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myriadlabrynth · 4 years

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Kiridai vs Roughplay + Structure of the Team: An Analysis

Just my observations, interpretations, and just rambles regarding each member’s “relation” with rough play + a little rambling about each member’s role in the team

This was a lot of fun to write and look into! Been rewatching the kiridai match a lot recently. I reference the Kurofes book a lot, since it provides a lot of good insight. Sorry if this is incoherent

Hanamiya

He’s the mastermind that prefers having others carry his plans out and do the dirty work for him.

Him doing rough play himself is a very last resort. He only attempted to hit Kuroko once because he was desperate.

Other players are like his “lives”

On the possibility that a rough play gets caught, the kiridai player may be removed. Hanamiya is needed in the lineup, no matter what, so he cannot risk doing the rough play himself.

By using the other players, the rough play gets done. And if the player gets caught(which has never happened), that player will be removed, but Hanamiya is still there to lead the remaining team, and utilize the spider web later.

Losing the other players would still suck of course, but rather them than him.

Getting caught by rough play isn’t really a concern for Hanamiya anyway.

I believe how well players can conceal their actions, so getting caught wouldn’t be an issue in the first place, goes into Hanamiya’s decision on picking starters. Apart from Yamazaki.

Gotta think ahead for the possibility anyway, even if it is unlikely

Furuhashi

You can’t see it in his face, but he RELISHES in it.THRIVES in it

Enjoys it the most out of everyone on the team

I believe this is another reason why Hanamiya doesn’t do rough play himself. Yes, Hanamiya would rather have them be taken out of the game than him, should a rough play get caught.

But, he also knows that he can just let Furuhashi and the others do most of it, because he knows they are more than willing to go all out with it.

No arguments made against taking the risk of being removed from the game(cause they know they won’t). No need for Hanamiya to do it himself anyway.

It’s why Furu likes a masochist

Is it perhaps after graduating high school, he no longer has a place where his sadistic tendencies can thrive ? He needs to find another ‘target’?

(though I also think he likes a masochist cause that would mean the person would accept Furu for who he is. They’d love him for him, and wouldn’t try to change him, but that’s for another discussion)

To be honest I’d argue that Furuhashi isn’t really in matches for basketball per se? At least in a scoring sense (so kind of like a Kuroko).

He’s a fine player overall(Fujimaki says that “His ability as a basketball player is high” when describing his stats in Kurofes), but probably not score-focused in matches. Not as much as Hara or Yamazaki.

We actually have never seen him make a shot.(On screen anyway)

He also has the worst special ability of the team...

He will make shots if he can, but that’s not his focus.

I think Furu’s primarily purpose in matches is the rough play

Which can coincide with Yamazaki’s “purpose”, and the other members’ purpose as well.(explained later)

He’s similar to Seto, who’s not really in the game to score points, but as support.

Just as a side note, for statistics: In the Kiridai vs. Seirin 2 match, Out of the 70 points scored, 19 points were shown on screen and they are as follows;

Hanamiya: 9 points (I think the teardrop was a 3-pointer?)

Hara - 6 points

Yamazaki - 2 points

Seto - 2 points

Of course somewhere in the remaining 51 points, Furuhashi certainly scored something, but its a bit odd that we never saw at least one basket from him on screen(anime) or a panel(manga)? I still believe that Furuhashi is mainly in the game for support and not so much scoring, though he still probably scored off screen.

Hara

First I want to point out that in Kurofes, Fujimaki describes Hara’s stats as literally “Master of Roughplay”

Enjoys it to a slightly SLIGHTLY lesser extent, compared to Furuhashi, but he enjoys the heck out of it.

It’s FUN for him. And from the quote above and of course what we saw, he’s very good at it.

Literally says to the Senshinkan player “Of course we enjoy winning like this, are you stupid?”

Enjoys it more so to get under players’ skins and piss them off, which is how i’d differentiate he and Furuhashi

Furuhashi mainly enjoys physically hurting others, he’s not fazed when people get angry at him about it.

That’s not to say Hara doesn’t enjoy the physical part though

The way he smirked when Kagami was about to punch him, or when Kagami got a charging call.

He just enjoys pissing people off, and rough play certainly does the job.

The rough play is supposed to get the other team angry, so who better to have on the team than someone who loves to do just that.

Starter wise, it seems that he, Furuhashi, and Matsumoto are in charge with the bulk of the rough play (fyi, I don’t have much info to go off of for Matsumoto so I won’t really write about him)

Seto

We’ve only seen him do rough play once

Probably due to timing/story pacing. There to give a reason to switch Kiyoshi out from the match.

Also maybe to not have another Yamazaki, aka someone who seems to not do rough play

Of course not against it at all, but from what we see, his usage is more along the lines of Hanamiya. Does it when he “has” to.

He doesn’t try to find every opportunity to use rough play

Seto is really just there to help with the spider web so his role isn’t focused on rough play, compared to Furuhashi and Hara.

Going back to what I said about not risking taking Hanamiya out of the match due to rough play, the same can be said for Seto

Both are literally needed for the spider web to work, so Seto potentially being removed from the match must be avoided(again, they’re all good enough at rough play that this is unlikely anyway, but still)

So Seto is only brought in right when it is about to be used(from what we’ve seen)

Nonetheless, he’ll happily make a blow should the situation arise.

Yamazaki

An interesting one to look at

I agree that he is overall an angel(in other aspects) but he clearly isn’t ENTIRELY against or is above the rough play.

He doesn’t really fall into either extreme (completely against or for roughplay).

I believe he at least ATTEMPTED at it, at first, to perhaps match the team’s play-style (he felt that he had to/hanamiya made it mandatory during practice, etc)

He’s apparently not good at “tricks” or “schemes”, strategic rough play is along those lines.

A reason why he’s not good at roughplay could be because he is reluctant, because he does indeed have some conscience left. With roughplay, you cannot hesitate.

Another reason could be he is simply not good at it, regardless of good conscience (could have poor timing, he’s not discrete enough, etc)

Either way, he’ll get caught if he tries,hanamiya most likely noticed this during practice

His skills are good enough to still have him in the starter lineup

This goes with what I said about “Furu’s purpose” in matches

Furu is mostly there for his “rough play skills” and not so much basketball

Yamazaki is there for his basketball skills and not at all for rough play

He’s not going to argue against it, especially when it favors the team’s performance.

This is an anime only thing, so take it with a grain of salt, his face change when Hanamiya said that Kiyoshi needs only one more hit before he’s gone:

Fujimaki did indeed say that he was most “decent” person of the team, and that he is “ The only conscience among the “bad boy” gang “(from Kurofes) and that is true.

But also, the bar is so low for Kirisaki Daiichi so…..

I believe that Yamazaki is against rough play in terms of doing it himself, but he’ll turn a blind eye when the others do it.

Basically, Yamazaki is in a “if you don’t call it out, then you are part of the problem” type of situation.

He may have a “It’s okay since I don’t do the rough play myself” kind of mentality

And Yamazaki might have no intention of calling it out

It may be because he genuinely enjoys basketball and actually wants to win, even if dirty tactics are used

All in all, Yamazaki could be technically against the rough play, and probably would prefer not having it, in an ideal world. If he was on a different team.

But the fact is he is part of Kirisaki Daiichi, and he certainly won’t argue against Hanamiya.

And if the team does well because the rough play, then he’ll do well, so there’s no arguing with that either.

We can look more closely at what each member contributes to the team. We know that they don’t actually play their assigned basketball positions(aside from Yamazaki?) but they still play “a position”:

Hanamiya

There for his leadership, his basketball skills as an uncrowned king, for his intelligence, and rough play if necessary

Rough play by Hanamiya himself is a last resort

Seto

His intelligence for the spider web, and rough play if necessary

Mainly in the second half of the match

He’s not really there so much for basketball per se (so like Furuhashi)

Part of why he isn’t a starter

So overall a support player

Hara

An even mix of rough play and basketball

Clearly good at both since he contributed a good amount of shots

And did his fair share of rough play

Furuhashi

Mostly, if not purely for his rough play

Again, we have never seen Furuhashi make a shot

We’ve only seen him attempt 1 shot, which he missed

We only saw Yamazaki score 2 points, but he attempted more shots than Furu

Similar to Seto, not really score focused; an overall support player

In kurofes, Fujimaki describes Furu’s stats as “High ability that even Hanamiya acknowledges”

I like to think it refers to both basketball and roughplay. Especially since Fujimaki describes Hara’s skills as such.

Tbh, if it weren’t Fujimaki specifically saying that Furu’s basketball abilities are high, I would have assumed it was just the rough play.

I wish we could have seen his basketball skills more during the match, instead of just being a fact in a book...

Yamazaki

Purely for his basketball skills

We’ve never seen him participate in rough play

Clearly skilled enough that Hanamiya has him as a starter despite the lack of rough play

In fact, from the Kurofes book, Fujimaki describes Yamazaki as “Kirisaki Daiichi’s SG who holds his own against powerhouse schools, with ability that is acknowledged by “Uncrowned General” Hanamiya.”

While going through this, the realization that Furuhashi and Yamazaki play pretty much opposite roles in matches was really interesting.

They’re even both described as having abilities that Hanamiya acknowledges.

And it’s interesting to see that Hara is in the middle and pretty much an all-rounder. I’d argue his intelligence could play a part, judging by the fact that he came up with a decent theory for the Vanishing Drive (albeit incorrect, but it was on the right track.) And also how good he is at rough play (even though he wasn’t able to step on Kagami’s foot, with quick thinking, Hara “screened” him out and still got a basket. That takes some smarts.)

#kirisaki daiichi #kirisaki daichi #kiridai #knb #hanamiya makoto #hara kazuya #furuhashi kojiro #seto kentaro #yamazaki hiroshi #randomly started calling Furuhashi ‘Furu’ half way through this #i say 'rough play' and 'from what we've seen' a lot in this #i hate that sub bullets don't work properly #kiridai analysis #long post #super rambly my bad

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aeirithgainsborough · 5 years

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very Important adam/ronan things to take away from the cdth sampler:

“like the other lynch brothers, he was a regular churchgoer, but most people assumed he played for the other team.” i am SCREAMING. top tier gay joke. well timed.

everyone: ronan’s eyes aren’t pretty. adam: mhmm e y e l a s h e s

much to say about the revelation that ronan is partly at the barns to keep his dreams hidden and in check, and how much he relates an inability to change and be like everyone else to having to stay there. almost like he’s stuck huh! i’ve been saying!!

of note that words used to describe ronan’s existence are BORED and MALINGERED.

fingers crossed he finds some balance between his dreams and his wants/needs that allows him to leave the barns and grow but after the Great Crab Disaster I’M WORRIED.

fire imagery EVERYWHERE. i’m WORRIED again.

“there are stains that spread faster than you drive. if you drive, it’ll take fourteen years to get there. seventeen. forty. one hundred. we’ll be driving to your funeral by the end.” good to know ronan is still the most DRAMATIC boy in the whole of virginia. absolutely no chill.

dont like the possible foreshadowing of that driving to your funeral by the end, though. must leave lynches alone!

“it’s very safe” asjkajjka DECLAN PLEASE

“ronan kicked one of the volvo’s tires” asjkajjka RONAN PLEASE.

ronan trying to act nonchalant by cramming chocolate covered peanuts into his mouth and choking a little is Peak Disaster Gay.

matthew’s music must be awful if ronan and declan are in agreement over it, must have playlist.

ronan who lives to pretend he doesn’t care wondering if his brothers didn’t say anything about his moving because it didn’t make a difference to them is huhhh. don’t like it, take it away pls.

i’m sorry, ENTIRELY WRAPPED UP IN! ENTIRELY!

entirely

wrapped

shut up!!!! shut upppppp!

“is there any version of you that could come with me to cambridge?” tbh nothing would have readied me for this. adam i-can-do-everything-alone asking ronan if he could go with him. so much growth, too much pride, nowhere to put it, send help.

the fact that ronan doesn’t stay in cambridge when he visits adam because of plausible deniability, that if he doesn’t try there’s no evidence he can’t make it there. rip.

ronan! missed! him! like! a! lung!

dramatic again, but entirely relatable bc damn, same ronan, same.

a) ronan thinking about how his heartbeat is the same as everyone else’s so he wasn’t that different and b) JUST LIKE ADAM’S HEART WHEN HIS HEAD WAS RESTING ON HIS HEAD = much too much to think about. need to lie down for a bit.

he could move to follow the guy he loved!! we all knew it was love, we’ve always known it was love, but! the words. the words!!!!! brb sobbing.

i have only had jordan for a day and a half but if anything happened to her i would kill everyone in this room and then myself. 11/10 would marry.

art forgery plot confirmed!

THIS WAS HOW IT HAD BEGUN

bitch fkajdkajksja GIVE ME A WARNING.

still can’t compose myself RE the info that ronan saw adam and immediately sent a desperate prayer up to god

will the word please ever be the same again? definitely not!

adam’s arms adam’s hands his lovely! boyish! hands!

the description of his expressions with all its contradictions and multitudes is just my favourite thing ever. it encapsulates everything i love about adam fucking parrish.

and the fact that ronan instantly recognised all those multitudes in him. there was always a level of understanding ronan had for adam throughout trc that no one else did and this tells us he had that before he even met him, he just... recognised something in him i just... ;______;

please

ronan knowing all the harvard stats because he was the person adam could crow to, how he takes on that adam that is still full of contradictions and multitudes, how he finds it hard but he absorbs all the facts and all of adam’s anxieties, even in the face of his own anxieties about adam leaving and falling in love with the shining, educated people that ronan thinks are better than him. that absolute, unwavering support 😭😭😭

tbh there’s a whole ass lot to unpack in this section so imma try and do it briefly (she says!)

ronan lynch is a romantic cdth confirmed:

he could have texted adam but he liked the soft surprise of it

over the past few days ronan had played his reunion with adam over in his head MANY TIMES

adam i love you but that outfit sounds awful. you are a student, it’s a friday night, put some sweats on and stuff some cheetos in your mouth.

the sweet nervousness of their reunion, how they walk past each other and both seem so uncertain. they’re a year into dating and the still get nervous and unsure after a few weeks apart and it’s CUTE and definitely speaks to their excitement/anticipation levels.

THE WATCH. big time softness.

they hugged hard ;_____;

im just so relieved that they’re allowed to touch each other and be intimate and aren’t consigned to the ‘boys in love aren’t like that boring boring’ corner.

the way ronan thinks about how adam fits as he remembered. huh. you’re really gonna do this to me.

his hand still pressed against the back of ronan’s skull the way it ALWAYS did when they hugged.

you smell like home. you smell like home!!!!!! brb ive gone absolutely fucking feral.

i both want to play repo because it sounds fun and don’t want to because it sounds complicated and i fucking hate instructions. much confusion.

adam pressing his shoe hard against ronan’s and then his leg and then breathing in ronan’s ear I AM HOWLING. ronan’s nerve endings being made a marvel of I AM SOBBING. it’s very important that m/m ships are afforded the same level of explicit attraction as m/f (and i don’t mean explicit as in nsfw, i mean as in obvious)

no offence because i love them but all of adam’s friends sound Extra™

“to the outside eye, ronan lynch was a loser” pls ronan, you are giving me an ulcer.

scary spice i asjkjdkjskdjak

queer crying club! i stan!!

also adam saying in the epilogue of trk that he wanted to save all the adam’s hidden in plain view and then going to college and scooping up all the criers and giving them something to do is far too much to handle.

don’t think about that and the time he thought about how he used to spend his nights crying on the trailer steps and wondering why he bothered until gansey came along and offered him friendship. dont think about how he’s essentially paying that forward DON’T THINK ABOUT IT.

hand holding, arms around each other, hip to hip walking, can’t wait anymore kissing, I MISSED YOU. love that for me!

but also the fact that adam reaches down for ronan’s hand and its so natural. ronan’s hand is there so he just. takes it.

hearing ronan’s thoughts on what happened with robert at last is A Lot. the way it’s still happening, always happening, kept fresh and savage shows how affected ronan was by it all and still is and i think its so important that he’s not just. angry and hot headed. there’s more to it than that. its painful, it makes him feel sick, its unending and it really speaks to how much adam means to him.

adam thinks he has no one BITCH YOU’VE GOT ALL OF US.

and ronan.

but. how he feels like he has nothing still. the way his voice hitches on ‘because’ because it’s all still so painful. i wanna wrap him up. i wanna take everything that hurts away. i wanna tell him he’s so loved. guess i’ll just have to sit back and watch him work his way through it all I GUESS. no but i am looking forward to his growth in this trilogy, especially considering how much he’s grown already. adam parrish invented character growth lets 👏 be 👏 real 👏

it had never been a fight between them/it was a fight between adam and himself, between adam and the world/for ronan it was a fight between truth and compromise, between the black and white he saw and the reality everyone else experienced. i LOVE this. it so well encapsulates them. and it’s so important that they can realise their differing world views and their complexities and meet in the middle somewhere.

“ronan put his lips on adam’s deaf ear, and he hated adam’s father” FUCK ME UP. my absolute favourite bit 103930%. absolute incoherent mess over here. not! okay! see other post for more coherency because i only had it for 5.7 minutes.

frowning, guarded, crumpled adam who i’ll literally. never be over in all of my life. 38983/10 will love him until the end of time.

i want it too much. !!!!!! going feral again over here. WHAT DO YOU WANT ADAM? I WANT IT TOO MUCH. definitely will never shut up about this.

scared adam is going to be a visionary so pretending chapter 6 doesn’t exist.

LINDENMERE ;________;

i love it already

i CANNOT believe that ronan is being dream invaded and challenged and he’s over here like hmm nice bike ELEGANT and ROUGH and READY like ADAM asjkasj please ronan you are so embarrassing!!

also. ronan thinks adam is elegant and rough and ready so! there’s that!

i literally. cannot. cope with the HILARITY of chapter 8. the whole thing is a complete and utter DISASTER. it’s absolutely gone off in adam’s room after all his work at constructing a well put together boy. ronan comes for a night and everything goes BONKERS. amazing.

(really worried about what this means RE ronan being able to exit the barns and grow and change and not be bored and not feel like a loser so we’re focusing on the hilarious disaster of it all.)

p.s. adam sleeping slotted between ronan and the wall OKAY. THIS IS FINE!

p.p.s. adam’s bed hair is WILD.

p.p.p.s i have missed adam and ronan so so so so so much and im an emotional fucking wreck

#call down the hawk #ronan lynch #adam parrish #pynch #dreamer trilogy #cdth spoilers #long post #sorry so much to say we were so well fed so many thoughts #;_____;#lou.txt

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valkyrieofsmut · 4 years

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Captive Love 5

UF!Sans x Reader (or Frisk if you wanna)

Summary: (Y/n)'s day at the skelebro's house, Sans' day out.

A/N: So, in this chapter, we find out that (Y/n)'s soul trait is integrity; honesty and strong morals. The only problem with having integrity as a main soul trate is that, because you're so honest, even if you don't want to trust people, you can have the tendency to believe people easier, because you expect others to mean what they say as much as you do. Even extremely smart beings with the trait can second guess their instincts or have them overwritten because the person lying is someone they (want to) trust or have positive feelings about/ for. Based on the note... can you guess what's going to happen in this chapter... lol Also, sorry, guys! I kept trying to get this to post all day, but I guess that tumblr hates long posts...? Or me... Might just be me... lol.

Masterlist Series Masterlist

Story

Little lies never hurt anyone.

Sans leaned on the counter of the odd and ends shop, though it should rightfully be called a thrift shop, since most of its contents had come from other people and not “sources” like a normal store.

“You got a friend you’re buyin’ all this stuff for?” The bunny on the other side asked suggestively.

Sans gave her a smirk. “what’d make ya think that?”

“Well, you haven’t flirted with me once since you walked in the door,” she hinted.

“ah, sorry, doll. jus’ a lil distracted fer a sec, thinkin’ a comin’ in... did ya want ta hop on th’ sans express an’ ride it ta th’ bone zone?” He asked with a heavy handed lewdness.

Honestly, he’d rather spend the time with his sweetheart, but he had to keep up appearances so that no one got suspicious.

Plus, awkward sexual tension filled innuendos were easier to deal in than talking about feelings and shit.

The bunny gave a giggle and continued to lean over the counter toward him instead of going to get his requested items. “Still as charming as ever, I see.”

Sans flashed his smirk again. “so, can i get my stuff?”

The bunny giggled again and with a wiggle of tail asked, “so, does that mean that you’re thinking of getting a pet? Going to go out and take one?”

He let out an annoyed sound. “can i jus’ get my fuckin' stuff?”

She looked a little startled by the suddenness of the change, but took it in stride as it wasn’t really so strange for the former Underground citizens to be testy, and turned to go to the back.

"So," the bunny’s brother asked as he brought the requested items out a moment later, "you gonna wear these, then?"

Sans sneered at him. "you wish ya freak."

"A little too much denial…?" The bunny suggested with a smirk.

Sans gave a disgusted face. "go fuck yerself." He turned, flicking his fingers and letting his magic tug on the piles of stuff on the shelves above the bunny's head. "get dunked on, ya ass hat," he called back over his shoulder.

“aww, ya ain’t seen nothin’ at all?” Sans asked with a suggestive grin to the small cluster of spider ladies selling their baked goods in the corner of the bar. "'s a human, hard ta miss..."

“Ooooh, no,” one hummed.

“No, not anything… Do you wanna buy a croissant, Sans? It tastes soooo good with mustard…” another tempted.

“heh. ‘d rather have somethin' a lil sweeter on my tongue,” he insinuated, thinking of (Y/n) at home, spread across his bed, his tongue tasting all sorts of things…

Drool was slowly pooling between his sharp teeth, and he quickly wiped it, giving an internal groan at how fast his cock had risen to attention at the thought.

He needed to get with his sweetheart quick, even just enough to curb the appetite growing inside of him.

The spider girls giggling brought him back to the present. He flashed a grin and went to the bar, getting a mustard to drink as he continued around, checking everyone for info.

After the rest of his rounds, he headed to his last few information gathering contacts. The ones he knew couldn't keep their mouths shut.

(Y/n) didn’t know what to do. She was stuck in this house, not able to leave, not much to do, nowhere to go.

Sans’ room was messy, her clothes were dirty, it wasn’t even lunch time…

First, she went to the bathroom and washed her clothes in the tub the best she could, cleaning herself as much as possible in the process, hanging them to dry so she could have something clean to go home in.

Then, she went back to Sans’ room, looking around. She couldn’t read any of the books on the shelf, seeing that the words were all written in a strange sort of glyph, and remembered that Sans had told her he couldn't read human language, but as she put all the books on the shelves, she saw the covers had various strange pictures, outerspace, numbers, shapes, most of them looked like school books, but, like they’d be for some advanced courses. She flipped through the pages of a few of them and saw all sorts of charts and formulas that looked reminiscent of something she’d seen on a tv show with Neil deGrasse Tyson as the host. Very smart… and science-y…

(Y/n) put them on the shelves, trying to keep them together as best she could. Some of the books were obviously not… string theory… or whatever the hell the others were… but, novels or something, a few of them she had only a vague idea, having to make a guess that one with a simple cover of a monster laughing at a casket and a crowd laughing at the two was either a black comedy novel, or a book of dark jokes.

She leaned toward the dark jokes.

Under his desk, she found a folded up paper and opened it, trying to see if it was important, though she'd really have no idea, and saw that it looked like some sort of congratulatory certificate. High school diploma, maybe?

After she got everything sorted, she tried to put it with other things that looked the same.

She went out into the rest of the house and found a garbage can under the extra tall sink cabinet, and took it up Sans' room, only throwing away things that were obviously trash; food wrappers, crumpled up bits of paper, other strange little things that might have been dried lava, or eternally frozen snow… any way, they were things that looked like they had fallen from his shoes.

When she took the garbage can back down, she found something that looked like it might be a vacuum, and she looked at it, turning it around and pressing the buttons to see how they worked without any power, before sticking it back in the closet and pulling out the broom and dust pan.

Sweeping was better than nothing… and also better than blowing up the house.

The next task (Y/n) tackled was sorting out the laundry, though she couldn’t find any washer or dryer to clean them in. Maybe they made laundromat trips?

After that she figured it was about lunch time, so she dug through the fridge and ate a small portion of the lasagna from the night before. It wasn’t the worst she’d ever had, but it was far from the best. Maybe if she hid some of the spices he’d used that should have stayed out of the mix, like sage, paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg… really, she thought maybe he’d just put some of everything in the spice rack in there.

She tried turning on the tv and entertaining herself, but the only channels they seemed to get all had the same robotic actor on them, overdramatically giving monologues, "hosting" or cooking things- awful things… that’s probably where Sans’ brother had gotten the recipe for the lasagna…

She turned it back off, and decided to look through the windows to try to get an idea of the area she was in. Knowing that she was at least supposedly in danger, and most likely truly could be, she only peeped from the edges of the window for the first few minutes, but after noticing that there didn't seem to be anyone or anything outside but tall grass and flowers, she just looked through it normally.

I thought they said we were in monster territory…?

(Y/n) put a hand over her face. What if they were all the way on the other side of the monster territory? She certainly couldn't find any landmarks that looked familiar, and the tall buildings usually on the horizon seemed to be missing.

Only more support for her 'Sans is actually a nice, though perverted, guy' theory…

She sighed and decided to go look out the windows in Sans' room, thinking that maybe she'd see something familiar from higher up.

(Y/n) was standing at the window, wondering what kind of flowers were in the field, when the door opened. She, of course, expected it to be Sans, this being his room and all, but the blood drained from her face was she saw the tall skeleton in the doorway.

"HUMAN, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET HUNGRY, AND I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE ABLE TO FEND FOR YOURSELF," he shouted, sounding extremely put upon. "AND I KNEW SANS WOULD BE TOO LAZY TO REMEMBER TO FEED YOU, SO I- WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE?" He asked suspiciously, cutting himself off before getting to his point about how much of a hassle it would be if she died from starvation.

Her color had gotten paler when she'd seen him, and her eyes had started darting around the room, as though taking stock of what she could use as a weapon. Papyrus automatically did a check and found that not only did she have a blue soul, denoting her strong integrity, but it seemed to have a bit of a purple glow around the edges showing her perseverance, looking a bit like blue velvet; blue, but purple in the shadows caused by the texture, and she had an extremely low LOVE, around that of a child's, and was surprised that her desire to find a weapon went so against her stats.

It must be a survival tactic, then. Probably to defend against any oncoming attacks.

She posed no threat to him, but he applauded her instinct to be ready to fight if necessary.

She swallowed harshly and managed to rasp out a broken whisper. "Loo-n- ou-si-." She pointed out the window to try to help him understand what she was saying.

He seemed to have dismissed her, though, looking around the room. "OH MY GOD!!"

She jumped at his exclamation. Did she do something wrong by cleaning?

"THIS IS THE CLEANEST I'VE SEEN MY LAZY BROTHER'S ROOM SINCE WE MOVED IN!! BUT, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE LAUNDRY? IT'S JUST SITTING HERE IN PILES."

"C-ou-... cou-n't fi-d," she rasped, shaking her head nervously apologetic. Her hand went to her throat, and the way she winced showed how hard on her throat just getting that much out was.

Papyrus hummed, his fingers lifting to his chin. It would make sense that she wouldn't wash them if she couldn't find anything to do it with. "FEAR NOT, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE PAPYRUS, WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE WASHING MACHINE IS! AND HOW TO USE IT!!"

(Y/n) opened her mouth to object that she did know how a washer worked, but it didn't matter, because he had just turned and started out the door with, "COME, HUMAN, AND BRING A PILE OF LAUNDRY!!"

After having the instructions on how to use the machine yelled at her, for no particular reason, she was glad that it had been Sans that had found her, and that Papyrus had only come to check on her and would be leaving soon. She didn’t know how long she’d be able to stay in his presence without constantly being on the edge of a panic attack.

When she came back into the front room from where the laundry room was, behind a hidden door in the kitchen, Papyrus was standing a little awkwardly near the door.

"W-WELL… I CAN'T SPEND ALL DAY MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T DIE! I HAVE TO GO! …" He stood silently for another moment, then announced, "I'M GOING."

(Y/n) gave a smile and waved, the most she could do without hurting her throat further or risking offending him, and had to hold back a laugh as the start of a red glow touched his cheeks and he looked flustered for a millisecond before he gave a tug to straighten his outfit before he turned and walked out through the door.

After Papyrus left, (Y/n) mostly just hung around and did laundry, looking through things, but not finding much for her to do until she found a deck of cards, then she sat on the floor and played solitaire, pausing only when the laundry was done, to fold it and put it on the desk chair, not wanting to dig around in Sans’ drawers.

He was a guy… guys had… stuff … that she’d rather not stumble across… especially due to the strange things that had apparently turned him on before. Also, being a skeleton monster made him different from every other guy she'd known, and the thought of finding super weird fetish stuff that she'd inevitably be morbidly curious about gave her pause.

She wasn't a "freak" but… curiosity was something that had gotten the better of her before, and some things in life, you just didn't need to know.

(Y/n) had finished the few loads of laundry, folded them, and turned to just playing card games by herself on Sans’ bed by the time the door opened and Sans walked in, looking tired and sweating a weird sort of translucent, but red tinged, perspiration.

He stepped in and closed the door behind him before looking up, but then froze in place and swept his shocked and slightly horrified gaze around the room.

For the second time that day, she wondered if she'd done something wrong by cleaning Sans' room.

He stiffly walked to the chair and pushed the laundry off onto the floor.

(Y/n) made an indignant noise from the bed, but heard him mutter, "too clean…"

Ahh, so he's one of those people who need a little disorder to feel comfortable , she noted, feeling the anxiety leaving her as he tossed his coat on the chair and turned to her.

He smiled and lifted a bag onto the bed. "i, uh- i uh- gotcha some stuff…" His expression shifted to that angry sort of flustered look he'd had before, paying close attention to how his other hand was fiddling with the edge of his red sweater. "somethin' ta wear, s-so ya don't have ta keep wearin' dirty clothes…"

Sans glanced over at her and felt another pang in his chest at the beautiful smile she was giving him.

fuck-! so adorable! an'... why d'i feel disappointed that she's not wearing my clothes, now?

(Y/n) smiled at him, mouthing thank you . She hesitated before nervousness seemed to grow over her a little and her gaze focused on the bed.

“wassup, sweetheart?” He asks, feeling a bit nervous about what was on her mind.

She gestured, asking, can I go home? She immediately winced and glanced up at him then back to the bed, as though she were worried he was going to hit her.

Sans felt his soul throb painfully at the thought of her leaving, and his hand automatically went to it. He realized what he was doing, and changed the movement to scratching his sternum through his sweater. Luckily, he had a reason for her to stay. He move the bag onto the floor, then sat on the mattress and laid back with his shoulders about even with her, making himself comfortable as he told her, “i talked ta alla my contacts, an’ it sounds like no one knows ‘xactly where ya are, but they definitely know that there’s a human on monster turf.”

Her brow dipped in confusion and she asked, how?

Sans shrugged as he put his arms behind his head, his fingers running over a crack on the back of his skull. “dunno fer sure-” ok, it might have been from his asking so blatantly if anyone had seen a human around- “but i hadda getcha here somehow. coulda jus’ been spotted on th’ way. tough luck, but, should be good in two or three days. ‘f we wait fer three, they’ll most likely ferget ta be lookin’ fer ya.”

(Y/n) eyed him, and he was glad that he’d already been sweating so that she hopefully didn’t notice the fresh round of perspiration beading on his skull. Finally, she seemed to accept it, and he let out an internal sigh of relief.

“so, you, uh, ya have an ok day?” She gave a half nod half shrug. “noticed ya cleaned up ‘round here… an’ i appreciate th’ thought behind it, sweetheart, ‘s real sweet a ya, but, i gotta ask ya; please don’t. kinda wigs me out when ‘s too clean. like it’s a fake fuckin’ storybook,” he muttered.

She put a hand on his arm, and it felt like Sans’ soul tumbled around his rib cage. He looked up to see the apologetic look on her face. Sorry...

Apologies? Yeah… Those were something that never happened in the Underground.

In a kill or be killed world, any sign of niceness was seen as a form of weakness, so niceties had been dropped long ago.

The way his sweetheart was so nice, showing kindness and caring was definitely something he liked about her, but… it also made him uncomfortable.

Sans would never turn away from her for her weakness, he wanted to protect her, keep her with him and safe. But… he didn't know how to react to this kindness. So he again took it to a place he was more comfortable with.

“ah, dollface, don’t worry ‘bout it…” He turned and his thumb went out to run down her cheek, trying not to let the tiny flinch get to him. “if it’d make ya feel better, i know somthin’ ya could do ta make it up ta me…” He gave her a smirky grin and took his hand back, putting a fingertip on his cheek. “how ‘bouta kiss?” He watched her gaze turn wary, her body stiffening like she was getting ready to bolt.

False, flirty affection and innuendo was so much easier to handle than real affection, even if he wanted her affection like a starving man wanted food. It seemed, though, that she knew how to take flirting about as well as he knew how to take a compliment, so he again changed directions.

“kiddin’- ‘m kiddin’, doll,” he assured quickly, feeling a prick of pain in his soul. He was not kidding. He'd probably do anything to get her to willingly kiss him again. “heya, knock knock.”

She looked at him uncertainly, but lifted a brow and tilted her head. Who’s there?

“sherlock,” he told her, watching as she puzzled over it.

Sherlock who…? Seemed to be what she asked with her confused expression after a moment.

“ sherlock yer door tight, sweetheart,” he told her, watching as her eyes closed as she took it in, then her posture changed as she silently chuckled.

Sans’ smile widened in satisfaction that she enjoyed his joke. “knock knock, doll.”

She lifted her brow to ask who's there, but it was the cute little smile on her face that made his soul throb.

“mustache,” he told her, watching her expression contort in confusion.

Mustache? Can skeleton monsters even grow mustaches? What the hell? She thought and tilted her head inquiringly.

“ mustache ya a question, but i’ll shave it fer later,” he told her with a blow off expression, watching her giggle as squeaks and huffs left her.

There… that adorable expression on her face was a much better look than her being worried that he was going to do something unpleasant to her. Even if the worry was justifiable, given his track record concerning her…

He just watched her giggling for a moment, red spreading over the bridge of his nose.

She tapped her hand to his arm and managed to ask, you know a lot of knock knock jokes?

“knock knock,” he told her in answer, and she lifted a brow immediately in question. “rhino,” he told her.

Oh, this one had to be good. She tilted her head and lifted her brow again.

“ rhino every knock knock joke there is,” he told her, his grin getting a bit goofier at her reaction. Stars she was cute! “so, what else d’ja do?”

(Y/n) wondered if it was something normal for monsters to talk so comfortably with someone they’d only really just met the day before. It really seemed like some ideal relationship situation from some rom-com; he got home from work, told her about his day, asked about hers… The only thing missing was an actual relationship…

She masked the feelings her internal musings brought up with the ease of practice and gestured around the room. She was good at ‘don’t rock the boat.’

“jus’ this, huh?” He asked and she nodded before pointing at the cards, indicating that she'd also played cards. “sounds like a good day ta me, but maybe ‘m jus’ lazy,” he said as he closed his eye sockets. A contented smile tilting his normal grin up. “‘m gonna try ta get a nap in before dinner. feel like joinin’ me?”

(Y/n) shook her head to answer him, knowing he could see her though his slightly open socket.

“suit yerself, sweetheart,” he told her, shifting his shoulders as he got comfortable.

He seemed to almost immediately fall asleep, soft snores coming from him, and not even reacting when she’d waved her hand in front of his face.

She went back to her card game, the weird feeling of being so comfortable around a strange man (one that had pushed her against the wall and basically rubbed against her, no less!) struck her as wrong, but she couldn't bring herself to be truly uncomfortable.

Uneasy and worried from his actions sometimes?

For sure.

Uncomfortable?

Nope.

Something brushed against and down her back, laying against her butt.

(Y/n) looked over her shoulder, seeing Sans' arm laid out behind her. She watched him closely, not wanting to miss any tell in his expression, but other than slightly rolling toward her, he still seemed asleep.

She gave a doubtful glance, but it fell to the back of her mind as she continued her game.

After a few minutes, she felt Sans rolling toward her more, his hand sliding over the bed, snaking over her thigh, wrapping around her waist and burying his face against her thigh.

Oh, yeah. He's asleep, my ass, she mentally grumbled.

She rolled her eyes and went back to her game, not entirely comfortable with this extent of touching, but she knew that some good friends got touchy and cuddled, so it wasn't some insanely strange concept to her, even if they weren't that close.

Halfway through the next round of her game, (Y/n) felt Sans' arms tighten around her, and she looked down to see him rolling over onto his stomach, putting him on the cards and into her lap, his head awkwardly pressing against her.

She tried to shift around to get rid of the discomfort of his skull pressing against her hip, and the weird kink he'd put in his neck vertebrae to do so.

Of course, with all of her edging around his head, and their shifting around, she ended up laying back with him in her lap, his skull laying on her stomach. How could this end any other possible way with her luck?

Honestly, though, with all the terrible things he could possibly do to her, that she knew of and worried about, laying with his head on her stomach hadn't even made the list.

She gave a shattered, huffing sigh that made her cough a little, but it cleared quickly.

She kept herself ready in case she was going to have to defend herself from the skeleton, but folded her arms over her chest to feel like she had at least a little cover, and resigned herself to laying there until either he "woke up," or she had to convince him to move so she could use the bathroom.

Sans tightened his arms around his sweetheart as she coughed, hating that he didn't have green magic to try and fix it instantly, but, thankfully, it quickly ended.

He tried to be subtle, not wanting to give away that he was awake, but it was so hard when all he wanted to do was nuzzle into the soft squishiness of her belly. Especially when some of her squishiest bits were against his clavicle and were tempting him to rub against them… and give them a sniff…

fuck- ya smell so fuckin' good, sweetheart… He mentally groaned to himself.

(Y/n) shifted under him, but he didn't let it disturb him; he was an expert at pretending to sleep.

"SANS-"

The skeleton on her belly jumped at the loud voice, giving a grunt of surprise.

"YOU BETTER BE DOWN HERE IN FIVE MINUTES TO EAT DINNER!!"

"paps, you fuckin' sonuvabitch," he grumbled to himself, not quite audible to (Y/n).

"welp. dinner time, doll. you joinin' us downstairs 'gain t'night?" He asked as he sat up, not leaving the bed, or her pile of cards, but off of her.

She gave him a nervous look, not wanting to be afraid, but also very afraid of the tall, loud skeleton downstairs.

"aww, c'mon sweetheart, he ain't that bad. i mean, don't get me wrong, 'e's bad, but not that kind a bad."

As strange as it was for her to trust anyone so quickly, his words kind of made her feel better about being in the same room as the taller skeleton.

She followed him downstairs, deciding that she was misreading the look on his face and posture as content and proud, as though she trusted him to be her knight in a red sweater; it was probably just self confidence.

God knew she'd never felt that much of it to know.

Sans pulled out a chair for her, but instead of waiting to push her in, he sat in the chair next to it and shifted the seat, pulling it closer to him when she sat.

(Y/n) would protest, but she really did feel safer being closer to him, and farther away from the other skeleton.

He served her a small slice of lasagna, and she knew that it was because he knew it was going to taste awful, and he didn't want to stick her with too much to eat instead of a plot to starve her.

It was a quiet dinner, much the same as the night before, with the toe of Sans' sneaker hitting the leg of her chair he was so close, and Papyrus giving her not at all hidden suspicious glares, as though he didn't think it was safe to hold a conversation in front of her.

(Y/n) took another bite of the lasagna and hid her wince.

She really should have hidden those spices earlier…

A/N: Oh Sans... there's a difference between telling Paps that he's an amazing cook and telling (Y/n) she has to stay there because there's no possible way she can get home. Also, I recently got a message from someone who had made fanart of another story I wrote and asked if I wanted to see it- uh, fuck yeah, I do! You kidding?! You were inspired by something I wrote?! I'm gonna fangirl... I love it even more because I can't draw... I guess what I'm saying is that if you do anything inspired from something I've written (art, stories, drabbles), you don't have to ask, there's a 100% chance I want to see it. And that I'll squeal.

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momothegeckho · 4 years

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Magi19 is Online...

Mystic Messenger Fanfic. Yoosung x Reader (OC)

Note: So i totally did this when this game first came out, and its been collecting dust for a long time lol. I know its a bit lat and irrelevant now, but I enjoyed writing it so here it goes. I may not continue it unless I feel it needs more, so this is just what I wrote.

•:•.•:•.•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•☾☼☽•:•.•:•.•:•:•:•:•:•:•:• Yoosung unlocked his door and sighed. His Professor had caught him texting during class again and really let him have it after the session ended. He went into his room, dropped his bag, and jumped onto his bed. “He just had to give me extra homework, today of all days! What luck…” Today was a special event on his favorite MMORPG, LOLOL. If he wasn’t there today, it would be gone tomorrow. Yoosung sat up and looked at his bag, then at his computer. After what seemed like forever, which was really five seconds, Yoosung chose LOLOL. He just couldn’t wait. And the homework was due on friday, anyway. He pushed the power button on the side of his computer and smiled.

“Armor is 60% off today! As well as certain boosts, too! No way can I miss this event!” The desktop on his screen lit up to show the background picture of him when he was younger, holding a light brown puppy with brown eyes. Rika’s puppy. He smiled at the memory and quickly opened up LOLOL, put on his headphones, and logged in. As soon as he was about to review his character, Yoosung’s phone beeped. A new chat room had opened up on the messenger app. He picked up his phone and sighed. It was Seven again, most likely signing on to poke a little fun at everyone. He turned on the app and entered the chatroom.

707: Yoosung!!!!

Yoosung: Seven… why are you here? Didn’t you say you had work?

Mina (MC):He does… but he’s putting it off until the last minute. Hello Yoosung! How was school?

Yoosung: Fine I guess, but my prof. yelled at me for being on my phone… I was just about to get on LOLOL.

707: Yoosung.

Yoosung: What?

707:… Get a girlfriend.

Those words made Yoosung sigh. Ever since Seven and Mina had gotten together, Seven tried to set Yoosung up on dates with girls he barely knew. He just wanted to find a girl naturally and connect with her through a mutual friendship, though he knew it wouldn’t happen overnight. Even though he wished it would.

Yoosung: Seven… Pls.

Mina: Seven! That was rude! Let Yoosung find love by his own terms! Sorry Yoosung. You know Seven is just playing.

Yoosung: Thanks, Mina. I’ll find someone someday!!!

{Jaehee Kang Has Entered the Chatroom}

Jaehee: How soon is someday exactly? Because from what I see, you barely put yourself out there.

Yoosung: Jaehee! You’re so mean!!!!

Jaehee: Just speaking the truth. Hello Seven, Mina. Finally got a break from Mr. Han!!!

Mina: Glad you made it out alive! How is Jumin? He hasn’t been in the chatroom lately.

Jaehee: He’s been on a lot of business trips lately. Just this morning, he took off for America for a transaction. And this time, he took the furball with him!

707: Wow. You must be really happy. Elizabeth Third! Come baaack!

Jaehee: Don’t jinx this. Please.

Yoosung: Lol. Jaehee. Do you really not like Elizabeth the Third? She’s cute!

Jaehee: No… She’s the devil with shedding hair. Zen’s new role in ‘Love Under the Cherry Blossom’ is cute! ////

Yoosung: Whatever. LOLOL calls for me. Later, everyone!

Mina: Bye, Yoosung!!

Yoosung put down his phone and started to play LOLOL. He smiled at the prices on new armor and buffs for his character. It was like being a kid in a candy store! He bought up a few things and started to play. He found a dungeon to go into and saw another player standing outside of it. The character wore a white cape with gold decorating the edges, while the armor she had on was very amazon-like. The character’s hair was black with white tips, and she had a sword on her side. Almost as if on cue, the messenger block popped up with blinking dots. The player was contacting him.

Magi19: Hello! Are you here for the event, too?

Yoosung: Yeah! I mean, who could miss it? I would hate myself if this passed and I wasn’t here to participate. What did you get?

Magi19: Right!? I just got a few buffs to help me cast spells quicker. I also got some new armor! You?

Yoosung: A few armor suits and some buffs. Hey, do you want to be friends? We could conquer the dungeon together!

There was a small pause after Yoosung’s question, and he started to feel awkward. Was he too straightforward? After all, He only met Magi19 a few seconds ago. The worst thing that got to him was that he was thinking so hard about this as if he was asking out a girl… He was about to dismiss his question when a beep came from his computer.

Magi19: Yeah, sure!! I haven’t went inside yet! Let me send you my info really quickly…

Yoosung received Magi19’s profile info and looked through it. Everything seemed normal, from her gender all the way to her stats.

Yoosung: Wow! You’re really experienced! Level 60? You could clear this level by yourself if you wanted!

Magi19: I’m not that experienced. I just fight monsters here and there for the items. You have a really high level, too. Lol!!!

Yoosung: I’m sure you’re great! Let’s go!

Magi19: Wait! Shouldn’t we hook up our mics so we can talk instead of type? I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit of a slow typer…

Yoosung: Oh yeah, sure! Here’s my sky-pic number.

Magi19: Thanks! Hold on…

Magi19 stopped typing and then called Yoosung on Skypic. He answered and was met with a smiling face. “Hi! You’re Yoosung, right?” The girl had brown hair with light purple tips, brown eyes, and a really bright smile.

“Yeah… Hi. I’m Yoosung! Nice to meet you…” Yoosung trailed off, not knowing her real name and smiled. “Sorry! My name is Yoona. Nice to meet you, Yoosung!” Yoosung smiled and laughed with the girl as they entered the dungeon together. Jokes were exchanged between the two as they slayed monsters and talked about daily life “You go to Sky University, too?” Yoosung looked at the girl on his screen as she nodded and smiled. “Yeah! I actually got there a few months ago! You see, I had to transfer from my other college for a few reasons…” Yoona trailed off and slayed a beast in front of her. “But I like Sky. It’s the best school I’ve ever been to!” Yoosung smiled and laughed a little.

Where was this girl all his life? She liked video games, she was super comfortable around people, she has a great personality, and to top it all off, she was comfortable in her own skin. She didn’t need to be told she was pretty, because she didn’t care. Yoosung liked that. “So Yoosung, what are you planning on making your occupation later in life?” Yoona looked at Yoosung and picked up some items from the dungeon. “I’m going into medicine to become a veterinarian. What about you?” Yoona stopped moving her character and looked into the lens. Yoosung knew that she wasn’t there with him and couldn’t really stare through a camera, but still felt as though her eyes were going to pierce his soul. “I wanted to go into medicine to be a veterinarian freelancer, but instead, I want to become a patissiere! I have already went to culinary school in France and got my degree, so now, all I have to do is get this degree, and I’ll be able to open up my own shop! It doesn’t sound stupid, does it?” Yoosung smiled and shook his head. “No! I think that it’s amazing you can study so hard and still have time for LOLOL. How do you do it?”

Yoona thought for a moment and sighed. “To be honest, I don’t really know. Once I got everything down on a schedule, it all fit together. How about you? I only just got here, and I already know that the Uni’s homework is a bit… piled.” Yoosung sighed deeply at the question and instantly got depressed. “To be honest with you, I don’t do a lot of my work. You see… I’m addicted to LOLOL. As we speak, I have homework I still haven’t gotten to. How about you?” Yoona smiled. “I already finished! You know, if you want, I could help you with your homework!” Hearing Yoona say she would help made Yoosung tear up. He didn’t know many people from the campus, but loved to meet new people along the way to graduation.

“You’d really do that for me? Thank you so much!” Yoosung wiped away a fake tear and laughed. “Anything for a fellow LOLOL player and teammate! Here’s my number…” Yoona gave Yoosung her number and smiled. “I hate to do this now, but it’s getting really late. I have to go now.” Yoosung groaned and gave her puppy eyes. “You can’t stay a bit longer?” Yoona smiled and sighed. “Sorry! But hey! We go to the same school! Let’s just meet up tomorrow, kay’?” Yoosung nodded and exited out of the game. They said their goodbyes and signed off, anticipating if they would really see each other tomorrow. Yoosung was excited to make a new friend like Yoona. She seemed really cool, and definitely had a certain enthusiasm about her. He couldn’t wait to see her again. Even though they had literally just met a few hours earlier. He logged onto the messenger and saw no one was online. He took the opportunity to open a chat room. He smiled as he typed in the news.

Yoosung: Everyone, I met someone today. She’s a really nice girl, and she also likes LOLOL…

Yoosung: She’s really pretty, her name is Yoona.

Yoosung: Turns out, we go to the same school… and have probably been passing each other everyday.

Yoosung:…

Yoosung: What should I do!?!?

Yoosung: I’m meeting her tomorrow! Should I buy her something? Should I?

Yoosung: … Is it weird that I’m talking like this even though I met her a few hours ago?

Yoosung: Gahhh!!!

{YOOSUNG HAS LEFT CHAT ROOM}

•:•.•:•.•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•☾☼☽•:•.•:•.•:•:•:•:•:•:•:• There are 3 other chapters I made, so this is just the first one. ugh its so cringey lmaooo -

#mystic messenger #mysmess yoosung #yoosung x reader #mystic messenger yoosung #mystic messenger fanfiction #fanfiction #mystic messenger scenarios #yoosung scenarios

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pandoriasbox · 4 years

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Jade’s SSO Rambles - 2 Quality of Life (UI Elements)

(Please keep in mind that these are my thoughts and opinions at the time of writing these rambles. I may change my mind in the future.)

By quality of life I’m basically going into small aspects about the game that while certainly not necessary to acknowledge or fix are those little things that really help the overall feel of a game in the background. It’s the difference between having to click between 5 different menus vs 1 or 2 clicks to get to what you want. Yes it’s not necessary to tweak but players/users will often unconsciously greatly appreciate it. Also this may come up again later as I usually have a lot of thoughts regarding UI and HUD. (UI means User Interface and HUD means Heads Up Display. I use them semi interchangeably but HUD is more like your map, exp bar, status ect whereas UI would be more like the chat window or your inventory where you “interact” with it.)

Also if the SSO devs read this and care about me, please please please remove area and global chat notifications. I would love you forever if you did.

Okay now on with the insanely long rambles!

What SSO Has Done Well:

I think the updated store UI was a very long overdue update and I can’t wait for the rest of the stores in the game to get this refresh. I’m glad that the camera has been freed to move around the horse and that we have an option to turn on and off magical mode for our Jorvik Wilds. Using the 3D models instead of icons has been a blessing and makes shopping so much better as I’m not guessing what the object looks like or forgetting where it’s at in the store. I also am glad that we have filter options to select items based on what they are (tops, saddles, accessories ect) or based on colors and so on. The only thing I’d like to see updated is the color/style of the background to match the global store but I’m sure it’ll come in time.

The global store is another feature I greatly applaud and I think was a must for this game. While not everything is available in it I think it really helps even just with planning and testing outfits or tack sets let alone saving time and effort on shopping. I also love being able to look up the price of an item in game and figuring out where it’s located without having to go into my browser or hunt around in game. Overall I think the way the global store is setup is great, I adore all the filters, the ability to manage both my horse and my character’s outfit and see the stats even. I also like that a tutorial is available just in case but isn’t in your face either.

Adding 3D inventory models was again one of the best things the team has done for UI. I can’t stress enough how much better it is for finding what you need or looking for the right color items. It makes organization and finding objects so much better and probably the only thing I would like more is if they were slightly bigger. I also appreciate when items are zoomed into (especially earrings) as it helps make them easier to see and know which one you’re looking at. Personally I also like the updates to backgrounds of items and I can’t wait to see everything else updated from the black jarring background to a more color coordinated one. (My only worry is for people with color blindness though.)

Updating the race UI/HUD, namely in adding buttons that allow you to restart and exit the race. (I began playing the game before this update and was ecstatic to see it implemented.)

Removing the bar on the magical horse changes but leaving sparkles to still give the player a heads up of the change.

Having a bar on the swimming (so the player knows how long they can be in the water and when they are in deep enough water to be teleported out.)

I personally love the newer UI/HUD graphics in general and I feel it looks far more professional and sleek without taking away from the game’s feel and branding. Especially speaking of the updates to the race UI, boards and such. I hope to see the darker blues carried over into the rest of the game’s UI and HUD. I also really love the way the wooden boards look now (especially the western games one) and I hope to see that implemented in things such as stable chores boards.

The quest log update was badly needed and I like the new organization on it. Overall it is a small thing but I think for people still running main quests it’ll help a lot.

Suggestions for Improvement:

Please make everything able to be exited out of by hitting the “Esc” key. Prime examples of where this is missing is namely with the race boards to initiate a high score race, the druid lessons/missions board and the new western games board. (Can’t check the board at the rescue ranch but that might be one too.) While not necessarily UI I also want to mention that things such as dancing (like the disco) or sitting down (like at the cafe) would also be nice to exit via “Esc.”

I think area notifications should either be removed entirely (since we have the compass to update us) or turned off by default (especially since there are several bugs with them turning on despite the muting feature being active.) If they are left on by default then the game should be updated to remember the player’s settings. I personally don’t like to have to turn on the mute setting every time I log in and would love it if the game simply kept my settings saved client side so the only time it refreshes it is on a full reinstall. If none of these are a viable option then at the very least the area notifications should be moved to the top of the screen. They update far too frequently and become rather frustrating especially when either taking screenshots or recording. (Just moving around the circus in Nilmers is a prime example of the area notifications being way too easily triggered.)

Entering and exiting global chat notification should be removed entirely. Personally I don’t understand why it’s only active in certain areas (unless this is something on the back end that makes the game run better then yes that makes a lot of sense.) However if it must stay within only towns/stables then I think the notification is unnecessary. The player should get some kind of mini tutorial at the start of the game explaining how the chat system works. After that then most people old enough to chat will be able to figure it out on their own or use the “say” chat to ask for help. People who already know how to use global will be aware it only functions in towns.

Lower the loading bars and announcements or other notifications not placed in the upper right corner to the bottom of the screen. (Alternatively they could be moved up to the top of the screen.) For example the “Swimming” bar can be moved so it’s across the bottom of the screen instead of the middle and place the warning that it’s too deep in the same spot. Other examples are with the “Ferry Leaving the Quay” and when characters talk in quests outside of dialogue boxes such as cooking instructions. I would also move the druid commands during training like the change lanes as well. In general I would keep any brief info out of the center of the screen as that blocks the player’s view of their character/horse and what they are interacting with.

Add in a way to view your best time on appropriate races. (This is likely a lot of extra work since it only applies to ones you can run multiple times but I would love to know what my previous best time was while running said race.)

Remove the popup for all archaeology digging that causes you to pause and close out of it. Preferably replace it with the standard floating UI you get from races and items flying into your inventory. (I’ll go into this more on the archaeology ramble.)

Combine beating your personal best pop-up with the update on current time and current best time. When you beat your best time it should show 3 times instead of 2, your time on the race you just ran, your new personal best and your previous personal best. I would suggest making the “Congrats” text more noticeable to help avoid causing players interested in seeing these stats to skip it. There is plenty of room in the massive popup we currently have to be able to fit all these aspects and I feel trimming excess popups helps with general quality of life.

Remove the loading bar on most actions and either make them immediately completed or just let animations play. Most things I don’t think really need to have the animations play for so long as well. Prime example would be horse care and stable chores, you don’t need a “grooming loading bar” for example, just play the animation of the player grooming the horse or mucking the stable. The bar I feel just makes it feel less immersive (for as immersive as you can get with mucking) and also makes it feel more like a chore and something you have to wait out. Some things also just feel better being instantaneous like when you refill water or hay with daily chores. (Would love if refilling my buckets was instant too.)

Western games board improvements (I will also bring this up in my discussion about Starshine Ranch and go into some extra detail there.) Please make it so when the board is activated that the horse the player is riding will stop. I’ve found when I come out of the arena after running a race that my horse continues galloping past the board, often into the tables across the way as I’m used to the boards pausing my horse’s movement. As mentioned earlier I also think it should be able to be exited via the “Esc” key.

I don’t think I really need to mention all of the stores that need to be fixed but I do have a few specific details I’d like to list. I really hope the mall gets an update to function more like the newer stores or the global store where I can tilt the camera around my horse and rider. Speaking of the global store I would personally like to see the player/horse preview area increased in size and possibly adjust the lighting so it’s a little better on the opposite side of the horse from the player model. I would also like a way for indoor pet stores to have a means of viewing the pet with your horse. Otherwise I would simply just make it so they aren’t indoors at all. Lastly Farah seems to have a weird bug with the placement of the camera and I dearly hope that her new store is updated as it’s very hard to actually look at my horse and apparel. (Might submit a report on that.)

When you complete caring for your horse it should only pop up in the notification area in the corner. I think the extra popup across the top is pointless.

Small idea for the quest log, I would love to see daily quests (and possibly races and chores) separated per general area. So for example maybe something like Silverglade (Moorland/Fort Pinta/Silverglade/Manor/Valedale/Firgrove,) South Hoof, Harvest Countries (Jarlahiem and such,) Epona, Mistfall, Goldenhills, Dino Valley and so on as new areas are eventually added. Possibly even break central Silverglade down further. Basically this would be nicer for end game users to be able to see what areas have the most quests available that day and is certainly not something I would prioritize.

Other Notes:

With removing the “Okay” button that pauses you before starting a race I was initially on the fence about it. On one hand I think removing it helps when you’re doing a quick run of races because it means less time to get into the race. On the other hand, however I am also one of those people who uses it to pause the game. I think if I were on the team I would end up removing it as it feels pointless, there’s no reason to make the player pause as they already confirmed they want to do the race by selecting it.

I will be going into more depth regarding Starshine Ranch in another post but I did want to add a few of my immediate notes on the UI for the western games/races. Overall I love the board (besides my suggestions earlier) and I really like how you can line up several races via checking the boxes. (And I hope this means we get other barrel/pole/ect setups too later as well as group/friend races.) My main concerns are with how the UI before and after the races is handled. I think the line showing you the path is a great idea but I also feel it grows very tiring to have it before every race. I would think maybe having it as an option in the board menu would be better. Something that works as a “preview” of the race you’re interested in rather than every time you’re about to run it. I think maybe having Josh do a mini intro quest into western games would be a better means of showing players the layout of the course for the first time than having the line show up each time you run the race and can avoid having to code a way for it to only show up the first time a player interacts with the board. I think the number of popups could also be reduced much like the new best time on races. The same info is displayed on both screens (who wins is denoted by a medal instead of text) and therefore the first screen is sorta pointless. I also feel that the reward screen should only show up when you actually are rewarded money/exp and when repeating the races without a reward it shouldn’t show up.

Also, honestly if the team ever wanted someone to go through and find all of the places for suggested adjustments on small things such as removing loading bars on animation I would be happy to do so in my spare time. I care quite a bit about this horse game to probably a ridiculous point but I want to see it succeed even when it comes down to the little things like quality of life updates.

Anyone is free to add their thoughts via reblogs or replies, I’d love to hear what others have in mind regarding my rambles or what they think the game does well or can improve at. I’m also open to asks about my thoughts as well.

I’d like to also mention that I certainly don’t think I know better than the team, these are simply my personal observations on how I think the game could improve. I hope that they can help stir up discussions within both the SSO community and maybe even with the team on how to make the game even better. I want to help promote healthy and constructive critiquing and free shared thoughts in the fandom/community. Please try to keep any additions free of ranting/putting down the game or the team that works on it.

Thank you for reading my extremely long rambling thoughts!

#sso #jaderambles #sso talk #2 #quality of life #ui #ui elements #hud #the rambling begins!

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hopehunted · 4 years

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" 𝐈𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐈'𝐌 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈'𝐌 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐓. " is that hailee steinfeld? oh no, that’s MALLORY MENDEL, born on the 27th of MARCH, 2020. i heard SHE (cis female) is an ARMORY ASSISTANT in JACKSON TOWN. apparently, they can be FOLKSY and SANGUINE but also known to be KLUTZY and SAUCY. spends most of their free time tinkering with old junk scraps, probably smells like SMOKE. is that a bite mark i see? no, must have been a trick of the light.

character inspirations: goose (untitled goose game), shane madej (buzzfeed unsolved), koda (brother bear), dustin henderson (stranger things), andy dwyer (parks and recreation), sokka (avatar: the last airbender), finn (adventure time), bloo (foster's home for imaginary friends), troy barnes (community), bobby hill (king of the hill).

you can find mallory’s stats right here, where i’ve also put all her links. there’s a good bit of info there, so i’ll just be fluffing her out a bit more here!

— 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐈 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍, 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄. CONTENT WARNING: the very first bullet point contains mentions of body horror / gore and death. i’ve marked that part with a ***.

mallory is a familiar face around jackson ; she's been there since the spring of 2030. so, a darn while — since she was nine. her parents are hunters that defected to jackson, because they didn't jive with the way their community was being run + feared for mallory’s safety when she grew older. her mom died en route, however, caught in the crossfire by the very group they were running from. *** it happened in the blink of an eye. one second she was showing mallory how to use a compass, and the next she’s being yanked away by her father, tripping over herself to catch up. her body was left to rot in no man’s land, probably picked over by vultures -- the infected and hunters alike. she arrives in jackson with bits of her mother’s brains still in her hair.

despite everything, mallory stays strong. although it would have been nice to have a memento of her mother, mallory doesn’t need one. she honors her mother by emulating that which she loved most about her and taking care of those she loves. there’s a child-like quality about her that can’t be missed: she’s goofy, curious, and optimistic. in her eyes, there’s always a silver lining to be found if you just look hard enough. she can’t accept that the world is hardened all over; there has to be good places, too, and if there’s not then she’s going to make one herself.

— 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐃. 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄.

she has adhd and dyslexia, which means she’ll never remember your birthday, but that doesn’t mean she loves you any less. no matter what, mallory will always find a way of getting out of reading anything aloud. she’s had a few too many teachers and well-meaning pals in the past assume that she was faking her learning disabilities / doing a bit, and as a result has a lot of pent-up frustration regarding her abilities in that sense. she’d rather not draw any attention to it.

while academics may not be her strong suit, mallory is really good with her hands. she’s got a knack for taking things apart and putting them back together again, learning mechanics through trial and error on her own. a hobby of hers is creating little sculptures / figurines out of metal scraps. her living quarters are littered in spare parts and pieces that she’s hoping to make something more out of. this skill also manifests more practically into weapons upgrading. she’s not a master marksman, but she sure knows her way around a gun and any other kind of weapon. eventually, she’d like to one day prove she’s not too generally messy to be an engineer.

mallory will talk to anyone and everyone. she’s outgoing, brazen, maybe a bit too open. very much has a “fuck it - i’m inadequate. what can you do?” vibe. beneath it, there’s this itty-bit sense of juvenile-esque awkwardness that still lingers and rears its head sometimes.

100% would’ve been a twitch streamer / video game youtuber, a la callmekevin & crankgameplays, in a non-zombie au.

somehow always ends up hitting herself / running into things and it never gets any less embarrassing. usually has tiny little cuts on her hands and various random bumps and bruises from being an uncoordinated mess.

the type to teach a kid a curse word just because it’s funny.

very physically affectionate and maybe a little annoying about it. she’s not shy to boop a nose, or pinch a cheek.

loves, loves, loves gossip! doesn’t like to be included in the drama, but she does love knowing everything about it.

also the type to stay back and walk with you when you’re getting pushed off the sidewalk / out of the group.

gets tiny, little crushes on everyone that’s nice to her. You Are Not Immune To Being Crushed On!

gift giving is her love language.

mal can have some really sticky fingers. but she doesn’t think stealing is cool! so she won’t. but .. she can. 👀

tbh i picture her being like the guy in video games that you go to when you want to customize your shit / upgrade your weapons, so i mean... take advantage of it!

wanted connection ideas.

friends, friends, FRIENDS! especially best friends. 🥺 her heart is so big, there’s more than enough room for everyone.

frenemies, hateships, exes - i love me some bitterness, some melancholy, and some ire. mallory isn’t good at being mean, but she’s also not above disliking someone just because they dislike her, even if they otherwise don’t have a problem lol. this all could be over something petty or something actually serious.

exes.. but make it light! basically, maybe they dated, maybe they did the whole “will-they-won’t-they”, maybe they just awkwardly liked each other without acting on it until it blew over and they’re still friends / things are Normal between them.

the first person mallory got to know when she and her dad arrived in jackson. she was just a kiddo then, so they’d have known each other for ages now.

someone that mentored her! maybe they showed her the ropes around here, taught her some much-needed skills, or whatever else we come up with. ( fair warning, though: it’s hard to shake her off once she’s decided she likes you. )

someone she knows/recognizes from when she was with the hunters.

i’m up for anything - always - even if it’s not explicitly mentioned here. these are just some off the cuff ideas!

#jacksonhqintro #intro #mallory intro.#honestly rly wanted to add donkey to her character inspos but i refrained n i feel i deserve a pat on the back for tht :/#gore tw #death tw

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astrodances · 5 years

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Glows in My Heart

TADA!

So happy to finally get to post my piece for The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful (@lotor-zine-2018)! Lotor, you're a gem, as is everyone who worked on and supported/bought this zine! Thank you to the mods for letting me be a part of this!

I had a blast with this, particularly with the Monsters & Mana scene and the volwolg scene. Creating Altean customs is very fun. :D The title and inspiration for this piece comes from Michael Jackson's "You Are My Life." Highly recommend giving it a listen while reading this!

Also, this was the first zine my work's ever been printed in, so getting to hold that in my hands for the first time was a very special moment.

Note that digital versions of the zine are still for sale! There'll also be a few physical leftovers available for sale in April. Check out lotor-zine-2018 for more info, and to see everyone's awesome works!

Vrepit sa!

Summary: Through patience, Lotor has always been able to play by his own rules. But sometimes, a catalyst comes in and overrides those rules. In this case, that catalyst is love and the new rules are simple: tell Allura how he feels.

"I'm a what?" Lotor asked. Six sets of eyes stared patiently, eagerly at him, hoping that he would understand them momentarily.

"A mage! Like, you know, a magician!" Pidge explained once again. "C'mon, you'd be perfect for it!"

Lotor shuddered. Sure, somehow the Paladins had managed to convince him to play this...Monsters & Mana game with them, but that was only because the Sincline ship had ran into an unfortunate malfunction when Allura and he first tried to test it. Now it would be at least another Spicolian movement before they could test it again, a movement that would involve a lot of downtime while they ran diagnostics. He could live through these games during that downtime, but under absolutely no circumstances would he be a mage.

With a flick of his finger on the stat tracker Coran had given him, Lotor looked through the other available characters he could be. "How about this: a swordmaster?"

Nearly the entire table groaned, leaving him confused.

"Please, no. Just...no," Hunk said, jerking a thumb at Shiro to his left. "That's like Shiro wanting to be a Paladin. You're already that in real life!"

Shiro didn't budge, obviously having been through this conversation before. "And your point?" he asked, arms crossed, which made Hunk slouch in defeat.

Lotor hesitated, then smirked from across the table. "Then I'll gladly join your side of this, Shiro. I want to be a swordmaster," he declared, choosing the character from his tracker.

Following another round of groans, Lance remarked, "Great, now there's two of them."

This earned a snicker from Allura to Lotor's left, which prompted him to ask, "What? You find this amusing?" She innocently shrugged, to which he then asked, "Well, what are you?" If she could tease, so could he.

"I'm an archer," she declared proudly.

Lotor nearly choked. He eyed Allura suspiciously. Surely, she must know...

In Altean folklore, archers were seen not only as one of the most powerful and skillful of warriors, but also as the sages of love, beauty, and desire. Alteans would seek out archers in hopes of finding love to the point of self-destruction, for once discovered, no one could resist an archer's allure. And no one could ever find them again.

Only Coran and Allura would know of this legend, for there was no reason for them to explain it to the others at the table. Still, for Allura to tell him she was one so casually when she must know that he knew of their significance spoke volumes. The bond they'd formed during their trip to Oriande and their work on his ship had led to excuses for physical proximity, subtle eye contact, and not-so-subtle flirting. He'd been infatuated with her from the beginning, but he didn't want to rush her into feeling the same. But this...she had to know what she was doing. If she did, then she was essentially challenging him. It was his move.

Ooh, he didn't need this.

Lotor watched Allura carefully as the team fell into rhythm of the game, looking for any sign of confirmation from her that he was right. Just when he was about to give up on it, however, he got it.

"I cast...Passion's Arrow!" Allura said with a roll of the die when it was her turn. Had he not been paying attention, Lotor would've missed the smallest of upticks at the corner of her mouth, a smirk directly aimed at him.

Oh, game on, Princess...

She had to be an archer.

Lotor might have laughed at the situation, had he not been involved. Here he was, thinking that, with time, he could make Allura his by nurturing their bond, that his patience would win out just like it had with all his plans over the millennia because he could see all the angles. He made the rules.

But in one fell swoop, Allura had shot an arrow through his rules and pinned her own to his heart. Whether the whole archer game was simply just a coincidence or a catalyst, he knew he couldn't deny the truth to himself any longer, nor wait to tell her.

He was in love.

Something between a sigh and a whine escaped Lotor as he splashed water on his face. He was back in his quarters now on the Castle of Lions, able to think his feelings through in blissful solitude as he got ready to sleep. He watched himself in the mirror as the droplets ran down his face, looking for guidance in a reflection that should have it.

For all their easy-going games, actually telling Allura how he felt was going to be one of the most daunting experiences of his life. He'd been in relationships before, but never for love. For his plans, even for curiosity's sake, yes. But after 10,000 years, he'd come to know what real love looked like, and without a doubt, this was his first time truly experiencing it in a romantic sense. He had to do this right.

After drying his face, Lotor wrapped a spare Paladin robe around himself and made his way out to the bedroom. What is the right way to do this? He perched himself on the foot of his bed, lost in thought.

Obviously he wasn't going to just tell her over an afternoon of working on his ship together. Telling her in the quintessence field seemed like a rather unique setting, but that wouldn't be for another movement at minimum, and he couldn't wait that long. That left him with little choice other than a date night aboard the Castle as the team was stationed at the rift currently.

Alright, he could pull off a date night. He'd have to keep it secret though, from everyone, and he'd have to make it a night worthy of Allura's time. Of her heart.

Lotor sat up straight, suddenly alert with concentration. If there was one thing that Allura loved more than anything in this universe, it was Altea. And if he was remembering his knowledge of Altean culture correctly, there was a gesture of love involving a special Altean flower. Oh, what's it called? He wracked his brain, staring down at the floor between his feet, his eyes searching for the flower's name.

"Juniberries!" Lotor suddenly exclaimed out loud, his whole body perking back up. Despite the empty room, he still covered his mouth after the outburst, as if someone might overhear. But after a moment, he dropped his hands and smiled slyly to himself. He repeated the name, this time in a whisper. "Juniberries..."

As he climbed into bed, Lotor began to work out the details of the date night, down to the moment involving the flower and how he hoped Allura might respond to his feelings.

He was going to make the most of his move.

Lovesickness was an unusual color on Lotor, he was finding out. It frayed at his confidence and interfered with his sleep. It even reignited some of the Paladins' suspicions of his true intentions. He couldn't blame them, though; with all his sneaking around as he got ready for the date, he'd be suspicious as well.

But he couldn't help it.

He'd played out his vision for the date so many times in his head, that the possibility of something going wrong unnerved him. He wanted this to be perfect for Allura. He wanted to see the look of awe on her face when she saw his surprise for her. But most importantly, he just wanted to hear her say that she loved him, too. He wasn't sure what he'd do if she said otherwise.

Just in case that did happen, however, Lotor decided to have the date on the night before they tested his ship again. That way, it would either be a blissful night of declarations before they embarked on their journey into the rift, or he'd be able to save face, and likely go on the trek alone...

The uncertainty was killing him. He was positive that she felt the same way, but he couldn't disregard the possibility that this really was just a game to her.

To occupy his mind, Lotor threw himself into preparing for the big night at every free chance he got.

He rehearsed the Altean gesture in his mirror over and over. Every move, every word had to be right.

He brushed up on his dancing and culinary skills. When Lance caught him mid-spin on the training deck, he immediately dove into a lunge-and-thrust and insisted that he was honing his agility for sword fights. That practicing without a sword made one pay more attention to the rest of the body's moves. That he definitely wasn't dancing, and no, he wouldn't teach Lance that "fancy little spin move."

He duplicated and reconfigured one of the Castle's holodeck programs for a special setting on Altea. He knew it was a hologram, yet when he first turned on his program as part of a test run, he nearly fell to his knees in tears. For all his centuries of studying Altean culture and history, this was the first time he'd ever felt, even for a brief second, like he was actually on Altea. It looked so real. It looked like home.

The only problem Lotor was having with his preparations was the juniberry.

He searched high and low through his databases, and even through some of the Castle's, in an attempt to locate somewhere in the universe that might still have them. But it was to no avail.

Juniberries were native only to Altea, and Altea was no more.

No matter. He could still use one of the flowers on the holodeck for his plan. After all, the most important part was the meaning behind the gesture itself. As long as he clung to that reasoning, he could settle for a holodeck flower. Still, he couldn't ignore the slight disappointment in his chest that he couldn't be as authentic as possible with the gesture. That he couldn't give Allura a piece of her home alongside his heart.

With everything set, there was only one thing left to do.

On the day of the date, Lotor, for once, was truly nervous. All movement long, he'd done fairly well at either avoiding Allura or putting all his effort into seeming casual (with varying degrees of success) around her. But today, he was sure that she could sense that extra spark in the air just as much as he could.

As they were finishing up work on the Sincline ship for the day, Lotor's eyes glazed over the latest diagnostics on his screen, his mind unable to focus on them anymore. He peeked at Allura from the corner of his vision. She had her back to him, a tool in one hand as she sorted through a box of parts. With a deep breath, he asked, "Princess, will you be free tonight? Say around, 15.70 vargas?" His eyes darted back to his screen as soon as she began to turn towards him, and he plastered on one of his innocent, disarming smiles.

Allura leaned against the console she was at with one hand, the other against her hip. "I believe so. Why?"

"I was hoping you could meet me at the holodeck then." He held up a hand before she could question him further. "Uh-uh. I'm not going to tell you any more than that. It's a surprise. Just be sure to wear something nice and comfortable and...fun."

Lotor smirked at the fake glare she sent him for the lack of details, but relaxed into a smile when she did. "Alright then...15.70 it is," she agreed, turning back to her console. In a moment of playfulness, she joked, "Don't be late."

"I wouldn't dream of it."

15.40 vargas. Lotor's heart was ready to burst.

Every tick that went by brought him that much closer to the moment he'd been anticipating all movement. His love for Allura had erased nearly all traces of the patience he usually carried, so he was grateful that he still had some things to set up, such as the Altean meal he cooked himself for tonight.

After the meal was set, Lotor stood up and stretched for a moment to ease his nerves as much as possible, glancing around the Altean Valley of Berries projected onto the holodeck. It was all so peaceful, so bright, and seemed to go on for miles. He wished he could run towards the hills in the distance and look over them to see Altea in all its glory.

A beep interrupted his thoughts, causing him to nearly stumble out of his stretching. "Quiznak," he cursed. She couldn't be here yet.

Before he could do anything, the doors opened automatically to reveal not Allura, but Coran. Lotor sighed in relief, yet realized a tick later that Coran was spoiling the surprise. He couldn't tell–

"Lotor, I'd like to have a word with you."

Lotor's breath caught in his throat as he eyed the advisor. His hands were tucked behind his back, and his tone was reprimanding.

Yet instead of anything troubling, Coran simply said, "Here," as he pulled his hands out from behind his back. In them, he held a juniberry. A real one.

Lotor was stunned. "How–how did you get this?!" He grasped around the flower, afraid to actually touch it. "How did you even know?"

Coran shrugged, answering in reverse order. "Your searches for them in the Castle weren't exactly private. And let's just say...Alteans and mice weren't the only things put into cryostasis for 10,000 years." He then brought a hand up to his face and whispered behind it, "But don't tell Allura. They're surprises for her on special occasions. And I believe volwolg certainly qualifies."

He winked and handed the flower to Lotor, who took it speechlessly. He could perform the volwolg he'd been dreaming about for quintants now.

"Just...don't hurt her, right? If I find out you broke her heart, well, just know that I know how to find and provoke weblums. And I will not hesitate to use that knowledge." Coran's voice had reached a terrifyingly low decibel at this point, but in an instant he popped back up to his cheerful self and turned on his heel. "Well, have fun!"

Lotor's face had paled with Coran's warning. He hadn't been expecting that...any of that. But he couldn't dwell on that now. It was almost 15.70.

He hid the juniberry in a safe location, then looked down at his outfit, checking over his gold-and-purple Altean evening suit one last time. He was ready.

When the door beeped once again, Lotor stood with shoulders straight, hands folded behind his back, and a fresh wave of confidence rolling through him. "Enter," he beckoned.

Allura walked through the door, and for a tick, both of them were awestruck. Lotor over her breathtaking beauty (she was in a dress similar to her usual attire, only it was much more...sparkly), and Allura over seeing Altea once more and Lotor in Altean garb. He was really quite handsome in it.

When Lotor came back to reality, he smiled and raised a hand to snap his fingers. In an instant, the landscape changed from day to night, making Allura gasp. The valley took on a tint of blue as the juniberries' petals lit up with quintessence, leaving everything in a mystical glow.

Done with subtleties, he stepped forward, with Allura meeting him halfway, and took her hand, placing a gentle kiss along her knuckles. "Welcome, Princess," he greeted.

Allura blushed. "Lotor, I...this is incredible. How did you..?"

"I have my ways." He grinned, taking her arm in his as he led her to the picnic he'd set up for them amid the flowers. "Hungry?"

Over the course of several Altean specialties and a bottle of nunvill, the two laughed and shared stories and took in the raw beauty around them, letting themselves believe that they were truly on Altea for the night. Yet each glance and "accidental" brushing of their fingers together only fueled the electricity between them. As they finished eating, Lotor knew he couldn't wait any longer.

Allura watched as he got up and told the holodeck's computer, "Play Glow-Plexis-One." As a soft, rhythmic tempo began to play, he held out his hand to her, asking, "Would you like to dance, Princess?"

She didn't need to be asked twice. She allowed herself to be helped up, and he instantly pulled her close to him, wrapping his free arm around her waist. As they swayed together, she smirked affectionately at him. "This was one of my favorite songs, you know. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to seduce me with all of this."

Lotor grinned sheepishly. "And what if I am?"

They both laughed and blushed, and in that moment he was more in love with her than ever before. He could feel his heart beating to the tips of his ears, and he let himself get lost in the feeling. It was now or never.

He brought their dancing to a halt and Allura looked at him quizzically. "Close your eyes," he whispered.

She did as he instructed and he squeezed her hand, then let go so he could lean over to pick up the juniberry Coran had given him. After returning to full height, he took her hand and held it over his heart, then held the flower between them with his other.

"Okay, open."

Allura's eyes lit up with the juniberry's quintessence when she did so. Her gaze moved between it and him, and then it dawned on her. Volwolg.

Lotor took four steadying breaths, focusing all of his mind on Allura. On the fifth, the juniberry's glow began to pulse in rhythm with him. Allura could feel his heartbeat beneath her hand match the glow. Altogether, he looked ethereal.

As his eyes pierced hers with their intensity, Lotor rumbled in perfect Altean, "From heart to mind, I glow for you. I'm yours."

Now was the moment of truth. Each passing tick gnawed at something deep inside him as he waited to see what Allura would do. When she finally brought her free hand up and wrapped it around his on the juniberry, he willed himself to maintain his composure.

"From mind to soul, I glow in return. Our rhythm is one," Allura answered in Altean.

Her breathing matched his and the juniberry's pulse and soon, the marks on their faces began to glow in time as well. Their eyes never left one another and for a few moments, they were keyed into each other's quintessence patterns. Their love was true.

Once the rhythm faded and the juniberry's glow returned to normal, Lotor wasted no time in kissing Allura, and it felt as though his entire body was glowing.

When they parted, they both smiled breathlessly. Lotor transferred the juniberry fully to Allura's grasp, and she smiled graciously, but then he nodded towards it and said, "Smell it."

She brought the flower up to her nose and sniffed it, nearly dropping it out of surprise as she got a whiff of its sweet fragrance. "It's real?" she questioned, absolutely floored.

He nodded once more. "As real as what we now share."

Allura chuckled, pulling him in for another kiss. "I guess that Passion's Arrow worked after all."

#lotor-zine #Voltron #Voltron: Legendary Defender #VLD #Lotor #Allura #Lotura #Coran #my fanfics

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hey ! you can call me nox ( they/them, 18+, cst, shooter for bts + girl groups ) & this is my quietly broody son, iseul ! i’m really excited to be here. i love stardew valley & harvest moon a lot so this is a basically a rp dream come true for me ! he’s a baking major & assistant librarian who still doesn’t really understand the farming life, despite living in yangwon for five years now. i’ll work on his bio soon, but for now here’s his stats page & acceptance post which gives a little insight about what kind of person he is. under the cut you’ll find both a list of wanted connections ( mayhaps i’ll make a fleshed out plots page one day ... don’t count on it :/ ). if you want to plot feel free to hit the like button & i’ll fly to your ims immediately. or you can ask for either my discord or twitter if that makes things easier ( it definitely does for me ) !

wanted connections:

exes (any gender is fine. i love ex plots so please! it can be friendly or angsty. also i am willing to have iseul be the issue in the relationship because he can be rather ... prickly)

hookups (whether on a regular basis or an one night stand type thing. but the location would have to be on your muse because iseul still lives with his parents JKHGDFLKJGHD)

hey maybe a plot where our muses are trying to smash and they have to find out that iseul still lives at home? just for the laffs x

flirtationships that don’t go anywhere

probably the one person who immediately made iseul feel comfortable when he first moved here, his ride or die, the best buddy (must have live in yangwon for at least five years)

childhood friends and/or childhood crushes (for people who used to live in seoul)

someone break down his walls he needs to OPEN UP

talk to him about fantasy! world of warcraft? elder scrolls? dnd? he’s here for it

same goes for horror/the paranormal. while he’s a sensible, logical kind of guy he’d definitely be up for any ghost hunting shenanigans!

his cooking class guinea pigs (he’s good at cooking but even he can have his mess ups sometimes)

maybe a sibling type relationship? he’s distant but he’ll be soft with anyone younger than himself. or maybe an older muse wants to curve his serious attitude and treat him like the kid he actually is

a bad influence (he’s a lightweight when it comes to alcohol and also just needs to get out so please)

library regulars (give me overdue book fee comedic plots like your muse trying to flirt their way out of paying or things of that sort. also iseul being a nag about your muse being on the computer for longer than the allowed two hours. or just him ignoring your muse because he’s too wrapped up in whatever podcast he’s listening to. maybe your muse wants podcast recs from him!)

one-sided pining (i don’t mind who has the caught feelings)

mutual pining

enemies?!

maybe some bickering about his pro joja stance

someone he can bond with over former city life and how much they miss it (that sweet 4g, fast wifi speeds, the bright lights or anything else)

maybe a bullying/pranking type plot? he is a cushy rich boy nerd so. always down for him being relentlessly teased!

study buddies? maybe he tutors your muse and he gets to brag about just how much better your muse’s grades have gotten

some simple life-esque plot where your muse is determined to teach iseul about the farming lifestyle and he utterly fails at all of it

yangwon book club?!?!?!?!

anything you might be able to think of FDJKDKHGDSLKGJD

info dump:

his parents are well off and a little uptight but they love iseul and he loves them. he’s one of those overachievers who’d do anything for his parents. and they’re those people who nag out of love and maybe don’t give iseul the full praise he deserves. he doesn’t hold it against them but he definitely yearns for their constant approval

because of this iseul wears a constant image of feigned perfection. around them he is proper and upstanding, though on the inside he’s rather pessimistic and definitely still hurt over being hoisted from seoul and put in this middle of nowhere town

his parents would be shocked to learn that he curses let alone has any sort of negative thoughts about the life he’s been given. they grew tired of the hustle and bustle of seoul and wanted to retire somewhere quieter, but iseul merely longs for it years later. yet he refuses to leave because he wishes to be near them (his loyalty is ridiculous)

is he bitter? oh yeah absolutely. will he ever let anyone become aware of this? NOPE

books have always been a comfort for him and he loves being surrounded by them hence his current job position. it’s not something he wants to do forever (his true love is cooking) but it’s definitely better than the other options in yangwon. the thought of doing physical labor makes him shudder

he does more book collecting than actual reading especially in adulthood since he doesn’t really have the time for it anymore. but he loves getting different editions of his favorite books, like a different press or published in another language. this is usually what he gets for his birthday or other holidays

podcasts are his preferred form of entertainment. he listens to them constantly at work though he’s not supposed to. he’s gotten in trouble a few times for not paying attention closely enough / straight up ignoring customers, but he blames it on being an airhead, which he is absolutely not (insert video compilation of jungkook zoning out here)

if he gets less than eight hours of sleep a night he will just be a zombie all of the next day. and he’s an old man in that he gets sleepy around nine pm every night

he enjoys learning about people and their secrets but he refuses to open up to anyone in the same way

he’s absolutely pro jojamart sorry yangwon nation :/ he won’t keep quiet about it either so good luck getting him to shut up about it

he knows absolutely nothing about farming despite having lived here for a good chunk of time now (he thinks cows are really cute though)

his favorite flavor of anything is birthday cake. if it exists he wants it

he hates coffee (strangely enough though he loves cafes and will gladly hang out in one any time) and mostly lives off water and juice. maybe the occasional glass of wine when he’s feeling frisky

while he’s not the most considerate person he loves showering people he considers himself close to in baked goods for any reason possible

his opinions are black and white. he never stands in the middle on an issue. the only thing he’s not 100% sure of is whether he believes in ghosts or not. he definitely wants to but can’t fully get behind the logic of it

nothing gets on his nerves more than people who keep books for longer than they’ve checked them out for or when they hang out on the computers for longer than two hours. expect a glare if you do either of these things

he gets lonely a lot but he’s too stubborn to do anything about it

he’s absolutely afraid of commitment and having to express deep emotions to someone but he does crave affection (cuddling and kissing mostly) constantly

he likes to gossip about the people who come into the library and he loves to make up little fantasy lives for them because it keeps him from going insane at work

he acts very uptight about everything and loves to seem like he’s never had any kind of fun in his life but show him a cat video and he’ll immediately soften up

he’s a chaotic bi and all beautiful people of any gender makes him flustered but he tries not to show it (this usually fails)

he doesn’t have much dating experience and he’s too embarrassed to use things like tinder

he’s probably too much like his parents, old-fashioned ideals and all but he’s doing his best!

#yw:intro #⊰ 𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙀 ╱ OOC ⊱#/ phew this is so long i am Sorry

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Trigger warnings for rape and slavery in the Shield Hero commentary.

Double Decker 12

Deana’s actually kinda tsundere…that’s kinda amazing to see, really.

I noticed Doug’s phone says “Dr. Apple”. Haha.

Kirill’s special. But why? You never answered that, people! Update: It’s because his antibodies are an antidote for Anthem.

There appears to be a Shell logo on one wall of Derick’s bar…LOL. Shell exists in real life. Why do we want it in an anime, now…?

I laughed so hard when I saw the landlady with what remained of Seven-O, hahaha.

Travis and Sophie, huh? Is it a ship or a working relationship? Who knows?

Oh! This didn’t make sense until Derick declared the bus was a bar. Rigggggggggght.

Kirill, believe in the Doug that believes in you…or something like that…

Kirill’s holding two guns, so when Cooper says, “Put down the gun,” which one does he mean???

“And Then There Weren’t None!” – Parodying (Agatha) Christie again, I see? (Referring to Hyouka’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans parody, Why Didn’t She Ask Eba?.)

Golden Kamuy 23

How did “pig food” in a sentence become so terrifying???

Why is Tsurumi’s head leaking???

*Sugimoto bashes the earless twin with his prosthetic foot* - Well, that’s one way to get a leg up on someone…okay, I’ll see myself out.

Merc Storia 11

If Orthos is complaining about rain, why is he a water-element unit in the game???

This show is gorgeous. Not to mention the backgrounds look like they’ve been ripped out of the game…

Aw, Orthos is kinda cute. Kinda tsundere. I wonder if he wanted to hear “happy birthday” from Raviol…?

Every time I watch through the ED, I think Raviol’s going “Geddof me!” to Yuu.

Zombieland Saga 12 (FINAL)

The Yuugiri slap returns!

The 21st of December seems to have been the original airdate of this episode…

Karatsu-jou is Karatsu Castle, quite obviously.

Wait…does this mean Kotaro Tatsumi’s real (last) name is Inui? Or was this a “I changed my name bcause my mother/I (re)married” thing?

There’s an end of episode segment…keep watching.

That was…such a non-ending! This definitely needs a season 2 if it wants to finish its storyline! Plus, Yuugiri, Tatsumi and Tae never got their focus episodes!

Gridman 12 (FINAL)

What the heck was up with that smoke cloud? It looked so real, and yet so out of place!

Ooh, I see Anti now has the ability to transform by himself…although I should’ve figured that out last episode, since I think that happened then as well.

*Anti gets stabbed with Alexis’s sword* - What the hck just happened to my garbage son??? (refer to This Week in Anime for how that nickname came about for Anti)

Eyy. So you’re saying Gridman was a magical girl robot all along? Haha…hahahaha.

So basically, it’s Boueibu LOVE! but with less meta. With lessons of mortality instead of the Kabuki Rule. Akane’s basically female!Kinshiro, right down to the hairdo…

Wow…someone really ran out of budget. It’s literally just a slideshow, but with black and white over it.

Oh, there’s actually a nice piano song in the background. So maybe I was wrong about the budget…? I don’t really want to go and watch the slideshow again, y’know.

There’s a random live-action segment at the end of this show??? Wuh??? What do I need to expect next, a talking meteorite??? (referring to Dimension High School)

Okay, seriously??? What was up with live-action Rikka???? I don’t get it… Update: Okay, so the live-action girl was Akane, not Rikka. That’s why it was so confusing…

Double Decker 13 (FINAL)

I laughed really hard at the explosions. Probably because I Photoshopped someone into a picture of an explosion and the scene with Kirill being shoved forward by an explosion reminded me of it…

I wanted Max to slap Travis, as weird as that might be for a show like this (but not for a show like Zombieland Saga). A punch in the gut’s good too, though.

“To be continued?” – Oh. Ohh. Ooh…Heh. I already knew there were some extra episodes, but at this point, there’s no ruling out a season 2, either…hmmm. I really wouldn’t mind a season 2, y’know.

Golden Kamuy 24 (FINAL)

For some reason, I’ve ben referring to Hijikata as “old fart” for the length of this episode (meaning “not long”). He’s an impressive old fart, to be sure, and he was hella nice-looking in his heyday, but in the age of Golden Kamuy, he’s still an old fart.

I thought “Say hello to my little friend” was from Scarface, not…whatever Tsurumi’s pulling here. (commnt made in jest with straight face)

Seriously, what happened to ruin Nopperabo/Wilk’s face, anyway?

Someone make me a Civil War poster with Golden Kamuy characters, stat!

Wait, so Kiroranke, Asirpa and co. are headed north to meet up with Kiroranke’s allies, which could cause a civil/national war. Hijikata and Blockhead Dick-sensei (forgot his name) are headed south due to the info they got from Inudou’s hut (the chapel). I’m pretty sure that’s what just happened, but…I could have missed a bit and then I’d be wrong.

“Send the beloved child on a journey” is a Japanese saying, by the way. That’s (probably?) what Sugimoto’s referring to when he talks with the boat captain (the elder Koito). Oddly, the elder Koito seems to drop the last O from “-dono”, which seems to be a Satsuma thing…?

Cells at Work Special Ep (Ep 14)

Oh, you can see the effector cell amongst the other T Cells! Hello there!

I remember studying stuff about how a cell divides…man, that was at least 2 years ago! You’re making me feel old…

*Helper T Cell appears* - Gaddangit, Kazuma! (from Noragami)

Merc Storia 12 (FINAL)

There’s just something too awfully cute about a brother leaving the “nest”.

Even birds need to learn to fly. I wonder why Orthos didn’t…?

Ah! It’s one of those low-level hooting monsters! I’ve seen them in the game but I don’t know what they’re called…Update: They’re called Goldories. Spoke too soon…

Well…that’s a bit frustrating. That’s the second non-ending this season…hey! I’ve seen that elephant in the game! Plus that slime! (LOL, I’m so easily distracted…)

Ooh, that non-ending. I’ll give it a piece of its mind by giving it an average rating on my AniList!!! Rah!!! Anyways, see ya later…for 2019 anime.

Shield Hero 1

First anime of 2019 and it’s this one. Hoo boy – I’ve read one chapter of the manga, courtesy of CR. It’s gonna get nasty down in here, judging by the buzz that seems set to replicate Goblin Slayer’s…

Oh…that’s not a very favourable opening, the “It was all a dream” opening. Sure, it was gripping and showd Raphtalia (saw her name in promo material from ANN), but f*** if it weren’t overused at this point in time…

I always thought Shield Hero started out like Fushigi Yuugi…speaking of which, is that no longer on Crunchyroll?

Motoyasu’s got his own spinoff, so I’m hoping I’ll get to know him well over the next 12 weeks or so.

I find it interesting that they put the heroes together to reveal they’re from different versions of Japan so quickly. I’m pretty sure that didn’t happen in the manga.

Honestly, that “NOOOOOOOOOOOo!” could be an awesome reaction GIF. Just sayin’.

Sigh…Myne, Myne, Myne…you and your ways with Naofumi…

(Trigger warning: rape discussion) See? As I said, I knew this was going to happen. The thing is that it played out a lot more clearly in the anime than it did in the manga. As much as I don’t like the trope of “rape as accusation” enough (enough to have never encountered it before), it would be hypocritical of me to say I haven’t used it before – it appears in Half-Paid Heroes. However, one year out from having written it (due to the #MeToo movement), I can only say “rape is so not on”. I do not condone rape, but from a storytelling perspective it’s the perfect trope to make a character look like a monster and it makes a clearly false accusation have more oomph behind it, so…let’s just say Shield Hero’s doing its job here, making me despise Myne and the system in this world. Besides, I only stand on the side that does the better story.

For some reason, Naofumi’s “You can shove it all up your a***!” demand reminds me of when I’m angry and doing unreasonable demands…which means it’s won me over now.

I just realised…there hasn’t been much music until now…

(Trigger warning: slavery discussion) Oof. Now they’ve gotten to a new low of depravity in this show. Naofumi’s probably gonna buy a slave…again, I don’t condone this, but I assume Raphtalia is here.

Yep, even without knowing past ch 1, I was right on the money. That’s Raphtalia!

Poppies, huh? The symbol of bloodshed. What a perfect flower for this show, which demonstrates Naofumi’s blood, sweat and tears…

As much as I don’t condone some of the acts done in this show, I see some huge potential. Even if it’s got controversy flying around it like flies, I’ll stand with it. Are you with me?

Boogiepop 1 – 2

Double length premiere…oof, this’ll be tough on my spare time. Lately, I’ve been told to clean up the house a bunch and doing all manner of other things, so it’s just eating up time on all sides.

OP start is…for some reason, never a good start. For some reason, I just don’t like it. Maybe that might be the fact I was taught to start with a compelling opening scene when I was a fiction writer, though.

The subber got so bored they even subbed the Dengeki Bunko logo in the corner…wow. (sarcastic)

For some reason, the art style reminds me of Banana Fish (or Parasyte). Must be the chara designs.

This seems to be coated in a fine film of 90s edge. Or maybe the early 2000s, because that’s when this really comes from. C’mon, Takeda doesn’t even seem surprised when his mouth hangs open!

Notably, Boogiepop uses boku.

Wait, I don’t get why Boogiepop is called that. They pop the boogie(men)? That right?

I started zoning out and fiddling with my wrist in the middle of this episode. That’s another bad sign…

Wow, that ending’s really minimalist.

Currently, this episode raises more questions than it answers. Its overall impression level is trending slightly towards the negative. There must be a double premiere for a reason, though…let’s move on.

Wait - Kirima Seiichi? Is he Nagi’s father??? How did I not notice that earlier?

That manticore business seems to be correct…according to Wikipedia.

This doesn’t add up. Taniguchi. Kirima. Maybe Taniguchi is the name of the mother/father and Kirima is the name of the other parent? Update: Spoke too soon on this point and a previous one.

Kirima’s OS appears to be Windows 10 with a few adjustments.

Wait, but isn’t Suema meant to be the girl’s surname? Or is it Kinoshita? Update: It’s Suema. Kinoshita is another girl.

This white-haired man is the one from last episode, right? I didn’t really recognise him since there’s always terrible lighting plus he was wearing orange then, but yeah. Can’t believe I didn’t connect the dots there either.

White-haired man seems to be like Anti from Gridman. I presume he’s Echoes…? Update: Yup, Echoes it is.

Egao no Daika 1

This sounds like it’s outside my field of expertise, but I’ve been proven wrong before with Planet With, not to mention Toshiki Masuda is a character called Huey Malthis. It seems to be pretty standard Princess and the Pauper fare though…

There’s just a bunch of tablets with fancy-looking English on them…the heck?

Is it just me, or did the mecha game have the solitaire success sound effect…?

Ooh, I sense animosity regarding Japan’s emperor abdicating within this show (in a metaphorical sense)! I could analyse this show to bits, maybe…

The CGI in this actually ain’t that bad. Then again, we are talking about mechs here…

Oh, end of episode segment. Keep watching…

Well, I noticed the characters go off model if you’re paying attention to something you shouldn’t be, but otherwise, it’s a respectable first episode…respectable, but fairly average.

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Majel Reads - April 2018

Captain America / Marvel CMU - Stucky

[What is this?]

With you, (I'm not broken anymore) by Squeaky

Just like his mother, Bucky used to be able to read soulstrings: The coloured threads the Universe puts on the left wrist to help soulmates find each other. Until the Sokovian Uprising happened and he lost his Talent along with his arm. He's been broken, both inside and out, ever since.

But those weren't the only things lost in Sokovia. His aunt, Magda, also died in The Uprising, leaving his twin cousins, Wanda and Pietro, orphans and him their guardian. They never talk about how Magda died, or that her death was Bucky's fault.

Bucky is just living day-to-day, running his family's bookstore and caring for the twins as best he can, trying to hide how broken he is from his cousins and the world. Until Steve Rogers comes into his life, beautiful and sad and asking for a soulstring reading Bucky can't give. Bucky agrees even though he shouldn't, and very quickly he and Steve develop feelings for each other. But Bucky knows their relationship is doomed before it starts, because it's only a matter of time before Steve learns the truth: he has no Talent, he's utterly broken, and worse of all -- what really happened that night in Sokovia...

Part 4 of The Soulmate Series (no one asked for)

[Teen And Up Audiences] [21,333 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

I'm not where I'm supposed to be, (I hope that you're missing me) by Squeaky

Eleven-year-old Steve Rogers couldn't have been happier when his Timer buzzed when he met James 'Bucky' Barnes the night before his heart surgery. He knows he'll love Bucky forever. But he never gets the chance. Bucky never tries to find him and Steve doesn't know why.

Twelve-year-old Bucky is thrilled to meet Steve. He just knows that his soulmate will love him better than anyone else in his whole life. But he loses Steve before their lives together can even start. His Timer resets, which means that Steve has died, and even worse, the Universe has paired him with someone else. Someone he never wants to meet. He joins the army with his beloved cousin, Clint, to do something good with his life like Steve would've wanted. Its not perfect, but it's good. Until he finds himself bleeding out in the sand...

Years pass, and Steve is still waiting for Bucky to reappear. He doesn't know where Bucky is, but as long as his Timer is set to zero, he knows Bucky is alive and where there's life, there's hope. Things aren't perfect, but they're good. Until he finds himself staring at a Timer that's started counting down again and is no longer resting at zero...

Part 5 of The Soulmate Series (no one asked for)

[Teen And Up Audiences] [ 17,801 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

Demonique by BetteNoire (WeAreWolves)

“Oh come on, Steve. You look at me like you want to put me on a pedestal and worship me. You look at Barnes like you want to tear his clothes off with your teeth. Tell me why you two aren’t...?” Peggy smirks at him, because of course this amuses her greatly.

Steve fidgets, trying not to blush. “Peggy, I can’t—“

Peggy steps closer. “Steve. Is this an American peculiarity? Because in the British army, as long as you’re discreet, that sort of thing between two men is fine. I mean, some of our greatest war heroes, and so on.”

“It’s not... that...” Steve cringes.

It’s Bucky’s tentacles.

And how badly he wants them inside him.

[Explicit] [ 39,030 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

to forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace by obsessivereader

The only thing he remembers from wipe to wipe is that he must wait next to the bodies. He must wait for the one who comes to collect their souls.

[Teen And Up Audiences] [ 1,497 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

say you'll bee mine by deceptivesoldier, obsessivereader, talkplaylove ( @deceptivesoldier, @yetanotherobsessivereader, @talkplaylove)

When Steve glances over at Hot Guy again, Hot Guy catches his eye and gives him a tentative smile. Steve’s brain shuts down and he looks away. But the serum gave him great vision, so out of the corner of his eye, he sees Hot Guy stand up, take two steps, get his foot caught in a backpack strap, trip, and fall down.

Steve’s out of his chair and next to Hot Guy before he even has time to think. "Oh my God, Hot Guy! Are you okay?"

His hearing is sensitive enough to pick out Sam’s whispered “Did you just call Hot Guy ‘Hot Guy’?” at the same time as he realizes what he just said.

Hot Guy blinks up at him from the floor, probably too confused to stand up. "Did you just call me ‘Hot Guy’?"

[Teen And Up Audiences] [ 8,026 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

Our Souls (they were made to last) by Mellaithwen ( @mellaithwen)

Dr. James Barnes is too busy saving lives to actually have one of his own. When he finally agrees to go on a blind date, he gets into an accident that will change his life forever.

Retired Army Captain Steve Rogers is depressed, and when he moves into his new apartment he finds it already occupied....with the ghost of its last tenant. To make matters worse, the ghost is adamant that he's not dead.

As they navigate their way through their new living arrangements, can they save each other, before it’s too late? Or have they missed their one shot at a happy ending?

Just Like Heaven Movie AU

[Mature] [ 53,825 Words] [Read on AO3 here]

M is for Murder by rohkeutta ( @rohkeutta )

I’m pretty low on funds and need to make ends meet this month, Barnes types slowly into a new post three days later. I’m taking commissions for hits in the New York City area.

Will Not Kill: Captain America or other Avengers. Will partially refund payment if target turns out to be HYDRA. Will not go to Jersey. No dismemberment or killing children. Message for negotiations and payment details.

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Your Best American G-- by rohkeutta ( @rohkeutta )

Steve fucking loves American Gladiators.

It’s not really a surprise, because he’s got the show to thank for his whole career in competitive wrestling, inspired by the original series he saw when he was a kid. It was cheesy and overdramatic, but Steve was a frail kid for whom the fitness and health of both the gladiators and the contestants was like a dream.

And seriously, fit people in spandex did wonders for figuring out his sexual orientation.

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Jimmy Choo Choo by rohkeutta ( @rohkeutta )

When they pull up in Newark, Buff Jeff wakes up with a jolt and Bucky is knee-deep in C++ and desperately in need of breakfast. Buff Jeff turns to look at him, a little bewildered, and Bucky looks back. It’s starting to get light outside, and Bucky is suddenly very aware of his crazy insomnia eyes and haphazard ponytail.

“Um,” Buff Jeff says. He’s almost adorable with his sleepy eyes and awkward expression. “Oh. You’re-- um. Real.”

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ready, able by rohkeutta ( @rohkeutta )

Steve snorts, helplessly charmed. “Harold like your gang boss uncle Harold?”

“A gentleman does not name his goats and tell,” Bucky says solemnly, but he leans a little more firmly against Steve’s side, and there are crow’s feet at the corners of his eyes when he smiles.

He’s the best thing Steve has ever seen.

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Captain America / Marvel CMU - Thomas "T. J." Hammond/Steve Rogers

Anyone Ever Tell You That You Look Just Like... by Brenda ( @brendaonao3)

Steve gives those endless legs another quick, appreciative glance, then relaxes his shoulders and leans in. "Unless you've got lasers for eyes," he murmurs, "I'm not sure scowling like that's gonna help you bust out of here."

The guy looks over, startled. "Who says I don't?" he asks mildly, then slides the hoodie off his head, and huh.

It looks like Steve's evening just got a lot more interesting.

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A Purpose [December 18, 2018]

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Lucio follows the secretary, Amity, he believed she was named, clad in his father’s formal jacket that was clearly too big for his frame, contrasting with his simple white t-shirt and black jeans, not seeing any need to put on airs, but finding it...necessary, on some level, to wear the jacket, to free it from the prison it had been locked in for too long. Making his way into the office, he thanks the secretary before taking a seat, his cold brown eyes taking in the man before him, whose words, whose story, he had studied in anticipation of this meeting. “Thackeray,” he acknowledges, nodding his head, taking a seat as he cuts to the chase, having no desire to engage in false pleasantries and the insipid smoke of small talk that plagued corporate sinkholes such as the one he found himself in. “You need an assistant. I need a job. Let’s do business,” he offers, before adding in his own name as an afterthought, finding it nearly irrelevant to the other man or himself for it to be disclosed, but allowing it to punctuate the airspace nonetheless. “Lucio.”

Ray rubs at his eye with the palm of his hand as he moves to sift through emails, that apparently required his immediate attention, or some bullshit, his mind drifting to takeout, as the grumbling of his stomach reminds him of his missed lunch, his brow raising as he takes in the boy, who had an air of familarity to him for some...reason, he wasn't quite sure of. A throaty chuckle moving through him as he takes in his "proposal", "No."

"You're hungry," Lucio observes as he hears the growl of the other man's stomach, moving to remove from his backpack a carton of mini pies that Grace had surprised him with upon he had offhandedly mentioned pie during his research the prior night. Taking the note from his sister off of the tray and folding it in his pocket, he moves to take the tray to reveal the mini pumpkin pies perfectly topped with a dash of whipped cream in the middle and tiny fall leaf shaped sprinkles. "Eat first," Lucio offers, offering the tray to him. "Да?"

Ray raises his brow as he watches the boy reveal a tray of mini pies, a hint of amusement moving through him, as he cracks it open, slowly savoring the flavors as he keeps his gaze locked on the boy before him., "Don't know where you got your info from, answer's still the same. Don't have a position open, kid."

"One doesn't have to be," Lucio muses, keeping his gaze locked on Ray. "You're overworked, understaffed doing tasks you don't need to. Inefficient. Like the plumbing explosion," he remarks, recalling what he had heard from someone he was still in contact with at the Palais about how someone had managed to cause a flood of one of the floors by flushing something they weren't supposed to.

"How do you know about that?" He ventures back, finding the kid, on one hand, hilarious, on the other a feeling he would be a major pain in the ass. "Why do you want to work here, for me? There's plenty of other places even in this motherfucker."

"I lived there," Lucio offers, moving to take a sticky note from Ray's desk and a pen, writing "Lucio Moretti" in perfect cursive, before, after two beats, adding a smiley face, before passing it back to Ray, figuring there was some sort of system in place that kept track of everyone within the cages of the Mariposa House, even when they had been turned loose once agian. "See for yourself if you must," he offers, before taking the note from Grace out of his pocket, handing it to Ray to read the message within, where Grace had written: "Good luck, Luci! If there is not a way, make one. Proud of you always. I love you. - Gracie," with a small pie and butterfly drawn next to it. "Because you and Mariposa did this," he says simply, not breaking his gaze throughout the exchange.

A swirl of recognition moves within him as he takes in the note, and the name, having recalled it passing through him as well as a silent swirl of amusement at the fucking random ass smiley face, given the boy's emo ass deadpan in contrast, his brow creasing as he tries to piece together the bit of Italian he knew. "Who's Gracie? Girlfriend?"

"Sister," Lucio counters back. "Said not to come back without a job with you today. бесконечно упрямый," he offers, the tiniest twitch of a smile momentarily forming on his lips as he thinks on his sister, not really caring if Ray had any knowledge of the language, saying it more to himself.

Ray takes in the identity of the pie giver, with a hm, catching the nearly inaudible words, taking another pie and chewing it thoughtfully, sliding the tray back to Lucio. "Eat one then. Don't wanna piss her off do you?" He offers, awaiting till he did so, silently eating the pie for a few moments. "Probabational, eh. On the condition you can knock the emo bitch routine down from an eleven to a....three, yeah? Think you can handle that to start?"

Lucio takes one of the pies in his hand, before taking a bite of it, taking in Ray's words, momentarily setting down the pie to take another sticky note, moving to carefully write out, "Maybe so, Эксперт Менеджер Наводнений," punctuating it with another smiley, before handing it to Ray and offering his hand to shake to seal the deal.

A hint of a smirk moves aross Ray's lips as he takes in the sticky note moving to place it on Lucio's tray of pies, handing them back to him, as he moves to shake his hand. "Second official duty, getting more of those. Stat." He declares seriously, nodding his head out towards the door, moving his attention to the clock waiting for the minute to begin fresh. "...Now."

Lucio nods his head in affirmation, shaking Ray's hand, as he pushes his chair in, prepared to do just that, to begin engaging further with work within the Mariposa House - a purpose.

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Following a success of Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Japanese domestic anime market confronted severe pressure from international filmmakers. Nelson Chitty can be a Venezuelan expat residing in Argentina. He's a writer and translator passionate about background and foreign cultures. His ideal weekend is definitely spent between leisurely games of Civilization VI and looking for the next seinen anime to marathon. Not only was it a switch of pace when it comes to the Digimon themselves, however the human heroes also get a lot more tale than most seasons. There are some actual heart-tugging occasions and hints throughout of impending tale beats that produce rewatching a lot of fun.

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Digimon Globe for the PS1 is a great game if you enjoy Tamagotchi style gameplay. You need to raise and train them carefully in fact it is better to follow a information so that you can train the correct stats to make sure your Digimon digivolves into the particular monster you want. Once you have them digivolved you possess a certain amount of gametime before they will die and then you have to retrain the hatched Digimon. The main storyline revolves around you exploring to find a specific Digimon and recruit it back again to the village.

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