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Missiles and Meal Service: The Hidden Toll of Flying in War-zones

Common occupational hazards in aviation; the not so new flight deck stressors would encompass turbulence, delayed pushbacks, and that one passanger having an issue with someone reclining their seat (this is so very common, believe me). Let’s not forget another one who thinks the seatbelt sign doesn’t apply to them while on active runway (because they are just itching for a snack they left inside their carry-on luggage in the overhead bin. Opens bin, then bag falls off on them and everyone around. SMH)

Back to business. Pilots and cabin crew flying over the Middle East lately, especially in and out of Qatar, well, there’s a new, less subtle source of anxiety: missile attacks. Who doesn’t know the news by now?

Yes, flying into Doha these days might involve dodging airspace closures, U.S. airbase targets, and the occasional Iranian and Israeli news. Glamorous, right?

Very.

While passengers worry about delayed in-flight meals and Wi-Fi speeds being too slow or disconnecting , the crew up front and in the aisles are dealing with something much much heavier: the psychological toll of flying through a region where geopolitics are very unpredictable, stormy, and always just over the horizon.

What Happened in Qatar Exactly, you ask?

In resent years, we’ve witnessed sensitive airspaces and in response, airlines have shut down their airspaces. Flights being rerouted faster than a teenager dodging chores have become commonplace, and airline dispatchers around the world had one collective panic attack.

Now just imagine this. Inflight, flight crew are prepping beverage carts while air defence systems light up the radar. Boom-Chaka-Boom! Just another day in the skies.

Cabin Pressure: Flying with a Side of Adrenaline

Yes, crew (deck crew and cabin crew) are trained to handle demarcates, but war is not an average Emmergency! It’s one thing to worry about fuel efficiency. It’s another to fly over a region where missiles are a real-time hazard.

There is a huge difference between trusting an aircraft, the team, and trusting geopolitics.

Constant anticipatory anxiety.

Hypervigilance, even on layovers.

The unsettling knowledge that their aircraft might share airspace with defense drones, military jets, and… well, more missiles.

Hospitality Meets Hostility

Cabin crew, as you know, are the face of calm, smile and all. Even so, smiling while you serve fish, beef and a gluten free meal on a flight skimming a conflict zone? That’s dark art right there.

Results:

Crew becoming emotionally disconnected from their jobs.

Guilt when evacuating people while others are left behind. 2020 clears throat!

Luxury inflight service inside a pressure cooker floating mid air at 40,000 feet while those on ground are ducking. Definately dystopian!

More Fuel, More Detours, More Fatigue

Yep! Practical stress:

Flights being rerouted to avoid hot zones, adding hours to duty time.

Longer flight hours mean more fatigue, which affects both performance and emotional bandwidth.

There’s no glamour-AT ALL in a 15 hour turnaround because there is no clearance to land.

What Airlines Are Maybe doing

Critical Incident Stress Management teams.

Therapy appointments.

Pre and post dispatch briefings.

Even so, lots of crews feel out of the loop. Why you ask?Because, you get the news that you’re flying a risky zone when you’re already on it.

Hidden Costs: Forget Fuel and Insurance

Mental Health RiskWhat It Looks LikePTSD or traumaFlashbacks, fawning, sleep interruptions, avoidanceBurnoutEmotional numbness, lack of purposeAnxietyReccuring worry, overanalysing proceduresIsolationFeeling detached and lack of support on layovers or at home

These risks don’t show up on a flight log, but hey, they impact safety, morale, and retention. We talk about maintaining aircraft fatigue limits. What about crew fatigue limits?

Where Do We Go From Here?

How about a Flight Plan for Mental Health in Conflict Zones:

Transparent Security Briefings.

Weight & balance before takeoff is paramount, so is mental health balance.

Flight Debriefs After High-Stress Flights.

Better Global Oversight, meaning ICAO, IATA and other relevant bodies must update protocols for mental wellness involving high-risk routes.

Bottom line, pilots and cabin crew are indeed professionals for they train, adapt, and make sure to get the job done. But, they are people too and not robots. People who fly into the world’s most dangerous zones with nothing more than a safety manual and nerves of steel.

We owe them patience, understanding, protection and genuine support as they navigate war zones with grit and grace.

Fly safe. Check on your crew friends, and just maybe skip the missile jokes during boarding.

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mousathe14 · 2 months ago

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So as I mentioned before, Young Justice was interrupted by a whole “Sins of Youth” event where everyone’s ages were screwed

So I thought we were going to the next pillar of Young Justice but I forgot that in-between we get the Justice Society.

So Doiby Dickles (current member of Old Justice) is ex-driver/sidekick of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott. He is the one who had the age gun that got fired at the same time as Klarion the Witch Boy’s magic.

This combination is why Zatanna and the Wizard Shazam weren’t able to turn anyone back.

So Doiby is taking the Justice Society to space so he can go back to the planet where he got it from his alien girlfriend.

As you may recall, the Justice Society are sort of the elder statesmen of the DC superhero community (If you want to consider being in your 40s or 50s being elder, and some of the adults aren’t even that old and could reasonably become teenagers like the Justice League).

So despite some of the technicalities, the JSA gets turned into children rather than teens. Except for Stargirl, the teenager, who gets turned into an adult. There is a method to the madness.

So this is going, uh… Poorly. Stargirl has basically become a babysitter to somewhat superpowered brats.

So the thing is that just from loving Superheroes my entire life I know of at least most of these guys in some capacity. But there are some exceptions.

I know who Hourman is but I didn’t know there was an android version, which is what threw me off,

I’ve never heard of “Sandy The Golden Boy”, or whatever his real superhero name is supposed to be.

I also don’t know who the girl in the black and green suit on the far left who wants to go home is. The worst part is that her intro name is “Crybaby” so I can’t even make an inferences to look her up by.

For those that may not know based on the names, from left down to right down, we have Stargirl, Green Lantern, The Flash (Jay Garrick), Wildcat, kid I don’t know, other kid I don’t know, Dr. Fate

Atom Smasher, Hawk Girl, Hourman (robot edition), Dr. Mid-Nite, Starman (Jack Knight), Mr. Terrific, and S.T.R.I.PE.(or rather Stripesy which was his old name and now his super suit is a drone), and finally the two members of Old Justice, Doiby(who I’ve already introduced) and Gimmick Girl who is the sister and sidekick of the original Star-Spangled Kid.

I guess once you become a child again they take away your medical license/PhD. We just lost two Drs and a Mr.

Hawkgirl is constantly stealing everyone’s stuff which is pretty funny.

I don’t like how they’re making fun of Hourboy, everyone needs to leave the android alone.

Stripesy is Stargirl’s step-dad so needless to say, this is weird for everyone.

In fact this page is a whole complication of the relationship of the star family.

The original kid-hero Star-Spangled Kid had an adult sidekick, Stripesy here. Stargirl currently has his Cosmic Converter Belt.

Unrelatedly, there was a hero named Starman and Jack Knight is his son and current Starman.

I keep calling her Stargirl here because that’s how I know her but she’s currently the Star-Spangled Kid.

But she’ll eventually inherit the Cosmic Rod from Jack Knight and as a result become Stargirl, the living legacy of two Star-themed superheroes.

Did you get all that? It will be on the test.

It’s complicated, but it’s pretty cool that she gets to be connection between two separate heroes and gets to carry on their legacy.

Though the original Star-Spangled Kid’s sister isn’t really happy with Stargirl taking on his legacy…

Anyhow, once they get to the planet they have dodge the local cops because Doiby Dickles is considered enemy of the state because he and the planet’s princess dared to love each other.

Like, dude had to give up his marriage for a peace treaty between warring planets and all he got was a wanted poster and a one-way trip back to Earth.

There’s too many Justice Society brats to make them participate in a coherent story, so the heart of it is Doiby’s relationship with Ramia and Stargirl proving to Merry the Gimmick Girl that she has earned the right to inherent the legacy of Star-Spangled kid

I don’t know who this golden boy is, but he’s a real narc.

What seems to sell Merry on Stargirl becoming a successor to her brother is definitely the way she watches out for others and is able to be the adult in the room when the moment calls for it.

Unrelatedly I like how she’s able to collaborate with Jack Knight here, those two really are Stars.

How cute, Hawkgirl gave Dr. Mid-Nite his glasses back. She’s learning to be nicer.

Or this is just an exchange for his medical services. He may not be a Dr right now because apparantly they take away your MD when you become a kid, but he still knows how to provide medical assistance.

Awww, they’re all tuckered out.

What a lovely ending to a wild adventure.

Make no mistake, it was wild. Having to keep track of reading all these kids is exhausting. You know we didn’t need the ENTIRE JSA in this Sins of Youth story.

Huh, you know, considering this whole story is about youth, it makes sense it’s focused on Stargirl.

Okay now we can get to the ACTUAL Young Justice members!

#yj98 #Sins of Youth #JSA #justice society of america #dc comics #comics #DC #superheroes #young justice #Stargirl #star spangled kid #doiby dickles #gimmick girl #courtney whitmore

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my-rewrite-academia · 2 months ago

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Week 23 (Final Exams - Part 1):

Nerves

Final Exams are coming up next week, and the hero students are scrambling in their attempt to figure out what it is. Midterms were just ordinary exams, but U.A. isn't an ordinary school. They have no doubt that it's going to be something big.

They start training extra long, pushing themselves further. Izuku incorporates his new grappling hook to his costume, and Mei, who volunteers to look after his costume, modifies it even further to turn it into a hookshot of sorts. It's basically a wristband with the grappling hook attachment, making it more subtle and accessible. (See: Ocarina of Time.)

But, while they train a lot, it doesn't make them any less anxious about their upcoming exam. Mei has already been told what it is for the support course – to make the best item they can. Kisai already knows her too – to create a presentation to introduce a theoretical new hero. Some of their new gen-ed friends know theirs too – written exams based on their after-school course they chose at the start of the year.

1-B haven't been told either. The older students have two different stories. The third year had to fight robots, while the second year had to fight one-on-one with each other, like the final game of the Sports Festival. Online forums have a multitude of stories too, some doing a large obstacle course, some fighting sidekicks of pro heroes, and so much more.

In other words: they have no idea what's in store for them.

While they do their best not to, their anxiety does end up affecting their concentration in lessons, (most of them, anyway). All Might takes notice of this, doing his best to assure them that all will be okay. Mic, also, tries to cheer them up, swearing that it won't be as dreadful as they're making it out to be. It will be fair.

Against all odds, it helps. To an extent. It's still nerve-wracking, but they can finally focus on their studies, making sure not to let them drop for the written portion.

Bakugou is informed that he's now allowed to participate in combat, but that right can be revoked should the situation arise. He agrees, excited beyond belief, but also simpered by the knowledge that he could be stuck with a dummy for the rest of his days if he steps out of line.

It's WHAT!?

Saturday comes, their final day before the exams next week, and Aizawa finally comes out with it. (Vlad King, also, finally tells his students too.)

It's all part of his 'ruse', as he says. To make the students wary of the exam by not telling them what it is in advance, and thus gaining a better understanding of how they'd react to a scenario where information is scarce, and how they'd fare with an exam they have little preparation time for.

Many of the students are spiteful of this, but they can't deny that it is a learning experience. As heroes, they will have to deal with not knowing on a regular basis. If they folded from this amount of pressure, they'd never handle it when they become heroes… Not that it erases the mental burden they'd already been carrying.

Aizawa comes out with it. "It's a civil war." Immediately, they're all listening intently, sweating in their seats. "There are two teams, each of which will be lead by two students: Team A by Yaoyorozu. Team B by Iida." Eyes turn to them, both becoming rigid. It makes sense – they're the class representatives. "You will decide who else in your team amongst yourselves. Each team cannot have more than eleven students."

Both Tenya and Momo begin to take notes, eyeing all the students around them, trying to figure out who to pick and who not to pick.

"Only those in this class are able to compete. Receiving any outside help will result in a disqualification. The goal is to capture the enemy leader, and keep them captive for five minutes. If neither team is able to capture the enemy leader within the time limit of two hours, both teams will lose. You have today and Sunday to decide your teams, and Monday morning to finalise them. The exam will take place after the written one at 10 am, beginning at 1pm."

The class realises exactly what this means. They have to decide whose side they're joining within one and a half days. They have to come up with some sort of plan within that time. They have to fight each other.

Aizawa grins. "By the way… There's a trip coming up the week after your finals. The team that fails… will not be allowed to join."

Everyone, and I mean everyone, stills. A burning will flames in their hearts. Izuku's hand tightens on his pen. Half of the class won't be able to join the trip. And nobody wants to be the person who lets their team down.

"Good luck. Work hard."

Or else it's your trip at stake.

Team-up!

The dorms are chaotic, both 1-A and 1-B scrambling to form teams. Momo and Tenya are both overwhelmed as their classmates struggle to decide who to team-up with, arguing with each other and hesitating. A poor choice in their team could spell the end for their trip.

(Itsuka and Setsuna, similarly, are being bombarded by their classmates, trying to sort through them and struggling horribly.)

The chaos comes to an end when Momo creates an alarm and blasts it, cutting through the noise. "That is enough! You are all acting unprofessional, and, quite frankly, I have half the mind to not allow anyone to join my team!"

"Agreed!" Tenya says, chopping his arms for emphasis. "We all need to calm down and decide on our own!"

"How?" asks Tsuyu, cocking her head. "We all don't really want to pick a side, kero."

Then Shouto raises his hand. "I want to join the team Midoriya's not on." Izuku is, frankly, insulted. Others are stricken by this too, but Ochako, surprisingly, agrees with Shouto too.

As if to spit on him, Tenya does too. "This may sound selfish of me, but I, too, wish for Midoriya-kun to join the opposing team." By now, Izuku is practically dead. His closests friends. All wishing to be in a different team. "Please do not misunderstand me, Midoriya-kun!" He peers up, wondering how on Earth it could be a misunderstanding. "I think of you as my rival. It wouldn't do for rivals to team up."

"Me too," Shouto agrees. "I want to beat you. I can't do that if you're my teammate."

Ochako nods. "You're a great friend, Midoriya-kun! But, I really want to beat you."

With that, Shouto and Ochako join Tenya's team. Respecting their wishes and feeling something similar, Izuku joins Momo's team. With Izuku on Momo's team, Bakugou turns to Tenya. "Let me join your team. Please." And maybe it's because he was polite for once, but Tenya agrees, only making Bakugou promise to work together. Bakugou agrees.

Mostly to look after Bakugou and make sure he stays on the right path, Eijirou also joins Tenya's group, Denki and Mina following after him, mostly wanting to keep the group together and fight alongside their friends, not against.

Seeing Mina in Tenya's group, Tooru joins Momo's, excited to have a rematch against Mina. Yuuga also joins Momo's group, reckoning that he could probably work well with Tooru. Hanta joins Momo too, mostly wanting to prove himself against a group with so many powerhouses.

Hearing Hanta's reasoning, Fumikage joins Tenya's group, deciding that it will be interesting to fight against those with the power of light like Yuuga. Kyouka decides to join Momo's group, mostly because she knows that Izuku, at least, is a good strategist. Mashirao, however, joins Tenya's group, believing that he can get his time to shine after his many losses. Agreeing with him, Rikidou joins Tenya.

Tsuyu decides that she wants to challenge herself and joins Momo's group, mostly because she wants to know how she'd hold up against ice-user Shouto and acid-user Mina. Kouji follows after Tsuyu, believing Momo's group could help him realise the full potential of his quirk. Mezou also joins Momo, with the idea that he'll be able to help more in their team.

Minoru is left, and he observes both groups closely. Tenya's group full of powerhouses, or Momo's group with more tricky quirks to work with. He decides to join Momo's group, because maybe they'll help him figure out how to be strong.

With that, both teams have been decided.

Team A, led by Yaoyorozu Momo, with Aoyama Yuuga, Asui Tsuyu, Hagakure Tooru, Jirou Kyouka, Kouda Kouji, Midoriya Izuku, Mineta Minoru, Sero Hanta, Shouji Mezou.

Team B, led by Iida Tenya, with Ashido Mina, Bakugou Katsuki, Kaminari Denki, Kirishima Eijirou, Ojirou Mashirao, Satou Rikidou, Todoroki Shouto, Tokoyami Fumikage, Uraraka Ochako.

From now on, they are enemies.

Confidence

To be honest, Momo is... concerned. She can't do this. She's not the right person for the job. In her opinion, there are other far more equipped for the job.

That's why, when Team A gathers for a meeting, the first thing she does is apologise. She apologises for being their leader, apologises in advance for her poor performance, and claims that she will accept all culpability, as the leader, should they lose.

And, for a moment, nobody speaks. Until Tooru does, "No way!" Tooru expresses that there's a reason Momo was voted as class president, and why they decided to join her group. Of course, Momo is taken aback, but also refutes this, stating that she has nothing compared to Tenya. That she's not cut out for action.

Fumikage, of course, disagrees, stating that Momo had no trouble fighting Tenya in the Sports Festival. Uwabami's words plague Momo's mind, reminding her what she's really good for.

Mezou backs Fumikage and Tooru up. Even if Momo is not as physically capable or weaker than Tenya, she makes up for it with her brain. They joined her team, not because they had no choice, but because they trust her leadership.

Izuku speaks up too, believing that Momo has some of the best potential in their group, the most versatile. If she can't believe in herself, then she can at least believe in her allies.

Momo... thinks about it. She thinks about how she couldn't do much of anything in the USJ, how she lost against Ochako in the Sports Festival, how she learned nothing but a woman's role in the industry in her internship.

She thinks about her friends' words of encouragement. She thinks about the trust they place in her, the honesty in their eyes.

"... Okay," she says. "I'll do my utmost to live up to your expectations! Thank you for trusting in me!"

Suspicion Afoot

Mic arrives in Nedzu's office, eyes dark, exhaustion coating his bones.

"I think… I've narrowed it down. To three."

Nedzu pulls out a cup of tea, inviting Mic in. "Come! Enlighten me."

Notes:

GASP! A civil war?? Oh my goooosh. Yeah, I decided not to go with the whole 'fighting teachers' thing. Not just because I wouldn't change much from canon, but also because this allows me to give even more students the spotlight

GASP! Bakugou being included?? Oh my goooosh. Bakugou has gone 23 weeks of counselling by now, and he's improved quite a bit. No longer screaming at everyone or insulting them, even being moderately friendly to other courses. He's allowed by now, I think

I love a good friendly rivalry. I will deliver on them.

Conclusion:

Final Exams are next week

Aizawa tells everyone in advance what the exams are

Momo gets a pep talk

Mic reports to Nedzu, stating that he thinks he's narrowed 'it' down

#my rewrite academia #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #mha critical #my hero academia #rewrite #horikoshi critical #plot #week 23 #final exams

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crim50n-r8er · 11 months ago

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Hmm…I guess with myself talking about Sonic from my Fursona. I think I should let you all know about an AU I made for it while I was gone.

The AU is called “Blockbuster,” and no, it has nothing to deal with the Sonic movie, given that term is normally used for such things. No, Blockbuster is a roleswap AU. I’ll write down the premise of it in a new paragraph.

Blockbuster is a roleswap for all the Echidnas being swapped with the Hedgehogs (Sonic and Knuckles, Amy and Tikal, Silver with Shade, and Shadow with Imperator Ix) along with other swaps and some symbolism and inspiration over cults, religions, and mythologies

If you wish to know what I swapped with what. I shall post them under the cut.

Sonic 🔁 Knuckles

Everything’s the same for Knuckles, but he doesn’t have the aspects of his personality that were due to being reclusive all his life, that being a bit shy and socially awkward…at least I think that’s something that would be caused by being a recluse.

Sonic is the same, but due to being the ME Guardian, he can’t leave the island for adventure. So he explores every nook and cranny on Angel island until Towers arrives, meaning anything from the future games such as the Ancients with their cyberspace portals, he has knowledge of that from the get-go.

Eggman role = G.U.N. Commander Towers

G.U.N. Commander Towers Role = Maria Robotnik

Maria Robotnik Role: Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik

Commsnder Abraham Towers goes by Commander Noah and wants to be dictator of the world as he sees it as too corrupt and sinful.

Maria in this AU no longer has NIDS and is able to live to the age of 62 (yes, going by Sonic X ages, sue me). Maria is very caring for her troops, even with a militaristic discipline, and she would be smart enough not to blame Knuckles in the events of my SA2 adaption.

You see that correctly. Eggman is now the one with NIDS and is the one to hang aboard the ARK with his grandfather to find a cure through “The Chaos Cure Project” (I would acronym this, but I don’t think that would be wise as it could get confused with a…party of sorts.) He would also meet the same fate as Maria in canon, that being shot down by G.U.N. Agents while saving Ix, all at the age of 9 years old.

Tails 🔁 Ray

Ray: Ray is the sidekick to Knuckles, but he’s not a mechanic, so the two would meet by Ray finding Knuckles gliding across West-side Island and admiring his gliding skills.

Tails: Due to Ray going silent after SegaSonic and Knuckles Chaotix, I had to improvise with Tails, so I decided on him being a nurtured and/or brainwashed personal scientist and researcher for Commander Noah, giving him all his mechs, robots, and studies into ancient history.

Vector 🔁 Vanilla

I only swapped the two to have Vanilla simp for Vector like how the latter does to the former in Sonic X lol

Vanilla is a member of the “Chaotix Adventure Group” (the CAG for short) along with her daughter, Cream, and their leader, Mighty.

Vector is just a calm, cottagecore man living out in the wilderness with his found family younger daughter, Marine the Raccoon.

Espio 🔁 Mighty

Mighty: Due to not being trained in stealth like Espio, The Chaotix would now be the an exploration group instead of a detective agency. He would behave like normal as he adopts Knuckles’s hat from the OVA and uses a reusable warp ring that can duplicate itself for great blitzing in his ball form.

Espio: He will just be a normal dude on the sidelines until the events of Heroes where he gets killed by Neo Mecha Knuckles for his camouflage bio-data.

Amy Rose 🔁 Tikal

Tikal: A more mellow fan of Knuckles and his accomplishments as a hero, but still finds her way to Little Planet to be kidnapped by Mecha Knuckles. She has a crush on him as well but is a bit more mellow about it. She also wields a giant Kendama instead of Amy’s Piko-Piko Hammer

Amy: She is now the daughter of Pachacamac (yes he still exists. I just changed him from an echidna to a hedgehog) and is the one who guides Knuckles and friends through the events of my SA1 adaptation. She still keeps her personality, so things might get a bit hectic between her and her father, probably a fight, even.

Metal Sonic 🔁 Mecha Knuckles

I don’t think I need to explain this 😅

I’m not sure if I want to put ALLL of my swaps into one post, so I’ll split it into parts to make it more…digestible, I guess. So I’ll be back in a bit with a few more. I won’t say that it’ll be the rest of them, but it will be a significant portion.

Anyway. Have a good morning everyone!

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #my au #blockbuster au #role swap #knuckles the echidna #abraham tower #dr eggman #maria robotnik #ray the flying squirrel #miles tails prower #vector the crocodile #vanilla the rabbit #mighty the armadillo #espio the chameleon #metal sonic #mecha knuckles #amy rose #tikal the echidna

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jokerislandgirl32 · 2 years ago

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I had the most idiotic and unrealistic idea..! You can ignore this ask, I will understand x'>

So, I imagined Violet and Zach going on a double date with Ari and Martin. For some reason, it seems to me that our s/i-s would get along well when there would be an awkward s i l e n c e between Martin and Zach at the same time, when one watches the other so that he doesn’t do anything wrong x'>

Uhhhhh, for starters, this is absolutely not idiotic and unrealistic, I love this so much, and I totally could see this happening! This absolutely needs to happen!!!!

Violet has never been an “official villain” in my book, she is sort of a devoted assistant/sidekick like Dabio and Rex. Similar to them she would do anything and everything to make her villain, in this case Zach, happy. But where she diverts from Dabio and Rex is in the fact that she absolutely loves animals and nature. Violet has been known to sabotage Zach’s evil plots in order to ensure that the animals he is trying to make robots out of are healthy and safe.

So, in a way she does underhandedly help out the Wild Kratts team, which is why she has a decent relationship with them (besides Aviva, but that’s a different story, lol) despite how they view Zach. And since Ari is Martin’s special someone, Violet would similarly be able to develop a decent relationship with her too!

I’m unsure what Ari’s exact backstory is, but I can’t help but think that maybe she and Violet crossed paths prior to their romantic relationships with Martin and Zach. Maybe they were friends at some point, but they grew distant (I’m just thinking it happened when Violet was in the toxic relationship with her ex before Zach). Eventually they reconnected once Violet started working for Zach. And despite knowing Zach is a villain, this does now change Ari’s opinion about Violet, because she also knew, most likely, how strongly Violet felt for Zach prior to the beginning of their romantic relationship.

Perhaps this is all too far fetched, but it all seems reasonable to me! Therefore, I imagine that Martin and Ari would be willing to invite Zach and Violet on a double date. And Zach and Martin are just glaring at each other the whole time, while protectively holding onto their loves 🥹.

#wild kratts #zach varmitech #wild kratts zach #martin kratt #wild kratts oc #love zach varmitech #violet varmitech #ziolet #wild violet au #others self ships #others self inserts #ask box #asks #nice asks #maybe they went to college together or were penpals or worked together one summer or something #i honestly love it #thinking of them as friends/besties #violet has very few friends besides zach so i’m all for this #ziolet asks

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xandriagreat · 1 year ago

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Ballister | Chapter 12

Prologue | Last Chapter | Next Chapter

Notice/warnings: passing out/blacking out, shocking, experiments, fear, CAPs, shouting/yelling, punches/pain, angst

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Ballister groaned as he woke up, gaining a bit of consciousness.

Everything was blurry to him as he looked around but he could smell cleaning stuff and the teen could hear other voices in the room, even though the voices felt like miles away from him.

Then he started to pass out.

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Ballister groaned as he woke up, gaining consciousness again.

He almost fully woke up to see that he was in some sort of big orb that was in a lab.

He slowly got up.

Ballister looked around to see then noticed that he was missing his black robotic prosthetic, showing a very black burnt shoulder and a small bit of an arm stump.

Ballister started to panic and started to hit the glass, to get someone’s attention or see if it could break.

BAM!

The glass didn’t break after hitting the glass. Instead, it shocked him to make him stop.

Ballister screamed as he stopped and looked around.

It looked like no one was interested in checking on him.

So, Ballister just sat down and curled up on the floor of the orb, hugging himself.

As he hugged himself, he felt that there was a cut on his burnt arm stump.

The teen’s eyes widened in fear as he thought, ‘Oh no… lab testing...’

Ballister lay still on the floor of the orb as some scientists and a couple of knights walked into the lab, his back to them. ‘Be patience until it’s time to strike.’ he thought, still laying still.

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Gloreth and Nimona were walking down in the secret passages that go to the Institute.

The secret passages were narrow tunnels that went under the kingdom.

Gloreth used the light of her sword to light the way as they walked.

Both women were quiet as they walked.

Soon the silence got a bit awkward.

Nimona looked at Gloreth and noticed the haircut and dyed part of her hair. “I see that you got a new look. I like it.” she said, breaking the silence.

“Oh, thanks. I had this for a while.” Gloreth said, blushing softly.

Nimona hummed softly. “It suits you.”

Both women look at each other and smiled a bit before looking back at where they were going.

“So… how did you meet your sidekick?” Gloreth asked, looking at Nimona.

“Well…” Nimona started with a chuckle. “It was four months after the knighting ceremony and a few hours before I got arrested when I met him. I thought he was a weird kid when I first met him. Then I got to know him better and I learned that he’s just being himself. The way that he acts. He’s a sweet kid.”

Gloreth hummed softly. "I see... did you two ever talk about anything about each other? Did he ever talk about anything about himself?"

"We did talk a few things about each other. He told me that he's from beyond the wall and he was a sweet kid when he was younger. He's still sweet." Nimona answered, remembering what she was told. "He also mentioned the different kinds of beings that are beyond the wall. Like giants, cyclopes, orcs, witches, merpeople, sirens, elfs, fairies, and shapeshifters. You know, the basic beings and things that we learned in our identifying monsters lessons… Oh! And apparently there are humans out there too.”

“What- really? There are other humans out there too?” Gloreth asked, her eyes widened.

“I know!” Nimona exclaimed with a laugh. “I was surprised too!”

The look on Gloreth’s face was questioning her reality. “How do the monsters not attack them?” the golden knight asked as they continued to walk.

“From what Bal told me, they mind their business and treat them normally how anyone wants to be treated.” Nimona said after thinking for a moment. Then Nimona starts to laugh softly, “I can see Todd being in a lot of trouble if he ever meets them. If he doesn’t clean up his behavior.”

“Hm…” Gloreth hummed before laughing softly. “I can see that too. And knowing him, he won't unless something life changing or a slap of reality hits him. ”

Both women laughed softly at the thought before they became silent again.

Nimona looked at Gloreth and noticed that there was worry on her face. "You got worry on your face." she said, tilting her head to the side. "Want to talk about it?"

Gloreth nodded.

"Ok, what's on your mind?" Nimona asked as they stopped walking.

"Do you think that... what if your sidekick is Ambrosius’ monster?" Gloreth asked, looking at Nimona.

Nimona glared at Gloreth and started, "Glore-"

"I know!" Gloreth interrupted with a shout. "I know that you told me that you've been around people who are monsters ever since you were young and you got to know him for however long but... I... I don't know... I don't know..."

Gloreth looked down, trying not to cry, as Nimona stared at Gloreth, clearly seeing that she was scared.

"Hey..." Nimona started, gently tapping Gloreth's shoulder to get her attention. Gloreth looked at Nimona as the burnt knight reassured, "If he is... Then I'll talk to him about it. Ok?"

The golden knight nodded in understanding.

Then they continued to walk down secret passages until they soon got to the Institute.

Gloreth had both hands on Nimona’s shoulders after they got inside the building.

She led her down the halls of the Institute.

They looked around as they walked into the halls of the labs of the Institute.

There was no one around at the moment.

Then a voice called out, “Captain!”

Both women stopped walking and turned to look at where it came from.

It was one of The Director’s guards.

The guards walked over with some knights.

“Yes?” Gloreth asked.

“Captain Goldenloin.” one of the guards started when they got to them. Then the group noticed Nimona. “I see that you have caught the queen killer.”

Nimona glared at them and growled for a moment.

“Anyway, back on topic,” The guard started again, looking back at Gloreth, “the tests came back and the monster that has been terrorizing the kingdom is Ambrosius’ Monster.”

Both Gloreth and Nimona’s eyes widened, one with realization of what needed to be done while the other had anger and disbelief.

“You do know what has to be done, right?” The guard asked the golden knight.

Gloreth nodded but before Gloreth could speak, Nimona shouted, “No! You can’t kill him! There has to be an explanation!”

Everyone looked at Nimona as the burnt knight begged, “Please! Let me talk with him-!”

Then, from one of the lab rooms, there was a loud scream. So loud that it could break glass and everyone had to cover their ears.

When the scream stopped, the scientists and a couple of knights were screaming in fear as they ran out of the room.

“GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!” one of the scientists shouted while running.

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Ballister had just broken the orb with a scream and got down from the platform that the orb was on while the scientists and the knights ran out.

He was ready to attack anyone and anything as he looked for his satchel and his black robotic prosthetic arm.

Ballister found his prosthetic arm and put it on.

The shapeshifter left that lab room and looked around to see a few guards, knights, Gloreth, and Nimona down the hall. He noticed that Nimona was in cuffs.

They all look at him in horror while Nimona looks at him in worry.

Ballister growled as he shapeshifted into a big chimera. He roars at them before charging at them.

The knights and guards jumped out of the way when Ballister got close to almost attacking them.

He grabbed Nimona by his snake tail and put her on his back as he continued to run down the halls.

Ballister sniffed the air to follow the scent of where his satchel was.

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“Bal! Stop!” Nimona shouted at Ballister as they stopped in front of a room.

Ballister shapeshifted to his teen self as he opened the door to the room and entered.

The room was a scanning and testing lab with medium size windows to the outside. One of the windows was opened.

“Bal, we need to talk.” Nimona started, sounding serious as she followed Ballister, who just found his satchel.

“We’ll talk later.” Ballister said, walking over to his satchel. “But right now, we need to get my satchel and get-”

“No! We need to talk now!” Nimona shouted at him, slamming the door shut and locking it.

Ballister stopped walking and he turned around to look at the burnt knight, who had worry, anger, betrayal, and fear on her face.

That made Ballister worried.

“What do you want to talk about?” Ballister asked, worry in his voice.

Nimona took in a breath to try to be calm before she walked over to him.

“I… was shown a very old scroll and also was told that you are Ambrosius’ Monster… ” Nimona said, looking at the shapeshifter.

Ballister’s eyes widened when hearing that.

“I just want to ask to make sure but... Are you or are you not Ambrosius’ Monster?” Nimona asked. “I just need to hear it.”

Ballister just stared at Nimona, which made her mad and she shouts, “It’s a yes or no!”

“Yes! I am!” Ballister shouted back, tears peaking at his eyes. “I just didn't know the right time to tell you! I am sorry that you have to learn that I'm his monster!”

Nimona couldn’t believe it as she stared at the shapeshifter.

This thing...

This being that she got to know for almost a month was Ambrosius’ Monster.

“So… was everything, you helping me clear my name, was a lie?” Nimona asked as her mind started questioning everything.

“What- no! I really wanted to help you!” the shapeshifter exclaimed worriedly. “And I did help you! Didn’t I?”

Nimona was lost for words as she stared at Ballister, not sure of what to say or how to feel about this.

Then Ballister noticed that Nimona was still in the cuffs. “Here, let me help you out of these-” he started but was cut off when the door handle jiggled and then banging on the door.

Nimona and Ballister turned around quickly to look at the banging door.

Nimona looked at Ballister and said, “I need you to get out of here. Run far away from here and get yourself to safety.”

Ballister looks at Nimona in shock. “What?” he asked in shock.

“You need to get out of here!” Nimona said loudly, grabbing the satchel and giving it to Ballister.

"But-" Ballister started but was cut off by Nimona ordering him, “Look! This is the only way that you can be safe! You need to go!”

The shapeshifter put his satchel over himself as both of them looked at each other, probably for last time.

BAM!

The two look at the door to see that it was close to being opened.

Nimona quickly look at Ballister and shouted, "Go now!"

Ballister jumped at that before shapeshifting into a bat and flew out the window.

Nimona watched Ballister fly into the night sky, swallowing an emotional lump in her throat. Then she jumped when she heard the sound the door bursts opened and she turned around to see Todd and his friends entered.

“There you are.” Todd chuckled darkly as he walked over to Nimona with his friends.

Two of Todd’s friends grabbed Nimona to keep her still as Todd started to punch her.

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Gloreth came in and saw that Todd was punching Nimona so many times that Nimona screamed in pain and started blacking out.

“Thoddeus!” she started to shout as she ran to stop him from hitting Nimona.

As Gloreth was about to grab him, Todd accidentally elbowed Gloreth’s face as he was about to punch Nimona again.

“OW!” Gloreth shouted angrily, stumbling back and putting her hands to her nose.

The friends gasped in shock at what happened as Todd stopped punching and he nervously turned around to look at Gloreth.

Slowly, the golden knight stood up right and glared at Todd, her hands still over her nose. “You broke my nose.” Gloreth growled at him.

Todd gave an awkward apology smile to her.

Gloreth glared at him more before looking at Nimona, who was on her knees and panting heavily.

Nimona was almost covered in bruises, she had a black eye, and her small pony tail was about undone with some strands of her red hair hanging down.

Then Nimona started to pass out of consciousness.

Gloreth glared at Todd again.

“Knights!” a familiar strong voice called out as the familiar sound of heels tapping the floor walked over.

All the knights, except for Gloreth, immediately snapped to attention as The Director came in.

The Director looked around the room in confusion and shock. “What happened here? And where is the monster?” The Director ordered.

Gloreth snapped her nose back in place and lowered her hands from her nose, showing a bloody nose. “Well…” Gloreth started to explain. “When I got here, Todd was punching Nimona so much that she’s now unconscious. I got elbowed in the face when trying to stop him.”

The Director slowly nodded and handed Gloreth a tissue.

“Okay, but where’s the monster?”

Gloreth took the tissue and looked at Todd and his friends.

Todd and his friends looked at each other nervously before looking at both Gloreth and The Director.

“We don’t know…” Todd said. “She was alone when we came in.”

The Director looked at them in disappointment before sighing and ordered, “Take Nimona to the cell that’s next to the execution room, let her rest until she wakes up, get the whereabouts of the monster, find it, and then take care of both of them.”

The knights nodded while Gloreth just stared at The Director. ‘I have a bad feeling about this…’ she thought as she and the knights started to take Nimona to the cell.

#nimona #ballister #Nimona Crimsonthorn #Nimona Roselove #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #gloreth #gloreth goldenloin #Gloria Goldenloin #the director #todd sureblade #nimona au #ballister au #nimona fic

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thecoddaughter · 2 years ago

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QSMP Characters as O My Heart by Mother Mother

Im back with another album breakdown. I really love this album and hope y’all enjoy the comparisons.

*disclaimer: I wrote this like a week ago and I don’t watch all these povs

O My Heart: Maximus

He has mentioned recently how he feels like he has lost everything and this song seems to me like a song about a heart that can never heal

Burning Pile: Foolish

“All my troubles on a burning pile, all lit up and I start to smile. If I catch fire then I’ll change my aim,” is very “The only problem going this route right now is that it could end up being a lonely road, and I'll just simply have too hold all the pain of it deep within me. But that's okay. Cause eventually it'll all pay off... I just have to be very.. very.. patient. Like we've always been,” coded.

Body of Years: Cellbit

I know next to nothing about Cellbit’s past and implied lore but the things I do know make me think of this song. A man of many horrors.

Try to Change: Quackity

At least at one point, he would say he has changed, but he is relatively consistently heartless toward the eggs, trying to get an egg as his own, pulling a stunt of some sort…

Wisdom: Slime

Vibes… also the line “And I feel useless. Don’t think I know how to do this. Once I was told but I like to fidget and miss out on good advice.”

Body: Leonarda

I feel like little explanation is needed outside of this quote “I want to become a robot so that I will never die and can always take care of my parents.”

Ghosting: Jaiden

This song feels like her relationship with Roier after the loss of Bobby. Come on, “This is why I have decided to leave your house and home unhaunted. You don’t need poltergeists for sidekicks.” She loved him (platonically) but felt like a burden and the only reason she stayed as long as she did was their child.

Hayloft: Roier and Leonarda

Am I saying this because this song is literally just “My daddy’s got a gun” repeated and Foolish loves his gun? Literally, none of the rest of the song is relevant.

Wrecking Ball: Slime (again)

Slime in his murder arc was very wreckless, poor thing. Pay attention to lines such as “You gotta wanna break the hearts of all those pretty porcelain dolls” (eggs) and “I make a fist and not a plan.” But also the ending being sweet and soft feels like JuanaFlippa resting a hand on his shoulder or something.

Arms Tonite: Tilin / JuanaFlippa

SWEEPING EDGE BUG KIDDOS! Aka this song songs like the eggs haunting Slime and Mariana. Especially with Flippa and the line “tried to escape the afterlife” cause miss girl got a second chance and died at the hand of the same person. (Added after reading liveblogs! SLIME BEING HAUNTED BY FLIPPA AGAIN EXCEPT ITS CODE AND IM GOING TO CRY THIS SONG IS SO THEM CODED!)

Miles: Vegetta

IDK guys… His house is the only one you really have to cross a desert to get to. Plus he has his family with Foolish now is pretty calmed down since the beginning of the season ‘drama’.

Sleep Awake: The Order

Baghera (aka miss extremely careful with evidence): “I throw the evidence into a trunk and drop it in the sea”

Roier (I feel like he has paranoid Cell is gonna be taken away): “I sleep with one eye on the bedroom door, the other on the cake”

Maxo (Sir is terrified of losing anyone else): “Carving away our fingerprints out of our fingertips until they're smooth”

Cellbit (enigma = royal flush in my mind, the next big break): “I sleep with one eye on my royal flush, the other on the take”

Foolish (aka mr gun): “I sleep with one hand on my 45, the other 'round my baby's waist”

Bad (Grim Reaper himself can’t let himself get sucked up into the darkness now, can he?): “I go to bed with all my lights turned on, so I don't slip away”

Forever (idk it was the last line and bro goes on solo missions it seems): “Out on the street, I keep a started car who only waits for me conveniently.”

#qsmp #QSMP as songs #qsmpblr #I can’t tag all these folk I’m too freaking tired

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dnfinite123 · 7 months ago

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(What if) DISNEY × MARVEL THE MASTERS OF DESPAIR PART 3

MOTHER GOTHEL + GREEN GOBLIN = GREEN GOTHEL

(Tangled)

Mother Gothel may not have a huge amount in common with Norman Osborn, but since I’d crossed Rapunzel with Spider-Man, it made sense to merge their respective adversaries as well - not least because I thought this was just kind of an insane idea.

PROFESSOR RATIGAN + LIZARD = LAB RAT

(The Great Mouse Detective)

Being a well-known Spidey villain, Lizard just had to be in the lineup, and Ratigan weirdly felt like the right fit. Dr. Curt Connors is a professor with genius-level intellect, and Lizard can often be found skulking around the sewers - it all lines up with Ratigan! besides, I came up with what I think is a pretty epic backstory for this villain…

BOWLER HAT GUY + KANG THE CONQUER = DORIS THE DECATUR

(Meet The Robinsons)

When conceiving this series of villains, Kang naturally had to be included - and who better to portray the time-travelling conqueror than…well…an actual time-travelling conqueror?? The abilities & motivations line up pretty well and it was a great opportunity to draw a villain (or two) from one my favourite underrated Disney movies! Bowler Hat Guy is something of a bumbling villain and plays more of a sidekick role to Doris (aka DOR-15 , the sentient hat) but what if he had pursued more of an interest in technology and invention? He could imbue his clothes with the powers of the stolen Time Machine and incorporate Doris into it too! Kang after all has limitless variants, some more malevolent than others as Doris takes more of a leading role in the duo, it does make sense that they would take up HER name, especially considering BHG’s unintentionally effeminate demeanour. “Dictator” is reasonably synonymous with “Conqueror” and it alliterates, so I think it works well enough.

HADES + GRANDMASTER = DAMNEDMASTER

(Hercules)

I’d mentioned in Meg’s entry that I felt Hades was kind of a mix between Hela and the Grandmaster. Either choice could have definitely worked, but the latter seemed to line up better with Hades’ goals, interests and personality - as well as what we’ve already established in this world.

In line with Meg’s backstory, Hades has succeeded in his evil plan and the Lord of the Underworld is now living the highlife on Mount Olympus! Hades makes it clear in the film that he hates his “full-time gig” in hell, and longs to embrace a more hedonistic lifestyle above the clouds.

EVIL QUEEN + VENOM = POSION

(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

The Evil Queen may not have much in common with Eddie Brock (aside from some jealousy towards their respective nemeses) but I couldn’t resist the correlation here. What if the Queen managed to abscond after poisoning Snow White? What if, in her attempt to transform back to her original form, she mixed the potion up with the poison from the apple? She might have created a symbiotic monster, which would not only make her physically stronger, but even more vengeful against the fairest princess.

LADY TRENAINE + ULTRON = ULTERMAINE

(Cinderella)

Lady Tremaine has SILVER hair, she’s cold and EMOTIONLESS, her sidekicks are two SIBLINGS and - most importantly - I came up with a silly portmanteau that I couldn’t resist bringing to life Did Lady Tremaine make a wish that went badly wrong? Did someone cast a spell on her? Did she die and have her brain live on inside an android body? Who knows All we know is that the Evil Stepmother is now a killer robot.

HORNED KING + RED SKULL + DEAD SKULL

(The Black Cauldron)

The origins of the Horned King are shrouded in mystery, but I sort of came up with my own idea for this universe. What if he was a regular man who was trying to replicate Captain Insomnia’s power? What if that went wrong (shock horror) and instead of giving himself fairy MAGIC, he began to take the FORM of a dark fairy (ie Maleficent)? The unnatural fusion could end up making him into a bizarre, horned, red skeleton creature! This is mostly just a red Horned King in a nazi uniform of course, but with a few little details added in. Rather than the crest of HYDRA (skull with tentacles) his belt is embossed with a horned red skull. He wears a black hoodie underneath with the hood up, which not only refers to the Horned King’s clothes, but also to Red Skull’s time on Vormir.

MALEFICENT + HELA = HEXA

(Sleeping Beauty)

With Hades now on Mount Olympus, the position of Lord of the Underworld is now open. What if he gave the job to Maleficent? The dark and gloomy surroundings are much more her speed and she already has access to the “powers of hell” anyway, so it feels like a natural progression for her.

DR FACILIER + LOKI = LOKO

(The Princess and The Frog)

Many of our Disney Villains are jealous wannabe-gods or -kings, mischievous tricksters and even shapeshifters, but the Shadow Man seems to fit all 3 criteria: He plots to rule New Orleans, he hoodwinks everyone into his evil schemes and, in a world where he CAN conjure magic for himself, he’d be a pretty adept shapeshifter indeed! With that, he’d be much more successful in his evil exploits, to the point that the loa (his friends on the other side) might adopt him as a voodoo demigod, much like Loki was adopted by Odin.

A.U not done by me big shoutout to a instergram username Howarddrawsstuff

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Planet of Lana Review (Switch eShop)

The cinematic platformer: though some nice examples have emerged over the many years, the style maybe under-celebrated, with its followers particularly under-served for an extended stretch within the 2000s. It has nonetheless offered some really legendary video games: Prince of Persia, One other World, Flashback, and Inside. Planet of Lana gathers collectively essentially the most interesting parts of all of those – together with different notable examples of the style – and rolls them up into one thing trendy and fascinating, if not fully authentic. Planet of Lana, the debut title from indie developer Wishfully Studios, is a visually hanging puzzle-driven platformer. It has shades of Studio Ghibli in its muted palette and nature-versus-technology themes; it additionally maintains a low-stress environment via its mild problem, sweeping surroundings and wealthy musical rating. The story begins with Lana enjoying video games with a pal. A sudden robotic invasion results in her pal’s seize and kicks off a quest to rescue her. Alongside the best way, Lana is joined by an alien sidekick, with whom she cooperates to beat obstacles and stealthily evade baddies. Gameplay Assists Controls Visible Audio Full Accessibility Report Knowledge by Family Gaming Database Whereas feeling and looking trendy and accessible, Planet of Lana makes some neat callbacks to traditional cinematic platformers. One characteristic of these early video games, for instance, was a sort of modularity. Prince of Persia and the like achieved cutting-edge animations by shifting their characters in little chunks. Every unit of the slick, rotoscoped animations all the time performed out, with the participant’s subsequent transfer – altering course or timing a bounce – solely following after a step of the animation. A facet impact of this was a form of “bounce help”, the place the lag within the controls gave beneficiant home windows wherein to manoeuvre. Though Planet of Lana is rather more trendy, resembling marrying its flowing visuals with larger responsiveness, it fortunately replicates that forgiving nature by permitting a really beneficiant “coyote time” – a wide-open alternative to hit bounce even simply after operating off a platform. A facet impact of the flowing however fastened animations in older cinematic platformers was an equally modular degree design: Lester in One other World, Conrad in Flashback, and the Prince of Persia all moved in predefined chunks, so the degrees have been composed of items of a corresponding dimension. Flashback’s gun fight additionally operated in discrete items of motion, so scenes performed out like a sequence of pre-calculated puzzles. Planet of Lana completely harks again to this, the world being constructed of a sequence of set items, constructed round a traditional moveset of runs and jumps, ledge-grabbing, and rolling. The general result's a extremely playable mixture of contemporary fluidity and retro specificity, with a concentrate on gentle, sequential puzzling over exploration.

Traversal is sleek and satisfying, too, extra like Playdead’s Inside than the abstracted controls of the classics, constrained by these animations. Once you’re operating, leaping, climbing, or swinging on ropes, all of it feels strong and enjoyable. If there’s one criticism, it’s that there's a bit an excessive amount of time spent simply operating proper, with out vital obstacles or any want for different inputs. It made us consider Beethoven & Dinosaur’s The Suave Escape, which used a easy – even foolish – however fairly ingenious thought of including a single button press to play a guitar whereas the hero runs. In need of a guitar, Planet of Lana may need benefitted from a extra playful bounce or roll to toy with whereas operating. “Simply operating proper” is a symptom of the cinematic platformer's trendy drive for spectacle. Because the background and foreground explode with colors, flashes and world-enriching depth and scale, operating proper is a option to have it play out in a manner that the participant can sit again and admire. Planet of Lana opts with confidence for that low-difficulty design method, releasing you to drink within the spectacular surroundings and soundtrack. It does imply all of the occasions lack a component of peril – not like, say, Adrian Lazar’s Planet Alpha, which used skill- and patience-testing challenges to provide the visible set items a little bit of oomph. Planet of Lana’s straightforward operating is tons of enjoyable in case you’re comfortable to play fairly passively at instances.

And the spectacular presentation helps construct the story – to an extent. The narrative is imprecise, to say the least, so whereas the beautiful vistas add flavour, it’s not all the time clear what they’re including flavour to. The less-is-more method nearly works, and we loved the reminder of One other World with its alien helper. Calling the alien in an unknown language and dealing to assist one another, the connection is moderately like guiding Yorda in Ico, with some comparable, if spatially extra simplistic, puzzles. There may be, in actual fact, one other free Ico connection: composer Takeshi Furukawa gives the rating, as he did for Fumito Ueda’s Ico descendent The Last Guardian. The music sits quietly within the background for the regular play of the sport, spinning up the stress successfully for the motion and stealth interludes, shifting from gentle piano to highly effective orchestra, even breaking at one level for a vocal set piece. Lana’s critter companion does a bit greater than comply with alongside and obey orders, too. By means of it, Lana can management enemies for sure puzzles, paying homage to 2023’s One other World-callback Full Void, from OutOfTheBit. These are a number of the extra attention-grabbing and difficult puzzles amongst a reasonably gentle assortment. When ordering your companion, manipulating the atmosphere, steering enemies and platforming all mix, the world feels richly interactive. Nonetheless, these moments are scarcer than the bits the place you simply run proper.

Conclusion

Planet of Lana intelligently combines parts of traditional cinematic platformers to make one thing distinctive and characterful. For a decent 5 hours or so, it retains up the tempo, with only a few taxing puzzles or tough motion segments to gradual progress. Leaning into simpler gameplay in favour of visible and auditory spectacle, it seems to be the half and runs constantly properly. It’s a deal with for the long-suffering cinematic platforming fan – maybe even destined to affix that quick record of classics. Source link Read the full article

#eShop #Lana #Planet #Review #Switch

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phoenixyfriend · 2 years ago

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OK, going through the GG posts on your blog, one of them mentioned you had a thing about othar/anevka, can we hear more about that?

I have some truly insane feelings about this crackship, it's A Lot.

They do not meet in canon. To the best of my knowledge, they've never even been in the same city in canon. I don't even have the ship happening while she's still alive, for pity's sake, but...

This ship started out as a joke. We were talking about a GG/Danny Phantom crossover on discord and I threw in fake-married Otharnevka (him gay, her a dead robot lady), where the ongoing joke was their fake relationship being goals for everyone, because she'd like... ask him to help her reach a high shelf, and instead of just grabbing the thing for her, he'd lift her up onto his shoulder to do it herself, and bow to kiss her hand, that sort of thing.

Except canon Othar isn't gay (the twitter story is canon enough that we can assume he likes women), so the next time it came up, it was less of a joke. And just. I kept getting invested?

He is a hero! She needed a hero, but never got one. She is the mad scientist's beautiful daughter, but she's the mad scientist herself too, except she's not a spark anymore, but she's still a sadist. He thinks he can help her be not-evil. She thinks she can corrupt him. He dotes on her and is an absolute gentleman without ever actually underestimating or coddling her. She's so ready to kill, and he might be a hero but he's fucking unhinged so it's not like always stops her! He's strong enough to carry and lift her 900kg body and make it look easy. He's ready and willing to stand around looking pretty while she politics, and she takes pleasure in pretending to be a damsel for him to save, especially if it ends with his shirt ripped up.

Othar: I can fix her! Anevka, in a condescending voice: Don't you want to help me kill this awful, evil spark? Othar: ...well, maybe a little murder. (Tarvek, who does not want to be here: This is not how you fix a person. I should know, Agatha fixed me.)

He's annoying, but she doesn't have to be around him when he's annoying. She's pretty well-made to just tune him out, even, and even that is rare; it's so much more fun to pat him on the arm and say 'that's nice, dear' when he's having a Heroic Monologue Moment, and then swan off to poison someone while he tries to recruit himself a new sidekick.

I just. They give me dopamine. They're awful, but not actually The Worst by GG standards. Even Anevka's mostly just Traumatically Dramatic and could probably be aimed at problems once she's got a bit of distance from the Aaronev situation.

Here, have a few Otharnevka posts:

Professor Storm (crossover fic on Ao3)

Otharnevka art from @dirigibird

The “Momma Sturmvoraus was Literally Satan” AU

The MILFnevka AU

The short of it

Just me having some emotions

Married Life Meme

Baby Outlaw

Draw Your Ship As

#girl genius #otharnevka #othar tryggvassen #anevka sturmvoraus #phoenix answers asks

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luminnara · 4 years ago

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alpha!erasermic x pregnant!reader | ABO fluff

Request: Hiya! i’m wondering if you can do an alpha! erasermic x pregnant! omega! reader? maybe when both alphas leave their lunch at home and she goes to bring it to them. the reader and both alphas collectively have custody of hitoshi and eri, and the reader is heavily pregnant. preferably a female reader please, and none of class 1-a have met her. this is my first time requesting stuff so i hope i did okay! 😅

You did wonderfully! I love writing cute fluffy stuff like this, and it’s my first time writing any kind of erasermic thing even though I love them so much, so hopefully I did okay! Idk where exactly this sits timeline-wise, don’t worry about it, it’s omegaverse and I can do what I want lol. I took this prompt and sort of RAN with it, too

*also Mirio has his quirk back in this because it’s fun, and the reader has kind of a dodgy past because i wanted to add a little SPICE*

Warnings: a/b/o, pregnancy, the implications of Aizawa’s scarf and all of its uses

You sighed, resting a hand on your swollen belly. “Those two...”

You had only just gotten Eri out of bed, and, upon heading into the kitchen to fix her some breakfast, you saw two lovingly-prepared bento boxes sitting on the counter. Shota and Hizashi must have forgotten them in their hurry to get to UA earlier that morning, and while you knew they could very easily grab something to eat in the cafeteria, you hated the thought of these meals going to waste.

Besides, your inner omega was a bit miffed that they hadn’t taken your home cooked food to work with them. Was Lunch Rush’s food so much better than yours that your alphas would rather eat at school? You refused to believe that, even if his quirk was cooking. There was no way that he could make your alphas a meal that could compare to the kind you always cooked for them, and maybe it was the pregnancy hormones making you extra bristly about it, but you were determined to march right on over to UA and bring them their proper lunches.

Even if you were heavily, heavily pregnant. They’d probably have something to say about you leaving the house and waddling around Musutafu with only Eri as company, but you were tough enough to fend for yourself. And besides, it was only a quick train ride to the station outside the school, and if you did get yourself into any kind of trouble, the city was chock full of pro heroes and their sidekicks, many of whom you were on a first name basis with.

“Eri!” you called, grabbing a bag to carry the boxes in. “Are you dressed yet? We’re going to visit UA!”

You could heard a thump, followed by the sound of little feet thudding as she ran to meet you. When she appeared in the doorway, her eyes were wide with excitement, her long hair falling around her shoulders messily. “Yes!”

“Go brush your hair and then we’ll go,” you laughed, ushering her towards the bathroom.

“Why are we going?” the little girl called.

“Hizashi and Shota left their lunches,” you explained. “We’re bringing them so that the food doesn’t go to waste.”

“Can we visit Deku and Togata?”

You paused to think. You hadn’t actually met any of Shota and Hizashi’s students before, your alphas always preferring that you stay home and away from the sometimes dangerous school they taught at. Well, you knew Hitoshi, of course, and since he had yet to move into the dorms on campus, he still lived at home with the rest of the family. At least he had remembered to grab his lunch. Would your adopted son be embarrassed to see you appearing at his school? Hitoshi always carried himself in a very collected manner, and the thought of being able to show up and pinch his cheeks and coo at him made you laugh.

And you knew that everyone in Class 1-A would be over the moon to see Eri. The little girl that had been rescued from Overhaul was popular amongst the young heroes-in-training, from what you’d heard, and if you were going to go all the way to UA, you’d be damned if you didn’t let her see her friends there.

“Of course we can,” you said with a smile as she came running back in, her hair significantly less tangled. “Ready?”

“Ready!” she beamed up at you.

“Do me a favor and carry this?” you offered her the tote you’d tucked the bento boxes into and she took it from you eagerly, bouncing towards the door.

You grabbed your purse, made sure your keys were inside, and followed her out, taking her free hand. Together, the two of you made your way to the nearest train station, a few neighbors waving hello as you passed. There were no villains to be seen or head of, and the pros you saw out on patrol all looked happy and relaxed. They all knew who you were, some of the betas and omegas approaching to chat about your pregnancy and ask how things were going. The alphas hung back, calling greetings or offering waves, none of them wanting to get too close to a pregnant, mated omega and risk the wrath of your alphas if their scents happened to cling to you.

The journey went smoothly, Eri sticking close to your side the entire way. You were both excited to be going to visit UA--Eri, because she would get to see Deku and Mirio, and you because you hadn’t been to the school in years--and as you stepped off the train and the gates finally came into view, you let out a happy laugh.

“Ready?” you asked Eri, leading her towards the entrance.

“Mhm!” she nodded eagerly, pulling you forward. “Let’s go! Let’s go let’s go let’s go--”

“Hang on, hang on,” you waddled after her as quickly as you could, fishing around in your purse. When you finally found what you were looking for, you pulled out an ID card, holding it up towards the sensor atop the UA Barrier gate. “You have your card?”

“Yep!” Eri said, grabbing the card hanging from the lanyard around her neck and mimicking you.

“Special ID accepted,” a robotic voice chimed. “Welcome to UA High, (y/n) and Eri.”

The gate opened and you led Eri through it, the big school looming just past it. The special ID cards you both had were a result of Shota insisting that you be able to get to UA if you ever needed to. With the upgraded security measures, and so many of the students living in the dorms, it wasn’t easy getting onto the campus without either a student or guest card. You probably technically weren’t even supposed to have one, but no one was going to argue with Aizawa and Yamada when it came to ensuring their omega would be able to get to them in case of emergency.

This wasn’t exactly an emergency, but it was still an important mission, so you had absolutely no qualms about using your special ID privileges today. You just hoped nobody else would be mad about it.

“Hey, is that Eri I see?” a voice called.

You turned to see a blond haired, blue eyed boy jogging towards you and recognized him as Togata. He was dressed in a PE uniform, and as he stopped in front of you, you could see that he was panting.

Eri immediately set the bag down and rushed toward him, running into his open arms. “Lemillion!”

Mirio laughed as he scooped her into a hug. “What are you doing here? Aizawa didn’t mention anything about a visit!”

“Aizawa forgot his lunch today,” you said, nodding towards the bag Eri had dropped. “So we thought we’d bring it and visit.”

Mirio straightened up a bit when he realized you were there. You had to be absolutely covered in your alphas’ scents, and even if they never told any of the students about you, there was no way that Mirio hadn’t figured it out by now. Besides...your bond marks were very big and very visible, one on each side of your neck just below your scent glands. There was no way Mirio didn’t know what that all added up to.

You had never officially met him, but you’d heard plenty about all of UA’s Big Three, and after he and Deku saved Eri from the Shie Hassaikai, you’d heard even more about him. He was selfless, going so far as to sacrifice his own quirk to keep Eri safe and get her away from Overhaul, and for that, you’d always feel a little indebted to him. He’d luckily been able to get it back, but Aizawa had told you that there had been a long period in which nobody was sure it could even be returned to him.

“Oh, s-sorry!” he bowed to you. “I don’t think we’ve ever been properly introduced! I’m Togata Mirio, I was there at the Shie Hassaikai raid--”

“I’ve heard plenty about you,” you laughed as he straightened up again. “I’m (y/n). I’m the stay at home omega that keeps Shota and Hizashi from starving all the time.”

Mirio’s laugh was probably one of the most raucously happy sounds you had ever heard. “We’re all grateful for that! As for me, personally, I’m really glad Eri has such a great mom now, too. And you’ve got more on the way!”

“Sure do,” you groaned, a hand on your lower back as you tried to lean and stretch it out some. “Due date’s in just a couple weeks. Can’t wait to get ‘em outta here.”

“Well, at least you already know how to do the parenting part!” Mirio was still all smiles as Eri grabbed for his hand and he took it, picking up the tote bag as well. “Come on, it’s my free period so I’ll take you to 1-A’s classroom.”

“Thank you, Togata,” you said, hand on your belly as you followed him into the school.

“It’s no problem!” he beamed at you over his shoulder as he led the way. “It’s almost lunch, too. Perfect timing!”

“Is it really?” you glanced up at a clock on the wall, and sure enough, it was nearly noon. “Wow. Guess we took longer than I thought. But...ugh, I didn’t bring any food for myself or Eri...”

“That’s no problem! Lunch Rush always has tons of options in the Grand Mess Hall.” at your slight glare, Mirio added, “...But I’m sure even his best cooking is no substitute for a homemade meal!”

“That’s right,” you growled, waddling along down the hall.

When the three of you reached the 1-A door, Mirio used his permeation quirk to stick his head straight through it rather than knocking, and judging by the resounding scream of surprise that nearly shattered the windows, he had scared Hizashi half to death.

Mirio pulled back and opened the door, revealing a room full of groaning students, all clutching their ears. Hizashi was the only one who seemed unbothered by the sheer volume of the scream he had let out, clutching his chest instead.

“Why can’t you knock like a normal person, dumbass?” a blond boy snarled.

“Bakugou! You shouldn’t swear in front of esteemed upperclassmen!” a black-haired boy with glasses said.

“It’s not just me you’re swearing in front of!” Mirio said, still smiling, like always. With a nod of his head, he tugged Eri into the room.

Everyone lit up, and you even caught Bakugou’s harsh expression softening some at the sight of her.

“Eri!” a freckly, green haired boy exclaimed, jumping up from his seat.

“Deku!” the little girl yelled happily, letting go of Mirio’s hand to run towards him.

You watched as he knelt down to greet her, the rest of the class all getting up, or at the very least leaning over in their seats to say hello. All except Hitoshi, who looked up, made eye contact with you, started to roll his eyes, and then sighed.

Oh, you were so going to embarrass him today.

Hizashi was still trying to catch his breath, but now, with the students all distracted by Eri, he finally had a chance to notice you. You could see his nostrils flare as he recognized your scent, his head whipping around to spot you standing there in the door.

“BABE!” he rushed toward you, pulling you into a hug.

“Hi, Hizashi,” you laughed into his shoulder, clinging to his jacket as he rubbed his scent gland over your hair.

He immediately pulled back, holding you at arm’s length as he looked you over. “What’re you doing here? Everything okay?”

“I’m fine,” you chuckled. When he glanced down at your swollen belly, you added, “we’re fine.”

He let out a relieved breath. “Okay. Okay, good. Had me worried there for a sec.”

“They came to bring you lunch!” Mirio said, holding up the bag he had carried in for you. “I ran into her and Eri outside while I was out for my daily jog.”

“Togata here was very helpful,” you said. “He even carried that bag for us.”

“Gotta help everyone who needs it, whenever I can!” the teenager gave you a thumbs up.

“Thanks, Mirio.” Hizashi said, putting an arm around your shoulders and pulling you up against his side. “Means a lot to me that my family stays safe.”

“Family?”

You turned to see all of Class 1-A staring at you.

Hizashi cleared his throat, the sound practically echoing. “Everybody, this is my mate.”

The room suddenly erupted.

“Who is she?”

“Is she a pro?”

“Can’t believe anybody would put up with him...”

“Bakugou, quiet! Don’t be rude!”

“But, wait...” Deku said, still kneeling with Eri. “I thought Eri’s been living with Mr. Aizawa..?”

The students all glanced to each other before their eyes swiveled to you and Hizashi.

“Oh, Hizashi,” you teased. “You never told them?”

“I, uh...” a slight pink tinged his cheeks as he blushed.

Luckily, before he had the chance to stumble over his words any longer, he was saved by the appearance of a very tired, very disgruntled, Eraserhead.

“What the hell is going on and why the hell are you screaming in my classroom?” he growled from the doorway.

Hizashi turned the two of you to face him, and you saw the anger immediately drain from Aizawa’s face.

“...What are you doing here?” he asked, his bloodshot eyes full of concern. “Everything okay?”

“Hi, Papa!” Eri chimed from her spot next to Deku.

“...Hello, Eri. Why are you also here?”

“You both forgot your lunches,” you said, practically scolding them. “I worked hard on those!”

“So you came all the way here just to bring us lunch? You realize we have an entire cafeteria here, right?”

“Don’t even think about it,” you growled.

“You shouldn’t be walking across Musutafu without at least Hitoshi with you. It’s too dangerous.”

At the mention of his name, everyone’s heads swiveled to look at Shinso. He sighed, slumping back in his chair and dragging a hand down his face.

“You know, if you wouldn’t forget the lunches that I so lovingly put all that hard work into, I wouldn’t even have to go all the way across Musutafu to bring them to you.” you said haughtily, nose up in the air as you stared your alpha down. “And besides...you know better than anyone that I can take care of myself, and Eri, no matter how pregnant I am.”

Aizawa sighed. He knew there was no arguing with you when you got in a mood like this, and besides...you were already there.

And you were right.

Before he could even come up with something to say, the bell rang, signaling that it was time for lunch, and soon, you were walking down the hall between your two alphas, Eri riding on Deku’s shoulders as Class 1-A flooded out along with you.

You ended up sitting in the mess hall with the students, sandwiched between Hizashi and Shota. Shota didn’t seem entirely pleased with it, mentioning several times that he’d much rather be in the teachers’ lounge where it was quieter, but Eri was far too happy to be with Class 1-A for him to actually tear her away from them. She was across from you, sitting next to Deku and a brown haired girl you learned was named Ochako. Mirio had left to go find his own friends, the other two members of The Big Three, and you could see him just a few tables over, laughing loudly with a blue haired girl with a boy with pointy ears looked like he was trying to will himself out of existence next to them.

“It’s so exciting that Mr. Aizawa has a whole family!” Ochako said.

“And with Present Mic, too,” Tsu, the frog girl, said from her spot next to her.

“How long have you been together?” the pink girl, Mina, asked.

“Don’t ask so many personal questions! We should respect their privacy.” Iida said, in true class rep fashion.

When Shota only offered a grunt in reply, too focused on his lunch to actually talk with his homeroom class, and with Hizashi already stuffing his face, you took it upon yourself to chat.

“Oh, I don’t mind the questions!” you said with a good natured laugh. “I met Hizashi and Shota when we all went to school together. Then we lost touch, because I...well, I sort of...chose a different life path than they did.”

“That’s one way to put it,” Hizashi slurped up his soba.

“Here.” you looked up to see Hitoshi had brought you and Eri each a tray of food, setting them down in front of the two of you.

“You’re so good to your mother,” you cooed, reaching up to grab his cheek.

He dodged you expertly, ducking out of the way and going to sit with Bakugou and his friends on Deku’s other side. You narrowed your eyes at him, making sure he knew that he couldn’t run forever, and as Denki watched the exchange, he spoke up.

“...Wait. You didn’t become a pro hero?” he asked.

“I took the hero course here at UA.” you explained, grabbing your chopsticks. “I ended up dropping out before graduation. This is actually my first time back since then.”

“So...” Deku seemed nervous. “Were you, uh...”

“A villain?” you asked.

When he nodded quickly, you laughed and offered a nod of your own.

“Yeah, I suppose I was. My quirk used to be wild, and hard to control...I got so frustrated when I wasn’t making any progress with it that I decided to just leave school. I was mad at everyone, and I fell in with people who felt the same way. One thing leads to another, and next thing you know, I’m running from the loudest, most obnoxious pro hero in the city.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Hizashi, who was doing his best not to choke on his lunch.

“And he never caught me,” you said adoringly, leaning against his shoulder.

“I never caught you on my own,” he corrected.

“Made my ears bleed a few times, I think.”

“Yes, and I don’t regret that.” he pressed a cute, fluttery little kiss against the tip of your nose. “You were absolutely going to kill me.”

“Not absolutely!” you protested.

“I had to rescue him.” Aizawa spoke up, his voice gruff and tired, like always. “Had to cancel your quirk and keep you tied down until the others could get to us.”

You smirked at your first memory of his scarf and what it could do, and as you did so, he realized that he had just admitted to tying you up with it in front of his idiot students.

“And that’s when I fell in looooove,” you grabbed his arm, batting your lashes at him obnoxiously.

“Not another word.” he growled.

The students were all staring at you with wide eyes. All except Hitoshi, who was rolling his.

“I guess you could say I was reformed,” you said, grabbing some noodles. “Then one thing led to another, and...here we are.” You patted your belly.

“That’s so romantic,” Mina sighed, leaning her chin on her hand.

“What’s your quirk?” Ochako asked.

“I could show you!” you said eagerly, moving to stand.

“Absolutely not.” Shota held onto your arm and forced you to sit down again. “You are due in two weeks. No nonsense until after the pups are born.”

It was your turn to roll your eyes now.

“Fine,” you mumbled with a sigh. “I never get to have fun anymore.”

“But pups are so exciting!” the invisible girl, Hagakure, said.

“Yeah!” Mina agreed.

Then, the rest of the girls bombarded you with questions.

“How many are you having?”

“What day are they coming?!”

“Can we meet them?”

“Mr. Aizawa, please can you bring them in to the dorms??”

“--But Mr. Aizawa, this is the safest place in Japan. There’s no way anything bad would happen to them--”

“--And besides, (y/n) has a super strong quirk, right? She said so!”

“Come on, just let us see the brats when they’re old enough to travel.”

The sound of Bakugou’s voice had everyone staring at the blond boy.

“...What?” he bristled. “It’s not like I care, I just want the girls to shut up.”

“Uh huh. Sure, Bakugou.” Kirishima snorted.

“...maybe.” Aizawa relented, eager to shut them all up.

That was enough for the girls, and they immediately began talking chattering about the cutest baby clothes, the best toys, and then the differences between their own upbringings. You enjoyed listening to them throughout the rest of lunch, and by the time the hour had ended, you were sad to be leaving.

“Hang on, hang on,” Hizashi said as you took Eri’s hand to leave. “Where do you think you’re going?”

“Home,” you furrowed your brow. “Why?”

“We told you,” Shota said, standing with his hands in his pockets. “We don’t want you wandering around the city.”

“And I told you, I’m fine--”

“Just stay here for the rest of the day.”

“...What?”

“We’ll all go home together later.” Hizashi smiled. “You and Eri can hang out in the lounge. I bet Midnight would love to pester you about the bump, too.”

You smiled, walking towards your alphas. “Alright. Alright, yeah. That sounds nice.”

As Class 1-A lingered at the end of the hall, watching for as long as they could get away with, Denki elbowed Hitoshi in the side.

“Dude, your mom is--”

“Don’t you dare say hot.” Shinso growled.

“Actually, I was gonna say badass, but that too--”

The purple haired boy glared at him. “Shut up, Denki.”

“What? It’s a compliment!”

#erasermic #alpha!erasermic #alpha aizawa #alpha hizashi #aizawa fluff #erasermic x reader #abo #omegaverse #bnha imagines #bnha x reader #shoto aizawa #aizawa x hizashi #hizashi yamada #present mic #present mic x reader #hizashi yamada x reader #aizawa x reader #shota aizawa x reader

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barid-bel-medar · 3 years ago

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Failure to Explode Chapter Two Snippet

“Midoriya was the one who didn’t really engage a robot until he had to save Uraraka, right?” Hizashi asks. “Maybe that was the moment when his Quirk came in? Or maybe it came in like in the past month or so, so the kid is still unsure of how strong he is/how much damage he could do and when he saw Uraraka in danger…”

“Reacted, which is going to need to be trained out of him,” Shouta says, biting back a groan. “The world needs heroes, not martyrs.”

“I’m a bit surprised you didn’t try to expel him,” Hizashi says.

“I thought about it,” Shouta admits. “But I don’t think Midoriya is the sort who’d take that type of ‘reality check’ well, and would just go throw himself into vigilantism or something. He strikes me as smart enough to do it without notice for a while, and the Crawler is back from his sabbatical in the US.”

“...As long as Knuckleduster is retired it should be fine?” Hizashi asks, hesitant.

“I spotted him picking up a six pack in Naruhata.”

“Shit.”

“Yeah. So even if I didn’t have Nedzu on my back over not expelling students this year, and Midoriya didn’t seem the type to take the wrong lesson from expulsion, I’d keep him in Heroics just to make sure he stays away from the Crawler and Knuckleduster.” Shouta grimaces. “He did manage to figure out how to only break a finger rather than his entire damn arm to throw the ball, but it’s still not the greatest sign.”

“Let’s see how it goes tomorrow when he has his first Heroics class with All Might,” Hizashi says. “Then you can figure out a lesson plan and what sort of mentors to connect the kid to.”

Shouta winces. He kind of forgot he’d actually need to do that this year. The past three years, due to failing his entire homerooms he’d predominately just done administrative work, with doubling as an in-school sub as needed. That hadn’t really relied on him using his admittedly limited networking abilities to help arrange internships or mentorships for his students. This year he’s going to need to do that.

“...Shouta you did remember you have to do that this year, right?”

“I’ve got some time,” he says, calculating how many people he’s actually on good enough terms professionally to arrange for internships. At least Iida and Todoroki would be easy, the could be thrown at family agencies but for other students…

Actually maybe throwing Midoriya at Endeavor’s agency too if possible? The man may be a raging jackass, but he was well regarded in terms of how competently he trained his sidekicks…

Eh, he’ll figure it out, he has time.

#failure to explode

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botebot-10 · 2 years ago

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43 similarities between Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom!

1. They both have a minigame in which the main character works out with their strong buff friend! Both Minigames are button mashers too, and reward you with some sort of victory animation and collectables!

2. Both Crash 4 IAT and the Sonic Boom 3DS games reward you for collecting things and completing specific tasks within the stage! They are all gems/crystal inspired too, which is pretty cool!

3. Both Crash and Sonic have a smart and adorable siblin sidekick!

4. Both have legends of an ancient civilation that was supposedly very powerfull! While Crash didn't directly confirm it, I'm pretty much convinced they were the ones leaving those mysterious ruins!

5. Some of the developers of Crash's original trilogy also worked on Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric! One of the artists, Bob Rafei, even founded the studio that would pitch it! Take a pinch of salt with the following, But I heard some of those devs later worked on the new Crash games!

6. Both Crash Mind over Mutant and the 3DS Sonic Boom titles allow you to enter your house, even if its just to access bonus content!

7. Uka Uka and Cortex have a very similair dynamic to that of Lyric and Cortex! Uka and Lyric are both ancient forces that manipulate a scientist (Cortex/Eggman) to free them and do their bidding!

8. Both Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot have a controversial Beat 'm up title with 2 player co-op!

9. Cortex and Eggman both got depressed at some point when realizing they were never able to beat their nemesis.

10. The Crash n' burn prototype made by Big Red Button features very similair environment design to Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric! This is likely because Big Red Button were the developers behind Boom, and were reusing assets to speed up prototyping!

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11. Both Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom feature iconic crab enemies

12. Both Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot have an overdosis of Jungle stages! Some of these games have atleast 4 different jungle worlds, some even are JUST jungle worlds!

13. The villains of both series are humans with a PhD in mad science

14. Both series take place on tropical islands!

15. Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom are both "Semi-consistent" timeline! The wrecked robot from titans remains there up to Crash on the Run, where you recycle its parts to make helpfull machines! HypnoBot returns as a villain because it feels Tails treated it very poorly..

16. Both Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot feature death routes/challenge rooms!

17. Mojo in Titans and Orbs in Sonic Dash 2: Boom are very similair in appearence!

18. Both Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom have been on an "indefinite hiatus". While Crash made an impressive comeback since, I'm afraid I can't say the same for Sonic Boom..

19. Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot are both written like cartoons! Crash Bandicoot takes heavy inspiration from Looney Tunes, while Sonic Boom tries to be more like a cartoon sitcom like the simpsons!

20. Both Crash and Boom offered an endless runner mobile game that use elements from their franchise (crates and collecting for Crash, enerbeam and combo from Boom) to improve and innovate upon the experience!

21. Both franchises feature worlds that are inhabbited by regular animals, anthropomorphic animals, and on more rarer occasions, humans!

22. They both have an evil dimension with purple sky!

23. Speaking of dimensions, Team Sonic and Team Bandicoot have both traveled through different dimensions and time periods before!

24. Both Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom tend to refrence Uncharted time to time because their original developers worked on that project too! Crash Bandicoot tends to keep the refrences to social media posts, but Sonic Boom went as far to refrence it directly in its redesigns!

25. From what I heard, the original plans for the Sonic Boom brand would be a more expirimental branch to try new stuff for the Sonic franchise, which were quickly axed when RoL happend.. Either way, these plans sound very similair to the PS2 crash line-up to me!

26. Both Amy and Crash Bandicoot have a spin attack ability!

27. If the Crash of the Titans shorts are to be believed, then both Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Boom have a village on their island!

28. Both Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot devs put in lots of effort in on getting characterization right! Some even confirmed this in official interviews!

29. Another similarity between Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot is that both main characters live in a very small house near the beach!

30. Both series had their main protagonist team up with the main antagonist several times!

31. Sonic Boom and Crash Bandicoot games tend to have their plot written around gems and crystals! Chances are that you will have to collect these before the villain does!

32. Boom and Crash both try to diversify their content by adding gimmick stages! Some of these concepts are nearly 1:1 concepts!

33. World map design is very similair!

34. When there is no adventure on the schedule, the main protoganist tends to nap!

35. Coco and Tails both have a similair attire, both wearing goggles and beltpouches!

36. Boom Knuckles and Crunch both are pretty beefy characters that put a lot of effort in staying in shape! Both do lots of workouts and very clearly skip leg day!

37. Crash and Boom!Sonic both live near an native village!

38. Crash and Boom!Sonic are both troublemakers with a good heart! Basicially, they will save the day, but also leave a trail of destruction on their own.

39. Crash Twinsanity and Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric are both ambitious titles that have more concept art then actual content! I'm talking mountains upon mountains of concept art! Go look it up, its a rabbit hole you wont get out of anytime soon!

40. Meh Burger (Sonic Boom TV Show) and Dingo's Diner (Crash 4) are two infamous restaurants that ensure you never want to eat again!

BONUS:

41. Its about time and Rise of Lyric had similair ambitions for their visuals: Pushing the genre futher! Unfortunately, only one of them succeeded.. :c

42. Boom Tails was going to have a bazooka at some point! The design looks really similair to the Fruit Bazooka from Crash 3!

43. Crash Twinsanity and Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric both have some hubworlds where you can solve puzzels and get optional rewards!

#crash bandicoot #sonic boom #sonic the hedgehog #videogames #platformers #interesting facts #brainrot

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river-bottom-nightmare · 4 years ago

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an (incomplete) list of things kon can do because lex luthor is his dad that people always forget about:

#1 : math - he's fifteen, and math comes easy to him (unlike a lot of people his age, or at least, his visible age.) a lot of things come easy to him, because when you have all knowledge in the known universe downloaded into your brain, things like advanced math don't bother you very much.

but it bothers his friends, because bart loses interest about three seconds into the assignments, cassie groans anytime "homework" is brought up in general, and tim hates the concept and execution of math so much that he'd rather hide in kon's room where he thinks no one will look for him instead of even cracking open a textbook.

but kon's pretty sure being a hero means you don't need any real world skills, and after his initial hesitation and disagreements, he realized that he genuinely wants these people to like him, to be friends with him. their math homework is easier than a breeze to complete.

#2 : tying a tie the ~fancy~ way - he's nineteen, and his fingers flow through a silk tie like a fish through water. the motions are beyond familiar, he could do them in his sleep. so is the action of pulling on a suit, pressing his collar, arranging his hair into a neat style. he's timothy drake-wayne's date tonight, and he needs to look the part. fortunately, luthor taught him how to look the part a long the ago.

the party itself is,,,,pleasant, he supposes. he spends most of the time as arm candy, tim's pretty little thing as his boyfriend sweet-talked investors and networked. but they both know that the tipsier people are, the easier they let slip secrets to someone they believe won't understand them, and kon gathers a wealth of information by the time he meets up with tim by the appetizer bar right before dinner.

tim tugs him close by his tie and kisses his cheek, then laughs when kon discreetly but disgustedly spits out the pickled salmon cracker toppings.

#3 : educated debating - he's sixteen, and in an argument with tim that's gone so off the rails that kon can't even remember what they were fighting about in the first place. wherever they started, they were here, now, kon on top of a table in an ice cream parlour screaming about how a socialist approach to taxes would boost the lower class, tim on top of a barstool screaming right back about how the middle class are the only ones paying taxes and socialism would only put more weight on their shoulders.

both of them are this close to busting out laughing, and the only reason they haven't been thrown out is because the employee behind the counter is frantically taking notes. kon can see it in tim's eyes, see the way the younger boy didn't expect to hold such a passionate and intense debate with him, didn't expect kon to be capable of it. it's a pleasant surprise, though; that much is evident in tim's barely-hidden grin.

the debate comes to a pause when bart smacks him with a spoon and tells him off for stepping on the speedster's ice cream, and the tiredness with which he collapses back into the booth is a good one.

#4 : efficient + effective workplace supervision - he's twenty, and wondering how in the hell people hadn't murdered the entirety of young justice when it was first founded. bart had graduated to being the flash's full time sidekick, and though he came to visit often, it wasn't the same. gotham was almost always on the verge of imminent disaster these days, and tim was one of the few ropes holding it together. kon missed him like crazy, but his few visits were all the boy could spare. cassie was in charge now, and she was a wonderful leader, but busy, always smoothing over relations between the team and the justice league and civilian offices.

so, somehow, that left kon to be the den mother to all the new younger kids, and somehow, kon was good at it. he knew exactly what to say to get people to listen to his commands, telling them to work on this or work on that, train for this and practice that. he tells them when to get some sleep and let the weight of the day roll off their shoulders, and when to push themselves to raise them higher than they ever thought they could go. unexpectedly, he finds himself liking it.

#5 : the splits

#6 : colour schemes + interior decorating - he's twenty-one, and tim's finally deciding to turn the nest into a home. bart, who had spent the last couple of years bouncing between allen-west-mercury households and was therefore accustomed to a home with a fire of love reaching every corner and every member of the family, was appalled. so was kon, honestly.

the penthouse that tim worked out of was cold and impersonal, sleek lines that angles that matched the limbs and contours of tim's body. but the shadows around tim's eyes had lessed over the past few years, his smile coming to his lips almost as easy as when young justice first learned how to work together. all it took was a little encouragement from cassie, and suddenly, all four of them were involved in a home renovation project.

cassie churned out ikea furniture like it was nothing, the three of them taking a break from their jobs to just watch her as she lifted one of their hardwood bookshelves with one hand. bart bought home goods and essentials from various department stores and ran around, stocking the house with them wherever he felt a saucepan needed to be hung (near the coat hanger) or a candle holder needed to be placed (on the kitchen barstools, because apparently those were decorative anyway).

kon, meanwhile, decorated. he painted rooms and bought curtains and pillows, yes. but he also sorted through every single souvenir and memory the four of them had managed to accumulate over the years, photographs and hacked-off pieces of giant robots and saved movie tickets and broken weapons. he gets his hands on everything he can find, then fills up tim's nest until it's brimming with a cosy warmth made up of the four of them.

still, it's an obnoxiously large penthouse, so there's empty and open space left over even after redecorating. it's tim who takes a breath and works up the courage to tell them, not ask but tell them, that he wanted each of them to have their own bedroom. so bart takes the largest guest room and turns it into an explosion of colour, and cassie spends too much time decorating a room that she won't even live in most of the time. kon conspicuously notes how tim doesn't bother giving kon a room, just dumps kon's backpack on his bed and clears room in his own closet. he does wrap tim in a ttk hug though, from all the way across the room, and drinks in tim's red flush.

#7 : speed reading (no powers) - he's seventeen, and just now realizing how competitive his best friends are. cassie had long since resigned herself to being the judge and the hander-outer-of-prizes (candy from the nearest convenience store) for the speed-reading competition, but tim, kon, and bart were still in the running.

eventually, though, the pressure from holding back his powers grew too strong, and bart slumped against the back of the sofa, mournfully opening his mouth so cassie could drop a candy into it.

and then there were two.

kon thought back to the confrontation that had started this contest in the first place, robin's offhand comment about how he had to be the one to collect the data files from the company office they were infiltrating, because he was the only one who could speed-read and retain information. that had spiraled into an argument, then a challenge, then a competition, with a clear rule not to use any powers.

kon darted his eyes across the page, soaking up every word, the pages like tiny knives on the pads of his fingers as he turned them. he lost track of the page count, just reading and reading and reading until he tried to turn the page and realized there wasn't a next one. he yelled in triumph, reveling in tim's defeated groan, and settled in for cassie's quiz on the contents of the book.

#8 : sophisticated meal and wine palette - he was twenty-two, and discovering that he really, really liked tim's shocked face. they'd been friends for years now, childish hatred turned into playful bantering turned into knowing each other inside out. still, every now and then, kon did something that forced tim's eyebrows high on his head, his eyes widening just the barest bit.

right now, kon was at a dinner party with the words moral support written across his forehead. tim could handle himself remarkably well, but there was tiredness lacing the smaller boy's frame, and kon could practically see the way the tips of his soul were frazzled. so kon let tim lean into his arm and whispered jokes about luna-with-the-big-ugly-purse and martonio-who-can't-do-a-combover into his ear. or, at least, he was.

somehow he'd been drawn into a good natured argument with the man sitting just two seats down from tim and kon. friendly opinions of food had been tossed back and forth, growing more and more heated until kon looked him right in the eye and said he liked prosecco with his prosciutto, internally crowing with satisfaction at their shocked silence and sighing with pity that none of the guests here would ever try that combination out of fear of deviation. once the man had regained his sensibilities, he shot back, saying the sixth course should never serve salmon, instead regaling the fish to the amusebouche or the cheese course. kon snorted and told him fish itself was going out of style, and if he wanted to impress guests at the next dinner party he hosted, he should try serving octopus.

tim's shocked face was a pleasant surprise, but seeing the stunned, controlled blinks of everyone around him as they realized he wasn't just a pretty face was satisfying as well. even more satisfying was when he and tim said their goodbyes; while waiting for the valet, tim pressed up onto the tips of his toes and whispered promisingly in kon's ear, i fucking love your competence.

#9 : manipulating people into hating him to justify his actions - he was eighteen, and he was screaming, crying, tearing his hair out. kon didn't know what he had expected. lingering fondness? grudging acceptance? maybe a small leap for a chance at love?

it didn't matter. clark didn't want anything to do with him. and he was eighteen now, which meant clark didn't need to take care of him anymore, didn't need to pretend to pay attention to him anymore. he'd made it quite clear.

maybe that was why he found himself hesitating before saying no to amanda waller's offer. he forgot about the warnings tim gave him, though, and waller pounced on that hesitation, quicker than a panther. it was easy, it was oh so easy to let himself go with her.

besides, they had a reason to hate him now. he hadn't done anything to clark. he hadn't asked to be made. but clark had wanted nothing to do with him anyway, and didn't that sting. so if people were going to turn him away now, it was going to be for something he did.

he didn't realize how bad he was spiraling, how close he was to stepping off the lighted ledge he'd been balancing on his entire life and tumbling into the darkness below. but cassie had a stronger punch than most grown superheroes, and bart had tenaciousness written into every strand of his ginormous hair, and tim gripped his jaw so hard his fingernails dug into kon's skin and told kon that he was getting his best friend back, no matter what the hell he thought he was worth.

maybe it was madness that made him throw himself forward, still wrapped in the lasso cassie borrowed from diana, practically mauling tim's lips with his own. he was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to break down crying after he kissed someone, given past experience, but the three of them, his wonderful, wonderful friends, just hugged him tight, let him fight and shake and sob until all the rage was gone. it was the first time in a long while he'd done something in hopes that someone would look at him with love, not hatred.

#10 : waltzing - he was twenty-three, twenty three and giddy with how much time he had left. conner was with tim drake-wayne publicly now, so expectations were thrust onto him, expecting to be met.

kon tended to have more fun at events than tim ever did. granted, kon didn't have to deal with all of his coworkers drinking too much and exchanging money with secrets faster than drugs and asking tim whether or not his relationship meant he was open for still-young and handsome men who needed just a small escape from their wives. but tim wasn't trying very hard to enjoy himself either.

so kon was completely justified in tugging him towards the center of the room, in a patch of floor sparsely occupied, then pulling him as close as he dared. tim's panicked whisper of what!? was overridden by kon's laughter, but he muffled his sounds for a minute, letting tim hear the quiet music playing in the background (prerecorded and playing on speakers, not live).

understanding broke over tim's face, and he arched into kon's hold as easy as breathing. kon moved one of his hands to grip tim's wrist, and he twirled the two of them effortlessly, breathless at tim's flabbergasted expression. the rhythm was simple, and tim caught on quickly. one two three, one two twist, one two three, one two step, one two three, one two switch, one two three, one two three.

kon couldn't say they danced the night away, because a little while later tim took a break for a drink, then speeches were made, then dinner was served. by then, they were both entirely too tired to dance, longing for just a bed and a soft blanket and each other. but for those few minutes in the middle of a packed yet empty ballroom, kon and tim did lose themselves in the music, just a little bit.

i don't know shit about taxes or socialism. this got way longer than anticipated whoops. i'm tagging this "long post," but if someone asks me to put it under a cut, i'd be happy to

also jesus christ this thing is almost 2.5k words. im uploading it to ao3 later if i'm in the mood

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cipheress-to-k-pop · 4 years ago

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Hello!! sorry to bother you could write a ben 10 x reader? (the reader is kidnapped by vilgax and ben has to save her, after that ben and the reader has an argument) please, i love your fics!!

Storm Before The Calm

Pairing: Pre-Established; Ben Tennyson x Reader

Warnings: None

Word Count: 3.4k words

A/N: I changed up the request a bit (I figured it shouldn't matter which villain was used here) also I was planning to have this as sort of a damsel in distress situation but after having a chat with some boys pigs I decided a self indulgant badass reader was right up my alley

Additional A/N: I have a math exam on Thursday and I cannot focus for the life of me. So, I decided to finish up one of my drafts. Now hopefully I'll be able to work like a robot for the next week, after satisfying my creative side. Also, this fic was super self indulgant.

"I trust Ben.” You did. With your entire being.

Kevin chuckled from beside you, “Yeah, try saying that without cracking the fillings in your teeth and maybe we’ll believe you.”

His words caused you to relax, only then realizing how hard your jaw was clenched in fury. Gwen sighed in disappointment and for a second you wanted to defend her cousin and your boyfriend. Until you realized that he deserved every bit of unbridled anger coming to him.

“I trust him. Doesn’t mean I’m not mad at him.”

Your hands were balled into tight fists and even though you wanted to take your eyes off the television screen and take a warm bath, you also for some reason couldn’t stop yourself from watching it.

Like you were afraid something would happen when your eyes were off the screen for even a second. Maybe you didn’t trust him.

But honestly how could you, you were currently watching your boyfriend relax in a hot tub with Jennifer Nocturne and the sight was enough to send bile up your throat.

Ben wasn’t returning any of her advances, but he wasn’t stopping her either. And the thought made you sick to your stomach. You knew Ben was faithful and you knew he would never cheat on you but watching how the Hollywood starlet continued to hang off him sent waves of jealousy through you.

Not to mention anger at the fact that he wasn’t doing anything to stop her. When he got back, you were going to wring his neck.

Trusting him was getting harder with Gwen constantly insisting that you dump him.

Honestly, you wondered how that girl even kept a relationship.

When Ben eventually came home, all the entertainment channels were still talking about the two of them and the well-known picture of Jennifer Nocturne kissing him was circulating about. Each time you looked at that image, you wanted to shoot an arrow at the TV.

As time went by, your anger slowly fizzled out. You were unable to maintain your rage at Ben, quickly getting a headache and feeling tired of trying to maintain negative emotions. Even then, you couldn't push down the uneasy feeling in your heart that seized your stomach.

You kept expecting a text message from Ben, an apology call but as the night proceeded you understood that he was having way too much fun with another woman to even think about how you must be feeling.

The thought of that made you want to go back home and crawl underneath the covers, hiding away from the rest of the world.

But Gwen was persistent and any time you tried to wiggle away from the pair of them and go home, she insisted that you stay and make sure Ben knew how upset he made you tonight.

You were more than happy to give your boyfriend the cold shoulder until he apologized rather than have to confront him. That was just how your relationship with Ben worked. Neither of you were the type to lose your tempers and yell and scream at each other.

Although you were worried what would come out of this. Would you be able to peacefully discuss your feelings and then come to some sort of conclusion civilly? Seems too good to be true honestly.

Even then you waited until Ben came home, listening to Gwen and Kevin about how you should rip the band aid off and get everything off your chest rather than ignore him for a couple of days until the two of you got bored.

Usually, the latter would work but you had an inkling that it wouldn't be the solution for this particular argument because if you didn't communicate your emotions then he would never know how you felt about it.

So, even though your stomach filled with anxiety and sadness as the hours passed, you still didn't leave, determined to talk to him about it.

Your jaw was clenched tight when he finally did come back home, utterly relaxed and even happy like he wasn't just curled up against some Hollywood starlet while his girlfriend was watching it on E!

"I'm really upset with you." You ground out when Kevin and Gwen left, not knowing how else to start the conversation.

"What for?"

You didn't reply, picking up the remote and flicking to a gossip channel, then a news channel, then an interview show and all of them had the picture of Ben Tennyson and Jennifer Nocturne locking lips.

Ben winced, "She kissed me! I didn't even return it."

You still refused to look at you, crossing your arms aggressively, "Uh huh and what was today all about?"

"It's just publicity. Jennifer thinks that it'll help with my career."

You scoffed, "What career?"

Ben's back tensed up and he turned to give you a stiff expression, "I'm a superhero. I've saved the universe a thousand times and now that I'm finally getting recognition for it, you want to be petty?"

"Petty? You think I'm being petty? Well forgive me for getting upset after watching my boyfriend curl up to some other woman in a hot tub for the last five hours!" You bit, standing up from the couch.

"It wasn't like that! Stop blowing everything out of proportion!"

"No, you stop pretending like this isn't a big deal! Ever since your secret got out you've been acting like an ass and since meeting that blonde rat it's only gone through your head more!" You shouted, clenching your hands at your sides. How could he not see your side of this?

"Well shouldn't I get to enjoy my life once in a while?! I'm the one saving the planet constantly! I'm the one with constant death threats and near death experiences every other week! Shouldn't I get some attention for it?! God knows I don't get any from you!" He yelled back and you grit your teeth.

"Don't forget that while you were out there risking your life, we were right beside you!"

"Oh, so that's what it is, you're jealous that everyone thinks of you as the sidekick!"

"That is so NOT what this is about!"

"Oh really? Because it sounds like you're jealous because you're not getting attention by mooching off of me!"

Your eyes widened in shock. Mooching? Did he seriously think that you risked your life alongside him every day to help other people and more importantly, keep him safe, for attention?

Your body trembled, outraged and you didn't say another word, leaving his house in a rush and slamming the door behind you.

You needed something to hit.

***

Your body pumped with adrenaline and anger, muscles itching to be used as you sauntered through the old and run-down factory with reckless abandon. You briefly wondered whether you should've told Gwen or Kevin you were going there but then decided against it, pride and anger too great.

Any doubts or hesitation you had disappeared when you saw Vulkanus, standing tall and broad in his metal suit. And as per usual, he had his herd of minions doing his physical labour.

"If it isn't the Plumber's sweetheart." He drawled once he noticed you. You didn't bother with the stealth, leaving the door wide open behind you and letting the sunlight seep in. If he knew what was good for him, then this would be over quick.

"Hello Vulkanus." You greeted politely and he rolled his eyes. Of all people, he knew just how misleading your innocence was.

"Where's the cavalry?"

"Just me today." You answered and for a second you were confused by your own confidence. Maybe you were taking this just a little too easy. Oh well, that was another thing you could blame your pig-headed boyfriend for.

"Well then, this is going to be easier than I thought. Hope you said goodbye to your boyfriend, sweetheart." He rasped out and the corner of your mouth twitched into a smirk. Without another word, you raised your arms, feeling the familiar heat of fire in the palm of your hand before chucking it at him.

Just as you knew he would, he sent his minions towards you first. They were embarrassingly unskilled but the problem came in numbers. They swarmed around you like ants and you felt yourself getting irritated at the clicking sound they were making.

Unfortunately for Vulkanus his make-shift factory was right beside a dam which gave you an endless supply of the elements to work with.

Summoning all the water you could manoeuvre, you pulled it into the factory, shattering the windows along with it and flooding the room. It only took a few flicks of your wrist to create a whirlpool in the centre, knocking all the workers off their feet.

You stiffened your hands, curling in your fingers and the temperature dropped, the water solidifying with each second until all of them were encased in ice. Another flick of the wrist had the path clearing between you and Vulkanus, who was still warm.

"You-You're sparing me?" He asked, confused and a dry laugh left you.

"Not at all," You sang, eyes turning dark, "I'm giving you special treatment."

Vulkanus bounded towards you, holding his mallet high and you swiftly dodged, using water on the floor to slide quickly. He crashed into the engine of one of his machines, the fuel tank exploding and spewing fowl smelling petrol onto the floor.

It floated above the level of water and began surrounding both of you.

He once again came at you, letting out a roar and you used the water to sink through the crevices of his suit, freezing it from within and you heard the satisfying sound of his suit cracking.

Just a little more strength and forcing a gust of air through the cracks had it falling apart and his frail body fell out of its metal encasing.

"You'll pay for this! You big bully!"

"Thanks for the fun time today, Vulkanus." You smiled, strutting to the door just as confidently as you came in. Even though your body was burning from the workout and you could barely breathe, you still couldn't get over the high.

Before leaving the building, you turned around to see him still glaring at you from his place on the floor.

"Oh, I should probably free your minions, right?" You commented, eyes flickering between the ones still encased in ice and the floor that was still flooded with water and petrol.

You let out a fake sigh, "I guess I'll be nice today," You winked at Vulkanus, "Thanks for the playdate, sweetheart."

His eyes widened when you blew a kiss to him, watching in fear as you ignited a flare in your palm and blew it towards him before turning around and using the wind to slam the doors behind you. When you were just a few feet away you heard the place blow apart.

Slowly, the adrenaline began melting and the blood rushing through your ears was much more audible. You were panting, tired from the exercise and the thought of calling Kevin to come and pick you up. Or maybe even Ben. You were calm enough now to have a conversation with him.

When you pulled your phone out of your pocket you felt a hand on your shoulder and spun around to meet eyes with Captain Nemesis. For a brief second you were wondering if he was here to invite you to some inane party or even to tell you that Ben was at one.

Although you hardly looked the part, you were sweating and your face was probably red and blotchy.

"Can I help you?" You asked, taking a step back, he was a little too close to you and the look in his eye freaked you out.

"As a matter of fact, you can." He said, "You see I'm arranging a little stunt for Ben Tennyson. An opportunity if you will, to showcase some of his heroism."

You rolled your eyes, turning away from him. The last thing you wanted to do was feed Ben's ego at the moment.

"With all due respect, I don't really think I'm up for a damsel in distress routine right now, Captain, I'd rather just get home. And If you take another step towards me, I'll kick you where the sun doesn't shine." You snapped and he backed off obediently, raising his hands in a form of surrender.

"That's too bad." He mused and you turned away from him, intent on walking back home or even calling a cab. Anything to get away from this creep faster.

"Too bad you don't really have a choice."

You felt his hand on your bare shoulder again but before you could even react you felt volts of electricity rush through you. You gasped painfully, feeling fire through your veins before everything started to hurt.

White burned in your vision and colours started to blur together as your eyes filled with tears. Your body crumbled, falling forward and Captain Nemesis caught you.

Right before your consciousness slipped away you heard him say something.

"For your sake, you better hope that Ben Tennyson is as great as those gossip channels make him out to be."

***

When you felt yourself regaining consciousness, you could feel your weight pulling down and also couldn't feel the ground. This had your eyes snapping open, regardless of how dizzy you were and how many dots were in your vision.

You hazily made out the venue, Nemesis Tower, before recognize the blonde woman tied up beside you. It didn't take long before you realized she was tied to the other end of the rope, suspended through mid-air just like you.

This was no doubt going to be some sort of deathly choice.

You noticed when Ben came in, turning into Ultimate Humangasaur. He looked furious, like you've never seen him before and you knew it was because Ben was certain he'd teach him a lesson today.

"Where's (Y/N)." He all but growled and your heart soared. You didn't realize how much you missed him until now, everything from before was forgotten.

"Right up there. And so is Jennifer." He replied, still smug despite the way Ben was pining him to the ground by his throat. Ben followed his gaze to meet your eyes and you took a deep breathe, bracing yourself.

A selfish part of you wanted to stay and see what Ben would do, would he save you even though Jennifer was a civilian and world famous?

Even then you figured that you shouldn't risk anyone's life for petty jealousy, so you took a deep breath, blowing it out through your mouth and watching as a gust of wind blew past, the pressure making you swing.

You swung a few feet back, letting your body fall a little before blowing again. Once you gained enough momentum, you looked up to the rope tying the two of you together and spitting fire at it, falling at an angle. You briefly heard Jennifer scream and revelled in her karma for a hot second.

On your way down, you quickly burnt off the rest of the ropes, bringing a pool of water to crystallize into a makeshift slide as you slide on your knees across the floor, just in time to catch Jennifer in your arms.

Your knees stung as they scraped across the concrete and the wind was knocked out of you when the woman fell into your form.

She gasped and her eyes that was screwed shut gently fluttered open. Up close you could understand why everyone was in love with her. Even then you couldn't spare her any concern.

You quickly pushed her out of your arms, noticing Gwen and Kevin staring at you in awe when you stood up. You cracked your knuckles, making your way over to the older man with a scowl.

"For your sake, you better hope that I'm just as weak as you think I am. Spoiler alert, I'm not."

Ben spared a small smile at you but you couldn't feel anything aside from hot fury. You felt water surge beneath your fingers and threw it at him, pulling up a wall of earth to block his blasts.

Your boyfriend immediately began fighting alongside you and your bodies fell into a familiar rhythm. Even though there was a crazed narcissist trying to kill you, you felt safe beside Ben.

It wasn't long before the four of you managed to overpower him, rendering his armour useless until he was defeated, lying pathetically on the ground.

You walked up to him and your lips twisted into an unimpressed frown when you noticed the way he had the audacity to glare at you. Without a second word, you raised your leg and kicked him right between the legs.

"I always keep my promises, Captain."

Kevin began laughing behind you and Ben cringed.

Finally, when you turned to meet Ben, now de-transformed, all the fight left your body and you relaxed. He looked apologetic and you let him approach you.

His arms wrapped around your waist and you leaned into him, breathing the familiar scent of his deodorant and snaking your arms under his jacket to fist his T-shirt.

He sighed into your hair, arms tightening around your body, "I'm sorry. For being an ass to you and saying all those horrible things, I was being an idiot and you deserve an apology."

You didn't move, not pulling away from the way your forehead was pressed against the length of his neck, "Thank you for coming to save me."

"Didn't look like you needed much help." He chuckled and you felt happy hearing the pride in his voice.

"I missed you." You murmured, holding him a little tighter and he turned his head to kiss your forehead gently. And just like that, everything was right in the world. Just as long as you were in each other's arms.

"I love you."

You heard the click of a camera and your head snapped up to see a herd of cameramen and reporters along with a couple of police cars. Ben laughed nervously beside you, "I guess we won't have to worry about another actress coming between us."

You gave him an unimpressed frown and he just smiled, leaning to peck your lips and you heard the crowd of reporters’ gasp and heard the shutters of cameras before they began shouting questions at you.

You pulled away from him when you saw Jennifer Nocturne make her way towards you. You figured she wanted to snuggle up to Ben now that the cameras were filming.

Instead, she walked right up to you, hugging you tightly and your arms flailed pathetically beside her, unsure of what to do, "You saved my life! I don't know how to thank you!"

She pulled away for just a second before pressing a kiss to your lips. Your eyes widened in alarm and the shutters began once again and flashes practically blinded you.

"Huh, so that's what that feels like." Ben murmured when she pulled away from you. Kevin was smirking beside him, satisfied that he got a taste of his own medicine and Gwen was just in shock.

Ben felt his stomach turn at the sight of Jennifer’s lipstick on your mouth and you were unsure whether you should feel repulsed or cocky.

But as you wiped the pigment off your lips and curled back into Ben's side you couldn't feel anything other than your burning muscles and your drooping eyelids.

You squinted because of the bright lights, feeling a headache grow as the exhaustion from before crept up on you again. After 2 fights and a kidnapping today, there was nothing more you wanted than a nap.

"Wanna go home?" Your ever observant boyfriend asked just as the nausea started to kick in. You nodded and he guided you away from the reporters to his car.

He gently placed you into the front seat, shielding your head as you got in to prevent you from hitting it against the hood before buckling your seatbelt, watching carefully as you drifted into a sound sleep.

Ben heard everyone behind him swoon as he lovingly placed a kiss to your knuckles and then climbed into the seat beside you, sparing you one last warm glance before starting the car and driving away.

He'd definitely notice the shy smile on your face when you saw that Ben kissing you was on the front page of a magazine.

And you'd notice the jealous scowl he'd have when he saw that Jennifer kissing you was on the front page of another.

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