#leon's also there and is enjoying it

[weaponizedducks]

another arthur returns au. merlin is sad and In Love so everyone he meets hears about this blond guy who insulted him for ten years and makes merlin sob everytime he talks about him and hears about how he 'left him' and how he's 'waiting for him' and they assume arthurs a really shitty ex boyfriend and merlin is delusional, traumatized, and whipped.

when arthur returns he has to deal with various verbal attacks form people who think he's merlin's ex and is just so confused.

[meownotgood]

haha hey so apparently someone stole my whole fic... copy and pasted except for tiny things changed... here is the link to their """fic""" (sorry random person I had to steal the reblog from). they've since deleted the fic off their blog + deleted their ao3 + gone on a hiatus so..... that's cool and whatever....... but they have written a lot of other shit so... don't be a dick but maybe check that for funny business too...

[reapersynth]

RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE (2023) ♡ dev. Capcom

"Why are you helping us?" // "Because it makes me feel better. Let's leave it at that."

[mountainshroom]

Happy holidays you funky people and thank you so much for this year!!

[slickricklj]

Jill Valentine + Chris Redfield - When you know, you know.

Bonus:

[phoenixmetaphor]

serennedy week 2024 valentine’s edition - day 3 - mermaid au

human medicine has failed; the only chance now is in the deep.

[rattkachuk]

Hello! Hope you are having a good day.

So I have a question for you, just ignore when you don't feel like answering.

I came to Mattdrai via the enemies/rivals to lovers tag and then got sucked into hockey. I really like the fanon take on Leon, fav character, fanon Matthew was fine but way too woobified and infantilized in so many fics. So my surprise when I started to watch games, interviews etc. Public Matthew is so confident, so loving, awesome family to back him up, especially Brady, hot as hell, sexy way of playing hockey, amazing public persona. Loved and respected by his team, beyond hockey.

Then Leon. His only trait seems to be that he's pissy which I can appreciate but it seems that he's just a downright mean, arrogant guy with a superiority complex (see that interview when he puts Silovs down.) I don't find him stoic at all but he's just seems boring and bland and yeah, pissy. It doesn't seem like he has fun or likes his team a lot or is liked by them (Connor aside and his skills aside.) His friendship with Connor seems the only endearing or likeable thing. He even looks good in a bland way and his hockey is while it's so skillful it's not hot and also I wonder why his dirty plays aren't called out more often.

So what do I miss? Where does great fanon Leon come from? Why is he written mostly so superior to Matthew and where comes the "his team likes Leon so much but Matthew is an outcast in his own team come from?) It's so far from what I gather from old and new interviews or games and I have watched a lot, also German interviews. I really would like to like Leon, shipping them had been more fun when I didn't find his public self so jarring. What do I not see what everyone else seems to get?

Sorry for the long ask! Have a great day and thank you

first off thank you for such a thought out ask! i don't get to dive into things like this a lot outside of writing fic and it got my brain gears going.

to get right into the bulk of this ask: i get what you are saying about leon. that can be the way he comes off for sure, and look everything i'm gonna say? i'm talking out of my ass here. i don't claim to know anything about him as a person besides what's publicly presented, and i don't have much right to theorize about why he is the way that he is, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't think about it. how would i write rpf otherwise, right 💀

i think he cares a lot. and i think sometimes he gets so wrapped up in things, how things should be, how he should be performing, etc, and when it doesn't go a certain way he gets frustrated and snarky (eg, pissy comments and such). but i don't see that being bad necessarily, especially when it's seems to come from such a team oriented state of mind. which, i dont think he dislikes his team at all? i think if anything, he has a sort of blind faith in his team, and that's the only context i could see a 'superiority complex' making sense in. and yah maybe a little misplaced at times, but ultimately i think it comes from believing so fully in his team and not seeing that come to fruition. he really does not seem to care about his individual performance much at all, so how self obsessed can he be? when i think about leon i just see someone that is ultimately very passionate and committed to the game he plays. i'm also curious to know where you get the vibe that his team doesn't like him? simply because i never got that impression from any of the other oilers, they all seem like they're obsessed with him.

beyond hockey, i see a caring, sweet, kindhearted individual. anytime i see a picture or vid of him interacting with bowie, or even the things his girlfriend posts about him, the comments he leaves for people on ig, and yah of course in the way he talks/acts around connor, i see fragments of someone soooo different than the little two minute post game interviews (which, can we judge any hockey player on those? i think they all hate them dfkjgsd). it's not always something i actively go digging for or have examples of the top of my head, but i do see it, and it definitely goes into creating the version of leon that i have in my mind.

hey, and, he's a silly guy!!! please, i know the reputation is pissy and humourless, ESPECIALLY in fic, but that man is so funny. so many random offhanded comments that make me pause and then laugh. a different sense of humour but it's so there. i love the sandcastle vid from the asg last year and feel like it's a good example of that, all sunburnt and happy. also hey, big man in tune with his fear of the ocean? love that. that little vid of him dancing on the ice earlier this season, those halloween photos where he's dressed as a monkey, every time he talks to a kid. hell, seeing him in warmups and watching the way he takes time to interact fans?? loveee watching warmups but i'd never had a player actually acknowledge my existence before leon!

also i really enjoy his personality on the ice, i like the rat behaviour and the sassy comments that he makes to other players/refs, i like the bitch moves, and i like his hockey too. i think his game is dependable and like you said skillful, and while maybe not the most creative, the sureness and the technical aspect it is hot to me. so my thoughts on everything are probably skewed in that regard.

anyways this was just a whole lot of rambling about why i find him interesting, endearing even, but i understand the perception you have. i don't like some players that other people love, just cause i cant see what they see. and honestly that's sometimes just the way it is! if you don't like leon, maybe u just don't like him and thats fine.

disclaimer that i have only been on hockeyblr for a couple years, and really didn't spare many thoughts for leon til the beginning of the 22/23 season. truthfully i'm hardly the person to ask about leon imo, but of course i have thoughts anyways! if someone else with more knowledge reads my bit of rambling here, please feel free to chime in and add your voice to this!

and side note, ofc, i have to touch on this bc who would i be if i'm not one to talk about matthew; in the way of m.tkachuk, i think that in the early days of mattdrai it was maybe a fair take away during his time with the flames (minus the woobifying). even though he was loved so much here and had some fucking times, and i think the team was mostly good to him (player wise if not regarding management, that is), i see such a stark difference now that he's on the panthers. he seems much happier and more confident, and obviously he's clicking with the cats on another level, and i do see a shift in how he's been portrayed in fics since tbh.

[sockibean]

The Champion, Leon 👑

It has been awhile since I have drawn Leon, but now I can’t seem to stop drawing him!

[tlcartist]

Abbacchio's relationship with Giorno is fascinating to me. He behaves antagonistically, not because he hates him or because of any particular thing that the other did, but because of who Giorno fundamentally is as a person. Abbachio resents Giorno because he's everything he's not. He still retains the idealistic nature, hope, and sense of justice that he held in his youth. When Abbacchio sees Giorno, what he really sees is a younger version of himself, but more importantly, he sees his failures.

Abbacchio lost himself in his fall from grace, and while he did find a sense of purpose again in joining Passione, he never fully returned to his former self. Some things once broken can be repaired but never fully made new. He became bitter. Jaded. Turned to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Wether it was burying himself in work or drowning himself in a bottle he'd do what he needed to keep himself distracted from his past. The seeds of despair became so deeply entrenched in his heart that he came to see it as truth. No longer would he approach the world with the naiveté of his youth. Was it a pessimistic view? Perhaps, but he was surviving and had found a few close comrades he could rely on and that was good enough.

At least that was what he told himself.

Enter Giorno. The catalyst. The force of nature. The blinding sun. An agent of renaissance had joined the crew and turned everything on its head. Like Bucciarati before him, Giorno was a natural born leader. Like a master sculptor he could look at someone and see their hidden potential and bring it to fruition. He could see beyond surface level flaws and make them shine. Unlike Bucciarati, this came with an unintended consequence.

See, Bucciarati had also looked into Abbachio and drawn out his strengths, but Bucciarati's modus operandi was not something that was as freely expressed. It was subtext. It was in the gestures of kindness he made to those in need. It was the clemency he displayed for those who truly deserved it, but nothing beyond that. He was, after all, a mafioso and had a job to do. He didn't truly defy the status quo. He couldn't.

By contrast, Giorno's attitude feels downright absurd to Abbachio. Who did this brown nose brat think he was? Who was he to go spouting off nonsense about his "dream" and ideals? Who did he think he was, trying to challenge the way things were? Why even bother? He's too similar to his younger self. Giorno might as well have held up a mirror to Abbacchio's face, and, when he's forced to contended with the man he's become, he isn't sure he likes what he sees.

[nightmaresart]

ʟᴇᴏɴ "ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ 9" ʜᴀʀɢʀᴇᴇᴠᴇꜱ

"Fucking hell, I knew you were stupid but you just invented a new level of idiocy,"

She loves - Dopamine

Supermodel - Måneskin

Off my face - Måneskin

Sex, Drugs, Etc. - Beach Weather

She keeps me up - Nickelback

Mary on a cross - Ghost

You've created a monster - Bohnes

Just a quick playlist alongside the moodboard I made for him since tua is on my mind again ♡

[skippygiraffee]

dragon and history nerd raihan x art and pokemon battling nerd leon. thoughts?

Thank you for the ask!! I have a lot of thoughts on these two, SPECIFICALLY in the realm of their interests outside of battling (even though with Leon I think that can get a bit muddled). But I'll put them under a read more since it might get long >:3c

With Raihan, once I started looking into him as a character more, I found his fascination and love of history in the canon parts of the story (which to me always fall in the game and manga, as the anime does deviate and seem to have its own canon), and clearly he has a reverence and interest in Galarian history, despite battling in the tapestry vault. I've always pictured him as the sleeper intellect of the group, where it's obvious with someone like Sonia, but Raihan rolls up to the function listing off Galarian history facts like it's a Top 10 video. Honing in on that, I personally think Raihan's an architectural nerd kind of guy, where he's interested in Galar's historical castles, buildings, their style changes through the eras, ect. And of course this guy is the Dragon Type guy to end all Dragon Type guys. I don't think anyone who isn't locked in on every single aspect of how they work would also be able to manipulate the weather like that, while also giving other gym leaders, notably Kabu, help and recommendations on other Pokemon that aren't Dragon Types (they're Tor-colleagues!!). How that looks has been warped by my many hours of fic reading and talking with @beammeupbroadway about the subject, but I genuinely think he's interested mainly in two aspects: 1. the preservation of Dragon Type habitats in Galar and 2. ethical breeding and raising of Dragon Types for rehabilitation, training, or release into the wild. Raihan prides himself on the care and upkeep of his dragons, spending a lot of his free time dedicated to further research of that topic, all so he can keep up to date with it. I'm also a pretty big proponent of Raihan being the kind of guy who lets his Pokemon free roam around his living space, as it's also their space, and therefore it's a very dragon type friendly place.

Also, I know the ask says that Leon is the art nerd, but I genuinely think that's more Raihain, though I think Leon has an appreciation for it (I'll get into that). Raihan's thing is partly to do with his love of history and architecture, which turned into a deep appreciation and understanding of art, and Galarian artistic movements, while also being the selfie/Pokegram guy. As an example:

The back of his League Card made me laugh the first time I read it, because I do think he takes very stereotypical artsy pictures, uploads them, and confuses people because I don't think people quite get the vision or reference he's making.

For Leon, battling nerd goes way beyond just being on the pitch. I think canon has my back for that, with the Battle Tower, the two tournaments he's organized, and just his general love of the sport of it all. And, for once, I will credit the anime with showcasing that, where his battle with Ash was one of the few times I think it got Leon's characterization pretty well. More than that, Leon to me found his love of battling early, adapts easily, and at least always seems eager to watch a match, if not participate himself. I know Twilight Wings shows Hop watching reruns of matches, but I think Leon would as well. Sometimes his own, but often older matches, when they were first being recorded. Depending on how far back Mustard was Champion, some of those old matches (though Pokemon tech has always been something I'm iffy about in the timeline, and have been since I was a young kid). It's something he's genuinely hype about, and something he loves, to the point his experiences with Rose and being Champion couldn't kill that for him, and it's part of why I love him as a character. Cycling back to the art thing, I don't personally see Leon as an art nerd exactly, but I think he appreciates art. Kind of guy to like weird pieces of art in a museum and get weirdly attached to them. Museum dates between the two is just Raihan telling Leon why a painting is historically significant, and Leon staring at it like he's rewiring his brain. But, if you ask my opinion on his other big hobby, I think he's an avid reader. As Champion I don't think he had time for it, and I have a whole other tangent I'll save about my thoughts on his education, but I think he loves reading. If it's in book form, the topic could almost not matter, he would probably read it if it's well written.

How this all comes together? Both of them as a couple? First off, I don't think they stop talking, ever. They say goodnight, snuggle in bed, but one of them is still rattling on about whatever thing is stuck in their brain until sleep takes them. Second, when I think of them in my mind palace, they're always partaking in their hobbies together. Raihan is cleaning his dragons, caring for them, Leon is right there helping him, learning all that he can about it. Leon is working out his latest battle line up for whatever he wants to test out, Raihan is the guinea pig, happily, each and every single time. They're sitting in the sun, Leon reading his book and Raihan is posting his latest batch of pictures. Together, I think they have a lot of angst potential, but at the end of the day I think they settle into life where once they figure out how to channel all of the years of being made to be rivals and opposite the other, they come together in a harmony that works. I always picture them on very secluded dates, Raihan dragging Leon out to check on the dragon nests, or Leon begging Raihan to go get lost with him, or in those museums looking at old shit because why not? They have the time, each other, and they've spent years getting to know the other in battle, why not give the same energy and determination in life?

Honestly, going further in on this, my headcanon for Raihan, when he stops being a gym leader, is that he becomes a History Professor of some flavor. That isn't original, but I agree with it full stop. And I think Leon keeps up his battling facilities until it stops being fun for him, whenever that is. And they support the other, and it's nice to think about <3

[gigi-does-art]

Day 7 of SerennedyPrideWeek: Serenity!

Back to a more happier piece for Day 7! I always love scenarios where Luis and Leon are just living a peaceful life together and don’t have to worry about the stresses of BOWs and other things in their world. Either where Leon has been able to retire or BOWs don’t exist. They would probably live on a farm together, without any worries and Ashley would definitely visit them! They deserve calmness in their lives after what canon puts them through qwq

[peronasghosts]

i want to see this so bad

[mandalhoerian]

In another universe somewhere I swear this works: ADA WONG & LEON KENNEDY a study on star-crossed enemies.

[homicidal-slvt]

Blood is just human gasoline.

[dangerous-advantage]

some inane ramblings

something something when raph is missing/unavaliable, leo is the one who will step up and take the role as the "leader" (i.e. provide direction and act as the voice of reason), often without realizing he's doing it.

for example, in "man vs sewer," when raph goes "missing," leo is the one to steer the team into finding him.

this episode is one of the best examples of leo acting as "leader," as, within it, he sheds his funnyman/"faceman" persona (as seen in the above screenshots) and allows us a glimpse into his underlying characterization.

some more examples from the episode include:

when raph falls down the tunnel and mikey yells out, "our football!", leo (and donnie, but he glances at leo) gives him this look:

(which prompts him to add, "and raph!")

or similarly, when he's trying to direct his brothers to find raph

[Leo: "Raph is all alone! Guys, we need to --"] [Mikey: "Go down that slide again?"] [Donnie: "Yes, agreed. Raph will make it home eventually, I'm sure."] [Leo: No! Raph's our brother, and--"]

(Immediately after this exchange, he 'tubes' Mikey and reasons with Donnie to convince him to find Raph.)

"Then give us ice for our horriblymangledbodies!"

Is the one to frequently point out the obvious (directing the team, stopping them from unnecessary dawdling).

Comes up with and directs the plan of action. [L: "He still can't tell it's us! But if we get this sewer sludge off... Mikey! Open that flood valve!"]

And when that fails, he implements Lace Face and "the midnight special" to actually get Raph back.

Reverts (but also leans into?) the trope of the leader character saying the lesson after they learn it; [L: Buuut we learned a valuable something about never something-ing you alone again."]

also the overall premise?

it seems likely from underlying context that leo organized this day out (as a break from splinter's training.) when donnie gets suspicious of where raph got his tube tire, leo is the one one to steer them away from potential conflict.

just the whole episode. if you watch it and start looking, you'll find tons of little examples.