#im just so mad at young ableds like i get it. but learn something will you

[beneathashadytree]

i sorry for saying this but i have to be honest, i dont understand why the LnDs MC having a gender is a problem, i mean, i understand you making a gn OC for some kind of support or representation but not why the MC, who already have a female body (and with that i mean biologically, the old fashion way everyone would visualise in their minds at first when they hear "female body", after all even if we young ones think this patter is wrong it still a pattern old ppl and from different cultures, and almost everyone understand and learned at first at a very young age) and if im not wrong also refered as "she" im the game, cant be described with anything that isnt gender neutral, i also have no idea why someone would be offended or feel not included reading about a MC with a gender, we all are different and is impossible to include everyone, ppl can feel not included for things you cant even imagine would be a problem, and not being able to see yourself on a story once isnt a big problem, you can ignore or jump to the next one, or just see the character like a character or another person that isnt youself.

I hope you dont get mad at this (and was able to understand my point, i usually have problems communicating with others and since english isnt my native language it gets worst), its that i just dont see the point in all this, i understand having a preference or incentivating one but not feeling somenthing bad and being against the other...

I understand what you’re trying to say, nonnie, but I have to point out a few things first. First off, I shouldn’t have to explain my own boundaries because at the end of the day, they are boundaries and should not be discussed. When something makes me uncomfortable, I shouldn’t be negotiating why people should respect that and stick to it without questioning my motives.

However, I understand you have no ill intentions, so I will be answering you—not because I’m obligated to, but because I want to point out where your line of thinking comes to harm marginalized communities.

The very simple answer is this: Because I’m a fanfic writer.

I’m not creating the MC in a game where she physically has a body and an appearance. Otome games were initially made as fantasies for their players to picture themselves in romantic situations. But since most Otome games have female MCs with very stereotypical appearances, most people who do NOT look like that end up having to imagine an OC/someone else in their place. It’s a shitty feeling; to feel left out because game producers can’t be assed to create more diverse options.

Second of all, the “old fashioned way” was already fucked up from the start, because even female bodied people are much less likely to look like Otome game MCs—who are almost dauntingly pretty, have virtually no physical blemishes, have straight hair, big eyes, and are incredibly thin. Now think of all the people who do NOT fit that physical description and are almost always excluded. When I visualize a female body like you say, I don’t instantly picture a perfect-looking skinny fair-skinned girl who looks not a day past 18. Because female bodies aren’t just one thing or the other. It’s a beautiful spectrum.

Third of all, leaving “old fashioned thinking” as it is is already a harmful concept. Should we ignore white people’s racism because it’s how they were brought up in the old-fashioned way? Should we allow sexism & misogyny in our communities because it’s how they were brought up back in the day? Should we encourage fatphobia by not silencing people because being thin and encouraging EDs was acceptable? Should we let homophobic hate crimes keep occurring because that’s what used to happen?

The number one goal of our new generations should be to reconstruct society and dismantle all the harmful practices that were done by our predecessors. Ending the cycle is our responsibility and no one else’s, and to do that, we have to take active measures to undo what they’ve done and erase what is “the norm.” Just thinking it’s wrong isn’t enough; we must take action to cut that shit out.

And because these were the “old-fashioned ways” it’s still the default for almost every writer to create for a female audience. Imagine a fandom has 200 writers. 190 would write for female MCs, and only 10 writers would write for more diverse MCs. Should everyone else that is not female (and, by the way, gender-queer people represent a massive percentage of fandoms online, and males do exist within our fandom spaces) just keep living their lives having to picture other people instead of themselves, because not enough people care enough to include them in their writing?

Here’s a realistic representation of what you’re saying: let’s say there are 2 million LNDS players around the world. 1 million are female. 1 million are not. The second 1 million will never get to see themselves as the MC. Now they can’t even picture themselves in fiction? Should the second 1 million be forced to feel left out in their own fandom space?

The same also happens with race representation in fandoms. Less than 50% of the world population is white. Yet we don’t see except very few people in fandoms writing for Black people, Latinos, Arabs, South-Asians, South-East Asians, Inuits, Native Americans, etc. Why is that? It’s because fandoms are catered towards white people. So should we just let the entire half of the globe never feel included in the art/writing fandom creators make? Do they not deserve representation and comfort too?

So when I write, I write for everyone. And when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE. Because I think everyone deserves to see themselves loved and cared for by their favorite characters. Because everyone needs that sort of comfort. Because I myself have spent my entire life looking for that comfort in fandom spaces and never finding it. Even if the game doesn’t allow them to do that, I’m giving everyone a chance to enjoy the game through their own eyes, without having to be a stereotypical skinny girl with sleek straight hair and a dainty face. Because we want representation, and if the canon content can’t give us that (even though they claim it’s supposed to be “us”), then at the very least our fandom spaces should provide this. I hope you understand why my rules are there now. They’re a protection for both myself and everyone else in this fandom.

Fanfiction was created by the people, for the people—not just for a certain demographic that fits beauty standards and “old fashioned thinking”—and it should always be for ALL the people.

Being as inclusive as is humanly possible is never a bad thing. Refusing to see why consistently excluding others is wrong IS a bad thing, though.

[devine-fem]

WHY JON KENT IS AGED UP.

I realized that people don’t actually know why Jon Kent was aged up so for the people that don’t know I’m going to explain why he was aged up; the real life reason and the story reason.

The real life reason is DC was trying to get ready with 5G Future State and Infinite Frontier and they were trying to do something new. So their idea was to try and take Superman (Clark) off the table. They also wanted a fresh Superboy/Superman to be apart of new teams they could form and fight in new stories in the potential future. (I forget what team and etc because this is from my memory, sorry) Brian Micheal Bendis than had come from Marvel to DC, I know he’s done the same thing in Marvel where he’s written for characters that are more on the side and made them more interesting which worked out but when he came to DC they made the mistake of letting him touch their most well known Superhero: Superman.

Brian Micheal Bendis had decided to make a story completely focused on Clark Kent and Jon was a casualty to this.

To remove him from the story they made it so Mr. Oz (a DC villain) was revealed to be Jor-El (Jon’s grandfather) who had survived the explosion on Krypton by being taken out of Krypton the very moment it blew up by an omnipotent. being called Dr. Manhattan then he appeared suddenly in his house and asked to take Jon and Lois on a space mission to learn the inner workings of the universe. You may be wondering: “Why would Clark and Lois allow this to happen?!” they wouldn’t. it’s very mischaracterized, Clark Kent loses himself in only being Superman and Lois Lane becomes a mother who doesn’t care about her family but only cares about headlines.

Jon in all this time got stuck in a wormhole where he was warped into Earth-3 (a universe where the Justice League is evil) and he gets imprisoned in a Volcano where he’s tortured and abused by Ultraman (that worlds Superman) along with that world’s Lois Lane who is like that worlds Superman.

Then they decide on keeping this in continuity, Tom Taylor/Bendis allow Jon to keep his tortured past and they let Jon explore his sexuality but it is not authentic… its just for headlines and sales but it doesn’t matter since the comic “Superman: Son of Kal-El” flopped.

Jon now doesn’t even act like Jon and he doesn’t have any chemistry with the characters he once did like Damian etc, his personality seems flat… This also takes away Super Sons and removes the option of us being able to watch Jon find his way as a hero and take up after his father. They wanted Jon to become the new Superman which won’t last because there's no way Clark Kent is not coming back.

I'm sure his age-up will not last long though and people will rightfully be mad because “Jay Nakamura” his boyfriend will cease to exist if he becomes young again which would be extremely problematic.

He will most likely be aged down because there's no one who likes this change so Im not too worried.

Over all its just a simple case of a writer writing for a character he doesn’t understand at all.

[branmuffins22]

for the toh ask game- 2, 8, 12?

from this ask game:

2. Ramble about your favorite character of all time as much as you want. We're listening

Ohhhh boy. Oh man. Oh geez. You play a dangerous game, starting out with the kicker.

The obvious choice would be Luz, right? because she's like, the perfect main character. Lovable, relatable, flawed, believable (mostly; those fireworks were a bit much), clever, emotional, funny, the list goes on.

But.

However.

I have to go with Vee.

To me, Vee is all those things and more. She's still relatable, but for completely different (some unaddressed by canon, some completely made up by me) reasons. She's the cutest sweetest little shapeshifter we actually got the chance to get to know (sorry Stringbean). She's flawed, she'd completely given up on Luz's return and was ready to throw away whatever parts of her life she didn't jive with, and then even after most of a day of hanging out with her, she was STILL kinda mad at her! She's got confusing emotions and she was able to admit it! She's a tortured and traumatized kid who's trying maybe a bit too hard to put it all behind her, and even her more fantastical struggles are made to make perfect sense in that context. She's clever and observant enough to blend in with humans (and even convince Camila she was Luz for a while), and she was instrumental in solving the rebus. She's funny not just in her sense of humor (which is anywhere from awkward to earnest to dry, all hilarious), but also in the dichotomy of being one of the more "normal" "human" characters in the show, despite not really being either of those things (part of a thought-extinct species, and unique even among others of that species. said species is a kind of magic-eating shape-shifting demon from another realm, and here she is in suburban connecticut, idly learning spanish with her friends).

She's my precious baby blorbo and I love her. She's chubby (I'm chubby), she's awkward around her crush (I'm awkward around my crush (and also in general)), she likes to wear warm colors and big boots (I like to wear warm colors and big boots (not that I have any that fit well enough for daily wear)), she's got a bit of an overbite (I had one when I was young), she is (or, I guess, was?) kinda sorta something like a twin (I'm a twin), her hair is poofy and long (at least in her epilogue design) (my hair is poofy and long), augh, she feels basically tailor-made for me. I'm not exaggerating when I say I learned to love certain parts of myself by loving them first in her.

She's perfect.

also. im gonna rant about her even more in the next bit, sorrynotsorry.

8. Any headcanons? If so, which are your favorite?

Soooo many. Like, enough that I'm writing a whole ass barely-even-canon-divergent AU just to give myself the excuse to explore them. Actually, kinda writing two if you count MatVNN, but it's more of a post-canon affair.

Probably my favorite, though, is Vee being trans (and a bunch of other flavors of queer). I'll admit, a lot of the things that make me like Vee so much are just Sorta Plausible Shit I Came Up With, and chief among them is my trans Vee theory.

So, I'll start with the canon stuff:

Vee is rather unique, even among basilisks. Her tail has 3 fins rather than the other basilisks' 1 or 2 fins, her eyes have a different structure (and more individual colors) than the others', and she has a distinct head and neck that the other basilisks don't have. She's also a lot smaller than the other basilisks: about half the size of III and IV, and even smaller compared to the "greater basilisk" which attacked Hexside (we'll call her the Inspector). In the epilogue, Vee's size doesn't appear to have changed much, if at all (hell, even in her human form, she doesn't look much taller), nor have the sizes of III and IV. The only change any of them appear to have gone through is that Vee has more/longer hair, some of which is a lighter cyan than the previous navy blue, which still remains at her roots and on her ears.

Those are the facts. Now, there could be any number of reasons for her unique traits.

The doylist reason is the easiest: she was designed to look smaller and more humanoid to appear to the audience as more sympathetic. Her strange eyes could just be a bit of fun character design, something to make her stand out on screen. No biggie.

The watsonian reasons are a lot more compelling to me though.

She could very well be quite young for a basilisk. Perhaps their eyes change shape and lose some of their color as they grow up. Perhaps the neck becomes less distinct as they get older. Perhaps even after the 3+ year timeskip before the epilogue, Vee was still prepubescent for a basilisk.

Perhaps the various basilisks are representative of different species within the same family (ex. the Inspector is called a "greater basilisk", but the others are just referred to as "basilisks"), and Vee's unique traits are staples of whatever specific species she is (I first came across this theory in A Blight on Bonesborough, by GeminiAlchemist, and they proposed "fat-tailed basilisk" as the name of Vee's species, mostly for the sake of a gag)

One of the more interesting theories is that she's only half basilisk. I wasn't the one to come up with it, but I don't remember who was, so for that I apologize, but basically, there was a theory going around for a little while after her introduction, that Vee was actually the bastard child of one of the other basilisks and Warden Wrath. The biggest point of evidence was the yellow pupils, a trait only shared between Vee and Wrath, as well as the fact that Wrath was clearly involved in the basilisk project, as shown in Vee's flashbacks in Yesterday's Lie. It's not my favorite theory by any means, but it's a super interesting one, very angsty.

My personal theory, however, and the theory on which I base a few of my other Vee headcanons, is that all the myriad differences between Vee and the other basilisks can be explained away by a simple case of sexual dimorphism in the basilisk species. "Number 5" was simply the only "male" basilisk shown on screen.

Now, what's the evidence for this theory? There is none! As with all the best headcanons, there's no real reason it should be true, but there's ALSO no definitive evidence it isn't true.

So, Number 5 escaped the labs, wandered into the Human Realm, took the form of the only human he'd seen, and spent 3 months at summer camp incidentally trying out being a girl. Turns out, she liked it! So when the time came to give Luz back her identity, Vee made her own new form a girl too.

Now, this headcanon comes with some... caveats? Complications? Sprinkles of realism? I like to imagine some extraneous silly little plot points surrounding this.

Gonna mention 'nads & stuff in purple, so skip past it if you're squeamish about people having body parts or whatever.

When Vee took on Luz's form, she didn't really know what was going on under all those clothes, so she improvised, and kept things as close to her basilisk form as possible. It was partly to conserve magic during the shift, and partly just because she couldn't imagine what to put there. This meant she had a dick, and probably a pretty funny-looking one, too, until she came across a human health textbook and got a better picture of what that whole situation is supposed to look like.

Eventually, during an accident with someone in the Cabin 7 crew (probably standard "woops, didnt realize you were changing in here" shenanigans), someone catches her with her pants down, and she accidentally makes them think Luz is trans. A silly little mixup, definitely no consequences in the future, for sure.

After this, Vee ends up learning about pride flags and their meanings, and starts collecting those things like trading cards. She is staggeringly queer. I tend to think of her as bi/pan/demi-rose, genderqueer, genderfluid (usually on a sliding scale between fem and neutral, but outside that range often enough to be noteworthy), and polyam (in theory, anyways, but even by the epilogue she's still only had one partner, Masha. Granted, she's only maybe 18 by then, so she's got a LOT of time left to try things out), but because that's So Many Labels, she tends to simplify down to Queer. Am I projecting? Yeah, a little. Maybe a lot. So what?

Anyways, when Luz comes back and Vee picks out her own human form, she mostly performs a 1-1 translation from her basilisk form to her human form (matching her standing height, size, approximate face shape, etc), and in so doing, takes on a few typically-masculine characteristics (like a mostly-flat, somewhat-wide chest, bodyfat mostly at her belly, and of course, a (normal, human) dick (most of the time, anyways; she is a shapeshifter, and can do whatever she wants forever)), resulting in her rather androgynous appearance. If her human form is gonna be her, it's gonna reflect her truth: she wasn't always a girl, but she is now. In the epilogue, her human form looks a bit more feminine/less androgynous than before (most notably with wider hips), as if she'd been on HRT for long enough to see some changes.

Now, I've also got all manner of general Basilisk Biology Headcanons, such as how shapeshifting works (magic is used to perform transformations, and reverting to their natural form doesn't use any; holding a transformation only burns calories, not magic; transformations are holistic, inside-and-out, with the two exceptions being the brain and whatever organ stores collected magic), how magical hunger works (it doesn't quite exist, they're not vampires, eating/draining magic is just a thing they Can do in order to transform, not a thing they Have to do to live; however, when a basilisk is hungry, it begins burning through its magic to stave off malnutrition, causing them to seek out magically dense food (really just magic in general, kinda maladaptive like humans' sugar cravings)), how mass distribution works when they transform (they retain their weight when they take on new forms, which limits their transformed size by how far they can compress/decompress their mass. this is part of why the Inspector was so hungry; they were near the limits of how far they could compress, and burning through calories like crazy to stay that way), their natural habitat (fins on their tails suggest they're at least semi-aquatic, but the fact that they stayed on the Boiling Isles as they fled from Belos suggests that they're not immune to (and thus not native to) the Boiling Sea, therefore I propose that they were native to lakes, the only bodies of water shown not to be boiling all the time. also they use their shapeshifting to change their bouyancy as they dive for mollusks or whatever), reproduction (internal fertilization, followed by egg laying; they can change their physical sex pretty much at will, because they're shapeshifters, but if it's not their "natural" form, it still consumes magic to get into that form and burns extra calories to hold the form; fertilization and pregnancy tends to go quite poorly if a basilisk changes/reverts to a form that doesn't have the proper equipment for whatever child they're currently bearing), and so on (basilisk eyes are adapted for underwater, leaving them relatively nearsighted unless transformed to be otherwise, and they have a short-term photographic memory to make assembling accurate disguises on the fly easier/possible), but I don't really feel the need to go tooooo into detail with all that >.>

12. What do you consider the most memorable scene? Why?

That's a very tough choice, between the graveyard fight in Thanks to Them (Very intense. Very beautiful, very powerful) and the Lumity dance in Enchanting Grom Fright (Very romantic. Very beautiful, very powerful). They both basically defined the fandom brainrot after their respective releases, and unlike the various season finales, there was little else cutting in to interrupt and distract from them. Just tasty, tasty action, one at the breathtaking height of fluff, and the other in the soul-crushing depths of angst.

A close third, to whichever one of those is only second-best, would be the duel for the portal key in Eclipse Lake (Very dramatic. Very beautiful, very powerful). Another big action scene, who'd'a thunk it, and another angsty one, too.

[babymorte]

I've never played Resident Evil, what about it makes it so good for you? Is it mainly a nostalgia thing or themes/story are just something you're really into? Which one would you suggest someone play for their first one?

that’s honestly a really good question. i do think part of it is nostalgia because i watched my parents play the first two when i was little and they were some of the first games i ever played. i just thought the setting was cool and i loved killing the ‘monsters’. but when i was a little older and the first remake came out it just kind of captivated me. i got into horror really young so this was the first horror thing my parents actually let me have when i got it for my birthday that year. i guess it has a special place in my heart to an extent.

but like i could legitimately write a thesis on why i love these games there’s so much for me to talk about. like they’re just fun games. i just did a village run last night farming crystal skulls in village of shadows and just running around with the s.t.a.k.e and lining up headshots is SO satisfying. or doing an all rockets run. i just really love the process of unlocking the extra content. like with the old games you had to complete the game in a certain amount of time and not being able to use too many heals or saves if you wanted a high rank so i was always draw to the grind of working towards the s ranks cuz im a perfectionist 😅 but like learning the layouts and the muscle memory it kind of just made the games a part of me in a sense. like i feel at home when im playing resi.

the story’s kinda goofy but it’s in the best way possible and i just love the whole b.o.w bioterrorism thing because it technically could happen. like we’re not getting bandersnatches or hunters but like if there’s a fungus that can turn ants into zombies im sure someone can turn it into something dangerous 😅 but the locations are always top notch. like i remember the first time i played code veronica and when it panned to the ashford house for the first time my mouth dropped cuz it was so pretty and so cool (i mean i was a kid so easily impressed but you know 😅) capcom just knows how to make great settings. every resi game has an iconic location in it even the shitty ones. like dead aim’s cruise ship is a mix between the titanic and the ship from the cruise level in goldeneye like it’s so good. or rockfort island in code veronica like the mad doctor/eyeball section is actually horrifying. that shit sticks with you so tough BUT ITS SO GOOD. i mean even now with house beneviento and the giant fetus like that fetus is more iconic than lady d i think. which then leads into how iconic the enemies are like i was just saying yesterday that even though i have played resi games for literally as long as i can remember hunters and lickers STILL get to me. they give me such anxiety and once you hear their noises you know you’re in for a bad time. especially as someone who doesn’t usually kill things when playing and just runs trying to outrun either of them is legit horrifying. same with crimson heads like i don’t kill any zombies in the mansion of REmake because i never carry the fuel and i hate dealing with crimson heads 😂

i don’t know i could go on forever why i love these games honestly 😅

so as far as suggesting goes it depends on what your plays your is. i think the definitive experience is re4 remake because it blends new and old so perfectly. if you wanted just to try the old style tank controls then the original REmake is hands down the only one you really need to play if you don’t wanna get into the lore of it all. if you wanna play from the original trilogy i was say re2 because the og resi just doesn’t hold up like at all. but also re2 fixed everything wrong with the first one and brought on new innovations in videogames still utilised today. plus with the two interlocking storylines it’s so cool to see the paths cross and find out each character was doing while you were off doing your thing and how your choices affect your second play through. they did kind of the same thing when switching from clair to chris in code veronica where all items left in the chest at the end of you run as claire could be utilised by chris during his campaign like that’s so freaking cool and not enough games do that now. but yea it definitely depends on which type of resi you’re going for honestly but those are always my options for people wanting to get into them 🤩

also sorry it’s so long i don’t know how to be concise when it comes to resi 🤣

[furys-mercy]

👩 = What’s your muse’s relationship with their mother, what made it that way?

👨 = What’s your muse’s relationship with their father, what made it that way?

Mercer stiffens at the first question, letting the stubby piece of charcoal slide from his fingers and roll across the desk. "I don't remember m'mum. I was uh... I was real young when she passed ya know an'... she jus' sorted faded out as I got older. Wish tha' wasn't tha case but..."

He shrugs, quickly moving on to the next question. Perhaps, too quickly. "Pa's a different story. Remember 'im like it was yesterday. Strong an' strappin' an' better with a blade than most I've seen..." The hero worship fades as he talks. "Wanted ta grow up ta be jus' like 'im. Always felt like shite tha' it didn't work out tha' way, but then ya learn shite. Ya find out 'e was runnin' 'round on yer mom with the wife'a his liege lord. An' tha' it got 'im killed." The machinist cracks his knuckles before reverting his gaze to his notes. "It's complicated ya know? I love 'im. Or, at least, I love tha him I grew up hearin' stories 'bout. But, I didn't really know 'im. An' while I shouldn't be mad at 'im fer dyin'... I am. Cause he had ta know wha' could happen when ya jump in bed with someone like tha'. An' he did it anyway. He knew tha risk an' in the end she was worth more ta him than we were." He clears his throat before looking back up. "So, I don't blame 'im fer 'is death an' I will find out exactly who signed wha' ta make tha' happen an' end 'em, but... I do hate 'im fer choosin' her. Wha' made her so fucking good anyroad?""

((Thanks for the ask @ainyan! Mercer is being a teensy bit cagey there at the beginning and that is because he's lying. Not about the bit where he doesn't remember his mother. That part is true, but he did remember her. Well into his 20s, even. However, he found himself in a sticky situation in which a friend had been kidnapped and he needed to utilize his first prototype drone to find him and he could not get the long distance visual relay to work in the time frame that he had. His girlfriend at the time offered him another solution. She performed a ritual to create a tether from the core of the prototype drone (then known as Bishop) to Mercer's soul. This would allow him to essentially see and hear through the drone's receptors when in contact with the focus keyed to their tether. (This is also the foundation of his current drone combat, as Bishop eventually became known as Ace who is the bigger of his four drones and the "leader".) There was, however, a cost to the ritual and he ended up paying that cost by giving up the memories he had of his mother. He still doesn't remember her at all, only being able to recall what other people have told him about her and having a rather detached sort of feeling about it. Once it was made clear to him that this was a difficult choice he had been forced to make he felt a mix of both pride and shame. Pride for helping his friend, but shame for giving up something that was so intrinsic to who he was. And he still feels all of those conflicting emotions today. It's just very awkward to mourn the loss of something you don't ever remember having.))

[dballzposting]

OK BUT that one thing you mentioned about trunks being better with stuff he can see? so fucking real, for every trunks ever, except GT trunks who is ok at coding because its required of him but also his shit lowkey is spaghetti... and Xeno trunks totally just forgot everything but the basics of coding with all the time shit, i havent read the super manga yet but hc that Bulma's Big Brain was just split between him and bulla, that girl cant fix a car for shit but she has access to nuclear launch codes<3 anyway i think itd be funny if goten had no idea about this and just called trunks to fix his stuff all the time and trunks is like sure whatever until once day goten asks for something that is too on the side of software and trunks pulls up with bulla and lets her fix it (only a grown ass man version of trunks would be capable of this btw, he doesnt have the.. the balls to admit to his mistakes as a teenager or young adult, he has to be a grown ass man, like GT trunks who was like 23.. wasnt he..)

sorry btw im projecting cause i cant code for shit and i am indeed mad about it

Lol

GT Trunks was able to code in a virus on that mechanism that was housing Baby and I thought at the time that it was unexpectedly hot of him BUT now I'm seeing that .. That's the one thing he knew how to do. He knew how to input a virus. Of course he knows how to do that. He wanted to know it becasue he thought it was funny. He was probably delighted that it even fucking worked and that his methods were compatible.

Before he was old enough to be confident in his inability he would just fix it Anyway. And ruin it a bit.

Goten would be like "Hey the video game you bought me stopped working, can you come fix it?"

And sometimes it's something fixable like, Goten wasnt plugging it in right. Other times it's an issue with the wiring in Chichis house. One time it was just a glitch.

And Trunks sees that it's a glitch and he's still young enough to think that he has potential and hes interested in looking into it, so hes like, "yeah man no problem. I can get that working for you."

And Goten is like "awesome man you're so smart and cool and skilled and amazing" and he kisses him on the nose and Trunks is like "yeah I am."

And then he spends 72 hours drilling away at this impossible project, learning on the job, making things worse, etc.

And he gives the game back with the original problem being solved, but now theres just a lot of weirdness otherwise about it.

Goten thinks it's cool becasue it's still playable mostly, it just has some quirks, he's tickled that his copy is unique.

And like sometimes Gohan will ask Trunks for help if Videl cant fix his computer, which of course means it's more than a basic issue, and Trunks knows just enough to barely skirt by every time, but hes watching himself click on things and he knows that he doesnt know what hes doing and hes hearing himself say things and he knows that hes just parroting some script hes picked up from his mother.

Every time he holds his cool but he starts sweating because he knows hes so close to Not Being Able To Fix It.

And by the end it's always something that he should have known about, but he just exhausts every avenue before he gets there. So it looks like hes a wizard putting in the hours but REALLY it takes him two hours just to narrow down what it's Not.

Yeah but he gets older and his sister gets older and she exhibits potential with that stuff and hes like Oh Thank God and he relaxes and stops trying to know that stuff because he doesnt have to anymore.

And Bura (I'm spelling it like that now) knows how to drive a car at age 9 becasue of course she does, but she just thinks that they're boring otherwise. Like Who Cares about sticking pipes and things together.

She single handedly brings on the movement of electrical cars with motherboards that we see today when she becomes President of Capsule Corp. Becasue it's all she fucking understands

[evoanakin]

Dear Bal,

The greatest kind of love is something thag doesn’t need to be seen, doesn’t need to be touched, doesn’t need to be present but the spirit is always there. Maybe by the time you read this, I am no longer able to respond to you or you maybe you will never see me again. My this is just me, or maybe I got something out of context or maybe it’s something you no longer feel or think or say. Maybe your like, “wtf”. lol. Right now as I am writing this, I am at lthe worst state of my life but I blame no one. It’s all me, it’s my choice, it’s just life. Lately I am just having so much bad luck or something is stoping me in doing my purpose in life. Not sure if God is testing me but I know there are people who can’t handle what I am being put into and there more people who are in more deeper problems than I do, so I talk to God and say “its okay i can handle it. Help other people first”. Cos I know I’m strong but damn I am so tired. I want to take a break even just for a while. But my life line is getting shorter every single day. I feel it. And you know I never wanted to grow up. I always want to die young. That was my dream, to be with God. They said, you go back to this dimension where it’s good and evil. Until you get it right and when there is only to way you can go. You move up or down (heaven & hell). I want to see what on the other side or my next adventure. I hope I move up, until I meet God. If I do go back to here. ITo be honest, this world is so messed up. Every time I try to pull myself up, the world just pushes me down the ground. I tried Bal, I try every day to pull my self up and then after a few months, I get pull down again. I try to hard for my mom, you know how much she can’t be without me but right now I am so tired. But don’t worry, even this things happen to me, I pull myself back again just for her sake. But how can I tell her I am tired when shes been as given me so much? So I try for her sake. But even though I try, I may never get to see you and hug you again. There is so many night in my life that I think of you. You know why? Remember when I used to get nightmares and you told me not you put both of my feet straight because it the cause, so you said put one leg on the side? Every night I do that and you cross my mind. Talking to you since we been apart made my life so much tolerable. When I told my friends my story I always tell them that you are the only person who knew from the beginning. You were there from the start and until the end. You are the only person who got me through it. Talking to you about it and you being there just to talk to was a big deal. Even though I was so beaten up, I could run to you and it made it better. Running to you made me feel safe, even if you were not there with me physically. I feel like “im okay. I can do this.”. But being in that situation, got me so blinded and drained. To the point where even thought okay kame ni Gracell, there were was so many nights that I ask God to not wake me up anymore. I keep on holding on for some reason. I keep choosing to stay. Because I would rather die than leave her. Happy or sad, those moments were questionable. I have been having so much clarity for the past months that have gone by. I keep learning new things, answers to my questions and every thing starts to make sense. There is always a reason for every thing that happens to you. When I got back from the Philippines I told you that me and her started talking again and you said like in a mad tone that “are you getting back with her”. than after that you said something like “bakit saknya balik ka ng balik kahit sobra yung ginawa sakin” something like that. You know, since we ended things, I ask myself that question. I ask God, why why why.. I want to know why.

You know that everything happens for a reason. God will put you in places, put people in your life, take away people in your life, things, or whatever. God will give you so much problems, God will give you so much joy, money happiness. You know why? Cos he wants to see if you do good with it. Even if it’s so bad, even if it hurt like hell. God wants to see “what will she do”. For example, when you did me wrong, I never hated you. I never hit chana (when everyone thought I would), I walked away. I moved away actually. lol. But see, even though there was something bad that happen, the out come should be bad too. I could killed her, I could have hated you and you hate me. But no, I could even hate Gracell too but I don’t. I don’t talk bad about her. To be honest I am thankful that in this life, I got my mom to guide me. She is the reason why I have a good heart. Though sometimes I am so tired doing good, so I do a little bad, I just drain myself and be silent. I think that the best solution. Be silent when it hurts. So when I ask God, one day I finally found the answer.

I wish every one can have parents like we have. I’ve seen you hug you mom, how much love you all have for each other staying in one room. Sobrang clingy niyo. lol. I have an amazing mom that would do anything and everything, would accept every bit of me. I’ve been seeing videos and researching about kids that are being trafficked and rapped. It so sad that nobody make this a big deal. I have so much information about it and when I look at my problem, it’s nothing. You know kids are being sacrificed, eaten, rapped, tortured and killed. 50,000 kids ages 0-12 every single day in the world and little organization help, like really help. I’ve been trying to reach out to people and applying for work to do something about it right now. I want to do something for these kids and I want that to be my purpose until my last day on earth. I want to make a change and save these kids, not even kids babes. And you know what sad? When I told someone a little information about what I know, they changed the topic and when I said “why people ignore it?” and this person said “cos people have their own problems.”. I was just so sad about it, because this is this is problem. The devil feeds on a child because it’s the purest thing, the one thing that is closes to God, the innocence of a child. And when this child gets traumatized, doesn’t get the help they need, the love that they deserve.. evil wins. Thats why when people come into your life, it’s either they save you, and you turn good or destroys you and you turn evil. You know God is inside in all of us? He is not a he or she. God is you; the good in you, the light in you. They said when you meet a person, you should talk to the God in him/her but it starts with you talking to the God in you. We helped kids before remember? You are the only person I know you who would love to do it. Thats why I wanted to do it with you.

Gracell, has been one of those kids. I don’t regret staying, loving her. I don’t feel any anger or hate for her but just love. I love her unconditionally because she deserves it. God put us together hoping that i could save her. I took every single form of pain for her and I don’t mind. Even though it ruining me right now, it’s okay. It’s God plan because God knows I can take it eventually. I’d be so mad if anyone bad mouths her because it’s not her fault. Every one is this world is a victim, that why I want to stop trauma from happening. Every thing that happened in my life, made so much sense to me now. There was so many times that I tell myself. “it was to be Aly”. You’re the one that I wanted to marry, we even have a layout of our house and how many kids we’ll have and adopt and we’ll be all in one room. But God doesn’t give us what we want, but what we need. Thats the sad truth and sometimes, things happen because it had to.. But, it’s okay. We just need to be good, kind and loving to each other. I recently learned that am an empath. Like a very strong one, which can be a gift or a curse. For a while now, I’ve noticed it even more. When am with a person, I can feel if they’re sad or happy. Most of them? Are sad. It’s consuming me so much to the point that I don’t even go out anymore for almost a year. %85 of the time I just stay in my room and I get scared going outside. One of my friends said that he saw the change in me; he knows much of an extrovert I am and I became this, an introvert. Plus I got so much things to pay and how lonely I am. But I choose to be alone. It’s so peaceful. Every thing else that is bad about me? I ask God that I know what I am going through is not that important. The kids should be the main focus to save.. I asked “can you pls send someone to save me? or I ask God if he save. Because I know the only person that could save me is myself. So I try to do find that power in me every day but I think to myself, “can some lend me need a hand? “

Someone ask me before “what is the best time of your life?”. I loved the life I had lived. One thing is for sure, I laughed so much in the 80% of my life. I had an amazing mom. Fun family member. Friends that I can call my sister and brothers. I didn’t need my biological parents or 10million dollars because God gave blessed me with people. Amazing once too. But the best time of my life was with you. Yeah so what if it was tragic. When I look back on those time I was in a relationship with you. It feels so good. It’s not the memory, it’s not the trips we went to, I don’t even remember so memories but what it felt like? It feels so good just think about it. You always brought the best in me, even when we only see each other on FaceTime. The best version of me was when I was with you. Though you judge me sometimes or make fun of me. lol. Everyone even said I turned better because of you. So thank you, because you made such a great impact in my life. I don’t need you to be my girlfriend or wife, I don’t care if you love someone else or end up being with someone else. The fact that you excited my life, and... I listen to the songs you listen to (cos I follow you spotfy.. secret ko lang yun. lol). The fact you are okay, you are happy and you are loved and loving.. that you exist.. is more than enough for me. You are my bestfriends and the greatest part of my life.. The greatest love I ever had because it was good, I was the best version of myself, I learned a lot. And I am sorry that I couldn’t love you the way you wanted to be loved. I’m sorry, I didn’t choose to stay. And if I hurt you in all kinds of ways, I want you to know I didn’t mean it. I will always and forever be here for you no matter what. I will always and forever love you.

I remember when we were together that there was 3 times that we were in the same place but we don’t know each other. I don’t remever all of it but I know it was like out of town or out of the country. The reason I said this is because I saw this “red string theory”. When I was looking at it. I remember that we talked about it and put the months or years together. I just tememeber we found like photos of us being in that place. I even had a dream about you even though we barely see each other and knew each other. And we got together I was so shocked because it wan dejavu. Because when I woke up “wtf bakit kasama ko si Aly.” and when that moment happen I told you had this moment like 3-4yrs ago. in my dreams. lol. I tell that story to people.

There was this moment like 2-3yrs ago, I was crying to much because I had something in my mind and someone just said what will you do if you find out that Aly died, uuwi ka? I will book the first flight on that day. And just imagining of seeing you again not breathing, soulless., cold. I don’t care kung nandun si Chana. I run to you right away and hugged you so tight. Just having that play ij my mind was crushing my soul. So me first before you cos I am not suicidal but i’ll jump of the building. I know it’s not my life to take and God will get mad me if I did, but I wouldn’t even care. I love God so much, and he can give millions of problems, shower me with bullets, I’ll take it I won’t commit suicide. But losing you? No. Thats not going to work out for me. Like it’s a sure thing thats whats going to happen and I decided that is what I am going to do. lol. (planado na pala). But I am serious on that kahit nakakatawang isipin. lol. Bal, we may not have the dream we had before? We might not be together as I am writing this or talking to each other. Maybe not in this moment. Maybe someday. Maybe never. Maybe not this lifetime. Maybe on the next life time. We’ll not make it a tragic ending but a happy one. Whenever it is… Because in this life I had, I want you in my life. I never wanted to tell you this because you’ll full of yourself. But every year, I make sure I play the song “forevermore” most of the time more. And I just imagine you walking in wedding dream towards me. And i’ll just cry. Knowing I’m already married, and I love my wife. I just lay un bed and cry, not with sadness cos it’s you I married. But imagining that it’s real and how much joy seeing what coming towards me makes me cry. So in the next, I will still want you. in every life I have that God gives me. I will find you again. I will see you again. Did you know that one guardian angel is assigned to every single soul in this world? They guide us and they help us out in our life. They said when you are born, one is assigned to you right away. Then you can have like 1-3 angels with you. If I get to heaven, I will beg God. I will fall in line. I will do every thing I to have me assigned to you. So don’t worry, I will find away make that happen. Because I know how much you can’t like being alone. So I’ll be your guardian angel. We even said before na pag nagbreak kayo ni Chana or kung sino man bago ulit maging tayo. Gusto ko magpakasingle ka muna ng isang taon. Like that was our deal, because I want you to learn to be alone. To have no one else but yourself. I’ve been alone for a year now, no hook ups. no “kalandian”. I don’t even flirt bars or do dating apps any more. And I have learned so much, in me, understanding my past, present.Things made so much more sense. Get to know yourself even more. Find your purpose in life and the only reason why we are here in this world is make a change, a great change to make everyone living to be good. There are time when I am happy or sad, I feel you with me. Even at this moment I am writing this, we haven’t spoken for a maybe year now? It’s okay, So when you are feeling happy or sad and the person you thought of is me or even it’s not me. I am here for you.

I am not saying this because I turned to going to church or reading the bible or joined a group. No, I am just literally seeing God in me and around for the first time. And having this sight of God is me seeing my life, more clearly. The words and what I have said in all my post, my text, even the words that came from my own mouth was not the real me, it was the blinded and uneducated version of me that doesn’t see God. So one night when it was so dark; my body was in so much pain, I keep talking to God. YOU ALYANNA, are the person I saw right away. I just wanna hug you right now, and tell you I’m trying even though I am tired, that I love you and I miss you, that I am proud of you, that what ever blessing you get or bad things happen to you PLEASE USE THE GOOD HEART THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HEART. But just imagining that, is enough for me and my soul feels so much better.

Take care of yourself, please..

[autistic-ranpo]

in a year, my little brother will start highschool. one of my only memories of my childhood—all the others lost for countless reasons, god, my life is disappearing through my fingers—is of the first time he walked. ive seen him grow up and i dont know how to tell him im sorry for being a bad big sister. hes 13 and every day i thank god or whatever higher power that lets him be in a better place than i was when i was his age. when i was 13 i got the cops called on me for trying to end my life. he plays basketball every day with his friends and im proud of him. my littlest brother asked me if i wanted to see a movie that came out in a year. i asked him what time of year it came out and he didnt know why it mattered. i told him id be somewhere else come the end of summer and he said “oh. that makes me feel weird.” who will watch my little brothers when im gone? who is going to save them from my mom? ill finally be free once i leave, but how am i supposed to breathe knowing the pain is divided between two instead of three? what do i do? what am i supposed to do? ive never been a good older sister. i dont know how to be sorry.

i know how you feel. i'm scared for my brother. i grew up learning to shut down when my dad gets mad, mask everything i can and never let my parents know somethings wrong because theyll just get angry. my brother cant. he screams and cries and yells and im too fucking scared to protect him. i dont know how. i clean up his bloody nose and bruised arm and i try to tell him how to survive but i dont know if i want to teach him to hide away like i do. he's still so young. he told me he wanted to stop eating because he hated how fat he looked. i'll be long gone by the time he reaches high school. god, i'm so worried. im so worried for him. i dont even protect him now, whats gonna happen once hes alone in this godforsaken house? i dont know. i'm scared. i wonder if he'll ever be able to forgive me.

[avo-kat]

its so strange…. this game didnt change me. it was like…. normal. natural. i was able to kinda play myself. be silly and crazy and stupid and pathetic. and kim stood by. and ppl were a bit weirded out or thought i was stupid or even made fun of me, but? it was still fine! i still solved the case. i still connected to people. i even laughed w ppl i thought were jerks. i managed to befriend ppl who wanted to beat me up. this game allowed me to be my pathetic self and still do my thing. its so awesome i wanna cry. nothing is gonna compare now no other rpg can do that. damn. im not a hero… not a saviour of the world…. nope, just a pathetic, sad guy who gets high and drunk and threatens to kill himself but who can also help people. in small ways. its so…. real. i really like how they did the characters.

even compl jerks. you cant hate all of them completely. they are people. some of them are stupid fucking racist people. some of them are very nice and v lowkey racist people. some of them are huge jerks but justified cuz they care about one thing a lot. this game is a love letter to humanity

spoilery below

and i LOVE how basically EVERYTHING i did mattered. every thing! every single thing! even if it seemed stupid and pointless and like a waste of time! talking to those two old guys playing boule? it mattered!

and i loved how.... real the people were. all of them. they really were. i think a lot of people would have written a lot of these characters very, very, very differently. i was mad that evrart was that way. but he was real. and that made... everything, every conversation, every decision more real, because everything was complicated, just like in real life. theres ideology and political theory and theres reality. theres a really, REALLY nice old lady. but shes racist. lowkey. but she is. and thats.... its disappointing, but its real, you know? what are you gonna do? stop talking to her? but shes so nice. and theres an interesting quest. these conflicting feelings - so real! just like in real life. do you stop talking to your nice neighbour because she made a racist comment? its messy. and then you meet complete jerks and you already write them off, you are basically waiting for your chance to "pay them back", but hey, look, they are actually decent.

the secret is like.... getting to know them and learning about the one thing they care about the most.

and you can go and try to build communism (wooo, 0.0002%!!) and you meet these young guys, its just. yeah. thats exactly how it is. fucking beans.

and the thing is: you gotta work with them. all of them. even the jerks. even the corrupt assholes.

because you cant burn bridges with every bad person. because they are all part of society, whether we like it or not. and its not like you are without fault. ur a fucking pig, as some love to point out. thats done. cant change that, no matter how much u want to, lol. the past is the past and u gotta move on.

and u can talk all u want all day long. what matters is what u do.

i keep thinking about cindy. standing on the outside hallway, looking at the city, at the people - people she hates. right below the radical youth hangout. thinking about the perfect, perfect slogan. and the two communist students, judging her for not being educated. in the end, shes the one who does something.

anyway. its nice to play a game where u are the literal incarnation of karl marx. (its canon, okay?)

[dreamwritesimagines]

Dream! I can’t decide who I’m most mad at, Clover, Benedict, or you! (Kidding, of course!) this chapter is amazing, the pain is so real! Really well written!

Their lack of communication is so huge, and so relatable. Clover should have asked him to stay when he offered, and Benedict should have known that if Clover wanted to talk at dinner then it was important. But so often in relationships we can be so bad at talking to one another about what we need.

And man that fight, clover really knew where to hit Benedict. Im worried about how quickly she lost control - it was so easy for her to lose her trust in him after one miscommunication, and to not be able to stay calm and rational. I really hope Clover is able to see that her trauma is causing her to make rash decisions and hurt others as well - it’s not just about being able to trust Benedict and his actions, but also being able to recognize her own trauma and learning how to react and work through situations when she is triggered. Not to go too personal, but I definitely have trauma from a past emotionally abusive relationship, and sometimes when something triggers me and I want to go straight to defensiveness or pretend everything is fine so I don’t have to talk about it, I’ll have to stop and say to my current partner, “look, I know I have baggage attached to (whatever the issue is), but this is how it’s making me feel and here’s why.” And that helps us both figure out how to deal with whats going and and better see where we’re both coming from. But it also took us a long time to get there, and I would imagine for Clover, having been so young when she was abused, she hasn’t developed those kinds of coping and communication skills. And, even knowing some about her past, Benedict has never had to deal with trauma like this, and doesn’t know how to spot when she’s being avoidant or know how to help her through it.

I’m wondering if Clover will eventually be the one to tell Benedict about the letter from her parents, or if he’s going to find out about the situation from someone else? I think knowing about the letter will help him understand she’s reacting from a place of pain and panic, but if someone else tells him, I think he’ll also be hurt that she didn’t tell him initially. I’m sure he never would have left if he’d know what was going on and she hadn’t insisted she was fine.

Anyway, wondeful as always! I can’t wait for the next chapter!

Awww thank you so much love! 🥰❤️

Exactly! I think that sort of lack of communication is something almost all of us have been through, something being important to us but the other person misses that or vice versa❤️ In Clover's case, it clashed with her trauma💔

You're absolutely right, she knows where to hit to make it hurt💔 I think in her situation, it goes either way, she either shuts down or lashes out because that's what she has experienced in her home life, and she ended up doing both with Benedict instead of explaining what was happening ❤️

I'm so sorry to hear that about your past relationship, but it's wonderful to hear that you have a safe relationship now where you can have open and honest communication! ❤️❤️

Yessss for Benedict, it's rather hard to understand the signs of her trauma (except for the wrist rubbing thing) because he has never dealt with that before, and he also never really had to answer to anyone where he had been before, or like...have these kind of responsibilities 😁

I think he will be so shocked when he hears because he is one of the very few people who knows about her home life, so he always assumed if something like that happened, she would immediately tell him and yet...😏

More angst is comiiiing! ❤️

[yansurnummu]

roommates gave me covid and now I'm gonna miss pride and I'm not ok :')

[sailorwritesstuff]

even MORE Madrigal family headcanons

Because I want to take over this fandom 😏

also found out apparently??? Encanto takes place around the 50's??? that doesn't seem right at all??

no spoilers

When Pepa is mad she says "Ay! im so heated i can hear the clouds."

Dolores got her name from "Dolores" by Frank Sinatra (1941)

Bruno has really nice hand writing. Julieta... not so much...

Mirabel throws herself into playing multiple instruments to impress her Abuela at a young age. She can play six piano, guitar, accordion, the flute, bongos, and ocarina (and the tambourine if you count that as an instrument)

the guitar she learned how to play on was actually Bruno's He used to hide it in his room but before he left he put it in the nursery because he knew he wouldn't be able to play it in the walls.

Antonio kicks Camilo in the ankles sometimes and acts like its an accident. he gets pretty creative with those excuses.

Isabela doesn't want kids. she plans to have one (1) for the sake of the miracle.

Antonio grows up to be the tallest of his siblings and Camilo was heated.

Julieta can SING. She's got a very rich and soothing voice. Even though they're all grown up now the kids still ask her to sing to them when they can't sleep.

Felix has an old record player with all kinds of tunes.

Pepa can't sing for shit but somehow She can memorize notes just by hearing them once or twice.

Felix sometimes just likes to chill and listen to opera. very loudly. And he dances to it like it's just club music.

luisa listens to ballet tunes whenever she's stressed Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake is a favorite of hers

Antonio doesn't like house cats much. they frustrate him because they don't listen

Camilo and Dolores mock their parents. not in a mean way. its actually kinda cute. they've done sense Camilo could talk in full sentences.

Isabela sleeps in one of her dad's old Sleep shirts even tho she has lots of pretty pj sets. she literally hates pants.

Mirabel is a libra.

Agustin hates black coffee. it has to be FILLED with sugar.

The family calls Dolores, Dolly or Lolita a lot.

if you ask Isabela what her favorite color is she'll be very sarcastic because she makes it obvious. "brown" "really?" "no you fucking idiot its purple."

Camilo is 100% and astrology bitch who has everyone's birth chart memorized.

Abuela It's one of those parents who used to wake their kids up to loud music to clean the house. and it was never music they wanted to hear.

every Christmas Antonio ask Mirabel for a shirt. just a shirt. because he knows if he asks for something big she'll go over the top. so if he asks for something small. she'll be normal.

Abuela doesn't like Horses

Pepa wanted to name Camilo, Pedro but Alma wasn't ready yet and broke down crying when pepa asked. she didn't ask again for Antonio but Alma wished she had.

Isabela doesn't like eating meat.

Dolores has a strong distaste for loud music. it hurts her head. So she can never listen to a record player up close She always has to play it from a few rooms over.

Dolores is a big fan of her Tio Bruno's telenovelas

Abuelo Pedro wrote songs. several books full of them. and Alma kept all of the ones she could save. she sacrificed her favorite Dresses so they would fit even tho he said he didn't need them Because she knew he was lying and that they were important to him. She even almost left her wedding dress but she thought about how sad she would be if one of her two daughters didn't get to wear it one day. (spoiler: it was Julieta)

Bruno can also sing And he has this natural rasp to his voice. like a make your knees shake rasp.

Antonio prefers to listen to jungle noise tapes over music. even before he got his gift. now it just makes more sense.

Abuela (back when she was just mamá) would sing to her children the songs that her husband sang to her when they were young and dating

Antonio taught some bird and other creatures how to perform Abuela's favorite song for her birthday. (She didn't enjoy it but she thanked him and pretended anyway)

Mirabel sings silly songs to the kids in town when she sees they're having a bad day.

Mirabel can't take jello seriously. she snickers everytime she sees it move.

Camilo once wrote an entire one man musical that he forced his family to watch. (It was honestly surprisingly good??)

Agustin gets flustered whenever his wife sings to him.

Bruno can't dance

Camilo and Mirabel did highschool theater.

Isabela went to high school theater productions occasionally to throw flowers aggressively at Mirabel and Camilo through out the performance via magic.

Isabela hates showtunes

Isabela also was in school chorus and played the piano so...

Antonio said fuck once and Pepa lost her shit. It rained for a days every time she looked at Camilo who taught him the word.

Mirabel is an advent journaler of emotions (post canon) She goes through about a journal every month and a half. and she carries it everywhere.

Dolores sings like Cinderella. its very pretty. but very rare.

sometimes Bruno forgets he's not supposed to be in the house while he's in the walls and he'll say bless you when someone sneezes. He did it to Pepa once there was a hurricane for two days because she thought her dead brother was talking to her.

Camilo loves ice cream.

Mirabel tried to get Bruno, Isabella, and Camilo to start a band. (they said no)

[expired-blueberries]

Imagine an au where both Carl and frank have the spark, but it doesn’t show until Verona leaves for good, do to the emotional pain of there mother abandoning them. So max who can’t get in contact with Verona has to explain there alien heritage, and the plumbers, but also has to help them learn how to control there powers and keep it a secret from the rest of the plumbers but also the rest of the family.

SUPER fun au but can i turn it a little more angsty?

remember how carl and frank said max was super busy with his plumber work? what if their spark ignited and they couldnt contact him, due to him being on some other planet or whatnot? they already canonically knew about their alien heritage, but with verdona having gone back to anodyne and max being wherever the heck he is, carl and frank will have to learn everything for themselves, largely through trial and error.

youve got two young adults whose parents are both effectively missing, only now discovering their alien powers, all while trying to keep a regular life.

i dont think their situation would be like gwens - she leaned hard into learning magic, even stealing books from hex, so she was well versed in her limits and what she could and couldnt do before she ever found out she was an alien. for frank and carl, they wouldnt even have that information. can you imagine them accidentally throwing energy bolts when mad, or putting up barriers and not knowing how to take them back down? reading auras and thinking they just have something in their eyes?

of course, it wouldnt be all bad - they would be able to track down lost keys or save people from getting hurt, etc etc. but the point is, they would be learning all of this on their own, in the 80s/90s, with everything that was going on in the world at that time.

hell of a time, really. im sure they would get the hang of it eventually, but god knows, they will NOT be happy about having to do all of it lol

[kaz11283]

ok ok idk if ur still taking request but can i have a drabble or a one shot or anything of loki dealing with/ taking care/ drinking with drunk y/n??? i’m drunk rn and that’s allll i need in life

Babysitter

The party at Starks compound was going off without a hitch, celebrating the man himselfs birthday. The music was to loud, lights flickering everywhere, and laughter bouncing off the walls.

"Come drink with us y/n!" Thor bellowed to you across the bar montioning you to follow him to the group that was sitting around one of the back tables. You flopped down next to Loki and let out a sigh.

"How are you this evening y/n?" He asked moving his leg over slightly so that he wouldnt have to touch you. That was your power, being able to read people minds with a simple touch, nights like tonight all ways set you on edge with to many people bumping, shoving, touching. The whole atmosphere drove you mad most of the time.

"Handling it." You forced a smile looking over at him. "Alcohol helps repress it." You said picking up your drink and giving a silent cheers to the handsome man that had decided to dress in a black dress shirt and dark colored jeans. You threw your head back and took the shot.

"Starting the party stong this evening y/n?" Tony asked raising his eyebrow at you.

"Putting everyone elses thoughts on the back burner for tonight Tony." You said smiling sweetly at him before taking another shot.

"So whos on babysitting duty tonight then?" Bucky laughed looking around the table.

"I'm not that bad-"

"Thor had to pull you off the bar last time before you started stripping." Your face turned bright red as you glanced over to Thor whos face was the same color mounthing out sorry.

"Dont worry I've got her this time." Loki laughted taking a sip of his wine.

"Babysitter." You rolled your eyes again taking a sip of the mixed drink that Nat had put in front of you making sure her hand grazed your.

Loki seems quite excited to be on babysotting duty tonight, you might be in for another private stripping session tonight.

You shot her a look that sent her into a fit of laughs.

"Another round then!" Thor yelled at the bar tender. "We are celebrating the Man of Iron tonight." You sighed slouching back in your chair.

"Relax, darling, I've got you tonight." Loki whispered leaning over to you. "I won't let you make a complete fool of your self."

As the night grew so did your buzz, your cheeks were getting warmer, and the dress you had on now started feeling constricting. You started pulling at the bottom and then neck.

"Your fidgeting darling." Loki said placing his hand on your leg causing you to jump.

"My dress is to tight. I just need to get up for a second." You said standing to walk over to the bar.

"Dress to tight?" Steve asked looking over at Loki.

"She had to get up for a moment." At that moment there was whistling coming from the dance floor.

"Umm, babysitter." Tony said pointing behind Loki. As he turned around he noticed that you had already started to pull the dress up more than you should have. Loki jumped up running toward you.

"Y/n, what are you doing?" He said grabbing your hands causing your dress to fall back down.

"Lok, I'm hot. So freaking hot. This dress, its to tight. I need it off." You said trying to shake him off.

"Come on then, lets get you out of here." He said pulling you out the door. You bumped into a man standing near the door.

Wish she would have finished. He doesnt deserve to be able to see all that undressed.

You stopped suddenly looking at the man before raring back and punching him in the face. "I dont think its any of your concern who sees me like that." Loki stopped and stared at you before escourting you out of the crowed room.

"Asshole." You huffed behind him. He was able to lead you to the floor where his room was. "You could have just taken me back to my room so that you could go back." You sighed flopping down on his bed. The buzz had slowly started wearing off but the room was still spinning.

"Its ok y/n. Besides if I'm taking care of you then I cant go back to that overrated party then can I?" He laughed sitting next to you.

"I get so tired of being able to hear what people are thinking. It is literally exhausting. Trying to find somewhere to sit thats not to close to someone. Especially one of the guys, all of yall are perverts. Course the girls are just as bad most of the time." You put your head in your hands tearing up. Nope, the drunk still wasnt over.

"The power that you have makes you you y/n. If you didnt have that power you wouldnt be here with your friends."

"Yeah friends that I can hug because im afraid that I might hear something that I shouldn't. I made that mistake once. I hugged Steve not even thinking and he was thinking about Nat. Like thinking about something that no one but those two should know about. After that I just stopped touching everyone. Do you know how bad that sucks?"

"Ah, touch starved." He said laughing. "May I try something?"

"Its no use, everyone tells me they can shut it all off but theres always something on their minds." You shrug.

"Give me your hand." He saod placing his hand out palm up. You begrudgingly put your hand in his causing him to smile. "Well?"

"I think im about to be sick." You said jumping up and running to his bathroom silently thanking Tony for sticking with one layout for every room.

"Oh dear." Loki said following you in there and grabbing ahold of your hair that had fallen. "I think you will live." He helped you sit on the side of the bathtub as he got a clean rag for you to whip your face.

"I'm sorry you got stuck with me tonight." You whispered closing your eyes.

"Stop that nonsense. I volunteered for it. I knew what was coming." He laughed as he walked out to his room to get you a clean shirt. "Now tell me. Did you hear anything when I touched you?"

"Actually no, I didnt even realize it when you was pulling me from the party." You said putting the shirt next to you. "How?"

"I can 'turn it off' if that makes any sense. Telepathic people drive me insane. Always trying to figure out what your thinking. I learned at a young age how to block stuff like that out. Wanda tends to be the worlds worst."

"Its nice. The quiet. I havent had that, ever." You leand your head aginst the cool wall closing your eyes.

"Hey, no no no. Lets get you changed and laid down in bed before you pass out." He pulled you to your feet and looked at you. "Do you need assistance?"

You laughted as him. "No. Its fine ive got this." You pulled your dress off and pulled his on before walking out and flopping down on his bed.

"Do you mind holding my hand? Its nice not having to worry about what i might hear." Loki laid down beside you and placed his hand in yours.

"If you ever need some quiet time you are more than welcome to come find me." He sais placing a kiss to your temple before you fell asleep.

Thank you so MUCH for the request! I hope you like it. I had one, erased it and restarted so thats what took took me so long to write this one. If you have any more please feel free to send them in!

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hi it's physical issues/disability question anon again

so i was wondering if u knew any sorta... pain-reducing tactics? cause some days, if i stand in place for longer than like 2 or 3 minutes my legs and back start to hurt really bad. (i was at the store today with my mom even and i wanted to cry bc my ankles, legs, and back all hurt really bad and i couldn't sit down anywhere) its not all the time but when it does happen it sucks

im not physically disabled, my mom says the pain is bc i never run around/do sports so im lazy, and im only 14 so i guess there's not really a reason for me to be feeling it other than that. but regardless of the reason it still hurts and i was kinda hoping that bc you ARE disabled you might know a thing or two about making life suck less in that department? google's not helpful it's just bringing up, like, "here's what it might mean if you feel X" articles with a bunch of long words i don't know.

thanks in advance and sorry if this is a weird question, have a nice day

Okay first of all, this ask totally triggered my "protective older sibling" response, so anon uhh consider yourself adopted now.

So, before I get to my advice for managing pain, I just want to cover what your mom said. I was actually a similar age when my chronic pain started (a bit younger, I think), and I actually was told something very similar from my then-therapist. I was told that I probably wasn’t getting enough exercise, and that was the reason my legs hurt. Which, uh. Wasn’t the reason. At all. In fact, while I’m not a doctor, I don’t even think that’s how chronic pain works. Older people can get pain from not getting enough exercise, but unless you’ve completely stopped walking altogether? You should not be dealing with chronic pain as a 14 year old. It took me a long time to learn this, but you shouldn’t be feeling any chronic pain. The reason why people complain so much about aches and pains as they age is because when you are young, you are supposed to not feel any pain! Just, like, none! I spent a long ass time thinking “maybe I’m not even disabled, I’m not in that much pain,” when the amount of pain I should have been in was 0. Again, I am not a doctor, but I sincerely doubt that “not running around enough” is the cause of your pain (especially if, like me, you are doing phys ed and/or walking to or from school, in which… that is exercise.)

Additionally, while I can’t tell you how to identify, chronic pain is one of the biggest reasons behind physical disability. You can totally refer to yourself as physically disabled, because there is something physically happening to you which is causing you to suffer and be unable to do things (stand in place, for example). Even if it doesn’t happen all the time, it’s still a disability which impacts your life. Abled children do not have chronic pain, even only on some days. I’d recommend looking into things like fibromyalgia (one of the things I have), juvenile arthritis (what my friend has), and specifically people’s experiences just to see how you relate. It doesn’t mean you for sure have any one disorder, but it could be helpful – you can try checking out tags like #cripplepunk, #spoonie, #actuallydisabled, and #chronically ill. If you can convince your mother to let you see a doctor for the pain, I would. It took me a few years to get my parents to do it and a few more to get diagnosed, and it was largely because of my insistence that something was wrong that I got diagnosed at all. Self-advocacy is a huge skill that disabled people need to develop to be heard and get the help we need, and unfortunately when you are young that can involve having to advocate for yourself to doctors and parents (which, btw, you are totally allowed to be mad about. It took me years to realize I deserved to be pissed off that nobody listened to me).

Now, onto your actual question lmao. Here are some ways I manage my own chronic pain, but if anyone else has ideas please feel free to add them!

Pain medication. Honestly, OTC (over the counter, i.e ibuprofen, tylenol/paracetamol) pain meds are kind of hit or miss for me, but it’s still worth taking them to see how you react to them. If they work, good! You have something that helps! And if they don’t, you can bring that up to your doctors to help them get a better understanding of what’s going on.

Heating pads. I practically carry a heating pad around the house with me, I find them heat to be very helpful with my pain. You can buy them most drug stores or online, but you can also make one at home (my friend taught me to make one by filling a sock with pinto beans and heating it in the microwave. Although I have 0 idea how safe that technically is, but it worked p well for me).

Stretching. I don’t mean this in a “yoga will fix all your issues” way, but doing some stretches could help with your pain. Specifically try looking up stretches for the elderly, because those are generally designed for people with chronic pain and mobility issues. Stiff joints really do not help with chronic pain, so stretching + heating pads can be really helpful for a lot of people.

Weed. Now, you are 14 so I’m not just gonna tell you to go smoke some weed, but a LOT of chronically ill people use weed to treat their pain, including myself, so I feel like it’d be kind of stupid not to mention it as a possibility. Honestly one of the only things that actually takes away my pain temporarily is this CBD cream called Relef, although I’m not sure how easily you could get that or something like it (especially if you don’t live in a place where it’s legal). But I felt I should still put it out there as something which can help with chronic pain, if for no other reason than you may still have pain when you are older and can more easily access THC/CBD products.

Sitting down. For real, just stop standing. There’s a post I’ve seen talking about how if you have issues with standing for periods of time, you can literally just… sit! You may get weird looks in public, but if you need to, sit down, even just straight up on the floor of the store. Ask for a chair if you can, or find somewhere to rest for a little, especially if you’ve been in pain for a while. Or at least lean against something to take the weight off at least one of your legs, if you can’t sit. I’ve been in situations in which I was forced to stand in one place for a while, because my abled family didn’t want to leave an event, and it was absolutely fucking hellish, so I really feel your pain with that – even resting for a little bit can be helpful to make it through until you can sit down for real.

Mobility aids. Again, I’m not sure how easy you could access or use one being a minor with a possibly unaccepting parent, but getting a cane (and later a wheelchair) has been a massive help for me. You can buy canes online and at drug/convenience stores, including ones that fold up. There are also walkers which can also serve as a portable chair. A lot of people worry that they aren’t “disabled enough” to use a mobility aid, and that’s bullshit. If you think it might help, and you have the chance to use one, use it. Plus, you can put sick designs on your mobility aids, which can be really fun to play with. If you live in a place that gets icy there are also things you can put on the bottoms of canes which prevent them from slipping on ice.

Ultimately, I just hope that you put yourself first and don’t let any adults make you feel like your issues aren’t serious or real. Being young and realizing you might have a disability can be scary enough, and when you have people older than you insisting it’s “just X,” or that you are overreacting, it can feel really embarrassing to think of yourself as disabled or keep trying to get help. But you deserve to be listened to, you deserve help, even if it was “just not getting enough exercise”. I spent far too much of my childhood feeling ashamed of being in pain, desperate for someone to listen to me, and I don’t want anyone else to have to go through that if I can help it. If you have any other questions or even just want to vent, please feel free to shoot me another ask.

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Delicate (Request)

Marvel Cast x gn!teen!co-star!reader

Genre: fluff

Request Description: Hey I have a request. People think because I'm a small(5'3") girl I'm a "Delicate flower" and I'm really the complete opposite. So Marvel Cast x Teen!Reader. Reader was a hardcore stunt double(jumping off buildings,in simulated car accidents, fight scenes, ect.)before she got into acting,but because she's so young they try to prevent her from doing her job. (I'm evil so have her do one of the most risky stunts and nail it)

Warnings: stunt, violence (kind of), language, concerned costars :)

(A/N): hey yall im gonna update hopefully twice today or twice tomorrow? it’s because im going to BERLIN with my SCHOOL on sunday, so i dont expect to be able to write a lot. i already feel kind of guilty, since i havent even written that much this week? it can just be really exhausting you know? anyway i know none of you guys mind, its just what i keep worrying about, but anyway hope you all enjoy this :D

“Y/n, can’t you please reconsider this?” 

“No, I’m doing the stunt!” 

It was getting annoying at this point. You and the cast had been filming the newest Marvel movie for the past 4 months, and finally came the day, where your stunts were filmed. You only had this one scene (and one or two others with a bit of action) in the entire movie that included stunts, and you, being an experienced stunt double before turning into an actor, were excited. In fact, you were pretty sure that your experience as a stunt double, was what had gotten you the job in the first place. 

You expected that your co-stars would know this, but none of them did, and you found it hard to bring it up, without feeling like you were bragging or something, so you just didn’t tell them. But that was turning out to be a bad idea, as they were getting increasingly worried. 

During the first couple of months, it was mostly light chuckles and small remarks. 

“That’s gonna be tough, huh?”

But as the set was built and the day came closer, the remarks turned into a worried demands. 

“Y/n, that is way too dangerous! Tell the director that you want a stunt double!” Anthony had told you firmly and worryingly, as you came onto the set, wearing your costume. You furrowed your brows and tilted your head up to look at him.

“No, Anthony. I already told you,” you mumbled. Sebastian, Chris (Evans), Scarlett, and Tom (Hiddleston) looked over and a flurry of sighs came. The argument was starting again. 

“Look, maybe you should just listen to us - that stuff is really dangerous, and you’re just too young,” Chris told you, giving you those worried blue eyes. 

“I mean, look at you! You’re.. You know!” Sebastian knew immediately he shouldn’t have begun that sentence when he saw the narrow-eyed glare you sent his way.

“I’m what?” 

“You know... Delicate..” 

You rolled your eyes, intending to walk to a different part of set, where you wouldn’t be ridiculed, but Scarlett’s voice interrupted you. “Alright,” she said, “I’m gonna go ask Joe to give you a stunt double-” 

Just before you could retort, because, boy, was it annoying, a set worker yelled across set, running busily across set. “Guys! You’re on now!” 

You smirked cartoonishly, knowing you’d get to do the stunt, and set off to your starting position. Your coworkers watched you triumphantly getting ready, and exchanged deflated glances. They, reluctantly, got into position as well. 

“Action!”

You felt a power surge as you started, almost immediately jumping into the action. You did it just as it was written in the script, ducking beneath flying fists, taking fake punches, delivering soft blows and jumping and flipping in the air like it was nothing. 

As you dashed across the set, you glanced at Tom and Sebastian. They were both doing their own thing, but you found that their attention had been drifted slightly from the fight and onto you. Their mouths stood slightly agape.

You suppressed your grin, and climbed to the area of which you’d be jumping into a fairly narrow safety pad. You glance down and felt both anxiety and excitement tingling in your stomach. God, you’d really missed being a stunt double. 

You saw Anthony and Scarlett frowning, and then Chris glancing at the director, probably to signal yo get you down from there, but both directors were looking solely at you. 

The ground crunched beneath you, as you turned, pretending to look at approaching enemies coming up to the ledge from behind you. Then you looked down the jump and bit your lip, acting scared. 

“Welp, I guess I’m doing this,” you said as scripted, and then let yourself fall. Just as your body fell between the gap, you grabbed onto a small branch, placed there very purposefully. Your body bounced violently at the motion, and your arm tugged at the weight of your own body. 

You heard the actors playing the villains trample above you in confusion. 

“They probably jumped over! Let’s go!” they hissed, and the ledge thundered and small stones fell, as they all left you in the gap. You looked, once more just like in the script, at the ledge, the branch, and then beneath you. 

“God, bad day..” you mumbled, and comically you let yourself fall. You landed, rather gracefully in your opinion, on the pad, and fell onto safety. 

The set exploded in applause. The directors, set workers, actors and actresses, everyone was seemingly impressed, and you smiled with pride. 

“Woah, holy shit, holy fucking shit, Y/n! When’d you learn to do that?!” Chris asked excitedly, everyone running over as you stood up. 

“I was a stunt double for years. I love this kind of stuff,” you explained and watched them roll their eyes and smile in disbelief. 

“Why didn’t you say so, you dumbass?” Anthony tried to be angry, but he couldn’t hide how impressed he was. “But, for real, damn that was cool.”

“I don’t know, I didn’t know how to bring it up. Anyway-” 

“STOP CELEBRATING, WE’RE NOT DONE!” One of the directors had a megaphone and he made big eyes, as he fussed you all along. The cast laughed at him.

“Alright, but, uh- Next time, just tell us, Y/n. You gave me a fucking heart attack.” Scarlett cursed at you, booped your nose, and then jogged back to her place. You laughed and nodded.

“Tell me too!” Tom hissed, glancing at everyone waiting for the cast to stop fooling around, booped your nose once more (a very boopable surface, if you will), and ran to his position as well. 

Everyone traveled back to their places, and then you would work the scene over and over, and at the end of the day, you all went out to celebrate because, as the cast liked to phrase it, you were ‘inexplicably cool’. 

You enjoyed the food and the glory, and all was good. Looks like you weren’t so delicate after all. 

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