#but they’ll only ever be a gremlin in canon

[heather-chandlers-weirder-cousin]

Okay I know Eberwolf probably won’t be fleshed out in season three, but can you imagine the guilt they must be feeling right now. From their perspective, if they had just gotten stabbed, the draining spell might have been stopped, and the whole collector situation could have been avoided.

And even worse if anyone they knew died in the draining spell, because then they have survivors guilt on top of everything.

Maybe there’s even a bit of resentment towards Darius for saving them, which is just.

Uggggghhh the angst potential.

[fireflylitsky]

OK so Iove the dadkuzu and fuu content on ur blog and art and iv been enjoying the idea of like... team sensei kakuzu? (And how much of a grumpy old man he'd be about it) but! Okay imagine since Hidan is from a village who didn't want shinobi they made an agreement to send them to the waterfall- so Kakuzu gets a genin team to (affectionately) annoy him and a hidan to (thirstily) annoy him.

Just wanted to share the idea with someone hope u dont mind lol

KAKUZU SENSEI. Yes. You have no idea how much I love this. There is this awesome art of a Leaf village Kakuzu AU with a genin squad of Hidan, Sasori and Deidara and it’s like, the cutest thing ever, I think about it all the time. Sadly I can’t find it for the life of me rn 🙁

So listen. Listen. I’ve got thoughts. 

Firstly, thank you for enjoying my Dadkuzu content. Its very self-indulgent and it pleases me to no end to know that literally anyone else in this world likes it too <3

Okay okay okay so here’s the scenario. Yugakure gives the big F you to all their nin because hot spring tourism makes more money and involves less death and violence than ninja stuff. (Honestly when I put it like this, I get it.) 

UNLIKE CANON, let’s say they are decent about how they handle their existing shinobi, and make deals with other villages to relocate them accordingly. Like you said. 

Now, Takigakure is pretty small, so they only agree to take in a few. Hidan, a jōnin squad leader, arrives with two little genin gremlins, and they are to join Team Kakuzu, which currently consists of him and one other genin—Fuu. (LOOK I HAVE TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER OKAY)

Obviously there are not usually two senseis per unit, however this format is put in place so Hidan can shadow Kakuzu and “learn the ropes” so-to-speak. Eventually, after he’s integrated into Taki, they’ll reevaluate him for his own pack of little shits. 

asjdhfgajdsh I can just see Kakuzu being told that he’s the one being given the stupid experimental team and rejecting it outright (as if he has a choice). He barely wants to babysit this bug brat from his own village, he definitely doesn’t want to look after two more and a full-grown adult from Day Spa Village or wherever.

Kakuzu: “No. Someone else can do it.”

Elder #1: “How strange. I only see your name here on the assignment.” (Yes, I am making the elders snarky and mischievous and no one can stop me)

Kakuzu: “Write someone else’s then.”

Elder #2: *Reaches over and scribbles something quickly* “Ah, my hand slipped and I ended up writing ‘Kakuzu’ again. Oh well!”

Kakuzu: “What. Stop being silly and just change the damn na—"

Elder #3: “We didn’t allow you to have the forbidden Spaghetti Guts Jutsu just so you could relax, Kakuzu.”

Kakuzu: “For the last time, stop calling it that.”

Elder #1: “Hehe they arrive tomorrow, ‘kay? See you then, goodniiiight~”

Kakuzu: “It’s noon. Stop. Where are you—”

All Elders: *Giggling in the distance* hehehehe

Kakuzu: “…Going…” -_- *pulls hand down face*

Cue a terrible introduction the next day in which Kakuzu hates Hidan before he even meets him, so he DEFINITELY hates him after he does. Fuu is SO excited though. It might be the team’s saving grace to be honest. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, Nonnie, I love them. 😊

[g-kat423]

Had a weird/annoying interaction on tiktok. There’s this trend where people are using Adele’s “When We Were Young” and it’s primarily couples so the first picture is of them now with their current ages and the second picture is of them when they first got together. This quickly spiraled into straight up criminal activity. This one girl is 19 with a 28 year old and their new baby. Their first picture is of her at 16 and him at 25. WOOP WOOP THAT’S THE SOUND OF THE POLICE 🚨

Anyway, I decided to parody this by editing a picture of myself with Alcina and our current ages(me at 30 and her at 117 according to my headcanon of her being born in 1906) and then for our “young” picture I used a picture of a human egg to represent me and an edit of her to look more human at 44 pre cadou. Might as well insert the pics.

Laughs all around. Then of course some random gremlin crawls out of the woodwork and says, and I quote

“More power to you. I believe that her love life is very obscure so everyone can headcanon her as anything.”

Like, whomst the fuck are you?? Literally no one asked. I was parodying a trend, it had nothing to do with her sexual orientation, it has to do with my personal love of her. So I basically said “no one’s stopping you, but she has been confirmed to be a lesbian.”

To which I get

“Link?Because I need to see for myself. I'm still going to head canon her as bi with a stronger woman preference but still”

Again, no one asked and I said they could look it up on Antony Johnston’s instagram themselves and that I’m not stopping them from doing what they want, but it’s annoying how lesbians literally can’t have anything.

I’m glad I got the screenshots of their comments because they either deleted them or blocked me. They were a blank, private account of course. Always are.

It’s just so annoying like why are you so insistent that she must like men in some way?? What makes you look at a woman who has only ever allowed women to serve her, even in death as they roam the dungeon and fly around the rooftops while the men she kills get hollowed out into scarecrows? Her visceral, verbally expressed hatred of men and then goes “lol she could be bi though.”

I never invade YOUR spaces to pull the “um akshually 🤓 she’s a lesbian” no, I stick to my spaces and I block or avoid people who ship her with men or say she likes men sexually or romantically in any way. It’s like people forget that the internet is a huge ass space and you have to actively curate your own experience. Not everything you come across is going to apply to you! That’s okay, just move on. Especially on a platform like tiktok where the algorithm hasn’t been the greatest as of late for the fyp, you’re gonna see shit you don’t like. Scroll past, block, hit not interested because when you comment to be annoying, tiktok doesn’t consider the content of your comment, they are seeing that you commented so they’ll think you like that sort of content and then your page is gonna be full of lesbian Alcina stans. Like please for the love of Mother Miranda, leave us alone because you’re constantly invading our spaces to try and tell us how “wrong” we are. Half the time you can’t even get the lore of the game right, it’s as if you didn’t bother to read any of the files around the castle or play the game with your eyes open at all.

[mcrcki]

Was that [ALBA BAPTISTA]? Oh no no, that was just [ELLIE WILLIAMS], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [THE LAST OF US]. They are [EIGHTEEN] years old, use [THEY/SHE], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

** the last of us hbo series spoilers **

how long has your character been here -

around two months? they’ve gotten settled out of the government housing, thank god for that cause that place reminded them too much of fedra school. they’ve moved in with their new roomie, sarah. still haven’t asked their last name, but ellie’s okay with that. they’re still getting settled and don’t really talk about their life much either.

what is your character’s job -

gremlin child idk ??? honestly , i think they’d end up going back to school, figure it out from here. i really don’t think she’s well adjusted enough to hold down like any steady job right now.

where has your character been pulled from in their fandom -

end of season one of the hbo series. this is where i show my fake fan vibes and say i have never played the games gkfdjg but im waiting for the release on steam, but for now, i will be playing ellie as fully from the hbo show.. that also means that i do not know tlou2 so pls no spoilers until i play it kgdfjlg

has any magic affected your character -

nope! their memories are fully intact!! though, they’re kinda wishing they got some of those fake memories cause that would make adjusting to a non apocalyptic world way easier

other notes -

i present a completely different vibe that you have never seen from me ever before! apocalyptic brat with a disgruntled found family father figure. how original, i know!!! anyways, here’s ellie williams, my favorite little demon child

insert the ‘i’ve had arlo for a day and a half’ meme cause that’s how i feel about ellie. even though i only know them from tlou show, i would die for them. how do you meet them and not want to commits multiple murders across state lines???? the ppl want to know joel.

gonna give a cliffnotes , look out of for spoilers im so sorry kldjfg

either way, ellie is a child born after the fall of the world as we knew it, she is raised within fedra’s QZ’s, and when she was a teenager, she went on a date with her best friend/**girlfriend** thank u , and then they were attacked. one of the infected came after them and bit both ellie and riley. 

fast forward, ellie does not!! turn!!!!! how !!!!!! inquiring minds would love to know

but bestie is immune to the fungus, and is then brought into firefly custody, to be shipped to a lab across the country that they’ll be able to use her to help form a cure. enter joel

joel gets fucking thrown into being the delivery person for ellie, and highjinks ensue. aka, you have one hell of an emotional development of found family !!! it’s beautiful, it’s great, ellie and joel would both fucking die or kill for each other and they have on multiple occasions. 

a lot of it comes down to the fact that joel with kill to get back to ellie, and ellie will kill to protect herself to find him again. 

i could really sit here and give so many details about the two of them, about how ellie goes from being just cargo to being baby girl, but i really do not want to give it away. it’s just 9 episodes i will give you my hbo login pls go watch it

basically, this is my pun loving, sarcastic, every other word is a swear, heart of gold, but will absolutely choose her own, and joel’s survival above anyone else, child. 

i am going to be taking my time getting their voice right, because i really do love this character, i want to do them justice when i am coming in on just a little bit of the media, so bare with me lkgdfjkg im also keeping out some more serious details about what happens to them for tw purposes.

also they have their shitty pun book here because i say so and im sad it seems like they lost it in their pack at the end of the season

connections :

✩ friends

pls they need friends, they are kinda rough around the edges and will pick a fight so easily but they really do just need a good group of friends to break past that

✩other apocalyptic besties

if anyone else has been through some kind of apocalypse and wants to trade stories, they got you

✩ coworkers

i’m considering them maybe working in an arcade, or music shop so if that’s something you can see your characters working at hmu

✩ potential ship

my love is a lesbian so just a heads up, but this would be based off of chemistry, mainly cause idk if i wanna go with canon ships gkldfjg i definitely would be willing to explore but that would be a super slowburn situation and i will probably be holding off on plotting it for a while. 

[sleepy-dreamers-inc]

Being Exiled with Tommy Headcannons!|| 🥀

irl/ in-game

Genre| angst + comfort

h e a d c a n n o n s||

Sypnosis|

Both you and Tommy ended up getting exiled together.

Artist| OliverSonder on twitter!!

Warnings] mentions of manipulation, character death, spoilers for Tommy’s Exile Arc and the Season 2 finale!!

[can be seen as both platonic or romantic!!]

||gender neutral reader!!||

(also this was not grammar checked and im to lazy to watch through hours of footage so if anything in here is wrong blame it on the DSMP Wiki OKAY LETS GO-)

So i think its pretty established that if you end up getting exiled with Tommy your one of two things.

- Really sweet and loyal friend that will stick up for in-justice and be there when someone needs you the most

Or

- A total fucking gremlin that will steal your kneecaps and toes and eat your shower curtains in the middle of the night.

There is no inbetween here you guys.

I did end up going for Reader A, though. But you guys tell me if you want headcannons for a gremlin!reader because i will gladly do that!!

But anyways just... enjoy exile!

Exile|

- It was about his third day in exile when Y/N appeared through the nether portal, bags, pouches, tools, armor, etc. on their person. Tommy thought they either were here to beat him up or got exiled themselves.

- Tommy was pleasantly surprised when he learned that Y/N was actually there on their own accord, helping him through exile and being his shoulder to lean on. The first few days we’re rough, fighting back mobs in the night and farming crops all day. His clothes we’re starting to get dirty and torn by the time Y/N got there.

- Y/N ended up making a little bunker about 30 blocks from where they’re tent was, where they hid all theirs and Tommy’s valuables, such as armor, diamonds & iron, and rations. Although Y/N never gave into Dream and gave him they’re stuff, Y/N simply refused, they wouldn’t be giving in that easily.

- Most of they’re days are spent in caves mining away, chatting and fighting off Creeper’s as they tried to keep the moral high, always keeping Tommy company. Y/N never let him go anywhere alone, they we’re always with him, like his own bodyguard of sorts.

- One time they both find a Mineshaft though and got lost, they ended up at the surface two dayd later with torn clothes, cuts and bruises and we’re in bad shape. Thankfully Y/N had a brewing stand at they’re camp though, so Healing Potions we’re semi-easy to make/get.

- After the duo end up going to the artic though... things got... weird.

- Techno was not expecting to open his door to find the heathen Tommy and sweetheart Y/N at his doorstep shivering and begging to come inside, bags thrown on they’re shoulders as they teeth chattered from the cold wind and snow.

- Whenever Dream comes to visit Y/N always has to hide with Tommy, reassuring him that its okay and they’ll always be there for him, and protect him at any cost, which he highly appreciates.

- The ‘gapple-eating’ thing Tommy did was a cute, yet depressing thing. Seeing him hasitly munching on golden-coated apples was funny and caused giggles, but the meaning behind it always left Y/N with a lump in their throat and a hole in their heart.

- Whenever Tommy is in danger and calls for Dream, Y/N always has to stop him and bring him back to reality, making Tommy realize Dream isnt his friend, and never was. Many nights have happened where the two talk about Tommy’s feelings with Dream, not only for Tommy to vent and let everything out, but also for Y/N to understand whats going on in his head.

- When going into the Nether Tommy always grips Y/N’s hand, as his fear of lava and heights consumes him whole in that firey dimension.

- When Tommy gets up close to Dream in the cabin? Y/N is scared spineless, if people could see them, they’d see the palest, most terrified and worried being on earth.

- Y/N having a heart attack when Ghostbur slips up

- Ghostbur is just a whole thing and just. Y/N needs a break, okay?

- Y/N begrudgingly helping Tommy build his cobblestone tower outside of Techno’s cabin.

- Y/N apologizing soon after to Techno only for him to laugh and ruffle Y/N’s hair, saying he knows how Tommy can get anyone to any situation.

- Very rarely does Y/N ever leave Tommy’s side, when they do its usually to get supplies or visit they’re friends. So when Y/N was walking back to the Nether portal to see Tommy, Techno and Dream all standing there, looking like they’re about to slit the others throat, well...

- Nobody has ever seen Y/N drop kick a person so fast.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” Y/N yelled, they’re sword at Dream’s neck, as he laid on his back, his mask covering his shocked expression.

“Answer. Me.” Y/N gritted through their teeth, pushing their swordfurther against the masked mans throat. Techno soon chimed in, reassuring Y/N that nothing to terrible happened.

“It’s fine, Y/N. He didn’t do anything, why not we head back home? Wouldn’t want that homeless man to be to scared spineless, eh?” Techno said, hand on they’re shoulder as he looked Y/N in the eyes.

The 3 walked back to the Nether portal, purple mist engulfing Tommy and Techno as Y/N stood in front of the portal. Back turned towards Dream, Y/N shifted they’re head and glared at Dream with eyes that could kill.

“Don’t do anything you might regret, you megalomaniac.”

- When Tommy and Tubbo decide to go fight Dream, Y/N is both excited and scared. They hope Dream will finally be taken down, but they dont want Tommy (& Tubbo) to be taken down as well.

- So like any amazing best friend, Y/N brews up a bunch of potions of Strength, Healing + Regen, Invisibility and more. Even if Tommy thought he was going to be walking out of there alone, he wasn’t going to be. Y/N would make sure.

- Y/N watched from afar as Tommy got his disc out of the jukebox, laughing in success. All Y/N did was clap quietly, making sure they’re Invisibility didn’t wear off. They we’re making sure Tommy stayed safe, even if he didn’t realize it. Y/N loved him with they’re whole heart, and everyone knew that.

- At Dreams secret base, Y/N was just getting there as Tommy took Dreams first canon life.

“Tommy. Stop. Dont do anything you might regret.” Dream snarled, looking at the teenage boy, his blue eyes dull, yet full of passion and vigor.

All Tommy did was pursue forward, as everyone waited for what was to come. Tommy took one step to close though, because Dream had decided that he had enough.

Dream brought his arm into the air, hand curled into a fist, he was about to hurl his hand into Tommy’s face when Dream suddenly fell to the ground, arrow in his forehead.

Dream was shot by Y/N

Y/N stood there, enchanted bow in hand, infront of the nether portal that swirled with an eerie purple mist. Y/N lowered their bow, staring at the man who tortured Tommy for weeks now. Y/N simply stepped forward and towered over Dreams corpse before it disappeared in thin air.

Lets just say Dream wouldn’t be hurting the blonde heathen anytime soon.

a/n: howdy everyone how we doing? Decided to do Tommy x Reader for this post, although i am MAJORLY simping for Wilbur atm and i have brainrot so that’ll most likely be the next post (if i dont do a pt. 2 for this one but even so WILBUR).

Anyways i hope i did racooninnit justice, i have no idea how to do headcannons since half the time i ramble (its the adhd) so this was new for me. Definitely not my strong suit but like you live ya learn. Also, sorry if i left out quite a lot, i might make a fic about this and include more events, but this is really long for headcannons (because of my layout) so i didn’t include to much. I dont want people scrolling for like 20 seconds to go to another post (i write on mobile so undercut is not a thing for me RIP)

Anyways have a lovely day and dont let Tommy eat all your gapples!!

[thebigoblin]

Sterek Fic Recs Part 3

[You can find the first two lists here: Fluffy Sterek Recs & Sterek Fic Recs. Also here's a special fic, check it out]

First off, thank you all for a 100 followers!! As of September 7, 2021 you've made me feel really, really good about my obsession with two oblivious idiots (with sprinkles of the hale pack and other fandoms), and this is my way of thanking you ♥️

If you're on PC, you can see that there is a page dedicated solely to fic recs, which caters to other ships & fandoms too. So don't feel left out if you're looking for something other than Sterek!

Without further ado, let's get to it then!

an awful curse

Isaac is asleep in a chair. The angle of his neck makes Derek wince in sympathy.

"Isaac," Derek says.

Isaac snaps awake immediately.

"You're-"

"Where's Stiles?"

"Stiles?" Isaac asks.

Jesus. It's not like they know more than one.

AU - Canon Divergence | 6.3k | By blinkiesays

Throw Away The Key

Stiles knew it was stupid to go to the hunters’ headquarters all by himself, so when he finds himself caught, he can really only blame himself.

It shouldn't surprise Stiles when the situation quickly goes from bad to worse as the hunters throw him to a feral werewolf waiting to tear him apart.

Sucks that it's Derek, though.

AU - Canon Divergence | 5.9k | By mommymuffin

Whatever Happened Last Night, Why Did Glitter Have to Be Involved?

Derek rolled out of bed in search of his phone - quickly finding it in the pair of jeans that had evidently been tossed aside haphazardly on the way to the bed. Seeing the pants sparked flashes of memories - wolfsbane-laced alcohol, loud music, multicolored lights.

Peter’s new supernatural-friendly club - the pack had gone to the opening night party.

He unlocked his phone and opened the pack group chat, which Erica had affectionately named ‘Moon Sluts’.

>>Derek: What the fuck happened last night

[or: Derek wakes up with three things on his mind: he feels like he was punched by a troll, his mate is missing, and there's glitter covering his bed. Oh, and the pack group chat is mildly helpful]

**

Prompt #159 - “Also, my bed has glitter in it for reasons I do not recall.”

Crack Vibes | 1.2k | By ash_mcj

Good to Eat

So if Stiles married Derek Hale, he could become Jewish too? Perfect. It was settled. Stiles gleefully shoveled a forkful of cheesy shells into his mouth.

"Uh oh. I know that look.” Claudia shook her head.

"Don’t worry, Mom, ” Stiles said, reaching for his plastic Batman cup.

"I’ve got a plan.”

"Good luck, Derek Hale,” his mother muttered.

Rude.

AU - Childhood Friends | 1.7k | By Jmeelee

Murder Brows and Avoidance Tactics

Derek gets the wrong end of the stick.

Written for prompt: "You're jealous, aren't you?"

AU - Everybody Lives | 2k | By Dragonink13

Double Vision (only registered users can read this one)

"So what caused my hearing and sense of smell to dull?"

Deaton's brow furrowed, all amusement vanishing from his face. "What do you mean?"

Derek snapped, letting loose all of his anger and fear at the man before him. "I mean I can't hear your heartbeat or the cars down below or the birds in the attic! I can't smell the flowers in Mrs. Everett's apartment, I can't smell the rotting burger in the fridge that Isaac left in there a month ago, I can't smell or hear anything like I normally can!" Deaton mouth was pressed into a thin line. "Can you explain that?!"

 Tumblr Prompt: Derek jealous of himself.

AU - Everyone Lives | 6.1k | By Novkat21

Kiss?

Derek likes kissing Stiles, honestly he does. Until he doesn't.

Fluff | 3.6k | By clotpolesonly

Oblivious Misadventures, and Other Such Tales

Going to college was exciting and new, a chance for new friends and a fresh start, and the best part was, there was a supernatural fraternity on campus, meaning Scott finally had the freedom to be himself.

Then he met the resident human who came with a stalker alpha. What was the point of a supernatural fraternity if he still had to pretend to be human. And seriously, did Stiles ever fall asleep somewhere normal?

--

(aka - Five TImes Scott Found Derek and Stiles Sleeping, and the One Time He Didn't)

AU, Supernatural is real but not known by everyone, Alive Hale Family | 11.2k | By Little Spoon

Call Me (Cliché)

When the sheriff's sister ends up in a wheelchair for the duration of summer, Stiles' dreams of three months full of pack bonding, late-night video games and bro-time with Scott come crashing down. He's temporarily relocated to Redford, a three hour drive away, and he can already tell he won't be getting many visitors.

Sure the pack will forget about him while he's gone, Stiles is determined to make the most of his summer of isolation, training his body and mind - and his magic - so he can come back with a bang, and maybe catch a certain Sourwolf's eye.

Then Derek shows up at his window one night with a flimsy excuse about needing research done. Suddenly, his summer away is looking a whole lot more interesting.

AU - Canon Divergence | 84.6k | By Orphan_Account aka the author has dissociated themselves from the fic

Shiver

Stiles has really, really cold hands. Luckily, Derek knows just what to do about that.

Established Relationship | 1.7k | By canistakahari

Derek Hale's Possible Heart

An anon sent me a sterek prompt for Laura teasing Derek and Stiles joining in, then somehow sharing their feelings for each other in the mess of things.

AU - Canon Divergence | 4.3k | By loserchildhotpants

What's a Secret Identity?

Stiles sipped at a mug of coffee, absently watching the news play in the break room. Because of course a news station couldn't play anything other than its own content, even in the one part of the office that was supposed to be a safe space from work. His interview with Superman was making a rerun and Stiles glanced at Derek before commenting absently, “I’d totally let Superman fuck me.”

Derek, who had been in the middle of a swig of coffee, choked violently, “That’s not something I needed to know at nine in the morning, Stiles.”

Stiles raised an eyebrow. “What time would you prefer I tell you about all of the things I would let Superman do to my body?”

AU, Derek is Superman | 7k | By Chrystie, imabignerd and kate882

i see that you've come so far [just like them old stars]

But her big brother’s unwillingness to touch anyone, like he thinks he doesn’t deserve it isn’t the only thing she notices. She also notices how Stiles doesn’t touch him.

Everyone reaches for Derek in some form or another, but Stiles- Stiles is something different altogether because he reaches for Derek but he never makes contact.

He’ll be trying to shimmy past Derek and instead of putting a hand on his arm like most of them do, he’ll reach out with a hand and stop it scant centimeters away from Derek’s skin.

Or they’ll be walking alongside each other and Stiles will hover a hand on Derek’s lower back.

It’s both fascinating and tragic to watch, like NASA lost control of one of their robots and instead of it landing on the moon it’s fated to gravitate around it.

AU - Canon Divergence | 2.3k | By crossroadswrite

Déjà Vu

There’s a shop in Beacon Hills that no one knows anything about except that the mysterious proprietor, a witch in whispered circles, knows what you need before you do and that the things given are always just what you need.

Derek, lost after a breakup, heads into the shop to see if he can find something to help him forget his ex. The witch gives him a potion to drink, and when Derek wakes up, he finds he’s sixteen again and there’s a new student at his school, Stiles Stilinski.

Everything is familiar and yet not, and Derek finds he’s strangely drawn to Stiles in a way that is entirely supernatural.

AU, Supernatural is Real | 8.8k | By gremlins-came-and-got-me and StaciNadia

Start Small, Like Oak Trees

The months following Allison's death have passed Stiles by in a haze of monotony. He sleepwalks through days that seem to lose their color, an unwilling passenger in a body he no longer trusts. Eventually, he thinks, he'll just fade away. He isn't sure anyone would notice. Then, during a spur of the moment grocery run, he stumbles upon Derek Hale attempting to console a lost child, and for the first time in recent memory the world doesn't seem so awful.

He's not sure what he'd been expecting when he eventually convinces Derek to move into the Stilinski's spare bedroom, but a newfound passion for weeding and topsoil certainly isn't it.

AU - Canon Divergence | 24.2k | By SmallBirds

Undercover K9

As it usually goes, Derek acts before he thinks. This time he has a good reason, though-it's all Stiles' fault. Mostly.

Or, that time when Derek volunteered to spend all his spare time as a wolf with the Beacon Hills Sheriff's Office K9 Unit, just to protect Stiles' dumb ass.

Future Fic | 17.9k | By Cobrilee

Rose Colored Glasses

“Obviou—um, what? Derek?” Stiles managed. “What? You’re not colorblind. You’re colorblind?”

“Yes.” Derek said gruffly. “And?”

“And? What do you mean and? You can’t see colors?” Stiles demanded, thrown. “Does it—what kind is it? Red-green? Blue-yellow? Why doesn’t—oh my god, is this why your entire freaking wardrobe was completely black until like two years ago? Oh my god!”

“There’s nothing wrong with having a favorite color, Stiles.”

Established Relationship | 2.2k | By SassyStarboard

1,460 Days (gotta clean my slate)

Two years after Scott becomes Alpha and Derek gives it up for Cora, Stiles gets hurt during a fight and ends up in a coma for two weeks. According to the nurse, a guy has been visiting him every day and, as much as he wishes it were Derek, it sounds a lot like Scott. Except he and Scott aren't even friends anymore.

AU - Canon Divergence | 10k | By army_of_angels

This is it for now. Happy reading y'all! ♥️

[dreamsmp-au-ideas]

I’ve fallen down the Theater AU Rabbit Hole while putting off doing any of my own actual writing and I have a couple ideas to purpose.

Tommy was still a part of SMP Earth, like a canon aspect of it. It’s just that people tend to forget since Tommy was technically still in middle school at the time of SMP Earth being an on going thing. That being said he was literally there all the time which is what actually led to him joining the program when he became a freshman. While Business Bay started off as something small and a fun little joke to appease to gremlin child he ended up dragging in a couple other friends (Deo, Luke, Bitzel, and Wisp) and somehow through sheer force of will he managed to make himself a main character which ended up transferring to Dream SMP.

The Admins on SMP Earth much like Dream were considered “Gods” within the story. Wilbur was the leader of the trio who created SMP Earth. For one reason or another Tommy challenged one of the admins to a fight and because somehow he keeps winning backstage solitaire games without knowing anything about how the game works he genuinely managed to Kill God with an army of four, himself included. (Wisp still does his betrayal and improved betrayals towards Tommy’s character slowly becomes a running gag. Wisp was a senior at the time of SMP Earth and he joined Tommy for a couple sessions because he thought Tommy had a lot of potential. He turned out to be right, and the betrayal was more so a push to get Tommy to do his own thing instead of clinging to Wisp because he was a senior and Tommy kinda looked up to him. After he genuinely won against Josh the theater agreed it was a good idea and the child must stay.)

Deo was actually a freshman that Tommy had been friends with but sadly had to transfer schools once Tommy actually got to high school. Luke and Bitzel also ended up going to different high schools but the group still all keep in touch even if they can’t act together anymore.

After Techno semi canonized SMP Earth they decided to go the full mile and say that all of their plays are connected. The characters are just reincarnated again and again and SMP Earth happened a long time before Dream actually came into power and started creating the Dream SMP. Techno so far is the only one to actually remember his past lives which has aided to the Technoblade Never Dies jokes, saying that it’s actually because he’s immortal. At least half the cast thinks that, the other half doesn’t because if he was actually immortal surely he’d remember the rest of the countries which his character obviously doesn’t.

This has had an interesting side effect where if Tommy’s character ever remembers SMP Earth it’s silently agreed upon that he’ll inherit the admin powers he got from killing Josh. So far every single writer for the show including Tommy himself during the arcs he’s written has denied any possibility of his character remembering. 

This becomes especially interesting when we talk about the canon meeting theater au. C!Tommy has no clue what in the hell SMP Earth is while t!Tommy at some point looks c!Dream dead in the eyes (after t!Dream plate smashes the mask and then confiscates the remains) and tells him “Don’t make yourself the second God I’ve had to kill” and there isn’t a single person in the room who can tell if that’s a joke or dead serious. Techno is proud. 

Speaking of Techno I like the idea of c!Techno and t!Techno getting into theological debates where t!Techno always wins. T!Techno recognizes his character to be an unreliable narrator and that pure anarchy is a terrible idea. Communities created with anarchist ideals aren’t bad as long as there are ways to keep everyone from going feral, but pure anarchy is just 2b2t and t!Techno knows that. Eliminating tyranny through the abolition of all government just leads to the tyranny of those who are physically the most strongest and can subjugate everyone else. It doesn’t fix anything and this is an arguing point both Technos fight over a lot.

T!Techno much like t!Dream has also threatened both his character self and c!Dream for so much as looking at the children wrong. This Techno while still a bit awkward very much loves his racoon brother and if c!Dream lays a single finger on his Tommy then he gets to go back to the SMP without an arm. In fact, t!Techno, t!Dream, and t!Wilbur probably all just stand super menacingly in front of the Freshman while they glare down half the character versions of their friends and fellow castmates. They know Niki and Jack are trying to murder Tommy. They know everyone’s faults probably better than the people themselves do. They wrote those faults. And ain’t anything bad happening to their kids.

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Oh these are all good. All of them are so good. Especially with the lore in this. Everyone being connected to the plays they made because of reincarnations? Perfect. And then we have c!Techno and t!Techno getting into theological debates and I love those.

All the Theater kids know their characters and their faults. Nothing bad is happening to the kids and they’ll be sure of it.

[shijas]

touched-starved megumi slowly being acclimatised to touch really lives rent free in my head.

like, his childhood was pretty all over the place, and he clearly spent middle school getting into fights and straight up brooding, so it’s make sense for touch in megumi’s mind to be associated with strength and violence and pain and vulnerability, the latter two things would especially be hard for megumi to live with i think???? i don’t really know how to explain??? but like we see that uncontrolled vulinerabilty, and leaving yourself vulnerable is like putting yourself on a wanted list for shamans. and so touch, in megumi’s eyes, should only occur with a few specific purposes and those purposes usually weren’t the most pleasant experiences in his mind. i assume people only touched him for: training/sparring, which is literally allocated time when someone can just straight up, inflict harm; someone deciding to fight him out of jealousy or revenge or fear or some sort of negative emotion; and in the worst case scenario people are touching him to heal him because in some capacity he’s weak, he was not strong enough to do whatever he needed to do without injury. i think healing touches, when the touch has to be gentle because fundamentally megumi is already vulunerable and already hurting would sting the most, like emotionally and physically because sometimes touch, even gentle touch, do he hurting tho... (this got long, but for how nobara/yuji break this pattern keep reading!)

and then nobara and yuji arrive and it’s like a hurricane of positive touching. yuji is affectionate!! physical touch is definitely a part of his love languages and so yuji just enjoys giving hugs!! yuji likes high fives!! and fist bumps!! and holding hangs while swinging them in the space between eachother while walking, even though it’s kind of childish. and megumi doesn’t know how to say no to these things, to the boundless enthusiasm that is yuji!! and he also feels a little guilty because he kinda dragged yuji into this world, away from his friends and the familiar comfort/touch he was used too. so megumi doesn’t like, consciously, try to stop any of the touch despite his general aversion. instead he indulges yuji to the best of his ability, because he comes to find that it’s not always bad and he doesn’t really mind; it takes a while to fully like not have a defensive, fight or flight response to the touches and he defo judo flips and sucker punches yuji over and over, because yuji is 1000000% a sneak affection attacker. the closest touch has ever been to ‘nice’ for megumi is probably healing for his stupid amount of serious wounds, and as both an apology and his first steps in reciprocation, megumi applies the gentleness of healing touches he remembers to the injuries he (accidentally??) gives yuji, because all he really about touch that isn’t supposed to hurt is how to rub softly against a spot that will probably bruise, and how to wrap or plaster a cut from a judo flip that led to some scrapes, he’s very good at icing bumps and twists and strains; and so they put themselves back together like that, and yuji keeps up his ‘surprise back hug events’ like they don’t straight up lead to a bruised sternum.

nobara breaks down the ‘touch is violence, touch is pain and pain is bad’-thing even faster than yuji, because she’s lived by her philolosphy as an affectionate puncher, a sweet kicker; she’s defo the type to bite your fingers and pinch your arm, but it’s well and truly out of all the love she cannot contain in her heart (which frustrates her a little bit so she will give you a sharp jab in retribution for feelings). what helps uncross the wires of megumi’s learnt behaviour (or maybe cross them idk) that ‘touch and violence and therefore bad’, is that her teasing and, honestly barely painful, ribbing is always interspersed by the softest of touches that aren’t tinged by the smell of antiseptic, blood or pity. this type of touch gets more frequent the more comfortable they get with eachother (think learning to lean on eachother post yuji death), like nobara will say ‘ew’ while forcing megumi to lay his head in her lap when they’re tryna catch their breath during training, and if his towel is nearby she’ll pat the sweat off his forehead and then complain about said sweat just because she knows he likes listening to her complain about mundane stuff; and she’ll make a million and one spiky sea urchins puns (did you know the japanese word for urchin is uni and linguistically meguni is a hilarious pun that i can see happening in canon) but is the first to rake her fingers through the mess of megumi’s hair, if she noticed he’s tried and hasn’t been taking care of himself. like yeah she throws her pens at him when he tries to help her with their maths homework, but her aim is so scary good it’s funny, and he can always throw them back and she won’t really get any more angry, and so they throw pens at eachother and laugh about it and nobara sketches random patters on to megumi’s skin with the pen she almost used to impale his eye.

anyway the point i’m getting at (probably incomprehensible into this mess of hc and meta) is: yuji and nobara come along, and suddenly, touch isn’t something that burns a little, isn’t something that spooks, isn’t something that requires the tightening of megumi’s jaw and his ribs and his spirit, and of course, sometimes it gets a little overwhelming (WHICH IS OKAY!! TOUCH AS STIMULATION IS OVERHWELMING SOMETIMES AND THATS OKAY AND VALID, EVEN IF YOURE AN AFFECTIONATE OR TOUCHY PERSON!!) and megumi needs to like take a couple of steps back. and they talk about it, because communication is key, and boundaries are healthy things to put in place, and by god the first years will try and build as safe and healthy a relationship between the three of them as they possibly can! and yeah they talk about it, and some days touch is too much for of them and that’s okay, affection, fondness, compassion can be shown in other ways, through other actions and they’ll utilise those a bit more as easily as they utilise touch a bit less, and slowly but surely, megumi becomes a lot less touch-starved and starts to seek it out on his own and initiate it in ways that are comfortable to him, like learning to braid hair so he can play with nobara’s or grabbing yuji’s hand first while their walking or just pressing his thigh into whoever he’s sitting next to in class and that’s fine and that’s good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i’m very much attached to this idea.

bonus gojo (as per usual): when megumi became his ward, for obvious, bitter, reasons he wasn’t really tryna like touch. this kid. riling megumi up was easy enough with just words and i feel like firstly, teasing is a part of gojo’s love language in a mirror of how it’s a part of nobara’s (mmmmmmm gojo and nobara parallels are another brain worm that EATS me) and secondly, gojo goes through his own thing with touch, and like affection. as someone whose essentially raised on an absolutely, ridiculous, pedestal and then successfully surpasses even the heights of that pedestal to basically become a living legend AND the whole physical, literal thing with infinity or limitless (or whatever his cursed technique is i’m sorry i didn’t pay attention to the cursed energy explanation any of the times it came up) ANYWAY, so gojo and megumi probably both touch-starved idiots. but, like gojo does care for megumi, like as his student and as this kid he watched grow up, like ofc he does because he’s not a completely useless person. and so he definitely encourages nobara and yuji’s plan to positively reinforce touch in megumi’s brain and slowly, for fear of being straight up bitten, endeavours to extend the casual affection he easily applies to the other two, to megumi too. idrk the logistics of it, but i think it’d be cute for one day gojo putting his hand out to ruffle megumi’s hair, but like not imposing his hand, like it’s just out and about really, and usually megumi nopes or hisses or whatever other gremlin mood he’s decided to incorporate to the finite number of facial expressions he’s willing to make, but today he’s feeling charitable and lets gojo ruffle his hair, kinda like a cat ya know, like leans into it a bit in a very clear you have permission to pet!!!! and gojo’s just jojo sobbing through his blindfold like “oh my god my son loves me” and megumi is regretting not biting him.

[bayleavesfromthevine]

https://youtu.be/muKH6twFoM0

it's a 33 seconds Levi Edit under the moonlight and it keeps reminding me of #aspfbp scene when they spent all night just talking... i still love you. Don't get pressured for updates and stay strong with your classes and stay hydrated and get enough sleep! May I ask for some headcanon crumbs on how the squad reacts when Levi kind of slips and act docile around Emilia coz girlfriend privileges? Also what are Levi's girlfriend privileges? If there is any?

(Apologies for the late reply! I only ever come on here like once every other month lol!) Ahhh thank you so much!!! I needed this! Also, I love you too ❤️❤️❤️ And I hope you're staying hydrated and strong and getting enough sleep as well! Also, eat lots of baked goods! Like bread and cake and more cake! (Emilia would be proud!) I've been feeling more motivated to write recently (finished and now editing my Mikannie fic & a one-shot for the jjk fandom) and the next chapter of aspfbp is next up on my list of projects! (I wish I had the motivation to write for longer than two months out of the year lol) Here are the headcanons!

- Okay, so the first person in the squad to catch on is actually Sasha. She smells the food on Levi and probably follows him like a private investigator (or a stalker tbh)

- She will cozy up to Emilia in hopes of getting free food. It's a solid plan because Emilia loves feeding people.

- Armin will 100% use the situation to his advantage

- "Em, I need to go to town tomorrow, but I'm not sure if Captain Levi will approve my leave."

- "Just ask me to talk to him for you, no need to put on an innocent act."

- Mikasa Does Not Get It. She respects Levi, but does not understand the physical or romantic appeal of him. She thinks Emilia might have a few screws loose, but she'll never say that out loud. Either that, or Em's blinder than she lets on. (Canonically, Levi is supposed to be ugly??? According to Isayama??? I mean, he looks like a gremlin in the manga, but I feel like that adds to his charm lol)

- Historia is actually the most invested of the bunch (her duties as queen are very tiresome, so she welcomes distractions whenever they come). Levi's awkward love life is the AoT equivalent of daytime soap operas, so Historia is up to date on everything. Her and Armin exchange information like the gossips they are.

- A close second in terms of investment is Hange. Once they're the Commander, they'll send Levi on the dumbest fetch quests to the bakery just to try and move the relationship along. Hange is more fascinated at the idea that Levi might have actually found someone who will put up with his...ahem...quirky behaviors than any real interest in his love life. Kind of the opposite of Historia in that way.

- Eren just does not give a fuck. To be fair, he's got a lot on his mind. He likes Emilia well enough, though.

- Connie is the same as Armin, but he's much less subtle about it. Largely, he wants days off, which even Emilia couldn't pull off.

- Jean and Em actually get along quite well because he is the most normal of the bunch. He's a bit of an old soul, so they have a lot in common.

As for girlfriend privileges, there aren't too many. Levi is not an overly affectionate person, especially not in public, but he tries not to be so harsh both to and around Em. He'll also make her tea often, and he won't complain nearly as much about savory pies. He once asked Em if she wanted to try the ODM gear ("in case a titan shows up and you need to get away quickly") but she declines. Em does Not like heights and she's also not coordinated enough to operate gear like that ("I'd somehow end up stabbing myself. I don't need any more impalements.") Levi does not like this answer, however, which comes as a surprise to no one. This is an ongoing conversation that gets brought up every few weeks.

That's all I got for now! I hope these are as fun to read as they were to write!! ❤️❤️❤️

[secret-engima]

Can we see some criminal reactions/meeting with the ringmaster? Possibly some big territory debate thing and some new upstart starts talking shit about this stupid ringmaster and all the rules?

Uhhh okay! Please note this may not be canon for Gremlin verse since atm I don't have any solid criminals-meet-Ringmaster scenes planned out aside from like- one and it's friendly.

-They're a new gang setting up shop near the docks. Imports from Mantle who finally got tired to dodging Atlas's security drones. They're traffickers of just about anything, from expensive but usually legal goods to drugs and people.

-They've been settled for maybe two weeks, just putting out some feelers, and are surprised when the local underworld gives one of two reactions: refusing to so much as speak with them, or nervous chuckling and a warning that if they keep being so obvious about what they do, they'll get the attention of the Ringmaster.

-"The Ringmaster? Who the heck is that?" Mantle's underworld might not be the thriving hub that Mistral's is, but they're not usually out of the loop. If the Ringmaster was a name for one of the local underworld bosses or kings, they should have heard of them before now.

-New blood, they're told by the few groups who will cautiously interact with them. New blood with power and charisma and Rules™. Rules that get enforced, usually after one warning, sometimes after three for the milder breaks. For things like drugs and person trafficking however, there is only ever one warning. If they get caught doing that, even outside the Ringmaster's territory, they will be destroyed. Smuggling in other things like expensive foods, Dust, and hard to get but legal items is tolerated, even permitted within the Ringmaster's territory and weapons are tolerated on a territory basis only, but drugs and people? Hard no. There are consequences, and even those who don't answer to the Ringmaster directly are skittish of touching the stuff. Nobody wants a gang war, it's bad for business. But the locals, even the ones who are known as powerhouses in their own right, seem wary of the war less because of the potential damage and more because they seem to think they'd lose.

-The group from Mantle scoff. They've never heard of this Ringmaster, and who cares what other gangs do so long as they stay in their territory? They've dealt with Atlas security, some uppity new blood with a pesky honor code means nothing to them.

-The other gangs all collectively exchange glances and take a long step back.

-For the first month or so, there's no sign of this Ringmaster. The gang stays close to their tiny territory pocket, sets up some trade rings in their more palatable stock. Then, once the income is trickling in, they move for the big haul.

-Slums are always a good place to lure in marks, and Faunus always sell well, even if humans are more of a premium. It's easier to make Faunus disappear though. Faunus bias runs deep on both sides, both in humans who won't look as hard, and Faunus who believe that humans won't bother looking, so why bother telling? Even though there are actually plenty of officers, human and Faunus, who would risk their skin gladly to rescue anyone, extra ears or no.

-They've snagged about ten marks and are hoping to round that number up to thirty before selling them off to various buyers in Mistral and Mantle when the warning shows up. It's delivered right to their door, and none of them know how they didn't hear the racket of someone hammering a paper notice onto their door.

-"Return the people and cease selling drugs and people or leave entirely. This city does not welcome your kind. -Ringmaster."

-They *laugh*. Really? A note? Big Whoop. Besides, they were careful not to take anyone from inside the Ringmaster's territory, so what business it is of theirs?

-Four nights pass, they snag three more marks, one of which is a particular prize, a young human boy, dark skinned and green eyed. His price will be lowered a little from the limp he seems to have, but his scar like tattoos are intriguing and his face is pretty enough they figure they'll still get quite a bit. The boy is oddly calm as they push him into the warehouse with the others, watching them with almost eerie green-gold eyes as he says calmly that they should let everyone go. It's not right, he says softly, to sell lives. And if they don't stop, they're going to regret it.

-They laugh some more as they shove him into the worried arms of a young Faunus mother who already has a few other children she's been trying to comfort.

-Three hours.

-That's how long it takes for the world to come down around their ears.

-The warehouse is taken first, all the marks gone in what feels like one blink, then it's set on fire, fueled with Dust so there's no hope of recovering the building. Their four backup safehouses are gone by the end of the hour, members of the group either trussed up and knocked out and dumped on the doorstep of the police or killed where they stand if they tried to fight back.

-In three hours, their central base of operation is all that's left, and they learn quickly that there is nowhere left to run.

-Roman Torchwick spins his cane idly as he saunters in, backed by his silent partner. They're both known entities in the underworld and have been for years. The leader spits at Torchwick, mocking the name Ringmaster as pretentious even for a thief and crime lord like him.

-Torchwick smiles, it's not a nice expression, "Oh. I'm not the Ringmaster. That's my boss."

-A flourish and a sidestep and the gang cringes back in disbelief and shock as a massive Grimm shoulders its way through the broken doorway.

-Perched on its back, a dark king on a fallen steed, is the boy. Those eerie green-gold eyes look at them in disappointment, in knowing, and the Dust orbs in his elaborate cane gleam warningly when a few of them inch hands toward hidden knives.

-No way. This is the Ringmaster? This child?

-"You were warned," says the boy in a voice too calm and too mature for his skin, "I'll give you one more chance. Surrender and turn yourselves and all relevant evidence in to the police, and you won't die."

-The leader of the group from Mantle snarls and pulls out a hidden pistol, taking aim at the boy.

-He's dead before the safety of the gun can click off.

-The other child, silver haired and grinning like a wild thing, lowers his foot, the shot from whatever weapon he has hidden in his boots echoing through the house. The Grimm looms large, jaws parting in an echoing snarl of warning, one massive paw rising to show huge claws.

-The child -the Ringmaster- doesn't so much as flinch. He just shifts those eyes to those that remain with a silent question in his eyes.

-Many of them decide that dealing with the law is better than dying at the hands of this- this demon child.

-None of them question anymore why Vale's underworld treats the Ringmaster with respect, even if the factions that do not yet answer to him.

[miskatonique]

HERBERT WEST CHEAT SHEET !

since my muses are not super well known in the contemporary rpc ( and i’m too lazy to do a full about page at this very moment ) i decided to put together little posts for them that give their general backgrounds, vibes, and plot possibilities !

this is a mix of canon and headcanon, and these are subject to change / adapt as i get more used to writing the characters

BACKGROUND:

Films: Re-Animator 1985, Bride of Re-Animator 1990, Beyond Re-Animator 2003

We don’t talk about Beyond Re-Animator......

Dr. Herbert West, 24 in the first movie, 27 in the second movie, idk like 40 in the third movie. Mad scientist to the MAX. In the novelization Herbert is an orphan who gets passed around in foster homes before eventually going to undergrad at NYU and pursuing his theory about the re-animation of dead tissue. Mostly people think he’s sort of crazy until one of his articles catches the eye of Dr. Hans Gruber at a university in Switzerland, and he invites Herbert to come work alongside him. Herbert eventually grows to respect Gruber as both a mentor and father-figure.

Herbert and Gruber develop a reagent that affects re-animation in dead animal tissue but they know that for their results to be taken seriously they need to do a human trial. Dr. Gruber volunteers but the dosage of the reagent is too large, and though it brings Gruber back to life it quickly overwhelms his system and he dies again. Herbert is taken into psychiatric custody in Switzerland but is eventually released.

Herbert returns to America and specifically sets his sights on Miskatonic Medical School in Arkham, Massachusetts because one of the staff, Dr. Carl Hill, used to work with Gruber years ago, and even went on to plagiarize some of Gruber’s work and publish it in America. Herbert makes it his secondary goal to absolutely terrorize Dr. Hill, and because he’s a chaotic gremlin in human form he’s very good at it.

Herbert continues working on perfecting the reagent, rooming with Dan Cain and eventually pulling Dan into the experiments as well when Dan’s cat dies and Herbert is able to prove his research by reanimating it. Herbert isn’t perturbed when Dan’s talk with Dean Halsey goes south, and just digs his heels in and insists that the only way to truly prove that the reagent works is to reanimate a human cadaver.

Results are just as bad as you’d expect. Sure, the cadaver reanimates but it also wrecks the morgue and kills Dean Halsey. RIP. Herbert insists that they reanimate him and the dean comes back less like himself and more animalistic, trying to kill both Herbert and Dan before his daughter Meg shows up and stops him. Despite it all, Herbert manages to wriggle his and Dan out of any suspicion from the police but Dr. Hill takes an interest in Herbert’s work once he does exploratory surgery of Dean Halsey and finds out he’s technically dead.

Dr. Hill confronts Herbert in his laboratory and threatens to steal Herbert’s work and take it for his own, offering Herbert the meager honour of being his assistant. Herbert promptly murders Hill via decapitation but decides not to let his fresh corpse go to waste and reanimates both Hill’s head and his body, which come back to life and knock Herbert out and steal all of his work.

Yada yada, Herbert gets Dan to help him go after Hill, the big climax happens. Herbert is able to prove his theory about overdose by shooting up Dr. Hill’s headless body with a bunch of reagent, which backfires and Herbert is left for dead all tangled up in Hill’s intestines, but not after he ensures that his research is safe with Dan.

They never explain how Herbert survives the first movie but he sure is alive in the second movie! It’s roughly 3ish years after the first film, so he’s got his doctorate now and he’s drug Dan all the way to Peru so they can be volunteer medics in a civil war. This obviously gives Herbert an unprecedented access to fresh bodies for his experiments.

Eventually he and Dan head back to Miskatonic Hospital, where they’re able to get jobs and a creepy cute little house that used to be a mortuary so they can continue the work. Herbert is now obsessed with the reanimation of separate parts and convinces Dan to help him build an entirely new life from parts. Dan’s not on board until Herbert shows him Megan Halsey’s heart and promises that they’ll build the body around it.

Dr. Hill’s head also somehow survived the first movie and it tries to terrorize Herbert, along with a cop who’s investigating Herbert for stealing corpses. Herbert eventually kills and reanimates the cop, and then gets into even more trouble when all of the other strange creatures he’s been reanimating start coming after him because they’re being mind controlled by Dr. Hill’s nasty head ( don’t ask me okay, this script was written in literally 6 weeks it makes no sense )

Anyway Herbert and Dan successfully bring their creation to life right before getting attacked by Dr. Hill and his army of weirdos, all while Dan is having a mental breakdown because he thinks the creation is his dead girlfriend Meg. In the chaos Dan and the creation escape separately while Herbert and Hill and co. get trapped under buried rubble and are left for dead ( AGAIN ).

But surprise! Herbert isn’t dead! We don’t know how he survived but we do know that at some point in time Dan turned over evidence to the authorities that led to Herbert’s arrest and imprisonment. The third movie picks up with Herbert who’s been in prison for 13 years and the dumbass new hospital doctor is a fanboy of Herbert and brings in some of his reagent. Herbert basically starts a prison riot, chaos ensues, this movie is Not Good, but the important thing is that Herbert escapes prison with his work and gets to walk off free and definitely alive into the night <3

VIBES / PERSONALITY:

His work is EVERYTHING to him -- there have been multiple times where Herbert has put his work above his own bodily safety or chance of survival, and I guarantee he would do it again, too. Herbert is mostly focused on being able to do the impossible simply because it’s “impossible.” He’s able to convince Dan to help him because he reasons the practical applications of his reagent, like saving lives by aiding in surgeries or helping with amputations, but at the end of the day Herbert is only concerned with discovery, acclaim, and giving classical science a big ‘ole middle finger.

He can be incredibly manipulative when looking for a specific action or behavior in the people close to him. This mostly is seen in how he treats Dan, often reeling him back in with promise of how much good their work will do in the world when Dan starts to get squeamish. Herbert is also really good at finding the sorest spots in someone and pressing on them, but usually only does this when he wants to prove a point or if he really hates someone.

He gains a lot of power by seeming like the more “level-headed” person in an altercation, but he can get extremely excitable or aggressive, especially when something goes well with his research or if it’s being threatened.

He’s genuinely a good doctor, doesn’t freak out under pressure, has neutral-good bedside manner, is very decisive and isn’t afraid to make difficult decisions when it comes to a patient’s life. However, Herbert considers himself a scientist first and a doctor second. The work on reanimation will always come before anything else.

He’s a HUGE fucking nerd, he loves making puns or little zingers whenever he can fit them into a conversation. He also likes playing practical jokes, though he doesn’t do it often. He’s got a great evil giggle.

Oh he’s terrible at taking care of himself. There’s a deleted scene from the first movie where Herbert is shown to be injecting himself with a weakened version of the reanimating reagent because it helps keep his brain sharp and makes it to where he doesn’t have to sleep. What a NUT. I think he probably weans off this habit, by force or choice. His sleeping and eating habits are still pretty bad, though. Definitely the kind of person who doesn’t eat/sleep/rest unless he’s genuinely about to collapse because of it.

Oh he’s also sooooooooooo gay. gay gay gay homo sexual.

There are very few people he outright respects or enjoys spending time around, and with everyone else he is absolutely so bitchy and rude. He doesn’t give a single shit about being polite. Also ACAB.

PLOT POSSIBILITIES:

Got any canonically dead muses? Want them to be alive again? Herbert can help with that! He’ll definitely want to make sure they stick around and observe them to see why the reagent worked so well, maybe do some extra tests, so he can also double as a really annoying, creepy roommate. Score!

Med student muses? I have a new classmate for you

Ever wondered what your muse would do if they saw someone graverobbing, or smuggling body parts into their house in the middle of the night? Do they stop him? Ask questions? Offer to help? Now’s the chance to find out!

He could always use a new assistant since Dan keeps abandoning him after every movie, jfc, loyalty is so hard to find these days

Meet-cute where one of his reanimated creations tries to murder you and he saves you from it <3

[sleepy-salami]

Lan Sizhui and/or Lan Jingyi for the ask meme? :)

Thanks for the ask! I’ll go with Lan Sizhui, since I have more coherent thoughts about him.

How I feel about this character: Precious baby. My son. The light of my life. Absolutely perfect. Best boy ever. Single-handedly makes me want to have kids. I want him to be happy every day for the rest of his life. HOWEVER I also like my fictional characters complicated and multidimensional. And I think that Sizhui was deliberately written as such a perfect kid for the main couple that we can only headcanon the flaws he might (and should, realistically) have. And no, "lied a few times" and "got into a fight once" are not flaws, he's a teenager. At least we know he can be stubborn. "I'm going to hang out with my emotional support corpse uncle on every night-hunt, and I'm going to plan it in advance and invite my friends, and there's nothing you can do about it." Good for him.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Speaking of emotional support corpse uncle - yeah, Wen Ning, to absolutely no one’s surprise. The story of the Wen remnants breaks my heart every time I think about it. And the last two remaining members of that family finding and recognizing each other again, despite the odds, is... so bittersweet and full of hope. And there’s something poetic about Sizhui finding his missing past in Wen Ning, and Wen Ning, in turn, finding his future purpose. Though I also don’t like it when the exploration of their relationship focuses entirely on the sad childhood memories. I think they’ll get along amazingly well in general, they have quite similar personalities, soft and kind (and maybe occasionally gremlins).

All the people I ship romantically with this character: I don’t really ship the juniors, but ZhuiLing is adorable.

My unpopular opinion about this character: It’s not really that unpopular, more of a pet peeve, but... Lan Sizhui is a Wen. Wei Wuxian didn’t actually give birth to him. He’s a Wen. There are a lot of amazing fics out there that explore Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji as parents in the canon timeline and AUs, their combined influence on Sizhui, his personality and heritage, and my heart rejoices every time his Wen family is acknowledged, and my eye twitches every time it doesn’t. It’s so petty. I’m petty. He’s a Wen. He had a mother and a father who looked just like him, and an old granny who loved him so much that she recognized him even in death, and uncles, and aunts, and other relatives who loved him and raised him, and then they all died, and if I want them to be acknowledged in every piece of media I consume for free in this fandom, then... it’s my problem, I guess, but still.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Continuing my rant about his Wen heritage - I want him to be able to make it at least somewhat public. I’m not talking about leaving the Lan clan (though if he wants to - good for him), but it’s a big secret to keep, after all. The other juniors will learn eventually, I guess. Jiang Cheng, too, and the look on his face is going to be priceless.

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

so to tackle the elephant in the room, what are your thoughts on the whole "everyone used to agree P5 was the greatest game ever but now everyone calls it cringey or bad what happened?" thing that's happened since....i think sometime after Royal? i mean, you are the og p5 later haha

Off topic answer: There’s an elephant? Where? 0<0 0>0 :0

Short answer: Yeah I’m not surprised it’s happening (there’s a cycle and its about that time in the cycle).

Long answer: 

Despite being an “OG P5 hater”.....I.....really didn’t want to become one. I really fought hard to reason with the faults I saw with P5. Like Anne, an early analysis (not on tumblr) I had of her was she was like Naoto, had a hard time reading the room (and was an airhead).....but like....that only tracks on the CoOp, it doesn’t with the main story (it’s a giant contradiction of her character). Main Story!Anne wouldn’t make the same mistakes with Mika that CoOp!Anne does.

I twisted myself into a pretzel after I played it in Japanese because......even tho I know something felt off, I was like “no! It must be something I didn’t understand! The english ver will clear things up!” And then the english ver came out and....and by the time I got to the 3rd dungeon, the game had me viscerally recoiled against what it was doing. And that’s around the time I became disillusioned with P5. I mean, while I was trying to figure out what was “off” about P5 prior to the english release, I did read one post or two discussing their issues and I was like “hmmm I’ll keep this in mind when I play it in english and see if I can catch it! :)” and......yeah.....those issues were bad but they didn’t completely encompass what I wasn’t prepared for. 

So despite me being an OG P5 hater, it was never my intent to be one. It just happened.

And the devil on my shoulder, salty goblin part of me is “Yes! I’m glad people are noticing the faults in P5! If there’s more of this, then that might mean P5 can crash and burn and we won’t get anymore and I’ll be out of this hellhole!” (overtly hopeful and unlikely I’m aware). 

Another part is....tired, because I know there’s a good portion of these “haters” that probs never played the game, aren’t fans of the series, and don’t fully understand and “appreciate” what’s wrong with P5. They are just jumping on a bandwagon to bully fans rather than to just....criticize the game. And that’s not cool, they don’t get love from me. 

I also hate the idea that “P5 is cringe” it’s not. 1) P5 has actual issues with it’s lessons and messages, 2) cringe culture is stupid and you should be having fun. You want to write that Goro/Mona fanfic? Go for it. You want to do TikTok dances dressed as Makoto? Go for it. You think Futaba’s weird gremlin internet speak is the funniest thing? More power to you. You get excited when you see Tokyo irl or in another game cause it reminds you of P5? You own that and have fun! You want to make “they’ll never see it coming” jokes all day long? Or Pancake jokes? Sure I might be tired of them but if that’s what makes you happy you go for it. You wanna hc something about a char (even if it’s controversial)? As long as you aren't pushing it as canon and insulting people and pushing it down my/other’s throats then I literally don’t care. 

Some things that are fun for you might not be fun for me and that’s fine. Vice versa is fine too. Some people might not like my nendo obsession or my custom nendos, or my videos, or my edits, or my colorings, or my jokes/memes, or my theories, or my rants, or my analyses. And that’s fine, I’m doing it for me, cause I think it’s fun and enjoy doing it and I want to share it. 

Shit, like I’mma be using “I’ve been waiting for this!” till I die. Not because I think it’s super funny, but because I like using that reference as a means to show that I, in fact, have been waiting for this and am excited. 

Just have fun. Stop worrying about what other’s think. Twitter (which is where I find most of these attitudes happening on) is just the same cycle as people saying pokemon isn’t cool any more in middle school and getting picked on for it, and then “suddenly” becoming cool again because some popular kid said it was. None of it matters just have fun.

“But Silly if none of it matters then why be salty?” Maybe the futility, I can’t change anything, but it’s still frustrating. Hard to change what you feel, even if you want to ignore it. But ignore that, do what makes you happy. As long as you aren’t hurting anyone of course.

Ah...but maybe I should mention my theory on how it was considered amazing vs now. At least with (early) reviewers, my theory is that....they either 1) didn’t get far enough into the game to see it’s faults, 2) didn’t catch the faults (P5 just....dumps so much text onto you), 3) they don’t see the faults via because they haven’t played the other games. For point one, I think they most likely barely go to around dungeon 2 (where there’s issues but they aren’t as apparent). It takes over 6 hours to get through Kamo’s dungeon, let alone getting to Madarame’s....and considering how well written Kamo’s is, I wouldn’t be surprised if the (early) reviewers assumed the rest of the writing was like that. People jumped on the bandwagon. Of course that’s just a theory/thought that crossed my mind...I’d need to dig through early reviews and I just don’t feel like it. It’s not that important of a theory for me. But if it turned out true, it wouldn’t surprise me. 

Tldr; I’m sure there are a good number of people being disillusioned with P5, but there’s also some people who are just using it as a means to bully other’s and that’s not cool. If you like P5 just own it who cares. I like P4 even with it’s faults (some justified and some just made up by the fans cause they have their own idea of how things should work), I’m doing just fine. Separate yourself from the “fandom” if you need to (I did with P4 back in 2014, haven’t really missed anything new since)

[funky-boat-zone]

since today is one of many possible dates that technically qualify as thomas’ birthday, i’m gonna liveblog magical birthday wishes. yes, i’m a year late, no i don’t really care.

thomas and the ants:

- ah yes, my favorite location on sodor, blank white void

- just gonna say this real quick: i love rob rackstraw’s voice for james. however, they have him doing literally every male character except thomas’ voice, and he can’t make percy sound young/endearing to save his life. percy sounds more like a woefully uneducated gremlin than childlike young lad, and that’s terrible. - those are some freakishly large ants, percy should be more concerned with that tbh - they’re bringing back the gold dust? weird, considering how the cgi era basically tried erasing tatmr out of canon (except diesel 10) - i do not like that thomas can jump now.

thomas and the balloons:

- thomas has absolute power over reality itself and can wish to alter it just by willing such, why is nobody talking about how terrifying this is? - they’re making engines transport fully inflated, helium-filled balloons again? have we learned nothing from the impracticality of “up, up, and away”? - how is he grabbing the balloons. how did he tie them to his buffers. - also imagine what his poor crew would be thinking if they were in this, imagine just trying to work and your engine just starts casually altering reality and decides to fly 20 feet off the ground. i’d quit on the spot

too many thomases:

- does every engine get magical wishes on their birthday or is it just thomas? - who the fuck is making nia do a job meant for ten engines by herself on a time limit?  - how to instantly simultaneously fix this short and also make it a million times worse: make all the clones different incarnations of thomas (ie. rws, model era, hit era).

thomas the submarine:

- cranky’s voice makes him sound like a chain smoker.  - actually, a tank engine can go underwater. they shouldn’t, but they can. - y’know what would’ve been kinda fun (and more marketable)? if thomas actually turned into a submarine/helicopter/whatever instead of just getting his funnel modified.  - how is he propelling himself without a rudder. how can he talk to fish now. can submarines talk to fish in the ttte universe.

super bubble thomas:

- finally, a short with james. james is the only character in these shorts that rackstraw regularly voices, but even his james performance sounds kinda strained? i don’t blame him for sounding kind of off though, because they made him voice literally every male character except thomas i can’t get over how ridiculous that it when it’s clear that he doesn’t have the range for some of these characters - why is it james’ job to clean the station when he doesn’t even have any visible cleaning supplies? at least give the man a sponge or sth - i get that the message is “helping friends good :)” but thomas you’re allowed to wish for something for yourself. my dude you can find another engine to help your friends, you don’t have to solve literally all their problems with wishes you only get once a year. 

thomas and the monkeys:

- “maybe they’ll follow a banana” thomas. are you gonna turn yourself into a banana. don’t do that  - oh thank god, he just turned invisible - thomas, you didn’t actually get the monkeys back in their enclosure. they could climb back out and leave at any time.

thomas the giant:

- “he could be anywhere, we’ll never find him” maybe check the other side of the hill first?  - thomas, you could just shoot up a flare or something. you didn’t have to potentially put henrietta in danger of being crushed. - i was right, toby was on the other side of the hill. this whole short could’ve been skipped if they just looked on the other side. 

thomas the helicopter:

- what happened to my boy’s voice. - harold looks suspiciously pristine for a helicopter who presumably broke down mid-flight.. maybe he heard about the birthday wishes from everyone else and is exploiting this to make thomas do his jobs for him. - according to all laws of aviation there is no way that thomas- (dissolves instantly) - finally, humans! where have they been all this time?

thomas the rescue engine

- thomas ffs a bakery is on fire and all you can think about is if it’s your cake? you can’t even eat cake - where did all the gravel come from? - thomas you forgot to put out half the fire? this is “fiery flynn” all over again

thomas and the lighthouse:

- who left skiff undocked while he’s in the ocean? he’s gonna drift out to sea - speaking of skiff, he sounds like an adult doing a deliberately annoying impression of a child - “thomas fucking blinds skiff and other stories”

thomas full speed ahead:

- the more thomas talks about how many wishes he’s used and how he only wants to use them to help people, the more it sounds like he’s lying to himself. thomas. you’re being dumb as hell in these shorts but you deserve to have something for yourself just this once, it’s your birthday - i don’t know whether to be surprised that they actually remembered and referenced “thomas and gordon” or to be annoyed at the context in which it’s being referenced. - just because keith wickham was pretty good as james’ va doesn’t mean that rob rackstraw is good at being gordon’s va - are you telling me gordon broke down and decided to sleep instead of trying to call for help or have one of his passengers get help? - i can’t imagine how motion-sick those poor passengers must feel.

thomas the rubber band:

- where’s sir topham hatt been all this time? topham please save us from this alternate universe of chaos and despair - “a wall could hurt him” i mean, gordon also crashed face-first into a station wall once and he was relatively fine.. - the image of thomas being stretched out is one of the worst images from licensed material that i’ve ever seen.

thomas the elephant:

- this is it. this is the one. quite fitting that the most cursed short of them all is the thirteenth in the sequence. - emily’s scottish accent is cute, i hate that i’m hearing it in this context though. - that being said, twitter has already made all the jokes and invoked all the horror i possibly could, so i have nothing more to say on this short tbh

thomas & the birthday surprise:

- it’s the end. we laughed, we cried, we yelled at thomas for being dumb. i watched all 14 of these in one sitting and i will never be the same again. - fun fact: aside from nia and thomas’ voice actors staying the same, this whole set of shorts only had 2 people voicing all the characters. - you could just watch this short and ignore all the shorts before it. this one’s not great by any means, but it raises the fewest questions out of all of them. - except for how thomas and friends are gonna eat that cake. i imagine their crews just yeeting it into their fireboxes. - the moral of the story is that thomas needs to establish some boundaries, cranky needs to quit smoking, gordon is lazy, sir topham hatt is terrible at assigning jobs and has no idea what’s going on with his railway, captain joe shouldn’t leave skiff unattended, and percy is a fool.

[stillness-in-green]

When MVA/MLA Arc gets animated, what will you be looking forward to the most? What (canon-compliant) additions and/or changed do you want or think Bones should make, if any?

There’s--a lot.  Does that surprise anyone?  There’s a lot.

o  I have been foaming at the mouth for voice actor announcements for almost a year now, particularly for Trumpet, Geten and RD.           Trumpet’s superpower is literally his voice!  I mean, nothing about that statement requires that voice be particularly entrancing, but it certainly seems like it should be, right??             Geten is a boku-type in the manga, but that was literally the only hint foreshadowing his pretty boy face through 21 solid chapters of Pure Feral Gremlin.  Everyone was shocked by Geten’s face reveal!  How do you maintain that surprise value with an actual voice actor in the mix?  Do you not even try?  Do you play up the disparity--in which direction?  I can’t wait to see what they do.           And Re-Destro!  Re-Destro requires so much range!  From his peppy, silly businessman persona, to the urbane commander, from the overeager yes-man to the raving zealot--who on earth do you get to believably cover all that ground?  I can’t even begin to guess, but I am living in anticipation of that article going up on ANN or the official Twitter sources.

o  I’m also much looking forward to getting official coloring on Trumpet and Geten.  Skeptic seems pretty straightforward--black, black, more black--and RD and Curious, we have color art for, but I wonder if Trumpet will also be all black clothes, to go with that dignified politician image of his, or if he’ll get some color to pep him up a little.  What color are those tinted shades of his?  His eyes?  The wicked-cool Sevens Loud?           I assume Geten is all wintery shades, but it’ll be great to confirm which ones.  I mean, we all assume he’s white-haired to better annoy Dabi with family parallels, but what if he turns out to be platinum blond?  And are his eyes blue?  Gray?  White?  What color is that awful parka?           Also, Re-Destro’s stress powers.  Having been writing them as black since at least August--Rorschach test blots are generally black, after all, and they’re the clear inspiration--I would much like it if the anime would have my back on this.  They made Destro’s mask a dark cinnamon brown, though, so I’m prepared to be unpleasantly surprised in this matter.

o  Predictable MLA adaptational choices aside, I’m also eager/anxious about how they’ll handle Spinner’s narration.  What I really hope is that they actually straight-up hand him ALL the narration duties--not just the stuff he dictates directly in the manga, but also e.g. the name and quirk explanation material that Present Mic normally gets, or the previews that are always handled by Deku.           The opening and closing sequences are another big structural thing, of course--based on the flashed snippets of Hawks and Endeavor in both our current and the previous OP, I’m expecting we’ll see at least a bit of something referencing the upcoming internship arc (which I expect to close out the season), but I hope the villains just walk away with the closing entirely.  I want my slice of life villainy ED, dangit.

o  Another thing I’m eager/anxious about would be Kotarou, and the Shimura flashback generally.  There’s a brittle edge of to Kotarou that I really love, and I hope he manages to keep it in the anime, despite the anime being generally not so great at moments that I would describe as “delicate.”  For example, I’d like it if he doesn’t get a super deep voice, and if they could manage to keep his pretty face, and capture how deeply bitter and tired he looks in the scene where he’s reading the letter Nana left him.           Also, I hope they keep the little montage bits and, crucially, the changes of clothes the family goes through.  We see Tenko in no less than five, possibly as many as seven, different T-shirts through the course of that flashback.  It seems like a small thing, but it’s one of the factors that makes me skeptical that AFO gave Tenko Decay, when so many days clearly go by between the opening with the man at the door and the tragic end.  It’d be nice not to see too much resurgence on that just because the anime can’t be bothered to come up with more than one outfit for the Shimuras.

I have enough issues with the anime’s usual adaptation choices that I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high on the actual content of the episodes.  The staff is diverting too much of its major talent to the movies (BAH) these days for me to expect the whole season to look all that great, and it’s never been particularly creative or daring outside of its climactic sakuga-heavy fight scenes anyway.  I’ve also long had a bone to pick with its scoring decisions, and am already eyeballing the climax of the RD/Shigaraki fight and imagining the minor-keyed terrifying dirge I fear the anime will play there, at the moment that Re-Destro (and, shortly afterward, Spinner) are supposed to be experiencing something akin to religious awakenings.           There’s also the issue of the violence and gore--judging by how the anime handled the scene where Shigaraki and Compress maim Overhaul, I have some severe reservations about how much blood they’ll be allowed to get away with, particularly in the scene where the League brutally decimates that CRC group and, of course, Shigaraki’s backstory.  I’m looking at MVA to serve as a preview for how all the same issues will be addressed in the War Arc.

That bit of pessimism aside, as to what I’m hoping they’ll add or change?  Well, off the top of my head.....

o  I would love to get a full episode devoted to the time the League spends fighting Machia.  Not that first tussle, but the six grueling weeks in the mountains.  There’s so much you could add there for character building and atmosphere that Hori didn’t so much as montage through.  Where was their food coming from?  How’d they pick out places to pitch camp?  How much access to news from outside did they have, and how frequently?  What were the circumstances in which Gigantomachia “told them himself” about his great sense of smell??  Stuff like that!             I don’t think we’re at all likely to get this--honestly, the series of late has had enough of a problem with trimming bits and pieces that I’m as worried about what they might cut as I am hyped about things they might add--but the one thing that gives me some hope is the training camp arc.  Specifically, the moment 1-A first gets to the Pussycats’ forest, they get jumped by earth golems, a fight that the manga off-panels entirely, but the anime spends a modest amount of time on, giving the kids a little bit of time to show off their moves and such.  I’d love to get something equivalent for the League.

o  On a similar note, I wouldn’t turn it down if they fleshed out some of those running street fights a bit.  One obvious thing comes to mind: there’s a weird jump in the manga between Skeptic and a horde of his golems being all but on top of Twice at the beginning of 233 and then that fight just--doesn’t happen.  There’s no mention of it at all.  I think the suggestion is that either Machia’s appearance or the tower going down interrupted it--Skeptic breaks off from his fight the same way Geten and Trumpet do theirs, shifting focus to protecting Re-Destro--but it’d be nice to see the anime touch on it.

o  It’d be nice to get a bit of expansion on the nature of the bullying Spinner endured.  We’re told he was, but was it limited to verbal?  Did he get beaten up a lot?  Was there an online element?  Deku’s our only other reference point for “bullied kid,” and whatever one might think about the story’s development of Bakugou’s mentality, it’s been made clear in retrospect that there was a lot more too that than just the matter of Deku’s quirklessness.  I’d love to know how Spinner’s bullying looked in comparison (not least because of some of the theories about Spinner and Deku needing to come to some kind of accord to free Shigaraki from AFO).

o  Make the Villa (both here and during the War Arc) look more realistic.  By which I mean, I know Horikoshi is capable of drawing interesting and lived-in interior spaces--he has an entire chapter dedicated to it in the 1-A dorm room contest, after all--but he normally doesn’t bother much with it.  At UA, it’s not too distracting, because we know good and well that that whole building is probably maintained by Cementoss anyway.  Ditto places like Tartarus (intentionally, dehumanizingly barren) or the League’s post-Kamino hideouts (abandoned homes and industrial spaces).  But the Villa?            For heaven’s sake, it’s called a mountain villa.  It has a clear reception desk on the ground floor; it’s obviously some sort of high-end hotel, if not an outright resort or rentable retreat lodge.  Speaking as someone who’s worked in one, places like that don’t look as fuckin’ bare as the rooms we see there always seem to.  For fanfic purposes, I’m happy to go on telling myself that e.g. the pool and the bar and the restaurant(s) and the gym are in the building Cementoss doesn’t tear in half, but it’d be nice if the anime could class the whole place up a little, maybe put some real furniture and decor in the rooms that are in use.  (Yes, I know this is a ridiculous nitpick.)

o  This is less a change and more a correction, but for fuck’s sake, BONES, give us white-haired Shigaraki.  The climax of Deika is a solid time for it, given that it’s obvious in the manga that Shigaraki’s hair gets paler in Deika--you can see it in the way Horikoshi inks it (which is to say, the way he stops inking it)!  I think if we ever get white-haired Shigaraki in the anime, a somewhat better time as far as narrative justification goes would be when Shigaraki gets out of the tube in the War Arc; you could easily justify it as a side-effect of the surgery.  Still, I’d rather see it here.  I want white-haired Shigaraki, gleaming and brilliant through the scattering ash in that crater, a veritable angel of sacred destruction.           Honestly, more than anything, the crater sequence is the one I hope I love.  It’s probably my favorite single moment in the entire manga, as Shigaraki wins over Re-Destro, Spinner and Gigantomachia in the same moment, and finally comes into his own.  If they can at least nail that, I’ll consider myself pretty satisfied.

[ko-chan-the-blueberry-donut]

Always Led Back to You Chapter 3, a John Doe/Seraphina from UnOrdinary fanfiction

Hey guys so this chapter is going to be different in some ways to the original episode to suit the story so don’t take this all as canon. I’ve also added some stuff as well.

Trigger warning so slight assault. Nothing major or anything just wanted to put a warning just in case.

Thank you for all those who liked, follow, favored, and commented on the story so far!

Disclaimer: I don’t own UnOrdinary.

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Twelve-year-old Seraphina angrily wiped her tears as she sat on her bed, in her room. She hated it here in this house. Mother and Father were always cold and unloving. They made her feel more like a doll than a person. Someone they can play with how they please and throw away when they were bored.

Her stomach grumbled, and she rubbed it to soothe it. Mother had forbidden her to eat all day, as punishment for getting one point less than a perfect score on her test. She said until Seraphina got perfect scores in everything, she would be limited food.

Seraphina laid down on her bed, curling up to try and stop the incessant hunger. She hoped she would fall asleep soon—then maybe the hunger wouldn’t hurt anymore.

A slight noise caught her attention, and Seraphina crept towards her window where she heard tapping. She opened the curtains and a smile spread on her features.

“Leilah!” Seraphina cried, opening the window, allowing her sister to climb in.

“Sssh Seraphina, not so loud. Mother and Father have ears all over the place.” Leilah whispered. Seraphina nodded, going forth to check if anyone heard her exclamation. Using her ability, she was pleased no one knew of Leilah’s arrival.

“Sister, I’ve missed you.” Seraphina whispered. Leilah embraced her younger sister.

“I’ve missed you as well. Mother has been keeping us apart it seems.”

“She says she’s worried I’m taking after you…” Seraphina confessed. Leilah frowned.

“Yes, God forbid both her daughters are not perfect.” Leilah rolls her eyes.

“I want to leave, Leilah…” Seraphina tells her older sister.

“Soon…. I promise we’ll be gone from here soon and this will all be an ugly memory.” Leilah vowed, gently stroking Seraphina’s hair. “But for now…” Leilah grins, showing her prize, and Seraphina can’t help but grin in excitement.

“Food!” Seraphina whispers in glee. She wastes no time taking the food and consuming it. Leilah watches her sister with a serene smile.

“Ha, if Mother could see you now. She’d be horrified at you eating like a savage.” Leilah teases.

“What Mother doesn’t know won’t hurt her.” Seraphina talks with her mouth full and Leilah laughs.

“Oh Seraphina, Mother has no idea of what a little gremlin you are.” Leilah grins.

“So…” Seraphina takes a seat on her bed, Leilah joins her. “You said you were talking to some people…”

“Yes, I have to see if they’re willing to take us. I’ll hear from them soon.” Leilah tells her.

“What if they won’t take us?” Seraphina fretted. Leilah poked her forehead.

“They’ll take us. I promise. I’m not leaving without you.” Leilah smiles.

Seraphina clenches her fists, trying to remain calm, but a hurricane was swirling inside her. Leilah sees them and approaches their table, and every step she takes, Seraphina feels more ice run through her veins.

“Seraphina… you didn’t come alone.” Leilah finally speaks. Arlo watches between them, noting his friend’s tense posture and the woman’s sad eyes.

“You know each other.” It’s not a question he says to Leilah.

“Seraphina.” Leilah ignores Arlo, her eyes only for the magenta haired girl. “Your hair’s different. You always used to wear it up.”

“I’m not twelve anymore, Leilah.” Seraphina nearly spat, but she kept her composure, barely.

“That’s true. You aren’t.” Leilah agrees calmly, taking a seat.

“What are you doing here, Leilah?” Seraphina bites. Leilah doesn’t appear bothered by Seraphina’s tone.

“I’m the person who you’re supposed to meet.” Leilah told her. Her eyes then finally drift to Arlo. “Although, you weren’t supposed to bring anyone.”

“He stays.” Seraphina growls. Arlo has never seen her like this—like a wild beast ready to tear her enemy apart. It reminds him of John and his rage.

“What I have to say is for your ears only, Seraphina.” Leilah calmly, but sternly, states.

“I don’t trust you. You’ve broken promises before.” Seraphina hisses.

“Seraphina, calm down.” Arlo advises her, keeping his eyes on everyone else, making sure they are not drawing attention. “You remember what you said about keeping cool? You need to do that now, more than ever.”

“He’s right, Seraphina. If you start yelling, you’ll draw attention, and we can’t be noticed.” Leilah tells her.

“I’m not even sure I want to do this anymore.” Seraphina says firmly. “I have no reason to trust you.”

“Leilah! I’m ready! Let’s go!” Seraphina arrives with her backpack. Leilah had told her before the people were ready to take them. She was finally free of this place! Leilah said to just be in her room at night and they’d leave.

The room was empty. Seraphina furrowed her brow, looking around.

“Leilah? Where are you?” Seraphina whispered. She examined her sister’s room, noticing her belongings and clothes were gone.

A breeze caught her attention, and Seraphina turned towards the window that was ajar, blowing the curtains.

“Leilah…?” she stared at the window, before looking back at the missing belongings. Dread filled her. “Leilah!” she choked, racing towards the window.

She could not see anyone for miles. Dread filled her entire being and she dropped to her knees.

Leilah was gone. And she left without her.

“I wish we had more time, Seraphina.” Leilah said mournfully. “I would tell you everything and tell you I’m sorry over and over… but we don’t have that time.”

“Then why should I stay?” Seraphina asked.

“Because.” Here Leilah was determined. “Because I’m going to get you your powers back.”

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Elaine paced back and forth, wringing her hands together.

“They’re still not back yet…” Elaine glanced at the clock, and her anxiety increased. “What should I do?”

If Arlo and Seraphina were attacked, it would only be Arlo fighting. And if Arlo got defeated, Seraphina would be defenseless.

“I have to do something! I can’t wait here any longer!” Elaine exclaimed. She put on her shoes and began formulating a plan. “I need Isen and Remi! Maybe I can heal Blyke really quick too!”

However, before she could fetch her intended targets, she slammed into someone.

“S-Sorry!” Elaine yelled out, not noticing who she bumped into in her haste. Yet, she was soon sobered when someone grabbed her.

“Oh? Sorry’s not going to cut it, Elaine.” Zeke grinned maliciously. Elaine’s heart stopped. Of all the people she could have bumped into…

“I said I was sorry, Zeke. Please excuse me.” Elaine tried to dissuade him from escalating the conflict. She needed to help her friends. Nevertheless, Zeke tightened his grip, making her wince.

“And I said sorry’s not good enough, Elaine.” Zeke grinned, eyeing her up and down. “I might let it slide if maybe we could spend some time together though.”

Elaine felt her stomach drop, knowing what he really meant.

“Let me go! I don’t have time for this!” Elaine exclaimed. She was then slammed against the wall.

“Rejecting the King’s right hand man, eh? You think you’re too good for me cause you like Arlo?” Zeke growled, readying one of his hands to stroke her thigh. Elaine wanted to throw up. “I’ll show you what happens when you cross the King’s authority!”

However, before Zeke could continue, he was knocked out cold. Elaine opened her eyes, and they promptly widened when she realized who exactly helped her.

“Get out of my sight before I do the same to you.” John told her firmly, malice in his eyes.

“John…” Elaine whispered. She gulped, beginning to shake. John saved her, but he was still volatile. However, John was stronger than Arlo, and Seraphina would need all the help she could get.

“John! Seraphina’s in trouble!” Elaine cried before she could even question the ramifications of her decision. “She’s went to meet some people at a café called Lovun! I think it’s the same people who stole her ability! I tried to stop them, but they wouldn’t listen and they’re still not back!”

“Stop yammering. It’s annoying.” John dismissed her. He turned and walked away. “It’s not my problem.”

Elaine felt numb as she watched him walk away.

“You really don’t care about her, do you…?” Elaine whispered. Her eyes became enraged and she stood up, clenching her fists. “Even after everything you’ve done, she still cares about you! She still sees you as her friend!”

John stopped walking. He still didn’t turn around.

“You don’t deserve it!” Elaine cried angrily. “I remembered how you looked at her! You can’t tell me you didn’t have feelings! You can’t say you don’t still have—”

John promptly punched her.

“You don’t deserve Seraphina’s love!” Elaine coughed. She then brushed past him, nose bloodied, yet bold enough to knock shoulders with him. She refused to be afraid of him. She had to save Seraphina and Arlo.

John stood in the hallway; fists clenched so tight his palms bled.

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“Arlo… can you give us a minute?” Seraphina finally spoke. Arlo glanced at her, shocked.

“Are you serious?” he asked her.

“We’re in a crowded area. And like Leilah said, we don’t want to attract attention. She’s not here to fight.” Seraphina explained.

Arlo stared at her, before glancing at the purple haired woman, who appeared solemn, and then drawing his attention to Seraphina again. He sighed.

“Five minutes, and I’ll be at a nearby table.” Arlo acquiesced. He then turned to Leilah. “You try anything, or she looks uncomfortable, I’m coming right back. Understand?”

“Of course.” Leilah replied smoothly. With that, Arlo took his coffee to a nearby table. With him gone, Leilah and Seraphiina were able to give each other their full attention. “Boyfriend?”

“You have no right to ask or know anything about my life.” Seraphina told her. “He said five minutes. Don’t waste it with small talk.”

“Alright, I’m sorry. I’ve just missed you.” Leilah admitted. “I wish we were meeting under better circumstances.”

“You left me behind.” Seraphina didn’t pull any punches.

“Yes, and if we had more time, I would tell you how sorry I am, but we do not.” Leilah replied calmly.

“Then get on with it.” Seraphina ordered tersely.

“For starters, I called you here today because I’m partially the reason you are now a cripple.” Leilah began. “My organization, Spectre, has developed a drug that robs people of their ability permanently. And, in my lack of foresight, I’ve left you vulnerable to the other half of my organization.”

“You…” Seraphina’s teeth and fists clenched. “You did this to me?”

“This was done to you because I wasn’t there. I was called away on an assignment and in this instance, because our organization has been divided into two factions, I’ve left you a sitting target for our other radical faction.” Leilah wasn’t bothered by Seraphina’s mounting anger, and if she was, she didn’t show it. “When I first found out you were being targeted, I ordered all personal to stay away from you. Sadly, because our organization is now divided and you are now a cripple, that warning was not heeded.”

“So now what? Am I supposed to thank you for trying to protect me?” Seraphina hissed.

“No. I’m here to help you.” Leilah said, she then reached into her pocket and produced a vial. “While the one half of our organization has been robbing those of their abilities, the half I’m apart of has been working on an antidote. This is the first sample we have.”

“An… an antidote?” Seraphina whispered, eyeing the vial is disbelief. Leilah nodded.

“Yes. However, it hasn’t been tested.” Leilah confessed. “I was hoping… if you were interested… if you would partake in testing it.”

“How do I know it will work?” Seraphina didn’t take her eyes off the vial.

“You don’t, but it’s the best chance you have right now.” Leilah told her.

Seraphina didn’t say anything. She couldn’t stop staring at the vial.

‘A chance to get back my ability. A chance to stop John…’ Seraphina thought.

“John’s priority was and has always been you” Arlo’s words drifted into her mind.

‘If I could just talk to him… one on one… no barriers… no fighting…’ Seraphina closed her eyes. ‘If I could just let him know I’m there… would he listen…?’

Seraphina finally prepared herself to give her answer. Opening her mouth, she was about to reply when suddenly she felt something in the air. From the looks of it, Arlo and Leilah felt it too.

“An ability dampener…” they whispered.

“We have to go. It appears I was followed after all.” Leilah was quick to decipher the situation. Arlo joined them quickly but made sure not to make a scene to incite a panic. “Follow me. We have to leave now.”

Seraphina and Arlo quickly followed Leilah to the back where the waitress and a co-worker were chatting. The two employees noticed them quickly and were confused.

“Hi, sorry ma’am, you’re not supposed to be back here.” The waitress voiced out her concern.

“Sorry, we’ll be on our way.” Leilah smiles and the three of them quickly make it to the back door, exiting before the employees of the café could cause a commotion. The door led into a back alleyway. “I have a car waiting for us in the front. Let’s move quickly.” Leilah beckons.

Suddenly, there is a swarm of people surrounding them. Seraphina knows right away this is the radical half of Leilah’s organization.

“You better come with us quietly, and don’t bother activating your ability. This dampener cuts your ability power by half.” The spikey haired guy told them, smirking.

“By half…?” Arlo whispered in shock.

“Yes, it’s one of our inventions.” Leilah confirms. Arlo wastes no time, and activates his ability, enclosing the three of them in a barrier. He could easily tell his barrier was indeed a lot weaker.

“Are you sure you can fight like this?” Leilah asked Arlo.

“As if I have a choice.” Arlo snips back. He and Leilah form a shield in front of Seraphina. Leilah observes her surroundings, trying to find any way they can get out of this. She takes a glance back at Seraphina.

‘Seraphina was a god-tier before her ability was taken…’ Leilah thinks, fingering the vial. A decision is made, and she hastily grabs a syringe, filling it with the vial’s contents.

“What are you doing?” Arlo is confused. Seraphina also wonders what Leilah is up to.

“Leilah—” before she could ask, Seraphina is grabbed by her sister, and injected with the liquid into her neck.

Immediately, everything gets blurry before going black. Seraphina can feel herself collapsing, vaguely registering Arlo catching her before she hits the ground, but it isn’t him she hears before she blacks out.

“SERA!!!!” John’s voice screams in her ears, and she feels a surge of power in the air.

‘John…?’ Seraphina voices in her mind. Everything’s going dark. She feels numb, like she can’t move. There’s an incredible power surging, getting closer and closer.

Then she feels warmth all around her. Someone’s holding her, screaming at her to stay awake.

It’s John. She can’t see him, but she hears him… but why does he sound so far away?

‘John…’ Seraphina finally feels at peace. ‘John, I’m so sorry. If I could do it over again…

…I’d make you my priority too.’

Then Seraphina couldn’t see, feel, or hear anything anymore.

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There we go! That’s another chapter! Finally we can now get the ball rolling. Also, another fanfiction I have an idea for is a dark Jeraphina fanfiction where Elaine goes to John to help Seraphina during chapter 214 and John asks for a price. Turns out he meant Seraphina. It would kinda be a Beauty and the Beast or Hades and Persephone style kind of thing. Anyone interested?