#holy fuck Mikey looks so much better now

[xxlea-nardoxx]

Redraw of my first ever Tmnt drawing, which just so happened to be Mikey, because I figured he'd be the easiest to draw. I CANNOT believe the improvement of this, because the old one is absolutely horrendous.😂💀

Original drawing under the cut:

[atarathegreat]

I'm Naked Here. Ken Ryuguji

Draken had been busy for a while. Day after day after day it was like he always had something that he had to do. Visiting his friends, helping Mitsuya, and then there was that whole month that he was gone while Mikey was racing. Now that he was home he was still busy catching up on things that needed fixed around the house, helping Shinichiro at S.S Motors, looking over literally everything else but you.

You were pissed.

Even now he was out in the garage, looking over his own bike with the intent of going for a ride to make sure it was fully fixed. Kenny had been out there all day, covered in grease and sweat while only coming in for water and a small snack.

"Kenny?" You wandered in with a glass of water for him, "How's it coming along?"

"Not great," He grabbed the glass and took a quick sip, "a few things are still broken and I need to replace the seat. The damn leather has been ruined 'cause I can't get out here to take care of her."

There wasn't much you could do but stand next to him as he tinkered. You didn't know much about the motorcycle, much less on how to fix it. What you did know, however, was that Kenny was dense. Here you were, next to him and talking to him, naked as the day you were born.

"Do you think I could show you how to take care of the leather for when I'm gone?" He asked, reaching for a tool before going back to the bike, "Replacing the seat is going to be expensive and I can't keep doing it every time I get home."

"I'll try." You nodded.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

You continued to sit and talk to him, handing him tools and waiting for him to notice you. Usually he was very attentive, so this was a little funny to you. You couldn't help but laugh at the way he wasn't even looking at you.

"What's so- Holy shit..." Ken looked up after gods know how long. His dark eyes trailed all over your body, landing on your chest and hips and-

Kenny stood quickly and nearly slammed you into the work bench behind you, "Fuck...I really have been gone too long if I hadn't noticed this." He rubbed his developing hard on up against your leg, groaning at the feeling of it. "I hope your plan was to get fucked." Draken slipped from the pants he wore and rubbed his tip through your folds, "I'm not-I don't think I can be gentle."

The way you giggled shot straight to his cock, making his tip swell a little more. You knew he wouldn't be gentle, not with his physique and strength, but that didn't bother you. Something about the way he sounded when he had complete control over the situation drove not only him crazy, but you. He was an animalistic man, driven by pure need and primal instinct.

"The hell are you thinkin' anyway? Comin' out here in nothing but your skin?" Draken tapped your clit harshly to make you hiss, "We have neighbors. What if I had the door wide open?"

You shook your head at him, "You close the door at nine pm sharp."

"Smart girl thought ahead, hm? Thinks that makes it better?" Kenny whispered in your ear, fixing the way you were sat on the workbench. Comfortability was his main concern when he made you cream. Location was of little consequence when he could feel your muscles tightening around him in pure, pathetic need. Making you cry was his main goal half of the time, the other three percent was seeing how loud he could make you. "Just wanted my attention, didn't you, ya' little minx." Draken pulled your hair to expose your throat to him, "Reminds me of the ladies that raised me, y'know."

Calloused fingers squeezed your jaw, dark eyes bore into yours, "Think you could survive if I left you in the Red Light District, hm? Would this little cunt make it out without bruising?" His deep laugh made you wet, wetter than you had been, at least. "No, not my baby. You'd be destroyed."

Not that he minded. Hell, he'd never even actually leave you in the store, let alone a dangerous part of town. But those big pupils of yours excited him to no end.

"Tongue out." Kenny released your jaw to spit on your tongue and press his finger to it, "Good girl. Swallow." Having you obey him after coming out to the garage bare ass naked was throwing him through a million plans. Gods, the ways he could bend you fucking backwards for his pleasure and you'd take it... It made his cock throb painfully.

"Deep breath." He whispered in your ear. You'd no sooner breathed in when he stretched you, bottoming out with a light growl in your ear. "Fuck... Definitely too long if you're this tight. Fucking choking me, baby."

The workbench creaked its protest as Draken fucked into you. There would be faint bruising from his thighs hitting the tabletop, but that wasn't his concern. You're cries of pleasure and the way you were breaking through the skin on his arms had all his focus. "That's right. Fucking cling to me." His cock was hitting as deep as your body allowed, "Needy girl... All for me, yeah?"

"Kenny!"

"There ya' go. Scream for me." Draken grabbed your throat, "Let the neighbors hear us. Let 'em know you've got a needy little cunt."

"I said, let 'em know." His fingers tightened around your neck.

You held his wrist as he slammed into you, his tip feeling like it was moving your insides around, "Please, Kenny! Need you!"

Awful, squelching, wet noises drew his attention to where he was bullying you, "Fuck yeah, you do. I can hear her talkin' to me. Pretty little cock sleeve, ain't ya?" Draken moved you from the workbench, bending you over his bike seat. "Goddamn... So fuckin' good for me. Hold tight, baby, I ain't gonna be done with you anytime soon."

[chaoticdelinqueerwithglitter]

Shinichiro, stay away from the kids!

(with love)

Okay, first of all, this is not a hating Shinichiro post. I swear it. This is just me having brain riot and thinking in how many times Shin was a questionable example for kids and teens around him and how we seem to forget about it but it's kinda hilarious when you put all of them together (except for Sanzu, that is never funny, my poor lil gremlin 😭)

I know most of this things were because he was also too young, oblivious and reckless. I know that, but it's funny to bully him with affection anyway 🙈

(and in the more serious ones, he was too dissociated and too out of everything, I know that too)

So... Here I go, random Shinichiro moments for all of you!

(big manga spoilers because it's Shinichiro)

Leaving Inupi to look out the shop.

Inupi, who looks like a cute potato here and it's deffinetly too young for it. Canon unpayed intern Inupi, yuhuuu! 💜

Him smoking around bikes all the damn time.

In his shop where Inupi was and could blow out the whole block. But also in his garage, where Draken and Mikey used to watch him fix the bikes. Shin, don't, that's dangerous! (I would say "if you wanna kill yourself do it but don't drag others with you", buuuuuut... Yeah, he did it and everyone got drag on that, so why bother to say it? 😑)

Wharever the fuck this was.

Probably just a prank, but.. Really, Shin? You ran away and left Izana there? I know, I know, you're a dumb teen, but c'mon, think for once! The whole interaction makes me laugh and want to smack Shinichiro in general, to be honest.

Oh...I think the not-so-funny ones are about to start. Here we go!

Leaving the Black Dragons to the traumatized orphan that just went out of juvie.

Yeah, that looks like a great idea, I'm sure nothing wrong will come out of this, lalalalalalala! (Shinichiro and his relationship with delinquency and his siblings should be a lot more explored because holy shit)

(Btw, not even pointing the helmets stuff, nops)

Bringing 8 y/o Mikey to gang meetings.

Like... What the fuck? I'm with Takeomi on this one, are you stupid Shinichiro? What are you thinking? Are you thinking? 😒

Love how BenWaka bully him for it too, that's why I left it here, ngl.

Isn't that just how Haruchiyo is, slashing people for Mikey?

Well, yeah, he is, but he wasn't! He shouldn't! Can't you not pretend this is not concerning for a second? Or... Not settle this mindset on Sanzu because it's gonna have big consequences? 🤦🏻

Talking about his inminent suicide with a 13 y/o.

Okay, I thought A LOT about putting this one, because obviously I'm not judging Shin at all, he was in a really dark place and when you're about to kill yourself you can't think clearly. It's just that this exchange... Breaks me. And Haruchiyo is just a kid, this is so not fair for him either 😭

(Sanos, start treating the Akashis like people with feelings that also matter for once, please)

You can still be his friend even if he scarred you for life!

Okay, Shin, I know you're a mix of biased and dissociated but... Really? Please, stop creating Sanzu, stop iiiiit! Let Haruchiyo alone, don't do this! Also... "Right now"? So you're saying he should forgive Mikey but not right now? Is that, Shincihiro? 😒

Trauma dumping to 13 y/o Haruchiyo. Shhh, keep the secret, bye!

Did I say Shinichiro created Sanzu? Yes? I'll say it again, I don't care. Again, I know he was dissociating and all, but, but... It's fine to kill people for Mikey mindset is now installed successfully on Haruchiyo's brain, yuhuuu! 😭

The amount of total disregard for Haruchiyo's mental health here is too much and should be a crime. The "keep the secret" part don't make it better. Specially, specially, when Shinichiro himself is not going to keep it, he's about to say everything to Wakasa. But Haru? Shhh, you should keep the secret, I'm sure this is not a huge burden for a teenager that suddenly have two set of memories!

(Well, not everything, he probably forgot to tell Waka about Haruchiyo remembering it, because in the final battle it didn't look like Sanzu ever talked about it with Wakasa and I wanna think they would if he knew... Look, another Sano forgetting about Sanzu, yuhu! 😑)

(Shin, with all my love, but I hate you for this one even if you gave me the best blorbo to torture on my fics that I ever had)

I'm sure you'll be able to handle it, random kid that I don't even know the name! 👀

YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME WITH THIS ONE SHINICHIRO! I wish you remembered in the final timeline because you own Takemitchy the biggest freaking apology of all your life! What the hell? Go, apologize with Michi now!

Yes, he was able to handle it and to be traumatized infinite times in the way, but that's not the point! Use you brain for once Shin, why are you giving the burden to a kid? Why? What is wrong with you? (so many things actually xD)

But, for real, this sentence is Wakui being hilarious because c'mon, poor Takemichi!

Edit: I didn't put the poorly way Shinichiro handled everything about Izana and Mikey because I consider canon doesn't give us enough info on that. Same with Emma. What happened? Why Izana never met them? I have my hc, of course, but we don't know for sure. So... I can't ramble about how badly he managed that! (Badly, for sure, I just don't know exactly how and how much)

[pacinglikeghosts]

kat's au moodboard - single dad!carmy au

howdy hi! my best friend/lovely beta (make-easter-gay-again on ao3) and i have been working on this au since i forced him to watch the bear, and with s3 coming out on thursday, we wanted to share a little something! we're still working on it, but we have a good bit written and want y'all to have a little taste.

here is 1000 or so words from the prologue, just to get you warmed up!

preview under the cut :D

Carmen Berzatto has never felt more like an Italian stereotype. Considering he’s a loud, aggressive chef with a huge, interweaving web of a family and an almost sensual relationship with fine wines and cheeses, that’s a high bar to cross, but he manages somehow when he finds himself on Nat’s doorstep, barely 26, desperately trying to keep the baby balanced on his chest asleep. It’s a sticky, cloudy summer evening in Chicago, the kind that would make any midwestern kid nostalgic, but Carmy has been shuffling between trains—the subway, the L, and the Amtrak that he’d booked with the money he meant to save for next month’s rent—since six p.m. yesterday without a wink of sleep. He wouldn’t notice a tornado ripping through downtown unless it delayed his arrival. 

For the past 36 hours, every minute has been dedicated to making it through the next and getting to his sister. 

And to her credit, when she opens the door, Natalie reacts to the situation about as well as he could expect. 

“What the fuck?” 

“Hello to you too, Sug,” he greets, attempting to adjust the baby on his chest without waking it. 

“What the fuck, Carmen?” she repeats, her eyes bulging so wide she’s teetering on the edge of looking insane. And, Carmy loves his sister. More than anything. But she looks like shit, the indigo circles under her eyes deep enough to look like bruises and a stained sweatshirt thrown haphazardly over pajamas. He knew vaguely that things hadn’t been easy for Sugar since Mikey’s death—managing The Beef’s finances, having a kid, raising said kid into what appeared to be a holy terror of a toddler—but he wasn’t expecting to return home and find his sister in such a state. Granted, he’s sure he doesn’t look much better. “You don’t come home for Mikey’s funeral, don’t talk to me for months, and then show up with a fucking baby? How did you even get that baby?”

“It’s a little hard to explain,” he says. She leans into her hip, no shit written all over her face. 

Despite being maybe the worst little brother in history, the only thing that made him hesitate in coming to Nat for help wasn’t any of their family’s issues. Not even his impressive stubbornness was enough to convince him that he could handle an infant in a sub-200 square foot apartment in New York City alone. But she has a life of her own, and a family of her own. He knows his baggage is truly the last thing that Nat needs right now, but he needs her—desperately. Of anyone in the world, the only person he knows he can rely on in this nightmare he can’t wake up from is his sister. 

Natalie, thankfully, senses the panic and distress that lingers on her brother’s face, and ushers him inside. “We were just about to eat dinner,” she explains, attempting to push toys and piles of laundry out of the way with her feet as if welcoming the mayor of Chicago into her house, not her idiot younger brother. “If you’re hungry.”

“Uh, coffee would be good,” Carmy concludes, staring at a framed family photo in the hallway. “Maybe, uh, a place to, uh…” He shrugs his shoulders to indicate the baby, and she nods curtly, her eyes flitting around. 

“I’ll have Pete get some of Gabby’s stuff from the attic,” she says, sharply turning on her heel and walking towards the kitchen. Carmy follows, watching as his sister effortlessly scoops the toddler up and carries her with them, ignoring a prolonged squeal of protest and flailing arms and legs. “Pete! Grab an extra plate, will you?” 

“Yeah, sure thing, honey…who was—Carm!” Pete greets, coming around the corner with a plate and silverware in hand. He glances for a second at the baby, tries to school his obvious double take, and squeaks out, “What’re you doing here, man? What’s up?”

Carmy takes a moment to figure out the best way to answer that question. This baby is apparently mine, but I have no recollection of having sex with anyone who could be its mother, and I can’t raise it on my own, and you guys are my only family? I decided to come back and take over The Beef, and oh–by the way–I have a kid now, apparently? I’m just visiting? “I–uh…” he says instead, shifting his focus to Natalie, who seems as though she was one wrong choice on Carmy’s part from throttling him in her kitchen. 

“Pete, can you go up to the attic and grab some of Gabby’s old stuff? I think we put the crib and shit up there,” she instructs, with a look that clearly reads we will talk about this later. 

He catches Natalie glancing at him every so often, in between fussing over her daughter and plating up the food. Sitting quietly at the dinner table, waiting for the rest of the family, he feels like a kid, like he’s gotten himself into something way over his head. 

Carmy had only eaten a few things on the train, mainly sugary snacks to keep him going when even his anxiety succumbed to his exhaustion, so the beef stew Natalie offers him tastes better than any Michelin-awarded meal he’s ever had. He devours two bowls, barely stopping to look up at the other three people (two people? Two adults and a toddler smushing mac and cheese around her high chair?) sitting around the table. 

After dinner, Natalie and Pete retreat upstairs to get Gabby to bed, and Carmy feeds the baby, unpacking his CVS bag of baby essentials: the diapers, formula, and pack of three bottles he thought to buy before he skipped town. Then, the three adults settle into the living room, a cup of tea in Natalie’s hand and a second (or possibly third, he’s lost count) cup of coffee in Carmy’s. 

“Yeah, so, walk me through this, Bear. You’re a father now?” Nat asks, tucking her legs underneath her. “Did you pay attention in sex ed, like, at all?”

Carmy uses his free hand to rake through his hair. He needs a shower, desperately, but between his newfound fatherhood and hauling ass to Chicago he hasn’t had time to breathe, much less consider hygiene. Maybe that’ll be added to the list to do tomorrow, nestled between find an apartment and learn how to be a better parent than his own in 24 hours–no therapy. “Yes, Sugar, I paid attention,” he replies, eliciting a scoff from his sister. “I…fuck, I don’t really know how it happened. I-I was at work, and my phone kept blowing up like when Mikey died, but no one was fucking dead, it was just some unknown number telling me to get to this hospital in Queens because my baby was there, and I kept telling them I think they have the wrong number, but they said the mother said the father’s name was Carmen Berzatto, and she left as soon as she could. I didn’t even get the name of who it was…just signed the birth certificate and left.”

“What’s their name, then? If you signed the certificate, you had to give them a name,” Natalie asks, slowly trying to piece together if he was plain stupid or genuinely a saint. 

“Uh…her name’s Brie,” he mumbles, the full force of his actions over the past two days coming to a head. The name takes a moment to come to mind, both because of the exhaustion and because he hardly thought about the name since he wrote it down. He’s been calling it—or her, really—the baby or the kid in his head all this time. 

She blinks. “Brie?” she repeats, before groaning. “Jesus fucking Christ, Carmen. You would legally marry cooking if you could.”

“I wasn’t thinking, Natalie! I got the call, and I needed to pick a name, and I was in the middle of making a brie appetizer, and I couldn’t fucking name her Blackberry or some bullshit like that! At least Brie sounds like a name!” 

Natalie stares at him before setting down her tea. “As soon as her classmates find out her dad’s a chef and she’s named after cheese, she’s going to be bullied. Do you want that?” He doesn’t, he knows how shitty kids could be, especially about a kid with anything that was seemingly different about them. “Look…I’ll get some of the books Pete and I used for Gabs. Pick a new name.” 

[thatonemacaronikid]

Ok so I just made up something super angsty

An au on which rise Mikey is raised by draxum with the sole purpose of being shredders sacrifice (aka the one they use to wear the armor)

I think it would start as a typical separated au in which splinter just drops Mikey in the fire and draxum ends up raising him

But around the time Mikey was five and he started manifesting his mystic powers (bc of draxums training) the foot clan fond out about him and come to draxum with an idea, if they were able to train Mikey enough to be really powerful in the mystic arts then hed could wear the armor, they told him that it would benefit yokai kind and ofc they dont tell him about the sucking of life force stuff

Draxum agrees and from then on Mikeys training gets even harder and stricter

Mikey knows he's supposed to save yokai kind with his powers and that he's meant to use some sort of armor to do so but doesn't know all the details

Because of his extreme mystic training Mikey starts aging faster (like his bad future self) and by the time he's 13 he looks like he's in his 20's (yes he has long Lucius hair)this is one of the very few times draxum considers dropping the arrangement but Mikey talks him out of it because in his mind this is for the better

Then the actual series starts

The rest of the turtles had been raised by splinter and were told about their missing brother, so when they end up in draxums lab trying to save April and meet this young adult looking mutant turtle they immediately think "Holy shit big brother???" And also "Holy shit turtles can grow hair?????"

But anyways after that the typical happens, lab blows up,yada yada yada, plans to rescue long lost brother, yada yada yada, re meeting long lost brother but failing to rescue due to life long trauma and manipulation, yada yada yada, actually rescuing brother, yada yada yada, realizing that your supposed "older brother" is actually your youngest brother but looks old due to mystic trauma, yay

After they rescue Mikey he starts having a long depressive episode because now he's realizing how fucked up his life was and how much people he cared for hurt him

The rest of the family try to help him through that but in the end splinter is the one to break through to him that he's safe now and his family won't ever hurt him

And then everyone is happy!

Until Mikey reveals what the foot clan was training him for

And then splinter completely freaks out

Yeah lots of stuff happens after that I won't tell you know but...

Let's just say there is a part very inspired by the ending of amphibia season 2

Iifkyk lol

Send me asks about this au if you want it here more

[bulbabutt]

say what you will about bay april (and trust me, megan fox deserves so much better) at least she's proactive about looking into things and does things without the boys-hell she's the reason they're even alive in the first place, she saved splinter and the turts as a kid

doesn't erase vernon and mikey being constantly horny on main for her or that weird technique they force her to do to get info out of stockman in oots's opening segments but still, give her credit, she's strong-willed and has a sense of justice and tries to do what's right

hmmmmmmm ok. theres a lot to say about bayverse april. and i specifically avoided talking about movie aprils cuz it was going to get repetitive and long (like 1990 april is very similar to 87 and 07 april is basically 03 april)

but with bayverse, you're right, she is the central character in that movie who drives the plot. but thats because of the megan fox of it all, being that shes the biggest star there and also because bay had an obsession with her (to her detriment bad vibes all over the fucking place holy shit leave this woman alone) we're still framing aprils ass in the shot, still being creepy about her, despite the fact this movie is trying to be from her perspective (for more info on that aspect i think you just gotta watch lindsay ellis' "the framing of megan fox" video about transformers, because its the same shit here)

and just because its like 87 april (because this movie is pandering to 87 fans) doesnt mean theyre really add anything or even understand the concept of what makes 87 april good in the first place. like i said in my post about 87 april, what makes her great is that the turtles fall into her story, and that we are centred on the news room politics of it all. the human world the turtles interact with is her life.

(this got kinda long so its under a cut)

in this movie, we change the misogynistic boss burne thompson into: whoopi goldburgs burnadette thompson. which. hm, color and gender blind casting for burne thompson is. a way to do it i guess. (i do know whoopi is in this movie because she wanted to be in a turtles movie, no disrespect there) but it removes that core element of reporter april fighting her shitty boss. in this she's now just a regular reporter working at a normal news station, but also we're still giving her the girly aerobics story. so, who's decided that if her boss is a black woman? thats kind of fundamentally changing the implications of why shes stuck doing that job, its no longer because shes the woman reporter, and is now just because thats what shes been assigned. now its not her fighting sexism, its her just not wanting to do her job. a shitty one, but its no longer because of a sexist work place.

and then her story of being a reporter is she gets FIRED for being a BAD reporter, because shes crazily rambling about turtles to her boss with no real sources. which...87 april didnt do that, her point wasnt to find the turtles, it was to use her job to help them. the turtles are the secret, not the story. for a movie that likes pandering to 87 and nothing else, they missed this concept entirely

(side note that isnt important, when shes rambling to the roommate about them.... this movie panders enough to 87, why is the roommate not just named irma. shes only in that scene. seriously, it should have just been irma.)

and then. the vernon fenwick of it all........ why the fuck. did you do this. why make him the only character who believes her? oh sorry, not even believes her, simply THINKS SHES HOT. SO GOES ALONG WITH IT. i know they wanted to put casey jones in this movie, but then went NOOO that would be SILLY if the guy hanging out with her is casey (we want to save him for the seqeul) so lets make it another reporter. uh vernon. hes from the original! and thus we change vernon from being the rival reporter who hates her because shes a woman whos better at his job than him, into just: her creepy co reporter who has a crush on her. and since he's the co star here, she has to not tell him off for his bad behaviour. maybe he'll even get a date out of it!

(again, if she needed a sidekick, irma is right there, you put the other two here, why not irma)

and the choice to make her a part of the turtles origin story is, in my perspective, very much like my issue with 12 april's destined to be part of the story thing. shes part of this story because her dad created the turtles. yes, she saved the turtles and splinter, but its less of her own choice in the matter, its because she was the daughter of the man who made them. its the opposite of what i think makes her a good character in the franchise, someone who is hunting for a story and gets in too deep, and happens to be near enough by the turtles that they get her out.

like lets compare her to the april closest to her, 1990 april. thats an april who gets into the plot via going hunting for a story on her own. there's some kind of gang up to no good and she wants to get to the bottom of it. she does get to the bottom of it all on her own, she learns via interviewing immigrants that the foot is the organization behind it. shes doing something no one wants her to do, shes going against what her boss, and what cops think she should be doing, and the foot literally try to kill her because SHE is hunting for THEM. she ends up in turtle plot because raphael HAPPENS to be around when the foot find her. its HER story. the foot is after HER. the turtles in that movie end up losing splinter and then fighting the foot BECAUSE april was looking for them. THATS what makes her have agency in the story.

i do think a lot of you guys are missing my point here though (no offence!) so let me try to explain it better.

its not just about if we see april be a self sufficient character who's central to the plot, or even what her personality is like, its whether she exists in a real way outside of the men around her. its if her choices are important to the story. she doesnt need to have saved the turtles, know how to fight, kicked the shredder, or have been right about whatever story is going on. the question is: is she in the story because she did something on her own to get to it? is she a character who matters without the men in her life? can she stand on her own? do you care about her life? what are her aspirations, how is she trying to achieve them?

based on all that, i think 2014 april is in fact the weakest april. they're only making her seem like 1987 april because, and i dont know if ive said this anywhere yet, men who watched 87 when they were kids think shes hot. that is the only value a lot of people have placed on her. thats her legacy to a lot of people. its fucked up, and this movie doesnt do anything to dissuade you from thinking that.

sorry to go off on your ask, but bayverse (specifically the first one) really got no aspect of any tmnt thing correct. not april, not shredder, not splinter, not casey, and not the aspect of how these turtles are even ninja (i think everyone involved shouldn't be allowed to make another piece of media for putting that fucking ninjitsu book in the fucking sewer)

[chidoroki]

Tokyo Revengers S3EP5

aka: EMMAAAAAAAA

As much as I move to see Emma, starting the episode with some more flashbacks of her isn’t a good sign..

Young Emma making fun of Shinichiro’s haircut right away.. I love her.

Aww young Baji! He’s adorable!

No wonder Mikey is so good with kicks, he learned at his grandpa’s dojo. I assume that’s how his friendship with Baji started too.

OH! The “Mikey” nickname came from him and Baji trying to come up with foreigner names like Emma’s! Granted they were lowkey making fun of her but it’s adorable how he still uses the name even today to make her feel better.

Emma needs several hugs.. and a saving grace if this is gonna be the episode where that happens.

She is so darn pretty oh my god.

Damn, not even getting the OP this time around huh?

Pfft, it’s so cute seeing Mikey get protective over Takemichi. Ain’t no way he’ll let that boy leave Toman.

Gotta admit, Inui looking good though in the Toman uniform though.

“I will never condone murder.” Okay, first off, glad Kakucho has some common sense. Secondly, oh god, oh fuck, it might be happening now and I’m not ready. Thirdly, it’s Izana who orders it? Oohhhh no no no!

Damn it! I questioned that quick shot of the ambulance driving past Chifuyu and Takemichi, but I didn’t even think it would be Mitsuya and Smiley in it! Angry has to be so pissed off right about now.

Shit, Hakkai’s got a point. Toman basically has no division captains around for this fight.

I love that it’s Peh who’s showing a real distaste for using weapons in the upcoming fight given how Pah was arrested for it.

I was gonna comment how slim the chances are that Takemichi and Inui would encounter Inaza at Shinichiro’s grave on the day of Black Dragon’s founding, but it makes perfect sense.

Ah fuck, is this the first time since years ago that Emma sees Izana too?

Seeing Kisaki with a bat riding on Hanma’s bike is sending me many red flags.. please don’t tell me that’s how this death will go..

“He’s a weak little boy. Just like you and me. So if he ever snaps under the strain.. when that happens, I swear I’ll be there to save him.” NO! BAD TRAGIC FORESHADOWING!

“I think the one who understands and supports Mikey the most might just be Emma. Mikey turns evil in the future. Even though he had Emma.” AAAAAHH.

“Did Emma.. exist in the future.” Fuck fuck FUCK.

I swear to fucking hell Kisaki, don’t you fucking dare harm this totally precious girl!

OH YOU ABSOLUTE SON OF A BITCH! HOLY SHIT! I don’t care if I knew the death was coming, I didn’t think it would happen LIKE THAT!!

I’m so goddamn speechless and five seconds away from tears.

Bro Mikey is right fucking there to see the aftermath of the attack too.. holy hell. This is like the true bloody Halloween for me man, fuck.

Mikey, I’m grateful you’re taking Emma to the hospital but fucking run dude! Don’t walk!

“Tell Draken this for me. ‘Ken, I love you.’” Ah yup, that’s a critical hit on my heart. I know her confession was teased during one of the trailers but damn, I'm so freakin' upset right now.

“Emma? Emma? I promised Draken I’d keep this a secret. But Draken loves you, you know. It’s mutual.” I’m gonna go cry now.

Bro, this future Mikey dreamed of all of them together.. I’m absolutely sobbing.

Oh yeah, sure, just cut right to the ending while I pick up the many pieces of my shattered heart.. not that it’ll do any good since the visuals have nothing but EMMA! AAHH! Sweetheart you deserved so much better!!!

Fucking hell man, we have to see Draken learn the news next episode.. I won’t emotionally recover from this in time just to cry my heart out again.

[jasminegazer]

Chapter 6 Part 2

Raph stopped.

Usually he didn’t let anyone interrupt him during a fight. But this wasn’t usual. Donnie had never yelled at him like that before. Sure Raph got on his brothers nerves and got into loud arguments but not like this.

His purple branded brother had never let anyone see him so openly upset before. Not since they were like 9. Usually he would just stay in the tent and wait until he was fully collected to let anyone see him. The only person who ever got to see Dee like this was Mikey.

But Raph couldn’t think about that. That brought emotions and ‘mushy’ feelings and those made him look weak. They made him feel weak. And Raph wasn’t weak. He couldn’t be.

“Dee-” Of course Leo would change the entire subject in 2 seconds. He had the better traits of a big brother. The ones people respected. Raph was just stuck with being a bully.

“No! You guys are gonna make him upset again!” Tear tracks laid deep on his face. He looked so tired and his voice was so strained it was a miracle he wasn’t sobbing. His look shocked Raph just as much as the words and voice coming out of his mouth.

“Wait. Who?” Raph tried not to look concerned but his change of aggression was an obvious give.

“Mikey!”

Both Leo and Raph froze looking back and forth from each other. Confusion and utter disbelief crossed their faces.

“. . . Dee”

“All you ever do is fight! And everyone around you has to deal with it!”

“Donnie”

“You just keep on going on and on and”

“Donnie!”

“What?! What do you want me to do?! What do you want me to feel?!”

“Mikey isn’t here.”

The truth was well known but it still stung to have to hear it. Raph had to close his eyes and hide tears that burned at the tips of his eyelids. No Stop that It won’t help.

Donnie’s expression softened after realizing his mistake. He eyes shot to the ground, tears running down his face.

Everyone froze in the choking silence of their room. The sound of their dad doing the dishes was faint and seemed to slip further and further away. No one knew what to do.

Leo turned to Raph for guidance. Why did he do that sometimes? How was Raph supposed to know what to do? But somehow he always knew what Leo was thinking or tried to tell him. Even without words they knew each other too well.

Donnie was the first one to break the ice this time. “I-I mean-what I was trying to say was-” Hiccups interrupted his warbled speech. But the current youngest turtle was interrupted by the sound of Leo’s phone buzzing.

The blue turtle quickly answered eager to break the silence and awkwardness of the situation. “Hey April. This isn’t really the best time right now.”

“Have you guys seen the news?” She sounded so excited and enthusiastic that it contradicted the old vibe of the room.

“Nooooo.” Leo looked at his brothers in confusion. Donnie wiped his tears and leaned in closer to hear the conversation.

“Well you’re gonna wanna see this!”

April sent Leo a link as they remained on call. He opened the link to see the headline blaze into view in the news website’s signature animation.

SHIPPING DOCK SECURITY GUARDS AT EAST HARLEM FOUND WOUNDED BY MYSTERIOUS FOOT FIGURES

2 security guards are rushed to the hospital after being found with lethal wounds. The only clue police are left with is a piece of ripped fabric from the attackers’ clothing.

“Scroll down and look at the picture!”

Leo did as told and gasped at the sight before him. The picture was badly lit but the red circle containing the emblem of a foot was clearly seen on the dark clothing.

“Is that it?! Is that what the emblem from your attackers looked like?!”

They couldn’t believe how easily this had just appeared. It was both horrifying and relieving to find their first point in the right direction.

“Holy fucking-”

“Oh my-”

“Yes! Yes! It is! April you’re a genius!”

The turtle brothers celebration was brief as they got ready and geared up. Raph was rushed more than he usually did. Hold on Mikey. We’re coming.

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Pain.

What a great way to wake yourself with. Mikey didn’t even have the strength to open his eyes for a while. But that didn’t matter in their eyes. They just kept on asking question after question until they rendered him useless.

At this point it was a good thing Mikey wasn’t dead. But that wasn’t quite comforting enough to fight the pain. He assumed he had two black eyes again(Great yet another reminder of the whole super duper fly fight).

He couldn’t take it anymore. He had to at least see what was going on. It took effort and he definitely had 2 black eyes but he did it. It was dark only the moonlight lit the large room. It looked like one of the old abandoned warehouses him and his brothers used to explore before rendering them boring. Back when they weren’t allowed to be a part of civilization and were forced to live in the sewers.

He was sitting with his legs crossed. Partially hovering over the ground because of the chains that pressed into his skin and kept his arms and shell tightly bound to the pillar behind him. Sharp movements made his head spin and his face distort in pain that followed.

“Look who decided to wake up.”

Mikey craned his neck up to see his captor. It was the same one from last night. 2 other figures stood guard lurking around the now confirmed warehouse.

“Good mornin” Whenever a situation was unexpected, Mikey usually saw comedy as a good ice breaker.

“So the freak thinks it’s funny.” It was easier to see that the people of the room were leaning against or sitting on old tables.

“Is that a bad thing?” He was using that tone where he was trying to be polite but it always was seen as rude by his dad and adults. Mikey probably shouldn’t have kept talking but the teenager had a bad habit of rambling in these situations.

The main person who was talking- whom of which Mikey found to be an older teenage boy- was obviously not amused. His expression was very similar to the expression of the milk lady, dull and obviously stuck up in themselves yet also threatening. Looking like at any moment he would pounce.

“I mean isn’t like laughter the best medicine? So what’s so bad about being funny?” Mikey shuffled in his uncomfortable position. Hoping that for some reason his struggle would release him from the figurative and literal chains of this moment. But that only made the tight literal chains more and more unbearable as blisters formed. He needed to get out of here.

His thoughts were interrupted when on of the other figures delivered a sharp blow to his stomach causing him to double over. At least as much as his restraints allowed. It felt like his guts were flipped inside out and then hit with a speeding highway vehicle. The older teen then waltzed over as Mikey groaned and gagged. He yanked Mikey’s chin up firmly only letting the turtle look at him and him alone. His face was scrunched up in pure hate and disgust the turtle.

“Now you listen to me smartass. I-”

“Enough!”

Towards Mikey’s right a fourth figure leapt in through a broken window. At closer glance Mikey found that they were a she. Her raven black hair shone in the moonlight with white streaks with repelled the light. She stood tall with authority and grace. The other 2 guards addressed her by bowing.

“Lieutenant, what did I say about beating the target?”

The Lieutenant growled before shoving Mikey’s face down and turning to face the girl. “Come on he was being a brat. Besides aren’t there 3 oth-”

“What did I say?” Raising her voice made even the Lieutenant flinch. Mikey could tell she was definitely the boss here(definitely super badass). The Lieutenant glared at Mikey, as if he had intentionally caused this, before turning and bowing. “Not to. You told me not to beat the freak. I apologize General.”

He recognized her voice from somewhere. He realized where when she set her backpack on the table.

“Hey aren’t you Aprils new friend?! What was your name? Oroku something? What the heck Oroku?!”

She was definitely pissed now but she kept her dull tone and hid her annoyance. “First of all it’s Oroku Karai. Second of all it’s Japanese so the last name is said first. And third of all if you know what’s best for you than you will keep your mouth shut.”

Mikey decided that he would do just that. Karai was definitely not someone to be messed with. At least she won’t let them hit me anymore.

“And as for you Lieutenant” Karai turned and marched in front of him and the Mikey’s other captors. “Yes we do need his three accomplices thanks to your incompetent job on the initial attack. But how do you expect us to find them if they’re aware of our initiatives?”

Mikey sat there not liking the sound of how this was going. His head still swam and left his thoughts loosely floating in a sea of confusion. Accomplices?

Karai was obviously growing impatient by the silence. Another thing he noticed was that she never really looked at him. And when she did and Mikey noticed, it was never for more than a second.

“I spoke with Master Shredder. He said that to draw them out we must use something that they want.”

Mikey could hardly keep in the shock of his realization. They aren’t talking about my brothers, are they?

“Well what do they want?” The Lieutenant was obviously not as smart as his leader.

“From my understanding they call each other brothers.” Shit. She really was just a toxic snake wasn’t she. And she was good too. But for some reason her expression broke into something softer. Something filled with guilt and pain.

The Lieutenant however hadn’t given Mikey the mercy of guilt. His face twisted into a cruel smirk as he turned to face Mikey’s fear filled face. No no no no no no. This can’t be happening.

“Then lets test that brotherly loyalty.” The Lieutenant continued staring with a sickening smile that put gasoline on Mikey’s fire of fear. “When do we leave to get their attention?”

“Troops were already sent this afternoon.” Karai continued with a full expression on her face. “They’ll bring back the targets when their job is finished.”

No no no no no no no.

“Now if you excuse me I have . . . business to attend to.” She marched out from the warehouse arms plastered behind her back. Once she left the Lieutenant slip back into his freedom without Karai overhead.

Mikey was stuck in the shock his captors cruel plan. Leo Raph Donnie. Please.

He hung his head low in defeat knowing that soon his brothers would have to go through the same pain he did.

Please be ok.

Finally back to this au. Have a Hoppy Easter and Cowabunga turtle fans.

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[writingonscrappaper]

Snippet Sunday Saturday II - I Think My Neighbour’s A Mobster

I initially had this queued up to post tomorrow, but I’m too impatient, I couldn’t wait LOL I’m having too much fun with this story!

I’m almost 20k into this and showing no sign of slowing down LOL it’s so much fun, all the banter and playful cuteness that comes from the usual neighbours-to-lovers trope, but with the added spicy fun of one of them being a morally grey mafia member 😈 Carter is indeed proving to be a lot of fun to write, especially when I get to have moments where he interacts with his family, like this 😆

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"Alright, you got five minutes, then I'm throwing your ass out that window," Carter huffed as he shut the door, pointing to the open window behind his couch and watching as Liam walked around his home and looked the place over.

"Uh huh, like the way you threw me through Mom's garden doors last Thanksgiving?"

"If I'm remembering that night correctly, you spent about two hours that night picking glass and metal out of your skull," Carter reminded flatly, walking over to his counter and studying the platter of cupcakes on it before selecting one with blue frosting. "You've now got four and a half minutes."

"Mom wants you to come by for her birthday party," Liam spoke, flicking at the lamp that sat by the window he'd been threatened with, chuckling softly as he watched it light up at his touch. Tapping it a couple more times and watching it grow brighter before eventually shutting off.

"How is that news? She's been calling, texting and even emailing me about that for the last month."

"Yeah, and you haven't been answering them."

"My not answering is an answer."

"Come on, man, she's turning sixty," Liam insisted, walking over to the counter Carter was leaning against. He reached for one of the cupcakes, only for Carter to smack his hand, Liam yanking it back with a hiss. "Since when did you start baking?"

“I’m not going, Liam. Told you guys already, I’m out.”

“Yeah, you’re out, huh? That why Randall’s son was found dead in the river three nights ago?”

“Randall and his son are both pieces of shit, and whatever happened to Mikey was completely deserved,” Carter stated flatly, rolling his eyes as he finished off the cupcake and picked up the one Liam had reached for. Locking eyes with him as he took a large bite out of it.

“Right, so you’re gonna tell me that the son of a powerful drug dealer—“

“Oh please, that fuck is anything but powerful. He’s a smear on the bathroom floor.”

“—gets snatched off the street within twenty four hours of his right hand man going missing, and it’s got nothing to do with you?”

“Last I checked, that was Mom’s line of work, not mine.”

“No, if Mom had done it, we’d have found his guts stretched out along the road and a a warning letter stapled to his head after she stuck it on a fence post.”

“Hey, you sell drugs to teenagers, that’s what happens to you.”

“How’d you know he was selling to kids?”

That had Carter pausing mid chew, swallowing the mouthful of cupcake and setting the rest of it down with a heavy sigh. 

“Look, the fucker was told to back off. I gave him the same chance I gave to everyone else. He was told to get out of my neighbourhood, and he didn’t listen. I told you and everyone else, this is my part of the city, and I’m gonna keep it clean my way.”

“My point, Carter, is that you can’t sit there and act like you’re better than us, just because you chose to strike out on your own. We do a lot of good for this city, unburdened by all the bullshit red tape the law creates.”

“Holy fuck, you’ve got Mom’s speech memorized at this point, don’t you?”

“Why are you so damn insistent on cutting ties with all of us, if you’re gonna sit here and do the exact same thing yourself?”

“Because this way I get to decide what and how I do it, rather than having to follow Mom’s rules. I’m not her dog this way. I’m my own person.”

“Oh please. You’re just throwing a tantrum because you’re the youngest and therefore were rarely ever called on to do shit.”

“If I was so rarely needed, why are you all so desperate for me to come back to the family?” Carter demanded, watching as Liam scowled and looked away. Blinking a moment later and laughing sharply. “Oh shit, did Riley finally get herself offed? Have you finally been upgraded to eldest child, and now need to prove yourself to our mother, by bringing in the wayward son, in hopes of strengthening the family numbers again?”

“Riley’s not dead, she’s just in jail.”

“How in the fuck did Mom’s favourite end up in jail?” Carter froze, staring at the tense look on Liam’s face. “Oh shit, who’d she kill?”

“Valerie.”

“The fu—why?” Liam lifted an eyebrow, staring, and Carter groaned, burying his face into his hands.

“Oh, I’m gonna kill Declan.”

“Not if Mom finds him first. He bolted while Riley was strangling Valerie—“

“Wait, he was there?”

“Oh yeah, she caught them in bed together.”

“…tell me it was a motel.”

“Of course not.”

“So she found them both in her own bed…?”

“Yup. And while she was crushing Val’s windpipe, Declan ran from the room. He got his hands on a gun, but Riley managed to get a few good hits in on him and kept him from pulling the trigger. Did that little trick where she got the clip out while he held it. He busted her jaw with the gun and took off, but the neighbours had already called the cops since Valerie had been screaming bloody murder.”

“And with a dead body in the bedroom…”

“Yeah. Mom’s working her magic, but it’s all a huge fucking mess.”

“I’m sure she’ll have Riley out by the new year,” Carter assured, swiping a bit of icing off the half eaten cupcake and flicking it at Liam. Grinning as he flinched when it hit his cheek. 

[obsidiancreates]

The Creeping Doom Liveblog

Full disclosure, I watched this one already recently. But this'll still be a train-of-thought liveblog, just not a first impression.

MIKEY STOP FUCKING AROUND IN DONNIE'S LAB I LOVE YOU MIKEY AND I KNOW YOU JUST HAVE UNMEDICATED ADHD BUT PLEASE SWEETIE THERE'S EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS AND ACIDS ALL AROUND YOU

Mikey- oh Mikey...

Mikey has a photographic memory, which is cool but also concerning given all the horrifying shit they see all the time

This episode upsets me because April is the only one to actually show concern for Donnie's dementia-like symptoms and no-one notices him constantly scratching that burn. It makes me mad at everyone but April.

CREEP DRANK BRAIN JUICE NOW HE SMART LAD- god the breathing sounds are distressing

Oh he's so distressed, he just looks sad, he's not even like frustrated now he's just upset and confused...

Hey wait Mikey slipped in the Brain Eating Juice but it doesn't affect him during the episode. More Magic Mikey Evidence?

Oh poor Mikey, he's so upset about being blamed and so desperate to help out, he must be wondering if his accident earlier lead to this. Awww he's trying to make them laugh... sweet boy... his RSD must be going nuts right now

ICE CREAM KITTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

You sense something is wrong? I'll say HIS NEURONS ARE DYING

Okay yeah Donnie puts too much burden on himself, yes, but the rest of you don't help. He takes on those burdens because he's been conditioned to, by everyone relying on him all the time for all the answers. Including you, Splinter. Everyone takes advantage of him and he feels the pressure of it.

HEY APRIL THERE'S GLOWING GREEN EYES BEHIND SPLINTER MAYBE NOTICE THAT

NOOOOOOO ICE CREAM KITTYYYYYYYY DON'T MELT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This Jason Vorhees-ass bitch- HOLY FUCK HE CHOKED LEO OUT

He needed to glow for a second before an idea same to him, it happens.

It kinda was your fault though, Mikey.

Oh Donnie he looks so confuseddddddd someone notice his itching his hand ohhhhh he just looks so sad and lost. Later in the episode they play it more as a joke but right now it's just making me think of dementia.

Awwwww his face playing the game though is adorable.

GUYS GUYS DONNIE WENT FROM SPEAKING FULL SENTENCES TO JUST MOANING TIREDLY IN LIKE TWO SECONDS MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO NOTE WITH CONCERN

Aw bless him he's trying.

Now he's making random sounds and staring at nothing, ohhhh it must be so awful god I hate the idea of losing your ability to think like he's losing it, this episode is so sad for him, must be terrifying

I JUST REALIZED THE FRIDAY THE 13TH SOUND THAT HAPPENS AROUDN THE CREEP IS SAYING "MUT-A-GEN" HOLY HELL HOW DID I ONLY JUST REALIZE THAT

LOVE that Raph gets to fight The Creep solo, he deserves some revenge stabs.

OH DONNIE IS HIDINGGG

OH AND THE MOMENT OF PANICKED LUCIDITY "I DON'T UNDERSTAND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING" OH WHAT A FUCKING AWFUL THING TO EXPERIENCE

Oh he's so scareddddddddddd oh good the squirrel made him less so MY BOYYYYYYYYY

Andddddd now we're getting into his brain damage being more comedic and almost weed-high-like than dementia

Now they just told Rob Paulsen to make random laughs and annoying noises I think, just popped him into the booth and said "Make whatever noises and say whatever random lines you want, we'll animate around it."

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF MEDITATION WILL HELP SPLINTER (I shout this lovingly, I know he's just trying to find solutions among what he knows)

YEAH WELL NOT JUST THE MUTANT WASP MIKEY MAYBE ALSO REMIND THEM HOW YOU MADE THE RETROMUTAGEN A MILLION TIMES BETTER

They really all just watched Donnie chug that shit without even trying to grab it away.

PFFFFFT SPLINTER'S FACE WHY DID HE MAKE A "Well. Awkward..." EXPRESSION

HEY HEY GUYS MAYBE DON'T LEAVE THE VULNERABLE BRAIN-DAMAGED DONNIE ALONE AND UNPROTECTED DURING AN EARTHQUAKE THAT'S MAKING ROCKS FALL OUT OF THE CEILING MAYBE THAT'S A BAD IDEA

Ooooooh That's what the big wooden spiral is for, a periscope, ooooohhhhhh okay

I'd say they're being too harsh on Mikey and the episode proves Mikey was right but, also Mikey did still feed his brother unknown and dangerous chemicals

AWWWWWW DONNIE IN THE DRINK HATTTTTTTTT HE'S MAKING SUCH CUTE FACESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

"Highly doubtful" at least try motherfucker it worked on CURING POISON

Very fortunate that Donnie thought of the mower cart before his dementia serum debacle. Must be because he worried The Creep would be back someday.

LEOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SHIT MIKEY ATE IT

Uhhhh why is this shot from behind? Weird vibe to that shot.

RAPHHHHHHHHHHH

MIKEY I LOVE THE CONFIDENCE BABY AND IT'S NOT UNWARRENTED BUT BE CAREFUL- YEAH SEE

YAY DONNIE TO THE RESCUE IN A NEW VEHICLE!!!!!!!!!!

Love that they showed us Donnie is back to normal by immediately having him use Big Latin Names Of Plants.

Evil Laugh Donnie Mad Scientist Donnie fuck him up my mad scientist boy!

Donnie please try to teach Mikey proper lab safety he clearly has a talent for this chemistry stuff.

WHY DOES PIZZA ALWAYS FINALIZE THE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN TMNT STUFF IT MADE THE RETOMUTAGEN IN SECRET OF THE OOZE WORK IT MADE THE RETROMUTAGEN 2.0 IN THIS SHOW WORK NOW IT MAKES THE BRAIN JUICE WORK IS PIZZA MAGIC IN THEIR UNIVERSE??!?!?!?!

Donnie you're smirking about that subtle jab now but what this end card doesn't show is that two second later he ate shit so hard that he got yet more brain damage and Splinter had to use his Healing Spell and realized "Shit, his brain's more battered than out training dummy."

[winderlylandchime]

2/2 ‘TED MADE IT! IM SO HAPPY! YAY TEDDY AND EMMETT ADVENTURE TIME!!! Damn it, so everyone is in couples except Brian and Justin. Why couldn’t Brian go with Justin to LA? This sucks’ ‘oh wow Lindsay is really a fucking bitch. I get the worry though but holy shit what the fuck happened to her? I hate this shit. Throw them both away’ he is so annoyed with Lindsay and Melanie that he is currently repeating the words ‘break up’ over and over. They break up: ‘I TOLD YALL THIS SHIT LIKE TWO SEASONS AGO. FUCKING FINALLY now lets go to Brian and Justin’ ben and michael got engaged ‘man, they’re really stealing the spotlight, huh? DUDE. THIS IS NOT THE TIME. Stealing Debbies shine. Rude.’ And Justin is officially in LA ‘so he went to LA? When? What? Huh? This looks like that party at that club dudes place. I still don’t like this director guy. I hate this. Okay be honest, who is this actor Connor supposed to be? Tom Cruise? Or? He better not get in a way of my two boys or I’m fighting every person who wrote this show.‘ and the gang made it to Toronto ‘so this is like a play on that toronto is like Gay Pittsburgh? This does look like Woodys. BRIAN! OH MY GOD ITS BRIAN! Okay pause *stops tv AGAIN* listen. Remember how Brian reacted to Hunters handjob thingy? Pair that up with Hunters reaction to Brian explaining planes to Mike. BAM! Uncle and nephew duo! I love these two. I can’t believe i didnt think he wouldnt go to canada with a plane. That makes the most sense in the whole show. HE’S RIDING! THE RIDE! Wait stop. *pauses tv AGAIN!* so let me get this right? He found out from Mike that Justin was wanted in LA and his immediate reaction when realizing that Justin is turning it down is to lie about not doing the ride so that Justin wouldn’t sacrifice his future? What the fuck? I mean i know he cares about his future *looks at me and smiles* thats kinda the hottest part about him. But this is UGH. AW BRI AND EM HUGGED! AND HES SMILING! I AM SO HAPPY THAT HE IS FINALLY HAPPY BUT HELL, BLONDIE IS MISSING’ ‘i forgot how much Brian hates marriages. Im kinda surprised that they went that extra with it. Id get if he hated it for himself but others? I feel like he would be more of a minding my own business kinda person. Like me. *looks at me like he’s really proud of himself* me and Brian are clearly the same person because i know my bri bri.’ And we are back to LA ‘i dont know why but i really hate this. Like it’s weird. I love Blondie and the idea of his career becoming huge is awesome but this is just eh. (Justin says his ‘fucking’ line in the meeting) OH MY GOD. I FUCKING LOVE HIM LIKE THIS! PLEASE BLONDIE NEVER CHANGE! This kinda reminds me of when Brian said to Debbie that being a true american is getting fucked in the ass when they went to vote. They really are made for each other’ Mikey/Ben’s wedding is on ‘WHAT THE FUCK?! ALREADY? Awww Brian is his best man! No matter how he feels about stuff, he still cares the most about his friends. *points to tv* BRIAN IS THROWING THE CONFETTI! HES HAPPY FOR THEM BUT HE HAS TO BE GRUMPY AT TIMES. MY BABY HAS GROWN SO MUCH!’ ‘I just realized that Brian missed lindsays wedding and Blondie missed this one. They really cant be together. What the fuck is wrong with writers? Why do they hate them?’ And the Ride has officially started ‘AW BRIAN IS GONNA KICK ASS! Debbie is his mother! Why am i getting emotional by this, i already knew it? This wouldve been better with Blondie but GO BRI BRI! I AM ROOTING FOR YOU!!! We should do something like this. You think its hard? We could have little pride flags on it like Ted! DID YOU SEE BRIS SMILE AT THE END? He tries to act tough but damn it, he really is finally happy, isnt he? If only fucking LA didn’t ruin it. But it’s okay, we got one more episode and all will be fixed!’ He is fully convinced that Brian will confess his love in the last ep. He is so sure that he sent a voice memo to family group chat AND friend group chat to let them know that the ‘i love you scene is coming up in the next episode! I’ll let you guys know how the fuck its gonna go down’

I’m with your brother - I love Brian getting excited for Mikey and Ben. He may not want marriage (loaded statement I know) but he wants to help others who do want it! Just like with Mel and Lindsay! (who are now broken up so that’s not a great example)

Brian has to go on the ride and not to LA for MANHOOD reasons. It’s stupid. It’s a dumb storyline. They could have done so much more with the history of the AIDS ride. Alas.

GAH! Work. More later!

[dr4kenlvr]

H♡LY SHIT, YOU CAN FIGHT?

pairing(s): baji keisuke, draken, mikey sano, chifuyu matsuno, mitsuya takashi x gn!reader

genre: fluff

request: Heyy there i saw that your requests are open, can i request Tokyo revengers boys ( Baji, Draken, Mikey, Chifuyu and Mitsuya) reaction to reader being a good fighter, like they see her fight for the first time. If you're busy or couldn't write it then its completely fine. Good luck and wish you a good day/night 💕💕

warnings: this post contains spoilers from tokyo revengers anime/manga, some violence and graphic scenes depicted as well. includes swearing!!

BAJI KEISUKE:

you already know this man is going to be so fucking hyped when he finds out you can fight

the two of you went to the festival together, him already letting you know that he'd have to leave a little early to participate in the moebius fight

the time rolled around and baji left you with a kiss on the cheek, telling you stay put cause he'd be right back!

now let me tell you the sheer look of shock (and pride) on his face when he saw you in the midst of the crowd, beating the fuck up outta some dude's face

you were atop of him, hammering down punch after punch until he eventually passed out beneath you

before baji could reach you, or even say anything, another moebius member tackled you from behind- effectively pushing you off of the other one's body

baji was enraged, and ran faster towards you until he saw you headbutt the asshole in the face and break his nose

"holy shit.. you can FIGHT??!" baji practically shrieked, running over to you to help you up, skimming over your face and arms for any injuries

you bashfully smile, telling him your family made you take self-defense lessons at a young age and that they really came in handy for times when your boyfriend was a literal gang member

"you're such a badass, my god this is why i love you." -baji, placing another kiss to your cheek before fending off the rest of moebius with you by his side <3

after the fight, chifuyu told you that he's never seen baji smile so much during a fight

DRAKEN:

now, draken's gonna have a feeling about this one already

he's not stupid, he sees the way you study fights between toman and rivalry gangs, you're practically analyzing them like you've got a test

so he's curious, can his s/o fight? is his s/o interested in learning? he keeps it in the back of his mind, it's not a priority- so long as you're safe

october rolls around and he brings you to the valhalla fight (he refused at first, but you kept pushing him), opting you to stay put on the sidelines where you'll be okay

"im keeping an eye on you, you better stay put."

you nod, taking your seat on one of the cars as the fight began

watchful eyes hawking over the fight, you felt yourself heat up at the consistent brawl between your boyfriend and some tall dude with spiked hair

he was currently in a chokehold by draken, who found himself flipped over by the guy's immense strength

draken looked beat down, and tired. you knew you had to do something, anything.

so without a second thought, you pounced down from the cars and ran straight towards the pair with a raised fist

with all your might, you rammed a fist into the valhalla member's head, causing him to fall over with a pained groan

draken's basically like :O right now,, did you just knock down hanma shuji????

you immediately offer a hand to draken, telling him that you'll talk after you knock hanma's ass down for good

"they yours ken? i didn't know you liked them feisty ♡"

"yeah," draken smirks at you proudly, "i didn't either."

hanma good luck with this two on one because it's not looking good for you !!

MIKEY SANO:

mikey never really wondered or bothered to ask you if you yourself were a fighter, or had some sort of skill in the area

so he was definitely suprised that you knew how to kick ass

mikey invited you over to his grandfather's dojo, expecting you two to simply hang out, maybe even take a nap if you were up to it

but no, tell him why you're at the dojo, fighting him???? (not literal fighting, yk like training)

and tell him why mikey's actually having some sort of trouble with you?????

what the fuck?????

mikey is so stunned, face frozen like O.O, but still dodging your attacks

"can," kick, "-you," punch, "at.. least," duck, "let me hit-" kick, "you- once!"

mikey grins at your attempts to land a hit on him, "now now y/n, that's just cruel of you to ask!"

once the two of you eventually stop because fuck is that tiring, mikey gives you a pat on your head

"i didn't know you could fight baby, you've got some pretty good moves!"

tells everyone after, literally everyone

his grandfather, emma, draken, takemitchi, baji, chifuyu, smiley, angry, mitsuya, peh, the list goes on!

CHIFUYU MATSUNO:

chifuyu was beyond shock and proud at his s/o for being such a bad bitch !!!

"you're the damn coolest y/n!!!" -chifuyu whenever you show even the slightest bit of skill

god he's down so bad

the first time he found out though, wasn't a pleasant situation

the two of you had been walking home together after a date, hand in hand and happily swaying from the delicious dinner

it was peaceful, until you felt someone grab your bag and dash off with all your belongings

chifuyu was too shock to respond quick enough, but before he could take a step he saw you sprint in the direction of the thief

and holy fuck were you fast

"y/n?! w-wait up!" he runs after you, turning the corner to a sight he didn't expect to see

you had caught up to the person, jumped and tackled them to the ground- you then put them into back elbow chokehold, applying enough pressure for them to drop your bag as you let them go

chifuyu immediately went to pick up your bag, "i got it y/n, n-now let me handle th-"

before chifuyu could finish his sentence, you land a heavy blown punch to the asshole and knock him out

"... holy shit!"

chifuyu couldn't even catch his own breath HELP

MITSUYA TAKASHI:

mitsuya loves the fact that you are capable of protecting yourself, he always did worry that you dating him would put yourself in danger

so he too, was extremely suprised to see his s/o beat down literal gang members so swiftly

he was out with luna and mana, just walking around and enjoying the summer breeze with his sisters

the two girls made conversation amongst themselves, chattering about things ranging from what they wanted to eat for dinner to "that flower is so pretty!!"

mitsuya smiled at his sisters, until luna abruptly stopped him in his tracks

"hm? what's wrong luna?"

she points ahead down the street to what looks like a fight breaking out- mitsuya instinctively moves his sisters behind him; "don't worry, your big brother is here with you."

"no! isn't that y/n?" mana yells out

... y/n? a fight? what?

mitsuya looks over to what is indeed you, taking on members from the rivalry gang tenjiku like they were just a bunch of mosquitoes

"woah!! they're so cool takashi!"

"aren't you going to help them?"

mitsuya freezes, he doesn't want to leave his sisters on the street, nor bring them closer to the fight, but he also doesn't want to leave you alone with such an outnumbered fight

a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts: "hey!! takashi!!" you call out, jogging over to him and his sisters

mitsuya's eyes practically bulge out of his head, you're done??? and you don't look too injured at all!

"h-hey y/n, what happened? god, are you okay?"

you laugh, explaining to him that you overheard them talking absolute crap about toman, targeting their words towards the 2nd divison captain

"i couldn't bare to continue listening to their words, they've got no idea."

mitsuya peeks over your shoulder at all the bodies on the floor and the piles of limbs toppled atop one another

he chuckles, "they certaintly didn't, but it seems neither did i. i didn't know you could fight love."

you're interrupted by luna and mana who cheer loudly: "Y/N IS THE COOLEST!!!"

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Chapter 263: there’s so much to unpack

Oh boy.

So from that one extra in Weekly Shonen Magazine from Wakui, we already knew that Makoto (Papa Sano) died in an accident and that Sakurako (Mama Sano) died from an illness. We didn’t know when tho. I always wondered if it would have been just lore or if it would have been included in the story.

First of all, Makoto confirmed cheater. 

I gave him the benefit of doubt since we didn’t really know when Sakurako died, but now it’s confirmed he died when Mikey was 3 and that poor woman died after him and she probably helped raising Emma and cared about her even if she wasn’t her daughter, given how heartbroken Emma looked was when Sakurako died. It’s true she probably didn’t have much choice since Granpa Sano decided to take Emma in (it’s not clear when Sakurako fell ill, if Makoto and Sakurako used to live with Shin and Manjiro in their own house and then they moved to Granpa’s after Makoto’s death/when Sakurako fell ill) but given Emma’s reaction and the few moments we see her, she seems a quite nice person, she would have understood it was not Emma’s fault

Maybe when Makoto died (and in the following years), Mikey was too young at the time to understand his father’s actions but, holy shit, Shinichiro was not. I wonder if we will ever see something on Shinichiro’s POV because it was fucked up. I wonder what he thought about his father.

And at any rate, maybe not immediately, but at some point Mikey must have realized what Makoto did. Wonder if in the next chapters/flashback we will learn more because, while Sakurako knew what Makoto did (maybe she learnt about it only when Emma was brought to Granpa Sano’s house when she was 4 and Makoto was already dead, but still, she knew), she never spoke ill of Makoto.

Sure, she was quite cryptical but she always talked about him

Maybe she was still genuinely in love with him, never got a closure and trying to process everything herself, while trying to preserve some sort of good/neutral image of Makoto to Mikey, until he would have been old enough to make his own idea about his father? Idk, but it’s interesting, especially since Manjiro says “Then I’ll be like daddy too!” (Idk lil dude, it doesn’t sound the best of the ideas to me)

Mikey develops this idea the crying is for weak people, that he hates weak people and since he is strong he must not cry, he has to be strong to protect his mom (and later everyone else)

which is perfectly normal for a child wanting his mom to get better and to protect her, but, as we have seen many times in the manga, being physically strong won’t save you from pain and loss. Probably he felt he failed in saving his mom.

We saw Mikey crying in the story, but he always try to be strong and hide his sadness

When Mikey scars Haruchiyo, Sakurako was probably dead already, and all these feelings Mikey had and couldn’t process, only worsened. 

It’s interesting tho that Sanzu and Baji where still with Mikey after what he did to Haru - it’s implied some time passed, since Haru’s hair is longer (and Sanzu already was already on cloud nine watching Mikey beating the shit out of everyone. I guess the moment that changed Sanzu definitely was when he got scarred). Anyway, I still need Sanzu’s pov on this shit and what happened immediately after that because sure as hell Shin and Takeomi must have been terrified to see Mikey like that, Haru covered in blood and laughing and Senju in tears.

We know that in this period of time, Mikey was particularly vicious and that he calmed down only when he met Draken, which happen at the end of the chapter. Guess we will see his meeting with Draken from Mikey’s POV and we will see how this event changed him and his ideas.

The both look like lost puppies, how can they be so precious😭

[sleep3deprived]

Hellooo may I request a kuudere s/o with tokrev characters with baji,draken and any charc of your choice :) thank you!!

Tokyo Revengers with a Kuudere S/O

Pairings: Baji Keisuke x Reader, Ryuguji "Draken" Ken x Reader (Seperate)

Warnings: Some language and suggestive jokes

Genre: Fluff, Comedy ?

Requests: OPEN

Note: Hi!! This was interesting to write but I enjoyed it, thank you for reading! :D

Baji Keisuke

It’s funny because not a lot of people expected you to end up with somebody like Baji

Like if you look at him, this eccentric, over-the-top, and energetic person

And then there’s you

Someone whos calm, and always collected.

Not that it’s a bad thing

It’s amusing at times though

When you notice Baji acting up, or wanting to start a fight, one word of his name from you and this boy is walking off like he almost didn’t just want to pummel someone

“You wanna fight, huh? Ugly ass, better get outta my way before-”

“Baji.”

“Oh wow, look a pet shop, let’s see if they have any cats!”

He tries his best to make you flustered.

And it works ??

The most he’s gotten out of you so far is a deep blush where you hid your face in your hands.

He doesn’t hold back and uses anything to make you lose your cool.

“I’m really hungry right now. You have anything?” You asked him. Cool and simple.

“Oh baby, if you wanted me, all you have to do is ask.”

You didn’t know whether you should cringe or blush

Honestly, the first time you and Baji met was entertaining

All you see is this boy who didn’t believe in love at first sight till he saw you

And all you wanted to do was mind your own business, but no.

Here comes a teenage boy, who is now holding your hands and asking you out and you trying to get out of the situation

“Please, marry me!”

“No.”

“A date then!”

You look him up and down “No.”

Apparently, you were also new to the school, and after some persisting, and him tuning his hyper down with you, you eventually said yes and found him to be a genuine person.

Sure, on the outside you come off as a bit blunt and calm, but with Baji, you experience emotions that no one else gives you.

Ryuguji “Draken” Ken

What can I even say for this one?

It wasn’t like this was never seen to happen

But it’s also like it never will either

Some middle ground honestly, depends who you ask

But, it’s not a bad match I guess

Draken actually likes how chill you are

He spends sm time with Mikey doing random shit, mans needs a break

Over the time you and Draken have been dating, he’s come to understand and learn your cues of anything really

Like when your walking and take a hold of his sleeve to drag him to a shop you want to see

Or if you two are ever at a party or hanging with others and you start being way too blunt, he knows you want to leave

One of Draken’s favourite things though is when he makes you laugh

Sure, you chuckle, giggle and laugh at things with him a lot, but I mean laughing laughing.

So Draken sometimes makes it his daily mission for it to happen at least once a day maybe

The reason he realized it was when he was lecturing Mikey, in return had Mitsuya lecturing Draken for going along.

Which led them to all start yelling embarrassing moments with each other

God, you tried to hold in your laugh so bad but once it came out, the boys just stared at you

“Holy fuck, that’s your girl.”

“Yup, that’s my girl”

Like you can’t blame them

You’ve never laughed like this ever in front of them so it was pretty much a surprise.

You should’ve seen the way Draken was looking at you

The way you laughed made you look...ethereal

The slight flush of your cheeks, the way you titled your head up, your hair falling back

You looked beautiful

Which has now led to Draken doing anything he can to see it again

And when he does, he feels like the luckiest man ever.

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Love Game

Chapter 11: Time for Dinner

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Knocking on the door, Y/n could hear Emma on the other side already yelling at one of her brothers, the Sano residence bustling with energy as usual. As the door opened, she was greeted by Emma, who hugged her tightly before welcoming her further in. It was all a blur as Shinichiro approached and hugged her tightly, followed by Izana waving hello as he went back to helping cook. From the couch sat Grandpa Sano, who called the girl over and gave her a hug.

Emma guided her through the familiar halls of the house towards her room, giggling loudly as they began making small talk. Though once they made it past her bedroom doors, she grew quiet for a second before shutting the door. Suddenly, she grew serious, catching the other girl off guard.

“Hey, can I be say something real quick?”

Y/n turned to look at her friend, nodding her head as she waited for her friend to continue.

“I haven’t been a really good friend this past couple weeks, and I’m sorry. I think I owe you an explanation.”

Emma took a seat on her beanbag, facing towards her friend as she got comfortable. She grabbed one of stuffed animals Draken had gotten her and began to mess with it as she started talking again.

“I’ve been trying for months to set you and Mikey up, and I thought it was going well. Then you started using tinder and then you showed me Kazutora. At first, I hoped it wouldn’t work out, but then you kept seeing him and it kept going well, I just kind of shut down.”

Eyes wide, Y/n just stared at her friend, soaking in all the new information. It’s not like she hadn’t noticed Emma being uncharacteristically quiet in most conversations, but holy fuck. Slowly things started to make sense as her thoughts slowed down.

“Wait, you were trying to get me and Mikey together??”

“Yeah, you told me you had a crush on him once, so I thought I would help get you both together.” Emma shrugged, squeezing her stuffed animal closer.

“Oh my god is that why you left me with him at that amusement park?”

“Of course, why else would we have just left you there.”

Both the girls paused their eccentric conversation when they realized how ridiculous it sounded. They burst into laughter as Y/n threw her head back.

“I thought you were just being weird, thought you wanted alone time with Draken.”

“Why would I, me and him are already dating, I was trying to help you, dude.”

“That makes so much more sense now.”

“I wasn’t the one who was struggling with relationships.”

Y/n tossed a pillow at Emma, who laughed even louder as it hit her in the shoulder. The girls continued laughing, Emma feeling relief at her friends reaction. They girls relaxed and picked back up their conversation, Y/n showing off her newest photos of her and Kazutora.

A knock pulled the girls from the conversation as Shinichiro’s voice pulled them.

“Dinners ready.”

As they made their way to the table, they saw Izana already filling his plate as he fought Mikey back, who was trying to steal the serving spoon from him. Shinichiro was helping Grandpa Sano fill his plate while the girls took their seat. When Mikey saw her, his grip on the spoon loosened giving Izana a chance to rip it from him and continue to serve himself.

The girls served themselves to the food, thanking Shin for cooking as they began to eat. Shinichiro started making small talk with them, asking the basic questions you would to someone you haven’t seen in a while. As Shinichiro started talking about his latest failed date, Grandpa Sano leaned over, getting the girls attention.

“Hey, Y/n.”

She looked at him, smiling and she leaned down, so she could better hear him. With the tubes in his nose helping him breath it was slightly harder to hear him now. He spoke slower than usual and it seemed to take a lot more energy, but he still seemed to be as energetic as he did 10 years ago.

“You still single? Why not suck it up and date Mikey, he ain’t so bad once you get over his attitude.”

From across the table, Mikey choked on his food, having heard his grandfathers proposition over his siblings loud conversation. His and Y/n eyes met as they both blushed red, both clearly shocked by grandpa sanos direct approach. Their embarrassment was cut short by his laughing, followed by some deep coughing. Y/n helped him drink some water before eating her food.

Shinichiro began to ask her about her life, her eyes drifted toward Mikey as she hesitated mentioning her new addition. Emma looked over at her and nodded, giving her the okay to continue.

“Uhhh, I’ve been seeing a new guy. We just started going out recently.”

“Oh, is it still Kazutora?” Shinichiro asked, stuffing his face full of food between his words.

She nodded, noticing the way Izana giggled to himself toward Mikey, who promptly stomped his foot from under the table. Emma rolled her eyes, shooting them both a glare as Shinichiro continued.

“I haven’t seen him in a while, is he still good?”

“He’s doing good, he’s working at Baji’s pet store right now.”

“Good for him. Tell him to stop by some time, I’d love to see him.”

Mikey quickly shot Shinichiro a death glare, wanting nothing more than his brother to kindly shut the fuck up. Though, Shinichiro didn’t seem to either care or notice his brothers frustration. Y/n and Shinichiro continued to talk as Mikey wished the floor to swallow him, trying his best to up keep his side of his promise to Emma.

Luckily, the rest of dinner went well, everyone happily chatting along as they ate the meal. Everyone moved to the living room to talk some more, with Mikey slipping out of the group to move to his room.

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About Tokyo Revengers Manga 242

Holy shit, this new chapter was for sure full of information, emotions and a lot of nostalgia, I was about to cry remembering the beginnings of Tokyo Revengers and seeing how much the characters have evolved since then.

Today I want to talk about the choice of name for Takemichi's new gang, the one that will be in charge of defeating and saving Manjiro Sano: Tokyo Manji Gang second generation. Initially I had a little shock with this: will really the new gang not be called Black Dragons, White Dragons, Thousand Winters or Tokyo Revengers? 

Well no, but in the end it makes all the sense in the world, and let me explain you why:

SPOILERS AHEAD: HUGE-AS-FUCK-ANALYSIS BELOW THE CUT

Okay, so let’s start:

The last people Mikey thinks of before attempting suicide, are the founding members of the new ToMan.

Then, why was the ToMan created? To save Kazutora. This time it's to save Mikey. The one who founded the first ToMan, according to Mikey's own words, was Baji: a character whose motivations are "one for all and all for one", to protect his friends from any danger, to be someone loyal, brave, protective and helper; someone who fights with honor. All these characteristics will be inherited by the first ToMan.

Also, Takemichi inherits from Baji his best friend Chifuyu, his Tasuki cross and his position as commander of the first division.

When Baji dies, his dying wish is, actually, leaving Mikey and ToMan in the hands of none other than Takemichi Hanagaki, and this eventually becomes true with the name of this new gang.

Interestingly, Takemichi promises Mikey, Draken, Chifuyu, and even Naoto that he will become the leader of ToMan. And while Mikey, Draken and Naoto don't take it seriously, Chifuyu promises Takemichi that he will help him become the leader of ToMan.

And eventually, this happens. Takemichi is the new leader of the gang, and he will be helped by Chifuyu, his most loyal friend who is now the vice president of Tokyo Manji Gang.

1ST DIVISION

Now, let's talk about my husband, I mean Inupi, who is now captain of the first division.

As I mentioned before, the first division seems to inherit some of Baji's will. ToMan's first division is the gang's attack unit, and characters whose loyalty is unquestioned have been found in its ranks: Baji, Chifuyu, Takemichi and Mizo's boys.

And someone who combines fight skills with unquestioned loyalty; someone who is capable of even entrusting his life to Takemichi just because he respects him is none other than Inupi.

Another thing to note is that Inupi does not have a vice-captain. I think it is quite obvious why: that place symbolically belongs to Koko. Inupi still appreciates him, he misses him somehow; he knows that Koko is not happy, and he also kinda blames himself for never bringing him back from Tenjiku and now Kanto Manji Kai. Maybe later that place could be filled with Wakasa, Benkei, Takeomi or even Taiju.

In addition, the few panels where he appears are very significant. We finally see him smile sincerely and wear the ToMan uniform with pride; this is in complete contrast to his first appearance: wearing the Black Dragons uniform, acting aggressive and even willing to attack a girl with a knife.

2ND DIVISION

ToMan's 2nd division was the elite guard, and no one better to command it than Mitsuya, the mediator. If the 1st division was full of loyal individuals, the 2nd seems to be made up of those pacifists who will look for any spoken and logical solution before the physical fight; but that also will not hesitate to use violence if they have to protect the people they love.

One thing to note: Mitsuya's and Hakkai's hairstyles pay homage to Draken's.

3RD DIVISION

As Baji said before dying, the captain of the 3rd division will always be ToMan's flag bearer: Pah Chin. And as vice-captain, his faithful friend Peh Yan, because as Mikey said, without Peh there is no Pah.

Fun fact: Peh and Pah make the same mistake (attempting to stab someone in revenge) and both carried the ToMan banner at some point in the story (Pah in their youth and Peh in the Tenjiku Battle).

4TH DIVISION

In the fourth division are the Kawata twins again as Captain and Vice-Captain. Personally, I think we will now see them fight against the Haitani brothers. Just think about it: The Kawata twins say they don't fight to win, the Haitani brothers say the only thing that matters is the results. BTW: At the end, Souya is crying at Takemichi’s words.

5TH DIVISION

And finally, and I think we were all surprised, the princess of Brahaman, Senju as the captain of the 5th division. Oh my God, I do have a lot to say about this.

First of all, and the most obvious: Senju is the captain of the 5th division, where her brother was vice-captain. Interestingly, Senju doesn't have a vice-captain yet, as at Inui's case, I think that place is symbolically Sanzu's. Senju is going to fight to bring her brother back.

And next, her outfit. More than fanservice or wanting to show off Senju's breasts, I think it's a pretty wise choice: 

Senju's character arc isn't over yet, but IT HAS A LOT a lot to do with HIDING THINGS. 

Senju hid the truth about Mikey's plane, hid her real last name, hid the fact that she was a girl for a long time, and even mentions in the middle of the fight against South that she hid all her strength, all her potential so that Takeomi wouldn't went the wrong way. But this time it's different: Senju looks incredibly confident, she is willing to save her brother, she doesn't have to hide anything anymore. She has her face up, her hair tied up; she is not afraid to show everyone that she is a woman.

If you read this far I love you. Let's look forward to chapter 243 together <3