#goes for other bugs and animals too tbh

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Uncaring

[yanderepuck]

We are thanking @aquagirl1978 for this.

At the Bronx zoo, they are letting you name a cockroach after someone and you get a little certificate for doing so.

So let's imagine MC doing this for the guys. She prints out the little certificate and gives it to them all cute like.

Napoleon

"You...did what?" Looking at the certificate wondering if he's reading it wrong.

"I named a cockroach after you"

He just looks at you. Very confused. Not sure if it's meant to be endearing or semi threatening.

"...You still love me, right?"

"of course!"

Mozart

"....."

"Do you like it~"

"That..is.. DISGUSTING!"

You laugh as he throws a small tantrum.

"COCKROACHES ARE DISGUSTING. WHY WOULD YOU NAME ONE AFTER ME?"

"Because cockroaches are forever like our love~"

"....."

"I got the matching socks too"

"get those away from me"

Leonardo

"..a cockroach?"

"a hissing cockroach!"

Leonardo is just looking at the certificate. "I've been called worse things" shrugs and hangs it up in his wall

Vincent

"aww. Thanks" he smiles at it and you even got him the cockroach plushie to go with it. You knew he would like it. He's going to go paint the two of you as cockroaches now, and going on a date

Theo

Mildly offended. "Why a cockroach?"

"Why not. It hisses and so do you. It seems fitting"

Still offended and is convinced you could have chosen a different animal/insect but decided on the cockroach for who knows what reason

Arthur

You know he goes all out for Valentine's Day as it is. So when you just hand him the certificate he's a little confused.

"I named a cockroach after you!"

"..is...is that a normal thing in your country?"

"nope!"

He's wondering if this is a warning.

"I got us matching roach socks too!"

Isaac

Boy probably shrieked a little when seeing a cockroach on the paper. "WHY???"

"I thought it was cute"

"WHATS CUTE ABOUT A COCKROACH?"

"They hiss!"

He screams again. But then you made him sit through the virtual encounter and he screams a little when it hisses

Jean

Handles it better than you expected honestly. For a split second you thought he would be confused "so this is how people celebrate Valentine's Day? They name bugs after each other"

"not exactly. I thought it would be a funny gift."

You got him the plush and he's holding it like a baby and he carries it around all day and tells people it's name is also Jean

Dazai

"Aww. I got you the same thing"

You were SHOOK

Dazai also handed you a certificate. Needless to say he enjoyed being named after a cockroach. You're the one a little upset by it

Shakespeare

He's telling you about how he is taking you to this nice restaurant. He even got you a new dress to go out in. And then you hand him a box with the certificate and the plush inside.

"a... cockroach? You named a cockroach after me.."

He's wondering if he's done anything wrong and you did this because you're mad at him.

Comte

He has no clue how to react. He bought you fancy chocolates and nice wine. Probably a new gold necklace. And he got matching roach socks and a certificate. He's probably a little concerned on how you were able to do this and why you wanted to. But he's putting on the socks right now

Sebastian

Probably sees the humor in it and thinks it's funny. He's oddly excited about the virtual encounter. Meanwhile he probably found a site where you can name a worm after your loved one because of the meme "would you still love me if I was a worm"

Vlad

He thought you would pick something more elegant than a cockroach. Maybe something fluffy. Not a cockroach.

"Roaches are forever, like our love, and you"

Vlad now thinking roaches are immortal and is curious about them. This isn't what you planned. But he is very touched by this

Faust

"....you got me a cockroach?"

"no..I named one after you"

"why would you-" so very confused. He definitely hangs it up in his lab. It keeps his ego down tbh. You start calling him your little cockroach since he calls you a guinea pig

Charles

Slightly disturbed at first but is definitely here for the matching socks.

"didn't have to be a cockroach? I think I'm cuter than a cockroach"

"you're the cutest cockroach"

But then you watch the virtual encounter and he screams a little when it hisses. He wasn't expecting that

Drake

"aww you got me a gift?" Sees the certificate. "...a roach."

"because our love will never die~"

This is his first Valentine's with you and you named him after a roach.

"Is this a modern thing people do?"

"not really. Just a funny thing"

He's thinking you are trying to offend him but he's actually enthusiastic about it

Galileo

Didn't even want to do anything for Valentine's but you hand him an envelope and he sees the certificate and he gets very confused.

"happy valentine's day~"

"... I think I'm a little above a roach"

"you both seem to hiss when touched so I see no difference"

That shot his ego down

[beautifulphilosopherbird]

Dungeon Meshi chapter 15, or Me trying to figure out the Kabru & co timeline bc the anime confused me (vs episode 7)

the anime ep 7 opens with Kabru & co getting resurrected, before it goes back to Senshi & friends, but in the manga they get resurrected at the start of chapter 15

they actually tell this to the mage that's with them, while in the anime he is shown when Kabru & co are already awake so they obviously cannot communicate with him (idk why he was kept a secret tho - I guess it would make adventurers suspect them of being dodgier than they seem, which they were lol)

these two speculate a bit before they resurrect them and realise it was treasure bugs

the exact fee was not mentioned in the anime (that feels like a lot of gold lmfao I wish I had something to compare it to but nothing comes to mind tbh)

I like that they showed distrust for them in the manga (tho they did in the end conclude the same thing, that it was Senshi & friends) because those two were very obviously dodgy. ironically, Marcille casting the protection on them seemed to be what convinced them it was Senshi & co who robbed them lol

the anime cuts their story after they run off to catch the "criminals", and continues it in episode 14 (in very confusing order, at least for me). this entire next part is not in the anime but in the manga we see them get to the 4th floor, the lake, trying to sniff out Senshi & friends' scent

I feel her on this (had to look up her name bc I didn't retain it from the anime lol, it's Mickbell)

are those slimes? do they hang out in water too?

they come across the two mermaids before Laios and Chilchuck, but thanks to Kuro's superior hearing, they realise it before getting bewitched

lmfao this made me laugh but I wanna know what she was actually saying tho. also they are wearing actual earplugs hahaha I thought there would be a spell for that but then again, why waste magic

why she so maddddd. she does act kinda like she has a crush on him but does she really? lmfao

this is how their bit ends for now and we backtrack to Senshi & friends before Marcille finishes the soap

Chilchuck outright has a mental breakdown in the manga RIP old man chuck

hehe what are you gonna make the raft from chickchuck? the kelpie? to carry the kelpie?

also woodchuck doesn't say "I'd rather not" to Laios in the manga (or something was lost in translation)

don't you just hate it when you find a perfectly good backpack and it's attached to a dead person. really ruins your day doesn't it

whose waterwalk spell? Laios and chucky's? or Kabru & co's? I thought they were floating bc they're dead but it's bc of the waterwalk spell? edit: no wait, later cluckchuck says that the caster is dead (Rin) so the barley should not be affected by the spell anymore, so they shouldn't either right? i'm confused now lol

interesting, in the anime he says that they met a mermaid and killed each other (did he mean they heard the mermaid's song? is that the effect it has? or is it the fishmen?)

awww Laios worrying about them cutie

anyway I'll end this bit here until we see the rest of Kabru & co story from ep 14 in the manga bc I need to understand this timeline of events it's gnawing at my brian

[shrimp-buffet]

Willow and Angelo Headcannons!!

They won the vote, so here they are (Headcannons after the cut kinda)

Before I get to the character headcannons, I want to use my little pre-ramble section to share my headcannon about the Swamp of Love itself:

The Swamp of Love was a pretty normal Tunnel of Love attraction with at the park at first. But in whatever event that caused Cordelius to get trapped in the shadow realm, swamp water from the shadow realm got into the Tunnel’s pipes and flooded the attraction with its toxic waters. The amount of water that came pouring in extended it from just a small attraction to whole small section. While that was kept secret, it caused the section to close, seemingly forever. but one day, years later, it mysteriously opened up again with Willow as its new host.

I like to think that this is why all the two of them have mind manipulation based abilities, since the Shadow Realm seems to affect peoples mind. But now, onto the characters!

Willow based, Angelo based, both

•Willow was actually just some kinda of swamp animal before the prolonged exposure to the now toxic waters mutated her. Most likely a piranha. (I could see frog due to the tadpoles, but she looks more like a fish and I think piranha would be cool tbh)

•Angelo used to work at the attraction before it flooded. He got trapped during the initial flood and just kinda stuck around not knowing how to get out due to how big the swamp was.

•The toxic swamp waters messed the two’s minds a bit, but due to them not being full-on in the shadow realm it really only made them a bit more kooky and make them lose a bit of their impulse control. Hence why they’re so willing to mess with people in cruel ways. Basically they were always kinda like that, but they now just act on it more freely and harshly.

•Angelo used to and continues to take care of any of the little critters inside the swamp. Especially the fish.

•Willow was one of the fish that Angelo took care of! She was a sort of favorite of his and would be fed bits of his lunch on occasion.

•Angelo doesn’t realize that Willow was the fish he cared for, and Willow doesn’t realize that he doesn’t know that. they just became instant friends and never thought to bring it up.

•Willow loves plants, especially flowers. But her favorites are carnivorous plants.

•The swamp somehow still gets signal, and Angelo uses it to watch stuff similar to like “The Bachelorette” and “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. He invites Willow to join it too and she also eats it up.

•Willow is a bit of a romantic, and on occasion her pranks involve using her mind control to make people act out ships (in a way similar to the famous catbug scene. A bit more wholesome but still messed up)

•Angelo by contrast hates romance and thinks that “fairytale love” is stupid and fake, which is why his favorite pranks are causing relationships drama with his rumor bugs.

•Willow was the one to reopen the attraction after finally finding the end of the swamp and thus the rest of the park. She started advertising the attraction in order to lure in people for her and Angelo to prank.

•Angelo was always part mosquito, but he used to hide it with his outfits and hair and whatnot. The only actual parts that are mosquito though is just his wings and antenna, the eye and other parts are just a costume he made to embrace that part of him (I for the life of me can’t think of why he’s part mosquito, I just really like the thought of it.)

•Angelo’s wings buzz as he snores, making for one the most annoying sounds /hyp

•Willow sleeps in the swamp water.

•Angelo loves fireflies! Willow love fireflies too… to eat…

•They’ve messed up their sleep schedules so badly they’re practically nocturnal, waking up around the late afternoon and staying up all night.

•Practically goes without saying, but Angelo is gay. Also, Willow is a lesbian.

And yeah that’s all I got for now! A bit short but most of my thinking was related to the Swamp theory thingy rather than them as characters. If I get more ideas I’ll be happy to revisit them if you guys would like. :]

I really love making these posts now and I love how much you peeps enjoy them. As always, thank you for reading and let me know if you want more!

[ratpoizonz]

HAIIII THROWS MY SILLY LITTLE SWAP AU AT YOUUU ^_^

i just thought it'd be neat to make an au that swaps some of my favorite gay ppl.........i might make more content of it tbh hehe

extra info abt it under the cut :3

• skid's canon dad does exist in this au, he's just not the father, he's the cult leader

• dexter has the same dynamic with skid and pump as kevin does in canon, except instead of bothering him for candy, they constantly wanna take all the animals out of their containers and play with them. roy has stolen a snake from dexter's place of work before too

• streber, since he's a real vampire, is actually like. a hundred years old, despite looking to be in his 20s

• after the incident between bob and streber (streber tearing off and eating his leg), he gets a prosthetic leg after fully healing in the hospital, though the restaurant is closed while he's recovering

• kevin has an obsession with bugs and likes to collect and keep the deadliest ones he can get his hands on

• kevin's fate is the same as dexter's in canon, his real body gets possessed by moloch and he has to inhabit a happy fella

• streber literally lives in a big spooky castle that's entirely disconnected from the rest of the town (he lives within bat flying distance at least)

• streber goes out every halloween to search for more victims than he normally does, it's easier to get ppl and have others think it's all an act when they see a corpse drained of all of it's blood

• jack and john have arrested streber before, but he's easily escaped by turning into a bat and flying away. they're still working on a way to catch him properly

• only juane, skid, and pump know abt lila being turned into a vampire. she can't have other ppl knowing bc then the whole town would freak out, ofc

• due to streber's bloodlust, people who aren't trick or treating or going out are all advised by authorities to keep themselves safe and to keep the doors and windows locked

[adobe-outdesign]

If it's not getting tiresome would you mind reviewing the mynci? They've been my favorite since childhood

The Mynci is our only primate Neopet (not counting TNT staff, the freaks) and it's... alright. Honestly, I'm kind of amazed we only got a singular monkey Neopet for this category, considering how diverse primates are all-around—you have baboons, gorillas, monkeys, lemurs, etc. It's not a bad thing, but it's head-scratching compared to the number of dragons and birds we have.

As our only primate Neopet, the Mynci is about as literal as you could get with a monkey—long tail, big ears, snub nose (their most distinctive feature tbh) and what seems to be exposed flesh over their ears, face and stomach, down to even having a belly button. I feel like they're kind of like Lupes, being real animals, but they don't have as incredible as a selection of colours to support them like Lupes do.

I guess my main problem with them is that there's no fur indicated on their bodies, just two hairs on their heads, which always gave them this weird feeling of being bald. I feel like just a few small tufts of fur in the right spots would've helped avoid this. Their body shape is also pretty standard. Out of the designs that were voted on, I kind of gravitate towards Mynci #2 here, which both has more fur and a more interesting body shape, as well as a more obvious personality to it. (Though I will admit that #3 is the most Neopet-ish of them all.)

Mynci were basically left untouched by customization aside from gaining a fist, so that's a plus.

Favorite Colours:

Stealthy: Stealthy pets sometimes end up looking incredibly busy, with too many details and colors, but the stealthy Mynci gets it just right. I like the subtle dark green and gold palette used to accent the stealthy colour's natural navy and bright blue eyes, and little details like the stitch marks. I also love how the symbols on its headband and belt are clearly in the shape of a Mynci's nose. The only minor thing that bugs me is that those two hairs on top shouldn't be visible.

Royal: I have no idea why these are Shenkuu-based and I do not care (I guess it's because China has a fair amount of monkey species IRL?). Either way, these designs are super pretty, and work well eith the Mynci's design. Both the royalboy and royalgirl feel on par with each other, with both sporting long flowing robes (hanfu) and luck charms—the main difference being the color palettes and the royalboy having a beard and hat while the female has a headdress.

For the record, both versions are fine with the UCs obviously being better, though there are some weird things we lost in the conversion—like, what happened to the RB's beard and tail cuffs, and why did its eye color change? What happened to the RG's ring? Why did the grey in the RB's eyebrows get lighter? But regardless, these are still solid.

Toy: Come on, it's a symbol monkey! You can't not like it. The purple base is pleasant as well and goes well with the red and peach accents, and it looks nice and plastic-y. Bonus points for hiding the fist. (The eyes should've been purple or red though.)

Bonus: If you want something more ape-like and don't vibe with the Mynci's overall design, give the mutant version a spin. I really like the gorilla-like stance and anatomy, the more muted colors with bright red accents, and little details like the devil-shaped tail and extra fur. My only nitpick is that having both ears and horns feels weird—should be one or the other.

[hawkinsharlot]

argyle headcanons !!!

this man is so fine, i’m genuinely surprised there isn’t more content about him out there

general hcs;

he doodles and draws a lot! mostly when he’s high as shit. give him a couple of pens and some paper and he’ll be entertained for hours

he gives such good hugs you don’t even KNOW!!! seriously, he’s so good at comforting people and he doesn’t even know it

he loves taking those quizzes in magazines and often makes jonathan take them with him as well

he’s an animal lover. any kind of animal tbh, more than just cats or dogs!! bugs freak him out tho

he’s one of those people who sleep with like no blankets, but a MILLION pillows

speaking of sleeping, he tends to sleep on his front or on his side. he likes to hug stuff at the same time too

this is barely a headcanon, but he speaks spanish! grew up speaking it and speaks it at home a lot

relationship headcanons (sfw)

he’s basically a huge teddy bear when it comes to cuddling. especially if you’ve had a hard day, he just pulls you into his lap and tries to comfort you to the best of his abilities

he calls you dude and bro a lot. sure he has some nicknames for you too, but it’s still “dude” and “bro” out of habit.

when he does call you pet names tho, it’s mainly things like babe or baby, sometimes even honey if he’s real sappy. that’s only when you’re alone tho

he’s a fan of sleeping in just to cuddle and talk when you first wake up. when you nap together or spend the night at each other’s place, the mornings are filled with cuddling and kisses

oh speaking of kisses, he loves shoulder and neck kisses! giving them mostly. he’ll often come up and hug you from behind and plant a little kiss on the crook of your shoulder or right on your neck. he’s always gentle when he kisses too

he’s 10000% let you braid his hair!!! he’s all for people playing with his hair

he’s also a big fan of laying on your chest or tummy when cuddling. anywhere soft? he’s laying. chest? lay. thighs? lay. tummy? lay. and yes, you’re getting kisses wherever he decides to lay too

relationship hcs (nsfw)

oh he’s for sure an ass guy. any ass is a good ass. he’ll usually rest his hands on your butt when you two cuddle. and if he’s in the mood, he’ll press your hips to his to show you that

he likes thighs too. whenever he goes down on you, he makes sure to leave marks all on your inner thighs before eating you out. he definitely likes to take his time with you

speaking of going down on you, a lot of the time he’ll kiss down your tummy before putting his head between your thighs. he likes taking it slow and seeing how much he can wind you up before you finally cum

he’s not a fan of quickies

again, he likes taking his time

his favorite position is having you sit in his lap and ride him while you two make out

he’s definitely not quiet either. he’s not super super vocal, but he doesn’t hold back his moans and groans at all.

sex while high is the norm tbh, it’s rare when you’re both sober

he’s actually really skilled with his hands. he definitely likes watching you squirm under his touch as he gently rubs your sweet spot before he finger fucks you

oral fixation is strong with this man

his mouth needs to be on something at all times during sex.

boobs? always in his mf mouth. there’s never a time where you don’t have at least 3 hickeys on them

when it comes to actual sex, he tends to take it slow but deep. gripping onto your hips as he goes as deep as he can into you, trying to find the magic rhythm you seem to love so much.

he prefers finishing on your stomach or on your back. never inside, honestly.

“i’m too young to be a father, man. i’m not ready to grow up just yet!”

he’s over all very careful when it comes to sex. he’d never wanna hurt you, so whenever you blow him, he doesn’t push down your head too much unless you say he can. he mainly keeps your hair out of your face

with blowjobs too, he really likes finishing on your face. there’s something about seeing you covered in his cum that he finds super hot

mutual masturbation is definitely on the table too

he likes to see how long either of you can go without helping out the other

spoiler! it’s not long

he likes watching you play with yourself more than he admits. sometimes he’ll even ask for you to put yourself on display for him. slip off your shirt, or completely get nude too.

he does it himself too. let’s you get a nice long look at him while he jerks off

[crows-home]

ok now here's what bugs me about Fire Emblem/ Nathan because fuck. TW for discussions of sexual assault, but it's p retty much just me ranting about the pervert anime trope.

Like any other anime even vaguely involving women, I was really worried about the sexualization of female characters or just flat-out grossness that might pop up. Casual sexism, casual groping, all those things played for jokes, etc. Theres always one pervert that goes after the girls, and it sucks. The girls are always victimized, and nothing gets done. Everyone else just sighs or chuckles and goes "oh, classic Pervert! So silly" It always makes me want to chew glass. I don't think I would have stuck with this series if I saw that tbh.

And unfortunately, there was some of that. A lot of that. Mainly from Nathan/ Fire Emblem, the openly queer character.

I've always despised the "pervert character" anime trope. It's always played for laughs, always brushed off, just serves to pander to some audience. "But ooohh, it's ok!! The person gets hit/ told off repeatedly its all good!! :)" No. No it's fucking not. It's annoying, uncomfortable, and is the reason I have trouble interacting with a lot of anime these days. Because that shit is just always around, played for jokes, ruining the episodes no matter how good the plot is.

So. then there's Nathan, a queer character of color that I really wanted to root for and relate to, in the beginning. But throughout all of season 1, he's always groping someone's ass and making some comment that the other person clearly doesn't like. I'm mainly thinking about Antonio/ Bison right now. And I know what people will say. "Bison is strong enough. If he really didn't like it, he would tell Nathan to knock it off or defend himself." To which I say: shut up forever and get out. Hell no. That's way too close to "well, you must have actually wanted it" that's thrown to SA victims and I'm not having that shit.

Maybe it didn't happen often, but it happened enough that any time Fire Emblem showed up on screen, I was ready for an uncomfortable moment to happen and rolled my eyes.

I've debated it with myself. Nathan's a flirt, that's their character. Flamboyant and openly gay, which can be seen as fitting into many stereotypes. But that's not where I have the issue. Seeing a queer character struggle through their relationship with gender, with how they are accepted in society and how they accept themself, could have been wonderful. Honestly, during the movie, the scenes where Nathan is having flashbacks and battling with very real insecurities made me sympathetic.

I dunno. It was just so disappointing to see and I don't know if I have enough words for it. It bums me out a lot. I don't know what the conversation about Tiger and Bunny was like back in 2011. Maybe other people have said this, maybe there's more to this, but agh. I just had to vent about this, because it was such a let down.

But all of that sympathy is thrown out the window when I remember the way this character perpetuates the stereotype: queer people are predators. And no matter what the intention was, no matter what year it was, that's what it comes off as.

I hate it. Because the second movie. The Rising. Made me really invested in Nathan and his journey. Sure, it was quick, and a subplot, but they did so much with that.

His mother and father criticizing him. The feeling of disappointment. "The only thing you can do now is die." Just a few scenes and lines of dialogue can really reach an audience, if you know what you're doing.

But I'm not sure they did. Nathan wakes up, overcomes his trauma and worries like a switch just flipped, and comes into battle saying "men are made of courage and women are made of love, so gay people are invincible!"

Man. What the hell. I can't even begin to describe the confusion and disappintment I felt when I first saw that scene.

It gets better in season 2, I think. Fire Emblem is still gay and kicking ass, just not so touchy. Which I'm assuming means the writers took notes from before and cut that shit out.

[otakween]

Cyborg 009 BGOOParts Delete (2020) - Volume 2

A full year has past since I read volume 1, so it’s time for me to get up to speed. Luckily, since this is a story that has been rehashed time and time again, it’s going to be easier to recall what’s going on. I can’t believe 3 more volumes have already come out, what a quick turnaround time! (Probably not a good sign tbh). 

Ch. 8 

-It kind of bugs me how the cyborgs names are stylized with their numbers and then their actual names in furigana. Are they calling each other by their names or their numbers? Confusing...

-The art style continues to be gorgeous. Love the dedication to keeping older aesthetics alive (I follow some artists on Insta that do 90s anime art). 

-A lot of the vocabulary went over my head this chapter, but it’s not too hard to grasp the generic “mwahaha we’ll become powerful Gods and take over the world” narrative.

-I feel like some of the Mythos cyborgs translate well to modern day and some are too cheesy to take seriously -cough- hippo man -cough cough- 

Ch. 9

-Whelp, that chapter was kind of difficult to understand. This manga is very monologue/dialogue heavy. I could basically tell that they were going on and on about destiny and the meaning of their existence (both the numbers cyborgs and the mythos cyborgs) 

-Kind of annoying how 003 gets relegated to “(wo)man in the chair” instead of getting in on the main action, but oh well. I guess it makes sense since her ability isn’t really useful in battle.  

Ch. 10

-So Hera took over Rico’s body preventing the numbers cyborgs from attacking her. Once again, I struggled to follow this one. Even though it’s a modern Cyborg 009, they still talk in an old timey way that’s hard to follow.

-These chapters are really short. This one was basically entirely villain monologue and very boring. 

Ch. 11

-Okay, I lied, that chapter was kind of long. We’re really moving at a snail’s pace here. Like a multiple chapter build up to a single battle...is that really necessary? What is this, Dragon Ball?

-Helena (or one of her sister’s) and Pan show up. Helena says something about this being a battle that was fought before previously. Tell me about it lol...

Ch. 12

-A pretty dull fighting chapter where the Mythos cyborgs mock the numbers cyborgs. They all seem to be paired up with cyborgs similar to them and mostly evenly matched. 

-The horse cyborg’s neck guns are pretty cursed looking, yuck

-So apparently other numbers cyborgs can use acceleration mode because of the Dolphin somehow? That just feels like cheating...

Ch. 13

-In this chapter Apollon just goes on an on about his “real sister” Helena who is also Artemis I guess? I dunno lol. He said that she has the power to amplify her teammates powers which...I’m so sick of these female characters getting the lame supporting role bleh. Also 003 shows up for like two seconds and does nothing (except call for Ivan). 

-Joe has literally been standing around saying nothing for several chapters now. What a boring hero. He might as well be a silent video game protagonist. 

-Urgh...gotta find something positive to say...I guess I was kinda excited that Ivan was mentioned for the first time in awhile, but we didn’t actually get to see him. Boo. 

-I know it was like this in the OG manga, but I wonder what the logic was behind making some of the Mythos cyborgs animal hybrids and some human like. Achilles is a panther dude for example. 

Ch. 14

-Joe successfully defeats Achilles, Geronimo fights the minotaur and Francoise confronts Helena (who she recognizes from their past meeting). It was nice to see Geronimo fighting for a change. 

Not sure if I’m finding this painful to read because of the tricky, kanji-heavy Japanese or because the writing sucks. Gonna say it’s a combo of the two...Oh well. Only a few volumes to go and I’ll be done. Just want the Mythos arc to end. 

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-I’m taken by a very, very lovely person irl, keep this in mind please lol.

-I’m in multi fandoms, some of which are. TWDG/TWD tv show & dead-city, RDR1 & RDR2, life is strange 1, hazbin hotel & helluva boss, saints-row (mostly 4 tho!), furry fandom, Ark survival evolved, sims 3 & 4, gacha club, creepypasta, MLP, etc.

-trans rights are human rights, women rights are human right, queer rights are human rights, POC rights are human rights, everyone needs equal rights and if you don’t agree please leave my blog.

-MAP’s, ZOO’s, racists & sexist people will be blocked without hesitation!!

-Queer isn’t a bad word on my blog, Disabled isn’t a bad word on my blog either nor is  Hypersexual, don’t act like it is whatsoever on my blogs/pages!!

-my Favourite colours are Forest-Green, Dark-Blue & most neon colours!!

-some of my favourite animals are  hammerhead & great white sharks, cheetahs, killer whales & ants!!

-if I happen to post something that might/dose  trigger you feel free to send me a ask/DM to ask me to tag it in the future!! If I see it I’ll most definitely tag it after that! (IE things with eyes, bugs, foods, saliva & things like that!! I want my blog to be a safe space for people!!)

-I have a theme with the word ‘April’ with/on all my blogs so far- so feel free to call either that or ‘Oct’ in Asks you might send me if you decide to.

-if I reblog a meme you happen to like please go to the original poster of it to reblog it if you  must reblog it, I’d prefer the eyes be put on OP’s blog for that and not mine. (The same goes with art & writing)

-If you happen to feel the need to block me on one of my blogs then please block me on all of my blogs!!

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My Hazbin/helluva muse/rp blog I’m not too very active on rn! (17 but preferably 18+) -> @a-f00ls-muse

My Walking dead blog!(17+)-> @a-f00ls-walking-bl0g

My NSFW/NSFT multi fandom & ’personal’ Blog!(obviously 18+!! + a quick TW/CW for intense/darker kinks & such!!!!) -> @a-f00ls-pet

My Saint Row blog for my bosses/HC’s or one-shots & such. (18+) -> @a-f00lish-saint

[fawkesthefox]

Hey I really like the soulmate AU thing you have written so far. Could you perhaps elaborate on Joel and Etho, as they are my favorite pair so far. Thank you

tbh I don't have too much solidly planned out about them other than their characterizations.

Joel is a petty prankster, he gets back at everyone for every tiny wrong they do to him and enjoys teasing and annoying his friends.

Etho is pretty introverted and quiet, he generally tries to be helpful but he also has a big mischievous streak and will happily tease and prank his friends.

They meet at the beginning of the college year, quickly figure out that they're soulmates and instantly accuse eachother of messing with them through their soulbond, which is probably true. As the year goes on they pull pranks and cause chaos together. Etho reigns Joel in when its necessary and Joel encourages Etho to get out of his comfort zone and try new things and have fun, Generally they're great for each other and have a great time, they fight sometimes but its more for fun than actually being mad at eachother.

They start up their matchmaking things after seeing how Grian and Scar are soulmates and refusing to believe it for a while and how Ren and BigB manage to be completely oblivious despite being friends for months. Their 'matchmaking' is basically just pranks with the added benefit of showing people who their soulmates are. Like dumping paint on Scar and having him ask Grian to help clean up (Scar assumes that they just dumped paint on Grian too and manages to remain oblivious as Grian has a crisis)

Some more ideas that I haven't decided whether or not to make canon yet:

Joel and Etho's soulbond is being able to hear whatever music the other is listening to. They rickroll each other many times and bug each other with listening to their favorite music on repeat (All Star by smashmouth from Joel and anime soundtracks from Etho

They're the first ones to realize the Exes Quartet are soulmates and bring them together, but because of how absolutely disastrous it goes (not helped by smalletho trying to prank everyone during the whole thing) They kind of make enemies with all four of them. They're still on decent terms with Pearl, but she's still not very happy with them.

[igneouswyvern]

After nearly two and a half years of being completely obsessed with Zestiria after I beat it way back in July of 2021 I finally decided to go back and watch the anime, Zestiria the X and, yeah I have some thoughts

I'm gonna start with the good. Definitely the best part was getting to see Rose and Alisha interact with each other, and Dezel and Zavied interact as well, since they were never in the party at the same time in the game. The anime format also did a lot of good for both Alisha and Zavied's characters (I'm so glad Zavied is something besides "the horny guy" now). Really the story works a lot better with the full party of 8 together towards the end.

The anime also gave me the one thing Tales games never give me, which is a full proper ending, and by that I mean showing us exactly what happened to the world after the final battle was won. I've never been very good at using my imagination when it comes to a peaceful and normal world so it was nice to see that fleshed out. While unrealistic I am also glad Sorey came back within Rose and Alisha's lifetimes because that always kinda bugged me in the game

Using Berseria as a legend in Zestiria was pretty cool considering they didn't get to do that in the game since it came out first. I thought it worked really well. However I am very confused on why they decided to animate the first three hours of post-prologue Berseria smack dab in the middle of the Zestiria plotline and just...never return to it. I don't know why they decided to do that, it didn't fit at all and the whole time I was just wondering if or when they were ever gonna come back to it. And if they were gonna do it for context's sake shouldn't they have, I don't know, jumped ahead to some part where Velvet actually fights Artorius?? It just felt so strange to me.

Onto some more bad: Why the hell did they make Maltran a good guy. She worked just fine as a twist villain. They just cut that entirely for no reason??

And there's one particular huge thing that they just completely changed. One of the most interesting things to me about Zestiria's narrative was the underlying theme that "you can't save everyone." From "everyone knows you can't purify a dragon" to that first moment in Pendrago when they encounter a hellion so strong that the only way to quell its malevolence is to outright kill it, leading all the way up to the finale of the game where Sorey has to kill Heldalf because he can't be purified. They learn over and over again that malevolence has consequences, and that the Shepherd's journey isn't without sacrifice, and that sometimes taking a life is the only way to save that many more.

And Zestiria the X just throws that whole concept out the window?????

First they straight up replaced the corrupted church lady in Pendrago with something totally different and far less impactful, just a corpse that can be purified. And then they go and purify a real dragon??? You can't just do that????? And of course that means they won't kill Heldalf either. He ends up unrealistically purified as well. It just bugs me so much. It goes against everything the original game wanted to set up. Sure it gave us a happier ending but we don't always need a perfectly happy ending! Life is full of heartache and tragedy and sacrifices, and the original Zestiria showed that in a really neat way. And the anime just goes and tosses all of it out the window. It just...it makes me really upset. Tbh the Pendrago sequence is one of my favorite moments in the game, and the dramatic sequence where you kill Heldalf is another favorite, and I was really excited to see those in anime form. And instead they just got binned entirely. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined :(

And for that matter they also kind of completely got rid of Sorey's character arc, as meager as it may have been. One of my biggest gripes with Zestiria the game is that Sorey is just too perfect a guy, he's too pure and innocent and never really makes mistakes and the game had opportunities to allow him to do that but were too scared to actually commit to it. But despite that, Sorey still has a character arc of some sort, mainly in what I mentioned above where he has to accept that sacrifices are inevitable but in some other ways too. Meanwhile the anime just removes all of that. Sorey pretty much never struggles, except maybe in matters of strength in the beginning you know, and he always gets his way--he never has to make a sacrifice and always saves everyone. All this culminating in The X Sorey being somehow even more flawless and perfect and static than game Sorey. And it's really disappointing to see because I was really hoping to get a more fleshed out Sorey as a result of the anime format.

Something pretty insignificant that bugged me was the fact that they pretty much never got to explore ruins or old temples or whatever else. The game's gameplay loop was pretty much go to a town, deal with some political stuff/watch some cutscenes, go to a ruin or temple and fight a boss, back to the town. Which worked really well for a game setting, but I recognize doesn't work as well in an anime. However, what the anime decided to do was completely cut out any ruins exploration and focus exclusively on the political conflict in the towns. I see why they did this, don't get me wrong, but I just can't help that it doesn't really feel like Zestiria when Sorey and Mikleo aren't nerding out over random stuff in ruins, you know? All that political stuff started to get really boring after a bit. And like so much of the game's story and lore takes place in those dungeons, so it just feels so odd to have them completely removed.

Pretty minor thing but I felt like they kind of messed up Lailah's character. Her whole thing in the game is that she knows everything about the Shepherd's journey but she's not allowed to talk about it because of her oath, so she does the whole inconspicuous whistling and deflecting to other topics the whole time. And I kind of liked it because she looks totally airheaded but it isn't true, she knows a lot she just can't tell us. But in the anime it felt like Lailah didn't know all that much about the whole situation, like she seemed just as surprised as the rest of the party in a lot of scenes. And I feel like that just kind of took all the life out of her character. She was already kind of generic in the game and taking away the one thing that made her interesting just made her even worse.

Okay I'm starting to make it sound like I hate Zestiria the X, I don't. I think I am just a huge purist when it comes to the original game and the anime did a lot of things contradictory to the game that I didn't like very much. But it's okay it was still a good anime and worth watching

It didn't really help me like my favorite characters (Sorey, Mikleo, and Edna) even more, but it did help bring the characters I was lukewarm about (Alisha, Rose, Zavied) about up to par with the original three in terms of how much I liked them, so that's nice. (Lailah and Dezel were more interesting in the game anyway.) I think if you took The X Alisha, Rose, and Zavied, and put them into the game's narrative, you'd have a pretty solid experience in total.

[vancilocs]

Mirad, kenzo, and joe 🍷🎮🤡🐒🤔💘💖

some boys in this house

🍷- How do they feel about alcohol?

He's straight edge because he knows he can't be trusted with drinking alcohol, but he figures that most people can handle it and drink responsibly. Leaves that to others even if he misses getting drunk at times

Nice way to take the edge off. Too goddamn expensive though and probably not good for your health but hey when has he cared about that

Enjoys a beer here and there, no strong opinions one way or the other, doesn't drink to get drunk and doesn't particularly like hanging out with drunk people though

🎮 - What’s their favorite game?

He doesn't really play games and doesn't have a favorite

Some ancient shooting game he has on an ancient console

Used to be Doom but he realized the shooting and explosions give him some anxiety so now he plays Animal Crossing with his kids (Pokemon was too hard)

🤡 - What’s something dumb they’re embarrassed about?

His youth in general (except the time he rammed a car into a police station bc fuck cops that was hilarious)

Getting his teeth knocked out manually instead of just asking for fangs from a dentist. He had already had most of his teeth knocked out in fights he knew how bad it was why would you

Dating Mirad tbh, you KNEW he wasn't family material

🐒 - What’s their favorite animal?

A little predator critter from his homeland

Likes snakes and dragons, fuck you they count, so what they're fictional

Dog

🤔 - What’s something they’ll never understand?

Why his parents didn't give up on him

What the fuck is going on in Ipes's head

Why people would hate kids, fuck you man they're just little humans I bet you didn't have your shit together when you were that small

💘 - What do they find attractive about their partner(s)?

Face, body with the extra weight, body hair, laugh, arms, legs, butt, his hair, his gear, his jewelry, his foot stance, the way that he talks, the way that he likes to smile

Face and body, strength of will, kindness, patience, being chill, long hair, things to lean on or to grab. Doesn't have high standards just show him boob and he's like ok sure

Attitude, face, body, independence, willingness to talk about whatever's bugging her, gives him a playful challenge, caring, intuitive and emotionally intelligent as well as booksmart, lets him spoil her too

💖 - How and how often do they try to impress their partner(s)? How and how often do their partner(s) impress them?

He loves spoiling Jack every which way whenever he can, draw him a bath or cook/order him something or buy him something tasty, he likes to keep Jack's standards high. Jack impresses him by sometimes spoiling him back and getting more sober as time goes on (and I feel like Jack is impressed by how well Mirad has held his sobriety all these years)

He doesn't really put in the effort, more like hey I washed my hair and changed my underwear you're welcome

Mae comes home real late from work and Joe has cleaned, done the dishes, walked the dog, made her a tasty snack before bedtime and gotten the kids to bed all on his own. Househusband extreme

[here2bbtstrash]

Helllaaauur 😌

I have so many question I wanted to ask, but let’s be a little big disturbing before getting deeper in our 👹feelings👹

7. Would you cannibalise a dead body in a life-or-death scenario? Does your answer change depending on whether they're a loved one or not?

15. Is there a song, book, movie, or other piece of media that has drastically altered your life? What was it, are there multiple?

62. What topic(s) have you drastically changed your opinion on?

Ok bye 💕

LOL NOT THE CANNIBALISM ONE MEGGGGG 🙈

7. Would you cannibalise a dead body in a life-or-death scenario? Does your answer change depending on whether they're a loved one or not?

i think.... yes? idk the idea of Eating Human does not intensely bother me any more than eating like, animal flesh which is probably a strange take 🤷‍♀️ the main concern regardless of who i'm eating would be like.... did this person consent to me eating them lmaoooo. it might be a little weird to eat a loved one but i genuinely don't think it would bug me assuming i wasn't doing it against their will, does that make me a monster, idk throw some garlic salt on there let's eat 👏

15. Is there a song, book, movie, or other piece of media that has drastically altered your life? What was it, are there multiple?

mmmm i would say the books 'the girls' by emma cline and 'my dark vanessa' by kate elizabeth russell both did so much to help me contextualize and better understand certain past traumas at different points in my life. i'm not sure i could re-read either tbh 😵‍💫 but i am eternally grateful for their existence.

songs, there's too many to name.... we'd be here all night (wait we're going to be here all night anyway....) but quick hits from the boys: people, moonchild, paradise, spring day, answer: love myself, the last, the astronaut, magic shop, trivia: seesaw, 00:00, life goes on, mikrokosmos 🥺

62. What topic(s) have you drastically changed your opinion on?

oh there are so many of these. honestly as i've gotten older i think i've changed my opinion on.... changing my opinion lmao. i am very comfortable now with being called in on things and hearing people out when they tell me i'm doing something harmful, esp regarding things like racism or xenophobia that i don't experience firsthand. my ego has learned to be okay with the fact that i'm gonna get things wrong sometimes, and i'm a lot more open to listening than i used to be when i was younger and thought i knew everything 🤪

HANG ON I'M ONLY 28 WHY AM I TALKING LIKE I'M ANCIENT LOL

deep talk ask game for our indigo sleepover~ 💙

[boiledhotdogwater]

hey!! can i have a match-up with someone from jujutsu kaisen? i really like your work. thank you!

gender: i’m a girl, she/her pronouns

gender preference: guys

mbti: ISFP

personality: i come across as chill and easygoing to strangers/people who don’t know me, but with people i know i’m more talkative, warm, and i laugh a lot! i love humor and joking around with others. i have a liking for art too! i have a bunch of interests that i enjoy discussing about. i don’t struggle with talking to strangers, but it can get a little awkward ! i’d say i’m pretty sensitive and emotional, and have low self-esteem. however, that leads to me being pretty in tune with my emotions and also others. it’s also easy for me to get moody and irritated. i also think i tend to worry/overthink a lot lol. it’s hard for me to express love through words, so i usually do so through actions! i like to have fun and have stability in my life, if that makes sense lol. despite this, i keep some things to myself. 

when i have a crush (quite often tbh,, :’), i tend to get really excited and gushy and kinda unpredictable…i read this passage from @/mbti-notes on tumblr and think that this perfectly encapsulates it: “their feelings ebb and flow…[isfps] look for opportunities to be alone with you, smile at you more warmly, giggle at your jokes, take more interest in you, compliment you, ask you detailed questions about your life, try to extend conversations, etc. These ISFPs can appear more assertive but their confidence actually stems from nervous impulsivity.” i can also send mixed signals bc i freak out easily if something goes “wrong” (#overthinker 😍)

my giving love language is acts of service, and receiving i think is words of affirmation and quality time (maybe acts of service too idk ahhh)

kin(s): i don’t really have any but maybe maki kuwana from blue period? i don’t know if she’s EXACTLY like me but we share a few things in common !

likes: art!!, manga, junk food, hanging out with friends, winter, video games (pokemon, undertale, animal crossing), citylife

dislikes: bugs, science, extreme heat, annoying ppl

hopefully this wasn’t too long to read but enough : ‘ )  if it was i’m sorry,, thank you so much!!!

A/N: ok what you said about crushes is SO REAL (I’m an isfp too hehe) I’m literally the same way

For Jujutsu Kaisen I match you with…

Inumaki Toge!

- Inumaki is similar to you in the way he appears chill at first, but when he begins to feel comfortable around you, he is always joking around! The two of you would be a dynamic duo for sure and laughter can always be heard whenever you two are around

- Inumaki also has difficulties expressing his emotions through words (I wonder why LMAO) so he shows his love through acts of service like gift giving, cooking for you and helping you with tasks!

- The two of you spend time hanging out inside watching mangas and eating snacks, and you run around each other’s islands on animal crossing!

[beaversatemygrandma]

Alright. New Storytime. About how i scared a bunch of kids using pokemon and a wild boar.

So, back when i was 14, i was dragged around to a lot of bug out ‘training’ things by my mom bc she was following my stepdad around as he was getting together with his fellow white supremacists and going through weekends of ‘camping’ under the guise of ‘what if Obama decided to put all white people in internment camps? we gotta be ready to go off the grid.’ You know, just whatever the fuck neo-nazis think about. I don’t get them. But i was around them a bit too much tbh. Didn’t enjoy it to say the least. Long explanation short. I was a kid. There were other kids. I had a DS and a weird knowledge of pokemon and related creepypastas to terrorize the other children with.

So. There i was hanging out with the few other kids. I had just been playing FireRed and caught my shiny rhyhorn in the safari zone and decided it was time to do something else. I gathered the other kids into a tent and we were exchanging some scary stories. I ended up going with Hypno’s lullaby. You know, the one about hypno stealing kids and such. I even borrowed one of their phones strictly to play the lavender town music alongside the story. It was getting dark. This tent was a little distant from the camp. We were out in the middle of nowhere, FL, where it’s woodsy, swampy, and we know damn well there are wild boars nearby. Funny thing about the boars and hypno. Hypno looks sort of like them. Just bipedal and more tapir than pig-like. But come on. Evil Pig.

There we were, hiding in a dark tent, post-hypno’s-lullaby, we hear rustling coming from the bushes nearby. We have one flashlight between the four of us. Animal noises, short grunts, rustling, and a bunch of scared kids. I decide it was time to attempt to make it back to camp where it was light and there were adults.  Just a random fact to say just how dangerous it is to be around wild boars. Those guys are HUGE. They are MEAN. And by god they’re territorial. I slip out of the tent, telling the other kids to stay back. Because of the ideals of our parents, i was armed. I didn’t have a gun on me, mind you, but mine Was in my tent just at the camp. I had bear spray. One kid pops her head out of the tent and tells me, “It’s nearby, be careful. It might take you too.” And me, fully serious, “I know, I’m looking around. It’ll be fine.” I take the flashlight, shine it around the woods nearby, only to see eyes reflecting back at me from the bushes. I stop, staring at the animal so close to us. I hear the snorts of a snub-nosed creature. Unaware of the boars that lived nearby. I had no clue what this thing was. Suddenly, there was the sound of heavy footsteps on the mud. I see the creature moving closer. The same girl says, “OH MY GOD! That’s a Hypno!” And I’m just thinking, “What have I started?” It was a boar. I go right back into the tent. We all go silent, shut off all the lights, and just listen to the surroundings. I hear the snorts. The hooves. The scuffling in the mud. Then gunshots echo across the clearing. One of the adults had caught onto the fact that there were boars nearby. One of the guys, not even a parent, comes near the tent and he’s scaring off this huge ass boar and sends it running into the woods. I come out to see this scrawny tall 30-something man standing outside the tent with a rifle and his swastika tattoo blatantly out on his pec under his open biker jacket. He asks if we’re alright, finds that we’re fine, knows the boar won’t come back after those gunshots, and then goes back to camp. We’re all sitting in the tent, now with the lights back on and the flaps open, just wondering about how close we were to getting taken away just like the kids in Hypno’s Lullaby. Then one kid was essentially like ‘you know that song was a banger’ and starts playing it again. Another kid screams. I’m just there like ‘hell yeah it is.’ (Loosely, this was like 2013 before kids were saying banger and before i was casually saying hell, but i digress) Because Lavender Town’s theme absolutely slaps.