#i miss them i honestly think they're so cute and neat

[theminecraftbee]

sigh okay this year i have actual mob vote opinions. disclaimer: my MAIN opinion is that if i see too much mob vote salt on my dash i'll just block the relevant terms again, and that all three mobs are adorable and i'd like any of them. however, my vague thoughts on them:

crab: i have inherent vault hunters-based crab grudges. the coconut crab appears in my nightmares. however, past that, the crab as an animal is fun, i like crabs alright. the fact it's shown crawling up trees sideways is neat. i'll say mangrove forests are ALREADY one of the loveliest, most alive-feeling biomes, so i don't know if they need an exclusive mob? but it's also realistic for the crab so i'll take it. when it comes to the crab claw itself... many questions. is it an off-hand item? or like create's extendo-reach thing? or what? how MUCH additional reach does it give you? even just two blocks can be wildly useful in my modded experience, but like, is it one or two blocks, or does it double your reach, or what? and does that reach extend to mining at all? the video says it's just block placing, which would make sense from a balance perspective, but does sort of hamstring the claw's usefulness if that's the case; if you misplace a block you're going to have to scaffold over there anyway. if it DOES include mining reach... oh boy, that's a whole new ballgame.

armadillo: cute! i like armadillos! seeing it curled up as a ball, i wonder if it has a block-like form like that? that sounds really fun! like a shulker, or something else you could stand on. (that is PURE speculation, nothing else to suggest that is shown in the video.) it being found in "warm biomes like the savannah" i like more than the mangrove-exclusive crab, especially since the savannah can feel a little sparse and lifeless. i wonder if it's in other warm biomes? as for its effect, it has the most straightforward one: when it gets scared it sheds its scute, and you can use that to make wolf armor. i like wolf armor! wolves have needed some way to make them more survivable for ages! it's not like, got potential to be a massive gamechanger or anything, but it doesn't have to, it's fun!

penguins: by FAR the cutest design. i love that they chose macaroni penguins, excellent choice. the fact they're native to stony shore biomes is also an excellent choice (and far better than choosing a snowy biome; more penguins live in places like the stony shore irl!). the stony shore having penguins also gives it a bit more of the life stony shorelines have irl. their secondary effect, though... honestly, "make boats go faster" doesn't really speak to me? i am enjoying imagining a world where this effect works while iceboating (prepare to rubberband ALL OVER THE PLACE), and i think it would be fun, it just personally compels me the least. which is a shame, because i think the penguins are ABSOLUTELY the cutest!

overall, i think i land towards the armadillo. i like that none of them really have any big, exciting, game changing feature, just nice-to-have. makes it feel less like we miss out on something huge when two of them lose, just miss out on something potentially cute. i still wish the old mob votes could still be added to the game and that the losers here would also be added to the game. i wouldn't be mad if any of these guys won honestly they're all cute and have mildly interesting effects.

and this will be the last time i discuss the mob vote, except maybe to reblog cute art.

[snellyfish]

Why is Angie your favourite character?

This is really funny I just got off call with Glownary and was talking about how much I don't miss Danganronpa discourse. Anyway I hope someone finds a way to get mad at me in this post!

((Admittedly I'd probably actually place Korekiyo above her because he ACTUALLY has a relevant and specified canon story,,, but, y'kno))

Plain and simple, she just has a handful of design and character tropes I super adore in characters! As a base, I'm usually not super into,,, well-adjusted, well-liked , reasonable, and rational characters. LMAO. They're fine but I live for exaggeration. I LOVE when they're little freaks and not watered down at all for the viewers sake/comfort, I love when they (both the writers and the written) just keep twisting the knife for no good reason other than the bit despite how unconventional it may be.

One could argue that her not being watered down and being as shitty to the other players as she is is a trauma response, or just a mentally ill person being mentally ill. It can be neat to think of her that way sometimes! It's of my opinion that almost all Danganronpa characters are super open-ended lore/personality-wise and we as fans are just making up canon as we go because it's FUCKING FUN, and, as such, all the ways that Angie can be interpreted is very interesting to me-- EVEN if that's seen as "the irredeemable annoying religion-force-feeding zealot antagonist." Which is, of course, an objectively awful way to view anyone REGARDLESS of media illiteracy, but, you know! I like weird freaks so this "flaw" they see is simply more food for me. Yippee!!

Whether I think she's canonically A) genuinely malicious and sadistic, B) traumatized from an abusive religious sect, C) honestly caring about the other players, and/or D) none/all of the above? I'll never tell! Oops all bangers!

Tropes I enjoy, whether or not I found myself enjoying them BECAUSE of Angie herself;;

Religion, especially if it's horrifying and...bad! (Most of my own characters deal heavily with religion and religious trauma, I think it's cool to play with, whether or not it's a fantasy religion like I think Angie's is)

CULTS! Cult behavior! Let's live in a commune!! (GUYS I LOVE MIDSOMMAR)

Dark skin / light hair contrast color combo goes hard!!!

+ The pansexual flag palette is literally my favorite color combo ever!!!!

Manipulative little shits!!!!!

Small scary women!!!!!!

Islander stuff, it's very nostalgic to me and I just have a deep love and appreciation for the beach and ocean!!!!!!!

Piercings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cutesy sunshine character who could and would stab you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDK HOW THIS WASN'T MY FIRST POINT!!!!!!!!!!

AND SHE'S JUST FUCKING SILLY!!!!!!!! SHE'S GENUINELY SO FUNNY AND CUTE ESPECIALLY IN HER INTERACTIONS WITH SHUICHI!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She was an IMMEDIATE favorite when I played V3 and when I found out that, like, everyone fucking HATED her and she's probably the least liked character in the entire class by the fans, my brain immediately went the contrarian route to find reasons to like her even MORE. I tend to do this a lot, but when it's a character I already enjoy, it's even worse, dude.

ummmmm obligatory Shinnaga mention sorry but I frequently tend to appreciate a character a lot more based on potential dynamics alone. Ships, romantic or not, have legitimately gotten me to enjoy characters I hated before, based on interesting interactions unique to them alone. So while Kiyo and Angie's (they're making out btw) ingame dynamic and dialogues aren't REALLY what my sick and twisted mind views them as, it's worth noting that my honest belief and interpretation of the two of them could even give me a sliver of that dynamic being possible .......... means she's fuckin slay ............ it means love wins..... It means Vote For Yonaga 2024

[dyinglikeastar]

Ghostbat: A Bruce Wayne/Minhkhoa Khan Ship Primer (part 1)

"I honestly can't think of anybody else he has that kind of relationship with—" Dick Grayson

Ghostmaker, or Minhkhoa Khan, was introduced in Batman Vol 3, issue 100. He is initially introduced as an antagonist or even possibly a new villain for Batman to go up against. At first he sounds like just another self-involved dude who thinks Batman is failing at protecting Gotham, so obviously he needs to come in and do the job for him. But Bruce gets all weird about it, as you do about exes.

But then Dick shows up and we find out that this guy is definitely Bruce's ex some mystery guy from Bruce's past.

He and B had been chasing some Gotham criminal who fled to Singapore and then Dick found himself watching awkwardly from the batplane while Bruce had some kind of jilted ex-lovers in the rain scene (not the first or only one) with some random guy Dick had never seen before and he was like, god this is awk.

Oh my god, the second hand awkwardness. Poor Dick. And then he ends up playing therapist for Bruce about it, because what else are Robins for, am I right?

So this was a pretty life changing moment because hold on, Bruce Wayne had a FRIEND? That he admitted he misses? That right there would be enough for me to build an entire ship around. But oh wait, there's more.

BUT FIRST, a little bit more about Minhkhoa though because this is not just a ship manifesto, but an ode to Minhkhoa Khan because I just think he's NEAT. That, and we already know more than we ever wanted to know about Bruce Wayne lbr.

Minhkhoa Khan

Minhkhoa Khan was the son of a Singaporean business owner. When he was a young child he witnessed his father being violently threatened into selling their company to the extremely wealthy Midas crime family.

It just so happens that it was around that time that Minkhoa's parents had already seemed to notice something was different about him. Using the terminology used in the comics, Minkhoa is a clinical psychopath.

But, according to him, his motivation for for fighting crime is that he sees it more like an art and that solving and stopping a crime is more of a challenge than being a criminal. However, even though he swears up and down those are his true motives, it appears that his parents being threatened and humiliated was the catalyst for him setting off and searching out training.

And this eventually leads to our meet-cute with Bruce in the mountains of North Korea where they are both training under Master Kirigi.

Awwwwwwwwwwww. Also at first, while they're training with Master Kirigi, they go by fake names. Bruce tells everyone his name is "Jack" and Minhkhoa goes by "Anton."

But damn, did that shit get gay af really quick.

They were BESTIES. But then Bruce is Bruce and gets all mad because Kirigi is teaching some LoA wannabes how to kill people and decides to peace out and Minhkhoa (not the first or only time) begs Bruce to take him with him.

Alas, Bruce is Bruce and is all, "No, how can I be motivated by constant pain and sufferring if I actually communicate and develop somewhat healthy relationships?" and runs away. BUT before he can get too far, he's attacked by those same wannabe assassins and oh look, it's your boyfriend bestie that you totally just bailed on coming to save your ass!

And so begins Bruce and Minhkhoa's (or Jack and Anton's) gay little crimefighters in training adventures. They first find themselves in Moscow looking for an ex-kgb agent to train them, but were caught and tortured for god knows how long. God, look at these idiots competing over who can withstand torture the longest, I'd die for them.

And then look at Bruce get all upset about it when they start torturing his boyf-bestie :)

But it turns out it was just a test and they did find who they were looking for, a woman named Avery Oblonsky. She tries to teach them spy things, like seduction and disguises etc, and I love how it's sort of explained that Minhkhoa would naturally excel at these sort of things, seeing as how mirroring people and creating false empathy is just part of his personality, and I love that Bruce was just massively struggling with that part of it. Teamwork makes the dream work, right?

Which leads us to the GAYEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN. Or at least the gayest panel I've ever seen that includes Bruce Wayne.

IS THAT NOT THE GAYEST SHIT YOU'VE EVER SEEN? ARE Y'ALL GONNA KISS OR WHAT, DAMN. Anyway!!! Avery says she's taught them all she can and sends them to Canada to be trained by the greatest marksman, Luka Jungo. Bruce has a whole fit because Luka makes him shoot icky guns and then Luka has a whole fit because when they went hunting, Minkhoa shot the deer in the wrong place and he's like welp, this obviously means you're a psycho serial killer and I have to put you down now AND BRUCE PULLS A FUCKIN' GUN ON THE MAN.

AND THEN HE FUCKIN' SHOOTS HIM!!!

Bruce Fucking Wayne! Known Gun Anti! Shot a motherfucker to save his boyfriiiiiiend omg. And then said boyfriend picked the gun up and k worded the guy and they have a whole lovers spat about it and a super metaphor-y gay breakup scene.

Literally, what in the heterosexual explanation.

So after THAT, they obviously split up, but then Minhkhoa is Minhkhoa and basically just stalks the poor guy across the globe. For instance, when Bruce tracks down the world's greatest knife thrower in Dublin to learn from him, Minhkhoa just randomly shows up and demands that Bruce homoerotically fight him over it and this guy is so valid.

Next they conveniently run into each other in the Gobi desert where Bruce is supposed to be meditating on grains of sand and Minhkhoa tries to demand another homoerotic sword fight, but this time is the anniversary of The Thing and Bruce is simply not in the mood.

But Minhkhoa Khan is nothing if not a king of consent! He doesn't keep nagging him, he just sticks his swords in the sand and cops a squat next to him and flirts in the only way either of them will ever understand and I think that's beautiful.

The next (and last) time they run into each other before current time is in Argentina. Minhkhoa has stalked him there too and he's realized that Bruce is finished with his training and is headed back to Gotham. He tells Bruce that he's not ready, that his emotions are going to get in the way of the mission and probably get him killed within the first six months. Then, he begs Bruce to play house join him in fighting crime.

Bruce says no and we have yet another break-up scene, in the rain, no less.

And that brings us up to current events. Minhkhoa gets wind of the Joker War apparently and shows up to tell Bruce what a shit job he's doing and how he can do it better, ends up tranq'ing Bruce, Harley, and a slightly homicidal teenage vigilante going by the name Clownhunter and locking them all in a room together in order to each Bruce a lesson. He says the kid's a killer and Bruce is irresponsible for letting him live, but uh, somehow everything works out all okay in the end I guess because this happens?

Bro? Introducing him to the FAMILY? Good lord he's down bad. Also I think Bruce might be having a slight mental breakdown, but it's all good because LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS.

God they're such dumb boys. And that almost brings us up to speed, stay tuned for ghostbat ship manifesto part 2: old married husbands shenanigans.

Part 2

[justmenoworries]

RotB spoilers

Wow. That sure was... a Transformers movie.

The Positives:

The human characters were amazing. I love Noah's relationship with his little brother, the Sonic and Tails thing made me squee both because I'm a Sonic nerd and because it was just so darn cute! Anthony Ramos does a great job of protraying both the comedic and the more serious sides of the character. I hope he gets big after this, I'd love to see him in more. Same for Dominique Fishback, who also did amazing as Elena. Elena is a gem of a character, I loved her genuine passion for history and how openminded and willing to help she is. Her relationship with the Autobots and the Maximals is so genuinely respectful on both sides and the way the movie makes it clear that the gang probably wouldn't get far without her knowledge - I'm just really happy that the first POC human companions in a Transformers movie were handled this well.

Mirage and Noah's odd friendship is wholesome and funny and one of the highpoints of the movie. Mirage in general is a pretty well-written comedic relief. He's quirky and does his own thing, but never to the point that it gets grating. I think a big part of his likability comes from Pete Davidson's performance, he gives this character such an inherent charisma and joy for life you can't help but warm up to him eventually. I found it pretty interesting that Noah and Mirage seem to be a sort of mirror to Bumblebee and Charlie, heck, their last scene together is literally Noah repairing Mirage to bring him back from a coma. Human-Transformer friendships are pretty hit or miss in these movies, but these two absolutely hit. Btw, we're definitely in for tons of ship-art after Mirage's "You were inside me!" - line and I, for one, cannot wait. Hot take, Noah and Mirage should have kissed.

The Transformers designs were awesome (for the most part, but we'll get to that)! They're very different from the old Bayverse designs, but not in a bad way at all. I think they're a perfect mix of the old traditional G1 but wth enough elements from more modern depictions that they can be seen as their own thing. I'm especially a fan of Arcee's new look, the visor that becomes her windshield in motorcycle-form is aneat touch.

It was cool to see less known Transformers get to be part of the maincast. Mirage is the obvious one, but we've also got Stratosphere, whom I honestly didn't think they'd ever bring back, but it was a nice surprise. I think it's an interesting decision to not have Bumblebee the one who bonds with a human, since in every mainline movie so far he was basically the bridge between humans and Autobots, as the only one with a permanent human companion. They even reference it. But I can get behind it, Bumblebee's kind of become infamous for hogging the limelight. Giving another Autobot a human friend allows someone else to shine for once.

The underlying commentary on instituional racism in both Elena's and Noah's stories was *chef's kiss*. The way Noah struggled to get a job, despite having all the qualities, but being dismissed at the first excuse hi would-be boss gets? Elena being obviously more qualified to be a curator than her boss, but being stuck as an intern who does all the actual work while the white woman gets all the credit for it? Real. Frustrating, but real.

Optimus being portrayed as more jaded and bitter and needing to relearn the meaning of Til All Are One was an intriguing direction to take the characcter in, I enjoyed it for the most part. Also ngl, I got a bit teary-eyed when Optimus pleaded with Noah not to destroy the Transwarp Key and that they could save both of their worlds without one needing to suffer. The paralells between Optimus and Noah were also neat. They're both soldiers who adopted a "Whatever it takes" mindset after countless instances of life just absolutely dumping on them and need to re-learn that sometimes, it's not just about you and your loved ones. You can't just dismiss the fate of others because they're not in your general orbit and working together so no one will have to sacrifice or be sacrificed will always be better than bulldozing through with a "Fuck you, got mine" attitude.

The movie gives the middle finger to the Ancient Aliens trope so fucking hard. Yes, the Maximals were on Earth for a long time and had contact with humans, nope, they're not responsible for stuff like the Nazca Lines or the pyramids, those were all still the humans. The Maximals only contributed their own artifacts to hide the Transwarp Key and even those are clearly distinct from humanity's ancient artifacts, absolutely no overlap. If anything, it's heavily implied the Maximals were imitating humanity when creating their artifacts and I think that's great.

The Negatives:

The story isn't really the movie's strong point. It's a standard Macguffin-hunt, ending with a world-ending threat. If you've seen even one movie with those plot-points before, you've seen this one. There's very little there in terms of fresh new takes or originality. The pacing's too fast to give much attention to the characters, who should have been the main focus, and the climax is a drag that takes about half an hour too long, has about three separate Darkest Hour moments and severely undermines two major characters (more on that later).

The secondary conflict about Noah wanting to destroy the Transwarp Key to protect Earth from Unicron and going behind both the Autobots' and the Maximals' backs is resolved way too quickly. I get why it is, going more in-depth with it would have taken time that the movie simply didn't have to spare, but I feel like that was a potentially enaging discussion that we've missed out on. It's one of the very few examples where a story portrays a gray conflict in a competent manner: You can't really blame Noah for not wanting Earth to be torn apart between all those factions of giant robots, one of whom has shown nothing but disdain for humanity and seems to care only about his own people. On the other end, you can understand why Optimus is so desperate and hyperfocused on using the key to return to Cybertron: There's still a war going on there, dozens of his friends are in the line of fire and he's been forced to sit the conflict out on Earth twiddling his thumbs, with no way to contact the other Autobots. Optimus' speech to Noah during Airazor's attack was good, I won't deny that, but I wish we could've seen other characters react to what Noah almost did. Would they be accepting like Optimus? Or would they feel angry and betrayed, especially Mirage? Speaking of Mirage, how would the fact that Noah almost took away his one hope of going back home affect their relationship? How would Noah defend himself? Or would he accept that what he did was understandable but not okay and try to apologize?

I'm sorry, the Mirage-armor was just silly. It looked silly too. Granted the movie did kind of foreshadow it with Noah's Mirage-glove, but a simple glove is leagues away from 'dismantling my entire body to give my bestie a mech-suit made out of me'. And no hate to the CGI artists, but they messed up big time on the armor. It's obvious Noah's face is photoshopped in there and the movements are just way too video game character-y.

I'm not sure how I feel about the G. I. Joe teaser. I've never watched the cartoon, but I am aware they've had a history of crossovers with Transformers. Still, this feels like another attempt at creating a cinematic universe a la Marvel and I'm really starting to get sick of those. Plus, are we supposed to just ignore that a government organization was spying on Noah the whole time, meddled with his family's medical business and is already looking to weaponize the Autobots for their own purposes through Noah's connection with them? I gotta say, that's a whole lotta yikes that we're just supposed to accept because the Joes are, allegedly, the Good Guys. And come to think of it, how come they only contacted Noah? How come Elena didn't get contacted as well? She was right there, they never would've been able to save the world without her contributions! But that transitions neatly into my next point.

This movie does it's female characters dirty. All of the main groups suffer from Smurfette Principle (each group has only one female character who is mostly relegated to sidekick or background role for the sake of the male characters). Like, the male-female ratio isn't balanced at all here. Two of the four main girls don't get to do anything but be there, more or less, one gets fridged and one gets shafted for the sake of her male companion. Airazor's death was an insult, I'm sorry, but it was. You're telling me that Scourge has the ability to corrupt and brainwash other Transformers and out of the dozens of characters he fights/comes close to over the course of the movie, the only one he uses that on is the sole female Maximal? Oh and just to add insult to injury: Bumblebee gets fatally stabbed in the first act, but gets magically revived during the climax through energon. Not Airazor though. She stays dead. I guess healing springs are boys only. Don't get me started on Elena. The movie spends so much time building her up as the Heart, the Brain to Noah's Brawn whose contributions are just as if not more important and then it screws her over in the climax by removing the one way for her to save the day so Noah and Optimus can do it instead. She literally gets dragged off the battlefield so the men can do the "real" fighting. Oh, and remember Airazor? The movie was teasing that Airazor could be to Elena what Mirage is to Noah, but not only does Airazor die, she attacks Elena beforehand and Elena is forced to witness Primal mercy-killing her. Fucking wow. Elena wasn't allowed to have anything in this movie. (Yes, it was nice to see her being credited with the discovery of the old underground city in Peru, but again: The fact that Noah was given major credit for helping save the world while she was more or less shoved into the background and ignored speaks volumes). You're probably wondering why I haven't said anything about Arcee and Nightbird yet. That's because there is nothing to say. They're barely characters in this movie. Arcee is flat as they come and Nightbird is just a villain who spouts eeevil one-liners. Thanks, I hate it.

We did not need a return of the Realistic Old Man robot designs. Stratosphere and Wheeljack look so deeply out of place next to the others. Why couldn't Wheeljack keep his design from Bumblebee (the movie) and just have it tweaked a bit to fit in on Earth? Seriously, were the "realistic" faces anyone's favorite part of the old Bayverse series? Optimus, Arcee's, Mirage's and Bumblebee's designs were already perfect. Just human enough to be readable, just otherworldly enough to be alien, why did we have to do Jackie and Strats like that???

I'm gonna say it: It was way too early to bring in Unicron as the Big Bad. In Transformers canon, Unicron is basically Thanos. You can allude to him, hint at him as a Greater Evil that's to come, but you do not bring in fucking Unicron as your Starter Villain! Imagine if in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1, Thanos just showed up at the midpoint, teamed up with Ronan and got beaten by the Guardians. That's this movie with Unicron and Scourge. You already had perfectly serviceable villains with Scourge's team, you didn't need to waste the planet-level threat like that! Unicron should have been this constant looming presence in the background, someone we regularly see Scourge interact with and him managing to cross over should be a Worst Case Scenario, not the actual climax. He should not have appeared in person! Because now that the bubble's burst, the tension is gone. We don't need to be afraid of Unicron anymore, because the heroes already beat him once and he has no way to return. And where do you go to escalate from a literally planet-sized Transformer god who eats other planets as fuel??? Where do you escalate from there?? What or who could be more of a threat than a god??? There's a reason Unicron was the Big Bad for a whole separate movie in G1. Now that you had him, every other threat will inevitably look like a step down in comparison. The Decepticons will look like a step down in comparison! Good job Jody Harold, I didn't think anyone could shoot themselves in the foot that badly, but you've proved me wrong quite expertly. Bravo!/s

The Autobots and Maximals feel so underdeveloped. It's been an unfortunate trend in live-action Transformers that the actual Transformers are more window-dressing than anything else ever since Transformers (2007) and sadly, that's very much the case in this movie. Apart from Optimus and, if we're being extremely generous, Mirage, none of the Autobots get anything resembling a character arc or good character moments. Same for the Maximals. The Terrorcons are just generic villains who are neither hammy nor cool enough to leave a lasting impression. There are hints of potential, with the implication that the Terrorcons are remnants of worlds destroyed by Unicron that Unicron brainwashed into his service, but we never really elaborate on that. They're really just goons for the heroes to get whooped by in the first act, so they can be triumphantly defeated in the third act. They had something going with the Optimus/Scourge rivalry and the potential Scourge/Primal rivalry, but none of it is executed in a way that feels narratively satisfying. Optimus gets his ass beat once and Bumblebee gets stabbed trying to help him and from then on Optimus kinda wants revenge until he doesn't. Primal's brother Apelinq dies to Scourge while holding the line so the Maximals can escape their planet, but that's literally only mentioned once and then Primal just forgets he was supposed to hold a grudge, I guess. Watching the movie, it's pretty obvious the Transformers were an afterthought, which really shouldn't be the case in a movie series that has their name in the title.

The action is extremely underwhelming. The fight choreography is kind of okay, but everything feels way too floaty and weightless. There's no 'oomph' behind any of the punches, kicks or any physical attacks. Same goes for the gunfights. The characters might as well be firing with pea-shooters for all the damage any projectile does in this movie. Airazor's fire-breath is the closest thing a weapon comes in this movie to being actually threatening, because she's allowed to do actual damage that isn't shrugged off. If there's anything to be said for the original Bayverse movies, it's that the fights were phenomenal. You could actually feel the characters were heavy, you could tell they were getting hurt. Nothing about this film's fight-scenes feels tense or engaging. Just a bunch of robots shooting blue pellets at one another and doing flips in-between. That's it. Bumblebee (2018) only had like three major fight-scenes and it still managed to outdo this one in terms of solid action. The big battle scene in the climax tries to feel grand and high-stakes, but it doesn't work because you don't care for most of these characters. Though I will admit, Primal kill-stealing from Optimus and Optimus being indignant about it was funny. Maybe I would have cared more if we'd had more interactions like that between the characters.

Conclusion:

This movie was mid in every way. Some characters stood out, most didn't. The story was nothing to write home about, the acting is solid for the most part but the action doesn't deliver and you constantly feel like there could have been more if the movie handled its time better.

4.5/10, Bumblebee (2018) did it better.

[runwayrunway]

No. 12 - Airbus A350F Default Livery

Another Paris Air Show bonus! Airbus has unveiled the default livery for their new freighter variant of their already-popular A350 wide-body airliner.

image: airbus

For those unaware, manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus tend to have "factory default" liveries used for demonstrations and the like. Generally they have different variants for different models, which can be as simple as a change of hue or as complex as a complete redesign.

This time around, Airbus held a design competition for their new freighter's default colors. So, hypothetically, this should be far more inspired than the average livery. Do I agree with their judgment?

Unless specified otherwise all this information is taken from Airbus's own webpage on the contest.

Okay, so who won the contest? The answer may surprise you! There are two (technically three) winners who submitted similar ideas. Those winners are a 57-year-old professional graphic designer...and a pair of brothers, aged 16 and 12.

That's right. There is a very real possibility that I come out of this with the opinion that a 12-year-old can design better planes than many adult professionals!

These were the winning designs. On the right is the Iversen brothers', and on the left is the one by Feehan, the professional graphic designer. As you can see, they both play on the same theme - delivery boxes.

I honestly think this is really brilliant. This is such an obvious idea that I can't believe it's not all over the place. The brown cardboard shipping box is such a universal association that it might be the first thing that pops into most people's head when cargo is mentioned despite the fact that cargo planes use pallets.

The two designs take different riffs on the theme. The Iversens' is covered in various labels and stickers and stamps, while Feehan's is covered in typical box signage like the classic 'THIS WAY UP' and taped together. It almost looks like someone has attempted to package the airframe itself for delivery, complete with an adorable postage stamp on the plane's cheek.

If I were Airbus, I also think I would have trouble choosing between the two. While the task of combining them without making the final design overwhelming is pretty daunting, these are both very well-done attempts on the theme. And combining them is the challenge. On their own both feel balanced, neither too sparse nor too busy, but combining them could quickly become a nightmare.

My one critique of both of them is with the writing itself. I think they both missed two very obvious options - either have the A350F written on a shipping label, or write it in sharpie as one does on a cardboard box. But that's beside the point. What did Airbus do with the designs?

Hmm. Okay.

They absolutely kept the spirit of both original concepts. I really love "open here for business", that's adorable. (It's more visible from the back, which is an angle I'll post in a minute.) I like the shade of cardboard beige they chose. I do wish they'd picked a shade for the tape that looked more like tape on a box and less like barricade tape, and I wish they'd kept the messy, hand-applied look from Feehan's design rather than making it a couple of very neat, evenly-placed strips.

I do think they erred a bit too far on the side of decluttering. While I understand the reasons they did this, I wish there were a couple more loose postage tchotchkes scattered on the airframe, even if they're too small to be seen at a distance, because even if you need to get close to figure out exactly what that sticker says it still adds to the overall box vibe. That said, it is not bad enough that it completely ruins the look. I do, in particular, miss the little postage stamp on the cheek. It was very cute.

Yep, this picture again! Look, they only gave me three to work with, and I had to use something for the hook.

I wish they hadn't included the blue on the underside of the plane and on the engines. It feels a bit out of place and clashes with the brown, and I think they could have just as easily used white.

My one main criticism, I think, is that they made it very very Airbus. They couldn't stomach the crooked tape; they had to make it neat. They had to make it professional. And yes, I get it, it's a branding thing - the carbon fiber tail.

Airbus has a bunch of default liveries for various models of plane, and I might review those someday, but the only one relevant at the moment is among my least favorite - the 'carbon fiber' A350. The herringbone weave pattern itself would be fine (I like how it shows gaps of white underneath it) if it were done in some some sort of fabric design, or if it weren't just half of the plane, maybe, but in its current state it looks quite miserably...gamer desktop setup. And it does have a meaning, it's a reference to Airbus's heavy use of composite materials including carbon fiber (if anyone finds this worrying in light of recent events, just know that carbon fiber has been used in airplanes for a very long time with no issues because it's fantastically tensile despite being lightweight and is a wonderful choice for sealing pressure inside of a vessel but decidedly less so for resisting it from outside). I get the intent, I just think it doesn't look good.

image: Viktor & Rolf

Also, they dressed her like this.

I get why they kept the carbon fiber tail, and it doesn't look nearly as bad when it's mostly covered up and just poking out of the end of a cardboard tube like a leek coming out of a grocery bag in a stock photo, but I just...I wish they didn't.

Ultimately, I understand why they had to tone down the whimsy, make it neater, more professional, less relatable. More futuristic, but there's nothing futuristic about a cardboard box and there shouldn't be. Still, the idea they were given was so strong from the beginning, and they did resist the urge to scrub it of any character. They certainly did not improve the design of two literal children, but they also didn't fail to translate it.

All in all, they were given something to work with that could have been an easy A if they didn't have to be so...damn....Airbus. Still, it could be so much worse, and it is, undeniably, such a strong idea to begin with.

Final Grade: B-

For anyone paying attention: yes, this does mean that most airlines cannot meet the standard of concept and design set by literal children. But fair play to those children. I like their design.

[myonmukyuu]

Back from Supanova Melb and had a great time 🥳🥳 Thank you to everyone who visited my humble little booth!

I'm happy to announce that I managed to sell the whole remaining stock of my SetsuPomu comic! 🎉🎉

I also feel confident enough to organise another print run in the future as well for anyone who missed the initial run!

It was my very first time tabling at a con so I didn't really know what to expect? I didn't bring many goods. Just those shikishis that I've been working on over the year and some of my remaining books that were spares. I could only bring a small number of books because they're really heavy and I'm weak and pathetic 😔

I didn't think the low book stock would be a problem going in because I kinda assumed they wouldn't sell? Love Live Nijigasaki doesn't have a huge presence locally so my expectations weren't set high. I would've been happy to sell a single copy honestly 😅

So when I did sell that first copy I was super surprised! I'm so sorry to the one who bought that first book! I was acting a bit weird bc I was just in disbelief that someone wanted to buy the comic ahahhah

I was like "Huh??? You want to buy it???? Huh???? For real???"

I seriously didn't think I'd sell the rest of the remaining stock. Sure I only had like 10-15 books leftover from the online sales but I only brought 5 books on the first day!!! I ended up leaving the con early and scurrying home to pick up more. And that commute was about 2 hours so it was super exhausting (esp since my day began at 6am 😅)

I'm still super surprised that people actually bought my book! Like ???? All sorts of people too. Both fans of Love Live! and people who had no context of the series. Different demographics too! Again, I'm so thankful for the support!

It was nice seeing that there were still LL fans in Melbourne as well. Love Live! is a bit rare to see in artist alleys these days, so a lot of people stopped by to mention they were Love Live fans 😊

Most people were Muse or Aqours fans and didn't make any purchases but I was still happy to meet them. Again, it's nice knowing there are other LL fans around!

I'm also pleased to announce that there are at least 5 Setsuna Yuki fans in Melbourne...! (Including me...) As well as Nijigasaki fans 🎉🎉

One person was wearing a Dive! long sleeve and I was like !!!! I have the exact same top at home 😭😭😭 I respect it!!! I also know that it's expensive as hell to export so I doubly respect it 🥲

I definitely want to keep representing Nijigaku at cons 💪!!

It's also worth noting that this con was a general pop culture con. So the audience is more mixed with Western pop culture. It made finding those LL fans extra surprising!

During the day I had a lot of time to burn. While I'm happy with the outcome of the con, it's not like I made tons of sales. My store only has a small amount of stock for a niche (compared to having a million prints and little knick knacks) so it's pretty expected. But yes, I was just idling for a lot of it.

I did end up drawing some quick shikishi on the spot.

I ended up selling Rathalos and Yu! (Mizuki is looking for a home still.) I was also asked if I was taking shikishi commissions which feeds my ego, but I did end up rejecting bc I didn't feel confident enough with these quick ones to take commissions just yet. (In general I reject commissions anyways bc I'm not great at them...)

A neat thing is that taking the hour do draw that one Rathalos drew some Monster Hunter fans to the table! I managed to have a few little conversations about the game bc of that. I think I'll make more MH shikishi in the future since it's fun to draw. It's also funny to think about my booth becoming LL x MH since the communities are pretty different 😂😂

Overall, I think the con was a success! I have a bunch of cute stories to tell but I think I'll leave it for another post. Financially, I did end up making back all of my expenses! So that's a success in that front as well.

I'd like to do more cons in the future! But honestly it's a little hard for me to be accepted as I tend to make really little content. (Just a few books and shikishi). I think I can only really do half tables...

But I'll do my best!

Once again, thanks to everyone who visited!

Stay tuned for my shop updating to include all the spare goodies. Now that this con is over I can sell them online 🥳

[automatonkisser]

Borehole, sour grouse and death & taxes :^]

Borehole: What's a fact about your F/O that you feel like nobody knows or cares about but you? Talk about it!

ok this is a funny one because...apart from me and u and maybe like 2 other people i know i don't think anyone really ever talks about them, like AT ALL. we are lone soldiers.......anyway before i start going on tangents because i would like people to know every fact there is about them, i'm just going to drop this little sketch of his original design from the extra pages of the comic that i don't think i have ever mentioned/shown but that i think is very cute?? :]

i can see why they dropped it but i think the cape is kind of neat....it also makes me think of him studying the other heroes' costumes and going back and forth on whether or not he's a Cape Guy. also it's very funny to me whenever they're drawn very muscular because even thought hey technically could be, he's just...not. fhjkfhf

Sour Grouse: Is there something about the way your F/O is treated or characterized in their source that bothers you? Rant about it!

OOUGDDH OH U KNOW THERE IS. honestly i will TRY to keep this short but u've just activated my trap card basically. or maybe not really because i guess no one is forced to read this so it's just going to me be going on a rant all by myself but WHO CARES. okay.

anyway, as far as the main series (as in, minus the spin-offs because oh my god these are a whole other can of worms i may or may not dig into later) goes, i am very very disappointed that he essentially just got demoted to occasionally appearing as a comic relief side character when he had SO much potential to be much more than that. i know i'm about 500% more insane about them than the regular person and i'm not expecting them to be the main focus obviously, but there were so many missed opportunities and so many things that just...felt incomplete to me, as if kirkman didn't know how to write them anymore, or probably just didn't care enough. LIKE, it is very clear from the start that shapesmith felt a lot of guilt and regret over what he did to the original livingston, and second-guessed his own choices heavily. he seemed to have gotten over this after he managed to help bring livingston back, but it's addressed once again when it turns out that all they managed to do was give the sequids a ride to earth and that they were still possessing livingston (and like, a whole lot of other people)....but when invincible brutally kills livingston, an act that everyone thinks is shocking and unexpected and unwarranted because that man was essentially an innocent civilian who had no control over his actions, we don't even get a GLIMPSE of shapesmith's reaction. absolutely nothing at all. and i know this was about kicking off mark's No Mercy Arc and all that so i'm not expecting them to delve into shapesmith's internal turmoil, but i can't overlook it because they gave us just. NOTHING. he's not even shown to be reacting to livingston's death in the background of a panel or anything. we do not see this affecting them AT ALL. not even one line or panel is dedicated to it which is just insane to me.

like, there are a looooottt of other things i would have loved to know about them or see them being included in, but i can understand why they weren't and why kirkman instead focused on something else. but not including him in THIS scene, not giving him some kind of actual relevance in the conclusion of this arc......not taking at least a little bit of time to explore his feelings is something that i can't understand and that i'd probably criticize even if i was. y'know. more normal about him

and especially with kirkman seemingly dedicating a lot of time and care to set up his character and arc and declaring him his New Favorite Character an all that it just...makes me so sad because he really seems like kirkman's throwaway toy in some way. like, i really do blame the fact that he's been sidelined so heavily on kirkman ultimately not giving a shit anymore....like this little tidbit about shapesmith's new costume too???

i don't know. like i said, it just makes me so sad to see this sort of progression.

ALSO DO NOOOT get me started on the spin-offs (<- is actually getting started all by himself with no one else asking for this). i can't even get into it too much because i think i would start hitting and smashing things but they dumbed him down and infantilized him sooo much while also weirdly sexualizing him in some ways that just feel incredibly uncomfortable. like it's not just him because these comics are just super fucking horny in a really gross way but still. oh my god. there are SOME scenes that are actually pretty cute and sillay and i like that they made him a gamer but overall??? that's a big no from me and i don't think these people should be allowed to write him ever again. do not touch him ✋

OKAY WELL. thank u for letting me get this out of my system . moving on!!!!

Death and Taxes: Describe the moment when you became absolutely certain that you were going to F/O this character.

this is so silly but.....i remember the moment EXACTLY because it was so mundane hahah ;;; i was really badly in denial about my feelings for them for a long time, and even though i found myself thinking about them very very frequently i didn't want to have feelings for them (mainly because getting very attached to a new f/o can be kind of emotionally intense for me) so i just. kept brushing it off hfjff ANYWAY i very clearly remember being in the car, hanging out in the passenger seat when this song comes on the radio and my mind IMMEDIATELY goes to them. and for some reason that was the moment i Surrendered because i realized thinking about them makes me really happy, they make me really happy and it's probably time i admit that to myself. and that was a very good choice <3

[undeniablycandycane]

Watched NATM:KRA. Here are my thoughts.

Heads up: there will be spoilers, and a considerable level of negativity, so if you're not up for that I recommend scrolling past.

Off the bat, the animation is really smooth and looks nice. Doesn't look at all what I expected it to before the trailer hit.

Honestly a lot of things really were not what I expected, so it really threw me for a loop.

They did not include Ahkmenrah AT ALL. That's just offensive to me. His tablet is literally the whole point for these movies. They included his evil brother as the main villain, though.

I really like Seth. He's my second favorite addition. He and Kah didn't flirt enough for me. I expected more flirting. I do think Seth likes Kah though...

They could have done without the fart jokes. It's not too out of character for the movies, considering all the times monkey piss was involved in the franchise. I'm glad they acknowledged that everybody toots, even gods. That's a question answered right there, that I probably never would have thought to ask lmao.

Jed and Tavi? Their designs were cute, and they've legitimately grown on me. They're so so different from their live action looks (I know probably to avoid paying to use the old actors' likeness) and I wish we could have had more of them (including the classic running gag of them screaming). Plus, there wasn't much flirting going on? Octavius being annoyed by Jed was cute, but I consider it very OOC.

Joan of Arc is a great addition and my favorite new character. I love her so much!! And it seems her and Sacagawea could have had something going on. Just sayin'.

Some of the jokes I legitimately laughed at (more often the ones with Jed and Tavi) but some just didn't get me at all. Hit-or-miss, no laughapalooza but had some of the awkward charm of the previous films.

There are several inconsistencies with the main films that make it impossible for me to consider this film as canon. It's a cute off-canon project, but it just doesn't fit in with the other movies to me.

Nick has the cutest crush on a girl, it's honestly adorable. His jazz DJ thing was really creative and cool, and I loved how that was incorporated in such a neat way.

I'm glad the writers at least acknowledged that it wouldn't be a Night At The Museum without a dance party at the end. The music was really cool and I enjoyed the sequence a lot. It was a great way to end the movie.

OVERALL: I'm honestly,, underwhelmed. There's just too many things I don't like/ inconsistencies/ etc. for me to love this movie right off. There is a not-insignificant chance my feelings will change, but fresh after the first viewing, I don't see myself rewatching as much as I did the first three films. Like I said, I'll consider this as a non-canon offshoot of the main franchise, but it doesn't hit enough marks for me. I may make an update after some time or a second viewing if my feelings change, but more than anything it just makes me want to rewatch the other three films.

Sorry if my response was a little disappointing to some of you, but I want to be honest about how I feel. I just don't think it's for me that much. I was more "that's not right/that's not how it works" when watching the film which made it a less positive experience for me. My expectations almost certainly affected my response which is why I'm going to give it a grace period before going all in on the details, because there's a decent chance I'll feel different about it as time goes on. I just don't feel great about the whole thing right now. I'm sorry.

I still respect people who found it enjoyable, and I like to see that some people really really liked it. I'm happy for them, and pretty jealous lmao. generic outro that I can't come up with right now cause I'm tired and have depression.

[will-you-pick-me]

Didn't have one before yn? I am percieving this very hard and staring at Jack with my big ol eyes, good segway into a question tho: do u have a general like......summary 4 the blorbos that r not spoilers 4 when da server is open? i like, know the general stuff thanks 2 scouring but like, an official one? (if it's in the works pretend i asked how they would all feel about my stuffed animal special interest)

That'll be the posts that have their picrew references on them! They're individual posts, so it might take a bit to re-find, but if you haven't seen those yet then let me know and I'll go digging to reblog them - you're probably not the only one who may have missed them after all! :3

But as a fellow stuffed animal lover (squishmallows... GOD, squishmallows) I will definately answer that too!

Mikey would think it's cute, but probably not get why it might be important to you until you explain it. He wouldn't exactly be rude or anything, but maybe a little bit careless, letting them fall out of the bed so that there's room for him to cuddle you. He'll be super respectful after he understands that they're not just toys, though.

Ulrich would view it with a sort of quiet envy that ends up coming off looking like disdain or disapproval. This guy needs therapy, honestly, but good luck getting him into there. He'll also be very strict that if you simply must have them, that they be tidy and organized. He'll buy you a shelf or some other kind of organizer that you can dedicate to your stuffies if you legitimately do not have room to organize them in neat little rows on your bed.

Zach is delighted! If you have any older stuffed animals, like a Steiff or a Boyds, they'll gladly help you make sure that such collectable antiques are well taken care of, and maybe even a small history lesson if you want it. Even a Webkins that's only a year old will be cooed over, though, and they'll definitely be on the lookout for more stuffies to bring back to you when they go out!

Jessica also finds it delightful, and will take her time to sew you a little patchwork bear from the fabric scraps of her projects for you. She'll also shyly inform you that it used to be a tradition to make "memory bears" from old clothing scraps, so that you could keep a piece of that person close to you if they're far away, or have passed on. She won't ever tell you, but there's a little silk heart inside, stuffed with the dried petals of your favorite flower.

Jack is delighted beyond all belief! You've got toys everywhere, it's like a heaven! Oh... oh, wait, these aren't for rough play...? He's immediately sorry, promises to fix any tooth holes as best he can, and he's forever bringing you new stuffies to make up for it no matter how many times you promise him it's ok and that you've forgiven him. He hasn't forgiven himself - and probably won't ever.

Narrator doesn't care - as long as you're you, and it makes you happy, that's all he could ask for. All he wants is for you to be true to yourself, happy and safe. If stuffed animals are part of that, then so be it - he'll do his best to learn how to make one. No matter how many times he stabs himself with the sewing needle.

[fluffykitteninabox]

¿Thoughts on Deku vs class 1-A?

(Also unrelated but yesterday at school the girl I have a crush on called me "a very cute and kind boy" and then hugged me and I been happy ever since and wanted to tell someone)

hi cute question mark anon (^w^)

congratulations on getting compliments from your crush!!

here's some good luck sparkles so that it may happen again ✨✨✨✨

I also feel like I should apologise for not answering your previous ask 😔

I did not expect to have to think about it so much. I just didn't know how to answer it, not in a "I don't know how to express my opinion" , but more like "I'm not sure what my opinion is". I'm working on it though.

Anyway Deku vs 1A:

I'm going to assume you mean both the actual fight and the before and after stuff.

warning: some salt about denim man and heroes in general because I can't help myself! - minor spoilers for Avatar the Last Airbender - nitpicking about superhero tropes

The before stuff:

First of all I love how the entire class barged in Nezu's office to force Endeavor to talk to them. The way the top heroes were operating using Izuku as bait was extremely stupid and didn't help at all in the end since Izuku just run off on his own and honestly did more work than any of them.

look at them, they're serious, they won't take no for an answer 😎

I like that they have like a class meeting about this and make a decision and they they go all together to present their demands to the administration.

Not much else to talk about here, I just think showing how they made the decision was cool and it reminded me of the meetings we have at uni. (though they didn't vote for the decision in this but it was clear they all agreed so it still counts)

The fight:

I think the actual fight and what the class told Midoriya was great. The voice acting and music were as always top tier.

I prefer the manga fight over the anime. Probably mostly because the subs I watched were a bit confusing so I couldn't keep up and get as emotionally invested because I was focusing too much on trying to read.

The animation was ok. I like the atmosphere with the rain (AND THE GREY SKY OMG I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE BONES LEARNT THAT WEATHER EXISTS!!) The fight was animated amazingly of course.

But there's some parts before and after that felt like they were missing dynamic movement. I'm guessing a lot of it has to with the time they had to do this and most of the focus going on the fight. Animators are extremely overworked and underpaid so I'm not going to hate on them for this. I'm guessing they might add stuff or make corrections for all episodes when the bluray comes out.

Also the fact that they shout their moves took me out a bit, which really is just a personal nitpick I have about the entire anime in general. In the manga you can say it's just a narrative tool so the readers can recognise each move more easily. And it works well. I'm currently also rewatching the third movie and I recognised Shouto doing hell spider without him saying anything. I think it's a bit too silly for characters to announce their moves out loud mid fight. It ruins the tension for me and also it's kind of stupid in the same way as shouting "SNEAK ATTACK!" before attacking is.

I think it's cooler when they don't say it and it's just a neat little detail for fans who recognise them. (also no this gif isn't the atla spoilers! 😂)

Bakugou's apology had me bawling in both manga and anime and Uraraka's speech was just amazing. The new episode with the bath scene was also a bit confusing but again I think that's a problem with the sub I'm watching. I'll go read that in the manga later. (these are all parts I hadn't read before so maybe that also played part in the confusion)

Overall I love how this part of the story shows the bond class 1A has and also how great they work as a team. I just love them they're my children 😭💖😭💖😭!!

The aftermath:

I dislike how Nezu and the top heroes talk about Midoriya like he's an object. Jeanist especially talks about him in an extremely dehumanising way imo.

I have kind of said this before about different parts of the story, but I feel like the child soldier stuff is never really properly addressed. From what I understand Horikoshi probably doesn't consider the way UA operates as a child soldier program, but he probably considers what Hawks went through a child soldier program.

I think both are terrible, and UA is just the lesser of two evils.

Now I understand that this is a shonen and the kids are going to be the ones in the middle of the plot. This was handled perfectly fine in earlier arcs with the kids making the decision on their own and then being reprimanded by the adults for putting themselves in danger needlessly, or being forced to defend themselves against villains.

However this seems to have stopped happening after the kids got their hero licences. Now the kids are being sent to the front lines of the war and suddenly everyone's ok with that. Which unfortunately accidentally implies that the pros and teachers were only actually worried about paying the consequences if a child under their supervision got hurt.

I'd personally prefer the adults we're supposed to consider good role models didn't treat their trainees they supposedly care a lot about like weapons and send them to fight a war without informing them on why they're there!!

*spoilers start here*

In ATLA during the invasion the kids and adults fight along side each other. Is it still fucked up that the kids in ATLA had to fight in a war? Yes. But the adults in ATLA (the ones we're supposed to root for) prioritise the kid's safety. Parents leave their kids behind to go fight in the war, they don't send their kids to the front lines. When the kids fight it's because they organised the attack, they chose to do this and they fight together with the adults as equals. There's no one being kept in the dark, they all know why they're there. And when the situation becomes hopeless the adults make sure the kids escape and they are the ones staying behind. This isn't really a direct scene comparison, but I don't think it's outlandish to assume that none of the good adults in ATLA would ever try to use Aang as bait or a weapon. Anyone that tries to is presented as bad for doing this.

*spoilers end here*

I tried to be as vague as possible so I don't think it's too spoilery

anyway conclusion: ATLA adults>MHA adults

Unless of course this issue gets addressed and they all lose their jobs because they're honestly terrible at them! But considering the way Horikoshi portrays them I doubt something like that would ever happen.

The reason I brought all this up is because I wanted to bask in how much better Uraraka's "Izuku is just a normal person like all the rest of us"👌😭😭speech is compared to bastard Jeanist's "let our weapon recharge here so we can use him again later"🤮!!

I think Uraraka and Bakugou are the true highlights of this whole thing. They were amazing. After them I think it's Iida and then the rest of the class. But I will point out Jirou and Mina specifically because the both really got me emotionally and I didn't expect it.

the flashbacks the other characters had I expected. Iida with the Stain fight, the sports festival flashback with Ojiro, even with Tsuyu it wasn't a surprise. But I didn't expect the callback to Midoriya helping Jirou with her notes. Because as she stated it was something that seemed so small and insignificant. Why would anyone ever have a flashback about that?

Anyway emotions AAAAAAAAAA!!

But the way the scene is recontextualised really shows that it's the small things in life that people will remember.

Edit: I forgot Mina because I was too busy being emotional about Jirou! Yeah... um.. death is sad and Mina made me tear up when she said she doesn't want to lose anyone again

[softpadawan]

in the au where they're both mers, imagine ezra still flopping on land a lot to fetch kanan all sorts of land stuff since he's less able to leave the water

This is honestly really cute. Ezra being eager to show off his land navigating capabilities so he can steal acquire all sorts of neat, useful human items for Kanan—metal stuff like knives and tools and chains and harpoons, things forged by fire, alien to mers—but Kanan is incredibly cautious, almost to the point of paranoia (because humans are the biggest enemies of sharks in every universe).

“No, it’s too dangerous,” he says, one hand firmly clamped around the smallest part of Ezra’s tail, holding him in place. “If you get caught, there’s no way I can help you.” 

(Even though Kanan would never be the type to just sit back while Ezra gets attacked by a mob of humans. He’d launch out of the water teeth-first and start shredding and beating and tearing apart as many humans he could reach, even if it meant he would never touch seawater again. He would give his life for Ezra, though he hasn’t told him that—yet.)

Ezra just laughs and shakes himself free. “C’mon, Kanan, don’t be such a guppy. I’ll be fine! I’ve done this lots of times. I always come back.”

“But someday you might not.” Kanan scowls and crosses his arms. “We should stick to shipwrecks. Leave the land for the crabs and the crazies.”

“Aw, Kanan”—Ezra flicks his tail and swims a close circle around his Carcarin friend—“you’re scared for me, aren’t you?”

“Of course I’m scared for you,” Kanan grumps. “You’re young and reckless and dangerous. You do stupid things every single day because you think you’re immortal. I don’t know how you survived this long, to be honest. Every gray hair on my head you’ve put there.”

“But they look so nice,” Ezra quips, running his fingers through Kanan’s flowing brown mane. “Maybe someday you’ll be a great white.”

“That’s inevitable if I stick with you.”

“Oh, so now it’s you sticking to me?” Ezra hangs upside-down in front of Kanan’s face, grinning. “I thought I was the annoying brat hanging onto your fins like a bloodsucking barnacle?”

“Oh, you still are,” Kanan insists, a smile forming on his mouth. With a quick slash of his tail, he surges forward and nabs the laughing, squealing merboy around the waist. “But sometimes I can be clingy, too!”

They play-wrestle for a few raucous minutes, tails beating and churning, filling the water around them with clouds of bubbles and sending nearby reef fish diving for cover. As always, Kanan gets the better of Ezra—although lately he’s been having to work hard to maintain his undefeated champion status. The little merboy is getting stronger, which is a good thing. Soon he’ll be able to properly defend himself and follow Kanan across the great blue desert to locate his missing pod. With luck, Ezra will be reunited with his parents, find a mate, and settle into a comfortable life of family and home.

No room for a grizzled old Carcarin in that pretty picture of domestic bliss. 

Taking advantage of Kanan’s momentary distraction, Ezra manages to break free from his hold. He whirls with a triumphant smirk, opening his mouth to declare his victory, but then catches the cheerless expression on Kanan’s face. “Hey.” He swims closer and touches his arm. “What’s wrong?”

Kanan shakes himself out of his daydream—not the inevitable lonely future that awaits him, but a dream in the truest sense, an unspoken fantasy: he and Ezra sticking together season after season, a pod of two, traveling across every ocean, every sea. A mated pair. It’s ludicrous, unheard of, a Carcarin and a Delfin sharing their lives together. There would be no offspring between them, but pups were never a priority for Kanan. If Ezra wanted them, he wouldn’t object to taking in an orphan or two. The oceans are teeming with them. They’d be pariahs, they and their mismatched pod of outcasts, but that wouldn’t matter. As long as they had each other, had love, what more did they need? 

“Nothing,” Kanan says. “Just a little worn out by all your wiggling.” He smiles and bumps Ezra’s jaw with his fist. “Come on, let’s go to the Black Reef and see if there’s any new wrecks. Thought I smelled fresh timber when we passed by the other day. Might be worth checking out.”

Without waiting for a response, he turns and begins heading in that direction.

Ezra stares after him for a moment, wondering. Then he sighs and follows him with a swish of his short blue tail.

[sayakxmi]

[Magi reread; special edition] Night 36.5: Night Flight & Night 37: Rememberance

So, fun fact, remember how in the previous chapter Morgiana just took Alibaba & left? Well, apparently Ohtaka made an extra, Night 36.5, which covers that flight.

Here it is.

Like, I'm already dealing with this dumb photo limit, guys, so I'll just stick to commenting it. Overall, it's just really neat, and worth reading. Also, I was right regading the WHY Morgiana sees Alibaba as her benefactor (spending that month in Qishan, using his wealth to help out her and all the other former slaves). It's really neat, honestly. The fact that she wants to thank him, and she wants to help him out now that he might need it, too.

There's just two small probems.

One of them is the fact that it's made into a joke - Alibaba hears none of it, because he's busy passig out, cuz she's moving too fast, and that really doesn't look good. Why is it that whenever Morgiana tries to be voulnerable, Alibaba doesn't hear it? There's gonna be at least one more moment like that in the future (god, I'm not there yet, and I'm already dreading these fucking boat chapters; last time I didn't finish my reread, because of them, ugh), and that doesn't promise a very good romantic relationship for the both of them. Again, Morgiana's an exception for Alibaba, but in a negative way.

And then there's the other problem with it - it's an extra. Remember how I've said that there were signs of Morgiana being eventually sidelined? This is one of them. Why is it an extra? Why not make it a part of the chapter? Why isn't it treated like something important? Why aren't Mogiana's feelings treated like something imporant? The writing's were on the wall, guys, they really were.

----Night 37----

He means Anime!Sinbad.

Thank you, Ja'far, for being the one guy to remember this.

Oh my fucking god. I was always thinking how weirdly Alibaba's lips were detailed for some reason. His mouth is open. That's all. They're not detailed. It's just open mouth. Oh my fucking god.

That realization aside, I am, once again, sad.

I want to say something funny or insightful, but I'm mostly just sad reading that. "Hehe, to think that there were so many things that I can do!" There are, but you wanted to see your best friend again. And he broke that promise you've made. Not because he wanted to, just because he feels trapped in the mess he's currently in. Man, I'm just sad.

Why is he so cute.

Ughm stop making me feel feelings.

AGH

COME ON

Of course you were. You decided this is your bestest friend ever several hours into meeting him, bro. Agh, this shit must hurt so badly.

Hm.

SHE JUST YEETED HIM IN

Talk about awkward, but also, gdi, Alibaba, you sure end up in this sort of position more often than you should.

Awkward.

They're trying ok.

You know, I blame neither of them here. Morgiana has a point, but I also get that it's difficult for Alibaba to talk about it, and he's under so much pressure already, to have just another person come here and tell him to hurry up and do something. Like, I do feel bad. But again, I get where Morgiana's impatience comes from.

Totally understandable.

And you're right. But you're missing a lot of context that you're about to get.

Still, her reaction is understandable, and, frankly, so is Alibaba's hesitance. Like I've said, I blame neither here. They're both in their own rights.

Like, for the past six months that's kind of what Alibaba's been dealing with, because of Cassim. No matter how much I love him, and I love their relationship in general, that most certainly was pretty abusive. We've already seen it. So to suddenly have another person yell and demand things from him...

Aladdin is (technically literally) a godsend. It honestly matters so much that he lets Alibaba actually cool down first. Also, worth mentioning that the conversation between Alibaba and Cassim happened, idk, half an hour earlier? It's probably still fresh in his mind.

He waited for him : (

I can't with him still similing. God.

Ugh, the fact that he DOESN'T JUDGE HIM. Everybody always judges him, or demands things from him, but here is Aladdin, who, in spite of everything, still believes in him. I just fucking can't, y'all.

You won't meet him until much much much later, you'll even manage to die in the meantime.

Existence is pain, I am suffering, this is just too fucking much, god, look, how Cassim is smiling, he's a baby, oh my god, I'm so fucking sad man, why was I born in this world, just to suffer-

[meant-to-be-a-hero]

Season Six, Episode Seven: Heartless

Ah yes, Theo's eternal torture. 3A (I think?)flashbacks for Scott.

Free feet pics? In this economy? Put them away Theo.

I too would like to touch Theo's tiddies, but perhaps not as violently as his sister.

"You don't have to stop." - Cody Christian being a superb actor again.

They keep killing Madrox Theo.

"It's so awkward when Mum and Dad fight." - They're gunna hit you, Theo.

Oh come on, Scott's redeemed killers before - Deucalion, the Twins? Theo's not that much of a stretch.

~There's a hole in my wall tonight~ - I feel like Noah would like the Eagles.

Stiles' room isn't upstairs?

Liam and Hayden are very cute.

"Peter always has a devious plan to hurt everyone around him." - Pretty much, yep.

Shouldn't Peter be bald, not beardy, considering he was set on fire? I know the Nine Herbs sorted him out but still.

Melissa's revenge! Brilliant.

Right as always, Lydia.

This is actually a pretty good plan, till Douglas fouls it all up.

Mr. Ghost Rider? Pfft.

Mason being able to find Corey when he's invisible is adorable too.

Honestly, this is such a good way to keep Stiles relevant even with DOB missing for 90% of the season.

Terrible parental advice from Peter Hale. What a surprise.

"You have no self-preservation instincts. How are you my daughter?" - Line of the episode.

The Hunt's just a force of nature, isn't it? That's why they don't have a motivation other than doing what they do. It's just a bad case of wrong place, wrong time. If anything, it might even have been Douglas' presence in the town that brought them there, to finish off unfinished business from the war.

Did evryone just forget that Hellhounds ride with the Wild Hunt?

Hello, Douglas. Here to fuck everything up.

That's a nice face. Very Demon Wolf.

Mmm, Ghost Rider brains. Tasty. That's one way to assert your dominance, I guess.

Corey :(

Those blue/green spectral eyes are a neat colour, ngl.

[oh-for-fic-sake]

Superman's Dishcloth

A small cute headcannon thats been sitting on my tablet?

Summary: some people use pick up lines to get a womans number, henry uses a crochet lesson.

Warnings: Fluff?

Your fingers twisted the yarn around the hook automatically looping and pulling untill you made another double crochet stitch that the pattern required.

To be honest you wasnt paying that much attention as you worked your project, which was stupid really because you were making a new pattern, a bobble popcorn style head band.

You couldnt concentrate for two reasons

One. You were on a goddamned plane soaring across the Atlantic ocean. And if things went tits up you cant swim.

And two? You were seated next to none oher then mr henry cavill himself.

Not that you made a thing about it or even dared to look at him.

He he was watching you, eyes frowning as your fingers twisted the yarn into an intricate looking yet fairly simple pattern.

Youhad to stifle a laugh as his fingers twitched tryig to follow the moves and figure out what you were doing.

You growled missing count again. One, two, three three, skip three. A crochet, half double crochet, two double crochet in one stitch then skip three stitches and repeat untill the end.

Normally youd have no problems but your audience was putting you off.

You dropped the project in your lap as you miscounted again and realised you had to undo the last twelve stitches otherwise you'd be a set out on the end.

You closed your eyes grunting before slipping the hook out and began to tug the working yarn slowly before pinching it and slipping the hook into the loop catching it before it all unraveled.

"Why'd you undo it?" You jumped a little as the huge man beside you spoke up after watching you quietly since take off.

"Huh?... oh i misscounted i skipped four instead of three so it'd be out of line on the end and curl round..."

"How'd you know?" He frowned now leaning over even more curious then before.

You chewed your lip trying not to freak out as he peered over your little project.

"Err well i just counted the stiches i had left on the row, see i was up to here and there was five left not six, so i pulled it taught to spot the odd one out" you explained pulling more yarn through so you could point out the stitches to him with the hook.

"It looks complicated, you twist it so many times?" He said as your fingers began moving once more creating the repetitive pattern.

"Yeah... its not too difficult, Im doing a few different stitches is all, once you know a single crochet stitch and a chain stitch your good to go" You muttered with a smile.

"I doubt its that simple" he replied trying to keep up with watching your fingers guiding the hook jthought the piece making the fabric grow.

"It really is, here you see the little v on top?" You said slowing deciding to show him just how simple it was.

"Yeah?" He hummed quietly watching keenly.

"Thats the row before, so you slip your hook under both strands like this and loop your yarn over then pull through under that v so you have one loop on your hook" you said moving slowly and loosened the stitch with a light wiggle so he could see properly.

"Then loop the yarn over again so you have two loops, and pull the second one through the first... and thats a single crochet stitch" You explained showing him slowly.

"So you make lots of tiny loops and pull them through one another and it some how becomes fabric?" He asked fascinated by it, watching as you began to work on the next stitch.

"Yeah pretty much"

"But that one you pulled the wool over before you did anything at all?" You paused impressed he had noticed the slight difference... he had been watchkn that closely?

"So that was a half double, when you do a half double or double you yarn over first, then you just keep yarning over and pulling through until your left with one loop on the hook" you tried explaining as simply as you could.

"... it still sounds hard" he uttered still focusing on your hands that had been creating stitches.

"Honestly its not, i taught myself in about an hour and a half? Here try it? I've got extra yarn in my carry on if you want to give it a go?" You offered and instantly flushed you did not just offer to teach superman how to crochet like a fucking granny!

Before you could take it back and apologise he beamed.

"Really? That would be fun, i've never tried anything like this before" he said eagerly.

"Err yeah sure lemme just get you started, i'll give you a 5 hook... here" you said surprized digging about pulling the small ergonomic crochet hook out and some mustard yellow yarn.

"So you start with a slipknot... and then a few chain stitches" you began guiding him through it slowly teaching him the steps.

"So do you always crochet on long flights?" He asked pokeing his tongue out as he tried concentrating on the stitches he was doing.

"Yeah, im not good with confined spaces... especially confide spaces that are a good few miles in the air over the open ocean" you chuckled nervously chaining a stitch then turning begining your next row.

"Honestly im not either, usually i have kal- my dog but... not this time... this is good though, its helping take my mind off it thank you" he said sincerly.

"Dont mention it"

"Oh... i think ive done it wrong?" He said andnheld it out to you, you prodded it and to be honest you were impressed, it was neat, not a dropped stitch in sight... just a few loose stitches here and there, but he was finding a good tension.

"No, thats not wrong... just your tension thats all it comes with practice" you said handing it back to him.

"Tension?" He said making you pause. Oh yeah, he wouldnt knpw what that is yet.

"Yeah, how tight you hold the yarn and hook determies how tight your stitches are... mines pretty bad, i have to always use a size bigger hook" you expalined simply

"Really?"

"Yep, i do it too tight- even snapped a metal hook in my hand before" you chuckled remebering the way the hook had just... snapped mid project.

"Wow that sounds painfull?" He huffed eeingnyour hand curiously as if expecting you to snap a hook then and there.

"Yeah, i will admit i was frustrated with the project so it probably didnt help" you chuckled sheepishly.

"Frustrated? Was it complicated like that one?" He asked nodding to your growing head band.

"No, i kept loosing count on a pattern of 78 stitches" you said trying to wave it off but in actual fact that project had been murder.

"So what are you making?" He finally asked eyeingnyour work that had grown wider.

"A little headband, and hopefully i will widen it at the ears to keep em warm" you giggled wrapping it around pinchingnthe ends together proudly presenting it to him.

He grinned and looked down at his little square fiddling with it.

"And im making a... mess?" He laughed holding up the uneven square cheeks tinted pink when you giggled again.

"... Dishcloth?" You offered prodding it gently.

"Perfect, im making a dishcloth!" He bellowed nodding proud of his new diy dish cloth.

"I'm henry by the way. But from the way you were shaking in your seat im guessing you knew?" He finally introduced himself holding out a hand.

You smiled shyly and took it shakingnhands trying not to fawn over how huge hot and soft the palm was.

"Yeah... sorry i was nervous and you probably dont want to be bugged. Im y/n" you tried explaining nervously but he chuckled.

"I wouldnt mind being bugged by such a cutie~" he uttered quietly smirking at you tipping his head down a little too make sure you heard him despite his voice being quiet.

"Oh stop it" you flushed quickly looking down at your headband noticing your stitches werent as even as they could have been, but it couldnt be helped you had handsome distraction.

A very distracting handsome distraction.

"Its true. Besides i think it was me bugging you... and i have managed to plunder through your wool" he grinned sheepishly holding up his little dishcloth.

"Its fine, it not expensive, this is left over yarn from other projects" you waved him off. It was true ou had lots of odd ends and half skeins of woll from other projects.

"Well still i appreciate it, i hate flying" he said sincerly.

"Well now you have something to practice. Youll leave the plane with a new skill to stick on your cv" you added with a grin nudging him playfully.

"Indeed... And perhaps i can leave the p,ane with err...maybe your number to? You know to replace the wool and erm swap err instructions?" He said nervously jumbling his words.

You paused and looked at him shocked blinking. Did he just?

You blinked again watching as his face grew red and he chuckled nerously plucking at the woll on his dishcloth.

"Well i suppose every student needs to be able to contact theor teacher~ and these instructions are called patterns" you smiled to him nodding slowly.

"Right right i knew that of course they're patterns" he chuckled grinning ear to ear relived you hadnt turned him down.

"Well we have a good few hours, perhaps a few more lessons for my little student?" You teased picking up the pattern to show him some of the abbreviations. Mostly to try and concentrate on somthing other then the fact superman had just asked for your number... and was taking crochet lessons.

"Of course" he said excited eyes glittering with glee whilst looking at the small page.

[giggly-squiggily]

The Candy Heart event idea is so brilliant!! I don't usually send in multiple requests for stuff like this but I just can't decide, so I'll give you a couple and you can pick one or do them all or whatever you wanna do!

❤️Darling: “Do you want me to tickle you?” with platonic Hinata/Kageyama (you know I love your fics with them!!)

💛Sweet Heart: “Oh? Is someone ticklish?” with platonic lee Viktor, ler Vulcan (maybe it's a weird combo but I honestly think their dynamic together as science/techy guys is really neat)

🧡Miss You: “When’s the last time you smiled?” with platonic lee Sousuke, ler Rin (idk how far you've gotten in Free but Sousuke is my fave!)

Please don't feel obligated to do them all! I simply couldn't decide so I thought I'd list them and let the queen do what she does best! Thank you so much friend! Keep being amazing and stay hydrated!! ^^

dfhjaedjrjaherjhejrjhaehj Thank you friend! You're too kind! Naturally I'm gonna do all three! How can I not-they're all so freaking cute! Today I'll start with Hinata/Kageyama! I hope you like it!

Darling- "Do you want me to tickle you?"

“Do you want me to tickle you?” Kageyama whirled around, glaring at a giggly Hinata sitting not too far from him. It was post practice, and the boys were getting ready to head home. Kageyama was in the process of tying his shoe, but a certain redhead kept on jabbing him in the hip with his socked foot. “Cause if you do it again, I’m gonna!”

“Oo, I’m so scared!” Hinata teased, raising his arms and making a feign fearful expression. Feeling bold, he jabbed Kageyama again, this time in the ribs, making the other spasm with a snort. Hinata cackled.

“Oh that is IT!” Kageyama roared playfully, grabbing his friend's foot and scribbling into the socked soul. This quickly turned Hinata’s gremlin-like cackles into shrieks of laughter as he flopped about like a fish, trying desperately to escape. “GAH! Ahahhahahahahahahhaha! Kahahhahahahahgeyahhahhahahama! Nohohohohohoohohoho!”

“I warned you! And did you listen? Nooooo! You kept on playing games, Boke!” Kageyama grumped at him, his tone teasing as he watched his friend squeal and shriek. “We should start calling you Shoyo-Mouse! You sound like a baby rodent when tickled!”

“Bahahahahhahahaby rooohohohoohohdent?!” Hinata gasped through his laughter, eyes flashing. With sudden speed and agility, he broke free from Kageyama’s tickly grip, bolting towards him and tackling him into the ground, his own hands planting firmly into the setter’s armpits and scribbling away. “Gahhahaha! Tahahhahahke thahahhahaht!”

Kageyama threw his head back in laughter, unprepared for the sudden revenge. “Bohoohhoohohke! Gehehehhehet oohohohohohohohff! *snort* Iihihihihiihi mehehehhehan it!”

“Hehe, if I’m Shoyo-Mouse, I guess that makes you Tobi-pig!” Hinata declared, giggling when the snorts came again and again, punctuating each new giggle and laugh. “Come on, Pig King! Don’t hold back!”

His victory was short lived when Kageyama’s hands dug into his waist, making him scream with laughter once more. Eventually, Daichi would find them and yell at them to go home, but for now, it was a full out battle!

Send me a pairing + a candy heart phrase!

[firetextskpop]

i have 2 ideas that i think would be cute. you can choose which one to do. they're both fluff.

1. Jackson Wang introduces his nonbinary (they/them) Hispanic, neurodivergent, goth and punk obsessed partner (with sharks, Yungblud, and Disney special interests) to Mark Tuan. Mark witnesses them calling a minor inconvenience homophobic or calling jackson sir after a particularly corny joke and Mark is confused and they explain what it actually means.

2. Nonbinary Goth Hispanic Reader (AMAB and kinda fem in a goth way) tells Jungkook and Yoongi that theyre nonbinary. (poly relationship with Jungkook and Yoongi BTS) when the reader first met them they were cautious and just said they "just like to challenge society's standards of gender" but when they got to know jungkook and yoongi better decided to come out.

- I'm nonbinary and Puerto Rican and i just don't see enough nonbinary and or Hispanic (especially Puerto Rican) representation so if you choose to write either of these that would be neat. no pressure tho. - 🖤✨

A/N: I love both of these scenarios tbh. I'm gonna write the second one for you 🖤 pls request more bts i miss writing for them lol

Warnings: AMAB Reader

When you first met them, it was an off chance type of thing. You were at work and they came up to you. (With their security and translator of course.) Because you wanted to savor the moment, you held your composure and serviced them with your best. Over time, you didn't notice but they appeared to enjoy your company for so long that their manager came to ask what was taking so long. As they started to leave, it was Yoongi that asked for your number. You wrote it down and sent him a wink. The blonde-haired male began blushing and walked off. Since they were on tour, they weren't in your city long, but Yoongi was sure to text you. He'd send you lots of memes and things he thought you'd be interested in based on the conversations you had. After a while, he asked if it would be okay if Jungkook had your number as well because he was interested in your style. You encouraged the idea and then you created a group chat. Jungkook was still free of tattoos and piercings at this time. The younger often questioned you about your style and confidence. More times than not, you would let him know that you just liked to challenge society's standards of gender. This statement really resonated with him and made him consider the things that he felt comfortable in vs what people wanted to see of him. A year passed from the time you all met and it was announced that BTS was taking a hiatus for a while. Jungkook and Yoongi assured you that they would visit you but they wanted to see family first, which did not upset you. When they finally came to visit, they did not come empty-handed. They got some of your favorite food from your favorite place and a cooler of nonalcoholic drinks. Jokingly you said "All of this just for me? You guys must like me." and took the load off their hands. "Well honestly.." Jungkook began and this caught you off guard. Both you and Yoongi began blushing. That night was the start of the relationship between all three of you. At the beginning of the relationship you all decided that it would be you dating both members but they didn't date but then after 4 months, they changed their mind and it became a closed triad. During this time of their hiatus is when Jungkook got his tattoos seemingly overnight. You both even had a matching tattoo. Also so Yoongi wasn't left out, he got you both matching earrings. They for sure kept you spoiled not only in a material sense but they often gave you calls, spent almost all of their free time with you, and cuddled you every chance they had. They became your safe place which made you more comfortable letting them know about your gender identity. The three of you were preparing to see a movie, Yoongi got dressed, Jungkook snacked on some chips and you sat next to him with your head on his shoulder. Kookie wrapped his arm around you and continued eating his chips. The debate of if this was a perfect time ran through your mind and you finally decided that it was. "How would you guys feel if I told you that I actually am nonbinary?" You blurted out. The elder came into the room to sit in the chair and put on his socks. "Not any different. Jungkook?" The mentioned wiped off his mouth and agreed. "Yeah, Hyung has a few nonbinary friends so it's not anything too new. We're still gonna love you." He said and kissed your forehead. "You weren't worried about that, were you?" You were quiet for a moment and then quietly said a bit. Yoongi's hands were now on your knees as he got closer. "If we would've had a problem with you being yourself, we wouldn't have pursued you. I love you for who YOU are." He tells you and pulls you in for a kiss. "You are the reason I am able to be who I am today. Your words encouraged me to dress the way I want and not how people want me, I love you so much. You're my inspiration." Tears were brought to your eyes and you began crying from their sentimental words. "I can't believe how lucky I am to have you both." The boys comforted you for a bit more before Jungkook spoke up and asked if you used any other pronouns. You informed them that They/Them are your pronouns

and they took in the information. Their phones blew up and then you all remembered the movie. The security was waiting for you all to come out so you rushed to the van and sat between your two boyfriends. Knowing that they truly loved you was the most comforting thing for you.