#they look very nice Nura

[pocketramblr]

Yes!

TWO ATTACKS???

[likemesomesalads]

have 🍋💙🌷 for nura, maybe? :) @kerra-and-company

Sorry for not answering it sooner...I...kinda forgot about it because i was on mobile when I saw it... But here you go, the goth lass :3 @kerra-and-company

🍋 Does your OC act petty and jealous easily? What sort of things make them feel like this and do they experience guilt for getting so worked up? How do they deal with these emotions when they get them? If your OC doesn’t feel like this often, why not?

Oh, she is petty alright, but not really jealous. Petty is like a basic setting for her. Sassy, petty and goth. Deal? With emotions? Nah. never. She just lets it simmer down or..just generally an asshole teenager to everyone.

💙 What did your OC want to be when they grew up and why? Did they have any lifelong dreams or ambitions they never got to work on or are they currently working to achieve these dreams? Has their life taken a very unexpected turn and put all these plans on hold for a while or have they given up on any dreams?

Nothing really. She enjoys being the commander's daughter and getting away with shit. She has no intention of ever doing anything else than killing monsters and helping mommy Lasair (who belongs to @commanders-sole-braincell) :3

🌷 In what ways would your OC alter their body if they could? How would they do it using mundane means (hair dye, surgery, make-up?). What is their ideal look for themself?

Oh, she already has a lot of piercings and she wants more. Perhaps some cool bark carvings in the future but she's undecided on what she wants for that. She doesn't need to dye her hair its already a nice colour in her opinion. for the piercings, it's all her own work. She does them herself with the help of her minions if needed. For the carvings though she would go and see a specialist for that. The ideal look is badass and goth.

[jalebi-weds-bluetooth]

hey jalebi, it's nura!

despite your recommendation i ended up watching EJ bc i was SO curious to see just how bad it was and yeah.. what even was that lol. im glad that those involved in making the show had fun reuniting but that def didn't feel like IPK, more like a parody. i don't think ill have any trouble forgetting about this and not considering it canon lol

the rewind commentary (or at least whatever clips i could find on youtube) was so sweet tho, loved getting more insight into arnav's mind and feelings. as an introvert myself, i will always be able to understand how difficult it can be for someone like arnav to verbalize his feelings, especially in retrospect when you are filled with remorse for your actions. but on the flip side, it was lovely to see him also talk about all these moments and recognize that he was in love all along (which we knew all along but it's nice to hear it from him too) 🥰

now im rewatching clips here and there of IPK again and i think i know which might be my fav scene. it's during ep 182 (i think) when arnav is helping khushi with food the afternoon of akash and payal's wedding and the neighbourhood thinks he's a waiter. that whole sequence where he's just flirting with her with the bowls in the plate and him saying she can thank him later.. like i can't get that out of my head 😵‍💫 we don't get to see playful arnav too often (esp in the first half of the show) but this was def one of those moments that gave ME butterflies in MY stomach lol 🤭 like yeah we get more heated scenes than this but idk im stumped as to why i like this scene so much. am i crazy or is this a scene the fandom generally likes as well?

alsoooo i was wondering if you're cool with me DMing you instead of always sending an ask so that i don't have to send you such long asks and we can have an actual convo. if not this is cool too, no worries!

- nura 💙

Hey Nura <3

Haha I guess I made you curious enough with the amount of bad rep for it eh, lol. Regarding Rewind, true, we have to imagine we're getting a very deep look into Arnav's mind and I can see that perhaps after six/seven years he's gotten slightly bit more chatty about his feelz! Also, I loved it because it really felt like post therapy Arnav!

OMG THE FANDOM LOVES THE MORNING OF AKASH PAYAL'S WEDDING. It is soooooo damn beautiful. I really wanted more of those feelz T_T It's soooo precious.

Oh I love everything! Feel free to DM, send an ask, anything!

Take care and thank you so much for sharing your feelz <3

Love,

Jalebi

[luxmaeastra]

Zeryth fell into a chair and rubbed at his forehead. He watched her for a long moment and frowned.

He stood moving to rest a hand on her waist, his chin on her shoulder.

"You're baking. You hate baking what happened now? Is it about that slave girl? I didn't think she'd be able to make it from Prythian to here if I was being honest."

He kissed Nura's cheek pulling back to give her her space.

"Prythian is in turmoil with Amarantha's death by the way. My letters didn't do it justice. Night is mode insular and Day is just itching for retribution. I wouldn't be surprised if it descended into all out Civil War."

The trip had been fine, but he wasn't usually gone for four months. Usually it was a week to two weeks. He went to the door pulling his bag open. The girls would be in their lessons. So he'd wait to give their gifts tonight.

"Do you want your gift now or when we do bedtime with the girls?"

He looked to her, sighing as moved to lean against the counter.

"Max can huff and puff as much as he wants. She is a slave girl with barely any training. Who was she to demand we do anything beyond the kindness we already have?"

He rubbed at his forehead. The closer they got to bringing Aleksander back the easier this would all be. He'd probably get a kick out of all of this melodrama.

He wished they'd done it for Valyn. Found a way to hold his soul till they could drag him back too. But even if they had had the spells then he knew Valyn would have refused. He never recovered from Elona's suicide. Though Zephyr still maintained that was highly unlikely. Another fucking tragedy linked to Dawn no doubt.

He poked Nura in the shoulder.

"I'm going to keep annoying you till you let me whisk you away from this accursed kitchen Nura. This is why we have hired cooks to —"

She hated baking with a passion, yet she needed something to keep her busy, to keep her mind from mulling over the very thing that was frustrating her. Pausing in her actions, Nura stood in his arms and relaxed as tilted her head back to rest it upon his shoulder.

“That’s just one of many issues.” The slave girl, the state of the world. She allowed for him to pull back from her, standing on her own two feel as she looked at what she was working on. Some cookies for the girls, something nice for them to wake up to.

Another war, if they believed a civil war was on the horizon, when would it bubble over to the rest of them. “Civil Wars rarely just remain civil, eventually they bring others into the fold.” Which side would they be on this time? What of their daughters?

Nura turned and looked toward him, he always spoiled them when he went away. Always coming back with gifts. “You know, if you keep doing this, they will expect it every time.” What happened on the day he didn’t return? Her heart ached at that thought. Would she be giving their girls gifts without him?

There was too much tragedy, too much loss. She sighed when he poked her in the shoulder, her hand reaching up to take a hold of his before she rose it to her lips. “Fine, but only because you promised me a gift.”

[owl-with-a-pen]

I can’t help but feel like the only difference in Isabel’s training, and Brainy’s is that Isabel was able to be in the dream with Nia. I completely understand why Nia felt she needed her mom to train her, but I feel like there should’ve been more of a difference. Because Isabel wasn’t any more forthcoming with information, or generally answers…(and, as far as we know, was never in the position Nia’s in as Dreamer in terms of being a superhero and needing to be absolutely sure about what her dreams are telling her in the heat of battle). I mean, if it means Nia’s able to become a fully fledged hero, I’ll take it…but I’m sad that all that build up resulted in this, and no real mother/daughter bonding time.

I totally get where you're coming from and I agree, it would have been nice to see Nia have a chance to talk to her mother about things outside of her training. However, I do also appreciate that the show had a lot going on in that episode, and I honestly believe they did a really good job at balancing out all the different themes. It felt far better paced than the previous episode, and I really enjoyed what we got to see in the scenes between Nia and her mother.

We haven't really been given a lot to go on in terms of Naltorian culture in-show, but it's clear that knowledge of the dreamscape is passed down from mother to daughter, i.e the mother should be present to give her daughter the proper education on how to use her powers. Whether or not it was actually necessary doesn't matter, it was clear that this was something Nia felt very deeply about regardless. When her mother passed, she didn't just lose a family member, after all, she also lost a piece of her culture.

What we see in the scenes between Nia and her mother is the realisation for Nia that it wasn't that she couldn't interpret her dreams, but rather that she wasn't letting herself. From what we've seen when it comes to her power usage, whenever she's discovered a new power, it's when she's grounded herself and not run away from her abilities. I for one was super super happy that we got to see Nia figure out that the reason she was holding back, the reason she was running, was because she still felt so guilty over everything that had happened between her and Maeve. Even though she stated that she knew the powers were hers and had come to accept that in full, it didn't mean she hadn't also been holding herself back by thinking that every time she used them, she was also hurting Maeve somehow. The metaphor of her powers burning Maeve was a really nice way of describing it, and emphasised just how much baggage Nia's been holding onto for the last two seasons.

At it's heart, the scene had to be between mother and daughter for Nia to realise that her lack of understanding wasn't the issue here. I do personally think that we should have seen more of Nia trying to study dream analysis herself, but it also makes sense now the reason why she didn't - because that study was something that she always attributed to Maeve, and those were emotions she just wasn't yet willing to confront. The fact that dream analysis for Naltorians is more of a personal nature as well, that the imagery isn't so much about study as it is allowing yourself to look into your own unconscious mind and find the connections that your dreams are telling you, is rather beautiful. Also, the fact Nia has now been able to at least in part overcome that obstacle leaves me super excited to see her on the frontlines with the rest of the Super Friends (and Brainy!!!!) next episode.

Brainy was certainly able to help Nia with her dreams in his own method. Both by what he'd learned from Nura and likely his own study on the subject, but what Nia needed wasn't just confidence in her abilities, it was understanding why she wasn't confident, and that was very much a family matter. It gave a very valid reason for why her mother was necessary to help her make this breakthrough.

I do hope that we might now get the chance to see Brainy pick up where her mother left off, and help continue her training now that Nia isn't holding back on anything. Brainy's understanding of the dreamscape is limited compared to a Naltorian, but there are so many cool abilities the show has barely touched upon where Nia's powers are concerned, and I would love to see some Brainia bonding where she continues to hone her skills.

[starswouldtell]

Possibilities

Hello, I am feeling very rusty, but have a little Earnest Brainy meeting his Kara for the first time. Inspired by the most romantic song lyrics I have ever heard in my life: I loved you before we met, and I don’t even know you yet. “All I’ve Ever Know”, Hadestown. (This song makes my heart melt.) Also posted here on ao3. _________________________________________________

Time travel is always exhilarating, but meeting Kara Zor-El- Supergirl- for the first time feels something akin to a dream. As Querl gazes at her, a hundred thoughts and more flood into his mind, but he knows it might be strange to voice them to this woman who is technically yet a stranger. Still, he is compelled.

“Thank you.” He smiles at her; it seems a safe enough place to begin.

“For what?” She blinks, puzzled; not a surprising reaction.

“You convinced me to join the Legion.” Querl says matter-of-factually. “You changed my life. Or will change it, depending on your point of view.”

“I-” She stares at him, clearly at a loss. “I did? Er- do?”

“Indeed.” He leans lightly on the console between them. “You see, when the Legion found me, I was... lost.” It might be putting things lightly. “I was not exactly open to the idea of joining up, but then... you.” It’s a memory that always gives him a sort of thrill. He has been able to calculate hundreds and thousands of scenarios since he was a child, but the day he learned of her opened up a world of true possibilities. “There’s a museum dedicated to you in my time. To all the good you did, and all the good you inspired.” She gazes at him, her eyes wide. He can’t help but to smile again. “You still inspire so much good, even a thousand years from now. Thank you.”

She seems a little flustered for a moment as she gazes at him, and the look in her eyes makes his heart beat faster because-... because if Querl has ever been in love, surely it is in this moment. It's a wild notion, surely illogical, but Nura told him once that love didn’t have to be logical and now he thinks perhaps she may have been onto something.

“Thank you.” Kara says softly, pulling him back from his head. “I don’t know what to say.” Her expression has shifted to something like wonder. He recognizes it because he feels it, too. “Brainy- right?”

“Querl Dox, Brainiac 5, but Brainy to my friends here, so yes- Brainy will do just fine.”

And then Kara Zor-El steps around the console and offers her hand. Querl takes it, and feels something within; exciting, electric even. It’s something like fate: thousands of possible paths, yet here they stand. Perhaps that’s not particularly logical either, but there’s a poetry to it that feels right; beautiful. They smile at each other, and he wonders if she feels it like he does.

“It’s nice to meet you, Brainy.” Her hand lingers in his. Her warmth is a ray of sun that he commits to memory.

“And you, Kara Zor-El. I look forward to knowing you very much.”

“Me, too.” She gives his hand a brief little squeeze before letting go.

It’s like the day in the museum again... Querl looks into her eyes and sees a whole world of wondrous possibilities.

[supergay-supergirl]

6x01 Recap: Rebirth

(Disclaimer that this is all from my own memory because I don’t have access to the episode right now. Future recaps will be written with a reference.)

Setup

At the end of 5x19, Lex channeled the power of the bottled gods and became a god himself.

The Obsidian Platinum launch was secretly a means for Lex to brainwash everyone into loving him using Non Nocere (a scheme he calls I Love Lexi).

He also set up satellites around Earth that will emit a sonic... thingy... to kill everyone who hasn’t been brainwashed.

He is working with Lillian.

Plot

Nia saves Brainy from the poison in Leviathan headquarters.

Brainy and Alex kill Gamnenae(?) with the Anti-Immortality Code(?). Leviathan is officially dealt with(?).

From the Tower, Supergirl calls Lex to tell him that she’ll give herself up if he deactivates the satellites. Lex picks the Fortress of Solitude for a meeting spot. Meanwhile, the Super Friends prepare a contingency plan.

Supergirl, Alex, and Lena portal to the Fortress. Alex and Lena retrieve... some sort of weapon(?) and Myriad respectively. They portal away.

Supergirl starts recording her knowledge in preparation to die. :’(

Lex arrives, predictably doesn’t deactivate the satellites, and blasts Supergirl with Kryptonite. The sonic thingy activates.

J’onn and M’gann use a Martian ritual to explode the satellites. Day saved, part 1!

Supergirl is saved by Lena’s anti-Kryptonite suit.

All the Super Friends arrive in the Fortress for a showdown with Lex.

Lex traps Supergirl in the Phantom Zone using a Phantom Zone... transporter thing. Alex turns him mortal by shooting him with... a distilled form of the gods’ energy from the bottle? J’onn and M’gann drag Lex away to prison.

Lena and Brainy use Myriad to un-brainwash everyone on Earth. Day saved, part 2.

We close on Supergirl lying unconscious in the Phantom Zone, being approached by a group of scary-looking lizard creatures.

Fallout

Nia and Brainy tell each other they each love the other. They agree to try to rebuild their relationship.

J’onn and M’gann are now mentally bonded.

Alex takes the name Sentinel, after a friend of J’onn from Mars. J’onn puts her symbol with the symbols of the Justice League, implying that Alex is joining the Justice League.

It’s confirmed that Kelly does not know that Kara is Supergirl. J’onn and Lena tell Alex that she must tell Kelly, and Alex agrees.

Andrea abandons Obsidian North in a dastardly move against her father and turns her full attention to CatCo.

William’s article about Lex Luthor is received well. He tries to include Kara on the byline, but she’s not there for obvious reasons (Phantom Zone). Nia makes the excuse that she’s working on a story with Cat Grant.

Fun stuff, predictions, and opinions under the cut.

Fun Stuff

During a monologue, Lex [EDIT: Lillian] calls Dreamer “Dream Girl” and is subsequently corrected. Dream Girl is the name of Nia Nal’s descendant and original comic inspiration.

Lena calls Crisis “Crisis.” I just think that’s funny.

Lex does a dance to “We Are the Champions.”

Predictions

During the episode, Brainy lends Nia his Legion ring and says it might come in handy. I think this might be foreshadowing that Nia and Brainy are going to join the Legion at the end of the series. (The only evidence against this is that Nura Nal, Dream Girl, is also with the Legion.) Still holding out for Nia to join the Legends, though!

Alex semi-officially joins the Justice League at the end of the episode. I think when the series ends, she might stay in National City as a background member of the Justice League and show up for crossovers.

The ending had a very Trollhunters-season-2 feeling, aka: hero is isolated in a new, dangerous environment and has to survive while the rest of the team works to bring them back. This was a really compelling and effective storyline in Trollhunters, so if they end up doing something similar, that’ll be awesome—especially since a line in 6x01 totally acknowledged that the Phantom Zone was an extremely traumatic experience for young Kara. However, since Supergirl won’t be in some of the next episodes, they might focus entirely on the Super Friends trying to rescue her.

After Crisis, Supergirl is no longer one of only two heroes in her universe, meaning that we could see a lot more casual crossover in the future. Maybe while Supergirl is gone, some other heroes from Earth-Prime will help out in National City.

Opinions

Overall, I really liked the episode! It felt a little rushed, but that was totally fine given that they managed to tie up every single loose end from season 5, a feat not for the faint of heart. I thought sending Supergirl to the Phantom Zone was an excellent way to both explain her absence and naturally propel the plot and characters forward. Plus, Alex’s reaction was just heartbreaking, and this could play into her partly-unresolved grief arc from last season.

I want to give an honorable mention to the way they treat relationships in this episode. 6x01 places an emphasis on open communication and trust with all three established relationships: Brainy and Nia, Alex and Kelly, and J’onn and M’gann, with all three at different places in this regard. In addition, Lena and Brainy have a really nice conversation about regaining trust from their respective loved ones. These are vital elements of a relationship, especially considering the turmoil between Kara and Lena in season 5, and I’m glad the show is bringing them to the forefront.

Rating: 7.5/10

Final Word: Perfect within imperfect constraints.

[korra-the-red-lion]

Unnatural Affairs. Chapter 2: Let the Good Times Roll.

When I woke up the next morning, my eyes were achy and itchy. Falling asleep after spending most of the evening crying might have had something to do with that. I groaned as I reached for my glasses, deciding that I definitely needed a shower. I grabbed my soaps, shampoo and conditioner, flip flops, towels, and headed towards the communal shower area.

Luckily for me, there was no one here when I got there. I turned on the water, letting it heat up as I set up my things. I pulled the curtain across and got to washing all the eye boogies off my face. The warmth of the shower was very much needed as it ran down my body. I started feeling more like myself again as I scrubbed all the night grime off. I spent a few extra minutes, just enjoying the feeling of the warm water against my skin. If I closed my eyes, I could convince my mind that I felt great about this whole thing.

Then my stomach rumbled. I realized that I really didn’t have much of an appetite after my chat with dad and emotional break down with mom. I hadn’t eaten much of anything since lunchtime yesterday. The allure of food was more than enough to convince me to leave the comfort of the shower. I quickly wrapped a towel around both my body and hair. I gathered everything up and shuffled out of there. I peeked my head around the corner, feeling self-conscious of the fact that I had to go back to my room practically naked. I dashed back to my room and closed the door as quickly and quietly as possible. Sarah was still sleeping, thank God.

I got dressed and towel dried my hair the best I could. I didn’t bother with anything fancy today, since I was going to be spending most of my day standing in line to get my textbooks. I wasn’t going to wait around and end up spending hours of my school time there, so I planned to do it today.

I checked myself in the mirror before leaving. Just plain black leggings and a over large t-shirt that read ‘how-to pick-up chicks’ with a picture of a stick figure picking up a baby chicken. I adjusted my glasses to make sure they were straight, and I tossed my hair over to one side, trying to give it some style. I said I wasn’t going to be fancy, but I’m also not going to go out looking like I woke up from a rager.

I grabbed my purse, student card and my phone, and left the room. The sun was shining brightly overhead once I got outside, trying to squeeze out those last few days of summer. It felt good on my skin, and I thought about maybe eating outside. That would be nice.

Yawning as I made my way to the meal hall, my thoughts of my new classes and the new people I would meet wormed its way into my head. I knew I would do well in most of my classes, except for maybe some of the science ones. The issue was making friends. It’s not like I had hard a terrible time making them or anything, but my disposition ended up pushing away a lot of people. Then of course, the conversation I had with my dad popped up like an unwanted house guest. Dammit, he really knew how to get in my head.

I was practically storming as I walked into the meal hall. It was actually nicer than I thought it would be. There was quite bit of space, with nice large tables. It was also clean, which was a huge plus. Of course, move in day was literally yesterday. Maybe give it a week or so, and it would change. I walked down the stairs, letting the smell of food knock me out of my foul mood.

I loaded my plate up with hash browns, two fried eggs, bacon, and toast. I was starving and couldn’t wait to eat. I was about to head outside when I saw familiar strawberry blonde hair and I found myself walking towards it.

Shyly I approached the table where Lyn sat by herself. She was nearly dozing off in her seat, her plate empty in front of her. I tapped her shoulder, causing her to jolt awake.

“Wha’?” she blinked a few times and looked over her shoulder, smiling when she saw me. “Oh, hey Ally, wassup?”

“I was hoping I could sit with you?”

“Be my guest,” she said with a yawn. Her hair was tied up in a loose bun today, instead of that tight ponytail she had yesterday, and she wasn’t wearing the paint either, revealing all her freckles that were splashed across her nose and cheeks, like I suspected.

“How’d you sleep on your first night? Any crazy parties for you, or was the noise enough?”

I shook my head. “I’m not really a party girl, honestly. And I mean, the noise was definitely something I need to get used to. But my roommate seems really cool and at least that’s something. I was worried I was going to have a horrible roommate, like some of the horror stories I read about.”

Lyn cupped her chin and was leaning against the table as she listened to me. I wonder if anyone ever told her she had an intense stare. Even in her sleepy state, I know her focus was entirely on me as I spoke. It wasn’t uncomfortable or anything like that, more like an observation. She smirked into her hand and said, “I had one of those in first year.”

“What? Really?”

She nodded, still not taking her eyes off me. “Oh, hell yeah. She was so strange. She ironed all her shit in the room, told me I wasn’t allowed to cross the line she taped to the floor unless it was a necessity, and legit told me that I couldn’t listen to my music too loudly with my headphones in. Like, this girl was on something, I swear. Eventually, I broke down and requested to be switched out. Thank God, they moved her into a single dorm, and I got to stay. That’s when Nura moved in, and she’s awesome. We get along like PB and J, you know? I’m rarely in there anyhow, with practice and work, but still. Gotta feel welcome in your own home, you know?”

She ends with that a lot, I noted. It was endearing. I nodded in agreement. “I get that. Sometimes it was hard to um…go home after school. I don’t always get along with my dad, so it was awkward to go home.”

Lyn winced. “Shit, sorry. That’s crappy, not feeling like home is a safe place.” She sat up and leaned back, staring up at the ceiling. “Dammit, Hart, you ruined the mood.”

“No, no! You didn’t do that at all,” I said quickly. “I was the one who brought it up in the first place!”

“I was the one who was all like ‘feel welcome in your home’,” she groaned. “Listen, I’ll make it up to you, yeah? You can ask me one thing, anything you want.”

“That seems really extreme…”

She shrugged. “I’m pretty much an open book.”

I bit my lip in thought, not really sure what to ask her. I didn’t know her all that well, but the offer to get to know her better was intriguing. Still, nothing really came to mind, and I ended up shaking my head. “Can I cash it in later?”

Lyn laughed, “Sure thing, Ally.”

We ended up talking for awhile longer about general things, like what majors we were taking and our favourite bands. Just simple stuff. Talking to Lyn was really easy. She laughed for no reason and had an infectious smile. When she was excited about something, she ended up bouncing her leg under the table. I’m not sure what it was about her that calmed me down, honestly. But she did. Maybe it truly was just her easy-going nature, but she seemed like a genuine person. Eventually, I had to get going to grab my books, much to my disappointment. I knew that once school started for real, I wasn’t going to be able to hang around her as much. It sounded like she had a lot more on her plate than I did.

As we both stood, I worked up the courage to ask for her number. That way, I could at least keep in touch with her by text. When I did, her eyes narrowed as a smirk appeared on her face.

“Sure, totally, Ally,” she took my phone from me, her fingers brushing against my hand as she did. “I don’t usually give my number out to anyone, but I will for you, since you’re cute and all,” she handed my phone back with her smirk still firmly in place.

Damn, that something I wasn’t expecting. I know I was blushing, but I tried to play it cool. I got the feeling yesterday that Lyn was a flirty kind of person, but I’m not entirely sure what her whole situation is.

“Thanks. I just know once school starts, we’ll both be pretty busy,” I said, looking away. Yeah, play it cool.

“Totally, just playing, you know?”

“Ha, totally.”

She pulled out her own phone and checked the time. “Yikes, gotta head out for real, though. Let’s try and hang before classes start, yeah? I’ll see you around, Ally!” With that, she left. But not before giving me her signature wink on the way out.

I tried to stop myself from smiling, but it was so hard. She really did have an infectious nature to her.

XXX

As I had hoped, there weren’t that many people at the bookstore. The line was a little long, but not so crazy that I would regret my choice in footwear. The bookstore itself was small, with not a lot of room to navigate. The lady behind the counter seemingly was 100 years old and was certainly moving like one. The only reason why this was taking a long time was literally because of her.

I tapped my foot along to the song I was listening to. I have to say, while I don’t love the lyrics, drivers license was a pretty catchy song. I missed the days of women writing songs telling men who did wrong by them to eff off. There was something cathartic about it all. Still, can’t deny a good song when I heard it. I was pretty content to stand there idly until someone tapped my shoulder.

I looked over, but there was no one there. Maybe the guy behind just hit me by accident? Shaking my head, I went back listening to the music when I felt the tap again. Again, there was no one there. Slowly, I take one earphone out and can hear the sounds of someone whispering around me. My eyes widened in understanding horror of what was happening.

There’s a freaking ghost trying to get my attention.

Inwardly I groaned, but I kept a neutral face on the outside. Well, except for the frantic look around I did with my eyes. There, in the corner. I turned slowly, trying not to draw too much attention to me as I did.

There is a ghost, looking no older than me, with some fancy hair cut and a nice suit on. He’s got a wicked grin on his face as we made eye contact. He floated over to stand directly in front of me.

“So, you can see me after all,” he said. All ghosts have this tinny tone to their voice, as if they’re talking through a bad phone call or something.

I nodded slowly but don’t dare say a word. There are way too many people around right now.

He tilted his head in a mostly human way, until it creeps a little bit past his shoulder, like his neck was broken. “Can’t you speak? You’re not one of those mutes, are you? Not that that’s an issue, but I was hoping to get someone who could share my story.”

Sighing through my nose, I pulled out my phone and typed out a message. I can talk, just not here. Too many people. Can it wait?

The ghost squinted at the screen, clearly able to read what I wrote. He frowned as we make eye contact again.

Oh Christ. I didn’t like the look in his eyes. He looked like he didn’t agree with me one bit. Some ghosts understood that most people can’t see them and that it makes a person look insane if they just start talking to thin air, while others just didn’t care. I had a bad feeling that this one fell in the second category.

He reached over, his hand going through my face. I felt the cold sliminess as he pulled his hand back through, and it takes my entire will power to not shudder or vomit on the spot. I really hated when they did that.

I wasn’t sure if it was normal for them to be able to touch people. I honestly never looked into too deeply, as it was best to avoid talking about it at all. But not for the first time do I regret that decision from 14-year-old me. I should have just used public library sources and at least had a better understanding of these things. But nope, I didn’t want to do anything out of the ordinary. Stupid.

“Human, all I want is for someone to listen to me and tell them what happened,” he said snootily. He reminded me of some popular guy who was used to people doing what he wanted on the drop of a hat.

I shuffled forward in the line a little. There were only three people ahead of me. I turned my head slightly, pulling my earphones up, hoping to God it looked like I was talking into the mic. “Listen, buddy. I am very happy to listen to you, but after I get out of here!” I hissed as quietly as possible.

Now he looked pissed off. Once again, he reached for me, as if that would make a difference. Except this time, it does. I can’t help but violently shudder as I stumbled back, reeling from the sudden shock of falling to my death. I don’t know if it was murder or suicide, but regardless, I feel the impact as my body hits the ground. My books tumbled out of my arms as I began to hyperventilate.

Oh my God, breathe Ally, BREATHE!

How could I breathe when I feel my neck snapping, but I don’t die right away? How can I breathe when I feel my skull leaking my brains all over the pavement? My vision is getting narrow as I trembled on the floor.

Okayyoujustneedtotakeadeepbreathlikemomtaughtyouinandoutinandoutcountto7holdfor7right?

My thoughts were racing and jumbled, my breathing definitely not slowing down in the slightest. We make eye contact one last time, me and the stupid selfish ghost. He was looking down at me with absolutely no pity or guilt at all. The look he was giving me suggested that if I had just done what he wanted, everything would have been fine.

I closed my eyes and forced myself to take a deep breath, but it didn’t work. I was still hyperventilating, my vision getting spotty. There is someone next to me, maybe another student. Quite frankly, I don’t really know much at this point. I felt someone, someone alive that is, take my hand and help me towards the door.

Yup, this is exactly how I expected my trip to the bookstore to be.

XXX

I woke up in my own bed, my mouth dry. I remember going outside and telling them to give me my purse. I took my Ativan and got back to my residence with the help of someone. I seriously can’t tell you who. Judging from how dark it was, it must be nighttime. Groggily, I sat up and reached for my glass of water instinctively. Except, it’s not there. Because I’m in a dorm, not my house. So, there is no night table with my water. I forced myself to get up and head towards the bathroom.

I washed my face and mouth, taking sips of water as I do. When I looked into the mirror, all I saw was my own pathetically pale face staring back at me. Day 2 and already I failed dad. Goddammit, the school might call my parents to tell them I had a panic attack at the bookstore. How humiliating. Not even a day away from home and I fall apart.

I can’t stop the tears as they fall down my face. I feel like garbage and I know I look like it too. I break down, using the sink as support. I feel like such an idiot. My mom wanted me to take a year off, maybe do some traveling. She probably knew that the stress of being away from home wasn’t going to be great for my stupid anxiety. As the sobs rack my body, someone’s timid knock draws my attention.

Sarah pokes her head into the bathroom, a look of worry on her face. She walked right in and pulled me away from the sink, embracing me.

“I’m here for you, Ally.” That’s all she said, but it strikes me deeply. This girl barely knows me but is here in this stupid bathroom, holding me tightly. Goddamn, how were some people just that good?

So there we stood, in the bathroom. She just held on to me, whispering into my ear and rubbing my back. I couldn’t say or do anything, so I just rested my head on her shoulder until I finally felt okay enough to head back to our room together.

XXX

As expected, I had a voicemail from mom when I bothered to check my phone in the morning. Well, more like afternoon. I stayed in bed all day, wearing my sloth covered PJ bottoms and my favourite hoodie. I basically watched one movie after another, just to keep my mind off things. Sometimes you really needed to take a ‘me day’.

Sarah left after checking to make sure I was feeling better. She said something about getting some good food and better desserts to cheer me up. I gotta do something nice for her after I was feeling better.

I stared at the screen, wondering if I should listen to the voicemail when a text appeared there. I was confused for a minute until I saw it was from Lyn. Then shame filled me, stopping me from opening it. She probably thought it was so lame that I had a panic attack in the stupid bookstore.

So, I ignored it. I didn’t want the only other person on this campus who I knew to think I was some pathetic loser.

Well, that only worked until my phone lit up again, this time with a phone call. I really didn’t want to answer it, so I declined the call.

Sarah walked into the room, holding two huge bags. “Okay, so like, I got some super yum food to help you feel better.”

“You really didn’t have to do that,” I mumbled into my hoodie.

“Sorry? Can’t hear you when mumble like that,” said Sarah. She plopped down on the bed and opened the first bag, pulling out a bunch of Taco Bell. The second bag had cupcakes and mini cheesecakes in it. I couldn’t believe that she did all this just for me.

She handed me a handful of Taco Bell things. I wasn’t even sure what most of it was, since my parents and I rarely ate fast food like this. But my God, it smelled amazing. I opened one up and took a tentative bite. It was so good right now. It was like Sarah knew I just needed some junk, just salty goodness.

“Yas! I like, was hoping that would work,” she said triumphantly. She noticed my phone was vibrating and picked it up, staring curiously at the screen. “Who’s Lyn? She’s called you like, 3 times. Is she your sister?”

I shook my head, stuffing more in my face. With some difficulty, I swallowed and took my phone back from her. “I just met her the other day. I guess she heard about the whole bookstore incident and wanted to check in…”

“But?”

“But I don’t want her to think less of me…”

Sarah made a disgusted face. “Ally, if someone thinks less of someone because they have anxiety, then they need to like, check themselves. So many people have mental health stuff going on. Like, seriously girl. I think she honestly just wants to make sure you’re okay.”

I stared at my phone, knowing that Sarah was probably right. Still, I wasn’t sure I was ready for that conversation. What was I going to say anyway? Hey, everything is totes fine now. Just had a panic attack because some jerkass ghost demanded I see how he gruesomely died, except didn’t bother to tell me who I was supposed to tell. So yeah, basically went through something extremely traumatic for absolutely no reason at this time. How was your day?

Yeah, that wasn’t going to fly. Instead, I fired off a text that just said, I’m doing okay now. Thanks for checking in. I don’t really feel like talking about it right now.

There. Straightforward and easy. When I got a message from Lyn, this time I opened it. Ok, let me know if u do wanna talk. I’ll be here.

“I guess I should call my mom, huh?” I said, looking over at Sarah, who was attempting to stick a whole mini cheesecake in her mouth.

She smiled unabashedly at me and swallowed. “Oh, I think you like, should, but no pressure. If you need to take time, then like, take your time.”

I gave a little laugh as I handed her a napkin for her face. It felt good to laugh. Sarah laughed too, as she wiped whipped cream off her lips. She handed me a mini cheesecake and we both attempted to shove the whole thing in without making a mess of ourselves. I giggled as I tried very hard not to make a mess, only to end up smearing a whole streak of chocolate sauce on my face somehow.

Sarah wasn’t much better off, with whipped cream on her nose this time. We ended up taking silly photos of each other and drank a ton of the pop she brought from Taco Bell. We ate and joked around for the next little while, until I finally worked up enough courage to listen to my mom’s voicemail. I excused myself and told her I was going to make the call.

I sat outside, the afternoon sun warm on my face. I don’t love the idea of making this call out in the open, but I didn’t want to kick Sarah out of her room either. It is what it is, I guess. I opened up my voicemail and listened to mom’s message.

“Hey, baby. How are you doing? Dad and I got the call and I just wanted to make sure that you’re doing better? Was there something that triggered it? Or did it just happen out of the blue? Either way, just call me back so I know you’re doing better now. Love you, Alexandra. Bye-bye.”

I scrolled to my mom’s name on the call list and hit call, listening to my phone ring in my ear. She picked up after the third ring. “Hello? Alexandra, is that you, baby?”

“It’s me, mom.”

“Thank goodness! Are you okay?” I could hear the concern dripping from her tone.

“I’m doing fine, yeah.”

“Okay, I’m glad to hear it. Can you tell me what happened?”

This was the part I wanted to avoid but knew I couldn’t. I shifted to get more comfortable and told my mom everything that happened. I wanted her to understand that everything about the whole situation was basically non-consensual. If I had the choice, I never would have spoken to that stupid preppy ghost in the first place. I wondered if my dad was listening in as I explained it all. I honestly hoped he wasn’t.

There was silence at the other end while I waited for mom to take it all in. I didn’t realize I was holding my breath until mom said, “Okay.”

I sighed in relief.

“It sounds like that was…different? They’ve never done that to you before, right?”

Kind of think of it, no. That was different. Of course, when I was younger, I would just speak to them normally anyway. But that? I’ve never had a ghost do that to me, ever. I’ve never felt so violated before. It was strange…

After talking to mom a bit longer, I finally hung up and laid in the grass, looking up at the clouds. Was there something about this area that made them stronger, maybe? I really shouldn’t be thinking too much about it, but I also didn’t want that to happen again. Maybe I could walk down to the store tomorrow and see if they had anything that warded off spirits. I might also do some research, just to make sure.

So much for being ‘ordinary’, huh?

[commanders-sole-braincell]

GIB FORD and/or his sister plez UmU

Bring forth Ford-The-Gourd!

Full Name: 

Taihneford

Gender and Sexuality: 

Nobinary Man and Pansexual

Pronouns: 

He/Him, Them/They

Ethnicity/Species:

Sylvari

Birthplace and Birthdate:

The Grove 1325, on the 20th of the Pheonix (4/20 babey!) He’s a night bloom too (so technically he could be born at 6:09pm)

Guilty Pleasures: 

Reading horrifically bad romance novels. Just seeing how far he can ride his griffon/skyscale AWAY from his problems (he comes back but oh the temptation). Having lazy days

Phobias: 

Heights and caterpillars

What They Would Be Famous For:

Being the Commander, being a chimera, being the Commander’s sister in some AUS, and for being an iron-gut

 What They Would Get Arrested For:

Being an idiot. Bad parenting

OC You Ship Them With: 

Honestly anyone who catches my eye (aka my friends ocs have you seen them all just

I think @prismaticaurene‘s Alistair might have first dibs though, he kissed his cheek! 

How ever will I marry off Ford now? He’s been sullied by a kiss, he’ll never be able to wear white (jk jk!)

OC Most Likely To Murder Them: 

Lasairlugh… Canach… Rhosil… probably Enfy (defo Nura… Zojia probably has planned it multiple times)

Favorite Movie/Book Genre:

Romantic Comedy and Comedy - he’s a feel good kinda guy who 100% cries at the predictable ending

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche:

“Hero gets the girl BECAUSE he’s the hero” He likes romance, he doesn’t like forced romance with no chemistry (alt. “the people fight over a girl and she has no say in the matter”)

Talents and/or Powers:

Aside from the typical Firebrand/Guardian package - he’s proficient in general fire magic - his flames look a little funky, but they’re very potent and always seem to a burn a little hotter than they should. Also pretty stronk and has the suitability of a cockroach

Why Someone Might Love Them:

He’s a big goofball tbh, a push over despite his size and generally pretty relaxed and charming. He adores people easily and is essentially a dog in sylvari form. He’s also pretty charming when he’s complimenting people, and lights up like a christmas tree at the slightest thing. Gives really warm hugs. He’s the type of person who’ll just hug you as you walk, and be a nice little heater, regardless of how close you are or who you are - a great big tree of a guy who’s got a dorky, snorty laugh but will drag you to the settee for a nap, or to see a cute kitten on the side of the road. 100% got in trouble before for saving an animal at an important event and walking in filthy

Why Someone Might Hate Them:

He’s a doormat, and lacks confidence in himself. The Commander persona draws people in, but Taihneford’s actual personality and quirks push them away. Like I’ve said 60 thousand times, he’s really emotionally stunted, so friendships, relationships and so forth are still new territory for him; so he can unintentionally stress people out by being overly meek or overly headstrong about things. Also, stubborn af - you don’t spend your Dream with Lasairlugh and not come out stubborn as an ox. Kinda a combo of all of that, but he’s also prone to some childish habits if he gets in the mind set, and will huff and puff if he’s grumpy enough. Also super melancholic and will not tell anyone why

How They Change:

Ford goes from someone who’s meek, but kinda pushed into this role as Commander, into someone actually quite bitter and resentful. He frequently grows frustrated with the role, but it’s all he’s known. He has no hobbies, and was honestly pretty depressed before Enfy and Dragon’s Watch strutted into his life. 

As a sapling he was more shy, but kinda puffed himself up around the Firstborn to meet their expectations, and was downright cocky at times. He was still trying to process what happened with his sister, but kinda threw himself into this role, thinking maybe it was normal? Around Season 2 and HoT he started to develop some serious resentment over everything

He’s, at this point in the story, more confident, relaxed, but still holds some aggression and resentment for what he’s been through. He’ll likely always have self confidence issues from his saplinghood, but he’s learning to shove them a little deeper, which honestly isn’t probably good Ford my dude get help

He’s trying though

Why You Love Them:

MY FUCKIN BABY! Ford’s been with me since the start of HoT in many different forms, but he’s always been a character I felt drawn to, and now that he’s the Commander and my main? My dude I love this idiot! I honestly push a little bit more of myself into him than I did other characters, but got a nice balance of ‘I can comfortably explore what I’d do in universe without being disloyal to the character’ and also getting the chance to explore various themes that interest me about him (chimeraism babey!!!)

He was honestly the first time I went ‘okay I can’t TECHNICALLY make this is game, but how can I find a loop hole’ and man it’s real freeing! He’s honestly become a bit of a comfort character for me, and, while I get a little bit self conscious talking about him so much, THAT’S MY SOOOONNN!!!

and his better half is here

[pocketramblr]

hLook at allthose cookies. I did 3 kinds becquse I'm. A masochist and like to spend over 7 hours baking in the kitchen djkskdkssj

Cookies!!!!!!

[likemesomesalads]

Best to worst at braiding hair out of ur salads lets goooooo

HOBOI. I have 38 of them slkghjsl

Rhysalea, He's braiding his own hair every day, he can def braid others' as well and he can make pretty complicated braids as well.

Xeneviev, can do very nice braids in many styles

Dau, he's a dad. braiding is just a skill dads should know.

Laplace, she likes braiding stuff, hair included. she can't really utilize it since she has no hair or long wines but she can do it

Daihmín, can manage a simple braid very well

Taran, if there would be someone he was close to and needed it he could do it fairly well.

Lusus, also can do a very nice-looking simple braid but it would take ages because it has. to be. perfectly, separated.

Feo Moon, she can if she ask nicely

Alvanil, surprisingly he can do braids, he won't tho

Mionchelie, can also conjure up a decent braid

Aevelyhn, can braid hair but it will look a bit messy

Enfy, if you dare leaving your braid to a child then she's the one you want to trust it with to at least it looks like a braid

Dhealaichte, can manage a simple braid as well

Soléine, it will be lop sided and uneven but a braid

Nura, could if she wanted to but she won't

Zheag, would try but it would be meh at most

Thoernen, same like with zheag but also consider your hair stuck between the prosthetic's finger bits

Ghaelahad, he's not great at it. that's why his hair is in a bun

Rievan, only can braid his own

Tristrham, fingers can do so good with instruments, but no hair, don't let him, it will hurt

Shay, He likes to pull hair not style it, i don't know what else to say about it

Ainlon, in theory he knows how to do it, but never done it

Elohopea, also knows in theory but he's too afraid to poison you to try.

Saberlily, heard about braids, would cut yours off

Belacai, seen braids, would not attempt

Winter, only would try to do it if it's for their lord and saviour, Isolde

Khaerma, despises braids for reasons he won't share

Dhairinne, would not touch any other being than her beloved Feo.

Heirim, does he get to eat the person he made the braid for?

Nico, not a chance, he's too short to reach up to most people anyway

Kaymoer, could learn but not a skill he's interested in so never did. neither would I let him near me ever

Cayde, can't do shit with hair and doesn't care to learn

Neidref, they don't like touching hair if they don't have to.

Wayleth, Can't do it and also doesn't like to touch other people

Xännth, no need braiding hair in the mists everyone's ghost

Rayeart, in theory he could but he'd freeze over your entire body while doing it, not worth it

Caelus, can't and won't

Ysabeil, she's blind, so she has no idea how it looks even if she tries

[stranger-who-writes-fiction]

Wasn’t gonna do a 5x11 post, but ya know what? It was a good one, and it’s fun to talk about stuff ya like.

SPOILERS.

Folks this one is LONG:

Admittedly, I don’t really understand what Brainy did with the rock and the stick, but it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter, because we get Motorcycle Brainy.

I appreciate that nearly every character on this show has the impulse to go out and get a black Stealth Outfit and procure a motorcycle whenever they gotta do clandestine, under-cover stuff. (See also: Lucy, Kara, Alex, J’onn.)

ALSO appreciate the ongoing commitment to characters showing they care via food, as seen in the Breakup Feast scene. 

I’ve seen this episode four times and it’s only JUST occurring to me that Lex is grabbing some of Evil!Winn’s hair and not just creepily picking lint off his shirt, after their little chat.

Lena Laments to Lex! Lost Lots of Lobe Legwork.

And then NAT CITY TOY CON! 

Lex’s action figure is safe for children ages 5 and up, AND the articulation allows for lots of action and superhero poses!

(That thing has NO visible leg or arm joints, Lex will not be doing ANY action posing, whatsoever. XD)

But, for real: It’s a pretty great prop. The packaging is spot on. 

Love all the Supergirl action figures in the background too. (AND WITH THE NEW SUIT I am envious of Earth Prime.)

Get ‘im William, GET ‘IM.

The Lex and Kara scene was GREAT, loved the recorder smash.

Then dramatic slow walk with wiiiiiind, very nice.

CAPE SAVE

WINN

Absolutely love the moment between him, Alex, and Kara when he reveals he has a family. 

AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE LOVELY. THAT KIDDO IS SO CUTE.

Group huuuuuuug

‘I might have missed you just a little bit.’ ‘Me too, just a little.’ ‘Yeah, well, I missed you, like, A LOT.’

Side note: Really dig Winn’s superhero outfit. 

“I wanted to apologize to you, for how I treated you after you took my mother’s medallion.”

*Skeptical Thor face* Is it really hers though?

(Answer: No.)

Okay OKAY now we get to the REALLY GOOD PART but first, a bit of appreciation for Winn referencing Sam Spade.

Alright, are we ready? ARE WE READY????

J’onn’s office (which is ALREADY a cool set) gets a SECRET ELEVATOR that leads tooooo...

THE TOWwait, whoops, almost forgot:

Kara’s total nerd reaction to the secret elevator and Alex’s elder sibling-ly ‘don’t push’ while actually pushing Winn are just. *chef’s kiss*

Okay, we’re back: THE TOWER!!!!!

Complete with PAPA BEAR HUG for Best Son Winn!

I like J’onn’s Martian vest, though I do feel like he should get some finger-less gloves, or something, to complete the look.

“In the future they call it the Hall of Justice.” “I like that.”

“So like STAR Labs.” “Or the Arrow Bunker.” “A place where my Superfriends can work, whenever they should need it.” 

1.) I don’t know why the casual references to the other shows are throwing me, it’s not like they haven’t done it before...maybe it’s the fact that characters besides Kara have this kind of...lived-in familiarity with this stuff that’s otherwise been reserved for her, due to the nature of JUST the lead visiting the other shows. 2.) It occurs to me that Supergirl, the show, never had a central hub like the Arrow Bunker or Star Labs that’s just for the main characters. (Well, I guess the Office of Solitude counts? Kind of?) All of the sets (aside from Kara’s Loft and J’onn’s office which are like...living spaces) require at least a handful of extras milling around in the background. I don’t know where I was going with this....*Marge Simpson voice* I just think it’s neat. 3.) J’onn calling them his Superfriends!!!! :D

“What are you gonna call it?” “I was thinking...The Tower.” “COOL.”

Kara you lovable nerd, you.

The cut from the Martian Memory Meld to Winn’s puking is comedic gold.

“And James runs a small town newspaper and mentors children? That’s adorable!”

You can tell who’s only watching the show via gifs, because this line threw them.

Alex being like, ‘BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.’ XD

Evil!Winn’s message has Jim Carrey Riddler energy. I think it’s that ‘Let’s play to win!’ bit that does it.

Aaaand some other stuff occurs. Lex and Brainy talk, The Kara and William stuff at CatCo, Evil!Winn’s warehouse lair.

But then BACK TO THE TOWER for more nerding out and some lovely heart-to-hearts!

Winn telling Nia about Nura: :D :D :D

And then OOOOOH BOY, my favorite scene: Kara and Winn.

It starts off great, with Kara being like, ‘I bet you’re a great dad.’ And then Winn gets to talk about being a dad! And naming his little girl after his mom! ‘It was either that or Winifred.’ Heart AND humor??? AND THEN: “KARA WAS AN OPTION.” AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW

BUT THEN WINN’S LIKE, ‘EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE NAMES THEIR KID KARA’ HECK YEAH THEY DO

 And then the scene continued to be great but I will admit that I was gripped with a sudden, terrible fear that when Kara mentioned not being too thrilled with her ‘legend’ she was gonna talk about how she betrayed Lena yet again but THANK GOODNESS IT WASN’T THAT.

Instead what we got was this nice little exchange about Kara feeling like she’s endangering William, and Winn being like: ‘you put ME in danger but I always trusted you to protect me’ which is a LOVELY bit of trust and reassurance and a nice deconstruction of the idea that heroes have to distance themselves from others in order to best protect them. Supergirl the TV show has always said and will always say NOPE.

STRONGER TOGETHER.

“Being in your orbit...it’s inspiring.” “You.”

I JUST LOVE KARA HAVING THEM THERE GOOD FRIENDSHIPS.

Then Wicked Winn’s Warehouse! Followed By Lex on a Legion Ship! Learning of Leviathan!

The Obsidian pitch sounds TOTALLY legit, can’t IMAGINE how that could be exploited for evil.

Then Toyman’s Terrible Tigers! Which Brainy Tries to Tame! 

And, look. You’re either the kind of person that watches these DCTV shows and rolls your eyes at on-the-nose music cues, ooooor you’re the kind of person that applauds that kind of go-for-broke attitude.

I am one of the latter.

(BUT it’s always just gonna be...really hard to top The Flash using “Flash Gordon” as Barry jumps into a black hole.)

ANYWAYS.

Always cool to see Kara speed folks away from danger. Very nice!

Whoops, little out of order here, I got excited: prior to the super speed, we have a Winn Stand-off.

(NGL the mental image of Winn singing “Nothing Left to Lose” with his evil counterpart has been amusing me all week long.)

But I digress! Toyman seems to perish in the explosion, but given that this is a two part episode...HMMMM. I think NOT.

(I mean, there’s also the end of episode cliffhanger, so. Yeah, obvious guess is obvious.)

But for the moment, Winn’s future is safe! Yaaaaay!

Then we get the cute moment between Kara and William and YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID CUTE. BECAUSE IT WAS CUTE.

So please put me firmly in camp: Generally indifferent to ships but certainly not opposed to more cute reporter shenanigans.

(Also she wouldn’t let him have dinner alone with the world’s saddest sandwich.) 

Instead William gets to come to GAME NIGHT!

Everything about that scene is. So good.

The friendly trash-talking! The glasses bit! ‘Marty’! William saving the Jenga tower for Kara! Space Dad being there! 

(Oh, forgot another scene in my haste to rejoice over game night. Winn and Brainy. T’was good.)

(Oh, no, forgot another one: LENA HAS Q-WAVES. THE GOL-DANG MIND CONTROL PLOT CONTINUES.)

And then there’s the cliffhanger and the next episode preview WHICH I’m absolutely looking forward to because MORE WINN and also KARA AND WILLIAM GET TO SING “AFRICA”.

WHICH...thank you, show, for giving us “Africa” after revealing that was Kara’s other choice, but she went with “Intergalactic” back innnnn...season...three? Well the reveal was in season four. But karaoke night proper was in season three. And “Intergalactic” was great! But. 

COME ON.

IT’S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO DRAG ME AWAAAAAAY FROM YOOOOOOOOOU

Anyways. Wonderful episode! A true season highlight! David did such a good job! EVERYONE did such a good job! This fandom is the worst! And I hope that they actually DO stop watching the show, because it will be better for their emotional well-being and mental health, as well as our own!

[cyclone-rachel]

this is sOOO late and im sorry, but what are your thoughts on the latest episode and s5 of supergirl so far?? :D

so season 5 was… difficult to get into, at first? There were a lot of things happening, and moments that I liked (Kara’s new suit and her in general, any scene Kelly and Alex shared, I really liked James, J’onn was very good, there was some stuff with Brainy I enjoyed, I weirdly liked Lena and Eve/Hope’s whole thing for example although that was a lot thanks to Supergirl Radio, etc.), but every episode I was worried about what was going to happen and so I couldn’t actually focus on a lot of it?

This continued for the first 4 episodes, I think. But from episode 5 on, I don’t know if things changed, but I found them easier to like personally and I spent less time worrying about them. Especially 7, and not just because I got to podcast about it. 8 was fine? Not the best midseason finale we’ve ever had, but it tied some things up.

I don’t know how to feel about Crisis, so we’re just gonna skip that, and I will say that I’ve really enjoyed both 5x10 and 5x11, the post-Crisis universe has been very good and interesting so far.

it’s almost like before then, the episodes had been… inhibited.

ha.

Kidding.

But seriously, on 5x11 as a whole:

I just want to say that I appreciated Brainy’s new aesthetic in the opening scene, as well as him setting things up so that he could get Winn out of there. That all was pretty cool, although what would he have done if someone other than Winn had gotten out of the bus first? What was that Winn thinking when he saw Brainy there, waiting for him? What are Brainy’s thoughts on time-travel movies, and would he like them enough to quote them?

it’s not guilt-free for you if you don’t need to feel guilt in the first place when eating chocolate because you don’t gain weight, Kara.

(the girls night scene was cute! I liked that that all was discussed, and I wish we got more scenes that were similar.)

I didn’t catch that Winn’s dad was into virtual reality at first, but that was very interesting and definitely made sense for the end of the episode. And I’m not sure how Lex knows so much about this alternate universe Winn? But he certainly got on his good side very well.

really big of Lena to admit that she needs Lex’s help, but they are working together, and this is a new universe where things are different now, so I feel like she meant it

love how Lena immediately is put off by Brainy being there, not because he was her friend and it’s weird that they’re meeting at that point, but because he arrived with Lex (was he in the same vehicle as Lex and Toyman? Or did he get there on his motorcycle?) and because he’s friends with Supergirl, which Lena knows very well. But Brainy’s acting was very good, and keeps him from being found out.

what exactly did Kara do to get her Pulitzer in this universe?

I hope that there is an action figure made of Supergirl in her new suit

I’m sure Lex really likes casually using the word “crisis”

damn. Kara’s slow walk out after she changed costumes was very cool, she looked very powerful and I love her

our Winn was Very Dramatic in the first scene he appeared in, but he’s still great and I missed him

also I appreciate how his suit is Ravenclaw colors, I feel like that maybe wasn’t intentional but it could be? I hope he designed the other Legionnaires’ suits to be more colorful, as well.

(I really want to see his reaction to Brainy’s new suit!)

I also liked the reveal that he has a wife and kid, that’s a perfect explanation as to why he’s stayed in the future (how long has it been for him?)

and I had no issue at first with his wife being named Ayla, because 1. my captions spelled it as Aila, so she could be someone completely different from the Legionnaire mentioned in 3x10, 2. if she really was the same Ayla, she could easily be bisexual and previously have been in relationships with women. who knows, we don’t have enough information. I’m upset about it as much as other comics fans are, and wish it was acknowledged, but on the show itself I think it’s fine for now.

Alex and Kara’s reactions to Winn coming back were so good, and if Brainy wasn’t trying to hide his emotions/guilt, I think he might’ve wanted to hug him too.

what “old friend” are you calling to keep the Legion ship safe, Alex?

I really missed Andrea, I didn’t realize it until now but I did and I want the best for her.

LENA’S FUZZY PURPLE COAT. it looked very nice and warm.

Secret elevator! (just imagine that in the tune of “Secret Tunnel” from Avatar the Last Airbender)

The tower!

I was almost expecting Kara to say “Arrow-cave” to be honest

it’s a very cool set in general, looking forward to seeing more of it, and I like the callsigns on the wall.

Winn, please tell us more about these very important things

my headcanon was that our Winn used the name Toyman as a way of reclaiming his father’s name for good, but I don’t think that works anymore. whoops

I feel like Alex might know something is up with Brainy? Or at least she’s going to suspect.

aw, I’m sure Kara felt bad about people writing articles about Winn originally. did she have to in season 3?

aww, I really enjoyed Nia’s reaction to the Tower, and her whole conversation with Winn. Also for what it’s worth I’m glad that Nura does still actually exist?

And she used her dreaming powers! I’m very happy about that! It’s good!

still no idea why Nia calls Brainy wildcat. I know it was because of that one movie Brainy referenced in 4x15 and 5x05, but… would appreciate an explanation, thanks.

Winn’s conversation with Kara is GREAT, this is exactly the kind of good heartwarming stuff I expected from a family reunion like this

I knew Lex was going to be sneaking around on a Legion ship! although we still don’t know how Brainy’s Legion ship is there, when we all saw it leave in the season 3 finale.

Uh… I don’t know how I feel about the fight scene? it’s fine? I like Kara’s super-speeding everyone out of there more, though

that Winn and Winn conversation was real tense and I appreciated it a lot

David did a very good job! this scene with William and Kara was kind of a natural progression of their already-established dynamic, and like you said, a way to make the next episode’s subplot for them seem more natural! of course Kara would take offense to that sandwich! people are just mean!

TRIVIAL PURSUIT PARTNER

what. did Winn and Brainy and everyone play trivial pursuit in season 3. when did they have time for this. is this how Kara decided to introduce the Legion to more 21st century pop culture. how did Winn decide that Brainy was a good partner for him, when they were rivals in the second half of season 3. I want to know.

anyway I love this scene. I love how easily Brainy tells Winn the truth and how genuinely sorry he is, and how much Winn understands Brainy and what he’s done, even if he’s still angry about what happened.

also Brainy crying when Winn calls him his friend is my reaction whenever someone says something really nice to me.

Brainy needs a hug, is what I’m saying. thanks.

lol I feel like the word “defiance” was really pointed there, for Jesse

also 

cousin? Cousin?? Cousin???

I know nothing about this. I thought Winn was stopping Brainy’s great-great grandfather. that completely threw me. I’m sorry. what’s happening with this, I want to know everything.

this Lex and Lena scene is very pretty and also very tense, and I’m wondering why Lena chose that beach image?

game night is very cute! I like that Nia is feeling better! Also Alex continuing to say “she’s terrible” while Kara is taking her turn at Jenga, a very sister-y thing

I can’t believe Winn is using the fake name “Marty”, he definitely did that on purpose, what a dork

yeah that last scene really puts the whole “Toyman is eternal” thing into a new light, doesn’t it

[winterskywrites]

concept: Winn coming back and seeing how Brainy's been acting (not as smart as he should be, forsaking the timeline in the name of 'love', comic relief character instead of snarky badass, weird voice, etc.) and hating him for it/trying to get him to remember who he was before

A very good concept, Rachel.

When the AI plague is finally cured, when Winn finally gets to go back to the twenty-first century, a few other Legionnaires tag along to visit. Mon-El and Imra come, of course, and so does Lyle. There’s no real reason why Lyle has to come, as far as Winn can tell, but he knows why he’s doing it anyway. After all, if he hadn’t seen his best friend in nearly a year, Winn wouldn’t want to waste a second either.

Actually, Winn hasn’t seen his best friends in nearly a year, and he absolutely doesn’t want to waste an instant, so yeah, he gets how Lyle feels.

And then they get back, and Winn has his heartfelt, teary reunion with Kara and Alex and J'onn and James, and then Brainy comes in with his arm around some vaguely familiar girl’s waist.

“Brainy!” Lyle cries, running forward and giving Brainy an embrace and a kiss on the cheek. And Brainy…

Well. Given everything Winn’s heard about Brainy and Lyle’s friendship, he has to admit, he expected Brainy’s reaction to be a little more… well, more.

“Lyle,” Brainy says, sounding fond but not like he’s seeing his best friend whom he hasn’t seen in nearly a year. “It’s nice to see you again.”

Lyle pulls back, looking a little stung. “Oh. Uh, you too. Is something wrong with your voice?”

“I assure you, nothing is wrong with my voice,” Brainy says. “Hello, Winn.”

“Hi, Brainy,” Winn says. Lyle is right, his voice does sound weird. “Are you going to introduce us to your friend?”

“Ah.” Brainy turns to the girl beside him. “This is my girlfriend, Nia Nal.”

Winn and Lyle both gape at him. “Your girlfriend?” Winn repeats at the same time as Lyle demands, “Nal, like Nura Nal?”

“Yes, she is my girlfriend,” Brainy answers Winn, “and yes, she is Nura’s ancestor.”

“Wait a second, Nura like the Legionnaire Nura?” Winn demands. He knew the name sounded familiar. Come to think of it, he can see the familial resemblance too, although there’s a thousand years between Nura and this Nia. “This is Nura’s ancestor?”

“You’re dating Nura’s ancestor?” Lyle demands. “A direct ancestor?”

“We fell in love,” Brainy says, sounding slightly injured.

“She’s the ancestor of one of our friends!” Lyle protests. “Do you even know what you could do to the timeline?”

“It is impossible to know-”

“Not for you!” Winn interrupts, because he likes Nura, and he doesn’t like where Lyle is going with this. “You’re a twelfth level intellect! You definitely told me that enough! Just… I don’t know, run a simulation, or whatever it is you do!”

“Um,” Nia says, looking uncomfortable, “I think I should go.”

“No,” Brainy says, shaking his head, “we will both go.”

“What do you mean?” Lyle asks, looking shocked. “Brainy, we’re not staying long. We’re heading back to the thirty-first century tonight.”

“I will not be going with you.”

“What?” Lyle and Winn demand in unison.

“I have found love here,” Brainy says. “And I enjoy the twenty-first century. I’m staying.”

“You didn’t even want to come in the first place!” Lyle cries. “You didn’t want to mess up the timeline! You didn’t want to leave your home!”

“As I said, it is impossible to know how much the timeline will change,” Brainy says. “And this is my home now. In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, ‘hasta la vista, baby.’”

And with that, he leaves, Nia hurrying away alongside him.

Winn looks over to Lyle, who looks shellshocked and a little bit like he might cry. He doesn’t look inclined to break the silence, so Winn does it instead.

“What the hell was that?”

“There’s something wrong with him,” Lyle says, his voice shaking a little. “There has to be.”

“It definitely seems like it,” Winn agrees. “And we’re gonna fix it. Come on, let’s go find Mon-El and Imra and tell them what’s going on.”

Maybe the plan was for the Legionnaires to go back tonight, but Winn has the feeling that plan is going to be scrapped. They’ve got things to do here.

He just hopes that whatever’s happened to Brainy can be fixed.

This has a sequel here.

[nagatsukinura119]

Japan Expo Malaysia Day 1 (26 July 2019)

Okay, it’s the first day for one of the biggest Japanese events in Malaysia, I originally came here only to attend AKB48’s concert, because my Oshimen, Okada Nana (Naachan) was one of the members who were coming. Since I live in a nearby country, so it was possible for me to come (with my parents) not to mention the ticket prices were considerably cheap. So I was a bit bummed that my mother might not let me go alone to attend the concert, but thankfully from the first day my parents seemed to feel comfortable and confident to let me go to the venue (Kuala Lumpur Pavilion) since it is located near to our hotel (Capitol Hotel). So in the morning I arrived at Pavilion at 11 am and killed some time at Daiso at the top floor and got a sweet black hat with golden Apple logo (if you know me, you’d know why I had a compulsion to buy this hehe). When I came downstairs, they were just opening the expo and the very first performance, a Kyodo (archery) performance was starting and I took the time to rest at the Coffee Bean next to the stage. Afterwards, the first idol group to perform was called KiREI. Now, I’ve never heard of this group before this expo and I didn’t bother checking on them. But we were told that KiREI is a group made up of 3 disbanded idol groups in Tokyo. Their theme is to "Make Everything Beautiful" not just their inner but outer appearances. One of the hosts (Aki) kept telling us audience that they were super cute and I challengingly said, “Sway my heart babe”. So the girls came in; Tanaka Hana, Konatsu Mia and Miyadera Miho. Sure they were cute and beautiful (which idol isn’t, am I right?)

(From the left; Hanapii, Mianyan and Chori-chan)

Nevertheless, I took the chance to take pictures of them with my Nikon camera. I was standing at one side of the stage and since there were some empty seats it was quite easy access for me to take pictures of them. But what I did NOT expect was when one of the members, Hana (nicknamed Hanapii) actually made an eye contact with me and WINKED. My heart MELTED (jokes on me; my heart wasn’t just swayed lololol). Maybe I’m a sucker because this was my very first time attending an idol concert, but gosh darn it I just fell for her on the spot. Aside from that coincidental moment, I realized her face is totally my type among the 3 of them, not to mention she’s also pretty tall (well I’m super short so for some people she could be a medium height). Side note: during their performance the wotage group was doing the Overture chant and I joined them from far away (lol) and it was actually a bit awkward since it seemed like I was the only female who was chanting passionately. Also, another side note, there was this adorable old man who was a huge fan of Harupiii (another idol that performed after KiREI) but I think he’s a fan of idols in general cuz he was also singing along to KiREI’s songs. Back on track, after getting wink attack-ed by Hanapii I was so moved that I paid 150% attention on them. And while I was snapping pics at every second and taking vids, what do you know? She saw me again and made an eye contact again! I realized that she was THE ONE in this group. She’s my KiREI Oshimen.

(Yeah baby!)

Time flew really fast and before I knew it, their slot time was over (most of the idol performances had only 30 to 45 minutes time slot) but thankfully they were having another performance outdoor in the afternoon so I was sure I’d attend it. After KiREI was Harupiii (who is an idol who has performed in this event for 3 years).

Harupiii definitely looked younger than the KiREI members but you know what, that didn’t stop me from staying and watched her performance till the end. What I like about Harupiii is that despite being quite small, looked young, she definitely slayed the performance and I was hooked with her. All the more when she saw me, and finger gunned me (OOF!!) Another hit right on the heart! What’s with these idols making me fall faster than flies lololol!

The wota guys were more hyped this time and so was I and the old man fan ran to the wotage guys and started to enthusiastically chant for her. And you know what, I find it adorable. Especially when one of the guys was carried on other men’s shoulders to the front. I really really like their enthusiasm and I can see why wota life is pretty exciting. I just wished that the awkward atmosphere wasn’t lingering, but YOU KNOW WHAT? SCREW IT, LET’S HAVE FUN!

After the end of Harupiii’s performance I was exhausted so I went back to my parents at Coffee Bean. They told me to get an autograph and picture from KiREI’s members you gotta buy some merch (I mean, that’s how their business works so I knew the procedure). At first I wasn’t sure to go or not but my mother was being encouraging and persuasive made me go for it, and you know what, GG mum! You made the right decision for me! It was worth spending RM80 ($14) to get 2 Cheki tickets (one for autograph and handshake, and another for polaroid photos). I was legit happy since this was my very first time attending a meet-and-greet event with a Japanese idol, and while I used to do translations and subs for some AKB48 stuff, I’m not that confident with my Japanese speaking skills but Hanapii made it so much easier and fun. Albeit she knew limited English, but we managed to communicate successfully. As for the poses I thought we were gonna do the usual heart poses like the guys in front of me did with other members. Well we did just that, but since I bought two tickets so I got to take two photos, and I did not expect that she hugged me (well more like she reached her arms out towards me and leaned in, but close enough, man!) The conversation continued as she was signing the polaroid frames (side note: she asked for the alphabets for my name which was pretty funny considering how easy the pronunciation is, even in Japanese) but at the same time it’s nice how considerate she was. So she asked me if I was a Malaysian and I told her no, I’m a Bruneian which impressed her and I told her that it’s because of this event that I flew over which impressed her even more (I really like how idols tend to give cute reactions when they’re impressed). Then she complimented me for my Japanese and naturally I was like “No no no~ I need to study more” and she was like “Ganbatte~!”. AH SO CUTE! She then asked if I liked idols. If only she knew. But I just told her, “Yes, I love idols”. As much as I loved talking to her I didn’t want to take too long since there was a long line behind me so I told her I was leaving and she was like “We’re gonna perform again outside!” and I responded with an enthusiastic nod, “I will DEFINITELY come!” I was legit happy to the point of shaky hands and happy tears when I came back to our table (Extra note: mum took some pics and video when I was lining up for the merch).

(Polaroid photo with Hanapii! I’m too ugly so I blocked my face lololol)

My parents wanted to go elsewhere, but I told them I was gonna stay there for more performances. So I was finally left on my own (WHOOOOO!). While waiting for KiREI’s next performance I decided to take the time to post things in my social media, and also look for KiREI’s and Hanapii’s Twitter accounts. I love that when I shared my experience with my Discord friends, they were so supportive and happy for me (I love y’all!).

So for the afternoon performance at the outdoor stage I was surprised that 15 minutes before it began the space was rather empty except by shoppers and a handful of fans so I was like shimmying my way to the front because once again, I was self-conscious for being like the only enthusiastic female fan (was I already considered a fan?). There were even some guys nearby who I could hear talking about me, saying, “Look, she’s waiting there, how cute”. It wasn’t anything negative per say, but it just made me more self-conscious lol. So about 10 minutes before starting and the girls were seen strutting towards the backstage and I find it funny yet adorable that they didn’t need some security to cover them. I guess this shows how chill the audience here is. I mean, Mianyan jogged past me and brushed my shoulder a bit, but I just acted chill. I know why one can get excited when their favorite celebrity is around, but for goodness sake some crazy fans need to chill.

Since no one was really taking the front row (this time it was an outdoor stage so there were no seats), I just slipped my way to the left side of the stage. A few more minutes till starting and the girls made their way next to the stage and it’s adorable I could see them doing the chanting thing, where they go “Ganbatte, ikuzo! Ohh~” I was already in my wota mode so I managed to take pictures of them doing that.

Before I attended this concert, I didn’t know why people would kill their money to get front rows, but now I can see why! The reason why I know now is because as I watched their performance right in front, the eye contacts you get from the artists are more direct and you feel like you made more intimate and personal connections with them. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE HANAPII MADE SEVERAL EYE CONTACTS WITH ME THAT I FELT SO OVERWHELMED I HAD TO LOOK AWAY (not all the time). Okay this may sound pretentious, but I honestly think when Hanapii saw me her smile doubled the radiance cuz I could see her smile reaching her eyes during those times. I tried to take pictures and videos of all three girls but you can really tell my bias for Hanapii was evident from the pictures I’m sharing here lololol.

(KiREI performing)

(Chori-chan at the back is literally me on the inside lol)

More, more fun things happened when I went to take pictures with Hanapii for the second time. This time it seemed Mianyan and Chori-chan were familiar with me and they kept looking at me as I interacted with Hanapii. She remembered me so she was like “Ahh~ Nura-chan~ welcome back” and I swear my heart was pierced by that and I just covered my face out of embarrassment and said, “I’m back”, then she responded with the heart throbbing line, “Eh~ I’m so happy! I love you!” which naturally made me embarrassed and hid my face again and she was like “Nande, nande?” GURL YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAVE OVER ME EVEN THOUGH I’VE ONLY KNOWN ABOUT YOU FOR 3 HOURS! So we did new poses and while she signed the polaroid frames she started chatting with me like “Where are you staying” and so I told her I was staying at a nearby hotel and she was like “Ah me too! I stay in a hotel” Ah of course you do sweetheart, so cute. And I jokingly asked, “Which hotel?” And she responded, “We’re not supposed to say yet.” AHAHAHA SO CUTE. Then she told me she saw me taking so many pictures (well I did stand at the first row so heheh). I complimented everyone and naturally they thanked me (Ahhh Mianyan and Chori-chan were so cute too). After that I made a mistake to look at Hanapii in the eyes and once again hid my face, but to make things worse (or better) they were all like “Kawaii~~~” GAH THESE GIRLS I SWEAR. And she also patted my head while doing so. I. Was. Dead. So after that she apologized for being sweaty and I was like “No, no, you’re still very cute.” And believe me when I said that she gave this blinding smile and I thought, “Welp, she got me in the palm of her hands.” Once again she apologized for sweating so much and started to talk about the heat. Being the concerned fan that I was, I asked her, “Are you okay? Y’know, with this crazy heat?” I could tell she was trying to ease my worries and said “Yeah! I’m okay, I got used to it.” Once again, I didn’t want to take too much time, so I proceeded to leave but before leaving I told her that I was coming again the next day, to which she thanked me for and said she’ll look forward to it. As I was leaving (while clutching on my new polaroid pictures) I looked at all three girls and said “Ganbatte~” and they all cutely waved while saying their thanks.

(More pics with Hanapi hehehehehe)

Since I was sweating bullets (curse the heat and black clothes lol) so I went back inside for the AC and sat on the stairs leading towards the center stage. What was going on was an AirAsia dance performance by their staff. I gotta say for non-dancers, they did pretty good, especially with the fact they danced in their working uniforms! Then I looked around the shopping mall in search of my parents, only to find out they were elsewhere. So I decided to stay a bit longer. While doing that, a boy band called cosmic!! was performing and for goodness sake were the boys CUTE! Okay, I may be biased, but I really prefer J-pop male idols over K-pop male idols because I can actually distinguish their faces, and not to mention they did not to wear much makeup and to me they still looked handsome and cute. Also based on their facial expressions, they looked they were having so much fun and also interacting with the fans (who were definitely having so much fun too considering how vigorous they were with their glowsticks).

(cosmic!! having fun performing on stage)

To be continued in Day 2!

Bonus picture

(Hanapii be like ‘I’m a goddess’ lmaooo)

[brainy-storm]

LOSH Week 2019 - Day 4- Dalliance / Author Interaction

The Author stared at the prompts for the fourth day of Legion Appreciation Week. To be completely honest, she had no idea what the word ‘Dalliance’ meant. She googled the word, ignoring the fact that she was supposed to be paying attention to her Digital Economics lecture.

Now, she could write some angsty shipping fic with the first meaning or an alternately thoughtful gifset of the second meaning. Or, she could just do the other prompt for Day 4. Thanks, anon. I was going to send an ask too about the ‘Author Interaction’ prompt, but…I was lazy.

It was settled. The second prompt, it was.

Garth walked through the headquarters with arms crossed. He hadn’t come across another single team member of the Legion throughout the whole crib. Uh…crib? He meant…clubhouse. Wait no, planet. Uh, space station? Wait a minute…

Running through now what looked to him like a corridor of a very elaborately decorated house, complete with framed photos of the Legion members, he approached a room where he could hear music from within.

Bursting through the doors, Garth finally found his team members.

Only there were too many of them.

You had the regular flagship members that survived boots such as Imra and Rokk (shoutout to his besties), Brainiac 5 (though he couldn’t quite tell which boot he was from) and Mon El who was chilling in a corner. Pre-crisis Kara was playing cards with Brainy, reboot Lyle and threeboot Nura. The new kids – retroboot kids – were flanking a suspicious figure who had made herself comfortable on the couch. There were other legionnaires in the room, however describing all of them would take too long.

“What the sprock is going on here? Is this another Legion of Three – ” Chemical Kid lowered his shades, to which Garth rolled his eyes. “ – Legion of Four Worlds.”

The figure in the middle laughed.

“Naïve child.” She shook her head. “This…this is the new reboot. Doomsday Clock is going on too long, and thus leaving many poor souls…” She gasped for dramatic effect. “Legionless.”

Oookay.

“I have taken it upon my own hands to write my own reboot.” She cackled. “One where I can interchange the characters at any moment I choose. Observe!” With a Thanos-like finger snap, she replaced Threeboot Nura with Pre-Crisis Nura.  “This is a pretty handy trick. Unfortunately, the side effect is that everyone can only speak in rap.”

As if on queue, Kara laid down her card while saying, “They hungry for the cookie, so I cook it right up.”

Garth shook his head. “Really?”

“I didn’t say what kind of rap.”

“Okay. So why am I not rapping?” Garth asked.

“Hahahaha,” the Author laughed. “I’m not so talented a writer that I could write this whole conversation with you rapping. Or at least rhyming. I mean I could probably try.”

“Not to detract, but in fact. Where’s your game at? Gonna talk smack, unless you talk back.” Garth covered his mouth. “Those bars were wack.”

“See what I mean?” The Author sighed. “Oh, by the way in case people haven’t seen my tumblr page, my name’s Dina and yes, in my new Legion boot they are rappers.”

“So what, is this Rap-boot or something then?”

“Nah, I’ve renamed the Legion. They’re not even the Legion anymore. They’re called…Dina’s Alliance.”

“That’s total nass.”

“Whatever Livewire.” Garth wanted to retort that Livewire didn’t sound that bad, but he kept his mouth shut.

“Dina’s Alliance is a bit of a mouthful,” Garth said, instead.

“Yeah, so that’s why I’m shortening it to D-Alliance.”

“…”

“…”

“…Is that supposed to be the punchline of this fic?”

“…Pretty much.”

(A/N: Hi! Hi! <3 So yeah lolol I wanted to make a pun so you got this as my entry instead of a nice gifset roftlmao. Anyway - )

“What is this cringy thing that popped up here?” asked Garth.

“It’s an Author’s Note, duh,” said Dina. “I’m clearly doing a throwback to old fics. Geez, Gen-Zs these days amirite?”

(A/N: You’re so right, he interrupted me, what a rude child.)

“Oi, I’ve existed since before you were born. Also, you do realise you’re talking to yourself?”

“Urgh, shush, details.” Dina got up. “Well, this was fun. Now that I’m done with the pun.” She raised a hand. “Time to go.” She snapped her fingers again.

And all was back to normal, with Garth waking up in his rightful boot, with only vague memories of a strange dream.

Dina looked in on the comic universe, smiling.

And that was the end of my ‘period of brief or casual involvement’ with the Legion.