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Welcome back, everyone! Starting here in Chapter Six these recaps are doing double duty with my latest attempt at completing National Novel Writing Month. Granted, this isn’t a novel and yes, I technically started this project well before November, but there’s no way I’d manage 50,000 words of fiction in 2020, so I’m hoping to hit that with these recaps instead. You all get semi-frequent updates and I may get to finally say I completed this challenge! That’s a win-win as far as I’m concerned.

Quick reminder: new teams, CFVY was separated, everything is awful. There, done. Seventy-five pages in we’ve come back to Velvet’s point of view as she and the other students are carted off in airbuses. She’s experiencing the “same shock and dismay” that she saw on Yatsuhashi’s face before they were separated, thus I’d like to re-emphasize last chapter’s argument that though shaking up the teams isn’t inherently a bad idea, doing it in this way while your students are recovering from/still involved in a war is… not so great for their mental health. Yeah, yeah, Remnant is a hard place and these kids experience traumatic events on the weekly, but still. There’s a fine line between preparing students for that kind of life and simply traumatizing them further, because this is a kind of trauma when the teams so heavily rely on one another - fill every aspect of one another’s lives: friend, colleague, family, teacher, student, leader, follower, romantic partner - and you’re now uprooting them with no warning. Whether or not new teams actually happen, the students think they are and that’s messing with their heads. Basically they’re just:

This problem is highlighted when we get confirmation of what I stated last time: the teams aren’t merely colleagues turned friends, but family. These fighters have got all their emotional eggs in one basket. Velvet goes so far as to imply that she loves her team more than her parents, with the logic being that they (her parents) “never talked to each other anymore.” So… if Coco and Yatsuhashi stopped talking would that undermine your love for each of them as individuals? I get what the overall takeaway is - divorce is a nasty business and can leave lasting scars on kids caught in the middle, to say nothing of the fact that, as a young adult, Velvet is poised to start creating a family by choice, not blood - but it’s still an odd way to phrase the issue. Here we have another instance of me picking up on implications due to RWBY, the franchise’s, overall themes. When you’ve got a story so thoroughly touting a teens vs. adults mentality, having Velvet mentally reject her parents for her team reads differently than it otherwise would. Chock that onto the pile that already includes things like, ‘Ruby denies that Qrow ever helped her’ and ‘Yang is no longer a part of grieving for Summer’ and ‘Weiss seems to have forgotten all that Klein did for her.’ There’s a lot of uncomfortable details attached to our heroes and how they see the adults in their lives, parents included.

Velvet doesn’t get to worry for long though. A much happier voice sounds across the airbus and she spots Sun, classically hanging from his tail. Instead of hearing more about her fears we segue into - you guessed it - Sun bashing. The first thought to pop into her head is that Sun “wasn’t with the rest of his team, but knowing Sun, that might have been his decision.”

...Velvet, you just tried desperately to stay with your own team and were (somehow) swept away by the apparently overwhelming crowed (still ridiculous imo). But if you didn’t manage this, what makes you think Sun had a chance? Why is his separation suddenly a potential choice when yours was presented as nothing of the sort? That is some real insistence on thinking the worst of him. I dragged Sun for abandoning his team in Volume 4 because that was abandonment. It was a choice worthy of criticism. This? This was outside of his control and Velvet knows it.

Sun saw her, smiled, and waved. Velvet looked away.

Nice, Velvet.

He comes over anyway and (kindly!) asks if she’s okay. Velvet says no, specifically because “Yatsu and I were separated.” Here we have another example of how close the partners get even within each team. Blake and Yang are inseparable. Ruby talks to Weiss more than her sister (and the concept of her talking to Blake in any meaningfully way is hilarious at this point). Now, despite being separated from her entire team - everyone is in the same awful boat - Velvet frames the situation as just being separated from Yatsuhashi. Later she repeats, “Well, I still want to try to find Yatsu.” So would it be a disappointment to find Fox or Coco instead? It’s especially weird because in the main show we see Velvet and Coco interacting the most. I actually had to look up who Velvet’s partner was because I just assumed our two girls were a duo. Apparently not. I’m not really into the CFVY side of the fandom, but I imagine there’s a substantial ship community for these two based solely on how Velvet embraces RWBY partnerships in this book, outside of the always popular Velvet/Coco, of course.

That’s admittedly a ship I can get behind.

After Velvet unloads all her worries “Sun stared ahead, like he couldn’t quite manage to feel bad.” Attention, readers, this is an important lesson coming up! In fandom spaces I often see people analyzing novels (and other print media/visual media with narration) without taking into consideration the perspective. Unless we’ve got an omniscient perspective we need to take into account that our narrator might, simply put, be wrong (and even then, omniscient unreliable narrators are a popular choice). Often I see readers taking a characters’ thoughts - and words - at face value, which is understandable given that we’re meant to emotionally connect with them, but we have to keep in mind that this is their interpretation of events. We see the story through their eyes, how they perceive the world, but their perception of the world may not be accurate or, at the very least, is open to further interpretation. Sometimes this is used in an obvious, plot-driven manner - there’s a surprise twist for the reader, made possible because our protagonist was likewise kept in the dark - but it applies to our reading of more casual interactions too. This is a good example. Just because Velvet says Sun looks “like he couldn’t quite manage to feel bad” doesn’t mean that’s actually how Sun feels. As we’ve just re-established, Velvet is inclined to think the worst of Sun, or at least consider the worst as a distinct possibility. So if we’re asking the question, “Is Velvet’s perspective accurate to reality here?” weighing her previous assumptions against actions like Sun smiling, waving, and asking how she’s doing, AKA caring about her situation… I’d say no, it’s likely not.

At least she doesn’t outright accuse him of anything. Given that he’s not privy to these insulting thoughts, Sun chatters on about the test. He thinks it “isn’t a bad idea” because, as established, a lot of students lost teammates and are having trouble settling into Shade while still trying to live the life they had at Beacon. Changing the teams could be a “chance to really commit to our new school and our training, and learn from one another in a new way.” That’s what I think!

“Right… Or maybe some of us burned bridges with our team and might be looking for an easy way to avoid fixing those relationships.”

Velvet what the actual fuck. Can our cast NOT be assholes for five minutes??

Sun goes red at the accusation and calls her out on being harsh. “Tough love” Velvet calls it. Okay, no. Tough love is reserved for people you’re actually friends with and is meant to have them face a harsh reality they might be avoiding. Sun is avoiding an overt apology with his team, but we (and Velvet) have been given no indication that his thoughts on the test are a smokescreen to hide ulterior motives, which is what she’s talking about here. Sun clearly wants to make up with his team, he’s just struggling to accept what needs to be done to do that. Tough love would have been Velvet encouraging Sun to use this separation to reflect on what his team means to him and then, regardless of whether they end up back together, apologizing for how he unintentionally hurt them. Not… this. Plus, again, Velvet hasn’t exactly been friendly lately. She has little ground for dishing out “tough love.” You need established “love” before the “tough” part.

In addition, she’s not listening to what Sun’s saying. “If they want us prepared for an attack, breaking up teams sounds counterproductive.” When did Sun mention anything about an attack? That’s your assumption of what’s going down based on the illegal investigation you’ve been assisting with. Sun just said that changing the teams would provide some of them with a much needed clean slate, which is true. Just because that’s not what Velvet needs doesn’t mean it’s not useful for others. As she eventually acknowledges, they can get too comfortable in the roles they’ve been playing.

We get her line about wanting to find Yatsuhashi followed by, “Sun, you do whatever you want. That’s what you’re good at.” Velvet seriously? Then minutes later she’s hoping Sun sticks close to her if he can. Real talk: everyone deserves better than this. ‘Friends’ who constantly act like your presence is a burden, insult you whenever they get the chance, insist such insults are for your benefit (it’s just tough love), but then turn around and play nice when you have something they want... those aren’t friends. Note that Velvet is - both privately and overtly - mean to Sun while he’s just existing in the airbus, going through the same horrible test as her, trying to be nice, and holding an otherwise civil conversation. While trapped on the bus with nowhere to go, Sun is a nuisance despite his best efforts. When the floor suddenly opens up and Velvet is terrified of falling and surviving on her own though, then his presence is desirable. That’s not friendship and in another story I’d praise the author(s) for writing a compelling move from shaky acquaintances to a strong bond… but I’m honestly not sure that the relationship (any of them, really) will improve. Far as I can gather, Myers thinks this is friendship.

So Velvet accuses Sun of always and forever hurting others in his pursuit of doing what pleases him (after checking in on Velvet… literally minutes ago…) which is right around when Scarlet decides to make himself known. He agrees with Sun’s belief that this test will be harder than they assume: “I think you’re right… For a change.” Everything comes with a caveat. Apparently Scarlet has been listening in the whole time, but somehow manages to turn that into an insult as well with “I’ve been standing five feet away. Maybe I’m ready for a new team, too.” Wait, is the implication that Scarlet is further annoyed because Sun didn’t notice him? Do you all have ANY idea how many times a friend has stood right next to me and I didn’t notice them because I was caught up in something like work, a show… a conversation? I’m oblivious af. I get that Sun has things to make up for but at the very least these characters could keep their criticisms to what he’s actually done wrong, not crazy reaches like, ‘Sun probably abandoned his team when everyone was separated’ or ‘Sun was busy talking to Velvet and didn’t notice me eavesdropping, so I guess I don’t mean much to him, huh.’ I’m constantly torn between the presumed realism of this writing - people are unfair in their criticisms, teens do hold unsubstantiated grudges - and acknowledging that Myers seems to have felt confident writing (1) personality and just gave it to everyone. Velvet privately becomes as critical as Coco, who is as vocal as Fox, who agrees with Yatsuhashi, who echoes Sun’s team, and Sun himself often throws that attitude right back. Round and round we go.

As one might imagine, the three begin theorizing about what the test itself will be like. Usually Shade sets up initiation just like this. Students are transported in windowless airbuses, dumped in the desert, and told to find their way home. I’m interested in the bit about how teams are made up not only based on arrival, but also “the manner in which [the students] survived.” It definitely lends support to the assumption I’ve always had that the teams can really be random. At least not entirely. There’s strategy on the part of the instructors, thinking through aspects like, ‘Well, these two students used their wits in this manner so they’d pair together nicely.’ Or the reverse, ‘Put together the strategist with the student in love with blunt force, let them balance each other out.’ I certainly don’t think that Ozpin formed teams based solely on who ran into each other first. Not only do we have agency on the part of the students (Weiss leaves Ruby, then Jaune, then goes back to Ruby), as well as the fact that two sets of partners had to be paired together someway, but Ozpin was also carefully watching their whole performance. If the only thing that mattered was getting back to Beacon with a chess piece, why bother examining their choices? Shade appears to employ a similar setup of careful decisions portrayed as randomness, which would make sense given that Ozpin set up these schools. Though all the headmasters may not realize it (is Theodore a part of the inner circle?), or perhaps don’t agree with his methods overall, Ozpin’s influence is undeniably evident in each institution we’ve seen.

The only difference between normal initiation and this test seems to be that the students have to find a gold figurine this time around. Though as our trio points out, there’s likely to be other differences as well, otherwise the original Shade students would have a pretty significant advantage.

During all this Velvet remanences about Beacon’s initiation and we learn that Ozpin does, apparently, use the whole ‘Throw you into the woods where you’ll find some relic’ setup each year, as Velvet remembers being “thrown into the air” during hers. She also hits on another concern that hadn’t crossed my mind until now: what if a team includes a new student alongside the “more vocal in harassing recruits from Beacon and Haven?” It might do the Shade students some good to get to know the newcomers, but it’s not the newcomers’ responsibility to teach them some basic respect and kindness.

During all this Rumpole, via a screen, has been explaining how the test will go down. Her little info session concludes with her telling them to “Prepare for drop-off… See you back home soon.” I really like that she used the term “home” here. It says something about how she views the school and her students’ place in it, despite the tough attitude and tougher culture of Vacuo.

Turns out, when Rumpole said drop-off she meant that literally. The floor opens up and we get a mix of some students panicking while others just happily jump out.

Yeet.

Like I said, Ozpin’s influence.

I didn’t understand the panic initially - aren’t landing strategies a basic part of huntsmen training, something everyone (except Jaune) is expected to know coming into a school? Isn’t it at least partway through the year when everyone, even firsties, has had practice at this? - until I remembered Rumpole’s comment about how she hoped everyone remembered to bring their weapons this morning.

…that’s one hell of a lesson. Let’s break this down for a second. Yes, everyone at Shade is expected to carry their weapons at all times, but the meeting that started all this was early in the morning and, far as I can tell, entirely unexpected. ‘Supposed to’ is not the same thing as ‘will,’ especially when one is dealing with college-equivalent students who are still figuring expectations out. It’s not outside the realm of possibility that someone did leave their weapon behind. So now what? These buses are thousands of feet in the air, dropping students randomly as they jump/fall. If a student did need help how in the world would a professor assist them? Do they just expect other students to help like Pyrrha did for Jaune? It’s possible given that in a moment Octavia will help Velvet despite seeming to dislike her... but that’s not something I’d want to bank on. Whether a student forgot their weapon or has a weapon unsuited to a landing strategy, they’re going to die from this fall. Yeah, yeah, the test is supposed to be deadly, but what’s there to learn then? You’re dead! The lesson ‘Don’t forget your weapon’ or ‘Find a weapon more suited to landing strategies’ will never stick unless there are contingency plans in place to ensure that students survive their first mistakes.

It just all seems kind of flimsy, like everything works out because the plot says it must, not because I believe this in-world setup is geared towards keeping students alive and teaching them how to survive this world. (The reverse of the story conveniently not killing civilians off during a major grimm attack.) If landing strategies are so crucial to a huntsmen’s work - and we see them a lot - why are students allowed to have weapons like Yatsuhashi’s Fulcrum that, far as I can see, provide you with no way of slowing your descent? What if you don’t have a suitable semblance? Or it hasn’t been unlocked yet? What if your weapon would work, theoretically, but you haven’t taken any pictures of other suitable weapons lately (Velvet)? What if you never figure out that there are parachutes on the ship? Unless the instructors have a secret way of saving someone from getting splattered, this seems like a test rife with deadly mistakes, not just encounters. Why not teach your students to carry mini high-tech parachutes on their belts, with weapons and semblances as backups? Incorporate Atlas tech into standard schooling, then give us huntsmen who suddenly have it taken away with the embargo, resulting in a lot of problems. I mean, the students are legit scared in this scene, Velvet included. Having them face deadly grimm is one thing, but why test the odds with a thousand foot plunge when there’s absolutely no reason to? Far as I can see, the schooling isn’t built around ensuring they survive a fall like this - nothing like weapon requirements, or carrying additional gear if you semblance is something like Ren’s - which means making the fall a part of the test itself is... not great.

Which, to be clear, is the fault of the author(s) and how much thought (or not) they’ve put into their fictional school, not the fictional school’s fault because it’s, you know, fictional. Basically, the world building in this series kind of drives me nuts, in case you haven’t noticed lol.

Velvet does find the parachutes, oh so conveniently, and at least has the decency to give one to Sun. Also yeah, kudos for thinking to search for them in the first place. I do like the ‘survival is the only thing that counts’ theme. Cheating, lying, and the like is great when it’s used because the odds are already stacked against you. We get her agreement to try and stick close because remember, there’s nothing like a dangerous situation to remind you to be decent towards someone else. As Velvet magnanimously thinks, “Being with Sun would be better than being alone.”

Okay. Low bar, but okay.

So they fall and we get to hear a fair bit about Vacuo’s history based on what Velvet remembers about each landmark from history class. Honestly, I’m impressed at her recall. I wouldn’t be able to dredge up class notes while falling through the air. We get an abandoned city previously hidden by sand and the somewhat confusing sentence, “These were all that was left of the underground mines, the Drylands, the site of the old Paradise Oasis, long since dried up following Dust mining and the Great War.” Are these three separate places among the rock-less area pockmarked with holes? Or is this a single area of underground mines, called the Drylands (for some reason?), that includes the contrasting place called Paradise Oasis? I’m not sure. The takeaway though is that Velvet hopes Coco isn’t heading to that ambiguously named place because she’s incredibly claustrophobic.

What I find the most informative in all this is the description of the quarries as “physical manifestations of the wounds that still ran deep in the people of Vacuo.” The overall issue of outsiders coming into Vacuo, draining it of its resources, and then taking it back to their own kingdoms (while leaving their trash behind) is the sort of theme significant to our own lives and worthy of examination in fiction… Not saying that RWBY necessarily handles this theme well - especially given the messy conflation of that generational trauma and the awful treatment of any ‘outsider’ who wanders into the kingdom - but I do appreciate when I can see the series trying. Even if it fails, effort is (to an extent) still worth acknowledgement.

What I’m less inclined to praise is the strange follow up of “maybe that was why Rumpole was sending students there.” …what does this mean? Velvet just told us the quarries are the “wounds” of Vacuo, so are they being sent there because they’re dangerous? Because huntsmen will somehow fix this?? Neither of these make sense but I literally don’t know what point Myers is trying to make… which happens a lot. Again, there’s a whole lot of wise-sounding statements in this novel that, at the end of the day, mean very little - if anything at all.

Velvet eventually lands, nearly getting pulled into one of the openings when she can’t get out of her parachute. She’s saved at the last moment by Octavia Ember, a member of Team NDGO. You know, “One of the people she least wanted to run into.” We all knew the moment Velvet worried about running into one of the crueler members of Shade that it would happen.

Their conversation is filled with heartfelt gratitude and riveting greetings:

“Thanks?” Velvet said.

“Whatever.” Octavia sheathed her blade and started walking away. That was more like it.

What is wrong with all of these people? My kingdom for a kind, enthusiastic, non-team exchange!

You know the ‘enemies forced to work together’ conflict couldn’t end there though (a trope I normally love and would likely love here except having Octavia be another stereotypical mean girl was the least innovative choice possible). She and Velvet end up heading towards the same quarry, simply because there’s nothing else for miles around. Velvet displays some quick thinking when she explains that the instructors likely hid the relics in there to ensure they weren’t forever hidden under the sand. Velvet, unlike Yatsuhashi, has also realized that there’s more to the test than just their fighting skills. They’ll be graded on everything, “Including how we treat each other.” I’m always appreciative of characters who use their brains as much as their brawns.

Perhaps that not-so-subtle nudge resonated with Octavia because she opens up a bit. By this I mean she moves from “Whatever” to telling Velvet the traumatizing story of how she lost a third of her clan to Blind Worms in one of these quarries. Okay. That’s a complete 180, but I’ll take it. Velvet continues to have supposed insights about the Vacuans like, ‘Maybe they don’t cry because that’s a waste of water?’ and ‘Maybe they hate everyone on principal because of the past?’ and ‘I guess bullying is just something you’re supposed to survive out here’ (um… no.) In Velvet - and Myers’ - defense she acknowledges that none of these explanations excuse their actions… but I’m not so sure it explains them either. A few chapters ago we were hammering home how teens don’t have an emotional connection to their past, despite it not actually being that long ago (recall Coco’s conversation with Rumpole in class), but now we’re supposed to believe that all of these teens reject newcomers because of stuff that happened during a war they weren’t alive for? Also, I’m neither a doctor nor an anthropologist, but the concept of a desert people refusing to cry because it’s a waste of water - especially in an otherwise advanced civilization - seems suspect. I can buy someone being unable to cry because they’re currently dehydrated, but a whole culture denying themselves this outlet when most of them don’t actually lack water anymore is odd.

Granted, culture isn’t always logical. Case in point: memes. So let’s give that a pass.

However, we’ve still got the issue of continuity across paragraphs. First Velvet is smug because she’s a better climber than Octavia. Then Octavia is ahead and supposedly annoyed that Velvet was slowing her down. It’s unclear when, or if, they’ve finished climbing at this point and a second later Octavia is climbing a tree - why didn’t Velvet do that? Really, I lay little blips like this at the feet of the editors, not the author(s), simply because as an author I know precisely how easy it is to lose track of every detail you’ve introduced. It becomes obvious to the reader when things don’t quite align, but it will often go unnoticed by the writer - like typos. (RIP my own work.) Which is why you need that second perspective to not just catch the big mistakes, but tweak all the smaller ones too. RWBY is now a part of WarnerMedia and Before the Dawn was published by Scholastic. There’s a standard here I don’t think either is meeting.

As said previously though, Octavia climbs a tree because Velvet - with faunus eyes - spotted a trinket the others had missed. Octavia falls, Velvet catches her, and a whole swarm of Ravagers show up, which seem to be a bat-like grimm. Nice. My gothic, vampire, Stellaluna loving ass can get behind that.

Behold: my childhood.

They make a run for it and we - finally - get some solidarity as Octavia admits that the relic is technically Velvet’s and Velvet wonders in turn if they can share it. I offered my kingdom for a kind exchange and I got it! Hurray! More importantly, apparently that is an option because the airbus coordinates have shown up on both their scrolls. I’m not going to pretend that I understand how that tech works, but that’s a level of world building we don’t actually need. Not unless the hypothetical of students piggybacking on another’s relic is a part of the evaluation.

I love that Velvet used her camera flash to scare off the Ravager in their way. That’s a fantastic twist on the ‘Velvet will use her semblance and impress Octavia’ expectation as well as a great way to demonstrate that she is a formidable fighter, capable of paying attention to her situation/surroundings and responding accordingly.

There are more Ravagers though, incoming Blind Worms, an avalanche… and the airbus. A narrow escape indeed. Octavia drops that attention-catching, “Thank the Brothers” as they reach safety.

Going back to my earlier point about Shade seeming happy to kill its kids, apparently Velvet and Octavia were the last to reach the bus and Sun told the pilot to wait. That says good things about Sun, but horrible things about the test. If Sun hadn’t insisted on staying would Octavia and Velvet have had a way out? Why in the world wasn’t the pilot told to wait longer?? The whole timeline is confusing, with Sun and Velvet leaving the airship only a short time after everyone else, but it looks like the whole group was way ahead of them (the quarry is empty of both relics and people by the time they arrive), except Sun managed to get super far ahead of Velvet somehow, and their pilot was apparently working under an unspoken deadline… I’m just taking information at face value because if you try to piece it all together, good luck.

Also sorry, but I straight up laughed at Sun’s “You woke up the Ravagers. And you lived to tell the tale.” That is so unnecessarily dramatic. Oh no. Not the Ravagers. Literally the first thing I thought of was some B horror movie like

Coming only to a streaming service near your couch because we’re still living through a pandemic. Wear your masks, friends!

Back to this very entertaining reaction. Sun, you and Velvet have both taken out Atlesian knights, you fought a gigantic sea monster with Blake, and Velvet just bypassed a nest of Ravagers with a simple bright light. If RWBY is going to randomly try and make the grimm threatening again, do it with stuff that actually reads as a significant threat to these fighters. After you’ve got your first years blasting through (Yang) and riding (Nora) bear grimm at initiation, a couple of bat grimm just doesn’t cut it.

Moving on, Velvet’s iffy perspective rears its head once more as she thinks, “What if Sun had passed by the trinket in the tree, knowing it would be too dangerous to retrieve it? She and Octavia had not had that luxury.”

There’s a lot wrong with this theory:

How do you know Sun has better vision, even as a fellow faunus? As Volume 7’s Tyrian attack brought to the surface, supposedly not every faunus has that advantage.

Velvet straight up says that she wasn’t able to see the Ravagers, otherwise she would have warned Octavia about them. The whole point is that they startled her and she fell. So what, Sun not only has faunus vision but better than Velvet’s? (Do monkeys have better vision than rabbits? I have no idea, but this is the kind of stuff I would google if I wanted to potentially draw attention to it in my book).

If that trinket was too dangerous to retrieve, why did the instructors put it there in the first place? Fox mentioned things being unfair with his lack of sight, but that’s a pretty big difference: easy grabs in a supposedly abandoned quarry vs. a grab that wakes up the whole nest of grimm.

“She and Octavia had not had that luxury” why does this sound like another dig at Sun? Like it’s worth criticizing that he… got there first? Got lucky with the relics closer to the floor? Probably because everything is a dig at Sun in this book, including Velvet’s surprise that he might have “respect in his eyes.” Velvet! He was just asking about you, made the bus wait, and has always worn his heart on his sleeve! Sun’s respect/care is not in question, only how he chooses (at times) to display it.

Not that the story seems to get that. We can’t work through Sun’s questionable choices if we’re stuck in this never ending loop of ‘He’s so annoying/incompetent/willfully cruel’ into ‘Hark! is that a positive trait I see?’ and then back to ‘Never mind he’s awful.’ Maybe Velvet’s pride at his reaction to the Ravagers will finally move things forward.

Which is where we leave off. The airbus scares off the other Ravagers with its guns, the group heads back towards Shade (or a second part of the test? That did feel too much like a normal initiation to be fair), and Velvet ends with the equally dramatic line, “The initiation ritual had been hard and almost deadly, and even worse was yet to come: the assignment of the new teams.”

I have to say though, that is the most teen-accurate thought I’ve seen so far. An 18 year old would be more scared of their team social life than getting eaten by a monster lol.

On that note, drop a comment or an ask if you feel like being social yourself and I’ll see you during the next burst of NaNoWriMo energy! 💜

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Weakness (Akechi and Joker)

Prompt: Akechi goes to confront Akira about his choice concerning Dr. Maruki’s reality, and sees a side of his rival he wished he hadn’t.

Goro Akechi, after all he’d been through, didn’t think it was possible at this point for him to be surprised. From his first discovery of the metaverse all the way to Akira’s clever escape from death, his own mysterious escape from death in Shido’s palace, to the god of control, and finally when all’s said and done, Maruki’s reality shifting powers come into play…

He’d managed to grasp his situation each time, and thought there was nothing in the world that could catch him off guard.

He was wrong…

They were already prepared. The treasure route to Markuki’s palace was secure and they were simply counting down the days, waiting until the unavoidable encounter. Akechi was looking for Akira, unfortunate as that was to him, because he needed confirmation. Confirmation that Akira wouldn’t give up and accept Dr. Maruki’s reality. Goro knew the thought had crossed his mind, and it made him nervous. He didn’t want to exist in a world where he was under someone else’s thumb anymore. He wanted to atone and make his own choices. It was all he could do…

He finally found Akira, after some trouble and asking around, at the temple… alone. Morgana wasn’t even present. Perhaps that was a good thing, as the chatty cat never seemed to shut up. Akira was bundled in his winter coat and sitting lax, staring out into space while the cold nipped at him and wind lightly ruffled through his hair. He seemed very deep in thought.

“Finally.” Akechi groaned. “It took forever to find you.“

He stopped short, noticing out Akira suddenly stiffened. As if the sound of his voice was jarring and had dragged him out of whatever mental safe haven he was hiding in. He scoffed, crossing his arms. “I suppose it’s like you to get lost in your own head, but we have important matters to discuss.”

Akira didn’t answer… he probably knew what Akechi was here for, and didn’t want to discuss it either way, which was something the former detective would not stand for.

“Don’t think ignoring me is going to get you out of-“

He was cut off.

“Leave.”

Goro pauses at this. The command was quiet, but there was a certain… agitation behind it. No, not agitation. Anger. It was very unlike the Phantom Thieves leader. Akira was usually so lax and calm about everything. Even in Shido’s palace, he didn’t allow emotions or past situations to interfere with that easy going demeanor, so the sudden twinge of malice in his tone sent up a warning flag.

Akechi narrowed his eyes at this, noting his rival’s suddenly rigid posture. As if the presence of any other human being was a disturbance. Tactfully, he continued.

“As much as I’d love to be as far away from you as possible, there’s something we need to settle. I won’t take no for an answer and this childish attitude you’re pulling isn’t going to dissuade me from-“

It happened suddenly. In a swift blur, Akira was off his seat and lashed out. Akechi was pinned to the wall, the wind knocked out of him. He clenched his eyes shut for a moment in pain, and when he opened them he was met with a very unsettling sight. Akira… his usually calm and collected rival, looked like he was ten seconds away from bashing his head into the wall. His eyes were wide and livid. He held Akechi to the wall with a horribly harsh grip on his arms, which was sure to leave a mark later. He was trembling somewhat, but not from the cold. His pupils were dilated and his gaze narrow with lightly concealed threats.

The flood of emotion in those currently cold and angry eyes seemed like they could bore a hole through Akechi’s skull. It was the first time he’d truly ever seen Akira angry… and loathed as he was to admit it, it was frightening.

“A- Akira, what are you doing?!” Goro cursed himself for stuttering, but he truly was caught off guard.

His breath hitched as Akira’s grip on his arms, somehow, became even tighter.

“Can I not be alone for ten minutes?!” His rival seethed with barely contained hatred. “Is there no such thing as peace and quiet?! Does something have to be going wrong in my life every other moment?! What do you want?!”

It didn’t take Akechi long to realize, even in his stunned state, that whatever mental episode was happening right now was likely the result of many months of hidden frustration. Quiet endurance. Truly taking a second to consider it, Akira had been through a lot in a very short span of time… The false charges, being ostracized from his parents and sent away, facing the disdain of his peers in school and other adults who couldn’t be bothered to look beyond a few rumors, being caught, drugged, and nearly killed, fighting himself, fighting Shido, then fighting the god of control… and just when the chaos and pain seems to have finally settled, being faced with Maruki’s reality.

Goro didn’t answer him… he stayed quiet, because he was certain saying anything right now would just set Akira off. Eventually, though it took a good long while of hateful staring, his rival seemed to slowly come to the realization of what he was doing. Shakily and slowly he loosened his grip, though he didn’t let go.

Head lowered with a mix of emotions Goro had never before seen, Akira spoke with an exhausted and wavering voice.

“I just need… silence.”

Akechi nodded, and his rival released him, backing away and looking a bit pale as he sat back down, burying his face in his hands. It occurred to him suddenly, that no one, not even the multitude of loyal friends he’d made, had ever seen Akira in such a vulnerable state. He hadn’t let them… He always had a mask on, to hide his pain from the injustices constantly thrown at him. It was somewhat ironic, that of all the friends he made, it was his rival who got to see this side of him first. Goro should have been pleased… but he wasn’t. He didn’t enjoy seeing him like this at all. Especially when Akira’s shoulders began to shake slightly, signifying he was quietly crying. Akechi could tell he’d tried to stop it at first, but after having lashed out to begin with deemed it didn’t matter either way and gave in.

So Akechi did the best thing he could do in that situation… he left. Left Akira to gather himself without the disruption of other people. The ‘detective prince’ took the train to Kinjoji, and went to one of the few places he himself found refuge. The jazz club. He sat down, and began to think.

How tempting must Dr. Maruki’s reality be to Akira…? After all he’s been through, he’s faced with a decision. To go back to the world as he knows it, or accept this distorted perfect reality and finally feel peace. He hadn’t even really considered it. He’d been so focused on the thought that Akira might accept Dr. Maruki’s offer solely for the sake of keeping him alive, that he hadn’t even thought about the other factors that might be luring him in. Try as he might, Akechi couldn’t get Akira’s moment of weakness out of his head. For the first time, Joker, the leader of the Phantom Thieves, looked so broken. So tired. Like he just wanted to give in and rest. It was honestly rattling, because for the first time, Akira seemed human. Not just some laid back teenage prodigy that has the world handed to him on a silver platter. Honestly, Goro felt a bit uncomfortable that his image of Akira was being skewed in this way. He always saw and detested his rival for the things he had… conviction, friends, the power to change his fate. It was part of what made them such great rivals. But Goro should’ve known better… things are never so simple.

The idea that Akira might accept Dr. Maruki’s reality now seemed closer than before. Akechi knew he wouldn’t stand a chance against Maruki alone. He’d be forced to accept whatever reality his rival chose. It was disheartening, knowing this decision was out of his hands. He frowned at his drink and sighed.

So be it…

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wolftrapped · 3 years

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THE PODCAST — DRINKING BUDDIES.

Drinking Buddies é um projeto independente que busca compreender artistas de maneira intimista sem recorrer ao escândalo e à invasão desrespeitosa, propondo-se à outorgar um espaço para justificativas, diálogos sinceros e correntes. Usualmente regada por bons vinhos — embora existam outras opções para convidados abstêmios — a entrevista consiste em um ritmo de conversa entre velhos conhecidos, sem tempo previamente definido ou obrigatoriedade de resposta. Detalhes de vida pessoal e a tão pública carreira se sobrepõem, criando uma nova perspectiva de indivíduos sob a constante pressão dos holofotes, humanizando-os.

TRANSCRIPT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS: Entrevistada da semana Abbadon de Rosas, inte e três anos, cantora e atriz. (@mosquinhainthewall)

So, not to be that kind of guy, but I feel like to know you personally, we should brush over your personal life. And that includes past relationships.Despite having dated a couple celebrities, I think your most recent and most high-profile partner was that one guy. So... you have dated the butcher. Girl, what the hell was it like?

A: It was like a roller-coaster ride, you get in very excited and you get scared halfway through, you scream a lot, you get your heart racing and you leave that shit shaking and wanting to puke for your own bad decisions and still wanting to do It again. It's fucking nuts, because he's a really charming person and he can really make you fall in love like right off the bat, but the guy is also an asshole who has a lot of issues and there is a point that people just can't take It anymore, the whole sex, drugs and rock n' roll It's too real to be good and It's fucking awful to see. He's good in bed, tho, I have to give him that. When he's not passing out drunk, he's a great boyfriend.

That was... wow. I think this has been the first time you have been so open about this, so I'm kinda honored. I think the glamorization of all those issues associated with success and music in the rock scene is very unnecessary. You can have hits and put out great work without falling into the cliché of the supposed demons that come with it all. I might be on the wrong here, but I don't think you necessarily have to sign a deal with the devil to make it. I can only imagine things got heated in a bad way, because such problems must have taken it's toll on you. And yet, you were together for a surprisingly long time. Not at once, of course, but you had that on and off again relationship. I assume it can be exhausting, emotionally speaking, at least. How did you cope? And why did you stay in on it so long? I mean, it sounds kinda toxic. And as you highlighted it, I assume the drinking was a major problem... how did you deal with it?

A: It's because everything already went to hell, so fuck It. He's going to be pissed off at me anyway, so might as well just say it for once. I'm not going to bash on him for that, there's a lot of fucked up shit going on and that has happened before that makes the whole thing make sense, but like there are other things that just make everyone around him be in a constant state of alert and It's tiring. Yeah, I'm not the easiest person to deal either, but like, even I got limits. Well, that's the thing, like when you love someone as much as I love him you don't want to admit that you can't help and that the whole thing is becoming something that's eating you alive, you don't want to say ‘enough’ because that means giving up, that means putting your feelings above someone else’s needs, but sometimes we have to. It wasn’t toxic and I know It sounds like something someone in a toxic relationship would say, but the thing about Dragan is that everyone thinks that he is the "butcher" for things that he's done to others when in reality the only person he's hurting is himself, he just doesn't see nor understand how that can affect people around him. It's fucked up? Totally, I won't deny it that it got to the point where my parents stepped in and where like 'maybe you should spend some time in Argentina and just step back' but it wasn’t like a toxic or abusive thing where I didn't knew what I was doing. I don't think I dealt with that, because, like, there's no stopping someone with a drinking problem, they won't just put the bottle down and listen, you just have to be there and try to make them see and, well, take care of them after.

So, tiring, you say? Why is it tiring? What is tiring? What happened, if I might inquire. Well, if we really analyze it, no one is actually easy to deal with. We are complex beings with even more complex emotions, so I guess the best we do is just try and navigate feelings and situations in the less crappy way possible. But sometimes, we are driven to the extreme and that makes it very hard to take control of certain situations. I guess what I'm trying to say is that mental health sometimes requires a little bit of what might seem like selfishness, but it's actually not. I mean, you can be empathetic and sympathetic, compassionate even, but people shouldn't expect you to put your needs aside all the time just to think about others. In order to actually be helpful, you must be in a good place about your own feelings, so it doesn't become a vicious cycle of resentment and problematic situations, you know? So I get what you're saying. Besides, if we really weigh things... you're pretty young. Not a kid, of course, but rather young when compared to him. You shouldn't put your health and your youth aside to try and nurse a dysfunctional adult back to good shape while wasting yourself in the process. Love is as much about letting go as it is about being there for someone else. So if you say it wasn't toxic, I believe you. As an outsider, I might not have the full picture, so I can't step in and say you're wrong about how you see the things you went through. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been, to watch someone dear slowly waste away, you know? I guess with alcohol and any other addictions, really, it’s kinda complicated to make the person see how damaging that habit is. I guess they don't see themselves in bad shape. I think at this point, it's only fair to assume you saw the worst of it, as you said you took care of him during his drunken haze. How was it for you? Where did you get the strength to do it?

A: The whole thing, I guess. Because you're constantly thinking if that person is going to do stupid shit because he's high or If he's high because he's about to go into a depressive episode, and the later it’s not really his fault, you can't really blame someone for, like, trying to cope and just kill what's killing them, but for someone who's around and who's emotionally involved in that process, not knowing can be tiring. I don't think really the age It's a factor, I've been in Hollywood for so long that I can tell you that having a relationship with someone I loved, fucked up or not, was the least of the things I did that can be put out as wasting myself. I'm really afraid that I haven’t seen the worst, because If that's true then it's really even more of a risk and it just breaks my heart. I have no Idea, never thought about It. And I'm being totally honest right now when I say I really didn't gave that much of a though on that when It was happening, because It's easier that way.

Yeah, I hear you. You did start on this business at a very young age, and had your share of trouble, with your image and your habits and all that pressure over your shoulders. You coming out on top of that situation and standing in a brighter and more hopeful place is kind of an statement that you can get out of harms way. But having been there, at rock bottom might have given you a different perspective in that whole situation. Tell me... did your experiences made ir more difficult to be involved in it? I mean, I can only imagine you must have felt dragged back into something you were just getting out of. Also, I would like to reinforce that any questions that make you feel uncomfortable, just give me a heads up and we'll move on. This a conversation and in no way I would like to seem intrusive. And on a brighter note... let's be a little intrusive, as well, because I'm simply human and I am curious in an almost voyeuristic way... how were the good times like?

A: Very young. I was a baby And it's not just that, when you're in Hollywood everyone that is around ends up affecting how people see you, like, I was 17 going into rehab for a sex addiction that I didn't have because people around me had a problem and everyone thought that I had a problem too, then. I would like to say that it made it easier, but I think that It definitely was difficult, it brings a certain anxiety every time shit goes down. But I didn't felt dragged, that's actually really a point, people often think that he was, like, a bad influence, like, making me do drugs or other stuff, when he wasn’t, he was very against people taking drugs and getting pissed drunk. A little hypocrite? Of course. Don't worry, I'm fine for now, I think It's the wine. And... it was great. As I said, roller-coaster, when you're on the top It's just the best feeling ever and he was a really sweet person.

I wouldn't say hypocrisy, I kinda get it. I mean, real friends wouldn't offer you drugs, and as a drug addict, it makes sense that he knows how dependent you get on those things and not wanting people he cares about to end up in the same situation. I have a friend who struggled once with addiction and he used to say that very same thing: people who care about you will never want you to go down on the same path as them, because they know how hard addiction gets and no matter how good the rush, it’s just not worth bringing loved ones down. I mean, junkies still harm people they care about, even though in a different way, but I guess in their thought process, it makes perfect sense to make that kind of damage control. Oh, it's good wine, I'm getting kinda tipsy as well. So, that's difficult for me: seeing him as a sweet person. With all the troubles you went through, I have no problems actually imagining you as very nice. And to be honest, I'm delighted to see that you actually are. When it comes to Dragan, however, it's nearly impossible for me to look at him an think 'oh, there goes a nice dude'. I guess it must have something to do with how he is usually pictured in the media but, to be honest, he kinda paints those images himself, with all the reckless behavior, the aggression and the sexual scandals... and his infamous birthday party, of course. I can only assume that must have been another complication, since he is very evasive and closed off to the point of getting violent, whereas you're really open about most things. Did it cause some clash of opinions? How did you manage the public image issues?

A: I get It, I really do, but it's hard not get angry towards It when the person Is getting angry saying that he doesn’t have a problem and then be like 'Yeah, but you can't do this or that because then you will have a problem', It just makes you sigh and go like ’oh, please, just don't’. But he is. He is lovely when he's not having cameras shoved on his face. Well, thank you, It's good to know that I'm not being mean, people tend to say that I look mean. It's just... he tries really hard coming off as not caring and sometimes he can be an asshole, I mean it, the biggest asshole of all, but most of the time he is this great guy that even when you say shit will just help you anyway and try to be kind. And he has the best date ideas and getting away landscapes. A lot. But It is just another thing that we worked around, like I don't mind paparazzis, but he does, so I know that I'm not dragging him to, like, Four Seasons or whatever when I know It's going to cause him anxiety. And It's just common sense I guess.

Well, the people who say you're mean clearly haven't made the smallest effort to actually know you. And don't worry, if I come off as flirty, let me warn you that I am very much gay. So I'm totally not hitting on you now. I guess having a personality and standing up for yourself might come off as mean nowadays, buck fuck people who say that, honestly. I mean... still hard to believe, even with you saying he is nice and all that, I still have a hard time believing he would not try to get me killed for posting this interview, you know? You said it yourself: he'll most likely get angry, and publicly, that doesn't tend to end up well. Getting dark here again, so I'll try to mix things up. Still relationship wise, I have to ask: sex stuff. How was it? Don't judge me, you've seen the butcher and I speak for the people saying I would like to know how was that.

A: Oh, thank you! Well, don't worry, I'm used to coming off as flirty, I know how It's like. I have a friend If you're single, I'm trying to set him up with someone with actual decency. He's not, maybe he'll say something about It If asked and It might get a little heavy, but like It's only because as you said, he is very closed off...And It isn’t your fault, the most likely one to end up with the fault It's me, preach. Oh... I've seen the butcher, alright. You know when people tell you that someone is really good at bed and has a big dick and you don't believe them and then you find out it's actually better and bigger? That's how It was like.

Oh, if you're talking about your co-star, we know you two dislike each other and we'll talk about that in the next section of the interview. If not, thanks anyway, but I have been happily married for a couple years now. God, this is getting racy. I won't even ask anymore because we have to keep things at a bare minimum not safe for work. But well, I guess now the internet would be driven wild: theories that the butcher has a big dick have been confirmed first-hand by his ex-girlfriend. On that note... You've seen the butcher. Not the naked man, the song. Some people say it's about you. Some people speculate many of the songs he wrote are about you, which is an interesting thing to say, since the man can get really poetic. I mean, at least lyrically, he is very versatile, being able to write the most sexual things one minute and switch to the most deep and depressing words the other. I guess what I'm trying to say... can you confirm or deny you're the subject in that piece of music? Because said theory also sparked rumors that you two have been a thing longer than the public eye knows, with some even daring to say he started a physical relationship with you before you were a legal adult, which is controversial, to say the least. I really have no formed opinion on this, since those comments came after a few interpretations of the song, which can be a little absurd, with some claiming is about taking a girl's virginity (said girl would be you, in their version of the facts), some saying it's just about sex with no deeper meaning and some more radical individuals claiming is about a serial killer.

A: No, I'm not talking about Florian, and he doesn’t dislike me, he hates me. Oh, that's cute, my parents are happily married for so long that I'm sometimes ashamed that I don't have a long-lasting relationship. Well, I can assure you that things only get more NSFW, so It's better not to ask... I don't know about that, like, he never told me anything about writiing for me, so I can't really be that much of a helping hand on this matter, but the whole underage thing is not true. I will let recorded for further actions that I did not slept with Dragan while I was underage, you can rest now internet avengers. And I do think It's about sex with no deeper meaning, but I don't know, I didn't wrote it. How that fuck is that about a serial killer? That doesn’t even make sense! That song is clearly about sex. Like the other song that it's about oral sex, there's no deeper thing, that's it. It's about sex.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE!

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noodlesrgucci · 5 years

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For the First and Last Time

Summary: Shoto and his terminally ill S/O show each other just how much they value one another.

Pairings: Shoto Todoroki x female reader

Words: 1880

Warnings: Smut, Angst,

This was just supposed to be angst idk how it turned into smut

Just one more week.

One mere week, that’s all she had left.

Y/N sat there on her bed, reflecting over her past choices. Her once lovely eyes were tinted red because of her crying.

Once upon a time, she had been healthy. She was able to genuinely laugh and make plans about her future.

But she didn’t have a future. And she knew this to be true since three years ago. Approximately a week before Y/N started her freshman year at UA, she received news that changed her entire outlook on life.

She had been diagnosed with a terminal disease.

The emotions she felt that day could not be explained by words. She had woken up that day wishing for time to go by faster so that she could start her school year.

But now, now she wished for the time to slow down.

Even though she knew what her fate was, she still started her school year in UA. She decided to ignore the signs that told her she should just relax and she enjoy the time she had left with her family. Instead, she worked hard every single day. Her hero career became her number one priority and it was clear to her peers and teachers that the girl had a promising hero career ahead of her. She also figured that what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them.

After all, ignorance is a bliss.

Throughout her school year she met numerous people, many of which became her best friends.

Best friends that she constantly lied to and deceived with a fake smile. She lied about all her visits to the hospital and medicine she had to take.

One of the people she met was Shoto Todoroki. The boy whom she fell hopelessly in love with.

She soon figured out that Shoto also held some affections for her. By the beginning of her second year at UA, Y/N was dating him.

She knew it was wrong. It was wrong to form relationships and live life normally as if nothing was wrong. As if she had all the time in the world to live. Yet being with Shoto made her forget for an instant just what her fate had in store for her. She held on to the hope that maybe, just maybe, she could live to grow old by Shoto’s side and be with him forever.

But life doesn’t work that way.

Time flew and Y/N found herself getting weaker and weaker by the moment. This didn’t go unnoticed by the people around her. They noticed how she got easily tired during exercises and how much weaker her quirk became.

By the beginning of her third year in UA, Y/N could barely use her quirk correctly. It malfunctioned almost every time she used it and this made take numerous visits to Recovery Girl’s office.

One time Shoto and Y/N were having a conversation about what they wanted to do after their school life was over. He had said that he wanted to marry her in the future and share a household with her.

Y/N didn’t bother to hold in her tears. She became a sobbing mess and that’s when she finally told him the truth.

Shoto’s face after realization hit him would be forever engraved into Y/N’s memory. Shoto finally understood why his girlfriend looked and sounded so weak.

She was slowly dying.

Time continued to pass and Shoto had done everything in his power to help Y/N. He always reminded her to take her medications and visit her doctors. He even stayed up late at nights trying to see if there was a cure for her disease. But he was unsuccessful.

Y/N couldn’t even use her quirk anymore. Any type of exercise would cause her to collapse on the floor and passs out. Her appetite was also lost and she didn’t seem interested in her favorites food anymore.

Shoto had to watch as the light of his life was slowly fading away. Y/N had brought so many smiles to his face. She even encouraged him to use his fire quirk and be more social. But now, he was slowly seeing her fall apart.

Currently Y/N was sitting on her bed crying. I’m just two months, her graduation ceremony would take place. Most of her peers were celebrating, but Y/N couldn’t have the same luxury.

She had less than a week left after all.

She lifted her head as she heard the distant footsteps of Shoto. He opened her door and greeted her with a sad eyes.

Y/N attempted to give him a smile, but he saw right through her efforts of putting on a fake smile. Shoto’s eyes were tired as if he hadn't slept in weeks. And he hadn't. He couldn't bring himself to sleep knowing that his beloved would soon leave him. He wanted to stay with her. He wanted to love her.

Suddenly, Shoto lounged himself at her and captured her small body in a hug. Y/N immediately hugged him back. No words were needed to express what they were both feeling.

Shoto was in denial. He couldn’t believe that a benign being such as Y/N had to go through all of this. There were so many criminals that grew old doing nothing but evil deeds. There were terrorists that lived a full and healthy life.

But fate is cruel.

The girl that had a life ahead of her had to be the one to get ill and suffer.

Shoto was brought out of his throughts by the sobbing of the girl he was holding. He finally took the time to take in her appearance. She looked weak and defeated.

“ Shoto...” Y/N weakly said. “ I don’t wanna die! I wanna live a long life by your side! I want to become a top hero! I want to graduate! There are so many things I want to do!”

Y/N continued to talk about everything she wanted to do. She talked about her dreams and ambitions. She also mentioned places she’d like to visit.

“ I also wanted to marry you someday!” Y/N was violently sobbing by now and Shoto was doing his best to comfort her. He was doing his best to keep his tears in.

He wanted to hold her and tell her that everything was going to be ok. He wanted to be her hero and to see her smiling. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t even guarantee that she’d be alive tomorrow.

It killed him inside that his lover was slowly dying and he couldn’t do anything about it.

“ We can get married tomorrow . We are already of legal age. No, we can get married today!”

Y/N shook her head and denied Shoto’s offer. She stared at her with sad and defeated eyes. As if telling him that she knew that she wouldn’t make it. This made Shoto break. He couldn’t control the tears that came out of his eyes at a rapid pace.

“ I love you! Please, don’t leave me! You are the most important person in my life! We can find a cure, know we can! Even if we have to travel the entire world for it! I’ll even quit my hero career in order to achieve that! But please, just hold on a little longer, please, my love!”

By now Shoto was crying. He was begging her to stay with him. He held on to the slightest hope that she’d be able to get help and continue living her life as the joyful girl she was once.

“ I’m sorry! This is all my fault! I knew I was terminally ill ever since we were freshman. Yet I still allowed myself to fall for you. When you confessed to me, I should’ve rejected you! I should’ve distanced myself so that I wouldn’t cause you this pain! But I was so selfish! I am so sorry!”

Shoto held her closer and assured her that being with her was the best decision he had ever made. They continued to hug each other in complete silence. Only the sound of their sobs could be heard around the room.

They just wished to stay like that. They wanted the clock to stop ticking so that they could forever be togother.

“ Shoto, I wanna try something...” Y/N whispered after a few moments of silence.

“ What is it?”

There was a moment of silence as Y/N had a debate with herself.

“ Make love to me.”

Shoto’s eyes widened and his breath hitched. He was not expecting that. Y/N noticed his confusion and decided to explain her reasoning.

“ I want to show you just how much I actually value you. I...I want to be as close to you as I can right now!” Y/N struggled with her word choices but it was enough for Shoto to understand.

Shoto leaned in and kissed her forehead. He accepted her request and realized that he also wanted to be close to her, he wanted to please her.

Their lips connected in a warm kiss. Their kiss held so many emotions. It felt like a goodbye. As if that was the last kiss they’d have. Shoto nibbled at her skin and kissed her cleavage.

Slowly clothing was removed. Shoto stared down at Y/N who was only wearing her panties. Her chest was now exposed to Shoto.

“ You are so beautiful, love.”

This made Y/N blush. Her bashful expression made Shoto fall in love with her all over again.

Shoto kisses her once again. This time it was more passionate and needy. He continued to distribute kisses throughout her body. They grind onto each other and shared more kisses.

The sounds that left Y/N’s mouth were music to Shoto’s ears. He wanted to memorize this moment. He wanted to remember how her skin felt against his, how she moaned his name, and how she tasted like.

It was not long until both of them were completely naked. They were both lost in each other’s eyes. Shoto slowly moved himself into her. After some pain, she waited to adjust to his size.

Shoto moved slowly yet sensual. They weren’t in a rush. All they wanted was each other. Shoto leaned down and buried his face on the crook of her neck. Y/N felt his tears fall down her shoulder. Shoto couldn’t help himself. He cried as he went inside of her.

Y/N gently massaged his scalp as quiet moans left her mouth. With one final thrust, both Y/N and Shoto reached their climax.

Even though they were both happy to be intimate, they couldn’t hell the tears that left their eyes. Y/N looked at Shoto with a genuine smile on her face before she threw herself at him and hugged him.

Shoto laid down and Y/N was on his chest. He allowed his arms to protectively rest around her waist. After one final kiss, they decided to fall asleep.

Three days later, Y/N didn’t wake up from her slumber, leaving Shoto all alone.

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lykkefm · 4 years

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hello my lovely humans ! it’s lina , back again w another muse bc lbr i have no self control n u deserve better than the piece of trash that is atlas ! so , i hereby introduce u to my entirely new bby aka lykke ! it’s the first time i’ve played a muse like this so pls bear w me angels while i figure her out adkjfgkn but if u would like to plot , pls hit that ❤️ or if u prefer msg me on my discord @𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖊#0369 !

chicago’s very own 𝐥𝐲𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐳𝐚̈𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 has been spotted on madison avenue driving a 𝐛𝐦𝐰 𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐞́ , welcome ! your resemblance to 𝒋𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 is unreal . according to tmz , you just had your 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 - 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 birthday bash . your chance of surviving new york is uncertain because you’re 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 , but being 𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 might help you . i think being a 𝒍𝒆𝒐 explains that . 3 things that would paint a better picture of you would be 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 , 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 . ( 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 ) & ( 𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 + 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚎𝚛 )

: / / 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔 .

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 : lykke ( happiness , good fortune ) freja ( lady , noblewoman ) zähringer ( i couldn’t find a meaning but it’s probs smth Schmancy ) .

𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 : alright listen , , her parents chose her name so it wouldn’t b shortened so ! have fun w this !

𝐀𝐆𝐄 : twenty - four .

𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 : august 3rd .

𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂 : leo .

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 : female .

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒 : she & her .

𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 & 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 : pansexual & panromantic .

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 : american .

𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 : caucasian ( danish & american )

𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐒 : the astrophile , the paracosmist , the aquaphile .

𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 : former olympic swimmer , currently a lead actress in netflix’s fiercer things .

𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 : 10 million dollars .

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒 : adaptive , affability , benevolent , creative , compassionate , dependable , enthusiastic , honest , merciful , open - minded , sincere .

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒 : absentminded , ascetic , breezy , competitive , dreamy , earthy , emotional , predictable , questioning , whimsical .

: / / 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 .

deep conversations , loose hair , the constellations of a cloudless night , messy ponytails , bare feet in the mornings , half finished mugs of coffee , music through iphone speakers , the smell of rain in the air , tangled hair ties , half used tubs of hand cream , rolled up sleeves of an oversized sweater , dogeared pages , paint stained jeans , an unchanged bedside clock , warm tea , good books , soft pillows , blinking neon lights .

: / / 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 .

as the daughter of a well - known danish director & a world - renowned american makeup mogul , lykke was born into a world of luxury & a world full of endless possibilities . she had , essentially , the whole world resting on the palm of her hand . raised in chicago , but bouncing between her family’s permanent home there to the residence they owned in los angeles was difficult , but as the youngest of four & a child who’s mind was constantly buzzing with ideas , lykke didn’t mind .

her upbringing was relatively relaxed . her parents , who had busy lives as it was always tried to make time for their children , & as their oldest began to disperse & follow their own path , lykke was left alone most of the time . she didn’t mind , however , because with alone time came more time to let her imagination run wild . she was always a creative child , always thinking that believing isn’t seeing & so the thought of adventure & it’s endless possibilities was enthralling to her .

she was young & free ; she had a magnetic aura that captivated just about everyone in the room , but that’s not what made her special . lykke was , as her teachers would say , an enigma . she was smart all the while being unburdened by knowledge . she was skeptical of life’s meaning but at the same time , she believed in the impossible . she pushed the boundaries �� & in the end , it not only made her a valuable friend but an extraordinary student . she was inquisitive , always keen to learn new things , & always dove head first into new opportunities .

it was because of her determination & participation in school’s extracurricular activities that she was persuaded to join her high school’s swim team . swimming was , of course , the activity she enjoyed the most at school , but she never thought she would create a career out of it . but still , she agreed & was fast approaching becoming the best in her class . she was a fast learner , taking every opportunity to practice & before she knew it , she was at the top of her class . she was extremely valued not only by her team members but by her coach , & at one particular swimming competition , a representative for the olympic swim team came scouting for recruits & took lykke under his wing almost immediately .

she was a promising little thing , however a little too inexperienced in big competitions , but she would go far . so , to prepare for when she’d join the olympic team . she was thrown into national competitions , opting for homeschooling while she travelled for all the competitions she had to attend . needless to say , she loved it . being in the water gave her a sort of freedom she’d never felt before , & the thrill of the competition strove her to do better . she rose to success so quickly that , on the eve of her eighteenth birthday , it was announced she would be join the olympic team in the 2016 olympic games .

the build up to the olympics was immense . lykke was thrown into training more arduous than what she’d ever experienced , but she loved every part of it . she loved the adrenaline running through her veins & she loved more than anything , being a part of a team . in the games she would compete in the 800 metre freestyle race & the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay , & the faster the games approached , the more nervous she felt . she had already successfully won nearly every competition she faced leading up to the olympics , but this was the real test in her eyes .

when it came to the games , despite her nervous state , lykke won her solo race . the thrill of this made her want to win more , but she was nervous . after watching the other team practice & perform their own races , & that her own team would need to be faster & better in order to beat them . so , in her nervous panic , when it was her turn to take over the relay , she jumped too early , even though she knew she wouldn’t clear her teammate in time , & they both ended up in hospital ; her teammate with a injury to the head & lykke with a broken collarbone .

the guilt almost destroyed her , & she thought her life to be over until her father paid off all involved parties to keep the truth quiet & instead spread the word that what happened was an accident . lykke still felt guilty , though , & couldn’t face the humiliation of being a part of the team again , so she quite acting & instead opted for a career less damaging & more achievable ; acting . her father was a director , & she was pretty involved in the drama department in school , so it made the most sense .

she landed small roles at first , but more recently lykke landed a role in netflix’s brand new hit series called ‘ fiercer things ’ . the show surrounds vampires , witches , & just about all things that go bump in the night , & lykke portrays the female lead called vita , a vampire a little like rebekah mikaelson !

: / / 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 .

lykke is a very bubbly , very curious person . she’s the sort of girl who will try anything once , which to her could be absolutely anything . she’s not afraid of pushing the boundaries & is the sort of person to test the waters before making a decision on something . want that new dress but not sure how it’ll look on ? lykke is your girl . the new hot & spicy bargain bucket at the most popular takeaway ? lykke will take the bullet for you & try it first . she’s very adventurous & is the sort of person who will jump feet first into any opportunity she comes across .

but lykke has a sort of childish naivety . she tries to be friends with everyone & is very good at blending in social situations , but she always believes the best in people & very often ends up being disappointed when it turns out the person wasn’t what she expected them to be . although she’s loving & very affectionate , she has never been in love . she’s the sort of person who dates , is in love with the idea of love but she has a very set view on what love should be like , so she crushes a lot on people only to dip when she doesn’t feel the way she wants to feel .

however she is very peculiar . she’s smart in a conventional way , & is always striving to learn more in order to be better . in this way she is very competitive , & has a habit of pushing the boundaries to become the best of the best , which often leaves other people being pushed out . but she’s a very loyal friend & if you know her well , you’ll be dragged into an abundance of philosophical conversations that will go on through early hours in the morning over a bottle of wine & takeaway food .

: / / 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 .

ok im gna put this out there before someone * coughs * drea * coughs * miranda decides to joke abt it again , but u pronounce lykke’s name like LEA - KAY ! not lykke totally , not lykke pipe ( altho that would b a funny snapchat user ty miranda ) but LEA - KAY . ty v MUCH that is all for this section .

i’m joking akdjfn lykke has a pet pig called dakota ! bc she’s weird ! n loves pigs !

when i say she’s weird , i mean she’s RLY weird n a huge nerd

she’s incredibly involved in aliens / the supernatural ( as if playing a vampire isn’t enough smh ) n probs has a yt channel where she goes ghost hunting ! talk abt OBSESSED

speaking of obsessed . . . she loves marvel n cries over tony stark every . single . day . she’s still not over endgame n neither am I SIR !

she’s also in love w stefan salvatore bc 😊 i need to channel that energy somewhere ! idc !

she’s also in love w space n is 100% the sort of person to ask for ur star sign when u first meet so she can peep at ur horoscope n check ur compatibility

she’s not rly ? a girl-y girl ? like she loves wearing dresses n stuff but she’s more comfortable in a pair of sneakers w some jeans , like she jus likes being comfy !

idk abt making her a model yet , it depends on how i’m feeliN abt the muse so bear w me , so rn she’s a retired swimmer n an actress !

she probs paints in her spare time , but doesn’t let anyone see her paintings

um that’s abt it i think . . . we’ll see ASKJDFNKJ

: / / 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 .

𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : honestly jus ppl lykke vibes w , ppl who can accept her vibrant n weird nature n ppl who she trusts more than ANYTHING . these can be from childhood or pretty recent , n the amount doesn’t matter bc we all love some cute bffs ! [ open . ]

𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐒 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : again these can come in a variety of ways n i’m not fussy abt how many exes she’s had , either ! lykke is 100% a relationship person but she’s not one who settles , so this can either bring drama / maybe they had a mutual understanding / honestly anything ! [ donna marchesi , open to more . ]

𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : * gasps * n then they were roommates ! we all love these sort of plots n lykke is definitely the sort of person who HATES being alone ! i’m imagining cute movie nights n awkward run - ins sfgkjnsd . [ elissa altera , 1/2 open . ]

𝐅𝐖𝐁 / 𝐄𝐖𝐁 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : ah the classic ! i couldn’t do this w atlas so lykke sry hun ! could literally be anything , besties who hook up sometimes , a literal booty call w ‘ u up ’ texts , or maybe they Hate each other n this is how they let their frustrations out ! [ open . ]

𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : this person would be a bad influence on lykke . gets her to go out partying , do dr*gs n basically dumb shit that she’s sry abt later . corrupt her sweet lil heart ! [ open . ]

𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : someone who lykke acts as a good influence on ! she’s the typical mom friend , n needs someone who she feels protective over bc they make so many dumb decisions so she’s just there like . . . don’t do that ! [ open . ]

𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : could be totally unrequited or mutual ! i just need the cuteness . ok ty . [ open . ]

𝐂𝐎 - 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : if ur chara is an actor n u want them to be in fiercer things , i’m 100% here to support u on that ! let’s make it a whole thing ! [ taylor perry open to more . ]

𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) : lykke lived in chicago all her life n has only recently moved to nyc , so i’d love for her to have friends she knows from home ! [ open . ]

#wealthyhq:intro #op here i go again sdkfgnskjd

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In Defense Of Bella Swan

Bella Swan gets a lot of flack for...well, everything. She’s been called insipid, pathetic, a victim, a feminist’s nightmare. In many circles, she has become a by word for “weak, useless person.” It’s true that Bella is often pushed around by the men in her life. But why do we blame Bella for being pushed around and blithely ignore the men who are doing the pushing? There is a lot to admire in Bella. She’s loving and kind hearted. She’s self-sacrificing. She’s tenacious. She’s brave. But people often overlook these traits and instead choose to focus on Bella’s supposed victimhood and slavish devotion to Edward.

Yes, Bella loves Edward and would do anything for him. But, lest we forget, he’s not the only one for whom Bella is willing to put her life on the line. One of Bella’s most defining character traits is her love for her family, and she shows that love time and time again throughout the books. Edward’s first major rescue occurs not because the villain has swept away an unresisting damsel in distress but because the damsel sought out and surrendered herself to the villain in order to save her mother’s life.

This isn’t the only time Bella steps up for the sake of her family. She chews out a bunch of werewolves on behalf of her best friend Jacob, whom she sees as a brother. She faces down the Vulturi to save her daughter, and she does everything in her power to keep her father safe from the dangerous world she inhabits. Edward is not the single, all-consuming interest in Bella’s life: he’s part of her family, and she acts accordingly.

When Edward leaves her, it shatters her world. Many see this as a sure sign that Bella lacks the fortitude we expect from Strong Female Characters. They call her weak, stupid, pathetic...but here’s the thing: we would--or, rather, should--never, ever talk that way about a real woman who suffers from depression, regardless of the cause. Furthermore, what happens to Bella in the book happens to both women and men in real life all the time. It’s nothing like unheard of for people to fall into a severe depression after losing a loved one, be it to death or divorce or a simple breakup.

I myself have suffered from heartbreak twice in my life, and both instances took their toll. The first time, I was just a little older than Bella. I dropped twenty pounds in less than two weeks, and I wasn’t heavy to begin with. The second time, I had ten years on Bella in terms of experience and emotional development, and it still took me over a year to really feel like myself again.

Does that make me useless or pathetic or a poor role model for young women? It does not, and Bella’s suffering doesn’t make her any of those things, either. Mocking fictional characters and judging them for their depression only reinforces the stigma that we’re trying so hard to fight against in the real world.

If Twilight is a bad love story, it’s not because Bella is an anti-feminist pod-person worming her way into the minds of impressionable teens. The really disturbing stuff lies squarely in the court of our sparkly hero himself, Edward, who is constantly undermining Bella’s agency as a character. He’s overbearing, he’s controlling, and he’s constantly telling Bella that she’s fragile and vulnerable and his to protect, even if it means making decisions for her.

Let’s take his abandonment of Bella, which is arguably his most egregious offense. He readily admits that he knew he would have to lie to her in order to make her accept that he was leaving. He knew exactly how strong her feelings were, and he dismissed them. Rather than treat her like an equal, rather than accept her love and respect her ability to make decisions for herself, he treats her like a child. He takes away her right to choose. And, later, he has the gall to chide Bella for so readily believing that he didn’t love her when he himself is constantly telling her, not only through his actions but to her face, that she’s not strong or capable. Is it any wonder, then, that she doesn’t feel worthy of his love?

It doesn’t stop there. Once he--grudgingly--accepts that Bella deserves to have him in her life if that’s what she wants, Edward loses no time in exerting his control over her, most notably in regard to her friendship with Jacob. Once again, Edward treats Bella like a child who needs to be protected rather than an equal partner in a romantic relationship. Which brings us to book four, in which Edward finds out Bella is pregnant and immediately begins making plans to abort the baby without consulting her. Once again, he completely ignores Bella’s right to make decisions about her body. What’s worse, he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it. It never occurs to him that Bella might have an opinion that doesn’t align with his.

It’s all pretty damning. But what people often forget, or ignore, is that Bella comes out on top every time. Let’s take stock, shall we? One: Edward abandons Bella because he has never taken her feelings seriously; he winds up back at her side after she flies halfway around the world to save him from the Vulturi, even while fully expecting him to leave her again. Two: Edward doesn’t like her friendship with Jacob and goes so far as to sabotage her vehicle in order to prevent them from seeing each other; Bella goes to see Jacob anyway. Three: Edward goes over Bella’s head to arrange an abortion; Bella takes the matter back into her own hands and has the baby. Bonus: In the process, Bella becomes an immortal, something which she has repeatedly told Edward that she wants and which Edward has just as repeatedly done his best to prevent.

The biggest problem with Twilight, in my mind, is that neither Edward nor Bella ever really acknowledges Edward’s lack of respect. As a result, it’s easy for readers to see Edward’s protectiveness as a romantic quirk instead of the huge, honking character flaw that it is. Though Bella fights back and doesn’t let Edward dominate her, she never holds him accountable for his attitude. This too is a flaw, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing--perfect characters are boring, unrealistic characters, after all. But we need to recognize flaws for what they are, and with flaws such as Edward’s and Bella’s, it’s important that the characters recognize them, too.

I’m sure much of this has been said before, but if it has, it bears repeating: Bella is not the problem, and Bella-bashing is just another instance of people--men and women both--blaming women for the things that are done to them by men. It happens all the time in the real world to real women, and it’s not okay. So let’s be a little bit more discerning and a lot more fair in how we discuss fictional characters. They’re not just words on the page; they’re reflections of ourselves.

#feminist #twilight #review

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sapphzeal · 7 years

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while that happens(aku still talks and figures out what weapon/thing he should do with jack)while everyone else makes plan as quickly as possible/jack is devastated about ashi/ constantly calling--calling out to her,wishing she would snap out of it,but couldn't(ashi fighting for her life from the inside;aku still has a grip on her) aku being frustrated as usual to pick a devious end for the samurai(which will by some time for jack friends to come and reasue)

aku completely out of focus/yelling at jack for a bit because he cant find a satisfying end/aku realizes/a thought came apon him/looks over to ashi/an uproar of thoughts swimming through his head/evil deeds are apon the two/aku smiles with a devilish grin and asks ashi to kill the samurai for him/aku talks about their bond and uses it against them jack in shock that his friend was going to kill him right in front of everyone/still strong but begs her,tries to give out his plea/ashi still struggling from inside, calls out to jack,but could not hear

every friend prepares for battle/sets off to akus castle/ashi(without control)walks up to jack,brings out a blade,perfect for akus liking good guys(are running torwards the castle/getting close the the entrance) jacks last plea before he dies/then out of nowhere an arrow flooshes past ashi and aku/all in shock--including aku/aku raises his head,peaking out of the fortress,and sees the amount of backlash that aku is getting/ they're here! fighting for their lives to save jack

jack sees everyone that he'd ever met,filled with joy and glee,fighting for his side/the biggest fight against aku that he's ever seen/crushing,bashing,poking at akus body/ (akus felling some pain but its kind of a nuisance to him so he doesn't feel as threatened)giving their best shot/ashi turns to jack and jack turns to ashi/jacks smile turns into a shocking surprise/ ashi goes full force torwards jack then immediately ashi gets bashed by one of jacks friends/helps jack down from the shackles tied around his hands and feet/looks at ashi,ashi gets back up but reforms herself to something more dangerous /jacks quick thinking tells his friend to fight aku and he'll handle ashi/she strikes but he pushes his friend out of the way and does is swiftly

avoiding her attacks as much as possible/using his skills to his advantage/aku laughs on how pathetic/poor job trying to kill him/it was easy for him to get distracted and become defenceless/ without warning they use ropes to try to wield him down/there were enough people to pull him down to where they want him to be/then they got to his hand and try to pull on him that way too/ they climb and started to do a little more damage that usual but not enough to kill him/aku starts to get a little worried that they're actually doing something/they're actually winning he thought

jack is still avoiding the blows from ashi/worried about messing up his blocks/constantly surviving through the fight/then he screwed himself over,starts to get lashes from her strikes/getting beaten down/slides near his sword aku still getting beaten but he had enough/he was tired of all these idiots talking control/he breaks free and starts killing everyone(almost everyone)jack,beaten,bloody,broken, does not know what to do/ashi starts to sneak, creeping on jack,going for the final blow/scared that he was,death was apon him,he looks up and sees his sword/thoughts were in an emotional state/thinking on what to do on his final hours/use the sword to defend himself or take the hit /he stuggled,the decisions were unbearable,for so long he was alone,for so long he was stuck in this parallel universe...driving him mad,for so long he'd seen innocence die right in front of him,was he going to lose another,just becomeing another memory?(subtle movement of his hand going torwards to the sword)

aku is striking loads of people,dying by his hand/everyone is still fighting but showing with force,pride,and power/aku finally changes to a being with brutefull stability/about to kill everyone with one blow

she strikes,gets closer,fear in his blood/is this the end/closes his eyes and waits/a horn blew;a faint noise had appeared in the distance/everyone stopped to listen/ashi and jack heard it too/even aku stopped to listen,but was confused the scotsman came,flying with musical notes and his daughters/reindeers they rode,flying through the sky/the scotsman blasts a ring of notes torwards aku/pluggin his ears to drown out the sound/everyone shouts in glee/they fly near aku, pushing him off the ledge and falling backdown to the ground/ashi sees her father on the ground but ignores him and goes for jack,but another ray of the scotsman pipes blasts ashi away before she could lay a finger on him

everyone slides down the slopes and starts attacking aku and ashi and akus minions from below/scotsman checks on jack to see if he's okay/jack was a little shocked when he sees scot dead/scot explains why hes dead/ a little reunion occurs between the two and scot talks about his daughters/scot asks which one jack should favor--none actually/scot complains/jack for his friend over his daughter/ (while that was happening,ashi pushes everyone that were attacking her) scot gets a bit discouraged about jacks choice/akus a bit dizzy but sees whats happening

ashi goes after jack and tries to attack but was interupted by a rumble/everyone starts to notice/booming sounds coming from afar but are getting closer/a big collision occured in the making/a giant samurai robot came forth to appose aku /the stare down begins,aku is preturbed what stands before him,he chuckles a bit then laughs/then immediately the robot stomps and punches aku like a punching bag/both jack and scot were very pleased/scot talks about the situation/ then jack gets sucked into ashi,scot is shocked and tries to help him but then realizes he was still a ghost/gets an idea,goes to were aku is and tries to get flora to help

Jack is trapped inside the mesh of black goop/jack calls for her, worried for her/hears an echo,a voice that is familiar/jack calls again/jack witnessing ashis stuggles and screams agony,paralyzed,staring at her fate

scot rushing torwards to his daughter,flora/seeing his little girl fight in battle /until the last punch was struck by the robot/aku broke out of his unconscious beat up face/he had enough,he was done with all of this/ he was able to break free from all of the clutches from everyone holding him down/he shoots him self into the sky,making a black void/everyone looks up/spikes start to show at the peak of the void/scot shouts to move back; askes flora for her help/takes flora to help jack/needles spew from the sky attacking everything on site/screams were heard,fear was bled,everything was wrong/robots,monsters,people,they were in trouble/ scot sees the damage aku was making,he wouldn't let that pass by,not on his watch/tells flora to help jack,she questions but scot prevails to tell her to go,she goes/prepares to use his magic bagpipes and blows a forcefield to protect everyone that is dear to him(mostly his daughters)

jack is still inside seeing her stuggle but he knows shes not alone in this/he knows she can do this,he knows she can fight it...but she cant/jack explains for what she did on this journey,to help her identity

aku still making spikes fall, but he realizes its not working/he shoots his gaint hand out of the void

to help everyone that she faced/she is better than she was before,made choices of her own as a person,made her for who she is now

aku smashed the ground making a booming sound to push everyone to their knees/everyone is knocked out/even flora/scot is in complete shock on what had happened

jack pauses for a bit then explains softly for what she did to help him and made him for who he is now/helping him getting back to were he was/being balanced ashi opens her eyes slowly and as wide,looking at jack,smiling,yet, still with grief from the inside/reaching out her hand/then jack was completely snatched away,missed on grabbing her hand and try to pull her out of this mess

scot goes to his daughters to see if there okay,and they were they're just unconscious/a glare stains apon scots face while looking above at the mist of the void

jack gets thrown out of the transformation that is ashi/scot hears the thump that jack made and turns/jack was thrown hard on the ground,unable to move for a second or two/ashi quickly throws her arms up and back down torwards jacks throat, pinning him down/scot sees his friend in trouble,tries to take out his pipes/a sudden cackle came from the sky,it was aku!slithering down slowly to the ground and his laughter gets louder when he gets closer to the floor/ lands on the floor like weird goopy liquid,meshes into a blob,and reforms to his formal self/walks ever so closely to ashis succeeding victory(almost a victory)aku sees his suffering,the lack of oxygen in his lungs,his face of a defeated foe! /aku is about to win

scot sees the devastation,calls out to his buddy that his rescue is on the way/aku turns and sees scot trying to make his awful music again/scot is ready to go/aku yells at scot fiercely to his face/if he does it one more time he will make sure no one--not even his daughters--will survive(aku is giving them a chance for everyone to live--except for the samurai--for now)scots face turns rage into fear/the choice that he had between the two was out matched with aku's/scot stays near his family and watches/aku is filled with glee seeing his on daughter do the job/aku talks and laughs about jacks end, he waited for so long for this day to come,getting a front row seat to watch his body become life-less/jack pleas again to ashi to fight it,he sees her eye to eye,knowing she can do it/but from inside,ashi is still trapped,no control what so ever/her only friend,dying right infront of her,blood on her own hands,a murderer?

aku made a empathizing,yet,a sarcastic comment/what friends they were to see one of them betrays the other/ashi hears but doesn't want to believe it/how he's is going to die from her,the ultimate reget/to become a killer/ ashi is in complete devastation,worry,and in melaucholy,she not that,shes not like that,she changed...did she?/aku comments, the greatest daughter that he could ever have,will turn out to be the achiever of all villains

scot could believe his ears,its about to end

aku: "you are just like your father"

ashi has woken,hearing those words,she has had enough,she is nothing like her mother nor her father,but as her own character,she is her own identity,she is ashi/ashi realeases jack,he is alive but coughing,look up at her, sees her transforming back to her formal self/aku and scot were surprised,he was alive,scot is exited with glee,thats his boy,alive and well/aku looks back at scot with a "why did scaramouche lie to me"kind of look/scot stops cheering and made a uneasy smile

ashi goes to jack to see if he was okay/jack was proud, she did it,she made it out on her own,ashi smiled/aku looks back,awfully dissapointed,yet, filled with horrid thoughts/how dare she snap out of his control/why isn't she doing her job

shes not going to do it any more,no more killing,no more suffering,it ends now,both jack and ashi will defeat aku together/jack smiles and scot smiles also/rage flows in aku,it doesn't matter if shes his daughter anymore, he just wants both to be pushing up daisies/aku lifts up his hand,shapes it into a weapon and strikes down/both of them were quick to move out of the way just in time/aku kept at it,but just keeps missing,his temper is rising, he cant take it

jack and ashi try to think of a plan,they stared at the sword,sitting in place,and thats it! thats what they need to do,but they need a distraction/sees scot,the idea was struck/they called out to scot,telling him to use his pipes/ scot cant because of aku(after what he said)/they beg him,everything would be fine,/scot questions/jack with a powerful tone and told scot to do it now/as he said that both jack and ashi were struck down and it talk one more shot to kill them/before aku makes the final blow,scot was ready,then aku hears him take a breath,surprised,then a force blasted through out the area/aku was distracted,they work their way to the sword/aku tries to snap out of it, but the noise was to much,he tries to slowly turns his head to where he can vividly see the two heading/he could barely make out what he's actually seeing, but its enough to see where their heading

akus eyes were opened wide,he needs to do something,and yet he did/aku resisted enough to block the area where the sword lies with his hand/grabs ashi and throws her to the side,hard/grabs jack and one of the scotmans daughters,flora/ aku yells out a screeching yell,telling everyone that is enough/gets real close to scots face and tells him, if he continues blowing his pipes,he will kill his daughter/scots pipes deflates a little bit,he is scared for her life now, he cant do anything about it/now turns over yo jack,being furious,snarly,and just all of the levels to be mad right now

akus is really close to jacks face,peeved by all means/aku explains,he waited for so long for this day to come,50 agonizing years of being afraid,hiding,suffering,every little emotion that jack caused

ashi was starting to wake up from her unconsciousness,sees her arm all out and deformed/she panics,shocked by what happened/then she struggles to fix her arm

aku wanted was to be free,make what ever decision as he pleases without hesitation,destroy peoples lives,making them stuffer/the world into the palms of his hands

ashi cant do anything about her arm,its broken,she cant use it,it hurts/then it starts to do something,she notices that its getting better,reforming back to it original state,but how?/preturbed about the situation on what happened, she tries to do something else/she concentrates,she sees her arm forming into another object,a sword,a knife,a key/she has powers that can manipulate her body,she wonders what more she can do/from afar she sees her plan to take down aku /jacks sword

aku wants a world to be at peace,he wants a world to be happy in,a world with out a jack

ashi uses her newly discovered powers to her advantage,she is able to stretch her arm as far as the eyes can see/getting ever so closer to the sword

aku pummels jack into a wall/jack struggels but cant move/aku makes another arm and makes it into a weapon,a perfect weapon,simple,smooth,and slick/recoils his arm,prepares for the aerial strike

ashi gets worried that aku might see her getting the sword(but he never did see)(scot sees what ashi was doing,but was silent about it/happy that he was,seeing her doing something to help out the samurai)she grabs the sword,quitely and ever so quickly back to where she stands

aku laughs,and strikes

ashi was a little faster,she strikes into akus back and through his chest

he yields back and screams in excruciating pain/drops both jack and flora to the ground/scot runs to flora to she if she was okay,and she was/aku sees the effect by what the sword was doing/he turns and sees ashi wielding the sword/ he gasped/she jumps into the air and strikes again/it hits him/aku pleads,tries to get away with it, but didn't/she kept hitting him over and over,blow after blow/he used a weapon but she avoided them/he used lasers out of his eyes, she did also/only half a body left/now akus desperate,he know he cant win,so he tries to sweet talk ashi,using the father and daughter excuse,that he'll try to be a better father/ashi didnt take it, it only gave her more the urge to kill him straight on/both jack and scot see and hear the screams of akus death/his body,his arms,his face were vanishing right before their eyes,until he was no more (except for that one tiny piece that no one saw that floated away a few feet)(it was over,or they so thought)

after aku is no where to be seen,everyone that helped and had been knocked down from the blow,woke up from their unconscious sleep/everyone is slowly getting up and helping others to stand as well/she did it,she beat her father, she beat aku/jack ran up to her and hugged her,jack was jumping for joy,she did it she defeated aku/ashi smiled

jack friends cheered,what an amazing thing she did

they came up to jack and ashi,cheered,hugged,congratulate,everything for a win victory/they about whats been going on about their lives/goofed around/enjoying the moment in peace(but it seems for jack that his journey is almost over) ashi opened a portal to the past/his friends dont want to see him go,but he must in order to save what was done by aku/all of them were saying their goodbyes/jack is wondering if ashi was going to come with,so he asked

that little tiny sliver of aku(that no one noticed)started to do something abnormal,it used all of it strength to do once last fatal endeavor/a giant hand come out of that tiny little piece,and attacks straight on to jack

ashi is about to say her anwser,but heres something in the distance,she looks behind her just a tad bit,the hand was coming in fast,there was no time to move!/she pushes jack into the portal,while the hand is ashi's target now/ every gasped in horror

he's in the portal/witnessed to what he just saw/the arm was supposed to get him not ashi/gets back to the past, upset and weary/both aku and jack are eye to eye/aku backs up and flees/tries to attack but jack is still ripping him to shreds/jack goes after him with anger and distraught/after what he'd has done,his friends,family,ashi/the battle has begone but aku was still at his weak state/scared ,afraid,about to loose his life/ blow after blow jack was able to get aku,slicing and erasing him from his own time

he lifted his sword once more and struck him down/putting all of aku into his sword and releasing his essence to the ground,therefor,once he did that everything was crumbling/it was coming down, he had to get out of there quick before he goes down with it,too/he gets out safely/everything explodes/no more aku,but still feels empty

he was able to get back to his village,it took him a while but he did it/still a dark grey mood yet a light simmered,telling him hes here,hes home,and alive/he gets there slowly,face to face with his family,seeing them for the first time in 50 years,finally gets to see them again,/both are far but then gets closer,a little faster and then a reunion,together,a hug/i am here

jack told them stories on what he did/how many he saved,what he did,and how much he missed living here/festivals began,joy to spread,and fixing what ever aku did/it took a while but over the next few years everything was back to normal (or at least all most normal)its been years since akus death,still thinking on what had happen,what had happen to ashi/healing is still slow for him/no rest is resolved/he got to a place,a place to be alone,grey and gloom/ wishing he could've done something...to save her

but then a familiar sound appears/he looks up,confused as he is/a portal has shown apon its self/jack was aware to see what might come out of it,any danger might come through any moment/but instead it was a letter/ it drops on to the ground and the portal disappears/jack pics it up and opens it

a note written just for him,he reads/it was a letter from ashi/it talks about whats been happening over the past couple of years/after she push jack back to the past she was struck down by that hand, but it missed her some how, she was able to make a form of a hole through her body(just like aku did when jack kept attacking aku and kept missing because of that power aku has)the little piece of aku shrivels into a tiny round ball/ everyone was confused on what was happening, so they kept their eye on it

over time they were able to rebuild the cause of aku rains/rebuilding houses to cities to fields of grass to gardens to families/they were constructing a re-opening to their world/a new breath of fresh air for their new home/ the little ball of aku grew little by little but everyone one was still aware of that little globs presence/when everything was done and everything was peacful it happened/the little ball grew into a tiny baby aku/no memory,no evil, just as helpless as he could be

everyone was shocked,aku has reformed but only became a child/worried they were that he might become as big as he was or maybe evil for that sorts/they wanted to get ride of it,destroy it,give the same pain as it did to them/ while they were planning,ashi was thinking about little akus fate,but looking at a closer look,he was only a baby,helpless,defenseless,not even understanding right or wrong/it reminded of her and what she went though/ what is she even saying/is she doing the right thing or is she saying this to put everyone else in danger/the choices are swimming through her head,she needs to pick the right one/she tells every one to stop and listen, lets not try that idea,and make the same mistakes as he once did/they were shocked at what she said,it was crazy,did she forget he did?

she knows,but explains why they cant barge a threating tone/a child,a child that he is,would you destory his experience through out the world?destroy his hopes and dreams?traumatize him?/what if he can be good, teach the ways of being what a hero is?there will be no evil or sadness or mourning for their loved one/he can do good,the furture of akus rains will be no more/and she was right,they all thought about it and thats the best way to do it /no more evil from anyone/so they took aku under their wind and raised him like their own/the samurai jack way

evil has been vanquished,everyone is at peace(even though jack is a little paranoid that aku is still alive but ashi already wrote what had happen so less need to worry about)everyone is alive and well and know that ashi is alive, jack was in peace..the end

(sorry for all the grammar and spelling messes,but i just wanted you to know that i was putting down ideas on how the story would’ve looked like if genndy had more time to add more.Heres my re-make of the finale! i hope you like.)

(im posting this again because i've made a mistake,so i went in and fixed it.I've also made some spaces in my story so its a little more readable.Hope things are better now)

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(Better ending-ish for samurai jakc season 5) all the throw back characters watch jacks fate right on screen/Completely in shock and peril aku gives out a great speech on how he did it/mocking all the good guys and explains what he should do with jack while that happens(aku still talks and figures out what weapon/thing he should do with jack)while everyone else makes plan as quickly as possible jack is devastated about ashi/constantly calling--calling out to her,wishing she would snap out of it,but couldn't(ashi fighting for her life from the inside; aku still has a grip on her) aku being frustrated as usual to pick a devious end for the samurai(which will by some time for jack friends to come and reasue) aku completely out of focus/yelling at jack for a bit because he cant find a satisfying end/aku realizes/a thought came apon him/looks over to ashi/an uproar of thoughts swimming through his head/evil deeds are apon the two/aku smiles with a devilish grin and asks ashi to kill the samurai for him/aku talks about their bond and uses it against them jack in shock that his friend was going to kill him right in front of everyone/still strong but begs her,tries to give out his plea/ashi still struggling from inside, calls out to jack,but could not hear every friend prepares for battle/sets off to akus castle/ ashi(without control)walks up to jack,brings out a blade,perfect for akus liking good guys(are running torwards the castle/getting close the the entrance jacks last plea before he dies/then out of nowhere an arrow flooshes past ashi and aku/all in shock--including aku/aku raises his head,peaking out of the fortress,and sees the amount of backlash that aku is getting/they're here! fighting for their lives to save jack jack sees everyone that he'd ever met,filled with joy and glee,fighting for his side/the biggest fight against aku that he's ever seen/crushing,bashing,poking at akus body/ (akus felling some pain but its kind of a nuisance to him so he doesn't feel as threatened) giving their best shot ashi turns to jack and jack turns to ashi/jacks smile turns into a shocking surprise/ashi goes full force torwards jack then immediately ashi gets bashed by one of jacks friends/helps jack down from the shackles tied around his hands and feet/looks at ashi,ashi gets back up but reforms herself to something more dangerous/jacks quick thinking tells his friend to fight aku and he'll handle ashi/she strikes but he pushes his friend out of the way and does is swiftly avoiding her attacks as much as possible/using his skills to his advantage aku laughs on how pathetic/poor job trying to kill him/it was easy for him to get distracted and become defenceless/without warning they use ropes to try to wield him down/ there were enough people to pull him down to where they want him to be/then they got to his hand and try to pull on him that way too/they climb and started to do a little more damage that usual but not enough to kill him aku starts to get a little worried that they're actually doing something/they're actually winning he thought jack is still avoiding the blows from ashi/worried about messing up his blocks/constantly surviving through the fight/then he screwed himself over,starts to get lashes from her strikes/getting beaten down/slides near his sword aku still getting beaten but he had enough/he was tired of all these idiots talking control/he breaks free and starts killing everyone(almost everyone) jack,beaten,bloody,broken, does not know what to do/ashi starts to sneak,creeping on jack,going for the final blow/scared that he was,death was apon him,he looks up and sees his sword/thoughts were in an emotional state/thinking on what to do on his final hours/use the sword to defend himself or take the hit/he stuggled,the decision were unbearable,for so long he was alone,for so long he was stuck in this parallel universe...driving him mad,for so long he'd seen innocence die right in front of him,was he going to lose another,just becomeing another memory?(subtle movement of his hand going torwards to the sword) aku is striking loads of people,dying by his hand/everyone is still fighting but showing with force,pride,and power/aku finally changes to a being with brutefull stability/ about to kill everyone with one blow she strikes,gets closer,fear in his blood/is this the end/closes his eyes and waits a horn blew;a faint noise had appeared in the distance/everyone stopped to listen/ashi and jack heard it too/even aku stopped to listen,but was confused the scotsman came,flying with musical notes and his daughters/reindeers they rode,flying through the sky/the scotsman blasts a ring of notes torwards aku/pluggin his ears to drown out the sound/everyone shouts in glee/they fly near aku,pushing him off the ledge and falling backdown to the ground ashi sees her father on the ground but ignores him and goes for jack,but another ray of the scotsman pipes blasts ashi away before she could lay a finger on him everyone slides down the slopes and starts attacking aku and ashi and akus minions from below/scotsman checks on jack to see if he's okay/jack was a little shocked when he sees scot dead/ scot explains why hes dead/a little reunion occurs between the two and scot talks about his daughters/scot asks which one jack should favor--none actually/scot complains/jack for his friend over his daughter/(while that was happening,ashi pushes everyone that were attacking her) scot gets a bit discouraged about jacks choice/akus a bit dizzy but sees whats happening ashi goes after jack and tries to attack but was interupted by a rumble/everyone starts to notice/booming sounds coming from afar but are getting closer/a big collision occured in the making/a giant samurai robot came forth to appose aku/the stare down begins,aku is preturbed what stands before him,he chuckles a bit then laughs/then immediately the robot stomps and punches aku like a punching bag both jack and scot were very pleased/scot talks about the situation/then jack gets sucked into ashi,scot is shocked and tries to help him but then realizes he was still a ghost/gets an idea,goes to were aku is and tries to get flora to help Jack is trapped inside the mesh of black goop/jack calls for her, worried for her/hears an echo,a voice that is familiar/jack calls again/jack witnessing ashis stuggles and screams agony,paralyzed,staring at her fate scot rushing torwards to his daughter,flora/seeing his little girl fight in battle until the last punch was struck by the robot/aku broke out of his unconscious beat up face/he had enough,he was done with all of this/he was able to break free from all of the clutches from everyone holding him down/he shoots him self into the sky,making a black void/everyone looks up/spikes start to show at the peak of the void/ scot shouts to move back;askes flora for her help/takes flora to help jack/needles spew from the sky attacking everything on site/screams were heard,fear was bled,everything was wrong/ robots,monsters,people,they were in trouble/scot sees the damage aku was making,he wouldn't let that pass by,not on his watch/tells flora to help jack,she questions but scot prevails to tell her to go,she goes/prepares to use his magic bagpipes and blows a forcefield to protect everyone that is dear to him(mostly his daughters) jack is still inside seeing her stuggle but he knows shes not alone in this/he knows she can do this,he knows she can fight it...but she cant/jack explains for what she did on this journey, to help her identity aku still making spikes fall, but he realizes its not working/he shoots his gaint hand out of the void to help everyone that she faced/she is better than she was before,made choices of her own as a person,made her for who she is now aku smashed the ground making a booming sound to push everyone to their knees/everyone is knocked out/even flora/scot is in complete shock on what had happened jack pauses for a bit then explains softly for what she did to help him and made him for who he is now/helping him getting back to were he was/being balanced ashi opens her eyes slowly and as wide,looking at jack,smiling,yet, still with grief from the inside/reaching out her hand/then jack was completely snatched away,missed on grabbing her hand and try to pull her out of this mess scot goes to his daughters to see if there okay,and they were they're just unconscious/a glare stains apon scots face while looking above at the mist of the void jack gets thrown out of the transformation that is ashi/scot hears the thump that jack made and turns/jack was thrown hard on the ground,unable to move for a second or two/ashi quickly throws her arms up and back down torwards jacks throat, pinning him down/scot sees his friend in trouble,tries to take out his pipes/a sudden cackle came from the sky,it was aku!slithering down slowly to the ground and his laughter gets louder when he gets closer to the floor/lands on the floor like weird goopy liquid,meshes into a blob,and reforms to his formal self/walks ever so closely to ashis succeeding victory(almost a victory) aku sees his suffering,the lack of oxygen in his lungs,his face of a defeated foe!/aku is about to win scot sees the devastation,calls out to his buddy that his rescue is on the way/aku turns and sees scot trying to make his awful music again/scot is ready to go/aku yells at scot fiercely to his face/if he does it one more time he will make sure no one--not even his daughters--will survive(aku is giving them a chance for everyone to live--except for the samurai--for now) scots face turns rage into fear/the choice that he had between the two was out matched with aku's/

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She has admirers that are many. Frequently, guys need to take on one another for the directly to be with such a girl. A Pisces girl is certainly not on the go which could make her option. She likes understanding occurring around her. Together with her charms, she will hold several guys in the exact exact same time close by. Also, some secret in females created under this sign, plus they are described as silence.

This woman is sensitive and painful. These females inhabit a world of fantasies and hopes. They have actually their particular idea that is own of, which exhibits itself maybe not in lust, but inside a love game. Breathtaking words and courtship are essential for Pisces females. Even during the brief minute of closeness, they anticipate compliments and relationship from plumped for people. So, a person whom values all of them could be the most readily useful match for Pisces females.

She frequently lacks persistence. This lady rapidly prevents trying if she views That a person does need her attention n’t and treatment. Therefore, don’t torment her . If you notice that the representative of the indication is showing awareness of you, then respond to it. Believe me, Pisces is among the many faithful and trustworthy indications. They esteem and value lovers. And in case these are typically in love, they have been capable of much.

Simple tips to determine if a Pisces woman likes your

Remarkably, such girls that are charming experiencing bashful and drop all their particular appeal into the existence they fancy. Therefore the much more they like men, the much more constrained they feel. But exactly how else is it possible to realize that such a woman likes you?

She actually is enthusiastic about your lifetime. Significantly more than anything, a Pisces girl wants her partner is delighted. Consequently, she’s going to just take an energetic component in their life, regardless of if he is not to pleased . She will seek to control a man, yet not because she wishes to take over, but to be certain that every little thing is okay with him.

She provides gift suggestions. The agent for this indication wants to provide gifts to close men and women. Therefore, if you have little gift suggestions not just on holiday breaks but simply that way, don’t hesitate – she loves and appreciates you.

She attempts to encircle a person with heat and treatment. It appears to women that are such that when lovers tend to be dissatisfied with one thing, it indicates which they don’t like all of them. Nonetheless, the thing that is whole be into the distinction of preferences. But Pisces ladies don’t simply take any arguments. Its much easier in order for them to pour grief in to the pillow rather than hear the reason why lovers don’t like anything.

She becomes extremely intimate and arranges breathtaking uncommon times. This delicate indication is endowed having an extraordinary dream. Ladies can constantly invent some thing new. Someone shall not be annoyed at the conference with such . Associates with this indication might change banal supper with in a restaurant into an love ritual that is original.

She becomes excessively available. Referring to Pisces girl compatibility, you ought to know that this woman is a match that is good a guy pay attention to her. A Pisces lady in love quickly starts her heart and boldly allows the man that is chosen involved with it. She quickly chooses to acquaint of her heart with pals, peers, and family relations.

she is extremely conscious. Love makes women that are such conscious and it also issues not merely but additionally their functions and terms. They keep in mind Every thing that is little for instance, their preferred meal, movie, memory, etc.

Simple guidelines to date a Pisces lady

In the event that you fell deeply in love with a Pisces woman and don’t understand what to accomplish to entice her interest, you will need to try and realize her personality, then follow some suggestions on winning the center of the selected one.

Praise her. How to build a Pisces girl? You ought to certainly praise her imagination and inform her that she’s ideal muse for you personally. These ladies love flattery and interest. like relationship. It could be great in the event that you arrange a female a intimate supper with candles or take her to a restaurant where you will have this type of atmosphere that results in enchanting thoughts.

Worry about her. Play the role of as courteous as feasible and don’t hurt her Feelings because she needs affection and care. Don’t ignore tact as it additionally plays a huge part for her. Additionally, don’t just forget about confidence. You shall be every thing to her and she needs to be confident that rely on you. And don’t try to deceive her because she smells a lie and it also may destroy your commitment.

Become her friend. A Pisces girl just isn’t one particular who will be in a rush to develop interactions. Possibly, with other ladies, the transition to your relationship area may be thought to be a way that is clear commitment, but For this woman, friendship might be the start of something more.

Be attentive. that love letters (yes, yes, maybe not emails but genuine report letters!) will be the final century? However for a Pisces lady, that is real evidence guy is contemplating her. She appreciates the psychological fullness of motions. Therefore, prepare her coffee precisely as she likes after a tough And she will be yours day.

Don’t be rude. Any word you negligently uttered can offend our susceptible woman. Never be rude to her, bull crap. This nature that is subtle Does vulgarity that is n’t tolerate rudeness. Even in the event a lady does show her n’t offense, one rude motion towards her or others can completely extinguish the fire of love that currently started.

Be definitive. An constantly dubious Pisces girl will appreciate your Firmness and confidence. She shall be excessively grateful for you to make choices.

Be intimate. Dating a Pisces girl, impressionable along with her, surround her with warmth and tenderness – only then could you arouse severe interest. Such ladies fantasy of enchanting guys and dedicate a great deal duration to conversations using the sex that is opposite purchase to obtain the owner of those attributes.

Use the effort with in a commitment. seek the fantastic suggest between dedication and power. Pisces girl will be handled into the depths associated with the soul that her chosen one has actually a powerful character that doesn’t detract from his maleness.

Pisces girl during sex

A Pisces woman can be quite liberated despite her modesty, in bed. She privately desires of a stronger, domineering, hard and sexy enthusiast. Pisces ladies are in a position to completely make use of women’s charms against guys and attract thus these with intimate power. So, so what does this lady use within intercourse?

Romance. Such views that the vacation duration is essential. She Is sentimental and very gentle, responsive and caring. Simple tips to seduce a Pisces lady? of these a lady should be too temperamental n’t, but Patient and caring. Nonetheless, if truth does not coincide using the aspirations of a Pisces lady, this woman is my russian bride experiencing disappointment that is great.

Hot environment. Representatives of the zodiac indication are instead hot, but conceal it, starting just after long interaction. In intimate Relations, no prejudice is had by a Pisces woman aside from one thing – she Does rudeness that is n’t tolerate. So, don’t try one thing rude being with Pisces feamales in sleep.

Subordination. This lady in bed would rather be acquiescent and submissive, making the role that is main a companion. Also, ladies with this indication are extremely enchanting and sexy, while they aren’t at risk of violent ideas during sex.

Sensuality. How to start a Pisces lady sexually? For such a female, the minute of actual closeness is certainly not so essential whilst the enchanting games before, it. This lady, also at the brief minute associated with greatest strength of passions during intercourse, will offer herself as much as fantasies or begin crying, which often confuses her partner. Making love lacking any internal mental impulse is impossible on her.

Virtuosity. It may play the role that is necessary a specific individual in many instances. but, result does occur almost instantly. During sex, a lady created underneath the indication of Pisces understands her part and behavior structure through a particular guy completely. She boldly produces the correct environment and effortlessly achieves the targets.

Fantasy. In intercourse games, a female makes use of a unique imagination. For total arousal, a guy should not create long games of foreplay. For such a female, A scene that is fleeting the television display or even a momentary touch of the companion to her human anatomy is sufficient. During intercourse, a girl created beneath the indication of Pisces quickly experiments with opportunities getting pleasure that is unusual quickly agrees to brand new And combinations that are amazing.

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Sonic the Hedgehog or Super Mario Bros., Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed, there are so many different video games available for people of all skill levels. This means you need to know more about how to make the hobby as enjoyable as it can be. This article will help.

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How to Keep a Relationship Going: The Secret to Harmonious Love

You can’t do anything wrong in a new romance. But as the love grows, learning how to keep a relationship going strong makes all the difference.

I am just going to say it—relationships are not easy. In fact, a good relationship is about the rarest thing there is. It is very infrequent when I am not out for a girl’s night, and the conversation turns into a bash session about everyone’s significant other. Whether dating or married, learning how to keep a relationship going isn’t always simple.

How to keep your relationship going strong

At the beginning of a relationship, you can’t do anything wrong. You spend every waking moment together. All those little things they do are cute, and even if they aren’t, you look the other way. But, real life creeps in, and things aren’t so cute anymore.

Whether going through a rough patch, loss of passion or conversation, or when you just can’t seem to get off the fight roller coaster, understanding how to keep a relationship going is arduous and takes some self-sacrifice and maturity. If you really want your relationship to last, and you think your mate is worth the effort, these nine secrets keep the magic alive.

#1 Have heavy shoulders. One of the hardest parts about being in a relationship is learning to control your own emotions and having heavy shoulders. As a couple, there will be times when your other half goes through a rough patch. Unfortunately, humans take out their misery on the ones we love most.

If you notice your partner goes through something stressful or overwhelming, don’t absorb the anger they direct your way, rather see it as their way of venting and let it roll off your shoulders.

If they flip out because you left your socks on the floor or send you irate text messages, shrug them off and simply say to both them and yourself, “You don’t mean that, that is your frustration talking.” If you react, it just ends in misery.

Go for a walk, refuse to take it personally, and have heavy shoulders, to shoulder whatever they need to get out of their system. That doesn’t mean you should be a pushover. But, do let them vent and let it go. Wait for them to come to their senses and talk through the real issue. [Read: The 15 traits of selfless love that sets it apart from selfish love]

#2 Do the nice little things. If you are out during the day and see something they might like, pick it up for them. You don’t need a special day or occasion to do something nice.

If you pick up a flower on the way home from work, take an errand off of their list, or prepare their favorite meal, just because, it keeps a positive feeling in your relationship and acts as a reminder that you prioritize them.

It also lets them know you think of them often. Even if it is something as simple as a text message saying, “I love you.” Make an effort EVERYDAY to do at least one simple and significant thing to let them know you care. It doesn’t have to be spectacular. It should come from the heart and be genuine. [Read: 15 sweet gestures to express love without words]

#3 Try to spice things up in the bedroom. It is easy to start to lose some of the passion you had at the beginning of the relationship. About six months in, most couples start to freak out because they no longer steal quickies on their lunch break and Saturday mornings aren’t about lying in bed and having sex till noon.

But, even the best couples lose the heat once in a while. The trick to a healthy relationship is to mix things up. Don’t always go with the same moves, or it becomes routine.

If you want to know how to keep a relationship going with the same enthusiasm, introduce new ways to turn each other on and feel good. Sext to get them revved up, and find the things that make them tick. What goes on in the bedroom, goes on in the relationship. If you keep your sex alive and real, your relationship won’t get dull or monotonous. [Read: 20 racy ways to keep monogamous sex spicy]

#4 Forgive. One of the biggest hardships to any relationship is the art of forgiving. When you establish a long-term relationship, there will always be things you can do to hurt one another. Whether intentional or not, if you don’t forgive and let them go, you will forever carry a backpack of resentment.

That muddles any union. Instead of holding onto past grievances, to know how to keep a relationship going, you must forgive. That doesn’t mean just saying, “It’s okay.” Truly let go of whatever anger you bear, forgive with all your heart, and start each day with a fresh outlook, even when it’s super hard to do.

The unfortunate part is we hurt the people we love the most and hardest. Learning to forgive and let things go is key to keeping your relationship healthy and loving. [Read: 10 relationship milestones and when they should happen]

#5 Keep it in the relationship. As I said before, girl’s night and guy’s night quickly turns into a “bitch” session about all the things your significant others do. If you want to keep your relationship strong, only talk about your problems with each other.

Like letting a demon in, discussing your anger or your personal life with others, even your best friend, only adds fuel to the fire. If upset or hurt, go to the source and work it out. It doesn’t help to vent continually to family and friends. You want them to like your significant other, so why bash them?

It not only makes you feel ugly, but it also makes the people in your life not like your partner. That is a recipe for destruction. If you have an issue, keep it between the two of you. Stop going outside to find naysayers or people who will tell you, you are right. It doesn’t matter, just resolve and let it go. [Read: The 15 phases of a healthy relationship]

#6 Work as a team. The key to understanding how to keep a relationship going is trust. The only way that you build and establish trust is to be there for one another, not keep secrets, and work to solve problems and build a life together.

Stop thinking you are a one-man band and work together. A strong relationship involves two people combining their hearts, their souls, and their lives. If you don’t do that, then you are simply two people living together, emotionally apart.

Make major decisions together, talk through your problems, and turn to each other to figure stuff out. If you want them to be your better half, let them be, by including them in your life instead of keeping things separate.

#7 Be honest. To build trust, you must be honest. Sometimes we tell little lies to “avoid a fight.” I get it, no one wants to fight! The problem when you tell “little lies” and you are found out, they become giant fights.

They also put little cracks into your relationship and make your significant other question your truthfulness going forward. If you lie once, even in a small degree, who is to say you can’t do it on a grand scale?

It is those little mistruths we tell that damage our relationship the most. They poke holes over time and destroy trust. [Read: 25 signs of disrespect in a relationship that shouldn’t be tolerated]

#8 Learn to speak their language. A lot of times people think that everyone acknowledges love in the same way. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Every person both shows and interprets love differently.

If you want to know how to keep a relationship going, find out how your partner hears love. Each person has different needs, if you find out what your partner needs to feel loved and whole, talk to them in their language.

That might mean they need to hear you say, “I love you,” or it might mean they need you to take out the garbage. It is important to figure out their perception of love so you can speak their language and continually tell them “I love you” in the ways that they hear. [Read: Look for these 14 signs of love if you want a happily ever after]

#9 It isn’t about communication. Often, at the first sign of trouble, a couple starts to think that communication is key. And, it can sometimes be.

But, sometimes communication isn’t the problem, learning when things are important and when they are not is the key. If you constantly communicate your dissatisfaction to someone, then it isn’t that they don’t hear you, it is that they tire of hearing it.

Learn when to make something an issue and when it is better just to let it go. No one is perfect, including you. Make a pact to pick your battles and not sweat the small stuff, or all you find is the small stuff becoming enormous.

Relationships are a difficult thing to maintain. When with someone, there are always going to be times when you show your not-so-good side, have a rough patch, or, excuse my bluntness, get bored with one another.

If you try not to sweat the small stuff, trust, include one another, and keep things alive in the bedroom, it might not all be sunshine and flowers, but you will weather any storm.

The key is to continue to try. Make each day a new chance to show your love, make each other feel good, even in small ways, and never carry things forward from the day before. Follow the old Cherokee proverb, “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”

[Read: 20 things happy couples don’t do in a perfect relationship]

Learn how to keep a relationship going on track and harmonious with these nine tips. That means forgive, forget, and think about each other and how to make each other happy, not just on special occasions, but in little ways every day.

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Today I learned that people regardless of age and sex, cope differently from one another. Every problem is unique, every heartache is different but they have one thing in common, they hurt.

This pain defines us in two ways, Strong or Weak.

Trust me no one wants to be called weak. If we trace our roots down to our primieval instincts, it is always the weaklings that get left behind and be fed to predators to keep the pack going. The battle for survival dictates that it is a burden to keep the weak.

I remember the morning I’ve been told that I’m very weak. I was crying my heart out on the bedroom floor. I was hoping it was all just a dream. I couldn’t face it.

I was told I was weak because I’m too emotional, because I’m too insecured, because I’m too attached. In other words, I was told I was weak because I wear my heart out on my sleeve.

You know for a while I believed it. Maybe I’m too much. Or maybe I’m not enough. I didn’t know who I was. I lost track of who I am. I tried to fit every standard and every checklist just to gain approval. Whenever I fall short, I was always the one to blame. I was constantly trying to prove my worth that I have already lost my value as a person, as Jenny.

A relationship that started in a wrong way will always end in a wrong way, I’ve always known that and I refused to accept my intuitions. I was scared of the day I would get cheated on because that’s how it all started, that Other Woman label. There were good times. There were also bad times. There were even worse times. Every fear, every precaution, every pressure I put on myself to be number one has led me to the inevitable conclusion that I am bound to be replaced by The Other Woman.

I have lost my light. I wish it was the only problem. I bit more than I could chew for the one I was living with would point a knife at me and hit me in the face for every time arguments blow out of proportion. I remember the first night it ever happened to me. I was on the floor with his housemate, a girl of the same culture as him. He kicked me but he kicked her harder. He was checking our phones until he hit me with mine. He thought I was cheating on him with one of his friends just because the girl introduced me to them and we hang out for a few hours. He didn’t like her because he believes she’s a slut and he judged me with her.

One huge terrible fight always leads to months of peace and harmless arguments until one of us starts to aggravate the other and the next bomb starts to explode. I have experienced getting my hair pulled out and wrestled my way back to the unit because I’ve been kicked out with my things thrown out the door. I’ve experienced being locked out many times and with nothing but house clothes and bare feet. As much as I do my best to fight back, I just end up crying.

And for everytime we exhaust ourselves from anger and killing each other, we would look at one another and end up laughing with guilt for how stupid we acted. It was push and pull, everytime.

If you have read far enough to reach here, I’m sure you’d say the same things others have already told me. I am stupid for staying. I am dumb for putting up with this. I am crazy to think this is normal.

You see, you are correct in most cases but let me enlighten you a bit with my absurd reasons. I was born feisty. I fight with you, I will fight for you. I have invested so much time, attention and effort on this relationship to just walk away. Like I said, I already bit more than I could chew and I swallowed it all in vain. I didn’t want to meet anyone else. I have given him my dignity, that one thing that kept my pride high and my value higher. I will take what I can get from the relationship or what’s left of it because it was the only thing I could hold on to, nothing else.

I sacrificed too much that I revolved my world around it. I let it control my emotions and my motivation. I fought for him even when my parents disapproved because they can already see how much it was taking toll on me. I put it first before my studies. I didn’t study. Not one bit. Some days I would try. Most days I wouldn’t care. I had no focus because my brain wouldn’t stop overthinking of the many possibilities this relationship could go. I was toxic to myself not because I’m too lazy but because I punished myself too much. I punished myself for not being enough.

To be resilient and to hold on inspite the mental, spiritual and emotional exhaustion, I thought I was strong. He didn’t see it as strength, he saw it as weakness. I made the decision to struggle with him no matter what. Yet he chose otherwise. I got left behind. I got eaten by my own demons.

Days have passed and yes, I begged for mercy. No matter what I do or where I go, I had a sense of guilt that I can never enjoy myself without him. Yes, he accepted me. Yes, he said he missed me. Yes, he said he wanted me back. Yes, the new girl was still in the picture. Yes, I am back to where I started, the other woman. The Other Woman. Again. I sat there alone. Something hit me really hard. It felt wrong, in more ways than one. It felt wrong to be back in the same cycle when I could have been free from all these. I didn’t know what it was that hit me. Either my inner conscience or God telling me to give it up.

So I did.

And for the first time in many attempts of breaking up, I didn’t want to go back. I felt lighter, like a heavy load was taken off of my chest.

The feeling of waking up from a coma, not that I ever been in one but like you missed out so much on life because your body has been deep down under for so long. I was learning to walk again.

And as expected, he didn’t take it lightly. It wasn’t my first time seeing a man become so desperate as soon as he sees you moving on. He got triggered after finding out I’m finally going out with someone. I would find him at my doorstep everyday, passively begging. I would find my phone getting flooded by texts and unanswered calls. I would find him saying “I love you” way too much it even hurts my ears. I would find him bringing me food that he was proud to cook. I would find him skipping out from duty just to see me. I would find him crying then vomiting from too much anxiety. I would find him being too much of a puppy. All those, out of the fear of losing me. All those, I have wished he had done before we ever fell apart. There will always be care. Sadly, when you lose trust, you lose everything. I didn’t believe in any of it anymore. I couldn’t let him lick my wounds. People only work harder when they are close to death penalty. As hard as I pushed him away, the angrier he had become. And once again, I hit his fuse. My face was bruised. This time with so much witnesses. We ended up at the Police station that night. My mind was telling me to push the case against him but my heart and his friends begged to let it go because he is graduating soon. I wasn’t happy with how it ended let alone did I ever fathom we would reach this point. It is what it is and I have made a decision to leave who we were, in that four walls of confinement.

So with no choice, I moved forward, one step at a time. In all honesty, starting back at zero is very difficult but not impossible. I lost so many people. The ones good for having fun, all disappeared on me. One misunderstanding. One judgement. They proved the kind of people they are. I am okay with it. I didn’t even realize I missed out on my childhood friends, the ones who have been there with me since day one. They always tell me positive things, to move forward with maturity rather than try to make me bitter by bashing him and his new girlfriend like most people around me do. I spent more time contacting them. I opened up to my mother. Of course she was hurt. Her one and only child fell down but I guess all that tough love paid off. You see, my mother is a tiger and she doesn’t let me be a burden to anyone, to her, even to myself. I think the nicest thing she has ever told me was that I am stronger than her. My dad, the one I look up to, cried for me. That’s a grown ass man right there but quite frankly, I’ve seen him emotional quite a few times and mostly because of me. I also think that’s one thing that makes him a man of honor. He is not afraid to show his soft side.

About the man I met out of the misadventures, he reminded me how it is to truly treat a lady; to be gentle and kind. It surely is a no brainer to have such qualities for a man but I have honestly forgotten that there are still guys out there with chivalry. Most of all, he thought me that it is very important to be friends before anything because that way you can build a foundation for respect. He drinks hard and party hard but he prays harder and takes good care of his family. You can truly never judge about someone's character regardless of the religion until you've seen him in his element and see the things that he values. For that, I continue to pray for him and his family's well being. I don’t know if I will ever cross paths with him again but I am thankful God introduced him even for a short time.

And as more days passed by, I am slowly remembering who I am before all these madness happened. I remembered how much I like to dance. I remembered how giddy I get when it comes to adventures. I remembered how loud I laugh and how hideous I sound like. I remembered I have a bad habit of cracking up during the worst of situations. I remembered listening to screamo and metal music because deep down inside I am quite the hardcore type. I remembered how much I love to write poems, essays and articles and here I am typing another long one. I remembered enjoying making fun of people especially of myself, because I’m too confident and I like my flaws just the way they are. The small nose, double eyebags, fat cheeks, flat chest and flat feet. I liked myself too much to be even bothered by people who want me to be someone I’m not.

All of these qualities, nothing changed, just forgotten. It’s like driving skills. It may take you years to drive again but once you are on the wheel, you know everything like at the back of your head. And I learned, I am still me. I may have lost my way but I haven’t lost myself. I realized I wasn’t even destroyed. I can never be destroyed. No one is. Every person in this planet is indestructible, some are just afraid to face the truth. I learned that I am as caring as a mother can ever be. I have what it takes to hold a relationship and for that I surely have what it takes to keep a family together.

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(Better ending-ish for samurai jack season 5) all the throw back characters watch jacks fate right on screen/Completely in shock and peril aku gives out a great speech on how he did it/mocking all the good guys and explains what he should do with jack while that happens(aku still talks and figures out what weapon/thing he should do with jack)while everyone else makes plan as quickly as possible jack is devastated about ashi/constantly calling--calling out to her,wishing she would snap out of it,but couldn't(ashi fighting for her life from the inside; aku still has a grip on her) aku being frustrated as usual to pick a devious end for the samurai(which will by some time for jack friends to come and reasue) aku completely out of focus/yelling at jack for a bit because he cant find a satisfying end/aku realizes/a thought came apon him/looks over to ashi/an uproar of thoughts swimming through his head/evil deeds are apon the two/aku smiles with a devilish grin and asks ashi to kill the samurai for him/aku talks about their bond and uses it against them jack in shock that his friend was going to kill him right in front of everyone/still strong but begs her,tries to give out his plea/ashi still struggling from inside, calls out to jack,but could not hear every friend prepares for battle/sets off to akus castle/ ashi(without control)walks up to jack,brings out a blade,perfect for akus liking good guys(are running torwards the castle/getting close the the entrance jacks last plea before he dies/then out of nowhere an arrow flooshes past ashi and aku/all in shock--including aku/aku raises his head,peaking out of the fortress,and sees the amount of backlash that aku is getting/they're here! fighting for their lives to save jack jack sees everyone that he'd ever met,filled with joy and glee,fighting for his side/the biggest fight against aku that he's ever seen/crushing,bashing,poking at akus body/ (akus felling some pain but its kind of a nuisance to him so he doesn't feel as threatened) giving their best shot ashi turns to jack and jack turns to ashi/jacks smile turns into a shocking surprise/ashi goes full force torwards jack then immediately ashi gets bashed by one of jacks friends/helps jack down from the shackles tied around his hands and feet/looks at ashi,ashi gets back up but reforms herself to something more dangerous/jacks quick thinking tells his friend to fight aku and he'll handle ashi/she strikes but he pushes his friend out of the way and does is swiftly avoiding her attacks as much as possible/using his skills to his advantage aku laughs on how pathetic/poor job trying to kill him/it was easy for him to get distracted and become defenceless/without warning they use ropes to try to wield him down/ there were enough people to pull him down to where they want him to be/then they got to his hand and try to pull on him that way too/they climb and started to do a little more damage that usual but not enough to kill him aku starts to get a little worried that they're actually doing something/they're actually winning he thought jack is still avoiding the blows from ashi/worried about messing up his blocks/constantly surviving through the fight/then he screwed himself over,starts to get lashes from her strikes/getting beaten down/slides near his sword aku still getting beaten but he had enough/he was tired of all these idiots talking control/he breaks free and starts killing everyone(almost everyone) jack,beaten,bloody,broken, does not know what to do/ashi starts to sneak,creeping on jack,going for the final blow/scared that he was,death was apon him,he looks up and sees his sword/thoughts were in an emotional state/thinking on what to do on his final hours/use the sword to defend himself or take the hit/he stuggled,the decision were unbearable,for so long he was alone,for so long he was stuck in this parallel universe...driving him mad,for so long he'd seen innocence die right in front of him,was he going to lose another,just becomeing another memory?(subtle movement of his hand going torwards to the sword) aku is striking loads of people,dying by his hand/everyone is still fighting but showing with force,pride,and power/aku finally changes to a being with brutefull stability/ about to kill everyone with one blow she strikes,gets closer,fear in his blood/is this the end/closes his eyes and waits a horn blew;a faint noise had appeared in the distance/everyone stopped to listen/ashi and jack heard it too/even aku stopped to listen,but was confused the scotsman came,flying with musical notes and his daughters/reindeers they rode,flying through the sky/the scotsman blasts a ring of notes torwards aku/pluggin his ears to drown out the sound/everyone shouts in glee/they fly near aku,pushing him off the ledge and falling backdown to the ground ashi sees her father on the ground but ignores him and goes for jack,but another ray of the scotsman pipes blasts ashi away before she could lay a finger on him everyone slides down the slopes and starts attacking aku and ashi and akus minions from below/scotsman checks on jack to see if he's okay/jack was a little shocked when he sees scot dead/ scot explains why hes dead/a little reunion occurs between the two and scot talks about his daughters/scot asks which one jack should favor--none actually/scot complains/jack for his friend over his daughter/(while that was happening,ashi pushes everyone that were attacking her) scot gets a bit discouraged about jacks choice/akus a bit dizzy but sees whats happening ashi goes after jack and tries to attack but was interupted by a rumble/everyone starts to notice/booming sounds coming from afar but are getting closer/a big collision occured in the making/a giant samurai robot came forth to appose aku/the stare down begins,aku is preturbed what stands before him,he chuckles a bit then laughs/then immediately the robot stomps and punches aku like a punching bag both jack and scot were very pleased/scot talks about the situation/then jack gets sucked into ashi,scot is shocked and tries to help him but then realizes he was still a ghost/gets an idea,goes to were aku is and tries to get flora to help Jack is trapped inside the mesh of black goop/jack calls for her, worried for her/hears an echo,a voice that is familiar/jack calls again/jack witnessing ashis stuggles and screams agony,paralyzed,staring at her fate scot rushing torwards to his daughter,flora/seeing his little girl fight in battle until the last punch was struck by the robot/aku broke out of his unconscious beat up face/he had enough,he was done with all of this/he was able to break free from all of the clutches from everyone holding him down/he shoots him self into the sky,making a black void/everyone looks up/spikes start to show at the peak of the void/ scot shouts to move back;askes flora for her help/takes flora to help jack/needles spew from the sky attacking everything on site/screams were heard,fear was bled,everything was wrong/ robots,monsters,people,they were in trouble/scot sees the damage aku was making,he wouldn't let that pass by,not on his watch/tells flora to help jack,she questions but scot prevails to tell her to go,she goes/prepares to use his magic bagpipes and blows a forcefield to protect everyone that is dear to him(mostly his daughters) jack is still inside seeing her stuggle but he knows shes not alone in this/he knows she can do this,he knows she can fight it...but she cant/jack explains for what she did on this journey, to help her identity aku still making spikes fall, but he realizes its not working/he shoots his gaint hand out of the void to help everyone that she faced/she is better than she was before,made choices of her own as a person,made her for who she is now aku smashed the ground making a booming sound to push everyone to their knees/everyone is knocked out/even flora/scot is in complete shock on what had happened jack pauses for a bit then explains softly for what she did to help him and made him for who he is now/helping him getting back to were he was/being balanced ashi opens her eyes slowly and as wide,looking at jack,smiling,yet, still with grief from the inside/reaching out her hand/then jack was completely snatched away,missed on grabbing her hand and try to pull her out of this mess scot goes to his daughters to see if there okay,and they were they're just unconscious/a glare stains apon scots face while looking above at the mist of the void jack gets thrown out of the transformation that is ashi/scot hears the thump that jack made and turns/jack was thrown hard on the ground,unable to move for a second or two/ashi quickly throws her arms up and back down torwards jacks throat, pinning him down/scot sees his friend in trouble,tries to take out his pipes/a sudden cackle came from the sky,it was aku!slithering down slowly to the ground and his laughter gets louder when he gets closer to the floor/lands on the floor like weird goopy liquid,meshes into a blob,and reforms to his formal self/walks ever so closely to ashis succeeding victory(almost a victory) aku sees his suffering,the lack of oxygen in his lungs,his face of a defeated foe!/aku is about to win scot sees the devastation,calls out to his buddy that his rescue is on the way/aku turns and sees scot trying to make his awful music again/scot is ready to go/aku yells at scot fiercely to his face/if he does it one more time he will make sure no one--not even his daughters--will survive(aku is giving them a chance for everyone to live--except for the samurai--for now) scots face turns rage into fear/the choice that he had between the two was out matched with aku's/scot stays near his family and watches aku is filled with glee seeing his on daughter do the job/aku talks and laughs about jacks end, he waited for so long for this day to come,getting a front row seat to watch his body become life- less/jack pleas again to ashi to fight it,he sees her eye to eye,knowing she can do it/but from inside,ashi is still trapped,no control what so ever/her only friend,dying right infront of her,blood on her own hands,a murderer? aku made a empathizing,yet,a sarcastic comment/what friends they were to see one of them betrays the other/ashi hears but doesn't want to believe it/how he's is going to die from her,the ultimate reget to become a killer/ashi is in complete devastation,worry,and in melaucholy,she not that,shes not like that,she changed...did she?/aku comments, the greatest daughter that he could ever have,will turn out to be the achiever of all villains scot could believe his ears,its about to end aku: "you are just like your father" ashi has woken,hearing those words,she has had enough,she is nothing like her mother nor her father,but as her own character,she is her own identity,she is ashi ashi realeases jack,he is alive but coughing,look up at her,sees her transforming back to her formal self/aku and scot were surprised,he was alive,scot is exited with glee,thats his boy,alive and well/ aku looks back at scot with a "why did scaramouche lie to me"kind of look/scot stops cheering and made a uneasy smile ashi goes to jack to see if he was okay/jack was proud, she did it,she made it out on her own,ashi smiled/aku looks back,awfully dissapointed,yet, filled with horrid thoughts/how dare she snap out of his control/why isn't she doing her job shes not going to do it any more,no more killing,no more suffering,it ends now,both jack and ashi will defeat aku together/jack smiles and scot smiles also/rage flows in aku,it doesn't matter if shes his daughter anymore,he just wants both to be pushing up daisies/aku lifts up his hand,shapes it into a weapon and strikes down/both of them were quick to move out of the way just in time/aku kept at it ,but just keeps missing,his temper is rising,he cant take it jack and ashi try to think of a plan,they stared at the sword,sitting in place,and thats it! thats what they need to do,but they need a distraction/sees scot,the idea was struck/they called out to scot ,telling him to use his pipes/scot cant because of aku(after what he said)/they beg him,everything would be fine,/scot questions/jack with a powerful tone and told scot to do it now/as he said that both jack and ashi were struck down and it talk one more shot to kill them/before aku makes the final blow,scot was ready,then aku hears him take a breath,surprised,then a force blasted through out the area/aku was distracted,they work their way to the sword/aku tries to snap out of it,but the noise was to much,he tries to slowly turns his head to where he can vividly see the two heading/he could barely make out what he's actually seeing, but its enough to see where their heading akus eyes were opened wide,he needs to do something,and yet he did/aku resisted enough to block the area where the sword lies with his hand/grabs ashi and throws her to the side,hard/grabs jack and one of the scotmans daughters,flora/aku yells out a screeching yell,telling everyone that is enough/gets real close to scots face and tells him, if he continues blowing his pipes,he will kill his daughter/scots pipes deflates a little bit,he is scared for her life now,he cant do anything about it/now turns over yo jack,being furious,snarly,and just all of the levels to be mad right now akus is really close to jacks face,peeved by all means/aku explains,he waited for so long for this day to come,50 agonizing years of being afraid,hiding,suffering,every little emotion that jack caused ashi was starting to wake up from her unconsciousness,sees her arm all out and deformed/she panics,shocked by what happened/then she struggles to fix her arm aku wanted was to be free,make what ever decision as he pleases without hesitation,destroy peoples lives,making them stuffer/the world into the palms of his hands ashi cant do anything about her arm,its broken,she cant use it,it hurts/then it starts to do something,she notices that its getting better,reforming back to it original state,but how?/preturbed about the situation on what happened,she tries to do something else/she concentrates,she sees her arm forming into another object,a sword,a knife,a key/she has powers that can manipulate her body, she wonders what more she can do/from afar she sees her plan to take down aku/jacks sword aku wants a world to be at peace,he wants a world to be happy in,a world with out a jack ashi uses her newly discovered powers to her advantage,she is able to stretch her arm as far as the eyes can see/getting ever so closer to the sword aku pummels jack into a wall/jack struggels but cant move/aku makes another arm and makes it into a weapon,a perfect weapon,simple,smooth,and slick/recoils his arm,prepares for the aerial strike ashi gets worried that aku might see her getting the sword(but he never did see)(scot sees what ashi was doing,but was silent about it/happy that he was,seeing her doing something to help out the samurai)she grabs the sword,quitely and ever so quickly back to where she stands aku laughs,and strikes ashi was a little faster,she strikes into akus back and through his chest he yields back and screams in excruciating pain/drops both jack and flora to the ground/scot runs to flora to she if she was okay,and she was/aku sees the effect by what the sword was doing/he turns and sees ashi wielding the sword/he gasped/she jumps into the air and strikes again/it hits him/aku pleads,tries to get away with it, but didn't/she kept hitting him over and over,blow after blow/he used weapon but she avoided them/he used lasers out of his eyes,she did also/only half a body left/now akus desperate,he know he cant win,so he tries to sweet talk ashi,using the father and daughter excuse, that he'll try to be a better father/ashi didnt take it,it only gave her more the urge to kill him straight on/both jack and scot see and hear the screams of akus death/his body,his arms,his face were vanishing right before their eyes,until he was no more(except for that one tiny piece that no one saw that floated away a few feet)(it was over,or they so thought) after aku is no where to be seen,everyone that helped and had been knocked down from the blow,woke up from their unconscious sleep/everyone is slowly getting up and helping others to stand as well/ she did it,she beat her father,she beat aku/jack ran up to her and hugged her,jack was jumping for joy,she did it she defeated aku/ashi smiled jack friends cheered,what an amazing thing she did they came up to jack and ashi,cheered,hugged,congratulate,everything for a win victory/they about whats been going on about their lives/goofed around/enjoying the moment in peace(but it seems for jack that his journey is almost over)ashi opened a portal to the past/his friends dont want to see him go,but he must in order to save what was done by aku/all of them were saying their goodbyes/jack is wondering if ashi was going to come with,so he asked that little tiny sliver of aku(that no one noticed)started to do something abnormal,it used all of it strength to do once last fatal endeavor/a giant hand come out of that tiny little piece,and attacks straight on to jack ashi is about to say her anwser,but heres something in the distance,she looks behind her just a tad bit,the hand was coming in fast,there was no time to move!/she pushes jack into the portal,while the hand is ashi's target now/every gasped in horror he's in the portal/witnessed to what he just saw/the arm was supposed to get him not ashi/gets back to the past, upset and weary/both aku and jack are eye to eye/aku backs up and flees/tries to attack but jack is still ripping him to shreds/jack goes after him with anger and distraught/after what he'd has done,his friends,family,ashi/the battle has begone but aku was still at his weak state/scared ,afraid,about to loose his life/blow after blow jack was able to get aku,slicing and erasing him from his own time he lifted his sword once more and struck him down/putting all of aku into his sword and releasing his essence to the ground,therefor,once he did that everything was crumbling/it was coming down he had to get out of there quick before he goes down with it,too/he gets out safely/everything explodes/no more aku,but still feels empty he was able to get back to his village,it took him a while but he did it/still a dark grey mood yet a light simmered,telling him hes here,hes home,and alive/he gets there slowly,face to face with his family,seeing them for the first time in 50 years,finally gets to see them again,/both are far but then gets closer,a little faster and then a reunion,together,a hug/i am here jack told them stories on what he did/how many he saved,what he did,and how much he missed living here/festivals began,joy to spread,and fixing what ever aku did/it took a while but over the next few years everything was back to normal(or at least all most normal)its been years since akus death,still thinking on what had happen,what had happen to ashi/healing is still slow for him/no rest is resolved/he got to a place,a place to be alone,grey and gloom/wishing he could've done something...to save her (sorry for all the grammar and spelling messes,but i just wanted you to know that i was putting down ideas on how the story would've looked like if genndy had more time to add more.Heres my re-make of the finale! i hope you like.) but then a familiar sound appears/he looks up,confused as he is/a portal has shown apon its self/jack was aware to see what might come out of it,any danger might come through any moment/but instead it was a letter/it drops on to the ground and the portal disappears/jack pics it up and opens it a note written just for him,he reads/it was a letter from ashi/it talks about whats been happening over the past couple of years/after she push jack back to the past she was struck down by that hand, but it missed her some how, she was able to make a form of a hole through her body(just like aku did when jack kept attacking aku and kept missing because of that power aku has) the little piece of aku shrivels into a tiny round ball/everyone was confused on what was happening, so they kept their eye on it over time they were able to rebuild the cause of aku rains/rebuilding houses to cities to fields of grass to gardens to families/they were constructing a re-opening to their world/a new breath of fresh air for their new home/the little ball of aku grew little by little but everyone one was still aware of that little globs presence/when everything was done and everything was peacful it happened /the little ball grew into a tiny baby aku/no memory,no evil,just as helpless as he could be everyone was shocked,aku has reformed but only became a child/worried they were that he might become as big as he was or maybe evil for that sorts/they wanted to get ride of it,destroy it,give the same pain as it did to them/while they were planning,ashi was thinking about liitle akus fate,but looking at a closer look,he was only a baby,helpless,defenseless,not even understanding right or wrong/it reminded of her and what she went though/what is she even saying/is she doing the right thing or is she saying this to put everyone else in danger/the choices are swimming through her head,she needs to pick the right one/she tells every one to stop and listen,lets not try that idea,and make the same mistakes as he once did/they were shocked at what she said,it was crazy,did she forget he did?/she knows,but explains why they cant barge a threating tone/a child,a child that he is,would you destory his experience through out the world?destroy his hopes and dreams?traumatize him?/what if he can be good,teach the ways of being what a hero is?there will be no evil or sadness or mourning for their loved one/he can do good,the furture of akus rains will be no more/and she was right,they all thought about it and thats the best way to do it/no more evil from anyone/so they took aku under their wind and raised him like their own/the samurai jack way evil has been vanquished,everyone is at peace(even though jack is a little paranoid that aku is still alive but ashi already wrote what had happen so less need to worry about)everyone is alive and well and know that ashi is alive, jack was in peace..the end

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