#there’s even a full on death and ressurection thing going on about this character too! which I’m usually wild about!

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[geminialchemist]

I made this originally as a comment on a post on Reddit, but it seemed well liked, so I thought I’d expand on it a little and make it a post here on Tumblr.

Spoilers for Shadow of the Erdtree abound, don’t read any farther if you don’t want the ending spoiled.

I really loved a lot of the lore about Miquella up until the big reveal that he Miquellested Mohg, and was bringing back Radahn as his consort. I remember finding the crosses across the land, and then finding the one in the fissure, and seeing that he abandoned his love there, and man, that was so good, so chilling to see that Miquella, known for his compassion and kindness, had thrown that away. We were going from cross to cross, learning just how much he was willing to mutilate and change himself for godhood… only for him to cling to a childhood crush he had on his older brother. That’s lame. Like, really lame. And gross!

And Mohg. I know we joke about how he beat the allegations, but remember that he needed to wed an Empyrean for his plans to work out with the Formless Mother. These plans he already had in place before Miquella charmed him, since Sir Ansbach was already a Pureblood Knight working under Mohg before Mohg was charmed, meaning Mohg had already established the foundations of his dynasty. That means Mohg was going to go after either Miquella or Malenia, since they were the only Empyreans left, and tell me, which one sounds like the easier target, the small child, or the undefeated champion? Miquella was always going to be taken by Mohg, the retcon just exists to make Miquella look more morally questionable while stripping Mohg of a bit of his agency and villainous identity. The entire Mohg portion feels like a rewrite when the entire reason he was charmed by Miquella is because he had some unspecified way into the Shadow Lands, and it’s never really talked about ever again. Mohg’s entire purpose in this plan comes off as an afterthought, with no specifications as to why he was needed, other than a vague “he was needed.” Even the use of his body to resurrect Radahn is unexplained as far as I know, though I headcanon that it’s due to Radahn’s body being too rotted after the centuries of Scarlet Rot infecting it, and they needed a demigod’s body, so Mohg was the only one to use available, but it would have been nice if that had been explained.

Godwyn would have been better as a final boss, and it didn’t even need to be actually Godwyn to work, since I know some people don’t think that would work from a lore perspective since his souls is gone, and his full return would wreck the Duskborn ending. Of course, “gone” is weird way to put it, since his soul isn’t destroyed, it’s in whatever afterlife exists in Elden Ring and just not being reincarnated like everyone else who dies after the rune of Death was removed, so Miquella could maybe work a way to get him back. The DLC is in the Shadow Lands, where all things that die pass through, after all. Get rid of Mohg being brainwashed, but keep his body being used so that Sir Ansbach, one of the best NPCs, still has a quest to follow in putting Mohg’s body to a proper rest. It also makes sense, Godwyn’s body is really messed up, bloated, and multiplying all over the Lands Between like a cancer, and can’t be used for ressurection.

Still, I think a failed Godwyn would be better. Maybe we skip the whole Promised Consort part, and just have it be the first act of Godhood Miquella does, because ew, am I tired of the incest surrounding Miqella’s character. Godwyn The Golden starts the fight off back in his prime, doing loads of attacks infused with Holy damage, coming off as the perfect and powerful Demi-god he’s always stated as being in the lore. Then he starts falling apart at phase 2, his phase 1 attacks being switched to being ghostflame infused rather than holy, Miquella now on his back and any new attacks added to phase 2 take on the holy affinity due to his presence. Then phase 3 hits, no holy infinity at all, all attacks do ghostflame or deathblight buildup. Deathblight is already so underused, so it would be great here. Godwyn is falling apart faster the more we fight, and Miquella, holding on, is getting hurt by the ghostflame and deathblight while desperately trying to keep his beloved brother together.

Have the fight set during an eclipse, too, sorta like the final boss of Dark Souls 3, the Soul of Cinder. Really tie it into the lore of Miquella trying to bring Godwyn back, like we find out at Castle Sol, where he had hoped to use an eclispe. I’d even say to make the light from behind the eclipse change color as the fight rages on, starting off bright and holy, and change it to the horrid dark grey and sickly yellow that deathblight has by the third phase, so rather than the arena getting brighter than a flash bang like it is in canon, have it get darker and gloomier. And of course, after the fight, the eclipse has faded entirely.

Instead of a cutscene that is nothing but information we already know(Seriously, what was even the point of the cutscene we got? It gave us not a single piece of new information), Miquella is lying on the floor, mostly dead, much like Morgott after we beat him in Leyndell. He isn’t dying because of us(honestly, I don’t even know why he died in the DLC, he’s so high up on Radahn’s back we never really get a chance to hit him directly, but he dies when Radahn does for whatever reason), instead he’s dying from clinging so tightly to Godwyn and trying to hold him together, burned by ghostflame and deathblight. He laments that even as a god, he wasn’t able to fix anything. Not his sister, not his brother, not the Haligtree, none of his plans ever work. No matter the sacrifices, personal or otherwise. He’s a failure in every way, and the knowledge breaks him as he sobs and dies.

However, if you visited every cross before the boss fight, you can absorb the essence of Miquella’s discarded body, and if you beat him then, you’ll get the option to return his discarded flesh and emotions after the fight. Doing so heals him, and gives him back everything he discarded, like his love, his fears and doubts. He fades away into light particles, and if you sit at the grace in the arena, he’ll appear like Melina does, sitting across from you and with a healed character model. This gets a few bits more dialogue, some exposition, yadda yadda. He’s a god without a consort, you’re a lord without a throne. He’s unsure, and not confident it will work, but maybe if you work together, something good can come of this tragedy? Giving up now would just be spiting in the faces of everyone he’s hurt. You’re strong enough to stop him if he loses his way again. (I think the reason he chose Radahn in canon was because of his strength and kindness? He trusted Radahn to do what was right after he threw away his love and compassion, entrusting Radahn to lead him down the right path when he lacked those things, and to be strong enough to resist his charm. That’s again entirely headcanon due to our lack of knowledge about their vow, but I’m adding it here because this is MY fanfiction and I can do whatever I like!)

(This part is more of a personal bit I’d have liked added because I find it amusing, rather than because I think it would make it better. Remember when you go through all that trouble to find Fia, and she asks if you’ve come all this way to kill her, and you can just say “No, I want to be held,” and it’s the funniest chunk of text you get in game? I really wanted something like that with Miquella. He wants to know why you came all this way, entered the Shadow Lands, a sealed off region of the world where only death awaits, where you fought against insurmountable odds, all to get to Miquella, presumably to stop him, only to heal him at the last moment, in which you can straight up tell him to his face you want to be his consort, and he’s just as confused and amused as Fia was. He knows you aren’t under his charm, but still he questions if it’s possible you are if you went this far just for that.)

This unlocks a new ending for the base game, the Age of Compassion. You summon Miquella like you would Ranni after beating Elden Beast, and together you usher in a kinder world, this time without the brainwashing. Or maybe with the brainwashing. Or perhaps it’s vague about the brainwashing, and if this is a good or bad ending in classic Fromsoft fashion. I’d prefer no brainwashing, and Miquella still unsure if things will work out, with it ending ambiguous if the Age of Compassion lasts, or fumbles and falls to a world blind to it. All you and Miquella can do is hope it will be better.

That might be a lot to ask, but look, it’s the only way I’ll ever get to live out my fantasy of being fought over by a cold, goth witch gf and a soft femboy twink with hair longer than I am tall, okay?

[cheesomaru]

Ok but I love how Towa and Moroha were symbolized as Sesshomaru and Toga in the last fight. It kind of implies that both of then are bound to become even more powerfull? I mean, Toga was conisdered the strongest Daiyokai (along Kirinmaru) before his death and Sesshomaru canonically became the strongest Daiyokai as a mature demon as well (the official account even released that one info card just to say it once again lmao, they really like to reaffirm that Sesshomaru is op af) Towa has a lot of parallels with Sesshomaru already and Moroha's powers come from Toga's blood in the rouge so it really makes me think if this will be a thing for Season 2 (probably was just Kirinmaru trippin lmao the old man was forced to babysit 3 feral girls and accidentally killed one he needed to take his afternoon nap)

(Who am I kidding I just want them to go nuts again soon, also I really wish for "Under Control Full Demon Towa" to be a thing is cool she can do it without losing herself like Setsuna the power of depression and revenge woah, and to Moroha to control her demon powers without backlash again)

I also wonder how long it will take for Setsuna to be revived, I wouldn't be odd for her to be revived and saved along Rin until later in the series, I mean, out of the 3 girls Setsuna was the only one that had a noticeable personality development so the fact that they decided to kill her off for now isn't that weird, maybe they will try to develop Towa and Moroha even more before bringing her back.

Also yeah, I really don't want people to use Setsuna as an excuse to diss in the other 2, yeah Setsuna had her character development early but that doesn't mean Towa and Moroha will not develop properly as well.

Wow Anon, you wrote an essay? I LOVE YOU!

I totally agree, I love how Towa and Moroha channel different parts of the same family tree, I love how Moroha is connected to Inupapa’s greatest sacrifice and proof of his love, and Towa is connected to Sesshoumaru’s growth and proof of his development into a great dog demon!  And Towa’s feral form was just, *chefs kiss*

I LOVE how you described Kirinmaru.  Worst teenager sitter ever LOL.

About Setsuna not being ressurected right away, I wouldn’t be too sure if they will extend that subplot for too long.  The issue is, at least in the OG anime, tenseiga can’t revive past a certain time frame.  Kohaku couldn’t be revived because he was already unnaturally alive for months through the jewel shard (although I still believe that would have been way cooler than what we got!).  I can see Towa struggling to use the sword, because its broken and Sesshoumaru vanished as soon as he gave it to her.  But I can’t imagine this being the new plot for season 2. IDK.

Lastly, WHO would diss Towa and Moroha after the last episode???  They busted their ASS fighting Kirinmaru!  They almost laid waste to him!! It WAS EPIC!!!  And I think they got decent character development too.  I think Towa has learned the hard way just how cruel the feudal era is.  She got her sister back only to have her taken away from her.  Her take away is that her strength isn’t good enough to save those important to her.  And Moroha has learned to open up more and have real friends who’ll have her back.   It’ll be interesting to see how things develop in season 2.

Thanks again for all your thoughts! I can’t wait for season 2!  So much good stuff to be explored!

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i said i would rant incoherently about enderal and fable a while ago so here we go

This is for the 2.5 people who are interested in both fable and enderal like i am xx (sorry this is written so badly)

Okay there are ridiculous amounts of thematic links between the fable series and enderal and I'm sure it's pretty much just a huge coincidence but I just can't stop thinking about It. The lore of fable (history before the events of the first game) follows enderals cycle almost exactly it's insane. After defeating the knight jack and queen of blades who had a dictatorship over Albion  William black (the first hero to posses powers) rules over Albion and he and his family become god like figures called the 'archon' and for a while Albion is prospering. However a few generations down wills family tree the archons become twisted and cruel, causing will and the good archons to disappear leaving Albion to descend into chaos. The wiki mentions famine, disease, and the appearance of horrifying creatures and the dead walking. The evil archons then construct the 'spire' a tower used to gather and concentrate 'willpower' (magic).  The contruction of the spire allows a creature called the crawler (from the same universe as the blades family) to escape into Albion. Three heros who's names I can't remember right now step up to fight the crawler, and end up blowing up the spire to destroy it. This explosion ends up wiping out the whole of Albion and the new kingdom grows and takes its place (this is the cycle where the three fable games are set)

In fable 1 your sister Theresa is mutilated by the villain of the story the returned jack of blades. It's believed by a lot of the fandom that Theresa is actually possessed by the queen of blades, now an immortal character due to the mixture of the queen's soul and Theresa's hero blood.  (There are many conspiracy theories about this if you want to read up!) It appears this game is set during the peak of enderals cycle, where the kingdom is at its best with heros running around saving the day and most people are havin a chill time. In fable 2 you are led by Theresa who appears as an immortal space hopping veiled woman on the path to defeat someone who would destroy Albion again. Whilst your choices at the end of the game don't affect the state of the kingdom that much, when you defeat Lucian and take the spire (yes the aforementioned world destroying super weapon) Theresa very ominously states that you can fuck off and do what you want but the spire is hers. This and fable three seem to be set during the declining end of the cycle, where things start going to shit, there's poverty everywhere and barely any heros left. In fable three Theresa's actions seem a lot more incidious. She leads you in battle against your older brother the tyrannical king of Albion, forcing you to enlist the help of the kingdoms people by making promises to treat them fairly once you take the throne. Only for you to find out once you've decemated bowerstone with your war that your brother was draining the kingdom of its money to fight the real threat - that's right the crawler is back baby and you have a year to raise 6mil to fight off the apocalypse whilst also paying to keep your promises to your friends and Better Albion.   Now I think a lot of people don't like fable 3 because of the random sudden paywall at the end and I get it, I was confused and annoyed too (I still love the game tho ️) and the path I took was the path I think they expected all the first blind playthroughs to go down - broke a few promises to pay to keep a few promises ect, ended up mostly wiping out Albion save for myself, Theresa and a few friends This is the 'pride was my fall' route as I like to call it, because I can totally see fable 3s main character being enderal's aged man. There are some more random parralels: -theresa is theorized to be in control of the shadow court in fable 2 meaning she takes sacrifices like the veiled woman from enderal. -in the first destroction of Albion, the three heros who blew up the spire are said to have transformed Into 'magic stones' - according to the fable lore after the events of the third game Theresa journeys to collect these stones - could it be that powerful heros become these black stones if they are present during the 'cleasing'? (Enderal's word for the end of the world) - in the old kingdom it is said that William black was the first person to get powerful magic, it is suggested from his time spent in the blades' family universe - the void, when he is kidnapped by jack of blades. He returns with magic, a sick sword full of souls and a 'corruption' disease that slowly gets worse and spreads through the archon and the kingdom - - He was likely infected by 'the corruption' the ruler of the void who canonically wishes to destroy and colonise Albion: corruption is a HUGE theme in enderal, the high ones are essentially personified corruption. - - I'd say the spire and the beacon are pretty obvious comparisons - both can cause the cleansing if used wrong - - in fable 2 Theresa leads lthe main character sparrow to their death and then possibly ressurected them and in enderal the veiled woman leads you to your death is able to ressurect characters like jespar and calia. - Ben/page and jespar/calia are like exactly the same: himbo and intelligent hottie (only difference is in fable 3 u can't marry Ben/page ) - reaver could also be the aged man considering he's immortal ? If you disagree or have even more parralels let me know !! I literally don't know anyone who will talk to me about this

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TROS - What did I even watch? Or how I lived to see the day Disney murdered a prince, left Cinderella alone in the desert, and hoped for the world to rejoice because it was “fun”?

Dear friends, I’ve been here for the spoilers and I’ve even talked with some of you. I went to watch the movie today, with 0 hope of anything except of seeing my baby Ben Solo and Adam’s fenomenal acting (and listening to some good John Williams). 

I knew it would be horrible, but as @nevernerdenoughblog said seeing it makes it even more. Like @clairen45 it felt so wrong. Should I rejoice with a Reylo kiss that Rey gave but seconds later didn’t even cry over Ben’s dead body? I refuse to acknowledge this characterization of Rey. She was the only one that ever believed in Ben Solo, she shipped herself to make him know he was loved and wanted and to help him. Where was this Rey in this movie?

I am sorry guys (especially for the tagging) but I need to write this out or it will eat me and you guys are the few ones that relate to my pain. You know what really hurt me the most in all this? Toxic masculinity disguised as feminism.

1) FAREWELL HEROINE’S JOURNEY

They trashed the Heroine’s Journey. They murdered it and spit in its face. JJ Abrams simply decided that the Heroine’s Journey (done in act 1/ep. VII and act 2/ep. VIII) was not cutting anymore and decided to send Rey on a Hero’s Journey (ep. IX only, new 1st, 2nd and 3rd act altogether), where she has become this almost toxic masculine fighter under Leia’s training  — Badass girl? Yes. Full of anger? Yes. Logical? Yes. Connected to anything? No, not even herself, she kept on the run, afraid. In search of the Jedi detachment? Yes. —, only to send her happilly off to a desert planet in the end of her journey and finishing with her alone talking with an old lady.

Which remind us of the start of TFA, meaning she has comeback to what? Luke didn’t even comeback to that “home” in Tatooine the end of his Hero’s Journey? So she went to a place of death to what? This is a slap on the face of the Heroine’s Journey. This is how toxic masculinity corrupts and interrupts the most uncomfortable (to psychologically unhealthy bystanders) and fundamental (to the woman herself) phase of Heroine’s Journey: You want love, family, a partnership, connection, nurturing or progeny? That is weak, it is foolish. You need to fight, to conquer, to take, take and take. Otherwise you won’t be strong or independent.

REALLY???????????

I AM CRYING! WHY? WHY? WHY? Daisy, are you really seriously satisfied with this ending? Because REY DESERVED BETTER. 

BTW, BEN SOLO DESERVED BETTER! The true feminist of this story DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER! ADAM DRIVER DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER! He always respect the director’s view, does his best to accomplish it and brings his best acting to the table. The only saving grace in the whole movie to me was Ben’s arc because 1) Adam was doing it and 2) He honored his character. Man he deserved so much better!!!!!

I’m not even going to repeat what everyone already said about where is George Lucas’ Fairytale Story, because you guys said it all. But I have a beef with Disney executive decisions:

2) WALT DISNEY - HOW I WISH WALT WAS ALIVE

Walt Disney. Much have been criticized concerning his choices to make HEA in fairytales. But what now? We find balance by wanting our children to grow up to be cynic and seeing the feminine as weak? Unhelpful? Bad? 

“Yo independent women! You need no prince even if you have one. He can compassionately and selfelessly die to save you because he loves you and you can go off, happily, to celebrate with your friends! You don’t mourn his body, oh no. You don’t tell him you love him. You forget him. You go be that cool lonely warrior.”

Excuse me but I can kick ass and have the romantic love life and children I want! I can have both! Because I am a human being and I deserve it. This is not a matter of being a men or women. This is a matter of balancing the feminine and masculine within.

But that is not just it. BEN SOLO DESERVED BETTER! WALT WOULD NEVER, EVER LET A CHARACTER THAT WENT THROUGH ABUSE AND SO MUCH PAIN DIE THE WAY BEN SOLO DID! Is that a Disney movie??????? I mean, what did I just watch????

Walt Disney, the man who promised P.L. Travers, upon knowing who Mr. Banks was to her (her deceased alcoholic father) and what Mary Poppins, her work, meant to her, said:

“George Banks and all he stands for will be saved. Maybe not in life, but in imagination. Because that is what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.”

THAT IS WHAT STORYTELLERS DO! Like so many fanfic writers in this fandom @nite0wl29, @stargazer1116, @intp-slytherin97, @eleanor-writes-stuff, @postedbygaslight, @raven-maiden, and so many others!! Btw, thank you all!! My vacation starts tomorrow and I’m going to read again all your amazing fics to regain exactly that: HOPE!

What was TROS? Leia and Luke believing in the good in Rey? The whole Jedi Order believing in her? I have nothing against that but why didn’t they believe or help Ben too? Ben didn’t receive any of that love, WHY? What was wrong with him? What did he do?! He was the most selfless of souls, just like his Father and Grandmother. Is this vicntim blaming??? WHY DISNEY, LUCAS FILM and JJ ABRAMS, WHY?!

I used to think people were wrong when they said Disney was only doing SW for money. Because Walt Disney also said and lived by this rule:

“The important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together — and that’s the backbone of our whole business, catering to families — that is what we hope to do.”

SW is about family and I refuse to accept ep. IX as SW. It has all the make up of SW, but it lacks the heart and very essence of it.

As dear @eleanor-writes-stuff said, so much for criticizing Rian Johnson, only to consagrate his work. That man honored the storytelling art and I’ll be forever grateful to him for his touch in SW and for how his writing touched and changed my life. And I know Waltz would have approved too because he also said:

“I prefer to entertain people in the hope that they learn, rather than teach people in the hope they are entertained.”

3) PLOT? WHAT PLOT?

Leia’s feelings for Ben have remained ambiguous, you can both read her as someone who wants her baby boy dead (because her death allows Rey to stab Ben to death if she wants to, when Ben was never going to harm Rey) or not. Actions speak louder than words, and this was the movie when Leia would have the chance to assume the responsability for her mistakes and take action, instead of only claiming she believed her son was alive.

If she clearly wanted to reach Ben, was Maz’s words needed? No, they weren’t. It was exactly because Maz needed to voice it that proved Leia’s actions could be read as ambiguous. Again, actions speak louder than words. Her body only disappeared after Ben’s did too because what? She was expecting him to die so she could collect his soul?

I dearly love Leia’s character but LEIA DESERVED BETTER! CARRIE DESERVED BETTER! In the end I’m not sure what to make of the ST Leia. She could have helped Ben but clearly sent him away to Luke because? What?

Ben Solo get his redemption from his own 2 hands + his father’s memory (not force ghost) + Rey’s confession. In the end he becomes the bride of the monster, only to die right after, in a what? Plot twist?

Finn, who? That was so messed up! Rose? Poor Rose!!! Hux? Oh Hux deserved better too. I was glad to see that Poe matured though and grew in his arc.

I’m also mad and confused about other plot points:

Ben throws his bleeded kyber krystal away because of his father. Okay. Why did no one help him when he cried on the Force to crack his kyber and soul, but Luke Force Ghost appears to catch Rey throwing a lightsaber in an on fire tie fighter?

Rey would turn to the Dark side if she killed Palpatine, right? 5 minutes later she won’t turn to the Dark Side anymore even if she still kills him in anger? Just because the self righteous jedi chose to let Ben get thrown down the abysm by himself but Rey was the Chosen One?

Still on this topic, so she choses to give up her soul so Palpatine uses her body as the vessel of his soul and the legion of siths, in order to save her friends, but she won’t take Ben Solo’s hand, even if she claims she wants to + retaining her body, to do the same?

I think force bonds don’t make much of a difference anymore when one of the parts dies. Ben can die and Rey seems pretty okay?

INTERESTING FACT: Beside me there was a father with his 6 or 7 year old son. The child kept asking what was going on everytime the movie introduced any plot twists or too much information too quickly. When the Reylo kiss came on screen, you know what the kid said? “I told ya!” I wanted to cry when seconds later the boy was claiming now was Rey’s turn to bring Ben back. Children understand the Heroine’s Journey and it doesn’t scare them. It is beautiful like that. The father then had to try and explain to the boy that other things were going on and that no, “that guy was gone”. What have you done people?

4) EPISODE X

I must have a clown face. They lied to us about this movie being “The Rise of Skywalker”. Maybe they lied to us about this being the end of the saga? Considering JJ claims this is fun, happy and hopeful, yeah, I doubt they are making an episode X or ressurecting Ben Solo after throwing in the garbage the Heroine’s Journey. I vaguely remember Adam also said he wasn’t going to appear in another SW.

IF they do announce an ep. X, I’m not watching it unless Ryan or someone like him directs the movie.

I loved to see Han Solo’s memory helping his son. That man trully loved him and it is tragic that he screwed up as a father only because he thought he wasn’t enough to be a good one and that Leia and Luke would know better.

I also loved to see Ben Solo as his father son and grandchild to his grandmother and great grandmother. He was beautiful and I love him and he’ll be forever with me.

I liked the Reylo kiss... but Rey’s actions in this movie have affected me so that it doesn’t feel like they scrapped the surface of making justice to this that could have been the happiest and most balanced of all SW couples.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN EPIC. IT COULD HAVE BEEN GRAND. But it wasn’t.

I’ll forget TROS. YBTOTT is now canon to me, because it is a perfect 3rd act in this trilogy, and @postedbygaslight honors the Heroine’s Journey like few writers have the gut and courage to do. Thank you so much Wayne!

And if anyone had the patience to read this to the end, thank you. I feel it too guys, this was awful and horrible.

[someone-always-cares]

[image description: a q&a for the webcomic someone always cares. full desc under the cut because its long and wordy sorry]

post chapter 3 Q&A

first - previous - next

thanks for yalls questions!! it was fun to answer! if anyone still has questions feel free to ask whenever i am always 100% down to ramble. even if i did go slightly off topic in some answers

additional: went off topic with the hair question a bit. their bright hair is all part of the transformations. regular hair dye does exist though. best way to tell is that if the eyebrow matches the hair its probably not dyed. also, quartz’s hair is naturally ginger.

also for more on ages, check out the character bios here

also was gonna keep this in the tags but thought i might as well actually try to answer it: the question i found it hardest to answer was someone the song one. my taste in music is. a mess really. ive been listening to like the same 5 songs on repeat all day. more under the cut because i was rambling again and now its uhhh half 1am

if it helps at the time of answering that specific question i had home by cavetown on repeat, and that song reminds me of both rami and lewis. but that may be because i project onto those two a lot, and as a aro trans dude. who sucks with people skills, yeah of course i love that song.

specifically the vibes of like not knowing how to communicate (rami is fine with his friends but other people are different), the lines “ Turn off your porcelain face, I can't really think right now and this place, Has too many colors, enough to drive all of us insane” idk what the porcelain face line is supposed to mean but im picturing it as like. a mask. that you need to take off and stop hiding and rami does tend to hide when hes feeling upset, and the next two lines kinda could tie into that, like the feeling of when youre overwhelemed and just want the world to stop so you just hide somewhere. also the colours could go with chapter 3 with the chromatic abberation.

also the bit with “ my eyes went dark, I don't know where, my pupils are, But I'll figure out a way to get us out of here” just kinda sums up ramis whole hero thing with his powers and all. anyway this has turned into less what songs rami would like and why this particular song reminds me of him and lewis (lewis specifically has the hair cutting/chest hiding, [big transmasc mood], and also messy haired trainwreck who doesnt know who he is yet. also the ghosts bit)

i did end up picking upbeat songs because ramis a dude who like to try and be upbeat even if things arent. even if hes not really feeling it he will pretend to.

[full description: Anonymous said to someone-always-cares: “hi ily!!! do characters like quartz who have colored hair have that naturally or did they dye it?”

“its both natural and not! while most supers can do a magical girl ish transformation, including a change in hair colour, there are some exceptions.”

theres two small full body drawings of rami, one in civilian clothes, one fully transformed.

“if a superhero were to have a biological child, the child will inherit the powers of the parent(s). however, the child will not inherit the full transfromation. they do inherit any physical transformations, but not the outfit.”

theres a drawing of a woman in blue, quartz’s mother, fully transformed, holding her mask in her hand, smiling down at a much younger quartz as a child. hes smiling back up at her with the same blue eyes, pointy ears, and blue hair, but hes still in normal clothes.

“in the case of quartz, both of hisparents had superpowers, and he inherited those powers and the physical transformations.he can also pick and mix whatphysical traits to change.“

next is a headshot of adult quartz, his face split down the middle with one side having hair and eye like his mother, the other like his father. theres a list of traits from each parents, blue hair and eyes and pointy ears from his mum, and purple hair and eyes and pointy teeth from their dad.

 “Anonymous said to someone-always-cares:  Are all the characters the same age? If not, how old are they? Are they irl friends or just superhero friends?”

theres some headshots of rami and his team lined up with ages labelled: cam is 15, rami himself is 17, lin, mateo, and dante, are all 18, and cap is 20.

“rami and xandra were somewhat friends before she got superpowers, so when, after the incident with her old team, she found rami had developed powers, xandra stuck close to him. their other teamates started off as superhero friends but soon turned into irl friends too”

theres a headshot of lewis and jade. theyre both 17

“when lewis first decided to start being a vigilante,jade quickly found him and decided to help train himand offered to be a mentor of sorts, as they both have similar powers. that quickly derailed.”

“ cinder5555 said to someone-always-cares: How long does it usually take to make a comic page? I'm curious because they're so freaking good that they must take FOREVER”

theres a drawing of myself, a fluffy hair tired bastard in a hoodie, smiling

“Thanks! Ive been doing this shit since like 2017 and i still have no idea how long it takes me. i can get a page done in a day if i have nothing else to do or if its a simple page, but if i have work then maybe 2-3 days? i spend like, most of my free time doing this.“

another drawing of me, now looking frustrated muttering “how the FUCK does time work”

“but i can never do it all on one sitting.i will inevitably get distracted and zone out daydreaming mid drawing so its very hard to get an accurate read on how long it takes. so however long a piece of string is i guess“

the only qustion not from tumblr is a discord message from RuneStone Cabin:

“Q: Can you talk about the incidence of superpowers in this world? Like many people are supers, which powers are more or less common, how long they've been a thing for, stuff like that. Also does Omen know I'd die for them “

theres a drawing of omen pointing at a date circled on a calender marked “decembuary”, theyre saying “i know. i already wrote your death in my calender.”

then a giant wall of text reading: “Supers have only existed for a relativly short time, since the early 1940s. momento mori was the second person to have ever gained powers.

Only a small number of the population are supers! the chances are higher in more populated cities, but unusally london has oneof the higher percentages of supers. while nobody in universe has any idea of the origins of superpowers, it does seem that powers are more likely to occur in people who would actually use their powers.

as for what powers are most common, after making a badly catagorized spreadsheet of every superpowered character ive made for this world (70% of which will probably never even be seen), turns out that elemental powers are the most common. although not all elemental powers manifest as the straight up 'controling this element' as seen in characters like lin or tsunami. for example, iris's powers would fall under shadow elemntal powers, but theyre a lot more weird that just controlling shadows.there are some abilities that have never been seen before,such as ressurection or full on time travel (aka anything that could bring a character back to life), but powers are certainly allowed to toe the line eg healing, powers involving undeath, immortality, pausing or manipulating time.

aside from that, anything goes. you could get plain old superstrength, but you could also get the ability to create dogs with your mind. other not quite rules, more guidelines are that supers are immune to their own powers hurting them (unless they were pushing themselves too hard), although the way the imminuties occur may be inconvinient to the super.

while some powers may be 'more powerful' than others, powers dont really get to be way underpowered or overpowered in comparision to others. sure being able to talk to animals may feel a bit useless compared to someone who can lift 4 tanks at once, but nobodys going to end up with a power like 'can turn into a goose but only once' or 'can grow toenails twice as fast' or 'if i sneeze i can change my hair colour'. at the same time, youre not going to get someone with the power to snap their fingers and level a city, or instantly blow up the moon or whatever.

“Anonymous said to someone-always-cares: I love rami PLEASE tell me his favorite song(s) and why. I will die for you”

a drawing of rami saying out loud “i dont really have any specific favourite song, really? i just listen to whatever sounds catchy and then listen to that on repeat for hours until i hate it. i guess i do like upbeat songs? ones that make you feel happy even if the lyrics are sad”

“ un1c0rnhh said to someone-always-cares: tell me,,, please,, cam,,, are they a cat person or a dog person?? ily"

theres a drawing of cam a metre away from a cat lying down. she has her arm out and is making ‘psspsspss’ noises at it. end id]

FUCK i am so glad i didnt hand write all of that, it would have been a major pain in the ass to write it all and then have to transcribe all that next. but nope i could directly copy paste the asks and word answers. cheers if anyone made it this far down. if anyone wonders why this is uploaded late, you know now.

[johnny-writes]

Your Muse’s Story: Article edition

(I followed the meme format for this, instead of drabble, I wrote as if it were sections of an article)

BACKSTORY- The events that took place before their adventure. Usually involves childhood, home life, etc.

Rural Japan, early 2000s: Kazuma and Izumi are the best of friends, Izumi is a girl full of dreams, she doesn't want to stay enclosed in a rural village, meanwhile Kazuma is a meek, but smart (and lucky) boy that loves this small town and doesn't have any intention to leave it.

"I want to be your wife, if you travel the world with me, Kazuma!"

"Deal!"

As time goes by, Kazuma starts to become more and more awkward, for the lack of a better term, and is completely enamored of Izumi. However, he also refuses to spend time playing outside, preferring instead play videogames and watch anime all day.

At this point Izumi starts to bear resentment from Kazuma. She starts to dislike him, she tries to tell him this through unhealthy means, such as bullying, public humiliating him, even manipulation (like manipulating him to give her his lunch money or homemade meal).

Kazuma already spent a lot of time and money on Izumi, and when he didn't spend on Izumi, he spend on his games and manga.

That's when he decides to buy her a ring, to say he would stay with his wife-sister forever. However, she rejected him, running to the arms of the leader of a biker gang. The last time she saw Kazuma was from the backseat of the bike; when she saw Kazuma's incredulous face, she smirked - she smirked not out of sadism, but hoping that the shock would make him forget her.

He didn't. And neither did her.

BEGINNINGS- The start of their journey. Usually includes inciting action and learning the ropes of their new predicament.

Becoming a full delinquent, Izumi lived a life of debauchery. Sometimes she wondered what would happen if she was gave a second chance to Kazuma, but that was pointless.

Running away from the police, she saw a little boy crossing on the red light. What a stupid kid, kids like that should be excluded from society - and thus, she refused to step aside. The chances of running over the boy were high, and Izumi wouldn't care.

When the boy looked at her, she froze: that boy resembled Kazuma so much!

In her distraction, she crashed against a wall and died instantly.

She's brought to Eris's room and she explains she can either go to eternity or being reborn in a fantasy world to be a hero. Eris explains the issues of the fantasy world and that she can have a second chance to redeem herself from her sins in life - due to her sins, she couldn't really guarantee a good spot for her in Heaven, but if she accepted going to the fantasy world, she would have another chance, after all, Kazuma also took that option.

At the mention of Kazuma, the hesitance in Izumi's heart disappeared and she demanded to go there. Eris agreed and asked her to choose a blessed weapon - she couldn't choose an overpowered one because her sins were too much and she wanted to show her superiors in the Celestial Bureacracy that she can use the opportunity to redeem souls.

Eris also said that if Izumi defeats the Demon King, she'll be granted a wish by the gods.

Izumi agrees and asks her to bring her old toolbox. Eris blessed the tools and now they'll grow stronger as Izumi is.

Izumi is dropped at Axel and it takes no time to find Kazuma. She teases him to no end and poor Kazuma just feels his confidence sinking to the lowest possible levels.

The two quickly become rivals and Izumi's charming personality manages to make her conquer friends. Eventually Wiz allows her to sleep in a spare room of her shop, and she becomes Vanir's business partner as well, much to Kazuma's dismay.

Secretely, she's always spreading rumors about Kazuma and his embarrassing childhood. She twists Kazuma's story of how he died, by adding that he survived the entire ordeal and then ran away to Belzerg to escape the shame, but the shame caught him up in the form of Izumi.

Nobody takes Kazuma serious anymore. It was something already bad, but it only got worse. She succeeds in humiliating Kazuma.

Not only that, she's always trying to tempt Kazuma's teammates to abandon him and join her, but they're too dumb to notice her temptation.

Some would say she's getting too...enthusiastic in her objective of ruining Kazuma's life.

MIDDLE- Events taking place during their journey. Sometimes, this can be light-hearted and fun.

After much gossip and sabotage, Izumi manages to delay Kazuma. But that's it, it's a mere delay. In spite of all odds (and especially in spite of his teammates), Kazuma has prevailed over the Demon King's forces in the majority of his engagements (which tended to be accidental).

This, of course, makes Izumi angry. She wants Kazuma to be a loser NEET - as long as he was a loser NEET, it meant she was winning over him - but she didn't really realize she never moved on from her infancy with him. She still had a vain hope that they would see the world together.

But what she couldn't deal with it was the fact that Kazuma started to move on from her. Although a reluctant hero, he was still a hero and she couldn't accept that he and Megumin started to show feelings for each other - it was a cringeworthy and sloppy process, but it was genuine and Izumi couldn't stand that. Not only that but, in spite of all the conflicts, all the bickering, he had true comrades in people like Aqua, Darkness, Wiz, Dust, Yunyun and others.

She tried to defame the pairing, claiming it was pedophilia, but that didn't work. She felt more and more belonging to Kazuma's past.

What she knew but refused to admit was that she never moved on properly from him. All that running away in Japan, all that obssession with sabotaging him, dragging his name to the mud, it was all symptoms that she still cared.

And she hated it. She hated Kazuma, but she hated that Kazuma didn't hate her, didn't cry for her.

So, she ran away again. Using her abilities, she quickly arrived at the Demon King castle and offered her services to him.

He accepted.

CLIMAX- Everything is coming to a head, your muse is facing the final threat…

It is the final battle. The real final battle. The most definitive definite final battle against the Demon King.

Only one thing stood between the Demon King and Kazuma: Izumi.

Wearing a cursed armor and a cursed weapon, she uses a spell that separates Kazuma from his comrades. It's now a one-vs-one battle, against a last lieutenant from the Demon King.

Izumi is livid that Kazuma has been able to best her in virtually every single thing in that world. He has more friends, more money, more honors and even a girlfriend, while she had to betray everything, including Eris.

                         ===[BGM: Sulejmani]===

She starts her final boss rant: "I hate you, Kazuma Satou! I regret ever having met you! I will kill you right now, and then I will kill the Demon King himself, with my bare hands. And the gods will grant me a wish and I will wish for you to have never existed! I'll break time and space apart to eliminate you from my life! Now have at you!"

Kazuma feels sad for her because he feels like he has to put down a rabbid dog. But they fight, using every dirt trick they had.

Eventually, Kazuma plunges Chunchumaru through a weak spot of her armor. It was a one in a million strike, but he has high luck.

Kazuma can't really believe he did it: he killed another person. He never killed another person in the fantasy world, only monsters.

Izumi, on the other hand, just lost it. It was Kazuma's final victory over her: she failed. She's so livid, she could only curse him, "You'll have to live with the fact you're murderer Kazuma...you will botch this, like you do with everything, including with me!"

"What?"

"I guess...we...won't see the world...together..." With that, she gives her last breath, leaving a traumatized sobbing mess of a man behind.

CONCLUSION- Your muse’s journey is finished. Hopefully, they have grown or changed in some way from it.

Izumi just wants to run away. She messed up big time. She tries to get Eris to send her farthest away from Kazuma - it doesn't matter if Eris sends her to a hellhole, but she wants to get out of there fast, until she hears Aqua's voice.

In the world of the living, Kazuma is still a sobbing mess, while his friends try to comfort him. Aqua tries to cast ressurection on Izumi's body, but her soul refuses to return to the body.

When she calls Eris, the goddess tells her that Izumi doesn't want to return. Livid, Aqua decides that enough is enough and just rips apart the barrier between life and death.

Her teammates watch in complete awe Aqua exercizing her true goddess powers, while she drags Izumi's soul from Eris's room (Eris just watches everything scared, that's a side of Aqua she never saw before).

She drop kicks Izumi's soul back into her body. Izumi wakes up and asks Aqua why she did that - Aqua answer by delivering a God Blow to Izumi's face.

Aqua then deliver a harsh speech on how every single bad thing that happened in Izumi's life was her own fault, how she never grew up, how she stayed in that fantasy world in her head while KAZUMA was growing up as a person and moving on from his childhood. And she says how petty and selfish she was and that the gods would never grant such a selfish wish to her because there's no way someone with a shitty and deluded personality like her would ever do something relevant, like defeat the Demon King, and how she never become her own character, instead she lived in Kazuma's shadow. And then she tells Izumi if she has a problem with Kazuma.

And that is what made her realize she has been kind of a jerk.

She goes to Kazuma and tells her how she envies him, how she never forgave him for turning into a NEET, how she felt betrayed when he showed to love more his things than her.

Being the dense man he is, Kazuma never thought he was hurting her when he ignored her when they were young. He felt he should have given her a better chance of knowing their world, but that was too late. They both knew that.

"We will never see the world together anymore."

"Yes, but at least I was lucky for having you."

Izumi is surprised that, in spite of everything, Kazuma wouldn't regret meeting her, even if she broke his heart. Kazuma says that there's no point in regretting because if it wasn't for that, he'd never meet Megumin and his comrades, and if he didn't make the mistakes he did, maybe they would be exploring Earth together at that moment.

Tears start to come from Izumi's eyes. With a final smile, she runs away, not from Kazuma, but to catch up the time she lost.

LEGACY- Is your muse’s story told again years after they’ve passed?        

Many years passed since the defeat of the Demon King. Izumi, now more mature and knowing herself a bit better, travelled the world, doing good actions. She returns to Axel to see how Kazuma is doing, her heart clear.

Notes: This tastes nothing like Konosuba, but I still wanted to write it. The magic of Konosuba is that, in spite of being a merciless parody, the character development is slow and in spite of the odds, our heroes are up to the call. They might be the worst heroes ever, but they still are heroes, they will fight against the enemy and try to save as many people as possible.

So I decided to take this situation to its logical extreme - with Kazuma actually maturing in the end. My concern with Izumi was that she was more like an extension of Kazuma's character instead of her own, so I decided to add this as her fatal flaw.

I have to admit I had influence from the character Milosz Sulejmani, that's why I put his theme as their battle theme. He was a man that based his entire character on Antares and paid the price for it.

Also Aqua can be useful, something Kazuma will notice - in the Keele Dungeon, he says "Who is this girl?" when she pardons the lich. So, for added irony, she's the one that delivers the speech to Izumi.

Still, when I created Izumi, I had no intention for her to be such a morally ambiguous antagonist, and she ended up being like that. I hope you have enjoyed Izumi's tale, even if it was in a very summarized way.

[yoshimickster]

RWBY VOL 6 Episode 3 “The Lost Fable”-THE ULTIMATE ORIGIN OF ULTIMATE DARKNESS-Recap

HEY EVERYBODY-how’s you’re day going? My computer blue-screened RIGHT BEFORE I could hit save so I’m gonna redo the WHOLE thing. Remember to save folks. EITHER WEITHER-let’s get to Mickster Recap!

The episode starts out with BACKSTORY TIME-where its revealed Salem was a princess locked away in a castle by her cruel father during the good old days, where the only thing keeping her busy is manipulating arcane magic.

2:07 Salem: *SIGH* What good is being able to shoot energy blasts if there’s no bad guy to blast them with?!

BUT LUCKILY-a HERO arrives on the scene-TO RESCUE THE FAIR DAMSEL-and his NAME-

-was OZ...ma. Ozma was his name...does he just happen to reincarnate into anyone with the syllable “oz” or “ma” in their name? THAT is a weird rule.

ALSO-look at confused as fuck Qrow here, he’s all “Uh...hi.” OH-he’s gonna drink himself into a coma after all of this is done.

BUT-not only does Ozma BRAVE the evil forces of the castle to reach Salem for ONLY pure motives(Jinn said so so its true)-HE ALSO-

2:49 LET’S SALEM IN ON THE BLASTING-like a TRUE gentleman!

The act of kindness of giving her her freedom, and Salem...just being Salem, cause the two to FALL in love!

3:13 ....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand kiss! KISS! KISS DAMMIT! Seriously, what IS IT with this show and its “No-kissing” policy, its WEIRD.

Either weither, Salem and Ozma go off on LOADS of adventures-UNTIL-

3:36-when Ozma got sick with a FATAL case of “Unnamed TV disease”. CURSE YOU UNNAMED TV DISEASE-you’ve taken FAR too many lives!

Salem in her grief decides to seek out the god of Light and Creation in the LAND of light(what is this Homestuck?)to bring him back to life-AND-

4:38 -it is DOWNRIGHT beautiful, obviously inspired by Japanese scenery and it just WORKS. SHAME this is where the doom of man kind came to begin.

The god of light than reveals himself to Salem, WHO REVEALS HIMSELF TO BE-

4:51 ANTLER JESUS-a WEIRD mix of Japanese deer spirits, and as I’ve said-JESUS-

-SEE?! Water-walking, full package.

Antler Jesus than gives Salem the same spiel we’ve heard about ressurecting the dead we’ve heard a million times, gotta respect the balance what-not, bla bla bla-GIVE HER BACK HER HUSBAND YOU MONSTER!

BUT-ol’ Mr.Light rose petals her away telling her to let it go, but ain’t NOTHIN’ gon’ stop her from getting her man back, so its time to make a DEAL with the devil in REMNANT HELL-

-which is also in its own way VERY beautiful, nice use of dark colors and purple, kinda looks like Cybertron when it was infected by Dark Energon!

Salem’s here to seek  out the God of Darkness, whom after seeing Antler Jesus’ striking albeit minimalist god form, I’M SURE-the god of Darkness’ form isn’t utterly creep-

6:20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND welcome to your nightmares for the next few months folks, Purple Satan is here and he is HERE FOR YOUR SOUL!

Salem then asks Mauvisto(Get it, like Mephisto but with Mauve?) to bring back Ozma, ALL while not bringing up that she asked Antlers first. The dark being agrees because he’s just SO happy someone is giving him praise for once, why does his BROTHER get all the praise JUST because he didn’t create a race of empathic eldritch beasts whose only purpose is to cause as much misery and destruction as possible? Un-GRATE-ful is what those humans are!

Purple Haze than brings back Ozma-WITH-

6:57 THE POWER OF PURPLE! PRAISE HIS GRAPELY EMINENCE! 

After Oz has a BRIEF freak-out over no longer being in the land of the dead-GUESS WHO SHOWS UP?!

*CRACKA BOOM*

7:12

Mauvisto: OKAY EVERYONE-party’s over, AJ’s gonna kill it with ANOTHER of his lectures.

AntlerJesus: Don’t you give me that tone.

Mauvisto: WHATEVER YOU’RE NOT EVEN MY DAD-GAH!

I joke, but that is BASICALLY how it went down.

AJ than rose-petals away Ozma to preserve order-

Oz:...S...Salem...I don’t feel so good.

Seriously y’all, I BETTER see some Thanos memes from this episode.

BUT-the elder brother forgets the younger brother still has the POWER OF PURPLE!

PRAISE TO THE PURPLE! Either way, Mauvisto is NOT happy about that which starts-

8:19 A DRAGON FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT-or does it?!

ACTUALLY no, AJ tells Mauvisto that Salem went to HIM first, and after he told her he wouldn’t resurrect her hubby, she tryed to manipulate him into going behind AJ’s back. Mauvey than apologizes to his best bro the BEST way possible...WITH A PURPLE DEATH BLAST!

8:48

The Purple giveth, and the purple taketh away.

Salem is NOT happy about this, and EVEN tries to THREATEN the god’s with her magic-BUT-AntlerJesus than gives her a chance to cool off by-

9:15 ...drowning her from a million miles in the air. MAN-the Super God Bros don’t fuck a-ROUND do they?

9:26 ACTUALLY no, by dunking her in the pool of light, the Gods curse her with immortality, unable to see her sweet Baboo Ozma EVER again, and will only die once she accepts the importance of life and death. 

Salem than does the most logical thing after being cursed by two immortal beings who think cursing someone with immortality is a COMPLETELY rational response to wasting like...WHAT five minutes of their time, AND RALLIES AN ARMY to take on the gods!

11:24 It should also be noted that this army...and all of humanity are just TWO WEEKS from retirement!

The army than BLASTS Mauvisto, with a beautiful display of firework-I MEAN-magic attacks-

11:56 I’m just gonna assume since it was the old days, people weren’t as creative with magic as they could be. BUT-because Mauvisto is a friggin’ GOD-

-he PURPLIZES all the magic into one handy dandy ball! What the hell CAN’T purple do?!

Either way, as an ancient omnipotent being, I’M SURE he’ll give them all a just and fair punishm-

12:12...OR just nuke everyone, whatever works for you Satanic Purple Beerus!

Salem of course due to her immortality is NOT ONLY the only one in her army to survive the blast, but ALSO the only HUMAN who survived the blast! GEEZE-Mauvisto, ain’t that a little harsh? I get it, you hate Salem, but what did all those side-characters who DIDN’T go against you do? BUT-enough about that-NAME ORIGIN TIME-

12:51 AntlerDragon: This planet, was a beautiful experiment, but it is merely a Remnant of what it once was. 

DAH-they said the name of the continent-HUZZAH!

Either way, both bros decide to leave the planet to create OTHER Avatar meets Soul Eater meets X-men meets Harry Potter worlds. AJ leaves in a BEAUTIFUL yellow mist-

13:08

While Mauvisto leaves in the most OVER THE TOP way he POSSIBLY could.

Mauvisto: SUCK IT SHORTY!

13:21 HUH-guess Atlas Arcadium Rex DIDN’T destroy the moon from Rwby. Sorry folks, your shared universe headcanon is DEAD! DEAD!

13:41 Salem than takes a GOOD long walk throughout ALL of the planet now named Remnant, until after an ETERNITY of walking decides she deserves a GOOD soak!

14:04 IN the God of Darkness’s POOL of darkness! MMM-look at those bubbles, bet they’re NICE and warm!

But seriously, after EONS of roaming the Earth alone, she figures that since the fountain of life gave her eternal life, the pools of Grimm with finally kill her, ending her suffering...but we WEREN’T all so lucky were we?

INSTEAD-the pool recreates her from a being of infinite life, to a being of infinite life who wants PURE destruction!

14:33 DAMN she looks scary, and that’s not even her FINAL form!

A THEN CUT TO-

14:43

OZMA-having himself a NICE nap in the eternal void of nothingness! Honestly if I died, brought back to life, killed, brought back to life, and then killed a SECOND time I’d want one hell of a nap as well.

BUT-for realsies, AntlerJesus pulls Ozma into a void between worlds to curse him for all eternity to fight his now corrupted wife-I MEAN-give him a chance to return to the land of the living! Yeah...THAT! Where APPARENTLY humans will come back again in time...presumably...NOT made by the god of creation? SO...is this a world where humans are made by gods...OR evolution? HUH-well if THAT ain’t a neat bit of science-fantasy!

15:56

Its ALSO here where we learn what happens when all four relics are brought together, that they’ll summon BOTH god brothers back to Remnant and judge humanity. If they’s chill, its ALL good, but if they AIN’T chill-BYE BYE REMNANT!

Either way, despite hearing his honey Salem won’t be the same anymore, OZMA accepts and REINCARNATES INTO-

17:40 THIS GUY...whose name iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis?

18:01

Oz?: GRIMM STAB!

QUIT DODGING THE QUESTION YOU-what’s your name?!

Rando: Thank you! Please, tell me your name, who are you?

SEE-he’s got the right ideal-TELL US DAMN YOU!

18:17 Oscar:...he didn’t know.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH that sucks. I’m not sure if it means he over-wrote his host’s memories or what, either way the reaction on Oz’s face says it all.

AFTER the Grimm attack, Unnamed Ozma reincarnation takes a page out of his lady’s book and GOES on a walk, where he sees the world has CHANGED completely!

With LACKLUSTER architecture-

-enSLAVEment of the new Faunus race and WORST of all-

18:33 -PEOPLE HAD TO USE DUST INSTEAD OF MAGIC!

Blake:...why wasn’t my people’s early enslavement not saved for last? Like it was only the SECOND worst thing?

Jinn: Look I just put it in order of what he saw okay, gimme a break!

Turns out, only Ozma2 and a MYSTERIOUS woman known only as “The Witch” could do magic, WHERE SHE IS FOUND-

18:41 In this GHETTO ass shack! COME ON SALEM-you’re immortal, you seriously tryna tell me you don’t got time to make a nicer house?!

Ozma2 than logically assumes the witch is Salem and goes to see what she has become, AND IT IS REVEALED-

Ozma2:(OH NO SHE’S HOT!)

19:27 AND it turns out that both of them recognize each other-CAUSE THAT’S THE POWER OF LOVE!

Salem and Ozma than tell each other all the CRAZY shenanigans that have been going down in their lives while hiding their SECRET backstories-WHILE THEY ALSO-

19:40 -FINALLY fix up that old shack! Fixed up the windows, got a deck table and chairs, re-varnished the wood, if THAT don’t help out property values I don’t know WHAT will!

Also during their convo Salem fearing Ozma would hate her, blamed the end of the world SOLELY on the gods...well...I mean TECHNICALLY it was, she raised only ONE small army against the gods, and instead of punishing JUST those humans they killed EVERYBAH-I feel she could be honest.

The days went by, Salem and Ozma enjoyed their happy lives, having logically an INFINITE amount of sex, until one day SALEM SAID(paraphrased)

20:18 

Salem: Okay hear me out, WHAT IF-we act like gods, and be the NEW AntlerJesus and Mauvisto?!

Ozma:...okay I am SO sure that won’t work but I am INSANELY attracted to you so LET’S DO IT!

21:07 SO it appears they live on as gods and nothing else crazy happe-

21:33...bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbby MAIDENS! THE FOUR MAIDENS WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF OZMA AND SALEM! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY god damned shit-THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING-probably, for all we know Oz gave four COMPLETELY DIFFERENT young girls magical powers. But enough about that-

21:38 LOOK AT THEM! LOOK AT HOW LOVING THEY LOOK! CURSE YOU ANTLER JESUS AND MAUVISTO-the world is FUCKED because you refused to let my new OTP be HAPPY!

But sadly, all good things must come to an end, as during their plans Ozma has second thoughts on their quest to reshape the world given the destruction they cause, which PROMPTS Oz-

22:02 -to start, with the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan in the mirror (OH YEAH) and he’s asking him to chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange his ways(COME ON CHANGE)!

But for realsies, he then remembers the great quest the god of light gave him-BUT THEN-

22:21 DAW-baby’s first use of the dark arts!

HRNGH-LOOK AT HER! LOOK AT HOW PROUD SHE IS OF HER BABY GIRL! DAMMIT SALEM-you’re supposed to be the evil Sorceress Supreme, you have NO business looking adorable!

SO-I guess they go their magic powers from their parents, I wander what else they go-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHAT IF-Oz’s daughters didn’t just inherit their magic...BUT ALSO-Oz’s CURSE to forever reincarnate across the Earth like he did?! THAT’S WHY THEIR CONNECTED TO THE FOUR RELICS-probably, like I said there’s still the possibility of the story still be being true-HELL-maybe the maiden spell merged the four girls souls with those of his daughters?

AFTER the adorablenes, Ozma FINALLY decides to be an honest husband for once and tells Salem of the four relics and the judgement day that would occur if they were ever brought together, which Salem basically responds with-

22:51 Salem: You know what?! Let’s take the relics and make our OWN human race, with BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! And you know what? FORGET THE HUMAN RACE! KILL ALL HUMANS!

Yes, I am now headcanoning Salem as witch Bender from now all on-TRY AND STOP ME!

This logically upsets Oz, so he decides to calmly and rationally talk with his wife-

...OR take the kids and run without telling her only to get caught, because LORD KNOWS he couldn’t just get a marriage counselor to talk about their problems...seriously, this was ye olden times, the concept probably wasn’t invented yet.

22:34And sadly, it appears this is where everything ended between Ozma and Salem-

23:42 LITERALLY EVEN-everything between them in the castle has been destroyed! INCLUDING-

...don’t...don’t make me make a joke about this sub-conscious...tis too sad.

The battle/divorce ends with Salem winning RIGHT before saying this-

23:58 “...we finally...had freedom.”

AND...there’s TWO ways to look at that. That either A.) With the knowledge of the god’s relics, they could do the same thing the god’s did but without their rules or the metaphorical outlook B.) They were free BEFORE Oz told her about the relics...because than the god’s power wouldn’t keep controlling their lives. The latter I’m pretty sure she didn’t mean but to me...I think that’s true.

Salem than finally takes out Ozma2-

-with a Super SMASH bros meme no less! Don’t lie, you know who you are Gifmakers, AND YOU DISGUST ME! PERISH IN FLAMES!

After this, Oz takes the break up PRETTY badly-

24:10 -going on sad graveyard walks-

24:17 Drinking near paintings of empty liquor bottles.

24:21 ULTIMATELY getting out of his funk when he reincarnates as a nice swarthy individual and a bad ass new cane!

Even finally starts dating again and settles down with this nice lady, WAY TO GET BACK ON THAT HORSE BUDDY! BUT-just like in real life, the evidence of his ex STILL haunted his life-

24:37 In the form of monster raids no less! That’s break-up aftermath for ya.

Oz than realizes he has to bury the ex(literally) and goes out to find the FOUR RELICS-

25:00 ...in his next life as a hipster for some reason! Cleh, he’s an immortal soul-symbiote, he has time. 

He seeks out knowledge first and asks her where the other relics are, what could they do, and how could he kill Salem(in that order)? The first two answers we don’t know...but the THIRD one one we do-

Jinn: You can’t.

And the episode ends-

-with Oscarpin giving himself a good sit in despair.

So...yeah...HOLY SHIT-there’s a lot to take away here! For ONE-its interesting noting how tragic a villain Salem was, and how Oz spent so much time avoiding his fate because he just wanted to be with the woman he loved. FURTHERMORE-its neat how Salem is now like, Lord Garmadon in that destructive impulses BURN through her veins...but also like Lord Garmadon, she was still able to love. Sadly though...her worse impulses got the best of her, and now she has nothing to do but move forward and Thanos the planet, because there is NO going back to the good old days.

I’m Yoshimickster, and this was Micksterecap, and I hope your lives are filled with joy and happiness, and that you don’t become the toys of fate. Thank you, and have a pleasant night.

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3x09 Reaction / Commentary

I loved that Opening Scene, it was appropriately dramatic and the music fit perfectly..... but I wouldn't be me if I didn't have some questions.

1) Why is Clary's braid so on fleek? Because those jailers were totally ripping at her hair and didn't seem to care if the result looked good.

2) Don't think I missed the obvious way the jailers where avoiding her runes while washing her skin, lol. They probably would have come off if scrubbed with a scrubber.

3) Did Clary come too late to that public mass execution, like some naughty school kid?? Because everyone else was there already. Did they start without her? lol

4) Why do they get to wear those fancy red robes when they are burned to death literally five minutes after? Isn't that a total waste? Also, those robes aren't uni sized, they are perfectly tailored. Who made them?? No wonder they can only hold those trial day thingies once a month, they're probably busy preparing clothes the rest of the month.... or do they have those robes at the ready for every Shadowhunter, like, at the same time that you get your Rune Ceremony they prepare a High Treason Execution Robe in case they have to off you at some point??

5) What would they have done if his corpse fell down the stairs instead of artfully to the side?

6) Seriously, can we take a moment to appreciate how truly savage Shadowhunters are. Because it's kinda shocking and very fitting.

Okay but since when does super duper ultra dead mean turning into salt? Did I miss something?

Oh my they actually address that in the book! I'm impressed... not least because of that fancy-ass bookmark. Where can I buy that?

Also is this supposed to imply that Cain was a Dayligher, as in a Vampire? I'd say I need answers, but I really don't.

Considering Simon's whiplash-y behavior this Season it's probably a toss up what he'll anwer.

Btw Simon's reaction to Kyle offering to get him blood is exactly the reason why I thought it would be counterproductive if he stayed on Simon's case and why it should consequentally be his decision if he wants Kyle to stay: He was honestly gonna walk through town in starved state? Reckless much? And all because he doesn't want to accept Kyle's help.

I mean, I totally approve of Izzy's cleavage, but why does her Angelic Rune keep wandering upwards? That's a little unsettling and bothers me, I'll be honest.

For a second there I was confused because why would Magnus need his own permission.. then I remembered. And honestly, I cheered, because I kinda missed Lorenzo and his slick hairdo and I've been excited to see him again since I caught a glance of him

in the Season Finale Promo.

Man, if it's dark already does that mean they've been at it with the executions all day?? What even. How many traiters do they have on a monthly basis?? Kinda disconcerting if you ask me.

OMG IRIS!! What a pleasant surprise!! I honestly thought we'd never see her again and up until this very second I didn't even care. But now I'm really happy she's there! Absence does make the heart grow fonder, it seems :) ................also does that mean that since 2x08 less than a month passed?? Because they hold them monthly and incinerate everyone who's there? I'm confused.

Wtf Jia, what even. I was starting to like you, and then you go and abuse your power like that. So uncool. And if Iris's execution was moved up does that mean it's been more than a month since 2x08?? Such confusion.

Okay, honestly I wasn't that surprised that Heidi was in the bag, but she was clearly conscious when Jace took her out and that begs the question why she was so inactive while in the bag. Shouldn't it be super easy for her to rip the bag apart since she's a Vampire??

Okay but isn't blabbing that out in front of Silent Brothers and other prisoners totally indiscreet? Like, Jia moved Iris's execution up partly so she couldn't spill, right? (Or just because she was angry Iris didn't do her bidding? I mean if Iris is gonna die anyway that's not really a good punishment, is it?) What if the Silent Brother says “Yo, no, no creepy ressurection necromancy magic on my watch”? What even is the hierarchy between the Clave and the Silent Bros?

LOVE the fact that Valentine is chained to the cot even though he's still dead.

Whaaaaaaaaaaat I don't understand. Does she mean “I'm more powerful than the angel” or “I want Valentine back alive”??

So I guess Luke doesn't have a pack anymore? Well, this was a long time coming. Considering that he even challenged the previous alpha back in 1x05 to save Clary it is consistent that he puts Clary first. And honestly, it's understandable on a personal level because he's been looking out for Clary for 18 years now and before 1x06 he was kind of the underdog of the pack (pun not intended). Still, he's once again slinking his alpha-duties. For the last time now, I guess????? Tho how will a new alpha acquire alpha powers? I thought you get them through killing the previous alpha????

The way he spat out that glob gave me serious chills. Awesome.

Okay but why do they have security cams in the morgue, what the hell man. Then again they have several security cams per dorm back at the NY Institute, too, so there's that. I guess the only mercy was that they didn't have security cams in Val's grave too, lol.

YASS I love Negotiation!Alec, please three Seasons of this verbal sparring and covert threats, oh hell yeah I'm a goner.

Simon using Luke's steak trick from can't-find-x-the-episode warms my heart, I'll admit that.

OMG THE FACT THAT LILITH GAVE HER A MAKE OVER

Dude, Heidi really has no mercy putting that tape on their hair, like it hurts just watching this.

Also, why did Lilith stint on Heidi's make-up?? Rude.

My heart breaks so much for Jonathan right now, maybe now he'll stop being a daddy's boy and give Lilith a chance to demonstrate her parenting skills??

O M GGGGG WHAT AwEsOmE I'M DEAD

Clary, smartly manipulating Valentine into doing what she wants from him, I like.

Pretentious Quill, I approve.

I have sooooooo many questions about that list.

1) Why are there so many (as good as) dead people on it? Ragnor won't be any help from the grave, I'm assuming Elias is the same Elias who was killed off in 1x04, and Iris is currently residing in a death cell (and even if she wasn't, why would Magnus even ask her for help after he extradited her to the Clave? She probably wouldn't help him even if she could.) And god knows where Dot's at at the moment.

2) Why are Cat and Ragnor so low on that list, like seriously?! Also, why would Magnus write their full names, I mean surely he'd use abbreviations?? Or at least leave out their last names, c'mon.

3) Those weren't instructions, those were two lines and the one you could read was “I need your help!”

4) Also, I can hardly believe the person who wrote the list in a super elaborate and twirly hand is the same person that wrote those notes, and even if I assume for a moment that Magnus wrote both.... why the hell would he put so much effort into the list and scribble the pleas for help? Shouldn't it be the other way around??

5) Why did he cross Dot off the list when the note he just sent was clearly addressed to Elias?! Who is still dead!?!

.......it seems the stress is getting to you, Magnus.

(Also, mass texts would have been much faster. Just sayin'. Dramatic warlocks, refusing to use smartphones and hindering swift communication.)

Putting the kid under your care first, I dig that. And I dig Magnus recognizing this for what it is and not acting as if Cat is deserting him, because she isn't.

WHAAAA ARE LORENZO AND MAGNUS GONNA FIGHT SIGN ME THE F UP

Izzy hating on Kyle is kinda rude because faulting him for not protecting Simon, okayyyy, if needs must (even though Kyle's job is actually to protect people from Simon, not the other way around, but whatever...) but blaming him for Heidi's escape? What? He wasn't even at the Praetor Facility?! That's totally not his job?? Seriously?

Capable Elaine, oooohhh I dig that a lot!! Why is everyone so capable in this Episode, it's awesome!!

When I saw that red fletching on the arrow I was sooo convinced that the guard is really Alec, why else would his face be obscured?!?!?! But sadly I was mistaken.

Clear Case of “Spirits that I've cited my commands ignore” hahaha awesome.

Seriously, they were so active just moments ago, why are they staring now and not acting?! :( I mean, strike while you have the chance.

I'm wondering if that's a very subtle allusion to Lorenzo's Warlock Mark.

OKAY IT PROBABLY IS?!?!?! Oh man, those Warlocks. Insulting each other's Marks. Now I'm just thinking of

Also, say what you want about Lorenzo

but he's damn smooth. I love that in an antagonist.

Yeah, I don't want to say Lorenzo is right, but he kinda is. Magnus's impulsiveness is the number one source for most of his bad decisions. It's one of the things I love so much about his character. Even though he's centuries old he's never quite settled down into tranquility. He's like a stormy sea, unpredictable and wild.

Soooo I totally loved their fight scene. I enjoyed it way more than the one with Iris in 2x08 because a) I can't forgive that terrible cut with the broken bookshelf and b) Iris was intent to flee, so even though the magic ball throwing was nice it wasn't a close ranged fight.

There were some details in this fight that I really loved

1) Lorenzo stealing Magnus's magic and using it against him.

That's a fascinating thing because does that mean magic is just energy that can be hijacked by anyone capable? Doesn't it have a personal touch, like 'my' magic would never hurt 'me'? So many questions

2) This

I totally love it because it makes so much sense, like a warlock is a magical person, they're not just magical hands. Of course it's probably easiest to channel magic through the hands, but just because it's easiest doesn't mean it's the only possibility. And honestly, Magnus would totally be the kind of person to learn channeling magic through different parts of his body because it's super cool and can totally come in handy (yeah dumb pun totally intended). The only problem I have is.... if Magnus didn't pick up this skill very recently, why was he ever overpowered by someone grabbing his hands (1x13, 2x10)? Because that irked me then, and now even more because now I know it was really bull? I can kinda forgive it because this is now and the other stuff was earlier and I don't expect show writers to know what they'll write in one or two seasons but a) shouldn't you be aware of what your character can do, like, does he have a certain skill y/n regardless of whether he uses it on-screen or not and b) I really hope this skill Magnus apparently has isn't forgotten and there won't be a situation where he could use it to gain an advantage and just... doesn't.

The Oh-shit-what-did-I-just-do-Face.

First I was really confused why Lorenzo was running for the hills because Magnus just screwed up and could easily be brought before Warlock Justice or whatever they have for insubordinate subordinates, but then I realized... he's probably scared of Magnus, and a coward.

FunFact: I tried getting a pic of his retreating back but he just kinda...

awkward-slides out of the frame.

I can really credit that Simon was trying to get Heidi to lash out, like wow, even he is capable this episode, I'm so happy.

Oooh Luke on his way to his suicide mission be capable.

NINJA STARS SIGN ME THE F UP I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!

That Silent Bro could have put up more of a fight. Aren’t they supposed to be super badass?

The best plan would actually be to kill them all and bring them back with the Necromancy Rune... then again, we only ever see Clary use her new runes, so that kinda begs the question if she's the only one able to use them. That doesn't really make sense to me, but it's the only reason I can think of why literally nobody besides her uses them. Especially that Portal Rune is hella fine, so yeah. But it's never really addressed, so this is just speculation on my part.

I love that it's so relatable and wonderfully acted why Magnus changes his mind. I mean, not even half a day ago when talking to Cat he said he'd never go to his father, but this change of heart doesn't seem whimsical because this scene greatly conveys his feelings that lead to this decision.

I love the Simon&Izzy friendship (and would wish for it to remain just a friendship).

So I guess that's the explanation where all of Val's Circle Members disappeared to. I feel a little cheated out of this fight. And this could have been avoided if they had done the kill-Necromancy-Rune-thing. Also, if they could have managed to get just one stele from one of the guards they could have freed Iris and compelled her to open a portal for them. I mean, sure, she didn't want to resurrect Valentine, so she probably wouldn't want to help him escape but a) Jia probably didn't offer her her freedom in return for her services and b) with the prospect of seeing Madzie again I could imagine Iris seizing the chance, thinking she can trick Valentine and escape alone. I would have loved to see something like this, especially because it isn't really resolved here if Iris is still alive. Until I see proof of the contrary I'll assume she's alive and I really hope to see more of her because she's an interesting character.

Also, those are the same lamps as in that other Clave building thing, so they probably had one interior designer for the whole of Idris? Lol?

Yeah, Val, it's no wonder the door doesn't open if you try to unlock it with a Foresight Rune. This seems to run in the family tho, because in 3x05 Jace does the exact same thing.... except that his rune works. Lol, fail Valentine.

Yeah, on that note..... did she succeed? Is Jia still alive to conveniently pardon Clary at some point in the future?

First I wanted to yell at her because she could easily create a portal, she'd just have to nick a stele from one of the bodies.... and then I realized......... she was tricking Valentine. And I was stunned. Even Clary behaving capable, like, is it Christmas?????? Sure feels like it!!!!!!!!!!

......shall I start calling you Garret Jacob Hobbs? Because I will.

I love that. It fits the fanatical streak of this character perfectly. I read a really, really great post about this once, it is here and you should definitely check it out. I don't agree with everything, but there are some really interesting aspects in there.

So I'm a li'l confused because Val was still obviously breathing and I'm not sure if that is because Alan van Sprang couldn't hold his breath or because he's not really dead lol.

.......then a rib is the way to go, I guess. Seriously, why not just say bone or something?

WHAT A DAMN GREAT CLIFFIE

Bonus:

It seems blood starvation gives Vampires really weird Hannibal-esque visions.....?

(Playground Insults Pic is from here, Magnus and Lorenzo’s fight gifs are from here)

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Descendants of Acts 2 Chapter 13

Here they were standing in the Virtual Reality World of The Holy Bible Descendants of Acts 2 Bible Game, the International Tournament that Rachel and David had won their way into. They were to face many other other contestants who were either on the same level as they were or higher from different parts of the world. There was only a few and because of the pandemic and some restrictions in place, the audience members were all virtual on large screens where the audience would have been, much like The Ellen Degeneres Show during the pandemic. David and Rachel checked their armour as they prepared for the battle ahead. David said to Rachel “Don’t be nervous Rachel” and Rachel couldn’t help but feel the butterflies in her stomach. Rachel had reached 85% by this time. She still sported the Sword of Fire which was one of the fiercest power swords in the game, but she did not have the chance to get the Blood Stained Sword, which would have taken her up to 95-100%. Rachel and David checked their backpacks in the game, checking their weapons etc, even food. Every little thing mattered in this game. Rachel tied up her golden hair, she needed to concentrate and to focus and the only way she could do that is if she didn’t have this long wavy hair flapping about the place. Rachel looked around checking her competition, she a flustered female on the other side of the auditiorioum, she had white hair, a sign of great wisdom in the game, how did she miss in that market? She could have done with that wisdom. Rachel checked out her opponents armour and came to the conclusion that they were on the same level, winning would definitely be a 50/50 chance. Almost all of the contestants had partners, one couldn’t reach their levels on their own, she was sure the one’s who had tried were not here, failed. The bible did say in Ecclesiastes that when two walk together, when one falls, the other picks them up, but woe to the one who walks alone, for when they fall, who is there to pick them up? This was a bible game after all. 

Rachel reflected on her week as everybody stood at their stations, she had had a tough week. She had spent that week in her church, and she had not spent any time there since the beginning of lockdown, which had been one year in passing. She had forgotten how the others made her feel. Being with the others, she began to have those very same feelings, like she was a hypocrite. She felt dirty. She felt like she was hiding her true self just so they could accept her. Truly a religious bunch o people rather than the relational kind. She had forgotten all about the pressures this society placed upon one’s head. What exactly was Rachel hiding? That she liked video games, seriously, people there labelled people who played video games as full of evil video spirits of some kind, or a ‘purely fleshly individual’. What else was she hiding? She was also hiding the fact that sometimes, just sometimes, she could not help but find certain women attractive, especially those who liked to dress very skimpily, plus hide the fact that she desired so much to look like them. The power they held in entrancing the man, that was a power she always wished she could have. She was also hiding the fact that she was secretly pining for a guy in church, secretly stalking his social media accounts, she liked knowing what he was up to. Not that she was very good at that. She had a close friend who was way worse than her, and who gossiped none stop about him and everyone else in the church, and all these people were blinded by her ‘sweetness’ and ‘old age’. That friend had sent her photos of him during lockdown, she had seen him around  town, and she was also the one who kept stalking his ex girlfriend’s account and trying to come to some evidential conclusion that they were still together. 

Rachel sighed, it was moments like those that she always felt that pull from the ‘dark side’, telling her that she didn’t belong in this ‘clean cut kingdom’ but in his dingy dirty dark world of lust, sex and whatever else there might be there. It was times like those that Rachel found herself questioning whether or not all those ‘rumours’ and ‘gossipers’ in the church were right about her, a filthy hypocrite hidden in plain sight. With this ‘air of facade’ of religiousity to prove that she was anything but holy. Rachel was, of course, reminded by David when she had confided in him about The Gospel, Jesus blood death and ressurection, the reason for his coming, the reason for his sufferings, the Heavenly Father’s heart behind it. Rachel had cried of course, when David wasn’t around anymore. She had cried herself to sleep many a time before, but this time it had been more heart wrenching than previously. The way people expected her to be and treating her like a spiritual invalid and a physical psycho, God did not see her that way. She had to remind herself that God’s love was above and beyond all this superficial shallowness in the church. Nobody knew she was in this international tournament tonight, nobody cared about what she was up to, nobody wanted to know. She just wanted to feel like she belonged, that she would be missed if she went missing, that they valued and respected her and of course cared about her. Rachel had never felt lonelier in her life. Unbelievers of the faith had been much more accepting and nicer to her and more genuine with her than anyone in the church had ever been. This was something that would be difficult to get over. 

David looked over at Rachel and smiled, he said ‘we got this’ and Rachel smiled back, very glad to have David by her side. He had become a close friend all these months. He could be boyfriend material, but she would have to meet the real him first. Was he really as handsome as his avatar? She knew that she certainly wasn’t, she was round and chubby in real life, not slim and sexy and fiesty like her avatar character. As they entered the game Rachel and David ran to the market, so did all the other couples, running around trying to snag the latest items. Rachel’s heart beat in her chest as she looked around the market. She found this Cloak of Righteousness. It was said that this cloak would close all the holes of weakness in your armour, closing off every potential sight of open attack from any demonic forces. Rachel bought it using up 50% of her savings on the game. David had bought The Blood, it was in a glass bottle and it was said to blind and burn the demonic forces that were of particular trouble. Powerful items. Rachel and David ran onto the field and there was a large stage with over ten thousand citizens sitting there watching a play. Rachel and David made their way there. They could not see any of the other contestants at this time. As they approached the actors on stage suddenly turned and began to manifest! They were specials, fully possessed citizens, they had sold their soul to the devil for their looks and acting abilities. Rachel and David ducked as some of them had manifested with powers, ability to throw fire, ability to freeze, ability to radiate heat that burned. Rachel and David hovered behind this stone like wall barrier and began discussing as to what to do now. What was their plan of attack? 

David and Rachel decided to go in together, they had their backs facing each other so their backs would be protected. As the manifested citizens began spraying their demonic powers, Rachel flung over herself and David the Cloak of Righteousness, which prevented the demonic powers entering and touching them because all their sins had been covered, and covered sins meant there was no more condemnation and the devil had no access to those areas anymore. David then took out his The Blood and began flicking it all over the manifested citizens and the blood began burning them up, the spirits not the citizens, they shrieked, cold blood curdling shrieking, munch like a banshee. The citizens themselves fell to the floor  on their knees ‘every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess Jesus is Lord.’ The citizens who were the audience were none specials and had begun running around in terror and David and Rachel took the mic and both of them began sharing the gospel shouting as loudly as they could. The manifested demons had gone by now, as demons flee at the name of Jesus and all citizens fell to their knees and Rachel led them to Jesus and all accepted as their Lord and Saviour. 10,000 citizens for the Lord.. Sent straight to the temple and soon they were brought back to centre stage and their points calculated. Rachel and David had reached 100% and her Sword of Fire soon began to change before her and turned into The Blood Stained Sword, the sword of ultimate victory ‘they overcame by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony’. Rachel and David had won! everyone else was either 90 or 99% but Rachel and David had finally reached 100%. David had the blood stained sword as well. They received their rewards and soon they were transported back to their homes. 

Soon David and Rachel had finally met, in real life, he had been able to come down to Rachel’s side of town. He was just as handsome as his avatar and for that Rachel was glad. They were going to take things slowly, they had been friends first and partners in a game, so clearly things were off to a good start. Rachel had introduced David to Ryan and they too became good friends and Ryan was getting good track with Pastor Gabriel. Pastor Gabriel was knwon to be persistent, chasing Ryan every time, constantly sharing the gospel and dealing with any issues that the gospel seemed to apprehend. Ryan felt cared for, he was finally beginning to see the light. Stilll lots to learn, but he was on the road less travelled, the narrow path that leads to life. Rachel? She was happier in her own skin. She had learned to receive the criticisms in the church with a pinch of salt, their opinions were not God’s opinions, she didn’t have to worry that she was some hypocrite because ‘all had fallen short of the glory of God.’

The End

Rachel Leynes

[thebookwars]

Trouble is brewing between the Council of the Dead and the ghostly, half-dead, spiritual, and supernatural community they claim to represent. One too many shady deals have gone down in New York City’s streets, and those caught in the crossfire have had enough. It’s time for the Council to be brought down; this time for good.

Carlos Delacruz is used to being caught in the middle of things: both as an inbetweener, trapped somewhere between life and death, and as a double agent for the Council. But as his friends begin preparing for an unnatural war against the ghouls in charge, he realizes that more is on the line than ever before not only for the people he cares about, but for every single soul in Brooklyn, alive or otherwise … — [X]

Thoughts

Unless you’ve only just joined us at The Book Wars, you already know I really enjoy Older’s writing. Like, would-probably-stand-in-line-in-the-cold-for-a-midnight-release-because-my-love-for-his-characters-will-keep-me-warm, kind of enjoyment. I’ve already raved about his YA debut Shadowshaper on here, the companion novella “Ghost Girl In The Corner” over at Book Riot, and I’m eagerly awaiting the second book in the series, Shadowhouse Fall, which is due for a fall release this year!

Until that time, however, I’ve immersed myself in his crossover–okay, it isn’t marketed as crossover, but it totally could be–urban fantasy series: Bone Street Rumba. “Battle Hill Bolero” is the third book in the series, so if you’re even vaguely enticed by the cover and synopsis, you may want to start with “Half-Ressurection Blues” and “Midnight Taxi Tango”. You won’t regret it. I’m not sure if BHB was meant to be the last book in the series–there’s certainly a note of finality in the ending–but regardless of whether or not you like series, I promise you’ll want more once you’re done with this one.

Everything that I have loved in the previous two books, has come back full-force in this third instalment. Older’s love of music and rhythm continues to shine through in the narrative and the dialogue, his deeply nuanced world-building continues to entice and inspire, and his characters–his lovely, flawed, beautiful, brave characters–are guaranteed to stick around in your head for a good long while. It also helps that overthrowing a corrupt council is the main objective of the book; it doesn’t get anymore gripping than that.

If I had to pick a flaw, it would simply be that the book just isn’t long enough. Except, even if it were twice as long, I’d still have the same complaint. It’s rare that I love a book from cover to cover, but yes, “Battle Hill Bolero” is pure, unadulterated awesome.

If I had to pick a thing I loved about the series? Just one? It’s this:

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As the covers indicate, the series starts off with Carlos as the protagonist, but ends with Carlos sharing the novel’s narrative with POVs from Sasha and Krys, as well as the villainous Caitlin. And aside from having several incredible female characters be the focus of the novel, we get the return of characters like Kia and Mama Esther and Reza, as well as the addition of brilliant new characters like Redd. We get so many wonderful voices, voices that aren’t typically allowed to speak in most fantasies.

Like the diversity represented in the book, there isn’t a single aspect of Older’s fantasy that isn’t rooted in real life injustices and heroism. Honestly, Bone Street Rumba puts a lot of urban/fantasy writers to shame. If you don’t mind (supposedly) non-YA things like horror/gore and sexuality, I highly recommend “Battle Hill Bolero” and the rest of this fantastic series.

Favourite Quotes

Or perhaps this part should be called: Hey, you, the one who likes writing fantasy! Pay attention, please!

… the fools upstairs been beating us all down with their regulations, brutality, and corruption for long as anyone can remember. We’ve lost more souls than we can count. We’ve petitioned for change and demanded change and in reply they spat in our faces, ransacked our communities, murdered our living relatives. […] We have played by their rules long enough.

Any of this sound familiar? It should. And it’s what I meant by “there isn’t a single aspect of Older’s fantasy that isn’t rooted in real life injustices and heroism”.

Listen, Krys, babychild. You beautiful. You more than fine–you reinvent grace.”

Krys, who has an inconvenient crush on Kia, has a moment of crisis regarding her body. I love the way Mama Esther deals with it, I love the idea of reinventing grace. “Beauty” and all the words that come with it, such as “grace”, are words that are utterly void of diversity, until that is, Mama Esther speaks up.

Like me, Vincent died so violently it tore every memory of his life away. But it was a high-profile case … [Remote District 12] showed him his family, the corner he’d stood on when the cops blew him away, took him to the protests that had erupted in his name. Soon other spirits who’d been killed by cops gathered to him, and the Black Hoodies were born–one of the most badass ghost crews in open defiance of the Council.

Do I need to explain why I love this bit?

*sigh* I have nine more pages that have been dog-eared and I’m already at 868 words and counting, so I’m going to stop now. Basically, if you want to know what a great urban fantasy looks like, this is it. This is the series you need to read. It deals with everything from colonialism, to racism, to transphobia, to body positivity, and much more–and it does all of this without once missing a beat.

Pick. It. Up.

Review: Battle Hill Bolero (Bone Street Rumba #3) by Daniel José Older Trouble is brewing between the Council of the Dead and the ghostly, half-dead, spiritual, and supernatural community they claim to represent.

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Dragon Ball Z: 15 Things You Need to Know About Krillin

With the news that “Dragon Ball Super” is making its way to Cartoon Network, we thought it would be a good time to take an in-depth look at one of the greatest warriors the “Dragon Ball” universe has to offer: Krillin.

RELATED: Dragon Ball Super: The 15 Best Moments (So Far)

It’s been three decades since his first appearance in “Dragon Ball” chapter 25, “A Rival? Arrival!”, and he shows no signs of stopping. This pint-sized battler quickly went from quirky side character to series mainstay after fans fell in love with his chrome-domed comic stylings. He’s lived, he’s loved, he’s died and he’s even shown up in some unexpected cameos.

In this list, we’ll be counting down some of our favorite trivia and sharing some of his lesser known moments before the new show gets started. “Dragon Ball Super” premieres on Cartoon Network January 7th, 2017.

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for just about every “Dragon Ball” story.

THE MISSING NOSE THING IS CRAZIER THAN YOU THINK

Krillin’s lack of a nose has long been a source of comic relief, from Goku’s constant ribbing in the original series to the old Namekian guy grabbing it during the Frieza saga. In fact, it even won Krillin one of his most famous fights. During the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, Krillin came up against Bacterian, a filthy, farting behemoth of a man who had never once bathed or brushed his teeth throughout his entire life. Even Krillin was almost overwhelmed by his mighty stink, until Goku reminded him that he was missing his nose. Krillin proceeded to beat the tar out of Bacterian and even sealed the fight with a little gas of his own.

After that, Krillin’s nose never really factored into the story again. In a series populated by tiny clowns and three-eyed muscle dummies, a little monk’s missing nose was easy to overlook. However, one interviewer had the good mind to finally ask series creator, Akira Toriyama, what was up with Krillin’s missing schnoz in the December 1987 “Dragon Ball: Adventure Special.” The answer? Krillin breathes through his skin. Chock that up as one of the most horrifying retcons ever.

THAT BALD HEAD ISN’T JUST FOR LOOKS

Krillin isn’t actually bald, as demonstrated by his broom-head dad look during the Buu saga and his Jim Gordon cosplay look during Dragon Ball GT. Also, in the great George Costanza tradition, he vehemently believes that women don’t like bald men. Yet every time we see him in action, he’s sporting a spotted chrome dome. He even has Android 18 shave his hair off before going back into the fight in “Dragon Ball: Ressurection F”.

So why would a man with naturally luscious locks and a deep-seated anxiety about his own visible scalp shave off all of his hair? While training with Goku in their early days at Kame House, Krillin reveals that he shaves because “All who aspire to master the martial arts shave their heads in order to unfetter their ki.” Krillin believes that his bald head gives him access to extra power. When he points to Master Roshi’s baldness to prove his point, Roshi reveals that he went bald the old-fashioned way. Krillin, always looking for an edge, continued to shave his head anyway.

THE FOREHEAD DOTS EXPLAINED

Krillin’s six little dots are one of his key traits and they come with a storied history in the real world. These scars are typically given out by some Buddhist sects, where initiates underwent a ritual called the Jieba. In it, a fledgling monk is held still while older members of the order burn small sticks of incense in a rectangular pattern at the hairline. This leaves behind scars that look like rows of dots. It was done to represent devotion and the teachings of the monastic lifestyle.

In more practical terms, it also helped to identify monks in all sorts of situations. If a monk were found dead on the side of the road, anyone who found them would know to cremate their body. In times of great famine, it also ensured that only monks were given free meals at the temple. A lot guys were willing to shave their head and sneak into the temple for dinner, but most of them weren’t willing to get branded on their foreheads.

HE’S A MUSICAL MAN

“Dragon Ball” has a way of sneaking into all kinds of pop culture, from movies to wrestling, but Krillin has a way of making musicians sing. Not only has he been featured on the cover of the Voodoo Glow Skulls album “Who Is, This Is?,” but also he’s been full-on name-checked by Chance the Rapper in the track “Blessings.”

However, his biggest contributions to the music scene happened overseas. In 1990, voice actress Mayumi Tanaka performed a song called “Asa – Hiru – Yoru – Kimi – Boku” on the album “Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection IV: Character Special.” The best part? It’s a song about Krillin sung by Krillin. In it, Krillin talks about his typical day, waking up, working out, and generally having a great time being friends. The album was so popular that they recorded two more: “Ichido wa Kekkon Shitai Manbo” from “Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2” in 1991, in which Krillin sings about his desire to get married, and the title track from “Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 17: Hippy Hoppy Shake!!” in 1995.

HE USED TO BE A REAL JERK

Krillin is known for being a resourceful and good-hearted guy who’d take a bullet ki-blast to save any of his friends, but that’s not who he was when he first showed up. Krillin’s first appearances cast him as Goku’s one-sided arch-rival; a lying, glad-handing snake, more obsessed with girls than glory, too impure of heart to even stand on Nimbus, Goku’s cloud.

And he hated Goku. To Krillin, Goku was dim and childish, undeserving of his great strength and speed, so Krillin decided to cheat his way to victory at every turn. In one early training session, Master Roshi tossed a marked stone off of a steep cliff. The first boy to find it got to eat. While Goku dove head-first into the jungle below, Krillin decided to go the jerk route. He went to a neighboring house, borrowed a marker, and marked up a new stone of his own. When Master Roshi saw through his ruse, Krillin didn’t give up. He found Goku with the real stone, stole it, then tricked Goku into chasing after a decoy. It would have been a resounding victory for evil if the dinner hadn’t given him food poisoning.

HE’S DIED MORE THAN ANY OTHER CHARACTER

  Krillin may have been introduced as a rival and comic punching bag, but Toriyama quickly figured out that nothing gets a story going like a best friend’s death. Krillin’s first time on ice came during the King Piccolo saga at the hands of Tambourine, a frog-faced demon with a love for good old-fashioned murder. One meeting later and Krillin was down for the count with a snapped neck and an enraged Goku weeping at his side. This event set off the rest of the storyline, eventually leading to Goku’s epic battle against King Piccolo himself, and Krillin’s resurrection by the dragon balls during the Piccolo Jr. Saga.

From then on out, killing Krillin became the hot thing to do whenever Toriyama needed a big narrative punch. He’s been blown up by Frieza, turned into chocolate and eaten by Super Buu, killed by Cell in an alternate future and shot by his own brother-in-law during the Super 17 saga of “Dragon Ball GT.” Oh, and it’s implied that he dies of old age after all those resurrections. He’s basically the Sean Bean of the “Dragon Ball” franchise.

HIS NAME IS A REALLY BAD PUN

Akira Toriyama has a history of naming his characters with puns and Krillin is no exception. His original name, Kuririn, is derived from the Japanese word for chestnut, kuri, and was meant as a jab at the shape of Krillin’s bald head. The second half, rin, came from the Japanese spelling of Shaolin, pointing to his monkish origins. Toriyama would continue the theme of chestnuts with Krillin’s daughter, Marron, a French word for chestnut.

Many characters in “Dragon Ball” get similar treatments. For instance, the Saiyans are named after the Japanese word for vegetables (yasai spelled sideways): Nappa is a named after the Japanese word for greens, Raditz for radishes, Bardock for burdock root and Kakarot for carrots. Frieza’s clan is also named after cold puns, with his dad being King Cold, his ancestor Chilled and brother Cooler.

If anybody gets the short end of the naming straw, it’s Bulma’s family. Bulma’s Japanese name, Buruma, is an awkward reading of “bloomers,” the shorts girls wear to the gym. The whole family is named after underwear, with Dr. & Mrs. Brief being her parents, her sister named Tights, her son called Trunks and her poor daughter Bulla, spelled burra, a Japanese pronunciation of bra.

A VAMPIRE ONCE SUCKED OUT NEARLY ALL OF HIS BLOOD

When Krillin’s not dying, he’s usually in peril. He’s been frozen, turned to stone and beaten to a bloody pulp, but one foe nearly killed him before his story could really get started. In his early days traveling with Goku, he faced one of his most dangerous enemies in the form of a kickboxing vampire.

When Goku and the gang went on the hunt for a new batch of dragon balls, they had to turn to Fortuneteller Baba to help them in the hunt, but Baba had a catch. Either pay the Ƶ10,000,000 fee (the fictional Zeni is on par with the Japanese Yen, so that’s roughly $86,600 U.S. dollars) or defeat five of her fighters. Being broke, as they always are, the gang opted for option number two and Krillin stepped up to take on the first fight: Fangs the Vampire, a master of both Muay Thai boxing and blood-sucking. In one swift move, Fangs transformed into a bat, zipped across the arena and latched himself onto Krillin’s enormous bald head, draining him of almost every last drop of blood. If Puar and Upa hadn’t been there to save him, we would have had one more death to add to Krillin’s list.

HE’S THE STRONGEST HUMAN ALIVE

Krillin catches a lot of flack for not being able to keep up with his super-powered alien bros, but there is one fact that most people don’t take into account: he is literally the strongest human. Across his various battles, he’s knocked down Saiyans, killed Saibamen, taken down Frieza’s soldiers and even held his own against Kid Buu in a fight. If you doubt the power of this 99lb mound of beefcake, here are the (translated) words of Akira Toriyama himself from the “Dragon Ball Tenka’ichi Densetsu TV Anime Guide:”

Toriyama: Kuririn was originally supposed to be just a minor role, so to have him become Goku’s best friend in the blink of an eye…

Koyama: Well, he is the strongest Earthling male.

Toriyama: You’re right, he is the strongest among the Earthlings. But in spite of that, he tends to end up in a bad way, so I thought, “once in a while, I have to let him be happy,” and had him get married.

No other human can overpower Krillin. Not even Mr. Satan himself.

HE’S A COP NOW

What does one of Earth’s greatest fighters do when he’s out of space dudes to punch? Apparently, he protects and serves. At the beginning of 2015’s “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F,” we find a yellow-shirted police officer handing out traffic tickets when two would-be bank robbers make the mistake of crossing his turf. After a short hover bike chase through the city, the robbers find themselves face to face with a super-powered flatfoot who reveals himself to be Krillin. He knocks them both on their backsides with an epic jump kick and, in typical Krillin fashion, delivers an uplifting speech about the power of second chances. Truly, he is the hero we all deserve.

For all the build up, Krillin’s cop phase doesn’t seem to last too long. Before he completes the bust, Bulma calls him about Frieza’s impending resurrection and he flies off to battle. In both the “Dragon Ball Super” version of the story and the following “Universe 6” saga, he’s never shown as an officer again. Maybe he got fired for prioritizing a fist fight over his paperwork.

Fun fact: when Krillin’s phone rings, his ringtone is “We Are!” by Hiroshi Kitadani, aka the opening theme to “One Piece.”

HE ONCE HELPED YAMCHA BEAT AN INVISIBLE GUY WITH BULMA’S BOOBS

Krillin’s always using his head in a fight. One shining example of his street smarts is his masterful use of distraction during the 100th chapter, “Battle of the Bleeders.”

After Puar’s quick smackdown of Fangs, Yamcha decided he could take on the remaining four warriors of Baba himself. Little did he know, his first opponent was See-Through the Invisible Man. The fight took a predictable turn, as Yamcha found it impossible to fight an opponent he couldn’t see. Lucky for him, Krillin was there.

In one of the boldest moves of the series, Krillin grabbed Bulma’s top and exposed her chest to Master Roshi. Now, flashing an old man generally isn’t the smartest move in the middle of a fight, but Krillin knew Roshi’s secret: whenever the old man gets aroused, his nose bleeds like a fountain. The old pervert’s nasal cavities erupted in a geyser of blood that soaked See-Through from head to toe. With his advantage gone and an angry Yamcha ready to deliver the hurt, See-Through surrendered and the team got one step closer to securing Baba’s help. Sure, Bulma punched Krillin in the face for it, but he saved the day.

HE DEFEATED CHIAOTZU WITH MATH

Krillin and Goku trained for three hard years after their brush with Fortuneteller Baba, so when the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament came along, Krillin was ready to represent the Turtle Hermit’s school. However, he didn’t expect to come up against the Crane Hermit and his bizarre pupils, Tien and Chiaotzu. Within moments, Chiaotzu and Krillin formed a rivalry that would lead them into battle against one another.

During the fight, Krillin was overwhelmed by Chiaotzu’s bizarre flying attacks and powerful energy blasts, but managed to hold his own until Chiaotzu had to resort to his most dangerous attack: telekinetic mind control. Krillin was paralyzed, moments away from getting knocked out of the tournament, when he came up with the ultimate counter. Krillin asked Chiaotzu to solve some simple arithmetic. Thrown off, Chiaotzu stopped to answer, then countered with a question of his own. The fight devolved into a math quiz that distracted the little clown long enough for Krillin to break his paralysis, land a surprise attack, and knock Chiaotzu out of the ring for the win.

HE ALMOST KILLED VEGETA

If there was any doubt that Krillin represents the best of what humankind has to offer, look no further than the scene where a simple monk spares the life of an evil space prince. After a lengthy battle with Vegeta and his henchman Nappa left the Z-fighters in shambles, a broken Goku passed his last attack, the spirit bomb, over to Krillin to finish Vegeta for good. Krillin tossed it at Vegeta, but missed, leaving Gohan to finish the job with a rebound that sent the Saiyan prince sprawling.

With the battle won and Vegeta crawling back to his spaceship, Krillin picked up Yajirobe’s katana. After watching the deaths of his friends and the destruction of his world, Krillin was ready to plunge the sword deep into Vegeta’s chest and watch the life pour out of him. What stayed his hand? His best friend’s optimism.

Goku pleaded for Vegeta’s life, begging Krillin to believe that a bad guy like Vegeta could turn over a new leaf if his life was spared. Krillin, in his infinite mercy, set the blade aside. No wonder Vegeta was so broken up when Frieza killed Krillin on Namek.

HE DIDN’T THINK HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND (BUT HE WAS)

Krillin’s love life is an ever-present side story in the “Dragon Ball” universe, from his drunken fist fight to impress Mint to his eventual family-man turn with Android 18. However, the stories generally have one thing in common: Krillin never believes he’s good enough.

His first real taste of love came at the beginning of the Cell saga, when Krillin showed up sporting a white suit with his very first girlfriend on his arm. Krillin had fallen for Maron, a ditzy bimbo with more than a passing resemblance to Bulma, and he was doing everything he could to keep her happy. He bought himself new clothes, showered her with gifts, and turned the other cheek when she flirted with other guys, but he couldn’t shake the doubt that he didn’t deserve her.

In one of the saddest moments of Krillin’s story, he confronted Maron as the sun fell behind the ocean and told her that she was too good to be with him. Maron revealed that she wanted to marry him, walked off into the sunset, then got into a random hunk’s waiting sports car. Tragic romance, just as Shakespeare imagined it.

HE BOUGHT HIS WAY INTO MASTER ROSHI’S SCHOOL WITH PORN

After eight years of being the school punching bag at Orin Temple, Krillin decided it was time for a change. He needed a man who could teach him to fight his former tormentors. He needed a man who could crush his enemies with a finger. He needed a man to teach him to impress the ladies. He needed Master Roshi. He set sail for Roshi’s island knowing that he had one chance to impress the 300-year-old king of fighting, so he came prepared. Krillin leaped from his row boat and landed in the sand (head first). As soon as he was vertical, he offered up his gift: a dirty magazine. Master Roshi accepted him immediately.

Fun fact: In the original comics, Krillin hands over a single magazine and Roshi accepts him on the spot. However, when the anime premiered, fans were treated to an extended version of the scene where Krillin hands Roshi a magazine of studly dudes as well. It’s a good lesson for all you hopeful martial artists out there: if you’re going to row across the ocean to deliver porn to your future fighting sensei, make sure you bring a variety of porn just in case.

Got any other must-know facts about Krillin? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

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