#what they did and how they talked and everythingggg

[foxstens]

idk i just think their relationship is one of the most interesting in the entire series

[htchnr]

omg SO glad ur also obsessed with dale cooper. he’s actually one of the best characters ever written 😓 i’d die for himmm

may i request some headcanons for dale x wife!reader? like what their life would be like married and out of twin peaks :,) perhaps even sum smut towards the end (i know this man is hella romantic with it)

ミ★ headcannons ᰔ DALE COOPER.

𖦹 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𖦹 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐨-𝐟𝐢!

「 ꜜauthors note,, i was sooo hyped to see that there are in fact still people who love this precious guy, so i can absolutely do some headcanons! i fear there will be no smut, cause i'm just not in the right headspace as of late 😔. 」

「 ꜜcontent,, super sweet fluff ⋆ sadly no smut ⋆ not edited ⋆ not beta read, we die like the fish in the percolator ⋆ so sooo much fluff ⋆ i have not finished s2 yet, so a few ideas might be contradicting ⋆ if so, pls ignore them. 」

© 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐑. 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!

𖦹 honestlyyyyy, Dale seems like the sweetest lover/partner/husband ever. absolute golden retriever energy, buuutttt can most definitely be stern or intense when need be.

𖦹 like how we see between Harry & Cooper VS the few moments that he's fed up with Albert and puts him in his place.

𖦹 i don't think he could ever really be that stern or mean to his partner however, i feel like he'd hateee it.

𖦹 very VERY attentive lover‼️ not just in bed, (though there too obviously) but in day to day life he picks up on everything. he's 100% tuned into your needs and habits— knowing things you have trouble with, or having memorised little signs and ticks of certain feelings or behaviour.

𖦹 H A T E S arguing/fighting with you. i don't really imagine him to be someone to blurt things out in the heat of the moment— maybee if there was a dangerous situation he might shout, but he won't be shouting anything other than exactly what needs to be done in the situation.

𖦹 and if you two did argue, he would not let you both go to bed or go out to work mad at each other. he would sit you down and talk the wholeee thing until it's less heavy.

𖦹 i think after the Palmer case and the hecticness that had shortly after followed, (i did not finish season 2 yet, (or watch any other movie or season) so shush if it's a little inaccurate) he'd want to settle down somewhere similar to Twin Peaks. hell, maybe even Twin Peaks.

𖦹 i can imagine him owning a spacious cabin in the woods, going fishing on set days, maybe even going hunting with Harry or someone else.

𖦹 now, i do think Dale is one for grand gestures— buuutttt, not on the pricey side. more so homemade, personal and romantic. and when he gifts things they're always 100% practical, or things you've really wanted/needed, or things you've mentioned in passing that you've always dreamed of. he remembers everythingggg.

𖦹 (these thoughts are all over the place, sorry) anywayss, casual outfits on Coop!!!! in my head after the Palmer case he quits the FBI to retire and be home with you. so he rarely wears his uniform suits anymore and it's such a change for him, but a quite welcome one.

𖦹 i could totally see him rocking the polo + casual slacks look orrrr flannel + casual slacks. i don't think he's a major jeans person, so it'd mostly be casual slacks.

𖦹 loves LOVESS cooking. especially together!! just cooking together with some music playing is one of his favourite things to do. though, often enough you'll end up sidelined with him doing most/if not all of the work while you sit near him on the counter and chat.

𖦹 i do think he's a decent cook, but not over exceptional tbh. he can cook good meals, and also thoroughly enjoys doing so— but they're not restaurant level. though, it's the gesture that counts and he sure loves taking any load off your shoulders whenever he can.

𖦹 more on that— house chores! i feel like he absolutely stands on the fact that it should be evenly divided based on what one can do— buutttt, will absolutely take over whatever is necessary if you're too busy/or had a bad day.

𖦹 if you happen to get sick, you are absolutely on bedrest till you're better! no wiggle room. he will treat you like exaggerated royalty sometimes, getting a little carried away in thinking that the common cold somehow leaves you unable to walk or do basic things.. but when you remind him that it is just a cold, and you are in fact not dying, he'll be a little embarrassed about it; sputtering about how it won't happen again. (it will)

𖦹 my thoughts are drying up a little here, but as a final thought before i wrap this up for now— he LOVESSS date nights. cherishesssss themmmm. whether it's dining out or dining in, or maybe a picnic or the movies— they're one of his favourite things to organise! i feel like he'd love to organise most things, like birthdays, anniversaries or holidays. i feel like he's a bit of a plan-aholic with certain things.

𖦹 though, he doesn't mind if you plan a date night or something similar— actually he'd be rather flustered and cute about it, feeling very loved and looked after.

𖦹 okay okay, fr my last thought— his love languages are absolutely acts of service, gift giving and physical touch! i will die on that hill.

𖦹 1) acts of service; he loves caring for you, it comes so naturally with him it's almost impossible not to do.

𖦹 2) gift giving; he's always picking up little knickknacks and trinkets all over the place— something small at the store, or on a road trip (he really loves those imo) or he finds a particular looking rock or pinecone and hassss to bring it home to you.

𖦹 3) physical touch; he cravesss to be close to you— needing to touch you in some way. hand holding, or standing shoulder to shoulder, or an arm around your waist. the possibilities are endlesssss, and he gets really creative and technical about sometimes. (i might elaborate on that at some point)

「 ꜜauthors note,, i hope these were to your liking and you enjoyed this short spout about my thoughts of Dale! i'm trying to finish s2 and after that watch the extra movies + s3 so i can maybe have a deeper insight into him.. 」

[lexithwrites]

Continue from my last as, how I see it starting: James starts bullying/messing with Regulus his first year. It starts off with small things that slowly get bigger. Like knocking down his books or putting spells on them. To one really horrible thing where(in this Regulus use to have long hair he kept in a braid. Than had to cut it short) basically did the equivalent of put gum in Regulus hair. For the most part Regulus just either ignores him, cowers, or nervously talks to James. Regulus finally snaps at a Quidditch match and basically does to James what Harry did to Draco in the 5th book. Regulus one the game. James says something to Regulus that causes him to snap, and tackles and beats him up. That's when James starts fully falling for him.

The idea of Regulus snapping during quidditch is everythingggg he loves quidditch so much and it’s the one thing he refuses to let James ruin for him and he’s like shoving him in the chest and yelling that he’s an arrogant asshole whose never been told no a day in his life and even tho it’s hitting James where it hurts he’s also like ‘woah,,,you wanna get a drink sometime?’

[obsessedftshit]

Invincible Compendium Volume 1 - Invincible vs Omni-Man Part 1

OMG I GOT TO THE BIG ASS FIGHT AND AHHHH!!!

Omni-Man exposing himself and Mark finding out is EVERYTHINGGGG!

I love how gruesome this is now. Like the detail rn compared to when he first killed the Guardians of the Globe is so good.

"Son...we need to talk" Like he would listen to u after what he just heard and witnessed 😭

The way my jaw dropped when he said this in the show and again rn. I was waiting for him to say it rn but thought he wouldn't cause he was ranting about how he did call in love with Debbie and all but then HE DID AND I GOT SO MAD AGAIN!!!

I love the close ups and details on their faces.

OMG this is so intense.

The DETAILS!!!

The way it's so perfectly gory and that's how it was in the show is incredible.

[every-single-day]

OH MY GOD HOW DID U MEET HIM TELL ME EVERYTHINGGGG

We were just walking around to kill time bc we had about an hour before our next show so I suggested we go look at the Jacobs one last time for shits and giggles soooo we did and then we left and when we were about 50-ish feet away from the theater I saw a guy walking towards us with a sleeveless tank and beautiful jawline so I went “haha Brody Grant. …Brody Grant? Brody Grant! Brody Grant!” (Not loud enough for him to hear, only loud enough for my mom and cousin to hear and think I was joking)

He wasn’t looking in my direction so I just kept sneaking glances at him and then he finally made eye contact with me so I just smiled and waved and I was gonna leave it at that but then HE started talking to ME

I had on my outsiders shirt and tote bag that I bought yesterday so he looked at me and went “Hey, what’s up? I like your shirt! Hey I like your bag too!” and yall I was so flustered I’m surprised I was able to even get out a “hi thank you so much!”

I’m glad I have self control cause he said he liked my shirt and I almost instantly replied “thanks I like you” or “thanks I like your face” but I didn’t. Good job me.

Then he walked away and I turned back to my fam and started freaking out and I guess he heard me because he turned around, laughed, and waved at us again 😀

And everyone keeps telling me I’m stupid for not getting a photo with him but I saw how unpleasant his fan interactions were last night and I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable in any way so I didn’t even consider it

He also never stopped walking bc I know that boy was late as hell to call time so that’s another reason I wouldn’t have even tried

Such a short and simple interaction but I am never going to shut up about this

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BRODINGTON GRANTIFER YOU HAVE MY WHOLE HEART I LOVE YOU

[fadedmunson]

abc fluffy alphabets with spider-noir?? :]

hi! so im only gonna do like 6 letters to get the hang of things since this is my first time doing something like this

please let me know if you want more tho 💓

abc's with spider-noir!

A — activites, how do they spend time with their loved one?

to be honest, i think spider-noir isn't opposed to late night diner dates. i feel like that's something he'd really be into. if he got an egg cream or milkshake he would put two straws in for the both of you

AND MATINEES OMG!! he would do the really cheesy yawn and lay his arm around your shoulder and everythingggg, im meltinggg

B — beauty, what do they admire about their dearly beloved?

i feel like with noir he would really enjoy someone with beauty and brawn. someone who definitely isn't afraid to speak their mind. he admires the way you carry yourself when you speak.

C — comfort, how would they comfort their loved one when they're upset or having a panic attack

if you're upset about something, he'll definitely take you on a walk outside. i have a feeling he might sit you down with him to throw rocks in ponds (?) idk but that feels like him. he'll maybe think that having you let off steam would help in some way with whatever it is.

if it's a panic attack, im mostly certain that he would stick with you through the good, the bad, and the ugly (heh) if you didn't want him to see you cry, he would let you use his hat while he just pets your thigh and help you steady your breathing. the way he would press little kisses all over you once you've relaxed more im sobbing

D — dreams, how do they picture their future together?

he'll definitely want to settle down with you at some point in life. if you're up for it completely, i see maybe one or two kids and a dog, definitely.

he'd wanna live ideally anywhere you dreamt of, he'll follow you into the depths of the underworld im sure of it

if you're a painter or artist, he would definitely ask for tons of colorful paintings.

also would decorate the house with flowers he bought you, of course

he would definitely slow dance with you in the living room of your new house just because he loves you so much and wants to admire your beauty up-close :((

E — equal, are they someone dominant or more passive in the relationship?

noir is most definitely a more dominant lover in a relationship. i feel like thats a bad way of putting it though 😭 all i think is that he would definitely want to be the one spoiling you rotten and just looking after you

his protectiveness for those he loves is insanely strong, he would do absolutely anything for you if you asked

F — fighting, would they forgive their loved one easily?

i have a belief that noir doesn't get in dumb fights. i don't think he would get into stupid arguments with you. he knows when to shut up and let you speak as well. he'll definitely be one of those guys who cares and respects you too much to be mad at you for so long anyways.

if it's something you did that upset him, im sure he'll take a minute to think about how he wants to word it then ask you to talk for a sec

you, being the amazing person you are, listen to him and let each other know how you're feeling, yay everyone's happy & in luvvvv :D

[cosmoszyn]

alright okay need to rant in your ask box because!!!! that third update was everythingggg

the way you built the tension, the ebb and flow of them closing the distance before pulling apart each time. i was fully invested

i love how you didn’t explicitly say it, but you could tell there was deep love between them. love that, perhaps this caleb never even had for mc because that was devotion that turned into obsession from wanting to keep her safe. like a trauma response to seeing her live a difficult life

this felt like caleb finally maturing emotionally. finally recognising his feelings and being able to place them. without rushing into it, without making outlandish declarations. just him… being in the moment and understanding his emotions for what they are.

and then you ended it with the ball in his court and i know you left it ambiguous but his statement whispered when y/n was asleep—god there’s no way that man isn’t going to make a slow effort to prove his affections and make things work.

it went from being drunk and dealing with negative emotions, being drunk and seeing the end of something held so precious, to being tipsy and starting anew.

there was something so gentle about it all. how jaded she was, how she still had her walls up, and how he was like this puppy trying to finally get the courage to do something about all the emotions bubbling inside him. she didn’t feel like a second choice. she felt like… a choice he made as a new man having worked on himself. a choice made by grown up caleb who has healed just enough to see sense.

i loved it! genuinely. it’s unfortunate that it’s the last part because i truly do love their dynamic. but if you think of other stories with these two characters (caleb and this non-mc), i would totally read it 10 times over because i love the way you crafted the delicate intricacies of their relationship

they’re by no means currently a great love, but a budding promise, a glimmer of deeper potential. like you just know if they work together, their love will be beautiful and nurturing and exactly the kind the two of them need :’)

loved it, genuinely. so so much!

OH DEAR i did not expect this thoughtful comment!

In return, here's a full-blown reply over the creative direction of the series ^__^

First of all, I'd like to thank you for reading the series :") It started out as a silly thought of drunkenly confessing to Caleb who doesn't feel the same way. Then the part 2 was just another silly thought of "What if Caleb drunkenly confessed too but a rejection triggered it?" The third part was honestly NOT in my plan because I (along with a friend and cousin) could never wrap my head around the concept of finally liking someone back after years of pining over someone else. It felt like using the other person as a second choice, backburner, or just someone "convenient."

But sometimes, relationships are more complex than that. So I had to concoct a way on how to make the story focus more on their friendship, how they grieve the loss of it, and the slow realizations of their feelings still simmering.

Second, thank you for noticing their push and pull!! It was a subtle concept that I put into because I want our two protagonists to feel the tension of an elephant in the room but also missing each other so much that the fear of opening it up holds them back to talk about it.

Third, thank you again for noticing that their feelings were not explicitly stated :") Again, I want readers to feel the love between two people and sometimes, you don't have to say it out loud to even feel it! And wow, that analysis over Caleb and MC was actually something I never thought about? Like it was at the back of my head but it was something that I didn't pick up on explicitly either. And that analysis over Caleb and the protagonist too? :") Thank you so much for picking up on that!

AND YES. I intentionally left it open-ended because I want the readers to know that building a relationship again after losing it the first time, whether platonic, romantic, or familial, TAKES TIME. It won't be fixed with just one night, one confession, one kiss. And yes heheheh. Caleb WILL make that effort. I intended for it >:))

Once again, thank you for noticing how I characterized our heroine :") I really didn't want her to feel like she's insecure or MC is above her. For her, it was simple. Caleb didn't want her. Someone else already has his heart.

I know I've said this WAY too many times now in this post but truly, I am absolutely grateful for your comment. I mayhaps have an idea about Caleb and this non-mc but that's for another day! It's not fully fleshed out yet, I'm considering having it in a separate set-up but we'll have to see! I still have a lot of projects up my sleeve :)

AGAAAIN, thank you so much for noticing the little details I've put between the intricacies of their relationship. And yes, they truly are a budding promise, you just know that Caleb will put on the work for her!

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts on the story, it means so much to me as someone who only writes for fun after a long day of being a professional and writing formal shit :") Comments truly make my day and I just really REALLY want to extend my gratitude. I truly appreciate this, I hope your pulls are blessed !! Thank you again, anonie! <333

[namgyunation]

I'm not the anon who sent the ask abt nam-gyu crying but I did send an ask abt nam-gyu and addiction (so plz feel free to put this with that one if it's easier for you, im just a yapper), and talked abt how we have has some similar experiences and now I saw that other ask and gurrrrlllll not you hitting me in the feelings with the things you think would make him cry being the things that make me cry aka death, abandonment, and insecurity (I had a severe eating disorder growing up and still fight against my inner monologue abt my appearance to this day). Those are the things I could see making him cry too ngl. And I have the same headcanon as you that his childhood was harsh/his family relations are probably strained or they're not in contact. (And that kind of thing can really factor into addictions)

I actually do have a question for you now though lmao sorry to yap moreee but I hc him as bisexual as well, I don't even have a specific reason, it just feels right for me. (I hc thanos this way also tbh) and I see that you do as well and I'm excited because I didn't see anyone else hc him as bo, only gay. My question: do you think he is OK with that or do you think he has a physical attraction to thanos and is aware of it and mad abt that too because he hasn't accepted his sexuality?

<33 hello again!!!!!! plsssplspls yap to me omg i love yappers <3333 :]

ik you sent this back on march 2nd but i hope you're still around to see this reply... pls feel free to hmu again if you do <3

i'm glad that we share a lot of the same headcanons and that you enjoyed that post i made!!!! stick around bc i really wanna write out more headcanons about what i feel like his home life growing up would've been like for him. and completely agree that that kind of thing really factors into addictions. not gonna get into it too much in this post (feel free to dm me / send more asks if you wanna discussm more headcanons), but i totally believe by the time the games roll around, he is no longer talking to any of his family members / is estranged from his family. drug usage is so extremely stigmatized in korea (even just weed), and nam-gyu is out here doing everythingggg. no way dude has a support system or family looking out for him

and omg YAYYYY more bi nam-gyu truthers!!!!! i swear, there's definitely way more people out there that hc nam-gyu as bi. ppl r just more quiet about it bc ik it's rather popular to hc him as gay or say something like "i couldn't possibly see nam-gyu with a woman" or "he hates women so much he wouldn't be attracted to one" etc. etc. anyways.

"My question: do you think he is OK with that or do you think he has a physical attraction to thanos and is aware of it and mad abt that too because he hasn't accepted his sexuality?"

but yes yes to get back to your question, i view him as bi, and if he were to be bi fr, i think he would 100% be closeted. i'm gonna try to not let my own headcanons and bias leak in here while i talk about my rationale lol and just to try to stick to what little information we're given in canon.

so again, in canon, we clearly see that he desperately wants to be perceived in a certain way by others. he wants to fit in, doesn't want to be seen as weak. that's like a reallyyy big thing about him. won't go too deeply into it again bc i think i've done that like 100x in all my other posts where i talk about his character, lmao.

and to clarify, what i'm gonna say here about sexuality and gender is not indicative of my own views, just how i'd feel nam-gyu would view it based on his character.

obligatory acknowledgment to everyone reading that these are all my own interpretations, everyone pls have fun and headcanon what you want. nam-gyu is not real

CW: mentions of internalized homophobia ahead; if that upsets you don't read this

anyway, nam-gyu seems like the perfect image of 'toxic masculinity.' quick reiteration of something i said in another post, but like. he's so overly aggressive for no reason and is always going after and trying to assert himself over min-su, someone he perceives as weak: quiet, shy, timid, nervous. he refuses to let himself cry after watching thanos bleed out, despite that being a very valid reason to, and he gets extremely snappy, sensitive, and defensive the second se-mi makes even the slightest comment that pokes a hole in the confident, strong, tough guy image that he tries to build up in front of the rest of the team during the pentathlon.

with how insecure he is and the fact that this extreme insecurity is such a big, emphasized part of his character, i really do not see him being open and honest with others about his sexuality if he were to be anything other than straight. tbh, i wouldn't even see him wanting to be honest with himself lmao.

he's full of so much resentment and is constantly repressing his true feelings and trying to mold himself to appear a certain way to others. because of this, i think that in the hc of him being bi or gay, realistically, he would be extremely repressed. i could even see him having a lot of internalized homophobia, frustration, and anger towards himself and repressing that part of his sexuality. every time we see him, he's so extremely hateful to everyone around him, even thanos to an extent, as we see the resentment he feels towards him rise bc of the continued disrespect lmao (though he keeps that inside bc he wants thanos to like him). i could see him directing a lot of that hatred at himself, too. he's also sooo hyper-aware of how he's being perceived by others all the time, as well.

with how emotionally constipated and insecure he is, i barely even see him admitting his sexuality to himself, let alone be open about it. i don't think he'd want to accept that part of himself, or at the very least, like you said, be extremely mad and frustrated at himself for it.

also repeating something i've said before, but with how nam-gyu acts, bro likely did not have a warm, supportive, and communicative home life. i think it's a safe assumption to make that someone that acts like that: mean, angry, resentful, with a history of "being disrespected his whole life" likely did not have many people close to him that he could trust or be vulnerable with a topic as sensitive as that, especially considering how extremely stigmatized it is to be lgbt in korea and how normalized it is to be openly hostile towards gay people over there, which is further emphasized in the show itself, seeing how the prejudice hyun-ju faced for being a transwoman was shown repeatedly throughout s2.

so. nam-gyu hates the idea of being seen as weak, hates the idea of being associated with / being friends with people he views as weak (shown by his bullying of min-su and aggression when min-su tries to "talk to him like they're friends" in that one scene in mingle), likely holds the idea that women are naturally weaker than men (a belief that we see is held by a lot of the men in squid game, including both main and side characters from s1 and s2; such as sang-woo and deok-su when making teams for tug of war and one of extras in s2 gi-hun's huddle before lights out. with nam-gyu specifically, this is shown in his reluctance to recruit se-mi without knowing if the game would require strength).

with all that, i don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that nam-gyu is the type of dude to think of femininity = weakness.

also, quick side tangent, but with the femininity = weakness thing, that's also partly the reason why i'm not the biggest fan of how he gets feminized when put into a relationship with thanos. not that there's anything wrong with having fun and making jokes, and obv the "omg he's my malewife princess cunty diva queen i'm gonna get him pregnant <3" thing is a fandom joke that's been around forever, so i'm acknowledging that. but with nam-gyu it just feel like it straight up just goes against a big part of his character and personality, to the point where i'm like. okk he would not do that, and the character isn't even nam-gyu at that point. i think this is also present in how people treat gi-hun as well, but i will not go there lmao

based on his behavior throughout s2, it's clear to see that he has the constant desire to come off to other people as this big, strong, confident, intimidating dude. i just think it's highly unlikely that he'd wear anything feminine or allow himself to publically do anything that he thinks could make him come off as weak, feminine, or just stand out to others in a way that differs from the norm that puts him in a position to be judged negatively. i could really see him thinking that femininity is synonymous with weakness, and his whole thing is that he HATES being seen as weak.

nam-gyu is a disrespectful, resentful asshole that exhibits toxic / fragile masculinity throughout all of s2. i find it extremely plausible that he'd be the type of dude to hold the problematic view of inherently associating homosexuality with femininity (despite gender expression and sexuality obviously being two completely different things), and thus, weakness, especially considering homosexuality is commonly considered to be a deviation from traditional masculinity. i just can't see him being out and open about that part of himself if he were to experience that kind of attraction. i think he'd hate himself for it.

does all that i said make sense lmfao.... it's midnight and i'm tired, but i'm just gonna post this lol. i honestly think i deviated far from what you asked and just started talking about why i hc him as closeted no matter if he were to be bi or gay.

and just to touch on the thanos part of your ask really quick: i'm acknowledging my bias here real quick, because i personally prefer to see them as bros. however, idk it can be interpreted both ways lol, i think it's just up to the viewer at that point to determine if nam-gyu was physically attracted to thanos or if he was just fanboying and clout-chasing after this cool celebrity that he clearly was a huge fan of.

no matter how it's interpreted, i personally think that if nam-gyu were to be romantically attracted to thanos, he'd be mad at himself for it and try to ignore it.

tdlr: i hc nam-gyu as bi, but 100% closeted. he exhibits a lot of toxic masculinity and fragility through his actions and things he says. he's always trying to maintain a certain strong, confident image of himself to others, and is hyper-aware of how he's perceived by others. because of that, i really don't think he'd allow himself to publically deviate from the 'norm' of what's considered masculine. this, plus taking into account how normalized it is to be openly critical of lgbt people in korea (something that's highlighted in s2), if he were to be bi / gay, i doubt he'd be honest about it to anyone, let alone himself. just look at how angry and repressed he is about everything, how he bullies the living shit out of min-su for being 'weak', for not fitting what he deems as 'masculine'. i think nam-gyu'd be mad at himself for it and refuse to admit it. he's not okay with a lot of things about himself and the people around him. i personally do not see him being accepting of his own sexuality, either.

ANDDD quick disclaimer. this is how i hc him but IN THE SHOW / in my own personal namgyuverse in my head. in a fanon, having fun and writing fics and making art and memes sense, WHO GAFFFFF.

also!!!!! i will answer the first part of your ask separately :) thank you for the kind message and taking the time to send me it, seriously!!!! hopefully i don't take too long again </3

[dorianslayyy]

13 Books Tag Game

Tagged by @bubblegum-blackwood

1) The last book I read:

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros - I absolutely devoured this sequel, omg. Obviously it’s nothing fancy or anything like that but hey what’s wrong with a smutty YA? Not to mention DRAGONS

2) A book I recommend:

Perfume by Patrick Süskind - when I read it I had no idea it was a whole entire modern classic, I just picked it up at Oxfam for like 3 for £1 or something but, wow, I can 100% understand how it earned that status! If you like an eery not-too-long horror story with the most beautiful imagery describing some fucked up gothic storylines and a lot of social commentary, you’ll love this book!

3) A book that I couldn’t put down:

Ahhh ok, im gonna say In Memoriam by Alice Winn. The ending was… idk I wasn’t really a fan of the ending, I thought it kind of disengaged and took away from the struggles and severity of war and sexuality the rest of the book portrayed but until that point the rest of the story was everythingggg, there’s a sweet forbidden romance/coming of age/found family in the 1910’s propelling into a story of the horror of WW1 and losing everything you know. All I can really say is that I read it all in one go (more or less) and it had me laughing and sobbing throughout

4) A book I’ve read twice (or more):

I mean… there’s an obvious choice here - The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. HOWEVER I’m going to absolutely cheat and also say Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the drama, the trauma, the vast majority of these characters are awful and I love it 🤌🤌

5) A book on my TBR:

So many… so so many… I’m gonna say House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski tho because it was expensive and it’s cool looking and I’ve actually been meaning to read that for a while but boy howdy it’s huge

6) A book I’ve put down:

The Tale Of The Body Thief by Anne Rice UGHH I’m trying so hard!! It’s so many words with so little going on, and I do enjoy it, I really do, it’s so goofy, but it’s so.. i mean verbose isn’t really quite the right word but you know what I mean. Sorry mutuals :( I just need a break to read something short and silly - which I’ve almost finished the little series I’m currently reading

7) A book on my wish list:

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - it sounds absolutely soul crushing and miserable, I know this completely contradicts what I just said about being in the mood for a silly read but <333

8) A favorite book from childhood:

Omg 10000x the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy, guys you don’t understand, as much as I would love to talk about how my mum and I used to sit and read Anne Of Green Gables before bed or my Enid Blyton obsession when I was like 6, Skulduggery Pleasant was my absolute jam - I must’ve read that series (the original 9 + spin offs) a million times in primary school. I did keep up with phase 2 when that was coming out but I don’t know if I’ll bother with phase 3, I’m just too old now and phase 2 wasn’t all that imo - I think it’s sort of beating a dead horse at this point :( but the original 9 and Maleficent Seven/Armageddon Outta Here were my childhood and I definitely absorbed Valkyrie Cain into my identity as a child so that series probably shaped a big part of who I am and my hobbies as an adult

9) A book you would give to a friend:

Love On The Brain by Ali Hazelwood. Silly, nerdy, fun, a cute little Pride and Prejudice-esque enemies to lovers feat. women in STEM

10) A book of poetry or lyrics that you own:

Ok so anyone who’s seen my other poetry blog @apoemadaykeepsthehoesaway knows my obsession with The Complete Poems of Wilfred Owen (I have a lot of difference versions) AHHH by far my favourite poet - as you can imagine with such a young man, you can clearly see his changing mentalities, his growth as a person and a writer, his influences, and really gather a lot of context for what’s going on with him in general through his poems. And he grew up in all the same areas I grew up in and hung around as a kid/younger teen, which I think adds to my personal interest in him too. Idk ig we’re very close friends on a parasocial level lol.

And ofc there really aren’t that many poets around that give such visceral, truthful, and emotional insights to the First World War as Owen does (also a queer icon). He was my intro to war literature and I have tattoos relating to him, he and his work are just incredible to read about, would highly recommend having a look at Siegfried Sassoon’s war poems too; another very blunt poet who was a celebrity and war protestor at the time and happened to mentor Wilfred Owen, as well as being linked with other influential folks of the time such as Robbie Ross, Stephen Tennant, Rupert Brooke, and Ivor Novello. Ok Ill move on :,)

11) A nonfiction book you own:

Surprisingly I quite like nonfiction, mainly history and essays from philosophers and the like. Speaking of, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good And Evil is a pretty solid one I own, I’ve never read anything where the author begins by calling himself and all his coworkers socially inept incels 🥹 but even though I don’t remember the specific reason I bought it (I was reading it to argue against some other philosophers in an essay in college and I really don’t remember who or what it was) I remember it being a really interesting read

Or yknow in a more traditional sense of non-fiction, I also have Notes On A Nervous Planet by Matt Haig. Really helped me get through some stuff, if you’re struggling with anxiety or feeling a bit down lately I’d very much recommend

12) What are you currently reading:

Omg ok, The Hitchhiker Trilogy by Douglas Adams, I’m currently on book 3 of 5 - Life, The Universe, And Everything. Really silly and nonsensical space bs but somehow also a bleakly satirical social commentary on the unseriousness of our ‘serious’ world. Really enjoyable, fairly political to some degree, really short (around or less than 200 pages a book), really fun. Martin Freeman truly was the perfect casting for Arthur Dent in the film of the first book. Full of that quintessentially British cynical humour and of course plenty of cups of tea

To give a little preview, the second book literally opens “The story so far: In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

13) What are you planning on reading next?

Books 4 and 5 of The Hitchhiker Trilogy, and then I suppose I had better carry on reading The Tale Of The Body Thief :D

Tagging whoever wants to have a go, it’s super fun, sorry if I went on a bit on some of these 😅

[delugyu]

omg ok so basically my timeline with loona is a bit blurry because i knew about them a while before i became a fan. i was kinda a casual listener when i discovered them through hyunjin's solo because i LOVED i'll be there and around you. i liked kiss later and love cherry motion too but hyunjin was the only member that i really knew. but then i properly got into loona when gowon debuted since i heard one & only and i became OBSESSED with her voice and it really quickly became my fave loona solo 😭 then it was kinda a struggle between loyalty to hyunjin and just gowon really standing out to me because i always find it hard to switch biases from the member that got me into the group but deep down i KNEWWWW it was my princess gowon 😍 but also i had huge crushes on gowon hyunjin and chuu which did not help me with my struggle between them because they were just so GORGEOUS (another fun fact: i did not realise that i had crushes on them in that moment but loona ended up being my bi awakening LMFAOOOO)

anywayyy then yyxy released beauty&thebeat and my fave parts of their songs were usually gowon's lines like her part in the love4eva chorus and her "8.5 what is your signal?" in rendezvous 18.6y! and THEN hi high was released and one of my favourite parts was her line with yeojin during chuu's high note and i just couldnt deny the fact that she was my bias shes just so cutesie and silly and i adore her vocal tone!

but i love every member a lot they're fr my comfort group i'm probably slightly unhealthily attached to them Imao 😭 my reason for stanning gowon is really simple but once i fell in love with her voice i just couldn't take my attention off of her 😖 when did she become your bias? also what's your fave loona song from each subunit and ot12 i love asking this question 🙏

and yeah i am NOT lying when i say i would join a cult and make a couple sacrifices to bring my girls back together 😓 when you really think about it what's a couple lives lost to save the lives of every single orbit out there..! 😊 no but seriously it's actually criminal how long we've had to go without them i'm having withdrawal symptoms 💔

also sorry very last thing i remembered something you said in one of your replies to me before and you were NOT wrong when you assumed engenes are strict when it comes to ni-ki 😭😭 i'm only a year older than him and the number of pedo accusations i've had for calling him hot is INSANE like you would not believe it 💀

- 🪼

OMGG being there since around you is so insane ur a real veteran. i’ll be there was one of my faveeee loona songs when i first started stanning, listening to it now makes me reminisce so hard 😭 i think gowon’s voice is like her main attractor for her fans, her tone is so unique and colorful and it’s one of the reasons she became my bias too hehe. loona being ur bi awakening is everythingggg lol love that for you!

i am soooo with u on this omg they’re my comfort group too 😭😭🤍 like they can’t not be… they ran my life for yearssss, i don’t think i’ll ever love a group as much as i loved them. i hope i don’t get jumped for saying that here lol. but i mean without them i never would’ve gotten into fanfic writing and i would’ve never made this acc so no one gets to be mad!!! LOL no i doubt anyone cares, i trust that ppl on my page are mature enough to not gaf 😭 txt has my heart too of course hehe<3

gowon became my bias during one and only era lol!! i double biased her and chuu for years actually, but somewhere along the line i just became like a diehard gowon fan. as gowon fans tend to be LMAO. chuu still my #2 tho like that’s bae 🤞

YES GAWD i love talking abt loona’s discography. hehe okay my fave solo song changes a lot but rn its probably new. unless love letter counts, then it’s absolutely love letter lol. my fave 1/3 song will FOREVER be rain 51db!!!! i was insanely obsessed with it in 2018 it was my most played song of the year 😭 my fave oec song…. this is tough…. hmm probably sweet crazy love… max and match is like my go-to album to recommend to a non-kpop fan lol. my favorite yyxy song is rendezvous 18.6y!!! i love how fun and floaty and cute it is. god my fave ot12 song is a hard question…. i think it comes down to colors or satellite, although heat was my favorite for a longgggg time. if day and night was on streaming it would probably be up there too lol. okay now u!!!!! lol what’s ur faves?

LMFAOOAKJSHS ur so right we can lose a couple people for the greater good of the masses…. utilitarianism was right after all! 😁

also that’s so insane omg. some kpop fans just so clearly don’t go outside lol finding someone one year younger than u attractive is so normal. it’s like suffocating how strict kpop twt got after 2020, like you get sniped for the smallest things and it’s impossible to have fun unless ur a private account 😭

[threes-a-roony]

I lied. Yk how i said i never had a Animaniacs OC??? Thats because i forgot abt Lakko Warner- or my version of him

He’s a scrapped character but i didnt like what they did with him so i OCified him. I dont have anything all that fleshed out, it’s pretty surface level and i used him for a bit but i wasn’t overly attached for more that a week or so. As i said, im not an OC guy.

Basic info:

Lakko: older sibling to Yakko, Wakko, and Dot

-Mentally 18-20 y/o

-was never locked in the Water Tower

-only fully clothed Warner

-bad at EVERYTHINGGGG

-so forgettable one of the running gags was that he was in Animaniacs all along, we just collectively as a society forgot about him

-in another story i made up in my head he literally doesn't know about his sibs until the 90's. He doesn't watch much TV.

Backstory: was meant to- like the OG trio- act as a foil to buddy. He was supposed to play a straight-man type character, and his appearance is like this for the irony. A zany human toon vs a sane unhuman toon. There is a subversion but the idea was rejected.

Anyways: Lakko was made, and was deemed so forgettable that the Borax was like: “EUREKA! A character!” And then immediately forgot he made said character. Lakko’s existence messes with people and annoys them but unlike his sibs, he’s not trying to be. He’s ALWAYYYYS forgotten (except by his sibs, when they do meet)

Lakko technically didn’t walk off of his paper till after the og trio but he was alive, on the paper if yk what i mean (imagine episode 1 of Tiny Toons when Buster and Babs are still on the paper but are talking and stuff). He's completely apathetic and and chill. As i said, untalented hack who messes EVERYTHING up on earth he cannnnooooot pull out a mallet to save his life- but he will go batshit if you touch a HAIR on one of his sibs' heads. will struggle with 3x6 for hours on end.

Anyways: because of this not having the zaniness or drive or whatever to jump of the page like his siblings he isn’t there when they get captured. He doesn’t even know he HAS siblings. He does learn of them, eventually, though and is hesitant to find them. The Sibs do that for him. The sibs convince him to come stay with them by some means or another and at first he's all "no way, who are you three?" but then he sees the mistreatment they suffer at the hands of the WB studio and then he's all "oh fuck no there are my kids"

Sometimes he's simply a cousin to the Warners and not another brother. it depended on my mood. i didn't put much work into the backstory, just mostly the after senario and his dynamics with the other Warner Brothers.

[saemihaw]

tw. cocsa

can't believe that's the only conversation we would have about that and we didn't even at all actually talk about it eithet lmaoo😭😭

the fuckk

Also she'd not at all even ask if I was okay or if anything more had happened or somethingggg

but yeah she was uncomfortable. and uncomfortable talking about it.

so sure tell the kid to make it stop basically. after just crying to you over itttt

Like great. Now why would that be your response..? shouldn't you like be worried and want to check more into that or something?

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

no wonder I always feel weird if I sometimes see him or his parents once in a while.

it's always at the back of mind and I wonder if he thinks about it too

like its hard to not look or think of him and not think of that and how well yeahhh

And then his or my parents would always remind how we'd talk about getting married as kids or stuff like that and last time his parents were asking kind of would it be possibility of us ever getting together or something and how I should reach out to him and stuff😭😭

bro we really have not talked much at all after we'd go to school

it's just awkward

it's awkward it feels weird

And I cannot not think about that whenever I in any way think of him

like yeahhh

I do not think that's happening kdufufufufufuffy

Ugh

I feeeeel little sickkk

I feel a bit sick again

my mother would get uncomfortable and tell me to tell him to keep his pants on in our house.

and then I'd break down crying.

And you get upset and mad and try I guesss help like saying to then just not be friends with people who try force you do something you don't want or say they won't be ur friend if you don't

but then you don't even help me to like

well anyway other with that or talk to me about it or his parents

?

and you'd just let me have to try drawing the line as we kids are again together but you just act like nothing has happened at all or that you don't have the feeling or know something is off

I don't think our parents still know about the stuff we didddd

how could you not try checking up more about that

something you saw did make you uncomfortable enough for tell me to make it stop but not asking if I was alright.

or talk to him about ittt u knowww. If u see something that feels weird or uncomfortable or uneasy or off why do you just turn a blind eye and then wait to lecture meeee about ittttttt

Coooooool

ughhhhh

what the hell

you seriously rather ignore that so you don't have to face that something could be happening. or want to think about it more or ask me about it because you feel uncomfortable

cooooooool

what the helll

I feel sick

I don't even know if I remember all

I honestly do not think I remember everythingggg

Can I go throw up now actually

I don't know what to think of this

wasn't the worst that could've happened. but stufff

happened.....

like stuff happened

and I just felt kind of weird about it... did not really think much of it but what the hell

there's a whole name for that ??

and it in fact was not normal 😭??

I legit feel sick

Fuck

[venacaava]

tagged by @slimeybee !!

putting the divider cause shit is long

what’s the origin of your blog title? i already made a post like this one but it’s literally just the song “ready to blow” by kmfdm because i love kmfdm and i love industrial music

OTP(s) + shipname: if i actually started making a list of all my ships this post would be three hours long

favorite color? take a guess… + black and white even if they technically don’t count but LET ME LIVE

favorite game? tie between silent hill 2 and devil may cry 5

song stuck in your head?

weirdest habit/trait? i cant stay completely still except when i really have to so i always fidget with something. most of the time its my hair, my fingers or my vertical labret piercing (LMAO). when i get nervous it’s even WORSE. + sometimes when i get too nervous or overwhelmed or whatever i bite down on my fingers and/or my hand + im obsessed with certain numbers and i have to do things or list things down in 3 or 5 (like. 3 fav movies or 3 things about me etc) or else i’ll feel weirded out and my brain will act weird (3 is my lucky number!!)

hobbies: writing, cosplay, art (i guess), sometimes gaming + other stuff that idk if you can count as a hobby. and being insufferable on the internet ofc

if you work, what’s your profession? currently searching for a job! shit’s been a little hard lately

if you could have any job you wish, what would it be? something that involves cinema or theatre in some way… maybe acting, but that might only stay in my dreams

something you’re good at: i’m a pretty good listener… i guess. i don’t really know what to say to this one

something you’re bad at: anything involving maths and having to do calculations. + remembering stuff. i have big memory issues.

something you love: fashion and being able to express myself however i want, music, my close friends, my boyfriend and my cat :3

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: any of my big main interests tbh. which are like. music, fashion and cinema

something you hate: stupid people, every one that did me wrong in my life, the fact that we’re in such a horrible situation politic wise and that we are pretty much fucked and many other stupid things cause im a hater at heart

something you collect: physical media (cds/dvds), action figures, trinkets, dolls (only some), merch of my fav bands

something you forget: EVERYTHINGGGG.

what’s your love language? on the giving side, i’m more of a gift giving and quality time person. and also showing stuff that reminds me of the people i love to them. on the receiving side, i’d say all of them maybe

fav movie/fav show: i can’t pick just one so i’m gonna list like three for each one.

movies: the nightmare before christmas, perfect blue and nowhere (1997)

shows: midnight mass, arcane and (if animes count) death note

fav food: brownies…….. but if were talking about actual food then i’d say anything with chicken in it

fav animal: cats, seals and bats :3

what were you like as a child? more extrovert than how i am now, certified yapper and i wasn’t scared to be as weird as i wanted to be. didn’t have many friends as you can guess except the ones who were as weird as me

favorite subject at school? english

least favorite subject? maths and (most of) history

what’s your best character trait? i’m a very empathic person

what’s your worst character trait? unresolved anger issues, can be jealous sometimes, tend to isolate myself when i’m upset

if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? be in a better mental state

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? Wayne Static from Static-X, singer of my favorite band ever and one of my biggest inspirations. I would tell him how much his music means to me and how much it helped during the years.

tag as as many mutuals as you want!

@peachfuzz-nygma @riverphoenixsgothwife @primalsldge or anyone else that wants to do it, no obligation ofc!

[icharchivist]

this one is heavy plot spoilers tho but it got to me

veilguard spoilers

ok so first fuck the wardens right but also "the blight hasn't changed in thousands of years" did you not read the Warden Commander of Ferelden report on what's happening under Amaranthine. Did you not pay attention to how the Blight corrupted the South. Are you that fucking stupid you p--

ANYWAY MY HERO MY BESTIE MY BESTFRIEND THE ONLY ONE I CAN RELY ON

ANYWAY DORIAN MY HERO MY LOVE MY EVERYTHINGGGG i'm so glad he just waited for the perfect entrance to tell him "HEY FUCK YOU REMEMBER WHO WAS IN THE INQUISITION? ~MOI~. YOU CANT TALK SHIT TO ME."

also Dorian's face when the man leaves is everything

this was so good it made me so happy. fanservice for me.

skipping a bit around but then they have a convo about the Shadow Dragons which is sooo neat and then this bit, i love you Dorian:

HE IS SO GOODDDDDD

he's sooo right so true i can't wait to meet my real warden buddy

[redvdress]

ELLIE THAT WAS JUST SO GOOD OMG YOUR WRITING IS EVERYTHINGGGG NEVER ACTUALLY LIKED AN ANGST BEFORE

so, so!! any thoughts on bakugo x a reader that's so gentle it's sickening? how he feels bothered over how sweet you are, but still blushes when you compliment him? how his gaze softens up when you step into the room with that peaceful energy of yours? how he breaks the nose of some stupid guy for making you cry ?! (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡

again, thanks for writing down my requests (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) i'm glad you like 'em! and don't worry, i'll send you every thought i have!

- blue 🫐

SOFT SPARKS

A/N: blueee i couldn’t wait for one of your requests, i guess bakugo is y’all favorite and i’m so glad of that. i’m so glad you liked my work btw, that’s all that matters to me!!! and this bakugo x kind reader was such a good idea, it’s so fun picturing them because they’re so different soo i tried my best picturing him, i hope y’all like it!! please send as many requests you want, love your prompts and ideas!!

Bakugo was marching down the hall, his scowl more prominent than ever. Class had been intense today, and everything from his quirk training to his usual sparring had him in a bad mood. His hands twitched with restrained explosions, and the glare in his eyes warned anyone nearby to steer clear. But then again, most people already knew better than to mess with him when he was like this.

Except for you.

You, with your unfailing kindness and gentle spirit. Everyone knew you as the soft-spoken, supportive student.

No matter how tough things got, you always found something positive to say to everyone, no matter how small the moment.

Even Bakugo, the walking embodiment of fury and chaos, couldn’t escape your warm compliments and bright smiles.

“Hey, Bakugo!” you called out from behind him.

He flinched. Great, just what he needed. Someone trying to talk to him.

He turned his head slightly, just enough to shoot you a death glare over his shoulder.

“What do you want?” he snapped, not even bothering to stop.

You hurried to catch up with him, walking by his side as if the seething aura of rage wasn’t even there.

“You did amazing today in the combat drills! Your explosions were so precise”

Bakugo stopped in his tracks, slowly turning to face you fully now.

His red eyes narrowed into dangerous slits, brows furrowing in disbelief. Was he hearing this right?

“What did you just say?” he growled, leaning in slightly. “Are you messing with me?”

You blinked up at him innocently, completely unphased by his aggressive stance. “No, of course not! I mean it. Your control has gotten so much better, it’s impressive. You’ve been working really hard, and it’s showing.”

His eye twitched. Compliments? Him? From someone who wasn’t either trying to suck up or being sarcastic? What kind of game were you playing?

“Shut up!” he barked, stepping back as if your kindness was something dangerous.

“I don’t need you pitying me! You think just ‘cause you’re all sweet and nice that I give a damn about what you say?”

Your smile never faltered.

You understood Bakugo better than most people did. Beneath that fiery temper, you knew he was deeply driven, always striving to be the best, and that came with a lot of pressure. It wasn’t that he didn’t care—he cared too much.

“I’m not pitying you, Bakugo. I’m just telling the truth,” you said, your tone as calm as ever. “You’re an amazing hero in the making, and it’s obvious that you’re pushing yourself to get stronger every day. That’s something to be proud of.”

His hands clenched into fists, little sparks of explosion energy crackling between his fingers.

“Tch, whatever,” he muttered, turning on his heel and stomping off again. “I don’t need your compliments, so back off!”

You watched him storm away, his frustration nearly palpable in the air.

But instead of feeling discouraged, you simply chuckled to yourself and continued on your way.

Bakugo didn’t get it.

He didn’t get you.

You weren’t like the others who flinched when he so much as looked in their direction. You never avoided him like he was some damn ticking bomb, like everyone else did. And it pissed him off.

But at the same time… it didn’t.

He was sitting in the common room, arms crossed, glaring at the wall like it personally offended him. The day had been long, the usual grind of training with those idiots in class wearing him thin.

He was tired, but no way in hell was he going to let anyone see that. His mind was already racing, planning out his next moves for tomorrow. He was always thinking, always pushing.

Then the door opened, and without even looking, he knew it was you.

He could feel it—the whole room shifted, like the air was lighter all of a sudden.

Everyone relaxed, even that nervous wreck Deku, who’d been pacing the room. He stopped immediately when you stepped in, like you were some damn calming breeze that just blew in and made everything peaceful.

It was annoying.

Annoying how everyone seemed to instantly chill out around you.

But the thing that really got under his skin? He could feel his own shoulders loosening up too.

What the hell?

He stole a glance at you, and his scowl wavered—just for a second.

Just enough for someone with half a brain to notice.

You weren’t even doing anything special, just your usual thing: smiling, saying hello to everyone like you weren’t stepping into a room full of future pro-heroes who were either anxious wrecks or ticking time bombs. But the way you moved, so calm, so sure of yourself—it was like nothing fazed you.

He hated it. But also… didn’t.

His gaze softened, just for a second, as you crossed the room.

There was something about the way you carried yourself—like you weren’t trying too hard to be kind. It was just you, like breathing. And for some reason, that made everything around you feel less suffocating.

“Tch” Bakugo grunted, trying to shove the stupid feeling down as you approached him. His fists clenched on instinct.

“Hey, Bakugo” you said, your voice soft, not that fake crap others tried with him, but the real deal. Genuine. “You good?”

Why did you always do that? Ask if he was okay like you actually gave a damn?

Most people would rather run for their lives than check in on him.

Yet here you were, every damn time, showing up with that peaceful energy that somehow… didn’t piss him off as much as it should.

“‘Course I’m good!” he snapped, louder than necessary. “Why the hell wouldn’t I be?!”

You didn’t even flinch. Of course, you didn’t. Instead, you just gave him that small smile, the one that made his chest tighten in ways he refused to acknowledge.

“Just checking. You looked a little tense.”

Tch, as if. He was always tense.

He had to be. You didn’t get to be number one by taking it easy, by being all soft and peaceful like you.

But damn, the way your presence changed the whole room—it almost made him feel like he could, just for a second.

He glared at you, eyes narrowing, but it wasn’t the same sharpness he usually threw at everyone else. He couldn’t help it—his gaze softened again. Just for a second.

Not that anyone would notice.

Except maybe you.

You lingered for a moment longer, before heading off to talk to someone else, probably Kirishima or Uraraka, making the rounds with that annoyingly kind vibe of yours. And as you left, Bakugo found himself staring at the space you had just been, the room now feeling… colder, heavier again.

He clicked his tongue in irritation. Stupid. Stupid how your presence could get to him like that. He shook his head, trying to snap himself out of it.

Next day you found yourself and your class training with 1-B, they weren’t that bad, except for Monoma, because Neito Monoma never knew when to shut up.

That was pretty much a universal truth around U.A., especially for Class 1-A.

Every time there was even a hint of interaction between the two classes, Monoma would seize the opportunity to talk down to them, puffing out his chest like he had something to prove. And today? Today was no different.

You had just finished training, the sweat on your forehead barely dry when Monoma strutted over, that infuriating grin plastered on his face. His classmates hung back, probably already knowing he was about to run his mouth again. But this time, you weren’t the only one in his sights.

“Oh, look who it is. Class 1-A’s golden children” Monoma began, his voice dripping with mockery. “Still thinking you’re better than everyone else, huh?”

You sighed internally at what he said to Midoriya, already bracing yourself for whatever nonsense he had lined up. It was exhausting how he always seemed to have something negative to say.

Still, you kept calm, like you always did. After all, it wasn’t in your nature to rise to the bait. But then Monoma’s eyes flicked over to you, and his smirk widened.

“And you—honestly, it’s a wonder you haven’t been chewed up and spat out yet. I mean, someone with a personality as soft and kind as yours? You must really be banking on those amazing friends of yours to keep you from getting crushed.”

You blinked, your heart sinking a little at the jab, but before you could even think of a response, Bakugo’s growl cut through the air like a thunderclap.

“You wanna say that again, you bastard??!!”

Bakugo stormed forward, his hands already sparking with small, threatening explosions. His eyes were practically glowing with fury, and Monoma had the nerve to laugh.

“Oh, Bakugo!” Monoma taunted, not backing down one inch.

“The big bad explosion boy. Tell me, how does it feel to know you’ll always be in second place? Maybe third? Or fourth, depending on how Midoriya, Todoroki, or even Shinsou do in the rankings?”

Bakugo’s eye twitched, his entire body stiff with barely-contained rage. But Monoma wasn’t done.

He had to push further, like he was begging for a one-way ticket to the hospital.

“And the way you fawn over them,” Monoma’s grin grew even wider as he pointed toward you. “It’s cute, actually. Never thought I’d see the day when Bakugo—Mr. ‘I don’t need anyone’—would turn into a guard dog. Or is it a lap dog? Which do you prefer?”

BOOM!

An explosion went off so close to Monoma that it sent him skidding back, dust kicking up around him. Bakugo stepped in front of you, fists clenched so tightly that his palms were practically trembling with sparks.

“The hell did you just say? Say one more thing-one more—and I’ll blow your smug face off your skull!” Bakugo barked, his voice low and dangerous, like he was barely keeping himself from launching Monoma into orbit.

Monoma blinked through the dust, his smug grin faltering for a split second before he chuckled again. “Oh, come on, Bakugo. Really? We’re resorting to violence now because I made a joke? You sure you’re not getting soft?”

Bakugo was inches from him, his face twisted into a furious snarl, teeth bared like he was ready to tear Monoma apart right there and then.

"You got some kinda death wish, huh?!"

But Monoma didn’t back off. “But let’s be honest, Bakugo. All that yelling, all those explosions, and yet, when it comes down to it? You’ll never be number one, no matter how much you huff and puff. That spot’s reserved for people with brains, not just brawn. Maybe try calming down and learning a little humility from your precious little friend here. It might help!”

Bakugo didn’t even think. The next explosion was so fast, so precise, it was like a cannon shot, aimed perfectly to miss Monoma but close enough to make him feel the heat. The ground at Monoma’s feet cracked, dust flying into the air. Bakugo advanced, rage rolling off him in waves, his eyes burning.

“I don’t give a damn about your stupid rankings, and I sure as hell don’t need some washed-up copycat telling me where I stand”

Monoma, now clearly shaken but too proud to back down, tried to recover his smirk. “Oh, did I hit a nerve? Funny how—”

“Shut the hell up!” Bakugo shouted, his voice nearly cracking with intensity. “You don’t get to talk about me, and you sure as hell don’t get to talk about them. You’re nothing! You hear me?!”

Kaminari, who had been watching from a distance, finally decided to step in, looking between Bakugo and Monoma nervously. “Hey, man, maybe we should all just—”

Bakugo cut him off, his focus still locked on Monoma. “You wanna talk about ‘soft’? You’re the one hiding behind your stupid mouth because you know you don’t stand a chance. You wanna make fun of me, fine. I’ll blow you up any day of the week. But you don’t say shit about them, got it?”

The quiet that followed Bakugo’s words was deafening. Even Monoma seemed to realize he’d gone too far, his grin now completely wiped off his face. He didn’t say anything else—maybe because he didn’t want to be the target of Bakugo’s next explosion.

Bakugo took a slow, deliberate step back, the air around him still crackling with leftover energy. His fists unclenched, though the anger in his eyes didn’t fade.

“Next time you wanna talk crap” Bakugo said, his voice low and venomous, “make sure you’re ready to eat it.”

Monoma, for once, had nothing to say.

He just nodded, albeit stiffly, and walked off, probably realizing he was lucky to still be in one piece.

Once Monoma was out of sight, Bakugo turned to you, his expression still tense, but softer than the fury he’d just unleashed.

“Tch. Idiot doesn’t know what he’s talking about” Bakugo muttered. He turned to leave, clearly still fuming, but you could see the way his shoulders stayed tight, like he was still on edge.

You smiled softly at him, stepping forward. “Thank you, Bakugo. You didn’t have to do that.”

Bakugo glanced back at you, his red eyes still intense, but now with a hint of something else—something more protective. “‘Course I did,” he grumbled, his voice quieter than before. “I’m not gonna let some dumbass talk down to me. Or you”

Kirishima clapped Bakugo on the back, grinning. “That was so manly, dude! Seriously, you’ve got their back, huh?”

Bakugo clicked his tongue, his face heating up. “Shut up, shitty hair! I don’t need any of your dumbass comments right now!”

[sweetofsin]

anyway i sent a friend something about themselves and i'm kinda scared they're going to be really upset w me :/ i even told them my fear as well. and i'm sure that they understand why it's warranted

i don't know if they'll take what i say as the truth. if they don't, i'll be kind of worried but it's also really out of my hands. you can't force people to see what you see or desire to change their perceptions.

(i also could be wrong!!! but i don't think i am)

i think i'm kinda freaking out about it bc i've been meaning to talk about it with them for months, and i didn't even share all my full thoughts and emotions behind it. not because i didn't want to, it's just something i want to slowly ease into instead of pouring/dumping it all at once.

i've also been obsessing over it kinda? idk. i think my brain just really doesn't like it when people keep experiencing situations over and over that's so drastic and kind of insane and i can't stop thinking about it and then i just consume so much about it. it happens with systemic issues too. i guess it's a blessing and a curse cause yay i care but also now i can't stop thinking about other peoples problems lol

but as i'm typing this i just realized that it's mainly problems where it is pretty chaotic and drastic. like if it's some simple shit then i don't really care, or at least i'm not obsessing over it. most of my friends experience things but it's not anything consistently bad, so i'm rarely ever thinking about it

but with this friend, we are pretty close and i'm the only person they feel safest with so they share almost everythingggg with me. so i am there through almost every emotional turmoil or experience that they have. and they experience it more extreme than my other friends so i guess it leads to more obsessive thoughts

either way i'm glad i spoke up and said something bc this whole time i've been wondering how to say something for months and my friends were like "you can offer advice and stuff but they also have to venture through this on their own." and i (reluctantly) agreed. but the advice i ended up giving them was just not... like it was fine but i was kind of avoiding just being directly honest about the issue. so now i did, and it's up to them if they choose or decide to take my perspectives into play or not. i'm working on trying to release control so if they do, yay! i gave them some resources so they won't feel burdened :D if they don't... i'll accept but also have to set some boundaries bc i can't keep experiencing intrusive thoughts bc i'm constantly like on the front bench of almost everything they experience in their day to day life