#i actually don’t hate azure

[fluffypotatey]

also. azure lion

to be specific, the phishing emails would pertain to swk and they would be about how to woo and crush your ex-friend/monkey whom you used as a weapon

[chryzuree]

chrysi and castor should be frenemies after he’s experienced some villain erosion / he’s kinda gotten over her a bit. he tells her he’s dating a new girl and she jst goes “honestly i was kinda hoping you’d die old and sad and alone, but like, guess i’m happy for you!!” you are being MEAN

[thatguythatdrawsalot]

Weiss - Atlas Design Critique.

Wow, I’m back to do two things useful with my RWBY Archives, talk about Weiss’ canon look in Atlas, and redesign her. I’m gonna talk about her actual look first, as the character notes on her dedicated page made me… hate the look much more. It was already in my top ten least favorite designs in RWBY but NOW it’s in the top five. RWBY Archives

I’ve been wanting to know why they thought it was a great idea for Weiss to wear a restricting-looking dress in the North Pole. Why does she choose to look like a wealthy princess when she is no longer tied to money or her family? The book gave me an answer I was not expecting… they just wanted to make her look like a wizard. I HATE IT. It’s bad enough that Weiss just summons, but this has to be some animation trick. They didn’t want to animate Weiss fighting like a ballerina anymore, so it was best she stuck to just summoning and only uses Myrenaster as a glorified wand. You might as well dress Weiss in whatever way you want cause all she does is stand and point… and whenever she does try to fight it looks janky as hell.

No way did they think Weiss could fight in a dress, Maria and Cinder could, but no way can I see Weiss fight like THIS anymore. 

Hair

Now I don’t wanna disrespect the modeler cause I’ve seen their Artstation account. They modeled the Gods’ dragon forms, Winter, and Jaune! Models that look good! But the hair… they struggled and the backlash was hard cause they tweaked her hair again for Volume 8. I’m surprised they chose to change it when the people in charge should’ve changed it before Volume 7 even aired. It just tells me their standards are low and don’t give a crap about the product unless they need the fans to say something. The huge mass on top of her hair was so jarring I was convinced Weiss just took Blake’s chopped hair, dyed it, and applied it to hers. 

Primary Color - White?

Blake is wearing more white than her, The Ace Ops are wearing more white than her, and Jacques is wearing more white than her- Weiss’ colors are perfect if she was representing the color blue and her name was something like Azure. The tiny reds don’t make an impact, wouldn’t surprise me if people didn’t know there was red inside of the dress. The super blue for her puffy jacket can’t be found anywhere else to balance that color, and her whites are then covered by grays. It’s like too many colors, what else can I say other than SHOWING what they could’ve done in the choice of color placements.

Positives?

This is gonna sound like an odd positive but I think she looks downright gorgeous in Ever After. The whacky princess look standing next to the Red Prince was amazing. It made me wish Weiss was the ‘Red Queen’ for The Ever After, similar to how Neo was ‘The Mad Hatter’ and Jaune being ‘The White Rabbit.’ It really could’ve tied in well. 

Redesign

I miss redesigning a character; I kept in mind that White is primary, the tiara is no longer a staple to her design since she is no longer tied to wealth or even the heiress, and that her Volume 6 leggings and scarf stay intact. Why make accessories to protect her from the cold, but when she gets to a colder place she ditches them for a boob-window and bare legs that can make anyone freeze to death up in the north??? Side note; It’s not perfect, I’m not saying mine is better than the originals or anyone else’s this is just how I would’ve designed her or at least kept in mind to make a priority for the design. I also wanna say, yes, this outfit does look similar to another redesign of Weiss that someone else has made. I drew the design first before I went to Google to check if the look did look similar to someone else’s and I was like “Oops.” It wasn’t the intention, just coincidence. I didn’t steal.

Conclusion

It looks like the Atlas designs had a very huge backlash by just how BAD they were, as it now affects the girl's presumed Volume 10 looks in Vacuo, they have Weiss in white, ditched the chunky braid, and kept her in a presumed combat skirt than a restricting dress.  Either A.) The original character designer for team RWBY finally took constructive criticism to get the girls back to themselves B.) They no longer design the girls and Viz Media put in a new artist for the team or C.) Vacuo designs were much easier to make than Atlas.

These options can be wrong too these are just my little theories, end of the day we got a design for Weiss that just shouldn’t have made it into the show. A design that didn’t represent white, displays wealth when trying to distance herself from her family/company, a huge animation restriction, and overall one of the worst outfits I’ve seen put on Weiss Schnee.

But of course it’s just my opinion. If you love this design or hate the design, please share your opinion. I’d love to hear it! :D

[icekingofhope]

(Don’t worry I will give context on this image here) WARNING MENTION OF DARK TOPICS

I wanted to vent about shadowpeach shippers again cause like

I don’t think anyone understands how fucking toxic shadowpeach shippers are me and my friends met like really shitty ones and I seen how like they attack people who don’t even like shadowpeach

hell half of them literally mischaracterize azure to be a fucking assaulter!

how do I know this? i one time went to look up azure lion fanfics When season 4 came out cause he is one of my favorites and literally so many fanfics have him tagged as a assaulter or a stalker like

I’m sorry excuse the hell out of me?! and even when people who are actually from china go to talk about how like they are very uncomfortable with shadowpeach especially when smut is being made by the two of them shadowpeach fans literally send them hate and threats and shit!

and this one is basically a story time

One time as I was scrolling threw TikTok A person was like crying about how they fear of wukong and macaque being brothers (despite in canon they share the same dna) shadowpeach fans literally said how they would make a fucking au where they weren’t brothers or hell they would still fucking ship them EVEN IF IT WAS CONFRIMED DESPITE IT IS BEING CONFIRMED

and guess what? THE CREATOR OF THE FUCKING VIDEO AGREES WITH THEM

LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

like you don’t say that! Admitting that! Honestly it makes fear more Especially since the creators and macaques va repost shadowpeach shit

it makes me tired of being in this fandom I swear-

like I am at a point of taking a break cause of how toxic the lmk fans are people say they aren’t toxic and as a lmk fan they really are like

i could go all day writing a hour long rant about what makes me frustrated in this fandom but I don’t have the patience or want to deal with backlash

and I feel so embarrassed that lmk fans especially shadowpeach would literally gets so pissy when someone doesn’t ship what they ship

Anyways I’ll be off

please be safe out there everyone

[kedsandtubesocks]

erika i am so curious about baseball player gojo..... like.... omg 😳😳

Sel… I am going to chase after him with a baseball bat…

00: Foul Ball.

You run into the tallest man you’ve ever seen in your life at your favorite local coffee shop.

Literally, while moving to your usual seat this giant of a man, not paying attention on his phone, smacks right into you spilling both his and your hot drinks all over you.

It burns, thankfully not that much. Mainly embarrassment and annoyance burn you more. Frustratingly you try to dab away the mess with the pathetic wad of napkins the guy shoves at you.

“Look! Please let me pay for another drink and anything else you want!” Your mystery man

“No it’s fine.” You seethe trying to gather your dignity.

“Aw come on! Those pumpkin cheesecake muffins look pretty good! Don’t you want one?!” He cries almost desperate.

Turning up you’re about to snap at him when you finally get a very good look at your current enemy.

He’s tall with striking cloud white hair. Sleek modern sunglasses slide down his nose as azure pool eyes stay focused on you. And of course he’s absolutely gorgeous.

To save your sanity your eyes dart to the bakery display and spot those muffins he mentioned.

“…okay fine. But I also want a croissant.” You mutter.

He buys you two of each.

You’re also surprised at how adamantly he drags you to sit down at a table.

“We can break bread together over our temporary peace treaty.” He beams.

The man is annoying charming, like a song you find annoying but can’t help but still bop your head to.

He’s new in town, actually moved here all the way from Japan.

“That’s a long way from home.” You admire genuinely. “What brought you out here?”

“Work.” He says simply and with a shrug.

Your mystery man rapidly and eagerly jumps to ask about you, where you work, what you do.

It feels…like a pity conversation. As easy as it is talking to him, you know this is unfolding simply because he ran into you and is trying to just smooth things over.

“Look,” you sigh picking at your croissant. “We don’t have to do this.” You wearily wave your hand between the you and him. “The pathetic small talk and all that. I get it, accidents happen and I appreciate the apology muffin. But you can head out.”

“Don’t forget the ‘I’m a clumsy and unaware idiot’ croissant I got you.” He adds and your lips twitch.

“And come on. I’m not that boring to talk to am I?”

He isn’t and it annoys you even more.

“Besides, who says I maybe just wanna chat with the cute stranger I accidentally spilled various drinks on?” He smile wide at you and it’s dangerous.

He’s dangerous.

Mystery man vows to run into you again same time next week and he is true to his words. In his hands are more pastry treats and your drink order, because of course he remembered.

It’s then that you finally learn his name.

“Gojo, Satoru Gojo.” He introduces himself. “Though you can call me cute coffee guy.” He smoothly adds.

You refuse to call him that and he playfully cries.

Again, it shocks you how just easy it is talking to him. Conversation is casual and so effortless. Gojo eagerly listens to your recommendations about places to visit, restaurants to try out.

“As long as you go with me! I need my own cute tour guide unless I’ll get lost.” Gojo pleads.

You roll your eyes and hate how fast your heart beats at his words.

Then his phone goes off. Sighing Gojo answers it. You give him privacy by looking at your own phone. However, you can’t help but catch bits of the conversation. He talks about a photo shoot scheduled for the end of the week and how his agent will be making any adjustments to the time slot.

And it clicks. He’s a model. He’s definitely a model.

“Sorry, work being dumb.” Gojo apologizes as he hangs up.

“No worries.” You reassure him casually. You realize you never fully asked about his job last time.

“So, what do you do?” This time you make sure to.

Gojo’s wide sky eyes flicker to you as he takes a sip of his tea.

“Oh I’m a professional baseball player.”

He answers so casually while setting his drink down, like he just told you about the weather. For some reason you can’t help but laugh. Because model made sense, but a baseball player?

“What?!” Gojo cries playfully. “I’m serious look!”

Suddenly he grabs his phone again. He quickly types something on it and turns it to you.

What he did was Google himself. Because of course he did. Low and behold, you discover he is indeed not a model.

Instead, you see his broad shoulders, his tall frame, looking infuriatingly gorgeous in a uniform -

And you learn that your mystery coffee man, Satoru Gojo, is in fact a very real and actually very famous professional baseball player.

[berrypass-de-murdler]

57. Sing a Hymn of Horror

HAVE A LITTER OF LOGICOS!!!

I am severely running out of intro pics until a new character shows up

DON'T READ THE EPISODES UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK!!

Mango slams the doors of his church in rage. Then someone immediately drops dead. He opens the doors again.

MANGO: A-Actually, maybe, you could… *ahem*

Logico doesn’t have a choice, it’s his job. Duh. Who could have done THIS murder? The ones who work in the church, obviously. Azure and Brownstone! And Deacon Verdigris. Was she even a character before this? I genuinely don’t remember. [she was lmao]

Mango claims he was outside when the murder happened, so it couldn’t have been him. Even though Logico SAW RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM that that is not even vaguely true.

VERDIGRIS: I don’t want to become my mother. I don’t want to become my mother. LOGICO: Wh- VERDIGRIS: HISSS

Brownstone fondles his new yarn. He stole it from Copper.

COPPER: WHY IS EVERYONE STEALING MY GODDAMN KNITTING STUFF??

Logico sits on a bench. He closes his eye and takes three deep breaths. He imagines the astral plane. So… beautiful, I guess? He tries to do what Irratino would do - traverse between worlds. He takes a step into the stardust. Turns out he was stepping into nothing, and in reality he finds himself ‘lodged’ (get it) into a vestibule. 

Brownstone's ‘religion’ (aka cult) made him complete the murder because the victim ‘committed horrible crimes’ like ‘not believing in Xarelph, the Underlord’. During this point in time, Mango is getting drunk because ‘a ghost is telling him to’. Logico does not care and wants to LEAVE. Both the church, and this wretched world.

The end!

I was just gonna make a couple murdlers in Gacha that I thought would fit, but I took something Raven said as a challenge and am now trying to make ALL OF THEM. With of course, varying results :D

Let me know if you want to see some C U R S E D (Fletch hates them lmao)

The power of Goat Lord compels you!

See you next time murdlers!

[meteor752]

Spent a whole week binging rwby because why not

Here are mah thoughts

Very interesting decision of the show to open on literally the best character, like I’ve heard of peaking early but come on

No but fr Roman is actually so special to me

I just finished volume nine and I broke down crying at his and Neo’s final moments

Thing is, I’m a person with daddy issues and my favorite family member is my uncle so like of course Qrow is second favorite guy

We love us a bisexual subby whore

Ozpin is number three so like guess what my favorite ship is

(Side note, My Own Worst Enemy by Elektric Angel is one of the best fics I have ever read and I cannot recommend it enough)

Why the fuck did this show start out with having one of the four main characters be racist?! What a bold choice

I hate Jaune so fucking much. If you like him, cool, but he’s one my most hated fictional characters ever, not just him but like what he represents

Tho it is worse with Neptune, who’s also like why tf are you here bruv

It’s very funny to have a borderline kinda racist character and a literal meme from 2014 be drafted into war

It took me five days to break and create ocs. They’re called Lemon Lime, Azure, Iris, and Koral. Team LAIK. Maybe I’ll talk about them more at some other point

Listen okay I know that animated shows like to have your hero be depressed in a whole arc, but like god Ruby was kinda grating in season 9.

Blake is kinda rolling with like, one personality trait, but ya know good on her for getting a cool gf

Yang is also the best out of the main four girls

So is Tai, Summer, and Raven’s relationship supposed to be a polycule? That must have been awkward for poor Qrow back in school

Why the fuck is everyone so mad at Ozpin all the time. Like boohoo, daddy didn’t tell you Santa isn’t real, get fucking over yourself Qrow you’re forty three

But fr what is the animosity about. I think Jelloapocalypse summarized it the best in his rwby video

Also did you know the top comment on there is from Technoblade? Check it out, it’s true. No idea he was a rwby fan, but like good for him

Season 6 episode “Alone in the woods” is the best episode by far. I really like when they do more unique stuff with the Grimm, other than just ‘monster’

That being said I’m always a sucker for a space whale

But the line from that episode, “No one was angry or sad or scared. No one was anything. And then, no one was left” is so powerful

Season nine is like fully a fever dream, but it helps with connecting to the main four again, so I like it

Also they need to stop introducing characters we don’t need any more it’s so cluttered

Why the fuck did the tree have Summer’s weapon? What the fuck was she doing there, frolicking in wonderland? Gurl…

I miss Oobleck. He hasn’t been around since like season 4, like what the hell man

What the fuck is Cinder and Emerald’s relationship supposed to be? Are they sisters? Friends? Is Emerald in love with her? Because she seems to be.

Emerald and Mercury are fully siblings tho. Also I love Mercury

Arthur’s monologue to Cinder was one of the best scenes in the show. I loved it, I’m sad he died

The character I relate the most to is little scorpion freak, because honestly dude saaaaaaame

God I want Salem to fuck me

The motivation of the villain being that they’re an immortal being, who wants the world to end because then they can die, is so fucking interesting and I’m surprised I don’t see more of it.

Do you guys think the only reason that Jaune was made leader of team JNPR was because they couldn’t think of a colour with those letters that started with P?

Do you think that’s how they choose all leaders?

How the fuck is Ren supposed to be a version of Mulan? Apart from him being Asian, there’s no correlation. Jesus Christ…

Him and Nora are very t4t tho. Very glad that they established boundaries about their relationship tho, like open communication is all I need

Why is Ambrosius kinda 💅

This isn’t related to rwby but there’s like a bird or smt screaming outside my window and it kinda sounds like a ghost girl and now I’m scared…

I feel like Salem and Ozpin’s relationship is very uncomfortable with Oscar stuck in the middle. Like why did they have to make him fourteen

Pupsicle!!!!

If I had a child in this universe I would absolutely name them something that starts with a vowel. Some of these team names are a fucking stretch, I mean SSSN?!

Another bold move by the creators is having the first few seasons villains be minorities fighting for Justice and equality. Like idk anything about these dudes, but it’s a little yikes

The fact that everyone in this world is an X-men and the show took four seasons to actually explain that is hilarious

Actually the show taking its time to explain anything is hilarious

Like, six seasons in and we find out the villain’s motivations. Hell four seasons in and we find out the villain

The first opening song was easily the best. Like I said, peaked early

The ship names of this fandom are fucking baller dude. Very creative

[froggydoddles]

Lmk season 5 ep-6 spoilers, live remarks

• Already the Celestial Realm is going after the wrong people, how about this newly appointed Jade Emperor Li Jing, instead of having a massive hate boner towards Monkey King, how about you investigate who actually let Azure out of the Scroll you piece of shit.

• Oh no already the show has made it a point to mention destiny at least a dozen times. LBD you son of a bitch if Mk thinks it’s his destiny to die I will revive you from the dead a kill you myself.

• Tang has officially taking the roll of Tripitaka this season and I love it.

• The skrunkly drawings this season are even better than before, I love it!

• Uuuggghhh, Yin, Jin go away and don’t drag Tang into this. Also Tang keeps a baby Mk photo in his wallet, he’s Mk’s dad as well.

• NEZHA NO WAIT! I THOUGHT YOU WERE A GOOD GUY NOW! The gang is helping, don’t let your daddy issues get in the way of their plan.

• FUCK YOU LI JING!!!! YOU MOTHER FUCKER WHY DO YOU DO THESE THINGS!!! WUKONG DID NOTHING WRONG YOU BITCH STOP USING THE SPELL!!!

• YES NEZHA! HELP YOUR LITTLE/ BIG BROTHER OUT!!

• Not Mk checking on Wukong, stop my heart can’t take it, also Mei now is not the time for a Mei/Mk adventure, Mk go check on your big brother.

• The Great Cycle? As in the reincarnation cycle? Will the world reset if the pillars aren’t repaired in time? Oh no, if so then this is bad.

• I don’t like this! I don’t like that flash forward we keep seeing, Mk no don’t do it.

• LI JING YOU BASTARD STOP USING THE FUCKING SPELL!!!! MK NO NOT THE TOWER THINGY!!!

• Oh boy here comes the Squid Games, now that the gang are in the prison and looking for the last stone ( which seems to be the Jade Emperors powers) will we see Macaque again and if so what has he been up too, did he find something important?

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Oh gosh how am i gonna survive all this that last ep TOOK ME OUT and now THERE’S STILL AZURE TO TAKE CARE OF ITS INSANE HOW WELL THE CREW UTILIZES TEN MINUTE EPISODES I FEEL LIKE I WATCHED A WHOLE HALF SEASON SCREAMS

OKAYOKAY

PT 2 OF THE SPECIAL CALLED THE PLAN MAN OH THAT SOUNDS FUN AND CHILL LETS GO (lmk s4 special spoilers ahead)

OKAY HERE WE GO

SOBS LOUDLY LISTENING TO THE THEME SONG

I AM MENTALLY ILL Y’ALL

OKAY

OH HEY

OH HECK ANOTHER

ANOTHER FLASHBACK

OH MY GODS I WASN’T EXPECTING A WHOLE OTHER FLASHBACK

I THOUGHT IT WAS BROS SPARRING IN THE PRESENT BUT NO THIS IS

HECK OH MY GOSH

AZURE

YOU N ME

THE WAY

AZURE LOOKS

AT MONKEY KING

SUS PIECE OF CRAP

LOOKS AT HIM LIKE HE’S HIS HOPE FOR THE WORLD

HE IS JUST A TINY MONKEY AND HE’S USING HIM LIKE THAT

THAT’S INSANE

WUKONG REALLY SEEMS TO WANT TO IMPRESS AZURE AND BE A PART OF THAT AND AZURE FR SEES THAT AS A TOOL BUT THAT ITS OKAY THAT IT A TOOL WHAT AN INTERESTING AWFUL FELLA I HATE HIS BLUE FURRY FACE

ALL OF US :D

immediately looks for macaque THERE HE IS :D

NEW OUTFIT

HELP

HE SOUNDS LIKE AN ANGSTY TEENAGER

OKAY

THAT’S GREAT VIBES I’M WHEEZINGN;SLDFMAWOEF

WUKONG FR THE MOM FRIEND CONFIRMED? /J /J /J /J/ JJ

MACAQUE’S EXPRESSION PLEASE I’M CRYINGBDSF;LMW;EF

WOW HE’S

HE WASNT’ ALL FOR IT HUH

LOOK AT HIM

HECK DUDE

HECK DUDE

WHEN HE STARTS TO MAYBE SLOW DOWN A BIT

AZURE HYPES HIM RIGHT BACK UP

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

PEOPLE WILL NEVER LIVE IN FEAR

AND THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD

YOU KNOW THAT’S ROUGH

THIS VERSION OF MONKEY KING WAS MANIPULATED INTO THE DOING WHAT GOT HIM UNDER THE MOUNTAIN HUH, BUT WHILE THE OTHER PERSON NEVER ACTED LIEK THEY DID ANYTHIGN WRONG SO ALL HE COULD DO WAS BLAME HIMSELF MY GOSH

HOW DID THE CELESTIALS LET AZURE LIVE DUDE, HE LITERALLY IS AN EX CELESTIAL THAT MUTINIED AGAINST HEAVEN AND PUSHED PEOPLE INTO DOING SO, BUT BECAUSE MONKEY KING WAS AT THE HEAD HE GOT OFF WITH JUST THE SCROLL OR SOMETHING? THAT’S WILD

YA BIG SWEETIE

YOU ME AND THE BOYS

OH

OH WOW HELLO

THAT WAS HIS FLASHBACK

YOU KNOW ITS ACTUALLY SO INTERESTING HOW AZURE DOESN’T THINK HE’S DOING ANYTHING WRONG

THAT’S WILD

ITS

ITS SO INTERESTING

THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HIM  

ITS

ITS SO WHACK

WHAT IS THIS

I’M SO FASCINATED BY THE HECKING

SEEMS TO CARE SO MUCH??

BUT??

HE SUCKS??

SHAKES THIS BURNT PIECE OF MOLDY TOAST

FUNNY WHEN HE HAS EVERYHTING HE JUST KEEPS THINKING BACK TO WHEN  HE JUST HAD THE BROTHERHOOD AND WUKONG

WHAT A FUNKY CHARACTER THEY’VE MADE HERE HE’S SO WEIRD

I WANT TO PUT HIM UNDER A MICROSCOPE

OHHHHOHO WHATS THAT

GOT DISTRACTED AND THINGS STARTED TO FALL APPART AGAIN

YELLOW-TUSK FR LIKE BRO SO MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK

WOW I FORGOT ABOTU THAT CLEVAGE

WOW WHO DREW THAT LAST FRAME

THE DETAIL

DANG

ALSO WOW I’M WHEEZINGNLS;DMASDF

THEY FR

I’M FULLY PREPARED FOR THE BROTHERHOOD TO TURN AGAINST AZURE BECAUSE THEY SEE HIM TEARING HIMSELF APART Y’KNOW?

MAN

M A N

AZURE FEELS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH WUKONG WAS A BIG OL SACRIFICE HUH

SO INTERESTING

OWA

THEY BACK ON MOUNTAIN

SCREAAAMS

LOOOOOK

I’M WILL CRY

HELPGMLSDM

CHECKING OT MAKE SURE NO ONES THERE

THAT’S SO SILLY

HE’S BACK

WE GOT OUR MONKEY BACK

HELPGNLSKMDS

THE PENG STINKY LINES

EVERYBOIDY JUST HATES THAT GUY HUH THAT’S SO FUNNYGSDNFLWEMF

MONKEY CLASS IS IN SESSION I’M SMILING SO MUCH

SANDY

MY ABSOLUTELY BELOVED

AND PIGSY SO HECK

TANGS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS HELPGN;LSDKFMD

HE’S STILL HASNT’ CHANGEED

NEZHA SITTING LIKE THAT IS SO FUNNY

Its actually so good to have monkey king back fr i’m in tears

smARTIE KID IS IN ATTENDENCE

SOBS

LITTLE LOTUS PRINCE

WHEEZING;SFAEW

“I’m… I’m not gonna do that” no yeah Zuko vibes i’m just gonna say it i’m sure someone else already has but i’m HGL;SDFJA;OIWEFMAFD

he’s gotta be like a teenager in this

he just has the vibes

I adore them all so much you don’t understand

MK’S FFACE WHEN SANDY INVITES NEZHA OVER

WISE MASTERS I’M BEING TRAINED BY THIS SEAOSNHGLKSDJSD TANG BREAKING THE FORTH WALL PLEASELGMS;DOFWE

WISE MASTER

LET ME KNOW WHEN HE GETS HEREEBGL;DSFMABG;OAIWF

I

THE CRAYON

THE

HELPGMNLSDKMAWE

“I think you burst a stitch” whoever drew Nezha looks like they’re having so much fun

YOU’LL BE FINEBG;LSMAOWEF

You know they’re really leaning into making Nezha seem more like a teen in this ep actually his energy is just off the charts amazing

BIG IMORTAL BABYGL;SDFJASDF

DO YOU WANT ME TO THROW CRAYONS AT YOU

IS THIS THE BREAK FILLER EPISDOE? BECAUE I’M LAUGHING SM AND ENJOYING THIS LIKE CRAZY ITS WONDERFUL

ALL THE PICTURES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE SO GODO

THE BOX OF CRAYONS PLS

“THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT”

WHEEZING;LSDKFM

I LOVE HIM SM

OH RIGHT MONKEY MK

WE HAVEN’T REVISTED THAT HECK I WONDER IF HE’LL GO APE AGAIN

THEY?

PENG THEY/THEM PRONOUNS FR OH MY GODS HELLO?? OKAY THAT WAS DONE RIGHT I LOVE HOW CAUSAL IT WAS AND NOT A BIG DEAL BLESS YOU MONKIEI KID I’M ACTUALLY SO TIRED OF MEDIA MAKING IT A BIG INTRODUCTION DEAL EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAYS THEY’RE THEY/TEHM OR SOMEONE INTRODUCES THEM AS THEY THEM SO THIS IS SO FREAKING NICE BLESSSSS YOUUUU ALSO BEIGN THEY BUT BEING PART OF A BROTHER HOOD IT NTO BEING A BIG DEAL OR ANYTHING? AMAZING, 10/10 WE LOVE TO SEE IT I DON’T KNOW I JUST LOVE THAT SM

PENGS SUPER POWERFUL HELLO? COOL

HELPGN;LSDMA;OWEF

EVERYONE JUST

HATING ON PENG

I THOUGHT THEY WERE INTERESTING

CREW REALLY WENT

OH YEAH

THEY’LL HATE THIS ONE

AND DIDN’T WAIT FOR AN ANSWERGLKSMFAOWE

TOUGH SMART FASTER THAN HE LOOKS YELLOW-TUSK

OHHHH

I LOVE THAT ACTUALLY

WE’VE ALREADY GOT HINTS OF YELLOW-TUSK RECONSIDERING IT MIGHT TAKE LESS THAN YOU THINK

MAN ITS NICE

BUT HE’S NOT A MONSTER

WHY DID THAT GET OT ME

HELPGSL;KAEF

I

KAY

THIS

I NEED TO PROCESS LIEK THREE THINGS

NOTHING GETS UNDER HIS SKIN LIKE A MONKEY

HE BASICALLY JSUT “WE’RE GONNA ANNOY THE CRAP OUTTA THIS GUY MK AND ME”

ALSO WHATS WITH MACAQUE AND SMELLS THIS SEASON

LAST TIME IT WAS “interesting” AND NOW ITS “smells” I’MGBS;LDFKMWE

GONNA BE ON WUKONG LIKE A BAD SMELL

IS IT REVENGE HE WANTS? IS IT? I might be disappointed if its just revenge cause he doesn’t’ seem like he wants revenge so much as feels he needs Wukong out of the way and must  make that sacrifice yada yada, revenge feels basic for what seems like a complex character rn y’know? bUT HEY LIKE EITHER WAY THEY DO IT I’M GONNA END UP LOVING IT CAUSE THEY DO IT SO WELL SO HECK IT MY GUYS

FR CALLING HIM A STINKY MONKY EVERY FIVE SECONDS I’M CRYIMNGNSD;FLKMWE

HEY

I GOT THE CRAYON I DO THE SAYIN

THAT’S SO FUNNY PLS GJLKSDJFL;WA;F

I LOVE HIM

I ADORE HIM

HE’S EVERYUTHING TO ME

once again Nezha is so good he’s just sitting there grumpy like

ALSO THE VOICE OF REASON HE REALLY IS

I actually

You know what

getting emotional over how they’re all on board with whatever plan monkey king comes up with this time

like season 3 they had nothing but doubts but now they’re all ready to hear him out and listen and OH MY GODS GUY’S HE’S ACTUALLY TELILNG THEM THE PLAN

THEY’RE KEEPIGN CAHRACTER GROWTH I’M IN TEARS

THIS IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD? BLESS YOU MONKIE KID CREW ILY

THE BRAINSTORMING TOGETHER

OH BOY HERE COMES TEENAGE SARCASM

Y’all if Mk’s older than Nezha- CAUSE I CONSIDER MK TO BE LIKE 20 OR SOMETHING AND IF NEZHA’S A TEEN THAT WOULD MAKE ALL OF THIS OS FREAKING FUNNY

THAT

WHAT A CRAYON

WHAT A HIT

THERE’S THAT POSE AGAIN

I’M CRYINGBSD;FAMWE

THIS IS EBAUTIFUL

THE CRAYONS

NO SARCASM ALLOWED IN MONKEY KINGS CLASSROOM

ON TRAINING TIME?

LETS GOOOOOOO

WAIT THIS IS SO FUN??

HELLO???

PIGSY JUST YOINKED THAT MAN

HUG

OH WOW THEY’RE ACTUALLY

OH THAT’S BEAUTIFUL

LOOK AT THIS HYPE BATTLE

THIS IS SO NICE

OH ARMOR???

POWER UP

LOOK AT HIS PROUD EXPRESSION

FREE POWER UPS WITH ARMOR FOR FREE

LETS GOOOO

WHERE’S OUR COOL BATTLE ARMOR

AWW WHEN YOU’VE EARNED IT

WHEEZINGS;AFMAWEO

HELPGMNLSKFMEW

ITS THEIR WEAPONS

THATS SO FREAKIGN FUNNY

WHAT A NICE MONTOGUE

“so we all know i’m the greatest teacher in history”

“ughhhhh this guy” MACAQUE’S QUIET COMEMNTARY PLEASE;GSMKF

HEY

OKAY HURTFUL

PLEASEL;KMGSDF

HE’S NOT THAT BAD

LIKE HE SAYS JUST NEEDS SOME WORK

HE’S ACTUALLY PRETTY DECENT HIS EXPLAINING JUST NEEDS A LOT OF WORK

BUT ALSO ITS?? SO NICE?? HE’S COMFORTABLE SAYING HE’S GOTTA WORK ON THAT NOW?? ITS GORGEOUS I’M CRYING I LOVE HIM

MK TIMEEEE

I LOVE THAT

SHOWING HIM HE TRUSTS HIM AND LETTING HIM BE INVOLVED

NGL MONKEY KING AS A MENTOR REALLY IS SO GOOD

MEI LOOKS SO HAPPY FO RHIM LIKE YUP

CAUSE YOUR’E THE PLAN MAN MAN

AW

SUPPORTIVE DADSY

MK’S LITTLE BASHFUL SMILE

I ADORE

“I mean one of us could beat him, one of us specifically”

“NOPE NONE OF US AT ALL.” HELPT THAT’S SO FUNNYGHDSNFASMF

GET SCROLL

OH

SLAP EM BACK IN

HELPNL;SKMASDF

SO

JUST

SLAP EM BACK IN WHERE THEY GOT OUT OF

AND EVERYHTING WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL

.

Y’KNOW ASIDE FROM

NO JADE EMPEROR

HOW’S THAT GONNA WORK

HELPGLSDF

THE WAY MK DRAWS THEM ALL

MONKEY KING LIKE THAT

NEZHA LIKE AN OLD MAN

TANG GETTING A PIGGY BACK RIDE ON PIGSY G ET IT? CAUSE PIG?

SANDY CARRYING MACAQUE AND MACAQUE’S BLANK EXPRESSION I LOVE THIS

HELPGNSDF

MACAQUE ON TOP OF THE BLIMP

Mk’s doodles for how they win is actually

so good

always

they make me so happy

Nezha still looking like half deadNG;LAKWMFE

SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE ALL OVER IT SANDY

WELP LOOKS LIKE HE’S BUILDING ANOTHER BLIMP  HUH

THE WAY HE DRAWS AZURE

OH MY GODS WHO DREW THESE

I NEED TO HAND THEM ALL MY MORTAL POSSESSIONS FOR HOW THEY’RE DRAWING MACAQUE AND NEZHA I’M CRYING;DSAWE

HE’S FACEDOWN ON THE FLOOR

MACAQUE IS JUST STANDING THERE I’MGNMSLDFMD

LOOK AT HIM DRAW

“If you have to ask… you’re probably on team be”

HE’S SO ANNOYED ABOUT HTAT PLEASE;LKMGSF

PLS MONKEY KINGS’ APPLAUDING IN THE DOODLE, THINKS MK’S SO COOL AND EPIC, HE DOES MK I PROMISE YOU HE THINKS YOU[‘RE COOL YOU ARE COOL

THE DBK FAM ARE FRIENDS

I LOVE THAT SO MUCH

I LOVE THIS SHOW

WHOEVER DREW DBK I NEED THAT AS KEYCHAIN OR STICKER OR ANYTHING

SHHHLURP UP THE BAD GUYS

SO THEY CAN NEVER MAKE US FACE THEIR NIGHTMARES AGAIN

WHY DO THEY KEEP DRAWING HIM LIKE THAT’ PLEASE ITS SO CREEPYGSLF;

WE;’RE ALL GONAN DIENG;LSMF

THANKS TANG

AGAIN

NEZHA IS JUST

SITTING THER I’M WHEEZING

LOOK AT THE ROOM

I LOVE HOW MESSY IT IS ITS SO NICE

I LOVE THAT PIGSY’S ON THE FLOR HE LOOKS COMFY

THIS IS A SILLY PLANNING EPISODE I LOVE IT SM

Okay y’all can trash talk Peng all you want I actually adore them, they’re so dramatic, Macaque has chilled out and now we have this guy and i love them

I LOVE HOW THEY’RE

ITS JUST THE TWO OF THEM

AT A BIG OL BANQUET TABLE

PENG ILY

YOU’RE SO FUNKY

a little chaos might be good for the world

WHY DO I FEEL LIKE AZURE’S GONNA WALK IN AND BEAT UP YELLOW TUSK OR SOEMTHING

OR GO BACK INTO THE SHADOWS ANGRY

I DON’T KONW

I LOVE THAT YELLOW-TUSK KNOWS ITS NOT SUSTAINABLE

HECK DUDE

HE’S ACTUALLY HORRIFYING

HOLD UP THAT WAS CHILLING

COMES TO FIND THEM ALL HAPPY AND JUST

WOW HE’S NOT DOING SO HOT

also wow yeah that’s a lot of cleavage monkie kid why you’re killing me here i can’t take him seirouslyGN;LAMFAWE;NF

YEAH THOSE DUDES LOOK TERRIFIED

HE’S

STILL SMILING

PENG’S SWEATING

HE’S TRYING TO HYPE THEM

AND HE’S

NOT LOOKING GOOD

PENG TRYING TO

YELLOW TUSK IN TROUBLE

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

THREAT TIME

OH

OHHO

NOT THREAT

PENG

PENG HOW DID YOU KNOW THIS??

HOW OD YOU KNOW THIS??

OHHHHHH

OHHHHHHO

WAIT THIS IS LIKE

POWERFUL PERSON

IS DISTRACTED BY ONE PERSON

SO ITS NOT LIKE REVENGE ITS LIKE

NEED THEM GONE SO I CAN FOCUS

CAUSE IF NOT THEY’RE ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT

HOW INTERESTING

THEY’RE SO WEIRD

AZURE IS SO WEIRD

CACKLES

OKAY

WELL NOW I’M A LITTLE WORRIED FOR WUKONG

BUT

ITS NICE THEY CAN REALLY DISTRACT HIM NOW

ITS INTERESTING HOW YELLOW-TUSK WANTS TO CONFRONT IT AND PENG WANTS TO IGNROE IT, THIS IS LIKE DYSFUNCTIONAL TOXIC FMAILY ALMOST

(i’ve been watching too many therapy videos)

AHEM

ANYWAY

AZURE SURE IS A GUY

I HOPE WUKONG IS GONNA BE OKAY

HELPGPGLKSDMF

THEY GOT AMROUR FOR HTE LITTLE MONKEGSDNBF;ANFA;AWE

OH MY GODS

PIGSY

HE MADE THEM A SILLY LITTLE APRON

AND CARVED THE LITTLE MONKEY A WOODEN SPOON THATS SO HECKING CUTE YOU GUYS

ONE MONKEY APPRANTLY JUST LIKES HANGING WITH PIGSY IG

THAT’S SO NCIE

actually whoever drew pigsy there i would like to high five you you drew him so nice and shaped i adore

DRAMATIC MACAQUE

OH SANDY YOU’RE GONNA PASS OUT BLOWING THAT UP

s

scary? ;-;

nooooo

buddyyyyyy

YUP HE STILL HASNT’ ACCEPTED THAT PART OF HIMSELF THAT’S

YEAH

HECK DUDE

WHO DREW THAT

WHO DREW THE “IT’LL BE FINE” WHO MADE HIM SHAPED LIKE THAT I’M CRYNIGBDSF;LKMAO;EF WELL DONE IM CHOKIGNSD;FM

WHEN WE LOOK THIS GOOD AIN’T NOTHIGN GONNA BEAT US

HE IS

TRYING SO HARD

COME ON WUKONG U GOTTA TALK TO HIM

PLS DONT’ CALL UR MONKEY FROM SCARY MKKKKKKK WUKONG IS A MONKEEEYYY

;-;

u cant just

ignore this whole part of ur power cause it scares you |;A;/

PLSSSS

UH OH

LOOKS LIKE HE CAME TO THEM

MACAQUE INSTANTLY SHADOW TRAVELING EVERYBODY TO THEM

HOT DANG HE IS ON THE BALL

PIGSY AND DANG FALT ON THE GROUNDMGDFSFD

OH MY GOODNESS THAT IS GONNA MAKE SUCH A TRANSITION FOR AMVS HOLY CRAP I’M EYEING UP THAT BIT

OH BOY

MK BUDDY YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MONKEY UP TO SAVE YOUR MENTOR U H

WHAT A LINE ACTUALLY

I WILL TEST THE LIMITS OF SUN WUKONGS IMMORTALITY

THAT WAS

WHAT A LINE

HECKING

SCREAMS

OKAY

THAT WAS PRETTY CHILL ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

NOW WE GET TO THE AMV RICH ANIAMTION HUH?

THERE’S TWO MORE EPISODES AND THAT’S IT

THERE’S TWO MORE FULL EPISODES THAT MAKES ME SO WORRIED FOR WUKONG

I LOVE HOW THIS EPISODE ILLISTRAITED SO MUCH CHRACTER GROWTH AND POINTED OUT WHERE MK NEEDS MORE OF IT

SCREAMS

OKAY

I NEED TO GET MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE PEACE

KNOX OUT

[synthapostate]

WIP List

I'm going to keep doing this until my head explodes.

Resist Psychic Death - Possessed Newt.

The Tropes Nobody Asked For - A bodyswap AU. This would be complete if I could come up with a concluding paragraph to wrap things up.

I could be writing sweaty nerd sex like a normal person but no - Maybe if I changed the title I could wrap my head around this?

Heating Pad - A cat adopts Hermann.

Miserable, Lonely and Depressed (Pathetic) - The return of Cool Uncle Newt. (He’s not cool, he’s possessed.)

Vampire AU - I mean obviously I had to write a vampire AU at some point. (Comedy.)

Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb - Newt tries to solve capitalism. I don’t think this is even going anywhere, but I like the title too much to let it go.

Cold as Ice - Hurt/Comfort? Something. Contains no hurt/comfort and has nothing to do with cold or ice, but…it’s…something. A convergence of “whoever will take him” and (numbers) “will never betray me”. Hurt people hurt people, but survivors can be kind.

Newt’s Passion - A sex pollen fic. (No, it isn’t.) (Zom com.)

Other, Funnier Ghost Story - Vampires, full horror. Gore, angst, little bit of body horror. About 20k words so far.

Consent is Sexy - A team-building exercise leads to certain confessions that would not be made while sober.

Cold as Ice 2: Alaskan Boogaloo - Set in Vladivostok and it turned out to be about the Kaidonovskys.

The Worst Thing I Can Possibly Imagine - My genuine attempt to work through something, but then I thought of a punchline so now it’s a funny little shitpost.

Splash - A…feelings thing. The first tentative steps toward getting along.

Caffeine Blues - I swore I would never write a coffee shop au, but…One chapter to go? December is becoming a monster chapter that might have to split again.

Fields of Azure - Newt and Hermann are sent on an outdoorsy team-building retreat with some rangers (possibly by mistake) and both turn out to be full of surprises. Pure fluff.

Stop You Have Enough WIPs - Some silly fluff for these stressful times.

Shoes - Newt’s past catches up with him. Hermann is intrigued.

Groundhog Day - Hey man, these sci fi tropes exist for a reason.

Newt and Hermann Go On Six Dates - I write fluff now 😊💖

Hermann Gets Shot - It is so dangerous to start a fight in an elevator when one of the people you’re fighting has a gun.

Return to Sender - Newt leaves Hong Kong to work for Shao. Angst. Uhhhhh I used that title for something else. What’s another song about letters?

Find Me in the Drift - Some very disorganized ramblings that might be a sequel to Dinner With a Friend.

The Curse of Gottlieb Manor - In which I actually try to write horror on purpose, and give myself the most intense nightmares I’ve had in years. I’m toning it down for the actual story.

Painting the Kitchen - About finding a future after the apocalypse is averted.

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Jake Pentecost doesn’t trust Newt, decides to keep a close eye on him to guard Hermann’s back, and accidentally ends up with two new dads.

A Kidnapping - Um…it’s a kidnapping.

Wake Up, Dr. Jones! - More trauma. Possibly too much trauma actually. Scrap this?

Space Opera - When the first kaiju comes through the breach, Newt fires off a plea for help into deep space. There can’t be just one alien race out there, right? Maybe some of them will be on our side.

Cherry Bomb - Apropos of nothing, Newt decides to bite the bullet and seduce Hermann.

Third Act Breakup - I hate romcoms. Let’s do this thing.

Sweet Siren Song - Newt is doing his biology thing in the Atlantic, Hermann is an inexperienced sailor who shouldn’t be out alone on a day like this, they both get caught in a storm, turns out mermaids are real. (Romance.) (Accidental horror.)

What’s Your Angle - Turns out mermaids are real. (Horror.) (Accidental romance?)

Etiquette and Protocol - Loosely based on a dream, the boys are forced to take an etiquette class because anger management isn’t working. (Protip: if you encourage me to add something to my list, I probably will.)

Am I Blue - In which Newt learns how far Hermann is willing to go to save him.

Mr. Cellophane - Post-war, they go their separate ways, but when Newt is involved in an unlikely lab accident, obviously his first thought is to go to Hermann for help.

Hanahaki - I never thought I would write a hanahaki fic, not because I hate the premise but simply because I had never heard of it until this year and it seemed too specific to intrude on. But when do I ever pass up the opportunity to gorge myself at the angst buffet? Still angst but I have entirely dropped the hanahaki premise.

Time is On My Side - I reuse the tag “Hermann Gottlieb bends all of time and space to his will for the man he loves,” whether it's applicable or not.

Chuck Punches Hermann in the Face - He was aiming for Newt.

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - In which Newt owns a space heater, and Hermann does not.

Marriage of Convenience - Lars Gottlieb has a scheme, Hermann will do anything to get out of it, Newt is an agent of chaos, fake dating ensues.

The Allegations - In which Hermann is not beating them.

Perspective - A very nice day. :) (Lie.)

Regency - In which I decide not to let all the meticulous research I've done go to waste. Apparently I'm writing a full regency romance novel, and it will be held to Harlequin's publication standards. (For historical accuracy. I already know I'm too gay for market.)

Alternate Universe - Hermann Gottlieb bends all of time and space to his will for the man he loves. Again.

Genie in a Bottle - I'm putting Hermann through too many shenanigans. It's only because he's my favorite.

Straight to Voicemail - An urban fantasy AU. Possibly horror. We'll see.

Spacewalk - In which the Shatterdome is a deep space colony ship, and I pay homage to my favorite sci fi author.

Search Party - Post-precursors recovery fic, in which Newt relearns that he is the good man Hermann says he is.

Hospital Whump (Take Two) - In which I will NOT get sidetracked by feels, and they WILL end up in the hospital, and there will be both hurt and comfort.

Hermann Holds a Baby - Too dark, might delete.

Blue Christmas - Because I love working on things that wouldn't make sense to post yet.

Dragonslayer - High fantasy AU. Obvious premise, but what the hell, dragons are cool.

[backtothestart02]

Will You Write to Me, Lucy Gray? - 4/? | snowbaird fanfiction

A/N: The letters begin.

...

Chapter 4 -

Coriolanus slumped back against his seat as District 12 disappeared into the distance. His heart already ached for Lucy Gray, that pleading look on her face when she’d begged to come with him. He couldn’t get it out of his head if he wanted to. At least he’d told her he loved her, even if she couldn’t hear it through the glass. At least that…

Rummaging through his bag, he pulled out a paper and pen and something hard to keep underneath it, so he could steady it. He wasn’t going to wait till he got to 2 to write her. He’d have to address the envelope to Sejanus and just trust that his friend would pass it along to Lucy Gray. It’d be too risky otherwise, even after he’d called to Lucy Gray in front of his commander telling her he’d write her.

Well, he wasn’t his commander anymore, so hopefully it wouldn’t be an issue.

He hoped Lucy Gray wasn’t punished for coming after him. He gulped. She was only a woman in love, desperately holding onto her lover for dear life. Hell, he was a man in love. He hated that they couldn’t be open about their relationship. He had to persuade Lucy Gray to come back to the capitol with him when this was all over. Maybe he could write Dr. Gaul about letting victors live wherever they wanted. Then he could return to the capitol as an officer and bring her with him.

Maybe, maybe…

But if she really wanted to stay in 12, he would stay with her. Even if they had to keep their secret for the next 20 years. He would do it for her. He’d promised. And he kept his promises to Lucy Gray.

Shaking off the worries about what two months from now could bring, he looked down at his sheet of paper and began to write.

Dear Lucy Gray,

…

A few days later, after one of Lucy Gray’s less cheerful shows, as people were filtering out of the Hob, Lucy Gray was stopped on the way to the backdoor by an eager Sejanus.

She frowned at first, not expecting a visit from him without Coriolanus Snow by his side. That was when she noticed the envelope in his hand, and the urgency on his face.

“Sejanus, is that…?”

“I-”

He started, but she snatched it out of his hand before he could say another word.

“He must be sending the letters to me to avoid suspicion,” he told her, as she started to read the letter, her heart swelling as she imagined the words being spoken in Coriolanus’s voice.

“I only read the first line,” Sejanus said, shifting on her feet. “Just until I knew it was for you and not me.”

“Uh-huh.” She kept reading.

“If you want to send him a letter back right away, I’ll be here at your show tomorrow night. Give it to me afterwards, and I’ll send it in my name. Any time I get a letter for you, I’ll try to intercept you at one of your shows.”

“Uh-huh.” She was so immersed in the letter that she hardly registered what Sejanus was saying. She bit down on her bottom lip and blushed a little as she reached a particularly juicy part.

“Lucy Gray.”

His fingers came down over the top of her letter to get her attention, and she frowned, pulling it away.

How dare his grimy hands touch my beautiful letter.

“Did you hear me?”

“I…Sort of…” Her frown melted away, as she realized he’d actually said something important. “Sorry, tell me again.”

“I said, write a letter to him between today and tomorrow, bring it to me after your show tomorrow night, and I’ll send it out to him the next day. But don’t bring an addressed envelope. It has to be in my handwriting, and I only know his station anyways, so it’ll work best that way.”

“Right. Okay. Thank you, Sejanus. For everything.”

She hugged him quickly, then scurried out with the rest of the Covey.

She’d have to read the letter again from the beginning at home and treasure it all night before she wrote her return letter in the morning.

…

Barb Azure walked in on Lucy Gray the next morning, sleeping in an arm chair in the Covey home. She smiled fondly at her cousin when she noticed a piece of paper peeking out from under her hand where it lay over her heart.

Curious, Barb Azure tugged at the letter, only intending to read part of it, but Lucy Gray was possessive even in her sleep, and she felt it being pulled away. She moaned and then opened one eye, suspicious.

“What are you doing?”

Barb Azure flushed, ashamed of herself.

“I was just curious.” She sat across from her in another armchair. “Is that a letter?”

Lucy Gray opened both eyes and sat up in her chair, yawning briefly, then nodded.

“Who’s it from?” Barb Azure folded her hands in her lap and waited in anticipation.

“Coriolanus.”

She frowned, wondering why Coriolanus would be sending her cousin letters when he could just come see her at her show that evening. Then it dawned on her faintly that she hadn’t seen him in the audience the past couple nights.

“Did he go back to the capitol?”

Lucy Gray froze, horrified at that possibility, but she knew it wasn’t true. He’d never go back to the capitol without telling her at the very least.

She shook her head, clutching the letter tighter to her chest.

“No. They sent him to 2 for officer training.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry, Lucy Gray.”

She looked down, the reminder that he was so far from her coming back to taunt her.

“You’ve decided to write letters though? That’s very romantic.”

She looked up, that sentiment making her feel better.

“Yes. I’m going to write him one of my own and deliver it to Sejanus tonight. We’re exchanging through him to avoid arousing suspicion.”

“Good idea.” Barb Azure hesitated. “Would you mind reading me a little?”

Lucy Gray’s eyes widened.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to. I understand it’s personal. I’ve just…never read a love letter before,” she said shyly.

Her gut reaction was no, absolutely not. It’s mine, mine, mine, not yours, mine.

But then she remembered how close she and her cousin were, and how the first few lines were practically harmless to read aloud.

So, she cleared her throat and said, “Sure. Just a little though.”

“Of course.”

Barb Azure leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, preparing to immerse herself in Coriolanus’s words.

“Dear Lucy Gray,” Lucy Gray began. “My heart aches for you already.”

Barb Azure let out a romantic sigh, and Lucy Gray blushed.

“I know how badly you wanted to come with me, and I wish I could’ve taken you. I wish more than anything to feel your heartbeat against mine as I hold you to my chest. I wish I could’ve whisked us away from Panem all together to some romantic paradise where it was just the two of us and no one else.”

She licked her lips.

“Oh, I wish that for you too, Lucy Gray,” Barb Azure let slip out, looking at her now sadly.

Lucy Gray looked down at the letter and held in her tears so the ink wouldn’t smear.

“The road to 2 is long. It feels like it’s taking forever, like every second I’m away from you, the train knows I don’t want to be going, so it slows down even further. It feels somehow like I’ll never reach 2, and I’ll be stuck in this limbo, this torturous place of not being with you but not being where I’m called to be either forever. I wish it didn’t have to be this way. A higher wage and better status is not worth being away from you like this. Not in a million years. I love you, Lucy Gray. So much.”

Barb Azure’s hand flew over her heart.

“That peacekeeper really does love you, honey.”

Lucy Gray looked up.

“And I love him.”

Barb Azure smiled faintly.

“I’ll let you read the rest on your own. Thank you, cousin.”

She pressed a kiss to her forehead as she made her way out of the room and started preparing breakfast.

Alone again, Lucy Gray continued reading in her head.

‘My body aches for you, especially. Maybe even more than my heart. When I saw you at the train station, a crying mess, all I wanted to do was hold you in my arms and then take you behind the train and have my way with you. Your touch is so soft, so exquisite, and when I fill you up and feel you tight and wrapped around me, I feel like I’ve come home.

‘It’s going to be hell having to go without that for months maybe. Makes me wish I could’ve smuggled you along with me on this god forsaken train to nowhere if only so I could surrender my body to you over and over until I could barely think straight, barely breathe.

‘It’s wrong of me to want you to suffer too, but I don’t want to be in this alone. I can’t be. Please tell me you’re missing my body as much as I’m missing yours. My pants tighten even as I write this, imagining all the ways we could be driving each other crazy in bed if we weren’t so many miles away.

‘I love you. I love you. I love you. I love your body, and I love your soul, and I desperately await your first letter. Please write to me, Lucy Gray. Will you? I can’t stand not hearing from you. My heart cries out to you. I am yours, always and forever.

‘Coriolanus’

Lucy Gray held the letter to her chest again, her heart beating a million miles a minute.

Of course she would write to him.

How could she not?

[nekonotsuki]

Hello Everyone! I would like to post the first chapter of my short series (potential book, if gets succesful). I hope you all will like it!

(Un)Fortunate

Chapter 1: Unexpected luck

A day like none other for most, yet a terrifying experience for Fuyona. Who was born to a courtesan, and raised in the entertainment district. Sadly she has hit the unlucky age when she can meet customers (15). While only on a low rank, so she only has to have tea, talk and atmost play games with the visitors, she is still terrified. She is getting herself ready, tying her obi, doing her makeup up and hair.

<Uhhh.. I hate my life.. at least I won’t attract many people..>

She thought, as she was rather scrawny. She had dark blue hair, tied up in a bun, held by a pink band and light blue eyes, and so she did her best with lipstick and face paint. She wore a light pink kimono, like most low ranked courtesans from the brothel.

=”It’s going to be your first day isn’t it?”

Asked an older, and higher ranked lady. She had a tall, slim, and curvy figure, pale skin, light crimson hair, and faint pink eyes.

-”Ooh big-sis Natsu...” her tone and face both sour “..yes it is” (They are not actual sisters, just really close)

=”Aww.. you poor thing, you must be scared..”

-”I uh.. am.. but I only have to talk and drink tea with them.. so it’s not the end of the world..”

Natsu chuckles a bit, and hugs her really tightly. =”Yes it is.. you know not all of them are bad, some are, but not all. Maybe you’ll get lucky and he’ll be nice, or super lucky, and you’ll both fall in love!

<She really is a hopeless romantic.. isn’t she?..> Fuyona does not think that she has that type of luck, or really any at all.

-”I really doubt that would happen..”

=”Ooh, but you never know!”

○●○●○

A samurai, from the bottom of the barrel, visits the Entertainment District for the first time. He says all different types of people; poor people in the alleys, rich men who came here for their reasons, and unfortunate poor girls, to whom gave the worst card, working as oirans.

<Aah.. I feel so pathetic coming here.. I’m such a loser.. like everyone said..>

His name was Kai. He was not particularly strong-looking, nor confident, but at the very least he was decent looking. He was tall, with brown hair, styled like the latest warrior fashion (tied in a “man bun” at the back, and left loose everywhere else), and orange eyes. He wore a plain black kimono, with an orange belt. He walked towards the place, and entered.

-”Uhm.. excuse me.. I would like to uh..”

The old woman at the counter from a single glance could tell this was his first time at a place like this.

=”Don’t stutter boy, would you like some company?”

-”uhm yes..”

=”Well I’ve just the lady for a first timer like you! Take a seat over there would ya’?”

She said with a chuckle, and pointed to a tea table.

Kai nodded and sat down.

<This is ridiculous. What am I even doing?> He thought. But his mind quickly went blank, when he saw the lady in question. His eyes widened and his cheeks started to feel warm, as he saw the beautiful girl walk towards that very table. Her hair, deep blue as the ocean, her eyes light azure, her skin pale, her face was the prettiest he has ever seen. Although admittedly he hasn’t seen many. She then spoke her voice was soft, and enchanting.

-”Good day sir! Will you let me accompany you?”

Fuyona tried to hide her nervousness, fears, and disgust as much as possible.

=”Y..yes, please take a seat..”

He was completely mesmerized by her. She sat down.

<Ugh..I hope he won’t do anything weird.. huh? Why is he blushing? Weirdo.>

-”A..are you alright sir?”

=”Y..yes and uhm.. please just call me Kai.. I’m not fit to be called ‘sir’ whatsoever..”

-”Alright then.. s- Kai..”

=”Would you tell me your name?”

<He is weird..but at least not egotistical.>

-”Mhm my name is Fuyona .. would you care for some tea? She said and reached out to the kettle on the table.

=”L..let me pour you.. p..please”

Fuyona thought that this was weird, but reluctantly nodded.

<He is weird.. is he trying to be nice or something… his cheeks are so red.. they probably burn like the sun..Maybe it’s his first visit to a place like this..>

While she was busy thinking over the details, Kai poured out tea for both of them.

=”H..here you go..” He gently handed her a cup.

-”T..thank you..” She thought this man was peculiar, but something about his awkwardness was making her nerves ease ever so slightly.

=”D..don’t thank me..”

-”Is this your first time coming to a place like this?”

<She saw right through me! Am I this obvious?>

He looked down, ashamed of himself for coming here.

=”Y..yes.. and I’m sorry..”

-”Huh? What are you sorry for?”

<He looks so ashamed… maybe he is not as bad I originally thought..>

=”I..uh.. I know.. this is not right.. and I merely just wanted to talk to someone..”

-”T..talk to someone? Like therapy or something?”

=”N..no.. uh.. well maybe kind of.. I’m just..” He pauses, not wanting to just vent his troubles to someone, who most likely had it worse. “P..please tell me about yourself..”

Fuyona was taken off guard by this.

-”A..about myself?.. w..why?”

=”Isn’t that how you have a conversation..”

-”I’m a courtesan, not your neighbor..”

=”R..right I’m sorry.. your life must have been tough..”

She was touched by his empathy, but didn’t show it.

-”It’s okay..”

=”I’m sorry.. if I’m insensitive but do you perhaps have hobbies? Or things to do when you don’t h..have t..to..”

-”I don’t have to do that.. yet.. I’ve just started.. well with you..”

=”Ooh.. uh.. I’m your first client.. well I uh.. hope I’m making a decent impression then..” Kai chuckles awkwardly. In turn, Fuyona chuckles at him.

-”A..actually.. yes.. you are not as bad as I have imagined this to be.. but you are really awkward!”

=”I’m uh.. sorry..”

-”It’s okay.. actually it’s rather cute..” She meant it, mostly, sarcastically, but Kai took it literally.

=”C..cute?..”

-”I like to read, and play board games, I’m very good at chess!”

=”Y..you l..like to play c..chess? ”

-”Indeed..”

=”Uh.. well I’m pretty bad at it.. but I would love to play with you one time..”

Kai’s blush became redder. To which, Fuyona just chuckled.

-”Well, I’m up for a challenge..”

=”I see um..”

She kept chuckling, as he stumbled on his words.

-”You are a little awkward, Kai.”

He nodded.

=”W..well I’m just not used to talking to girls..”

Hearing this Fuyona stopped giggling.

-”I see.. I’m sorry for laughing at you.”

This caught Kai off guard, all he ever heard was ridicule, and humiliation from others.

=”N..no it’s okay.. I’m used to it.. by now..”

-”T..that’s not okay..”

=“Y..you think so?”

<This guy.. Did he just come here just to have a decent conversation with someone? Poor thing.. not that I care all that much.. I just have to keep up my act.. such a pain.>

-”Yes I think so! It’s not okay to be used to people hurting your feelings!”

<Why am I even saying this to him… my words don’t really mean anything..> It seems her words did indeed mean something to him as, for the first time in a long while, he smiled.

=”T..thank you! I’ve n.. never had anyone tell me things like this..”

-”I’m sorry..”

<What am I doing, she must’ve had it even worse, yet I am the one venting my feelings? Get it together Kai, you dumbass!>

=”N..no I’m sure.. you have had it worse.. especially to end up in a place like this..”

-”uhh..”

=”I d..don’t want to be insensitive, but.. would you mind telling me, what a fragile lady like you is doing here?..”

-”T..that’s a long story.. and one I would not want to tell to anyone.”

=”I uh see, I apologize for even asking.. but still, if you ever wish to talk about it..”

-”Are you implying you will be coming here more often?” Fuyona smiled teasingly.

=”I have a chess match to play..”

She giggled at his response.

-”I noticed, you are dressed like a samurai. I suppose you are one?”

Kai nods as a response.

-”Well, would you be fine if I ask you a few questions?”

=”Sure.. I would be happy to answer them, but I’m not exactly the best one on the land..”

Fuyona chuckles at the last part.

-”That’s alright, how many battles have you been in?”

=”A few.. but I just get some basic assignments..”

-”I see.. and have you fought a yokai? I hear some samurai have fought them.”

=”I think those are just some rumors.. I have never seen one in my life!”

He is not exactly a big shot though.

-”Ooh.. I guess it might really just be rumors then.”

They both enjoyed talking with each other, however, sadly their time came to an end soon.

=”uhm.. it was nice t..talking with you..”

-”I hope I could convince you to come another time..” She said and bowed, it is a thing they say in this profession. She didn’t quite mean it, but he was better than what she expected.

They go their separate ways.

<This was not that bad.. he was rather decent…> Fuyona thinks, as she goes towards her room.

○●○●○

Kai walks away with a smile.

<Maybe, no definitely this was worth it!>

Chapter 1: End

I would like to thank you for reading it! Pls tell me what you thought.

Special thanks to @mitsurisgirlfriend, for helping me with minor things, and for being an overall amazing person!

[ask-gimmiventures]

Would either of you like to join a guild?

“Geeze been a while since I laughed like that,” Gleam grinned at the camera, “What a joke! None of us would join one of those two bit gigs and they sure as hell make it known they don’t want us”

“Azure hates people, Jay is too much of a wuss, Blanc is way too quiet, and I ain’t got those fancy smancy moral compasses they want you to have,” Gleam counted the reasons off her paw. “While I do miss the excitement of the old days I ain’t gonna suck up to them to have fun again. Naw I’ll leave that nonsense to Crowley he’s bout the only one who’d actually want to help other people.”

Gleams grin seems to drip a moment as she glances to the side, “but heh we’ll see how much longer that lasts! You can only be kicked so much before you give up… sooner or later he’s gonna give up if this shit keeps going. And you can bet it’s gonna be a hell of a fun time when he lets that anger out.”

[icekingofhope]

who is your favorite character from LMK? And your least favorite?

oh well I have many favorites of mine although my main favorite is the camel ridge trio (Peng tusk and azure) they are honestly not just my most favorite villains of lmk but in media

And what the season 4 special did to them was such bullshit but I already went in why I hate the special before

Cause like I can see their cause and actually rooted for them to win in season 4 I can see why they want to dethrone the jade emperor and why they wouldn’t let anyone stand in their way!

especially considering the times of ancient China cause let’s face it despite how beautiful and amazing the ancient times were…they were really problematic cause like slavery was a thing and normalized back then

and we also have problems in modern society with politics world hunger etc so it would make since why azure Peng and tusk would do the things they do and I can understand why they felt so betrayed by wukong cause imagine your leader who you haven’t seen in 500 years (assuming they didn’t even know he was sealed away under a mountain) and hearing about him again but he is working for a monk who was a celestial to get scriptures from India and your said brother had attacked not only demons but your old sworn brothers as well and even killed one (aka macaque)

I would honestly feel betrayed and angry myself yet I love how azure doesn’t hate wukong or hold grudges he literally was gonna keep him in the scroll till he killed the jade emperor then he would have released him and help him see reason

like I can talk about these three All damn day they are my absolute favorites of mine and they deserved a lot better then what the special did (and azure definitely did not deserve to be villainized and transformed into some type of tyrant and don’t say “well he had a lot of power so-“ my friend he was king before and from what I seen in jttw he was a great leader he literally calls his soldiers little wind cutters and don’t say they were always evil keep in mind it was wukong who attacked first they weren’t gotta hurt the monk or anything it just when wukong attacked they got pissed off cause it this)

and it makes me sad that people would hate these guys subjecting them to stereotypes that Peng is a asshole azure is a evil person and Yellowtusk…well who cares about him? Cause like all three of them are amazing characters in the show and book and mythology (even though it’s mostly Peng who is most of the mythology)

anyways for my least favorite…

it has to be either xiangliu or the mayor

unfortunately I could care less for xiangliu like I personally think he is a massive hypocrite and also batshit insane-

like he is not a monster he is just a psychopath cause who in their right mind literally starts the end of the world CAUSE OF FUCKING CHAOS?!

Now he may probably come back in next season I don’t know but right now I hate him

for the mayor….to me I don’t really also care much to me he is just the lady bone demons servant and it sucks cause like we don’t get to see why he is the way he is and why he fellows lady bone demon like a lapdog

and it feels weird at the end of the season 3 special he is nowhere to be seen i feel like if they expanded his lore more i may would have find him cool but like there is barely shit about him

(also I kinda hate his design it just looks so basic like I’m not asking for full details but make him not look like a business man with a bad haircut)

so yeah my main favorite is azure Peng and tusk and my least are either xiangliu and mayor

[sol-consort]

I am neck deep in seasonal allergy’s with a head that feels like a balloon and allergy meds that make me drowsy, so I’m assuming in my mildly delirious, barely awake state earlier I slapped together an ask that mixed up headcanon and actual canon and forgot about it 💀

Anyways, my HEADCANON is humans don’t really care for Asari as much as every other species (I don’t care what BioWare says I’ll fist fight them on this) because Asari tend to be manipulative, condescending, and infantilizing towards humans. Yeah, some humans don’t care and just was that azure, fair enough, get yourself dragged into a lifetime of debt trying to chase the first alien puss that showed a modicum of interest in you, but humans generally don’t really fuck with Asari because enough of us could see we were being played. (Not saying it’s ALL Asari, I’m just saying most of the characters who have been particularly weird™ to humans in game have been Asari)

But turians, salarians, krogan, quarians, literally everyone else in the galaxy is upfront with how they feel about humans. Love us or hate us or neutral, we know how they feel and we can work with upfront feelings better than the “fake friend mean girl” shit so many Asari seem to do.

damn which asari broke your heart

[foxgonyoom]

Season 4 spoilers for Lego Monkie Kid below

Keep in mind I haven’t watched episode 10 yet, as I’m saving that for when the English dub comes out. If my theory contradicts that episode, don’t tell me. I’m avoiding spoilers for it.

Also keep in mind that I’m taking this all from the visuals alone, since the episodes I’ll be talking about don’t have English dubs or subs yet, as far as I know.

Alright so here’s my train of thought:

In the Wood Wolf Star episode (the one with the pretty purple guy with constellation magic where Mei meets her ancestor the White Horse Dragon) the guy looks like he lost his lover

In the same episode, he tries to kill Mei’s ancestor with a knife, in what appears to be in a sort of ritual-like fashion

So, my guess is that he was going to sacrifice either Mei or her ancestor’s life so that he could revive his dead lover

Moving on ahead to later in the season, when the crew escapes the memory scroll, Wukong is still trapped inside.

This I gathered from the fact that they put emphasis on this one piece, the fact that MK tried to get it back, and the fact that when it accidentally got sliced in half, everyone looked shocked and sad.

So Wukong is dead, (the irony of which is astounding. Seriously heaven spent so much time and effort trying to kill this guy and the thing that does do him in is an accident between the people who care about him, oh my skies) and the Azure Lion seems very mad about it.

So my theory, is that somebody’s gonna get sacrificed so Wukong comes back to life, like in the Wood Wolf Star episode. Now this might not be correct, cause considering what I’ve seen of the Azure Lion, he doesn’t seem like the type to sacrifice a guy just to get this other guy back. (Especially a guy who he feels betrayed him, judging from the looks of that flashback sequence he showed MK).

If someone DOES get sacrificed (or rather if the Azure Lion does attempt to sacrifice someone, I doubt they’d actually let anyone die from something like that) it would probably be MK, considering how he’s Monkey King’s successor and has all his power and such.

That or he’d go after someone else to use, as a form of revenge against them (probably a celestial being like Nezha or one of the soldiers we see, he doesn’t seem to particularly like those guys after all)

This, or getting Wukong back is a simple task of supergluing the scroll piece back together with magic sky ooze from the celestial realm or something.

But yeah that’s my theory. Like it, hate it, overrate it, I just kinda put it here to have fun lol. If someone DOES almost get sacrificed that would be metal as all the underworld but even if they don’t I’ll be happy with whatever the writers give us.

If you reply to this post please try to avoid spoiling anything in the dialogue of the season or in episode 10, or mark it with a spoiler warning. Im saving discovering that stuff for when the English dubs/subs come out.

Thanks for listening! Have a nice everyday :3