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creatureofmystry · 3 years

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MLB x DC Universe Headcannons

I just love the idea of MLB and DC (expecially Batfam cuz Mari is such a Wayne) being in the same universe and crossing over. So one night, I just had an idea overload of different ways the Marinette would know the batfam/be a part of the DC universe. And if any of my shitty ideas somehow inspire or prompt you, then please be my guest. 😊 _

1) “Ladybugs of Past and Present”

Hippolyta, Wonder Woman’s mother, was once a previous holder of the ladybug miraculous. When Fu activated the miraculous and put them in circulation, Hippolyta could feel its magic waking back up. Knowing there must a reason for it to be out, she sent a message to her daughter. Diana searched, finding Marinette and Adrien as the present holders of the ladybug and cat miraculous. She vouched and brought them into the Young Justice program while they also made their own team, Project: Zodiac (or something like that).

[Sometime when Diana takes Marinette to meet Hippolyta]

“Great Hera, Tikki, you have not aged a day” -Hippolyta, cause she does know how to make joke.

“And I would say the same to you” -Tikki

“Mother, you can make a laugh?” -Wonder Woman, honestly a bit confused cause her mom have never not been serious before.

And Marinette is just speechless cause she’s starstruck meeting Wonder Woman’s mom AND a previous Ladybug holder.

2) “Rockstar Niece”

Jagged Stone is Marinette’s Sweet Uncle J. During the summers, Jagged Stone would take Mari with him on tour. HIs summer tours are throughout America, so Mari gets to sightsee the country. Jagged’s first tour that he gets to take Mari on (5-ish), he’s also booked for the annual (for whatever reason) Wayne Summer Gala. When Marinette meets the Waynes, they are so enamoured (Dick and Tim couldn’t help it) that they tell Jagged he’s always invited as a guest, Mari of course being added to the permanent guest list too. About 6 years later, Mari is practically adopted, spending the first half of her summers with Jagged, going to the Wayne Gala, then spending the rest of her summer with the Waynes. Overtime, she figured out the secrets of the family and was there to welcome Jason back from the dead (when that happens). Anyways, now 11(-ish?) Mari meets Damian and the two become good friends… after an… impressionable first meeting.

“Tch, let me guess, you’re another one of father’s adopted strays” -Dami

“YOU MUST BE DAMIAN!!! DICK TOLD ME ABOUT YOU!!” -Marinette, who just ignores what he said for a hug.

“hiiiiiiiiissssssss” -Dami, touchy with touch

“...” sprays water in his face since he decided to act like a cat.

“I say, Master Bruce, the children are getting along quite well” -Alfred

3) “Pen Pals”

Jon Kent and Marinette Dupain-Cheng are part of an international pen-pal program, starting when they were very young (maybe like 4 or 5-ish, super super young) where they told each other everything (Jon can’t just say that his older bro is a clone made from Superman and Lex Luthor’s DNA, or that his dad is Superman, or that his best friend is Robin, but yea. Lois and Clark probably proofread his stuff until he’s like 9) with pictures and everything. When they’re old enough to get phones & stuff, they call, text and vid-chat along with their letters (love without blood). When Mari is maybe 9-11 (somewhere around there) she starts flying over during the summers to hangout with Jon (and his friends and big brother). While there, she meets Kon, Bat fam, and Clark (some who she already knew, some who she didn’t) & lightly hints that she knows who all they are once she figures it out (it didn’t take her long to do so).

Now whenever she visits and is at Wayne Manor (Jon likes to have sleepovers practically every weekend) while they’re on patrol, Mari subtly messes with their minds (super subtle, they’re the world’s best detectives after all) until they finally look through the cams and see Mari giving them one of those smiles (those shit-grinning cause it’s just so hilarious how it’s gone on for so long) & and a playful wink.

[5 seconds later]

“Mari!” “Pixie-pop!” “Angel!” “Teacup!”

“Seriously, am I the only one with a normal nickname for her?” -Tim

“Ms. Marinette would like to inform you that ‘it took you long enough’” -Alfred (who so knows that the girl has been playing them since the third night she stayed at the Wayne’s)

“Where are my adoption papers?” -Bruce (who is seriously adopting any talented black-haired child)

4) “Mari and Mar’i”

When Mar’i is young, Dick and Kori take her with them to see Paris (btw, this would be during the winter). They’re strolling along through a park and lose track of Mar’i who finds Marinette (9-10 ish). Marinette comforts and distracts Mar’i while noticing the young(er) girl is Tameranian (her hair is very warm and she’s wearing significantly less layers than should be worn for a human of that age during the winter, plus that sun-kissed skin tone. She’s seen Kori in her fashion magazines (and, from time to time, on the news as an ambassador) so she easily make the connections). Dick and Kori finally spot Mar’i with Mari who introduces herself to them. Mar’i asks if she can see her “Auntinette” again and Marinette just goes “if your parents are okay with it.” Dick and Kori are totally cool with it (not many are willing to watch her and have the time to do it) so they ask Marinette if she can babysit Mar’i whenever (with good pay of course) if she’s up to it (cause she’s still pretty young). Marinette can’t say no to Mar’i’s babydoll eyes (and she’s so much easier compared to Manon, who’s only 2 rn), so of course, she says yes.

Now Marinette is Mar’is official babysitter and sees Mar’i often whenever her parents drop her off (using zeta tubes to quickly get to Paris and back). Marinette gets treated like an honorary Wayne (cause she’s the most responsible) and gets invited to their family stuff (w/ travel pay taken care of, of course). It doesn’t take her long to realize the fact that she babysits Bruce Wayne’s & BATMAN’S granddaughter, but of course, being the responsible one she is, keeps the secret… while also playing with them via Mar’i.

[One Day]

After Marinette leaves for her plane…

“Uncle Dami!”

“Yes, Spawn?”

“Auntinette said to tell you after she left that Robin’s sut needs a major upgrade & that you look like a traffic light… whatever that’s supposed to mean.”

[Another Day]

“Uncle Jay!”

“What’s up kid?’

“Auntinette said that to let you know that Red Hood doesn’t make any sense ‘cause Red Hood wears a helmet. Not a hood.”

[The next time]

“Uncle Tim!”

Yawn. “yea?”

“Auntie told me to give you this” (pulls out super caffeinated coffee) “and that Red Robin’s cowl is a menace to all things fashion”

[Again…]

“Daddy!”

“Yes, Starshine?”

“Auntienette said she’s proud of Nightwing’s costume ‘cause it’s one of the only in the batfam that isn’t an astro-city to the fashion society.”

5) “Marinette, the one who’s always getting chosen”

Before Mari became (becomes(?)) LB, she comes across a different powerful piece of jewelry, from a different order of guardians where her will of mind is not only her shield from being akumatized, but it is also what drives her powers. That’s right, Mari walks past a flea market and activates a GL ring. The guardians pick up on this activity and send Hal (it is his sector) to check it out. Hal finds the ring with Mari but it still needs the light of a GL to charge and fully work.

[During the explanation]

“Look, kid-”

“Marinette.”

“Look, kid, I just need to know why you have that ring.”

“You think I know? I was just walking through the market and all of a sudden, this possessed ring, if that’s even what this is, started following me, then zipped in front of my face til i held my hand up so it can put itself on my finger.”

“Kid-”

“It’s MARINETTE. Get it wrong one more time and you’ll see why I don’t need a possessed piece of alien jewelry.” -Marinette, making sure you get her name right. “Besides, if I stole it, I would remember. I’m a klepto” -Marinette, probably holding his ring too at this point.

Hal obviously doesn’t want the wrath of the Dupain-Chengs (just the kid Marinette scares him enough), so he tells the guardians that JL will take care of most of Mari’s training (once they get her a lamp for her ring, of course) & has her take part in training at Mt. Justice with the Young Justice team and special training with the Bats. Mari does all this under the guise of an international student exchange program for Mari to stay with the Waynes (not yet knowing that it’s the bat fam) and attends G.A. Mari doesn’t do much, but it takes her 24-36 hours to know who EVERYONE is.

[the next week after settling in]

“Hey, Mars,” -Dick, in his Nightwing gear

“Hey, Di-is the GREATEST SHOW!” -Mari, changing the subject(… not really)

“How long did it take you?”

“Not as long as the Kryptonians…” -Mari, going off into a tangent (still trying to change the subject”

[When Marinette meets Tikki]

Back in Paris:

“Sooo… I’m getting powerful jewelry that gives me powers and a suit, needs to be recharged, and comes from some Order of the Guardians? What’s the difference between you and my ring?” -Marinette, who at this point is very confused as to why she keeps getting picked on for this kind of stuff.

“One’s alien, one’s magic” -Tikki, hoping Mari will end it there & lowkey hates that the GL Corp. got to her first.

“They’re both non-human made energy sources” -Mari, cause once you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen it all before.

“You can’t heal the Akuma without the miraculous, and there are more than just rings. Yours are earrings, there are hair clips, bracelets, necklaces and more” -Tikki, after having a minute to think

“Fine, only because you said they’re the only way to heal the, what was it again, akuma?”

6) “Their Unofficial Official Barista”

Part of Tim’s job as Co-CEO, is to make sure all the branches are running smoothly, sometimes that means he has to fly abroad to manually check in. Tim goes to Paris to check on the W.E. Paris branch. He goes to a nearby Patisserie (Tom and Sabine’s) to see a young Marinette (somewhere from 8-11) drawing in her sketchbook at the counter. She explains that her parents are at a catering event, but she’s there to man the little bakery. Tim asks for a super caffeinated coffee and Marinette makes it with ease, claiming it was on the house with how bad he looks (and how much sleep the man clearly needs). Tim begs for her knowledge and asks if she can teach his butler. Mari’s willing to show him the next time he comes, so he gets the whole fam to go (viz tubes so they don’t waste time) maybe a week later. Everyone gets their own drink (plus a free pastries) and Marinette teaches Alfred her coffee, but it’s just not the same so Tim, using the tubes, goes to get coffee from the girl whenever he can.

Mari is horrible at getting up on time (the life of an insomniac, never getting to sleep even if you want and then barely waking up on time) that she is up super early, makes Tim his coffee (plus a croissant) and tries to go back to sleep (making her inevitably late). Tim would walk up to the pick-up counter where his cup and to-go bag is while Marinette runs out of the house to get to school. Eventually, the rest of the Batfam (as well as the Laegue, TT, and YJ) frequent the place, slowly becoming (Dami too) Mari hides it, but she knew all the batfam the first day they came and she showed Alfred how to make the coffee. When the others start making more regular appearances, she learns the identities of YJ team, WW, GLs, and others. Obviously when LB and CN appear as heroes with HM as their villain, they immediately reach out to help. Because 1. Batfam clearly notices that it’s Mari and they sure as heck won’t let her deal with that by herself, and 2. The JL is worrying too much about their favorite barista (even though she’s not really one), especially with the Gigantitan scare. So, of course LB & CN (can’t make him bad everytime) get inducted into YJ.

[After Ladybug finishes defeating Gigantitan and detransforms]

“Bean! Are you okay? You’re not hurt, are you?” -Tim, being an even more protective older brother than Dick, which shouldn’t be possible

“Yes, I promise. I’m fine” -Marinette, who just accepts the fact that she’s adopted an older brother (and his famliy)

“Tube over, we’ll have Alfred make sure” -Dick, already pulling out the medical supplies for Alfred.

“I-”

“You shouldn’t worry your brothers like that, Marinette. Now come over so Alfred can clear you,” -Bruce, who just happens to overhear the conversation

“I’m sorry, Miss Marinette, they are very adamant that you’re in pitch perfect health before going out again,” -Alfred, who’s not actually sorry

“Fine” -Marinette, accepting her fate of her adopted, protective family.

7) “Thicker Than the Blood We’ve Shed”

Why is Marinette so freakishly strong? Because she was trained to be. Before she could even talk, Mari was taught to be an assassin. She and Damian were frenemies, both competing for top spot as best in the League (of Assassins). They often spared together and became rivals who pushed each other (which sounds great in that context if you forget about the fact that they’re killing people and turning it into a competition). When Damian’s care is turned over to Batsy, Mari also comes along for the ride. She implements herself into Dami’s classes at G.A. & watches him from afar. (Damian, not being an idiot, of course knows all this and knows that it’s probably for Mari to give a report to Talia.) When he becomes Robin, Mari obviously knows, but waits to see if anything drastic would happen (his care was given to the Batfam, they had already expected this to happen.) She then heard word of the bounty Talia put on Damian’s head. Marinette knew there wouldn’t be much she could do to help, but she ave Dami a warning about the upcoming situation before fleeing the country.

From there she got to France, changed her name (it wasn’t originally Marinette, it was Shénqí, chinese for miraculous/magical (or something else if you want)), was adopted by Tom & Sabine, and left her time in the League in the past. When she received Tikki, she didn’t want to be a hero because she didn’t think she deserved it after her up-bringing. Eventually, she did become LB (being a trained assassin does help with lucky charms, considering she was taught how to kill with basically every and anything), and life was good for her. Then Rossi came.

[Gotham field trip]

While at Wayne Tower…

“How idiotic are they?” -Damian, who after reuniting with his long-lost sister-from-a-different-mister (yes, Marinette was able to convince him to say it once), can’t understand the stupidity she has to deal with.

“Are you Robin?” -Mari, who is too tired, so just goes straight into the analogy

“Yes.” -Obvious and simply is.

“Exactly” -Mari, who can’t even put a limit to the amount of thought the one brain cell the class shares doesn’t use. I mean please, the so-called “reporter” believed that the first cosplayer she saw was the actual LB when they don’t even have the same hair! And let’s not forget the origins arc, where LB’s first citizen save was Chloe.

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flingpoly · 2 years

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Hi same anon as the HypMic quest idea I asked earlier here. What do you think of a HypMic quest story where Gentaro is a bard and a liar playing lyre who has beautiful beloved tunes. Dice is a wandering gamber (as always) who travels with Gentaro. And Ramuda is a cute but terrifying dragon lord. Together they all team up to defeat the evil demon lord Jakurai.

this is a really good idea so i ended up writing quite a bit, so i’m gonna put this under cut!

i joked about ramuda being similar to toothless from the httyd books, but i think there could actually be a fun parallel here. to reflect ramuda having a lot of clones in canon, i think ramuda would be, on all technical terms, average. a very common dragon hybrid. he’s probably declared himself dragon lord and hyped up his abilities, but where he comes from (whatever magical land represents chuuoku), he’s nothing special. but he’s not in his land; he’s traveling to find some people he finds particularly interesting to help him on a quest.

i think it would be fun if, similar to reflecting canon, jakurai and ramuda had some sort of past together. there’s something ramuda knows that makes him believe they need to take jakurai down before he gains power, OR he’s already taken power and ramuda knows how to stop him.

i love the idea that gentaro is some sort of microcelebrity due to his talents sort of like how he’s the beloved author yumeno-sensei in canon. i also think he would be a little too eager for trouble and agree to ramuda’s quest fairly quickly, similar to his attitude in the most recent drama track when he said that, as an author, he was intrigued to meet someone who scared ramuda. i feel as though bard gentaro would view ramuda as his manic pixie dream dragon and just let him take him on this adventure.

dice totally believes that ramuda is some hot shit powerful guy. i think that, following the original hypmic quest story, he was gentaro’s assistant already. he probably initially joined him due to debt, but thought gentaro was fun and thrills seemed to follow him. gentaro doesn’t mind the company. he prides himself in his luck and claims that’s his real magic ability. gentaro and ramuda both find him VERY charming so he’s kinda stuck with these two guys draped across his lap constantly and he doesn’t know how it happened. he also unfortunately has to do a lot of the heavy work because ramuda and gentaro are mediocre at survival (gestures towards the ameyume camping event in ARB and how they both absolutely sucked at it). it would also be neat if dice became the party’s healer somewhere down the line, since in canon he plays a large support role by being the one to hold ramuda’s candies and picking both his teammates up.

so we have a playful dragon lord burdened with a serious quest, a curious bard, and a gambler after a thrill. i think ramuda doesn’t plan to get attached to the two (especially if he’s experienced betrayal in the past at the hands of the demon lord), but he kinda accidentally does, and yet they prove their loyalty throughout the journey in little ways. defeating jakurai wasn’t necessarily a righteous quest, ramuda was just hurt and betrayed and maybe even wanted revenge. but now he’s found something he wants to protect, and is a bit surprised when he finds that even after their goal is achieved, his partners want to continue their journey together.

also a headcanon dump because i love dragon ramuda:

- ramuda has some sort of dragon magic but also i think he can have wings and a tail as a treat. this part is non-negotiable. his teal scales look like a shimmering purple (similar to his hair tips) in certain light.

- gentaro’s lyre is fantastic at taming large beasts. he likes playing it at their camp sometimes to unwind at night. ramuda keeps waking up in the bard’s lap, really groggy and confused.

- ramuda trains them a lot in their downtime while traveling. he had to train a lot in chuuoku, and he wants his comrades to be well prepared. he’s surprised that training becomes fun with these two.

- whenever they pass through a town, dice goes to gamble at local taverns. his winnings keep mysteriously disappearing, and it may or may not be because a certain dragon keeps seeing the bags of gold laying around and taking them. gentaro knows what’s happening but thinks it’s funny so he doesn’t say anything.

#hypmic quest #fling posse #fling poly #hypmic #hypnosis mic #ramuda amemura #dice arisugawa #gentaro yumeno #hypnosis mic arb #asks

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luna-helps-writing · 3 years

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Hello!!!! Could I by any change get a LOTR, Marvel (MCU) and Star Wars (clone wars, originals or prequels - I’m fine with either)? I’m female/straight. I’m 5’1, athletic build, with long black wavy hair, brown eyes, tanned skin, and cat eye glasses. Im a Slytherin, Leo and chaotic neutral. I’m quite the lone wolf and extremely independent but I can be outgoing with very close friends. I’m creative, independent, confident in my own skin, and quite laid back. However, if someone tries to control my thoughts and actions I can be very stubborn. I have a sarcastic and witty sense of humor and love banter. I love art, digital art, video effects/vfx, video game design and graphic design. Literally anything to do with art combined with technology I adore. I also love kickboxing and strength training. I love playing video games and watching all sorts of movies (sci fi/fantasy being my favorites). I don’t physically read much but I love audiobooks. I also love conspiracy theory, sci fi and true crime podcasts. Thank you!

Sorry this took so long! I have lots of request and I had to work all day long, but I’m here now! Thanks for your request❤️

For Lord of the Rings, I ship you with Legolas!

• He is much of a lone wolf himself, and whilst he loves your company, he also appreciates some alone time. Whenever you deem it necessary to be alone for a while, he’ll give it to you without any arguments, because he understands you.

• As an elf, he has seen many ages and many different things, but your art style is something entirely new to him. Not that he minds; he loves it! He is truly fascinated by it and can stare at you for hours when you’re working. You’ve offered to teach him once, as he seemed so interested, but he claimed he didn’t need to do it himself. He just loves to watch you create something so beautiful, even if it takes hours for you to finish.

• I feel like, in modern day, he would be a total nerd. He’d know every podcast or conspiracy theory. He loves to listen or watch it with you, to which you both share your thoughts afterwards. When you don’t agree on something, it always turns in to a playful banter where the both off you will end up with tears streaming down your eyes of laughter.

• Where you are extremely stubborn, he’s very easy going. If it’s something too extreme, of course he’ll try to hold you back, but he loves to see where your stubbornness leads to. He’ll let you go your own way, but he will absolutely be that person who will end up saying “Hate to say ‘I told you so’, but I told you so.”.

For the MCU, I ship you with Peter Parker!

• Listen, we all know he listens to conspiracy theories. He basically radiates that energy. You’d have to be blind to not see it. I can absolutely see the two of you have a notebook with all sorts of conspiracies. You even made one yourself where Ned is an alien imposter. Don’t tell him though.

• He’s great with technology, but not with drawing. He’s more the 3d, physical kind of guy. Not the one who’s great in editing. (As we’ve seen). He loves a creative S/O, but one who makes digital art? He’s sold. Absolutely sold. You sometimes give him little art things, because it just makes his day! He knows the time it takes to make something, so he’ll save it somewhere and look at it for days.

• Yes, he probably got his muscles thanks to the whole Spiderman thing, but he loves to work out with you. He’ll sometimes make a joke about ‘taking it easy on you’, but he will kick his actions up a notch when he notices how well trained you actually are. Spoiler alert, when he can’t win, he’ll tickle you, so run away.

• There will be days where the two of you have a date night, which consists of laying on the couch, eating some snacks, sharing headphones and listening to an audiobook the two of you chose.

For Star Wars, I ship you with Lando!

• Please, just...your humor together? Amazing! You have the best laughs with him. A lot of conversations are made with sarcastic comments and witty remarks, which eventually grows out into some sort of roasting moment, where the both of you can’t stop laughing anymore.

• He knows EXACTLY how stubborn you are. He will absolutely try to stop you though. It’s one of the things you don’t really like. It’s all in good means, you know that. He’s just looking out for you, but sometimes it gets really annoying. You can easily tell him if it bothers you; he’ll stop, but makes sure you think about what you’re doing.

• He’s pretty confident in his skin. Sometimes, he’ll ask you things like “how do I look?” To which you respond with “Not nearly as good as me.” Makes him laugh every single time.

• He made a whole special room where you can practice your art. He even made a little corner where he can sit while you’re busy, just doing his own thing in silence, yet it’s enjoyable to the both of you.

• Game night is a thing. You’ll have one night every week where you’re just preparing to beat each other in video games. He’s pretty average at most, but, for the love of all good; so not challenge him in something like Just Dance or Dance, Dance Revolution, because he will win and it really gets on your nerves.

I hope you liked it! Stay safe during these times❤️

#self insert quotes #requests #send asks #my asks #match up #peter parker x reader #spiderman x reader #lando calrissian X reader #legolas x reader

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prettyflyshyguy · 3 years

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Teehee what if I was to drop most of the C Virus AU Fanfic CH3 right now at 12:28AM... Unless.

Unedited/draft Ch1, Ch2 first half, Ch2 second half, for your perusal, and here’s a very unedited first chunk of CH3 that isn’t quite finished because I have work tomorrow but it involves interaction with Ada and I’m sitting here all :)))))))))) while writing so I hope you enjoy!

Perched atop a building, he scanned the area below. As he was making his way towards the area where Simmons should be, he had heard gunfire. Despite his grizzly appearance, if someone was in trouble he could still find a way to help, surely. A street facing door was suddenly kicked open and a figure stumbled out, with a crossbow of all things in their hands.

‘No. Way.’ he thought as he carefully descended from the roof, wanting to get a clearer look.

The survivor fired a shot at something inside the building, before ducking back. A small explosion occurred and a BOW, screaming and flailing stumbled out. It was more grotesque than the other C-Virus monstrosities he’d seen so far, and it looked like it had a chainsaw for an arm. It screamed in agony while the survivor readied another shot. Carefully maneuvering himself behind some rubble, the light from another small explosion from the crossbow’s bolt illuminated the survivors face for a brief moment, fully confirming his suspicions.

It was Ada, for sure. At least he thought so. She was wearing the same clothes as when he and Helena saw her in the catacombs. The mystery was still there however; which one was the real Ada Wong? Was there even a singular one? Was she just switching outfits and motives in some twisted game?

Flicking a glance back in her direction, she was staring down at the body of the BOW lying smoking on the floor, inert. He shuffled, ever so carefully, avoiding making any noise so he could tactically reposition to try and make contact. He stiffened as he felt the vibration of rubble shift under his foot, a small amount of dirt and rocks crumbling.

“Now what do we have here.”

Hoping if he kept still enough, she’d think no one was there, he held his breath. His heart rate increased as he heard the soft clack of her boots on the concrete approaching at a gentle pace, a bolt being loaded. No time to think.

Placing his hands on the ground, crouching back, he launched himself over the rubble, ignoring the sound of a bolt whizzing just past his ear. Spotting a broken window one floor up a building, he leapt into it and backed up against the wall panting, just as another bolt narrowly missed its mark.

“Honey I didn’t have the time to deal with this overly enthusiastic fellow,”

He heard the sound of another bolt being loaded.

“So how about you help a girl out and make this quick and easy for both of us.”

The ‘thwip’ of a bolt pierced the air and one landed on the other side of the room. It bounced off the wall, fell to the floor and rolled slowly towards him. The head of the bolt looked large and blunt and had a small blinking red LED. He didn’t need to guess what it meant as the rate increased, and the bolt exploded in a flash of light and smoke.

Ada stared at the cloud billowing out of the window, preparing another round for good measure. Her eyes narrowed as a few seconds passed, with no movement. She raised her weapon and aimed at where the window was, but it was barely visible now as the smoke had spread.

Suddenly the creature leapt through the smoke with frightening speed, grabbing her arm and pushing it away as she shot the loaded bolt in a random direction. It ripped the crossbow out of her arm and backed up as she spun around to face it, reaching for her holster.

Feeling nothing, her eyes widened as she noticed it was holding her handgun and crossbow. It tossed the bow aside gently, and with elegance she’d never seen from a BOW removed the magazine from the gun and dropped both parts either side of it. It maintained eye contact with her the entire time, its eyes were piercing and displayed a terrifying degree of human intelligence.

Covering up the fear in her head, she smiled.

“I can’t say I’ve ever met a man who’s tried this hard to get my attention.”

She started to pace slowly around as she drew a knife from her belt, the creature mimicked her pace as they circled.

It began to raise its arms, she dove in with the knife and test jabbed to check its reflexes. It was fast, faster than her.

Her expression turned stern. It backed up a few paces, eyes focused on her as she furiously walked closer brandishing the knife.

“I’m a very, busy, woman.” she grunted while slashing. “And I don’t, have the time, for stalkers.”

Whatever the hell she was dealing with, it clearly knew the basics of CQC. Dancing and ducking around her every swing and jab, although it made no attempt to hit her back. Suddenly its eyes flicked to something behind her, a distraction and an opening. She thrusted the knife forward but something grabbed her by the ankle and almost toppled her, one hand slamming into the ground, the other with the knife at the ready. Flicking her head to the source, the charred and burnt BOW with the chainsaw arm simply refused to die, it and had a vice grip around her right ankle. The sound of bone and flesh grinding louder and louder as it lifted its twisted machination of a chainsaw arm up as the teeth and bone started spinning again.

She looked back to the creature in front of her only to find it gone, suddenly turning back to the one grabbing her ankle, her eyes widened as she saw the second creature holding the chainsaw-arm back, with one foot on the BOW’s back. The charred living corpse let out a chilling howl as the creature pinning it down pulled its arm further back, dislocating the mutated tendons and bone, ripping muscle. The bone-tooth blade stopped spinning and the vice grip loosened. Ada sprung back up and turned around to face the creature that by all intends, spared her. It was panting while staring at the charred corpse, seemingly ensuring it was truly dead this time. She took the opportunity and sprung towards it, holding the knife in both hands.

At almost the last second before the knife hit its chest it flung one arm up to push hers back, and grabbed one of her wrists with its other, stopping her completely in her tracks. She grimaced and stared up at its face, meeting its eyes. There was almost a pleading look to them. Its grip on her wrist was firm, but not painful, she kept the knife pointed at its chest but shifted her weight so not as much force was pushing her into its arms. Despite the overcast sky, a small break in the clouds shifted and moonlight illuminated the scene and the creature's face. That’s when she noticed its unmistakable hair, the soft blue eyes. The fact it didn’t even lay a scratch on her.

“...Leon?”

His face softened and the concern was replaced with the beginnings of a warm smile, he loosened his grip on her arms and started to relax-

Her knee struck his stomach with frightening force, he stumbled back with a grunt.

“That’s for almost breaking my crossbow.”

He smiled slightly as he cocked his head to one side, probably deserved that. He gently collected her sidearm and magazine, grateful to find out despite his hands shifting he was still able to comfortably reload the gun with ease. She collected her crossbow, a pleased smile graced her face as she examined it and found it was not damaged.

“So, cat got your tongue?” her playful tone hid a mixture of contradicting emotions.

She turned back to Leon who had a hand extended, holding her sidearm out. Taking it back, she took a moment to actually look at him. He always ‘stood tall’ around her, she noted he was even taller now and actually towered over her with an air of confidence after managing to disarm her so carefully. It was hard to maintain a certain level of composure, he had hardly changed and the thought was warm but looking at what had happened was painful. His eyes were exactly the same but she could barely return his gaze without her composure breaking.

He shuffled slightly, then opened his mouth. Hoping something normal sounding would come out.

“Aa…”

The more he tried to force it, the more it hurt his throat. His shoulders shrunk inwards slightly as he turned his head to face away from her, the embarrassment and shame of the situation returning. He didn’t want to face her like this, he was regretting even trying to talk to h-

“Did Simmons do this?”

Giving up the vocal option, he shook his head. He shifted towards a wall, leaning comfortably facing her, with a flick of the wrist he pointed a finger briefly towards her, then folded his arms.

“... It was the bitch in the blue dress, wasn’t it.”

He tilted his head to one side slightly, his expression stern.

“After everything I’ve seen, it’d be pretty cold of me to just say ‘it’s complicated’ don’t you think?” she joked with a forced smile.

No one was laughing. Leon had a very high level of tolerance for her usual manner of speaking, cryptic and tangential, not today however. His entire life changed the day they met in Racoon City but this blows that experience well out of the water.

“I don’t know who she is, but Simmons made her using the C-Virus. Starting off as a bootleg version of me but it seems like she’s got big plans of her own now.”

His stare was piercing.

“I’m sorry.”

His face softened as he raised an eyebrow in surprise.

“Simmons became… A little too attached to me. I wasn’t interested in playing by his rules, let’s just say he took it a little personally when I didn’t reciprocate his feelings.”

She paced around the courtyard as she spoke.

“I don’t know how he did it, but his obsession resulted in him using the C-Virus to create a very imperfect clone of me. A bootleg Ada Wong if you will.”

Leon snorted in amusement, but he maintained his stance. Closely watching as she stood still and looked back at him.

“I’m not working for Simmons. We’re on the same side, I promise.”

Then who do you work for?

The question echoed in his mind. The one time Ada talks with him at length, he can barely say her name. He looked away, frustrated and ashamed of the circumstance. Hearing her walk closer he turned slightly only to feel the warmth of her hand brush up against his cheek, his eyes flicking towards it and back to her as they widened slightly. His arms fell to his side as her other hand gently rested on his arm. Despite the transformation he still felt the temperature of his face increase, not expecting anyone he knew would even be able to accept what happened to him and be so gentle, especially not Ada.

“I came here to clean up the mess Simmons started but now… Now it’s personal.”

#Resident Evil 6 #C Virus AU #Leon Kennedy #Ada Wong #Resident Evil #C Virus AU Fanfic #MY IDIOT SELF WRITING THIS: hehehehehe :^)#Gets to the bit where Ada is affectionate: OH FUCK OH SHIT OH GOD OH NO AUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH #I'd die if I wrote actual romance I fucking crumble and fall appart hguarihuihuarehgr #I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED WRITING IT #sorry for the tease ending I really need to go to bed but the next bit sort of is Leon being embarrassed #Ada reinforcing she's gonna fuck Fake Ada Up #and her tipping off Leon about Simmons and Helena meeting up nearby and that he should hurry

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fanpom-imagines · 4 years

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Being Spider-woman and being part of the Titans whilst also having a rivalry with Jason.

Masterlist

Fandom: Titans

Words: 2192

Warnings: like two cuss words

(Female Reader)

I swung my legs back and forth as I sat on one of the many billboards in the city. With my mask pulled up just up to my nose I took another bite of the burger I was eating. Looking across the streets I gave out a happy sigh and took another bite. As I was about to take another I stopped as I felt my senses tingle.

“Enjoying the food?” Came a voice from behind me.

Turning around a spot a man in a black and blue suit covering him head to shoulders with his eyes covered with a domino mask. I finally mask eye contact with the stranger and take another bite of my burger and hold eye contact with him as I finish chewing and swallow.

“Who are you?” I ask him as I bring my hands down, with the burger, to rest in my lap.

“Nightwing.”

“Spider-woman,” I said before turning back my eyes to the view and picking up my milkshake, taking another sip from it.

“I’ve seen what you do, and what you can do with your abilities,” Nightwing started as he came to sit down next to me, “and I’ve gotta say I’m impressed.”

“Thank you, I guess,” I told him as I gave him a sceptical side eye.

“Look I’m not here to fight you or anything, I’m actually here with an offer.” My ears perked up at that and I looked over to him encouraging him to continue.

“I have this team, of sorts, a lot of times they’re more like family to be honest, but anyways they have abilities, like you. And I’m guessing that you know that society and people with abilities that seem to defy logic don’t really mix well,” I have out a small puff of air at that and took another sip of my shake, “and so I help them. Not just with their abilities, but to have a better life than the one they’re living and to give them a chance to help people.”

“You asking me to join?” I ask him, looking at him once again.

“Yeah, I am,” Nightwing said as we made eye contact. Well more eye contact on my side as you couldn’t make out my eyes through my mask.

I pondered over the offer for a second as I broke eye contact and looked forward staring off. Still feeling Nightwing’s eyes on me my thoughts start to run. Thinking of the benefits of having a team, and the downsides rushing in and out creating a tally system.

“If it doesn’t work out can I leave?” I asked him after a few minutes of contemplation.

“Door will always be open for you to leave or join,” he said simply.

“Ok,” I said, “I’ll take your one week free trial.”

“Good to hear,” he said getting up and making his way to the edge of the billboard. Not getting up I still keep sitting and finishing my meal. Realizing this Nightwing turns around to look at me.

“Aren’t you coming?”

“Let me finish my food first.”

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“Guys, this is (F/N) (L/N) a.k.a. Spider-woman,” Nightwing, or Dick Grayson, as he later introduced himself told the rest of his team.

“Hello,” I gave a slight wave to the group of four standing in front of me.

In front of me stood four other teens or young adults. One was a boy probably in his late teens or early twenty giving me an awkward, friendly grin as he gave me a slight wave. He also had green hair which oddly did not seem dyed or look like a wig. There was a pale girl standing next to him who also had the same hair situation, but hers was purple. There was also this red gem in the middle of her forehead, but she also seemed kind as she gave a kind smile. Next came a boy who seemed to be in his early twenties with brown hair sticking out in different directions and his arms crossed over his chest as his eyes studied me, as if trying to analyze my weaknesses. Then last was another boy who also seemed to be the same age as the other two, he was the tallest of the four and hand a red Superman symbol on the chest of his black shirt, but other than that he seemed to be normal. To be fair tho I don’t look out of the ordinary either and I can stick to walls.

“Oh my God, I’ve seen you on YouTube!” The green haired male said in excitement as he took a few steps to stand in front of me and greet me. “Hi I’m Garfield, but just call me Gar,” he greeted as he gave out his arm for me to shake it which I gladly did.

“Hi Gar,” I reply.

“That’s Rachel,” He turns to point at the girl.

“Gar I can introduce myself,” the girl says playfully rolling her eyes as she comes up to me and shakes hands with me. “Hey, (Y/N), I’m Rachel, good to finally have another girl on the team. The testosterone levels were getting too high in this place,” she jokes as I chuckle a bit.

“How do we know we can trust her?” Came the voice of the one with the brown hair as he still didn’t take his eyes off me.

“Jason, I know that what happened with Rose may make this hard, but we need to learn to accept others onto our team. We can’t let one bad experience automatically disqualify anyone new from joining,” Dick replied as Jason scoffed and left the room.

“That’s Jason, there was a girl who joined our team awhile back who ended up-“ Rachel was cut off by Dick.

“Rachel,” Dick told her in warning.

“Anyways,” Gar continued as he motioned for the boy with the Superman symbols to come closer. “That’s Conner, but he’s like a newborn...kinda,” Gar trailed off trying to look for the right words.

“What?” I asked as I looked from Conner to Gar in confusion.

“We’ll explain later,” Rachel said as she grabbed onto my arm and rugged me out of the room. “Now come on let me give you a tour.”

“Let us give you a tour,” Gar said as him and Conner followed.

“Yeah, whatever,” Rachel replies.

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It’s been almost a year of being part of the Titans, and honestly it was amazing. I have been looking for a place to live to finally move out of Aunt May’s, though she says I can live with her as long as she wants. I wanted to relieve her of having to take care of two rather than just herself. So now having the opportunity to live in this place with the rest of my team who also double as my roommates is a pretty good deal, plus it’s not too far away from home. So I’ve been able to sling by Aunt May’s a couple of times for a visit.

Being with the Titans has been great. Dick’s been like a father always looking out for me and the rest of the Titans. He also cooks for us a lot which is honestly great because all I can really make are eggs.

Rachel has been like a sister slash best friend. Her and I have hung out a lot and I could see she was glad to finally have someone who was a little more alike to her, not just in gender, but in experience. As both of us struggled at controlling our abilities at first and both have negatively affected our family members, though hers is a bit more extreme than mine.

Gar and I have been binge playing video games staying late up just smashing away at buttons. Good thing I brought over my Xbox as ten two of us played online with each other as we screamed into the microphone at one another.

Conner was sweet and I learned that he was actually a clone, a fucking clone! Honestly to me that was super cool which he didn’t seem to understand, but appreciated nonetheless and I’ve enjoyed showing and teaching him new things.

Jason on the other hand, well he had to warm up to me. Apparently the last new recruit actually ended up betraying them and Jason had a thing for her, so his slight hostility and distrust in me was completely understandable. Yet, overtime as we became closer he warmed up to me and we became friends of sorts. Although, him and I have this playful rivalry going. We literally made everything between each other into a competition. Who can take down the most bad guys? Challenge accepted. Who can get back to the tower the fastest? Challenge accepted. Who can do more pull ups? Challenge accepted. Who can fold their laundry faster? Challenge ducking accepted. But with this friendly competitive relationship between the two of us also came some attraction towards the newest Robin, and honestly I don’t really know how to deal with it so I’ve just been keeping my emotions on lock down till by some miracle he reciprocated.

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I grinned to myself as I crawled on the ceiling looking down at Jason. Slowly I made my way closer and closer to where he was training with his metal staff as he swung again as he let out another breath. As he faces away from me giving me time to jump down silently onto the ground behind him and jab at his right knee pit causing his leg to bend and for him to fall forward.

“What the hell?” Jason yells as he ends up falling into a kneeling position as he has one hand on the floor. He uses it to push himself back up and turn around to swing at me.

Blocking one of Jason’s blows with my hand I move to jab my fist into his abdomen to push him onto the mat. Not expecting it, the new Robin fell to the floor with a loud thud. I gasped out thinking I may have used my super strength to knock him back and made my way to him to make sure he was okay. However, in a sudden movement Jason took the staff and put it behind my neck to trap me to the mat with him.

“Where are your Spidey senses now?” He grinned up at me as he flipped us over on the floor with him on top with both hands still wrapped around the cool metal of the staff.

“Shut up,” I groaned, punching his side lightly. He chuckled at my “attempt” of getting out of his hold.

“You know you’ve been getting the upper hand in this rivalry of ours at every corner, but it seems like for once I’ve got the upper hand. I think I deserve a reward,” he grinned down at me cheekily.

“Oh, and what would your reward be?” I questioned him with a raised brow.

“This,” right as the words left his lips he leaned down to capture his lips with mine. My eyes widened for a millisecond before I smiled into the kiss and closed my eyes whilst pushing my lips back on his. Jason let go of the metal staff and instead led his hands up my throat to hold my face as he deepened the kiss. Biting my bottom lip he swiped his tongue on it right afterwards and I groaned in response before opening my mouth to allow him entrance with his tongue. I in turn had my arms trail from his side one fisting his shirt to pull him closer while the other going up into his hair to slightly tug at it, eliciting a groan from him.

“Are you two serious?” We heard a voice coming from my right and his left. The two of us pull apart, me panting on the floor and him sitting up straddling me whilst also trying to catch his breath, and we both whip our heads to the voice to see Gar standing there with his arms crossed. “Jason you literally asked me to come and train with you.”

“Whoops,” Jason said as he looked back at him giving me a wink before standing up and offering me his hand. Gladly accepting it I grab onto his hand and he pulls me up. “Sorry Gar, kinda loses track of time,” Jason told him, not even taking his eyes off of me.

“I’m sorry ‘bout this Gar,” I said turning to the green haired boy and giving him an apologetic smile. “I’ll see you guys later then,” I told the two before walking out of the entrance opposite of where Garfield entered from.

“Really dude? Why did you have to come in? It was just getting good,” I heard Jason complain at his friend before hearing him pick up the staff and take a whack at Gar which in turn solicited a yelp from the other boy.

“Ow, what the hell, Jason?” I heard from Gar followed by another whacking sound and another yelp from Gar.

#titans imagine #dc comics imgagine #dc comics x reader #titans x reader #jason todd imagine #jason todd x reader #spider woman reader #marvel imagine #marvel x reader

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palettepainter · 3 years

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Any my hero acadmeia headcannons? I see you also ship Ectoloader so maybe some stuff with them since they're criminally underrated

Is that an intentional pun?

I’m still kinda shy sharing ship headcannons since I think some of mine are kinda silly, I don’t have that many ship headcannons so far but I do have a few separate head cannons for each of them so I’ll just dump them below

-So I headcannon that Midnight is super nosy about all the teachers romantic life, she doesn’t know the meaning of the word privacy when it comes to love life. If she thinks a member of staff at UA has a crush/is in a secret relationship she either knows already, or is determined to get all the juicy details. Ectoplasm is not immune to this treatment, Midnight finds pestering Ectoplasm in particular a fun challenge as he never really shares much about his love life (it’s not that Ectoplasm has an issue with discussing it at work, he just doesn’t really feel the need to march around announcing he’s in a relationship. If someone found out he and Higari where together he wouldn’t mind). Midnight is stupidly determined to get something out of him, dear old Ecto has yet to crack and spill the beans. Powerloader is often safe from Midnight's constant questions as he can hide in the design studio

-On the topic of being nosy I headcannon Powerloader’s mum is so so SO nosy! I’ll try and make my own design for her but I thought it would be funny if Powerloader just had the type of mother that is deliberately flusters him. His mother is pretty chill and laid back but can be stern when she needs to, both his mum and himself can be stubborn so they sometimes bicker, but it’s never full blown arguing unless it’s over something serious. When she first met Ectoplasm she loved him, thinks Ecto is a sweetheart. She’s the kind of parent to make jokes like ‘I’ll be expecting that wedding invitation’. Higari should be used to his mothers comments, but somehow she still manages to find a way to catch him off guard

-Powerloader is deep down is just a fretting hen. Ectoplasm gets pain sometimes in his legs so he takes medicine to help handle it, Powerloader is pretty good at staying ontop of this and he always makes sure he has whatever medicine Ecto needs when they’re at home. When Ectoplasm does get sick Powerloader just becomes more fretting. Since Powerloader and Ecto are the same age it’s likely they went to school together and thus Powerloader was a very supportive friend during Ectoplasm’s recovery when he lost his legs. Ectoplasm assures Higari everytime that he’s fine, but Powerloader sometimes can’t help but worry (this is only made worse when he’s having to make sure Hatsume doesn’t hurt herself in the design studio)

-Powerloader gets sick hardly ever, due to his quirk he has a strong immune system so when he does get sick it’s a genuine surprise. Ectoplasm is way more chill at nursing him back to health, he either makes a clone to take care of him while he works, or if Higari is seriously really sick then Ectoplasm takes the day off work. Powerloader is a stubborn man, he’s used to working and tinkering with things so he sometimes struggles to sit still. With how little he gets sick he doesn’t take it all that seriously, he just brushes it off and tries to get back to work. Key word: tries. Ectoplasm has a lot of patience and a lot of clones so no matter how many times he has to carry or drag Higari back to bed he’ll remain persistent.

-Another thing with Midnight but Midnight as said is hella nosy with her fellow staff members love life. With Ectoplasm and Powerloader she sees it as a challenge because the two have yet to give her any details to feed her curiosity. She’s tried on numerous occasions to try and catch them kissing or something! But she always finds them doing the most mundane things: paperwork, making coffee, discussing what they’ll have for dinner, or just talking about their day. Ectoplasm probably developed some kind of sixth sense to know when Midnight is lurking. Higari is kind of annoyed at her being so nosy and Ectoplasm’s learnt to deal with it (when Midnight leaves Ectoplasm totally gives Higari a little nuzzle on the head as a kiss)

-Ectoplasm dances to songs on the radio. He just does. He loves Karaoke so him dancing in the kitchen when he thinks Higari isn’t looking? Yes

-Higari as a teenager was a little self conscious about his height, but now days its hardly an issue to him, he’s learnt to live with his shortness and it hardly bothers him. Higari still gets a little moody when someone points out his height, damn tall people, but he gets over it pretty quickly. He makes up his shortness with strength (Powerloader is a 5/5 in power, that’s the same as Endevour - ENDEVOUR). Many people are often surprised at his strength because of his height and Ectoplasm sometimes seems to forget this. Ectoplasm is the only person who can make a comment on Powerloaders height and get away with it. This rarely happens but when Ectoplasm does make a joke about his height it’s always in a playful manner and is never meant to actually hurt Higari’s feelings. Higari gets his revenge by just lifting Ectoplasm like he weighs nothing, it always surprised him and earns Higari a few chuckles

-Really random one but I headcannon Ectoplasm gets brain freezes easily. He has no lips so his teeth are probably more sensitive then most, so when he eats stuff like ice cream it’s almost always a guarantee he’ll get a brain freeze

-I mentioned in a previous post but Powerloader is a terrible morning person. He’s grumpy, doesn’t wanna leave his bed, and his hair looks like some untamed birds nest. On the weekends or their days of Higari forces Ectoplasm to have a lie in. Ectoplasm is 50/50 with mornings, he’s so used to getting up early for work at UA that he just gets up early on weekends too. Higari clings to Ectoplasm like a god damn koala bear while tiredly muttering into his pillow. Ectoplasm long ago gave up trying to pry Higari off him but he won’t deny the morning snuggles are quite nice

That’s all I got so far! Hope you like them!

#Ectoplasm #Powerloader #Ectoloader #Headcannons #Ectoplasm x Powerloader #Love these cuties so much #May draw some of these later

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ironmandeficiency · 4 years

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random thought of mine, which clone do you think would have the best singing voice? Ik they’re clones so they all sound the same fmdndn but still. i think jesse or echo maybe?

jesse would be such a beautiful singer, not a doubt in my mind. his voice is velvety, a bit husky with a hard punch of power. i’ve entertained this thought on multiple occasions and will one day write smth with singing jesse.

echo though? akhdkshkakdj i never thought abt him singing before now but i can totally see it, his voice being a bit less gritty than jesse’s but with a smidge more range and a clearness that rivals the scarif oceans.

gonna send thank-you’s to @obiorbenkenobi and @hxldmxdxwn for letting me ramble abt this post on discord at ungodly hours.

i made a playlist for this almost-au as well!!! find it here, and i’ll soon add it to my spotify shenanigans.

now enjoy me going into more detail abt these two boys than anyone asked for:

genre-wise i think jesse would be a bit more cocky and playful with his go-to songs, and he will dominate the stage with his godlike dancing every time he’s given the chance;

radar love by the golden earring - this is the song he first gets the confidence to dance to. once the crowd goes wild for it and he realizes how much he enjoys moving around, he keeps on doing it. there’s this one thing he does that’s like, um, jolting/bouncing (not sure how else to describe it) but the crowd thinks it’s great when he does it.

sexbomb by tom jones - his dancing here is utterly erotic and he knows how attractive it is, holy kriff. it’ll bring the entire bar staff to a standstill bc damn look at his hips go, sex god much??? most definitely grinds against the mic stand and gfgalkdfjghlkf it never fails to fluster quite a few patrons (this will soon be a full-fledged fic so keep your eyes open)

no mr. nice guy by alice cooper - he jokes sometimes that he was actually quite peaceful as a cadet before joining the five-oh-first. it isn’t a joke tho and you can blame fives and hardcase for making him go wild. but this song makes him think of when he stopped caring abt trying to impress the longnecks and he enjoys hitting the higher notes.

rock the casbah by the clash - this is where he learns to snap his hips to every “rock” with a bit extra force. the crowd has a blast clapping along, some of the more drunk people screeching “the shareef don’t like it!” at the top of their lungs. it’s upbeat

rock this town by the stray cats - he’s having a damn good time with this song, a lot of elvis presley vibes. if he had enough hair he’d flip it. he does a bit of air guitar and will sway his mic stand around and bounce his knee to the beat.

strutter by kiss - he loves this one, it’s a personal favorite. he;ll be running his hands down his body when he’s still, but the times he’s walking around the stage he’s got a hand on his swinging hips, literally strutting. it’s so fun to watch him embrace the music

bad to the bone by george thorogood & the destroyers - a joking request from fives that turned into a crowd favorite. fives didn’t think his vod could do it but jesse rose to the occasion as he charmed his way through the song with his fun swagger and playful air sax. he drank quite a bit of water after this one bc he was unused to using as much gravel in his voice as this song took, but he enjoys it nonetheless.

echo would be softer with his choices, leaning more towards soulful and sweet in comparison to jesse’s wild side. he also plays both guitar and piano, i take no criticism on these points;

the night they drove old dixie down by the band - he plays this one after a rough mission and it’s deeply resonating with everyone there, everyone either putting down their drinks to let the song flow thru them, or grab something stronger to let it lull them into inebriation.

no plan by hozier - he sounds so beautiful with literally any hozier song tbh, but this one is his favorite. this was the closest he got to smth soulful before the times he duetted with jesse and he really enjoyed it. it was smooth yet passionate and is one he sang for the first time when dejected and unsure abt his future.

piano man by billy joel - he plays the piano for this song & kriff did it take him a while to both master it and find someone that played the harmonica well enough to join him. this is rex’s favorite song to hear echo play and will hum it quite often. echo enjoys throwing himself into playing this one in a way he doesn’t often do & he’s called “the piano arc” the first time he plays it. the nickname sticks but he likes it, so no harm done.

amie by pure prarie league - this was a fun song for echo to learn and he really enjoys how gentle it is. he’ll tap his foot with the music and just let himself go. sometimes he’ll catch himself moving his shoulders slightly as he plays but he doesn’t stop. when he plays this one, he prepares to hear his brothers hum it for at least a week afterward, it’s just that good.

house of the rising sun by the animals - this one isn’t heard until some time after he and jesse duet & echo exhibits his capacity to have a bit of gravel, which is absolutely heavenly when heard. there’s a lot of held-out notes here and a special kind of twang he’s able to finesse, it’s stunning.

skinny love by bon iver - he learned to play guitar to this song right here, it’s one of his faves and loves how tender & raw it can be. he’s heard covers of it that added too much to it & detracted from the intensity of the emotions, so he sticks with the original. it’s an extremely vulnerable song and it’s somber, but he enjoys baring himself without the risk of being shamed for it. several people cry the first time they hear him sing this song. (this one will turn into a fic as well, time tbd)

bad moon rising by creedence clearwater revival - echo sang this one for the first time tne night before the five-oh-first got their orders, which ended up being to felucia. there are always strange occurences when this song is sung & a few ppl will do anything to keep echo from singing it bc they think it’s an omen. everyone enjoys hearing the song, no doubt, but the moment it ends, some battalion or another is doomed to a bad assignment.

now if these two were to ever team up???? no one would be able to talk about anything else for weeks afterwards

you don’t mess around with jim by jim croce - they’re sitting on barstools in front of their mics, echo strumming on his guitar while jesse pats his thigh as a substitution to the drums. v playful vibes with this song and they can’t stop grinning as they sing. it’s fun and they’ll sometimes lightly tap each other with their feet throughout the performance to tease. lighthearted and always enjoyed.

all this and heaven too by florence + the machine - it’s got enough power for jesse but is also delicate enough for echo, achieving a great balance of their strengths as well as a tambourine. you’d probably think that jesse and a tambourine can cause as much trouble as hardcase with explosives, but he’s insanely focused on getting the hits right. no one expects to hear echo belt out such strong notes in contrast to his normal choices but damn they love it. and jesse?? softly breathing the verses with a delicateness no one thought he possessed?? they’re weak for them both.

soul shop by prophets and outlaws - they harmonize SO!!! DAMN!!! GOOD!!! echo playing the piano and jesse sitting on top of it just straight up VIBING. the entire bar is swaying with the music and letting themselves melt into the floor. none of them were prepared for echo to harness a little bit of gravel in his voice or for jesse to capture the melodic tone that echo doesn’t have to put effort into. this song, having a lot of soul and grit to it but is smoother than corellian whiskey, is a performance for the record books.

if y’all wanna hear more about these two darlings singing, or if you have any other headcanons you want to share/ask me abt, please don’t hesitate to pop into my asks!! i would love to hear from you!!

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lilrexsoka · 4 years

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Helllooo again. You may have noticed that I made a mistake. I accidentally switched the prompts. I thought ‘Brothers’ was the third prompt. I posted this one first... and realized there was no reason why I couldn’t just stick with the order anyway. Hope that doesn’t bother anyone.

Tagging: @officialrexsoka

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Rating- G (Some topics may be more suited for a T rating, though it’s still TCW soo...)

Tag Warnings- Mentions of slavery.

Missions that the council gave Ahsoka and her Masters directly were often incredibly important. Missions that Anakin was put in charge of, no matter the degree of difficulty or danger, were almost always completed. Whether or not he used a traditional method or something irrational was always an ongoing game. Despite his sometimes seemingly insane or ridiculous plans, it was commonly known that he rarely failed. Maybe it was because his Master levelled him out, or because his Padawan and his battalion were willing to follow his roughly-fashioned action plans, whatever they were.

Like now. Ahsoka was going to use his idea of disguises to find out where the Kiros Togruta were being imprisoned and enslaved. She even thought it was going to be a good one, if it succeeded. What didn’t reach her mind was what costume she would have to wear following that decision.

“Well, obviously you are too young and… feminine to be a slaver,” Anakin had answered upon her questioning of what clothing he had for her to wear, half-hesitantly as if he almost disagreed with the idea as well. Obi-Wan had agreed. So had Ahsoka. No going back now. “So I brought along some other options. I have a couple of slave outfits that might just fit ya.”

She wasn’t going to ask why he had half a dozen clothing options fit for a slave girl, but she did protest. Obi-Wan simply backed his Padawan up and offered his condolences. Go figure.

Now she was standing in something that showed more skin then fabric before the dusty mirror in the back of the Zygerrian transport hijacked from a past mission. It was a light blue, silky outfit that probably cost an arm and a leg with the accessories combined; it draped loosely around the swell of her hips with a slit down the entire left side that felt entirely unnecessary. Her chest was covered with more of the fabric, still uncomfortably loose, and more of it covered her lanky arms. The most notable parts of the outfit were the shining gold adornments dripping with jewels; sashes that lay in a ‘Y’ shape over the swell of her breasts and across her lower abdomen, and a ridiculously heavy headpiece that sat on her montrals and dangled jewels over the markings on her forehead.

She hated every second that she stood in that outfit, but she didn’t have much of a choice. This was the plan, and it needed to work if she were to save the Togruta. Her people.

There was a sudden, quiet knock on the door behind her. It was closed, and it wasn’t even loud, but it still interrupted her brooding. Not in the mood for your sympathies, Ahsoka thought and let out a soft growl. “What do you want?”

“Sorry if I’m interrupting something. I just wanted to check on everything. You’ve been back here for a while.” Damn. She hadn’t even considered how this plan would go with Rex dragged along. It was Obi-Wan who insisted this was a four-person job, and the go-to was Anakin’s right-hand man. Ahsoka hadn’t been upset; she loved fighting with Rex, but this was something far more personal and intimate. Rex wasn’t family like her Masters. How was she going to deal with the embarrassment of letting the Captain see her in such a get-up?

“I’m fine,” she called back, suddenly wondering if she could change Anakin’s mind and play a slaver after all. No, I’m just being ridiculous. She couldn’t be queasy around the clone; he was no different than Anakin or Obi-Wan. With the amount of time they spent together, he should be family as well. “Just… getting into my disguise.”

Rex’s answer was loud enough to be heard from the other side of the door. “Ah. Alright. Just wonderin’ why you were taking long. The Generals were getting a bit worried. Kenobi had that crease in his forehead and Skywalker couldn’t stop moving or talking.”

She could easily picture her Masters in her head at Rex’s description. He was trying to joke again; it was as if he always knew when her spirits were down. “I’ll come out soon,” the Togruta called again, fidgeting with the soft fabric of her outfit. When I gather some courage.

“Is… something wrong?” The clone sounded hesitant. Again, he somehow knew that something was upsetting her, like he was the one with Force-Sensitivity.

Ahsoka blew out a slow breath and smoothed the fabric draped over her waist. How in the galaxy was she going to answer this truthfully? “Um… I’m having a bit of a problem with my outfit.”

“Oh.” Another long pause. Ahsoka was sure he was imaging all sorts of embarrassing things that could be happening to the young Padawan. “Maybe… I could help?” His tone was clearly sheepish now. He was hoping his offer wouldn’t lead to an unwanted situation. She wasn’t sure that the situation was avoidable now.

“No.” That was way too fast. “I mean-” Ahsoka just sighed. She had no idea how to explain it.

There was a shuffling noise. “Sorry. If you’re not decent, I can come back later, or…” Poor man. He only cared and wanted to help.

That wasn’t what she wanted, she realized. At one point, she would have to face him. It was better now than later. Plus, it shouldn’t be such a problem. Ahsoka was dressing up for a mission, not for fun. Her embarrassment with idiotic. Besides, it was the boy’s problems, not hers. “No, you don’t have to. I’m dressed, but…” She heaved another sigh. “You know what, just come in. You’ll see.”

“Alright… If you say so.” He chuckled nervously. “To be honest though, Commander, I’m a little worried about what I’m going to see. You’re making it sound a bit ominous.”

Ahsoka worried her lip and sympathetically sent the clone a soothing wave of Force Energy. He’d told her he hadn’t liked the idea of her altering his emotions, but sometimes she subconsciously did so when she knew he was unsettled. “I promise it’s not as bad as I’m making it.” I’m probably just making this a bigger deal then I should. “Besides, you’re a big boy,” she added teasingly. “You can handle it.” She knew it was true, but something about the idea of Rex seeing her in her vulnerable outfit was… strangely mouth-drying.

Stop making this weird! It’s just a slave outfit! Nothing bad is going to happen! the Togruta told herself as she turned to meet the clone as he palmed open the door. His eyes met her, uncovered, wide and still impossibly brown and soulful. He wasn’t wearing his armour, but instead a full set of golden brown slaver armour. Somehow, he suited the stolen plates well.

It wasn’t his disguise that she wanted to watch, (though it was a pleasant view, the depths of her mind argued,) but his reaction. Expectedly, his eyes widened slightly and he opened his mouth several times before he spoke. “I… you look good, Commander. What’s the problem?”

Planting her hands on her hips, the Padawan asked condescendingly, “Good, Captain?” She wasn’t upset, however she knew she had to reprimand him. She was the opposite of upset. His approval had already eased her embarrassment. “Please don’t worry about it,” Ahsoka told him immediately, a little wretchedly with a burning face. “And sorry for all of the drama. I just… was unsure about the disguise.” She gestured pointedly to the loose silk fabric draped over her curves. She shouldn’t be upset over showing a little skin; her very first meeting with the clone had been during the first year of her apprenticeship with the small bit of clothing that had been her top.

Rex made an understanding noise and ran his hand over his face. “I get it now. But your disguise looks really good. You’ll fool all the Zygerrians.” He added the last comment with a playful smirk. It was how he lightened the mood again.

“You’re too pretty to be a slaver,” the Padawan shot back, arching the markings above her eyes with a smile that might have just been described as flirty. “I’ve yet to see your acting skills, though. You might just act like one.”

“I’ll consider it a compliment. Thanks, Commander.” Rex knew she disliked it when he used her rank when they were alone. Either he still had yet to break that habit… or he knew what he was doing. But all past emotion left his voice when he asked, “But really. Why are you so uncomfortable in this new disguise?” Now he just sounded concerned, still possibly a little hesitant.

The Togruta sighed, instinctively wrapping her arms across her chest. She’d been acutely aware that she’d been wearing it the entire time Rex had been… teasing her, but she hadn’t minded until he had spoken about it directly. “Uhm… honestly, I didn’t really have a good reason. I was being childish. I just didn’t like the idea of wearing this skimpy disguise in front of others. Like… you, and Obi-Wan and Anakin.”

The clone tilted his head curiously. “Oh.” His hand went to the back of his neck. “Well… you don’t have to feel uncomfortable around me. I mean… we’re close. Like family. Right?”

Ahsoka sighed helplessly. All she could do was shake her head, though she knew she should feel excited. Rex had just admitted he considered her as family, and she felt disappointed. She couldn’t want that kind of relationship with him… so what was her problem? “Yeah, I guess,” she answered with as much happiness as she could muster, though her smile was half-hearted and entirely pathetic.

Of course, Rex noticed this. “I’m sorry, Commander,” he spluttered immediately, eye stretching wide with realization. “You didn’t like that. It’s just that… you’re close. Closer to me then I would have expected. Like another vod, almost.” He shrugged embarrassedly.

“Vod?” She knew the clones sometimes used vocabulary picked up from their Mandalorian trainers, and though she had picked up the meanings of some of them, she clearly had misunderstood a few. ‘Vod’ was commonly used when the troops referred to each other… but maybe that was purposeful. Maybe Rex really did consider her as valuable to him as his fellow clones.

“Yeah,” Rex answered. “It’s Mando’a for ‘sibling’, whether in blood or in arms.” The expression that crossed his face next was caring and terribly happy. “I know many of the men care for you like a sister.”

Ahsoka couldn’t stop the frown that creased her face, or the frustration that bubbled up under her skin. “But I’m not just another clone,” she protested faintly. “You don’t treat me like one. How can I be family?” Her hands lay under her armpits, as she chewed her lip. If that’s all he sees me as…

The clone shook his head and sighed quietly. “You’re not a clone,” he agreed patiently. “And that’s why I don’t treat you like one. You’re so different from any brother I’ve known; but at the same time, you are my Commander. I shouldn’t be treating you like… a friend.” He chuckled. “But it’s not worth pretending I care anymore. Not with someone like you.” There was a moment of pause, his hands shifting nervously. “If you would prefer to… forget everything, then I could do that too. I know we’re not family, I just thought-”

“No, Rex,” Ahsoka interrupted guiltily. I have a bad habit of explaining myself horribly. “It’s not that at all. It’s my fault for not being more clear.” She paced forward, trying furiously not to trip on her new lengths of silk, and came before the clone. He still loomed over her; it would take time for her to grow into a full Togruta. Looking up into his face, all she saw was careful curiosity, but yet his eyes flickered incessantly with desperation. “I appreciate that you count me as family. In fact, I’m happy that you do. But… I don’t think we can pretend that we are brothers in arms, or even just friends.”

“What?” His eyes widened, and his hands landed on the side of her arm, seemingly with instinct.

She hated having to tell him this… but there was still a future she had to think of. It had been way too long spent with thoughts left unspoken and feelings left buried. “We are something more, Rex. Maybe we can’t label it yet. Maybe it has no name. But we can’t stick with something now, because in the future it will only bring more confusion.” Ahsoka tried a soothing smile. “Only the Force knows what will happen. But for thinking of the future… maybe we should stay flexible. Whatever happens.” She found the hand that had settled on her arm and covered it with her palm. “Okay?”

And maybe she should have kept her mouth shut, but it was probably important that Rex told her seriously, “I… think that’s best.” He left details out, but from his tone- and the turmoil in his Force signature- there were plenty of his own confusing emotions.

Ahsoka thought that she had made herself look like a fool; it happened when she tried to explain her feelings, so her relief at his understanding completely made her lose all care over the slave outfit. She felt that everything would work out with Rex as her companion, but only the Force knew if he would ever become anything more than that.

“Well,” Rex sighed, letting his hand slide down her arm and back to his side. “Do you feel better about the… disguise? I can practically hear the Generals and their worry.” He chuckled good-naturedly and sidestepped with a gesture to the door. “Shall we?”

“Now that’s not how a slaver acts,” the Padawan joked, but still followed his offer and let him trail after her. It was only then she had realized she had left her lightsabers behind, which she quickly excused herself to retrieve. Passing the mirror on the way out, she decided that maybe the slave outfit wasn’t so bad. Rex had approved, after all. She did look good in blue.

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gabbykinncy · 4 years

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i’m more than just a copy.

basics —

NAME: gabrielle ‘gabby’ kinney FACECLAIM: giorgia whigham ALIAS: honey badger AGE: 18 HEIGHT: 5’2” SPECIES: mutant EYE COLOR: green HAIR COLOR: black UNUSUAL FEATURES: facial scarring (one extending from her hairline down over her left eye to the middle of her left cheek and another under her right eye extending down her right cheek to her jawline) MBTI: estp-a OCCUPATION: unemployed RESIDENCE: lives with laura and jonathan in district x AFFILIATIONS: snikt family and x-men FAMILY: james howlett (father), sarah kinney (mother, deceased), deborah kinney (aunt), laura kinney (older sister), akihiro (older half-brother), jonathan (pet wolverine), megan kinney (cousin), bellona (older sister), zelda (older sister, deceased), x23_3par (older sister, deceased), six unnamed older sisters (all deceased)

powers/special abilities —

RETRACTABLE BONE CLAWS: she has two retractable foot-long bone claws. one in each arm. they stay under the skin and muscle of her forearms. they’re naturally sharp and tougher than human bone. they can penetrate most flesh and other materials. these claws come out of the knuckles of each hand.

REGENERATIVE HEALING FACTOR: naturally regenerates damaged or destroyed tissue and organs at a rate that exceeds anything a human can do. this ability however doesn’t heal her facial scarring.

DECELERATED AGING: inherited her father’s lifespan.

SUPERHUMAN ACUTE SENSES: her most improved senses are sight, smell, and hearing.

INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN: as a result of experiments growing up gabby is unable to feel any pain.

EXPERT COVERT OPS TRAINING: she’s a well trained assassin and bodyguard. she can also make it impossible for every wolverine to track her.

EXPERT MARKSMAN: she carried a pair of MAC-10 machine pistols.

EXPERT ACROBAT.

three headcanons —

I. Gabby is a lesbian, but still in the closet. She doesn’t know how to tell her family and friends. She had suspicions about these feelings from a young age, but it took some time for her to really figure out what they meant. It was all new for her to realize that she was allowed to feel this way. Gabby will probably end up confusing in Bobby for advice on coming out officially in the future when she feels that she’s ready.

II. She has a pet wolverine who is absolutely spoiled by her. Gabby will make sure there are several beds around the apartment and will bring some to her brother’s place too. There’s no expense too much when it comes to Jonathan. She wants them to have matching outfits too, whether it’s for casual wear or something suited for battle. It’s important to preserve his identity too! She always makes sure that he’s included. He’s very protective and has the ability to speak English as he was given a universal translator from Rocket. Gabby will take him on walks around the city and doesn’t care about any strange looks from people who are concerned. She will stab anyone who tries taking him away if Jonathan doesn’t bite them first as he’s picky about who to trust.

III. Her mood swings can be intense. They can go from threatening someone with anger radiating off her expressions to smiling and being happy again in an instant. This all depends on who she’s talking to, but these moods are also random. You never know when they’ll happen or what will trigger it. She can be far more sensitive than her siblings are when it comes to civilian casualties too. She’ll start crying and has to be pulled or carried away from the situation.

four personality traits —

- impulsive (once an idea is put in her head she often feels like she has the ability to handle it on her own. which isn’t always the case, she does need to wait for help sometimes depending on the situation. if gabby is told no she doesn’t always take well to that and will pout or do it anyway at a later point. she’s working on this! but maybe feels comfort in knowing she has people who can bail her out of trouble.)

- silly (she loves bright colors, joking around, and having fun with whatever can be found in the room she’s currently in. sometimes she will even listen to pop music instead of paying attention to the stakeout. she likes to sing and make ridiculous faces. she is often seen as lighthearted, but this can be used against her. she doesn’t always take things seriously as a result of this trait.)

+ caring (gabby always wants to try helping everyone whether it’s a person or an animal. she helped a bunch of turkeys escape once, never wanting to leave any living creature behind. this goes along with being charming and cheerful. she believes everyone deserves a second chance just as she got.)

+ adventurous (always looks for something to occupy her time, particularly fond of missions that involve dressing up as someone else because it means creating a backstory. maybe it’s something that has to do with finally getting to be a child that meant embracing her playful side. even when all the other members of her family don’t want to encourage her mindset if something important is going on or being discussed. she continues anyway!)

some history —

Gabby was only eleven years old when the ban originally started, but that didn’t matter for what Alchemax Genetics had planned for her. She was one of ten clones of Laura Kinney, the youngest of them actually. Their purpose in this world was to trained to serve as bodyguards. They were basically created to be assassins who would look after important personnel or work on what was called humanitarian missions. Gabby and the other clones who she considered her sisters were abused by their handlers. Since she was the baby, being the youngest and all, she was protected by her sisters from Mooney and whoever else raised a hand to them.

So when the ban was starting out Gabby was still working as an assassin. She didn’t know any better than what she was groomed to be. Six of her sisters would die on their missions, and eventually Gabby escaped with the three who were still alive. Two of them would end up passing away, and only Bellona stays alive too. However after meeting Laura, who they were cloned from, Gabby stayed with her almost clinging to her new older sister while Bellona left to pursue a life of her own. Gabby doesn’t know what happened to her, but focused on following Laura around wherever she would go. She didn’t care where they went just as long as they were together.

Gabby brought Jonathan with her and traveled the world with Laura for a while. She would soon begin looking up to not just her sister, but her brother Daken after meeting him too. Although she grows up to be five foot two and ends up looking up at everyone quite literally.

In recent months has been doing some exploring around the county with her pet wolverine, but realized being on her own isn’t much fun. She misses being close to her family and seeing that they’re all in Star City brought her to the place. She made sure to call her brother and sister first, so they’d be aware of her arrival. She doesn’t know what to expect, but even Jonathan seems excited to see the ‘angry one and the loud one’ again as he calls her siblings.

Gabby is trying to be a good person now despite the reason for why Alchemax created her. She has grown to her own person with interests, likes, and dislikes that make her far different than what her handlers wanted her to be. She pretty much has a heart of gold, and might put too much trust into Star City.

#starcintro #ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴏ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴏ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ. [ MUSE ]#trauma tw #death tw #abuse tw

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atrophiedcompassion · 4 years

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having watched TROS for the second (and final) time in the cinema, here’s my full spoiler abundant review, also with comments on the nonalogy as a whole.

the movie works a lot better aka is more enjoyable the second time. we know what’s happening and i could relax and enjoy even the dumb moments and allow myself to feel, to be washed into the music and just feel my good feelings towards the finale.

the plot is still dumb as rocks, with the new old villain, resurrected. who not only is back but is giving our heroes a chance to find him before all shit breaks loose. why is the emperor so fucking arrogant?? why did TROS/JJ keep arguably the worst plot from TLL namely the race against a certain but exact time to do something to save the day?

the rey as palpatine still makes no sense. why did the jedi (in particular obi wan) call to her when she has the first force vision back on takodana if rey’s a palp?? JJ truly pisses on his very own movie isn’t he? and the emperor himself, he wants rey dead, twice he tells this verbatim to KR and then comments the rey killing plot was foiled to commander pryde...but then he actually welcomes her with open arms? or did he foresee his new death by rey should she reach exogol still alive? why should this death stick? ugghghgh.

the movie moves at record pace, no time to grieve, no time to catch your breath. the falcon/poe does impossible feats. the trio is united only to trail rey, finn in particular acting like a puppy. the only scene with finn that had any weight and developed his character was the scene with jannah when they’re fixing the falcon. BUT even then...i thought it was fine for the Force to guide finn out of his servitude. but maybe let the other former stormtroopers have some fuxking free will. not the force guiding them. there were so many moments when finn could’ve inspired former fellow stormtroopers to put down their weapons, but no. the spy could’ve been a stormtrooper, not the ridiculous hux doing things out of spite...

the worst scene in the movie? rey going on a fucking stroll on pasaana to meet kylo ren’s ship...and before that, the knights of ren literally posturing on a rock. i laughed out loud in the cinema it was so utterly ridiculous.

it’s all fucking plains, the fucking audience could see rey advancing through ochi’s ship screens. but somehow chewbacca gets captured and there’s a second transporter. the whole scene plays just so we can set up rey’s sith lightning abilities..?? fucking hell.

c3po’s sacrifice works for me. it’s the first moment of the rewatch where i got truly emotional and shed actual tears. and it’s not really cheapened by his memory being restored, since Finn actually mentions r2 might have a backup which 3po dismisses in his usual fashion. so 3po actually believed he was going to be fully erased. and that’s what matters. i found the 3po humour almost on par with the OT, although sometimes poe’s wayyy too aggressive with him. (i mean, poe loves droids, or at least his droid bb8, but is awfully dismissive of both 3po and D-O, just to fill in the han role i guess? it’s overdone)

the fight on the destroyer/kimiji is ok, again rey with the aggressive stance and the reveal is....nothing. rey has NO fucking reaction. she like scrunches her nose a little. she was just told the JJ equivalent to luke finding out vader’s his dad and rey’s just like. oh okay. bummer.

she should’ve fucking jumped like luke did. and maybe be retrieved on the falcon somehow. she should’ve expressed some pain. but no. rey’s just as calm as before. maybe even calmer, now that she knows the whole truth.

the death star sequence. dumb as hell to imagine the dagger has coordinates to the fucking wreckage of DS2??!??! who made it and when??!?!??! but let’s not overthink this. you get force powered rey making the ride with the skimmer and finding herself attacked by dark!rey..and then kylo come by and apparently knows this? because he tells her that now she’s tainted and can’t go back to leia either??!

WHAT THE FUCKKKK does JJ not know how the fucking force works??? i mean was it a fucking inside joke when han says that’s not how the force works in TFA??? uughghghgh. i know TROS is trying its best to almost completely retcon TLJ, but the way the Force was described there, like a balance, decay from where new life spawns, THAT WAS A GOOD THING FFS!!!!

no, JJ thinks that jedi are all pure beings and sith are dark brooding monsters and if a jedi or equivalent has even the faintest connection to the dark side, they’re fucking done!!!!!! (when the FUCKING OT SAYS THE FUCKING OPPOSITE, even a shred of goodness can help you get back to the light)

and if that was SUPPOSED to be KR’s way of getting rey to join him on his fieldtrip to exogol...my god he’s fucking dumb as hell. rey’s resisted his offer every fucking time (altho during the force call on pasaana he tells her he will turn her and she says we’ll see. she didn’t say no lmao), why would she fucking say yeah sure now? just because she had a fucking vision of dark herself??!?!?

still, dark!rey is fucking hot and i will probably cosplay her sometimes soon.

then comes the kylo - rey fight on the death star wreckage, where she attacks him, she’s aggressive, and is bested. and he’s about to kill her (even though he told her he has other plans, LOL) and then leia calls. or her call to her son finally reaches him (no more voicemail) and he falters, drops the saber and is impaled by rey.......who also senses leia’s passing.

and we have ben again and the scene with han solo plays and it’s pretty fucking emotional. but i wish he had said father and not dad. dad feels unearned. father would’ve worked best, especially for such a serious, stoic char like ben, dad is far too playful. i would’ve wanted a moment more of ben mourning his mother too, but the movie’s gotta be done in 30 mins so we have no time for allowing emotional moments to sink in. note: finn & poe are in such a rush to get to leia they don’t even have time to wait a sec to be told properly that she’s fucking dead. fuck you movie.

the scenes with luke are good. of course, luke backtracks all of his development in TLJ (because fuck you that’s why) and apparently everyone knew she was a palpatine but they still trained her because fuck logic? this is just like the PT where they end up training anakin because they made a promise to a dead guy. lmao. and how convenient is that there’s another lightsaber, otherwise how would rey make an x at the end to (presumably) end palpatine?? hmmm. i said the jedi leia scene/flashback worked for me the first time i saw it, but in hindsight, the scene and motivation really takes a steaming dump on leia’s character, a mother afraid of her son and unwilling to help him. fuck you JJ. we never needed leia wielding a lightsaber. we only wanted leia using the force in some way that felt organic to her character. (sidestep: up until attack of the clones? when yoda first uses a lightsaber, i assumed he was enlightened and didn’t need actual weapons to wield the force. well, i hoped leia could be like that enlightened master yoda. but like all bad things in the SW universe, she ended up being as awful as puppet yoda with a toothpick lightsaber, cause how would we know she’s a jedi otherwise????)

so. because she refused kylo, and ended up alone on exogol and with the resistance trapped there, she’s actually considering palpatine’s offer??! and realises she has maybe another option when she senses ben’s there too??! then why the fuck didn’t they go together??!?! oh wait. i forgot she wanted to exile herself on ach-to LMAO.

and still. the whole palpatine plot train-wreck could’ve still worked had they actually used the pretty cool concept of Force Dyad for something good. i mean, KR tells this to rey on the destroyer. but apparently palp can’t do the math and is surprised when he takes a sip of their life essences??! like what the actual fuck, why isn’t palpatine aware of this?? if he (+plagueis) made vader and then he conceived his son. and then vader had leia and leia had ben and palp’s son had rey........why is KR able to put this together and not the FREAKING MASTER PUPPETEER of the whole fucking galaxy??!?!

anyway. back to the force dyad. we have awsome ben solo and rey reunited. ready to fight palps. but no. he freezes them and sucks the life force out of them. maybe the power of the force dyad of light users could be harmful to a sith?!??! maybe the power of a force dyad would help ben & rey resist palp?! maybe the power of a force dyad could be used to defeat palp?

but no. we get ben solo thrown into a pit so that palp and rey could reenact whitney houston’s hit

or, even worse, the year’s most anticipated battle of one liners: endgame. yeah, it was cool to hear all the jedi clamouring for rey, but this could’ve still worked as the jedi finally supporting ben skywalker organa solo for fucking once in the guy’s lifetime.

but no. JJ said fuck ben solo. he’s only good to give the life back to rey, then he can fuck off. i am not a reylo and i am not too bothered by ben’s death, as much as i am by his misuse. i mean, in such movies, we never really have to deal with reformed bad guys making amends. vader died, and so in a way, ben dying too and not having to be courtmartialled is actually convenient.

i have read some analysis where ben & rey being happy together is the undoing of anakin’s sad demise and brings peace to the skywalker line rather than pain and despair and that’s a valid premise, but realistically, ben’s death makes sense. they’d never be happy together in a hut somewhere, because ben still has to pay for a lot of damage. BUT his death is nothing but the crippling of the skywalker line, after a palp had defeated the palps. his death has little meaning in the story. them being a force dyad has little meaning, apart from powering palps back to his rots appearance. lmao

and finally, the death of ben is never mourned, never acknowledged. no-one is even told on screen about his return to the light (maybe maz felt it, when leia’s body vanished...) and his deeds. that kinda sucks. because luke took a moment to have a ceremony for vader, the force ghosts came through. here...we get nothing.

and then rey buries the anakin saber and leia’s saber on tatooine in sand no less (we need a sketch of anakin loudly complaining to rey about this)... and instead of finally accepting herself as being sufficient, she tacks on the legacy name. well done JJ.

(that was me when the credits rolled).

now, i love the OT more than life itself and the films give us meta to fill libraries. they are not perfect movies, but they are good, they tell a wonderful story with amazing characters and i will never stop loving them.

then the PT is made of really bad movies that now, in the light of TROS, surprisingly still come together as a trilogy far better than the ST lmao.

i still believe that the PT undermines and ruins Vader’s redemption in ROTS, because now you know exactly what he did (reminder: killed 30 children) and it’s hard to swallow. in the end, he dies to save his son and takes down the big bad so we can accept that he gains redemption in luke’s eyes alone and not necessarily in the audience’s. but ben solo didn’t even get that. he got thrown into a pit and crawled out only to give rey life lol.

anyway, TFA was okay at first, but i always had a huge gripe, aka the misuse of Leia and the complete silence on her being a Force user. like don’t even need ligthsaber fights from her, just gimme something explicit of her using the Force. she could’ve at the very fucking least sensed KR when he swoops in and abducts Rey on Takodana. but no. JJ fridged Leia from the get go, because he had no clue what to do with her. and then he fucked her character completely with what he believed was the flashback the fans wanted....UFHGHGHGH

JJ also and truly fridged Luke, because he had no idea what to do with Luke and the whole Force legacy either. he wanted to write a fun Han Solo adventure and by gods he did.

so, Luke. the guy vanishes the opening crawl tells us. he wasn’t abducted, so he must’ve exiled himself. people hating TLJ’s so called character assassination when it comes to Luke should point fingers at the real culprit, JJ. how could Luke do such a thing and run away (like JJ wrote him do) if he hadn’t done something significantly wrong?? it had to be FUCKING HORRIBLE. and so it is. because what Luke did was horrible and it set up for the fall to the dark side of poor, conflicted, manipulated and unloved Ben Solo. but had it not been THIS awful, then Luke’s self imposed exile, shame and guilt wouldn’t have made any fucking sense. so, TLJ haters, think again WHO was the person who wrote Luke running away for 10 years and allowing all that shit to happen?? it wasn’t Rian Johnson, that’s for sure. he merely justified the absence in a way that made sense plot-wise and actually character-wise too.

on repeated viewing, TFA isn’t that good, it’s a rehash of ANH and the stakes are never as good as the original movies. we all kinda know the heroes will save the day

TLJ, i liked, but the canto bight plot really falls flat. this is where RJ did some char assassinations: Poe. Poe is the cocky pilot who singlehandedly destroys the Resistance’s arsenal LMAO. and next scene he turns into sexist macho asshole trope itself, with his immediate and unfounded disdain of Holdo and her plans to keep our heroes safe. so he concocts a harebrained plan that doesn’t work. maybe it was intended as a refreshing look over this trope of barely a plan of the heroes always coming to fruition at the very last second, but the way it’s presented, it somehow really undermines all the characters involved, including newcomer Rose. at the start a breath of fresh air in the age of mindless heroics, the voice of reason, soon enough she too is pulled apart and becomes a sudden love interest...?? she is then reduced to a side’s side char in TROS, but she has space buns, so that’s cool right? that’s what SW is all about, women in space buns. fuck!

and yet, TLJ handled Luke, Leia, KR and Rey wonderfully and laid down some great ideas, Rey having no lineage, the Force Bond between her and KR, the catalyst for KR’s fall to the dark side, the little good in him, as sensed by both Leia and Rey...and set up a finale where, i believed and hoped, KR would be the main villain.

with the trailer spelling the probable return of palpatine, i kinda lost faith in TROS before it even hit the theaters. in fact, my faith in the movie was shot the moment JJ was brought on board.

we had a new villain, another race against time to save the day, and our heroes tell us again and again that it’s fine to share the burden, that they are not alone, that there are more good guys than bad - and when the ARMY OF PEOPLE came to exogol, it’s a wonderful scene. it works for me and it did both times. i know it’s awful that no-one came to leia’s call on crait, but here lando picks up (when lando says hello there, it’s not only panties that drop) half the galaxy, but somehow it still made me well up.

but, despite this very explicit message, our heroine fights alone. she faces palps alone and almost makes a bad decision, is alone in her final battle, is alone at the end. how truly horrible. instead of having ben and rey defeat palps together, rey has to do it alone, out of faux-feminism. it’s sickening. it’s stupid. and that’s not star wars and the star wars message. luke was not alone at the end, he was with friends, with family.

but she’s from a bad bloodline and she should die childless. ughhh. totally not hopeful, totally not satisfying message to have for the finale of the skywalker saga.

#tros #the rise of skywalker #full review

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theshinobiway · 5 years

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Hey there! Ive always wondered how the members of team Gai would react to being tickled? Who's the most ticklish and who would be most likely to tickle back? I love your blog and writings so much, keep it up!

Anon, I was cracking up at this request and trying so hard to make it through when I was writing it. There were a lot of times where I had to pause, take a laugh break, then try to get back to it. I got a little ridiculous with it, but I figured this is what you were looking for anyway.

Also, thank you so much for the kind words! It really means a lot!! Thanks as always for contributing to the blog!

Headcanons: Tickling / Being Tickled by Team Gai

Might Gai

Tickling

Ø Uh, what? You want to tickle who?

Ø Son, this man has ten inches of steel. No, not there—well, of course there but that’s not what we’re talking about—I meant he has ten inches of steel in the form of muscle that covers his entire body. You think this man can feel a tickle?

Ø He’ll play along, though. If he notices you trying to tickle him, he’ll act like he is. Poorly. He doesn’t want to discourage you from trying because he thinks it’s adorable—S/o or not.

Ø You’ve tried everything, from getting the jump on him to using a variety of tools. Nothing. Gai just looks at you with confusion.

Ø You try with backup one day (probably in the form of his team plus Naruto) who are too morbidly curious to pass up on the chance to figure it out for themselves. Neji and Tenten justify it by saying it might be to their advantage to learn one of their Sensei’s weaknesses.

Ø You manage to capture him and try every method you possibly can. Naruto makes clones and tries every spot he can. Lee flails around. Neji attempts a modified version of 8 Trigrams. Tenten uses any object she can think of. All end in abject failure, no matter what you do. (Why does this play out like a Rock Lee Spinoff Skit? Hire me already, VIZ.)

Ø Hold on, you try his feet. He’s wincing, he’s squirming, this might be it! He’s opening his mouth and he…!

Ø Sneezes. Are you kidding me.

Ø However, the minute Gai gets drunk, he’s ticklish everywhere. It scares the crap out of you because it’s so unexpected.

Ø His laughter wakes the dead. It’s not even subtle, he’s screaming. Scream-laughing. The village hates you now. Stop tickling him before Tobirama Senju rouses from Konoha graveyard himself and kicks your ass for disturbing his death.

Ø Drunk Gai is ticklish everywhere. You could poke him and he’ll collapse, wheezing.

Ø NO ONE IS EVEN TOUCHING GAI AND HE’S LAUGHING.

Ø “The Wind! It’s tickles!! It will be my undoing!”

Ø “Fuck’s sake, Gai.” – Kakashi Hatake

Being Tickled

Ø You can tell he find the idea of tickling entertaining. The only way you get tickled by Gai as a non-s/o is if it’s part of a joke routine.

Ø He’ll do it in public too, so you might have to physically fight him for embarrassing you.

Ø He’ll probably launch a surprise attack during a training routine, or if you’re too sluggish during a training session he’ll attack you to liven you up. Gai’s methods are always unorthodox anyway, there’s nothing abnormal here.

Ø Try to launch a counter-attack and realize that God is dead. Since Gai isn’t ticklish, he’ll stare at you in confusion before lightening up. “Oh! It seems your energy has returned once more! Now, time to unlock the full potential!”

Ø Uh. What.

Ø OH HELL NOW HE’S GOING AT IT. RIP you sad soul, your first mistake was laughing. Now he thinks it’s a valid way to wind you up for exercise.

Ø A relationship with Gai involved regular tickle fights. It actually becomes a regular occurrence. Gai’s relationship is lighthearted. He’s the kind of s/o that you’re best friends with (move over Kakashi) and that doesn’t get upset pretty much ever.

Ø Gai memorizes where you’re ticklish and sometimes will tickle you as a greeting to get the jump on you. He thinks it’s hilarious no matter how much you (playfully) throw fists at him to complain. Now he can’t even resist.

Ø He always stops when he realizes you need a break. He’s pretty good at noticing when a sweet, funny moment can easily turn into not-so-fun. He doesn’t let the mood get ruined.

Ø His tickling also comes with incessant teasing. Oh, and cheek kisses. Lots of cheek and face kisses all over while he goes for your weak spots.

Rock Lee

Tickling

Ø Lee is ticklish everywhere. The repetitive motion of tickling is what does it for him, he has a weakness for it. But gosh, is it so hard to tickle him.

Ø He squirms around like no other. Limbs fly in every direction. His face turns red with laughter and he can’t hold still. You almost feel bad because he gives you puppy-eyes when you try.

Ø Those puppy-eyes guilt you into stopping every time.

Ø He pretty much can only manage to say “Nononono” and maybe your name if it’s not too long.

Ø Lee can take a lot of punishment tickling. He doesn’t have any hard feelings about it either, he’s mostly just bewildered by what just happened.

Ø He might suggest regular tickling as part of a training routine to up his endurance. Okay, cool, so you try multiple times. Does it actually increase his endurance? No, but you get more of cute, giggling Lee, so it’s worth it. (HIRE ME VIZ.)

Ø Getting tickled by his s/o is something that warms Lee’s heart. It reminds him just how much he can be himself around you and how easygoing your relationship is. He doesn’t mind any jumps on him (unless it causes an accident, then he’s just concerned for your safety first.) and welcomes the notion that your relationship can be full of little everyday surprises—big or small.

Ø Once or twice, he holds his breath and kisses you to make you stop. God Lee is just so sweet. Of course you stop, but now Lee’s giggling because he’s kissing you. It’s a win-win.

Ø Occasionally he’ll pout if you launch a full-on tickle attack while he was doing something, but he’s just joking. Give him more kisses and you’ll see that right away.

Being Tickled

Ø Lee will probably only try to tickle his s/o, unless someone convinces him—FOR SOME REASON—that so-and-so needs to be tickled as part of a…whatever, training, mission, bar mitzvah, funeral, look. Lee is not a hard boy to convince.

Ø At first he… doesn’t really know how to tickle? You’re laughing because he looks so ridiculous doing it. He literally just wiggles his fingers a bunch and hopes it does something. He’s so easily tickled he doesn’t understand just how it works.

Ø Wh—WHO TAUGHT LEE TO TICKLE!? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

Ø When Lee learns how to tickle, he’s the master. Once he tried it on Neji. Both of them agreed that doesn’t count as an official victory in Lee’s favor. Only because it wasn’t really a ‘match.’

Ø He is the Beautiful Blue tickle monster Beast of Konoha. None can withstand his fury.

Ø It’s canon that he has tickled at least one of his opponents to victory.

Ø As an s/o, tickling can be a regular occurrence with Lee. He loves getting the jump on you and hearing your laugh. He will literally do anything to make you laugh.

Ø If you hate tickling, he’ll honestly be kinda miffed about it because he thinks it’s a cute couple thing to do. He’ll let you do it to him still, though.

Ø Lee nuzzles you before, after, and sometimes during a tickle attack. He’ll giggle along with you because he thinks that your laughter is infectious. If you’re seriously trying to pry his arms away, he’ll let you.

Ø Once or twice he’ll blow raspberries on you if you both are really in a goofy mood. It makes his heart flutter when you can’t hold back your laughter.

Ø It doesn’t matter if you’re newly dating, long-term, or married: Little moments like this don’t die off with Lee.

Ø Lee will pass the habit of tickling to your children (if you have any.) He’ll even teach them to attack you, thinking it’s adorable when you get caught off guard. Of course, the only valid response is to team up with your kid(s) to get back at Lee.

Ø God you all have such a fluffy dynamic. It’s the envy of Konoha.

Tenten

Tickling

Ø Do you want to die? This is how you die.

Ø Needless to say, trying to tickle someone with an entire army of weapons saddled on their hip at all times isn’t for the faint of heart.

Ø Tenten isn’t as ticklish as her teammates. But she is very ticklish on her lower stomach and her feet.

Ø There are three ways this can go: You’re her s/o and don’t go too hard at it the first time you attempt, you’re her s/o and launch a full scale tickle attack, or you’re not her s/o and you simply try at all, (maybe with help)

Ø You can tease her about being ticklish, but she’ll pout about it. It’ll be really cute when she does.

Ø If you’re her s/o and blow raspberries on her stomach, she’ll giggle. Then you die.

Ø She doesn’t even like your breath anywhere near her stomach. It’s that bad. Even during more intimate moments, she prefers if you just skip her stomach entirely.

Ø Catching Tenten in a serious tickle attack is asking for it. Even if you can pull it off, she’ll have broken up with you at least three times during the attack. Give her lots of love after until she comes around.

Ø Now, Tenten appreciates a good prank. More than the other members of the Konoha 12. She doesn’t always like being pranked, but that’s the name of the game. Prank wars are a regular occurrence with her in a relationship. If this falls in with that, she’s more forgiving.

Ø She has the cutest giggle. Part of her is trying to be furious with you, but she actually enjoys being tickled a little. She thinks it’s a really cute way to be playful with your s/o.

Ø If you’re not her s/o and you tickle her: You’re getting beaten, strung up, and left to hang in one of Konoha’s many training grounds. You had better hope someone finds you, because she isn’t coming back for you. Same goes for anyone that tried to help you in the attack.

Ø Three days later, you (and your accomplices) have acknowledged that the weapons mistress of Konoha should probably be the next Hokage.

Being Tickled

Ø Tenten does not forget the time you got the jump on her and has plotted her revenge accordingly.

Ø She gets creative. Really creative. She stalks you for a few days, mapping out your patterns, taking note of all of your habits. She has your entire day down pat before launching a counterattack.

Ø You sit down for lunch one day, then the next moment you wake up in an unknown location.

Ø “Did you drug me?” “DID YOU TICKLE ME?!”

Ø We will not speak of the horrors that occur over the next twelve hours.

Ø You never tickle anyone ever again after that incident. And every time you so much as see a feather or someone makes a tickling motion with their hands, you may or may not have flashbacks.

Ø With her s/o? What are you talking about? This is the privilege of being her S/O. Non-romantic parties get left in the woods.

Ø If it was part of a prank, then given Tenten’s extremely playful nature, tickling can be a regular-not-as extreme occurrence.

Ø You can get away with cute moments of tickling her now and then if you don’t go for those spots. Her sides aren’t nearly as ticklish, but they’re enough to make her giggle. You’ll get loads of cute moments laying in bed, joking with each other, and the occasional tickle to punctuate a joke aimed at one another. Those are the best moments.

Neji Hyuga

Tickling

Ø DO YOU WANT TO DIE? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO DIE

Ø Okay first off, hats off to you if you can catch the man with 360 degree vision unawares enough to launch a tickle attack. Because that’s the only way you’re going to get close enough.

Ø Neji is calm, often stoic, and proper. That being said, his self-control is through the roof. If he catches you, even for a split second, he can “turn off” his tickle response. The only way to successfully do it is to make contact and initiate your attack without him realizing what is happening until it’s too late.

Ø Neji’s sides are extremely ticklish if you catch him. He practically drops to the floor on contact. You’ll never hear him laugh so hard, it’ll be a sight to see. If you’re relentless, he’ll have tears in his eyes and he’ll try to shove you off, but he won’t have the strength to do it. He’ll squirm around a lot, though.

Ø His laugh is so cute? Neji never bursts out laughing hard, ever. His face is so flushed and, despite the fact it’s an automatic response, the smile won’t come off his face, even for a few moments after the tickle attack. He’ll be gasping for air and begging for you to stop, but he can’t really take in air to get the full words out.

Ø He’s also ticklish behind the knees, but there’s a high chance he’ll knee you in the face—probably intentionally—if you try.

Ø If you’re his s/o he’ll be super peeved and you’ll get the silent treatment for many days after, but you have a higher likelihood of forgiveness. If you’re not, your existence will conclude in less than 24 hours.

Ø If you’re his s/o he will never admit in a million years he found your ‘attack’ so stinking cute, even if it annoyed the living hell out of him. He has a certain weakness for the little cute things couples can do, but man does it destroy his image.

Ø If you’re not his s/o, your day ends either in the hospital or the morgue. If you had accomplices, such as Naruto or Lee (or both) and tried to sneak up on him, he has no problem sending three bodies to the same place. Which one? Depends on how merciful he feels that day.

Being Tickled

Ø It’s hard to imagine Neji as the kind to tickle someone, and for good reason: he might do it once in his entire life.

Ø The only way he’s going to do it is if you’re his s/o and you’ve launched a surprise attack before. He’ll have been giving you the silent treatment for a few days, still visibly annoyed you tried something so ridiculous and humiliating on him, but then he gets an idea: revenge, and a taste of your own medicine.

Ø He’s calculating about it too. You’ll have just gotten home and you’ll say hello, fully expecting that he’ll give you a courteous nod and nothing more (like he has been for the last few days.) But he’ll actually say hello and hold his arm out, gesturing you to cuddle on the couch while he’s reading. Of course, after a few days of silence, the invitation is all so tempting.

Ø You poor soul.

Ø The minute you sit down with him, you know something’s off. You don’t get a chance to react. Now you’re in his lap and in a death grip, and Neji whispers something along the lines of “You’ve made a poor decision, haven’t you?”

Ø Neji attacks every single ticklish spot you have in a flash. His hands move so fast it’s almost simultaneous. No matter how hard you wriggle, you can’t get away. He avoids every single thrash. The tickling only ends on his terms.

Ø It occurs to you between gasps of air and laughter that he wasn’t giving you the silent treatment: He was plotting revenge. Oh shit

Ø He doesn’t stop until you’re about to pass out from oxygen deprivation from laughing so hard. Mercy isn’t a word to him. There are no safe words. You chose your fate.

Ø Bruh, why did you launch a physical attack on someone who can shut off all 361 tenketsu in a split second?

Ø Once the debt is paid, the situation falls into the past. You have two options: turn this into an all-out war (…why would you?!) or resolve to let this be a lesson to you.

Ø In the future if you get any more mischievous ideas involving him and he can tell, Neji will definitely brush his hand over your ticklish spot and give you the look as a warning. The cold shiver that runs down your back when he does helps you reconsider.

Ø You’ve reconsidered. You’re not doing it.

#naruto #naruto headcanons #neji #neji hyuga #rock lee #tenten #might gai #might guy #headcanon #headcanons #anime headcanons #tickling #I'm always down for joke requests to break up some of the serious ones #TheShinobiWay #the shinobi way #team gai #team guy

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Sanders Sides AU

THIS WAS INSPIRED BY MY VISIT TO THE ZOO YESTERDAY AND I THANK THOSE AMAZING ZOOKEEPERS FOR DOING SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR BOTH THE VISITORS AND ANIMALS

Basically, this is a Zookeeper AU of the sides, and there was like two people who stuck out to me. There might be inaccuracies in the job descriptions. So,

Patton: Monorail Presenter/Forest Aviary Caretaker (idk what the name is)

He makes sure everyone is safe and is ready for the ride they are about to have

Is very excited and has such an upbeat attitude, people want to pay again to ride it (and people do)

Because of this, Patton is in that position almost all weekend and he enjoys it, never getting tired of it and looks up more facts

Also, because of this, the zoo decides to think about building another one of all the amazing reviews they get of that

Patton points out each animal, giving many facts and likes to make it fun for the kids also

So. Many. Puns.

Not even kidding, the guide I had, made so many puns.

“Want to know which is an alligator or crocodile? Say bye and see which sees you later and which sees you soon” (I died)

Has a whole book of puns to make, always makes sure to have new ones.

When the people get off, they all feel sad to leave but are happy with the experience they have

Patton gives the kids animal stickers, along with homemade bracelets

The place offers to sell them but he wants it free so the kids have a nice memory

The adults get slightly jealous that their kids get free bracelets and they don’t

But also, he loves every bird he takes care of. He tries to name them all, but there's too many

He loves it when there is a field trip and he rambles about how amazing each bird is and pointing out their colors and the way they nest

There are times when a bird will land on him and everybody will giggle while he continues on with his talk

Gets very close to each one, once cried when one of them passed away

Then again, he doesn’t worry much because they don’t have predators to worry about there and is always there to make sure they have food they need

He was there once when one of the eggs hatched and he was so excited

He loves presenting and taking care of his birdies

Virgil: Lion/Cheetah Caretaker

He relates to these animals since he always wants to sleep and is anxious

He’s always found big cats fascinated, loves Cheetahs the most because of #relatable

Though he hates big crowds, he gets excited when talking about them during his time to do the Keeper Talk

Usually goes off topic by talking about his own encounters with them, and though he thinks the audience hates it, they actually love hearing a backstage of it

He knows how to stay calm when feeding the animals, always taking extra precautions also

His first day he almost slipped, but thankfully the person overseeing him helped him

He wouldn’t change this part of his job

Also, he says some puns at times, (all thanks to Patton) and the people love it at times

He usually sticks around longer when kids have questions, but if no one does, he leaves quickly and relaxes near the animals

Has most likely trained the big cats in his care how to play with big balls and to stay still for the vet if needed

Logan: Probably Primate Caretaker

This one might change, not sure

But many say that primates are like the human in a way, and Logan finds that interesting and at times he tests it out

Usually with gestures, mannerisms, or attitudes, but nothing to harm them

No no no. He hates the idea of anyone ever hurting them, and he will fight anyone to the death if they dare to do so

He almost got fired once because he started verbally attacking a guest once who was knocking on the glass hard and taunting one of the primates (a Gorilla) that Virgil was told to get him immediately, seeing as he was closer

Takes his job seriously, always checking out the well being of his animals

Has named one Tesla, because he is very smart and Logan has seen it since they were born

Roman: African Animals (Elephants) Caretaker

I am still indecisive about which he would do, but I would think he would work mostly with African animals, especially elephants

He loves all of Africa animals, he does, but Elephants attract him for some reason

Probably because of how compassionate they are, along with how playful they are

But when he isn’t with Elephants, he’s with the Giraffes, and he loves feeding them

He makes sure they are all happy and taken care of, and has gained the trust of these animals

They let him pet them, and will only get close to him

He has been there for every birth of the elephants, and those elephants trust him with their babies

He’s very expressive when it’s his time to talk, and has trained some of the more younger elephants to give a small show, and it amazes people

Obviously, he has taken some precautions when cleaning their enclosure. He once got too cocky and almost got injured, but it was taken care of

Has a competition with the lion/cheetah caretaker on who can get the most people to their talks (so far the other caretaker is winning and how? idk)

Deceit: Reptile Caretaker

Need I say more?

He loves all reptiles, especially the snakes

For some reason, he loves the venomous ones, but he can’t show those off in the public

He sometimes has a snake (non-venomous) around his shoulder, showing it off and at times let the public pet it, but most of the times doesn’t

He does love to feed the crocodiles the most, how they grab their food and go away once they have it, just the sheer force they put

Gets annoyed when guests tap on the glass of the snakes and puts up signs with big letters to STOP TAPPING THE GLASS FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY

He’s seen as cold, by the guests but everyone else knows that he’s a big prankster and he just enjoys chilling back with the snakes and all other reptiles

All of them:

They all get along, mostly because they just happen to look alike

Guests confuse them and are weirded out when they go from the monorail to the cheetah encounter and see a guy who looks like the presenter but with dark eyes this time

There is a show called The World of Wonders that Patton and Roman are a part of, sometimes Logan is in it, Virgil not really (because he hates the stage and he can’t present his big cats now can he?), Deceit at times with his snakes and tortoise

Everyone in awe at all the animals that it’s always a success

The zoo wouldn’t be the zoo without them because most of the reviews are thanks to them

The others used to be jealous, but not anymore because they appreciate the work they also do

The sides, or “clones” recognize the others works and let them know in their own ways.

This is all I have so far. Anyone is free to add on! My favorite is Patton honestly because I just loved that joke and I typed it down quickly afterward. But I just had this on my mind since yesterday and had to get it out!

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The Garrison, The Dream, The Girl - Part 1

Alternate Title: Ascending Dreams

Also in Ao3

Sequel to "Who's That Boy?" Katie is finally able to meet Lance at the Garrison. Would they be a blushing mess towards each other or would they form a bond (that could last forever)?

This is my first lengthy fic (4,385 words) and I hope you all enjoy it!

A big shout-out and thank you to @alwaysinsonder for doing the beta on this fic 🤗

It was Friday afternoon and Lance, like most cadets, was just eager to leave his class and indulge in his weekend plans. Lance was one of the most hardworking cadets in the Garrison and you might think that he’s just going to focus on his studies, right? Well, he’s just like any other kid who needs to take a break from their studies eventually and have fun, relax or do what they want to on a weekend. In Lance’s case, it was to go out to town and have pizza, maybe see some girls on the way. He was getting bored in class and his mind slowly drifted away into a daydream. He’s having this weird thought about hanging out with a girl under a tree. He wasn’t too sure as to why his brain decided to think of that, but he wanted it to last longer. However, his thoughts snapped as the bell rang, and cadets packed up their things to leave. Lance was about to leave the room when Shiro gestured him over. “Hello Sir Shirogane, is there anything I could help you with?”

“Nothing really, but could you come with me to my office?”

Lance was a bit shocked at Shiro’s request, “Is this about my performance? Because I’m doing everything I can here in the Garrison,” his nervousness grew.

Shiro calmed him down, “Don’t worry Lance, it’s not about that. Though there’s something that might interest you.”

Lance’s worry disappeared right away, “Uhh, okay Sir.”

“Just go ahead in my office, I still need to sort some things out.” “I’ll be there in a bit.”

Lance then went to his office while Adam caught up with Shiro, “So, what was that with him?”

“Oh, nothing really,” a small smile appeared on Shiro’s face.

“Nothing huh?” his voice sounded curious.

“It’s just that I’m telling Lance that he’s going to meet Commander Holt tomorrow, that might interest him.”

“Is that it?” Adam was still a bit doubtful, “I know that face, that’s the face you make when you have a surprise. Come on, what is it really?”

Shiro decided to spill the beans, “Maybe his daughter Katie would be there too, maybe Lance might get interested with her you know?” He then decided to leave the room.

“Playing matchmaker huh? I don’t know about your success rate Takashi, are you any good at doing that?” He had a playful voice.

“Oh, what’s that? I didn’t hear it. Lance is waiting for me,” Both of them laughed as Shiro left the room.

Lance waited around 5 minutes before Shiro got into his office. He stood up as he entered the room but Shiro gestured him to sit, “So, what’s the reason for me being here Sir?”

“I have something that you might be interested in,” Lance perked up, “Do you want to meet Commander Holt?” His eyes widened, and he slowly started to smile.

“You mean the Commander Holt that helped designed the Valiant?” Lance’s excitement was now evident.

“The one and only.” Shiro then joked, “Unless he got cloned,” That earned him a laugh from Lance.

“Of course Sir, I’d like to meet him.” There’s now a lot of things running in Lance’s mind ran with the possibility of meeting Commander Holt.

“I can see the excitement on your face,” Shiro then added, “You can bring a friend if you want, they might be interested too.”

Lance perked up “Thank you, Sir!”

“Eh, it’s nothing. You’re an outstanding cadet Lance, you’ve earned your place here for sure.”

Lance was now blushing a bit and feeling flattered, “Thank you again Sir!”

“You’re welcome, Lance. Just be at my office around 1030 tomorrow. Let’s meet up here first before we proceed Sam’s office.” “Also, you don’t need to be formal tomorrow. You can just wear your casual clothes since it’s the weekend anyway.”

“No problem Sir!”

“You can leave now if you don’t have any questions.”

As Lance left Shiro’s office, he released his pent-up joy on the prospect of meeting Commander Holt. He pumped his arms in the air and almost shouted but remembered that he could get in trouble for doing so. That might not be a good thing for tomorrow. He immediately rushed out to find Hunk and tell him the good news.

Hunk was currently reading some engineering material and thinking about their plans for tomorrow. When Lance suggested that they do something, they usually get in trouble but they’re always lucky that it’s just receive a verbal warning from the Disciplinary Office. Even though you might see Lance as a role model for the students because of his exemplary skills, he can still get trouble from time to time. Most of the trouble he creates is just usually going to places where he shouldn’t be or just sneaking out past curfew and if Hunk’s with him, they get a mouthful from the officers after getting caught.

Hunk’s mind switched from his reading to the plans for tomorrow and he couldn’t focus on what he originally intended because his anxiousness slowly rose. Hunk could just say no for tomorrow, but he never does it because he always has Lance’s back in these kinds of things. They were childhood best friends and they have been there for each other since. He was busy thinking about these things until he heard a noise outside their room. Lance barged into their dorm, “Hunk! I’ve got some good news.”

Hunk was skeptical since he knew it might just mean trouble, “Is it really any good? Every time you say good news, we just end up in trouble.”

“Ow, come on buddy” He pretended to be hurt, “You don’t trust me anymore?”

“Fine. What is it?”

“Where’s the enthusiasm Hunk? This is probably the best news that you would hear,” Hunk’s curiosity grew but he’s still a little anxious, “Lieutenant Shirogane invited me to see Commander Holt tomorrow.”

Hunk was pleasantly surprised, “Really?” And a smile formed on his face too.

Lance was glad at his response, “Yeah, he also said that I can invite someone else too,” as he eyed him.

Hunk stood up from his chair and immediately gave him a tight hug and lifted him off his feet, “Uh, woah there buddy, you’re squeezing me too tight.”

Hunk quickly dropped and released him, “Oops.”

“It’s okay, I was actually hoping that is the reaction that you would have,” Lance settled in, “It’s not that common to be invited to meet Commander Holt.”

“By the way, thanks Lance for telling me this and inviting me too.”

“Of course, Hunk, you’re my best friend. You were the next thing that came up apart from the excitement of receiving the invite from Shiro,” Lance now invited Hunk for a hug and this time, they eased up.

They settled on the things for tomorrow and talked about how it would go down. They were eager boys after all especially since they were meeting Commander Holt. He was one of the lead scientists that pushed for further deep space exploration and manned missions on the edge of the solar system. He also helped designed the Valiant series of SSTOs, which was now the premiere spacecraft of choice for missions far away from home. It would really be an honor to meet Commander Holt and see this man lead Earth in discovering our final frontier. They got tired from their talking eventually and they would have one of the best sleeps in their life later that night.

It was dinner time with the Holts and this time, the complete family was there. They often had dinners together but there were times where either Matt or Sam were busy at the Garrison and they couldn’t go home. Matt usually has stories to tell on what was happening at the Garrison and Sam often added things here and there. Colleen and Katie listened to them but also talked about other things too. Near the end of their dinner, Sam mentioned the visit to the Garrison again, “I’ve found a time for us to go tomorrow, around 1030 since I still need to manage some things. It would also fit our lunch in Platt City so that’s good too,” Little did everyone know that he and Shiro talked about the visiting time so that Katie could see Lance tomorrow. He then decided to look at her daughter who looked interested compared to a few nights ago, “So, Katie, have you made your decision yet?” Matt also looked at her and is eagerly waiting to say yes.

“Of course, I’d actually go tomorrow. Why would I miss a chance to visit to the Garrison?” Katie shrugged it off as if it’s just like a normal visit.

Matt teased her, “Did you change your mind because you actually want to see Lance?” And he poked her side too.

“Shut up! It’s not about him. Besides, he might not be even there tomorrow since he might just be studying,” she sounded a bit sad on that last one because she might not see him.

He continued his teasing, “Is that sadness that I hear in your voice?” Sam grinned because he knew what would happen tomorrow and Colleen chuckled at this.

“What!? No! Why would I even be like that?” She tried to act as if it was nothing.

“Don’t worry Pidge, I’ll try my best to be quiet to Lance,” He then winks at her. Matt had a fun time in the past couple of days playing with the thoughts of Katie finally having a crush. He unironically named the situation as Katie’s BOI where it stood for Boy of Interest. Because he’s a memer and trying to implement memes in his life and it’s technically correct with how she was behaving.

“Ugh, you’re so annoying.”

Sam decided to join the banter, “Maybe he’s available you know? Even great cadets need to take a break too,” Katie decided to be silent to avoid incriminating herself more.

They spent some more time at dinner and a miracle happened for Katie where everyone decided to drop the topic about the visit. She went up to her bedroom after helping with the cleanup and playing with Bae Bae for a bit. Instead of working on the code of some of her projects, she decided to do some researching again.

What she really researching about was Lance McClain and finding out some things about him before hopefully seeing him tomorrow. Ever since Shiro told them that they could see Lance on their visit, Katie kept thinking about him and how interesting that boy was. She decided to look him up online so that she can ease her brain from thinking about him too much. From what she found in the past couple of days of searching him, he was really an outstanding cadet that got featured on the Garrison’s website. She found out some other background information from him as it was listed on the website. She also looked him up on other websites but never touched his social media. She felt that it might be an invasion of privacy and knew a line must be drawn when you wanted to know someone that didn’t even know you.

She never got fixated on a person, much less someone she didn’t even meet yet. But she might have slowly started to get a crush on him and was aware that it was happening to her. Yeah, Katie spotted some boys at her school too, but those feelings quickly went away as she found that she lost interest in them or that they were mean to her. She didn’t have any true friends at her school and she was being bullied from time to time in her classroom because of her intelligence. Sometimes, they decide to steal her food during breaks too. But lucky for her, she wasn’t being constantly harassed in other occasions, it was just limited on those two. Her schoolmates don’t really avoid her or look down on her, but she just tended to go unnoticed because maybe no one wanted to be associated with the nerd and potentially be bullied too. Her current social status in school was enough for her most of the time, however there are times that she wished that she had a friend she could easily talk to since there were moments that she felt alone and sad even if she tries to focus on working on something else.

She’s hoping that if she met Lance tomorrow, she wished that even a small friendship between them might be formed even if they won’t be able to meet much.

She was finishing up on what she was doing when there was a knock on the door, but she didn’t notice it. She was wearing her green headphones and was too focused on what she was doing until she got a message on her phone. It was from Matt telling her to let him inside and she shouted at the door, “What do you want?”

“There’s something I need to tell you.”

Katie settled her things, let him into the room and she sat back on the bed, “Hey Pidge, you know I’m just doing a playful teasing on your crush on Lance, right?” She noticed his concerned voice and was curious on what’s this about, “I’m not trying to be a mean brother to you.”

“Yeah, I know,” She just smiles at how much her brother cared for her. He had been always there every time she’d feeling down or comforted her every time there was a bullying incident. They probably have one of the best relationships between siblings and even though they appear to argue a lot and fight from time to time, it tended to be playful and they didn’t take it too seriously. They just adore and be supportive of each other’s goals.

He then decided to talk about what he came here for, “Also, this is about the crush thing again,” And he sounded a little hesitant on that too.

Katie thought that she was free now but then got annoyed again that it resurfaced, “Yeah, yeah, fine. Maybe I have a crush on him,” She admitted and gave up on the situation so hopefully her brother won't press on it anymore. She folded her legs toward herself and crossed her arms.

“Look, you can just come to me if you want to really talk about it, alright?” Katie noticed that there’s a bit of seriousness on his voice and decides to look up on him, “I won’t tease you, people like you at this age start to have their crushes too, you know?” “I just want you to talk to me, or even someone so that this situation of yours would go easier on you.”

She didn’t expect to hear this, “Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind,” as she adjusted her position to lay down on the bed

“Now, go to sleep, it’s gonna be an exciting day tomorrow,” He gave her a kiss on the forehead, “Goodnight Pidgeon.”

She then responded, “Goodnight Matt.” Katie had finally her goodnight sleep after days of thinking about Lance in her bedtime.

It was the day of and Lance and Hunk were very excited to see Commander Holt. They woke up early for this and Hunk decided to spend more time in the kitchen for their breakfast as this was a special occasion. They eventually prepared themselves and were ready leave the dorms, but Hunk felt a bit nervous as to what they were wearing. Lance calmed him down and told him that what they’re wearing fit with the rules of the Garrison and it’s okay even if they’re meeting someone higher up. The Garrison was pretty laxed compared to other schools in terms of strictness, uniform and grooming standards as it’s not completely a military school but more of a mix like a normal university. The cadets can wear their casual clothing given that they finished their classes and if it’s a weekend. Officer rank was not necessarily observed during weekends, so salutes aren’t needed if they happen to meet an officer and a simple Sir or Ma’am was enough most of the time. The only time you needed to properly address an officer is when you got into trouble and of course, needed to show respect to them.

They went to Shiro’s office so that they can get this started with. Shiro welcomed them and told them to sit for a while he checked if Sam was in his office by now. He messaged him and got a reply that they would be there in around 10 minutes. Shiro told both and decided to leave a while to check on something else. Lance and Hunk just used this time to talk about other things while waiting.

The Holts were by the Garrison entrance when Sam got a message from Shiro and they were just dropping Bae Bae by the guard post. If you’re wondering why Bae Bae came with them, it was because they were going to the park after eating lunch and were just have a relaxing afternoon. Besides, Bae Bae also got excited when they visited the Garrison because it means that he got to meet the guard dogs that he became friends with.

As soon as they’ve done that, Sam parked the car on his reserved slot in front of the main entrance. When they went out of the car, Matt and Katie decided to see something that was being installed nearby but their dad told them to come to his office after seeing that quickly. Apparently, it’s a new generation of communication systems that’s being set up and this piqued their curiosity. Colleen meanwhile decided to visit some of her old classmates who became instructors from the Communication Department. Sam was walking towards his office until when Shiro spots him, “Oh hey, you're here."

"Took as a bit longer than usual. We took a detour on our way here."

"That's fine, the boys are just waiting in my office,” He was about to get them until he almost forgot something, "Is Katie here too?"

"Yeah, but she went with Matt to see something, but I told them come here soon."

"So, she finally said yes on going with you?"

"Well, she said that she doesn't want to skip any chances to visit the Garrison."

"Or skip a chance to meet Lance?” Shiro joked about it and they both cackled at this, “Should I call them now and tell that you're ready?"

“Yeah, you can.”

Sam went inside his office while Shiro went to get them. Lance and Hunk were just chatting about some things when Shiro went inside his office, “You ready boys? Sam just arrived at his office."

Lance and Hunk just stood up and followed at his gesture. Shiro knocked on the door and the boys went inside to finally meet the man.

The two of them saluted and greeted the Commander, “Sir!"

Sam saw the excitement on the boys, "At ease there, cadets,” He decided to make them a bit more comfortable, “No need to be formal around me kiddos.”

“Thank you, Sir.”

Sam quickly spots Lance, “So, you must be Lance McClain? Shiro told me a lot about you,” As he shakes his hands.

"Thank you, Sir, Hopefully nothing embarrassing."

Sam chuckled at his response, "Well, nothing yet,” And small smile formed in his lips while he spots his friend that he brought with, “Who's this friend that you came with?"

Lance tried to impress Commander Holt, “He’s my best friend Hunk, Sir. He's my number one co-pilot when we're flying the two-seater's and his other role is a flight engineer,” Both of them had a smile on their faces.

"He must be an excellent one then and a good best friend to have judging from the faces that you make."

"He really is, Sir,” Lance was just really proud that he became best friends with Hunk.

Sam was about to ask another question until they heard some voices behind the door and it was his children that barged in. Katie and Matt's bickering immediately stopped when they saw the two cadets in their dad's office. Katie suddenly starred at Lance like there's no one else in room. She was so attached that it was only until her dad introduced them that she only snapped, “These are my two children, Matt and Katie."

Matt thought of that they should greet them at the same time, but Katie was heavily ogling at Lance. He just decided that he's going to answer for her too, “Hello there."

Hunk was the first one to respond back, “Uhh, Hi!".

Lance almost forgot to respond back as he was so awed at the girl in front of him, “Uhmm, Hi too!" He lightly blushed when he spoke.

A blush also formed on Katie's face as he heard his voice and she slowly looked over to Shiro and eyed him with a glare that said, 'You've set this up!' He raised his eyebrows in reply and smiled that said yes to her expression. But she tried to hide her shock and anger towards Shiro from anyone else on the room. She eventually returned to looking at the boys present in room.

Matt noticed that his sister looked like she was having the daydream of her life happening to her, so he decided to introduce himself first, “My name is Matt, I'm on my 4th year hear at the Garrison. I'm currently taking a specialization in communications.”

Then he spots the boy of interest and a grin slowly appeared on his face, “You must be Lance, right?" He approached him and shook his hands.

"Yeah."

"Shiro told us your dreams and how you're achieving it. I just have to say, you're such a skillful and talented cadet.” “I heard someone is proud and happy for you too,” Katie was caught off guard by his brother's words and further blushed but she's thankful that everyone's eyes are between Matt and Lance.

"Wow, thanks! I'm just doing my best here,” Lance sounded a bit flattered with all the compliments he was receiving in the room.

Matt switches to his friend, “I think you're Hunk? I've seen you a couple of times in the engineering department."

"Yeah, I'm a flight engineer and just curious with how all the machines we have here work. Though I rarely find the time to properly explore it,” Hunk sounded a bit sad because he was really interested in seeing that area more.

"You should try going with me big guy. They have this section where they test wing flex of newly designed spacecraft and this is the most awesome thing they have there,” Matt suggested it to him in the hopes that he could excite and cheer him up.

"Thanks. I'll give it a try,” he sounded shy at his invitation to do it.

Katie observed their interaction and she managed to control her blushing situation. She was feeling a bit calm and comfortable until her brother finished his introduction and decided to elbow her and gestured for her to also introduce herself.

She sounded a bit shy and stuttered a little, but she composed herself, “I'm K-Katie, I want to go here and be like my dad and brother eventually but I'm still a year away,” She smiled and held her hand out in front of Lance to offer a handshake.

Katie suddenly felt a surge of energy in her body the moment he touched her hand and suddenly craved more of it. She internally thought of his touch, 'Wow, he's so soft and warm'. The two of them didn't even notice that they held their hands a bit longer than usual. It was only until Hunk decided to offer his hand to Katie that they decided to remove their hands.

Unknown to Lance and Katie, everyone in the room noticed this interesting interaction they had. Everyone then settled down and Sam began to say something until he and Shiro's phone sounded. It was nothing major but the two of them are quickly needed for something. Then he just told them, "Oh what a coincidence that we have now. It's unfortunate that I won't get to talk with you boys more. Maybe we can next time?"

The two boys were a bit sad and disappointed that this happened, but they understand as people like them are needed by others in the Garrison, “It's fine Sir. We understand your situation."

Sam then thought of a way to get his children to spend time with the cadets, “Why don't you four explore the rest of the Garrison?" The four looked at him with curiosity, “Katie's going here someday so why not let her see the place more?"

Matt got curious as to why they’re needed since it’s rare for them to be called in days like this, “What’s the call about Dad?”

“We’ve been requested to be present on observing the wing flex test on one of the newly made SSTO.”

He then thought of something, “Dad, can the two of us go and see it? I'm sure Hunk would be so happy to see it happen? Please?" Matt used his puppy dog eyes and pouting to convince him into letting them come.

"Well, I suppose so,” but then Sam thought of his daughter's curiosity, "But what about your sister?"

"I'm sure Lance would be an excellent guide and they would do great in exploring the area,” and each other's heart, Matt silently added to that thought. He patted Lance on the shoulder, "Right, Lance? You can help Katie know more about the Garrison?"

"Yeah, sure! I can go with her,” He sounded surprised and shy at his request.

Sam gestured the four of them to leave the office and told Katie and Lance, "Take care you two and have fun!"

It was just the two of them left in the office and they’re shy of making a move. However, Lance decided to take initiative and asked her, “So, wanna explore the Garrison?”

“Yeah, I’d like that.”

He opened the door for her, “After you please,” and smiled at her.

“Thanks!” she smiled back too.

PS: On their visit, Katie is wearing her purple dress, Matt with his green hoodie (sweatshirt?), Sam in his Garrison uniform and Colleen with the one in S7.

That’s it for now. Next time Lance and Katie would explore the Garrison and each other more.

I’ve split this fic since I may have not the time to write it properly in the coming weeks. Hopefully, the next part won’t be too far from now.

Bonus time! My titles are referring to songs that I’ve listened to while working on this. One is for a video game OST and the other one? You can find that out 😉.

#plance #pidgance #glue #cyance #rainforest #flirtyrobot #smartwater #pance #lidge #pidge #vld #voltron #voltron legendary defender #plance fics #my fics

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Written for Aspec Fest Prompt 2: “Trope Inversion/Subversion” 2.1k (Ao3)

It had taken a lot to get them to this point.

For once, the world wasn’t ending. No one had made a clone out of either of them, and there was no civil war or time travel involved.

For once, it could just be Peter and Wade.

Working together.

And it wasn’t an emergency.

Which was weird but Peter wasn’t complaining.

“Pass me the guac, Petey-Pie?”

And that was another new thing: Deadpool knew his name.

“You know I almost miss ‘Baby Boy,’” Peter said, lightly tossing the cup of guacamole to where Deadpool sat three feet away.

Wade grinned. His mask was pulled up past his nose and there was a mess of cheese and salsa covering his face from where he’d been messily eating his burrito. “Ask and ye shall receive, Baby Boy! You know I love sweet-talkin’ you.”

Peter grimaced. “I take it back. Call me something else.”

“Daddy?”

“Oh my God .”

Wade laughed and Peter cracked a grin along with him.

Wade was in New York more often than not these days. He stayed close for Ellie and for the Avengers and – though Peter was reluctant to admit it – for himself.

Having Deadpool in the area made a lot of people nervous, but not if Spider-Man was there to reign him in. He didn’t kill people anymore: he’d lost the taste for killing after Hydra Cap.

“That’s just shitty writing!” he’d said. “I can’t believe they’d do that to me.”

Peter didn’t know what that meant or who ‘they’ were but he could definitely believe someone would do that to Wade.

In any case – that’s how he’d started doing patrols with him. When Deadpool first came for keeps, Peter wanted to keep an eye on him. And then it was just nice having someone to watch his back. And then he actually started to like Wade.

And now they were eating dinner together on random rooftops in Manhattan at least three times a week. They’d been through so much (“We’ve got our own joint comic series, Spidey! You can’t tell me we’re not friends.”) and Peter had gotten so tired of living with this secret, he’d given in and told Wade his name. He told Wade his name, his face, and his whole tragic backstory. He spared a lot of details – MJ, where Aunt May lived; just the stuff he had to be careful about – but Deadpool was now one of three people alive who knew his secret identity.

What a bizarre life Peter led.

“Do I have anything on my face?”

Peter glanced over. The addition of the guacamole had only made Wade’s food-on-face situation worse.

“Cancer,” Peter said instead.

Wade howled with laughter.

“I’m so pissed.” Wade gasped for breath. “That was the most stone-cold thing I’ve ever heard you say but, if I told someone, no one would ever believe me.”

Peter smirked. “I’m counting on it. I’ve got a reputation to maintain.”

“You sick son of a very nice lady.” But he was still laughing. Peter had to bite his lip to keep from laughing with him.

They finished their dinner in bites between quips and had to pause to laugh more than a few times.

They were finishing up when Peter’s Spidey-sense alerted him to some activity further east. Without warning, he shot one web at Wade and another at a building across the street and then leapt off the roof.

Having Wade dangling like that threw off Peter’s center of gravity but he had fun yanking him along like a broken yoyo. It was only after he’d almost collided with the third streetlight that Peter yanked him in and let Wade clutch onto his back.

Wade was breathing hard as he scrambled for purchase on Peter’s ribs. “That was awesome. Can we do it again?”

Peter laughed. “Maybe later. Right now: bad guys.”

It was quick work – just some skinheads harassing a young lesbian couple outside of a gay bar – but it was harsh and dirty enough that Peter was still buzzing a little even after he’d got the ladies in a cab and left the webbed assholes to rot.

He said as much when he got Wade and himself to the nearest rooftop.

Wade shrugged. “Wanna make-out?”

Peter snorted, shaking his head. “You’re an idiot.”

Wade held his hands up. “I’m just sayin’! Endorphins running high. Lonely rooftop. We’ve both read enough fanfiction to know where this is going.”

“Enough what?”

“Okay, I’ve read enough fanfiction to know where this is going.”

Peter laughed again but there was a definite edge to it.

Wade picked up on it, like he picked up on so many things. He lifted up the bottom of the mask. “Is it this?”

Peter was tempted to make a joke about the mess of food that was still all over his face but he knew what Wade meant.

“There’s nothing wrong with a little texture,” he told Wade, half-joking, half-honest.

Wade grinned, yanking the mask off completely. Peter liked being able to see the humor in his eyes instead of just in his teeth. “So what’s the problem?”

Peter shrugged, bringing a hand up to cup his elbow, awkwardly. “I just like you, Wade.”

“I like you too!” Wade grinned more. “Kiss my face!”

Peter laughed, shaking his head again. “No, I mean I like you and I like working with you and being your friend, but I’m not going to have sex with you.”

Wade nodded one, quickly. “Got it: no sex. Can we still make out?”

Peter snorted.

“I might try and negotiate a butt-touch,” Wade continued, “but you had to know that was coming.”

Peter lifted his mask to run a hand over his face, trying to hide a smile. “You’re such an idiot. Why are you like this?”

“Look at him!” Wade bounced forward a little to grab Peter’s shoulders. “Look at my handsome boy! With his handsome mouth! That I still wanna make out with!”

Peter shoved him, but in a more playful way than he intended. Wade just bounced back.

Peter pushed him again.

“It doesn’t have to mean anything!” Wade insisted, ducking Peter’s arm again. “I just wanna kiss you a lot! No romo.”

Peter stopped, his arms suspended in where he’d been coming back at Wade with a mock shove. “No what? ”

“No romo!” Wade said, taking advantage of Peter’s distraction and launching himself at him. Peter was strong enough that it didn’t knock him over but he was smaller than Wade which complicated the situation some. “It’s like no-romance. Like I wanna make-out and do not-sex things (but also sex things if you want) but it’s not romantic. I lost romance in the war.”

Peter sighed, resigning himself to holding Wade, and shifted Wade around so they were face to face, Wade’s legs wrapped around his waist, Peter’s hands on his hips. “What do you mean you lost romance in the war? You’re not romantic?”

Wade kept his arms wrapped around Peter’s neck for balance. He looked pleased as punch to be there. “No, I’m hella romantic. I can wine and dine you fo’ days . I’m just a romantic. I don’t feel romantic love.”

Peter had no idea what his expression was doing, but based on Wade’s impatient huff it must not have been good.

“Come on, science-guy: ‘a’ as in the prefix loaned from the Greek, where it means ‘not,’ ‘without,’ or ‘lacking.’ The author lifted that straight from dictionary.com!”

Peter blinked. “Okay?”

“So along with being a moral and a social, I am also a romantic. I don’t have morals, a social life, or romantic attraction.”

Peter blinked again. “So it’s like asexual but the other way?”

Wade lifted his hands up in victory and Peter had to take a firmer grip on his back to keep him upright. “You got it! And you even know what asexual means! Oh good, the author did not want to deal with that.”

“Wait.” Peter shook his head. “ You know what asexual means?”

“Duh.” Wade put his hands back around Peter’s neck, his gloved fingers playing with the edge of Peter’s mask. “I am your most wokest friend, Petey. Even not counting all the meta-shit going on – ya boy’s got levels.”

Peter sighed, Wade wasn’t wrong. Well he may have been wrong about the meta thing (Peter had no idea what that even meant) but the one thing that could be said for Deadpool was that he had more levels than anyone had given him credit for. It had taken him by surprise the first time he’d worked with Deadpool and the depth of those levels took him by surprise every time they’ve worked together since.

He already knew. Peter wouldn’t have to explain it to him.

Peter reached up to take his mask off completely, letting it fall into Wade’s lap. His grin was radiant.

“There he is,” he said softly, bringing his hands up to cup Peter’s face.

Peter smiled softly back but his eyebrows were all confusion. “Did you know, then? About me?”

Wade wiggled, his hands going back around Peter’s neck. “Know what?”

“That I’m–” he swallowed. He’d never said it out loud before. He’d known for a while – it had just never come up before now. But still… “That I’m asexual.”

Wade’s eyes widened. “Oh, Baby Boy, no! I had no clue! Not saying I’m surprised but I didn’t assume or anything.”

Peter nodded, looking down. He didn’t really know how the other superheroes talked about him. He knew he was kind of suspicious, not getting close with anyone. Not really dating since he and MJ split. Not hooking up or talking about a significant other…

The secret identity helped. No one knew anything about him in the first place, let alone whether he was dating. And most people didn’t know what asexuality was, so they couldn’t very well assume it of him.

But Wade knew what it was. And Wade knew him. And Wade hadn’t guessed. So Peter was probably fine.

“Well I am,” Peter told him, awkwardly. “Asexual.”

“Okay,” Wade responded, easily. “So where were we on the making out front?”

Peter snorted shaking his head and looking up at Wade with exasperation. “What do you mean where are we?” He reached up with one hand to wipe the food from Wade’s face. “I don’t want to have sex and you don’t want to date. We’re nowhere.”

Wade rolled his eyes so dramatically he almost rolled right off of Peter’s hold. “Oh my god Peter, did you do any reading when you had this big ace awakening? You don’t need either of those things to make out. You’re totally allowed to make out with whoever you want as long as you have open and honest communication.”

At this, Wade unwound his legs and put them on the ground, stepping away from Peter. Peter, for his part, instinctively tried to hold onto Wade, but let him step away as soon as he realized what he was doing, grabbing instead for the mask that Deadpool had let fall.

Wade cleared his throat in a serious sort of way. Well, as serious as Wade ever got.

“I, Wade Wilson, am pansexual aromantic. I am very interested in making out with you at present, and very interested in feeling up on your fine ass, always, but will take what you can give me and we can remain the bestest of buddies with nothing weird later. How do you plead?”

Peter shook his head again but he was grinning. The more he thought about it, the more he liked this idea. And the fact that Wade wasn’t taking anything too seriously definitely helped.

Peter had been afraid of this conversation for a while . But if Wade could take it like this, maybe there was hope for Peter in the future. To find a real partner.

Meanwhile, though…

“I, Peter Parker, am asexual biromantic, and would be willing to make out with you also. Because it’s been a while and I like you.”

Wade grinned and stepped forward. Peter held up a hand.

“I am still going to be dating, probably, so we can make out sometimes but only if I’m single. Cool?”

“Fuck yeah,” Wade punched the air. “Can I touch your butt?”

Peter laughed. “Yeah, sure.”

“Hot damn! Come here, boy!”

Peter hopped up on Wade this time, wrapping his legs around Wade’s waist so Wade could take big handfuls of his ass. Wade practically screamed in triumph before Peter swallowed his scream in a kiss.

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