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lucid-cherry · 7 months
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Don’t mind me just about to make Ofmd my entire personality again
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inkyboyo · 8 months
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i’m actually insane right now over flashback with smosh.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE REAL VOODOO DOLL EPISODE THAT’S MY FAVORITE SKETCH EVER!!!!!! AHHHHH
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figscigfigs · 7 days
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my favorite moments of episode 14 of fantasy high junior year!!:
GERTIE AND KRISTEN!!!! (“we are… i’m afraid…. starcrossed”)
bucky is back!!!! he is so baby kristen!
kristen just casually using “photosynthekids”
the whole square up moment!!! (“what are you trying to forget kipperlilly”)
everyone buffing adaine so she can notice oisin
fig self producing the complicated woman podcast where she is every complicated woman, and the guy producer
gorgug just owning barbificer
the group locker room convo
all the bad kids going to support riz’s first game
RIZ FINDS THE ROUGE TEACHER (she’s the ghost teacher WITH THE STEAK FROM EP ONE AHHHHHHH!!!!!!)
“kristen-ha! what a gal!” (emily whispers across the table) “you don’t deserve her”
"if i had a copper piece for everytime the structure of my life was changed by a dance battle..." (i love you jawbone)
kipperlily having anger issues and a specific vendetta against riz
AYDA MENTION!!!
dawn of justice and fig guarding ankarna’s realm
big gorgug, little gorgug
“gotta do more emails”
“we’re hemorrhaging money on the groundskeeper”
“i found something of interest but i see you’re all crouched in the hallway with weapons drawn”
THE LAST STAND IS TOO RAD ITS SUCH AN INTERESTING GOOD AND FUN CONCEPT
the agueforts making out (i love you cait may)
all the minis are too good (the desks and monsters i could cry too cute)
“i believe in you spring break” “im having an identity crisis”
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keepyourpantsongohan · 2 months
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Ayesha Liveblogs Spy x Family S2
Awww, I like that Bond Forger the Dog also gets an intro about HIS secret identity. Equal opportunity deceit
Are we finally going to learn who exacty Yor is fighting? I would like to know!
Been there Anya, I also had little patience for watching the news as as a kid. Though, it seems more important in a pre-internet era
"Okay, you can change the channel." Loid Forger, International Spy, defeated by one (1) sad look from his little daughter
"I absolutely cannot tell him that I got shot in the butt while fighting a group of armed men." 10/10 episode plot, I cannot wait
"I've been relying on her too much without realizing it, and it's upset her. Yes, that must be it! I must do everything in my power to remedy this at once!" Loid immediately blaming Yor's mood on himself and deciding he has to be respond by being a better husband!!! I will keep saying it. He is THE Husband. World's Most Husband
"Why don't we go on a date?" HEE HEE
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Puzzling that Yor thinks she hasn't been on a date though, when I can think of at least three dates so far (party-grenade-proposal date, lunch date, and drinks-and-reassurance date)
"I can't leave Anya alone at home, and this is a very important mission to ensure that we remain one happy family." It seems Loid has learned from the spy transmission debacle
"Last night, I came up with 862 date plans to ensure that Yor has fun." He's insane. I want to give him a leetle kiss
HAHAHAHA Franky being absolutely thrilled to bother Loid and Yor on their date. What a friendship 💕
Intriguing that Anya's telepathy has a distance limit. Tell me more!
Honestly, Yor having to position herself in a specific way to avoid pain is relatable. We love a chronic pain queen
"This woman had built up an immunity to poisons." HAHAHAHAHA the poison fixing Yor's pain. Sometimes, drinking does solve your problems!
LMAOOOO them censoring the bomb components. A real "don't try this at home" moment
NOT THE BABY MAKING THE BOMB. ANYA PLEASE
"I'm going to forget all this and live a normal life." Perfect. Forgers reforming their enemies left and right
"If it's not too much trouble, please invite me out again sometime." Never let being married stand in the way of your husband becoming your boyfriend 🥰
SCREAM at Bond's perception of what Loid does for work. I guess he's closer to the truth than most:
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"Are you trying to do this for your... no. Are you trying to get revenge for your friends who were experimented on?" HAHAHA is Loid blushing because he wants to call himself his dog's dad?
FBKFJHFFHKJHF Loid taking on Bond as his mission back-up. He truly can be swayed so easily
WHERE DID LOID GET A DOG-SIZED SKI MASK AHHAHAHA
I love the giant puppy spy sidekick, employ this dog ASAP
"While they're busy playing, I'm going to work hard to get to the top," said Damian Desmond, Six Years Old, for whom The Top was beating all the other little bougie first graders
"Your friendship... preciously elegant." Me whenever I finish hanging out with my friends
I love that Henderson-sensei sends the kids out on a picnic as a punishment. He really is as silly as he is strict
I don't know if this is a vegetarian thing or a cultural thing but it always seems wild to me how people in anime bite into fish, scales and all
"Did you know that the most recent studies in neuroscience suggest that your brain feels really revitalized when you're spacing out?" I like Mr. Green, Grizzled Navy Custodian, too
HAHA Damian trying his hardest to space out. Me when people tell me to practice mindfulness
"Oh, you don't [have a goal], eh? That's perfectly fine!" "Actually, I want to live my life eating lots of snacks." "Splendid! You'll have to think earnestly about how to make that possible." I take it back, I LOVE MR. GREEN
Ready to sob about this field trip actually. AHHHHHHH:
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"Good evening, Mr. Vile Trash." ACAB; All Cops are (Weird) Brothers
"What's so wrong about trying to improve the country my family lives in?" Nothing but the hostile, paternalistic nationalism of a Cold War, Frank Perkin, Newspaper Sensationalist and Adult Bully of Wealthy Children
"I'll request that your father gets some financial aid to get by." I feel like that will not make up for imprisoning his son, Yuri, but whatever helps you sleep
"Blech." That's also how I feel about Weird Brother Yuri, Anya
"Revenge will only make you sadder. I'll make you forget about all that with my love." This is the plot of Naruto
Honestly, I was super sold on the Bondman Polycule when it was just him, his spy partner Agent M, and the enemy spy lady who had all linked arms together. I feel like this could work:
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"How was anything he did gentlemanly?" Loid said: I'm a one-woman kind of spy
"Lord Damian, how could you possibly pick the joker there." "Shut up!' [Internally] She's so unfair... Damn it! I like to believe Loid might approve of Damian's crush purely because he is also willing to do whatever Anya wants if she makes one (1) sad face
Poor Anya. She's really most suited to using her street smarts
"Garden? The group of assassins who have been in this country for ages? They're basically urban legends, aren't they?" FINALLY we're finding out more about Yor's job!! They do in fact seem at cross purposes with the spies
[Loid already walking away] "He's such a heartless jerk." I bet you $5 he has already decided to help Franky LMAO
Update from 8 min later: Alright, I owe you $5, he didn't care
"Am I normal?! Oh, thank goodness!" said Yor excitedly, as if that were not a moderately suspicious response to being called normal
Excited for an ep with no double-barreled title. Plot progression!
I truly don't know where this falls on the spectrum of ways that anime will depict black and brown characters LMAO. Like Donovan Desmond, the Shopkeeper has an extremely haunting aura:
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"You will be providing protection on this mission." Oooooh, change of pace!
"Is there actually any reason why I should continue my job as a killer?" A question every assassin should ask themselves, I think
"HQ may or may not be trying to cut back on our shady overtime practices." Incredible. I can't believe even the underground spy agency has PTO. I wonder who regulates spy labour law
"If not for this bodyguard job, the three of us could've enjoyed this vacation together." AWWW Yor loves her family so much
"You can say this is a gangster's destiny." [Reba voice] A single mom who works too hard, who loves her kid never stops!
"Papa! We need to hurry up and explore the ship before it sinks!" "It's not going to sink! Stop scaring everyone." The fact the staircase looks distinctly modelled after that one scene from Titanic really sells Anya's point
Loid incapable of framing having fun as anything but a mission ljggkjgj truly he might benefit from a Real Psychologist
"That family's just for camoflauge, right?" "Yes, you're right... Is... that true?" I love Yor slowly admitting that she loves her family for their own sake 💗
As Yor was declaring doing her best, I did worry briefly that someone was going to [redact] Olka. Other anime have been less kind to me than Spy x Family
I love Yor making another mum friend in Olka 💞 Gal pals
Finally saying suspicious things in public has a consequence!!
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"It's been a while since we've had dinner without Mama." "Yeah, it's a bit lonely." Hee hee, Loid misses his wife
I love the immediate transformation in Yor's face as soon as Olka/Shaty says she didn't order room service
I don't have much to say but I am really entranced by the assassin vs. assassin + informant goings on!!
"I may not look it, but I'm a married woman, so I'll have to decline." Absolutely loving Yor quietly and efficiently beating these hitmen unconscious as she passes through the cruise ship
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"Which is it?! Would normal parents buy their child something in this situation or not?!" Loid is incapable of making a decision without thinking about how it looks in relation to him being a spy. Anxiety king
[In Anya's mind] "Yor! You're an assasin who hates frogs? Let's get a divorce. The Forgers are done." Like father, like anxiety-ridden daughter
"I am a normal father. A good father," said Loid, which is frankly not usually something a good or normal father would say
"Papa, you're not excited at all." Loid defeated by one (1) six-year-old's piercingly accurate psychoanalysis
Loid is facing a true Psychological Battle: The Fitting Room
Anya Ultimate Wingman Award for convincing everyone her mum's battle is actually a circus act
Awwww, Zeb, Fake Husband to Olka, likes her. I hope this is a healthy experience in Yor seeing other fake couples work it out, but I do also think Zeb could mega-die
"As long we people continue to be people, conflict will never end." Alright, Director Doomsday, calm down
"What am I? What am I doing this for?" [B Eilish voice] What was I made foooooor?
"Does she hate me? Or is she just going through a rebellious phase?" Loid whenever one of the Forger girls looks upset: THIS MUST BE MY FAULT SOMEHOW
A hasty and confident NO to Assassin Sniff's whole vibes
We interrupt this program to think about how cute Loid and Anya are!! I love Loid entertaining Anya and also supporting her while he thinks she's missing Yor
"Nice, Mr. Husband!" Oh good, we love a bulletproof vest for Zeb!
Truly a wild juxtaposition of Forger Family Fireworks Night:
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"This might be a bit late to ask, but would you consider just peacefully going home?" I love you, Compassionate Combat
I'm having a hard time believing all this will happen without Loid eventually noticing; the fireworks are long gone. I actually do hope Loid crashes her battle, Director Doomsday is out cold
"I'm doing this to support my family.... wait. I guess I am also doing this for money. But... no, I make enough to survive now. I'm hunting down bad guys for my country! For my country? Have I always been so righteous? What am I doing this for?" Poor Yor, this is like the worst possible time for an existential crisis
YOR AND LOID BOTH BEING MOTIVATED BY THEIR DESIRE FOR OTHERS TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE 😭💘😭💘😭💘😭💘
[In Yor's flashback] "Be it for someone else, or for a specific reason, having to endure a merciless job... That's something to be very proud of." I'm sure Loid will acknowledge me. He'll forgive me. I like to think so too, Yor!!
Never mind to Loid helping Yor out, he is busy disarming a bomb threatening to sink them. This truly is the Titanic LMAO
LGLHGLGJHGLJHG Anya accidentally tripping the assassins so they shoot each other. Like mother, like daughter 💖
"You'll be able to enjoy the symphony of agonized screams and roars coming through the wiretaps on this ship." I can't wait for Loid to sink this guy with his own clock-bomb
Update from 30 seconds later: See? Self-owned and sunk
Awwwww Yor really does deserve the baby hug after the day she's had:
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"I pray that, someday, you and your family will be able to find true peace." OLKAAAA
"I know it was an emergency, but I ended up casting my family aside again." Loid and Yor having the same crisis about whether to prioritize their family or their jobs 🥺🥺🥺
Loid's blush at Yor catching him skipping as he continues to skip over in her direction. Hee hee
"I hope peaceful days like this will continue forever." ME TOO, YOR!
Get you a mum who would secretly beat up sharks for you ❤️‍🩹
Setting aside how fun snorkeling is, absolutely terrible idea to go into the ocean with an open wound OMG
Loid carrying his whole family is the cutest thing I've ever seen, 10 bajilion/10zo; perfect:
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[Internally] "You did a great job." Loid is in loooooove
"I can never tell if he's actually clever, or clumsy." Me either, Handler
Anya learning about the vacation disparity of rich kids LMAO
"If youre going to create a persona for yourself, you need to be strategic and commit." Not Loid turning this lie lecture into a spy lecture in his mind
"Lying is too much work, so I'll try not to do it anymore." Anya's entire set of adult role models do nothing but lie all the time, she really has no frame of reference for honesty
I do a little bit hate the Becky fantasizing about Loid thing, I have been Cardcaptor Sakura'd too much in life
NOT ANYA SELLING OUT HER MUM FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BECKY BEING HER RICH SIX-YEAR-OLD STEPMUM OH MY GOD
I feel like they take a lot of liberties in translating "Loid-sama" as "my precious Loid" but hey, he is precious
"Yor's going to get the wrong idea, somehow." Loid has finally registered that this child is obsessed with him and he is only concerned for wife not thinking he's a freak. A good husband above all else
"I really don't understand the children of rich people." Me either, Loid
I need you to see Loid's face as Becky declares that this is his expression of love for Yor:
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"Your heart is as vast as the sky, and you're stronger than the earth itself. You're the perfect lady." Correct, Becky! Yor is amazing
"I had some extra souvenirs left after handing them out to everyone else. Do you want them?" LMAO @ the implication being lost on Fiona that he doesn't even think of her enough to warrant her own souvenir
I will say, I really do resonate with the theme of the ep being Loid is Hot and Amazing to Everyone But No One Will Ever Measure Up to Yor in His Eyes
"Maybe you're too nice, and biting and barking don't really suit you." Everyone in the Forger family is too nice for their job, including Bond Forger, Precognitive Puppy
Awwww Bond trying to help out all the humans with his visions
LNKFHKFHKJFH Loid really just got reprimanded by his dog
"And he went into save [Daisy the puppy]? What an impressive dog!" I love the Spy Dad-Psychic Puppy tag-team ❤️
[Internally] "I am a cool-headed spy. I cannot let my emotions show." Loid remains deadpan through SO many things but his dog looking a little funny while wet is his limit. What a man!
"Don't push yourself too hard. There's someone waiting back home who would be sad if you died." 1) V sweet, dad first, hero second. And 2) This is the second time Loid has directly spoken to his life situation with a simultaneous thinly-veined dog metaphor
WAHHHHHHH Loid and Bond's heroics being acknowledged by Anya giving them little paper Stellas:
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Yor immediately joining in and congratulating them for their hard work on their walk!!! I LOVE ONE (1) SPY X FAMILY 😭😭😭😭😭 IT'S A NICE SHOW
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respectthepetty · 2 months
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Pit Babe Colors Finale
I'm challenging myself with this show and seeing how good my color skills really are, so I'm doing my normal thing of watching it double-speed on mute, but now, the captions are off also.It's just colors and vibes here. It's been a chaotic journey, but it finally ends today, most likely with a character death, so . . .
Disclaimer: I'm just screaming this entire post.
Surprising absolutely no one, Barbara immediately forgave Charles. Like I wrote last week, I'll hold this grudge for both of us, Babe.
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If this bastard is still alive by the end of this, there is no justice in the world.
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Did he just give them a key to get out? They could just walk through a door, but . . . I'll take it. Kentana is trying to redeem himself. Now, KILL YOUR SHITTY FATHER, and you will earn the top place in my heart.
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Don't do it, Way Way. Don't. I see you eyeing that man, but you will take zero bullets for Pete or Babe. Am I clear?! NONE! I don't care if you are wearing white compared to everyone else's black. You will not die. No.
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I'm not even going to say shit about these two's colors because BIG RED JUST KILLED A KID!
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OH FUCK! HE IS KILLING EVERYONE!
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KIMBERLY! I LOVE YOU!
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And this is why you deserve to die. Who does something like this? It's not a porn, sir. This is a murder. You're about to die. Not get laid.
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WAYMOND, NO! I TOLD YOU NOT TO FUCKING DO THIS! NOOOOOOOOOO!
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I know it's blood, but the 'smoke' being red too is great and I need more of it as BIG RED DIES FOR KILLING WAY WAY!
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Y'all are letting Big Red talk too much while Way Way is just bleeding out on the floor, and I just need one of y'all to apply pressure to the wound so Way has a fighting chance. Please for the love of God. PLEASE! LET WAY LIVE!
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Oh, shit, this is awful. Do NOT think about any good memories with this man who wore red in the past but no longer does for some wacky reason. Those memories are all tainted. He is awful. KILL HIM ALREADY AND GET WAY WAY TO THE HOSPITAL!
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I HATE HIM! Barbara, don't you trade your life for Charles. Don't fucking do it. Charles came back from the dead once. He can do it again. KILL BIG RED ALREADY!
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OH MY FUCKING GOD, YES! I LOVE KENTA! KILL HIM!
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YOU KILLED YOUR SHITTY FATHER! YOU'VE DONE WHAT NO OTHER BL BOY HAS EVER DONE!
YOU WON MY HEART!
Now, someone go hug him! Pete what the fuck are you doing?! One boyfriend is dying and another is breaking down. DO SOMETHING, PETER!
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I knew this was going to happen! I knew Way was gonna die taking a bullet for Babe. I knew it, and I'm still upset! WHY?! Why can't Peter have TWO boyfriends?! Why do we always have to kill someone to redeem them and to cancel them out of the poly plot equation. LET POLY HAPPEN!
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Fuck, Alan is crying.
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FUCK!
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I will not be pacified with Jeffrey finally being consumed by blue. I'm still very upset about Way Way having to die instead of Peter just having two boyfriends.
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Vegas' Hedgehog, I'm so over your ass! Red flowers?! At Way's funeral?! That is sooooo rude! What is wrong with you?! Read the room, you pretty bitch! RED IS OUT! Way died for the blue! THE BLUE!
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I hate this necklace. I hate that Way is dead instead of being taken care of by his two boyfriends. Where the hell is Ken anyway?! Why is he not holding Peter's hand right now? WHAT IS THIS LIE?!
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I trust your dad, Barbie, because he is wearing blue, but you have had to cry a thousand tears this episodes, and I pray like GMMTV's First, you stay hydrated because crying can wreck havoc on a thirsty body.
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Y'all cannot fuck the grief away in the blue. You can try, but Waymond is still gonna be dead instead of having two boyfriends. This is a real problem, and I want it addressed. RIGHT NOW!
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KIMBERLY! YOU'RE BLUE NOW!
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Everyone is in blue, and then we have Vegas' fucking Hedgehog in those damn orange pants, and . . . AHHHHHHH *starts throwing clothes around the room and out the window*
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Barbie is lighter. He is still black, but now he has the white mixed with it while he looks longingly into the eyes of his Blue Boy (who lied to him several times including lying about his death, pero I'll carry this grudge for both of us, Barbara)
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Now why the fuck are you wearing red, Alan?! Why won't this show just let me have nice things?!
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So . . . now that this is all over and I, unsurprisingly, did NOT get poly nor Kenta x Pete, I will be unblocking the tags because seeing black boxes on my dash is driving me crazy, and I need to reblog some GIFs of Kimberly, Alan, and Waymond x Peter x Kentana to fill this huge void in my heart where a poly plot would have perfectly fit.
I will never go back and watch this show with subs. Never. Whatever I got from it was exactly what I needed to get from it, and I need nothing else. Because what I got was a boy FINALLY deciding to
KILL HIS SHITTY FATHER
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Kenta, you deserve my respect. You loved Pete. You helped all the guys in your own way. You killed your shitty dad. You committed queer wrongs, and I forgive every single one of them. You deserve a happy life, and I hope you are laying in Pete's bed with his arms around you thinking about what y'all will have for breakfast, so he can read your mind and go make it for you.
I like you.
I respect you.
I love you.
And so does Pete.
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GIVE ME POLY, DAMN IT!
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Alright fellas, here's Infinites thoughts on III 17
!!SPOILERS BELOW!!
(Also CW for SilverCandle (for one of my moots))
Alright, so first off imma say I LOVED THIS EPISODE SO MUCH LIKE HOLY MOLY, IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE EPISODES IN A VERY GOOD WAY AND IT WAS FUNNY AS HELL TOO
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Honestly SO GLAD that this was just to make extra episodes and not that the contestants help writing, idk why but I'm jus happy about thay
Sadly there wasn't much Silverloon this episode BUT WE GOT SOME SILVERCANDLE! AND I LIKE SILVERCANDLE SO THIS IS A WIN!!
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Love his face bro omg. BRO IF THE OBJECTS CAN BLUSH THEN WE TOTALLY COULD'VE GOTTEN THE PART IN III 16 WHEN SILVER BLUSHES WHEN BALLOON COMPLIMENTS HIM AW MAN, tho this was very cute
THEN WE GOT MORE OF SILVERS INNER FLAME WHICH IS AMAZINGG
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Sad that my theory on him setting on fire like a torch when his Inner flame comes out is wrong but yk we live on this is still cool (where's the cool third eye tho)
THEN WE GOT THE SUDDEN APPEARANCES OF CHEESY, PAPER, AND COINY FROM BFDI FOR SOME REASON
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(didn't get a good screenshot of Coiny) also hfj one challenge real omg (I say we nominate Balloon to play the baby tomato/Charlie)
Oh god what to I talk about now uhhhhhhhhh OH YES
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So much second hand embarrassment with that animation machine EVERYTIME, I CANT WATCH III 9 WITHOUT HAVING TO SKIP AHEAD FROM THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THE SHOWS, NOTHING GOOD COMES OUTTA THAT DAMN MACHINE AND THATS FINAL. (A little funny tho)
And to top this all off, GOODBYE NICKEL, YOU WILL BE MISSED!! FAREWELL
ok Nickels gone this means Silverloon has more opportunities for interactions =D /hj
Aww this is sweet I like this this is cute
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Aww I'm slowly starting to like Nickloon a bit more aww-
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OH WHAT THE FUCK AHH SPRINGY GO BACK DOWN THERE WHAT THE HELL I KNEW WE COULDN'T TRUST THAT DAMN WALKY TALKY WHAT THE HELL AHHHHHHH-
Anyways some final notes here
- Silver Spoon has a big fuckin crush on Candle
- Balloon is amazing at card towers
- Cabby can't draw for shit
- Springy is coming back
- fuck you Walky Talky lady
- II and BFDI are in the same universe
- Balloon can only befriend coins like the socially awkward guy he is (relatable I kin Balloon sm after that actually)
- Silver Spoon is amazing with cartoons
- i hate the animation machine
Thanks you for listening to me ramble about this episode there is just so much to talk about in this
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daintydoilypon · 3 months
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It's the Impsona again because I watched the first episode of Hazbin and I...didn't like it, gonna stick to Helluva.
Unhinged rant about it and A24 below:
What's the point of being an angel in heaven when they act just as deplorable as the citizens of Hell? Why. I can hear it now "It's SuppOsed to ShOw HoW SiMilar TheY Are" NO. That makes absolutely no sense. I could understand, maybe, if they were refined and only when they get pissed that they act out, but right out the gate, really? And it starts off like you know the characters, like you went and watched the pilot...that is a very poor choice. The recap was trash, if you can even call it that. The original voice acting cast was better on most fronts, these new union ones are just...lackluster.
I mean, it's A24, what did I expect? Their movies are all 100% shock factor with little explorative details beyond some artistic shots that are supposed to be taken as "deep and profound" when it's Robert Pattinson screwing a mermaid or William Defoe showing his butt for the 15th time. "IT'S SupPosEd To ShOw ThEir DeSCent Into MadNess!" PFFFT PFFT PFFT. Do not get me started on Midsommar, I will pOP OFF. I HATE A24 HORROR WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING. AHHHHHHH.
Everything Everywhere All at Once was like the one good movie that I've seen by them, but it still makes no sense. There was some subject matters in it that I personally dealt with, so I felt a connection on that front, which is why I know of my biases towards it, but I can't say it makes any sense on technicality. But then again, NOT their horror section which I would put Hazbin in due to the amount of aspects that could fall under the genre like gore, explicit themes, gross out takes, etc. Just...AHHHHHH.
Not gonna pay Prime to watch the rest, I'm gooooooood.
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kyberblade · 1 year
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Back To You (Din x Reader) - Part 15
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A/N: It’s finally here! This was so much fun to write, and I’m gonna miss Ahsoka after this part. These two idiots are just so smitten for one another, everyone can see it, and for the love of everything, they need to just…. AHHHHHHH!!!! Moving on. There is more show dialogue in this one. Also, once again, there is some lore in this that @writerlyhabits​ wrote in a fantastic short, and I loved it so much, I asked if I could use it.
(This takes place right where the other one left off and goes to the end of episode 2x5/13, The Jedi.)
I do not own Star Wars or it’s characters. Sadly. But I carry them in my heart. Does that count for something? My soul says yes.
Warnings: Tooth rotting fluff, Grogu being the cutest thing you ever did see, and Din is once again a warning in and of himself in this one. Typical show violence. Swearing. Space swearing. The reader being a badass. Mando’a.
Word count: 11,084
As always, thanks to @grippingbeskar​ for encouraging me, looking over this for me, and being the one to introduce me to Din fanfiction in the first place, getting me hooked. You are fantastic and I always love our chats.
Thank you to @what-the-heckin-heck for coming up with the brilliant idea that morphed into Peli’s shop scene, @fordo-kixed-rex for your endless hours helping me over goodness knows how long since I started this, and @dontletyourchildrenwatchthis, @lloweryourstandardss, and @kurlyfrasier for reading this over for me and letting me know I’m not crazy. And @deceiver-of-gods​ for helping with the Mando’a.
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Walking up the ramp of the Crest, you let the bundle of armor fall to the floor with a thud once you reached the top. 
“Ugh!” You huffed. “I am so glad I don’t have to lug that around every day.”
“Hey, it’s not that bad,” Din protested softly as he tucked the kid into his hammock bunk.
“Yeah, well, you’re used to it,” you grumbled, hands on your hips as you looked around for anything you might need in a few hours when you met back up with Ahsoka near the village. “You all but grew up with that armor, you developed the muscles. You don’t see me asking you to do stuff with your mind, do I?” You lowered your voice to mock his playfully as you quoted his most recent assessment of the Force. 
He only grunted.
“No. Exactly.” You had begun gesturing with your hands as you strode over toward your satchel where it sat on a crate. “So leave me and my puny non-Mandalorian muscles out of this, thank you very much.”
The bunk door slid closed with a hiss before you heard Din’s heavy sigh as he turned to face you. “Mesh’la….”
“No, no. It’s fine, Din. We all have our strengths. Yours are being physically strong, brave, and smart…. While mine are,” you looked up to face him with a sarcastic grin, “a laser sword, moving things with my mind, oh! And I’m great at exploding things.”
He sighed again, walking over to you and gripping your upper arm firmly. “Hey.” He tilted his visor to the side when you finally looked up at him, eyebrows raised expectantly. “You’re also amazingly sarcastic, don’t forget that.”
You narrowed your eyes at him. “I know you are being sarcastic….” You smiled. “But I’ll take it.”
Din just shook his head at you with a soft snort of laughter, turning toward the weapons cabinet to choose a few options for later. 
With a wave of your hand over the panel, the bunk door hissed open, revealing the sleeping child to you. With a quick trace of your finger along the length of one of his ears, you quickly closed the space back up after whispering, “Sleep well, ad’ika.” (“Little one.”)
“Do you need me to carry your saber again?” Din’s voice was muffled as his top half was buried in the weapons locker rifling through various contents.
“Nah. I’m not gonna bother concealing myself again this time.” He looked at you over his shoulder, pausing his search for a moment. “I’ll wear a cape, but that’s it. It’ll keep it concealed enough, I’m not worried about it.”
“Are you sure?” He stood up straight, turning to face you. “I don’t doubt you, but if anyone recognizes you, it’s going to complicate things.”
“When are they not complicated?” You sighed, pulling the satchel over your shoulder, shifting through its contents as you continued. “If anyone had my puck, they’d already be making moves, wouldn’t you think?” You lifted your gaze up to hold his.
“If they were smart,” Din agreed. “But not many of them are.”
Chuckling softly, you continued to pull items out of the bag, setting them to the side. “Well, if they aren’t, we’ve got that going for us, as well.” Pulling one of Din’s blasters out of the bag, ignoring his double take between the weapon and his locker behind him before his head tilted at you, you went on, gesturing with it in your hand. “I’m glad you’re keeping an eye out, really Din, I am. I…. I honestly keep trying to forget about that stupid bounty.”
He closed the few feet between you, gently taking the blaster from your hand before returning it to the cabinet.
“But I’ve lived my whole life in fear - especially growing up - because of what I am, what I can do. You…. You’re the first person outside my family I told about it.” He looked over his shoulder again, tilting his visor at you. “And after these last few months with you and the kid, strengthening my abilities and using them for something actually worthwhile, something that is altering the course of the kid’s life, of my life, I….” You brought your eyes up from where they had been studying the floor to hold his gaze. “I don’t want to hide anymore.”
Din closed the distance between you again, making you lean your head back to keep looking at him in the T of his visor. “That’s something I can understand more than you think.”
Darting your eyes back and forth where you thought his to be, you felt a small smile climb your face. How in the stars you had ended up friends with a soul so like your own was a mystery to you. For so long you’d felt alone, drifting through life from moment to moment, pouring drink after drink for person after person, then he walked in, and everything changed.
He caught your eye, not just because of his shiny armor, though you’ll admit that played a part, but because of the way he carried himself. Sitting alone in the back of the bar, watching, waiting, as the world moved all around him. Not lonely, not searching for another to share in the day with, but searching for something all the same.
And he found whatever that was in you.
He walked up to intervene between you and the Twi’lek, and your souls both said this one. I like this one.
Once he’d scared the lowlife off, you had worried he would disappear as quietly as he’d come, like a shadow slipping into the night, lost to the dingy streets of that lower level hell. But something made him linger, just long enough for you to say something stupid, something that made him laugh, and you’d never liked a sound more. He stood there just long enough for you to listen to the small voice at the back of your mind trying to whisper to his; stay.
Those next moments melted into hours, into days, into years. Though he would leave in between, he was never far from your mind, making you smile with just a thought his direction. 
Your apartment started to look like a museum, artifacts of a well traveled life spread on every surface, yet you’d never left the planet. Things that made him think of you decorated your life, filling in the dull, lifeless spots you’d come to accept as part of the furniture. Parts of your life you’d accepted as a boring blank wall now dripped with art and tapestries, flashes of color filling in the void. 
You’d smile whenever you walked through your door, greeted by trinkets left by someone who cared. He was everywhere you looked, never out of sight, and absolutely not out of mind. You’d wonder where he was now. Was he okay? Did he need help? Surely not, he was good at what he did, but there was that time he came in with a slight limp…. He’d brushed you off, mesh’la, I’m fine, but with one look he sighed and accepted the ice you were trying to rest on his knee wrapped in a small towel.
And this will make you better.
He’d snorted at your response, adjusting in his seat slightly as you brought a small stool around for him to prop up his leg.
A thousand and one memories are rushing through your mind as you study every line of his helmet.
“What are you thinking about?” Din asked softly, his hand coming up to cradle your cheek.
“You know me. A little bit of everything,” you hummed quietly, smiling as you leaned into his touch, your eyes fluttering closed for a moment before they returned to his visor. “But mostly you.” He let out a soft huff, gently shaking his head before you brought your hand up to his cheek in a mirror of his own. “It always comes back to you.”
Xxx
A few hours later, as it was getting dark, you met Ahsoka on the edge of the forest, just out of view of the city walls.
The plan was simple. She would go in, claiming that Din had failed in his attempt on her, at which point they would probably open fire and pursue her. Once you heard blaster fire start up, Din would fly both of you into the town square by the prisoners, where you would set them free before splitting up.
At a quick glance, the pale purple of your saber looked close enough to her white, so the goal was to be a decoy through the city streets, drawing focus away from her and distracting them to give her an opening to strike. Not that she needed it, but it would make things go faster.
Din would hold the gate to the Magistrate’s inner area, keeping it clear of guards and pedestrians.
“Here, take this,” he spoke in a low voice, removing his pauldron with the mudhorn on it. “Use it as proof.”
Unclipping your knife from your belt, you handed it to her. “This, too. It was on my belt earlier and has the signet. Everyone knows about Mandalorian clans. They won’t think twice.”
You could feel Din’s eyes on you, his armor clinking slightly as he turned his visor down your way.
“That knife has saved our skin multiple times, are you sure?”
“So you admit it’s a decent weapon?” You smirked up at him.
He grunted. “No. Just…. Don’t disarm yourself before a fight.”
Your smile faded to something softer. “I’ll pick it up on our way in.”
Ahsoka looked between the two of you with an amused grin. “If that’s all settled, let’s begin.”
Xxx
You and Din watched from the tree line as Ahsoka ran through the shadows, drawing the attention of the guards on the wall. She ran straight for them as they began ringing an alarm, slipping through the low rolling fog along the city walls then scaling them as if it was nothing, before igniting one of her sabers. The commotion that followed made you start to smile. 
“You’re enjoying this,” Din said in low amusement behind you, his modulator buzzing right in your ear. 
The faint screams of the guards as they fell under her saber, the soft buzz of the blade whooshing through the air…. Ahsoka turned to the last guard standing, and they cowered away from her, turning to run after a few backwards steps.
“I am. Seeing someone wielding their ability so effortlessly….  It gives me hope.” You turned your head just slightly to catch a glimpse of him before turning back to the city in chaos. “Someday I’ll be able to do that, too.”
“Cause havoc?” He chuckled.
“No. Well, yes. Not just that.” You smiled. “Be in control. No voices, no bad feelings, no shaking crates or….” You darted your eyes over to him quickly before looking back forward. “Or pushing people I care about away. Literally.” Your eyes fell to the ground as you tightened your arms over your chest, rocking on your feet as you continued quietly. “I’m sorry about that. Again.”
“It’s already forgotten,” he said in a low voice, stepping closer to you, his chest pressing along your back. Slowly his right arm came around your waist, holding you tightly to him. “You ready?”
“What do you mean, there’s no-” The city lit up as the sound of heavy fire erupted. “Blaster fire….” You finished quietly.
He chuckled softly, his arm cinching tighter. “Hold on.” Once you were in the air he yelled to be heard over the wind. “Don’t forget your knife.”
“I knew it. You love that thing,” you teased.
“Don’t start,” Din groaned, hitting the accelerator to cover the last little bit before crossing the city wall.
Din flew the two of you low over the city streets, dodging blaster fire as it criss crossed the lanes, moaning softly as bolts pinged off his armor now and again.
You caught a glimmer in the middle of the street up ahead, blaster bolts catching the signet on your knife and Din’s pauldron in little bursts. Narrowing your eyes, you honed your focus, feeling time slow down around you, the world streaking by in long blurs of movement. As Din flew over them you reached out and effortlessly pulled them the few feet to you, the handle of the knife landing firmly in your palm while his armor hit the other.
Time sped back up as you turned in Din’s grip, attaching the beskar back at his shoulder, knife still in your hand.
“You’re getting that awfully close to my face, mesh’la,” Din grumbled, glancing at the knife blade inches from his helmet.
You scoffed, finishing with the armor before tapping the blade to his beskar. “And you are one hundred percent safe.”
“Doesn’t feel like it.”
Letting out a huff, you smirked as he turned a sharp corner, coming up in front of the gates leading to the Magistrate’s inner area. 
Guards stood with rifles drawn, aimed at the prisoners.
“Get ready for a bumpy landing,” Din mumbled.
“Isn’t it always?”
Din pinched your hip once in retribution before he dropped you the few feet down to land on the edge of the area as he kept moving through the air, planting both feet on the chest of one of the guards. 
Touching down on the ground, taking a quick few steps forward from the momentum, you hurriedly looked around at the prisoners, making a move to let the nearest one down. You immediately drew your blaster and shot one of the remaining guards without a second glance as Din shot the one he knocked over.
Hurried footsteps shuffled in behind both of you, and he rounded with his blaster drawn, but you were quick to intervene. Dashing over to lightly rest your hand on his chest, drawing his attention over to you. “It’s just him.” You glanced over your shoulder to offer a small smile to the old man from earlier in the alley as he held his hands up in surrender, letting out a heavy breath of relief as he returned the grin. 
Din nodded at the man, who returned the gesture still wearing a small smile, before you all went about letting the prisoners down.
“Thank you,” the man mumbled at your back.
“You're welcome.” You unfastened the restraints around the feet of the nearest captive. “He wouldn’t have shot you, though. He’s on top of it all. It was just an…. Instinct, I guess.”
He chuckled softly as he helped the man down. “Well, keep trusting your instincts. They’re on to something, I think.” 
Letting out a soft huff with a gentle shake of your head, you turned to face Din as he let a prisoner down across the way. “Mando.” Once the woman was firmly on the ground, his hand going to the middle of her back to help stabilize her as she wobbled slightly, he turned his visor toward you. “I need to go.” You gestured over your shoulder with a jerk of your head.
Helping the woman lean against the pole she had been up on, holding her hand as she lowered herself slowly to sit on the ground, he quickly made his way over to you once she was stable. “Are you sure?”
“You ask this every time, when are you going to tru-”
“Don’t finish that sentence,” he growled. “You know I trust you.” He shifted his weight before continuing in a quieter voice. “I’m just asking if you have everything…. Your blaster, your saber….”
“Go on….” A smirk was climbing up your face. 
“Don’t make me say it.”
“Oh, I am absolutely going to make you say it.” 
He grunted before taking a deep breath. “Your knife.” He grumbled it so fast and low it was almost unintelligible. 
“Nice try.” He grunted again, making you shake your head as you pulled your cloak back to show him your belt. “Yes. Got everything I need right here.”
“Jedi,” the woman he’d helped whispered, drawing both of your gazes her way, finding her staring at your belt with wide eyes full of hope. 
Looking down you realized she had seen your saber.
Before you could say anything to dissuade them, all of the prisoners began murmuring quiet words about the Jedi, how they were saved, thank the stars, thank the Force, we’re safe, and finally. The words swam around you in a quiet din, painting a soft picture of hope in the otherwise dismal city, lights behind their eyes igniting for the first time in you didn’t know how long.
Looking around, you couldn’t find it in you to tell them no, but you didn’t want to prove them wrong. 
Din’s hand on your arm pulled your attention back to his visor as it peered down at you, tilting to the right just slightly. “They know what they see. They see you.” He gave your arm a gentle squeeze. “Ne shab’rud’jetiise,” he said quietly, making you smile. “Slanar.” He gestured behind you with a jut of his chin, giving your arm one more firm squeeze before letting go. (“Don’t fuck with Jedi.”) (“Go.”)
“Ib’tuur jatne tuur ash’ad kyr’amur,” you said with a grin as you stepped away from him, walking backwards. (“Today is a good day for someone else to die.”)
“Jate,” he called, also walking backwards, before turning to walk towards the older man who had helped, holding one hand up in a wave. “K’oyacyi!” (“Good.”) (“Stay alive!”) 
“I will if you will.” When you heard Din’s snort of laughter you turned to continue on to the next part of the plan. Darting down an alley, you reached out, trying to sense where Ahsoka was. Making a few quick turns in the darkness, you pulled up abruptly as you came around a corner to see a slew of guards trying to tiptoe through the streets.
Pressing your back against the structure behind you, you tried to even your breathing. Somewhere in the night, several buildings over, you heard more guards screaming, and the whirring of lightsabers. Peeking around the corner, you saw the group of guards standing frozen in fear, faces turned toward the sound. 
Smirking, you lifted one finger at your side, and with a flick sent some debris on the side of the street skittering, drawing their attention away from where Ahsoka was. As they investigated, you flicked your finger again, sending a push to one of the guard’s shoulders, making him stumble back a few steps.
“Don’t touch me,” he hissed to the one next to him.
“I didn’t,” the other responded, agitated.
“What do you mean you didn’t? What else could it have been?”
They were getting in each other’s faces now, so you gave them a little nudge, sending them colliding into one another, their heads smacking the other unceremoniously. As they collected themselves, cradling their helmets where they had hit, moaning, they swore all manner of curses and colorful language at one another, getting to their feet and drawing in the few other members of their troop to try and break up the squabble.
“It’s her,” one of them hissed to the two, making them stop short. “She’s getting in your heads. Stop-”
“No, he pushed me.”
“I didn’t-”
“Your friend is right.” You slowly stepped away from the wall, coming where they could see you, saber tightly gripped in your hand at your side. They raised their weapons at you, scrambling to get into some sort of formation. “Well, partly. It wasn’t her. It was me.” 
Silence curled around you like your cape as it slowly billowed in the breeze.
“It wasn’t you. You’re no Jedi. You can’t-” 
With a flick of your wrist, the soldier went flying backwards, thumping against a wall and sliding down with a moan.
“You caught me. I’m no Jedi,” you held your hands up by your head in surrender, smirking when you saw them become uneasy at the sight of the saber in your hand. They didn’t even notice the soldier you’d sent against the wall suddenly being jerked into an adjacent alley by an unseen force, and they seemingly missed the sound of a saber igniting briefly before the muffled sounds of struggling stopped. “But I’m me. And I can still do this.”
Turning your upheld hand just slightly, all of their weapons clicked as you disengaged them wordlessly. They all held their weapons up to inspect them before trading worried glances. One of them went flying up before slamming back down into the ground, moaning.
“That was me,” Ahsoka said, stepping out of the shadows behind them.
In just a beat of silence, you exchanged a glance with her, reaching out to help distract and divide them with more forceful nudges and pushes as she took them down easily with her sabers. Once they were all still on the ground, she closed the distance between you, disengaging her blades.
“There’s more across town. It’ll be faster to go over the roofs.”
Clipping your saber to your belt, you couldn’t help the small smile starting up your face. “I think I know just how to get up there.”
Taking a deep breath in, you closed your eyes and felt the ground fall away as you leapt backwards onto the roof of the building you had been leaning against. Stumbling a bit once you opened your eyes, you looked around with a grin. “That will never not be amazing.”
Ahsoka laughed softly as she walked to the edge of the roof, peering down into the street below. “To make it across the gaps, you have to do the same thing, focus, but keep your eyes open.” She turned to look at you. “You have to keep your guard up. Yes, this is a relatively easy fight, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get caught off guard.”
You nodded, taking a few steps back to get a running start to follow after her as she leapt across the space. Watching the ground fall away beneath you again, your robe rippling in the wind as the other rooftop grew closer by the second, you decided to keep your eyes open every time from now on. Landing on the tiles, you took an extra few steps from the momentum before you came to a stop next to Ahsoka who looked at you expectantly, eyebrows raised.
“How was that?”
You grinned. “Wizard.”
Her face melted into a matching grin before the two of you took off in a sprint, dashing across the rooftops like they were stepping stones. She’d drop down every now and again, taking out a straggling guard here and there. You rolled your eyes at how dramatic she was being, sneaking up behind them and igniting her sabers just inches away before striking. It still made you smile, though.
Holding up her hand to stop you on a rooftop near the edge of the city, she looked down into the lane below. Looking at you, she pointed to the opposite end, speaking into your mind to not alert the troops down below. “Go to that end. After I run across this opening, you run across that one. Rattle a few things to get them turned around. Run fast. With speed and our capes for cover, they won’t be able to tell the difference between us. When they are looking your way, I’ll take care of them.”
Nodding, you silently made your way to the edge and dropped down out of sight of the soldiers. You couldn’t help but smile to yourself as you thought about telling Din how good you were getting at being stealthy.
Something rattled in the alley behind you, making you jump. Hand going over your heart as you glared at the rattling lid of a trash container, you narrowed your eyes. “Ahsoka,” you bit out, feeling something like amusement floating your way through the Force.
Once all the guards were looking your way, Ahsoka sped across the opening, making them spin on their heels, rifles raised. You dashed across your opening, pulling their attention back, and out of nowhere a creature screeched and skittered away down the alley the opposite direction. As they stared after the creature, Ahsoka snuck up behind them, smirking as she held up her sabers in front of her, making them look like one magnificent blade she was pulling apart by sheer will. 
After it was done, and it was just the two of you left in the alley, you slowly walked up to her as she clipped them back to her belt. “Am I ever going to get to ignite my saber today?”
“Any day that you don’t have to is a day well spent.”
“True. But you’ve barely seen my saber. It’s magnificent.”
“Are you sure that kyber has been quiet since you picked it up? Because it sounds awfully loud right now.” She smirked at you.
You scoffed teasingly. “This coming from the woman who has waved her’s around with as much flourish and flash as the top levels on Coruscant.”
The smile still on her face, she leapt onto the roof to head to the next area. “The next ones, you can show them your blade. See what happens. You’ve made me curious, now I need to see it, too.”
Landing next to her before following across the rooftops, you sighed playfully. “That's all I ask.”
After about three roofs, she signaled you to stop, holding a finger to her lips in a cue for silence. Looking down you saw the head of the guard who had let you into the city, and the two assassin droids. Ahsoka motioned you to a roof adjacent from where she stood, and you leapt soundlessly. “I’ll get their attention. You draw the droids away if you can. Use your saber like we talked about, the droids won’t know the difference.”
She ignited her sabers and was quickly under fire from the head of the guard. She leapt down into the alley, cutting his rifle in two and blocking fire from the droids. Running up a wall, she leapt and cut one of the droids in half before jumping up on the roof again, instantly disappearing into the shadows.
“Get up there!” The man ordered the droid, who promptly pulled itself up onto the roof.
Igniting your saber from the roof across the way, you began to run like you had been, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, sending bolts back towards the droid as it turned to follow you, thinking you were her.
“Wait a minute,” the man said softly, looking between where you were and Ahsoka had disappeared. “Leave her!” He ordered the droid harshly. “It’s a decoy. Follow me.”
The droid obediently began hopping back across the rooftops, following after Ahsoka as the man disappeared into the shadows.
“Kriff,” you muttered, disengaging your saber, keeping it in your hand as you followed at a safe distance.
You were quickly back in the center of town, the man and droid nowhere to be found.
Din was ushering the last of the prisoners into a nearby house. “Get inside,” he said softly.
Movement out of the corner of your eye caught your attention, and you turned to find a lone guard sneaking closer, rifle raised as he closed in on the Mandalorian.
“Hey! You!” Yelling to get his attention, you sprung into action as soon as the guard turned to look up at you.
Leaping off the roof, you wrapped your legs around the shoulders of the soldier, pinning his arms down as you brought him to the ground. He tried to squirm out of your grip, but you were quick to get to your knees, grabbing his shoulders to pull him up before slamming him back down as hard as you could, knocking him unconscious.
Looking up toward Din as you caught your breath, he stood exactly where he had been. His hand on his blaster but otherwise relaxed, looking at you as his head tilted slowly to the right.
Shrugging, you got to your feet, brushing your hands off before turning to the guard and dragging him off to the side by his shoulders. Once you were back in front of Din, you let out a heavy breath. “I didn’t like the way he looked at you.”
“Oh.”
“Don’t look at me like that.”
His head tilted the other way. “How would you know, mesh’la?”
“I have had to learn how to read you for years, Din. I speak fluent helmet.”
Din scoffed.
“I do! That’s how I knew our friend back there,” you pointed to the soldier still unconscious in a side alley, “had bad intentions for you.”
“Really?” His voice was dripping with amusement, his visor straightened out to look down at you fully.
“Mmm-hmm.” You raised your eyebrows. “I don’t need to see a face to know these things. Comes with the Tin Can territory.”
Before Din could respond, movement behind you drew his attention away, and he looked over your shoulder, making you turn and look, too, finding the head of the guard standing in the middle of the street. Din slowly stepped in front of you, standing between you and the man.
He glanced down at the saber still in your hand, eyes flying up to meet yours before they went over your shoulder, and you found yourself turning yet again to look, finding Ahsoka standing on the edge of the wall dividing the Magistrate’s area from the rest of the city. The wind whipped her cloak around her viciously as she held the man’s gaze before she turned and dropped down on the other side of the wall.
Looking back to the man, a rifle held ready in his arms, you noticed Din had quietly drawn his blaster. Clipping the saber back to your belt and crossing your arms over your chest, your gaze bounced between the two of them in the loaded silence until finally the man spoke.
“So, you threw in with the Jedi.”
Din glanced over his shoulder at you, his head tilting just slightly in amusement before he turned back to the man. “Looks that way.” You couldn’t help but snort softly in laughter. “Two of them, in fact.” The man scoffed. “Come to think of it, three. My son was gonna be one a few decades ago….”
“Decades?”
“Yeah. He’s older than me.” He began motioning with his hands in reference. “He’s about this big, huge ears, green…. Doesn’t like you at all.” Din’s blaster rattled with his movements, still gripped firmly in his hand. “I keep him around for a lot more than luck.”
“That…. Thing?!”
“His son,” you corrected the man in a bored tone, shifting your weight to one leg.
“Our son,” Din amended firmly.
You stared at the back of his helmet, fighting the urge to smile.
The man scoffed. “Oh. So you did more than just throw in with them.”
“Hey. Buddy,” you started, lowering your arms to rest at your sides easily. “He’s got the upper hand here. I wouldn’t press his buttons if I were you.”
“You’d know a thing or two about that, wouldn’t you?” He practically sneered.
You nodded. “I would. But I don’t have to actually press anything.” When the man narrowed his eyebrows in question and Din groaned knowingly, holstering his blaster with a shake of his head, you lifted one hand, letting your fingers tickle the air teasingly. “I just have to….” With a flick of your wrist, a piece of fruit from the nearby vendor’s table flew through the air, smacking into the back of the man’s head.
He lifted a hand to cradle the impact, turning and looking, only to do a double take when the table was empty of anyone to blame. When he turned back to face you, his eyes went wide, finding several pieces of the fruit floating in front of him where you had floated them over his head out of his line of sight. He looked at you briefly, eyes going wider still as you smirked before flicking your wrist again, his eyes turning back to the projectiles as you sent the fruit forward to pummel him in rapid succession.
“Do you think he gets it?” You asked, looking at Din.
“No, I don’t think he does,” he mused, his voice tight with held back laughter. 
“He does, he does! I mean I do, I do! Stop!”
On the other side of the wall you heard the sound of Ahosoka’s sabers powering up, quickly followed by the sounds of kyber striking beskar. The spear. A buzz hummed through the air as the two met and held, resisting the other firmly. Then silence. Quickly, a pattern formed with their grunts and the clashing of weapons echoed faintly off of the walls of the inner area.
The man held his ground across from both of you, eyeing you more skeptically now after the fruit. ��You seem familiar.”
Smirking, you signed to him in Tusken. “Do I?”
He let out an aggravated huff, rolling his eyes. “Of course.” Turning his attention back to Din, he changed the subject. “Who do you think’s gonna win?”
Din held his ground, not moving an inch as his arms hung easily at his sides, his weight on one leg like this was a casual conversation. As subtly as you could, you angled yourself more towards him, moving in closer just a bit.
“Could be your side….” The man continued, beginning to move forward slowly. “Could be my side.” The fight continued in the background.
Din inclined his head ever so slightly as the man got closer.
“I got no quarrel with you, Mandalorian.” He finally looked your way again, something like annoyance in his expression. “Or with your…. Friend.”
“That’s far enough,” Din said calmly, one hand coming up to gesture the man to stop, his other moving to hover over his blaster, teasing the air as it itched to grab the weapon.
You heard the fight surge briefly, the sound of one saber disengaging before a faint plop of water. It took all you had not to jump over the wall and try to help, but you knew Ahsoka knew what she was doing. You’d probably just get in the way. You were needed here.
“You and I, we’re a lot alike.”
You narrowed your eyes at the man. “You are nothing like him.”
He ignored you. “Willing to lay our lives down for the right cause.” He eyed Din’s hand as it flexed over his blaster, his gloves creaking with the movement. “Which this is not.”
The sound of beskar thudding to the ground and all sounds of fighting coming to a stop filled the area.
“Sounds like you win,” the man admitted, going to lower his rifle to the ground. He watched Din closely, too closely. As soon as Din moved his hand further away from his blaster, the man released his rifle and pulled a blaster out of the back of his belt.
Without thinking, you drew your own blaster and shot, an explosion of sparks coming off his armor at the impact. The man flew back several feet, landing on the street, motionless. 
“I had it!”
You turned at Din’s exasperated voice to find him with his blaster also drawn, smoke curling from the end.
“Well, now we’ll never know,” you mused, smiling slightly as you holstered your weapon.
Din spun his blaster quickly around his finger in a flourish before slipping it back in his belt without a glance.
“Show off,” you mumbled, turning to find the old man who helped earlier opening the door you’d seen Din ushering everyone into earlier.
He gave both of you a nod with a small smile, which you returned. His eyes suddenly went wide as he looked over your shoulder. “Behind you!” Why was everything behind you today?
Without a thought, both you and Din drew your blasters, turned, and fired up at the roof, dropping the last assassin droid in a sparking, smoking pile of scrap.
“I had it!” You grumbled to Din, trying to do what he did earlier by spinning the blaster but it didn’t work, so you just shoved it into your belt.
“If I agree with you, will you never try to do that again?” He pointed to your blaster with his own before showing off once again, finally holstering it at his side.
“What do you think?” You hissed at him, rolling your eyes.
“I think it was painful to watch,” he mumbled, looking around to make sure the area was clear. 
You huffed at the slight, turning away just a bit in annoyance, seeing the man lying in the street, and getting an idea. Smirking, you walked over to him. “Fine.” Stooping down, you picked up his rifle. “But if that’s the case, I’m just gonna need a bigger weapon. More function, less painful for you to watch.”
Din groaned. “Not this again. It’s like your knife all over again. Put it back.”
“Hey, you admitted that knife has come in handy.”
“Not in so many words.”
Slinging the rifle over your back by the strap, you smirked at him. “I’m keeping it.”
Before Din could rebut, the people began to file out of the house, their eyes all wide on you. “Jedi,” they all whispered.
Soon you were surrounded by people, all of them looking at you with grateful eyes. Their hands reached out tentatively at first to grip your own, then gradually became more and more confident as they offered reassuring squeezes to your arms, hands, shoulders - anywhere they could touch. 
One older woman you recognized as the fruit vendor, cradled your face between her hands. Her face held a slight tremble as a tight smile formed on her lips, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. “Thank you,” she whispered, her voice cracking with emotion.
You wanted to explain. Tell them it was Ahsoka. It was Din. You weren’t a Jedi.
But as her eyes crinkled in joy, her brow unfurrowed in relief, you just smiled, nodded once, and swallowed your tears before saying, “You're welcome,” as strongly as you could. 
Looking over the mass of people surrounding you, you saw Din looking on from the sidelines, his head tilted fondly. “I told you,” he signed. “They see you.”
You are yourself, and that is all you could ever hope to be. 
Ahsoka’s words ring in your head, making you smile.
Looking up and to the left, you saw Ahsoka with the Magistrate in her grasp as she exited the middle area. Ahsoka smiled at you mischievously as her voice floated into your head. “I see my words didn’t go to waste, little one.”
You’re not sure how, but you know your voice floats back into her mind, her smile widening as it does.
That’s all I need to be.
Xxx
You leaned against the inside of the city gate, ankles crossed leisurely, arms comfortably across your chest as you watched the people celebrate their newfound freedom. The air was clearer, the skies bluer, like nature itself was taking a long needed breath. Looking down at the satchel on your hip filled with fruit from the vendor, you smiled. She had insisted you take it, stuffing more into the bag until it was overflowing. She wouldn’t accept any payment, so you made sure to slip some to the man who had helped you, telling him to get it to her somehow.
You smirked at Din as he walked past you with Ahsoka. This was the same spot he’d grabbed you by the back of the neck when you were in the armor. “I’m having some deja vu…. But a much less violent version.”
He scoffed. “Violent. I pulled you off the wall.”
“Compared to my relaxing before you did, it was violent.”
You followed them out of the gate, your heart full as you watched the celebration over your shoulder where the older man who had helped you was being anointed their new leader. He looked up and met your eyes, smiling kindly. You smiled back, tilting your head forward in a small bow of respect before lifting it again to find him waving you off bashfully.
“I believe this was your payment,” Ahsoka said, holding the beskar spear out for Din, smiling that mischievous grin she’d had since you’d taken the city.
“No,” Din said after a minute, and you turned your full attention back to the two of them, looking up at his visor with knit brows. “I can’t accept.”
Ahsoka shifted the spear to the other hand, tapping it on the ground in the process, making it ring out softly.
“I didn’t finish the job.”
Understanding crossed her face and she gave a gentle shake of her head. “No. But this belongs with a Mandalorian.”
Hesitantly, Din reached out and lightly gripped the spear, taking it from her, looking it up and down.
“Where is your little friend?” Ahsoka’s voice had softened, her features more serious for the first time in a while.
Your stomach sank. You’d forgotten why you were here for a while, expecting to jump on the ship after this and go back to life as normal. But…. That wasn’t going to happen. There would be one less member on the Crest. Little Grogu had to go and get training, it was what was best for him. That didn’t make it any easier.
Din looked into the distance toward the Crest, his voice strong, but you knew him well enough, he was hurting, too. “Back at the ship. Wait here, I’ll go get him.” 
As Din started toward the ship, Ahsoka’s eyes followed him before landing on you. Something passed between you, you didn’t know quite what, but inside you knew it was right. The unease of Grogu leaving abated slightly, but the sadness still ran deep in your veins.
Following after Din, you hurried to catch up with him, resting a hand on his shoulder when you were close enough. “I know,” you offered softly. “I feel it, too.”
“It’s what’s right,” he said lowly, his voice breaking. “It’s what’s best for him.”
“Doesn’t make it any easier,” you voiced your earlier thoughts.
“Would anything?”
“I don’t think so,” you said after a moment, your hand sliding down to grip his elbow, one of the few unarmored spots on him. “This is what you set out to do, Din. You’ve found the Jedi, you’ve returned him to his kind. It’s where he’ll be safest, you know that.”
“I want him safe. I do. But I also want him happy, and when he was floating that rock, he seemed anything but happy.” He looked down at you as you both paused at the bottom of the ramp of the Crest. “Is that selfish?”
You offered him a gentle smile, rubbing your hand back and forth where it still rested on his arm. “To want joy for a being you care about? No. No I don’t think that is.”
He looked at the ground, his voice going quieter still. “But what if I want to be a part of that joy?”
Studying his visor for a long moment, you finally looked at his chest as you spoke. “I think…. I think you will always be a part of his joy. Whether you're with him, or not.” Looking back up into his visor, you swallowed before continuing. “You saved his life, Din. Multiple times. And you’re saving it again by letting him go with the Jedi. He needs this. It’s just another step on his journey. But you…. You’re the reason he has a journey to go on. And he knows that.”
“He’s just a kid, how would he-”
“When we sit and meditate, when I’m trying to calm him in hyperspace so he doesn’t bounce off the walls? We…. talk. Kind of like he and Ahsoka did, I guess. I couldn’t read his thoughts like she could, but I got…. Images. Feelings.”
He shifted his weight, tilting his head as he looked down at you.
You smiled as you recalled some of the conversations with the kid. “Remember when I told you you were the world to him?” Din straightened a bit before nodding quickly. “I wasn’t far off. When we talk I try and get his attention by sending him images of things he knows, foods, frogs, his ball, and he sends back his, er…. I guess you could say feelings is the best word for it.” He nodded for you to go on.
“When I send him a mental image of food, it’s joy. Frogs, elation,” you chuckled. “His ball, love.” You paused, looking back up at him. “You? With you, he sends me an overwhelming feeling of everything.” Din didn’t move. “Safety, joy, annoyance, protectiveness, fiercely protective in fact, elation, and overwhelming love.”
“Annoyance?”
You huffed. “After all of that, you focus on that?” Your hands went to your hips. “Yes. You’re proving his point right now,” you grumbled, going to make your way up the ramp.
He reached out, lightly grabbing your arm to stop you. “I’m sorry. I…. I don’t do this…. well.”
“Don’t do what?”
“This.” He gestured between the two of you then up onto the ship toward Grogu. “Us.” He sighed. “Family.”
You smiled, stepping back down, closer to him, resting your hand on his chest plate. “You’re doing just fine.” Your smile faltered. “Now come on. We have something we need to do.” Reaching down, you grabbed his hand, giving it a squeeze as you started up the ramp. “And I’ll be right here the whole time.”
Din took off his jet pack once he was inside the ship, setting it off to the side as you waved your hand over the panel to open the door to the little cot area. With slow but purposeful steps, he walked up and put his hand on the small hammock as Grogu still slept heavily, wiped out from all the work with Ahsoka. “Wake up, buddy.”
Taking one step away to give them some space, you put your right arm across your chest, your left hand resting on Din’s back softly before bracing on your chin to help keep your lip from trembling.
“It’s time to say goodbye.”
Grogu blinked his eyes open blearily for just a moment, letting out a soft coo before he fell back asleep.
Din pulled him gently from the hammock, sitting on the edge of the cot as he cradled Grogu in front of him, just staring down at his little ward as he slept.
You sat on a nearby crate, giving them the space they needed, but staying nearby for support. You loved Grogu, and you’d get to say goodbye, but their relationship was something special. They deserved their time alone.
Din said your name a while later, motioning you over with a jerk of his head when you looked up. 
Rising slowly, you made your way soundlessly over, finding Grogu’s eyes open and watching sagely.
Reaching out and tracing the line of his ear with your finger, pinching the end lightly when you got there, you brought your finger to his small clawed hand, smiling and letting out a breath when he grasped it tightly. “I would run for my life a thousand times over if it meant I got to know you again.”
Xxx
A while later, Din took the time to adjust the kid’s robes as Grogu babbled happily, sitting atop a large crate near the ramp of the Crest.
His large eyes looked up at you as he squealed once, making grabby hands for another mouthful from the ration pack you were feeding him. Laughing softly, you reached in, grabbing a portion. “This is it, adika.” You handed it to him and he immediately began munching happily. “That’s the last piece.” (“Little one.”)
He looked up at you with wide, sad eyes, slowing his eating just slightly, making you laugh again.
“I’m not saying that, the packet is!” Turning it upside down to show it was empty, Grogu glared at it with vehemence, making Din chuckle.
He picked him up, starting down the ramp as you followed, both of you stopping at the sound of Ahsoka’s voice.
“You’re like a father to him.” She looked to you. “You’re a family.”
Din continued down the ramp again after a moment.
“I cannot train him.”
Din slowed, finally stopping at the bottom of the ramp. “You made me a promise, and I held up my end.” He’d finally come to some sort of terms about the whole thing, and now he was being made to march in the opposite direction. He may wear beskar, but he wasn’t made of it. You weren’t sure how much more he could take before he’d start to take damage.
Ahsoka sighed before closing the distance between her and the Mandalorian, the child cooing at her happily. She reached out and he grabbed her finger. “There is one possibility. Go to the planet Tython. There you will find the ancient ruins of a temple that has a strong connection to the Force.” She looked at you. “Place Grogu on the seeing stone at the top of the mountain.”
Din’s voice was slightly relieved, but tired, and you couldn’t blame him. “Then what?”
She looked at the child. “Then Grogu may choose his path.” His ears perked up at this. He let go of her finger, looking up at her expectantly. “If he reaches out through the Force, there’s a chance a Jedi may sense his presence and come searching for him.” Her expression fell, and her arms came to cross over her chest. “Then again, there aren’t many Jedi left.”
Grogu’s ears fell, and he babbled softly.
“Thank you.” You did a double take at Din’s thanks, eyebrow raising skeptically.
“May the Force be with you.”
Din nodded once, before turning to head back up the ramp.
“May the Force be with you.” You offered in return, lingering near the bottom of the ramp, arms crossed over your chest. 
She smiled at you, glancing behind you as Grogu cooed happily, making her smile grow for a moment before she bowed her head to him in farewell. Then she met your eyes again. “So, little one, what will you do?”
“What do you mean?” Your arms fell to your sides to rest easily.
She smiled mischievously, like always. “You know.”
Looking over your shoulder as the ship started up, you turned back to her. “I will do what I need to.” She nodded, accepting your answer. “Thank you,” You said after a moment. “For everything. I finally feel a shred of control, and a hell of a lot more hope.”
“Hold on to that. Let it carry you when things get dark. There is always a light to go towards, even if that light is in fact, yourself. Follow your instincts, and you will not often find yourself lost.”
“You speak in riddles,” you moaned, massaging your temples and scrunching your eyes shut tight.
She laughed softly. “I learned from the best.”
“I’m beginning to see that,” you mused with a grin, letting your hands fall back to your sides. 
She gestured you up the ramp, a fond expression on her face as you turned and made your way into the ship. Just as the ramp began to close, you heard her voice in your head, turning to find her winking at you just before she was out of sight.
“May the Force be with you.”
Xxx
“Where are we headed?” You asked, slipping into the copilot seat as the Crest pulled away from the surface of Corvus.
“I was thinking back to Tatooine for a quick pit stop. Stock back up on some rations, top off a few leaks in the Crest before we make the trek all the way to Tython.” He pushed a few buttons as the ship broke through the atmosphere, the dark sky fading into the brilliant void of space in front of you.
“Okay, sounds good,” you nodded, fastening your seatbelt right before he pushed a lever forward and the vibrant streaks of hyperspace surrounded the viewport. “Remind me to….”
When you didn’t continue, Din hit the autopilot button and turned in his chair to see what was going on, the question dying on his tongue when he found you staring with narrowed brows at several pieces of floating fruit coming up through the hatch from the level below.
“I think the gremlin named Grogu is hungry,” you grumbled, though your voice was heavily amused, one eyebrow raising skeptically as you turned to look at Din.
Sure enough, when he looked at the kid, Grogu was reaching out for the nearest fruit as it floated straight into his hands. “Patu!” He cried happily before biting into it ravenously, the remaining floating pieces all dropping to the floor with a thud.
With a heavy sigh you shook your head, a bemused smile tugging up your cheeks as you looked back at Din, his head leaning back against his chair with a gentle thump.
Xxx
Din hammered on the hull of the Crest. “When we got to Corvus, we found the Jedi. She told us the kid's name is Grogu,” he said the name affectionately, pausing his thudding against the durasteel to stare at the hull absently as he continued. “Then she tried to say my wife needed her help too, not just the kid, but-”
Peli fumbled at his words, her tool clanging against the outside of the ship as she attempted to catch it before she dropped her large wrench directly on top of his helmet where he stood below her fixing the Crest.
Din’s hand rose to rub the spot as he twisted his gaze up toward her. “Ow! What was that for?!”
Peli blinked her wide eyes owlishly. “I’m…. I’m sorry. Did…. Did you just….” Her eyelids fluttered as she searched for the right words, her hand resting on her hip as it jutted out to the side. “Did you just call her….” She leaned forward on the scaffolding, bracing on her forearms as she leaned closer to Din. “Your wife?!”
Din took a deep breath in but was stopped when R5 bleeped into the hangar, leading you across the space with animated sounds as you just grinned at it, the little BD droid hopping around your feet excitedly, chirping as it went. Looking up in amusement, you cocked your head to the side as you peered up at your Mandalorian. “What about a wife?” You turned to Peli. “I’m still learning Binary, but I’m pretty sure R5 said ‘wife’.”
Reaching out and lightly kicking the droid with the tip of his boot, Din muttered, “Tattletale.”
It blew a raspberry at him. BD continued to chirp happily as it looked between all three of you.
Peli protested when he nudged the droid, making a face at him before turning to look at you yet again. “Mando said his ‘wife’!” She pointed at him exaggeratedly. Looking back at him with narrowed eyes, her voice lowered. “Explain!”
“You’re worse than the droid,” Din muttered, shaking his head as he peered up at her. Lowering his gaze back down to yours, and finding your brows raised expectantly, he froze. “Uh….” There was a moment of silence before he swerved the conversation into a new line altogether. “I want to train with the spear a bit. Get your saber out.”
Your eyebrows went from raised curiosity to narrowed confusion. “My saber? Din, is that a good idea?”
“I’m in full beskar, and the spear is beskar. If I can fight off a dual blade wielding Jedi like Ahsoka, I can handle you.” His voice turned smug near the end, his weight shifting to one side as his hand rested on his belt.
“Yeah, okay. But I was helping you with her. In this scenario, I’m against you.”
“If you’re scared, mesh’la, just say so.”
Peli’s head had been snapping back and forth between you during the exchange, but she let out a low whistle as she looked forward at Din’s taunt, her droids all bleeping and booping commentary. 
Oh, that was low. He knew how to press all your buttons.
“I’m not scared, just…. Concerned. This hangar is like a giant echo chamber. Is it the best idea to have the sound of a saber meeting beskar over and over?”
Din chuckled. “Oh, you think you’re going to land that many hits, do you?” You narrowed your eyes at him. “The droids working on the ship will cover the sound, we’ll be fine.”
“I just need to say,” Peli interjected loudly, still up on the platform, hand held up with one finger extended as if scolding the both of you, “that if you so much as touch my droids with your nonsense,” her eyes narrowed to vicious slits, “you will pay. And I’m not talkin’ credits.”
Both of you stayed silent, looked up at your friend and nodded in understanding.
She grinned broadly, clapping her hands together once and rubbing them together in anticipation. “Then let’s get this show on the road!”
“Some ground rules,” you began, unclipping your saber from your belt before removing the belt altogether as Din tilted his head slightly at you. “No other weapons. No vambraces except to use to block. Hand to hand is okay, but that’s it. Deal?”
“Just the saber and the spear, got it.” He nodded, following your lead and removing his belt, too. When he picked up the spear, he spun it with a flourish, making you roll your eyes. “Ready?”
Igniting your blade, you lowered into a fighting stance and smirked. “Ready.” 
Shooting a glance to Peli, you nodded once before turning your eyes back to Din, watching his every move as she signaled her droids to begin some louder repairs. As soon as the excessive banging and whirring began, both you and Din moved toward one another with intent.
Sparks flew as purple kyber met raw beskar, the prolonged contact singing as you both tried to get the upper hand. 
You pulled back, circling him.
“Does the Force count as another weapon?”
He scoffed. “Don’t start.”
“What? It’s technically my hand.”
“What do you think?” He never let his back be to you, following you in your circle as he stood in place.
“I think you just don’t like the possibility of this.” With a small swipe of your hand, he was flat on his back, and you launched his way, but when you got there, he was gone. 
Blinking a few times, disoriented, you looked around, suddenly lurching forward when a boot on your lower back pushed your forward. Stumbling, you barely avoided face planting in the sand. Rounding on him, you let out an annoyed huff.
“Oh, that’s gotta hurt,” Peli sucked in a breath through her teeth, wincing. 
He chuckled. “If you’re going to play dirty, you shouldn’t be afraid of a little sand.”
You groaned, walking back over to him, saber humming at your side. “You have the worst jokes.”
“He really does,” Peli agreed, watching with an arm braced on the railing of the platform, her head resting on her fist. Her droids all chirped a reply.
It continued like this for hours, the dual suns of Tatooine rising and falling in the sky as you clashed and collided, the hum of kyber and beskar meeting a constant low drone in the hangar, the surge of sparks illuminating the growing shadows.
He got the upper hand, like he always seemed to do, and you ended up flat on your back after he used his spear to knock your feet out from under you, sand sticking to the line of sweat down your spine.
Panting, you disengaged your saber, letting your arms collapse and flop into the gritty earth beneath you. As he took the few steps to close the distance left between you, you smirked, staring up at him as he towered over you. “So your wife?”
Din, still panting like you, let out a heavier breath in annoyance, looking away from you and across the hangar. “Don’t.”
“No, I’m not!” You couldn’t help the grin. “Just…. What brought this on?” Your breathing finally started to calm, and you let out a much needed sigh.
It took him a moment to answer, but when he did, he finally looked back down at you. “To be honest…. A bunch of things. But more specifically when you tackled that guard from the roof on Corvus.”
“Oh really?” Your grin turned into a mischievous smirk. “That’s what does it for you?”
He groaned, holding a hand out to you. “Get back up and fight me already.”
“I will if you stay on your feet this time.” You tried to pull him off balance as you took his hand, getting to your feet, but it backfired and he pulled you off balance instead, making you stumble forward.
“Cuyi ulyc,” he teased, turning to face you as he shook his head. “Bid werdla.” (“Be careful.”) (“So stealthy.”)
“Ori’jagyc. Ori’buyce, kih’kovid.” You circled him one more time, looking for an opening. (“Bully. (Lit. “Big man.”) All helmet, no head.”)
He froze. “I’m not a bully. Atin'la gar besbe'trayc.” (“Tenacity/Toughness is your weapon (to success).”)
You groaned. “Don’t you start speaking in riddles like Ahsoka.”
As you mirrored one another once again, forming a large circle in front of the ramp of the Crest, you launched at Din just as the suns set below the lip of the hangar. Your saber met his spear, sparks shooting in all directions, sending the pit droids scattering as the two weapons sang on impact.
“Atiniir,” Din grunted out as he held his ground, trying to push you back any amount he could manage. (“Endure.”)
“Oh, because you’re always a ramikadyc, right?” (A determined, focused person.)
“I do my best,” he pushed you back on the last word, making you spin to keep from stumbling again, your back to him for only an instant, but apparently long enough for him to disappear into thin air.
Turning in circles, searching the hangar, he was nowhere to be found. “This isn’t funny!”
“It wasn’t supposed to be,” you hear right in your ear, making you whirl around with your saber, colliding with his spear once again before he swipes it with a flourish and sends your saber off to the side, the blade disengaging as it clattered to the ground.
Calling it back to you with the Force, it just has time to land in your hand and ignite before the tip of the spear is pointed at your neck, inches away, and you go a little cross eyed looking down at it as you try not to move. Hoping your labored breathing calms down enough that you don’t accidentally take too deep a one and catch the end of the blade from the motion. Your eyes lifted up to his visor.
“Gar parjir,” you whispered. (“You win.”)
“The goal isn’t to win. It’s to cuyanir.” (“Survive.”)
“Can I cuyanir without your spear at my throat, please?” You swallowed roughly, eyeing the beskar as it glinted under the work lights Peli had set up when the suns had disappeared. You disengaged the saber, holding it loosely at your side.
With a simple spin end over end he had the spear back at his side, standing proudly in his hand. 
“Ni ceta.” (“Sorry.” (Lit. “I kneel.”))
You blinked and he was down on one knee with his head bowed in either respect or shame, you couldn’t tell which. Dropping to your knees in front of him, your saber forgotten where it fell, you cradled his cheeks, lifting his head up so you could look at him straight on.
“What? No, no, no.” Glancing over to find Peli buried in some repair, you lowered your voice still, looking back at his visor. “Din, I was teasing-”
“No, mesh’la, I took it too far. I got…. Wrapped up in the moment and forgot….” He looked off to the side.
“Hey, hey….” You cooed, slowly turning his focus your way. “Come back to me.” Closing your eyes, you leaned your forehead against his, taking a deep breath before letting it out on a sigh.
“I always come back to you.”
Xxx
Later that night, you stood in Peli’s kitchen, looking for a late night snack before bed when Din came in.
“Mesh’la? What’re you doing?” His voice was low and rough, ready for sleep several hours ago but only just now making his way there.
“Scavenging,” you mumbled, looking through a small pile of miscellaneous foods in a cabinet. “But nothing looks quite right.” Closing the cabinet softly, you turned to face him, finding him leaning against the doorframe. “I think I’ll just have some water.” After you filled a small glass, you leaned against the counter facing him, smirking into your cup as you went to take a sip. “So, your wife, huh?”
Din sighed, his body deflating as he hung his head. “Don't.”
Swallowing, you lowered your glass and gave a small nod, fighting the grin trying to tug up your face. "I'd love to meet her.”
He sighed again, resting his head back against the wall with a soft thud.
Silence hung in the air before you added on a chuckle, "Is she nice?"
Din said nothing, only feeding the silence.
You had a full on grin now. "At least tell me she's pretty."
He still said nothing, but then, lowly, "Nayc. Mesh'la." (“No. Beautiful.”)
Oh, he was good. But you weren’t done teasing. “I know you are but what am I?”
Din turned and walked off after a moment, done with this whole day, waving to you as you laughed.
“Aw, Din, come back! I was only playing!” He turned a corner, out of your sight. “Good night,” you added softly, smiling down at the glass in your hand.
“Good night, mesh’la.”
Snapping your head up, you saw Din peeking his head back around the corner, dipping it once to you when your eyes met his visor, then he was gone again. “Good night, Tin Can.”
Xxx
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Between Us Episode 1 Commentary and Review.
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The intro is so them!
I also adore the contrast colors of red and blue. These colors are often used to represent water and fire. Both Greek and Chinese cultures recognize these colors as Ying and Yang.
Oh! These character relationships are gonna be fun! There are so many coconuts. Names are gonna be a Bitch! Ahh. We just gonna call nerd dude, nerd dude.
Oh, look at Win coming out with that strong Daddy energy. I like it, I love it! I want more of it!
The trio is back! I love these cuties 😍 Damn Win. Just shut the elevator door. I love how sweet he is with his brother. Omg. He better be watching porn and didn't just leave someone hanging. That shits rude.
Poor Team is stressing. You got this Boo! Such coconuts. Oh, look at the feels from nerd boy. Dean and Pharm moment. Everybody losing their shit up in here! Up in here!
Oh damn. That minor flashback hit the feels. Trio giving love and support. Now, the supermarket moment. They added additional moments. I adore this friendship, so I'm good with it. Look at Team being tough and supportive. He is such a big brother even though he is the youngest.
Win followed. Why you follow Win? Hmm. You just made yourself fall more. Got nobody to blame but yourself.
I hated working out on the beach. You guys, it hurts like a bitch. Resistance. It trains like nothing else but sucks and not in a good way. Let me once again point out the red and blue to you guys.
Oops, Team got hurt. Again, I really enjoy how they portray friendships in this series. Oh, Win dropped into Daddy voice. Me likes. Look at that set face. Why are you so mad, Win? 🤪
"Have you ever lost something really important to you, and then suddenly you found it." Dude, that is the best description of meeting someone from a past life! Yes! "I've never lost anything, and if I did, I didn't care that much." That's about to change, buddy boy. Their friendship is special.
"I never had anything important.""I think more likely you never let anything be important." "There is nothing truly mine in the first place. There is nothing that will say with me forever." "Win, you can't live your life like this forever. One day. When you find the one. You'll do everything in your power to not lose them."
Win showered and changed, looking for Team. The Coconuts strike again. Bless them. Poor Team 🤣🤣🤣 Yay for us though!
Ha! Yes! Daddy and shy boy! Hell to the yeah. Oh, damn that kiss. Follow!! Follow!! There's the Brat Tamer. Ugh. Yesssss. Oh, be still my heart. He is checking in to make sure he isn't drunk. Look at him double-checking. 😍 More consent check-in! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! 🎉😍💑 Command right out of the box. Verbally consent to this. We also setting the tone.
Fuck me! The chemistry ✨️The right out the box tone. That's all, Dom. "Where are you?" "Win's room." "Who is this person? In front of you?" This is so hot. "Win." 😍
Suddenly, it's hot in here. "Call me Hai Win." "Hai Win." Dude, look at the beautiful submission.
This was so good. I can't wait for next week. Hope you guys enjoyed as well! 💜💜💜
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hils79 · 3 months
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Hils Watches Kiseki: Dear to Me - Ep 5
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Oh no now Bai Zongyi thinks the person Ai Di was loudly pining over in the bakery was Fan Zerui when it was actually Chen Yi. So many misunderstandings
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Look at the drunk snuggly kitten
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AHHHHHHH! My absolute favourite thing in BL ships where there is a height difference is the tall one scooping up the small one and carrying them. Not enough dramas do it so thank you for catering for this very niche thing that I like
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Oh, good. That misunderstanding didn't last very long.
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God, Ai Di really is tiny
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Teenage boys...
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Aww look at them fighting back to back. Love me a battle couple.
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Oh, gosh. Fan Zerui passed out from exhaustion and rather than sleep on the bed Bai Zongyi chose to sleep on the floor next to him. He's so far gone now I love it.
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Chen Yi manhandles Ai Di a lot. I should have realised this when he casually picked him up and slung him over his shoulder at the very start of the first episode.
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Oh, no, are they going to ask Bai Zongyi to date the awful rich girl who tried to pay him to be her boyfriend so they can find the source of the drugs?
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Okay she just accused him of assault so I guess not
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This is hilarious because the principal knows he's not really a teacher, but she can't admit she let a gang member go undercover in her school so she's having to just go along with Fan Zueyi claiming to be Bai Zongy's cousin
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I thought this was going to be one of those dramas where the secondary couple were more interesting than the leads. And I am 100% here for Ai Di and Chen Yi but I am also now very fond of these two idiots as well
I can see why at some point they're going to have a 4 year time skip back to where the first episode started. How old is Bai Zongyi meant to be? He's still in high school so 17?
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gummy-axolotl · 3 months
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I JUST WATCHED THE FIRST HAZBIN HOTEL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE IT WAS REALLY FREAKING GOOD AGLKHADSGHQH I'M GOING TO EXPLODE IT WAS SO GOOD OMG OMG OMG HYPERFIXATION HYPERFIXATION 13 YEAR OLD ME IS SCREAMING THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS OMG OMG AHHHHHHH SCREAMING STIMMING FOAMING AT THE MOUTH YAYYYAYAYYAYAYYYYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAL DLSKAAGKLSKHLAGHEWSJGHLKDSAHFDBERIO
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nebulastarr · 29 days
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X-Men '97
Okay, so I watched the first two episodes of X-Men '97 and OH MY GOD THEY WERE SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!! Like, I am genuinely looking forward to Wednesdays just because of X-Men '97.
SPOILERS BELOW:
They did not have to make Gambit that hot, but they did, and I AM NOT MAD AT IT. Him in that crop cop? BABY
Magneto's suit? IT WAS GIVING. Like it was a whole slay
Storm being an Omega Level Threat only for her to lose her powers in the second episode
Two Jean Grey's?
"To me, My X-Men" AHHHHHHH IT WAS SO GOOD
There were so many other stand out moments for me, but the one that I loved the most was Magneto's speech in the second episode. It reminded me why Magneto is my favorite Marvel character.
X-Men '97. If you haven't watched the first two episodes, then let me tell you, you are missing out.
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sensitiveheartless · 1 year
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OH MY GOD!!! YOUR COFFESHOP BUT NOT REALLY AU!! AHHHHHHH
The blurring between realities. The weirdness! Everybody being out of character! The little episodes of weird mixed clarity! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Dazai is not Dazai-ing. Even if the rose behind the ear was pretty good.
Hehehehe thank you!! It’s a bit different from what I usually write (I haven’t delved much into mystery/horror things before), so it’s encouraging to hear that there are people who are actually interested in reading it when it’s done ahdjdkfkg
…also since you mentioned the rose, I wanted to point at this part of the excerpt because it might come across as a continuity error, but it is 100% intentional! This is when Dazai first comes in to the shop:
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And this is after the “world shifting back into place” part:
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>:D things are ~ happening ~
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aealzx · 10 months
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Omigosh ! Shame on me, I've only just noticed that you've done a written version of your comic. Or, at least, extra scenes and the sequel after Donnie becomes himself again.
I've read the first two parts with Raph looking after the recovering Donnie. How can I express my appreciation and admiration for your work? Your drawing style is amazing but your writing style is so descriptive and emotional. I can feel the brotherly love between the turtles, Splinter's love for his children.
You're doing an incredible job, I just had to tell you that.
I hope we get to see more of Disaster Twins after Better Genes.
Oh by the way, what's the reason for the title? Really curious about that.
And that's all I wanted to tell you. I also hope you are doing well !
Take care of yourself 💕✨
Ahhhhhhh no shame no shame XDDD That first post isn’t even like a week old, it’s no big deal at all. You’re totally fine.
Awwwww I’m so glad you enjoy it XDD Honestly comments are enough for me. My receiving love language is totally words of affirmation, so really, just comments pointing out one thing you liked is enough to give me a hit of happy chemicals for a whole hour or more XDD So euguuuuhhh ;V; Thank youuuuuuu omg, I’ve never really had my writing being complimented so much and have always felt like it was rather…scattered and subpar compared to “the good stuff” that makes people notice. So having it pointed out just TVT thank youuuuu. I’m glad the emotions bleed out well enough.
Thank you againnnn
Leo and Donnie being twins is one of my favorite fan headcanons I’ve adopted and looove to play with. But I also just love the dynamics between the entire family, so I end up bouncing around and none of the dous grab my attention permanently. That being said, I do have another Leo and Donnie section planned, as well as Raph and Mikey, Donnie and Mikey, and Carol in there too. XDD
As for the title XDD huuuu that’s a bit hard to explain. Mostly Better Genes is because the concept of double mutated Donnie was ripped from three TMNT 2003 episodes titled “Adventures in Turtle Sitting”, and “Good Genes” part 1 and 2. So I wanted people to know that I was referencing to those episodes, but didn’t want to have my stuff come up when searching those episodes. So I switched Good for Better XDD
But, I also went with Better Genes because it’s a more buried part of the story bit. The rottmnt boys were planned mutants, so it makes sense that they would be designed to have various ehhhhh plus points or whatever you call them. Enhanced strength, speed, etc. One of those that made sense to me was Draxum not wanting people to mess with his design, so I had the thought that Draxum made it so the boys’ genetics couldn’t be tampered with because their own genes would fight off anything that wasn’t part of the original design. 
These two sections kind of touch on that idea:
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The reason Donnie was able to create a cure on his own within the vague time limit is because he wasn’t creating something brand new from scratch. His own immune system was trying to fight off the mutagen, it just was being overwhelmed. So he just isolated his own antibodies, and made more of them. And after that his own immune system was able to beat the mutagen, so he’s the one with the better genes X’D
Hope that made sense |D
Thanks again for the note 8DDDD I’m doing great, just eternally tired like everyone else. X’DD
Take care too~ Get yourself a treat if you want.
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arthurtaylorlester · 1 year
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malevolent pt 31 liveblog ''the nightmare''
arthur is sleepy i'm so glad
WAIT WHAT
KELLIN??
WHERE'S JOHN
WHY THE FUCK IS KELLIN THERE
DOWN THE TOWER??
WHAT
IS
GOING
ON
oh wait i get it
is the whole episode a fever dream
THE HEAD!!!! RETURNS
samantha is its name
girl what is going on did i miss something
yes you are daft arthur
where is john
i miss him
i cant have him gone again after s3
the voice being distorted?
ayo kellin lowkey sounds like john what is going on
the butcher?? the apartment??
i think i get it. arthur is like dreaming and his memories are blending. kelling and john function as the same person
UNCLE? this is definitely a dream
OH GOD ARTHUR TRAUMA AHHHHHHH
LISTEN TO JOHN GODAMMIT
the train? oh this is getting good
PERCIVAL !!!
NO NOT HIS WIFE WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU KILLED HER
JOHN !! YES LISTEN !!
who is john?
wdym you DONT REMEMBER
I WAS RIGHT KELLING = JOHN RN
yes bbg you are dreaming
noooo you didnt drown your girl arthur
wait is kiy has the dreamlands does he have dreams as well
LISTEN !! TO !! JOHN !!
YES HE IS YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS
why is you trying grunting real hard dude wtf
oooh please be yellow or somehting
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD
''i'm not a piece of you'' THE LITTLE BITCH IS BACK !!
''clever boy'' dude wtf
yellow repaying arthur for being called ''good boy'' by him that one time
PODCAST ACHIEVEMENT!! worms obtained
yeah arthur what ARE you doing
ohhhhhhhh what did happen
this is such good horror wtf
oh ok i was just talking about this with finch but the line ''you are me screaming at me'' @ kellin who is functionally john this ep makes me think about like, how arthur and john are the same person, fundamentally
yeah why not even john?
''because'' what
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ARTHUR YOU DON'T TRUST JOHN EITHER
YES YOU'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION PLEASE!!!!
PLEASE YES KAYNE !!
what
what is he slipping away
no
no no no he can't fracture more can he
aughhh i get why this wasnt good for april 1st
well deserved angst post fluffy eps like 29-30
yellow isnt the king sooooo
OH GOD ARTHUR THINKS HE RUINED YELLOW
THE SOUND MIXING THIS EP IS AMAZING AGHHHHH
OH NO BELLA LORE
WHERE WERE YOU ARTHUR
DANIEL???
arthur not wanting to go to the caves what happened dude
is this like omori with repressed memories oooooohhhhh
THE WRAITH !! AND THE BABY !!
GOD BLESS THIS BABY STANCZYCK
yes arthur you didnt kill this baby !! slay !
you saved it :)
this is like a mega malevolent recap
mmmmm yellow watcha doing there
YES ARTHUR YOU HAVE AGENCY
tentacles?
OH YEAH THE LAKE SORRY MY MIND WENT ..... ELSEWHERE
oh god this is so fucking well done i love this episode !!
HIS SCREAMS GAHHHHHH THE ACTING !!
OH GOD THIS SEQUENCE WAS SO GOOD
kelling as arthur subconscious is such a good literary choice
because he took the things he loved FROM HIMSELF
HE LEFT HIMSELF TO DIE METAPHORICALLY TOO
mmmmmmmmmm i fuckign love this godforsaken podcast
not a piece of media i enjoy more
hmmmm kelling being john and also a part of arthur subconscious? i was literally just thinking about this a few hours ago
the episode still has 30 more minutes i'm scared
AUGHHH THE METAPHOR OF ARTHUR BURYING HIMSLED/KELLIN/JOHN STAND-IN
go off girl about evil
you are so hot when you're smart /hj
ahhhhhh arthur trauma is so :(((((
OH GOD BABY NO HE'S SO FUCKING HUMAN
nooooo you were moving on you werent happy she died
arthur confronting his trauma is sooo
i feel so fucking bad for arthur and he isnt even real
so youre gonna sleep. in a dream. okay ig
oh wait you meant metaphorically oh ok
KELLIN (ARTHUR'S SUBCONSCIOUS) AND PAST BEING BURIED AND HIM WISHING HE FINDS HIS GIRL
DARK WORLD ARC WHEN ????
also yes i've been saying same deck of cards, two sides of the same coin
wait who
oh larson
AHHAHAHA NEW NICKNAME ''golden boy'' ''your undefeated''
oh god
yellow being yellow but john being golden
harlan guthrie you goddamns genius
john did take away everything from arthur but gold is malleable, changeable
THE POEM HE POSTED ON TWT A FEW DAYS AGO
GOLD IS NATURE'S FIRST GREEN !!
nothing gold can stay
oh god this is beautiful
fave malevolent episode EASY FOR SURE
YOU ARE CHOOSING TO STAY OR ARE LARSON AND YELLOW ACTUALLY THERE THROUGH SPOOKY MAGIC SHENANIGANS TO TORTURE HIM
arthur married and had faroe young .........
smh larson arthur is just built different and comprehends the horror
there's a beauty in horror
yeah you tell him it's not horror
flashback??
BECAUSE THEY GOT MARRIED BECAUSE THEY HAD A KID AND WEREN'T MARRIED
HE DOESNT LOVE HER
AROMANTIC FR !!!!
oh a pity fuck?? dude
hmmmmm you cant live for someone else
it's wrong? for you? oh girl you got a big storm coming
james. new character alert.
YOURE GONNA LEAVE YOU'RE WIFE AS SHE'S GIVING BIRHT?? ARTHUR NOOOO
hmmm yeah arthur kinda deserved that
OH DAMN JAMES
BELLA WASNT THE ONLY PERSON TO LOVE HIM
he has uh..... an evil eldritch monster
god arthur you idiot you deal with it and your wife dies before you get to the hospital
faroe was alone in the hospital for a goddamn hour
no larson he was feeling silly i still love him
the hour oh goddddd
he fr does not care about bella AT ALL
AJHDSFJHEFHSJDFHJDHFGKH WALLY
he really loves insulting himself
he's so me-coded
he's over this guys you heard it here first
the demon yes i forgot about it !!
YOU COMBAT IT WITH JOHN !!
LISTEN
oh faroe :(((
oh the fics that we'll get
oh god she was so little
he cared so much for faroe AGGHHHH
SHE LIKED STORIES :(((((
''are you there troll?'' I'M SOBBING FR
oh god the game
jadhkjhfhjdfj the monster
seen WHO?
JOHN?
KIY?
YELLOW?
TENDRILSSSS
oh god no don't tell me it was throat oh okay
stomach oh my fuckingggoddd what
WHAT IS HE PULLING OUT
THE INTESTINES OUCH
THEY'RESWEET
HE WANTS TO FUCKING EAT YOU
stabbing him might free himt though
he's delirius
JOHN YES FINALLY BBG YOU'RE HERE MY BABY
i fucking knew he was sleepwalking
200 years???
how old is this woman
this thing is wow
idk why i ent the whole ep thinking it was the kiy
he's going to fucking eat you
oh god oh fuck i'll cry this episode is amazing
wait what
did he fucking get a new pet
HE'S HIS FAVOURITE????
arthur's trauma was so tasty he fucking got a fan
uh oh
this isn't any good is it
YOU CALL IT MADNESS RETURN??
NO? OKAY...
okay this episode was phenonget ready for a whole new month of ranting
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codecicle · 5 months
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SWAG THAT JUST HAPPENED HOW ARE YOU FEELING
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IM FEELING VERY NORMAL
ISBBHIS HOWOHNSAONISIG A
THEYRE VAMPIRES!!! AHHHHHHH
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listen dude. im losing my fucking MINDDD spoilers for everything under the cut
WAIAGJAJGGJH????? JUST EVERY LITTLE PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN WORKS FLAWLESSLY IM SO IMPRESSED BY EVERYTHING MAN‼️ The sound design is crazy its on par or BETTER than bitb's, and dude the music fucks so exponentially hard every new part of the track I hear is better than the last Nathan Hanover put his whole self into this soundtrack as he always does. The art is amazing and the comic book style they've chosen for the first few episodes works perfectly with the feel of the campaign it's so good
Everything with Condi's character is amazing, I'm loving his voice acting and direction this time around honestly it's so impressive ^_^ he's really popping off and everything he chooses to do with this character I cannot wait for the insane shit he's gonna pull off later
BEBO CHARACTER. OF COURSE IM INSANE ABOUT THE BEBO CHARACTER WHAT ELSE CAN I EVEN DO?? HOLY SHIT I LOVE SHILO SO GODDAMN MUCH BIZLY WAS NOT LYING WHEN HE SAID SUBMISSIVE IM LOSING MY MINDD
Also. Not to be the grizzly guy for a second but holy shit grizzly's voice acting has gotten so good its so impressive. This guy is in a whole different register and he pulls off his voice so naturally it's INSANEEE genuinely wish I can get as good as him one day. I know he was in the live chat saying this is the most insecure he's been about a character but genuinely I don't see it I love this guy so much <3 him and his stupid fucking cat called Void <3 <3 <3
alsoalso Charlie's dm voice is back and I'm back to being a faggot again ❤️ I'm gonna watch episode 2 right after the qsmp event tonight i actually cannot wait
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