#broe i just care them so much

[albrich]

@fluminas​​ : she is in pieces, less-than-there and easily consumable because even empty this home / this house / this place is a prison and barbara did not survive this long by being herself. “ sure. take it, ” she says of the book in her brother’s hand. “ take whatever you want. ” didn’t her father, after all? the faster she finds what she’s looking for — the deed, the deed, the deed — the faster they can leave, / the faster she can be rid of the restless ghosts lingering at every door (there, where she was eight and asked why she couldn't see her sister and learned what the consequences were for such things. at the study, her governess' grip on her shoulder too-tight. her childhood bedroom, still locked from the outside). but the sun is already hanging low in the sky and will they be able to make it six hours home? " i'll be finished here soon. "

        KAEYA HAS WATCHED HER ALWAYS ——— watched her / watched over her : his little baby sister. from the moment that his gaze had first set upon her and she had smiled so widely at him / no, that’s a lie / there had been something WONDROUS about her then, certainly, but he had been recalcitrant and distant and listless / furious / mired in despair. then she had been barbara and they had been NOT—KAEYA—YES—KAEYA ( a name which they have not been called in years / centuries / eons / lifetimes, lost but not forgotten, screamed in the shadows of his dreams ) and this tireless affection and instinct to protect had not yet been fully formed. hardly so. barely so.

        he had only been HALF—TAKEN BY HER, then, toddler nearly child as she was. it’s far more correct to say that they have watched over her ever since he had caught / words on the wind words carrying words devout and firmly spoken in a softhearted voice / HER DEFENSE OF HIM, his eyepatch, telling others to leave him alone. they are the same ——— isn’t is to very difficult to exist here, dear sister? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS BURNING PAIN? no, not quite, but it’s ( ... ) similar enough.

        small hands that reached for him. wide eyes that met theirs, luminous and full of light. little feet that chased after him as they darted their way through the vineyards, laughing loudly / raucously / his heart overwhelmed with love. frightened tears that stained his shirts, those small hands that reached for him clutching him so tightly. soft flaxen hair slipping between his fingers / time slipping away between their fingers. her laughter whenever he would make it snow ( again, again !! i can’t believe you don’t have a vision / [ an aside, internalized ] darling sister i don’t need a vision you don’t need a vision no blessings from the gods will save you now ) atop her head. the echoes of her sobs whenever it seemed as though ghosts / monsters / HER FATHER were plaguing her.

        they watch her closely / he has found himself her PROTECTOR AND DEFENDER / something like a knight to her princess and how humorous that is, indeed. he’s watched her closely especially now, especially on this trip, even as he carries idle often one—sided conversations, speaking about nothing and everything and the vastness in between : NONE OF IT REACHES HER / SHE’S TOO FAR AWAY / BABETTE LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME COME BACK THERE ARE GHOSTS HAUNTING YOU AND THAT’S NO WAY TO LIVE / TRUST ME TRUST ME DON’T TRUST ME AT ALL. this is a haunted place, a hallowed place, a demonic place. these halls are half—familiar and kaeya feels no remorse taking from the collection of novels that the pegg family had amassed over the generations and piling them / asking idly if he can have them and here, look : a ghost walks beside him / a ghost of his sister—dear.

        it’s as though she’s leagues away, buried far beneath the earth, set into the casket that seamus’s fucking body should be in / will be in. so often it appears she’s made of light and here she is made of shadows and specters, physical body hardly put together held together together at all / if he were to reach out and touch her she would simply DISINTEGRATE, fade to nothingness, without even bidding them goodbye.

        ( he despises seamus pegg, hopes dearly that he’s rotting wherever he may be and if he has the misfortune of being ALIVE that he never returns ——— kaeya hates him enough for BOTH OF THEM. hates him enough for dozens hundreds thousands of people. )

        her back is turned and thus he looks at her truly / no smile upon his face no amusement alighting their features / A SEVERITY AN INTENSENESS THAT SO OFTEN HERALDS TROUBLE. but not for her. never for her. ( how strange it is, to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that duty drives you and you were born for your duty and know that you shall complete it no matter what comes to pass ——— save us save us save your people save our society and bring us anew ——— yet there lie two immovable HEARTSTRINGS, unbreakable / and you know that you could never cut them free. the terror of love. the agony of love. ) ❝ you’re right, barbara ——— it’s hardly as though he can miss these things... i don’t think they’ve been open in decades, ❞ there is a lightness to his tone that stands in conflict to the drawn tenseness of his expression, the set of their mouth, the slight furrow to their brow. ❝ though his organizational skills leave something to be desired. ❞

        THERE ARE GHOSTS HERE / DO YOU THINK ONE OF THEM IS OUR SECRETS / DO YOU THINK ONE OF THEM IS YOUR DAMNED FATHER WHO I CAN BURY AGAIN / DO YOU THINK ONE OF THEM IS YOU AND CAN I GUIDE YOU FREE?

       ❝ you know, ❞ they set the book that they had taken upon a pile of others and cross the room towards her ( remembers lightning cracking and thunder rolling and her quiet tears and her small hand in his as they walked to the kitchens together, hands swinging, a secret to take to the grave ), leaning over her from a conscientious distance, watching her rifle through papers, looking seeking desperately searching for the deed, for the key that will release her from this iron wrought cage that has been growing smaller and smaller and smaller still, forming itself to her body and threatening to send it out to sea. well ——— it’s NAIVE to think that this will free her truly. only barbara can free herself.

        soon. soon.

        the words hang in the air as they watch her / her bowed head / and then he raises his eye to the desk proper, brows furrowing more at the sight of that ugly statue kaeya had always hated and seamus had always loved ( poor taste, through and through ) and he keeps his gaze on it as he pulls at a locked drawer. ❝ i’ve always hated this statue, ❞ they tap their finger against the lock and freeze it and / shove the statue over in one fluid movement, not even bothering to watch as it crashes to the ground and breaks into pieces ( is this how you broke barbara, seamus? is this what you did to her? no ——— no, you did it in increments. slowly. steadily. ) instead : they pull at the drawer again with a sharp pull, hears the locking mechanism break as it pulls open, wood splintering ever so slightly.

        BARBARA STILLS at the sound of the statue breaking / kaeya rifles through the papers in this drawer, perfectly aware that he could’ve simply asked barbara for the key and ——— ah, ❝ putting the deed to the manor beside clergy papers? amazing, how he had no idea what he was doing a great deal of the time, ❞ they take the paper from the drawer and set it on the desk and / look down at barbara who is not looking at him / instead she’s looking at her knees her hands the floor the carpet and THERE ARE GHOSTS HERE. lingering at the doors in the halls upon the walls convalescing around her. making her small.

        barbara isn’t meant to be small.

       ❝ ready to go? ❞ he holds his hand out to her, palm up, remembers with VIVID CLARITY every time that she had taken their hand, her palm growing and growing but always dwarfed by his. remembers how she held him / how she carried them to shore / supporting their burned charred decimated body / weeping. crying for him.

        i will not cry for you, sister, but here : i will carry you home.

       ❝ i think we can make it back to mondstadt and have you back with peony before midnight, ❞ could they? unlikely, truly ——— but before DAWN, surely / kaeya knows how to rush journeys. they’re rather skilled at it, after all / he can hardly have travel take up the majority of the time he’s away from mondstadt, after all. ❝ even with the extra weight, ❞ of course they’re taking a great deal of the library with them. DEAD MEN CAN’T READ, AFTER ALL / though truly, even if seamus were alive, kaeya would take these off his hands, anyways. remorseless.

       ❝ unless, of course, you would like to destroy a few more things in the manor, ❞ it’s a casual suggestion, tone going almost light again as her hand slips into his / they’re almost surprised that they can touch her / that she isn’t half—faded as she looks. ❝ is that terrible tapestry still hanging in the hall? we could improve it by tearing it to shreds. or that vase, you know the one, it looks as though it’s in agony ——— impressive, that pottery could look like it’s in AGONY, ❞ they continue listing random ugly little trinkets and decorative pieces he knows perfectly well that are in this corpselike place / these petty juvenile acts of destruction / childlike for a child.

        ( kaeya, personally, would much rather burn the family portrait. you’ll never touch her again, seamus. never. )

[mingmingfufu]

Can we just talk about the ending of KawoShin open discuss. *sort of spoilerish*

I feel like I’m the only one who’s like reallly disappointed LMFAO--ya’ll there’s so much “canon” alternative universe and merchandise for Kawoshin in Evangelion that it kind of makes me upset to realise this couple just went down the drain. Yeah, I can see how people were like, “Kaworu’s toxic” or “Kaworu has a hero complex for Shinji” to which I say are valid points. But the toxic thing I feel like can also be applied to pretty much everyone around Shinji tbh, except for Rei. I did NOT, like Asuka at all but I really love her character though, and I felt for her a lot throughout the series.

I did not ship them either because honestly, Shinji and Asuka seemed better off playing the sibling dynamic instead of trying to play bf/gf which honestly is kind of forced by their living situation. Also since they’re in a similar disposition non existent father and dead mother, you’d imagine they would rely on each other for emotional comfort. Though Asuka—her personality I feel like she can’t differentiate between familial love and romantic love and the affection she wants is a bit of both. But, her character tries to be “mature”; she wants romantic love more and does this through sexual means and romantic gestures e.g. like kissing. One of my friends told me that you can’t stay friends as a boy and a girl cause eventually you catch feelings. Which I say is kinda dumb cause I have a lot of male friends, and I definitely don’t harbour those feelings, but I guess it’s a common phenomena.

I think this is what happens in this case, of Asuka and Shinji. Even after rejection of instrumentality they actually are depicted as childhood friends. But knowing how they both were before to each other, it was not good tbh. Also to mention the choking like thrice— bro if anything, this showcases a really abusive relationship and I think this outstretches the idea of their character tropes. Which I firmly stand by saying they’re superficial to each other. AsuShin were never really there for each other and are using each other in a forced situation. However, you can’t deny that they didn’t at some point catch feels, also Shinji is pretty consistent how he still cares about everyone around him. Which I really like how they add that to his character because it reminiscent of Yui, because you see a duality of both his parents personality in Shinji throughout the series—it’s a really nice touch. But bruh, if we gonna talk about that coma scene—I’m out LOL.

Thoughhhh, she is a true definition of best girl I really like her arc, fighting drive, and her skills as an Eva pilot 😭💗--but bruh she’s still a toxic and sometimes annoying tsundere trope, but still she’s 14 what can you do. So I feel like Kensuke and Asuka are actually a pretty good combo, cause he’s always been pretty mature even without parents. Also Asuka was into older guys, so I guess this is a win win?? Also Rei and Shinji, I honestly cannot get my head around it cause that’s pretty much his mom—so in a way that’s like either his half-sister or mom-ish clone?? Idk but Yui is definitely the donor LOL.

Kaworu and Shinji I felt like brought a bunch of things out of each other. I don’t know which timeline begins first, but I’d like to think the manga, the anime (plus its movies), and then to the rebuild series. Because I think that order is kind of pivotal to observing Kaworu’s character development from being a person who’s trying to understand human feelings to then the kinder person we see in the final series. You can tell how he’s changed and he knows Shinji a lot more as well as being considerate to him e.g. giving him personal space or letting him work at his own pace. Also that “we’ll meet again.” Is an obvious nod to how he’s done this before.

His literal story in every timeline is always romantic LOL, like bruh I can’t remember which game it was but basically a bad ending of Kawoshin route is that you reject Kaworu and he starts the third impact 🤡. Also I don’t know why but I started to see a weird dynamic between those two, in the manga their interactions reminded me of Asuka and Shinji—which Shinji is the tsundere Asuka here. I don’t know if this is relevant but the older character relative to the character they’re with seems to play off a mature vs a childish person trope. Asuka is younger than Shinji and Shinji is actually younger than Kaworu. Then again I could be overseeing this but istg manga Kaworu and Shinji mirror the whole Asushin dynamic. Like he’s seriously agressive against Kaworu, then after killing him he admits liking him. 🤡 I don’t know which is funnier no homo Shinji, homophobe shinji, or just closet Shinji who needs to realise sexuality is a spectrum so he could’ve idk—come out as bisexual, but whatever manga Shinji lol that timeline is over.

Anyways the development of these two is real and I think the rebuild timeline shows them at their best bringing their own personage out from each other like how they both enjoy music together--WHICH I’M SO SAD WE NEVER GET TO SEE THAT CELLO AGAIN. Then there’s those feelings of humanity, love, kindness, etc. Which yeah an angel could represent those things, but Kaworu is still his own person, self-aware of a cycle and if you think about how he initially was there to USE Shinji, but ultimately turned on that plan set by SEELE because he loved Shinji (and a bunch of other things like him showing Kaworu humanity). I also can see the argument, how “ideal” Kaworu is to Shinji, but he’s more self aware of the time he has before he KNOWS he’ll die and knows how to act for himself in that duration to make the most of it. All with Shinji. At some point, I think he fell in love with Shinji tho I don’t know where it began tbh—considering that all those alternate universes do exist. Kaworu does romantically love Shinji--so, in some universe they both reciprocate their feelings to each other. 

In the last movie during that convo with Shinji. Like bREH it’s so emotionally moving because Kaworu remembers ALLLLL the timelines and how he’s been with Shinji and later Shinji himself recalls the events too. Where they show the scene from the manga and anime. Kaworu cries after being set free from the EVA cycle. Which, I definitely understood what he meant by him saying “it’ll be lonely” and how Shinji changed or that he’s actually different this time.

Either way, Shinji did right by him because it’s always Kaworu who has the purpose of “trying to save Shinji” but it always ends up the same. I thought that was really moving because Shinji tells Kaworu he’s gonna let him live a life for himself for once and he wants the same for everyone as well. Which was honestly so meaningful cause I think Kaworu’s character and like Rei too when they start to realise how to “live” like a person and not another puppet it’s truly liberating. Another thing I forgot, bruh Kaworu calls Gendo his father and ngl I feel like this is kind of a weird lore situation because I for sure don’t think he’s the donor. I think he calls him that as an insult because he knows Gendo’s whole doing and relative to Shinji—I kind of see it as a joke LOL. Like it’s equivalent to saying, “daddy chill”, or “hey look it’s daddy and his plans to end the world” also I kind of like to think of it as a father in law thing cause you know, Kawoshin *winks amirite*

The ending, I’m honestly hoping is just an open ending because it gives everything an actual start of their adult lives not being dictated by extraterrestrial forces. Though, I’m kind of wondering if the world doesn’t have EVAs does that still mean everyone else still has the same backstory, and do they remember? Maybe Mari really is just a coworker lmfao, and there’s still a chance for Kaworu and Shinji cause ngl, they did have a convo (presumably from the spoilers) about still remaining close afterwards and that stare at the ending seems very hopeful.

I call bs from Anno saying, “oh Shinji is based off him and Mari off of his wife”, like honestly any OCs made theres always some part of yourself made into that character. Which is probably why a lot of people relate to the characters in EVA because they’re based off real things (e.g. those war machines characters are named after and people around them). I think why Kaworu and Rei are together at the end, is bc they’re very much the same. They’re mass produced dolls—which oddly enough that’s the case for all the children except they don’t recall the loop. Kind of funny also how both Kaworu and Rei became farmers lmfao so ig it runs in the family (yes that’s right I like the idea that they’re siblings it was always noted that they’re like “the same”).

Another thing, i think why the rebuild really did well for Kawoshin and in my opinion canonised it—the convo with elder Ryoji Kaji (Misato’s baby daddy) that there was a time he felt incredibly lonely and depressed thinking Misato didn’t love him and so he started looking out for himself. So self love and found himself a hobby in farming which he suggests to Kaworu—basically saying he might feel like Shinji doesn’t love him but he’s gotta remember to take care of himself. if I go thru a breakup ill feel like it’s the end of the world but Kaji says y’a gotta self love broe and take care yo self gad dam fam 😭 💗.

Though, that look at the end from Shinji to Kaworu—I’d like to believe there is still hope that one day when they’re a bit stable in their adult lives, they’ll run into each other.

[zuzu-hotman]

Ready To Love [[Zuko]]

Pairing: Zuko x Female!Reader

Warnings: Angsty i guess

A/N: This is my first Zuko fic absolutely ever. It’s lengthy, it may have a second part. word vomit. oops.

“ Tʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ.”

It’s a little crazy to think how this all turned out. How this all started one way, turned upside down and then became something else entirely. Everything started off so innocently. So pure and easy to understand.

It goes like most romance tropes go- how cute little fairy-tales began. 

A little peasant girl and a little Prince boy.

Simple right? By fate they meet, and typically, should fate be nice, they grow together. They grow and learn to love- they learn to love one another.

Being in the Fire Nation clouded your judgement. You assumed you were on the right side of history- assumed what you were taught was correct. You felt safe in your ignorance. The war was just, Zuko had a loving home, you weren’t truly a peasant- you didn’t really have to meet him in secret because it might be seen as bad. It was just more fun that way. Everything was just more fun this way.

At least up until his Mother was made to leave.

Up until he was banished some time following that event. Could have been days- could have been months. You couldn’t recall- he’d started to morph into a stranger once that pillar in his life collapsed.

You just knew you heard his pleads as you hid in the crowd, silently begging for his Father to have mercy. You heard the screaming- you heard the decree that broe your young heart.

A second pillar crumbled-

He was shoved out- cast away, and his Uncle went with him. You received no farewell, you didn’t get to give a teary goodbye.

Zuko disappeared for three long years- almost four by the time you saw him again- somewhere you never truly expected to see him (though you had hoped some hushed conversations you overheard were true). You’d heard whispered rumors of him being a failure, of him being a wanted criminal for failing his Fathers insane demand. How was he to find the Avatar? What good would it bring?

In your time away from him, you had no where to hide. You had no one to talk nonsense to in the dead of night. No one to tear your thoughts away from the sad reality you had tried so hard to escape. The Fire Nation was not great. It was not respected. It was hated. Feared. You learned this on your own, but that is a story for another time.

His hair had grown some by the time you saw him. In the beautiful place of Ba Sing Se. He looked different- he looked better.

“Zuko..”, you had breathed when he’d been stunned to silence. Questions written all over his face. Why are you here? How have you been? How long have you been in the Earth kingdom? Does anyone know where you’re from?

“I’m.. visiting.”, you had lied to him. You had to- though he was your old friend, it was clear you both had changed. You weren’t sure if it would be okay to tell him. What would his thoughts be.. how would he think of you if he knew?

“Oh.”, he says, and you know he knows. “I’m visiting too.”, he says to you.

You know he’s lying. If not because of his work apron, as well as knowing his background. He was still banished- he now had a scar as well. Marred- a punishment not fit for any child- not even a grown man.

The silence is uncomfortable. What to say? Asking how he is might be odd- how good could he be? You wanted to know though. Had he made a life out here? Had he come to the realizations you did? What else had changed him?

“Ah, ___. So good to see and old welcoming face. You have been missed, dear.”, Iroh’s voice breaks through the thick tension. He airs it out nicely. 

“You know me?”, you ask, shock clear on your face. Of course you knew him- well, of him. Everyone in the Fire Nation did.

“Why wouldn’t I know the sweet little girl my Nephew went out to see almost every night as a young boy?”, he says, eyes crinkling with his mischievous smile.

“Uncle!”, Zuko hisses through gritted teeth, “That was such a long time ago! Why do you have to say it like that-”

“What? You act as though it’s been so long since you last wondered aloud of her wellbei-”

“Uncle!”

You shouldn’t have allowed your heart to flutter how it did. Shouldn’t have relished in the way his cheeks tinted in color and how he flustered the same way he had when you were younger. It wasn’t right to awaken what was laid to rest some years ago. You both are not the same- and you were not yet on a similar path.You didn’t know that though. You allowed your usual walls to fall so easily. You fell right back into step with him, as though no time had passed at all. For some few weeks it really felt like old times. It felt better than those times- you could see him during the day time. There was no sneaking, no worry of being caught. You had him all to yourself, no royal business to ruin anything. No training time- nothing.

You could be selfish and damn were you ever. Not only did you fall back into step with him, you did the same with your feelings. You basked in his small smiles- his little huffs of laughter. He fell in with you as well. He found someone- something, to sink into. Something to help him escape his own inner turmoil. He was still fighting a battle you didn’t know of. How could you know? He acted as though there was none. He laid back and stargazed with you as though he had not a single care in this world. Allowed his fingers to link with yours when he assumed you were asleep. He made it seem like.. like maybe fate was kind. Maybe she wanted you both to meet here- to regrow new roots in the Earth Kingdom. Maybe..

He still picked a side- one without you in it.

You had hoped he’d do better- you had hoped that him angrily admitting to you that he let the Avatars bison free, that he was done with this quest for his honor. That he’d found honor within himself- for himself. He could have lived his days with you- had a great time with his Uncle in that upper ring.  You both could have. What life might you have led, had your own fates not been woven into a larger story? You could have done so much with him, grown and learned so much..  He could have flourished- but apparently he saw otherwise.

Apparently fate was not kind. She was cruel to you- she let your heart be broken a second time.

“Aw, Zuzu.. Looks like your little peasant is even lower than I thought. How could you waste your time with a fraud?”, Azula questions, voice chilling in the underground chambers. “How did you hide right under our noses?”

Azula’s words did not hurt you. It was the way Zuko looked at you. As if you were some vile thing- the knife in his back. He looked at you like you were the one that chose wrong, like you had broken his heart. His silence spoke volumes.

Zuko had changed, but not the way you’d hoped. You hated that you were glad you didn’t tell him why you were in Ba Sing Se from the beginning. He wouldn’t have understood. He couldn’t grasp it.

Zuko hadn’t lost anyone to this war. He had his own war in his home but here? Here where the consequences were not just the loss of his birthright or his own honor? Where it was the loss of thousands of lives and cultures? He was blind to it all. Or he simply did not care.

He deemed his destiny to be hunting down and capturing the Avatar. For his nation.

You deemed yours to be on the Avatars side. Helping save everyone else- fighting with the gift your now late Father had given you. Your loss in this war began with him, and it ended with Zuko. Your gains had become this found gang of misfits- you had agreed to meet back up with them in time for the Eclipse. You had went separate ways after surviving the Serpents Pass. There was someone you hoped to find. You couldn’t have known it would have been better to just stay with them. Fate shoved you into them in Omashu for a reason.

You never did listen..

“You always did pick weird ones, Zuzu..”, Azula spoke again, nonchalantly, as if she wasn’t currently directing a mass of earthbenders to apprehend those who opposed her. “Mhm.. maybe I’ll allow her to be kept as a trophy? Or a pet. Do a trick!”

You expected the lightning bolt to be for you, you weren’t yet aware of Aang finally reaching the Avatar State. Seeing him be shot down- watching him fall- it was a horrific sight. Blood boiled in your very veins- maybe you were not fully of Fire Nation blood- your rage however? Far more violent than any siege the Fire Nation had made thus far- yet lives were still spared.

A sight he never forgot.

“Hello. Zuko here.”

A sight he vividly recalled when he saw you again. He knew the anger was not solely for your fallen friend- but for him. The one friend who should have always been on your side. He knew he was wrong. He knew he’d disappointed his Uncle. He knew he hurt you..

It was a slap to the face to watch you disregard him like he was not there. To hear you say you only knew him from the fight in  Ba Sing Se. To have you disregard every soft memory of you he held dear- ones dating back to childhood years, the only childhood he had was with you..

What of it now? Who was he now?

“ Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ғɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴍᴇ?”

Part Two

[kate-read-that]

Everyone knows there's two groups in Scott's town: bikers and players. On one hand, bikers are a mess to be around: always looking for trouble, making noise, partying all over the city.... a mess. Th issue is, most have good grades and know enough about machines and motors and such to give classes to the mechanics from town.

On the other hand, players are nice looking, kind hearted, smart boys that never make a fuss and are always there to help the community however they can. Most are football players, runners and basketball players or all of those at the same time. They're a charm to be around, if you're lucky enough to get in their circle.

"Welcome to Pop's, please sit wherever, its early yet" says Peter to his friends, careful to keep equilibrium on his rollers.

"Thanks Mr, we'll take the same table we usually do" Steve laughs and goes sit at their usual table with the rest.

Serving the table next to them, pretty blond looks at Peter with adoration.

"Is Claire still trying to get you to ask her out, Peter" MJ asks, fully knowing the answer already. Peter whines.

"I've tried to discourage her in a million ways! I'm bi, but I'm not interested in her, I dont know why she doesnt get it!"

"Man shes hot and funny, what is there not to be interested about?" Sam asks, one broe arched in disbelief.

"If you like her, ask her out! That'll get her off me" Peter begs while writing down their orders, even thought theres no need.

They always order the same food and wait until Peter finishes his turn to go so something around the city, and tonight's no exception, until new company arrives.

The door opens to Tony S., major douchebag of the city, and his friends, the major dumbasses, Nat, Clint and Bucky B. Peter's friends instantly look awkward and pissed, and the other persons in the diner look at Tony's and his friends with dread. Who know what they might be up to. The fact that they cant be thrown off high school because his amazing grades pisses off a lot of people.

Peter swallows and calms himself. He hopes Tony wont cause problems in the diner, because that's the last thing he needs and tmhe really doesnt want to kick anyone out. Besides, he isn't sure how he would kick them out if he had to.

Despite his nervousness, he rolls to them and smiles politely: " Welcome to Pop's, please sit wherever, today is not as full"

"What about you sit on my lap, darling?" Tony claimed he was bi a long time ago; more than claimed, he was caught having sex with some guy under the major's statue. Peter counts to five so he doesnt reply to that.

"Choose whatever table you want, I'll go serve you right now" he then turns around to give the cooker his friends orders, hoping he doesnt look too startled.

Tony usually mocks them in high school, and they mock right back, but he has never said anything sexual to him. It's strange, thinking of him that way, like someone you can have sex with. Peter shakes his head and rolls back to Tony's table.

Nat and Clint are too busy signaling at each other to notice he's there, and Bucky is checking something on the other side of the diner. Peter is too shy to say something when no one is paying attention, so he waits until Tony tells his friends to shut up and order already because they're making Parker loose his time.

Peter looks at him surprised, but smiles and starts taking notes. Clint has a little bit problem to order, because his deaf and his parents couldnt teach him to talk until he got in school, but he manages. Peter likes Clint, he's nice and seems a good person, but he doesnt understand why he mixes with the rest.

Nat is adopted and she's always in trouble for this thing or the other, she's always quiet but when she talks is like she's always trying to test you, somehow. Bruce had to give her math classes for a while and he said she's actually not that bad, but she still scares Peter.

Buckys parents are cool, they let him leave alone, which sounds incredible, but hes always argues with teachers and missing class, and hes always inappropriate and rude to people.

And Tony's parents are as rich as it gets, but they like to live away from big cities so they're here until tony graduates. Peter doesn't know much about them, except that they no longer pick Tony up when he gets arrested so one of the members of their staff does it. His uncle Sam is a cop, and he says theres nothing sadder than parents that dont care about his son enough to get mad at him.

So Peter tries to be kind to them, but it's so hard when all they do is mock him and his friends. Besides, Tony always has the expression, like he's to good for everyone else! It drives Peter mad.

"I'm going to have the Burguer 6, with chips and a piece of that ass" Tony pretends to read seriously from the menu, but his friends dont laugh. Peter's tired of the jokes, but he needs the job and Tony is not going to ruin this for him.

"Sure thing, dude, maybe when hell freezes. What else?" The others do laugh this time, to Peter's confusion, and order their meals.

.....

"Dude he absolutely hates you" Bucky seems to find this hilarious, even though hes Tony's best friend and he should support him, dammit!

"Of course he had to wear shorts, not like I could keep my mind straight or something" Tony moans, watching Peter roll away like the cute doll he is.

"You're like an animal dude" Clint says, little sloppy but understandable.

"Pathetic" Adds Nat, as if Tony needed confirmation of the screw up.

"And besides, since when is your mind straight?" Bucky laughs at his own joke, like the idiot he is, Tony thinks, while checking the other side of the diner again.

"At least I dont stalk Rogers from here like some kind of pervert" Tony smiles wide at Bucky's affronted face, blushing and frowning. "Whatever".

"Dude, just tell him you're into him and ask him on a date, this suave shit is not your style" Clint signs, too tired to try and talk. Tony signs back "Suave is totally think you jerk!"

"Not when you care" Nat interrupts as direct as always, looking seriously at him. "Food here is good but if you did yourself a favor and went straight to it we wouldnt have to come here and hear you whine"

"Straight?" Bucky chimes again, entertained. Nat hits him in the back of the head "Idiot."

"I will, alright? I will"

Rught then, Peter comes back with their drinks and Tony leans back.

"I dont know what I like the most, you coming to me in those cute rolls or you going away in that killer short"

All his friends look at him exasperated, and Tony cant believe he actually said that to Peter. Hes never going to get a date with his cheesy fucking lines.

But Peter laughs. Not a big laugh, okay, but a short, cute one that he tries to hide.

"Maybe youd like me better without both, huh Tony?" He leans towards Tony a little, his hand on Tony's shoulder for a second.

Hes gone just as fast as he came, leaving the whole table shocked.

Tony knows he should close his mouth, but he cant believe Peter Parker just legit flirted back at him. What the hell? He needs a cold shower right now, and his friends need to stop looking at him.

"Did you pay him to say that or something" Tony knows Bucky is trying to be funny, but truth is he cant explain that act either, and when he looks at Nat and Clint for help, they're just staring at him like a third head just grew out.

...

Peter is hyperventilating.

"I cant believe I flirted back. What the hell is wrong with me?" His friends are looking at him like he just told them he likes to dance hula naked in december, and Peter cant blame them

"Huh, maybe the fact that you've had the hots for him for years?"MJs voice cuts the air. Peter looks at her in disbelief.

"I have not! He's arrogant and careless and despective and rude and..."

"And hot and intelligent and funny, in your opinion" MJ adds, smiling "I've seen you laugh at his jokes when you think no one is watching, and you cant deny hes hot and smary"

"Maybe you should date him"

"Dont be ridiculous, I'm leaning to girls in this period of my life. And he's into you, not me"

Peter couldnt believe MJ. He did not have the hots for Tony, and Tomy was not funny, not all the time anyway, and Tony Stark was not into Peter in any way, shape or form.

And yet he had felt so good flirting with him. Seeing his amazement when Peter had answered. For once, Tony was not in control of everything and playing his jokes, he was shocked.

And Peter did that to him.

So Peter decided, what the hell, let's try this out. If he ends up being an asshole, my friends will kick his ass for me.

"If you like him, go ahead, but he looks like too much trouble for me" Steve said, looking worried. He and Bucky had been childhood friends, but they bad separated later in life and Steve didn't like to be close to him or his friends, Tony included.

"Yeah, and if he's a jerk to you well talk to him" Sam smiled threatingly, clapping his hands.

"Nat is really nice to be around when you meet her" added a blushing Bruce, who had been crushing on the ginger since they met but was way too shy to say or do anything.

Peter kept working until he had to deliver Tony's food. He tried not to show he was nervous and he definitely didnt check his ass before going out the kitchen with the food.

"Number 6,8,12, and 3 for you guys, with chips for everyone and a piece of ass for Anthony" he looked at Tony intently, trying to guess his reaction. For a second Stark just stranded there, shocked, until he slapped Peter's ass so strongly all the diner turned around. Or maybe it was because Peter had let out the loudest moan a boy his size could produce.

Peter thought he was going to kill himself. What was that?? One thing is flirting,but that? He was so losing his job. Trying to keep as much dignity as he could, he said "That's more than a piece, and it hurt, you idiot" and he turned around and left, head high and eyes burning from shame.

....

Tony was going to kill himself.

"Dude, what the fuck? He was kidding you dumbass" Bucky, again, was laughing at him. Although this time Tony couldnt blame him, fuck it. What the hell was that?? It's not like Peter's bubble butt didnt deserve one or two good slaps, but Peter worked there!

On the other hand, how could have Tomy anticipated that Peter was going to react like that? That moan could have brought people from the death, nd it certainly brought some of Tony's parts as well.

"It seemed like he liked it" Nat said, like she was reading Tony's mind. She was trying to keep herself from laughing, while Clint signaled that he was scarred for life.

Tont got up without knowing what he was doing. People weren't looking directly anymore, but he knew they were still totally focused on his movements. He got in the staff room without problems. Apparently Claire was too shocked to say nothing about it.

As soon as he got in he saw Peter, sitting in a corner, head buried on his lap.

"Dude what the hell? Are you alright?" Tony rushed to him scared. Peter just laughed.

"You're kidding? I'm si getting fired after that. What the fuck, man? In which world is that an appropriate way of flirting?"

"So we were flirting?" Tony wanted to confirm, and he realized now he sounded like an ass.

"Oh my god you slapped my ass but you dodnt know we were flirting? Dude! You're all class arent you?" Peter frowned at him.

"Didnt seem like you cared" Tomy knew he was being a dick, but he couldnt help it when Peter was right there, all long legs and blushed and nervous and biting his goddamn lip making it even redder than usual. If possible, Peter got even more red. "I liked that a lot, but that doesnt mean you can do it in my job, you idiot"

"What about my place? When you finish here?" Tony knew he was going to be totally rejected after that but he had to try, right?

"Ah, no, I'm not letting you win after that. You're taking me on a date first, and if you behave I'll let you take me to your place and well see what happens" Peter said, knowing full well he was going to be ditched.

"Deal"

"Wait, you sirious?" Peter opened his eyes in disbelief.

"What, you're not?" Tony arched his brow.

"I am, I am. Okay, deal"

"Can I ask you something, before I leave?"

"What?"

"Would you wear those shorts to our date?"

[seccunda]

im in class but character breakdown for freya c:

get that learnin done broe

How I feel about this character: i just adore her. she’s a divorced mother who lives in the woods with a boar. what’s not to love. there’s a lot of untapped potential w her so far but even so what we have is really good. a caring mother who wants nothing more than for others to do and be better than herself.

Romantic Ships: freya/sigrun...there’s so much there already. i really want her to be reunited with her valkyries ;~; i also like freya/athena! war gods together and mad at the same guy. hell yeah. also in general i just think she deserves a good, happy relationship after her infinitely horrible marriage to odin

Non-romantic Ships: honestly i think her relationship w kratos has a lot of potential. they’re similar, being war gods who have made some pretty big mistakes, and they’re clearly meant to be narrative foils. she (and by extension, baldur) is a reflection of everything kratos used to be and could be again - bitter, angry, hellbent on revenge and ultimately alone. she even calls attention to this in their second meeting when she said “maybe i see more of myself in you than i'd like to admit, maybe by helping you i can make up for a lifetime of mistakes...or maybe i just like you.” to him and atreus. if they don’t take serious advantage of that foreshadowing to have them team up and beat the shit out of odin and thor then what the fuck!

Unpopular Opinion: if you think freya was being ungrateful or unreasonable when she told kratos she was going to Parade His Body In Every Realm for killing her son in front of her you are a dumbass!

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: i am so truly hoping for a happy ending for her. i want her to kill her ex-husband, get her full powers back, and live somewhere she can be like, at least at peace with everything.

[kazumahashimoto]

broe for the ask game.... bon and todoroki

aaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay

first impression- hot punk boy, definitely gay

impression now- hot punk boy, DEFINITELY FUCKING GAY AND ALSO TRANS i love bon so much...... he's so fucking like. he's punk as all hell and also a fucking nerd. he cares about his friends so much and says shit like SUCKAAAAA and he's afraid of being alone and he cuts his hair everytime something big happens in his life and i :,l i would die for him.

favorite moment- well i

but besides that. hm! god like. playing baseball with usamaro. all the times he yelled at rin for not letting them help him. when he told rin that he didn't need to ask for permission to take pictures with them. the bunny ears. when he fucking

you win or i give up or whatever. FUCK man. the TRUST. the LOVE. the promise that they'd make it out okay so that they could see kyoto tower together. FUCK i love bon

idea for a story- a bonrineko story that starts with boneko. bon is a baby gay and is like i like being around and being close to koneko but not in a gay way. shima is kinda cute though 😳 and he tells koneko about it and koneko is just like . wow bon. yup. definitely. yeah. no mhm. he sure does, have a face that is on his head. okay. and koneko holds it above his head forever and also there are lots of gay moments between koneko and bon pre-true cross. they still aren't together by then but they are gay and touchy and the rin shows up and they're both like well. and yeah bonrineko rights.

unpopular opinion- bon, is a furry. ik i keep saying that for all of these but it's true. they are all furries and bon had a crush on kovu from the lion king 2 when he was younger.

favorite relationship- bonrineko babyyyyyy

favorite headcanon- baby gay bon had a crush on shima. he thought he might be gay after he dyed his hair pink but oh boy was je wrong. also bon dyes his hair pink and has heterochromia and freckles because you sir have a galaxy brain :)

now.... todoroki

first impression- oh okay *is gay*

impression now- *still gay* he's cool but i don't think about him much. i like him a lot obviously but the most i've ever thought about him is from the okumura-todoroki au jfhfjcjf

favorite moment-

he's sleepy!!! also when tenya was spacing out and he was like hey are you okay? cos it made me really happy that he could tell something was up with him n shows they got closer after the whole stain thing.

idea for a story- fuyumi calls dabi (they haven't spoken in years) and asks for help to kill endeavor. he agree and they kill him together but it was mostly fuyumi. rei gets help and fuyumi takes care of shouto. everyone gets therapy and finally they're able to come together as a family and it's really good and cool.

unpopular opinion- shouto is not stupid :) he doesn't always pick up on things but that doesn't mean he doesn't. know what a fucking meme is. your ableism is showing.

favorite relationship- todoiida!!!!!!!! like i said earlier todoiimido is cool too buuuuut i'm more todoiida leaning. they're just really cute and they'd both be dumbasses about flirting and be super blunt about it and that makes them flustered jfbchf shouto likes holding hands n tenya likes stimming with his hands so they swing their arms a lot whenever they hold hands and it's really sweet and they both like it and their gay!!!!!!!!!

favorite headcanon- nb gay shouto!!!!! once endeavor is dead he gets like. super free with himself and his expression and he learns a lot about himself!!! he likes flowy things :) (he steals tenya's jackets cos they're so fucking big on him jvncjg)

ty dari :,l i love them both

[im-tops-bottom]

Dear @puppy-bitch24

Logan watches as Iron Man comes flying in to help out against Doom bots. He watches at how breathtakingly beautiful Tony works that suit as he takes down bots left, right and center whilst letting everyone know of any sneak up behind them at the same time as being a complete little shit.

"about time you show up shell head"

"oh go suck a dick birdbrain. Or maybe I can suck yours. Haven't decided yet."

"chatter!"

"sorry Cap."

"sorry star spangled banner. It was birdies fault."

"you wanna go you little shit"

"guys what did I just say?"

Logan can't help but chuckle as he hears Clint and Tony apologize over comms. That laugh dies down at what Tony says and does next.

He watches Tony land down beside Steve. Watches how well they work together. There is a reason they are co-captains. Both smart, great at multitasking and work so well with each other that they can come up with new battle strategies midbattle and still pull it off without any need for practice.

"oh come on Rogers. You know your dick is the only one I need in my life"

"oh wow how rude Tony. I thought we were best friends. What happened to broes before hoes?"

"it died out Barton. Once he got that patriotic dick he never wanted anything else"

"oh god babe I would love it if you could shut up"

"I'll keep embarrassing you if you don't stop the chatter"

"fine"

"good boy"

Yup that will definitely leave a sour taste, Logan thinks as he hears Clint laughing through comms before Steve tells Jarvis to mute Clint until he calms down. Logan can't help but start to think what Steve and Tony see in each other. They are as on and off as Rachel and Ross on friends. Well with the exception that when they get into fights they go hard. Broken bones and bruises get involved if no one is there to stop them.

Sometimes Logan wants to just drag Tony off and claim him. Make him his. Make sure Steve doesn't come back for him. Give him a good reason to leave Tony. Give Tony a reason to do better. He's better. But he can't. He knows he can't. He doesn't want to hurt Tony. No matter how much of a brat he becomes. Oh speaking of brat....

"Tony get back here right now! Thats an order! Tony!"

Logan watches Tony go into the giant Doom tent where doom currently has something hiding in there. Tony's comm becomes fuzzy and Jarvis starts saying that the tent is running interference.

"shit"

After a few minutes a blast happens and something goes flying through the air and not stopping.

"shit it's Tony"

Since Hulk, Thor, Loki and Stephen aren't here, it only leaves Logan who starts running and

"got him!"

Logan is shocked as he had just seen Steve climb on top of a bus and tackle the iron suit out of mid air. He heads up to them and sees that Steve hit the ground first while the suit landed on top of him.

Steve gets up and quickly rolls the suit over. It's still too hot so Steve looks up at Logan. It's his time to shine as he brings out his claws and starts tearing the suit apart while Clint, Natasha, Bucky make sure no one gets to them.

They see Tony is badly hurt and Steve starts calling for medics. Logan stands up and stares at Steve saying for him to look after while he goes for Doom. Steve nods as he begins to head over to the tent while taking out bots along the way.

As soon as he gets in he sees Doom laughing as he starts the machine. He starts running to try and stop it but has to stop as a bright light blinds him.

He wakes up to a room that he recognizes so well. 'was it just a dream? No wait. It can't be. I left the mutant school and moved in to the compound' he quickly sits up and sees a newspaper that gets sent to him.

"2012? Sudden realization dawns on him and he groans "it was a god damn time machine"

"is everything alright Logan?"

He looks up and was about to breathe out 'pheonix' but keeps it to himself. It hasn't happened yet. Right in front of him is the lady he was so in love with back then. It's in the past. Speaking of past, he quickly gets up and gets ready.

"yeah. Sorry I just got somewhere to be."

He sees that surprised look across Jean's face and can't help to care. Not when he can try and change the course of the future. He's done it before. Why not do it again. Maybe this time things will change for the better. He rushes past Jean and heads to the garage to get his bike and drive off to the one place he knows everyone would be.

-20 minutes into the future-

"Fury sir, we got someone from the X-Men claiming to be from the future and has come to help"

"future?"

"yes sir"

"and how do you know he isn't lying?"

"because it's wolverine and he mentioned Loki sir"

-5 minutes later-

"so what do you know about loki?"

"that he's Thor's brother who is under mind control by thanos who plans to remove 50% of the planet with the help of stones and a gauntlet. He needs his staff which has the stone that controls him and helps him control others. There are plenty more intel I can share."

"and why did you decide to come to show and tell?"

"because maybe I can save the world faster and also prevent Tony Stark from getting even more ptsd when he tries to save the world"

"Tony Stark? The g-"

"genius, billionaire blah blah blah. Yeah heard that all before and believe me when I say don't buy it for a minute. You are a spy aren't you?"

He smirks as he sees Natashas eyes go wide as Clint mutters an "hes awesome" while sitting back on his chair.

"and why should we trust you? Tony Stark doesn't play well with others. Tony Stark is not recommended. To-"

"Tony Stark needs to stop talking in third person"

Logan says as he stands up and turns around to see the man himself. Still looking as gorgeous as ever and he let's out a little gasp that he quickly covers up as he sees a small smirk on the man's face.

"why should we believe you?"

"what if I told you some hard hitting facts?"

"oh yeah? Like what?"

Logan sees a challenge and decides to go full on.

"I can say a few things that you have told me that no one has ever known?"

He sees Tony's smile falter and his eye brow raise as he crosses his arms.

"name one"

"I can name several. Where would we like to begin?"

"dealers choice fuzz ball"

Logan smirks as he stands right in front of Tony.

"well for starters you hate everyone in the team"

"I'm not apart of the merry band of misfits claws. You gotta be more specific if you want us to believe it"

Alright Tony you asked for it.

"you hate Black Widow for saving you when you had palladium poisoning. You were ready to let go and die. You had already made a will to leave everything to Pepper and Rhodey. You hate Clint because he slept with you and while you started liking him and warming up to him, you find out his little secret that he was working alongside his girlfriend Natasha and they needed to go undercover to get every little bit of information they can out of you."

He sees the guilty expressions across both spies faces and rolls his eyes. Thry deserve it for lying to him. Nat gets bonus points for keeping him alive.

"you like Bruce because he never did anything wrong....yet. now this is where we get to the good bit"

Just as Logan says that Fury, Maria and Steve walk in.

"you hate Steve Rogers. You hate him because of what happened during your childhood. Your dad was so in love with him that he hated you. He called you a disappointment, a drunk regret. Tells you when he is drunk why weren't you like Steve Rogers. He blamed you being born for stopping any chance of him getting together with Steve. They only time he smiled in your presence was if someone mentioned Steve or Cap. Other than that he was always drunk and angry around you. One night it got so bad that he let one of his friends have their way with you. You were only just a kid."

He sees Steve's face look like a kicked puppy. He looked so sad and wanted nothing but to cuddle Tony. Maybe Steve has always had a thing for the short brunette.

"at first there was only one reason you didn't mind Steve and that came in the form of one Bucky Barnes. When you were a kid, he was your favorite. You had a Bucky bear that Jarvis had given to you. As you grew up you realized that you had a huge crush in him. This started off your liking for men. As you got older you started getting into women as well. You were glad that Steve went missing and was in whatever frozen waters but you were sad that Bucky went missing and presumed dead"

"dead? What do you mean presumed dead?"

"I'll tell you after I'm done with the resident genius."

He feels somewhat guilty for making Tony cry but he can't stop. Not without the final striking blow.

"you hate Steve Rogers because as soon as he was found and unfrozen, as soon as you two met, you knew you couldn't hate him. He had taken your breath away. You fell so hard that you don't know what to do with yourself. You keep quiet about it because it's Steve Rogers and you just don't want to like him because he ruined your childhood"

Logan pats Tony on the back as he sits back down on the chair.

"how about you guys run along and I carry on with my interrogation?"

Everyone leaves as he turns back to Natasha.

"now where were we?"

-1 hour later-

After Logan spills about what's about to go down on the helicarrier soon and helps come up with a plan, he makes his way out to get some air. He sits on the edge and watches the clouds move under his dangling legs. He thinks about what happened back in the interrogation room. He thinks about Tony's facial expressions throughout the whole thing amd how he acted later on. Speaking of Tony....

"hey speaker of truths, mind some company?"

Logan doesn't start anything as he knows Tony enough that he isn't surprised when the smaller sits down next to him anyway.

"so I see we talk alot in the future"

"at times I can't even get you to shut up. It takes good ol' Rogers to tell you to pipe it that you calm down"

"do we ever you know get together?"

"who's we?"

"Steve and I ?"

Logan takes a breath before he tells Tony everything. From how they become fuck buddies, to getting together. From their Rocky relationship to them breaking up Everytime they have a fight to them getting together again days later after some apology sex.

"did you and I ever have a thing?"

"we didn't get together officially. We only had flings here and there whenever you and Steve broke up. You always thought that that was the final straw only to find out the next day sometimes Steve would come over to my place and drag you out proclaiming he's going to kick my ass if i ever touch his things ever again"

"but I'm my own person. I am not a thing nor do I belong to anyone"

"that's what I told him but he can get really possessive. Don't worry, I saw his facial expressions back there. It looks like he likes you too"

"what should I do?"

"Maybe go have a word with him. It may make you feel better. Maybe it won't. It won't hurt to try though."

”thanks. I'll go do that."

[shearans]

Happy 19th birthday, my Min Yoongi biased favorite hoe 여동생 Angie!!

One more year, broe waaaaa~ I can’t really gather my thoughts around how many years we have been talking (i have no idea anyway, you’re the one thats counting and i have the memory of a 90 year old but i know that i was young and you were an infant) but for some weird reason (bts) we got so much closer this year, maybe it was because we’ve both been through some shit (wat? its all bc of bangtan wtf) last year and the beggining of this one and somehow it got us closer than we were before (AYO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!). My wish for you in this new year as a nineteen year old is that you get to live your life more, that you don’t get hurt and that you get to see your life heading towards the future you and me both dream and talk about so much in our random convos about how unhappy we are lol. I love you so so much, i’m sorry if sometimes I’m too rude or honest with you and make you sad, i’m an ass :( but i’m an ass that cares and loves you immensively. Thank you so much for listening to me and being my friend when i’m not that easy to deal with. hAPPY BIRHTDAY BROE I JUST FREAKIN LOVE YOU OK IM NOT GOOD WITH EMOTIONS AND SHARING THEM OK BYE

[shiverpeaks]

2, 7 & 12 for the FFXV asks :D

Hiya!!!

2. Favorite aspects of the game? Least favorite? Give us The Reviews™

Oh boy.

T H E  P R O S

- The Voice Acting. 

Oh my word, the voice acting you guys. I adored it all, especially Ray Chase’s Noctis - he suddenly rose to like, top 3 of my favourite voice actors ever q-q; But overall the voice acting was i n c r e d i b l e , especially for a Final Fantasy game which stereotypically is known for poor voice acting!

okay just a side note but this ^ does not include the female shop keeper

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

BYE NOW!!!!!!!!!!

also that one noise ignis makes when he dies. you know the one

- The Chocobros.

Where side characters were handled poorly, the four chocobros were some of the most realistic characters I’ve seen in a while! Their flaws made them so much more human - a lot of developers are afraid to give their heroes too many flaws, but I adored what they did in XV. I loved their banter, and on the other side of the scale when they argued, you felt that tension. Oh man, you felt it. But they made me laugh, they made me cry, and at the end of it all, I felt like I’d lost four close friends. q-q;

- The Combat.

I loved the combat. Oh my word. Everything I could have asked for and more - everything felt so smooth and the battle animations were super cool!! I actually wanted to go into battle rather than avoid combat because it was just so fun?

On the other hand, I think we can all agree in areas with lots of bushes….. it didn’t work. But that didn’t happen often, so it’s alright c:

- The Story.

Controversial point, but I honestly thought the story was beautiful. The storytelling was poor, but the story was incredible. It’s just a shame they used the ‘tell, don’t show’ method in so many areas!

T H E  C O N S

- The Storytelling.

The way the story was executed was so poor in places. I spent a lot of the game confused on what was going on - all these people working supposedly for the enemy? Supposed to kill Noctis on sight? Suddenly helping him? The empire did not feel like a threat whatsoever, and although that was the point (Ardyn is the real threat because he held the empire under his thumb blahblah) it could have been executed far better. ;w;

The pacing of the story was also kinda weird in places, as my good friend @kryta said to me: it felt like they just added random chapters to make it 15 chapters long. A whole chapter to get your car back? A whole chapter dedicated to finding some mythril? Why not make chapters explaining the lore of the game, exploring Noctis’ and Luna’s relationship, or exploring side characters further? It was.. a little odd.

- Luna.

She deserves a whole point of her own. I finished the game the first time still disliking Luna, and it wasn’t until halfway through my second playthrough that I realized she was actually a good character - but explained badly.

It was the fact Luna travelled across Lucis all alone, fighting enemies and daemons herself. Where Noctis needed his broes to survive, Luna survived on her own. She fought and convinced Gods - on her own. That… is pretty badass. 

But my problem is: we don’t see any of this. It is hinted at briefly, but we don’t see it. We have no emotional connections to Luna and when she died, I was more upset for Noctis (as much as I hate to admit it) and Ignis going blind.

I know she was one of the protagonists of Kingsglaive but even in that I didn’t like her lol - when she jumped out of the airship to go back for Regis I was like,… ok i know you’re trying to do a good thing but there’ll be better opportunities to save him than jumping out an airship and getting yourself killed??? The only reason she survived that is cause Nyx jumped after her and pushed her onto a nearby balcony to break the fall. >:c

It’s a shame. What wasted potential. :c

Bonus: wish I could ship LunaxNoctis but like… I can’t get behind it… they knew each other for two weeks as kids and then kept in contact through fragmented messages in the notebook. over 12 years. it was weird to me

tldr; Luna could have been a great character, but the lack of interaction we had as an audience with her wasted the potential she had.

7. Favorite relationship in game?

Prompto and Noctis!!!! What an important duo. I was trying to come up with a scenario where the two of them would argue and like… they just… wouldn’t argue? ever? what pure boys?

I love how much they clearly care for each other and it’s such a healthy beautiful friendship. q-q Not to mention I ship Promptis like, so much 

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