#you could even say they're like brothers

[chloecherrysip]

We're going to save your brother.

[sadlynotthevoid]

Since I saw that post about og!Cale solving a murder crime in Alberu's noble meeting, I've been obsessed with detective!ogCale, who solves crimes on his free time because he's too fucking bored.

Hence: bungo stray dogs crossover AU where, while a transmigrated RokSoo and company go around doing the usual "let's mess with white star" stuff, og!Cale got basically adopted by a bunch of weird professional detectives.

I'm talking about an AU where bsd happens in the world of tboah/tcf. So, while a member of the agency was going through the county for reasons, they witness og!Cale stealthy dropping a hint about a mystery to a near knight. Then he leaves, pretending to be drunk all the way to his home.

What everyone else sees is the local drunkard ready to cause trouble at the minor inconvenience.

What the detective in question sees is a very bright teen, good at solving crimes, who has nothing to do but pretend to be drunk. Needless to say, they take Cale back with them.

(It could be anyone, but it's most likely to be Dazai if they just take Cale with them and don't tell anyone. Though, I think it would be funny if it was Kenji the one who did it. Double-way adoption ensues)

Og!Cale is puzzled at how he ended up at the Armed Detective Agency as a recruit, but he doesn't complain. He even likes his job and his coworkers, even if Dazai keeps trying to unalive himself.

Besides, he doesn't have to keep with his trash act here. Everyone here is smart enough to tell he's acting. They're detectives, damn it. It would be strange if they didn't notice.

So, freedom.

And the ADA people like him too. This quite quirky, smart, witty and creative teen fits just right with them.

At some point, Ranpo has to tell him that "no, you're not smart. You're really smart. Not as much as me, although" because og!Cale's hypercompetence is normalized for him and sometimes he doesn't realize that "everyone else hasn't reach to that conclusion yet" when talking with normal people.

Fukuzawa looks at this sassy child and is like "I guess I got yet another son". Because, why would the hella rich son of some noble be so happy to join a group of strangers and do all this hard job? You can say he obviously loves his family from the way he talks about them, but he also brights up at the minor genuine act of care. It's concerning. Not urgent, but still concerning. He's keeping him. He's eighteen, legally an adult, and came on his own will. So, It's not a kidnapping.

[cookinguptales]

finally watching smartypants and sitting here like, "yes, trapp, the principality of liechtenstein. a great place to share a birthday with indeed, as the birth of liechtenstein marked the end of one of the most brutal and corrupt witch hunts in european history."

see also: why I am not generally invited places.

[theodoravery]

oop... i'm gonna say it.... but i think what ppl don't get about 7 brothers is that maybe you don't have to take everything so seriously ?? idk man. why not enjoy fun and silliness. why not embrace the cringe. like i'm really sorry the y/n book is already doing a better job at being inclusive than your faves </3

[emblazons]

I still can’t believe there are people who think that Will “I’m not gonna fall in love, just kidding I am in love already but I think I’ve been rejected so let’s rip off the bandaid” Byers isn’t going to get what he wants…in a show whose whole premise started with his abduction and is, by it’s creators own repeated admission, both going to focus on him the final season + about championing the underdog and the outcast.

It really is that simple, because once you know what the Duffers value...even if you haven’t dug that far into the show, it’s obvious where the “it started with Will, it will end with Will” is taking us based on tropes alone, if you listen to anything The Duffers say about their themes and narrative goals.

You don't even need color coding or parallels to other media to sort through it, because outside of any "but it was the 80s" commentary or "they would never break up the flagship couple" talk...Byler is literally just the logical thematic conclusion for Will's arc as the full embodiment of the outcasted, childlike AND the underdog, even if you don't like what they did to get our characters there.

Like? Will is literally the boy who represents the duffers love of being a “child at heart” and taking things you adored from your youth into being a grown up (see: their entire mf show being based on DnD and the media they loved as kids) on top of being a queer, poor, and regularly disrepected character.

He is the textbook representation of the outcast and underdog energy The Duffers love, to the point where you could hardly fit more "marginalized and imperfect" checkboxes into him without making him poc...and yet people actually believe he is going to be rejected not because there is no setup, or because there is no precedence for the storyline but solely because his love interest (who also has a non-conformity storyline and who is already making heart eyes at him) is currently dating a girl...and it would be "realistic" for him to get rejected? ☠️

Not to mention...I haven't even touched on how byler resolves Mike's own thematic issues and it already makes the most sense? Like?

How do you miss the most obvious plot twist setup in history not because its not blatantly set up, but because you’re homophobic? It really does have to be the blindness of heteronormativity thats driving most of this, because if you were a media literate homophobe, you would be screaming at the Duffers for doing it, not denying it’s happening at all. But ☕️

[anastacialy]

y'know, i keep making a habit of swinging my bat at hornets nests, but i have to say i'm getting so, so tired of people complaining about shows not making perfect sense when they aren't even close to done. we're four episodes into this season of doctor who. we're four episodes into this season of bridgerton. and yet in both fandoms i keep seeing people whine that such and such didn't make sense or it wasn't explained all the way and by god you guys i think maybe explanations might come later in the season. this is something most viewers will recognize as being called a 'plot.'

[softshuji]

Any men out there wanna pretend to be my bf to get my parents off my case about marriage? I am so so serious right now.

[fourswords]

in my free time i'm typing out a little post-adventure of link story from loz 1 zelda's perspective on link bringing this OTHER princess zelda who was apparently asleep for centuries (and thank you SO much for the WARNING that he was going to be DOING this, IMPA [<-entirely sarcastic]) back to the castle and the acclimatization of everyone to the whole situation and it's genuinely so fun. loz 1 zelda's standing there like alright how do i gently break it to my relative from the distant peaceful past that she has to learn how to fight in this time period or she's going to get ripped to shreds by monsters. and then she says exactly that and when aol zelda predictably looks mildly freaked out about the subject and is just standing there internally screaming like yep! okay! sure! death and destruction is rampant in this world and it kind of makes me wish i'd never woken up at all! when do fighting lessons start! loz 1 zelda is just standing there like. hm. was that not gentle enough. i feel like that wasn't gentle enough.

[randomnameless]

What do you think is the relationship between Dimitri and Rhea? I've seen some people ship them ?

People ship whoever they want lol

I think they have a good relationship at least, since Dimitri never wants to kick her out of her home not kill her for the lols, and Rhea is mentionned to have offered support to the Kingdom when they required it (after the Tragedy of Duscur, and in Nopes, after the Civil War when Dimitri ascended to the throne) - in CF, we know Rhea's presence made Rufus unable to pull his Nopes's stunt, but also prevented Cleobulus from rekting Rufus and framing Dimitri, who keeps both of his eyes in this route!

In Nopes, Rhea gives him Seteth Willy's shield and Dimitri, while it's muddled because Hresvelg Grey, only has reservations about sheltering Rhea due to the Empire who might attack them in retaliation, Dimitri however mentions how Rhea send support and help after the civil war, so it's not that far fetched to think Dimitri, as a person, would like to help and support in turn the person who already helped him. Their battle lines also imply they train together !

Now, as for pairings and relationships in general it's more headcanon land but,

As someone we all miss who was harassed from social media because some people just can't accept people don't love their favourite png, mentionned, I think Dimitri would be a bit confused about his feelings, would he see Rhea as a mother figure, a friend, the archbishop he has to show deference to, someone who punches really hard, a training partner, a love interest or something else?

As for Rhea, would Dimitri be a friend, another surrogate son, a mirror of her younger self she'd like to help ? Another Willy? An ally? A love interest?

HC : Dimitri is afraid to ask anyone if they would teach them how to dance, because with his Blaiddyd strength he is afraid of hurting them, but when they spar, Lady Rhea ignores his blows like they're nothing ? Would she agree to help him?

Little does he know, Rhea is a terrible dancer herself, but if she remembers correctly, Flayn watched a lot of students repeat for the Heron Cup, so maybe she would know what to do! Cue Flayn trying to teach Dimitri how to dance - at least that was the plan until Seteth popped up and decided to be Dimitri's instructor, himself.

Seeing the three of them argue "why must you ruin things" "I perfectly know how to dance" "as if you know how to dance! Just look at your beard!" he laughs, saying they look like a family which make the nabateans very embarassed, of course not, they're totally not related (save for Seteth and Flayn!). Totally not.

(Sylvain later notes that both Lady Rhea, Seteth and Flayn didn't end up with a broken feet or something after trying to teach Dimitri how to dance, maybe it's a coincidence or they really are related and they have sturdy bones or something...)

[worstloki]

I'll give u a hundred if u let me in on the secret abt fans thinking thor and loki didn't act like siblings before ragnarok

well you see, siblings have got to be willing to harm each other a little, otherwise it doesn't count.

[cave-monkey]

Favorite thing from the books that I bring up anytime I get the opportunity:

The mountain the Buddha dropped on Sun Wukong wasn't enough to actually contain him. The seal had to be added later because Sun Wukong was clawing his way out.

[pumpkinrootbeer]

people hate s11 lip but like.

I get it.

[west-tokyo-incidents]

IVE DONE IT.

I figured out why Dunstan shelves Paresse as his ultimate evil in the Evil 1.0 au(s)

Paresse is the result of Dunstan making good and evil from two totally separate souls. Originally, the idea of trying to split a soul in two seemed too... Either difficult, impossible, or time-consuming to do. For whatever reason, Dunstan originally couldn't make them from the same soul. As much as he wanted to, the technology wasn't there.

And then he hit a breakthrough on accident and discovered a way to do it without causing the soul to completely self destruct upon bisection. But this breakthrough didn't happen until a few sparse years before his own deadline. And pushing it back wasn't an option.

And so, even though Paresse was almost fully developed, he chose to make his ultimate evil a part of same soul as his ultimate good. In the end, it worked out perfectly. Their collisions are inevitable, they seek each other out as a missing piece that they are ultimately doomed to destroy. That's why their fusion at the end was Dunstan's final goal.

But.

That left one problem.

Dunstan had already put so much time and effort into Paresse, who was--in all ways--a total opposite to Ultimo.

Lanky and intimidating where Ultimo is petite and inviting. Apathetic and cruel to Ultimo's caring and compassionate. A western jester to Ultimo's eastern lord.

And not to mention the money he'd dropped into him. And he was nearly complete.

Incompetence is most similar to the sin of Sloth, so picking a sin for him wasn't difficult... It was just tamping down the sheer power and potential Paresse had. His time was too taken up by making sure Vice would be perfect, he couldn't remake Paresse from the ground up.

With proper coding, limiters were placed on the amount of energy he could accumulate from his master. Though his body was made for much more than just one of the sins, so it would cause fatigue. But he was going to be sloth, so that wasn't a problem.

Unfortunately, he still had the capacity. If those limiters were to fail... And he didn't have the time to put them through the thorough testing it needed. (A problem which he would solve via time travel, and properly nerf Paresse for non-Evil 1.0 timelines.)

He had to make a back-up plan. And he is no foolish engineer, so he makes three.

One; an emergency shut-down procedure if his emotional strength manages to break through his limiters. A simple, easy fix. Pulling the plug when the computer won't shut down. But an emotional power surge severe enough could prevent that shut down command from being effective.

Two; making sure Vice would have ample time to develop far ahead of Paresse's introduction to the past, dropping him off a mere 100 years prior to the funeral, rather than Vice's 900 years alongside Ultimo. The experience alone should give him a leg up in the fight that would be inevitable.

And three; a supplemental opposite. Another Ultimate Good who could willingly keep their power reduced and understand their role, should Paresse ever break his digital chains.

Service.

[unofficialoracle]

me to myself, full of joy and self love: there is something wrong with me. lol

[pocketramblr]

I'm thinking about making the Ganons corrupt police officers for the pig pun. I'm really struggling with Four, he has no reason to come there! And I don't know how to include the splitting thing without some heavy psychological trauma. Aryll being a criminal wouldn't faze Time at this point. I mean she wouldn't be the first, after all. I also want to include Wolfie somehow, maybe Twi's dog? Oh yeah, Linkle didn't escape the name even after transing her gender. No escape. (Also due to a pun)

Shfhfhj I don't know if I'm impressed by escaping getting called Sheik after transing her gender, or if I'm scared she still ended up with Linkle lol

And yeah, Wolfie the best dog!

[snekdood]

me and my boyfriend were having a conversation earlier about how creepy my dad is and how he 1 used to spy on my mom w binoculars in his car across the street after their divorce (she got a restraining order luckily) but also 2 i remember him threatening to kill my mom and her current husband and i said something about how "i used to be scared i'd see him outside of my window watching me, even though he would probably just go after my mom i was worried he might try to kidnap me-"

and then it all clicked for me. the reason zero is the way he is is bc of my dad. the reason my comic is the way it is is bc of my fucking dad!