#uno is THE friendship challenge

[puhochi]

I'm sure little Cheng Xiaoshi HATED Uno... still played it all the time tho

(happy fools day lol)

[allurearia]

Theodore nott x fem! Reader

Where you get a little heated during a game which is popularly known to ruin friendships.

Partaking in the hogmarch challenge by @thatdammchickennugget! With this weeks prompt "Filthy cheater, we go again!".

Pansy growing up had always had a love for muggle creations despite her parents despising muggle culture. She had loved the simplicity of muggles but what intrigued her most was muggle technology. Pansy who had taken muggle studies classes after the war was quite fascinated by muggle cameras and how they had the ability to capture longer moments then an ordinary enchanted photograph.

The light was barely visible through the windows of the Slytherin common room having situated deep under the black lake

"THAT'S SO UNFAIR" Draco shouted as he slammed his deck of uno cards on the table.

"YOU CANT PUT A RED +2 ON TOP OF A GREEN +2 IT CLEARLY STATES THAT IN THE RULE BOOK"

"TOO BAD I BOUGHT THIS DECK DRACO MY GAME MY RULES AND I SAY THAT'S ALLOWED" you shouted with equal volume.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP BOTH OF YOU" You both turn to mattheo who was angrily picking up everyones card to shuffle them again.

"You lot are honestly giving me a headache" Blaise speaks up closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Yea cousin accept that you lost and that y/n's clearly better" Enzo chimes in adding fuel to the fire.

"This game is so rigged" Draco mumbles crossing his arms.

"Oi don't be mad just cause you suck at the game"

"Filthy cheater, we go again!" Draco turns his head to you and points his finger at you accusingly.

"Malfoy call my girl filthy again and the only thing that'll be filthy is that damn black suit of yours that I'll rip to shreds" theo said glaring at Draco as having finally spoken up after witnessing this whole fiasco.

"Thank you teddy" you turn to him with a smile etched across your face.

Theodore chooses to smile back picking up his deck of cards.

Little did any of you know Pansy Parkinson having sat on the couch not speaking the entire time due to having a camera out saving this moment into a digital memory for life.

Thank god for the hogmarch challenge for getting me out of the writers block 😭.

This was smth i came up and wrote in like 20 mins 🫶🫶

[capi-art]

Ya que tenemos un diseño para Eurymachus, ¿conseguiremos uno para Melanto?

Aprovecho también para no solo mostrar a Melantho sino también a Melanthius!

Here we have both brothers! Servants of the castle and traitors to the crown by going with the suitors!

Melantho:

Melantho is 20 years old and is the personal servant of Queen Penelope, she since she was a baby lost her biological parents [not known] and was raised by her brother until she was 5 years old when the kings took her in as a servant. Now she upon meeting her brother's suitors and friends joined them by betraying the queen and informing the others of the Queen's plans.

She along with her brother are professional swindlers, it is known that she seduces several men to take their money, it is known that she was married 6 times and just a year later their husbands died suspiciously, and the money along with her disappeared.

She is considered part of the group but is rarely seen with them, because she must remain discreet so that the queen does not suspect anything.

There are suspicions that she is Eurymachus' lover and that there are meetings between them on the sly, but she does not know much about it. Mainly by seeing that eurym always buys her expensive jewelry that only he can afford for her.

She is quite quiet and reserved in the eyes of others, but her true personality is that of someone arrogant, rude and very arrogant, even mistreating other servants if they challenge her, cruel and ruthless.

Melanthius:

Melanthius is 27 years old. When he was 7/8 years old, he was orphaned with his sister and raised her until the kings found them. When he was 10 years old, he was made a servant or even a slave and for some reason he came to resent the King.

Since he was a child and until today he is a great swindler, even swindling people in the palace without any persecution or punishment, hiding his deeds.

He is part of the group with Eurymachus and Antinous and they are his best friends, joining them to bring down the crown.

Despite their friendship, he keeps an eye on Eurym, since he suspects that he may be interested in his sister, which bothers him, knowing Eurym's womanizing nature, he promises that if it turns out to be true, he will do his best to make him disappear from the map

Despite the money they have for the scams is very stingy, too much. Even his friends laugh about it.

He always annoys his sister and they fight, to the point that he even says hurtful things to them when she reveals herself against him, but sometimes it hurts him to be so hard with his sister and at the same time the fear that he has of losing her or that they hurt her being the only thing that he has as his family

[pankowcrumbs]

Game over X Tom Hardy

MasterList

Board game nights had always been a tradition in our friend group. A way to unwind, get a little too invested in something ridiculous, and more importantly witness everyone’s true colours emerge.

Tonight was no exception.

I was perched cross-legged on the floor of my best mate’s living room, sipping my wine and surveying the chaos around me. The coffee table was covered in game pieces, score sheets, and half-eaten snacks. The air buzzed with laughter and exaggerated threats as our group debated which game to play next.

And then there was Tom.

Tom Hardy.

Smug. Sarcastic. Infuriatingly attractive.

I was fairly certain the only reason I still had a shot at winning tonight was because I refused to let him get the upper hand.

"Right," our friend Daniel announced, cracking his knuckles. "How about Articulate?"

The room filled with groans and cheers in equal measure.

"No way," Sophie interjected. "We played that last time, and Tom and Y/N nearly had an actual fistfight."

Tom smirked. "Because someone doesn’t understand how to articulate properly."

I shot him a glare. "Oh, piss off. You said ‘small, fluffy, hops around’ and expected me to guess kangaroo instead of rabbit."

He shrugged, grinning. "Technically, both fit."

"You’re impossible," I muttered, crossing my arms.

"Aw, don’t pout, love," he teased. "It’s adorable, but it won’t help you win."

I ignored the way my stomach flipped at the love he so casually threw in. He always did that little nicknames, little touches, little moments that made me wonder if there was something more between us.

Daniel sighed. "Fine, no Articulate. How about Monopoly?"

The room erupted into chaos.

"Absolutely not."

"That game ruins friendships."

"I still haven’t forgiven you for last time."

"Hey, Y/N bankrupted Tom in twenty minutes last time," Sophie pointed out, grinning.

I leaned back against the sofa, satisfied. "Ah, yes. A personal highlight of mine."

Tom scoffed. "I let you win."

I snorted. "That’s a lie and you know it."

"Right, that’s it," he declared, rolling up his sleeves like he was preparing for battle. "Pick a game, Y/N. I’m taking you down."

A slow smile spread across my face. "Careful, Hardy. You really don’t want to challenge me."

He leaned in slightly, voice lower now. "Oh, I do, love."

The tension between us crackled like a live wire, but before I could overanalyse it, Daniel clapped his hands together. "Fine. Uno. Let’s settle this once and for all."

Game on

It started off civilised enough.

The first few rounds were filled with mild teasing, playful groans when someone got hit with a +4, and competitive grins shot across the table.

But then it got personal.

"Y/N, you absolute menace," Tom muttered, glaring at me as I laid down yet another Draw Four card.

I grinned innocently. "Oh, is that another +4 for you? So unfortunate."

He narrowed his eyes. "You’re enjoying this way too much."

"Maybe." I shrugged, tapping my chin. "Or maybe I just like seeing you struggle."

Sophie laughed. "This is better than the actual Grand Prix. You two are ridiculous."

Tom, still glaring, finally picked up his cards, shaking his head. "Right. That’s it. You’ve made an enemy tonight, sweetheart."

My breath caught slightly at the way the word rolled off his tongue, smooth and teasing.

"Wasn’t I already?" I teased back.

"You’ve upgraded." He shot me a slow, smug smirk. "And you won’t like what’s coming."

And then he dropped a Reverse. And another Reverse. And a Skip.

My jaw dropped.

"You absolute bastard!"

Tom chuckled darkly. "What’s that, love? Struggling?"

I narrowed my eyes, gripping my remaining cards. "I’m going to ruin you."

"You’re welcome to try."

The game continued, neither of us willing to back down. We were locked in our own battle, the rest of the group fading into background noise as we exchanged playful taunts and smirks.

Then, finally, after what felt like an eternity, I saw my opportunity.

With a triumphant grin, I placed my final card down.

"Uno! And that, Hardy, is game."

The room erupted in cheers and groans, but all I could focus on was the way Tom was staring at me. He leaned back against the sofa, exhaling through his nose like he couldn’t quite believe it.

"You’re something else," he muttered.

I smirked. "A sore loser, are we?"

Tom tilted his head, studying me, and then that damn smirk of his returned. "You know what? I think I let you win again."

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, piss off, you did not..."

And then, suddenly, he reached out, tugging me towards him slightly by the sleeve of my jumper. My breath hitched.

The room went quiet.

His voice was lower when he spoke next. "Go on, then. Gloat."

I swallowed, my heart hammering.

It wasn’t just the teasing anymore. There was something else in his gaze something warm, something challenging, something undeniably interested.

I smirked. "I don’t need to gloat. You losing is satisfying enough."

He chuckled, but his grip on my sleeve didn’t loosen. "You know, sweetheart, for someone who wins so much, you don’t seem to realise when you’re the one being played."

I blinked. "What?"

His smirk softened, turning into something more sincere. "You really think I don’t let you win?"

I scoffed. "Tom, you’re..."

And then he tugged me forward, just enough that our faces were inches apart.

My breath caught.

The room around us felt like it disappeared. The teasing, the games, the months of back-and-forth all of it had been leading to this, hadn’t it?

He searched my gaze, voice quieter now. "You really don’t get it, do you?"

I swallowed. "Get what?"

His lips twitched. "That I don’t actually mind losing to you."

And just like that, my brain short-circuited.

The Tom Hardy the man who hated losing, the man who would fight tooth and nail for a win was saying this?

I opened my mouth, but no words came out.

Tom chuckled, brushing a strand of hair from my face like it was the most natural thing in the world. "What, no clever comeback?"

I narrowed my eyes, regaining some of my composure. "You’re a menace."

He grinned. "And yet, you keep coming back for more."

I sighed dramatically. "Unfortunately."

His laughter was warm, rumbling. "So, what do you say, love? One more round?"

I pretended to consider it. "Only if you’re prepared to lose again."

He smirked, leaning in just slightly. "I think I already lost the moment I met you."

[hatsukeii]

Today, I’m thinking about… haikyuu + other anime characters that would end up in this situation…

warning(s): none!! this is pure crack and you can interpret it as friendship or a relationship but just don’t do ANYTHING that happens in this fic because my friend almost shat himself afterwards…

“Dude, don’t fuck with me, I’ll literally fly your ass to Brazil and fight you if you win another round.”

You cackle at his empty threat, the ‘one card left’ message on your side souring his glare at every passing second that it stays on the shared screen. Scared to wake the rest of your household, you slap a hand over your mouth, the laughs threatening to burst from your chest. It’s been two hours of playing UNO online, and he hasn’t been able to win a single round since twelve. Frankly, it’s getting a little embarrassing for him, but you aren’t one to back down from a threat.

“Is that a challenge? Let’s fuckin’ go then, what are you waiting for? Put the next card down and see, bitch.”

He gasps through the screen, a hand flying to his chest as he searches for some sort of witty retort, or some form of instant retaliation. Instead, his mouse clicks through the call, frantically picking his +4 colour changer. He’s going to win this time, he’s certain of it. He’s going to watch you pick up four useless number cards, and throw his final card down before you even have the chance to come back-

“GET SHIT ON!”

You slam your final +4 onto the game, eight new cards slotting themselves into his deck as the gold medal and confetti of UNO victory explodes on screen. You pump your fists in his face, and he slams his hands onto his head, dumbfounded.

“Is that even allowed? What the fuck!”

“Uh, doesn’t matter? Because the system says I won! You’re dogshit!”

He turns in his chair, spinning round and round and round blankly as he drowns in his utter loss of dignity and ego. How can he possibly win against you, when all he gets are useless numbers to start with, and you somehow happen to score every single power card possible?

“What, you gonna fight me now? In Brazil?” You taunt, and his screen goes white as the google search engine pops up. His fingers hammer at his keyboard at an impossible speed, scouring the Internet for the quickest flight to Brazil. He’ll just scare you into thinking he was serious for a bit, just to see the panic that he has endured in the final moments of every single UNO round plastered on your face.

“There’s no way you’re actually doing this right now.”

He clicks onto the next flight to Rio, Brazil, highlighting the details as if forcing you to remember them for later. Drawing circles with his cursor furiously, he reaches down for his duffel bag, pretending to shove necessities into it. A singular t-shirt goes in, then his hoodie, all while the cursor sits dangerously close to the purchase button beneath his presaved credit card details, already filled out in each field.

"The next flight we can feasibly catch is 8am tomorrow. I'm coming over right now to pick your ass up, and we're gonna fucking fight in front of Christ the fucking Redeemer in Rio, me and you."

He reaches for his bottle, his arm stretching across the screen for the hunk of metal. As his fingers grab at it, he misses, and the entire bottle topples onto his mouse.

Click.

"Thank you for your purchase. Your flight number is: RJ3992. Please scan the code below at check-in."

The laughs that have been pushed under your throat all erupt at once as you hold your stomach and fall backwards, tears spilling from your eyes. He stares at the purchase confirmation, eyes peeled open and mouth ajar as $3000 worth of money vanishes into thin air. He did not intend to fight you in Brazil, but he might actually have to now. Should he call his bank? Call the airlines? His questions are answered as his phone rings beside him. From the other side of the call, you hear his murmurs as he comes clear to the banker on the line.

"No...not sure how it happened...just saw the confirmation...refund it now?"

You stifle your laughter, resisting the urge to punch your table in shock as he bargains with the banker to refund the ticket he just bought to Rio de Janeiro at two in the morning. Finally, he rips the phone away from his ear, letting out a sigh of relief. You cackle, pointing at him in a fit of hysteria, and he scowls at you, giving you the nastiest side eye he can conjure up. Not only has he lost every single round of UNO tonight, he's also come close to putting his credit in the negatives. It's time to call it quits.

"Still wanna fight me, huh? Another round?"

"Don't fucking try me, or I'll call them for the ticket back."

Characters: Tanaka Ryunosuke, Nishinoya Yuu, Kuroo Tetsurou, Lev Haiba, Kentaro Kyotani, Terushima Yuji, Bokuto Koutaro, Tendou Satori, Suguru Daisho, Miya Atsumu, Hoshiumi Kourai, Bakugou Katsuki, Neito Monoma, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Yo Shindo, Touya Todoroki, Aoi Todo, Gojo Satoru, Denji, Power + all your faves<3

author's note:

i can't make this shit up this actually happened to me once because the guy i was playing uno with kept losing and got upset and threatened to fight us all in brazil and then accidentally bought a 3000 dollar plane ticket to rio um???? bro had to call up the airline to cancel and then his bank had to call him at 3am to ask why he was suddenly withdrawing so much money i was about to piss myself laughing ngl

also IM FINISHED WITH FINALS!!! WOOOO!! CONFETTI!!!!

anyways tags!!

@starlysama @chuuya-brainrot @fiannee @bailey-reeds

ok love u guys see u soon bye bye

[monsoonceroom]

The drought has ended!

SPY X FAMILY CHAPTER 108!!!!

Picking up where we left off, it was revealed that LunaLuna Selena was none other than Melinda & apparently, she does enjoy dabbling in the occult. She's ashamed of it, but it's probably one of the few things keeping her sane at this point.

Yeah, Anya, that was my reaction too. I bet Melinda would go ga-ga over Anya's abilities & good on Yor for supporting her friend's hobbies.

Moving on, Melinda get's ready to DDDD-Dual read Anya's fortune & admits she has no idea what she's doing. Starting with Four of Cups, she doesn't know it's meaning, moves on to Death & says that the Grim Reaper is beside her (accurate considering Yor's job), & finally the reverse star means she'll never earn another stella.

I don't know how to do tarot cards either, but I have an advantage Melinda doesn't: Google. Let's see what our friendly neighborhood web browser has to offer:

Four of Cups: The readee is overlooking the important things in their life that they already have & they need a change in perspective to value what is already present.

Death: The end of a relationship or interest & increased self-awareness.

Reversed Star: Hopelessness & loss of faith as one is overwhelmed by life's challenges.

What could all this mean in terms of Anya? My interpretation is this: Four of Cups is Anya focusing so much on the Friendship Scheme™ & her dissatisfaction with the lack of progress she's had so far. Death is her realizing that trying to befriend Damian is going nowhere, so she ultimately loses interest in him. Reversed Star is Anya's belief that because she couldn't befriend Damian, she's resigning herself to the thoughts that she'll be sent back to the orphanage again.

Another thought I had is potentially the breakdown of the relationship between Anya & Becky. This doesn't seem as likely to me as I think we would've seen cracks by now if it were the case, but this was the first thing that came to mind.

Anyways, onward!

We get a Donovan jump scare (not pictured) when Melinda has a panic attack when thinking about him & Anya is very Concerned™. Apparently, this may not be Anya's first encounter with domestic abuse as the tension feels familiar. That brings up more questions, but I won't dwell on it right now.

Yor & Anya meet everyone else back at the Beer Garden where the boys are tampering with powers beyond their comprehension. Becky scolds them despite having her fortune told 10 minutes ago. I guess she's jaded now because she didn't get the answer she wanted. Meanwhile Damian listens in hoping the fortune teller mentioned who his future Mrs. Desmond will be.

Don't think you're slick, Damian! Anya can see you!

After a fun-filled day of festivities, it's time to go home & for Damian to make one more jab at Anya for being childish. However, it seems Anya pulled an Uno Reverse™:

Damian runs away screaming & more goodbyes are said. All in all it was a fun day for the Forgers & co.

Looks like we're at the hospital now & Loid is getting a new client:

Melinda is finally getting some help for her issues after some encouragement from Yor & her butler. I know Loid is ultimately using her for intel on Donovan, but I do hope this does help her at least a little bit.

[inchidentally]

do you still ship dando or read some of the fics occasionally? or are you a complete landoscar supporter?

omg yessss to the point where I'm in the middle of the dando part of my royalty au and just one chapter of it is already 6k ;__;

and landoscar is absolutely my main bc of the Narrative and the Complexity and ironically for the current popular fandom take is their Weird Total Lack of PR. but babe I ship almost anything and I'm real grateful to ppl who follow me and don't do multishipping.

just bc of how life has become I cannot consume like a single fraction of what I want to with fic and I tend to prioritize landoscar and carcar so I haven't read dando fic in a while but that's literally a free time constraint thing. I'm a little particular about Daniel characterization simply bc he doesn't hugely get me invested as a person except for very honest and layered portrayals if that makes sense. there's kind of a slightly sanitized version of him that doesn't interest me - which is not a criticism literally we're a fandom about millionaires in fast cares aslfgjslafga

and it's always been my fascination that Daniel did his usual bromance queerbaity straight guy thing (and I don't mean he's doing that in a bad way, just in the usual way male athletes do as ferda type bonding) with Lando but !! Lando uno reversed him without even trying and suddenly big extroverted life of the party leader of the friend group Daniel is zooming his camera in on this little morsel of beauty and his delicately carved features and begging for his attention and going ??? when the kid cackles at video of himself on DTS going bitch I don't give a fuuuuck. and it's like he got out at just the right time before Lando's siren call eroded what was left of his resistance and pride. Carlos said I'm glad Lando and I are not teammate competitors anymore because it won't threaten our friendship and I feel like that's the same thing with Daniel: alpha extroverts malfunction when a small pretty omega lifts his chin and challenges them and his sparkly eyes turn stormy and dark. much better for him to the bubbly sweet uncomplicated object of their confused chivalrous adoring protection <3

[lousycapy]

video ideas for the McLaren pr team

’cause the flow been dry since the proscription of unboxed

why not satisfy one of their sponsor while at it? Get these boys each a McLaren LEGO set and do a competition of who can assemble it the fastest, bits of chatting here and there and boom! Nice long chill video c:

we’ve seen how competitive Lando and Oscar can be in the inverted goggles video, so maybe it could be fun to bring this kind of energy back? Stick ‘em on a paddle court and let’s have a lil showdown! Now of course it’d be nice to get the Williams vs McLaren match, but interteam content does tend to be rare so I wouldn’t put my money on it

maybe it’s time to change it up a little, we’ve seen them a lot in competitive contexts. Why not some cooperative challenge this time? Seeing them struggle in an escape room would be hilarious, and it’d show a nice united front to the public

now, now, the boys are racing drivers. Some track actions is always nice, so I propose a karting video. Another one, don’t look at me like that I just love these

playing with food is a staple of video challenges, and with mister Oscar Pastry on your team it’d be a shame to not capitalize on this play on words. Baking contest, no instructions, whoever makes the worst concoction has to taste his mess (plus possible affiliation with their Optimum Nutrition sponsor c;)

SUMMER. GAMES. That video was fire, stamp of approval, keep going sweetie. Tweak the games so that it isn’t a repeat and we’re onto a winner here

for a team with an history as rich as McLaren they haven’t been quizzing their drivers much on their f1 knowledge… even outside of McLaren. Chill bla bla video of their favourite moments of the sport, wins, overtakes, radios?

they’ve been getting a lot of friendship bracelets on stage recently, so why not capitalize on this fan interaction and let ‘em make some to distribute to the fans at the next race?

uno with Stella, Brown, whoever. I want to see them being the little menaces that they are, terrorize the McLaren team, stick up a +4 in each other’s face, unleash the sassiness :o

’look at you’ ‘look at you’ ‘look at us’ alright then. You wanna fawn over each other? Then with their partnerships with clothing brands surely the pr team could find a way of letting them choose silly outfits for each other, little modeling session, um?

anyway, thank you for coming to my ted talk, yadi yada, if you want to add some ideas you are very welcome to put them in the comments :D

[lapis-caeli]

CHINESE EMPIRE AU TOKYO REVENGERS

More parts here

Shinichiro Sano

ENGLISH

He is the eldest son and heir of the Sano family. In the near future, Shinichiro will take over his grandfather’s position as General, though upon marrying Takeomi, he will also obtain the title of Consort Emperor.

As the eldest brother to three younger sisters, he has always been very protective, understanding that life can, unfortunately, be difficult for women. He does everything he can to support them.

Initially, it was just him and his sister Manjiro, but after their father’s death, the existence of Emma, another daughter Makoto had with a courtesan, was revealed.

Their grandfather personally went to find her, bringing along another girl, slightly older than Mikey, who was being cared for in the same house as Emma.

From that moment on, Shinichiro tried his best to make his new sisters feel at home, though it was a challenge due to the negative rumors surrounding Izana and Emma’s adoption and origins. However, he and his grandfather have always worked to counter those comments.

He has a close friendship with the First Princess, Takeomi, whom he has known since childhood because his grandfather frequently took him to the Imperial Palace during important meetings to learn as his heir. This led to him spending a lot of time with Takeomi, developing their current relationship, where they are engaged and already seem more like a married couple than just friends.

He met Wakasa during one of his visits to Takeomi. Since Wakasa was a close friend of Takeomi, she was allowed to stay during certain meetings and participate in discussions. This allowed them to get to know each other better and grow closer, although new feelings have begun to develop over time—feelings he knows could cause many problems.

These same feelings are also beginning to emerge with his great friend Benkei, with whom he always trains. However, these training sessions are filled with a very special kind of tension.

He knows he should talk to Takeomi about the situation since they are going to get married, but he is terrified of losing her because of these feelings.

ESPAÑOL

Es el hijo mayor y heredero de la familia Sano. En un futuro temprano, Shinichiro tendrá la posición de su abuelo como General, aunque al casarse con Takeomi obtendrá el titulo de Emperador Consorte.

Como hermano mayor de 3 hermanas pequeñas siempre ha sido muy protector, sabe que la vida es, por desgracia, difícil para las mujeres así que hace todo lo posible para ayudarlas.

En un principio, solo estaba él y su hermana Manjiro, pero tras la muerte de su padre, se descubrió la existencia de Emma, otra hija que Makoto había tenido con una cortesana.

El abuelo mismo fue a buscarla, llevándose consigo a otra niña poco más mayor que Mikey, que estaba siendo cuidada en la misma casa que Emma.

Desde ese momento Shinichiro intento hacer todo lo posible para que sus nuevas hermanas se sintieran como en casa, aunque costó bastante debido a los malos rumores sobre la adopción y el origen de Izana y Emma, pero él y su abuelo siempre se han ocupado de contrarrestar esos comentarios.

Tiene una gran amistad con la Primera Princesa Takeomi, a quien conoce desde la infancia debido a que su abuelo lo ha llevado al Palacio Imperial siempre que tenía una reunión importante para que aprendiera como su heredero. Esto hacía que pasase mucho tiempo con Takeomi, llegando a la relación actual, comprometidos y en una relación que ya empieza a parecer un matrimonio más que una amistad.

Conoció a Wakasa cuando fue a visitar a Takeomi, al ser una gran amiga de Takeomi tenía permiso de quedarse en algunas reuniones y hablar como una más, lo que hizo que se conociera más y se llevasen mejor, aunque con el tiempo unos sentimientos nuevos están floreciendo, sentimientos que sabe que podrían causar muchos problemas.

Dichos sentimientos también empiezan a formarse con su gran amigo Benkei, con quien siempre entrena, aunque esos entrenamientos están cargados de una tensión muy especial.

Sabe que debería comentarle la situación a Takeomi, ya que se van a casar, pero le asusta perderla debido a esos sentimientos.

[eastwindmlk]

In the cards

So,I originally wrote this for the Bittersweet challenge for @jilytoberfest where, and I got to turn an angsty quote into a sweet one. “You have given me so much pain.” has inspired this cracktacular piece of fiction. It did get yoinked at some point, but I will reupload for your consideration this @jilymicrofics (807 words) Enjoy!

Game night was always a big thing with the Potters. It was the one night a week when no one was allowed to make other plans. They took turns picking and bringing games, ordered food and poured generously from whatever alcohol was being served that night. It was cosy. Something to look forward to during the week. This was one of those weeks that James really looked forward to a night of friendly competition and hours of conversation.

Depending on whose turn it was to pick the game, the night turned out differently. James favoured co-op games, working together to get to the goal. Sirius, on the other hand, liked trivia games, things that he knew he would excel at. Peter preferred the silly sort of game, something active and guaranteed to give you the giggles. Remus always seemed to find amazing niche games with complicated plots and mysteries. Rich in storytelling and creative solutions.

And then there was Lily. Lily had a way of finding the most competitive, aggravating, friendship-ending games. Which had all started with Monopoly, a game that was now banned from the table. As a direct result of a gruelling, no-prisoners game that lasted seven hours before they collectively gave up. Which launched a series of game nights that only a masochist would enjoy. So clearly, all of them had the time of their life.

Other games brought by the redhead and subsequently banned were: Sorry, Settlers of Catan, Scrabble and for unrelated reasons charades. Which they mutually agreed was better kept for when they were forced to stay family-friendly. It did not always go wrong though. There had been a few fine games and one that everyone seemed to enjoy a lot more, despite multiple squabbles and disagreements. Risk, which was added to the permanent rotation.

Tonight was Lily’s turn and everyone was equal parts excited and apprehensive. Hoping she would finally fail in her streak of finding the worst games. So, when James got him and saw the pack of cards sitting on the table in the living room. He was relieved. Cards were usually fine. They had several card games they rotated. But this was Lily they were talking about.

For a moment James inspected the package, it looked innocent enough. Pretty straightforward too. But this was Lily. He was sure that there was some chaos involved, but he really could not see too much pain in a card game called UNO. Little did he know just how wrong he would be.

The first few rounds were rather tame. While the rules were simple, everyone seemed to hold back a little. Testing the waters. Not wanting to get into too much trouble until after dinner. Much to Remus’s dismay, Chinese food arrived. Halting the round for everyone to eat their fill and crack open another bottle of wine.

What happened next was the most unfortunate set of circumstances James could have ever imagined. He was riding high with only two cards left in his hand, the colour in his favour and he even had a mythical plus four cards ready to mess with Remus on his right. But right before the round could get to him Sirius threw down a skip card, moving his turn to Remus instead. Which was disappointing, but he could do another round.

Or not. Luck seemed to be smiling down on him when Remus reversed the turn order. That is where it all went wrong for him. Emboldened by his stroke of luck, he threw down the plus four proudly announcing: “Uno!” He smirked along the table when he caught the glint in Lily’s eye. And as if in slow motion he watched Sirius place a plus two on the board. Watching Lily doubt what card she should be putting down, made him nervous. For good reason too. Watching her place down another plus four.

Peter added a plus two, deciding on the colour red. His lucky colour. Which did not let him down when Remus was merciful, playing a reverse card. Seemingly saving him from his fate. The rollercoaster continues with Lily putting on a third plus four. It was now all up to Sirius, who paused just long enough for James to remark: “You have given me so much pain already. Just do it.”

Deflating when his friend placed down another plus two. Making the total cards he was drawing sixteen. Enough cards to force them to reshuffle the pile just so he could draw more. Muttering, much to everyone’s entertainment. “Lils picked this game alright.” Feeling hands on his shoulders from all sides. Consoling what would be a devastating loss on his part. Something only mildly mediated by Lily saying “Don’t worry love, I will make it up to you when everyone leaves.” Her wink made him feel only a little better.

[minzart]

Paperinik Week 1!

Hello! I'm new to pkna but I found this séries back in may and am curently on insue #18! Só naturaly I'm visiting their tag to see who else new and old fans are and lo and behold there's a duck reading club who is currently doing a week by week assignment! Started by @duckblr-book-club

I hope I can conclude this series with their time limit and hey, why not participate and share what I thought!

So here it is! Some screenshots and a brief explanation to the followers who read this and have no idea what Paperinik New Adventures is!

Disclaimer: I started reading these comics in Portuguese and then didn't find inssue 7 and jumped to English

Vol 1 / #0 EVRONIANS

The first inssue! Yayyy! And I love how Donald is introduced as already being the duck avenger/Paperiniki for some time! Bc it's true! He already had adventures before this!

When I read this the first time my only interaction with the concept of duck avenger was his apparition in the "Race world" series(wich was done years after this one)! Were he was manifested into existence as Donald's race partner and as his courage taken form, I have read that was a very poor take on the character and at the time I didn't knew HOW TRUE IT WAS. Paperiniki is so much more than just Donald's daring side or wtv. IT IS HIM IN ALL HIS SASS AND GLORY

He is a VIGILANTE! Not a hero! A VIGILANTE AND I LOVE HOW HIS ALLIES AND FOES ACTUALY REFLECT THE ACTUAL MEANING OF THIS!

Anyway I LOVE UNO(um/one) I LOVE HIM, AN ARTIFICIAL INTELICE CREATED BY AN ALMOST MAD GENIUS WHO COULDN'T STOP CREATING THINGS! bad AND GOOD! the guy had a compulsion disorder. And Uno, for me reflects that SO WELL, HE IS SUCH A LITTLE SHIT, he is a godamned STALKER BUILDING, the guy KNOWS your address, your size, your name and your family and is STARVING FOR A FRIENDSHIP BC JUST LOOK AT DONALD! Uno jumped at the chance to be useful and DO SO MUCH SHIT AND HE IS SASSY! he and Donald have such a good banter bc they are on the same LEVEL OF SNARKBESS

The evronians suck your emotions and what a good contrast to our full of passion Donald Duck the Duck Avenger!

such a good way to start and introduce the concepts of aliens and vigilantes! And I love how to have the aliens they upgraded Paperinikis' gadgets by introducing Uno and the whole concept of Mr.Ducklair

Also I love the little goodbye to Giro at the end, and remember, I have not read any of his adventures prior to this series, and I get it! Giro was his gadgets partner before this all started! And I found it cute how he didn't wanted to say goodbye or even how to start! It felt, for me, a way the writers communicate with the older fans? I have no idea if it worked or if it was scandalous but starting the series telling new people that hey, he already exists before and had other adventures and allies! But now we are introducing new ones! So don't panic! Maybe we will even sneak a reference or two :)

Vol 2 / #0/2 THE WINDS OF TIME

Aliens who suck your emotions and want to conquer the galaxy is too weak a plot for you?fear not FOR WE HAVE TIME TRAVEL :D

And better yet, CRONOPIRATES-I mean CronoThieves! RAIDER MY BELOVED I LOVE HIM. HE IS SUCK A GOOD ANTAGONIST he is clever, he is brutal, he introduced the concept of TimePolice and Time Travel and a whole new deck of institutions to the world just by EXISTING, AND THAT PART OF THE SCREENSHOT MADE ME WOW, in theory you would have figured out by now he was a time traveler, but that scene, that over there is the CINEMATIC REVELATION, the part were if you didn't figure out by now he is time traveling and THAT IS SUCH A COOL POWER.

Even Donald and Uno admit that it would be a hard challenge! AND IT WAS! IF IT WEREN'T BY LYLA AND A GODDAMEND TIME TORNADO WHAT THE HELL XD, but yeah to best him paperiniki had to use LUCK and little but of planing!

And introducing the concepts of Droids! The future has Droids and Lyla is one of them!

Vol 3 / #0/3 XADHOOM!

Xadhoom! Our third entry of allies(for now, Raider i can smell the ally by circumstances from here)! She is the last survivor of her race that was killed... :) , by the evronians, and it was all her fault, her too trusty nature and also her eagerness to complete her cientific experiment first and safety later led her people to slaughter

She now has sweared vengeance and is fighting alone in space against the killers of her people and colonizers of her planet, she is full of angst, rage and is burning herself(practically literaly) to fulfill her revenge or/and die trying

As you can see, she is such an 80's edgy superhero and I love it for her you go queen! Kill yourself trying to achieve an impossible goal! However she is in a paperiniki comic and BOY, this lovable dumbass won't even notice he was about the be blow up in a suicidal attempt made by her to destroy an evronian base that was on earth, wich would blow up our whole planet too, but Uno and him got an alternative and that enough created a bond and a sweet talk between them wich convinced her to not blow up for her cause! And he didn't even noticed she is practically an atomic bomb with legs :)

Cute, funny bc paperiniki is a lovable idiot and she is an edify cientist with blood in her eyes :D

Vol 4 / #1 SHADOWS OF VENUS

The inssue were I could imagine this being a season finale! We introduced and expanded on the evronians' generals! Supreme Zondag could absolutely be a tumblr sexy man if we got a series from this comic and you can't tell me otherwise! It's the full black regale that you can absolutely imagine as latex, anyways meet also the chef of their cientific department, official Zoster, I can hear the maniacal doctor laugh from here and don't test me my track record of favorite antagonist has at least 4 mad cientist in it

Also can you imagine how much of a prick you must be for an alien race target you for your negativety being THAT BIG?! Honestly Angus has to be removed from the equation he's just too full of negative emotions, then again Xadhoom sacrificing herself only to do a FUCK YOU I CAST FIRE BALL(explodes the ship WITH THE GENERALS IN IT) IS A BIG PP MOVE GIRL

Vol 5 / #2 TWO

Listen. LISTEN. UNO ALREADY HAS SUCH A VILLAIN POTENTIAL, all of his planing and manipulation, his gadgets and backstory are PRIME VILLAIN FOR ME OK, he is a Grey character in my heart and Duo just proves my point, I LOVE HIM ALSO, this. THESE SETS OF PANELS WERE SO COOL, THE REVEAL, THE DRAMA, THE SETTING! He isn't a virus! he is basically a twin, another face of Uno and I love it! He was already there right from.the beggining. He just got TIRED OF BEING IN THE BACKSTAGE ALL THE TIME AND NOW HE IS PISSED!

Also YAYYY Everett Ducklair appears! He is alive and well, seeking spiritual guidance and becoming a monk, but also coming back bc he is not stupid, he installed a device that will inform him when things go wrong with Uno, would you look at that the guy jumped off ship responsibly! He is also SO TINNY(wich is a contrast i find extremely amusing knowing that Uno prefers the opposed spectrum if givem a body)

Vol 6 / #3 DAY OF THE COLD SUN

AND IF THINGS COULDN'T GET MORE EPIC, THE TEAM UP WITH RAIDER IS HERE BABYYYY YAHOOOOOO

I LOVE how the time police is a bitch! I love how Paperiniki will go against authorities if ir means saving people! I love how he teams up with the Raider and how the Raider only offers this information AS A TRADE!

The time police would let so much people die to maintain the future status quo! And Donald is having NOONE OF IT, he will save the day, he will save the city, future be DAMNED! his family and friends are in duckburg!

He will save the day and get the villain, he is also in the watch list but hey Uno does this all the time, no prob

Vol 7 / #4 EARTHQUAKE

And now the last inssue of this weak we learn a bit more about Angus Fangus! He came from humble begginings! That is his mom and she is a badass old lady and leader who has more neurons and deserves better, I hope I see her again the the future!

And also Faraday! Still waiting to see if she gets more involved in the story bc for now this is the only time I see her.

This is also the inssue were the military get involved! Another organization to keep track off!

Last thoughts

Go read Paperinik New Adventures! It's fun! It's funny, has lovable characters, and the 80's/90's poor taste gags that can still be found here are are really quick to glance over.

I haven't even talked about other characters who are still really crucial and INTERESTING (camera 9 my beloved), this whole series is so well thought out too! Each little piece of lore introduced in the beggining will be expanded in the future!

The art is so colorful AND THERE ARE DETAIK THE INDIVIDUAL PANELS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT LATER. Lyla calling out Uno earsdroping in her conversation with Paperinik literaly made me back Track to see if they did show us AND THEY DID, UNO WAS HIDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AND I ONLY GOT TO NOTICE HIM AFTER SHE POINTED OUT!

[misguidedasgardian]

hello! hope your day was well and the watching of the season finale was fun.

here is my rant for this episode lol. i always look forward to your commentary!!

> to start: not jace acting as if ulf and hugh were just regular everyday bastards like no bud, they are targaryen bastards (or at least i think ulf is, hugh confirmed he is). like had their moms been married and had them, they'd have a high claim than both him and his mom. and the projecting is crazy, like baela said, get it together and stand by your mom bro, you have uno jobs.

> daemon is literally a crazy man, like crazier than me on a normal everyday average day.

> also, if we went based on how the succession should've gone, plenty of people have a high claim to the throne like rhaenyra did (baela/rhaena through rhaenys). like many people have the means to challenge her, they just dont have the energy (thanks jaehaerys for not liking women??)

> aemond i swear is a woman beater. like if he is willing to lay a hand upon his sister...imagine if he had a wife and the way he talks down to his mom and helaena is oooo, i'd have him smacked silly. like im so glad alicent interceded for helaena because ... he just lost his damn mind.

> alicent is lowkey wishing she had to put up with aegon at this point (everyone is wishing the same lol)

> gwayne clocking cole was gold and criston cole's smartest line by far was something along the lines of: "perhaps all men are corrupt and perhaps honor blows away like mist in the morning." it kind of goes hand in hand with the quote from game of thrones that's something like "there's a beast in every man and he stirs when a sword is put in his face."

> didn't know we were wrestling in mud today and Tyland is as confused as me every episode.

> the acting kills me every time like no offense because i know i couldn't do better, but like the first episode of game of thrones had better acting like its good in this show but not the best like i swear sometimes they talk like robots or like theyre explaining the plot to us (which alicent did for no reason towards the end like just be evil to be evil. women can be evil too they don't always have to be kind and submissive.)

> these characters have become so unlikeable that i have to dig deep to find ones i like.

> ulf has no table manners and not everyone mentioning they aren't of noble birth but like technically, they are like they're as much royal as jace the only difference is his mom kept him and his grandfather allowed it so he should count his blessings.

> alys is carrying and she makes daemon more likeable and i rather watch them and their friendship than daemon and rhaenyra's weird codependency daddy issue relationship (they are making me hate targcest. matter of fact, all the targayens are making me hate everything about them.)

> helaena gets my cheers because she told aemond who was boss and stuck it to him and proved she has a voice and just chooses when to use it. like im betting she wishes aegon was better because at least he was moldable unlike aemond like you could manipulate aegon to do what you wanted. aemond is a lose cannon that needs to be put out.

> corlys without rhaenys is making me ill because he doesnt care that he abandoned his kids, alyn and addam to start a whole new family and left them to fend for themselves as kids like finish what you started. im sick of seeing bastards left and right and watching their families move on without them like finish what yous started if you can!!

> rhaena's safari quest is like watching an ad for something like if i see her quest again, i might cry.

> season 2= story with no plot

sorry for the essay friend, i feel bad every time you respond to it because its so long, but hey, its the last episode so the rants can become shorter now and less time consuming!!

p.s> otto being locked in a tower when everyone is trying to reach him is so funny.

It's fine, I feel like we all got so much to say, we are so confused, angry, sad, Idk what I'm feeling anymore

>You know what? I'm with Jace on this. Rhaenyra said it herself "they think we are closer to gods than to men, but they say that because of our dragons, without them we are like everyone else", then let's go to Jace, who realises he is a bastards on a very early age, think about the fact that the only way to comfort him, is Rhaenyra assuring him that "you are a Targaryen, that's all that matters", and the only "legitimization" he had was his blood, the fact that he (a bastard) could ride Dragons THAT ONE WAS HATCHED TO HIM ON HIS CRIB, then a war breaks out because of the usurpation, which one of its many "justifications", is that Rhenyra "has no true heirs", and his bastarcy had been called out MANY TIMES BY MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE, and then.... AND THEN HE SEES THIS "COLLECTION" of bastards like him who can also ride dragons? So yeah, I'd be bitter too, and super insecure, because bastards get KILLED in this world, but I also see your point, but the fact that two of them had the white hair that he does not? dang

>Daemon... yesh, whatever makes you sleep at night dude, like, if you needed an Ayahuasca trip to come to the realisation that you need to support your wife... go for it my dude jejeje,whatever ticklled your fancy JAJAJA

>Yeah but that fizzles because of Viserys was made king... so... no point on resurfacing Rhaenys' claim

>I said it before... they DESTROYED their character, I thought his family was going to be what makes him a great villain, an antagonist even, I DO IT FOR MY FAMILY FOR MY MOTHER WHO DEFENDED ME AND MY SISTER WHO IS AN INNOCENT, why couldn't they keep that in? like in S1E9? it makes it much more attractive, and powerful AND LIKEABLE. I LIKED HIM IN SEASON ONE! i found him such an interesting character! where that was left, idk.

>Alicent is just... incoherent, madder then tripping Daemon

>I found that scene useless and boring, and??? like... why? why there? it was like, they filmed it, they made Criston say some "good" lines (?) and then they didn't know where to put the scene so they just threw it somewhere not to waste it? Why he is recriminating him about fucking his sister (IN FRONT OF EVERYONE? DUMB C*NT) NOW? now after like four chapters since we know him? (and he found out) no sense

>Like I said, they cut out two chapters, so m guess is that it was part of something THAT MADE MORE FUCKING SENSE? hahaha I found it weirdly likeable (more at the end)

>I have nothing to say about the actors actually, they are fine to watch I guess, they are victims on this

>They have nobody sacred, they destroyed Alicent, BUTCHERED Aemond, (because despite what TG has to say... TEAM GREENS ARE THE VILLAINS DUDE (in the books), and they manage in season one to actually have fans that are TG!!! and people who enjoyed their characters!!! I could get behind cult Alicent, because she had nothing else so she turned to the gods, so, I guess that's fine BUT ITS NOT FINE BECAUSE IT WAS FOR NOTHING???

They made TB boring and indecisive, butchering them too?? BORING, IDK, if I was Rhaenyra, Alicent would have been DEAD to me the second I realized what happened... specially after she tortured me, diminished me, bullied me, and put my BABIES in risk for all those years... BUT SHE IS WORTH A LIFE-RISKING TRIP FOR? the septa scene was just straight out of a PARODY (calling it fanfiction is an insult to us) and jsut not speak about this last encounter (GO NYRA, MOCK HER, SCOFF AT HER), but what the writters did to them both, is a crime punished by the gods

>Ulf, I don't even want to talk about that clown, I hate him, but Nyra c'mon, what did you expect?

>I have little thoughts about Alys... I really thought they were going to take her character in a complete different direction, Idk how to feel about her, I like that she could be like a "grey" character, like a Loki of some sorts, like "the end justifies the means", yes I'm going to mentally torture you for weeks, only to make you come to the realisation that you must protect and fight for your wife, like, thanks I guess? jejejeje I'm intrigued of what are they going to do with Aemond and Alys... those trips are going to be... DIABOLICAL hahahaha

>Yes I agree, if they had placed ONE scene with Helaena visiting Aegon... she would have been my top three favorite characters in the season, definitely, what Phia has done with her character (WITH SO LITTLE) makes her worthy of a FUCKING OSCAR, and GRRM said it himself, she is one of the characters who he liked more portrayed then in his own writting so, yeah, PUT HIM ON HIS PLACEEEEE, she was like "fuck around and find outttt" hahah

>Yeah, I thought Corlys was going to pull trough this as a decent man, but what he had done and will do? motherfucker, that's all I have to say, you did not deserve Rhaenys, nor those kids, and his house will collapse in front of hiseyes. (I hope they give Addam the place of his brother in the story taking the lead on House Velaryon) Corlys (like Otto) deserve everything that's coming their way, I wrote it on HOTW, he and Otto sank their teeth into a Targaryen of their choice, and they ripped them apart.

>Yeah, Daemon in Harrenhal all over again, It doesn't help that I don't like her at all, look, I'm not the prettiest doll in the store, but I don't like to "watch her", and thinking about what will happen in the Essos crossing, adding to the fact that she will claim a dragon, infuriates me and hasn't even happened yet, she is behaving like a spoiled brat and just... she bores me, Daemon I get it... (FOR SOCIAL REASONS I'M KIDDING), Baela is hanging by a thread, they must give her something to do besides having scenes with Jace. I enjoyed her scene in moondancer, but like the Rhaenys' scene... was for shock value, and not that important to the plot...

>This was all over the place, I just keep writing and writing this and something else always comes up

You know what? i was so fucking angry, about to go to bed angry, and this actually helped me to "put my idead in order", I really hope you can read this noonie! really, I was all over the place, and this somehow soothed me.

HAHAHA Otto! where is he? can't imagine where... he said he was going to the Tyrells? so I don't know who he could have crossed on his way there since they send Tyland to Essos (in the leaks they say it was gonna be him dealing with the triarchy). I enjoyed that part, they gave the triarchy faces, and that gives them a depth that... I weirdly liked.

MUAHAHA

[astra-galaxie]

🧸👻🎶🫂💔 🪢📓🌟🥇🍫💄🐱😶

headcanons for Julian Ramis pls,So sorry if this is like a lot 😭

No worries, I like the occasional challenge!🙂 It's been a long time since I’ve focused on Julian, so let’s see what I can create for his headcanons!

🧸 A headcanon about their childhood

Julian met Freddy when Edward had taken him to the skate park to help him learn how to skateboard. Neither Julian nor Edward knew what they were doing since, beyond watching people skateboard on TV, neither had done it before. Seeing them struggling to get going, Freddy offered to teach Julian how to skateboard. That’s how the two’s friendship formed, as Freddy showed Julian how to move and control the board and even some little tricks.

👻 A headcanon about what scares them

Hunting. Julian is terrified of it, especially if it involves a crossbow. He’s never been interested in trying hunting, but the one time one of his classmates talked about going hunting with their family, all Julian could think of was how Freddy died. He’s vowed never to pick up a crossbow again and to stay far away from hunting areas.

🎶 A headcanon about music

Julian’s father’s favourite musician was Byron Uno. Edward owned all of the musician's CDs, and Julian grew up listening to them. While he might not love the musician as much as his father did, Julian has come to regard the music as one of his last connections to his father following his death. Julian still has all of Edward’s CDs of Byron Uno’s music, and whenever he misses his dad, he puts one of them on to listen to.

🫂 A friendship headcanon

Julian is still friends with Ramona Stewart. They’re not as close as they were before Freddy’s death, but they still get together on the anniversary of Freddy’s death to visit his grave and remember him. They get Freddy's favourite food and drink and talk about their favourite memories with him. Sometimes, they’ll play a game of chess, too.

💔 An angsty headcanon

After his father died, Julian was placed into foster care as he didn't have any more family in Grimsborough to take him in. He wasn’t in foster care long, as when he turned 18, he aged out of the system. While in foster care, he lived in a group home as no one was willing to foster an ex-criminal. After aging out of foster care, Julian was homeless and lived on the streets. Thankfully, he was able to finish high school before leaving foster care, but then came the challenge of being accepted into university to start on his path to a better life.

🪢 A headcanon about their family

His mother died when he was ten years old. A drunk driver hit her, and she was killed on impact. It was a quick death, and she didn’t suffer. Still, Juilan and Edward were devastated, especially because the driver, a teenager from a wealthy family, walked away from the crash with barely a slap on the wrist for their actions. This became the catalyst for Julian joining Freddy in his robberies of rich people's houses; if they could afford the lawyers to make vehicular homicide charges disappear, then they could afford to lose some of their stuff.

📓 A headcanon about their hobbies

Julian doesn't have many hobbies, but he loves to read. In juvie, he didn't have much to do since he wasn’t allowed much for technology and things like TV were scheduled and limited. But there was a library that he could visit almost any time, and he came to spend a lot of time there. He loved reading because it allowed him to temporarily escape reality and forget about his troubles. That still rings true now that he’s out of juvie, and his collection of books is steadily growing.

🌟 A headcanon about their desires/wishes

Julian’s biggest desire is to prove to people that he is more than a “child killer.” He never wanted to kill Freddy and knows that what happened that night was an accident, but no matter how many times he tries to tell people that, they still think of him as a psychopath and killer. Julian wants to get a degree and build a better future where he can help others and show the world that he isn’t a killer and just wants to make the world a better place.

🥇 A headcanon about what they’re best at

Skateboarding. Julian has been skateboarding since he was eight years old and knows many tricks to show off his skills. Before going to juvie, he participated in a few junior skateboarding competitions and earned first place in his last competition.

🍫 A headcanon about food

Julian is very protective of his food. While he was fed regularly in juvie, others would steal his food from him. He quickly learned that if he didn’t eat fast, he wouldn't eat. After getting out of juvie, he hoards food in secret places to always have something to eat. Things like granola bars, trail mix, chocolate bars and other foods that don't expire quickly are what he hordes the most. His Dad sometimes questions why the food is disappearing so quickly, but he suspects it's Julian’s doing and hasn’t said anything yet.

💄 An appearance headcanon

Julian doesn't care about keeping up with fashion trends or what's “in” and “hot.” He picks clothes that are comfortable and won't draw attention to himself. Since getting out of juvie, he tries to blend in and go unnoticed, just wanting to stay out of trouble and the public’s eye.

😺 An animal related headcanon

He got an emotional support dog shortly after he started university with the help of Gabriel Herrera. The dog had previously worked as a therapy dog at the local children’s hospital, but after being in a minor accident that resulted in her losing an ear and gaining scars on the side of her face, she was retired as people deemed her “too scary” to be around children. Gabriel knew the handlers who had her and suggested she become an emotional support dog since she loved helping people. With the agreement of Julian’s therapist, he and the dog were introduced, and it was an immediate success, as if they had been waiting for each other. The dog goes nearly everywhere with Julian and helps him stay calm and focused throughout the day. Julian loves his furry companion and knows that without her help, university life would be considerably harder.

😶 A random headcanon

Gabriel kept in touch with Julian following “Pain in the Neck.” The young man really appreciated how much the profiler had done to help him get accepted into university, and Gabriel wanted to make sure Julian was doing well. They met occasionally to catch up on each other's lives, mostly Gabriel asking Julian how university was going. Gabriel became one of Julian’s biggest supporters, even helping him find a part-time job he loved. Gabriel has said several times that he looks forward to seeing Julian graduate, and Julian knows the profiler means it. Julian plans to walk across the stage and get his diploma one day to make his parents and Gabriel proud.

You know, I think I even impressed myself with some of these headcanons!

I hope you like them and thank you for the request!

[silhouettefms]

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { PHEOBE SPENCER } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE/HER } is ? they kind of look like { MIKEY MADISON } and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { TWENTY-FIVE } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { TWENTY-FIVE YEARS }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { KATHERINE PIERCE } from { TVD }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { SALTY SAILOR BAR } as a { BARTENDER }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE DAMSEL OUT OF DISTRESS } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { MANIPULATIVE } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { SELF-ASSURED } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { ONE-BEDROOM } apartment beside me over in { SUNNY SHORES }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!

" WHO IS THAT DIVA ?? "

full name: pheobe rose spencer

age: 25 / twenty-five

gender/pronouns: cisfemale + she/her

sexuality: pansexual

job: bartender in sunset villa

label: the damsel out of distress

counterpart: katherine pierce / tvd

"WHY ARE YOU SUCH A BITCH?"

pheobe rose spencer was born and raised in palmview grove, fl by her parents. greg spencer, a blue collar man, and rose spencer, a job hopper with expensive taste.

being raised by a narcissistic mother who was built on nothing but anger and selfishness and a father who stood idly by made pheobe's early home life quite catatonic.

pheobe, from a very early age, had a sass to her. or in her mothers words, bitchiness. pheobe knew what she wanted and she learned selfishness and bluntness from someone who did it best. mother dearest.

this shaped pheebs into not the kindest person. she was thick skinned and unaffected by what people thought of her but at her core, she was at war with whether people deserved her softness. she was molded into a perfect replica of her mother and though she'd never admit it out loud, she hated it. she'd also chew you out for pointing it out for her.

making friends throughout her school years proved to be a challenge. she ended up making friends that were scared to be on her bad side or manipulated friendships to further gain whatever status pheobe wanted to maintain to feel valued by her peers. it was very rare for her to find deeper relationships.

but pheobe was fine with this. with age, she became very fond of being her own best friend. she liked the fact that she could be her own personal cheerleader and always get what she wanted because she was always looking out for numero uno. herself.

now, she's living over in sunny shores apartments working a bartender position at salty sailor where drunk gawkers tend to like her feistiness. she will tell you your flaws with a smug smile on her face, spill your secrets the moment it benefits her and smoke a cig while she watches the bridges crash and burn. she's nearly lost her job two times because of her mouth. what? like she cares?

to put it simply, pheobe thrives in chaos. and it follows her wherever she goes.

"I'M A WALKING FUCKING AESTHETIC."

pinterest board. visage. playlist.

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Eleven page chapter for the finale of Part 8

Yeah, we are not dividing this chapter. You get a long one for the ending.

In this chapter, Japan, the animals hate Donald, Mario Party, Della is happy, June knows what she wants, and the group breaks up.

Part 8 was a challenge, I wanted to cover the Donald and Daisy's world travel with the girls. But I didn't want to make to many one shots. And also, I didn't want to leave behind the rest of the kids. Their friendship is the thing I like the most about Ducktales. But, I like how Part 8 ended up being.

Part 9 is ready, is an one-shot, and I love it. Is coming on monday.

"A Duck's Life" series

Part 1 - Tú y Yo

Part 2 - Día de Pesca

Part 3 - Uno de Nosotros

Part 4 - Legado

Part 5 - La Vida con May y June

Part 6 - Para Ti

Part 7 - Es Quien Soy

What if...?

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What board games teach children?

In a world filled with apps, screens, and digital entertainment, board games offer something refreshingly timeless: hands-on, face-to-face fun that’s also full of hidden learning opportunities. For children especially, board games are more than just a way to pass the time—they’re powerful tools for development.

So what exactly do board games teach children? The answer might surprise you—it’s more than just how to win or lose. Let’s explore the skills and life lessons kids pick up every time they sit down to play.

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Many board games require players to make decisions, analyze consequences, and plan ahead. Whether it’s strategizing in Connect Four or figuring out a mystery in Clue Junior, kids are constantly using their brains in new ways.

They learn:

Logical reasoning

Cause and effect

Strategic thinking

Planning and decision-making

These skills lay the groundwork for academic success—and real-life challenges too.

Communication and Social Skills Board games are naturally interactive. Kids learn to listen, explain, negotiate, and express themselves clearly—all while having fun.

They practice:

Taking turns and following rules

Asking questions and giving instructions

Using polite language and active listening

Respecting others’ ideas and actions

These skills help kids build stronger friendships and communicate with confidence.

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience Not every game ends in a win—and that’s a good thing. Board games gently teach children how to cope with frustration, manage emotions, and bounce back after a loss.

They experience:

Patience and self-control

Handling disappointment

Celebrating others’ success

Learning from mistakes

Emotional regulation is one of the most important life skills—and games offer a safe space to develop it.

Teamwork and Cooperation Cooperative games like Outfoxed! or Forbidden Island teach kids the value of working together instead of against each other.

They develop:

Shared problem-solving

Trust and collaboration

Supporting teammates

Sharing leadership roles

These lessons help kids succeed in group settings—from classrooms to sports teams and beyond.

Math and Literacy Skills Many games sneak in academic concepts without kids even realizing they’re learning. Counting, reading, spelling, and simple calculations come up in all kinds of games—from Uno to Scrabble Junior.

Kids practice:

Number recognition and counting

Basic arithmetic and money skills

Word recognition and spelling

Following multi-step instructions

Learning through play is one of the most effective (and fun!) teaching tools out there.

Creativity and Imagination Some games, especially storytelling or role-playing ones, allow kids to invent characters, make up stories, and explore ideas freely.

These games foster:

Creativity and expression

Imaginative thinking

Storytelling skills

Artistic expression (in games with drawing or building elements)

Board games can spark a love for storytelling, design, and innovation.

Play with Purpose The next time your child pulls a board game off the shelf, remember: they’re not just playing. They’re learning, growing, and developing a whole toolbox of life skills—without even knowing it.

From math and reading to empathy and cooperation, board games are mini-classrooms wrapped in fun.

So go ahead—join them for a round. Because when kids play, they’re preparing for the world.