#she playing a videogame for the first time in like five years i HAVE to watch.....

[todayisafridaynight]

I'M NOT KEEPING THEM FROM YOU SORRY TUMBLR'S FILE SIZE LIMIT IS SO SMALL... AS IF ITS MY FAULT...

RAAAAAHG THATS HIM THATS MY FAVORITE OLD MAAAAAAN

[aromanticbuck]

AITA for maiming my best friend?

I (32M) have known my best friend, E (32M), for about 6 years. We met through work when he started at my firehouse, and we kind of clicked by the end of our first shift. These are long stories, but I help him out with his son, C (13M), a lot, I take C to the zoo regularly, and we (C and I) got caught in the tsunami a few years ago when we went to the pier for the day. E has me in his will to take custody of C if anything happens to him. When I say he's my best friend, I mean he's like family, and we've been family for a while.

Last month, our team kind of borrowed an LAFD helicopter to save our captain and his wife when their cruise ship was capsized (yeah! that cruise ship!), so my future brother-in-law called an old buddy of his, T (45M), who's a helicopter pilot to fly us into a hurricane. T is super cool! He's a pilot, and he used to be at my firehouse before I got there, and he used to be in the army (like E!), and he likes karaoke and trivia and basketball and Star Wars.

E and T got really close after we did the helicopter rescue. T flew E to Vegas for a fight that he got ring-side tickets for (which meant T couldn't go out to get a beer with me, even though I think he wanted to). They went to a karaoke trivia night together. And when E was telling me about it, I kind of thought he was going to invite me, too, but he just asked me to babysit C for him that night instead. I love C, he's a great kid, but I was kind of sad I didn't get to spend time with my best friend.

When I was babysitting C, I saw E's day planner on the fridge. Underneath a take-out menu, there was something written in for this Thursday - "B.B.P.U. w/ T" - basketball pick up game with T (my sister made me explain it to her) - and it was CIRCLED - but it's this game that first responders have every other Thursday. E has asked me to go a few times, but I don't like basketball so I always say no.

Anyway, C kept talking about T all night while we ate dinner and played videogames. And T apparently lied to C about his favorite Star Wars movie to make C like him more??? Which should be illegal.

So I asked my BIL to go to the basketball game with me, and he kept asking why I suddenly like basketball (I don't like it, it's a stupid sport), all the way to the court. E teased me, too, but that's just what E does. But we played basketball against E and T and the rest of their team, and I wasn't doing too bad. And then E and T high fived a lot and were acting like they're best friends, even though E is my best friend, not T's, and I got frustrated.

I accidentally (?) knocked E over when he was going for a basket. My BIL said E sprained his ankle and was lucky I didn't break his leg when I knocked him down.

My sister says I was acting like a 14 year old girl, and I know she's kind of right. But it wasn't on purpose, I don't think.

AITA?

UPDATE: apparently I like guys???

UPDATE 2: a lot of the comments think I'm in love with E. no, he's just my best friend! T kissed me. we have a date on Saturday.

[angelosearch]

here is a weird little ramble about how weird and obsessive I am about this damn videogame.

You know that quote from Laguna at the beginning of disk 2 where he is like, "Oh, please let it be this room when I wake up! Please let me be in this puny bed when I wake up!"*?

I get that feeling sometimes. When you finally feel safe and happy and loved, it's hard to believe it will stay. Sometimes it's hard to believe I even deserve for it to stay. So I start and end each day with the fear of it all disappearing, and it's hard to hang on to gratefulness when you're doing that.

Right now I have so much joy and fun and creativity in my life. I spent so many years in a deep depression that I forgot I could be excited like this. I didn't know I could still feel so strongly about things. And while I spent a lot of 2023 seeing all of my mental health treatments/work paying off, I didn't feel truly whole until I rediscovered Final Fantasy VIII in July.

And my "puny bed" is just that - being engaged with Final Fantasy VIII. I get scared that one day I will be uninterested. But I never want to be unobsessed again.

I have loved Final Fantasy VIII at least since I was about 11, but I think I loved it since the first time I watched my brothers play the demo. It has been an important part of my life - playing the game influenced all my interests going forward; making fanfiction taught me how to write; going on forums to discuss the game helped me learn how to socialize online; and honestly I could go on.

But I've gone through cycles. I was very obsessed from 11 to 13, then someone made me a cake with the Griever necklace on it for my 16th birthday (WHICH WAS SO COOL) and all I could feel was embarrassment. My interest had gone completely dormant. It reemerged at 19 with the help of my Final Fantasy XIII roommate in college and went on long enough for us to go to see a Distant Worlds concert together, but faded again when she left for Amsterdam.

The first five years of my young professional life I am not sure I had any interests at all, being so busy and detached from myself, so Final Fantasy VIII was nowhere in my vocabularly. Which meant my wedding had not a drop of FFVIII in it. Even though my husband suggested it. Even though we learned how to dance for it, and could have done the waltz for the moon.

Strangely enough, about two days before the remaster dropped, I was inspired to look up FFVIII for some unknown reason. It was as if I felt the new opportunity to play in the force and when I found out a remaster was coming out, I absolutely had to play it.

And I did. And I enjoyed it. But that was when I started to fall down a dark spiral. The love was very quickly strangled.

When I was at my very worst, I kid you not, I could not even bring myself to think of FFVIII. I very clearly remember one December night in 2020 I spent manic in a psych ward, scared and uncomfortable and unable to fall asleep. I tried to focus on fanfiction ideas so I could maybe be relaxed enough to doze, instead of spending hours in the darkness wondering if my meds would ever work, if my heart was going to explode, if I would ever be "normal" again, while people opened my door at random intervals to shine a flashlight on my face. I tried to conjure Squall's face, or quotes from the game, and it all collapsed into nothingness.

And that was how it was. From then until mid-2023, FFVIII was shut away from me by the tomb of my own illness.

Then, I think it was March or April, my therapist and I were talking about ways to tackle my insomnia that didn't involve additional medication. It came up that I used to make "fake bedtime scenarios" about characters in this videogame I liked and that would not only help me fall asleep, but make me excited to go to bed.

"Why don't you play the game again?" She asked. I know I said "I can't" but I don't remember why. But it was enough to plant a seed (SeeD?).

As the spring continued, I started listening to the music from Final Fantasy VIII. Then I started going on the Reddit. I found this "State of the Arc" podcast that reviewed FFVIII. I listened to it on a roadtrip and, while I enjoyed it, I also found myself yelling at the dashboard because I disagreed with the hosts about something.

When I reached my destination, I found I could not fall asleep. I turned over a lot of things in my brain. I thought about Squall being a high-functioning depressed person with a lot of repressed feelings, like I once was. And how as your brain develops and you have issues like that, especially with CPTSD, it sometimes doesn't matter if your life is good now - the pain demands to be felt and the body remembers what you thought you forgot. And then I wondered, what if he was happy and with Rinoa after FFVIII but had a massive mental breakdown in his late 20s? And so, for the first time in three years, I could think about Final Fantasy VIII to fall asleep again.

After that, I was hooked again, and in a big way. I played the game again and found Reddit wasn't enough anymore. I may be even more obsessed with the game now than I ever was. So I joined Tumblr, and I guess you guys know the rest.

Since bringing this amazing videogame back into my life, I've been happier, more easy-going, and just... able to sit with myself. It makes me want to write, and draw, and sing, and play card games. I find that when my anxiety gets the best of me, I can shift to thinking about Final Fantasy VIII as a way of thought-stopping. And then I've met some amazing people on here that are so interesting and talented and supportive. I literally look forward to coming on Tumblr.

Today I was out and about a lot because I am with my in-laws and I am sort of on vacation. Because of that, I wasn't on Tumblr all day, and, more significantly, I didn't think/talk about Final Fantasy VIII. I mean, it wasn't completely absent from my day as I wore my "Compression of Time" tanktop and Squaket... but irrationally I feared I was somehow "not doing enough FFVIII" today.

And that is silly, of course. And I think in the big picture I am most afraid of being that disconnected and lost again. I could probably find joy in another fandom... maybe.

I just want to keep waking up here, in this cozy place that makes me feel connected and at home.

*btw in google this quote I found out Laguna is a brand of bed frame???

[sonicjustbecause]

Sonic characters - who I like, who I'm fine with, who I dislike

This is what I wrote yesterday. I want to underline that this is just my opinion and that I have nothing against you. I'm adult for a while right now. Sonic is just a passion that makes me happy, that I enjoy for fun, but is not my life. I say that because knowing what the Sonic fandom may be like, is easy to feel intimidated by different point of view.

Let's start!

Favourites/I love:

SONIC (of course)

I discovered Sonic games in 1991. I was friend with two fraternal twins since kindergarden and we were among the first kids who were able to play videogames (I owned a commodore 64 my uncle gifted me, the twins owned a Sega Master System and a Game Boy). There were not much informations about Sonic's personality, but talking with my friends, we all perceived him being very similar to Shadow. Just openly more gentle.

In 1995 there were Sonic cartoons (Sonic SatAM, AoStH, in collaboration with Italy). Sonic was not like Shadow, but he was 'meh'... I liked him but he wasn't really my favourite. Also the design left me confused (my brother was more into the western design, i was more into the Japanese design).

To be honest I think the western design is cute. I would fix the quills, more classic sonic style instead of the mohawk and the hands, making them with five fingers instead of four. And some little adjustments on the ankles but for the rest is fine.

I loved Sonic in Sonic Adventure 2 and I liked Ryan's voice. I easily tend to imagine his voice if i read some story about him. I like Ryan's, Jason's, Deven's and the italian VA Renato). What I like most about Sonic is his kindness.

TAILS

There was a period were Tails received a lot of hate, maybe just because he is a child. But in early '90s' Tails was loved by player. His ability to fly made the level easier to beat, so everybody played with him. Since he is a fox, I excepted him to be cunning. Of course not toward Sonic (he is his friend after all) but toward Eggman, outsmarting him. I also considered Sonic and Tails being brothers. All of this before knowing him.

When I noticed he had two tails instead of one, I though it was because of an experiment by Eggman. The two tails genetic mutation does exist in nature, although is rare.

KNUCKLES

I saw knucles in early '90s for the first time but he didn't catch my interest. He was Sonic's opponent. I never had occasions to play Sonic's games until we finally got Sonic Adventure 2. Then I noticed Knuckles was about the stereotype of the cool boy... except he was not so bright and he was quite naive.

SHADOW

I loved his balanced design. The first thing I though is that he could be a great character for graffitis. Early Shadow seemed based on emo kids, it was fashion in early '00s'.

He was also quite depressed, almost suicidal at times. After 2006 Shadow became famous as 'the edgelord', almost an unintentional caricature of himself. Before 2006 Shadow seemed slightly friendlier and laid back at times. That bit that was enough to made him seem more alive. As if he sometimes did things just to have fun like Sonic. And it happened his idea of fun match Sonic's. In later years he seems recovering from his edgelord days.

AMY

Amy didn't caugh my attention earlier but right now is one of the characters I like. Though i miss her fangirling about Sonic. Also because they decided to remove that part of her, it was considered a flaw. Yet Amy could see Sonic's flaws and was honest with him about what she though. All the rest of Amy is there. And she had and has a lot of good qualities.

EGGMAN

Eggman is funny, hilarious. But he is wicked, manipulative, sadistic, cruel and I mean actual cruel towards beasts. And toward kids.

All Eggman's doing.

Also Eggman's doing.

Most Sonic's friends (including Sonic) are teenagers. Eggman has shown to be capable to kill fellow humans too. Without problems.

I like, but they can be better:

ROUGE

Rouge is a female Lupin III. I compare her to Lupin and not to Fujiko because, although she is a thief and a spy, although she may be cunning, she is a loyal friend.

The thing I don't like about her is her original design:

I'm not against her design for political correct bullshit reasons. Simply this design seems somewhat unfinished, heavy and awkward and the pink is overhelming. Rouge herself doesn't look much athletic. Also she looks like a character coming from the middle of the '900 and not a modern character.

I like more the prime design, where her figure is more atletic, muscular and balanced like her job (spy, thief) would suggest.

CHAO

The chao design actually is perfect the way it is. I love all the variants seen in SA and SA2. And the chao's minigame (I raise them only with Sonic and Shadow. They're the only who don't hurt them accidentally). However in a story their role should be about the same role of the flickies. Cheese is a prominent character, but it feels forced.

(Ignore Mario)

CREAM and VANILLA

I think they should be supporting characters when needed. They're nice and all, but I can't see them taking on adventures. They worked well when they took care of Sonic but they're better characters for slice of life or lighter adventures.

BIG

This one is quieter and more a loner than Shadow, yet he is very happy, kind and gentle. He has the natural nice personality most real cats have, especially male cats. Like Cream and Vanilla, i think his role would be more the one of a supporter character. The one who listen and who make all characters feel better after a chat. He doesn't work as protagonist and i think his start was rough. Big is a Siberian cat. Those cats have a cobby bodytype and are long haired

An actual Siberian cat

METAL SONIC

Although a robot, he can work. But he is like radioactive material. He should be used carefully.

Meh... forgettable

BLACK DOOM

I think his ugliness alone was more than enough to made him a laughing stook. He is evil manipulative, sadistic, abusive and all, sharing his flaws with Dr.Eggman. But he lacks Eggman's positive traits. Is not even funny. So fans and even comic writers treat him like one of those mignon who are all words and no substance. It might be unconscious.

Woooh, how treatening... villain's empty words.

Just an example of how people see Black Doom... (Drawn by Ama)

STICKS

Sticks may seem cute, funny, but in the end she's not that memorable. She's nothing more than the caricature of a conspiracy theorists, thin foil hat and such. That can work in another media but not in Sonic.

SILVER

I fail to understand this guy. Is he a blend between Sonic and Shadow? His design keeps leaving me unimpressed and it doesn't suggest me a personality in particular. Redundant.

CHAOTIX

Hate at first sight. Redundant.

MOST I WON'T MENTION, TOO MANY TO REMEMBER.

They're redundant, not much interesting.They seem a blander blend of main characters. Is like wanting to fix the main characters or wanting to create an upgraded version of the main character, instead is only taking away the fun.

[witla]

2023 Year Review

Hello!

So first of all I wanted to make this on audio like I did on 2020, but honestly I don’t think I have time and room to record my voice lol.

Second holy shit the last time I did this was in 2020 itself, why I didn’t make this on 2021 or 2022? Idk maybe I didn’t want to talk about it, but I’m going to have a brief mention of things about them here.

So 2023…

It was a very zig zag year for me to be sure

First, I’m quite disappointed on myself because I didn’t make much art like I did before, if you see my archive on tumblr, you can see the gaps between months and the amount of drawings I did (not a lot), I wish I could have made more art, but when you get on a job, your brain gets fried and artblock its inevitable.

Speaking of my job…oh boy, at first I was excited to finally got settled in a job to make my own money and such (I entered last year on August), but the more time I’ve been, the more unwelcomed I felt, let’s just say that I haven’t click much with my coworkers like I did before, my bosses are not there at all, and I just feel like a ghost, not appreciated, but I don’t want to quit yet because I don’t think I can find a job that quickly after quitting one, I want to have more experience and such. I just hope we can have a better environment again like before.

In terms of health, God, it’s been my more painful year yet, sickness after sickness after sickness, at least I went to the hospital once for brief hours, its better because the period of 2020-2022, I’ve been on the hospital like five times a year for days. And let’s not talk about how my moods swings went and so on, my mental health was on the verge of breaking, so much that I was ready to say goodbye to the world like the fifteen time…

But I didn’t

Why?

Because despite all this toxicity and this negativity in my personal life, some things are worth to live for.

It’s worth to hear your dad say “I love you” and cook you the food you love, to say that he will help you no matter what, and appreciate you and say how smart and beautiful you are.

It’s worth to hear your brother say he worries about you, and wants you to be okay, to send you memes, images and videos to laugh with the most surreal humor we gen z have.

It’s worth to hear your sister tell you about her hyper fixations, to hear her silly but funny ideas and contribute alongside her, to see her draw with acuarelas, and show you the weird but funny videos she laughs about.

It’s worth to have your grandma let gift you things you don’t really need, but it’s still appreciated and hugs you and kisses you, when she loves you despite your low self-stem.

It’s worth to hear your uncles and aunts to say how are you beautiful you are, how they love the way you laugh, the way you smile, they say keep that cute smile of yours always.

It’s worth to see your cousins, talk to them, hug them, and play alongside them UNO cards and videogames, especially when they also have the same interest as yourself and understands you when no one else does.

Its worth to see your dogs, pet them, see how they wave their tail at you, how they get happy when they see you coming back home after work,

Even if we bicker and a lot for the most minimum things, we love each other, typical Mexican family lol, but yeah my family has been a big support in this year.

Also I’m proud of myself, I had the guts to join a dance group, specifically an Ori Tahiti group, I learned to dance something that I wasn’t familiar with, not only that, I learned more about Polynesian culture and language, and it that group I made some friends, my teacher is a very open minded and lovely person, after my exam, she wrote on a paper of how if I have more confidence in myself I might be also present as a solo dancer (WOW).

Learning to dance definitely improved my physical and mental health (a little bit yeah because I have my downs) like I lost a significant amount of weight thanks to it, and seeing the others dance and talk with them and dance alongside them, it’s also worth to live for, they definitely boost my confidence.

And even if it’s a bit cheesy, some media I watched and played, it was worth it, it helped me in the bad times, it helped me to have fun, to feel fun again, to enjoy my life, thank you!!!.

So yeah, even if my year had ups and downs, I’m ready for next year

I hope things get better with me, but no only me, to everyone, I hope it becomes a better year around the world, please be a better year for those who need it!

If you read this, well thank you for having the time to read it!

To my followers, thanks for sticking with me, even if I have a small following, I appreciate you a lot and I love you!!!!!!!!

Good news is that I finally made more pieces of art, although it’s my usual personal weird, surreal, abstract pieces of art based on my struggles, good things, just surreal shit and songs I listen too, also made new OCS so… I’m hoping to upload them soon on January!

Happy New Year!

See you soon on 2024!!!

An Witlacosh

[seethesunny]

Hi, lovely! Here’s some for the ask game. 🍓🥤🌻🪐

Hi friend, happy Saturday 🤲🏼❤ thank u lots for the ask! I always get bored haha

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

This is funny because I've always been a creative kid, so I would create my own stories inside my head and they eventually turned into some of the shows/books I liked- sometimes a mixture- and at the time I didn’t know that was called fanfiction! I have the vivid memory of snatching my mom's lavender Nokia cellphone to write in a notes app, that happened until I fell into the role-playing world for years and that only cemented my love for it, I fully got into writing seriously around five years since that but never posted, it was for that same group of friends only. So that's my backstory! I had given up on it for a number of reasons but I'm back in the fanfiction pit lol

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

Since I've been a tessjoel girlie from the beginning I'm pulling some of the hidden gems on FF dot net that some new fans may not know! These are all videogame tlou.

Starting with one of my favorite fics EVER (it is a habit to reread it monthly) written by Raff who is a legend and was a pioneer for them. This is an au that's technically canon compliant for the tone, a very straight-forward summary: Ellie is Tess and Joel's daughter, this is the little glimpses of how they raise her in the QZ:

@kokureno and I gush over this particular fic nonstop, college au with romcom elements, what's not to love?

This one is a curious case because while I read it previously, my mind was blown away when I finally read Dirt (also recommend it) then came back to it. Tess and Joel share a vulnerable moment and Tess realizes there is more to him than what she thought, pretty spot on character analysis:

This one is a Tess lives au AND a babyfic, and you know how hard it used to be to find babyfics for them specifically? Aside from signs (originally from FFnet), I wasn't that lucky and this was a blessing:

Someone said missing scene fic about a very necessary topic aka Joel and Ellie bringing up Tess during their journey? The old man HAS feelings??? Anyway, this is 100% canon to me:

This one is for those who are fans of Tess’s backstory in the old tlou storyline where she was the main antagonist/villain, which means she had a brother who was killed; in my heart this will always be her OG origin story honestly. Plus, Joel also opens up about his own loss:

Don't you love it when there's a recurring theme in your fic???? Tess and Joel's lives when they're running out of time, Tommy appears too, canon compliant:

Okay this one is on AO3 too, I get that, however I first found it here and anyway it has now been buried so! I'm showing it again. Tess's centered fic were a rarity so I know this one like the back of my hand, the most juicy gritty QZ life angst, it's also an origin story about her AND a character study, go wild:

Another one on AO3, but hear me out this IS them at their true core and a required reading for everyone to understand them and their dynamic perfectly, it's pretty sad and there's not much comfort but that's why it's so good. Also, the queen herself (amb) wrote it and this is my special dedication to her bc she cemented this Fandom alongside Raff and she's the best at pulling our heartstrings:

Those are some of my favs. I can't include every single one cause it would take me ages but there are so many more there that are worth a read. If you love them most at their ambiguous nature, the early fics filled the void and nurtured the mind.

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

A really talented artist around here who's outstanding at what she does, ily chica @betweentwoceremonials

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

Last year I had an awful infection and it took me a while to get rid of it, but I did some medical analysis a few weeks ago and now I'm fine 🥳

This spot is for the people I love and love me in return, I never take it for granted!

Not to get too pessimistic bc I try to keep it light but I never thought I would reach my 20s and yet- I'm still here, and I'm proud of myself for it

[gogomeaty]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals!

Thank you for the tag my sweet @twigg96!! (∩´∀｀)∩

Were you named after anyone?

Not precisely with my first name, is the same name as my aunt, who is also my godmother; but my mom says she didn't call me that after her BUT I know that my second name was after a character in a telenovela

When was the last time you cried?

I don't remember, but probably not too long ago, and most likely was because of a red dead edit I saw

Do you have kids?

No, and I don't plan on having kids anymore

Do you use sarcasm?

Yeah? I guess, most of the times I don't realize what I use when I'm talking, I just talk...

What's the first thing you notice about people?

Their facial expressions and what kind of vibe they give off

What's your eye color?

Brown

Scary Movies or Happy Endings?

Happy endings, i don't watch scary movies often and they definitely aren't my go-to when I want to watch something

Any special talents?

Uh, I can do a few voice imitations, Shakira is my favorite

Where were you born?

México

What are your hobbies?

Doing art, videogames, writing, singing, dancing n reading

Have any pets?

Yep, five cats; Jazz, Oliver, Bruno, Daiya and Sin Cola(Tailless)

What sports do you/have you played?

Ballet and tap dance when I was little, then belly dance and a little bit of swimming classes a few years ago

How tall are you?

1.70 / 5' 7" - Decently tall, I guess

Favorite subject in school?

Biology and for the semester I was in graphic design, the art history subject was my most favorite one

Dream Job?

Daycare teacher or barista

Tagging (no pressure): @nsfwitchy2 @ir0n-moon @impsynia @robinsnest2111 @skylightdistraction @zonkutonshorrifyingpeenie @a-dope-fiend @basu-shokikita

[haxpaxmisc]

Tangled in a web of thread and code

Sneak peak (+ full first chapter) of the Miguel O'hara/OC fanfic I am currently writing. Feel free to drop a visit on AO3, if it's more comfy to you. I don't think I will upload the whole text on here, though.

The low hum of a certain anomaly echoes across universes. Spider man 2099 undertakes an intricate quest of seek-and-capture to maintain the order he has so carefully kept through the years. Only one thing seems to truly stand between him and this shrouded mystery: vibrations on the spiderweb, echoes of things past.

He would not believe his eyes when he found out which universe, which alternate version of the Earth, might harbor this anomaly. Earth-1312; a pit ogf crime and despair, once inhabited by Spider Moon –highly useful ally in the past, whose passing brought upon as much chaos to her universe as one would imagine. A remnant of her prevails, though: the ABC, the name of both a complex machinery of hacking, and the only person capable of accessing it. There is much path yet to tread on in the walk of acceptance. Is life, truly, just a losing game? Perhaps two heads really are better than one, and adding up their answers to that question might turn the path the less rocky. You know, if they can actually put their differences behind themselves.

Chapter 1. Dynasties & Dystopia

It had been days since Miguel had endured such a headache. New kid had just joined them- Gwen was her name. He tried to remain adamant about not letting her in the team, but Jessica always had a way to somehow be right. The way her eyes had pierced his when asking –no, demanding him that they took that child in… it would have scarred him if he had said no. The kid had been good at adapting, too. Maybe it came with the mask. It was one of the things that brought them all together, made them who they were.

But Hobie had taken it to himself to teach her everything she needed to know. It should have been fine, even useful, to remove the burden from someone else, from Miguel himself… but as of now, they had kept talking, and talking, and TALKING non-stop for a whole five hours. He was starting to consider whether he should have prevented these headaches by letting Jessica obliterate him with her stupid determination. His eye twitched.

“… wait until you see the cat”, Hobie was saying to a very impressed Gwen. “You have a CAT in here?!” “Uh… we don’t have him, he’s one of us.” “How’s that wavelength report coming, Margo?”. Miguel tried to leave their voices behind as he paced about the gigantic room that Margo often projected her image in. She was half here, half there (as usual), shifting around her place and somehow able to check several screens at once. Sometimes, Miguel wondered if she was doing several things at the same time, things that wouldn’t come as handy… maybe she played videogames, or checked her socials. But she was as efficient as can be, anyway.

“It’s coming out fine, ‘boss’. Don’t worry”. She adjusted her glasses, Miguel sighing at her little remark. His head was starting to weigh way more than he could handle.

“What do you MEAN you are a drummer?!”, Hobie yelled in the background, pecking at any little peace of mind he could have left. “Get out of it!”

“Yeah, like… I mean, I was in a band until very recently, but… seeing as things have come about, maybe I’m not a drummer anymore.”

“Shut uuuup”, he waved his hand dismissively before putting it over her shoulder. “You are a drummer, and maybe you can have a band. See, I…”

“What’s going on?”. Drew’s voice felt like a well of fresh water to him. Maybe they would listen to her, maybe she could bring some order in along with herself.

“Boss asked me to deliver a wavelength report he’s been fussy about over the weekend, or else I shall be fired”, Margo answered before Miguel took the air necessary to respond. Instead, he sighed all of it out once again. Why did they always have to be so quippy?

“It’s about this anomaly, see” he finally got to answer.

“Potential anomaly.”

“Yes, sure. Potential. It is not quite there, yet. But still, we need to trace it back as precisely as possible.”

“I see”. Jessica seemed to ponder as she stared at one of the screens Margo had turned over for them to see. “It is quite small. What do you think it is?”

“We don’t know for sure. Could be a little trinket that got teleported out of its own dimension, could be a critter…”. He traced off, lost in thought.

“Doesn’t seem like something scary, yet”. Their conversation had somehow attracted Hobie and Gwen in, and he was looking at the screen, too, his hands in his spiked vest’s pockets.

“Exactly”, Miguel murmured back. “Yet.”

“Ka-ching! Lyla has found its source!���

Miguel furrowed his brow. “Lyla was helping you?”

“I mean, duh. How else do you expect me to do this so quick, without a NASA computer? She’s not your friend only.”

“Sorry, Miguel” Lyla barged in with the tone and face of someone who is definitely not sorry. “Had to help out”.

“But you’ve got to see this. Look where it’s coming from… or, more exactly, where it ends up when it starts to fade away.”

They all looked expectantly, Miguel resting his hands on the desk to come closer. The multi-dimensional screen that displayed a somewhat simplified layout of all the multiverses connecting together pointed at a particular universe he didn’t expect to ever hear of again. The yellow-orange dot blinked incessantly, and he could not help compare it with a ticking bomb.

“No”, he simply said. “Oh, yes”, Hobie seemed amused –and Gwen too, by extension, even if not in the know. “We coming back.”

“No! You don’t even know if the anomaly is set anywhere nearby her.” “I think it is…”, Margo corrected him. “See? It could be anyplace in a 15 kilometer radius, but it’s still a pretty narrowed down window from a whole planet.”

It would have been impossible to deny it. The second map they saw, set in two dimensions from an aerial point of view, enclosed a huge chunk of a New York City he knew too much of. Any data they had access to could not truly encompass what one felt there: his memories of visiting were of dark, neon lit images that went past too fast. Individuals looking lost at any given time in any given place. A city on the verge of collapse, nearly in shambles, its concrete and metal skeleton refusing to fully fall off.

“There is no way you guys are going there again”. Miguel got back up and extended both his arms in desperation. “Last time was a HUGE mess.” “But we did fine. Stopped the bad guy, helped them out”. Hobie’s brow lowered in defiance. “Who are we talking about?” Gwen wanted to know. “Oh”, Drew breathed in deeply, as if she didn’t know where to start. “There’s this asset-“ “She is not an asset”, Miguel remarked, trying not to lose his temper. Despite the blood pumping upward through the sides of his forehead, he was still trying to be reasonable. “Last time… maybe we did fine, and helped her out, but she is not that trustworthy.”

“Wow”, Jess crossed her arms and nodded slightly. “Low blow.” “You know I do not mean it like that”. His gaze pierced hers this time. “You know what I mean. She’s too erratic; the choices she makes and the paths she goes down to get her way… it is too unpredictable.” Everyone else seemed thrilled to see where this was going. Margo had kept surprisingly quiet ever since she showed them the map, Hobie maintained his colder façade, and Gwen was visibly trying to connect the dots right there and then. “All right”, Jessica answered, her chin still held up high. “Still, this potential anomaly of yours may be a ticking bomb, waiting to blow up at the worst time”. Was she capable of thought reading? “It’s unlike you to risk it this much over a petty argument.”

Miguel held her gaze for a few seconds before turning back, running his hand through his hair to get it away from his face. Always. She had a way.

“Fine”, he gave in after what felt like a whole minute. “We can contact her. BUT” he added quickly to curb Hobie’s enthusiasm, “I will be the one to make contact.”

Hobie’s mouth tensed for a moment. “Bloke’s got the bottle, doesn’t he”, he just said, one of his cockney idioms only he could understand there, but his expression was returning back to normal. “Can’t have us having fun”. His voice was more akin to his usual chill-and-witty attitude, already. The bomb had been defused, and Miguel had been the one to manage it all in order to keep his most trouble-seeking teammates at bay… as he often was. Only thing was, he was now supposed to go there and make contact. The thought irked him: he could already feel the headache coming back strong as soon as he got there and spoke to her. Earth-1312’s ABC. She had been unbearable once. All of the others (save for himself and Margo) walked out slowly, as if they had just fought an exhausting battle, no one knowing whether they had won or lost. Gwen raised her head slightly.

“Hey, Hobie. By ‘he’s one of us’… do you mean some of that ‘you can’t own animals’, thing? Or, like, that he’s a Spider person… animal… cat?” Hobie seemed to consider for a second. “Last one. But also, like, both.”

The lights in the Neo Owl seemed brighter than ever that night. Pink, blue, green, the occasional flash of red… then pink again. The music boomed inside her head, the growl of the bass felt like a much needed kickstart to her heart. This was her place. This was where she belonged. She hadn’t even needed to do Rush. Her body was still standing, still bouncing, and the night wasn’t even as young anymore. A familiar voice would have approached her, her arrival as unnervingly hard to pick up as always, and would have muttered to her ear “y’know, I’m proud of you.” And Ada would have frowned, unable to stop herself from smiling back “yeah, well, I might start doing something worse tomorrow. Never grew too fond of my septum, anyway. I even payed someone to stab it, see”. But no one was talking to her, and ghosts were as real as the economy. As one of the songs faded into the next one, and feeling close to sobering out of her euphoria, she walked up to the bar to try and get another drink. Being a lone drinker was as lousy as could get, but she would manage. Tiny drops of sweat were gathering on her forehead, and she could tell that her mascara was starting to wear off. Not too bad for her age, ey. The sweetest bartender ever served her another caipirinha (she was feeling fancy that night), his collar too perfectly placed, his shirt too closed for her taste. What? One could dream. Still, she gave him a polite smile, paid for her drink and tipped more than enough. “Must’ve been a cool tattoo”, he suddenly told her. “What?”. She hoped she may have misheard him, but he unmistakingly pointed his chin towards her right hand. “The square thing on your palm”, he explained. Sharp sight. “Oh, it’s just… it’s something I regretted. Lasered it out.” “Yeah, I thought so”. He laughed softly, as if suddenly embarrassed. “Sorry, didn’t mean to bother.”

It’s OK, she thought to herself. He was just trying to strike up conversation. Everyone else seemed too faded to talk to, and it must have been lonely, to serve drinks in a place where everyone goes to get shitfaced enough to black out. Or maybe it was just part of his job, to be nice. But… could he have seen it, really? In detail? She downed the glass in one go, an icy coldness threatening to freeze her brain, but she ignored the sharp pain and knocked twice on the sticky wooden bar before leaving. Would have been a pity, to let such a drink be poured down a sinkhole. Maybe she was just imagining things. It hadn’t been so long that Moon had left for good, and she had gotten used to having her by her side, her special senses warning them both off danger. But regular old Ada had no such privilege. She covered her drinks with her own hand, carrying them around. She looked back every half minute when walking home alone. Sometimes, she even gazed up the buildings around her… Maybe if she looked up hard enough, if she kept a close eye and stayed fully aware every waking minute, she would have been there once again, looking down at her. But no one ever saw Moon coming, if she didn’t want them to. And Ada wished she hadn’t seen her go.

[dollmother]

i think about my dad from time to time. and the time back when i was about five or six the day after we found out what happened to him. everyone in that apartment complex was gathered in the yard, including some family friends and such. i don't even remember it all that well honestly.

everyone wept and grieved, especially my mom and sister who had to face the despair of what will become of our family. but i just stood there, holding my toy with a blank expression on my face. i felt nothing. in my chest now some quiet hole just there...but not really there? i didn't know. all i could think about in that moment was getting to my computer to play megaman x-4 or something. i remember making a big fuss about it, just wanting to be away from it and into my videogames.

maybe that's when everything went wrong. or when i knew something was awfully wrong with me. when i remember, i feel nothing. only some weird urge to "have to" feel something, like a sort of guilt for the emptiness dwelling in my chest. i should've cried that day, but not a single tear came to greet anyone. nobody thought anything of it. or maybe they did. they must have imagined that such a young child couldn't have possibly understood what was going on. the weight of the situation. he doesn't know. he still has his innocence.

but i knew. my dad was gone and there was absolutely nothing i could do about it. maybe something shattered inside me that day, or maybe it was the night when it happened. whenever i reimagine that era in my life, the memory of me begging my father to stay home instead of working overtime the day he died was something that haunted me for a while atleast. i wanted him to spend time with us, and play video games with me but he insisted on going to work in his office anyways. sometimes he'd take me there and we'd play video games during his break. but i think when he refused to listen to me, i had already given up before everything turned for the worse.

i think about that and, maybe that's why i didn't lament the aftermath. i thought just maybe, when he walked out the door that day that things were already over.

and why couldn't i cry? i hated myself for not feeling anything. when i had cried profusely for weeks when my first ex-girlfriend broke up with me? then i realized. they were tears of guilt, for not feeling anything at the loss of someone i loved. i had to repent for that, so i compensated in the next person i lost. but she wasn't lost to me the way my dad was. oh, i was supposed to feel something when i lost her---when i lost him. but really i didn't. maybe there IS something truly wrong with me.

and i'm sorry dad, if you ever hear me. i really loved you.

but sometimes, i forget you ever existed.

and i'm sorry, for not feeling a single thing all these years.

[harveywritings92]

BNHA scenario: you sleepwalk/sleep talk.

Summary: You have a tendency to talk or walk in your sleep, it never really bothered your boyfriend, if you wandered off in your sleep he'd just follow you to make you don't get harmed and take you back to bed, or if you talk in your he'd humor you as he found it hilarious! but tonight was different... this night you seemed to channeled something paranormal and it scares you boyfriend shitless.  

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Shigaraki: It was around three am when Shigaraki was woken up by you sitting up in bed, he sighed tiredly assuming you were gonna stand up and walk around for couple minutes then wander back to bed, or you were gonna leave the room and he'll have to go make sure you don't hurt yourself and bring you back himself. After five minutes of you not moving Tomura turned around to look at you...

And was very confused you were obviously still asleep, but you were kind of glaring at something? Shigaraki curiously looked over his shoulder and surveyed his dark bedroom confused at what could be holding your attention and was more so stumped when you slowly lifted up your hand and pointed at the large antique mirror, he had set up near his computer; with this almost frustrated expression. "He won't stop starring..." you deadpanned causing your boyfriend to jump from you suddenly talking... 

"W-who won't stop starring?"

"Him, the man in the mirror!

"There's no one in the mirror, y/n"

"The man with no face he's right there...."

You huffed annoyed before laying back down, while Tomura was sitting there looking between you and the mirror shitting brinks! *Wake the fuck up! you think you can just go back to sleep and just leave me on edge like this!* He mentally hissed the froze when he heard a weird scrapping noise coming from the mirror's direction, his red eyes slowly turned to look at the mirror and nearly pissed himself when he saw it the mirror was swaying on the wall right to left, only to stop he made a move like he was gonna get up and check.

"Oh fuck to the no..."  he hissed before laying back down hugging you close, Shigaraki nearly smothered you to death with how tight he was holding onto you! 

The next day you were confused when you came back to the base to find what looked like a box of glitter and rotten woodchips in the dumpster out back, you went to Shigaraki's room and found the mirror gone! in it's place was a random poster and a shelf filled with video-games, comic books and random liquor bottles, Also you noticed that Shigaraki seemed to be avoiding playing any horror videogames involving ghosts for a while; opting instead to play Animal crossing or Pokémon.

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{Note: Ayane is the default name for the Dabi's daughter reader in the dad scenarios]

Dabi: He was coming in late from a mission, he sat down on his bed taking his boots off and nearly shat himself when he saw a figure standing up in the corner of the room, he quickly turned the lights on to find you just standing there staring dead ahead, he let sigh expecting you to burst out laughing any second now. "Y/n you scared the crap out o-..." You weren't reacting. "Y/n? Fairy?"  he stood up and waved his hand in front of your face and noticed your steady breathing, and realized you were sleeping... 

Dabi was going to grab your hand when you caused him to jump back, your eyes snapped up to look at him then pointed at the hallway, just in time for Dabi hear giggling and saw what he though was his 2 year old daughter running passed the door. "Ayane?" he called out as he sat you down on the bed and went to get the kid before she hurt herself. "Firefly what are you doing out of-...what the hell?" Dabi trailed off when he saw Ayane peeking out from behind a door, a door that was deadbolted shut, there was no possible way for her to reach the locks let alone open it!  

Before Dabi could take another step despite his instinct screaming at him not to, a faint voice whispered in his ear "You not supposed to follow when they call..." Dabi cussed and turned around to see you standing behind him still sleep walking! then you both heard the door "Ayane" was hiding behind slam shut then lock! Scaring the crap out of your husband and waking you and your daughter up, who started crying for you both as she could. "Touya? why am I in the hall-..." You husband didn't answer he just rushed to Ayane's room like bat out of hell!

"Put your shoes and coat on! we're getting the hell outta here!" he hissed at you while carrying Ayane, you did as you were told but kept asking what was going on? "Now!" he barked making you jump from shock, you've never seen him this shaken up before! "I knew this house was too cheap for a reason!" he growled as he strapped your daughter into her car seat, He told you what happened in the car after driving to a gas station a few blocks away, needless to say the three of you spent the night in a roadside motel and the next morning Dabi was looking for the landlord and some priests! 

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Izuku: He was woken up by the feeling of being stared at... Izuku woke up and rolled over to see a woman standing over him! He yelped nearly pissed himself before he realized it was you! "Y/n? why are..." his eyes adjusted and he saw the glazed over look in your eyes and realized you were asleep! "What did you have another nightmare again?" he asked getting up holding his hand out to you, but you didn't budge... 

His brows furrowed before deciding to try to take you back to your room and got up and went get the door but was shocked to it locked! but if he locked his door then how did you..." Izuku felt his blood go cold as he turned around ready for a fight! only to find...Nothing?  but no... Your were just here! he saw you! hell, he felt his hand brush against yours when he got up! he checked his closet, under his bed under his desk, you really weren't there! 

Izuku was rightly freaking out as he left his room and went to your room; He started knocking on your door as quietly as possible and waited a few seconds, before he heard you shuffling around as you opened the door rubbing the sleep from your eyes. "Izuku?...that's trippy." You yawned as your boyfriend looked at you confused. "w-what do you mean?" he stammered you were looking mighty creeped out!

"I just had a dream I was in your room and you were staring at me not saying anything, not matter how many times I called your name."

"*goes white as a sheet* h-huh.."

"What? what I say?"

"You...what- I just coming over here to tell you I saw the same thing! Except you were one staring! what the crap?!"

You both started freaking out about the whole situation, before Mr. Aizawa found you both out after curfew; giving you a real reason to be scared!

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Hawks: Hawks was up late finishing up reports when he saw his phone light up, Keigo checked and saw it was a photo of you sleeping... he hummed not really thinking about it, assuming you sent it sleepwalking, it wouldn't be the first time this occurred... and he was going to keep working when the blond froze. *if you were sleeping, who the hell took that photo?!* Something was wrong!? Keigo rushed out of his office and made it to your house out of breath.

Landing in your backyard he approached the back door he saw you cat Mr. Pants sitting outside refusing to go inside even when he saw Keigo, he very carefully opened the backdoor door and was about to hit the lights, when something in his head told him that was bad idea! that's when the smell hit him...Gas! the winged man cussed under his breath and made his way to your room, finding you passed out on the bed, phone resting on the nightstand, he grabbed you and ran out of the house; without even checking to see if someone else was there!

He laid you out on ground outside checking to see if you were breathing... to his relief you were! but barely! Keigo called the fire department and ambulance, while he feathers opened some of the windows in your house to air it out! the fire department determined that the cause for the gas leak was your new stove, one of the hoses wasn't properly installed.

Keigo asked if anyone else was in the house? The firemen looked at each other befuddled. "Sir, Your lady friend there was the only one in the house." the blonds brows furrowed as he looked down at his phone to look at the photo only to find it gone! in fact there was no history of you ever contacting him! Hawks thought he was going insane!

The next morning when he went to the hospital to check on you, he told you about the photo and asked who was at your house. "No one, It was just me and Mr. Pants!" you insisted but then remembered something. "Y-yeah I had a freaky dream, I thought I was sleepwalking around the house, but when I got to my room I saw myself passed out on my bed! I thought it was soo weird I grabbed my phone and...took...a" Hawks finished your sentence. " A picture." Both of you were pretty shaken up by this whole situation and decided not to say anything about it, unless someone brings up the topic of "creepiest thing that ever happened to you?" and the ghost selfie is your go to story!

[screamsinsilver]

An Introduction to Quadrant

I’ve seen too many people saying they don’t know exactly what Quadrant is, so I’m here to help you out

Quadrant is a Gaming and Lifestyle brand (kinda like 100 Thieves) founded by Lando Norris. It has four key elements: gaming, racing, content and apparel. A Gaming and Lifestyle brand is a brand that appeals to the ‘gamer’ culture, and their target market are gamers and racing fans, people who are on the internet, watching YouTube and Twitch, and specifically like racing related content. Lando founded the brand at some point in March 2020, and implemented it with the help of Veloce to launch in November that year (and yes he kept it a secret that whole time).

The name comes from Lando’s number and from the four elements (not from the number of members, like some people thought).

They have a ‘Content Team’, i.e. the people in the spotlight:

Lando Norris: Founder, Formula 1 driver, occasionally streams on Twitch (1M+ followers) and uploads on YouTube (741K subscribers)

Aarav Amin/Aarava: YouTuber (614K subscribers), primarily known for F1 Career Mode gameplay, occasionally streams on Twitch (50K followers).

Maria Bish/RiaBish: Streamer, had a deal with Facebook for a year (100K followers), returning to Twitch in 2022 (13K followers), occasionally uploads vlogs on YouTube (19K subscribers).

Niran Yesufu/FNG: YouTuber (598K subscribers), focussed mostly on Football, but if you know where to look you can find his old F1/racing channel (9K subscribers), occasionally streams on Twitch (42K followers).

Steve Alvarez Brown/SuperGT: YouTuber (640K subscribers / 9K subscribers), simracing content, kart racer (more of that later), on Twitch but he’s not much of a streamer (9K Followers).

Ethan Pink/Fifakill: Streamer (267K followers), plays Call Of Duty on Twitch, uploads on YouTube too (56K followers).

Max Fewtrell: Racing Driver, Streamer (44K followers), probably the biggest non-F1 driver streamer in the motorsports space (relative to stream viewers), mostly chatting streams but he does play games too. He has ambitions to start a YouTube channel to vlog his racing, would start one anyway but doesn’t know what else to make videos about.

Quadrant’s content creators were already ‘popular’ before joining the team, Aarav, Niran and Steve were already on a couple hundred thousand subscribers, Ethan averaging around 700 viewers, Max averaging around 300 viewers (I might elaborate on his growth in another post), Ria averaged around 70 when she was on Twitch, but then secured a deal with Facebook (and I can’t get those stats).

Quadrant has begun branching in esports, starting with the Halo Championship Series. They signed four players who compete on behalf of Quadrant, and participated in their first LAN event on 17-19 December 2021 (HCS Raleigh). They also have plans to expand to other esports categories over the course of 2022 and beyond.

Looking further into the four ‘key aspects’:

Gaming

The members themselves are all gamers, and all ‘create’ gaming content of some sort. A lot of the content posted on their YouTube channel is ‘gaming’ content. 23 of the 62 videos uploaded involve the members playing a videogame. Games played include: F1, Assetto Corsa, Skribbl.io, CoD: Warzone, Golf with your Friends, Five Nights at Freddy’s VR, Minecraft, Rocket League and Geoguessr. Quadrant have also done Squad Streams playing F1, F1 Race Stars (attempted), Minecraft and UNO.

Racing

As the Brand of a Formula 1 driver, there is a primary racing influence. They have done racing focussed segments with Lando and Steve karting content and Quadrant x Yas Heat on track content.

Quadrant also has a ‘sponsorship’ position, after signing as a sponsor for Steve to compete in the Ultimate Karting Championship in 2021. There is a likelihood for them to continue with this with Steve and potentially also Max on his return to racing.

Quadrant also launched a live-streamed series taking place on Lando’s Twitch titled ‘The Pitwall’, a live watchalong to the Formula 1 Grand Prix, with suggestions to expand to other racing series and major motorsport events. The Pitwall is usually hosted by Max and Niran, with guests to be included in later streams. This format allows better audience participation via Twitch chat and Twitter, using #ThePitwall.

Content

As an internet based brand, Quadrant rely on content creation in terms of brand image. Content varies from YouTube videos (weekly videos on Wednesdays at 4pm, which kinda went out the window as of December 2021), TikToks, Instagram posts (yes, that does count as content) and Twitch streams. The Quadrant YouTube channel accrews around two thousand subscribers weekly, fluctuating relative to video release and content.

More recently, Quadrant have capitalised on less Covid restrictions to film more IRL content, including cooking videos, game show-inspired videos, challenges, get-to-know-the-squad videos, and vlogs.

As part of content creation, Quadrant have collaborated with numerous creators, including: Vikkstar123, Jarno Opmeer, Tiametmarduk, CouRageJD, Marcel Kiefer, Tommo McCluskey, TBJZL, WillNE, Haydon Guillis, Felix Von Der Laden, Jardier, Soundhead, Dani Moreno, Zerkaa, James Baldwin, Jimmy Broadbent, Mahaveer Ragunathan (yes, actually), MaximeMXM, TommyT999, Thibaut Courtois, F1Elly, Dr Lupo (kinda), Aldas, Pieface and Yas Heat.

Apparel

Quadrant release merchandise through limited merch drops, each with a different theme. The merch is designed by Will Kerr and approved by Lando and the rest of the team.

vONE: the first collection, in the team’s colours - black and fluro green/yellow. It included a black t-shirt with the split logo on the side and the full name on the chest, a black hoodie with the small full logo on the chest and “QUADRANT” on the sleeve, a black beanie printed with the black Q logo on the front, and a balck bucket hat with Qs printed over it. The hoodie and t-shirt was initially designed by Lando, then kept as the final design, with the bucket hat referencing the iconic Valentino Rossi one, reflecting Lando’s personality.

Speedshop: created in direct collaboration with Veloce, Quadrant released an exclusive merch line sold at the VeloceXQuadrant stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. After the event, it was made accessible to Quadrant Discord members, then to the public. The release included a black and cream hoodie and a black and white t-shirt with “QDRNT”, the number 4 and “Lando” printed on the back and sleeves.

Clover Motors: inspired by motorsport visuals, and the name taken from Lando’s number four, with “Clover” referring to a lucky clover with four leaves. The colours were different to that of the previous drops, and Quadnant’s aesthetic on a whole, moving to pink and blue. They released two hoodies, one grey with the signature at the front in blue and the large logo and phone number on the back, the other blue with the signature in pink and the logo smaller on the sleeve, also in pink. A jumper/sweatshirt was released in grey with the logo in the middle on the chest, the same design on one of the t-shirts. The other t-shirt was in blue with white printing: the signature on the front and the big logo and phone number on the back. They also released a long sleeved white shirt with white printing: the small logo on the front in the middle and the big logo and phone number on the back. The phone number was originally going to be connected to a voicemail from the team, with the idea scrapped because they couldn't get it to work, and it would exclude international fans.

Quadrant merch is considered expensive (and I’m not going to disagree, I have yet to cop my first piece), but they do adhere to quality standards, available on the website. The prices reflect the materials used and the workers putting the items together. The items are also shipped in biodegradable packaging. Following vONE, Quadrant supplied responding to demand in terms of sizes relative to the audience.

Over the time they have been active, they have acquired sponsorships from streaming hardware brand Elgato and travel brand Tumi. As well as this they had a paid partnership with Logitech, promoting an OLED monitor. Quadrant have streamed as part of the Gillette Gaming Alliance. Niran and Ria were invited to the LDNUTD x SamsungKX live All Access Gaming event (13th November 2021), and Niran and Max were invited to participate in McLaren Shadow’s Stream For Mind (28th October 2021).

Connecting with the Fans

When Quadrant begen, there was an emphasis on connecting the fans with the creators, through social media content and streams, later introducing an official Discord server. The Discord server was used to create a Q&A video, released in February 2021, collect Yes/No questions, ‘never have I ever’s and ‘who’s most likely to’s, and the ability to submit ideas for future content.

When Covid restrictions in the UK opened up, Quadrant announced their first IRL event - The Goodwood Festival of Speed, in partnership with Veloce, with a few Quadrant members rotating at the Veloce stand over the three days. A week later, the group attended the Formula One British Grand Prix, taking over a grandstand during Friday practice, and the FanZone following Sprint Qualifying. At the end of the season, they went to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but less as a fan-connection event. Quadrant have more plans for IRL events in the future.

For those who are unfamiliar, Discord is a mass-messaging platform (supporting instant messaging, voice calling, video calling, screenshare, etc), kinda like a ‘group chat (channel) within group chat (server)’ thing, with permissions based on user roles, used primarily in the gaming community to connect people when playing online, but has also expanded to cater for communities (it’s also my go-to messaging app lol). Discord operates through invite links to servers, and the link can be restricted to a set number of joins, a feature Quadrant utilises and gains criticism for. They usually distribute links with 25 or 50 ‘keys’, and on events, 100, usually via Twitter, Instagram stories, in Emails sent to fans signed up to the mailing list and Twitch chat (there is also one person who I know received a key via Twitter DMs but that was the only one). This has sparked some kind of criticism as it appears that the fans that do get access are ‘favouritised’, and has left fans waiting for keys since the server launch. The Discord server currently has just over 2,600 members (relative to the 450K subscribers), including Team Members, Veloce staff, moderators and bots.

A bit about Veloce

Veloce are the team that organised the ‘Not the GP…’ series during lockdown 2020, featuring Racing Drivers, Professional Simracers and Content Creators, the Veloce Squadsprint, a series of virtual simraces featuring Veloce’s in-house teams, and the Veloce Pro Series focussing on professional racing drivers - but in supercars. Veloce also entered three teams for the Virtual Le Mans 24 in 2020, partnering with drivers such as Jean-Eric Vergne (who’s also Veloce’s founder), Pierre Gasly, Norman Nato, Stoffel Vandoorne, Sacha Fenestraz and Ryan Tveter.

Quadrant is managed/handled by Veloce (the same overall company that compete in W Series and Extreme E, but their esports branch), and their members are also considered to be part of Veloce. Lando has a personal partnership with Veloce for Quadrant. Veloce manage other sim racing-oriented esports teams, such as McLaren Shadow, Sauber Esports, Mercedes AMG Esports and Yas Heat, as well as the in-house team. Quadrant’s manager from March 2020 to November 2021 (Nathan Tague) was also McLaren Shadow’s manager, before departing the Veloce circle to pursue a new challenge. Aarav, Niran and Ria have appeared on Veloce Esports’ Backseat Driver (a ‘live reaction’ to Formula One races) (pre Pitwall launch) and most of the Quadrant members have appeared on the Veloce channel. A lot of Quadrant’s staff also work for Veloce. Notable staff include Kate Hewitt (Social Media), Mickey O’Brian (Marketing/Socials), Cam Royal (not entirely sure, I think he took over from Nathan when he left, he was in charge of Quadrant for both Abu Dhabi trips (discord admin)), and Isaac Forcella (production lead) Jamie MacLaurin (I think he's their manager now, also in charge of the money stuff).

(All stats are correct to the 8th January 2022)

[writeblrfantasy]

an incomplete list of shit that has happened in the 10 plus years i've been in my bookclub

for context: in addition to talking about the book we all read, we usually do a craft/activity related to the book as well as have snacks, and the organization who puts on the bookclub also puts on plays and concerts and game nights with the same kids

me (a lesbian) talking to this one boy about my favorite videogame and him telling me about his experience playing it

the absolute fucking solidarity i felt when i (in a full suit) went up to that same boy after a play and asked him what his name was because i didn't know which of two it was, and for him to tell me, shake my hand, and tell me he'd see me around. nothing has ever come close to this feeling.

me having a crush on this same boy's ex girlfriend

clocking another known lesbian in my bookclub wearing a full suit at that same play

the fact that this same lesbian requested we read divergent, her favorite books, for YEARS she wouldn't shut up about it. then we did. and she missed the fucking meeting

we still give her shit for that <3

this one boy who has had the exact same (unconventional) hairstyle the entire time i've known him (10 plus years)

holding hands with any girl who would hold mine when i was a little kid

this one dude who has the energy of an ancient, wise wizard but in the body of a lanky teenage boy with long hair that is never ever neat

the way i thought i was bi for seven months because of my four month crush on this one guy in the bookclub

my bookclub leader spinning me around to read the back of my band t shirt, exactly what i'd been hoping for when i wore that shirt

the fact that i put more effort into my outfits when i go to bookclub than i do for anything else

the fact that there are three lesbians in my reasonably small bookclub including me (i don't have confirmation about one but if she isn't i'll eat my hat)

this one dude who has a reputation for always disliking the books

that same dude having a heated argument over zoom with our bookclub leader about which was better: the hunger games or 1984 (he was indignant and outraged she thought the hunger games was better, we had read both books for bookclub)

a boy asking someone to teach him to braid, me volunteering, only for him to get bored five seconds into my demonstration

one time when everyone absolutely hated the book, thought it was garbage, wouldn't shut up about it, and i was silent. and someone was like "lila you're not saying anything" when i'm known for talking a lot and all eyes turning to me for me to quietly say, "i read the wrong book." i had read a novella in the same universe with the same name, just with different characters

the way everyone absolutely jumped on me to ask if that novella was any better, how was it, was it just as bad (it was from what i heard of the actual book)

the warmth in newly out me's heart when i recommended a gay book for the book list and my former bookclub leader going, "awww that sounds adorable"

when i think of reading harry potter and the riordanverse for the first time, i think of lying on my blanket in the park where we have our bookclub waiting for the meeting to start while i read

"i feel bad eating oreos if you're crying" "NO IT'S FINE"

realizing two years late that one of the other lesbians in my bookclub asking for my number to ask me if i wanted to get coffee sometime was not just platonic, i'm just fucking dumb

me having crushes on two girls with the same name who i only saw one time and pined endlessly for our next meeting only for them not to show up </3

the way my heart was absolutely hammering when coming out on zoom to some of the people there (the three people i know the best weren't there) because there was a gay character in the book we were reading and i couldn't not talk about it

the way no one batted an eyelash at this

my bookclub leader asking me if my experience coming out and being gay differed from the book character's or was the same

at our first in person meeting after a year and a half, the way my bookclub leader said "ooh i like your shirt" and i said "thanks i just got it for pride" the first time i'd mentioned gayness since coming out months earlier, and the way she said "oh yeah how could i have missed that"

the way we all kind of bonded together to thank our former bookclub leader for hosting and being the absolute angel she was when she quit doing it

a girl i'd never met before approaching me out of nowhere for a short conversation, and then me, confused, overhearing her saying to an adult she'd come with, "see? i talked to someone!" and them saying "good job!!" (it wasn't her parent lmao)

the warmth in my chest when the new kid introduced themself with they/them pronouns after our (cis) bookclub leader had us all introduce our own pronouns

the way no one batted an eyelash at this

this same new kid swearing for the first time in our bookclub's history, prompting for our bookclub leader to start swearing too

the fact that these people feel like my family and i don't even know if they think about me or if some of them remember my name, but the fact that i remember all of theirs and i count down the days each month of the school year until seeing them

[hot-wiings]

The One Where Class 3A Place A Bet On The Relationship Status Of Their Residential Introverts, Desperate For Money, Mirio And Nejire Bet They Can Get Tamaki And [Y/N] Together Before Christmas Hits.

Edited: 12-27-2020

December, 19th.

You tried to contain your smile as you walked beside Tamaki Amajiki, your boyfriend, towards class 3-A. It was rare that you got a moment alone. Being best friends with not one, but two of the most extroverted and hyper kids in your class meant solitude and peace was hard to come by. Your hands grazed each other and you knew there were light blushes on both your faces. Despite having been together for a year now, touching in public would always bring a blush to your face and a rush to your heart, although, the raging blushes weren't as deep as they were a year ago. You'd gotten more comfortable now. 

"Are you still coming over to my dorm tonight? For uh, date night?"

"Depends, is Mirio gonna phase into your room again?"

A blush spread across Tamaki's face as he remembered the incident that occurred last week. Mirio had phased into Tamaki's room and found you cuddling together. The problem was that you and Takami didn't have a public relationship. When you first got together the pressure felt high and you were both nervous to be a couple around your rambunctious class, keeping to a secret felt better, being together in secret felt more natural and lighthearted. Despite being together a year now, despite having figured out how to navigate your relationship, despite finding normality and familiarity in each other, you had yet to tell your friends. You just weren't ready to give up your secret. It was such a comprising position for two friends to be found in and while luckily you were able to play it off like you just fell asleep paying videogames, you were both nervous, paranoid, and mostly, embarrassed from almost getting caught. 

"He's patrolling with Sir Night Eye tonight."

Tamaki stopped walking once you reached the classroom door and did a quick look-see up and down the halls. They were completely barren and the idea that your entire class was just behind one door was both riveting and daunting. Tamaki softly cupped your cheeks and pressed his lips against yours. 

"Just you and me tonight. I'll bring the food, you can bring the movie."

"Can it be romantic and sappy?"

"Whatever movie you want I'll enjoy."

You played with Tamaki's tie as you let your head roll against the wall, a smile tugged your lips up. You really lucked out with him—but he would say the same thing about you.

"How about the note-hey."

You were pulled out of your thoughts as you heard your name being said. Immediately you dropped your hands from Tamaki, straightened yourself up and you looked down the halls for someone with red-tinted cheeks. Had you been caught? There was no one there.

"What is it?"

"I heard my name. Uck. This quirk is a blessing and a curse."

Your quirk was wolfism, probably what attracted Tamaki to you in the first place. It caused you to take on the complete form of a wolf under the full moon, however, on normal days you could take on wolf attributes. When you get extremely angry or tried to 'wolf out' as Nejire would call it, you could get long nails, and take on the appearance of a werewolf depending on how far you tried wolfing out. The real gem to your quirk was other wolf attributes you could use. Between seeing in the dark and a better sense of smell, enhanced hearing was amongst it.

You pressed your ear against the door to class 3-A to hear why your name was being said. You could recognize the voice of your classmates, and among those voices were Mirio and Nejire.

"[Y/N] and Tamaki? They're totally gonna end up together."

"No way! They're too shy for their own good. Amajiki would rather die than ask her out."

"I have to agree with [Student Name #1]. Don't get me wrong, Amajiki is a great guy, he's a great hero, but when it comes to girls—especially girls as cute as that—he's complete rubbish."

"Exactly, and [Y/N]... She could probably take down any villain, and she's hot as fuck, but if she had to ask Amajiki out... She'd piss herself."

You pull your ear off the wall briefly. Very brief, and very quick so you could get back to listening. You only grabbed pulled away to grab Tamaki's arm to get his attention urgently, though, it had already been on you.

"They're talking about us. Said were too shy to get together."

With Tamaki's attention on you, waiting for more, and your ear to the wall listening in, you were both anxious to hear more. Mirio's voice came into the mix.

"You gotta give my buddy a little more credit. Last week I saw them cuddling, intimately."

Nejires voice soon followed, hyper and excited on the prospect of you and Tamaki finally getting together.

"I bet if we just gave them a little push they would get together. Just a tiny, itsy, little push."

"Shy as they are? Impossible. We'll all be pros once [L/N] and Amajiki ever romantically get together."

You pulled away, a small smile and chuckle emitting from your face as you looked at your boyfriend.

"We'll be pro heroes by the time we get together."

"Maybe we should come clean... It has been a year."

You hummed in response as you put your ear back to the wall, considering the option. It would be nice. You could finally freely go on dates, you'd have to stop worrying about them finding out, and you could even hold hands in public. Mirio's voice was the next one you heard, and Nejire's was eager to follow.

"Let's wager a bet then."

"What kind of bet?"

"Well, Nejire and I owe you that money. If we can get [L/N] and Amajiki together by Christmas then you forgive our debt."

"Sound fair, but you have a week until Christmas."

"Me and Mirio have this in the bag. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy."

"Alright, you have until midnight of Christmas Eve to get them together, not a minute later. We want picture proof too."

"Deal."

You pulled back with a scowl on your face and turned to Tamaki with crossed arms and a pout.

"What's wrong? What'd they say?"

"They're betting on us! On our relationship. If they can get us together by midnight, Christmas eve, then the money they borrowed for Mirio's PS5 will be forgiven."

Tamaki looked up and down the halls briefly before rubbing his hands up and down your arms in comfort. It was upsetting to the both of you that they were betting on you both. Did they think you were that hopeless? So hopeless and unable to get together on your own that they were able to make a quick buck off of you?

"What happens if they lose the bet?"

"Then the money gets doubled. They're betting a lot of money on us. Do they think we're that bad? Well they're wrong! Cause' here we are."

Tamaki pulled away from you as he spotted your teacher coming down the hall, rushing to get to class. He gave you a shy, coy smile as he grabbed your hand to pull you with him to class.

"I guess we'll have to make sure they lose their bet then. After all, they don't know we know."

You walked into the classroom together, pretending you hadn't heard anything of their little bet. Tamaki tugged you closer than usual, not enough to make it seem like you were in a relationship, but enough to be questionable. You had a feeling Tamaki had a plan in motion, and you were already catching on.

"Tamaki buddy! [Y/N]! We were just talking about you both."

You and Tamaki stopped from heading to your desks to talk to Mirio and Nejire who were facing you with grins on their faces.

"Oh? Really?"

"Yes, Mirio was just talking about this new movie that came out! We should all go see it together, and get something to eat too."

"That-that sounds good."

"Great! We'll go on the twenty-first, does that work out?"

You both threw your friends perfect smiles and nodded before turning away and moving to the back of the class where your desks were. They were going to lose the bet, that you were sure of.

December, 21st.

"What's our plan?"

"It's simple really. We're gonna act super cuddly. We're gonna let them think their plan is working, until the end of their bet hits, and evidently, it didn't work and they're stuck paying double the owed about of a play station five."

"I-uh, I'm not sure I can go through with this plan... Cuddly? In public? With everyone watching?"

Tamaki fiddled both his hands and looked at his feet nervously. The idea was scary. Getting intimate and close when there was a chance you could get caught was one thing, but holding hands and being cute and cuddly with the intent to be seen was another thing. It was daunting and scary. 

"I know, public affection... It's scary... But just think of it like it's just us alone. It's just me, no one else, and if you get anxious I'll be there to calm you down."

"Okay, you'll be there... We've got this."

Tamaki placed a quick kiss on your cheek before going over to his closet. He dug through his laundry until he found what he was looking for, one of his sweatshirts. It was one of his favorites, he wore it often and there was no way your friends would mistake who's it was. He walked back over to you, a budding embarrassed and happy feeling coursed through his chest at the idea of you wearing his hoodie. 

"If our objective is to flirt and act cute, then you should wear my sweater... Please?"

"Great idea, this is really gonna push them over the edge. That's smart. They're gonna lose this bet so hard."

Tamaki had a blush reddening his cheeks at your burst of affirmation that he'd done a good job. You and he looped your arms together before walking out of his dorm room and down to the main entrance of the dorms. Nejire and Mirio were waiting for you, and you smiled at them as you moved your looped arms to linked hands instead. You swung them back and forth as you walked to make it catch their attention.

"So... What movie are we seeing?"

"That new one. The romantic one. It's so romantic, and Christmas themed."

"Nejire, you gotta be more specific, that describes a lot of movies."

"The one about the best friend's who fall in love. You'll love it, it was practically made for you."

You knew Nejire would slip up like this. She got too excited about stuff and made little mistakes. She was a bad secret keeper, you loved her dearly but she was not your go-to person when you had a secret. Another part of your plan was to torment Nejire and Mirio the entire time. They didn't know that you knew, and you knew just what buttons to push to either get them to confess or paranoid enough to think that you knew and keep them on edge.

"Oh? You think so? Why?"

Mirio shot Nejire a look as if to say be more careful. His bank account was riding on this bet. He didn't want to pay back the money for the play station console, let alone have it doubled. He was confident he and her could pull this off, provided you didn't know. Nejire scratched the back of her head and laughed it off.

"Oh, come on! You can't tell me you've never thought of our little Sun Eater like that? Everyone's thought of their best friend romantically at least twice! I mean look at me and Mir'. We were best friends and now we're dating."

Nejire was smooth with her words but had Mirio not shot her a look, you were positive she would've slipped up about the bet. Instead, she fixed her words and hinted at feelings between you and Tamaki but making it seem like she was referring to herself.

"I and Tamaki are just friends."

Tamaki moved his hand from inside yours and wrapped his arm around your shoulders. He squeezed your shoulder with his hand to help stop his shaky hand as you and him looked at each other briefly. He was nervous, you could tell as he looked down at you and spoke out his words.

"Best friends."

"Mm. The bestest."

You leaned your head against Tamaki as you uttered your words. You saw how Mirio looked back at you and then nudged Nejire in the side so she could not so discreetly steal a look at you and Tamaki. You smiled, just fakely playing into their plans of getting you and Tamaki together. It was a short walk, and before long Tamaki was pulling you into the movie theater, making sure to open the door for you to which Mirio nodded approvingly as he whispered into Nejire's ear. He was proud his friend was acting like a gentleman, his plan was going to go so well, at least, that's what they thought.

You stood in line together, Tamaki and you never leaving each other's side. Occasionally Tamaki would move his hand from your shoulder to your hair, playing with it nervously, a habit he picked from cuddling with you late at night. Mirio paid for Nejire's ticket, courtesy of her being his girlfriend and they stood off to the side while they waited for you both to pay for your tickets.

"Hi, um, can we have two kid tickets for 'A Christmas kiss', a large dr-pepper, and a large popcorn?"

The man behind the counter rang you up and eyed you warily, trying to decide if he really should run you up as a child or adult–decidedly, he didn't make enough money to care how old you were. With a tired sigh, he gave you your total.

"That'll be twenty-one, nineteen."

You went to pull out your wallet from your purse, where you had hidden and concealed candy from the dollar store, but Tamaki had already beaten you to it and paid for you using MooglePay. You turned to him, a grateful smile on your face. You knew Mirio and Nejire were watching so you took a deep breath, leaned up on your tiptoes, and pressed a kiss against his cheek. You stood back down on flat feet, and with blushes on both of your faces, you carried your popcorn and pop to meet Mirio and Nejire. That was your first kiss in public, at least in public when people were looking.

"Thanks for paying Tama'. You're the best."

You made sure to say the words out loud in front of Nejire and Mirio, planting the seeds of hope and romance in their pretty little heads as blushes remained on your faces. You walked down to your designated theater room, devious plans in your heads. You both sat in the back, next to each other and secluded from other people whereas Nejire and Mirio sat in the middle. Throughout the entire hour, they kept throwing you and Tamaki not so discreet looks, trying to see how cuddly you were acting.

"Do you think they know how obvious they are?"

"Mirio's always been obvious like that. He wouldn't know discreet if it hit him."

Tamaki wrapped his arm over your shoulder and you leaned your head against his chest as he saw Mirio take another look. He had a beaming smile, he thought his and Nejire's plan to get you together was working out. As the credits rolled on the screen and the dimmed lights brightened, Nejire and Mirio got a better view of you both. You fed Tamaki a piece of popcorn, knowing they were watching you both intensely.

You and Tamaki fell into a peaceful order as he fed you a piece in response. It was normal, normal, and natural to be this way with him. This was how you acted together in the confines of your bedroom, the only difference was that you were out in public. Forgetting they were even there, Tamaki cupped your cheeks and pressed a deep kiss against your lips. Naturally, like clockwork, your body responded by deepening it and moving your lips back in sync.

"Oh my gosh, you kissed! Ahh, it's so romantic, are you gonna date now?"

"Neji' calm down, it's their first kiss."

You and Tamaki abruptly pulled away. You didn't know what kind of shows Mirio watched, but that was not what a first kiss looked like. That was what two lovers who forgot that they were out in public looked like. You and Tamaki stood up and laughed, lacing fingers.

"I mean... If Tamaki asked me out, I wouldn't stop him."

"I– If [Y/N] wants to date me. I mean, [Y/N], will you go out with me."

"I'd like that."

This was not how your plan was supposed to go.

December, 22nd.

You paced back in forth in your dorm room, your feet making a constant flow of steps and probably annoying the student living on the floor below you. It wasn't your fault, not really. This was one of the attributes you got from your wolfism quirk. It was in your doggy nature to pace when you got anxious and upset. It was biological. Your boyfriend sat on your bed, a nervous frown played on his face as he ran his shaky hands through his hair. He wasn't sure if he should comfort and soothe you or continue to silently wallow in self-pity.

"They didn't even do anything, they just took us to a romantic movie. They didn't even pay."

"I'm sorry, did I-Uhm, did I ruin the plan by kissing you?"

You momentarily stopped your pacing back and forth to stand and snap your head over in your boyfriend's direction. Anyone else would have found your actions weird. The way you stopped so fast and snapped your head over to him at an insane pace would've been creepy. Again, it was just biological reflexes due to your quirk. If he was holding a piece of bacon you would've turned quicker. 

"No."

You walked over to your boyfriend and straddled him on the bed. It wasn't sexual or sensual, your quirk was just taking over, your deep-rooted wolfy attributes. Your instinct was just to comfort your mate. He was stressed, anxious, and worried, and you could sense all of those feelings. You pulled his hands out of his hair and laced your fingers through his. They were still shaky as you smiled down at him. 

"No, it's not your fault. Never your fault. You just kissed me, we both got carried away."

"But we lost the bet, I should've paid more attention to them. I should've watched to see if they were looking."

"Uh-uh. None of that negativity. We lost the battle, not the war."

You rolled off of Tamaki, both worried you were crushing him and bashful to be in such a compromising position now that you'd come down from the primal wolfy high. 

"The conditions to the bet are that we have to kiss and say were together to [Student A] and [Student B] by midnight of the twenty-fourth. That's three days away. We're gonna invite Mirio and Nejire over, and we're gonna act like the cutest couple ever. Then tomorrow, we'll stage a huge breakup fight."

"That's a really good plan."

"Of course it is, I have the best plans."

Tamaki cupped your cheeks by hooking his slender fingers under your ears and pressed a quick kiss against the skin in between your eyebrow and let his head rest there. 

"They'll think they've got the bet in the bag, and then we'll rip it away."

"I like it. It's sneaky, and it just might work."

You pulled out your phone and punched in the password before pulling up the group chat Nejire and Mirio were in with you and Tamaki.

[Y/N]: Do you guys wanna come over to my dorm? 👉👈 me and tamaki want to thank you for going out with us. It was rly, enlightening.

Nejire Hado: Yes!! We'd love too!!!! Does this mean your dating now?!!!

You locked and put your phone back into your pocket knowing answering Nejire would be futile because she would just ask more questions once she got inside your dorm. You nuzzled yourself into Tamaki, both cuddling and scenting him–not that he'd ever know that's what you were doing.

"Can you give me a hickey?"

"What... What?"

"A hickey. I want a hickey. Think about it, if Nejire and Mirio saw it, they'd be so happy thinking they're gonna win."

"They're on their way up here though..."

Your hands gripped the sides of Tamaki's shirt, pulling him closer to you and your nesting head.

"Even better, we'll get to avoid the 'are you a couple' questions."

"Fine... Just-just doesn't be too loud, I don't want anyone hearing."

Tamaki pulled down the collar of your shirt to get to work on marking up your skin. He didn't know what was going on with you. Lately, you'd been clingier, rubbing on him and getting freeskier. Hornier, he supposed, regardless he gave in to your whims. He pulled you closer and latched his mouth to your skin, sucking, tugging, and pulling to make a bruised mark. The door burst open and he was working and a crimson blush covered both of your faces.

"Nuh- Nejire! I- I told you to stop barging in my room like that."

"Sorry [Y/N] but I–Oh Mirio! I told you they were totally getting it on."

"Well, yeah... He's my, uhm, my boyfriend now."

December, 23rd.

Tamaki Amajiki paced around his bedroom floor. He fiddled with his hands as he tried to go over your plan in his head, carefully going over every detail, and every word you spoke out to him. It was the day of your fake fight where you would 'break up', the night before Christmas Eve to spring Nejire and Mirio into panic mode.

"I- I don't think I can pull this off."

"You can do it."

You walked over to Tamaki and wrapped your arms around him from behind. You rested your head on his back, reassuring him it would be okay, and reassuring him he would do good. It brought a crimson blush to his face, but regardless he was very nervous.

"What if I mess up?"

"You're gonna do good, okay? None of what we're saying is real, alright? It's fake. We're just convincing Mirio and Nejire, and it doesn't affect what I think about you. I'll even sneak over tonight to see you."

"Okay. Okay, do you wanna go over some lines?"

"Nope, I've got thick skin, besides Nejire and Mirio are on their way up and I don't want them overhearing our rehearsal."

Tamaki pulled out of your iron-clad grip and turned around to kiss your forehead tenderly, enjoying the soft space of skin.

"I love you alright? No matter what I say, it's fake."

"I know, I love you too. Do you want a codeword, in case we're too harsh? Something to say 'hey, dial it back'. Like, uhm, squid? I think I could work that into an argument."

You pressed a quick kiss against Tamaki's lips. You would have liked to deepen and further it along but you heard a knock on the door. You assumed this was to give you privacy and make you and Tamaki more comfortable in hopes of furthering your relationship. You and Tamaki broke apart and got ready to start screaming at each other once they walked in. Mirio and Nejire came in after giving you and Tamaki a moment in case you were fornicating in some type of way.

"I can't believe you."

"Whoa, what happened?"

Mirio was quick to try and intervene. He had rarely seen Tamaki sound so upset and get worked up. It was alarming that you were the person that he had it directed at. Mirio had never seen Tamaki look at someone with as much love as he did with you. Tamaki would move mountains for you, and Mirio saw it. That was why he originally took the bet in the first place.

"I took [Y/N] out for breakfast this morning, and she was basically flirting with the server."

You had to fight off the smile on your face as Tamaki came up with the lie so quickly. You had been inside his dorm all morning playing video games together and eating junk food, a chip bag hidden half underneath the bed was there as proof. Nejire started to bite her thumb nail as she watched Tamaki get upset. Truthfully, she and Mirio had planned to slip special animal meat in his food after the movie a couple of nights ago but decided against it once you guys kissed. They wanted to get him territorial and jealous over you, clearly, that would've backfired.

"I wasn't flirting with him! All I did was say thanks and asked for a refill."

"Yeah, you were really thirsty for him, weren't you?"

"Maybe I wouldn't be so thirsty if my own boyfriend felt comfortable kissing me in public."

You had to stifle a laugh, you wanted to giggle so hard. None of this was true, but Mirio and Nejire were eating it up like butter. Your performance was so good, and Tamaki was doing so great.

"Maybe I'd be more comfortable kissing you if you didn't wolf out and get so possessive all the time."

You crossed your arms and tried to compose yourself as tears flooded to your eyes. That last comment hurt. It really hurt. You were really insecure about it and scared that your wolfism would affect your relationship. Worried you'd get too possessive and jealous, and worried that he'd find your scenting on him and habits weird. You start sniffling as the tears start to come down faster. You knew he didn't mean it. It's fake. It's fake fight, but hearing him say it felt so real.

This was your own idea, why were you being such a baby?

"Well, maybe I don't want to be with a mean squid face. Here's your sweater back, we're over!"

You ripped his sweatshirt off of your body, despite not really wanting to. It was a comfort item for you. Smelling his residue scent on things he's previously worn really brought warmth and comfort in you. On days you were particularly sad, and hurt, on days you felt pure anxiety and fear, having a piece of him with you helped. It helped you, but you still had to put on a show for Mirio and Nejire.

"Give that back to Squidward for me, will you?"

You tossed the sweater at Mirio who easily caught it with a worried expression. Although the bet was at stake here, he was worried for you as he saw hot tears make their way down your face. You took off out of Tamaki's room, making a dramatic exit with Nejire following hot on your tail.

You wanted to win the bet–or rather have your friends lose the bet since you never made the bet, but it hurt so much it didn't even matter.

December 24th, Christmas Eve.

The following day you and Tamaki kept a distance as promised. It was part of the plan. Stay separate until after midnight, then, and only then would you reveal your relationship. You had both mutually promised to keep your distance, but it hurt you both. You hadn't shown up at Tamaki's dorm that night like you promised you would. He knew that he had taken it too far after you called him a squid, but he hadn't meant to. He didn't think you would take such offense to it, he hadn't known how sensitive you were about it. To put it plainly Tamaki felt horrible. He was trying to figure out a way he could fix this but he kept coming up empty. How was he supposed to fix it when you were supposed to be ignoring each other?

On the other hand, you felt just as horrible as Tamaki did. You felt embarrassed and ashamed for being so sensitive and emotional. You didn't know what came over you. You wanted to blame it on the wolf aspect of yourself, but that only made you feel worse. You couldn't help but nibble on your lips evIry time you caught Tamaki looking over at you. On one hand, you were happy he was looking at you. You were worried you upset him with your little outburst and ruined things, this gave you hope and a sense of relief. On the other hand, you still wanted to win this bet and Nejire was following you around trying to get you to talk to Tamaki, whereas Mirio was doing the same for his friend. You both didn't want to talk, embarrassed about how things went, worried they'd messed things up on their end. 

"I see you watching him, why don't you just go talk to him."

"It's not that simple Nejire, you wouldn't understand. You and Mirio have had a long picture-perfect relationship, you're not Tamaki and me."

It wasn't like other times Nejire gave you advice. Other times you could give it to her straight and she'd give you the best input, this time you were secretly trying to foil her and Mirios plans. You couldn't just say, it was a fake fight and I overreacted. Or alternatively, it was a fake fight but his words sounded sincere, what if he really doesn't want me. You couldn't be honest with her. Especially not now, knowing she was going to take every little thing to Mirio, who inevitably, would tell Tamaki.

"So make me understand. Try to get me to understand you. You and Tamaki are perfect for each other!"

"No, we aren't!"

Your words came out in a small yell, and most people around could probably have heard what you said. You backtracked your words, embarrassed as you crossed your arms and hugged them to your chest. It was eleven-fifty, and Nejire had ten minutes for her and Mirio to get you and Tamaki together, but at this point, she didn't care. Ten minutes wasn't long enough, she had accepted defeat unlike Mirio, all she could do now was remorsefully wish with you and Tamaki were a couple. She thought you were both blind, she had never seen two people more fitting and perfect for each other. 

"I'm sorry for yelling, but he doesn't like my wolfism. You heard him, and that's not- that's not something I can change about myself. It's biological..."

"[Y/N] I-"

"You know [L/N], if Amajiki isn't interested in you anymore I wouldn't mind taking you out."

Some random guy had cut into your conversation with Nejire. You hadn't seen him here before, he looked young, most likely a first-year student. You wondered how he even got in there, it was a Christmas party at the class 3-A dorms, intended only for third-year students. The proposition was completely preposterous. You and Tamaki weren't completely over. All he had done was insult you, it was a fake insult, and while you were simply positive he was going to break up with you, you weren't going to flirt with another guy just yet, and definitely not a first year. 

"I- uhm... well- I..."

"I think what my shy friend is trying to say here is no. She's not interested, trust me."

"Awe c'mon!"

The guy leaned back against the food table he was standing in front of. You tried not to scrunch your face up in want and desire. He was leaning into a meat tray. A meat tray. The delectable treat looked so scrumptious, sausage, and cheese so perfectly put out for display. He shouldn't be leaning so hard, he'll ruin it. You wanted to devour it in an instant. Truthfully that was where your mind went when you stuttered out your reply and Nejire had to come to your rescue. You didn't care for the first year, you just wanted the meat tray. 

It didn't appear that way to Tamaki. Watching from the distance all he saw was you staring over at that guy with such a distinct look in your eyes. A look of wanting and hunger. He knew he messed up by insulting your quirk. He didn't know you'd get so hurt, but he should've thought about that first. If you had insulted his quirk like that, he'd be upset. Tamaki slowly walked forward, closer and closer trying to hear what the young first-year student was saying to you. 

"You'd love going out with me. I'd appreciate every part of you and your body."

"Oh, um... Look, I'm sure you're a nice guy and all... But like my friend said, I'm, um, I'm just not that interested right now."

"I see the way you're looking at me, quit playing hard to get. I bet your quirk really gets you going in bed."

You took a step back as the guy took a step forward. You should have told him off, you should have handled the situation better. You should have asserted yourself from the beginning instead of letting Nejire handle it, you should have shown you weren't a pushover, maybe then the guy would've gotten the point. You took more steps backward, embarrassed, and stunned at what he was implying to you. You truly just wanted the meat platter he was in front of. As the guy was about to touch you, Nejire was about to step forward and intervene when Tamaki jumped into the equation. Tamaki grabbed the guy's wrist before he could touch your hip and pushed his wrist into his body. The boy cowered back and cradled his arm from the strength Tamaki had used to squeeze him and make him cower back. 

"That- uhm, that wasn't polite. She said she wasn't interested and when a girl says no, she means no. I suggest you leave before every third-year female in this room decides to tell you that themselves." 

"Right... um right. Sorry."

The boy mumbles out a bad apology lowly before he quickly made his way out of the building. Tamaki didn't see the boy going very far in the hero course. He turned to you and hesitantly rubbed his hand up and down your arm, unsure if you would welcome his touch. 

"Are you okay?"

"It's fine, I'm fine."

"I'm sorry for upsetting you yesterday, I didn't mean to, please don't break up with me."

Part of your lip quipped up into a smile at how sweet Tamaki was acting. He didn't do anything wrong. He didn't need to apologize. It was you, all you.

"Tamaki... you don't need to apologize, I overreacted. The truth is... I'm really insecure about my quirk. I- my wolfism makes me act funny. When I go through my, you know, I react more like a dog going through heat. I get really clingy, and horny, and jealous, which can be a big turn off to some people. In all honesty, I thought you were going to break up with me."

"No, god no."

He rushed his words out as he pulled you into his arms. His hands rubbed up and down your back, trying to soothe you knowing you were on the verge of tears. He pulled back and pressed a kiss against your head. His soft lips felt good.

"I'm never breaking up with you, you're it for me. Heart, soul, and life. I don't care if your clingy, or horny, or jealous, because you'll be mine, and I'll be yours."

A smile warmed your face as your hands came up and caressed Tamaki's suit. You gripped the sides of the dress jacket and pulled him down a few inches to press a kiss against his lips. You both smiled into it, happy to feel each other again, even if it was in public. 

"Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas... Can we deal with Mirio and Nejire later? I just wanna cuddle you right now."

"Yes, no, yes. We can cuddle but you have to help me sneak the meat platter out of here."

Tamaki placed another soft kiss on you, this time your lips, and he smiled down at you before pulling you into the direction of the meat platter. You were special to him, so even with everyone's eyes on him and you, class 3-A's resident shy students, Tamaki started piling meat into napkins and fitting them inside his pocket. If you wanted a meat platter, then you deserved a meat platter. tI didn't matter who was watching, not when it was you with him.

[obeymeshallwedate-latinplayer]

Piñata (Seven brothers GN!MC)

Hello everyone! I saw this video of how they break a piñata in the USA and they compare it with Mexico and other countries, and omg I laughed so so so much about it you guys are so cute, so I thought “How would the demos brothers would react toward that?” Here I´ll leave you the video, and let´s start!! https://youtu.be/HMo2IqJ-JV8

[The brothers are invited to a Mc cousin´s party, the child it´s 9 years old and they need to cross the last and most dangerous road of them all. The piñata…]

Lucifer:

He is sitting in next to Mc, and his brothers, when an aunt of Mc came running into them, asking nicely if they could help her, as the avatar of pride, Lucifer said “Sure How shall I help you ma’am?”  

After listening to Mc´s aunt he hesitates about the idea of pulling the rope that connected the piñata to the ceiling. Mc, just laugh at him, and stayed close to Lucifer so they could explain how he needed to move the piñata.

“So, you want me to pull the rope and let it go, so the children can´t break it?” he smiles when Mc nodded at him with a big smile. “And they need to jump?” again another smile.

He is the uncle that makes it hard for everyone and tease them until they break the piñata. But while he was making his job as perfect as he could, the piñata started to leak some candies, and even if one child was there hitting the piñata, others would enter the territory and sneak out the candy. He was amazed, they were fearless little devils.

When Mc disappeared of his side, he saw them with the broom stick ready to beat de “s” out of it. And they did, he only saw how the children started to push each other, bite each other, and the environment became a war environment, with the MC on the ground protecting their candy as they life were meant to be.

He enjoyed looking to that picture and he swear, he even saw a stronger demon around the candies, that was Mc.

Mammon.

He stayed with his younger brothers; he was staring at the weird looking piñata. Trying to reveal “Who was that character?!” When they lift the piñata, he had tons of Flash Backs.

He decided to stayed next to one of Mc´s aunt, and a small child scold him, that if he didn´t sang the song he won´t get any chance of hitting the piñata, and that meant “No candies for him.”

“Dale, dale, dale, no pierdas el tino porque si lo pierdes, pierdes el camino, ya le disté uno, ya le diste dos, ya le diste tres y tu tiempo se acabó!” After that explanation he started to get excited, he is like a child, so he is happy while everyone is singing, they can´t tell him that he looks childish, because everyone is singing!

He gets along with the children, and they love him. After the first whole that the piñata got, and after watching every kid wanting to take the candy that flew out he started to write down every single one of the movements they did, so he could imitate them in the devildom.

He got his turn of hitting the piñata, Lucifer didn´t made it easy but he did broke it, and he swears, it was hell in life, his friends attack him for some candy, Mc bite him so they could pass through him, and the candy that felt into his head hurt more than any of Lucifer´s punishment.

He ended up with only a “Pica fresa”. But it was worth it. He fought a kid for it, and he won! He kept that candy as his treasure, for eternity.

 Levi:

Poor baby stayed with Mc´s young female cousins that likes Ruri-chan. And with Mc´s otaku cousins, he is at home, or that´s what he thinks, until the greatest Ruri-chan fan took his hand and with puppy eyes asked him if he could accompany her to the piñata. He said yes.

It was like a videogame! He felt like the Lord of Shadow, and his crew, even his Henry was there for him (aka: Mc) and the adventure just started. Or so that thought.

He was embarrassed while singing, and he even envy Mammon for being so free, he was with his crew, until… Until the catastrophe, his small friend ran into the war field just for a candy, and she wasn´t even hit by the person beating the crap out of the piñata. She was a true hero!

Mc´s little cousin gave Levi the candy she got, and he almost cry in the place, but the lord of Shadow wouldn´t cry in front of his crew, so he kept his tears for him. (When he returned to his room he teared and cried a lot.)

As general of the demon army demon, he had seen tons of bloody and ugly scenarios from war. But the one in front of him was the scarier scenario he could admire in his entire life; it even gave him nightmares after seeing that.

His little friend was punching and hitting someone, Mc pushed that little girl and he saw how they were fighting for candies. It was worst than war, and when it ended the fearless little girl went to see him and with a big smile, he saw… She lost a tooth.  Levi baby got traumatize after that.

Satan.

He was with the philosophies uncles that each family has, you know, the one that can make an opinion out of everything and anything and they ruin the mood. Yep, he was with those uncles.

Until the uncles stand up and told him that it was war time, he thought they will murder each other and boy was hi in. He was getting excited when he saw the broom stick, he could punch Lucifer and nobody would ask him questions, this was the most satisfied day of his existing.

But he saw the piñata, and thought that the song was a type of incantation so the children could have a power up. He really focused on the song and we might say that he sings it every time he needs strength.

After watching the suicidal kids (nick name that he chose for them) he wanted to try it, and he did, he got a “Paleta payaso” and damn he was rejoicing, he even show off in front of Lucifer.

He smiled when he saw the entire war scene, he laughed at it, after that he understood why Mc was so reckless and fearless, apparently chasing the death is obligatory curriculum in the country. Now that one mystery was solved, he could rest that night.

He just loved the idea of beating something, and got excited when he was told that he could beat the piñata, he might or might not had let go the broom stick towards Lucifer, but we would never know.

Asmo.

On the contrary of Satan, Asmo stayed with the aunts of Mc, you know, the one that live for drama and gossip. He was so happy there listening to the ladies and gasping everyone in a while, he was surprised that humans couldn´t have many partners at the same time and that the prettiest aunt got a divorce.

When the aunts started to move quickly, he wanted to be part of that too! So, he followed all the aunts of Mc, and saw how they took their precious children and talked to them firmly, so he dragged his Mc and took their hands with his and stayed there for a moment.

For Mc, that action only bring them memories of how their mother would scold them before the piñata, that made them a little nervous. And even if they wanted to ask about it, Asmo was already gone.

Asmo saw everything with shock, he swears that he saw Lucifer sweating, and that meant problems and panic for him and his brothers, he wanted to hug Mc, so they could comfort him but he saw them kicking a small child. So, he didn’t get close them.

Mc gave him a bubble gum and they left with a big bag full of candy, while Beel carry them in his shoulder… WAS THAT A TEETH IN THE BAG?! MC WAIT, WAIT!!!

He gets worried about the mental stability of Mc.

Beel.

Baby boy is having a panic attack, baby boy needs hugs and kisses and attention. He is the one that eats, and eats a lot in the Taquiza so when he saw every single dish he was the happiest demon alive, he drank with Mc´s uncles and ate with Mc grandmothers, and they don´t tell him his a glutton, they serve him more and more food. Because… “Mijo, tas muy flaquito, toma otro plato, come bien.”

He stays with the children and they play, Mammon and Beel are the greatest friends the kids have, Mc´s cousins are begging them to marry one of them, no matter who really, they just want a cool cousin in the family. He is a happy baby boy while he is playing with them.

Until everything became a war field, children were screaming, the older ones were laughing, he just wanted some candy, but when a five-year-old push him for the candies he just got depressed and wondered… What king of food those children were eating? Does he needed to call child service?!

After he was pushed down into the ground, Belphie tried to take a nap over him.

He reacted and gently moved his twin, he needed to save Mc, those children were a danger for every living thing in the planet, but oh surprise when he saw his MC pushing, screaming, biting, and kicking the children just for candy.

Low key, he feels proud of the human, but he needs to save the small ones, so he carried Mc in his shoulder, while they were laughing with their bag full of candies and a tooth.  Baby boy got a Dulcero Instead.

Belphie.

The one recording the massacre, he is having the time of his life, he can know more about Mc and punch Lucifer. The adults can have a piñata too?! REALLY?! Satan give me the stick I´ll beat the f out of Lucifer.

He is enjoying the party, and he adored the party even more with the scene. He is so happy that they made him came into this. He is happy until he saw a five-year-old pushing Beel, no one bully his twin, but also… “I need to call social service?! Are this even children?! They knock down a demon like Beel!!”

Trying to calm down during the adult piñata, just like Satan he “accidently” slipped the broom stick towards Lucifer while hitting the piñata. He took a mental note about not messing around Mc, not only they broke the piñata, but they also broke the broom stick.

After his turn, he wanted to sleep so he tried to get over his twin, Beel move him so he could save Mc.

Enjoyed watching Mc in a war mood, they were so cute angry, he needed to record that for prosperity, “Satan come look at this! Lucifer is sweating cold!”

After that, he tried to have a piñata every once in a while, so all the brothers could start to practice the art of stealing candies and beating the crap out of small children. In their defense, it was worth it.

Let´s learn some Spanish. 

Piñata: Game that consists of hanging a clay or cardboard container, usually full of sweets or fruits, at a certain distance from the ground, to break it with sticks

Taquiza: A taquiza is a traditional Mexican banquet. Everything that you can put in a tortilla goes there. (Rice, mole, slits with cream etc.)

Dulcero: Bag full of candies.

Dale, dale, dale, no pierdas el tino porque si lo pierdes, pierdes el camino, ya le disté uno, ya le diste dos, ya le diste tres y tu tiempo se acabó!:

Paleta payaso: A marshmallow lolipo cover with chocolate and a face of gummie.

Pica fresa: Strawberry gummi covered in tamarindo.

Mijo, tas muy flaquito, toma otro plato, come bien.”: My son, you are so skinny, here, have another plate. 

[queer-whatchamacallit]

Criminal Minds teacher au let’s go

Okay, Mr. Hotch: History and the upper level English

Mr. Rossi: psych and like English I and II

Ms. Emily: French and Spanish

JJ: counselor and communications

Ms. Garcia: tech and computer science

Dr. Reid: upper level math and science plus an art class

Morgan: music and gym

Random headcanons:

They all visit each other’s classes constantly

Emily is Morgan’s unofficial teachers assistant for gym

JJ hangs out in Garcia’s a lot and just sees what her and her class is up to

They’re pretty much always doing what they’re supposed to but on the talking side of things…

Ms. Garcia does occasionally mention her crush on Morgan

Strauss is the principal

She never does anything that’s really antagonistic to the teachers but she just makes them uncomfortable

Especially Mr. Hotch

He’s sort of a strict, but helpful and good at teaching kind of teacher, but they just don’t like each other for whatever reason and it’s super noticeable whenever she does her rounds of checking up on classes

After Mr. Gideon retired from being the psych teacher, Rossi took his spot, and Dr. Reid filled his roll as the chess club supervisor

Ms. Garcia runs the drama club

She has the cutest room imaginable

It’s just like her office but bigger

Her, Ms. Emily, and Dr. Reid run the GSA

Ms. Emily is pretty laid back until people start misbehaving

“I have been stabbed, died, and been revived before, but I can’t deal with you kids making a dix-neuf joke one more fucking time, now sit down.”

Reid once subbed for Rossi’s English I class and had a panic attack like ten minutes in

He still doesn’t understand how Rossi can get a bunch of fifteen year olds quiet

The main thing he does is just go “Who’s written like five books here, and who hasn’t? I think I can teach you something you don’t know about English.” And the students have gotten tired of arguing with him

Reid also had the whole migraine endeavor in this au

They were later discovered to be stress migraines, but before that he just kept going to classes

He lets students eat in his room for lunch, and they were curious what was up with him when they came in, and all the lights were off

Of course he brushed it off, but most guessed correctly

After school that day, Hotch managed to convince him to stay home the next day

Hotch took over his math courses, JJ had his sciences, and Garcia was the best substitute art teacher imaginable

JJ is like the nicest, most laid back teacher that people just trust in and want to listen to

Just be warned that she also teaches self defense classes with Morgan on the side

In other languages, Ms. Emily swears constantly, but she tries to keep it more professional for when she’s speaking English

Dr. Reid has a bad habit of getting off topic when teaching specific topics he’s super interested in

Morgan always has music playing and it’s either 90’s hip hop and rap or 2000s pop

Pretty much everyone hates it at first, but they get used to it soon enough

Garcia has a yearly project of making your own videogame, and at the end of the year, there’s a huge tournament with all of them and a large amount of candy is on the line

She gives out candy all the time, but she saves the good stuff that tournament

She also plays music all the time and it ranges from soft indie to hyperpop

Reid absolutely hated Ms. Emily when she was hired, but now he just sort of walks into her class when he has the time and makes comments in Russian

None of the students are sure how many languages she speaks

She has definitely brought Sergio before

He isn’t super well trained but it’s just more of the fun y’know

Emily once stubbed her toe so hard she broke it and proceeded to throw out every swear she could think of, all in languages other than English

Dr. Reid fights hard to help any students of his or that he encounters at all that aren’t being helped with learning disabilities or anything with their mental health that’s stopping them from being a better student

JJ definitely helps him with this, being the counselor and all, but she doesn’t have the same aggressive passion for it

Aight this is really long, so I’m going to stop for now, but I love this au, so I might make more to throw at you later

[mha-quotes-and-such]

It's Saturday Game Night!

So... It was Toga's turn to choose the game. Shigaraki tried to convince her to choose videogames, since he was forbidden to choose it himself.

(Everytime he did, it ended up with Spinner and him hogging the controls and not letting anyone else play. Enough was enough)

Toga compromised! ...By choosing Just Dance.

It was definitely not what he had in mind.

Just Dance competition it is. Toga and Twice were the most enthusiastic. Dabi said "whatever" but was secretly looking forward to winning. Shigaraki tried to look on the bright side (at least it was videogame related. And beating them in a competition was always exciting, even if it's Just Dance). Spinner tried to get a rain check and bail out, but was denied. Magne and Compress were cool with the choice.

And frankly, Kurogiri just hoped this one would work out.

The first few dances were relatively well. Spinner stumbled on some of them by accident (he did warn he couldn't dance well!) and so did Twice and Shigaraki a few times (but they would say the others were in their way, not the other way around!). Mr. Compress also had trouble "sharing the stage" (why couldn't he be the main dancer every time?! The absurd!), but things were overall fine.

Until Dabi, Shigaraki and Twice got in a tie for second place on a particularly hard choreography (Magne got the first). Then the next round they chose a dance with three components to settle it between them.

Twice couldn't stop taunting the other two mid battle and Dabi snapped and tried to punch him, dance be damned.

...The problem is that Shigaraki was between them at the moment and Twice tried to use him as a shield. They all fell (and lost a lot of points, must I add, since the dance was still on), Dabi burned a hole on the ground and Shigaraki was really close to turn something to dust (really, they all should be grateful he had enough practice not to touch anything when he fell)

When the fight between the three was real close to get serious, Kurogiri made them stand near the wall and think about what they'd done until they apologized.

(Spinner wondered why he didn't think about causing trouble to get out of Game Night before)

It took three songs for Twice to apologize and go back to the game. Shigaraki took seven and Dabi only apologized when he saw they were going to the final round and it was his last chance to beat them.

He won the round, but he had no chance to win the game with how many he missed.

Toga was the winner, with the highest average score. Magne second. And surprisingly Twice third.

Mr. Compress complained about it, because how Twice surpassed him if he missed three songs?! He was a star! It must be a mistake!

Dabi joined in the discussion, saying he would have won if it weren't for Twice starting that stupid fight and penalizing everybody. Shigaraki reminded him he was the one to bring them all down, which made Dabi's anger turn on him. Mr. Compress separated the two before Kurogiri had to ground them all, but not before Shigaraki decayed the motion sense part of the videogame because he was THAT annoyed and decided to turn it on Just Dance itself. (The rest of the videogame was fine though. He wasn't that mad)

Toga asked if he wasn't happy, since he was the one who wanted to play videogame. She had a lot of fun at least. He didn't even answer, just left to his room and called it a night.

Well... they managed to finish this game, what was an improvement, Kurogiri supposed. Still, Just Dance was banned.

Dancing with these idiots? What was she thinking

Dabi would absolutely pretend to hate it, but actually enjoyed the idea. Maybe he used to dance a lot with his siblings

Kurogiri would have been so proud and hopeful at first. Everything seemed to go ok at first. Maybe they wouldn’t even have to ban it

But of course not. Dabi and Shigaraki would totally be petty enough that even after Twice went back, they sat in the corner like five year olds sticking their tongues out at each other

They all came so close to not having to destroy the game. At least Kurogiri didn’t have to actually destroy it this time, and the controllers still worked. And half of them were happy. Overall I’d call that a total win