#I love Kubo too much

[thefarminggoblin]

No thoughts, just single dad Jushiro Ukitake

Father’s Day is coming up and this brain rot will not leave me alone. So I had to write it.

It was only meant to be a few headcanons but turned into a whole ass fic. Good grief. The only TW I have is that it’s longer than I anticipated. Dear lord.

It’s not beta read and I am tired so please be gentle.

Disclaimer: this gets a wee bit smutty in places (nothing overly graphic), so if you’re a minor, please DNI.

Otherwise, enjoy this ridiculous modern day au.

Word count: 4,300

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You’re running late to a formal meet and greet with other parents of the kindergarten group and feeling so embarrassed when all judgmental stares fall upon you as you enter just after the first speaker starts.

You freeze and scan the room for a seat. Until you spot a very handsome man - the only one in the room - who flashes you an understanding smile and motions for you to sit next to him. The vague amusement in his soft brown eyes makes you blush, but he’s giving off genuinely comforting vibes.

His long white hair is tied back into a low ponytail. He’s wearing a deep red turtleneck with a navy jacket, and beige pants that are tactfully fitted but never the less showing off slightly muscled thighs. Brown Oxford shoes complete the look; he’s very clean cut but his friendly and open nature makes you think he’s a genuinely good man as far as first impressions go.

This man is devastatingly handsome. He even SMELLS good - like fresh linen with a hint of citrus.

After the meeting agenda is finished - start times, expectations for pick up and permission forms for various things are handed out. Afternoon tea is served to encourage parents to mingle and introduce themselves. The kindly man extends his hand to you:

“I’m Jushiro, pleased to meet you.” The deep timbre of his voice is warm and soothing and you feel some of your anxiety leave you.

You take his proffered hand - slender, soft and warm - and introduce yourself, doing your best to ignore the fluttering feeling in your chest, “My son and I are pretty new to the area, so thank you for being the first person who hasn’t issued me a death glare.”

He chuckles, “Well, I know how hard it can be to, ah, befriend some of the parents at this school.”

He’s right; the school is one of the best in the area, and the tuition is high enough to provide insights into the type of clientele that enrol their children. A quick glance around the room gives a profile of the other mothers - dressed in designer outfits that would likely cost you your entire monthly budget. You regret looking around immediately - a few of them are side eyeing you, others looking you up and down, completely unashamed. None of the looks you are receiving are particularly friendly.

You fiddle with your hair, fuss over your outfit, brushing away non existent creases. A mistake. You shouldn’t have tried to enrol your son in this elite school. Neither of you fit in here. You’re not rich. You feel so small in comparison to the other well dressed, well made up women. This was all a mista-

Jushiro’s deep, gentle voice breaks your train of thought, “Don’t worry about them. They’re just trapped in their own echo chamber and don’t realise that there are other parents who don’t focus so hard on appearances and money. You care about your son’s education, that’s all that matters.”

You suspect that the glares from a few of the mothers have something to do with you chatting to Jushiro. You’re positive that this beautiful man has caught the eye of a few of the other mothers in the group, single or not.

He must notice your discomfort because he puts a reassuring hand on your shoulder, “For what it’s worth, I think you look absolutely lovely.” He smiles at you and you’re nearly blinded by how bright it is. That teasing gleam returns to his eyes, “Well, aside from the little bit of pastry you have on your cheek.”

You immediately bring a hand to your face and rub at your cheeks. Chuckling, he offers you a handkerchief (who carries those these days anyway?!) and you utter your gratitude as you wipe your face.

“Gone?”

“Gone.”

“So, what’s your kid like? Are they excited?”

He nods, “Twins. Both boys, and quite energetic. I apologise in advance - they can be a bit of a handful at times! They’re good natured children but can be quite stubborn and cheeky.” He scratches the back of his neck as he grins awkwardly. “And they love to play pranks on their old man! Once I was running late, and didn’t notice that they’d scribbled on my face as I slept. Mortifying.”

You laugh, feeling more at ease by the second, “Don’t worry, my boy has done some tricky stuff too. He can give it as good as he gets!”

He chuckes, “I am sure they’ll get along well then!”

“Perhaps too well!”

He checks his watch and sighs, “Speaking of, I’m awfully sorry to cut the conversation short but I have to leave early. The babysitter’s patience has likely worn thin.”

You go to hand his handkerchief back, but he shakes his head.

“Hold onto it. You can give it back to me at the drop off. But just to be safe…”

He takes his phone out and opens it, then holds out his phone bashfully. Your name has already been entered. Your number. He’s asking for your number. The last time a man did that was-

He clears his throat and you see him start to withdraw his hand. Before he can, you take the phone and enter your details, offering him your own so that he can do the same.

“There. Now you know I won’t commit handkerchief theft!”

You both laugh heartily, ignoring the scornful looks from the other mothers gathered.

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Some days you miss him at the drop offs but see him every day without fail at pick up times.

You keep in touch with him regularly, texting each other often. Occasionally you meet up for coffee during your respective lunch breaks during work hours, or squeezing in some time in between work and pick up time.

You find his presence extremely comforting, and the conversations flow effortlessly between you both. You find yourself becoming very fond of this man, and would go so far as to think of him as one of the best friends you’ve ever had.

Over the course of a few weeks you find out more and more about this incredibly kind man: he’s an elementary school teacher, and is from the area. He’s 40, which surprises you - you’re 8 years his junior but aside from the slight creases in the corner of his eyes when he smiles and his salt white hair, you would have assumed he was around your age. He does kendo in his spare time and keeps carp. He’s terrible at gardening, but enjoys it.

When you mention you keep house plants he flashes you that almost bashfully boyish grin you’ve become so fond of, “Perhaps you could teach me a thing or two!”

You also discover rather quickly that he is also a single parent, like you.

He reveals to you one day with downcast eyes and a quiet voice that his wife had passed away while delivering the twins. The loss devastated him but he absolutely adores his boys, doting on them any chance he gets. He admits some days are harder than others but that he wouldn’t trade his sons for anything.

It’s a very different circumstance to your own - your deadbeat ex had left you for another woman, while you were pregnant with your son. The look of quiet anger on Jushiro’s face as you told him over coffee one afternoon was shocking. It’s subtle to the point where a stranger would likely not see the difference, but you knew him well enough to notice the stern expression and fire in his eyes, the tightening of his lips.

“He’s out of the picture entirely. No child support or anything. Said he didn’t want a kid to tie him down. I could’ve pushed for it but honestly I’m just glad he’s gone.”

Jushiro’s hands are clenched around his mug of tea tightly, knuckles white, his brows furrowed in anger, “Selfish bastard. He didn’t deserve you.”

You feel yourself flush, “Thank you.”

He waves a hand, “Don’t thank me, it’s the truth. You’re kind, brilliant, and incredibly dedicated - both as a friend and a mother. And you’re absolutely beautiful. Any man should count his lucky stars to have you as a lover.”

Your face is on fire and your pulse quickens suddenly. No one has ever said anything so romantic to you before.

Oh.

Emboldened by his words, a small smile crosses your face, “I hope I do find such a man one day.”

His expression turns soft, the corners of his mouth turning upwards slightly, “I certainly hope you do. You deserve every happiness.”

Perhaps I already have…

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Your children end up having regular play dates together. They get along quite well; a little TOO well, if the reports from the teacher are to be believed. Last week one of the other children was pushing your son around, so the twins decided to put sand in their backpack. Another instance was that another child had deliberately smeared paint all over one of the twin’s artwork - your son had thrown an entire paint pallet at the kid in retaliation.

The trio were also known to sneak toys into nap time and stealthily play together, using rulers as bridges between their cots to push toy cars across when the teacher wasn’t looking.

Before you know it 2 months have passed and you’re both at the twin’s birthday party.

There you meet some of Jushiro’s friends: Shunsui and Nanao, who have children in elementary school. Kisuke and Yoruichi, who have children in junior high school. Byakuya and Hisana, who’s daughter is of similar age to your sons.

You all spend the afternoon drinking and eating as you supervise the children. Jushiro goes to gather the children for the treasure hunt. You assist him by handing out the little maps to the children while he explains the game.

You’re enraptured by how this kind man instructs the kids. He’s so gentle and patient with them it makes your heart ache. He blows the whistle for them to start and the children scatter excitedly.

He laughs heartily, then turns to you, beaming ear to ear. He clearly loves working with children, and watching as his face lights up with childlike glee and continues to supervise from afar.

It hits you - you’re falling for him. Hard and fast.

You go back inside to get some more drinks for the two of you from the fridge and run into the other adults who are preparing lunch.

“Well, Jushiro’s certainly looking happier than I’ve seen him in years.” Shunsui says after taking the last swig of his sake and refilling his cup, earning a stern look from his wife, who is artistically arranging various snacks on a platter.

“That’s your last one Shunsui. You agreed to take the kids while I go out for coffee with the ladies tomorrow, remember?”

“Yes dearest.” He gives her a look that’s all cheek, and she scoffs and rolls her eyes. You catch a tiny upwards turn of her lips.

“I agree with you, Shunsui. It is good to see Jushiro in such high spirits. He’s usually somewhat melancholic this time of year.” Byakuya says.

It’s only then that you realise; his wife’s passing would fall on the twin’s birthday. Your heart aches for him; it must be such a conflicting time for him.

Later that evening as you’re helping pack up in the kitchen, your hands submerged in the soapy water while he puts the kids to sleep. He looks a little wan as he walks into the kitchen.

“Are you alright?”

“You always see right through me, don’t you?” He sighs, “Honestly, I feel a little uneasy. This time of year is always difficult. My sons give me so much joy, and I’m glad that they were born, but-“ he sighs again, and this time it’s shakier, and he runs a hand down his face

He’s clearly upset. You dry your hands off and wrap him in a hug. He reciprocates, still trembling.

“I-I miss her.”

“I know.”

“It’s so difficult without her sometimes.”

“I know.”

He takes a few deep breaths and you hear a slight sniffle, “Sometimes I feel so guilty. As if I can’t give the boys what she could have.”

You pull away just a little and cradle his face in your hands, using your thumbs to brush away some of the tears that are flowing down his cheeks, “Jushiro, you’re an amazing dad and they love you so much. And you bring so much joy into their lives. They had so much fun today, remember?”

He takes a deep breath, exhaling a little shakily but he’s clearly calming down. “Thank you. You’re very kind.” He takes you hands in his own, “I apologise, you don’t need to see me like this. It’s unfair on you.”

“Oh, Jushiro. It’s okay. We’re friends, and I’m glad you’re able to talk to me about it. You’re only human.”

“Thank you.” He gives you a small smile that both breaks and mends your heart.

“Would you tell me about her? Do you have any photos?”

You spend the rest of the evening drinking tea while he shows you pictures of he and his wife, of the adventures they shared. There are more tears, but he laughs more than a few times, and your heart swells.

About an hour later you’re standing at the door, your son fast asleep in your arms.

“Thank you for listening to this old man’s rambling. It… meant a lot that I could share that part of my life with a dear friend.”

He looks a little sheepish before adding: “And I… I do hope to have the strength to move on one day.”

“Jushiro, you deserve every happiness.”

He huffs a laugh, “Reusing some of my own words of wisdom?”

“Hey, it’s true! You’re kind, smart and a total gentleman. Easy on the eyes, too.” You add with a wink.

He chuckles a little at that. He takes your free hand in his, giving it a light squeeze.

“Thank you again. Drive safely and text when you get home.”

Your heart flutters. He’s such a genuinely beautiful soul. “I will.”

After you tuck your son into bed you do just that:

I got home safe. He didn’t wake up! Lucky me 😊

Maybe we need to arrange play dates more often. My boys haven’t stirred at all!

Definitely! Only if you’re okay with putting up with us. It’s always great to see you. I really enjoy your company ❤️

You hover over the send button for a few seconds, debating whether to send it - are you being too bold? The three dots appear and reappear about 4 times.

Of course. Any chance to spend time with you is always welcomed ❤️

Your heart flips. He shoots through another message before you can respond.

Coffee tomorrow? Usual time?

Can’t wait! Goodnight, Jushiro xx

Sweet dreams xx

And they are.

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Something in your relationship changes after that night over the next few weeks. You notice his eyes lingering on you sometimes, sometimes questioning, other times a little soft, and when your fingers brush while he’s passing you handouts at parent meeting, you notice a light blush appear on his face.

The hugs you give each other when meeting up become a little more intimate, a little longer, with his hands rubbing up and down your back slowly and you burying your face in his shoulder. The butterflies in your stomach swell with each of these events, and you always feel your cheeks redden.

It all comes to a head one evening while you’re making cupcakes together for the kindergarten bake sale. It feels so domestic, working in tandem while the kids are sleeping in your son’s room. You decided baking while they were awake was a terrible idea; they’d likely complain about not being able to eat them all.

Each time he scoots past you in your tiny kitchen he puts his hand on the small of your back, making your heart race. At one point he takes both your hips in his large, gentle hands and gently moves you aside a fraction so that he can get into the drawer in front of you.

You can’t help but imagine how those hands would feel in the same position sans clothing, and you bite your lip as you repress a shudder, attempting to banish the sinful thoughts from your mind.

Your sides brush together as you reach over to grab the wooden spoon that sits in front of him, and a bag of flour goes EVERYWHERE as he opens the packet with a little more gusto than needed.

You’re both COVERED in the white powder, and laughing uncontrollably as you try to wipe it off your clothes, face and hair.

Jushiro goes to wipe some off your cheek with his fingers, but it only transfers more from his hands onto your face and you both burst into giggles again.

“Shhh, shhh we- hahahaha! - we’ll wake the kids!” You wheeze.

He’s wiping tears of mirth from his eyes with a towel, still chuckling.

“Well. That’s was fun. I know I’m a rubbish baker but I didn’t realise how simply opening a bag of flour would go wrong so easily.”

You both get cleaned up and back to work and manage to make enough cupcakes for the event. While you wait for them to cool so you can frost them, you decide to sit down on the couch together and watch a random gaming show.

“Oh, you still have some flour on your face.” You brush the tips of your fingers over Jushiro’s cheek to remove the white powder and he shudders. You can’t help it as your hand falls from his cheek to his jaw, gently caressing his face with the back of your knuckles.

He immediately turns to look at you, his gaze so intense that you almost feel naked. He tentatively takes your hand and kisses your wrist ever so lightly, setting off a spark that travels through your whole body, making you shudder.

His eyes are half lidded and your faces are drawing closer, your heart pounding as you close your eyes in anticipation of what’s finally about to happen.

He kisses you. It’s soft, sweet and heartbreakingly tender, one hand is caressing your cheek and the other rests on your side, drawing you closer. He sighs as he breaks apart from you and searches your eyes, a crease forming between his brows and his mouth opening and closing multiple times as he struggles to find the right words to say

“It’s okay, Jushiro.”

His expression turns into a tortured look, “I-I’m sorry, that was so inappropriate of me. I shouldn’t have-“ he makes to move away but you put your hold his face in your hands

“Jushiro, it’s okay.”

His face is still concerned, “I just don’t want to ruin our friendship. It’s something I truly treasure and I don’t want to mess things up and-“

You press your lips to his to silence his protests. When you pull away you see that some of the tension has left his face.

“I feel the same, but I can’t pretend I don’t have feelings for you any longer, Jushiro…”

A sigh of relief and he raises your knuckles to his lips, “Well, if you’re willing to try, would you allow me to court you?”

You giggle. “Sometimes you say the cutest things.”

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Shunsui and Nanao end up babysitting your kids as you go out on your first date as a couple.

Shunsui winks slyly at you as you leave, “If you need to stay out all night, just swing us a message.”

Jushiro flushes, “Good grief, Shunsui, do you always have to be such a lewd bastard?” His tone is hot and flustered, and he’s only half serious.

“Hey now, not in front of the kids, Ju.”

“You’re impossible.”

Jushiro takes you to a restaurant on the river - nothing too over the top but the food is fantastic, the atmosphere a little sultry with the low lighting and soft jazz playing in the background.

You can’t remember the name of the movie - some sci-fi superhero movie with a talking raccoon? - or the plot. All you remember is the fire running through your veins as Jushiro takes your hand about 20 minutes in and intertwines your fingers, his thumb slowly caressing your skin. The sensation is almost too much to bear, your heart pounding the entire time.

The night concludes with a VERY heated make out session in the back of his car. His large, slender hands caress you under your clothing and your hands are in his hair and his tongue is in your mouth and the sounds he’s making are downright sinful. It all sets your skin on fire in the most delicious way. You’re undressed enough - his tie is gone, the buttons of his shirt completely undone and your dress is unzipped, pooled around your waist, your top bare except for your bra - to feel the skin of his lithe chest on yours. It excites you to know that despite his gentlemanly demeanour he is still very much a hot blooded man, and he wants you.

However, he is enough of a gentleman to stop before things get serious as you start to undo his belt, “We - ahh - w-we should stop.”

You stop kissing his neck and sit up, straddling his hips. He looks irresistibly mussed - panting, lipstick all over his face and neck, his face flushed, his hair completely loosened from its usual style, some strands plastered to parts of his face…

“Sorry, I thought you wan-“

He sits up immediately and kisses you, softer but with no less passion, his hand on the back of your head. He pulls back and rests his forehead on yours.

“I do. Trust me.” A small roll of his hips against you has you gasping; you can feel just how much he wants you, “I really, truly do. But not like this. Not where it’s cramped and we could be interrupted by a passerby.” He reaches up to tuck a stray strand of hair behind your ear. “More than anything, I want to do things right by you. You deserve far more than a quick tryst in the back of a car after the first date.”

You feel tears prick in your eyes. He’s so perfect. So, so perfect. You’re certain: you’re in love with him.

His smile turns into a smirk, “Besides, I’d hate for anyone other than me to see you naked.” He winks and you giggle.

He drives you back to the Kyoraku’s, his hand holding yours across the console. The hand back goes well - your son is fast asleep in your arms as you walk him back to your car and buckle him into his seat.

Shunsui gives Jushiro a sly look, “Looks like the date wasn’t as innocent as you intended, hmm Jushiro?”

You both stand their completely perplexed for a moment until the twins rush to their father, clinging on to each of his legs.

“Awwwwwww Daddy, you did finger painting without us?!” One of the twins pouts, pointing to Jushiro’s neck.

“No faaaaaaiiiirrrr!” The other cries.

Jushiro is a flustered mess as he frantically tries to wipe the missed lipstick mark from his neck with both of his hands as you laugh.

His hair is down at the next drop off you see him at. You tease him about it and he blushes furiously before leaning over and whispering “I’ll get you back for that on our next date, darling.”

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On the second date the children DO end up staying at the Kyoraku’s overnight. The two of you end up having a backyard picnic under the stars in his garden - which has improved with your advice.

You lay down next to each other and stargaze together, heads resting against each other and hands intertwined.

Jushiro breaks the comfortable silence between the two of you, “I truly hope you know how dear you are to me. That you’re always on my mind. That I…”

He sits upright and runs his hands through his loose hair. Concerned, you sit up as well, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.

“Jushiro?”

He sighs and turns to you, his tender expression that never fails to make your heart flutter on his handsome face, “I hope you don’t think I’m moving too quickly, and if I make you uncomfortable please tell me, but…” He takes another deep sigh, closes his eyes and places his hand on the back of your neck to draw you closer so that he can rest his forehead on yours.

“I love you.” He whispers, and time stops.

“Oh, Jushiro. I love you, too.”

He smiles and kisses you. Softly at first, but he can’t restrain himself for much longer and soon enough you’re both a tangled mess of limbs.

You eventually calm yourselves down enough to make your way to his bedroom, where he takes his time undressing you, his eyes full of adoration and lust.

He makes love to you with a passion you’ve never experienced before, his fingers entwined with yours, his face buried in the crook of your neck and you’ll be damned if it’s not the most romantic thing that has ever happened to you.

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Single dad Jushiro Ukitake proposing marriage 3 months later.

Single dad Jushiro Ukitake officially adopting your son.

Single dad Jushiro Ukitake who is no longer a single dad and creates a big, happy family with you, with another 2 children.

Just… single dad Jushiro Ukitake 🥰

#this was a lot #it’s been a hot minute since I’ve written anything other than academic nonsense #anyway #you cannot deny that Ukitake would be THE best dad ever #Tbh not sure if he would be a elementary teacher or paediatrician in a modern day au #Also shhhh I’m ignoring that shun and nanao are apparently related because lbr that ish came straight out of nowhere in the manga #There is not a doubt in my mind that Kubo retconned it #Like I’m genuinely convinced #Too much romantic tension for it to be a familial kind of affection up until that arc #This is something to unpack at another time though #ANYWAY #husband Ukitake is next on the list to write #because hoo boy the headcanons I have for that man #Jade is in love with Ju-Kun #jushiro ukitake #ukitake #shunao #shunsui kyoraku #nanao ise #byakuya kuchiki #hisana kuchiki #byasana #ukitake x reader #jushiro x reader #bleach anime #that’s enough tagging I think

[lesbiansanemi]

God nothing hits like early bleach, the substitute shinigami arc and rukia’s execution arc are just. Ugh. Something about the crunchy-ass early 2000s-ness of it that the rest of the series lost (not just animation wise but aesthetic wise), when there was still hope that all the potential would be capitalized on, idk, it was just fun and getting to fall in love with all the characters because pretty much every single one introduced was great and engaging. I just really really wish the series had kept that early vibe that it started losing once the visoreds were introduced, they got the last little tail end of it. As soon as we got to the heuco mundo arc this all vanished and it’s so upsetting, the series just lost a lot of its personality, if that makes sense, I wish it had kept it so badly

#like they’re all the same characters but they all started taking themselves way too seriously after that point #and I do get that that’s when the Big Plot actually started picking up (which is a whole other thing I have thoughts on) #but like… idk the series just lost a lot of its early charm and appeal #which is funny considering the hueco mundo arc is actually my favorite one #but idk I’m watching the first arc for fun today #and I forgot how much of ASSHOLES rukia and ichigo were and how fun their dynamic was #and yeah I fucking miss it it’s just not the same the rest of the series #not to mention tatsuki actually got a lot of focus #even Chad and Orihime and uryu felt a lot more genuine than they did the rest of the series #(though that’s because it was before they were reduce to being Ichigo’s love interest and then cannon fodder to shittily power scale enemies #by getting the shit beat out of them because kubo didn’t know how else to do it) #idk like I said! I just wish the series had stuck a lot better to its earlier aesthetic #like it still could have worked with the more ‘serious’ plot lines v easily considering how well it meshed with rukia’s execution #I JUST MISS RUKIA YELLING AT FLIP PHONES AND ICHIGO BEING BAD AT SNEAKING OUT WINDOWS AND TATSUKI RAGGING ON THEM #AND THEIR NORMAL ASS CLASSMATES TALKING ABOUT HOW FUCKING WEIRD THEY ALL WERE LIKE IT WAS SO GOOD 😩😩😩 #imagine that energy being applied to the hueco mundo arc it would have been great #it even would have been fun to see it come back during the fullbringer arc as a bunch of fun callbacks to the early bleach that was #being alluded to that entire arc with parallels #anyways once again weeping the potential this series had #someone watch it so we can talk about it and set up our own insanely convoluted canon for funsies on discord or something lmfao #kaz rambles

[kakusu-shipping]

Every day I must face myself and admit my favorite character type is incredibly annoying and down right insufferable

#This is about Neito Monoma it's always about Neito Monoma #But it can also be about Inasa if I wanted it to be #It can also be about my new annoyances Dan Straight and Samuel from Fairy Tail but I'm not strong enough to admit to them yet #This can also be about Berdly actually yup yup him too #This could be Ichiban from Mix actually but no one knows him #I should make a collage of just. Insufferables I adore #Hifumi... Teruteru... Raymond Shields... Spamton..... #Oh man Nina from Suikoden 2 too kdjgkfdjgkfdjfjd girlie I love you so much #Oh god...... #Kubo from Baka and Test..... God I should have just gone back to that instead of watching all of Fairy Tail fskgjfdkjgkd #Liontari from Children of the Whales and Ayato from Angel Beats... #Ms. Opal and Burgh though they're toeing the line I think #Oh and of course Presentation Micheal that man is peak annoying I love him so much #I need everyone else to realize how many of these characters are blonde #If I have a type it's this I love someone who's a lot just very much #Mostly because I am A Lot and Very Much and I want to believe I can be loved like this #I am annoying and insufferable but I can be loved I can be loved

[littlenekosfan]

oh? what’s that? juazz canon? ON EP 7??

#maybe im the only person to go insane about a sword bc it makes their ship canon #nono im fine thank you #juazz #jugram haschwalth #shut up naki #actually not shut up #NO MORE RETCON!!!!!!!!!! #THE ANIMATOR KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING #AND KUBO TOO #IM SURE IM MORE EXCITED THAN HE IS ABOUT FRIEND CHAPTER #BUT WE'RE VERY MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE #YEAH KUBO I HOPE YOULL BE ABLE TO TELL US THAT STORY ANIMATED THE WAY YOU WANT!!!!!! #AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A HINT SO EARLY <3333 #i know you love them hihihihihi

[zanguntsu]

imo op 2 > op 1

#its very much a taste thing >_< that doesnt mean op 1 is bad i just like op 2 better #bc op 1 is nice for the cool thing with the colors its lovely to look at #but i rlly like whatevers going on in op 2 with the visuals referencing future fights in a creative way #LIKE IT EVEN REMINDS ME OF THE VOLUME SPREAD COVERS WHERE KUBO MAKES THEM FASHION MODELS #music is also subjective i am a little more fond of stars but op 1 is good too

[tae-shimura-is-my-wife]

Me after remebering all the ichiruki writing for the 324th time:

#ichiruki #omg i love them #i will always stan them #plz evrything is so well written #i can't get over it #everything is well put together #and in such a natural way #both to characters and the story #their relationship build up is immaculate #still the best ship for me until today #they're so perfect #i still can't believe that kubo written them #they have so much meaning to each other #it's way too beautiful god damn #they will always be one of the best things in bleach #i will never stop admiring them #the more i see it #the more i love it #i will never shut up about IR

[i-just-wanna-be-called-sparkle]

drop your mitsuo headcanons‼️

ALRIGHT SO a long while back i actually DID post about my Mitsuo headcanons but because it’s kinda outdated now i am MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE THEM AGAIN HERE it’s just going to be kind of a mess because i have no idea what i’m doing !!!!

there are a few headcanons I have for Mitsuo that are REALLY strong and there are also a few that are kind of just there! headcanons that are like “yeah this one exists! i think about it once in a while!” so this will be a mix of those

I ABSOLUTELY headcanon Mitsuo as autistic, I think it’s really fitting for him? I’ve had this headcanon for a really really long time and I’m just. VERY attached to it

I don’t have any strong headcanons for sexuality, but in terms of gender I can definitely see Mitsuo being a he/they, and maybe he’d use it/its pronouns as well :]

one headcanon I think of occasionally is Mitsuo with acne scars? it would be just one of those little details in like a drawing because I can totally see him picking at his face, probably as one of those more unhealthy stims of his

and here’s one more headcanon that my partner initially brought up to me in the past, that’s sort of on the fence between being strong and being weak; Mitsuo having a personality disorder, specifically histrionic personality disorder. Now it’s not really my place to talk about this so I won’t go into much detail (unless prompted) but basically he seemed to fit many of the symptoms listed for it, me and my partner actually had an extensive talk about it when they brought it up

and there are definitely more that I just can’t think of right now unfortunately, but if or when they come to me again I’ll probably just reblog this to add them onto it !!!!!11!!(!21!1!

#persona 4 #mitsuo kubo #THAANK YOU FOR THE ASSKKKKK #ask tag #i went crazy when i saw it this post is also not very organized because i went feral sorry #AGAIN THANK YOUU i love mitsuo so much he so evil and insane #this boy deserves a LOT more attention ATLUS DID HIM WAY TOO DIRTY #his dungeon does a good enough job at story telling but i demand MORE i say MORE BACKSTORY

[impactedfates]

Hello. I'm sorry if this is sudden but I was wondering if you took story requests and if you do, could you make a platonic Dan heng IL story with the reader being the child of his previous incarnation Dan feng, the reader is great at telling stories and they would use the power they inherited from their mother to change the shape of pieces of paper into different people and monsters. (I was pretty inspired by the movie Kubo and the two strings) Jing Yuan is the one to tell Dan Heng about the reader even though he doesn't know them very well, but Jing Yuan felt like Dan Heng had the right to know about the reader especially after the reader had an encounter with Blade. (If this is too much that's completely understandable and I wish you a good day/afternoon and or night😊)

A/N - These 2 requests are kinda similar in a way. So I thought to mix them together in the one fic!! I hope that's alright to the two anons who requested (づ ◕‿◕ )づ This isn't my best work, love-hate relationship with it, leaning more towards hate but I hope youse enjoy this anyways (hopefully lol)

W.C: 1149

Warnings: Wrongful imprisonment, reader was forced to stop aging with a potion, hints at abuse/torture but not said.

Extra: Reader is a child and there for shorter then most characters, Reader has horns and a tail (Vidyadhara)

“Dan Heng, there you are. I’ve been looking for you everywhere”

Dan Heng looked up from the book he was reading and stared at the white haired male.

“General?”

“Please, we’re far past formalities. In any case, there’s someone I think you should meet”

The raven haired male closed his book before it away and stood up, raising a small eyebrow at the General, crossing his arms, he spoke, inquiring more about what he meant.

“Who? I don’t think I was invited to anything”

“Your kid…well more specifically Dan Feng's kid”

Dan Hengs eyes widen just the slightest fraction, slightly taken aback by the information, but he agrees to go meet the child of his previous incarnation.

Jing Yuan offers to walk with him to where they were staying, while also providing information about them to make the “reunion” a bit more bearable in a way. Their name is [Name], although not technically biologically his, they did have his genes, Dan Heng wasn’t gonna question that.

[Name] was stuck in the Shackling Prisons for a while now. Ever since Dan Feng had been banished from the Loufu, some cloud knights thought it wasn’t enough and decided to imprison his kid as well, it wasn’t until Dan Heng came back and got the banishment lifted that they came clean.

Dan Hengs eyes grow concerned, looking at Jing Yuan.

“And the cloud knights?”

“Punished, they didn’t get any permission to send anyone to the prison. I released [Name] already, so all there is left is for you to meet them…don’t feel pressured to take them in as your kid though…I know you don’t wanna be tied to your past incarnation”

Dan Heng nodded a bit slowly, continuing to follow Jing Yuan by his side as the two continued walking. It wasn’t a long walk but Dan Heng still thought hard about what he’d do.

Eventually the sounds of kids clapping and cheering reached his ears, he looked up and caught sight of a shorter Vidyadhara talking to some of the younger Foxians. Their hands folded some paper, creating a paper crane before they clasped it fully around their hand, and out came an actual bird.

“And the bird flew away to meet with their family! Then they lived happily ever after”

The Vidyadhara chirped with a smile as the kids around them clapped, urging them to tell another one. Another story.

“[Name]! There you are, I brought over your fath- I mean…your fathers reincarnation”

The small Vidyadhara turns their head and looks curiously at the General before their eyes landed on Dan Heng. Their eyes widened a bit before they slowly walked over. And koala hugged his leg. Dan Heng was taken aback by this action but did not push the kid off, instead slowly leaning down and patting their head awkwardly. He was frozen in place due to the sudden hug.

Jing Yuan chuckled at the sight, before turning to leave.

“I’ll leave youse two it then, if you need help. You know where to find me”

“Papa?”

Before Dan Heng could even reply, the kid spoke one word that made him freeze a bit more. He never did like when people connected him to his past. Always telling people he wasn’t ‘Dan Feng’

“I’m not him…sorry…I’m Dan Heng”

“Papa!”

The kid pouted at him, eyes looking at him with puppy eyes, Dan Heng averted his gaze and tried to change the subject.

“Let’s…explore the Loufu together”

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“Papa look! It’s a dragon plushie, can I have it please”

[Name] begged their father, looking up at him as they tugged his shirt.

“Again…not your papa but…sure, any particular reason why you want it?”

“I want to be able to cuddle you at night if you’re not there”

Dan Hengs eyes widened a bit as he looked away with an embarrassed blush. He wasn’t even in his Vidyadhara form but then again, the kid seemed to adamantly believe that he was their father.

Still, without a second thought he took out his wallet.

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“Bellybog?”

“Belobog, like bell-o-bog”

Dan Heng speaks, guilding [Name] on how to pronounce the place. He didn’t know how it happened, but one minute he brought the kid on the express, the next March insisted they bring them to Belobog to see the snow.

“They’ve been stuck in that yucky prison for who knows how long, they gotta see the snow…oh! And build a snowman, we should have a snowball fight as well and-”

March proceeded to talk about the possible games and things they could do once they landed. So here he was helping [Name] with building a snowman.

“We should give it horns!”

“Horns?”

“Like you Papa”

He stiffened a bit at being called ‘Papa’ once more, sighing out. He takes two sticks and sticks them on the snowman's head to resemble horns.

“I’m not Dan Feng”

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“Sooo, you have a kid now?”

Came a teasing voice, Dan Heng sighed and turned his head to Himeko who was helping to feed the kid some new things. Pom Pom wanted to see what the kid would like to eat, so Himeko was helping.

“Not mine…”

“But they see you as their father, you don’t see them as your kid?”

Dan Heng was quick to shush Himeko as the shorter Vidydhara looked curiously up at the two. He thanked the aeons they were still learning a few things due to the isolation, though…he did feel bad about it still.

Himeko could only laugh softly…until a crash was heard on the other side of the train. She muttered under her breath, something about March and the Trailblazer being irresponsible and prone to cause accidents, yet a smile was still painted on her face.

“Here Dan Heng, little [Name] here just needs to try one more things, you feed it to them”

She said, gently pushing the chair the child was sitting on to Dan Heng, he made no objections, simply sighed and fed the kid.

“Papa?”

“Hm?”

“I love you, I’m happy you’re back”

Dan Heng froze his movements at his kids' words, which in fact gave the kid some time to climb onto his lap and cuddle themselves in it, wrapping their tail around their body. They slowly fell to sleep with a smile on their face.

Dan Heng took a bit to process everything but sighed, carefully standing up and bringing the kid to his room so they could have a better sleep.

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“Dan Heng, you left your-”

The red haired woman's voice died down as she saw the scene in front of her, with a knowing smile, she slowly closed the door and walked away, shushing the other passengers.

What lay in the archives was a small Vidydhara resting with their eyes closed, sleeping peacefully. Their bed? A taller Vidyadhara with his arms around the kid, cradling the kid as his tail rested around him as well.

OEDNIOFBS, the more I read this the more I hate it help :sob:

For anyone who has requested before this post, apologies for taking so long but I'll be working on it soon don't worry!!

#HSR #Honkai Star Rail #Honkai StarRail #dan heng x you #dan heng x reader #platonic dan heng x you #platonic dan heng x reader #platonic #Dan Heng #hsr dan heng #express family #astral express family #🎭 masked fools

[gallusrostromegalus]

You mentioned once that Mai Valentine likes her sweets boozy and also you had a bunch of other preferred flavor profiles for TPOFATGIF. Any chance of something similar for AEIWAM?

I know Kubo made canon notes on everyone's favorite and least favorite foods, but this is for the AEIWAM versions of the characters. Here's much of the cast's food preferences, as characterization practice:

Ichigo:

As much as he gets teased for it and his name, Ichigo loves him some fruit. He will inhale any fruit or juice left unattended within arm's reach of him in seconds. Melons, berries, pineapple, pears, guava- he does not care. There is fruit, it's going in him. Isshin is pleased his son likes healthy snacks but sometimes the grocery bill can get alarming. Ichigo's least favorite food is anything with capsaicin in it- being a ginger means he's unusually pain-sensitive and with an equally touchy tummy. It burns on both ends and all the way through the middle too.

Orihime:

Tatsuki likes to joke that the gods were drunk when they made Orihime, and they put her taste buds in backwards. Truth is, Orihime is a sensation-seeking kind of autistic girl and loves novel flavors more than anything else. She read "salt, fat, acid, heat" and took it's advice very literally, so you end up with things like "cream (fat) of tuna (salt) balsamic vinegar (acid) sriracha (heat) casserole" . The only thing Orihime really dislikes is foods she's gotten bored of.

Chad:

Beef. The boy needs beef. Chad spent his early adolescence on his Grandfather's Cattle Ranch in Mexico, allowed to eat as much red meat as he wanted and his physique shows it. Now he's back in Japan where it's prohibitively expensive and he is DYING. Please. He is a large carnivore. He can't live like this. Chad's least favorite food is ironically, his most reliable source of red meat: the fast food burger. It's not the same. It mocks him.

(More Karakura Gang and Some Captains under the cut)

Uryuu:

Uryuu is the son of a doctor and a little weirdo in his own right and he will assemble a baked potato or disassemble a slice of pizza with surgical precision. He just sort of likes customizing his food before he eats it. Hence, his least favorite foods are things where all the ingredients are mixed together and inseparable, like stews and casserole.

Tatsuki:

Tatsuki is a hot wings afficionado- she likes all the flavors, because there's a lot of really nice flavor interactions in the milder sauces, but also, the hotter the better. She once entered a hot wings eating contest in middle school where every round was hotter than the last and sailed easily into the "scorpion death pepper" round before being declared the winner, much to her disappointment. She was still hungry, and those were a 5/10 at most for her. Tatsuki's least favorite food with anything with even a hint of clams or other mollusc shellfish in it. She hasn't been diagnosed with an allergy, but given her extreme aversion to shellfish, she's not going to press her luck.

Keigo:

Keigo lives on a rancid diet of junk food, novelty soda, and instant ramen and likes it that way, thank you. Ichigo periodically makes him eat an apple at sword point to get some kind of fiber and vitamin into him. Keigo's least favorite food is anywhere can't cook in a microwave, and all vegetables.

Mizuiro:

Mizuiro is way too vain about his skin and hair to live on Keigo's garbage raccoon diet, but he can't cook to save his life. His favorite foods are multivitamins and everything he can get delivered, and his least favorite is anything deep-fried and greasy

Rukia:

Rukia was raised in fantasy medieval Japan, but is a "I'll try anything once!" Girl and this has lead to her favorite food being Oregano. Favorite condiment. Puts it on everything, even ice cream. Once things calm down a little when she returns to soul society, she gets Orihime to send her a "care package" of assorted spices, snacks and modern "puzzle" foods (juice boxes and ramune) to show to Byakuya, who starts inviting friends and coworkers over to try these things too, and the resulting video makes Ichigo laugh hard enough to rip out a few of his stitches. Rukia's least favorite food is jellybeans, because she can never remember the flavors and keeps putting bad combinations of them in her mouth.

Renji:

Like Chad, Renji needs his fucking protein, and sure loves him some beef, but he's also got that ADHD Hyperfocus going on and regularly forgets to eat so while he's not specifically partial to the flavors, his favorite food in terms of 'keeping him alive and hale' is nutritional protein shakes. Like Ichigo, Renji is also partial to fresh fruits and has the spice tolerance of a recipe blogger from Kansas, but he does have an extremely strong aversion to Bananas that he refuses to explain.

Byakuya:

Byakuya is a sensation-avoidant autist who has had his aversions largely ignored in favor of "you need to uphold the clan honor by being POLITE at this dinner and EATING WHAT YOU ARE SERVED, you can throw up in private later", so his regular diet is quite mild and limited, which moderately terrified Unohana (she IS partially responsible for keeping him alive). A chance encounter with Zaraki Kenpachi accidentally saved the Kuchiki line because he introduced a New Food to Byakuya by being normal about it, and now Byakuya loves BEANS. All of them. Red, Black, Soy, Kidney, Mung, Great Northern, Purple String, Adzuki, Anasazi, Edamame, Pinto, Pole, Striped, Yard, Garbanzo and Navy. Peas too- English, snap, snow, lentil, black-eyed and split. Paired with already-acceptable rice, this makes his limited diet startlingly nutritionally complete and high in fiber. He'll never eat squid or octopus again if he can help it though.

Kenpachi:

AEIWAM Zaraki Kenpachi was raised by eagles and it shows through in weird places, like how he insists on eating poultry and fish bones like his mother taught him to. In fact, the bones from deep-fried chicken are his favorite, and he will help himself to the bones other people don't want. He has a cast iron stomach that rarely gets upset and a notable sweet tooth, but is extremely picky about texture. This surprises some people who think that living as a beggar for a few centuries means he'd eat anything, and comes as no surprise to anyone who HAS been that destitute- an off texture is often your only warning before a potentially lethal case of food poisoning. Hence, Kenpachi's least favorite foods are anything "slimy", which puts him off many sauces and seaweed-based dishes.

Yachiru:

AEIWAM Zaraki is significantly more amiable and cunning than his canon counterpart because, realistically, he had to keep Yachiru fed. No village will let a random murder-hobo in to eat, especially if he's broke, so Zaraki got exceptionally good at ingratiating himself with strangers and getting hired at odd jobs in a hurry. This was an extremely sharp learning curve because he found Yachiru when she was an infant and not yet weaned, and he had to go to some fairly extreme measures to get milk for her. It's a point of pride for him that his little girl has never gone to bed hungry, even if he did. Yachiru is very aware of the fact she has historically eaten better than her father, despite his best efforts to disguise it, so her favorite foods are anything she can share with him- bags of small candies or chips or other snacks she can divy up and insist he eat too. She gave Zaraki his sweet tooth sharing candy like this, but anything she can share while eating is a favorite. Her least favorite is boiled vegetables. There is nothing that can make boiled broccoli worth eating.

Unohana:

Retsu Unohana has severe ADHD and makes food choices based first on the dopamine reward she gets from eating them, and the medical knowledge of "you need vitamins and fiber too, bitch" second. She would live on high-octane coffee with an excessive amount of sugar and cream if it were nutritionally complete, but alas. She does have a notes fondness for organ meats like liver, kidneys and lungs because they taste "richer" to her, and the novelty appeals as well. However, she has seen the horrors of what The Wrong Mushroom will do to a human body up close far too many times, and it's put her off eating fungi entirely. She'll eat her own hand before she'll eat a mushroom.

Komamura:

Food is both a joyful and distressing experience for Sajin. Joyful, because his exceptionally sensitive sense of smell and taste means he gets to experience layers to even the most simple foods that humans can't even begin to comprehend. Distressing, because humans have a very weak sense of taste and over-season their food accordingly, often with poisons. A lot of the reason he started wearing a helmet was less about fear that humans would attack him for being a wolf man, or that he would inspire undue fear in others, and more that he has a hard time saying "No" to people, who keep unwittingly offering him food full of toxic onions or worse, grapes. The helmet was not easily removed, and kept the dangerous gifts at bay. Fortunately, modern humans are more aware of things that will poison him and more willing to make accommodations on his behalf. Still, his least favorite food is Raisins, which keep being added to otherwise perfectly good dishes, like someone deciding to sprinkle a bit of Water Hemlock in their tacos. He still keeps the Occasional "Carnivore Outing" he and Zaraki take to the distant mountains to celebrate their shared cultural heritage a secret though, because he's not sure most of his friends and colleagues are ready to learn that his favorite food is "Elk bone marrow, either still hot from the kill or after it's been buried in dirt for a week", but at least these days he has Zaraki "You know how it is with Liver and Eagles" Kenpachi to commiserate and split the carcass with.

Tousen:

Kaname did his required tour of duty in the living world in Oaxaca, Mexico and while he was there he developed a taste for Chapulines, or fried grasshoppers. He didn't mention this delicacy when he returned to soul society, not out of fear that people would think he was a freak- his coworkers already largely did, either because of his blindness or his Blackness, if not both- but because one of the few coworkers who he genuinely liked and got along with was Lieutenant Mashiro, whose favorite animal is Grasshoppers. His least favorite food is any alcoholic beverage or boozy dessert, because the one time he tried drinking with some friends from Shinigami academy, he developed a case of the spins just two drinks in and immediately became completely disoriented and couldn't right himself, and quickly became too nauseous and panicked to speak. His friends were having a GREAT time and thought Kaname was doing his usual wallflower nonsense until Liza Yadomaru finally realized something was amiss and she and Love Aikawa ended up taking him on a drunken sprint to the emergency room. He got better by morning but now even the smell of alcohol makes him feel sick again.

#AEIWAM #an elephant is warm and mushy #Bleach #Bleach fanfic #ichigo kurosaki #orihime inoue #chad yasutora #ishida uryuu #keigo asano #mizuiro kojima #rukia kuchiki #byakuya kuchiki #kenpachi zaraki #yachiru kusajishi #retsu unohana #sajin komamura #kaname tosen

[c00l3stb0y3v3r]

I remember @fluffydice had said "Cold Blooded Kusuo" and I just, had to go off. At least a little.

I can see his friends reacting shocked about him being so damn cold all the time, it would freak them the fuck out. At first they would try and bundle him up in blankets, sweaters, scarfs, etc etc, just so he can be warm. I'm not sure if he would tell him straight on or just say, "yeah I'm just like this, it's fine."

I can also see him being rather physically close to his friends because they're warm blooded. The students will always see Kusuo playing/touching one of his friends palm because it's warm. Maybe even hold hands and/or cuddle, depending on the friendship/relationship. Just, him being very touchy and affection after feeling comfortable enough to do so.

During the summer time, he's either at the beach or outside in shorts/short sleeves shirts. He likes the summer, a lot, and I mean, a lot. I think him and Hario would slightly be buddies during the summer, or even in winter. Hairo is very warm blooded due to the fact he works out a lot, he's like a heater. *cough* that one episode/chapter *cough*

I think Cold blooded Kusuo would be friends with Hairos, maybe Kubo too.

Also, slow heart rated Kusuo is *mwah* chefs kiss. I don't know how to explain how much I love that idea and don't even know where to began. Doctors would be worried on how low his heart rate was and, maybe when in his mother's womb, they thought he had died several times?? His friends would be freaked but since he's had since brith, maybe they'll calm down by that? Although they'll definitely still be on edge and check sometimes on Kusuos heart beat.

Also, Kusuo hearing heart beats and smell scents?? YES??? PLEASE???

Also void like eye kusuo, imagine his eyes going void like when it's dark? Fucken night vision eyes like a cat.

Talking about this post btw

#this fuck is begging to be a creature #make him non human yet human #uncanny valley Kusuo #please #this fuck is a creature #you can't even rip that out of my cold dead hands. #saiki k #saiki no psi nan #kusuo saiki

[alexiethymia]

hitsuhina and choice

I mean I love all iterations of hitsuhina and any version of them and their backstory, but the fact that Hitsugaya and Hinamori didn’t actually live together gets me y’know? (despite that many people thought the same, like me too and I always loved reading fics with that premise).

Because the fact that they didn’t actually live together (in fact they weren’t even neighbors, Kubo just says they lived in the same neighborhood) just hammers down Hitsugaya's strong regard for her. Because sure you could always argue that Hitsugaya was protective over her because they lived together (I mean I’m pretty sure many people characterized their relationship as familial because of that), and yeah I could totally get behind that, but knowing that they didn’t actually live together shows that of all the kids in their neighborhood, it was Hinamori who he grew his bond with to the point that he was ready to murder for her. It’s such an intense emotional tie to a childhood friend (*cough like Gin with Rangiku*) that I always wondered what could have led to it.

And I think a lot of it has to do with choice. Like Hinamori was popular. Hinamori was well-liked. Hinamori already had friends in their neighborhood. Hinamori didn’t have to be friends with the ‘cold’ kid that everyone - children and adults alike - were wary of. But she still did. She still laughed and smiled at him, hung out with him and ate watermelons with him, kept on visiting him even when her other friends were scared of him. And from Hitsugaya’s pov, she didn’t have to. She wasn’t family like his Granny. And it wasn’t as if he was alone either precisely because he had his Granny. In those early days he must’ve been confused why this sunny and warm girl would choose him. And this is way before he eventually becomes a powerful and well-liked captain, way before he was a prodigy, way before he was discovered to have strong reiatsu. He must have kept wondering why this girl kept on choosing him when he felt like he had nothing to offer her back and when it might have been detrimental to her to keep on hanging out with him because of the chance that she could have been isolated as well, like what was in it for her?

And this goes into the core of why I love Hinamori so much, of this little thing being an integral part of her character where we see snippets of it in the manga (like with Byakuya, Zaraki and to an extent Gin) that she never really judges people by their looks, that she’s open and accepting. Even when people were generally creeped out by Gin, she was only on her guard when Hitsugaya warned her about him. Sure it could be seen to be a weakness, but for something I’m sure she thought nothing of, I’m sure it meant a whole lot to Hitsugaya, enough that he considered her laughter like a spring breeze. Like honestly, I could believe how that ended in Hitsugaya becoming so intense about her and becoming incoherent with rage with what Aizen did.

Because that something that she ended up beating herself up about in the aftermath of Aizen - her trusting and accepting nature which I’m sure she thought was a weakness that she had to change, that nature of hers which was trampled upon and taken advantage of by Aizen and Gin - it was that very same nature which in Hitsugaya’s view probably saved him from his loneliness. He couldn’t stomach how that very same thing which made Momo who she was, the very same nature of hers which saved him, was so carelessly used to hurt her. Like, how dare they? Even worse, how dare they make Momo doubt herself? It was no wonder then that he couldn’t even hope to control or bottle up his unstable emotions threatening to overflow until they eventually did, with disastrous consequences.

In the same way Momo chose him so long ago, he continues and always chooses her, time and time again. Even when her attention was drawn away, even when her bright smile was no longer solely his, he never begrudged her. Time and again, he continued to prove that he’d always choose her - her safety, her well-being, her happiness - always choosing to protect her, even sometimes above and beyond Soul Society.

It’s all about the choice.

#hitsuhina #bleach #hinamori momo #hitsugaya toshiro #like I have not rambled about them in so long #seriously now that we know they didn’t live together #it once again makes me insanely curious to know how they first met #cause we had rangiku and gin’s first meeting #and even for almost all of the important relationships in the series #so how did hinamori and hitsugaya meet for example?? #ramblings about hitsuhina

[jewishvitya]

Looking at the trivia part on YOI wiki just for a bit of fun. Ignore me, I’m not doing well in summer, the heat is killing me.

Kenjirou was planned as Yuri's Planned Design.

Help, Minami is what Yurio was supposed to look like. Yurio was supposed to be an angry chicken nugget.

Georgi is known in Japan as the "pigeon".

DFJGLJGHJLHKL WHY??

Seung-gil has an extreme aversion (a strong dislike or disinclination) to women and vegetables while he likes meat and dogs

Dislikes women and vegetables. That’s the same category. I hate cabbage and also half of humanity. Where’s that meme. “You’re gay because you love men. I’m gay because I hate women. We’re not the same.”

Seung-gil doesn't look good in anything, but he wears sportswear when he dresses himself as he basically has no interest in fashion since he's so devoted to his sport

SDKGHJLSHFGLKFHSLDH “DOESN’T LOOK GOOD IN ANYTHING” WHY SO MEAN TO HIM. He didn’t do anything, he just wanted to skate as a rainbow parrot.

He also has many mischievous friends.

This is about Otabek. What does it meannnnn. I wish I could read the source.

According to SNS, Phichit is one of the Three Most Adorable Men's Figure Skaters in Asia.

The others are Minami and Guang Hong. I love that this is a thing.

The caption on his Instagram post during the credits reads "Reunited with bae".

This is about Chris. Captioning a post with his cat. I want to know if that’s the cat’s name or if he’s just being ridiculous. Probably just being ridiculous.

Chris is near-sighted. He uses contacts when skating.

See, Yuuri, you don’t have to skate practically blind.

Emil does extreme sports during the off season, which makes his coach nervous.

dhfghdjhghjkfg I did not know this. I love. “I swear to god if you come back with a broken leg--”

It is likely that Celestino has a low alcohol tolerance.

The way this is phrased compared to the image of him passed out on the table with Phichit taking pictures

Toshiya does not know much about figure skating as he is more of a soccer fan.

That’s not an excuse, Toshiya, your son started doing it when he was a child.

On the official site, she is described as "the woman of Yuuri's dreams"

About Yuuko. I’m. What fgjhghjlfhkjg Even with my interpretation of Yuuri being bi, this is a lot.

According to Mitsurou Kubo, while the staff did their best to portray the appeal of the skaters, they didn't try very hard with Takeshi. 

GSLJHSLKDGKHJLDH SO MEAN

Mila is seen during the Sochi GPF banquet taking pictures of Yuuri Katsuki pole dancing.

And I want to see her pictures too. We got pictures by others, give me hers too.

Sara's Instagram is sala-crispino

And I find this now, years after we had the naming discourse.

Michele is ironically described as a virgin.

The “Ironically” is the part that kills me here.

A portion of Michele's free program is skated by Yuuri Katsuki in the opening credits

Does he deserve the honor? And he was so rude to Yuuri too ( ᓂ︿⁾⁾⁾)

Actually this made me think about Viktor deciding to get back at Mickey for disrespecting Yuuri, and encouraging Yuuri to skate his program just because he’ll do it better. I think Viktor is that kind of petty.

Some part of one of Michele's skate program "Serenade for Two" have been a part of Yuri Plisetsky's skate for the opening of anime.

Definitely Viktor’s idea. And Yuri was in on it.

#riki babbles #yoi #yoi thoughts

[ichinoue]

Has Ichigo ever had any individual monologues or thoughts about Orihime like he has with Rukia? Has he ever specifically singled her and her importance on his life out? Besides the "I will protect her" moment which I know was absolutely about Orihime. Signed, an Ichiruki who doesn't hate Orihime and likes Ichihime a tad but wants a different take other than from other Ichiruki shippers.

Nope. And I think that was deliberate on Kubo's part.

Because Ichigo's feelings for Orihime were supposed to be hidden, they were supposed to be a secret, a mystery that the reader was meant to figure out over time, rather than being spoon-fed a quick and easy "I love Orihime" monologue. I believe Kubo chose to show, not tell when it came to Ichigo's feelings for Orihime. Which makes for so much better and interesting writing.

It was "safe" to share with the reader Ichigo's thoughts about Rukia (or Chad, or Ishida, or whoever else) in monologues, because his thoughts about her weren't romantic; he could monologue about her being important in his life, because that was absolutely true, but there wasn't anything deeper than that in a romantic sense. There weren't any hidden feelings for her that Kubo risked unveiling if we delved into his thoughts. So there was no fear of spoiling the ending of "who will end up with who?" or feeling the need to pair people up too early once feelings have been confirmed on both sides (and Kubo said he purposely waited until the end to pair the couples up).

We read Ichigo's thoughts about Rukia, and what did we learn? That it was all platonic! He never expressed any feelings of romance in those monologues. His motivations and reasoning were made clear.

While Orihime...? We had *no idea* what he was thinking about when it came to her. Kubo purposely kept it hidden. He could have been thinking anything (😏😉🤫) because we just didn't know. And not knowing left the door wide open for the possibility of him having feelings for her.

We could only make inferences based off of his actions, the way he acted towards her and around her, and pick up on the patterns over time, how it all pointed to his purposely hidden feelings for her.

You can see it in the way his usual prickly disposition softens around her, the way his enemies target her more than anyone else just to get to him, the blind rage when his enemies taunt him about her, his all-out panic when he thinks she's in danger, how flustered he gets when people tease him about her, the depression when he realized she was abducted, the puppy dog eye way he looks at her when he realizes she's okay again.

You see him looking at her with relief whenever she cries and thanks him for being okay after a battle, you see his shoulders sag with guilt as he apologizes for failing to protect her, you see him bowing before her when he makes the vow to protect, grinning as he tells Grimmjow he's not allowed to get hurt anymore because Orihime said so, rising up from the dead for her, getting stronger when she's near him in the gamespace, the rage when Tsukishima calls her on the phone in front of him, the devastation in his eyes when she heals Tsukishima's arm, the trust he feels in asking her to go two-to-one against Yhwach.

You never hear him thinking about any of this--not once. But you don't need to. It all became so obvious over time.

#IchiHime #how did I end up with so many messages dfkjgdkfgjk

[yggdraseed]

My Deal with Giselle Gewelle

So, let me preface this by saying that I'm trans. I'm not saying that to invalidate the feelings of other trans people, just to specify that mine isn't some outsider's perspective. There's also spoilers for Bleach: TYBW, but I'm guessing that there aren't a lot of interested parties left who don't know about this. You probably also know this goes into transphobia, necrophilia, and rape, but if you don't, uh... trigger warning! Reader beware, you're in for a scare!

Recently, an episode of Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War came out in which noted bitchy asshole who uses too much product Yumichika Ayasegawa misgendered darling, sweet murderous trans babygirl Giselle Gewelle. It's also implied that upon necromancing Bambietta's corpse, Giselle had sex with her, probably against her will. That's all pretty fucked up, and I want to talk about it.

I started my transition about ten years ago, and exposure to trans or gender non-conforming anime and manga characters in general went a long way towards me accepting I was trans. Looking back, Giselle was one of the most significant characters to me at that early stage. I've always loved her design, and she was the first legit trans character I ever really saw and resonated with in anime and manga.

Get this: there used to be this thing in Shonen Jump's manga line-up called the Big Three. The most influential, bestselling manga in the bunch. One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. And you wanna know something? Bleach was the first one to have a trans woman character. We can debate whether or not Giselle was good representation, but you know what? At the time, the closest we ever got was Haku pulling the "Oh, by the way, I'm a boy" card in Naruto's first major arc back in the early 2000s and a constant bombardment of okama jokes in One Piece. Okama is a derogatory term for gay men and drag queens, and for a long time, Oda could not get enough of making jokes about big, hairy men in women's clothing.

Now there was also Alluka Zoldyck in Hunter X Hunter, but the vast stretches of time Hunter X Hunter spends on hiatus makes it unclear to me whether she or Giselle came first. But within the Big Three - a designation which doesn't mean much now, but meant a ton back then - Giselle was first. Hunter X Hunter was never quite considered part of the Big 3. But either way, I think Alluka is the better character in terms of how her being trans is written. She's cute, she's precious, she's perfect in every way, and I'll make you pay if you say a single bad thing about her.

Years and years later, Oda would go on to write Kikunojo and Yamato. I still have complicated thoughts about Yamato as trans rep, but Kiku is great trans rep for being a relatively minor character. Oda has also phased the okama jokes out of the story over time. Jujutsu Kaisen also has a subtle, but well-handled example of a trans woman in Kirara Hoshi. She doesn't get nearly enough time in the story, and her identity hasn't been explored yet, but I hope GeGe will unpack that before the story's conclusion.

I tell you all of that so you realize that even if Giselle could have been handled better, Kubo was the first of the Big 3 authors to even try to write a trans girl. Not a femboy, not an okama - a trans woman/girl. He also gave us Charlotte Cuulhorne, and while Charlotte's depiction flirts with being just an okama gag and nothing more, she's so fabulous and so positive in her outlook on life that I can't bring myself to be mad.

So let's look at Giselle as a character. She's very cute, with her big eyes and goofy, purposefully adorable mannerisms. None of the other Sternritter girls try to be cute in quite the way Giselle does. Meninas likes cute things, but doesn't act cute, and that's as close as it gets. Unlike the other Femritters, Giselle wears clothes that cover up as much as possible. Even Liltotto's outfit shows off her shoulders and thighs some; Giselle keeps her shoulders and neck completely covered by a baggy sweater, and her legs covered by tights. Kubo drew a swimsuit picture with the Bambis all together, and he opted to put Giselle in a swimsuit with a skirt. It's pretty apparent that Giselle has concerns about how she looks and covers up as much as she can out of dysphoria. As a card-carrying member of the big jacket-long pants-closed toe shoes gang, I can tell you that when you're not very progressed with your transition, it's like that.

I think you can also make the argument that part of why Giselle acts so cutesy is because of her insecurities and feeling like she has to make up for them by being extra, overtly feminine and adorable. It's like that.

There's not a doubt in my mind that Kubo intended for Giselle to be trans. But is she good trans rep? Probably not, but she might not be as bad as she's made out to be.

People who criticize how Giselle is depicted as a trans character have two or three go-to arguments. Three points of interest to say that she's being written in a transphobic way.

1.) Yumichika scopes her out as trans and misgenders her.

2.) Charlotte says she and Giselle have a lot in common.

3.) The most damning: what Giselle does to Bambietta.

So, I've never liked people using Yumichika as a litmus test for how Kubo feels about trans people. Let me explain something to you: Yumichika is a bitch, an asshole, and the consummate gadfly. One of his defining traits is his awful personality and his inability to resist saying cruel, petty things to others. He's awful to Charlotte and he's awful to GiGi, and he's pretty much awful to anyone besides Ikkaku and Kenpachi, but especially Charlotte and GiGi.

Yumichika is an allegory for a closeted gay man. He has this deep admiration, respect, loyalty, and arguably love for Kenpachi and Ikkaku that's led him to stay in the 11th Division even though it's not where his talents are best put to work. He's adept at kido and his zanpakuto is based in kido, but he refuses to use the former or reveal the latter to his squad because he doesn't want them to reject him. The 11th Division is the manly man squad, all testosterone and sweat and bulging muscles and... ahem. Sorry, I got a little carried away. It's all very erotic. Anyways, Yumichika wants to be close to the men with whom he shares a bond of emotion and martial loyalty alike, and he refuses to embrace his gifts because of it. He's afraid his friends in the boys' club will kick him out for having interests and inclinations that most of them look down on.

I think you can make the argument that Yumichika hates Charlotte and Giselle precisely because they're being true to themselves, meaning they've made a leap he hasn't yet. He's too scared of what might happen if he doesn't keep the lie going about his zanpakuto, and he resents Giselle and Charlotte because they overcame a similar fear of rejection. And he expresses that by rejecting their truth, i.e., misgendering them. This is the interpretation I like the best. It's a sad fact that lots of gay men, closeted or otherwise, refuse to accept trans women.

Charlotte says she and Giselle have a lot in common, and honestly, I don't think this is transphobic either. If you choose to read Charlotte as a trans woman who isn't stereotypically feminine, but is true to herself, then what she's stating is just a fact. She and Giselle may not look the same, and Giselle may have an easier time passing, but they're both trans women if you ask me. And I think Giselle reacting with discomfort isn't innaccurate, either. Charlotte's confidence is admirable in some ways, but I think it sets of Giselle's alarm bells that she's going to be outed and rejected. Lots of trans women - myself included - are haunted by this fear that we'll never pass, never be accepted, or will be incapable of retaining our desired presentation as we get older. It's like that.

So, that brings us to the Bambietta Incident. Not quite as wide-reaching as the Shibuya Incident, but about as traumatizing for some, apparently. Full disclosure, I don't believe any heinous acts should be censored from fiction. If it makes you uncomfortable or awakens traumatic memories, then I'm sympathetic to that, but I do not believe that the right answer is to sanitize every work of fiction of every immoral act that could have that effect. You know where your limits are, so don't count on authors to protect you. Most of them won't, and I think you're stronger and smarter and more able to navigate a world with fictitious depictions like that in it than you realize.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, Giselle probably sexually assaulted Bambi. And is that right of her to do? Fuck no, it isn't. But nobody's really debating if that's right or wrong. The problem is that if you look at it a certain way, this is just reinforcing the old, awful stereotype of trans women being predators in disguise. Lots of shitty writers have done that, and it sucks.

However, those depictions assume that trans women are predators, by definition. Or at least sexual deviants. We could go down the rabbit hole of how sexual deviancy has historically been defined by people who use sex as a form of control anyway, but I'm not well-read enough to do that and - well, you've seen how long this post is. Be honest, you wouldn't want me to even try.

The point is that a depiction like that assumes trans woman = deviant. I don't want to make that logical leap here, because that means you need to assume that Kubo wrote Giselle with the intention that she assaulted Bambi because she's trans. I'm not a mind reader, so I'm uncomfortable with acting like I can know Kubo's intentions. It's a bad look to us in the Western sphere of the anime fandom, but I'm not sure how Kubo saw it. He might have not realized how it would look until that chapter was out there and he couldn't undo it, but given the fact they kept it in the anime, he either probably doesn't see a problem with it or there were other rewrites he saw as more important to allocate his mental energies to. Writing Bleach burned this man out, so I'll cut him some slack if so.

My point is, I'm not sure if you can say for sure that the story intends you to believe that Giselle assaulted Bambi because she's trans. When you look at it, Kubo seems to have a more in-depth understanding of trans people than some of you might have first realized. And I mean, shit man, he gave her biology manipulation powers. Every trans girl's first pick for super powers is shapeshifting or some form of biology manipulation. He knows. He's onto us. He's familiar with our ways. The jig is up, girls.

Looking at the broader scope of the narrative, Bleach is littered with characters who perform heinous actions and are not just shoved out the "All Villains Die" airlock. Chief example being Mayuri. The man committed war crimes, experiments on human beings, turns his own subordinates into bombs, and is heavily implied to have performed some very sexual deeds to reconstitute his daughter Nemu after Szayel parasitized her. Yet he still saves the day multiple times and he isn't gotten rid of, because he's more useful to the side of overall good alive than dead. Bleach is one of very few series to have characters who perform heinous deeds and still be treated as humans, rather than reducing them to those deeds and nothing else.

Plus, nobody really treats it as an issue with Kubo's writing that Bambietta killed one of her own fellow Quincies in cold blood just to vent her frustrations. I think because it's sexual and because Giselle is trans, she ends up being the lightning rod when... let's be honest, compared to what some of the Shinigami have done, what Giselle did is kind of quaint. She even helps rescue Candice and I think Meninas after they're taken captive by Mayuri in the novels, and she's considering releasing Bambietta from her control.

Given what we've seen, I think it's less accurate to pick on Giselle and try to say she's a case of Kubo being transphobic, and more accurate to say that living in the Shadow Realm under Yhwach's cruel, exploitative regime has made all the Sternritters fucked up in their own unique, vibrant ways. And for that matter, Kubo never kills her off. He clearly likes her enough to want her to still be around after the end of the series.

When you look at how Kubo draws Giselle in the manga and in illustrations after the manga's conclusion, you can tell he enjoys himself when he's drawing her. He always lavishes her facial expressions with detail, and you can feel love radiating off the page. That's more than you can say for a lot of the Quincies. I think Kubo was overjoyed to not have to draw PePe and his Vollständig anymore.

So like, yeah, Giselle is my problematic fave transgender character. And I don't think she's even as problematic as people's kneejerk reactions are to think she is. If you disagree, I don't care, I don't value your opinion. Particularly if you're not trans. If you're an ally, then that's sweet and all, but never try to speak for trans people about depictions of trans characters. If you are trans and Giselle made you uncomfortable, then I'm sorry you feel that way.

#giselle gewelle #bleach #bleach tybw #tybw #tybw spoilers #bleach spoilers #transgender #problematic fave #if you misgender charlotte cuulhorne then god will take seven years off your life and make you go bald #fuck yumichika #but he still has a fresh style #giselle's little dance when she made dead boy dance party skeletons attack ichigo watered my crops and cleared my skin

[nightmaree-eyess]

Orange is the last of us pt 2

Tlou fic based on oitnb

Summary: after abby got released from prison your resentment builds

Tags: prison au, femme reader, y/n, angst

Word count: 1702

Pt 1:

Divider @cafekitsune

Weeks and weeks go by and the letters keep coming in from abby. You can't bring yourself to read them. Maybe you do hold grudges after all. When you look at the envelopes all you can think is she got to walk free and you're still stuck in this piece of shit with stale air that lingers and agony oozing from the walls. It's not fair but that's life. You wouldn't wish her to come back to the personification of hell though. You wouldn't wish prison on your worst enemy. A part of you wants to read the letters she sends though. Gross curiosity about how she's doing. They taunt you.

“y/n mails here” a guard hands you an envelope and it's another letter from abby. This time instead of shoving it in the endless pile in your cabinet you bring it to the cafeteria at dinner to ask Ellie about it. They have history too and maybe she'll give you some advice.

***************

“If i can guess what the letter says it probably says *speaking in deep voice* hey babe miss you now lemme eat your pussy” ellie makes a v with her fingers and brings it to her mouth to make a crude gesture

“I’m fucking serious ellie. I don't know what to do. I want to know if shes ok but i also dont give a fuck.” you groan

“Well which feeling is stronger? Your love or your resentment?”

And with that question you knew what you had to do

****************

Later that night you end up reading the letter she sent. You take a deep breath to settle your nerves. Your hands are shaking as you take the letter out from the envelope.

Dear y/n,

You probably aren't opening these or if you are, i'm sure you don't really want to hear what i have to say. I doubt if th tables were turned that i would be reading this, but on the off chance that you are still reading, i want to try and explain myself which is difficult in a letter and would be so much easier face to face (even though im terrified that theyll lock me up if i step foot in there) i know that the situation in chicago seems fucked, but i promise i was protecting you.

There was a lot going on that I wasn't able to talk to you about and if I had had even a moment alone with you before the trial, I swear I would have been completely open and honest.

The last thing I want after everything we have been through is for you to feel lied to, or used in any way y/n, i promise.

I love you,

Abby xoxo

You sit there with your mouth agape.She wants to meet in person? What else can she even say? The next morning you ask your counsellor to add Abby to your visitors list. You wanna hear what she has to say. But you also miss having her in the same room as you. You miss sneaking touches under the table and kisses at night. You even miss your mundane conversations. She has a way of making you soft.

Couple days later you call Abby to arrange a Sunday for her to come up and see you. You're nervous but also excited to see her again.

****************

That sunday you walk into the visitation room and there she is, sitting at the middle table and she catches your eye. You see a sparkle that wasn't there before and you're happy for her as much as you don't want to be. You give her a quick hug (which got you yelled at) and you sit across from her. Shes wearing that grey sweater that makes her muscles look so fucking good. It's your favorite sweater she owns.

“This is totally weird but, i'm in the wrong outfit”

“I like your sweater.” you reach out to touch her buff arms to just feel that she's real

“Its soft…like your resolve when you're offered a plea deal” you snided

“It came down at the very last minute, y/n. Abby sighed “And they promised me it would put Kubo away for good.”

“But it made me a perjurer and you a free woman.”

“I thought you were gonna tell the truth!” abby yelled

“And I thought you were gonna lie!” you yelled back

“What are we in a fucking novel or something?” Abby said this made you both chuckle.

“It's good to see your face”

You shake your head “I don't know what to say.”

“You have every right to be angry.” abby sits back in her chair and crosses her arms

“I don't know if I'm angry. I'm confused…by you.”

Abby chuckles “I'm confused by me, too. I'm pretty much the master of handling things completely wrong.”

“Well that's an understatement” you say flatly

“Im a fuck-up. And now i get to be a fuck-up in a shithole apartment in Queens. Too afraid to even open my curtains.” abby looks around the room and whispers

“I sleep with a gun.”

“You what?! Abby , what the hell? You're on probation.”

“There is a van parked outside my apartment everyday. He's trying to scare me. I wanna go out there with a baseball bat and smash the fucking windows in.” abby looks scared and defeated

“I should honestly start dealing again”

You look at her in disbelief

“Find a bigger, tougher new kingpin who can beat up my old kingpin”

“That's not funny” you say worryingly

“It's not a joke. What am I qualified to do? Huh? I have…I have no job. I'm scared shitless to leave my apartment. I got so used to sleeping with the lights on that I'm freaked out by the dark. My probation officer, Robert Hill, is a fucking joke. Bobby fucking Hill is my probation officer.” you guys both laugh

“King of the hill?”

“King of sitting on his fat fucking ass eating Little Debbies, hoping to bust me for some stupid infraction.” abby sighs and looks down at the table

“You'd think that part of his job would be to protect his probbies, you know?...Nobody gives a shit about ex-cons.” abby said defeated

“What are you gonna do?”

Abby sighs and presses her lips together “i'm skipping town”

“You can't”

“I don't have a choice. These people know where I live. That's why I wanted to see you. When I go, I can't come back. I have to disappear.”

You feel a sting hit the back of your eyes and everything sounds muffled.

“You- you can't leave me.” you say desperately

“y/n, i'm in danger i have no choice”

“But i dont have anyone left…”

We stare at each other, wishing it didn't have to be this way.

“I'm sorry y/n. I'm sorry for all of it. I know my track record id shit…but I really do love you.”

“Yeah well, I hate you.”

“No, you don't.”

You look down at the table to hide your tears ``no… no i don't.”

“Visiting hours are over!” a guard yells and when you get up to leave you look at her one last time because you might never be able to again.

***************

For the rest of the day you worry for abby. She can't be serious right? Skipping town is not the best idea but is it the only way to keep her away from Kubo and his minions? You have an idea to keep Abby from danger but it involves calling your ex fiance who slept with your best friend. He could have slept with anyone but he chose your best friend. Asshole. But he owes you at least this favor to make up for it. You would've said you were even and let it go if he didnt sleep with your best friend.

“Hey y/n” Barry picks up the phone

“Hey are you alone right now?”

“No im with holly and you're on speaker phone” holly says hi

“Ugh great, I need a favour.”

“Depends on what it is”

“I need you to call abby's parole officer and tell him shes breaking her parole”

“Why would I do that?”

“I giving you a chance to fuck over someone you hate.”

There's silence on the other end

“Fine if you won't do it holly will you?”

“Sure whats the name of her parole officer”

“Robert Hill. He works for the DOC in Queens.”

You hang up the phone cause you really dont wanna be talking to them longer than you have to. At least the plan is in motion. It might seem a little selfish and you feel a tinge of guilt but with this plan at least you know she'll be safe. You can't let her skip town, start dealing again, or have Kubo find her. So you decide to be selfish. You wish it didn't come down to this. No one deserves to be in this cease pool, especially abby. You'll be taking this to your grave.

****************

You're working outside today setting up for a mothers day event and the sunshine feels good on your face. The closest to freedom you have.

“Your little girlfriend is back” ellie says to me teasing

“Wha- what do you mean?”

“Yeah I saw her walking to her bunk from the intake. She looks beat up”

“I-I gotta go see her!” you start to walk away

“Inmate, get back here! You can't leave during work!” a guard yells and I slowly walk back with my hands up in surrender.

“You'll see her around. It's not like she's going anywhere.” ellie said

*************

After work you go back to your bunk and see that the bed is finally occupied. Could this be Abby's stuff? That has to be a coincidence right? Many girls get processed through here everyday. What are the odds this is her stuff?

“We gotta stop meeting like this” a voice behind you says.

It's Abby. Fucking. Anderson.

#abby x reader #abby anderson #abby anderson fanfic #abby tlou #abby x y/n #abby x fem!reader #prison au #fanfic #orange is the new black au #fanfiction #abby fanfiction #tlou fic #abby the last of us #the last of us fanfiction #angst #part 2

[oceanwithouthermoon]

the way i have absolutely flooded the kubosai tag is crazy😭most of the recent posts are mine.. my bad..

... anyway, im thinking about kuboyasu picking up different hobbies as a form of anger management, teaching himself coping mechanisms and to use his hands in more gentle ways and let himself make mistakes without taking his anger out in unhealthy ways..

knitting, crocheting, art (he already draws but he wants to do it more and start painting n stuff too), or even scrapbooking or journaling ?? he also already stress bakes/cooks lol.

and since he does it so much, he has so many little pieces of art and he ends up gifting most of them to saiki.. because kubo thinks theyre crappy, but saikis eyes lit up in a way kubo doesnt get to see often when he caught sight of kubos crocheted little pink cat with a suspiciously saiki-like grimace on his face.

so now saiki has all kinds of little knitted/crocheted blankets, pillow cases, stuffed animals, gloves, sweaters, etc. (he made a lot of scarves, bags, hats, coasters, etc. at first since those are easier for beginners, and at first he was keeping them for himself and his mom but the house has too many damn coasters and they do not need that many accessories and sweaters.. so the whole friend group started getting them, but mostly saiki.. and saikis mom started receiving some too).

and little paintings of cats (because kubo definitely loves cats but also saiki just reminds him of one so he draws/paints them for him a lot.. he doesn't know if saiki actually likes them, but he says he doesnt mind so..) and some cute paintings of their friends.. he makes a lot of vent art but saiki obviously does not receive that stuff☠️.

he also tried to learn yoga.. but he learns quickly that he just isnt very good at keeping his hands still and unoccupied for too long.. he might revisit that later, but for now hes just trying to at least learn slow and calculated motions with his hands..

he probably also starts helping kusuo and kurumi with their gardening (because they definitely have a garden). i doubt arens mom has a garden but i bet he could convince her to help him start one after enjoying it with the saikis so much.

the scrapbooking/journaling he mostly keeps to himself.. its mostly pictures of him and his mom, his friends, and him trying to document his feelings in messy pages of writing/doodles/choas..

i love the idea that he starts collecting stickers+fun pens+washi tape to use, which is something he totally would not normally fixate on but he starts getting really excited about it..

tbh it's probably mostly silly stickers from anime he likes, like one piece and dragonball.. a lot of his other interests like the yakuza movies wouldnt have stickers he could get so he just doodles the characters.

but he starts branching out into sillier and more colorful stuff, mostly thanks to chiyo, kokomi, kusuo, and shun. chiyo+kokomi have lots of girly stickers and glitter pens that they give him when they catch wind of the journaling..shun has lots of silly stickers from comic books and theres a surprising amount of harley quinn+poison ivy along with the mcu stuff(mostly spiderman).

chiyo+kusuo have like vocaloid+prosekai stickers, but kusuo mostly is just the reason aren has lots of bright pink+green on a lot of his pages hehe..

anyway, a lot of the gifts he gives to kusuo start getting really.. obvious ? he once gives him this crocheted pink cat with a blank expression and a purple dog whose taller and smiling, both wearing glasses, that are permanently knitted together holding hands☠️and kusuo just.. accepts it. and a lot of the stuff he receives along with their other friends are suspiciously more detailed than everyone elses and there are a lot of hearts and the cat+dog thing becomes a frequent motif and theres so many coffee jelly stuffies and keychains its insane

shun will get like.. a black and red sweater, meanwhile kusuo gets a purple sweater covered in pink hearts+matching gloves+a scarf+socks+a tote bag+a headband ??? aren are ur hands okay seriously

kusuo keeps every single gift obviously, and the first dog+cat plushies along with some other gifts are on his desk so he can look at them literally all the time..

yet somehow they arent dating yet😭aren basically professed his undying love with all the hearts and romantic ass offerings but neither of them have really said anything out loud yet☠️☠️

#i know this is a lot of different stuff but i feel like thats also what he wants.. to keep himself and his hands busy #prob also has to get a job during this time to fund all his hobbies PLUS his bike fix ups #kusuo does wear the silly cutesy clothes aren gives him but not very often because its.. embarrassing.. but still cute #he wears that zebra cardigan and is fine and likes it but is also a little self conscious and this would prob be the same #aren probably calms down and starts making more normal (but still gay as fuck) stuff for him after the initial wave of his new obsession #this is a really long post for right after i said i post them too much #so sorry for the long post i thought about this for a long time #saiki k #tdlosk #the disastrous life of saiki k. #saiki kusuo #kuboyasu aren #kubosai #meows post