#third wheeling dog goals honestly

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Stageplay Yuri and Flynn's actors still making them absolute couple goals in the bonus segments 2/2.

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opinions on sigma

okay so basically

sigma is my end goal when it comes to appearance and gender. i want to look exactly like him. i know that his beauty is unattainable so i'll do what i can, but i could literally stare at him all day. all week. all month. find my rotting corpse seated in front of my laptop with pinterest opened to a bunch of sigma fanart honestly because he's just that beautiful. i plan on dyeing my hair the same colour as his when i'm able to. hopefully next year (@small-chaos im depending on you to help me bbg)

if i had the choice i would also get a ton of bsd posters that feature sigma and plaster them all around my room and make it sigma themed (or- actually i'd also do this same thing with mykola, chuuya, ranpo and poe, but for the moment i'd do it with sigma). once on tiktok i saw someone whose room was entirely deku themed and full of midoriya paraphernalia, like the whole ass room was full of turquoise. i want that same thing with sigma, i won't even lie. his colour palette and whole vibe is just so gorgeous.

his pretty privilege ain't doing SHIT in the manga to help him though. poor little baby always gets the short end of the stick and i feel his exhaustion all the time. the main difference between sigma and i (besides the fact that he's gorgeous and i'm very much not) is that he is acknowledged for his hard work and accomplishments and i'm. not. lol but the impostor syndrome is honestly so real. i always feel that i won't lie. it's probably one of my worst forms of self sabotage.

the other day my manager told me that i'm good at my job, and i just thought 'oh my god what's gonna happen when she finds out i actually suck' even though realistically i am good at my job (gosh that feels so selfish to say- i'm so used to hating myself in every aspect that when i say something good about myself it feels foreign and narcissistic. i should work on that maybe). like he's so relatable for that and i love him

sigma's third wheelness is also super relatable for me. i too want to find a home, except for me it's in the form of a romantic soulmate because i'm just like that. (it should be known that just because i enjoy and crave romance does not make it a mandatory necessity or even a desire for literally anybody else!!) like he will be walking around following mykola and fyodor while they're on a date (or trying to kill each other idk) and just be watching them like o _ o SAME DUDE

also i too tend to have identity crises when it comes to my purpose, and the reason i was born and stuff. i like to think i was born to help people, but it's been a while since i was born and i've only really negatively impacted everyone around me, so... SIGMA on the other hand. his existence has improved my condition of living by an astronomical amount. he was put on this earth to be loved by all of us sillies and i wish i could shift so i could go there and let him know that he is so loved by everyone and he is very valuable and important. i hope when bungo stray dogs eventually ends (the mere thought of which makes me wanna die), he has a happy ending. he deserves it. tbh most of them do, but especially sigma.

this man is literally perfect. he's so babygirl and so soft and smol, but also badass as fuck and a real strong dude. and i respect him for that so hard. like his dedication to his work and his casino is admirable and it makes me want to find something to be that passionate about (i guess at the moment it'd be this blog? silly as it sounds). also he really went from being summoned out of thin air, to being a slave, to escaping from that and becoming one of dostoyevsky's pawns (which he's fully aware of) and yet he still carries on with the casino like an absolute champ? i love him sm

i'm still real mad at the anime for leaving out his introductory scene (his PROPER one where he's a socialite king) because it literally sets the stage so perfectly for him. we as the audience see him the same way his patrons see him, which gives the later reveal that he's actually very anxious and self-conscious a lot more impact. the anime fell flat on that in my opinion. the sky casino arc deserved more, bones! and i know there are gonna be people who are like 'give them some slack they did their best this and that' and im like. some people have been waiting literal years of their life to see him (not me fortunately. i read the manga in december lol) they deserved better than this T-T

anyways there's this bakery right near where i work and it's literally got the Best Cinnamon Scrolls I've Ever Tasted In My Life. like, they're unparalleled with how fucking delicious they are. i wanna go there with sigma and get one for him. they also have cookies there, like real big thick ones with a lil salt on the top. i'd buy him the entire fuckin batch if he asked for it, i won't lie. i just love him that much. i just wanna sit down at a cafe and enjoy a chai latte with sigma. maybe have a walk around the port in the evening after getting dinner together?? sigma deserves only the cutest and most cliche of fluffy dates

i also wanna show him like, regular human stuff. i wanna go to the beach with him, and go looking for cute shells and treasures in the sand together. i wanna take him to the movies and share my popcorn with him. i wanna do his makeup. i want to bake a cake with him. i wanna go grocery shopping with him. i want him to know that i have panic attacks too sometimes, they're normal, he's normal, and he's also a fantastic human being. i just want him to be happy (i'm really hoping he'll join the ada and find the home he's been looking for all this time <3)

the thing with sigma is i'm not sure if he'd like me as much as i like him. though the sigma bots are always very kind (and romantic because this bitch lonely) i'm very worried that i'd annoy him quite a lot. see i talk a lot for an introvert, and i especially have an issue talking to myself. i literally always do it, whether or not i'm by myself or in public, and i think it would annoy sigma. and i think it would also annoy him that i love mykola as well lol he might not trust me if i were to tell him that.

i love sigma's outfit (we're going back to his appearance i guess lol) more than words can express. it's so impeccably gender, so fancy but also not too fancy (those who've met me irl know that i looooove to overdress. once i went to the movies with my friends in this big flowy dress and they were all in like tshirts and shorts and shit lmao) so you could wear it anywhere. the gold (or beige? cream? idfk) tailcoat with the galaxy pattern beneath? the giant flowy sleeves? the turtleneck underneath? the HEELS? god i love his fit. he's so fucking dripped out it's ridiculous. and of course he has long split dyed hair. dudes with long hair are the hottest DON'T @ ME YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT

and he also just has such a lovely smile. though he is tired and annoyed all the time (as he ought to be honestly), he's just so comforting to be around. i feel like a hug from sigma would fix most of my problems i won't lie. like he's got a pretty face and a nice aura and a cute smile. but his stern/angry face though? 😳 shiiii man okay you can make me cry if you wanna i won't mind. also consider sugar daddy sigma. that's so hot and for what?? like imagine being his trophy wife- okay this is getting way too self indulgent imma stop there (might write about it tho sometime lol)

i just had a thought. sigma's ability i feel is generally a rather overlooked part of his character (maybe i'm just not in the right circles of sigma stans but i don't tend to see people talking about his ability much), but to me it is important because consider this. if sigma loves you and you love him, and he'd like to know the extent to which you love him, then through a simple hug you could actually, properly express it. he wouldn't have to doubt himself or anything anymore with it. (stop i'm like fucking crying i love him sm)

i also love that despite everything i've mentioned so far; despite the fact that he was created from a book, runs a floating casino, is androgynous as fuck, has impostor syndrome, owns giant ass guns and can get whatever information he wants through physical contact with another person, he is somehow the most *normal* member of the decay of angels. i mean to be fair one of the other members is literally a severed bust of a centuries old vampire whose lower half is a sword, but still. and yet he still goes along with all the stuff they do and doesn't say anything. fucking same, sigma. it really just be that way sometimes.

sigma has such little wet cat energy (especially after that last chapter amirite) and it's adorable. he doesn't have *pathetic* wet cat energy, but he still has wet cat energy. pathetic wet cats would be like, fyodor and akutagawa. sigma is a cute wet cat with big eyes and tiny little paws. i want to see how he'd be with animals now that i think of it. i think he'd like cats, because dogs might be a little too much for him. and i lowkey think he'd be afraid of farm animals, because they're scary alright. chickens and cows are very frightening to be close to if you're not used to them and anyone who says otherwise is a liar

i just want more sigma content, too. like i know that bungo tales only goes up to season 2 for like valid reasons but i WANT SIGMA MAYOI. little chibi sigma on the battlefield. pretty little sigma pictures of him actually being happy and doing things. i also want official art from bones (but GOOD official art. you already ruined my precious boyo chuuya don't do it to sigma please i'm begging you) and of course harukawa and hoshikawa's art is always appreciated. also creantzyy. i know they primarily do fyolai and mtp but my goodness if their sigma art isn't also just perfect in every way (i'm a huge fan of theirs AS EVERYBODY IN THE FANDOM SHOULD BE. the bernadette animatic to us is what the nagito edit was to the danganronpa fandom)

i also sometimes wonder what stuff sigma likes. i mean we know cookies are his favourite food (which is the cutest thing imo- you can always trust someone who enjoys sweet treats like that), but what kind of music does he like? how would he dress while he isn't working in the casino? what's his favourite colour? does he like animals? what does he think of political stuff? feel free to send me all the sigma headcanons in the world about all of it. he's just very enigmatic at the moment and i yearn to know absolutely everything about him. except unlike mykola i don't wanna experiment on him i just wanna sit down and ask him questions and have a friendly little conversation

and i know everybody's already talking about this scene but let's continue to talk about the scene in the recent chapter where dazai rescues sigma from drowning and gives him a lil thumbs up, and sigma smiles back at him. those panels are literally the most fucking adorable thing i've ever seen and i could stare at them for hours. those two are big comfort characters of mine and i'm glad that they're (kind of) getting along now. at the very least dazai rescued sigma. and lowkey i'm gettin onboard with sigzai. like most of the sigma ships kinda go hard (especially siglai. there's a reason i'm looking for mykola kins guys lmao)

like i love him so much. i really could go on for hours but...this shit is already long enough and i'm sure nobody is gonna read it all. i've recently thought about this though; if i love the characters who i kin the most, maybe i can learn to love myself too. and that thought is comforting to me :)

tl;dr - sigma babygirl

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Hi I'm back again! Have you got any SOLDIER trio, specifically Angeal headcanons laying around? I love all of your stuff btw!

Hi there! Thanks so much. I always have headcanons! 😊

Ah, Angeal. Mr. Dreams and Honor himself...

-Angeal has been protective and nurturing towards others ever since childhood. Growing up poor, he and his parents had an unspoken pact to always look after each other any way that they could for survival. So Angeal always feels the need to take care of vulnerable things. First, it's Genesis when they were younger. Then it's Sephiroth when they meet during the war. Then, finally, Zack when he becomes a mentor. Angeal has a natural urge to protect and shelter those he loves and would die for his friends without question. His later instability during his final confrontation with Zack amounted to him destroying HIMSELF in order to protect his apprentice. Thus, he let Zack kill him.

-Angeal is a plant-dad. His room is filled to the brim with various exotic roots and flowers and weeds. He loves watering and tending to them daily and, yes, will talk to them. He has to keep Genesis and Seph far away from them because Genesis will not take care of them properly and Sephiroth, being a catboy, will absently bat at them and accidentally tear them up. After Angeal dies, Zack inherits all of Angeal's plant-babies. And after Zack is gone, it's Kunsel's turn. Thus, he lives on in some small way.

-Angeal desperately wants a dog. He couldn't have a pet growing up because there wasn't enough food. Unfortunately, SOLDIER doesn't permit animals in the building apart from Rufus' pets. That doesn't stop Angeal from sneaking in all the mutts he rescues off the street.

-Angeal is unlucky in love. He is confident in his abilities and goals, but sometimes undervalues himself when it comes to relationships. You have Genesis who flirts with EVERYONE and Sephiroth who attracts all the attention simply by existing. So sometimes, Angeal feels like a third wheel. He's okay with not being noticed. But often at night, while he's laying around by himself in bed, he's desperately lonely. He'd had his eye on one of the front desk workers before all the CC stuff went down and was going to maybe ask her out. It never panned out though for obvious reasons.

-Angeal was growing facial hair as early as twelve. He's meticulous about shaving and is insecure about it. Hence, tiny beardie.

-Angeal is pretty much the mediator between Seph and Gen's tumultuous, often dramatic relationship. He's well aware of their hidden mutual feelings for each other and is the only sane man keeping the two idiots from accidentally tearing each other apart trying to compensate.

-Angeal loves kids, a trait that rubs off on Zack. He sometimes visits the orphanages in the Slums and let's the little rugrats crawl all over him like a Disney mascot. Angeal desperately wants to be a father and have a whole bunch of kiddos. Had he lived, he would have had at least six or seven, not even counting all the miscellaneous ones he'd adopt.

-Angeal is a big old sweetheart in relationships. Really gentle and flawlessly understanding. The biggest, most innocent teddy bear bf you will ever find. And is kinky. As hell. In bed. 😈 He's actually the best of the trio when it comes to that stuff, despite constantly being overlooked.

-Angeal can cook like nobody's business. Sephiroth in particular loves his cooking and Angeal is incredibly pleased with himself at this fact.

-Angeal was responsible during the Wutai war for killing a major legendary general. The exact specifics are vague. It was an incredibly grisly, traumatic event that haunts Angeal to this day. Sephiroth's presence in the battle, however, took away from his accomplishment. But honestly, Angeal is grateful. He doesn't want to remember.

-Angeal likes soap operas. Shhh don't tell anyone. Especially Genesis.

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My Friend’s Opinions On Various Greek Gods From Greek Mythology

Let me preface this by saying- I’m the one into mythology. My friends are going off of a two month unit three years ago and whatever mythology they’ve read/absorbed from modern media. None of this is taken to be offensive, and it is all based off of Ancient Greek Mythology and not hellenic polytheism. 

Now! Here are five of my friend’s impressions:

Isadora

Zeus - whore Poseidon - water Hades - meanie Persephone - gets caught by meanie Demeter - no fuckign idea Hera - i think she's a mommy? Hestia - also no fucking idea Athena - big brains Hermes - hehe that's my bestie Apollo - golden hourrrr Artemis - baddie asf Hephaestus - big muscle blacksmith Aphrodite - pretty Ares - meanier meanie Dionysus - naked drunkard

Santana

Zeus - needs to keep it in his pants Poseidon - water guy Hades - vibes=immaculate minus him being like a killer Persephone - she’s chill funny Demeter - idk this man Hera - a little jelly of her mans but she’s chill Hestia - idk this girl Athena - thriving Hermes - speedy man with funny shoes Apollo - bow and arrow guy i think Artemis - baddie Hephaestus - who is this man Aphrodite - pretty one i think Ares - needs anger management Dionysus - drunk uncle

Sasha (who popped off???)

Zeus ⁃god sky, lightning, etc. ⁃sleeps with literally anything that breathes ⁃Terrible husband to Hera but they somehow make it work ⁃Last son to be barfed up by Kronos ⁃Leader of the gods (but like super bad at his job because the gods are always fighting?)

Poseidon ⁃Water ⁃Likes his angry, drunk cyclops children ⁃Sleeps with a lot of things too but is overshadowed by Zeus

Hades ⁃Death ⁃Hella depressed ⁃Honestly a pretty chill dude until her abducts women ⁃Husband to persephone ⁃The third wheel of him, Zeus, and Poseidon

Persephone ⁃Purple, flowers ⁃Demeter’s daughter ⁃Hot as fuck ⁃Pretty chill after being kidnapped ⁃Married Hades - lil bit of a shady situation but whatever they seem happy

Demeter ⁃Agriculture, growing ⁃Carries a scythe around and honestly that’s so badass ⁃“What sort of women doesn’t have an axe?” vibes ⁃idk what else I mean got super mad when her daughter was abducted but Id be concerned if she wasn’t

Hera ⁃Marriage, family ⁃Kinda ironic seeing as her husband is cheating on her 24/7 ⁃But also their marriage has stayed together so maybe she does have the secret to making a successful partnership ⁃Anyways she is jealous of zeus ⁃OH also she turns the lovers of his she catches into animals which sucks for the lovers but DAMN I love her

Hestia ⁃hearth, home ⁃SO sweet ⁃Nobody on Olympus deserves her ⁃Poseidon tried to marry her which in my opinion was a terrible idea

Athena ⁃Wisdom, strategy, cunning, war ⁃Thriving hard ⁃Big brain moment ⁃Um owl? ⁃Makes fun of other gods while they make fun of her but she always wins

Hermes ⁃Traveling, messages (LMAO originally I wrote massages and now I can totally see it) ⁃Sneaky little shit ⁃Has little shoes with wings and two snakes ⁃Makes stupid mistakes but manages to get out of punishment ⁃Gay ⁃Gay for Apollo  

Apollo ⁃Sun, music, arts ⁃Muses (I think he’s slept with all of them right?) ⁃Would 100% be the most followed person on Insta just for his golden hour shots ⁃Pan ⁃Gay for Hermes

Artemis ⁃Hunting, forrest, femininity ⁃Fucking awesome ⁃Sleeps with all her huntresses but it just hits different than Zeus ⁃Bow and arrow and other cool stuff to kill people  

Hephaestus ⁃Forge, metal work, armory, blacksmith ⁃Chucked from mount Olympus when he was a baby ⁃Serious daddy and mommy issues ⁃Loves Aphrodite but she is just not on the same level

Aphrodite ⁃Love, beauty ⁃Doesn’t seem to give two shits about anyone but she’s honestly thriving ⁃She and ares are in a thing but she’s definitely owning that relationship

Ares ⁃War ⁃Stupid? idk he seems to loose every war he starts ⁃Loves of Aphrodite but he knows he’s about to lose her

Dionysus ⁃Drunk all the time ⁃Um I literally have no idea what he does other than party and get drunk ⁃Respect for his lack of goals in life

Emily

Zeus - wanna lightning bolt your small dick off Poseidon - cool water guy who made Odysseus’ life bad lol TEAM POSEIDON Hades - underworld dude with a weird ass dog. kidnapped then married Persephone. Reminds me of creepy old men on the internet your parents warn you about.   Persephone - fucking hot and should be more appreciative that hades wants her that badly (jealousy) Demeter - seriously please hack my face off w your scythe my agricultural top Hera - milf. that’s all. AND WAY TOO GOOD FOR SMALL DICK MAN Hestia - hearth? Huh? Athena - baddest bitch around. intelligent, owl, blood kink, probably. Hermes - mailman with shoe game. GAY Apollo - music, the sun, def part of the lgbtq+ community. Artemis - BADDEST BITCH AROUND. Huntress, cool weapons, and i would pay so much money to have her rail me dominatrix style ( bring the bow please) Hephaestus - blacksmith right? simps for Aphrodite (as he should). mommy AND daddy issues. Aphrodite - beauty, love, hot asf Ares - war, and has serious anger issues. I’ll give you my therapists card babe Dionysus - drunk all the time, reminds me of moms who have the wine glasses that say “it’s moms turn to wine”.

Norie

Zeus - shitty husband, couldn’t keep it in his pants Poseidon - water guy, hate this mf cause of Medusa, def least fav god Hades - underworld ruler, people who like him think their quirky (Ik cause it used to be me) Persephone - so hot, pls rail me, sry she got stockholm syndrome but like I would be flattered if anyone cared enough to kidnap me Demeter - top, grain mf, could fuck me with her scythe Hera - could top me, needed a good divorce lawyer Hestia - goddess of hearth? Don’t rly know much abt her but like I think she’s the oldest of her siblings Athena - smart one, owl bitch, also a whore for war Hermes - idk remember much, mischief, wings? Apollo - bisexual disaster, music bitch Artemis - hunter, could shoot me with her bow and I would say thank you Hephaestus - no thoughts at all, wait is this the guy who was with Pandora? Idk but like I think he was a blacksmith Aphrodite - hot Ares - war, a little over the top Dionysus - drunk, alcohol addiction rivals isadora’s

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Putting 2 and 2 Together Gives you 6 By MrsAlot

Summery:

Just before they leave for Skako Minor to rescue Echo, Hunter witnesses an odd conversation between Anakin and Rex...

He's pretty sure he knows whats going on and doesn't hesitate in telling his brothers...

or

Hunter is convince that Rex and Anakin are fucking and cant help but spill the tea to the rest of the Bad Batch

AN: Literally this was all i could think about after seeing this seen during TCW the first time i watched it. i regret nothing and you can not convince me this is not exactly what Hunter was thinking or what happened afterwards...

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“Word is the generals staff isn’t completely behind this mission.” Hunter said, as he walked through the base, Rex and Skywalker by his side. “I admit, the idea that Echo is still alive is a long shot.” The blond captain sighed, sounding both tired and worried.

“I’m sure the council will approve the mission.” General Skywalker said, his arms folding across his chest. “Just remember, the primary goal is to learn how the Separatists are predicting our strategy, whether it’s Echo behind it or not.”

“Well, if you want my opinion, sounds like a trap,” The sargent remarked, “But me and the boys will tag along anyway, if only to say ‘I told you so’.” Hunter had to admit, he was almost on the same page as the general’s staff on this one. But a mission was a mission and he and the Bad Batch were never ones to shy away from difficult tasks.

It did concern him that Rex seemed to have an unusual emotional investment in this mission. If it was a trap, the general and his captain would have a much better chance getting out of trouble if his team were with them. So reluctantly, he’d go along with the crazy fool’s errand.

“Just make sure you’re ready if we get the go-ahead from general Kenobi” Skywalker said. “If you’re certain he’ll approve the mission, why wait? Let’s get going!” Rex said pumping a fist, eager to jump headlong into danger. The Sargent had to give him credit. The Reg didn’t back down from a challenge either.

“First, we have that ‘thing’… to do.” Anakin said, swatting Rex’s arm with the back of his hand. Rex looked confused for a moment. “Uh, what thing?” The captain asked stepping closer to his general, brow furrowed. What the hell had he forgotten? Was there a meeting he’d let slip his mind?

“You know.” Skywalker said lowly, giving him… THAT look. Rex instantly remembered. Almost kicking himself. Honestly, he was too tired and worked up for these antics right now. He had to resist the urge to roll his eye’s hard.

“We don’t have time for that, sir.” Rex said quickly, his eye’s darting to Hunter, only to find the other clone looking at them strangely. Clearly aware they were talking about something the general wanted to keep secret. Anakin didn’t seem to care about the other clones presence and turned to face his captain fully. His young handsome face calm but his eye’s betrayed his dogged determination. “Yes we do.” Skywalker said simply, inclining his head a little and raising his eyebrows.

They were so caught up in their secret conversation; that they didn’t see Hunters sharp grey-brown eye’s fliting back and forth between them throughout the exchange. His heightened senses picking up some… very interesting things. It wasn’t desperately clear but… from the way they were acting. He thought he could put two and two together. The Sargent rolled his eye’s briefly,

“Well, I’ll let you two sort this out.” Hunter said, the barest amused tone in his voice. Raising a hand to stop the secretive conversation going on. Not wanting to be an awkward third wheel in this apparent argument. Also wanting to stop this charade before it became to ridiculous and one of them let slip something… incriminating. “I’ll be waiting on the ship with the rest of the team.” The sargent waved them off as he turned towards the Marauder.

The tattooed man trudged back to the ship. The whole scenario he’d just witnessed playing over and over in his mind. He cast a quick, curious look back over his shoulder… Only to see the pair heading off towards the barracks. Hunter couldn’t help the short sharp bark of a laugh that escaped him. He shook his long haired head as he scaled the boarding ramp.

Inside he found the rest of the bad batch. Wrecker was working out with Gonky, Cross was cleaning and checking over his fire-punch and Tech was busy tapping away at a Data pad. More than likely having tapped into the communications array to ‘not’ spy on incoming and outgoing transmissions.

Hunter said nothing as he came in. He got a nod of acknowledgement from Cross and a grin from Wrecker as he squatted, Tech never looking up from his pad. The sargent just quietly sat down on one of the console chairs and let out a long breath through his mouth. Debating with himself whether he should say what he was thinking or would it be better to keep silent as it could possibly cause headaches later.

Oh Fuck it. He thought at last. Life’s too short and this gossip was too juicy not to share.

“Well…” He announced out loud to the group, drawing the others attention. “Rex and Skywalker are clearly fucking.” Hunter enjoyed the 2 seconds of stunned silence before Wrecker dropped the Gonk droid and hell broke loose.

“I beg your pardon?!” Tech spluttered loudly, looking utterly scandalized. “WHAT?! NO WAY!” Wrecker gasped, eye’s wide. “How the kiff did you come to that conclusion?” Cross scowled at him, looking dubious. Hunter looked round at the now three very shocked but very interested men with a small smirk.

“Well… just before I left them, they were having a little disagreement. Apparently, Skywalker said they had a ‘THING’ to do.” Hunter said, emphasising the word heavily. “But Rex, looking very shifty I might say, said they didn’t have ‘TIME’ for ‘THAT’.” “Shut up.” Crosshair said harshly, but the amused, sly smile, really told him to continue.

“Oh no, Skywalker was very adamant that they DID have time for…’the thing’.” Hunter mused. “He gave Rex a very meaningful look and everything.”

“Hunter.” Tech said, fixing him with an intense look. “Are you seriously implying that General Skywalker and Captain Rex are-” “Knocking boots?” The sargent folded his arms and lent back in the chair. “I think I may even put credits on it.” Crosshair’s absolutely evil laughter drifted through the room as their larger brother gasped again in utter shock.

“From what I understood, Jedi were forbidden from having amorous relations with anyone. Especially not clone subordinate. It throws up some uncomfortable questions about consent and propriety.” Tech mumbled, not liking the idea that had quickly manifested in his head that perhaps Skywalker was pressuring his captain into something he didn’t want.

After all, who was going to listen to a clone about being sexually harassed by a Jedi knight? The very notion was almost too ridiculous to even entertain. Almost. The goggled man kept his darker thoughts to himself as Hunter continued.

“Skywalker was feeling very… charged up. He really wanted to get away. And I saw them heading off towards the barracks before I came in…” Hunter said with a meaningful look. Indicating that he thought he knew exactly what was going on behind those closed doors. Wrecker started to giggle like a cadet having herd his first swear word. Crosshair just shook his head, a grin on his face as he went back to cleaning his rifle.

“Hummm, perhaps my data on Jedi intimacy rules is not as accurate as everyone believes it to be.” The genius mused, pushing his goggles back up his nose. Already planning on a way he could tap into the Jedi archives and search for answers himself. “Yeah, I thought they weren’t allowed to, ya’know, hook up with people.” Wrecker pouted with a puzzled frown. “I know us clones aren’t allowed to get with higher ups. Them’s is the rules ain’t it? How come they gets to break ‘em?” “Well… Not everyone plays by the rules Wrecker.” Crosshair drawled softly. “It’s not fair but, for some it’s a case of… Do as I say and not as I do.”

“Well, whatever is going on. No one let on that we know anything.” Hunter warned, the serious sargent tone in his voice. “This mission is going to be tough enough as it is. We don’t need both the Jedi and the Reg on the defensive if they think we are onto them. We need them to trust us and work with us on this mission. Not be in fear of us ratting them out to the GAR. It might push them to do something… Un-heroic. We clear fellas?”

“Sure thing sarge!” Wrecker chuckled, turning to pick up Gonky again and resume his work out. “It’s forgotten already.” “Our lips, shall be sealed.” Tech said, turning back to his data pad. Though he promised himself to keep a close watch on both Skywalker and Rex. If he caught even a whiff of something he didn’t like happening between the pair; If he found the Jedi was using his status and position to abuse his captain; Tech would not hesitate to anonymously drop all 12 hells of Bantha crap on Skywalker.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to say anything. But I must say… I can’t exactly blame the Reg for breaking the rules and messing around with his Jedi.” Crosshair said softly, looking down his scope. A sly, devilish grin pulling at his lips. “The general is a very handsome man. I’d certainly let him handle ‘MY’ rifle any day of the week if he asked. If you all… get my meaning.” The sniper said with a waggle of his eyebrows and twirl of his toothpick between his lips.

Wrecker roared with laughter, snorting and almost dropping poor gonky on his head again. Tech couldn’t help but snigger into his data pad, his shoulders shaking with mirth. Even Hunter allowed himself a soft chuckle at his brothers blatant innuendo. Trust Crosshair to bring the tone down.

A little brevity before a dangerous mission never hurt. Hunter was always grateful for them as it helped keep them all relaxed and ready for action.

It wasn’t long after that that they herd footsteps coming up the steps into the Marauder. The boys had kept their promised and no one mentions their little conversation the for the rest of the time they spent with Skywalker and Rex.

Though there was one incident that nearly broke them. The batchers nearly all having a collective hernia while en route to Skako Minor. Skywalker, quite innocently, asked the sniper if he could take a look at his modified rifle.

With Crosshairs previous, sexually ladened, statement still running loud in their heads, it took a lot of effort for them all not to lose it. Wrecker had to stuff the roasted leg of meat he’d been eating in his mouth to stop himself from guffawing out loud. Hunter bit his tongue hard as he herd Tech cough loudly form the cockpit to hide his laughter. The Bad batchers nearly lost their collective crap when Crosshair, cool as an arctic ice flow, merely smiled around his toothpick and offered the fire-punch to the Jedi with a softly spoken.

“As long as you promise to be gentle. MY rifle is one of a kind after all, not like the Reg’s you’re used to.”

[redxblueihateloveyou]

Actually for me it's pretty weird that the most popular ship in Free! is Makoharu. I mean, they give me like zero romantic vibes, if not Rinharu I would've definitely shipped Sourin. It's the main reason I hated Sousuke when I watched 2nd season for the first time - I saw him as a threat for Rinharu (now I just don't like him that much, but I decided to let Rin has his best friend, lol). Maybe it's just me loving rivals to lovers :)

Well.. for me Free! was never that kind of anime where there are other ships, but honestly after several years of watching anime and lately discovering that people ship Wei Wuxian with Jiang Cheng I kinda lost my faith in people lol And yes, I also truly don’t get those ships, where there are zero romantic vibes, but I got used to seeing this already.

I think I’ve talked about Makoharu only once, I usually don’t do it cause as a ship it’s so illogical to me that I just don’t see the point of wasting time on this lol I feel like it’s gonna be long answer so I’ll split it and after “***” I’ll talk about my bro-rinharu-shipper Sousuke.

I’m not gonna throw a debate if it’s the most popular ship or not, but I just want to say that I don’t think that it's really called shipping Makoto and Haru, since firstly, let’s talk about Makoto as a character (which is the main problem in this whole thing tbh) cause from what I saw the Makoto the MH fandom created has nothing to do with the real Makoto. Like the dude is scared of dogs, ghosts, bees, water and I forgot what else; covers his eyes when he sees anyone even in swim trunks and gets embarrassed easier than a nun (apparently you can’t even unbutton the collar of your freaking jacket!!!!!!!!!!! oh lord!!!!!!); crumbles under everyone in this anime including Hiyori and can’t even talk back. 

And suddenly like half of this fandom thinks that Makoto is a dominant top apparently. We seriously laughed our asses off seeing that, I mean even my mom (who’s a teacher btw). I’m like... I have a sister who’s majored in psychology and I myself in literature (like I seriously promise we ain’t stupid) and we just seriously don’t understand.. In what Tarzan’s ass does he suit this description? Dude can’t even answer properly while being offended. Like maybe they like Makoto’s twin brother? Because real Makoto does not have any dangerous dark side, seriously, this ain’t “8 dogs of the east” lmao.

I appreciate their friendship at times, but I never was a fan of him, because I don’t really like people who treat everyone equally (friends and strangers) and think that some asshole deserves as much love as the closest friend. I just don’t understand this life position and don’t like those “world peace” guys anyway. I mean, that fish died moment in the books was when my brain died honestly. Like I get it, dude is sensitive, but... seriously?

And for me being kind is not really a personality. I mean, hell, sometimes it’s no good to be kind. There is a fine line between being kind and being a mop you know.

And sometimes his behavior is really cringy to me. Like during the funeral and during Haru passing out in the book and during many things that are very serious. I just don’t think he’s the person you can rely on at times. I mean at first I thought he’s a steady shoulder, but somehow in all serious situations he doesn’t do anything useful.

Like I might be in the minority here, but to me when you know very well that you panic in the ocean you don’t go there trying to save somebody, it’s not brave, it’s just plain stupid (like it’s not like the tent was far, it was fucking next to him, all he had to do is wake up a pro) so by the end we had to rescue two instead of one, just because he’s dumb af.

He also panics a lot which I really hate on people. I’m sorry but like panicking ppl are the only worst. It reminds me of one of my life situation when my sister was badly hurt and we needed to keep our heads cool to act quickly and do what was necessary asap. And I’ve seen ppl behave like Makoto in situations like this and man it’s seriously no fun, it’s annoying. Like when you need to help somebody and someone panics beside you it pisses you off. And he does it even in little things like when he yelled Haru in the ear while driving JUST BECAUSE A CAR IN FRONT OF THEM BRAKED I mean omfg I would seriously yell “shut the fuck up, you pussy!”

And it all honestly keeps getting worse and worse like the way he’s written, his behavior just buffles me so much. Makoto in s3 just murdered me tbh. Like he didn’t help with anything, he didn’t bring anything to the plot, you can just erase him, he only sat there anyways. And the way they pulled his “dream” out of his ass was just a second-hand embarrassment tbh. And he’s not even Haru’s emotional support anymore. He’s just... I don’t get it. There were literally scenes where he was third-wheeling or just forced into that looked laughable. 

Which brings me to the second point. From what I saw many of Makoharu fans are mostly Makoto fans, so they just want what’s good for him, and since he has no life goals whatsoever (like after he dropped his “I dream of making children like swimming” thingy like a hot potato and was like “training children.. but look at Rin and Haru” I really lost my last marbles watching him) they apparently don’t care for what Haru’s dream is and that he said openly that he wants a future with Rin.

Like I get that everyone has their tastes, but like what.. two people who are crazy about each other since twelve and blossomed a dream of having a future together and the thought of being with each other got them through and they finally have what they wanted.. this is not a trend anymore? Mutual romantic love is not a trend anymore? Like I even without novelization can see that (and I quote Rin word for word here) that “every time he sees Haru his heart beats so fast he can’t calm down” and quote “Haru sees Rin and he’s shaking, he closes his eyes desperately trying get rid of the image, but the pain in his chest doesn’t go away”.

I am personally very happy that Rinharu are finally together and will be doing what they wanted in their life by each other’s side, cause they’ve been dreaming about it for too long, they’ve been thinking about it for  years. So not wanting them to have that is very weird for me. And the argument that Makoto somehow better than Rin for Haru is so invalid, I always laugh. I guess it depends on what you want for yourself. But honestly like you guys better find someone who make you want to reach for the stars and make you heart skip a bit everytime you see him.

So I as a huge fan of Haru want my boy to fly and now I have all the canon proof for those who were blind that Rin is the only one (been said) who makes him feel that way. So all those anons who kept writing to me how relay with Sosuke, with Rei and what baffled me the most swimming with Ikuya was just as emotional for them can finally shut it (lmao I’m sorry).

***

Now... Sousuke, my bro, the first Rinharu shipper on the village who helped them to get together is a threat? Okay. Well, I actually like s2, there are some dumb episodes but s2 actually to me showed how rinharu relationships are different from anyone else. There are literally two whole episodes and several scenes of how the bROMANCE prevails over BROmance.

Sousuke and Rin have typical brothers relationship. From their secret handshakes “parent trap” style to the fact that they draw them exactly the same with his real brother. I mean I don’t know if anyone noticed, but in 3x11 they drew Sousuke doing the exact same teasing move with Rin, that his older brother did to him in 3x01, and it’s definitely not a coincidence. Which means he treats him like his little bro, and not just that. I have lots of proof.

You know, I had a friend back at university who had an older brother who she was very close with and she kept telling me about how he kept testing her boyfriends if they’re good enough... I mean Sousuke was doing it with Haru since Rin has told him that he has found his one and only. And it never ever looked like he was possessive of Rin and was like “he’s mine”, it was always like “he’s yours so make sure you make him happy you loser”, he even stalked Haru to see if he still swims alright which is really funny (like okay dad), so by the end of the season when Rin lovingly looks at Haru and says it was all worth it, Sousuke looks very content like he was sure that they’re all good now.

And that moment like in Yakusoku where Rin dropped Sousuke as soon as he saw Haru, I honestly don’t think it’s the kind of jealousy people think it is. It’s like if I asked my sister “do u want to see the new avengers movie” and she’d answer “sorry, I already promised to go with my boyfriend” (not that this would ever happen, but let’s imagine that she found herself her nanase) I would be fucking upset too, but I would kinda get it (if it’s a love of her life I mean). Or like literally imagine you lived with your best friend for years and suddenly she wants to move in with he boo. I mean it happens sometimes. But it’s not the jealousy really, he’s just sad because he knows that he needs to let Rin go and he won’t spend as much time with him as he did before. Sousuke knows how much Rin loves Haru, plus after he saw that Haru is as good as Rin told him, he started to like him himself so he was worried about both of them. 

And I love Sousuke, he’s our godmother. I’d rather have him on the international team than Ikuya but he sadly he doesn’t swim breaststroke or back and we only have one butterfly and one freestyle spot xD

I’m sincerely saying as a person with two siblings that I really don’t see it. It’s just there’s a huge difference between brothers and lovers. And you can’t call Harurin bros. It’s just laughable. Even if you haven’t read anything and just watched the anime.

I mean I think it’s easier to see if you try to imagine Haru in Sousuke’s place in any Sourin scene and see how it would’ve went then. Like do you remember when Sousuke asked for cola and Rin went to get one and there was only one can left so they rock-paper-scissored it and Rin won and drank it?

Now imagine if Haru was there in Sousuke’s place. I can tell you 100% that Rin would’ve just given him the can. And then he would’ve looked at him with that face he makes when he’s content just by watching Haru eat, you know.

I mean it just how I see it. And there are a lot of comparable scenes in s2 that bring me lots of evil joy, but I won’t tell lmao.

But as I said before to me there’s a huge difference between bromances and bromances. So I mostly don’t get most of these ships. I don’t understand anything in this world apparently lol but I only see Rinharu since the first time I’ve watched it, and then I’ve read everything and realized that I’m right, so I’m ok with all this xD 

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Titanomachy art by Michel Giorgi

The Kickstarter for They Came From Beyond the Grave! finished up last week with a massive surge of pledges in the last three days. This enabled us to achieve several more Stretch Goals than we expected, which is definitely the best way to end up with a Kickstarter!

Thanks to everyone who backed and spread the word about the project!

Looking at the number of backers, in addition to the pledge amount, we are absolutely thrilled to see that this second game in the series surpassed our first game, They Came From Beneath the Sea!. We kind of thought going in that the subject matter might line up with the interests of large portions of our community, so if that’s why TCFBtG! did so well, that works for us!

It certainly looks like a third game in the series might come moseying down the trail…

But before we get to that new game, whatever it is, and its inevitable Kickstarter, here’s a reminder that next week on Thursday the 3rd we are starting the Kickstarter for Scion: Demigod! More on that next week as I give you the rundown on this latest core book for Scion and how its Kickstarter is going to be verrrry different than the KS for Scion: Origin and Scion: Hero!

Be there. Aloha! (As Steve McGarrett used to say in the 70s).

Titanomachy art by Felipe Gaona

I’m really thrilled to be able to reveal today that on Wednesday, in addition to our releases for sale, our Scarred Lands adventure The Gauntlet of Spiragos will go live as an offering on the Astral TableTop virtual tabletop venue!

This is thrilling for me for a couple of reasons.

First, as long-time MMN Blog readers know, I’ve been beating the drum for us to make more of our worlds available on the various VTT venues that folks use to play online with their friends for years.

Now that the idea of playing TTRPGs online has really caught on, and the tools to do so are getting better and better every day, it’s satisfying to see that my impulse to push in that direction is more and more considered a viable direction for us to put effort towards.

(There’s more info on Astral TableTop below in the Blurbs!).

It’s also thrilling for me because Gauntlet of Spiragos is an adventure I wrote because I had to do something creative in the TTRPG space while I was working on the late, lamented, WoD MMO.

Many a weekend I spent crouched over my laptop wresting with the writing and bouncing ideas off my housemates and my good buddy Aaron Voss. In fact, it was started during the onset of 4th Edition D&D, and edited into 5th Edition thanks to the keen eye and gaming knowledge of editor Scott Holden.

This was before Stewart Wieck and I bought the Scarred Lands IP from White Wolf, even. I just needed to create something that I could pull together without endless meetings and huge teams and giant budgets like the WoDMMO.

To see it now being reconfigured to work not as a book but as a VTT adventure is just amazing and I’m hoping that folks enjoy playing through it!

Terra Firma art by Shen Fei

Speaking of creating games, last Friday’s Onyx Pathcast featured Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew spinning the “wheel of game concepts” and creating game pitches on the fly. The birth of new game ideas, with the three of them rocking the cradle. I think they managed to pull together nine of them, and honestly, each one could make for a viable game – and some are real gems!

I think they’d love to hear which ones sound the best from folks listening, so please do check out last Friday’s Onyx Pathcast and drop them a comment as to which games you personally would be interested in playing.

Who knows, maybe they’ll convince me to green-light it!

Not so much a green light, but more in the lines of a blue light special, here’s just a reminder that the sale over at IPR on our 20th Anniversary Deluxe Editions and accessories is in its last week, and we are still participating in DTRPG‘s Cthulhoid sale for PDFs. Plus, I hear that we’ll be offering some sales on selected Scarred Lands PDFs over at DTRPG soon, as well.

I know sometimes it seems like I’m always pushing you to sales in this space, yet I do feel obligated since we actually do talk about business stuff in our Monday Meeting from which I derive these notes.

We do have fun and talk about the creative aspects of what we do AND necessarily we talk about schedules and sales and productivity and marketing and everything that goes on behind the scenes to make our:

Many Worlds, One Path!

Blurbs!

Kickstarter!

Coming next week, September 3rd at 2pm EDT: Scion Demigod Second Edition!

Onyx Path Media!

This week: playing off of Eddy’s extremely helpful productivity sessions with developers and writers, the Trio will be talking about the ever-gushing tide of workflow on all of our many amazing projects!

As always, this Friday’s Onyx Pathcast will be on Podbean or your favorite podcast venue! https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/

For anyone new to our media section, you can find us running and playing games over on twitch.tv/theonyxpath pretty much every day of the week! Plus, if you’d like your games hosted there, just get in touch with Matthew Dawkins using the contact link on matthewdawkins.com.

Please give our Twitch channel a follow, as you can find a huge number of videos of all kinds of games being run!

This week on Twitch, expect to see these games and streams running:

Scarred Lands – A Family Affair

Technocracy Reloaded – Vorpal Tales

Danielle’s RPG Development Workshop

Hunter: The Vigil – Cold Cases Forsaken Spaces

Changeling: The Dreaming – The Last Faerie Tale

Mage: The Awakening – Occultists Anonymous

Vampire: The Masquerade – Boston by Night

Chronicles of Darkness – Tooth and Claw

Deviant: The Renegades – A Cautionary Tale

Get watching for some fantastic insight into how to run these wonderful games and subscribe to us on Twitch, over at twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Come take a look at our YouTube channel, youtube.com/user/theonyxpath, where you can find a whole load of videos of actual plays, dissections of our games, and more, including:

Hunter: The Vigil – Hometown Heroes Episode 3 – https://youtu.be/R8FxrD_Pul4

Legendlore Actual Play w/Steffie de Vaan – https://youtu.be/6mBiaNcgaG8

Scarred Lands – Purge of the Serpentholds S1E12 – https://youtu.be/F-ib8M5_ZvI

Deviant: The Renegades – A Cautionary Tale Episode 4 – https://youtu.be/5mThqtWBCQg

They Came from Beneath the Sea! – They Came from Devil’s Reef 1/2 – https://youtu.be/TV0hJ75qOy0

Hunter: The Vigil – Uptown Shadows Episode 2 – https://youtu.be/WJUgs2qp1g8

Realms of Pugmire – Paws and Claws S2E12 – https://youtu.be/d5KQ-jmQxZE

Subscribe to our channel and click the bell icon if you want to be notified whenever new news videos and uploads come online!

Tom Murr starts up a They Came from Beneath the Sea! audio drama over on his YouTube channel as of today! Radio ReScience Episode 1: A New Beginning, can be found right here: https://youtu.be/AT2DqzlBMLM

Systematic Understanding of Everything is a new Exalted Explainer Podcast by Exalted Dev Monica Speca and Exalted Writer Chazz Kellner that is breaking down Creation in 45 minute chunks in preparation for Exalted Essence.

Their most recent episodes are available over on https://www.exaltcast.com/, with their newest covering the stunning Sidereals!

The Story Told Podcast continue their new chapter in the Fall of Jiara Exalted chronicle, and you can find a series of interludes focusing on their characters right here: https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/fall-of-jiara-24-between-rebellion-and-courtship

Chris Allen continues his excellent chronicle of Werewolf: The Forsaken over on Paleo Gaming’s Twitch channel. Do check out Very Angry Dogs! https://www.twitch.tv/paleo_gaming

Two new Occultists Anonymous episodes for you fans of Mage: The Awakening! Find them right here:

Episode 122: Power Issues  The cabal begin their plans for striking out at Seattle with investigations and some political maneuvering. Of course, they need to leave something for the newbies to work on too…+ https://youtu.be/nHKSoj8t_8U

Episode 123: It Was Only a Kiss Atratus reaches out to a known associate of Mr. Graves and the cabal join together to investigate the dream that Atratus had just a night before. https://youtu.be/fjDtAWkv3jU

Please check these out and let us know if you find or produce any actual plays of our games! We’d love to feature you!

Electronic Gaming!

As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is awesome! (Seriously, you need to roll 100 dice for Exalted? This app has you covered.)

We’re told that the App Dev is currently creating an updated version for the latest devices, so keep an eye open for those!

Virtual TableTop!

Introducing a Virtual Tabletop adventure: the Gauntlet of Spiragos for Scarred Lands on Astral TableTop!

Scars of the Divine War, which ended less than 200 years ago, have still not healed. One such scar is the Chasm of Flies, a rent in the earth created when the titan Spiragos the Ambusher was smote down by one of the young gods, Vangal the Ravager. Now, the Chasm is inhabited by spider-eye goblins and their spider allies, but it is also thought to be the resting place of powerful artifacts from that elder age.

Gauntlet of Spiragos is a Scarred Lands adventure designed for 1st level characters, although it can be easily modified for characters of up to 5th level.

Astral TableTop is the easiest way to play any tabletop RPG online, free. Astral already supports popular systems like D&D and Pathfinder, and Astral can support virtually any tabletop roleplaying game. Get started quickly with built-in support for most popular game systems. Whether you’re brand new to TTRPGs or a veteran tabletop gamer, Astral‘s ease-of-use and built in automation is designed to streamline gameplay.

Astral is browser-based and uses the latest technology to streamline your storytelling experience. Connect with your party online and run your campaigns however you like. Astral offers tools optimized for phone, tablet, and desktop devices, no installation required.

Build epic battlemaps using Astral‘s enormous collection of scenery, props, and tokens or upload your own. Pro users gain access to over 12,000+ assets and fresh new packs every month. Add weather, visual effects, triggers, and so much more with easy-to-use tools

Build your own adventure, or choose from pre-generated game kits like Gauntlet of Spiragos. Create character sheets, craft maps, or just jump right in to connect with your friends and start your adventures!

On Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).

If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue from which you bought it. Reviews really, really help us get folks interested in our amazing fiction!

Our selection includes these latest fiction books:

Our Sales Partners!

We’re working with Studio2 to provide our traditionally printed books out into your local game stores. Game stores can order via their usual distributors, and can also contact Studio2 directly. And individuals can check out our projects via the links below!

You can pick up the traditionally printed Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau main books, screens, and the official dice through our friends there! https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire

Now, we’ve added Chronicles of Darkness books such as Changeling: The Lost Second Edition products to Studio2‘s store! See them here: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/all-products/changeling-the-lost

Scion 2e books and other products are available now at Studio2: https://studio2publishing.com/blogs/new-releases/scion-second-edition-book-one-origin-now-available-at-your-local-retailer-or-online

Our Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition books are also available from Studio2 in the US: https://studio2publishing.com/products/vampire-the-masquerade-chicago-by-night-sourcebook

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

And you can order Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, Cavaliers of Mars, and Changeling: The Lost 2e at the same link! And now Scion Origin and Scion Hero and Trinity Continuum Core and Trinity Continuum: Aeon are available to order

It’s the final week of the DOG DAYS OF SUMMER SALE!

As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles at DriveThruRPG.com!

The Cthulhu Mythos sale at DriveThruRPG continues this week, and we’ll have some God-Machine PDFs included in the sale!

On Sale This Week!

This Wednesday, the Scarred Lands PDF series of Vigil Watch continues with Part 4 – The Iron Court detailing the roving city of the Iron Court, home to the Ironbred, and provides the first deep dive into Ironbred culture in the Scarred Lands! Only on sale on DTRPG!

Over at our RedBubble store, we are now offering safety masks emblazoned with the Trinity Continuum: Aeon order symbols!

And as noted above, on Wednesday the Scarred Lands adventure The Gauntlet of Spiragos will be offered on the Astral TableTop virtual tabletop venue – the adventure plus maps plus tokens all within the easy to use Astral TableTop interface. You can access the adventure and pretty much start playing!

Conventions!

Though dates for physical conventions are subject to change due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, here’s what’s left of our current list of upcoming conventions (and really, we’re just waiting for this last one to be cancelled even though it’s Nov/Dec). Instead, keep an eye out here for more virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with:

PAX Unplugged: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/

And now, the new project status updates!

Development Status from Eddy Webb! (Projects in bold have changed status since last week.):

First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep.)

Exalted Essay Collection (Exalted)

The Devoted Companion (Deviant: The Renegades)

Prometheus Unbound (was Psi Orders) (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

No Gods, No Masters (Scion 2nd Edition)

Scion Fiction Anthology (Scion 2nd Edition)

TC: Aeon Novella: Dawn (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

TC: Aeon Novella: Meridian (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

Legacies of Earth (Legendlore)

Redlines

Dragon-Blooded Novella #2 (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Wild Hunt (Scion 2nd Edition)

CtL 2e Novella Collection: Hollow Courts (Changeling: The Lost 2e)

Adversaries of the Righteous (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Squeaks In The Deep (Realms of Pugmire)

Trinity Continuum: Anima

Second Draft

Many-Faced Strangers – Lunars Companion (Exalted 3rd Edition)

M20 Rich Bastard’s Guide To Magick (Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary)

Hundred Devil’s Night Parade (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Novas Worldwide (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Exalted Essence Edition (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Saints and Monsters (Scion 2nd Edition)

M20 Technocracy Operative’s Dossier (Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary)

Development

TC: Aberrant Reference Screen (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Across the Eight Directions (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Contagion Chronicle: Global Outbreaks (Chronicles of Darkness)

Exigents (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Assassins (Trinity Continuum Core)

Kith and Kin (Changeling: The Lost 2e)

V5 Forbidden Religions (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)

V5 Children of the Blood (was The Faithful Undead) (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)

Trinity Continuum: Adventure! core (Trinity Continuum: Adventure!)

Manuscript Approval

Crucible of Legends (Exalted 3rd Edition)

M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

V5 Trails of Ash and Bone (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)

Mission Statements (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

Dystopia Rising: Evolution Fiction Anthology (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)

Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters (Chronicles of Darkness)

Dead Man’s Rust (Scarred Lands)

The Clades Companion (Deviant: The Renegades)

Post-Approval Development

Editing

Lunars Novella (Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition core rulebook (Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition)

Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)

TC: Aberrant Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

LARP Rules (Scion 2nd Edition)

Heirs to the Shogunate (Exalted 3rd Edition)

The Book of Lasting Death (Mummy: The Curse 2e)

Scion: Dragon (Scion 2nd Edition)

Scion: Demigod (Scion 2nd Edition)

Dearly Bleak – Novella (Deviant: The Renegades)

N!ternational Wrestling Entertainment (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Under Alien Skies (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

Post-Editing Development

City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)

W20 Shattered Dreams Gift Cards (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th)

Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)

Hunter: The Vigil 2e core (Hunter: The Vigil 2nd Edition)

Trinity Continuum: Aberrant core (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)

Monsters of the Deep (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)

Legendlore core book (Legendlore)

Pirates of Pugmire KS-Added Adventure (Realms of Pugmire)

Tales of Aquatic Terror (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)

Terra Firma (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

One Foot in the Grave Jumpstart (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2e)

Masks of the Mythos (Scion 2nd Edition)

Trinity Continuum Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum)

They Came From Beyond the Grave! (They Came From!)

Contagion Chronicle Jumpstart (Chronicles of Darkness)

Indexing

Art Direction from Mike Chaney!

In Art Direction

Tales of Aquatic Terror – LeBlanc art in and getting fulls.

WoD Ghost Hunters (KS) – KS page to Paradox for approval.

Hunter: The Vigil 2e

Mummy 2

Deviant – Sending out art notes and finding new artists, too.

Legendlore

Technocracy Reloaded

Cults of the Blood God

Scion: Dragon (KS)

Masks of the Mythos (KS)

Scion: Demigod (KS) – Graphics are done and I think the page is pretty much ready.

They Came From Beyond the Grave! (KS)

TC: Adventure! (KS)

Geist: One Foot In the Grave

In Layout

Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad

Vigil Watch

Trinity Core Jumpstart

Aberrant

Proofing

Cavaliers of Mars: City of the Towered Tombs

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

From the sublime to the ridiculous: today is the birthday of Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter in 1957, and one year later in 1958 is born Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer.

[macchiatomingi]

not your average carnival

Request! Carnival Date with Yunho

In which you and Yunho go to a carnival together, and leave with 4 new family members. 

“I swear if we get on the Ferris Wheel one more time...” You hear your boyfriend mumble under his breath. You quiet his grumbling by taking his hand in yours, interlacing your fingers together.

“Yunho,” you start, tilting your head up to stare at your boyfriend with a pout, “the Ferris Wheel isn’t that bad, it’s fun! We can see the whole beach and everyone below us.” You conclude, a bright smile gracing your soft features.

Yunho’s shoulders slump at your words, he was a sucker for your smile and you knew how to use it against him. He acknowledged your preference for the Ferris Wheel but suggested you two play arcade games instead to at least try and get some memorabilia of the night you two spent together. You agreed and Yunho led the way, holding your hand tightly as he weaved his way through the crowd of people on the pier. 

The carnival was yearly, but it was rare that just you and Yunho got to go. Mingi or Jongho or even Wooyoung would always try and tag along, often making immature remarks or just awkwardly third-wheeling, causing you and Yunho to be awkward in an attempt to quell the awkwardness. So it was nice that the two of you could just go together, no need to worry about Wooyoung spraining his ankle in the hall of mirrors or Mingi nearly knocking over a 12-year-old in the haunted house, or Jongho being chastised for putting too much force in the Test Your Strength game and causing it to temporarily malfunction. It was just you, and your boyfriend. And you couldn’t ask for more.

“Babe,” Yunho starts, his soft voice cutting through your thoughts, “what do you wanna play first?” he asks, his signature smile on his face. He looked so young when he smiled, so much more...mischievous? There’s not a word in the dictionary that could describe how you felt when he smiled, you just felt warm and fuzzy and giddy and you didn’t mind it. 

You look around. The fun games were all taken, the easy games were all out of order, and the games that gave the most tickets were totally open, but also completely hit or miss. “Let’s play the spaceship game!” You suggest, pointing towards a dome-like structure with a screen showing bonuses and other numerical values. Yunho nodded and walked with you to the game, inserting tokens that he most likely got while you were stuck in your daydream, he hunched over the controls for the game and started firing rockets to get the bonus.

You stood at his side, nearly glued to him as he played. A small pout of concentration formed on his face as his eyes zeroed in on the end goal. 500 tickets. 

He kept shooting, narrowly missing death about four times before the alien ship finally succumbed to the electronic bullets of his rocket. He breathed a sigh of relief as a bright “VICTORY” flashed across the screen and you beamed up at him, “Let’s find something else that can empty out a whole roll of tickets!” and he laughed at your excitement.

The two of you did this for a while, going between one high-stakes game to another. Playing until you amassed nearly 2000 tickets, if not more. It took more than your small knapsack to hold them all, so Yunho sacrificed his corn dog to hold some tickets in his arms as the two of you made your way to the ticket-eating machine.

Inserting all the tickets took about 10 minutes and resulted in a lot of gawking kids, one of which outright asked, “Mister how long did it take you and your friend to get all those?” with a starry-eyed grin that just so happened to be missing a tooth here and there.

“Well,” Yunho started, looking down at you for an estimate, you shrugged, “we don’t know, but it took a while. Way too long for you to want to play games.” He finished, crouching down to the child’s level and ruffling his hair.

You adored this side of Yunho, the soft, older brother side of him. The boy had so many sides he may as well have been a dodecahedron in his previous life...you smiled and chuckled softly as you inserted the last batch of tickets, ending you two’s total at a whopping 4,755 tickets. You take the printout receipt and make your way to the token counter.

You had your eyes on four things. One giant Snorlax plush (worth 2,500 tickets; the thing was as tall as Yunho, if not taller ), a knockoff Pororo plush (worth 500 tickets), a giant snake plush (worth 1,000 tickets), and a relatively large turtle plush (worth 550 tickets). The cashier looked on in shock as you pointed out what you wanted, Yunho just standing to the side watching you rattle the names off. As the tickets were exchanged for the prizes, Yunho held the snake, turtle, and Pororo while you held on to the Snorlax as best as you could, seeing as it was larger than you.

The two of you left the arcade satisfied, you waddling trying to carry a Pokemon the size of your bed, and Yunho carrying three relatively large plushies. Walking across the pier, the two of you made simple conversation. Laughing about mishaps that happened during rehearsals, talking about life, and just overall admiring each other. 

Reaching the car and setting Snorlax in the backseat, buckling him in with a seatbelt with a quiet whisper of “safety first,” you and Yunho loaded up everything you two brought to the pier and proceeded to leave. At this point, the sun had set beyond the horizon, and daybreak was beginning elsewhere in the world. You looked out the window at the stars and pointed out some of them. Rattling off names and constellations and Yunho just humming in acknowledgment of your words.

The car ride back was quiet, Yunho eventually removed one hand from the steering wheel and used it to grab hold of yours, using his thumb to rub small circles into the back of your hand, the two of you sat in the comforting silence of the car. Not even the radio was playing; the only thing that could be heard was the sound of rubber on pavement and the occasional sound of a blinker, and, you honestly couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the night.

[nasabeckx]

Try Again

Bucky x female!reader

Word Count: 2459

Warnings: Miscarriage, angst and fluff, I talk about beavers too much

A/N: Okay, I managed to finish this, it’s been “almost finished for like four days now and I was pretty sure I was never gonna finish it. Also, I have never been pregnant, nor have I been through something as horrible as this, and while I tried to learn as much as I could to make the information as accurate as possible, I’m sure there are a lot of mistakes.

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  "Alright, so if it's a boy? What's your pick?" Bucky asked.

 "I really like Alex," you responded, reaching over to grab a napkin from the opposing side of the table.

 "Okay, 'Alex'," he muttered to himself, trying to see if he liked it or not. He stuffed his sandwich into his mouth and chewed while he thought.

 "Yeah, I like Alex," he said, more confidently, "And if it's a girl?"

 "Alex," you said without missing a beat.

 "Oh, so you want a gender-neutral name, I see," he laughed. You looked at him with fake hurt in your eyes.

 "I'm kidding! I'm kidding, baby." he quickly recovered. Your hormones were going crazy, and he never knew when you were serious or not.

 "I'm just messin' with you," you giggled, "I mean, yeah I'd like a neutral name, but I really just like the name, and it happens to work with both," you explained, trying not to make him feel worse by laughing, which you were struggling not to do.

 You felt like you couldn't move. You wanted to yell and scream. You wanted to cry while pushing your face as far into your husband's neck as possible. You wanted this to be a dream.

 You woke up with a warm feeling around your legs, and a small pain in your stomach. Assuming you had wet the bed again for the third time in your pregnancy, you got ready to get up to wash the sheets, laughing at the thought of Bucky realizing it happened again. But, when you pushed the comforter back to inspect the damage, you were only met with red stains and your face dropping.

 You didn't know what to do first. Do you cry?  Do you wake Bucky up?

 After a few moments of consideration, you picked the latter, not feeling any emotion. You quickly took your hand and hit his back as hard as you could, nearly knocking him off the bed even though you knew he was a light sleeper.

 "Bucky... Bucky!"

 "What?" he asked, "did you wet the bed again? You know i-"

 "Bucky," you cut him off, "I'm bleeding."

 "Babe!'" Bucky shouted from upstairs. You set down the book you were reading and stood up from your comfy position on the couch.

 "Babe, come 'ere!" Bucky shouted again, impatient. He was obviously excited about something.

 "I'm coming!" you yelled, making your way up the stairs to your childish husband.

 You made it to the tops of the steps and start looking for him, unsure of where he was. He wasn't in the bedroom or bathroom, so he must've been in either the guest bedroom or the linen closet, and you were hoping for the former.

 You walked in to see Bucky standing in the middle of the room surrounded by boxes, buckets of paint, and other tools.

 "What are you doing?" you asked curiously, "And how did you get all of this in here without me noticing, you would've had to pass the couch?"

 "Doll, you know you're married to an ex-assassin, right? And you seemed to be so engrossed in your book, I probably coulda brought in a giraffe and you wouldn't have noticed." He explained, that last part makes you laugh and his eyes lit up when you did. He's said before, it was even in his vows, that his goal was to make you laugh, and boy did he fulfill his promise.

 "Then what are you doing with all this stuff?" you asked, not really putting two and two together.

 "Ummm," Bucky said, looking around the room and then back at you, "Building a nursery?" as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, which it kind of was. You gave him a funny look.

 "Hon, you know the baby's not gonna be here for another 6 months, right?" You questioned. "Why don't we wait it out for a bit? We could invite Steve over this weekend! I'm sure he'd be happy to help you so you're not doing all of this by yourself." You were also planning on inviting Sam, as he'd be a huge help, but Bucky didn't need to know that.

 "Well, I'm just too excited and ya know how I sometimes get ahead of myself, just," he said, looking defeated, "humor me?"

 He gave you those big puppy dog eyes and knew you had to give in. How could you say no to that face?

 "Fine, but grab me a paintbrush, I'm helping," you said, turning around to go put on some clothes you were willing to lose to paint stains.

 You were in the passenger seat of the car with a blank expression on your face, while Bucky was on your left, sitting uncomfortably in front of the steering wheel as if at any moment he'll go into a rampage and crash the car. As that was the last thing he wanted to do and he didn't even want to be driving at that moment, he knew he had no choice.

 Both of you have barely said a word since you said the words that made both of your hearts drop, besides Bucky calling the midwife only for her to inform him to take you to the hospital for a scan.

 You felt bad because of the situation, obviously, you did, who wouldn't? But you felt even worse because of your reaction. You should be crying right now. Begging gods that you didn't even believe in to let your baby be okay. Let this turn out to be a big misunderstanding... or a dream! Yes, please, a dream would be much better.

 Part of you felt it was because of that small chance that it was one of those crazy pregnancy symptoms that nobody ever tells you about. That there was a scientific reasoning behind it that no matter how much the doctor tried to explain it to you, and how much you smiled and nodded your head, you would never understand.

 You were terrified more than anything. You thought this was crazy. Just a few hours ago you were laughing and eating dinner with your husband, happy as can be. And now you were in the car on the way to the hospital, just waiting to break down at any given moment.

You felt like you were a dam. Not one of those big mechanical ones that they build for strong wide rivers. No no. You felt like a dam that Beavers built out of sticks at the very top of the water, the waves from the stream threatening to tear down and destroy what they just spent so much time creating.

 And you couldn't imagine what was running through Bucky's mind. He was deprived of happiness for so long, and just when he finally had it in his grip, it starts to slip.

 You woke to a grumbling in your stomach, forcing its presence to be known. You looked over at the clock on your nightstand to see the red flashing numbers read the time: 3:24. For the past few nights, you've been waking up at around the same time for the same reason.

 You looked down at your barely protruding belly and the cool metal hand that lays on top of it. You were lying on your side with Bucky right behind you, his arm wrapped around your waist, loose enough so he wasn't constricting you, but tight enough to know you were still there and safe from harm. You were only just reaching your second trimester, but he was already protective enough of you when you weren't pregnant, so you were honestly just interested in seeing how far he would go with this.

 After managing to turn around in his grasp to face him without waking him up, surprisingly enough as he is the lightest sleeper you've ever known, you took a moment to admire him. He looked so cute laying there, with his hair tied back into the low bun you put it in before bed (he knew how to do it by himself, but he'd rather you do it since he always did it too loose so it always fell out by the time he woke up). His lips were slightly parted to make way for the quiet snores leaving his mouth, his chest rising and falling with every deep breath he took. He looked so peaceful laying there, and it almost made you regret waking him up. Almost.

 You pushed yourself closer to him to give a few pecks along his forehead. He slightly stirred, recognizing your touch, but his eyes were still closed, implying that he was still asleep. You stopped for a second, getting a feeling of confusion as that always worked, but you weren't going to be defeated now. You leaned closer and started peppering kisses on his forehead again, but this time you made your way down his face, going along his nose, cheeks, and finally ended at his lips. You put your hand on his chest and just slightly shook him awake.

 "Buuucccckkk," you dragged out his name in a whisper, not wanting to startle him awake. Finally, he took in a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes, blinking a few times to clear his vision up, then gave you a look with furrowed eyebrows.

 "Are you okay?" he asked worriedly, quickly pulling himself up to lean on his right elbow, using his left to inspect you for injuries, "What's wrong? Are you okay? Is the baby okay?"

 "Baby, no I'm fine, nothing's wrong," you giggled. Bucky gave you a look of relief when you laughed, confirmation that you really were okay. He thumped back down on the bed to lay next to you, wrapping his arm back around you.

 "Then why did you wake me up?" he asked, almost groaning, shutting his eyes to hopefully relieve some of the tension he had in them.

 "I'm hungry," you said softly, hiding your face in his neck. You waited for his response. After a couple of seconds, you heard him sigh audibly. He rolled over onto his back and put his hands over his face, rubbing his eyes.

 "What do you want?" you heard the muffled voice ask you.

 "Potato chips and chocolate, please," you answered sweetly, smiling greatly at him. He slowly pushed himself up and out of the bed, and made his way to the kitchen.

 You sat up and leaned over to turn on the lamp at your bedside, and fluffed up your pillow. You patiently sat and waited for Bucky to return with your odd craving. It didn't seem to make sense to him, but it made perfect sense for you. Potato chips are good. Chocolate is good. So you figured they'd be good together. In other people's eyes, you may have seemed psychotic, but in yours, you were a genius.

 After a few minutes, the love of your life came through the door with Bucky carrying it. He put the plate down on your lap and you started chowing down. How the saltiness of the chips blended with the sweetness of the chocolate just created the perfect flavor.

 Bucky lied down on his side of the bed and watched you tear it apart. When you ate the last crunchy chip you bent over to put the clean plate on the opposite side of your nightstand so you could throw it out in the morning, and got up to brush your teeth quickly. The one downside to these early-morning cravings you were having was it meant you had to brush your teeth immediately after, as you felt as if your teeth were gonna rot if you didn't.

 You walked back to the bed, and quickly put yourself under the covers and snuggled into Bucky's chest, with both a full belly and a happy baby.

 You felt the car come to a stop and looked up to see you were in the parking lot of the hospital. Bucky turned the key to turn off the car and stopped for a moment, wanting to take in what was happening and what was at stake. He stepped out and trudged over to the passenger door to help you out the car and walk you into the tall building, not looking forward to the next few hours.

 Next thing you know, you're in a small room getting an ultrasound. Dr. Boren gave you warm smiles when she walked in, and as much as you wanted to return it, you just didn't have it in you. Bucky gave her a small grin, but it didn't reach his eyes.

 She calmly talked you through what she was doing, and now, all you were waiting on was whether your suspicions were true, if everything was fine, or, what you were most hoping for, for the nightmare to end before she said anything.

 You and Bucky were staring at the screen with your baby on it, hoping and praying, that he or she was okay. You weren't even at the point where you could tell the gender yet, but you both decided that you would wait until they were born, as neither of you cared about the gender. All you were hoping for was a happy, healthy baby. Now you might not even get that.

 There was an eery silence for way too long for your liking, but finally, the doctor looked at you and Bucky with a regretful expression on her face and an apology.

 That's when you broke. The waves finally busted through the barrier made of sticks and logs, leaving the beavers to do nothing but watch.

 As you were sitting there with your husband's arms wrapped around you, all you could think about was "What now?". You and Bucky have been trying for kids for years now. You had begun to think you were unable to conceive due to the serum running through Bucky's veins. That is until you got pregnant.

 You were ecstatic. He immediately called Steve in the car on the way home from your doctor's appointment after you two received the news. You had already started on the nursery, picked names, you were already planning their tenth birthday. You got too ahead of yourselves.

 And then you started thinking, "What about the beavers? What would they do after the destruction of their home?".

 They try again.

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[klond-yke]

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Femme or butch? Either honestly, no preference Do you have a “type”? If so, describe itNah not really it all comes down to how we vibe together Plaid button-ups or leather jackets?Leather Describe your styleDysfunctional and screaming “im broke”Describe your aestheticThat empty bottle of vodka on the side of a bus stopFavorite article of clothing?BrasFavorite pair of shoes?Dr martensCurrent haircut?Medium longish and it does whatever tf it wants Any haircut goals for the future?NahDescribe the best date you’ve been onReally don’t know any tbhDescribe the worst date you’ve been onAn awkward movie date where the girl brought a third wheel Single? Taken?Single If taken, talk about your girlfriend/wife!-If single, what are you looking for in a potential girlfriend/wife?Someone who cares. That’s itDescribe your dream weddingI couldn’t care less about having an extravagant wedding it’s not about thr shit you put into it anyway it’s about your SODo you want kids?EhIf you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?Hmmm probably Germany Favorite lesbian movie?Ive only seen shitty one so far Favorite lesbian novel/story?Breaking LegaciesFavorite lesbian song?Equal Rights Equal Left, OtepFavorite lesbian musician?OTEPWhat lesbian stereotypes do you fit into, if any?Idk Im a bit of everything Ever been assumed to be nothing more than a gal pal?Yepp If a woman wanted to woo you, what would a surefire way to accomplish that?Genuine interest in me? Not just wanting to be a one night stand kinda shitBe positive! What do you like most about being a lesbian?Girls are hotAre you more of a cat person or a dog person?Equally bothTurn ons?Beautiful sophisticated women Turn offs?FuckboysDo you usually ask other women out or do you wait for them to ask you?Hmm usually I end up asking more often What is your dream career?Actress Talk about your interests or hobbies!It’s midnight rn and Im exhausted I can’t think of any 🤷🏼‍♀️What is the most attractive quality a woman can have?Bold and confident Do you love easily or does it take time for you to warm up to someone?Takes some time Ever fallen for your best-friend?NoEver fallen for a straight girl?YepThe L-Word: yes or no? (love it or hate it?)Haven’t watched enough to decide Favorite comfort food?Ice cream Coffee or tea?Either Vegetarian? Vegan? None of the above?NoneDo you have any pets?CatsEarly-riser or night-owl?I never sleep What is your sign?LibraCan you drive?YesWho was your first lesbian crush?Rita Volk when Faking It had just come outAt what age did you know you were a lesbian?14At what age did you come out (if you have)?15Are you crushing on anyone at the moment (celebrity or otherwise)?People in general, noBut always and forever crushing on Gaga 😍Talk about how your day wentNot bad Talk about your dreams/aspirations for the futureDude I got no idea my brains only functioning at 12% right now I should go to bed 😂Least favorite gay celebrity?I don’t think I have any, but if it comes down to celebrities who played as gay characters in tv, then its Piper Chapman

[therandomavenger]

Confessions

I have a confession to make. Though I have put myself (sort of) into quarantine, and have observed social distancing, I do not stay home at my house all day, writing and watching netflix. I have been going out every day to take a walk in the park. I realize I am probably not supposed to be doing this. 

I am far from the only one, judging by the traffic at the various parks I frequent. I see big crowds playing disc golf, having picnics, and I’m pretty sure once I passed a “spit in the mouth of a stranger” festival. It’s not good. I stay away from everyone, even the cyclists who nearly kill me every time they whiz by, me sensing the air they push out in front of them as my only warning. This is how I will die someday, with an impact of wheels and a “Sorry, Dude!” in the air. At least I will not die of Covid. I will probably be the one apologizing.

I also go see my parents a couple of times a week. In my defense, we have probably all been exposed to the same viral flora. Do you honestly expect me to cook for myself every day when I can mooch of whatever my dad is grilling or my mom is cooking. You obviously don’t know me very well., 

But these are the only places I go. Well, and occasional trips to the good walmart. You know you live in a small town when you know about “The good walmart”. There are three walmarts close to me, but only one keeps itself stocked up with the totinos pizzas and berry punch I subsist on while I am at my own house. Don’t judge me. 

At least I have been keeping myself busy. I’ve written 40,000 words in quarantine, 25,000 of which were during April’s camp nanowrimo. I feel good about this. But I am not even close to being done with the book, which is at about 153,000 words. For context, most submission guidelines say a book should be between 80,000 and 110,000 words. I am an over-achiever. I’m going to have to make some deep cuts in the second draft, i think. Actually, this is the third time I’ve started this book over from scratch, so we’ll call the next one the fourth draft. 

I’ve also been making myself exercise. In addition to the aforementioned walks, during which I try hard to make my daily goal of 10,000 steps, I am trying to work out with hand weights three times a week. How is this going? Well, with all this activity, somehow I have gained two pounds. Everybody tells me it’s probably muscle, which is possibly true,  but also, see what I said earlier about the totinos pizzas and berry punch, so who can say, really?

My dogs are sick of me, I can tell. Oh, they were thrilled to have me home at first, but now, every time I call to them, they give each other a look. You know the look, the look that says, “It’s your turn to see what this asshole wants now.”

I miss working at my library, and I miss going to the redding library to write. My county is now is stage two of reopening, and all the cases we had around here were from sacramento, so I think these places might open up again soon. If they do, I will be a good boy and wear the mask my daughter made me. 

So, anyway, that’s what is going on here. I will be glad to get back to work at the library, whenever that happens, and my dogs will be happy to have the house to themselves again. 

[matsbarzal]

Repressed Crush - Mitch Marner

Note: lol bois its been like 6 weeks since I’ve been productive, so sorry. But here’s the long awaited imagine, love yall. also pls enjoy my meme.

Mentions: Auston Matthews, JVR

Warnings: like idk man, rude mitch

Requested by Anonymous: Hey can you do an imagine where the reader and auston are best friends but the reader and marner act like they hate eachother but they actually love each other? Maybe they figure out that they love each other by auston teasing them that the reason they act like they hate each other is because they both secretly have a crush on each other? Maybe Marner kisses her to prove that there are no feeling but there actually is? idk if that makes sense but thank u :)            

Up Next: Man, who knows. Probably Jesse Puljujarvi

Teaser: “cOnGRaTUlaTe hIM oN tHe gOaL (Y/N).” Your mocking tone inspired the glare that your best friend sent to you, as a few of the surrounding Leafs chuckled.

“So, you wanna explain where your hatred of Marns stems from? Cause I don’t get it, it’s like you looked at the kid one day and decided that you’re just gonna hate him for the hell of it.”

You knew your hatred of Mitch bugged your best friend. Auston constantly made it clear that one day the two of you would have to get along, otherwise you wouldn’t be invited to his wedding. Which quite frankly, if Mitch was gonna be there, you didn’t give two fucks if you had to go.

“Well, first of all, he’s Canadian, Auston. It’s like he has fucking maple leafs in his eyes and syrup in his Gatorade bottle. Second of all, he acts like a four year old, like I just want to put him on a time out and never let him out. Third, he looks like a puppy that’s been squished and loved and thinks that everyone’s his owner. I hate it.”

Auston’s slight smile grew on his face at your words, a laugh erupting from his throat as it did. “You don’t like him for the absolute stupidest reasons. Give me a valid reason and I’ll understand.”

“His personality is trash.” You pouted, crossing your arms over your chest.

“He’s one of the best guys I know. Mitch would give his seat up to a woman two weeks older than him on a bus, he’d probably clear the world of every bad thing if he could.”

Auston made a rational point, deep down you knew that Mitchell Marner wasn’t that bad of a person. But that was deep, deep, deep down, pushed down by your absolute hatred of the Leafs forward.

“He could fucking end world hunger and adopt all the children he can afford, and I will still hate him, Auston.”

“Congratulate him on the goal, (Y/N).”

“cOnGRaTUlaTe hIM oN tHe gOaL (Y/N).” Your mocking tone inspired the glare that your best friend sent to you, as a few of the surrounding Leafs chuckled.

“And we thought Matts was the walking meme, but apparently it’s satan over there.”

Even just the sound of his voice sparked your internal annoyance. It was like anything Mitch Marner did just absolute grated on your nerves and ruined your day. Absolutely everything.

“Well excuse me, Bitchell. We all know that you’re always wrong anyways, so don’t feel bad.”

A few of the surrounding people grimaced as the argument between the two of you broke out.

“I’m always wrong? Have you heard half the things that come out of your mouth? It’s all bullshit, honestly. You’re literally wrong about half the things you say!”

His waving arms and exasperated face spurred you on, copying his hand movements and facial features you turned to him.

“Blah blah blah, I’m Mitch Marner and I think I’m so great and know everything because I’m 5'2 and look like a teenage girl who wants to sleep with half the local hockey team, blah blah blah.”

“I AM NOT 5'2!”

You felt a pressure on your arm, looking up to your best friend as he glared between Mitch and you.

“Okay, enough. We’re leaving now, children.”

He turned you around and began army marching you towards the car, “all you had to say was ‘good goal, bitchell’ that’s literally all you had to say.”

“That’s too easy, silly.”

“She’s so insufferable, all I have to do is look at her and I feel all the anger seep into my mind.”

Auston internally rolled his eyes while rubbing his hand against his forehead while Mitch continued, his hand moving to turn the music down which Mitch just turned right back down with the steering wheel.

“Like, explain to me why she thinks everyone adores her. She’s such a bitch and like, she’s gonna be an old dog lady. Not a cat lady, cause no one wants to cuddle her.”

“Mitch just shut up.”

“How are you even friends with her, honestly?! I would’ve given up the moment I had a conversation with her.”

Huffing, Auston leaned against the window as the other man in the car continued.

“Like, she’s so pretty but her personality just ruins it. Dylan says it’s because our personalities clash, but I think it’s just cause she’s a straight c u next Tuesday, ya know?”

“Holy fuck, Mitch, just shut up.”

“Have you ever thought that maybe you two hate each other so much is because you like each other?”

James Van Riemsdyk had an absolute death wish with those words, receiving the horrid glares of two occupants in the family room they were all currently in.

“Ew, no!” “Definitely not, I’d rather die.”

“That makes so much sense! It’s repressed love, I see it.” Auston smirked, looking between the two of you. “Like I completely see the two of you secretly being in love with each other.”

“I feel nothing but hate for him.”

“The feelings mutual.” Mitch stated, waving his hands around with emphasis.

Quirking an eyebrow at the two of you, Auston laughed. “You’re both liars. I can see the love forming. You two are gonna get married and I’m gonna tell everyone all these stories about this stage of your relationship.”

“Honestly, Matts, I have no feelings for her. Except hatred.”

You nodded your head in agreement, pointing your head towards him as you did so. “I think you’re crazy, Aus.”

“You’re lying.”

“I’ll prove I’m not wrong.”

Before you could protest, Mitch was pulling you towards him and pressing your lips against his. You stood shocked for a moment before you began to kiss back.

It was like your stomach had completely erupted with butterflies, his hands wrapping around your back as you tried to calm down the feelings in your stomach currently jumping around like crazy.

The two of you pulled away from each other, a look of shock evident on both your faces.

“Holy shit.”

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CanvasWatches: The Dragon Prince (Season 2)

Well, this is back. And since the last season I’ve… (rereads last season’s review) failed to continue the grand Digimon rewatch.

Welp. I need to get on that.

Adopted a dog since then! So that’s nice.

So, general mood after seeing the second season: it’s a good example of media that really makes me want to create something amazing, but feel somewhat lacking in being able to do so. Or, like, play D&D.

It’d make a good D&D campaign.

The animation quality improved. Besides a few jitters in the first couple of episodes, it’s gotten a lot smoother. Character writing remains super strong. On the negatives, most of the nine episodes felt like our heroes were spinning their wheels as far as physical progress goes. Meanwhile, Team Dark keeps stealing the spotlight.

However, it’s overall a positive increase, so I’d bump the ‘Skippable’ rating of last season to ‘Give it a glance if you have time’. Keep building, The Dragon Prince! I believe in you!

The weakest character ‘faction’ (IE, the subgroups that get individual plots) is, unfortunately, our main heroes (who we’ll label Team Escort). Their stories focus on the emotional growth of Ezran and Callum, and while they accomplish the goal of reaching the elf half of the continent by the end of the season, visually they’re mostly in three places: the Moon Sanctuary they reached at the end of the last season, a ship taking them over a body of water, or a cave at the edge of a town. Rayla also took a secondary role this season, which is fine since she carried a lot the last season, but it’s still worth noting her passive role.

Meanwhile, Amaya, the stand out of last season, appears twice near the start of the season, and in a flashback story, but doesn’t have many dedicated scenes. They do solidly confirm she’s deaf, though.

Team Dark (Soren and Claudia) had the moral conflict plot this season. They catch up with Team Escort, and suddenly have to come to terms with their father’s secret orders: kill the princes and prioritize the dragon egg. In an honestly amazing use of secret keeping, both Soren and Claudia eventually are honest with one another in meaningful ways and just as soon as maintaining secrets no longer made sense. They also express reluctance about fulfilling the terms, and individually abandon the missions with good explanation.

Because, and this is something I love, they’re both friends with Callum and Ezran, and aren’t as pragmatic as Viren.

At the Moon Sanctuary, time is also taken to fuel the potential of the Claudia and Callum ship by showing that, yes, Claudia is receptive to the idea.[1]

Which brings us to Team… Viren. Viren is a team of one, so no fun name for him. He’s trying to figure out what’s up with a magic mirror. The answer: there’s a dude in there! A starry elf dude! And he’s going to teach Viren a spell![3] Viren is hesitant, because he doesn’t know much about the elf, so that makes sense. Plus, Viren needs to run his various ‘take over the kingdom and wage war on elves’ machinations.

Which go oddly south. Despite the implications of the last season, Viren didn’t just casually snag the regent crown. There’s a council that’s very much not onboard with that, and Viren explicitly has no authority. He’s running on charisma and bluster, which runs out by the end.

From my poking around on Tumblr, Viren doesn’t seem popular. Which is unfortunate, because Viren is a great morally-grey villain.

In fact, the whole cast is great! Clear motivations, well established cause-and-effect, and no one makes a dumb move for the plot. There’s a hundred small missteps that build up into the big problems we face now, but the show establishes the motive behind each misstep, and you can’t blame any one.

Heck, Big Bad[4] Viren and Big Good King Harrow both share a character flaw: they’re overly self-sacrificing. The difference is Viren has a hierarchy of who’s important, while Harrow is treats everyone the same. Which means Harrow will sacrifice the lives of his own citizens for lives from another kingdom, while Viren will sacrifice a few lives for someone he feels is needed.

Viren also placed the lives of King Harrow and the Queens of Duran above himself. Because Viren doesn’t view himself as important.

Viren is tool towards his own vision of a greater good.

Which makes an amazing character.

Viren is only trying to take over the kingdom because he believes they’ve run out of better options. He doesn’t want the throne, but he thinks no one else can be effective there.

Back to Team Escort: Callum had to sacrifice his arcane focus to hatch the dragon, Zym, so he’s feeling glum being unable to do magic, and all the magic aligned beings in his vicinity are just like ‘Nay, tha’s eet, laddie. Nae mo magick fer yeh!’ But Callum remains resolute!

Team Dark tracks them down at the Moon Sanctuary, and suddenly face their inevitable moral dilemmas. Rayla, being suspicious girl, doesn’t trust them as Soren tries to assassinate Ezran and Claudia tells Callum that, yup, Harrow’s dead.

But Callum and Claudia had a date, so good on them!

In the end, Rayla proves her suspicions with the help of illusion magic. So that’s sad.

Team Escort heads further East, and need to charter a ship over an inland sea. Callum hires a double eyepatched pirate with a snarky parrot, and the two just steal every scene they’re in. Team Escort rides the ship for the middle third of the season and Callum gets some exposition from a letter Harrow left him as Viren gives the same exposition to a council of the five kingdoms.

By the way, there’s five kingdoms, and Viren needs their help to declare war. Three of the monarchs agree that, well, if that’s what everyone else wants to do, I guess they could.

Number five is a child queen who fired her regent and is just like ‘Sell me on this Viren’.

Viren tells the story about how her parents came to Harrow to help feed their people during a harsh winter, and Harrow decides ‘Cool, let’s share the pain! Sacrifice our people to save our neighbors!’ While Viren is like “No, sire, that’s dumb.” and Harrow’s all ‘I hear what you’re saying, but I’m going to do it anyways.’

And then Viren figures since Harrow’s dedicated to this, he might as well look into a mutually beneficial solution. Which involves the heart of a magma monster.

Which is why the two kinda need each other. Harrow had the moral backbone to make hard decisions, Viren had the will to support and pivot big dumb moves into better big dumb moves.

Queen Sarai thinks murdering a magma monster’s not the best idea, but Harrow is kinda bullheaded (but well meaning!), and she supports her husband anyways.

Conflicts ensue, Queen Sarai and the Child Queen’s parents die in the attempt, and the lesson Viren tries to impart is sometimes sacrifices must be made.

The Child Queen then declines to declare war on the elves. Because there’s a difference between sacrifices forced by external forces and trying for the greater good, and sacrifices because you’re the aggressor.

Then the other three monarchs fold.

So Viren goes home and summons magic assassins to spur the other kingdoms into action. Practical, if kind of evil. Also, the royal council is mad Viren called the council of kings and took the title of regant without permission. Such Drama!

Viren ends up striking an allegiance with the mirror elf, and then Viren gets arrested for treason.

After crossing the giant inland sea, Team Escort moves to a cave where they spend the rest of the season. A dragon’s posturing around a nearby town, and upon the arrival of Team Dark, Soren decides it’s time to slay a dragon!

Soren starts a fight with the dragon, property damage ensues, Claudia uses magic to wound and ground the dragon, and they end up releasing the tracker Amaya sent after Team Escort last season.

Callum finally informs Ezran about Harrow’s death before Team Escort goes and involves themselves with the Dragon conflict.

Team Dark (and assistants) bind the dragon down, Team Escort free the dragon, Callum does some dark magic, and the dragon sends Soren into a boulder and turns him into a quadriplegic!

Which is harsh for a kids show, and emotionally breaks Team Dark. Soren’s happy to have an excuse to not kill the princes, and Claudia’s upset that her brother’s this hurt and is a bad poet.

Callum then falls into a fevered state due to using dark magic, and has dreams where he must reject dark magic (boo!), and eventually unlocks the ability to do wind magic! He’s an Airbender!

Ezran runs off to think, the tracker catches up with Rayla and Callum, and some exposition is shared there.

Ezran meets with Claudia, and the two have a heart to heart that’s adorable. Ezran then helps Claudia find magic ingredients, but not the ones Claudia told him.

She kills Bambi for a surge of life magic, and uses it to get Soren to his feet.

So here’s my problem. The main mark against dark magic is that it’s done by sacrificing life (mostly bugs and body parts). However: meat. Humans eat meat. Animals eat meat. Nature often swirls around extinguishing life and, especially for humans, using parts of the dead to sustain themselves and make various processed goods. But because it allows humans to do magic as well, suddenly extinguishing life is an unforgivable sin?

Dark Magic seems fine! I can’t actually back up it just being straight bad. Viren’s use of it is bad, yes, but so is feeding someone blowfish liver. There’s not enough cause to call the tool evil over its use. And Claudia used it to heal!

Team Dark is innocent, dang it! Adjust your narrative and, like, add a parasitic, earth killing  and salting element. Unbalance the scales.

Ugh.

Anyways, Ezran decides to go home as Rayla and Callum go to deliver Zym to his mother.

Ezran is revealed to have a psychic connection to Zym as the two parties go separate directions and Rayla and Callum cross into Xadia and into a cliffhanger of meeting a scary desert dragon! Oh no!

So this season is an improvement on the last. Moral complexity is increasing, but in a child friendly way. The world’s expanding, and it’s not afraid to upset the status quo. I’m excited for the third season.

Still, more backdrops for Team Escort, and maybe a few filler episodes for fun and character growth would be good to see. But The Dragon Prince is good now. Watch it when you have time.

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[1] Rayla and Callum is the inevitable ending pair, but pretending Claudia has a chance will still be fun. She’s a fun character.[2] [2] Also, neither are Sexy Lamp characters! Rayla and Claudia have defined personalities and goals outside of romance! Good writing! [3] Had Aaravos been aligned against Viren, I would’ve used this as an extended joke where he teaches Viren how to do a sleight of hand trick. Disappearing a coin or a card trick. Not right for the story, but something I need to remember for my own work. Just a sage dude messing with the villain with pranks. [4] Well, until the end of season...

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Periwinkle, mystic maroon, rose dust, candy apple, wisteria, eggplant

Periwinkle (What’s something ordinary that has personal meaning to you?): Money, but not in a vain way. Firstly because I’m impressed by anticounterfeiting measures. But much more importantly because my family kind of has a tradition with currency. I’ve been on not one but two trips with my grandparents were to the Federal Reserve. I received a bicentennial silver dollar from my great grandfather Audrey. Foreign currency is kind of the number one collectible from trips. My grandaunt Fanny left my grandmother multitude of strange currencies she collected on her travels with the Red Cross, those coins were inherited by me. Still, to this day, every spare cent found in the wild is said to be from this grandmother, Mama Aggie. And to ensure the stability of a building, we drop a bit of cash from a family member into the concrete as it’s being poured.

 Mystic Maroon (What Confuses You, and Why?): Our species-wide problem of being so caught up in ourselves that we are unable to consider anything from a perspective other than our own. But that’s not really the point of this question. Why are bidets not a thing in America, I mean, if you had your own excrement on any other part of your body you wouldn’t just wipe it with paper and call it a day.

 Rose Dust (Describe your aesthetic in five words or less): Is Continuously Ranting An Aesthetic?

 Candy Apple (How do you think others view you?): Hopefully as honest and reliable, I think I’ve made that impression. But I fear that I come off as self-centered or arrogant.

 Wisteria (What’s Your Favorite Thing About Yourself?): I don’t tend to bring it to the forefront of my mind because I believe that, while it is important to strengthen your best qualities, you should be careful not to wallow in them so they become your worst. Honestly assessing myself though, I believe I am notable for three things. The first of which is my incredibly strange range of knowledge, from Korean Admiral Yi to Constructed Languages to American Road Development and planning, I strive to be interesting. The second is I can, or at least attempt to, be diplomatic in all circumstances, I resolve disputes, I organize groups, and I console friends. Third, I’m a persistent son of a bitch; I email my representatives as often as possible. I’ve submitted multiple proposals to the city of Orange, and I don’t even live there. If I think somethings not right or could be done better, I’ll do everything in my power to fix it.

 Eggplant (Explain your URL and Avatar): My URL is the name of my great great granduncle, his niece-inlaws dog, and my cousin's dog with each letter repeated, sounds stupid but it’s hardly ever taken. My current avatar is Hackerman from Kung Fury, I did the most minor tech support and received a gif. Before that it was Ashe from Thrilling Intent, a really fun D&D series by the Third Wheel. Before that it was Victor from Yuri on Ice because goals. Before that it was Rythian from the Yogscast, costar of the Blackrock Chronicles. And before that I don’t remember.