#remi x blyke

[maygistic]

angst

[godblesssmg]

Chapters: 2/5 Fandom: unOrdinary (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blyke/Remi (unOrdinary), Cecile/Isen (unOrdinary), Arlo & Elaine (unOrdinary), John Doe & Seraphina (unOrdinary) Characters: Blyke (unOrdinary), Remi (unOrdinary), Isen (unOrdinary), Cecile (unOrdinary), Elaine (unOrdinary), Arlo (unOrdinary), Seraphina (unOrdinary), John Doe (unOrdinary) Additional Tags: Wellston High (unOrdinary), Blyke x Remi, Isen x Cecile, unOrdinary but they all have a crush on each other, as it should tbh, Elaine likes Arlo, and everyone knows it, Cecile is a feminist icon, Remi likes someone and she thinks she's good at hiding it, spoiler: she's not, who knows what Seraphina is thinking? not me, they are all in love AND bored, Isen is annoying, Blyke is done, Arlo is even more done, John just exists, these kids haven't had fun since the trip to Rowden, why use your ability for useful things when you can just use it because yes, mentions of ovaries and testicles, no I'm not kidding I told you that the kids are BORED, King Blyke, Queen Remi, Jack Isen, johnny is no longer in his "i'm literally neurodivergent and a minor" era so he's not annoying here, look Arlo just wants to graduate, How NOT to flirt with a girl ft. Isen, Blemi, Blyke x Remi supremacy, Mentions of War, believe it or not this is not crack, Romance, Like Ron Weasley once said, All is fair in love and war... and this is a bit of both. Summary:

After an incident where Isen was almost left without the ability to have children, Wellston's top students came up with an idea: to participate in a competition together. The winners of the competition would be rewarded with a handsome prize, and the losers would be punished. The rules were simple: first, having any sort of contact with with the other team was strictly forbidden; and second, crushes were not allowed.

An unOrdinary fanfic about romance, war, and four boys and four girls that try to decide what's worse between being born with ovaries and being born with testicles.

[unordinary-diary]

I’ve discussed before the parallels between Blyke and John, but here I shall call attention to the way that the two of them are drawn.

Unfortunately I don’t appear to have any good pictures of Blyke OR John where Blyke isn’t getting beaten up, but I’m here to point out how similar they look. They wear the same uniform, of course, they have similar builds, the same haircut/style, and the same eye color.

Even later on in the series, when Uru-chan began to vary the facial features of the characters (namely eye shape), Blyke and John remained strikingly similar.

(There was also a point in time where Blyke’s hair was drawn more out to the sides, presumably to differentiate him from John post-hair gel, but it is not drawn that way anymore.)

I’d like to point out this panel:

This was taken from the season 2 part 1 recap.

It... really looks like john is beating up himself. Of course, we as the audience recognize that panel and we know that it’s Blyke, but the two of them could’ve been switched and it would look the same. I believe that this was an intentional choice; not all flashback panels have the same effects on them, and this particular effect happens to make Blyke’s hair look black. Also, with the panel that is chosen, Blyke’s face is not visible. Even if their faces did look significantly different, we wouldn’t be able to tell.

[beehiveofblorbos]

Wellston top 8 students as cards! And why I care too much about this

Seraphina: Queen of Clovers -> Ace of Spades

John: Joker

Arlo: King of Diamonds

Remi: Jack of Diamonds -> Queen of Hearts

Cecile: Jack of Spades

Blyke: Ten of Hearts -> Jack of Hearts -> King of Clovers

Isen: Seven of Clovers -> Jack of Clovers

Terrence: Eight of Diamonds

I used Clovers as the suit name instead of the traditional Clubs because clovers are associated with luck (even though these aren’t the four leaf ones), and the Class of Clovers (John/Sera/Blyke/Isen’s year, possibly also Terrence’s) was ridiculously and disproportionately overpowered.

First I want to address Cecile actually she’s weirdly the linchpin in all this. I made her the Jack because I do think she was the Jack that Remi dethroned (while Sera was still Queen), and I ended up choosing Spades for her as it’s the war-like suit that fits the order of Unordinary’s world, as well as her lack of hesitance to use her power to get the job done.

I ended up taking a lot of inspiration from the game of New Texis Hold ‘Em Sera plays with John and William early on. In it, the community cards are the Ten of Hearts, King of Diamonds, and Jack of Clovers. I wanted to make these match up with the Royals at the time.

Given that, it seemed obvious that Arlo would be the King of Diamonds; the untouchable king. Remi would fit neatly as the Jack of Clovers, which kind of fits the relative backseat she seems to have initially taken as the Queen early on. Nobody respects her authority, and the power transfer does seem to be recent. That was kind of a justification I used to say she’s not in her final form yet.

I gave Blyke then the Ten of Hearts, as he’s the third Royal but honestly really shouldn’t be anywhere near the Royals, even if he’s got the spirit of it.

The cards in Sera’s hand are the Queen and Ace of Spades. Seeing as she rose from the role of Queen to the Ace, and the Ace is the most powerful card in the game, I assigned her the Ace of Spades pretty much automatically. Plus she has Ace of Spades imagery, which I pointed out before. But I’d like to reserve the Queen of Spades, and instead make Sera start as the Queen of Clovers. Again, that’s her set in with the rest of the Class of Clovers. When Sera ascends to Ace of Spades, Remi becomes the Queen… and I think it’s not hard to agree that Remi is the Queen of Hearts

With most of Wellston’s Top Five covered, I just wanna check in on John; not much to say here as he’s the Joker, plain and simple. This also ties into that card game hehe

I’d rather do Terrence before Isen, so here goes: he pretty much just goes along with the hierarchy and isn’t driven by his own agenda, so he could be one of the counting cards. I picked Eight since that was the rank he died at. He doesn’t fall under any of the other suits easily, so I just picked Diamonds to isolate him.

I imagine Isen starting at Seven of Clovers, since he entered in that class and ended at that rank. He gets to ascend to Jack, just as he did in story, and he maintains his Clover class.

Meanwhile, Blyke is promoted to Jack of Hearts, since he spends a lot of his time as Jack basically being Remi’s lieutenant. He doesn’t actually get serious about the role until after X-Rei visits Brannish, and by that point his dethronement from Jack is already imminent. So directly from Jack of Hearts, he gets to rise to King of Clovers. He really was a King of the people, and we see that in how people respond to his ascension to the role. So he gets to take the King role in the Clovers suite, finally leaving Hearts as he’s found his own motivation beyond Remi’s.

[the-reincarnated-princess]

Tell us about your Isen x Evie brainrot

To fit the themes of UnOrdinary, it would make sense that, maybe not right away, but later on, there's one of the most powerful students ending in a relationship with a low tier. Remi and Blyke are together or will be, Sera and John is all but acted, and i dont see Arlo with anyone, and anyway i dont think he would get with a low tier even now that he's changed sides. (Or Arlo x Elaine if we really want to work with teased crushes, tho not on arlo's side again)

But Isen isnt teased with anyone yet, except to have a slight crush on Remi at the beginning, which isnt likely to happen now that she's with Blyke.

So Isen could end up with a lower level, it would fit the themes. Since he had a crush on remi, his type seems to be the assertive, confident girls, with a pinkish-shade of hair.

But he also almost died as a vigilante and he'd probably be happier with a girl who isnt running headfirst in situations.

Who is a low tier with dark pink hair and some confidence but also caution? Evie.

Now let's study the problem from Evie's point of view. She has multiple male friends (Terrence, Dylan, Roland...) none of which are teased with her. I dont think her female friends are teased with her either so let's pretend, for this thought experiment, she's into boys.

She's one of the smartest pupils in Wellston (word of god established it) and she's loyal to a fault (sticking with Sera when she's getting beaten up). But on top of that, she is brave enough to actually get into the whole Safe House establishment. She voted for John to be able to come on the trip, etc. Her character arc since the beginning, much more than that of similar characters (Dylan, Roland, Illena and the other low and mid tiers) has been to stop fearing the high-tiers.

Which is why, re: themes of how it's bad to isolate the tiers from each other, I think if there is a "mixed-tiers" couple at the end of the comics, she'll be one half of it.

And while his tracker ability makes him srtonger than the average, it's not an offensive ability on its own, so Isen is maybe the least threatening of the elite-and-more-tiers in school. So if Evie ends up having a crush on one of the top 10, I can imagine him to be the one she would actually dare to go to and ask out. He's the safest best even if no one that powerful is really safe.

Anyway she is a bit of the narrative mirror of Isen: both are the smartest person in their group (Isen can crack into restricted files and Evie is one of the smartest people in school); both have a more muted hair colour than one of the strongest people in school (desaturated yellow unlike the bright gold of Arlo; desaturated purple unlike the bright purple of Sera) and these muted colours, yellow and purple, are complimentary; both are the weakest person in their group and feel bad about not being able to protect people (Evie is 1.5 and one of the weakest students in school and wanted to learn how to protect herself via martial arts; Isen's ability is useless to fight and he constantly tried to get out of the whole vigilante/civil insurrection thing until pushed to make a stand).

On top of that, with Sera and the Safe House bridging the divide, Evie and Isen now have common friends and acquaintances. And Evie has started gravitating towards Blyke Remi and Isen with the field trip storyline etc.

If we leave the dominion of canon and themes, I just think they'd suit each other so well because I've decided so. The made up versions of them I have in my mind would go well together. Also can you imagine post-canon Isen and Evie, him a journalist, her a politician representing the low-tiers, or something, both still gravitating in the same circles as his elite-tiers friends and family but also bridging the gap with her low-tiers friends and family? Their dinner table being the place where people of all tiers have their place?

That being said, for now Isen's strongest relationships are friends (Blyke and Remi) and that suits me perfectly. I wouldn't mind either of them finishing the series singles, particularly if the series ends before they are out of high school.

[kaili-writer]

Coffee date

UnOrdinary Arlo x reader

gender neutral reader

Warnings

none

∿ ♡  🫖  ⋆  ࿔ ✳ ∿

Arlo

Hey Arlo! out for a date?

Arlo didn't know how he ended up in the cafe with y/n. Like, this was his first ever date. But he kept his cool while sipping on his coffee and listening to every word y/n says while making comments from time to time.

On the other hand, y/n was smoothing away chittering and chattering, excited the whole time.

Of course since y/n was pretty, many people were staring at them and Arlo shot all of them dirty looks.

"HEYYY ARLOOOO ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION????"

"Yes, yes I am paying attention you were saying that the project was harder than expected right? But luckily Seraphina was your partner" Arlo chuckled playfully.

"HEY! STOP YELLING SO LOUDLY" A familiar voice was heard.

Y/n turned around and saw Blyke, Isen and Remi sitting together.

"Ohhhh so you were the people talking about being souperheros and stuff. I wish ya'll luck~ I'm interested but don't wanna cause trouble. Maybeeee I can be your sidekick, well mainly Remi cause we are besties~ okok I'm joking, I'm joking" Y/n said as fast as they can.

"Arlo? I can barely understand this person, how can you even listen to them talk for an hour straight and understand EVERY SINGLE LETTER. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" Isen reasoned.

"I HAVE A NAME YOU KNO-"

"Well, I love them afterall, I would be a horrible partner if I can't understand what they're talking" Arlo cut y/n off.

"Awwww thank you love~" y/n cooed

"lovebirds" the three mumbled

"SHUT YOUR MOUTHS UPPPP"

[automaticdata]

Okay so my ankle is having issues which means I can't pace around when I'm doing fandom brainrot stuff so here I am typing out my brainrot instead.

One of the things about UnOrdinary that gets me is just how fragile the hierarchy system is, and how the authorities need to do some pretty shady stuff just to keep it alive. Like, I think it's taken for granted that "oh, authorities bad, of course they're doing shady shit," but like … if they didn't, the system would collapse all by itself, no need for the conflict in the story.

Let me explain.

(A note to those not familiar with UnOrdinary – it's a world where superpowers are common, and "cripple" is used to refer to those without superpowers. I'm not trying to be ableist, and I don't think the webcomic is, either, as the term is used to highlight the toxic way of thinking that exists in the world.)

One of the things that gets addressed in John's corruption arc is that the different tiers don't interact much with each other. Like, god tiers will interact with high tiers, high tiers will interact with god tiers and elite tiers, elite tiers will interact with high tiers and mid tiers, etc, but you don't usually get high tiers interacting with low tiers. The whole system is supposed to basically be a pyramidal structure, where god tiers police high tiers, high tiers police elite tiers, all the way down. We see this in the beginning, when everyone is so scandalized by Sera (a god-tier) being best friends with John (who the believe to be a cripple.)

We see this in how John is completely able to call out Remi on how lower tiers are abused and high tiers doing nothing about it. We see this in Remi being surprised to notice that John is right, that she wasn't noticing what was going on on the lower tiers despite trying to be conscientious about making sure everyone's behaving. We see this in how Elaine thinks that the reason Sera isn't acting "properly" is Sera's friendship with a lower tier. We see this in how low tiers shy away from X-Rei even though she just saved them, because they don't trust high tiers.

Even our heroes, even the ones who aren't John, have problematic behavior when it comes to interacting with lower tiers. While John is partially using other people's bad behavior as an excuse for his own, he's still right when he points out that Blyke shot laser beams at him for snapping at Remi, that Isen broke his wrist just because he could. You especially see this with Elaine; the first thing we know about her is that she degraded John for being a cripple, and in the beginning arc she's the one who sets things off by pointing out the taboo friendship of a god-tier and a "cripple" to Arlo. Arlo himself literally comes to the conclusion that John isn't a cripple or a low tier because John isn't afraid of him – and he's so invested in the hierarchy system at that point that he doesn't see a problem with that logic.

In later chapters, we find out that Jane's family disowned her because she married a cripple. By this point we've kind of been trained to think this is normal in the UnOrdinary world, what with people being so taken aback by Sera and John being friends, but like …. this is actually a pretty major indicator of how closed off the tier system is. Jane was disowned because she chose to start a family with someone of a much lower tier than her. Her family don't even seem to know she's missing, because they won't listen to her cripple husband when he comes to them to give them information. I actually doubt they even know John exists.

And we get more subtle hints during John's corruption arc that this isn't normal. All the high tier characters are taken aback by John's behavior, and multiple times they say "didn't his parents teach him about the responsibilities of a high tier?" No one even poses the possibility that he didn't have a high tier parent around to learn from – which is exactly what happened. John became super powerful super quickly. In normal circumstances, since abilities are genetic, they would have a parent who could step in and discipline them and teach them how to use their powers responsibly, but John doesn't have that. His cripple father is at a loss of what to do, his low tier friends can't do anything, and it's implied that he started to even surpass the staff members at his school. And his mom's family can't intervene because they disowned his mom and probably don't know he exists.

John's existence, by itself, breaks the hierarchy system. He's the child of a god tier and a cripple, and the system literally doesn't know what to do with him. I actually have a theory that the other "late bloomers" mentioned during John's "reeducation" courses were also children of high tiers + low tiers, which would explain why their abilities developed late, and makes the already dark "late bloomers like you are doomed to failure" even more horrific. Any product of a union that breaks the system is deemed a "failure," because no one wants to admit that the system itself is flawed.

Late bloomers also pose a huge problem to the system. They go through a period of time where people think that they're lower tier than they actually are, so they get treated like they're a low tier – and low tiers get treated horribly. Low tiers and cripples are at the bottom of a system that literally punches down, and they're told the abuse and negligence and everything else they suffer is because they aren't strong. Might makes right. Low tiers aren't taught about the noblesse oblige that high tiers are, because no one thinks they need it, so when they get abused for their tier status they think "this is just how things are supposed to be." So what happens when someone who lived in that situation suddenly becomes a high tier? Probably something similar to what happened with John. They've only seen the worst sides of high tiers, so they think that's how they can and should act.

A side note, but I think John's inability to listen to people is actually a product of his being considered a "cripple." It was a defense mechanism. When everyone was telling him he was weak, that he deserved to be beaten down, that that was his place, it allowed him to go, "no, I'm not listening to that, I know I deserve basic dignity." However, once he became powerful and it got to his head, what was once a defense mechanism became a major flaw. Now, instead of people telling him he's weak and deserves what he gets, what he's not listening to is all of his loved ones saying "John, please stop, you're scaring us."

It's also worth noting that William's attempts to teach his son the responsibilities of a high tier creates a huge disruption to society. All the man does is write a book to show John the possibilities of what someone could do with their power, and it's enough to make his book get banned, have students suspended for being caught reading it, for teenagers to get put on watch lists for having it in their possession. And it's not the responsibilities part that the authorities have a problem with, it's how the book encourages high tiers to protect and listen to low tiers. It disrupts the rigid system they put in place to stop the hierarchy from breaking down. It unintentionally causes high tiers to become vigilantes, because they realize that the system they live in doesn't allow them to protect lower tiers. One book, written by a cripple in an attempt to help his god tier son, is enough to make the authorities panic.

The relationship between Jane and William was also unique enough that the authorities were able to use it to exploit Jane. We get some major hints that the way Jane was "captured" and experimented on was through coercion, not force. Jane is too powerful for anyone to threaten directly, but they were able to manipulate her by threatening William and John. Because of that, the authorities were able to start using her blood to try and develop new ways of making their own agents stronger, which is part of what sets the more overarching plot elements in motion.

Once, I was told that all stories either are stories where someone leaves home or someone new arrives, but the fact is it's not the leaving or arrival that really defines stories – it's the disruption to the status quo. That's what Jane and William's relationship is. That's what John is, by merely existing. A god tier is not supposed to fall in love and marry a cripple. A god-tier isn't supposed to be raised by a cripple, or to be treated as a cripple growing up. They broke the status quo just by living their lives.

John, Jane, and William literally needed to expend little to no effort to become a major problem for the authorities. So what do the authorities do? They blackmail Jane, they torture John, they develop new ways to be powerful and use them against high tiers that try to break the system. Their system is so incredibly fragile that they feel like they must do it, because they can't maintain "order" by playing by the rules.

[sskk-ao3feed]

Masque of the Red Death

by Aria_A_King

When a once in a lifetime opportunity comes along, the main UnOrdinary crew (+Claire and Adrion) all are ecstatic to go. Who wouldn’t want to visit Yokohama, which had been closed off from the outside world for decades now? Arlo wouldn’t. In fact he seemed to be dreading the entire thing.

For a valid reason of course. However, not one of Arlo’s friends (which arguably aren’t friends at all) know why he’s acting strange. So much so that a few are concerned. After all, Arlo couldn’t hide that much from them, could he?

(UnOrdinary x Bungou Stray Dogs crossover)

Words: 4546, Chapters: 5/5, Language: English

Fandoms: unOrdinary (Webcomic), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Seraphina (unOrdinary), Arlo (unOrdinary), John Doe (unOrdinary), Yosano Akiko (Bungou Stray Dogs), Mori Ougai (Bungou Stray Dogs), William Doe (unOrdinary), Blyke (unOrdinary), Isen (unOrdinary), Elise (Bungou Stray Dogs), Yumeno Kyuusaku | Q (Bungou Stray Dogs), Remi (unOrdinary), Fukuzawa Yukichi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Edogawa Ranpo (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kunikida Doppo (Bungou Stray Dogs), Tanizaki Junichirou (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Gin, Tachihara Michizou (Bungou Stray Dogs), Jouno Saigiku (Bungou Stray Dogs), Suehiro Tecchou (Bungou Stray Dogs), Ookura Teruko (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kuyo (unOrdinary), Claire (unOrdinary), Adrion (unOrdinary), Rei (unOrdinary)

Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Arlo/John Doe (unOrdinary), Ozaki Kouyou/Yosano Akiko (Bungou Stray Dogs), Yosano Akiko & Seraphina, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu & Arlo

Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Crossover, Armed Detective Agency (Bungou Stray Dogs), Mori Ougai Being An Asshole (Bungou Stray Dogs), Trauma, Arlo Needs a Hug (unOrdinary), Everyone Needs A Hug, Nakahara Chuuya Is So Done (Bungou Stray Dogs), Everyone Is Gay, hi, How Do I Tag, No Smut, Port Mafia (Bungou Stray Dogs), we die like odasaku, Raaaaaa

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48262885

[transterrence]

theyre in love your honour

x x x - x x x - x x x

i made my own content bitch

[maygistic]

god please take all their suffering and give it to Farrah

[godblesssmg]

Chapters: 3/5 Fandom: unOrdinary (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blyke/Remi (unOrdinary), Cecile/Isen (unOrdinary), Arlo & Elaine (unOrdinary), John Doe & Seraphina (unOrdinary) Characters: Blyke (unOrdinary), Remi (unOrdinary), Isen (unOrdinary), Cecile (unOrdinary), Elaine (unOrdinary), Arlo (unOrdinary), Seraphina (unOrdinary), John Doe (unOrdinary) Additional Tags: Wellston High (unOrdinary), Blyke x Remi, Isen x Cecile, unOrdinary but they all have a crush on each other, as it should tbh, Elaine likes Arlo, and everyone knows it, Cecile is a feminist icon, Remi likes someone and she thinks she's good at hiding it, spoiler: she's not, who knows what Seraphina is thinking? not me, they are all in love AND bored, Isen is annoying, Blyke is done, Arlo is even more done, John just exists, these kids haven't had fun since the trip to Rowden, why use your ability for useful things when you can just use it because yes, mentions of ovaries and testicles, no I'm not kidding I told you that the kids are BORED, King Blyke, Queen Remi, Jack Isen, johnny is no longer in his "i'm literally neurodivergent and a minor" era so he's not annoying here, look Arlo just wants to graduate, How NOT to flirt with a girl ft. Isen, Blemi, Blyke x Remi supremacy, Mentions of War, believe it or not this is not crack, Romance, Like Ron Weasley once said, All is fair in love and war... and this is a bit of both. Summary:

After an incident where Isen was almost left without the ability to have children, Wellston's top students came up with an idea: to participate in a competition together. The winners of the competition would be rewarded with a handsome prize, and the losers would be punished. The rules were simple: first, having any sort of contact with with the other team was strictly forbidden; and second, crushes were not allowed.

An unOrdinary fanfic about romance, war, and four boys and four girls that try to decide what's worse between being born with ovaries and being born with testicles.

[unordinary-diary]

Blyke and John: Parallel Characters

I’ve written multiple entries about this,

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But I’m back to make a comprehensive analysis about the glaring similarities between these two. I’ll try not to repeat myself here.

‼️SPOILER WARNING for the whole series‼️ but this mostly focuses on the story before John’s suspension.

Firstly, this scene:

ch. 121

This conversation takes place near the beginning of the Joker arc. It’s after John targets Zeke, after he targets Juni, and the day before he goes after Seraphina’s kidnappers. The timing is important.

“If someone hit your best friend, would you let it slide?”

That question is supposed to remind us what John does to people who hurt Seraphina: hunting them down and sending them to the hospital. Blyke shooting a destructive beam really close to John was an example of a trait they share: they both blow up violently when people mistreat their friends.

John’s downward spiral carries strong themes of hypocrisy. He’s angry at the world, he’s angry at himself, and as a coping mechanism, he chooses to believe that everyone else is as bad as he is. That means that most of the traits he hates others for are the same things he hates about himself. In this scene, Blyke is unintentionally calling out this hypocrisy: “What I did is no different from what you do”.

But Blyke’s just trying to connect with John here, he has no idea what John’s been doing. And John, of course, doesn’t give a shit about what Blyke has to say. This line was here for the audience to notice.

They’re both so similar, but their similarity immediately causes tension between them because, well, John was on the wrong end of Blyke’s protectiveness.

I really love the way this was written— there are so many flashbacks to this scene, but they remember it differently. John remembers the part that hurt him— he’d describe it as “the time that jackass shot a beam at me”. Blyke remembers the part that hurt him, or rather, hurt Remi: “the time that jackass hit Remi for no reason”.

Blyke and John are both hotheaded characters with strong ideals. They’re similar enough that Seraphina points it out:

(ch. 80)

As Blyke grows as a character, he becomes more like John: sticking up for low tiers and speaking out against the injustice in the world. But while Blyke is doing that more, John is going in the opposite direction, until they are fully opposed to each other.

Speaking of Blyke’s character arc, it took me a few rereads to actually understand what part of him changed. His kindness, selflessness, bravery— all of those things were there from the start. Blyke’s character arc was about becoming more aware of his surroundings, and how his carelessness can harm others. Blyke was never malicious, but after X-Rei and integrating more with the school, he becomes aware of people suffering around him and how he unintentionally contributes to it. He becomes less reckless, privy to the flaws in the system he grew up not questioning, and uses his power more responsibly. He even comes up with a more controlled way to wield his ability. The part of Blyke that changes is his maturity.

Part of John’s character arc is also about being careful. It’s not as close of a parallel as other things are, but one of the things that John works on during his redemption arc is holding back. Both of them learn self-control throughout the series, and for John, that means acting early before his emotions spiral out of hand.

Adding onto my first point about the two of them wanting to protect their friends— the fact that they can’t do that makes them both angry and desperate. For most of the story, the “block” that prevents John from protecting Seraphina is in his head. It’s his own trauma that holds him back. The block that prevents Blyke from protecting his friends is, guess what? Also John’s trauma! Parallels abound.

Another thing I noticed in Episode 80 is this:

Notice that when Seraphina says “I’d take that over strength any day,” John is looking at the camera. He’s avoiding Sera’s gaze. Seraphina is saying she prefers honesty over strength. John is very strong, and very dishonest, but Seraphina thinks the opposite because John is so dishonest. John appears to be reflecting on this disconnect.

In relation to this analysis, Seraphina is actually pointing out a major difference between Blyke and John. Beyond that, she’s praising Blyke’s traits, (less strong but very open) above John’s traits, (strong as fuck but a liar with his pants on fire). Furthermore, John really cares what Seraphina thinks of him. Knowing that she would think less of him is the main reason why he spent so much time and effort preventing her from catching his lies.

This leads into my main point here: Blyke is the “goody-two-shoes” version of John. Or, more accurately, the person that John wants to be. Blyke has a clean track record and doesn’t really get into trouble. He is respected and left alone by the school without being hated and feared, he de-escalates conflicts without taking things too far, he doesn’t lose control, he’s someone Seraphina thinks highly of, hell, even his grades are better! Blyke represents everything that John wants to be, and the person that he could have been if he’d gone down a different path.

But, crucially, John is also what Blyke wants to be. Well, not wholly, but his ability? His strength? It’s one of the things John hates about himself, but Blyke wants that strength so desperately that he risks his life for it over and over again.

They’re both desperate to be like each other, even when they hate each other the most. Neither of them have any idea how alike they already are.

I don’t know what Season 3 holds in store for us, but I do hope that John realizes that Blyke embodies who he wants to be, because mutual jealousy would be a very interesting dynamic to explore in my opinion. I also hope that it ends up being something they can bond over, by helping each other accomplish their personal goals. (Blyke being another helper in John’s character arc, and John helping Blyke train.)

A side note: John beat up Blyke four separate times. That’s more than any other character, which is interesting because John’s main rival is supposed to be Arlo. For reference, John has beaten Arlo twice, three times if you count the time when Seraphina intervened, and he only beat him unconscious once. But John beat Blyke to the point of passing out all four times, the worst of which being a shot clean through his chest. (shoulder? Unclear. S1 finale).

It’s odd, isn’t it? Out of everyone, Blyke is the one who John physically hurt the most. John’s only grudge against him is an old memory from episode 33, of an event that didn’t actually harm him. John’s grudge against Arlo is much more serious and again— that’s his main rival. So why is it that he’s so much more violent towards Blyke?

The problem here is that I’ve been thinking about these fights as “John picking on Blyke”. And that’s… kind of true? But while Blyke didn’t start any of these fights, they were all consensual in a way. He didn’t seek to fight John, nor was he ever happy about fighting John, but he was always a willing participant.

(138, 153, 206, & 211)

In three out of these four fights, John didn’t even expect to be fighting Blyke going into it. This is significant because while Arlo is John’s main rival, John absolutely fills that role for Blyke. Blyke’s own agency is what leads to most of these events. The reason, narratively speaking, why they fight so much is not for John’s character, but for Blyke.

For John, his reason for fighting Blyke so much is not narrative but moreso symbolic. John is angry at everyone and everything, but ultimately the person he hates the most is himself. It’s only fitting that the character most like him would bear the brunt of his wrath.

As John is having his positive character arc (suspension and post-suspension), he is becoming more like Blyke, and the two of them reach a point where they’re even more similar than they were at the start of the series.

In the Rowden amusement park, John does start to realize how similar they are:

(249)

Additionally, I want to draw your attention to the parallels between this scene:

Blyke and John’s argument in chapter 249

(which the image limit won’t let me add, scroll until you see red hair.)

And this scene:

Argument in ch. 121 (it’s at the beginning)

Two sides of the same coin.

Furthermore, in the S2 finale, Blyke is shown being taken to Keon. There is an implication that by Season 3, Blyke and John will share Keon-related trauma as well. Despite my pessimistic predictions, I do hope that this is a similarity that can bring them together rather than tear them apart.

[uno-writing]

HELLLOOOOO😍😍😍😍😍

So I was on tik tok because its my favourite way to procrastinate and I saw this marvel react thingy (i have a lot of those cause some of my mutuals do them so sndjsnjsnsjs) anyways🤩🤩🤩🤩

How would the main cast react to your ex ✨slapping✨ you😏😏😏😏

And am i like the only anon that likes requesting drama😭😭😭

Pardon me if I'm wrong but i havent seen any other anons requesting drama ( i was the one requesting all the arlo x yn - elaine drama lmaooo) 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

-Candy Anon🍭🍬🍫

HEY HEY🥰😘

Omfg I love those. Some of them are so good awefdapihlk

Lmao you and the anon that likes toxic Y/N ig-🍿🥤🍭🍬🍫🧋🥨🥬🍦🍧🧊🐇🍩🥖📦🌻🥀🥒🧃🍰🌮

*also i completely believe each of these darlings would throw down without hesitation so sorry if these are similar-*

Seraphina:

*Would probably kick their ass before they even made contact

*As soon as she sees them raise their hand towards you she'd be on it

*If they do manage to hit you tho, it'd probs be the angriest you've ever seen her

*She's still probs keep herself under control for the most part, but she does make sure that she makes it clear she won't tolerate you being hurt

John:

*Is your ex an idiot with a death wish? Bc I think they might be

*Either that or they somehow don't know that John's mentally unstable, crazy protective and quite ruthless

*Your ex is getting their ass just absolutely handed to them

*Yk what? John also might not go into a panic attack over kicking their ass

Arlo:

*Again, is your ex an idiot with a death wish?

*Like they ballsy as hell to slap you when your 6'3 body guard is close by

*Arlo might even break out the Pre-Arc! way of dealing with things

*Such special treatment, just for your ex :3

Remi:

*Darling lady

*Would probs try to handle it without violence

*But if someone needs an ass kicking, they need an ass kicking

*And even Remi has her limits

Blyke:

*Immediately chews out your ex

*If your ex continues to act all big an bad then it might escalate

*Dont worry Blyke's got it handled tho

*Would probs try to cheer you up afterwards or let you talk things over if you wanted

Isen:

*Badass Isen badass isen badass isen-

*He's a big dork but he's still not tolerant when it comes to people he cares about

*Would probs hit them back and then try to handle the situation verbally but he can still take care of it if things escalate more

*Shit talks so much afterwards and has you make fun of your ex with him (if youre comfy with it, of course)

[nyx-system]

LGBT Unordinary Headcanons

John is demi

Arlo is grey aroace bi with a preference towards women

Omni enby isen

Bisexual blyke

Cecile is definitely an aro lesbian

Pan remi

Ace Ace (seraphina lol)

Demigirl demi aro ace Elaine

Adrian is straight

Claire is Bi

[zirian]

blemisen (blyke/remi/isen) except all three of them are absolutely scared shitless TERRIFIED of spiders. so when they all start living together, whenever they see one they all scramble to hide in the closet and they call either Rei or Arlo to come get it

[plasticbaggo-moved]

UnOrdinary x BNHA: Prologue

I’ll post more pages soon, stay tuned 💕

chapter 1