#like the issue is that his immediate reaction is to beat the shit out of him like :

[sammywlw]

sam: admits that there is something seriously wrong with him and that he needs help

dean: beats sam until he is fucking unconscious

[spacebarbarianweird]

What do you think about some headcannons of a curious Astarion intrigued by Tav’s skincare routine ? :3

This is a funny request, to be honest, but who I am not to explore the topic of body image issues and curses that can fuck up the person's skin in a fantasy setting?

TW: Scars left by physical abuse

Astarion x Tav Who Has to Cover Her Face

Masterlist

Headcanons

Many years ago, you were unlucky to piss off a man who studied necromancy.

He was arrogant and cruel and didn't understand that "no" is a "no".

For your resistance, he mutilated you.

Attacking you with a spell causing necrotic damage.

The half of your face and the right side of your neck look burnt.

You also lost the right eye.

"Once you realize no one will ever want you to feel free to crawl to my bed" he wished you.

Well, you can't punish a necromancer, who was born into a noble family.

You ran away from home.

As far as possible.

You were many things. A beggar, a thief - you did many things to survive.

With time, you learn how to hide your face.

First of all, healing ointments can at least repair some damage.

It's still awful but more bearable.

And blessed be the circus people and spies to invent disguise kits!

It takes ages to apply the make-up, but in the end, you look as if nothing happened.

Life in the camp boosts your anxiety.

What if someone sees you?

And you have to get up really early to make your face look at least decent.

Astarion doesn't pay much thought to it. You like wearing make-up. So what?

One day, he shows up at your tent unannounced (finally feeling comfortable enough around you)

While you are unprepared.

You immediately cover your face, demanding him to leave.

Astarion is taken aback by your reaction, but something tells him something is wrong.

"My sweet, can I take a look?"

You shake your head. No. No one is supposed to see you like that.

But he grabs your hands and pulls them away.

You expect disgust but instead, his eyes glow with anger.

"Who the fuck did this to you?!"

"Who". He knows it was done deliberately.

You tell him everything. About harassment. Lewd words. Pain.

He caresses your mutilated cheek and kisses you.

You spend the rest of the morning crying in his hands.

Astarion doesn't pretend that your face looks "normal".

But he isn't averted by it.

He helps you to apply make-up in the morning and wash your face in the evening.

Sometimes people get rude around you, and Astarion beats the shit out of them (usually demanding apologies).

Astarion also takes care of your prosthetic eye. His rogue hands can deal with the mechanisms much better than you.

When having sex, you notice he always looks directly at you, never trying to close his eyes.

You feel loved. You feel desired. You feel beautiful.

And you feel safe.

If at any time in the future that abuser decides he can't wait anymore and tries to take you by force, he will have to fight someone immune to any form of necrotic damage.

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[builtbybrokenbells]

13 with Josh? 💐

Person A and person B accidentally giving each other flowers at the same time.

Prompt list here

w/c: 1.2k

pairing: josh x reader

warnings: fluff 🫶🏻

thank you for requesting, and I’m sorry it took so long. I hope you like it!! ♥️

The house looked quiet when you pulled into the driveway; no lights illuminating the windows, nor any sign of life to indicate that anyone was home. You parked as fast as you could, fumbling with your seatbelt and tumbling out of the vehicle. You gathered the items you had stuffed into the backseat, extra cautious of the beautifully wrapped brown paper housing the bouquet of flowers you had spent so long choosing. When you unlocked the front door, you listened closely for any clues that Josh, your boyfriend, may have been hiding in the dimly lit house.

You had rushed to beat traffic after work, hopeful that you would be able to make it back home before Josh. You had stopped to get him a gift, a congratulations for him and his brothers finally finishing their newest album. When you got to the store, it seemed anticlimactic to only get a corny hallmark card. When your eyes landed on the extravagant bouquets that the store had to offer, you couldn’t seem to convince yourself not to buy one. Both you and him had been working tirelessly and hadn’t seen much of each other. You knew that Josh would likely not be expecting you for another hour at least, so he would be in no rush to come home immediately after work. That gave you ample opportunity to execute your plan, and hopefully be able to surprise him.

You had recently gotten a promotion, and a fantastic one at that. The only unfortunate part of the deal was that it was offered around the same time the boys had hankered down on their album, meaning that your shared house that was so often filled with love and laughter was suddenly vacant, and much more so than usual. You missed him terribly, but had kept an optimistic mindset through the grievous weeks. It finally seemed like it was paying off; you were settling into your position nicely, sorting out any issues that surfaced with ease, and he had finished recording. That meant you had a few weeks of nothing but each other before he would inevitably return to touring, and you were determined to make the best of it.

You were juggling your keys and purse along with the flowers in one hand, and the takeout you ordered for dinner in the other. Arranged in the middle of the bouquet was the previously mentioned corny hallmark card, just for an added touch of sweetness. Eagerly, you stepped into the kitchen to rid yourself of the items in your hand. You were so caught up in your own thoughts that within the darkness, you hadn’t even noticed the body sitting at the table. Your hand reached to flick the light on, your head barely turning from the items to ensure the flowers wouldn’t roll off the table. A sigh of relief left your lips as the warm light flooded the room, and you felt the tension wash away knowing that everything made it inside in one piece. When you looked up to check the clock, you let out a shriek when your eyes landed on Josh, who was sitting patiently in his usual seat with a grin plastered on his cheeks.

“Well, I didn’t expect you to be that excited to see me.” He couldn’t contain his laughter at your reaction, finding the perfect joke to slip into the interaction.

“Josh, you scared the shit out of me.” You said, raising a hand to your chest to soothe your racing heart. Your eyes drifted to the arrangement of items in front of him. A brown box with no hint as to what was inside, and a vase decorated with a bouquet even more extravagant than the one you had brought home with you.

“Surprise.” He shrugged, eyes twinkling with adoration.

“What’s this?” You asked.

“What’s that?” He shot back, looking at your own pile of things.

“Flowers.” You admitted. He shook his head, another laugh sounding from him.

“For me?” He raised an eyebrow, finally standing to meet you. You picked up the brown paper, extending your arm to show him. “And a card? What could I have possibly done to deserve all of this?” He grabbed the flowers from your hand, peering down at the petals with a blush dusting his cheeks.

“I got dinner, too.” You admitted, feeling sheepish about the lack of gracefulness in your presentation. “I just thought… you’ve been working so hard, and I love you so much. Just thought I’d show you, somehow.” You gave a nervous chuckle, worried that he thought it was silly.

“You are the light of my life, you know.” He gently sat the flowers back on the table and moved towards you, snaking an arm around your waist. “The absolute best part of my day, and the most wonderful thing to ever happened to me.” It was your turn to blush, your entire face burning red at his words. “Thank you, y/n. I love them.” He mumbled, pulling you into a kiss. Your fears of looking stupid were futile, and you knew that as soon as his hands touched you. Josh was a beacon of love, and he would appreciate anything you did for him, no matter how small or big. “They’re still not as beautiful as you, though.” He added as he pulled back, never letting you get too far away from him. His lips landed in a soft kiss on your forehead. It was his way of showing that he meant everything he said.

“I love you.” You hummed, eyes still closed in bliss at the feeling of his lips on yours.

“I love you,” he replied. “Which is why I also got you flowers.” You both let out a giggle, finding it hilarious that you both had the same ideas at the same time. “And a cake, and your favourite wine, so I guess the night is destined to be perfect.”

“Why all of that?” You asked, curious about his grand show of affection.

“Am I not allowed to do nice things for my favourite person in the whole world?” He shot back, challenging you. You rolled your eyes, landing a soft smack on his arm to show your annoyance with his argument. “We never got to celebrate your promotion. I feel terrible that it’s so late, but I hope you still like it.”

“Of course I do, Josh.” Discontent was not even a question in your mind. You could never be upset at him for anything, especially when he was so good to you all of the time. “Thank you.” You added, looking to him with an overwhelming amount of gratitude in your expression. “I’m just happy we can finally spend some time together. I miss you, and I hate waking up to an empty bed. It sucks.”

“I know.” He sympathized. “Coming home just to say goodnight is not enough for me. If I could, I’d bring you with me everywhere, just so I’d never have to be without you.” You wrapped your arms around him, desperate for a moment of closeness after so long of being without him. “So, whose flowers are better? Did I win?” He broke the moment of sweetness with his joke, but you couldn’t even find it within you to chastise him for it. You were too content with his arms around you and your head on his chest to care about anything else.

“We both won,” you mumbled, showing no signs of pulling away.

“I think I can agree with that.” He whispered, placing another kiss to your head as he held you a little tighter. There was no room for argument, because spending a life with Josh meant that you had already won it all, no further contest needed. He was content with agreeing, because he felt the exact same way.

[diagonal-queen]

Hihi! May I req an emergency req? With male!reader accidentally dropping/pushing a plate or glass and breaking it. Reader rushing to clean the mess up even with his bare hands and out of concern, the character yells at them to be careful or smth and reader flinches? How would they react? (And if ur fine with it, reader having SEVERE daddy issues and domestic violence so that's why they act like that) pls don't make reader those crybaby types but someone similar to dazai but less uhm, dazai? Like dazai but when he seems human if u yk what I mean) and reader being a teen (14-17)

Format: Anything u want!

Characters: Kunikida, Fukuzawa, Chuuya, Poe and Ranpo (separate) (omg if u could, then ranpoe together being father figures I just love the ship it's my comfort ship😭💖💖)

Platonic pls :)) (chuuya being an older brother figure, Fukuzawa and kunikida being father figures)

I FEEL LIKE ITS TOO SPECIFIC SO FEEL FREE TO NARROW IT DOWN 😭😭. Make sure to take care of urself and have a wonderful day <33

-🩵

okay so. i'm really REALLY sorry T-T but i do not write male readers so i am gonna go gn with this (again i am sorry ily <3)

When Reader flinches after they yell

♡ characters: Doppo Kunikida, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Chuuya Nakahara, Edgar Allan Poe, Ranpo Edogawa (bonus Ranpoe together!), teenage!gn!Reader

♡ synopsis: Reader breaks a piece of flatware and when they go to clean it, they're yelled at and flinch. How do the characters react to this?

♡ cw: Reader suffers from domestic abuse-related trauma and has daddy issues, yelling, trauma response (specifically a kind of silent/blunt affect type reaction), swearing, mentions of reader's hands being cut (unintentionally by flatware shards), father and older brother figure dynamics, lmk if I missed anything

note: I hope you're doing alright 💙 Anon, and I hope that these make you feel better :') come to me for hugs if you need them. I also hate yelling and have daddy issues so like, I feel you my dude. AND RANPOE IS MY COMFORT SHIP TOO omggg they're the best DM me and let's rant about them. Apologies for errors and I hope you enjoy x

Kunikida:

Let's say you're a mentee of his at the agency. Kunikida obviously only has good intentions and would hate for you to get hurt (Yosano...*shiver*), so he kinda freaks out a little when he sees you about to grab ceramic shards with your bare hands

Caught up in his alarm, he yells at you not to touch the shards and then goes to get a broom (or one of those little dustpan things) to clean up the mess

He comes back and sees your expression, and is honestly a little confused at first. You did manage to stay out of harm's way so he doesn't understand what's got you so distressed (he's so smart but also so very dumb)

You sit there while he quickly cleans the mess but when he notices that your eyes have kind of glazed over and you seem to be somewhere else, he gets a little worried and asks if you're alright

You tell him that you got frightened when he yelled because it reminded you of something and he has a moment of '...shit'

Kunikida puts down his dustpan/broom, puts a hand on your shoulder and gently explains that he wasn't mad at you but that he was just worried about you. He'd rather you made a mess unharmed than cleaned up the mess but gotten hurt

Don't be fooled by his calm demeanour, he actually feels really bad and will probably beat himself up for making such a mistake

He does end up cleaning it for you and asks you to please take care of yourself and be careful

Fukuzawa:

He has an odd tendency of being very intense with his kids out of the blue and then immediately feeling bad for it which is exactly what happens with you

You were probably bringing him tea or something when you accidentally dropped the tray and the cup shattered. He probably barely even reacted at all to it honestly, mostly just because he doesn't care THAT much about a cup. He has more

But then you apologise and kneel down to get them and this man might be tough but he is a softie at heart and panics when his kids are in harm's way (you're basically his kid let's be real)

So he yells, and it's basically that one scene in the theatre from Untold Origins all over again, except unlike Ranpo he knows that you don't really shake such things off so easily due to your past. So he's still concerned just for different reasons

He knows that as a father figure in your life he's supposed to protect you and that he had good intentions but it still affected you negatively in a way, and he's like. Really really sad about that fact (but he doesn't show it awh)

He apologises for yelling and asks you not to try and clean up ceramic shards with your bare hands because infections and y'know your hands are a pretty important part of your body

Fukuzawa is still firm as he speaks but he's also very gentle and nice about the whole thing and sits with you until you feel better

If you thank him for looking out for you, he'll be thinking about that for like the next week :'((((

Chuuya:

Chuuya yells like, a lot, but he often makes a conscious effort not to do so around you because he knows that you don't like it. Being a habit though, it sometimes comes out unintentionally

So say you're bringing him something to eat while he's working or something and while you're approaching him you drop and shatter the plate.

He's like 'Oh let me get that' and was gonna grab the shards with his ability (he doesn't have an issue with doing it himself cus it's lowkey quicker), but then he sees that you're about to collect them barehanded and yells at you to stop

When he sees you flinch he immediately starts backtracking like 'Wait, no- that's not what I meant' and comes to kneel beside you and pat you on the head (or back, whichever)

He quickly composes himself and apologises, saying that he was just worried about you, not angry about the plate or you wanting to clean it.

He tells you that he's gotten cuts on his palms before and they 'hurt like a motherfucker' so he didn't want you to get hurt too (and he's kinda being jokey about it because he's nice like that)

He just exudes comfort energy, so your panic moment doesn't really last that long. He's honestly very chill about the whole thing because he knows that you're not gonna make the same mistake

Even if you did though he'd help bandage your cuts without hesitation

Poe:

Poe is the opposite of Chuuya- he just DOESN'T yell at all. That's why it caught you as offguard as it did

When you dropped the plate he was a little scared because of the loud noise, but was relieved to see that you hadn't gotten hurt.

He really doesn't care much about a broken dish, because he can buy a billion more with ease. He just cares that you were about to hurt your hand (I'm quite sure you can possibly injure nerves by cutting your palm, and as a murder mystery writer Poe would absolutely be aware of this)

So he yells in an attempt to get you to quickly stop when you kneel down to clean it, and when he sees your face he feels awful

Poe hates yelling too, so he is extremely apologetic about the whole thing. He feels really bad because he knows that you find a lot of comfort with him and he's scared he's just ruined your trust in him to keep you safe

You tell him that you know he wasn't trying to be mean or malicious but he still feels really bad about it (lowkey you end up comforting HIM ngl)

He decides to clean up the mess himself (and lets you cuddle Karl while he does because he's basically an emotional support animal)

Will literally do anything to get you to trust him once more because he feels such an unnecessary amount of guilt (you have to really hammer it into him that you DO still trust him- he doesn't entirely believe you (projecting sorry lol))

Ranpo:

Ranpo is the Super Highschool Level Older Brother Figure. And as such he is appropriately concerned when he sees that you're about to try and handle a broken plate with bare hands

I'm absolutely certain that several times in the past Ranpo's dropped his fair share of dishes and gotten cuts from trying to pick them up too fast and he doesn't want that happening to you

So he yells to you not to touch them. When he sees your reaction to this, for a split second he panics but he actually handles it surprisingly well for a (2)6 year old

He comes over and sits down beside you. Then he explains to you that he doesn't want you to get hurt unnecessarily (especially somewhere like your hands) because he cares about you, so he panicked for a second and that's why he yelled.

(to everyone's surprise /j) he does apologise to you for it and give you a hug to help ground you and comfort you (he also gives you a little squeeze cus he feels bad aw)

If you ask him if he's mad about the broken dish he immediately goes back to normal and is like 'Pfft not at all. It's a plate Y/N' and tells you not to worry about it

He does make you feel better about the broken plate, but this is Ranpo we're talking about. You think he's gonna clean it up, or even help you clean it? No, that job unfortunately still falls entirely on you (damnit Ranpo)

Except this time you take cautionary measures before you do so. And Ranpo's happy to see it :)

Ranpoe:

Right, so these two are just little children in the bodies of men in their late twenties. However they are still very much in touch with their dad sides especially when it comes to you

So you're carrying a plate for some reason (maybe they're busy solving mysteries and eating snacks idk) but you drop it and it breaks. Poe's a millionaire and Ranpo is Ranpo so they don't care that they have one less plate

Then you hurriedly apologise to them and bend down to grab the plate and they both overreact and yell at you to stop (for the same reasons written above in their seperate scenarios)

Once they see you flinch they both have different reactions. Poe rushes over to see if you're alright but Ranpo is more wanting to give you a second to breathe and process

And that's literally what happens. Poe (and Karl) rushes over to check on you and Ranpo waits a minute before he joins him.

Ranpo comes to comfort you while Poe gets rid of the broken plate, then when he comes back he helps Ranpo explain why they both yelled earlier. He lets Ranpo do most of the talking though

They both express that they're just glad you didn't get hurt. And that you're allowed to make mistakes! Just don't do anything that will get yourself hurt

Will let you help them with their work/watch them work if you want to (usually that stuff's confidential but hey it's not like people are gonna question Ranpo and Poe now is it)

anon i will be your parental figure and we can straight up just forcefully shatter plates together (with safety glasses on though!!!) to let off steam

[astrum-aetherium]

Recently, I have the experience of being called a good girl by my girlfriend, we were talking and all of a sudden, she blurts it out. It hit me so differently, and the little shit even had the nerve to smile.

I wonder what Henry's reaction would be when he realized that Y/N likes to be called a good girl.

i feel like he would initially realize it not via calling you as such himself, but by observing your reaction to someone's calling you a good girl instead. maybe the term was unassumingly dropped by francis under an entirely innocent premise, as he does (remember how he called camilla a good girl after she injured herself with the glass shard!), but you became a little too flustered at it out of sheer nowhere — because you do like it. henry will have noticed, of course, due to how overly observant he is, especially when it comes to you. consequently, in a more private setting, he would revisit the matter and apply the rather beneficial knowledge of the effect that term has on you in the most intriguing of ways.

you would be planted on his lap, slowly and desirously making out with him, the warmth and the tension in the room only striving higher and higher. shortly before the two of you would proceed to even more lascivious activity, however, henry would pull away and utter, "get up and undress for me like a good girl." in response, you would freeze; it would be as though you had been ossified. heat would immediately surge to your face, your breath bated.

"hm?" he'd urge, as though oblivious to the power of his words. you would be scattered all over the place, aroused beyond belief. another comment he would issue in regard to your immobility would be, "what, did you like that? being called a good girl? how vulgar." it'd be derisive and perhaps even degrading.

you would follow his initial order, of course, trembling all over; as a reward, you'd get called a good girl once more — sheerly for your obedience. then, for the remainder of that night, he would abandon the duty of applying the term again. however, with more moments of intimacy to come, he would certainly keep the importance thereof in mind, occasionally appealing to you with the lascivious utterance in moments most unexpected, causing your breath to falter in your throat and your heart to start beating harder. you'd be putty in his hands.

especially when that very good girl would fall from his lips during instances of you performing pleasurable services on him; you'd be revivified each and every time anew.

[thesunshineriptide]

Reacting to you happy stimming aggressively

Characters: Jade, Leona, Jack, Trey, Riddle, Vil, Floyd, Silver, Malleus, Kalim, Idia, Ortho

Cw// stimming in both safe and potentially unsafe ways (including hitting) uuuuh because i am stimming hard, also potentially triggering initial reactions because a lot of the stims are,,,,not generally accepted? And it’s based off of me,,, anyway brief spoilers for chapter 5 for ortho

P.s. I wrote this when I was trying to calm down from stimming too hard

Jade - patting

- Jade wouldn’t say he’s confused about what you’re doing, more so as to why. What happened to elicit some a reaction?

- He watches carefully as pat your hands rhythmically against your thighs, occasionally losing your pace and switching it to something different

- “May I ask why you’re doing that?”

- He actually feels a bit nervous when you look at him like he’ll think you’re insane if you tell him, and is quick to soothe

- “If you don’t mind answering, that is. If it’s personal, I do apologize.”

- It takes a moment for you to explain that you’re just….happy. You’re enjoying his company and it’s filling you with energy that you have to get out

- He’s honored that you’re so excited, and gives a very sweet smile in return.

- “How very sweet of you. I’m glad you find my company so pleasing. I was quite enjoying your beat as well.”

Trey - chewing on non-food objects

- Trey is quick to try and take anything that isn’t food out of someone’s mouth. He’s an older brother, and no stranger to kids doing that

- He’s a little confused when you look at him with a hurt little frown and move to put your hoodie string back in your mouth.

- “Prefect, that’s not food. Are you hungry?”

- When you shake your head and finally release the wet hoodie string and sigh, he’s honestly unsure what to do.

- “You shouldn’t chew on that.”

- “Why not?” You retort. “I do it all the time.”

- “Does it…taste good?” He asks

- You shake your head, “It’s for the chew, not the taste. I just need to bite.”

- It takes him a little to understand what you mean, but after some research he decides to offer you some chewlery instead, because your hoodie is probably not a sanitary snack

Leona - Invisible trumpet

- Leona was just vibin nearby when he hears you roll up with your headphones on, wandering through the botanical gardens

- You aren’t humming, which he appreciates because it means he can take a nap, but he’s distracted when he sees you wiggling your fingers in a way that looks almost painful.

- It’s sharp, jagged movements that look a bit similar to someone playing a trumpet, but not nearly as close to the face.

- He spends some time quietly observing you until eventually he just gives up and goes to sleep

- He doesn’t see any issue with the behavior, nor does he find it weird or anything and genuinely just. Doesn’t ever bring it up. But if someone else says some shit? No they didn’t because he will not be letting someone make fun of his herbivore

Jack - shaking leg

- “can you please stop shaking your leg?”

- “Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry.” You say. You manage to stay still for five minutes, then absentmindedly begin to shake your leg again

- It’s distracting for Jack, but he can’t bring it in himself to do it

- Eventually, you seem to remember, and mumble another apology to him

- Jack just wants to get through class man, but your shoelaces are snapping against the deck just right and it’s annoying.

- He begins to realize you’re not doing it on purpose, and decides to help

- “Hey, I’m trying out these new laces for track meet, I got you a pair! We should try ‘em together.”

- The new laces are basically just rubber bands that keep your shoes closed. No more smacking against the desk for YOUR aglets!

- He’s eternally grateful that he no longer has to hear that AND you still get to stim

🐝🦇🦅🦆🪲🐌🐛🐞🦋🐍🐢🦎🐈‍⬛🐐🦌🦔🦦🦫🐉🐿🐀🦡🦨🦝

(I ran out of pictures 😭😭😭)

Silver - swaying back and forth

- Silver first learns of your swaying habit when you hugged him one time and he immediately fell asleep on your shoulder

- He learned of it again when he saw you standing around in the hallway, swaying from side to side as you chatted with Ace and Deuce.

- Silver, in honesty, had no issue with this. It’s just a quirk some e people do, it’s not a big deal.

- He soon finds, though, that swaying back and forth is actually really good for him though.

- He tends to snap awake whenever he’s pitched forward too far, so swaying keeps him alert

- Now, whenever you two talk, you’re both just swaying back and forth like a couple of praying mantises

Malleus - spinning

- “Child of man, what is it that you’re doing?” He asks in a gentle voice

- There’s no need to panic around him - he’s in a club entirely dedicated to gargoyles after all, dude’s clearly not neurotypical - so you answer with a smile

- “I’m spinning! It feels good, and I’m happy. You should try it.”

- Malleus gives a bemused smile before shrugging

- He begins to spin. You’re spinning nearby, but you stop for a second to smile at him joining you

- Now you’re both spinning and Malleus seems to be enjoying it

- You have accidentally turned another person onto your stim. Congrats!

- Sebek is losing his mind because sometimes Malleus just begins to spin in the Diasomnia lounge and it is very hard to protect a personified spinning top

Kalim - dancing

- Kalim doesn’t even question what you’re doing, he immediately just joins

- He’ll even turn on some music

- You two have a dance party even if that wasn’t your intention

- If he ever finds you randomly dancing without music, he will immediately join.

- Probably gaslit a couple people into thinking music was playing and they were just deaf

- You’re officially adopted by the pop music club

Idia - arm/hand flapping

- Idia has been doing this since forever

- First time he sees it was when you were talking in the library with someone

- He’s genuinely surprised anyone else would do it, and so publicly

- He might be inclined to invite you over to his dorm room to watch anime or whatever

- He would be comfortable enough to hand flap in front of you as well

- This man’s stims hard dude. His hair gets brighter as well and he makes some lil happy stim noises to go with it

- You also have a buddy to infodump shit to now because he will DEFINITELY do that to you

- You will know all about his wifus and his games be the end of the week. You’re officially his friend now

👾👾👾

Ortho - vocal stimming

- Ortho is a little confused at first, but after some searches in his database, he figures out that you’re fine, you’re just happy.

- If you vocal stim a song, he’s glad to play it for you so it alleviates some of the brain tension

- If it’s an animal noise (for instance, meowing, barking, mooing, etc) he will do it back to you. This can go on for hours because he genuinely just enjoys seeing you happy

- If it’s an incomprehensible noise, he won’t make it back, but he might record it for future reference so when he hears it he doesn’t think someone’s murdering you

- If it’s chirping, he will chirp back. I know this because I am ortho-

- (Spoilers for chapter five) when Idia gives him his vocaloid voice he is one hundred percent using it with you at some point

Riddle - wiggling

- Riddle is immediately anti-stimming because his mother forced him to stop doing it as a child (that’s why he’s so anxious and angry all the time)

- Someone else (*cough*Cater*cough*) has to intervene and tell him to not comment on it because he always manages to say the wrong thing

- Cater also has to explain to him that you’re just doing it because you’re happy! It’s not against the rules, anyway

- He has to fight against a lot of ingrained shit until he plucks up the courage to not only apologize for being rude, but ask you about it

- If you explain it to him, he just nods along with a blank face for a while

- It takes him roughly a week before he comes back and asks you to teach him how to stim

- After learning how he’s immediately so much nicer and more chill. His face rarely even goes red anymore.

Vil - rocking

- “Spudling, please, we’re in public.”

- One look at your crestfallen face and the immediate rigid body language makes him regret what he said so fast

- He spends a lot of time thinking about why he doesn’t want you to do that, only to find that it’s all appearances and those don’t matter as much as you

- If he finds you doing it again, he’ll begin to gently rock with you. He pretends nothing is amiss, and is relieved when you notice and brighten a bit

- He won’t ever directly apologize, but he will try to make his stupid comment up to you and then proceed to educate himself

- If someone takes video and posts it, he will fight every internet troll and make sure you never see any of it

Floyd - hitting

- Floyd also has a lot of aggressive stims, the most obvious ones being squeezing and biting

- You’ve literally watched him get too excited while holding a soda can and it just. Exploded in his grip

- He’s not surprised that you stim as well, but he is surprised it’s so…violent

- You don’t hit others most of the time, but the fact that you’re smacking yourself is a little concerning to him.

- Don’t worry, he’s got the cure!

- It’s squeezing. He just wraps himself around you and squeezes you

- It actually works (there’s actual psychological studies about this, applying pressure is a great way to alleviate the stim stress) so it ends up being a good symbiotic relationship! You don’t have to explain why your skin is all red and he gets to squeeze his shrimp!

[ccrisntok]

Heathers au part 2 💀

Okay, off the bat, this one is worse. this post is much sadder than the first one.

TW// Blood, Death, Corpses, Suicidal thoughts/actions, Guns, Homophobia, Violence, Eating Disorders (Again, basically anything that happens in Heathers: The Musical.)

Also, spoilers for Heathers, and DRDT!!!

As I said, this post is a bit more serious than the first one. You need to read the first part to really understand this one btw. sorry. I'm too lazy to explain things again hdafkjlds

This post will have the sad parts of the au, since it's basically a story run-down, but imma still try and keep it a little silly at least.

But there will be a part 3, since I literally can't post all of the images (I have over 30.) And part three will be a lot more light-hearted (just fun doodles, and some cut images from this post), so if this ones too intense, just wait for that one <3 or. dont. thats cool too. Btw I'm gonna re-use a few drawings from the last post for story progression <3

Again, credit to @another-danganronpa-fan for the original au concept!

(First off, a better rendition of the Heathers + Xander. I didn't make any other full body refs because I got lazy. Anyway, I wanted to talk about these guys a lil more in this post. Character relationships and whatever.)

I feel like the Heathers as a unit all fucking hate each other. David guilt trips Arei into staying and threatens to reveal that shes queer if she argues with him, Arei makes fun of him for having severe mental health issues, and Arturo belittles both Arei and David, constantly commenting on their appearances, which he considers "Barely acceptable", basically its a cesspool of toxicity.

Xander, your average, emotional totally not British boy, doesn't really see any of this and thinks the Heathers have it so easy, and even idolizes them a little, especially David. Or rather, whatever persona David gives off to others.

This leads to him being recruited, in combo with his forgery skills, and his British accent. Cuz, yk, British accents are hot to some people.

So Xandy gets to be an honorary Heather. This is fine for like, 5 minutes before he is immediately asked to humiliate the shit out of Eden, which he does, begrudgingly. He does this by forging a note to Eden from her crush, Arei, inviting her to a party Ace was hosting that night. Arei doesn't know about this plan until it happens.

at some point between this and the party, Xander sees Teruko beat the ever-loving shit out of Levi and Ace, and he's like "oh wow 😳", which is the first time he ever notices her.

As the party starts, Xander starts getting drunk as hell, and during so, makes some kind of jab at Ace in relation to his ED (I couldn't really find a way to incorporate Heather Duke's bulimia into David, so, sorry Ace.) This leads to Ace fucking hating him with a passion.

this does not end well btw

Xander parties rlly hard, and that ends up escalating to him accidentally publically outing Eden at the party (while wasted & high), which leads to Eden being humiliated by the partygoers. Arei, who does actually like Eden as well, obviously doesn't out herself and helps in Eden's humiliation for the sake of self-preservation.

Eden's like "wha" bc she still thinks the note was real, and is super confused and hurt by Arei's reaction.

I don't believe the two would be childhood friends, like cannon Heathers, I feel like they would just. Like each other. Steal glances occasionally, wave, and smile. Stuff like that from someone like Arei would mean something, at least to Eden. And seeing what she thought was so clear shatter would hurt her a lot.

After this, Xander fucks off because him and the Heathers get in a huge fight, and he finds Teruko like. In the bathroom or something hiding from the party. I didn't really want to make him break into her house so. I didn't :) they uh. hold hands or something, and then they fall in love wooooahhhh whoda guessed

So Xander vents about his imminent death bc Art's mad at him, and Terukos like, "yeah... lets go apologize....." (she does not want to apologize). so they pull up and Xander's like "I'm sowwy Art i wont do it again" or something and then uh.

(why is the family guy death pose so hard to draw) Art drinks some Kool-aid or something that Teruko mixed with drain cleaner and dies.

Xanders like, "NOOOO WAHT THE FUCK" and Teruko, who obviously wanted him to die, is like "oh. we need to cover this up as a suicide". They do just that, and in the wake of his death, Arturo is seen as even more of an icon than he was in life, since the fake note portrayed him as an actually kind, tortured soul.

Arturo's ghost haunts Xander from this point on, basically just calling him stupid the whole time.

so after this, David and Arei are like, "Aye uh. Art's dead. You wanna hang out in the woods with us and Levi and Ace?" And Xander, desperately trying to not seem suspicious, says yes. Arei didn't really want to do this, but David forced her, and brought tons of alcohol with the intention of getting Levi and Ace drunk so they would fight and it'd be funny. He hasn't taken up Art's spot yet, so he's still kinda chill.

they. do fight, and Xander's kinda like "oop", but David's hoping it gets violent, for funnies.

it gets kinda personal..

Then it gets REALLY personal 💀

And Levi ends up beating the shit out of Ace.

Now, not unlike canon, I don't know what circumstances got Levi disowned by his parents. I feel like in this au, he probably moved in with Ace and his folks, which would give him another reason to put up with Ace's shit. Out of literal necessity. And like, they are probably friends to an extent.

Anyway, after this, rumors spread that Xander was actually the one who beat the fuck out of Ace, unprovoked. Since Ace is like 3'2 or some shit, people think Xander just beat him up bc he was an easy target without Levi around or something.

This happens because of a combo of Ace not really remembering what happened, his spite towards Xander, Levi lying about it, and David agreeing with the story (again, for his own amusement.) Arei doesn't really care enough to speak out, and Xander's reputation goes from already dead, to decomposed.

He vents to Teruko about this, cuz that went soo well last time, who makes up a plan. She tells him to tell Ace and Levi that he really wanted to fight them, and she would bring a "fake" gun to scare them with. (btw shirtless levi just to warn you) (and a dead body. and blood.) (prob shoulda put those first)

This goes about how you would expect (can you tell I gave a bit more of a shit about these guy's deaths than I did Art's....sorry homie). Instead of doing what Kurt cannonically does (hauling ass in the opposite direction), Levi actually tries to help Ace, with no luck.

I made a longer version of this but Im trynna stay in the image limit so. Anyway, Teruko is like "look what you diiidd Levi he trusted what you said and now he's dead! Ok bye" and then shoots Levi too.

Xander is losing his fucking mind, and really upset, obviously. But Teruko is like "I did it because I love you...." and manipulates him into really believing they did somewhat the right thing, because Ace and Levi were bullies, and ruining ppls lives.

They frame Levi and Ace's deaths as a double suicide. Teruko convinces Xander to portray Levi and Ace as gay lovers who, "killed themselves to escape an unaccepting world", since they contributed to Eden's harassment over her sexuality.

This leads to Ms. Hu publicly speaking up in support of queerness, which leads to the harassment following Eden, and the fear holding Arei back to subside a little, as the student body is moved by Levi and Ace's super real emotional romance.

Ace and Levi's ghosts join Arturo in haunting Xandy, and Xander regrets like. Every choice he's ever made.

Xander and Teruko's relationship is kinda deteriorating, and David decides to take officially take the mantle in the aftermath of Arturo, Levi, and Ace's deaths.

He gets kinda goofy, and starts harassing Arei more severely. This takes a head at an assembly Ms. Hu throws for teenage mental health, where she encourages the kids to vent their frustrations and grievances, which would "set them free."

Arei finally takes the opportunity, and confesses about her turbulent home life, David and Arturo's harassment, and that she struggles with suicidal thoughts. David takes this as a personal attack on his reputation since she mentioned him, and berates her, until she decides to try and end her own life in the school bathroom.

Xander stops her, and tells David to fuck off.

This ends with Arei and Xander becoming better friends, and they start to bond over their shared care for Eden. This reminds Xander how bad he fucked up with his best friend, and reminds Arei that she really does care a lot about Eden, even if she wishes she didn't.

Speaking of Eden, after everything that had happened, the deaths, the harassment, and what she thinks is the loss of the two most important people in her life (Xander and Arei), she also decides to take her own life, Ace and Levi's suicides nailing it into her head that she didn't belong. She wanted to escape to a world that wouldn't judge her, like Martha, and death was the only way she felt she could do that.

She jumps off of a bridge, but ends up surviving.

Xander, obviously fucking horrified, rushes to her side. After seeing how hurt she was, he kinda realizes how serious death is.

He killed people, all because Teruko felt they needed to. He realizes his relationship is toxic (only took a kill count of 3), and decides he can't do it anymore.

He ends things with Teruko, and goes home. He figures this is the end of it, but the ghosts haunting him tell him that Teruko was coming back, and she was mad. Oh no!

After Teruko breaks into his house, Xander locks himself in his closet and listens to her mad ramblings.

She says she's going to bomb the school, killing everyone inside, and she wants to do it with him. The whole school was basically in the building for a pep-rally, and she wanted to frame it as a school-wide suicide pact, with a signed "suicide note", a fake petition she'd passed around the school during the mental health assembly.

Xander, out of options, ties himself to the ceiling and pretends as if he has hung himself, which he hopes will stop Teruko's rampage.

Instead, Teruko decides even if Xander was dead, she was going to kill everyone anyway.

After Teruko leaves, Xander chases after her, grabbing a kitchen knife as protection, with the intention of killing Teruko, and probably himself, for the sake of the school.

After realizing Xander is alive, Teruko doesn't stop her plan. She's even more dedicated to it, and Xander is dedicated to stopping her.

The two physically fight for the bomb, and in the scuffle, Xander ends up stabbing Teruko in the stomach. He takes the bomb, and begins to leave with it, with the intention of using his body as a shield so that the school wouldn't be damaged if he ran out of time.

Teruko stops him, and in one more act of weird, toxic, love takes the bomb from him, and says she will blow up herself, and only herself.

Xander lets her take the bomb, and Teruko walks out to the front of the school. Xander watches as she lets it go off, killing her instantly, and tells her to say hello to God, having faith that maybe her death could grant her forgiveness, if there was a higher power out there to forgive her at all.

........

annnnndddddd I'll draw the aftermath in part three!

Holy fucking shit, I HAVE BEEN TYPING THIS UP FOR LIKE 5 HOURSS AAHH

I'm proud of it, though! There are quite a few images I had to cut, since Tumblr has an image limit and I made way too much, but that's what part three is for, in combo with a little of the aftermath! I just didn't want to split up the story into two parts, since I wanted it to flow well. I hope I managed to do just that.

Hope you enjoyed this fucking roller coaster, and I hope to see you back again for the DRDT Heathers finale! Which... wont be that epic, or anything, but hopefully fun!

[faramirsonofgondor]

A great example of ted’s non-confrontational approach is how Ted refuses to correct Trent when he asks if it’s true that they threw a party in the locker room for losing the match in s1. All ted had to do was say “actually that was a party planned for sam’s bday” and it would have changed trent’s attitude to some extent. But no, ted is too stuck in his “people will observe what i do and come around to seeing that i’m right” attitude. There was literally no reason not to correct the record and it made ted look totally unserious about his job!

Yes! Ted is a very non confrontational and I don’t really think he actually understands just how harmful his behavior is. He tends to handle most of his issues by ignoring them and believing that things will sort themselves out. He also acts like people will be able to understand what he wants from and adopt his mindset. Especially when Jamie is concerned. Jamie was harming the teams dynamic in season 1 and Ted just decided to be patient and beat around the bush instead of stepping up and telling Jamie to cut it out.

It sort of reminds of the scene in The Office where Stanley is very openly disrespecting Michael, and Michael tries to take the friendly approach but Stanley continues to be insubordinate and rude. But once Michael actually invokes his authority and tells Stanley that needs to cut it out and respect him, because Michael is his boss, Stanley begrudgingly cleans up his act and begins to respect him.

I think if Ted had done similar, he could’ve seen results from Jamie a lot sooner. The problem is that Ted dances around the topic at first and then gets increasingly frustrated when Jamie doesn’t meet his expectations. Telling Jamie to remember that’s he’s only of 11 and that he should be a team player is truthfully really unclear and shitty advice. Especially considering Jamie has issues picking up on “implied” messages. So, Ted thinks that he’s being clear and telling Jamie to pass the ball around, but Jamie probably didn’t really grasp that. Then the whole thing with stepping over Sam, and Roy trying to fight Jamie happened. And Ted decides the best course of action is to bench Jamie, and he’s still not communicating clearly on why he’s benching Jamie because he thinks it’s obvious. Then, when Jamie says he’s injured, Ted immediately assumes Jamie is lying and blows up at him. Like Ted’s reaction was extremely inappropriate. And I’ve seen a lot of people say that Jamie deserved it for being a prick and shit, but Ted is his boss, who’s nearly twice his age and who (in Jamie’s mind) is punishing him for unclear reasons. The fact that he NEVER clears any of this up is just so?????

And then the whole thing with Sam’s birthday. Like it’s not the only time that someone outright asks Ted something and instead of answering he just completely dodges it. There are so many things he should’ve clarified, like telling Jamie he never sent him away, or telling the team Jamie was coming back. Not to mention, he just never did shit about Nate’s behavior in season 2?? It’s just so frustrating when Ted is supposed to give the team guidance and be a good coach but then he ends up constantly contradicting his own standards for others. Like he says “be curious not judgmental” and then proceeds to be extremely fucking judgmental with Jamie.

I really just don’t think Ted sees how his mindset is hurting the people around him. He has a responsibility to the team to make sure that things go smoothly and they’re all happy and healthy but instead he avoids their issues half of the time, or gives them half assed advice the other half of the time.

Ted just needs to learn to be more direct with other people. His metaphors are so complex and time consuming half of the time and it’s actually a bit irritating. Like the whole Denver Broncos thing after Colin came out??? Ted could’ve just been like “we support you and care about you and whatever you’ve been going through” but instead he has to turn it into this whole speech. Some of Ted’s speeches are appropriate and well timed, but some of them also just really miss the mark.

It’s just really frustrating to see, especially considering Ted fucks Jamie over the most but he supposedly cares about Jamie a lot (which might be true but he never acknowledges how he’s hurt Jamie or that he’s never really shown him that he cares about Jamie). Like I think somewhere in s3 Jamie probably just came to the conclusion that Ted has a problem with him and only him because it seems like Ted is extremely lenient when it comes to everyone else’s shitty behavior but Ted got super mad at him (and the whole Zava shit). In reality, I think Ted has been getting away with being very indirect with other people because they’ve been pretty decent at picking up on what Ted wasn’t saying, but for people like Jamie it was probably just really frustrating and difficult because Ted was being confusing and then extremely angry.

I think Ted’s general avoidant behavior is where his “forgive him” advice comes from as well. Ted got by with never acknowledging or addressing Jamie’s trauma because other people were there to do it for him (Beard giving Jamie Ted’s note, Beard kicking out Jamie’s dad, Roy hugging Jamie, etc.) So when there’s no buffer, when it’s just him and Jamie and he’s not able to avoid the topic he tries to get Jamie to forgive and forget because it gives Ted an out from having to worry about Jamie and his trauma. In his mind, if Jamie just forgives his dad, then there won’t be an issue anymore. And it’s not just Jamie he does this with, he does it with a lot of the team. When there’s a certain situation he can’t relate to he either 1) tries to come up with a story or metaphor that encapsulates his mindset and perspective or 2) he tries to get other people to let their issues go. I think we see this most clearly when Isaac attacks the homophobe in S3. He is extremely aware of the fact that Isaac is upset about what was said, and not in just a “i hate being insulted” kind of way. Nobody just attacks someone like that because they’re insulted. But Ted is either purposefully ignorant or he just oblivious because implies that he should just let that kind of stuff go and ignore it. Which first of all, I really don’t think the locker room, in full view of the team, coaches, and Trent, was the appropriate place to have this discussion. Secondly, I think Ted just doesn’t get that not everyone has his mindset and some things just can’t be let go of that easily (I’m not saying Isaac was justified or anything). Thirdly, Ted should’ve waited for Isaac to calm down and reign in his anger and his frustration before saying anything like that.

Ted acts like his advice/mindset is perfect for every scenario when it’s really not. And it’s an extremely harmful way of thinking because it’s not just Ted that it’s affecting. Especially considering Ted doesn’t actually follow through with a lot of his own advice and expectations. Like the most prominent example I can of is Jamie, who seems to absorb everyone’s advice and follow it to the letter. He applies the advice he’s been given to his mindset and approaches every scenario with it. He understands the poop-eh metaphor and applies it the quickest and most consistently out of everyone in the team. The issue is that sometimes Jamie over corrects for things and it fucks with the boundaries Jamie has with other people. Like the entire scene where Jamie is expressing his concerns about Zava in a respectful manner, and yet here the coaches are making fun of him, telling him that he’s doesn’t really have a right to be upset, and assuming that it’s just his ego. Zava fucking steals Jamie’s first goal of the season, and nobody says shit. This is so inconsistent to Ted’s ideas and expectations in S1, and it’s just really unfair and unprofessional to Jamie. But Jamie doesn’t know if he’s allowed to address that or not because Ted is the one who’s in power and he doesn’t want to risk upsetting Ted again.

Anyways sorry this turned into a whole rant thing, I just have so many thoughts about all of this!

[ladytemeraire]

Ok I binge watched both Enola Holmes movies and I am a bit wine at the moment so here are my thoughts:

I want all of Enola's clothes immediately thanks

Did not know I needed Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes but he has absolutely ROCKETED to the top of my personal favorite Sherlock Holmes portrayals

(The way he politely but firmly demands that Mycroft make Enola his ward? His delighted little "Ha!" when his baby sister beats him to the punch on a case? The way he immediately softens when he realizes someone held a knife to her throat (and he wasn't there to protect her)? They have a standing sibling date to check in with each other??? A+ Sherlock zero notes I would happily watch six seasons and three more movies of these two)

Related, I know Enola would always be in his shadow and thus she was right to turn down his offer, but I would also watch six seasons and three movies of Holmes & Holmes Detective Agency, oh my GOD GIVE ME THIS

The soundtrack for both movies absolutely WHIPS, it is exactly the right blend of Dramatic and Playful Period Murder Mystery without overpowering the visuals or demanding you Feel Things that aren't supported by what you're watching

The first movie does, unfortunately, suffer from the modern adaptation plague of "corsets are RESTRICTIVE and a CURSE" but that scene is mercifully brief and Enola proceeds to kick ass in appropriately structured and tailored period costume; also I will give her a pass since she was raised, as Mycroft says, as a wildling and so was probably not used to corsets and viewed them as a symbol of society trying to box her into a particular role.

Speaking of which, I was ready to go through the screen and fight everyone who wanted to force Enola into the mold of a Proper Lady, I should not have been surprised at the vehemence of my reaction and yet here we are

ALSO re: asskicking: ENOLA IS THE ANTI-MARY SUE, oh my God I was so delighted to see her being competent but not hypercompetent. She is resourceful and clever and skilled but she still gets bested sometimes, because she is a young woman facing off against unscrupulous men who are not pulling their punches! She wins through hard work and cleverness and it takes multiple tries for her to succeed!

I expected to be mildly annoyed at the romance but I actually really like Enola + Tewkesbury, they are v cute and I am surprisingly soft for competent badass lady + soft gardener gentleman and their whole relationship felt very organic rather than forced. (I did have some secondhand embarrassment at the ball in the 2nd movie but I suspect that is A Me Thing rather than a writing issue.)

Please see my previous post re: period dramas/romances and why Regency period costumes are boring as hell. MORE VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN FANCY COSTUMES AND BALLS AND RELEVANT PINING PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

The social commentary in general is very very good, especially in the 2nd movie, but Edith's speech to Sherlock in the 1st movie absolutely knocks it out of the park

(Also speaking of Edith: Enola has two moms thanks for coming to my TED talk)

Holy SHIT I am so here for this version of Moriarty???

Enola setting her big brother up with Watson as a flatmate is a gift to me personally and I would like to thank everyone involved with that decision

[a7xbrazilianfans]

Avenged Sevenfold members were interviewed to end-of-year issue of Rock Classic Magazine. Check out the full interview below:

Stranger things: Avenged take metal on a trip. Earlier this year, powered by existentialism and hallucinogens, Avenged Sevenfold crafted the weirdest album by a major heavy metal band in decades. Frontman M Shadows and his wife, Valary, were having a night out at a local bar when the psychedelic mushrooms began to take hold. A new Avenged Sevenfold album was already in the works, but the singer wasn’t seeking chemically enhanced inspiration at that moment – until the feelings of love and happiness got intense.

“Then we got home,” Shadows recalls, “and we just had this connection, being so sure that we had travelled through space and time to be together in every life that we meet up in – the ultimate love story.”

From that experience, Shadows wrote the lyrics to Cosmic, a sweeping ballad with influences ranging from Elton John to Daft Punk and 808s-era Kanye West, and nothing to remind you of metal. It’s also the longest track on 2023’s mind-expanding Avenged Sevenfold album Life Is But A Dream…, with a romantic vocal that promises: ‘As we chase through the stars beyond forever, I’ll follow you.’

The music is fuelled by wild experimentation, balancing heavy riffs with textures and ideas taken from other genres and dimensions. It is the band’s magnum opus, an album of miniepics and pocket symphonies, absorbing sweeping moments of pop, prog, jazz, gypsy folk, hip-hop, Daft Punk-style robotics, classical melody, the Phil Spector ‘Wall Of Sound’, and even some crooning from the Frank Sinatra school. Shadows is excited to watch the fallout.

“I want to make an impact. I want to make bold art,” he says of the album. “I think after people get used to it, it won’t be so crazy. And then it’ll be like: ‘Well, what’s next?’ That’s the journey we’re all on.”

That makes Life Is But A Dream… both a confrontation and an invitation, as the band seek to change the definition of what an Avenged Sevenfold track is supposed to sound like. This time last year, Shadows posted his top five most-played artists on Apple Music, which might have been a clue to his state of mind: The Commodores, Weezer, Kanye West, Queens Of The Stone Age and Billy Joel. And yet just the other day he had Slayer’s Divine Intervention on repeat in the car, happily feeding off its raw power.

“I consider us a metal band,” he says. “We’re definitely influenced by Slayer and Pantera and Metallica and some quirkier things. We’re just trying to put our own twist on it.”

The first public glimpse of the new album was its debut single, the nearly-six-minute Nobody, which mixes ominous guitars with a trap beat and a full orchestra, male harmonies more R&B than metal, and, shortly before an epic guitar solo, a mysterious declaration from Shadows: ‘I’m a god, I’m awake, I’m the one in everything/I’m alive, I’m the dead. I’m a man without a head.’ Initial reactions were mixed – surprised, angry, confused, ecstatic. Some Avenged fans embraced the sound immediately; others didn’t get it at all.

“They’re like: ‘That is fucking shit! These guys forgot how to write a song! Why would you put a solo at the end?’” says Shadows. “We were just laughing. That was more fun to us than someone saying: ‘This is great.’ We always gear towards a little bit of ruffling feathers.”

That song only hints at what the rest of Life Is But A Dream… offers. Working with Joe Barresi, who also produced Avenged’s previous album The Stage, guitarist Synyster Gates calls it “a full U-turn. It’s just like a blast off into outer space”.

Work on Life Is But A Dream… began after Avenged Sevenfold cancelled the final leg of their 2018 tour, due to a viral infection that affected Shadows’s vocal cords. The band returned home to Huntington Beach and started writing new songs. Shadows and Synyster would sit together for hours, hashing out their ideas, usually at the latter’s house. The album took nearly five years to complete.

“It feels like an entire lifetime,” says Gates, whose daughter Monroe was born in the interim. “We needed a break after two decades of doing stuff, but we needed to go to work because there was a creative itch.”

On the new tracks there are riffs as tough and heavy as anything from the band’s past, but the context is completely different. A frantic beat kicks off the crazed We Love You, shifting into the grinding guitar that accompanies Shadows as he chants a wish list of society’s insatiable appetites: ‘More power! More pace! More money! More taste! More sex! More pills! More skin!’ There are moments of stuttering electronics and Beatles melody, closing with guitarist Zacky Vengeance sounding like George Harrison on a 1920s acoustic and a bit of bottleneck to create a warm sound of gypsy jazz, as the band’s chorus of tattooed dudes hums along.

“Me and Gates get [a lot of] joy out of playing crazy jazz chords that we’ve never, ever incorporated in Avenged Sevenfold,” says Vengeance.

Getting the band there was a long, strange trip that included psychedelic experiences for two of them in the form of mindaltering venom – aka 5-MeO-DMT – from the rare Sonoran Desert toad.

“When we went deep into the 5-MeO-DMT stuff, it was before covid,” Shadows explains. “But you don’t just go into that, right?"

The Stage was already starting to deal with these existential things – like: ‘Gimme all the information of what we know about why we’re here.’”

The Stage, released in 2016, was a concept album about artificial intelligence that closed with a 15-minute meditation on the Big Bang, narrated by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

“I want to form my world view based on facts and science, which a lot of times is very nihilistic, then reading philosophy or really great novels about this sort of thing,” says Shadows.

“And then that record dove into the sort of AI element, which we’re dealing with now. And it dove into the Big Bang. This record [Life Is But A Dream…] dove into: ‘Now what do we do with all that information as a human that has emotions, that evolved to this spot where we have our upper brain [wired for reasoning] and lower brain [wired for primitive responses] and they’re battling each other?’”

For the 5-MeO-DMT experimentation, which he hoped would pause that battle, Shadows flew in a shaman, whose skills had previously been employed by engineers at SpaceX and Google. He went through three days of sessions, including one with Gates and another with Valary.

“I don’t promote this,” he’s careful to say. “I don’t want to say that everyone needs that.”

For Shadows, the trips were eye-opening and difficult, resulting in a “pure existential crisis for a year” and loss of ego at one point, but eventually also a feeling of deep connection to the world.

“You come to terms with how important everyone thinks everything is, and how they work themselves up,” he says. “And none of it means anything. You work your fingers to the bones and everyone tells you you’re great your whole life. Then all of a sudden you look back on your life and you go: ‘What the fuck was that?’ Ha ha ha!”

[rinbowaman]

Heethans reaction to y/n getting bullied by boys in her class for doing something wrong in a project and Heethan sees??

Hi love! i'll answer this one right below since i have the other one shots and drabbles i need to finish, but the answer is as elaborate and detailed as the drabbles so enjoy the read ;)

The moment ANY man/woman (it seriously would not matter...remember what he did with Tiff?) the moment any person bullies y/n, its over. if it was numerous people, it's still over. depending on the degree of offense, his punishment will match the crime, however, no matter how severe or minor the offense was, it's not going to be good for the offenders.

He can go anywhere from beating them down to where every bone in their bodies are broken, to severely injuring them, or even killing them and using the major connections from his family's influence to cover it up. because you know, hybe has headquarters in America, Japan, and Korea, sooooo..yeah, no one is safe, he would def have the police and everyone bought out and nothing would come of it. i kind of suspect (even though it was left unwritten) that's how he kind of handled the whole thing with Scott and his crew after he burned them alive in their van for what they were trying to do with y/n. i just imagined him calling up his family's connections (i'm a firm believer that some people with serious money and influence will have connections with or without the governments to cover shit up and avoid scandals.)

If these boys were just harassing y/n and insulting her, playing rude and vicious pranks on her, i foresee him kidnapping each one, tying them up, and either laying them in the middle of the road and running them over (i read that in a separate one shot one time and i immediately thought of heethan on what he would do if someone harmed y/n) or he would beat them like crazy. he's not really violent naturally, but will get violent, sadistic, and very cruel when it comes to people who harm you, especially if they cross the line.

if it was just a series of insults or threats thrown at your way by the bullies, i think he would just beat them up and warn them to not even look your way let alone talk to you.

now lets say they got physical, like pinned you against the wall and forced kiss you, grabbed your arm and threatened you, or did anything like that, first off, they wont get too far with it because heethan is always nearby you. when you're at classes, he knows your schedule so he is very prompt (he's actually always early when picking you up and he'll text you. if you dont text back bc these guys took your phone, or he doesnt see you come out of the doors, it would only be seconds before he goes inside the building and figures out which room they took you and he'll not only stop this shit, but he'll immediately take you away and back to his room. he'll have h/n and jake watch over you while he would go and track down each and every single one of those bullies, and the infinite possibilities of torturous death is numerous, all i can say, he'd kill them in a very brutal and maybe even...a messy manner. especially Ethan, that guy will actually enjoy it knowing he's getting rid of someone who hurt you. one by one, each bully would die, and never be found. he'd use his family's connections to cover it up and that's the end of it. he is a man who will do things where the punishment will fit the crime, and the moment someone hurts you that way, there's no escape, kinda like what he did with tiff and scott.

a part of me kind of suspects that heethan developed slight anger issues that only comes out the moment someone causes you harm. it stems from his posessive, obsessive, and aggressive love for you, so he'd def would come out with it if someone harmed you. he also developed a little bit of a jealous streak, but if it was like someone at random coming up to you and complimenting your looks or trying to flirt with you at the cafe, he'd pull you in and just stare them down, talking with his eyes to let them know that you belong to him.

now lets say it's someone that KNOWS who you are and who you belong to, not just some stranger at a cafe or restaraunt......lord...

if one of the bullies openly made inappropriate comments towards you, and he found out about it....the jealousy would not only be there, but....i think we would seriously have to question his sanity at that moment because the amount of thoughts that would go through his head on how he wants to handle that person is very.....dark.

[forestshadow-wolf]

I.S.B.T.P.K.F.T.S moments (chapter 1)

all the parts of the Ao3 fic "I should be the poster kid for that shit" written by @tavtarnish that I absolutely love

Chapter 1 chapter 2

Soap having a single mother and several sisters.

~ the image of this is /so/ clear to me. like there is no other alternative, he simply just give off 'raised by women' vibes, which leads into the next item

Soap learning to do things for his siblings in order to relieve his mother of some of her responsibilities.

~ there's not really much to say about this other than the fact that he ABSOLUTELY would

the public version of him being a complete foil to the home version of himself.

~ of course he would be different. everybody needs a relief from all the stress of responsibilities. especially with him being at such a young age (the average person's brain doesn't fully develop until the age of 25 years old)

the /explicit/ statement that he loves his sisters

~ this may be a weird tidbit for me to like so much but I do

that chest feeling that he feels when he can't lighten the mood or if he was responsible for bringing the mood down

~ i've been here before. many many times. it hurts but you can't quite figure out why so you just ignore it. because how could you fix it or even explain it if you don't even know what it is other than it makes you feel bad

the way he can't stop thinking about /that/ conversation. the one that brought on the bad feeling

~ if he can't determine what that feeling is then maybe he can at least pinpoint when that feeling came on

the way he believes that he deserves the hurt that he's experiencing

~ because that's what RSD does. it makes you seek approval and then punishes you when/if you don't find or receive it. it often goes hand in hand with self-esteem issues

believing he should have known to back off even if he wasn't told to directly

~ he's thinking back on the interaction and now has time to analyze it. this is where we see the self-esteem issues arise. arguably both this and the one above are, but I chose this part in particular because of the "should have". he should have done this, should have seen that, should, should, should.

ghost lashing out at him

~ gah! THIS was the trigger. it's so just /there/ and idk if it's so obvious to me b/c i've been in situations like this or if it's obvious to everybody. but it really is like a slap in the face for me, it made /me/ feel a phantom tightness in my chest.

the way he immediately shuts the hell up, and then blurts out an accusation

~ its what I would have done. it's a defensive response of self-preservation. action-reaction. attack-defense-counter attack. this is probably where I realized that i'd 100% be projecting onto this man

Soap pushing Ghost to yell at him. to tell him what he did wrong even if he knows he shouldn't

~ because that's better than being stuck in his head. hell /anything/ is better than being aimlessly stuck in his head, not knowing what exactly what it was that he'd done wrong. if ghost tells him then at least he knows what to beat himself up about. at least he can then work on fixing his flaw(s)

him regretting pushing ghost so far when he doesn't start yelling, but instead starts spitting facts

~ it's horrible when the anger isn't harsh and harmful and sharp, but is instead soft and too calm and almost caring. because when it cuts it's distracting, it gives something to focus on. but when it's soft and caressing you notice everything, it's too much and not enough all at once.

the moment of realization and how he defends himself

~ it's the /oh/ moment but instead of 'im in love' its 'i can't fix this/my poor action has affected someone else'. and he defends himself in the moment but I know in my soul that he definitely did not believe his own words

the jab sent his way and the moment before that

~ the situation that he tried to control in a desperate of self-preservation so he didn't destroy himself later. the way he can feel that control slipping away when ghost doesn't correct his speech. and how he completely loses his grip with that final jab at him

the way he tries to hide the way his stomach drops and tries to deny his need for medical attention

~ of course he would try to hide it. he formed his entire personality to be the one guy that is never bothered by anything, to be the happy guy, the guy that makes everybody happy. if he can't do that then how could he even deserve to be checked out at medical.

ghost's attempt at a joke as he's leaving which only serves to hurt soap more

~ he new that it was a joke. or course he did, he knew the ghost well enough to know that it was supposed to be a joke. and yet it only served to hurt him more on that day.

being wide awake that night, and being too comfortable

~ the way he's wide awake even through he knows he has to get up in a few hours, because he can't stop thinking. the way he moves to the floor bc the bed it too comfortable. it's too nice, he doesn't deserve it. he fucked up and so should be punished. the feeling is so so real to me, and i've been in this exact situation many times before.

his tired mother blowing up at him after a long day. and how it feels the same with his current situation with ghost

~ my mom also had and does blow up at me after a long day of work (especially bc the people at her job are shitty... y'all didn't need to know that) Soap obviously doesn't blame his mother. it's not her fault she had a bad day and that he was being annoying. it's not her fault that she needed an outlet and he just so happened to be annoying enough to be that source. and of course ghost yelled at him. he was being annoying AND he almost ruined the mission. ghost had every reason to be angry at him. that didn't mean it hurt any less tho.

the way he wished that he was being punished for doing something so incredibly terrible that they'd really hurt him

~ it feels wrong to be feeling the way he does for what had happened. it was an over reaction. maybe if he had done something truly terrible it would make sense why it felt like everybody despised him. but he hadn't which means the everybody hates him for him, not for something he did... and how could he fix that. changing his cations was easy, it just took a little extra thought... but to change /himself/? he doesn't even know how he'd go about doing that. where would he start? how would he know when it was enough? what if it was never enough?

needing to feel some sort of stimulation (specifically pain) which he dies himself which sends him into a dissociative state

~ i know the feeling. i constantly find my hair everywhere from doing just this. it's grounding, being able to feel something gives you something to focus on in the moment.

the way he tries to find a reason for not being kicked out of the 141, and how his thoughts migrate from one topic to another

~ this circles back to the self-esteem issues; he feels that the only thing keeping him in the task force is what he can do for the others, rather than himself. his thoughts kinda going from this to ghost to his feelings for the man. you can see the path or his thoughts, the problem is keeping a hold of those thoughts.

him wanting to wreak himself so he could rebuild in his own image, and how he desperately tries to find any sort of connection so he wasn't alone in his feelings

~ he feels that his current self is inadequate. too flawed. too much for others. not worthy of anything. and he want's to feel justified in his feelings, to not be alone in that feeling. he knows ghost hides simon, but he also knows that ghost doesn't seek to 'fix' himself the way he does.

Soap self-soothing himself

~ to me this shows that (like me) he feels like he is acting/feeling this way fro attention. even though there is nobody around to witness his breakdown, and the fact that he actively tried to hide his crumbling state

the way he accept his shortcomings, but in the way that it still hurts him

~ like I mentioned before he cannot change himself. not at his core. but he CAN change his actions. and if everything about himself meant that he was a terrible person, and that when he died it would be clear as day for everyone to see. well then maybe if he built a facade of good actions , just maybe that would lessen the blow of the terribleness that is himself. and GOD is he determined not to fuck it up. because he can't fuck it up because if he does then he is well and truly fucked. and not only that, if he messes up then it affects the people around him as well, and that would make his badness multiply tenfold.

this was supposed to be both chapter 1 and 2 but apparently I like to talk lol. I'll link the next chapter at the top when i finish it.

Tav, let me know if you want me to tag you in the next part

[tea-with-evan-and-me]

Part 4: The Tie

I'm home for three days so I'm starting reno on my kitchen when my phone pings. My heart skips a beat when I realize it's Evan.

"Hey, can I call you? Its urgent" reads the text.

I don't respond, I just hit the call button. Evan picks up on the second ring.

"Hey, what are you up to?" He sounds frazzled

"Epoxying my kitchen counters." I reply

"By yourself?"

"Yea. I've done it before"

"That's...different" he sounds amused and a bit impressed. He speaks again "I am having a really big issue and I feel bad bothering you when you are in the middle of a huge project" his voice a bit shaky.

"No worries. What is it?" I ask

"Well I completely forgot to order the tie. I have the vest and no tie. It just dawned on me. And it's been awhile since I ordered the vest. Can you possibly look into it?"

"Ok. Where are you right now?"

"Uhhhh, BFE Canada. They needed a reshoot on a couple things from my last project. That's why I'm calling you. They have a gas station in this town. Like, that's it" he sighs.

I laugh. "Yea I don't think you're going to find a tie in soft pink at the BFE Canada gas station"

He softly chuckles and it sends shocks through me. Concentrate, I tell myself.

I speak again "Let me see if they can still order it. I don't see why not. I will call you back.

"Thank you so much and I'm so, so sorry" he says

"You're welcome. Hang tight I will get back to you ASAP"

I hang the phone up and immediately call the suit store. I talk to a fairly unfriendly woman who seems annoyed that yet another customer doesn't have their "shit together." I want to tell her to give the poor guy a break but then figure I don't even have to tell him about this conversation. After a bunch of sighing and snarky comments on the clerk's end, we have ordered a tie. I pay forty freaking dollars for a rush delivery, but it has to happen.

I call Evan back

"Hey, what's the verdict?" Is his greeting

"Well I had to pay forty bucks for rush delivery on top of the price for the tie, but it will be here in 3 days"

"You are amazing. Can you pick it up? I'm back in like 5 days and have a couple things to do. I will pick it up from you as soon as I can"

"That's fine" I reply. The word amazing ringing in my ears. Shoot me a text when you are stopping by."

We say bye and hang up. Well, at least I'm helping I think as I go back to what I'm doing.

-----

My doorbell rings. Evan is standing on my porch and he is a sight for sore eyes.

I open the door. "Hey! How's it going?" I say

Evan hugs me and I am not expecting it. But, I hug him back of course.

"Thank you for helping me out. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it" he says softly in my ear.

I shiver. "No problem! But, bet you can't wait til this wedding is over" we both laugh.

"It's ok. At least I've met some interesting people."

I wonder what he means by that. He can't possibly be talking about me.

I joke around, but I'm also fishing. "Oh? Who have you met that's interesting besides me?" I flip my hair and bat my eyelashes and then laugh.

"Well, I went out with Heather last night. She got my number from Julie" I can't read his face. He is looking right into my eyes as if watching my reaction.

"Heather?" I say confused and then I realize Heather is miss"Blonde Bombshell" herself. Oh. Shit, really? I hide it as best as I can "Oh, nice. She's pretty. Did you have a good time?" I ask. I wonder if he can tell I'm holding my breath.

"Well, she's nice. But, I can't tell if it's fake or not."

Like her boobs? I think to myself.

"I don't really know her, so I can't help you there" I say to him and shrug. Trying to put the kabash on this conversation.

"She's, uh, not like you. You seem like you keep it pretty real. You kinda have to for the line of work you are in, I guess."

I can't hide my shock that the words even came out of his mouth.

"Uh, well, It kinda forces you to be real for sure" I reply. Blushing.

"Are you going to see her again? You might need more time to get to know her. " I say encouragingly. Although I don't feel enthusiastic about it.

"I'm not sure. But, that's for another day. Oh, here's the money for everything." He pulls a bank envelope out of his back pocket. "I can't thank you enough."

"No, problem" I take the envelope

"Hey, are you going to Vegas for the Bachelor/Bachelorette party in a couple weeks?" He asks with a smile.

"I am super excited for it." I reply, returning a smile.

"Good. Me too. Should be a good time"

[felicitythekittycat]

When I got these messages out of nowhere, I immediately panicked. I had an idea of who sent the messages but I had no idea what they would actually do, and my mind went to the worst possibilities. At the time, I was terrified and acted irrationally. I completely snapped and reacted by making a post to try to appease them. I tried to explain every bad thing I had experienced in the last few years in terms of it being my fault, even if I was just an observer, or had been taken advantage of in one case. I stayed vague because I didn't know what this person wanted from me, and tried to keep it brief instead of going into all the details, and my habit of self-blame implied far worse things than what actually happened. Not that I'm saying I'm completely innocent. Far from it. But my irrational and panicked response caused more harm than good and I need to set the record straight.

the roleplay group that ended August 2021 I mentioned, I may have technically been the oldest but the age range when the group started was only 15-18. We were in the pandemic and trying to escape from reality. I fell into the same destructive attention-seeking patterns as before and I beat myself up for not being a "responsible adult" even though we're only 1-3 years apart. I was a shit friend again. I'm so sorry, Asriel.

And to clarify the biggest issue: In October 2021, I joined another RP community. I fell into the same selfish patterns again, having written a character who was very pitiable and self-loathing. I met someone and we became friends! We had started writing character lore and group events. He wanted to include hypnosis which seemed innocent enough, but it started to make me uncomfortable. I kept thinking I was reading too much into his odd requests but when his character tried to force mine to "say something submissive" I put my foot down IMMEDIATELY and it went no further. That was as far as it went, it was never explicit at any point, and I found out later he was getting off the hypnosis itself as a fetish. I felt violated. I STILL feel violated, and ashamed. I let myself get manipulated by a kid 5 years younger than me into roleplay that he got off to, but who the fuck would believe the adult in that scenario? That's the truth of what I vague-posted before, and the main reason I felt the need to explain myself once I calmed down from the initial panic of those anonymous threats. I have also now cut contact completely.

With regards to the sender of the anonymous message:

In 2019, I tried to introduce a friend to friends in a large community, but things went poorly to an explosive degree. Instead of defending her, I joined in making fun of her reaction and continued to the point of slander. If she did something I didn't like I’d complain to someone else about every little thing she did to upset me instead of saying it to her face so we could fix it. This spiraled out of control.

I had this conflicting thought process of not wanting to bother people with my problems and wanting validation from everyone, which meant I’d act vague about what was wrong and then get upset over these problems not being magically resolved. I was a very passive-aggressive, sometimes outright aggressive person. I was also loud and attention-seeking, too focused on what I was feeling to acknowledge how I hurt other people with my actions.

Looking back on these conversations, I don’t know what my mindset was at the time. I would fight her heavily over her agreeing to set boundaries for me. I would panic and just start screaming at the smallest sign of conflict. I complained to people over conversations that were ultimately civil, or at the very least snarky remarks that she had already apologized for. I’d get frustrated over the most stupid stuff.

As we started to talk more, a joke ship between our characters emerged. I loved the idea at the time and drew fanart because it made me feel special and validated. I would use this to get closer with her and get her attention, throwing fits if I didn't get it. At some point I talked to a friend about it and realized how "problematic" the ship was because of not only the age difference between my character and her version of Dust Sans, but also how abusive the yandere trope as a whole was. I flipped and became resentful, but instead of being straightforward I started slandering it. I used the phrase ‘pedo-ship’ to describe it due to the age difference between Dust and my character. I was referring to the ship, not the creator, but I should have been more careful with my words, especially given her past. I was careless and cruel with how I talked about her.

In March of 2020 things came to a head. We cut contact for our mutual well-being, as we kept hurting each other. I lashed out, yelling more and more about everything and escalating things further. This all stopped in August of 2020, in response to a potential lawsuit. I didn’t know what the lawsuit was about at the time, other than knowing it was related to the awful things I said about her. I just stopped talking about the situation then and there. We hadn't had contact since, until now. In that post, I stated I hadn’t changed and used the above incidents as example. Again, I made that post and those claims in a state of panic, reverting to the state I was in when I last talked to the sender. Nothing can actually fix what I did, and the trauma I inflicted won’t magically be resolved with an ‘I’m sorry’. However, the approach I took to this situation ultimately only made things worse, and it’s best if I’m more honest with my past actions beyond saying ‘it’s all my fault’ with no explanation.

Despite bumps in the road, I’ve gotten better at addressing interpersonal issues as they come up instead of bottling it up. I still think low of myself, but I’ve become better at recognizing those behaviors and my own faults. I’ve resolved not to take out my self-hatred and aggression onto my friends anymore, and I have come to better terms with my past actions, as shitty as they were. I still have a lot I need to work on with a professional therapist. I went to therapy for a little over a year, until it seemed like I was no longer benefitting from it. Then I stopped going. I’m not sure if it was me needing to grow more or if the therapist wasn't a good fit, but I am seeking seeking help again so I can improve myself and stop making the same mistakes.

I'm sticking to my inactivity. I'll come back eventually, but for now, it’s best if I stay off of social media and focus on myself. My 'confession' post reflected my feelings at the time but not an accurate depiction of what actually happened, and did more harm than good. I just wanted to correct that before I move on. Personal growth isn’t something I want to flaunt and say “see? I’m better now!” It’s something that needs to be shown and consistently worked on. And I will continue to do that.

[ssreeder]

S R E E D I E

can someone (god if you’re out there) please tell me why I saw you responding to ao3 comments which is USUALLY my tip off that you’re about to drop another chapter, and instead of heeding that warning I just… Forgot about it. ANYWAYS onto the live reaction of my reading there is very little actual in depth analysis or contribution of value here to enjoy the screaming into the abyss <3

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FI-

I just- I just love bato so much dude. like… yeah. he’s so conscious of zuko relying on his right side and accomodating for that and I just love him okay???

ah bato, sneaky sneaky sneaky but also SMART man, what would the water tribe do without you to get zuko responding with more than 4 syllables

lmao blushy zuko hours <3

“forbidden one-bed conversation” oh sreedie, the comedian that you are

okay but it’s so sad that hakoda doesn’t understand teenagers despite having 2 of them and it just goes to show that war takes things from you in every aspect of life not just physically because people have to leave to fight or they die and really, isn’t that the lasting trauma?? you can heal from things that have hurt you but how do you mourn for things that were taken from you before you ever had them

yay sokka pushing him and zuko out of their comfort zone!! I’m so glad he’s making an effort to heal right before you rip their lives to shreds again sreedie, I’m absolutely thrilled truly

drunk sokka you’re really in for it now goddamnit

oh noooo not zuko alone in the dark thinkinggggg that never ends well

zuko the bad liar is once again foiled in his plans to lie

YAY ZUKKA KISSES I’m so happy you’re allowing them some nice moments before you destroy their lives for the nth time!!!

wait shit zuko is 100% overcompensating bc he’s jealous about suki isn’t he and this is going to end in flames (haha literally maybe I’m so funny) and-

y e a h I fucking called it sreedie do I get an award for being so incredibly perceptive bc I think I should honestly

I cannot believe you’re doing this to me sreedie, the first time zuko says more than two sentences AND ITS TO HAVE THE ANGSTIEST FIGHT WITH SOKKA IMAGINABLE YOURE SO CRUEL (but also fucking finally the only way for things to get better is for them to get worse so hit me bitch)

WAITWAITWAIT IF ZUKO LEAVES THEN HES IRONICALLY SAFE FROM LONG FENG AND THEREFORE AZULA WAIT SREEDIE IS THIS YOURE PLAN

zuko: *is making a stupid fucking decision bc he’s terrified and super duper traumatised*

sokka: I’ll beat you the fuck up punk

oh shit sokka abandonment issues

BATO PLS HELP THESE CLUSTERFUCKING MESSED UP TEENAGERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HAKODA DO WHAT HE SAYS

is hakoda finally realising that gay people exist

lol not hakoda finding out zuko threatened to kill his mum in order to capture and lose a 13yo

rEally hakoda??? you finally get it through your sense fuxking skull that sokka might be a lil fruity and you IMMEDIATELY decide to be homophobic?? fuck that (ikik it’s not that simple but jesus crispy yk)

w o w. hakoda you’re really nailing this conversation aren’t you. bato baby, you deserve better

fuck YEAJ bato is the real mvp of this fic let’s goooo

so in conclusion, we got some Quality zukka spice, some Intense zukka angst, and a very ominous sense of foreboding permeating throughout the entire chapter! all in all, some excellent work done by the one and only sreedie my ex-wusband (I am aware that the gender neutral word ‘spouse’ exists but it reminds me of the afrikaans word ‘gespuis’ which means like.. kinda the equivalent to the aussie bogan idk how else to describe it, but it’s NOT something I wish to associate with you my lovely divorced sreedie)

love you to bits and pieces :))

This is me just responded super late because we are divorced and I don’t owe you shit.

Jk I’m still in love with you and I’m playing hard to get.

Bato is the MVP of RIA fuck off Morrak.

There were two beds, just to be clear, it’s not my fault Sokka combined them.

Hakoda: I’m not homophobic my best friend is gay.

Zuko over compensating? In this economy? Nope, you get no extra points.

Everyone: waiting for Zuko to get hurt

Zuko: *runs away*

Everyone: damn it

Love ya to death leekie.

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 140 Rundown

Spy X Family: Right where we left off in the ‘if you fake married people love each other then kiss’ debacle and for some reason as popular as this trope is, the kiss almost never goes through like I guess it’s to get around the weird implications of having a developing relationship’s first PDI be manufactured but it’s still always kinda weird that it’s just a drama spike that fizzles 90% of the time. Luckily Yuri’s way too fucked up with his sister complex to actually let it happen and Yor’s way too shitfaced to not just beat the shit out of him when he tries to stop her from boning Loid right then and there but we’re not in Chainsaw Man yet so we’re not gonna have two characters fuck in front of each other in a weird twisted triangle of misdirected emotions. It’s kinda funny how Yuri’s so fucked on the incest angle and jealous of Loid that Loid’s also jealous of the seamless trust and dependence Yuri and Yor have for each other since he’s never been able to trust a single person in his life. Furthermore the next morning Loid mulls over suspicions that Yor may have a tenuous connection with the government too since Yuri’s a stormtrooper and though he thinks it’s unlikely his professionalism forces him to not rule it out. Anya hears him thinking and desperately wants to tell him to trust Yor but she can’t think of a casual way to do it without blowing her secret so she has to back down which breaks my heart a bit though she does manage to give them a cryptic message of encouragement. Still Loid bugs Yor to try and figure her out and turns out Yor’s just having an existential crisis about not being all that great with domestic skills and her fucking toxic coworkers aren’t helping so Loid does what every sane person would do… dress up like a stormtrooper and threaten your wife with jailtime unless she tries to use a familial connection to nepotize her way out of the situation, you know, the normal reaction. Turns out Yor’s fists are stronger than any nepotism so there’s no issue and when Loid comes back to hear how genuine Yor’s worries were he destroys the bug and tells her regardless of what the social construct of an ideal wife should do, she’s doing great with the things she’s good at and Anya loves her and their family is stronger because of her. Anya comes home and IMMEDIATELY realizes they’ve made up despite the only fight going on in their minds and everybody has cake, good ending.  

Inuyasha: We’re finally back in canon territory but honestly this is the stretch of canon that feels the most like filler, we’ve finally hit the Hakudoshi arc, the point in the series where the author went ‘well we can’t kill Naraku yet but having him just dip out of the story for long stretches of time isn’t quite working so I’ll make a secondary villain for them to chase around for a while’. And it’s not like it’s all bad it’s just very obviously trying to buy for time after the Band of Seven arc which was in-universe just buying for time. But yeah Kagura and Baby are still going around murdering monks until they come across the one dude that sealed a giant fire demon horse whose rider is supposed to be able to conquer the world and he is like the strongest monk around… prolly shoulda started with him if we’re being honest then he wouldn’t know people are coming to kill him. Though it is kinda nice this monk actually has a bit of fight in him and is able to block some of Kagura’s attacks and split the Baby in half, like I’m just so used to anyone outside the main cast being absolutely useless at this point it’s like watching DBZ and seeing Tien cockblock Semi-Perfect Cell it’s refreshing. Though without the monk the demon horse is free and can literally outrun Inuyasha’s Wind Scar so we’re kinda fucked there and also both halves of the Baby are still alive and apparently this was all part of his plan somehow so cool I guess.

Yu Yu Hakusho: Now that Sensui’s gangster personality has a tommygun to Yusuke’s head, Koenma shows up to take out his pacifier which apparently creates a demon shield several times stronger than the existing demon shield that will also seal Sensui away and Koenma since he feels responsible for Sensui decides to be sealed away too. It’s basically a once in a millennium ‘get out of demon invasion free’ card and apparently it’s supposed to be used for the actual Armageddon but Koenma figures if Sensui destroys everything here there’s no point and they have a better chance of figuring something else out when Armageddon comes than pretending like Sensui’s plan isn’t a problem, you’d think the shield would last regardless but I guess it’s more of a patch than something that reinforces the whole thing. Yusuke stops him, having used the Spirit Wave to heal while they were talking because the Spirit Wave is so ill-defined it might as well do anything why not. He’s motivated part by wanting to save the lifeline for when they really need it and part by fucking pettiness and wanting to finish what he started so he lives out the American Dream and punches his boss in the fucking face. Meanwhile he punches Sensui’s mafia boss ass in the fucking stomach and is like ‘just cause you’re cruel doesn’t mean you’re strong’ which makes sense like this personality is the most likely to get in cheap shots or be cutthroat but that doesn’t mean it’s the most well-equipped for actual fighting, kind of the opposite actually since he’s only there to do the dirty work against things Sensui knows he can beat. This forces the real Sensui out who does the whole Shonen Final Boss stomp all over Yusuke. It’s kinda funny the way they portray Sensui Prime as ‘pure’ because he foisted all of his crimes and even personal expression onto his other personalities because he can’t cope with life being complicated but still condones all the evil shit they do, like it’s supposed to be a ‘pure is not good’ trope but it kinda just comes off as dumb hypocritical nonsense like he’s still enabling everything and even doing it with his own hands he’s just dissociating REALLY hard while doing it. Feel like the psychiatric angle to this is well-meaning and not the worst but still feel like if this was done today it would need a little tweaking.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Junpei Yoshino is an average kid that no one understands, he’s also the witness to the Big Bad giving the three movie theater kids Curse Cancer while they’re watching the latest Human Centipede movie and wants to know how he can be cool and punish bullies by turning their heads into misshapen gourds too. Meanwhile Kento and Yuji are sent to go investigate who made the attacks and clean up the mooks they left behind. Kento’s a pretty fun character and he’s basically the epitome of the ‘sorry for flying off the handle like that’ meme with the power of FRACTIONS, so that’s pretty cool. Yuji also shows off that he basically has a double punch now which reminds me of Kensei’s Bankai from Bleach so it’s cool that he gets to do shit now that he has an actual powerset and isn’t just swinging around a magical knife. Turns out the mooks they were killing though were actually human zombies like the cancer bullies and they were technically dead before they showed up so Yuji doesn’t have to deal with any moral implications of killing people though because he’s Yuji that doesn’t quite wipe his conscience clean even though it does adhere to the weird shonen protagonist standard of not being allowed to kill humans despite slaying demons which just seems kinda racist against sentient demons. Junpei seems to be getting lessons from the Big Bad in the sewers on how to be evil which if I’m not mistaken was literally the plot of the last Halloween movie for some reason, and he mentions Special Grade Potential Cursed Spirits which basically seem to be the Devils from Chainsaw Man so you could plausibly make the connection that Chainsaw Man is an alternate universe of Jujutsu Kaisen where they fucked up and the curse spirits got everywhere. But yeah Big Bad dude is apparently the fear humanity has for itself which may be extremely powerful or may just be him being edgy, hard to tell at this point. But yeah Yuji’s sent on busy work to go track down Junpei while Kento goes to jump the big bad’s lair which you’d think they could afford more sorcerers for given we’ve got 6-8 of them from the last episode basically just sitting in a field working out for a Sports Festival but whatever.  

Chainsaw Man: While Himeno’s Ghost Devil gets its ass kicked by the Snake Devil, her last act of strength lets her base ghost hand pull Denji’s cord to wake him up, you know every guy needs a good ghost yank to get going. He fights Katana Man for a bit and tries to take a hostage from the enemy side but Katana Man just does the anime thing where he appears behind them and has cut them both in half. If this dude has absorbed all the anime bullshit that has been poured into katanas over the past few decades then we really are screwed. Meanwhile Makima apparently used Gold Experience Requiem and just went ‘no’ to being fucking shot and apparently Contracted the Death Note Devil because not only does she pull a page out of L’s book and murder convicted death row inmates to catch the current bad guys but she’s able to kill the convicts and have their lives connect to the mooks currently doing the shootings. Though given some of the mooks were already dead and Makima had exactly enough convicts to do the job idk how she knew how many she needed given she said to get thirty convicts and they only used like twelve of them. So everyone but Katana Man and Snake Girl are dead and they’re trying to load Denji’s torso up when out of fucking nowhere comes KOBENI, she got her coworker killed and murdered a mafia granny so we’ve hit her trauma threshold and now she gonna bring down the power of the Sloppy Blowjob Devil on these motherfuckers and fucks them both the hell up and saves Denji, like damn girl nice job. One of the survivors meets Makima on the return trip and says that basically 90% of the human hunters are dead and they’ve just mashed all the remaining peeps into one squad directly under Makima herself, also he’s quitting because fuck he was not in this for a Godfather montage. But also he says she predicted at least part of this would happen and wants answers and she’s just like ‘bitch you don’t work for me anymore I don’t owe you shit’. Meanwhile Kobeni’s working on her character arc and apologizing to half of Denji for trying to kill him at the first sign of any kind of mental stress.

Ranking of Kings: Bosse!Daida tells Hilling about who he is and how he’s bodysnatched their son’s body to cheat death and Hilling gives the only appropriate response and passes the fuck out. We then get a flashback with Hilling’s bodyguard watching her clumsy attempts to relate to Bojji and how he eventually became endeared towards her and accept his job to be her shield which is good considering there’s three chimera beasts about to jump in her room and kill her. Dude fucking beats the shit out of them before almost dying though thankfully his charge is also one of the best healing magicians in the fucking world so he’s fine. Meanwhile Bosse!Daida and Miranjo are ruminating on how their plan didn’t work and Bosse is weirdly blasé about it like he’s not trying to stop Miranjo’s plans in any way and seems to support her but doesn’t seem too thrilled about how things are going and doesn’t want to be doing what he’s doing but is also making no effort at all to stop it so yeah he just gonna do a moonlight puppet dance with his third mirror wife I guess, sure. Hilling confronts him about, you know, trying to kill her, and while he’s busy giving non-answers, Daida can hear her voice from inside him and she can hear his and it’s a really touching moment until Hilling’s about to fucking stab Bosse!Daida in the chest to get Daida!Daida out and literally no one thinks that’ll work so they knock her out. Bosse!Daida tells her bodyguard to flee the country with her if he wants her to live and wait for Bojji to finish his training since for some reason he has faith that he will be the key to all this.

Vinland Saga: The time for the war between Denmark and England has come and Askeladd’s crew find themselves literally trying to make London Bridge fall down. Apparently the commander of the English is a former Viking named Thorkell and he’s just like… two and a half dudes tall and sinks ships by throwing fucking cabers at them. So Floki comes and is like ‘man the English are pussies, come back to us and we’ll pay you double’ and Thorkell’s like ‘The English ARE pussies but that’s why slaughtering them all would be no fun so I’mma stay here and fight some real men, you fucking guys.’ But he says it in Norse so his English subordinates can’t understand him which made me laugh. Askeladd goes with Plan A which at this point is always ‘throw Thorfinn at it and get the hell out if things look tough’ and Thorfinn does give Thorkell a good fight and takes two of his fingers but dude’s just too big and strong for Thorfinn’s tiny knives and kicks his ass but lets him dip himself off the bridge and thanks him for the fight. Meanwhile the King of Denmark is just like ‘man this is taking too long, how long should it take to sieg one of the most defensively capable cities on the planet? Like a week?’ and sends 4/5ths of the navy to other parts of England and lets his greenhorn son who we established last time is basically only here so the Vikings don’t think he’s a little bitch be in charge of the sieg of London. So Thorfinn’s beat to shit and regroups with Askeladd’s ground-based entourage now headed for Wessex and he’s just like ‘what the fuck is wrong with Viking culture that we all thing killing is fun, I’m killing for the RIGHT reasons, to stick my enemy’s heart on a pike and set my dead pacifist father’s mind at ease that his son wasted a quarter of his life killing himself over pointless revenge’.