#this definitely says something about my character and morals. for sure for sure. /s

[aroacewxs]

everybody gangsta until you realize you've internalized the aphobia you avoided like the plague despite approaching your aspec identity with such a positive outlook

[h3catee]

Introductions Are in Order

Paring: Robert Reynoldsx Fem!Witch Reader! Past Avenger!  

Summary: Bucky asks a favor of you and ends up getting you entangled with one of Valentinas ploys. 

Warnings: SPOILERS FOR THUNDERBOLTS*,  talks of mental health, depression, anxiety. Some violence (bc its marvel), some language. Trauma. Angst. Decent amount of Hurt/ With some comfort! 

Word count: 2.7k

AN: Hi! Welcome to my fic! this is probably multi part idk my plans yet. I'm leaning more towards multi-part bc I'm usually a chapter by chapter writer so there isn’t a lot of Bob in this one but I hope its a good intro to maybe a 2-3 parts. I literally fell in love with Bob's character during Thunderbolts and this man gave me motivation to write again. I didn't have a Beta reader for this one so pls forgive any grammer or silly mistakes. Forewarning (y/n)’s powers based off of the Marvel character Morgan le Fay just to throw that out there, she’s definitely not Wanda but definitely not Morgan. Think morally gray/ hates everyone except like 3 people/ witch trained by the past avengers. Next part will have more Bob I promise, just wanted to introduce the story here >:3

Song for the chapter: https://open.spotify.com/track/09fDemXgXzRReTfb7UWxjD?si=7e0b5d606b824813 

xoxox

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“I need your help with something.” 

You sighed heavily before responding, “Hello to you too Senator Barnes!” You heard the man grumble from the other phone line. 

“You know I hate when you call me that,” Bucky said. 

“Well…what do you want, Buck?” You said, rolling your eyes. You look around your empty apartment for something to fidget with while Bucky chews your ear off about calling him another stupid nickname. 

“Y/N, Valentina’s got this guy apparently named Bob-” 

“Bob?” You ask, cutting him off. Who names their kid Bob in this day and age? 

“Yes, Bob! I’m with Nat’s sister and she said we have to go get him because he’s part of some Sentry project,” He explained, voices yelling at him in the background of the phone call. “Can you just meet us at the tower?” 

A wave of nausea rolled over you, “The tower? Bucky, I don't go around there anymore.” 

“I know, but I wouldn’t be calling you if I had anyone else to call.” 

“How nice,” you taunt. You were never any of the Avengers first calls. To be fair you weren’t sure if it is because they were scared of you or your lack of social skills. “Also Nat’s sister?” 

“Later,” Which means he says he’ll tell you later but in reality he’s never going to bring it up again unless you find the answer yourself. 

You sigh, walking over to the bookshelf in your apartment that’s filled with books, both regular and magical, and pictures. Your hand brushes across a photo of yourself, Steven Strange, and Wanda, “I don’t fight anymore Bucky. You couldn’t just ask Sam?” 

“He’s uhmm..busy,” He answered, “I know how you’re feeling y/n.” 

“You don’t,” You interrupt. How could he possibly understand how you’re feeling when he barely reaches out to you unless he needs something. Him and the rest of the remaining team abandoned you, after Wanda, you had no one to turn to. You felt the all too familiar dull ache in your chest. You chewed on the skin around your nails waiting for Bucky to respond. 

“ I think we need you for this one.” Which means in Bucky terms that whoever they are fighting is a mutant and something he can’t fight. 

“Fuck,” You mutter to yourself. 

Ever since Wanda vanished you refused to step back out on the field.She was the only one that truly knew what you were capable of considering she was the one that found you all those years ago. Not even Thor, a god, could hold you back during training sessions and the only avenger to understand your pain was Wanda. And now she’s- 

You closed your eyes and took a deep breath to ground yourself. You haven’t been able to sense her magic anywhere. No matter what realm you went to, you couldn’t find her. 

Fuck you Bucky Barnes. 

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“She already knows we’re here,” You try to explain to the group in front of you. Bucky gave you and the rest of the team a run down of Sentry and what Mel, Valentinas assistant, told him about Bob. That doesn’t stop them from driving a truck through the lobby destroying the front of the building in the process, “Awesome,” You have no choice but to join the fight to defend the group. Defense only, you tell yourself 

While Walker has his back turned, a soldier on the ground fires a few stray bullets, you toss your hand up and redirect the shots to the wall behind him, “Watch yourself walker,” You growled. Before he could reply you went back to the fight. Using your magic to cast illusions into the minds of the soldiers fighting to give the group an advantage when attacking.

“I just had that drywall put in. You can just come up, you know that right.” Valentina’s voice rang out over the intercoms, “But I know you knew that already y/n. Come on up!” 

Yelena and Ava looked at you, knowing you had previously stated that and they had just refused to listen. You just rolled your eyes at them before motioning them to go in the elevator. 

“You are not coming,” Yelena asked as the group of 5 squeezed into the elevator. 

You shake your head before pointing up. You close your eyes and feel the familiar stomach reeling feeling of teleporting to where the penthouse once was. Where you shared few but long lasting memories. Your eyes wander across the empty walls and fairly empty room before you look at Val. 

“Ah! Y/N, so lovely to see you darling. You see I’ve always wanted to work with you,” The woman said. 

“Can’t say the same,” You said in a sarcastic tone. 

“Hmm, well maybe he’ll change your mind.” You just raise an eyebrow.

You don’t have the chase to question her because Bucky and the team come through the elevator doors ready to arrest her for crimes. You look between each person and back to Valentina, honestly not sure what is going on. 

That's when you feel it. A humming. Power. You look around only to notice no one else in the “Thunderbolts”, as Alexie is calling them, notices it. You try to pinpoint a mind to tap into to find where this power is from but you can’t, a black shadow blocking you out. Shit. 

“Meet Sentry.” 

You look up to where a man is clothed in a…ugly suit, with unnaturally yellow blonde hair. 

“Hey guys,” He greats. You study him for a second, the power dripping off of him but there's something else there, something all too familiar. You try to invade his mind but there's something keeping you out. You pull and claw at the black void keeping you out. 

“Y/n.” You vacate the attempt on his mind and meet his eyes. You cock your head to the side, he knows what you were doing, “That won’t work,” his voice coming out cautious. 

“Take care of them Robert,” Valentina orders. 

“I don’t want to hurt you guys,” Bob says, looking around at all of them in front of him, “Please just give yourselves in.” 

“Wait-” Yelena tries to interrupt. 

Alexie yells before running towards the man. Instead of following the rest of the team you stand back and observe. Everything they throw at him gets blocked or countered. Teleportation. Flight. Strength.

Bucky shoots at Bob only for the bullets to be sprayed back at him and Walker. You hold your hand up blocking the bullets and directing them towards the already broken window. Thats when Sentry notices you. 

“I knew I liked her,” Walker says to Bucky, getting ready to fight again. 

“Wanda’s not here to save you this time.” 

You barely move after hearing the voice in your head when the rest of the Thunderbolts move to attack Bob. You shake your head as if to clear your thoughts but you feel his eyes on you. Instead of the blue you saw earlier, Bob’s eyes have a golden hue. 

“She left you, just like you told her to.” 

“Stop,” You whisper to yourself, rage boiling beneath your skin. 

The fight breaks out and you watch as Bob grabs Bucky's Arm. 

“God damnit,” You whisper, before running towards the two to save Bucky. Bob tosses Bucky to the side, his arm now torn off. You shot a blast of energy towards him only for him to teleport out of the way. I don’t want to hurt you, You try to telepathically tell him. 

“You can’t hurt me,” He says aloud. 

“Says who,” You taunt. Your feet leave the floor before you can’t register your rage taking over. Blast after blast and nothing is hitting him. 

He teleports in front of you and grabs your neck. What he doesn’t expect is to look behind you and see a beach. A sunset. He furrows his brows as he looks around in confusion. 

That gives you enough time to grab his wrist and teleport out of his grasp. 

The illusion collapses around the two of you as you lose contact. With every fight you’ve been in, usually your opponent will be thrown off once coming out of the illusion but Bob…He raises a hand before you can counter and you slam into the concrete wall of Avengers Tower, the wall cracking behind you. 

 You feel an arm hook under your shoulders and begin to drag you to the elevator which you see is already occupied with the rest of the team besides you and Yelena. “Get off of me,” You grumble. You teleport out of her grasp and out of the tower completely. Your knees are wobbly beneath you and you assess your surroundings. Guard still up. 

“Are you hurt?” You turn and see Bucky running towards you, the rest of the Thunderbolts following in suit. 

“You know I’m not,” You used your magic to heal yourself immediately after the hit, “I tried to help Buck but I’m not strong enough anymore. I’m leaving.” 

“No, let us regroup and we can go back in,” Alexie tries to argue. 

“All of you just got your asses beat, you especially-” 

“Well I am just rusty but now I am ready to go,” The older super soldier bellows. 

You see Yelena put a hand over her eyes. You just laugh out of disbelief and begin to walk down the street. 

“Wait y/n,” Bucky follows after you, “Just wait-” 

You turn, he can feel the rage dripping off of you, “What!” You shout, “What do you want from me?” 

He just stares at you, “I was going to ask if you were okay.” 

You laugh, “Am I okay? God, you should've asked me that when Tony died. Or when I lost Vision and then lost Wanda. Or Nat. Or Steve.” 

“You acted like you didn’t even care about half of the team, what did you expect me to do?” He argues. 

“I didn’t want to hurt any of you!” You exclaim, letting your emotions run wild on the streets of New York, “If you think that up there I used all my power, you're wrong. I didn’t want to hurt any of you so I stayed away.” 

“But Wanda-” 

“But Wanda understood me, more than you or Tony or any of them. You don’t understand what I went through, what I’ve done. Bucky, you don’t know who I really am.” 

There was commotion behind you, taking your concentration away from the conversation. Citizens were pointing up towards the sky. You and Bucky exchange glances before running to where you could have a clear view of what they were looking at. 

A shadow of man floated above Avengers Tower. You watched as he raised a hand and all of a sudden a helicopter came crashing into a crane. Concrete and rubble began to fall from the buildings that were hit. People were screaming. 

Typical avenger in New York occurrence. 

You and Bucky split off to protect the people from being crushed. You used your magic to stop concrete from crushing a family and urged them to get into a building. 

“You’re alone,” You turned to see the man closer to you now. You recognized the voice from just minutes ago, Bob, “You’ve always been alone.” You just stare at him, “It eats you alive doesn’t it, y/n.” 

People are screaming, you turn to look behind you and see shadows of people spread across the floor in dark black smoke. You heart drops, what the fuck is this guy. 

“The pain goes away. Just come with me,” Bob captures your attention once again, “I can make it go away.” 

“How?” You whisper. He reaches a hand out to you. 

“Y/n! Stop!” Bucky shouts behind you but something in your mind is telling you to go. Telling you that everything will stop if you accept his hand. Everything will be quiet. Will the pain finally go away? 

“Y/n,” The distorted voice urges. 

That’s when you close your eyes and walk into the void. 

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You open your eyes and find yourself in an all too familiar room. One lined with archaic symbols preventing you from escaping. Your heart drops because you see yourself, younger, wounded, broken standing on the other side of the room. 

You know this day, you recognize it by the energy alone. This was the first time you killed someone. The first time you disintegrated someone's body and brain. 

“Y/N, Before you is a man who is being convicted of crimes against countless women, including your own mother,” You watched as your younger self balled her hands into fists, “Your task is to eliminate him.” 

Younger you nodded. 

“N-no,” You ran over to where you stood and wrapped your arms around your younger self, “you don’t have to do this,” 

“Get off of me,” Your body is thrown a few feet away from your younger self. That's when you feel it, the pain of a curse of 1000 sharp white-hot knives digging into you, you scream and writhe on the floor. That was your punishment when you were captured, if you ever disobeyed or failed, they cursed you over and over. 

“Stop,” You sob, the curse diminishing, “Stop,” You whisper, tears falling onto the floor beneath you. Your mind whirls and your limbs ache, like you’re gripped by a fever that burns through you like wildfire. 

“Y/n?” A male voice. 

You look towards a doorway where Bob stands, not Sentry, not Void but Bob. You squeeze your eyes shut to stop crying. 

“Oh god, I-I’m so sorry,” He runs over to you, “I-I can’t stop it,” He apologized. 

“I don’t understand,” Your voice comes out as a whisper, “What is this?” You finally sit up and watch the rest of the scene play out in front of you. 

You watch as younger you raises her hand towards the man and he begins to scream in agony. You watch as his skin flairs and melts. 

“Don’t look,” Bob urges, grabbing your arm and pulling your attention from the memory. There are tears in his blue eyes. He has brown hair now instead of the fake gold that Val gave him. He’s clothed in a sweater and tan pants. He honestly looks like he’s going to pass out. “I can’t do anything right, I’m so sorry,” He mumbles, “I-I don’t even know you and you’re stuck here with me. It’s this…void.” 

“How do we get out?” You ask, looking down to study your shaking hands. 

“I-I don’t know. There’s different rooms and each one just gets worse. I’m so sorry Y/n,” He begins to cry. Your heart shatters for a moment thinking about what he must go through if he deals with this constantly, now with the serum it must have fully taken over him. 

“Let’s just get out okay,” You place your hand on his thigh and he tenses beneath you. You squeeze his leg in reassurance before standing up, “P-please don’t tell anyone what you saw, I-I can’t. No one knows.” 

“I won’t, Why would I tell them?” He asks sincerely. All you can do is nod, “Y-you can trust me.” Once again, you just nod. 

“Do you think everyone else is in here?” You ask, trying to change the topic. 

“M-maybe,” He saying, shrinking in on himself. 

“Hey, it’s okay, I’m fine. We’ll all be fine,” You soothe, “Let’s just find them.” 

Thats how you ended up finding the team, fighting Bob in a chicken outfit, and getting out of the void. Only to have Valentina throw a new title on the group right after. 

The New Avengers. Including you. Awesome. 

And that’s how you ended up here, living in the tower after some much needed renovations. Bob didn’t remember anything after the Void incident but something told you to tell him. So you showed him through your magic. He apologized profusely to the team and kept his distance since then. Honestly, he reminds you a lot of yourself when you first joined the Avengers with Wanda. But you refuse to let him fall into that dark of a hole like you did. 

You want to save someone for yourself, for once. You want to save him. 

part two!

[portraitofalinkonfyre]

I’m literally going feral over ur fierce deity fics I’ve been dehydrated for so long and these are like a tall glass of water

Could I pretty please with a cherry on top request a Fierce Deity x reader where Like theyre Just hanging out together and fierce is just really gently putting flowers in the readers hair and they’re watching the sunset together and fierce just thinks the reader is really pretty while they’re yapping about their day

THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE IF YOU DO DECIDE TO DO THIS BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO <333

CONSIDER IT WRITTEN. Fierce Deity is literally my weakness, so I'm ecstatic more people love him!

Braided Daisies

Pairing: Fierce Deity x Reader

Warning(s): Tooth-rotting fluff and philosophical discussions that probably shouldn't be read before one's morning coffee.

Masterlist

There was a clearing a mile's walk from your house. It was small and quiet, filled to the brim with tall, swaying grass. In early spring, a myriad of flowers bloomed among the vegetation, as if sprinkled by the gods themselves. But its best feature was by far its proximity to a staggering, craggy cliff, and the accompanying view that followed for anyone lucky enough to stumble upon it.

"—And THEN I told him I don't make the rules around here, but nooo," you ranted to the Fierce Deity from your sprawled position on the grass. You had originally intended to come here alone, but it seemed you had an adventurer in your midst. That, and the fact that it was becoming increasingly hard to refute him when he looked at you with such... care? Want? You weren't quite sure, but from the looks the other boys would shoot him, you assumed it was deep. "—of course I look rich enough to be the owner... in my work uniform!"

"That is... unfortunate," mused the deity, looking almost offended. When his gaze turned menacing, you realized you probably shouldn't have shared your troubles with a literal guard dog of a god. "If you require assistance—"

"Nope, nope, nope," you waved your hands frantically. "I am not dealing with you mauling someone."

The put-off expression on his face would have made you cackle if you hadn't known his offer was very much real. "Shame."

Shame?!

"I'll stop baking if you kill someone," you leveraged, holding back the urge to laugh when his expression turned to one of abject horror, then what you could only assume was his version of a pouty face. "Don't look at me like that, I will do it."

There was silence as you held his gaze, setting your jaw in what you hoped was a stern expression. Miraculously, Fierce was the first to break eye contact, leaning back on his arms with a deep sigh. "You are brave," he said, and there was something soft in his tone that you couldn't place for the life of you. "Have you always been this way?"

It was such a him question, yet you had to stop and process why in the world the Fierce Deity wanted to know something so mundane about you, a mere mortal. It couldn't have been genuine curiosity... but there was no other explanation. "I... maybe? It depends on your definition of bravery, I guess."

"And what is yours?" He was getting closer, practically casting a shadow over you. A callused hand drew forward, capturing a strand of your hair, rubbing softly, and the notion that he was feeling your hair threw you for the greatest loop of your life.

"Bravery is..." you trailed off, averting your eyes. What was bravery? To say one had bravery meant they had a strong character... some could even say a heroic one, but it felt too simple an answer to give to such a being, especially when he gazed down at you with a warmth you hadn't felt in a long time. Not even the burning tangerine of the horizon—smattered with flashes of gold and honeysuckle— could ignite your skin in the way his eyes could. "...immediate."

Impossibly, the deity leaned closer, tone expectant. "Immediate?"

Fuck, he was practically on top of you. "I-It's not like courage, because that comes slow and is more moral based, but..." you gulped. "I guess bravery is what happens in the moment, as in the choices you make when there's no time to make them."

"I see," rumbled Fierce as he withdrew, resuming his cross-legged position next to you. As if on instinct, you raised yourself onto your elbows and huffed.

"Why do you even want to know?" you questioned, emboldened by the falling sun. "You're a god and I'm just... human. I'm sure there's a million more interesting things out there."

"You speak as though my curiosity is an insult," intoned the deity, gaze fixed on the bleeding horizon. "I can assure you, it is not."

And that was all there was to it, really. You knew the topic had died as soon as he fell silent, though it didn't mean you were giving up just yet. You reached out, picked a nearby daisy, and offered it to him. "Can you braid?"

"Excuse me?"

"You said you wanted to discover," you defended lightly, even though there was no need to. "Hair braiding is easy when you get the hang of it, but it's a lot easier to learn using someone else's hair."

A beat passed, and you thought for sure he was going to reject the idea. That is, until his hand twitched up to take the flower, examining it with keen eyes. You took it as an invitation to scoot closer—already parting your hair in preparation—until your legs brushed his own and your chests were nary two feet apart. "Okay," you relinquished the flower and put the head at the top of the braid. "You're going to want to cover it with one section like so, then keep braiding like you normally would without letting the stem fall, capiche?" You held up the half finished braid for inspection, eventually pulling it apart and offering him the flow. "Now you try!"

There was determination in the Fierce Deity's eyes as he relinquished the flower and did as instructed: laying the head at the top of the brain and incorporating it with every cross and pull. His touch was so gentle you could have mistaken it for the wind pulling your hair, and you wondered it he feared anything harder than featherlight pressure would shatter you, though that was most certainly not the case. Before you knew it, he had reached the bottom of the strands, and was merely holding it as to not fall apart. You took that as a cue to snap a hair tie on that sucker and shoot him a happy grin. "It looks great, awesome job!"

But the Fierce Deity remained silent, simply gazing at you with eyes softer than silk before rising to his feet. You tilted your head in confusion, about to ask where he was going, when he bent down, plucked another daisy from the earth, and plopped down behind you. "What are you—"

A heavy hand laid itself on your shoulder, applying gentle, firm pressure as the deity's voice rumbled in your ear. "Be still, I am only using the skills you have shown me."

And, without preamble, he sectioned your hair like a pro and began to braid while you sort of just sat there, questioning everything that had lead up to this point. He was so close that you could feel the press of his muscled abdomen against your very unmuscled back, and it was doing unspeakable things to the beating organ in your chest. A sort of choked gasp left your lips when he reached down to capture your wrist before pulling a hair tie from it, but you forced yourself into silence—he seemed to enjoy it, so who were you to deny him—?

"Have I upset you?" Came Fierce's voice, clear as day. His actions with your hair halted, and you nearly morned the loss of his body heat when he pulled away.

"I— what?" How in the world could he have upset you? There was simply no way.

"You are quiet," answered the deity, as if it made perfect sense. "I ask again: have I upset you?"

"No?" You could hardly comprehend how he came to such a conclusion, but you would do everything in your power to rectify whatever misunderstanding he was living under. "How does that have anything to do with me being upset?"

"You talk when you are happy," and he noticed?? Did he think you were upset because you weren't rambling?

"Well, yes," dear lord, he was too precious. "But I can be happy in silence, too."

"Ah," you felt a wave of relief when his hands fell on the braid again, lifting it for what you could only guess was inspection. "I had assumed you disliked quiet."

"Funny, because I thought the same."

"Then it appears we both assumed wrong," stated the deity, and you couldn't have agreed more.

The fading light was filled with laugher as you regaled him with more stories from work, throwing in a few embarrassing childhood ones when things became dry. During this, Fierce fitted two more braids into your hair, each with a different flower. You could hardly wait to look in the mirror when you arrived home, an idea that seemed less and less pleasant as your conversation dragged on.

When the sun was all but a speck in a sea of navy, you reluctantly started the trek back, noting how insignificant the darkness seemed when you had Fierce by your side, expression attentive as he listened to you talk about nothing in particular. It puzzled you how he seemed to hang off of every word, but you assumed it was merely loneliness. Had it been lighter outside, or your attention sharper, you would have noticed the crimson flush painting his cheeks a deeper red than the very horizon.

The plot got away from me a bit, but I still think it turned out great. Hope y'all enjoyed!

[jellyfiishatr]

Hii can you do headcanons for the Main 4 Spider-Teens for their reaction to their close friend or s/o just biting their shoulder when they hug them please 😋(It’s kinda silly but not a full on big just like a nom)

a/n : this is so silly because I do this irl to my friends (they look at me as if I've admitted to doing war crimes>_<★!!)

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characters : Miles Morales Gwen Stacy Pravitr Prabhakar Hobie Brown

content : fluff , headcanons , platonic(only friends!!) (Obvious) mentions of being bitten

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Miles Morales :

☆ Would definitely look at you while holding the part you bit as if you just told him something really horrifying

☆ like, clutching onto his shoulders, eyes wide open, and sweating bullets

☆ he screams, "WHAT WAS THAT?!?" And is just watching as you laugh at his reaction

☆ it's take him a minute(5 minutes) to fully process you just bit him and will laugh it off and deny if you even try to bring up that he freaked out

Gwen Stacy

☆ I like to think she used to nibble on people when she was younger, like elementary kind of younger

☆ she's taken back a bit but is ultimately like, "okay then," and goes back to whatever she's doing/talking about

☆ you bite on her again mid convo, she's ignoring it and continuing her rant

Pravitr Prabhakar

☆ "WHAT."

☆ (he's being a drama queen and acting as if you slashed his chest open or something)

☆ full on clutching his chest and gagging on "blood" and crying out to his girlfriend

☆ "oh gayatri!! I'm sorry for.. not, saying goodbye.." and dies

☆ he comes back alive and laughs, but definitely will ask you what made you bite him

Hobie Brown

☆ bites you back, for sure

☆ is taken aback when you first bite him but he definitely cuts you off mid sentence by biting your shoulder gently

☆ laughs at your reaction and calls you a big baby

☆ he will bite harder if you bite him again, just for funsies you know

[yelspyder]

hi can you are gwen and miles (separate) x fem reader headcanons with a short s/o?

˚‧⁺.-“I’m just compact and ridiculously adorable”

↳ summary: them w/ a short S/O

↳ characters: (separately) Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy

↳ Fem! Reader

↳ notes: ugh, i will never be able to put into words how much i love gwen and miles. they two are just so asjfjddkdkddkd anyway, thanks for asking and hope you like it!

Miles Morales

Miles would find your height difference cute, after all, it was all the more reason he could praise you. This boy would be wanting to hug you all the time, but it's not his fault you're so cute, your size just makes it easier for him to hug you.

He would give you a ride on his back whenever you wanted, after all, he is your hero. No arguments, he would just agree and carry you like a princess, not to mention that he wouldn't do it out of obligation or anything like that, but because he loves seeing your stupid smile and gremlin laughs on your face whenever he carries you on his back.

Miles might not always be there due to his duties as spider-man, but whenever he is, he makes sure he treats you like a princess and always compliments your height, listing all the perks and assuring you that he loves that about you. He would 100% compare the size of your hands, and he would definitely die from cuteness inside.

He always emphasizes your height in the drawings and sketches he makes of you in a good way. He doesn't accept that your drawings are less than perfect, and that includes being true to your height, after all you are perfect in his eyes.

If you were sad or unsure about your height, Miles will wrap you in a blanket burrito and have a conversation about how awesome you are and should see it like him, followed by a movie session with snacks and sweets. In the end, your self-esteem would be high (at least for a while) because, come on, this is Miles we're talking about and we know he's the best "psychologist" out there.

Gwen Stacy

Gwen would tease you a bit about your height, but nothing to offend you of course. If she saw that you were uncomfortable with her teasing, she would immediately go over and give you a few hugs as an apology.

She thinks it's super cute how you depend on her to get something from the top shelf, so she always leaves a few jars on the top shelves so you have to ask her for help. Whenever you asked for help, she would arrive with a teasing smile on her face as she helped you, but the tables turned as soon as you dropped a quick peck on her lips and called her 'my hero' dramatically, she would turn into a puddle of shyness.

If you found this whole teasing funny and even joined in on the joke, Gwen would definitely joke about how you look like Lord Farquaad from Shrek. The next day, you showed up on her doorstep in a badly done cosplay of him and it became a meme between the two of you.

She always finds all the teasing amusing, but if anyone else does it, especially in a mean way, she quickly becomes aggressive. It wouldn't escalate into a physical fight, but she would have a private "friendly" conversation with them and, if they continued, the ghost-spider who would deal with them.

Even though Gwen says you're small (she's not wrong here), all she wants to do after a long day is hug you. Due to your size, she would be the big spoon most of the time, holding you does decompress her tense muscles, but she doesn't mind, and even prefers, to be held when she needs comfort. Hearing you talk about your day as she hugs you does wonders for Gwen.

[lost-inanotherlife]

this post by @eponine119 made me wanna write about Jack Shephard even more than my usual so brace yourselves for a Jacknaissance moment!

So if you follow me you probably know that I'm a certified Jackgirl who's 100% traumabonded with him when the show aired back in 2004. Now I'm not usually a blorbo-person, I'm very much more interested in plots, relationships and the general meaning of a story but Jack Shephard is the proverbial exception to the rule. I'm telling you all this for a full disclaimer bias alert but I hope you'll read further because I promise I can also be objective about him.

Both back when the show was airing for the first time and 20 years later I've noticed the "let's hate on Jack Shephard" trend and honestly? I've never fully understood it. I mean, you can definitely not like him because heaven knows LOST is THEE show about morally grey people making morally questionable choices so I can understand if you don't like him or any other characters for that matter. They're all not exactly likable but they you can definitely symphatize with (at least some of) them because the show does put them into SituationsTM.

And this is what I don't actually get, i.e. how people don't symphatize with him. Why do they seem to find so abrasive? Let's see some of the main issues here.

Firstly, I'm not making excuses for anybody, okay? I praise LOST because it's a fucking great show but it's also a clear product of the 00's. Like, LOST today is still immensely enjoyable but there are some things that are less credible than 20 years ago (thank god). For instance, nobody believes (or has ever believed tbh) that the Oceanic 815 plane was full of straight people. Nuh-uh. Or everybody can finally see in 2025 how great characters such as Kate Austen or Juliet Burke were sacrificed to advance the subplot of a trite love triangle/square/whatever for the benefit of the other two male characters. That's simply regrattable. Last but not least, LOST has a racism issue notably in the shape of Michael Dawson, but other characters too (Ana Lucia, Mr Eko, Rose and I could go on).

So homophobia, misogyny, racism, the sad usual. When it comes to Jack the most glaring of this trifecta is surely misogyny: yeah, he's a dick for stalking Sarah, yeah, the whole Thailand adventure is a pure nightmare to watch, yeah, he makes love to Kate while seeing her crying and making him promise not to mention Aaron anymore. The record is definitely not stellar for Jack.

Now, I don't want to make excuses for him but, among these three examples, the only one that actually makes sense within the narrative is the first. Yes, Jack has masculinity/sexuality-related issues. Yes, he's the usual insecure white man with daddy issues. Yes, marrying his former patient while not being 100% sure about this commitment is a total dick move. As you can see, I'm not denying the allegations. What I'm trying to say is that they have a narrative function to show us things about Jack. Which, again, it's fucking sad that female characters have to bear this burden all.the.fucking.time but also see the homophobia point above. LOST was a show so committed to not showing queer relationships to the point that a lot of interactions, specifically Jack's with other male characters, wind up being really homoerotically charged. This is something that can be debated from an in-universe pov and that is valid.

On the other hand, everything that happens to Jack in his trip to Thailand is just bad writing. Like, we can discuss it for sure but the writers themselves have admitted to that. They said that they had run out of ideas and wanted to show ABC how bad a show could be if it went longer than it should have. I don't know if they were trying to justify their shitty writing but what I know is that S3 other characters get the same treatment: take Locke in "Further Instructions". Come.the.fuck.on. I'm not saying the episode is "bad" per se, I'm saying that the meaning behind it is clearly redundant. Yes, we already know that Locke is easy to manipulate. Yes, we already know that he craves for connection and wants to feel special etc. The episode isn't telling us anything new and it's, frankly, even more absurd than Anthony Cooper scamming his son for his kidney. Or maybe not, the FBI letting go a white man run free is, perhaps, not exactly absurd but still. My point is that episodes like this or "Stranger in a Strange Land" cannot be really taken that seriously in-universe because 1. you can feel they're weird episodes and 2. the writers have admitted that they run of ideas for s3 and it simply shows.

So yes, Jack is a complete douche in that episode but it's just an escalation of what we already knew, an escalation that was executed very, very badly. Not saying we shouldn't count it, just saying that the writers weren't being serious with what they wrote so I also feel entitled as a viewer to not take what they wrote seriously.

As far as pre-island Jack and Kate in S5 are concerned, that's the cost of keeping up old cliché and trite tropes. I've already said it multiple times but the love-triangle between Kate/Sawyer/Jack was done for in S3. Like, there was absolutely nothing more that was worth telling. But, alas, TV writing is writing for profit so... they had a cow and they decided to milk it dry. The insistence on the love triangle has affected Kate and Juliet THE MOST and I'll forever hold the writers accountable for that. However, it has also hurt Jack AND Sawyer because it makes them look even more pathetic, loser, insecure men than they already are. And I think it's unfair to them as well, although, clearly, the show also made sure that their stories (Sawyer and Jack) were still focused on themselves.

So yeah, Jack seems rather callous re: Kate coming to him in tears and asking him to never mention the name of his nephew again to her. Like, Jack, babygirl be a grown-up for ONCE. But I argue that this is an OOC moment to further a love triangle dynamic that was already dead 2 seasons prior.

Finally my point is: people see these things and, rightly so, call Jack out on them at the expense of other moments where Jack's story is better written and makes definitely more sense within the show. Again, I'm not arguing for not seeing these things, I myself have just pointed them out, but I am arguing for seeing them in the broader context of in- and out-of- universe events.

On the island Jack, albeit very slowly, is shown trying to become a better person who can make better decisions. Of course he must fail otherwise there would be no story and no arc but I think we should recognize these moments too.

And speaking of that I have more things to say that will follow!

[how-to-train-your-pomni]

Y'all Answered and I Listened! Here it is, the Moment We've All Been Waiting For!

(Slight Warning: Because This AU Actually Has a Couple Dark Implications, I'll Mention Now That Caine is NOT a Good Guy Here. At All. He is the LITERAL DEFINITION of "Bad Guy"; A.KA. He Says/Threatens to do Some F[!^$&#]ed Up S[!^$&].)

Caine: So, I think we've both noticed that Pomni’s been acting... out of character, lately. Any idea why that is?

Jax: Why are you asking me? I'm not her dad or guard dog. *Under His Breath* Those titles go to Kinger.

Caine: Mhm... Well then, I suppose that, since you don't know; my most sneaky, elusive, up-to-date-about-everything little superstar! I'll just leave it be!

Jax, skeptically: Really? YOU are gonna drop something you're curious about? *Scoffs* Not buying it. C'mon, out with it. What're ya gonna do?

Caine: *Sighs Dramatically* Since you're so insistent on knowing-

Jax: All I did was ask.

Caine: I'll tell you! *Swings His Cane Around Once* I don't like Pomni, Jax. Or, I at least don't like this version of her.

Jax: Yeah, pretty sure we all gathered that.

Caine: Right! And, as you know, I'm not allowed to "rid the Circus* of a cast member just because I don’t like them! *Laughs Forcefully For Just a Second* So, the next best thing would be to accrue a reason!

Jax: Wait, go back to the "ridding the Circus" bit.

Caine, Ignoring Jax: I've noticed that Pomni’s gained some weight. Excessive weight, if I might add.

Jax: Gentlemanly.

Caine: *Rolls His Eyes as Best as He Can Manage* As if you have any place to talk. ANYWAY! Along with that, I've noticed other odd behaviors; ones I was originally content with deeming the fault of her... Abstraction.

Jax: And those behaviors would be...?

Caine: Odd cravings, mood swings, hormonal imbalances-

Jax: Wait, you can monitor-

Caine: All things, as I've studied, are associated with one thing. *Voice Losing Its Happy Edge* Pregnancy.

Jax, slightly nervous: Uh-huh...

Caine: Now, Jax; you're my friend. And as my friend I'm hoping you'll be open and honest with me.

Jax: Yeah, sure. Whatever.

Caine: Good. So, tell me, is Pomni pregnant?

Jax: Not saying yes, but what if, hypothetically speaking, she was?

Caine: Then I'd have no choice but to terminate the baby!

Jax: WHAT?!

Caine: Now Jax, we both know Abstractions are dangerous. They're mindless beasts with no moral compass or functioning brain.

Jax: You're aware Pomni’s only partially Abstracted, right? You haven't missed that? The fact that she's still lucid and can recognize us all?

Caine: Even still, letting her have this... spawn... could put everyone at risk! The stresses of childbirth could very well kill her, and we wouldn't want that!

Jax: We wouldn't?

Caine: *Chuckles* Oh, Jax; I may not constantly be around, but I can still see things you think I can't. What you've done is adorable, truly. Getting... acquainted with Pomni’s body in such intimate ways, luring her into a false relationship, making her think you care! Your deceit truly brings tears of joy to my eyes. Even still, a baby with your mixed code could be monstrous! Who knows what the thing would look like!

Jax: Uh-huh. And who's to say the kid won't be normal?

Caine: ...I'll let you think on it. If you truly believe this spawn is worth the time, effort, and risk, I'll let her keep it. If not... I'll personally find a way to rip open her stomach and tear the mistake in half.

Jax, genuinely shocked: *Gulps Audibly* Uh... y-yeah, okay. I'll... I'll do that. Think.

Caine, regaining his happy demeanor: Good choice, my boy! Now, I think you've been hidden from your peers long enough! Let's get you back to the Circus, shall we? *Snaps*

Jax: *Wakes Up and Sits Up With a Gasp* It wasn't real. It wasn't real, it wasn't real, it wasn't real. Pomni’s okay. Everything's fine.

Caine: *From Somewhere Deep in Jax’s Mind* Don't take too long, Jax. You know I don't like to wait.

Jax: Oh, my God...

It's real

[kfkr1ze]

Escape from S - Chapter 3

Characters — ✈︎ Renga, Ten, Kafka, Liguang, Yukikaze, Yachiyo

Location: Steam Park Square

Renga: This is the amusement park that “Es・S” is being held atーー “Steam Park”…!

Yachiyo: I never thought in a million years that I would be one of the performers…! This is way too lucky for a piece of trash like me…

Kaede: This is… way more impressive than I was expecting! Steam is spewing out from all over the place…!

Kafka: I know that it’s just a replica because safety is the most important thing, but the atmosphere of this place makes it feel close to a real steam engine. They’re very particular about the details huh.

Kaede: Look, that gate and the buildings are all so pretty!

Kafka: Those kinds of Victorian designs are pretty common in steampunk pieces.

(But I can see some letters inscribed here. It seems like meaningless words upon first glance, but they’re in Caesar cipher. When you decode it, it says “What produces steam”)

(I see. From the moment we entered the park, the game had already started.)

Yukikaze: Fireworks in the daytime are beautiful. Chief, I could take a picture of you with them. Please stand there.

Kafka: ………!

Kaede: Thanks, Yuki-nii. I’m glad you want to, but it’s about time for you to get to the meeting, so you should probably put away your personal smartphone.

Kafka: It’s just as Chief-chan says! We have to meet with the staff so put away your phones please.

Liguang: …Hey, to the idiot over there. Just where do you think you’re going? That’s the waiting room for the Comedy team.

Renga: Eh? R-Right!

Ten: ………

Kaede: Ten-kun, so you decided to wear glasses after all. 

Ten: If I could, I’d like to show my face as little as possible. Look, I may be a Ward Mayor, but I am looking for jobs.

Kaede: You definitely aren’t on board with this whole thing huh… But, thanks for agreeing to come anyways.

And…

Ten: …It’s fine. ‘Cuz if it’s Renga-san, he’ll end up feeling better after this whole thing’s over.

Kaede: Ah…! That’d definitely help if it were true.

No matter what I asked him, Renga-kun just said “I’m fine!” I know he’s trying to make sure I’m not worried about him, but…

Ten: That definitely sounds like something Renga-san would say. Well, he’s the type to keep secrets like that. 

Kaede: But…

Ten: What is it?

Kaede: Well, Ten-kun is usually the smart type, so it really surprised me when you reacted heavily earlierーー

I guess that goes to show how you trust Renga-kun as a friend huh.

Ten: (……Haah?)

Kaede: Well then, it’s about time for me to start heading back to the HAMA House now, so good look everyone. I’ll be cheering you on!

Ten: ………

Renga: Um, y’know, Ten! I… s-saw you… last night…!

You’re not in any trouble or anything, are you!?

Yukikaze: Any trouble? I didn’t know you had something like that, Ten.

Ten: Nah nah, I don’t have anything like that though?

Kaede: You said you saw him, right? What’d you see?

Renga: …Yesterday, after Ten’s ex-girlfriends left the Izakaya, I started to look for Ten. I decided to take a shortcut down a back alleyway I knew and… I saw him.

Ten: ………

Renga: I saw you, dressed in all black clothes, walking down the alleway.

(It sorta scared me for a second, ‘cuz he looked so much like the villain from a drama I had a minor role in. The entire atmosphere around him looked different and kinda… weird.)

Hey, Ten. Don’t tell me you’reーー

Ten: ………

Renga: Taking on a dangerous part time job!?

Ten: (…Haah?)

Yachiyo: “A dangerous part time job” …!? D-Don’t tell me the large sum of money was so tempting that you decided to turn a blind eye to the morals of committing a crime… Now that I think about it, that seems like something Ten-kun would do though!?

Kaede: No no, what are you saying, Yachiyo-kun!?

Yukikaze: My little brother is not someone who would do something like that.

Kafka: Ahaha, that’s right. I wouldn’t hire an employee without a clean background. That’d be a hassle.

Liguang: ………

Renga: Ten. If you… If you’re having some money issues or something, having a dangerous part time job isn’t the way to go. You can rely on me instead.

Well, I can’t say I’m in the best financial situation for that either, but thanks to HAMA Tours, I’m at least getting more offers than you are.

I just… This offer just came in so I… I thought that it might’ve been the way I could help out. When I thought that… I decided to accept the offer.

‘Cuz I’m… I’m Ten’s… Fr…

Ten's friend!!!!!!!!

Ten: Ugh, heavy…

Renga: Eh…

Ten: You said it’s because you're my friend, but would normal friends do something like this just for that reason? Don’t you think you're going a bit far?

Renga: ……Gh.

Kaede: Ten-kun, Renga-kun just…

Ten: You’ve been assuming the wrong thing in the first place. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m sure I told you this already? Yesterday, I was with those girls.

If you want, I can go into the details to prove my alibi? It was really fun. First off, we ×××ーー

Kaede: Eh, Kafka? Why’d you cover my ears?

Kafka: Chief-chan, you definitely can’t listen to this, okay?

Yukikaze: I agree. Since we’re adults, it’s content that we’re free to listen to if we’d like to, but I don’t think this is something Chief should be listening to.

Liguang: Murakumo, if you don’t shut that mouth of yours right this second, I’ll make sure not another night goes where you are allowed to play around with women again.

Ten: …‘Kay ‘kay. Anyways, that’s why I don’t need to appear on the program…

Kafka: And that’s a no. Our performance is mandatory. That’s an order from the President.

I already told you, right? This is for the sake of HAMA Tours.

And in order for more people to know about us and connect our existence to HAMA’s future, it’s important for all members in the Morning Squad to perform,

Ten: …Ah, so that’s what you meant. The moment the phone call came in, there was no way for me to get outta this huh.

I get it, I get it, okay?

Renga: Ah… Um.

I-I’m sorry, Ten…!

Ten: (Annoying…)

Ten: (…But, maybe I took it a bit too far. What good does ruining the atmosphere of a place I’m infiltratingーー)

???: AHH! Ten! TEN! It’s Ten～!!

Ten: ?

Ex-girlfriend with a strong Gyaru vibe: You’re joking…? I was kinda hoping for it since I saw that HAMA Tours was listed as one of the performers, but…

Ex-girlfriend with neat black hair: You’re going to be appearing on TV…!

Ex-girlfriend who seems spoiled: Tennn～ I missed you! Those glasses make you look so hot～ I really like it～!

Ten: Geh…

(That’s right… I forgot they were both models and in that group called Dazzlers. I only found out that they were in a unit together later, though.)

(I get they’re celebrities so there was a chance for them to have an appearance, but did it have to be now…?)

Program Staff: Talking to other teams before the program starts is prohibited! Members of Dazzler, please make your way over here!

Ex-girlfriend with a strong Gyaru vibe: Tch. Prepare yourself, Ten. We’re definitely gonna win this!

Liguang: ………

Ten: (Ugh, this is just getting increasingly annoying. I don’t want anything else to come up…)

Liguang: Murakumo

I don’t know if it’s some sort of thing you learned from your family or what, but don’t use women as partners to practice how to tame your “attachment” issues.

Ten: Ehh? What are you talking about all of sudden?

Liguang: I can’t stand to see the way you treat the women in your life.

Ten: Haha. Then, using men as practice partners is fine～?

Liguang: Better than women.

Ten: Ah, just so you know, recently sexism has become a pretty hot topic.

Liguang: I guess I'm just an “old fashioned” person.

Ten: Aha. You definitely seem like the type to have stubborn views like that.

(ーー “Attachment” huh. In my line of work, it could be something that’s a matter of life or death.)

The Ninokuruwa family doesn’t “tame” something like that. We’re raised to not form any attachments to being with. 

“Attachment” is something that’s forced onto you rather than something you initiate… right?

Liguang: Is that so.

Ten: Ah, you look like you stopped caring about the convo already. How cruel.

Program Staff: The orientation taking place before the event is about to start! Performers, please gather here!

Ten: (Sighs… it doesn’t even matter. Any of this.)

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[dr-spectre]

What’s the different between hypnosis and brainwashed? Sorry, I just love your Callie obsessed and I don’t understand the different between the two

You don't understand the difference between the two? Don't worry, i got you.

Let's start off with brainwashing. In most definitions of it, it is described as pressuring someone systematically to adopt radically different morals, ideologies and behaviors via forcible means against a person's will, knowledge and consent.

Now let's get into hypnosis, it is described as a state of deep relaxation and focused concentration, where the subconscious is more open to suggestions and it's sometimes used as a form of therapy to treat addictions. It is not some stage act where you can get someone to get naked on stage, that's not how it works. It is not some thing where you swing a clock around and go "you are getting veryyyyy sleepy" and now you control someone's mind, nope, that is a common false assumption about hypnosis.

One of these terms is something used in therapy, the other is used in cults and political/military circles. The two are very different and have different connotations.

The main thing with brainwashing is that there is a forcible/ non consensual aspect to it where the individual doesn't want their mind to get changed. However in hypnosis, suggestions that are given to a person in a hypnotised state must not go against a person's will or morals otherwise the person will not listen to the suggestion, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO!!!!!!!!! VERY VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

Brainwashing is against someone's consent while hypnosis REQUIRES consent and is not some form of mind control. That's the major difference between the two. Hypnosis is an altered state of conscious while brainwashing is someone's mind literally getting systematically reconditioned until the person's old morals no longer exist.

You can see now why i have problem with Callie being called "brainwashed" during Splatoon 2 because she canonically said to Octavio, "okay fine, I'll hear you out." You don't hear people who are getting brainwashed "yeah sure I'll hear out your points!!!"

You cannot use the word brainwashing for Callie's circumstance because her dialogue in the relationship chart literally goes against the definition of the word itself and using that word treats Callie more as a damsel or object rather than a character who just needs help. I'm tired of Splatoon fans and casuals pushing that word around towards my comfort character when there's a ton of evidence to say otherwise. I am getting REALLLLLLLLLL FUCKING TIRED....

"But Marie sai-" I know, she said "brainwashing sunglasses" in the English version I KNOW!!! From her perspective she would obviously think Callie was brainwashed by the shades, she has no other information to go off of, doesn't mean she is right and WE SHOULD BLINDLY TRUST HER PERSPECTIVE!!!!!!!!! YOU'VE EVER SEEN AN OVERREACTING FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE?!?!

Callie was hypnotised, full stop. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The whole "i remember" thing is not because the shades brainwashed her and removed her memories, it's just that Callie is in a mentally ill state PLUS in a hypnotic state where she's very concentrated and focused. The shades being shot off of her is like you writing an essay in class and someone smacks your eye. Callie looks like she has a headache and it takes a while for Callie to ""come back to her senses"" where she starts thinking a little bit more rationally. Her hearing the Calamari Inkantation floods her brain with good memories and positivity as the song has mysterious and mystical elements to it, Callie gets pumped up and all of that darkness in her head clears away and she goes "i remember! YEAH!!!"

The ONLY character you can argue was brainwashed in the Splatoon universe, is Agent 3. That's the ONLY ONE i may allow.

But even then they say "they have been hijacked." As in Tartar has taken direct control over Agent 3's body and it's not reallyyyyy brainwashing because Agent 3 was unconscious and probably had zero idea on what was going on until they woke up on the helicopter at the end of Octo Expansion.

What about Marina Agitando? Possessed by an ai after getting knocked unconscious. Not brainwashed or hypnotised!!! Marina was asleep during her time as Marina Agitando.

CAN WE STOP THROWING WORDS AROUND LIKE THEY MEAN NOTHING!?!? Stop using that word to describe "Splatoon character but evil." No. Enough. ENOUGH!!!!!!!! STOP!!!!!!!!! I AM GETTING SICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I'm not yelling at you anon btw lmao. I'm yelling at everyone else, thank you for the ask!)

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

If people could hate on Lane and Lou, they could do the same to Devi too. I wonder why if the MC weren't like Vicky/Agatha/Laia personality-wise, why some fans would hate them? Saying Lou is too masculine and Lane is b-word. I'm replaying PSI and HSR back-to-back just to make sure I didn't miss anything because I thought they have feelings?? They just don't tend to show it?

You're right anon! Everyone has the equal potential to hate on any of the MCs, which makes it clearer when certain MCs are hated more than the others because it implies there's a collective underlying aspect of their character that fans view as unlikable. Of course, the answer is just plain misogyny but here is my guess as to what's going on internally.

Two main things (that definitely go hand in hand) I've noticed people want from a female MC is for them to be nice (very vague I know but just an overarching word including selflessness, caring for others, vulnerable with their emotions, etc.) and feminine. They can't be too much of either of those things or they're deemed too weak (that's a whole other discussion). The MCs have to be layered and complicated but to them, if they do not include the two aforementioned traits somewhere than they are "unlikable" or "too masculine."

Vicky, Agatha, and Laia can be described as feminine MCs (based on their wardrobe and how they're described in their books) who are known for being kind and putting others before themselves (Agatha can be more morally gray from what I've heard but y'know). Lane can be described as feminine (serving cunt in Siberia like a queen 💅🏽) but the reader doesn't have access to her emotions like they do with other female MCs even though that's an intentional part of how she's written??! My guess is that because society expects women to act a certain way, when women or female characters in this case deviate from the norm, it's seen as ~unsettling~ or unpredictable. And some fans don't like that.

Lou unfortunately has the more obvious answer. I will be honest and say I know less about PSI than I wish but based on those other confessions I read, people think she's "masculine" because she's more of a tomboy and because she has traits most people associate as masculine (assertive, ambitious, not depending on another man, less emotional/more rational). On the surface, she doesn't fit into the traits I mentioned earlier and ig fans don't like that and ignore the rest of her character 😭😭 Maybe they're the reason why one of the endings makes Lou have a kid, like a last-ditch effort to "compensate" for how drastically different she already was in comparison to other female MCs idk.

Going back to the first thing you mentioned. Devi is both feminine and is clearly written as someone with noble intentions who cares about the fate of other people. Sure, she might have been somewhat reckless when younger, but we can see where she's coming from given her backstory (something we don't have with Lane and something people ignore for Lou because wawawa she's not talking about her feelings all the time as if there aren't bigger things happening in the plot).

I do want to conclude by saying you're not sexist just because you don't like a certain female character and you're not exempted from being sexist just because you like a female character. That's surface level talk and gets us nowhere. I'm just saying that if you notice you inexplicably dislike a female character(s), I implore you to dig deeper to find out the why.

TDLR: you didn't miss anything when rereading those books (I can speak for HSR more than for PSI) people just don't like female characters they can't fit into a box. Also, if you made it this far, ilysm <33

[quibbs126]

Okay, I filled the rest of the page with semi-successful Elita sketches, now we can talk about Ultra Magnus

And probably also Elita, since I’m currently struggling with her

But yeah, so first we have Ultra Magnus. Like I said prior, he’s the commanding officer for the Autobot team that makes up our main cast. He’s the highest ranking bot I have so far, outside of maybe Alpha Trion but he’s doing his own thing, but he is not like, the leader of the Autobots like he is in Animated. The main reason I did this is because I was saying prior how I imagine the Autobot leaders to be at least somewhat corrupt, and I didn’t want to do that to Ultra Magnus. He’s a good boy

He as a character is pretty similar to the usual. He’s very uptight and official, and has definitely memorized every regulation in the rule book, to the point where he tends to be a stick in the mud. And probably to the point of comedy where some of his subordinates use that to mess with him, like loopholes or doing things that are technically an offense but completely harmless, or other sorts of stuff

Though also, despite his borderline religious following of rules and conduct, he has a moral code outside of that, and if the situation really calls for it, he is willing to break the rules, even incredibly important ones, if it’s for the sake of what’s right or for one of his subordinates. He cares deeply about them, holding them to the regulations is his way of showing he cares, even if no one likes it

In my mind he’s something like Captain Cyllene or Captain Holt. Though take the latter with a grain of salt because I’ve never actually seen Brooklyn 99 outside of random clips. But he’s like that

I also wanted to give him glasses because of his big eyes in g1, but I remembered the “too many visors” issue so I stopped myself. But he does wear glasses for reading that are in that shape. All that reading of the rules must have overworked his optics

I also know that he’s large, I just don’t know how large compared to everyone else. I’ve never figured out how big everyone is compared to each other, Megatron being a particular issue. Because I know he’s normally supposed to be big, but I draw him as around the same size as Optimus, whom I imagine is like, normal sized, so does that make Megatron normal sized too? That feels wrong

But speaking of his size, despite the fact that he’s generally back at base instead of out, and despite his personality indicating otherwise, he is a beast in battle and incredibly strong. Do not mess with this man

I’m really not sure why in universe he’s not out in the field more often. My best idea right now is that he’s in some sort of situation like IDW (though not nearly exactly the same, I don’t know if he’s a tiny man in there) where his armor is special or something and thus to preserve it, he isn’t supposed to go out in the field much, despite its usefulness in battle. He wishes he could do more, but for now it’s best he follow his orders and do what he can, as this must be for the best

He’s gonna have a breaking the rules/rejecting authority arc, I’m fairly certain

But yeah, that’s Mags. Now on to design stuff

Initially I was going to have him be based on X4’s Colonel, since they’re of similar positions and stature

But by the end of things the Colonel design elements just weren’t really there, he is far more rectangle. I think part of it is that Colonel has some idea of clothes in his design, while the Transformers don’t and I’m not sure I want to incorporate it

And to be honest, while I generally like how his design turned out, I feel like he’s the least Mega Man looking one I’ve done so far. Like he almost looks like a normal Transformer, just with a bunch of simplification

I feel like maybe I need to take another crack at him. And also remove that white part on his chest, it’s really distracting me now with how weird it looks

I like it, but it doesn’t feel right, you know?

Now I suppose we talk about Elita

Drawing her here, I tried to take more from some of the female Reploids, since they’re really the best option I have, I want to say mostly Alia. Granted, an issue there was that they all have hair while Elita doesn’t, so I wasn’t sure what to do

And speaking of the helmet, I think I’ve come to the executive decision that I need to change it, because I don’t know, I don’t really like it all that much, I think it needs more. I like her giant side cones, I know that, and I think I like her little antennae as well. But it’s the finished product that I don’t like, because the top of her head’s too bare. I want to say I like the visor too, and I want to have it, but it’s usually after I draw it that I start struggling with her head design

I think it needs more work, I just don’t know how to fix it

But other than that, new design aspects are fine? They still need tweaking, and I want to bring back her jacket collar, but I think I’m getting somewhere

Maybe I need to look at other Elita designs for help

But I think for now I’ve said my peace on Elita’s design struggles. Maybe I need to try other characters as well? I do want to get to Arcee at some point. Hopefully everything will work itself out

Oh yeah, and one more thing about Elita that I added and keep forgetting to mention. I have elected that she does indeed have her time stop ability, though it’s only for a few seconds, and she has to be sparse with how much she uses it within a short time frame, lest it overload her systems and cause her to severely malfunction. But yes, she can Za Warudo

Anyways, I think that’s about it for now. May draw more later, I’m not too sure how I’m spending the rest of the day. What will I draw next? I don’t know. Should probably get around to Alpha Trion at some point though

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Okay time to talk about Al's hero complex and Ethan's martyr complex more in-depth because I love it so much <3

Al's hero complex is pretty obvious. He thinks he's Katniss Everdeen fighting a valiant battle against the Capitol because no one told him he's not the main character. He sees himself and those who agree with him as the Heroes (tm) while any who oppose them are the Villains of Unrivalled Evil because obviously his people wouldn't be fighting them if they were anything less. Al definitely has the overwhelming optimistic approach of a heroic paragon who believes it's impossible for him to fail because he's the good guy and good guys always win (Ladies, Gentlemen and Assorted Genders I would now like to direct your attention to "heroes never die, right?"). Which is how he ended up getting the remainder of his army massacred because he wouldn't accept defeat and pushed them on for a last-ditch attempt at victory. He's willing to sacrifice his people for the greater good, and in this way he and Percy are like the inverse of "Villains will sacrifice the world to save their loved ones, heroes will sacrifice their loved ones to save the world."

Al was the most powerful child of Hecate and as such was chosen to lead the rest of her children into battle. For such a young guy, this probably gave him a sense of grandeur, importance and self-respect which translates well into him seeing himself as the hero of his story. He had Luke and his propaganda to look up to, Mt Othrys to run things from and the Princess Andromeda to help things along, as well as a swarm of younger demigods who saw him as a hero. Now I'm not saying it all got to his head but that is pretty much what I'm saying. There's also Hecate, who is a pretty loving mother all things considered and was helping and supporting Alabaster and her children all the way through the war. With her encouragement exacerbating Al's self-righteousness instead of giving him a reality check, his hero complex could only grow until it made the Al we see in Son of Magic. He has lost everything and has never been in a worse place but he is still so sure of himself and his own moral superiority.

Ethan's martyr complex is a little more subtle but it's there if you're looking. My guy sacrificed his eye to his mother and was A-Okay with the arrangement. He was asked, from a very young age, to go through a lot of short-term physical pain with the result of a long-term disability in order to make a change in the world, which he agreed to. So he already doesn't think too highly of himself which is a great start! His mother uses him as a vehicle for her goals and he is aware of this and consenting to it. He has already relegated his own life as a tool for someone else. And then there's the arena battle in the labyrinth where he was very quick to offer Percy his own head on a platter. He was thinking very pragmatically at the time. He didn't seem to care much about "holy shit I'm going to die" and was instead just thinking "If he kills me then I die but if he spares me then we'll both die 2-1=1 so if we go with the first option then that will be one less death" HE DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK. His own life is something he can step back from, view in the context of the bigger picture and figure out how detrimental the loss of it would be to everything else going on around him. And then to further prove my point the last thing he ever does in the series is actually martyr himself to stop Kronos from ruining his mother's plans. Way to make it easier for me buddy.

As for how he ended up like this, his mother is fucking Nemesis. A hero complex and a martyr complex run antiparallel to each other with the key difference being that a hero will do whatever it takes to succeed while a martyr is all too happy to throw their life away for The Cause. In the eyes of a young child desperate to please his mother who is known for harshly punishing the prideful and arrogant of the world, being a hero who desires personal success and glory would be far too egotistical, and in order to be a hero his mother would approve of, he must be entirely selfless about it. She would despise anything else.

[spooksalotnoel]

Mbav pairings within the fandom

requested by @ilovebennyweir

I want to start by saying these are just hc!

First off, remember that CANNONICLLY these are 14–16-year-olds. Anything within my hc I put into a more modern time. I don't know as far as aging up character's so all of these will also be within my moral thinking. I'll be providing some type of explanation with all of these. And for fun I'll be ranking them too!

5. Sarah and Ethan

Okay I know that in the show they do like each other but just a reminder Sarah was 17 and Ethan was 14, they started dating end of season 2 leaving Ethan 15. Guys I am not sure, even when I was younger, I never really liked this ship regardless of it cannon-ness. When it all came down to it, this just felt extremely forced.

4. Rory and Erica

again 14 to 17 age difference! And not to mention they look like they could be related. I think this one is more on Rory's part since he's a huge flirt. Other than that, I don't have much to say.

3. Benny and Erica

(Couldn't find a gif of them together.) Again, very similar to what I Say'd about Rory and Ethan.

2. Rory and Benny

Actually, one of my mutuals put me on to this pairing! In season one episode two, after rewatching it I noticed that Benny was really into the idea of Rory liking him. As for Rory, he is canonically pan. My mutual and someone else on here had said that this was Benny's one time he could be comfortable with his identity. They were pretty much late 90's babies, going into high school in early 2000's so it isn't surprising. I can write more about this if anyone is interested, just keeping it short for now.

1. Ethan and Benny

Now this is definitely a fan favorite and my favorite. Honestly there's a lot of reasons why this would work why it wouldn't work but again, it's something I can write a longer post about.

Honorable mentions: Rory and Ethan, Benny, Rory and Ethan, Sarah and Erica

(Now just want to add that Rornny and Rorthan are pretty much at the same rank)

Again, if anyone would want me to elaborate anything just let me know!

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So, I'm currently thinking of an SMG4 au that I really want to write and talk about. It would be sci-fi based on my own creative pieces of original characters I have written for fun and classes.

But let's get into the gist of this AU, shall we? (Long Rambling ahead)

The AU is set in the far future in a city with two opposing militia, and science-based forces. Each side believes they are doing the most humane thing by making super soldiers and creating ways to alter one's own body. They're both not good moral sources at all.

SMG4 and SMG3 would be raised (not really raised, but we'll get into that later) under the militia lab group RIV. They would live together, being raised and trained under SMG1 and SMG2, almost like parents, but not really. SMG4 and SMG3 are close friends, making fun of each other and constantly getting into trouble in the lab. The lab is all they've ever known, and the people who work in it are basically their only family. They are trained to fight and be ready for anything, but as they are in the show they are constantly messing around.

But as they reach adulthood in the lab, the main director (not sure if they'll be an OC or an SMG4 character) has their scientists in this lab working on a new visor, one that will completely alter the sounds and sights of the one wearing it to whatever the director makes it to be. And so... the director decides to make SMG3 try it on, promising him he'll be the best soldier ever. And well, let's just say SMG1 and 2 do not survive that night. :)

After the situation, SMG4 retreats to living in the city streets. And this city is extremely fucked up. The city pushes towards selling your own body parts and altering them to look and be a certain way. Let's just say both (4 and 3) fall into the trap of altering their bodies throughout the story. But while SMG4 is living off the streets, he's found one day by Meggy, a girl working under the other militia VIO. And Meggy being the kind person she is, drags SMG4 to her group's medical care, and ultimately SMG4 joins this other group. Yay!

SMG3 on the other hand has left the old militia group, well sorta he still does jobs for them. He's now like a mercenary that does his own shit. He is only doing jobs for RIV because he's obligated to and well he's probably being blackmailed in some way.

And well these two make their big reconnection as SMG4 is going back to the old lab to see the tapes connected to the visor. And SMG3 needs SMG4 after he found something that was implanted in his body that he suspects was also implanted in SMG4's.

These are just some broad strokes of an idea I have. I need to flesh it out more and figure out what the hell is actually happening. SMG34 is definitely happening in this story but more so as enemies to lovers as they're forced to work with each other. I also wanna do Meggy X Tari, but not sure how yet. But don't you worry they will be included!! I want to include other characters but I'm not sure where I would place them just yet. I hope you enjoy this rambling of my AU.

[sundaybae]

DAZAI ANALYSIS

Ok, so I actually thought a lot about posting something like this, because it would mean revealing a lot of personal stuff about me... However I felt like sharing my vision on Dazai, my favorite character, someone I relate to so much it hurts...

To start this character analysis, I'm actually going to analyze myself. Today I know that I am a deeply disturbed person, since I was in primary school and maybe before I was obsessed with sexual relations, I have no idea why, and to this day I don't know where it came from. All I know is that it led me to possess sexual trauma due to some "experiences" ( no r*pe, or pedophilia). One thing is sure,if I had to take my phone back in a hospital, I'd definitely be able to have a s*xual relationship for it.

I also have a severe lack of empathy. Which is weird since I'm a true emotional sponge... I will not understand how you feel, will not know how to comfort you, will not relate or put myself in your shoes. All of that is tiring to me, weird, I simply don't get it.

I was also probably one of the worst bully to ever exist, not physically but verbally. I never treated my "friends" fairly , was always bossy and mean. And you know what's the worst ? It's that I never realized it, not in the sense that I was young and didn't know better, but more like someone took over and talked instead of me. As if I was protecting myself. It made many people hate me and no matter what I do it'll always be like that.

Today, I have only 2 or 3 people I seem to genuinely care about and even then I really doubt they'd stay. I never really showed them who I was, always hiding behind sarcasm and self depreciating jokes.

Basically, I'm a weird mix between pragmatic and emotional. I can't function in society and will probably never be able to. Isolation, and solitude are what I dream of, not because I love these but because I can't seem to deal with others... Many would say I'm a psycho. I think I am.

That's where I relate to Dazai. I'm not a killer, I never tortured anyone, and while I was probably abusive mentally, I was never physically. However I get how he acts. Not having any morals, to be like a virus, someone so different from others that you could never integrate. You still try, because of diverse reasons, but even then you feel like it's not where you should really be.

Nobody knows who you are, firstly because you've always hidden yourself behind a different persona, but most importantly because you don't know yourself who you are. Everyday that passes, you feel empty, devoid of any things that make people's life interesting and bright.

Every time I see a rant post about how Dazai is a monster, it really makes me wanna cry, hide myself in my bed and never get out. Because it's me. Things are not as easy as :" oh he's a psycho, bad bad person". It's not that easy to act accordingly as everyone wants when you don't get it. I know that I could never come up to my ex-friends, look at them and say I'm sorry, just like how Dazai will never look at Akutagawa and say I'm sorry. Not because I'm heartless but because it won't get out. Even though I'm strong at lying, manipulating, even though I do that every day.

It's frustrating to not know who you are. To be a monster in everybody's eyes and even yours. Guess what, I'm deeply, disturbed, probably mentally ill, many would call me broken, and I already do it. I love Dazai, would defend him till the end of my life. He's my favorite character. Why ?

Because he's me.

[greyfongschemmenti]

overall thoughts on tdp??? Now that you’re done watching, which season/story-line/character (besides our iconic queen General and Aunt Amaya 👑) was your fave? Any moments throughout that you really felt or really spoke to you?

The dynamic of characters in this show is so interesting. The theme throughout the whole show is something that resonates with me because it's how I live my life. Despite what you hear about a certain group of people you should have an open mind. This is just some of my thoughts and opinions on some of the characters. There might be spoilers so read at your own risk.

I love Seasons 1-3 and if it wasn’t for the wedding preparations and scenes with Amaya. I wouldn’t have watched season 4. I felt like the whole season was complete filler. The series could’ve ended at the 3rd season and be solid. Season 4 didn’t really get my attention compared to the previous seasons. I hope the story picks up in season 5. I just need more Amaya 😭 lol

Callum starting as a kid who doesn't know where he belongs because he isn't a fighter or have anything useful to help the kingdom. He is the stepson of the king. Turns out he is a mage and he instantly knows that he wants to be a good light mage and nothing like what his former crush, Claudia is. Speaks on his character and reminds me a lot of his mom.

Ezran, such a baby doll, is quirky and awkward. Has a difficulty talking to people and has a special connection with animals. He has a kind heart and sees the good in people. He doesn't allow outside comments deter his judgement on a person. He reminds me so much of Antonio from Encanto. He is a fave for sure. He is a type of King that I would love to see in the real world.One that rules with kind and compassion instead with a drive for power or holier than thou.

Rayla being a moonshadow assassin. While Rayla claims to despise humans, on the inside she doesn't truly hate them. She doesn't see them as lesser beings than herself, unlike the rest of the elves. It causes this inner turmoil on her belief as a moon shadow assassin verses her morals. She constantly checking her morals and doing better. Willing to put her life on the line to do the right thing.

Claudia, her development was scary, I know there's some good but she continues down this dark path, that its sad. I was so hoping that she would run away with Soren. I really hope there is some way she can redeem herself in the upcoming season but I feel like she's so far down the rabbit hole that it's too deep a hole for her to come out of. The reason why I say Claudia's development is scary s because she knows she is becoming darker. Each season she is at a point where she pushes that morality further. She crosses that limit and instead of realizing ok that's enough. She knows it's bad and accepts it with no regret. Only to surpass it again the next time. There is nothing that will stop her to get what she wants.

Soren, at first I didn't care about him because he was this jerk who constantly picked on Callum, but Soren definitely grew. The first season I feel like the creators wanted us to see Soren as this idiot jock that heavily relies on his physical strength. It also didn't help that Viren and Claudia also treated him as such. As the series goes on he is so much more than that. His development throughout the series is one of the best, imo. He has this emotional intelligence that came to a surprise. He does have silly moments where he acts first but then he realizes his mistakes and changes. When Soren realized how he was manipulated by his dad. He went against his dad. This is so hard to do. He loves his dad and his sister so for him to renounce his loyalty from his family and follow the crown. Then on top of that having to go to war and the person you're fighting is your own father and sister. That hits the heart in more ways than one. His redemption arc is honestly chef's kiss. Soren is a good boi.

Amaya, my my my Amaya. She is wife. Once she appeared on the screen I had heart eyes immediately. Like I was already shopping for rings! I think I have a thing for strong stoic types who are really big softies. She's both an immovable object and an unstoppable force in battle. Amaya is thoughtful, honorable, compassionate and smart. Brutal, driven and capable. Pragmatic and adaptable. Her character design and fight choreography is stylish af. I could watch her fight it's like watching a dance. Her shield is honestly really cool and interesting design. Even though she's a tough person that flips switches so fast once she's with her nephews. She turns into this big softy that is so adorable and honestly is why I fell hard for her. She has a heart of gold and isn't afraid to jump into the line of fire to protect the people she loves. Her nephews, Gren, Janai, her soldiers, her kingdom. I could go on about Amaya.

Bait, Bait is the best. I can't get over him. He has a range of emotions and is the bestest boi. He deserves all the tarts.

Bonus:

I can't get over the fact that Amaya threw Bait in a perfect spiral throw. Bait is beauty. Bait is grace.