#well aside from that one that takes place in the past but thats an entirely new cast 😞

[pcktknife]

love how competitive blackquill is abt his bird he really is a bird guy

[saintadeline]

(don't remember if this was answered in game!) how long do you think the entire process in research hall was? + what do you think she was like before her time in there?

GOOD QUESTION TBH bloodborne timelines in general are extremely vague and confusing aside from a few events, its less about being hard to place in order (thats usually fine) and more who the fuck knows how much time passes and when. Like how the old hunters and the events of the dlc couldve happened 5 years ago just as they might have 80 years ago. So that doesnt really help theory making LMFAO. The way i see it, the rh timeline is kind of cut in two where the waking world has its own timeline of events and then when the nightmare took it, it was brought back to a mix of specific times in the past, resetting some of the timeline of events and mashing it together to put them in stasis. So to make it easier ill just talk about the waking world LOL i think its like... we know for sure adeline was part of the early experiments, i wouldnt say the first because of the timeline of the healing church itself, the rh was created fairly soon after the healing church actually took position (after the hamlet incident) and we know adeline likely became a saint around its creation as well, so the way i see it she helped in the rh as a saint/nun before actually joining the experiments. So not the first (few?) batch(es) of patients but still early on relative to the rest. I also think her waking world self died a few years after the start of the actual experiments? She seems to have been a bit more resilient than most patients at least in terms of what she could take, but the her we see in the nightmare is definitely not the same way she was in the waking world but thats a whole other can of worms. What im getting at is i think she was possibly already gone by the time the experiments advanced to the stage of the living failures which are definitely more developed in terms of manmade ascension. Its hard to tell when and how the rh transitioned into the orphanage but the way i see it, either the living failures marked the end of an era of trial and error, or the nightmare had a physical effect on it somehow. Maybe both. ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN what i mean about the nightmare id have to make like a timeline graph but i think there IS a physical and timestamped event when a certain place is brought into the nightmare (see: yahargul and mensis), however the nightmare realm itself isnt bound by the law of time and can bring things back in time inside itself when twisting them. I completely lost what i was talking about but i think there was an off time between the official "end" of the rh, (possibly because they could tell something about water wasnt working right. And laurence and maria probably died in between.) and what was later known as upper cathedral ward. I dont *think* the orphanage is directly the rh? Id say the orphanage is a subset of the choir and we can see its not the exact same area as the rh it just overlaps in one place. What i mean by that is the orphanage didnt Replace the rh and there is still very much likely an active equivalent of the rh still working nowadays that the orphanage is attached to. We just dont get to see it but i highly doubt the choir was just concentrated in the orphanage and that wasnt just a smaller portion of upper cathedral ward. Anyway all that to say ummm i have to clue as to how long exactly but id say the rh as a whole had a span of over a few years, maybe something like 5-7? Could be more or less depending on how close to present time you see the dlc. Not extremely long, you can tell the research didnt manage to get pushed very far compared to the emissaries for example. But these did have the backing of ebrietas so its hard to say how much of it comes from pure research and how much is an outside influence. Overall id say it kind of depends on when you think laurence died compared to when he created the church. I dont think he had a long lived vicarhood

[songoftrillium]

I very much appreciate your insightful answers to my photography questions. I hadn’t fully considered the entire process of making a picture as an act of “Gesamtkunstwerk”.

For me, I’ve come to enjoy how film prolongs photographic activity, and offers artists time to critically reflect on their work.

I’ve been worried about the cogency behind my use of the gelatin silver process when many photographers who began their artistic career with analog have switched to digital for a variety of reasons, the ability to recreate the aesthetic of film via computer software among them.

Here's my question to you now: Does the process make you happy?

As an aside, the expression of photographic process as itself being considered the artform is hardly new.

You have the classic second exposure, where instead of taking a photo and advancing a picture, you take a second photo on the same frame with a higher contrast

There are emulsions available that can render literally any surface photosensitive, and have been used for some really impressive prints.

The act of using large format polaroid for image transfers have been used for quite a long time. Old polaroids used to be usable in any film camera, with a packet of chemicals behind the emulsion able to be burst and spread to develop the photo in front of you. One could peel off the developing layer before the emulsion has set and can transfer it to any porous surface (like textured papers), leaving behind an imprint of the developer sheet itself.

One can also immerse a freshly developed polaroid photo in boiling water and lift the emulsion from the photo paper entirely and transfer it to paper as well.

some info if you'd like to learn more about emulsion art

looking past that, there are other ways the mediums behind film photography have been used for the years for art.

Early on, you have the rayograph, in which you take the film out of the equation entirely, place objects directly on the photo paper and shine light on it.

Then you have the art of touching up photos using spotone, a compound that you can dab directly onto a photo to eliminate dust and scratches. Using it however can be extended into wild forms of expression, quite literally painting changes into the photo paper itself

Going even further back you also have color toning, in which one uses dilutes translucent oil paints to paint directly atop a photograph to colorize an image. This is actually what inspired overlay layer styles in photoshop

Even setting that aside, inside the darkroom the way you handle the film can produce dramatic and jarring results that can be breathtaking

Mastering each of these parts of film is really where the true art of film photography reveals itself. The unknown middle ground where magic happens behind the darkroom door.

I can't even remember the name of it but there's an entire art movement surrounding the act of shining light on prints that are still sitting in the developer. If timed well, it can give the print's subject a metallic sheen where the midtones melt into black where it should be white.

Anyways. I'd say thats where the magic of film photography still exists. One can do things in the darkroom that software even today can only kind of form a facsimile of using brushes and layer styles and exposure settings. So I'd say yes, absolutely, hold onto the medium, don't be afraid to experiment and get messy, and develop your own unique style. Here there be dragons hiding within the emulsion, waiting to blur the boundary between a photograph and artistic expression.

Good luck.

[fruit-salad-ship]

Ok. Speed racer AU.

They are rival racers, competing for a grand prize, lots of high obtain action and high flying emotions. Peach is our main racer, Grey is her manager and Plum a mysterious racer with a lot of sexual tension during the whole thing.

Excuse me while I totally obsess over the image of a ranking race, just to see who qualifies for the actual official competition. Peach has NO idea who shes up against because it doesnt matter. You win, nothing else is important. Goes round a corner a little harshly but something zips past, and theres a second where the other drivers drifting infront, cars nose to nose, like so expertly paced and manouvered, the driver waves at Peach, neither can see the others face, just two helmets looking at eachother for that split second, which is like. infuriating as all hell. This new racer is activley gettign in her face about the overtake, its a mocking move. Game on. They are nose and nose the entire time, Peach considering nudging the mystery opponent out on the final length but knows she'll get penalised if it looks purposeful. Accepts second place, they both move to the actual cup event.

Peach is SO mad, gets out the car and rips her helmet off, nearly spikes it into the ground but keeps it together, Grey's there trying to chill her out, she did really well, aside from that one racer she drove better than ever, and was way out infront of the vast majority. The competetive streak in her was challenged and he's seeing her work harder because of it. Probably harder than she's pushed it for a long time. The mystery racer is leant against the front of her car across the yard, waves sweetly at Peach who's keeping her cool, trying to not be outwardly furious, then saunters off, still no clue who's under there. Just some new blood in the mix, someone else to beat. This is entirely the hardest she's ever trained, the cars got to be perfect, Peach is grilling Grey about specs, making sure he knows every turn that feels wrong, ever second thats wasted, and they muddle through how to shave those seconds off.

Her one night off she goes to some local dive bar, tries to unwind, mulling over everything, obsessing, she cant lose again like that, it was so close. Her ability to let it go is failing, peeling the label off her beer. until that is someone small sits opposite her in the booth shes at in the back, a pretty faced little thing who's...lost? or drunk? She doesnt get why someone like her is sitting there, suggest she 'goes back to her friends or whatever' But this girl wont quit, says peach looks like shes stressing out over something, squeezes out the truth with a couple drinks and some persistence. And so Plum, the mystery girl whos kept her company, and the driver who beat her, gets out of this overly competetive woman that she's mad about her job, and worried she's losing her edge.

They bond hard, perhaps even go home together, end up gettign along well. That is until the race day, and Peach does the whole press thing, looks over, and there she is. Same girl from the bar, in the racer gear of the asshole who taunted her out on the track and won. She waves in her typical way, a little wave that Peach has recieved a few times now, and cannot stand. The sinking feeling sets in.

Plums got her right where she wants her, shaken, totally off her game, heads elsewhere, overthinking.

somewhere along their career the competetive streak and endless will-they-won-they (even though they defo have that one time) is caught by the cameras, they become this weird new obsession in the media, people are pitting them against eachother. The fierce rivalry is not without respect though. They keep beating each other by fractions of seconds, its alwasy too close to call without close ups and slow mo replays.

Until one day during another race, another car takes plums out, the thing rolls, totally wrecked, gas leaking out, inside the driver just slumped. Peach cant just leave her, 180's and forfietts the match essentially to drive back, off the road even though the cars not built for that at all, gets out despite the danger, and pulls her from the vehicle. Manages to get clear of it before the fire catches, and soon after emergency medics show up to take over. She is shaken, a little bruised and scratched, but at least not burnt up in a wreckage.

Do they have a heart to heart in the hospital? Maybe. Does it stop them competing? Never.

[xplrvibes]

alright im half way thru and here are my thoughts so far:

1. I truthfully don’t know any of the controversy around joe rogan, i just know he’s hella popular for being controversial and he’s someone i’d be on edge to have a convo with bc what i have seen is he questions everything and he isn’t afraid to let you know he doesn’t agree. but snc seem to really like him and vibe with him and it does seem super out of the blue for joe to want ghost hunters to come investigate his place (I hope this isnt a set up). either way, sounds interesting.

2. that contract from o-park mall is challenge worthy. they spelt colbys name entirely wrong (misspelt his last name and used his nickname and not his legal name) making it null and void from my understanding. i would also say the same abt sam as they used a nickname not a legal name. A good lawyer could wiggle them out of that if they cared.

3. loved hearing colbys take on religion. im the same, i’m not so much religious as i have a relationship with God. i think thats way more important than being in a religious community. and i also feel the same way about just knowing there’s something else out there. also interesting he was the only one on the table who doesn’t have dreams of dying. chop that up to trusting in God and not being afraid bc he knows God has the perfect plan and everything is in control, or just generally not afraid to die for other reasons, who knows. definitely fascinating, either way.

alright i’ll be back in 1.5hr hours with part 2 comments. I probably missed a bunch of stuff i could’ve commented on but these are my standout comments.

- aussie anon

I finished the podcast late last night and then immediately went to bed without really doing a deep dive into my thoughts on the whole thing (aside from a few choice areas that stuck in my brain and had to be discussed in dm's last night lol), so I'm going to use your reviews to sort of start my own review, and then will probably finish up with an additional post later on side thoughts - cause I have a lot lol.

1, The thing with Joe Rogan is that he kind of plays both sides of the fence, in terms of not just politics, but pretty much anything going on (he will have on conservatives and liberals, will have on atheists and people like snc, will have on scientists and then people who believe in UFOs, etc) and so he tends to be very controversial because of that. I don't listen to him, his viewpoints on certain things aren't really my cup of tea and he has in the past said some stuff in his pursuit of riding the fence that was not good and gross and everything, so this is not me defending him or whatever - but at the end of the day, he has the most listened to podcast on earth and love him or hate him, is a household name. Them being invited on his podcast, being treated very well by him, and then him keeping in touch with them and inviting them out to his comedy club is objectively a big deal for them and their visibility and they aren't going to turn that down because twitter - who has pretty much made it clear they lowkey hate snc anyway lol - have an issue with the collab.

I actually found that part of the conversation interesting, because the whole thing came about because his daughter was a fan of theirs, which I just find kind of hilarious and random. Imagine how many people of notoriety and fame they meet or could potentially meet because those peoples' teenage children are fans.

2, I don't think they would actually get arrested for showing up at that mall at this point in their careers, anyway - most malls do not have the uumph to take shit like that truly seriously, and both S & C have made it public that they've been back in there since (one time right after the release of their book, Colby went into their Barnes and Noble with his mom and illegally signed a few of the books on the shelf and posted about it all over his instagram lol). But it is objectively kind of hilarious that they are "banned" from entering the mall and yet they've had consumer products in three of their stores (B&N, Hot Topic and Zumiez), and have had their faces on the store fronts of two of those three.

3, I strangely found that interesting as well, and I normally tend to zone right the fuck out when people talk religion (sorry, all). I was raised Catholic but am not religious these days in my own life, although I certainly do believe that something else has to be going on, hence all the ghosts and stuff. But for whatever reason, hearing others talk about religion always makes me feel wildly uncomfortable - I think it's just feeling like that's something personal and so different from person to person and I just don't like feeling like I'm intruding on their privacy by hearing it (even if they are offering it up freely), if that makes sense? I don't know, I'm just weird about those conversations in general.

But I find it interesting when these two talk religion, firstly because of the content they make and how it would tie back into their own personal belief system, but also just how interesting it is that this is one of those areas where they kind of balance each other on opposite sides of the scale, and yet somehow come together perfectly at the end. It's an interesting phenomenon with them.

Also, all of them talking about dying in their dreams and Colby just piping in with "I've never died in my dreams 😃" like go off, you sweet little just happy to be there king.

[lizard-shifter-noms]

Wayward Waters Chapter 14

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Hello everyone! Chapter 14!

absolute Chaos!!

this Story contains Vore, Dont like dont read.

have fun reading!

Content warning for this chapter; blood / death and just general violence and a bit of gore

and as always Reblogs are appreciated! (Also ASK’s are open so feel free to bother me!)

AO3 Link for those that prefer the layout there;

AO3 Wayward waters

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Quickly grabbing Robin I put him back onto the deck,  following swiftly while Nemas yelling was still distantly heard.

What the fuck was Cassidy doing? 

We were sailing right into what apparently was a very dangerous island and had a good two hundred enemy ships behind us!

He hadn't seemed like the type for betrayal,  After all, the entire Kariba island appeared to like him,  So what the HELL?

Changing the course now wouldn't do much to help, besides maybe Cassidy knew how to safely pass this dangerous island?

That really would make the most sense, but still what, aside from the scary appearance, was so dangerous about that island?

Robin had gone quiet,  now noticing as well the near insane amount of ships behind us as i half dragged him down the stairs to try and ask any of the crew what the fuck was going now while the ginger clung to my arm.

At least they seemed to have managed to undo the mess that locked the sail.

“Hey? What the hell is going on? I heard Nemas yelling about that island being dangerous? What's so bad about it?”

Ronan let go of a rope in startlement,  making the horizontal piece of wood where the sail was attached to swing around and hit Jamie who was climbing around.

Jamie of course Cursed something fierce and hissed at him while he explained.

“Oh Fuck thats Graves keep! I need to get a pocket compass!

But uhh, basically Graves keep is not a place where you come back from, there are tons of rumors, like a giant Sea Monster of course, or some weird tide thing that sucks entire ships under, or even a whirlpool.

It's probably the latter seeing as really no ship has come back before from there, like entire fleets and the like just gone! There's no sea Monster big enough to take out an entire army with no trace of anyone!

But I really wouldn't put it past Cassidy to know how to avoid a whirlpool or any dangerous water flow.

Well, we will find out soon enough, but he's probably leading us safely through while the enemy ships suffer!”

Oh yeah, that made more sense,  Still, if the waters there were dangerous I'd rather not be near the railing.

Falling overboard once had been bad enough!

But I could not deny the curiosity I had,  Maybe Jamie would let us climb the mast?

Speaking of, a stick was thrown down from above as we steadily neared the island.

“AY! YOU FUCKS WANNA SEE THIS CHAOS GO DOWN?”

Not the way I'd have phrased it but sure.

But I wasn't keen on climbing that again, last time I got stuck at the top and they had to help get me down while I had a panic attack, 

which wasn't pretty and not something I'd do again if I could.

But apparently that was not what Jamie had in mind as they jumped down and rapidly walked back to the front of the ship where the deck was elevated.

They hopped up in a manner that reminded me of a sparrow and opened up some hidden compartments.

Robin looked confusedly at me but I just shrugged, maybe Jamie was getting a telescope? Or refunctioning the built on boxes to seats?

The latter ended up being more accurate as the boxes suddenly sunk into the rest of the ship and got replaced by another railing with more widely spaced bars.

What the fuck? The boat could do that the entire time?

Jamie grinned, now perching on top of one of the railings.

“This thing was originally built for giant waves! Like, you'd clip yourself to it using a rope and go down those big ass tsunami waves!”

They really were insane,  but i did have to appreciate the craftsmanship of this madness.

But at least there was a good bit more space now on the elevated front of the deck.

And just in time too, seeing as we were just about to pass the edges of the island and sail through.

Up close it was bigger than originally thought,  alone the ‘entrance’ had the size of the entire castle area and the space behind it was as large as a city.

The water was a different color here now as well, a lot more clear than just a few minutes ago and giving clear sight to countless shipwrecks.

The ground itself went down slowly like in a cylindrical shape until there was a Giant round hole in the middle that went far deeper and made the water appear almost black.

All in all it was reminiscent of a Giant bluish Eye.

The closer to the hole it got the more wrecks were there,  and with the very round shape of everything it was most likely that a whirlpool would come from the hole in the middle.

Why there wasn't one right now i had no idea,  Maybe the tide had to get lower?

Whatever the case, I had to hold onto Robin's shirt so he wouldn't fall overboard as he looked at the weirdly clear water below.

There weren't even any bigger waves in here weirdly enough.

Was this place even dangerous still? It didn't exactly look all that threatening aside from the jagged rocks and all the shipwrecks.

There was a flash of reddish light and a floating Fire appeared where the Bowsprit met the rest of the ship,  vaguely humanoid in shape and of a nearly blood red hue.

“Jamie what is that? Is it gonna set the ship on fire?”

Jamie just stared at it, eyes wide and looking at the other ships I could see each of them had their own little fire at the front of the ships.

What the hell were they? 

While I was distracted Robin had already approached the one on our ship, holding out his hand to it.

“Hello little Flame! Are you lost?”

Jamie finally answered after seeing Robin so close to it.

“That's an Elmsfire! Don't get near it! 

They show up on ships before disasters! And don't fucking touch it!”

Robin didn't seem to care about that,  already very close and nearly touching it.

“Why not? If they warn people about bad things they can't be so awful.

I think they're adorable, look! This one is friendly!”

And of course he touched its arm, well the equivalent of that in the weirdly humanoid shaped fire the size of a cat.

The sound of wind chimes orchestrated like a laugh was heard and then the fire disappeared after turning more of a magenta hue for a second.

“No wait! Come back! I'm sorry if I upset you!”

Finally drawing out of the stupor that seeing the fire had given me I went forward and scruffed Robin,  dragging him away from the Bowsprit for now.

“Don't touch fire! That's common sense! Are you okay? Did it burn you?”

He showed his hands,  which weirdly enough were completely undamaged.

“No, I'm fine, it wasn't even hot,  just warm like a sun heated rock, or fresh bread”

Thank fuck! But really what was that just now? 

And did the Fire being gone mean we were okay now?

Or did it just fuck off because it didn't expect anyone to get near enough to touch it.

To be fair most wouldn't go touching some strange floating fire,  but Robin wasn't most people.

Before I could say anything else there was a low note, more felt than heard as we sailed a pretty big curve around the hole in the middle.

For a reason I could not understand the sudden feeling of sheer and utter panic shot through me worse than any arrow ever did.

And I was not the only one as I could see Jamie clutching their sweater with wide panicked eyes and Robin in a mix of scared confusion slowly back away even more from the Bowsprit.

Then all at once the rest of the little Flames that had appeared on the ships just went out like a candle.

The only one unaffected was Akeem, but he was a statue so I supposed whatever this was only worked on organic matter.

I looked at the Call Of The Damned with wide eyes,  snatching someone's telescope while both my hearts beat wildly like I was about to get ripped apart by a dragon.

Looking through it with shaking hands I could see Cassidy, 

who seemed as unbothered as Akeem about this, and was Blowing into that weird horn he had worn as a weird necklace.

Was that the cause? 

Was this stupid Item making everyone experience a state of utter fear?

I kept staring as my hearts beat wildly like they wanted to compete against each other, Grabbing onto Robin tightly who clung onto me in return and tried to cover his ears.

Then the pitch changed,  and Cassidy played that piece of Horn like an Instrument out of hell.

By now most of the pirates had catched up,  but were probably just as confused and scared as everyone else.

Unlike us they ignored the hole in the ground and sailed right over it.

Was that my mind or did something move in the darker waters?

Suddenly a Giant pale Tentacle shot up,  grabbing the nearest Boat to it and squeezing,  soon being joined by a second one that emerged as well from the middle of the almost lake-like area.

Then the entire Boat, which was at least three times as Big as the Halcyon if not bigger, was lifted up into the air.

It seemed that for just a second the thing hesitated before ripping the entire Boat in half, debris and other things falling into the water below as even more of the almost maggot colored appendages crept out.

I didn't even realize I was baring my teeth at it until Robin dragged me a bit further back.

“Donovan? What is that?”

His voice was shaky, scared, and I hated hearing him like that.

But I also couldn't answer him if I myself had no idea.

But apparently Ronan did.

“K- KRAKEN!”

He crowed through his fear,  the curious Biologist shining through despite all.

Wait, Kraken? KRAKEN? THE Kraken from old horror stories?

The Kraken that haunted the seas and was capable of sinking entire islands if it pleased?

WHAT?

“WHY THE FUCK DID CASSIDY SUMMON THAT THING?”

That really was the only explanation, wherever that Horn of his came from he must have used it to get the Krakens attention.

Why the hell he thought that was a good idea was a question for later as right now we ought to get away.

Which we couldn't, seeing as there were Pirates behind us,  very close behind us even, and the other way was closer to the Kraken.

We were trapped.

A tug went through the Boat and for a moment my hearts stopped as I thought the Kraken had gotten ahold of the boat.

But luckily it was just Imugi who did the only smart thing one could and was towing the ship away to the side and closer to a stony beach.

But on a more unlucky note we were not the only ones that had thought of that as one of the pirate ships did the same far closer than any of us would have liked.

While the Kraken raged Imugi towed us as close to the beach side as possible, while a loud BOOM sounded out,  a cannonball just barely missing us,  and they were already reloading while aiming more cannons at us.

Imugi dived under, putting the ship sideways to let Akeem, Imik and Ronan access their own cannons, though Ronan got kicked away by Jamie who used their spindly legs to stuff new ammunition into it.

That was surely not how it was normally done, but I paid no attention to that and instead made sure me and Robin were well out of the way.

So much for being safer here, but nothing to do about that now.

I yelped as a cannonball sailed over our heads and destroyed a part of the railing, grabbing Robin and shoving him in the direction of the stairs.

Fuck fuck FUCK, what to do? We were literally bombarded right now!

Alright, uhh, point one! Make Sure Robin doesn't get hit,  and that I don't get hit of course.

Point two? 

Just hope this is over soon while we hunker down on the stairs.

Another cannonball hit the ship, taking out a corner not that far from the stairs we were hiding on.

Splitters of wood rained down to the bottom of the stairs and Robin nearly cut off the blood flow to my arm with how hard he gripped it.

But at least he had the sense to stay quiet.

There was the sound of metal rolling over wood and for a second I thought it was another cannonball hadn't the sound come from something smaller.

Then it came into sight, the other Bracelet was currently rolling over the deck and nearing the broken railing!

The last cannonball must have broken the compartment next to the door!

Fuck! If it fell in, I would not manage to get it back! 

I sure as hell was not going to go diving here!

But with Robin clinging to me like that I couldn't move,  Ronan however could move, and he did.

He lunged forward, grabbing the blue gem Bracelet as the entire boat shook, sending him stumbling to the floor.

He still managed to grip it though,  clearly having figured out what that was already.

And then he did the stupidest thing he'd probably ever done.

He slipped the Bracelet on,  all the way up over his elbow where it fit without falling off.

The ship was hit by another cannonball and the entire thing shook, sending Ronan falling over the broken railing into the water.

“NO!”

That idiot! I had told him already what it did! 

And that without having the necessary genes he'd just Die.

Why in the FUCK did he do that?

At least with him falling overboard we didn't have to watch whatever the Bracelet did to him now.

Robin looked at me with wide eyes,  clearly aware of the same things I was.

“Is he-?”

“No time for that right now, we need to get away from the cannons!”

I could hear Imugi let out a loud whistle, still dragging the ship towards the stone beach before nearly setting the entire ship onto ground and snapping the harness with her beak and turning around to ram headfirst into the other boat, setting it onto ground as well.

Oh right she could do that.

Akeem put down a long plank before just jumping down,  walking through the water on land.

Well, this strange island sure gave more space to move around and places to hide should that Giant sea monster turn its attention away from the pirates.

Not even thinking properly I grabbed Robin, simply slinging him over my shoulder and running down the plank Akeem had set down.

Considering what was going on right now,  not being on the boat was probably the best call here.

Robin himself let out a startled squeak,  grabbing fistfuls of my shirt to try and balance himself.

As soon as we were down I put him back on the ground,  shoving him ahead of me away from the water.

It looked like we were not the only ones that thought being away from the water was a good idea seeing as the Pirate ship that had previously followed us had done the same.

It was a good bit bigger than the Halcyon,  about twice the size and with a lot more people, some of which brandished blades at us as they got closer.

Oh fuck, THAT now as well? Wasn't the Kraken chaos enough already?

Oh wait I could just shift, there was enough space for that here and it was sure to at least scare a few of them.

Twisting the gem on the Bracelet I was back to being an Ardua,  growling at the blade wielding Pirates.

They stopped for a moment, clearly surprised by the appearance of yet another big creature before simply continuing on.

Well that didn't work, fuck.

Out of the corner of my Eye i could see Jamie had grabbed Robin's sleeve, dragging him away from the chaos.

Good, one less thing to worry about, but that meant that right now only Akeem and Imik were ready to fend for themselves.

Well, at least it was fine so far-

“Where the fuck is Ronan?”

Jamie came back, Robin nowhere to be seen,  and if I couldn't find him it was unlikely anyone else would.

But, well, Ronan was gone.

How in the hell was I supposed to tell them that?

Later, that could come later, right now we had problems,  and they'd find out soon enough anyway.

Getting into a battle ready stance I growled at the charging Pirates again, not daring to Roar in case the Kraken heard it, if it even had ears.

Akeem was already up front fighting someone with a sable,  which simply broke as he defended himself from an attack with his arm, the metal shattering in two.

Akeem did not waste any time and punched his opponent hard,  denting the metal plate of his attacker enough that I was sure they were not breathing anymore.

Ouch, and while he did that Imik was busy shredding someone's arm with his shark-like teeth.

Even more ouch.

And after seeing Akeem punch someone laying on the ground hard enough to pulverize the skull, blood and other things i did not want to think about splattering his hands, i decided i wouldn't look at what they were doing anymore and instead get closer to the ship.

Maybe making a hole into the hull would deter them from doing more shit.

Though not paying attention did not spare me from witnessing Jamie shredding someone's abdomen with their claws until chunks fell out.

The smell of blood and the residual panic of the Kraken summoning instrument high was not helping, 

only driving my adrenaline further up as a Pirate behind Jamie raised a shortsword and got ready to stab down on them.

Not wasting any time I sprinted forward Headbutting the Pirate away and making them land against a boulder with a loud Crack.

The sound and situation reminded me horribly of when I met Rowley,  but this time it was clear that my opponent was way smaller and weaker.

And would probably not get back up.

There was a rushing in my ears, not unlike the waves during the storm, but more monotone and the only thing I could hear right now.

My hearts both beating like mad now,  and the smell of blood in my nostrils. 

I got tunnel vision, the side of my field of sight getting blurry and then black as I charged forward again, ramming into something solid once again as I lost all sense of where I was, nearly blind with panic and rage.

Not being able to properly distinguish whatever the hell was in front of me I bit into it, feeling something give way to my teeth.

The static in my brain continued to swell until I had absolutely no idea what was going on anymore, simply continuing to move as instincts that weren't even truly mine took over,  a weird foggy haze covering every thought.

The next time I got aware of what was happening was as saltwater was splashed into my eye, hearing a series of upset clicks.

There was the taste of blood and wood in my mouth,  my teeth stuck in something splintery.

Oh fuck, what did i do?

Trying to let go of what was actually in my mouth wasn't as easy as it should have been, one of my teeth apparently stuck pretty deep.

I braced a paw against it, feeling wood, probably the Pirate ship then? And pushed myself away.

Minus tooth.

My mouth now bleeding partially as my left fang got stuck in the wood.

Great, just great, and the headache I had was NOT helping any with the fog in my mind.

I felt sick and achy all over, and the blood in my mouth did not make it better, if anything it just added more nausea.

I stood there in the shallow water, letting the blood from my missing tooth drip into the weirdly clear water and tint it red as my lungs strained to come down from the panic I had previously felt.

Legs shaking and fur bristling at any sounds which somehow were too loud and did not register at the same time.

What happened? What did I do? The taste of blood was already in my mouth before the fang got ripped out.

Did i-?

“Ay Dee! Are you with us again?”

My head snapped to the source of the voice, 

Jamie, my mind helpfully supplied.

“Oh Shit dude, you good? Is that your tooth in the ship there?”

I was definitely not good, but I didn't dare speak, instead opting to tightly shut my mouth, not wanting anyone to see my teeth stained with blood.

As Jamie got closer, followed by Akeem I stepped back,  shoulders hunched and eyes wide.

They should leave, now,  who knows what i would do should i lose control again.

“Donovan? Are you injured?”

Asked Akeem’s way less crowing voice but I just took another step back into the water, Kraken be damned.

I’d take that over injuring friends any day.

Something headbutted me from behind,  shoving me back closer to the beach.

Imugi! I forgot about her! 

Oh, she must have been the one that splashed the water at my face!

I turned around to face her only to have her headbutt my side and shove me onto dry land, my fur dripping water and blood.

I felt sick, and the blood pouring out of the hole where my tooth should be filling up my mouth just made it worse.

As soon as I was back on land my legs gave out under me,  Both my hearts still beating way too fast as if they were competing against each other.

The motion caused some of the blood to spill into my windpipe and I had to cough, my mouth involuntarily opening and spraying blood onto the rocks, droplets of it creating a splattering pattern in front of me as it stained the gray ground a rusty color.

“Dee? What the fuck, where is the blood coming from?”

If they didn't know I at least didn't seem to have mauled anyone,  That was good.

Still i didn't answer in favor of coughing all the blood out,  accompanied by some pieces of wood.

The tooth that had gotten stuck in the ship was tossed in front of me, Akeem having gone to get it.

“He's lost a tooth, i suppose he doesn't want anyone seeing the rest of his teeth stained red”

Pretty much yeah, I looked at the piece of bone that used to be anchored in my jaw.

Huh, ripped out like that i was nearly double the size it had been normally.

Suddenly there was a loud crash, a tentacle of the Kraken having grabbed the boat which I had torn a hole into not too long ago.

Fur Bristling, I jumped up again, stancing like a cornered cat.

The Boat was dragged under the water and away.

It was horrifying to look at, the ship had been a good few times my own size even as Ardua, and that thing had just grabbed it like a toy.

By this point most of the pirate ships were gone,  miraculously leaving all of the allied ships alone,  some of which sustained a hefty amount of damage as they'd gotten attacked despite there being a Kraken on the loose.

“That was wayyy to close for my liking,  lets scram before it comes back for seconds”

Jamie was already trying to drag Imik away, who didn't budge.

“Wait where's Ronan? He's an idiot, we can't leave him behind!”

My blood froze, they really didn't see him fall overboard did they?

Before I could tell them Imugi’s click-whistling was heard loudly and she splashed water around, making it murky and hard to see through.

There was something else in the water with her as well,  but she did not seem distressed whatsoever.

Instead she was happy clicking and playfully whistling.

Alright everyone here had lost the rest of their common sense apparently.

There was a fucking Kraken and Imugi was playing with whatever the fuck that was.

Robin had tried to touch a little fire person earlier and Ronan had put the bracelet on despite knowing it would kill him.

And not that long ago I had lost my senses as well,  mindlessly attacking and tearing a hole into a ship.

Something about this place must be messing with people's minds,  and Imugi’s.

At least Robin was far away and out of danger,  and hopefully would stay that way till we were done.

Whatever was in the water with Imugi was smaller than her,  more close to my current size with a single dark gray fin on its back that seemed to be covered in fur.

What? A marine mammal? 

Well if it swam in here it must be pretty dumb.

But otherwise its coloration seemed similar to Imugi’s,  Maybe that was why she was so happy.

The thing surfaced,  and looked to be a weird mix of something like Imugi and a seal,  slowly waddling on land and revealing little legs and absolutely oversized mud colored hands that surely functioned like flippers.

And a gold colored bracelet on its upper arm.

“RONAN?”

It had to be, was that why the bracelet was blue instead of green? 

To signify a water creature?

Nevermind what the fuck had he been thinking! 

That could have killed him!

Also what the absolute FUCK?

“Sorry!  I had to maneuver through the tentacles and try not to touch them. 

And it's so big it made currents that tossed me around!”

Imugi happily clicked and followed him on land, gumming on his tail.

“FUCKER!”

In not even a second Jamie was on him,  using their legs to try and rip out some fur rather unsuccessfully.

Yeah what he did was exceptionally stupid,  and he kinda deserved a whack on the head.

Which I promptly did,  a rapid bap bap bap with a paw to his now rather flat forehead.

“That was stupid of you!  How in the fuck did you think that was a good idea?”

He hissed and hunched his shoulder, head squished between them.

“Can't that wait for now? We have other problems!”

Jamie puffed up in front of him, almost comically small in comparison.

“Like what? Look,  the bigass calamari is taking its tentacles back already!”

That was true, the pale, almost pearlescent tentacles were slowly receding back into the hole in the middle.

Ronan did not seem any more relaxed though.

“I don't think it's over, we should move away from the water”

He already was starting to weirdly hopple up the slight rocky slope.

“What? Why? The thing is fucking off thats good!”

Ronan just looked back at me with wide eyes, the dark blotches around them making them almost look like oversized eyelashes.

“Octopi can fit through any hole their beak can fit through,  they don't have a skeleton, and so far we have not seen its head”

Oh, OH FUCK.

Looking back at the water I could see bubbles surfacing from the middle, slowly getting more and more till it looked like the very sea was boiling.

Blood freezing as there was an all encompassing ominous sound,  so deep that it was more felt than heard,  and not unlike the Horn Cassidy had used to summon it.

Then something big breached the surface,  just barely fitting through and standing oh so tall against the sun.

Tendrils curling and uncurling around its head like weirdly lively hair framing a flat, noseless face and pale Lilac eyes that possessed vaguely W shaped pupils.

Hands, actual hands and not tentacles, 

gripped at the Call Of The Damned as a being many times Bigger than me and Ronan combined leaned over the skeletal themed ship.

The Kraken was a Mer.

NEXT / PREVIOUS / OVERSIGHT

[sansxfuckyou]

Gamzee 1:1

Summary: Gamzee finds a stray Bronze blood who survived a flash extinction of the area, turns out he knows the Bronze blood.

Warnings: Gore, Tavros wheelchair gets broken under debris, broken bones, check tags for further warnings.

Authors Note: Requested by anonymous on Ao3 as part of one of Gamzees pathes in Troll Eater, once again, I take reblogs as a form of currency over likes.

With a shuddering sigh he pulled his cloak a bit further past his shoulders, trudging through the sludge like remains of blood mixed with dirt.

It was just a bunch of Bronze, but a piece of him still felt bad about the fate of such an abundant Caste, he knew others were still alive in the Bronze Caste though.

This would be the one time he was glad he was a recluse and missed out on mass extinction of his Caste. He didn't serve any extreme purpose anyways, he was just another Purple blood to his knowledge, so he lived on the edge of society.

He kept walking and walking, it was cold to a surprising amount, but he didn't have much time to think about that when he heard whimpering. He just barely picked up the faint, quiet sound as he continued to walk along the ruins of a sugruban neighborhood.

When Gamzee reached the source of the sound, he found a Troll with impossibly large horns.

"Help," was what said Troll whimpered upon seeing Gamzee.

Normally Gamzee would continue walking, but this time he didn't just leave. He pushed aside a rock or two, finding Bronze oozing from the Trolls legs, destroyed. The wheelchair that was presumably theirs was also broken beyond repair, not good. The Troll kept whimpering as they tried to get to their feet, screaming as pressure was placed on their legs.

"What's your name brother?" Gamzee asked as he placed an arm around the Trolls back and under their arms to help support and drag them along.

"Tavros Nitram, and you?" Tavros asked, Gamzee grinned a bit, realizing he knew this Troll.

"Gamzee mother fucking Makara, we finally meet in person and shits totally fucked," Gamzee said a little bit annoyed despite his grinning, Tavros gave a weak smile as well, "I was hoping that we could get some fast food when we met, have a dinosaur laser fight or some shit with Terezi."

"Yeah, that would've been awesome, I don't think thats happening anytime soon though," Tavros said, looking to the ground a little bit, he froze up entirely at the sound of a heavy footstep.

"You good?" Gamzee asked gently, turning a bit to see what it was, finding a towering creature, or, at least it appeared to be towering given the distance.

It had no eyes, only a mouth filled with hundreds of fangs coated in Bronze, the same tone was smattered across its lanky form. Its skin, maybe it was fur or scales though, whatever it was had a dark, ashen tone as though it was a shadow walking. It looked like it was hungry, trudging back and forth through the ruins for any stragglers, its arms long and hulking, only claws without definable fingers.

"R-Run, leave me behind, run," was all that Tavros said, instead of doing as told, Gamzee pulled the Bronze blood onto his back a little bit more before leaving, trying to find a hiding spot.

"I just met you in person and you think I'm letting you die, I'll go sober before that happens," Gamzee said, his tone flat and grim as he surveyed the ruination of the neighborhood, finding what appeared to be a hatch in the ground.

"Its not worth it Gamzee, just leave me to die," Tavros said, trying to be heroic and sacrifice himself for the greater good, Gamzee was not having that specific flavor shit today.

"Hold your tongue, don't make a fucking sound," Gamzee stated seconds before dropping Tavros and crouching down, gripping the latch and yanking as hard as he could.

The hinges creaked and groaned as wood threatened to splinter under his yanking. He was getting agitated with how much force the cellar doors had against him, he pushed harder though. It came loose and he threw it fully open, gripping Tavros next before yanking and pushing him in, the Bronze blood groaning.

The creature heard, turning slowly and amorphously to face Gamzee who dropped in next, pulling the hatch closed.

"Ow..." Tavros whined, Gamzee placed a hand over his mouth.

"Shut it, that thing is strong enough to tear the door in half and then tear us in half," Gamzee stated quietly yet firmly, Tavros nodded before they descended to the bottom, the temperature like ice.

Tavros was fine, his blood temperature automatically warm, so he was practically a space heater. Gamzee on the other hand was not, his blood was naturally frigid, his hive full of heaters. He was shivering and leaning into Tavros who wrapped an arm around his back.

They would have to sit this one out.

[dumbbitchfrommars]

im uninspired and feeling like my head is empty, because ive spent a longgg time hibernating in the safety and comfort of my own bedroom.

well a small lie - i did go out to buy groceries today. it seems were all in the same boat. its cold out! no one wants to go outside. but connection and social interaction is what brings us confidence and joy and comfort in the discomfort.

but yet somehow despite that discomfort (my anxiety about returning to the real world) i was completely fine. i was okay. because i think ive finally figured it out. i know how to take care of myself. i know how to make space in the world without feeling ashamed or guilty for it. or im learning. but im so so so much better than i was. a year ago, two years ago... etc.

ive been wondering why i thoughtlessly let myself fall into the trap of nostalgia and request an old friend that i cut off on instagram. hes probably wondering why now? and avoiding it. fair enough. im not going to rescind that decision - its done now. but still i question my logic in that moment. but thats the thing, i wasnt thinking. i was being hopeful. but either way - he doesnt owe me anything, even if we were to become reconnected i wouldnt want to reach out or make any plans together. which again begs the question of why i would even try get into contact again in the first place.

i guess i have just been feeling tired of wondering how everyone from my past is doing, and that things could and would be so chill and relaxed if id never jumped to blocking but actually calmly and slowly distanced myself. which is what i am capable of doing now - after a few years of practice.

but coming back full circle - this friend was not a true friend. my nostalgia is a rose coloured pair of glasses because i remember our friendship and bond and the fun we had and the mischief we got up to. but this person - was not a friend. he was ill intentioned and selfish, and didnt truly care for me. he disrespected me and hurt me time and time again. so no, he is not worth my energy anymore. once upon a time we were soulmates. but i changed. i grew up. we grew apart. it was natural. and for some reason... of all the people from my past i could have done it to... it was him?

to be fair i already did reach out to my ex in march. and then i changed my mind within a week or two. and then he reached out to me... isnt that crazy? the timing? the fact that god had us pass eachother by like doves in the wind or ships in the night... because despite our bond still being there - the memories, the connection, the impact we had on eachother - its not enough. it was never enough. again, i grew up, we grew apart, and it was natural.

so what does this all mean for me? my usual logic is to cut the cord and say goodbye. but my subconscious desire to love, be connected, and honour the relationships that made me the person i am today is becoming stronger and stronger. i can put aside my ego and hurt, because i healed. i let it go. it is in the past. the past stays in the past and all that matters is now. and right now - i am not the kind of person who just deletes a person from her life and calls it a day. people are not disposable. and while i respect that we are completely different people now, and our paths have diverged and we will never replace the connection we once had, it doesn't mean i want to let you go entirely. i remember you. i respect how much of an impact you had in creating the person i am today.

i also respect that i probably hurt you just as bad when i walked away. so while i am ready to let go and forgive and reach out, i dont expect you to feel the same. to receive that energy and respond to it. its in YOUR prerogative to simply ignore and delete that request in the same exact way i did.

but... i probably wont reach out to the other friend. some people stay in the past. idk. im lost now. my point is ive let go and forgiven. but nothing really has to change, only my behaviour moving forward. no mistake is worth my walking away. distance is my friend but i dont need to cut people off anymore. thats the easy way out. life isnt meant to be easy. i want to learn to do the hard thing... i am learning to do the hard thing.

this has been a healing experience. thank you, C <3

[leagueofleaguesff]

Sleeper Witching Hour🖤 (12) to Haunting (13) NFL Smackdown 🤍 Fantasy Football Recap 🤼‍♂️🤼‍♀️🤼

Oliver

In Week 12 we all knew Oliver was the only L.O.L. member eliminated in any of the Core 4️⃣ leagues...but did anyone join his ranks in the elimination chamber?

Every S.E.C. COUNTS

S.urvival

Here's a hint...only 7 teams survived. Normally in a 10 team league, the playoffs are basically sewn up. There's a Darkhorse at play. By the way, Sleeper is the league with the MOST eliminated teams and least amount of players vying forna playoff spot out of all the Core 4️⃣ Leagues.

E.limination

The Elimination Chamber claimed two superstars in the Witching Week 12.

Jermaine

Poor Jermaine lost in a close matchup to his Mrs (Carla). Four losses in a row doomed him. To make matters worst. If this streak keeps going, he could end up in last place for the season! This is after Oliver went 0-10 🤦All Jermaine can do to save face is win at least one more game so the 4th game can prevent him from being last.

Ricky

Slick falls to 4-8 to top ranked Matt in Witching Week 12. In most leagues, he would be in play by a thread but Sleeper is so top heavy, it virtually eliminated him from the playoffs. Whole in 8th, he could finish in 7th when its all said and done as the team that just misses the playoffs if its any consolation. He won't finish last based on his 4 wins.

To add to the misery, both teams play each other in week 13. Well....misery loves company I suppose 🤷

C.linching

Haunting Week 13 isn't so spooky...

Only 7 teams remain in play. Only one team is sweating it out but one false move by the some of the current playoff teams could mean an upset.

Aside from that we had two teams clinch:

Matt

Matt is firmly in 1st place thanks to a big time performance from QB of the week Jalen Hurts. It doesn't "hurt" that he eliminated a competitor in the process (Ricky). Matt is showing his dominance in this league as well. At 9-3 he will look to continue his roll by clinching a bye week if he wins one more game.

Carla

Carla eliminated her hubby (Jermaine) in a sticky important matchup. Bad for him but great for her. She too clinched at 9-3. Carla has stayed strong throughout the entire season and it's paid off with a postseason clinch. Like Matt, a win gets her a bye week guarantee.

Both Matt & Carla play 7-5 teams in haunting week 13. Those teams each have their own story on desperately wanting to beat them for thier potential clinching.

Haunting Week 13 Sleeper 💤

This is the Sleeper 💤 app after all.

Laura

Laura is on the outside looking in 7th place position and the ONLY team not in the playoffs to have a shot to sneak past and in. Since so many teams were eliminated (most of any Core 4️⃣ Leagues including randoms), Laura can keep winning and hope for tiebreaks and/or losses to get her in. Hoping to avoid the "Commissioner Curse" of this season [see Taurean ILL FL], Laura must win out unless:

Any one or multiple 4way tie of 7-5 teams lose out and she wins out. It only takes one

Any one or multiple 4way tie of 7-5 teams lose at least one game and she gets in through a tiebreaker scenario

Laura does NOT control her own destiny. Even if she wins out, if those 4 teams somehow win out as well (if they don't play each other), then she will have a winning record but out of the playoffs. Thats gotta sting if that happens.

The commish Laura can play spoiler on her way in by beating Taurean.

Both current Wildcards (Taurean and Johnny) have less PF than Lady Laura. One false move by either or both could spell doom for them.

A .500 team can make it in as no less than that record will apply. Wins and losses are being watched 👀 closely by Laura.

Her path has already created a window when she beat Delmar in Witching Week 12 by only 3 points to keep him in the mix of non clinch teams bringing her to .500 with a chance. Results like this and her 4 win streak will keep her within reach of being the SLEEPER 💤

Going Hard 4 Da Card 💳

Delmar

Delmar has had some wild swings in this league. From worst to first to middle of the pack. An up & down year for Delmar who historically hasn't done well (reoccurring theme) but has really improved this season. He is in 3rd at 7-5 due to a loss to Laura talked about previous. That close game opened up the gambit for the last remaining playoff spots. His PF are fair but wins matter here on out. He has an uphill climb against Carla in haunting week 13. Could a slip up send him on a path to elimination?

Taurean

Taurean could have won maybe if he didn't have Chicago Defense on the bench. That wrong play gave Oliver his first win of the season at the cost of Taurean being able to be in a better position to clinch. Now he goes against the commish who is desperately not trying to join him in the commish curse path. Is this where the slip begins? He's been hovering in contention most the season. Could smell an upset. With him in 6th and Laura nipping at the heels...this is the matchup to watch.

Juan

Just talking about Taurean as the worst team last week in a loss to a winless team, the opposite trend for Juan is happening. Juan was way down per usual but turned the corner and won 4 straight (tied with the commish as the most in a row) to allow him to control his destiny and break the proverbial glass ceiling. Juan is hell bent to get in this time. His current trend will be tested against 1st place Matt in Haunting week 13.

Johnny

After leading the league the first 5 weeks, he finds himself lost in the shuffle in 5th place as a wildcard. No more "Reign" over the league, Johnny has been up and down all season since. He must win out to keep pace and stave off his wifey from pulling the Sleeper upset against him. After getting the biggest beat down yet from a surging Juan, Johnny looks to get back on track against an old coworker Oliver. He doesn't want to be the 2nd to fall to the last place team like his wildcard mate Taurean. This could spell disaster. Should he win 2 more, he will make damn sure people ACKNOWLEDGE him.

🕕 Haunting Week 13 Matchups 🕧

Johnny🤼‍♂️Oliver

For Johnny, avoid being the 2nd team to fall to the worst record team in the league to keep pace in the wildcard hunt or potentially higher. A loss by Johnny means Laura is mathematically in play. Oliver looks to win out for pride sake, playing spoiler, and potentially avoid last place with a losing out by Jermaine. A haunting daunting week 13 task as Johnny is in the lead from the TNF game by 50pts thus far.

Taurean🤼Laura

The Commish Battle pins Taurean (who is eliminated in another Core 4️⃣ League against Laura who is working savagely to avoid the Commish Curse 💀. His loss too, mean Laura is mathematically still in play as the only other potential upset for the playoff hunt teams. She can somewhat control her destiny in the short term by defeating Taurean, practically guaranteed another week tonwork her magic. If she doesn't and all the 7-5 teams win, she is severely behind with only a Longshot to win bases on PF should she win out. A daunting haunting week 13 task as Taurean is ahead by 42 pts from the Thursday Night Football Game.

Jermaine🤼‍♂️Ricky

The Consolidation Battle. Both players are eliminated from the Witching Week 12 slate. Its now an order of pride as Ricky intends to finish 7th as the team that just barely missed the playoffs (honorable mention) & Jermaine hopes to not finish last if Oliver keeps winning these next 2 weeks. This battle has barring on the playoffs whatsoever.

Carla🤼‍♀️Delmar

Delmar must win to avoid a calamity. A fall in the standings could mean eventual elimination. This failure to win by Delmar keeps Laura mathematically in play (in a better odds to be specific) while losing his odds at the same time. Carla's just looking to clinch a bye week seeing the Witching Week 12 was good to her and Matt. Speaking of Matt...

Matt🤼‍♂️Juan

Relative newcomers are both making a statement in this matchup. In the Statement Battle, Matt looks to secure another dominant performance as he has done in other Core 4️⃣ Leagues by clinching a by week with a win...possibly top seed as well based on his points for (PF). Juan hopes to make it a 5 win 🔥 hot streak against the top rated Matt and potentially clinch if Laura were to lose. Again, if he loses - Laura stays in better play.

*Everyone is looking at the Sleeper (Commish) because if Laura loses & all the 7-5 teams win, it means Elimination Chamber for her season and the Commish Curse claims another victim*

[2xplusungood]

Im glad Metal Gear Rising is regaining popularity cuz its one of my favorite games of all time. Not just the gameplay or the music, but theres some phenomenally written characters underneath what seems to be a dumb action game, even if they are cheesy as hell in their deliver, and it even goes as far as to use the music to perfectly sum up each boss

First you have Bladewolf. He’s a newly created AI construct who desires to be free from his programming becuase he knows full well that he’s capable of being more than just a simple murder robot, but he’s long since resigned being anything but due to the fact that the leash holding him was too strong for him to break so there was no real point in actually putting his vast intellect to any use other than what his masters wanted him to do. His theme stands out that “I’m my own master now” doesn’t reflect who he is during the fight but what he’d eventually become after finally gaining his independence. 

 Next up is Mistral. Earlier in her life she found she had a knack for combat but slowly she would come to realize that fighting for the sake of fighting is a hollow life. Which made her the perfect person to be recruited by The Desperados. Now I might be reaching a little, but I personally believe that given how little she actually talks about the aims of The Desperados, she doesn’t really care what that cause is, simply that she has SOMETHING to fight for, as well as a group of people who support her violent tendancies and bloodlust, which is sometimes all a radical cause needs to have: Just a place you feel like you can belong.

Then you have Monsoon. If you take a moment to stop giggling over how many times he says the word “meme” (Which out of context is fucking hilarious) His belief system becomes clear: People are nothing more than a product of their experiences and to fight against it is to fight against a raging storm (Which is what his song is about, the past never truly leaving you) And in the context of MGR, he’s right. Raiden will always be Jack The Ripper. However the flaw in his logic, which Raiden is able to demonstrate, is that the memes that have been passed down to you will always affect you, but they don’t define you. Raiden may, on some level crave bloodshed, but that doesn’t mean he can’t strive for the ideals he always has, and what defines the “Strong” and the “Weak” will differ depending on your personal ideals.

NEXT YOU HAVE SUNDOWNER. Oh boy this fucking smug ass bastard motherfucker. Remember when I said this game was full of deeply written characters? Well he is NOT one of them and by the omnissiah does it fucking work for him. He is 100% pure unadulterated, concentrated, moustache twirling EVIL. His whole ass philosophy can be boiled down to “People suck, so why not suck the most?” But I put it to you thats what makes him a brilliant character in the context of a game like MGR. He’s exactly the tool you’d want to be the mastermind behind all the dirty work you want to pretend is justified. You want a warcrime done, this is the man who will happily do it without a second of hesitation. He’s evil but he’s an instrumental tool to something much bigger than him

Sam. Samuel “Jetstream” Fuckin’ Rodriguez.  Not only is this a man who carries an entire fucking bakery of pure 100% non-cyborg cake and can go toe to toe with the latest cyborg enhancements money can by using only THESE HANDS, much less his GUNSWORD, he is the perfect foil to Raiden. He represents a path Raiden could become. He was once exactly like Raiden, fighting to protect the weak until he was essentially beaten into submission. He’s a hollow shell of who he once was, having cast aside his ideals as futile. All he can do now is fight, regardless of what he’s fighting for.

Lastly, Senator Armstrong. This man is the perfect antagonist. This is a man who’s never really known true hardship yet he still feels the need to call anyone who doesn’t make it in this world “Weak” Just take the fact he went to a university, likely on a football scholarship. He acts as if joining the Navy is a big accomplishment, but he never saw combat and was likely an officer due his degree. (Also hella doubt the whole “Coulda gone pro” bullshit, considering the amount of people who say the exact shame shit in the Miltary) After getting elected to senate, he cut the budget of the Denver police so that the company HE RAN could take over law enforcement. 

Now given the game’s focus on the idea of memetics, what exact memes would have him justifiably having these beliefs that America is diseased? Nothing. If anything America is diseased BECUASE of people like him.At the end of the day, he simply finds that what he has been given is not enough, that those in power should be able to exercise it to the fullest, obtaining a sort of peace through fascist oppression of the “weak”  and the end of war as a business is simply a convenient excuse. To him the wars are pointless simply due to the fact America could be powerful enough to wipe out its enemies if they didn’t have to pretend about civilian casualties

But here in lies the core message of Metal Gear Rising, in my opinion: Politics is fucking messy. Ideals are messy. There is no system of belief out there that cannot be undermined in some way. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth fighting for. Both Raiden and Armstrong were two individuals fighting for what they believed in, regardless of the cost or the flaws in their core values.  Armstrong lived and died by the concept of “Might makes right” and Raiden will continue to live and die to protect those who can’t protect themselves, regardless of the atrocities that Armstrong has to commit, or the amount of bodies that Raiden cuts to chicken nuggets. Hence “Standing here, I realize you were just like me trying to make history, but who’s to judge the right from wrong and when our guard is down I think we’ll both agree: Violence breeds violence but in the end it has to be this way”

Also a final note on a cool detail people tend to miss: During the Jetstream Sam fight, if you knock Muramasa from his hand, the vocals of The Only Thing I Know for Real will fade out until he picks it back up. The same thing happens to It Has to Be This Way if Armstrong knocks Muramasa from Raiden’s hands. 

Oh and also “I used to think my sword was a tool of justice, not to be used in anger. But now Im not so sure. And besides: This isn’t my sword” is just a cool ass line and Raiden is an adorable edgyboi

[sneverussape]

so…petunia dursley

i’ve seen this character get a lot of hate and i’ve always thought it’d be great if people could actually understand the great potential this character has, especially in relation with snape. she isn’t a bad character at all; in fact, i find her hilarious. she and vernon are so amped up in the narrative that it’s practically clownish, and that’s how the text is supposed to be read. their actions are supposed to be exaggeratedly bad because otherwise, harry’s shift into the wizarding world would seem colorless and boring. and i mean…would he even want to be the hero as much if vernon and petunia had been nice or at least decent to him? he’d have probably thought twice about risking his neck each time, and the series would have gone an entirely different route.

(frankly i’d rather harry have been more pragmatic, i can only take so many hair-raising and idiotic schemes as a reader so i really feel for severus, after he was given the task of being Primary Babysitter of the most wayward child in wizarding britain)

but i digress…petunia and her potential, especially in relation to severus snape, is huge.

the fandom is split with lily and while i don’t normally pay attention to whoever likes lily and who doesnt like her as a character, the fact is, she’s dead and can no longer contribute to the main story unless it’s an au or something that refers to their past. thats her main limitation to me and it really sucks but the alternative is actually petunia dursley née evans. the fun thing about it is their dynamic could be totally different.

sure, petunia wasn’t really snape’s friend…but are we really sure? the fact is, we don’t know. petunia shows up rarely in the books and it’s always pre-hogwarts scenes with harry and ones that serve to make harry’s life and living situation as difficult as the publishers could stand. but she grew up with lily, in the same town as snape. she took them, even harry, to cokeworth of all places while they were trying to flee harry’s letters. why? also what would her relationship to snape had been especially when they had grown older? would she have tried to approach him when lily and he had fallen apart? i can imagine a sort of scenario when she’d try to confront him about why her sister was crying into her pillow every night the summer after their fifth year, or even serving as a sort of messenger at some point because she could no longer stand lily’s whining. snape had come to their house often enough as a child so maybe when they were teenagers she decided she’d pay him a visit as well, especially since lily was busy with that tousle-haired pillock, potter. at first it was so that snape would know that they as evanses would never be dealing with the likes of him again, good riddance, but that was the summer she heard that eileen snape had gone while severus had been away at school and tobias snape seemed not far behind, and for goodness’ sake she wasn’t that cruel. he seemed all right, at any rate, if not more sullen than usual, and taller and thinner than she remembered, but he was alive. and maybe she was…relieved? even glad? but heaven forbid she say it out loud.

what about lily’s funeral? would she have gone, and more importantly, would she have invited or looked for him there, knowing that only he could probably understand how her heart felt as though it had been crushed into a tiny billion pieces, but at the same time, how her jealousy of lily, stunningly beautiful and madly in love even at the point of death, still shone through?

and then there’s the question of harry. why did she choose to house harry despite her hating him? taking the narrative excuse aside, it seems like it was a really messed-up way of making amends (to lily? to the boy across the river who she didn’t know was dead or alive?), and the fact that she and vernon had also tried very hard to keep harry away from magic seemed a weird and extreme way of caring for him, somewhat, since she knew magic had taken her sister away, had killed her, and she didn’t want that for her nephew, not even if she said she hated him. i doubt she had even explained to vernon the finer details about what she knew about magic as a concept, and she probably knew more than she let on.

anyway, just consider. petunia dursley is a great character to play with alongside snape. she doesn’t even have to be romantically linked to him, but as someone who knew him as a child, who knows his history, his background, his parents, and how he’s nearly like her: both vying for lily’s attention, jealous, petty, childish, pragmatic…the possibilities are endless.

[loveylangdon]

If You Don’t I Will

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JJ Maybank x Reader : showing jj subtle ways of how you care for him and John B is tired of him not seeing it

A/N: I wrote another JJ thing bc im a simp and I love him and this was also another idea thats been floating around. Fluff is you squint but you dont need to squint hard, next will def be angst bc I live for it Xx

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“Hey” you let out as you carry 2 bags of groceries into the cheateu seeing the boys lounging on the couch gathered around John B’s phone you hear a chorus of “hey’s” as you move towards the kitchen. John B looks up and hands his phone to JJ making his way out the front door sending you a wink. Rolling your eyes you follow John B outside to your car. 

“You didn’t have to,” John B says smiling at you grabbing a grocery bag from your trunk shooting you a look 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about” you smile innocently to him and make your way over to grab the last grocery bag. You reach past John B until you feel his arm wrap over your shoulder, putting his grocery bag down he wraps his other arm around your shoulder engulfing you in a full hug laying his cheek at the top of your head. You wrap your arms around his torso and give him a squeeze 

“Thank you really” he lets out into your hair. You just give him a hug, you haven’t known them for long but John B automatically became like your brother and JJ was definitely your confidant. When you heard about Big John and Uncle T leaving John B by himself, your heart broke. John B had to support himself and apparently JJ was a constant resident in the chateau and it got harder to support themselves even if they both pitched in. When you found out always being smart with your money you set some aside to help supply the chateau so the boys wouldn’t starve.

JJ broke down one night during a late night smoke sesh you two had to get away from everything. He ended up telling you about his dad and mom in its entirety. After that you guys were kind of inseparable.You told him about why you had to move to OBX and he told you where his bruises and split knuckles came from. You never would’ve guessed one of the most caring people you knew would have to go through that. After that you subtly did more little things that hopefully made it easier on him. 

When you joined the Pogues you fell for his blue eyes and wild personality instantly his careless but protective nature made you fall hard but there was the rule. No Pogue on Pogue macking. Still fairly new to obx barely being here for a year you didn’t know how real the rule was. Being extra nice to JJ consisted of bringing extra of his favorite beer or asking him to buy you joints even though you didn’t smoke often, you would let him keep them, noticing his favorite snacks and bringing them on boat trips. Kie gladly gave up the title of caretaker and let you take over the snacks and picnics for day trips. After JJ told you his secret he made it clear that he didn’t take pity or handouts, you didn’t pity JJ you loved him and just wanted to make sure he knew it. 

So you helped JJ whenever you could making it seem like you were doing it by pure coincidence, knowing that he lived with John B you helped out the house, in general, to make it less obvious. Claiming you all spent so much time there any way it wasn’t fair to not help stock the necessities. 

Breaking away from your thoughts “I’m here for you guys always” you squeeze John B once more after you feel him loosening his grip “Let’s go I got ice cream” as John B fist bumps you snort “Oh I also got a better first aid kit” handing John B the second bag you move to the passenger side of the car. Hearing John B go back into the house you grab the first aid kit and hear footsteps as you open the back seat door to grab blankets. 

“What are the blankets for,” JJ asks questionably moving over to you to help grab some and you see him eye the first aid kit before you tuck it into a blanket

“For movie night. You can’t have a horror movie night without tons of blankets JJ it’s like against the rules” You quickly come up with the excuse. In all honesty it was starting to get colder and knowing the Chateau has minimal heating capacity you were going to accidentally leave them in the house and let the boys use them. The last time you were here late you asked JJ to borrow a sweater or a blanket and he gave you the one he was wearing and soon realized it was probably the only one you’ve seen him wear ever. Noticing Kie always brought her own blanket you assumed they were more supplied for the warmer days. John B was a big boy he would ask for help when he needed it JJ, on the other hand, was stubborn as hell and would rather freeze then ask for anything to help. 

“Okay” JJ says questionably not believing you entirely but not questioning it further “Are you staying tonight?” He asks you can see a glimmer of hope in his ocean eyes as he leans against the car door

“Yeah I think so” you smile and nod at him closing the car up “Are you?”

“No I’m just asking you so you can share my bed with Kie” he deadpans and your cheeks flush 

“Sorry” you squint up at him and you see him smile his “sharky smile” “Are Pope and Kie staying too?” 

“I think so” he nods at you biting his lip and you know he wants to add something but doesn’t

“Can I share a bed with you?” You ask assuming that’s what he wanted to ask “if I have to share a room with both Pope and Kie I might jump off the end of the dock, plus I got those joints still and extra snacks” you chuckle out trying to bribe him like you even have to. You see relief and a cute smile grace his features and you know that’s what he was trying to ask without even asking 

“Yeah you can crash with me, I like you the most anyways” he winks at you and nods towards the house “Have you eaten yet?” He asks you softly as you walk up the driveway “Pope and John B went to help Heyward earlier while I went to work and apparently they ate already” JJ trails off and you frown knowing there hasn’t been food at the chateau in a couple of days and John B has been incognito

“I can make us food,” you say and he perks up “I haven’t eaten yet” you continue which is a lie but he doesn’t need to know that “I bought stuff to make that shrimp thing you were talking about the other day” and you see his face light up as you walk into the house you smile at him and you can see pink dust his cheeks at the fact you remembered that small detail. He puts the blankets down taking the ones in your hands as well and wraps you in a hug carrying you to the kitchen leaving you in a fit of laughter. You see Pope peek his head out over the freezer with raised eyebrows 

“What are you doing,” he asks confused as to why you’re wrapped in JJs arms 

“Get out Pope y/n is making our food” he throws a look at Pope as he sets you down making Pope return a hurt one 

“You guys suck” he huffs out going back into the living room 

JJ sits on the counter as you start to pull out ingredients to make his food, John B put the groceries away thankfully and you hum to a random tune 

“Thank you” JJ lets out in almost a whisper and you look up at him and see he’s playing with the rings on his fingers a nervous habit he has while looking at his lap not making eye contact 

“For what” you feign innocence even though his small thank you made your heart flutter knowing your efforts and little signs of affection didn’t go unnoticed by the blonde boy. Moving to the stove to heat it up JJ finally looks at you and he shrugs his shoulders softly before twiddling his thumbs in his lap

“For taking the time to care about me” he shrugs again like he’s not worth the effort, you go to say something and he cuts you off looking at you with his ocean eyes making you forget how to breathe for a second, sincerity is swimming through them and you can’t help the butterflies in your stomach “I know you had dinner with Kie already. She told me you guys were gonna eat at The Wreck during her break if I wanted to pass by before you went to run errands which I’m assuming was getting food for here” your face flushes at being caught lying about dinner “I also saw the first aid kit you bought, and Its a nice one. I almost stole one just like it from the pharmacy a while back and I know John B doesn’t need one that good” he goes back to looking at his thumbs “And I know the blankets aren’t just for the movie night” He shoots you a knowing look causing you to blush and smile at him, taking a moment in the comforting silence you assume the boys are outside messing around 

Humming you smile giddily not confirming or denying “Okay I’m gonna make you food now go away” you joke shooing him out of the kitchen 

He gasps in shock “You wound me” he clutches his chest with both his hands and falls back against the cabinets “Treating me how I treat Pope now that’s cold” He gets off of the counter still clutching his chest moving closer towards you 

“Leave” you squeal at him as he traps you in between his arms and the sink, he leans in and you think he’s going to finally kiss you, heart beating so fast you think he could hear it if he got any closer. His eyes flicker to your lips and back to your eyes as he licks his lips your breath hitches in your throat, he leans down to place a kiss on your cheek leaving the kitchen and going outside. Watching him retreat you finally let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding in. “Jesus Christ” you huff and go back to making his food with a big smile on your face 

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“Holy shit” JJ practically moans at the smell coming in from the kitchen “I can’t even think of the last home cooked meal I’ve had what about you John B” You hear JJ ask as him as they walk back into the Chateau,

“Uh I think-” John B starts but is cut off by JJ 

“That was rhetorical bro shut up” you hear them walk into the living room and see them come into the kitchen “we know you have a secret kook family chill” JJ lets out referring to the fact that John B disappears some nights and during the day and no one knows why. Causing a laugh to come from you and a scoff from John B

“That smells delicious y/n” John B lets out which earns a mean look from JJ 

“You can’t have any” JJ says defensively “she made it for me and her you guys are all traitors eating without us” JJ winks at you “what happened to Pogues together for life” JJ adds pointing a finger at John B as you try to stifle a laugh grabbing plates 

John B looks at JJ with the most unamused look you’ve ever seen which causes a burst of laughter from you. Catching John B’s attention he gives you a look as if asking if JJ is serious, you shrug your shoulders as John B scoffs “I welcome you into my home JJ and this is how you repay me” He tsks opening a beer for you and placing it on the counter by your plates, he gives you a side hug and places a kiss on your forehead before retreating outside to help Pope and Kie with a projector she found in her garage. As he walks through the living room you hear “Eat your food dumbass, and if you don’t marry her I will” John B shouts out and you immediately turn to look at John B who has his beer raised in the air “Salud” and he walks out of the Cheateu. 

Turning to JJ his face is beat red and you let out a small laugh as JJ groans mumbling something about murdering John B “Here eat tough guy I’m gonna grab blankets for outside” you say as you place a plate in front of JJ. You’re about to walk into John B’s room when you feel JJ grab your hand 

“Stay please” he lets out a smile while tugging on your wrist gently patting the spot next to him, you can tell he wants to say something again but you can’t tell what its gonna be because he’s looking down at his plate of food. Your foot starts tapping the floor a nervous tick you have when you can’t tell how something is gonna play out. His head snaps to your knee placing his hand there gently to stop it and he looks up at you “Don’t do that, not around me” he lets out looking at you 

“wha-”

“You do that when your nervous or unsure of a situation” he squeezes your knee in a comforting motion giving you a small smile at your confused expression, “You think you’re the only one who notices things around here” he shoots you a look and his eyes go wide trying to cover up his confession with a chuckle 

“Do you JJ Maybank have feelings for little old me” you shoot him an amused look with a gasp. He opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out and he looks at you sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck while pink tints his cheeks 

“Hey, Lovebirds we got the movie set up come on” you hear John B yell from outside. You move to get up and JJ stops you looking up at you with a look of concentration before he exhales

“I like you y/n a lot actually and it’s scaring me. I’m not gonna lie to you. I’m not used to this or feeling wanted, hell even wanting to be around one person constantly is new for me. You are this incredible person who came out of fucking nowhere and the first thing you did was make sure everyone is taken care of. I didn’t even notice what you would do for me at first because I was so angry at everything. John B pointed it out to me when we found more of my favorite snacks in the cupboard than his” he let out a chuckle and you did too “He told me to stop being stupid and I realized then all the small things you would do for me like when I wouldn’t eat with you guys you brought food, or extra snacks on boat trips when you knew I was going home after, you and Kie would go shopping and you literally got me a hoodie because you told me it reminded you of me. No one has cared about me in the way you have and I’m so sorry for not realizing it sooner” you squeeze his hand gently reassuring him noticing his voice waiver “you’re so strong and stubborn but god if it didn’t make me fall for you harder, and I wasn’t gonna say anything because there is no way in hell that I’m good enough for you, I mean seriously I don’t know what you see-” cutting him off you place a kiss to his lips to shut him up, he places his hand on the side of your neck holding your jaw melting into the kiss. This is what heaven feels like you think. This blonde haired blue eyed prince. JJ breaks apart and rests his forehead against yours smiling like an idiot 

“I like you a lot actually too, if you couldn’t tell” you whisper out causing him to let out a laugh placing a chaste kiss to your lips, pulling you into his lap, your back to his chest as he nuzzles into the crook of your neck before you move to face him “Oh” you let out and he looks confused, you shoot him a look and he smirks. Hitting his chest playfully “get your head out of the gutter” 

“I know exactly where I would like my head to be” he smirks placing a kiss to your pulse. Rolling your eyes at him you start off “If I hear you talk bad about yourself I will fight you Maybank do you hear me” you look at him knowingly and he raised his eyebrows as if telling you to proceed “That is a fight you will lose every time. I can promise you,” you look at him softly “you deserve the world and all the love that comes with it, you care so much about your friends you’re willing to do anything to protect them literally anything” emphasizing the literally he lets out a chuckle “You are so kind, generous always giving even when you don’t have much yourself that’s what I love about you. There is more good than what you define yourself as and if you have doubts I will be more than glad to fight them with you” you let out rubbing your thumb on his cheek which he nuzzles into until he crashes his lips into yours again. 

“I thought you were eating, you haven’t even started are you kidding? YOU GUYS ARE MACKING we’ve been waiting for like 10 minutes” John B lets out from the doorway of the house raising his arms in a what the fuck motion, causing you both to laugh “J I’m proud of you for finally telling her, but Jesus come on guys the foods all cold, we don’t even have snacks because you’re distracting y/n, we’re dying out here” he fake whines 

“Sorry John B” you let out a smile knowing you usually prepare the snacks for movie nights but got distracted

“My girlfriend is not your Slave John B get your own snacks” JJ jokes holding onto you tighter

“Says the guy she made dinner for but hasn’t even touched it yet!” John B says dramatically “honestly the disrespect happening in this house, everything is all out of wack,” John B says going to the fridge and grabbing a case of beer and candy making his way back outside before he turns around heading back to you and JJ “Actually,” he says out loud before taking JJ’s plate with food taking a bite and moaning at the taste John B continues “I’m serious y/n if he doesn’t marry you I will” he gets out with a mouth full of food, moving slightly to avoid JJ arms that are trying to swat him for taking his food. John B walks out of the house leaving you two alone again 

“I’ll get you another plate, grab the blankets?” you ask chuckling as you move to get JJ another plate of food but he stops you. 

Taking his pinky ring off his finger he places it on your fingers trying to find the best fit, finally, it fits on your middle finger, a little loose but not by much, he chuckles “maybe I’ll get you a chain for it” he states chuckling he kisses your knuckles when he’s done “Not an engagement ring but a temporary promise ring until we get you a real one so John B can stop trying to steal you from me.”

“I think its perfect” He smiles bright placing a kiss on your lips and you know that this is exactly where you’re supposed to be

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A/N: so I wrote another jj thing bc who is not a whore for jj especially soft jj. Roughly edited but not really, this has been floating in my head for a while so feedback and commentary is again always welcome my inbox is always open I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did Xx 

[loaffofbred]

SPOILERS FOR WTIT :

Foreshadowing of Logan's Outburst or Snap and Indications of Future Problems

After rewatching some of the Sanders Sides past episodes, it seems very clear that Logan's outburst is fairly unsurprising. But, there may be some other foreshadowing thats taking place other than his outburst, and maybe his future dilemma's maybe indicated as well.

One example i saw is his question in the musical number of the puppet episode, where Patton explains his repression of emotion, and Logan seemingly asking if it worked in some way. And almost seemingly shocked by Patton's answer.

It almost seems like he was trying to find the answer to his own problem. He's repeated before that he has NO feelings or emotions, and that he has no care of sentiments. He's in denial of his emotions and Patton's situation seem to fascinate him because he seems to have the same problem. Almost like the more he ignores his emotions, the more he believes they disappear altogether, like what Patton said. The answer seemed to shocked him either because of Patton learning and applying the lesson he learned, or because he had a similar problem and shocked by an unexpected answer. This feels like a foreshadow to Logan's problem, and this is not the only example of that. All instances of Logan denying his emotions are just further evidence that thats his problem. His acceptance of his emotions. This is me not doing too much research here, so bear with me if theres a way to debunk it.

Of course this isnt a surprise to some, but this is a foreshadow to his outburst. The further you fill this jar of emotions, the closer it is to bursting into a field of emotions and outbursts. I think maybe the future episode might tackle that problem. Denial is a form of deception, you cant have deception WITHOUT denial in some capacity. You can tell that Janus in some way knows Logan's dilemma, he is deceit after all, he knows that Logan has a tendency to deny his own emotions. Even the other sides seem to know this as well. Logan always clarifies he has no emotions and this further feeds deceit.

Janus and Remus' push comes to shove

This can also explain why Janus and Remus push Logan to a different level than all the other sides. An example of this is the newest asides video(WTIT) and both SvS and SvS redux. Why are there methods of pushing Logan away different from the other sides? Well, lets first see how the other sides do this. First, the other sides never do this intentionally or in a malicious way. They explain Logan why his point of view doesnt particularly matter, and that their argument is more feasible. They dont FORCE Logan aside, they just dont put the effort to listen and comprehend his input. Example of this is the end card of WTIT, Patton choosing to ignore Logan's input on SvS Redux, and Thomas, Patton, and Roman almost ignoring and nonchalantly putting aside his wants in the Moving On episode. They dont force Logan away, they just dont give value to his input enough for him to feel worthy.

Remus and Janus' way is through FORCE. Theyre upfront and malicious with their tactics. Remus blatantly targeting Logan specifically on the introductory episode of him. Janus disguising himself, two times, as Logan to remove him from the equation. They both force Logan down, to try and bring themselves up. I dont particularly know why theyre pushing Logan to his limits. Either an entry for the Orange side?

But this is whats weird. Janus is responsible to who or which side can be seen. Hes responsible on who is hidden away from Thomas, and who isnt. Thats why in Remus' song mentions this;

Recently a snake offered me a morsel from the tree of knowledge

He said "you're wanting to be more honest

And be direct dealing with your issues

No longer will you deceive yourself about the ugliness within you"

(a certain thing i suddenly realize is that the 'tree of knowledge' is referenced in WTIT. The last end shot where it pans to Logan and the roots of the tree to Janus. Just a small thing i realized :) )

So why does the orange side need 'influence'? Yes, Thomas has a say on what he wants to see and what he doesnt, but what about Remus? In a way its far more fitting for him to just barge in rather than have permission to show up. But if we were to assume Orange as rage or a form of it, why does he NEED influence (assuming he does) to truly be seen? A question that im hoping will get answered in future episodes.

Janus' power and deniability

Janus has more power than we think. He can shut the sides up about a certain side in order for Thomas to be unaware. So maybe, in the end card, Janus is hinting for the Orange Side to finally being seen because of his help. His power stems from something but what?

Have you noticed something in common with all of the dark sides introductory episodes? They all speak about DENIAL. Denial of Thomas' capacity to deceit and the denial of imagination having an 'evil form' of it. His denial is what keeps the dark sides at bay, and what keeps him from knowing about the other sides. I think thats the main reason why Janus has the power to show Thomas the other sides, because denial is a form of deceit, and Janus has power over that.

And who else has a BIG problem with deniability? Logan. Logan denies that his emotions even exist in the first place. One example of denial being a big part is this line that really stuck with me,

No longer will you deceive yourself about the ugliness within you

Janus is speaking to Remus yes, but this also resonates with Logan and Thomas. 'Deceiving yourself' is lying to yourself, denying the existence of bad within you. Remus KNOWS that Logan is lying to himself, because it seems like Remus had the same experience with how Janus told this to him specifically. He knows Logan's problems and the whole "Now youre speakin' my language" makes even more sense. He saw Logans truth. His ugliness within him.

Another line also stuck with me is this;

Why deny yourself knowledge

Say knowledge of yourself?

You don't need to feel ashamed with your dear old Duke

You need not feign decency

This also seems so targeted to Logan. He feigns that he has no emotions therefore has no flawed and hurtful emotions that can target Thomas. He feigns decency. Also! 'Why deny yourself knowledge, say knowledge of yourself?' seems to resonate with Logan as well. Im not saying these lyrics are TARGETED SPECIFICALLY towards Logan, but resonate instead.

Logan's deniability of emotions

Think about it, denial is the reason why dark sides are hidden. And Logan denies his emotions. Connect the dots and its understandable why some people believe Logan to be either hiding something about the Orange side, or him being the Orange side in general.

Few mentions

Another targeted insult (while not surprising coming from Remus) also acknowledges Logan's problem,

He knows his problems, and this is where Logan denies this entirely

Which seems like a lie to me, but nonetheless

Remus pushes the take that he has an effect on Logan

Logan also denying this entirely

Even though, that is the exact OPPOSITE of what happened to him with Remus on the latest sanders asides.

TLDR; Logans denial of his emotions is a big problem that may be addressed in future episodes. Denial is a big part of the dark sides anonymity and Thomas' deniability is the very reason for hidden dark sides.

Both Remus and Janus push Logan for either an entry way for Orange, but still skeptical because of Janus having the power to make dark sides be seen based on his control of deniability, so why put the effort?

Logan's connection to denial maybe a more reason why he seems to be the only side that explicitly shows anger to the point of physical pain towards others or other outbursts. Deniability and the dark sides having a connection seems to further push the theory of Logan showing his true colors or self. Of course that theory has many flaws in of itself, i think Logan's denial has a big part as to why he showed orange eyes

Remus affects Logan in quite different ways compared to Virgil and Patton

anyways, this has been long enough, i hope this was understandable, and as always

THIS IS ALL THEORIES,

do not take them as truth or fact, but rather speculation

anyway, peacee

[metaphor-cheese]

so...i think i figured out why baljeet is the way he is

alright i’ve talked about why i think this in the past but to get us started im working from that idea that baljeet has some form of anxiety disorder specifically centralised around school. he believes grades determine his self worth and his future to such a degree that an F in something as inconsequential as rock music will tear his entire life apart. in-universe i believe these traits to be the basis of what caused him to become so obsessed with school BUT there isnt a very clear why. He says things that imply its parental pressure but 1: we dont have a whole lot of details or evidence for that and it doesnt seem to fit what little we see of his parents and 2: i just dont rlly like that idea sdgsdhr. the last thing i need to establish before i get into this is that for im working from the assumption that (like every other character in the show) baljeet is autistic. ok? we on the same page? ok.

the most important thing we know about baljeets past is that he wasn’t born in danville. he was born in india and only moved to america somewhere between 4 years ago and the summer the show takes place. this would put him at roughly 5 at the youngest during the move. thats...a pretty young age for an international move, right? people with autism are already predisposed to relying on routine so having your entire life uprooted would be pretty scary. and this big event combined with either his autism or just a regular predisposition to ocd behaviours could have conceivably pushed him into trying to find any degree of control in his life. which, as a child, you dont have many options for aside from school performance

to back up the idea that the move to america was a traumatic one for him lets have a look at what we know about baljeet prior to the show. 

in india he:

-had a best friend named mishti

-played football either casually or as an extracurricular

-saw his extended family enough for them to at least recognise him

in america he:

-was bullied heavily by buford

-was generally considered uncool and a nerd

-probably knew phineas and ferb from school but didnt appear to be their friend

...yeah thats a pretty big change in tone. while its entirely possible his pursuit of schooling was what caused his bullying, kids dont need much motivation to bully someone so its entirely possible his nerdiness only encouraged said mistreatment once it had already started. either way there’s a clear distinction between these two phases of his life where young baljeet in india seems much happier and relaxed while baljeet in america is heavily mistreated and seems to have little to no support system like he used to. the sheer fact alone that the one actual clip we see of him in india is framed as very positive tells us all we need to know but i think theres one other important thing to note for this theory:

in the flashback with mishti, baljeet is playing football. whats so important about that, you may be asking? you yourself have pointed out that baljeet likes playing sports. well...all the times we see it in the show seem to be prompted and his expressed interest in them in conversations is usually how they relate to things like math and angles. and we know from raging bully and the baljeatles that baljeet usually spends his free time studying and little else. i cant really imagine the baljeet who got confused why phineas and ferb werent studying in the early summer holidays going out for a casual game of football, no matter how much he enjoyed it. early show baljeet doesnt even seem to understand why someone would do something purely for fun at all. so to show that just 4 years ago he wasnt like this implies something big happened that made him block out the world around him

even if we go with the idea that his parents are to blame for this mindset, i dont think that could explain his behaviour entirely. baljeets like what? 9? 12 at the absolute oldest. he’s not being pressured to go to college seminars, lets be real. whatever is going on here seems to be rooted in his own anxieties and world view, which is the idea leant into much more later in the show (eg. primal perry) and so the one i favour. either way though, the point is: something happened to baljeet

[jinnyu]

regarding romance!

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Used artwork credits

Hop

Bede

Leon

Raihan

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———☆️

Hop🍀

It started as the cliché love story about falling in love with your very own bestfriend

Which, actually turned out great??

His Zacian/Zamazenta loves you as much as it's trainer does, and is willing to protect you from anything

Probably because it observed Hop being protective over you, and proceeding to do the same

Sure it might took a toll on him when you defeated him on the championship semi-finals, but he wanted you to be happy more than anything

He's such a sweetheart even if he doesn't show it much

The type to appreciate small little things, especially when it comes from you

"Let's camp together!!"

You camped together

He got chased by a wild steelix whilst trying to gather data for his research later

His Zamazenta/Zacian was busy playing with your own legendary

*from the distance* "GAH! HELP!"

You ran after him and calmed down the wild steelix

Then you walked to him and checked if he got any wounds or scratches, which leads you to cupping his face gently with a worried look on your face

Hop's blushing

He's freaking out inside

You didn't notice the tint of blush dusting his cheeks,which gradually reddens with each second that passes

"im okay, dont worry" he tried his best reassuring you

Even though he's blushing, he proceeded to press his forehead gently against yours, closing his eyes and smiling

oh no he's cute

You're blushing

haha blushy reader

You let him do his thing, its somewhat calming

He's warmm

His hands are calloused, different from yours; you just remembered this when he placed his hand on top of yours while you were checking for his wounds from before

This just shows how much he's been working off to reach the champion title

And yet he's completely alright with you taking the spotlight

After all, you're his shining star

And he wouldn't have it in any other way

You let him borrow your champion cape

And he lets you borrow his labcoat

It fits just right with you! And it got his scent, which calms you down whenever you're feeling anxious

When you wear his labcoat, you're 1000000000% irresistible to his eyes

"Don't be so adorableee" he said as he pulled you into a hug and burying his face in your neck

You only laughed softly at his reaction. He was blushing too,,,

You often waited for him to finish his lab work, even if it's until late hours

He's a really hard worker, no wonder he stayed until late

"Im sorry for making you wait"

He looks exhausted, but tried his best to pull a bright smile, not wanting to worry you

You only gave him a warm hug, which surprised him at first before he hugs you back and proceed to walk you to your house

💓💓💓 < your heart

Comfort time

There's usually some jerks who'd tease you for being the champion, or flirt with you in an impolite way

If Hop caught on to this, he would politely ask them to leave

If they still dont understand, his legendary comes out of his pokeball and growl at them

He'd ask them one more time to stop bothering you, but this time, with a menacing smile that says "stay here any longer and you wont get to see another daylight"

Then he'd check up on you, asking if you're alright, if they did anything to you or whatnot

Hed wrap his arms around your waist and drape his labcoat over you, because he knows his labcoat always manages to calm you down

"It's okay, you're okay, everything is alright now, c'mere"

You let him hug you as you feel safe around him, and you two stayed in that position until you feel alright again

💕💕

———☆️

Bede🍰

He's not the best at showing affection but at least he tries

You help him come out with quizzes for his gym challenge

And sometimes joke about the poses he makes when practicing

Sometimes, he gets reminded that you're the champion of Galar and he's way out of your trainer level

Which actually motivates him to become the strongest gym leader there is by pushing past his limits

"I'll show you how strong fairy types can be"

He said to himself as he was thinking about you

People kept misunderstanding fairy types after all, and thats a big mistake

You appreciate his efforts in maxing out his strength, and you show it by coming to his fairy stadium whenever he battles a challenger

You texted him "good luck, I'll be cheering 4 u!❤️❤️👍" before his matches start

And you looked at his direction after sending the message

He has just gotten your message, and opened it

Which leads to him blushing furiously as he covers his face with one of his hands

He took a deep breath and tried to regain his composure, only to fail miserably when he saw you looking at his direction with pure ambition and determined eyes as you grinned happily

All that i could say is, he's red as a beet

He wont lose this match, not when you're watching him.

He puts extra effort when you're watching his match, and made sure not to slip up. It'd be embarrassing if he did.

Opal notices this and only smiled seeing her successor acting out of his place whenever you're around

Opal knows something that you dont, and that's Bede's feelings for you

After his match ended, his Hatterene walked towards your direction, pulling you into a tight hug

You were surprised, but apparently Hatterene has grown to like you ever since she first met you

And when you look at Bede's direction, he was looking away with his arms crossed infront of his chest, visibly drowning in embarassment

,,,you wondered, is Bede projecting on his Hatterene or what,

Yes, yes he is

So you asked him if he also wants a hug, which of course he answered with "Why would i want a hug from someone like you? That'd be an insult to me"

You let go of Hatterene and hugged him anyways

He flinched when you hugged him, not knowing where to put his hands and just let them stay still in a defensive pose

Hatterene watched with a smile from behind you, seeing her master in such a flustered state was truly something new for the Pokemon

Not long after, Bede finally let his arms wrap around your waist, giving in to his subconscious and just hug you

he wanted to hug you anyways so thats a win win situation

You were actually surprised when he hugged you back

He smells nice!! Like perfume?? Cologne?? Floral scent

His Hatterene decided to join in and wrapped her arm around you both, making you all hug even more tightly

Bede cant handle this well.

No, not at all.

His face was really red and its hot— in all honesty, its cute, but he was burning

"Why do you have to embarrass me like this?"

You buried your face in his neck, which startled him as he couldn't think at all

"Y-you!!"

He feels nice and soft, so you're not planning to let go any sooner, likewise with Hatterene.

Bede's mind: ASDFGHJKL????—GODDAMMI—

OKAY NOW COMFORT TIME

His true nature would come out when you're not feeling yourself or when people would makw you feel like shit

"Hey.."

His face shows concern, but it still his usual look of coldness— however, his actions are warm despite his cold features

He'd let you wear his coat as he battles anyone who dared to hurt you

"Are you alright now..?"

He cupped your face and made you look at his face, swiping off the tears that stained your face with his thumbs delicately

He hated seeing you cry, and he'll try better next time to make sure you didn't cry

———☆️

Leon🌟

He's kind at all but sometimes he's just... "???????"

Training!! Dates!!

More like battle tower dates because he really admires your strength as a champion

Occasionally, he'd visit your house and check up on you, wondering if you're free for the day for "quality time"

At first, he was surprised to see one of the legendaries answering the door for you

And he couldn't resist to ruffle it's hair

your legendary on the other hand was kind of irritated by it

So it let out a displeased howl

Which leads you to come down stairs and see who is it

"L—leon?"

He looked up and greet you with a goofy grin as your legendary returned to your side, walking with you

He treats you like a gentleman, and sometimes is very strict with your training regimen

In which you usually whine about because you're the current champion and you have no business listening to him

But he'd swoon you with lovely words

And you would easily fall for it

you hate this

You hate him

No you dont

You love him, you could never hate a goofball like him anyways

Hey did i ever mention Leon's sense of direction is shitty

You went on a date in Wyndon a couple of times and he still gets lost everytime

"Ah!! Hey—....."

"Im lost again aren't i?"

He tried to find his way back to you but got surrounded by paparazzis

Even if he's not the current champion

You saved his butt since he couldn't say no to the people and his fans

He said thank you and hugged you, lifting you up to the air before pulling you close to him

This only made you laugh softly as you hugged him back, letting your fingers comb his thick lavender like hair

His body is warm and comforting, you really like his cuddles and hugs

He came into your house one time when you didn't answer his calls or messages, only to find you drown in your anxiety and self loathing

He pulled you in his arms and let you cry on his shoulder until you're all done and alright again

He'd draw circles over your back and tell you reassuring words— tell you that you're more than enough and he's grateful to have you here, alive and well

Your Zacian/Zamazenta got out of it's pokeball and helped you in calming you down too by giving you small licks on your knee

It'd whine whenever you're sad and climb onto your bed, nudging your arm afterwards as if it's asking what's wrong

You're lucky to have them both whenever you need them the most, and they're lucky to have you

———☆️

Raihan 🐲

It's finally the Character y'all been waitin for, dragon boi coming through

Okay serious talk here— Raihan is TALL

His hoodies makes you look smaller than you already are

You tried copying his "Gaooo~" pose a couple of times while wearing his hoodie

Its cutest thing he has ever seen his entire life

It makes him melt everytime

Okay aside from that, he's gentle and laid back, even if his personality is quite the opposite when he's on battle

He's cLINGY ASF

Don't forget his fangs, never forget his fangs

You're actually curious about his fangs since the first day you saw him

And he lets you touch it whenever you like

Youre still curious, because what the hell, its so cool

The first day you saw him after defeating him in a match and gain your gym badge, he immediately took an interest in you and your strength

"Hey Challenger!"

He called you before you tried to take your leave, gaining your attention

He then asked you if you want to practice with him next time, and have a rematch when you've become the champion

You agreed and exchanged numbers

What can i say, he spams you like?????? A lot

And casually sends you pictures of him and his duraludon

You love his dragons, especially flygon

Flygon loves you too, and one time it wanted to come with you

Raihan lets you keep his Flygon and you send him pictures of you with it

He sends emotes of duraludon crying, wanting to join you and your fun trip with Flygon to grab the Champion title

After you took the Champion title, Raihan greeted you with a big hug

And you hug him back with no hesitation

"Congratulations, may i have a selfie with the new Champion?"

He asked in a teasing manner, letting you down on your feet as you nodded

You took a selfie selfwith him numerous times before he posted it to his social media

He captioned 'First person to get a selfie with the new Champion'

He took pride in that, and some of his fans were jealous that you managed to get a selfie with him

From that day onwards, he'd have casual selfies with you, sometimes hilarious one and sometimes its just for showing off

You didn't mind it really, he's a celebrity anyways, so you understand why he does that

"Hey.. do stars have feelings"

It was three am what the fuck Raihan

You squinted at your screen seeing his message

"Why in the Galar would you be awake, dear Dragon tamer?"

You answered him

And immediately he answered "oh? The Champion is awake?"

You guys didn't sleep afterwards and was sending streaks of blurry selfies

It was fun and helped you cheer up

You got some of his blurry pics that he captioned "party rock in the house" when clearly its just him and his pokemons

What a goofball pt.2

You love him anyways shut up

Haha smol reader pt.2

[sw124]

BonelyHearts Reader insert 2

{Gender Neutral!ReaderXSkeleton household}

Foxes and Chickens!

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“Why are we even doing this?”

Boss growled as he checked his black tank top once more, everyone stood dressed in ‘gym-class’ attire. Well somewhat, everyone was either in tank tops or short sleeve shirts and basketball shorts. You though were in sweatpants and a baggy tank top. But you were smiling your head off, today was ‘your’ day. All of you gathered inside the large basketball/gymnasium of the Rec Center.

You stood confidently with your hands on your hips.

“Today boys we are playing a game from when I was a kid.”

The skeletons looked at you, a tad perplexed but could see you were not going to be swayed, Poplar spoke up next.

“What is it called?”

You beamed. “Foxes and chickens!”

Their expressions did not change, you chuckled and decided to explain further.

“This game is a mix between Tag and Hide’n seek, one of us is the ‘Fox’ and the rest of us are ‘Chickens’. The ‘Chickens’ will be given about a minute to find a place to hide, then the lights go out and the ‘Fox’ with their flashlight will go looking for the ‘Chickens’ among the mats or ‘Coops’ as I like to call them. The last ‘Chicken’ to be found is the winner and the get to be the ‘Fox’ in the next round! Everyone get that?”

The skeletons looked at each other, Blue’s eyes sparkle; this did sound like fun. Not one to shy away from challenges Boss and Papyrus were all for it as well.

“Yes, we’re in! What are the rules?” Asked Blue.

“The rules are simple, when you find your hiding spots you stay in that spot until the fox finds you, you can only hide in or around the mats, when your found you must sit by the entrance and wait until all the players are found, no helping the ‘Fox’ in anyway by revealing hiding spots thats cheating, no running or teleporting to different hiding places, you can share hiding spaces and lastly there is absolutely, positively...NO BETTING!”

Instantly you hear Blue whine, you go over and give him a half-hearted hug, playfully petting his head like he was a kitten.

“Mwah, there, there baby Blue, you can bet on something else.” You chuckle when he pushes away, crossing his arms and pouting.

“Ok, ok, now that everyone knows the rules lets start the game, first though lets see who wants to be the ‘Fox’ in the first round.”

Instantly Blue and Papyrus raised their hands, oh this was gonna be tough to pick. You opted to flip a coin to see who gets to be first as the ‘Fox’. Papyrus chose heads Blue chose tails....it came up tails. Blue happily took the flashlight and waited outside.

“Ok everyone, one minute to hide!” You squeal as you bolted for the ‘coops’.

Everyone scrambled to hide as well, you found a sweet hiding place, one of the mats that was standing up had a small fold where you easily fit into. You shut it tight almost like a door and waited, you could hear everyone else scrambling for a hiding spot. You restrained a another squeal when the lights went out, you heard the gym doors open.

“Ready or not here I come!”

You covered your mouth as you heard Blue run all over, calling out the names of everyone he found. The first person he found was Stretch, you knew that cause Blue was shouting how he didn’t bother to hide properly...and Blue shouted out his name. In fact he was shouting everyone’s name the moment he found them. After Stretch was Rus, followed by Sans, Ash and Poplar then Boss, Red was cursing at Blue for shining the light right in his eyes,; finally Papyrus and Nox were found. You were knew you were the last but Blue still couldn’t find you.

You could hear him running past your hiding spot more then four times, peeked out and saw him. His back was to you, a Cheshire grin formed on your face as you snuck out. Tip toeing closer you reached both hands out and-

“FOX!”

You yelled as grabbed his sides, he yelped and dropped the flashlight. Laughing you bolted, weaving in and and around the mats. Blue squawked out something and gave chase, you ran for the gym entrance and without thinking did a baseball slide towards the group. You laughed when you collided into them, not hard, you slowed down enough where you just barely pushed some of them. You slid into Papyrus and Sans, Blue ran up and huffed.

“That was rude! You said no changing hiding spots!”

You laughed. “I wasn’t changing hiding spots, I was the last to be found so I just saved you the trouble of finding me. Besides I couldn’t resist giving you a little surprise!”

Oh you knew Blue was gonna get back at you, it was why you had to be sure to find him quickly in the next round.

An so the game continued, Ash won the next round, Blue did get you back when it was your turn by jumping out at you but in doing so ruined not just his hiding spot but also Nox and Red’s. Everyone got their chance to win, you actually enjoyed Rus being the ‘Fox’ in one round cause he’d constantly was muttering a curse if he couldn’t find someone.

After a while you checked your watch, over two’n a half hours had past since you started the game. Wow how time flies, you waited till the current round was over before announcing the end of the game, it was time to get some lunch anyway.

“Ok everyone’s been found, its getting close to lunchtime so lets pack up the mats and grab some food.”

“We’re already done?”

Oh man, it wasn’t fair to see half of their faces go into ‘sad puppy’ mode but you only rented the place for three hours and you had to put everything back, which would take twenty minutes with everyone’s help.

“Sorry guys but I only rented out the place for a little while, besides we can do this again another, that and we need to put the mats away properly.”

That answer was suffice, everyone....well almost everyone pitched in, Sans and Rus were laying on one mat they set aside. But that was rectified by Boss and Nox, flipping the mat they were laying on over. It took a bit longer then you thought but you had five minutes to spare, you went and told the Rec-center supervisor you were finished and got your deposit back. He’s such a sweet old man, with that you went back to the others and told them to clean up and change into their street clothes. You went and did the same, despite it being a low energy game you and the boys still worked up a sweat.

Once that was done you all proceeded to walk towards the restaurant in question, you had reserved a spot in a nice little Japanese noodle place you like to frequent. They had all kinds of delicious noodle based dishes that you hoped would please some of the skeletons, it was also a very accommodating place as it had an entire menu dedicated to people who were vegetarian. You piled into the large round booth, sitting between Poplar and Ash.

As you waited for your drinks and enjoyed an appetizer of tempura sweet potatoes, you decided to see what they thought of the game.

“So did you guys have fun?” You were a little worried..

“A tad immature but it was still an enjoyable experience, something we can do at least once in a great while.” Said Boss taking a sip of water.

“I liked it a lot, its a nice change of pace.” Said Rus as he munched on his sweet potato.

“It was a wonderful game human, thank you for sharing such a fun cherished game with us!” Said Papyrus.

“Yeah, gotta admit it was fun, ya didn’t have to do much when you got to hide and being in the dark hiding in the mats...I can see why a game like that is fun for you.” Said Sans giving you a playful wink.

You smiled, beaming at everyone. Soon the waiter arrived to take everyone’s order, you helped Ash and Poplar make a choice from the vegetarian menu. You tried some of the stuff on that one and recommended the Ramen bowls with fried tofu in it along with the beautiful array of colorful veggies such as mushrooms and cabbage.

You went with the kitsune soba while everyone else got Ramen, when you got your food it was a treat seeing everyone trying to eat with chopsticks. Yeah it was mean of you but seeing some of them struggle you told them there were forks wrapped in the black cloth napkins placed around the table. You had gotten some deadpan looks from some of the skeletons but all you could do was smile, you used chopsticks before and were pretty good at using them.

You took a moment to look at everyone, some engaged in a conversation, some content on the food itself or simply listening to others talking. It filled you with a sensation of comfort, you couldn’t have asked for better neighbors or friends.

“So, human.”

Your attention was grabbed when Nox spoke up.

“What game do you plan to show us for next time?”

End.

[For some backstory, this was a game I played back when I was in grade school. Normally durning my gym class we’d go outside and play during gym but of course if was winter or raining we’d stay inside the gym. One rainy day our gym teacher came up with this game and I loved it so much, I wanted to do a fanfic that was more innocent. The world is so serious and telling us we need to ‘grow up’ but sometimes its nice to be a little kid again and thats why I wrote this particular Reader insert. Oh this is also for the @bonelyheartsclub I hope you enjoy it, it was such a treat to write]