#there was zero chill in that entire scene

[telemiel]

why does brenda's father emphasize the word "friend" like that when he looks at sharon, i'm wheezing

[userarmand]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE "No Pain"

[armandposting]

i hate this paragraph so much btw (marius, on seeing Armand in qotd). like literally how dare you put all this on the abused nearly dead child that you bought. first of all you suck SO bad second of all this is literally pathetic. third of all i can't believe he can think all this with a straight face when he also chose to abandon that kid because the kid got tortured into a cult. like oh you counted totally upon his love in Venice? cool well exactly how much was he able to count on you in return, bud

[swampjawn]

How it started How it's going

Episode 11 of Dungeon Meshi set a new bar of excellence for the show, knowing when to pile on the extravagant stylized action comedy, when to pull back and give you a breather, and when to lean into a more realistic style for chilling moments.

Key animators Kai Ikarashi and (his disciple who started rising through the TRIGGER ranks on Promare in 2019) Ichigo Kanno are at it again, really defining the style of the show in the action scenes with their similarly bombastic styles that throw character design consistency by the wayside in favor of stylized and appealing movement.

And while for the first time there's actually zero meshi in this episode, the equivalent of the cooking shots are these harrowing shots of the protagonists slicing and sifting through viscera for any remnants they can find of their dead friend.

Storyboards from horror/comedy legend Nobutoshi Ogura enhance the already bleak feeling of these panels from the manga. In the final panels of chapter 26, Ryoko Kui lets us sit in these three silent panels of Laios uncovering something before showing the whole cast's reaction as he does a sort of 'to be or not to be' pose with his beloved sister's skull.

Ogura treats the scene very similarly, but decides to simplify this final panel by turning it into a simple shot-reverse-shot. Laios stares into his sister's eyes and the empty eye sockets stare back.

The scope is narrowed to only Laios's emotional reaction - that's all that's needed in this moment, and this scene hits even harder because of it.

This entire episode was top-notch in terms of animation, without a single moment that feels unpolished.

There's so much more to talk about, and... I did that. I talked about it.

In this video here, where I broke down the entire episode! Check it out if you like watching a nasty little vermin analyze animation and how it impacts storytelling!

[odo-apologist]

Every ENT character is the most character ever. Archer is a bitch he plays a fundamental role in the creation of the Federation he brings his dog on away missions which once causes a diplomatic incident he likes water polo he commits war crimes he saw a gazelle giving birth and implements it into his rousing speeches he had a wet dream about his first officer that included his dog's funeral he had to carry the soul of the creator of the main tenets of Vulcan philosophy in his head he gives a lecture on Tycho Brahe while getting his ass beaten during an interrogation scene. T'Pol is strict in her Vulcan beliefs she doesn't believe in time travel even as she's presented with irrefutable evidence and remains somewhat skeptical after experiencing it firsthand she is the funniest person on Enterprise she is more emotional than average Vulcans to the point that she had to have memories erased for causing her too much distress she could canonically pick up any of her crewmates and carry them bridal style she has Vulcan HIV she has it cured by the woman that later watches Spock and Kirk roll around in the sand in Amok Time she is technically canonically trans she is a recovering drug addict. Trip is a perfect gentleman he undergoes incredible emotional losses his favorite movies are Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein he gets pregnant five episodes in he dies in the worst episode of the entire series (and the entire franchise) only to have that death retconned in the following tie-in novels he ran around the ship in his underwear he leaves the ship for a couple weeks only to come back after one person had been kidnapped another thrown in jail and the engines are on the verge of destruction and reacts like :/. Malcolm is gay he has 50 ex-girlfriends he has only had one friend in his life his own sister barely knows anything about him he dies alone he likes pineapple even though he's allergic to it he gets spacesick he worked as an agent for a top secret organization he's afraid of drowning he whined about getting a cold he had a spike driven through his leg and didn't complain at all he has a psychosexual obsession with a man he thinks is after his job and grows to respect once they had a homoerotic fight scene before witnessing him die. Hoshi is a linguistic prodigy she's the greatest contributor to the universal translator she has a panic attack on one of her first missions she ran a gambling ring she has a black belt in aikido and broke her superior's arm she has never been to the principal's office in her life she is afraid to use the transporter she became an empress in an alternate universe she is the only one who gets laid on Risa making her the first human to do so she reacted to the threat of getting worms injected into her brain to make her reveal secret information by spitting in her interrogator's face. Travis is the sweetest man ever he loves rock climbing he gets injured whenever he tries to use those skills he's a fan of ghost stories he grew up on a small freighter he gets neglected by the narrative his counterpart helps Hoshi become empress he works out when he's horny he dies in a alternate future where Earth is destroyed he's a movie buff who would probably love the Criterion Collection he likes to chill in a part of the ship with zero gravity which he calls "the sweet spot." Phlox grins like the Cheshire Cat he breaks doctor patient confidentiality to help figure out Malcolm's favorite food he goes crazy when the rest of the crew have to sleep through part of space because of how social his species is he has three wives who in turn have three husbands he responds to the news of one of his wives propositioning a crew member by being like "cool! have fun :]" he once nearly vivisects Travis because he's being affected by radiation and gets obsessed with knowing why the guy has a simple headache he has a menagerie in the middle of his sickbay. And they're all my best friends.

[thephantomcasebook]

I Love that All of the Greens Have Zero Sense of Privacy and Personal Boundaries With Each Other.

I was rewatching the episode and the one thing that I realized, or remembered from last season, is that Team Green - especially Alicent - has no personal boundaries with one another.

They just walk into each other's personal spaces and places with absolutely no fucks to give.

Aegon in Season 1 is literary jerking-off out a window and Alicent is just standing there watching and waiting till he's done before confronting him while he's naked about something else entirely - not even addressing him masturbating out a window. According to production and behind-the-scenes Helaena and Aemond spend most of their time in Alicent's apartments and bedroom, even as adults. Alicent's room is Team Green's hanging out spot, even when she isn't there.

And during Blood and Cheese, Helaena just bursts into Alicent's room without knocking or announcing herself, as if it was all perfectly normal. And the funny part is that when Alicent is riding Criston, Alicent and Criston watch Helaena come in and Alicent continues riding till she realizes the situation. Which means that Alicent thinks that its normal for Helaena to come into her bedroom at all hours of the night and Alicent and Criston are at least 65% okay with having sex with Helaena in the room.

Also, last episode, Aemond is full on having sex with a prostitute and Aegon not only walks in on him, but gets on the bed while they're having sex to laugh and tease him. And even when Aemond is fully nude, Aegon doesn't even act like there's anything wrong - like he's seen it all before.

Like tonight's episode, Aegon comes into his room to find Alicent just casually in there just digging through his personal shit like its no big deal. And he's surprised only at first before he completely normalizes her behavior as just something she does.

I'm convinced that Alicent is one of those moms that have no filter of self-awareness. Like she'll be in a conversation with Aemond and Aegon as she changing right in front of them. And I'm convinced that Daeron would just be chilling in a bath and Alicent would just straight up join him in the tub and chastises him to stop being weird as she settles between his legs naked so they can share the bath together.

I love that weird dynamic that Alicent and her kids are so fucking miserable and dysfunctional, but are also so incredibly close that they all live as this weird symbiotic collective with no privacy and no personal boundaries.

[cynarisgayass]

Hello! Im playing Zenless Zone Zero right now and I saw that your fic request are open! I haven’t requested anything before so parden if this sounds weird.

Can I get a Mature/Explicit Billy Kid x Human Gender Neutral reader fic? Like a Netflix and chill scenario? Im guessing that the Reader is taking place of Wise and Belle.

Thank you in advance!

𓍊𓋼~Starlight knights and chill~𓋼𓍊

Type: Oneshot

Description: Omg, you're my people! Any excuse to write Billy and I'm happy, so hope you like this~~ And you don't sound weird, just so you know. This is literally netflix and chill but with silly Billy hehe

Rating: Explicit

Reader: GN, wears shorts (You didn't mention what the reader was at birth so I tried to keep things as vague as possible)

Warnings: He has attachments with sensors~, spooning sex, casual

Billy kid:

You shifted under the covers, your eyes trained on the flashing screen in front of you...but your mind....trained on something very different.

Billy was always so cool with how he asked you over, how he'd ease you into close encounters, just like now. Simple cuddles while watching his favourite show..right?

Well not entirely, the two of you were spooning yes, but your rear was entirely flush with his front bumb and you could feel his zipper push against your clothes every time you moved. He wasn't unaware either, because every time you moved, he'd move too. His metal hand would glide slowly down your thigh or he'd pull you closer and move his hips, like a soft thrust. It was all so heated, you were practically melting, you had to push it...just a little~

You shifted again as a fight scene played out, intentionally pushing your bottom against him and carefully moving it upwards while he groaned quietly against your ear. You could feel his grip on you tighten slightly when he pulled you back down against him, his patience lacking as always.

"You keep moving proxy, something making you... uncomfortable?" He whispered teasingly against your shoulder, making your cheeks flush as his hand tugged your shorts down. How was he still goofily charming even as he was getting you all hot and bothered...

"Just a little. Maybe, you could help?" You moved your bare ass against him and he moaned into your shoulder, happy to help you anyway he could~

Within seconds you could feel him manuevering himself, his metal tip drag against your entrance, prodding at your walls as fictional characters battled on screen. Your thighs rubbed together in anticipation as he lined himself up and then slipped inside of you, his attachment gliding deeper and deeper while you gasped in delight.

"I don't think I'll ever get tired of this upgrade~" He chuckled, guiding your body to move in sync with his gentle thrusts as his face plate softly touched your neck. It was like he was giving butterfly kisses while his cock slid in and out of you, and it had your head spinning.

"M-me either mmmn~" You tilted your head back further and clutched the sheets in front of you as your cheeks started to smack against the bottom of his metal torso. Each thrust sending your body dizzyingly into a heat wave as they got rougher and rougher.

"Mmm, credits are about to roll proxy, better hurry~" He grinded himself into you as he spoke, making you choke on a loud moan while you eagerly moved your hips faster.

"W-will. Mnnnm, promise. Mnnaggh!!" You stuttered, feeling warmth seep between your legs as he wrapped his arms around your chest and forced himself impossibly deeper. It muddled your thoughts and you couldn't even begin to quiet yourself as your screamed in joy, your climax hitting you so hard your whole body shook against him.

You tried to catch your breath as the credits played out, but his hands were already on you again...

Please, this is so long but I NEEDED to do him justice okay!

[piratefishmama]

Fake It 'till You Make It | Part 1

The phone was ringing. It was eight in the morning, on a Sunday, and the phone was ringing. Eddie rolled over, pushing his face into his pillow in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, he’d suffocate in the sweet embrace of his misshapen, well-loved pillow before whoever dared to call at such an ungodly hour, decided to give up.

No dice. However his uncle did seem to be answering it for him, bless that man, bless each and every one of his gray hairs.

“Eddie, up an at em, son! S’fer you!” Damn him. Damn him and all his gray hairs.

“Nggghhhh!!!!” Was his very coherent response

“It’s one of those kids’a yours!” Kids? He had kids? Oh shit he had kids, right. kids who should know better than to call at EIGHT. AM. AM. THE MORNING.

ON A SUNDAY.

Just inconsiderate really. He’d spent the majority of the previous night convincing the Gillespie’s that maybe their daughter didn’t actually need to get onto the endless carousel that was the dating scene.

Convincing them that maybe the dating pool was so batshit insane that it was for the best that she remain perfectly single for a little while longer. That maybe being single wasn’t nearly as bad as being with whatever the fuck Eddie Munson was.

Eddie had spent the entire evening referring to her father by his first name as it visibly pissed him off, called his daughter ‘sweet cheeks’ and slapped her ass as she left the room one too many times (any time more than zero times was too many times), offered her mother a joint to chill the fuck out, talked about his band incessantly, he’d gone all out on the ‘disrespectful sack of shit’ angle until he’d been forbidden to date their daughter.

Then listened with glee outside the door while they declared she was forbidden from dating for as long as it took to shake her from her ‘bad boy’ phase. A job well done, she’d slipped him the fifty bucks she owed for the night through the back window, and he was on his way. Fifty bucks better off!

Megan wasn’t having a bad boy phase. Megan was a lesbian waiting for the perfect opportunity to get the fuck out of Hawkins. She just… couldn’t handle her parents constantly asking about her dating life. Or her lack of a dating life.

She was beautiful, the picture of stereotypical femininity, they had no idea why their daughter wasn’t snagging one of the rich Loch Nora guys like a Harrington, or a Johnson, or even one of the B grade rich guys like Hagan, or Peters.

She was too busy with a Holloway.

Then the following hours before he’d eventually passed out, he’d been slowly working through memorizing the chorus tabs of an Iron Maiden song he’d been meaning to learn for one of the covers used to bulk up Corroded Coffin’s sets. Jeff already had his parts down, Eddie had been lagging.

“M’not here!”

“Says it’s important!”

“Tell em I’m dead!”

There was a pause, and then his bedroom door was opening, and a cushion was thrown at his head, forcing him upright to shout his indignation to the world while his uncle stood there stern and unimpressed “Boy get your backside up an talk to y’damn friends.”

“Nghhh, fine.” He was up anyway. The phone ringing had woken him up. It’d take a miracle to fall back into a full snooze now. He shoved his blankets aside, trudged past his uncle, and snagged the phone from where Wayne had left it on the little table by the window. “Whomever this may be, I’m nuking your stats next session for the unholy crime of waking me up before noon.”

“But I’m calling about a job”

“Ahh, Henderson. Might as well just tear up the sheet for that little gnome now, kid.”

“He’s a dwarf and— ngh whatever, I needed to roll a new character anyway. Listen! I have a job for you, if you want it, one of your weird little rent a guy gigs” not something he was proud to have let slip around the kids. It could get weird if they made assumptions!

But if it got him an extra buck or two without having to do much other than be an over the top version of himself, then what was the harm? It wasn’t like he was selling his body or anything, just his funhouse personality.

“…Go on.”

“Okay so… don’t freak out, but… it’s a guy. He’s cool though!! Like, really cool, super chill, no danger to you what so ever.” That was fine, his ‘dates’ were usually fake but that didn’t erase the very real danger of being perceived by two of an older less cool generation that talked. “He knows it’s all fake so it’s just acting—"

“And this guy’s parents? How cool are they?” It wasn’t just faking a date, it was faking it in front of parents. Parents who usually weren’t about to approve of him when it was a heterosexual relationship. A Homosexual one? He really didn’t want to have to go through the real risks of hate crimes with a teenager, but Dustin clearly wasn’t getting the danger aspect there.

“I don’t know, I don’t really know them, but he says he can explain everything if you give him a chance, he’s free today, he even said he’d buy you breakfast if you meet him early!”

“…And he knows I’m a him, not a her, right?”

“Yeah, I said he was cool! The gay thing isn’t a big deal to him.”

“I’m not—” it was instinctual, Dustin didn’t know what he was, maybe he’d heard rumours, but he didn’t outright know that his dungeon master was a queer. Probably for the best, as lovely as Claudia Henderson was, she was very susceptible to accepting the crowdsourced opinion on things. She didn’t have her sons need to question everything.

She’d probably pull him from every Hellfire meet ever if Dustin let it slip that the guy in charge was queer.

“I know you’re not, but it’s fake right? it’s not like you guys have to do anything other than claim to be dating, right?” True… he never actually did anything with his ‘dates’. Usually just telling the parents they were dating was enough of a shock to the system to hide the lack of proof. The most he’d ever done was slap an ass here and there, maybe wrap an arm around a waist or two.

That was enough for the ‘traditional’ close minded Parents of Hawkins.

“…Fine, I’ll hear the guy out, but I’m only hearing him out alright! I’ll decide on whether or not I wanna take this job only after he explains, got it?”

“Got it!!”

“Alright, tell him to meet me at Benny’s in twenty.” Another quick confirmation and Eddie was hanging up the phone. so much for going back to sleep but at least he’d get a lovely breakfast out of it.

Part 3 

[baskeigh-ball]

How did Mutant Manhunt Raph end up with the name Raph? Fate? Destiny? Pure coincidence?

this ask got left in the void a long time because wanted to make a comic to go along with it but i cannot get my entire idea properly on paper for some reason >:| so instead i shall ~set the scene~

He was named by the Mud Dogs! Specifically, Mickey was the one to come up with it not long after they brought him in. He was chilling in the living area of their hideout with the turtle tot, now bundled up and clean from sewer grime and having a well-deserved nap. Meanwhile, Leonard and Danny argued over whether they should keep what may very well be some yokai's kid that got lost in New York.

Leonard doesn't want to deal with a toddler running around their hideout. Danny doesn't want to let said toddler go back to parents who were clearly neglectful for letting him be on his own so long that he got a severe infection in his eye, which Danny (correctly) assumes will never heal properly.

And as Mickey stares down at the sleeping turtle, completely oblivious to the argument over his fate, he has a moment of what he can only call interdimensional enlightenment. From the aether of the universe itself, a name comes to him. Mickey feels every fiber of his being resonates with it, as if no other name could ever have been an option...

Ultimately it was Mickey's naming of Raph that swayed Leonard into allowing the turtle tot to stay. Or so he says. He definitely didn't want to keep the kid around for any other sentimental reasons, no sirree

basically, it makes zero sense in the story itself, but i imagine the tmnt franchise gods reached out to mickey's spirit and, as a shell of his past self (lol) as a tmnt iteration, he knew what he had to do

[trekmupf]

Puberty in space part II - this time with a military obsession 🎖️ 🪞 🪢

Pro

Everyone chilling at the bridge drinking coffee. Also McCoy being randomly at the bridge again.

Spock immediately taking charge when Kirk is gone and being super competent is really sexy of him

Spock saying Hipp Hipp Hurra

Bones accepting Spock's position as leader – direct opposite to the previous episode – by giving input, but following his orders, literally standing by his side on the bridge

The landing party in full gear!

The monster in the entrance was the salt being from episode 1

Everyone who is such a military fanboy is highly suspicious

McCoy's judgy eyebrow is completely out of control when they meet Trelane (and Sulu behind him has a whole journey)

Kirks face when evil guy shows up on the bridge

Spock being extremely bored by Trelane's antics, immediately seeing thorough his Bs and calmly telling him off is also extremely sexy

Kirks heart eyes face when Spock tells the guy off

The sexism is interesting - unlike the accidental / timely sexism in other episodes it's very clear that the way he sees women is bad, racist and upsetting

Also Kirk making it LOOK like it's about possessing the women and being jealous when he's manipulating Tralene, playing into the human traits he expects and wants to see (his aggressive and forceful behaviour towards Teresa is nicely contrasted to the scene on the bridge, where he's very nice to her again)

Generally the way Kirk sees through from the get go and manipulates him at every corner despite him being so powerful

The way McCoy leans on the console on the bridge during the turbulence

Kirk very confidently cocking a gun with a little smile and shooting with barely any flinching is weirdly sexy

The last convo between Spock and Kirk is fun, content wise but also Kirks heart eyes at Spock and Spock's utter confusion

The set design inside the castle is insane, but in a fun way; seems like they literally ran around the nearby studios and grabbed whatever they could (which suits who Trelane is)

Generally the idea of getting the surface level of humanity without any substance comes up in so many ways- understanding us and our behaviour, the decor, the missing taste from food and drink

The make up on our guys is just wonderful, especially Spock's, McCoy's and Sulu's; Generally the crew is just beautiful here

The music changes with the set pieces /scenes and is very fitting

The idea that this is literally a fanboy cosplaying 18th century earth is hilarious

Knowing the plot twist at the end that Trelane is just a child makes William Campbell's acting easier to bear and actually quite good – he IS like a child whose interest is earth history and humans and he finally gets to play. He gets irritated immediately, has tamper tantrums and zero emotional control; he basically just copies phrases and infos you would get from books without being able to question them, he likes the history equivalent of action men, he wants everyone's attention and gets angry when no one wants to play with him

The noose's shadow during the "court room scene" gives the setting a threatening aura (it also looks so cool)

Con

another superbeing, that somehow relates to earths past and is powerful, but this ep is less meaningful / good than the others; same goes for the humans as war / predator species

the fact that the way Trelane is written and acted serves his actual role as a child doesn't make his antics easier to watch, he gets tiresome quite quickly

even though the ep is self aware of the sexism and makes sure its bad the female characters are still just decor and plot points instead of characters with shit to do. they literally cling to Spock and bones in the background, which??

the entire last third after the mirror smash is too long, too flip floppy (it was all a test! also he's a child! -> they didn't commit to it enough and yet too much for it to work)

also the pacing was super shit

the last fight scene is way too whimsical and silly and the guy is just so annoying (at least Kirks pants were tight)

This screenshot looks like a promo pic for a guy comedy in the 80's

Counter

Powerful being testing humanity

Brains over brawl

Trio ready to sacrifice (Kirk is ready to die for his crew)

Quote: "I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose" - Spock

(literal heart eyes - Kirk)

Moment: See Quote

Summary: An episode with a less interesting (and more annoying) blue print for TNG's Q that's one of the shows earlier entries about mysterious and powerful enteties using humans for entertainment. Even though other episodes realized that set up better later on this episode gives Spock plenty of moments to shine (and plenty of opportunities for Kirk to send the biggest heart eyes in his direction)

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[darethshirl]

okay so people keep dunking on poor Tassia for not realising Neb is fucking dead and just chatting at him with like zero response BUT are we not gonna talk about freaking REZAREN talking to him??

like? are you expecting a response here?? from the corpse? the reanimated corpse that you made? what kind of mental gymnastics is this man doing in this head good GOD

also THIS part

like is this a joke. is he having a private joke with himself. is he chuckling inside.

and you know what actually this last scene is a really cool way the show tricks us, cause on first viewing Rezaren just seems like a calm and chill guy here, unruffled, doesn’t raise his voice, just an all-around mild dude

and then you rewatch and go oh. this man thinks this entire situation is acceptable. he thinks his life is a Normal Life to live. no wonder he doesn’t realise he’s the villain of the story lol

[thehedgehogsong]

A non-exhaustive list of things I loved in godzilla x kong: the new empire (slight spoilers):

King Kong adopting a son

Godzilla making a nest at the coliseum

An entire scene devoted to a tooth extraction

Monkey forced labour camp

Whatever was going on with Ilena, Bernie and Trapper

Additionally to the above point - sometimes a family is a King Kong scientist, a King Kong vet, a podcaster and their adopted daughter who is besties with King Kong and Mothra

Additional addition to the above points - humans only there for exposition purposes

The scene where Kong is trying to get Godzilla to help and Godzilla has 0 chill

Godzilla suddenly regaining his chill when Mothra appears like "chill babe"

Zero gravity fight scene

Shimu head pads and chin scritches

I mean there's about a million other things I loved about the film, it was fun and stupid and knew exactly what the audience wanted and gave it to us (and that was giant monster fighting with little context)

[japeneselunchtimerush]

Honestly the Kiseki no Shiai will forever be one of the funniest things to ever exist. We got one entire arc of Akashi waltzing into a training camp and doing whatever he wants before leaving.

My favourite ones have to be the breakfast scene and the bath house scene. Mostly because they are just 2 whole scenes of akashi mother henning everyone.

So the premise is that Akashi joined a training camp with the rest of the GoM teams minus yosen(yes just him, he didn't come with his team) completely uninvited too.

They GoM start eating breakfast and akashi just starts mother henning all of them including kagami(he really said hmm kuroko has a new light gotta mother hen the son in law) He tells Kagami to not be late for practice, he tells kise to shut up and eat(paraphrased) He tells aomine to chew his food properly(God he is such a mother) and he literally tells kuroko "don't leave food on your plate because you think I won't notice" and if that isn't such a mom thing to say. The funnier thing is that everyone complains but they also listen to him so.

Then the bath house scene is even funnier. He sits with kuroko to reminisce about the teiko days and the rest of seisin try to eavesdrop but he notices and then he just.. lectures serin for 20 minutes💀💀💀

And then after that he just says "did I ramble for a bit?" Baby you just lectured people a year older than you. And then he just leaves them in there. Its even funnier because he's lecturing them about relaxing their mind and body but he has zero chill and has never been relaxed for a day in his life.

God he will forever be my favourite character because he does whatever he wants and no one can go against him because he is right. He's just so annoying in the way he says it.

[martiya]

EXCERPT ONE: HOW THEY CAME TO BE

entry for @kirbyoctournament

One peaceful Tuesday, on a starry night, a boy heads to his bed after a very stressful day at night school. Exhausted, he crawls into his bedsheets without even changing his clothes, and rapidly falls asleep. Very few ticks later, he awakens in what seems to be the human representation of the inner area of a wormhole. He also wakes to what seems to be an abnormal mix of both extremely negative and positive thoughts. This deviant behavior of the brain wouldn’t be considered usual. But it didn’t really matter, for he probably was not even in his own reality anymore. Two instants later, he starts feeling as though various different-sized sharp objects were ripping a vertical line on his body… Yet, he removes his clothes while groaning in excruciating pain only to find nothing out of the ordinary on his body. Not even a scratch. As he lays there, staring at the somehow visually appealing walls of the wormhole’s throat, he hears a very loud “PLLKKKCCHHHH!”. He screams in visible agony. He knows that feeling is too realistic to be a dream… “It can’t be real, can it?!” mutters the little kid as his body is being ripped vertically in half. He then blacks out. The mysterious force finally manages to rip the entire body in half… BUT… Instead of the two halves drifting away and eventually disintegrating like a normal person’s, one half becomes this ball of blinding light, and the other turns into this ball of… dark matter? Then, as if this scene wasn’t already confusing enough, two star shaped portals appear. Just after the two spheres start to take shape, each disappears into one portal. The portals then close, leaving only the distant echo of an ear-piercing scream… 

EXCERPT 1.1: POSITIVITY

After quite the episode, the ball of light enters the portal at the left face of the wormhole’s throat. The scenery, wouldn’t you say it’s gorgeous? Filled with beautiful cumuli of stars here and there, some black holes over there, star-shaped planets over here… You would marvel at the variety of spacey objects lying around. The sphere of light then travels to one unnamed planet at the time. As it starts taking shape, two pointy cat-like ears start to form. They would remind any Nintendo player of something… A certain character. The sphere starts taking the shape of that character, with his exact clothes and glowing eyes, or so it seems… When finally revealed, the character looks almost identical to Mahoroa, a famously known character for his adorable appearance and wicked personality. What sets this particular character apart from his video-game counterpart is his clothes and eyes. The yellow of both the eyes and hood is replaced with a fluorescent green, while the blue part is replaced by a dark, yet vivid purple. Mahoroa is known as well for having a gear pattern sewn on the inner part of his hood. This particular clone (?) however, has a spike pattern with an uneven number of spikes, rumored to symbolize the incident that took place a few moments before. Aside from that, he seamlessly resembles his video-game counterpart. But… Where did the other half go…?

EXCERPT 1.1.1: ANGEL

This somewhat mysterious character usually presents himself as Nitiya, though his actual name is unknown to all. The denizens of this equally unusual universe are aware of his spine-chilling past, however. Residents of this universe have described him as “a powerful, adorable angel with seemingly zero negativity present inside his mind.” And, residents are always genuine when talking about his positive attitude, because it shows. Nitiya has the same voice as Mahoroa, yet a very different mindset. Nitiya doesn’t seek power. Nitiya is a truly honest being. Nitiya does everything to help those in need, one way or the other. Nitiya hasn’t shown a frown, or expressed any signs of negativity in his mind. Nitiya is always positive. Whenever his past comes up while he’s around, he always says the same thing:

“Oh! The past is just a crumpling memory, trying to haunt us, trying to slow us down. Even if my past may not match my present, who cares? What matters is the present, always!”

He also quite enjoys demonstrating his abilities, some believe he may be even more powerful than Mahoroa himself.

^ appearance for those wondering, creds to my wonderful suleiman for the art!!

[bengiyo]

Gav and Cai Hira and Kiyoi Teh and Oh

aka my top 3 and TanBun or KornKnock for the grown and sexy

Absolutely zero chill. Four pairs?? I think you're just gonna get me firing from the hip.

Gavreel and Cairo

When it comes to BL, the Philippines won when it came to tackling how the pandemic affected connection and romance. I really like presentation of developing a crush on a streamer and just going for it with these two. I'm still waiting for my proper gamers BL, but this is a good first outing.

I think what I like so much about what we got from these two is how temporary so much of their lives feels. They want to be together. They want to commit. However, life won't let them. Gav can't stay here and be okay because he's running out of money and honestly isn't that well right now. Cairo is still grieving his dad, and he has a lot of growing up to do.

They're one of the rare pairs that I want to be together in the future who I am glad are forced to take a break when we see them part.

Hira and Kiyoi

I think the best thing about this show and this pairing was the reveal that Kiyoi was also obsessed with Hira from the moment their eyes first locked. I also really like that Kiyoi is a bottom who wants it.

We've been lucky with these two that we got to see them three times, and I like how much stronger Yagi has gotten as an actor each time, and how Hagiwara has grown as a creator and storyteller. These two seem to really understand that they have two characters who struggle to say what's necessary to each other in a way that reaches the other.

I loved in Season 2 when Kiyoi realized that Hira was still worshiping him as a god and freaked the fuck out about it, storming out of the house. That he was in the living room the next morning waiting for Hira to come and talk to him, only to get annoyed again was perfect. We get fairly decent payoff for Hira finally facing his own ego when it comes to Kiyoi in the movie, and these two remain among my favorites.

Also, Yagi Yusei really is that beautiful.

Teh and Oh

I just know if I was part of MoRaoYuLok I would have a side chat where we just bitched about these two.

Teh is such an asshole sometimes, and Oh is really so patient with his nonsense. I always lament that Teh is so unsociable that he struggles to maintain a lot of friendships, and it's why that snake Jai was able to get in there and fuck up his life. Still, Teh isn't off the hook for his own shit. He's always struggled with jealousy when it comes to Oh, and he's always worried about falling behind him.

Oh is just so naturally gifted and has an irresistible natural charm. He knows he's beautiful, and he knows how people see yet, and yet he's only ever looking at Teh. We should all be so lucky.

I think about that translation scene in episode 3 of ITSAY regularly, and how that is probably one of the best moments we've ever had in BL. These two really captured a love that feels bigger than their bodies can contain.

Tan and Bun

I'll talk about Tan and Bun since it's been too long since I watched Together With Me and cannot remember them that clearly anymore.

Tan was so ridiculous this entire show, and I'll never get over Bun being ACAB as fuck the whole time. Bun never forgot that he was trying to solve this case for his bestie who they murdered, but he knew she would want him to get some ass along the way.

Tan said absolutely insane shit to Bun literally every episode. He even shot that man off a cliff. Somehow he still won. Incredible.

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[starrynyxa]

i NEED to know your omega pete hcs <3

Okay some of these aren’t even omega pete hcs, they’re just omegaverse headcanons in general oops lol. Also, this isn’t fobmegaverse/transomega!pete, but some of these do overlap with him. 

Pete, when he’s younger, is very resistant to being characterized as a typical omega and so does shit to make him less perceived as one. He plays up his aggression, acts tougher than he is, deepens his voice. He doesn’t do housework, doesn’t cook, doesn’t bottom. (internalized omegaphobia…lmfao). Getting older, growing up, meeting more people who don't quite fit the mold, and becoming more solid with where he sits in his own body, he then becomes more comfortable leaning into his “softer” side. He gets more chilled out about doing stuff that’s typically associated with being an omega, now knowing that being an omega doesn’t make you lesser

Collars started out as courting gifts (though they looked less like collars and were more like necklaces). Kind of like an engagement ring, they acted as a precursor to the mating bite, something to entertain with the idea of being permanent, before it actually is. Courted omegas would walk around with collars, smelling like their mate, and it gave off the idea that they’d been claimed as property.

Some omegas began wearing collars on their own as a deterrent, to fend off unwanted attention under the guise of already being claimed by an alpha. Over time this became less a defense mechanism and developed more into omegas wearing collars for themselves, saying “I Own Myself,” and collars turned into sort of a political statement, especially in like punk scenes. Collars went from being essentially jewelry, and turned into thick black leather with studs and spikes.

(I think also there’d be another shift where collars become less about making a statement, and more of a fashion piece. Pete would really fucking love collecting different designer collars to wear. Also I think there'd be discourse about if you can wear collars as a non-omega LOL)

This isn’t even a headcanon it’s just pw canon- Pete’s obsessed with scent, and also with sharing clothes. Those things go hand-in-hand here. Scent in the omegaverse is like a person’s whole entire being. Sharing clothes with scent on it is basically the same as someone saying they’re okay with being so intimately associated with you. They don’t mind having your scent on them, and theirs on you. To Pete, it’s an affirmation that he’s not completely fucked up. That he’s still Good Enough to have his scent interwoven with another person’s. 

I feel like the band would eventually kind of develop their own pack scent. From how much time they spend together on tour, all their individual scents mix together to the point that it becomes something distinctly Them. They just smell like Fall Out Boy. Being a part of Fall Out Boy is a facet of their scent that’s as natural to their being as where they’re from. Over the hiatus, without the pack/band scent being “maintained,” it fades away, to just a hint, until you can barely even smell it on them.

Fall out boy puppy piles. That’s it. 

The inner romantic in Pete likes to believe in the idea of the True Mate, even if it’s not really that feasible, with zero logical basis. He likes to fall in love at first sight and fling himself into relationships (with maybe less care than he should) because that’s how True Mates, he thinks, should work. He believes it to be a kind of trust fall, to dare to leap into love and hope that it’s destined to be forever. After falling flat too many times, the True Mate idea’s kind of shattered in his brain. So maybe he doesn’t have a True Mate, but he guesses the idea’s bullshit anyway because nothing can be truer than cornflower blue.