#hideout: remember who we are - season 1

[averyaddamsromance]

PROMPT

Post season 1

Tyler and Wednesday find themselves beating each other's ass in the forest - for who watched Buffy the vampire slayer, I imagined Buffy x evil Angel or Buffy x Spike dynamics, they are definitely beating the shit out of each other.

Wednesday hits her head pretty bad. Instead of finishing her, Tyler takes her to his hideout in the forest.

When Wednesday wakes up she doesn't remember a thing about who she is.

Tyler makes up the story they are dating and they are spending some time in the forest to get a bit of privacy as a couple.

Wednesday doesn't seem convinced but Tyler proves to her he does know her very well, giving her quads, telling her about her novels, her allergy to colors, calling her by the names her parents usually call her like "little tormenta", making her feel at ease.

They end up sharing some intimacy but then Tyler feels like an ass and tries to step back; it's actually Wednesday who pushes him into having sexual intercourse.

"Then I must tell you something" Tyler whispers while kissing her forehead.

"What?"

"I do love you. I loved you since the first moment you entered in that damn coffee shop and preparing your quads became my reason of life"

"Then why you sound so sad while saying it?"

"Because... what I didn't tell... we-we broke up- ahem, recently and- well we came here to see if we could start over"

"Very well, it seems to me it actually worked. Now, if you could do me the courtesy to continue from where we left off"

During the sexual intercourse Wednesday gets her memory back.

"You…"she moans "...you are a liar and a bastard Galpin" and he pants "I am and yet you are still coming all around me, aren't you?"

[binniesoob]

The Name Chapter: Freefall Logo Analysis and Predictions

uh? who would have thought, not me 🥸

you guessed it, it's TXT LORE O'CLOCK! let's start with the new logo motion because there's already a bunch to unpack here 👀

we see the Star shining brightly behind the Temptation logo

the Temptation logo literally disintegrates and the original one, the "X", shows up below it: TXT are now free from Temptation, it's not making their brain foggy anymore, the fake fantasy they were in is dissolving. This was represented in the Farwell, Neverland poster as well (in a sec we'll go back to it)

the logo is FREE FALLING, exactly what TXT are doing: falling back down to earth from Neverland ...and it's not a nice fall, they literally shatter the ground 🥲 we saw some big damage made after a fall like this already 👀 it was in Ox1=Lovesong Japanese Ver. music video (see picture below)

finally, the logo takes its new form, and so does TXT: let's put some bandages (literally Beomgyu) over those scars and OH LOOK THE STAR AGAIN!! Looks like TXT are finally going to remember their true names and the promise they made as children 😎

we also have the color palette for this album: blu as the sky, white as the star, brown/beige as the ground... the same palette they used for the 0x1=Lovesong music video now that i see the picture close to eachother 😮

Now, should we dive into a few more details and predictions for this upcoming album? 👀

During the T:Terview video for TNC: Temptation (minute 12:45) Taehyun gave a spoiler about the next album...

so let's analyze them!

1) CONCEPT TRAILER

You can find my full analysis of it here !

RECAP: after what we saw in Sugar Rush Ride, TXT should leave Neverland/Magic Island because they're too grown up now to keep living in that fantasy. In the concept trailer it's when they jump out of the falling house, the fall back from their hideout in Neverland to the real world... BUT, they'll all have to fight eachother and their inner demons to accept the reality of things now, as we saw in Beomgyu's vision.

2) FAREWELL, NEVERLAND

1) this was my analysis of its poster:

Because of the symbolism of the butterfly and the seasons motif (see my summary for my explanation), since in Sugar Rush Ride it was summer in Neverland, i think that in the next album we are going to have autumn like in Blue Hour, or anyway colder weather.

*months later* And now, WHEN does the new album come out?? October 😌 the timeline is timelining.

HERE you can find my little analysis of the lyrics of Farewell, Neverland that i highly recommend reading :))

here's a little summary anyway:

🎶 Neverland, my love, goodbye now / And I'm free falling / Stars, sleep with comfort / 'Til I be calling 🎶

TXT accept that they have to leave Neverland and they fall back down to the real world. Yeonjun's says that "stars" can "sleep" comfortably until TXT are going to be "calling" them: this is of course a reference to the Star, that is still asleep and is going to wake up only when TXT sing the promise song.

In the concept trailer we saw that TXT are leaving Neverland at sunset, like they always do: Blue Hour is the time of the day when the border between the magical and the real world is tinner and they are able to travel between the two.

And what comes after sunset? Night, of course.

so now let's now take a look at...

3) FAREWELL CONCEPT PICS

First of all, it is night ✨ 👀

each one of them is holding a lantern like in this scene of Sugar Rush Ride:

I'm pretty sure the lantern references the Star, txt's guide/compass to move through life.

And let's not forget that to enter and exit Neverland in Peter Pan you need the "the second star on the right" and they're all holding the lantern with their right hand.

The fact that the night approaching in time is showed through the solo pictures in this exact order is not casual either: we have Yeonjun (there's still some light), Kai, Soobin, Beomgyu and Taehyun (it's pitch black).

Yeonjun true name is "promise": he has to be the one to keep hope alive in the group and persevere to find the star. While Taehyun saw the dangers the future holds through the premonitions (in Eternally mv) so he's not very hopeful towards it.

This is also the exact same order as that of TXT fighting in the labyrinth in Beomgyu's vision in the TNC concept trailer (i explained in the storyline summary):

Taehyun is last one who's defeated (or surrenders) and from the Farewell concept pics that's not looking so good... another interesting detail is that Taehyun's boat is the only one flipped around:

Seems like he's not going to make it, or rather his youth is not going to: he's the one that's going to fully lose his youthful self and fully face adulthood. This was hinted by his object in the Nightmare concept pics: an hourglass. He's afraid of time passing and aging, most of all.

literally.

AND, all of this also explains why in 0x1=Lovesong Japanese Ver. he has wings and disappears at the end of the music video!

If you read my summary you already know, but my theory is that 0x1=Lovesong Japanese music video (click to watch) fits after Temptation and comes with the second part of The Name Chapter. We literally see them falling from the sky! and now that we know that the next TNC album is called Freefall looks like the dots are connecting! 😈

Finally, let's unpack this silly little image they gave us in January...

Since Temptation, being the name of the first album of The Name Chapter, is written in cursive, a very diffused theory was that the words written in the same fonts were the titles of the next two albums: Promise and Unmagic...

LOOKS LIKE THEY FOOLED US🤡

i had a feeling they were deceiving us with this one, it couldn't be this easy, they couldn't have gave away such a big anticipation... but hey, these silly little words still have some kind of importance ☝👀

— Loadstar means "a star that leads or guides, especially (used for) the north star". We just talked about the Star symbolised by the lantern being their guide 👀👍

— Promise is the name of the train that took TXT to Magic Island/Neverland in Sugar Rush Ride, but it's also Yeonjun’s true name, and it refers as well to the promise TXT made with eachother and the Star... and it looks like, in the next album, TXT are finally going to remember it... CAN I GET AN HALLELUJAH? 👼🏻

So these signs were a summary: on Neverland's Ground, TXT are under Temptation through the Sugar Rush Ride. Nowhere can they found their Loadstar, but they need to remember the Promise they made with her. This will lead them Down to Eart, to a world of Unmagic.

And that's all I have for now!!

Thank you so much for reading, let me know your thoughts and theories if you have them, i'd love that 😊♡

Until next TXT LORE O'CLOCK, byeee take care!

READ NEXT -> The Name Chapter: Freefall Concepts Analysis

Masterlist

[plusultraetc]

hii three questions in one ask for fun. who r ur favorite charas, what r ur fav arcs and what r ur fav subplots in mha :}} big fan of the todofam sideplot and the endeavor agency arc… bkdk third wheeling family drama. hilarious… 😁😁

genuinely HOW could you do this to me, I am so indecisive and I have so many favorite things </3 Also get ready for the sheer volume of words I am about to throw at you :D

SO, favorite characters. Obv there are So Many Characters in this show, but I still feel like I can count the ones I don't like on one hand and have fingers left over. I definitely have some obvious favorites (Aizawa, Mic, Shinsou) and some only-slightly-less obvious ones (Shigaraki, All Might, Hawks), but there are also some faves I don't yap about as much like Kirishima, Jirou, Miruko, and VLAD KING the LOVE of my LIFE. I queued a post recently about Inasa being an underrated fave, which is still true, but Vlad King is truly the king (haHA) of underrated faves. I love that man a ridiculous amount. THE TL;DR HERE IS THAT I LOVE 98% OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS SHOW SM IT'S UNREAL.

Arcs & subplots under the keep reading bc my main personality trait (never shutting up) struck again ! The short answer is Sports Festival & Todorokis, Shinsou, Rooftop gang for anyone who doesn't want to stare at that wall of text 😭

Favorite arcs: I have almost as many favorite arcs as I do favorite characters LMAO. You are SO RIGHT about the Endeavor Agency arc; usually people are forced to witness Midoriya & Bakugou's drama but oh, how the tables have turned. I also love Fuyumi and Natsuo and am always delighted to see them, even if they <3 punching me directly in the feelings :(

The USJ arc is, imo, a perfectly executed plot point, so from a writing perspective I really love USJ. It's got action, it's got character spotlights, but most importantly, it ties together the plot/character/worldbuilding threads of the first season so perfectly. Like. It's seamless. It was a writing school level moment. No notes.

The Hideout Raid arc (specifically All Might vs AFO) and Paranormal Liberation War gave me grays at 25. Joint Training is always a delight. But if I had to pick One Arc to Rule Them All it might honestly be Sports Festival?? It features all of my top three favorite characters for more than one (1) scene each and it is just. Such a wild time.

There is so much to unpack about this arc but it has a very special place in my heart bc the first time I ever watched it (so, like, 5+ years ago) my sister and I for some reason decided to treat it like people who care about the Super Bowl treat the Super Bowl. It was our Olympics except the team we were rooting for changed depending on the episode. To this day I remember my sister turning on a DIME from hating Bakugou since Season 1 Episode 1 to CHAMPIONING him with her whole chest bc Monoma pissed her off so much when he stole Bakugou's headbands. And now he's like her second favorite character in the entire series so?? Origin story moment ig.

Last but not least, favorite subplots!!

TODOROKIS. YEAH. Their entire plotline was one of the major factors that motivated me to catch up on the show. I was like what do you mean they're trying to give superhero Fire Lord Ozai a redemption arc? What do you mean that other fire guy was actually a Todoroki? Like... you have to remember that where I left off w this show, Endeavor seemed to exist solely to give Shouto a backstory, and honestly I remembered like nothing about Dabi. If getting back into MHA was a pit of quicksand the Todorokis truly walked me right up to the edge of it. It was like that part of TAZ where Taako is like 'okay that's weird enough that I'm gonna go in there.'

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Shinsou's off-screen character arc is EVERYTHING to me. I could write a thesis on this side character who appears like. Three times in the entire show. Shinsou really said 'I will be a mirror character AND undo the First Great Contradiction of this series AND have tangible, believable character growth, all while being given less screen time than Mineta' and I love that for him.

The rooftop gang... I'm not going to say much on this one for manga reasons but it's definitely a subplot I find very compelling. I'm still ruminating on its execution so far but I Did Cry over the Reveal in season 5. It re-contextualized so much, not just about Aizawa and Mic, but about UA and the lives of hero students. Ack.

TYSM FOR THIS ASK, this week has been three weeks long but I had so much fun writing this exhausted ramble <3

[kpopmultifan]

CRAVITY has released a special image commemorating their 3rd anniversary. The group debuted on April 14, 2020, with their 1st mini-album “Hideout: Remember Who We Are - Season 1,” which featured the title track “Break All the Rules.”

[ariwilder]

Queen Bee talk

First of all, I will excuse myself a bit because I will talk about theories, but I will be very lazy about it, this is just for fun, for me, so going back and searching up quotes or rewatching shows like a maniac is not my thing. (Also, I have ADHD so these things become really hard).

Yesterday, while I browsed the YJ tag I stumbled again, upon season 1 poster. I don't think hungry fans like me have forgotten about it, but in case you are a casual or have really bad memory, here it is.

So, we have Jackie with a bloody nose looking right back at the antler queen (AQ, for short). And then, I instantly remembered from the lasts episodes Lottie's talk about hives and queens. And how when a new queen rises, she kills the other queens or else the hive would starve to death. So symbolically, from the very first episode Jackie was signaled as the queen bee, and had to literally die in order to 1) the hive won't starve (literally, as well) and 2) a new queen has to raise.

I used to be a believer they all were the antler queen (they all took turns to be the AQ) before I stumbled upon this, by drawing a Queen out of the deck of cards (the only Queen Javi brought back from his hideout). But, I'm starting to believe it will be the opposite. Whoever draws the Queen will be the symbolically the new queen bee that has to die and feed the rest. Whether Lottie is or not AQ, I'm still not so sure. However, I find her dream sequence quite interesting. Where Lottie finds the queen dead and the hive full of blood (along with all the other bees). I tried to find a link to this

When I started to write this, I thought maybe this means Lottie will die because she is the current Queen Bee of the wilderness, but once I started typing maybe it is just "a message" from the wilderness telling them a new Queen card/blood sacrifice must be drawn in order for them to remain alive. What do you think? How many of us believe another one of the JY will die by the end of this season? (Are there really 5 seasons planned? somebody knows?)

Hope next episode gives us new info, I love typing out theories. Give me a follow, I need more JY mutuals. I might be start to write more theories for fun here. Who knows!

[virtuangel]

hi 👀 i was the kpop album anon. if ur willing to share i would love to see/hear about ur list! i love when people talk about their albums/interests/etc!

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII hehe <3 this is going to be a bit long i'm sorry in advance ... but I started buying kpop albums in like. my last year of middle school maybe?? back when i was still living in belgium (and those are still at my parents' house with my later purchases when we moved to spain). so i don't have my full collection here!! i'll still mention the full one just bc i can and bc some of my personal favourites are back there and not with me rn, but!!

my criteria for buying albums changed a lot with time i think!! nowadays i mainly buy albums if i really like the way it looks (the packaging) and/or when i know i will enjoy the photobook (mostly if i really loved the concept pics for a given version!) . or if i Really want some of the inclusions (i'm currently debating buying the upcoming nmixx album because im absolutely in love with the silly little fluffy keychain guy that comes with the ? limited edition i think...) . i used to often buy any album of a group i was REALLY into (and thus my skz collection despite not really being into their music as much anymore, for example), though, or albums that i really liked from a musical standpoint (which is why i am...the owner of a jay park album....................,)

what's also interesting to mention is that before i ever started buying kpop albums i WAS buying jpop albums, actually!! my collection of those isn't as huge (in part bc they're way more expensive, and in part because i pretty much stopped getting those soon after getting into kpop). so. if u'll allow me. i'll add these to this post as well.... they're still v important to me </3

back at my parents', i have!! :

jay park, everything you wanted

4minute, act. 7

monsta x, shine forever

ioi, miss me?

bts, young forever

got7, flight log: departure

got7, flight log: turbulence

monsta x, the clan pt. 1 // lost ver.

monsta x, the clan pt. 2 // guilty ver.

wanna one, 1-1=0 (nothing without you)

seventeen, boys be // both versions

seventeen, love&letter repackage

seventeen, going seventeen // all 3 versions

seventeen, al1 // all [13] ver. (i think?? honestly can't remember)

seventeen, director's cut

jj project, verse 2

day6, moonrise

gfriend, snowflake

astro, summer vibes

astro, autumn story

pristin, hi! pristin // prismatic ver.

lovelyz, a new trilogy

taeyeon, my voice // deluxe edition

bts, wings // can't remember the version i won't even try

ailee, a new empire

day6, the day

day6, daydream

oh my girl, windy day

shinee, 1 and 1

bts, youth

day6, youth pt. 1 (shoot me)

nct dream, we young

nct dream, we go up

nct 127, regular-irregular // can't remember the ver. either

and these japanese albums!! :

chico with honeyworks, sekai wa i ni michiteiru

shuuen no shiori project, re:act

q'ulle, q'ulle and answer (q&a)

q'ulle, unreal / hope

undead (from ensemble stars), vol. 1

last note., mikagura gakuen kamikyoku

honeyworks, suki ni naru sono shunkan wo

honeyworks, boku jya dame desu ka?

akb48, 0 to 1 no aida // complete singles, limited edition

as for my collection here!! :

skz, i am you // you ver.

skz, i am not // not ver.

skz, i am who // i am ver.

skz, clé 1: miroh // miroh ver.

skz, clé 2: yellow wood // clé 2 ver.

skz, mixtape

victon, nostalgia // algos ver.

skz, clé: levanter // clé ver.

skz, go live // possibly limited ver. ?? can't remember

skz, in life // limited ver.

tbz, reveal // wolf ver.

tbz, chase // trick ver.

ace, hjzm

han seungwoo, fame // seung ver.

cravity, season 2. hideout: the new day we step into // ver. 3 (i think?? forest fairy princes ver.)

victon, voice: the future is now // the future & now ver.

cravity, season 3. hideout: be our voice // ver. 1

enhypen, border: carnival // hype ver.

txt, the dream chapter: magic // arcadia ver.

txt, the dream chapter: eternity // starboard & port ver.

txt, the chaos chapter: freeze // world, you & boy ver.

skz, noeasy // limiter ver.

enhypen, dimension: dilemma // scylla & odysseus ver.

itzy, crazy in love // special edition, photobook ver.

wei, identity: action // ocean ver.

kingdom, history of kingdom pt. 1: arthur

kingdom, history of kingdom pt. 2: chiwoo

seventeen, fml // deluxe ver.

enhypen, sadame // type a

&team, first howling: we // type b

enhypen, dark blood // half ver.

zerobaseone, youth in the shade // shade ver.

jini, an iron hand in a velvet glove // iron hand ver.

as well as a few photobooks:

skz, stay in london

skz, stay in playground

cravity, league of the universe (one of my most prized possessions fr)

and a few albums that i stole got from my best friend:

enoi, red in the apple

enoi, w.a.y

tbz, bloom bloom

hotshot, early flowering

e'last, day dream // dream ver.

now i wanna be a little annoying and talk about them sorry . first of all, currently on display are these: (as well as my cravity photobook and one of my victon the future is now albums on other shelves).

unsure how to talk about every album individually without being super annoying so. being annoying will have to do. but soooo . starting with what i have Here at my place.

my entire skz collection is currently in a box, but i am you was my first album purchase after i moved here, from my trusty kpop store (musica i love u). i really, really love the way its cover looks!!! most skz photobooks are varying from boring to ugly (so do the packagings, since go live)(it all started going downhill with god's menu i'm sorry to be saying this but it's true), but i quite like this one and the levanter one!!! and the mixtape album is also cute in a way!

i also really like the nostalgia album (and so does my mom, btw, which i can't say about most of my photobooks sadly). the way the box is cut also made it perfect to help me display one postcard at a time on my display shelf for a while lol also i really love this album from a musical standpoint! i remember looping it a lot in my compsci labs . . . the other two victon albums i pre-ordered after seeing the concept pictures . . . they were princes for me..... if there's one thing you have to know about me it's that i will always be insane about a prince/royalty/knight concept. also they had like pc-sized little ?? mirrors?? idk but that's rlly cute it's hanging off my bookshelf rn. and i really like my fame album as well because....well i like swoo. and the photocards were really cute!!!!

the ace album i absolutely LOVE from a visual standpoint it's SO pretty (my mom doesn't understand its beauty sadly). it's so pretty it will always be on display idc i love it... it's also very thin and while that's sad (i could take 238472983749823 more of those pictures) it also helps it maintain a very . . . . fancy look i think

the forest fairy concept for the cravity s2 album that i got is close enough to the royalty concept and thus it was SO for me... it rlly reminds me of lovelyz's a new trilogy photobook and that's been my favourite photobook (that i had) for a LONG long long time like.... i really love is SO much. and this vity one really compares to it i love it just as much!!! and thus i had to have it. well, that, and also i have had this album looped for like most of the year it came out in? like i listened to it an abnormal amount. like. a worrying amount. season 3 i pre-ordered and i'm not as satisfied with it visually (i don't rlly like it to be honest) but it has call my name and thus i had to have it also. i've been Obsessed with call my name since the prologue video for this album was released and That is why i pre-ordered it despite not liking any concept pictures it was just THAT important... call my name i love you

border: carnival!!! this one is very important to me on a personal level... both visually and musically. drunk-dazed is still so insane i still don't know what kind of drug they put in it but dear god. and i love mixed up a whole lot too... visually, the box is really pretty despite being simple like. it just fits anywhere really. makes a little statement... there's like. not MUCH to it but it's not ugly like most skz boxes these days, for example. and the photobook is so......important to me i love it so bad i don't get bored of it ever. i just love this concept so much... (surprisingly way more than the prince concept, which u might or might not have noticed... i have Not bought. i didn't like it as much. the One prince concept that i didn't rlly vibe with as much). the scylla ver. of dimension: dilemma is much more my style!! and thus. i really love that one a lot as well <3 odysseus ver. i don't like as much unfortunately but that was a gamble on my part in the first place (i mostly just trusted the blurred gradients on the album preview pictures for this one bc it looked pretty. and well. sunset colours wise it still does. the concept itself just doesn't do it for me). one thing about enhypen is that when they decide to have beautiful photbooks, they WILL have BEAUTIFUL photobooks. the half ver of dark blood i so absolutely beautiful . the other thing you need to know about me is that i go insane about water shots (in water photoshoots and like .... pool scenes in mvs like. txt run away or &team under the skin). this one was just so for me it's insane. also the outer cover for this one is a really beautiful colour it's like... navy... it's so pretty . additional fact is that the group photocards from enhypen albums are some of my fave photocards they're so cute

one thing about hybe is they will release albums that i will want to own. as you could see on my list one day i just went on a full txt spree like i went absolutely insane at the store like idk what possessed me but... i mean i don't regret it. i love these albums to my core. for tdc: magic, it's about the photobook - first of all the photobook is in the format of like. a spiral notebook abt i find that SO cute (and also practical in a way)(although i would hate if that was the default for photobooks, just to be clear). but like . it's just. idk how to describe it... it's Magical?? the darkness the glitter it's so...beautiful.... i love it so much.... the eternity ones are like. little diaries and that's ABSOLUTELY adorable??? i mostly like the version with the.... magical lullaby concept as i like to call it (there's beds there's stars there's . purple and there's . vibes), but since the diary idea is so cute i kinda just caved in and got both... and then comes freeze which i think i preordered? all three versions because all the concept pictures were just so good. and i don't regret this choice at all even today i don't know which version i would choose if i could buy only one. these photobooks are absolutely. beautiful...

my tbz reveal album is one of my fave albums actually!!! i love it a lot musically, but i love it just as much aesthetically... it kinda looks... like a fancy book?? which is just so cool and it's really nice to the touch also (under the initial outer box)... and another one of the VERY rare photobooks that my mom likes. i was honestly surprised at how much she actually liked this one sdkjjksdbk she got out her phone n all... but that's valid it's a really nice photobook. the chase one i like way less, but it's quite different? quite creative i would say!! and i really liked the concept for this version (no regrets once again) !! the chanhee postcard i got from it has always been on display on my shelf he's watching over me (<- insane woman speaking)

my itzy album!!!! bought it a while after it released so i already knew i LOVED the album musically i think i like every single song on it to a degree?? and it turned out to be SO pretty as well... i had an amazing time looking through it after i got home (i stopped by the store minutes before it closed after hanging out with uni friends in the area bc i happened to check my email and see that i could pick my order up kjndkjbdwnjws) not only the photos/concept themselves but just. the entire design of this photobook is so nice it's almost shocking it's coming from jype i was sitting like wtf jype u CAN make pretty albums??? insane. i also love the photocards i got from it!!

wei's identity: action album is another important one... those are my fancy little guys!!! the inclusions were really cute and i really like ... well wei in general, but also bye bye bye is SO good and i like the rest of this album a fair amount, and. most importantly. fancy concept. for me. great. so for me. SO for me.... <3 meanwhile the kingdom albums were a bit more of a caprice because i was getting into kingdom at the time. they're a little... clumsy, i'd say, in the way they're...designed?? but they remain really nice mainly because that's just. a big royalty concept . for me . FOR ME ... once again, not a purchase that i regret!!

it's surprising that fml is the first svt album that i bought since i moved, but what's even more surprising is . the reason i bought it. it's quite embarrassing actually . i was seeing the previews for the deluxe ver. and i noticed that there was . a set of photocards IN the super mv (2nd half) outfits which meant. jeonghan with that hairpin . and once i processed that information my hands acted on their own . um,

<my jini album3 i love jini's album so so so so much... she was my favourite in nmixx back when she was still a member n honestly the only one i rlly knew like. i knew a few of the other members' names but cldn't always recognize their faces n stuff . but my jini ... that's my performer daughter.... she's such a talented performer it's insane. and i was quite worried about her solo debut because... that's easy to screw up ESPECIALLY when expectations are high and. mine couldn't be anything but high because i do think she's insanely talented, and because the title of this album invokes such a strong imagery... and in the biggest plot twist of the year she even exceeded my expectations and released an album that was so for me. i love all the songs SO much i don't think words are enough to express how much i love this album... and when i looked at the concept pictures (a bit after the album was released, actually), i decided i really wanted to buy it... honestly i wanted both versions but i couldn't justify buying both, financially, at the time so.... i'm still waiting for an occasion to buy the pink version <//3 but i am very happy with the version i have as well!!! very proud to have it. and if you haven't checked my jini out yet, you should!!!!!

and finally. i actually didn't think i would buy the zb1 album - i don't really like it musically. i can't remember the exact reason i decided to buy it after all, maybe it was because i DID like the shade ver concept pictures quite a lot? but either way i'm SO glad to have bought it because.... i think it's currently my favourite physical album that i own... it's absolutely gorgeous. in every single way. in its entirety. it's just. beautiful. i encourage you to watch an unboxing video of it or smth because it's . genuinely so beautiful.

my sadame album was actually one that my aunt bought for me because i saw it in a bookstore we went to together and thought rlly hard about whether i wanted it or not.... i was mostly looking forward to the photocard but i got The One Photocard i absolutly did not want . but oh well. meanwhile!! my moonrise album was actually a gift i got from my best friend back in brussels!! which was really cute of her it was SO cute :< we also bought our al1 albums together <3 kissie for aly!! and as for the five albums i got from my bestie... she's been holding them for me for YEARS kkjsdjkndcb but i finally flew over to the states to see her this summer and she somehow managed to cram them into my luggage as i was leaving... and im so vewy grateful for these because i lob them all... i didn't even know that she had a hotshot album to give me but it's an album that i really love (musically) and turns out it's SO pretty also??? it looks quite book-ish, similar to tbz reveal (amd theyre both red also...) which i really love!

another photobook that i REALLY love is the one from my taeyeon's my voice album!! it's beautiful i love flowery concepts... (also really love that album musically a whole lot). was my favourite for a long time visually alongside the lovelyz's one that i mentioned earlier!

musically, got7's turbulence was my favourite album for quite a while, actually... i don't think i can say it and mean it nowadays anymore, but back when it was a relatively new album it was one that i really loved listening to.

other stories include. me constantly forgetting that i own a shinee album. the fact that i managed to own the pristin album (bought it at a convention) but they didn't have the version i wanted (elastin) anymore and i still really want that version... hopefully i can get it one day. not that i dislike this one i'm just glad i have something to remind me they were real..... the fact that i own a jay park album because at one point in my life i was going to kpop dance classes and everyone really liked his music and i started rlly vibing with it for a while to the point of buying. this album. and me hunting for gfriend's snowflake for a long while before i finally managed to buy it (kpop stores in brussels are very. different from the ones in paris. it was not an easy feat)

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The Bad Guys season 1: Our Own Story (chapter 29) - Mira In The Field

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Intro

Mr. Wolf: Yeah! I'm bad!

Mr. Snake: You're bad!

Ms. Tarantula: He's bad!

Mr. Hornet: She's bad!

Mr. Piranha: We're bad!

Mr. Shark: Who's bad?

The Bad Guys: Yeah! We're the Bad Guys!

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At the New Company Building, Mira was still in the middle of her work of writing the article about another crime committed by the Bad Guys, and another one about their crime-fighting success.

While she was typing on her computer, a woman came to her desk, and said, "Mira Rose, the boss wants to see you."

This made Mira separate her fingers from the keyboard. She was surprised that her boss wanted to see her. She gulped nervously before standing up from her chair, and following her boss' assistant.

On the way, Mira started asking, "And I in trouble?"

"He just told me to call you," the assistant said.

Mira didn't want to ask another question. The assistant might have no idea why the boss called her. When they made it in front of the boss' door, the assistant tilted her head, gesturing for Mira to go inside. Mira took a deep breath, and entered the room.

In the boss' office, the chair was facing backward. Nervously, Mira slowly closed the door behind her.

"Mr. Wilson…I heard you want to see me?" Mira asked.

"Yes, Ms. Rose, we have something to discuss," said the boss, turning around to face her. "Your articles of the Bad Guys are really impressive lately. You reported almost everything about them. Their crime, their heroism, and even other activities, like Mr. Piranha planning to have his own singing career, Mr. Hornet having a job at the FasTogether restaurant, and Mr. Shark becoming a famous 'actress' as Heather Jennings until he got fired for faking his identity in the set. There were many things the people learned about the Bad Guys."

Mira chuckled, "Aww, it was nothing. It's a simple job."

"And that is why I'm calling you here, Ms. Rose," Mr. Wilson declared, making Mira stop chuckling and paying attention to him. "Since your journaling skills were so impressive and incredible, how would like to put your skills in the field?"

"Umm, is writing about the Bad Guys already a field journaling to me? I've been going outside and taking pictures of them."

"Yes, it does. But this is gonna be different. I'm assigning you to an advanced level of field journaling, which is very dangerous. A gang of criminals broke into the Natural History Museum the other night, and they stole some kind of jade artifact. And I want you to write an article about this artifact, and know what the criminals' intention of stealing it is."

"Wait, how can I do that? That would be a dangerous mission," Mira asked worriedly as she knew about the danger of field journaling.

"Ms. Rose, you just have to find a way. I know this is a suicide mission, but it's a way to improve your skills. You can't just sit behind your desk all the time and write, and research things in the internet. You should go out there, and find stories outside the office. It's a real thing."

Mira wanted to hesitate because of her fear of danger, but she couldn't argue with her boss. She was given an order, and she should follow it or she'll lose her job.

"Yes, sir," she sighed while hanging her head down as she left the room sadly. When Mira closed the door behind her, she knew she won't survive this assignment. She needed something more than just a notebook and a pen. "I think I'm gonna use some help."

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Later in the afternoon, after Mira left her work, she headed straight to the Bad Guys' hideout. She made sure that no one notice her heading under the bridge of the 6th Street Viaduct while she was driving there. As she remembered, there was a big tunnel that lead to the Bad Guys' hideout, so she carefully drove there. with the headlights on. When she arrived at the hideout, Mira told the Bad Guys everything about the assignment of her job.

"You what?" Tarantula inquired.

"Field journalism? Is it a dangerous thing?" Shark asked.

"I know, but my boss already assigned me to a field journalism, and the article I have to write was the stolen artifact from the Natural History Museum the other night," Mira explained.

"The Jade of Ammit? Oof, that is one of the most dangerous artifacts there is!" Piranha exclaimed.

"You know about that artifact?" Mira quickly pulled out her notebook and pen.

Wolf replied with his pawns behind his back, "Yes. Back in our criminal days, we studied artifacts, and what they are capable of. We heard about the robbery at the Natural History Museum, and that artifact is called the Jade of Ammit. Whoever looked directly into the jade, it will give them their biggest fears and worst nightmares. That is why it was kept in a glass box. The jade won't work within glass."

"And… did you steal it before?" the journalist asked.

"We can't. It's too risky. Plus, why do we even need it? Showing their enemies' worst nightmares was a bit extreme or we would stare at the jade ourselves, and we would see our worst nightmares," Snake answered.

"A lot of criminals want to steal it. There is only one criminal who wants to get their hands on it: Silver Fox," Tarantula announced.

But Mira interrupted with a snicker, "Silver Fox? I don't want to sound mean, but would the term 'fox' be racist to Governor Foxington?"

"Not all foxes are bad, but not all of them are good either. It might be a nod to Governor Foxington's name, but that is how he used it… really likely as an excuse of proving that foxes are as bad as our animal species," the Bad Guy leader explained.

"Okay, but, what do you know about Silver Fox?"

"He's a mob boss. He had proven to be one of the high mob bosses in the city. If caught, he'll pack his bags and leave. If in a cell, he can bail out from it. He might be friendly when you meet him, but he's not an idiot. We knew him before. He even wanted to hire us to do his dirty work, but we declined the offer and parted ways."

"That was during my first year as a Bad Guy. I had a lecture to know other criminals than myself and my team," Hornet added, remembering his first year on the job.

"So, why does he need that artifact?" Mira questioned while holding her pen.

"We don't know yet, but we will meet him tonight to see if he has it. And then, we will retrieve that artifact, and return it to the museum," Snake answered.

"And I'll go with you."

"No, Mira, you can't. It's too dangerous," Tarantula watched.

"I know, but if I go back to work tomorrow empty-handed or without progress, I'm gonna lose my job," the journalist whimpered sadly.

When the Bad Guys glanced at each other, neither of them wanted Mira to come along or their mission will be compromised, but their doings might affect her job, and they didn't want that.

Wolf sighed, and held Mira's hands together, "Alright, Mira. we're doing this for you, but you have to stay close. Being in the lair of a mob boss can be pretty dangerous."

Mira wiped a tear, and nodded silently.

"We just need the plan to get in there to retrieve the Jade of Ammit," Piranha suggested.

Wolf then beamed as he got an idea. He dug into a treasure chest, and got a blueprint before placing it down on the table. It was the blueprint of the mob boss' hideout, "Glad that before we cut ties with Silver Fox, he gave me the blueprints of his hideout. Okay, so here's what we gonna do."

On the blueprint was a full layout of Silver Fox's hideout. It was at a warehouse building, but underground.

"He usually rest in his really large office right here," explained Wolf. "It's gonna be crowded with many guards and goons he hired over the past decade. Now, note that it's huge, so there will be eyes watching us. However, we know a few ways of how we can get that artifact since he might have it stored in a glass display. So, me and Snake will pay a visit to him for some talk. While we stall him for long, I need all of you to use the vents. Get close to the artifact. Piranha, Hornet, you deal with any guards nearby and don't make a single sound. Shark, Mira, I would need you to lower and supervise Tarantula onto hacking through the electrical lock on the glass display. Once we've gotten the artifact, retreat back in the vents and me and Snake will call it a day."

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At the Port of Los Angeles at Wilmington, the Bad Guys were behind another building, just 2 buildings away from Silver Fox's hideout.

"Okay, so that's Silver Fox's hideout. Snake and I will go right ahead while you five should sneak into the ventilation shaft as we planned," Wolf summarized the plan as the other Ba Guys nodded.

"This is so exciting! Let's go!" Mira squealed excitingly before starting to run off

"Uh, Mira, no, don't!" Shark held tight to her suit to stop her.

"Why?" She asked.

"This isn't a parade, we're in a mob boss territory," Tarantula reminded.

"Keep your hands to yourself, unless you're stealing," Piranha advised.

"You either slouch or strut," Hornet added.

"And never, ever smile like a friendly smile," Snake said.

Mira said appreciatively."Okay, thanks–"

Wolf snapped, "No! No 'thank you's', and drop the 'please,' too. Just… chill."

Wolf: Let me tell you something you can really trust Everybody's got a wicked side I know you think that you could never be like us Watch and learn so you can get it right

The Bad Guys: You need to drag your feet You need to nod your head You need to lean back Slip through the cracks

You need to not care

Snake: Uh, you need to not stare

The Bad Guys: You need a whole lot of help

Wolf: You need to not be yourself

You wanna be cool Let me show you how Need to break the rules I can show you how

And once you catch this feelin'

The Bad Guys: Yeah, once you catch this feelin'

You'll be chillin', chillin' Oh, oh, oh, oh Chillin' like a villain (Chillin') Chillin' like a villain (Chillin') Chillin' like a villain (Hey!) Chillin' like Chillin' like (Hey!)

A villain

Hornet: You draw attention when you act like that

Shark: Let us teach you how to disappear

Tarantula: You look like you would lose a fight to an alley cat

Piranha: You gotta be wrong to get it right 'round here

The Bad Guys: You need to watch your back You need to creep around You need to slide real smooth Don't make a sound

And if you want it, take it If you can't take it, break it If you care about your health

Wolf: Seriously, you need to not be yourself

You wanna be cool Let me show you how Need to break the rules I can show you how

And once you catch this feelin'

The Bad Guys: Yeah, once you catch this feelin' You'll be chillin', chillin' Oh, oh, oh, oh Chillin' like a villain (Chillin') Chillin' like a villain (Chillin')

Mira: I really wanna be bad a lot And I'm giving it my best shot But it's hard being what I'm not

Snake: Well, if you don't you're gonna get us caught

Wolf: He's right, we gotta stay low-key Now show us how bad you can be

Mira: Like this?

Wolf: Yeah, yeah

Mira: Like this?

Wolf: Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Mira: Oh, yeah, I think I got this Let's go, I'm ready to rock this And I ain't gonna thank you for your help I think I found the worst in myself

Wolf: You wanna be cool Let me show you how Need to break the rules

I can show you how

And once you catch this feelin'

The Bad Guys: and Mira: Yeah, once you catch this feelin' You'll be chillin', chillin'

Oh, oh, oh, oh Chillin' like a villain (Chillin')

Chillin' like a villain (Chillin') Chillin' like a villain (Chillin') Chillin' like a villain (Chillin')

Chillin' like a villain

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Wolf and Snake felt a sense of nostalgia as they entered the hidden level of the warehouse. The last time they met the infamous mob boss was around the time Hornet joined them. They remembered that the mob boss just started using this abandoned place as his own hideout with his gang. There wasn't much between them since the Bad Guys only provided information the mob gang needed, but it didn't last long until they split ways.

The reason that they cut ties with the Silver Fox was that the Bad Guys were already happy with their own team instead of needing to partner with other criminals. The six of them could handle heists on their own. Besides, Silver Fox partook in other crimes that were out of their league (even assassinating), so they wouldn't be willing to be his minions in missions they wouldn't want to do.

The last time they heard, the Silver Fox had nothing but mutual respect for the Bad Guys. He made a joke that the Bad Guys' redemption into a new path could have been used to fool the governor, but he let that slide. He had his own reasons for sticking as a mob boss. And his hideout shows.

Wolf and Snake were surprised by the massive amount of graffiti covering nearly every single wall they came across. Decked in colors gray, blue, and black with some rude pictures. Entering the main room, they were surprised by the number of people around.

The large warehouse room was already set up to look like some kind of living room or a meeting room. The tables and chairs set around appeared to be made from real gold. There was this sense of chaos, but a form of order that meant no sabotages from other criminals visiting.

Speaking of which, the two Bad Guys noticed that there are a few criminals they have never seen before in the room. Some of them were in casual chat, sipping down drinks. Others were in deep plan of what crimes they should do. Others were waiting for their turn to talk with the Silver Fox. They nearly looked like they were all goons, considering how many people he hired to do his work.

And to really show that this place isn't to be messed with, a couple of guards wearing black armor surrounded them.

There were a couple of bridges and vent tunnels, leading to other parts of the hideout. A couple of windows as well to allow sunlight in. On the left and right sides of the room were storage rooms with guards guarding them. Another door where it seemed to be guards training in there. And in the very center was where Silver Fox's desk usually was. Should have been in a more private room, but he liked the attention.

The mob boss himself was here. A large, plump but muscular human with olive skin and gray hair that was trimmed nicely. He kept things simple by wearing a silver business jacket, a black collared shirt, a utility belt, black trousers and black boots with gold chains. In his mouth was a makeshift cigarette.

One guard noticed that Wolf and Snake were approaching them, lifting his baton.

"Hold it," said Silver Fox. "Let them come in."

The two Bad Guys know that he was taking the safe idea, but that didn't mean he would lower his path. Looks like they have to stall him for long. As they took their seats, the guard walked away. They checked behind to see that no one was paying attention to them or Silver Fox.

Looks like this would allow them to steal the artifact without getting caught.

"Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake," said Silver Fox with a grin. "The famous Bad Guys, now under the blessing of the governor, are allowed to roam around freely. Though, I've been hearing rumors that you two are having a dual career."

Snake grimaced. "It's not something really to be shared with, Silver Fox."

"What may you be here for?"

Wolf shrugged, acting coolly. "Just a little chat. You know that it's been a while ever since we saw each other."

"And no, we're not asking for a deal," said Snake flatly. "We're not available for hire."

Silver Fox pouted. "Aww, so just gonna keep things to yourself."

"We have our own system. Don't get involved."

Wolf chuckled a little as Snake looked away. They were on a mission, but it felt a bit nice to talk with Silver Fox again. It would be sad that they planned to take something from him if it wasn't for the mob boss liking challenges and competition. Silver Fox might be acting friendly, but they know that he has ambitious plans for everyone for his own glory.

"Anyways, how's business doing?" said Wolf, tapping the desk to keep himself calm.

Silver Fox chuckled. "Oh man, I think I'm nearly about to reach the top tier. It didn't go well since you would have so many adjustments to this crummy hideout and need to pay back those you partnered with. However, with the ancient artifact that could show people's worst nightmares in my hands, this will give out a hefty bounty for sure!"

As he explained, he moved to the side with his wheely chair to show something in his possession. Right there in a display glass box with an electronic code lock was the ancient artifact itself. A gem colored in black, purple, and blue in the shape of a diamond.

Wolf and Snake gasped, exchanging glances with each other. Silver Fox really had it the whole time! Tarantula was right that he had it.

"So you're gonna sell that for the black market?" guessed Snake.

"How would you know that wouldn't end up in disaster?" asked Wolf, concerned.

"Oh, I'm aware." Silver Fox's smile turned into a frown. "I just don't care."

Snake scoffed. "Typical."

Wolf's ears flicked upwards when he heard something rumbling from the vents above. There was some grumbling. The others were on their way to take the ancient artifact. He took a look behind, glad that nobody else was watching them. The only obstacles were Silver Fox and two guards watching over the glass display.

He gave Snake a pinch on his tail and the latter knew what that meant.

"So," said Snake. "We might not have that long here, so let's make up the time. Perhaps we can discuss about it in another room?"

"All rooms are occupied by my minions doing their intimate rituals," said Silver Fox blankly.

"Wait, what?" said Wolf, raising an eyebrow.

"How about some music to fill in the air?" asked Snake. "Does that music box still work?"

Without permission, Snake suddenly pulled out a CD from thin air and placed it right into the small radio resting next to Silver Fox. Hitting the play button, the speakers started playing a jazzy song. It sounded really old due to its crisp and limited production. And to prove that, Snake was already bopping his head up and down to it.

"W-What?" said Wolf, confused. "Where did you get that from?"

"Webs help me make this one," answered Snake.

"Okay?" said Silver Fox.

"Through downloading on iTunes."

With the music cranked loudly, this would give the others an advantage to steal without being heard.

Though, it didn't make their experience in the vent any more comfortable.

"So this is how it is like crawling through the vents," said Mira, trying to peek through from behind Shark. "Needing to endure getting through these cramped spaces without worrying about the cold, unclean metal next to you."

Shark shivered. "That is a bit too much right now."

"Come on," said Tarantula. "It's not too bad! There isn't any like poop around here!"

Followed by a single piece of gum landing on her head. Her eye twitched, not wanting to touch her hair for inspection.

"You were saying?" said Hornet.

"There wasn't gum in this vent," said Tarantula.

"Think it's about time," said Piranha, watching through the vent door gaps. "Get ready for action, chico!"

"You two handle those who are watching over the artifact," said Tarantula. "Shark, I will need you to lead me down there to get through that lock."

"You're sure about this?" asked Hornet. "Do you need help?"

"I would like to help as well," said Piranha, lifting up his head like asking for help.

"Nah. Snake taught me a few things as well. I wouldn't even need to crack the code using my hands anyway. It's an electronic lock."

They slowly opened the vent door, making sure that it didn't create too much noise. When they could confirm that Silver Fox's attention was on Wolf and Snake, Piranha and Hornet leaped down right onto the guards. The former just fell on his target's face while the latter just flew to his and dragged him down by the collar. They made sure to subdue the guards quietly so that Silver Fox didn't hear them.

"I see that you hired more people around here," said Wolf, pretending to ignore Piranha and Hornet knocking out the guards. "You're gonna slap that uniform on them, aren't you?"

"Slap right on their chest with my logo on it," said Silver Fox, leaning back on his chair. "Though, it's much easier to get the more desperate ones. As I said, need to pay them, but I think it's going smoothly. I can allow them to join my gang, though them trying to use their own merchandise here?" He shivered, remembering the few times how they tried to ruin the graffiti in his hideout. "Would be a nightmare. I rather have them do their own branding instead of theirs bleeding into mine."

"Well, that isn't really fair if you're hiring some of the best criminals in town," teased Wolf, adjusting his jacket. "And you're talking to ME!"

"I'm a neat freak. Deal with it."

Wolf smirked. "So you have no grace with taking in other ideas? Especially when…doing plans for crimes?"

Silver Fox was dumbfounded. "It's not like that."

"Can you save up space for suggestions and feedback?" said Snake nonchalantly.

"Okay, Okay, I get it."

"No, no, no," said Wolf, grinning. "Let's keep that going. Maybe you can take in suggestions of what to serve for dinner to your minions? How about ordering a nice chocolate cake from the cake store two bricks from here?"

Silver Fox groaned, annoyed. "Alright, alright. Enough. I'm already aware, you son of a b-"

"You know that I'm a wolf, remember?"

The mob boss paused for a few seconds.

"…oh," said Silver Fox. "But not that kind!"

Snake grunted, finding it ironic that the human didn't fear the two of them. "At least that's what I like about you. You don't see species."

"I'm an animal person," said Silver Fox, reaching over to pat Snake on the head. "OK, maybe your experiences might not be great, but I have to admit that it would be cool if I were like an animal. Like you."

"Says the guy who doesn't want to take in other people's ideas of how your gang should be like," said Snake, slapping the hand away.

"I'm talking about me, not my crime gang in general."

In the background, Piranha and Hornet moved on knocking out any guards or goons coming in. They made sure to use duct tape and ropes to tie them up for good measure. With the small number of guards down, this allowed the others to start taking the ancient artifact.

Shark slowly lowered a rope from the vents with Tarantula hanging upside down from it. As she reached the glass display, she took out her computer and connected it to the lock. Even though she was upside down, she started typing, humming to herself to the song playing on the radio.

Mira watched in awe, surprised by how this was going. She took out her notepad, writing notes of what she was seeing.

"This reminds me a lot of James Bond," she said.

"Is there a scene like this?" asked Shark.

"I believe so."

CREEEEEK!

Shark's and Mira's eyes widened, nearly thinking that the vent was making too much sound. However, nobody down below heard that.

CREEEEEK!

Shark clenched his teeth nervously. "Maybe it would have been best if I stayed out of here."

"Yeah," agreed Mira. "Definitely."

"Wait, how old are those vents again?" said Snake's voice randomly.

"Mmmm…I don't know," said Silver Fox. "Must have been like a hundred years old. They are way broken for giving fresh air."

CREEEEEK!

Mira and Shark slowly turned to each other. They were all gonna fail this mission.

However, the rest remained oblivious to the obviously failing vents. Wolf and Snake already got Silver Fox deep in a conversation. At the moment, Tarantula was close to breaking the code and Piranha and Hornet were dragging away the unconscious guards.

"Do you really have any plans of what you will do once you…expand your business like this?" questioned Snake. "With more money flow in?"

"I'm thinking of building an empire," said Silver Fox. "Expanding my career with many new options. I'm already into this competition. Why not you guys?"

Snake shook his head. "I don't want to make things personal. I hate being mixed with others."

Wolf was quiet for a while. "I kind of gave up on showing off. I just want to do what I want without needing to worry about what others say."

"I'm guessing that you're still a try-hard," commented Snake dryly.

"Oh yes," said Silver Fox proudly ."And it's exciting!"

"And when will you retire?" said Wolf out of nowhere.

"Until I find a worthy successor. I think it should be important to keep up a legacy like this. Leaving its mark to be one of the greatest. You know, when I managed to make a bigger empire, I'm gonna call it 'Fantastic Foxes'!"

All he got were two blank stares. Even Tarantula, Piranha, and Hornet paused what they were doing when they heard the name!

"…but you cannot take the title of a book!" exclaimed Wolf. "That's copyright!"

"Can do!" said Silver Fox, wagging his finger. "Your name for your gang is unoriginal."

"Your codename is unoriginal as well," muttered Wolf.

"Hey!" hissed Snake. "We didn't waste time thinking of a name. That's too complicated."

"But it's important to let people know how you present yourselves," pointed out Silver Fox. "Even saves you from being called something unfortunate."

"I have to be with Snake on this one," said Wolf. "I like using the name 'Bad Guy'. It's more direct than being a show-off."

"You're missing out on the drama."

CREEEEEK!

Back on the vents, Shark was trying to not move the rope too much. But he could feel the metal underneath him slowly loosening up. He wanted to try to move in case the old vent gave in due to being in the same spot.

"I think your weight is causing this passageway the weight on its shoulders," said Mira anxiously.

"Yeah, no kidding, babe!" said Shark, shaking. "You're adding to the weight as well!"

CREEEEEK!

Mira looked down below. "Come on…get it, Webs."

It didn't take too long for the tarantula to crack the code. Her computer chimed positively and the lock opened. The glass display opened up, letting the gem glow brighter than ever.

"Whoopang!" cheered Tarantula, pulling on some gloves and grabbing the gem. "Oh, we're getting you out of here before we experience a nightmare."

CREEEEEK!

As if on cue, a nail popped out from the vent, bumping her head. Without removing her smile, she looked right up.

It happened really quickly that nobody had time to move out of the way. All the connected vent tunnels came crumbling down. Wolf and Snake yelped, seeing it crashed into the middle of them. It even managed to cut the desk in half (even the radio)! Silver Fox was hit as well, slumping to the floor as if a hammer was slammed into his head. The glass display was also caught in the crash when Shark and Mira landed on top of it.

The guests and the goons behind them gasped, standing up to see the ruckus.

"Oh no…" said Hornet, placing a hand over his face.

"Oh, they're not gonna understand this, aren't they?" said Piranha sheepishly.

When the smoke cleared, it revealed a long line of broken vent tunnels on the floor. They could hear Silver Fox slowly trying to make his way out. As the mob boss stood up, he found Shark and Mira lying there with large bugged-out eyes.

Shark gasped, patting over himself. "Webs?! Webs?! Where are you?"

"I'm right here…" Tarantula groaned as she pulled herself up, nearly squashed by Shark's dorsal fin.

"Oh, there you are!" said Shark cheerfully.

Silver Fox was shocked to see all the Bad Guys in the same room. He turned to Wolf and Snake, expecting answers.

"It's not what it looks like," said Wolf, grinning.

The ancient artifact, unshattered, rolled right between them and the ruined desk. Snake glanced at it, tempted to take it quickly.

Silver Fox groaned, taking out his wheely seat. "Okay, so now I see what's going on. That's actually one of my five guesses why you are here today."

"You mean six?" asked Piranha. "Or seven?"

"W-We don't want any trouble," said Mira, standing up. "Just need to take…this…somewhere else. It's not safe for anyone to keep!"

Silver Fox just laughed. "That's what you say. Though, it's not safe for all of you coming here to rob me, don't you realize?"

The truth became too clear when the majority of the guards and hired criminals pulled out their weapons, pointing them right at the Bad Guys. Even more guards came in, bursting through the doors. However, a small number of the goons went back to their own business, bothered by this.

"I would have asked nicely for you to surrender and leave my gem here," said Silver Fox with a grin. "But having seven enemies here is better than just one!"

The Bad Guys regrouped with each other, seeing all the guards slowly coming towards each other. They weren't armed with that many weapons, so these batons and knives might be enough to take them down. And to their dismay, the ancient artifact was now between them and the mob boss. Yet, he didn't pick it up.

Oh, he was gonna play that game, huh?

"Guards!" said Silver Fox, sitting back in his seat. "Please show them the front door. It shall be their last."

As he turned around to take out his phone and film himself at this moment, the guards made their move, circling around the Bad Guys.

"This isn't gonna be good…" said Mira, clutching onto her notepad.

"I knew that we should have brought bombs along!" hissed Piranha.

"Is there a backup plan to this?" asked Snake.

That was when Wolf remembered something. "Oh! Right. I nearly forgot."

He whistled and this was Diane's cue to come in.

A few guards didn't expect someone to burst through the window and knock them out quickly. All everybody else saw was a person fully decked in a black ninja outfit. Then, they quickly swiped a chip at one of the guards surrounding the Bad Guys.

In the blink of an eye, the circle of guards were electrocuted, electricity flowing through them. Like sacks of potatoes, they fell to the ground, undefeated.

"Wait, you didn't tell us about THAT?!" said Snake, turning to Wolf.

The ninja didn't say anything as she threw out a couple of small weapons. Wolf got a blaster, Snake got a whip, Hornet got a small paintball sniper, Tarantula got a bubble shield device, Shark got a boomerang and Piranha got a rocket launcher.

"Oooh! This is cool!" said Piranha. "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGEEE!"

And with that, all hell broke loose as nearly all the Bad Guys went out to fight. Almost every single criminal and guard charged toward them, using their weapons to fight back. However, Wolf, Hornet, and Mira were left standing, watching as the ninja walked toward them. While punching any guards coming to her without even looking at them.

"I wanted to keep it a surprise," said Wolf, a little belatedly.

"Wait a second," said Hornet, realizing what he did. "You called HER over?!"

"Who's she?" asked Mira, confused.

"An acquaintance of the Bad Guys," said Diane, making her voice a bit deeper.

*Flashback*

"You're actually going to steal from Silver Fox?" said Diane's voice through Wolf's communicator. "THE Silver Fox?!"

"This is our only way of grabbing that ancient artifact," said Wolf. "It's gonna be risky, but we will need to get in to take it. He definitely has it."

"Are you sure about this? I wouldn't underestimate Silver Fox's gang, even if he has the artifact. He already built an army. Will Mira be alright as well?"

"Don't worry. We already set things up, but in case anything goes wrong, that is where you come in."

There was a sigh from Diane's end. "Alright then. Just let me quickly finish my work first. I'll be there in a couple of minutes."

"Got it then," said Wolf.

*End of Flashback*

"...I prefer that voice over your regular voice," deadpanned Hornet before turning to Wolf. "You couldn't think of anyone else to bring over?!"

"In case of emergency!" said Wolf. "I don't really have any other idea who we can trust to be our back-up."

"Oh great. So it's gonna be her saving the day."

"Just to provide you all with the right things," said Diane, punching another guard running by.

Mira was about to ask, but Hornet quickly moved to her shoulder to snipe a goon that was about to attack her. For a small paintball, he was surprised that the second it crashed into her head, the goon was already knocked out. The little bug slowly looked down at his sniper gun before back at Diane.

"W-Where did you exactly get these things?!" he questioned.

"I…may or may not be taken them from secret government experiments," said Diane, a sheepish smile behind her mask.

Hornet rolled his eyes. "Eesh, you just made those and try to be humble about them." He then leaned towards Wolf to whisper into his ear. "The government making weapons actually freaks me out."

He heard a loud war cry from Piranha, shooting a rocket right at some unfortunate goons. Seeing this, Hornet decided to join, firing paintballs wildly. As he left, a guard suddenly grabbed Diane from behind. She nearly got out a few times, but the guard was much stronger, even when she hit him in the stomach. She proceeded to spin around and grabbed onto him, pinning him to the ground before landing a punch in the face.

Meanwhile, Wolf quickly placed an arm over Mira protectively, firing his blaster at those incoming. He made sure only to fire by the feet or on the armor to ensure that he didn't accidentally kill them. In the chaos, he spotted the ancient artifact rolling across the floor.

"The artifact!" he said. "Mira! I need you to be with Webs. She'll protect you with that shield weapon she got. We'll take care of the artifact."

"You're sure about this?" asked Mira. "I can try to help!

"I don't think you'll last long in here! Webs wouldn't last long in a huge fight as well. Besides, you wanted to report what is going on here, right?"

Diane had just finished throwing another guard down. She huffed, falling onto one knee. She found herself nearly unprepared for this fight.

"Okay, I haven't been in a street fight with thugs for a long time now," she said.

"That's great," snarked Tarantula's voice. "Now can someone please help me from this psycho?!"

Right near them, one of the goons had his hands wrapped around Tarantula, trying to squeeze the life out of her.

"Oh, right!" said Diane.

Thinking quickly, she grabbed a lone boot on the floor and kicked it right towards the goon-no, wait. Right at the guard she thrown away who was trying to get back up. He fell flat, unconscious.

A few seconds of silence as the goon and Tarantula stared at Diane.

"...I just finished my paperwork without any breaks and ran the whole way here, Okay?!" said the ninja in defense.

Tarantula decided that she would get out herself. She turned around and blew a messy raspberry right at the goon. The latter shrieked in horror, feeling saliva coating his face. This gave Tarantula enough time to break free and crawl over to Wolf. He picked her up and placed her right onto Mira's shoulder.

"You two try to find a safe place!" ordered Wolf, whipping around to shoot another guard.

"Right!" the two girls said.

As they quickly ran away, Tarantula activated the shield over the two of them so that they wouldn't get hurt. That didn't mean the bubble shield was invincible. Every three hits, it went down and needed a few seconds to recharge. Mira spent the whole run ducking and dodging several objects that could knock her down. She finally found safety right behind a flipped-over table.

"Well," she said, writing in her notepad. "This would give me a good realistic view of how criminals fight each other."

"Not the time now!" said Tarantula worriedly. "MIRA! LOOK OUT!"

But Mira already knew, moving her head away from an incoming object. Another came in, but she moved out of the way, not taking her eyes off her notepad. A couple more objects flew in, but she continued to nonchalantly dodge out of the way. It was also kind of stiff since she was more focused on taking down more notes.

As they watched on, the Bad Guys were taking down many criminals and guards, more than they think. While they could have stuck together, it was like wildfire due to how many enemies they had. The other side was trying to do everything they can to take control of the ensuing war, but the sudden surprise of the Bad Guys robbing the place shook them that they weren't prepared.

In the chaos, a few people were nonchalantly resting at the tables. Specifically, one goon was ogling with a person wearing a shiny dress.

"Finally! A girlfriend!" exclaimed the goon happily. "Hey, do you like-?"

WHACK!

That came from Shark who just threw his boomerang right at the next wave of guards. The goon couldn't escape that as well, dropping to the floor. Seeing this, the person in the dress happily bent down to snatch his wallet.

"Yoink!" said the crossdresser in a masculine voice.

Meanwhile, the guards that were hit by Shark's boomerang didn't see the large shark coming. They only managed to regain focus when they saw him charging toward him like a football player. He crashed into one before tossing him right at the others, ending up landing on top of them.

Snake found himself enjoying using the whip. He wasn't moving that much, but he found the whip to be really efficient. Getting to snap back at people and trip them, even if they weren't targeting him. At one point, Wolf picked up Snake and spun him around, making it look like he was using a longer whip to crack at the enemies far away from him.

Piranha was having the time of his life, shooting rockets around aimlessly. Several explosions set off, but they were harmless and only flipped the goons and guards around. Though, it didn't last long until he ran out of ammo, so he instead threw it right at another enemy before he started bouncing off from every target he could find like a pinball machine.

Hornet didn't rely that much on his given weapon, but he used it if his opponents were too strong. He headbutted and punched many in the face or underneath their chins as many as he could, but when some were still standing, he shot a paintball right at their head to knock them out. After taking down one goon, he quickly flipped his sniper gun backward and shot a guard coming towards him, making him spin mid-air.

"Oh come mon!" groaned Silver Fox with a box of popcorn in his hands, watching as several of his men fall. "It's just eight of them! How hard could it be to take them down?!"

And then, he noticed the ancient artifact suddenly being tossed upwards in the midst of the fight.

"Fine," he exasperated, tossing his popcorn away. "I'll do this myself."

The ancient artifact was bouncing above people's heads as if it was a ball. One would think that it would make its way out from the crowd. However, it ended up in the hands of Shark who just got out from defeating a muscular bodyguard.

And then, the gem went into effect.

Shark's eyes widened as he saw his greatest nightmare. It looked like…

He let out a girly scream before throwing the gem away.

It ended up in Tarantula's tiny hands. Unfortunately, she wasn't wearing any gloves. Her eyes went glassy for a moment as they showed her something. She let out a scream which was enough to get Mira back into reality.

"GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!" the tarantula screamed. "GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!"

"What's going on?" said Mira.

The panicking tarantula ended up throwing the gem right at Mira's head, bouncing off away.

Hornet just threw his sniper gun away once it was empty, but that led to the gem landing in his palm. Suddenly, he saw something flash right through his eyes. Images, but he knew them before. The comb he first woke up, the war he nearly died in, and the moment when he saw that his colony…

"OH HECK NO!" he screamed, throwing the gem AND his sniper gun right to the floor in a blind outrage. "NOT TODAY! NOT TODAY!"

It soon turned into a game of hot potato as the gem kept bouncing around from people's hands. One by one, they were forced to see their greatest fears and nightmares, causing them to freak out, faint immediately or run away in fright. From the sidelines, Mira slowly stood up as she watched the ancient artifact being passed on from every goon to guard to criminal, making them lower their guard. It was madness.

It finally landed right in Wolf's hands. Something flashed in front of his eyes, but the second he saw it, he let out a loud scream as he stumbled backwards. In the process, he dropped the artifact and accidentally crashed into Diane who was just running by. The two dropped to the floor.

Wolf groaned, rubbing his eyes as he wondered what he just saw. Opening his eyes, he realized that they made a big mistake.

Diane's face was in full view, her hood removed.

Mira gasped, stunned to see the governor's face. In a ninja suit.

"What?" said the fox, slow to realize.

Someone grabbed her neck, lifting her upwards. It was Silver Fox. He didn't turn her around to see her face yet, but he was planning to.

"Alright now," he said, cracking his knuckles. "How about I give you some nice, lovely recipe of my momma's-?"

Before he could finish that sentence, a whip wrapped around the mob boss' neck and spun him around, right into Snake who headbutted him in the face. Silver Fox was knocked out, hitting his head hard on the floor. Birds and stars appeared over her head, tweeting. That would be enough for him to not remember the last few seconds of his life when he wakes up later on.

Snake looked rattled from seeing his own nightmare before. "Oh man, oh man…what in the universe just happened?!"

All the guards, goons, and criminals were down. It was only the Bad Guys, Diane, and Mira left awake. However, Wolf realized that Mira was staring at Diane for a long time.

Uh oh.

Diane blinked owlishly, wondering what was with the look on Wolf. And then, she turned to Mira. Her ears lowered.

"I-I can explain," said Diane.

Out of the blue, a loud siren blared from outside.

"They're already here!" said Tarantula. "We got to move!"

"Wait, you called them?" said Diane.

"No time to chat, missy!" said Snake. "Come on!"

They quickly ran out of the room with Tarantula picking up the ancient artifact. This time with thick gloves, so that she wouldn't see her greatest fear again. Wolf and Diane led the way with Snake wrapped around the former. Mira was in the middle, followed by Shark and Hornet. The giant shark with a trembling mouth, in particular, was carrying the now shaken Piranha who was reduced to a weeping ball, sucking on his own thumb.

They finally got outside. The police cars were not too far away. Hornet noticed a dumpster nearby, its lid open.

"There, there, there!" he said hastily.

"Do we have to go in there?" said Mira, wrinkling her nose.

"Got to get used to it," joked Snake.

The Bad Guys and Diane jumped into the dumpster with Shark dragging Mira along with them.

By the time the cops arrested everyone in the warehouse, the other cops were still looking for more suspects and the artifact. They even checked outside around the area, but nothing and no one were found.

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When the cops left with their suspects, the cars' sirens faded to silence. And it was time for the Bad Guys to come out of the dumpster. They do smell stick, but it was worth hiding from the cops.

Mira then turned to Diane, still unmasked. As she remembered what happened back then, and exclaimed, "Governor Foxington, I didn't know you can fight, and had that suit," When Diane chuckled in response, Mira's excitement turned to frown as she began to wonder why the governor was here, "But why are you helping the Bad Guys in this secret mission? And why do you disguise your voice when you're talking? And also, how did you know we're here in the first place?" She then looked down, trying to put the pieces together "Unless…" Mira gasped horridly, "It's you! You're the real Crimson Paw! It wasn't Marmalade at all!" She then pointed her finger to the rest of the Bad Guys "And you Bad Guys had been protecting her all along!"

Wolf tried to explain as he tried to approach her, "Wait, Mira, listen, we–"

"No! No more secrets and lies! I had enough secrets to keep from the world! I am going to write a new article that will expose you to exactly who you are: Governor Diane Foxington is the REAL Crimson Paw!" Mira said before adding another plan, "And a sub-article of you Bad Guys keeping her secret this whole time."

Mira turned her face away from the Bad Guys and Diane as she jumped out of the dumpster and ran away, trying to find a way to the street to get a cab.

The Bad Guys and Diane watched helplessly, letting Mira go. There was no way to stop her now. They jumped out of the dumpster, and headed to the Bad Guys' car.

When they arrived, the seven of them got into the car, still sulking at the moment.

"Could things possibly be any worse?" Snake said.

Wolf turned the key, and to answer Snake's question, the radio played "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin.

The song wasn't a good vibe for the Bad Guys right now. It didn't make them happy either because of the situation they got themselves into.

Hating this song, Hornet headbutted while hearing his helmet and stung the radio multiple times, "Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

The radio then sprang out, officially broken. The other Bad Guys and Diane didn't care about it anyway as Wolf started driving the car out of the port.

Before heading back to their homes, the Bad Guys secretly snuck into the National History Museum to return the Jade of Ammit back to its place, inside the glass box on a pedestal without looking at it.

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The next morning, a rolled newspaper was sent falling down from the 6th Street Viaduct bridge. When the newspaper rolled in front of the tunnel that led to the Bad Guys, Piranha was already in the tunnels, waiting for the newspaper in this early morning. He got out of the tunnel to get the newspaper. He sighed sadly as he knew what it'll gonna be in this paper.

At Diane's house, when a rolled newspaper was thrown in front of her door, Diane opened the door, and sighed. The newspaper finally came. She took the newspaper, and went inside for her to read it

When Piranha returned to their hideout, the other Bad Guys were seated at the dining table where they were having breakfast. Piranha handed the newspaper over, and Wolf took it.

"Well, guys, this is it. Once everyone reads this, Diane's reputation will be ruined, she will lose her job, be thrown into jail, Marmalade's gonna get released from jail, and we will also be arrested for lying to the authorities about our governor," Wolf said sadly as everyone else looked down.

"As much as I hated the woman, I don't want Diane to lose everything she worked hard for," Hornet admitted.

After the gang stared at Hornet while listening to him, Wolf removed the rubber around the newspaper, and opened the newspaper.

"'The Deepest Secret Of Our Well-Known Criminals/Vigilantes and Governor by Mira Carla Rose. Contrary to the common belief in the city of Los Angeles, California, it was discovered yesterday that our beloved governor, Ms. Diane Foxington was none other than the real Crimson Paw.'"

The other Bad Guys sighed sharply.

Back at Diane's, she was also reading the same paragraph as Wolf as she continue reading the next line.

"'We had been mistaken by our newly-released prisoners/anti-hero vigilantes/harmless criminals, who had been protecting our so-called governor for the past year after finding out the true identity of the Crimson Paw, and indirectly framing the kind-hearted 'criminal' Professor Rupert Marmalade IV.'" Diane closed her eyes sadly, knowing her reputation was ruined by her past after all… until she noticed there was more.

"But…"

Back in the hideout, after Wolf declared there was another part of the story, the other Bad Guys were surprised to hear that there was more.

"But?" Snake inquired.

"There's a 'but'?" Shark asked as he and the others leaned around Wolf to listen to him more.

Wolf continued, "'But after a great deal of reflection, this reporter has decided that…'"

Diane continued reading as well, "'Exposing the truth would undermine their responsibility of protecting the city from heinous crimes of other criminals. As such, only two copies of this paper has been printed…,'"

Wolf then read the last sentence, "'And once the Bad Guys and Gov. Foxington stop reading this…,'"

"'Mira will destroy it…'" Diane read her part as well.

"'So their secret is kept forever,'" Wolf and Diane finished reading in unison.

After learning that the secret was still safe by their very own journalist, Diane decided to visit the Bad Guys to inform them this in person as she quickly dressed up in her governor suit, grabbed the keys to her car while carrying the newspaper, and rushed out to the door to get to her car. Meanwhile, the Bad Guys wanted to inform this to Diane too as they quickly head to the elevator with their car to find the governor.

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When the Bad Guys were headed out of the tunnel with their car, they noticed Diane's car parked in front of the opening. Knowing it was her, they got out of the car with Wolf holding the newspaper. Diane also got out of her car with the newspaper in her hand

"Did you read this?!" The Bad Guys and Diane exclaimed happily in unison.

"Oh, they definitely read it alright," Mira answered, who was hiding in the shadows of the pillar under the bridge before showing herself by stepping out.

"Mira!" Hornet flew towards her before stopping halfway, "What makes you change your mind?"

The journalist chuckled, "If you understand clearly what I've read, you know why. But it's a good thing I came. Look, after what happened last night, through experience, I realized there are a lot of criminals out there who can do much worse than just ordinary harmless crimes. And I realized that without Ms. Foxington in charge, the city won't be as cleaner as it used to be for the past year," she eyed Diane, who smiled gratefully and appreciatively. Then, Mira turned her glance to the Bad Guys gang, "And you guys won't have permission and rights to protect the city while doing your hobby of robbing from the governor herself. And as for me, well, I won't have any more stories to write."

"Well, I'm glad you made the right decision, but what about the article your boss assigned?" Shark asked.

Mira then showed the papers of the draft of her article, "Oh, I just wrote the other one about the Jade of Ammit. And let me be frank with you that I had the best experience ever last night! It was dangerous, but I love it! I learned so much in just one night. I wrote down everything that happened last night…, except for you, Governor. I can't put you there or the cops would investigate this 'mysterious figure', as I like to call you."

Diane scoffed before giggling, "It's okay. Wolf was the one who called me for backup, so all credit goes to them."

Hornet rolled his eyes, and said sarcastically, "Great. You finally admit we did all of the work."

"I gotta tell you, this would be the perfect article! And I even added the part where you guys returned the jade back to the museum after I left," Mira admitted while hugging her papers.

"Wait, how did you know that?" Snake narrowed his eyes at her.

Mira shrugged while admitting, "I followed you guys to the National History Museum with my car, and I saw everything. I even write it while watching you. I hope you guys read it when it was published."

"We'll certainly do!" Wolf said.

The Bad Guys, Diane, and Mira gathered together for a group hug.

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Credits:

Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf

Marc Maron - Mr. Snake

Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark

Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha

Awkwafina - Ms. Tarantula

Rhenzy Feliz - Mr. Hornet

Stephanie Beatriz - Mira Rose

Zazie Beetz - Diane Foxington/The Crimson Paw

Seth McFarlane - Mr. Wilson

Joe Mantegna - Silver Fox

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Author Aggimaginary

Co-Author TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3

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So you're a tough guy Like it really rough guy Just can't get enough guy Chest always so puffed guy

I'm that bad type Make your mama sad type Make your girlfriend mad tight Might seduce your dad type I'm the bad guy

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Whoo! This is one of the best chapters I ever wrote!

Special thanks to TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3 for helping me with this chapter. He did half of the chapter. He was the one coming up with the mob boss "Silver Fox", and everything that had happened in the warehouse.

Silver Fox was based on Fat Tony and Fit Fat Tony from The Simpsons

Shark, Tarantula, Wolf, and everyone who held the Jade of Ammit had unseen and unknown worst fears and nightmares, while Hornet's worst nightmares were shown.

The Bad Guys taught Mira how to be a villain with the song "Chillin' Like A Villain" was a reference from Descendants 2. The song doesn't belong to me.

Near the end of the chapter where Mira planned to make an article about Diane being the real Crimson Paw, and Wolf and Diane read the newspaper aloud was the reference by Trolls: TrollsTopia, Stop The Presses

Hornet destroyed the radio with the song "Don't Worry Be Happy" was a reference by 101 Dalamation: Patch's London Adventure where Cruella kicked the radio of her car until it broke (that's my favorite part).

I hope you like this new chapter. And I hope I'll update soon!

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[kpoploveblog]

CRAVITY (크래비티) - CRAVITY SEASON 1.[HIDEOUT : REMEMBER WHO WE ARE] The 1st Mini Album [Debut] (2020)

2020.04.14

Track List: 01. Top of the Chain 02. Break all the Rules 03. JUMPER 04. Blackout 05. Stay (낯섦) 06. Cloud 9 07. Star (별)

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[haveyouseenthis]

April in Kpop

Pre-Debut Songs//January//February//March//April//May//June//July//August//September//October//November//December

April 1

TOO - Reason for Being: Benevolence

Kas - I like,,, really like them. I like that they weren’t afraid to go hard on their title track and then do the rest of the mini-album softer. Albeit, it does make for a strange listening experience, but one I like. My favorite song is “Everything’s gonna be alright”.

*Rankings (by K): Magnolia - (5); Take it Slow - (4.5); Don’t Fear Now - (5); Everything’s gonna be alright - (5); You Can’t Hurry Love - (4)

Tek - That was a really nice listen

April 2

OTC (Off the Cuff) - “Going Out”

Tek - I like the sound, but I made the mistake of looking at the words while I watched the MV. They lost me at ‘skinny skinny pants look good.’

Kas - Yeah, I could get behind this. According to one of the member’s this isn’t their official debut and it was set for July/August 2020 but nothing has come of that yet… I like ”Going Out”. It’s fun and a little different.

*Rankings (by K): Going Out - (4)

April 3

Bandage - “Square One”

Tek - mmm that’s nice

Kas - Just some lovely ballads. I’ll keep up with them. The chorus of “Heaven” just digs into my soul and stabs at my heartstrings.

*Rankings (by K): Heaven - (5); Invisibles - (5); For you from me - (5)

April 6

Max Changmin - Chocolate

Kas - Ow. ow. OW. WHY DIDN’T I LISTEN TO THIS SOONER OH MY GOSH. OW. SM goes HARD with soloists. *The DAY after reviewing this I got to watch him on the SM live and I can safely say I’m in love. *Rankings (by K): Chocolate - (5); High Heels - (5); Lie - (5); Piano - (5); Me, Myself, & I - (5); No Tomorrow - (5)

Tek - oh that intro!!! Spotify why don’t you have this album!?

April 10

KEEMBO - “Thank You, Anyway”

Tek - Beautiful! Gorgeous! Angelic! The way she sings ‘thank you anyway’ chokes me up a little

Kas - Ooh. Strong vocals - look out! I really enjoy this song. It’s simple but delivers hard. 

*Rankings (by K): Thank You, Anyway - (5)

April 14

CRAVITY - Hideout: Remember Who We Are - Season 1

Tek - was this the video that was accused of plagerism.......? Whatever I like the song. Okay, upon listening to this mini album I’m realizing I need to take CRAVITY more seriously. I’m sorry I dismissed you so easily, boys.

Kas - I’ll probably give them a listen in the near future.

*Rankings (by K): Top of the Chain - (5); Break all the Rules - (4); JUMPER - (3); Blackout - (4); Stay - (3.5); Cloud 9 - (4); Star - (3.5)

April 21

H&D - Soulmate

Tek - not bad. Don’t love it.

Kas - I LOVE IT.

*Rankings (by K): INTRO - (5); SOUL - (5); GOOD NIGHT - (5); Unfamiliar - (5); empty-handed - (5); Make me a different person - (5); toward tomorrow - (5)

April 23

Solar - “Spit It Out”

Tek - !!!!!!!!! (except for the MV. I don’t love that. I don’t really even like it)

Kas - Am I biased a litte (read: quite a bit), but even if I wasn’t it’s just a good song and a good music video.

*Rankings (by K): Spit It Out - (5)

April 24

HIDDEN FOLDER - “Come On”

Tek - it sounds nice. Just not my cup of tea really. I like how bright the MV is though. I think it works well with the song. The guitar solo adds to the fun as well.

Kas - I want to like it more than I do, to be honest. I enjoy the chorus a lot but the verses aren’t great.

*Rankings (by K): Come On! - (3)

April 28

JUO - “Pluto”

Kas - The music video is so cute oml. Guys, remember my soft spot for bands? Yeah. Aside from my blatant bias it’s just a good song. It’s simple, I like the instrumental and the build to the chorus. His vocals work well with the song. He knows when to be quiet and when to get worked up. I hope they get on spotify soon... *Rankings (by K): Pluto - (5)

Tek - it’s pretty. I like it. The chorus is especially nice. I don’t have anything else to say.

April 29

KAACHI - “Your Turn”

Tek - it looks like a bunch of high schoolers who got together and tried to make a kpop video

Kas - “It’s KAACHI!” Made me want to kms. The music video… isn’t good. The chorus is weak in my opinions. It’s catchy, at least... I guess.

*Rankings: Your Turn - (1)

CASH OR PASS

TOO//OTC//Bandage//Max Changmin//KEEMBO//CRAVITY//H&D//Solar//HIDDEN FOLDER//JUO//KAACHI

*Rankings Guide:

5 Point Scale

1 - hated it (...what?)

2 - didn’t like it (doesn’t do it for me)

3 - neutral/it was okay (it’s fine. No complaints, no compliments)

4 - really liked it (Might add it to a specific playlist, but chances are I’m not tracking them down)

5 - loved it (adding it to my playlist)

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Thorin Oakenshield - Entangled / The Best Day of My Life

I swear, this is my last fic for the Armitage Summer Splash event. Today I’d like to treat you to a little fic that may or may not become a longer story one day. If you’re interested in reading about what happened next - let me know!

WEEK 2 - PROMPT 13

Trope: Comfort Quote: “It was the best day of my life.” Image: link

Relationships: Thorin Oakenshield x Dwarf OFC (The Hobbit) Rating: G (subject to change) Warnings: ANGST A/N: This short one-shot turned into a longer fic. Here is the next chapter of this story. And here is the masterlist of the whole series.

You can find this fic on AO3.

Khuzdul: Azsâlul'abad - Lonely Mountain (the dwarven kingdom of Erebor) Tumunzahar - Nogrod (my headcanon for this story is that the dwarven city of old had been rebuilt)

Entangled Chapter 1

I have only one secret. I am in love with Thorin Oakenshield. But he is not aware of it. Even though I pass him every day in the long walkways of Azsâlul'abad, the reclaimed Kingdom Under the Mountain, he does not see what lingers in my eyes.

I had irrevocably fallen for the King Under the Mountain when I saw him for the first time at a great feast in my home city of Tumunzahar. Back then, he was simply Thorin, son of Thrain, an exile with a worthless title of a prince, living with his people in one of the harshest regions of the Blue Mountains, barely making ends meet. Among my people, the Broadbeams, no one believed that the Longbeards would ever reclaim their homeland, not while the dragon still reigned under their Mountain.

One would think that it was love at first sight, but it had not been prince Thorin’s handsome face that made my heart flip. I had met too many dapper noblemen to know that looks could be deceiving. In any case, allowing my feelings to bloom only because a Dwarf in his prime happened to be good-looking was pointless. None of them ever noticed me anyway; not with my average looks, to put it mildly, or the fact that I happened to wear glasses. Whenever an official function was about to begin, my mother would say:

“Mista, dear, remember to take this dreadful contraption off your nose before you enter the feast hall. None of the Dwarves here wants a know-all for a wife!”  In her opinion, young ladies should spend time on more useful activities than devouring books one after another.

“But Mother, I can barely see a thing without my spectacles!” I would usually reply, even though I knew that there was no point in arguing. It was enough that my mother barely tolerated my constant reading even though she kept on lamenting my choice of activities.

“Adla will be there to help you,” she usually offered, but we both were very well aware that my sister had other things on her mind than accompanying me everywhere. She was—and still is—the pretty one. As soon as the music would start, she was off to break yet another heart or fall in love with yet another dashing warrior.

To be honest, I did not mind. Adla lived for social gatherings. It was better that I did not appear beside her, scaring off her admirers and potential suitors. Since my chances in the marriage market were not the highest, at least she should be able to find herself a good husband and make our parents happy by giving them grandchildren. 

With a conspiratorial wink, Adla would disappear into the most fashionable crowd of the season, while I would usually find myself a secluded corner, preferably behind a large statue of someone very important. Those were the best hideouts — their stern visages intimidated most of the guests who gave every single of those statues a wide berth, preferring to admire them from afar. And that usually left me undisturbed. As soon as I was alone, I would put on my glasses and read to my heart’s content. My sister would appear nearby when it was time to leave and we would return to our mother with innocent smiles on our faces. Both Adla and I were perfectly happy with that arrangement.

That memorable feast when I first met Thorin was no different. One day, my family received an invitation. A celebration was to be held in honour of the newly arrived Longbeard guests — the members of the royal family of Azsâlul'abad in exile. The rulers of the Lonely Mountain, or, as the Elves call it, “Erebor”. My sister’s excitement was as great as my unwillingness to frequent this event, but one look at my mother’s face told me that I wouldn’t be able to talk my way out of it.

Shortly after arriving at the great hall, I sneaked into my hideout in an attempt to finish a chapter of an exciting book. Just as I began reading, the voices of two Dwarves engaged in a conversation reached my ears. It was easy to recognize their owners — they belonged to the highly desirable group my mother called “eligible bachelors” — unmarried and rich enough to make them interesting as potential husband candidates. Not for me, obviously, even if my mother did not seem to acknowledge this truth. She was truly determined to find me a husband while I was truly determined to finish that book. And then another. And another.

“What about that pretty Adla girl?” One of those eligible bachelors said.

“That one kisses like fire. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that Firebeard blood ran in her veins! But that’s all you’re going to get from her. Kisses. She’s one of those boring proper girls.” The other one gave out a groan. “According to my sister, Adla wants to marry well so she’s saving herself for her future husband, whoever that poor fellow might be.”

“Any chance of her having a less proper sister or a cousin?”

“There is a sister, yes, but you wouldn’t like to poke her even with a stick,” his friend chuckled. “Ugly, dull, and blind as a bat. My sister calls her ‘four-eyes’.”

“Ah, I remember that one. Are you sure that’s Adla’s sister?”

“Positive. Adla tried to make me dance with her one day,” he huffed. “Would you believe it? Do I look like a charity?”

“You look like a horny bastard!” His friend laughed loudly. “Maybe if you had danced with her ugly sister, Adla would have let you into her bed?”

“Not a chance. Not even for Adla. I don’t want to be seen with someone who looks as if her mother lay with a petty Dwarf,” the first one cackled and his companion joined him eagerly. My vision blurred. The echo of their voices died down as they walked away from my hideout.

Ugly, dull… I closed my eyes to stop the tears rolling down my cheeks. 

…and blind as a bat. I took off my glasses to brush away the wetness from my cheeks. Four-eyes. The last thing I wanted was for my mother to question me about the reason behind my red eyes. I had to get a grip on myself for now. I would cry my heart out into my pillow at night.

She looks as if her mother lay with a petty Dwarf. Those words stung, but my mother’s pity would have been even worse. I knew I was not a beauty, but hearing it confirmed from male lips and then seeing it reflected in my own mother’s eyes would have been unbearable.

“Forgive me the intrusion, my lady,” a low, rumbling voice suddenly reached my ears. “Are you in need of assistance?”

A simple but clean linen handkerchief appeared in front of me. I took it without thinking and only then looked up straight into its owner’s kind, cornflower blue eyes.

“Thank you,” my voice was barely audible, but at least my sniffling had stopped. “I… I’m better now.”

“Was the book so moving?” the unknown Dwarf tilted his head towards the leather-bound shape that lay on the pedestal of the statue. Along with this movement, his dark, almost black hair flowed down his right shoulder like the dark, silky waters of a mountain lake. 

Suddenly, I became aware of his close proximity. With the exception of my brothers, I had rarely, if ever, been so close to a man, and this Dwarf had a strong presence, not only because of his height and strapping physique. Although he looked significantly older than me, perhaps around ninety or so, by Dwarven standards, he was considered young, so it was certainly not the gravitas that came with advanced age. And yet, there was something about him, a solemn quality that sparked awe in me and made my heart beat faster. It felt as if I were given the privilege of looking at a marble statue of an ancient ruler that had suddenly come to life.

At the same time, I could not help but notice a warrior braid in his hair and the lack of a marriage braid. A bachelor, then. My mother would have been proud that I actually made use of her teachings for once. She wanted her daughters to assess their prospective “targets” as soon as they could and not waste time on the Dwarves that had already been taken. The problem was, if that Dwarf in front of me knew that one of the first things I did was to check his marital status (even if it happened by accident), he would probably run away as fast as he could.

“The book? No, not at all.” I shook my head nervously, trying to fill the prolonged silence with my blabbing. It was better than sharing the true reason behind my tears. “It is actually quite an amusing story about a Hobbit—a cobbler’s apprentice—who found a clever way to kill a dragon.” “A Hobbit dragon slayer? Truly?” One of his thick eyebrows arched. “Do tell. How did they manage to get rid of that beast?”

I did not have to be asked twice to answer this question, the events of the story still fresh in my mind. Besides, it was not often that someone was willing to discuss books with me – or at least listen to my musings about them. 

“Actually, it was pretty straightforward. Everyone knows that dragons eat sheep, right?” I spoke, gesticulating excitedly. “A vile dragon had been terrorising the South Farthing for months and the local Hobbits were helpless. Finally, the young cobbler, his name was Rufus, had enough. He took a sheepskin, four sticks, and a lot of twine – and then made a fake sheep. He stuck the sticks into the ground so that they resembled its legs, covered them with the sheepskin and filled it with sulphur, stones, iron nails, and other nasty things. Then he sewed it together, shaping it like a lamb. When the dragon came, it thought that this was a real sheep – and devoured it at once. Soon after, the monster felt very thirsty. Its insides felt like fire and so it drank from the nearest river to quench the burning thirst. The dragon kept on drinking for hours until its belly became round like a ball – and exploded with a ‘bang!’”

I could not stop myself from giggling at the absurdity of the story. The Dwarf in front of me first blinked and then chuckled. The sound of his voice rang pleasantly in my ears and I wished I could amuse him more just to hear his laughter again.

“Hobbits and their gift of confabulation. If only slaying a dragon was that easy…” without my glasses, I could not see it clearly, but I thought I noticed a shadow passing over his handsome face, disappearing as fast as it emerged.

Only then did I take a better look at the Dwarf’s unusually short beard — a sign of mourning. And I took in the colours of his garments — royal dark blue with the sigil of the House of Durin. And there were his temple braids, too. At that moment, I understood why I had never seen this Dwarf at any of the feasts before. My throat tightened in terror.

“I am so sorry.” I covered my mouth with my hand. “Forgive my thoughtless prattling, Your Highness! I did not mean any disrespect with this story…”

“Please, my lady, there is nothing to forgive. It was I who asked you about the book, was it not?” His voice made me think of dark buckwheat honey, sweet and thick.

“But the dragon…” I muttered, completely mortified, trying to gather my wits. “I did not mean to ridicule the fate that befell your people.”

“My grandfather happened to be a wise Dwarf and he used to say that sometimes ridicule is the only way forward. I find that a smile is worth its weight in gold, especially in hard times. Would you not agree?”

“I guess so,” I swallowed, avoiding his intense gaze and ignoring the burning sensation in my cheeks. “Either way, it was rude of me. I’ll better relieve you of my presence, excuse me, Your Highness.”

As I reached out to grab my book and leave, his hand landed flat on its cover. “The Faery-tales of the Shire”, the title said, gilded letters peeking from between his fingers, but at that moment, I could not focus on anything other than the shape of his hand. It was wide and masculine, with strong fingers adorned with a couple of massive rings. One of them looked as if it had been made of mithril. The Dwarf’s sun-tanned skin contrasted with the paleness of my own hand that seemed to be at most half the size of his. A peculiar thought rattled in my brain. How would it feel if he took my hand in his?

“This will not do. My family arrived here to make friends, not to scare off maidens. Let us begin again, My Lady, and forget what has transpired between us so far. What do you say?” His stare clearly told me that he would not take ‘no’ for an answer.

“As you wish, Your Highness,” I nodded faintly.

“Very well. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Thorin, son of Thràin. And with whom do I have the pleasure of speaking, my lady?” He made a customary bow. My cheeks burned even more than before at this display of courtly behaviour. I had seen Adla treated in such fashion numerous times by her admirers, but before today, I had never been on the receiving side of it. 

“Mista, daughter of Milva, at your service, Lord Thorin.” I managed to curtsy and when I looked up at him, Thorin, son of Thràin, stood closer than before.

“I am honoured to make your acquaintance, Lady Mista, daughter of Milva,” he admitted with an alluring smile that hid in the darkness of his beard.

I stopped myself from sighing like a witless goose. Maybe I was barely ten years over half battle-age, but that did not mean I would swoon only because a stunningly handsome Dwarf smiled at me once.

“The honour is all mine,” I managed to mumble instead.

“The feeling is mutual, I assure you. It is not every day one hears amusing stories. To show my gratitude, I would like to offer you my company during the next dance,” he reached out his hand towards me in an inviting gesture, palm up.

“Excuse me?” I stared at it with my eyes open wide. My ears must be deceiving me. There was no other explanation.

“Lady Mista,” he spoke again, my name rolled off his tongue with ease, making my heart make a silly flip. “May I have the pleasure of a dance with you?”

I lifted my gaze to his face, its features softened by a warm smile, the second smile he directed specifically at me, and then my fingertips rested on his palm. His skin felt slightly coarse in that particular, pleasant way, so different from mine. He must have noticed me trembling, for he covered my hand with his to steady it, the corner of his lips curling up in a reassuring way.

“I… thank you for this generous offer, my lord,” my eyes shifted to the glasses that rested next to the book. “But I’m afraid I’m not a desirable dance partner. I can’t see much without my spectacles.”

“How about you wear them for the dance, then?” He offered as if it was the most usual thing in the world.

“But… It is simply not done, not at a great feast like today! Besides, I would not look presentable enough to be your dance partner!”

“It is simple,” he shook his head. “I wish you to enjoy this dance and if your spectacles make it easier, then this is what we are going to do. Do not fret, my lady, if there are any remarks from other guests, I will be more than happy to handle them. How does that sound?” I blinked ferociously, trying to chase away the tears forming in my eyes and a flood of emotions that threatened my heart to burst. Without a word, I put on my glasses. The world around me suddenly became sharper, and that included the face of the Dwarf who seemed not to care for my looks nor for the contraption resting on my nose, the constant source of my embarrassment. Whatever Thorin’s ulterior motives were, some attention-starved part of me forbade me from thinking about them. I should do as the main characters of “The Faery-tales of the Shire” did and enjoy the sudden change of fate while it lasted.

“Thank you, My Lady,” Prince Thorin offered, placing a light kiss over my knuckles that almost made me gasp in surprise. “Are we ready now?”

I nodded, but my cheeks must have turned to beetroot red by that moment. I did not know how one reacted to such gallant manifestations of reverence, but my future dance partner did not give me much time to ponder this matter and led me toward the very middle of the dancing hall. I tried not to notice the glances and curious whispers of the other guests. Lowering my head, I tried to focus on Thorin’s touch, his hand holding mine and its inviting warmth.

I, Mista, the ugly bookworm, the ‘four-eyed bat’, was about to dance with none other than the heir of the line of Durin, Prince Thorin Oakenshield. This had to be a dream, but I hoped I would not wake up before its end.

Soon after the music started, I glided in Thorin’s strong arms through the hall, feeling his firm hold every step of the way. To this day, I do not know whether he realised the depth of my nervousness, but his closeness and lighthearted comments created a shield between me and the other guests who must have been staring at us in disbelief. Throughout the dance, Thorin treated me in a most courteous way, as if I were a princess, his equal, and not a daughter of a merchant, barely of courting age. He was the first one and the only one who danced with me during that feast; over a hundred years have passed and yet I still remember the reassuring way he held me in his arms as the music reverberated against the walls of the great hall. They said he was a warrior and yet his demeanour told me there was much more to him than just battles. The way his cornflower blue eyes rested on my face with interest while I spoke, the way he led a conversation with me while we danced, the way he made me feel special like no one had before — all those things made my silly, inexperienced heart beat faster and faster, even though I knew it was hopeless to dream. Thorin was not only a prince but also belonged to an exiled clan, and judging by the simplicity of his attire, he would not be able to afford a decent dowry. Apart from all that, what use would he have of me as his wife, of all the maidens gathered here?

When the dance ended, far too soon, Thorin escorted me to my mother, pressed his lips to my knuckles as the courtesy dictated, and left the feast, disappearing from my life and taking my heart with him.

And even though I did not see him again until one hundred years later, it was the best day of my life.

I have only one secret. I am in love with Thorin Oakenshield. But he is not aware of it. Even though I pass him every day in the long walkways of Azsâlul'abad, the reclaimed Kingdom Under the Mountain, he does not see what lingers in my eyes. And he never will.  His heart belongs to another.

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Shinigami As The Villain (A TMNT 2012 Rewrite)

I’ve said this before briefly in other posts of mine, but I never took the time to make a whole post dedicated to talking in full detail about this idea.

Shinigami in TMNT 2012 should have been revealed to be a villain.

Let me explain:

Shinigami is an interesting character in the 2012 series with a fun fresh concept. She’s a witch who’s apart of the Foot Clan, she adds a new element of dark magic and illusion to the cast. She’s even proven herself to be very skill in combat and a master in her tricks, magic, and illusions many times!

But think about how relevant is Shinigami to the story. If you think about it Shini only has two importance for her existence in the show:

1) She’s helping Karai rebuild the Foot Clan as her second in command

2) She’s Mikey’s love interest

And only one of those two actually has some importance to the plot 

(cause her being Mikey’s love interest was the most stupid and pointless decision, but that’s a rant for another post)

You could argue that Shini was relevant for April’s arc when becoming a kunoichi, making April question if she even deserves the title and thinks she need more training after Shini beat her in a fight twice, but that was only for ONE episode, so I don’t count it for Shini’s importance. Shini in her intro episode was supposed to symbolize what April wants to be, a perfect and skilled kunoichi, and for a short while she thought she was, but then Shini came along and knocked down her confidence and lead April to question her skills just from Shini’s existence alone, but again the whole “April questioning her skills as a ninja because of Shini” only lasted for one episode. After that Shini is just in the background helping Karai, occasionally doing something cool, badass, or funny.

I remember when first watching the show, I theorized that Shini had a higher importance then what she was given. I thought it be revealed that she’s actually secretly working for Shredder as a spy and she’s just using Karai, manipulating her to get information, but that never came to be. She was just there. No high importance, her existence didn’t really effect the plot in a major or any way at all, her character didn’t leave a big impact on any other character’s arcs (except April but again only for a short while), and she didn’t go threw any sort of arc of her own.

So, giving the title of this post: What if Shinigami was revealed to be a villain?

Here’s how I’d play it out:

Shinigami’s intro episode will stay the same and her purpose for that episode will also remain the same as well. After that, Shini stays off in the shadows, helping Karai with her clan and to take down Shredder. When there are episodes Shini is not present in but Karai is, Karai will mention Shini went off on a solo mission, but Karai doesn't know the full details of what her old friend is doing. During quite moments there would be fun banter with Shini and Karai, or with Leo or Mikey, just to give her more character and understanding of who she’s like and her dynamic with others, mainly Karai.

Eventually over the course of the second half of season 4 Karai begins to notice a pattern in Tiger Claw and Shredder’s men’s actions. They’re always one step ahead of them, they easily foil her plans, almost as if they know she was going to attack or pull a certain scheme. Karai grows worried and tells Shini she believes one of her Foot Ninjas is a spy, but before Karai could confront her men, the first Super Shredder attack accrues. Karai gets taken away as Shini is left defeated by the Super Shredder, just like in the actual episode, or so we believe... 

Things will take a bigger change during the season 4 finale. Karai, now 100% convinced her Foot Ninjas betrayed her and were spies for Shredder, only now relies on Shini. They hide out with the Mighty Mutanimals for safety. As Karai and Slash go over their plans to attack Shredder at his hideout, alarms go off. The Super Shredder is here. The Mutanimals and Karai believe they are safe since the Mutanimals lair is on full lock down, with an advance security system created by Rockwell, so Shredder can’t get inside, but Rockwell discovers when he was distracted by Mondo Gecko “attacking him”, their security was mysteriously dismantled. Shredder was getting inside!

Shredder and his men break in and attack Karai and the Mutanimals. They put up a good fight by Super Shredder was too powerful. The building catches fire and was beginning to fall apart. Pieces of the building fall onto Karai. She was stuck under the rubble. Through the smoke and flames Karai sees Shinigami and calls out to her for help. Shini emerges from the smoke, looking down at Karai with a wicked grin, as Super Shredder’s shadow slowly appears behind her. Karai would call out to Shini, warning her of who’s sneaking up behind her. Super Shredder’s arm raises, as if he’s about to strike Shini and take her out, but instead his arm comes down slowly and touches Shinigami’s shoulder.

“Well done, Shinigami,” Super Shredder proudly tells her.

Shini smiles, “Thank you, Master Shredder.”

Karai’s eyes widen. She couldn’t believe it. Her own friend that she’s know and trusted since she was a child, was working for her enemy. Right at that moment, it all came to Karai. Shinigami was the one sending Tiger Claw the information about her plans, Shinigami was the one who dismantled the Mutanimal’s security system when Rockwell was distracted by Mondo Gecko so Super Shredder could get in. Shinigami was the spy.

🎶IT WAS SHINIGAMI ALL ALONG!!~🎶

“But Shini…” Karai says, struggling to get up from the burning building’s rubble, “You’re my friend! I-I trusted you!!”

Shini giggles as she confidently flips her hair, “I know. How messed up is that?!”

This would be a parallel to Leo and Karai during the season 1 episode The Alien Agenda

“Why’d Shini betray Karai?” There are different paths I could take for the reason in this rewrite:

1) Shredder always had a feeling over the years of raising Karai that she’d eventually discover the truth so Shinigami was a way to distract her from learning the truth and when she finally did he used Shini to get his revenge. Shinigami was his pawn ever since she was a child.

2) Shinigami feels her betrayal was justified because in her mind Karai (her childhood best friend) betrayed her first by leaving and working with the Foot Clan’s mortal enemy, Hamato Yoshi and the turtles. So this is Shini’s revenge on Karai for abandoning her, her clan, and Shredder after Karai learned the truth. 

3) Growing up Karai was always more successful than Shinigami in their training. Shredder never notice Shini’s talents always favoring his daughter over her, and Shini found that to be unfair. For years Shini was stuck in Karai’s shadow. So once Karai “betrayed” her clan Shini saw this as her chance to finally gain Shredder’s approval. It was her time to shine and take the spotlight and be Shredder’s number one kunoichi (Think of it like Heather D. with Heather C. from the movie and musical “The Heathers”)

In way, all three reasons can work for this rewrite. Shini thinks she finally won Shredder’s praise while Shredder has always saw Shini as nothing more than a pawn in his game. Shredder would manipulate her with his words, saying things like “You’re like the daughter I never had” or “Karai betrayed you first. Don’t pity someone who hurt you.”

Back to the story!

Shinigami leaves with Shredder and his men, leaving Karai to die in the fire. Slash and the Mutanimals are able to get Karai out and save her. That’s when the turtles, Splinter, and friends show up and they learn what had happened, with Slash explaining that this was all because of Shinigami. The turtles are shocked that Shini was behind this but Leo wasn’t as surprised as the others. He always had a feeling Shini wasn’t meant to be trusted, especially after he worked with her during the episode The Broken Foot when he teamed up with her and Karai (where in that episode there would be subtle foreshadowing of Shini’s true nature through her interactions with Leo). That episode will go like in canon. Karai goes to the hospital, the team splits up to fight the Foot, Shredder kills Splinter, etc.

During the fight, Shini fights along side Tiger Claw and the rest of Shredder’s men and she’d also be an obstacle to get past when the turtles, April, and Casey go to Shredder’s hideout in the woods in the next episode.

“You know, evil girls who betray my family aren’t really my type.” Mikey comments when Shini attacks him. (This would indirectly tell the audience that Shiniangelo ew is now out of the picture Yay!)

“I always knew you were up to something!” Leo says to her as their blades clash, “How could you betray her like that?! She’s your friend!”

Shini would laugh off their words and continue attacking them saying things like “Karai WAS my friend, but then she betray her clan! She betrayed Master Shredder! She betrayed ME!!”

In the end Shini would retreat with the Foot Clan after the turtles kill Shredder, and they would not to be seen again until season 5 during the Kavaxas arc.

Season 5!

Tiger Claw just randomly knowing about the demo-dragons and the magic scroll seemed off to me, like it didn’t fit his character, so in this rewrite it’s Shinigami who has knowledge of the demon scroll because dark magic is up her alley, she’s a witch! Use that detail for you story TMNT 2012 writers!!! It’s just fits her character better than Tiger Claw’s. Together Shinigami and Tiger Claw are the ones who form the Shredder cult and plot to resurrect Shredder.

Meanwhile, for Karai, she struggles to lead the Foot Clan. Her Foot Soldiers worry for her ever since Shini’s betrayal, causing her to be paranoid of everything everyone around her says or does to the point it makes her ninjas leave her and work for Tatsu. With her losing her clan and her respect as leader, once again, the only people Karai can rely on and trust are her brothers, the turtles.

Karai and Shinigami’s relationship is now complicated. Karai desperately wants her friend back, telling her Shredder was just using the same manipulation tactics he used on her. Karai tries to tell her that what Shredder has been doing to the clan was toxic and that Shini finally has a chance to walk away from it now that he’s gone. (Doing another dynamic comparison: Rapunzel and Cassandra from Tangled the series, mostly the last season with (spoilers) Cass becoming the villain. Just imagine Karai and Shinigami singing “Crossing The Line”)

Shini feels conflicted. Though Shredder is gone she still wishes to gain his approval she so desperately wanted all those years so bringing him back from the dead was her last chance for him to finally acknowledge her talents and skills not just as a kunoichi but as a powerful witch as well, but even when the task is complete with the help of Kavaxas, Zombie!Shredder still doesn’t give her the praise she was hoping for. He gives the credit to Kavaxas and just ignores Shini and still treats her like dirt.

That’s when it finally hits Shinigami all at once. She never meant anything to Shredder. To him she was nothing but his pawn, an object to manipulate so he could hurt her best friend, and she let him. After all those years, he purposely held her down for he knew he could manipulate her emotions one day in the future, and it did happen. Even after his death he still has control over her. Shredder never cared of acknowledged Shini’s talents, but Karai always did. Karai always supported her and was amazed by her magic and illusions. That’s when Shini would go through a little redemption during that short season 5 arc. With her magic knowledge she helps the turtles and Karai stop Zombie!Shredder, defeat Tiger Claw, and send Kavaxas back to his world, claiming to Shredder and TC that Karai is the rightful and true ruler of the Foot Clan. (long live the king queen lol)

After the battle their would be a scene of Shinigami begging forgiveness for what she’s done, understanding if Karai never wants to speak to her ever again, but to her surprise Karai hugs her. She starts to cry as she tells Shini she’s happy she has her back. Karai accepts her apology and offers her a place in her clan once again as her right hand woman and most importantly her friend again (and then maybe they kiss lol).

(Note: A Shini redemption is not necessary if y’all want her to stay evil, she could just remain a villain in the rewrite but for this rewrite I decided to have her redeemed for more character growth for her and for Karai’s (plus shinirai), but if Shini did remained a villain she and TC would lose the fight, call a truce with the turtles, and be banished by Karai from the Foot Clan, left with nothing OR (another alternate ending) when Zombie!Shredder is being sent back to the underworld with Kavaxas Shini would go with them, still desperate for Shredder’s approval and now mentally broken she falls into the demon portal and sent to the underworld never to be seen again.)

Thank you for reading my TMNT 2012 Rewrite of if Shinigami was the villain. I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think!

And hey, if you made it this far, here, have a cookie 🍪 💕

[arctimon]

What If...? (Big Hero 6 Edition)

So the next Marvel series set to release is What If...?, a series of nine episodes that will focus on alternate events and timelines that occur within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The series, based off of the comic series of the same name, will premiere on August 11th, running straight through October 6th. The show was suppose to have ten episodes in both Season 1 and 2 (which is already being worked on), but producer Brad Winderbaum mentions in an interview that they had to push an episode back because of, you guessed it, the pandemic:

"We had to push an episode into Season 2. It was just, honestly, like everything else, that was a COVID impact," Winderbaum told Collider. "There was an episode that just wouldn't hit the completion date, but luckily we do get to see it in the second season of the show."

Judging by both the poster and the trailer, we know of a few scenarios: Peggy Carter becoming Captain America, an alternate Avengers lineup battling at New York, Black Panther as Star Lord, Marvel Zombies (of course there’s zombies), and Spider-Man as the Sorcerer Supreme.  Inverse has an article breaking all of the possibilities down.

A lot of the actors who portray their characters in live action will reprise their roles for the animated series, including the late Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther/Star Lord.  Star...Panther?  Black Lord? That last one sounds wrong. Among those not coming back are Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, and Dave Bautista as Drax.  Bautista was, according to the man himself, wasn’t even asked to come back to voice Drax.  Others include Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Tom Holland as Spider-Man, James Spader as Ultron, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Elizabeth Olson as the Scarlet Witch, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Gweneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, and various members of the Dora Milaje.  They have all apparently been confirmed to be appearing in What If...? in some form or another, but voiced by different people.

It will certainly be an interesting show, but I hope you can see where I’m going with this.

The Big Hero 6 fanbase has a lot of burning questions for the show and movie, and it’s not all just unanswered ones about what happens after the show ended.  I think collectively there are a few common “what-ifs” that we have in our minds about the team.  I think the most obvious one involves one of the Hamada brothers, and that branches off into other what-ifs as well.

Granted, not all of these are reality-altering hypotheticals like there are in the show or comics, but they can still change the course of the movie or show in a huge way.

1.) What if...Tadashi had survived the fire?

Tadashi being a survivor of the fire that takes down the exhibition hall brings up a few interesting conundrums.  Would he be scarred for life?  Would he even be able to complete school?

And if Hiro still made the team, would he end up becoming Sunfire like a lot of fans theorize?

The thing is that Callaghan knows that Tadashi died in the fire.  If he knew that he didn’t, would that change his motivations?  Would he still be using the Microbots knowing that the person that was trying to “stop” him was still alive? Alternatively, you also have...

2.) What if...Hiro had died instead of Tadashi?

Hiro was probably about two seconds away from being fully engulfed in that giant fireball.  It’s entirely plausible that he (or possibly both Hamadas) could have perished in the fire instead of his brother, which sort of leads to the same circumstances as the first question, just with different powersets.  Tadashi would no longer be tied to fire-based powers but the magnetic equipment that that Hiro currently uses.

But one has to think about whether Tadashi would be in the right state of mind to be a hero long term.  Seeing his kid brother perish in the accident would probably cause him to go insane, and perhaps the rest of the team would have to reel him in.

3.) What if...Baymax had killed Callaghan?

It’s worth noting that if Honey Lemon had been about three seconds later on getting the healthcare chip back into Baymax, this wouldn’t have been a “What If?” question.

And sure, the team would have saved the day, but at what cost?  The permanent scarring of a fourteen-year-old?  And what would have come of the major revelations after that fight concerning Project Silent Sparrow and Abigail?

Maybe they would have been the ones to build the portal to the other dimension to try to save her.  That would similar to what happened in the original manga (where Tadashi actually helps with the construction of the original portal and got sucked in as a result). 4.) What if...Baymax had saved Obake in “Countdown to Catastrophe”?

Obake dismissed Baymax after his hideout started collapsing near the end of Part 2, and you could tell that Baymax was seriously considering rescuing him before leaving him in his chair amongst the rubble.  Ultimately, however, he did leave him behind after Obake’s insistence.

Imagine what would have happened if he had gone against his programming and saved his life.

The relieved group hug on the beach would have been replaced with a disheveled (and probably a little damp) Obake.  Hiro would have been staring hiim down in disbelief.  Perhaps there would even be another fight, or at least the makings of one.

And then Obake would give himself up for arrest.

Maybe that’s where Chief Cruz could have been introduced.  It would have given a good lead into the next season, and it would give Megan’s meeting with Hiro in Season 2 a little bit more meaning.

And finally, because I’m a shipper and we have to go there:

5.) What if...Karmi had never left SFIT at the end of “City of Monsters”?

We know from the boards that Bob Schooley posted that “City of Monsters” was originally going to end very differently than what actually made the final cut.  It seemed that Karmi, in addition to getting a nonsensical boyfriend named “Flammarion”, was not suppose to leave SFIT in the early draft.

So what if Hiro had shown up to her lab, and instead of seeing this...

He saw this?

Or...something a little less dramatic?  Maybe just her packing up stuff because she’s in the process of leaving?  And Hiro had to say something in order for her to stop what she was doing? And how exactly would you achieve that? See, if that scenario happened, I think that this particular point would be where Hiro told her about being in Big Hero 6.  And of course Karmi wouldn’t believe him, even though she’s now in love with him crushing on him.

Then, he takes her to the base.

And she turns back to him with an incredulous look.

And roll credits.  What a cliffhanger to go into Season 3 with. I vaguely remember fanart depicting that exact scene (Hiro taking Karmi to the base), but I don’t remember who did it.  I would like to give them the proper credit. Season 3 would have looked totally different if that took place.  Maybe it would have been an actual season and not a bunch of mini stories.  Also...perhaps Karmi would have joined the team proper.

And maybe we would have finally had a giant canonical Karmiro moment.

...Now that is a big “What if?”.

(Marvel’s What If...? premieres on Wednesday, August 11th on Disney+.)

[themightyaliendwarf]

TPN s02e05

Ha! I can finally say that I was right! THEY WERE SPEEDRUNNING FOR NORMAN. Am I happy about it? Of course not! But let’s start from the beginning. 

Basically, this episode was the last turning point - they could either go for something amazing or fall into 6/10 at most. I don’t think you will be surprised how it went, in my opinion. 

- So, we didn’t have major timeskip in the last episode, but in this one... oh, boy! Remember how I was hoping that they would show us how they survive after losing everything? How we might get new stuff? Well, I was wrong. But that’s not the for thing. We were lied about getting anime original. What we are indeed getting is “The Promised Neverland: The Abridged Series”. They are getting scenes that will go manga readers go “Ah, I remember! It was an amazing moment”, but all we are getting is an image without context and emotional bearing.

- Farm have been attacked - cool, but do you remember that anime onlies don’t know about mass produced farms? Because that’s an important detail. Well, at least that told me that Norman is indeed alive.

- The scene between Emma and Ray would be sweet... if it had any meaning. We didn’t seem them grow as friends. We didn’t see them travelling and fighting in Goldy Pond. We didn’t see them gain more respect for each other. So why should I feel anything about it? Look at the picture below. It’s still, it has no colours, you don’t hear anything, and yet it tells you a lot about their wonderful relationship. Anime failed miserably here

- You know what people who are running away do? Light up buildings that haven’t been used for ages because, yeah, nobody will catch them, right?

- And that just make me ask: where is Isabella? Why they gave her that amazing scene in the last episode if it doesn’t seem like she became a major threat. They have been on the go for almost a year, for heavens’ sake!

- Again, the scene with the old demon would be amazing if we got more from Emma in this season. All we got is: she is kind for everybody. THAT”S WHY GOLDY POND IS IMPORTANT! Because she needs to come out of her comfort zone! Because she realizes that sometimes kindness isn’t enough. That’s why her later acts of selflessness are so impactful - because despite everything she is stil herself.

- x2 Again, the scene with demons trying to save their siblings would be amazing if it was done better. Don’t expect the viewers to become invested because you show them suffering children. That’s not enough. That’s why worldbuilding is so important. To be clear, manga also wasn’t perfect in that sense. BUT! I think that attack on the capitol, killing of those who drunk cursed blood and Ayshe backstory are well written and make it all better. I’m just greedy and want more. 

- Remember how this anime actually had good chase scenes? I’m waiting more Ray is Sasuke memes because it looked Naruto parody, not gonna lie.

- And now for the big one. Remember how in the manga you suddenly find out that William Minerwa is actually alive and is planning to destroy the farms? Children are taken to a secret hideout that became home to many cattle children. Emma decides to meet the big boss herself and then

Easily one of the best wholesome moments in the manga. But it keeps going!

So! Surely anime will give us something similar amazing, right? Right? Or, you know, you can just turn Norman into Robin Hood and make him take off his mask in the middle of a town filled with demons. But that would be silly because he is the smartest child from Grace Field, right? RIGHT?

Guys, I tried to stay optimistic, I really did... but this episode broke me on so many levels. It’s not just that they are changing things up. It’s that they take things away and don’t offer anything in return. 

Anyway, I won’t drop this series because I appreciate interacting with this lovely community. I think that TPN fandom is really amazing and I adore talking to all of you. Fortunately, we still have manga, fanarts and fanfictions! On the topic of that, since I’m about to graduate, I will soon come back to my own post-canon fanfic. I honestly can’t wait because I didn’t have time to write anything in months.

So, in conclusion, TPN deserves more than that. It’s not a perfect manga, but that doesn’t stop me from loving it. And as for the anime... if season 1 is Empire Strikes Back, season 2 is Rise of the Skywalker

[kpopmultifan]

CRAVITY has released a special image commemorating their 2nd anniversary. The group debuted on April 14, 2020, with their 1st mini-album “Hideout: Remember Who We Are - Season 1,” which featured the title track “Break All the Rules.”

[virtuangel]

vity and tbz?!

hi bibi <3 (it got long so. it goes under the cut)

crabs

first bias: serim (& jungmo)

current bias: woobin / wonjin / jungmo / serim

album ranking: season 2 (hideout: the new day we step into) > liberty: in our cosmos = new wave > season 3 (hideout: be our voice) = season 1 (hideout: remember who we are) > the awakening: written in the stars (> vivid > boogie woogie)

how i got into them: i was interested when i heard they were going to debut bc. it's always exciting to see new groups debuting i think (nd partially because of the pdx/x1 guys but like not Really bc . i didnt rlly remember that i liked them during pdx AND i didnt like mini/hyeongjun when x1 was. a thing) + brina was posting abt them when the teaser pics were coming out nd all that so they were on the dash for me to see y'know. then batr came out and i hated it so i thought that's where my adventure w the cavities was done but after a while i finally listened to the rest of the album AND STAY WAS THE BEST SONG IVE EVER HEARD............i listened to Only her on loop for like DAYS . n here we are now

which member would be my best friend: id pester mini until he agrees to be friends w me . also wanji !! best friend energy off the charts

something i associate with them: crabs. cavities. brina & eri. the phrase brand deals bc of how many times ive said that mini deserves all the brand deals in the world. bubblegum w hyeongjun. orangeade & sewoon songs with wanji. pitbull (dont ask). randall the lizard thing w jungmo (this is brina's fault blame her). meteors, honestly.

bring the boyz back

first bias: haknyeon (& hyunjun)

current bias: ?????? (chanhee/sunwoo/hyunjae)

album ranking: reveal = breaking dawn > the start = chase > maverick => the sphere = dreamlike > the first = thrill-ing > the only > tattoo = be aware > bloom bloom (= last man standing = all about you > christmassy! => drink it > white) + still haven't heard the she's the boss album oops..... as u can see. very different from my title track ranking

how i got into them: see it's a long, long, long story........ was really excited when they were rumoured to have their little snack shop show/be debuting because i liked hak from broduce. i made another twt account just specifically for the to-be-tbz stanning purposes. saw hwall fantakens n i was like Oh Whos that. nd then suddenly i stopped going on that account n kinda forgot? abt them? i would listen to every release they'd put out but without much more bc as much as i LOVED boy. song of the century. i absolutely hated giddy up so i was like well too bad :/ rip my interest in them :/ and i think i disliked right here at first as well (i love her now. shes my beloved.) but i was absolutely INSANE about no air shes the best song ever i've been in love with her from the first second i heard her. so i ended up watching the showcase stage n someone caught my eye (i ended up finding out it was hak which was rlly funny it was a . destiny kinda moment). i think it was around that time that i saw their right here era weekly idol appearance. got a small crush on sunwoo. but then nothing much more happened rlly? i still kept watching their mvs whenever they'd release one and i Was a p big fan of their music!! and . i must have seen some more content at Some point before rtk because i remember already having a better idea of who each of them were before rtk started but. it was rlly during rtk that i rlly got Into them . but like . Rlly into them like . the amount of vlives i watched in the span of a few months (while rtk was airing, even though i wasn't watching the actual show, only the performances, and for a while after it ended im p sure)......yeah

which member would be my best friend: chanhee bestie shaped.... also possibly moonbae . or hyunjae/eric

something i associate with them: betrayal plotlines. flower emojis (esp in spam format). horses & pigs w hak. pink hair, chanhee's natural haircolour. big pools during summertime. winter releases (they probably have the best ones overall all things considered). sorry to taemin but danger is their song. also u w kyu & léks w cob & sarah w eric

[aggimaginary]

The Bad Guys season 1: Our Own Story (chapter 21) - Clutter and Down

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Hey guys, I'm back. Sorry it's been a long rest. I need more time to finish some of my upcoming chapters of the Bad Guys season 1.

So, here's a new chapter. Hope you'll like it.

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Intro

Mr. Wolf: Yeah! I'm bad!

Mr. Snake: You're bad!

Ms. Tarantula: He's bad!

Mr. Hornet: She's bad!

Mr. Piranha: We're bad!

Mr. Shark: Who's bad?

The Bad Guys: Yeah! We're the Bad Guys!

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It's another peaceful morning in Los Angeles. The sun has risen, brightening up the city. In their hideout, the Bad Guys had a peaceful sleep. It was hard to get this early wonderful morning. It would be best to just stay in bed for a couple of hours, purposely trapping themselves in their dreamlands, and… hoping that they would come true.

Snake was cuddling his little blanket as he slept happily, until

"Wake up, everyone!" Wolf shouted, making Snake shake awake on his bed.

Wolf then burst into Piranha's room, "Rise and shine!" Piranha was startled awake as he jumped up, and his head banged on the ceiling.

Wolf then came into Shark's room, and yelled, "It's that time of the year again!" Shark woke up, also startling, and rolled down the bed.

A minute later, all five Bad Guys woke up tiredly, and walked out of their rooms with Wolf standing in the middle of the living room excitidly, and waiting for his friends' attention. There were objects and big boxes everywhere.

"Ugh, what is it, Wolfie?" Tarantula groaned exhaustingly.

"Yeah. what gives, chico?!" Piranha snapped, feeling cranky this early morning.

"Why did you wake up at this time of hour? You know we spent the whole night stopping criminals out there last night," Shark reminded.

"Get ready, guys, because today is the day… It's Spring Cleaning time!" Wolf declared enthusiastically.

But the Bad Guys weren't so excited as Wolf was as they showed their deadpanned faces.

"Seriously?! That's what you've been waking us up for?" Snake hissed.

"Plus, Wolf, it's Summer," Hornet corrected.

"Oh! Better late than ever, right?" Wolf grinned sheepishly,

"Why are you so interested in cleaning anyway? I mean, you already cleaned up the place since we… you know, 'turned good'," Snake recalled.

Wolf held out a book to show his friends, and said, "Everyone, I just read this book I found at the bookstore, and it was really inspiring. It says that when you de-clutter your house, you de-clutter your mind and clear a path to true happiness. So I want everyone to go through every single item you own, and if it doesn't kindle joy, throw it away." Wolf demonstrated as he took out an old grayish-blue sweater, "See? This sweater, it's okay, but it doesn't kindle joy. I'm throwing it out," he threw the sweater into the box to throw it out.

"Ugh, Wolf. some things might not be necessary, but you'll never know until you'll realize you actually need it in your life," Tarantula stated.

"Webs, I'm pretty sure some of these things are useless to me, so you guys can get to it," Wolf demanded as Shark, Tarantula, and Hornet went to their respective rooms to find the things they need to keep and throw.

"Wow, he's really all in on this," Snake said.

"Well, he's searching for something to fill his good empty life. You remember when he thought the solution was putting a lemon slice in a plain glass of water for a 'very simple kind of pleasure'?" Piranha reminded.

"Yeah, that's a very odd one," Snake commented.

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In Hornet's room, he took out all of his stuff, and had two different boxes beside him. He threw away the ones he didn't need, and others that he wanted to keep. Then, he found a doll that looked just like Chief Luggins in needles.

"Oh, my voodoo doll of Chief Luggins. Yeah, totally throw. It never worked, anyway," Hornet said as he pulled one of the needles, and stabbed it back again at the doll.

"Ow! What the hell was that?!" Chief Luggins' voice was heard from the living room.

Curiously, Hornet crawled out of his room to see where that voice came from. The TV was left on, and saw Chief Luggins rubbing the spot where Hornet pinned the needle on the doll while she was in the middle of an interview with Tiffany Fluffit.

Noticing it worked after all, Hornet went back inside his room, and decided to keep the doll. It wasn't useless all along, "Oh. Keep," When Hornet threw the voodoo doll into the keep box, Chief Luggins was sent flying into her police car.

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Meanwhile, Shark was also finding some things he needed to throw, but most of his things were thrown in the keep box.

"Box of cords that go to computers from the 1980s. Keep," He threw the box of 1980s computer chords. Then he took out some cash that was tied with a rubber band, "$30,000 in Camel Cash. I should've pulled the trigger on that umbrella. Keep." He threw the cash into the keep box, then pulled out a large book that showed tiny Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet toys, "Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, who definitely are not alive, so I can turn my back…" Shark pretended to turn away before turning back at the two toys to see if they were alive, "On them!" He saw the toys were still lifeless, "Well, I guess they passed the test. They're really…" Shark turned away once again before turning back at Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet, "Not alive!" But still, the toys didn't move at all.

When Shark turned away sadly, Wolf's voice was heard, calling him, "Shark, what are you doing there?"

While Shark wasn't looking, Pooh and Piglet were revealed to be alive as they hopped out off the shelf, and quietly ran away.

"Oh, nothing, Wolf. I was just making sure I kept my Winnie-The-Pooh and Pig…" When Shark turned around, he saw his Pooh and Piglet toys were gone, "I knew it."

Wolf came into Shark's room, and noticed his "Throw" box was empty, "Shark, there's nothing in your throwaway pile."

"I know. I'm keeping everything. Everything kindles joy!" Shark said.

"That can't be true. Even these colorful glass bottles?" Wolf pointed out the glass bottles with water on them that each held small to large amounts, "I mean, what are you even doing with this? You're a grown man! You don't need these to play music. Why would you possibly need this? If anything is garbage, this is garbage."

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Meanwhile, Piranha was also trying to throw away something that didn't kindle joy. On his shelf, he found a medium-sized box.

"Oh, look, my box of ribbons I've saved from various presents since I was a kid," Piranha opened the box, and a lot of colorful ribbons were stored inside. He took out a red ribbon, "Oh, I'm not throwing that out. That's a good ribbon," Then took out a purple ribbon, "This is a good ribbon, too. These are all very usable ribbons."

Then Shark appeared behind him, "Hey, little buddy. How's the sorting going?"

"I'm not getting rid of my ribbons!" Piranha shouted as he held his box of ribbons, and snapped his teeth at him.

Shark backed away in fear, and said calmly, "Okay, okay. I just wanted to know if I could borrow a ribbon."

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Later, when Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet were pushing out the boxes of things that they'll throw away, they noticed Snake slithering away from his room without bringing out a box of "throwaway" things.

"Snake, where are you going?" Shark asked.

Snake turned to the four "children" of the team, and replied, "Look, Wolf made such a big deal out of this. I'm going out for fresh air."

"Fresh air in the middle of stinky L.A.?" Hornet described the fact of L.A.

"What about de-cluttering your room?" Piranha pointed a hand at Snake's door.

"I don't have a lot of stuff. So, see you later, kiddos," Snake quickly slithered towards the elevator, and pushed the down button. When the doors opened, he slithered inside, and the elevator doors closed.

As the four watched Snake leave, they glanced at each other, remembering what Snake said about not having a lot of stuff.

"I don't believe Snake had not a lot of stuff," Tarantula said in her monotone voice.

"Yeah, he's the baddest out of all of us, and a safe-cracker. He has to own something," Shark added.

"Let's just go to his room." Piranha suggested.

"But the only one who knows the code of his own room is Snake," Hornet stated.

"Hmm, I wonder…" Tarantula thought of an idea as she took out her laptop, and some chords.

She crawled up the walls beside Snake's door, and attacked some chords to it. Tarantula then opened her laptop, and typed on the keyboard, hacking the code to open the safe door. The safe door was unlocked and opened with a tap on the keyboard. The three boys were impressed as Shark and Piranha entered. Tarantula detached the chords from the door, and closed her laptop. She jumped off the wall, and joined Hornet entering the room,

"I knew you got the answers, Webs," Hornet winked at her as Tarantula responded with a playful gentle punch on his arm.

As the four entered inside, they gasped in horror to see Snake's room was full of stuff. Lots and lots of stuff! Words cannot describe how cluttered Snake's room was! Most of the stuff was just junk. The four Bad Guys couldn't even identify each object in the room.

"This is… disturbing," Tarantula was the first one to describe.

"I can't believe Snake had a lot of stuff than us!" Hornet exclaimed. When he turned around, he noticed a stuffed ferret, one of the things he was afraid of, and yelled in fear, "AAHHH!" He quickly covered a with a checkered cloth to hide it from his sight.

"Is that his beanbag shape like a money bag?" Piranha rushed to what looked like a beanbag, but when he laid on it, he felt that it wasn't soft as a pillow, or a beanbag at all. He could feel metal and hear nickel clanging inside, "Nope. That's a real money bag!"

"Ugh! Can't believe you were right about L.A., Hornet," Shark turned to Hornet, who shrugged proudly.

Just then, they heard the elevator open. This meant there was someone coming, and it was not just someone…

"Snake's back!" Hornet declared as the four Bad Guys rushed out of Snake's room before he could see them.

When the elevator was wide opened, Snake quietly and grumpily slithered out of the elevator, and headed to his room. From there, he could see Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet standing beside his room door, which was already closed. The four just grinned sheepishly at him.

"What are you four looking at?" Snake asked, but the four still grinned sheepishly and silently, refusing to answer.

Snake sensed something weird about the four Bad Guys, but he rolled his eyes, and ignored them. He turned on the lock of the safe, decoding the vault, and opened it to get inside his room. Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet watched Snake slithering inside to see if he didn't suspect a thing.

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Later at lunch, the Bad Guys were eating their food, and Wolf placed the spices back in the cupboard.

"I can't believe Snake's still in bed," he said.

"I'm surprised he could find his bed," Tarantula teased. She, Shark, Piranha, and Hornet laughed loudly. Wolf heard that joke as he closed the cupboard, and slowly approached the four at their table.

"All right. What have you kids been up to?" He asked demandingly.

"Nothing!" Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet exclaimed.

Then Wolf stared at Hornet, "Hornet don't make me use my guilt look on you."

Hornet took a palm beside his right eye to cover his sight from Wolf, "Shield your eyes, fellas!" He will make you talk like an African prairie dog!" The other Bad Guys followed him as they covered their sight from Wolf.

Just then, Snake burst out of his room really angry while carrying the same bag of money Piranha laid down on, "Who broke into my room and touched my money bag?!"

Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet stared silently, refusing to respond. But Snake already know it was them.

"I can't believe you would all violate my privacy like that! And leave such a mess!" Snake yelled while Wolf crossed his arms disappointedly.

"We left a mess? A mess that big had to start being made before we were all born!" Hornet chuckled.

"But props for the giant dust bunny that looks like Taylor Swift," Piranha added.

"Guys, breaking into Snake's room is very wrong. He deserves his privacy," Wolf scolded them.

"Thank you, Wolf," Snake smiled at him.

"He has a Philippine mummy and a big jar of glass eyeballs!" Tarantula stated.

"This I gotta see!" Wolf exclaimed excitingly as he rushed to Snake's room.

Snake tried to stop him, but Wolf was really fast. The rest of the Bad Guys left the table, and followed behind them.

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When they arrived in Snake's open room, Wolf came in first, and gasped to see all the clutter in his best friend's room.

"Holy landfill!"

Snake held a feather duster, and pretended to clean his stuff, "I wasn't expecting company."

Wolf stared worryingly at Snake, and told him, "Snake! You're a hoarder!"

"No, I'm a collector…" Snake corrected before continuing, "Of everything."

"So, a hoarder," Wolf repeated, declaring what Snake said was the real meaning of a hoarder.

"Why do you have all this junk?" Piranha asked while walking around.

"It's not junk! These are useful items that I might need someday," Snake responded.

"You need a chest full of winter gloves?" Tarantula found a small chest, and opened it, containing cool-colored gloves.

"Can't an armless snake dream?" Snake snatched the chest from Tarantula with his tail.

Shark then noticed an unplugged piano, "What about the electric piano? Do you play?"

"Of course not. I don't have hands," Snake scoffed.

Wolf then noticed a giant ball of feathers beside him, "A ball of feathers? Really, Snake?!" he scolded in high pitch.

Snake sighed in defeat as he couldn't excuse himself from all this mess, "I'm so ashamed! I'm not fit to hold a feather duster," He threw away the feather duster, and slithered around a medium-sized Taylor Swift dust bunny, "Help me, Taylor Swift!"

Wolf pulled Snake from the dust bunny, and said, "She can't, but we will."

"Yeah, Snake, we will help you. You're never alone in this," Hornet reassured him as the rest of the Bad Guys smiled at him.

Snake stared at his friends worryingly. He was too stubborn to ask for help to clean his room, but he can't turn them down to help. They were his friends, and no matter how he refused to accept them, they would still help him in any other way.

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Out of the room, Wolf pulled out garbage bags from the drawer while Snake was holding cleaning equipment.

Snake already felt panic when he saw how many garbage bags Wolf pulled out, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Are we really gonna need all these trash bags? I was thinking we could just start with some light dusting."

"We should start with a light bonfire," Wolf stated, "Look, you've got to get rid of all…"

"All?" Snake stammered nervously.

"Most of…"

"Most of…?"

"Some of that junk."

Shark then approached the two, and told Snake, "Snake, buddy, just listen to Wolf. He knows what's best for us."

"Aw! Thanks, buddy," Wolf cooed gratefully before turning to Snake, "See? At least someone appreciated me."

When Wolf left the living room to bring the plastic garbage bags to Snake's room, Shark opened the door of his room to get inside, only for his room was flooded with a lot of stuff, and some of them rolled out of the room.

Snake gasped at what he had discovered from Shark, "Wait, your room is also a mess? I thought you got rid of some of your stuff…. You hypocrite!"

But Shark begged to keep quiet, and whispered, "Look, I can't get rid of it all. These stuff kindle me joy, and I won't be happy if they are all gone."

"That's what I'm feeling about my stuff!" Snake snapped.

"Sorry, Snake. Wolf won't prove that I'm also a hoarder if he didn't see my room," Shark grinned as he pushed some of his stuff back into his room, and closed the door.

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When Snake slithered back into his room, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet already set up the boxes they need to put their stuff in.

"So. We'll have two piles. "Keep" and "donate," Hornet pointed in each box.

"Where are you donating it to?" Snake asked.

"The dumpster," Tarantula stated as Snake whined.

"Look what I found!" Piranha held a purple afro wig, "An afro wig! So stylish, hermano!"

Hornet snatched the wig from Piranha. Despite being small, the wig is light for him, "A wig, Snake? I can't even look at you right now," he threw the wig into the donate box, "Donate pile!"

But Snake quickly took the wig from the donate box, "No! The '70s are back. I'll only use them for disco roller skating!" He threw the wig on the keep box, "Keep!"

"Snake, we know this is hard, but you're going to have to throw away something," Hornet said.

"Kind of like how you threw away your pride when you started collecting these rubber snake toys," Tarantula recommended while holding a purple snake toy.

Snake yanked the snake toy away from Tarantula, "Can we put her in the donate pile?"

"Well, well. Someone just lost his padlocks of the world collection," Tarantula crawled on top of the box filled with padlocks.

"No! I need those!" Snake yelled while hugging the boxes.

Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet picked up most of Snake's things, and placed them in the donate box, but Snake transferred them to the keep box.

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Meanwhile, Wolf grabbed a broom to help Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet clean Snake's room.

"Okay, Shark, we need to help the rest to clean Snake's room," he reminded his marine friend.

"Got it," Shark held out a thumbs-up as he left his room door. But the door suddenly creaked, catching his and Wolf's attention.

All of a sudden, the door popped open, spilling out all of Shark's stuff for Wolf to see.

Wolf gasped, "You didn't get rid of your junk too?"

Shark pouted in defeat as he didn't need to hide anymore. He has already been caught, "I can't help it, Wolf. These stuff brought me good memories. I can't get rid of it all."

Wolf glared at Shark as he held the broom up, pointing at the room, "Oh yes, you can. Some of them are garbage, and they need to be thrown away."

"Make me!" Shark demanded.

The fight between the wolf and the shark began as Wolf charged himself into Shark's room, but Shark grabbed him to prevent him from entering his room.

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Back in Snake's room, one side of the room, where Snake was standing, looked clean and organized.

"Well, thanks a million, guys! You're right, the uncluttered life is amazing. See you!" Snake said in a fake appreciated tone as he pointed to the door, guiding his friend out.

"Snake? What about the rest of the room?" Piranha widened his arms as he referred to the junk that was still kept in half of the room.

"Why don't you just throw out my heart?" Snake sobbed while leaning on his stuff.

"Which box is that in?" Hornet asked.

"It's all going. So bag, tag, and get ready to drag!" Tarantula declared.

"Back to work, fellow unpaid laborers!" Piranha announced while holding a garbage bag.

As Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet were ready to get rid of all of Snake's stuff, Snake began to cry that his collection would be thrown away.

When Tarantula dragged a garbage bag towards the door, Snake quickly grabbed at the end of it with his tail, "No!"

Tarantula tried to pull the garbage bag from Snake, "Let go!"

"My pocketbooks are in here! And my neck pillows!" Snake sobbed as he tried to pull the bag from Tarantula.

When Tarantula lost her grip on the bag, Snake accidentally swung the bag to his tower of stuff, and all of the piles lost their balance, and everything went down.

"Avalanche!" Snake shouted as he, Piranha, and Tarantula quickly ran out of the room.

All of the stuff fell, filling the whole room, and blacking the door. While Snake, Piranha, and Tarantula were safe outside the room, there was still dust of smoke filling the air, and noticed the door was blocked by a bunch of stuff.

"My whole life just flashed before my eyes!" Piranha exclaimed in horror, "Most of it was napping and hiding my broccoli. I gotta get out more."

"My life flashed before my eyes, too. But that's because my shelf of photo albums fell on top of me," Snake added while hyperventilating.

Piranha looked around, and realized someone is missing, "Wait! Where's Hornet?"

Snake gasped as he looked around to check if Hornet was somewhere in the living room. Tarantula and Piranha were looking around to see if their tiny friend made it.

"I don't see him!" Tarantula said.

Thinking that Hornet might be still inside his room, Snake yelled through the blocked door, "Hornet! Are you still in there?"

Inside Snake's room, Hornet was trapped inside the fallen stuff, "Gods, is that you?"

"No, it's Snake! You're not dead!" Snake yelled.

"Oh. So I have to keep cleaning? Is death still an option?"

"Hornet, can you get to the door?!"

Hornet tried to move, but felt his leg stuck under a heavy object, "No! I am trapped! One of my legs is wedged beneath your giant feather boulder!"

"Oh, come on, it can't be that heavy!" Tarantula groaned.

"On the contrary, Webs, it is quite dense. It appears to have a solid core of petrified shirt," Hornet reported.

"I'll go get Wolf. He's great in a crisis," Piranha said as he was about to leave.

Wolf's horrified voice from Shark's room. He must've been still fighting with Shark while trying to get rid of his stuff.

"Shark, no! Please! Somebody help me!"

Snake, Piranha, and Tarantula glanced at each other before Piranha shrugged, and headed to Shark's room.

Back in Snake's room, more stuff fell on top of Hornet. Luckily, he was missed, but he wasn't sure if he would be safe much longer.

"Please get me out! The junk is closing in!" He cried helplessly.

"Don't worry. Help is on the way!" Tarantula yelled through the blocked door before secretly telling Snake, "He's doomed."

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Later, Hornet pulled out a video camera to videotape himself. It was revealed he had been there for 127 seconds.

"Hello, outside world. I have decided to make this video in case the… feather ball wins. I can already feel the air getting thicker. I am almost out of oxygen," Hornet coughed. "No. It is just the suffocating stench of Snake's Hawaiian shirts."

Snake heard Hornet's narration as he believed he wasn't to be blamed for this, "Hey, you broke into my room!"

"QUIET! I AM SHOOTING HERE!" Hornet shouted angrily and loudly as he didn't want any off-screen voices to fill his taping. He then looked back at the camera, "Webs, if you ever find this tape, I want you to know you have been a wonderful big sister. And I also want you to know it was I who scratched your 18 Years 'Till Gone CD."

Tarantula heard that and growled while stomping one of her legs down, "I knew it!"

"And I-ee-I will always love you," Hornet said before putting the camera down.

Outside, Piranha returned with Wolf in tow.

"Good, you're here. You have to save Hornet so I can pound him!" Tarantula punched a fist on her other hand.

Ignoring Tarantula, Wolf called Hornet through the blocked door, "Hornet, are you okay? Can you hear me?"

"Yes, but I am starving," Hornet replied, until he found an orange ball, "Oh, look, a cheese puff."

"Don't eat anything!" Wolf, Snake, Piranha, and Tarantula warned loudly.

But it was already too late as Hornet shouted from inside, "Not a cheese puff! It was not a cheese puff! Get me out of here!"

Shark then approached the scene, and panted after that fight with Wolf, "I think I can help."

But Wolf wasn't over with the situation in Shark's room, "Oh no. The next you'll gonna do was made another mess."

"Trust me, Wolf. I can help Hornet out of there," Shark reassured him.

As much as Wolf didn't trust Shark to save Hornet because of the stuff he stored in his room, their little bug friend was more important right now.

Wolf sighed, "Fine."

Shark nodded as pushed himself inside the room by punching everything out of his way. Moments later, Shark got out of the room while carrying Hornet in his large fins.

The other Bad Guys gasped happily as they sighed in relief to see Hornet was out safely.

"Hornet, are you okay?" Wolf asked.

"I'm fine," Hornet answered.

"Guys, none of this would have happened if I had just let you get rid of all my ridiculous junk," Snake admitted as he smiled, I'm ready to throw it all away now.

"Even your snake toys?" Tarantula mentioned.

"My little babies? Have you no soul?" Snake hissed at tarantula, who rolled her eyes.

Wolf then brought Shark aside from the team, and told him, "Shark, I'm sorry I forced you to throw away your things. Having a cluttered room makes you know how to get through the hardest obstacles."

"Thanks, Wolf, but after I've been in Snake's room to rescue Hornet, I realized that cluttered rooms don't really kindle joy, and you're right," Shark responded as he declared, "I'll get rid of something. There are things I admit that they didn't kindle joy."

"I'm so proud of you, Shark," Wolf said as he and Shark hugged each other.

"Besides, I don't want to end up like Snake," Shark tilted his head, pointing at Snake.

"Hey!" Snake exclaimed, reminding Shark he was beside him.

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At night, Wolf covered Snake's eyes as he helped him lead to his room.

"Ta-da!" Wolf took off his paw from Snake's eyes for him to see.

The room was revealed to be spotless. All of the junk are gone, and the important things like the bed, drawers, the real beanbag money, and shelves were reorganized.

"From garbage pile to living in style!" Shark squeaked.

"Wow. This is amazing." Snake cooed in awe to see his room was brand new and sparkly clean. As he slithered in, he felt that he could move freely without avoiding tripping his stuff, Oh! Thanks, guys."

"Look, Snake, we mounted your gold collection!" Hornet announced as he and Tarantula showed the golden bars stacked in two pyramids together in one of the drawers available in the room, which Snake smiled appreciate. He had never seen his golden bars for a while because of the clutter.

"So, Snake, do you agree to stop hoarding junk and get rid of everything you don't really need?" Wolf asked.

"Absolutely. Believe me, I've learned my lesson. I'm a changed snake," Snake swore while raising his tail like raising a promised hand.

But then, several balls fell from the pocket of his Hawaiian shirt, making the other Bad Guys gasp loudly.

"You kept your eyeballs? For shame!" Wolf scowled.

"They were my mother's!" Snake was about to retrieve his eyeballs, but the other Bad Guys quickly stopped him.

"Hey!" Shark warned, "I wouldn't."

"Back away from the eyeballs!" Tarantula added as she was about to pounce.

Snake stared at his friends for a moment before quickly dove into his eyeballs, and retrieving some of them with his tail from the floor.

Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet tried to tackle him, but Snake was really slippery as he escaped from their grasp, and rushed out to the door.

The four were about to follow him, but Wolf told them, "Kids, leave him alone," as Wolf turned, he gasped to see a white necktie with brown polka dots, "All this time Snake had my necktie?" Now Snake was gonna get it for stealing and keeping Wolf's tie, "Sic him!"

Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet obeyed as they started yelling and rushing out of the room to chase after Snake.

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Credits:

Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf

Marc Maron - Mr. Snake

Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark

Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha

Awkwafina - Ms. Tarantula

Rhenzy Feliz - Mr. Hornet

Alex Borstein - Chief Misty Luggins

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Author Aggimaginary

Co-Author MasterClass60 TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3

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Spring is almost coming, so I decided to have a chapter related to Spring Cleaning time.

This chapter is based on Family Guy: Throw It Away, and Jessie: The Kid Whisperer.

The scene where Hornet had a voodoo doll of Chief Luggins was based on Meg's voodoo doll of Lois. Coincidentally, Lois Griffin and Chief Luggins had the same voice actress, so they shared the same lines in this chapter.

Snake's chest of gloves was a reference to Olaf's Frozen Adventure where Elsa and Anna found a trunk full of gloves.

When Hornet was recording a video diary while being stuck in Snake's room, the time is referencing the movie, 127 Hours, the time he said how long he had been stuck was '127 seconds'.

In Hornet's video diary, just before he turns off the camera, he says, "And I will always love you." This is a reference to Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's song, I Will Always Love You.

Special thanks to MasterClass60 for giving me a few ideas for this chapter. Special thanks to TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3 for letting me borrow a fan singing group he was working on, 18 Years 'Till Gone.

I hope you guys like this chapter. There is more to come!

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