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tagerrkix · 4 months
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Eden was their ✨disney princess era✨
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moongothic · 4 months
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Hey anon, I'm so sorry but your ask is obscenely long so I'm cutting it down to bare essentials
Most of the Original Ask was just a copypaste of this forum post, quickly highlighting this comment too
LOOK WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT MORIA, YO! "Defeated by Gellard and returns in the Final Scenario with an even more grotesque appearance than when you first met him."
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But yes, I am aware, I have read that exact same thread before (when I first learned about the Romancing SaGa inspo on r/OnePiece and wanted to learn more), and I did briefly discuss the Seven Heroes when speculating about Cross Guild and wherever the fuck that plotline is going
And I'm now going to add onto that original post, because boy howdy do I have some additional thoughts to get out of my brain
Okay so yes, Doflamingo would be the OG Iteration of Bokuohn, the puppeteer who manipulates people. But in the context of Cross Guild... That's Buggy. "Bokuohn is in control of the majority of the Seven Heroes' forces. Situated in the Steppes region, he owns a large landship, complete with an innumerable amount of slaves." That's literally just Buggy. Like he's not a master of psychological manipulation nor can he forcefully manipulate anybody like literal puppets either (the way Mingo could), but. Like scratch out he RoSa2 terms, replace them with the relevant OP terms and it's a perfect description of Buggy.
Bringing that up because I'm still interested in Cross Guild becoming Shichibukai 2.0 But Without The Government This Time, but if we wanted to have exactly seven former Shichibukai to make up Cross Guild and make sure we had like ones who could actually fill out the roles of the Seven Heroes from RoSa2... Yeah there's going to have to be some replacements Not just because otherwise Doflamingo would need to be broken out of Impel Down somehow (which I doubt will happen, also I don't think Crocodile would want him working for him anyways), but also. Jinbei's with the Strawhats. And I don't think he's ditching Luffy any time soon for Crocodile of all people, not when he finally fucking joined the Strawhats for realsies.
So Doflamingo could be replaced with Buggy, cool, sure. What about Jinbei then? Who will take up the role of RoSa2's Subier?
So a while back I wrote this speculation post about if the Burn Scar Man (who has the final Road Poneglyph) could be a Fishman.(PERHAPS specifically Davy Jones?) Bringing that up because during Kuma's flashback we did learn that Kuma got the Shichibukai Slot after Ace defeated one of the seven at the time. And we specifically got to see Ace talk to Jinbei about it, Ace being surprised Jinbei of all people was glad the Shichibukai slot was being filled again. Now obviously, our Firefist Ace defeating a Shichibukai makes for one great candidate on who the Burn Scar Man could be, as Ace could very easily leave someone with some severe burn scars. This is platantly obvious lmao. But it's the conversation with Jinbei that actually interests me, because like. Sure, Jinbei being a fellow Shichibukai, it might be odd for Ace to hear Jinbei be glad that one of his fellow Warlords is being replaced. But that comment could make twice as much sense if that Warlord had ALSO been a fellow Fishman and/or a Merman (and perhaps someone Jinbei might've known better?). Now indeed. We are going to meet the Burn Scar Man eventually, 100%, it's mandatory for the plot to move forwards. Which means we're going to find out who that guy is, and if the Road Poneglyph gets stolen from him, he might have to find something else to do with his life since there won't be any point in guarding it anymore. And hey. If Mr Burns does turn out to be a fellow former Shichibukai who also happens to be a Fishman/Merman and a master of Fishman Karate... Oh hey, what's this? "Subier - A half octopus merman who controls the flow of the ocean to use as a weapon." Like. IDK I think we could have another Cross Guild member on our hands here.
(Honestly, currently the only problem we have is Dantarg, whose role currently being held by Kuma. Like the only other known Shichibukai we have who could be "available" is Law but he hasn't really done any "bodymods to become stronger" and thus doesn't fit the description. Hell, that description fits Kid more than anything but he was never a Shichibukai either. Guess we gotta keep on hoping Kuma somehow survives and just doesn't return to the Revolutionary Army for some reason)
Hilariously the most interesting thing you pointed out was that comment in the forum thread about Moria, 'cause I hadn't even realized this before but
So we know Blackbeard had captured Moria and held him hostage for... weeks, months? Until he was freed by Coby as per Perona's plea during the raid on Fullalead. Interestingly though, although theoretically we know Moria and Perona should have escaped the island by now, we have not seen either, now have we? Which is kind of suspicious now that I think about it. Because like. It'd make perfect sense if Blackbeard and co had been torturing Moria during his time in captivity, right. Have they been feeding my beloved goth onion well? Realistically, probably not?
Like. Thinking about it. We know Moria got chumby after the trauma of losing his crew and all, so what are the odds he might have lost that weight now during his captivity??? What if he looks more like his younger self again, the one see clash with Kaidou??? Or, the more horrifying option. I mean zombies aren't like an inherent part of Moria's DF abilities, just the Shadow Manipulation. But for all we know Moria could have lost a limb or two, and depending on where the fuck Hogback is (dude is supposed to be a competent doctor, he should be able to stitch Moria back up)... I mean theoretically the next time we see Moria he could look like one of his zombies. Or worse.
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foap-enjoyer · 6 months
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2023 Halloween funny moments.
Bit of a different kind of post than normal, but I just wanted to share with the world.
I answer my door each year on Halloween (In the UK) with my many, many animals (snakes, lizards, spiders, ect), and these are some of the best responses I've gotten to each animal this specific year:
With pictures!
So trigger warning for snakes/lizards/cockroaches/tarantulas.
Lizard (Bearded dragon) (adult) - Is that a gecko? - Oh mum look, it's a... it's... a dinosaur? - Oh wow, that's cool. It's a Komodo lizard thing, right? - Mum! Mum look! He has an armadillo-thingy! - Oh my teacher used to have one of those. It died, I think. - It licked me IT LICKED ME I'M GOING TO DIE - Oh my God it's ACE, HI ACE I KNOW YOU (People know my lizard more than me..)
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Snake (Royal 'ball' Python) (adult) - Holy SHIT - Get that thing away FROM MEEEE - Why would you own one of those. Respectfully, Mr.. snake.. owner, sir? - That's one wicked worm my guy - Is it a boa constrictor? I know snakes really well. - I WANNA HOLD IT MUM CAN I HOLD IT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - I like snakes. They like violence, like me. ("Oh, actually he's very shy and gentle...") I don't like this snake. - MUM IT'S THE SNAKE MAN! (I'm well known in these parts as the 'reptile man' haha)
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~ Snake (Hognose snake) (adult) - Why can't I hold this snake? ("Because he's very mean. He eats children") *cries* ("Only bad children, I promise!") *cries harder* - He's ginger! Ewwww! - He's very small... But it's the personality that counts, hey mate? - It's a cornsnake! With a.. oh. It's nose is deformed. Was it inbred?
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~ Tarantula (Nhandu Chromatus/Brazillian Red 'n' white) (adult) - FUCK NO. FUCK. NO. - PISS OF YA DAFT CUNT (To the spider, not me... I think?) - Is it fluffy? Like a dog, I mean. It looks spiky, like a hedgehog. - Can I hold it? ("No, I'm sorry, they're fragile) Wow I've been lied to I thought they were tough as hell. - You, yeah both of you, you've got issues. - It looks like a Tony or something. Is it called Tony? - That fuckers bigger than my face, you feed him fingers or something?
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~ Tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii/Mexican red knee) (baby) - Oh my God... You know what? That's kind of cute. - Mum, can we get one? "Fuck no, Tyler." - It's... what exactly does it do ("Nothing?") well that's boring. - It at least looks cuter than the house-spider I let stay in the corner of my room. He's called Terry.
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~ Madagascan hissing cockroaches (adults) - Why would you own these. - Oh these are those hissing ones... Why aren't they hissing? - It bit me ("It's just her legs holding on") damn gurl you got some daggers on your feet - Can I steal them - Can I eat them - Can I take a selfie with them? - What are their names? ("Oh they're named after Mario princesses-") DAMN where's Princess Peach? PEACH?? PEACH WHERE ARE YOU?! (Don't worry, he found Peach, Peach is the third one. Yes, I can tell them apart)
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Just a small reminder that I am an actual professional with these animals and I don't recommend doing this for Halloween unless you know what you're doing and, more importantly, know your animal (especially with tarantulas!). I did not let any child or adult hold my tarantulas nor my hognose (They're venomous, even if it's a small dose, allergic reactions may occur), and I know my python well enough to know he'll never strike, same with my beardie.
These are, also, not the only animals I have. I have thirteen in total :)
Just a lil notice! All fun though! Hope you enjoyed!
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allwaswell16 · 11 months
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A fic rec of One Direction fics where a character has an unusual pet as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fic, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!
—Louis/Harry—
🐒 Ace of Spades by @allwaswell16
(E, 80k, monkey) Living as a sheltered omega in a farming village has not prepared Harry for life aboard the most notorious pirate ship to sail the Atlantic.
🦜 A Certain Romance by DragMeDownFuckMeUp
(E, 53k, parrot)  the one where Harry and Louis meet on tinder and things are going swimmingly until they realise that their daughters know each other... not only do they know each other, they may or may not be trying to date each other!
🦔 our friendship will never die, you're gonna see it's our destiny by yoobanana
(NR, 43k, hedgehog, monkey, turtle) The adventures of Louis and his hedgehog Bernard and how they inevitably lead to Louis meeting Harry and then even more so inevitably of them moving in together, adopting loads of animals, and then getting married. (Harry and Louis, not Louis and Bernard)
🐿️ But Why Wonder, Why Wonder? by @100percentsassy
(E, 30k, squirrels) The one where Marcel Styles has improbably landed a job in the fashion industry, and Louis Tomlinson is the actor-turned-lingerie-designer he’s been infatuated with for years.
🐹 Lost My Senses by louislittlesuns
(NR, 20k, chinchilla) Your classic university best friends to lovers story but with an unhinged Niall, the fluffiest chinchilla named Peach and far too many descriptions of Louis' mesmerising eyes.
🐮 What To Do With Magic Beans by  LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup
(T, 22k, cow) a Jack and the Beanstalk AU featuring Harry as Jack, Louis as a prince, Zayn as a nanny, Liam as the reasonable one, and Niall as whatever the fuck he’s doing.
🦎 I Didn’t Fall For You (You Fucking Tripped Me) by @allwaswell16
(E, 20k, monitor lizard) These days Louis tends to steer clear of dating alphas. He’s dated too many knotheads in his time, and he’s ready to just focus on school and his friends and his pet monitor lizard, of course.
🦎 Apparently by Chance, at Precisely the Right Moment by @lousmoonshine
(E, 19k, bearded dragon) Alpha Harry doesn’t believe in soulmates. Omega Louis has been looking for his soulmate all his life.
🦜 That’s How I Know by @allwaswell16
(E, 19k, parrot) the one where Harry’s African grey parrot spills his dirty secrets to his very hot neighbor.
🐐Maple by tobesokaylee
(T, 5k, cow, goat, pig, snake, hedgehog) Louis is crazy about animals, so Harry is determined to get him all the pets he wants even if they are unconventional
🕷️ Lonely Boy by RBBLivvy
(T, 4k, spider/snake/crab/lizard/gecko/squirrel) He really wishes his resident Harry wasn't so cute, because that's a no-go, but he also wishes Harry would stop trying to keep hermit crabs and lava lamps and every other code violation in the world in his room. 
🦜 Ours is Organized Chaos by ILoveLouis4Ever
(G, 3k, bearded dragon, parrot) upon stepping into their lush estate one is immediately assaulted by children with nerf guns seven dogs of varying sizes and energy levels a parrot with no manners
🐀 a complainy popstar by snsk
(G, 2k, rat) Harry wants a baby. He settles for a pet rat. Louis sort of hates the pet rat very much a lot.
🦆 summertime and butterflies by dadlouis
(T, 2k, duck) Louis and Harry go in for a pet and get something a bit different
—Rare Pairs—
🐒 Hi, Hey There, Hello by orphan_account
(T, 14k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw, monkey) Louis can talk to animals. Nick can't, but he tries anyway. Louis likes that in a guy.
🐀 Creature Fear by @dearmrsawyer
(G, 8k, Niall/Harry, opossum) Louis is an Opossum, and he's moved into the walls.
🦎 I Pray to God I Didn’t Waste All My Good Years (It Was Always You) by versacezayn
(M, 5k, Zayn/Liam, lizard) It’s been four years since Zayn left the band.
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nukabrain · 14 days
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Confession Series, Benny
Benny Gecko x Courier 6
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“If you get together with me, you’ll be the first person to shoot a person in the head, and then date them later, and bragging rights too! Not everyone can shoot me and get away with it.”
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Hello, nukabrain here, I decided to start a series where I go a bit beyond the "hey I was hoping we can be more than friends." cause what the hell is that. I wanted more! Of course there will be special cases, like Benny from FNV and Nick Valentine (ofc). Requests from other Fallout characters that are not companions will be accepted, but will be put on the back of my list. I don't write a lot, so it will take some time (also sorry for bad writing, trying to get back into the grove again. NOT PROOFREADED I WAS IN RUSH OK-
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“Ugh, this trip was exhausting. If it weren’t for you sweet-talking them out of a high price, we probably would've been gunned down.”
Benny gave me a weird look. “But you would win against them anyway, right? You’re just saying that so you have a reason to take me on your trips.”
“True, but it saves me bullets, y’know!” I huffed, crossing my arms in protest. “So you’re coming with me on the next trip.”
Benny went to unlock the suite doors to head to the bar, grabbing the first thing off the shelf and pouring himself a glass. “You know the caps they received aren’t yours?”
“Yup!” I plopped on the nearest stool.
He let out a sigh of defeat, “Still don’t know why you haven’t shot me yet.”
I gave it a good thought before opening my mouth.
“Why waste a bullet-” “Why waste a bullet- HEY! If you knew the answer, why did you ask me?” :C
“Baby, you’re so predictable. Maybe I actually blew your brains out and it's just a hollow hole up there,” Benny sighed, taking another gulp of liquor.
“It is NOT hollow up there. I mean, if it was, I wouldn’t love you.”
Benny stared at me blankly, took another shot of whiskey, and looked at me again.
“What in the goddamn? Are you right in the he- right you aren’t.”
“I mean what I said,” I laughed at his reaction. “If you get together with me, you’ll be the first person to shoot a person in the head, and then date them later, with bragging rights too! Not everyone can shoot me and get away with it.”
“You twisted fuck. I like women so I'm not sure what you're doing,” Benny shooed the courier away but snuck in a glace at the man before him
Benny took in the courier’s dirty hair, his lips looking very kissable, and his eyes looking straight at him-
Maybe it’s the liquor.
He shook his head.
“Not happening, kid.”
“You were thinking about it!” I leaned closer to him.
“Was not.”
“Was too!”
Benny turned around in protest.
“Fine, I was. Are you happy?”
Courier's face instantly sparkled, to the point Benny thought he was staring at a second sun.
“Try not to smile so wide, baby. You might break your mout-.”
He was suddenly cut off with a quick kiss on the lips.
“I’m very happy you thought about it,” the courier whispered, holding his face.
Benny stared at him blankly.
“Oh fuck, kiss me again.”
Courier did not need to be told twice as he kissed him deeper, holding his waist and neck. When they went for air, the courier instantly loosened Benny’s tie, leaving a trail of kisses down the neck, and sucking on the collarbone, leaving a dark mark.
The man let out a sharp sigh, as his skin felt like it was on fire.
Before they could go any further, someone knocked on the door. Benny instantly got up and fixed his tie.
“Y-Yes? What the fuck do you need? I’m a bit busy here.”
“Sorry, boss, but there’s something you should double-check downstairs.”
Benny grumbled some unsavory words before giving a reply.
“Fine. Give me a minute.”
As the footsteps faded away, Benny finger-combed his hair a bit before getting up.
“Hey, so that’s a yes, right?” I asked, smirking.
“Baby, of course, it’s a yes. Otherwise, you would’ve been shot in the head twice.”
I laughed and gave him a kiss, which Benny grumpily took in.
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Bonus:
“Hey, boss, are you really dating the courier that you shot?”
“Yeah, wh- hey, how the fuck did you find out?”
The henchman just pointed to the courier skipping happily, saying, “Ben-ny is my boy-friend,” in a sing-songy voice.
“Goddamnit.”
FOR MY POOKIE @songsaa
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Just got back from watching mutant mayhem!!!!! Holy shit!!!!/pos
Nothing can replace rise in my heart but this is most certainly my second favorite TMNT iteration .
MM really looks at the boys and goes "yeah but what if they weren't just teenage boys. What if they were cringey teenage boys. Absolute idiots. Dorks. Dumbasses. It's great.
Also the art style??? DAMN?????
Anyway uh spoilers maybe
Baxter dies immediately that's fucking hilarious. Just. First 5 mins this man is gone. Rip 🫡
These guys watch so many movies don't they. Damn. Good for them.
April is great I love her. Very good interpretation of her! Stronger direct relation between her and the boys than usual I think? She's shunned at school and the boys are shunned in, uhh, everywhere? And that's a tasty comparison.
Love how there's no consequences for Donnie getting stabbed with raphs sai that just kinda happens and then they keep kicking ass
MANDO GECKO!!!!!!!!!
What a silly family of mutants I sure do hope one of them doesn't have a plan to kill every human :)
The milking gag. It just kept going. I thought it was a one off but no. No that was a thing that happened actually. Lmao????? Also Mrs I don't remember her first name mentioned her last name was utrom 🤨 hey yoo??
Splinter definitely committed multiple murders. Good for him.
Skipping ahead a bit bc idk man and why. Why are there that many horses in a zoo?? Maybe I'm wrong here but I'm p sure my zoo does not have?? Horses? Why are there that many?????? What????
I love New Yorkers I wish they were real
They get to go to highschool :) hell yeah
SHREDDER??????
Also where's Casey. Give them to me. I want to see them.
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thedawningofthehour · 8 months
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Hold up hold up. Doth has a Leatherhead??? Since when?? What d i miss???
Pretty much every TMNT side character you can imagine is either at Todd's or part of Draxum's anti-human brigade. (a clear exception being Falco; we'll just say he fucking died) The Mutanimals, Bebop and Rocksteady, Ice Cream Kitty, and pretty much every other minor mutant character who wasn't a complete douche has joined the hippee commune at Todd's. I've kept it pretty down-low so it didn't feel like constant references and name-dropping, and a lot of the stuff at Todd's got cut for time. But there's a whole side-story worth of shit going on over there.
Leatherhead is there, still working out where exactly he falls between 2003 and 2012 Leatherhead, but he's smart. (he and Bella are probably friends, ngl) I've mentioned Slash and Pigeon Pete, and Mikey has made good friends with Mondo Gecko. Rockwell was set upon by a bunch of the same Yokai who are eyeballing Gale now, going "hey free scientist" and trying to forcibly employ him. He moved to Todd's for safety.
Bebop and Rocksteady act like an old married couple, but they never actually confirm whether they're together or not and no one is daring enough to bring it up. They were career criminals before this but one of the conditions of living at Todd's is Don't Start Shit, so they've (mostly) given that up. Ice Cream Kitty was Bebop's pet cat before Mondo accidentally mutated her. (Rockwell had some oozesquitos lying around for study and Mondo is very stupid-you do the math) Bebop chased him through the entire settlement and it took like five people intervening to save Mondo's eyeballs.
Generally, I've left mutants as mutants and turned alien characters into Yokai. Aside from the Krang and the Triceratons, since they already exist in canon Rise. In one of the next chapters I mention Armageddon as a shark Yokai that Draxum hires for extra security. The one I'm not entirely sure what to do with is Mona. I mean, sentient alien lifeforms do canonically exist in Rise, so maybe the Salamandrians are just out there? Right now I'm just not mentioning her, since Ramona was my 2012 OTP (next to Capritello) but I don't want any shipping nonsense in doth. Maybe we can just say Raph finds a salamander girlfriend who can bench-press him in the epilogue.
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canneddolts · 8 months
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hello
i need to talk abt my stupid playlist
ignore that its youtube i dont like spotify. its songs that remind me of the half lifers so not really a character playlist but i have Reasons that id like to expadn on (under the cut its so long)
goinog from bottom to top oldest to newest (ill probably edit this later on..muhahaha) (PS every barney here is blue shift exclusive idk a thing abt hl2 guy...)
more than a feeling: i found my first ever boston song on guitar hero arcade and i feel like gordon would be rly into guitar hero. this is repeated many times. also it j reminds me of them
dont you forget abt me: ok im starting to kinda hate this song but it was the original them song too......i forgot why (it was also in one of my gmods i think)
take a chance on me: i posted this stupid barney image to this song & it stuck so much also PLEASE banrey JUST ONE CHANCE GIVE M
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ok next 3 (true & the sun always shines on tv & i want to know what love is) theyre all just them songs too.....i posted them to those songs too when i was Just Getting Into Halflifing and idk
OH ALSO ALSO the sun shines on tv reminds me of the truman show & i saw a lot of parallels btwn him and gordons whole Thing so therefore. gordon song. ALSO I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UUUGHGHHHHH its so pretty and so good and such a good story and AARGH
mud on the tires: dont look at m
italian medley: I HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!????!?
cant fight this feeling: i heard it on the radio during driving lessons while i was at the Point where everything reminded me of barney. so..i could do some deep analysis (same w half this playlist but i feel silly doing so)
bulls on parade: bwaowo ptch waowao THE MICROPHONE EXPLODE (i had a video idea w gordon) (ALSO another guitar hero song for mr freeman)
owner of a lonely heart: they are losers
call me: guh. i like this song
ogrodu serce: again.....i heard it on the radio in my barney stage. i also hc'd him with a super thick southern polish accent for a while (?) i was gonna put oczy zielone bc Ha! Gordon freeman green eyes but i dont like that song
007 WOAH why were the numbers so big??!!!: i really haveno idea....something something security guard
somebodys watching me: THAT ONE FUCKING HALF LIFE FANART ILL REBLOG IT AGAINAGAINAGAINAGAIN AFTER THIS POST I LOVE IT SO BAD!!!!!!! its so good and so ppgpfhddbdhbbhjbhjbhjvbhjdbhjbhj AAAAGH i like thsi song too but its always gonna remind me of mr freeman
unwritten: dude Idk. barney though
arthur intro idk: the video w gman singing it to alyx....so real so true idk much abt her but im getting hl2 from the library soon MUUAAAAHAHAHAHAAAA (this is one of the half life specific songs)
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just the way you are: hey you guys remember the video of barney;s va as the gecko singing dont goooo changinnnah. its also a gordon song bc it was in my gordon stasis gmod vid
the picard video: barney has a star wars voiceline ("Have you seen the new IG-88?" (the droid)) and i think hed like sci fi in general....idk anything abt either franchises though spare me
out of touch: i had a vision of them luckystar dancing to this song while eating cereal
lay all your love on me: i like this song & barney is very abba fan to me
even the nights are better: again again...i heard it on the radio
waiting for tonight: this video of the american idol gba game was stuck in my head for days & i feel like barney would be a bad singer. his voice acter is super good at singing cough go to mike shapiro soundcloud NOW cough so i think the opposite would be funny
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escape (the pina colada song): barney.. if you like pina coladaaas
baby come back: uuurrggggh gordon freeman 20 year stasis uuurrrr
cheri cheri lady: another gman singing this video also i like this song!!!!!
the sign: real
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Prompt, if you'd like...
"How do I get down from here?"
"Scared of heights?"
"More afraid of falling, but yeah."
Okay, I think I've got something!! I've been wanting to start writing Kate and Gia, anyway...
(I did cut out the first line of the prompt but it worked better for the scene)
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Content Warnings: Depiction of heights Word Count: 1.5k
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"Kate?"
"Hm?"
"You know my balance is shit, right?" She'd tried for humor, but humor didn't work so well when her voice wavered like a leaf in the breeze.
Gia took another hesitant step forward, curling the toes of her right foot into the concrete shelf below her as if she could cling to it like a gecko. Her left foot was much less helpful. Maybe if she had some flashy tech like she saw on TV...
No. She wouldn't go there. Flashy tech made her think of HYDRA, and that made the trembling worse. She'd stick with her safe, ordinary aluminum.
"You'll be fine. It's not as hard as it looks." Kate called back to her, already ten steps ahead, "And it's worth it, I promise."
She managed another step, forcing herself not to look down. She couldn't tell which was worse: the moment where she stepped with her right foot and all her weight was briefly put on her prosthetic, where she couldn't feel the security of the concrete below her, or the way she had to shift her hips to get her other leg caught up and momentarily lost the wall at her back.
This was, in no uncertain terms, a terrible fucking idea.
Gia shuffled along, trying to urge herself just a little faster so she could catch up with Kate ahead of her. Instead, the toe of her prosthetic caught the concrete funny - she wasn't sure if that was a rough patch on the ledge or just her own lack of kinesthesia - and her balance lurched.
The ground veered and loomed below her, apartment windows glinting like the eyes of wolves seen deep in the forest. Her breath caught in her throat, and she threw her weight back hard enough that her spine slammed into the wall behind her. Her heart thundered in her ears, so fast it made her a little dizzy.
Her fingers scraped at the wall behind her, about the only thing still holding her upright. This was why she didn't leave the house. This was why she especially didn't go climbing along the skyline a hundred feet up, with only one good leg and absolutely zero climbing skills, following a woman whose principal skill was getting herself into trouble...
Gia fixed her eyes on the sky, forcing a breath through her seizing lungs. It helped a little. The sky never really changed, she thought. It always looked the same distance away. She could almost pretend she was still on the ground.
"G? You okay?"
She shook her head, still clinging to the wall with everything she had.
"Scared of heights?" Kate's voice had grown a lot closer, but Gia couldn't bring herself to pull her eyes away from the clouds above her.
"More- more afraid of falling," she stammered, having to chew the words like a tough hunk of gristle just to get them past her throat, "But yeah."
And what would happen if you did fall, hm? a voice reminded her, way off in the back of her mind, You'd scare the shit out of Kate, yeah, but the clover would put you back together. It's not like this would kill you. HYDRA tested heights, remember? Wouldn't want another one of their little projects sinking to the bottom of a river.
But it would hurt, she told that voice, I could lose another limb. And how do you know it would put me back together the right way this time?
You're right, the voice ceded, It would hurt. But you've been through worse. Really, you should be worried about Kate. She wouldn't survive a fall like that if she slipped. You would.
Gia couldn't tell if that was meant to console her or not. It only really served to make things worse. Her mind had a very bad habit of doing that.
"Gia?" Kate asked from beside her, concern wavering her voice almost as much as Gia's own, "Hey, look at me."
"I'm good here."
"It's only like ten more steps. You can do it."
"Kate. I really, really don't think I can."
That drew a sigh from her, a tangle of frustration and concern, and then she found warm fingers coaxing her death-grip off the wall. Gia's eyes finally left the clouds, though it took a Herculean effort to find Kate's face instead of the dizzying landscape around her.
"Think of it this way, right?" Kate tried, offering her a shadow of a smile, "It's ten steps if you go forward, but twenty steps to get back. So it's easier to keep going."
"But then- then we have to get back." she pointed out, "Which makes it forty steps." Gia spared a second glance at the sky, its blue gradually deepening above her. "In the dark."
"There's an easier way down," Kate promised, giving her hand a gentle squeeze, "I promise. We just can't get up that way."
"How easy?"
"It's an elevator. So... 'stand and push buttons' easy." she said, "We just can't get up that way because of the bouncer in the lobby. But he's there to stop people from getting in, not getting out."
"I think they're called security guards."
"Same thing." Kate shot back, but there was the faintest glimmer of relief in her tone. She turned her head, surveying the concrete shelf ahead of her, then looked back at Gia. "Ten more steps, G. Then we're there. You can do it. I won't let you fall."
And how would she stop you? that traitorous corner of her mind chimed in, right on schedule, Either you fall alone or you pull her down with you. Which one's worse?
Or I just don't fall, she thought back, Or I make it ten more steps and see whatever Kate has for me on the other side.
It was about the closest she could ever come to telling that little voice to shut up, but it worked well enough for her to manage a nod and another step. Kate moved along with her, keeping a loose grip on her hand and matching the glacial pace she set.
One slow, careful step. One little kip of the other leg - an almost unconscious maneuver on solid ground, but terrifying at this height - to get her prosthetic caught up. Repeat ad nauseam.
She didn't know how long it took her, but the sky had darkened another two shades by the time she reached the end of the ledge. Kate stepped down first, hopping past a railing and onto a simple balcony below her.
"You can sit down and kinda shuffle forward - that's what I did the first couple times," Kate said, looking up at her, "Or step down and I'll catch you."
Sitting down was a lot of the same process walking was, these days: simple, next to unconscious, while she was in an ordinary environment, but much more of a challenge when standing on a thin concrete shelf far too many stories in the air. It involved shifting her balance, working around the rigidity of her prosthetic and the same lack of kinesthesia from a leg that wasn't there, and it wasn't always the most graceful maneuver.
Before she could talk herself out of it, Gia stepped off the platform. Kate's hands caught her waist just as she started to feel the pull of gravity, and then her feet were on the balcony below. Kate held on for an extra moment or two, making sure she was steady (though how could she be steady with a beautiful woman barely a foot away?) then released her with a quick step back.
"And we're here." she said, waving a hand at the balcony around them, "You did it."
Gia took a look around, simultaneously trying to will her heart to slow down. The balcony was both upscale and strangely desolate, like it was the penthouse of a millionaire who'd died before he could move in. There was a hot tub built into the far corner, or the bone-dry husk of what looked like a hot tub, but no other furniture in sight. The glass door into the building was broken, patched with duct tape and a black trash bag.
"We didn't just break into somebody's apartment, did we?"
"Nah, this place has been abandoned for like two years," Kate replied, utterly casual as she draped her arms over the balcony railing, "Don't know why they'd give up a view like that, though."
It was a spectacular view. Almost worth the terror of getting up here- almost. The sun had begun its descent below the horizon, wreathed in the silhouettes of skyscrapers and painting the sky in swathes of coral and gold. Far below, Gia could see cars and people bustling along - the view that had been so terrifying minutes before was now close to enrapturing, now that she had a railing to hold onto.
"What do you think?" Kate asked, with a not-so-subtle slide up to her side, "Worth it?"
"Worth it." Gia agreed, and summoned up the last few threads of her courage to lean her head onto Kate's shoulder. That, if not the view itself, made the whole struggle worth it. Mostly. "But don't make me do that again."
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hoardlikegoldenirises · 7 months
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Just updated Naomi's costume post with these images as I came to a realization this morning, but thought I'd post them on their own—hey, gloves!
closeups and reasoning:
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See, the thing is, the whooooole reason I wanted to give Naomi full-fingered gloves (and shoes) in the first place, for her advanced suit made of special materials, was very simply: to protect her fingers from the cold. Even in California, if she's climbing high enough, she's going to wind up in the cold, and having her fingers and toes out in the cold seems like a bad idea.
She climbs with van der Waals forces, aka the same thing a gecko uses, with setae (modified hairs) in her fingertips and toes (and also her soles/palms), so her handmade costume obv has those fingerless gloves and easily removable shoes with stirrup tights. So the whole thing with the exotic suits is that they use carbon nanotubes and/or comic book science mumbo jumbo to let her completely cover up her hands and feet and still stick. Side effect of this is that actually she would be able to use these gloves and shoes to climb even without powers lol.
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But then when I was working on her costumes I couldn't help thinking that he powerset really made her kind of... well... not useless but not really a character who'd be capable of holding her own in, for example, a fight. Recon, stealth, yes, all that, but she had absolutely no offensive measures, no weapon, no super-strength—nothing.
So it was at that point of course that I decided to ask friends and acquaintances for ideas to get me rolling on how to make a 100 lb wall-crawler viable in a fight, and where that ended up was like, two or three different people saying, hey, what if poison? And that made me go, o-ho-ho what if poison indeed! So naturally, me being me, I proceeded to spend at LEAST an hour if not much longer reading about venoms, poisons, and eventually gila monsters and beaded lizards, whose venom is delightfully neither lethal (at least, not in the quantities a lizard bite delivers) AND apparently cause some of the most painful envenomations known to man lol so I thought that would be verrrry fun.
The only question then was like, me wondering how she would deliver the venom at all, you know? Biting requires such close quarters (but hey, mask is open; I am 100% tucking "venomous bite" into my back pocket), and most of the poisons from poisonous amphibians are like. extremely deadly (lol) and seem to also be diet-based, rather than made by the animal, which would not be workable here—and also her powerset is reptilian, not amphibious, so obviously I had scrapped the idea of poisons via absorption already by that point.
Anyway, I'm rambling. My solution, as you can see, was to use her already-existing modified hairs to my advantage and add a bonus, other kind of modified hair related to her setae, which is hollow needle that shoots out of the follicle to inject her painful non-lethal venom into the skin of a potential foe/victim/attacker.
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Which... requires fingerless gloves. That was easy, I just drew some fingers on and called it good, not really thinking about the whole reason I went for full gloves in the first place.
Of course, this morning, I suddenly realized, oh fuck, her fingers would fall off in the cold 😂 Luckily I did literally draw the fingers in a separate folder above the gloves so I have both versions ready to go at all times (hm, good thinking, past me) so I decided to slap this image together and show the full gloves and fingerless gloves side-by-side, with the thinking that, much like helmets and masks and the initial magical girl-esque transformation that all of these characters use to suit up in the first place (just to make my life easier lol), she can probably just transform her gloves between fingered and fingerless whenever she wants. easy.
And it kind of fits with the reptile theme. You know, changing the appearance—like a chameleon. (camouflage also a possible power but not 100% for sure yet. it's on my list though)
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tobiasdrake · 2 months
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A whole new island to explore. What wonders will we see? What mysteries will unfold? What--
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...tribal stereotype masks in the visage of Crono from Chrono Trigger.
Okay. Now I truly have seen everything.
Wonder if we'll see Lucca and Marle at some point. Those two are the real heroes. Crono's just some dipshit who swords things good.
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Incredible aesthetic. Looks very much like a shop. This is the most shop that any shop has ever shopped.
We are not making that mistake again.
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Looking good, Mu--Shopkeeper.
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FUCK. Why am I so bad at navigating conversations with you? T_T
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You're entirely correct and I'm sorry for being an inconsiderate tourist.
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Okay, in my defense, Mesa Island is all we've got left in my world.
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Thanks, I was wondering if I was stuck in one time period here. I miss my sweet hat. I think you're going to love it too. It's a very good hat.
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...those aren't the gecko dudes, are they? Like the one I just butchered right outside your door?
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Look, where I come from, we get two types of weather: Fuck You and Get Bent. This might be standard for you but the relaxing atmosphere of this place means a lot to me.
So maybe your perspective is interfering with your ability to engage with this conversation too!
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Oh cool, you have one of these too. Whatever it is.
Hey, I just noticed that the tarp covering it is blue. Is. Uh. Is this thing a Blue Robe?
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The enemies here are a lot meaner than they are in my timeline. Really not appreciating the fucking cluster bombs.
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I have no idea what it is but it reminds me of the Power Seals. In which case, there's only one thing to do, right?
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Nothing better than destroying mysterious artifacts that you don't know what they do.
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Is. Uh. Is it going to be a problem that I just punched it into a million pieces?
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Oh my goddess, they're so goddamn cute I love them!
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I'm participating!
Man, I don't know why people hate tourists so much. This shit's so much fun!
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OH NO I DIDN'T MEAN TO LITTLE GUY
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So.
I can.
Cut down the Little Dude Tower to make it more useful for me to navigate.
If I'm a monster.
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What kind of monster would actually do that on purpose. T-T These poor little guys just want to have fun and enjoy life.
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Apparently me. I'm the monster.
Look, it was either "Be the worst kind of tourist" or "Don't destroy the sacred cultural artifacts", and I just don't have it in me to choose the latter. If I want to smash their stuff for no clear reason or purpose, then I'm going to have to be a little rude about it.
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Tell me a story about a gecko crawling around in a bowl of tangerines.
The gecko had feasted on a large portion of pomegranate, and now, feeling replete, was relaxing in a bowl of juicy tangerines. True, this was after midnight, and her usual nocturnal husband had not arrived to join her in her midnight repast; but the tangerines were so sweet and the moment so carefree that she allowed herself to forget this minor source of frustration. A gecko's wisdom is boundless.
"Oh, those tangerines are lovely," a human said, peering in at her. "Is it safe to touch you, or will I go blind?"
"It's all right," said the gecko. "I'm tame."
"Incredible," said the human. "Well, I'll just have the tangerine."
"Please don't take the tangerine that's directly underneath me," said the gecko politely.
"I was just going to choose a different one," said the human, peering into the bowl. "Am I allowed to reheat the tangerine underneath you, though? I've got a broiler."
"Sure, go ahead," said the gecko.
"Hey, did you get your tangerine toasted?" another human asked.
"That was my tangerine," said the gecko, "and no, he did not."
"What about that one over there?" asked the first human.
"Same deal," said the gecko.
"Here, let me have this one," said the first human, apparently not hearing her, and then she looked at the second human and said, "So how do you do it, anyway?"
"Well," said the second human, "you just plug the broiler in, and then you --"
"Hold on a minute," said the first human. "I think that's a second gecko over there."
The second human looked and saw that it was indeed another gecko, sitting on top of a very large mango. "That's funny," she said.
"What is?" asked the first human.
"Well, you know what happened to the people who touched him last time he was here?"
"Really?" said the first human.
"Yeah," said the second human. "Broiler powered, but not fireproof. They had to go to the hospital, and they lost some fingers."
"I'll risk it," said the first human, beginning to reach for the tangerine.
"WAIT!" said the gecko.
The humans paused, puzzled. "What's the problem now?" asked the second human.
The gecko sighed. "Look," she said, "it's nice of you to feed me, but you're making me nervous."
"Why?"
"Well, you only seem interested in the tangerines, not in me," said the gecko. "Just give me a break, okay? I'm not used to being a zoo exhibit, and it's all just kind of scary."
The humans did not understand, so the gecko told them, "Imagine, if you will, that you are me."
"Oh, I can see right away that you're having a hard time," said the second human.
"Fuck off," said the gecko, a very uncharacteristic outburst which neither human could quite decipher.
The first human, still intent on taking the tangerine, gently pushed the gecko aside with the tip of her middle finger, sending her rolling across the inside of the bowl. A petulant gecko flounced across the table, turned in a circle on the edge of the bowl, and then jumped into the air to land atop the table -- just out of reach.
"Look," she said, "you're really scaring me."
"What?" said the second human. "We're just trying to feed you!"
"There's such a thing as aloofness," said the gecko. "Some things you just can't . . . do, you know?"
The humans looked at each other, and then the second human, very delicately, reached out and gently pushed the gecko aside, causing her to jump off the table and land into the bowl of tangerines, where she made a great show of struggling to get out.
She took her time exiting the bowl, looking back at the humans once every time she reappeared. Her final comment was, "Well, you won't be seeing me tomorrow," and she said this as she waddled off, with her husband in tow. The humans went on as if she had never been there in the first place.
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gayforjuza · 1 year
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girl at this point i think its fair to say im never fucking finishing that a3 choose ur own adventure story so here:
reader character is in a time loop because they walked by that gecko statue during a storm several months ago and said something about how they were sad and lonely (kind of like how tsumugi said "i wish it could be like before" near the torment doll and accidentally time loopt) and ended up walking to mankai for cover from the rain and the mankai homies took them in after they mentioned not remembering where they were walking from, and now every week they go on the same walk and by the time they return theyve lost all memory of mankai and it starts over
this time though there's two things going on
1. misumi is pretty sure he knows how to fix it (he's right) but he doesnt want to just say hey ur in a time loop heres how to undo it because then they wouldnt have any memories together
2. kazu, muku, sumi, and omi are trying to create differences in the routine hoping it could cause the reader character to remember things or maybe end the loop
also the box is full of the reader characters things from past loops like their phone or other gifts that mankai ppl got them ? idk but someone put their phone in the box so they wouldnt look at the date and realize their last memory was like 8 months ago
and the way to stop the loop is to bring the tail piece of the gecko statue back and put it back together but ofc reader character forgot that part,,the tail is in the box as well
if anyone has any other questions lmk 😌 bcus i kinda forgot what i wrote so
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teamrocketmemes · 11 months
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[ ESC 2022 SENTENCE STARTER ] - PART 3
Lyrics chosen from all 40 of the official chosen songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Feel free to change any pronouns where necessary.
Die Together – Amanda Tenfjord
“Doesn’t seem like you’re all fine.”
“And when we cry we do it on our own.”
“It’s been a lovely year for us.”
“But if we die together now.”
“I will hold you ’til forever.”
“That’s the only way we can get out of this hell we made.”
“Take my heart, rip it out.”
“Bring it to the other side.”
Með hækkandi sól – Systur
“All but covered in deep wounds of sorrow.”
“A deep longing burns within.”
“In the twilight you can see beautiful freedom moving closer.”
“The darkest winter, waits for the sun.”
“With growing hope for brighter days.”
“The ice and shadows will give way…”
“The darkest winter, waits for spring.”
That’s Rich – Brooke
“Ain’t you gettin’ bored of your reflection.”
“I’m tired of dodging all your calls.”
“Hey stupid, that’s rich.”
“You think I dress up for you?”
“Think maybe you should please yourself.”
“I think it’s funny how you miss me.”
“You were a lazy lover.”
“You see me now, you want me.”
I.M – Michael Ben David
“Sometimes love can bring you down.”
“You can say that I’m stunning.”
“Tell me if we can take it to the floor.”
“I’m the fire, the power.”
“I’m gonna take the crown.”
“I’m shameless and I’m spotless and I’m flawless.”
“‘Cause no one brings me down.”
Brividi – Mahmood & BLANCO
“I dreamed of flying with you.”
“Sometimes I don’t know how to express myself.”
“And I’d like to love you but I’m always wrong.”
“And you, you are the opposite of an angel.”
“And you run away from here, leaving me like this.”
“And I would like to steal you a sky of pearls.”
“And I’m sorry if I fuck it all up.”
“This poison that we spit every day.”
Eat Your Salad – Citi Zēni
“Instead of meat I eat veggies and pussy.”
“I ride my bicycle to work instead of a car.”
“The karma comes for free and so does luck.”
“All the signs are there, let’s go organic.”
“Being green is sexy as fuck.”
“Forget the hot dogs ‘cause my sausage is bigger.”
“If you want your man’s dong longer than a gecko’s…”
Sentimental – Monika Liu
“At night, it’s knocking at my heart.”
“Why are you laughing like a clown??”
“Moments spinning around in my head.”
“A million roses like sentiments.”
“The restless sea is murmuring.”
“That it – he’s never coming back.”
“I remember standing in the middle of the dunes of Nida.”
I Am What I Am – Emma Muscat
“Remind me who I am.”
“Take it or leave it.”
“I’m gonna take command.”
“Bending backwards trying to fit in.”
“It’s time I shut you up.”
“I’ll make them understand.”
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Hey we’re the winds of Destruction
We got bored so we decided to make a askblog, so ask us shit, if you want to specify who you ask to, would make it easier to know who’s being asked what, but for right now there’s probably a bit for you guys to know of us
Jetstream Sam: Brazilian, 5′6, eye color brown, male and the last one to have joined the winds of destruction, used to just wander the world and dispense what he thought was Justice, after thugs killed his dad he inherited his sword the Muramasa, it’s really fucking powerful and Jetstream Sam can somehow double jump we don’t know how though, even he doesn’t know, he makes for one hell of a ally though.
Sundowner: The 2nd to join, he’s a sadist and is strong in muscle, fucker can somehow carry his giant scissors and he likes to just make other’s suffer, sometimes makes the grunts feel pain when he wants but we’re making sure he doesn’t do that much, he’s 6′0 in height and his eye color is red, while he’s a sadist I think he’s also a bit of a coward, I noticed once that he has some sort of shields that when all put together resemble of some sort of red sun or some shit, though he ain’t really one to mess around, though the shields seem to resemble Japanese shit even though he was born in Alabama, his eye color is red btw.
Mistral: The 3rd to join and the only female of the winds of destruction, she joined a week after Sundowner but she seems to get lost sometimes, not like lost as in she doesn’t know where she is but just lost in who she is, she’s French has green eyes and probably thinks herself as a stranger, but she’s strong, though before on a mission she was supposed to go with some guy called Khasim, but when she returned she reported that Khasim had died, we have no clue how though, her weapon of choice is a staff made out of Dwarf Gecko arms, she’s also 5′8 same height as me.
Monsoon: And now we come to me, Monsoon, I’m the one who actually pitched in the idea for a askblog, I’ve survived the Cambodian genocide and came to my boss, when I was on the verge of death, in this world it’s kill or be killed, I also was a gang member but I’m not going to go into that, life though I’m sure is meaningless, free will is a myth, religion? A joke, I’ve segmented my body, and can use magnetism to move shit around, of course I’m also the first to join, I use sai’s as they’re my weapon of choice, like I said while talking of Mistral I’m 5′8 in height, and with that I’ll leave it there, feel free to ask us shit.
(Mod talking now, feel free to roleplay and interact as you want, these character’s are not my own not by a long shot, they’re from Metal Gear Rising but that’s a game that came out like what 9 to 10 years ago? Anyway’s do as you wish, and have funnnn)
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pansexualkiba · 8 months
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"C'mooooon, Bakuchyan!" Toga begged, "Join the league!"
"I said fucking, no!" Bakugou bit out, struggling against his bindings.
"Hang on, I know how to get him on our side." Dabi said. He walked up to Bakugou and then pointed. "You, become a villain."
"WOULD YOU GET OUT OF HERE?!"
"Before that, I shall speak to you!" A voice boomed. Suddenly, the front of Spinner's pants bulged, before it burst open, and All for One climbed out.
"Sensei?!" Shigaraki shrieked.
No one spoke as All for One stood up and straightened himself out. He pointed at Bakugou.
"You, become a villain." He commanded.
"I SAID NO!"
"Wait, Sensei, not for nothing, but where th'hell'ya comin' out of here?!" Spinner demanded, holding his ruined pants to hide his junk.
"Fufufu, little Gecko," All for One chortled, "For one such as I, it is paltry to possess any Quirk I desire. Thusly, I can appear wherever there is a cooch slit!"
Oh no! All for One thought, I said "cooch slit" of my own volition!
"Hey, hey, what's a cooch slit?" Toga raised her hand.
"YOU DON'T KNOW?!" Dabi shrieked.
"A va-jay-jay, Toga Himiko." All for One explained.
"DON'T JUST SAY THAT!" Mr. Compress screamed.
"I still don't know what that is."
"GIRL, GET SOME CONTEXT CLUES!" Magne shouted.
"This shit sucks." Bakugou complained, snapping his ropes like thread. "I'm leaving."
"Wait! Don't go!" Toga cried, grabbing onto Bakugou's clothes. At once, they were ripped off, revealing a perfect copy of Toga's outfit.
No one moved.
"I... May have considered becoming a villain..." Bakugou muttered, abashed, before simply walking out unstopped.
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