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flashfuture · 2 months

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Also I'm not sure how familiar people are with this issue but

The Flash vol 1 #168 "One of Our Green Lanterns is Missing!"

It's a real good one. It gives a historical precedent for the Guardians trusting Barry.

For context 1967 and Barry and Iris have recently been married and moved in together.

(The Flash vol 1 #168)

"While you're at headquarters see if there's been any word from Hal Jordan! He might have reached town this evening and left a message there for you !"

"Thoughtful of Iris! She knows I've been worried about Hal ! We received a letter from him last week saying he was on his way to Central City to visit Iris and me in our new house..."

"But since then there's been no sign of him ! And that's not like Hal-- To act in such a manner !" But I suppose his duties as Green Lantern-- which Iris knows nothing about-- intervened! At least I hope that's the reason ! ... Either I'm having an hallucaination-- or I'm looking at one of the Guardians of the Universe Hal told me about !"

"I am one of the Guardians, Barry Allen-- seeking Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of this sector of the cosmos!"

So Barry and Iris are incredibly worried about where Hal could be at since he said he was going to visit them and was a no show. Now one of the Guardians of the universe has popped down to see Barry and ask for his help.

"You mean-- something is wrong? Hal is missing!?"

"Yes ! And his power battery too! In our efforts to regain contact with him, we thought of you! We are aware of course that from time to time you have teamed up with him as The Flash ! My mission is to enlist your aid in finding Hal Jordan!"

So Barry agrees of course to help find Hal and even tells Iris he's too upset about receiving no word from Hal to work tonight.

The next morning Iris is just saying how she thinks it's "strange Barry, that there's still been no word at all from Hal--"

When on the tv they show off a fisherman with who could it be but Hal Jordan. And Iris in shocked starting at the tv says "Barry, get down to the dock-- on the double! What are you waiting for?" And Barry of course runs out faster than on the double to get Hal.

So the Flash hits the docks says Hal Jordan ! And realizes Hal lost his memory and the Fisherman who found Hal is like cool go with the Flash kid

Barry takes Hal back to the hotel he figures he's staying at and finds the Lantern Hal stashed away and tells him in the vaugest most suggestive way possible what they're gonna do.

"Hal, please do exactly as I say-- even though you do not understand! A great deal depends on what we're about to do-- believe me ! But we must do it right ! come-- this way--"

"Why are we kneeling down--?" Great question Hal I love that you do it anyways

"Hal, you must repeat after me exactly what I am about to say..."

In brightest day, in blackest night and well you get the rest. Barry says the Lantern's vow while holding Hal's half up to the lantern and it fixes his memory. Hal gets dressed Barry lounges on the back of a chair.

"Green Lantern, it may take the two of us to handle the super-crime! How about joining me?"

"If you didn't ask, Flash-- I'd insist!"

So they go beat up the bad guys Kabam

And then Hal takes Iris and Barry out onto the boat to show them how to fish. And The Guardians are pleased The Flash was successful and clearly know they can rely on him again in the future.

"Green Lantern, don't run out on me! Without you I'm helpless against these super-armed crooks!"

I'd also just like the point out this click bait dramatic ass break up style cover. Absolutely not what happened in the issue it's really good

#long post #dc comics #the flash #barry allen #green lantern #hal jordan #iris west #halbarry #halbarryiris

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pseudophan · 3 months

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have you seen those tiktok comments where the creator is weirdly insistent that dan and Phil are NOT DATING. acting as if they know them personally or something it's so weird. "Just two gay guys who are single and live together platonically". yeah ok lol. at what point does it just circle back to being homophobic?

YES i was so irrationally pissed off about that yesterday lol like if you really want to pretend we don't know then just say we don't know, why lie ?? especially including 'they're both single' like lmao and how would you know that

it annoys me cause so many non phannies are asking if they're together and people are just lying to them?? for no reason???? like thanks so much now these people are gonna continue thinking phannies are delusional that's so cool good job

#i just don't get it #answered

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villainsandvictimsalliance · 2 months

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I'm the greatest Stain hater out there. I get why he's a well written character and he does bring a lot to the story, but I can't stand his face. Worst bnha come back ever to me. Of all the characters I wanted to see again he was not one of them.

He has a cool quirk and cool gear and cool outfit and whatever his ideology makes also zero sense and he's a professional bootlicker of a fake utopic past based on true heroism. His ass doesn't know what he's talking about.

He insisted that only the strongest people could be heroes, but if that was true the world would be screwed. Humanity can't survive on big heroics alone. You can't wait for things to become big to deal with them, you can't deploy a few heroes and hope for them to do all the work. Heroism is team work, not individual work. Heroism is a thousand acts of kindness in a day. What is so bad about heroes getting paid? They are people like anyone else, they need to eat. If they do hero work 24/7 they need an income. The answer is to change the laws so to better regulate the hero work, but why would you start killing people?

"They are weak", "they've become complacent", "they're soft", isn't that the ideal? All Might smiles because he's terrified of risking his life everyday. The dream is to reach a point where heroes like All Might don't have to sacrifice themselves in order for life to be peaceful. "But Stain actually lowered the crime rates by killing heroes!", he also took the lives and dreams of so many, crushed the hearts of so many families, he even drove more villains to the streets. Worst villains. Toga? Dabi? They were inspired by Stain. Maybe at first Stain's method worked, but it made things so much worse later.

Stain's ideals are all over the place. When you hear Dabi talk, for example, his interpretation is so far from what Stain originally stated. Stain would kiss the ground All Might walks on. Dabi believed there were no heroes, not even one. Yet, Dabi declared himself as the final manifestation of Stain's ideal.

Stain's biggest achievements were 1) saving Deku, 2) delivering crucial information to the hero side after breaking from jail and 3) his role in fighting AFO during the final showdown. I'd be tempted to add his little speech to Tenya, if Stain wasn't the reason why Tenya almost went full villain on him.

Again, I'm not saying he is not an incredible tool to move the narrative forward. His design is cool. He brings a much needed contradicting morality to the manga. All of that. I recognize why people would adore him. It's just that I hate him with my entire heart. Can't stand him. Find him annoying.

That's my personal position about it.

#shan's bnha rants #shan's mha rants #shan's bnha opinions #shan's mha opinions #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #not gonna tag the character because this is a hate rant #just tagging the series so I can find this posts later

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podcastenthusiast · 7 months

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First part of a Astarion/Karlach thing I'm writing. Basically a little rewrite of some Act 3 scenes. Could become something bigger, who knows.

"Well, at least you've met my family now," Astarion says. "Pity. You and Violet would get on quite well. Haha."

His tone is light and dismissive, especially for a midnight familial attempted kidnapping. But there's a desperate edge to it, too, like he's worried she might finally see sense and run for the hills.

Karlach's never been accused of being sensible. If Astarion burning his brother in a sunbeam while his sister screamed didn't scare her off, this little evening interruption sure won't.

Karlach does hope she will have a chance to meet his siblings properly, once they're all free.

"I wouldn't've let them take you anywhere," she vows, chest heaving, still very much caught up in protective Mama K mode.

"I know. Deep breaths, darling."

Astarion still looks wary, as if he's expecting the other shoe to drop. She can't cool down, she realizes, not yet, because she's still angry.

Angry at him.

"You lied to them. About the ritual. Like it was easy."

He scoffs. "It was easy. They aren't exactly the brightest candles in the chandelier, you know."

"You're really gonna sacrifice your own brothers and sisters? Betray their trust in you like--like they're nothing." Like Gortash did, she thinks but doesn't say. There are some words you can't take back. She loves this pasty bastard too much to actually believe he'd go through with it, anyway.

"What does it matter? They're just my...colleagues in suffering. Expendable. Pathetic." Oh, Astarion's giving her the old monster routine, one of his thinner disguises. She can see the aelf-loathing clesrly beneath without even really trying. "And let's not forget they are vampire spawn. Hardly innocent."

"Fuck, Astarion, none of us are! You only give a shit about yourself, huh?"

"Why not? No one ever looked out for me. No one ever said a kind thing to me. You're the only one," he insists, getting a bit heated himself now. "Other people don't have a heart like you."

"Damn right, soldier," she replies quietly, tapping a fist against her engine as it ticks and whirs her numbered days away. The rage fades. "Sort of the problem, isn't it."

"I-- shit, Karlach, I didn't mean--"

There he is.

"Hey. It's all right."

It isn't, not really. Nothing is all right anymore. But they will be.

Karlach just can't be the only good thing he sees in this world. It's not fair to either of them. Gods only know how much more time she even has left, besides; Astarion shouldnt be alone, not after everything he's been through. She needs him to be okay without her, selfish as it is.

"Scares me when you talk like that," she admits. "Like other people are just things to you."

"I'm sorry, Karlach," he says, miserably. "I don't know if I can be anything else, here."

Karlach's mother always told her to never go to bed angry. After ten years in the Hells, it felt pointless and silly, but tonight with his siblings' blood staining the floor, she thinks she might understand the wisdom in that advice.

"C'mere, Fangs."

She opens her arms. Always gives him a choice; touch is complicated for both of them in a lot of ways. And, yeah, there's her cuddly Astarion after all. Must be exhausting pretending to something he's not all the time. Thought so since she met him that day by the river. All those masks and yet none seems to fit quite right. She knows the feeling, more or less.

"You're loved, you hear me?" she tells him. "So fucking loved."

His skin is a pleasant balm; hers is still smoldering a little. They don't let go.

"You make things so difficult," he complains softly against her collarbone, affectionate despite the actual words.

"Knew this wasn't gonna be easy. But I swear, tomorrow we'll kick Cazador's ass," she murmurs, holding him tighter. "I've got you."

"Ugh. Get a room, you two," Shadowheart grumbles from her bed.

They have a room, though. This room. The others will simply have to deal with that.

It's gonna be okay.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion x karlach #astarion #karlach #a bg3 fic from me that's not second person?? i know wild. karlach didn't want to do that i guess #bg3 fanfiction #baldur's gate iii

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moving-asfateentertwines · 1 year

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Spreading the Rotxo x Spider agenda

Listen they're buddies

Rotxo has no clue what the hell he's supposed to do with this little demon when he shows up after Three Brothers Rock but he keeps showing up and he's actually kind of cool

He's like Lo'ak but slightly calmer?? He'll dive headfirst off the cliffs but he'll also sunbathe for 3 hours and that's the energy he needs

At first, their relationship is sorta tense; Lo'ak gave them a run for their money the first time they tried the mean girl routine but a few still try to pick on Spider

Seeing his siblings band around him and he himself attempt to bite and claw his way out of it is sort of his introduction to the group

(aka that's when he realizes they're cool, Kiri dragged Spider with them about a half hour after they got settled)

Meanwhile Spider lowkey thinks Rotxo is a little bitch tbh, it takes until Rotxo punches a guy for him to separate him from Ao'nung at all

Once they start actually talking its game over

Rotxo falls first but Spider falls harder

Spider grew up with absolutely 0 belief that anyone would ever be romantically interested in him and so he never really paid that stuff any mind

So when Rotxo tentatively offers him a courting gift, he has literally no clue why everyone is freaking out cause they're just bros???

But Kiri insists on braiding the little beads into the front of his hair and Rotxo damn near goes down when he sees his gift accepted

Listen he acts all big and tough but he's a big damn softie

Homie is a marshmallow

His next gift was a pair of woven gloves that honestly are absolute crap cause Na'vi don't normally need them but Jake may have quietly dropped that it could help Spider with riding

because yes, Jake is in on it and dammit he needs to make up for the lost Dad time

Spider thinks they're the shit and starts trying to make more pairs. At first, Rotxo thinks his weren't good enough until an even shittier pair ends up on his Marui in the morning

Kiri eventually sits Spider down to be like ",,, you know how na'vi courting is...right??"

But he thinks she is trying to get him to notice his feelings for Rotxo (which she is) and court him (she groaned so loud the birds flew away)

So they both start attempting to court the other, not realizing that the other already is

It isn't until Tsireya sits them down 3 months in and sounds it out for them that they realize anything

At that point though they just settle into a courtship filled with competition

Cause now someone needs to win

Gifts, lessons, help, etc fly between them to everyone's amusement and frustration

Eventually, Rotxo gets a little too confident and gets him a blend of herbs from Ronal that is not human safe and that's when they finally have to call it quits (Spider is adamant that almost killing your boyfriend means he won)

Rotxo is the second person that Spider tells what happened to him in his captivity

(Kiri was the first, they spent hours one night lamenting everything that happened with their feet in the water)

Unlike Kiri, Rotxo had no idea what the sky people are capable of

It's he who finally gets Spider to tell the Sullys, Tonowari, and Norm what happened

Rotxo trains him with Neteyam to get Spider's strength back up, trying to help him regain his abilities from before and feel capable again

Spider never really got real lessons on much of anything, it was all that Neteyam and Lo'ak taught him after Jakes lessons or the few times he snuck with them on a hunt

So his fighting style is a weird mix of instinct, forest techniques, and the military skills he picked up in Bridgehead

Rotxo thinks its hot lowkey but Ao'nung and Tonowari decide he needs real training

(Especially if he's gonna be a part of their clan someday)

Thoughts??? I have many

#spider socorro #rotxo x spider #avatar rotxo #rotxo #avatar the way of water #atwow #sully kids #rocorro

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hirsheyskisses · 1 year

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Hello Hir-san! I hope you're doing well ♥️ May I please request a shu and Ike scenario with a s/o who is always taking care of others that they would often forget to take care of themselves?

If it's too much, please feel free to ignore this! Stay safe!

- 🐮 anon.

You need love, too.

Genre: fluff

Headcanons + Short fic

An: in both fics you're dating but not quite living together yet. I read the s/o part too late I thought it was just friends til I re read the request 💔💔

Shu

You are literally the most wholesome person shu has ever met

You are the loving parent of your friend group

Constant reminders from you for everyone to take care of themselves, always the first to start caring for someone when they're sick or down

Shu remembers the times you've helped him fall asleep by just telling stories

You're the best story teller

Heck he could listen to ur voice for hours

But one thing he's noticed

Is how down you seem sonetimes

It's always brief. That frown and a look of pure exhaustion

It was when he saw that that shu began to pay more attention to ur behavior

What the heck your sleep schedule was worse than his

Did you even have a life outside of work and friends

He means that in the nicest way possible btw

"Hey.. (name)!"

Had shu just snuck into your house? Yes. In his defense you gave him a spare key in case of emergencies. So like, this was an emergency.

"Eh? Shu? Why are you here?"

Despite your quick attempts to hide it, Shu already saw. The bags under your eyes that were normally hidden by concealer, the lag in your movement and how noodly you seemed, or the huff of your chest to get the right amount of air that should be effortless.

Yes, Shu noticed all of that and more.

"So like, I know it isn't normal BUTTTTTT.. I got ya some stuff." In his hands were bags, and he set them on the ground and began handing you things.

"A heated and weighted blanket, a super cool water bottle with drinking goals- oh! A penguin stuffie! Some of your favorite food- and some new movies! Ohh, and a pink penguin keychain!"

He absolutely spoiled u

Tried to be there emotionally for you but since you didn't always open up he got you stuff to comfort you instead

It made him super happy to see u using the water bottle specifically

It was a huge bottle with times and goals to drink in a day

He didn't know u cuddled the plushies every night though

But they made you so happy

You're very thankful to him

Ike

Ike absolutely understood forgetting to take care of one's self

But he wasn't gonna lie he had no idea what a lack of self care you had

You did do good at caring for him and others it was only when he was at ur house he realized

You sucked at taking care of yourself

And it wasn't that you were bad at it but you just forgot

And he realized that you being the therapist friend didn't help at all

He'd read that people who acted as therapists for people often felt trapped

Because they couldn't bring themselves to rant to the people who "have it worse"

He caught those moments where you looked completely dead

That face was so numb and bland

Scared him shitpess tbh

So he decided to make sure he took care of you.

"Ike, you really don't have to."

In front of you was a meal specifically made by Ike. At this point Ikes house had become your second home with how often he insisted you come over for dinner. Or to hangout, which turned into dinner. And then he declared it was too dangerous for you to bike home, which turned into a sleepover and breakfast.

"But I like having you over! I get lonely." Ike protested, snatching your fork and stabbing it into a piece of broccoli, and held it in front of your both,

"Besides, you like my cooking, don't you? Now open up," Ike said with a grin.

Your face flushed you quickly took the broccoli off the fork and then snatched the fork from him chewing sheepishly.

"Course I like your cooking, and company, Ike.." You mumbled as you swallowed.

Honestly you felt so much better when he started this

He had no idea

You both had so much fun and your physical and, to some extent, emotional health started to seriously improved

Ike himself felt much better having his lover over all the time

It was his own therapy

#ike eveland #ike eveland x reader #shu yamino x reader #shu yamino #luxiem x reader #luca kaneshiro #luca kaneshiro x reader #mysta rias x reader #nijisanji x reader #luxiem #niji en #nijisanji #nijien #nijisanji iluna #nijisanji en #nijisanji en x reader

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ggomos-maribat · 1 month

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Soul-Stitching: The Heir and the Guardian

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Chapter 3: to remember and forget | AO3

CW: Panic attack, mentions of childhood trauma, mentions of death

If Marinette can put it in simple words, the Justice League's prison doesn't look like a prison at all.

The neatly-done bed, a queen size perhaps, leans against a large headboard. There's a desk positioned at one corner with a rolling chair tucked into it; at the center sits a sofa set on top of a comfy rug. In the other corner, a narrow door leads to the bathroom. The room is well lit, the palette is quite friendly, and the golden accents speak of lavishness.

She barely caught onto what the Justice League discussed with the Parisian Government, but suddenly she found herself escorted into the Watchtower. Into space. If he had not already known where she was taken, Adrien would've freaked out.

Speaking of Adrien, her biggest inconvenience is her lack of direct communication with the others. She trusts that her second-in-command will take care of things while she's gone but if they do get into non-guardian-permitted trips, it's not her problem if they incur more expenses.

She looks down on the special handcuffs they put on her. Apparently, they are supposed to suppress powers, whether of the meta kind or the magical kind, but as soon as the metal hits her skin, she realizes that the cuffs don't do anything to her. Next, she stares up at the two heroes ordered to escort her. They stare back at her.

“Um . . .” The shorter one breaks silence, rubbing the back of his head, “You're not actually a bad person, are you?”

Marinette blinks. “What do you mean?”

“Are you actually Hawkmoth?”

“What difference does that make?” She asks. “If I say no, will you let me go?”

“I—um, no we can't but why didn't you insist that you're innocent?” The masked man asks, “With the right evidence you could've won, but you weren't saying anything. How do you not care about being imprisoned?”

“I'm not the only one falsely convicted because of the flawed justice system, you know,” says Marinette with practiced nonchalance. “The judge said I'm guilty, so I'm guilty. Nothing I can do about that.”

“But this is a serious crime. Terrorizing Paris? Causing widespread trauma?” This time, the taller leather jacket-clad one interjects.

“How is this any different from the situation of the ones wrongfully accused? Does that mean I deserve freedom and they don't?” She tips her head towards the room. “Ironic, how you're imprisoning me, a supposed ‘world threat’, in a luxurious room. If you ask the people in Paris, they'd probably tell you I deserve a death penalty, so this is actually a light punishment.”

The two seem to have difficulty replying to her words, until the shorter one sighs and tells her, “Still, keep in mind that you still have a chance. The members of the JL are still half-and-half about what to do with you. Some of them want to keep you here under close watch while you're serving your sentence. The others are pretty convinced you didn't do anything—they're having a pretty heated debate right now.”

“What do you guys think?”

“I dunno, really. You're weird,” says the tall one.

“Cool. I'll take that as a compliment.”

“As a detective, I'm taught to consider every clue first before I act,” says the other. “For now, I still can't say for sure.”

“Okay, that's reasonable.” She gives a flitting smile. “Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt.”

She can tell they're feeling awkward based on their expressions and stances. She holds out a cuffed hand. “I'm Marinette, by the way. Nice meeting you both.”

Marinette nearly laughs at their astonishment. She's aware she's unexpectedly direct even though she's the criminal. The brightly-dressed man steps forward to shake her hand first. “I'm Superboy.”

And the other tentatively follows: “Nightwing.”

“Superboy. Nightwing.” She nods, finally stepping into the wide threshold of her room and activating the automatic barrier. “I like you both. Before you go, can I ask when I can eat?”

The two share a look before Nightwing replies. “Your meals will be delivered at set times. There's some kind of chute over there.”

“Thanks. See you around?”

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Marinette easily falls into a rhythmic routine inside her ‘prison cell’. Though the bed is beyond comfortable, and the meals are filling, she finds that she has nothing to quell her boredom. So instead of walking around aimlessly, she decides to make use of the space to exercise. The other heroes don't seem bothered by this; in fact, in the first two days, rarely anyone stopped by her room. Later on, she wonders if she can request a sketchbook or two.

Finally, on the third day, she's taken out of her cell, bound into handcuffs again, and brought to what looks like an interrogation room. There is only one occupant—Superman—but the glass panel on one of the walls tells her otherwise.

She looks up and down at the hero, who gives a polite smile and motions for her to sit.

“I think you're already aware of the situation you're in?” Superman asks.

Marinette nods. If unfair treatment and injustice is her current situation then, yes, she is very well aware of that.

“I know there are things you cannot simply say in court.” His face is grim. “I was there the whole time. But you can tell me, and we'll see what we can do for you. It's safe here.”

Her eyes stray towards the glass panel, wordlessly saying, ‘Is this what you call safe?’

“Fine,” Superman sighs, “But can you at least elaborate on why you can't tell us. Is this a binding secret? Will you be harmed if you divulge anything or are there drastic consequences for it?”

“I'd say a little bit of all three.”

“Is there anything that will make you talk?”

She shakes her head. “By keeping silent on the matter, I'm not lying, but I'm not giving the full truth either. I can't tell you because this is what I think is the best course of action to protect you and many other people.”

“What do you mean?” he presses.

“You know about what happened to Paris, yes?”

“Hawkmoth and the akuma attacks . . .”

“Let's say Ladybug and Chat Noir decided to globally broadcast the existence of miraculi, magical jewels that can grant anyone immense power. What do you think will happen?”

“It will be chaos. Everyone would be fighting to get a miraculous for themselves.”

“A perfect example of why knowledge is dangerous.”

Superman looks like he's thinking it over; she can only predict that he's trying to guess what kind of knowledge she holds, and how far worse it is than the Paris situation.

“Fine,” he relents, “Can you at least tell us about Hawkmoth's reign?”

Marinette notes how he said Hawkmoth's reign, which leads her to inwardly ask if he's one of those who believes in her innocence.

“Why?”

“What?”

“Why do I owe you my trauma?” She makes her tone calm but her words impactful. “I've set my expectations for the Justice League, and now I can say that you've gone below it.”

“What are—”

“What gives you the right to persecute someone from Paris when you neglected our city when it mattered?” Her eyes narrow slightly. “Much less ask that someone for intel you can't be bothered to find yourself?”

It's already common knowledge for the Parisians: at one point, the young heroes had called on the JL for aid during Hawkmoth's time, but they were unanswered again and again. It’s just bemusing, how in the most urgent of times, they haven’t responded at all, but when a random girl is convicted of terrorism, suddenly they're all up in their feet.

The silence in the room is deafening, and Marinette can tell the onlookers outside are speechless as well.

Superman's voice is painted with deep regret. “I'm sorry. We’re trying to extend our help to the city, even if that doesn't make up for our mistake. We want to do that with you as well, but why do you want to be in prison?”

Partly, it's because she owes Paris that much. The city never found out who Hawkmoth was, so their anguish was directed at the heroes instead for keeping them in the dark. Then a year later, they find a girl fitting into the profile of their villain. If she's the convenient scapegoat they choose to blame, then so be it.

“I didn't go here on my own. You guys brought me here,” Marinette says pointedly.

“That's not what I meant.”

“You know I can't cooperate even if you try to convince me.” She looks at the window, even if she can only see her reflection. “I think it's best for you to spend your energy elsewhere.”

---

“That sign is flickering,” Adrien comments with a mouthful of burger in his mouth.

Eating double-decker burgers in a Batburger parking lot at nearly two in the morning certainly isn't their usual gig. But Adrien gathered from the reliable internet that the Batburgers are a must-try during a Gotham visit, so he decides to hunt for them. Kagami surreptitiously heard about his plans and wanted to tag along, as did Luka. Fei has to join to babysit them.

“Here, Gami, flip it upside down. The bun will absorb the sauce,” Luka suggests to the girl beside him, who has been attempting to bite down on her burger for a minute already.

“Seriously, we are being americanized,” quips Fei, who squeezes out some more ketchup on hers.

“Aw come on, it's a celebration for Adrien,” Luka says, “He did a good job in his defense attorney debut.”

The boy in question groans, pausing mid-bite to drop down his head on his free hand. “I did so badly! Even when I spent all night reading that textbook on French law and making my cute little badge. She was still proclaimed guilty!”

“We all know Marinette doesn't mind.” Fei picked up her soda from beside her to let Adrien have a sip. “You could've, you know, told her you'll be representing her. To get the trial running more smoothly.”

“I had it under control,” the blond insists, “It's just that they brought up the childhood issues card, which is a foul by the way, they basically breached her privacy. I'm still so mad about that!”

“If I could give my critique, I'd say you should've done a worse number on Rossi,” says Kagami.

“I couldn't. They would've kicked me out of that trial and disbarred me.”

“Adrien, you're not a real lawyer in the first place,” Luka reminds him.

“Whatever. That trial's done and we just have to think about what to do next.” Fei makes a face at the grease on her fingers and furiously rubs them into a napkin. “Marinette's aboard the Watchtower now, so we have to do our work down here—”

“Marinette's in the Watchtower?!”

“Yes, Adrien, the JL took her away, remember?”

“Do you think if I turn myself in for fraud, the JL will take me there too?”

“Adrien—”

“What if I say my father's the supervillain, do you think they'll take me? That earns me criminal points, right?”

Kagami delivers a light slap to his arm. “I thought we agreed that you would not joke about that.”

Adrien lets out a huff of defeat, focusing back on his burger. Just then a noise sounds out from above them—looking up, he sees that a vigilante has landed on top of the restaurant, partially cloaked by the night. The figure offers a friendly wave, which Fei snorts at.

“Did we do something?” Adrien whispers as he looks at his friends. “If this is about the camembert stash in our hotel room, I swear to kwamis, it's not me.”

“What does the infamous Red Robin want with us?” Fei yells up at the stranger.

“Oh good. You know me.” Red Robin drops down to a ledge, much closer so they can hear him.

“This is about Marinette, isn't it?” Luka guesses out loud.

The vigilante nods. “The Justice League is conducting its own investigation for her case. I was hoping to hear from you, since you four are her closest friends.”

“What's there to hear from us?” Adrien asks. “I already gave my statements to the court.”

“Before you ask us, we knew nothing about her involvement with the Butterfly miraculous before the whole thing blew up,” Fei supplies firmly.

Red Robin taps his fingers on his leg. Adrien wishes he can see him better, because he's pretty sure the Gothamite is buzzing with eagerness. Entertainment. “This isn't a formal interrogation so I call your bullshit. You're obviously lying.”

“Even if we are, you don't have the evidence for that claim.” Adrien licks the sauce that has gathered on his thumb. “The police already asked us. They got nothing from us.”

“But aren't you concerned that your friend just got thrown into jail?”

Ah. All the while, they've been munching on fast food in a deserted parking lot. Adrien can tell there's something wrong with that picture.

Kagami smiles wryly. “Marinette assured us she'll be fine before she was arrested. Unless the Justice League has turned inhumane and is currently torturing her?”

“No—no, of course not! A handful of the heroes want to prove her innocence, in fact. Don't you want to help out?”

“Even if we do want to fight for her freedom,” Fei replies, “Are you insinuating that we try to break her out of space prison?”

And Luka adds, “Marinette's very stubborn if you haven't seen yourself already. We can't help her if she doesn't want to be helped.”

“Any idea why she's like that?”

The four of them simultaneously shrug.

“So your lips are sealed like hers. Got it.” Red Robin sighs. “Why are you in Gotham?”

“Oh? Did tourists need clearance from the Bats before vacationing in Gotham?” Adrien quips, raising an eyebrow.

“No, I thought you'll be in Paris. Imagine my surprise tracking you down here.”

Fei crosses her arms. “Marinette's trial opened up fresh wounds in that city. Of course anyone would want to escape for a short while.”

“You're not from Paris.”

“I was close enough to Marinette to understand what it was like. I'm from Shanghai, which Hawkmoth also targeted once, in case you haven't done your research.”

“You're having a getaway in Gotham, though. Why in Gotham?”

“Why does that matter?” Adrien rakes a hand through his hair. “If you're concerned about our safety here, don't be. We have experience beating up akumas while half-awake.”

“Actually we wanted to see what's so great about Gotham that Batman chose to neglect Paris all this time,” says Kagami casually.

That seems to have struck a nerve. “We didn't know—!”

“You ignored a city crying for help,” Fei says, “Sorry birdy, but this is a touchy subject if you ask all Parisians. They may have given Marinette to the JL, but everyone still holds a grudge. It's not just us.”

Later on, they finally chase off the talkative bird, but Adrien has grown quiet. While the burger did lift his mood a little, Red Robin's appearance has soured it again. He angrily sips on the last of Fei's drink (which he promises to replace at another time), leaning against one hand on the pavement.

“The nerve of them,” he mutters. “Now I don't want to stay in Gotham anymore. Let's go back to base.”

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Damian's heart is practically leaping out of his chest. The incidents in Paris and the convicted girl are all the talk in the Wayne manor. At first, he had no mind of looking into it himself until he saw a picture of her.

Before he knows it, he's suited up, headed towards the Zeta tubes and the Watchtower, breathless but persistent. He knows that face from his dreams. He has memorized that girl in his memories. If there is a chance she's alive after all, he doesn't care how; he just needs to confirm it with his own eyes.

Finally he's there and he sees her sitting on the foot of the bed. Her blue eyes widen when they meet his, and she presses herself against the wall when he subconsciously opens up the barrier himself. That's when it dawns on Damian that it is her, it's Marie in the flesh, the girl he killed when he was a child. Overwhelmed with the tightness in his chest, he drops on the ground, trembling.

“Hey, are you okay? What's going on?”

He feels her presence nearby but her voice seems warped, like he's hearing her underwater. He tries to blink his eyes back into focus, only to be met with a hazy double vision. Hot tears run down the sides of his face; he doesn't notice the hands holding onto his arms.

“You—you . . .I don't—” he chokes out.

The voice is closer now. “Stay with me, okay? You're going to be okay. Come on, deep breaths.”

Damian cannot even control himself, which is such a foreign feeling. His body is wracked with sobs as he holds onto her tightly in the fear she'll disappear before him again. He can't form coherent words, nor stop the shaky cries from his throat. It's as if all the grief he's bottled up in his childhood is coming out all at once.

She slowly shushes him. “It's okay. I'm going to touch your back now, is that okay?”

He nods against her shoulder, hearing his heartbeat become less erratic. A small hand presses against his suit and rubs circles on it. He starts to savor the warmth—

“What are you doing?!”

He's suddenly separated from that warmth, but he can't register what's happening. He can hear loud yelling and footsteps rushing, and from the corner of his eye, he catches the movement of his father's cape. Damian whimpers, clutching his head.

“I don't know! He suddenly came in and—”

I needed to see her!

“You used magic on him!”

No, she didn’t harm me. I need to talk to her!

“No, I did not, he's having a panic attack—”

Stop, please—the words seem to dissolve on his lips.

“Stay away from my son!” Damian doesn't know how or when, but he's being carried away from the warmth, from her. His body struggles to break free, but he's forcefully held down. The tears come again, unstoppable as his whole body shakes.

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Fun Fact! The idea of Adrien being Marinette's defense lawyer came from a joke between him and Kagami. If you ask Luka, he'll say he had no part in it. They carefully kept the secret from Fei and Marinette until the day of the trial . . . for obvious reasons Taglist: @noisydreamlandkoala

#tw child abuse #tw suicide #maribat fanfic #dc x mlb #mlb x dc #maribat #maribat fic #daminette #marinette dupain cheng x damian wayne #tw blood #ggomoz #maribat damian wayne #maribat marinette dupain cheng #SS:H&G #tw panic attack

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fictionoverthinker · 8 months

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You know the character mandate for Sonic - "he must not show excessive emotion"? A lot of us want the mandate gone, and I'm gonna try to explain why. Please note: I only started caring about Sonic again after watching Sonic Prime. I tried to catch up, but it's been many years since I've given it any thought - so fill me in if I've missed some things.

It Would Make Him More Believable

NOT to be confused with realistic. Surprisingly many people confuse these two concepts.

That's right - I don't find him too believable, sorry. No-one is entirely immune to having strong emotions; if a character is experiencing drama, they should react accordingly. This is part of what makes them feel existable, no matter how much of a caricature they are.

It Would Allow Us To Feel With Him, Not Just For Him

Do you know what professional weepers do at funerals? They coax out the feelings in others. It's hard to have a tearjerker if the characters involved don't get to fully show what they're going through. If he's not feeling, why should we?

Would It Really Be That Out Of Character?

As I said - if it really went against Sonic's "personality", the writers wouldn't need to be told; they'd just have to know his character.

I don't buy that crying would be a thing he never does, because we do when something affects us badly enough. Imagine if something horrifying happened to his friends and he was unable to stop it. The only way for this rule to make sense is if he legit doesn't care about anything; like any act of bravery he does is just out of sheer boredom, or something.

But if you still insist this is out of character:

Out-Of-Character Moments Are Necessary

I really shouldn't have to explain this one, but anyway: you know what makes the audience realise things've gotten serious (or seriously good)? A character not acting like themselves!

It Would Help Put Him On Equal Footing With His Friends

There seems to be this thing where he's the one who has it together, needing no guidance or support, is always right - with some inconsequential exceptions - as well as acting as a voice of reason to troubled people. I mean that sounds awesome, right?

Actually I hate it.

Keeping it one-sided like this creates a subtle hierarchy, with him on top, because he's the one who knows best. Not only are the others supposed to be his peers and not subordinates, I also don't think you can have this kind of wisdom without ever having needed it yourself. For example:

In the Secret Rings, he says to Shahra: "Let yourself cry". How does he know it would help? Has he tried it?

Needing that support once in a while would even things out.

To be fair, he can be physically vulnerable, needing rescue and assistance from time to time - probably because it doesn't compromise his coolness, letting him make some clever quips while being broken out of prison or catching a ride from a flying friend.

But making it one sided is bad for the giver, too:

Making It One Sided Is Bad For The Giver, Too

Sonamy shippers make this artwork/comic a lot: Sonic comforting a teary Amy. Nothing wrong with it in and of itself, except these same people almost never reverse it.

If someone else is always on the receiving end of emotional support, it will come at the cost of the provider. Because what are they gonna do for comfort? Binge eating chili dogs?

#sonic #sonic mandates #sonic the hedgehog #sonic crying #let men cry #let him cry sega #sonic mandate

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genderqueerdykes · 1 year

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Every time I express admiration towards women someone always insists I'm bisexual and it annoys me.

I like women, I think they're really cool but I'm a gay man.

Why is it so hard for people to wrap their heads around the fact that respecting women doesn't mean I'm attracted to them?

hey, you're so right!!! if you don't identify as bi, nobody has the right to claim that that's attraction. you are allowed to express how much you appreciate specific women without folks falsely equating that to attraction. folks can be super invalidating and if ur a gay man and don't feel that way toward women, everyone who's trying to tell you how you feel needs to back off!

i hope folks stop acting like that toward you. it's not fair and it's not like they live in your head so how do they even know how you feel to begin with? good luck out there. i hope things can improve for u soon, you have every right to be frustrated with this behavior

#asks #answers #gay #gay man #mlm

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So IF, say, a Marlfox ended up in Qud, this is why I think it would naturally form an army of snapjaws.

Consider. Marlfox the book literally has a part that goes:

This narrative has been edited by Florian Dugglewoof Wilffachop, Actor Manager Impresario. Who insists that the entire tale is a drama, which he will be later performing as a play, hence the three parts being named as acts rather than books. We crave your indulgence for this deviation.)

Like all Redwall books, they're post-edited propaganda made to make the landlord goodbeasts look good, and the oppressed "vermin hordes" look bad.

No, the marlfoxes weren't there to steal trinkets, they were there for medicine. Their mother was old and sick and dying, and they were sent out to get stuff to keep death away? It's a metaphor. Redwall chroniclers have twisted the truth.

No, the marlfoxes weren't constantly murdering one another. That's propaganda to make the Redwallers clean of conscience. If the books were up-rated in age I'm sure the marlfoxes would be like, committing incest with one another constantly just to hammer in how ~evil~ they are and how they don't have ~morals~ like ~us.~

The water rats celebrating the marlfoxes' deaths and becoming peaceful farmers? Really? In a series where rats are biologically impelled to be evil, selfish, nasty, mean, brutish? Aha. Tell me more about how the native populations celebrated the civilizing light of the British reaching them, Mr. Jacques.

So obviously the Marlfoxes were cool ninjas, yeah, sure, probably did some bad things, yeah! They, like all other "vermin" races, have spent their lives having the arable land owned by selfish, snobbish upper-crust goodbeasts. Of course everyone wants to conquer Redwall--they control all the good land, and refuse to allow the filthy, lower, base vermin races access to them.

Okay! Established. Marlfoxes are awesome, Redwallers are all entrenched oppressors. Let's say one gets sucked into a space-time vortex and ends up in Qud.

So, after some culture shock, there's some things they'll notice. Snapjaws will be nice to them, because the law of mimicry means they'll recognize the snout and the fur and be inclined towards it. The marlfox will see another people desperately scrabbling together a hard-fought life, and, ok, have you seen snapjaws.

They get killed by equimaxes.

They get killed by horned chameleons.

They get killed by salthoppers, dragonflies, and dromads!

Do snapjaws raid peaceful settlements? Sure. They have their forts and their castles, but they're rattle-skattle things shored up poorly against the salt around them. How else can they survive but in raiding? This isn't like the goats, who dominate the land. Snapjaws are forced to the edges, and everything is their match or more.

So I'm thinking a marlfox, being clever and having been in that situation most of their life, will experience a feeling between sympathy and opportunity.

While there are peaceful snapjaw settlements, how much land is there in Qud that can support a village? This is something that's finally going to come up in Proselytize soon enough--one of the big theses of the story! There isn't enough resources for everyone to live in peace. It's just a hardboned fact. The Brambled Fae is gonna have a lot to say about it!

So obviously the marlfox would accumulate snapjaws, build a castle, and history would repeat itself. But there are no Redwallers who own everything. Each village is a small center of power at best. Yd Freehold, Ezra, the Six Day Stilt, even these centers of power don't project force externally much.

And that's why it's ENTIRELY 100% CANON that my Redwall marlfox CoQ crossover OC donut steel is going to build a snapjaw empire, and bring prosperity to snapjaws everywhere. Probably at the expense of, oh, let's say, I don't know. I'll roll dice to determine who to destroy the homes from.

#caves of qud #redwall #autumn says things

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RO reactions to a one bed trope in crushing stage? What would they think if in case they do end up sharing the bed with MC, they wake up all cuddled with a sleeping MC?

I think I answered something like this but I can't find it aha (if the answers are repeated then apologies but I have a pretty good idea of how the ROs would act when it comes to crushing + and a bed lol)

Dani: "....I'll take the floor." If MC insists, Dani will laying there stiff as a board and probably will not get a lick of sleep. Dani would flinch at every move MC makes, and that'll probably be the most...unsteady they'd ever be. Waking up cuddled with MC would result in Dani (accidentally) mushing MC's face off them and jumping up as if MC has a contagious disease. Dani...doesn't know how to handle their emotions, especially romantic ones. I'd say that anything vaguely non-platonic overwhelms them (they haven't really experienced much in that realm, for Reasons.)

Alex: "Right side or left?" Alex is Cool as a Cucumber in most situations but in a crushing stage, it'd take effort in their part to appear indifferent. As I've said before, they don't like appearing vulnerable or giving people emotional ammo, so they'd try to keep a straight face.

Waking up cuddled with MC...if Alex woke up first they'd go back to sleep and steal a chance to pretend to be oblivious of the fact that they're cuddling.

Kade/Kiera: "We can sleep head to toes, if you're comfortable with that." K would be a bit similar to Alex in the sense that most of their reaction would remain internal. K doesn't find themself nervous often, but they'd definitely be nervous. They don't sleep normally but they'd definitely remain awake, which is why I can imagine MC cuddling up to K and K just letting it happen, their eye wide as they stare at the ceiling trying not to move a muscle in case MC moves, like when you have a cat on your lap lolol Basically, they wouldn't want the moment to end (they'd never say that though, not in that instance).

Perry: Like Dani, he'd offer to sleep on the floor....or do something excessive like getting extra pillows to create a barrier out of politeness. If he woke up cuddled to MC, he'd be the type to nervously whisper, "is this alright for us to do?" If MC is awake or not, hopefully MC is awake to confirm that, yeah it is, then Perry would totally embrace it.

Noah/Nora: Blushing mess, wouldn't even be able to utter to words. Would have their back turned to MC in order for MC to not see how red their face is. As for cuddling, because of that, it would be a big-spoon-little-spoon situation and N would basically just not breathe if they woke up with MC cuddling them. Like a human statue lol

Finn/Fera: If there's ever a one-bed situation you can be sure that F would be all over it. I can see them jumping on the bed, smoothing it down with a smile, mostly to tease MC. But that would be whether they're crushing or not aha. But if they're crushing, internally they'd be giving themself a pep talk to make sure to keep it smooth, calm and collected. Honestly, I think F would initiate the cuddling one way or another. Probably make a joke or two about sharing body heat for warmth. They're not very shy, the only difference between crushing or not is the fact that their flirting comes with a bit of hope that it'll be accepted. It's not so harmless to them, in that case. Honestly, now as I'm typing this, I think F would be really hurt/hate if MC responded with their flirting with flirting in return and not actually mean it (if they're crushing), which would be hypocritical of them to feel that way but it definitely aligns with what I imagine F to be as a flawed character. (went a bit off-topic sorry lol)

Everett/Eva: Would try to look at the situation reasonably. They're pretty cool under pressure and even when they're nervous-just a perk of working their job for so long- so you wouldn't notice but E would be both excited and wary of the situation, mostly because they'd think it'd be dangerous for their emotional and physical well being lol Waking up cuddling would amount to E gently peeling MC off them only because they wouldn't know for sure if that was intentional on MC's part of something they did in sleep. E is very thoughtful about, literally everything, and especially when it comes to MC in crushing stages. They're always overthinking every move or word MC says, which is not like them AT ALL, but hey, love makes fools of us all lol

thanks for the question <3

#ask #anonymous #scenario ask #emberwood #ROs #interactive fiction wip #interactive story #interactive novel #writing #haven't done these in a while and I needed a bit of a character study as I write #yay

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So something that really bothers me about the current creative world (idk a better word for it, I've seen a bunch of places where its prevalent, from fandom to games to books to shows) is this insistence from creators/fans that they HAVE to engage with negative posts about them. Like, I don't mean people going up to them and sending asks/reblogging/retweeting their posts about it, but I mean people who otherwise aren't doing anything to the creator, just talking about frustrations on their socials.

There's this like. Idk what to call it except shared point of view that its ~cool~ to dunk on people who don't like your thing. And like, if someone is coming directly for the creators, its different, but its almost like you can't complain on your social media sites about things you don't like because otherwise the author/mod/creator will troll the tag and get up in your face about it? It's kind of weird and invasive for creators to do that to people who aren't actually seeking them out, ya know? It's like. Why do you even care if someone doesn't like it or they disagree with someone on the thing? Why do you feel the need to interact with negative views of your thing instead of just letting them fall to the wayside?

Now that its becoming more of a widely-accepted Thing, it really puts me off interacting with fandoms at all. I'm going to preface this by saying: I am autistic and I have ADHD. This results in poor emotional regulation, and sometimes when I get annoyed/mad/upset or something, I make a post about it on my blog. It's a way to deal with the struggles I face with my emotions as an autistic person that (if you don't go looking for it) doesn't hurt anyone. You can argue its not pretty, but when I'm talking to myself, on my own social media account, then I don't think you can make the argument that I'm targeting whoever I talk about. Unless they decide to hop up on my post, which is what I've seen a lot of creators nowadays doing.

And you can argue its their job to look at the online communities centered around them, which is totally fair! But what ISN'T their job is finding people in those communities that disagree or have negative opinions on the creator, and putting them on blast to fans. Just leave them alone if they're not directly coming for you. They're not hurting you if they're talking about it on their personal social media sites.

Like. I feel like in creator's haste to interact with their fans, its created this weird social dynamic where they can't leave things alone. They HAVE to release a statement about That One User. They HAVE to try and clown on someone who doesn't like them. And its just. Very frustrating for people who have more of the autistic/ADHD traits that are considered "ugly" (poor emotional regulation, anger as a first response, not being able to articulate, etc.) that are trying to keep it away from others and in their own little corners. And this current Vibe fandom has about it is very, very disappointing. So many people act like its perfectly fine for creators to do this because they, too, like to clown on someone who doesn't like their faves.

I think creators need to leave disgruntled fans alone. It does nothing for the creator except increase engagement with that particular post, but opens up the person they interacted with to whatever rabid fans would like to bite them that day.

#cas talks #the vivziepop post bothered me and i finally figured out why #it's because its becoming a big thing now for creators to dunk on fans who dont like them for engagement with other fans #and its. kind of bleak ngl #why should i have to worry about my post being put on blast for die hard fans to get mad over?#because the creator has some moral imperative to prove disgruntled fans wrong???#call me crazy but i dont think that should ever be a thing ever #and the fact its becoming a thing is making me feel like i would rather die than interact with creators in their own fandoms #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I might just be overthinking things but. im v sad about how its been catching on the last few years

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crystal-crax · 4 months

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A RANT:

In defense of rise changing their design and personalities

Inspired by viviwithav's video on Youtube ♥️

What's a quick way to make sure your version of a franchise gets hate? Change something

Jk, but let's be real, a lot of people didn't even give rise a chance because it wasn't loyal to what a lot of people are used to.

Leo is not the leader, Raph is not a yelling angry guy, Don is not a nerd and mikey isn't the dumb dorky dude anymore. And they're different turtles!? How dare they!

Well nobody asked so i'm here to defend everything because i'm bored!

Why am i insisting? They're literally still what we know them to be

1- Leo's still the leader

I have a full on rant about it already but yeah, trust me, Leo is still leader material, you just have to trust him and let it cook a bit. We're able to join him on his journey to overcome his self-doubt and accept that he can't do everything on his own and trust those he loves around him.

2- Trust me, Raph is still angry

But this version of him focuses more on giving him a healthy oultlet. One of my biggest pet peeve's with most of Raph's versions, is that they portray his anger as something that he needs to learn to hide and contain or else he will never be nothing more than a problem to team (I'M GENERALIZING A LOT, I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THIS ABOUT RAPH, I LOVE HIM IN EVERY UNIVERSE).

I think there are a lot of ways to express and portray anger. I've struggled with stress induced-anger my whole life and i think rise Raph is a good example on how your anxieties and worry can make you show a bad side of yourself sometimes. Honestly, i think a lot of Raph's versions have this same problem: he cares for his family so much and is constantly afraid something bad will happen to them, he constantly compares himself to the team and is afraid they don't respect him. He desperately wants his brothers to take their training seriously so they can be ready when danger strikes. EVERY RAPH HAS THESE ISSUES (kind of?) but rise is more vocal about it.

This Raph has channeled his stress and anger towards his position as the leader. He doesn't fight with leo because he wants to be the leader, he fights with leo because he wants to make him understand how much he needs his family to be safe, he's the leader because needs to make sure his brothers are safe. He still yells because he wants his brothers to take training seriously, he just is more of a softie about it because he has learned to take out his anger issues towards the bag guys that threaten his family.

3- Don is still a nerd

Trust me, he's still dorky, the only problem is that this version of him is not willing to be stepped over and ignored. He's brilliant and he knows it, he just wants his family to recognize his talent, to understand him and tell him how much they value him.

This is something we've seen with 2012 donnie before too, they're sarcastic and snap back when someone disrespects him. They're brilliant and won't let anyone make them feel like less

4-Mikey was never "the dumb one"

I mean- sure! He gets babyfied a lot and is the one to receive the cowabunga surferboy attitude but he's always been so much more! Not because you act less seriously does that mean you don't take it as such. You can be the life of the party and wreck bullie's shit! Have y'all not seen the last ronin? lol he is talented and as great a ninja as his brothers

5- and lastly, the new designs

.....Y'ALL 4 REAL?! THEY'RE SO COOL I MEAN

Sure the turtles might have started with their signature likeness but they've changed so much already.

They started as black and white caricatures, four identical brothers with red bandannas, then got color coded and have even been tweaked here and there across the years! Time changes and art evolves, of course the turtles will eventually change in a way that represents more properly their personalities and 2012, rise and mutant mayhem have done such a great job at it

Do you look the same as when you were born? What about when you were a kid? No! Let art grow with us, let stories be changed to represent their own world

Besides, let's be real, the being different turtles thing it's so cool that i'm surprised it wasn't thought about before. It's also perfect match to their personalities!

Wanna make a character stand out and show his cool persona off? WHAT'S BETTER THAN A RED EARED SLIDER KING, leo's red marks go so amazingly well with his blue color??? Besides as said here:

Red-eared sliders are one of the most popular of all aquatic turtle species. They tend to be friendlier and more sociable than some of their relatives, they're pretty active, and they're widely available.

Leo completely meets the expectations of hi species personality

Why is donnie a soft shell turtle? WHO CARES, HE BUILD HIMSELF AN AUTOMATIZED SHELL OMG HE'S SO SMART? Jk/ but i do find it oddly fitting his species are known for being aggresive due to their sensitivity

Need to properly represent a soft but intimidating character? A snapping turtle it's amazing for Raph! Due to popular belief; besides their fiery personality, snapping turtles are known to be timid. But oh boy, they're completely defensive and can definately attack when threatened, much like our big boy's personality

Why is mikey a box turtle? Well, how to better represent his youthful friendly attitude than with a species that's literally known to be bold, adventurous and friendly! Also, it only gets better when you consider their outgoing personality is cutely tied to their response to danger (cue their ability to hide completely inside their shell) which kind of reminds us that in this version, mikey is canonically the youngest.

I have so much tmnt rants, someone help, my head is spinning-

#tmnt 2018 #tmnt donnie #tmnt rant #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #rottmnt #rotmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise leo #rise donnie #rise mikey #rise raph

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I remember that, before Fontaine came out, a lot of people theorized that Traveler and Childe would somehow go to prison together. This could've been a much better plot where Traveler gets to learn more about Childe and grow closer to him. The Childe backstory dump could've happened more naturally, we could've actually SEEN them become besties, and they could've been sent to prison for reasons that actually show the justice system as corrupt.

Instead, act 2 insisted on having Traveler and Navia figure out absolutely everything that happened with the missing girls case. It wasted most of act 1 and all of act 2 on a case whose only importance to the plot is the existence of primordial water and it's effects on Fontainians.

And so, for act 3, the writers had to come up with another reason for Traveler and Paimon to end up in prison. Arlecchino's first in-game appearance is a tea party flashback because she told Furina and Neuvillette that she needs to know how Childe's doing, but suddenly Neuvillette feels like Wriothesly won't let him enter the prison even though literally everything says otherwise and instead sends Traveler and Paimon down there.

And narratively, there's no need to stay after we've seen how Childe is doing, so he's missing now! And the important info about his disappearance is stuff that you can't just find out, so Traveler gets dreams from his vision! But also we want to establish that the prison is amazing and we need stuff for them to do during the day, so here are a bunch of filler npc mysteries!

But also, the twins are here????? Which would negatively effect their magician careers that they use to be Fatui spies????????? Because, actually, Arlecchino wants to investigate the Primordial Sea, and even though the domain to the Narwhal boss fight is literally a hole in the ocean floor and there's literally a playable diver that's her child who was shown sinking with the Narwhal creeping up on him in The Final Feast trailer, the best way to investigate it is through the prison.

But also, we need to make Wriothesley, Sigwinne, and Clorinde look good, so act 4 is mainly about screwing the House of Hearth kids over with primordial water (Freminet), dumbing them down so they get caught even though they're professional spies (Lynette), and pissing them off before they can do anything else (Lyney). Oh and it's also about the forbidden zone I guess.

Act 5...I don't even want to touch it. Childe's role in the story was to introduce Skirk, just for Skirk to spend 95% of her screen time talking about her master, a new important male character. She's talking like her role in the story will be to introduce us to him. Are you fucking kidding me. Also her design is even worse than her beta designs.

Arlecchino might as well have not existed. She wasn't even in the saving Fontainians cutscene. Traveler and Paimon had no reaction to the fact that they were working with the Fatui. If I go on this will get way too long so I'll stop here. Sorry that it's so long lol

No, it's cool! I agree there's a lot of bizarre choices made in Fontaine, as always.

The one thing, minor as it may be, that I keep returning to is "if Act 3 was going to have Lyney and Lynette faking crimes to get into Meropide, why did the writers go to all the effort of having Lyney accused of murder?"

Because if Lyney and co. want to go there anyway, it seems like a waste of time that they're the ones we successfully defended in court. Why was it treated like such a big deal that we save him? Sure, you can logic-chain it out into "Lyney didn't know he needed to go there yet" but the real feeling I get is just "okay, so why did I bother?"

Or like. Why is it that we have no idea why or how Childe was arrested on the count of murdering those women? Especially after Lyney's trial, the Fontaine court knows that the real perpetrators are trying to frame the Fatui, isn't it kind of important that we know how that even happened? Why did Childe infodump everything on us in Act 1 when we could have actually defended HIM in court and spoken to him like a normal person once we both got arrested or something? (as you say)

How come so much emphasis was put on Court Duellists and we never got to duel? How come Meropide has a boxing ring we're not allowed to compete in?

suddenly Neuvillette feels like Wriothesly won't let him enter the prison even though literally everything says otherwise and instead sends Traveler and Paimon down there.

I LOVE how Clorinde was in Meropide. I love how she was in Meropide because she doesn't work for Neuvillette somehow. And then in Act 5 she just calls him her boss. SO WHAT IS THE TRUTH, THEN

I also love we spent Act 3 on that stupid "Hidden Rules" subplot and spent most of it not even talking to Lyney. Who was there. That's cool and fun.

The House of Hearth and Meropide were transparently a waste of time that transparently had nothing to do except pad out the real story, which was the infodump in Act 5. I think the only thing /we/ actually accomplished was free Navia's father, whose entire trial was one of the stupidest subplots in the entire game.

Oh also

Wasn't there a plot thread about how a bunch of Oceanids weren't happy with Egeria's decision? Is that ever gonna be relevant, or

Actually, are the people being Oceanids gonna matter at ALL beyond Lyney going :o and that one NPC going "wow! anyway"

Fontaine being a city full of fake people play-acting at being human and their court being bullshit bonkers as a result would've been really fun. Shame we got this instead.

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prompt 49 with Nancy please?

a/n: idk where the hell I pulled this from but I did. Ty for requesting also sorry for any grammar mistakes. My heads a little foggy rn.

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49.“ you know that’s not the case. [she/he/they] adores you. “

You didn't understand the tension surrounding you. Or why you felt so awkward under Nancy's gaze. Her eyes were so soft but her gaze was still somehow piercing.

"I-I um," you tried to break the silence. Patting your legs anxiously and rocking back on your heels. "I think I'm gonna go," you stated, pointing over your shoulder. Nancy's eyes widened lightly. "I gotta pick up Lucas to bring him over to yours later. His parents don't want him riding bike in the winter and they asked me to take him, so I'll see you then I guess." With a tight lipped smile you shuffled away. Nancy rushed to say a good bye.

"O-okay, you're welcome to stay for dinner if you want, when you come by," she offered. You hesitated for a second before nodding.

"Sure, that sounds great." With a wave you then disappeared behind the corner.

As you did so Nancy let out a breath she didn't notice she was holding.

"That was so hard to watch," Barb stated walking up to Nancy; who groaned and leaned her head back onto a locker.

"I don't know what it is, but she's always so uptight around me. She's fine with Steve and other people, but it's only me she's so unresponsive to."

"She's not uptight around Steve because they're best friends, Nance," Barb remarked.

"Well, yeah I know that. But like I said it's just me she's weird with and it sucks. I hate that I like the one person who despises me," Nancy grumbled, kicking herself off the wall and walking down the hall. Barb followed

"You know that’s not the case. She adores you," Barb insisted. "If she hated you she wouldn't be willing to talk to you at all. In the first place Have you seen how she acts around Sarah Foust? And also did you ever think that maybe she's all uptight because she likes you back? That's a high possibility in my book." Nancy bit her lip pondering Barb's point. But how the hell was she supposed to know? You were as easy to read as a closed book

–

"What the hell am I supposed to do, Steve?"

"Stay for dinner. Simple as that." You scoffed.

"And make a fool out of myself? Yeah no thanks." You took hold of your backpacks straps and held them in a firm grip. Steve and you approached your car.

"I think you're making a big deal out of this," Steve claimed. You ignored his comment.

"I think I'll pretend to be sick. No, no that's too predictable. I'll say my bird died."

"You don't have a bird."

"Psh, like that matters. It just means it'll be more believable for the fact she's never met them and never will." You shrugged, placing a hand on your cars door handle. Steve did the same to his, opening it. He let out a sigh.

"Y/n, just go. You're gonna regret it if you don't," Steve replied. You pursed your lips.

"We'll see," you muttered getting into your vehicle. As you exited the parking lot you sent a wave in Steve's direction. And he did the same to you. Thinking to himself how you totally were gone chicken out.

–

"You're not in any place to give me relationship advice."

"My parents are still married and they actually love each other. I'd say I'm certified," Lucas informed.

"Alright, no need to be a show off about it," you mumbled.

"You just need to be cool, Y/n. Even Mike can see you freeze like a statue when she's around."

"When have you seen me and Nancy together?"

"It's like every day after school the two of you are standing on the sidewalk talking. You probably aren't even doing any of the chatting. You reek of awkwardness from even inside the bus," Lucas remarked, rolled his eyes.

"I'm cool. I'm so cool around her, you don't even know. I'm literally the coolest." His face scrunched up, cringing.

"Please don't say that ever again." You winced yourself at your poor word choice. "This isn't the point. Just ask her out on a date, Y/n. She'll say yes. Why else would she invite you over if she didn't feel something for you?"

"Friends invite each other over for dinner all the time."

"Oh yeah sure Nancy's gonna invite you over 'as a friend' even though she's always making heart eyes at you."

"They are not heart eyes."

"Then what are they?" You stuttered out a response.

"I-its a look you give someone when you care about them."

"Or one that you make that says 'make out with me now please.'"

"Lucas!" you scolded.

"You just need to stop being a pussy and see it for yourself "

"Did you just call me a pussy?" You barked out a laugh.

"Yeah, I did and what about it? You're acting like one," he stated. "Just give her some confirmation that you like her back at least. It's honestly sad watching her have this sad puppy dog look all the time."

Your brows furrowed in thought. Fishing through your thoughts as to how you should play your cards. But as you pulled into the Wheeler's driveway your time grew limited with options.

–

"Stop that foot thing."

"You stop your foot thing."

"I don't have a foot thing."

"Well then get on- Mrs. Wheeler! Hi, I'm here to drop Lucas off as well as Nancy invited me over for dinner. If that's alright with you that is if not-"

"No, no, Y/n, honey, of course you can stay. With everything you do for the kids it's the least I can do. Also hi Lucas," she greeted, opening the door wider to let you both in.

"Thank you so mu-" your words got caught in your throat as the sight of Nancy came into view. Karen walked past you.

"You didn't tell me you invited Y/n." Nancy smiled shyly.

"Sorry I was trying to finish up some homework before she got here," she explained.

"It's fine, Nance. Y/n, supper will be done in an hour or so so you girls do whatever you want till then." With that she left the room. Heading to the kitchen.

The all too familiar tension wafted through the air. Nancy opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Lucas kicked your leg from behind you. You peered over your shoulder and glared at him.

'Do something,' he mouthed before going off into the basement.

"Thanks for coming, Y/n. It means a lot." Nancy's voiced pierced through your ears. You looked back at her, meeting her eyes.

Maybe Lucas was right…

Maybe they were heart eyes.

You didn't know where the wave of confidence came from but you were grateful to every admin in your body for it.

"Do you maybe want to go for a drive before the food is done?" You questioned. Instantly Nancy's eyes lit up. A smile breaking out on her features.

"Yeah, that sounds great." Your expression mirrored hers and you tugged her hand to lead her out the door.

–

One confession and a half hour later you found yourselves in the back seat of your car. Nancy Wheeler in your lap. Her lips connected to yours

Boy oh boy was Lucas right.

She did indeed want to make out with you.

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