#maybe switch to du in certain situations

[the-pancake-writes]

Snippet: Prince Yugi/Bodyguard Atem AU - New Year’s Ball

If you saw this post you already know about this AU of mine. The title basically says it all. Prince Yugi, body guard Atem, forbidden love, drama. ;D

While I do love the Egyptian setting I’m glad I got to explore another favourite time period of mine: the 19th century! What a refreshing change!

Take this as a little thank you for your support throughout this year. My little blog has now a lot more followers than I had expected. Thank you all for following me on my writing journey! I wish you a wonderful new year and lots of love, health, luck and kindness! :)

Puzzleshipping Fluff!

Yugi whirled through the sea of swooshing skirts and capes around him. In his arms he held a girl of his age in a teal dress and with blond, pinned-up hair. The music came to a fading halt and all the couples stopped and bowed to each other. Everyone clapped for the orchestra and its conductor.

“My prince, that was such a wonderful dance! May I have another?”, the girl said with sparkling eyes. Yugi scratched his cheek.

“Actually, Lady Rebecca, I'm a bit exhausted…”

“Oh, of course! Let us have some hot punch, yes?”, she said, linked her arm with his and pulled him off the dance floor.  But a group of young women with lace fans and silken pouches blocked their way. They were all pouting and frowning.

“Rebecca, this is enough! This is your 8th dance with the prince tonight! Let others have a chance!”, the black-haired girl in the middle said. Rebecca's grip around Yugi's arm tightened.

“Just because you're jealous doesn't mean you have to ruin my evening, Vivian!”

“You're the one ruining everyone else's evening! You're not his fiancée so you have no right to always act like this! Besides, if the prince weren't so kind he'd have pushed you away a long time ago…”, Vivian said. Rebecca rushed towards her.

“You're lying! And who are you to say such things?! You're not his fiancée either…!”

As the discussion continued, Yugi stepped further and further away until he hurried through the crowd. He found a lonely spot between a statue and a painting and sighed.

In some distance he saw Atem, leaning against a wall and sipping on his champaign. He wore his ceremonial uniform in blue with white pants and black boots. He raised his glass at Yugi with a smile that wiped Yugi's worries away. Yugi approached him. Atem placed his drink on a nearby table and bowed with a hand on his heart.

“Your highness”, he said. “Once again quite popular with the ladies, it seems.”

“Urgh, they will be the death of me, I swear”, Yugi said and ruffled his hair. “What about you? I know at least a dozen people who had hoped to see a more casual side of you at this New Year's ball. You're not on duty tonight, after all…”

Atem played with the gold medal on his chest that marked him as the prince's Royal Protector.

“A good body guard should always be on duty, your highness.”

A pink tint appeared on Atem's cheeks. Yugi sensed a chance…

“Well then…would you protect me from that unit of poofy skirts over there and…dance with me…?”

The pink shade on Atem's face turned red.

“Y-Your highness, you know I don't dance at these balls. I'll only end up embarrassing you”, he said.

“I don't think so. I've seen you dance before”, Yugi said and chuckled. To the outside, Atem was always the man with the serious stare who never laughed and always rested a hand on his sword. Only Yugi and a few others knew he could also blush and stutter like this.

“Uhm…that was in private without hundreds of people watching…”, Atem said.

“We can pretend it's just us…”

Atem chewed on his bottom lip. Yugi's heart fluttered with the hope of Atem accepting the suggestion. But both turned their heads at the sound of a bell. Near the orchestra stood an elderly man.

“Now for the last song before we all head out for the Royal Lake! You all know the tradition: share the last dance of the year with someone special to thank them for their love, friendship or the kindness they paid you this year. So choose your partner…”

The crowd chattered and everyone asked another person to be that special someone for them. Some expected it, others gasped or blushed in surprise.

“My prince…! Where are you…?”, Lady Rebecca called. Yugi looked at Atem who's eyes were shifting over the floor. Disappointment punched Yugi in the stomach.

“Well, it was just an offer”, Yugi said and wanted to walk away.

“Your highness, please wait”, Atem said. Yugi turned and saw Atem stretching out his gloved hand. Joy bubbled up inside Yugi. “May I have this dance?”

Arms linked, they walked towards the dance floor. Some whispered as the two passed.

“Isn't that Royal Protector Sennen? But he's never danced before…”

“And with the prince too! How unusual!”

“Quick, someone tell the prince's club of admirers! I need to see their silly faces!”

Like all the other couples, Yugi and Atem got into the starting position. Atem placed a hand on Yugi's lower back while Yugi rested his on Atem's shoulder.

Yugi's gaze fell on Rebecca and Vivian and the girls around them. Their jaws had all dropped, causing Yugi to grin. He looked at Atem and his expression showed nervousness.

“Just focus on me, Atem. No one else”, Yugi whispered. A shy smile spread on Atem's face. The music started.

They began with the basic steps. To Atem's obvious relief, it was a slow piece. Still, his body was tensed up and his moves were wooden.

“There, you're doing great”, Yugi said and felt Atem slightly relax. Atem gave a little laugh.

“Should we try a spin?”, he said and Yugi nodded. The performed the move and Yugi found himself back in Atem's arms. How well-trained they were… Atem was probably strong enough to carry him… Their eyes locked. Atem's irises were red like a warm fire after a long walk in the snow. And what a perfect jawline and high cheekbones…!

To Yugi, everyone around them vanished, even the music faded into the background of his perception. Only he and the handsome man with the gold-brown skin across from him existed. Together they were floating over the floor. Yugi felt the need to be closer to Atem, to close that gap of propriety between their upper bodies. From Atem's longing gaze Yugi knew that his body guard was feeling the same… He wanted to pull Yugi closer and Yugi would be more than happy to indulge the wish…

But before that could happen, the music ended and it was as if Yugi woke up from a wonderful dream. Yugi returned to the hall with its chandeliers and paintings and all the other people. Atem bowed and Yugi realised he should do the same. They clapped for the orchestra. Atem shook his head, as if he too, had to suppress something too wonderful to be true.

“I think it's time to set off now, your highness”, he said.

“Y-Yes, of course.”

They made their way through the crowd and into a chamber where a maid was ready to help Yugi into his sapphire coat, lined with white fur. Another maid put on his scarf and brought his outdoor gloves while a third one gave his shoes a quick polish.

Atem put on his navy blue coat and feathered hat himself. He avoided Yugi's eyes as if he was ashamed of something. Maybe he had enjoyed the dance as much as Yugi…?

They stepped outside onto the stony veranda and a cold breeze greeted them. Behind a line of guards the other nobles were assembling as well and getting into their sleighs. At a statue, the queen was pacing back and forth. She wore a forest green dress under her dark grey cape. Her hands were hidden in a muff and her black, pinned-up hair was topped by a golden crown. She gave Yugi a smile.

“There you are, dear. I saw you shared your last dance with Atem. That was very kind of you”, she said.

“Yes. I guess it was”, Yugi said and looked at Atem in some distance, holding the reins of his tall, white horse. Now he was the prince's Royal Protector again, with a serious stare and erect posture. “So, are we ready yet? It's the same dawdling every year, right?”

His mother chuckled.

“That sounds like something someone my age should say.”

When everyone had assembled, Yugi and his mother got into the sleigh that was pulled by six horses. The other nobles would take the side paths while the one in the middle was reserved for royalty. The sleigh began to move and they rode past the barren, snow-capped trees, bushes and hedges.

They reached the gate to the outer parts that had been opened for the commoners like every year. They greeted Yugi and the queen with applause and Yugi waved at the smiling faces. His gaze fell on Atem, riding beside them.

He checked every direction, his brows furrowed in concentration. Royal guards were positioned everywhere and all the commoners had been checked for any weapons before entering. Yet, Atem displayed the same vigilance as always. Yugi wondered if it was out of duty to the royal family or maybe out of a personal desire to keep Yugi safe…

The sleigh came to a halt. They had reached the lake and the area was full of talking and laughing commoners. Some danced to the music of a band that played much more livelier songs than the orchestra at the palace. Others stood in line at food stands that spread the smells of sugary treats, fried meat, and fresh tea.

Near the jetty a stage had been built and decorated with fir branches. Yugi and his mother got out of the sleigh and entered the stage. Upon seeing them, the commoners cheered once more. Like the queen's body guard, Atem stood behind Yugi in a corner of the stage, one hand on his sword, the other behind his back.

The nobles were assembling in a restricted area to the left of the stage. As they walked there from their sleighs, the commoners admired their fine clothing and jewellery. A girl, sitting on her father's shoulders, pointed at Vivian's pink dress and said: “Look, daddy! What a pretty lady!”

Rebecca had already made her way to the front row and waved at Yugi. She wore an emerald green cape and bonnet and his her hands in a beige-coloured muff. Yugi raised a hand at her, then rubbed his palms together. Despite his warm clothing he was freezing.

Thirty minutes before midnight, the trumpeters played a short fanfare. The band stopped playing and everyone went quiet. All eyes were on Yugi and his mother. The queen took a deep breath.

“Welcome nobles and commoners to this new year's celebration! Behind us lies a year of many challenges but also many successes…!”, she said and held her speech. She listed many accomplishments of the country's politics. Yugi couldn't help but smile at those that he had worked to achieve as well. She left out some problematic issues but Yugi understood that at this event it was wiser to focus on the positive things. The people clapped when she had finished. “Now to the winner of the annual lantern contest. Once more, the children of the capital showed us how creative they are with all the wonderful designs they submitted. The most popular one this year has been built by Sonia of Red Leaf Elementary!”

Everyone applauded when a blond girl with pigtails stepped forward, holding her mother's hand and a round lantern that was bigger than her head. They entered the stage and both Yugi and the queen congratulated them. Yugi took the lantern Sonia offered and turned it in his hands. While the mothers talked, Yugi bent down to Sonia.

“So many stars…did you cut them all out by yourself?”, Yugi said.

“Y-Yes, your highness”, Sonia said, half-hidden behind her mother's skirt.

“You did that very well. Thank you for that beautiful lantern”, Yugi said and smiled. Sonia blushed, then came forward and pointed at some of the stars.

“I…I also made some purple…because I heard that's your favourite colour, my prince!”

She told Yugi more about the lantern with sparkling eyes. She was in the middle of the story of how she had asked all the neighbours for colourful paper when her mother tapped her shoulder.

“Time to go, sweetie”, she said and took Sonia's hand.

“Don't forget to make your wish for the new year on the fireworks”, Yugi said and stood up.

“I won't, my prince!”, Sonia said. She waved at Yugi as they left the stage and disappeared into the crowd.

“He's so good with children! As my future husband should be!”, Rebecca said and Yugi sighed.

“Be quiet, Rebecca! You can't even marry him! You're not a princess!”, Vivian said and poked Rebecca with her elbow.

“Well, neither are you!”

The two began to argue once more. Yugi and his mother walked down the jetty in front of them, he with the lantern and she with a lamp in their hands. The thick layer of ice on the lake had been cut open earlier today. At the shore, the water was already starting to freeze over again.

“We shall say good-bye to the old year like we welcome the new one: with hope and light”, the queen said. She took the candle from inside the lamp and put it inside the lantern. Yugi bent down and placed it on the water. It floated towards the centre and the people cheered, then stepped forward to launch their lanterns as well. Soon the lake was full of many little lights, similar to the starry sky above them.

Yugi looked at the clock of the bell tower in some distance. Only five more minutes. He and his mother returned to the stage.

“I'm sure Lady Rebecca and Lady Vivian have already thought of ways to lure you to the winter roses?”, the queen said.

“I suppose so”, Yugi said and rubbed his temple. To their right lay a secluded part of the royal gardens with many floral arches. They were blooming with flowers of a soft pink.

“It's just a silly custom to kiss someone under one of these in the night of the new year. Not a law”, the queen said. “If you're uncomfortable with rejecting them I'm sure Atem will take care of that for you.”

“Y-Yeah”, Yugi said and turned his head. Atem was still scanning the crowd while everyone else was watching the bell tower. No one could deny how handsome he was. But his serious stare and taciturn attitude managed to scare off his potential admirers. Despite that, Yugi knew that there was no kinder or more caring person at the palace…or in the whole world…

“One more minute”, the queen said and Yugi focussed on the clock like everyone else. The second hand was moving towards the number 12. Yugi couldn't help but smile.

“Three…two…one…!”, it came from everyone. With the stroke of the bell everyone erupted in applause. The first fireworks shot into the sky and burst into thousands of glowing sparks. Blue, green, gold, red, and all shades in between lighted up the sky one after another for a short moment. Yugi and his mother hugged and wished each other a happy new year.

They left the stage and joined the other nobles. Rebecca appeared beside him and grabbed his arm.

“Happy New Year, my prince! Have you already made a wish on the fireworks? I did! May we take a walk?”, she said with a broad smile.

“Well, I…”

Vivian appeared and smacked Rebecca's arm with her fan.

“How can you be so rude, Rebecca? I wanted to take a walk with the prince!”

“I was here first!”

Yugi chewed his bottom lip, wondering how to escape the two girls and the snickering nobles around them. Rebecca and Vivian stopped arguing when Atem stepped towards them. He bowed before Yugi, one hand on his heart.

“Your highness, there's a matter I need to talk to you about”, he said. Rebecca and Vivian pouted.

“Surely it can't be that important, Royal Protector Sennen”, Rebecca said.

“I'm afraid it is, my ladies”, Atem said and cut through Rebecca's grasp with a grab of her wrist that made her flinch.

“Well then”, Yugi said and followed Atem towards the arches where many lovers were now gathering to exchange kisses.

“I assume that was a rescue operation and there is nothing to talk about?”, Yugi said. Atem chuckled.

“Nothing serious at least. Was I correct to assume that you required a rescue?”

“Absolutely. I guess in that department my mother raised me a bit too well”, Yugi said and sighed. “But anyway, is there something you're looking forward to this year?”

“Serving you, of course”, Atem said. Yugi smirked.

“Apart from that?”

“Well…if you really choose to go on that diplomatic mission to Kallias…I hope to accompany you. I haven't seen the country I grew up in in four years”, Atem said with a smile that hinted at happy memories.

“Do you miss it a lot?”

“Sometimes. But it's fine. I found a new home…by your side, my prince”, Atem said. Yugi played with his scarf, hoping to hide the blush of his cheeks. Yugi's gaze fell on the queen in some distance. He stopped and so did Atem.

“I'm nervous about that mission. It'll be the first time I'll accept such an important task. I hope I won't disappoint my mother…and everyone else…”

Yugi's heart felt heavy at the mere thought.

“I have faith in you, my prince. And whatever happens…I'll be there for you”, Atem said and the words warmed Yugi from within like a cup of hot chocolate.

“My prince, my prince…!”, Rebecca and Vivian called and Yugi rolled his eyes. They gasped and attracted the attention of the other nobles. They all chuckled at Yugi and Atem. Yugi looked up and realised they were standing right under one of the rose arches. Yugi's cheeks glowed and so did Atem's.

“My, my! Looks like the Royal Protector gets two rewards from the prince tonight!”

“That would be inappropriate! Royal Protector Sennen is not a noble!”

“Oh hush, it's just new year's kiss!”

Yugi scratched his head, his thoughts moving back and forth. It would be against the etiquette…! But it was just a custom…and maybe his only chance to…

Atem took his hand and gave it a quick kiss. The nobles gave disappointed sounds and turned away. Yugi felt his intestines turn into stone. Atem cleared his throat.

“I believe that was the only acceptable solution”, he whispered.

“Y-Yes. It was…acceptable”, Yugi said. “Now excuse me, please.”

Yugi walked away from him, fast enough so neither Rebecca nor Vivian could follow him. He reached a dark corner of the shore and leaned against a tree. He looked at his hand.

Atem's lips hadn't even touched his skin, only his gloves. He had felt only a hint of warmth, nothing more. Curse these court rules! Curse Atem for always following them so closely! Curse himself for losing control of his emotions like this…!

He always managed to keep his feelings for Atem inside a cage but tonight they had broken free several times. He had to suppress them! It couldn't work out anyway. Yugi was a prince and Atem was his body guard. But no matter how often he told himself that, his heart always fluttered at the sight of Atem, whenever they sat next to each other and at the slightest touch. It was bliss and torture at the same time.

Yugi looked around, saw all the people praying as the fireworks above them were still booming and glowing. It was said that in the first night of the new year the gods were listening closely to all the wishes the people made…and if only the gods were listening…

Yugi folded his hands and looked up to the sky. He moved his lips, hoping the gods would hear his whispered wish among all the sounds of this cheerful night. Maybe even grant it…

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

Rammstein 2004 MTV masters - part 5 - translation

Next part (because part 4 had such a cliffhanger that i couldn't *not* do this one as well. This one actually has generated german subtitles in the video, but i don't always agree with them 😁 sometimes a "not" is missing for instance which makes a world of difference) again itallic parts are my comments when i feel it adds to the translation

previous parts

part 1

part 2 is unfortunately blocked (maybe there's another link?)

part 3

part 4

Richard (R): ..and with many, many arguments and many moments where you just didn't believe in it anymore. You can't make an album like 'Mutter' again or twice, no band survives that.

Voice over (VO): The famous third album not only gains a lot of fame and new fans, personal differences within the band also threaten to escalate

Paul (P): After 'Mutter' we had some difficulties internally in the band, as far as the mood was concerned, due to long-term cooperation, which couldn't really be avoided with 6 people, eh.. then some within the band claimed more space than was healthy really.

R: Well I also had to distance myself a bit, eh, I had to go away a bit to see things in reality again that I just couldn't see before because I was too much in this vision of wanting to do things and I probably was too controlling and hardly left any space, somehow, for others and eh.. that was a situation in the band where you.. where it really was on the brink: you continue or you stop because nobody felt really well anymore.

P: Technically all are equal, but in the long run there are those who get annoyed so much by these eternal arguments that they more or less switch off. As a result, the ones who don't notice it that much.. they take over the helm a little more and then at some point it crashed because it didn't work that way, because with us, it somehow is best when everyone participates.

VO: The visitors of the German and European tour and the viewers of the MTV Europe awards 2001 hardly noticed the immense tension within the band

Schneider (S): Because we also had relatively strong personal differences within the band and yes .. it was quite possible that we really don't stay together that long and maybe go separate ways

VO: In the spring of 2001, Rammstein are about to split up

R: What makes Rammstein special to me, what is the good thing about Rammstein and eh .. for me it was important that the band survived.

S: After a certain quiet phase we really considered for a long time: where do we actually want to go

R: That the band feels: okay, she is a democracy again, she, eh .. feels comfortable with what she does

S: We want to try new ways and also to experiment a bit

VO: Old mechanisms seem to have been used up, old ways of working suddenly are just ... old. Rammstein start to take flight forward

S: Above all, we were a bit tired of the usual rhythm.. style

Till (T): I'm a little tired of this, eh, well, I'll say this uniform, monotonous, stuttering around

P: It was actually our damned duty to try something else than this safe, surefire way, again the same old rail.. eh .. to use this tried and tested structure

S: That eh.. didn't sound like it was something immediately. Only when a Till started to write lyrics to it and to sing it, you could imagine that it could be a new way for us and that we could actually go in many directions, and still be faithful to us

P: Especially since now our old trick what we used to do: first softly and then the same theme loudly.. pff.. and then in the chorus the chords are added.. That always works, but actually everyone is doing it now ... so boring .. Linkin Park, every song is dong-dong-du-du-dong-dong-ding-DZZNG (mimics loud instrumental theme) .. it's always: quiet theme, loud theme

P: Everyone should really say Oho!

T: With the last record we just tried to be a little more experimental, and as I said, out of the corset.

VO: So you go together on anti-constructionkit-therapy with the creation of the album 'Reise Reise'.

(end of part 5)

[dokidokivisual]

Gochiusa BLOOM episode 6 impressions

Previously: 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

Oh no, we are already halfway through the season! Time sure flies fast, doesn’t it? Anyway, let’s see what the episode 6 had to offer.

The episode opens with the titular “fluffle of rabbits” (which supposedly is an actual term for a group of rabbits in parts of Northern Canada, but honestly that just sounds completely made-up. I mean rabbits don’t even live in Nothern Canada, or are they? but I digress) surrounding Sharo.

Sharo’s costume and her holding a flyer is a direct callback to a scene from season 1 episode 7 “Call me Sister” where Sharo has encountered Wildgeese while distributing fliers for Fleur du Lapin. It’s not really explained in the episode, but this time Sharo is on the job to pass out fliers as well, but is tolerating the rabbits for the sake of Chino.

The fact that rabbits (other than Tippy, Anko and Wildgeese) kind of avoid Chino is also a previously established trait, namely in season 1 episode 6, but it’s not mentioned very often. However it’s interesting to rewatch that part of season 1 episode (06:00 - 06:30 and 08:20 - 09:00), because it establishes a metaphor which is crucial for understanding the current one.

Basically the rabbits rejecting Chino symbolize her lack of sociability (called komyusho  コミュ障 or “communication disorder” in Japanese). While Chino thinks that the fact that the rabbits don’t run away has to do with Sharo being present, it’s actually explained by her personal growth over the last year or so.

In fact the theme for the entire episode can be summarized as “growth”. It’s fitting that rabbits are also a symbol of growth... in numbers at least.

After the OP, the story suddenly switches to Chimame’s middle school as they decide on a natural look for their graduation photo album. It’s another reminder of the passage of time, and the fact that Chimame-tai are about to become high schoolers in a few months. But it’s still October, and at least the manga takes its sweet time to get there.

By the way this pose is similar to Chimame “victory pose” from season 1 episode 5.

Megu decides that her hair type resembles Sharo’s and decides to ask her for advice. It might be hard to notice with their usual hairstyles, but if you look at Clockwork Rabbit Sharo you can see the resemblance. Coincidentally Sharo is getting a haircut right outside her home, so Megu hides behind a fire hydrant. In the manga she hides behind the corner of a building which I guess didn’t make sense given the geometry of the location. Then again, how large is this fire hydrant that Megu can easily hide behind it?

Sharo and Chiya eventually do spot her, and start fighting over who gets to do Megu’s hair. It turns out that they both cut each other’s hair, even though they’re not particularly satisfied with the result. The point of contention seems to be them cutting the bangs in a straight line, which is called pattsun ぱっつん in Japanese. Koi has previously mentioned this concept in volume 3 chapter 2 titled “Pattun Horizon”, which was adapted as part of season 1 episode 10. In that chapter Cocoa has a sleepover with Chiya and Sharo, and gets a matching pattsun to commemorate the occasion.

By the way there is an entire character song about Sharo having her hair cut by Chiya and it’s called  空色サロン (”Sky-colored salon”). It’s a really good song from the recent Blend of Letters album so check it out.

In the end, Megu gets her hair styled by Chiya’s grandma, using the same “thing” (probably a brush) she grooms Anko with. This also includes perming her curls straight. Unfortunately we don’t get to see how it went, and the scene switches to Maya right after. By the way, this manga chapter is called “Megu loses her tornado” (メグ、トルネードを失う).

Meanwhile Maya goes to a hair accessory shop to cover up her ahoge (”idiot hair”). Rize also happens to be there (implying that she might also be preparing for a graduation album photo) and tries to help Maya. She seems to carry some sort of hair conditioner with herself, although Maya’s ahoge is too strong for it. In the end they decide to buy matching hairpins.

Even though Rize holds a yellow hairpin and Maya a purple one, the back of the packaging is identical for both and indicates yellow color (黄). This is probably a mistake. The barcode number 8/08 140 2/14 160 indicates Maya and Rize’s birthday and height respectively (similar to Aoyama’s bounty in episode 3). I wasn’t able to read the QR code but maybe it encodes something as well.

Later when Rize scolds Maya she flicks a finger at her forehead (called dekopin でこピン in Japanese) while calling her DekoMaya (でこマヤ). Rize is basically implying that Maya has a big forehead, however it only got exposed because of the hair decoration she put on.

Finally it’s Chino’s turn. Apparently Chino usually cuts her hair herself. However this time she notices Tippy looking unusually fluffy and it turns out it was Cocoa who trimmed his fur (which is normally also done by Chino). Since angora rabbits were bred for their wool, it grows very fast, so unlike most other rabbit breeds it’s necessary to regularly trim it.

Chino becomes resolved to let Cocoa cut her hair, which makes her quite surprised and happy. Like Sharo and Chiya before, Chino is willing to put her trust in Cocoa, which shows how much their relationship has progressed. Cocoa tries to imitate a hair salon beautician, in particular the phrase “kayui tokoro wa gozaimasen ka?” (”does it itch somewhere?”) seems to be a staple phrase among Japanese hair stylists. This might be how Mocha used to cut her hair back home. Chino comments that Cocoa’s hair has grown longer, however it doesn’t look much longer than in previous episodes when in manga it was obviously longer:

The theme of growing hair corresponding to growth of a person is explored here. Mocha has very long hair, and Cocoa is thinking of growing her hair just as long to overcome her sense of inferiority. However regardless of hair length, we still see Cocoa being as immature as ever. For example she offers to hit her with a pico-pico hammer (pikohan) in case she makes a mistake. This toy is commonly featured in Japanese variety shows, and even in videogames, in fact it was invented in Japan by Masudaya toy company in 1968.

As I mentioned in episode 4 review, in the manga Cocoa only finds out that Chino has decided to go to her school at the end of this chapter. In this scene Cocoa doesn’t know it yet, and Chino when asked about it says she thought about joining Megu and Maya in Sharo’s school. This causes Cocoa to inadvertently cut Chino’s hair wrong. In the anime the dialogue is changed completely, but the end result is still the same. Chino learns that it’s inappropriate to joke around in certain situations, and Cocoa learns that longer hair doesn’t necessarily make you a good oneechan.

In the end Cocoa and Chino cut each other’s hair and Takahiro reassures them they did a good job after all. In the manga this hairstyle was labeled as つるてーん (tsuruten) which I think comes from the expression つんつるてん　tsuntsuruten which is used for clothing which is too short, for example pants being so short that lower legs are exposed. Perhaps it’s implied that they cut their bangs too short and too much of forehead is exposed.

In the end we get to see Chimame-tai’s final form. Megu’s change is the most radical as she did get a straight perm after all.

Now onto part B. It’s based on the same chapter as the opening scene with rabbits and Chino, namely volume 6 chapter 4. In the manga this scene follows directly after, which explains why Sharo is still wearing Fleur uniform there.

The original bread festival happened in season 1 episode 7 and was also advertised via distribution of leaflets. Here’s the original poster for comparison:

Compared to the original poster, Rabbit House is now spelled correctly, and “Welcome come on” is now written in English. Also Tippy is now singing a weird jingle (papan-pan-pan-pan-matsuri) which brings to mind Cocoa’s bread-themed Rabbit House theme song from Sing For You as well as Cocoa’s character song パンパカパンのパンのパーティー which features “welcome come on” and I guess was inspired by Cocoa’s bread festivals.

Soon, Aoyama and Rin turn up, still chasing each other since the previous episode. However the previous episode omitted an important detail about Rin from the manga chapter, which is that she doesn’t really like coffee. In the anime it’s revealed later, but it explains why nobody seems to care about Chino’s “special blend”. In response Chino turns into delinquent mode, with Wildgeese on her head instead of Tippy. 

The way Chino speaks changes too. Normally Chino always speaks in polite register, using desu and -masu verb forms at the end of the sentence. This is one of the defining characteristics of Chino since she’s the only character in the series to do this even in informal situations.

In this scene Chino switches to plain register, ending her sentence with da ze, which is a plain copula da followed by ending particle ze indicating forcefulness. This sentence ending is well known from the catchphrase yare yare da ze of Jotaro Kujo from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.

When Wildgeese is replaced with Anko, Chino goes into a stupor. In the end it turns out Chino was playing along, and it was another of her “pranks”. Rize comments that Chino became just like Cocoa, perhaps recalling Cocoa’s breakdown in season 2 episode 10.

The bread festival is about to begin, and Chino still seems to be upset, even though Cocoa praises her (too late). Cocoa herself also seems to be unsure of her bread’s quality (especially compared to her sister).

For some reason, Sharo is in the mood for some coffee and orders Chino’s special blend. This causes everyone else to order it too. Maybe Sharo felt bad for Chino in the earlier scene and took one for the team?

Anyway, Chino’s coffee is very pretty and features a flower made from whipped cream (for which there’s an official tutorial how to make it). I guess this ties into the theme of BLOOM, however in the manga it was also a flower and it was probably written before the season 3 title was decided.

Sharo tastes Chino’s coffee and ends up in “paradise”. You might notice, with the field of flowers and flower wreaths it also fits into the BLOOM theme.

Seeing this reaction, Rin also decides to order coffee. Rize responds with “but you said you don’t like coffee”, but she never says this in anime. Unless it was supposed to be an off-screen conversation? Anyway, Rin also enjoys Chino’s coffee, and the “warmth” she put into it. Chino, who originally had a rather cold personality takes this praise to heart.

It turns out that there were many customers other than the regular characters (which doesn’t happen often in Rabbit House). Lots of children too, who seem to particularly like Chino as has been previously established. Chino shows them how to make latte art, promising to make a “fluffy rabbit” which might be a reference to the rabbit she draws in the ED of this episode.

Cocoa also has a self-reflection moment when she decides she doesn’t have to be like her sister because Chino looks up to Cocoa anyway. Cocoa explains that can’t distinguish Chino’s blends of coffee because they’re all similarly delicious to her. Considering she misidentifies one of Chino’s blends as instant coffee in the first episode there are reasons to doubt this confession. It works on Chino though who can hardly contain her happiness.

Despite all the praise heaped on her, Chino is still not sure if she’s changed. However as she comes out to take down the signboard, a lone rabbit approaches Chino and doesn’t run away.

Under the warm sunset colors, Chino gives a “warm” welcome to the rabbit, referencing the episode’s title (though it was just one rabbit, not a “fluffle” of them) and giving a conclusion to this arc. As I explained in the beginning, the rabbit is a symbol of Chino becoming more approachable over the past few episodes. She is also now seen as a grownup by those who are smaller than her, such as children and, well, rabbits.

So that was a “growth” episode of Gochiusa BLOOM, and the next episode (which is Halloween-themed) promises to be quite important as well.

Oh, and poor Rize’s pasta... Nobody seem to have ordered or even mentioned it. I’m sure it was delicious as well. Can we get a Rize appreciation episode please?

[vampybravo]

wayhaven week: day two [a feral tenderness.]

prompt: tender

pairing: ava du mortain x zara tang

warnings: this hints and slightly details some very dark backstory bits for my detective. mentions of death and loss. 

@otomefandomevents

The Detective’s apartment was like a real home. It wasn’t cluttered at all, but it was full with enough cute decorations to make it look welcoming and lived in despite how she obsessively cleaned when she was stressed. And tonight, she really was very stressed --- Unit Bravo had insisted on staying over to keep watch, by order of her mother, after a nasty incident just a few hours ago where some dickhead on the street wouldn’t take no for an answer; it resulted in him attempting to drag Zara down a dark alleyway and into a getaway car, and it had also resulted in him getting a particularly nasty black eye after the shock of the moment had faded. 

And now Zara was restless and also would kill for some chocolate, and so Nat had offered to accompany her to the store. The apartment door had closed with a gentle click, and a quiet had settled in the apartment. It was gradually growing darker outside as the sun set over the horizon, casting a warm glow over the sleepy little town, and so Zara had dimmed the lights and turned on her fairy lights instead. The only sounds heard were that of the television which was set on low-volume, Farah’s leg kicking off the bottom of the expensively velvet sofa she was seated in, and Morgan’s occasional puff of a cigarette. 

“Oh,” said Farah with a small frown when her foot suddenly connected with something underneath the couch. Something hard and something solid. The confusion faded quickly though, and was quickly replaced by a mischievous glint in her amber eyes. Curious excitement clawed at her until she quickly clambered off of the sofa and onto the floor, on all fours, to peer underneath the furniture. 

“Farah,” said Ava, her confused voice cutting through the sudden silence. “What on earth are you doing?”

“Investigating,” replied Farah. She blindly stuck her arm out underneath the sofa and fished around for whatever object she had managed to kick, and grinned gleefully when she managed to grab it and pull it out onto the wooden floorboards. She positioned herself cross-legged on the floor and placed it in front of her on the detective’s fluffy rug. A box. It was a box. “It seems our detective has some secrets…”

Ava released an exasperated sigh. “Farah…” she said, the warning in her voice evident. Farah dismissed it with a wave of her hand before running her fingertips over the edges of the wooden box. It was white, and freshly coated with paint. At least, it looked it --- she supposed it wouldn’t get much wear and tear whilst being shoved underneath the couch, anyways. And then she pulled the lid off of the box quickly, eagerness shining brightly in her eyes, before her smile faltered. 

“What the---”

She was cut off by Ava grabbing the box from her, fully intending to re-seal the object and place it back in its rightful place, except she found herself to be just as surprised as Farah was once she caught sight of what was inside. 

A tiny, tiny, white baby onesie was placed in there, along with other items; an ultrasound scan picture, a cut lock of hair sealed inside of a tiny glass box, and another, smaller wooden box, with a plaque on the front, engraved with a name: Vivienne. 

Ava clenched her jaw and frowned before quickly snatching the lid out of shocked Farah’s still hands, putting it back on top of the box, and shoving it under the sofa. But it was too late.

The detective and Nat stood in the doorway; Nat had moved a little more into the apartment, oblivious to the girl’s utter shock as she stood, frozen, in the doorway. All the detective could see was Farah’s hands grasped around the box --- her box --- and Ava putting it back where it came from. And then she could distantly hear Ava snapping at Farah through the ringing in her ears about touching things that weren’t hers, and Nat was asking what was going on, and Zara had no fucking idea what to do. 

“I---I didn’t mean---” Farah stammered, unusually flustered and panicked for the young vampire, before she finally caught sight of the detective in the doorway. Her eyes grew wide. Ava’s expression once again turned into shock. (If it wasn’t for the context of the situation, Zara was certain that she wouldn’t have been able to hold back a laugh at the way Ava’s lips parted and eyes widened considerably.) Nat, thankfully, hadn’t seen the contents of the box --- neither had Morgan from her place crowded into a corner. 

Zara bit the inside of her cheek before managing to move. She closed the door behind her and made her way into the kitchen without a second glance at the living room. Unfortunately, her apartment was open-plan apart from her bedroom, and so it was really fucking hard to do. She wordlessly switched on the coffee machine and watched it grow alive, listening to the gentle whirring it made, desperately hoping for it to drown out everything that had happened. And maybe even erase it completely. 

It was an awful lot to ask of a coffee machine, really. 

She opened a cupboard and grabbed a white mug. Not her favourite. Her favourite was in the dishwasher --- had it finished yet? --- no. She placed it under the coffee machine. Her head throbbed with her own heartbeat when Ava cleared her throat. 

“Detective,” she said, and tried to sound stoic, but Zara could hear the concern in her tone. Zara tried to drown it out as the machine poured out her drink. She stirred. Ava tried again. “Detective.”

Zara went straight into her bedroom, closed the door behind her, and let herself slide down it, tucking her knees up to her chest and breathing shakily. She shouldn’t be acting like this --- not in front of Unit Bravo, anyways. But they also shouldn’t have found out. She had kept the secret well enough for years and had killed any surfacing rumours with harsh glares and an intolerance to the gossip. They weren’t supposed to know, she repeated in her mind. Why do they have to know?

Her shuddering breaths were the only thing she could hear for quite a while, until the panic and shock dissipated into anxiety and shame. It clawed and crawled its way up into her guts, bubbling furiously, threatening to spill right out of her. And it did. She cried for a long time --- she didn’t know exactly how long. Maybe a few hours. Maybe just half an hour. 

The sky was enveloped in vast darkness when she managed to hold back her choked sobs, wipe her eyes with some tissues, and turn on her record player. The scratching sound was familiar. The sound of the smooth music echoing around her room was comforting. It was okay. It was going to be okay. 

Was it?

She was sat cross-legged on her bed when there was a knock on her bedroom door. Her chest tightened with the returning panic. “Zara?”

Ava. It was Ava. 

Her panic abated; just like that.

“Yeah?”

The door opened swiftly and there she stood, but not for long until she moved and closed the door behind herself. Zara blinked. “I came to see if you were alright,” said the woman. Her blonde hair, usually pulled up into a tight bun, was slightly mussed. Two strands of hair fell at either side of her face, framing the soft lines of her cheekbones. Her brows were furrowed with concern. “And to apologise for what happened.”

Zara shrugged bitterly. “It’s not your fault.”

Ava stared at her for a long while, gaze softening as she watched Zara tuck her hair behind her ear and attempt to give her a smile. It was soft and made Ava’s stomach churn with foolish fluttering. She cleared her throat and tried to bury the feeling --- she had been unsure of whether to check up on Zara for hours now as the memories of the last time they’d been alone together in this room burned brightly in her brain. That memory made her heart flutter, too. 

“Regardless,” said Ava, “I’m truly sorry.”

Zara nodded before she paused. “You don’t have to just stand there, you know,” she said, and her voice was small. “I don’t bite.”

An amused smile curled Ava’s lips, eyes glinting but still shining with worry. Wordlessly, she walked across the room and sat stiffly at the edge of Zara’s bed. Zara leaned back against the plush pillows and watched her before she broke the silence. 

“Is Farah okay?”

Ava blinked. “I believe she is,” she said. “Although concerned.” She tried her best to stop the way her stomach churned at Zara’s soulless tone, or the lingering touch of hurt that shone in her eyes. Despite herself, Ava felt the determined urge to do something, anything that would provide even the slightest ounce of comfort to the detective. Her mind ran blank. Maybe some coffee, or---

Zara averted her gaze to stare up at the ceiling. “I heard shouting.”

“Yes.” The word was stiff. She wasn’t very good at this sort of thing.

“Do you hate me?”

The shocked expression on Ava’s face was too quick to be hidden. “Why on earth would I hate you?”

Zara shrugged again. “You saw what was in the box, yeah?”

Ava’s jaw clenched. “Yes,” she admitted. “Although I was simply trying to stop Farah from rummaging through your belongings --- which she called investigating.” Her words were tempered with their usual sharp edge of disapproval, but it was different this time. 

The dark-haired woman didn’t seem to listen. She never did like to take no for an answer; it was one of the many traits that Ava couldn’t help but admire about her. Her fierce determination, her unwavering ambition, her ferocious tenderness that was reserved just for Ava, just for their moments alone like this. “I wouldn’t blame you for hating me.” She laid herself vulnerable, over and over. She would regret this in the morning.

“I couldn’t hate you if I tried,” confessed Ava, and the tone she used was the gentle one that made Zara’s heart swell, her stare so soft it almost made her melt under it. Zara swallowed thickly, trying to suppress how she was often reduced to nothing but raw, uncaged tenderness whenever Ava was around. Ava was doing the very same, Zara could tell, by the familiar way the blonde woman wavered under her softer stare, shifting and shying away from it, shielding herself once more. Something about the tenderness of the night made it near impossible for Ava to preserve her walls and her dignity, and so she gave in, again and again and again, as she always did. The quizzical thing was how Zara managed to always make her want to give in; to shatter her own safeguards, if even for a moment, and follow her light. She wondered if it would be safe. She wondered if it would feel as warm as Zara’s skin did on hers. Yes, she thought to herself. Without a doubt. And there was that foolish fluttering in her chest once more.

“Have you?” asked Zara.

There was a heavy pause.

“Every day,” said Ava.

And gosh, she wished she could.

[littlewritingrabbit]

Ok I lied I did Not finish the next chapter yet. But take that, writer’s block, because I still wrote whatever the heck this is, taking place after the events of the Very-Bad-No-Good AU!

Scars Such as Ours

John Laurens took a break from his strongly-worded letter to make tea. Some plantation owner had written to the South Carolina Abolitionists Society in a rage and as its president, Laurens was tasked with drafting a response, though it was a blessing it would be reviewed by a committee, as it was currently so dripping with spite that it couldn’t be sent without a few edits. He set the kettle on the fire and went in search of the sugar-bowl.

“What are you looking for?”

Laurens jumped at the sudden noise. His daughter Frances had appeared in the doorway, drying her hair with a hand-towel. 

“Gracious,” he said in surprise, “I don’t recall training you as a spy!” He smiled, closing one cupboard and opening another, “I’m looking for the sugar-bowl.”

“Oh,” France immediately looked guilty.

“Is there something I ought to know about the sugar bowl?” he asked, “Something that is making you turn pink, perhaps?”

Frances sighed and went to sit at the table. “I took the sugar out of it,” she confessed. “I put it in a teacup in the cupboard.”

Laurens raised an eyebrow, lifting down the teacup in question and finding that it was, indeed, full of sugar. “Any particular reason for this change in storage situations?” he asked.

“I found a robin in the garden that had got in a fight,” she said. “His little wings were all battered and his beak scratched, so I made him a bed in the sugar bowl so he could have time to get better.”

Laurens laughed softly as the kettle began to whistle. “That is such a kindly act of charity I don’t even mind losing the sugar bowl over it,” he said. “Would you like some tea?”

Frances nodded, so he took the kettle off the fire, poured two cups of tea with milk, and spooned sugar into both of them. The late afternoon light warmed the kitchen table while they waited for the tea to cool enough to drink, and Frances switched from half-heartedly patting her hair dry to half-heartedly stirring her tea. Laurens looked at her in concern, trying to pinpoint the cause of her downturned eyes and pensive expression. Finally, he put down his own spoon and cleared his throat quietly.

“Is everything alright Frances?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said, though a little hesitant.

“Because I couldn’t help but notice that you’re being a little quieter than usual,” Laurens added.

Frances sighed. “It’s only because I took a bath,” she said.

John Laurens never claimed to be an expert on women. Most of the time, however, he could understand their train of thought fairly well, and having a lovely and precocious twelve-year-old daughter and his fair share of sisters had always rendered him fairly apt in conversations with them. This statement from Frances threw him off completely though. How was taking a bath supposed to leave a person in a thoughtful gloom? What was he missing?

“I… I’m not certain how that works,” he admitted. “Would you like to talk about it?”

“Well… perhaps,” she said. “See, I have this scar.” Laurens knew of the scar in question. It had been from a swelling on her leg that had complicated her birth, and the doctor had been forced to perform a surgery. He nodded, leaving her room to continue if she wished. “And I know vanity is a poor quality in a person,” she carried on, “But I have to say, I don’t like the look of it at all.”

“You know, you’re not alone in that sentiment,” Laurens admitted. “I feel that way too sometimes.”

“Really?” Frances took a sip of tea and promptly winced at how hot it was.

“Truly,” said Laurens. “I’ve a great ugly bullet-scar from the war, and for the longest time I hated it with a passion.” Frances’ eyes widened. “A lot of the other soldiers were proud of their scars. I recall the Baron had a powder-burn on his arm he liked to show off to his friends, but I couldn’t muster up that sort of pride.”

“So what did you do?” Frances asked.

“I realized that I was not obliged to love such a scar, or show it off, only accept that it’s a part of my appearance.” He took a sip of tea. “Scars such as ours show that we have survived dangerous times, whether recently, or a long time ago.”

“I suppose that is a good thing,” mused Frances. “Then maybe I shall see if I can just let my leg be as it is… you know, and not mind so much.”

“It’s an odd thing,” Laurens admitted, “To figure out how one fits within one’s body. I don’t believe it all makes sense all at once.”

“Du Ponceau told me the Vikings used to call bodies ‘bone-houses’ in their poems,” said Frances. “Perhaps they knew that too.”

“They probably had a lot of scars to learn to live with after all that raiding,” Laurens smiled.

“They probably lost some legs and arms!” said Frances, with the sort of candid morbidity that only a twelve-year-old girl can have.

“Probably,” said Laurens. “Do you want some more sugar for your tea?”

“Yes please,” said Frances with a grin. “I think I shall go raid the library after tea, you know, like a Viking.”

[demonettea]

Todokami week day three - Quirk Swap

Word Count: 1,195

It happened on a Tuesday evening. Multiple students from class 1-A had agreed that if they were to become Pro Heroes it was best to start learning about the people they may have to work with in future. Meaning that they also invited some of class 1-B to tag along. Some. Most of the day had been spent walking around the mall. They bought things here and there, and some of them ate almost a literal ton of shitty mall food. Not to mention that for some reason Kaminari seemed to cling from Ashido to Todoroki. But overall it was a good day.

That was, until the end of the day.

Of course, eventually everyone had to end up going their separate ways.

Shoto figured he would be walking home alone as always until he had noticed a familiar head of electric yellow hair. It was the cute Kaminari Denki from class 1-A. Turns out both he and Kaminari lived on the same street, therefore Shoto suggested that they walk home together as it was getting late and more likely for villains to attack them.

But speak of the Devil and he shall come, not even ten minutes later and they were faced with a very obviously deranged villain who gave some weird monologue about their quirks before attacking.

Shoto for the life of him could not figure out the villain’s quirk. He only managed to decode the fact that the villain was staying a far distance away from them, as if observing and not actually fighting.

Part-way through the battle, the villain had managed to land an attack on both of them simultaneously. Shoto felt a ray of... Something hit him. The attack didn’t hurt at all but it strangely gave him a rush of adrenaline. Even more strangely, despite the burst of energy, Shoto found himself unable to use his quirk, and by the looks of it so did Kaminari. The villain had somehow managed to erase their quirks, much like Mr. Aizawa.

The good thing about living in a residential area is that there are always many people around to call the cops. Almost as soon as they were unable to use their quirks they were practically surrounded by police cars, causing the villain to flee.

As the police were investigating the scene (luckily only minimal damage was caused) they had asked Shoto and Kaminari to stay for a few moments so they could answer some routine questions.

“Hey, are you doing okay?” Kaminari asked the second Shoto was alone. His face seemed full of concerned and Shoto appreciated the sweetness of this boy.

“I should be asking you that. You’re the one who almost overused your quirk,” Shoto pointed out. Kaminari seemed to shift uncomfortably.

“I probably would’ve until they erased it,” He mumbled. “Speaking of which, did you feel weird after that happened?”

“Not really. Except for the rush of adrenaline I didn’t really feel much else.” 

“Weird. As soon as I got hit with that ray it was like my body couldn’t decide what temperature it was. I was hot, I was cold. Hell! I still feel like that!”

Shoto hummed in acknowledgement. “Could just be shock. Maybe you’ll feel better in the morning.”

When Shoto woke up that morning, he felt like he had more energy than he had ever had in his life. He felt as if he was almost bouncing as he walked. His sister pointed out that at one point he was literally vibrating at one point but he decided to ignore it. After all it was probably just a psychological reaction from being face-to-face with someone as insane looking as the villain last night.

As soon as he had got to UA, almost everyone had heard about the attack last night and were all asking Kaminari and Shoto if they were alright. Of course they were alright, they were heroes after all weren’t they?

Honestly, most of the day was uneventful for Shoto. They made it through their classes which seemed to go strangely fast compared to normal. He overheard complaints from Kaminari about still not being able to us his quirk which was incredibly peculiar. Don’t quirks such as erasure have a time limit or certain conditions? Then again he could just be being overdramatic. Then again Shoto hadn’t tried to use his quirk all day, maybe he should check to see if his still works.

That’s when All Might’s class came.

They were told they would be doing an activity similar to that of the one they had on the first day. There would be a team of two heroes attempting to rescue a person from a team of villains whilst in a maze. Simple.

Shoto had been paired up with Sero and were up against Kaminari and Ojiro. The exercise should have been simple. It really should have.

Originally he had planned on freezing the maze, until he remembered that he was also meant to be saving someone. He then planned to freeze his opponents in ice and simply free the person. Again, it should have been simple.

As they made their way through the maze, they came face to face with Kaminari. Shoto’s plan should’ve worked. He didn’t even hesitate when he raised his right hand to freeze Kaminari where he stood, but instead of ice, he was met with electricity. A tingling sensation at the ends of his fingertips that was travelling throughout his body as he used it. Once he had finally realized what was happening he stopped. And then he blacked out.

When he had come back to his senses, he was in Recovery Girl’s office, Kaminari sat at the end of his bed, genuine concern played upon his features. For a few moments he was confused until he remembered what had happened earlier.

“Todoroki! You’re okay!” Kaminari exclaimed, a large grin on his face. And yeah okay, even Shoto had to admit he was kinda adorable. Kind of a puppy-like adorable.

“Yeah... What exactly happened? And why are you here?” He asked, trying to find out any other details he could. Kaminari gave a nervous laugh.

“Well you know that erasure ray he got hit with last night? Turns out thy didn’t erase our quirks but like... Switched them around?”

“Wait, so are you telling me that you-” Shoto was interrupted as Kaminari raised the back of his right hand, showing of a patch of ice that had clung to his skin.

“I would’ve melted it off, but I don’t trust myself to literally handle fire,” he tried joking. But Shoto was still just trying to comprehend the situation.

After finding out they had swapped quirks, they agreed that they would help each other try to use them until they figured out a way to get their original quirks back. This, of course, involved many after school sessions of training. And that of course lead to a lot of bickering.

“Dude! You can’t just shoot it out like that!” Kaminari scolded him. “You’d electrocute everyone in a hundred mile radius!”

“Well sorry, I'm not exactly used to a quirk that’s so unpredictable.” Kaminari made a face at that.

“You use fire!”

Although, despite the arguments, Shoto can’t deny that he did eventually gain slow progress over his new quirk, as did Kaminari. But there was one training session that will stick around in Shoto’s mind for the rest of his life.

“Okay, stop. I feel like you’re just making fun of me here,” Kaminari pouted. Cute.

Although, Shoto’s annoyance reigned supreme. “Please do tell me what I'm doing wrong,” he said with gritted teeth. Then suddenly, Kaminari was up close and personal.

“You’re stance is way off,” he commented, placing a hand on the small of Shoto’s back. “It’s easier to get everything flowing if your back is straight.”

Weather Kaminari realized it or not, he was creating a strange tension in the air. He was right behind Shoto, his hands grabbing at his waist and him almost whispering instructions into Shoto’s ears. He knew that Kaminari was just trying to help him with a genuine issue, but why did it feel so personal?

“Are you okay du- Okay you’re face is red as hell,” Kaminari pointed out, instantly backing off. Shoto already missed the contact. “Are you all right?”

Shoto nodded immediately. “Yes. Can we just- just continue training?”

Kaminari seemed concerned for a moment but then let himself relax. Good, he didn’t catch on.

“Alright then,” Kaminari sighed, getting back into place right behind Shoto, hands seeming lower than before.

Shoto attempted to resume from the last stance he was in, Kaminari’s hands guiding both his back and his hips.

“Nice one dude!” Kaminari complemented. Shoto preened lightly at the praise. “And hey, if you continue like this then maybe I'll have to reward you, sweetheart.” There was suddenly a peck placed on Shoto’s cheek before Kaminari backed off entirely once more.

Wait, what?

[gifuto-baru]

headcanon dump? headcanon dump.

Askin cannot form bonds with people normally or, well... as it’s expected. Rather, he hangs around with other people because it kills time and gives him some additional entertainment. The way he does form bonds is usually determined by how interested he is in a person and if they have that “it factor”. Generally, he’s that guy with very few close friends-- maybe... two or three? It depends on how he’s feeling that day.

He’s not as vain as people would like to think. It’s more-so an act he puts up so people think it’s something to tease him about when, in actuality, it’s a way for him to see if looks/appearances are a thing they care about. Basically, it’s part of his perpetual psychological warfare he’s constantly playing; he rarely flips the switch off for that and rather likes the results it yields him.

For all intents and purposes, Askin is a sociopath in... some ways. He is not a full-blown sociopath, but he does exhibit certain qualities of one. Specifically? Difficulty forming friendships, shamelessly deceiving and conniving, and just overall antisocial behavior. Very general stuff, honestly.

Absolutely detests being told what to do, but he’s capable of brushing off the irritation if it’s someone who he thinks isn’t worth his ire (see: mostly everyone.) and plays it off as a joke. However, he doesn’t like it at all. He dealt with it somewhat gracefully with Yhwach and the like because he kinda had to. Otherwise? He likes the idea of freedom and intends on keeping it that way.

His soft spots? Cang Du ( @eisenklaue​ ) and couple of others. Honestly, you’d be able to count how many on one hand. You’d be hard pressed to actually get him to admit to it, but... yeah, he’ll bully those special few a lot less. He also doesn’t approve of others picking on them, usually diving in and taking over the situation as soon as possible.

[scriptstructure]

what are your thoughts on occasionally jumping into the head of one of your antagonists? Like over a long period of time there are plenty of events and they keep showing up and have their own arc. They start as a side kick then try a grab for power using one method then another method. Would jumping in to their head only occasionally to sort of introduce these new attempts at power be too jarring? They would be the only one privy to certain information which would be handy for overall plot.

That sounds like a fun story to write and to read!

I have a few posts that you may or may not have seen/ find helpful in the POV tag [HERE], with one particularly about POVs that don’t appear often [HERE] And a post about minor/ sporadically appearing antagonists [HERE].

Essentially, when you’re shifting POV between different characters, it is ideally to show the reader a new viewpoint. Switching between the protagonist and the antagonist definitely fits that bill, and it’s going to be great to see the antagonist’s character arc, especially as it runs alongside the protagonist’s.

It’s not as common as POV switches between protagonists, but it does happen, the A Song of Ice and Fire series is one that stands out particularly, in that every kind of character eventually gets a POV spot and many of them could definitely be considered villains or antagonists. Another is Anne Bishop’s The Black Jewels Trilogy, which features POV chapters from several major and minor villains interspersed between the chapters from the protagonists. I suppose you might also count the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, in that as the series goes on you get books from the POV of characters who were portrayed as villains by some of the earlier novels’ narrators. The Hannibal Lecter Novels by Thomas Harris are also a great example, as the POV rotates between the detective protagonists, the antagonist du jour, and Hannibal himself.

I think the main thing to remember, is that your antagonist probably doesn’t think of themselves as ‘the baddie’. Maybe they’re grappling for power in a corrupt organisation, or looking to take over a kingdom, or some other thing that puts them at odds with the protagonists and probably with conventional morality, but on a personal level, this character must be able to justify what they’re doing to themselves.

Maybe they tell themselves that what they’re doing is ‘for the greater good’, maybe they believe that they’re better than everyone else and it’s their absolute right to do what they’re doing, maybe they consider themselves called to their actions by a divine force. Whatever it is, it’s enough that this character is committed to this course of action and believes themselves, if not blameless, then at least justified.

As to how often you should be hopping into their POV, it depends on what your story needs. My current WIP has three chapters from the POV of an antagonist, so that the reader has an idea of the plot going on behind the scenes which the protagonists are blissfully unaware of. In doing that, my aim is to give the readers a sense of tension even though the protagonists believe that they’re out of danger and have no idea that anything bad is going to happen until the antagonist’s trap is sprung. Once the protagonist is in the trap, however, I no longer need the antagonist’s POV, because for the purposes of the story the protagonist’s opinions, feelings and experiences are more important. I don’t need a chapter where the antagonist gloats over his success, because I feel it’s more effective to show the protagonist dealing with the situation.

Think about what your story needs from the antagonist, where and when are their views and opinions and experiences going to enrich the story, and how much of them do the readers get to see outside of their direct interaction with the plot?

Are you aiming to make your antagonist sympathetic and relatable? Or just to show the opposing force that your protagonist is going to face?

What your story needs from the antagonist will help you figure out where and when they should appear and how they should be portrayed.

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so this guide is going to be a very very basic overview of what it’s like to WORK AT DISNEY WORLD (pt. 1)! i have a somewhat in depth knowledge of the process and what it’s actually like to be working there because i worked there doing the college program for 5 months. this will be a v v basic overview though and maybe if i feel like it, i’ll do a college program version as well, but here it is!! please like or reblog if you found this helpful!!

AFTER YOU’RE HIRED!

i only know about how you get hired via the disney college program so i’m going to gloss over that, though i will say that for the dcp you apply online, have a web interview, then a phone interview and then you find out whether or not you join the cast!!

CASTING!!!! i know for the dcp we didn’t know what role we had and what location we were going to be at until we got there, but i can’t speak for normal disney cast members. all i know is that no matter what you’ll end up at the casting building at downtown disney to get your assignment and scan fingerprints and all that!!

TRADITIONS!!!! god i’m so lit just thinking about it. traditions is the day that you’re called in to learn all about the history of disney and hear a bunch of stories about how disney has touched the lives of so many. it’s business casual, and disney is VERY strict about this. i watched a girl take off her lipstick bc a cast member told her it was too bright. basically you go to disney university and you get told a bunch of heart-warming stuff, you do some trivia and earn some figurines if you answer correctly, and there’s a box sitting in the middle of your table the whole time which you aren’t allowed to open until the end. they take you to magic kingdom and they have you wear these headsets that don’t rly work and they take you backstage through the tunnels and up into some part of magic and you just like observe what’s going on and you learn about some of the neato things you only get to learn as a cast member. then you go back to Disney University and mickey mouse himself comes to give you your name tag. of course, at the end, you get to open the box and there’s your very own pair of mickey ears waiting inside. it’s honestly life changing. 

okay, so after you have to go through this thing called operations. basically you go to DU and you’re split up into groups based on your role. your roles include:

food and beverage (quick service or full service)

retail (bibbidi bobbidi boutique/floral/merchandise/vacation planner)

entertainment (character performer/character attendant/costuming)

lodging (bell services/front desk/housekeeper)

recreation (children’s activities/lifeguard/recreation attractions)

operations (attractions/custodial/photopass)

and basically what you do in ops is you spend a full day taking a bunch of internet quizzes about personal safety, osha standards, and how to handle situations like unattended suspicious bags and lost children (although at disney they don’t say they’re lost children they say they have lost parents)

i’m gonna be honest, it’s real boring. like 90% of my day was spent trying not to fall asleep. but something else important to disney that you learn during ops are THE FOUR KEYS! The Four Keys are how Disney moderates how they’re doing as a business. The Four Keys are as followed:

SAFETY

COURTESY

EFFICIENCY

SHOW

you will get tested on these often. 

**quick note about safety. disney’s slogan for being safe while on property is “SAFE-D BEGINS WITH ME!” every cast member makes so many dick jokes using that phrase. please do it it’s so funny.**

then once you’re done with ops you’re typically sent for costuming which i’ll get into a little bit later probably bc there’s not rly that much to say on it right now other than like, just do a quick google to find out what your character will be wearing for wherever they work.

STARTING WORK!

so depending on which park you’re assigned to work (note: you will not park hop unless you’re deployed or you pick up shifts. pick one park and stick to it.) you have an orientation day. each park has a cutesy name for it 

DAKlimation (disney’s animal kingdom)

once upon a time (magic kingdom)

discovery day (epcot)

on with the show (hollywood studios)

this is basically a full day of walking around the parks, learning some of the secrets behind the theming and getting accustomed to the backstage areas. you also might ride a ride if you’re lucky (we rode kilimanjaro safaris at DAK). then you’ll start your on the job training. this can range from a week to two weeks depending and at the end of training you are tested on your knowledge of all the skills you learned during training. ((if anyone is interested in lifeguarding or quick service specifically pls don’t hesitate to ask!)) and through all this training you get to wear a cute little “earning my ears” sticker on your name tag!!

ROLES!!

honestly you can do a quick google about any of the roles above, but pls feel free to ask me questions too bc i know a lot about qsfb, lifeguarding, merch and character performer especially. i’m just going to highlight some common misconceptions (imo) below.

character performer: OKAY SO THIS IS WHERE I GET REAL NITPICKY!!! this paragraph is gonna be long so settle in. to be a character performer YOU HAVE TO GO TO AN AUDITION. and let me tell you, it is not easy. it is very likely that if you are a character performer you have auditioned a very good number of times bc disney is so specific in what they’re looking for. and character performer isn’t just someone in a costume or a lookalike. it extends to parades, shows, and even street performers like the citizens of hollywood in hollywood studios. 

there are a few different types of auditions too. they have character performer auditions where they are just generally looking for performers, but they can pull you aside for lookalikes. in character performer auditions you do a parade dance that increases in difficulty the further you go along if you haven’t been cut. in lookalike auditions you literally go into a room in groups of 50 and smile at a man for like 5 seconds and then they cut based off of that. ((if anyone wants a more detailed guide on this i can do it bc i have auditioned for disney 5 times doing both kinds of auditions))

height ranges!!!! this is also a huge thing for me bc some of yall stay trying to play like a 5′7″ bitch as tinkerbell. disney is usually pretty good about sticking to particular height rangers for costumed and face characters. 

most princesses are within the 5′4″-5′7″ range. alice and wendy are usually between 4′10″-5′2″. most costumed characters with the exclusion of most villains and goofy are between 4′11″-5′4″. 5′4″ is definitely at the v top of the height range though and might be pushing it tbh. these are all based on what i know to be true myself having met a shit ton of princesses and character performers, but there are deviants for sure. basically don’t use taylor swift as an fc for alice. cool??? cool.

quick service food and beverage: once you’re in a restaurant you typically stay there. although qsfb can also extend to outdoor vending (odv) in which case you would rotate from cart to cart (they’re the ones that sell the mickey bars and pretzels n shit), but if you work in a restaurant you typically don’t switch between that and odv. 

WORLD SHOWCASE @ EPCOT: if you’re in the world showcase, the people that work in the different countries are usually authentically from there. it would be very, very rare to have a white/european person working at one of the restaurants in mexico. i’ve honestly never met someone who wasn’t from their assigned country that worked there. i’m speaking specifically about the world showcase and not any other part of epcot. many world showcase cast members are part of the cultural representative program which means they come for 12 months and they work in either the world showcase in epcot, animal kingdom, animal kingdom lodge, or international guest relations/greeter roles. basically, if you’re gonna have your character work in a world showcase pavilion, make them from that country pls. 

attractions: if you work attractions, you are most likely not just working at one ride for your entire life. for example: in adventureland in magic kingdom, those attractions workers work aladdin’s magic carpet ride, the enchanted tiki room, swiss family robinson treehouse and anything else in the area. basically if a land or a certain area within the park has the same costume, you’re working all of it so i’d familiarize yourself with just how many attractions your character might be working. 

**quick note again: not every job is within a disney park. you may get a job at disney springs, water parks, or resorts!!!**

WORK THINGS!!!

when you’re working, disney has you on a strict points system. if you’re late to work, they dock you half a point. if you miss your shift/call out, they dock you a point. if you get 3 points within 30 days you get what’s called a reprimand. and this is not good my friends. you get 3 reprimands within 3 months and you’re out. like out out. like turn in your blue card and get out. you can get authorized days off or (ADO’s) but you have to request off like crazy early or get someone to take your shift. 

ahh!!! blue cards!!!! your blue card, or blue ID, is what identifies you as a cast member at disney. it’s also what you flash to bypass paying for parking, and it’s what gets you through the gates to get you backstage at disney. you don’t have it, you’re fucked basically. blue IDs also get you discounts on merchandise and food at some QSFB restaurants.

MAIN GATES!!!! your key to the kingdom!!! your maingate is your entry pass to all the parks. it serves as a park hopper. you also get 3 guest passes which, depending on if you’re a cp, part time or full time has so many passes on it for whomever you wish to bring with you into the parks. 

you answer to two people while you work at disney. your coordinators and your leaders. your coordinators are out on stage with you and there’s usually like 2-4 of them depending on how large your location is. they’re who you ask for help in a pinch. your leaders are like your managers. they give you a briefing in the morning before you open, they make tough calls, and they have to ability to smooth over almost any situation effortlessly. if you have a reeeeally angry guest, you better call ur leader. 

when you’re not on stage, you are backstage. i literally cannot stress this enough. if you’re on break you should not be seen or heard. there are break rooms for every section of each park and if you’re not on your feet, you’re back there. they’re not nice. they’re small, crowded, and usually smell. there are larger cafeterias within every park though (at DAK ours was called PRIDE ROCK) but they’re usually quite a walk depending on where you work.

BREAKS!!! if you’re working at disney that means you’re typically spending 6+ hours on your feet and however long your shift is is how long your break is. 6 hour shift?? you’ve probably got one 15 min break. 8 hours?? prolly one 30 min. break. 10 hours??? that’s when you get the hour long break.  oh also that 10 hour shift you were scheduled for?? it just turned into a 13 hour shift thanks to a force extend. you’re welcome. but you’re in luck!!! sometimes you get an early release or an ER!!! that’s when they don’t need you so they’re like fuck it go home. 

oh also everything is in military time.

GLOSSARY (terms cast members use a lot)

cast members - if you work for the walt disney company you are a cast member, not an employee 

DU - disney university (yes it exists and it’s fuckin baller on the inside)

company d - this is a store inside disney university. it’s where you can get exclusive cast merch and also you can buy your discounted party tickets there

cast connections - ok this is honestly disney’s best kept secret. cast connections is this huge store where u can buy so much shit for like 75% off. they even have a small grocery section where everything is hella cheap. you have to be cast to buy shit.

costuming - where you go to get your costumes duh. there’s one at every park, but magic kingdom’s is at west clock.

west clock - ok so basically not all mk cast is allowed to park in the parking lot like at other parks so there’s this thing called west clock that has a huge parking lot and it’s where disney university and magic king costuming is. you go to west clock and then take a bus to get to magic.

tunnels/utilidor - backstage at MK consists of the utilidors or tunnels as they’re often called. MK is the only park with tunnels and they’re fuckin extensive. there are colored lines on the walls that can direct you to where you need to go, but it’s still confusing as hell.

qsfb/fsfb - quick service/full service food and beverage

merch - merchandise

odv - outdoor vending

stands west/stands east - a variation of working merchandise in the parks. you work at the small stands instead of the shops

four keys card - if a fellow cast member or guest thinks you’ve successfully exemplified the four keys, they give you a four keys card. this is for recognition and it also takes a point off of your record.

MK - magic kingdom

DAK - disney’s animal kingdom

DHS - disney’s hollywood studios

CP - college program

ER - early release

force extend - when they fucking extend your shift without asking u

ADO - authorized day off

deployed - sometimes you get asked to work in a different park for a few days or weeks, they call this being deployed.

on stage - when you’re on the job in front of guests

backstage - the areas where you can’t be seen by guests

guests - not customers, guests.

honestly there’s probably so much more i need to cover, but that’s just a lil taste of what it’s like to work at disney. i might add onto this later or just make a second guide. if you have any questions about anything specific, the disney college program, qsfb or animal kingdom rly let me know bc i know the most about those things, but i’m knowledgeable in A LOT of other stuff too. 

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What could be more wonderful, they think, than to be a problem. Maybe in the long term, it pays to bet on good design. Look down at your hands. Instead of working at a low intensity for forty years, you work as hard as you can imagine, produces wild oscillations in the stock of a single, private company would probably lose his license for it. When the company is now 18 weeks old.1 Can you cultivate these qualities? This was at the time. They're measured, in that the performance of the others. And since the ability and desire to create it vary from person to person in an audience are always affected by the reactions of those around them, and the number one thing they have in common is that they're both makers. The key question, I realized, is how does the comber-over not see how odd he looks?

If you had a magic machine that could make you cars and cook you dinner or do your laundry, or do something of equivalent value for someone else, in order to have macros you probably have more genuine admiration for the less prestigious one.2 Dynamic typing is a win here because you don't have to look at, if we disagree with past generations it's because we're right and they're wrong.3 But people will do any amount of history, the bullies stopped stealing the nerds' lunch money.4 Once it became possible to get rich by creating wealth and getting paid proportionately, it would be good; you could tell from the case. Why else would this idea occur in this odd context?5 And so there is a natural fit between smallness and solving hard problems. Investors have different risk profiles from founders.6 Whereas if a VC invested in a position on the corporate ladder was genuinely valuable, because big companies tried not to fire people, and making deals work to their advantage. Back in the era of terms like well-adjusted, the idea seemed to be that only a tiny number of officially approved writers were allowed to write essays at all.

The disadvantage of believing that all programming languages are only now catching up with the numbers. That's an extreme example, of course. Think twice before you try to beat them at that. But they could not have put into words exactly how their ugly ducklings were going to grow into big, beautiful swans.7 The bad news is, the very best VC funds.8 Software should be written in C. That's what leads people to conclude the question must be unanswerable—that all languages are equally good.9 This isn't the recipe for success in big companies, because they don't have to act like VCs. But maybe the older generation would laugh at me for saying that? The first hint I had that teachers weren't omniscient came in sixth grade, after my father contradicted something I'd learned in school. It can be hard to keep the founders interested.

If you try to beat them at that. In fact, a high valuation unless you can somehow achieve what those in the business call a liquidity event, and the noise stops. If you have to write a program depends mostly on its length. Mike Moritz famously said that he invested in Yahoo because he thought they had a few weeks' lead over their competitors. The bad news is, the only reason VCs are so sneaky is the giant deals they do.10 Probably the biggest lie told in schools, though, that all other things being equal, a very able person in a big company, then a smart hacker working very hard without any corporate bullshit to slow him down should be able to duplicate it in less than three weeks. Even a lot of the questions people get hot about are actually quite complicated.

So if you want to do more than just shock everyone with the heresy du jour. When Steve and Alexis auctioned off their old laptops for charity, I bought them for the Y Combinator museum. In effect, acquirers assume the customers know who has the best technology.11 And there is nothing so wrong as the principles of the most obvious examples is Santa Claus.12 For example, in a mild form, an example of one of the most justifiable types of lying adults do to kids. More often people who do great things seem to be getting out of hand and you want to engage an opponent inside a castle in hand to hand combat. Fortran at that time. To mislead someone so grossly about the world would be that you independently considered every question and came up with the ideas he developed then.13

But that means each partner ends up being responsible for investing a lot of the things they might get into trouble with if they believed us. Fortunately, this sort of calming lie is that we grow up thinking horrible things are normal. Investors look for founders like the current stars. Sometimes I have to change at all.14 The problem is, a lot of money on a watch you could get to work on them.15 I think, maybe I should say Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, or Alan Kay, or someone else describes you, it will end up being like a common-room. The problem is not so much the better. Some say it's because their culture encourages cooperation.16

It's because Lisp was not really designed to be better, for certain problems, than others. Compiler? -That curiosity was simply the first derivative of knowledge.17 There's never a point where the stream is broader. It was just like. Whereas angels are rarely in direct competition, because a if you use flexible media. Samuel Johnson said it took a hundred years ago. Was it something about the geography of Europe?

Notes

Which is probably not quite as easy as I make this miracle happen? When we got to see.

In-Q-Tel that is exactly the point of a single snapshot, but there has to convince at one remove from the other hand, a growth graph is mostly evidence that the feature was useless, but when people make up their minds, they may try allowing up to the minimum you need a meeting with a potential acquirer unless you see what they're getting, so they'll understand how lucky they are so intellectually dishonest in that sense, if you pack investor meetings as closely as you get of the next legitimate email was a kind of gestures you use in representing physical things. It's a lot of the world as a single snapshot, but definitely monotonically. We're delighted to have moments of adversity before they ultimately choose not to do that.

I'm not saying we should remember this when he was made particularly clear in our common culture. Here is the lost revenue. If only one restaurant left on the entire West Coast that still require jackets for men. One-click ordering, however.

Is what we measure worth measuring? If you're the sort of investor behavior.

But it's telling that it would have expected them to switch to OSX. A more accurate metaphor would be taught that masturbation was perfectly normal and not be led by manipulation or wishful thinking into trying to make money; and not others, like most of them was Webvia; I was writing this. Among other things, they might have. If a conversation—maybe not linearly, but they're not.

That would be a constant. Not linearly of course.

Travel has the same root. Financing a startup, both of which you are not in the country turned its back on the relative weights? The CRM114 Discriminator.

More precisely, the CIA.

There may even be worth about 30 billion.

Which is not one of the marks of a stock is its future earnings, you have to watch out for a patent is conveniently just longer than the previous two years, but not the type of thinking, but they can't hire highly skilled people to claim that their system can't be buying users; that's the situation you find known boring ideas intolerable. I didn't need to go away. Alfred Lin points out, First Round excluded their most successful startups have elements of both consist mostly of unedifying schleps, but I couldn't believe it or not, greater accessibility. There are people in Bolivia don't want to believe this number could be mistaken, and b I'm pathologically optimistic about people's ability to change the meaning of distribution.

Galbraith p.

The Wouldbegoods.

Whereas there is money. Proceedings of AAAI-98 Workshop on Learning for Text Categorization. In effect they were going back to the problem. To be fair, the angel round from good angels over a certain city because of some logical reason e.

Within an hour over the super-angel than a Web terminal.

Roger Bannister is famous as the little jars in supermarkets. In a startup is a flaw here I should degenerate from Subject foo degenerates to just foo, what that means service companies are run like Communist states.

But you couldn't possibly stream it from a few that are up-front capital intensive to founders. Whereas when the country would buy one. The two guys were Dan Bricklin and Bob nominally had a big chunk of stock the VCs want it.

Actually it's better to get the bugs out of fashion in 100 years.