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#The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Cookie House
predator-padawan · 1 year
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whenever i see TCW content, all i can think is how the people who hated the prequels on reddit threads got everything they wanted with this; that being said i do think it’s a serviceable piece of children’s media and an adequate intro to space opera fiction. i just think they might as well have changed anakin and obi-wan’s names entirely and marketed it as some kind of alternate universe for all the similarity they have with the prequel depictions. all the femininity, vulnerability, sensitivity, monstrosity (anakin is very monstrous femme villain coded) just gets stripped out of him with commercial paint thinner and replaced with this cookie cutter gi joe bloke that seems like a direct result of the mcu-ification of mainstream media. every character has to have a witty quip followed by a billion unnecessary and ugly action scenes, the dialogue is stilted and doesn’t serve any underlying subtextual purpose; they merely say what they say without any sense of the underlying currents and motivations of character or the story beyond the absolute present, and all sentimentality and sincerity is handwaved away in favour of delusional masculine posturing that all the toils of interminable war simply slide off the characters’ backs as they spend episode upon episode fighting yet another battle with some hamfisted message at the end. anakin was fascinating to me because of his perversions and foibles - the all consuming desire, the rashness and impulsiveness, the internal drives for control that supercede the larger picture. the tcw presents this anakin that is duty bound and so blatantly, obscenely heroic in a way that seems like some response to criticism of all the flaws mentioned above as depicted in the prequel films. don’t even want to think about what they did to mr self immolation kenobi himself. he is reason personified, a prudent man that comes out of obi-wan’s dreams rather than his true self - the appearance of control has finally become reality. ever since disney got their little claws into star wars, and to be fair any projects they come out with these days (live actions i’m looking at you) a large proportion of their oeuvre just seem to be these tepid and lacklustre productions aimed at addressing the bad faith criticisms of previous iterations. the buzzfeed era solely subsisted on irritating one dimensional critique about how disney princesses aren’t feminist which gave birth to the horror of capitalist white feminism we saw in live action adaptations - no one actually gave a fuck that cinderella met the prince for the first time at the ball. the audience now can no longer be trusted to suspend disbelief, to engage with fictional rules of society, to learn about people in any context except one that tries to mimic what is the norm in reality. in the same way, tcw seems to exist to address the so-called problems of the prequels but to me it just seems to undermine what made them compelling as well as still leaving the more pressing problems that could be explored in a tv series format unaddressed. we get the opportunity for long form interaction between characters and it’s so rarely ever taken advantage of in visually interesting ways. the bad faith critiques to me are the triumph of the loud, dissenting, primarily male audience outcrying at the idea their big bad leather daddy actually once had dreams and desires and the soft underbelly that any mortal existence necessitates before he was choking people out and destroying planets. i’d love to see more tcw try to address why these traits are so repulsive not only within the universe of the jedi and the senate, but also metatextually in regards to their initial target audience.
This ask sparked a very heated, complex discussion in my house while I did the dishes, lol. I have a lot of thoughts about this subject, and while I agree with your overall thesis which is that TCW and Feloni's storytelling and characterization are weak because they seek to pander to male fans male fantasies....I would also ague that Lucas's depiction of Anakin is also sexist, and does the same thing, through a different lens. Anakin being Yin Coded (I think yin and yang as an actual duality Lucas was likely playing with is a more helpful framework to discuss these characters in than masc/femme or masculine/feminine because those words have lost meaning and aren't actually a binary) isn't a progressive thing in Lucas's depiction, and he also doesn't successfully achieve it, either, imo. In many ways both versions of Anakin embody male and patriarchal violence, even if that was never what Lucas intended to do, and is not how the fandom chooses to see him.
I don't have the energy to get into it (and I suspect it would get me in trouble, actually,) so I won't, but I think there's a lot to dig into here. My final thought I'll share is that both the prequels and TCW fail to examine the patriarchy, while performing it perfectly.
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The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Cookie House (On going)✨
Alternative:악역 황녀님은 과자집에서 살고 싶어 / The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Snack House
Authors: Friedrich
Artists: Marron pie
Genres: Manhwa , Webtoon , Shoujo(G) , Adaptation , Cooking ,
[Disclaimer: picture and story not mine and they belong to their rightful owners]
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Summary:
I thought I’d been reincarnated as a child from a dirt poor home... “I’m here to pick up Anastasia, the imperial grandchild, Her Highness!” ...It seems I’ve possessed the body of the princess who, in the ‘original novel’, craved power, only to meet a tragic end.
To demonstrate that I was not interested in power, and to fulfil a dream of being a pâtissier that I could not achieve in my past life, I only baked sweets with the help of a contracted spirit. You’ll feel better if you eat something delicious, and you won’t have to kill me!
But the harsh and heartless emperor (grandfather), and the Crown Prince (cousin) who will bring me to ruin, as well as the young duke (cousin’s friend) who is the greatest knight in the empire, and even the slave knight (elf) who stabbed me...! “Your Highness’ lime pie is good.”
..Don’t tell me these people are besotted with me rather than the sweets? Aisha’s baking & healing fantasy, sweet and lovely like dessert!
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highstrionics · 2 years
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...if you are taking villainess manga recs, may i recommend "beware the villainess", "Death is the only ending for the villainess", "of course, i'll claim palimony!" and although this one is not quite the same genre "cheating men must die" is amazing too! ....i fell down this rabbit hole a while ago too {{{(>_<)}}}
i read all of them except for "cheating men must die" (´-ω-`) but i've had that one in my planned list for eons, so guess i know what i'll read tomorrow!! if you're taking recs too, anon, you could give these a go ( ´ ∀ `)ノ~ ♡:
I’m a Villainous Daughter, so I’m going to keep the Last Boss (which is getting an anime soon💞💞💞)
Jishou Akuyaku Reijou na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku
The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Cookie House
Villainess Level 99 ~I may be the Hidden Boss but I'm not the Demon Lord~
Miss Not-So Sidekick
(also, "death is the only ending for the villainess" is absolute gold and i love callisto way too much😭😭)
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monstermaster13 · 4 months
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Corey and Oats Adventure Bios.
Main cast:
Corey: A red covid-19 microbe with yellow eyes and matching spikes, he is also sometimes called King Corey and he is a former villain/alien invader who is now a reformed character and one of the titular protagonists.
Aiyido: A beholder who is pink with one big purple eye and 10 eye-stalks, unlike how most of his species is portrayed, he is a kind beholder who wants to teach others. He loves reading and playing Dungeons and Dragons, he is a skilled dungeon master and he is also caring towards others. He has his own unusual language but also speaks English as well, and he always guards the house when Mel is away, he is extremely intelligent and loves learning about different topics including how to help people with eye-sight problems.
Oats: An anthropomorphic horse who has brown fur and a white muzzle and a black mane, he is male but is very much in touch with his feminine side, he loves all things pink and he loves hugs and cuddles and he loves to model in his pink dresses. His dream is to be a princess.
Melanie ‘Mel’ Sanders: An anthropomorphic female koala with brown hair who lives at Nile Road, she wears a dark blue top and jeans and is very much into horror movies and monsters, she is very protective of her friends and her family.
Matthias/Werebelushi: A recurring additional crew-member, he is part of a species which is a supernatural version of John Belushi, he is a reviewer/ranter who is known for his own special method of dealing with nonsense and bad media.
Eucalyptus: Mel’s best friend who is also a koala-girl, she has dark green hair and she wears dark green clothing and glasses, she is a socially awkward but adorable koala-girl who loves aquatic creatures especially fish, 80s horror and sci fi, Frank Herbert’s Dune (and its adaptations), the works of David Lynch, classic 80’s comedies, dark-synth/horror synth, horror magazines, plants, musical theater and a ton of other things. She has a tendency to be more than a little bit crazy and she has a lot of different hyperfixations and crushes, including characters played by Christopher Walken and Dan Aykroyd, and also Simon Cowell.
Corey’s Microbial Gang:
Corey Covid.
Syd Celiac.
Brian Back Pain.
Harry Heart.
Henry Heart Cell.
Sam Sars.
Samuel T. Scab.
Alcina the Love Covid.
Peter Poop.
Keith Tardigrade.
Speckly Jim the Measels microbe.
Baldrick the Gonorrhea microbe.
Edmund the HIV Microbe.
Marv Mosquito.
Barry Booger.
Victor Vaccine.
Christov the Cold Sore.
Harrion Herpes.
Z’Dar the Zombie Virus.
Eggna the Egg-Cell.
Palm Pals:
Majinko: A Palm Palms unicorn who very much idolizes Oatsie and wishes to be a model and drag artist just like him, he is very expressive and elegant when he trots on stage.
Neiya: A teal Palm Palm unicorn who is best friends with Majinko, they like exactly the same things and Neiya encourages him to seek out his dream of being a model.
Haiden: A brown and white palm pal pony who is shy but passionate and caring.
Prince Ramon: A Palm Pals pony who is a prince, he has some powers but isn’t a unicorn.
Airon: A Palm Pal avocado who is adventurous and sweet.
Marisa: A cheerful and creative apple.
Marisha: A tomboyish cupcake.
Raina: A rainbow who teaches all about positivity.
Dan: A Palm Pal donut who gets his name from Dan Aykroyd, he always brightens up people’s days with his cheerful persona.
Kami: A precocious little female koala.
Heeya: A clumsy but well-meaning donkey who dreams of being the star of his own adventure.
Sylva: A surfboard palm pal.
Sweetette: The smartest cookie you’ll ever meet.
Aivyan: A monster with one eye and two blue horns on his head who lurks in closets and under the bed but he is a kind monster who wants to help others rather than scare them.
Jareth: A goblin palm pal who is named after David Bowie’s character from Labyrinth, he is skittish but loves to play games and puzzles.
Peicha: A timid but rather creative peach.
Beldar: An alien visitor who gets his name from the character ‘Beldar Conehead’.
Frankie: A palm pal who is a pack of french fries.
Greta: A graceful flamingo palm pal who loves dancing.
Tamaro: An avocado toast palm pal.
Pat Star: A starfish palm pal.
Snackles:
Sylvia Mo: A pink female Sloth snackle whose favorite snack is a Push Pop, she is shy but also quite playful and kind.
Coco: A teddy bear snackle who just loves Hershey’s chocolate bars and is very passionate if not a little bit timid and shy at times.
Axcel: An adventurous axolotl snackle who adores Reese’s cups.
Hayden: A socially awkward but caring female hippo snackle who loves Mintos and uses it to make her breath cool and minty fresh, she also loves the taste of it.
Louie: A goofy and fun-loving unicorn snackle who loves Fruit Loops, he is always very festive and upbeat even when something sad happens and he looks up to Oats like he is Oats’ very own child, he is the most beloved of all snackles.
Loli: A female elephant snackle who is very intelligent and sweet-natured, her favorite snack is Chupa Chups.
Pyranno: An orange dragon snackle, he is adventurous and feisty and also fiery, he loves Tobassco sauce and uses it to make his breath hotter and more effective.
The Deadie Bears:
Romero: A zombie deady bear who luckily doesn’t eat brains, actually he just stands around and looks funny most of the time but is actually quite nice and caring.
Lugosi: The leader of the deady bears, he is a debonair and regal vampire deady bear who is always getting lots of attention due to his charm and his irresistibly adorable appearance.
Lon: A Werebear deady bear who tends to act a bit crazier than normal at night but usually during the nights of the full moon or nights in general, he is considered dangerous but isn’t dangerous in actuality and is just playful and mischievous.
Boobert: A ghost deady bear who loves playing pranks and haunting people for fun, he doesn’t really scare them so hard unless they harm him or his friends.
Squishmallows:
Gabriel: A disabled horse squishmallow who always teaches others to follow their dreams.
Squivarius: A colossal squid squishmallow who is a gifted writer.
Lala-lotta: A glamorous stingray squishmallow who is a tan pink color with a white belly.
Herbert: A Cthulhu squishmallow who despite being an elder god, albeit a squishy version of an elder god, isn’t dangerous or evil or destructive, also he doesn’t drive anyone to insanity if they look at him, he is an avid reader and gets his name from the character Herbert West from the novel ‘Reanimator’. His favorite authors are Stephen King and HP Lovecraft. It is shown that when he talks, he speaks in a warm and caring manner.
Sheamus: A prankster squirrel squishmallow who is brown with a nut symbol on their body which is a tattoo.
Laluna: A female unicorn squishmallow who loves singing and loves music, she is often found singing along to her favorite songs and making music based magic spells.
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TROPE: "I suddenly died and just when I thought that everything has ended, I was reborn as the Princess of an empire! With my new overprotective family, will I be able to be happy in this life?"
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MANHWAS:
• Who Made Me A Princess
• The Beloved Little Princess
• Once Again, Into the Light
• The Princess is Evil
• The Evil Princess Dreams of a Gingerbread House
• The Matchmaking Baby Princess
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marimopeace · 3 years
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// new sisterly joy and brotherly affection //
so very wholesome! really hope this series keeps the siblings as siblings and there is no twist >.< bit scarred after how some series whipped out a whole not-actually-related / messed with step-sibling relations
very happy that aisha is feeling more comfy but i'm hoping there's some plot development regarding her parents? seems to be a complete standstill on getting them back into the palace even though her grandfather said they would be living with her...
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rainberrydrops · 2 years
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to think Pavel, the head chef, was actually a Duke's son 🤧😆
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waaanderingluna · 3 years
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🥀 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕰𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝕲𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊
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squidlles · 2 years
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Considering how many revenge focused manhwas there are out there this one is a real comfort of mine 🥰The art style is pretty cute and the plot is nothing grand,which is part of its charm actually!If you are looking for smth to read and relax,you should give this one a try(;
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female-villainess · 3 years
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Villainess Manhwa Recommendations
These are just some of the villainess manhwas that you can try reading. 
The pictures are accordingly to the numbers.
Death is the only ending for the villainess
The villainess reverses the hourglass
When the villainess loves
Today the Villainess has fun again
The villainous princess wants to live in a cookie house.
I’ll just live on as a villainess
The way to protect the female lead’s older brother
The villainess lives twice
Kill the villainess
The villainess is a Marionette
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Disclaimer: None of these images belong to me. 
Source of Images: Pinterest
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luvreyn · 3 years
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My Manhwa List (2021) Part 7
I sometimes put those that are considered as webtoons in my list ‘cause technically they’re also manhwas >.> hope everyone’s doing okay and get vaccinated when it’s available to you!
The Demonic Contract
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Source: https://copincomics.com/?c=toon&k=185
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Yurisina, the daughter of the demon king, has always wanted to become a full-fledged demon by making her first contract with a human. That's when Princess Marianne of the Pedin Kingdom summoned her to take revenge on Queen Orphelius who poisoned her, and asks Yurisina to live in her place...
THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ
- art = 5/5 top-tier
- plot = ..../5
- the demon contract thing is interesting but I guess that’s exactly why I was like uhmm ??? the following chaps
- it has potential so I'm sticking around though
- ML is a sword maniac literally lmao
- the MC is cute 
- the comedy feels force sometimes or idk if it’s just me 
- the demon kind is awesome that’s all
- and the 2nd ML (?) steals me from the ML every time he appears like how could someone be that beautiful!! Dibs!
- verdict: I got a mixed emotions about it and I’m tempted to just drop and forget it ever existed but the potential is there and it’s getting interesting with the recent chaps. You be the judge!
Like Wind on a Dry Branch
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Source: https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/like-wind-on-a-dry-branch/list?title_no=2405
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As plague and turmoil afflicts the empire, enchanting widow Rieta Tristi finds herself at the mercy of a malicious nobleman and his dying wish to have her buried alive beside his corpse. The plague has taken her husband, slave traders have taken her young child, and now her own life is at risk -- until an unexpected visit from the empire's outcast prince changes everything.
THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ
- art = 5/5 gorgeous!!
- plot = 5/5
- basically this story is a blessing
- the dialogue, the monologue, the characters, everything everything is perfect
- a gem
- GIRL POWER!!
- ML is a feminist no doubt
- I love him and I love the MC and I love them all
- the villain/s is/are top-tier! they’re not dumby and they’re just e.v.i.l that it makes you want to crush them so they’re effective
- the MC’s development is a must watch!
- I just love this honestly. It’s a gem.
- Verdict: one of the best reads of my 2021!
The Evil Princess Dreams of a Gingerbread House  
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Following her reincarnation into the body of a storybook princess, little Asya only wants one thing: to bake lots of sweet and delectable desserts! Of course, her family is the poorest of the poor, but she’s willing to do whatever it takes to protect her dream and live a peaceful life surrounded by cookies. Unfortunately for her, Asya realizes that she is actually the malevolent Princess Anastasia, a girl who was blessed by a great and powerful spirit, whose hubris brings about her own miserable destruction. But where there’s a will, there’s a way, and Asya isn’t above using her childish charms and excellent baking skills to secure her safety! Plus, what could possibly go wrong when she has the mighty Spirit of Sensation at her side?
THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ
- adorkable
- art = 4/5
- plot = 3.5/5
- so very cute!! 
- reincarnation/isekai
- light read (hopefully until the end) for your hearts~
- fam bond!
- S P I R I T S
- verdict, just the right amount of cuteness to my angst filled fam manhwa reads looks at wmmp >.>
Precious Daughter of the Greatest Martial Arts Villain 
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I’ve become a part of this Wuxia novel as Lihwa, the thoughtful and gentle daughter of Cheon Ma… who’s also the ultimate villain! Known as the Demon King and ruthless leader of the Demonic Sect, he resorts to kidnapping and other nefarious deeds to make sure a boy named Ak Wuryeon never reaches his full potential. Wuryeon doesn’t seem THAT bad, but I know he’ll one day exact his revenge on my father and that includes me! Can I escape the clutches of my father’s enemies and my doomed destiny before it’s too late?
THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ
- art = 4/5
- plot = 3.5/5
- adorkable!
- she’s so cute!
- father-daughter moments are gold!!
- grandpas who will you the world? check
- her power is cool!
- my only errr moments is the pacing >.>
- conclusion, a cute read!
Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard
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Vivi is a... wererabbit?! As a creature that’s supposed to transform into a human, Vivi is a failure, demonized as cursed and sent off to her doom. Luckily, her demise is cut short as Ahin of the Black Leopard Clan saves her. But with every threat and command this temperamental heir tosses at Vivi, she’s questioning her safety (and sanity). Surrounded by carnivores and their strong pheromones, she'll try to survive the chaos while stuck in her rabbit form. Will she figure out how to transform and tap into the power within her cute, furry self?
THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ
- art = 5/5 I cry it’s so pretty
- plot = 4.5/5
- they’re so beautiful seriously
- mom in law is the best!
- lmao ML is a sadist and a masochist 
- the pacing is great!
- C O M E D Y
- C U T E N E S S 
- you might be weirded by some scenes tho
- MC’s fam is trash
- everybody adores my lil babie (it’s the mc/fl btw)
- except for the villains
- a good concept!!
- verdict, a new fav!
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uncannychange · 3 years
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It's a heck of a thing to sit and watch a full-grown man dissolve like a candle in a frying pan over high heat.
However that's what Doctor John Cameron Ice and billionaire Marcelo Zucchero did years ago, and while frighting to watch the pair regarded the event with optimism as the start of what they hoped would be a world-changing discovery.
Dealing with impairments their whole lives, Ice having a badly curved spine, and Zucchero struggling with a congenital heart defect. Ice had come to the billionaire with a proposal for a radically new form of treatment that would cure them both, and offer the same for thousands of other conditions, up to and including old age. He financed it fully.
Until at last the first full-blown clinical trial was held and William-X became a puddle in a vat. And yet he still lived because as he was so reduced his every cell was rejuvenated and re-calibrated and most fantastic of all the mysterious substances known as Dark Matter and accompanying Dark Energy was made a part of him as it bonded with his Y chromosome turning it into a very special Neo-X chromosome.
Then the pair watched as the man listed only as William-X in their records started to reform into a human.
But what a human! No longer an elderly man in his mid-80s William was hale hearty and a woman who appeared to be in her early 20s.
Oh, and due to the Neo-X chromosome possessed of what could only be called superpowers far beyond those of ordinary mortals. While having the mind of his former self William-X was otherwise a whole new person. And frankly, she went more than a touch mad.
Deciding her only choice was to dash out and fight crime and or evil, unable to stop her the being what soon became known as The Indelible She-Funk (the name hints at her powers, but in case you're eating we won't go into detail) made quite an impression on the public.
At first, thinking that the experiment was going to be a failure. After all, it only worked on men (doesn't work if you already have an X chromosome) and there was no telling what weird powers the new women would have.
Then Marcelo's money-making instincts kicked in and so was born.
Supreme Ultra-human Genetic Augmentation Regimen Strategies, or SUGARS.
Housed in their all-white cube-shaped headquarters, The Sugar Cube, men without families go in, their identities are erased, and outcome a new breed of super-heroines for hire The SUGARS!
Led by Ice and Zucchero, who themselves have gone through the process, emerging as the telepathic super hypnotic powered Empress Bee, and Blizzardella the princess of polar powers.
Crime has never been more scared or turned on.
Below are some of the new Super Women.
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Hector Hensley: The Starry Knight
Hector on finding himself turned into an attractive young woman exclaimed “Oh man! I am spacing out here!” and then she did... shoot out into space.
Seems she has the ability to teleport herself and up to twenty-two other people, animals, or objects anywhere in the world, after first taking them on a dizzying spin in outer space.
Impressive if you ignore the two or three people who always lose their lunch on landing at the destination.
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Guy Bright: Good Knight Nurse
Gained the ability to control the body functions of other people. Blood pressure, blood sugar levels, temperature, etc... 
Which led to GKN's most famous way to take out the baddies, the orgasm blast. 
Which led to the Good Knight Nurse also taking special stealth training at The Sugar Cube to become sort of the de facto “dark knight” of the SUGARS, not so she could sneak up on others, but so she could better hide from people following her demanding “blast me! blast me!”
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Marsh Marshall: Ballistic Ballerina
Marsh, an ex-motorcycle racier rose from the vats at The Sugar Cube with super-human agility, and the ability to run at super-speed (max velocity 444 MPH) on her toes!
However, she still insists that SUGARS get her the best bike they could find which she still uses to get around from place to place, saying “Hey, those damn toe-shoes are expensive!”
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Jim Yates: The Transcendental Technician
Found she had the ability to “commune” with technology and machines. Said Neon, “when they said I was going to be a super-heroine I was thinking more along the lines of Wonder Woman smashing into villains, not going around and setting on copying machines to see what they had been used for.”
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Joel Walton: Nun Better
Can force a confession out of anyone, has a flock of telekinetically controlled 12-inch rulers, and can cause elemental changes in small objects (if she tosses some small bland cookies or a glass of wine at you they might change into explosives or knock-out gas when they arrive.)
Says Nun “This is all so weird, I'm an agnostic!”
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Paul Aaron Flynn: The Pink Avenger
Not only did his trip through the SUGARS process give his super-powers, but it also seems to have turned him into a Japanese woman... with pink hair!.
Her very unusual power is the ability to fire pink force bolts that cause anything struck by them to have their reality altered becoming feminized, eccentric, and leaving behind the scent of Shiseido Ever Bloom Fragrance.
Such as the team of bank robbers who found themselves turned into a middle-school cheer-leading squad from the '50s or the mad bomber who found himself turned into a living version of Betty Crocker and his bomb a plate of toll house cookies.
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Alfred Ferguson: Puzzle Boxer
Alfred really, really wanted to be a knockdown taken `em out rough and tumble sort of super person. 
But the SUGARS process does its own unpredictable thing and instead, Alfred found she now had the ability to break any code, solve any puzzle and defuse any bomb or trap. She insisted on being trained in all the combat skills The Sugar Cube had to offer, and on being called not the Puzzler as PR suggested but the Puzzle Boxer so people would think she was mainly a fighter.
But as the SUGARS process had also turned him into a five-foot-one-inch cutie no one is really buying it.
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Henry Hiroto Kazuhiko: The Clone Ranger
The only single person in the world that if she wants to talk to herself, has to use Zoom.
Maximum clones: 15.
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James Jasper Mueller: Obsidian Rose
Turns into a shadow, walks through walls, phasing through a person knocks them out.
But that's not the important thing with Obsidian Rose. James on finding himself turned not only into a woman but a rather spooky one at that did not take it well.
Plus on being handed the bill for being healed by the SUGARS  process (talk about out-of-network NONE of it is covered by any insurance) with the only real way out to sign an exclusive five-year contract to work for SUGARS as a super-heroine for hire.
The former Mr. Mueller said screw this and went rogue founding a team with other disgruntled SUGARS that she calls Adventuresses, Mercenaries, Outsiders & Killers or AMOK.
Which is just as well, because what's a bunch of supers if they don't have another bunch of super baddies to fight? Pain in the neck, that's what they are.
And boy howdy does this ever help with the merchandising from The Sugar Cube.
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This was meant to be done yesterday, but I goofed and finished it at 4 AM in the morning, I think I ruined my sleep schedule doing it. Anyways, I was worried about putting her in EC because she's a child with a troubled past, but I just went with it because I'm not a coward. But if you're uncomfortable with the story here, I am very sorry, I mean I know it’s part of the canon story but I apologize to those who are offended in advance, I'll alter it if you want.
Speaking of which, I will be editing EC!Neashi's profile to correspond with Nemu in a little bit so keep an eye on it, ok?
Nemu, born Jordan Abbot, was a young Black Valkyria girl living in the Union State of Evillious, she was born to one of the many families who are slaves in Maistia before being bought the Freezis Conglomerate in Bariti, Marlon to be treated like trash. By the time she was 10, her parents had overheard of what horrible and cruel things that had happened to previous families before them including the Zeros, and are planning on doing the same thing to them tomorrow morning secretly to prevent Judge Gallerian Marlon from knowing. Becoming fearful for their lives, they plan to escape Marlon to the mainland that is Bolganio to have a better life and to warn the Judge of the atrocities they're committing in secret. Having been able to sneak out of the manor at night, they took one of the many double decker buses to the port town of Jamet and boarded the S.S. Titanis to the mainland. During the trip there, Nemu accidentally bumps into Michelle Marlon and apologized profusely, but Michelle reassures her that it's alright and that it was just an accident. She learns that the girl was Judge Gallerian Marlon's daughter and told her what her family had experienced, hoping that her father would set things right again. Unfortunately, just before they made it to land, a giant Ziz-Tiama showed up and destroyed the ship with everyone on it, her parents and Michelle were killed upon getting caught up in the destruction, Nemu was one of thew few survivors to have made it out alive, but suffers from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder and Mutism from the incident, the last thing she saw before passing out was Nemesis Sudou at shore, grinning at the chaos she caused. She was found unconscious on shore by Neashi and the other members of Hades who came to see what their rival gang, Zeus, has done. Sometime later while recovering, Hades found out about Nemu's origins and that she's the only one who made it, then they realized that she's still in danger of being founded. So Neashi(as Persephone) proposes that they disguise her and change her name, so they cut hair short and dyed it navy blue, and renamed her "Nemu" after the Jakokunese word "Sleep". Later on, Hades broke up due to being sought out by the police for the sinking, and Neashi took Nemu with her to Lucifenia to start a new life together, becoming her adopted older sister and legal guardian. Years later, she'd became a student at Germaine Avadonia Middle School and Neashi's partner in crime to help them survive, having been able to master paragliding at a young age to give Neashi assistance in her robberies. At some point, Neashi told Nemu that she has a "guest" coming over to give them "grocery money" and needs her to stay in her room until the "guest" is gone, though it didn't stop Nemu from being disturbed of "the noises" coming from Neashi's room. Sometime later, Nemu meets Nemesis as Themis Eight at Rolled, becoming angry upon seeing her and tried to hurt her due to her parents' death cause by her before Neashi subdued her. Later on, Neashi had informed Nemu that should be gone for two days because she's planning a large heist that would help them retire and start living the good life, she was given money to buy herself food to feed herself. At some point however, she had a visit from Postman and learned that Neashi was arrested for trying to rob Gallerian Marlon's fortune and treasures. She begs the silent Postman to take her to them, at Levianta, while she rightfully scolds Neashi for being so reckless in robbing the Judge, she was also horrified to learned that Gallerian Marlon was no longer the man she thought could help her family back in the day, but instead became a greedy crook who would gladly take any bribes at the cost of allowing bad people to run around freely.
~Technical Information~ Name: Nemu Japanese: 眠 Romaji: Nemu Other names: Jordan Abbot(Birth name), Nemu Tamiki(Full adopted name)
~Biographical Information~ Born: June 22, EC 968 Age: 13-15 Classification: Human Race: Black Valkyria Gender: Female Sexual Orientation: Unknown Hair Color: Black(later dyed Navy Blue) Eye Color: Brown Affiliation(s): Bariti, Marlon(Place of birth, formally) Aceid, Elphegort(Formerly) Rolled, Lucifenia Germaine Avadonia Middle School
Trivia:
She shares the same personality traits and skills as her previous incarnation as a KH OC, but with obvious changes due to being reimagined as a OC in a more mature setting. The reason for being in the Greed/Wrath era is because of her ethnicity being introduced, that and she and Neashi are inseparable in my KH story, it makes sense that way. Also her school uniform is inspired by Hatsune Miku's Summer Memories outfit and to some extent, her hana-kotoba serafuku, using more Miku references to tie with her.
Her adopted name, Nemu, is based off the Japanese word for "Sleep", this is meant to reference "Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep" and her role as the "Third Sleep Bringer". Now she's named that because Hades found her "asleep", she's also has less of a villainous role in Evillious than she was in KH, except for the robberies of course. She's still talented in chemistry though, just not for epidemics.
Her role in Neashi's robberies involve paragliding at night to scope out the exits or potential houses to rob. She also uses her skills in chemistry to make biological weapons that are non-lethal but will obstruct Neashi's pursuers such as smoke bombs, tear gas, artificial bubbles, and rubber cement. Her favorite is the artificial bubbles because they're both useful and pretty.
Because video games are non-existent in the Greed/Wrath arc, she will not have an interest in the "Legend of Helga" games, or at the very least the games will be reimagined as a book series in this case. Also even though she knows that Yukina Freezis is innocent, she still doesn't feel comfortable about reading the Freezis Fairy Tales due to her experience with the Conglomerate. At one point she reads "Vampiress Vanika" by Sanon Noi and has gotten nightmares.  
She has a bit of a sweet tooth, her favorite dessert is snickerdoodle cookies. She also had some brioche with trauben jam from one of Rolled's cafe's and has become smitten, so much so she started dancing like a ballroom dancer, much to Neashi's amusement.
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Nemu belongs to me
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bnhavibes · 4 years
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Dark Paradise
Chapter 3: Disquiet
Ao3
Mafia AU! 
“I want,” Shigaraki leaned in, all fingers but one curling around Kai’s bicep, “the girl.” His minatory gaze was trained on Kai’s, daring him to step out of line. Kai took a shaky inhale, eyes flicking over to the young woman on the couch. 
“Will you do that for me, Kai?” Shigaraki’s four fingers gripped tighter around Kai’s tense arm; a stern reminder that he didn’t have a choice. “If you don’t, I trust it’s not necessary to say what will happen to you.”
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Your sparkly princess shoe kicked the rock playfully and watched as it rolled along the sidewalk, giggling to yourself all the while. Dainty fingers trailed along the bottom of well-trimmed hedges. Through the green, you saw the off-white bleached brick of your house come into view and skipped the rest of the way there. You couldn’t wait to show the picture you had drawn at school today.
You kicked the welcome mat up to find the key to the towering red front door and you quickly replaced it before eagerly shuffling inside, ready for the delicious smell of homemade chocolate chip cookies to grace your nose. It was Wednesday, and every week your mom made cookies to celebrate a week half over. They were always ready for when you got home from school. Your older sister would help make them because her middle school got out earlier.
But it didn’t smell like cookies. You felt the bright hopefulness that adorned your face earlier sink, a pouty frown replacing it. Clumsily, you kicked off your shoes and socks, padding over to the couch to toss your backpack down. 
“Mommy? Skye?” There was no answer. Maybe they were playing in the backyard? Yeah, they were probably playing and going to make cookies later. Your mom always kept saying that one of these days you were going to have to start helping them bake. With great effort, you pulled the sliding door open to the expansive backyard, and your head tilted as you tried to process what was in front of you.
“Mommy?” She was lying prone on the ground, her neck was turned towards the door so you could see her face. It was blank, vacant. Her jaw was slack, and her arms were twisted strangely at her sides. You had dropped to your knees on the soft grass at the sight, so you crawled over to your mom and shook her arm. You were sad to feel she wasn’t as warm as usual; her embrace was the most comforting thing in the world. You kept calling out to her and telling her this game wasn’t funny. Why would she play a game like this? You wondered. You took in the sight of her. Maybe she is sleeping? Your small arms wrapped around her shoulders to pull her up. Her neck made a dull thunk! as her head hung in the air and lolled around. You shook her again, horrified at how her head rolled lifelessly. 
“Mommy? Mommy!”
Water clogged up your vision so that when you looked around the yard, you could just barely make out your sister several meters away. She lay there, limbs askew and back bent unnaturally. 
“Mommy, whats wrong with Skye?” You couldn’t take your eyes off the way your sister’s body lay uncomfortably. A deep cracking noise turned your attention back to your mother. Your eyes widened impossibly as you listened to the horrifying snaps and crunching of bone as your mom’s neck wrenched back around to face you. You couldn’t stare at anything except her completely vacant eyes.
“You weren’t here. We died alone.” Her arms started twisting in ways they shouldn’t, shattering the bones as she crawled towards you, dragging her bottom half behind her. Her strained gasps rang out in the yard. You stumbled backwards and a broken scream erupted from your throat.
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Your eyes shot open. There was a loud noise in your somber bedroom, and you realized with horror that it was your own forceful breathing and heart pounding dangerously fast against its confines. Your throat felt raw and dry. You must have been actually screaming. Bringing one trembling hand to your face as tears dropped from your eyes, you tried to control your breathing. Panic enveloped your entire being, those ever-present tons of rocks making their home on your ribcage, crushing your chest. Is this what Giles Corey felt like? You couldn’t get a full breath in no matter how hungrily, greedily you sucked in air. 
You sat up and pushed your back firmly against the headboard. Shoving your hand over your mouth again, you covered your nostrils to stop your hyperventilation. Dry lips and fingers went numb, pinprick pains raining under your skin, and your body felt heavy. Unable to do anything else, you stared emptily at the blank walls of your room. You had lived here for four years, and still hadn’t ever bothered to make it look like a home. The excuse you always used was that you didn’t value material possessions. Honestly, it was because decorating was commitment, and it would make this broken down place a more permanent thing in your life, which you didn’t want to think about.
By now you knew how to deal with the panic attacks that your recurring nightmare brought about. It had happened when you were in fifth grade. Your childhood house’s neighbour was a reckless young hero. He had been trying to show off his wind-based quirk for a news camera, not thinking of the consequences of using it in a residential area, and accidentally sent a strong gust of wind whipping towards your mother and sister. 
It snapped your mother’s neck, and the autopsy showed that your sister had died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage from the trauma of the hit. Even after so many years it still occasionally came back to haunt you in your dreams, but with a new horrifying twist each time. This one was especially bad. Sero had suggested therapy many times, but therapy wasn’t meant for people like you. What wisdom could a complete stranger give you? If you opened up to a therapist about your past you would have to leave it all out in the open, including your killing people. You supposed you could omit that part, but what good would that do? The thought of baring yourself completely to anyone, much less a random person, terrified you. Talking about emotions had never been your strong suit.
You leaned over and grabbed your phone to see the time. Squinting your eyes violently as your face was bathed in wretched artificial light, you barely made out the numbers. 4:27am. You sighed and lay back. Thoughts of the League of Villains filled your head. Could they really change the world so things like that wouldn’t happen? 
After you absently tossed and turned for a while, you drifted back to sleep, chest feeling so sorrowfully hollow.
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You woke to the sound of your alarm. You had 15 minutes to get ready before Sero came to pick you up. Sliding out of bed, you put on a sufficiently decent outfit for walking. The exercise pants accentuated your thighs and calves nicely. You glanced disapprovingly at the bags under your eyes that were considerably darker this morning. Skin blanched, you looked sickly, and it seemed like you could do with a few hundred years more sleep. You could already see Sero’s face contorting in that way it does when he’s worried about you. Though you detested the idea of a person who cared about you seeing you like this, you needed to talk things through to process. Also, it was just so crazy that you could still barely wrap your head around it. You could work for the League of Villains!
When Sero’s inked knuckles rapped on your front door, you opened it and took your time drinking in his appearance. Admiring the way his fitted white T-shirt stretched across the subtle muscles of his chest. His tattoos peeked out the top of his shirt, traveling up his neck and cascading down both arms. His dark ripped jeans complimented his shirt perfectly. His black plugs were paired with two silver cartilage piercings on his left ear, and a barbell in his right eyebrow. His short black hair was a bit longer than usual. Finally, your eyes landed on his left shoulder where a...sloth was clinging to him. You felt a rush of affection for Sero, and you pulled him into a long hug, carefully avoiding the sloth. You could already feel yourself healing. 
“So the sloth is… different. Any other new tattoos I should know about?” Your voice was muffled against his chest. He pulled back before responding.
“Nah, but here! I didn’t forget.” You watched as the tattoo on his left forearm of a cat with shiny stygian fur stretched and yawned before it hopped off his arm and became a real cat.
“Hey Biscuit! Good to see you buddy.” You definitely needed some kitty therapy. You cooed at the small cat and bent over to scoop him up into your arms. After a few scratches behind the ears, he started purring and nuzzled into your neck. 
Your mother and father had had cats when you were little, but they were long gone and you hadn’t been able to afford a pet while living in this house. Of course, you could have afforded cats if you agreed to take more money from the Deku gang or the Shie Hassaikai, like they kept pressuring you to do. You speculated this is why Sero had gotten the tattoo in the first place, but he had never admitted that to you. Certainly he wanted companionship like anyone else, but Sero was more of a dog person, considering he was pretty much the human version of a puppy. 
With one last check to ensure the back porch light was off, the two of you went off on your way to the restaurant where you were planning to stuff your face with hopefully a somewhat nutritious meal. Better than the crap you’ve been daring to call nourishment.
Locking the door behind you, the two of you stepped out into the breezy summer air. If you closed your eyes you could imagine yourself on a beach. Anywhere but here.
Before you got into all of your problems you couldn’t get off your mind, you asked Sero how his work was going. He owned his own small tattoo parlor in the next part of town that was significantly less ramshackle than your zip code. It was no rich people haven by any means, but still nicer. 
“Work is...good! Hey, when are you going to come to my shop and get a tattoo? I’ll make sure to give you the best-person-in-the-world discount!” His silly lopsided grin made giggles erupt from your throat, no matter how you tried to hold them in. The breakfast place he suggested was suspiciously close to said tattoo shop, and you had laughed when he first sent you the address. Always a businessman first.
“Sorry ink-man, no tattoos for me today.”
“Alright, alright, fine. It has been busier than usual, I think sending my card to those gangs like you suggested really paid off! They’re a little terrifying, but hey, they pay me. Oh and you wouldn’t believe what happened the other day.” He launched into a story about how a client had come into his shop for a consultation on a tattoo, whipped out a picture of her boyfriend completely naked and demanded he tattoo the entire thing across her back. 
“What? No way.” You let your head fall back as you laughed at the ridiculousness of some people. It was nice to hear about something screwed up, but not heavy. A story that made you laugh and forget about the betrayal you felt.
“Well, anyway, and most importantly, how are you?” He smiled at you expectantly. Your heart sank a bit as you were again forced back into your thoughts.
“Uh, pretty good I guess.” He raised his eyebrows in disbelief so you continued. “Okay not really. I’ve gotten a surge of trauma patients recently and I lost one last night.” Though it was never easy, Sero knew losing a patient was nothing new for you, so that couldn’t be why you had called. He nodded sympathetically and put a hand on your shoulder. 
After a moment he offered you a bright smile, “at least you’ve got me!” 
You smiled back, “yeah, I do.” 
The sunlight beamed in through the tree branches and leaves above you, casting spots of golden light onto Sero’s form. The wind whipped through your hair and you enjoyed the smell of summer coming in as you heard the birds chirping blithely around you. As if to keep you from truly enjoying any distraction, the image of your mother’s head twisting around flooded into your head and made you flinch, and you wrenched your eyes shut as if to lessen the impact. But there was no running away from the image plastered on the back of your eyelids.
“I had the nightmare again.” You couldn’t bring yourself to meet Sero’s eyes as you said it, electing to stare at the dirt-caked sidewalk instead. 
“Oh. I’m sorry. It was a bad one this time, huh?” A tattooed arm wrapped around your shoulders, and you snuggled closer, tugging your arm around his back, curling your fingers into his side. He let that fact hang in the air for a bit, leaving room for you to share more if you wanted. You both walked in comfortable silence for a bit, and you breathed in his scent. Soaking up his warmth and support, you tried not to cry as you felt your throat closing up. 
After a moment, Sero startled you by yelling and pointing his finger. He had felt the need to point out two birds in a tree “going at it” and you broke into a relieved laugh. 
From that point on, you chatted idly about everything and nothing while on your way to the restaurant. His laugh was the funniest part of any dumb joke he told. Though, you thought he was funny without even trying. 
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The steaming food was set down in front of you, and Sero decided it was time to forgo the small talk.
“So. What’s really going on? I know you love seeing me, of course, but I can tell when something else is on your mind.” His playful grin reminded you that no matter what you said he wouldn’t judge you. So you decided to cut right to the issue, as he bent to take a sip of his iced caramel coffee.
“The League of Villains wants me to be their on-call nurse.” Sero started choking on his drink, and his sloth placed a few gentle pats on his back. He was still able to breathe, so you continued.
“I have to live with them, but they’ll pay me for my time. And I don’t have to pay rent.” You paused for a bit, and your tone must have lacked finality because Sero stayed silent, sensing there was more you wanted to say. But he was also still in the middle of his coughing fit.
“They have made a big difference in the world, for the better, and it would be nice to be part of something bigger. I won’t go on missions with them or anything so my safety shouldn’t be compromised.” You sighed, staring pensively at your food and absently picking at it with your fork. There was another detail that was still bothering you.
“They somehow know about my mom and sister. They’ve done their research and think I would fit in well there.” You warmed at the thought of finally fitting in somewhere. It had been so hard to be somewhat morally grey as a nurse and always walk that line of never fully agreeing with the heroes or villains. Sero had recovered from inhaling his coffee, so he finally spoke.
“What, that’s crazy! Honestly, if it gets you out of that crappy neighborhood, I’ll be glad. I know you’re not happy there, and it sounds like you want to join them. So what’s stopping you?” You were thoughtful for a moment.
“I don’t know. It’s sort of a big change. I just need time to think it over. It seems like the perfect way to safely get out of those deals with the gangs. I wanted to talk it out with you first. You’re my go-to for advice,” you chuckled. He gave you a wide grin.
“Of course I am! I give only the best advice for the best of people. Look, it sounds like this could be really good for you. I mean, we both know your clinic was a lot more stressful than you expected and there’s no opportunities there. I want to see you happy. And maybe you’ll meet a hot villain guy to fu-“
“Ugh, Sero you always have to go there don’t you?” Dabi’s face played in your mind, and you felt the blush creeping up your neck, flicking your eyes to the sidewalk at the base of the outdoor table.
“There’s already a hot villain guy, isn’t there? Isn’t there?!” You blushed more and choked out an embarrassed laugh. Sero’s Cheshire grin went ear-to-ear as he continued.
“Oh there definitely is,” he waggled his eyebrows, “tell me about him. I was wondering how you heard from the League.” You sighed in defeat. 
“There was this guy, Dabi, that came to my house and told me they’ve been watching me, whatever the hell that means. He said they could use someone like me.” Sero looked at you expectantly and flailed his arms.
“And?” You sighed again.
“And he has lots of piercings, blue eyes, and he’s kind of an asshole,” you begrudgingly admitted.
“Just your type, then.”
“I guess.” Dabi did check all your boxes. Somehow.
Sero had been your best friend through all of your tumultuous relationships and your complete weakness for “bad boys” that never treated you right. Dabi definitely fit this category, especially with him being a villain. If you had to psychoanalyze yourself and guess, it must be some self-destructive tendency as a result of your dad’s abuse being the only kind of love you had known after the fifth grade. Therapy might be good. Or maybe you really had embraced your dark side like Midoriya had said. The cliché was almost laughable, but you certainly weren’t going to resist your interest in the scarred man.
“But he also told me that I should watch my back, and he basically admitted that he got information about me from one of the mobs I make deals with. I mean, what else could he mean by that?” Sero hummed and his face twisted slightly with concern. 
He didn’t say it, what you both knew, and what you had been trying to avoid thinking about. The possibility that your Uncle could be the one selling information about you to the League. What could be worth it? More money than they already had? Protection? Supplies? What was worth selling you out for after you had saved so many of their men’s lives? You were blood.
As much as you could tell yourself it was another gang who did it, the one detail remained inconsistent: how Dabi knew about your family. You were certain you hadn’t told a soul who didn’t already know because they were directly involved. The city had to cover up the story, sweep it under the rug and not give details about it to keep your story confidential. It would have looked bad for the well-known hero agency of which he was a member. Of course, the hero had gotten off on some bullshit jail time that wasn’t long enough for the murder (though accidental, it was still murder) he committed. So it wasn’t like anyone could look you up and figure out your entire life story. Or certainly not about that incident. 
You had done years of intensive, paranoid searching to find the story buried somewhere. You never found it. No one was interested in telling the stories of people like you. They would much prefer you stay unknown and unheard.
The only way to figure it out was an inside perspective. You supposed there were the gangsters close to your uncle that could possibly know. Certainly Chisaki, but would Tommy really have told his underlings? No, that seemed unlikely. So, the only people who realistically knew about it were Sero, Tommy, and Chisaki. You thought to the other gangs. In your numerous calculated conversations with Izuku, you were certain you had never slipped up and betrayed any details of your personal life, much less of your childhood trauma. That was a hard line you never crossed with the crime lord, even when he tried to poke around. 
It certainly couldn’t be Keigo. He didn’t seem to care enough about you, or any other than himself, to send people to spy on you. Even if a gangster was spying on you, it still didn’t explain how they knew. Maybe you had talked about it out in the open with Sero? You shook your head, beginning to feel a pounding at the base of your skull from overthinking. You needed a distraction.
“What’s his name?” You gestured your fork at the sloth that was now languidly picking through Sero’s hair. Maybe that’s why it looked more frizzy than usual. 
“Frank. Maybe.” You looked at him incredulously and laughed. It was a funny name, but he had to have thought of something better. “Oh what are you laughing about?” 
“Frank is an absolutely unacceptable name for a sloth. It would have to be something like….Morgan. Yeah, I can see that.”
“I can’t! How is Morgan any better than Frank? They’re both people names. And what else do you name sloths? Fluffy?” 
The rest of the meal was spent arguing over names from his new companion. Except when you occasionally interjected with new realizations about your predicament. Sero played along whenever you derailed the conversation with blurting your thoughts out loud, and gave you reassurance when you needed it. Thank the Gods for his endless patience.
After you both were done eating and paid for the food—the pink-skinned waitress with black pits for eyes was smitten and gave Sero a fuck me please discount—you both started walking back to your house, since Sero had to start up his tattoo shop for the day. You plotted activities for the next time you would come over to his apartment. 
Once you returned to your doorstep, Sero pulled you into his arms. 
“Just know that whatever you choose, I’m here to support you. I love you, okay? Get some more rest then call them and negotiate. They’re only getting you on your terms.” He gazed at you with fondness and a rare seriousness that differed from his normally felicitous demeanor. “And feel around to see who could possibly be telling the League that stuff. Whoever it is, it’ll be okay.”
“I will, and yeah I still need to think about it more, but you’re right. It’s on my terms,” you punched him on the shoulder, “love you too, weirdo.” You reached up to hesitantly stroke the sloth’s head, unsure if that’s what you did with pet sloths. “Bye, Frank.” 
It was a cute name, and you didn’t actually have a problem with it, you just liked messing with Sero. As you watched him walk away you wondered how you lucked out to have someone as great as Sero in your life. He made you laugh with his near-constant levity, but was still serious when you needed it. He had been your rock since high school, and you didn’t want to imagine how your life would be without him. 
You sighed. Now it was time to sit down and do some research.
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isle of the lost vs descendants 1 characterizations
the book ends literally when the movie starts so their personalities cant be that different right? lets see
(similarities posted at the bottom!)
DIFFERENCES:
book: when evil queen goes on about beauty related things, especially in regards to her daughter, usually evie would begrudgingly recite whatever “tip” eq taught her and just go along with what she says. not to say she hated those kinds of things, but whenever her mother brought it up, she never expressed similar excitement or engagement. more often than not she was indifferent to her mother’s beauty antics, and we only see her talk about them in regards to herself in the last few chapters (im not talking abt the mirror incident, but the one liners she’d drop about her appearance here and there) movie: when the parents first tell their kids about going to auradon, eq talks about sprucing her daughter up before she leaves and evie is visibly excited about the makeover. she also goes onto encourage it on others as seen when they’re all in the limo and she tries to put makeup on mal.
book: the villain parents are not friends and we almost never see them together. the one time we saw the parents/adults all together was in the prologue scene for evie’s 6th birthday party. after that they never interact and dont pay each other any mind. this is especially true regarding evil queen and maleficent, as they state in the book that they’ve been at odds ever since they fought over who’d rule the isle. eq has also just been welcomed back into society after being banned by the other, so time-wise, at worst, they are still enemies and, at best, barely tolerable acquaintances. movie: evil queen & maleficent have a significantly close relationship, so much so that eq knows her house like the back of her hand and where maleficent keeps things, specifically that her spellbook is in the fridge. they even have a laugh about how they use to run things before being forced to live on the isle. they seem to be genuinely close. 
put the rest under the cut bc this post is too long lol
book: jafar and jay’s mantra is “whoever has the gold makes the rules” which was significant because it helped them while in the forbidden fortress movie: jafar and jay’s mantra is “there’s no team in I” (while this change was surprising, i also wasn’t that upset abt it bc both book and movie!jay struggle with teamwork)
book: carlos is not athletic at all and goes on about how he hates gym class. he is very focused on stem and doesn’t really care about any other kind’ve hobby. meanwhile jay is athletic and does casual parkour when going anywhere. movie: both of them do extreme parkour in the opening song. im not referring to the dancing ofc, but the extra flips and tricks they do. this is not unusual for jay, but is in regards to carlos.
book: jay isn’t the only one that goes around stealing things, mal very much does it to. at the end of the day they’d even compare how many things they’ve stolen to see who’s the best thief. jay usually wins, but still, both are thieves. movie: when they get to auradon, mal is very confused as to why jay would take the time to steal things and even needs for him to explain why he does it.
book: ben describes audrey as a classic fairy tale princess. she finds all things in auradon lovely and beautiful, and even has a bird land on her finger during their date. while she does think negatively of everyone on the isle, she acts mostly “lovely and sweet” before anything else, and it is not faked. think: giselle from enchanted. movie: idk how else to explain this difference besides “audrey just has a different vibe”. she is more regina george-esque than genuinely cheery, and puts on an obviously fake smile and attitude so often that queen belle expresses distaste for her 
SIMILARITIES:
mal likes art and goes around the isle putting up tags --- (the romance storyline wasn’t bad, but it would’ve been nice to see mal maybe join an art club? or get into painting or smthg else related to her hobby)
carlos is afraid of dogs --- in the book he can’t even say or hear the word bc it’s a trigger for him. he can say “puppies”, but he cannot say the word dog. whereas in the movie, he says the word several times. this is an extremely minor difference to be fair
when they’re afraid/think they’re in danger, they all cling to jay
they’re not used to sunlight 
the ben & mal tension on first meet (and continued infatuation before the cookie scene) --- in the book both characters have had a dream about the other. they didn’t know who the other was, but they remembered the dreams vividly enough that they were able to describe their faces in detail. in the movie when they first meet, both pause on each other several times. it’s likely because of the o’l Disney Romance™️, but it could also be because of curious recognition. 
jay is a flirt/smoother charmer and girls fawn over him
carlos is good with and likes science & technology
mal wanting to prove herself to her mother & the others not being as set on it --- in the book, mal is constantly reminded of the times her mother has called her “not worthy of bearing her own name or of being her daughter” and it causes mal to lose her cool several times. the other VKs also have parental issues ofc, but ones that are not as focused on proving themselves like mal’s are. theirs lean more towards other problems. in the movie she is extremely insistent on reminding them what they’re at auradon for and that this is their “one chance to prove themselves”
the core four freeze in fear when confronted with the reality of their parents’ pasts
mal can touch maleficent’s scepter --- to be fair that dance number in the museum was most likely just mal daydreaming, but still
jay going off on his own/following his own plan --- in the book jay and jafar plan for him to go with mal to the forbidden fortress and then double cross her and steal the scepter for himself, taking it as their “big score”. in the movie when they first see the wand with their own eyes, he runs off in front of everyone and only opens the gate enough for himself to squeeze through. carlos has to open it wider so they can all get through it after him. and once theyre in the same room as the wand, he reaches for it first against mal’s wishes.
carlos is bad at sports --- this is in both the differences & similarities section because, while in the book & movie he’s bad at sports, in the book he also doesnt like them and has no desire to do them as he is completely focused on science & tech. while after some practice in the movie, carlos joins the tourney team alongside jay. (i personally would’ve preferred for him to join a computer or engineering club)
mal can manipulate people with ease (book: evie / movie: jane & ben)
fairy godmother is mainly the one that enforces the “no magic” rule --- beast may have created it, but both in the book & the movie, people/creatures talk about fairy godmother being the one that restricts them
carlos climbs trees/searches for higher ground when afraid
evie knows how to use her looks, specifically her smile, to get the things she wants (book: persuading dr. facilier / movie: getting info out of chad)
audrey likes to dance 
carlos is sarcastic & competitive 
mal cheers up evie when she’s upset 
evie is good with academics
ben wanting to be his own person rather than act like his father --- this was a good continuation from book to movie as ben only realizes he needs to be himself in the final chapters, which he just continues to encourage in the movie. 
mal’s spur of the moment saving tactics
the villains aren’t good with computers/the internet --- the isle canonly doesn’t have wifi and in the movie the villains struggle with the laptop that was most likely given to them from an auradon representative
audrey’s family still being deeply traumatized by what maleficent did 
belle not letting beast talk shit 
mal pitying her mother for what she went through --- in the book: when she sees the past of what happened at aurora’s christening and sympathizes that her mother was nothing but a sad lonely girl. in the movie: the “and i really wish you hadn’t gotten there yourself” line during ben’s coronation
annddd yeah!
honestly there were a lot more similarities than i was expecting, and i am pleasantly surprised! book to movie things dont usually crossover well, but honestly, the first movie didnt do too bad of a job of it. 
tbh i think the one that probably suffered the most was audrey’s character. she really seemed very different from her book counterpart. this isnt to say that book!audrey was a saint and would’ve treated the VKs kindly, but she also wasn’t a fake person and was genuinely that cheery and upbeat all the time. whereas in the movie, it seems like almost nobody likes her (except chad) bc of her “fakeness”. 
i personally think if they were gonna go with the “bad girl and her minion” role, then audrey should’ve been the minion. in the book she was kind’ve an airhead (?? idk she just tended to have her head in the clouds a lot) and if one of the auradon girls told her to act a certain way towards the VKs for the “good of auradon”, i could see her listening to them. i dont know if she’d be the one to come up with the evil deed herself though. 
overall, the continuity flowed pretty well. i wish they didn’t change audrey’s character like they did (they probably could’ve had jane play the role of ‘stuckup girl’ tbh since she was a new character and her mother had a higher position in the kingdom compared to audrey’s parents anyway, so smthg to boast abt), but other than that, the movie’s characterizations were kinda close to the books!
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I thought I’d been reincarnated as Aisha, a child in a dirt poor but happy family, when one day… “We are here to pick up Her Royal Highness Anastasia, the imperial grandchild!” …It seems I’ve possessed the body of the princess who, in the ‘original story’, craved power, only to meet a tragic end. To demonstrate that I was not interested in power, and to fulfil a dream of being a pâtissier that I could not achieve in my past life, I baked sweets with the help of a contracted spirit. You’ll feel better if you eat something delicious, and you won’t have to kill me! But the harsh and heartless emperor (grandfather), and the Crown Prince (cousin) who will bring me to ruin, as well as the young duke (cousin’s friend) who is the greatest knight in the empire, and even the slave knight (elf) who stabbed me…! “Your Highness’ lime pie is good.” …Don’t tell me these people are besotted with me rather than the sweets? Aisha’s baking & healing fantasy, sweet and lovely like dessert!
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