#saw some old tags I left on the original video

[theflyingkipper]

proteus dude we’ve been looking for you everywhere!!

[yauchfilms]

so american ✢ max verstappen

pairing: max verstappen x singer!reader

warnings: none; just some silly shit, some swearing, google translate dutch

summary: y/n is teasing way too many things at once…..can the fans keep up? 

author's note: this is NOT an original concept i am aware of this. but this hasn’t left my brain in days. i’ve got a very specific vision so let me cook. i know i haven't posted on here in over a year but i've returned an f1 fan. enjoy!

yourname added to their story! 

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yourname: i think i'm in love with montreal. sorry i’ve been so off the grid but i am Loving Life so hard. so much inspo in my life rn. will talk soon i promise. love u all bunches 🫶🏼🌷

ynsbestfriend: hey queen you have done it again!

-> yourname: ugh i love you so bad

user1: UM BAE WHOS THAT IN THE LAST SLIDE?

-> yourname: beats me! 

-> user1: i do not trust you. 

lilymhe: hiiiii pretty girl

-> yourname: stop im blushinggggg

user2: i fear she’s in her lover girl era 

-> user3: girl help im so fucking scared right now what’s happening

user4: so does any of this have to do with your story from yesterday??????

*liked by yourname.*

maxverstappen1 added to their story! 

yourname added to their story! 

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yourname: life's been a beach lately. clearly i've been loathing my time in spain ://///

user5: IS THAT MAX

-> user6: no bc it HAS to be

heidiberger_: Loved spending the week with you! 🤍

-> yourname: same!!!!!! let's do it again sometime 🥰

-> user6: NOT DANNY RIC'S GF COMMENTING?????? AND LILY MUNI HE ON HER LAST POST???????

user6: no bc even if her and max were dating and she's been traveling with him why have we not seen her in the paddock

-> user7: to throw us off our rhythm????

-> user8: what if they debut at his home race in spa ijbol

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tagged: maxverstappen1, redbullracing, and ynsbestfriend

yourname: hahaha felt like dropping 2 things at once on u guys LOLLLLLLLL. thank u to redbullracing, spagrandprix, and the city of spa for letting me and my friends crash the race the other week to film the “so american” music video, and to maxie for winning in ur home country. it was so fucking special to be there supporting u. i love u baby!

ps. another thank u to max for thinking i'm the funniest person in the world and making fun of my americanness for as long as i've known him (which is quite a while).

enjoy this tune guys. it's urs forever and i hope u love it as much as i love the person it's about 🫶🏼 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 TU DU DU DU!!!!!

user9: OH NMY GOD I FUCKING KNEW I SAW U IN THE GARAGE

ynsbestfriend: thanks for letting me third wheel mommy

-> yourname: no one else i'd rather drag along!!!

danielricciardo: Welcome to the family! Song's a banger although I can't believe it's actually about Max of all people 🤢 GROSS!!

-> yourname: jealousy is a disease danny.

user10: i actually cannot fathom this this is so me core

alexandramalsaintmleux: I am so glad to know you! Your happiness is everything 🩷

liked by sabrinacarpenter, carlossainz55, and 4,783,522 others. 

tagged: yourname and ynsfriend

maxverstappen1: Spent a week away in New England with my talented, gorgeous girl. Loved getting away and experiencing America through her eyes! Consider me an honorary American now! Also, stream “So American” wherever you choose. It's about me 😉 

yourname: does this mean i can stop hiding in the garage now???

landonorris: Happy for you mate! Love the song as well yourname 🤍

-> yourname: awe thank u lando 🥺 i got more to show u when i see u next!!!!!!

redbullracing: ❤️💙

user11: MAX IS IN HIS LOVER BOY ERA

danielricciardo: How many more times can you say American?

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tagged: maxverstappen1

yourname: nothing like celebrating the best 2 weeks of my life than showing my boy around ye olde stomping grounds #soamerican

liamlawson30: This is so American of him

-> yourname: like he fits in so well!

lydianight: u'll have him in the american flag board shorts in no time

-> yourname: baby steps :///

user11: she really is in her lover girl era 🥺

clairo: did you take him to the chipotle that is also a historic landmark downtown??

-> yourname: dude of COURSE i did. he said it was "interesting"

yourname added to their story! 

[breadclubrising]

new feelings about old gear!

So remember Kenny Omega's 'I Still Love You' gear? It looked like this.

The L-I in "Elite" is a BULLET, okay?

He debuted it during G1 Climax 27, for his block match with Kazuchika Okada—the first time he finally beat Okada. He also wore it the following night in the G1 final against Tetsuya Naito.

G1 Climax 27 also marked Kota Ibushi's return to NJPW after about 2 years away. Kenny was wearing the above gear when he had a tense reunion with Ibushi, his former tag partner, backstage following the final.

Awkward, bc this gear is a love letter to Ibushi. It's based on Ibushi's overall aesthetic (and also a throwback to Kenny's Golden-Lovers-era gear), but mostly this specific gear.

The original and only King Kota.

If you don't recognize this Ibushi gear, it's because he wore it only about 5 or 6 times before he had to leave to deal with his neck injury at the end of 2015. It would have been the last gear NJPW fans saw him in before he left. (I'm not sure it has any other significance than that, although I wouldn't be surprised if it did.)

What I did not realize until yesterday, when I was looking through some videos of that G1, was that Ibushi actually wore these kick pads a couple of times during G1 Climax 27.

Not even the full gear, just the knee and kick pads...

In the time away from NJPW, he'd wrestled in WWE pretty extensively, and as a freelancer in DDT and a few other Japanese promotions. For all of that, he wore variations on the booty shorts above, that all had corresponding pads with a cool rising-phoenix design on them. Except for a couple of random nights during the G1, when he substituted these retro pads from his old gear. To my memory, he hasn't worn them since.

Anyway it's just a small detail I only noticed in hindsight; in case Kenny's gear was too subtle somehow, Ibushi made sure we'd have seen this gear recently enough to get the reference :')

[lucienne-thee-librarian]

BARBIE/WANDA

when I started shipping it if I did: At least the last couple years. I've been simmering on this AWHILE on and off in the back of my mind.

my thoughts: I am so very normal about them:) no really, the image of Barbie as a princess and Wanda as the lady knight, going into danger and facing her fears to save her, trying to look out for her well-being and draw her out of herself - but she does it in a way that doesn't feel like a therapist, it feels like the gentle badgering and not-really-bullying of a friend, is everything to me. I love both of these characters so much and they just *work* as a unit.

What makes me happy about them: How much their relationship would be built on a foundation of genuine friendship and trust. Like, Wanda is snarky and teases Barbie as much as anybody but she also is so caring and gentle with her when she's crying over Martin Tenbones, she immediately drops everything to rush to help her even though she's shaken up herself. And Barbie travels to another state using what little money she has to do one last thing for Wanda even though she's legally not allowed to do anything to help her. They feel like peak friends to lovers to me.

What makes me sad about them: the entire original ending to Game of You. And also that there's again, SO LITTLE CONTENT OF THEM ALMOST NONE. What is it with me and the rarepairs...

things done in fanfic that annoys me: People, give me the fanfic first and then, MAYBE, we can talk. I am starving, do you hear me? There is NOTHING on AO3 and they barely even have their own tag here. I've only ever seen one other person yet besides us even talk about this as a pairing on this hellsite. Period.

things I look for in fanfic: ANYTHING. GOD ANYTHING okay. I would love to see some au fluff but also I want some exploration of the aftermath of their canon adventures and the scars it left them with and what it taught them. But honestly most of all? I want to see Barbie and Wanda still recovering and Wanda's aunt shows up because she saw the building collapse on the news, and she's all concern - but she also calls Wanda her nephew when talking to Barbie, more than once. And Barbie for once is the one to correct her. And when it keeps happening, Barbie is the one to get defensive and protective. Because Wanda usually stands up for herself but her aunt is the last family member who hasn't disowned her, and so she'll put up with more from her, to a point in the hopes that she'll come around and the desire not to lose her. But Barbie can safely defend her without that fear.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I don't have any other ships I think?

My happily ever after for them: they both live and they ride off into the sunset together, like the ending of the Telephone music video.

who is the big spoon/little spoon: Wanda is the little spoon. She didn't expect this because she's the taller one, but Barbie tends to sprawl in her sleep when she's alone unlike Wanda who likes the fetal position. When she's in bed with someone however Barbie migrates to the heat source and clings. The first night Wanda ended up with Barbie wrapped around her back, warm and soft in one of Wanda's old shirts as pajamas, clutching her around the waist and snoring softly in her ear, Wanda decided this was her favorite way to go to sleep and could never go back. Also Wanda still has nightmares of being suffocated, in the dark, alone, after the building collapse, of a room with blood and a flayed corpse but they tend to come less often when someone's there. And Barbie can usually wake up and tell when Wanda starts whimpering and twitching in her sleep, so she can nudge Wanda out of the nightmare. Wanda isn't used to being the one who's held but maybe now she could be. For her part, Barbie has discovered she likes protecting people. She likes the feeling of being useful, of holding on fiercely and actually fighting for what she wants, for the people she cares for. It's something she had to get used to but a true princess must learn these things. To hold and to comfort the woman she loves, to hold fear and cold at bay...Barbie feels like a knight in shining armor and a princess at the same time. It's a feeling she likes. Also it's the least she can do after all the ways Wanda looks out for her.

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: Watching horror movies, Hallmark and Real Housewives together.

[analusilvas]

𝐀𝐍𝐀-𝐋𝐔𝐈𝐙𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐃𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐀 ⁑ original character created for nightrestrp penned by moon!

[ isis valverde, cis woman, she/her ] - was that ana-luiza severo da silva i saw by the lighthouse today? i heard that the thirty-one year old who has been in nightrest for two months and works  as a travel agent has a reputation of being curious, but also unpredictable. they reside in ashmore & people in town usually associate them with overfilled passports, collections of stashed away photos, forgotten dreams. let’s hope the killer doesn’t go after them next.

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒 …

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄:  ana-luiza severo da silva

𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄(𝐒):  analu; lizi

𝐀𝐆𝐄:  thirty-one years old

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑:  cis woman

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒:  she/her

𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:  bisexual

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘…

she was born in nightrest to a big family, two girls and two boys made for a lively and very loud household. they were happy, healthy and that’s what mattered the most. the siblings were close and spend a good portion of their time together even when they had the choice of being with somebody else.

when analu was fourteen the dynamic in the family shifted. her parents weren’t getting along and it was obvious to the kids. what shattered their hearts though was the moment they announced their divorce and their mother’s decision to move back to brazil. her siblings didn’t want to leave their father, and although analu didn’t want to see her family fall apart she chose their mother and went with her.

junior year of high school analu came back to nightrest. her siblings had grown colder to her, their father tried everything to fix what was broken, but it was impossible.

the second ana-luiza graduated high school she left nightrest for college, but her plans changed and instead received opportunity to travel.

through the years she came back to nightrest several times, making it her permanent residence two months ago when word came her father was sick and someone had to look after him.

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒…

somehow analu scored the jackpot when she uploaded a video to youtube and it received quite a bit of traction. that’s when she left college and turned her attention to full time travel vlogging.

about two years ago she uploaded her last video on youtube, focusing more on her instagram, but she doesn’t do any vlogging these days.

to earn her own keep analu started working as a travel agent when she came back two months ago.

𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐒…

i’d be more than happy if anyone decides on a silva sibling! there’s her baby sister, analu and her two older brothers.

throw me some angst with a relationship from town, or honestly anywhere because she travelled a lot, that completely failed, because she’s very unpredictable sometimes, and especially when she was vlogging, she didn’t stick to one place too long.

also friendships that could of gone cold for the same reason!

one night stands, fwb, exes good and bad terms.

maybe an old relationship with rekindling feelings, who knows?

give me everything

best friend/ride or die

maybe your muse tagged to one of her adventures!

[icecoffee90]

Top 9 Shows

Thank you for tagging me, @jerzwriter!

Okay, this list was so hard to narrow down and I'm sure I still forgot some, lol.. I was addicted to TV shows at one point (it all started with House and Heroes in about 2008 and lasted for years), I've barely watched anything in the past couple of years, though. Alright, let's get to it! I'll TRY to keep this short..

1. Will & Grace: Smart humor, top-notch physical comedy, amazing cast.. Is it perfect? No. No show is. I once saw a video in which Megan Mullally said something along the lines of "our worst episode is still funnier than the best episode of other comedy shows", which I respectfully disagree with, but it's definitely high quality entertainment! The reboot (or the last 3 seasons, whichever you prefer) admittedly wasn't that enjoyable, but the original finale sucked, so at least the characters got the ending they deserved!

2. Pushing Daisies: I love procedurals and I love shows with a supernatural aspect, so a combination of the two is an absolute win! This show deserved much more than just two seasons! I should rewatch it for a third time soon..

3. Sherlock: What can I say? I got hooked immediately with "A Study In Pink", I rewatched it at least 4 times while waiting for episode 2 to air in my country.. Welp, I couldn't wait, I binged the next 2 eps the next day, lol. To this day "The Reichenbach Fall" remains the best episode of any show I've ever seen and that's the reason why, despite the abomination the final season was, Sherlock made my top 3.

4. The Last of Us: Do I even need to say anything?! I doubt there is anyone who missed everyone and their mom singing the show's praises after each episode, lol. Episodes 5, 6 and 8 were pure television gold! The only reason I didn't put the show higher on my list is that we've only seen one season so far and it's still not clear in which direction season 2 is gonna go.. 🤷‍♀️

5. Only Murders in the Building: Another show that got me hooked with the series premiere already! Of course, the main reason I started watching it was the main trio of actors, but the show is about so much more. I love getting to know the character's backstories as we're trying to uncover the killer.

6. Schitt's Creek: Okay, what can I say about this show? Like with Will & Grace, the first season may not have been "all that" (just my opinion), but from season 2 onward it became a comedy gold! The characters quickly grow on you and make you care about all their highs and lows.. And Moira f**king Rose is hands down one of the best characters on TV ever!

First, a little fun fact nobody asked for: I've finally gotten around to watching this show when covid started and my timing couldn't have been worse - I binged the entire thing within a week, I had one episode left the day the penultimate episode aired and then I had to wait a whole week for the finale! 😩😂

7. Person of Interest: A great procedural with an interesting "twist" (for a lack of better word).. But again, aside from the 'cases', you care about the characters as well. I remember there were at least 2 eps which made me cry.

8. Young Royals: Am I a little too old to be enjoying this show this much? Maybe. Do I care? Hell no! But I'd argue that rather than a teen show, it's a show about teenagers. I originally had no intention to watch this show, but I read a fan review which was very positive, so I figured that I might as well give it a shot and if nothing else, I'd at least pick up some Swedish (Boy, was I naive, lol! The opening scene already showed me that I'll be lucky if I learn 2 words.. 😅). Ahem, sorry, to the point - all I know is that no other recent show had me looking up release Dates and actually worrying that there won't be another season. The show just sucks you in. And it is about so much more than the main romance arc! But apparently I'm partial to the "idiots in love" trope, lol.

9. White Collar: Did I mention that I love procedural dramas? Lol. The main reason I started watching this show was that I fell in love with Matt Bomer's character on Chuck and I simply wanted to see more of the actor. Little did I know how much I'd be enjoying it, even though I didn't agree with each and every of Neal's decisions. Although, if I remember correctly, it was also starting to run out of steam toward the end. I know everyone was hoping for a reboot, but now I'm not sure it would be the same without Mozzie.. 😔

Honorable mentions: Chuck, Monk, Abbott Elementary, The Good Wife..

I'm sure I'm still forgetting many others but this is probably enough.. 😅

They may have already been tagged, but I'd like to see what shows are on @dr-colossal-pita's list (feel free to ignore!)

[adelle-ein]

hi! i cant believe i saw ur post about my tags! (no worries about @ing or not @ing me.) and ur SO RIGHT about the quality being too high for 2013… (id also love an aesthetic writeup)

it really was just a surprise because the number of gif creators has been drastically reduced since this post type has been dying out on all other platforms. for me it gave me the similar vibe of recent dvd movies being redesigned for vhs covers (tho not quite that old). it was super charming!

and i hope i didnt imply that your gif work was bad or outdated! i think the colors are quite fitting and the quality speaks for itself.

im quite new to the fe3h and ferdibert scene, so im having a great time trawling tumblr for all the great posts ive missed since 2019. i was quite happy to see this particular gif post because it felt like such a classic tumblr staple, like all ships need (at least) one dedicated set of gifs/edits, and this was the one i needed 🥰

thanks again, for both your original post AND reply!

Hi! I'm glad there's no worries there, I went back and forth for a bit and I didn't want it to feel like a callout post because. it was very much not! I just wanted to talk about gif stuff a little bit

and I definitely don't feel bad about your comments or anything! At first I was surprised but when I went and looked at the gifset I definitely agreed with you (despite nitpicks about the time period heh.) It did make me think about how, in general, I don't think tumblr gif-making trends have continued changing as much since the mid-2010s, and if they have I stopped really keeping up with them. I think some of that is probably just me, esp due to my never buying Photoshop CC (i remember looking at others' methods in maybe 2016ish and seeing that I just didn't have the tools others did anymore. my old CS6 is still chugging along…) but also due to the site becoming less popular over time and there being less interest and fewer people getting into gif-making. Like you said it's a bit of a dying medium, and it's never really been a popular post type on other platforms, so if not for tumblr who would people be making gifsets for?

Lol I definitely feel you about that style of post being an older ship staple though! It used to be such a common thing that every fandom had (albiet less for video games bc that's often harder - I do not honestly remember really making that series of 3h ship gifs but that was definitely dedication to the cause at the time, there was so little media to work with). Now a bit of a dying art alas (including from me since I don't really make many gifs at all anymore….learning to draw instead for a number of reasons)

Anyway yes that was a fun rabbit hole to go down! Genuinely I would love to read a Tumblr gif/graphic aesthetic writeup - putting framerates aside I don't think people really use textures that much anymore for example unless they need a background, and sharpening has definitely been toned down. And fewer song quotes. And filters still lean more pastel than the really saturated stuff in the early 2010s. But I don't really have the time atm to do some kind of deep dive myself…it would be really neat though!

(Also just in general as someone who never left, seeing the site come back to life a little bit as the twitter BS kicked off has been fun…idk if it will last but i'm enjoying it while it does!)

[murdereraisuha]

Chapter 6 part 2 part 2 (?) liveblog and partial translation (2/2)

Link to previous post Warning for spoilers and for possible inaccuracies due to my imperfect Japanese ability. “Partial translation” in the title since I did attempt to translate a few key moments in the story. Let’s go.

Alright so here is the exact moment where we left off. Idia has just informed them that STYX has been putting Phantoms in Tartarus since the Age of Gods, so,

Leona: Since the “Age of Gods”? Well then, on the contrary, 10 thousand Phantoms actually seems like a small number.

Idia reveals that the number is that small since Phantoms die/disappear as time passes. Ortho follows up with the info that Phantoms are divided into 12 groups based on their level of danger. Class A phantoms are quite dangerous, but again, no need to worry since the “Cerberos System” Idia made 6 years ago will protect them. The name of the system was taken directly from the guard dog of legend that lived in “the land of the dead”. Idia stops Ortho from continuing to praise the Cerberos System and tries to leave, but the overblot gang stops him in turn and demands stuff to use to help them kill time until the test is over.

Ortho: In the case that these people have to pass 3 hours in the same room together, the probability of a fight occurring is over 87%.

The solution to this that Ortho suggets: Games! :D

The first suggestion of the board game “Magical Life Game” gets shot down by Idia since they’d probably start fighting over it, so next Ortho suggests a non competitive computer game. awwwww I love Ortho just being like “bro you are going to play fun games with your schoolmates and make friends if it’s the last thing I do :)”

Idia doesn’t think they’d have interest in games, but the overblot gang shoots that down, except for Riddle. His mom thinks that games have a negative influence on academics, and he thinks the same. Cue Idia ranting and condescending to Riddle at max speed. Man how the hell does he talk that fast? lmao I love the screen slowly zooming in on Idia.

Anyway, Riddle agrees to game to prove Idia wrong. Ortho sets him up with an old game called “The Legend of Hades” or “The Legend of the Underworld” (冥界伝説).

Ortho: The player is the “ferryman” who transports souls to the land of the dead,

Ortho: and they must retrieve the souls scattered around the stage while heading towards the goal.

Ortho: This game is called the origin of side-scrollers.

Oh my god the player actually gets to play it, nice. Once that’s done, we get to see Ortho and Idia backseating Riddle as he plays. After Riddle game overs, Azul comments that “there’s things Riddle is bad at too,” so Riddle makes Azul have a go at it as well. Though this is Azul’s first time playing this specific game, Floyd has a bunch of video games so Azul has some gaming experience and he successfully clears stage 1 with no misses. (Please tell me that detail about Floyd will spawn a bunch of cute fanart of Octavinelle playing video games together please hgnhgnhgh)

Riddle then asks Ortho to put the game on the small monitor in the room so he can practice there and get better at the game. While Riddle and Azul are getting into it, the other remaining 3 overblot boys aren’t. Leona is annoyed at the noise, so of course the logical response from Ortho is to... recommend a different game to him, “Hydra’s Counterattack”.

This one is a party game that later also got released as a mobile game.

Leona is no match against Ortho’s enthusiasm and gets dragged into playing what’s basically whack-a-mole. He gets a pretty high score, and once he’s done, he asks why Ortho recommended this game to him.

Ortho: There’s a lot of videos of cats getting absorbed in “Hydra’s Counterattack” and pawing at it.

Ortho: Cat lovers uploaded a lot of videos of their cats pawing at their monitors with the tag #CatVSHydra.

Ortho: After that, researchers who saw the videos

Ortho: did experiments like, “Will lions also get absorbed in ‘Hydra’s Counterattack’”?

Ortho: The researchers confirmed that both lions and cats had an interest in the hydras that popped out,

Ortho: and they spent a long time pawing at the screen.

The exact wording of this translation is probably inaccurate, but yep.

RIP Leona’s dignity.

After that little conversation is over, Jamil suggests that Vil try playing something. Vil agrees, so Ortho recommends “Star Rogue ~The Path to Heroism~”

Idia does an impassioned summary of the story. Honestly, I don’t really care about it so I’m not gonna translate it, it just had something to do with Gaia and Chronos. After Idia is just met with blank stares and gets embarrassed, he finally just tells them that it’s a shooting game. Vil gets the controller, but before he starts playing,

Idia & Ortho: “Aim for faraway glory, and run towards it like a meteor!”

omg that’s so cute hgfdghghgfh

Man this is so chill. I really took my break at the exact moment it transitioned from sad lore dump to fluff huh.

Vil does good at the game. The story reminds him of a movie he saw with his father, and Ortho confirms that that movie was based on the game. OHHH I just realized, isn’t this the game that was mentioned in the star gazers event? Nice callback. Idia and Ortho are sad about the game not getting a sequel, then,

Vil: If you like it that much, then why don’t you make a sequel?

Idia: Huh?

Leona: That’s right. If you have the wealth of the Shroud family, you can pay the creators and have them gather up again.

Idia: H, Huh~~~~~!? You don’t understand! You guys don’t understand at all!

Idia: I want the creators to make a sequel to that game “Star Rogue’ that was created with passion,

Idia: with emotions like “This is definitely interesting!” and “Let’s make sure the player has fun!”

Idia: A game made reluctantly because they were drawn in by an incentive has no value.

But Vil then clarifies that that’s not what he meant. Instead of gathering the original creators to make a sequel, he suggests that Idia himself make it. Even if Idia’s alone and the chances he can make the game are low, by giving up before he’s even started the chance of success is 0%.

Vil: The protagonist of “Star Rogue” started from zero and ended up as a hero. Aren’t I right?

Alright Vil really dealing out some actually good, motivational advice here. I’m guessing this is a part of how the chapter will include the “previous overblotter helps with the next one” trend?

We follow with a cute excited Ortho encouraging Idia that he can do it. Such a heartwarming scene, of course Riddle has to butt in all of a sudden to announce that he beat the last stage of ”The Legend of the Underworld” hgsflsdfDSGHSDJKGSJD HIM AND AZUL HAVE JUST BEEN PLAYING THAT ON THEIR OWN THIS WHOLE TIME! FANARTISTS PLEASE GET ON THIS I HAVE A NEED

After a little scene of Ortho repeating some of Vil’s advice to himself, the alarm suddenly blares and it is announced that the test has ended. Idia tells the lads to go to their individual rooms to wait until tomorrow at 8 AM, when they’ll be sent back to the school. However, as they leave, Idia stops Vil and asks to talk to him alone.

Idia informs Vil that Rook and Epel came... and has Ortho give Vil his skincare products.

Idia: I know, right? You would definitely have that reaction, right?

AWWWWWW W ORTHO DOING AN IMPRESSION OF ROOK IS ADORABLE. Alright that’s it where are the adoption papers Ortho is my son now

Vil: After I hug and kiss those children, I feel like slapping them across the face.

Yes that is the actual line, plug that bad boy into a translator if you can’t believe it either lmao. あの子たちを抱きしめてキスしたあと、ビンタしてやりたい気持ちよ.

Vil continues on for a bit about how he’s gonna lecture Epel and the prefect once they return to school before he notices something weird with one of his beauty lotions. It’s not his usual one, but a lotion with a “special good luck charm” (??? not sure on this translation) for special care use. He guesses Rook brought him this one instead because he might have been a bit roughed up from the fight with the Charon squad when he was abducted.

Anyway, Vil leaves, Idia is contacted by an operator

Uh holy shit my entire browser just crashed (!?) at a certain part and I lost my progress after this point. I don’t feel like translating the whole conversation with the operator again, so gist of it is the Lethe River is ready to use on everyone and also the operators have to adjust the Lethe for the fairies so they don’t accidentally delete stuff the fairies already know since they’re so long lived, and then Ortho is sad that everyone memories of STYX and the fun gaming times will be deleted, and Idia worries but Ortho brushes it off and goes into the hallway.

Ortho: So a zero doesn’t remain a zero, what is it that I can do...

*SUDDEN STATIC NOISE*

--- How about I tell you? ---

Ortho: !! Who’s there!?

--- ... Come. Come over here. ---

Ortho: ... This voice... It’s coming from Tartarus...?

Ortho: Could it be, a Phantom...!?

--- Don’t you want to know? What you can do... ---

Ortho: ... I want to know.

Ortho: No matter what, I want to change... the future.

--- If that’s so, come closer... descend and come here ---

(This is where it crashed, right after I added this image lmao.)

--- More, more... All the way to this deep place ---

--- To this dark, cold place at the bottom of the earth... ---

Ortho: This is...

*CREEPY CHILDREN LAUGHING SOUNDS*

Ortho: ... Are you, in there?

--- Yes. Always, since before you were born... ---

--- But, I wasn’t lonely. ---

--- It’s because I have many friends here. ---

Ortho: Fri... ends?

--- I, to you... Yes. ---

--- I want everyone in the world to become our friends. ---

--- If that happens,  ---

--- This cage (cell) would cease to exist ---

--- Big Bro would be able to be free! ---

Ortho: By “Big Bro,” you mean... Could you be...!

BRO TWST WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THESE CLIFF HANGERS AARRRGHHH WHY NO ORTHO WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ORTHO LET ME IN LET ME GO BACK WHAT WHAT THE FUCK

OH NO ORTHO SOUNDS DIFFERENT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WHY IS HIS VOICE SO SOFT AND EMOTIONLESS NOW WHAT

Alright so he’s just informed them of the research being done and whatever but then

Ortho: Since you came to the Isle of Lamentation, I finally realized my reason for being born.

Ortho: I will work hard so that I can also say that I “did all that I can do“

Ortho: So a zero doesn’t remain a zero.

OH GOD WHY IS IS THIS ALL SO OMINOUS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

WHAT’S THAT RUMBLING SOUND AAAAAAAAAA

--- Now... First let’s put Cerberus to sleep. ---

Ortho: You cannot revoke this command. Would you like to execute it?

--- The time has come. Let’s go. The whole universe is waiting for us. ---

Ortho: Voice authentication complete. System all green. Executing program.

*SCREAMING AND MOANING SOUNDS*

--- Ah... I have been eagerly waiting for this day to come for an eternity. ---

--- If it’s us, we can surely change the future. ---

Ortho: So a zero doesn’t remain a zero...

--- I finally met you ---

Nice to meet you, Ortho (me)

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BRUH. BRUH. BRUH. WHAT. WHAT> I”m. holy shit this is the real turnign point in the story huh waht teh fuck holy shit okay no I’m not gonna bombard you with swearing time to post this and scream to myself okay bye thansk for reading

[ratofthemedievalsewers]

Heart of Steel - Part I

DBH Connor x Male Reader

Word Count: 2.5K+

Content warning: Minor injury detail, PTSD, language

Original game dialogue I got from this video:

https://youtu.be/32Np9LKI1Vg

We were attacked in the night.

After returning from a mission back to an outpost several miles from the red zone, we removed our gear save for a few pouches on our belts we could bother with later. Our team leader set up a fire while the SQ800s, CyberLife commissioned combat androids, began loading up the trucks with extra artillery and resources. A job that could have waited until morning, but Alpha always gave the androids something to do. He said that they creeped him out when they would just stand there in a dormant state, waiting for their next mission to be given to them.

"You know what I'm going to do when I get home?"

"Here we go again."

"I'm going to get me a WR400," Foxtrot; not everyone's favourite but he certainly kept us entertained when there was nothing to do.

"Uh-huh and with what money are you going to be using to pay for this WR400? A military salary definitely ain't gonna cut it." Echo always called out Foxtrot's bullshit, he was the only one that had the patience to deal with him.

"Fine, my birthday is comin' up, if you put towards two-thirds of what it costs we can share. How does that sound?"

"I am not sharing anything with you, I don't know what diseases you carry." Their constant back forth sent chuckles through the group.

"Alright, that's enough you two. It's getting late and past everyone's bedtime, I want you all awake by O-five-hundred at the latest," Alpha would often stop them before Foxtrot would take it too far, but he could never hide the twitching smile on his face.

"Yes sir," Foxtrot mock saluted as he stood from his seat around the campfire. "Hey Echo, that offer is still-"

One moment Foxtrot had a wide grin on his face, the next there was a hole in his head between his eyes, the sound of gunshot ringing in everyone's ears.

"SHOTS FIRED! GET TO COVER NOW!"

"FOXTROT IS DOWN! I REPEAT, FOXTROT IS DOWN!"

It was dark, we couldn't see where they were firing from. The android was the only one still standing, firing off in random directions as they were gunned down. The next was Delta, shot in the left shoulder, then the throat. My gun was back in my tent and there was no chance of me getting it. Stupid.

"MEDIC! GET TO DELTA! NOW!"

"GRENADE!"

I heard the thump by my feet before I saw it. You would think it would be terrifying, to know you're staring death in the face, but for a second it was peaceful. My body was cold and I already felt like a corpse, the Rigour Mortis freezing me in place, just softly gazing at what would kill me.

Something grabbed me before the grenade exploded, saving my life but destroying the android.

The bedsheets were crumpled and soaked in sweat again when my eyes shot open. It was hard to breathe, the panic was still running through me and closing up my throat at the memory.

In; one, two, three, four. Hold; one, two, three, four. Out; one, two, three, four. Hold; one, two, three, four.

It took a few minutes for me to remember where I was. That I was home and that I was safe. Out of nervous habit, I gripped my dog tags, they were wet from the sweat that had soaked through my shirt in the night.

"Shit." It was four in the morning, there was no chance of getting any more sleep and the station wouldn't be open for another two more hours at the least. Saying that; Fowler wanted to speak to me first thing, which never meant anything good for anyone.

It was aching again at the joint. The biomechanical component always felt itchy where it joined at the elbow. Anytime I would have that dream I would scratch at it in my sleep, it was like my subconscious knew it didn't belong. It knew my rotting left arm was still in the desert somewhere being picked apart by vultures.

It's almost ironic; to be saved by an android and then to have part of one attached to me. I hated it.

*****

"Morning Cyborg, you look like shit." Gavin was forever pleasant to talk to.

"Fuck off, Reed." He constantly hovered around the coffee machine, hogging it like it was his newborn baby. "Is Fowler in yet?"

"Not yet, you in trouble?" He took his time making his coffee, exceeding in being the department's resident asshat. "Did he catch you looking at porn on your work terminal again?"

"I'm pretty sure that's only ever happened to you." Not wanting to be reminded of his previous escapades I got no response. Gavin let out a small huff before moving to the side with his fresh cup of coffee, freeing up the machine.

"Officer (L/N)." Oh for fuck's sake.

"Sir?" Captain Fowler stood outside his office, his coat half soaked from the rain.

"My office, I need to speak to you." He didn't give a second glance to me before turning and letting the glass door shut behind him.

"Ha, good luck cyborg." Shooting Gavin the middle finger, I followed Captian Fowler into his office.

"What was it you wished to talk about, sir?" Feet shoulder-width apart, back straight and hands behind my back; habits from the army were destined to die hard. Often I would find myself moving my hand up to salute before leaving the presence of a superior, something else for Gavin to make fun of.

"You're aware of the deviant cases I've assigned to Lieutenant Anderson, correct?" Fowler sat at his desk, wet coat now hung on its rack, but there was slight dampness to his suit blazer where his coat had been left open.

"Yes sir. I believe he's being accompanied by a prototype RK800 from Cyberlife."

"That's correct. I'm sure you're aware that these deviancy cases are on the more..."

"Dangerous?"

"...Unpredictable side. Now, I can't exactly issue a gun to a prototype android if it's going to be in the field and, while I value Hank as a police officer, his record is on the rougher side."

"Captain Fowler, with all due respect, I don't believe-"

"Office (L/N), with all due respect, you don't have an opinion in this matter. I want you to accompany Lieutenant Anderson in these assignments just in case a deviant becomes too much for him or this android to handle. You've certainly got the skillset for it and you're not unfamiliar with working alongside androids, unlike quite a few officers in this department."

"I understand that, but-"

"Whatever you're gonna say I don't want to hear it." Captain Fowler didn't give me a chance to argue as he stood and walked to his office door, the annoyed look on his face worsening. "Hank, in my office!"

I let out a sigh before Captain Fowler turned back to his desk. Through the office wall made of glass Hank reluctantly made his way towards us grumbling something under his breath at the request, the RK800 model obediently following behind him like a little, lost puppy. Hank sat in the chair opposite Fowler while the android stood next to me, giving a small smile as a greeting.

Captain Fowler was the first to talk, "I've got ten new cases involving androids on my desk every day. We've always had isolated incidents, old ladies losing their android maids and that kind of crap... But now, we're getting reports of assaults and even homicides, like that guy last night. This isn't just cyberlife's problem anymore, it's now a criminal investigation and we've gotta deal with it before the shit hits the fan. I want you to investigate these cases, alongside officer (L/N) and see if there's any link."

"Why me? And why do I need a god damned partner? A stupid android is already too much. Why do I gotta be the one to deal with this shit?" Props to Hank for trying, but arguing with Fowler was like talking to a brick wall. "I am the least qualified cop in the country to handle this case! I know jack shit about androids, Jeffery. I can barely change the settings on my own phone."

"Everybody's overloaded. I think you're perfectly qualified for this type of investigation," They were already starting to blow up at each other.

"Bullshit! The truth is nobody wants to investigate these fuckin' androids and you left me holdin' the bag!"

"CyberLife sent over this android to help with this investigation and I've given you (L/N) as well. You've got a state of the art prototype and a leading police officer to act as your partners."

"No fuckin' way! I don't need partners, and certainly not this plastic prick and some action hero fucker."

"Nice working with you too, Lieutenant Anderson," I said under my breath, not intending for the others to hear. Connor turned his head slightly in my direction, I could see his LED blink yellow for a moment before going back to its bright blue.

"Hank, you are seriously starting to piss me off! You are a police lieutenant, you are supposed to do what I say and shut your goddamn mouth!"

"You know what my goddamn mouth has to say to you, huh?"

"I'll pretend like I didn't hear that, so I don't have to add any more pages to your disciplinary folder 'cause it already looks like a fuckin' novel! This conversation is over."

"Jeffrey, Jesus Christ! Why are you doin' this to me? You know how much I hate these fuckin' things. Why are you doin' this to me?" Most of the department knew why he had such a distaste towards androids, no one could necessarily blame him. Ever since losing his son Hank had become completely different as both a person and an officer. Admittedly, Fowler was harsh on him, but if he wasn't then Hank would drift.

"I've had just enough of your bitching. Either you do your job or you hand in your badge. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do." Hank left in a strop, letting out his frustration on Fowler's office door.

"Well then..." Connor was quick to break the tense silence. His voice caught me off guard, it was smoother, more human than any android's I had heard before. The SQ800's voices had always been more robotic than other models so it had been a shock when the androids back home had sounded so normal, it felt like that all over again. It was jarring. "I won't keep you any longer. Have a nice day captain."

Connor left and I followed behind, giving a small nod of dismissal to Fowler despite him still looking at his terminal screen.

The android went straight to Hank either oblivious or ignoring the lieutenant's current bad mood, granted there was never a time the bastard was in a good mood. Heaven itself could rain down on Detroit and he'd huff at it like a hair in his food.

"I got the impression my presence causes you some inconvenience, Lieutenant. I'd like you to know I'm very sorry about that. In any case, I'd like you to know I'm very to be working with you." Ever the enthusiast.

"I'd give in now. You're talking to a toddler in a fifty-year old's body and the toddler is having a hissy fit." I half sat and half leant against Hank's desk, using my arms to support my weight.

"Apologies, I don't believe I've introduced myself. My name is Connor, I am the android sent by CyberLife." He turned to me, a gentle and manufactured smile on his face. "It's a pleasure to be working with you too, officer (L/N). I'm sure we'll make a great team."

"Er... (Y/N) is just fine."

"Is there a desk anywhere I could use?"

"No one's using that one." Hank points to the desk opposite him, while still sulking like a child.

"Gasp, it speaks," I said in a sarcastic tone while turning to Hank.

"Fuck off. I've already got an android on my ass, I don't need you on it too."

I grabbed a terminal pad before perching myself back at the edge of Hank's desk while Connor got comfortable at the empty one. The light at the side of his head flashing yellow for a moment like he was hesitant to speak."You have a dog, right?"

"How do you know that?"

"The dog hairs on your chair. I like dogs. What's your dog's name?"

"What's it to you?" Hank shifted in his seat, "...Sumo... I call him Sumo."

"Under all those shitty shirts and questionable stains there's a warm, beating heart," I say more to myself than the other two, skimming over the recent case files sent in by Fowler.

"Officer (L/N)... (Y/N), knowing that we'd be working together I read your academy and field records. You have quite an interesting background."

"Oh yeah, then you understand that I may be a little driven to get these cases over with. I can't say I'm a fan of you terminators."

"I understand you have a... warped view of androids due to what you've experienced, but I hope you understand that I am your partner and not your enemy."

"Connor, you're not my partner, you're cyberlife's latest gizmo for us kick around." I sigh, turning to sit at my desk adjacent to hanks, taking the terminal pad with me. "Just look through the deviant case files. Terminals on your desk, knock yourself out."

They're nothing but machines. They are not your friends.

"Two-hundred and forty-three files, the first date back nine months. It all started in Detroit... And quickly spread across the country." Connor had only connected the terminal moments before.

"Don't work your CPU too hard," I mutter under my breath, catching a quick huff of amusement from Hank.

"An AX400 is reported to have murdered a man last night. That could be a good starting point for our investigation." Hank was doing his best to pretend Connor didn't exist, but the android was persistent. Connor stood from his chair and made his way into Hank's personal space.

"Uh, Jesus..." Hank turned his chair away.

"I understand you're facing personal issues, Lieutenant, but you need to move past them and-" For an android, Connor has some balls on him.

"Hey! Don't talk to me like you know me. I'm not your friend and I don't need your advice, okay?" Hank's mood had soured like milk, it wouldn't be long until Fowler was adding another page to Hank's disciplinary folder.

"I've been assigned this mission Lieutenant, I didn't come here to wait until you feel like working."

"Connor, you're just gonna-" I had wasted my breath, Hank had already stood and was grabbing onto Connor by the collar of his Cyberlife jacket and slamming against the screen next to his desk. "Hank!"

"Listen asshole. If it were up to me, I'd rather throw the lot of you in a dumpster and set a match to it. So, stop pissing me off... or things are gonna get nasty."

"Hank," I placed a hand on his shoulder to try and lightly pull him away from Connor but only earned a nasty side-eye. "Leave off him, you don't get paid enough to replace him."

"Lieutenant... Officer (L/N), uh... sorry to disturb you," Looks like the tin can was saved before Hank could knock the light out of him, "I have some information on the AX400 that killed that guy last night. It's been sighted in the Ravendale district."

"I'm on it." Hank didn't glance back when he dropped Connor's collar. The puppy dog look on his face almost made me feel bad for him... almost.

"Come on, WALL-E. Don't want to keep the old man waiting."

[invnciblesummer]

Idk if this is just me but I feel like “They’re basically siblings!!” Is just an excuse people throw around to invalidate perfectly fine ships that they personally just don’t like.

There was actually a good post that I read recently outlining why "they’re basically siblings" is not a super strong argument against Red Crackle. I added some of my feelings about it in the tags.

But yeah, I agree. Oftentimes people throw around the term "sibling-like relationship" for any platonic relationship that they see. I mean, do they realize that, yes, friendly sibling relationships are platonic relationships, but not all friendly platonic relationships are sibling-like? Not every romantic relationship started with a "love/crush at first sight" moment. Some romantic relationships started out as completely platonic friendships, that could be read as potentially turning into sibling-like relationships, or potentially turning into romantic relationships in the future, depending on the viewer’s interpretation.

Sometimes, when characters say that another character who is their unrelated friend is like a sibling to them, that can change in the future (especially if the "like a sibling" label doesn’t have much basis in their relationship). As mentioned in the post I already linked at the top, Pam called Jim as a friend who is "like a brother" at first. Alya called Nino as a friend who is "like a brother" at first. But the thing is, that changed. Alya and Nino knew each other for less than a year at school, before Alya realized that her feelings for Nino were not sibling-like, but rather, romantic. And they got together after that! Pam said that Jim was "like a brother to her" at first. They knew each other as coworkers when they were adults, and after a lot of events in their relationship, Pam realized that she did not see Jim as a brother figure, but instead as something more. And they got together too, and even ended up getting married and having kids!

Gray and Carmen only knew and interacted with each other for a year while they were both training at V.I.L.E’s training academy, when she was about 16, and he was about 18. Keep in mind that young Carmen was raised in an isolated environment by older thieves, and never really had in-person peers to be friends with. She was taught by those older thieves that V.I.L.E was her family, so it’s easy to imagine why she would have assumed that that automatically made Gray— her first in-person friend that she only knew for a year after he joined V.I.L.E— her brother figure (as this post points out). But then, Gray and Carmen had a falling out in Morocco, and Carmen stopped seeing Gray as an older brother figure. She did not see Gray again after that, until she was about 20 years old and he was about 22 years old. At that point, way after graduation, they had both grown up and changed quite a bit.

By the time we come to The Opera in the Outback Caper and onwards, I think it becomes very clear that their relationship is not sibling-like at all. A few instances that prove this include the following (after reading each one, ask yourself, if you replace Gray with Zack, and Carmen with Ivy, or any other sibling duo, would such a scene gross you out?):

When Graham met Carmen again for the first time after his memory wipe, he flirted with her, and she did not seem grossed out by this at all (unlike the reaction you would expect from someone whose "brother" just flirted with them).

He smoothly asked her out to a Friday night date at his favorite cafe, and she smoothly accepted (she was going to go to it too, if concerns for Gray’s safety hadn’t arisen in her head).

He asked her out again, and she smoothly accepted again.

This time, she actually went on that late night cafe date with Graham (and cute side note, there was a heart drawn onto Graham’s coffee during the date if you look close enough at ACME’s video at the end of the episode).

Chief called Graham a "smitten sap" for Carmen.

There are many other instances in their relationship filled with romantic and flirtatious tension/chemistry, but those ones are some of the more obvious ones. And overall, the looks that they give each other, the expressions that they make when they are thinking about each other, and the framing of a lot of their scenes together give off rather romantic/flirtatious vibes:

Though Carmen said that she considered Gray as a brother figure back in their year of V.I.L.E training, when she was about 16, I don’t think she would really consider him as a brother figure now that they’re older, and she left V.I.L.E (who were the people originally telling her in the first place that V.I.L.E, and by extension, Gray, is her family) and its misleading teachings behind. In the show itself, during the two instances she referred to him as an older brother figure, it was in past tense, as something she used to see him as. After the sixth episode of season one, she never again refers to Gray as someone who she once saw as a brother figure. She instead refers to him with titles such as her "old classmate" or "old friend."

Tldr, Carmen and Gray’s relationship by the time they reach their early 20s has way too much flirtatiousness for their relationship to be considered sibling-like. If Zack and Ivy, who are siblings (and can therefore demonstrate what a sibling-like dynamic actually looks like) had such a dynamic— where they flirt with each other, look at each other like that, one asks the other out twice, they go on a date together, and one is said to be a "smitten sap" for the other— it would be very uncomfortable to watch.

[thanx-idonttry]

Bakugou x Black Singer/Blogger!Reader

They Are Pro Heroes, like Age 25.

This came out longer than expected.

Tags: Fluff. Bakugou being a fanboy.

You weren’t hugely famous, but you were internet famous, and that’s still pretty huge. You were just a Black girl showing your voice, hoping to brighten someone’s day.

And with each video of you upload to your blog, you manage to make over 1 million people smile. And one of those 1 million people was Katsuki Bakugou, A.K.A Dynamite. One half of the #1 Pro Hero of Japan.

A few years after high school, He and Midoriya teamed up and climbed the charts to the #1 spot. As busy as he and Midoriya is, he always finds time to watch each and every one of your videos.

He made a secret page under another name, just to like and reblog your videos. He likes to start his day by clicking one of your singing videos, and blare it through his house as he gets ready for the day. He could be going to work of off for the day, he’ll play one of songs.

The man was hooked as soon as he heard you do a cover to Beyonce’s “1+1″. He was shooketh! He’s used to hearing your original songs, you rarely do covers. But he still loved it. Unable to look away from you as your power house voice blocked out everything around him. He loved hearing you sing or watching your other videos of miscellaneous things because it relates to your culture, which he really isn’t exposed to all the time. So he watches to learn more.

But he really just likes watching you. You look so passionate when you do your blogs, it was so interesting to  him. You were such a foreign masterpiece to him, everything from your thick, curly (or braided) dark hair. Your brown (or Hazel) eyes seemed so bright to him. Your skin tone was so wonderful, it always made you look like you were glowing. And your attitude was nothing to play with. He realized that when you obliterated a racist hater on one of her live videos.

He was crushing, he was crushing hard and didn’t even realize it yet. He’ll put on one your videos to relax him Not long before his friends catch on and realize that he was a fan. The first to find out was Midoriya. (He works with the man sooo...) Catching Bakugou watching your videos. “Oh you Follow Y/N too? I think she’s really talented.” Midoriya says to him.

Katsuki, who was still wrapped up in watching you talk about the injustices against your race, he accidentally let “She’s so fucking wonderful.” Slip out loud, and Midoriya smirked teasingly.

Bakugou stiffened, completely frozen with wide eyes and a red tint hitting his face. “Did I hear right? Kacchan has a crush on Y/N?” He teased. In honesty, he’s happy for Bakugou.

But Bakugou being a proud man, doesn’t want to fully admit it. “SHUT THE HELL UP!! I just think she’s... Cool.” He says while still trying to cover up his flushed face, He didn’t want anyone seeing this.

He was embarrassed, his secret is out. He kept you a secret because it was his way of having you all to himself. Even though he didn’t know you and Vice Versa, he wanted you to be his in a way. So yeah, he was crushing.

“So you already know she’ll be here in a couple of weeks for her blog and to do a few promotions. Why don’t you make some arrangements to meet her?” Midoriya suggests, and it makes Bakugou nervous.

“I don’t know about that, she never really mentioned Heroes in any of her posts... I don’t think she’s interested in Pro Heroes.” Bakugou said with some disappointment in his voice

———

“The Wonder Duo once again saved over 200 civilians who were attending a charity ball that was taken hostage by villains. And—” You didn’t even get the chance to hear the rest of the news report because you started fangirling over Dynamite.

They showed clips from the incident and all you could think was how good he looked taking down those villains. You were such a fan of him, but you thought that people would discriminate you two because of your races. Don’t want to constantly hear “DyNaMiTe DoN’t EvEn LiKe BlAcK GiRls” *Insert Eye Roll*

You kept your love for him a secret, if only your fans knew that he was the reason behind every love song you made. You have merchandise from the hero, your love for him ran deep. So you were looking forward to your trip in a couple of weeks, being in the country as Dynamite gave you goosebumps.

A huge part of you was hoping to run into him while you were there. Get him to sign a few things before finishing his patrol, maybe have a little chat. You squealed at the thought of being in front of your favorite hero, thoughts of possibilities floated into your head, like possibly getting a hug, or like sing for him! You wondered if he was a fan of you.

Then a frown appeared on your face, He’s probably too busy to look at your videos. Sure you had fans, but someone like Dynamite is probably  too preoccupied with cooler shit to watch your videos. I mean, you two are from different worlds. Then the comments from people of your blog saying “PRO HEROES FROM JAPAN DON’T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE”  “DYNAMITE DON’T LIKE BLACK GIRLS” Blah, Blah, Blah.

You were worried that your favorite hero wouldn’t want anything to do with you. You grabbed your plushie of Dynamite and held it tight, you did your best to let them thoughts go, but you knew there was only one way to cool your jets, was to blog about it, then make a video afterwards.

You ranted about black love and the appreciation of Black x Japanese interracial love, and that it’s okay to date outside your race. Love is Love and as long as they respect each others cultures and truly love each other. After you logged off, you started getting ready for your trip. You ignored your phone going off, and continued packing.

When you were done, you decided to write a song to help with the left over nerves you got from multiple things. As you sit there in your bonnet, (Favorite color) tank top, (Other Favorite color) shorts, your house shoes booties, typing lyrics into your phone. In your most natural state, you wondered if Dynamite would like you like this. 

You know that you’re beautiful, but the possibility of your future not finding you attractive does bother you. You kept telling yourself to stop thinking  like that and focus on your shit. You don’t need obsessing over petty little shit from people you don’t even know.

_____

Bakugou watched your rant video the moment he woke up. He woke up and grabbed his phone. Once he saw your notification on his phone, he fully woke up and instantly clicked play. Once he didn’t see your bright smile, he knew something was up. 

He laid in his bed, watching you rant about Black love. He heard you mention Pro heroes, and his eyes widened. He knew someone had irritated you, and that irritated him. He knew for sure that he, and a lot of  heroes and civilians here don’t discriminate. He wanted to know who the hell filled your head with this bullshit?! He wanted to make a video, yelling at the extras that think that told you this crap. He wanted to set them straight.

But then people will find out that he’s a fan of you, and if his friends  find out... he’ll never hear the end of it. Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero will tease him at every given moment. But he wanted to let you know that all of us Heroes in Japan have nothing but love for the black community. 

Mirko, the Hero he was a sidekick to for 5 years, She was black. And she was the most Badass out of all heroes. He didn’t want you feel this way, he wanted to find a way to make you smile. You make him smile every morning, so he should return the favor. He’ll have to figure out while he patrolling today.

Bakugou got his opportunity while patrolling with Midoriya. The town was holding a festival and a lot of people were attending, including 5-6 News reporters. The Mayor had asked them to guard the event, and of course, being heroes, they accepted.

A idiot wannabe Villain with his quirk being animal shapeshifting, turned into a giant, raging Ape. He was bent on destroying the festival and everything that makes people happy. He and Midoriya took him down in like 10 mins, and of course, reporters wanted them to say a few words or interview them. “Dynamite! Deku! Do you have any words to say?” a  reporter asked as she shoved her mic in his face.

“All I wanna say is... I  fucking Love Black People, They are awesome! Awesome, strong, and especially beautiful. Shout to all the Black Girls/Women everywhere.“ Then  he walked off to give the villain to the cops. Midoriya chimed in and said. “I agree with everything he said. Shout out to the Black People! If you feel like your lives don’t matter to anyone, just know and remember that they truly matter to us, and we’re going to do are hardest to make you all feel protected.“ Then he walked off, catching up to Bakugou.

____

“All I wanna say is... I  fucking Love Black People, They are awesome! Awesome, strong, and especially beautiful. Shout to all the Black Girls/Women everywhere.“

“I agree with everything he said. Shout out to the Black People! If you feel like your lives don’t matter to anyone, just know and remember that they truly matter to us, and we’re going to do are hardest to make you all feel protected.“

The video you watched on the plane was weeks old, but it stills get you feeling good. After you saw this video for the first time two weeks ago, you kinda been smug about it. But not in a bad way.

You felt safe Wearing your Dynamite mearch while blogging or singing. You showed a different side of your room, The side where your shrine to Pro Heroes were. Posters, pillows, and Chibi Dolls.

You even Admitted it to your fans that you were a Hero Nerd, and that brought more followers to your page. You felt great that you didn’t have to hide anymore. Little did you know, A certain Hero was following and loving it more. Making sure to leave a like and reblog on your content.

You were excited for this trip and the Concert you were opening for tonight. You also have a Meet & Greet, so you know this will be great for your content. You were also secretly hoping to run into your dream Hero. You know they say “Don’t Meet Your Hero!” But they can eat your ass because you’re making that happen! You’re favorite hero loves Black Women.

You started to wonder... It’s kind of weird how after you made your rant video about Black Love, He said that on the news. A surge  went through your body as your mind wondered to the fact that Dynamite might actually watch your videos! What if he comes to your concert? *Le gasp* What if he shows up at your meet and greet?! Your internal fangirl started coming out. You had tell yourself to calm down before the people on the plane think you’re being killed or something.

You took one selfie to show that you were on the way, posted it, and fell asleep. When you wake up, You’ll be in Japan.

____

Bakugou was changing out of his hero clothing, finally ending a long day at work. He had just got healed and patched up, and not he was prepping to leave when his phone went off. He reached for it and saw that had you had posted a selfie, and now you’re going live as you approach a familiar theatre.

His eyes widened, He knew exactly where that place was. Then Deku came bursting in, phone in his hand showing the same video he was watching. He had such excitement on his face, he honestly startled Bakugou the way Midoriya bursted in.

“KACCHAN! KACCHAN! WE CAN MAKE IT! WE CAN SEE AND MEET HER!“ Midoriya yelled. His eyes were showing that excitement when he meets a cool hero, a smile to match his excitement. “Get dressed quick! we can still make it on time to see her perform.“

“SHHHH! Shut The Fuck Up Before Someone Hears You Deku! and, I know. I’m getting ready.“ Bakugou had a slight blush on his face, and he was trembling. Why the fuck was he trembling?! He’s just going to meet a person that he enjoys. Someone that he watches damn near everyday and plays her music, nothing special right?

His heart was racing, he couldn’t control his feelings inside, but he did his best to not show them externally. He doesn’t want to look like Midoriya right now. But he had to admit it to himself, he was excited as hell.

Both of them put on hoodies and Sunglasses to hide their identity as they went to the concert. Bakugou’s trembling got a little more noticeable because he was in the same building as you. When you came on stage, Bakugou’s breath hitched. You were even more stunning in person, it was like you had a glow around you as you thanked everyone for coming out. 

As you began to sing, what normally happens to Bakugou, happened 10x more. As your voice hits his ears, he tuned out everyone here. He got tunnel vision, and all he could see and here was you. Midoriya looked at his friend and noticed that Bakugou had loving/relaxed smile on his face. His eyes glued on you. And that gave Midoriya an Idea.

When you were done with your performance, Midoriya dragged Bakugou backstage, to your dressing room. The guards weren’t letting them pass until Midoriya revealed who they were, then the doors flew open for them. (Perks of Being the #1 Heroes.) They knocked on the door, and heard your voice, Bakugou tensed up.  

The only thing that separated you and him was a door. Bakugou’s breathing got heavy, all common sense and the words he knew floated out his head. all he thought was “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! SHE’S BEHIND THIS DOOR!!!”

You asked who was it, and Of course, Midoriya was the one to speak first. “Hi, you don’t know us, but My name is Deku, and I’m the #1-“

The door flew opened before Midoriya had the chance to finish. You stood the with your eyes wide and jaw to the floor. In front of you stood Japan’s #1 heroes, you couldn’t believe it. “No fucking way!” was all you could get out. “I just wanted to say that I know you had a meet and greet, but we’re big fans, especially my partner here. We couldn’t wait” Midoriya finished before pushing Bakugou forward towards you. 

Bakugou stumbled but caught himself as he stood directly in front of you. There you stood, in all your glory, looking like a Black Goddess. He felt like  he wasn’t worthy to be in your presence. He had to collect himself, he had to say something to you! Wait a minute, he’s Katsuki fucking Bakugou! Dynamite! The Great Explosion Murder God! He shouldn’t be nervous! He’s got this

He cleared his throat, then you smiled at him. All that nerve he built, fluttered away like butterflies. He grew a love sick smile and looked at you lovingly. “I love you” Slipped out of his mouth. You gasped, then Bakugou realized what he said and nervously tried to correct his mistake. “Your Work! I love your work! I mean I don’t love you- not to sound like I hate you, I-I mean I actually think you’re amazing....ly talented! Oh Fuck! Let me start over! I’m Dynamite, but you already know that, but you can call me Bakugou. And I enjoy your work.”

Remember what they said about meet you heroes? EAT MY ASS FUCKERS! DYNAMITE IS A FAN!!!!

“He’s a huge fan! he watches everything you post!“ Deku chimed in with his teasing voice and smirk, which caused Bakugou to threaten Midoriya to shut up. You stepped aside to let the two pro heroes into your dressing room.

There the three of you talked. But it was mostly you and Bakugou talking. You find out that he’s been following you for a while and vice versa. You and Bakugou hit off so well, he invited you to lunch and you invited him to do a vid with him. 

It was like the more you talk, the more Bakugou grew to like you. He gave you his contact info because he wanted to keep in touch with you. He appreciated everything that you are, and would love to see more of you in person. Even offered to pay for you to come back soon.

The two of you started traveling to see one another, like him traveling to the states and you going to his country. It wasn’t long before you two started dating. You two doing vids together, and him recording you sing.

Lets just say the world couldn’t predict that you and Japan’s biggest Hero would be a huge Power Couple.

[loumauve]

alright, lou's (fountain) pen collection:

under a cut, so I don't annoy everyone on my dash. still gonna tag @aimofdestiny since you requested I yell a little more about them, so yell I shall

let's start at the very beginning:

top left was my very first fountain pen. the one I learned writing with in elementary school, and it has a little slidey plastic thing that you could put little pictures or bits of colourful paper behind so you could look at something cute. I definitely used that a lot.

top right was my next beloved fountain pen bc the old one was starting to be fragile and sometimes it would leak a little (though I haven't used it enough since to tell if it's still the case. just don't have the heart to throw away things that are still functional if a little messy. I don't mind messy when I art at home, so most of these are perfectly fine still.

on the right are all the ones I mostly used for writing in school and later uni (the one that looks a bit like a whale - the one I found in school - was already pretty broken when I found it. but I never minded ink getting on my hands so I kept it anyway. it writes really well, and super smoothly, so it more than makes up for the mess)

next up, all the LAMY pens:

LAMY is my next big thing, I think mostly because they have exchangeable nibs of varying sizes and uses and they also have converters available, meaning you don't have to rely on standard ink cartridges and can get more creative with ink colours (or even mix some yourself if you read up a little on what works and what doesn't work)

plus, as you can tell they come in a variety of different colours. the ones on the left are more shiny and smooth, the ones bottom left are metallic and therefore heavier and cool in your hand at first, but sometimes I like that. the ones top right are matte and have a less smooth texture which I prefer for the most part, and of course the Vista is just transparent which can be fun if you like fun inks.

I think my next thing, as I was first getting into transparent pens was just looking for whatever was cheap and looked nice and had nice reviews, which led me here:

The WingSung 3008, which they sold in sets of four for barely anything at all. They don't use ink cartridges which I like, but instead you have the piston filler mechanism (I think it's called) where you twist the end one way to empty it and the other way for filling.

They worked pretty well for a bit, some of the nibs wrote smoother than the others, but they were exchangeable with each other so it worked out okay, but some leak into the cap causing rust.. so not perfect, but for the money I paid for them - more than worth it.

I think after that I got into more transparent pens and watched a ton of pen review videos and kinda fell down the rabbit hole, but landed here:

In part with the TWSBI bc the cap has such nice angles and I liked the looks of it, and it writes SUPER well, so nice. Plus it fits a LOT of ink. My favourite writing fountain pen atm.

And the Moonman I originally bought because I saw someone had converted it into using Zebra G Nibs and I thought I might try that as well, but I ended up liking it too much as is to wreck it in the process of converting it. The overall shortest pen, so I tend to post it when I write, but for drawing I tend to leave the cap off. Also fits a TON of ink, and I have a shimmery ink in that one at the moment and I haven't had any issues with it clogging up the feed.

A little more messy during the filling up process but not bad. Very much like it. I bet it would make for a great pocket fountain pen.

Next up.. a mixed bag of mostly pens I use for drawing:

The Noodler's Ahab takes a lot of fiddling with the nib to get the flow right, which is why I rarely take them outside of the flat.. sometimes they end up leaking instead which would suck on the go. Plus your fingers get ink all over them if you adjust it without gloves (which.. I hate gloves so I never use them). And they smell a little strange at first, but now I've gotten used to them so it's a little comforting. But they have a flex nib which works really well once you manage to get the flow right, so definitely great if you like drawing or calligraphy I guess.

The Jinhao x750 takes a little less fiddling I think, or at least it never felt as annoying as with the Ahab. Writes/draws smoothly but uses up a bit more ink than most of my other pens so it's better for titles or drawing than writing small text. But if you don't write super small and super quickly it should still work well. I really like this one a lot (and no it's not just because of the glitter) it has some heft to it but in a good way in my opinion. It feels like it writes, a little on the heavier side of things.

And the IndiGraph is from a kickstarter project and supposedly the cap holding water prevents the nib from drying out which means you can use other inks with it, like Indian/Chinese inks that usually dry to be waterproof. I think the kickstarter models all came with a few issues and mine is no different, meaning I can't speak for the quality of the product they sell now, but for a while it worked for me and it was pretty cool.

And for the last ones, my relatively new obsession with Kaweco pens:

The one up top is a Brass rollerball pen, which I got with my kickstarter rewards from Gametee's Wallet of Holding campaign, and I was a little disappointed that it's a rollerball and not a fountain pen, but then I saw that they also make regular fountain pens, so I bought the black one next, which is an extra-fine, which usually works best for my writing.. at least if I have the time to write slowly. (I have a lot of black pens tbh, idk why.)

And then some time last year I bought the other three which all came with medium nibs which works a lot better for drawing since it goes more smoothly and the angles aren't as important.

But all in all I really like the Kaweco Sport. smol, like me, which means I can put four of them into my lil pencil case and have four different colours of ink if I want to (bc Kaweco also makes converters for their pens) and just.. pocket-sized fun.

I think that's all of it, tho I have a glass pen and a few nib pens, too. And a whole bunch of different inks.

[a-pretty-nerd]

Tomura Shigaraki x AllMight!Daughter!Reader

Chapter 9

Premis:

When The League of Villains discovers that AllMight has a daughter, they are quick to snatch you up and hold you hostage. Shigaraki had a careful and thought out plan, but that was before you got there. Now you’re in the mood for some not-so-healthy rebellion.

Word count: 2,756

Warnings: Cursing

A/N:

Oh dear lord I'm slow at getting these out. Life's been kickin' my ass lately. But thank you to everyone who's been giving me feedback on my stuff, I really love to hear from you guys!

Taglist: 

(So sorry, I forgot when I originally posted!) 

@craftybean13 @babayaga67 @imjustverable

@bat-eclecticwolfbouquet-love

@kamenoyaki @hentaiqween101 @skzero-99 @justanotherlifeff

@witch-o-memes​

Chapter 8 Chapter 10

Two months. You've been "missing" for two months now. The days flew by, your time occupied by quirk training Shigaraki insisted on but never told you why. The times you tried to ask he'd brush it off, or say something like:

"So you don’t throw another fit." His words were harsh but he said them with a flat and bored tone. Like it was a poorly acted line.

So now you had better control. You could move things on command, you knew basic combat, you certainly knew how to kick Dabi's ass by now, that didn't take too long. You were being allowed more and more freedom. Even allowed to leave for a convenience store runs with Toga once or twice. No one policed you, told you what you could and could not do anymore. You could have easily ran away by now. You supposed they really didn't need you either. For their plan to work all they would need was some blood and Toga could easily pass as you.

That idea sent a shiver down your spine. You're sure Shigaraki has thought of that already, so why hadn't he? Why was he training you? Would he use your quirk against the heroes in some way? Was he grooming you to turn and fight your father? You wouldn't. No matter what you wouldn't fight your father. Would you? You shook yourself of this thought as you walked down the ally to the back door of the hide out.

Toga unlocked the door and you stepped in, greeted by a dark and dingy back room. You made your way through the dark halls, following closely behind her as she led you up the stairs that finally led to the parts of the building with power. Soon you found yourself walking to the familiar living space where a few people rested. Dabi laid himself out on one of the couches, Spinner sat fiddling with his burner phone, and Twice had started yelling at the TV before you arrived.

"Luuuunch!" Toga shouted. Toga was often used as the errand girl, she brought back necessary supplies, oftentimes food. Today Toga asked you to tag along and help out, and there wasn't a single objection to the hostage going out on the town. You sat the heavy bags down on the coffee table, taking out the contents as you spoke.

"Where are the others?" You asked.

"Mr. Compress was sent on an errand of his own. And Shigaraki's probably pouting in his room. He'll come out when he's hungry." Dabi groaned as he took his meal from your hand.

"Oh. I'll just bring it to him." You said, absent-minded. All eyes turned to you, looking confused and shocked. "What?" You asked.

"Nothing! It's just-"

"He doesn't like to be disturbed." Toga and Twice spoke. You paused and looked at the box in your hand. It would get cold if he didn't eat soon, and besides, none of you had had much to eat lately, you were sure he was hungry. You knew you were.

"I'll just leave it at the door and knock. It'll get cold and then he'll be in an even worse mood." You told them. They watched you turn and walk up the stairs to his "room". You stood in front of the door, with such thin walls you could hear furious typing on the other side. Loud clicking of a mouse, and the sound of a computer's fan. You took a deep breath and softly knocked on the door. Suddenly the sounds abruptly stopped, followed by a bark.

"What!?"

"Foods here." You called back. You heard footsteps on the other side growing louder and louder until the door flew open. You stared up at the tall man as he looked down on you. His hair hung over his face, his eyes hardly visible. Your heart rate quickened the longer you looked at him. What the hell is wrong with you?

"Give it to me." He held out his hand, his pinky holding out in preparation to receive the box.

"You said you liked spice stuff, right?" You asked as you placed it in his hand.

"Yeah."

"We got you their spicy special. I hope it's not too much. The sign said 'caution' on it." He scoffed at you, turning the box and looking at the writing on it. He fell very quiet. Inspecting the box, you suddenly worried that something was wrong with it. That maybe you'd messed up somehow. But before your anxiety could reach its peak-

"Thank you." His voice was low and soft. You could hardly hear him. Then before you could respond he closed the door and left you alone again. Did he really say that? You never heard him say that to anyone. Granted, you hardly knew him but still, the way he said it, it made you feel... special in some way. You shook yourself from your train of thought and shuffled down the hallway, pausing when you heard movement and the door to Shigaraki's room open. You froze.

"Wait a minute." He barked. You turned too look at him. He hung out of the doorway to stare at you.

"W-What?" You asked. Shigaraki had a way of making people feel like they were in trouble. His ability to easily become an authority figure was something you were beginning to understand now.

"You...went out?" You nodded. He paused and looked away, his eyes shifting as the gears spun in his head. He turned back into his room as he spoke, "come here for a second." He asked. You slowly made your way to his room, the door left wide for you to peak inside. A dark room lit by portable light fixtures and a laptop computer which sat on an old desk. A cot thrown to the corner covered by the same old and tattered blankets the rest of you had.

"Am I... in trouble?" You croaked.

"What? No. Close the door behind you, you'll let in a draft." He ordered, seeming genuinely confused by your question. You closed the door behind you, leaving you completely alone with him in his space. Your heart raced.

You watched him turn and look up at the wall which he had decorated with plans. Pictures of heroes and villains cut out and pinned. Newspaper clippings, printed out articles and research essays. He was planning something, but what it was was difficult to determine. You did notice however, a cut out of an empty figure with your name on it pinned to the center of it all. You stared at it for a second before he broke you from your train of thought.

"Well?"

"Huh!?"

"What do you think?" He asked. His attention turned to his meal, he picked at it, taking a few bites.

"Of what?"

"...the plan." You looked back at the wall, puzzled you tried your best to gain any sort of information from it. Only being able to find bits and pieces. You knew it involved you, your father, and the take down of hero society. A cut out piece of article said something about the rise of villains, that more and more people were turning to villain work. How those rates have a correlation with classes. You slowly turned back to look at him.

"I'm sorry you're gonna have to explain this to me." You told him. He rolled his eyes and stood, directing his attention to his work as he spoke.

"This is the second part of the plan."

"What was the first?"

"Taking you as a hostage."

"Right. But, didn't you say the plan was to expose the heroes after they weren't able to rescue me and not only expose the faulty heroes but also my father as a neglectful and flawed individual not worthy of the hero title?" He paused.

"Yes."

"But that didn't go as planned."

"....."

"Didn't you say something about making a video to broadcast outing myself as All Might's daughter and causing panic? What happened to that plan?"

"It became leverage. If they attempt to come for you, then we'll go with that. But if we do that now, they'll come for you now and we'll be forced to fight."

"Isn't a fight...a good thing? You'd get news coverage and You'd no doubt gain supporters."

"Normally it would. But a fight isn't what we need right now. The heroes have us surrounded. If we make any move at all, we're in their hands. We won't be able to win."

"Not even with your quirk? Couldn't you-"

"Not with everyone here. As strong as I've gotten, I'm not strong enough to keep them from getting swept up and dusted too."

"Right."

"We're in a tight spot. One wrong move and we'll be wiped out."

"What about your supporters? Couldn't you get help from the outside."

"I could, but the heroes would see it coming. They have our signal tapped. Any sort of communication has to be verbal or written."

"Homing pigeon?" You offered. It made him smirk.

"Right now we're like a fox trapped in its own hole by hunters."

"So... we dig?" That made him smile, wide.

"Dig. If we could smuggle ourselves out of the city, we could reach a clear spot where we can call for backup to get us."

"Why not send one person to smuggle themselves out? Toga could easily disguise herself and leave."

"They have a barrier."

"What?"

"Part of the city is closed off until further notice. They know exactly where we are. If one gets out, they won't hesitate to come for all of us. We all have to get out at once and they can't notice until it's too late."

"But how the hell are you gonna do that?" His smile widened. He looked truly excited and happy. For the first time you saw your capture seem truly excited about something.

"We have a few secret recruits in the city. Spies." He turned his attention back to his meal box, reaching in to pull out the inner box that held the food, to reveal a piece of paper sitting underneath in the flimsy take out box. "I didn't know they were letting you out of the base now." He spoke as he opened and read the note within the box.

"I thought, you knew. I thought you were the one that said I could. Dabi said it was fine." He read the note and stood to pin it up on the wall before speaking.

"I've been too busy with this to worry about you. You shouldn't believe everything that Dabi says. I told him to make sure you just don't have another episode and cause a scene before we leave. I thought assigning him babysitting duty would keep him busy." He chuckled. "There's just one thing I don't understand." He turned back to you. "Why didn't you leave?"

"I...I..."

"You had the opportunity, but you're still here. Why?" You froze. Why? Why didn't you run?

"I was scared I'd be killed." You lied. He laughed at you.

"Don't lie to me. You lost that fear a long time ago. You know that's not true. If I wanted you dead I would have killed you a long time ago."

"You've kept me alive to use me as bate. To, to expose the truth." You argued.

"With Toga, we wouldn't need to." You swallowed hard. You knew he had thought about this.

"I'll tell you why I stayed, if you tell me why you've been training me." He scoffed.

"To keep you busy, to keep you from having another episode."

"That doesn't make sense. You could have drugged me, killed me, you said it yourself. But you kept me alive, you kept me busy. You could have kept me on my meds, unable to use it at all but you insisted I learn my quirk. You trained me yourself. Why?" His smile faded and his expression became dark.

"I asked you first." He growled. You looked away from him and thought for a moment before gaining the strength to answer. You knew the truth for a while now. You never wanted to say it out loud. You refused to look at him as you spoke.

"I don't wanna go back. But you probably already knew that by now. You just wanted to hear me say it, huh?" His smirk returned.

"Had a hunch." He snickered.

"Now you answer me."

"Why don't you wanna go back?"

"We had a deal. Answer my question now." You barked at him. It took him a long pause. A full minute of waiting in silence felt like agony.

"I thought it would help you feel better." He muttered in a surprisingly husky tone. "Keep you from asking me to dust you again." That's right, during your episode...

"I'm sorry." You blurted.

"What?"

"I'm sorry I... I asked you to kill me." You hid your face from him. He shifted and crossed his arms across his chest.

"It's not a big deal, I dust people all the time."

"No, I know. But like, I can't imagine being asked to by someone having a fucking break down happens all the time too. I kinda...kinda put you in a shitty position." When you looked up, he looked confused. Comically so. "What?"

"I took you hostage." He reminded you. You couldn't help but chuckle, that made him more confused.

"Shit, yeah, you're right. Guess I shouldn't be so hard on myself huh?" He looked away. "Still. My intentions weren't to upset you."

"You didn't upset me."

"It seems like I upset you." You toyed. His guard was down, he was vulnerable, and allowing you to be there.

"Shut up. You didn't answer my other question!" He shouted in an almost playful tone. You couldn't help but smile, only to have it slowly fade as you thought about your second answer.

"I don't want to go back because..." you stopped, the words getting stuck in your throat. You were unable to speak. He looked down at you, waiting for an answer. He seemed almost relaxed. He seemed normal. Like a normal guy leaning against the wall of his bedroom with his arms folded across his chest. Your eyes wandered up to his scarred neck, bright red scabs forming. Inflamed and fresh. He had recently scratched at it again, clearly in an upset state too. When he blinked you got a clear view of the scarring around his eyes.

"Boss!" A familiar voice shouted from outside the door. "Boss!" Before you could move the door was thrown open, Spinner's wide eyes finding you standing there. He shook his confusion loose before turning back to Shigaraki who quickly changed his position to attention. "Come quick!"

You followed him back to the living space where the old television sat. The news playing loudly as everyone gathered around to watch in panic. Swat teams and heroes decorated the screen as shot after shot showed them surrounding your building. Fear ran from your toes to your head, making you feel nauseous and dizzy. Shit. Shit. Shit. They're here for you. But you...you weren't ready to leave. And what about-

"Not again! - We can take 'em'!" Twice shouted at it like a sport was playing.

"Tomura, what are we going to do!?" Toga asked, frantically bobbing up and down in panic. He watched the TV intently listening in.

"After receiving a tip from an anonymous source, police and heroes found missing tourist Y/L/N Y/N being held captive by The League of Villains in this abandoned office building. Officials are working now to safely rescue the hostage."

Suddenly a loud voice was heard both on TV and through the halls of the building.

"League of Villains. We have you surrounded. Please let Y/L/N go and no one will be hurt." A cop shouted through a megaphone.

"C'mon Shigaraki, what's the plan?" Dabi asked, clearly starting to get uncomfortable. Before Shigaraki could respond, you spoke.

"Well, looks like this is it for me." You began walking away, only to be stopped by a strong, four-fingered grip pulling you back.

"Where do you think you're going!?" He growled.

"The jig is up, Shigaraki! Let me go! I'm not useful anymore. All they want is me, if I'm out of your hair you'll be able to escape easier." His grip tightened, pulling you closer as his red eyes bore into yours.

"So long as you're here they won't dare make a move. You're still my most valuable player. You're staying right here."

[greenjudy]

writer check-in question set

Tagged by @ladykittenfair - many thanks!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

29.

2. What is your total AO3 word count?

114,928. So smol

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Because of the way I tag, there are some overlaps here in the FFVII department.

Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (18)

Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997) (14)

原生之罪 | Original Sin (TV) (3)

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (3)

Sherlock (TV) (2)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2)

The Avengers (Marvel Movies) (2)

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (1)

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (1)

Final Fantasy XV (1)

Including crossovers:

None that I can recall.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Remember Pearl Harbor; Purl Harder Answer Man Judging the Mark Xiao Hong Your Collar So Blue, Blue

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I do. 

I come from a time and a culture that privileges long, drawn-out discussions in the comments area of fics, kind of a ghost of the old LiveJournal way of interacting. I have not always been consistent in responding, but recently I’ve been making efforts to be more assiduous. 

I know some folks feel it reflects arrogance on the part of the writer. I’ve also heard people say that it’s inflating the apparent popularity of a fic if you respond to comments. As far as I am concerned, though, comments are about community, not popularity.

I’ve been really lucky to get incredible, thoughtful, interesting comments on my work. All of them are lovely. 

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

“Most Known to Few, Some Known to None,” my list-fic about Tseng. “Escapement” is also actually pretty dark.

7. Do you ever write crossovers?

I haven’t yet, but never say never.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, I haven’t. 

I’ve had a few... exasperated responses from readers, and some excellent constructive criticism regarding some of my own inbuilt white nonsense. I’ve been very grateful for all the critical comments I’ve received, but I’ve also been fortunate to have very astute readers.  

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

As a separate category? Not really. I guess “Haymaker” starts to slide in that direction, but that’s insinuation, not depiction. “New Junon” is fixing to be the most explicit thing I’m working on, but we’re still talking rated-R.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

 I don’t think so. My works are not high-profile, but I guess people are getting pretty brazen about ganking someone else’s work and trying to sell it on Amazon.

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not exactly. I used to collaborate on bjd photostories with a friend of mine, back in the aughts. I also worked for a short time with a few other folks on a sprawling, multi-stranded project that included a set of interconnected storylines, but in the end, as more and more people started to participate, I found it more stressful than enjoyable. I think successful writing collaborations are quite rare and very precious.

12. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

My beloved canoe, Tseng X Reno. 

I must say, I feel like if I came to VII via the Remake, I would not have seen the potential for this pairing; Tseng is so clearly connected to Rufus in Remake.  

My VII work is all rooted in the OG’s pre-rendered backgrounds and the suspended time and silence of the written dialogue. Tseng and Reno came at me out of the pixels; then, in a handful of decades-old pieces by other writers, I saw how they could interact. 

Now they anchor an entire ecosystem inside my head.

13. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Final Fantasy VII, the original game.

14. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

Not easy to answer. I feel like technically, “Now”, “Xiao Hong”, and “Escapement” might be my best work. But I have a soft spot for “Answer Man,” and probably always will.

15. BONUS QUESTION: Do you have a WIP that haunts you?

I have two unfinished pieces hanging out on AO3, tormenting me. This is a callout post to myself to get cracking and wrap them up.

“Body Work” (for the Original Sin fandom) is having a knife fight with a plot issue right now, that is forcing me to analyze exactly what I’m trying to say in this story.

“New Junon” (Compilation of FFVII) is my beloved problem child. I was a different person in many ways when I first conceived this story; my sensibility has definitely shifted over the years, and the whole damn thing needs re-anchoring and a lot (a lot) of arc work. 

I’m coming back for you both. #NO STORIES LEFT BEHIND

I also have MANY OTHER STORIES IN MY BRAIN, so buckle up, FFXV in particular.

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