymore. Kay and Marc can't say anything else. They just glance at each other but inside a whole of emotions are going on.

Blessed the existence of men's bathroom that allows the two of them to be alone for a moment!

Kay is spechless. He speechless? I know. So Marc looks at him and says:

+yes, that's how things are (as Kay cared about that HAHAH)

Fun fact: after this scene they go home and Bettina asks Marc about Kay. And while Marc can only say bad things about Kay, Bettina is like "he seemed nice to me" hahaha

Now comes the moment we all were waiting for! Pure authenticity

After Marc again being violent with Kay in an exercise, Kay approaches him gently and just is honest with Marc:

AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GO JOGGING, RIGHT?

I know you will hate me right now but Im ending this part here haha! So the wait for the next part will be more than worthy!!!

ps: Thanks for all the feedback from the previous publications and to the owners of the gifs I used. Also, here you have the previous parts in case you missed them <3

[bjfinn]

GOTH AND GHOUL

"I'M BAAAACK! "

"Oh, God," Lydia muttered as Beej suddenly materialised in the living room. He was down on one knee, his arms flung wide, doing the "jazz hands" thing like a Broadway actor finishing his big number. She smiled wryly -- the demon was such a ham.

"BJ!" Delia said. "It's so nice to see you! How was New York?"

"It was great -- me and Dewey had a lot of fun, and I think his buddy Pac is starting to warm up to me, too," he replied, hugging his adoptive mother.

"That's wonderful! What did you guys do?"

"We, uh ... we went to the museum -- the American Museum of Natural History," he told her. "It was pretty cool -- 'specially the dinosaurs."

"It's good to have you back home, BJ," Charles said with a smile.

"Thanks, Chuck," the demon said, and threw his arms around the man.

Charles stoically submitted to Beej's show of affection, patting him on the back.

Beej released him and turned to the Maitlands, arms outstretched. "Babs! Sexy! Did you miss me? Come here and give me a hug!"

"You were only gone for the weekend," Adam pointed out, trying to duck behind his wife as Beej came towards them.

"Ah, come on -- admit it!" the demon said. "You guys missed me!"

"Well, it has been quieter around here without you," Barbara replied diplomatically. She flinched slightly as Beej put his arms around her -- although she and Adam had grown quite fond of the demon, he could be a bit ... much.

"I missed you guys, too! But what can I do? I gotta spend time with Dewey -- he's my brother. But I promise I'll always come back home to you guys."

"Oh, joy," Lydia said, rolling her eyes.

Beej turned to her. "I missed you most of all, scarecrow," he said, hugging her tightly.

Lydia smiled and laughed as he rocked her from side to side. "I missed you, too, Beej," she said. "Welcome home."

*****

Later that afternoon, Lydia was sitting on her bed, propped up against the headboard, and Beej was sprawled in the armchair.

"So tell me everything you guys did," Lydia said.

"We went to the museum, like I said," he replied.

"And?"

"And we had pizza and beer."

"You were gone for three days," she pointed out. "You must've done more than that. Come on, spill!"

Beej sighed dramatically. "Okay, okay," he said. "But you gotta promise not to tell anyone else -- they wouldn't be happy with me if they found out."

Lydia's brows furrowed in concern. "What did you do?"

"We, uh ... we kinda started a business."

"A business? What kind of business?"

"Okay, so ..." Beej began, sitting up. He was clearly excited to tell her about it. "Pac's a medium, right? And I'm a demon, so we decided to team up together. I haunt places, and he and Dewey come and get rid of me."

"What?"

"Yeah! They get the money, and I get to practice my demon skills -- win-win!"

"And ... whose idea was this?"

"Mine," he said, beaming proudly. "Pretty smart, huh?"

"Beej -- that's illegal! If anyone finds out, Dewey and Pac'll be in a lot of trouble!"

"Pfft! " Beej scoffed. "Who's gonna find out? It's only an occasional thing!" He looked at her, his hair suddenly turning purple. "Are you mad at me?"

"No, I'm not mad at you, you big doofus," she replied, smiling gently. "I'm just a bit worried about the three of you -- promise me that you'll be careful."

"I promise -- I won't let anything bad happen to 'em. Cross my heart and hope to, uh ... well, you get the idea."

"And I'm kinda disappointed that you didn't come to me with this idea," she added with a smirk.

"Huh?"

"How come you didn't ask me to do this with you?" She pouted comically. "I thought I was your BFFFF forever."

"Lydia!" he exclaimed, putting a hand on his chest. "I'm shocked! You're my little sister! You'd really wanna do something like that???"

She flounced dramatically. "I can be bad."

Beej grinned. "Let's go crazy!"

"Oh, wait," Lydia said. "I forgot -- you promised Dad that you wouldn't cause trouble in Winter River. Remember?"

"Ah, shit," the demon said, his hair instantly turning purple. "You're right."

"Don't worry," she told him after a moment. "We'll think of something. Where there's a will, there's a way ..."

Beej grinned again, his hair bright green once more. "Oh, this is gonna be sooo good! ''

[rays-of-fire-and-ice]

BLEACH: The Thousand Year Blood War Ep 1 Thoughts and Reactions

Overall reaction:

^ I was each of these guys at some point while watching the episode

WE'RE BACK! WE'RE ACTUALLY BAAAACK!

Highlights:

Seeing the Karakura gang back together in Ichigo's room: I got emotional, and teared up for the second time! It's just so nice to have all these character back on the screen together, and when you think about where this is all going to go...they;re in for a rough one.

The Kick TM: he really shouldn't have stood on Ichigo's bed.

Everyone getting their chance to show off their powers: this is probably my favourite moment in the whole episode. Chad and Orihime got to have a good moments, Uryu's fight was absolute hype and I can't get over how incredible it looks, and Ichigo...when he screamed 'BANKAI!' I cried, you cried, we all cried. Absolutely stunning visuals and animation for that entire scene, I loved it and I've gone back and watched it more than once.

The declaration of war: this scene couldn't have been adapted any better, it was downright perfect! From the suddenness of Chojiro's death to the reflection in the Quincy's helmets to the explosion of flames from Yamamoto, it was stunning!

The end credits sequence: the highlight reel to end all highlight reels, this was such a nice touch! I was already emotional, but this just made me start crying AGAIN! I mentioned in a tag before, but when they showed the clip of Hitsugaya and Hinamori from 293, I screamed. And then the Ginran section that came after, I sobbed...I was not prepared!

I'm almost speechless. I can't believe we're actually here. We have a new anime, the fandom is back, and BLEACH is trending on social media. It comes back with a punch and a half, with a stunning visual style, some amazing animation, and a good pace for the first episode. I can't get over the detail and style in some of these scene. I mean just look at this shot of the Wandenrich's helmet:

Look, maybe I'm alone in this, but I just love the detail of a reflection in the helmet. It's something they could have left out, just make it that the helmets don't have a reflection and are just a blank surface. The reflection not only makes for a more visually appealing shot, it adds something to these characters who's faces we can't see. The fact such a violent death and the head of all the Shinigami is reflected on their helmets emphasizes just how dangerous these guys are. They've gone for the jugular of Yamamoto, and Chojiro's death is just the first of many violent events yet to come. All that from a reflection on a helmet! (I know, it's just me over-analyzing ^^; )

Another thing worth bringing up is cut content. The majority of scenes and moments cut seem to be comedic ones, and I think this is actually a good move. While hope a few of these moments get incorporated down the line, making the first episode primarily a serious one really sets the tone for this arc. This is a war, not some shounen protagonist going to fight the big bad and win, not some tournament arc, not some colourful battle anime, this is going to be rough. For me, TYBW is BLEACH's darkest arc, chock full of character deaths and near-deaths, violent battles, and character moments that are dark and shocking when you think more about them. This is also reflected in the colouring, with darker shades in the character designs and darker lighting, setting a somber mood for what's to come.

And now to get needlessly sentimental!

I'll preface this by saying BLEACH was one of the first anime I got into while I was in high school and has held a special place in my heart ever since. It was for the latter reason alone I continued to keep this blog running, even when I had [gradually] stopped loving the series after the manga ended. Also, it helped that I had some of the most amazing followers a blog could ask for, you all encouraged me to keep reblogging BLEACH and writing for it.

After watching this episode and realising how much I missed seeing these characters, I am in love with this series again. A part of me feels like I'm a teen again, binging through the episodes and coming to love the characters, and another part of me is looking forward to revisiting this arc as if it were the first time I'm seeing it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go lie down, the hype has completely sapped me of energy.

This is seriously me right now...so happy though!

[ialwaysgobacktoit]

Nightmares

hey y'all i'm baaaack... my original plan was to post this later on the week but thought about gracing you lovelies with this new gwynriel piece! it's designed to have 4-5 chapters, but i don't know when I'll post it yet hehehe hope you like it !

He hears her sobbing in his dreams. First it’s faint, distant; but then it gets louder as his sleep borders awakening. Before he knows, he’s standing up, dagger in hand, shadows whispering desperately all the way to her door. Finding it was surprisingly easy, given how little time had been since Gwyn had moved into the House of Wind. Although it didn’t astound him that his shadows were the ones to know; they were always keen observers of the knowledge-seeker priestess. 

Azriel stops himself before knocking. The crying had ceased. 

He could walk away, for sure, head back to his room and let her come to him, if she thought suited. But the sudden, almost overwhelming urge to make sure she's fine is what makes him wait for her answer. Not to mention his frantic shadows insisting he’d at least check in on her. And he wouldn’t deny them, at least not when it came to Gwyneth Berdara.

“Gwyn?” He murmurs through the door. 

“Just one second” He hears her muffled voice in return. 

Steps, and then:

“Shadowsinger.” 

Puffy-eyed, clutching her robe against her chest, Gwyn greets him. She has a timid smile on her face, but it takes no Spymaster to see she indeed had been crying.

“Is everything ok?”

Seeing the dagger in his hand, Gwyn raises her eyebrows in a shadow of amusement:

“Yes. Is this an invitation for dagger-handling lessons?”

He can’t contain his furrowed eyebrows at her deflection.

“I thought I heard you crying.” Not an accusation, but a statement.

At that, Gwyn sighs and leans her head against the door, her expression immediately changing. Giving space to what he can detect as exhaustion.

“Bad dreams.”

He notices how she says “dreams”, in plural, and is familiar with the feeling as well; still, all he does is nod in return. 

"Do you want to come in?"

Not at all what he expects, it catches him by surprise:

"Do you want me to?"

"If I didn't, I wouldn't have asked you."

He's about to decline by politeness, invent some lame excuse, but his shadows sing otherwise. She needs you.

So he comes in.

Her bedroom is simple-looking and comfortable. A large bed takes up most of the space, with cream-colored walls and a wooden bookcase on the left. Near the bed on the right, is a door he can assume leads to her bathroom, and next to it, a single leather chair.

Unsure of what to do, he stands in the middle of the room with his hands in the pockets of his linen pants.

Gwyn chuckles: 

"Well don't you just stand there. It makes me feel weird."

She then points to the armchair, and proceeds to sit at the end of her bed.

He does as said, and watches in silence as she fiddles with the hem of her nightgown for a couple of seconds:

"Sometimes I dream of that night" she lets out, copper hair disheveled falling over her shoulders. "But most times, I dream of her."

Catrin. Her twin sister. 

The one he couldn't save in time.

Gwyn lifts her stare from her pajamas to the ceiling. "I dream she's here with me, alive and well. But she has almost no time left in this world, and doesn't know it. So I try to find ways to make her stay, to delay the inevitable. To make sure she'll still be here when I wake up. And I talk to her as if I didn’t know she'll be gone soon, but I always do." 

She sighs, "These dreams can be even more heartbreaking than the nightmares."

He feels a sharp sting in his chest at her vulnerability. At how honest she's being with him. So he offers some in return,

"When I was young, I lived in the dark." Saying those words doesn't pain him as much as he thought it would, "I'd dream of my mother most nights. In those dreams, I was always with her, under the sun. We had all the time in the world to be together, happy and free, but I knew it was only a matter of time before I woke up. And then I'd be all alone in the dark again."

Gwyn's stare meets his, filled with such understanding it almost breaks him. He braces himself for her answer, for anything. 

But not for what it comes next:

"Can you stay here? Just until I fall asleep?" Her voice is so small it's barely a whisper. It makes him want to come closer to her.

He offers her a gentle smile instead: 

"Of course."

That turns out to be the very first night they sleep together; even if it takes him a lot more time to fall asleep, slightly uncomfortable in the small armchair. But when he wakes up some hours later, neck craned and wings numb, he’s surprised to see the bed in front of him empty, with nothing but a tiny piece of paper on top of the covers:

"Didn't want to wake you. See you in training.

Thank you, Azriel.

G."

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[virgil-isnt-a-lee]

I know I haven't posted too much recently, I've been super busy but I'm baaaack

I got twords a lot today and it was so djshdhw flustering??

We were sitting together just before my first class and I had laid my head down on my desk, I was just tired, and my friend who sits next to me REACHED HIS HAND behind me while I couldn't see- almost like he was going for a side hug, and then he started to squeeze my side so I squirmed towards him, and then I was so fucked because he pulled me close, and I basically fell half into his lap. And then he started twording both my sides?? Hello?? He held my wrists and just kept fucking twording me while I fucking flailed about, and it was SO BAD because he's about my height but hes a lot stronger than I am, and he just kept doing that for at least a solid few minutes, ans he's picked up a habit of randomly twording me all throughout the school day ajsakkd

I also learned something new; I have twordish wrists. It happened in a different class, my friend took my arm and just ran his fingers along my wrist, and when I laughed and pulled my hand back, he looked at me, grinned this evil little smile, and asked, "did that tickle?" And I shrugged and said "yeah, a little." So I will now be crawling into a hole for all eternity. Goodnight.

[snailsandpuppy-dogtails]

Mr. December

Flufftober day 22 Have you heard? Garvez WC: 840

“Did you hear?!” Scurrying excitedly into the bullpen, Penelope glanced around expectantly at the familiar faces. When nearly everyone sat quietly in confusion, she went on. ”Theeeeeeey’re heeeeerre!” she squealed, “Or, they will be later.” The group of profilers looked to one another then back to her, blank expressions indicating she’d clarified nothing. 

“The Agents…Of The FBI Calendar…?” she went on.

“Oh-ohhhhhhh!” Prentiss exclaimed. While JJ, Spencer, and Rossi made sounds of understanding, Tara and Matt’s demeanors hadn’t changed much beyond amused smiles. Luke however looked…nervous? Concerned? Clearing his expression, he tried for a curious playful tone hoping he hadn’t given anything away, that these trained professionals hadn’t read him like a book. “What do you mean they, Garcia?” JJ jumped in explaining for the members who clearly had not been around for the experience in years past. “Penelope buys a case every year they produce it and passes them out because the profits go to charity, but the Bureau hasn’t done it in a few years, right, Pen?” “Correct my beautiful blonde friend, but it’s baaaack! Which means, all of you will once again be treated to the fine faces and -ahem- bodies of the Bureau.” As she said it, Luke would swear she winked at him. Going on, “And this year every agent selected to participate got to choose a charity where a portion of the profits would be donated to! They even asked them to write a little bit about why they chose it. How sweet is that?” He chuckled, tamping down the anxiety suddenly growing. Jesus, that was such a bad idea, why did he do it?! Why had he let them convince him to do it…Now everyone he currently works with was going to see…well quite a bit of him eventually. “Sounds like you know an awful lot about it Garcia…Now why would that be?” “…I’m friends with the Bureau’s digital artist who compiles it and has it sent out for print?” she answered immediately. “And it was my idea. I mean, after my second year here I figured we could be doing something really good for charity with the physically fine people we have around here, so I figured if New York’s fire fighters could do it, so could we.”  “Why are you so concerned? It’s not like you’d ever pose for something like that, Alvez.” Tara piped in. And she was right of course, except for the fact that he had, in fact posed. It seems he and Penelope had a friend in common… one who knew he’d do anything for retired working dogs, including posing nearly nude in a calendar to raise money for them.

“No, I just…I mean…isn’t it a little… a little objectifying?” He stammered out. “I wouldn’t say objectifying, more like… appreciative of people’s hard work and dedication. And everyone in it volunteered and the photo shoots are totally professional and we have broad representation and it’s all for good causes! Plus, I heard someone even brought their dog this year. I can’t wait to see that one.” Luke flushed, shit.  Looking around for support, “No one else is weirded out by this? Like you get a calendar and then Bob from IA is hanging in your office?” Crossing his arms, Matt mused “I think it’s great this year’s models got to select a charity to support, when I posed it was still down to a democratic vote and one lucky charity.” Luke laughed in disbelief, “You-” But Penelope cut him off, realization hitting her. “Ohh! That’s right! Aww, you were such a baby then, Matt Simmons!”  This revelation however did not help matters, Luke was only feeling more desperate at the anticipated endless hazing he’d be getting shortly, making it harder to disguise his emotions. “Well, it’s clear this conversation is making Alvez uncomfortable, so i’m shelving it for now and heading off, I suggest you all do the same.” Emily smirked sipping her coffee as she and Rossi headed up the stairs to their offices. With a few more comments everyone else followed suit, dispersing to retrieve their own caffeine fixes, turn on computers, or work on reports. Suddenly, it was just Luke, and Penelope who had taken up residence on his desk. Raising the ceramic unicorn mug to her lips, she spoke quietly, “If you feel that strongly about it, I can always have made a mistake or not received them at all…”   Luke sighed, visibly relaxing. He wouldn’t have to explain or tell her at all, she’d just back down. Very unGarcia-like, but he wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth. “Thanks Chica, as much fun as we have here, I don’t like the idea of seeing my co-workers hanging around half-naked at the office.” 

“Mmmm” Penelope’s mouth pursed, biting her cheek in thought as she stood to leave. Leaning in, breath tickling his ear she whispered, “I do have to say, Roxie as Rudolph was quite inspired…Very good photo set, Mister December. It’s a shame I’ll be the only one to see it.” 

@flufftober

[moplayspoke]

Alright I am going to sound bougie as hell with this post but here we go…

For the longest time I had the world’s shittiest cookware because I had just started living on my own and I had to buy everything or acquire used stuff. For cooking, no one gives away their nice pots/pans. No one. The only time you ever find nice used kitchen supplies is if someone dies.

So I had a set I had bought for cheap from a discount store… (like 70$ for an entire set of saucepans and frying pans). They did ok for the first year. The nonstick coating held up for a bit but not for long.

A few years later when I had more adult money, I found out there was a le creuset outlet store near me and me being a cooking nerd, had to check it out. I walked out with a $200 cast iron enamled frying pan. It has been amaaaaaaaazing.

So a few more years pass and my shitty cookware got so bad the nonstick coating started to chip off and get into food. The handles began to rust. The paint and metal coating began to fade.

The bottoms of the pans would make weird noises while cooking as if stuff got stuck at the bottom or was about to crack open often accompanied by a nasty burning smell.

I have an electric glasstop stove which is easy to scratch and mess up so while my shitty cookware was falling apart it also started making paint streaks on my oven and permanently burning mysterious crap on it.

Now you may be thinking, why didn’t you replace them the minute they started falling apart? I am actually a cheapass. Replacing an entire set is pointless and costly if you’re just going to replace it with yet another set of shitty cookware.

This past week while my fiancé is trying to make eggs, I put a shitty frying pan on the stove and the handle pops off. I freaked out and told my fiancé we had to stop using the shitty cookware as of right now and toss everything.

So we toss it. And are left with some pots I inherited from my dead grandmother and our single cast iron pan from le creuset.

I started to look at better options to replace what we lost but I kept hearing my fiancé praise our little le creuset pan with how well it cooks and how easy it is to clean.

So I was like… fuck it, there’s an outlet store near me let’s go get a few more. Can we afford it? No, not now. But will it outlast our last set? Definitely. I don’t want to keep buying shit we have to replace every 5 years and risk cancer from all the shit that gets into the food. Let’s fucking do it.

So we did. Bye-bye money. 🥰 Hello best cookware ever. We got a dutch oven, another frying pan, and a griddle.

Ironically we need to go back to the outlet store sometime this week to do an exchange because we were given the wrong style of pan but we aren’t complaining. We are both excited just to go BACK lol.

My fiancé gave me sooo much shit about window shopping in le creuset last year but he didn’t understand… NOW HE DOES. AND HE IS OBSESSED. Best cookware ever? Best cookware ever. I’m never going baaaack.

Photo featuring the pan that started it all:

This is our 6 year old enamled cast iron frying pan. It’s our baby. It still looks brand new and yet we use it daily. THIS SHIT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

[kitkatwinchester]

GOD F*CKING D*MMIT!!

JUST BECAUSE I KNEW THE NOGITSUNE POSSESSION WAS COMING!!

DOESN'T MEAN I WAS READY FOR IT!!

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN!!!

I HAVE TO LIKE IT!!

GODD*MN SON OF A B*TCH THIS IS GONNA EAT STILES UP SO MUCH AND DESTROY HIM INSIDE I HATE IT!!!

I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT WHY WAS I SO EXCITED FOR THIS STORYLINE?!

I WANTED IT!!

BUT NOW I DON'T!!

I TAKE IT BAAAACK!

TAKE ME BAAAACK!!

I DON'T WANT TO WATCH MY POOR SWEET LOYAL AMAZING KIND-HEARTED CLEVER SASSY BOY SUFFER LIKE THIS!!!

I DON'T WANT IT!!!

PLEASE STOP!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

And then you add to it WHATEVER THE F*CK THESE OTHER THINGS ARE.

And the fact that Chris just walked into his apartment COVERED IN BLOOD and PASSED OUT.

And these things are literally made up of shadows and HOW THE F*CK DO YOU FIGHT A SHADOW?!

I HATE ALL OF THIS WHHHYYYYYY?!

WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS TO ME?!

Oh my god this is gonna hurt so bad.

How much crying is there gonna be??

Be honest with me, how much am I gonna cry??

Is it a lot??

Should I have tissues ready from here on out??

I feel like I should have tissues ready from here on out.

WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH.

Well.

I suppose in positive news, Allisaac and Scira may as well be canon as far as I'm concerned.

And Derek had pretty much the exact reaction I wanted him to have to a party being thrown at his house. XD

But seriously WHHHYYYY?!

I'm gonna find an adorable Stiles gif to make myself feel better before I just start to cry every time I see him on the screen because the suffering and whump has officially begun and I love it BUT I HATE IT PLEASE STOP.

I NEED THE COMFORT PART OF THE HURT/COMFORT PLEASE!

SOONER RATHER THAN LATER!!

AHHHHHHHHHH!

(LOOK AT THE BABY HE'S SO SOFT PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( )

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

AAH promo time :)))

O P E NEXT EPISODE'S THE TARLOS KISS

AHHHHHHH :DDDD

AWWWWW 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️ THEMMMMMM 🥰🥰🥰

y'all they love each other so much :'DDDDD

Iris

That better not be a problem xd

Why does it sound like a problem lol

Girl I trust you

Be careful with that trust XD

OPE thereee it is with those guys

Dang o.o all this in one episode???

I'm seeing like explosives and- well probably just more explosives honestly xD, and-

HOLY

DANG O.O

THAT BUS ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

Okay Owen good thing you got away from those guys like. Literally immediately ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

I mean I knew they were bad but now we're full on seeing it even if just for a second xdd

Anyhoo

Ahhh dang he's asking all of them for help 👀👀

Presumably lol unless they're doing a fake out with the audio but I think he is lol

At the very least he's warning them

HMM interesting 🤔🤔🤔. . .

All of that I mean

OPE there's the papers 👀👀 not that we knew already but I just mean newspapers are on it, for something xD

Wow, crazy

OKAY xdd dang

Next week's gonna be wild lol

So yeah! That isss the last of my last thoughts lol. I'm scared xD. Now it's time for the. . .

REVIEW

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THEY'RE BAAAACK THEY'RE FINALLY BAAACK MY BABEYS :'DDDDDDD

All of them :DDDD <3333

I love them so much 😭😭❤️❤️🥰🥰

Anyway, lol!

I loved this episode so much!! The rescues were cool, we got TARLOS :DD AAAH, lol, none of the storylines I was scared of dragged on too long (or, you know, the beginning of them anyway), and we got to see our wonderful 126 (and co) again :DDD. It was amazing :)). Now, onto some individual parts!

See not everyone has a plot each episode unlike tgd most of the time so this is easier but also harder lik

Marjan, Paul, Mateo, Nancy - I LOVE YOU GUYS 🥰🥰🥰🥰 SO MUCH :DDDDD!!! You are my babeys and my children and I love you <3. 'Nough said <3.

XD Just kidding lol. They were all hilarious as always - Nancy catching Tommy in her flirting, lol, that was amazing xD - and had some great scenes/bits of scenes together :)). The very beginning and the Sharknado bit are great examples just off the top of my head lol! And of course, they were great at their jobs :D 🥰🥰❤️.

Also, the three amigos being disgusted in the background after that fairground kiss and Nancy being disgusted in the foreground? Amazing, lol.

Now! Tommy :)). And this new guy! IIII already forgot his name lol. But AAAAHH!!! Meet cute much :DD?? Tommy was of course amazing and an icon this episode, and her and that new guy were so cute :D. Plus her panic and dread at the end was hilarious XD. I like him WAY better than Julius (why did I even bring that up so now I have to think about it augh 😭😭😭), so there's that right off the bat lol xD. He's already got that on his side - that he's NOT JULIUS XDD. Anyway, lol, it's gonna be hilarious, I think, and interesting to see where this goes 👀. Poor Tommy at the end there though, girl is s u f f e r i n g xDD.

Owen and Judd! Owen. Owennnn xD. MY GUY. How did nothing tip you off lol

See this is why you're the token straight xDD Judd was suspicious right away

Well I mean you're more token cishet white man but yk <3 XDD

Anyway lol, I think I will actually enjoy this storyline! Not that I necessarily thought I wouldn't, but I'm sure it will be angsty xD, plus I'm not always the biggest fan of Owen-centric things (though I'm not as much of a hater as some other people). Nonetheless, it looks like it'll an interesting and dramatic time, so I'm here for it :DD. Also Judd just laughing along for the ride lol xDD. Icon. But, though I say that, he was there for Owen the whole time as well :). That talk after the bar with the two of them was really sweet <33 🥰. They're besties, your honor :DD. Oh, and of course they also slayed at their jobs today :))).

And yeah, like I said lol: don't worry Owen - I'm sure you'll have plenty of dragons to slay soon xD.

Grace! Icon, amazing, love you girl 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️. Sometimes I just love seeing Grace's little "hold up" moments and confused faces at some of the 9-1-1 calls lol XDD. Anyway, she also was amazing at her job this episode, as always :DDD 🥰🥰🥰. Can't wait to see more of her :).

And now. The moment you've all been waiting for.

CARLOS

AND

TK

:DDDDDDDD!!!

Okay y'all it's Tarlos time 🥰🥰🥰

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Okay I'm good lol

:)))))

(no I'm not xdd)

Anyway! I love love love love LOVED them this episode 🥰🥰🥰🥰. They had so many great scenes 😭😭😭. I am a liiiittle but disappointed we didn't get a kiss, but eh, whatever :D. We got so much besides that lol, and I'm fine with that xD. Even if some of it was angst xdd. I mean, it's still a better start than last season LOL XDD.

that was pain xdd

Anyway lol xD. Oh, and of course I'll also be talking about Iris here in this section, but I'm not really considering her as getting her own, since she's not like one of the mains yk lol, I'll just be talking about her here xD. So, continuing on, y'all they are so adorable 😭😭😭. And even though it killed me, I love me some angst, so I'm doing great lol. I mean, it wasn't THAT bad so I probably would've just been like, gravely injured (nah I'd be dead lol) if I didn't love angst, but still XD.

Anyway y'all I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY PLAYED US LIKE THAT!!! We all (well so many people anyway) said that that was too obvious, and that Iris wouldn't come back, and then that she probably wasn't the secret/it wasn't about her but she helped lead them to it or something (I considered that anyway and I know some other people did), and they PROVED. US. WRONG. XDDD. I did consider several times that maybe they would do that, it would be just obvious and crazy enough to be likely, but I didn't want it to be this so I didn't think about it much xDD.

And I mean, don't get me wrong, I loved the scenes in this episode, and I'm sure I'll continue to love this plot, I just wish it was something a little more fancy. And also that Carlos hadn't been married before lol. But, it was for kind of okayyy reasons, and good reasons to keep it - although Carlos, no offense, not to hurt you lol, but if had checked in sooner you would've known she didn't need the insurance anymore sooner xdd. But! Hey, it's in the past lol. Anyway, not my first choice for a secret, but I think it's really interesting and it'll be a fun (if not very literally) plotline :D.

And also just- AAAHHHHH THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😭😭❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. Y'all I literally can't handle this 🥰🥰 :'DDD. It's t h e m 😍😍🥰. All the wedding planning stuff and what not - aGH, it's so cute :'DDD 😭😭🥰. I'm so excited and I love them so much :))).

I am still scared for this storyline though lol xD.

But nah, I know it'll all work out fine lol. And I know I said nah but it actually doesn't stop me from being scared XDD.

Oh and lastly WE GET THE KISS NEXT EPISODEEEEE AAAHHHHHH and also AHHHH THAT HOLDING SCENE 😭😭😭😭. Like where TK was holding Carlos's face (or like neck or smth idk I was busy freaking out xD) :'))). If I remember correctly it was also that "I love you" scene from the promo? I don't know, like I said I was busy freaking out lol, but I'm pretty sure it was :'DDDD 🥰🥰🥰. Amazing, I love them so much, I am not at all ready and also so ready for this season :DDD. Let's do this :'))).

Overall, I really loved this episode! I thought the rescues/calls were cool and interesting, I loved seeing everybody again, and the disaster was super cool and unique :DD. I'm so happy to have my babeys back 🥰🥰. All the group scenes were hilarious, the plots were interesting and set up more cool stuff for the future, and the tarlos content was top notch :'DD xD. I think Owen's will be the main drama, obviously, but I'm looking forward to seeing where Tommy's goes. And I'm super excited for TK and Carlos's :D. I think this episode was an amazing start to what's sure to be an awesome season!!

So yeah! Such a great episode, I'm so glad we're back. I'm interested to see where this all goes! This has been my review of. . .

9-1-1: Lone Star, Season 4, Episode 1: The New Hotness

It was amazing! I'm really excited for the next episode, and the season as a whole. I'll be back next week for my review of. . .

9-1-1: Lone Star, Season 4, Episode 2: New Hot Mess

See you then!

[twilightmalachite]

ABYSS - The Ocean of ■ That Drips Downwards 10

Author: Akira

Characters: Souma, Madara

Translator: Mika Enstars

"(I must protect him! He worried about me and even patted me on the head! I cannot let such a gentle child get caught in the venomous fangs of bad guys!)"

Season: Winter

Location: Underground Waterway

Souma: (…!? Was that a scream just now?)

(This extraordinary atmosphere! So what Father had said to the guest was true!)

(These bad guys called “Abisu” are trying to kidnap God—That blue-haired kid I saw at the funeral!)

(Kidnap him, worship him, and enshrine him in the new religious group “Abisu” is creating! As a new living god of their new religion!)

(I don’t know if it’s true or not, but there are rumors of it! That’s why Father was talking about making sure security was in place…)

(And that’s why I got so worried about that kid, about God—)

(As so, I’ve even broken myself into the residence of that child Father divulged in that conversation earlier.)

Souma: (…What am I even doing? I was just scolded for behaving selfishly.)

(But, it seems to be really dangerous! I’d never seen Father speak so seriously!)

(A crisis is approaching! A great crisis! And so, as a samurai, I will do what I must!)

(A samurai fights to protect the weak! I might get scolded for calling God “weak”, but, still!)

(I must protect him! He worried about me and even patted me on the head! I cannot let such a gentle child get caught in the venomous fangs of bad guys!)

(As a samurai! No, it is only what’s natural to do as a person!)

Madara: Stooooooppp!

(…!? What was that voice just now? Was it right around the corner?)

(I’ll sneakily check the situation where I cannot be found. *heart pounding*)

Madara: Give back Kanata-kun, give him baaaack! Damn iiiiit!

Souma: (…! That’s the kid I saw at the funeral venue! That God—is he Kanata? He’s the one who was friendly with Kanata-sama!)

(That detestable guy who hit me in the head and knocked me out!)

(Hmmmm, he is likely fighting against “Abisu” to protect Kanata-sama.)

(But his rival is an adult… He might have a better physique than I, but there’s no way he can win against a well-trained adult through strength alone.)

(Given he is beaten mercilessly, and rolled around with his hands behind his back… This is likely what happened.)

(I must say it serves him right. The heavens have punished him for doing such a terrible thing to me.)

(…But it must be frustrating to not be able to protect his friend.)

Madara: Damn, fuck, shit… Damn it!

Why must I be so weak?

Souma: (Hm. I don’t see any signs of anyone else around. Then I guess God—Kanata-sama must have already been kidnapped.)

(Having fulfilled their task, those from “Abisu” appear to have left. It should be fine to approach him, then.)

Pardon me, pardon me.

Madara: …!? Wha? W-What is it?

Souma: You don’t remember me? You’re quite the rude fellow, my head still hurts from when you hit me, you know!

Madara: What are you doing here…?

No, that doesn’t matter! Untie my hands, right now!

Souma: I don’t like your commanding tone. Well whatever, don’t move.

I’m not of age to use a sword yet, so I’m not used to its weight.

Madara: …?

Souma: Hyaaah!

Madara: …!? Ah…h?

Madara: That’s dangerouuuus! Where did that sword come from!?

Souma: I’ve had it on my back this entire time. I figured things would get rocky, so I sneaked out my family’s heirloom sword.

If Father finds out about this, I might have to actually commit seppuku, so please keep it a secret.

Madara: Well, you’ve definitely saved me… That sword is incredibly sharp. It was just a light swing, yet the rope cut so beautifully.

Souma: So what on earth happened? To God—to Kanata-sama?

Madara: He was kidnapped… by ABYSS. I tried my best to fight back, but I was no match for them.

They tied Kanata-kun up and carried him like luggage… Damn it, so frustrating.

But I kept struggling and flailing, so they dumped me here because I was getting in their way…

For them, I bet they’re glad as long as they could get their hands on Kanata-kun.

Souma: Hm. Where did those from “Abisu” go after that?

Madara: The sea. Many of the passages here lead to “the Abode of God”, but they were heading towards the sea. They left only a few minutes ago.

Souma: Then, if we go after them now, do you think we could make it in time?

Madara: Yeah. Lend me the sword, and I’ll cut them up and massacre them all.

Souma: Don’t say such frightening things… Even with swords, there is no way two children can compete against a group of adults on their own.

Madara: Then, what do we do? Because of me, Kanata-kun is—

Souma: Calm down. Fortunately, you are not alone.

With two human beings on the move, more measures can be taken.

I have a few ideas, are you in? Ummm—By the way, I don’t think I’ve heard your name?

Madara: I’m Mikejima Madara.

Souma: I see. I’m Kanzaki Souma.

Mikejima-dono, what are you willing to do for the sake of that god—

No, for the sake of your friend?

Madara: …?

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Dance of the Phœnix - Episode 30 Final episode

Here it is, my last episode recap for Dance of the Phœnix. Latest news from last episode, Jun Linyuan died and Mu Jiuzhou has been caught by the mean and spiteful empress. All the surviving students of the Junwu Academy went missing. Feng Xun is gone I don’t know where, I might have missed a part where they said where he’s going on some sort of mission maybe. I really have no clue. Overall everything is a big mess and we have 46 minutes, including the opening and the ending, to solve all of this mystery. Without any further due, let’s see what is going to happen.

Feng Wu is completely down because of the news of Jun Linyuan’s death. She tells Zhao Ge that she can feel that he’s still alive somewhere. Zhao Ge tells her she needs to get her spirit back if she wants to go save him. Word is going around that the empress got Mu Jiuzhou and that she’s going to kill him for kidnapping the students or something like that. YU MINGYE IS BAAAACK. Briefly, but we see him and I’m sure we’ll hear more of him this episode. The students aren’t keen on going to save Mu Jiuzhou and all die. Understandable I guess. Feng Wu manages though to convince most, if not all, of them. Feng Xun’s back, Xuan Yi told him where they were hiding. I have a bad feeling about this. Not about Feng Xun, I love him, but who knows who could have tailed him, right?

So, one first mystery solved. Feng Xun was back home. There, he saw Zhao Ge’s mom and heard about why she can’t cultivate normally. It isn’t that her potential was limited from birth, but there’s some pill inside of her limiting her cultivation progress and taking it out would mean she dies. That’s the reason why she was always sent to the capital, so nobody would start to notice that she’s somewhat different. Her mom has been searching for a remedy to rid her of this. Xuan Yi says that Zhao Ge shouldn’t hear about this, however, she was nearby and heard everything. Once everything is solved, he will help her find a remedy, but he still doesn’t know that she knows.

The final battle is about to begin. At night they are infiltrating the palace. Gao Wei notices no one is on watch and first blames the people from the Dark Night court. Yu Mingye to the rescue! He saves Jun Linyuan who asks Yu Mingye to give Feng Wu her phœnix blood. But he wants to save Jun Linyuan first. He gives him a pill that makes him disappear and then he heads to the safe where the bangle is hidden. He gets caught in the act by his father, but in the end he doesn’t have to carry on his threat and kill his one and only son, so he lets him leave with the phœnix blood. Things are getting nasty at the palace and Feng Wu reaches the throne room where she meets with the empress. The Dark Night Court lord is mad at Feng Wu for making his son the way he is now (weak I guess), but she retorts he has no right to call himself a father and that Yu Mingye would have been much happier without him as a father. Their fight starts. There blood everywhere outside, it’s super violent. Feng Wu definitely isn’t strong enough to win over Yu Mingye’s dad. Feng Xun, Xuan Yi, Zhao Ge and Yu Mingye arrive to help. She needs to absorb her phœnix blood back, so they try to protect her. Meanwhile, the empress sends Gao Wei away. Go away Gao Wei hihihi. Yes, I think I’m funny.

Jun Linyuan, being freed, finds Mu Jiuzhou in his cell. He wants to save him, but Feng Wu can’t win along, according to her master. So Mu Jiuzhou transfers his powers to Jun Linyuan? Not exactly that it’s what’s happening, but it certainly looks like it. It wouldn’t be surprising either way, it wouldn’t be the first time it happens in a drama

Our friends are almost to their limit protecting Feng Wu, so Zhao Ge decides to use that pill inside of her to repay all the kindness Feng Wu showed her. This being said, it means she’ll die. Xuan Yi tries to stop her, but as she’s decided, he choses to leave alongside with her. And they disappear just like that. For the first time, they made me emotional. But that was enough to take down even just for a while the Dark Night lord. It makes Feng Wu kind of mad, you already know how she won’t stand for her friends being hurt. Yu Mingye’s daddy is mad too. Everyone is unhappy. But too late meanie. She gets her phœnix blood back, which makes her super fast now, faster than light. When she’s about to kill Yu Mingye’s father, he stops her. Then Gao Wei comes back with Feng Wu’s mom, threatening to kill her. Feng Xun kills Gao Wei when the mom bites his hand to escape. The empress seems sad. I don’t know if she has anymore feelings at this point. Like in every Chinese drama, a lot of people need to die near the end. Maybe she’s more angry than sad? Who knows with that lady, she lost all of her humanity. Feng Xun takes Feng Wu’s mom away. Jun Linyuan rushes in. Before dying, Yu Mingye’s dad notices that Mu Jiuzhou transferred all of his spiritual energy to Jun Linyuan. The empress rants about how it’s all because she was rejected. Then she uses the dark night court powers to commit suicide and dies holding Yu Mingye’s dad’s hand. Yu Mingye is sad. Almost no one survived.

Jun Linyuan and Feng Wu are getting married. Feng Xun scares off all the ladies that have taken a liking to him. I love this guy. So naive and tactless. Thank god. Mu Jiuzhou, Feng Wu and Jun Linyuan managed to bring back Zhao Ge and Xuan Yi. It’s strange though. Feng Wu doesn’t have her phœnix blood mark on her forehead. After her mom covered her head, she feels someone getting inside the room. It is not Jun Linyuan, but her master who came to take her away, back to where she comes from.

And... that’s it? What the heck? What kind of ending is this? We still have no explanation as to where she’s from. And what a day to take here back home. That’s super mean to Jun Linyuan to take his bride away on his wedding day, it should have been done much sooner than that. At some point, it is a befitting ending that she needs to go back, but I’m really not a fan of the when. I wasn’t too happy either with how easy it has been to defeat the empress and the dark lord. Even more so that suddenly it was implied that she might have feelings for him? That is very... I don’t know, it didn’t make any sense since she was so mad for being rejected by Mu Jiuzhou (though it made sense that the dark lord might hold feeling for the empress). I feel way too many people died for nothing during those 30 episodes. Anyways. That’s it for dance of the phœnix. It was quite the ride since we started this journey together, but we made it through. See you next time for my overall review and on to another show! The list only keeps getting longer and longer!