#was genuinely convinced Id cause a shooting by worrying about it too much

[gxlden-angels]

I don't know how many of you watch/listen to Belief it or Not but I love his concern about a USAmerican pastor bringing a gun on stage for a message cause my old pastor openly bragged about being armed all the time

[penny4yourthot]

Defend Yourself

 Request from @cherieann-2001 - Hi, I would like a story about being Angels baby sister and EZs twin and Coco's old lady and how they have to come and pick you up one night from the station because you got arrested for punching a douche and broke his nose that got handsy with Letty at a bar during a girls night out with Letty. (Angel would be proud because he taught her to fight)

Hope you like it, and thanks for the request =)

Growing up with two brothers you had learned at an early age not to take shit from anyone. Angel, who was older than you and very protective, had always told you to protect yourself no matter what.

He started teaching you when you were both young kids. You were four the first time he showed you how to throw a punch. He had gotten an earful from both parents after you went to preschool and punched James Daily for stealing a crayon from you the very next day.

It was no surprise that your tough older brother ended up joining the Mayans MC. What was a surprise was when your twin brother EZ ended up in prison. Your heart was broken the day you heard the news about your twin. You didn't want your brother to change completely in prison.

The two of you had an apartment together and there was no way you would be able to afford it on your own. That's when Angel had said you could crash with him and his roommate Coco for a bit. They needed help with the rent anyway seeing as most of their money went to booze. They both sought out the comfort of liquor after returning back to the US from being at war.

You and Coco had instantly formed a connection. You were both able to keep it a secret from Angel for a little over a year.  You had both gotten so accustomed to sneaking around that you became professionals at it. That is until Angel had got off work early one day and walked in on the two of you making out on the couch.  

It would be an understatement to say that he was pissed. He thought that Coco had somehow taken advantage of you. Once you were able to convince him that it was not the case and you both genuinely liked each other, he calmed down a bit.

It has been seven years since Angel found out about you and Coco and, to this day, he still gives you both some hell about it.

“Get your hands off my sister, man,” Angel joked as he walked into your house with your twin, EZ, in tow. Coco’s hands didn't flinch with Angel's words, instead, they ran up and down the side of your dark blue, skin-tight top before his hands ran down to your ass squeezing it gently. You chuckled when you heard Angel grunt in disgust.

“She is my wife! When are you going to chill about that?” Coco snapped back at Angel. The two of them always joked back and forth about you.

“She was my sister first so...”

“Can we go now?” Letty quickly interrupted as she walked out of her room dressed in skinny jeans, a black cut off tank top, and a pair of black heels. You were grateful for her timing, happy the boys had stopped talking about you.

“No, not till you go change!” Coco’s voice suddenly turned serious as he watched his daughter walk out of the room.

“Dad, I'm seventeen!” Her hands went to her hips, her eyes shooting arrows at Coco. She wasn’t used to be told what she could and couldn't wear considering Cecilia encouraged her to work the street corner and sell her body.

“Damn right. When your eighteen you can choose what you leave the house in,” Coco shouted back at her and, with an overly dramatic roll of her eyes, she turned around to go change. You knew that she loved her dad but she wasn't used to the overbearingness yet.

“That outfit was cute,” you said to Coco.

“Cute?? She was practically naked” he replied as he came back over to you pulling you in his arms.

“She is almost an adult, you're going to have to let go some time.”

“I just got her back, I'm not ready to let go,”  he replied a small frown forming on his face. You looked over towards your brothers who were sitting on the couch talking before quickly placing a kiss on his lips. As soon as the kiss became more heated, you were interrupted by Letty opening her room door again. She had changed into a red tank top that was a bit low cut but a hell of a lot less revealing than her previous selection.

“Much better, now we can,” Coco said with a smile as everyone walked out the house. Coco climbed in the driver's side of your black SUV and Angel hopped in the passenger side. This left you sitting between Letty and EZ in the back. He started off towards the club, it was girls night so he was going to drop you and Letty off while the three boys hit their favorite bar down the street from the club.

“Thanks for the ride babe.” You smiled as you kissed Coco quickly through the window of your SUV after getting out.

“Be safe,” he said, not backing out until he saw you both made it to the door.

The bouncer checked your ID and stamped your hand with the green ink, Letty got a red stamp on her hand indicating she was too young to drink. Walking into the club, Letty wiped her stamp off and you quickly pressed your stamp to her hand before the Ink could dry.

“Thanks, I'm happy you are so chill. You and Dad are total opposites,” she laughed as you both made your way to the bar.

“He is just worried about you and doesn't want anything to happen to you, but he actually is okay with you drinking as long as you're with me.” You would never allow Letty to drink without her father’s permission.

“Really? He said that?” she asked, fidgeting with a bracelet she wore on her right wrist as you waited for the bartender to come your way.

“I mean it took some convincing, but after we talked he figured it was better than you were drinking with me than you out by yourself.”

“Ya know, I don’t give you enough credit, you're badass.” Letty's words caused a smile to creep up your lips.

“Aw, thanks,” you replied just as the bartender came up to take your orders. You both got long islands. You wanted to get the most alcohol for your money considering these drinks run at 12 dollars each.

With your drinks in hand, the two of you made your way to the dance floor and started dancing with each other while singing along to the music. The night continued like that for a couple hours. You were now four long islands in and Letty was on her third. You decided that this was your last drink as you could feel the alcohol rushing through your body.

Your head began getting a tad bit dizzy, but nothing you couldn’t manage. The two of you were still dancing and singing when you noticed a man well over six feet come up behind Letty and grab her waist, pulling her back towards him.

She tried to pry his hands off of her but, when she was unsuccessful, she gave you a look, fear shown through her eyes. She was used to the advances men made towards her but only a few have ever kept trying after she showed she wasn’t interested. You could tell by the way her body was swaying that she was feeling the alcohol.

Seeing a man on Letty like that instantly sobered you up. You threw your drink on the floor, the glass shattering everywhere but the music was so loud not many people noticed.

“Get your fucking hands off of her!” You screamed in the man’s face, your own wrapped in rage.

“I think she is enjoying it,” he smugly replied as his hands ran up and down her body, You could see he was still gripping onto her tightly by the way she was wincing in pain.

“Listen asshole, you got two seconds to get your hands off of her before I beat your pathetic ass,” you spat as you talked, anger raging within you.

“That’s just the booze talking, you could never take me. You're what? 5 foot nothing?” That was all it took for you to walk behind him and kick the back of his knees, making him relax his grip on Letty as he used his hands to brace for the fall. His hands landing in the shattered glass. He quickly tried to turn over and get up but you straddled him and decked him in the face five times.

He grabbed you by your waist and pushed you over, allowing him to get up. You stood with your eyes burning a fire at him. He made one more move towards Letty and you completely lost it. Grabbing his arm you twisted it around hearing him scream when you felt his shoulder pop out of the socket.

“Don’t you ever come near me or my daughter again or I’ll put a fucking bullet in that thick skull of yours,” you yelled at him. Seconds later the club was almost completely empty as the cops came in and arrested you and the man. They gave Letty a ride to the station in the same car as you.

You were booked into a cell and you made sure to tell Letty to call her father. You sat on the cold bench in the cell starting off into space.

You pulled your knees to your chest, arms wrapping around themselves as the air conditioner blew right on you causing a shiver to run down your spine and goosebumps cover your arms. You were screwed, you could lose your job if you get charged with anything. Even though there were plenty of witnesses that could tell the cops that you were protecting Letty, you couldn't help but think the worse.  Your attention was drawn to the cell door when you heard familiar voices.

“So we heard you beat up a man who was well over 200 pounds?” Angel asked, his eyes wide in awe. When you nodded your head in confirmation, all three of the boys laughed. “I knew you had it in you, all those years teaching you how to fight, they said you broke his nose and dislocated his shoulder! I’m proud of you lil sis.” You had never seen Angel so happy about anything in your life “You should be in women's MMA you would beat some ass, fuck women's MMA you can take any one of those men,” Angel added you could tell he was a tad drunk.

“My wife is a badass, wish I was there to see it I’m sure you looked sexy as hell fighting,” Coco smiled then turned around a laughed at the face Angel was making a police officer walked in and released you from the cell.

“I’m not being charged?” You questioned the cop.

“No. Clearly, you were defending a minor from being assaulted, we had to book you though because of how badly injured he was, but we had witnesses come forward in your defense.” He smiled at you before walking out leaving you alone with your brothers and old man.

“Look at that now all three of the Reyes kids have been in jail, even if it was for a short amount of time,” EZ joked as he wrapped you into a hug.

“I’m sure we make Dad proud,” you chucked. “Hey I’ll meet you guys out in the car,” you added as you saw Letty sitting in the lobby. As Coco, EZ, and Angel made their way out to the car you stopped and sat next to Letty.

ey I want to apologize, I know when I was yelling at that man I called you my daughter I know I’m not-“

“No, honestly it’s okay, it’s more than okay actually. Thank you for everything tonight,” Letty said, you pulled her in for a quick hug.

“Let’s go home, it’s been a long night.”You both stood up and walked out to the car.

You were glad that you knew how to fight if anything would have happened to Letty you wouldn’t be able to forgive yourself. You made a mental note to start teaching Letty to fight the same way Angel taught you.

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[sentiniel-butitgetsworse]

rwde

highly unpolished, awful explanation, but scene-by-scene commentary of unbridled annoyance and rage. read at your own peril.

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so the episode opens with a fight scene. sweet! cool! but its so badly staged, sometimes you have no idea what is happening the first time round. it’s crowded and messy, not a very good look? im talking about grim being hid behind ice while the camera is panning and hitting some trees when we’re literally panning out to show someone else in focus DESPITE THE FACT THEIR MITIGATION SHOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER TO LET US KNOW IT HAPPENED CLEARLY. legit! there’s the one where nora shoots at a grim and the shell explodes into black dust and the grim is gone. did it die? grim dont usually die by fuckin smoke but this one sure fuckin did i guess ‘cause i literally dont know what happened to it? no recoil and fall, just deleted and hid behind some 2d-lookin smoke! sure! why not?!?!!!?

s/o to the white/rose speedy thing that had no reason to be there and yet they did it

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then there was the “adam ruins everything” segment where he literally just murders? everyone? like i get that its off screen for the younger audiences but also like he fucking murders everyone. literally! did i miss something? is it a good tactic now? did they think it was very villainous of him to murder people??????? god bring me back to the beginning when he actually has a good character reason for why faunus would follow him into revolution because this adam taurus is so bad he’s worth flushing down the drain for.

“tHe BeLlAdOnnA nAme HaS bRoUgHt Me NoThINg BUt gRiEf”

also that opening shot where adam is proud. jfc what? is he even part of salem’s crew anymore? was the Adam short supposed to tell us he isnt? is anyone reviewing this and thinking 100% it’s a good idea?????

wait why is this scene even second? that’s a really awkward position to put it in the whole episode? honestly? like it kinda underlines how awkward a villain adam really is; it has no build up, no reason to be there. sure, the audience is hungry to know what happened to adam, but there’s legitimately no reason to put it as the second scene in the episode, there’s no context??????

callout post for this scene because its literally just voicelines while panning slowly through the bottom floor of the room. and the blood only shows up later??? also is the white fang only comprised of like 7 people now??? isnt it a globally feared organization (ie. isis)????

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there are two bodyguards for the train. two? two. and for some reason they’re asking for dlc to provide more/personal protection? hello, did i miss something? anyone thought it was a good idea? what class of transportation did they get? if it was dangerous enough that on a train ride they’d need people to guard the journey it wouldn’t even be built there? or what, did they get a max-luxury, train ride with insurance kinda deal? and it had two (2) bodyguards? two (2)!!!!! or was it in the middle of the road??? i may have enough context for the environment but none on economy of this place i swear

“hey ladies we’ll protect you wink” jaune and lie ren literally sitting one (1) feet away not saying anything, could be everyone’s moment to justify “hey we’re literally huntsman despite being kids, we know what we’re doing” but qrow has to step in and apparently his  credentials would ward off some bodyguards???? like “hi yes sorry im the dad of literally 8 kids, i can protect them all” not a convincing argument here bud

illia deserves more time on screen and also closure because neptune fuckin hit on her and that’s obviously enough to change scenes right

also neptune being “you really gonna let her go? l:/” feels like he’s salty instead of wukong tbh; wukong feels/sounds like the literal i can do anything kinda guy -- which he is in mythology and probably in universe (except for intelligence i guess, despite the fact he literally outsmarts his opponents through a lot of his mythos) so i dont mind him being let off the hook, but any hesitation implied during this scene? weak

illia building up to kiss but hugging blake instead, but blake kissing wk on the cheek straight up on camera yo really

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blake emos in the corner and because its queued up right after the wk/neptune scene its not a far fetch to say she’s emo-ing about wk but turns out its yang? would’ve preferred the setup to be stronger (blake watches yang get on the bed and feels sad/regret, zoom in on yang’s arm to show the audience but not tell them)

i give props to blake being shown “wait leme get that for you” real out the way though, because it underlines properly that blake feels ridiculously bad and wants to do something to make up for yang. good characterization/storytelling!

then they break it w/ like a 30s scene of yang and blake making up almost immediately with a “oh everyone will feel better about it soon :)” BRUH SHE GUILTY BOUT YOUR FUCKIN ARM BITCH CUT BACK TO REALITY DAMN the running away part is sincerely legitimate but also??? blake should be a/ more anxious than that and b/ be more worried about???? yang’s arm??????? for real m8

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“dont let anyone else die” a/ assumes the bodyguard trying to defend the train literally died and b/ also really fell flat? as a line? get something better...????

genuine dislike for the tactic of qrow fights the Big Boss and everyone gets a handful of weaklings; to stall? possible. but also just feels like a bad tactic overall? also their animations always look like they’re doing an rpg battle; one ability used + animation! then return to original position. that’s a big fallacy of fighting monty oum style and i genuinely hope they recognize it soon

“YOU’RE ATTRACTING THE GRIM TO THE PASSENGERS” ??? i get the part where leading them to the back of the train may help (having them all divided in sections [grim + hunters, passengers, front of train respectively] may help but how does automation attract grim again? like, turrets shooting at them would do so if they’re in range, and they all came from the back so they’d move along towards the middle, but also they wouldn’t continue moving forward? i guess? what im saying is they should really just be around jnxr + oscar instead of way forward in front

when the bodyguard tried to get into the train and barely made it, that SNAP sound was just. raw. i felt that. good! i was very scared/horrified/eager to see if they’d literally break off his arm and he’d just be lying there in a pool of blood or something in shock. he didnt because of aura and i don’t know what to say because a/ it definitely wouldn’t be a bruise and b/ if he had aura and was in the bodyguarding business, wouldn’t he also have a proper semblance to fight off grim most likely? and he aint using it so why he so confident for dlc earlier the heck

bumblebee looks back to the carriage and one lady’s just with her baby like a cheap heartstrings tug

“WHY WON’T YOU TELL US THAT” yang’s line here assumes that they’ve asked about it before and ozpin/oscar refused to answer. i disagree? i think it works better with “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US THAT?” because it definitely was a factor they’d all have to take into account with regards to travelling w/ it in the first place. which they are. tbh yang (and jaune in the op) has every right to be mad at him real talk but also change that line please it bothered me so much

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blake sees the hooded adam figure and honestly idk what kind of omen that is but it feels/looks weird. another no context scene i guess. tbh id take that one out of this episode entirely and shuffle it next episode probably. (and put the adam ruins everything scene at the back of the episode)

grim stop chasing because tunnel. and then they chase the train through the tunnel really slowly? feels weird but okay i fuckin guess; these are just the things im willing to pass on

ren and jaune look at each other like “lets do it” but why does ren? look up? like there’s no extra effects there, its not visible that he’s trying really hard to extend his semblance out. no cool semblance-using eye powers there. it feels kinda cheap for him to do that w/o any additional highlights that he’s activating his aura? also creepy

OH THERE’S THAT SCENE. yang starts off the Big Fight Montage with grabbing the grimm by its horns and then flips it around. cool move! then she promptly punches it up and closes her eyes. what? tbh that was ridiculously weak after a stupid good setup. budget aside i’d say there was an opportunity for a focused choreograph there; instead of a punch up, use a bullet fire up, keeping the enemy’s front half up in the air for a longer period of time. run under, punch/kick the underbelly, bounce off to the side, bullet fire off the side of the train. 

blake cutting off the tail was a good move. rt studios deciding to change shots when the enemy has the same pose, so that we cut to ruby fighting the same kind of grimm is not. it breaks clarity for the viewers, that’s not how matching cuts should work tbh

these big grimm dying in a couple of hits are also just? kinda weak-feeling. like these characters got stronger from rpg levels, but not from actual combat training and learning to outsmart your enemies, or upgrading your weapons. feels cheap.

ruby bouncing around in attempt to kill these grim is kinda cute? which may be what they were trying to do? but also not well choreographed i guess. it doesn’t flow too well, just bounces in seperate spikes.

when weiss redirects the flying grimm to ruby, it feels like its? not clear what she did. was it a semblance/shield? colour that blue, we know she uses white but white on white doesn’t work out well. ruby’s scythe sinking into the grimm also doesn’t work great because you get confusion when the shot is supposed to show it sink into the grimm, but you cant see the scythe blade sink into it. like you could only get it from context after watching it that she sent the grimm flying by doing the above, but dont recognize the action in the moment.

callout post to yang and blake fuckin shooting at nothing when there’s a clear path/shot to ruby and qrow’s big monster.

fireball just kinda looked cheap. there wasn’t a long breathy build up, and the fireball just feels way too fast (camera or distance?); reasonable that qrow would be hit by it, but cheap-feeling in the sense that it shouldn’t have happened/it felt unfair, that it happened. he should’ve gotten knocked on his ass by power/strength and being caught off guard, and it felt like more like “oh no he got knocked down! D:”

HHHHHH WEISS ICE SKATES TO THE GRIM BUT ITS NOT LIKE YOU PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE CALLS FOR IT AND THEN SHE LEAPS UP TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRIM. SHE’S WHITE, THE BACKGROUND IS WHITE, YOU LOSE SIGHT OF HER, I LEGIT THOUGHT SHE VANISHED BEHIND THE GRIMM BUT IT WOULDNT MAKE SENSE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IN THE NEXT SHOT YOU MAY SEE HER AT THE LEFT BUT HER SEMBLANCE IS BLACK TO MAKE HER STAND OUT MORE BUT THEY DIDNT DO THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS SHOT WHY????????

“YANG!” yang promptly bounces off a grimm that isnt shown to have hurt or is dead from the fight and runs off to the bigger grimm as called. understandable, but the other grimm? is just? there? not dead? not doing anything???

also the we need to ground it idea feels really cheap? the grimm isn’t a problem because of its wings, it’s a problem because it’s being dealt with by one (1) person who decides it’s best fighting it on one (1) front vs two on a train. there’s so many ways to tackle this guy! we know qrow’s capable of jumping onto it, but all he’s doing is that, instead of moving to the other side and maybe catching it off guard?????? qrow, fight fucking better.

s/o to qrow/ruby pulling off a move together, cute but also they should’ve been slicing it at different points of the grimm, because they would’ve just died right away if they both went on the same plane? or anywhere near each other? weapons are fucking dangerous we remember right?

GRIMM LAUNCHES A FIREBALL AND IT GOES ON AN UPWARDS TRAJECTORY. IT DOESNT AND INSTEAD GOES IN AN ARC WHEN IT NEVER NEEDED TO. HERE’S HOW YOU COULD DERAIL THE TRAIN. FIREBALL, MOUNTAIN, AVALANCHE/ROCKSLIDE, TRAIN DESTRUCTION. OLD GRANDMA THAT STUMBLES OUT OF THAT/APPEARS BEHIND THE TEAM AFTERWARDS IS MORE IMPRESSIVE FOR HAVING ADAPTED TO THAT FROM INSIDE THE TRAIN THAN TO JUST SIT THERE AND POP OUT LATER LIKE xD lmao wassup yall?

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yeah thats it and here’d be the adam ruins everything scene right before the opening but we cant get what we want so w/e