#this is something that’s been bothering me since I was 14 btw

[flying-ham]

okay speaking as a ~child of divorce~ why the hell does wally call will “dad” after only knowing him for like max 3 years

[melodiousmonsters]

You still here?

Well now I Am! But only occasional disconnected pieces, the big monstiary project seemed to have killed my drive for making msm art and it's partially come back to me. But I have been having a BAD past week, like, losing all my friends bad (btw I feel this is necessary sense one of the people I know has a tumblr, not saying who though, if anyone comes out with allegations about me, it was a phase I had between the ages of 10 to about 13-14, so at the least it was 2 years ago, and I got medicated since then). Also speaking of friends, if anyone wants to be friends I am open to it! Or if we were maybe reach out or something if you want to be im to anxious to bother people I haven't spoken to in a few months. Anyway expect doodles tomorrow, probably of Attmoz.

[my-castles-crumbling]

Hi there, mind if I bother you for a advice when you're free?

I'm a Brazilian girl with 14(read all your boundaries for minors and I'm trying to follow reach of them) and basically my life turned upside down for me a bit after the start of 2023(I think?)

My mom fell in a trap on the internet and lost a lot of money from our family, from both close and not so close relatives. Sometime later my dad got fired and we had to cut many things out of our lives because we didn't had the money to keep these things anymore, and my grandparents from my mom's side are not so well (grandpa's has breathing problems and is going blind while grandma's starting to forget things)

And we just discovered that I am autistic (and already knew I had ADHD since 2022) so everyone's trying to adjust to somethings I simply can't deal with, along with trying to deal with the fact my older sister ran away after many arguments about her mental health struggles and abusive relationship and that if my parents try and reach out by me and my little sister she going to cut contact completely (we know where she is and that she's currently ok btw)

My mom already has a lot of problems with her mental and physical health, my little sister has anxiety and still doesn't goes to therapy, my dad has quite harsh anger issues although he mostly keeps them at bay.

And then we have me, the autistic ADHD teenager struggling with school who's about to go to college (I think? Don't know about American/British system works) and really, really, really wants to go to her graduation trip that costs a lot while not knowing how to deal with her emotions and is in the constant shadow of her older sister, all of that while knowing one of her old friends who she had considered a sibling once has been spreading lies and saying their much better without her and apparently is trying to break her friendship with her current best friend (if it is true it's working).

And now I don't know what do I do to put my life back on the tracks.

Feel free to not answer or just ignore this if you want, but thanks for the opportunity of letting me vent. And I'm sorry if there are any mistakes on my English

Hi hon <3

No worries about English at all <3

Honestly, I think you need to focus on the things YOU can change. Unfortunately, you might not be able to change things with your parents, or your sister, or your financial situation. Those are things for adults to worry about. I don't mean that it a way to make you seem like a 'stupid kid' I mean, let them worry about it. You still have time to be a kid- I know it's hard, but try to take advantage of it.

As far as school and friends, these are things we can focus on. Talk with your teachers about what work on in school and what THEY can do to help you. Talk with your best friend about your worries. I know life is scary right now, but focus on those things that you can make changes about. Also maybe if your school has a counselor, talk to them as well? Especially since you have autism, your school should be giving you resources to succeed.

I know this is alll difficult, but take some deep breaths and know that it will be okay and I'm here for you to vent <3

Naming you yarn anon

[missmastectomy]

Hey, I'm interested in your answer to this: Do you think it's possible for misogyny to not be the (main) reason for identifying as trans?

I'm kind of crypto so I don't wanna say too much. Long story short I feel like my dysphoria may have been influenced by the prejudice of gnc people. This isn't to say I was 100% of exempt from having internalized misogyny (since we live in a misogynistic world), I just didn't really feel shame for being a girl. I don't remember having a not-like-other-girls phase. I was kind of boyish and was heavily in male dominant spaces, and wanted to be seen as "one of them" (not in a pick me way, but I didn't wanna stand out). I also looked up to a lot of male influencers at the time. Obviously, girls can like "masculine" things and I knew that, but I think the biggest issue was me hitting puberty. It felt uncomfortable existing as physically female most of the time, I think partially it's bcuz it interfered with how I viewed myself ideally (with the social part coming after). That's what dysphoria feels like for me. For a year or so I wanted to desist but it was hard bcuz of it.

Maybe I'm just overlooking some thing in my past. There's not a lot of times in my life where misogyny bothered me personally and it was only last year where it really started affecting me. I identified as non-binary at 14 and for more than a year I was interested in feminism (not the liberal kind). Hope this wasn't a long read, btw. I've never spoken to a detrans person before and you seem very understanding.

I would say that misogyny is a big influencer because there’s really no way for most girls to grow up unaffected by it. But that doesn’t mean it’s always the primary reason. Not because of classic, easily detectable misogyny at least. But even other things, like sexual assault, being ostracized for being GNC or gay, do come from places of misogyny when those things are directed at women.

For example, I would absolutely say a woman/girl who was sexually assaulted by a man was a victim of misogynistic violence. Women are assaulted at such high rates by men specifically, and it comes from entitlement to our bodies. It’s an act of violation that is born from disdain for women. Obviously men can be SA victims, but the dynamics around a specific SA case are informed by the who the perpetrator and who the victim is. I’d say something similar applies to social exclusion of masculine women. The idea that they’re “bad at being women” only exists because of social misogyny. That women “have” to be feminine in the way they dress and act is a misogynistic belief system.

It’s more like I think that small pressures (soft misogyny) is a huge driver for gender dysphoria in women. With men the causes are different of course. Does that make sense? Everyone processes this kind of stuff in their own way, so how they explain their reasoning is also going to be different. But there’s a lot of commonalities in all these stories. I’d say misogyny is the root of it.

[ifievertoldyou]

the long awaited wip graveyard post

i thought the title was fitting for halloween :p

this post is an assorted collection of all my old thaw wips that i deemed not good enough to post, but didn't want to just rot away in my folder, so now they're here.

enjoy !

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the Eye post

fun fact: i used the same seven colored pencils for both the thes eye and the tommy one, i just made the grayer shades more emphasized for the latter. thought that was a neat little detail.

q's eye here makes his skin look a lil more purple

i impulsively gave quackity an eyebrow when i didn't sketch it before, and the way it turned out bothered me >:((

not a wip because i absolutely would never give this abomination its own post, but this is basically what my scratch paper sheet looks like when i want to test out how different colors look with each other, and also get a really, Really rough idea of what the final product will look like. this is the process i go through Every time i draw something serious. 😭

peep all 7 colors of the chaosduo's eyes under the thes eye practice

LMAO AND THE THES FACE 8 SECOND SKETCH LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON DRUGS IT'S SO SILLY

can you see me struggling to figure out how to wrap the rune around q's pupil? and also how to make the rune not just Completely disappear bc of how dark his eye is? yeah. traditional art is a pain is the ass sometimes, but i'm still wayy better at it.

also shoutout to @alexanderwesker for giving me an idea of what the rune on q's eye looks like, because i like being as accurate as i can when i draw stuff, so that was very much appreciated!

the part 2 to the hero's journey comic

i went fucking Ham during the hero's journey assignment, so much so that i literally planned like 19 more panels than what you saw in the original post (27 panels planned in total). but then i realized that i had like Four Whole Days to do that assignment, and would definitely not be able to do that many, especially not without burning out.

so i instead settled for the very first 8 panels that i planned (though even then, i had to abridge a lot of it, and also cut slime entirely from it, bc otherwise those 8 would have been 14 whole panels, and i think i would actually die-), since that was just enough to show two different steps of the hero's journey (crossing the threshold and meeting the mentor btw. i could probably do a whole analysis on how wesker's stories fit into the hero's journey if i wanted to, but i'm lazy rn and this post is already pretty long), and that was the big grading requirement. (i got 100% on that assignment btw 💪and my english teacher still has no clue that he graded minecraft fanfiction fanart LMAO) but this one is what i would have included if i had more time on the project, and could include more of the story, but as it stands, i made this one in my own leisure, because comics are fun to do.

anyways, with that little rant aside, i tried my best to make q look younger than quackity, and really accentuate the difference between them. idk how i feel about how q turned out though.

i'm really proud of the paneling, and i'm also kinda proud of the first frame with quackity's face in particular bc i thought it looked cool, like an actual comic book or something. but i couldn't figure out the card physics or perspective and that's what ultimately made me choose to abandon it 💔 maybe i'll try attempting this page again when i'm feeling more daring (as well as the other panels that i still haven't even drawn yet), but this wip has been collecting dust for a couple of months now so i figured i'd share it here anyway.

Palido

i drew palido a bit ago, but bro got somehow managed to get crinkled in my bag, even while literally being Inside of my sketchbook 🤨

it's not Too awfully noticeable though, especially bc the fold isn't On the drawing itself, so i might be able to salvage him and post a finished version someday... but i kinda halted progress on him for the time being bc of it, so here he is. </3

"Am I Still Even Me?"

i 1000% want to redraw this someday, just because i think the idea behind it is so fucking neat.

honestly, this one wasn't too bad at all, especially since i did all of it (besides the bones bc i think my health professions teacher would be disappointed if i got them wrong, and also the rune bc i care way too much about accuracy) without any reference, which is a pretty impressive feat for me and my aphantasia. but yeahh i think it could definitely be better, and really, this drawing was ultimately something that i just drew in class to keep myself busy for a bit bc i had way too much freetime that day. it wasn't intended to be post-worthy or anything.

but i think that the idea behind it is definitely post-worthy. maybe i'll even add a thes and/or youngerbur addition once i get more information about them and just how they've changed yk.

i had no clue how to draw the bones in that position, i probably could've done more research but. yeah no i don't have an excuse, i just couldn't be bothered that day lmao.

i was also gonna bloody q's hands a bit if i ever got to the coloring stage. like a little nod to when he lost himself to Madness. is the blood actually there? who knows, we're seeing it from his eyes, so for all we know, the rune isn't even lit up either, and he's just remembering it being so. remembering the moment he acted so unlike how he used to be.

the bones are definitely there for charlie though, poor guy...

also can y'all tell that i drew the rune in like. 5 seconds. bc yeah.

i had way more wips to share but i have literally no clue where they went, and also the tumblr picture limit is getitng close so ig that's all for now </3

like for a part 2 (whenever i accumulate enough wips to warrant a post, that is)

[emersonfreepress]

Yo wassup, it's ya boi Spanish pet name anon back at it again with more random mc facts. (is this cringe-enough yet? good.) ((this is just an info dump, so please don't feel the need to read all of this shit, lol))

More random info bout my babe:

(Kinda political, I guess? seriously, you don't have to post this if you don't want to) Spent a year and a half in juvie for "Attempted Arson" after helping burn down a superrich alt-right Nazi dickhead's poolhouse. My boy had just turned 14, and the only reason they got caught was because one of the kids in the group he did it with ratted him and the others out.

Unsurprisingly made friends with other baby anarchists while in juvie and still tries to keep in touch with them once he got out. (kinda political over, lol)

Moving onto something a little less (or more depending on the person) polarizing.

(religion CW) He's an ex-catholic, and I see him as coming from a religious background/family. Never really liked the whole fire and brimstone, repent or die spiel he grew up having to listen to. The only things he really appreciated about his religion were how pretty the stained glass windows the old church in his hometown had and, as he got older, the really buff angel statues/paintings. Does get nostalgic when he hears the reverberation of organ music. Still has the little gold cross baby necklace he got when he was baptized. (religion CW over)

The only person he could really relate to in his family was his mother's sister, his Aunt Isobel. Always looked up to her because of how much of a badass she is. (I could honestly talk about her for days, lol.)

Speaking of his aunt, she was the first person he ever came out to. He initially never really labeled his sexuality, but he'd later feel comfortable falling under the pansexual and demiromantic labels as he got older.

He's also nonbinary! He was never bothered being called by the pronouns he was given at birth, but being called "son" or "boy" didn't really fit right. He's always felt that his agab shouldn't get to dictate and define what he calls himself.

I could go on and on, honestly, so I'm just gonna stop here, lol! If you are interested in hearing more about my boy, let me know! Also, let me know if this is annoying as fuck, and I'll stop!

Anyway, I hope you're having a good day and that you have a lovely weekend! ❤😊

well i mean "alt-right" is a newfangled 2010s term made to sanitize contemporary Christian fascism to the general public... but like anyway 😆 i digress lol i know what you mean here. the anarchist scene in Emerson is tiny lol good job on them for finding some fellow babies somehow

This is what I'd call Super Headcanon-y since MC's family has always been pretty secular 😅 But coming out to their aunt makes total sense!! I legit might make that a background option for queer MCs, it's that correct and good.

I don't mind this btw! Took me forever to publish it, but I do love hearing about people's New Kids 🥰

[suddenly-i-kin-oikawa]

Y/n Haikyuu Chronicles

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Childhood Friends AU ♥

Kids (3-10)~

You’ve lived next to each other for as long as you two can remember

Although he’s about 3 months older, you’ve always been close

You’re the one who got him into dinosaurs, btw. He didn’t want to watch Jurassic Park with you, but he’s always been a bit weak for you, lmao.

He had to physically pull you off of Yamaguchi’s bully’s and to this day you are proud as hell of it. 

When you guys have a sleep over, he always says he hates cuddling and goes to sleep with his back to you, but always ends up waking up wrapped around you anyway

For like a year and a half you were taller than him, but then this asshole got his growth spurt

He’s so soft, omg, he always remembers your favorite snacks so he can get you them

He saves you spots next to him

Holds your hand so “You don’t get lost like the idiot you are”

(Super easy to fluster at this age btw, especially when he’s called cute)

Tweens (11-13)~

This is when you guys first started getting teased for being friends

You offered to only hang out with him after school because you knew he hated the attention

He rejected that idea and called you an idiot

Not too long after that is when he started snipping at everyone, to your great amusement

(”Aw, look, it’s Kishi and n/n, are you guys going on a date?”) (”Oh, look, it’s the kid that said he could date anyone he wanted then started crying when he got rejected.”) (”Oh my gosh, Kishi no.”)

Eventually everyone just left you two alone, though it didn’t stop some kids for forming a betting pool about your relationship

This mf sprouted like a god damned tree, you are unable to count just how many times he’s rested his arm on your head or looked down at you smirking. 

You fix that though with a good elbow to his side when he gets cocky, the bastard. 

Whatever, enough about his growth. You got taller as well, just nowhere near him. Your more feminine aspects starting coming in as well, which got you some attention from boys before Kishi scared them off.

This time is also when you two started volleyball. You as the boy’s manager and sometimes practicing with the girls and Tsukishima bragging to you about his big brother who played for Karasuno High.

You remembered your friend mentioning that he’s never been to one of his brothers’ games before, so you decided to get two tickets so you could surprise him!

That was the first time Kishi’s ever ignored you for that long.

It was the last day of school when he showed up at your house with your favorite snacks, drinks, your favorite (of his) dino plush, and a playlist.

You called it your Kishi Care Kit, he called you a nuisance

He spent the summer making it up to you

Teens(14-18)~

He did not want you to become manager of the team, at all. That’s probably the closest he’s ever come to begging

You still did it though, lmao

In your defense, you maybe kinda was still scared he’d leave you like he did in middle school again. 

Anyway! This was also a good way of making new friends! Once you, Kishi, and Yama clicked, you never really bothered the make other friends.

This might also be your potential abandonment issues talking, but we’re not gonna go into that

However, no matter how many Kishi said you could do what you wanted, he found himself getting possessive.

Walking up to you and yanking you away from whoever was talking to you

Standing ominously behind you until the other person left

Verbally ripping apart the others person, you name it

Him being your childhood best friend, you might have ignored for a couple months but eventually you got tired of his hot and cold act and you two clashed

While you two were going back and forth, he said something he shouldn’t have and hurt you. You knew sometimes he was blunt, and borderline mean, but never to you. It hit harder then you thought it would.

You left before he could say anymore. He hurt you in middle school, and he did it again a year later. You should have left after the first time to save yourself the heart ache. 

Throughout the entirety of your guys lives, you’ve always been the one to go to him after a fight. Not that you were wrong all the time, but you know your best friend. He probably one of the worse people to ever fight with because he doesn’t apologize. 

Even after he ignored you for months on end and gave you those gifts, the words sorry never left his mouth.

You’ve always gone back to him, because he knew you would understand his short comings when it came the that flaw of his.

You’re not sure if you want to understand anymore

Almost three months later and countless awkward practices, he knocked on your window a little past 3 in the morning

You let him in, and you two are sitting across from each other. He’s staring at you while you hug Rex (the plush he gave you) and look anywhere but him.

15 minutes are silence goes by before he says anything.

“I’m so sorry, n/n.”

You hadn’t heard your nickname since before 7th grade

He apologized to you for multiples things

What happened in middle school, acting like he didn’t care, ruining your chances at making friends multiple times, what he said to you during that fight. It all comes rushing out and all you can do is stare at him because he’s rambling and his voice his cracking and are those tears?

You don’t bother trying to stop yourselves from hugging him.

Once he’s calms, you ask him why

Why did you leave me? 

Why did you ignore me?

Why did you hurt me?

He explained everything, not leaving a single detail out. And then it was quiet again.

“I love you.”

“You do?”

“How could I not?”

Time-skip~

You two dated throughout high school, collage, and are still going strong

Of course, you’ve had your ups and downs, but you pulled through.

Your both busy with your respective careers, or the beginnings of one, but you always make time for each other.

You always sleep in his arms at the end of the day, you book tours  at his museum specifically asking for him, and make it to as many of his games as you can. He also makes sure to wake you up with breakfast every morning with a kiss, eat lunch with you when your breaks sink up, and give you gifts 

Just to remind you

It was when he blocked his rival scoring the winning point when he told you to look under your seat at the end of the game

You, confused, did so, embarrassed he was doing this on live television

Then you saw it.

And you had never said yes so fast.

@alto-march-of-death​ .... Im back 👉👈 WITH A GIFT I hope it’s not too bad, I wanted to surprise you so I couldn’t really ask for you opinion. I have been working on this for A WHILE and I’m so glad it’s done

[peppersonironi]

Duke Thomas/The Signal Fic Recs

This is for @capttain-emo who saw me reblog this wonderful rec list by @stories-from-the-batcave , and asked if I knew any more. (I highly recommend those, btw, I love all the fics on that list! Yes, that includes the one I wrote in there) Duke Thomas is my favorite Batfam member, so I have a bunch! Unfortunately, there isn’t as much Duke content out there as I’d hope - people just don’t seem to like him as much for some reason? It’s sad. So, there are gonna be a couple here written by me. Rest assured, I have way more Duke content on the way - including a WIP coming out this week! (Ao3 linked out at the top of my blog)

I love recommending Fics, so hit me up in my inbox if there’s a trope or character or relationship (platonic or not) that you’d really love to read! I also write fan fiction, and my requests are always open!

1. Siblings: The Truth of the Matter by Me!

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & his siblings

Duke had a strange family. Two of his siblings had been raised from birth to be assassins. One was born in a circus. One had been a crime lord for a time. Yet another was the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company by the age of seventeen. All of them dressed up in spandex every night to punch bad guys.

So when he was woken up by icy water being splashed in his face, tied to a chair in nothing but his boxers, he wasn't surprised. Now, that's not to say he wasn't worried. Duke was definitely worried. Especially since it was these two.

AKA Duke gets tied up and questioned by his siblings, all while drugged with Truth Serum!

2. Bliss by Me!

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Damian

Duke walks in on a sleeping assassin child in need of comfort, and takes a chance. Brotherly bonding ensues!

3. An ever growing family of birds and bats by alicecrow6

Rating: General Audiences/Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Damian

a series of Batkids Age Reversal fics where Damian comes first, then Harper, then Duke and so on.

4. look at me, all the things I can do by Aelig  

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Cass, Duke & Bruce

"Duke took a bite of his toast, gaze still on Bruce. His foster father was sipping at his coffee, eyebrows frowning. To an outsider, you would think he was reading the morning news on his tablet, like always; Duke knew better. Bruce's look was a little away from the screen, his lips downward.

It was almost funny, to watch Bruce internally panic."

OR: It's the morning, and Duke is going back to school for the first time since his injury.

5. The Batchair(s) Issue by NightFlier

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen w/ background ships Relationships: Duke & Cass, Duke & Steph, Steph/Cass Trio & Batfam

Duke Thomas feels like an outsider, and not just because he's part of the new Outsiders team roster. He's the newest member of the legendary Batclan and hasn't yet formed the close bonds that the others share. Not to mention, he's the only active Meta on the team. As if it wasn't hard enough to relate with people with such colorful, unique backgrounds.

But it's okay! Duke has a plan and it'll probably work for a while before crashing & burning. BatShenanigans ahead.

6. All That Glitters is Gold (Unfortunately) by IndefiniteIceCube

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Tim, Duke & Steph

The world is gold and Duke can't breathe.

He can't breathe.

He was sitting in AP World History just a minute ago.

Was it a minute ago? It seemed like a minute ago but it could have been hours because all he can focus on is that he can’t breathe. His lungs won’t fill and- and he’s trying he swears but he just. can’t. breathe.

And the gold—

-----

Duke's powers emerge.

It doesn't go well.

7. Be the Light that Helps Others See by Ace_Corvid @ace-corvid

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam

Duke didn't really know what to expect from movie nights with the Bats.

He could only assume they approached this with the same determined intensity as they approached everything else. They were all so extra it was like their gauge for normal was completely broke. He wasn't really prepared for this.

And yet here he was. Surrounded.

(Alternatively; Batkid's have a movie night.)

8. I've Made a Million Mistakes by Sohotthateveryonedied

“Y’all need Jethuth.”

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam

“Don’t worry,” Dick says, throwing his arm around Duke’s shoulders. “Everyone in this room has had their teeth knocked out at one point or another. It’s a rite of passage around here.”

“I don’t know how to tell you thith, but that doethn’t happen to normal people. We acthually prefer to keep our teeth, believe it or not.”

“Wait until you get your first major battle scar. Trust me, they’re cool.”

“Y’all need Jethuth.”

9. Children (All of Them) by TheFalconWarrior

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam

In which Tim is not stupid but Jason might just be, Damian is furious, Dick kind of feels like he should be doing…something, Steph is ecstatic, and Duke wonders how long he can survive.

10. In the Dark of the Night by Aelig

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Jason, Batfam

"Duke was woken up by someone sliding into his bed. Someone big judging by how the mattress shifted.

Because Duke was a well-trained vigilante, his first reflex was obviously to kick whoever was being creepy right now and push them out of his bed.

It was only when the someone landed on the floor with a yelp that Duke realized that he was at Wayne Manor, which was incredibly secure – normally. He could recognize the voice, too."

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: none

OR: The Batfam and their way to deal with nightmares.

11. Welcome to the Family by angstyelephant

In which Duke Thomas goes back to the beginning.

12. Family-- by incorrectbatfam

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & batfam

“Your assignment over the weekend is to write a poem about your family.”

13. I'm Still Climbing(Even When the Rest Have Fallen) by anidear

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Dick, Duke & Damian

After his first exposure to the Fear Toxin, Dick checks in on Duke.

14. The cat and the newcomer by Fleur_de_Violette

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Alfred the Cat

Duke always found people talking to their pets about their problems silly. And yet here he was.

15. Duke-napped by NightOwl1600

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Bruce, Duke & batfam

The others don’t really bother Duke with his business. They all care about him, he knows, but outside of the vigilante business, they don’t really care to ask aside from the typical “How was school?” or “Can you buy me some chilidogs after you’re done with whatever you’re doing?” So he’s a bit concerned if they’ll even notice when he’s been kidnapped as Duke Thomas, Bruce Wayne’s newest ward. But he’s not about to panic; as the others seem to be so determined that traumatizing new experiences are part of Bat-initiation.

Meanwhile, the rest of the family freaks out because “Did anyone go over the do’s and don’ts of getting kidnapped with Duke?!”

16. Nightmare/Hallucination by FearfulKitten @fearfulkittenwrites

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Jason

Duke found himself staring at the ceiling again. His heart was no longer racing, but he wouldn’t exactly say that he was calm either. This is the moment after the end of a race you lost, when all of the adrenaline is starting to wear off and the hopelessness sets in. That’s it. You’re out of the competition, buddy.

Except that this isn’t a race, and Duke hasn’t just lost his spot for the finals. He had simply lost sleep.

17. Jason Todd, Big Brother Part 8792 by Gemini_00

Rating: General Audiences Category: Other Relationships: Duke & Jason, Duke & Damian

Robin and the Signal sneak along the Outlaws mission in order to steal a bazooka and hang out with Kori. Jason has to deal with two little brothers and feeding a team of outlaws. He's putting this on Bruce's credit

18. "What's wrong? What's happening?" By FearfulKitten @fearfulkittenwrites

Rating: General Audiences Category: Other Relationships: Duke & Tim

Duke runs into trouble during his daytime patrol, and ends up needing some back up. The resident over-productive insomniac bat picks up the call.

(A little bit of and Duke interaction for a nice tumblr Anon :) I hope you like it!)

19. Nightmares by FearfulKitten @fearfulkittenwrites

Rating: Teen Category: Other Relationships: Duke & Dick

Filling the nightmare square on my bingo card with the help of an anon on tumblr who asked for a fic where Duke has a nightmare and asks for the help of one of the older batboys!

"Duke checked the time again. Two minutes had passed.

Time was ticking too slowly. He was tired, but sitting alone in the dark was definitely not a good idea right now.

He’d have to ask for help."

20. Brothers in Arms by TheFalconWarrior

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam

...possibly against each other. Batkid prank wars are the worst.

Duke is learning. Tim is evil. So is Damian. Dick is embarrassing. Jason is dramatic. Steph is brave. Babs is all-knowing. Cass wants in. Alfred is a little amused, and Bruce is so. Tired.

21. First rule of Robin, right? By ALzzza

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Damian,Duke & Dick

"Nothing’s going to hurt you—you got that, nothing.”

Duke doesn’t have anything better to do but it’s not like that matters. Hell, he’d drop everything and run—always in time to catch this little bird.

Or, Damian’s Been Having Nightmares, Duke To The Rescue—Dick Always With The Reassurance

22. Duke's Diary by fiery_day

 Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam,Duke & Dick

This is a couple of journal entries by Duke as he learns to become Signal. He relates his thoughts on the batfamily and aspects of the vigilante life he now leads.

23. Significance of a Gala by nxttime

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Batfam,Duke & Jason, Duke & Tim

This year’s Wayne Gala would be Duke’s first, and he had no clue how to feel about it.

 25. The cloud that looks after each other by Batmango

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Bruce, Duke & Goliath

Duke wakes up the Bat cave after a fight with the Joker.

For MashpotatoeQueen5 as a thanks for using so many of my prompt in the excellent January Jot-Downs.

Prompt: a hurt comfort after an injury/illness? Or just cuddles. I love me some cuddles.

26. The One You’ll Know By by Redrikki

Rating: Teen Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Bruce, Bruce & Alfred

After losing his memory, Bruce asked Alfred not to tell him about his vigilante life, but he's beginning to think his butler left a few other things out. Like, say, his kids.

27. Duke Thomas Hates Bullies by Gemini_00

Rating: Unrated Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Steph, Duke & Tim, Duke & Bruce, Duke & Damian

Everyone loves that Duke Thomas isn't like all those other crazy Waynes. Everyone loves that the Signal isn't trying to get himself killed. Duke may not see Bruce as his dad, but he is definitely part of the bat family. and nobody is going to bully his family. Or, Duke Thomas Kicks Ass.

28. batman is dancing to fortnight and this might as well happen because vigilante life is already so *Goddamn* weird (Duke Thomas: A Memoir) by MashpotatoeQueen5

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Bruce, Duke & Batfam

You may not have time to unpack all that, but Duke Thomas does.

(He doesn't get it either.)

(He loves his new crazy family nonetheless.)

29. In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind by RedHoodie1723

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Bruce, Duke & Batfam

Day Six of Batfam Week 2020: Take Your Child To Work Day

It was Duke's first time visiting Wayne Enterprises, and he couldn't help but be intrigued by the Martha Wayne Foundation.

30. You’re My Brother by blackpercy

Rating: General Audiences Category: Gen Relationships: Duke & Dick

Duke's missing his parents a lot and Dick comes in to help his little brother.

And that’s it for the list! I hope you enjoy these thirty works! Once again, send me an ask if you have requests for fics, recs, or if you have general questions!

[dukeofonions]

i’ve seen people on here talking about how virgil and logan’s characterizations are getting screwy, but can we talk about janus in POF? c!thomas listened to him way quicker than he ever did with pre-AA virgil, and roman was put in a really bad light for not trusting him. like i get that the other characters’ attitudes towards acceptance may have changed, but still. also, the whole “snake boy” thing just felt very uwu-ifed imo, and i’m afraid he’s gonna turn into another virgil in that regard

Oh I have been waiting for this ask anon. I made an actual post discussing how off Janus was in POF awhile ago but I am more than happy to discuss it again.

First off, when you compare Janus and Virgil's "arcs" you can tell right away that Janus's character development is being rushed through.

Virgil got an entire season to grow and develop, Janus was introduced five episodes (if you count both parts of moving on as separate episodes) into season two, and given that the finale will be two parts, it looks like this season will consist of 14 episodes.

The problem? Well, after Can Lying Be Good Janus only appears in 3 episodes (two of which were only short cameos) until Putting Others First where he's suddenly on the road to acceptance. And seeing as it's likely he'll be in the finale, this will mean that out of a 14 episode season, Janus is only present in 7 episodes.

(That's if the finale is a two parter btw although that's what they've been saying and if they change it now I'm gonna scream)

But considering two of those appearances were just brief cameos that did nothing to give us any information about his character and how he interacted with the others and therefore don't really count in my opinion (one was literally just him giving Thomas the bird and the other was an end card) Janus has only shown up officially twice before his big moment in POF.

And we, the audience, are just supposed to believe that Thomas, who took an entire season to accept Virgil, is willing to start trusting Janus just because he revealed his name?!

(Thank you for being useful for once Virgil as I cannot think of any words to describe the confusion and frustration I feel)

Janus has hardly had any development and we, the audience, haven't had a chance to get to know him at all! He was introduced as Deceit, an antagonist. A threatening but still somewhat dorky villain who was always hiding in the background and pulling the strings.

We didn't have any time to get to know Deceit before he suddenly became Janus. The noble hero who would put himself in harm's way to protect Thomas and only wants what's best for him because he just cares so much and hold the duck up did I miss something here?

And guess what? It gets better! Because if you thought it was bad enough that we hardly get any time spent with Janus, we're suddenly introduced to a brand new one only 6 episodes after Janus!!!

We now have Remus who just so happens to be Roman's brother because I guess that's now possible in this universe, but but worry about him all problems with him were pretty much resolved in one episode thanks to Mr. Exposition.

So now we have Remus to focus on, after hardly getting any time with Janus, and we all know another Side is coming soon, somebody hit the breaks on this thing! The four main Sides hardly get along as it is and have hardly had any development on their own and now we gotta deal with three new characters all at once?

I know it seems like we've had Janus and Remus for awhile due to the long wait between episodes, but when you stop and look at what we have of them within the series there's hardly anything there. Heck, their first interaction on screen isn't even canon!

Thomas, buddy, what the heck are you doing???

You can't just throw a new character at us, barely show him at all, give him one full episode in the spotlight, throw a new character in, then have the first character suddenly do a complete 180 with absolutely ZERO BUILD UP.

Like bruh, I don't get it.

Ya got four characters that have had less development with each other despite having been together since the first episode and now you're just doing a speed run through all these new guys while still ignoring the issues that have been prevalent with your main cast for ages now.

Sorry to derail your initial ask anon but this has been bothering me for awhile now and I'll try and get an actual post about this out soon because I have plenty more to say about the "snek boi"

Ugh, guess I need to throw a Patton gif in here too. Uh...

There we go.

[lilacknights]

hello po. i'm sorry po for asking but i need your opinion po hehe.

i'm fairly new here (in obey me! fandom and in this site in general). i have this blog for awhile now tho i seldom use it. i'm planning to write for obey me! with my filipino mc, although i find myself second-guessing because i'm still a minor. i won't write nsfw stuff and other age inappropriate for minors tho. my concern is, is that alright? should i do it? should i reveal my exact age if ever? are people in the fandom okay with minors writing for the obey me cast with their own mc?

i'm really sorry for bothering u with my questions hehehehehe u can ignore this ask if u don't feel like answering btw. thank you!

(also, i'm sorry for grammatical errors, i kinda suck in english soooo)

-sol.

Hello, Sol!

Since this is an Anon ask, I'm not sure if you'll get a notification but I'm more than happy to reblog this once in a while until you see it. <3 And your English is great, bunso, no need to worry. ☺️💕

I'm actually new in the fandom, too. I'm barely into Lesson 17-19 I think but I've been in Tumblr for a little while, though only started being active last year. And yet I'm already writing, whether it's in this account or my other ones.

As for your questions regarding the fact that you're a minor, I'll try to answer them one by one:

"Is that alright? (To write even though I'm a minor?) Should I go for it?"

I say, go for it! Whatever age group you are, it's never too early or too late to start making content for something you like! I've actually been writing fanfiction since I was 14 and I think it actually helped me in the long run because I can see myself improve as I wrote more. And since you're only writing SFW stuff, I see no problem whatsoever.

(But if you want a more ideal platform for writing, AO3 is actually much more promising. Tumblr is also great, especially for fandoms, but AO3 is actually meant for fanfics.)

"Should I reveal my exact age if ever?"

NO, don't do that. Please don't do that. I firmly believe that, if you're a minor, revealing your age in ANY online media platform is not advisable. I was a minor before too and so are several of my friends IRL and online, and based from our experiences, having your real (minor) age in your profile attracts creeps like gro*m*rs and p*d*s into your inbox. Adults don't have that much of a need to do that but some also prefer just putting "Adult/18+/Minors DNI" in their accounts to keep minors out.

My advice is to simply put "I'm a Minor. / Minor." in your account if you need to. I think it's also okay to be not put age there at all. (Tho I personally prefer putting "Adult / Minor" descriptions in my bios because it keeps both minors and myself safer, if that makes sense.) You can also put "Adults DNI" if you don't want 18+ people interacting with your account.

I'll be happy to elaborate more on this if needed. ^.^

"Are the people in the fandom okay with minors writing for the Obey Me cast with their own MC?"

This one I can't answer with confidence because I haven't been around much and I personally only follow or read content from adults like myself. But you'll be surprised on the number of minors playing the game, too. It's actually a little more difficult to find Discord servers for adults only since Minors are more active there.

But I do have a few questions too: Is your MC an adult or a minor like you? Is their relationship with the characters platonic or romantic?

Because as far as I can see, all the love interests in the game are adults. Even though the setting is in a cross between highschool/college, the characters are clearly protrayed as adults.

PS. And before people come after me: yes, yes, I know that they're immortal. But you know the difference between pairing a 500+ year old demon with a minor and then with an adult? Adult Consent. And if anyone also comes after me with the "but 22 and 300 are still too big of age gaps!" — okay, Susan, should we pair the immortal demon with an 81y/o grandma? Is that better? (/s)

[the-acid-pear]

I just can't get enough it seems, time to start the next Baki the Grappler book!

It seems that this one will take on the saga i saw on the anime (at least by the end) so that's exciting

Chapter 1

First off quality is SHIT lmao

Yesss i remember this. I still think that shit about everyone trembling is a lil... Mmmm bullshit.

Baki be like <:] but in a smug way

Look at Tokugawa my man

OH RIGHT HE LEFT THE TOURNAMENT WITH A CAST

This feels so random

Oh right the synchronicity shit

Baki is so -_- in this manga

Look at the old timer go

YEAH FR TOKUGAWA JUST BROUGHT EXPLOSIVES TO A SCHOOL FULL OF CHILDREN TO MAKE A SHITTY ANALOGY SHSHWKWGGE FREAK OLD MAN

Chapter 2

Ahegao

Epic grandpa

HO NICE

Mf really swam thru the Pacific ocean

Chapter 3

Huh i thought he was Scottish

This random guy was pretty interesting looking, the one executing Doyle

Fucked up shit how they still do this stuff

King, i can somehow still remember his voice in particular fsr

Also since no one reads this i will say it: Doyle does NOT look white ahagdbafhsdbc

I like that he didn't bother killing the doctor

Is that Strydum? 🥺👉👈

Chapter 4

Shagddjd i was going to say that, this dude could have easily taken a different path from violence

GAARN? MY MAN? MY BELOVED GARLAND? IS HE ALIVE STILL?!

FFS NOT FOR LONG HHH LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY...

I mean it's fair, Sirkosky uses weapons, but man, Garland... :'/

This all hits so different once you know the characters :]]]

Chapter 5

That pic is still so brutal

What an absolute troll shsshwgxgd

Also fun fact when i watched the anime i didn't pay much attention at first so I assumed the Russian was Spec (i didn't even know Sirkosky's name)

I love how that was unnecessary shagdhsr

ADAGDFAGAFAD this guy was also great

Spec was fucking insane man aggsggahsfg

I love he's full of tattoos

The absolutely king

OH RIGHT Spec is sus *laugh track*

Chapter 6

Oh hell yeah, grandpa's ex

Baki tf you doing there in the cover you madlad

...bottom storage.

THEY ARE SO MEAN LEAVE HIS SHORT ASS ALONE SHSGJSGS

He's my size btw

Was there a motive for him to be naked or was he just a freak btw?

I love the shape of his eyes ngl

I love how scared the guards are while he just calmly rambles

I don't wanna call yanagi my grandpa because i think yanagi can get it and it would be like calling him daddy but the Gilf™ is Dorian man life is so hard when you are me

I love Yanagi's face lol he's handsome

Chapter 7

Poor Baki lmao he just got better from the maximum tournament and now this

Lmao Baki has a point

Unnecessary, Doyle

Chapter 8

I love how they were recruiting dangerous mfs to beat up this random guy bc his vibes are fucked up

This guy looked a lot like jack

You gotta be brave to shove a knife that sharp into your pants

I love how Baki literally did nothing to em

Baki's face just looks wrong this isn't my beloved child

Imagine you are about to fight this mf and he just shoves his hand inside his pants

Chapter 9

This dude really looks like, fully japanese jack hanma

JWGWKEGWKSGE I LOVE HIM

I love how Spec just showed up dressed up as a fucking monk or something

Chapter 10

You guys know, Dorian reminds me of my now dead great grandfather, with the moustache look even more.

Not impressed, 15 yo Hanayama did the same when throwing a tantrum

He's so insane i luv him

Okay but look at the cut of that outfit look at how well it hugs his chest and waist but flows bellow... Spec my dude you could have been a mad good model 😐 he's even giving me gender envy! 🥺

I love how Baki used both his hands for the handshake

Chapter 11

Ho, speak of the devil, i was just talking of this fucker with Blood

Mf got so old

I like how there was no motive for him to be naked he literally is just Like That

Also it's from here that he got that wasp waist lmao

Mf just flexing at this point lmao

GRANDPA!! <3

Yanagi got cake

That's so unnecessary rude, obsessed. Also, as if you weren't old Yanagi. I see why they broke up now ;/

Chapter 12

11 and 12 are the same fsr

Chapter 13

I honestly wonder where these prisoners got their clothes, like, aside from Doyle that one time everyone else is never shown shopping or even owning money

Also i love the fact that on a daily basis i dress the same as Spec, that definitely says something bout me jagsjsgwhwfwg 😭

To be honest, considering the size of Spec's body, they should definitely feed him more

He didn't wash his hands 😢

Dick and balls too strong ajgshsgsg

I love how fucking, polite he is.

Oh i see, i thought he might have stolen a wallet or something but nah

Btw i genuinely don't remember shit JAGSKSGWJGS even if it watched the anime i forgot most of this

Chapter 14

GOD the way the anime butchered Katsumi, he's so handsome in the manga in comparison 😐

Also i like how they aren't explaining this like, Katsumi was the one who lost, did he wait until Retsu was okay to fight again in HIS ("") dojo?!

RETSU STOP DOING THESE SORT OF TRICKS THAT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AJDGSJSG

HE'S JUST BUILT DIFFERENT

Okay he actually explained, oddly nice of Retsu to accept tho

Hoho this scene hits different now that i know and like Katsumi

Also I'm not even gonna question where Doppo is, dude is never just around skdgksgd

Chapter 15

I love this genre of cover

WHITE BOY SJDGSJGSHS-

I love that retsu is just watching, he's still an asshole QJGSJSGWH

If i didn't know Katsumi I would say he died

I did actually think he had died when watching the anime

Retsu still has his thicc ass i see

Chapter 16

See all this makes sense now that i know retsu and the shit he has seen and been thru!

Angry lad, lucky his hair didn't burn

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE HE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH HIS SCREAM

Chapter 17

Ahegao in the cover

I'm looking at the pages and I'm obsessed with Doppo being described as a "bold, badass karate master", it's so accurate <3

Also Igari being called eccentric, and the mention he defeated Mount Toba!! <3

Baki is slowly looking more like Baki

"my mother is dying"

Tasks keep failing successfully

Chapter 18

mAh boy...

That happens and it's the worst

Musashi you good boy 🥺

Chapter 19

Igari <33

That's insane

Chapter 20

I love that Igari looks legitimately worried and sad, not sweating tho

I love how he didn't have any serious damage until the punches like, okay.

Poor Igari tho

DID HE CHEW EM OFF OR SOMETHING? SHSHWGEGCH

Was anybody going to tell me is Sikorsky and not Sirkosky?

Also i love how legitimately scared Tokugawa is, probably more than when Yujiro picked him up

Chapter 21

The heights are so off in this saga

Oh my fucking god i didn't know Spec was 221

Either heights are all over the place or Yanagi is not 160

Either way HOW CAN YOU BE THAT SMALL? 🤣

GAFSFWEAD Tokugawa like "i own this place 😐"

Doyle is still the most decent one of the bunch

URSURSUTSUSTSRU

LOOK AT YANAGI DORIAN AND SIKORSKY ALREADY GETTING THEIR HANDS READY SBDGSHW

I googled how big Andreas from the tournament was and like, 2.40 😦

LET'S GOOOOO EVEN WITH A BEARD OMFG 😳😳😳

I see Hanayama descended into alcoholism after losing in the tournament. Also tf is with that bag? Was he hiking or something?

Jsgsjsgd Shibukawa is so excited too

I think this is chronically the first time Doppo appears with fully casual clothes, usually he either was in a suit or in his karate uniform

I'm straight up simping to the public now sgsjsgwhw

Chapter 22

LOOK AT THESE DUDES..... 💞

FUCK I WAS GONNA SAY THERE WERE MORE BAD THAN GOOD GUYS THEN LOOKED DOWN AND REALIZED THAT NO, SHIBUKAWA WAS JUST NEARLY OUT OF FRAME 😭

They all look so upset about that information

SIKORSKY NAME GOT SPELLED AS SILCOSKI...

Looking at them drives me insane i developed such a bond with all these fighters

I haven't seen Doppo this excited since last time his wife showed up

BAKI SWEARING?! 😰

How did Tokugawa grab Baki's shoulder?

ALSO WHY TF IS BAKI SO SURPRISED AS IF HE DIDNT GO AROUND BEATING UP PEOPLE WHEN HE WAS 13...

Don't worry Baki y'all will, Tokyo is not that big it seems

Shibukawa swearing 😨

"Imagine being mid but and Spec pulls up on you" "imagine having sex and she takes the mask and it's fucking Spec"

To be fair i would fuck a 2.21 muscular lady without going "hmmm this doesn't seem like a good idea..." in any moment

Chapter 23

I love how Dorian is just looking up

ACTUALLY ALL THEIR STANCES, Yanagi making dead eye contact with Gouki, Sikorsky with a firm pose just as Hanayama, Doyle with hiss chest up but eyes down giving a sense of pride, and, well, then there's Spec being Spec.

I like seeing Sikorsky having fun

I love Spec he played so smart SGSGSGS

😳 love wins!

Oh i had already forgotten about the dojo

Old man Dorian just has that effect on people

Threesome i see /j

He really was just fucking hiking i would love if they ever explained that ough 🥺

Did his facial hair just disappear?? STSGSFSD

BWHEKEGWJG THEY REALLY JUST FORGOT TO ADD IT FOR ONE PANEL IM OBSESSED

Such a good kick tho

The relationship these men can have is so oddly nice like not Doppo and Retsu specifically but all of the fighters in general. Like many of them barely know each other, but they all know their fighting styles and respect each other, plus have no reason to be in bad terms with one another and specially not now that they are all fighting for the same cause. It's just so nice to see em idk JAGSHS

Hey Igari.

Chapter 24

Thank God Doppo went <3 again it had been so long

Babe are you okay? You hadn't put a lil heart in your speech bubble for a while...

King really punched the fire

I will chose to believe that's true bc it's impressive 😍

You know it's funny like, Katsumi is mad good but he doesn't has as much experience as his dad and that leaves him in disvantage

Hehe i remember that guy

The manga is so much better than the anime ffs

I love that he didn't even realize

Chapter 25

Manga i don't think that's science

Also Baki just chilling with some doves lmao

I'm looking thru old messages see how my og reaction to this was

Huh i found nothing, that's odd. Well my reaction would have probably been like NOOOOO anyway so, y'all can imagine it

You left my dilf handless you fucking asshole good thing he has a wife

Imagine this dude cuts your hand and then just flexes his knowledge about science or whatever

HSSGGSFS THEY FIXED THE NO BEARD ERROR

Illiterate king <3

A guy did this to me once btw!!! Obviously in way smaller scale but he just touched something and the bleeding soon stopped!!!!

Honestly that's the most huge dick energy thing Doppo has ever done

Pfff I'm starting to remember why i liked Doppo so much 🥴

Bitches confused over him running away, tf was he supposed to do? He played it smart since there are no rules

Though yeah an eye and NOW a hand, insane

Chapter 26

Sjshhdhsn tanuki?

Oh, fox, he was calling him slick

Manga is pretty faster than the anime

Chapter 27

Where's your honor, Igari...

He is right sadly enough 😔

Oh i keep forgetting Igari's nature, he was probably trying to pull his silly little tricks again

This is just brutal honestly

Hehe this time i didn't get scared ☺️

I like that at least I'm not the only one who needs their mind off the gutter

Chapter 28

Love seeing em datin <3

He's so aggressive accidentally i love these dorks sm 😍🥺💞

SPEC FFS SJGDHWGW

Chapter 29

SPEC FOR FUCKS SAKE SJSVSJWGSH

Hanayama is such a real bro man

I LOVE THAT HE WAS JUST STALKING BAKI TOO BTW SJDGJDGDHSBDGDGS

To think i will still love hanayama but for entirely different reasons 😌

Chapter 30

Kaoru looks different but idk how

What the fuck is Spec even saying?

The fact that that makes no sense, i still love it a lot tho.

ALSO I ADORE HOW QUIET HANAYAMA IS WHEN FIGHTING

Okay Spec really has a point it really is beautiful

GOD I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THESE CHARACTERS TOO MUCH I NEED HELP AJDGSJSGSHS 😭

But it's beautiful in the sense like, look how built he is! Look at all those scars!!! It IS beautiful it's a masterpiece!!!!!!!

"i choose to believe this is how hanayama always undresses" KSHSKDGSJ THE AMOUNT OF SUITS THIS MAN DESTROYS.. OBSESSED

Though yeah Hanayama in general is also beautiful isn't he?

Chapter 31

I would sob man look at him. Look at Shiba.

NO ONE RISKS HIS LIFE MORE THAN SHIBA YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE I STILL HOLD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM!

A BENCH...

I really don't get why he's letting himself get hit, is he just flexing?

I cannot way to see him do his Technique ™

Chapter 32

Manga is so much superior to the anime, like, i haven't complained about Spec even once bc he isn't annoying anyone, in the anime he was so infuriating!!

I love when they just steal their standing poses sjsgjssgsh

That distortion effect so good

Chapter 33

I still think it's weird they used humans and not machines, though it was effective

I love how Spec managed to punch that statue without calling the attention of much people that's impressive

And i love that he keeps saying man he sounds like me with bro

Hanayama my beloved

Chapter 34

Yeah I'm not reading all that 😐

Oh this explains the holes in his clothes

[lathalea]

*cracks knuckles*

1, 5 and 14

Ah, welcome, Herald of Doom, Monarch of Saltiness, Sultan of "I'm Too Old To Be Bothered By This Shit", to my humble ask box! 💙 I bet you already know some of the answers, but since we're doing it in public, I'd like to take a moment to inform my faithful readers that now would be a good time to prepare pitchforks, torches, and Molotov cocktails. Ready?

Ahhh, perfect 🖤🤍 Let me see... Where was I... 1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get? In The Hobbit fandom, I have problems seeing when people glorify a toxic relationship based on the movies - I'm talking about Bagginshield. (Here you can already start composing angry anons about me being an (1) evil bitch, (2) homophobe, (3) racist, (4) whatever else comes to your beautiful minds, been there, done that, got the t-shirt, sweetlings 🥰) Having been in a toxic relationship myself in the past, I couldn't help but notice all that triggering behaviour in terms of a relationship: the taunting, the rudeness, the way movie!Thorin kept on belittling Bilbo or ignoring him (I still wish they would have made Thorin more in line with the book btw, but licentia poetica, character development, ah well) - anyway, that's not a good basis for any relationship, people. If someone you like treats you this way and keeps on hurting you constantly - walk away. And don't even get me started on the events portrayed in BOTFA. When a person isolates you from others, saying that they are all evil, suddenly pampers you and then wants to kill you (no, don't give me the "dragon sickness" excuse, we're talking about traits toxic behaviour in general) - this is not a sign of love. These are huge red flags too - run. The other side of the coin is, when you're in a relationship with someone and they start trusting you, stealing the most important thing for them, something of immense value to them, and then disrespecting their culture, betraying them by giving it to their worst enemy, betraying their trust is not a behaviour of a person in love. It is equally toxic. Now, I know Bagginshield is a comfort relationship for some people, and I respect that. If it works for you and makes you happy - keep on doing it! Cherish it and have tons of fun with it! But please respect opinions of other people and don't try to force content on others that is extremely triggering to them, okay? Thank you 🖤 One man's meat is another man's poison, as they say.

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you? People tried to ruin my sweet, beloved Boffins for me, and they almost succeeded at one point... But! I recalled I'm too old for this 💩 and decided not to be bothered by the opinions of others. In other words:

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom? The Hobbit fandom is general a lovely place with tons of wonderful, inspiring people I've met and became friends with (I love you, my lovelies 🥰), but, unfortunately, it suffers from a certain problem 😢 It pains me to say it, but... this is a salty response to a salty ask, so brace yourselves.

Sadly, this particular fandom has has the highest concentration of toxic/entitled people than any other fandom I've been a part of. And that includes the "my headcanon/OTP is the law because I say so [alternatively: this canon character belongs to me and only to me]". NEWSFLASH! No, sweetie, that's not how fandom works. We are a community, and we are here to support each other. We are supposed to enjoy our favorite books/movies, not fight over them 💙 @theresonlyzuul et voila! ;)

>>> Salty asks <<<

[hectabdr]

Dragon Raja IV - Chapters 13 - 15 + epilogue (Abridged)

Hi everyone, sorry for taking so long to post the last part, I had a lot of work this week.

BTW, since it's over, I put the whole novel summary on a PDF document, which you can download from here.

Previous Chapters

Chapter 13

The nurse at the mental hospital couldn't believe her eyes when Luminous came back and requested to be admitted in his old room. He asked for his usual injection and went back to his not-so-favorite video game level.

In his vision, he kept accelerating far away form the swarm of death servitors, everything went according to plan and they still had lots of time to spare. He made many excuses to Nono in an attempt to justify his incredible performance, in the radio, there was a very strange song, Luminous recognized it, the name was "Daily Growing" by the folk group Altan, it was the same song that Johann and his father heard before they ran into Odin.

Nono was confused, Luminous just seemed to know way too many things. He knew about the damaged tire, about every safe route, the reach of the Nibelungen and the presence of a small, strange building hiding in the distance. It was the Media Asia Group building, according to Finger, this is the place where Nono found Chu Tianjiao's home. If this was a Nibelungen, an exact copy of the room should be there as well, still intact.

There was nothing surprising about the small place, but that was intentional. A person like Tianjiao was probably trained against people with skills like Nono's, so there had to be a secret compartment or a hidden door. He lifted the bed and there it was!

Mr Chu managed to create an underground bunker for himself. There was a bigger, more comfortable bed, a record player with Elvis Presley's discs and leather jackets. Luminous wanted to be more like this stylish man every second he spent there.

He noticed a bunch of pictures hanging from a string. Tianjiao spend a lot of time making copies of photographs from his family, but he wasn't in them, there was another man next to his wife and his son, but he used chemicals to erase him from the images. He also wrote small phrases dedicated to his wife in the back of the photos, like:

"This is the first year since you left me, you look good"

"This is the third year, you're getting fat"

"Fifth year, I don't have time to think of you anymore"

"Sixth year. ...but I still miss you".

The rest of the walls were filled with images and documents connected by red strings. Multiple events were listed in them, including the fall of Black Swan Bay in 1991 and the Greenland incident from November 7, 2002. These events related to dragon sightings and awakenings all led to a specific incident: The resurrection of the Black king Nidhogg. Even to the other dragon overlords, Nidhogg is a god-like existence, and its words are taken as prophecies. Chu Tianjiao was the city's watchman, he came to that place with a special purpose, but he mistakenly fell in love with a young dancer. They got married and had a child, they were happy, but he knew very well that he couldn't give them a peaceful life, so he signed the divorce papers and watched her take Johann away and marry a different man. While that family went to amusement parks and movie theaters, Tianjiao stayed on his underground room thinking about the fate of mankind.

Luminous memorized as much as he could from Tianjiao's investigation and went back with Nono, he kept driving and they entered the empty city, the lights were still on and the amusement park shined like a neon show.

- I always wanted to be in a Nibelungen, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

- How did you think it would be?

- Distorted, scary, definitely not this beautiful.

They looked up and they saw Odin, standing on top of the clock tower, Nono raised a gun and pointed at him but Luminous held it down, telling her not to disturb him, they kept driving silently and the god didn't notice their presence.

Luminous took her to a shopping mall, where they entered a department store and he gave her a dry change of clothes. This was still strange to her, he already knew her size, he never stopped looking at his watch and somehow he also picked an outfit that she liked (a pair of burgundy sports trousers and a fleece hoodie).

He gave her a cup of hot coffee and he suggested they waited on an empty movie theater while they waited for help.

Nono waited uncomfortable in front of the screen, Luminous picked up a random movie from the projector room, it was Wall·E, the second film roll to be exact, so the film started from the halfway point. The movie slowly relaxed her and she started chewing popcorn while they waited.

- I've been here before, haven't I?.

This was the theater where she rescued him from a failed love confession to Wenwen, before taking him to sign his Cassell admission papers. Actually, Luminous was watching Wall·E with his fellow literature club members. All of these were deliberate choices, he only picked the second half of the movie because they didn't have enough time to watch it from the start.

- You have been here, you have experienced all the things we are experiencing now and I have lived this moment many times.

Nono was a profiler, it wasn't that easy to trick her, so he admitted the truth. At 12:00am, Nono was going to die, like every other time.

- This dream will become a reality. I have repeatedly entered this dream just to find a way to save you, but I couldn't find it.

- If you can't find a way to save me, why don't you save yourself instead?

- My senior brother said that he always regretted leaving his father here alone, that feeling of regret is so terrible, it made him want to go back and die right there.

- Don't say such disgusting things, if this is really my end I will accept it.

The answer became obvious, the only way to escape this Nibelungen was for one person to stay behind and die. As the movie reached its climax, a spear broke through the screen, Nono didn't move, Luminous didn't move.

- No, senior sister, this will not be you end, it will be mine.

Chapter 14

Luminous opened his eyes, it was still a quiet summer night, he slid a small knife that he bought at the convenience store and ripped the straitjacket open. The hospital personnel were resting in different rooms so he sneaked out with ease.

His last attempt was the 108th, none of them managed to give him the perfect ending that he desperately chased. The old man with the tricycle was waiting for him outside, Luminous got on the small bike and drove away. The security guard couldn't believe it when he saw the same tricycle pass by for a third time that night, straight into the elevated road.

Luminous reached the old Asia Group building, now flooded and filled with rubble and mud. He managed to find the secret door and found the insides half-submerged as well, but not everything was ruined, he located a small metal suitcase in the corner that was filled with multiple weapons, including a revolver, a tactical shotgun and a Uzi submachine gun.

All seemed to indicate that this equipment came directly from Cassell College, an academy that never bothered to mention Tianjiao's existence.

In his way out, he picked one of the photographs that managed to survive the flood, it portrayed a family of three. Johann was probably five years old and his expression was as emotionless as usual, his robot face wasn't the result of some traumatic event after all, it came with him from the moment he was born. In the corner, Tianjiao wrote some words as well: "Stay like this, not crying, just looking into the distance".

This arsenal was strong, but insignificant in front of a being like Odin. Ming·Z·Lu showed up to offer one last gift.

Something for nothing, 50% fusion.

Luminous was familiar with that sensation, his nerves burned and the depths of his mind seemed to be cracked open, the pain was bigger than any human can endure, but once it was over, there was a feeling of euphoria, a need to fight. His senses increased immensely, he could now distinguish every single drop in the middle of the rainfall. This usually costed him a full quarter of his life but now it was... Free?

He finally heard the distorted noises of the death servitors, it sounded like the crying of babies. The wall of water and wind that protected Odin became visible, the black figure mounted an eight legged horse. He was in the Nibelungen again, this time he didn't plan to turn around.

Luminous approached them and parked the tricycle next to the Maybach, he stood in front of Odin and the god stayed silent. The words "You are finally here" were not uttered this time, he was right, Odin was waiting for Nono, but he didn't bring her this time, Luminous's presence was meaningless to his rival.

Odin kept staring at the end of the road, waiting for Chen Motong to appear and show her face.

- This is the right way to start the game, my senior sister is not here, only you and me, only one of us can leave this place alive!

He was vey happy, he finally played the god. He slowly grabbed a spear rocket launcher from the tricycle, the little devil was as reliable as always. The servitors immediately recognized the destructive potential of the weapon and tried to disperse, but Luminous opened fire first and scattered their shadowy remains on the road.

He saw his face in a puddle, the crazy expression of Ming·Z was now his own, like every other time they fused, it felt like this was his true nature. Weapon after weapon he ran out of ammo, some servitors sneaked behind him and sliced his torso with their claws, if it wasn't for the bulletproof vest that Tianjiao left in his suitcase, Mingfei would have died already.

A shot of his last gun, a M500 revolver finally broke one of the servitor's masks. He hadn't seen one of those faces since his mission in Japan, their skin was covered in scales and their teeth were long and alien-shaped. Odin gave them black robes and masks to use them as his personal servants. Odin was definitely different to every other dragon king he had faced before, they were all savage and aggressive, but this one was stoic and dressed like a figure of mythology, unless...

That was it! Odin wasn't a dragon disguised as a mythical character, Odin, the myth himself has been a dragon all along. The secret party had misread norse mythology, now it was clear that it narrated the history of the dragon clan and it was written by the dragons themselves. Every god was in fact a dragon king, in those myths, the main antagonist of Nidhogg was Odin. This god had already foreseen the coming of the end of the world, the so-called twilight of the gods, where the world tree would wither.

The suppressed Nidhogg will rise in the air, ready for revenge, it will destroy everything and ruin the kingdom of the gods. Therefore, Odin prepared himself for this battle, ordering the Valkyrie goddesses to gather the heroes's souls and place them in the Hall of Valor to assist him in resisting the black dragon. If the norse myths are indeed dragon history, the hall of valor must represent a place filled with countless dragon cocoons and embryos waiting to be awakened.

This information, this great secret was about to be buried there with him if he didn't survive this battle. Nono was probably packing, ready to leave with Finger and go back to Cassell, for whatever reason Odin needed her, she would be out of his reach, he just needed to endure and Odin was still as invincible as ever. Making a deal with Ming·Z was inadmissible, giving the little devil enough power to materialize could bring an immeasurable catastrophe. The boy appeared in front of him.

- Brother, you finally asked to see me, do you want to... Shake my hand?

The multitude of servitors overwhelmed him, he contemplated dying there, it wouldn't be so bad, just very lonely. With a loud bang! the strongest servitor flew out and fell motionless on the mud.

A red BYD car swiftly parked next to him, a hand came out of the window and shot the three closest servitors, that was Finger, of course it was him!

- Drive faster! Why the fuck are you here?

- What do I know? I was eating dumplings with your aunt and the hospital called to tell me you were gone!

Finger placed a tracking device on Luminous just like he did with Nono and saw his trace disappearing in the highway, so he went to investigate and entered the Nibelungen by accident.

- Don't get confused by my F-Rank rating, I started as an A-rank, remember?

Flammel tasked Finger with helping Luminous to prove Johann's existence, he didn't remember the young hybrid either, but he trusted Anjou, and Anjou believed in the importance of Luminous more than anyone. Not everyone on Cassell gave up on him after all.

- Don't drive away, we can't escape!

- I thought you told me to drive faster!

- Yes I did, but I meant towards Odin!

The servitors quickly realized what they were intending to do, so they formed a barrier in front of their master. Finger pressed a button on the car and one mini-gun came out of each side of the vehicle.

- The equipment department makes phones that double as grenades, you think they can't make 007's car?

The gatling guns opened fire on the crowd of servitors, effectively cleaning the way. Finger put the car on self destruct mode and got ready to jump out, Luminous got on the roof, aiming his knife at Odin. The car hit Odin's water barrier and exploded, the shockwave soared into the sky, filled with flames. Luminous jumped and managed to pass through, and with a swift move, he pierced through Odin with the blade, just like Tianjiao attempted to do many years before.

Every servitor stopped their movements, Odin's scores started dropping down immediately and his body got split in two. There had to be something wrong with that, there's no way he would fall to his death so easily. Luminous took the god's skull and removed the mask, under it, the face of a death servitor greeted him instead, the others started crying and laughing at them. Odin's only goal is Nono, it had always been Nono, this was a trap and he was already on his way to get her.

Chapter 15

Nono was sitting next to Su Xiaoyan's bed, peeling an apple. The woman happily ate the bonbons that Nono brought for her as a gift.

- Nono, how is your mother doing?

- She's fine, she's still working and always asks me when I'll get married but I just don't tell her.

Nono had to make up that story, but at that moment she really felt like Xiaoyan's niece. She checked the woman's medical records, apparently the doctors thought she was schizophrenic and amnesiac, as long as Nono played her role well, the medical personnel would think Xiaoyan's amnesia made her forget about her relative.

Because Nono brought Bonbons, Xiaoyan recognized her immediately and happily accepted her gift.

She had been there since her son's death, she lost track of time, to the point where she felt like she had been there for three or four months, when in reality, seven years had passed. Not many people visited her in that time, her husband would take her home for a few days every now and then, but those events became less and less usual. Of course, Nono was there for a reason, without Tianjiao's apartment, her only remaining clue was Johann's mother, but the woman wasn't very open about her life. Nono's ability allowed her to put puzzles together, but Xiaojiao kept messing up the pieces.

- Did your former husband treat you well?

- He couldn't make enough money and he was very unmotivated, playing foolish all day long, I had enough of him!

- But he's handsome, and he's probably still breaking hearts.

- How do you know that he's handsome? You haven't seen him before.

- Of course I have, I remember hugging my uncle!

- Come on, do you really think I'm that broken? I know I don't have a niece.

- Then why didn't you tell the doctor?

- Because you're so pretty, and I like to chat with pretty girls, there's no one else here to chat with me, and you don't look like a bad person either.

Nono was genuinely surprised, so she declared her intentions straight on, she wanted to know more about Chu Tianjiao, but his ex-wife didn't seem to know a lot about him either, he would constantly lie about his past and alternate between multiple versions of the story.

- Sometimes he told me that he was a great spy, and that he came here to complete a task, and I believed him, without a clue of his salesman-like nature!

- And you still married him?

- He was handsome, and I was young.

Xiaoyan didn't express any regret in divorcing him, she'd rather be with someone she could rely on, but there was something else she could not explain.

- But he seems to have left something behind with me, a very important thing, I just can't remember it.

- What is it?

- I said I can't remember it, I've been thinking about it for a very long time.

- What kind of thing?

- A very important thing, I must find it, it would be very bad if I didn't.

A burst of cold wind opened the windows and made them shiver, Nono stood up and went to close them but she noticed something strange, the flowers on the outside were all withered, black petals flew through the room, she closed the window as fast as she could, something bad had happened and the air outside smelled of death.

She took out a desert eagle from her bag and stopped Xiaoyan from screaming, the woman relied on her intuition to understand that Nono wasn't going to hurt her. The place was silent and the lights flickered, the instinctive feeling of being alert that came from true isolation soon got a hold of her. She and Xiaoyan got out of the room, door after door, every doctor and every patient had disappeared.

The rain and the wind rapidly eroded the building. The day was finally here, she had never been in a Nibelungen before, she once regretted not being able to experience it, now Nibelungen came to see her. She didn't knew wether to be nervous or excited.

- Someone, someone is coming. Su Xiaoyan's voice trembled slightly.

The sound of footsteps made an echo in the building, those weren't human steps, that sounded like a few horses were coming their way. The storm, the Nibelungen, the steed, the rider, it seemed to be an ancient king who came with a strong breath of death, and the flowers in the garden withered in front of him. Nono remembered him, she saw his silhouette in the reflection of the glass when she went to Tianjiao's apartment.

The rider didn't seem to know where Xiaoyan's room was and he was checking them one by one. They ran towards the elevator, the rider was on the first floor so they needed to get to the top as fast as they could without the sound of their steps giving away their position. Behind them, the fluorescent lights went out one by one. Nono finally saw the reflection of the elevator's door in a mirror, but when its doors opened, the light of Odin's flames came out.

They ran in the other direction and soon reached the stairs, they ran down but it didn't matter, they were trapped on an endless loop. She shot at the creature but the bullets melted before touching the god's armor. They kept running and Nono kept shooting back but it wasn't buying them any more time, temperatures were rising and there was no way out.

Odin wasn't even in a hurry to reach them, Nono took Xiaoyan in her arms and ran across a hallway, enduring the terrible heat of the floor. She tried to get out through a window, but after opening the curtains she noticed that the whole world outside had changed and she was greeted by the sight of a roman pantheon.

Nono suddenly fell silent, she helped Xiaoyan to sit down on a bench and put her boots on the woman's feet. She noticed something, she was crying, she was remembering.

- There might be a way for you to get out of here by yourself, now tell me, what did Tianjiao left for you exactly?

- It's... A child. I had a son with him, his name is Johann Chu, I can't find my son... I can't find my son!

Xiaoyan was holding a pillow in her arms, the doctor said that she would put this pillow in her belly every morning and happily declare that she was pregnant. Nono took it from her hands and threw it away.

- Since you have a clear memory of him, you don't need this anymore, you will find your son, although I don't know where.

In this world, those who are not lunatics are the ones who were deceived. Luminous and Su Xiaoyan were the craziest because of their link to Johann Chu, to the truth. His mother's mental disorder was not there because she had lost a son seven years ago, a certain god wanted to modify her memory of him and she was resisting. She tied the little pillow to her back because a child is only safe in his mother's body, she sensed that someone was going to hurt her boy, so she wanted to feel like she could protect him.

Nono pushed Xiaoyan into a cubicle next to the ward and told her to keep the door closed until someone came to rescue her. She took Finger's GPS device out of her bag and broke it, expecting Luminous and Finger to arrive there after seeing her signal disappear. Odin arrived, his flames evaporated the strong currents of water and stood in front of her, Nono kept two knives on her back and a desert eagle in each hand.

- Odin!

The creature and his lance were impossible not to identify, the god actually exists.

- You are finally here.

He slowly raised Gungir and a faint white thread appeared, connecting the tip of the spear and Nono's heart. She thought his goal was Xiaoyan, due to her connection to Johann, but she was wrong, Odin's goal was her and only her. No wonder Luminous threw her down in the library, he probably had a foreboding of her death for some reason and tried to save her, his eyes showed a constant state of panic.

She didn't believe him and they put him on a psychiatric institution. She really wanted to tell him that she was sorry, because she had underestimated him.

She had always tried to be there for Luminous, she couldn't deny that she saw a lot of herself in him, this obsession with taking care of her sidekick was so prevalent because she knew how it was like to be powerless, lost and defenseless, but in the most critical moment, she had failed him.

Nono vaguely heard a song, a duet about a father and his daughter, it was coming from somewhere, along with the noise of a car engine. Luminous was coming, that song came from the radio, but how could she hear him? It didn't matter, she felt him presence and she believed it.

- Luminous! Don't you fucking dare to come here!

Nono shot every bullet she had left and they melted on Odin's presence. The lance was thrown and suddenly, the Maybach smashed through the wall, its lights illuminated Nono's eyes. She smiled, the moment she saw him, the cartridge of her gun was empty. The lance had already started its course and Luminous could only see her lips moving:

- I'm sorry

- Ming·Z·Lu! Luminous roared, time slowed down in his eyes

- The little one is here! Ming·Z smiled, Since I promised my brother that I'd try everything!

Come out! Golden saint cloth of the zodiac!, Phase shift armor!, Fierce fist! Seven-fold ring of the blazing sky!, Absolute domain AT Field!.

Every time he yelled a strange name, Luminous froze for a moment, these strange spells were taken directly from anime shows, they were weapons that lined up in front of Odin's lance, even a nuclear explosion could be rejected by them.

- What are you doing?

- I don't really know what tricks would work so I'm doing all of them!

Ming·Z kept casting spells, the speed of the lance was indeed affected but it never stopped nor it changed its trajectory.

- Hurry up brother, run!

Nono tried to yell, telling Luminous to stay away, but her mouth moved too slowly. Luminous ran past Odin and past the lance. The seven-fold ring was the strongest defense against projectiles, every time the Gungir lance pierced through a layer, it made a loud noise. Nono dropped the empty gun, she didn't have the strength to wield her knives. The spear hadn't arrived yet, and she was already like a lamb crucified on an altar.

Gungir hit the final defense, the sound was almost glass shattering.

- I couldn't stop it, even with the last layer. Give her a hug, kiss her! This is going to be your last chance! I'll buy as much time as possible for you!

Ming·Z made another barrier but the lance broke it, the little devil's hands were splashed with blood and they stained his bow tie, but he didn't care and looked at his side as an indifferent Luminous passed by and stood in front of Nono. He never managed to change the events, just the scenery. Gungir pierced through Ming·Z's chest.

- Brother, I tried my best

- It's ok, I'm here as well.

Luminous wasn't going to hug or kiss Nono, he was there to take her place. He could clearly feel his heart being cut open. The spear hadn't even touched his skin and his body had begun to carbonize and turn black, showing a rare struggle, burning it inch by inch.

- No! No! No! Nono struggled to stand up and pull the lance away from him.

- Don't come near me!

The lance tried to go through him, but it only managed to pin him against the wall. Nono shivered slightly and tears slowly ran down her face, but she didn't realize that she was crying. She always wanted him to grow up and go his own way, to use any advantage she might have over him to push him forward, but now the person who was crying on the floor was her.

- Senior sister, are you okay? It's okay.

Luminous raised his head, half of his head and body were carbonized, the cracks at the end of his lips extended all the way to the roots of his ears. He was really happy, because he finally managed to achieve his goal. He didn't want to live with the regret of losing her, he had seen Johann's own regret already.

Odin wasn't pleased, the god roared as he realized he had missed his chance. Luminous whispered:

- Ming·Z·Lu...

- Brother, I am here, you really found a method to stop the lance!

- In this world, only a monster can stop a monster, and I am the biggest monster in the world...

- Yes, you are the biggest monster in the world, brother! You are awesome! Then, are you ready to make the last deal? I can't do much against the lance, but I can take care of the monster behind it, the little devil is good at this dirty work!

Luminous stared at him and asked for two conditions:

- Kill Odin, but also take Nono back to safety.

- Alright but hurry up! That guy is almost here!

Sleipnir's eight legs made a thunderous sound, the dragon subspecies that Odin mounted carried its master into the room. Luminous raised his blood-soaked hand and gave the little devil a high-five. Ming·Z's figure suddenly appeared in the night sky, this time he stopped laughing and opened his arms. He looked like a suspended cross.

- Something for nothing, 100% fusion.

He breathed deeply, as if he wanted to inhale all of the world's air into his lungs. Sharp bone spurs protruded from his body and he was covered in black scales. Huge black wings sprung from his back and he took flight, diving down, his image poured into Luminous's body.

The carbonized skin quickly peeled off, he experienced musculoskeletal growth and deformation and the sound of a glacier cracking was heard across the hospital.

The black wings were opened and Gungir was ejected from his chest. Sleipnir couldn't move a single inch closer to them, because Luminous placed his hand on the horse's chest. Nono stared blankly at him, because she couldn't tell if the monster in front of her was a friend or an enemy, but Luminous stared back at her.

- Sister, don't be afraid, as long as I live, you'll be fine.

After two years, Chen Motong saw the devil that rescued her from the bottom of the Three Gorges Dam once again. She remembered how he held her, his childlike fear and his voice.

Don't die, don't die, don't die... Don't Die!

- So it was you...

But Luminous didn't hear those words at all, he rushed to Odin, at the flash of lightning, the monsters that had been in conflict with each other so many times, leaving countless disasters, clashed once again, and the claws and the sword stained the place red and black.

They roared, they fought, a war between kings that can only be ended by death.

Epilogue

On the elevated road, Finger stopped for a moment to catch his breath. This guy is usually slacking and his posture is erratic. The death servitors are struggling to even reach his clothes.

There should be half a marathon left before he can lose them, however, the physical strength of those things is almost unlimited.

Seeing him stop, a group of servitors suddenly became excited and the baby-like cries they made reached the heavens. A girl in a black outfit and a gauze mask appeared in front of him, a ninja.

- How did you know I was here?

- I have a radar for pretty girls... Can you handle that many servitors?

Mai Sakatoku drew two small blades.

- Those are too many, I'm specialized in assassination, not group combat. It's a pity that the other two girls are not here...

- Then I hope I can help.

He had a sword in his hand, the mirror-like Murasame suddenly turned black, the black blade light soon extended all the way to his body and the rain around it evaporated. Mai was surprised by the brutality of the sword, but Finger remained indifferent.

- What kind of sword is that?

- Murasame, have you never heard of the Dragon Slayer of Fire? Then you are really kind, but a bit ignorant, my friend!

After saying that, he jumped and cut off the elevated road.

[facelessxchurch]

I'm still in awe that Nefarian won that battle tournament thing they played on the SP reddit. Imagine a group of people lackadaisical enough to read this garbage coming to the right conclusion out of nowhere

UGH yeah! That was so frustrating! I mean, I’m happy that Nef got some positive attention for a change, but the write-up of the battles were so unimaginative!

It always was: he wins bc red hand OP. If you’re clever enough you can beat him despite his red hand. It’s powerful, but it still has restrictions in place. Like there can be no barrier between the hand and his victim. Dive behind a wall and the pain cuts off. The red beams seem to be insta-kills, but you can dodge them and stuff like that.

What makes him far more dangerous is how intelligent, unpredictable and versatile he is! I don’t remember that well anymore, but there is an excellent chance I probably compiled this list of Nef’s canon magic bc this pissed me off so much.

For the White Clever VS Nef fight I wrote out all the things he could do to win even if his red hand doesn’t work. What do they do? “haha red hand goes brrr”

Like, why do this tournament/write-up in the first place if you’re going to be lazy about it?

Also, this is probably where this BS opinion comes from, that Nef has to be nerfed bc his hand makes him to OP. Bc they completely overestimate how powerful it is and underestimate pretty much everything else that makes Nef dangerous. Also, looking at all the OP characters SP has, what makes them think Nef is the one that has to be nerfed when fucks like Skulduggery, Valkyrie/Darquesse and Abyssinia are walking around??

Such a fucking mood!

I think it bothers you bc absolutely everyone always drew Mev dark haired (even before I started drawing him, since I used the others art as reference along with the ‘fake-canon’ pic that used to be posted on the wiki (it was a saturated version of this pic btw) that shows up a lot when you google ‘Mevolent’).

That’s not  chivalrous, that’s just really fucking weird tbh. I hate how Landy writes phase 2 Mevolent and I especially hated the entire part in Tahil Na Kurge with Val going full on Mary-Sue. 

Mev did have a few good scenes like how he easily he was fighting the assassins even without his magic and how it confirmed my headcanon about him being an agile fighter instead of a tank, since him wearing leather armour instead of metal had already been implying that. But with Mev it always feels a lot like Landy doesn’t know what route to take with him, leading to a very weird and inconsistent characterization. Honestly? I like how the people in the fandom write Mev a lot more (this excludes those that write him as a r*pist btw).

Be better than Mev and destroy the brain/go sure your overpowered opponent is truly dead. 

Tbf Darquesse had maincharacter plot armour protecting her, otherwise Mev would have accidentally solved the Prime Dimensions main issue for them.

Tbf Mev was probably lying through his teeth about wanting peace, just like I’m pretty sure that Mev was lying in KotW when he said he wanted a Truce with the Resistance. One of the few good things to come out of SoW was that it showed what a tricky and cunning bastard Mev is.

He probably prefers to take those in his way out in ways that cannot be traced back to him and replace them with his own people. Or he just wanted the peace so he can more easily get what he needs to bring his Gods back and let them do the killing instead of having his men die. In book 1 Nef mentioned they want to return their Gods so they can ‘cleanse’ the world and rebuild it in their image or something like that.

(I answer on my Mev blog even slower than I answer here, so if you want a quick answer I wouldn’t recommend it.)

LMAO fat chance. I mean, I’d love to see it, but we both know it’s not gonna happen. We’ll be lucky if Nef doesn’t get ruined further and that’s the best we can hope for tbh.

You most likely will, yes.

WHY DOES THIS FANDOM KEEP CIRCLING BACK TO THE MEV DICK DISCOURSE

I can’t believe it took Landy 14 years to come up with a reason why Nef and Skul hate each other and the reason pretty much just boils down to “they just don’t like each other and it got out of hand bc war”.

I’m extra pissed bc that was the exact question I asked him when I stood before him during the 2016 YALC for which my sorry ass flew to England and he couldn’t give me an answer back then. Instead he then told me that he was planning on releasing a secret on his blog each year on the release date of the last SP book and that that would be one of them. Well, that was a fucking lie.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

Tma relisten Episodes 11-15

So this round already has two other posts out of it about Oliver because he Bae.

These have alot of ideas regarding entities changing around reality, controlling non victims to set the stage, and turning around what people love most to their worst fear. Also insane abilities of the crew to obtain hard to access info and evidence! And some more Jon sass. Enjoy!

11 dreamer

Wow this episode had alot. I made a separate post with a theory about Oliver's statement here and a realization regarding him and Jane Prentiss here. They are alot to unpack

Oliver is so. Freaking. Relatable! Learned economics and hated it. Nearly had a breakdown like him because of it. "going to stay with some of the few friends that had survived my year of stress-fuelled outbursts and constantly cancelled plans." yep. That.

Boyfriend Graham ey? You notebook eating Graham?? Wow that guy is full of surprises.

I love the dream sequences and their descriptions it's a really beautiful thing to try and picture.

Its interesting how he went from passive to desparate to passive again about death. He tries but can't help. I wonder when the dreams started to bother him so much he sought after the silence of point Nemo. Was it when they became so full of red because of the apocalypse coming closer? Hmmm

Another person named John. I guess that makes sense it's a common name. But I forgot how many people are fully named in this podcast. Hundreds of names to come up with! Jonny I'm quite impressed!

He worked with Jane Prentiss in the magic shop! I can't believe I forgot about that! Wow small avatar world indeed.

"It led me to a room, the label of which was still visible, and read “Archive”. I entered to see walls covered with shelves and cabinets stretching off into the distance. These shelves were coated in a sticky black tar, which I knew at that moment was the thickened, pulpy blood that pumped through each and every one of those veins." everything that has to do with the Fears I bet. Full of death and destruction and stolen from the veins to be out on display for the Eye's pleasure.

Yo Jon is scared of this he's seriously considering going to Elias for advice

" I had Tim look into it, as I don’t entirely trust the others not to have written it as a practical joke" wait. He trusts TIM? Not to do a practical joke? How. Why. Eh?

"died in the line of duty" fuck you Jonah.

Now Jon will get every new statement immediately when it's made. Perhaps this was Elias' intention all along. To scare him into making sure he does not miss any paranormal activity recorded by the institute.

12 first aid

I'm not immune to more Gerry badassery, hell yeah

And we get polish Martin which hell yeah! Even if Jon doesn't believe it. I'm sure he's repressing the fact that he's thoroughly impressed.

I think it's really interesting the effect entities have on people who are decidedly not their victims. Everyone leaving no questions so the entity can set the scene for the scare. Like with Gillespie how no one lived in the apartment building he was in etc. Alot of work into a handful of people being genuinely scared.

Gerry's burns stopped at the neck? How did he manage that. Also it's hilarious to imagine that he's like "yes burn all of me but please. not my goth makeup"

Zippo lighter with eye design!! And Jon has web design! They are brothers (joke but still really interesting)

Liquids were boiling around her and she didn't feel the heat. Also an interesting effect just for the scare.

Gerry got eye superpowers like Jon if he can function while injure and filled with painkillers.

“Yes. For you, better beholding than the lightless flame.” Gerry knew she'd be haunted by a Fear from that day on and realised that perhaps being watched would be easier for her specifically to deal with than the Desolation. I guess that's a way of assessing people. Which fear would least bother you.

Jon is already enamoured with Gerry you can tell. He can't wait to hear more from him. Just you wait Jon.

They really can access alot of information huh. CCTV Interviews files. Pretty impressive for a non-research team. They're so good at it they'd rather do that than actual archiving.

13 alone

The sound editing in this episode is not that great it was a bit to get used to.

We get a glimpse at the Lukases which is... Ugh

Jon is actually trying to be nice. Granted it's not working and she is a bit of a standoffish person herself who just went through a bad time but alot of her reactions are not his fault. He was trying to be considerate giving her space to record but he did stay when she asked.

She had already leaned into the Lonely before the incident it's interesting to see how some of these statements start with a person actually liking the aspect that later turns to fear. Same happens in lost johns' cave.

Evan Lukas sounds like an avatar of the exact opposite of the Lonely. At least to her. That's a really interesting effect from someone, especially a Lukas.

But maybe dying wasn't his family killing him but him not feeding his patron which he tried to leave. Really tragic.

She was in Martin's domain eyyy!

It's got a bit of buried aspects to it with the grave stuff and all.

"My fingers dug into the soft cemetery dirt as I looked around desperately for anything I could use to save myself, and my hand closed upon that heavy piece of headstone. It took all my self-control to keep a grip on that anchor, as I slowly dragged myself away from the edge of my lonely grave." The headstone was her anchor? But it said forgotten. I wonder how it helped her pull away. It probably had to go together with Evan's voice. Like the rib and the tape recorders having to work together! I just wonder what meaning the stone had for her.

"I’d be tempted to chalk this one up to a hallucination from stress and trauma, if it wasn’t for the fact... " God he does believe her heavens. He's not a skeptic!

This is when Jon's dreams start which... Good luck Jon.

14 piecemeal

Rentoul is terrifying sonofabitch and I would never want to meet him irl

I remembered them talking about how he was supposed to be a person who cursed alot and they couldn't do it because of sensor and I have to agree this could have been much better for the story. I tried imagining curses in some places.

LOL Jon reading this is funny. Trying to voice act the bad boy. Doesn't sound right on his voice.

With these kinds of statements happening alot where the person does something bad, the institute has to be in touch with police over them. The nda has to include that.

Hello Angela! I really wonder what her deal is. She scared the bid bully so she gotta have creepy vibes to the extreme.

Another lighter! Hmm do I have to start following the lighter motiff in this podcast. This one has a topless woman on it. Flesh lighter?

Salesa's also appearing that's cool! Noriega was probably looking for an artifact to reverse the curse. Didn't work tho since they left with the crate. The buried crate perhaps?

I'm wondering. Was this written? Because the statement sounds like he's talking. If so, Where's the recording?

Oh Jon your attitude towards Martin is so bad. He works so hard and it's not even in what he's good at, sorting and filing like he knows how to do from the library. God.

What's the deal with all the furniture gone? Did he think it'll help not get injured? He's not that smart if he thought that would help him.

15 lost Johns' cave

Ack a bad statement she was not a good person all around

Another example of the entities setting the stage by controlling others not to interfere with the victim's experience.

Also another example of the person liking the subject (cave exploration in this case. And the dark for that matter) only for it to turn against them.

Not much to say about this one other than its one of the scarier ones for sure. And her recording in the end is really the cherry on top. There is alot of discrepancy between what she believed happened and what actually did which shows how much the fear plays with and changes around reality. That's also how she manages to lie in a statement to Beholding. It wasn't a lie. It was her version of reality and she did not remember saying those awful words.

Taught me alot about cave diving and how much I will never do it in my life.

The Dark was mixed into this as well so it wasn't purely Buried.

Btw Where did she get the candles she was found with?

It feels like she made a choice. Didn't want to spend her last moments with her sister and then didn't want to die. She chose her sister to be taken over her. Her sister called for help and the candle coming closer might have been her! But she just shut her eyes.

How did Tim gain access to the recording?? Wow that's some prime evidence.

Martin is claustrophobic amongst other things huh? Live how Jon just dismisses this as an excuse not to work. At least he didn't push it.

[purple-ktj]

Asks Compilation Pt. 4

EpiphanyxWinterBear’s first anniversary celebration part 3/3! 

We’re celebrating by answering your asks. Also being the clown that I am, I was waiting for Taejin to come on live or post a selca, but we’re obviously not getting anything so I’ll continue being a clown and just stream Epiphany and Winter Bear while I write this up. 

Posting this first so I can take my time and enjoy Dynamite’s teaser photos later on! 

Have some recent Taejin as a starter.

Q1. Hello! I wanted to ask about a photo. It's this post Jin made about covering Jimin with his shirt because Jimin was sleeping shirtless. It was back in 2013/14. One of the Taejinnies said that Jimin posted in Fancafe the same day with a Vmin selfie. And in that Tae was wearing the same shirt Jin said was his. So Tae decided to wear it afterwards? The shirt looks the same in the pic. I haven't seen the original post because I couldn't find the date. So is this genuine? Do you know?

A: No sorry, I don’t know about this. Anyone else who does, help anon out?  

Q2. hello! ~ i’ve been on twitter for several months now, and something i’ve noticed is there are a LOT of korean taejinnies. i mean, a lot, they’re really sweet too. it makes me wonder if fully understanding korean culture makes a difference in the way people view ships. idk, not much point to this ask, just an observation. i would love to have a k-army’s perspective on this😭💓

A: Hello! I was wondering about it too, they certainly would know better. I’m waiting to meet and have a nice chat with some lovely K-army Taejinnies too. I’m curious how they feel about it. Also I’m sure the fansites have plenty of Taejin photos in their collection which we’ve never seen before, one of them recently posted a beautiful photo of them during MMA 2019. (An excuse to share this fs photo because it kinda hits differently, seeing their back view together)

https://twitter.com/flyV1230/status/1289839957725474817?s=20

Q3. I was going through your last post. And I saw that someone talked about defogging their mind after being a Taejinnie in 2017/18. I have seen a no of comments like this under various Taejin videos too. Like you said, I don't understand why they are still consuming content which implies a romantic relationship between Taejin? But I later see that many of such users are either other Jin/Tae shippers. Why come back to see Taejin and comment like this unless their relationship confuse you?

A: I’ve heard from other Taejinnie friends that popular YouTube Taejin channels get bombarded by nonsense too. I’ve avoided and deleted quite a number but I have to admit, I’m only human and it does get on my nerves that I ended up publishing that one in my last ask. I don’t know if it’s confusion, insecurity, lack of moments from their ship or whatever, but I suppose they must be really bothered that they feel the need to denounce Taejin instead of focusing on their favourites. 

Q4. "Who are you to decide?" Yah, Jin. Who are you to decide? Tae will decide what is to be put on your lips, not you. He, along with you, owns them as well.

A: Publishing this only because you made me laugh. 

Q5. Since there’s word limit I’ll just get to the question I’m sorry but I don’t remember the interview’s name but the tension btw tj is so obvious. Tae fiddling with his belt while gently massaging Jin’s shoulders. Idk what was going on in Tae’s mind and the sudden camera flip made it even more obvious. What are your thoughts on this interview. Once again really sorry that I can’t find this interview hope u know what interview I’m talking abt. Anyways love u and ur blogs stay happy forever💜

A: You mean iHeart radio interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OzNJdWbH4U

Yeah I agree this was pretty unbelievable. I think we’re on the same page on this? It’s half funny and half painful to watch because once or twice, Tae’s fingers were really at the edge of his pants nearly slipping in while he was happily squeezing Jin’s shoulders. His hands did not leave Jin’s shoulders even once after he put it there, not when Jin was animatedly talking. I think you probably also noticed the part where Jin saw the screen in front of them (not the laptop) and he was so painfully aware of what was going on, he gulped. Yoongi noticed as well, he did pointedly look at Tae for a few long moments, and Jin was flustered trying to distract himself. The screen flipping and ‘glitching’ probably wasn’t a coincidence either? I don’t know, but to me it seems like Tae was too obvious fiddling with his belt and the tension was rather palpable so it was released that way. 

Q6. Watching videos from their debut days I realised how obvious both of them were. Both getting flustered and staring at each other for a long time then coughing because they realised they were staring at each other without saying anything for a long time. I wonder how much more obvious they’d have to be for people to believe in them. But doesn’t matter because people’s opinions on tj don’t play any significance. Baby tj were so cute and awkward while the tj we have now are so domestic. Anyways ily

A: I agree with you wholeheartedly! At this point, it doesn’t matter what they do. Selective people will be selective. Taejin and Taejinnies don’t have anything more to prove or convince. I love how there’s that beautiful curve of growth in their bond over the years and I’m still looking forward to how it’ll develop in the future. They still have some awkwardness between them now, though it’s a different kind than before. The holding back kind? Compare the hugs from BV4 to Run episodes to the 2 second snippets in their DVD and that cuddling clip. The gap is incredible, because if you think about it, Vmin, Jinmin, Jinkook, HopexML hugs are really consistent in comparison to Taejin’s hugs. 

Q7. Love ur work here. Although I love it when taejin get jealous it’s somewhat painful to watch. Run episode 59 and 60, it was painful for me to watch tae like that and how Jin just walks away with his head down when tae is hugging someone else, not because he’s jealous but maybe because he knows that no matter how much he wants to hug his tae in front of everyone he won’t be able to do it. Although I love jelly jin and tae sometimes it becomes too much for them to bear. Anyways love ur blogs ly 💕

A: Jealous Jin doesn’t appear very often so when it does I can’t deny I do take pleasure in it. Hahaha. Episode 59-60 was about this though? Tae was pretty upset with the lack of attention by Jin even though they were just sitting next to each other. But yes  Jin does hold back a lot and doesn’t approach or go near Tae even if he’s truly concerned and wants to comfort Tae by hugging him in certain situations. 

Q8. Not an ask but I absolutely love their dynamics. It’s like one day they’re about to kiss with their foreheads touching, just an inch away from kissing each other while the very next day they pretend like they don’t know each other and I don’t blame them for that. They would’ve definitely been asked to calm things down but sometimes it makes me sad watching them stay away from each other. Maybe it’s impossible for us to get a taejin live but they’re happy together and that’s what matters ly 💜

A: I feel you. As long as they’re happy. 

Q9. Honestly I just want to say thank you for creating this blog that nothing but only about taejin. Despite of your busy life and all other daily activities, you have made us taejinnies are so happy with every single ask and posts. Please stay healthy. I have to ask you this before I go that have you ever had a second thought sometimes taejin is not real?

A: Welcome! Happy to share the Taejin joy. Yes, back when I was a baby Taejinnie last year. It lasted for a few months, trying to figure it out. It’s been more than a year since I first discovered them and I’m good now, fine enough to be running a blog about them. 

Q10. Just very curious about your opinion on this: do you think that the other boys do stuff to cover up taejin's antics? lol. Maybe jikook doing a bit more fs (like in the graduation spring day), or some of them wearing matching clothes, or the interlocking bracelets we saw for a brief while on hobi and jimin. Some just feel a bit too peculiar to not mean anything at all. Not to discredit the other's friendship, but I do believe taejin are special, so it would make some sense, idk.

Oh, and about the interlocking bracelet, I can't remember if you've talked about this before, so I apologize if u did. But I've noticed jimin and hobi wearing one too, right after tae gave up on wearing his, so it seems very strange to me, as jihope wore theirs for literally once or twice, yet the cartier one was so special for tae. I assume they all knew it,since he wore it for 2 years. A sidenote: please be careful on misinfo,tae's ss on phone was of jk not jin. I don't think he'd risk it.

A: They do disrupt Taejin’s tension when it gets too loud sometimes, all of them do. As for the bracelet, I do feel it’s peculiar, but besides it’s random appearance there’s nothing else that would suggest anything out of place. So I can’t say much. It could be the same, or it could be not. The only thing that’s for sure is that Tae wore his, personally gifted by Jin for nearly 2 years. Taejin has done stuff way louder than this bracelet that I don’t see a motive behind Hobi or Jimin wearing it for any reason related to Taejin. Not that I’d know for sure, though. 

As for your concern, like I said, they’ve done stuff much louder and questionable, ‘risking it’ is no stranger to Taejin. A phone wallpaper is just that, the other members sometimes have each other’s photos as their wallpaper as well. I understand you have good intentions with the misinformation warning, but provide proper sources if you’re going to do so. I don’t know which JK wallpaper you were referring to, but I was talking about this (thanks @kimstsworld): 

Q11. Imagine TaeJin recreating all of their older pictures together…

A: I don’t want to because it’ll make me cry… 

Q12. What are your thoughts about Taejin moments in Run EP:88? Jin saying 'My taehyung, How have you been?' several times and using his hug as a distraction to put stickers on Tae's back. Tae fighting initially, but then going fully pliant in the hug. And answering in a soft voice. Please tell me that it's not me reading too much into it. This is a very obvious moment right...? 😣

A: I don’t know about obvious but Tae letting Jin hug him and he didn’t even realise that Jin really put stickers on his back is the cutest. Later on after Tae saw his back in the mirror and realised Jin did that, he was all sulky when they passed by each other. “Aish hyung, you really…” That was really really cute. Obvious how soft Tae is for Jin, yes? And how Jin is very well aware of it. 

Q13. I have a doubt. Is it to Tae that Jin usually says 'Our/My Taehyungie'? I have heard him address the other members with 'uri' too. But not as often as he does with Tae.

A: I think he has done it with all the other members before. He’s always said they’re all his babies. But I’m pretty sure he says it to Tae the most.  

Q14. There's one moment that's one of my fav, but I don't see many people talk about. It's the one during a concert encore and the boys were about to bow. Jin had sweater paws and Tae was waiting to hold his hand. So Jin just shoves his hand in front of Tae. And Tae makes sure to push Jin's sweater up and holds his exposed hand. Jin had this beautiful smile after Tae did this. It makes my heart warm whenever I watch this but I can't describe why. I wish I was good with words. 😔

A: I understood it perfectly! I think that’s because they have countless moments… just this year we’ve had an abundance of Taejin despite Covid so it’s really easy to miss out some. I remember that moment very well. 

Q15. Can you believe that there used to be a time when TaeJin didn’t flirt during So What and just stood around looking lost? I wonder what started it all…

A: Can you believe I actually made a whole post about this…? The existing YT compilations cover certain dates and only the heated moments so I took things into my own hands and compiled everything in order, even when they did nothing. Just to see how it all developed and ended. 

Q16. During a JP concert, Tae went on one knee and gave Jin a flower during Just One Day right? And the lines were 'Just one day if I can be with you'. And it was the same one where Tae took Jin's ball, kissed it and gave it back. Maybe he was joking around. But sometimes I feel like it was significant. What do you think? I have seen Vmin shippers claim this moment. Saying Tae was presenting it to JM. And that Jin was interfering and took it for himself. But in the video Jin and Jimin were singing together. Tae then turned Jin by his shoulder to face him and presented the rose on one knee. So it must be to Jin right? How can it be to Jimin? He didn't push Jin aside. Tae turned him towards himself. Now that I think about it, there's quite a lot of Taejin moments taken by other shippers to make it into theirs. And they always portray Jin or Tae as the interfering one. 🤔 I have seen even Tae X gg member shippers use Taejin moments.😅😅 

A: To be honest, anyone with eyes and reasonable deduction skills should be able to see what kind of moment it was. If it was meant to be a joke, someone would have laughed. Especially when Tae went down on one knee and ‘proposed’ to Jin with a flower, nobody laughed. In fact Jin was all shy and Tae was very pleased that his gesture was accepted. I don’t really have any comments about that, Vmin are BFFs and have no lack of their own sweet moments. I haven’t seen any of those personally but I guess they exist and it can’t be helped. 

Q17. Hey I love ur blogs and stay healthy forever. They r really subtle in what they’re doing like holding hands in a group hug in bbc, looking at each other through the big screen and all. I have this small doubt Jin during the bbc was reading the comments and he read I LOVE V and then read abt his own comments which the others pointed out to be made up by Jin himself. Do u think that the I LOVE V comment was also made up by him or was it genuine fan comment. Btw we all know Jin does love his vv ily

A: Jin does love his V indeed but I have no idea about this. I wasn’t paying attention to the comments section at all. Even if he did make up that comment and said ‘I love V’ out of his own will, I don’t think anybody’s surprised anymore lol.

Q18. Hey absolutely love ur theories. I feel like they’ve been dropping hints from the very beginning. The interlocking bracelet, Jin revealing that they showered together, tae calling jin without honorifics, tae licking his lips when he’s with Jin on stage, Jin allowing tae to touch his face and manhandle him and so much more. I have watched other ship videos too but none of them caught me like taejin like there’s something special abt them. I sometimes can’t watch their scenes without getting shy💜

A: Hello! I can’t watch Taejin’s piggyback in Metlife without closing my eyes. Other Taejinnies I know can’t watch their ABO moment and Jin moaning while being piggybacked by Tae at BWL encore stage. Some can’t watch Tae’s birthday video for Jin in 2018. Amusing, really. 

Q19. Today, I saw a taejinnie(I want to say their @, but I dunno if it will make them uncomfortable, so I hope they're not mad that I didn't credit them if they somehow comes across this post☹️), make a post about this video of Jin's tarot reading on his love life. I'm not someone who believes in such things. But it looked fun. So I went ahead and watched it. They talked about how wonderful his relationship is. How it's a long term one and there's so much teamwork and trust involved. Jin's partner is a co worker. They make lots and lots of money together. They have a intense and sensual chemistry. Talked about how they really gets e/o. Jin acts like the younger one in the relationship. His partner is responsible and mature and takes care of Jin. The description really reminds me of Tae. Like the amount of times we have seen Tae do it? Tae taking off his hat to cover Jin. Tae adjusting Jin's seatbelt. Feeding him. Bringing plates for him. And so much more. 

A: This, I REALLY have to thank you for telling me about this. A friend of mine helped me search for the videos you mentioned and I had a really good time being entertained by the tarot readings for Taejin. We’re not the type to take these things seriously either so we watched for fun, and it turned out to be pretty funny. The whole reading is too long to describe here but I get what you mean by the description fits Tae and Jin to a T. I also saw a comment on Twitter somewhere that a tarot reader did a reading for Jin, and Tae’s name came up twice that it caused her confusion, (can’t for the life of me remember where) if anyone knows about this video could you kindly link to me? I’d like to watch for fun. 

If anyone’s interested, here’s the link. 

Jin’s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xX23H1euug&t=23s 

Tae’s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ZwCktqxGo 

Of course, just like everything else on my blog, take it with a huge pinch of salt, this is all only for fun. Some of these tarot readings are entertaining, and some readers discredits their friendship or demeans certain members. 

Q20. Today's 'Seokjinie' in the VLive. In the past, Tae has slipped quite a lot, using banmal when addressing Jin. But ever since that vacation in 2019, their domesticity has sky rocketed. Tae's using informal speech often now. Seokjin-ah. Seokjinie. I've noticed so many K-Taejinnies talk about this too. Asking Jin if he should give Tannie a sibling. Married culture. 😌😌

A: I don’t think he slipped but it’s probably a habit now? Post vacation habit, he was more careful about it before. I’ve been wanting to do a post about their post vacation period… one day when I have time hopefully. It really looks like domestic bliss? He’s done the kids talk a few times now? “In the future when kids ask who’s left in the Gwangsan Kim clan? Kim Taehyung and Kim Seokjin!” too. Waiting for them to reveal Tannie’s brother Kimchi lol. Also, are there any K-Taejinnies reading this? I’d love to have a chat. 

Another Taejin photo in this wordy post. 

Q21. I really love the Taejin moments in 2019 season's greetings. Tae immediately answering Jin as the one who made him laugh the most. Then crossing it to write Tannie. The members laughing and teasing Jin saying he lost to Tan. If Jin had a tail, he could have won. When Tae was talking about going on trips in Seoul with his family. Jin immediately assumed Tae was talking about them. Tae using Jin's satoori to talk to Tan. Just ahhhh! 😣😣

A: D.o.m.e.s.t.i.c b.l.i.s.s. I especially love Tae using satoori to talk to Tannie. 

Q22. I hope that people realize and understand that they are so much more than just a ship.

A: 🙏

Q23. Hey, absolutely love your blogs, tysm for hard work. I have this one question abt their burn the stage fight. The fight like u said was not just abt the choreo, but do u in any way think that the reason why they included the fight was to distract the audience into thinking that they’re not close to protect and hide their relationship. As yoongi said they do fight a lot, but do you think that any other fight of theirs also got recorded but were not shown except for taejin to protect them. Ilysm💜

A: Hello hello! Maybe true to a certain extent? I still think it was an unfortunate incident that got caught on camera and it wasn’t directed or edited by BH. But this documentary series was also aired after Taejin’s matching brown hoodie saga in the airport. And also this selca:

It’s entirely possible. And if it’s indeed so, it sorta worked very well from 2017-2018? I came in 2019 and I myself was convinced they’re on the least closest terms after watching Burn the Stage and BV1. There was a lot happening in 2017 around the time they aired this series, from the graduation vlive to the AMAs vlive. 

Q24. What do you think started the So What moments? Why is it only them at that specific point in the song? Why the same lines and verse? Why do they get so bold? What is it about that song and verse that they choose to do so? I think it is because of the meaning of the song. The verse literally translates to not caring regardless of what people say. They do not care of the media and other prying eyes, telling them what is wrong and what is right. What do you think?

A: You basically answered your own question. Stage performances are a way for them to express themselves in public within acceptable social norms so this is part of it I guess? Since it’s not just So What, but Pied Piper, DNA, Save Me, Lost, Spring Day, etc. Jin has sung that bit in Answer to Tae before, “You have shown me I have reasons I should love myself.” And in DNA, “Because we’re forever, baby.” It’s pretty obvious they mean it when they sing it to each other and they can be as wild as they want under the guise of fanservice. 

Q25. I strongly disagree with the anon who said even non shippers think taejin arent as close.. i think at this point everyone knows they are close and you cant ignore it. people might dismiss their moments but they do melt over their cuteness and flirtiness and touches and stage moments.. even bts said once that taejin are inseparable, so even if people dont ship taejin, not so many people think theyre not close, we are way past that stage

A: I think it depends on where you look. Youtube, tumblr, instagram and twitter Army are pretty different. Some are just really clueless because they don’t pay attention, and they probably don’t pay attention because it’s not their biases. But yes I agree recently I see wide forms of acknowledgement by non Taejinnies that Taejin are close, as compared to back in 2017. 

Q26. "seokjin-ah i love you so much" is one of the loudest moment of any bts duo and i think it should be considered louder than even pied piper and so what. its pure and raw and real and he wrote it just after thanking seokjin for taking care of him and worrying about him. Its intimate and real. The only person taehtung wrote i love you to in the festa messages is jin, literally no one else - thats a big deal.. and of course, calling him seokjin-ah and not hyung.. its such a beautiful moment..

A: The level of domesticity and intimacy in that one message really is a lot. If Pied Piper makes me shy and blush because they're so clear with their intentions towards each other, this message makes me want to curl up and cry at how much they love each other and just wish them a lifetime of happiness. It feels and sounds like something you'd say in a wedding vow. (Am I exaggerating? Don't think so) It’s really a huge deal. And, it’s not the first time they’ve done this type of love confession. 

Q27. about the hand kiss moment- i actually remember reading somewhere that seokjin said they were supposed to say something to taehyung but taehyung loomed so cute and prince-y so he just kissed his hand.. i cant remember where ive read it but its another cute proof that seokjin started the whole thing and also shows how much he was uwuing because of prince taehyungie

A: Really? I didn't know that! He really was so adorable in his Prince getup and deserved all the kisses he got. That hand kiss from Jin was pretty unique and quite unexpected. He did initiate the whole "kiss Tae train" didn't he? Also it's not the first time, there's that footage of him kissing Tae's cheek to wake him up too, with all the other members. 

Q28. oh taehyung sure does manhandle seokjin but lets not forget how seokjin manhandles taehyung A LOT.. and that makes it even realer in my eyes, they have a mutual relationship

A: Oh yes. The only difference being how gentle Jin is with Tae most of the time, but Tae just goes for it and manhandles him roughly, tackling him to the floor and all. It's adorable. 

Q29. Hello~ would you please write about the newly released Jingle Ball behind the scene. It seems like the body gesture when they are sitting together is sooo cute (tae manspreading while Jin just shy and timid)

I’m not sure what I should write about this? Lol. Tae manspreading, going “Ohh yeaaahhhhh”, with that… expression on his face, hand on his crotch, Jin’s (or is that Tae’s?) bag wedged in between them, Jin looking at him, I imagine he’s thinking “I love you but please behave.” 

In conclusion: married.

Q30. Tae's 'Mufasa! Mufasa!' from Jin's birthday Live and the 109 Run episode... It was part of Jin's lines and Tae did not forget…

A: I saw posts about this and admittedly was slow to see the link. I don't think Tae ever forgets anything related to Jin?

Q31. It's really fascinating how Tae and Jin have mimics e/o quirks, mannerisms, satoori, lil gestures. They have perfected e/o way of speaking too. 😌😌

A: I think I replied to another ask with d.o.m.e.s.t.i.c b.l.i.s.s and same goes to you too. Recently I've noticed Tae sits with his legs crossed more often compared to him manspreading and it did remind me of Jin. Besides the mirroring and matching clothes. 

Q32. Have you ever considered writing fan-fiction? Multiple things tell me that you would be really good at it.

A: I may or may not have something floating around AO3? I am flattered though, thank you. 

Q33. Hi. I just wanted to know about this one thing. Sometimes when I’m watching taejin, there are a lot of times when I feel awkward and embarrassed to watch certain moments. Like one time in their so what performance, Jin gave tae a piggyback ride and tae did something with his leg. I feel like I’m invading their personal life. I’ve never felt like this with any other ships. Have you ever felt like that while watching some of their moments? Tysm for ur effort. Stay healthy and happy forever. Ily💜

A: We are in the same boat because I can't watch the piggyback either. Even the one in Rookie King, when Tae was hyper on Jin's back, I couldn't really watch it. It’s not cringey, but something I feel like I shouldn’t be watching. I think I'm fine with all the other moments. 

Q34. FREE HUG

🥺🥺🥺

35. I am a hard core taejinnie and a big fan of ur blog. U might have seen the recent interactions of taejin in weverse where Jin said tae asked him to come but Tae didn't rly him properly asking him to wait as he is uploading jimins video. Then he posts his pics with tannie. Do u remember 2 months back Jin wanted Tae to comment and even after saying he is waiting we didn't see any response from tae but after 2 days he posted tan's pic captioning "hyung-ah what are u doing?" I find it weird that it was Tae who asked Jin to come to weverse but he kind of teasing Jin by not answering him? And both the times he posted tannie's pic. Don't you feel taehyung wants to tease Jin ? And what's up with tan's pics? Do u feel that they communicate using tannie,their son? I m so in love with this couple I can't say. I want to know your thoughts about their weverse interaction.

A: I believe that’s the first time ever he’s used the word “hyung-ah” while impersonating Tannie’s thoughts. Well… if you took out the snacks part, you’d be left with “Hyung-ah, what are you doing? I’m just bored so I came to see you. Hehe, no no I just came because I really wanted to see you.” 

Can’t say I know what’s up with these weverse posts, but they do love to tease each other and Army for sure. 

… Though since you’re asking for my opinion, I personally do think Tannie’s their medium for communicating with each other at times (as delusional as I may sound), who knows, really? And why not? Their work schedules and family keeps them apart at times. There’s many instances which suggest Tannie and Jin are closer and their bond is more meaningful than what we see on screen. The number of times Tae teased Jin the same way he plays with Tannie and BTS teasing Jin because he doesn’t have a tail like Tannie does? Also considering how private Tae is about his Jin photos now. Not a single peek of it, while we have the rest of BTS and Wooga gang. I probably should update my Jin x Yeontan post with these weverse updates. 

Q36. Hi I just want to ask you this, Do you have Wattpad and if so do you know some good Taejin ff? (It can be Top or bottom Tae/Jin I don't mind) Also I love your Blog it's amazing 💜💜 Thank you fellow taejinnie 💜💜💜❤️ 🐯💜🐹

A: I don't have wattpad! Sorry.

Q37. Why do you think Tae asked Jin to come to weverse? To see Jimin's video? To see Tae's photos with Tan? I just don't get it. 😂

A: Neither do I! For all we know they could have been together cuddling in real life while they scrolled through weverse together and commented on each other’s posts. They can show it in private at home or text in their group chat so they’re just playing with Army probably. 

Q38. Hi! What was rare about Jin during the Vlive where he was showing physical attraction to tae?

A: Nothing weird actually, and sorry I think your ask has been stuck in my inbox for months. I've finally posted the post of that vlive… nothing new though. It's just one of the first few vlives I watched where I learned that Jin isn't as straight as I initially thought. 

Q39. Hey love ur hard work.It’s true that Jin is hard to read but he’s dropping huge hints from the start. Like u said he didn’t have to announce that they showered together, introducing his bracelet gift, exposing tae for sleeping in his bed,etc. but the one thing which caught me off guard was he doesn’t get this close with anyone else, doesn’t spice it up even if he does with jimin, he gets shy and walks away. But with tae he moves closer and increases the tension. I feel like Jin is the big hint💜

A: Hello! I think Jin is the main and biggest reason why many people noticed Taejin. There are many Taejinnies who are Seokjinnies. He not only lets Tae get away with everything, he also teases and flirts right back. I really love their bond!

Q40. Read your So What post. What do you think would have happened if they did kiss on stage, willing to risk it all? What if they had kissed unintentionally? How about internationally?How would they have reacted immediately after? As they have not, do you think they would do so in the future? If they do, when? If so, how do you think everyone, including BigHit, the members, the staff, ARMY, the public and media would reactor or respond? I know for a fact that there will be some form of reaction.

A: Honestly. I don’t know. If it’s unintentional, it’ll just be cute and brushed off as bromance. If it’s intentional, it’ll be under fanservice. I’m assuming we’re only talking about kissing on stage during their heated moments that they’ve built up over time. I suppose any backlash would majorly come from other shippers, and they’ll probably get severe warnings from management? Public may not take to it kindly, their hard work in breaking down boy band stereotypes might all come undone.

Some more Taejin pics to brighten you up. 

Q41. "But Tae’s gaze? Eat!Jin." I love you.

A: I love you too, anon. 

Q42. I wanted to know about one thing ,tae posted that thing about get out of your imagination to taekook shippers , doesn't it goes for all the shippers ,I mean he is uncomfortable with the shipping stuff ,I am kind of confused here

A: In general, don’t overstep your boundaries with shipping. All the boys see everything posted on Twitter and Weverse. He commented “get out of your imagination” to that particular Taekook post, it doesn’t mean he hates Taekook as a fun/brotherly pair. He also commented “95z is love” to a Vmin post. Army teased Tae by calling him Voo during their online gaming session and Tae’s reply was “You’re really like Jin-hyung, I won’t let you get away with this.” There is a fine line between celebrating and loving a certain pairing, and shoving that pairing in their faces. 

Q43. All I thought about during your recent post was “Do Jins eyes tell?” 😂

A: I think they do! Thanks for the good laugh lol!

Q44. Winter Bear was realized on Epiphany's and 'I Purple You''s anniversary... Coincidence? I think NOT.

A: Oh no, I don’t believe in coincidences when it comes to Taejin. This is coming from the same man who used the meaning of Jin’s birthday flower in a cryptic birthday message, called Jin his Japanese crane, his ‘rain’. Jokes with Jin about ‘blue’ (whatever blue means for them). No I think not. 

Q45. I read the last post, the one about the 19th May Live. I think Tae was purposely ignoring Jin's handshake because I think we all can collectively agree that Tae loves to tease and rile Jin up. Also, I think Jin was steering clear from Tae because they probably got some from the members or their managers. They were loud LOUD on stage, like there was not much holding back being done. Tae pretty much reinforced his authority over Jin and Jin being Jin by nature, became submissively meek for Tae.

A: That he does, though I don’t think they enforce any sort of authority over each other because they make each other flustered equally in different ways. Jin isn’t submissive at all, he’s a firm and decisive person. He’s just naturally kind and polite and doesn’t behave authoritatively around others unnecessarily, he prefers to make them feel comfortable. It’s just that he lets Tae get away with much more than what he usually allows for the other members. They were very loud for those few months, I agree they were probably warned by staff and members. 

Q46. After all the analyses I’ve read, videos, etc. on Taejin, I can’t NOT see them romantically anymore. I know there’s a chance we’re delulu, but… I don’t think we are. Once I started seeing them as more-than-bros, things… made sense. The censorship? Tension? Occasional awkwardness? You know?! If there was just 1 questionable moment, ok. But there are so many. I can’t… unsee it. I’m using my logic and it doesn’t make sense. Friends don’t DO that. Friends don’t LOOK at each other like that. I swear…

A: Welcome to the club! I know exactly how that feels, being unable to unsee it. That it doesn’t make sense unless they’re in a romantic relationship. The more I want to deny it but the more they slap their affection in my face. It’s to the point where seeing their interactions and thinking they’re just friends is more delusional than me thinking I’m delusional for seeing them in a romantic light. 

Sorry, I left out a few asks.  Q47. Hey. I actually watched their Christmas gift opening live for the second time. When the members are sneakily stealing snacks and eating them, I realised that tae actually picked up one of the wet tissues Jin gifted to joonie. On the first go, when I saw tae hiding something, I thought it was another snack but then realised that there was no need for him to hide it as the whole snack bag gift was for him. Tysm for ur effort, ily💜

A: I don’t remember, I gotta re watch! All I remember from that live was Tae manhandling Jin… 

Q48. people disregard "i like jin hyung the most" saying he meant he is his favorite among his hyungs because theres no possible way maknae line is included since he obviously loves them more and its just annoying. first of all, taehyung loves all the members!! why do they make it a competition and get so butthurt? Second, he never said "he is the best/favorite hyung" he literally said he likes him the most why is it so hard to believe it? bet its the same people who believe fake translations

A: It’s pretty simple, he loves all of them to death, it’s just that he singled out Jin-hyung because he’s special in the romantic sense. It’s the same as the group of people who completely twisted the translations and meaning of “get out of your imagination”.

Q49. TaeJin wearing each other's close, among many other things, makes me wanna cry

A: I have cried countless tears because of them… 

Q50. Tae is the president of the 'Let's Tease Jin Hyung!' club.

A: Tae is the president of Jin-hyung club. Along with Jungkook :D

A few more Taejin photos, because why not?

Jin is the embodiment of ‘eyes dripping with honey’ here. 

Alright, that’s it. Enjoy this Taejin day and have fun with Dynamite’s teaser photos later!