#it also made sense to me to go to the gauntlet first bc it was closest to all the other side missions in that area đ moonrise i wayy out of
should i just let them die
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Heâs Lost - Bakugou Katsuki - Part 1
Bakugou x f!reader
Warnings - Angst, Physical Harm, Cursing, accused Cheating, Katsukiâs insecurities
BAKUGOUâS MASTERLIST
A/N: This is my first writing piece but this has been stuck in my mind since v-day is coming up so I had to get it out. Plz enjoy!!
Part 1Â Part 2Â Part 3Â Part 4
Summary: Y/N is so busy around Valentineâs, her lack of attention towards her Pomeranian is causing him to freak out and do the worst of the worst
Love is in the air! The birds are singing, The breeze is blowing, the setting sun is shining, and the explosive teen is.....well, bruting.
Can you blame him though? Y/Nâs been a little distant ever since February started. Even right now, instead of enjoying their time together in a quiet park, sheâs staring down at her phone doing who knows what.
Why? Was he not good enough? Has she gotten tired of him? Theyâve only been together for a little over a year. Is she talking to someon- no. Katsuki stopped himself from thinking like that. Thereâs no way his precious teddy bear would ever do that. Not only that, he was the best there is. Why would she even try to go?
âYou dumbass. Youâre missing this.â Bakugou sighed. âHuh? What? Missing what?â Y/N looked around looking for whatever âthisâ was until Bakugou grabbed her chin to force her to look him in the eyes. âTHIS DUMBASS! US! Youâre so focused on that dumb phone. Jeez, canât a guy just get his girlâs attention.â Bakugou said dramatically.
It wasnât that Y/N wasnât giving him attention, itâs that it wasnât the same. Yea she right there snuggled into his arm. And yea she was petting his hair just the way he liked. And YES, she was peppering his face with kisses from time to time. But it all felt off? Like only half her energy was put into the love and affection.
âSuki, arenât u being a little dramatic. Iâm right here with you baby. Iâm sorry if Iâve been a little distracted. Come here dummy.â And as Y/N pulls Bakugou in for a tighter hug all he can do is release a âhmphâ while falling into it...until her phone went (ding!) once again. And she went to check it. Once again.
Bakugou was getting tired so he got up and suggested theyâd head back to UA. Y/N only got up and began to walk beside him, hand in hand, while still checking her phone time to time. And Bakugou was getting sick of it
*Wtf is she doing on that piece of junk? What could be so important she would half ass our entire evening together? .....Could she possibly be talking to someone else?............no.* Bakugou let those negative thoughts die down as they continued their journey back.
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A few days later
âCOME ON!!â Bakugou screamed as he realeased a blast towards Kirishima. When Bakugou invited him to train, The red head initially thought it was to ...you know..TRAIN. But after some time, the blondeâs best friend began to see the bigger picture.
âDude. Whatâs up with you man? We always go full on during training, but itâs not even like youâre trying to hit me. It feels like youâre just taking your anger out on me.â Kirishima said.
âCongrats on noticing shitty hair, Iâm glad somebodyâs noticing my damn mood.â Weirded out by his friendâs unusual openness, the red head continued to ask.
âSo whatâs up?â
âNothing.â
âBut you just-â
âNOPE!â
Bakugou exclaimed as he began to gather his stuff to leave the training area. âBAKUGOU!â Kiri shouted. âWHAT!â â.......itâs Y/N isnât it?â
Upon hearing that, the blonde turned to look at his best friend with this sad puppy dog look. And man, if Katsuki had doggy ears, everyone would see how low theyâd go. His best friend didnât need to see it though, he could tell those ears would be 6 ft under if they were actually there bc thereâs nothing hiding Katsukiâs vulnerability when it comes to Y/N. As the two best friends go to sit on the bleachers, Bakugou takes a deep breath before saying his thoughts.
âI think Y/N is cheating on me.â
â................HUH???!!!!â
Kirishima went from âcaring and considerateâ to âWHATDIDHESAYYYâ in seconds. Y/N L/N?? Cheating?? Ok. Y/N was one fiesty girl, and she definitely had sass, power, attitude, and a little mischief, but she also had kindness, compassion, consideration, and honesty flowing though her. Not to mention extreme loyalty. Thereâs no way.
âLook man, with all due respect, I think youâve finally lost it.â The red head laughed. âIâm being serious shitty hair.â The blonde stated. âSheâs been so distracted lately. Sheâs always with me but itâs like her mind is also somewhere else. And not to mention that damn phone sheâs always on now. She canât go 30 minutes without checking it at least twice. And not only that, when she does leave to do whatever, sheâs gone for hours at a time! Whatâs a guy supposed to think with all of that?! I mean itâd make sense if she wanted to leave. I get it, I can get loud, and yell, and I get angry a lot but.. she knows I never mean it, right? I call her a dumbass like i do everyone else...ugh but she isnât just everyone else, sheâs my girlfriend and sheâs the best thing thatâs ever happened to me.....SO WHY TF IS SHE CHEATIN-â before the blonde could continue, his best friend cut him off.
âBAKUGOUâ âWHAT??!!â â....talk to her.â Kirishima said. âWhat?â Bakugou asked. Kirishima continued. âCheating is a real sensitive topic in a relationship. I donât wanna give my opinion on something that could ruin something amazing. Câmon man, we both know Y/N isnât like that but who am I to tell you what to do. I wanna help, I do, but I think itâs best if you go to her with all this. Honestly though, if you asked me, Y/N would be the last person Iâd ever think of when it came to cheating on ANYTHING. Especially the guy she cares so much about.â And with that last sentence, Kirishima stood up from his spot and pat Bakugou on his shoulder before exiting.
With Bakugou left with nothing but his thoughts and Kirishimaâs advice, he left and headed straight towards your room.
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âShut up!â You excitingly screamed though the phone. âYou really found the last part?â
âYup, it only took about 6 different stores across the entire city.â Shinsou sarcastically replied. âYou owe me.â
âYeah, yeah, I know and I appreciate it. Katsukiâs gonna love his gift!â You said.
With Valentineâs Day around the corner, youâve been preparing only the best Valentineâs Day surprise for the best boyfriend in the world. Youâve been so busy planning your surprise that I guess you could say you havenât been giving Katsuki the massive amount of attention heâs used to from you, but you can definitely say itâll all be worth it when he sees one of his presents that youâve been working on. A silencer for his gauntlet blasts that not only decreases the volume of his attacks, but also increases his attack power. You remember how Bakugou had vented about his attacks being too loud that they scare people, but when he tried to keep them quiet, the attack isnât as powerful so saving can be quite difficult. He only spoke about it once, but you could see the look on his face whenever he was out using his quirk around civilians. So why not give him a device thatâll help with his loud little problem. Now were you a support class student who knew how to make support items? Hell no. But were you a loving girlfriend willing to give her man the best Valentineâs Day ever? Hell yeah.
The piece of gear wouldâve been easier to make IF it werenât for a pesky piece of the project getting destroyed by Shinsou after he made Denki electrocute himself while he was right next to your prototype on the table. So to make it up to you, Shinsou went all around town looking for the piece you needed to complete your support item for Katsuki. Finally, all pieces had come together.
âHe better. That damn bastard doesnât know how amazing his girlfriend is. Instead of ignoring his ass these past few weeks, you sent ME to get all this shit for you so you could keep your precious Pomeranian happy.â Shinsou said while rolling his baggy eyes.
As Bakugou approached the outside of your dorm roomâs door, he heard your voice.
âYou know, youâre so right. That Pomeranian is unaware of just exactly how amazing I am. I really couldâve left whenever but I stuck around.â You snorted. âWell Iâm glad I had you with me through it all Shinsou.â
*Pomeranian? SHINSOU?!? Through IT ALL?!?!? YOU WERE WITH THAT PURPLE HAIRED, SLEEP DEPRIVED ASS MIND CONTROLLING FREAK?!?? AND YOU WERE WITH HIM THE ENTIRE TIME YOUâVE BEEN DATING BAKUGOU?!?*
Oh to say Katsuki was pissed was an understatement. He felt all these emotions hitting him all at once. Anger, Disgust, Pain, Betrayal. It all became too much for him before Katsuki ran away from your down with his bed down and silent tears hitting the floor. When he let himself fall to the floor in the privacy of his room he screamed into his hands. His first love, his first real relationship, his teddy bear betraying his love, loyalty, and trust for over an entire year. After hours of crying, Katsuki was able to pull himself into bed. He couldnât even bring himself to shower even though he spent all that time in the gym with Kirishima. He just wanted to sleep to escape reality. As he looked at his phone, he saw 1 missed call from Y/N, and 1 text saying âGoodnight loveđđĽ!â Bakugou scoffed at the text. Figuring u must be texting Shinsou the same thing. As Bakugou placed his phone down, an evil thought came to mind. Ruin her.
Bakugou smirked to himself as he had this pyscho and sinister look on his face. He would ruin Y/N. They havenât officially broken up yet, so he could hurt her just as she hurt him. And Bakugou wasnât stupid or so he thought heâs aware Valentineâs is coming up, so why not break little Y/N L/Nâs heart on a day dedicated to nothing but love and happiness. Itâll be the perfect revenge on a little satin like her. Bakugou finally turned on his side with an evil, satisfied smile, and fat tears in his eyes once more.
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The next morning, Katsuki got up with a broken heart, but he figured if he wanted his plan to work, he had to fake this smile. Getting up, getting ready, and getting dressed was business as usual, but meeting up with Y/N in the morning was now off the schedule. Instead of going into her room to check on her like he usually does, he just went straight to breakfast and straight to class without speaking to anyone.
With Class 1-A seated and Mr.Aizawa at the head of the classroom, the students can finally start their first lesson of the day. Until, the door slid wide open. There stood an exhausted and quite frankly dishelved Y/N. âMy apologies sensei. I was up late last night and overslept. Please forgive me.â Y/N said as she bowed her head in sorry. âJust take your seat L/N.â The tired eye teacher said.
As Y/N walked to her desk, she noticed Bakugou wouldnât even glance her way. She was a little thrown off since it would be normal for him to at least give her a judgemental look for sleeping in, but no. Nothing.
Bakugou on the other hand was writhing in agony. Oh how he wanted to check on Y/N and make sure everything was fine, but that voice in the back of his head couldnât help but tell him to ignore her since sheâs a cheater. She may have been the girl heâs loved dearest, but she was also the one causing his heart to shatter.
After a few classes, Y/N tried to approach Bakugou several times, but each time he brushed her off. And when the bell finally rang for lunch, you can bet Katsuki was the first one out the door. Y/N followed him of course, in worry and concern.
âBabe! Baby! Katsuuu!!! KATSUKII!â Y/N whined for her boyfriend to at least look at her but once again. Nothing. Bakugou wanted to hug her and hold her tight but he couldnât. Not after what sheâs done. Right before Bakugou entered the cafeteria, Y/N pulled him aside and held onto his wrists.
âBaby? Hey, whatâs up with you? Iâve been calling your name and trying to talk to you but you keep brushing me off. You also didnât stop by this morning. Is something wrong, love?â Y/N was hoping for something. ANYTHING at this point. And it was like the gods heard her prayer because she definitely got....something. âMy bad.â The blonde haired boy dryly replied. â....Oh, um, ok suki.â The poor girl just thought her dear boyfriend was having a bad day, so she just left it alone and let him go. But still, even on his worse days he would at least visit her in the mornings. As they sat down with the bakusquad, the entire table noticed how Bakugou sat up and moved across from Y/N after she chose to sit next to him like usual. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife, and Kirishima could already feel what had gone down. He at least knew his bro didnât talk to his girl. Not manly at all.
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Valentineâs Day
During lunch, Kirishima has finally decided to speak to Bakugou about this whole thing. He hasnât been getting any updates since their time in the gym, so when it was just him and his best friend having lunch together, he went for it.
âMan what the hell is going on with you and Y/N? Iâve noticed youâve been avoiding her like crazy,â Kirishima said while stuffing his face, nervous about the answer. âI was right all along.â The blonde sadly spoke. âSheâs been cheating on me since the start of our entire relationship. And with that baggy eyed freak from 1-B.â
Kirishima couldnt believe what he was hearing. He almost choked on his food. Y/N was actually cheating. I guess people donât know people as well as he thought. â.....wow...Iâm sorry man.â The red haired friend said. He was at a lost for words and didnât know what else to say. *sigh* âdonât be. It all goes down tonight.â Bakugou said with a sad smile. âWhat do you mean?â His friend asked. The blonde looked at him right in his red eyes. âIâm breaking her heart tonight, on the one day of the year dedicated to love.â
Meanwhile
Instead of going to lunch, Y/N spent her time finishing up Katsukiâs surprise in his room. Yeah, heâs been having a bad past few days so why not bring him a smile with these amazing gifts on the day of love. Although Y/N didnât really feel the love today (due to Katsuki again being so distant and ignoring her âgood morning blastyđĽđ!â And âHappy Valentineâs Day my loveâĽď¸!â Texts) she was determined to make sure Katsuki knew just exactly how much she loved him. She was almost done setting up in his room. Rose petals on the bed, Candles everywhere, 4 different gifts including his new support item made by you, his favorite meal is going to be set here on his table, and you and him together spending every loving second with each other. Y/N didnât realize that because of her setup, she missed the entire rest of the day. âMeh, so worth it when I see the look on Sukiâs face.â Tonight is going to be perfect.....or so you thought.
You didnât expect to find Katsuki in your room, sitting on the edge of you bed waiting for you with his head hanging low and his shoulders slumped.
*maybe he has a surprise for me....? Yea that has to be it!* Y/N happily thought as she closed the door.
âSuki!! Happy Valentineâs Day!â Y/N said with all the love in her heart as she ran and jumped on the boy for a hug. But Bakugou didnât say anything. He didnât move. He just glanced back up at her, giving her this cold stare. Y/N was too busy professing her undying love for her boyfriend to even notice his scary silence. âSuki Iâm really glad itâs you who I have in my life,â the love sicken girl bashfully spoke while looking at the ground. âYou make me so happy and I feel so blessed being able to spend my life with you in it. I really hope you know just how much I care and lov-â Bakugou couldnât listen to this bullshit anymore. He pushed Y/N off of him just before she could say those 3 words that would get him to break.
âHey! Suki? Why would you do that?!â Y/N exclaimed while standing back up. âI hate you.â The blonde spoke coldly. As those words left his mouth, Y/N heart and world were falling apart. Her eyes went wide open and her jaw slightly dropped. As she was about to say something else, Katsuki cut her off with âIâm breaking up with your dumbass. Right here. Right now!â Bakugou yelled. Y/N was in shock. She felt hurt, pain, she was just feeling so broken.
As tears filled her eyes, she asked âw-why?â as she tried to reach out to him. âWhy? WHY?!â Bakugou screamed as he stood up above her slapping her hand away. âTHE FUCK DO YOU MEAN WHY, Y/N. YOUâRE A FUCKING CHEATER, THATS WHY!â The blonde yelled in her face. Y/N couldnât believe it. He thought she was cheating? Why would she even do that? She already has the best person in the world for her so why? âDONT EVEN GIVE ME THAT âit didnât mean anything, Suki!â BULLSHIT. I DONT GIVE A FUCK, CUZ YOUâVE BEEN CHEATING ON ME AND PLAYING ME FOR A DAMN FOOL THIS ENTIRE FUCKING TIME!â Bakugou went on as his voice began to crack while tears flowed down his porcelain face. âYOU LIED TO ME. I GAVE YOU MY ENTIRE BEING AND YOU FUCKING LIED. YOU DUMB FUCKING BITCH, I CANT BELIEVE I EVER LOVED A SORRY EXCUSE OF A PERSON LIKE YOU. I HATE YOU SO DAMN MUCH, I DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUCK I SAW IN YOU!â Y/Nâs heart hit the ground. No actually, it went 6 ft under because after all that heâs said, her heart is dead. Broken. In agony. âSuki I-â âDONT FUCKING CALL ME THAT L/N.â Hearing him refer to her with her family name hit so hard. âKATSUKI PLEASE! I DIDNT DO ANYTHING I SWEA-â as Y/N tried to reach out to him, he interrupted her again and pushed her hand away. âI SAID DONT CALL ME THAT!â
The blonde yelled, except this time....he didnât only yell. The burning scent of smoke came into his nose and the loud explosion could be heard throughout the building. The product of what he just did came to him. He just attacked the love of his life. As much as Y/N hurt him, Katsuki still loved her with his everything. And the fact that he subconsciously attacked her broke him even more. Y/Nâs screams of pain reached his ears, as he looked down and saw his precious teddy bear with a burned arm and fat tears on her face, crying in pain.
Bakugou ran down to her level to try and help her. âY/N! Hey, hey teddy bear look Iâm so-â Y/N pushed him away before he could continue. âWHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BAKUGOU?!â Ouch. His family name felt like poison coming from your tongue. âPrincess, Iâm sorry I didnât-â âSHUT UP AND LET ME SPEAK FOR ONCE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!â Y/N screamed as she stood up to face him. âI DIDNT FUCKING CHEAT ON YOU. WHY THE HELL WOULD I DO THAT WHEN YOUâRE THE BEST DAMN THING THATS EVER HAPPENED TO ME?!..ah!â Y/N was cut off by the stinging of her wound, and Bakugou couldnât do anything but stare. Y/N grabbed onto her wound before continuing. âI love you Bakugou. I wouldnât even dream about doing wrong by you. I thought I was a good girlfriend or at least a good person-â Bakugou quickly interrupted âNo! Y/N you are, I just-â âIf I am then what the hell made you even think of me so lowly? What the hell did I do to make you question my loyalty? What the hell did I do that was worthy of you burning my fucking arm?!â Y/N cried out.
Silence fell upon the room. It felt like hours before anybody said anything. Both people had heavy tears in their face now. One crying because he realized he was an idiot and harmed the girl who did nothing wrong, and One crying because she did nothing wrong but ended up being a villain in her loved oneâs life. Y/N broke the silence with a scoff.
âYou know what Suki?â Y/N said looking him in the eyes. âYes teddy bear?â Bakugou quickly replied with wide, desperate eyes upon hearing the loving nickname, thinking they would move on from this horrible incident. âGet the fuck out.â Y/N said in a low voice. Bakugou was shocked. He knew he fucked up horribly but after realizing the truth, he canât leave you! He loves you too damn much for that! âWhat? Y/N please listen to me, Iâm sor-â âI DONT GIVE A FUCK! Leave..please.â The sad girl cried. Bakugou grabbed onto her shoulders begging her to not end this. âY/N please! Please princess! Iâm so fucking sorry! Iâm an idiot, I know, and I definitely donât deserve you but please I canât lose you.â Bakugou said with tears falling down his face. âPlease donât do this to us. Please donât do this to me, Iâm BEGGING YOU.â âBakugou-â The sad boy cut you off, shaking his head, â NO ITS SUKI. YOUR SUKI. YOUR KATSUKI.......please teddy bear I need you.......h-here let me help yo-â
You harshly pushed the boy off of you and as he tried to desperately go back to you, you used your quirk to keep him at bay. âBakugou Katsuki. Iâm leaving this room since you wonât, and I wonât come back until I know youâre out of my room.â Y/N began as she looked at him with cold, sad eyes. âFrom now on, you wonât have to worry about this bitch because Iâll stay out of your life, I swear. Donât look at me, donât touch me, DONT EVEN TALK TO ME. Just leave me alone....weâre done.â And with that Y/N ran out of her room, and out of the building, needing to get away from the place for a little bit. She could deal with her wound later. She just needed to get away. Bakugou just stood there in sadness and shock. As much as he wanted to run after you, he figured heâd give you a little breather. You guys could fix things in the morning...right?
Bakugou waited an hour in your room waiting for you, but you were right. You really werenât coming back until he left your private area. So thatâs what he did. With a heavy heart, he picked himself up and dragged his feet back to his dorm. He looked like a mess. He knew he did. Messy hair, red swollen eyes, dry lips. His entire body screamed heartbroken. When he open the door, instant regret and love hit him at once. His room was covered with rose petals and flowers, there were candles everywhere, heart shaped balloons all around, he had 4 different boxes of gifts, and two plates of extra spicy curry was set on his table, obviously cold now. What caught his eye was that one of the gift boxes had a note attached to it. With tears in his eyes, he read it.
Hey Suki! Itâs Valentineâs Day! I love you to the moon and back and so much more. Thereâs no words that are able to describe the way I feel about you. You drive me insane in all the right ways and I love it! Lol. I hope you like your Valentineâs Day surprise. Iâve been working for weeks on it, so Iâm sorry if Iâve been a little distracted. I know Iâve been kinda absent these past few days but I promise Iâll make it up to you love! Hopefully I can start with this gift that Iâve been working on. Enjoy your brand new grenade silencer! Made it myself just for you. Thereâs nothing else in the world like this. I love you Bakugou Katsuki!
(P.S. If Shinsou from 1-B gives you shit about it, itâs because I made him drag his ass everywhere to look for a missing part so I wouldnât have to leave you so much)
XOXO, Your forever teddy bear <3
As he quickly opened the gift, he saw it. A silencer that would attach to his gauntlets to make the sound quieter and the blast even more powerful. It was incredible. You are incredible. He only ever mentioned the sound of his blasts once, and you listened and you fixed it.
Bakugou shook as tears began to fall onto the paper. He couldnât believe it. Everything started coming together now. The reason you were so distracted was because you were setting this up for him. You were always on the phone because you were assembling pieces and ordering gifts for him. You werenât cheating on him with Shinsou. You were making sure he could find something that you needed for him. Y/N L/N was truly the best girlfriend in the world. Scratch that, she is the best girlfriend in the world. No scratch that too, sheâs just the best, period. And Bakugouâs idiotic self ruined everything for him. All because he couldnât have a little faith in his teddy bear. As Katsuki cried and cried, he set everything aside.
He took the petals off his bed. He didnât deserve it. He blew out the candles around his room. He didnât deserve it. He popped the balloons, and ignored the food. He laid in bed with more tears than ever, and looked at the ceiling. He finally turned to his side to fall asleep, but not before grabbing the picture on his bedside nightstand. A picture of you and him. He remembers that picture oh so clearly. It was his birthday, and while he didnât want to celebrate, you did everything in your power to make it the best one yet. And you did just that. Bakugou hugged that picture so tight, because he didnât have you in his arms tonight. He didnât think he would ever have you in his arms again. So Bakugou Katsuki continued to cry until he was asleep, escaping from the reality of him losing his love, his teddy bear, his princess, and his Y/N.
Bakugou Katsuki never lost, no. Heâs always been ahead, always number one, always the best. He always won and achieved and nothing ever stopped him. Except this time, the only thing that stopped him and caused him to lose, was himself. He lost. He lost his everything. His world, his rock, his heart, his Y/N. Heâs lost without her in his life, and at this point he thinks heâs lost at life. There was nothing that could fix him unless it was you coming back to him.
Bakugou Katsuki? Heâs lost.
A/N: HOLY SHIT! That was my very first writing piece and it was just a Drabble of a thought Iâve been having. Sorry if itâs a little off and weird, Iâm still new to writing but hopefully Iâll get better. This was NOT spell checked so my apologies for any mistakes. I hope you enjoyed reading this! Thx for the love!
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hii! can you please make a natasha x reader fic where they both have been dating for a while and it's natasha's birthday and the reader surprises her with a brand new suit that she made herself and nat cries bc she never got a meaningful gift and the reader also surprises her with cake and more romantic gifts. you could make the reader tony's sister so it would make more sense that she's good at making suits but you don't have to!! thank you sm i need sum cute natty đŤ
Birthday Suit
Warning: Use of the pet name Sunflower,
Match: Natasha Romanoff x Reader
Genre: Fluff
A/N: So this one was fun. I hate my birthday but this actually was cute. Iâm trying a new way of presenting the dialogue. aesthetically it looks better but Iâm not sure how it reads. I've seen other authors do the dialogue on completely seperate lines so just lmk if this is good.
Word Count: ~2.5 k
Summary: Itâs Natasha's birthday, and despite her acting like she hates it you shower her with love.
The smell of cooking cake fills the compound. Even from the workshop, where you are, the sweet scent permeates the air. You have been baking for long enough to know what that smell means, the cake is almost done.
You check the clock on the wall. 2:44. Nat would be home at 5.
âShit. I need to get this done,â
You shake your head and set down your wire cutters. The list of everything you need to get done before she arrives rolls through your mind.
It was her birthday. She didnât know her actual birthday so years ago she made one up. The chosen date was a closely guarded secret she only shared with those she trusted most. For the most part the assassin didnât even celebrate. When you had asked a week prior what she wanted to do she had brushed you off claiming,
âI donât really care. As long as I get to be with my love.â
She had kissed you, hoping the kiss would fog your mind from any further planning. Unfortunately for her you were a big schemer, always going as big as you could for your friendâs birthdays.
You walked out of the workshop, making one last longing look at her unfinished gift on your messy work table. No one was around today. The one Saturday everyone had off a month. Natasha had gone shopping with Wanda, a plan conncocted to give you plenty of time to get everything ready.
âFriday do you mind turing the oven off?â
you asked the A.I. as you headed down the hallway.
âOf course Agent Y/L/N,â
entering the kitchen you picked up a discarded list of everything that needed to be done. Two items were crossed off âBake the cake, movie fort.â The unmarked items looked at you teasingly and you felt anxiety rise in your chest. What if you didnât get everything done and this birthday made Natasha hate birthdays even more? You shook your head trying to chase off the thoughts and went to the oven.
âOne perfectly baked chocolate cake coming up,â
grabbing an oven mitt you pulled the cake out of the oven and placed it on the counter. Carefully you coerced the cake from the pan and set it on the cooling rack.
Back when Wanda and you ventured into the baking realm you had begged Tony to put in a floor to ceiling blast chiller. The kind that was always on baking competitions. He reluctantly agreed, with the price of always having to give him a taste of your creations. The freezer was immensely helpful in tight circumstances. You were more than grateful for it now.
You set your cake into the freezer and went to the pantry to pull out all the ingredients you needed for icing. You poured the powdered sugar and placed the butter into the bowl. When you turned on the mixer a cloud of sugary powder exploded in the kitchen. You blinked and licked your lips. Bringing a hand up to wipe your face, you laughed hard. Sugar covered the entire counter and floor beneath you, not to mention your already grease stained clothes.
âWow, is my little sibling doing coke in here? And without me!â
a snarky voice sounded from across the room. You opened your eyes and squinted at your older brother with a scrunched nose.
âCan it Tony,â
You growled, grabbing a towel and wiping yourself off the counter. Tony laughed at you and opened the freezer to look at what sweet treats awaited him tonight.
âA cake? Are we celebrating?â
He laughed and made a teasing face. You rolled your eyes and called out to Friday.
âCan you order me four containers of icing from the store to be delivered?â
âYou got it!â
her chipper accented voice came over the audio. You threw the towel in the sink and landed a punch in Tonyâs arm as you left to go change.
âYou better not eat any of that cake until Nat has had at least one slice. I know where you keep those rare magic cards you think no one knows about and I will not hesitate to cut them all in half,â
He looked at you in shock. Whether it was because you knew about the secret stash or because you would dare cut them you werenât sure. The only way to get Tony mad was to go for something he couldnât replace with money.
âYOU WOULDN'T FUCKING DARE,â
You run away as he climbs out of his chair and chases after you. You run into your room and lay on the door to push back a Tony who was only a few steps behind you. When you finally force the door into the frame you turn the lock and fall to the floor laughing.
Angry mumbling came from the other side. Tony pounded on the door twice before, defeated. walking away. After catching your breath you pulled your sugar stained clothes off and changed into the outfit youâd set aside that morning.
âY/N the man just arrived with the icing,â
Friday called out to your room and you nodded.
âThank you Friday. Have him set the bags in the kitchen,â
Friday hummed in agreement. You stood up and looked in the mirror checking yourself out. When you were satisfied with the look you unlocked the door and turned to the right. You really needed to finish Natashaâs present. You wouldnât even have time to test it properly. You really hoped the phrase âitâs the thought that counts,â was true. Her gift could be something that got you endless kisses or a real crash and burn.
Making it to the lab you set your hand on your head and groaned. You really hoped it worked. It was so pretty. You grabbed the wrapping paper and box and set it in with a kiss.
âNatty, I hope you like it,â
The gift finished the fort built, and cake baked, there was only one thing left to do, ice the damn cake. You could bake sure, but only Wanda ever mastered the art of making it look beautiful.
When you made it to the kitchen Tony was nowhere in sight and a plastic bag with what you assumed was icing was set on the counter. You pulled out a butter knife and dug in, hoping this looked somewhat edible. Wanda was the one who was skilled at decorating. You could make the elaborate pastry chef treats, but you could never handle the finer details of making it look pretty.
~
You were in the workshop when Friday alerted you that Wanda and Natasha were home. A feeling similar to anxiety or excitement fluttered in your chest. This was the first time youâd celebrated her birthday with your girlfriend. You wanted her to like birthdays again. To feel as special and loved as you can pour out for her.
âThank you Friday. Please tell them Iâm in the workshop and will be heading to the game room shortly,â
You set down the gauntlet youâd been fixing while waiting for them and brushed off your outfit. Your eyes searched over the shirt for stains, and when you were satisfied you were clean you headed to your âpartyâ.
Wanda was the first to come in. She threw her hands to her face and âooodâ and âaweeedâ over the spread you had out.
âY/N your cake! itâsâŚ. adorable,â
you punched her in the shoulder with a frown. She fell over laughing.
âI TRIED! and Iâm sure it tastes amazing.â
you crossed your arms and pouted. She sat back up still laughing and patted your back.
âSheâll love it Y/N. Even if it had âfuck you Natâ written on top sheâd love it,â
you smiled at the complement and stopped pouting. You were explaining the technology behind Natâs present when the woman of the hour finally walked in.
âWhat is all this? Are yâall having a party? and didnât invite me,â
she sat down next to you intertwining your fingers with hers and kissing your shoulder. You smiled as the excitement anxiety mix returned.
âActuallyâŚ. itâs for you,â
You smiled and kissed her hands. She looked genuinely surprised. You really hoped the feeling was happy excitement.
âoh- Y/N y-you remembered? and you didnât have to do any of this. I thought I told you i didnât care to celebrate,â
you felt Wanda stand up to leave with a pat on your shoulder. You smiled up at her and turned back to Natasha.
âI know I know, but I wanted to do something special. You love me so well and work so hard all the time. You deserve a day thatâs unapologetically about you,â
You knew if Natasha didnât have such complete control of her emotions she would be crying. The agape mouth gave that away. You smiled and leaned forward pulling her into a deep, intimate kiss. Feeling her smile against your lips you pulled away and leaned your forehead against hers.
âI love you Natashka. I will do anything to make you feel like Queen of the world,â
with that she started crying. You frowned and wiped away the tears.
âI really hope those are happy tears,â
she nodded quickly and smiled, sniffling a little.
âVery very happy tears. happy âI donât know what on Earth i did to deserve youâ tears,â
âIt is I who does not deserve you. The Great Black Widow. Iâm just here to make you smile, itâs my life goal,â
you bowed as much as you could sitting down. Placing a peck on her lips you turned back to the presents and pointed.
âWhich one should we open first?â
she pondered and then picked up a small box. Nimble fingers unwrapped the box and pulled out a Ring. You had managed to get her size weeks earlier fitting one of your own on her finger when hanging out. She looked at the little silver band with a carved sunflower at the head. A smile bloomed across her face and she hugged you.
âOh my goodness Y/N, itâs so prettyâŚ,â
she slid it onto her fingers, finding the one it fit best and stared at it. You hugged her shoulder and kissed her cheek.
âWell, you are my sunflower. Itâs just a reminder when we are away,â
Her eyes lit up at the nickname. It wasnât as common for you to use it as baby or sweetheart, but sunflower had always been her favourite.
She looked at the other boxes realising they were also for her. You picked up the next box, a medium sized one and handed it to her. You were saving the biggest for last.
She was just in awe and set it down before unwrapping it. Her hands snaked around your waist and pulled you flush to her. Her soft lips pressed kisses to your jaw and she set her head on your shoulder.
âThank you so much Y/N, I- no one has done something like this for me ever,â
She hugged you tight again and then let go picking back up the present. You nodded and kissed her head. Pushing some hair out of her face you stroked her hair softly. Her hands once again unwrapped the gift. She squeaked at the sight of the book underneath the paper.
Natasha never got to read much on her own accord growing up. The red room picked out books for her education but never anything she would actually enjoy. Long ago Natasha had told you the first book she read after getting out of the red room was Aliceâs Adventures in Wonderland and since then she adored the book. You had found, and paid for with Tonyâs credit card, a first edition of the book. The auction was rough but you needed that book for Natasha.
Natasha stared at the book once, again jaw hanging open. She wiped her hands on her pants before handingly the book with utmost care. She flipped it over and ran her fingertips over the indented letters and gold illustration on the front.
âY-you like it? I know you said you like Alice in Wonderland. Itâs uh⌠actually a first edition copy. Tony was about ready to kill me when he saw me pay for the bid,â
You laughed nervously. She turned the book around again and then set it on the coffee table. She tackled you and pushed you back on the couch kissing all over your face. You yelped in surprise then grabbed her hips, catching her lips and kissing her roughly. She melted into the kiss but you pulled away.
âAs much as I love this Natty, letâs open your last gift and eat some cake,â
You sat up and pulled her so she was in your lap. You placed a soft kiss to the back of her neck as she reached for the last gift. It was heavy but the assassin had no trouble lifting it.
âAfter that we can makeout in the fort I made. yeah?â
You wrapped your arms around her waist and pulled her close to you, rubbing circles on her thigh. She laughed and nodded, blushing profusely.
âI like that idea Y/N,â
She opened the box and pulled out the gift you put months of effort into. This time her reaction wasnât as instantaneous. You helped her pull all the pieces out and set it on the coffee table. She looked at it slightly perplexed.
âIâm sorry⌠Iâm not exactly sure what it is,â
She pouted and looked at you. You smiled and nodded knowing she wouldnât. You set it out so she could see all the parts.
âWell⌠uh itâs a new suit. You always say that you donât like how tight and revealing your other ones are so I kinda beefed this one up so it focuses on functionality,â
She nodded along as you explained. A look of understanding crossed her face as she pulled at the sleeves.
âohhhhhhhh. That makes so much sense. I- Y/N what the fuck. I canât express it enough. You are the best, you listened to me and used it to give me the best gifts iâve ever gotten. You are the most thoughtful partner,â
You beamed. The feeling you knew she was struggling to express, it was exactly what youâd wanted her to feel. Loved, heard, appreciated, and cared for.
âIâm glad sunflower. Thatâs what I wanted. To make you feel as good as you deserve. D-do you mind if I tell you a bit about the features? I didnât have time to test some of them so I will need to do that before you take it into combat,â
She nodded and slid off your lap to look at you. You patted her legs and squeezed then held at the sleeve first.
âWell of course it wouldnât be a suit for the Black widow without gauntlets. These can change through three different modes for different levels and types of stuns also a laser if you need that for aiming,â
You flipped on the laser and pointed it at a pot then turned it back off.
âAlso I made it so the suit can suction to your body but be limp to put it on. a lot easier to slip on ya know. And there is mobile but thick padding on all major points of contact for falling. Shoulders, hips, elbows, knees, the like.â
Natasha ran her hands over the surprisingly thin padding and smiled.
âWow baby thatâs⌠amazing,â
You nodded and picked up the bag attached to the back.
âAnd uh thereâs a parachute built in as well as pockets up the legs, arms and boots so you donât have to have the belts. They are sorta magnetic so you can like open them easily but when they are closed everything stays in. OH AND THE BOOTS,â
You started to ramble on about the energy absorbing boots you worked with Shuri on that would allow Nat to drop from double the height of a normal human with no damage to her knees or feet. Nat just stared at you hungirly.
âHey baby, I seriously appreciate the gift. Itâs honestly the best thing I've ever gotten. Why donât we try it out tomorrow and you can show me EVERYTHING. For now we can⌠sit in the fort like you said,â
She had a cocky smile and you blushed at her antics. You nodded quickly, cutting off your rambling. Her hands found your waist and she pulled you off the couch and into the pillow fort you had built.
âI uh- got a movie for us to watch. Do you want to?â
She nodded and smiled. A look that very much meant âYes. That's sweet, but I doubt we will be watching it.â You pulled her into your lap, setting your hands on her waist. She draped hers over your shoulders and rubbed light circles on the back of your neck. You leaned forward and trapped her lips in a kiss. Soft but full of passion.
The rest of that night was spent watching the movie and kissing. When you finally remembered the cake a slice had been taken out of it, with
âYou were busy with Romanoff so I took what I was owed. The package has been moved, try getting me now little sibling.â
On a sticky note beside it. Natasha had laughed, unsure exactly what had happened but sure it was a story she would much enjoy hearing.
She had moaned over how good the cake was after laughing at how âAdorablyâ it was decorated.
âSo Nat⌠did I make this birthday worth celebrating?â
She smiled wide and nodded.
âYes Y/N, if every birthday was like this I would never want to stop celebrating.â
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Me, clapping my hands: SUPPORT COURSE IZUKU! SUPPORT COURSE IZUKU!! ...WITH A PROSTHETIC!!
Iâm sure people have had this idea before but I wanted to put my own spin on it!! And now for the info:
-Izuku's been fascinated with heroes since a young age. However, after finding out he was quirkless, he refused to give up, and switched gears to start investing in the support field. He figured if he couldn't be a pro hero he could at least do his best to help them and be a hero in his own way.
-Izuku's an absolute GENIUS when it comes to inventing--he's on par with Hatsume. However, Hatsume focuses more on support items that break convention and are very innovative and unique. Izuku's focus is more on items that actually help heroes on the field and support their bodies, and items that also allow them to use their quirks to their full extent while still being able to control them properly. (Basically, Izuku's gadgets act as a control stick for heroes that go all out i.e. Toshi.) He also makes a lot of gadgets that support disabled heroes, because--
-Izuku has a prosthetic arm! It's his right one. This was the result of a villain attack that he got involved in after meeting All Might. Toshi blames himself for what happened to Izuku because he couldn't get there in time. He and Izuku are very close--Izuku knows the secret behind Toshi's appearance and he knows about One For All. Mirio is the one to inherit OFA in this AU--so Izuku's very close to him as well! Izuku makes support items for both Toshi and Mirio, to support their quirks. Izuku's gadgets have saved Toshi in a pinch a hundred times over, and are designed to support him when he needs that extra push when he's already reached his limit.
There is more ahead~
-After Izuku lost his arm in the villain accident, Bakugou does a total 180 and starts treating him better. From the start their relationship was less strained than in canon bc Izuku went into doing stuff for support early on, and Bakugou didn't see this as much as a threat compared to if Izuku still wanted to be a pro hero despite being quirkless. Nowadays Bakugou is VERY protective of Izuku--and both of them have reached a point where they're genuine friends. Izuku teases Bakugou a lot and easily snarks back at him when he's being a little shit. Bakugou won't ever admit it openly but Izuku is his best friend :') He cares about him a lot. He used to defend Izuku constantly back in middle school after the accident, but Izuku soon learned to stand up for himself.
-Going off of that, Bakugou taught Izuku how to fight physically, and they try to spar once or twice a week if they can! It's good practice. Izuku was awful at it at first especially since his sense of balance was off due to the weight of the prosthetic, but Bakugou's a good teacher despite all his shouting lmao. Now Izuku can easily hand his ass to him if he gets into it enough. He can handle himself in a fight pretty brilliantly, even against villains, and Class 1-A quickly learns not to underestimate him.
-Bakugou refuses to get support items from anybody else but Izuku. He bitches at Izuku a lot but Izuku always takes his advice--Bakugou usually offers good tips and pointers on how to improve his gauntlets! Baku always says that while Izuku fucks up all the time (false), he at least trusts him enough to get the job done, while he scorns the rest of the support course fnjdsdd
-Since Izuku isn't in Class 1-A in this AU--guess who is? Yeah, it's Shinsou! Besides Baku Shinsou is probably Izuku's other closest friend, along with Hatsume! Shinsou's got a crush on Izuku and probably knows it won't be reciprocated, but he's fine with that. If Shinsou isn't in class he's most likely hanging out in the development studio with Izuku and Hatsume. The three of them are kinda like a mini Big Three haha, they've got a reputation around UA
-Do not put Izuku and Hatsume in the same room together or they'll bounce insane ideas off of each other and create outrageous things. They get each other super fired up LMAO and go to each other for advice when they need it!
-Izuku has the biggest, most obvious and absolutely endearing crush on one (1) Shouto Todoroki. Bakugou teases him about it CONSTANTLY. The reason for this is because they actually met back in middle school, before Izuku lost his arm--and Todoroki just made a really memorable impression on him bc he was the first person to ever treat him really kindly (they bumped into each other on accident because Izuku was getting chased by bullies, Izuku scraped up his hands, Todoroki chased off the bullies and then iced his injuries, and then they had a really deep conversation about heroes and encouraged each other). Todoroki kinda becomes Izuku's first love in that sense;; ofc it's nothing super serious but Izuku definitely feels all floaty and happy about it afterward. When Izuku gets into UA and notices that Todoroki's in the hero course he almost has a stroke because 1. Izuku gave him encouragement to get into UA waaaay back then and he's shocked Todoroki actually took his advice, 2. He finds out that Todoroki is in fact Todoroki bc they never gave each other their names, so Izuku's Shook his "first love" is actually the son of Endeavor, and 3. Todoroki's grown. He was pretty back in middle school but now. He's hot. HE'S HOT OH NO. After that Izuku keeps noticing him and hears rumors that Todoroki is an ice cold prince type character that has no real feelings. Izuku's like "Someone who takes the time out of their day to save you, heal your hands, and encourage you on your path to be a hero can't be that type of person" so Izuku just KNOWS Todo's actually a very kind boy. Izuku keeps watching him and gets super smitten after the Sports Festival ;) But he's like "He's practically famous, he'd never notice somebody like me, he probably doesnât even remember me from middle school, haha" (so it's a bit like a celebrity crush). Shinsou and Hatsume bug him about his crush just to see him get flustered and it's very cute lol
-The second time Izuku and Todoroki meet is a goddamn mess and technically counts as their first because Todoroki has a shit memory and can't connect Izuku's face to the boy he met in middle school (also that boy definitely had two flesh arms and Izuku only has one). Todoroki walks in right as one of Izuku's gadgets explodes, absolutely showering him in dust and soot. Izuku freaks out and apologizes a lot while he helps him clean up (while Hatsume is teasing in the background). Note that Izuku's only wearing like a tanktop and sweats, and his hair is all messy and swept back especially since he's wearing his trademark goggles, he's covered in sweat and dirt, he has a really cool looking prosthetic (and Todoroki didn't realize he'd have a thing for that but apparently he does), and Izuku's really fucking toned so Todoroki has a big ol Gay Crisis right there in the development studio. Izuku is INCREDIBLY attractive and Todoroki doesn't know what to do with that info. After Izuku cleans up and manages to get an order for a support item out of Todo, Todo leaves and immediately texts Momo saying, "Yaoyorozu, I think I just had my gay awakening" and on the other side of campus, Momo chokes on her drink. Meanwhile back in the studio Izuku is SCREAMING like "Oh my GOD did that really just happen--did Shouto Todoroki walk in, get blasted by one of my inventions going haywire, let me clean him up and TOUCH HIS CHEST, HATSUME, I GOT TO FEEL HIM UP, and THEN HE ASKED ME TO TAKE AN ORDER, I'M GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST. TELL MY MOTHER AND TOSHI I LOVED THEM AND TELL TODOROKI I'M SORRY FOR GETTING HIS PERFECT BEAUTIFUL HAIR DIRTY" and she's just laughing her ass off LMAOOOO
-It isn't until their third meeting that Izuku realizes Todoroki doesn't seem to remember him at ALL. And it stings, a lot (but he kinda figured this would happen esp since Todo didnât recognize him the last time they talked), but he's still happy for the chance to know him now, and get to design support items for him!! Meanwhile Todo's like. Starting to catch on that maybe he DOES know Izuku after all? He isn't sure? But he's definitely falling for him.Â
Iâve got more headcanons and stuff but yeah this is all the basics!!! I got so excited to flesh this AU out and make designs fnasjkbdnasds itâs definitely gonna be a fun one to play around with!
I want to either call this the Support Course Hero AU or maybe just Support Hero AU would work--what do you guys think?
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Wish You Were Here (i)
Pairings: Tony Stark x daughter!reader, Avengers x Stark!reader
Summary:
an Infinity War/Endgame AU where Tony Starkâs daughter (you) is one of half the population that vanishes in the snap, Tony finds out later on when he arrives back to Earth, devastated, then you come back like the others to help fight Thanos.
Word count: 2,030
A/n: (moved to the end of the fic!)
Warnings: angst, death, swearing, a lil soft!Nat in the beginning bc I love her, mentions of anxiety/anxiety
read on ao3!
Part 2
gif not mine! credits to the owner^^
You wanted to help in whatever was happening, you werenât quite sure still, but it had something to do with the infinity stones and how you guys needed to find them before some guy named Thanos does.
It took a lot of convincing for Steve, Natasha and Rhodey (they were the ones more protective over you) to let you come, especially with Tony not around to scold you since he was in space.
âIâm coming with you guys whether you like it or not - no, I know what youâre gonna say, I can handle myself. Iâm sixteen! Did you know Peterâs in space right now with Dad? Outer freaking space. Youâre not the only one who has a suit, Rhodey-â
The argument ended with, âif something happens and I-â you dragged your thumb across your neck, âthen itâs on me. None of you are to blame. Can we go now?â
So they didnât have any other choice. You went to Wakanda with them to get the mind stone out of Vision and intend to destroy it afterwards.
Things got a *bit* out of hand though, there was an army of creatures - theyâre from space, you assumed, working for Thanos - trying to get the stone. You fought alongside Sam and Rhodey, sometimes even fighting with Bruce who was using the Hulkbuster. You also helped the Wakanda tribes when they got overpowered by the creatures.
Even Thor came back to fight and he brought a raccoon and a tree with him.
The battle was going really messy, until - âEveryone on my position. We got incoming.â
You fly to where Cap and the team are, and there he is coming out of what appears to be a cloudy, blue grayish portal, Thanos himself.
âCap, thatâs him.â Bruce says as he hides you behind the Hulkbuster to shield you. He slowly walks over to the purple titan before saying, âstay down, [Y/N], alright?â
Did all of them suddenly forget that you, if not more, are stubborn like your father?
Because when all of them attack, you fly behind Thanos when he's distracted and wrap both your metal covered arms around his neck in stupid attempts to strangle him. He effortlessly uses his gauntlet to throw you back to the ground, knocking you out.
He eventually got all the stones, snapped his fingers when Thor failed to kill him, and left.
âWhat did you do?!â
âWhere did he go? Thor, where did he go?â
âWhatâs happening?â You get off the ground as Bucky turns to dust. You look around and saw the air filled with the same dust, just from different people.
What the hell did that snap do?
People are vanishing, disappearing, are they dying? Why are they dying? Youâre pretty sure you're panicking. Your lips start to quiver and you feel your chest tighten, making it hard for you to breathe.
Natasha notices right away. She's the one who could help you with your anxiety attacks besides Tony. She comes to you and places her hands on your shoulders, looking you in the eye. âHey, itâs going to be okay, youâre fine, just breathe with me,â
You watch Wanda, one of your best friends, turn to dust too which did not help in the slightest. Whatâs worse is when Natasha holds your hands to calm you down,
They start turning into dust particles.
âNo no no no no no,â you grow weak, holding onto her. âNat, Iâm scared - I donât - I donât know what to-â
âY/N, just breathe like we practiced, okay?â
You try copying her breathing but itâs no use. It doesnât change the fact that youâre still fading away. You look at her, tears threatening to fall out of your eyes, âIâm so sorry.â She has no choice but to hug you tightly until you get dusted completely.
The Avengers just lost a kid. Not just any kid, for them you were special. You always supported the team no matter what. They couldnât even imagine what Tonyâs reaction would be.
When Natasha told Pepper of course she didnât take it well.
You were Tonyâs own flesh and blood (and some one night stand chic that we wonât mention anymore starting now), but Pepper helped raised you when Tony first took you in and treated you like her own. Sometimes you even called her âmomâ.
She was so relieved when a spaceship came by the compound to drop Tony off - he looked weak and skinny - she didnât know how to break the awful news to him while he was in that condition.
âI lost the kid,â he meant Peter. What he doesnât know was that he actually lost two.
âItâs been twenty-three days since Thanos came to Earth.â
Bruce and Natasha keep looking over one another as images of the people they lost in the snap took turns popping up as holograms. Rhodey feels tense and keeps tapping his foot - nervous of what his best friendâs gonna do once he sees-
Tony abruptly stands up from his wheelchair. âStop. Stop there.â (âTony, you need to sit down,â) âNo.â He stumbles over to a particular hologram, the one with his daughterâs face.
Y/N Stark.
The room is awfully quiet. Despite you telling them that it isnât going to be any of their faults if something happens to you, they still feel responsible for you.
âWas anyone going to tell me?â He speaks softly. Too soft and calm for all of them that they remain glued to where they're standing, avoiding eye contact. He clenches his fists and sends a look to  everyone in the room. âYou better not be shitting me I already lost Parker and I - I canât - I canât lose her. I canât.â
âTony,â Natasha says. âWe couldnât do anything to stop it.â
It's like being stabbed with his own blade all over again. She tells him everything that happened, how you got dusted like Peter, and Tony just stares blankly at your photo, looking very pale.
Tony takes a deep breath and pushes his glasses further up his nose, holding in  tears. Good thing his glasses cover it up. He mutters âokayâ over and over as he takes a seat back in his wheelchair. Steve hesitates to continue the discussion but Tony encourages him to go on, even though he feels like he was literally dying inside.
His mood definitely went downhill from there - Tony's furious with himself. Furious with them, with Steve, that he takes it out on the super soldier. By the end of it he's on the floor, passed out.
âDad, come in, itâs [Y/N]. Everything alright out there?â
âOh yâknow, typical day in the city - pair of aliens came to visit again.â Tony sounded breathless.
You paused briefly. â...what? W-well, do you need help? I can help, and Peterâs probably on his way there - he just made a lame excuse and hung up on me so, I figured he sensed something was wrong.â
âYeah. Stay where you are and when things get worse, find Pepper and get to safety.â
âYouâve gotta be kidding me.â
âNope. Deadass serious. Stay out of this one.â
Tony opens his eyes and takes in his surroundings. He's transferred to a bed with the same wires poking his arm. He dreamt of his last conversation with you - before and while he was dragged to space.
âHey, Iâm still here, you know,â you cut him off while he was arguing with Strange.
â[Y/N]? How is this still connected?â
âI made the earpiece set myself - I guess it has really long range, huh?â
âYouâre a nerd.â Tony cracked a small smile.
âHi [Y/N]!â Peter shouted from a distance.
âPeter? Youâre in space too? Iâm so jeal-â
The line completely went out, guess the range wasnât that long.
âTony?â Pepper says gently. âYou shouldnât be up - itâs only been an hour since you passed out.â
He looks at her for a moment then returns his attention to the wall, eyes bloodshot. âHave I been a good father to her? âCause I feel like she deserved more. Way more.â
âOf course, she loved you! Tony, [Y/N] loved you as much as you love her,â Pepper reassures, running a hand through his hair. âI know youâre upset but you really should be getting bed rest right now.â
He sniffles and gave a small nod, âokay.â
He closes his eyes again when she left the room and sigh, mumbling âgoddammit kid,â before letting the tears flow down. Tony rarely cries. Barely cries. He usually keeps those stupid emotions in but this - the fact that his little girl is gone, it's too much for him. He realized never fully showed how much you meant to him and he regrets it.
Can't help but think that it should've been me
Either way, I still wish you were here.
Fast forward to five years later: Tony now lived at a lakeside cabin with Pepper and their daughter, Morgan.
Moving on was better than to be sad and depressed for the rest of his life. Thatâs what you wanted for him anyway, to be happy.
So thatâs exactly what Tony did.
He spent time with his family, made new suits which he enjoyed to do, living his life peacefully. That doesnât mean he forgot about you. Sure the last few years were hard, he missed you every single day, but he had to face and accept it.
Tony moved your stuff from the compound and into a vacant room in the cabin. Sometimes heâd look through your crazy inventions, your journals that were filled with ideas for future gadgets and he hung up framed photos of you and him (some with Pepper) on the walls.
He told Morgan all about you. How awesome you were, how you were energetic and enthusiastic in everything you do, and how the both of you would be best friends if you two met.
âI wanna meet her,â Morgan says, looking at pictures of you.
Tony smiles sadly and looks at the photo of you and him. It was at your schoolâs science fair and your invention won first place (he remembered laughing at all the science teachersâ shocked faces because of your advanced gadget, way advanced than the grade you were in). Both of you looked really happy.
If a picture is all that I have,
I can picture the times that we won't get back
If I picture it now it don't seem so bad
Either way, I still wish you were here.
âSomeday, maybe.â He replies, giving her a warm smile.
Steve, Natasha and a new guy Scott visited him one day. They basically told him bringing back everyone who died in the snap was possible, hinting time travel.
Tony was torn. He didnât want to risk losing what he had now, but bringing everyone back... that was something. Everyone in the universe that vanished, the other Avengers, the guardians he met in space, Strange, Peter, you.
That same night he thought about you, and Peter when he stumbled upon a picture of both of them. That same night, he figured out time travel.
âHey legacy,â he chuckles a bit, remembering how you always frowned or pouted whenever he called you that. He likes that nickname on you though. âI... uh, this is just a little video. For you. Sure you wonât see this but... I like to pretend I could still talk to you. I miss you, a lot.â
âItâs been five years, hun. Morgan, your sister... you have no idea how much she talks about you. She wants to meet you someday,â he looks at the camera. âI know I canât tell her the real reason why youâre not here with us, not yet, but anyway, âcouple of old pals came to visit me. They want to try to get everyone back, that includes you.â
Tony sighs, looking away. âAs of now I donât know if weâre ever gonna pull off something like this. I figured it out, just a couple minutes ago actually. Time travel. Itâs dangerous, very risky...â
âBut weâll see. Weâll figure something out. I hope to see you soon, [Y/N]. I love you.â
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so Iâve cut this lil idea into two parts - Iâll probs post part 2 soon right after this one - if everyone likes it of course :)
oh, and I listened to this song by Neck Deep while writing this, which is where I got the title too, you can listen here. (I also put in some lyrics from the song to the story, just because it fits well hehe)
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what is 68 // kink meme?? i am only familiar with 69 bc i have the mind of teenage boy lmao
hahahahahaha okay but same though and every time i look at it i crack up, so.
i had grand ambitions during the kink meme/fest of doing multiple prompt fills but as i write at the speed of something very slow AND decided to get ambitious with my primary prompt fill, i never got further than the premise.
the prompt was âBeth and Rio are secretly hooking up. Beth is blowing Rio in his office (bar? warehouse? au where he works in an office? idk) and when theyâre interrupted, she continues secretly blowing him underneath the desk. exhibitionism, public sexâ and @foxmagpieâ did an absolutely delicious job filling it with her fic salty sweet and it scratched my itch, so idk if iâll ever go back to it but also never say never i am notoriously impulsive.
ANYWAY, if you want to read the intro/set up, itâs below the cut
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It wasnât supposed to go like this.Â
Sure, since Beth and Rio had gottenâdid it count as back together if theyâd never really been together in the first place? Werenât even really together in any sense of a formal, organized, been talked about at all sort of way?Â
They were...they had a lot of sex. And had been for a while now. Â
It started one night in the Paper Porcupine. Heâd come by without warning; sheâd been alone, heâd made some snarky comment, sheâd made one back, then theyâd been yelling, and the next thing sheâd known, she had him pinned up against the storage cupboard and was using her mouth to get him just to shut up.Â
In hindsight, itâd been a really effective way to end the argument, whatever it had been about.Â
At first, Beth tried telling herself it was a one-time thing, but a few weeks later, sheâd found herself kneeling over him on top of Deanâs desk at the showroom, riding him so hard, so fast, sheâs pretty sure they both saw stars at the end of it. Then itâd only been a matter of days before he had her spread out in the back seat of the Mercedes during a drop sheâd told the girls she could handle alone, pretending she didnât know why she wanted to.
After that, it was pretty hard to ignore the fact that something happened any time they were alone, so Beth just tried to keep it walled off in her mind and pretended not to noticed it didnât keep her up at night nearly as much as she felt it should.Â
She didnât really know what to call it, didnât really want to think about it too hard because thinking led to talking, and talking generally led to fighting, and when they foughtâwell.
So, really, it was best for everyone if they just...did what they did.
Theyâd decided keeping it a secret was for the best. Or at least, Beth had. Rio probably wouldâve told everyone, and Beth doesnât know if itâs more about rubbing her face in it or wanting people to know, but regardless, in a rare moment of open sincerity, sheâd asked him not to, and heâd agreed.
Thereâd been something in his eye when he had, something complicated that made a something of her own in Bethâs chest twist, and sheâs not ready to talk, to even think about any of that.Â
But on top of that, there was a gleam she knew spelled if not trouble than mischief, and Beth soon discovered that while he may have agreed to keep it a secret, that didnât mean he was opposed to people finding out.
It started small, a finger trailing down her back when he stood too close to her at a drop, her body blocking anyone from seeing. A gauntlet thrown down; the challenge: can she keep any visible response from breaking free, or will a shiver slip past her guard?
And obviously, she had to retaliate.Â
It still makes her grin and squirm a little when she remembers the first time. Rio came up behind her at the workbench in the backroom of the Paper Porcupine, crowding her as he looked over her shoulder to check her work. The bang of his knee hitting the cabinet when sheâd cupped him and made both Ruby and Annieâoblivious on the other side of the counterâjump had rung in her ears for days like a victory bell.
The whole thing escalated from there.Â
If they were within reach, chances are one of them had a hand on the other, touching, stroking, teasing, never letting the surface conversation stutter. The unspoken but mutually understood rule was you break, you lose, and neither one of them had ever been all that good at losing.Â
Beth nearly cracked one night at the bar. Itâd been a busy night, and theyâd ended up crowded together at a high top in the corner. Beth wore a dress thinkingâwell, she knows what she was thinkingâand theyâd been in the middle of hashing out a pick-up schedule for the clean cash when sheâd felt his hand on her thigh, creeping slowly but steadily higher.
She flicked her eyes to Mick, standing at the other side of the table, and back, but Rio hadnât given any hint heâd read her silent question, hadnât given any sign there was anything to question at all, just slid his hand further up until sheâd felt his fingers brush along the edge of her panties.Â
Her hips jerked as heat flooded through her, and sheâd seen it, the quicksilver flash of his triumphant smile. Not willing to lose a pointâand turned on beyond all beliefâBeth let her legs spread just enough to give him easier access, breathlessly waiting to see what heâd do.Â
But instead of advancing, heâd only nodded his head towards the bar, sending Mick to grab another round. When the other man walked away, Bethâs pulse spiked, and she knew Rioâd felt her thigh muscles tighten because he'd given her a little squeeze in response before asking her another question about production.
Sheâd had to take a deep breath but answered with a steady voice and held her composure as the conversation went on, even with the heat spooling tighter the longer he left his handâwarm and sure but infuriatingly stillâon her upper thigh. Every now and then, someone in the crowd around them would jostle the table, and the heat would spike, and her breath would catch, and every time Rioâs smile would grow a little sharper, a little more triumphant, but he didnât move his hand, just kept talking through the schedule.Â
When Mick returned with their drinks, Beth snatched hers, taking a hasty gulp that had Mick raising an eyebrow. Heâd looked from Beth to Rio, and whatever heâd seen in his face was enough to have him rolling his eyes and mumbling something about darts before disappearing again.
Rioâd waited until Beth put her glass down. Then, without warning and in the middle of rattling off dates his boys would come by the dealership to collect the duffles full of cash; heâd hooked his thumb in the lacy edge of her panties, pulling it aside and slipped a finger inside of her.
check out the nightmare factory that is my wips folder and if you want ask me about one
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I havenât thought about winx since like 2002, but the netflix adaption pissed me off enough to do my own redesigns out of pure spite.Â
Short story is that I looked through the wiki galleries, picked out my favorite outfits, and threw them in a blender. Long story under the cut bc I am unable to not write a paragraph of explanations I guess.
So disclaimer, back in the elementary schoolyard arguments of w.i.t.c.h vs winx my bff was firmly team w.i.t.c.h., so i pretended not to like winx and also donât remember much about it, so i did a real quick scan on the fan wiki to remember things. Soooo some things are probably off the mark? idk. Daphne not included bc didnât she die? I think she did? Like in a meaningful/sacrificial way to save Bloom? Felt like her being alive again makes the whole thing less dramatic. Maybe Iâll do her in the future? Trix first tho.Â
Flora: Nature to Plant Life, bc ânatureâ is kinda broad. Her fairy form is mostly her initial winx with some enchantrix elements. Her wings are a basic butterfly shape. Also Iâm taking plus-size Flora from netflixâs incapable hands. I wanted her wardrobe to be simple, girly, and boho.Â
Miele: Donât think she has an official âFairy ofâ title, and wanted it to relate to plants but not be about plants. Kept the six round wings from one of her designs, idk which, but i think itâs her first? Also included her bc she was important to Floraâs growth, and itâs nice to see siblings in media I think. Changed her hair and skin color to look more like she is related to Flora. Kinda like the idea of her being a hot-head. Her wardrobe is mostly Floraâs hand-me-downs.
Bloom: Fairy form is her initial winx with elements from the bloomix form, which I think is one of the only forms to feel even a little bit draconic. I did want to lean into the fairy element more than the dragon element, but still. Her wing shape is basically the same as her first ones, just more of it. Also I put little embers in them. Kept those iconic pants. Overall, she has a sporty wardrobe, the outlier being her princess dress, which is basically a recolored version of her royal momâs dress. I feel like she plays soccer or something. Also, I think itâd be fun for her to be super stoked about finding out about secret magic powers instead of her being really timid about it at first.Â
Roxy: Animals to Beasts, bc that sounds cooler. Cut her hair bc more short hair plz. Also as a kid, I didnât see Roxy in any episodes, so when I first saw pics of her I thought that she was Bloom. Does she only have the one fairy form? Seems like a waste to do that. Anyway, I swapped out the pink for yellow and purple and extended the lower garment. Let these girls have varied hemlines, Iâm begging you. I liked her asymmetrical motif, but not the look really, so I tried to keep that with the skirt placement and strap colors. Her stripes are shaped like claw marks, you know, for the beasts. Her wings are meant to look more angelic/birdlike. I made her a little more casual punk in her wardrobe bc the chain on her pants demanded it. Also, she has a t-shirt from her dadâs juice bar, bc she works there.
Tecna: Technology to Data bc I think it sounds better. Caveman tools are technology, Tecna. Are you the Fairy of the First Wheel?? Her fairy form is basically a detailed version of her first form and pilot episode form. I used the shape of her enchantrix wings, to keep a more classic fairy look. The gem on her suit and her heels are made from nondescript ~glowing science magic~ that is normally cyan in movies. Her wardrobe is e-girl, and bc she doesnât have a lot of hair to play with I made her an earring and colorful lipstick girl.Â
Stella: Shining Sun to Celestial Light, bc her dad is king sun and mom is queen moon, and also isnât her parentâs marriage like a super important thing for her? So she kinda got both. I played with the idea of a Shining Sun and Mystic Moon form, but that was too much work, so I opted for the two eye colors instead. Also the Ring/Staff of Solaria should have stayed in the series longer. Her fairy outfit is basically the same, but her hair accessories are gold/silver and bejeweled. Made no sense to me that not all of the canonical princesses got crowns. Just Bloom, the secret princess. She gets some streaks of dawn colors on her orange, and her boots/gauntlets are more ribbon-like and lighter in color. Her wings are the most complex shape. Her wardrobe is basically the same as in the show, I think, especially the warmer look. Her princess look is inspired by the hairstyle that Stella wore in the infamous beauty contest episode. Also she has three crowns. Queen.
Aisha: Her outfit is basically the same as her canonical first outfit, but I gave her Musaâs see-through midriff. The wrap-around ribbon never made sense to me, so that had to go. I wanted to show off her stomach, bc I gave her some abs, but the outfit looked wrong without something there, so thanks Musa. Aisha also gets a crown that is shaped like waves. Her wings are similar to Bloomâs: kind of the same just more of them. In fairy and princess form, Aishaâs hair is mostly natural, with some twists. In casual attire, her hair is all twists. I wanted her to be a runner/swimmer, so her warmer outfit is gym clothes, but I gave her a softer/more feminine look for the colder weather.
Musa: Music to Acoustics bc it sounds cooler I guess. I took the headphones of the first look off bc they looked more like earmuffs to me. I kept the red pallet of the first form bc there need to be more red magical girls, but I still used purple elements from her later designs. Mostly bc I like red and purple. I kept the see-through elements of her first form, but bc I changed the silhouette so much it ended up as more than just the midriff. Her wings are very simple, like in her first form, but theyâre not as skinny. How she flew with those tiny wings, Iâll never know. Musa read as the teamâs tomboy to me, so I tried keeping a more loose and simple shape in all of her clothes. Her formal dress has a Monet print, bc I felt that it was feminine, but not overly girly
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i think probably im having trouble with all this so badly lately bc im so stressed. i feel like on some level i was doing a little better before mom went into the hospital and i sprained my ankle, but all of the stress of that and now knowing that on new yearsâ iâm going to have to start worrying about a plan to get me out of here and everything, like......itâs remarkably stressful, and i think iâve taken a few steps back in recovery because of it, which is....not great.
i just have to kind of remember that like...yes, self-diagnosis can be dicey. sometimes itâs correct, though. itâs entirely possible to have at least a good idea of whatâs wrong. iâve hit on a lot of wrong answers for my symptoms before, but in all those cases i didnât understand as much as i do about DID. frankly, even if itâs not DID specifically, i donât think anything other than another parts-based dissociative disorder is in the running. itâs very unlikely that anything else would make any fucking sense. a professional will be able to help me sort this out, but like, iâm aware of my symptoms enough to at least understand that alters are one of them, which narrows things considerably. i worry theyâre not âreally thatâ sometimes, but like...of course they are.
as for autism, like, no i donât have a formal diagnosis. iâm also an adult, so getting one would be a nightmare. but i didnât self-diagnose, either; i was interrupted in the middle of an unrelated therapy session because i mentioned having âsome symptomsâ but thinking they were nothing (this in retrospect is hilarious) and given a screening test. between a professional and other fucking autistic people telling me over and over âyou are like, almost certainly autistic,â i think itâs pretty safe to say thatâs the case even without the more involved testing gauntlet. this was never like, My Idea in the first place, itâs silly for me to act like i just Decided to be autistic one day. it was certainly a surprise when i was sorta-diagnosed, and the professional i was working with thought it was important enough for her to have my mom come in and be told lmao.
idk. im just kind of saying this stuff for my own benefit, i guess. ever since finding out about that stupid subreddit i have been extremely bad and weird about believing thereâs ANYTHING wrong with me, and this is an effect that people who use it to be assholes have reported about even their own diagnosed conditions. itâs not good for anyone. itâs brain poison. i know iâm sick because, like, if i was well i would not be having these horrible problems, and itâs natural to draw conclusions based on your symptoms.Â
also like. once again. not only did i not self-dx with autism but it is so obvious as to be painful. all through middle school i was so deeply obsessed with physics i made family gatherings awkward with it and my friends couldnât stand me. in high school i even got into a big fucking stupid argument with my teacher about thermodynamics because of it. i did a presentation for speech class on the higgs boson that was so laden with technical jargon the teacher had to take me aside afterward and be like âplease donât do that again.â i was literally like THE stereotype. they wouldve spotted it from a mile away if i was a cis boy
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Ok, rewatched Endgame for the first time since seeing it in theaters (also in preparation for Loki), and... đŹ
Look. Endgame is an okay film up until the last 15 minutes, and it has some really great scenes.
Now, does the time travel make sense? No. Are the fat!Thor jokes ok? No. Is Smart Hulk kinda weird? Yes. Is the """"gay representation"""" and """"girl power"""" scene forced and uncomfortable and unearned? Yes.
BUT. I really, really like the Time Heist - that entire 2nd act was done so well. I really like the closure we got with Thor & Frigga, Nebula & Gamora, Tony & Howard, etc. I really like the 1st act too - rescuing Tony, the confrontation between Tony & Steve, the 5 year gap, Scott Lang!!!, the Avengers bonding over time travel, etc.
And the final fight scene??? đđ Chef's kiss, amazing. Tony, Steve, and Thor fighting Thanos 3 on 1??? Iconic. King shit. The Big Three finally got a fight scene together and it's awesome!!! The PORTAL SCENE??? brings tears to my eyes every time. Wanda and Carol going 1 on 1 with Thanos (even though it's fucking ridiculous that they didn't kill Thanos right there, just bc of plot armor), Peter and Clint and T'Challa handing off the gauntlet, STEPHEN STRANGE BEING A BADASS? Yes. All yes.
HOWEVER. Will I ever forgive them for killing Tony Stark, when they easily could've had him survive and retire w/ his family? No. Fuck you. It's bullshit and I hate it. News flash - traumatically killing a character who has wanted nothing more than to be at peace and have a normal life isn't a satisfying resolution!!! It just fucking sucks.
Will I ever forgive them for RUINING STEVE'S CHARACTER ARC??? No. This still fucking infuriates me, even more than Tony's death. At least Tony died in character. They ruined Steve - and made Peggy a voiceless love interest with no agency, while fucking up the rules of time travel in the process. And rewatching the movie made me even MORE infuriated, because STEVE SAYS, in this movie, that we have to move forward, we have to move on, and thEN HE JUST DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT. HE STAYS IN THE PAST WHERE IT FUCKING SUCKS AND SEGREGATION STILL EXISTS AND WOMEN ARE TREATED LIKE SHIT AND THERE'S NO FUCKING INTERNET AND BUCKY IS STILL A SLAVE TO HYDRA AND HIS ALTERNATE SELF IS STILL IN THE ICE??? LIKE, WTF??? HOW IS THAT A HAPPY ENDING??? Fuck, it infuriates me.
And lastly. Will I ever forgive them for killing Nat, even though all of the narrative and thematic signs point to CLINT being the logical person to sacrifice himself? No. Fuck you x2. They kill Nat on Vormir - where GAMORA also died, because apparently only women die on Vormir - and we're supposed to be happy with it bc, well, Clint has a family! Yeah, you know who also had a family? NATASHA. SHE SAID SO, IN THIS MOVIE - the Avengers are her family! But bc this movie is so fucking heteronormative, Clint's family - and thus, his life - is subtextually judged to be worth more than Natasha's, which is bullshit. Clint had the whole fucking redemption arc laid out before him - loses his family, goes on a killing spree, becomes semi evil, is brought back to the light by his best friend and is motivated by getting his family back at any cost, and then he's given the opportunity to redeem himself and they just...choose to kill Nat instead. For no fucking reason. Like, Clint had a full-on ANAKIN SKYWALKER redemption arc going on and they just said, "Nah, you know what? What if, in ROTJ, Luke died to save Vader?" YEAH, TELL ME HOW THAT'S SATISFYING, MARVEL???
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I just.
So yeah. Turns out that 2 years later, I still have a lot of Thoughtsâ˘ď¸ about Endgame.
However, watching the movie again WAS good to get a sense of the time travel/multiverse nonsense that we're going to (hopefully) get into in Loki, so I'm actually going to lay out my thoughts about that in another post.
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 I like Diavoloâs demon form I think it really emphasizes the royal part of his identity but it is not practical at all especially in combat, so my current headcanon is that is his ceremonial robes for when the realm is in relative peace. I also thought, hey I love designing armor and designing armor around four big ass wings sounds like a fun challenge so this was my first pass at Diavolo in combat.
I added satyr legs because I wanted to add more inhuman elements to his fighting form but I dropped them after this one(mainly because Iâm focused on redesigning is canon form). the cold shoulder? type things were meant to add more mobility for his wings but they probably would be more harm then good, Also the wings donât exactly make sense, I do enlarge them when I draw them because to me have 4 wings disproportional to your body just looks silly and if you look at bat wings(which I assume Diavoloâs wings are based off of) they are like two times the body size now I donât make them that large but Iâm still trying to make them more realistic. The arm plates and gauntlets are just bad, I said I like designing armor not that Iâm good at it.
Things I like about this design I like the skull knee plates really amps up the demon lord factor, I like the torso part of the chest plate, I think scythes are a very cool weapon for Diavolo to have , and I like how I drew his expression and hair, Diavoloâs hair is so hard to get right for me for whatever reason.
second pass! really junked up his face in this one but I like other parts of it so I left it be. The skulls are now on his shoulders, but I honestly like the beast skulls better then the human ones. he really should a helmet and better thigh protection but I couldnât figure out what would look good. I will probably try to figure out how draw helmets that accommodate horns later. I simplified the arms a lot but Iâm not sure if it made it better.
Thereâs a lot more I like in this design though, the wings are cleaner and make more sense I still would like to draw them larger though. I really like how I designed the scythe I feel it really goes with his aesthetic. I was basing the chest plate of the human circulatory system and I like that idea because for all intents and purposes he is the heart of the devildom :) I like the idea of asymmetry for his leg armor and can defiantly expand on whatâs there. If I may say so myself, the greaves fuck ! I just think they look cool and will draw a better reference for them later.
more in depth on the chestplate and padding as well as a better drawings of how I think his wings work underneath the cut
this is a more in depth look at the chestplate and how it would work with his wings with some minor changes. the wings are translucent so I can map how the the ties would connect underneath them. The biggest challenge in this was designing armor that would allow him to his wings to their fullest extent while protecting his back as much as possible. so the ties would be leather(most likely of some creature of the devildom) and should be thicker and shorter than here the part the ties go into should also be more visible. Leather can be used for armor and is more malleable then plate armor. So a lot of whatâs protecting his back will be underneath this armor as padding. Beyond that he should have some manner of protection on the bony parts of his wings but this would be much thinner then the main armor pieces as to not weigh them down.
the wings make more sense and are about the size I think they should be. They were more referenced from bats than the canon pictures and I didnât draw the gilded parts bc I did not want to. I do think the neck part shouldnât be as thin as it is here and should have more room. Overall I think this is the chestplate design I like the best.
these are drawing of what would be under the chestplate as I would never commit such a sin as having heavy metal on bare skin or even on just a shirt. the padding would be fairly similar to a fencerâs padding with areas for his wings to go through. The middle part and shoulder areas would be made of the same leather that ties the chestplate together but would be harder and thicker than those.
underneath the padding would be a tunic that is very similar to a lace up tunic except backwards again to make it easier for the wings to go out. Itâs split at the sides to make sure that thereâs no danger of tripping. the ties are at both the top and the bottom so when his wings go back in he can tighten it faster. I initially thought the bottom part of the tunic would go over the bottom wings but that wouldnât work well so donât mind that.
the bottom wings when resting are folded back kind of like a birds and the horn parts would rest around his waist. while the tops wings are either folded back like above(or more closed in so that the top horns can rest on the back of his head) or flip so that the horns point downward and rest at the bottom of his back while the bottom part of the wings would be near his head as that would have more support for the horns as they are the heavier parts.
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Rules and Masterlist
There aren't very many rules here. I write companion reacts and headcanons for Fallout 4 and Mass Effect Andromeda. I can write small fics, but I donât have much experience. You may see @kiannj interact in the comments, or notes. That is me, just on my main account that I use for rebloging.
If you decide to send in a request (please do), follow these guidelines:
Specify which game AND character(s) you want me to write for. If you don't specify, I'll write for the characters and/or game I feel the request fits the best.
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Below is the current requests that are in my ask box, separated by game. Check and see if someone has already requested what you want. REQUESTS ARE ALWAYS OPEN:
Fallout 4 (#Fallout 4)
âFirst off, youâre amazing. Second off. How would FO:4 companions react to Sole being unnaturally lucky. Like, think that gauntlet in Nuka World but they just kinda fumble around and somehow get through unscathed.â
âFriend!Fo4 companions (+ Maxson) reacting to & dealing with a teen!Sole who has magick (like Elder Scrolls) &, instead of using it for good/evil, they use it to take the mick outta people. Literally, just to pull pranks, & get people to smile & laugh bc gods, this world is grim. They want to make people laugh in a world that's trying to drain them of all life, & they're rather good at it, too. They've made some serious people laugh b4 & they'll do it again. That's both a promise & a threat. For the previous Fo4 request; there wasn't room then I forgot after I sent in the ask, but could the it be in writing?â
âCould you do a written Fo4 react with the companions (+Maxson & Desdemona) acting accidentally parental to a young teen!Sole (think 14-16) and Sole snaps at them because they aren't their parent and they need to remember their place in Sole's life (as a leader/friend/right-hand)? The npc has repeatedly been doing this without realizing it or the affect it's been having on Sole (lots of trauma, poor kid). After Sole snaps, they leave pissed; the npc eventually finds them curled up next to their parents' cryo-pods with Shaun's pre-war teddy in Vault 111. This would be in two sections of the react: their reaction to Sole snapping, then the reaction to finding Sole. Also, I love, love, love your work. Please keep it up!â
âHow would the fo4 companions (including strong) + faction leaders react to meeting the mysterious stranger? Like, he actually sticks around for a bit for once as opposed to vanishing like he always does.â
âFo4 Male Romanced!Companions being flustered by a flirty sole? Like, maybe the companions will occasionally flirt with sole, but then they become flustered/embarrassed when they actually reciprocateâ
âCould I get a drabble about Fo4 Gage being cuddly and cute with sole? I like to think heâs just a big softie underneath the rough, raider exterior. Could turn a little nsfw if thats where you think it might end up, either way I dont mind ^^â
Spare some fo4 companion sfw and nsfw (if you're comfortable with it) HCS pls?(excluding dogmeat,strong and ada ofc)I really like ur stuff so just wanted to say that I hope you keep writing! (・シĎシ・)ďžâĄ
Mass Effect Andromeda (#MEA)
âwritten request for reyes accidentally getting ryder pregnant?â
âhow to tell when the MEA crew + reyes are lying? with romance too please <3â
âME:A request: tempest crew, The moshae, and Evfra react to Jaal being exalted by the Kett?â
Both (#MEA #Fallout 4)
No Current Requests
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If there was to be a season 3 of mcsm, what do you think the plot would be?
so this could go one of two ways for me. long post ahead.
the way i kind of imagine i want it to go now would actually contain a different cast of characters. not next-gens, not people related to the new or old order or any supporting characters or antagonists. a completely fresh slate to build onto. id imagine because s2 deviated so far from the new order that itâd be best to keep it to, possibly, a set of three instead of turning into a band of 50 million like it tends to for both seasons.
i think you should still get a choice to customize your appearance similar to jesse, but instead of jesse we could have a character with another neutral name not similar to any we have already (so not named alex, sam, etc. bc they sound similar to axel, sammy, etc.). i also would like it to be something that would get u a line similar to torquedawgs in s1e6 as awful as it was. perhaps charlie? and i think the other two should play on whatever charlieâs strength is as well. i dont particularly think we should go another warrior/griefer/redstoner route.
anyways, a plot for an entire season NOT trying to base it off of existing characters or plots is a little difficult. would the main town still be beacontown or would we feature an entirely new area? thats something id have to flesh out on my own, so definitely my biggest need is to just have a fresh slate of characters with new personalities.
idea #2 is under the cut bc its MASSIVE.
my original idea last year when i made a post like this (the original post was deleted so i cant grab it but) was to slightly deviate from the format and structure of the first two seasons in favor of something that would still have to come to a certain conclusion but also seem more like a âchoose your own adventureâ plot.
it was going to be a scenario where you could choose between the 3 admins (xara, fred and romeo) and view their backstories from their points of view at different points that could eventually culminate into the big fight that led them all to separate completely. each of them would also have 3 episodes each, which would total to six and make sense with the fact that if you count s1e5 as a dlc and not as an opener, then it could continue the trend of each season picking up an extra episode to add onto the count (s1: 4 eps, s2: 5 eps, s3: 6 eps). each of the episodes as well, since each character gets 3 from their own povs, would be labeled a bit different as well. for instance the first episode of xaraâs route would be s3xe1 for xara episode and so on. they would include enough âyour story in changingâ to help establish a certain arc for each character while also keeping them true to their personalities and keep the events of season 2 accurate. it would also function similar to s2 where you can build your experience using your s2 save or yknow. completely fudge it. so of course like s2 contains s1 spoilers, s3 is THE DEFINITION of a spoiler season. i equate it to playing zero escape. each game in itself is the definition of âif you play this youll spoil a whole other gameâ.
xaraâs episodes would have gone in this order xe1: the fight with romeo and watching fred die, her time in the sunshine institute, and finally an episode that actually hinges on your choice to give xara her bed or not. the final episode would either end with her final moments running into beacontown and being killed, or her staying in the underneath and dealing with themes of loss and depression kind of how s2â˛s major theme was that people can change and youll always have your friends even if they arent with you physically. my major âchoiceâ for this episode set was to be if you forgave romeo or not but it woud rly only work if you gave xara her bed in s2 to stop her from charging beacontown
freds episodes follow a more âlinear pathâ. fe1 was to be a sort of flashback-type episode similar to xe1, except it would be played out as if it wasnt a flashback and that was something that was happening in quote unquote real time. it starts off with the three just living their normal life and near the end of the episode its obvious theres something wrong with romeo, episode 2 involves more escalations and fights and episode 3 starts with fred writing his journal and creating the gauntlet and ends with him getting killed. like i said this would probably be the one with the least âyour story is changingâ considering fred is already established as a dead character by the time s2 even beings
romeos episodes are like this: episode 1 is backstory on how they became admins which i wont totally push my headcanons but they totally came across something related to herobrine that gave them their powers. the episode continues with the three helping people and being nice, but it ends kind of abruptly similar to how s2â˛s episodes tend to end. episode 2 is similar to fe3, except re2 ends with romeo killing friend, banishing xara and bedrocking the underneath, ultimately ending with the first shot of him creating the overworld. episode 3 is post-overworld creation with him trying to find a friend and champion, we see the witherstorm from an outside perspective and it ends with romeo watching jesse from afar at the beacon ceremony at the end of s1e4.
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Thoughts on Far From Home
So I've had a little over a day to process it all and shit. Probably should've done this when everything was fresh in my mind so I'll probs come back to this if I rewatch it this weekend. Sorry if I forget some stuff, feel free to ask about it if I miss something!!
Anyways,
That in memoriam scene damn near knocked me tf out...the watermarked stock photos, the doves in the background of Tony's picture, the low res picture of Vision that was a masterpiece of its own. That should have been the movie, I would've watched hours of that tbh
Aunt May stay looking fine like damn you are the definition of "people who mind they business age fine" or whatever that saying is
May and Peter doing humanitarian shit made my heart for uWu and shit
Netty Pot is the cutest thing ever and yeah pretty much how hs relationships work for the most part
The VISUAL OF THE BLIP?? It was so stupid but it was so good I almost cried of laughter and the way they reappeared??
I cackled during Mr. Harrington's story about how his wife pretended to blip
Nick Fury can suck a dick in this one ngl, leT PETER LIVE
I need to stress how FINE Jake Gyllenhaal is, I will STFU now bc then I won't if I keep going
EDITH My love!! Also Peter calling in a mf drone on Brad like damn bitch chilllllll literal definition of disaster bi
But also I'm upset Brad Davis was made into the asshole, Remy hii is too fine for that i hate it
Peter giving Mysterio the glasses, i was screaming internally calling him a dumbass bc wHY WOULD TONY CHOOSE YOU OF ALL PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THE NEXT TS??!! IT WAS FOR YOU!!!
My take on Peter handing the glasses away: Tony knows better than to give Peter that kind of power. Yeah, Tony thought Peter was capable of handling his own, why else would he let him keep all that tech? But I think Tony would also be smart enough to not put that kind of pressure on Peter as well as give such a big responsibility to Peter. However, I know it wasn't completely Peter's fault, he was under some Mysterio trance or whatever; he trusted him. But I still think Peter should have known that in the back of his mind, that Tony would probs never give Peter that option to choose the next Tony Stark or Iron Man (whatever the note said lmao)
Everything after felt almost blasphemous with Beck and co. talking shit on Tony. It felt wrong, bc THAT'S MY BABY! TONY STARK IS MY BABY
The illusion scene was so amazing tbh and it was just so damn awesome to watch holy shit
ZOMBIE IRON MAN HOly fUCk I was jumping in my seat. I was crying, don't get me wrong. Reading the grave w Tony's name made me sad but then seeing the deteriorated gauntlet got me so pumped I'm actually really pumped reminiscing on the scene and then when he COMES OUT IN THE DETERIORATED SUIT AND HE THRUSTS HIMSELF UP BEFORE IT CLOSES UP AND IT SHOWS THE HELMET W THE SKULL AND IT LOOKS SO WICKED SO AWESOME I WAS PUMPED YALL THAT SHIT WAS iNTENSE IN THE BEST WAY I need an HD pic of it for my aesthetic and shit
Side note: I plan on getting zombie iron man tattooed on me it was amazing.
The train?? Oof
The jet scene w happy made me cry for so many reasons. I was happy to see Happy
Peter watched porn before or after fighting Captain America and honestly I probably would too ngl. Not to be weird but he probably watched a Thor porn parody bc I would too (call it Thor Ragnacock)
The AC/DC scene got me listening to them again holy shit and now I miss Tony :((
"I love Led Zeppelin" I was so ready to smack a fucking kid holy shit but wow I love one (1) dumbass
The final battle was intense but so good
When Peter mimicked Cap he should have said "Avenger [singular] Assemble" that was a missed opportunity but oh well
That spidEY SENSE SCENE?? WITH THE DARK ROOM AND THE DRONES?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? THAT WAS AMAZING JUST IMAGINE PLAYING SOME ROCK SONG OVER IT it would be like the new AC/DC in IM, Immigrant Song in Thor, Just A Girl in CM type thing it would've been amazing and we were robbed. I personally would have put something by Rob Zombie or maybe White Zombie maybe Misfits but idk
The scene in the airport with I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend playing and Peter and MJ holding hands was acc really cute
RAMONES THO?? I got so so excited heading IWBYB. First Blitzkrieg Bop in Hoco and now this?? Jon Watts was a punk no doubt about it (I can see him being into ska ngl) I see you homie. (I REALLY love Ramones I own like 30 shirts)
JJJ!!! I SCREAMED I JUMPED IN MY SEAT I WAS PUMPED
Mysterio revealing pETER HAD ME FUCKED UP HOLY SHIT
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Song of Tragedy
[part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] [part 5] [part 6] || [AO3]
im excited to post this bc ive had this sitting in my drafts for months now and its finally time to share it
ps this chapter is a lot sadder if u listen to this on repeat bc man it killed me back then and still does now
tw for blood and someone missing body parts...... >:^)
Bring my men home safelyâŚ
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Volgaâs head snapped upward with a vaguely familiar scent assaulting his nostrils. No, this wasnât the smell of the impending storm headed toward the mountain. It permeated through the air like a dense cloud, filling his lungs to capacity and driving his instincts into overdrive.
Blood.
Was one of his kin wounded? Impossible. With a storm looming overhead he knew it would be unwise to send Lizalfos scouts out in search of food. So where was it coming from?
The dragon knew that his servants had also smelt it as the silent caves began to stir with a chorus of curious growling. A select few of the drakes tagged along with their master through the winding tunnels to find the source of the sickening smell outside of the entrance to the cavern.
The silhouette of a man stood at the mouth of the cave.
Volga waved the chieftains away to rush to the strangerâs side. The jeweled hilt of the Magical Sword â though bloodied â gave his identity away; Link looked so strange wearing anything else but his usual attire that appointed him as the legendary hero. The armor he wore â Hyrulean captainâs armor â made him look smaller than he actually was, but whatever mistook him for easy prey met a terrible demise with the amount of blood that splattered the silver steel red.
It was unlike the hero to quite literally be shaking in his boots. He didnât move a muscle as the dragon removed the tarnished helmet. Linkâs eyes were hollow and sunken in, and his face was white as if he had seen a ghost. Trails of tears shed not long ago stained his cheeks as Volga drew closer.Â
âLink⌠What happened?â
It was dawn by the time the group continued on their journey to the forest. They had settled in a secluded clearing for the night; the promise of monsters lurking in the field after dusk was at an all-time high, and it was difficult to move one horse through the black of night, much less a group of four of them. Link donned traditional Hyrulean armor should they had the unfortunate meeting with any enemy captains on the way â better to not send the message that Hyrule was left defenseless without the hero at base.Â
However, the hero noticed the air between him and his men changed. Something was wrong, and he couldnât place a finger on it. His questions were waved off as nerves getting the better of him. They were fit enough to follow orders.
By mid-morning, the two soldiers were complaining of an excruciating headache. The other captain eventually admitted to experiencing it as well, but suffered in silence to not jeopardize their progress. Link hoped that the apples from the night before played no part in their ailment, seeing as he himself felt fine. His men continued to assure him that they were capable of marching onward without any more interruptions. Link, unconvinced, weighed his options: either he sends his men back to base and disobey Impaâs orders, or have them persist through it until the end. With the edge of the woods so closeâŚ
Epona came to an abrupt stop when Link tugged on her reins. The sound of one soldier collapsing off his horse forced him to stop and turn around to look. He clutched his head and screamed in agony as the other soldier held his stomach. The second captain refused to show any evidence of weakness, though his shoulders trembled violently.
What was going on?
Link dismounted from his saddle and sifted through one of his packs on Eponaâs side to find a bottle â any bottle â of potion. Concern and panic etched across his face as he struggled to concentrate. Why were they hurting so suddenly? What was causing them pain? Why them? Why was he not experiencing their pain?Â
What in Hyliaâs name was going on?
He grabbed the small flask of red potion and hurried to the fallen soldier, turning him on his back. As he continued to scream, the soldierâs eyes opened and began to change color right before Linkâs very own eyes, hazel irises washing away into an unnatural deep violet. Link remained in place, frozen in shock. His soldierâs cries of agony couldnât drown out the sound of a sword being unsheathed, the sound of a horseâs hooves coming closer â the white gleam of his fellow captainâs blade reflecting off the sunlight drew his attention away. He looked up, the captainâs sword pointed at him â
âLink?â
The dragon placed a heavy hand on the boyâs shoulder to urge him to focus.Â
Link finally blinked, startled by the contact, and came out of his stupor. Frantically, he looked around and, having realized where he was, distress came across his face as he willed himself not to dissolve into tears again, especially in front of Volga. He had worked so hard to prove himself capable of being accepted into the dragonâs clan, to bear the burden of being the legendary hero â it would be an insult to cry in front of the only person who had built him up so far to this point. However, he couldnât bring himself to speak with his throat tightening and his breath quickening. Link pulled away from Volgaâs hand and pushed the helmet of his own fellow captain into his clawed hands.
Volga didnât have much of a choice and accepted the helmet. He frowned. The first thing he noticed was how uncharacteristically silent his friend was being. Usually he had acted as if the caves were his own home, filling the air with a million words of utter nonsense â but this, he realized, was not the usual friendly visit. He didnât like this at all.
The dragon examined the helmet. Something was beginning to seep through the claws of his gauntlets and painting them a dark red. Volga turned the helmet in his hands and noticed the âbloodâ along the rim was still fresh. It smelled just as metallic as blood, but it was anything but natural â it reeked of something he couldnât describe.
Then, he noticed that the helmet had a good amount of weight to it. No, this was considerably heavier than Linkâs helmet that he had taken off minutes prior. Volgaâs frown deepened at the thought and assumed the worst. It couldnât beâŚ
Claws tentatively lifted the visor for a closer look. He immediately dropped it when his worst suspicions had come to light, proven to be true. He didnât care to look to see where the decapitated head of a Hyrulean captain had rolled off to, instead looking to see where Link had gone.Â
The Hylianâs armor creaked as he bolted away from the entrance of the caves to vomit. Volga stood by and watched, cautiously approaching, but was met with an arm out to wordless tell him to keep away. The hero didnât need any more of his dignity being taken away from being coddled as he emptied what was left in his stomach. Volga complied and stayed an armâs length away.
It felt like an eternity passed before a clap of thunder rumbled over their heads. The storm was beginning to draw even closer and Link was in no condition to be thrown back out into the wilderness. Link scrubbed bile off the corner of his mouth as he looked to the dark clouds above, then at Volga curiously. The dragon nodded once and signaled for the boy to follow, unable to keep his eyes on the pitiful expression. He wouldnât survive the trek down the mountain with the torrential rain on its way.
Once they were back inside, Link brushed past the dragon and collapsed onto the nearest boulder with a heavy thud. Volga followed suit and took to kneeling in front of his friend, his expression softening as he looked at him. Link was strong, but not unmovable by the wreckage of war. The dragon said nothing, giving Link the freedom to say what he needed at his own pace.
âIâ I-It wasâŚâ his voice cracked with every syllable, his throat still aching from the abuse earlier. âIt wasnâtââ
âTake as long as you need.â
Link couldnât hold Volgaâs gaze any longer, dipping his sight to the rocks underneath his feet. His armored shoulders began to shake as he processed what had transpired. It was supposed to be a simple scouting mission. Impa had trusted him. It wasnât supposed to end in failure, much lessâŚ
Weakly, Link brought his head back up and held his hands up to sign. He couldnât speak through his voice, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes as he realized he couldnât bring himself to formulate words with his hands as he had done for so many years before. Sensing his frustration, Volga took one of Linkâs hands in his own, rubbing gentle circles into the back of his hand. Linkâs walls threatened to crumble at that point, but with a shuddering breath, he took to spelling it out instead.
T-r-a-i-t-o-r-s.
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THAT MAP
i didnât die
also spoilers. like. major spoilers. im serious.
dont click that read more unless youâre totally okay with spoilers cause i talk about some endgame stuff too <3
CELESTICA ERIDIA
THAT ERIDIAN RIFT HUHHHHHHH ITS RIGHT NEXT TO PANDORA
WEâRE ENTERING THE FLORPUS
IT LOOKS LIKE THEREâS A WAY TO TRIANGULATE/OPEN THE WORMHOLE OR SOMETHING???
alright LOOK
each planet (Eden-6, Promethea, Pandora) theyâre all circled and when their lines cross it leads to SOMETHING
and looking at the grid thatâs obviously what looks to be a wormhole
so weâve also got the lines
âelpis - not what it seems. is elpis a lens? or a conduit. or both?â
A CONDUIT/LENS?? FOR W H A T??
ARE WE BEAMING SOMETHING OUT OF PANDORA? BECAUSE IF THESE TEMPLES ARE ALL SIMILAR PYRAMID-LIKE STRUCTURES TO THE ONE ON ATHENAS THEN THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE
this is DEFINITELY on pandora (you see elpis up there) so itâs possible something is going to hit elpis and itâs going to beam to this vault-thing and open up a gateway to the Eridian Rift??? OR
we open this Vault and it beams something up to elpis and elpis helps open up part of the Eridian rift
iâd guess weâd need all 3 (?) active to open it?? Eden-6, Pandora, and Promethea
so something SEEMS to be getting beamed either from elpis to pandora or from pandora to elpis
but im going to get elpis to pandora given the way itâs being thrown out? like it hits elpis straight on and then defracts over pandora like a prism
im guessing itâs such a broad spread bc itâs trying to hit the vault-temple-thing we see above (still... not quite convinced those are vaults like weâve been seeing them in the past games (with lots of big loot inside). again something like teleporters makes way more sense to me)
they also bring this up, that athenas and promethea have a draw to one another, which makes sense since part of the promethean vault key is on Athenas
âAlthough Athenas is not in the Promethean System, there is a strong pull detectable through use of [eridian resonator (customized) which I have discovered here (seen in purple)]â i have no idea if any of the bracketed stuff is rightâ
more importantly it looks like one piece of Prometheaâs asteroid belt is âhighlightedâ which i imagine is that giant space laser
which ngl surprises me because
this doesnât really look eridian to me at all. like, okay, the laser part IS purple but... the actual tech doesnât look Eridian at all. it looks VERY human. maybe maliwan/atlas discovered it and changed it somehow? thatâs pretty much the only reason i can give. like they made it so it would only hit a certain area (concentrated) instead of the entire planet (like we see Elpis doing)
also if we look at Eden-6
eden-6 seems to be 1 of 6 (or more) planets surrounding the gas giant (?) named Eden (which is such a cool fucking detail). or maybe thatâs just a solar system named eden. either way. AWESOME.
my question is:
is Eden going to act similarly to Elpis? to the Asteroid Belt of Promethea?? because if thatâs the case OH MAN MORE GIANT SPACE LASERS. maybe this is why ships keep on crashing to Eden-6. We know the planet is basically a ship graveyard, maybe thereâs some Eridian interference thatâs causing this to happen???
Also, when they say âVaults lead to other Vaultsâ do yâall think this is tied into in any way the âVault of Vaultsâ or whatever âItâ is???
because THE VAULT OF VAULTS??? APPARENTLY WE WERE NAUGHTY AS FUCK FOR OPENING IT (the overseer says so when you accept the quest for the proving grounds)
AND THE MASTERS (whoever the FUCK they are!) ARE NOT HAPPY BOYS
ALSOÂ âUNIVERSE DESTROYING POWERâ AS CLAIMED ON THE WEBSITE
UHHH IM GONNA GUESS THAT RIFT IS ABOUT TO KILL EVERYONE AND/OR LET OUT A BIG OL SPACE DEMON COUGH THE DESTROYER COUGH
ALSO WE PROBABLY ARE CONFIRMED THERE ARE TEMPLES ON EACH OF THE PLANETS WITH THAT DIAMOND SHAPE
THEY MATCH UP WITH THE SYMBOL WEâVE SEEN EVERYWHERE
(also we now can guess this takes place after Athenas..?)
âVault... Key?â i mean... think about it. we know the symbol for Vault is the circle with the arch. but this is different. this is diamond with, yes, with a vault shape in it. but... thereâs obviously more to it than just the vault symbol
plus tannis is using it on pedestals dedicated to Vault Keys so i mean. you know.
and if this IS the symbol for Vault Key than oh man oh me oh my
that would mean opening up the âmini vaultsâ on Pandora/Promethea/Eden-6 would lead to that big Eridian rift opening, whatever it is
which could explain this line:
âthe Vaults lead to other Vaultsâ
âSmart, Leda!â
looks like Typhon met someone who writes in blue. whoâs name is Leda.
calling it now typhon totally banged a Siren named Leda and had 2 twin kids (it runs in the family)
the twins take after their parents: one red, one blue. possibly inherit the Cloth Map and learn about the purpose of the Vaults through it.
i got nothing on the cage thing but tbh i wouldnât be surprised if Typhon or Leda ended up going crazy at some point and/or having kids inside of a Vault for some ungodly reason. spewing random shit about âbandits this, bandits thatâ to keep them from leaving.
maybe they knew their adventures were going to (eventually) lead to the destruction of the universe so they wanted to keep their kids safe without having to admit theyâve doomed everyone outside
this has no proof at all, im just spitballing lol
i mean look at these love-sick FOOLS lmao
look they both left messages (that i canât read) with hearts at the end of them
âGenius! [gibberish i canât make out] <3âł
âyou know it! <3âł
we donât know what the Vaults really are for, huh Tyreen??
NOW WE DO. NOW. WE DO.
âERIDIAN GLYPHS ARE CYHPERS!â (sic???)
âby overlaying various found glyphs patterns emerge which are then...â ASDFGSHJ i CANT READ THIS
âWhat is the machine?â âWeâll figure it out together!â
MACHINE????????
i NEED it
âMapping in progress: the key-glyph [something] is an Eridian cypher hiding coordinates to some kind of cyber (????) structureâ
this perhaps???
also the proving grounds. letâs talk about those. we know theyâre eridian, we know thereâs 6 of them, we know thereâs 1 at least on both Athenas and Eden-6.
we know those Eridian Ruins/Cyphers lead to the proving grounds. we know this much. so is it definitely confirmed the proving grounds hold a higher place in the story than theyâre saying? i mean let me pull up my other draft talking about these in-depth and copy paste because thereâs only 36 minutes until the NEXT endgame content stream
âLater in the campaign, you may be worthy of taking part in the Proving Grounds: themed gauntlets watched over by a Guardian known as the Overseer who wishes to test your mettle on behalf of the mysterious âMastersâ.â
so it sounds like at least one is going to take place during the main campaign of the game.
as for uhh who the Masters are... I donât know. I imagine theyâre Eridian in some way/shape/form. to be honest, considering the Overseer is a Guardian (confirmed), I imagine these âMastersâ are just literally Eridians. some sort of council, perhaps. i mean âthe masters will determine who is at faultâ for ânaughty humans opened the vault of vaultsâ. so i imagine theyâre like a council.
Letâs start listing stuff we know about the Proving Grounds:
1. you get them by translating (we apparently get a translator later on in the story) Eridian texts (ciphers) left behind, which tell us where (?) these proving grounds are. why weâre not just using tannis... i dunno. something better not have happened to Tannis, gearbox
Weâve seen these texts in the Eden-6 gameplay, so it looks like maybe we wonât need the eridian doritos stabby thing to break any crystals. damn youuu
âOhhh good. Nonsense.â
i make jokes with my friend that soon iâll be able to read Eridian given how much i stare at these tablets. itâs only a matter of time...
2. thereâs apparently 6 of them, and at least 1 on each planet. Weâve seen the Athenas (Survival) and Eden-6 (Instinct) versions, which does make me wonder if thereâs any tie between 6 of these trials and the 6 Sirens...
Also, given thereâs supposedly 6 trials and only 5 planets (as the community has gotten devs to tell us), it makes me wonder a) if thereâs actually 6 planets or b) why thereâs only 1 planet with 2 per planet. i guess if thatâs the eridian homeworld then itâd make sense if they have 2.
(Also Varnell did originally say 7 trials at first, but he gets a pass because he was live on stage and i wouldâve made that mistake too knowing my dumb brain lol)
3. Apparently during the narrative of the game, at some point, we will unlock at least 1 trial.
â[proving grounds are] encased in the narrative of the game. a combat challenge the Eridians have left for the player to kinda prove themselves worthy for... things i wonât completely spoil right now, but uhhh prove themselves worthy to the ancient, lost, Eridians.â
so... YEAH. big news, gamers.
does this take place at the end of the game? its possible. its likely considering this is considered endgame content. it might not. it could be both, like sort of a repeatable thing. im not really certain.Â
What I am certain about tho, is that this takes place after a huge story event.
So, maybe the BL3 story ends on a cliffhanger. Tbh i would upset if that happened, but THAT SAID, if the game does end on such a huge cliffhanger that this is AWFUL and the end of the universe is coming, I donât think weâd be getting 4 story DLCs that completely ignore this problem.
The devs had said the entire story will be contained within bl3 (no splitting it up between dlcs), and it seems the games like to keep the timeline intact in the real world, so if imminent death is on its way, we canât exactly wait 5 years irl and in-universe for borderlands 4.
So, if this is a cliffhanger ending, I donât think whatever happens is... that big of a deal. Sort of the level of finding the Vault Map at the end of BL2. Itâs big news! but itâs not going to end the universe. The story marches on. We figure out the new goalposts of this universe and keep doing stuff outside it.
Now that we know that, letâs take note of what the Overseer says at the start and end of this mission:
âVault Hunter... I thought you might show up sooner or later. So naughty your species, so curious. The Vault of Vaults has been opened and it has been released. Prove your worth and I will reveal why the Masters made me wait for youâ.
âNaughty humans opened the Vault of Vaults, but the Masters will determine who is at fault. Until next time, Warrior.â
so thatâs some pretty fucking loaded dialogue, isnât it?
im vvvvvvvvvv curious about who this âitâ character is... something the Eridians didnât want out- well, thatâs bad, because we (or the twins, or maliwan, or both I guess) just let it free. and the fact the Overseer wonât even reference the thing by name... thatâs probably bad. If this is an actual entity, then that is mostly why I believe this particular Proving Ground takes place during the main story.
that said, âitâ could literally be anything. Knowledge, hope, whatever. the potion you brew to become a Siren. you know. anything. She called whatever was released âitâ and it doesnât seem like weâre in a RUSH or anything. Just hanging out doing proving grounds. and apparently this is because weâve been naughty humans. not evil, just naughty. like sheâs giving us (or the cult) a slap on the wrist.
The Overseer doesnât seem too affected by us opening the Vault of Vaults herself. The Masters apparently are trying to determine âwhoâs at fault hereâ, like it isnât exactly clear. was it the humans for opening it? was it the eridians for making them openable?
it would be interesting if this isnât even talking about something that happens in game, but instead like... sheâs referencing Typhon and Leda. the Vault of Vaults had been opened (by Typhon and Leda) and IT has been released... whatever it is... maybe the reason Typhon and Leda locked their kids in a vault? ... i mean if weâre going by the eridium/slag causes psychos, then maybe that? we definitely find eridium on planets other than pandora...
also speaking of stuff taking place during the game, lets remember what was discussed in that interview: â[proving grounds are] encased in the narrative of the game... a combat challenge the Eridians have left for the player to kinda prove themselves worthy for... things i wonât completely spoil right now, but uhhh prove themselves worthy to the ancient, lost, Eridians.â
worthy of what, exactly?
Iâm still of the belief that itâs for the title of Vault Guardian (and, yes, by proxy, i want to say Siren, but yâall wonât take me too seriously if i keep advocating for this crack theory lol... implying you took me seriously in the first place đ¤Ą) because of the Guardian Rank
the fact weâre killing Fallen Guardians means, technically, a position HAS opened up... plus I donât think the Watcher would have come in contact with Lilith if she didnât think the Eridians needed us
that said, if this isnât for just becoming Vault Guardians, then... idk. If this is strictly endgame stuff, i donât even know what weâre trying to prove our worth for.
I guess worthy of not being thrown into alien prison is probably a good one. magic space prison is probably hard to get out of. like, â200 years an openingâ hard to get out of. and ur roommate is the destroyer đ¨
i mean... maybe worthy of entering the Eridian Rift? i mean... itâs possible this rift leads to the eridian homeworld... there would have to be one HELL of huge Vault Monster to keep people from getting through :o
anyway, weâve got 20 minutes until the new endgame content, iâll be sure to add onto here if we learn anything new and/or i think of anything else. im vibrating over this shit, itâs awesome. i LOVE this map. might have to pick one up on ebay or smth.
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Oh man.. I went to see endgame again and I want to like Thor in this movie I really do and am worried I'm a bad person for not but like, the tone feels all over the place with him, like the tragedy undercuts the humour but then the humour disrespects the tragedy. I can't get my head around this creative decision. What do you think?
First of all, youâre not a bad person for not liking Thor in this film. The negative reaction to how Thor is portrayed is pretty widespread, especially on Tumblr, and a lot of people share your opinion that his character was handled poorly.Â
I ... *sighs* Hereâs the thing. My immediate/general reaction was something like being stunned and second-hand embarrassed for Thor and really upset at the portrayal, because it really, really does feel like the narrative is framing Thorâs very real PTSD as a joke. Playing it up for laughs when thereâs nothing funny about that level of loss and grief.Â
I felt it was disrespectful, that it undermined not only Thor but those of us who suffer from mental illness and have unhealthy coping mechanisms. I felt like depression was being made fun of, like trauma was being made fun of, like weight gain/generally showing how far a person can sink into depression where they canât take care of themselves was being made fun of. Furthermore, I have been especially furious that despite his trauma, Thor didnât mention Loki even once, even when acknowledging literally everything else heâs lost besides Loki (family, Asgard, Jane).Â
But.Â
Everyone knows, because I have been obsessing about it for days, that Iâve discovered some really, really good during/post-Endgame Thor fic. Fic that manages to strike the balance between what we saw on-screen and whatâs going on in Thorâs head. I have found fic that somehow manages to reconcile the two, showing how deep Thorâs trauma runs while still being consistent to what was portrayed on-screen.Â
And in finding myself not only empathizing with Fic!Thor, but also feeling very protective of him and generally loving toward him, it also made me admit to myself that, when I watched Endgame, it was like two days before the release and I was watching a really shitty cam rip, where I missed 75% of what was really happening, due to poor sound and visual quality.Â
So, tonight, I went back and rewatched it. Not in the theatre but I found a better cam version on Putlocker, with much better sound and video. I tried to be open-minded. And I had no idea how much I missed, when it came to Thorâs microexpressions and mannerisms and even what he was saying half the time. Watching it in better quality along with having the fics in my head has kind of ... brought me to an understanding of it, I think? In a way that Iâm no longer furious about it, because I can sort of get behind the creative decision to show Thor just completely deteriorating and becoming something like an entirely different person than what heâs been before. Because mental illness and trauma do do that to a person. And I do think that it was a bold, but not necessarily a wrong, decision to go the opposite way in portraying the illness than what is usually shown in media. Usually, in films and tv, traumatized, depressed people are portrayed as stoic, and usually really thin, and scowly and brooding.
Thor in Endgame as a concept is taking that expectation and subverting it and showing the other end of the spectrum: that sometimes you are smiling and joking even though itâs an act, that youâre laughing on the outside while a weight is pressing down on you on the inside, that drinking to excess can cause weight gain, that eating as a coping mechanism can cause weight gain, that not caring about life can mean not caring about yourself and you donât necessarily notice that itâs been a week since you washed your hair and two years since you cut it and what does it matter anyway, because youâre not going anywhere or doing anything or trying to impress anybody, youâre just putting one foot in front of the other and trying to make it through day by day until the universe finally decides to take pity on you and you die.Â
And I get that, because Iâve been there, because a lot of people have been there, because itâs a very real, uncomfortable, visceral portrayal of someone who has just completely broken down - mentally, physically, emotionally.Â
That all said - I understand the intention better now than I did before, but I do think that it fell flat. Instead of really delving into these things, the narrative played it like we were supposed to laugh at Thor. Not a single person, except for Bruce, asked Thor if he was okay. No one acknowledged that Thor might not be up for this mission. No one acknowledged that even if the snap was reversed, Thor will still have lost everything and he doesnât get anything back.Â
Thor is very visibly breaking down, and the others just roll with it. Worse, they make fun of him, what with the way they look at him and the way they act toward him and Rhodeyâs stupid âcheeze whizâ joke. The narrative supports this view, especially with camera shots that emphasize Thorâs weight and general disheveled appearance. And the version I watched today was still filmed in a theatre, so I was able to hear all the places where the audience just laughed, even when Thor was obviously in pain and obviously needed sympathy rather than mockery. It smacks of fat shaming and general mental health shaming. And thatâs not okay.Â
I feel ... more generous toward Chris Hemsworthâs performance than I did before. On a second, closer viewing, I do think that his facial expressions and his delivery of his lines did show someone who was in deep pain, especially when it came to Thanos specifically (his change in demeanor when Bruce says his name, the way he begs to wear the gauntlet and âdo something right,â the way he approaches Thanos in the final battle, among other moments).Â
I also think, though, that Chris may have gotten too into the comedic aspect of it, too, and that probably contributed to Thor in general being played for laughs. Because Chris likes to laugh, and have fun, and screw around, and heâs said so himself. I think if Chris had a better understanding of mental illness than I assume he does, he might have been more willing to delve further into the emotional side and relied less on the comedic side. And if Chris wasnât so anti-Loki, then I think we would have had a lot more acknowledgement of how much Lokiâs death has contributed to Thorâs grief and mental state.Â
Idk. It could have been better. The fics are better. But at the same time, I do get it now more than I did before. Iâm not really crediting the Russos with that, bc theyâre trash, but I do give Chris Hemsworth and his acting more credit than I did. And honestly, I give the fic writers credit bc reading them forced me to consider my point of view and whether or not I was looking at Thor too critically due to my general hatred of everything the Russos touch.Â
So, yeah. Overall, itâs ... a complicated thing. I donât think Iâll ever be okay with it, but Iâm not so anti it either, anymore. If that makes sense.Â
I didnât mean to write you a dissertation, Anon, so Iâm sorry for the length. This has actually been on my mind for several days, though, so I kind of hopped on this ask and took it as an opportunity to write all of this out. I hope it makes sense. I hope people can understand where Iâm coming from. And even if you canât, please donât @ me, Iâm very tired.Â
Anyway. Yeah. So thatâs what I think. I hope this somewhat answered the question. XDDÂ
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