#leader of tsundere line

[skz317cb97]

What these pics say to me pt 6...

Minho edition

This gives 'Did I leave the stove on?... No I remembered...did I?...no I turned it of-fuck DID I?'

This one is definitely 'mom and dad kissing at the dinner table'

Pt.7

[bubblegyu00]

riize as boyfriends !

riize x femidol!reader

a/n: currently in my rum pum pum pah talk saxy era 😋

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• shotaro

boyfriend shotaro and idol shotaro are basically two different people. the members have mentioned that shotaro is a bit stern and serious during practice. but all of the frustration leaves his body once he sees his girlfriend stopping by after practice. goes from leader osaki shotaro to clingy baby taro in a millisecond.

is such a happy pill to you, but when you go without seeing him for more than 24 hours, then you suddenly become sad and depressed.

his favorite pass time is to talk about you, and he has proven that many..... many times. the members always get annoyed when the room is silent he and suddenly groans " man, i really miss my girlfriend ". but the poor boy can't help that you're always on his mind 😕

he definitely loves to annoy you, but only because he knows that you won't get angry at him. he thinks that you don't get angry at him because you basically let him do anything he wants ( which is true ), but it's really because even though taro likes to tease,, he never crosses the line.

if you would ever be at an awards show together, he wouldn't even try to hide your relationship — meaning the boy is quite literally gushing over how good you look. pokes you in the side and giggles quietly to himself as he watches you stiffen and try not to flinch.

" shotaro! what was that?! we were live! "

" it was so funny! "

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• eunseok

boyfriend eunseok may seem nonchalant and tsundere ( yes i used that word, what're you gonna do about it 😛 ), he actually cares about you so much.

is on the verge of tears when he's cleaning a wound for you ( it's literally a paper cut ). will help you do everything for the rest of the day like you just got out of the ER or something.

makes you laugh all the time because he just wants to see you smile. his life goal is to protect you at all costs, and treat you like an absolute princess.

loves loves lovessss when you play with his hair or scratch his back. he can put up the tough guy act all he wants, but the minute you offer to rub or scratch his back he'll lay right on your lap and won't get up for another hour.

and even though he isn't as expressive, he gives you compliments like no other. he praises every little thing you do, and compliments you on every single piece of clothing you wear.

" you look so good baby "

" i'm literally wearing pajama pants and a tank top seok..? "

" i stand by my earlier statement "

( are my daddy issues showing yet? )

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• sungchan

boyfriend sungchan is so cute i want to throw a rock at him. alright that made sense in my head.

he's so so so in love with you i don't think he could possibly put it in words. he probably wants to throw a rock at you too.

like you could literally glance at him for one millisecond, and that's a kiss in his book. he still gets giddy over the little things like holding hands and hugging and it's just so endearing 🙁

sometimes he forgets how handsome he is, and only remembers when he gets a scolding because he didn't know a girl was hitting on him.

no but seriously sometimes the fact that he is so insanely attractive leaves his brain. and the amount of girls that mindlessly flirt with him — even though his girlfriend is right there — double the amount when he's at the gym.

so he dosent leave for the gym until he gets sprayed with a bunch of your perfume, has a picture of you two in his phone case, a scrunchie on his wrist, and a pink bow around his arm. ( the last one is just cus... why wouldn't you try to tie a bow around sungchan's arm?? )

" maybe i should buy you a shirt with a picture of me on it "

" or i could just act like i'm gay when girls come up to me "

" oh my gosh yes! "

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• wonbin

boyfriend wonbin is the beginning of the sassy man apocalypse. i say this from the heart wonbin 🤍

no but it's really a good thing because you needed someone who would overdress everywhere with you 😋. he still has never overdressed you ofc, he knows his limits 😼

most people thought you guys were just this big glamorous couple who slept glamorously, went on big glamorous dates, and just breathed in glamorous air.

this, however, is a big lie. most of the time you had dates at home, in bed, eating takeout, and watching horror movies.

although wonbin is very very very very hot in every way, most of the time you just saw him as a guy who was born to be a cutie patootie, but was forced to act like the mysterious hot guy.

wonbin only let's you see the soft side of him because he can really open up to you, and you understand him so well.

if wonbin is ever having a bad day and won't open up to anyone, the members call you immediately since they know that you'd be able to calm him down in five minutes tops.

" go away "

" binnie, baby it's me. you can open the door "

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• seunghan

boyfriend seunghan most definitely was best friend seunghan before you "accidentally" made out one night

your love language is annoying each other and pissing one another off <3

you two are most definitely the couple everyone brings over to have a good time. the both of you together is quite literally is the best combo you could put together for having fun.

seunghan will annoy you, but make it up with the dozens of gifts he gives you for no reason. you showed him something online? he bought it. you thought something was cute at the mall? he's already whipping his credit card out.

he's not necessarily clingy, but will be touching you most of the time just to make sure you don't disappear. whenever you're at a party, or in public, he'll have an arm around your waist just for reassurance. he does in fact think you'll get kidnapped if you're not in his line of vision.

boyfriend seunghan most definitely calls you the most out of pocket nicknames just for fun. he thinks it's gold comedy.

" i'm home cucumber! "

or

" how was your day tissue? "

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• sohee

boyfriend sohee makes me want to go into a cuteness aggression not gonna lie to you. the biggest simp out of the seven.

has you as his lockscreen and homescreen, has your photo card in his phone case, your birthday is his phone password, and his password for all of his accounts is the day he asked you out. ( he's a bit obsessed ngl )

sohee is usually very smiley, but he never ever smiles as wide as when he's with you. you're the only one who gets to see his fully pearly white smile

is still really shy around you, but it's so endearing. like if you say "i love you" he'll say it back but his neck, ears, and face will be a shade of red. or if you kiss him it'll still take him a minute to calm down because he has the reddest face ever right now.

like shotaro, sohee talks about you too much too. but honestly he only does it sometimes to make them mad or annoyed, but sometimes he really does just to talk about his perfect girlfriend.

will make sure you NEVER eat alone. he just thinks it's so sad that his girlfriend would eat alone when she could be eating with him.

" have you already eaten? "

" yes "

" aw, i wanted you to eat with me "

" oh, i haven't eaten yet, what do you want? "

" but you just- "

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• anton

boyfriend anton makes me want to skip around my room and sing " look at the grass, the dirt! just like i dreamed they'd be! "

he gets really shy when you compliment him, but will compliment you on every single thing you say or do. like he'll literally say you look perfect when you're in sweatpants, and it makes you wanna do cartwheels and swoon over him.

he will so lose it every time you dress up at all. like he's literally drooling with goo goo eyes and he will NOT leave your side.

he feels so small next to you even though he's literally a whole shaq o'neal 2.0. he still can't believe how he pulled a bad bitch like you.

his love language is physical touch, but he is too shy to make the first move. for example, when you're sitting on the couch, about to watch a movie, he'll keep his hands to himself even though he wants to lay on your chest and have you play with his hair so badly.

people figure out your dating because when he's on live he'll bring you up every chance he gets. like every time he reads a comment, he somehow finds every single one to have something to do with you.

" anton what's your tmi? "

" um, my tmi for today is that i watched y/n's performance at mcountdown in person today and oh my god- "

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[uchihamadxra]

-> Booping a sleepy Madara’s nose.

Mod’s note: With the April fools’s booping shenanigns ive decided to write some fluff on it.

Warnings: arranged marriage, madara is the reader’s husband for a month only. Fluff! Madara being a tsundere kejedhgd 😏 some plot!

The sunlight mingled against the thick curtains of the Uchiha clan head’s room. A faint line of warmth decorating your husband’s temples. He looked flawless like this, the rigid and scary, constant frown on his face has lulled into a peaceful neutral expression. Hair flawlessly splayed out like a wild mane in the silk pillow covers.

Madara hasn’t touched you yet, not even once. You wondered if you’d be treated like the weakling mutt that he snarled to your clan about. He is blunt with his words & spared no diplomacy in calling you weak. However, that was all. Madara hasn’t told you how to behave, what to eat, what to wear. You are well aware that your clan is eternall grateful to become a sub-wing of the Uchiha estate. Marrying the leader was something they had groveled about anyway.

Madara calls you for dinners where you ask him about his day, the answer is always the same. “Uneventful and boring. How about you?”

“Happy.” You mumble, like a learnt word to please Madara sama. He looks at you and scans your face as if he’s checking the disposition and the depth of your lies, if any. Not that you couldn’t tell him if you were unhappy. Madara seemed kind enough to ask about your day anyway. It’s just — you are not unhappy. The Uchihas are a force to be reckoned with but they sure do know how to love their own. The clan has accepted you, and they have done so to please Madara.

You gnaw at your lip, leaning in and looking at his solemn, sleeping face. “Good mornin.” You whispered, barely audible, hand shakingly touching the tip of his arched nose with a soft boop.

“Good morning.” Madara replied, an eye open as he looks at you. You lurched back instantly, gasping out in surprise.

“About time you tried to touch your husband.” He hums, smirking a little & getting up. Madara didn’t try to be scary around you either. Maybe the bond between you and your husband would take time to grow, but it sure will surpass something normal. Your heart knows it, deeply.

His does, too.

[yuri-is-online]

A while ago you said in a post that Ace’s isolation seems to come from how he values Yuu and Deuce’s friendship more and I think you perfectly worded how I feel. I would like to hear more about it if you have more to say!

Like yeah he’s a very friendly and outgoing guy. He can easily make friends/acquaintances but there’s also a clear line between those friends and where Deuce Yuu and Grim stands.

He gets along really well with his seniors as seen by his relationships with the basketball club, Playful Land and hell I bet this new event will prove that too. But it gives me more of a vibe of a younger kid endearingly annoying his older classmates than friendship.

Among the first years, he doesn’t seem to be as close to them as Deuce is. Like Deuce and Epel have this whole bond going on because of Chapter 5, Deuce and Jack are in the same club etc. Ace is kind to his fellow first years and helps them out like in Fairy Gala If with Ortho but again there’s this divide. Everyone knows it’s Ace, Deuce, Yuu and Grim as the group.

Multiple people have mentioned how those 4 are constantly together and how it’s rare to see one without the other and I think that’s really important when you take into consideration on how Ace literally ditched his last girlfriend because they were too different in terms of taste (well there’s more to unpack with that but that’s not what I’m here to talk about). Quality time is hugely important with Ace in my opinion, he wouldn’t hang out with people he hates and seeing the amount of time he spends time with those three and how the game makes an active effort to make us pay attention to it tells us that yeah Ace definitely values his friendship with Deuce, Yuu and Grim more than the others and why Ace feels so separated from the other first years at times.

He also tends to keep people at arms length because of his inability to really express affection towards his friends so it just comes across as him being snarky and mean when that’s really not the case. This also does show with Deuce Yuu and Grim yet goes to help them whenever he gets the chance, buys gifts for them, spends time with them etc. Like bro his actions tell otherwise it’s so funny he’s like a tsundere.

I think his exterior kind of makes it hard to people to really get close to him and I think he purposely does that, so to see him have obvious bias towards a group of people is really important.

Gotta admire his loyalty, once you’ve proven yourself he’s sticking with you for the rest of his life. Sorry for rambling but uh yeah your response gave me thoughts.

I would like to thank the aceyuu community for their continued dedication to putting deeply insightful character analysis in my inbox. I love you all so very much. I also love your icon very much, Gen 5 best pokemon (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

it gives me more of a vibe of a younger kid endearingly annoying his older classmates than friendship.

Yes very much this. Ace is the baby of his family, and there seems to be a decent age gap between him and his brother. He repeatedly talks about wanting to be like his seniors, and Jamil mentions at least once he is generally respectful towards them. His level up lines imply he wants to try challenging Riddle again, but it seems less because he disrespects him and wants to be dorm leader and more because he wants to prove he's gotten stronger.

Friend groups

So I have been thinking since the first and second time we talked about this trying to pick out who exactly Ace's friend group even is outside of Yuu and Deuce and ??? Deuce knew who Epel was before you properly met and he and Jack do seem to get along pretty well but Ace? I feel like maybe the intention might be to have him be closer to Ortho and Sebek, which sort of makes sense. They're all the youngest in their families and look up to their seniors to varying degrees but still. Ace specifically, like you said, is literally always around either Yuu or Deuce. In Idia's lab wear vignette Ace literally stays over alone with Yuu to watch horror movies and sends Grim to get the drinks alone 💀 like sir? Hello? And he implies he's done this more than once??? I like the idea of quality time being important to Ace, he says the most important thing for him in a partner is someone you have fun with and like being around so yeah. That makes sense for him.

I think back on how Ace initially interacted with Yuu and Deuce and, while at first I was a bit hesitant to say Ace keeps people at arms length, but you can literally see him doing that in the prologue. He's a brat towards people his own age, and while I imagine he has always been super popular to a degree I don't know if I can see him ever having had as deep of a friendship with anyone as he has Yuu and Deuce. I'm not sure if I would say he does it on purpose 100% of the time, but his Suitor Suit vignette does seem to imply he does it when he feels particularly embarrassed by something. He isn't just like a tsundere, he is one and honestly I was not expecting to like him as much as I do because tsundere isn't really one of my favorite tropes.

Gotta admire his loyalty, once you’ve proven yourself he’s sticking with you for the rest of his life. Sorry for rambling but uh yeah your response gave me thoughts.

Never apologize for rambling, it is the last thing I will ever take issue with and that goes for anyone in my inbox.

I hard agree. Ace's loyalty to Deuce, Yuu, and Grim should scare anyone trying to mess with them. I am waiting with baited breath for Grim overblot he is just going to pop off I JUST KNOW IT PLEASE YANA PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE

[howlingday]

ARC-THOLOGY

A collection of short Tragic Backstory (TM) tales requested by @noneatnonedotcom

Enjoy!

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WHITE ROSE

Weiss and RWBY’s big day out! it's totally not an excuse for Weiss to buy ruby things she likes so she can make her smile.

Weiss: "I'm only doing this because there's things I want to get it's not like I'm doing it for you d-dolt"

Ruby: "SHE SAID THE LINE!!!"

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Weiss: I'm sorry, what?

Ruby: You said the line!

Weiss: What line? (Sneezes, Shivers) Am I the only one who feels really cold right now?

Yang: What? How's that possible? You're the Ice Queen.

Weiss: I'm aware of my nickname. What I'm not aware of is what Ruby is talking about.

Blake: The tsundere trope.

Weiss: The what?

Blake: The tsundere trope. A tsundere is a character who acts mean and aggressive towards others, yet has a secret desire for them that they keep hidden.

Weiss: (Rolls eyes) Oh, please. Besides, who would I tsundere at anyways?

Ruby: Well, there's me, and Yang, and Blake, and Jaune-

Weiss: No. No. No. And god no!

Ruby: Weiss! Don't be mean!

Yang: Yeah, wouldn't want ya to be too tsun-tsun, would we?

Weiss: WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!

Ruby/Yang: TSUN-TSUN! TSUN-TSUN!

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RENORA SUPPORTS KING ARC

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Jaune: Ah... Thanks for hanging out with us on the roof, guys. We really appreciate it.

Nora: Do you, though? We're not getting in the way of your make-out session, are we?

Mercury: Haha! Yeah, are we~?

Pyrrha: (Blushing, Covering her face)

Ren: It's the least we could do. Team RWBEY said they wanted to go out for a girl's night out with just their side of the team, so Nora and I thought we could do something similar with our side.

Jaune: Well, I still appreciate it.

Pyrrha: So do I.

Mercury: Even if we're interrupting your kissing time?

Pyrrha: (Glares at him) Watch it.

Nora: Besides, we're your whistles!

Ren: Vassals.

Nora: Vessels, yeah! Anything for our king.

Jaune: ...What if I wasn't the king? What if I really was who I said I was and I wasn't any kind of royalty. Would you still follow me as your leader?

Mercury: Absolutely not.

Pyrrha: (Growls)

Jaune: That makes sense. I'm nothing special.

Mercury: Heh, and that is why I wouldn't follow you. You're nothing special. Heck, Cinder wasn't either, but she still acted like it. You should really stop putting yourself down so much.

Ren: Especially when you've already done so much for the rest of us.

Jaune: What do you mean?

Ren: When Nora and I left our village, it was after a Grimm attack, and we wandered until we were picked up by an orphanage. We'd been stuck at the hip since then, and I would sometimes think about who I am without Nora. Since becoming part of your team, I feel like we've both grown into our own. Nora's found other friends she can hang around with, and I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting on who I am without her.

Mercury: And what would that be?

Ren: (Looks to Jaune) A brother.

Nora: Aw~!

Mercury: Ugh... This is way to sappy. Can we light a bonfire up here?

Pyrrha: On the roof? I don't think-

Nora: Ooh! Yeah! Let's show Team RWBY what they're missing out on!

Jaune: No, no, we shouldn- ACK! NORA! PUT THAT FIRE OUT RIGHT NOW!

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SALEM AND JAUNE

Jaune and Salem debate the nature of heroism.

Their core arguments are as follows

Salem: "at the end of the day a hero is someone who wishes for others to suffer without the grimm your entire way of life would vanish"

Jaune: "no, a hero is someone who helps. it could be against grimm but just as easily it could be natural disasters, human corruption, or the existential dread of living. the thing that marks a hero is their humility and willingness to try to make things better. a true hero is someone who sees a sacrifice must be made and chooses themselves to pay that price"

Who wins the debate? And what does salem want out of questioning our young hero?

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???: So, you are the one everyone is talking about?

Jaune: Huh? Who-

???: (Flickers into view) I have to say, I'm impressed by what you and Cinder were able to accomplish what James could not.

Jaune: Cinder? How do you know Cinder?

???: I know a lot of people, dear. But there aren't a lot of people who know me.

Jaune: Ugh... You're as bad as Ozpin.

???: So I've heard. I'll take it as a compliment this time.

Jaune: So, who are you, and what do you want from me?

???: I will answer your question, but only one of them. I'll allow you the choice.

Jaune: ...What do you want from me?

???: Smart. You really are as dangerous as they say, aren't you?

Jaune: That doesn't answer my question.

???: No, it doesn't. ...Very well. I have a question for you, oh "king of Vale".

Jaune: Ugh... No... I'm not-

???: I know you're not the king of Vale.

Jaune: I... You don't?

???: No. I knew the king of Vale, and he was twice the fool you were.

Jaune: Wait, but I thought the king of Vale died a long time ago.

???: He did. Much longer than almost everyone can remember.

Jaune: Almost everyone...

???: And now for my question for you. Are you a hero?

Jaune: What?

???: Are? You? A hero?

Jaune: I... I guess? I mean, that's what everybody else tells me. But I was just doing what I thought was right.

???: What you thought was right... And what of that one fool? That... Bull Faunus who attempted to murder your sister. I have no doubts he thought he was doing what he thought was right.

Jaune: That's not the same. Adam was a terrorist who wanted to hurt people that weren't involved in his cause. He was just looking for a hostage for an easy get away after putting people in danger with his terrorist attack.

???: And because he failed, that makes him the one in the wrong. Could it be that if you were the one who lost that day, that if you were the one imprisoned by the victors that you would be the one who was wrong, and he would be the hero.

Jaune: No, he wouldn't.

???: How can you be so sure?

Jaune: Because threatening children is obviously wrong! Adam Taurus almost murdered my sister, scarring her for life because he wanted to force an ideal that only he believes in!

???: And you believe this difference makes you a hero, and him the villain?

Jaune: What I believe is that everyone wants to throw stupid labels at me when all I want is to just live a normal life without people harassing and threatening my family and friends!

???: And the Wyvern threatened your family and friends, did it not?

Jaune: ...It would have.

???: So you killed it because it WOULD have threatened your family and friends?

Jaune: I-

???: So a hero is someone who slaughters his enemies for the sake of a potential threat to those closest to him. Is that right?

Jaune: ...

???: I will take your silence as-

Jaune: No. That's not what a hero is. A hero is someone who is willing to risk their life to protect someone or something that can't protect themselves, even if that someone or something isn't aware of what's threatening them. A hero acts to protect, not destroy for glory.

???: ...

???: (Fades away) How interesting...

Jaune: Wait, where did you-

Yang: Yo, Vomit Boy!

Jaune: Huh? Yang? Wait, where did she...

Yang: You done hanging out in that alley, or what?

Jaune: Hm... I'll be right there!

Salem: (In her castle, Watching Seer) Yes... How interesting indeed.

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CASTLE ON THE HILL

Turns out jaune inherited a castle. Like an actual freaking castle. Ozpin's been taking care of it and getting it ready for modern habitation oddly enough it was on the beacon property and left to him by the previous king Ozwald.

Ozpin: **sips coffee** "this should elveviate my bordom. dance puppets dance"

Glynda: "ozpin, did you let qrow spike your coffee again?

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Nora: Ren! Look! I'm queen of a real castle now~!

Ren: Nora! Get down from there!

Weiss: This castle is massive! It's even bigger than the mansion I grew up in!

Pyrrha: I think you're the only one in this group that can say that.

Ruby: Well, maybe not the only one. (Giggles, Points to Jaune)

Jaune: ...How many pitfalls does this make now?

Yang: I think that's the third one I managed to save your life from.

Jaune: Right. Glad to have you here, Yang. Without you, I surely would have fallen to my ten foot drop to certain death.

Yang: Hey, you never know. One fall could be your last one ever!

Jaune: ...I'm pretty sure Ruby survived bigger falls, but whatever. How much would renovating this cost?

Blake: (Tapping scroll) Considering current cost of construction contracts, and the amount of time it would take to plan, prepare, and execute a renovation, I'd say about five years and one hundred thousand lien.

Jaune: For this whole castle?!

Blake: No, of course not.

Jaune: Phew... For a second, I thought-

Blake: That's just for the central hall. Calculating the rest, it would take-

Jaune: Stop! Stop! I don't even know why Professor Ozpin even game me this stupid castle in the first place, especially since I have to be the one to foot the bill on all of it!

Nora: It's because you're the- WHOA!

Jaune: (Flinches at each crash)

Nora: (At the bottom of a pit) I'M OKAY~!

Yang: Well, it's gonna cost even more now.

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PURRHA

It's time for a DATE NIGHT! watch as we spin the wheel of romance and end up on.... Blake and Pyrrha? that's a rare pare oh but they're talking about Blake’s fanfics about jaune and Pyrrha, what's this Pyrrha’s been commissioning them? well at least they have fun.... where's jaune? (not pictured jaune training with Nora in the gym to get better at hugging)

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Blake: So, what else are you and Jaune-

Pyrrha: ATATATA! Pumpkin Pete and Patty!

Blake: Right. What else are "Pumpkin Pete and Patty" doing besides working on their fourteenth kid?

Pyrrha: It's only six children right now, and I was thinking maybe a romantic evening out at the lake.

Cardin: Hey.

Blake: Uh-huh, and how much smut are you wanting in this one?

Pyrrha: It's not smut, it's tasteful lemon.

Blake: Pyrrha, the last scene you had me write was Pumpkin Patty railing Pumpkin Pete on a hotel balcony, with him crying "Pyrrha! Pyrrha!" which you told me was rabbit for "my love."

Cardin: Excuse me.

Pyrrha: But that's-

Blake: And while she's pegging him, Pumpkin Patty is shouting "Jaune! Jaune!" which you insisted was rabbit for "my beloved." Listen, Pyrrha, I enjoy a good nsfw as much as the next girl, but I'm thinking you're not really understanding the amount of effort that goes into-

Cardin: Hey!

Pyrrha: (Turns) WE ARE TRYING TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT DETAILS, WINCHESTER! FUCK OFF!

Cardin: Er, sorry to interrupt your date, but uh... I just thought I'd let you know your boyfriend is gonna throw his back out if his partner keeps swapping weights.

Pyrrha: What are you- JAUNE?!

Jaune: NoRA! Are you SURE this will WOrk?

Nora: HAHAHA! I HAVE NO IDEA!

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WE’RE DOING A PRE-SEQUEL!

they're making a movie about jaune's life! they can't seem to decide on which version of his tragic backstory (tm) they wanna use though. walk us through each of RWBY’s and NPR’s versions of the story using a different genre for each character's narration.

(I find the idea of Weiss being a hopless romantic for jaune and Pyrrha really funny so Weiss’s should be a romance)

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Nora: Jaune, are you excited about the new movie coming out~?!

Jaune: What new movie? Ooh! Is it gonna have Spruce Willis in it?!

Nora: Mm... No, not that I saw. Why, do you think Spruce Willis could pull off a decent you?

Weiss: I think the bigger issue is a matter of physique. Spruce Willis is a man in his 40s, one who is both bald and physically peaked. Jaune... is Jaune.

Jaune: No offense taken...

Ruby: Spruce Willis probably wouldn't be that great for Jaune. Maybe someone more like... Spark M. Hill.

Weiss: Ruby, he's nearly sixty and his most prominent role now is as a voice actor.

Ruby: (Gasps) It's gonna be animated~?!

Meanwhile, at a meeting with the movie producers, or whoever it is that's creatively responsible for making movies.

"For the millionth and last time, it's not going to be animated!" Yelled a man in a designer T-shirt, featuring a special effects TV show character. "My vision includes real action with real explosions!"

"We don't have it in the budget for any kind of explosions." Calmly replied a man in glasses shifting his abacus to and fro. He didn't know how to use it. He just wanted an excuse to shift beads around like a toddler in a dentist's office. "We also can't afford a team of animators, either. They're almost as expendable as explosives."

"You mean expensive, right?" A woman in a business suit said. When met with silence, she returned to her coffee cup flap. She dressed way too formally for this meeting.

"Well, if we can't do action on such a high budget, how about a detective mystery?" Replied another woman, dressed not as formally with her leather jacket. "Jaune is supposed to be smart, right? Well, why not have him solve detective cases? Have him run around the city of Vale, scrounging for clues, only to realize he was the killer all along."

"...No. Just no."

"Alright, let's put it to a vote then." The man in the T-Shirt said, pulling free an empty water cup. "Maybe we can at least agree on something. Write what you want on this scrap of paper and then put it in the cup. Then I'l lask one of you to pull out a piece while looking the other direction."

The team did so and each wrote their choice and placed them into the cup. Once filled, the man in the T-Shirt rattled the cup around, then held it out to the formally dressed woman. Pulling out a strip of paper, they had their movie genre.

"Harem anime."

A silence fell over the room. One by one, everyone stood from their seats and left the room. Only the woman in the business suit remained, sitting in place as she stared at their movie choice. Looking up, she asked the empty room.

"What's a harem?"

[angelltheninth]

SFW Masterlist Part 4

DC COMICS

Jason Todd x Fem!Reader - Shelter in the Rain

Dick Grayson x Fem!Reader - On the Dance Floor Our Hearts Beat as One

DC Characters + Tie on the Door

Clark Kent Saves You When You Get Kidnapped

Jason Todd x Fem!Reader - Keep a Cool Head on Your Shoulders

DC Characters Flirting with You

Jason, Dick, Wally and Clark Laying Their Head on Your Lap

Kissing Kara Danvers During an Argument

MCU

Sam Wilson with an S/O who Has Wings Like Him

Cuddling with Bucky Barnes

King Valkyrie x Fem!Reader - A Touch Too Gentle

MCU Characters + Love Hotel

Eddie and Venom with a Affectionate Partner

MCU Character Protective Levels

ARCANE

Arcane Women with a Touch Starved Reader

Secret Relationship with Cassandra Kiramman

Arcane Women as Lovers

Taking Care of Jinx

Caitlyn x Fem!Reader - If Looks Could Kill

Night Routine with Vander

Reunion with Vander

Vi x Fem!Reader - And They Were Cellmates

CRITICAL ROLE

Vax'ildan x Reader - Meeting of Fates

Percy de Rolo x Fem!Reader - Overwhelmingly Yes

Things Percy Does That Make You Swoon

Vax Playing Hard to Get

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA

Class 1-A Boys Being Protective of You

Helping an Injured and Flirty Keigo Takami/Hawks

Polyamory and Kissing with Bakugo and Izuku

BNHA Boys Being Kabedon'd

Polyamory with Izuku and Bakugo when You're Jealous

BNHA Boys Kabedoning You

Izuku, Bakugo, Shoto and Kirishima + Fanfic Tropes

TWISTED WONDERLAND

Twisted Wonderland Dorm Leaders with a Protective S/O

Twisted Wonderland Men + True Loves Kiss

Twisted Wonderland Men Teasing You

Riddle Rosehearts x Fem!Reader - Riddle Me Your Heart

Savanahclaw Men when You Sneak Into Their Room

Idia Shroud x Fem!Reader - Burning Blue Hot

Twisted Wonderland Men + Pick Up Lines

Secret Relationship with TWST Dorm Men

Leona Kingscholar x Fem!Reader - The Lion King's Fangs

AVATAR

Rivals to Lovers with Lo'ak

Neteyam Being Protective of You

Lo'ak with a Human S/O

Netheyam and Lo'ak Having Their Neck Kissed

Aonung x Fem!Reader - Stars in the Ocean

Neteyam and Lo'ak with an S/O who Gets an Avatar

Neteyam and Lo'ak when You're Curious About Their Fangs and Tails

Jealous Neteyam and Lo'ak

Patching Up Injured Neteyam and Lo'ak

Aonung with a Curious S/O

Cuddling with Neteyam and Lo'ak

Neteyam x Fem!Reader - Little Soldier Boy

Domestic Headcanons with Aonung

Neteyam and Lo'ak with a Human Girlfriend who Wants to Kiss Them on the Lips

Love Triangle with Neteyam and Aonung

Teasing and Flirting with Avatar Men but They Get Handsy

Neteyam Meets Your Parents

Tsundere Tsu'Tey Being Teased

GENSHIN IMPACT

Genshin Men Caught Under the Mistletoe

Scaramouche Asserting Dominance

Genshin Men when They're Flustered

Jealous Al-Haitham Headcanons

Spending New Years Eve with Genshin Men

Genshin Men Being Sick

Genshin Men Carrying You Around

Childe x Fem!Reader - Warmth of His Smile

Kaeya, Diluc, Childe and Zhongli Getting Hugged

VALORANT

Yoru, Phoenix, Sova and Chamber when You Wear Their Clothes

Valorant Agents + Mission Injuries

Valorant Agents Cuddling with You

Yoru, Phoenix, Sova and Chamber Giving Hickies

Valorant Ladies when You Faint

Yoru, Phoenix, Jett and Harbor React to Your Angsty Confession

Viper Wanting Cuddles

CALL OF DUTY

Ghost and Alejandro when They're Away for a Long Time

Task Force 141, Alejandro and Rudy when You Dress Sexy for Bed

Task Force 141 Being Homesick

Call of Duty Proposal Headcanons

Mutual Bodyworship with Simon Riley

BLUE LOCK

Itoshi Sae Marks You as His

Kunigami Rensuke Being a Clingy Sleeper

Boyfriend Bachira Headcanons

Bachira Reacting to Your Confession

Playing the Pocky Game with Itoshi Sae

Blue Lock Team Reacting to You Wearing Their Jersey

Blue Lock Team when You Get Wet From the Rain

Morning After with Team Blue Lock

Kunigami Rensuke as a Superhero

Blue Lock Men as Dads

STAR WARS

Anakin x Reader - Shut Me Up with Your Lips on Mine

The Bad Batch Being Protective

Touch Starved Din Djarin Headcanons

Din Djarin Melting when You Kiss His Hands

Gift Giving with Cassian Andor

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

Harwin Strong x Fem!Reader - Your Handsome Rescuer

Daemon, Harwin and Aemond Being Clingy

Daemon Not Being a Morning Person

Possessive Daemon Pins You in the Hallway

[kookieminsuga]

The Wolf and his Coyote - Part 3

Part 3 for you! This one is a little longer! Enjoy :)

Summary; Jungkook is the leader of the biggest biker gang in Korea. He is never interested in people unless they can benefit him in some way. That is until he runs into a girl who is the only person who appears to not be afraid of him. New to Korea, Amalia is an artist who spends most of her days working on her comics at her friend Minhyuks diner who also happens to be Jungkooks favourite hang out spot. What will happen when Jungkooks, a man who's heart seems to be frozen in ice, interest is peeked for the first time since he can remember?

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

Pairing: Gang leader jk x Tsundere, artist Amalia

Rating: 18+ do not interact if you are a minor!

Word count: 2.5k

Genre: Biker gang bts, action, romance, there will be smut down the line, angst, violence, humour.

Warnings: Flirting, Mentions of past, Mentions of smut (if you squint), sex dream, biting, marking, bruising, poverty, immigration.

Amalias pov:

Big hands run over my body, starting from around my neck, down the side of my chest. I gasp as I feel the sensation of lips and cold metal on my navel, making it’s way down, lower and lower, ever so slowly.

I feel myself losing control as I beg for more, running my hands through fluffy raven black hair. All I can think of is the feeling of those plush lips on my skin. Not even the fact that I don’t know who’s lips they belong to. 

Then I feel it on my inner thigh, teeth sinking into my skin and bruising it. I yelp at the sensation, still confused about the situation but not caring one bit due to the overwhelming pleasure. 

Just as they start approaching where I want them the most, I suddenly jerk up, blinking the blur out of my eyes. A dream. That’s all it was. 

I sigh as I sit there, in my bed, covered in sweat. 

“It’s been too long Lia.” I say out loud to myself. 

After shaking myself awake, I finally get out of bed. My deadline is coming up and I didn’t get much work done yesterday because of that thug at the diner. Today is going to be different. I still feel bad for Minhyuk tho, getting attacked in his own place. Maybe I should bring him some breakfast to cheer him up. 

Finishing up my morning routine, I start cooking my breakfast, making sure to make extra for Min. I know how much he dislikes the food at his own diner, tends to find it too greasy for his liking. Home cooked meals are what he lives for.

I pack up the food once it’s done and start making my way out. It smells delicious, I hope this cheers him up at least a little. 

As I step out into the alleyway, I turn the corner and head down the street. I notice the owner of my favourite ramen shop outside setting up his signs for the day.

“Hi Mr. Park! How’s your morning so far?” I say stopping next to him.

“Oh Lia! Good morning! It’s going great so far, how about you?” He responds.

“Good! Same as usual.” I say with a laugh. 

Mr. Park has been kind to me since I arrived here. When I first got here, I didn’t have much money to my name so all I could eat for meals was food from the convenience store. I always stopped by the shop tho, the smell of the delicious ramen pulling me in. I would watch from the outside with my stomach grumbling, wishing for just one bowl. 

One day, I had been looking as usual when Mr. Park had been outside. I had no idea he was the owner at the time, he was just sitting at one of the tables. 

“It looks delicious, doesn’t it?” I had said as I noticed his eyes on me.

“Why don’t you go inside and try it for yourself? I heard it’s the best ramen in town!” He had said with a small laugh.

“I wish. Unfortunately, I just moved to the country and can’t really afford meals like this. One day I will tho!” I replied, while smiling back.

“Well, If you’d like, you can go inside and pick something you like. It’s on me.” He replied.

I stared at him in shock, wondering why some random man was suddenly offering me food. It had made me a little uncomfortable and I guess it had shown on my face because he immediately followed up by telling me he was the owner and had noticed me looking into the shop several times before. Although I tried to refuse, he said I didn’t have a choice so I graciously accepted. It was the most delicious bowl of ramen I had ever tasted. 

After that, Mr. Park had fed me a couple times a week. At first I thought there would be some kind of catch as I was not used to being treated with such kindness but turns out it was all out of the kindness of an old mans heart.

I spoke to him for a little bit before heading out again to the diner. 

“Minhyukshiiiii!”, I call out as I arrived. 

He turns to look at me, from the door as he switches the sign from “Closed” to “Open”.

“Good morning nuna.” He responds with a soft smile. 

“Good morning to you.” I say as we both walk past the door. 

I go to my usual booth and set down my bag. I unzip it and pull out the meal I prepared. 

“I have a surprise for you!” I say, with the packed up food in hand, spinning on my heel and presenting it to him with a wide smile. 

He looks down at it, then back up, and a smile spreads across his lips.

“You cooked for me?” He asks.

“I did! I hope you like it!” I say, pushing it towards him.

“Thank you, I will if it’s your cooking.” He says as he takes it. 

“You’re welcome! I thought you might need a little pick me up after what happened yesterday.” I say as I roll my eyes with the thoughts of that thug. 

As I'm thinking of that, for some reason, his face pops into my mind. Not the thug, but the other one. Jet black hair and two lip rings. 

“Nuna, are you ok? You look like a tomato, are you sick?” Minhyuk reaches out to touch my forehead. 

A tomato? Why am I blushing? Why did his face appear in my mind and make me think of…

No. I must be crazy. I can’t think of some stranger like that. Especially not some cocky gangster. If there’s one thing I despise, It’s cocky people. I mean, I have to admit, he’s very good looking but the cocky attitude is such a turn off. It really has been too long.

“No.. no I’m fine, it’s nothing.” I say as I take a step back towards my booth. 

He looks at me seeming unsure but then just shrugs his shoulders and sits in front of me. 

We enjoy our meal together, talking about everything and nothing. until the customers start showing up, he stands and attends to them. The rest of the staff arriving an hour later as per usual. 

Minhyuk likes working alone to open the restaurant. He wants things set a certain way and doesn't trust anybody to do it the way he likes so he always comes in an hour early to prepare on his own. I call him my rock or rocky sometimes because of his personality. I’m all over the place while he’s set and steady. I love our friendship. I couldn’t ask for a better best friend.

The hours flew by as I sat there drawing on my tablet. Working on this series is demanding but very fun. The fans love it so even if it’s exhausting, I work hard for them. There’s nothing else I’d rather be doing.

Jungkooks pov:

“Yeah, I’m headed there now.” I say to Yoongi on the phone.

“Ok, we’ll meet you in a couple hours. We have some things to take care of first.” He replies, knowing I know what “things” he means.

I hang up and get on my motorcycle. I start to head towards the diner for lunch. The fact that a member of the hummingbirds was on our turf is bad news. They all know we don’t step on each others land. Is he a rogue? Just doing it because he wants to? Is he a spy? Planted by Mr. Kim to keep an eye on me? Either way, I can’t just let this slide. My boys will take care of it. I haven’t eaten all day and I’m starving. 

I pull up to the diner and park my bike. Pulling off my helmet, I shake my hair to get rid of the helmet head. I sit there for a minute thinking of yesterday. Stop it Jungkook. You’re here for food. That’s it.

I step off my bike and head for the door, opening it and walking inside. Minhyuk greets me, as usual and my eyes just scan the place. They then fall on the girl, sitting in the same booth, seemingly lost in her thoughts, staring at the tablet on the table.

I smile and walk towards her booth. I stand next to her, her eyes not moving from the tablet. I take a peak and see beautiful artwork. What looks like a webtoon in the making. A guy with black hair and a lip ring being drawn. A speech bubble saying “And what if I said I love you?” Coming from this character that was half drawn. 

I laughed at the small resemblance and her eyes then shot up at me as she hurried to cover the screen.

“Well, hello again.” I said looking her in the eyes.

She just stared at me.

“I have to say, you draw very beautifully.” I say, meaning every word. 

She continues to just stare. 

“Is there something on my face?” I ask, bringing a hand up to touch my cheek.

“No, I’m just wondering why you’re talking to me.” She replies in a cold tone.

I pause, a little taken aback by her response. Should I really be surprised at this point?

“Is there a reason why I can’t?” I respond, feeling my lips pull up in a smirk.

“Apart from the fact that you don’t know me?” She questions.

“I mean, we can change that.” I say as I step forward and sit in the booth across from her.

“Hmm, I’m ok thanks. As you can see, I’m a little busy.” She says looking down at her tablet then back up at me.

This is the first time I’ve been rejected. 

“Well, how about when you’re not busy?” I say.

“I’m always busy.” She replies firmly.

Wow, gotta accept rejection Jungkook.

This girl is definitely interesting. I put my hands up in mock surrender.

“If you say so-‘ I stand and look down at her. ‘Have a nice day, pretty girl.” I say as I walk away to sit at another booth.

No means no. Even for me. However, this girl makes me want to keep trying.

Minhyuks pov:

I look from Jungkook, to Lia as they speak. I have no doubt that she won’t be interested based on how cocky Jungkook is. Knowing him and how competitive he is tho, he won’t just stop. However I also know he respects women, so it’s not like I have to step in. I watch her deny him just as I thought she would, and him walking away. From here I can’t hear what’s being said, however I do notice her blush as he walks away. I don’t like it one bit but it’s none of my business. She can do what she wants. 

My eyes follow him, my old friend, to the booth he chooses on the other side of the restaurant. I notice a smile on his face that looks different from his usual cocky grins. He looks deep in thought. Lia nunas attitude is not something he’s used to. 

As I look at him, I notice his eyes on me. He waves me over to his table. 

“What will it be Mr. Jeon?” I say taking out my pen and pad of paper to take his order.

“The usual, but also, sit I want to talk to you. Also, stop with the Mr. Jeon. We’re friends.” He says.

“We were friends.” I reply, emphasizing the past tense.

Jungkook and I grew up together. Our parents were close friends and so we also were friends growing up. Not just friends but brothers. Until that day. I can never look at him the same way.

“Common Minhyuk, I still don’t understand why you hate me so much. Anyways, just take a seat please.” He asks.

I sigh feeling resigned and take a seat across from him. I look back at Lia and notice her lost in her world of drawing as usual. I smile then look back at the man in front of me.

“What is it?” I ask.

“That girl over there, you said she’s your friend right?” He says.

“I did.” I respond.

“Is she always that cold?” He replies. 

This irritates me for some reason. Lia? Cold? Never. She is the warmest person I have ever met. Only to people she deems worthy however.

“That depends on who you are to her.” I simply say.

“So, no?” He catches onto my words quickly.

I stare at him unmoving. 

“Why doesn’t she like me? Am I not her type?” He asks me, sneaking a peak at her from across the restaurant. 

Actually speaking physically, he very much was her type. However Lia was always more focused on personality than looks. She might have liked the guy he used to be but she definitely would not like this version of him.

“Why should I help you?” I respond feeling annoyed.

“Oh common Minhyuk, I’m just asking as an old friend. You said she’s new to the area right? She must not have many friends. You know I’m not a bad person.” He said looking down at his hands on the table.

He’s right. Although I can’t forgive him for that day, I know that he’s not a bad person. He just does what he has to do. I can hate him all I want but Jungkook has been through hell and back. There is a reason he’s changed. Deep inside, that guy I grew up with is probably still in there.

“For the sake of our old friendship I’ll just tell you one thing Jeon. She hates your type.” I say honestly. 

“Oh now it’s just Jeon? How about Hyung like the old days?” He says smiling.

I stare at him unresponsive and he laughs.

“What exactly is my type?” He says a cocky grin on his face.

“The cocky type. The type that thinks they’re a gift to this world. She despises those type of people. Also, she’s not easy. She has high standards and doesn’t let just anyone into her inner circle.” I rise from my seat as I finish my statement and start to walk away.

“Minhyuk.” He calls my name.

I turn and look at him.

“You really think I’m like that?” He says looking at me. I see an emotion I haven’t seen in him in a long time.

“Look in the mirror and ask yourself that question.” I say with a cold tone.

He looks down, a sad smile on his face. 

“One last thing. What’s her name?” He questions, looking up.

“You can ask her that yourself hyung.” I say as I turn and walk away.

[idololivine]

steeples fingers. Dante/Olivine have so much potential actually. let's ignore the comedy of Dante being bad at sex and Olivine being too nice about it for a second (though if you enjoy that comedy boy do I have a fic for you) because Oh The Themes.

Dante resents his parents and their gentleness, because that kindness directly led to their deaths and also meant he was woefully unprepared for the trials afterwards. Olivine loves his parents despite their cruelty and credits their strictness for making him into the man he is today.

They're both leaders, albeit on vastly different scales. Dante is able to make difficult decisions that seem cruel but ultimately benefit his people, even if people hate him for those decisions. Olivine is universally beloved, but he struggles with establishing his personal boundaries and struggles with standing up for what he believes in against authority figures. (He's learning, as of IF, but it's not easy for him.)

They're both so self-sacrificial... Olivine will suppress what he wants and tolerate things he shouldn't have to in order to make people happy. Dante WANTS to be loved, he wants gentleness and tenderness, but he'll forgo it all because he's busy running a country alone and, prior to Eiden, didn't have any peers.

They're also both soooo hard-working. The kind of guy who works all night and either falls asleep at their desk or is surprised when the sun rises. If you put them on the same project it would get done so quickly and so thoroughly.

Tsundere vs guy who's super earnest all the time. Olivine has this way of seeing past people's bullshit, unless the situation triggers his trauma and he gets blinded by the things he believes in to cope. Dante's inexperience and pride means that sometimes he can get taken for a ride (by Eiden, mostly), but he also doesn't hesitate to make his thoughts clear. The game in fact touches on this a little in FG - Olivine starts spiraling, Dante and Quincy pull him out of it, then Olivine and Dante have like two lines of dialogue about Dante's straightforwardness.

Relatedly, they both deflect gratitude, but in different ways. Dante has his tsundere "that's not what I meant" routine. Olivine usually says something along the lines of him not being or doing anything special.

Fire Territory and Water Territory. Red and green...

Do You Understand Me. It doesn't even have to be Dante/Olivine it can be Dante & Olivine. But there is so much about them that could be So Good. They could learn so much from each other.

[ad0rechuu]

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@ST5ROFFICIAL. ━━━━━ STAR (Start To A Revolution) is a 5 member kpop girl group under pnation that debuted in 2019 with their hit song Ponzona. STAR consists of Seulgi, Fatou, Yn, Swan and Yuna. their fans are called shooting stars and they just came back with a new album called Stamp On It!

KANG SEULGI. ━━━━━ leader, main dancer, main vocal: mom(my) of the group, has the patience of a saint, leader but doesn’t stray away from fun and her juniors feel very comfortable around her. most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse

FATOU SAMBA. ━━━━━ main rapper, sub vocal, center, 1/2 of the foreign line: low key the groups tsundere, pretends to hate affection but everyone knows she actually loves it. yn was her first friend when she came to korea! also she is convinced that she is a aggretsuko, so stop calling her cinnamoroll (she’s wrong)

YN LN. ━━━━━ lead vocal, lead dancer, lead rapper, 2/2 of the foreign line: in one word unique, she’s a little bit of a punching bag for the kpop community but goes viral every like week anyway. her nickname is The 4th gen lead girl (like it girl). in love with her fellow music bank host.

PARK SUJIN, SWAN. ━━━━━ main vocal, 1/2 of the maknae line: swan seems shy and timid but don’t be fooled, she can be awfully honest and self aware. she’s still deemed the groups sweetheart. also the smartest in the team and not a big fan of yuna’s memes

SHIN YUNA. ━━━━━ lead rapper, main dancer, sub vocal, visual, 2/2 of the maknae line: the most maknae-est maknae to ever maknae according to herself, enjoys being the youngest and adores her members (yn in particular even if they squabble sometimes). impulsive and a big fan of her own jokes

NOTES. (every member of this grp is my one of my actual ults lol) yn is a ‘00 liner and i won’t attach a country to her but she’s not from sk originally, i will be using pictures but yn doesn’t have certain look it’s just for the story. also don’t u just think that the sanrio theme is adorable, the users are a bit lame but i don’t know what i’m doing either, still i’m kinda proud of the idea! these are secret accs btw, only their manager knows about these. ps: i would advice u to listen to the playlist to kinda understand their sound ‼️ spotify also adds songs but i added only 12 and the sumni song is the last one ^_^ thank u

TAGLIST. @bunnystrm

[teriri-sayes]

Reactions to Miracle Creator's Chapter 146

TLDR; Cale and HD succeeds in purifying the 2 living jiangshi. Lots of poetry. Cale meets the Sima patriarch.

Soos? LSH = ❌ CJS = ❌

Purification Success Cale and HD worked together to purify the other Living Jiangshi in the Demon Cult. They were:

Captain of the Demon Laws Brigade

Pavilion Master of an unnamed pavilion

Some noteworthy parts:

The two were crying, thinking that they were a disgrace to the Demon Cult when they found out that they were Living Jiangshi.

HD found a way to stop them from self-destruction.

The black death energy inside them was not even a tenth when compared to HD.

Cale did not cough blood afterwards.

One could get a power boost after purification.

HD's successor drooling at Cale again.

Now that I've said that important parts, let me just say that MTL (or the author herself) has turned this chapter into something that made you question if this was BL... 🤣🤣🤣

All those vague statements that sounded suggestive... Heck, there were times I'm left wondering if HD was flirting with Cale. Read this part:

Cale: We will be moving in small numbers to the vicinity of the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. HD: Yes, just the two of us, will be moving together, so you don't have to worry. Narrator: Cale looked at Heavenly Demon, who spouted out nonsense, with an unfriendly gaze. HD: What's wrong? Narrator: Seeing Heavenly Demon asking back casually, Cale's gaze grew fiercer. At that, Heavenly Demon smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

I guess the real context of this conversation was HD teasing Cale, knowing that Cale was a massive tsundere. Perhaps it's just me who's thinking that this is BL... After all, TCF doesn't have any romance in it. Author even sank the CH x Rosalyn ship back then in Part 1. 🥲

Poetry Again This was to be expected because Cale used his Fire AP again. But this time, the poetry was from the perspective of the Kunlun School Leader. He and Jegal Mi Ryeo (the general commander of the Murim Alliance) were invited to witness the purification too.

Of course, the Kunlun School Leader ended up becoming a Cale simp too. 😂

Sima Pyeong, the Evil Alliance Leader Cale finally meets the father of the Sima siblings, and oh boy, he's one hilarious guy. 😂His son, Sima Jung, comes running towards him with open arms, but he just sends his son flying away with one wave of his fan.

And when he met Cale, he spurted out these lines:

"Aigoo, I'm finally meeting our Young Master Kim! That immaculate skin and silky black hair as if soaked in moonlight, and those deep and profound eyes that reminds me of the magnificent view of the Central Plains, this Sima Pyeong feels like his eyes has been opened! Hehe."

Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 His glib tongue is even worse than Cale and Alberu's combined... 😂As expected of the father of a fight maniac, a drunkard, and a gambler. 🤣🤣🤣

Ending Remarks Hiatus is over and we're back to seeing our miracle creator. Oh yeah, today's chapter had the chapter title drop: "It's a miracle." Perhaps we'll get a new chapter title in the next chapter.

Moving on, we're now meeting the Evil Faction people. Once this part is done, we'll finally meet the Blood Cult! Everyone, hang in there! Especially to Cale-nim who wants to go home already, hahaha 😂

[skz317cb97]

Dude this Minho request I'm working on got me like...

[youremyheaven]

RM/Namjoon: Kibbe Analysis

Namjoon will be the first man I'll do a Kibbe analysis for😌bc I adore him and is so far the only man who has never let me down lmao

Anywaayss, Namjoon is often typed in online Kibbe communities as a Flamboyant Natural/FN but today I'm making a case for him being an SD/Soft Dramatic.

Pretty much everybody gets typed as some type of Natural online but this is wrong most of the time. Also bear in mind that SD is one of the most common Kibbe types along with Naturals.

Namjoon does like to wear a lot of denim and somehow denim= Natural according to a lot of people but here's my take on it.

FN men are described as having broad, blunt shoulders and broader chests, along with long limbs and height. They have broadness in some parts of their bodies, and wider bones (wider hands and feet, sharp jaw-lines, larger noses). When they pack on muscle, their body becomes a T-shape. Their upper bodies are kind of massive and they have a long vertical line.

Verified FN celebs include Clint Eastwood, Dick Van Dyke, and Hugh Jackman.

Namjoon is 5'11 or 181 cm

He has broad shoulders and long limbs. However, he's not broad and blunt all throughout. He has some softness to him.

The main difference between FN men and SD men are in their faces and their silhouette

L to R

Hugh Jackman and Clint Eastwood (both verified FN)

its easy to see how they both have long limbs, visibly appear very tall and have a very straight broad, blunt body structure. They're very "long looking" for the lack of a better word.

Namjoon has a softer, fleshier body type (sorry about the picture quality tho 😔) and he visibly has a small waist 😉which means he does not have a "straight" frame like the Naturals. The difference may seem subtle among male body types but Namjoon is not as blunt or broad as Clint or Hugh.

He has a more angular body with some softness to him.

Soft Dramatic men have an angular frame, slender bones, and long vertical line, with some Romantic softness to them. They are strong and manly looking with long features, angular noses, etc, but they have some softness to their flesh, sometimes to their lips and cheeks. Their bodies can look very bulky when they gain muscle 👀

(L to R)

Clark Gable and Matthew McConaughey (both verified SD)

Bottom row: Namjoon

All SD men have a prominent waist whereas Natural men have a wide, straight, broad frame. From the above pictures its obvious that Namjoon also has a smaller waist.

(L to R)

John Travolta, Dean Martin

Matthew McConaughey, Clark Gable

Christian Bale and Namjoon

all the other men are verified Soft Dramatic

look at how almost all of them have dimpled smiles 😍and a similar oval-ish face shape, along with long angular noses and sharp jawlines. Their faces have a combination of sharp and soft features.

Namjoon has Romantic & Dramatic essence and looks best in outfits that honours both of these.

He's so sexy and powerful and has the aura of a leader or a CEO. He just looks so at home in these outfits; they truly make him shine and bring out that sexy tsundere charm of his<3

Compare the above looks to these looks. He loves to dress like a boho hippie plant dad which is very endearing but not the most flattering on him imo

I know he's mostly dressing for comfort in these airport pics but I'm just trying to show that these are all outfits that would flatter a Natural type but it does not flatter him because he's a Soft Dramatic.

[txt-ruby]

⌗ tsundere behavior !!

ᝰ era: 0x1=lovesong (2021)

ᝰ characters: ruby, yeonjun, soobin, huening kai, odi

ᝰ word count: 0.4k

ᝰ notes: I mentioned this incident once before I think so,, it's only fair I explain the scenario know? Pls request a few scenarios yall I wanna write stuff for ruby 😔

ᝰ taglist: @stealanity @alixnsuperstxr @riikiblr

Screams. All they heard was a chilling scream from ruby's room. Rushing there with a pot and a pan, yeonjun and huening kai looked confused. She was on top of her bed clinging to the poor lamp that was in the corner while screaming. Looking at her line of sight, the duo noticed the little creature at the foot of her bed. "GET THAT RAT AWAY FROM ME SOOBIN IT'S IN MY ROOM" she screamed. Yeonjun sighed as he went to get its owner. Of course he would have picked it up himself but he was scared too.

Wondering how their leader was not awoken by the girl's scream, he knocks and opens soobin's room. He could hear huening kai's laugh and bella screaming in the distance but he just went and shook soobin awake. Soobin groaned after a few tries and after hearing the eldest words, he dragged his feet to the other corner of the dorm where the girl roomed. Opening the half open door, he saw kai holding odi up near bella and her screaming curses at him. Looking at soobin, she yelled "GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME OMG YOUR RAT IS IN MY ROOM SOOBIN GET IT OUT" honestly he wanted to yell back that it wasn't a rat but he knew she'd come around. Slowly picking up his pet and taking it back to his room he hears bella curse huening a little more and he laughs.

And here we are today. Almost six months later the leader is astonished to find the girl who screamed at his hedgehog now petting it. Taking out his phone and snapping a few pictures for later use, he cleared his throat. Startled, the girl stood up and murmured a little "the door was open" excuse and ran out. Laughing at his youngest behavior, soobin shook his head as he looked at Bella's direction before closing his door.

[jalwoorideul]

yeona’s relatonship w/ hip hop unit

full masterlist | yeona’s masterlist

s.coups (yeoncheol)

Not only is he the leader of seventeen and the hip hop team, he is also the leader of the protect-yeona-at-all-cost team. He is very protective of her and is always seen looking out for her. Yeona isn’t the type to ask people for help so seungcheol would always initiate the help when she needs it without making her feel helpless and too reliant. He is probably one of the members that has seen her cry the most and that’s because he was one of the first few trainees she has shown her vulnerability to.

→ memorable moment:

while at the airport, a number of photographers, and fans were crowding the members and yeona was physically uncomfortable with the whole situation since she was being pushed relentlessly. seungcheol pulled her to her side and covered her from the cameras and asked people to step aside while rubbing her shoulder. Ever since then, you will always see Seungcheol standing besider her when they're at the airport.

wonwoo (yeonwoo)

Wonwoo is the calming presence that keeps yeona grounded and safe. When things get overwhelming, wonwoo is the first person she runs to. At the same time, Wonwoo can clearly sense when Yeona gets stressed or sad, and he'd be the first person to give her a hug that she didn't ask for but definitely needed. As two home-bodies, they spent most of their time lounging at the couch, watching a netflix series/film.

→ memorable moment:

During wonwoo's bittersweet vlog, Yeona knocked on his bedroom door while he was sticking the stickers on the wall. "Are you busy?" she asked him without showing herself on the camera but ut did catch Wonwoo's faint smile. "No, just filming a vlog and decorating", "Can we watch a movie?". Wonwoo nodded and gestured Yeona to come closer. "Are you tired?" he asked as he grabbed her hand while caressing it. "No, I just want to watch a movie with you"

mingyu (yeongyu)

Mingyu LOOOVES clingling to Yeona like she's a teddy bear. Just imagine big and tall Mingyu hiding behind a smaller Yeona when he's afraid of something. And they aren't called the visual duo for nothing. Whenever these two are beside each other, it's like seeing a god and goddess in real life. Mingyu acts as her annoying twin that loves her too much. And because he can't keep her hands off of her, they have to keep assuring the public all the time that they're just really really close friends.

→ memorable moment:

Mingyu loves posting candid photos of Yeona on social media so much, that fans have a whole compilation of all the photos of Yeona taken by Mingyu. Their favorite however is when Mingyu posted an instagram story of Yeona on her birthday with the caption, "Happy birthday to my favorite model, i love you"

vernon (yeonsol)

Her favorite child (But don't tell the others that). Yeona adores Vernon so much. She always mentions how much his funny reactions bring her joy and how much she adores the way he thinks. He's a year younger but she treats him like a baby and all too possibly, Vernon doesn't even mind although he tries not to let that show. But everyone know he loves her attention

→ memorable moment:

Vernon is a tsundere when it comes to Yeona. He loves to pretend that her love and attention isn't a big deal but he actually takes pride in it and sometimes uses it to his advantage. One time while playing a game on who would take the penalty, Yeona won and the former was on the other end of the line, about to lose. Vernon was giving puppy eyes to Yeona to save him and Yeona being the biggest Vernon fanboy, couldn't resist. Carats were extremely ecstatic when Vernon gave her the biggest and warmest thank you hug with a kiss on the temple as a thank you.

[kimbap-r0ll]

Hiiii! I just have a random thought while in the shower. How about the dorm leaders with an s/o that has the same name as Leona but with the opposite personality like instead of lazy and grumpy all the time they're very energetic and always smiling?

Thank you in advance if you did this!! And sorry about my english it's not my first language!

Hello! Sorry these are coming out so late, I'm still finishing up asks and my schedule's just getting busier each day ;-;. This is an interesting ask, I hope you enjoy the writing!

Dorm leaders x gn!reader who also goes by "Leona"

Riddle

The fact that you both share the same name crossed his mind the first time the two of you met, but he didn't think that you would be the same. Besides, he's seen more than one "Jack" in his life.

He was, however, surprised at how energetic and optimistic you were. You would run up to him and smile brightly, almost like Kalim. He liked it honestly, though he would never show it.

Once the two of you are dating, he gets to see your bright personality more. He's not used to getting so much comfort from someone nor so much warmth from another, so please give him lots of love! He's a bit touch starved too, so give him lots of hugs!

Overall, he won't treat you weirdly for having the same name as the (in)famous "Leona" and instead would see you for your personality that gives him comfort.

Leona

Haha, how did this happen? Expect lots of teasing from Ruggie!

He thinks it's weird to meet someone with the same name, and to add on someone that has the exact opposite of his personality. He finds it annoying at first, how bubbly you always are around him when he's trying to take a nap. But he starts to find himself waiting for you to appear whenever he's ready to snooze at an empty area of the school campus.

He's more tsundere than any of the other dorm leaders, so he won't tell you directly that he likes you. But, if you end up asking him first, he'll freeze up but you'll see his tail move faster. Either way he'll love hanging out with you and would want to spend more time with you (but he'll never say this outloud).

The entire school finds out that a Leona and a Leona is dating, and of course people think it's super cute. Expect him to be a grouch about it but you'll notice how his tail wraps around your leg when he mutters "how annoying" to himself.

Azul

He wondered if maybe the school had made a mistake when he saw two Leonas mentioned here and there. But when he found you, he's pleasantly surprised at how bubbly you are. He thought you might be easy to deceive, but for some reason he actually felt bad tricking you.

Floyd and Jade basically lead you to him when they find out Azul likes you. They snicker behind you, commenting how it's funny how "Azul's crushing on Leona" or something along those lines. They basically force Azul to be truthful about his feelings to you in his office.

He ended up liking you because he loves your personality. He thinks that your optimism and your kindness is admirable, and he is also touch-starved, so he really liked you when the two of you first met and you gave him a hug.

When you guys are dating, he'll basically latch himself on you, subtly trying to lace your fingers between his and trying to ask for kisses haha. Shower him with love, he needs it.

Kalim

Omg two Kalims! Except one of them is named "Leona" haha. Jamil thinks it's a funny coincidence but that's it

Kalim absolutely loves you, it doesn't even cross his mind that the two of you share the same name. He realizes this after he calls out your name and both Kingscholar and you look at him.

Kalim and you are the cutest couple the school has ever seen, even the teachers think it's adorable. You guys are like two suns put together, smiling and hugging each other when you guys see each other in the hallways. You guys have a light step when the two of you are walking hand-in-hand too, honestly it's like a Disney movie haha.

Kalim doesn't care if your name is similar to the intimidating Savanaclaw dorm leader, he only cares about your personality. Please don't annoy Jamil with him tho haha.

Vil

He immediately catches on the fact that the two of you share the same name, but he doesn't care that much. Besides, there's no way two Leonas would be the same, but he does worry if you would also be a "lazy" grump like Leona.

He finds out that you're the exact opposite and is enamored by it. You're kindness and your bright personality makes you stand out and it's something admirable to him too.

He ends up asking you out one day, and you brightly smiled at him, and it made his heart melt. He won't post pictures of you two together on his Magicam account, but expect lots of photos of the two of you together nonetheless! He might ask if you want to be his partner in a theater club project haha.

Overall though, he won't care if you are also a Leona as long as you continue to show your bright and wonderful beauty. He's not used to genuine kindness, so please shower him in it and it will make him feel like the star he is haha.

Idia

He got scared of you at first haha. "T-two Leonas?! I can't even survive in this school anymore huh, is my life on hard mode or what?"

But when he meets you, he finds you to be the cutest and most wholesome person in all of Twisted Wonderland. You're not at all like the scary lion from Savanaclaw, and even his younger brother Ortho thinks you're super nice! Of course, Idia has to ask you out!

Idia didn't directly ask you and instead Ortho low-key helped with it. He got Idia to basically spill his guts one day to you and you just hugged Idia, causing his hair to go red and for him to nearly faint haha. Either way, the two of you are super close now, often finding wholesome things to do together like just hanging out and watching anime together.

He has Ortho sure, but he hasn't seen such a bright and kind person in the school nor around him before. Shower him in lots of love, he'll be super shy about it but he'll melt under your hugs and kisses.

Malleus

He thought it was funny to see two Leonas in his class, so he ended up teasing Kingscholar about it a bit. He got even more fascinated however when he found out that you were the absolute opposite of the Leona he knew.

He doesn't find your name at all something that determines who you are, and he loves how kind you are. He's always been a lonely individual, so he really fell for you when you hung around him and even joined his gargoyle club. You might've noticed a slight blush on his cheeks the first time you two went on a walk together if you looked closely haha.

Lilia ended up getting Malleus to be truthful to you about his crush on you. He's super formal about it, but you break that by running up to him and just hugging him tightly. It's a gesture he's not used to, so at first he freezes up. Then, he relaxes, melting under your touch and hugging you back.

He loves you so much, you're just so precious! He might tease you a bit about how there's two Leonas, but it's nothing big. Also, if anyone tries to harm you, wish them luck since Malleus is always next to you.

[pokemongoloresociety]

This Reeks Of...

I read the Hoenn quest leaks, and had some thoughts! Feel free to share you own with me by tagging this tumblr or quoting. Spoilers ahead!

I'm going to try my best to keep my perspectives and speculations surface-level. Yes, there is a lot here; but having a year between story updates gives you too much time to think.

GO Rocket Leaders In General:

I genuinely feel sorry for them. I've always felt sorry for them, and I've always thought the three of them were in a boiling frog situation given the brand of Giovanni they're working under. These lines cement those feelings. If anything, they're worse off than I thought and are extremely vulnerable but talented people brimming with potential under the right form of guidance.

All of them are riding on a facade of confidence in various flavors. It's an interesting take on its own. They're acting like how they think they should act while how they genuinely feel still comes through. This might be one of those 'fake it til you make it' tales, which would be cool, if not a little meta.

The theme of the three of them running away from themselves becomes more obvious. We saw the GO Leaders overcome their weaknesses; we're witnessing little fragments of the GO Rocket leaders being consumed by them.

Cliff cites Arlo and gives him proper credit for where his knowledge comes from. Sierra doesn't care much, but she does take credit for telling you the info. Arlo uses it as a moment to dunk on Candela AND Willow. (I might have to make an entire post just unpacking Arlo's details alone.)

Arlo and Cliff start out aggressive, with Cliff becoming more personable and Arlo going a bit more resistant. Not entirely tsundere, as he's still very resistant and insistent on keeping a status quo. Despite being appointed leaders (or at least execs/admins), you see parts that would turn potential followers away.

I'm appreciating the level of psychology and nuance they're introducing in such a simple format, and exploring the aspects of what being a leader can take. Self-care, self-forgiveness, and facing your shortcomings are pillars. If I had to say: Cliff lacks self-care (all his care is on Giovanni); Sierra lacks self-forgiveness, and Arlo lacks the courage to face his fears.

I'm also appreciating the fact that all six of them are embodiments of certain core traits, mirroring the positive and negative sides of them. The GO Rocket leaders show a new potential: that their negative sides aren't something they need to overcome, but to utilize in a better light. Pokemon has always shown us that the world is more complicated than good vs bad; that "good" fairy types can be some of the most dangerous; and that scarier types like dark (called "evil" in Japan) and ghost can be misunderstood saviors.

Based on these details, I will write another post later on exploring how each Rocket Leader could potentially contribute to the GO Leaders, and vice-versa.

Cliff:

Cliff's backstory as a rancher fills my prior suspicions about him relying on calculation. Running farms and ranches takes a lot of work and cannot be done alone; not only do you have books to balance and resources to juggle, but you have to develop extra senses for your animals (or, in this case, Pokemon) and the seasons. I wonder what made him lose it?

Combined with the prior themes of abandonment, I'd suspect that some parts of Cliff's demeanor is what pushed people away. You can't run a ranch by yourself, and we see it decaying in his intro video. You can see how he'd be a great and encouraging leader, and he presents his wisdom in a way that's easy to follow. But, there are cracks in his line of thought and personality.

What stood out to me was how he thought Willow was your leader, and was surprised to hear otherwise. Even with all the time that's passed, Cliff has holed himself into a line of thought. Even Arlo presents himself as being observant enough to refer to Willow properly.

I'm now under the impression that Cliff may not be as well-liked as I thought in GOR. I've known people like Cliff. Very loyal, but this loyalty is steeped in sadness, fear, and insecurity. He's happy to be around the grunts and play with them, like when they invaded the 2020 festival and he was eager to get back to hanging out with them after beating you up. But, you also see in his intro where he's losing his absolute shit at the grunts sitting around; presumably without even asking what they were doing (for all we know, they could have been on a break or avoiding overexerting themselves). While most of the grunts love Giovanni, Cliff has made Giovanni into his religion.

Sierra:

Sierra gave me whiplash. When you beat her normally, she assures you that it's not going to happen again. In this text, she's more obviously self-deprecating. I would not be surprised if she blamed herself for all of her loss and situations; like her own Absol (And misappropriated to misery, just like an Absol).

For context to #1, I'm still not sure if she was just an orphan; or if she was an orphan who ALSO lost her own husband and child when she got the chance to start her own family, which would add another layer to her reclusive nature and lone lioness motif. The intro shows two sets of images and it's easy to interpret it as two different bad outcomes. Her being in charge of the Rocket eggs says a lot about her hidden nature as it is. She definitely wants a family or a place to belong to, but she keeps telling herself otherwise.

She acknowledges loss as a lesson, but she also still treats it like something that could warrant punishment. I get the impression that her fear of failure isn't an ego thing, but acknowledging the price of her security. If she fucks up too much, she may lose the last sanctuary that she's known under Giovanni. It needed to be noted that this Giovanni comes off as less forgiving and on par with the Rainbow Rocket version than the one defeated by Red.

This brings me back to her same-differences with Spark. Both are willing to take their chances, but Spark is ready to gamble. His lapel pins are a pair of die that, together, make "88", a good luck symbol. If one could assume that both she and Spark had the exact same experiences up to a point, Spark took his losses as lessons, and learned to trust his instincts in order to take those gambles. It's as if he says: "I've been through worse, I can take it because the prize at the end might be worth it!" Sierra took them as punishments, and she's afraid of losing her safety net.

I think it hits me harder because she's witty. It's rare you see a female character who's both hot AND funny, and is clearly in on the joke if she isn't the one who's leading it. It makes me want to see her have a happy ending. Definitely Bayonetta and Fujiko Mine energy.

Arlo (Holy shit, this guy is baggage incarnate despite having the least revealed backstory how is that even possib):

Starts out aggressive like Cliff. He does become more tsundere, but it needs to be noted that his level of resistance towards receiving any affability is beyond the moe trope. I found it unsettling and well-written.

He's more focused on resisting his feelings, unless they involve his play for power.

He has absolutely no love for Giovanni. I can't recall a Pokemon character like this who's worked for Rocket. I've seen admins show greed and cynicism to some things, but they've largely been respectful to Giovanni (or at least pretended to be). Arlo does nothing of the such, and even corrects himself to imply that the glory will be his, and not Team Rocket's.

I'll admit; it is interesting to see Rocket being used as a tool from within. If Arlo had his shit together, he could be one of the few named Poke G-Men (Could he still be?) Candela said Arlo didn't even like Team Rocket, and he still doesn't, even after all of this. I had a headcanon that Arlo is a double agent. And he's... still kind of is. At least for himself.

He's reminding me more and more of Lear from Pokemon Masters before his character evolution. I'm pretty sure Lear was inspired by Arlo, likely a mashup of both Candela and Arlo. Lear and Arlo are both nobles, and it's safe to assume, considering the things Arlo has said, that they were expected to play into a harsh game of life, and that any kind of softness/sweetness was seen as weakness. Both of them go pants-on-head crazy when they get a blow to their ego and do something big. Though, I'd say Pasio is a somewhat more positive thing (the ethics of making an artificial island aside) than, uh, what's involved in making Shadow Pokemon and being a dimensional/space terrorist.

Arlo cannot proverbially get off of Candela. The fact that he's actually an engaging orator and capable of having some clarity on a situation makes his obsession with her more jarring. Even though it's just some quest text, I could tell he could be a good teacher. He has the underpinnings of some of the most well-loved rivals in the franchise. He's also very much a mad scientist.

Even with Arlo's insanity, it's hard NOT to feel bad for him. His shit goes way deeper than just BAWW CANDELA MEEN uWu; We need to remember that he's still an adult carrying on like this with a lot of power, battle skill, and authority (rather the facade of it) in his hands. There's a lot to unpack here. I'll dig more into that in the future.

Because of this, Candela is Arlo's strawman. Flowing with the theme of the GOR leaders running away from themselves, it's easier for him to blame her than it is for him to look deeper within and fix himself or question his presumed upbringing or personal beliefs. If I had to guess, this is likely a factor as to why Candela was crying when she gave Willow her part of the Mysterious Scraps to Willow one week later. There is no sane reason to go as far as Arlo did to get revenge against one person for merely 'beating' him. It's bad enough that he was, presumably, gunning to become Valor leader. But I think it goes beyond that. People who act like Arlo have a hard-set narrative in their heads, and lose it when people don't play to their fantasy. This actually reminds me of some of Giovanni and how he seems to surround himself with the competent, but insecure, so that he can control his little world. He's just blunt about it.

With the new dialogue, the fact that his uniform resembles a fireman's outfit and his intro quote: "Remember, fire is a fickle thing. When controlled, it provides warmth, but in the wrong hands, it burns." enforces that Arlo is afraid of enduring pain in order to become stronger, as well as unable to comprehend that some elements must be embraced as they are, and not tamed. It also (and likely mostly) shows that Arlo goes into unknown situations with the expectation that trust won't be granted, so he has to shield himself. This makes more sense when we understand that many Pokemon, especially fire types, will work hard to avoid hurting the humans they come to love in trust. He's trying to compete against someone who's been shown to hug the soul-eating Litwick. I'm beginning to assume Arlo didn't become a leader because he wasn't ready to endure and only wanted to aggressively dominate. The catch is that Candela's or (presumably) Moltres' fires weren't his fear, but his own inner flame that's dying to thrive.

Pretty crazy for Giovanni to run an entire campaign presumably spearheaded by the grudge of your newest member and admin who is only loyal to his own reflection and his personal vendetta; isn't it? Gio really is a devil-figure. He knows what he's doing and he doesn't care. I am under the impression that Gio's plan is to take everything once Arlo has failed.

So, what DOES this reek of?

A redemption plot! No idea if I'm right. I guess we'll see! But, I've heard this story too many times from too many different angles not to see the potential makings of one. I expect at least one of them to pull a 180, if not all three.

What would it take for these three to leave Rocket?

Cliff and Sierra would have to get the boot from Giovanni to leave Team GO Rocket. This would be a devastating blow to both of them, as they've found refuge within Team Rocket.

I imagine Cliff would be the only one who really begs to come back, while Sierra would blame herself, try to move on, and likely become more isolated.

Of the three, Arlo might be the one in the most danger and may not simply be sacked; he may even use the chance to usurp Giovanni. He's sly and manipulative; so is Giovanni. I came to suspect that the target of Arlo's manipulations might be Giovanni, and it looks as if that's the possibility. I do think Giovanni may be one step ahead of Arlo; well-aware that they're both using one another, and milking Arlo of his knowledge and insight until it becomes too inconvenient to play into his shenanigans.

I'll add that it seems as if I may have bias towards Arlo and Candela, but they've had the most loaded story in GO that shows a lot and still has its own mysteries behind it. Arlo also feels more like the game's antagonist than Giovanni does, at times.

I'll follow up in the future with my thoughts regarding how each pair of foils balance off of one another.