#he has a gorilla grip on my brain

[recordbodycount]

finally drew an arcade i really like.. it only took me 4 hours

[cowboy-robooty]

okay. calling all yandereheads. does anyone know any stories that has a yandere but like they have a sidekick (that doesnt really want to be their sidekick but is forced into it and decides to make the most of their situation and ends up acting like a silly friend to them) and at first they hate their sidekick and want their ass dead but keep em around bc their sidekick helps them stalk their crush but then the story does a switcharoo where the yandere realizes sidekick is their #truelove and goes yandere for sidekick

[grassbreads]

Guys my Tai Sui professor fic has reached almost 5.5k and I still don't know for sure how I'm going to end it.

[squeakadeeks]

"that damn white boy keeps coming into my dungeon and eating all my various beafts" - Thistle

YIPPEE Thistle is done! Dungeon meshi has had my brain in a gorilla grip for months and I really wanted to make something from it. I was already drawn towards Thistle for his jester aesthetic, but I ended up becoming quite fond of his character too, which I am oft to do haha. He was a fun one to add accents to and play around with his various vibes, although blunt cutting his bangs physically pained me.

The main jacket is made of 3 yards of purple microsudede and red matte satin, both from big Z fabrics. The pattern was McCall's M6800 (one of my all time favorites!)

There are organza sleeve petticoats in the arms to add extra volume. Additional weathering was added to the seams using black pigment powders for dimension. The underskirt is a full double circle skirt. The wig is an arda wigs luthern silky in mica. the arms are a polyester ribbed fabric from joanns that was dyed purple. (fun fact! I did actually attempt to dye the microsuede with a blue/purple gradient but holy moses this polyester microsuede absolutely refuses to uptake dye. I tried valiantly, but ultimately made peace with just purple)

[fluffomatic]

Bakugan has a gorilla grip on my brain at all times. And I've done the unthinkable!! Ler!Spectra??? I know, I know. Everyone chill. I've decided I desperately needed some Lee!Dan Kuso cause damn it he's the main character, so the poor kid has been through it. 🥺 So, imagine with me, Spectra decides to use what he knows will cheer him up on Dan, and he had no clue the brawler would be so ticklish! The enemies to friends to family pipe line with these 2 is actually phenomenal. I'm a slut for found family!!!!

(My art don't repost but please reblog)

[flashbangstars]

NCT dream Things I do believe would happen while you date

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Mark

Would definitely have a whole anxious meltdown because he realized 6 months in he doesn’t know your middle name and feels like it makes him a bad boyfriend so he steals ur debit card because it has the middle initial on it and then precedes to Google you to find your public records all in the name of being a good boyfriend

Renjun

You come home to him sitting in the living room with a vibrator new in box sitting there, he bought one because he wanted to know what’s so special because you have one and now doesn’t know how to work it so you have to help him, and he’s scarred permanently because he had to walk to the back of Spencer’s to buy it. 🙏 rip lil meow meow

Jeno

Texted you asking what size pussy you wear because you asked him to buy tampons and after you tell him it’s about absorbency not size he proceeds to tell you that of course you need super because you got a super soaker 3000 gorilla grip pussy. You end up blocking his number and not unblocking it until he passes a online quiz on female anatomy

Haechan

He did the dildo dick mold thing because he thought it would be cool, and you came home to it sitting on your bedside table with Google eyes on the tip and a tiny bow tie tied around the shaft. And a Valentine’s Day card to you even though it’s the middle of July

Jaemin

All day he kept purposely bending down in front of you and huffing when he would stand up as if he was annoyed with you??? And then you finally notice above his sweatpants is the straps of one of your thongs that you thought you lost, and he tells you he wanted to feel like a bad bitch for the day and you completely missed the chance to rail him in the kitchen earlier because you didn’t notice it fast enough and proceeds to give you the silent treatment while aggressively pulling the straps up while making dinner. ( god I don’t know why this one was so long)

Chenle

One day you told him he should buy some leave in conditioner because of the state of his hair, and ever since he’s been switching out your shampoos for 5 in 1 mens wash and is waiting until he can tell you that yOU need a leave in conditioner.

Jisung

You bumped your hip on the counter and bruised it and came back to the apartment baby proofed and jisung staring angrily at the corner of the counter saying that it shouldn’t have fucked with you infront of him.

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I’m glad y’all like my active imagination brain dumps 🫡

(None of this is serious lol)

[cerealandchoccymilk]

Trigun Bookclub: Trigun Vol.1, Chapter #03

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More Trigun annotations! I'm doing a deep-read of the Japanese original print (reread) and Overhaul 1.0 (first read) side-by-side, and writing down everything I notice from small details, version differences, translation differences, etc. (and being so so gay about the characters. of course)

As always, here are the non-analysis panels of my dear babygirl (+ memes)...

And the rest is under the cut. i am living in ur brain now <3

[link for if the images aren’t in horizontal rows]

Starting off with the chapter cover of our handsome boy, this is the first time we see him with his glasses! I've seen someone on Twitter make a guide on Vash's different glasses designs over the manga (sadly it either cost money or was only distributed at a con and I don't have it...), so I'll try to pay attention to that during this readthrough.

As I've mentioned in the previous chapter, his antennae used to stand straight up, but they're bent now! They pop back up once in a while but from here on, the default is bent.

I love how gently he sets the girl down, and also the way everyone waits in awkward silence (and confusion) for Vash to move the rubble.

I think this part works excellently as-is, but notes on the nuances of what Nebraska originally said (this was ridiculously hard and the translation is very rough):

①「絶対どこかで不都合を並べた奴を消して来てるのさ」 ②「なぜなら」 ③「現におまえは消される側にまわってねえ……！！」 ↓ ① There has to have been a time when you "eliminated" ("erased"/killed) someone that got in your way (/someone unfortunate enough to [be there]...etc). ② Because... ③ In reality, you haven't taken on the role ("side") of being eliminated...!!

This part's very hard... He's talking about something similar to offense/defense. In this case, it's that because Vash has been avoiding conflict/being in direct danger entirely, Nebraska is saying that Vash must have killed, directly or indirectly, someone who got in the way of Vash's fleeing. I think.

I'm not sure why, but the way this was phrased stuck out to me.

Also, Gofsef's fist had an extra knuckle for one panel.

A translation error - it should be something like "He shot every bullet into the same precise spot... And shifted its trajectory!?"

Vash says "JACKPOT!" in English here, in the Japanese version. also hes soooo handsomeeeeee look at him omgggg kicking my legs back n forth blushing giggling i need to be tranquilized.

Nebraska's straight-up being crushed into pieces here. goddamn.

Not sure if it was removed in one of the reprints or in Overhaul's cleanup process, but in my Japanese copy, there was a "thump" onomatopoea of the guy backing into a wall.

Milly and Meryl are the best comedy duo in the world... They're perfect... The tiny speech bubble actually says something like "They're goofing all over the place..." The word ボケ (boke) is the funny man in a manzai comedy duo (as opposed to the straight man), and/or the jokes that the person in that role makes.

YIPPEE!! (In Japanese, it's one continuous exclamation ↑ like so. Also, there are tiny music notes around the handwritten text in the wahoo speech bubble.)

Vash runs out of breath after celebrating (cleaned up in Overhaul). God he's so silly...

A small error - I would phrase Meryl's line as "[Now, now,] Don't get too ahead of yourself."

I love how in Japanese, Meryl calls Vash "a very dangerous person with chronic troublemaker disease (慢性トラブル症)." I'm saying this from now on.

She also sarcastically says that she's grateful of the stars' alignment that they were able to meet, while gorilla gripping Vash's hand.

Also, I never noticed how fucked up Nebraska's body was!? Maybe the memories just got rewritten by Stampede. but goddamn. gun for legs...giant mechanical hands...

Vash making a Kirby Ꙩ.Ꙩ face my beloved. just a little guy!! with some badass girls!!! The last line is 「…はい？」 which is like what??/huh??/alright?? etc. はい is a very versatile word ☝ lol

That's it for Chapter #03! As always, the Japanese annotations will be in the reblogs. I'll remember to write the post about Meryl's speech patterns sometime soon.

[redactahoe]

hush headcanons

hush has gotten a gorilla grip on my brain so yeah.. tw//: typical hush shenanigans, talk of violence, talk of shitty/abusive work places, and talk of docs health declining, this is also unedited and unorganized gn doc btw

hush is more like a glorified cat when around doc. like he full-on 'purrs', if that's what you want to call the strange growl-like noise he makes when he discovers what head scratches are. now that he knows that cuddling and physical affection could feel so nice, he lives up to the glorified cat title and demands docs attention 24/7

Hush also has a really bad habit of showing up at the healing center that Doc works at in the middle of their shift and just leaving with them. no explanation, nothing he just shows up mid-shift through his overworked doctor over his shoulder and leaves.

doc suffers from a lot of aches and pains because of the overuse of the healing magic and just being overworked in an understaffed building.

doc has a cat that hush adores, he doesn't know why tho. the cat is this giant fluffy tuxedo cat that is always hiding on top of his cat tree b/c Hush scares the shit out of the poor thing.

doc also has a service alert dog b/c they have really bad issues with passing out and fainting in the middle of the day because of the overworking of their core. hush likes the dog slightly less but that's because it snapped at him for trying to touch an unconscious doc.

It happens very slowly but docs coworkers start getting used to hushes presences and he becomes sorta like an office cat (even though the only person who can touch him is Doc themselves)

hush is freakishly tall. like he's a solid 7 ft and doc is for the sake of simplicity is below or average height.

during hushes first winter with doc, he learned how to regulate his body temp so he could not only have an excuse to cuddle up to do (not like he needed on anyway) but also keep them warm :)

speaking of cuddles hush has and will fight docs pets for their undivided attention

huhes pupils grow into huge dark circles when ever he's looking at or hell even thinking about doc

[qlala]

Begging on my knees for the power dampener fic you’ve been hinting at for years 🧎🏻🙏🏻😵‍💫😫

i’m sooooo tempted to give you a slice of it right now to prove that i’ve actually written it for real and i just need to finish up some other parts of the fic… but i don’t want to totally give away some of the plot aspects…. actually no okay yeah i’m swayed, i love the emojis too much, mature under the cut ✨

“Tell me to stop, I stop,” Len said. “Let you out, I let you out. Wanna hear a verbal yes if you understand, now.”

The tightly leashed heat darkening Len’s voice on the last sentence, iron restraint beginning to show a fissure at last, sent such a dizzy twist of arousal through Barry that he almost missed what had come right before it. “Out of what?”

Len pulled the drawer next to him open with his left hand without even looking down—Barry was getting a very strong suspicion that Len had predicted him from the start—and pulled out a thin, matte gray loop. He would’ve guessed it was a smart watch if not for the way the speed force surged under his skin with a skittish, cornered snap of energy.

“Is this Cisco’s latest design? Why do you have this?” he asked, because the alternative was folding to his knees on the spot, the thrum of relief chasing through him at odds with every lashing protest of the speed force.

Len’s lips curled into a smirk even as his lashes dipped, looking at the bracelet and not him. “Usual reasons. Self-protection. Blackmail. Keeping a speedster from phasing through restraints.”

Barry’s mouth went dry, acutely aware of the way his body was really, really on board with the way the conversation was going. “And when you say restraints…”

“You liked the cuffs last time,” Len said, the picture of detachment as he inspected the dampener.

There was an and hanging in the air, and Barry had to force himself not to adjust himself in his jeans, knew it would turn into something else. “Yeah. Uh, yes. Verbal yes. I’d also be, uh. Interested in, in more than that, if you’ve got—“

Len tipped him a smirking glance that Barry felt in every inch of his body, and Barry nodded.

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Len slipped the cuff over one of Barry’s wrists, the innocuous silicone strap too loose and sliding down his wrist like a heavy watch. Len ghosted his fingers down Barry’s narrow forearm, caught the edge of the cuff, and pushed it back up to rest carefully over his wrist. Then he looked up at him.

“Safeword?”

It took Barry a moment to sift through the anticipation and arousal clouding his brain to make sense of Len’s question.

“I don’t…” He tilted his head in thought, looking distractedly at where Len’s hand was curled patiently around his arm. “Just pick something, I don’t care.”

“Has to be something you remember,” Len said. “What was the name of that gorilla?”

Barry barked a startled laugh. “My safeword is not Grodd.”

“Memorable,” Len pointed out.

Barry tried to wiggle his hand free to shove at him, and Len tightened his grip on his wrist in a way that made Barry’s breath stutter.

“Alright,” he said. “What about diamond?”

“Diamond,” Len repeated, head tilting in consideration. “Diamond works.” And he tapped his thumb over the interface.

The dampener gave a heavy mechanical whir, a surprising, ominously analog sound from the sleek device. Then Len’s finger supporting the edge made sense, because the switch box yanked the extra give on the bracelet back in with a snap like a zip-tie, and Barry jerked forward with a gasp when the power went live.

It felt like the meta’s abilities, if they had only worked physically. Barry’s powers flatlined so abruptly, shoved down into every cell, that for a second, he thought his heart had stopped.

“Barry—?”

He clawed for a breath, then shook his head to warn off the alarm sharpening Len’s voice.

“Shit,” he wheezed, dazed, his hand fumbling up to overlap Len’s around the cuff, grounding himself there, able to feel the snarling trapped whir of the speed force pushing back uselessly against the tech. “Cisco made some upgrades.”

Len’s silence was wary, waiting him out, until he finally asked a terse, “Making the come-down worse?”

“No.” Then Barry paused, actually scanned his body to find out if that was true, and shook his head. “No, we’re good.”

[krizkrozapplesoz]

Starting to genuinely feel bad that i tag every god damn post as Spamton I'm sorry I'll get new material eventually he just has a gorilla grip on my brain and won't let go someone needs to pry him off with a crowbar

[kachimera]

Mathias/Leon for the ship opinion bingo!

I love this pair of divorced fuckers so much aaaaa *goes feral*

The turn from genuine affection to divorce, them being knight-buddies in the war, the day-night opposites theme they got going on, the tragedy breeding tragedy, how Leon kept his integrity despite having his heart stomped on again and again while Mathias lost himself, that last conversation in which Leon saves himself and Mathias finally loses the last person he had, how they turn into enemies, the mutual hurt and denial, and how their fallout kickstarted the cycle of death and rebirth we see in the franchise, it all has a gorilla grip on my poor little brain and i have learned to accept it :^)

Another thing is, LoI's narrative has the particularity of depending a lot on past events and characters while also brushing over said past events and characters (#Justice4Elizabetha) and this includes these two so while this is a pain it also gives lots of freedom for headcanons and different situations (aka you gotta hallucinate half the story for it to work). You can go from platonic or familiar to romantic with this two and it works (not at the same time tho. Unless it's done on purpose to be extra problematic that can work).

I personally think of them having this mix of friendship and secret courtly love, this including an slight power imbalance bc of Mathias being older, cunning and more experienced and Leon being emotionally dependent to a degree bc orphan issues. This imbalance is well managed since both respect and see eachother as equals, until Elizabetha kicks the bucket and welp, it ends poorly :)

So yea to resume these two make gr8 lovers to enemies and im insane bye

[crashional-thinker]

I posted 11,690 times in 2022

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

jamming this fucking thing into my disk drive and opening every file give me the bees i want bees open thr bees

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#3

there is a confusingly large amount of games that have an incredibly demanding skill floor but also very memorable characters. i bet half of the users on this website would suck at like, hollow knight, but that's okay, because the lil creachers are Adorable and that's all you really need

everyone in nuclear throne is deadass just a Lil Guy with minimal personality or backstory but their designs and playstyles are so unique that each one takes up permanent residence inside my brain. also the game pisses me off

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#2

honestly it was so funny to give kim basically infinite authority and have him never use it unless he's completely sick of your shit. this is a man who is intelligent and knows what he's doing who could easily command the case and solve it but instead he's like "nah, this raging alcoholic who doesn't even know what century we're in can definitely do it" and he's just along for the ride

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My #1 post of 2022

you can criticize nintendo and game freak all you want for overcrunching their developers and releasing an unfinished, broken mess for the switch but nothing is going to change unless you stop buying the fucking video game

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[katnisscarter]

I’m like man I want to be kissed and make out and cuddled so bad maybe I should rr download the dating apps and then my brain is like remember when that guy called you gorilla grip pussy tho do you wanna deal with that and then I’m like well no but then there was the other guy who was so fun to hang out with and he said it was the best sex of his life and I was so funny and smart and cute as hell. Then my brain is like yeah and then he was catching feelings too fast and got scared and ghosted you. He literally told you that. And then I’m like yeah no you right I’ll just go watch ghost adventures that seems like a fucking nightmare I’ll stay single lmao. Like I miss the companionship so much but like… I don’t wanna have to learn a whole new person and be like hi I’m doing good rn but my life has been a complete shit storm and I’m sober now but spent 2021 in the hospital & not moving from my bed for 5 days at a time. Like I just ugh. Plus it took me ten fucking dates to find one guy that I didn’t get uncomfortable when they kissed me and even then like I was just sexually attracted to him. Like. Fuck dude they’re just not him. I’m so fucking sick of people running away from my life because my feelings are intense. Or theirs are. Like the most important thing that makes us human is human connection. Like we’re all on a spinning rock and are going to die one day why run away from something that makes you feel seen and loved. Like plus idk I feel like people think I’m just like A-1 at emotional shit. Like I want nothing more than to have him ask me to come over and hang out but the thought of actually doing that makes me have palpitations and my hands shake. Like. ACK. I just. Strong emotions aren’t fucking bad. It’s scary for everyone. I just idk I don’t have the fucjing like emotional energy. Also the thought of dating literally makes me cringe like it just sounds so unappealing. Like of course there’s the one exception but that’ll never happen. It’s obvious that there’s nothing left towards me. Honestly he probably hates me. I can’t blame him. I hated myself too. I’ve got so many scars to prove it. I just. Idk man. Been gloomy today.

[xxatinyminionxx]

I've been laughing at this for the past half an hour and I need to share it idk what's going on in my brain tbh

anyway imagine you're hooking up with a txt member or one of the enha hyungs, he's in the mood to listen to some music while getting it on so you just play a random sex playlist you found on spotify without checking the songs

ok you're on top of him riding the dick giving him the cowgirl gorilla grip 3000 hands on your knees shaking ass on your thot shit and what not and all of a sudden fucking singularity starts playing and this mf THROWS YOU TF OFF HIS DICK and jumps to change the song cos he can't be having sex while taehyung sunbaenim is being a sad bitch in the background

that's all I'm going to sleep, good night

-jake anon

AHHHH THE PLAYLISTS EXIST!!! 😂 All I had to do was search Spotify and the first kpop sex playlist I clicked on has singularity towards THE TOP!!!!

I imagined Taehyun and Sunghoon while reading your ask and the LITERAL FEAR on Sunghoon’s face would be priceless omg 😂 Meanwhile Taehyun would let you keep going—

[dakotacrisis]

Topsy Turvy

Hyper-fixation has been activated! Who needs to work on their wips when they can start something else entirely? Hahaha...it’d be funny if it wasn’t true.

Anyhoo! Saw this cute comic by @hannahyonana and my goblin brain latched on and wouldn’t let it go. So I give you this unofficial expansion of this wonderful comic. In short: these children are disasters in more ways than one.

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Two weeks. That is how long Adrien would be gone. Two long and painful weeks without seeing his face or hearing his voice. Pictures and videos were well and good but they were no proper substitute for the real thing.

Marinette came to the train station to see him off and steal a few more blessed minutes with him before he departed on his work trip/vacation. She had tried to convince Alya and Nino to come so she wasn’t totally alone with him but they already had plans. Marinette hadn't heard about any plans before this so she could only assume this was another Alya scheme to give Marinette a chance to confess.

Marinette had thought about it. Telling Adrien how she felt would get a lot off this nervous tension and anxiety off her chest. He didn’t even need to respond or give her an answer. Just having him know would be enough.

But could she do it? She had tried countless times before to no avail. What made this different?

Adrien and her walked along the platform full of people bustling to get here and there. Marinette gripped the box of macarons her parents made for Adrien behind her back.

The Gorilla took Adrien’s luggage and carried it onto the train. He looked back to see if Adrien was following.

"You go on ahead, I want to say goodbye real quick." Adrien ushered his bodyguard away. The Gorilla looked between them and with a curt nod of his head disappeared inside the train.

Adrien turned back to Marinette. His hair was stylishly tousled and his smile bright and beaming. Could the boy stop modeling for even a second? How was anyone meant to keep their wits about them with that thousand watt smile?

"Thanks for coming to see me off, Mari." Adrien said.

"Of course," Marinette replied, shuffling from foot to foot. "Even if you're only gone for two weeks…"

She brought the box out from behind her back and held it out to him. "Also, this is for you from my parents. A little something to snack on during the ride."

"What! That's so sweet! Literally." Adrien took the box with glee. "Be sure to give them my thanks."

"I will,"

BEE-BOOP!

The pair looked up at the sudden sound.

"Oh, that means it's time for me to go," Adrien said with a small shake of his head.

Gone again. In just another minute he'd be out of her reach once more. Even after all this time saying goodbye felt so hard. He was only going to be gone for two weeks! He was gonna come back! Why did it hurt so much being away from him?

That familiar weight settled on her chest. So many feelings left unspoken. Secrets she was dying to share. It felt like they were smothering her.

"Before you go," Marinette halted him before he could enter the train, "I have something to tell you."

"Oh yeah?" Adrien tilted his head like a curious little puppy. Why did he have to be so cute? Marinette was sweating he was so cute. Or maybe that was just her inner terror at what she was about to say.

"Well I--you see--I…" Marinette stammered and lost her nerve, "I uh, make sure to send us pictures."

"Of course!" Adrien responded with glee. "Alright well, see you later, Marinette."

He turned to get on the train and Marinette’s heart sank. Another chance at happiness, wasted. Perhaps it was for the best.

She forced her feet to move, to carry her from this painful moment. When they did though they didn't back away. They surged forward. She was barely aware that she had reached out for Adrien until she grabbed the back of his shirt.

"Wait! That's not it!" She proclaimed loudly. Her nerves came out in the shakiness and desperation in her voice. She kept her eyes shut tight. Afraid of what she would see if she opened them.

"The truth is, I'm in love with you!" She  blurted out. She let go of his shirt, her hands fisted into tight balls by her side as she quickly explained, "I'm not expecting a reply. I know you don't like me back. But have a nice trip!"

She turned on her heel and fled. Tears of anxiety or fear stinging her eyes. The last thing she heard was Adrien calling out for her to wait. Once she was far enough away she risked a glance back and saw Adrien’s face staring out the closed door in shock before the train pulled away from the station.

She stared at the now empty train track for a long time before it truly hit her. She just told Adrien she was in love with him. He was going to be thinking about how she told him she loved him for the next two weeks. Then she was going to have to face him knowing all that when he returned home.

Marinette whipped out her phone and called Alya. “I did something stupid and I need help.”

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Adrien pulled himself away from the train door and sat down in his seat. Marinette’s parting words echoed in his ears. She loves him. She is in love with him.

When did that happen? He knew they were friends but he hadn’t expected her to be in love with him. Marinette…

He glanced down at the box in his hands. Something small and sweet to take with him. A reminder of home. A reminder of someone petite and kind that just spilled her heart out to him on the train platform.

She said she didn’t expect a response but he felt like he owed her one. She had also said she knew that he didn’t like her the same way she liked him. While it was true that Adrien’s heart had belonged to Ladybug for as long as he’s known her he did feel a warmth around Marinette. Was that love? Or was it just friendship?

Nino had a crush on Marinette. Maybe he would know. Adrien pulled out his phone and hit Nino’s number. “Hey, I’m on the train heading out but I had a question about Marinette.”

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“Oh dear,” Alya shook her head, she covered the receiver of her phone so Marinette couldn’t hear. Not that Marinette could hear anything over the sound of her own panicked ramblings. She turned to Nino on the couch with a sly smile.  “Marinette just confessed to Adrien before he went on his trip and she’s freaking out.”

“Wow, good for her, do you think Adrien will respond?” Nino asked.

“No idea,” Alya shrugged, “It’s a good thing we left them alone though. Marinette finally got the guts to say something to him.”

“Speak of the devil,” Nino held up his phone where Adrien’s contact picture flashed on the screen. He hit answer. “Hey dude, what’s up? Miss me already?”

Alya went back to listening to Marinette and trying to calm her down while Nino talked to Adrien. The both of them were panicking messes as they ranted and lamented at their respective best friends over the phone.

“I don’t really know what to tell you about your own feelings, dude,” Nino told Adrien, “Yeah I had a crush on Marinette but it only lasted a week. That’s kind of how it is with most of the people from our class.”

“What?” Adrien said.

“Yeah, literally everyone has had a small crush on Marinette at one point or another growing up. You’re like the only person who hasn’t. Which is weird considering how much she dotes on you and swoons around you. Did you really not know about her crush until today?”

“No!”

“Ah...then again you have been head over heels for Ladybug I don’t suppose you would have noticed anyone else unless they confessed to you point blank.” Nino said. He had thought that Adrien’s crush on the spotted hero of Paris was something that had been waning recently once he had agreed to go out with Kagami. But when they broke up it had returned full force.

“Marinette, hold on a second,” Alya shushed Marinette on the other line and turned to Nino with wide eyes, “Did you just say that Adrien has a crush on Ladybug?”

“Uh yeah? Why?”

“What’s going on?” Adrien asked.

“Alya is--”

Alya snatched the phone out of his hands. She held up the other phone with Marinette on the line. “Girl, I know you are spiraling right now but I am gonna need to call you back. I swear I will only be like ten minutes max. Goodbye.” she turned to Nino’s phone, “Now you, pretty boy, I’m gonna need you to repeat that for me.”

“That I have a crush on Ladybug?” Adrien answered timidly.

“How long has that been a thing?”

“Since she first showed up in Paris. Why?”

Nino saw the calculations going off in Alya’s head as she processed this information. Had she not known? He was sure she had to have known but apparently that wasn’t the case.

“Adrien, listen to me very carefully,” Alya said, “You are going to want to accept Marinette’s feelings.”

“Listen, Alya, I know that you are her best friend but--”

“No buts, Agreste!” Alya snapped, “Really listen to me here. I know that you have feelings for Ladybug. Who wouldn’t? She’s amazing but she’s also a superhero with a secret identity. Do you really think you can take Ladybug out to the movies or invite her home for dinner? How are you gonna call her? How do you plan on making that work?”

“Well I--”

“Moonlight rendezvous over the rooftops of Paris sound fine and dandy but you know what else is nice? Marinette. Tangible and readily available with romantic feelings already pre-downloaded in her core. You already call her our Everyday Ladybug. What more do you want?”

“I see your point. But that situation is a little more complicated than that.”

“No it isn’t. Do you not think Marinette is great?”

“She is. She really is.”

“Do you not think she is cute?”

“She is very adorable and attractive. I will confess to that.”

“So if Ladybug wasn’t a thing then would you consider dating Marinette?”

“I mean I guess. But Ladybug is still real and she owns my heart. I can’t just give up on her that easily.”

“Adrien, I do not know how to tell you this but you are not giving up anything by dating Marinette. She is every bit as amazing as Ladybug and you would do well to remember that. As a wise man once said, “far better than any dream girl, is one of flesh and blood, one warm and caring, and right before your eyes.””

“Did you steal that from The Little Mermaid?”

“Not the point! Just think on it. You have two weeks before you come back and make a decision. I suggest you use the time wisely and really consider what I’m telling you. I’m not just saying this because Marinette is my best friend but because I know deep in my gut that you two were made for each other. The only one that doesn’t see it is you.”

“You think we’re made for each other?” Adrien’s voice was soft and quiet. It made Alya’s heart melt.

“I do. I think that you two would make each other so incredibly happy.” Alya sighed, “But no pressure or anything. At the end of the day it is your heart and your choice. I’m just asking you to look at all the possibilities before you make a decision.”

“Okay, I’ll think on it. I promise.”

“Good. Now I gotta call Marinette back before she worries herself into a human pretzel. Bye.” Alya handed the phone back to Nino. She dialed Marinette back and wandered into her room for privacy.

“Why did you hang up on me?” Marinette asked. “I am having a crisis here!”

“Girl,” Alya’s face broke into a grin that would put the Cheshire Cat to shame. “You are not gonna believe this. Adrien’s had a crush on you this entire time. Or rather, a huge, massive, fanboy crush on Ladybug that is.”

“WHAT!”

*Two weeks later*

Well that was the longest two weeks of Adrien’s life. He had done what Alya suggested and really thought over his feelings for Marinette and Ladybug. The more he compared them the more he realized how alike they were. He knew he called Marinette their Everyday Ladybug but he hadn’t realized how true that was until now.

His heart belonged to Ladybug but he would be lying if he said he didn’t feel anything for Marinette. Adrien knew that through Alya and Nino’s eyes the answer was obvious. Marinette was their friend and classmate and she was so much closer to them then Ladybug. But they didn’t know that Adrien was Chat Noir. They didn’t know that he had a direct line to Ladybug. They didn’t know he had this already huge connection to her.

So what was there to do? Have a happy civilian life with Marinette and stop his pursuit of Ladybug? Or let Marinette down gently and keep trying to make things work with his Lady? He needed to come to a decision quick since his train was getting closer to the Paris station. What if Marinette was waiting out on the platform? What was he going to tell her?

The train came to a screeching halt that flung everyone forward. What in the world was that? HE scrambled to the window and saw the leg of a huge a robot. An akuma.

He was thinking up an excuse to leave his bodyguard when the roof of the train was ripped off. The giant robot looked in and reached out its hand and started grabbing random people and dropping them into its mouth.

He had to get out of here and transform! He made a bolt for the bathroom but the robot got him first and lifted him off the ground. He struggled to get free but he was no use against thousands of pounds of metal and magic.

“Oh no you don’t!” the robot’s arm lurched away from its mouth. Ladybug stood on a nearby building with her yo-yo drawn tight to keep the robot from dropping Adrien down its gullet. “Rena! Now!”

Rena Rouge leapt out from behind Ladybug and pounced at the akuma. She dug her flute down between Adrien and the clamp holding him captive. With a large heave she pried the clamp open enough for Adrien to wiggle free. She reached to grab him but at that moment the robot had broken free from Ladybug’s hold and the pair of them were thrown off.

“I got ya!” Ladybug swooped down and grabbed hold of Adrien. Rena was quick on her feet made a safe landing down on the ground.

They landed on a nearby rooftop for Ladybug to deposit him. “You okay?” She asked.

“Yeah, never better,” Adrien’s heart was beating wildly in his chest.

“Good,” Ladybug looked back at the akuma with a small frown, “I gotta go take care of this guy but you should be safe here.”

“Alright,”

“By the way you’re really cute and I think we should go to a movie sometime. Bye!” Ladybug said quickly and leapt back into the fight.

“Wait! What?!” Adrien shouted after her but she was already gone. He was so stunned that by the time he remembered he was Chat Noir and should be helping Ladybug and Rena Rouge had already defeated the akuma.

The miraculous cure swept across the city and Adrien was deposited back in the fixed train in his seat like nothing had happened. Well this got a whole lot more complicated!

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(Part 2)

[tg-headcanons]

Me: I have these headcanons because they are cool and I like it!! No other reason!! *Pushes the fact it fully could be projection out the window*

Fun fact: this specific thought came about because my brain said hmmm what about trans furuta and then gorilla gripped that idea🤪

SO TRUE BESTIE like 90% of my headcanons are just “it’s cool and I like it and he’s MY blorbo and I get to project my bullshit on him!” And YEAH FURATA! He has that Very Gender Energy where he’s a trans man, trans woman, nonbinary and every gender at once, he could conceivably identify in any way and I’d be like Yeah That Tracks