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Boys Planet, Episode 7 Recap Part 2: Law and Man in Love

Ok! It’s time to recap some more performances from the second mission of Boys Planet! In this recap, I’ll be covering the first two groups from episode 7 -- Law and Man in Love. Let’s do it!

Feel free to skip to 3:25 to get past the recap and teaser and the promise not to cheat. Our first team is…

3:25 LAW by Yoon Mirae and Bibi

The guys come out and say hello. Stylist noonas did ok here, though I don’t like the stuff tied around Zi Hao’s and Hanbin’s waists -- looks uncomfortable to dance in.

As they’re introducing themselves, the judges talk about how it’s a team full of good dancers, and how Park Hanbin is a really tough leader.

Just wanted to give Lee Yedam a little love. Look how cute he is!

The host asks Han Yujin what was the toughest thing about rehearsing, and it’s time for a flashback.

Just as a reminder, our team of lawbreakers is:

Trainee name (rank) �� Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Han Yu Jin (4) Kick It /Backdoor - K / 15 ⭐⭐⭐

Park Hanbin (22) The Real /Hot Sauce - K / 20 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Wang Zi Hao (29) Veil /Kill This Love - G /21 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Na Kamden (31) Rush Hour /Backdoor - G / 21 ⭐⭐⭐

Lee Ye Dam (42) Gambler /Love Me Right - K /20 🌟🌟🌟🌟

When we last left them, they were a bit worried about who would handle the rapping, but they were confident that Kamden and Yujin could write the rap, while the other three would make up the choreo.

Now it’s time for them to rehearse in front of the judges. We find out that Han Yujin couldn’t sleep the night before because he was that worried about which dance judge it would be.

Look, I know it seems like I’m joking around about how much I hate that dance teacher when I draw horns and goatees and stink lines on him, but seriously, this is upsetting. Han Yujin has obviously been studying dance and performance for years, so he’s used to getting negative critique at least sometimes. But he’s only 15 years old, and this dance teacher has fucking TRAUMATIZED him. Yujin is outright terrified of him.

When that abusive shitforbrains walks into the room, Yujin says, “my heart almost exploded” from fear. In fact, Yujin is so scared that his heart is pounding so hard that Kamden can feel it even through Yujin’s shirt and ugly windbreaker. (Lee Yedam, on the right, also looks pretty scared -- look at the set of his jaw.)

This really isn’t cool. Hey dance judge? If you’re out there? Fuck you. Fuck you for traumatizing young adults or really people of any age. And for what? What was the point of it? It’s counter productive. Yujin dances better when he’s confident. Nearly all of these trainees already want to do well, so you’re not motivating them. Because of you, even amazing trainees like Yujin live in fear of being scolded. This is straight up abuse and I don’t know why it’s tolerated.

Ok. Deep breath.

So the Law team is going to perform for the judges, and Yujin is on the verge of a panic attack, and it’s just his almost supernatural self-control that gets him through it. They perform well, and the judges say they do it really well, but encourage them to change it more to make it their own. The judges ask to see their original choreo, so Yujin has to show the choreo he made up himself. We also see Wang Zi Hao present his choreo, which is obviously very krump-styled and powerful, but we don’t linger over it because only Yujin gets a storyline. The dance teacher compliments them, and gentle happy music plays, like Yujin has triumphed over adversity, but like, he hasn’t. He just has been doing as well as he always has, and this time, the judge didn’t assault him. That’s not a triumph, that’s… absence of assault.

The staff member asks him whether he’d rather have LipJ or Fuckface at his next training session, and he says the latter. And you might say, oh well if he wants to work with the psycho, he must like him deep down, right? But the thing is, there’s such a thing as a trauma bond. Children are often weirdly loyal to abusive parents, and many partners are loyal to domestic abusers. It’s a thing that happens, and doesn’t mean that abuse doesn’t also exist.

We cut to the big group trainee self-eval show, and this time, Yujin sort of chokes and the whole team kind of falls like dominos. They get a lot of negative feedback and decide they have to work harder. So next we have a montage of them training like crazy, with the formerly blue-haired Park Hanbin pushing them to do the moves over and over and over.

I’m trying to think why Hanbin’s methods work so much better than Matthew’s, and I think it’s because first off, because he isn’t following an abstract schedule he made up ahead of time. That’s important. But also, he always presents what they’re doing as something they’re doing because they all want to. It’s not him making them perform - it’s reminding them they they all want to do this, even if right now they’re tired. He also is pushing himself at the same time, and not micromanaging their every breath. You’ll notice that the other trainees really respect and like him, and it really feels like the respect goes both ways.

Performance

The original, on street man fighter

The full cam

This is a pretty great song -- if I were a dancer I think I’d pick this one.

My Take

Well, that was great. Loved it. I even watched all five fancams! The flag thing was kind of unnecessary but really, it was great overall.

What’s kind of funny is that watching the full version, I think Lee Yedam stands out the most. He’s great -- he moves so well, with both power and lightness, it’s great. And obviously Wang Zi Hao is fantastic too, so much strength and agility, when the camera actually deigns to show him to us. But when I was watching Yedam’s and Zi Hao’s fan cams, I’d get distracted if Park Hanbin or Na Kamden came into frame. Especially Hanbin, who brings so much life and personality to his performance. I’m not saying that Hanbin is the best dancer in this group, but I’m saying that his fan cam is the most fun to watch of the five, and Kamden isn’t far behind. So yeah, it’s weird -- the full cam edit seems to favor Lee Yedam, but Park Hanbin and Na Kamden are waiting in the margins to steal your attention, like bias wreckers. As for Han Yujin, for me I guess he may have even been the weakest just because this song is powerful and he looks too reedy and young for it, to my eyes. But I still think he also did a great job, and his unexpectedly deep voice in the rap was a nice surprise.

All five of them did a great job, really and truly. Yedam, Zi Hao, and Yujin brought it with the dance, Kamden did great with the rap, and dance and stage presence, and Hanbin had the facial expressions and leadership to bring it all together. So many talented trainees!! I would have pressed A for all of them. If I was only allowed to vote for one of them, I don’t know what I’d do. Cry, I guess. And then I’d probably vote for Lee Yedam because I think he needs the support the most.

The Editing

Oh man, this is like, Yujin’s very own music video. Everyone was great, but it’s Yujin who gets most the focus and the instant replays. It’s kind of irritating, honestly. I like Yujin, and I’d like him just as much if MNET wasn’t focusing on him so much. I mean, even during Lee Yedam’s killing part, they focus on Yujin.Later on, when Yujin does that little kick move, with the breaking glass noise, honestly it barely lands in the full cam version, but they play it THREE times and show FOUR different reactions to it in the edited version. WHY?

There’s also some focus on Hanbin throughout, in a way that also feels heavy handed. They also show this shot of a woman at 16:53 clearly shouting “Park Hanbin!” (You have to read her lips but it’s obvious.)

They also focus way too long on Yujin’s ending fairy move that he apparently stole from Sung Hanbin. I DON’T CARE. Unpopular opinions: I don’t like ending fairies. I think it’s weird and getting weirder. Like, we’re just codifying Kpop performances so much that all these weird little aspects of them are getting more and more exaggerated. It’s like, Fisherian runaway selection or something, and it’s getting out of hand. But I digress.

The Voting

So, the boys are waiting in the folding chairs of doom to find out who did the worst. Hanbin expects it to be him, but it’s poor Lee Yedam. He gets 608 votes, which seems to be a high score for the worst on a team, but obviously it’s not what he wanted. You can tell he’s heartbroken, and his team is astonished.

God, Yedam is trying to smile but he’s so devastated. It looks like Hanbin, left, is smiling, but trust me, he’s not happy that Yedam got a bad score. It’s an incredulous smile, not a happy one. Yedam interviews that he wonders if he doesn’t stand out on stage. Aww, Yedam!!

I’m trying to figure out why audiences don’t really respond to Lee Yedam. Part of it might be that he’s largely been ignored by MNET all along. But I also think it’s because he’s kind of short. He’s 5’4 or 5’5, and that’s fairly short for a guy. It doesn’t bug me at all. I’m pretty short myself, and I’ve learned that it’s a lot easier to be with a shorter guy -- physically, I mean. You can reach each other in the important ways. So, short girls of the world, give short guys a chance!

But yeah, I am reluctantly coming to terms with the fact that Lee Yedam is probably not going to make it much further in this competition. That’s a shame. The guy is pure, 100% talent.

So who won? Turns out it was Hanbin, with 757 votes. I mean, I get it. I also loved his performance, and he’s ranked reasonably high --22nd. Also, he did show his abs that time, and that might have moved the dial a bit.

Everyone is really happy for Park Hanbin, especially Na Kamden, who graciously says he was really happy that Hanbin won since his leadership helped the whole team succeed. And again, the reaction of the other trainees tells you a lot about the kind of person Hanbin is -- it really seems like he's universally liked.

Hanbin, who in the past was a bit blustery about his talent, seems to have calmed down a bit and gotten a lot more humble. I think he was blustery before out of anxiety -- I bet he’s like me, calmer when he has a group of people to lead. He gets the last word: “To be on the stage, all five of us took on separate roles. And everyone played their roles well. I think all five of us did a really great job.”

20:24 MAN IN LOVE by Infinite

Huta calls up the next team and mentions that they’re even performing with a live band. The judges begin singing the song, and Onestar sings it in a particular way to mock Red House Jung Mingyu behind his back, so that’s… nice.

They come up, and Huta asks Kim Tae Rae 💖what their goal is with the performance, and then this happens:

Backstage, the judges say, “Kim TaeRae used to be a really good singer,” and I’m like, “USED TO BE?”

It might be a translation issue, but I don’t think so. So, doobly doobly, it’s time for a flashback!

I’ll remind you that our men in love are:

Trainee name (rank) Star Level test / Challenge 1 /age final star level

Kim Tae Rae💖 (11) The Real /Back Door - K /20 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Jung Min Gyu (27) My House (Red) /Very Nice - K /23 🚫

Lee Dong Yeol (40) Who /Very Nice - K /24 ⭐

Choi Woo Jin (51) Nunu Nana /Hot Sauce - K /18 ⭐

They’ve elected Dongyeol their leader, probably because he’s a member of Up10tion (along with our now free-flying Lee Hwanhee). Their sitch is that Dongyeol is a decent singer but not fantastic; TaeRae is great; Mingyu is LOUD; and Woojin is sort of… lost.

Flashback to first training session with the judges. Kim TaeRae 💖is so excited to train with Master Lee that he’s standing there smiling like this.

So they sing, and TaeRae 💖sounds fantastic, and Dongyeol sings… he sings fine, I mean he’s mainly a dancer in Up10tion. Mingyu is loud.

Woojin’s rap is pretty bad -- it makes Anthonny make this face --

And it’s all what it is. Right?

But no. The judges aren’t happy.

That’s Bobby from Ikon the left, with a stuffed animal wearing a jacket that matches his jacket. Heck yeah, why not.

If you don’t know, Bobby is great. Bobby’s been on ever reality show, he’s done all the things, he’s Bobby. Ikon sings “Love Scenario” and “Killing Me” and is pretty great, though it sucks that they lost BI. Bobby is a genuine rapper, and he’s also a YG guy, so he got married and had a son and stuff and his agency didn’t even care. Maybe that’s his little son’s stuffie? Or maybe it’s his. Bobby don’t give a fuck. If you don’t love Bobby, you should, because he’s super talented and super sweet.

Side note: we catch a glimpse of I-chan among the waiting trainees, with an eyepatch over his right eye. That’s, what, the fourth trainee on this show this season who had to wear an eyepatch? What is happening at MNET? Is the ghostly hand coming out of the cabinets at night to poke them in the eye?

When it’s TaeRae’s turn to hear from the masters, it seems that they’re criticizing the style of his singing, rather than the quality. They say he’s “pulling the sound back” which makes him sound too old, and elongating the sound a lot. I don’t understand what the criticism is about, but it seems that TaeRae understands. But I think he’s disappointed that he didn’t get praised. I’d feel like that too, in his shoes. When it’s the ONE thing you know you’re good at, it’s nice to get praised for it.

Later, they find this poster in the hall:

The show is pixelating out who wins and loses, and I’m just giving you the direct translation I got online. I think “fodder” is a funny term for last place!

Anyway, we find out that team Man in Love is the “fodder” team and that Choi Woojin is the “fodder” member. (It’s also incidentally revealed the General Park Gunwook is the “first class member”.) The members of Man in Love are understandably a bit worried. But Dongyeol says that at least they had the lesson today to help them understand their problems so that they could work on them, and I think that’s a great way to look at it. Good job, leader Dongyeol!

We see them rehearsing, and TaeRae 💖is trying to alter his singing style to sound lighter. We also see TaeRae helping Mingyu sing better, and Dongyeol trying really hard to try to help Woojin with his singing and rapping.

Dongyeol is still helping Woojin later on in the dorms, with TaeRae assisting.

Also, Dongyeol is still wearing the official pajamas! Cute.

As we head into the performance, TaeRae’s voice over tells us that they still have a ways to go, but they helped each and grew as a team, and he hopes they’ll have a good performance.

The Performance

The original

Man in Love came out in 2013, same year that gave us Hush by Miss A, Ringa Linga by Taeyang, Rum Pum Pum by f(x), I Got a Boy by SNSD, and Growl by some group called Exo. To me, it sounds more old fashioned than any of those songs do -- that’s not a criticism, just a comment.

The raps:

Woojin

Every morning (yours), every time I think (my heart),

you took a step closer (at your step), your scent penetrated before I knew it.

Mingyu

Why are you so kind when you eat (when you eat), at night (when I sleep), it all starts with you

I froze up. The moment I saw you, I wanted you. Do you want to go to my house?

Cute, Mingyu!

My take

Well, you guys know how I feel about TaeRae💖.

It was both delightful and a tiny bit disappointing. Most of the time he sounded wonderful, but his high pitched ad lib sounded a little strained, as we’ve seen in his other performances. (But his falsetto oooh was lovely). I also think he might have been a little nervous because sometimes it sounded a little like he was running out of air, especially in the first few lines he sang. That isn’t to say he didn’t do well here, because he absolutely did. Like I said, a lot of the time he sounded amazing. And um, there’s this.

Even when he’s exhausted and having to hold that stupid ending fairy for ten minutes or whatever they have to do, he still looks like this. I can’t.

Ok, there were other guys on this team, right? Well, there’s Dongyeol, who held down the fort as lead vocalist and leader. He did exactly what a lead vocalist should do. Red House Mingyu did a lot better than I thought he’d do, and was actually fairly on key, though it didn’t exactly sound good. He gave off a “someone’s uncle came up with the group” vibe. And poor Woojin. When he sang he actually sounded nice, but the rapping was unfortunate. I guess he kind of fell on his sword, because no one else in the group was willing to rap? I think he improved from when he first rehearsed in front of Bobby, but it still was pretty bad. Aww, poor guy. He’s not a bad singer, but oh boy does he NOT have a sense of rhythm.

If I had been voting, I would have pressed A for TaeRae and Dongyeol, but I think I would have had to press B for Mingyu and Woojin. I think that’s my first actual genuine press-B moment of these recaps. And of course if I had to pick a favorite it’d be TaeRae💖.

The editing

Solji says that TaeRae sounds like Master Lee, and Master Lee kind of nods.

When Mingyu sings, they show the judges kind of laughing, but in an approving way. Then when he raps “Do you want to go to my house?” of course they have to cut to blue house Bak Doha, and then get reactions from tons of other trainees.

We also see this blonde girl in the audience at least four times -- her sign says Kim TaeRae 김태래.(That thing that looks kind of like an H is an “ae” sound.)

If a blonde foreigner likes him, shouldn’t YOU??????????????????

Afterward, the judges say that without TaeRae the team would have been in trouble, and repeat that TaeRae sounded like Master Lee. We don’t hear a kind word about Lee Dongyoel, which is a shame because he really did a good job doing the kind of thing he’d do in an idol group -- singing decently but not ostentatiously, looking cute, and being a good teammate.

Dongyeol interview that Woojin and Mingyu did well, and it’s true that they were on key and ok to listen to. Woojin actually sounded nice when he sang.

The voting

We cut to the crowded room with the folding chairs of doom. The first place got 740 votes, and of course it’s TaeRae💖.

Not a single person in the room or watching at home is surprised. I do want to know, though: who are the 100+ people who pressed “B” on his performance? Do they not have eyes or ears? Maybe they’re just the kind of people who hate everything, or are there to only vote for their single trainee they like, like maybe Ricky. (No hate to Ricky -- he seems like a sweetheart -- but his fans are a bit nutso.)

Lee Dongyeol interviews that he knew that TaeRae would win from the beginning. I like Dongyeol -- he seems to have his shit together as a person. Mingyu says that TaeRae played the main role in the song, and thus deserved to win -- I think Mingyu is also a really decent fellow. TaeRae says he’s grateful that his team believed in him, and that he hopes he can join the next performance too. Naturally, we don’t hear from Woojin at all, because MNET hates him.

And that’s the end of this recap! See you in the next one, when we cover Rush Hour. I’ve gotten the impression that Rush Hour is going to be a mess so… yeah!

Thanks for reading, and if you’re enjoying the recaps, and you want to, feel free to share them wherever you think you might reach people who’d enjoy them too. Or not, it’s fine. I’m glad you’re here. :)

#kim tae rae #kim taerae #jung mingyu #lee dongyeol #xiao #up10tion #choi woojin #han yujin #park hanbin #wang zi hao #na kamden #lee yedam #boys planet recap #boys planet #boysplanet999 #boysplanet #boys planet 999

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nyandereneko · 1 year

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Genshin Impact OC Profile

Nova Astrafel | Cosmic Kitten | 5 Star

Nation: Fontaine

Vision: Hydro

Weapon: Catalyst

Role: Healing/Support

Design and kit details included below the cut

Design Details

Ancient Nova Design (1,500 years pre-canon, 500 years post Archon War)

(art source)

Amnesia Nova Design (attire in the present before her memories are restored)

Notes

All gold accents actually silver

Navy gloves

The top half of her shirt/coat resembles Lynette’s collar/sleeves more closely in design, perhaps with her Vision situated at her neck instead, and no boob window for my own comfort and preference lol

Back of dress/corset is the brown ruffles, follows similar color scheme to the rest of the dress (navy/indigo) and maybe even some starlight accents throughout layers

Definitely starlight accents on any silver trim, like it’s overtly sparkly and kind of glows

In an official reference she’ll probably have random bows and frill thrown in here and there throughout the design as embellishments because I can never have enough

Restored Nova Design

Notes

Actual Fontaine Vision at neck, pseudo representative Geo Vision on chest

Outfit made for her by Zhongli as a gift after her memories returned and they reunited T-T

(art source)

Kit Details

Talents (may add proper titles for all aspects eventually but they’re not imperative at the moment)

Normal Attack: strikes with the power of Hydro in a fashion very similar to Mona with some extra cat traits sprinkled in, 5 consecutive attacks.

Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to deal AoE Hydro DMG after a short casting time, takes the form of Nova summoning a horde of Celestial Familiars (these art examples tend to be how I imagine them: link | link | link | link) to strike a single target at once, dealing incidental dmg to enemies in their path as they lunge forward.

Plunging Attack: Nova imbues herself with the power of Hydro, taking the form of a falling star as she plunges towards the ground, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with a shower of sparks, leaving a superficial crater overlay that quickly fades.

Astral Pulse (Elemental Skill): Nova sends out Celestial Familiars (design referenced in Charged Attack info) formed from Hydro that each run up and pounce on their target in a unique way, dealing Hydro dmg and exploding in a splash upon impact; marks nearby enemies and allies with a Pulse Paw, heals (allies) and deals dmg in an AoE (enemies) at set intervals based on her max HP.

Fount of Stars (Elemental Burst): Nova summons a shimmering rain of falling stars in a set AoE, provides full heal to all allies standing within the AoE and applies Hydro to all within it as well, dealing dmg to enemies.

Abilities and skills scale on HP.

Her ascension stat is healing bonus.

First Ascension Passive (Passive Talent 1): Increases Nova’s healing bonus by 20% of her max HP.

Fourth Ascension Passive (Passive Talent 2): Every ally marked by a Pulse Paw becomes a satellite healer for nearby allies for 15% of Nova’s HP for the duration.

Exploration Talent (Passive Talent 3): Displays the location of nearby resources unique to both Fontaine and Liyue on the mini map.

Constellations (Stella Nova - New Star, probably mimics the form of a Celestial Familiar too)

First Life: Innocence (Constellation 1): Reduces the elemental resistance of enemies marked by a Pulse Paw by 20%.

Second Life: Transformation (Constellation 2): When activating Fount of Stars the skill will create an additional ripple upon casting that deals Hydro dmg based on 25% of Nova’s max HP.

Third Life: Trials (Constellation 3): Increases the Level of Astral Pulse by 3.

Fourth Life: Void (Constellation 4): Increases Fount of Stars AoE by 20% and extends the duration of Astral Pulse by 5s.

Fifth Life: Determination (Constellation 5): Increases the Level of Fount of Stars by 3.

Sixth Life: Homecoming (Constellation 6): When Nova takes lethal dmg, this instance of dmg will not down her. (The effect this passive takes is of a Geo seal that flashes around her body pulsing out from the center in a way that mimics Zhongli’s elemental skill, not Hydro because its Zhongli’s seal of protection.) This effect will automatically trigger when her HP reaches 1 and can trigger once every 60s. Also: even when in the party and not on field, Nova can auto revive a fallen teammate to 100% HP once every 10 minutes.

Miscellaneous Details

Adeptus Title: Starweaver

Adeptus Form: a black panther with a pelt imbued with starlight; a fluffy black cat with a pelt imbued with starlight

Summon Screen Splash Art: Nova in her Restored Attire frolicking in starlight with a lunar backdrop and three or four Celestial Familiars playing around her feet, as well as one batting at her tail.

Signature Recipe: Cosmic Kitty Crepe (variation of inevitable crepe recipe we’re sure to get in Fontaine)

Signature Weapon (Best in Slot): Adeptal Astrolabe, a device Cloud Retainer made for Nova as a gift to celebrate her Adeptal ascension

“A complex device meticulously designed and crafted by Cloud Retainer as a gift for a fledgling Adeptus. It gleams with the radiance of the moon reflected on the mountains in the still serenity of night. Flecks of Cor Lapis dance a dazzling display within the contraption’s sterling glow.”

#self insert bio #self insert profile #genshin oc bio #genshin oc profile #genshin oc #genshin impact oc #my self insert #my writing #glitter and gold #glitter and gold writing #for the sake of organization lol

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voyagerii · 1 year

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Meet the Characters: Rockefeller Springs

Well, welcome to the first MTC event, starring Rockefeller "Rocky" Springs! Without further ado, let's meet them!

-Basic Info-

Name: Rockefeller Springs (Rocky) Age: 15 Birthday: 2007/02/21 (Using today, 2023/01/26 as a reference point) Pronouns: They/It

-Physical Characteristics-

The first notable characteristic about Rocky is the fact that they are a mechanical creation made out of gears and bolts. They have "hair" that is actually just steel wool. It uses the fact that it's a robot to repeatedly reshape and rebuild itself. Other notable characteristic include their vaguely steampunk aesthetic and glowing red dots for eyes. They also have the useful ability of creating raw metal from their fingertips. Here are some references as to what they look like. Credits to my two friends @thebindingofdragonshy (Note: this is not her usual art style) and @renthewerecatboi, respectively. They have slightly different takes on their appearance and I am tuning my artistic abilities at the moment so this should just be a base guideline for your vision. This is beginning to look like a text wall so I'm now going to transition you to the images.

-Personality-

One of the primary traits of Rocky's is how unhinged they are. They have lost any sense of sanity and are hanging on by a thread at the verge of snapping. This is due to the first ~13-14 years of its life being left in complete isolation with nothing but itself and whatever they build. Besides that they have one major passion, inventing. Whether it's flying cars or even weapons concealed as regular items such as pens, they love making things. Rocky gets quickly attached to people they meet, this isn't too much of a problem unless you don't like Rocky, in which case it's very hard to get rid of them at this point.-

-Trivia-

Rocky is 5 feet tall (152 cm)

Their favorite color is orange

They have kill count of 4, which can go higher in some AUs, the current highest is 79

What started as a joke lead to Rocky being able to build things at nigh-impossible speeds, once there was a joke about Rocky building an entire plane in 47 seconds

During its original creation in November 2020, it was original going to be made out of Gold, Silver, and Palladium, giving them a bright yellow color. However sometime the following year, I changed the composition to a more Copper and Titanium based mixture, leading it to have a more red-orange color.

They can and will remove their eyes from their sockets

They also can and will remove their limbs and replace them if they feel like it

Ren's drawing of Rocky was done on September 8th, 2022

Dragonshy's drawing of Rocky was done on Christmas Day, 2022

They get incredibly nervous when physically restrained to the point of frantically crunching down on whatever they can

Their favorite things to build are plane

Their Number 1 Fear is abandonment. Number 2 is restraint

They have tanked 7 direct explosions within 20 feet

-Quotes-

Signature maniacal laugh "Oh! So these—these ones can... explode?" Proceeds to poke at it "Well... it wasn't there when I saw it! It just... teleported in!" Context: Rocky crashed into a tree while driving a flying boat at 160 mph "AHAHAH! I get that a lot... 14 years of isolation really—really does something... to you, doesn't it!?" "I'llfuckingblowyouupintotinybits! GET BACK!" "Might get me a few lawsuits but oh well!" "A few of these are Weapons of Mass Destruction and I do not want any legal trouble for possessing—possesing them... AHAHAHA!"

-Ending Notes-

That concludes the first MTC! If you have any personal questions about Rocky then feel free to ask! This'll be a little rough around the edges but being mid at something is on of the early steps to being good at something so what it do!

And with that... Goodbye!

#meet the characters #mtc #rocky #rockefeller springs #rockefeller #please inquire about their existence #be relatively kind to me please #when anxiety #ren if you want your image of rocky unexisted tell me so D:#voyager creation #my manic bb <3

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idv-artists-trio · 2 years

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-> {Kitty Nutella}

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Occupation: Chocolatier

Other Aliases: Cinnamon Bean, Ms. Bean, Kitty-Cat ( @idv-ask-the-showman ), Ms. Kitty, My Little Angel (Kitty’s father), Calico (Rosalyn & Angel)

Category: Contain

Age: 22

Height: 5’4

Birthday: July 7th {Cancer}

Personality: Energetic, cheerful, jolly, hyped,

Item: Star-shaped chocolates in a pouch

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External Traits

Candy Crush// Has 4 star-shaped chocolates that are explosive. Can be used to explode stun hunters for 3 seconds or break chairs permanently.

Shooting Star// A star goes brightwr when other stars are around, right? When the Chocolatier has teammates around, her movement speed would increase by 16%.

Child Labor// As a girl who was prohibited to use dangerous machines to work for many years, the calibration range would shrink a bit when decoding ciphers.

Time is Short// The time lasting in a rocket chair is shorter for the Chocolatier... as in 15 seconds faster.

Deductions

#chocolatier//kitty nutella #//oc bios #//references #idv oc #identity v oc #idv oc ask blog #idv ocs #identity v ask blog #idv askblog

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xpiester333x · 4 months

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So I didn't beat every game I intended to play in 2023 but what did I play?

Not nearly as much as last year but I've had a great year with games so here is the list that I played this year, and my quick reviews.

1. Persona 5 Royal (x3 cause I had to 100% it): I don't think I need to elaborate on this one. This game has me in its CLUTCHES - 10000/10

2. Persona 5 Strikers: Great game, really played like a sequel and felt pretty true to the original game despite being a spin off - 8/10

3. Theatrhythm: I put an embarrassing amount of time into rhythm games this year and put an especially embarrassing amount of time into this game in just a month - 10/10

4. Persona 5 Tactica: I enjoyed this more than I expected to, lots of cute moments and I enjoyed the original characters quite a bit - 7/10

5. Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight : I put an even more embarrassing amount of time playing this game - 9/10

6. Persona 4 Dancing All Night: Of all my rhythm games I played this one the least because I liked the QoL changes to the newer games but I still played it more than I want to disclose - 9/10

7. Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight: By far the best Persona dancing game strictly because the music from all the various P3 iterations (something I wish P5 had gotten) - 10/10

8. Shin Megami Tensei 3 (not finished): Definitely one I need to come back and finish this coming year. I was having a blast playing it, I just happened to get drowned in a million other games

9. Final Fantasy XVI: In any other year, it would have been my GOTY. It was truly one of my favorites this year. I'm dying to replay it and I really need to dive into that DLC - 8.5/10

10. Borderlands: Crazy how well this game has held up over the years. The last time I played a Borderlands game (2) I didn't have the best time but I've had so much fun with this one that it's redeemed the franchise - 10/10

11. Persona Q (not finished): I got 15h into this and loved every second of it and then it exploded in my 3DS, dead forever, and I'm sad - 9/10

12. Persona Q2: Like SMT3, I need to finish this because I REALLY loved this game, but it just fell to the wayside because of other games - 10/10 so far

13. Breath of the Wild: I bought this game on a socially awkward whim (funny story) and it was pretty fun but tbh it wasn't as fantastic as people made it sound - 7/10

14. Baldur's Gate 3 (not finished but God will I ever be? I'm 60 hours into it and still in act 1): absolutely deserved GOTY. A fantastic game, incredibly in depth, given constant love and updates from its devs, a quality voice cast, just absolutely a blast so far - 10/10 so far

15. Solasta: A less good example of a DnD styled game. Playing it with a group of friends currently and its not horrible but it doesn't look good when you log off BG3 and on to this - 6/10

16. Catherine (not finished): Absolutely going to finish this either this month or early 2024. I'm about half way through and what an experience. Can't even explain it - 9/10 (loses a point for making me feel dumb)

17. Persona 3 Portable: Great game, FemC, but also it's age def shows and that Tartarus grind is not so fun in the year 2023 - 8/10

18. I'm On Observation Duty 6: My life is more complete for having this game come this year. I love the Observation Duty games (but this one is HARD) - 9/10

19. Sea of Stars (not finished): I will be finishing this one in the near future. It absolutely deserved Indie GOTY, it's very good - 8/10

20. Cult of the Lamb: I played this off and on between other games. It's a fun simple little game that tickles that cute/horror itch - 8/10

21. Gris (mostly finished): I have like one level left. This game is visually stunning, the soundtrack is very peaceful - 8/10

22. Persona 4 Golden (replay): I wanted to 100% it and failed lmao (missed ONE achievement). But that's okay, it's always worth the replay - whatever I rated it last year

23. Core Keeper: Honestly a true alternative to Terraria. Played it with my friends, enjoyed digging a hole and dying to bugs - 8/10

24. Harvestella: I honestly still gush about this game daily. It was so enjoyable and I could gush more but read one of my past gushes - 8.5/10

25. Monument Valley: Super unique and fun perspective puzzle that was very worth the $.99 I paid for it on sale - 8/10

26. Monument Valley 2: See above, but sequel - 8/10

27. Inscryption: There is truly no game like Incryption. I hate to make the pretentious statement "it's more than a game, it's an experience" but it's kind of true. It's an experience, with cool game play - 9/10

28. Penko Park: This game spoke to me with it's aesthetics and it's monsters and its collecting - 7/10

#easy as pie #pie plays #last year was the year of more games #this year was the year of long games #and persona 5 #next year?#who knows #also everything got pretty good ratings but as my friend said when he did his rankings #i picked them to play so i was probably going to like them

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Star Magic: Yuno Chapter 2 - 4 and 5 Leaf Grimoires

Yuno and Asta have grown up after that faightful night, as both have changed as their lifes have been changed as they get their own Grimoires.

You can also find this story on Wattpad, AO3 and FF.net with the same name.

Hope you enjoy!

It has been 10 years ever since Yuno and Asta have made their promise about them being rivals, and things have become different in many aspects, but some things remained the same.

Asta still couldn’t use his magic as if he didn’t have much of it, which was impossible since everyone in the Clover Kingdom has at least some bit of it, but it seems that he doesn’t have good control of it, but that didn’t stop him as he continued to train his body off and he plans on never giving up.

The church has gained two new orphans, Aruru and Hollo. It also grew some new pop potatoes, but it didn’t change much as it was still the same dish over and over again.

Hage was still a village in the Forsaken Realm and it was acknowledged by the Clover Kingdom so far, Julius was still the Wizard King.

But there was something that changed drastically and that was Yuno.

Yuno ever since that day became more serious, stopped crying which he hasn’t cried ever since that day, less social and overall didn’t smile much at all, and not to mention that people have realized something special about him.

It was that he had 2 Magic Attributes, which Sister Lily and Father Orsi were shocked to hear that coming from Yuno, but they made sure that it didn’t become public until Yuno was ready, which he was grateful for.

They might be in a rather unlively situation, but Father Orsi would never take any of the children for granted.

As weird as it might seem for Yuno to have both abilities of Wind and Star Magic, it kind of felt natural to him, like both of them were magic that were just made for him as he does know how to make both of them as best as he could.

As of now, both Yuno and Asta were ready to get their Grimoires as it was March and the firefly dandelions are floating in the air, everyone who are 15 years of age are allowed to have their Grimoires, and then 6 months from now, there will be the Magic Knight Selection Exam.

Grimoires are books in which they are correctly made for everyone in The Clover Kingdom as it goes well with the Magic Attribute, as the book was coloured to suit well for their users and once the user dies, their Grimoire perish along with them.

On the front page of the Grimoire, there are 3 Leafs, in which they are rumoured to show three things: Hope, Faith and Love.

The Magic Knights are said to be groups of powerful mages that are ruled by a powerful Grand Magic Knight, or more commonly known as a Magic Knight Captain which are the second highest rank in the Clover Kingdom, the first being the Wizard King.

There are a total of 9 Magic Knight squads: the best known as the Golden Dawn, the worst known as the Black Bulls, and the rest are the Crimson Lion Kings, The Silver Eagles, The Blue Rose Knights, The Purple Orca, The Coral Peacock, The Green Mantis and The Aqua Deer.

Both Yuno and Asta have the goal to join the Magic Knights as it was 1 step closer in order to become the Wizard King.

Yuno is now wearing a black shirt with long sleeves, long dark pink pants and brown shoes while Asta is wearing a black headband on his forehead with a red star around the top, as he wore a blue jacket, a long sleeved white shirt, blue pants and black shoes.

Yuno was walking around the church with Aruru, Hollo, Nash and Recca around him as they then saw Asta trying his hardest to marry Sister Lily, even when she was trying her hardest to deny him. She even hit him with a Holy Fist of Love, a much larger one than that of when he was a little kid.

Yuno sighed. He hasn’t changed a bit. He saw Asta jump saying that he won’t give up, as then a red star appeared, landing directly in front of Asta as that made him jump as Asta landed on his back when the star exploded in his face.

“Thank you Yuno, it was getting annoying,” said Nash.

“I know, Asta, will you just quit it already?” asked Yuno as Asta stood up looking at his foster brother, “You know she won’t marry you.” he said.

“You know damn well, I am not giving up, and besides, why are you sticking your nose into this!?” he yelled as Yuno looked at him.

“It is simple really. You are loud, short, noisy, annoying, can’t read a room to save your life, can’t cook, you are impatient, lack composure and tolerance,” every single one of those felt like Yuno sucker punched him in the face as he then walked away while saying, “Those attributes are pretty much unattractive to women.”

Now that made it feel like Yuno created a star in his face and blew it straight towards him… oh wait, he already did that!

“Oh come on, Yuno, we have been living together for 15 years, and that is how you talk to me?! You big jerk!” Asta yelled at his rival, as he was pretty much ignored.

Yuno sighed, he knew that saying that Sister Lily can’t marry someone because she is a woman of the cloth, or that he was 15 years old, can’t marry was pointless.

“Asta, how many times do we have to tell you, Sister Lily can’t marry someone because she is a woman of the cloth.” said Yuno as Asta grew a tick mark.

“Oh yeah?! How about we settle this, right here and now!?” he yelled as Yuno looked at his foster brother with raised eyebrows.

“No thanks.” he said.

“Huh?! What makes you say that?!” yelled again Asta.

“Because it would be a waste of time.” Asta grew another tick mark.

“Oh give it a rest, Asta. You know it is pointless,” said Nash as Asta looked at his foster brother. Hollo and Aruru looked as they saw the pop potatoes cook as Recca used her Water Magic so they could be well cooked as Nash used his Fire Magic so it could actually be cooked well.

“Oh yeah, and what makes you say that, Nash!?” he yelled once again.

“Well for starters, you are the only person that I know that can’t control any Magic,” said Nash as the rest nodded with him, “secondly, in this world magic is everything. It doesn’t matter if you have it, but how much you have it, from the looks of it you have very little of it.” said Nash.

Asta gritted his teeth as he looked at his foster brother, “Well, I have something that they don’t! A special move!”

“A special move?” asked Recca.

“That’s right! And here it goes! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!” His special move was… him doing sit ups while screaming really loudly. Aruru laughed, saying how funny he was.

His attention was then brought to Yuno doing laundry with his Wind Magic, really easily he might add. Aruru laughed again seeing that. It was very easy to make her laugh.

While the others were slightly impressed with his magic, Asta was looking at him with wide eyes and pale skin. That bastard!

Once he was done cleaning all of the clothes and getting it all dry, Asta pointed at some chunk of wood, “Well, you know what?! At least I can cut wood faster than you, Yuno!” he yelled as Yuno created what looked like an axe with the Wind and cut the wood with ease.

“You were saying?” he asked as Asta was this close to beat him up.

“Oh yeah, ya’ damn show up! Why don’t you use it with your Star Magic, huh?!” he yelled out.

“Okay.” he said as then he created an orange star with the shape of an axe and then proceeded to cut even more wood with it.

All of them were silent.

“You kinda asked for it.” said Hollo as Aruru laughed.

Asta clicked his tongue, “Yeah, I did.”

As then the door opened to see Father Orsi with tears as all of the hair on his body was now white, “Yuno is the hope for Hage Village!” he said as he noticed Asta looking at him like he told something offensive to him, “Oh and Asta too.”

“Love you too, Father.” said Asta sarcastically.

“Sorry, I didn’t notice that you were there, I just… am really excited for the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony for both of you, because after 6 months, you will become Magic Knights and then… and then…” Father Orsi then began to tear up as he began the idea of both Yuno and Asta getting out of Hage Village and becoming fully grown adults.

“And then… And then… AHHH! I CAN’T DO IT! THEY JUST GROW UP SO FAST!” he yelled as tears came out of his eyes like waterfalls as he then began to run back into the church as all of the foster kids and Sister Lily looked at him.

Nash sighed as Yuno looked unimpressed. “How is he older than all of us?”

“I have no idea, Nash. No clue.” he said as his younger foster brothers and sisters nodded with him.

Asta was unusually quiet the entire time as Sister Lily looked at him, “Asta, is something wrong? You are quiet about something, is everything okay?” she asked Asta as the ash haired boy looked at her.

“Oh nothing Sister Lily, I am just thinking about tomorrow, the day we get our Grimoires,” he looked to the skies as Yuno looked at him with interest, “Yuno and I are going to get our Grimoires, and then… I can finally use my magic, which will be the most awesome magic ever!” he yelled with stars in his eyes.

“With that, I will join one of the Magic Knights, make a name out of myself, and then, after several years go by, I can finally think of myself as one person.” he grinned ear to ear, “The Wizard King!” Recca and Nash sighed by their older foster brother, which to them feels like the younger brother, Aruru and Hollo looked in awe as Yuno kept a stoic face, “And then… you will marry me-”

“I think you should set your dreams in a more realistic sense.” said Sister Lily as Asta dropped his head.

“I am not giving up on this dream Sister Lily, and you know it!” he said as Sister Lily sighed at the young boy. He will never drop this dream, will he?

Asta then looked at Yuno whose eyes stayed focused on Asta the entire time who raised his fist, “Right, Yuno?” he asked.

Yuno walked away, “Keep dreaming Asta.” he said as the ash haired boy stayed quiet as Sister Lily looked at Yuno in shock that he would say that to his foster brother.

Asta stayed quiet as he gritted his teeth, oh he will show him.

He will show him that he will become the Wizard King!

INTRO!

(A/N: Play Haruka Mirai.)

We see several different Grimoires with different colours and looks flying around the room, all with their own attributes as it ended with two different Grimoires, one with a 4 leaf and the other with a 5 leaf, as then Yuno and Asta were then shown as they began walking in the same path, with determined looks on their faces as then Yuno’s Grimoire opened to reveal a page with the words “Star Magic: Yuno!”

Gray words can’t make anything happen

We then see Asta and Yuno facing backwards as they both raised their heads as their backgrounds were that of the 4 Leaf Grimoire of the Wind and Star for Yuno, with the 5 Leaf for Asta.

I know, yeah I know

As we see images of Asta and Yuno, both with different expressions as for Asta was him with Star eyes, while Yuno was calm and collected.

Wishing to fly freely across the sky

Then we Asta doing situps as we see Yuno flying away as Asta began running towards him.

I dreamed it all my life

As the background changed with Yuno and Asta both dodging at the same time Revchi’s chain.

Step by step I go, though it’s a doubtful world

We then see Yuno and Asta both pulling out their Grimoires, as Asta pulled out a massive blunt sword as Yuno created 3 stars around him.

Don’t care how much I fall!

Both of them attacked the former Purple Orca as Fanzell Krueger looked over with an interested look.

Instinct is my guide, I never give up!

As after they are done with him, they both turn to Sekke Bronzazza and Salim Hapshass as they were both defeated in quick succession.

To faraway future, I burst out running

We then see Asta and Yuno, both in different outfits, as one is a Black Bull and the other a Golden Dawn as then above them appeared their members in rapid succession.

Go beyond even the unseen fears

On Asta’s side appeared Yami Sukehiro, Magna Swing, Luck Voltia, Vanessa Enoteca, Finral Roulacase, Charmy Pappitson, Grey, Gauche Adlai, Gordon Agrippa, Henry Legolant, Noelle Silva and Midori Folium while on Yuno’s side appeared William Vangeance, Langris Vaude, Alecdora Sandler, Klaus Lunette, Mimosa Vermillion, David Swallow, Letoile Becquerel, Siren Tium and Hamon Caseus.

The vision I had, so I can be myself

Then we see Yuno at the air as the wind went around him and then sighed.

Someday I will write the next page

As then Klaus and Mimosa were all around him with smiles on their faces as then they faced off with a bounty hunter in Hage with an evil smile on his face.

You are my hope

The three of them all looked at each other as they then readied their Grimoires for the fight.

Like that page from someday

The bounty hunter readied himself with an orange light energy barrier as he stopped Klaus’ Spears, Yuno’s Wind and Mimosa’s Plant Canon.

I was able to meet you

As soon as the man turned around Klaus and Yuno used a steel cannon as it shot a powerful beam of light directly towards him as it launched him forward.

I call this a miracle

It created a powerful explosion as then we see Yuno and Asta fist bumping each other with smiles on their faces as the background ended with Asta looking at the camera with a happy smile as Yuno looked at the camera on his backside with a scowl on his face.

STAR MAGIC: YUNO!

(A/N: End Theme.)

It was now the next day and it was the day when they finally get their Grimoires, which Asta couldn’t wait for as he began eating the pop potato bread, pop potato salad and pop potato… potato. Yeah these people only eat potatoes.

“OH YEAH! I CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY GRIMOIRE!” yelled Asta as everyone looked at him at the table as they all were eating like civilized people. Nash thought to himself how he is older than them while Hollo and Aruru were eating more normal than them. Father Orsi was still crying tears.

“Asta, eat like a normal person.” said Yuno casually as he was eating the pop potato bread as it sucked all of the water in his mouth with just one bite, just like how it was made as the pop potatoes were the most dry things ever made. He took a glass of water and drank it as he took another bite… all of the water disappeared once more.

“HOW CAN I?! The 2nd most important event will happen in my life!” yelled Asta as they all looked at him when he said that.

“Second? What is first?” asked Recca as Nash sighed as he already knew what he was going to say. Yuno was surprised he could count.

“Me becoming the Wizard King, of course! What else would it be?!” he yelled as Sister Lily sighed as she looked at him.

“Well, can you at least slow down, Asta? The food is not going to run away and you still have enough time to get your Grimoire. The ceremony will begin in 3 hours.” Sister Lily said as Yuno nodded.

“Not to mention, it is a 15 minute walk, so you could actually start eating like a normal person and not a lion that hasn’t eaten in weeks.” said Yuno as his foster brother looked at him.

“Oh, Yuno, trust me, when I get my Grimoire that you're about to be sorry when I wipe the floor with you!” he said as Yuno smiled at that.

“I highly doubt it.” said Yuno as they continued to eat the pop potatoes, with Father Orsi kept saying how little they were when he first held them, much to their dismay as they rolled their eyes once he continued. They were surprised that he wasn't dehydrated from all of that crying.

After a few minutes the church continued to eat the driest food known to mankind, they were finished eating as Asta then picked up all of the plates and continued to clean all of them, while yelling the entire time as they all sweatdropped when they could hear him.

After the dishes were clean, but wet, Yuno walked up to them and used his Wind Magic to make them dry out quicker than usual, which did work, so the young black haired man picked them up and placed them in the cabinet since Asta is too short, as he was only a head taller than Nash.

“I envy your height with every inch of my body.” said Asta as Yuno didn’t even look at him as he walked outside.

“That’s not a lot of inches.” Yuno said with a small shit eating grin as he walked out of the church with Asta having tic marks all over his head.

“OH I CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY GRIMOIRE SO YOU COULD FINALLY SEE WHO WILL BE THE WIZARD KING!” yelled Asta as he ran out of the church so he could do his push ups and sit ups while screaming really loudly.

This went on for 2 hours, with Asta training his body to the absolute Peak that he could make with it if he can’t use any of his magic, with Yuno training both of his Wind and Star Magic at a couple of trees with him slashing them up with the wind or creating them as a form of an incomplete spear as he could only create 2 stars at the time.

As when they were done with training before the ceremony, both of them were at the church walking with Father Orsi, Sister Lily and their foster siblings as they began to walk at the Grimoire Tower.

It was a short and calming 15 minutes of them walking towards the Grimoire Tower if you don’t count Asta trying to run as fast as humanly possible to catch up, which was a massive building in the shape of cylinder with a wooden door as the walls were made out of pure stone that no simple Earth or Fire Magic could even dent it.

They also saw many villagers that were the same age as Asta and Yuno from Hage Village or from neighbouring villages, with even some nobles that were living in the village who can’t wait to be the stars of this year’s Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony as they do have the most amount of mana from this lot.

Once they were close to the Grimoire Tower they then realized how big it was as it towered over many trees, but they didn’t pay attention to that, as they then entered the Grimoire Tower and they were shocked at what they saw.

It looked like the biggest library known to mankind as there were rows that were as longs as some houses filled with nothing, but with Grimoires for a possible new mage of the Clover Kingdom, having many Magic Attributes such as Wind, Glass, Earth, Fire, Water, Ice, Rock and more and it was just amazing to see.

It was not just that, but all of them were all varying of shapes and sizes as some were bigger than others, both in size and the number of pages, with even some being more longer as all of the Grimoires have different colours, such as a red cover, blue, light pink, purple, dark brown covers and that was just the start of it!

Those weren’t just for them, there were also for everyone in all of the close mages as whenever there is a new baby born in the Clover Kingdom, a new Grimoire is made in the Grimoire Tower.

Not to mention, those weren’t the only ones that were plenty in the Grimoire tower, but rather, there were several of potential new mages from all of the visiting villages, both commoners and nobles, so they can’t wait to get their own Grimoires.

“WOAH! This place is huge! And everything is filled with Grimoires?! THAT IS SOOOO COOL!” Asta yelled at the top of his lungs as he admired the tower as Yuno nodded along of his foster brother.

Two Nobles looked around and noticed the two foster brothers and began laughing at the mere idea of them being Magic Knights as Yuno didn’t pay attention to them and Asta was just ready to get his Grimoire.

Father Orsi, Sister Lily and the other foster children began to walk at the corner of the Grimoire Tower as they will wait for those two to get their Grimoires.

As then an old wizard coughed into his hand as he then used a Magic Item that allowed him to talk so everyone in that area could hear them, he wore a massive white beard, a red hat and a red robe.

“Welcome! To everyone here for this special day! As of today, all of you will have a Grimoire in the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony!” the old man said as he was floating on his Grimoire thanks to his Wind Magic, “As of today all of you will take a new step in a new path of being a mage, rather if you are a noble or a commoner, I believe that all of you will do great things.”

The mage then stepped forward on an altar of some sorts as he began saying, “For those that don’t know me, I am the master of this Grimoire Tower as are different mages in the Clover Kingdom. Now, never, not once, has there ever been a Magic Knight that came out of the villages, much less the Wizard King, so I do pray that at least one of you will have what it takes to become the most powerful mage in the Clover Kingdom. SERIOUSLY, I MEAN IT!”

The entire Tower was quiet when he said that in pure shock, or like Father Orsi and Sister Lily sighed as this wasn’t the first time he did it.

The Master of the Grimoire Tower (A/N: Seriously, does he have a name?) coughed into his hand, “Sorry about that. Anyway, it is time… to accept… your Grimoire.” he said as then all of the Grimoire, all except for one, began floating around the Grimoire Tower, finding their respective mage.

They all floated, glowing in their respective colours for the Magic Attributes, as it all began floating until the new mages raised their hands so their Grimoires could accept them as they all went towards them.

“Finally, my very own Grimoire!” said one girl.

“Hey, check it dude, my Grimoire is longer than your Grimoire!” said one of the mages as his friend showed his Grimoire.

“Yeah, maybe, but mine is thicker.” said the other new mage.

“Yes, my one way ticket away from this dump!”

“I can finally continue my families’ legacy of farmers!”

“Seriously? This is my Grimoire?” asked one of the nobles as his book was thinner than the others as his friend had a very tiny one.

One of the new mages began flipping the pages as she saw that it was mostly blank, except for one page with an actual spell, “It may be empty, but I bet over time, this thing will be filled with Spells!” she yelled.

The Master Of The Grimoire Tower then looked at the two mages that said that they will go at the Magic Knight Selection Exam as he nodded, “Yes, yes. I do have high expectations for all of you.” he said as he then heard someone with their arms raised.

“Hey, uhm, question?” he looked at Asta as did everyone else that wasn’t Yuno, “Is my Grimoire running late or something?”

It was silent as the Master Of The Grimoire looked around for the Grimoire as he genuinely didn’t know where his Grimoire was at this point at time, “Uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh… Try next year?” he said.

Again, silence.

“WHAT?!” yelled Asta as almost everyone around him looked at him at pure shock as then they… all began laughing at the boy. Almost everyone laughed at the amazing joke that was this moment, a boy with no Grimoire, that was a great joke to behold.

They couldn’t contain themselves as they howled in laughter as they began saying things like:

“Can you believe that?! A loser with no Grimoire?!”

“What a joke!”

“That is the funniest thing!”

“That is kind of awesome… in a sick and hilarious way!”

“Oh poor guy has no Grimoire, how about I shed some crocodile tears!?”

“Loser!”

He gritted his teeth when hearing that as his foster siblings looked at him with pity as they hated him seeing like this, with Sister Lily covering her mouth as she couldn’t believe what she was hearing about him and Father Orsi gripping his hands into a ball, hating seeing that for Asta.

However, one didn’t react as everything stopped when they saw something special, a new glow, as one Grimoire floated beside him with a powerful glow as at first it was green, but then it began to glow even harder than before making everyone that wasn’t Yuno cover their eyes from the bright light.

As then everyone looked in awe as they saw a brand new Grimoire, the most powerful Grimoire that they have ever saw, as at the front it was a green cover with winds going around at the edges of the Grimoire with a clover, but at the front it was sky blue as there were what looked like stars on them as the edges had something that looked like a spade, which no one was sure what that meant as on the side the colours have been mixing up with a green and a blue altogether.

But the most important detail? It was on the front, it was not the regular 3 Leaf Grimoire, but a 4 Leaf Grimoire. A man at the back smiled when he saw that as he walked out of the Grimoire Tower.

You see, a regular 3 Leaf is the standard as even powerful mages like the Captains of the Magic Knight Squads, like Nozel Silva or Fuegoleon Vermillion, had them, but a 4 Leaf is the rarest Grimoire that anyone could ever have. It was rumoured that someone like the first Wizard King was one of the only people to ever wield the 4 Leaf Grimoire, and if it was true, then Yuno had almost the power to become the Wizard King soon.

The 4 Leafs of a Clover represent something. The first one represents Faith, the other Hope, the third one Love and the last one represents Good Luck.

Father Orsi and Sister Lily were at shock to see Yuno having the 4 Leaf Grimoire, the foster siblings saw it with wide eyes at awe and Asta saw the Grimoire that was on the side of Yuno with shock in his eyes.

How was that even possible? It…was not possible to get that powerful Grimoire and it was just shocking to see that, but… how?

Yuno stared at his Grimoire as it felt like it wasn’t his fully, like a different spirit’s Grimoire, but the other part of it was like it was his, but he couldn’t explain it as he grabbed his Grimoire.

Everyone else looked at him in shock.

“No way. A Four Leaf Grimoire?!”

“That’s amazing!”

“Wait, isn’t this the same kid that was rumoured to have 2 Magic Attributes as well?!”

“Wait what?! How lucky is this kid?!”

“How impressive.”

Yuno stared at his Grimoire, with this, he can put his Wind and Star Magic both to good use with his now 4 Leaf Grimoire as it will be a long road away from him, but one day he will become it, the person that will protect everyone he cares and loves for.

“I… will become the Wizard King!” yelled Yuno as everyone stared at him as Asta dropped his arms in shock. They all looked at him like crazy as then…. all of them began clapping their hands when they heard that.

“AMAZING!” almost everyone yelled except for the two nobles.

Father Orsi cried tears when he said as he yelled out, “Yuno is Hage Village’s Hope!” he yelled out as Sister Lily covered her mouth in shock.

As everyone were clapping and cheering for Yuno, Asta then began to rise up from his feet, “Yuno… just you wait, one day I will catch up with you, you got that?” he said as he looked at his rival, “One day I will catch up with you, because Yuno… you are my RIVAL!”

Everyone were quiet as then… they all began laughing at him.

“His rival?!”

“Man is he hilarious or what?!”

“Says the man that didn’t even get a Grimoire!”

“YEAH! RIGHT!”

Yuno was silent as he then… walked from Asta as his foster brother’s eyes widened when he heard that and all he said was “No.” Asta then dropped his arms again. He Gritted his teeth.

Asta then began to run away from the Grimoire Tower as did everyone else walk out from the Grimoire Tower as did Yuno’s foster family also walk off. Sister Lily wanted to ask if Yuno would like to walk with them, but Yuno wanted to walk home alone, so he could think about his new Grimoire, which they understood as they began to walk off.

As soon as he did walk off from the Grimoire Tower, he was abused by those two nobles that were talking down to Yuno and Asta, as Yuno looked at them unimpressed.

“Hey, why are we here, exactly?” asked the brown haired noble as the blonde haired one looked at him.

“So he could pay.” he said as Yuno looked at him unimpressed.

“Wait, what, what do you mean?” he asked his friend as the blonde haired noble looked at Yuno.

“Because you think, you can just walk in there and get the 4 Leaf Grimoire all on your without a single glance to us and thinking you are the star of the show?!” yelled the blonde haired boy.

“Well, if I am honest, I wasn’t expect-”

“Shut it!” the blonde haired boy cut Yuno off as he opened his red coloured Grimoire, “I am going to burn that Grimoire away for taking away my spotlight!” he yelled as the pages were beginning to open.

“Woah, man, are you sure you aren’t going to far?!” yelled the brown haired boy as his friend smirked.

“Oh no, this is only the start of it! Fire Creation Magic: Flamethrower!” yelled the boy as then from the palm of his hands appeared a massive amount of fire as it would be enough to burn away a house, but Yuno wasn’t afraid of it.

Instead he opened his Grimoire and yelled, “Wind Creation Magic: Towering Tornado!” Yuno yelled as then a tornado appeared right where the fire appeared as the fire disappeared in a quick and easy attack.

“What the- Bruno! Use your Magic, right now!” yelled the blonde haired boy as Bruno looked at him.

“Are you sure, Mark?!” yelled Bruno as Mark nodded.

“Of course I am, just do it!” he yelled as Bruno opened his light blue coloured Grimoire.

“Alright, alright! Ice Creation Magic: Ice Ball!” he yelled as then a massive ball of ice appeared from his hands as it was the size of Yuno and as far as they know, it would be impossible for simple wind to stop i-

“Star Creation Magic: Median Scutum!” yelled Yuno as then two stars, one green and one blue, appeared around him as they created a barrier between each other as the barrier was half green and half blue as when the massive ball of ice landed on it, it instantly broke on contact.

“What the hell?!” yelled Bruno as Mark’s eyes widened.

“No way, so the rumours are true!” yelled Mark as he looked at Yuno as it looked like he didn’t even try facing them. “You have 2 Magic Attributes?!” he yelled as Yuno looked at him, unimpressed.

“That’s right. I have 2 Magic Attributes, and before you say anything about it, no, it was all natural, when I was born.” he said as he narrowed his eyes.

“Bu-But how?! Even the Wizard King has 1 Attribute, but you have 2?! How is that even possible?!” yelled Mark as Yuno stared at them with confused looks.

“I… don’t know myself if I am being honest, even I don't understand how that is possible. Maybe a genetic mutation of some sorts, but that is all that I could think off.” he said as he looked at the ground, this couldn’t be natural, could it?

There has to be an outside source to it, but that wasn’t possible.

He then looked back at the two, “So, will you two finally leave me alone, or-” but before Yuno could even finish his sentence, chains appeared from the walls and ground that surrounded all three of them as they were all chained up.

Both Bruno and Mark were chained up to the wall as their entire body were chained to them as there were chains that wrapped around their entire body outside of their torso, as Yuno was chained while standing up with his Grimoire being chained up so he doesn’t use any of his new Wind or Star Magic.

“My, oh my, look at what we have here.” the man began to walk towards Yuno and his Grimoire, “A 4 Leaf Grimoire, my that is so rare, isn’t it? Wouldn’t that be a one of a kind ever since the first Wizard King? Well I guess that would be so valuable.”

He was a young man with long flowing black hair, with a burn scar around his left eye as his eyes were blue, as he wore a red robe, a black shirt and black pants as chains were all around him.

Yuno stared at him with wide eyes, “Who the hell are you?” he asked as the man laughed.

“Who? Me? Well, I guess that makes sense since you are from this shitty village, you probably never heard of me, well allow me to introduce myself, I am Revchi Salik,” Revchi said as Yuno’s eyes narrowed at the man, “A former member of the Purple Orca because they all kicked me out for me being… money hungry, but it is strange to me for that, you know?”

Yuno’s eyes widened when he heard that he was a former Magic Knight, “I mean, why else would anyone be a Magic Knight? To save someone? To protect them? To feel good for themselves?! Don’t make me laugh!” Revchi yelled as he began to laugh at the mere idea of what Yuno thought. He then felt Yuno, Bruno and Mark trying to get out of the chains.

“Oh please don’t even try to move, my Magic Binding Iron Chain Formation makes sure that my targets do go anywhere so your escape is impossible with my chains, not to mention not one of you can use any magic at all.” he said as all three of them stopped from trying to move away from this man’s Chain Magic.

“Now, about that Grimoire of yours.” he said as one of his chains then appeared and grabbed Yuno’s new Grimoire as he then took the Grimoire into his hands, “My oh my, so it truly was a 4 Leaf Grimoire, you really are a fine specimen.” he said as Yuno gritted his teeth.

“Are you an idiot?” asked Yuno as Revchi turned to him in confusion, “Don’t you know that you can’t use someone else’s Grimoire? Only the ones that correspond to the user can use them!” he yelled as Revchi laughed at his face.

“Oh please, don’t give me that! I know that, but here is the thing, I know a good Black Market that would just love your Grimoire! I am going to make the biggest fortune with this one small thing from a worthless specimen.” he said as Yuno gritted his teeth. “Oh and don’t worry, I know that you were chosen by the 4 Leaf, but you haven’t even used it to your full capability! So that’s why I am not even the tiniest bit scared of facing you.”

Yuno gritted his teeth, “Oh yeah? You think your chains will stop me?” Wind appeared all around Yuno as they were growing into a typhoon as two stars appeared around him, one pink and the other brown, “You couldn’t be more wron-” Chains appeared around Yuno’s neck as then one chain went towards him, but stopped right next to his neck as Bruno and Mark were shocked to see it.

“Oh ho ho! Are you a moron? Do you think I wouldn’t expect that? You were the one to be rumoured to create Stars without any additional help from a Grimoire, so you think I wouldn’t think far ahead?” Revchi laughed at the idiocy from Yuno, “Man, and you thought you were going to be the Wizard King?! I would rather trust a damn rat than you as the Wizard King!” he began to laugh as he began to approach Yuno as he was silent as the Wind disappeared and the Stars as well.

“Oh god, your ears are disgustingly large? What do you want, an achievement for the largest ears? HAH, don’t make me laugh!” Revchi laughed as Yuno looked down as best as he could. It’s always the same with his ears.

He didn’t understand what people cared about them or why he even had them.

Revchi then looked down to see Yuno’s amulet, the same one that he has been keeping close ever since he was a little child and grinned ear to ear, “My, that amulet looks so expensive doesn’t it?” Yuno’s eyes widened when he heard that. No, anything but that.

“You bastard… you wouldn’t.” he said as Revchi looked at him.

“Oh I will and there is no one that would stop me!” he yelled as Yuno then heard a familiar voice.

It was Asta as he then jumped from a higher platform “HHHOOOOOLLLLDDDDD IIIIIITTTTT!” he yelled as he saw from the place where he jumped Yuno being chained up and Revchi looking at him. He narrowed his eyes as he th-

He slammed himself on the wall as he was now dragged down from the wall.

Yuno, Bruno and Mark all sweatdropped, “Great. Our hero has arrived. Yippe.” they all thought in unison.

“What the hell?” asked Revchi.

Asta then stood up as he then pointed at Revchi as he was holding Yuno’s Grimoire. “Hey! You there! Give that Grimoire back to Yuno because that isn’t yours!” he yelled as Revchi looked at him and began to laugh.

“Oh, well if it isn’t the little brat that didn’t get a Grimoire! I gotta admit, you made a very funny scene that I haven’t seen in a quite a while!” he yelled as Asta gritted his teeth.

“That’s right. Maybe I didn’t get a Grimoire, but that doesn’t make up for the fact that you are stealing from Yuno, so give that back right now!” Asta yelled as Yuno looked at his foster brother, “Grimoires are supposed to be used by their master’s! Not by other people! They are the soul of a mage, so you better give that Grimoire back!”

Revchi snickered as he then brought up his purple coloured Grimoire, “You are funny kid. You actually think that little speech will change my heart? Well, how about I show you my gratitude!” The Grimoire opened itself as the pages began flipping itself.

Yuno’s eyes widened when he saw what was going to happen, “Asta, run! You don’t have to get in between this!” he yelled as Asta’s eyes narrowed.

“And let him take your stuff?! Not a chance!” he began charging at him as Revchi yelled out his new Spell.

“Chain Creation Magic: Dance Of The Pitless Viper!” he yelled as then around him appeared chains with a pointy tip on each and every one of them as they began charging towards Asta.

Asta continued to run as he dodged the closest one to him as it merely scratched him, as he rolled over for the next three as when he was at Revchi’s left, the former Purple Orca turned to him as chains tried to kill him, but he ducked over them, but Revchi dodged an undercut kick with a small jump.

Asta then dodged the next two from his right as while it did scratch his shirt, it didn’t really harm him, so he was still up and kicking as when 4 more chains appeared, he actually had the idea to use one of them as a base to jump over them so he could have a counter attack, which he actually did.

When he was at the back of the former Purple Orca he tried to land a punch at the bastard for stealing his foster brother’s Grimoire, but he was stopped when he felt chains around him as then he felt Revchi grinning. “You fool! You fell right into my trap!” he yelled as Asta's eyes widened when he saw chains all around him.

Yuno’s eyes widened as he was forced to see the man trying to kill his foster brother as all of the chains attacked him, making the poor boy bleed in almost every direction.

Asta was left at the wall, almost unconscious as he was shocked at the sheer power of someone outside of Hage. Even with no Grimoire and building his body to the absolute peak, he was no match. He looked at him as Revchi approached him.

“You poor little loser,” he said as he looked at him, “You should just give up and let the pain get to you, you know it isn’t healthy for you to be like this you know? But you are a commoner, with almost no skill whatsoever!”

“I will not give up! I will be the Wizard King, one day.” he said as he looked at him as Revchi looked at him and laughed.

“You? YOU?! DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH!” he yelled as he slammed his foot, his ankles right at Asta’s shoulder as he yelled in pain, “You want to hear a secret? My chains can tell someone’s Magic by just touching them. You see those two idiots?” he pointed at Bruno and Mark, “They have a pretty decent amount. Your ‘rival’,” he said as if that was a joke.

“He… he has a disgusting amount of mana. More than anyone here combined! I can see him manage impressive things if I don’t sell his Grimoire that is,” he said as he then grinned as he pointed at Asta, “But you? Bah! Don’t make me laugh! YOU HAVE NO MANA!”

Asta and Yuno’s eyes widened when they heard that, “You heard that?! No mana! Not even a drop of mana, I could feel! You know that is impressive. Not once has there ever been a human with no mana, but here you are, being a waste of oxygen!” He began to laugh at him for having no mana whatsoever.

Asta then thought to himself as everything went numb to him and it was white noise. He couldn’t believe it. No magic. In a world where magic is everything, that… was a horrible feeling to have, feeling like you are nothing but a body that could easily be sacrificed.

He realized one thing that was important. That no matter how much he trains his body, it doesn’t matter if it is at the Peak of mankind, it wouldn’t matter as nothing he could do would even affect anything or even use magic.

“Look at yourself! You are the most pitiful person I have ever met! Forget being a Wizard King, or even something simple as a Magic Knight, you would be lucky to even get a job! Unlike this guy,” Revchi pointed at Yuno as Asta layed there, not moving a muscle, “You are nothing, and can’t do shit!”

Asta stood there, thinking how right he was. He was nothing while Yuno was the luckiest man that could ever live. He has 2 powerful Magic Attributes, and was chosen by the 4 Leaf Grimoire, while he was nothing.

“I bet your friend over there must be laughing at you. He may be stoic, but I can tell that he is kicking his knees over the joke that you are! ADMIT IT! YOU ARE BORN AS A LOSER!” he yelled as Asta thought he was right.

He was born a loser. Nothing but a magicless brat that should take a hint already and that he should just give up. Well, maybe they were right. He should give u-

“HEY! Who are you calling a loser?!” yelled Yuno as Revchi looked at him with a confused expression. “It may be true that he doesn’t have any magic and he will never become the Wizard King.” Revchi laughed as he thought that he wouldn't become the Wizard King, but he wasn’t done, “Because I will become the Wizard King!”

“You?! You might have something special, but tell me how will you act without your Grimoire, you idiot?” he asked as Yuno looked to the ground.

“I don’t know, but what I do know, is that no matter what, no matter what happens to me or anyone else, that I will never give up!” he yelled as Asta thought that it was nice to hear that, but, how did that change things? “And what you said to Asta is wrong! Sure he may be loud, annoying and impatient, but he will always be something that no one would ever be to me, and that, is that he is my RIVAL!” he yelled as Asta’s eyes widened when he heard that.

Did he just heard that? So.. he finally said it himself, eh?

“Really now? This is the man that you would call your rival?” Revchi asked as he began to stomp on Asta’s shoulder, “The only man that can’t use any magic?! Man, you really are-” he was stopped as he could feel Asta hold his foot as he turned to him. “What the hell?”

“Not yet, I am not giving up.” he said, as Asta’s voice began to sound more and more devilish, Revchi began walking backwards, “I am never giving up. Sorry that you have to see me like this Yuno, but trust me. Give me a second! THAT’S ALL THAT I NEED!” he yelled at the top of his lungs as they all felt it.

Yuno, Revchi, Asta, Bruno and Mark all felt it. The atmosphere turned blue as it felt cold and malicious as they then saw from the wall come out an ancient looking book that was covered in dust that it was almost impossible to see, it looked like a Grimoire, but there is this massive difference that no one could spot since it was so dirty.

It was a 5 Leaf Grimoire. That couldn’t be real, could it? Well, according to some rumours that were spread out for centuries, there was only 1 explanation for those types of Grimoires.

The 3 Leafs of the Clover represent Faith, Hope and Love. The rare 4 Leaf represents Good Luck, while the 5 Leaf? Well there resides… the devil.

Around Asta there was a brief looking demon with large claws, wings and a spiky back that was on the walls as a shadow as Revchi’s Chains began to disappear as Yuno smirked, “Of course. Like you wouldn’t be chosen.” he said as he was proud of his fost- no, his rival.

Revchi wondered was this his magic? Some kind of… Anti Magic?! How was that even possible?!

As then from the Grimoire appeared a massive sword that looked dirty of all concepts, but the sword was bigger than Asta as it was as wide as the magicless boy as the sword’s colour was gray as the handle was dark black. The edges were quite dull to say the least, but it was still usable. It was the Demon-Slayer Sword.

“But… but how?! You don’t have any magic!? How did you get that Sword and that Grimoire?!” Revchi yelled at the top of his lungs as Asta then gripped the handle with all of his strength, “What kind of freak of nature are you?!”

“I am a boy with no magic, and I don’t care if I don’t have any magic power! I will make sure that I will be the Wizard King!” yelled Asta as Revchi yelled.

“Oh you won’t be! Chain Creation Magic: Chain Strike!” yelled Revchi as then around him appeared chains that were thinner, but there were a multitude of them as they all went charged straight towards Asta, but Asta raised his sword and slashed them as they all disappeared into nothing.

Revchi’s eyes widened as Yuno smirked at him. He knew that Asta can make the impossible into the possible.

Asta then charged towards him as he pulled his sword backwards for a powerful slash as he began to yell, “I TOLD YOU! I WILL BECOME THE WIZARD KING! BECAUSE MY MAGIC IS NEVER GIVING UP!” he yelled to the heavens as he hit Revchi as the sword became dull because it wasn’t magic as Revchi was flown straight to the wall, creating a massive creator on the wall.

Revchi was now unconscious as then the chains around Yuno, Bruno and Mark all disappeared. Both Bruno and Mark began running away as Yuno stared at his foster brother, best friend, his rival with a smirk.

Asta then took his new sword and placed it in his Grimoire, “I figured, if I can’t use magic, I can use my strength.” he said with a smirk as the sword was sucked into his Grimoire.

“Asta.” Asta then turned around to see Yuno as he had his 4 Leaf Grimoire in his hands. He grinned as he took his Grimoire.

“Hey, check it out, Yuno! I have my very own Grimoire!” he yelled with pure happiness in his voice, “Sure it may be dirty, but hey, I will treasure it with all of my heart!” he said as he began to rub the Grimoire around his face as Yuno stared at his brother with a smirk.

Yuno then began to walk off, “You saved me once more.” Asta then looked at Yuno who was walking to the sunset, “Believe me, Asta. I will pay you for saving me, and we made a promise one night… didn’t we?” he asked as Asta looked at him with shock.

That night? He smirked. It was that day when saved Yuno’s amulet from a drunk man, how could he forget.

“Well yeah, but the way you were acting, I thought that you forgot.” he said as he walked towards him.

Yuno smirked, “Like I would ever be friendly with my rival.” he said as Asta smirked as well. “You showed me that even us can make something out of this world.” he said as Asta smiled at him.

“Yeah, and today… it will be a new start for us, right?” he asked as his rival nodded.

“That’s right, and Asta…” he turned to him as Asta did as well.

“Yuno…”

Both of them smirked as they both fist bumped each other.

“We will fight to see who becomes the Wizard King!”

Author Notes:

Finally done with this chapter! And I am glad how it turned out! 8.8K Words for a second chapter is pretty darn impressive and I wonder… how did yall like it? I did, and I can’t wait to write the next Chapter since it does contain a character that was introduced like 50 episodes after Episode 2 as he will be important for both of these guys.

I decided to change up some things for this chapter like the dialouge, but I hoped I made a good job of it. The colour of Yuno’s Grimoire was based on the coloured manga and his Spade Grimoire was Blue, so half blue and green works! If it is changed in the anime, oh well.

I really liked writing this chapter and rewatching the first 2 episodes and I can’t wait to continue writing characters that I love, but you have to wait. I have to update my VRAINS story and then my GX story so you have to wait, I am afraid. I do take requests for this story by the way as I can’t wait to have more interesting ideas, especially for the story. I wrote the intro because I thought it was good and there are somethings that I added along a short bit.

I think that is about it, so see ya’!

Made Up Spells:

Fire Creation Magic: Flamethrower- based on a Pokemon move same as Ice Ball.

Star Creation Magic: Median Scutum - it was named after what you divide in half.

Chain Creation Magic: Chain Strike - Based on a Yugioh card.

#black clover #star magic yuno #yuno #yuno grinberryall #asta #revchi salik #sister lily #father orsi

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wyvri · 1 year

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chronos real

i love him v much.

. . . Chronos / 5-star / Hydro / Polearm User / Snezhnayan

Kit: (Up for reform)

Notes:

High Base HP

Average Base ATK

Normal Attacks are fairly strong

Normal Attack: Alpine Style - Predictor

Chronos hits 4 graceful strikes with their polearm, each with practice and patience behind them. (ATK% Scaling)

Elemental Skill: Alpine Enchantment - Untold Gratitude

Chronos sends out a Chrone-Clone Version 3.4.5 that reduces Chronos' HP by 10% into the midst of the battle that generates a large field. The Chrone-Clone sends out a wave of hydro every 1 second, applying a Hydro Sigil, a Timeless Revenge, to all enemies within the field. The Timeless Revenge slows enemies movement speed by 15% and reduces the Elemental Resistance of the enemy by the element with the most party members (Hydro takes priority) by 10%. The wave of hydro also heals the user for a percentage of Chronos' max HP, and each active Timeless Revenge sigil adds to this by +100 healing. (Skill dmg ATK%, Sigil dmg HP%, Healing Max HP (% increases w/ level))

Elemental Burst: Alpine Charge - With Great Aspiration

Chronos sends out a Specter Chrone-Clone Version 5.2.0 that reduces Chronos' HP by 15% and appears behind the current player, granting the active character a second, Hydro phantom attack with each Normal Attack for the duration of the ability. When this ability activates, Untold Gratitude fades and cannot be recasted until the ability ends, all Timeless Revenge's on the field explode and are dispelled, damaging the marked enemies greatly. (Initial Skill dmg ATK%, Phantom dmg HP%)

All Timeless Revenges count as Elemental Skill damage

Phantom Attacks count as Normal Attack damage (for increased viability of Heart of Depth, mostly)

Passive I: Eternal Recall

Normal Attacks infused with With Great Aspiration have a 50% chance to apply a Timeless Revenge sigil.

Passive II: My Devotion To You

While With Great Aspiration is active, Chronos grants a Normal Attack DMG boost based off of their max HP.

Passive III: Practice Makes Perfect

When crafting Character Talent Material, Chronos has a 25% chance to return an extra material of equal rarity.

Backstory:

Chronos was a child born in a cult-like church in the snowy peaks of the Snezhnayan mountains during the age of the Archon War. Their family worshipped the God of Time and Keeping, a weakening god. When Chronos was around the age of 14, they sought assistance from the god. He had a younger sibling who had been very ill for most of their life with no cure to be found, one who was slowly dying. The God, who called themselves 'Lana', descended before him, pitying him.

"I did not ask to be worshipped. In fact, I feel ashamed for I am not worthy of the sacrifices your people make to me. I am but a good soon to fall, as I have known for many years," they spoke to him in a feminine, ethereal voice, "I have not responded to their prayers for I fear I cannot fulfill their wishes... I am a terrible god, why do you still worship me?" He had stared into their crystal eyes, unblinking for a pregnant moment, "I... I did not believe in your existence, to be frank. I assumed you were not real or that you had abandoned your loyal worshippers. It had pained me to see them worshipping a god who did not care for their idolization," they took a breath, "However, my sister is very ill. You are a very wise god, you must know many things. My prayer to you is that you will grant me my selfish wish of knowledge, of knowing so I can save my sister... please."

The God stared at the human with wide, glowing eyes. They were apprehensive for many reasons. "I will grant your wish, child of the mountains, but know that it will come at a great price."

"I do not care," they stated quickly, "I'll do anything."

They sighed, "If that is what you want, then I will grant one last wish before I leave this world." Lana smiled, placing their head upon his head as his eyes widened, taking in their final words.

The world faded before them, and when they woke up the God was no longer there.

/ Afterwards: Chronos was given more than just wealths of knowledge, they were given the very powers of the God of Time. They could now view glimpses into the future, gaze upon the past with perfect clarity, and their body was stuck in slowed time. He'd discovered that he could tell when people were near their demise and vaguely how that would occur. And, despite it all, he'd never managed to cure their sister. Chronos did, however, manage to obtain a medicine that would lessen the effects and give her a longer life. She lived had to 34 and on her empty bed was none other than a hydro vision.

/ Current:

Chronos now lives in Liyue under the pretense of being a traveling fortune teller. He does favors for people around the Harbor to make extra money, spending it mostly on books and odd artifacts.

His powers, however, came at more of a price than just Lana's remaining time.

#genshin impact #wyvriocs #genshin oc #art #digital art #adobephotoshop

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AIZAWA'S OC PARENTS AND SIBLING AND GRANDPARENTS

Hoshi Aizawa: A beautiful woman with long straight black hair, Constellation Orion Freckles with glowing yellow points across the bridge of her nose, and dark silver eyes with dark silver flashlight 🔦 lens pattern eyes, and a Short Slim build and medium sized bust. Quirk: Flashlight-she can create beams of light from her eyes like a flashlight it allows her to see in the dark in the dark. Personality: Kuudere, soft spoken, calm, logical, always sleepy. Occupation: Police Officer (part of the reason Aizawa wanted to be an underground hero is because of her)

Adohira Aizawa: a man with shoulder length unruly brown hair like Shota's, dimples, Shota's scruff, laugh lines, red eyes, and a tall medium sized build. Quirk: Switch-he can switch the quirks of anyone he touches it doesn't work with mutant types and only lasts 15 minutes. Personality: Rambunctious, loud, always cracks jokes especially dad jokes, sensitive, always laughing, enthusiastic happy ball of sunshine, terrifying when angry or disappointed. Occupation: famous Show Host of Switcheroo Jokes on You (he's loaded *slams hands* Aizawa is a rich kid and his father is part of the reason Ms. Joke likes him Kaminari would explode if he knew)

Akira Aizawa: a girl with a straight dark brown almost black bobbed hair, dark silver eyes, Constellation Canis Major Freckles with the points glowing across the bridge of her nose, and a short small build and small bust. Quirk: Starlight-she can create beams of light from her glowing freckles like a flashlight🔦. Occupation: Astronomer (Aizawa's younger sister they are 5 years apart they like to watch the stars together)

Adohira's Mom: Sora Aizawa: a elderly woman with long unruly white hair, blue eyes, and a Short medium sized build with a Small sized bust. Quirk: Float-she can make anything around her head float including her hair. Personality: Kind, friendly, sarcastic, intelligent, the typical grandma. Occupation: Owns an Inn acts as hostess (Shota took his class and Vlad's class there in second year along with Mic, Eri, Midnight*in my version she is alive*, Vlad, and all might for a treat vacation)

Yutaka Aizawa: An elderly man with shoulder length straight grey hair held in a top knot, red eyes, a small grey pointy beard, and a Tall Stocky Build. Quirk: Multiply-he could Multiply an item but only 4 times for each item (Died in his sleep from old age)

Hoshi's Parents: Hiroto Amano- an elderly man with Short black sleeked down black hair with pale grey sideburns, Constellation Ursa Major Freckles with glowing yellow points across the bridge of his nose, dark silver eyes, half moon glasses, an average height and a slim build. Quirk: Flash Hypnotism-he can flash his glowing yellow freckle points different colors and hypnotize anyone who sees them. Personality: Calm, logical, A little eccentric, polite, and wouldn't hurt a fly. Occupation: Retired Therapist

Akio Amano-a Woman with long straight silver hair in a braided bun, Silver Flashlight 🔦 lens pattern, and a Short Average build, with a medium sized bust. Quirk: Flashlight 🔦 Personality: Bubbly, Kind, a tad ditsy, and the kind of grandma that shoves food down your throat when if you're full.

#my hero academia #bnha aizawa #my ocs

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entertainmentnerdly · 4 years

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Exploding Star. 4 years in 15 seconds. via /r/spaceporn https://ift.tt/37ftUss

#reddit #Space #Science #Exploding Star. 4 years in 15 seconds.

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nevertheless-moving · 3 years

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Star Wars AU #4: Three Skywalkers & An Absolute Metric Shit-ton of Kyber

SO I’m sitting here thinking about that one scene in Episode IV where Vader, Luke, and Leia are all in the same room together for a very brief minute - the only time in the series

You’ve probably seen the joke where Obi-wan just fucking dies rather than deal with that

You know what other powerhouse was there? Besides the son and twin grandkids of the force?

AN INSANE AMOUNT OF SEMI-SENTIENT KYBER CRYSTALS

I’m head cannoning that Kyber crystals use the Jedi as much as the other way around- but sometimes that balance is thrown off

And you better believe these crystals are pissed off about the whole death star thing

So the Kyber takes the opportunity its been given just yoinks the force through our resident overly force-sensitive suckers

And goes home to Illum, bringing a A Sith Lord, A Princess, and A Moisture Farmer along for the ride

On the surface, Fairly-Recently-Traumatized-and-Knighted Obi-Wan Kenobi is escorting a bunch of ten year olds (including young Anakin Skywalker!) on their first gathering

They are shocked when a rainfall of kyber crystals and three humanoids tumble from the sky.

26 year old Knight Kenobi is pretty sure this doesn’t usually happen, but he’s a relatively new single dad, what does he know about anything.

None of that time traveler disorientation- our future three were one with the force and the force with them- they know exactly where they are and what just happened, though they’re still processing how to deal

Vader recovers first and briefly tries to kill his child self (that’s the bastard who killed my wife!)

Young Obi-Wan steps in the way telling Anakin and the others to get back.

Vader is mostly toying with him- after all, he knows everything about how Kenobi fights, and Obi-Wan knows nothing amount him

Luke puts 1 and 1 and 1 together - Time Travel plus Jedi plus ‘Anakin’

"My name is Luke Skywalker and You’re not killing my father a second time YAAAA” comes charging in with the Skywalker lightsaber

This, naturally, distracts Vader long enough for Leia to shoot him right in the respirator

Wounded, Vader retreats to the ship. The Jedi Gathering Ship oh shit

Strands them all there and oh boy is that awkward.

They all get rescued pretty quickly- I figure some other Jedis felt whatever crazy nonsense just happened (100 credits this is somehow Skywalkers fault. Ha, no bet.)

And wow does everyone have a lot of questions and wow do Luke and Leia have the answers to pretty much none of them

Meanwhile Vader is having a fucking meltdown fixing up his cyborg body because he’s 31 years in the past

His wife is alive! but she’s also 15 years old which um…he’s a lot of things but a perv isn’t one of them

His son is alive! But he has no empire to keep him safe with and the second Palpatine finds out he’s going to try and eliminate them because the mention of ‘Emperor Palpatine’ is way too big a threat to sith plans and aw hell no that is not happening

Luke and Leia get taken back to the temple and Luke tells them the blatant lies old Ben told him which makes Obi-Wan… go lie down for a minute

Young Anakin thinks the whole thing is pretty wizard because he has a time traveling son now!

Leia tells them that Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is actually a terrifying Sith lord who wiped out the entire Jedi Order and subjugated the galaxy (because she actually had an honest education)

Which no one wants to deal with, i mean, we asked, but we do not like that answer

The high council is still debating several hours later and Luke is growing mixed feelings about the awesome Jedi thing, because on one hand, they’ve been repeating themselves for a while, and on another, *J*E*D*I T*E*M*P*L*E

Leia is working on sending an encrypted message to Senator Antilles from alderann if she can just get another minute alone

news breaks that an Asthmatic Sith Cyborg just assassinated the Chancellor in front of the Entire Senate and also the Chancellor shot lightning??out of his hands??and exploded when he died?can the Jedi plz help?!??

“Killed the Master, the Apprentice has” Yoda says and everyone nods gravely

There is a lot of chaos in the republic as some of Palpatine’s Sith Spite bombs unleash a bit of chaos, but overall, he really didn’t have that much time to abuse his poser- and his apprentice situation was at a low ebb

The council is concerned about this future Sith Lord last seen in a ship heading towards Serrano but

The force feels…lighter somehow? As though…the galaxy was filled with… A New Hope

#star wars #sw #my au #star wars au #if anyone has a link to that post where obi-wan just dies rather than deal with the three of them i will gladly link it but i cant find it #star wars au no 4 #kywalkers au

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just-another-ficwriter · 3 years

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Seconds To Midnight

Pairing: Sweet Pea x Reader

Words: 2400ish

Warnings: Underage drinking, a lil heart break, pregnancy

Summary: Y/N and Sweet Pea share a lifetime of New Year’s together, some better than others.

Notes: Filling my ‘Midnight Kiss’ square on my @riverdalebingo card! The next few days are gonna be a flurry of super late Christmas Eve/New Years posts as I attempt to catch up!

10...

They still can’t believe they’ve convinced their parents to let them stay up passed midnight. Not even when the five of them are crammed into a booth at the Wyrm arguing over a pack of cards and sharing bottles of soda way past their usual 10 year old bedtimes.

By the time the ball drops, Jug’s already asleep, the cheering from around the bar barely making him stir. Fangs and Toni decide to mock the adults around them, pouting at each other and making ‘kissy’ noises. Y/N laughs along with them, pretending to gag, but Sweet Pea doesn’t miss the way she blushes when she looks over at Gladys and FP once more.

A tint that deepens a dark red when he leans over and places a quick peck to her cheek.

“Happy New Year Y/N.” He whispers, thankful that the others are still too distracted to notice.

“Happy New Year Pea.”

9...

By the time they’re 13, they care a little less about their parents permission, opting to swap the warmth of the Wyrm’s crowds, for the back of Fang’s brothers truck, at the edge of the car park instead. The same way Jughead’s opted to switch them for Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper.

The huddle together for warmth, gazing up at the stars, and even though no one will admit it for a fear of being deemed ‘uncool’, everyone’s excited for the burst of fireworks about to come.

When the first explosion sounds off, Sweet Pea misses the look Toni gives him, her eyes switching fiercely between him and Y/N.

But she doesn’t give up.

“I dare the two of you to kiss.” She blurts out the challenge, and Sweet Pea hears Y/N suck in a breath beside him.

“What?” He chokes on the word, eyes casting from her down to his lap, not missing the way Y/N’s leg brushes against his, suddenly aware of how close they’d been sitting.

“It’s midnight.” His best friend shrugs, the streak of bright pink hair falling off her shoulder. He can still remember her Grandmother’s face the first time she’d seen it, Toni’s first act of outright defiance. “You have to kiss someone.”

“Then you kiss Fangs.” Sweet Pea’s hand gestures wildly between the two of them, both gagging in unison.

“That would be like kissing my sister.” Fangs’ nose scrunches up with the statement, and Y/N can’t help but laugh.

“But-“

His fight is already lost, now three against one as the girl besides him sits up straighter, rolls her eyes and simply grabs his face. “Oh Pea, just shut up and kiss me!”

He’s too distracted by the warmth of her palm against his skin, feather light fingertips dancing across his cheek, to see her closing the gap between them.

He sees fireworks even when he closes his eyes.

8...

At 15, Y/N’s forced to spend New Years at her grandparents. Their first one apart in 6 years and Sweet Pea feels her lack of presence more with every passing second.

He misses her when Toni talks about last years celebrations and sneaking on the Wrym’s roof, when she text him early so her words don’t get caught in a signal back log, when he sees Jug squeeze Betty’s hand.

He wishes she was there to share the beers Fangs has managed to steal for them and make fun of the way Archie follows Veronica around like a lost puppy, wondering how their two opposite friendship groups somehow became intertwined to ring in the new year.

And when the count down ends, he watches as Toni kisses Ginger, turning to tell Y/N she owes him $5, before remembering she’s not there. His heart sinks a little a further as he struggles to understand the feeling swarming in his head.

He’s not interested in the fireworks that year.

7...

When they’re 17, everything just goes wrong.

They’re at their first official New Year’s Party, thrown by none other than Cheryl Blossom, as they desperately cling onto the last parts of their high school selves, months before they all leave the town behind and disappear to different colleges.

Some partying to celebrate the year that everything changes, others to forget what lays ahead.

They dance too much, they laugh too hard, they drink more than they should.

One minute she’s in front of Sweet Pea, the next she’s gone.

The panic sets in, once the ball drops, and he only catches a glimpse of her over Josie’s head once the singer starts pulling him towards her. Y/N laughs at something Reggie Mantle whispers in her ear, the sound piercing into Sweet Pea’s lungs.

He hadn’t planned on kissing her at midnight, yet now it’s he can think about.

But he’s too late.

He’d never make it in time, not with Josie hanging onto his arms. Not with the way Reggie’s already leaning in to do the one thing he’s always been to afraid to do.

He wants to look away, but he can’t, even when he’s sure his heart won’t take it. He watches as Reggie’s lips press firmly against hers, watches the way she kiss him back and does the one thing that would stop him screaming out over the crowd.

He kisses Josie and pretends it her.

Her eyes blaze like fires when he finds them again, and Sweet Pea doesn’t see it back then but everything changed in that swift couple of seconds, a silent, wordless disagreement that tears them apart.

Distance grows between them, not just physically as she leaves to chase her dreams in New York City and he stays, ever attached to Riverdale.

His heart shatters at the thought of the next New Years Eve without her.

But thinks maybe its for the best.

6...

“Y/N will be there.”

Sweet Pea still declines the invite politely, but he can tell by the triumphant glint in Toni’s eyes that she knows she’s won.

There’s no way he’d turn down the opportunity of even a glance at his former best friend after three years.

So he finds himself dressed to the nines, hiding away on the rooftop of Toni and Cheryl's penthouse apartment, because of course they have one of the best views in New York, trying to forget the image of her dressed in red.

It doesn’t take her long to find him, and he doesn’t need to turn around to know it’s her creeping up behind him. He can feel her presence the minute she steps out, like it’s coded in his DNA. He hates it as much as he loves it.

“Hi.” She breathes out the greeting, tiptoeing across the unsteady ground between them. It’s the first words she uttered towards him since she left for college and the sound makes his heart sing.

“Hi.” He parrots back, there's so much more he wants to say but that's all he can manage. Her eyes meet his, locked together, unaware of the countdown being called out below.

And then she laughs.

And he does too.

Laughs over the stupidity of it all, laughs because its them, laughs until it hurts, until the fireworks explode around them surprising them both back to silence.

“I’ve missed you.” He feels her hand close over his, fingers squeezing his tight.

He feels like he can breathe for the first time in a long time. “I’ve missed you too.”

5...

This time its him that finds her on the roof, eerily similar to their moment two years prior.

They’ve been trying for the last few years, piecing the remains of their broken friendship back together. But it’s not enough.

Not for him.

Maybe not for her.

The thought rips through him, his chest exploding with pain, and need, he has to tell her. He can’t wait any longer.

The idea alone burns its way into his lungs until he can’t breathe, until he can’t think straight.

“I love you.” The words slip out the same time the noise below them erupts into a chorus of the number ten. He can hear it all around him, from people in the building next door, from people down the street.

She just stares at him, eyes wide with a hint of something he doesn’t quite understand.

“You don’t have to say it back.” He panics, trips over his words and the way she looks at him. “I just want you to know.”

He’s whispering into the dark, but she can hear him, over the chanting, over the beating of her own heart drumming clear in her ears.

“I just love you.” He falls into a spiral, confessions pouring out as he plunges downwards like the countdown under their feet. “I always have, I probably always will.”

And as the ball drops, and the crowd underneath explodes in cheers, their friends, she’s suddenly pulled back into reality.

Her eyes soften at the sight before her, Sweet Pea’s bashful grin luminated by the glow of the fireworks in the distance, their light dancing off his skin.

And she does the first that comes to her mind, the only thing she’s wanted to do every New Year’s Eve since she met him.

She kisses him.

4...

At 25 they find themselves back on the roof.

That roof.

Their roof.

A location so sentimental to their relationship.

Relationship.

The word feels so weird in Sweet Pea’s thoughts, the concept of her being his girlfriend still so foreign to him, still so unreal, even after three years.

He loves her.

More than he’s loved anything ever before in his life, he’s sure of it. And he’s sure she loves him too, even if sometimes he doesn’t understand why, but lord knows she does.

Which is why he finds himself down on one knee, velvet ring box held tightly in his shaking hand, surrounded by candle light and rose petals that float in the wind. He can feel wet tears streaking lines down his cheeks that mirror her own as she nods out her answer, not trusting her own voice before she pounces at him.

His back hits the floor the same time fireworks light up the skyline and his heart swells in bliss when she slips the ring onto her finger, a perfect fit.

“Did she say yes?” Fangs calls from across the roof, head peering around the door, Toni just behind.

“She said yes!” Sweet Pea sings back, a permanent grin on his face.

It’s only seconds later the two dive on the couple still sprawled out on the floor, four sets of limbs, four sounds of laughter, embracing in celebration.

3...

The tell tale signs are there all night, he doesn’t understand how he didn’t see it sooner.

She professional switches out her vodka orange for plain juice, gags at her usual favourite fancy foods that Cheryl and Toni insist on serving every year, and has ran to the bathroom more than once in the last three hours.

But he doesn’t fit the puzzle pieces together.

Not even when she slots her hand in his, half guiding, half pulling him towards the roof and presents him a neatly wrapped gift once they’re surrounded by cold night air.

It’s only right she thinks, to tell him here, on the very roof top he confessed his love, where he asked her to be his wife only a year before. It has to be here he finds out this too.

He stares, confused down at the box held in his hands, feeling guilty that he has nothing to give her. She laughs at him, a sound that still sets his heart alight as she encourages him to open it quick.

The excitement takes over, racing to reveal its contents before the countdown sounding below hits 1, his fingers make light work of the paper.

When he lifts the lid of the box he’s sure he’s stopped breathing.

This can’t be real.

Two blue lines stare back at him, clear at the dead of midnight and he chokes out a sob.

“You’re?...” He can’t finish the sentence, can’t get his tongue to move and say the words. Her eyes glisten with unshed tears, nodding her head in confirmation.

He can’t help but drop to his knees, his hands gently cradling her barely there bump, his heart so full of love.

“I’m gonna be a Dad.”

2...

Of course they get married on New Year’s Eve.

It’s their day, no matter how much Toni and Fangs tease them about it. But their friends draw the line at a roof top wedding.

Sweet Pea can’t describe the day as anything other than a god damn dream.

He’s wanted this for so long it’s hard to believe it’s actually happening.

She looks a vision in white, too good to be true and he couldn’t ask for anything more.

As he twirls his now wife in his arms, their baby girl nested up against Toni’s chest just a few feet away, he’s so overwhelmed with love that he can’t help but cry.

It starts as a gentle shake from his chest, vibrating through his shoulders before the tears fall fast and he has to hide his face in her hair.

Tears pool in her own eyes as she pulls him closer, whispers how much she adores him into his neck, claims she’s the luckiest woman in the world.

He’s not afraid to admit this might be his favourite New Years Eve.

1...

At 30 there’s no lavish parties.

No roof top confessions, no pregnancy announcements, no engagements, no Wrym.

Just them and their closest friends sprawled out in their living room, discarded pizza boxes on the coffee table, their three year old asleep upstairs.

And when those around them start counting down, Sweet Pea cups her cheek, tilts her head towards his so he can see her eyes staring back.

“I love you.” He whispers, so honestly, so raw. He feels her smile into the kiss that comes next. He doesn’t care that his friends might see them, not like that shy ten year old hidden in a booth 20 years ago daring to plant a peck on his best friends cheek. No, he wants everyone to see how happy his is now, how far they’ve come. “Happy New Year Y/N.”

“Happy New Year Pea.”

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dianapocalypse · 3 years

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Alright y’all, with the release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, it’s time for me to share my playlist for the entire trilogy.

I’ve refined this over like six years so scientifically speaking it’s probably good right. oh also it’s four hours long. so if you have a road trip or a boring job, this one’s for you. disclaimer, it’s entirely possible I have garbage taste in music. I also missed some characters and moments because there’s 65 songs here and I am merely human.

If you don’t have the patience for four hours, I recommend starting at track 45 and listening to the end, as the Mass Effect 3 portion is the strongest in my opinion.

UNDER THE CUT FOR DESCRIPTIONS WE GO!

FIRST MOVEMENT - MASS EFFECT 1

1. Atlas - Coldplay Eden Prime

“Sometimes the wire Must tense for the note Caught in the fire, say oh We're about to explode“

I really like the atmosphere of this song. It’s ominous, but also somehow hopeful, and makes me feel like Something Huge Is Coming.

2. I Will Not Sing A Hateful Song - Constantines Paragon Shepard

“But I was also born and raised To always speak and listen clear To know the last sound that I make Could be the last sound that I hear“

OK, listen, I think this song is about vampires, and I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be a metaphor or not. But I think this is a great song about controlling one’s temper, about knowing that you have to Rise Above the parts of you that want to lash out sometimes to get things done and have peace. Seeing as how paragon Shepard, to me, always seems like they’re three deep breaths away from snapping, but manage to keep it in check, it fits them to a T.

And also maybe they’re a vampire.

3. Hard to Kill - Beth Crowley Renegade Shepard

“So I let the rumors Turn me into a legend 'Cause I'm only human But a good myth is hard to kill”

This one’s a recent addition, but holy cow, I love it for Renegade Shep, particularly an Earthborn or Ruthless, but it works for any of them.

4. We Own the Skies - Five Iron Frenzy Joker

“My hands are bleeding where they often crack The stars will sometimes burn with longing Through the choking black Of night shifts piling each against the next”

This really vibes with Joker’s backstory for me, his super driven serious self in flight school, contrasted with who he is when he can fly a ship. He’s the best pilot in the goddamn fleet and I love him.

5. I Just Wanna See - Smash Mouth Kaidan Alenko

“Mister moon checkin' on how y'all livin' The stars all winkin' at the day that's dimmin' I just wanna see”

This song fits into his reactions to first showing up at the Citadel and his former romanticism about living in space. Ironically, it’s a song about Earth, but I feel like it works well for him. Also, Smash Mouth absolutely sounds like the kind of music Kaidan would listen to, no I will not be taking questions or constructive criticism.

6. Don’t Give Up - Noisettes Ashley Williams

“She's got a talented face and a suitcase Ain't got no desire to go no place In her case she's got no desire with her hand in the flame say's she don't feel the fire “

The energy of this song is just perfect for Ashley’s no-nonsense chip on her shoulder attitude.

7. About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All - Dan Mangan The Council

“I was thrown in the boat/Cast out to sea Friendly with waves/There were sharks below Hungry for me/So I dangled my leg”

I mean, the title says it all.

8. The Captain - Guster Anderson

“Courageous, just like the captain Marching forward with no doubt in his head”

I have adored this song ever since my friend played it for me, and it’s the ultimate mentor-protégé jam for me.

9. Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers Garrus Vakarian

“Here's a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger Oh, with every move he makes another chance he takes The odds are he won't live to see tomorrow”

I have to poke a little fun at Garrus and how seriously he takes himself in Mass Effect 1. I romanced him across four playthrus, I’m allowed!

10. I’m Getting Too Old For This Shit - Kill Lincoln Urdnot Wrex

“This random apathy/I swear it's killing me But I guess it's all the same, till the devil knows my name”

I don’t know ANYTHING about this band, but this song fits Wrex’s disillusionment with the Krogan well, plus, like. The title. (And also, that he secretly DOES care what happens to the Krogan.)

11. Bird Song - Juniper Vale Tali’zorah nar Rayya

“I want to dance on the horizon line But there is something I am caged behind I have a heart made for take flight But I'm low, so low”

I adore this song and the sound of Juniper Vale in general. The etherealness of this one, combined with the youthful optimism, feels very Tali. The line about ‘something I am caged behind’ works well for the suits, too. This one’s especially good if you’re a Talimancer!

12. 11. Green Garden - Laura Mvula Liara T’Soni

“And I’ll fly on the wings of a butterfly High as a tree top and down again Putting my bag down, taking my shoes off Walk on the carpet of green velvet”

I really like this song’s vibes and I feel like Liara fits it well, particularly in ME1, before all her youthful optimism is stripped from her. The scenery descriptions feel very Thessia, too.

13. Feed Me (Git It) - Little Shop of Horrors The Thorian

“The guy sure looks like plant food to me!”

Do you get it. Do you get my joke. It’s because the Thorian is a plant that eats people. (I’m not funny)

14. Blindness - Metric Matriarch Benezia

“I was a blind fool, never complained All the survivors singing in the rain “

I don’t love the use of blind here as a negative, albeit metaphorical, descriptor, but I think this song fits Benezia’s indoctrination and death well. If you have suggestions for another, though, let me know!

15. Technologic - Daft Punk Saren

“Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it”

I just think it’s Neat

16. Watershed - Vienna Teng The Reapers

“ While you were building your empires I was still sleeping”

I think this is the song that inspired the entire playlist. Vienna Teng sat down and decided to write a song from the perspective of a natural disaster, and it’s so ominous and gut-wrenching.

17. Hourglass - The Hush Sound Virmire

“This is how it ends We believe every lie and say we'll be friends How long will it last? Before we scratch all the scripts and we rework the cast “

hahahahah rework the cast get it because you have to pick who DIES

Seriously tho I really like this song for Virmire and that moment of choice that feels like it lasts 100 years on some playthroughts.

18. Pompeii - Bastille The Siege of the Citadel

“ And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love”

Throwback to when this song was on the radio like three times an hour. Which is around the time I made the first draft of this playlist, incidentally! It’s such a good Final Battle Jam for the Citadel, and the part about “if you close your eyes/does it almost feel like nothing’s changed at all” I think work really well for Shepard in this sequence. Shepard knew the Reapers were coming, had been fighting them all along; this attack on the Citadel is just retreading familiar territory for them, as horrifying as the war being brought to their doorstep is for the Citadel’s citizens and the council. James Vega has some good dialogue about that kind of thing in ME3.

INTERLUDE THE FIRST

19. Starships - Nicki Minaj The Normandy Crew

Starships were meant to fly Hands up and touch the sky

I like to have a little fun OK

20. Gravity - Yoko Kanno The Death of Commander Shepard

“Am I alone? is somebody there beyond these heavy aching feet still the road keeps on telling me to go on”

Welcome to mood whiplash, it’s my specialty! This is the part where you die. I think it also works for her coma very well, when she’s just drifting between life and death, not sure what’s going on, but something keeps trying to pull her back to the world.

SECOND MOVEMENT - MASS EFFECT 2

21. The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy The Lazarus Project

“Hey young blood, doesn't it feel like our time is running out? I'm gonna change you like a remix Then I'll raise you like a phoenix “

this song has no right to go as hard as it does and if you think it’s melodramatic shut up

22. My Body Is A Cage - Peter Gabriel Commander Shepard

“I'm living in an age Whose name I don't know Though the fear keeps me moving Still my heart beats so slow “

This works particularly well if you romanced The Virmire Survivor, but this song captures the energy of Shepard freaking out bc they are trapped with Cerberus, because Cerberus rebuilt their body from the ground up. That jarring, caged feeling is so palpable in ME2 that when they gave me back Joker the first time I played, I BURST INTO SOBS from relief.

23. The Lady is a Vamp - The Spice Girls Miranda Lawson

“That's all in the past, legends built to last But she's got something new”

Listen. She’s a bond babe. Handbags, heels and pistols rock. She’s got class. This is a song about Miranda. That is all.

24. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down Jacob Taylor

“ I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon After all I knew, it had to be something to do with you “

This one’s about the Vibes for me. Also can apply to his past relationship with Miranda. I’m also super showing my age on this song, oof haha.

25. Stable Song - Death Cab For Cutie Colony Abduction

“Rows of deserted houses all Our stable mates highway bound “

I really like the mood of this one for showing up on the very first abducted colony, the eerieness and sadness of it all and Shepard’s resolve to do something about it.

26. Konichiwa Bitches - Robyn Kasumi Goto

“I'm so very hot that when I rob your mansion You ain't call the cops, you call the fire station”

THAT COUPLET ALONE MAKES THE ENTIRE SONG. I love how playful and cheeky it is.

27. Seven Nation Army Glitch Mob Remix - The White Stripes, Glitch Mob Zaeed Massani

“And I'm talking to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette”

Pretty sure we all had this on some playlist or another when it came out, and it’s the perfect Badass With A Grudge song.

28. Science is Real - They Might Be Giants Mordin Solus

“ And when a theory emerges Consistent with the facts The proof is with science The truth is with science “

This one actually got added by my wife to replace a song that wasn’t on Spotify, but that has the same energy; Hank Green’s “I Fucking Love Science”. I get more into the emotional side of Mordin in the ME3 section, but I also really just love his Hamster On Coffee energy and this song captures it really well.

29. Prove Yourself - Radiohead Garrus Vakarian

“I can't afford to breathe in this town Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand Hooked back up to the cathode ray

I'm better off dead “

The absolute rock bottom mental state Garrus is in when you get back to him in ME2 is so heartwrenching. Might not always agree with my boy’s methods, but he’s one of my favorite fictional characters of all time.

30. Rat a Tat - Fallout Boy Feat. Courtney Love Jack

“We are professional ashes of roses, this kerosene's live You settled your score, this is where you come to beg”

It helps that Courtney Love sounds exactly like Jack to me, NGL.

31. Defeat You - Smash Mouth Grunt

“Hey I know what you've done It makes it that much better to defeat you “

Only I am brave enough to put two songs by Smash Mouth on the same playlist, to be shared in 2021

32. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot - Brand New Horizon/The Virmire Survivor

“If it makes you less sad I will die by your hand Hope you find out what you want Already know what I am “

Hits harder if you romanced the Virmire Survivor. Mostly from Shep’s perspective. This is a Shep that feels Bad after that encounter rather than Mad, so Your Mileage May Vary.

33. Violet Stars Happy Hunting! - Janelle Monae Tali’zorah vas Neema

“I'm an alien from outer space I'm a cyber-girl without a face a heart or a mind”

I just like the vibes of this one for Tali! I know it’s more about an actual AI but...IDK. I like it. So there.

34. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Thane Krios

“There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon”

This song works both on a Literal level with his Kepral’s syndrome struggles, but also Metaphorical re: his Battle Sleep. Plus, Thane is a dad, so he gets Dad Rock.

35. My Medea - Vienna Teng Samara

“For I have made her prison be Her every step away from me And this child I would destroy If you tried to set her free “

Mom of the year award, here

36. Toxic - Britney Spears Morinth

“There's no escape, I can't wait I need a hit, baby, give me it You're dangerous, I'm loving it”

If Morinth weren’t so under-utilized after recruitment and didn’t get killed off in the background of ME3 I’d probably actually recruit her sometimes. I almost did on my most recent playthru bc that Shepard just HATES SPACE COPS. Anyway the song explains itself

37. Turn me On - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj EDI/The Collector Attack

“My body needs a hero Come and save me Something tells me you know how to save me”

I know this song is a metaphor but also it works really well both literally and metaphorically for Joker saving EDI

38. Robots - Dan Mangan Legion

“Robots need love too They want to be loved by you “

The Geth just want to live peacefullyyyyyy

39. Be Still - The Killers Love Interest Theme

“Be still / someday you’ll leave fearlessness on your sleeve”

This song works so well for the night before Omega-4. If you had an ME2 love interest, anyway. Also “fearlessness on your sleeve” is one of my favorite set of words ever written.

40. No Cars Go - Arcade Fire The Omega-4 Relay

“We know a place no spaceships go We know a place where no subs go “

This one’s pretty literal.

41. Rocketman - Elton John Suicide Mission

“ And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home “

I like sneaking some Classics onto my playlists, and I think this is how I generally approach Shepard’s mindset during the Suicide Mission, mostly the chorus. I’m also a sucker for ballads during action sequences. This one isn’t a perfect 1:1 but the Vibes check out.

42. Blast Off - David Guetta feat. Kaz James The Normandy Crew

“Got all my people with me And none of us give a fuck So put dem hands up higher Let's smash this party up”

You have to imagine they partied HARD after recovering from Suicide Mission, but before Shep got arrested, right??? This is the Starships for ME2.

INTERLUDE THE SECOND

43. I’m Not Your Hero - Tegan and Sara Liara T’soni

“ Feeling like I am now lighting up the hall I was used to standing in the shadow of a damaged heart Learning all I know now, losing all I did I never used to feel like I'd be standing so far ahead “

This feels like a good coming of age moment for Liara, as she copes with the choices she made in the 2 years of Shepard’s death (giving them to Cerberus), losing Feron, etc. This is her coming into her own as the Shadow Broker. She’s not meant to be an uncomplicated Big Damn Hero, but she can do good from this position.

44. The Well and the Lighthouse - Arcade Fire The Alpha Relay Incident

“I'm serving time All for a crime I did commit You want the truth? You know I'd do it all again“

These opening lines I feel capture the Alpha Relay Incident really well, and how Shepard did what they HAD to do there, and would do it again, but it still feels like shit. I always wished there was more choice on that mission, but also, having something like that happen without player agency is interesting. Shepard is at their most interesting, I think, in times where we DON’T have a say in what happens to them.

45. Reignite - Malukah Commander Shepard

“Crush my heart into embers, and I will reignite”

Is it cheating to use a Mass Effect fan song on my playlist? I certainly don’t think so, and this is the best Mass Effect fan song ever written.

THIRD MOVEMENT - MASS EFFECT 3

46. This Is War - Thirty Seconds to Mars Leaving Earth

“It's the moment of truth, and the moment to lie The moment to live and the moment to die The moment to fight, the moment to fight To fight, to fight, to fight “

It feels Too Easy to use this here but I’m gonna anyway. You’ve seen AMVs of this set to everything. It’s the ending song of DA:O. It’s the quintessential World At War song.

47. Battleborn - The Killers James Vega

“Up against the wall There's something dying on the street When they knock you down You're gonna get back on your feet”

James Vega is massively underrated and I will love him til I’m cold in the ground. Aro icon.

48. Handlebars - Flobots The Illusive Man

“I can hand out a million vaccinations Or let 'em all die of exasperation Have 'em all healed of their lacerations Have 'em all killed by assassination”

The way this song escalates fits TIM and Cerberus’s fall back into being Just Full On Evil really well. Perfect song for a power trip.

49. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect - The Decemberists The Virmire Survivor

“And I am nothing of a builder But here I dreamt I was an architect And I built this balustrade To keep you home, to keep you safe From the outside world”

I like this song for how the Virmire Survivor feels about their survivor’s guilt and also about Shepard. I honestly wish they were both more heavily utilized in ME2 and 3, but I realize it’s hard to write a ton of content for characters who just aren’t in half of all peoples’ playthrus.

50. Heaven Knows - The Pretty Reckless Grisson Academy

“One, two, three and four, the devil's knocking at your door Caught in the eye of a dead man's lie Show your life with your head held high“

This song is so perfect for Jack and her biotic kids that she’s one of the only returning characters that gets her own song on this playlist

51. The Great Fire - OK Go Javik

“But when the flames die down, and everything is gone, Will there be fire under the ashes still?”

Self explanatory. Javik is the fire remaining under the ashes.

52. Bring the Hammer Down - Paragon Priority: Tuchanka/Kalros

“ Hammer strikes the anvil A rage that breaks the chain Strikes down like a lightening In our ranks “

KALROOOOOS

53. Wake Up - Arcade Fire Curing The Genophage/Mordin Solus

“If the children don't grow up, Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turnin' every good thing to Rust I guess we'll just have to adjust”

I just really love this song as an image of Mordin’s spirit looking out over Tuchanka as the genophage cure is dispersed, and watching over future generations. If you didn’t cure the genophage, how dare you. No song for you.

Anyway started tearing up listening to this one while writing the description don’t look at me

54. Ballad of a Politician - Regina Spektor Councillor Udina/Priority Citadel 2

“A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men This is how it happens/Our carefully laid plans”

traitor

55. Cyborgs vs. Robots - Ludo The Geth-Quarian War

“But your iron fist will never knock me down 'Cause I'm powered By a conscious right to conduct my life without fear.”

This is probably a bit silly for this awful war. But also. It does fit. You can’t tell me it doesn’t. Just save them both at the end and you can feel fine having some fun with it!

56. Artificial Heart - Jonathan Coulton The Geth

“It's not a real heart It is a real artificial heart”

Just a little fun with the Geth! This works best with Reaper Upgrades.

57. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess The Citadel DLC

“What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you, but I know it's mine

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends”

I happen to prefer this version to any other because of how much fun it sounds like they’re having

58. Dark In Here - The Mountain Goats Priority: Earth

“Steal away at sundown, pick a place to hide Check for signs of ambush, hunker down inside Tired of running, tired of never standing still Hear them riding up the hill“

You know I had to get the Goats in here. Would it be a fan playlist if there wasn’t one?

59. Adieu - Yoko Kanno Leaving your Love Interest/Shepard and the Beam

“My love for you burns deep inside me / So strong Embers of times we had And now, here I stand / Lost in a memory I see your face, and smile”

...do I need to say more than that?

60. My Way (Minor Key) - Chase Holfelder The Indoctrination of The Illusive Man

“Regrets, I've had a few/But then again, too few to mention I did what I had to do/I saw it through, without exemption“

This cover takes this song from something I tolerate when I hear it to one of my FAVORITE songs. The frenzied way he sings the “through it all” verse is PEAK Indoctrinated TIM.

61. I’m Alive - Disturbed Refusal

“There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice To change myself, I'd rather die/Though they will not understand”

Honestly I didn’t “get” the Refusal ending until I heard this song, then I was like, OH, I SEE IT ALL SO CLEARLY NOW. This is my favorite in-universe Shepard take on the Refusal ending. I always got it from the player’s perspective of being dissatisfied with the options, but this one puts it into the world for me. This is a Shepard who does not trust the Starchild. This is a Shepard that chooses to end things on their own terms rather than submit to their designs.

62. Machine - Regina Spektor Control

“I collect my moments Into a correspondence With a mightier power Who just lacks my perspective And who lacks my organics And who covets my defects “

I used to have Adieu here, actually, because like Refusal, I didn’t used to GET the Control ending. Now, I do, in part thanks to hearing this song. I mean, just go look at the full lyrics. If this song hadn’t been written years before the end of Mass Effect 3, I’d swear it was a fan song for it.

63. Maybe Tomorrow - Yuki Kajiura Destroy

“The moon is gone And the night is still so dark I'm a little bit afraid of tomorrow“

I’m a Destroy Ending person, I won’t lie. Full on “the starchild is a liar and my synthetic friends are FINE” indoctrination theory level destroy ending. But this song is not about that. It’s about the canonical destroy ending, and if you prefer a Shep that survives it, this song’s for you.

This song captures the exhaustion and melancholy of the end of a long journey so well. Shepard is afraid of what comes next, the collateral damage resulting from their actions. But they know that, at least, it’s over now. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

64. Waiting For the End - Linkin Park Synthesis

“ I know what it takes to move on I know how it feels to lie All I wanna do is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got”

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The hardest part of ending is starting again. Oof. Gets me every single time. Shepard finding the resolve to sacrifice themself for the hope of something better, of things not going how they planned, ever, of learning to make peace with that and the people who loved them learning to carry on without them? OOF.

65. Shine - Vienna Teng Epilogue

“Shine with all the untold Hold the light given unto you Find the love to unfold In this broken world we choose“

Vienna Teng is a master of capturing life’s softer emotions, and this fits perfectly with the epilogue scene for me. Tell me again about the Shepard.

“Find the love to unfold in this broken world we choose” has to be one of the greatest lines about the human experience ever written.

#mass effect #mass effect legendary edition #no one's gonna listen to this #but i need the world to know it exists #it took me as long as the playlist is to put this together

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Magnetar eruptions in nearby galaxies On April 15, 2020, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on several NASA and European spacecraft. Now, multiple international science teams conclude that the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar located in a neighboring galaxy. This finding confirms long-held suspicions that some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) - cosmic eruptions detected in the sky almost daily - are in fact powerful flares from magnetars relatively close to home. "This has always been regarded as a possibility, and several GRBs observed since 2005 have provided tantalizing evidence," said Kevin Hurley, a Senior Space Fellow with the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, who joined several scientists to discuss the burst at the virtual 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. "The April 15 event is a game changer because we found that the burst almost certainly lies within the disk of the nearby galaxy NGC 253." Papers analyzing different aspects of the event and its implications were published on Jan. 13 in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy. GRBs, the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, can be detected across billions of light-years. Those lasting less than about two seconds, called short GRBs, occur when a pair of orbiting neutron stars - both the crushed remnants of exploded stars - spiral into each other and merge. Astronomers confirmed this scenario for at least some short GRBs in 2017, when a burst followed the arrival of gravitational waves - ripples in space-time - produced when neutron stars merged 130 million light-years away. Magnetars are neutron stars with the strongest-known magnetic fields, with up to a thousand times the intensity of typical neutron stars and up to 10 trillion times the strength of a refrigerator magnet. Modest disturbances to the magnetic field can cause magnetars to erupt with sporadic X-ray bursts for weeks or longer. Rarely, magnetars produce enormous eruptions called giant flares that produce gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. Most of the 29 magnetars now cataloged in our Milky Way galaxy exhibit occasional X-ray activity, but only two have produced giant flares. The most recent event, detected on Dec. 27, 2004, produced measurable changes in Earth's upper atmosphere despite erupting from a magnetar located about 28,000 light-years away. Shortly before 4:42 a.m. EDT on April 15, 2020, a brief, powerful burst of X-rays and gamma rays swept past Mars, triggering the Russian High Energy Neutron Detector aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2001. About 6.6 minutes later, the burst triggered the Russian Konus instrument aboard NASA's Wind satellite, which orbits a point between Earth and the Sun located about 930,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) away. After another 4.5 seconds, the radiation passed Earth, triggering instruments on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, as well as on the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite and Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) aboard the International Space Station. The eruption occurred beyond the field of view of the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, so its onboard computer did not alert astronomers on the ground. However, thanks to a new capability called the Gamma-ray Urgent Archiver for Novel Opportunities (GUANO), the Swift team can beam back BAT data when other satellites trigger on a burst. Analysis of this data provided additional insight into the event. The pulse of radiation lasted just 140 milliseconds - as fast as the blink of an eye or a finger snap. The Fermi, Swift, Wind, Mars Odyssey and INTEGRAL missions all participate in a GRB-locating system called the InterPlanetary Network (IPN). Now funded by the Fermi project, the IPN has operated since the late 1970s using different spacecraft located throughout the solar system. Because the signal reached each detector at different times, any pair of them can help narrow down a burst's location in the sky. The greater the distances between spacecraft, the better the technique's precision. The IPN placed the April 15 burst, called GRB 200415A, squarely in the central region of NGC 253, a bright spiral galaxy located about 11.4 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. This is the most precise sky position yet determined for a magnetar located beyond the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite of our galaxy and host to a giant flare in 1979, the first ever detected. Giant flares from magnetars in the Milky Way and its satellites evolve in a distinct way, with a rapid rise to peak brightness followed by a more gradual tail of fluctuating emission. These variations result from the magnetar's rotation, which repeatedly brings the flare location in and out of view from Earth, much like a lighthouse. Observing this fluctuating tail is conclusive evidence of a giant flare. Seen from millions of light-years away, though, this emission is too dim to detect with today's instruments. Because these signatures are missing, giant flares in our galactic neighborhood may be masquerading as much more distant and powerful merger-type GRBs. A detailed analysis of data from Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Swift's BAT provides strong evidence that the April 15 event was unlike any burst associated with mergers, noted Oliver Roberts, an associate scientist at Universities Space Research Association's Science and Technology Institute in Huntsville, Alabama, who led the study. In particular, this was the first giant flare known to occur since Fermi's 2008 launch, and the GBM's ability to resolve changes at microsecond timescales proved critical. The observations reveal multiple pulses, with the first one appearing in just 77 microseconds - about 13 times the speed of a camera flash and nearly 100 times faster than the rise of the fastest GRBs produced by mergers. The GBM also detected rapid variations in energy over the course of the flare that have never been observed before. "Giant flares within our galaxy are so brilliant that they overwhelm our instruments, leaving them to hang onto their secrets," Roberts said. "For the first time, GRB 200415A and distant flares like it allow our instruments to capture every feature and explore these powerful eruptions in unparalleled depth." Giant flares are poorly understood, but astronomers think they result from a sudden rearrangement of the magnetic field. One possibility is that the field high above the surface of the magnetar may become too twisted, suddenly releasing energy as it settles into a more stable configuration. Alternatively, a mechanical failure of the magnetar's crust - a starquake - may trigger the sudden reconfiguration. Roberts and his colleagues say the data show some evidence of seismic vibrations during the eruption. The highest-energy X-rays recorded by Fermi's GBM reached 3 million electron volts (MeV), or about a million times the energy of blue light, itself a record for giant flares. The researchers say this emission arose from a cloud of ejected electrons and positrons moving at about 99% the speed of light. The short duration of the emission and its changing brightness and energy reflect the magnetar's rotation, ramping up and down like the headlights of a car making a turn. Roberts describes it as starting off as an opaque blob - he pictures it as resembling a photon torpedo from the "Star Trek" franchise - that expands and diffuses as it travels. The torpedo also factors into one of the event's biggest surprises. Fermi's main instrument, the Large Area Telescope (LAT), also detected three gamma rays, with energies of 480 MeV, 1.3 billion electron volts (GeV), and 1.7 GeV - the highest-energy light ever detected from a magnetar giant flare. What's surprising is that all of these gamma rays appeared long after the flare had diminished in other instruments. Nicola Omodei, a senior research scientist at Stanford University in California, led the LAT team investigating these gamma rays, which arrived between 19 seconds and 4.7 minutes after the main event. The scientists conclude that this signal most likely comes from the magnetar flare. "For the LAT to detect a random short GRB in the same region of the sky and at nearly the same time as the flare, we would have to wait, on average, at least 6 million years," he explained. A magnetar produces a steady outflow of fast-moving particles. As it moves through space, this outflow plows into, slows, and diverts interstellar gas. The gas piles up, becomes heated and compressed, and forms a type of shock wave called a bow shock. In the model proposed by the LAT team, the flare's initial pulse of gamma rays travels outward at the speed of light, followed by the cloud of ejected matter, which is moving nearly as fast. After several days, they both reach the bow shock. The gamma rays pass through. Seconds later, the cloud of particles - now expanded into a vast, thin shell - collides with accumulated gas at the bow shock. This interaction creates shock waves that accelerate particles, producing the highest-energy gamma rays after the main burst. The April 15 flare proves that these events constitute their own class of GRBs. Eric Burns, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, led a study investigating additional suspects using data from numerous missions. The findings will appear in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Bursts near the galaxy M81 in 2005 and the Andromeda galaxy (M31) in 2007 had already been suggested to be giant flares, and the team additionally identified a flare in M83, also seen in 2007 but newly reported. Add to these the giant flare from 1979 and those observed in our Milky Way in 1998 and 2004. "It's a small sample, but we now have a better idea of their true energies, and how far we can detect them," Burns said. "A few percent of short GRBs may really be magnetar giant flares. In fact, they may be the most common high-energy outbursts we've detected so far beyond our galaxy - about five times more frequent than supernovae." IMAGE....The giant flare, cataloged as GRB 200415A, reached detectors on different NASA spacecraft at different times. Each instrument pair established its possible location in different swaths of the sky, but the bands intersect in the central part of the bright spiral galaxy NGC 253. This is the most precise position yet established for a magnetar located well beyond our galaxy. CREDIT NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

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