#v: Jackal No

[cemetery-baccanal]

going into the public school arc w this energy

[h0u-h0u]

they evil n gay

[narrativedamnation]

Bear and Jackal

[shrymped]

" personally, i think i want to have fun. and as my bodyguard, if you want to babysit me. you have to come with me. that's just the way this going to go down. " / a short starter for @swordsxandxsakuras

[thawthebeez]

hey guys. tumblr user thawthebeez back at it again with yet another haikyuu essay B) the topic of today is one that i see NOBODY talking about which is crazy because this motif is (in my opinion) one of the main foundations of the kagehina community.

now may someone please explain to me why the HELL nobody ever talks about how whenever Tobio expresses an insecurity of ANY KIND, Hinata is ALWAYS the first one to swoop in and tell him not to worry about it?

yes, we've all established that Hinata Shouyou is the #1 Kageyama Tobio understander. we get that. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN DISPLAYS OF THAT AND I'VE SEEN LITERALLY NOBODY SPEAK OF IT EVER.

i'm pretty sure there's an instance of it in season 2 (either that or my brain just made it up) when Tobio is a little worried about his and Hinata's quick attack not really working out but Hinata tells him "nah you'll figure it out eventually" or something along those lines. i'm not going to lose my shit over it because i can't find it but if you know YOU KNOW.

a part that i COULD find from season 2, however, was this:

here we have Tobio explaining how talented of a setter Oikawa is- how he's so much better than him- and it's clear that this is something he's insecure about given his facial expression.

THEN we have Hinata's INSTANT response:

and it blows Tobio away because WHAT

because, to paraphrase a little, Tobio basically just said "yeah oikawa can make any spiker look good no matter what team he's on" to which Hinata replied "yeah but that team wouldn't be Karasuno" which is essentially "Karasuno is strong enough as it is" BUT- if ur crazy- " dw he wouldn't take your spot babe" (<- which probably isn't how it's meant to be interpreted because they just finished talking about The Team That's Stronger As Six thing so like... context clues. it's probably not the insane interpretation).

ANYWAYS boom there it is. Tobio expresses insecurity, Shouyou swoops in and goes "Ermmmm Actuallyyyyy🤓" WHICH IS SO FUCKING ENDEARING ON IT'S OWN BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENS MORE THAN ONCE AND AT SUCH A CRITICAL POINT TOO

the critical point in question being:

(context: Tobio just came back from his training camp in Tokyo and is a little frustrated because he's gotten so used to playing with other prodigies like himself so to go back to talented-but-not-prodigious players is a bit of a switch for him. don't get him wrong tho he loves this team to DEATH it's just a little different that's all. hashtag number one Tobio apologist right here)

SO THERE'S THIS! and it goes without saying that Tobio is DEEPLY insecure about his late middle-school days and being referred to as a king. Tsukishima adds a little salt to the wound and while I didn't take a screenshot of it Tobio makes this look of absolute HORROR after he says what he says

(which, side note, shows a lot of a character development within Tobio. especially since I've been flipping between season 2 and 4 a lot looking for these clips. Tobio didn't even notice when he was acting kingly before but he realizes it INSTANTLY now which is so so so good for him yayyyy character development!)

this also leads fantastically into my next tangent which is

TOBIO FUCKING APOLOGIZES!

now, admittedly this isn't entirely related to my thesis but i absolutely ADORE talking about this scene and i genuinely think it is one of the most prevalent displays of character development within Tobio because i feel like he tends to get overshadowed by all the other characters (especially Hinata, which i'm not upset about in the slightest like it makes perfect sense and if Tobio got all the attention all the time the show would be soooo unbalanced)

but I feel like a lot of people skip over Tobio's overall development over the course of the show. I mean compare s1 Tobio to s4 Tobio THAT IS NOT SAME PERSON ANYMORE. he grows so much over such a short period of time (which is another essay I could write. something along the lines of "Explaining Why Tobio And Shouyou Need To Be On Separate Teams Actually Because Character Development Purposes" because the amount of people i've seen on tiktok complaining about kghn being on separate teams and how they should just be on the same team forever makes my blood boil violently) and it's so refreshing to see Tobio's growth especially as a big Tobio enjoyer.

ANYWAYS back to the main thesis.

So Hinata steps in IMMEDIATELY here. literally cuts Tobio's apology off because HE HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. he was expressing his thoughts whatever that's fine he could have done it in a nicer way SURE but listen the guy still has a LOOOONNNGGGG way to go but still, nothing to apologize for. it's just growing pains, y'know?

now the quote "What's wrong with him being the King again?" appearing here isn't the first time we're seeing this. Hinata has ALWAYS been confused as to why calling Tobio a "King" is a bad thing. literally from day fucking one Hinata was like "nah dude I think that title is cool" WHICH, AGAIN, TOBIO BEING INSECURE ABOUT SOMETHING AND SHOUYOU REASSURING HIM THAT IT'S TOTALLY CHILL HELLO?????

LITERALLY FROM DAY ONE SHOUYOU HAS BEEN DOING THIS. THAT MAN MAY THINK TOBIO'S AN ASSHOLE SOMETIMES (and he kinda is) BUT NEVER WILL HINATA INHERENTLY HATE A PART OF HIM. and i don't think they realize it here nor do i think the realization comes soon after but at some point there will be the realization that they love each other. every single part. fucking Tobio probably realized it way back in junior high but that's a tangent for another time.

now this line.... this one right here...... oh my god i can be SO NORMAL ABOUT IT.

the main reason why Tobio had this look of HORROR on his face after he yelled at everyone was BECAUSE HE KNEW THE ENDING. he knew that yelling at them would have consequences (if it weren't for Hinata stepping in thank god). HE'S SEEN IT ALL BEFORE. in his final year of junior high he yelled at his teammates to run faster and jump higher and be better AND THEY LEFT HIM!!!

so Tobio yelling like this instantly makes him afraid that he's just ruined the entire balance of the team. he thinks he's going to be left behind again because he yelled and everyone is going to leave him BUT!!!!!

BUT SHOUYOU IMMEDIATELY JUMPS IN AND SAYS "idc what u say honestly if i don't like i'm just not gonna listen" OR, TO TRANSLATE "i'm not going anywhere regardless of what you say"

Tobio's biggest fear is losing this team. I literally do not need to explain why. that man would fucking DIE for this team (if you really need an explanation just to go the end of the Kamomedai match when Tobio admits that he's upset they lost because he wanted to play with that specific team more).

and for Hinata to essentially say "you could literally be as kingly as u want and i simply would not care, pal, i promise you i am NOT going ANYWHERE!!!" which has got to be SO FUCKING RELIEVING FOR TOBIO.

(also something something "nobody was there" / "i'm here" something something "doesn't matter what kind of toss goes up if you send it my way i'm hitting it" something something they're soulmates or whatever they are literally bound together by the universe they were destined to be together and it's a crime that universe kept them apart for so long and now that they're together they will always BE together two peas in a pod literally inseparable they are hot glued and duct taped together.)

and then there's this. i mean at this point you already know what i'm going to say like you get it by now but again IT MUST BE SO RELIEVING TO TOBIO to know that shouyou thinks his biggest insecurity is cool. that shouyou thinks that it's not something to be concerned about. that no matter what, no matter how much a King he is, they're not going anywhere.

SOMETHING SOMETHING "you drew stars around my scars" IF YOU EVEN CARE

and just the fact that it's always ALWAYS shouyou to do this. the fact that there was dead silence before shouyou spoke up. the fact that it's ALWAYS HIM there to understand Tobio (someone who has been misunderstood for as long as he can remember) GOD THEY DRIVE ME INSANE.

anyways thank you for being a witness to this madness👍

[videogamedogbracket]

[dreaminginmysoup]

congrats to @thefantastician's boy for winning my poll, as promised, here the two love birds are together, may they never be parted.

[blackbackedjackal]

On a more positive note, volunteering at my local conservation center was wonderful and helped me develop a love for alligators. My friend's dad handled most of the animals and did a bunch of local education seminars and I eventually got to help him out with handling and feeding the animals. I've never felt more love in my heart then feeding a bunch of baby gators tiny pieces of meat.

[little-red-fool]

Ok now I’m around Mission 28 and kind of know what’s going on I’m gonna try and develop Jackal’s backstory a bit more I want to flesh out my boy.

[ruinedbycatastrophe]

@writtenxbeginnings continued from here.

The kiss was sudden. Jackal was still covered in blood and guts and probably mud. The elf's arms wrap around her, and her lips press against hers and Jackal feels--- Well. Her arms come to rest on the elf's hips, laughing at the way she reacts. Her green hues soften at the way the swashbuckler's cheer seemed to take over any thought Jackal had. "We did it. And Rogosh ate shit, hell yeah."

[nightmarecountry]

you are here, you are here, you’re still right here. (for corinth 2.0????)

Nightmares don't sleep. But in the Waking, while Frankie dreams, the Corinthian drifts with her a little: partway between the bed they share and the dream she's having, trying not to fall too deeply into either one. He isn't ready to go home yet.

When she startles awake, it's like he does too: both of them thrown back into the Waking with a cold afterimage of star-spun eyes burnt into the backs of their eyelids. The Corinthian swears, jackknifing. He doesn't know if Dream meant to frighten him--to frighten both of them--but they did. He can smell Frankie's sweat, her adrenaline.

It makes him hunger.

You're here, she tells him, like she knows he's afraid he's going to be dragged back home. You're still right here. Maybe she's just reminding herself, not him. He can't tell. It doesn't matter. She's right: he's still here.

For now.

"You saw that too?" He runs his hands down his face. When he was human, when he was Alex, he'd wake up sweating: hair plastered to his scalp, shirt sticking to his back. Here, now, he's as clean and untouched as he ever is. "I don't know if he was warning us, I didn't feel him call me back--"

[stankycowboy]

Spotify top 100 meme: 🎁 psychic wound — king woman @pohlepen

He lingers close to her in the dark room, focus fixed, a looming shadow washing over her, over everything, suffocating in the small space; an all encompassing force, greedy for everything it can take. Even as he swallows whole all in his presence, it is still Severen who feels like the one drowning.

Help me I'm so chained to you, Someone tell me what to do. Like two convicts joined by a punishing tether-- though this one remains unseen-- he cannot escape this woman. Not entirely. Needing to be close to her ( not her, to him ). Forced to be drawn back to her side, despite all attempts to quash the impulse; to stymie his instinctive urge to feed the once quieted addiction. Although he can't even muster the false concern to even remember her name, he becomes an odd, near constant, companion. Emerging nightly to share a smoke, sometimes taking her home and roaming around her apartment until he slips away without notice. Nevermind that he occupies himself with very particular objects. Ones he can still feel its presence upon. Feeling like a psychic wound. It is a painful pressure, coming from inside himself. Where once he might have been able to asses a point of origin, the infection is in full spread; burning in every cell of his body. What was a mental draw, an occasional occupation in his mind, has evolved into a near physical agony. Unite us. Together. We don't want to be alone. Why have I been punished? I've been banished from the sky The fact that they must be this separate is a torture akin to that he suffered when aflame; a roiling continual pain that manifests just as he thinks the last of it has ceased. Now the closest they have been to one another in how many years is through another; and barely that. She is merely a vestige, harboring a shadow of what actually lies beneath. A tracery leftover like crumbs fallen to a table and abandoned after the meal has been consumed ( but he will wet the surface with his tongue to have even these fragments ). She bears a faded memory from someone else's recording. A copy, of a copy. Wholly unsatisfying, and yet he will take even this scant imprint as sign of life. As a possibility of closing their distance permanently once more. Clinging to his mighty chest, Bury my face and cry, I bow to him Just to sleep next to you A force I can't deny His fingers reach to stroke her hair, in his mind it is not red, it is not long, it is stiff, close to the scalp, near white with a hint of burnished gold. These are not eyes staring at him, they are mouths, they hunger as he does; they want to bleed for him-- he would bleed himself if it would make this fantasy real. If it were not her here, this substitute, but the real thing. Not a paltry replacement for the one he seeks. The haunting nightmare that has left its roost. When I'm spread on the bed You remain the luscious fruit She allows him to draw close, she does not read his mind like another might have, seen the dark intent that lies there, but it is not for her mortal life that he craves, but to again savor the remnant her flesh bears; perhaps just to flavor what it has imprinted in her lifesource. Just to make real even a part of his imaginings, to hold close the visual that he might have that glittering wash of dark grit in his teeth and not the inadequate taste of human meat. As his teeth press into skin that does not taste of ash, of soot, or steel, but warm, living, and perfumed, Severen feels an inner rage swell, overcoming the desperate depression that fogs his mind. A determination that he will not settle for this alone. He will draw out the hidden wretch, will conquer this divide. This wound will not be left to fester, and she will be made example of that.

[h0u-h0u]

Silly doodles I did last night for a another Au I have lols

+ infinite w his regular eyecolor 

[static-electric-dreams]

RATHER LATE birthday present for Moff ( @cryptidelf ) 💜💚💜💚💜 !!!! Featuring some of their favorite things and characters. Love you baby <3

Variants under the cut:

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without text and with the glass removed UwU

[benreillyscarletspider]

A2

Though he would never admit it, he only purchased the stool because it felt more authentic, playing scientist in a lab coat and staring at his whiteboard from atop it. To say that Ben had suffered from impostor syndrome in the past would be the greatest understatement one could make regarding him, and he was content—if slightly ashamed—to take the validation where he could get it.

She was showing up like this more often than not lately, it seemed to him, not that he was counting. Choosing to offer her body more and more rather than giving up less elsewhere in their deal. Maybe it was simply more cost-effective for Miharu, trading him a limitless resource of hers? Jackal would gamble otherwise: she was here because she loved this.

He kept hold of her hips, pushing downward to keep her thighs firmly in place while his own hips pressed against her ass. She'd been doing so much to flaunt it at him, he couldn't resist taking it as her opening bid for whatever twisted task she wanted him to carry out for her.

"You make it difficult sometimes to restrain myself and with you, I can never tell if it's a dare." His legs were quivering; aching to drive him harder, faster, deeper into her ass. To lose control of himself and just take what he wanted, until he was satisfied and she was sore. The tension in his voice revealed all that desire and more.

[sliceofdyke]

you changed my life today, I've been needing a show to rewatch and I settled on Rick and Morty, but with your guidance I can end that journey prematurely to become obsessed with high school volleyball <3

lets go. wcofun has cartoons AND anime it's great :) also if you have time please read the hq manga it's so so good and goes in depth into a lot of things that the anime doesn't !!