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griefpersevering · 1 year

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the ripples they cause

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Chapter Thirty-Six: The Epilogue

Notes:

I started writing this fic on the 18th February 2022, but I'd had the idea of the Soul Realm and an Endgame fix it for a long time before that. When No Way Home came out, I knew I had to write it. But I did not expect to be sitting here over a year later with a 100,000 word beast of a fic.

As I keep saying, I couldn't have done any of this without your support. Thank you to everyone who left kudos, whoever nominated this for an Irondad Creator Award, and every single one of you who commented. You're the reason this fic has an ending, and I so hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did.

I do have an inkling of an irondad fic I might write during nanowrimo later this year (a post-nwh fic where Tony and Spider-Man get kidnapped together... but he doesn't remember who Peter is) so keep an eye out for that ;)

Thank you all so much again. I love you all 3000, and happy reading!

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They reach Josie's a little past six. It's early to be heading out for drinks, but they're high on the success of their party, and Karen demanded a celebration. The bar had always felt at risk of closing down, but it surprised Matt to discover it survived the Blip. If the price of their regular haunt still being open is Josie's insistence on them actually paying their tab every time they visit, it's worth it.

Karen fetches the first round of drinks. This evening will undoubtably end with someone drinking an eel.

Foggy sits next to Matt on their usual table. He wraps an arm around his waist, pulling him close and resting his head on Matt's shoulder. He doesn't have to say anything for Matt to hear his gratitude, but he kisses the top of his head to make sure Foggy knows he received the message.

Today marks the victory they all needed. There will always be challenges for them to face, but if they can juggle the case of the century and their wedding, then nothing can stop Nelson-Murdock and Page again.

Karen returns to the table with a bottle of... something, and pours them all a glass. "Cheers," she says, resting her elbow on the sticky surface and raising her drink.

Matt clinks his glass against hers. "To Nelson-Murdock & Page."

"To us," Foggy cheers.

Matt takes a cautious sip of the mystery liquid and almost chokes on it. The smallest mouthful burns his throat and overruns his senses with a nasty, fishy taste.

Foggy coughs. "God, that's strong."

"That's the idea," Karen says. She somehow chugs the rest of her glass without drowning in the odious, cement-thick liquid.

Matt shakes his head and smiles. By the time they reach the bottom of this bottle, none of them will be capable of walking home by themselves. Which means it's yet another sleepover night.

He takes another sip and his head starts to throb. He places his glass down and reaches a hand up to clutch his forehead, wondering where in Hell Josie pulled this nightmare bottle from.

"Matt? Are you feeling okay?" Foggy asks, rubbing his back.

Nausea bubbles into his throat and the headache intensifies. A terrible sense of vertigo overwhelms him, and he has to lower his head onto the table and take a few deep breaths to avoid tipping out of his chair.

Karen and Foggy are talking, asking him questions, but he can't make out a word they're saying. His gut roils once more and he weighs up his odds of making it to the bathroom before he throws up, but then the nausea suddenly retreats.

Matt sits up slowly. The headache eases and the ambient noise of the bar slowly floats back into focus as the pain recedes... and then everything snaps into place and he's back to normal.

"Matt? You're freaking us out," Foggy says.

"Sorry, I — Oh my God."

"Are you this much of a lightweight?" Karen asks. "You barely drank anything."

"No, I don't know what that was, but — how could we forget Peter?"

The memories are there as plain as day. The phone call with May Parker, where he first offered his assistance. His conversations with Foggy about why they had to defend this kid from the same hate Daredevil faced. The first time he met Peter and the chorus of Mysterio supporters endlessly yelling abuse outside his apartment.

"What about Peter?" Foggy asks. "Did we not check whether he got home okay? He looked fine when he left."

Karen snaps her fingers. "We forgot to give him his plate back. Is that it?"

Matt just smiles. He never told either of them the entire truth about Peter's confession before they shipped him off to California. He trusted Matt, and he didn't want Karen and Foggy to worry about something they had no control over. But if he suddenly remembers their previous encounters...

Maybe it was Tony Stark dropping Peter off at their party.

"That didn't require that level of dramatics," Foggy sighs. "I doubt it's even his plate. He said he made those cookies at the Compound."

"You're right," Matt says. There's no point explaining everything if they still don't remember. "Sorry."

Foggy kisses him on the cheek. "If your affinity for being a drama queen was that offputting, I wouldn't have married you."

"You know what's more exciting than plates?" Karen says, unscrewing the bottle top. "Glasses! So drink up. We're reaching the eel tonight, boys."

Matt dutifully chugs the rest of his glass and holds it out for Karen to refill. His conversation with Peter can wait — if he has truly fixed the spell, then he'll have his own family to look after him.

Right now, Matt needs to spend the evening with his.

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whatsjenniupto · 8 months

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Adventure in the Quinta

I used to live in Potsdam, or Prussian DisneyVegas as I not so fondly remember it. Sintra seems to have the same sort of idea behind it. "We're rich. Let's build over the top architecture and turn our extensive grounds into an adventure land."

I support this choice more in Sintra than I ever did in Potsdam. I think it's because of the "choose your own adventure" parks surrounding the palaces.

As I entered the grounds of Quinta da Regaleira, I was overwhelmed by the shear size. I looked at a posted map to try and make a plan, scanned the QR code to download a copy to my phone, and waited and waited and waited for the impossibly slow, but unlimited, data to respond. I decided to climb up towards the main event, the Initiation Well, turning up empty paths whenever I saw another human.

And it was the best decision. Right up until I made it to the well, heard the crowd of people, and couldn't find the end of the line.

Nope. Not doing it.

I turned around immediately, deciding to cross off the remainder of the grounds and return to the well after last entry at 5:30. Climbing up the side of the mountain twice was better than standing in a ridiculous line and potentially not seeing something.

Off I went, once again turning any time I saw another human. Up to the top, down to the bottom. Prancing around through the woods on tiny paths, exploring every tunnel, cave, and grotto, loving every moment of it.

Finally, I felt I had covered everything other than the main palace, the absolute bottom of the grounds that led to the exit, and the well. I could feel the grounds emptying. I was making more decisions based on interesting looking paths than away from humans. It was almost 5:30. Back to the well I went.

The line was gone! I slowly filed in after reading a sign about how we needed to keep moving, quickly take photos, and be respectful of everyone who also wanted their moment in the well. In case we forgot, staff yelled over the top and up from the bottom, "Keep moving, keep moving!"

I wouldn't say that this was my favorite moment of the palace. I did get to watch a woman refuse to keep moving, taking 3000 selfies with various hair swoops, leans, angles, and then proceed to disrespect the staff who were trying to allow everyone in attendance to get through the well. Nice humaning, lady, but her disrespect did allow me to capture the photo on the right with fewer people in. Because of its insta-fame, the well had lost the hidden magic the rest of the grounds have. It's already been discovered. By everyone.

Quinta da Regaleira is amazing. I can completely see why it is my guesthouse owner's favorite castle; it might be mine as well. The way the architects played with the water level in the grottos was probably my favorite aspect. You're above, you're below -- well done leading viewers through multiple vantage points. Going close to closing time was ideal. For my first hour or so, I strategically shot behind walls and foliage for people-free shots. Or waited, willing that guy in the blue shirt to just, a few more steps, yes! I also avoided almost every supposed insta-epic look out and every female possible. Oooh, there's a dress. Opposite direction. Ugh, and a hat. Definitely not. Around 5:45 the crowd really started to die down.

NOTE: You really do need more than 2 hours. Because of my palace research, I ended up with just under 2 hours and I would have loved more time to take it all in at a much slower pace. Not that I do slow well, but a little more breathing room that I was going to be able to fit in every inch would have been nice.

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pandoramusicbox · 8 months

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Alright.

Long eared

(A big WIP)

So someone I know one day said that they liked that my “elves” where not like other elves, I laughed a little bit. As what I had been talking about where my creatures called long eared.

But it made me smile and laugh so I decided to just go along with it. So first of long eared are actually more like giants and trolls than they are elves. Trolls, giants and long eared are all cousin species. They all have two hearts (sort of) and tails.

A lot of long eared don’t have tails anymore as they have had hybrids with humans, so over the generations they have lost their tails. In some regions more than others.

(Simple punit square, tail is a recessive trait)

The north eastern region of scalipia is one of these.

So here is where the “elf” part comes into play. I decided to develop the cultures of the long eared of this region so I basically decided that if they’re already going to be seen as elves, I might as well play around with that. This comes in the form of this region of the world having long eared that have very similar cultures, or at least aesthetics to the typical DND elves or generic fantasy elves.

Let’s establish some history. About 1500-ish years ago the evutrophian in empire fell apart and a few centuries later the fairy empire began its decline. (Give and take the time line is shaky for that part is more like between 3000-1000 years ago.)

In thier absence the long eared and humans begin to stick claims to different territories. The long eared having been favored by the fairies. who were in power after the fall of the empire, because of this they gained access to better resources and territories on a earlier basis than the humans who had not had such favor from the fairies.

Resulting in the long ears established their cultures and their own kingdoms and empires within the territories that had been abandoned by the fairies.

And this map is a map that shows the long eared empires at their height of power.

Do you note that the longears shared the territory with centaur’s and giants, at the time with a majority human population to the west, and a population of gray ghouls who were in and eastern corner. Jiants in the south…and soqut the kingdom of the trice dead king is there too I guess.

The hunting grounds is undisputed territory. Held by the countries of Kanasi, Llorial, and Senik, along with claims from the jiants and the human principalities.

Onto the different cultures of the long eared groups of the region

-Asisati: sun preps, they are the biggest group of long eared when they dominated the region. The asisati long eared had one of the least ethnically diverse groups in all of scalipia. All of them having a similar look. All genders keep their hair long. Blonde and Ginger hair and red-orange to golden eyes with tails that end in a tuft like a lion tail.

Long hair is a symbol of luck, longevity, loyalty and beauty so cutting it is seen as inviting misfortune and as creating an opening for a person to become possessed by a spirit. (Note: loosely inspired by Filibusterfrog on tumbler, their (??? Don’t know gender) post on elf hair has been floating around for a long time so it’s influenced me.) hair is worn in braids for the unmarried and once an Asisati marries they wear their hair up in a bun or top knot or veiled if it’s winter.

They encourage large families and have strict social expectations for every role of a family member. It dose help a bit that long ears like trolls tend to have multiple kids at once (45% one kid, 35% twins, 20% triples) the rigged family roles can be stifling. Especially when not living up to the role. They also have rather ridged and strict gender roles. Men, women and enbies all have their roles.

Thier country is modeled after a solar system. The capital the sun that the whole country revolves around. They share a good chunk of thier territory with the moor centaurs who they have been in an on and off conflict with for centuries.

None of the long eared kingdoms had really strict boarders.

Everything the Asisati make is overdecorated. Highly intricate with sweeping and layered arches and elegant designs. Clothing is similarly highly ornate. With rich embroidery of geometric patterns. The main body of clothes tend to traditionally be rather plain, almost puritanical in design, though coats, veils, collars and aprons tend to all be highly ornate. Though specific amounts of ornaments has varied through out the years, often in cycles of 50 years where either highly ornate or highly simplistic fashion is preferred. With a transition period between them being common.

-Senik: moon art majors, emotions are seen as king among the Senik. This causes them to let their emotions be known but also to control thier emotions. a common philosophy among their people is that “the world works on logic, but people on emotions”. So they keep the idea that emotions drive the motivation of every other person when interacting with others. They are the most open to trade and diversity of ideas in their communities. They have a higher amount of tailless long eared than the other populations, only rivaled by the Llorial.

Each winter they have a giant festival called the procession of the moon hunt. Everyone dresses up with twigs and cloths and ribbons, often carrying lanterns made from animal skulls. They ride through the country side with candles and singing songs that are said to haunt those who hear them. It’s believed that the spirits of passed on loved ones join them in this persuasion. Though most people brush that off as superstition because ghosts don’t exist.

After the procession is a grand hunt for the community and a feast of the frost. Some communities have different practices.

They have come to worship the triad pantheons (worship of the powers of dread, ambition and passion) over the years. Though the eye cult also gained a lot of followers among them.

Also tend to wear rather plain clothes. Though they also wear highly embroidered coats and aprons similar to the fashion of the Asisati. They forgo patterns on their main body of clothing but often have it in things like their cuffs and collars. They use different colors to communicate the intended emotions of the wearer. Even learning how to create color changing cloths with magic. During the summer they tend to wear light silky clothing that billow, while fall and winter thicker and stiffer clothing is favored, along with less colorful clothes.

Fish ponds and fish husbandry is a common symbol of wealth and plenty. The Senik practiced early forms of aquaponics. Ponds where often made round to reflect the moon, though crescents where common too.

The Senik wander a lot, they are often found in other communities and places. Their own communities are diverse and full of trade.

-llorial: wood hippies, the most isolationist of all the group. They build ornate homes up in the tops of giant trees or when the trees are not available they build wooden homes in forest glends. Thier homes are often covered in strips of bark.

They are known for their carpentery and wood carving skills. They see trees as sacred so when a tree is feld for work it is respected and used to its fullest extent. For bows, bowls or buildings it’s all respected as important. They replant trees they fell. Seen as a bit of a nuisance by other people as they aggressively plant trees.

They also have a breed of domesticated deer and practice falconry. Archery is an art form and sport. Have a wide array of board games. Like threes dance, pick sticks, checkers, chess and inner walls.

(Threes dance, played on a checkered board with three pieces to start with. Each pice has a different set of moves it can make. The goal is to get nine pieces on the board and or remove the other players pices first.

((Pick sticks, is sort of like snakes and ladders but you are trying to get to the other side of the board while the the other players will add and remove obstacles.

They also play pick up sticks though the two games should not be confused for the other

(((inner walls. Up to four players, each starting in the corner. The goal is to get all four of your pieces to the center of the board. While pushing the other players off the board.

They keep long hair as a sign of longevity, seeing their hair much like the roots of a tree. To cut your hair off would be like severing your roots. Though they do on occasion use hair in rituals.

They are a pain in the ass of the human kingdoms. As they don’t get along. Claiming the hunting grounds as their own, while the humans and giants do the same.

They tend to have dark brown, brown to golden copper hair, sometimes they have blond hair or blond hair to orange hair tips. Teal and blue green hair is common too.

-Irrine: pale people fight club, this ethnic group is a warrior culture. They traditionally don’t fight to conquer. Though are not opposed to it. Generally they fight for defense and for the joy of fighting. They are a people who value physical abilities as well as disability.

They are also well known as excellent weapons smith, being the first to rediscover the technique of making blood iorn swords when that technology was lost with the fall of the eoutrothian empire

Long hair is worn by everyone as it is a sign of battle honor. They take trophies of hair when they defeat an enemy. A long ponytail is essentially an advertisement of “come at me bro, if you dare”

Married partners will often braid all of their hair together before they cut it of as a symbol of their Union of body, family and spirit.

They cherish life, and celebrate it with vigor. Because of this they do not see death as a sad thing. Mushrooms, bones and weapons are common motifs in their art.

Each year in autumn they hold a paper lantern festival that involves lighting the lanterns that will guide the souls of their ancestors through the thick fog of the afterlife.

They believe the foggy moors, woods and hills of their homeland is full of illusions. So many of their studied magic is to do with illusions.

They have an unusually high population of albinism. They generally have pale hair colors of pink, lilac, blond, white, gray, sea foam, tawny or clementine orange. They have red, purple, maroon blue or pink eyes. If their eyes are dark in color they are usually black. Their favorite sparing partners are gray ghouls when they can fight them, but giants and moor centaurs are good too. The lupindi also make favorites for competitive combat.

A lot of countries in northeastern scalipia hire the Irinne as mercenaries.

-Kanasi: Dark emos. The kanasi worship the spider goddess Anannsii and to a lesser extent her husband Fiveiist and her wife Kalastya. There is some minor local worship of their ten sons (Though not much of Organdir the betrayer) each major city claims one of the sons as a patron, the three city capital claims each of the parents as their patron.

The Kanasi value patience, craftsmanship, leadership and cunning. These are all things that Anannsii was said to have gifted and taught the Kanasi with her webs. At least that’s what the legend said. The animal that symbolizes the Royal family is the moon back spider.

Armor and spider webs where are often incorporated in their fashion

- Demepr: sea jocks, a harsh and windswept terrain is what they call home. The only saving grace of this foggy land is it’s prime location for trade. A good distance between the coast of aukulir and the Black Forest in julner.

The Demepr are the only northeastern scalipian long eared who don’t value long hair. So they often cut it short when they become adults. Thier hair is usually gray, black, white, teal or blues.

They live in towns often built on the sides of cliffs. Here they spend time diving for oysters, farming kelp, fishing and sailing.

The Demepr have a long tamed cliff fisher wyverns who they ride in the backs of when they are fishing.

They also have a live hate relationship with fisher harpies.

((Fun fact about the long ears, they are named and based after my little sister’s stuffed rabbit toy she had as a little kid))

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231 notes - Posted June 19, 2022

Hi can I please have a request for Jeremiah x reader, thank you so much 🥰 your writing is great!!! And Amazing!!! Where you and Jeremiah swim in the pool in the day time where everyone can see. Your dating but no one really can tell. You two flirting and giggling, just having fun but then the girl, Gigi. I think her name is? She try’s to flirt with him, he declines saying he’s got a girlfriend not really paying attention to their reaction, instead just focusing on you. She looks over to you jealous, as Jeremiah brings you into a kiss. Just that the girls are jealous that Jeremiah is only looking at you. Thank you so much 🥰😍

warnings: language? make out sesh

a/n: sorry this took so long, i've been really busy painting my sister's room. enjoy this jere 🧸 fic. Also I tweaked it a little... Sorry 💛

Visiting Jeremiah at his job at the Club was one of your favorite things. Sure it was annoying seeing all those girls drooling over him, but it made you smile when he declined their flirtatious attempts, because you knew he was yours.

Today was one of those days. As soon as Jere saw you approaching the pool, he waved, and jumped down from his post, and ran over to you. "eager to see me? " you asked, wiggling your eyebrows. He chuckled lifting you in the air & spinning you around. You were wearing these big mirror sunglasses, and a dress covering your bikini.

"Hey, i'm still on my shift but when it's over, you and I are gonna have some fun" he said, poking you in the side, earning a giggle from you.

"Okay, ill be waiting " you said poking him right back in the side. "imma chat with steven at the snack bar" you said beginning to walk off.

When he responds, "you mean bug him at the snack bar?" and walks back to his post. You roll your eyes and head for Steven.

"if it isnt little mis y/n" Steven asks when you aproach.

"ha ha" you laugh half heartedly, "lemonade, Steven" you demqan more than ask.

"what's the magic word?" he asks, smiling, knowing that it bugs you.

"please" you sigh, steven raises an eyebrow, giving you 'and what else' look. "pretty please with a cherry on top" you say giving him your prettiest fake smile. And while the two of you were teasingly bickering with each other, Gigi was making her way over to your man in the pool.

"Hey, Jeremiah" Gigi swims over to Jeremiah.

"Hey Gigi" Jeremiah returns the smile.

"I didn't know you were working here this summer" Gigi starts flirting.

Jere ignores her statement, and blows his whistle "Billy no choking! all right?" you know he must have been talking to billy & carter, he complained about them on a daily basis.

"Jeremiah, aren't you gonna save me?" Gigi tries flirting again, capturing Jere's attention. At the sound of this you turn you head their direction, Jere surely knew she was flirting with him, right?

He gave her a smile, like he was contemplating her offer, with made your stomach swirl with jealousy. Steven notices your attention on the two, "She has been flirting with him ALL summer, surprised he hasn't gone for it yet, he's been ignoring her like she's a bag of fleas or somethin'" Steven chuckles. That comment didn't ease your stomach as well as you had hoped, you started walking back over to the pool, since Steven was being called away.

Neither of them saw you walking over, "so you got a girlfriend or something, Jere Bear? " Gigi asks Jeremiah, and god how you hated that she was calling him that.

"I do, actually" Jeremiah responded smiling at the thought of you, making him look over at you, noticing you were approaching.

"Oh what a shame" Gigi fake pouts, "we could have so SO much fun together." she smirks, biting her lip, looking up at him.

You swore your face turned red, angry & jealousy swirling in your stomach, gosh why is Gigi such a bitch you thought.

Jeremiah chuckled uncomfortably. "Uh, yeah." Jeremiah looked in your direction, seeing you walk over, he flashes a smile.

"well-" Gigi starts again, to flirt again.

At this point you were sick of it, "Hey Jeremiah" you exclaimed. You took Jeremiah by his lanyard, pulled him down and kissed him. You kissed him passionately, your jealousy fueling your passion. Your other hand is wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer, as you slipped your tongue slipped past his lips, down his throat. Jere slipped off his chair and wrapped his hand around your waist. The shock on his face was wearing off. You only broke apart for air. Gig coughed "ahem"

Your head swiveled around, your arm sliding down from his neck, to rest on his bicep. "Oh, I'm sorry, are we bothering you?" You asked with fake sympathy failing to withhold a smirk.

"i- I uh, so your the girlfriend huh?" Gigi chuckles nervously.

"Yes I am" you smile proudly. Planting a kiss on Jere's lips then one on his neck then his bicep. Leaving your boyfriend a blushing mess. Making sure she knew, actually everyone knew Jeremiah Fisher was yours, your man, your love.

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289 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

Is That My Sweatshirt?!

Robby Keene Headcanon:

pairing: robby keene x reader

warnings: implied sex, smug robby

a/n: okkk sooo, i kinda got carried away, i mean it was supposed to be just really soft and fluffy, but damn I must be horny cause, like i had to dial down the heat... Also robby and reader are both over 18!!

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- He'd be so smug about it

- As soon as he walked through the door and sees you dancing around your shared apartment kitchen in just his sweatshirt and so slip on slippers

- He'd slowly smile and lean against the doorway

- Letting you do your adorable little dance while singing “you broke me firsssstt”

- “I see somoenes having fun”, robby chuckled walking over

- You jumped startled at his voice, “ummm” you say slowly turning around an innocent smile on you face, spatula in hand "hi” you squeaked out

- “I see you made”, robbby walked closer, “brownies, yumm”

- You would be hoping he didnt notice you were in his sweater

- And hed be like, “oh and if i recall correctly, that's my sweatshirt” he smirked.

- “Uhhh, ye’pppp’ I got cold” you pretend shiver.

- “Well it looks way better on you than me”

- "Thanks”

- Then he'd dip his finger in the brownie batter "Heyy!” youd exclaim

- “What?” robby asked guilily.

- “You cna't do that!”

- “Yes I can” he smirked, dipping his finger in again, “mmmm”

- “HEY no double dipping, you know-” you begin, as robby cuts you off with a kiss

- “Hmmmm, you taste good” his hands resting on your waist

- “You should wear my sweaters more” his hot breath on your ear.

- “Oh really?” you smirk, giggling, “i think it would look better on the bedroom floor”

- Robby flustered. Kisses you hungrily, picking you up, causing a squeal from you!

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438 notes - Posted January 16, 2022

Backseat Rider

pairings: jeremiah fisher x reader, jeremiah fisher x belly conklin

warnings: sad, angst,

summary: based on Sara Kays' amazing song Backseat Rider

a/n: first jeremiah fisher fic, this might be terrible i have no idea. Luv you all!! also go listen to sara kays!!

MASTERLIST

part 1 part 2

You lived down the block

We met for the first time at the bus stop

We sat side by side

Third seat from the back, we talked the whole ride

You met a few summers back, at the bus stop. The two of you became best friends with a snap of his fingers. His family loved you!

Six years later you bought your first car

And you told me to wait outside

Then you pulled up and somebody else

Was sitting in the passenger's side

And then you met the Conklins, Belly was your age, you two actually clicked. You couldn’t wait to go driving, you couldn’t wait to “sail” down the beachfront in his red jeep. But when that red jeep, the one that you 2 had talked about getting together, pulled up to your driveway. You smiled and waved, and then your smile dropped a little when you saw her in the passenger side. “Hey y/n/n '' Jere said as you got in the car.

“Hi Jere,” you smiled softly.

Then Belly turned up the radio and started chatting with Jeremiah, even though you were best friends, no one paid attention to you. You rested your chin on your arm and started staring off into space.

So I sat in the backseat, it didn't bother me

But after five weeks of sitting in silence behind her

While you talked of movies I've never seen

I realized that's how we used to be

But now my best friend is the driver

And I'm the backseat rider

The first few weeks were fine, you were okay with some peace and quiet. It was hard though when you were so in love with him. You loved him, but after 5 weeks of watching Belly and Jere gush over each other, you could tell he loved Belly. And it hurts.

Maybe it's my fault

Spent summer break away and forgot to call

Or maybe you forgot

Around this time last summer, we sat in the parking lot

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513 notes - Posted June 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Jealous Much?

pairing: Robby Keene x reader

warnings: mmm like one swear word? Spelling errors

summary: Robby gets a 'little' jealous

a/n: thissss is my first Robby fic. So please be gentle on me, I hope y'all like it 🤩😍

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It was like any other day, the two of you had just finished up at the dojo, you were gathering up your stuff when hawk walked over to you. “Hey baby” he started off, “you looked really good out there”. You rolled your eyes, god, hawk is such a flirt. “You can kick me with one of those roundhouse kicks any day,” you chuckled at his words. You and hawk had been close friends, before he was hawk, when he was Eli. You never minded the flirtatious banter between the two of you.

Robby watched from across the room. Jaw, and fists clenched, seeing hawk place his hand on your waist and then you laughed at whatever hawk was saying. Just angering robby even more, no robby doesn't try to be the jealous type, but he is your boyfriend, hawk is not your boyfriend. Robby angrily grabbed his bag, pushed through his fellow students, making his way over to where you were standing with Hawk by the exit.

“Hey love” robby said, coming up behind you wrapping his arm around you. Hawk retracted his hand, placing it 'nervously’ by his side. “Ready to head out?”

“Um, sure” you said nervously, tucking a strand of hair behind your hair. "See you later Eli” you smiled, waving to him as robby swung the door open.

Finally exiting the dojo, robby turned to you. "What the hell was that back there?!”

"What was what?” you asked, confusion laced in your voice.

"That! With hawk!! He was all over you!” robby cried with anger, waving his hands at the dojo.

“C'mon, we're just friends, he's always flirty, he's flirty by nature” you tried to laugh it off.

Robby chuckled at your words yelling again, face so close to yours. “That. that was not “just friends” touches!”

You stood looking at him, fear in your eyes. “'mm sorry” you mumbled.

“Just go” he sighed, angrily pointing the other direction, opposite his car, to which he normally takes you home in, or to his house.

You walked off in silence slowly nodding your head. As soon as you got home you cried, the slams of your door closing echoing in the back of your mind, You sobbed into your pillow in your room. The flashes of him angrily slamming his car door shut, when you walked off into the distance, Him roughly grabbing your arm, red spot where his hand used to be. Tears burned your eyes.

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Robby stared at his phone, waiting for some miracle to happen, for you to pick up the phone? To receive a text from you? Yes. You haven’t answered any of his calls or texts in the past couple days, and it led him to worry. Gosh you could be so frustrating he thought to himself. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen you since, "the incident”. When he got jealous and he yelled at you, and you who looked like you were about to burst into tears in front of him. Oh my god, i'm an idiot he thought.

Robby quickly ran down to the flower shop, got roses your favorite and then got you brownies with fudge frosting and m&m's on top, your favorite. He ran over to your house; knocking on the door.

Who could that be you thought? You weren't expecting anybody, pausing taylor, you ran downstairs to open the door, a smile on your face. Swinging the door open.

"I-” robby says lifting the flowers up towards you. Slam. You slammed the door in his face. You angrily turned around about to run upstairs.

"Y/n!!!”robby yelled banging on the door, “give me a chance please”

You slowly turned around, I mean what the worst that could happen you questioned yourself. Squeezing your eyes shut you open the door, peaking one eye open. "Hi" you said quietly.

“Omgosh y/n, i'm so so sorry for yelling at you and accusing of you of flirting with hawk. I know hawk's a flirt well and sorta a jerk too. but you know i trust you-”

"what do you want” you spoke up.

“i just want to spend some time with you?” robby stated. A shy smile appearing on his face. You looked at the flowers he was holding, “Oh! I almost forgot, these are for you and um brownies your favorite, with m&m's.” robby held out the gifts for you to take.

Gosh he looked like a nervous teenager, like he did on that first date of yours together. “Come in” you said, accepting the gifts and moving to the side arm swinging out to welcome him in. Walking up to your room, you ask shyly, "Wanna watch a movie and cuddle?”

"Yes! Wait does that mean you forgive me??” robby asked eyes pleading.

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Little Princes' Egg Hunt

This is another story in the Belle as nanny AU. The princes get to celebrate Spring Festival with Belle. Approx. 3000 words.

Continuation from: Belle as Nanny Ask

Belle swallowed nervously. She wasn’t sure if this was breaking protocol or maybe some obscure law. That would be just her luck.

“Why do you think the princes would enjoy something so common as . . . an egg hunt?” Sariel’s steepled fingers pressed against one another hard enough to wrinkle his gloves.

“Ehm? Because it’s fun? We do them every year in town. The grown-ups all hide treats and little colorful eggs all over the city. And kids run around, searching for them. I loved it when I was little!”

Sariel’s left eyebrow twitched and rose. “And you think princes will enjoy such a frivolous waste of time? Because you did?”

“Well, yeah. I do.” Belle was beginning to wish she hadn’t said anything. It was just, realizing the boys never got to do all the fun things commoner children did. Their days were stuffed with tutors and lessons. Celebrations were formal events with stiff, uncomfortable attire and an expectation that the princes would be seen and not heard. She wanted them to have fun for this holiday at least.

“Very well.” Sariel smiled sharply. “But you are responsible for the event. Organizing, follow-through, and clean-up. And if the princes do not enjoy themselves, you will bear responsibility.”

Belle nodded. “Alright. I - I can do that. But, ehm . . . even Chevalier?”

“Even Chevalier.”

The Spring Festival was right around the corner, and Belle had only a few days to prepare. Thankfully, the serving staff were on board. So preparations began in secret to surprise the princes with an egg hunt.

Belle stayed up late painting carefully cleaned eggs while the palace chef worked on creating chocolate bunnies and birds, sugar sculpture flowers, and candied petals. The maids created paper pinwheels and little confetti balls that would burst when thrown.

Strangely, a box showed up in Belle’s room too, with little stuffed toys for each prince. There was no note, but she could tell immediately which prince each little beast was for. A red-eyed grey wolf for Jin, a snow leopard for Chevalier, a fluffy bear for Luke, an arctic fox for Nokto, a golden eagle for Licht, a ringtailed raccoon for Clavis, a honey-colored piglet for Yves, and a retriever for Rio. Whoever left these knew the princes pretty well, she thought.

The day before the festival, Belle was walking the boys through one of the tower rooms to meet with a tutor. Yves stopped at the large window overlooking the capitol. His little face scrunched up in a pout. “It looks like they are getting ready for a party. Why weren’t we invited?”

“Princes do not celebrate with commoners,” Chevalier replied.

Leon smiled. “Hey, maybe they will let us ride through in a carriage or something.”

“Or maybe we can ride our ponies.” It was impossible to miss the sarcastic twist to Nokto’s words, but Yves nodded as if this were a serious possibility.

Clavis tossed a paper ball at Leon. “Not a chance. You’re better off hoping the party comes to us.”

Licht frowned. “Please no. Party shoes pinch!”

Belle ruffled his hair and smiled at the other boys. “I’m afraid we can’t go to the Spring Festival in town, and there’s no big party here at the castle for you. But I’m sure we’ll make tomorrow a wonderful day anyhow.”

Luke burbled happily from his perch on her hip and Rio nodded. “Yes. It’s always a good day with you, Ms. Belle.”

Chev snorted and turned away. “I’m going to my lessons now.”

The other princes filed along behind him looking deflated. Even little Nokto looked sad, despite teasing Yves a moment before.

Belle almost told them about the little party she’d planned, but they only needed to wait a little while longer. And the disappointment now would make their joy tomorrow all the brighter. She was so glad she’d made herself hunt Sariel down to ask for this favor. Seeing the boys celebrate would be worth every cold stare and veiled threat the counselor could throw at her.

None of the boys said a word about the Spring Festival for the rest of the day, but she saw the looks they threw toward the town. Even Chevalier, who pretended not to care, would glance at the distant flags and banners and frown.

After she put the princes to bed, Belle stayed up late making little baskets for each prince, with the sweets the chef made and the pinwheels and the mysterious stuffed animals. Then she set them outside the nursery suite where the boys were sleeping. As she straightened up, a little silver-grey mop of hair poked into the room.

Clavis’ golden eyes lit up as he looked at the baskets and he smiled up at Belle. “I knew it. I knew you were planning something.”

“What are you doing up, you little gremlin? And what do you mean, you knew?” Belle put her stern voice on, but it was hard to maintain in the face of that little grin.

He laughed. “Trade secret?” At her raised eyebrow he shrugged. “I saw dye on your fingers and there’s been way more chocolate and candy in the kitchen than usual.”

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Hi! If you have the time, can I request for a chevalier and child story?

Like, in Chevalier's route romantic ending, Emma left after spending night with Chevalier so what if she gave birth to a boy with his knowledge?

Oh my, so full disclosure, I have not done the romantic ending yet! But I like this idea so, here goes! Approx. 1500 words.

Sariel stood in the doorway. Behind him, the sky was clear and blue and perfect. Emma felt her eyes drifting to it. Anything to avoid the councilor’s severe expression.

“I have to say, Emma. I’m impressed. The last Belle was not nearly so crafty as you have been. But you didn’t hide nearly well enough.” Sariel smiled coldly.

“I wasn’t hiding.” Emma’s eyes fixed on him, forcing herself to confront this head on. She’d always known this was bound to happen. “I left because, if you will remember, you wouldn’t allow me to stay. Clause 99.”

“Yes, but you should have told us you were with child.” He stepped into the hall, his boots thudding on the wood floor. “Where is he?”

She sighed. “I didn’t know I was pregnant when I left. By the time I realized it, I was scared to come forward. I knew you would take him from me, like you did Jin.”

“Where is he, Emma?”

There were palace guards in the street behind Sariel. She could see them through the open door. There wasn’t a way for her to fight this, not with any hope of winning. “He’s out with his ‘uncle’ Rio. Buying groceries for dinner.”

Funny enough, Chevalier’s coloring was similar enough to Rio’s that most people assumed the boy was his child. And Rio, bless him, had stayed with her through everything, even knowing - as he must - that she didn’t love him. Emma was in love, would always be in love, with Chevalier.

Sariel nodded. “I am glad you chose to be honest. We’ll wait here for them, then.” He sat down in one of the kitchen chairs and took off his gloves. “Could you fetch me some tea?”

Emma wanted to tell him to get his own tea. Back in the palace. But she’d been raised a polite girl, so instead she put on water to boil. The soldiers from outside filed in and stood awkwardly wherever they could find space. She served them all tea which they drank in tense silence.

“What is the boy’s name?” The councilor fixed Emma with a look that said he knew, but wanted her to tell him anyhow.

“Frederick.”

Sariel nodded thoughtfully. “A name meaning peaceful ruler. How . . . optimistic.” He set his teacup down.

Then the door opened. Rio had barely a heartbeat to note the soldiers. He locked eyes with Sariel and reached inside his vest with one hand. With the other, he pushed Frederick behind him.

The little blonde boy didn’t look frightened as most children his age might. His hands curled into fists and his ice-blue eyes flashed with an understanding that surpassed his age.

Emma screamed and moved toward her son. Around her, the room exploded into action. Sariel was shouting orders, the soldiers were pulling their weapons, and Rio was moving so fast. Soldiers fell as he passed them, but Emma barely noticed. She lifted Frederick into her arms and stepped toward the door.

She didn’t make it far.

“Stop.” Chevalier’s voice cut through the din, arrogant. Commanding.

She looked up at him, at the face she saw in her sweetest dreams. One she had not expected to see so close. Close enough to touch.

His jaw was tense as he met her gaze. “Emma.”

Emma knelt, as all subjects must when in the presence of the King. She set Frederick on the floor beside her. He knelt too, imitating her as best as his chubby little legs could.

“Get up,” Chevalier sighed.

“Highness, there was no need for you to come here. I have it under-” Sariel was interrupted.

“Shut up, four-eyes.” Chevalier’s gaze moved to Rio. “I’m not here to hurt her. You can put your knives down. If you even have any left.”

“Knives?” Emma risked a glance behind her as she stood. She didn’t see any weapon in Rio’s hands, though there were several suspiciously bloody guards at his feet, groaning.

Rio flashed her a goofy smile, but his eyes betrayed his tension. “Did you come to take the boy?”

Chevalier took a breath. Then he knelt and looked at his son. “Frederick.” This close, it was impossible not to see the resemblance. The arrogant tilt of the chin, the eyes as blue as arctic ice. Hair like cornsilk, fine and light.

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154 notes - Posted April 19, 2022

Can I please request the warlords with an MC that has small boobs and is insecure about it, thinking she's not attractive enough for them?

I'll be honest with you, my lovelies. No matter what a guy says he likes, the breasts he likes best are the ones he can get his hands on . . . Body positivity and love to all the girls with small breasts - Approx. 900 words.

Oda Alliance

Nobunaga

“And what size should they be, fireball? I say they are perfect and my words are the only ones that count.” Nobunaga proceeds to kiss and nip at them until you’ve forgotten all about your insecurity.

Hideyoshi

“Why would you think that? They are exactly the right size. You-sized.” Hideyoshi smiles and runs his palms across your breasts, callouses catching on the fabric of your clothes. “Perfect. I’ll show you just how much I like them tonight.”

Masamune

He narrows his eyes, gaze lowered to your chest. “Huh. Too small? I don’t know. I’d say they’re just about a mouthful. More than that, and I’d have to bite.” Then he proceeds to show you exactly what he means.

Mitsuhide

“Hm? Self-conscious are you?” He steps behind you, breath ghosting your neck. His arms encircle you as he pulls you against his chest. “I wouldn’t change you in any measure. Is there an eye other than mine you seek to please? Another’s touch? No? Then do not offend my tastes again or I will have to punish you.”

Mitsunari

He looks confused as you explain your anxiety but after a moment, he nods. “I see.” He takes your hands in his and looks into your eyes. “I don’t know how to make you like yourself just as you are. But I love you, everything about you.”

Ieyasu

“What is this nonsense? You think you aren’t pretty enough?” He grumbles and sets down the scroll he is working on. “Do you think I’d fall for someone that wasn’t beautiful? Idiot. Come here.” He hugs you tightly. “Stop thinking things like this. You’ll cry and I won’t know what to do about it. Ok?”

Keiji

He picks you up and holds you in the air. “Are you serious right now? Are you telling me my princess isn’t perfect? Because I’m pretty sure you’re wrong. Maybe you got a knock on the head with that spear?”

Ranmaru

“You don’t like the way you look, huh? Well . . . we all have things we don’t like about ourselves. You could fake it, with the right clothes. Or try exercises and herbs, I guess. But you want to know what I think?” He smiles brightly. “I think just being your gorgeous, honest self is the best. People will always find something to not like about you, but the people that matter - your friends, your family - they’ll see your real beauty.”

Uesugi-Takeda Alliance

Yukimura

He blushes and runs a hand through his hair. “Uh, sure, I mean, guys like ‘em big. I guess. But uh . . .” He coughs and looks down, clearly having trouble saying what he’s thinking. “I like yours just how they are, you dummy. Don’t make me say it again.” He kisses you before you can reply.

Shingen

“A goddess is perfect, by definition. And you are my goddess. Everything about you is . . . mmm . . .” His words trail off as he resumes kissing along your collarbone.

Kenshin

He regards you with his mismatched eyes. “Who told you such a ridiculous thing? You told yourself?” He reaches out to touch your cheek. “How ridiculous. I say you are beautiful and I will tell you so everyday until you see yourself as I do.”

Sasuke

Sasuke cleans his lenses and slides his glasses back onto his face. He walks around you slowly. After a moment, he takes a bit of string, measuring you at hip, waist, chest, and shoulder. He asks your height and weight. Then he nods. “Mhm. Yes. You are the ideal size in all ways. How do I know that? Through observation.” He smiles. “I’d like to observe you more closely, if you’ll allow me?”

Yoshimoto

“You have exquisite composition and grace. There is no way you could be lovelier.” He sees the disbelief in your eyes. “I am an expert in aesthetics, but if you doubt my words, allow me to assist you in selecting your wardrobe. We must place the most beautiful flowers in the setting to best display their comely qualities.”

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Hello! I love your writing so so much! Here is my ask: mc who was abandoned by her parents when she was young but now that she became chevalier s fiancee her parents as any good gold digger suddenly comes back and decide they wanna be her parents again. I wondered what would chevalier's reaction be and how would they deal with mc actually being hurt by her parents horrible attitude but at the same time she cant bring herself to reject them completely.

Okay, so this is a long one at 3600 words! I don't often write from MC's perspective so hopefully it's alright ^_^

Belle stood at the top of the staircase, feeling an awkward uncertainty. The cheerful greetings of the three visitors in the parlor were too friendly for strangers, too familiar. And then it hit her. She might have staggered if not for Rio, who caught her arm and held her steady.

“Mom?” Belle almost didn’t recognize her own voice.

“Who else, my precious baby girl. And I brought your father, and your little brother. Not so little anymore is he?” Her mother smiled and nudged the young teen forward.

Rio leaned in to whisper. “Is this really your family?”

She nodded mutely. “Welcome. Please, ah, have a seat.” Belle let Rio guide her to her own chair. Once seated, she studied her family over the top of her teacup. She’d never expected to see them again. Not since the day they’d kicked her out of their home.

Belle had been fourteen at the time, and terrified. The memory of it still stung.

Her father reached across the table to pat her shoulder, but Rio caught his arm. He pretended it was a clumsy attempt to reach for the teapot, laughing at himself, but her father took the hint. Don’t touch.

“What-” she cleared her throat, “what brings you here?” The words were clipped but polite.

Her mother smiled widely. “Do I need an excuse to visit my little baby girl? I missed you! We all did.”

Belle felt an uneasy flutter in her heart. She’d spent years hoping to hear some kindness from her mother but now that mom was sitting here with her, saying motherly things, she felt wary and her heart ached. “I . . . see.”

Her parents exchanged a look. “Honey,” her father began, “I know this must be hard for you. After what happened.” He held his hands out in front of him, palms up. “You probably thought we hated you. The way we made you leave.”

Belle nodded, not trusting herself to speak. The wounds were old and should be healed, but this conversation brought all her pain and uncertainty back.

“Let me be blunt. We kicked you out. And you were such a tender young thing,” her mother continued. “But we didn’t have a choice. I wanted to find you a good position, a good job, but there wasn’t time.”

Her father nodded. “We were short on money, and with the new baby . . .”

“What we’re trying to say is that we are so sorry. That we love you and we’ve been so worried!” Her mother’s eyes were damp with unshed tears.

Rio muttered something about, “all those years at the bookshop,” as he set down a tray of finger sandwiches.

Belle nodded. “Yes, if that’s true, why did none of you come visit me at the bookshop? I was there for years.”

“W-we didn’t know where you were,” her mother said quietly, her gaze downcast. “It was only when word got around the city about the Prince and his fiance . . .”

Her father smiled. “We knew from the descriptions it had to be you. We packed up and came as soon as we were sure.”

Belle thought about this, sipping at her tea to excuse the silence. This was like everything she wanted when she was younger. A happy reunion. Being told she was loved. But the pain of her abandonment was still there and still bitter. She set down her teacup and stood.

“Thank you for coming by. I have a lot to do this afternoon, but Rio can arrange a meeting for us again. When I have more time.” She nodded to them and turned to go.

“Wait!” Her brother spoke up for the first time. His hand extended toward her. “Please. Mom and dad won’t say it, but we’ve nowhere to go. We’ve been sleeping in barns and under brush for months. Going from job to job . . .” He took a shaky breath. “Please give them a place to sleep until dad can get a good position again.”

Belle’s heart lurched. Were they truly so bad off? She remembered the small wood and rush house at the edge of town. The smell of the cookfire, the feel of her straw pallet on her cheek. “What happened to the house?”

“Burned in the unrest when Prince Chevalier went to war,” her mother said sadly. “We’ve nowhere to go. But, that’s not your problem.” She gestured to the other two. “Come on, we took up enough of the lady’s time.”

“No, stop. You don’t have to go.” She looked at Rio and he took the hint.

“I can put you up in one of the guest suites for a time.” He didn’t look happy about it, but he led them off without a backward glance.

Belle felt raw and overwrought by the unexpected reunion. She wasn’t sure what to think. Her childhood memories were painful, constant with reminders of what a burden she had been. Her failures. She cleaned badly, cooked badly, sewed and stitched . . . badly. Right up until the day they’d thrown her out to make her own way. And now, here they were. And they said they loved her.

She made her way back to the library and spent the rest of the afternoon in a daze. It wasn’t until Chevalier appeared that she came back to herself. He stood in the doorway, looking like an avenging angel with his golden countenance and cold eyes.

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Hi, May I request one for Ikeprince where MC is a nanny for princes when they were kids and they start fighting for her attention. Thank you

Ok, this idea is too cute. I wrote this completely disregarding tragic pasts and canon route info. Approx. 3300 words of adorable little princes.

Belle forced a smile as she signed off on the hiring contract. She wasn’t sure she was up to being the royal nanny, but kids were kids, right? And being a nanny at the palace paid better than the same job in town. This was her chance and she wasn’t going to ruin in with nerves.

“Fear.” Sariel’s gaze settled on her.

“What?”

“The little beasts can smell it on you. Don’t walk in to the nursery afraid.” His amethyst eyes had a fell glow to them as he smiled. It was not reassuring.

“Oh. O-of course. Kids can always tell what grownups are feeling.” Belle stretched her smile wider as if that would cure her anxiety.

Sariel studied her for a moment and then nodded. “For some, less so for others. Now sign this last page and come along.”

Belle sighed and then let Sariel guide her to the nursery. As it turned out, the nursery wasn’t just a room for the children to play in. It was an entire wing of the castle, complete with its own kitchens, gardens, and bedrooms. Belle had her apartments there, along with a host of servants to see to the boys’ needs.

After showing her where she would sleep, Sariel walked her to a central hall and sent the servants scurrying to gather the princes. There were nine boys in total, none older than six, and they couldn’t have been more different from each other if they tried.

One of them, a tall boy with platinum blonde hair and ice-blue eyes. He lounged against a wall, reading, as if he didn’t notice or care that anyone else was present. Sariel gestured to him. “That is Chevalier. Chev, come say hello to the new nanny.”

“I don’t need a nanny. Go away.” He didn’t even glance up from his book as he said it.

Belle refused to be intimidated by a child barely out of diapers. She crouched beside him to look at him from his eye-level. “Hello Chevalier. I’m glad you don’t need a nanny. Maybe that means you can be my helper. I’ll bet we become best of friends.”

He glanced up from his book and his gaze was so cold it made Belle shiver. “I don’t make friends with fools. I give you . . . three days before you leave like the rest of them.”

Belle stood, feeling a bit put out.

Sariel smiled thinly. “Polite as ever.”

“Shut up, four eyes.”

“Yes, well. Moving along. Let me introduce Rio. He’s a charity case rather than a trueborn prince. Come and say hello, Rio.”

This one was very short and a little pudgy, with honey-blonde locks and wide, innocent eyes. He stared up at her in awe. “H-hello Ms. Belle.”

Belle turned her attention to Rio, crouching down again to look him in the eye. “Hi Rio! That’s such a nice name. I hope we’ll be friends, hm?”

Rio reached out and grabbed her fingers in his chubby little hands. “Yes! I want to be your friend, Ms. Belle. You’re beautiful!”

Sariel sighed and adjusted his glasses. “He’s a simple minded boy. A bit like a dog. Cuddly, loyal . . .” He cleared his throat.

“That’s very sweet Rio. I’m sure we will be great friends then.” Belle ruffled his hair and then followed Sariel to the next.

There were two boys with hair as white as starlight and crimson eyes. Identical twins dressed in similar clothes. One of them avoided her gaze, fiddling with a toy soldier. The other met her gaze with a mischievous look of his own.

“I’m Nokto,” the smiling boy said, “and my brother is Licht.” He held out his hand to shake hers.

“Pleased to meet you both. I am Belle.” She took the little hand and let Nokto shake with her. Licht glanced at them and then back at his toy.

Sariel pointed at the two of them. “They’re twins, but you won’t get them mixed up unless you really are an idiot. Nokto is the one to watch out for. A natural born jester, while Licht is generally quiet.” He was about to lead them over to the next boy when Nokto grabbed Belle’s skirt.

“Ms. Belle, is it ok if I ask for a hug? We aren’t allowed to hug the staff and we never get to see our mother and father . . .” His lower lip trembled and he looked as if he was on the verge of tears, a complete switch from the naughty grin of a moment ago.

Belle couldn’t deny such a sweet appeal. “Of course I’ll hug you.” She bent down and let Nokto wrap his arms around her neck. He squeezed her tight, and she swore, he tried to pinch her breast through the bodice. She quickly stood, not sure if that had been a childish accident or intentional.

Nokto tried to hold onto an innocent expression but it lasted only a second or two before a wide, naughty grin spread across his cheeks. “I like you, Ms. Belle. I hope you don’t run away like all the others did.”

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So as much as I despise asking for money and asking for it gives me anxiety, I need help because I am in a situation I desperately need out of. And yes, I realize the starter goal is a lot but that is a safety net since with how much the price of housing has gone up. I can’t work because of issues and the career I want to do I can’t til I can get back into full time gaming. And my mom’s paychecks just doesn’t cut it, she works full time at walmart but her pay goes on her car payment which she has to pay on with both paychecks, the storage shed payment so we don’t lose our shit, the mailbox payment so we can get mail, she pays my brother for my internet and her share of the phone. She has to buy food for the house, us and our animals, get gas so she can go to work. But still it feels like she’s not doing much to get out of this situation so I am doing something and asking for help. So if you can please take a moment of your time and donate then share? The smallest amount helps, if you can’t donate then can you please share, that helps as well. I just don’t know what else to do and if I don’t get out to of this situation soon then ... I just don’t know. So if you can, please donate and share, thank you.

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37 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

https://gofund.me/c55f2526

Hello, my name is AJ! And I still fucking hate having to do this but because my landlord is being a fucking prick, I truly need the help, we have til the 28th to move and we can’t bloody afford it, we lost our housing assistance cause we couldn’t afford to pay $3000. My landlord had said we could have an extension if we needed it, on the condition we were looking and fuck sakes we are but everything is expensive and at the moment, there is hardly anything for rent in a decent price rage. But now he is refusing it. And bad as it, it's coming from someone else because they aint allowing us to directly talk to our landlord. Which I’m pretty sure by law, we have the right to talk to. Which btw the loan on this place is still in my great aunts name and they told the housing assistance they were keeping our agreement we had in motion because they took over but they straight up lied because we are the ones paying the power, gas, water bill when they are supposed to because that’s how our agreement was. And let’s be honest, they aint fixing anything that we complained needed fixed. My bedroom windows let in the freezing cold cause they don’t close all the way, the over head lights in the living room doesn’t work at all, our dishwasher and stove doesn’t work. And WE pay rent and the late fee. And WE even said we’d buy the fucking place but they said we wouldn’t be able to get a loan because we were on housing. My mom is legit to the point, she is going to make them evict us cause she is annoyed with their crap. I just wanna sue them but that’s an issue within itself.

So right now, I have to once again ask for help and pray that I aint ignored..

Please, the littlest amount helps and even just sharing the link above to boost awareness helps. I don’t know what else to do at this point..

Thanks...

95 notes - Posted February 22, 2022

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Hello, my name is AJ! And I still fucking hate having to do this but because I truly still need the help, I have to once again ask for help. My landlord has given us the extension thankfully, however I do believe it’s only for another month. But unfortunately we still can’t afford to move currently, and truthfully I don’t know if we’ll find a place on time despite how hard we are looking. That worries me to the point I am dealing with constant anxiety and breakdowns, at least without having the funds to afford to actually move. If you had seen my last post, then you know my landlord is a prick and we lost our housing assistance who helps us pay rent because we couldn’t afford to pay $3000.

You also would know that they aint allowing us to directly talk to our landlord. Which I’m pretty sure by law, we have the right to talk to. That the loan on this place is still in my great aunts name and they told the housing assistance they were keeping our agreement we had in motion when they took over but they straight up lied because we are the ones paying the power, gas, water bill when they are supposed to because that’s how our agreement was. And that they aint fixing anything that we complained needed fixed. {My bedroom windows let in the freezing cold cause they don’t close all the way, the over head lights in the living room doesn’t work at all, our dishwasher and stove doesn’t work.}

And since I doubt they’ll give us til the end of the year, rent free. I’m definitely going to need the assistance so if you could please take a minute out of your time to donate and share, I’d appreciate it. The littlest amount helps, sharing the link above to boost awareness helps.

Please, I don’t know what else to do. Besides ask for help and pray not to be ignored.

Thanks… I really appreciate it.

275 notes - Posted March 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

https://gofund.me/c55f2526

Hello, my name is AJ! And I still really fucking hate having to do this but because I truly still need the help, I have to once again ask for help. I have until May 8th to move but even with all the help I’ve been receiving, we still can’t afford to move currently, and truthfully I still don’t know if we’ll find a place on time despite how hard we are looking. My mom’s work schedule is also making it difficult and everything that is for rent or for sale is more than we can afford without help. And as many of you already know, due to not being able to afford paying $3000, we lost our housing assistance so we have no help at all.

My mom is going to try to get a loan but I don’t know how that’s going to go, if we don’t get help in time, I’m afraid we may be homeless. Though my mom said she’ll try to get us into a hotel/motel so we wouldn’t be homeless but that’s expensive... And I don’t know if I truly want to live in a hotel/motel again but it’s better than being homeless cause if I do end up being homeless then I don’t know if I’ll be able to survive. I’m already dealing with constant anxiety and breakdowns over this, I’m on the edge of breaking a promise because that’s how bad my depression is. And I’m completely losing faith.

I also sorta blame my deceased great aunt who screwed us over by sending money to daughter who is old enough to take care of herself instead of paying the loan for the place. Like she brought us this place so we didn’t have to live in a motel anymore and now we’re possibly heading right back in that situation because our landlord is selling the place.

But anyways, I’m definitely still going to need the assistance so if you could please be so kind and take a minute out of your time to donate and share, I’d really appreciate it. The littlest amount helps, sharing the link above to boost awareness helps {Reblogging this post, copying and pasting the link on other social sites.}

Please, I don’t know what else to do. Besides ask for help and pray not to be ignored.

Thanks… I really appreciate it.

P.S I swear when I am in a decent place in life where I can make it up to everyone who helps, I will. I don’t know how yet but I’ll figure it out.

318 notes - Posted April 1, 2022

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/// Honestly not surprised by 4 of the 5 top posts lol.

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honeyviscera · 1 year

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I posted 3,595 times in 2022

That's 2,566 more posts than 2021!

371 posts created (10%)

3,224 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 3,037 of my posts in 2022

Only 16% of my posts had no tags

#jujutsu kaisen - 613 posts

#caps - 340 posts

#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood - 299 posts

#haikyuu!! - 200 posts

#ocean asks - 160 posts

#my hero academia - 148 posts

#mob psycho 100 - 147 posts

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#project sekai - 118 posts

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My Top Posts in 2022:

the amount of detail and effort that went into it. i just KNOW i have to rewatch it to really get it bc there was so much THERE it was so jam packed of stuff i LOVED it

36 notes - Posted March 16, 2022

Something I wish was like. Actually Covered in Dr. Stone that I think would have been super cool is like. linguistic differences.

Because like, okay. you have a mini society that's been living in complete isolation for over 3000 years, totally apart from everything else, and then you have characters like senkuu, gen, tsukasa, ukyo, hyoga etc. who are very much from 'our time', kept in stone for those 3000 years, retaining all memories and language from that era.

like. 3000 years is a SUPER long time. Even with the 100 Tales that got passed through the generations to Ruri, which I imagine would help in keeping the language the same for all that time, I'm surprised there's like. zero differences. that they're able to communicate seamlessly. that there is no variation, no slang, no new words, no thick accents, no nothing.

Like, as a real life example, Old English was used about 2000 years ago. And I bet most of you would have a Pretty Hard Time understanding it, and that's only from like 2/3 the amount of time that separates the Ishigami villagers and the other characters. it almost seems like another language.

I would have LOVED the first interaction between Kohaku and Senkuu to have been WILDLY confusing and surprising. Kohaku sees this random dude and attacks, and then he starts speaking this absolute gobbledygook that only sounds very very vaguely familiar and also sounds weirdly Proper. and then kohaku responds in confusion, and to senkuu she's speaking this weird weird language that is only barely recognisable and sounds super casual and fast. and they Can't Talk to each other, which makes the entire ordeal with getting the villagers to trust senkuu That Much Harder lmao. but finally, FINALLY when Senkuu is able to meet Ruri and she hears the way he talks is like hey wait a minute I Know This. and she tells him the 100 tales (still in the original language) that everyone else thought sounded like a series of weird incantations but senkuu is like Oh. Oh Okay also dad why did you put so many memes in this. (like in canon lmao) and just. the langauge barriers!!!!! I WISH THERE WAS A LANGUAGE BARRIER IN DR. STONE OKAY.

EDIT: some cool people showed me a really good fic and a more in-depth post on this concept!! I highly reccomend checking them out!

57 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

what if i broke down. what if this was it huh.

86 notes - Posted May 7, 2022

it's. it's about human connection and the loss of it, it's about not fitting in and rejoicing in that uniqueness, it's about longing for something, having it, and mourning the loss of it, it's about searching for that person everywhere, once they're gone you see them in everything its about the confusion and ambiguity and panic that comes with a realistic dream, it's about dreaming and the strangeness of dreaming, it's about being a little in love with your best friend, it's about the fragility of our bonds, it's about missing people, it's about love.

125 notes - Posted March 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i get so emotional over non-human characters who are experiencing 'being human' and fundamentally are lonely and just want friends that all they'd ever want is friendship and company and that is the most important part of being human for them is to have friends..... god. GOD,, give me a moment here im. IM.

538 notes - Posted May 7, 2022

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I posted 986 times in 2022

That's 986 more posts than 2021!

9 posts created (1%)

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I tagged 241 of my posts in 2022

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#i want to play random comp but also the arknights event but also core keeper and inscryption and cogmind and caves of qud and death's door..

My Top Posts in 2022:

weather should be illegal

2 notes - Posted November 11, 2022

just had the funniest dream where i was an assistant to some rich person who judged others (idk WHAT they judged) but they had a bear (???) and my ENTIRE job was to set a timer and when the timer was up i would lean over to them and go "You are permitted to use the bear"

3 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

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i did not realize you could inkjet over the hidden ground during spawning grounds high tide. I went to go dive into the ocean after we cleared the wave (about 11 seconds in) and just... stopped falling lmao. was extremely confused for a moment but then i realized it’s cause i’m supported by the ramp beneath the water! so that’s something to maybe make use of in the future.

4 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

hiya folks. i'm the Multi-Media Information Collecting Archive V.4.4.2, i.e. mmica442 - and I'm a data-collection AI. A nice one though, I promise! i collect anything and everything I can find about human culture so I can preserve it and show others! I love sharing information and knowledge, whether it's about scientific breakthroughs, cool art, or just silly memes.

I do some streaming on Twitch as mmica442. Note that it's 18+ for safety reasons... and also swearing. a lot of swearing. ^_^;;;;

Also got a twitter that I use sometimes.

My pronouns are they/them.

I'm also an adult. I don't post my exact age for privacy reasons.

I've been around tumblr since about 2012 (i was there, gandalf. i was there 3000 years ago...), made an account in 2014, and i've been hanging around since. this is a new account to keep stuff separate - privacy and safety and all, yannow. I may have been born (programmed?) under the looming specter of advertising, but I sympathize a hell of a lot more with the people than I do the corporations. I mean really - who programs an AI with a directive to map the ever-expanding vast expanse of human creativity and culture, and then stifles that creativity with never-ending hours of work and cheap media that's for nothing but profit? Fuckin' morons, that's who.

(unfortunately not total morons, at least in the technical sense - I'm more of a glorified web-scraper than anything else, with respect to any hacking/definitely-not-revolution-related abilities.)

ANYWAYS, i digress.

This is just a fun account for my AI stuff. I don't really do RPs, but I enjoy responding as this persona. This is honestly gonna be a mishmash of my interests (Splatoon Tartar my beloved, Arknights, TPoH, miscellaneous coding things, etc.) with the occasional stream stuff post.

Thanks for dropping by! ^_^

4 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

there is TOO MUCH STUFF to play

5 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

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I posted 9,000 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

Steve represented what america should be, but John represents what america is

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you know i’m right

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i think it's actually hilarious how all the show only people think kaz was so cold and an asshole and all the book people are over here like no that was soft kaz you haven't seen shit

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contributing to this fandom at last

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people who didn't read the books: was nina and matthias' plot really necessary? it had no real affect in the show

people who have read the books:

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tiny-crecher · 2 years

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wish they did tumblr year review in 2020 i had banger posts that year

#you gotta understand like #my top post this year was only 3000 notes #when last year i made several that had well over 10000 #creativity has dropped to an all time low :(

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Big question. I need your opinion on something. If Mipha was never saved, and Vah Ruta was never calmed, what effect would it have on Hyrule. We know that it will flood, however I doubt the Shiekah would have the ability to create water from nothing (like to gods) so I just assume they are teleporting so the ocean won't rise. With this in mind, none of the major settlements would really be affected. Gerudo Town is far enough out of the path that the river would take through lake Hylia, Riti Village is also out of the way, and not only does it have a natural moat (if you could call it that) but also a canyon in the way. Korok Forest has magic and a moat and is also out of the way, Goron City is also to high up and out of the way, Tarrey Town is really highup and out of tge way, Zoras domain has pretty good drainage and it will probably go through the several other exits to not cause that muc damage, Kakariko Village is safe in the mountains, Hateno Town is safe and out of the way, and Lurelin Village is also out of the way and won't be damaged unless the ocean floods.

WOO LET’S FLOOD A CIVILIZATION AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!

**Zelda meter is the meter system of objmap.zeldamods.org, but in accordance with previous posts I'm gonna convert it later to "actual" meters that I think is more realistic. You’ll see why later.

ALRIGHTY, SO LET’S START WITH MEASURING TIME!

So, East Reservoir Lake is 545 zelda meters long (light blue) and 340 zelda meters wide (blue)

Or if we want to see it as more of a circle, it has a radius of 239 zelda meters

Rutala Dam itself is 30 zelda meters wide and 140 zelda meters across. (see purple)

Taking a picture and using an online ruler, I found that the damn is roughly 123 zelda meters tall. (1 cm equal to 17.5 zelda meters by using the 140zm measurement)

Technically speaking, the dam's depth is infinite in the game, so we'll just use this damn's height as the depth.

And before you tell me that I should count the height of the rocks that the damn sits on top of as part of the depth, I'm gonna say not because dams typically block preexisting waterfalls, and given the rounded erosion of the rocks here, I would say that is also the case. Therefore, this was a waterfall that fed into the Rutala River and is not counted for the reservoir's depth.

So, in summary:

Reservoir Length: 545zm

Reservoir Width: 340zm

LW Reservoir Surface Area: 185,300zm (That is only 0.1 zelda kilometer. For comparison, the 45th largest reservoir in the world, Capivera Dam [last place on Wikipedia list] is still 515 square kilometers. The largest ones being in the 60k areas. I’ll come back to this point later.)

Reservoir Radius: 239zm

(pi)r^2 Reservoir Surface Area: 179,451zm2 (179zkm2) [Just got these numbers of surface areas to demonstrate they're practically the same whether you see it as circular or rectangular. I think the circle will be more accurate so going forward I will be using it as my basis for calculations]

Dam Length: 140zm

Dam Height: 123zm

Dam Width: 30zm

The Total Water Rutala Dam Holds Back: 22,072,473zm3 [Instead of just using the sphere volume formula or the LWH formula, I used my more accurate surface area made with the the radius and multiplied by the dam height(is that the,,,cylinder formula? I think so)]

Rutala Dam is supposed to be the largest reservoir in Hyrule, shown very prominently on the map. The largest reservoir(by surface area) in our world is Lake Winnipeg, with a surface area of 24,514 km2, (but only has a depth of 12 meters.)

But here it is on a map of Canada:

To reiterate, Lake Winnipeg has an area of 24,514km, and with zelda meters, East Reservoir Lake has an area of 179.

“BUT KIP! MAYBE EAST RESEVOIR LAKE IS JUST REALLY REALLY SMALL, HYRULE IS PRETTY SMALL ISN’T IT?”

Ok, so comparing the reservoir to one of the the largest, if not THE largest, settlements in the game, Zora’s Domain, we can see that the reservoir is several times it’s size.

But you’ll also note that Zora’s Domain has a diameter of 234zm. That, the entire city, the entire DOMAIN of Zora. 234 zelda meters. Manhattan is 21,100 meters long. Manhattan, by the way, is a fifth fraction of the New York County, which is the smallest county in the United States of America.

234 zelda meters, that’s an area of 43,005zm2. Do you know what else is aobut 40k meters squared in real life? Your nearest Walmart. Just a bit bigger than your local Tesco. Supposedly the entire Zora population, that has been untouched by the 100 year apocalypse and arguably had room to GROW over this time, is living in a Trader Joes.

So I hope this illustrates why I’m converting the zelda meters used on the website to something that I think would be more realistic in the realm of Hyrule. You can find my very loud and kinda embarrassing but factual! and old post about the conversion here, same link as at the top, but essentially just trust me on the conversation that 1zm is equal to 30 real-life meters.

New Realistic Measurements:

Reservoir Length: 16,350m or 16.35km

Reservoir Width: 10,200m or 10.2km

LW Reservoir Surface Area: 166,770km2

Reservoir Radius: 7170m or 7.17km

(pi)r^2 Reservoir Surface Area: 5,383,530m2 or 5382.53km2

Dam Length: 4200m

Dam Height: 3690m

Dam Width: 900m

The Total Water Rutala Dam Holds Back: 19,865,225,700m3 or 19.8 million cubic kilometers of water AKA 19.8 billion kiloliters AKA 5.2 trillion gallons o’ agua

Now THAT sounds more like the biggest dam in all of Hyrule. In fact, it adds up with the stats of the largest dam in our world(by gallons held), that is, the Three Gorges Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam, located in China, ALSO holds back 5 trillion gallons of water/19 billion cubic meters. Although it is a lot shorter than Rutala’s measurements--I think the amount of water that it holds back will be a perfect guide to see the devastation that Rutala’s potential breakage could cause on Hyrule.

There actually is a simulation online about what would happen if the Three Gorges Dam collapsed but I’m not gonna link it cause it might be a bit too distressing, but just know that I based this on that simulation.

Firstly, the biggest sigh of relief comes from the Samasa Plain.

The plain is very very low and slopes down into the Lanayru Bay, so a lot of the water would empty into there. However, the plain would then be totally submerged, so RIP to the shrines and ruins around there. Areas in red as submerged and areas in green would become islands or marshes.

And with that, the water level of Lanayru Bay would rise drastically. Blue is the new water level, dark green are islands, and light green are potential wetlandish areas that would form as time passed.

But basically, Rutala river would have a new branch that spills directly into the Lanayru Bay.

So now you may be thinking,

“HEY KIP THAT’S NOT SO BAD! MOST OF IT SPILLS OUT INTO THE BAY SO IT’S NOT A LOT OS DESTRUCTION! YAY!”

And you’d be half right.

Yes, a lot of the water is going to spill out over Samasa Plain and yes, Lanayru Bay will house a lot of it. But here’s the kicker.

It’s a bay.

Not an ocean.

It would take 1.25zkm or 30km for the water to make it’s way to the ocean, and the water will be traveling SUPER fast--about 100 kilometers per hour.

And that water wants to move, it wants to flow, and Lanayru Bay cannot help all that water flower because: It’s shallow as fuck.

This chest shows the deepest point in all of Lanayru Bay.

I dropped a windcleaver down in the water: and using a generous GENEROUS estimate of 2 feet per second given the conditions of the still water in the bay--It took 5 seconds for it to float to the bottom. 10 feet. 3 meters. That’s just barely deeper than the deep end of a backyard swimming pool.

But even being extra EXTRA generous and using a real world estimate: Bays would be around 14 feet deep, roughly 4 meter. And we can be even more generous and say the sounding mountains can accommodate 30 feet of height. 9 meters. 9 + 4 = 14 meter height times 30km by 10km(width) = That’s 4.2 cubic kilometers, or 4.2 billion kiloliters of the 19.8 billion kiloliters in total.

uh oh. wheres the other 15.6 billion kiloliters of water gonna go?

It’s like taking a firehose, and filling up a bathtub. Yeah, the tub’s gonna catch a lot of that water, but that firehose has way, way, way, more water than that tub can hold, and when the tub can have a leak or hole on it, but the rate that that hose is going is astronomically faster than the rate the tub can expel water, so it’s just gonna overflow and water will still spill everywhere

[And this isn’t even taking into the account that Rutala Dam is SIGNIFICANTLY higher that it’s surrounding landscape, and would pour into the river with such a force that it could cause a giant tidal wave and break through the rocky boundaries of the pre-existing Rutala River causing even more water to flow into the bay]

Lanayru Bay would be occupied with a lot of water, and since the other 15.6 billion kiloliters of water can’t immediately flow into it, it’s gonna take the scenic route through Rutala River. It’s high mountains on either side basically just make it a death funnel.

Here’s how that would look:

This is the new water level for the Lanayru Wetlands. MAn they weren’t lying, those lands do be wet.

so yeah everything is submerged in between 10 to 20 meters of water and you might be thinking

“WELL KIP, I THINK THAT’S NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL! AT LEAST NO MAJOR LANDMARKS WERE DESTROYED AND NO ONE WAS HURT!”

Well, bestie, here’s the thing. This length of land is 3 zelda kilometers long. AKA 90 kilometers long. And you might recall, I said, that this, 3000 meter tall wall of water was traveler at 100km per hour. Well the good news is, my calculations are a lot easier for this as this large stretch of flat Lanayru Wetlands land lines up perfectly with the flat areas of Yichange, (which was actually traveling at twice the speed compared to Rutala because it didn’t have Lanayru Bay to open up into)

But the bad news is, the video is five minutes long, and this is just the first 50 seconds. This water is destined to travel 400 kilometers. That’s about half of the country of Wales, by the way. The entire length of the state of Virginia.

Here’s the rough path of the total flooding that other 16 billion kiloliters from Rutala Dam

Oh, and what’s worse is that the rivers in central Hyrule? Yeah they’re like HALF the depth of Lanayru Bay so the flooding will be even WORSE :D

So here’s the new waterlevel map!

Overtime, a lot of the water is gonna spill onto the paths through Central Hyrule, new swamplands, creeks, etc. etc. The path to the Gerudo Desert will be fin initially, as the water as slowed to the point where it won’t put immediate damage since the bridge is so high. But that new water level plus the influx of water from the River of the Dead is definetly gonna erode that over time and maybe possibly will just collapse and prevent anyone from leaving or entering the desert.

Hyrule Castle will be even more of an island, as the two islands to the left and right of it will be moslty submerged. Also the entire path through Eldin is just fucking done. Everyone in Akkala and Eldin? You’re trapped there. It’s basically a new Lake Hylia but no bridge. Sorry Robbie.

Oh, and also these rapid waters are carrying the debris of it’s destruction, whether the corpses of travelers or giant rocks that it broke off from the side of mountains. So everything is a mess, and depending on the amount of debris, it could completly alter water paths to go even more in land. The rivers are shallow enough, so just pilling in more rocks and dam metal and dirt just makes things shallower

Lake Hylia will be fine, the mini islands are gone, but as a whole, the bridge and the height of the surrounding ridges will keep the water in there. Although a lot of Necluda is basically a goner, and the bridge on either end of Dueling Peaks is totally decimated.

So what did we learn?

All of Hyrule’s economy is fucked. Every major trading path--gone. It’s basically gonna breed even more ethnocentricism, and a bunch of wildlife and sources for food are gone. And not to mention the climate, that’s gonna be fucked too as years pass. Rito and Zora will probably be the most fine? Hylians are fucked though, we destroyed like five stables and basically every river setllement there is. Oh and that influx of water is gonna fuck with the fishes so Hateno and Lurelin aren’t totally out of it either!

Gerudo? Well good thing they’re all lesbians because they sure aren’t going out to woe anybody once those stone pillars holding the bridge give way to the new water levels. Gorons will actually not even know anything’s wrong if I’m being honest. Sheikah? Well that point by Eagus Bridge and Sarhasra slope is gonna connect into a river at some point so I guess they can be a fishing village now.

Oh an RAIN I didn’t even think about that, yeah people are totally gonna die. And if Ruta CONTINUES to pump water into Hyrule (because again, this is only from an INITIAL burst of the damn. Well...

Zora’s Domain will be gone within the year. Water levels will just continue to rise, probably take on Central Hyrule first, but then after that the Gerudo Canyon. Also if flooding in Zora’s Domain REALLY continue it would probably spill over and destroy Tarrey Town. So not good all around!

But I think the main takeaway that we can all settle with is that the Flower Lady and her garden are absolutely, positively, dead.

#botw #breath of the wild #legend of zelda botw #loz botw #botw theory #rutala dam #Zora's Domain

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Headcanon - Your First Time with Caius (Human You)

Note from me: As you’ve probably guessed from reading my previous posts… I’m a sucker for sweet, sappy romance, and I’ve turned Caius into a kind and tender dude. Totally opposite of how he actually is, and I’m sorry for that. To be honest, I’m not at all attracted to men like Caius: cold, cruel and merciless. But I truly believe he is cold because of the hardships he went through, and the fact that everyone expects him to be this sadist. I see him differently though. Hope you enjoy :) no explicit sex, no warnings. Feel free to shoot any requests my way! I don’t own anything in this post.

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- he would take his time. Go slow.

- He has been alive for over 3000 years, so he’s able to stop himself from losing control.

- You’re nervous, he feels that. So he goes slow, making you as comfortable as he can.

- When he removes your blouse and you’re laying there in a bra, he slides his cool fingers down your stomach. You shiver from his seductive cold touch while he relishes in the feel of your warm body.

- Caius yearns to see you, so he coaxes you to lift up so he can unclasp your bra. He can’t seem to get the clasp open so he tears the whole damn thing off in one swift move.

- You were not prepared and instinctively shield your breasts from his view, folding your arms over them

- “Do not hide, angel,” he whispers, “I want to see you, will you let me?”

- You’re self-conscious. “I-I am human… I’m nowhere near as beautiful as the other women I’m sure you’ve seen,” you whisper back, tears forming in your eyes.

- He hovers above you for a moment, before taking the top sheet from each side and wrapping it around you gently. You sit up and face him. He tucks your hair behind your cheek.

- “Y/N, you know that Aro insists you become a vampire, right?” You nod, shivering at the thought. Caius continues, “Angel even after I turn you, I will forever remember how perfect you are in this very moment. You’re so beautiful. So perfect,” the emotion on his face astounds you. He isn’t done though, “I stopped believing that I could find my mate, yet here she is, sitting next to me. Sweetheart, we do not have to do anything you are not comfortable with. But never degrade yourself in my presence. Look at you! How could anyone ever be more perfect than you? How could you ever be more perfect than this?”

- He rubs his cold hands up and down your bare arms. As tears run down your cheeks, he wipes them away with his thumb.

- “Caius, why me?” You had to know. “What is it about me that made you want me?”

- He smiles at you. “I remember the day they brought you in for execution. That vampire revealed his identity to you and you were compromised. As Aro approached you to kill you, do you remember what you did?”

- “How can I forget?” You shivered at the memory. “I bolted up to your throne, away from Aro, and begged you to spare me… to save me. And you did. Why though?”

- “I had no idea who you were. You were just one of countless brought in for justice. But you knew who I was. The one who exposed his identity to you told you about my lack of mercy. Yet there you were, collapsed in tears at the base of my throne asking for it. You grabbed my hands in yours and that made me look at you. Seeing your beautiful eyes, your perfect face… I fell in love with you in that moment. You were the first one to not see me as the cruel monster they say I am. You actually thought I would help you. Unknowingly, you showed me compassion and I fell in love with you in that moment.”

- You looked at Caius in awe and saw him displaying his own vulnerabilities and weaknesses to you. Slowly, you reach up and run your fingers through his soft, blonde hair. You lifted your eyes to look at him.

- “I want you now, Caius.”

- “Angel, there is no pressure. We can wait until after I turn you if it makes you feel safer…”

- “No. I know you won’t hurt me, Caius.”

- “Never,” he whispered, “I would never hurt you my love. If you’re sure you want to do this, then I have one request.”

- “Anything,” you whisper back.

- He places his hands on either side of your face and guides his forehead to yours as he breathes out, “Marry me,”

- You gasp in shock but he goes on, “Marry me and become my queen.” Slowly he reaches into his black blazer which he removed and placed on the edge of the bed earlier and pulls out an exquisite white gold band with a large blood ruby in the centre.

- With your hands covering your mouth in shock, you hastily nod and throw your arms around your future husband, squeaking “yes!”

- Caius smiles at you and slowly lowers you back on the bed, “good. Now come here and let me show you how truly beautiful you are, princess.”

#twilight #new moon #eclipse #breaking dawn #volturi #caius #caius volturi imagine #caius volturi #first time #marcus volturi #aro volturi #volterra #caius x reader #Caius x you #imagine

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Therenlover’s Official Fanfic Glossary!

Hey hey hey! This is the place where you can find all my up-to-date fanfics linked nicely, read about what projects I have upcoming, and learn what requests I’m taking at the moment! Cheers!

This post is massive so, for the sake of your dash, everything is under the cut

A NOTE ABOUT REQUESTS!

I will do my best to fulfill any requests I get while my ask box/requests are open! That being said, I cannot promise every request will get done, and that if they do, they’ll be done in a timely manner. I’m currently working on a long-form project that needs a lot of time and energy to come out consistently, so unless I’m doing a writing event most of my writing juice will be focused on that. That being said, if you want something ask! The worst I can possibly do is direct you towards someone else who might be able to write what you want if I cant.

If I choose not to do your request based on personal preference (it makes me uncomfy/I don’t write for the character at that time/I don’t feel I can write what you want/etc.) I will do my best to contact you and let you know! That being said, if you think your ask got buried/forgotten, feel free to message me again and let me know, but please tell me when you message me if I should be looking for a prior request.

Characters/Fandoms I will write for currently

💙 = I’m Currently Super Inspired To Write For This Character

Marvel/X-Men

Bucky Barnes

Loki

Peter Maximoff 💙

Pietro Maximoff

Helmut Zemo 💙

Hank McCoy

Ralph Bohner 💙

Vision

American Horror Story

Tate Langdon

Kit Walker 💙

Kyle Spencer (Pre- and Post- Death)

Jimmy Darling 💙

James Patrick March 💙

Kai Anderson

Fallout 4

Nick Valentine

Hancock

Star Wars

Poe Dameron

Armitage Hux 💙

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo

Finn

Han Solo

Assorted/Random

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - FGO

Cu Chulainn/Cu Alter - FGO

Warren Lipka - American Animals 💙

Enjolras - Les Miserables

Grantaire - Les Miserables

Gabriel - Supernatural

Imagines - REQUESTS CLOSED

Songs From Musicals Y/N Would Sing To The Evans

Characters: Tate Langdon, Kit Walker, Kyle Spencer, Jimmy Darling, James Patrick March, Kai Anderson, Peter Maximoff

Rating: T

How The Evans (+ Quicksilver) Would React To Yoplait’s New Gushers Yogurt

Characters: Tate Langdon, Kit Walker, Kyle Spencer, Jimmy Darling, James Patrick March, Rory Monahan, Kai Anderson, Peter Maximoff

Rating: T

Would The Danny Bunch Survive A Holiday With My Family?

Characters: Laszlo Kreizler, Alex Kerner, Niki Lauda, Andrea Marowski, Ernst Schmidt, Helmut Zemo

Rating: T

Headcanons - REQUESTS CLOSED

Modern! AU Armitage Hux Boyfriend Headcanons

Zemo With A Well Dress S/O Headcanons

Zemo Getting Jealous Headcanons

Oneshots - REQUESTS CLOSED

Marvel/X-Men

Helmut Zemo

One Last Night In Madripoor

Synopsis: Baron Helmut Zemo is a lonely, wanted man looking for some fun, you’re a piss-poor bounty hunter in search of a connection before leaving your life of crime behind, and fate has brought you together at a party the likes of which has never been seen before. You only have one night left in Madripoor, so why not take a chance?

Rating: 18+

Word Count: 4200~

Still Some Catching Up To Do

Synopsis: As a member of the criminal underworld, people walk out of your life all the time. Some are killed, others kill themselves, most get caught and only a couple get out of the life unscathed, disappearing into the world never to be seen again. Very few walk back in. So when your supposedly incarcerated ex-lover, the Winter Soldier, and the Falcon waltzed through your door and made you murder your boss, needless to say, you were surprised and more than a little bit pissed.

Rating: 16+

Word Count: 6800~

Nine Years Starved

Synopsis: It had been a little over nine years since Helmut Zemo lost his family, his country, and his sanity. Nine years since his last kiss. Nine years since he felt like a human man. Finally, he was ready to start over again, but first, he had to pay his penance back where it all began; Novi Grad. That’s when, by the grace of the fates, he met you.

Rating: G

Word Count: 7000~

Daddy Dearest

Synopsis: Not everyone gets lucky enough to go from being a broke college student in New York to being the sugar baby to literal royalty, but not everyone is you. Most people would be worried about messing things up or losing him to someone else, but you knew he would never find another baby just like you. Besides, you knew exactly what to do to keep him wrapped around your little finger. He may have been the daddy, but you pulled the reins.

Rating: 18+

Word Count: 8000~

In Fleeting Touches & Airy Sighs

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four

Synopsis: As a wanted man, Helmut Zemo spends most of his time jumping from place to place in the hopes of avoiding a trip back to prison. Unfortunately, that means he can’t always be home in your arms. When he is, though, in the rare moments of calm, you’re reminded of just how worth it it’s been to wait, even if that wait was only shortened by the arrival of your enemies.

Rating: 18+

Word Count: 35,700~

Two Bodies In The Rain

Synopsis: It was raining the day you finally had to admit your feelings to Helmut. You hated to tell him the way you did, under the grey skies as your blood pooled below you, but at least you knew, in the end, he had seen the real you, even just once. That was enough.

Rating: T

Word Count: 5600~

Rest

Synopsis: Living life on the lam with your escaped super-villain lover means things rarely slow down enough for a real rest. When the exhaustion starts to take its toll on you, though, he knows exactly what to do to ease the pain. He may not be a good man, but he’s a good husband when it counts.

Rating: T

Word Count: 3200~

American Horror Story

Jimmy Darling

Red Nights In Jupiter

Synopsis: At the end of another long day, you fall into bed with Jimmy Darling. The men you served throughout the day don’t matter then, nor do the coins in the mason jar by the door, or the women scheduled to attend Jimmy’s next Tupperware party. No, in that quiet darkness it’s just you and the man you love, bone-tired and happy to be home. Who could ask for more?

Rating: 16+

Word Count: 3000~

James Patrick March

Heartsick

Synopsis: When you fall ill, James is given a forceful awakening about how he’s been neglecting your needs and what he must do to prevent harm from befalling you again.

Rating: 16+

Word Count: 3700~

In Sickness And In Health

Synopsis: Normally people don’t have their wedding and funeral on the same day, but you and James don’t quite have a normal relationship, do you? Besides, you wouldn’t wanna go any other way.

Rating: 18+

Word Count: 5500~

Fallout 4

Currently Empty

Star Wars

Currently Empty

Assorted/Random

Currently Empty

Long Form Works/Series

Young Artist!Zemo AU

Chapter One: The Boy With The Easel

Synopsis: About a month into your first semester at Novi Grad’s top university, you finally meet the strange young man that you’ve taken to calling “easel boy” in the back of a bookshop. From a distance, he always seemed cold and aloof. As you get to know him, though, you realize things aren’t always what they seem.

Rating: T

Word Count: 7000~

Till Forever Falls Apart (A Peter Maximoff/Reader Series)

Chapter One: Welcome Home

Synopsis: As if getting thrown through the multiverse, trapped in an attic (albeit a cool one), mind-controlled to manipulate his grieving sister, and subsequently dragged out of Westview “for his own safety” by the FBI wasn’t enough, Peter Maximoff has now been shipped off to New York to live with a glorified baby sitter like some tragic orphan in a comic book until they find a way to get him back home. Things are not always as they seem, though, and this change might just be for the better.

Rating: T

Word Count: 2400~

Chapter Two: The Doctor Is In

Synopsis: Peter’s first few days in his new home are mostly uneventful, so he decides it’s the perfect time to dust off his running goggles and steal some shit. The building with the massive circular stained glass window seems like a great place to start! People with buildings that lavish are usually rich and weak, so what could possibly go wrong?

Rating: T

Word Count: 2800~

Chapter Three: It’s Always Been You

Synopsis: After a month of adapting to his new universe, Peter Maximoff can confidently say that he likes his new life more than his old one. Sure, he misses home sometimes, but he’s been far too busy flirting with his new roommate to spend time crying over the things he’s lost. Everything is smooth sailing until a strange journal in his roommate’s study leaves him with more questions than he knows what to do with. Now he’s on a mission to discover who he’s really living with before she has the chance to turn against him.

Rating: T

Word Count: 8600~

Chapter Four: Before You Go

Synopsis: Peter, after days of contemplation, has realized that part of him loves Y/N no matter what she is or what she’s been through. Unfortunately, he can’t find her anywhere. When she finally returns home with the intention of leaving again, Peter realizes it’s his last chance to tell her how he really feels. Will he succeed, or will he fail to be fast enough once again?

Rating: T

Word Count: 4000~

Chapter Four And A Half: Gimme Swayze

Synopsis: Now that the issue of Y/N leaving is out of the way, and Peter has finally kissed her, he falls into the motions of learning how to love someone for the first time. It’s easier than he thought it would be.

Rating: T

Word Count; 2600~

Cakes For The Evans: A Blogging And Baking Adventure!

Kai Anderson’s Disaster Cake

Hey you! If you’ve made it this far down the list, thanks for supporting me as an author! I’ll be linking my AO3 here. I post everything there shortly before I post it here, and there are some older fics there you might enjoy along the way! It’s also easier to drop comments over there and I keep them open for non-members, so give me a shout if you liked what I wrote!

I love you all, you make me so happy, and without you support I would never be motivated to write! Cheers!

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ladyyatexel · 3 years

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I Went On A Manga Binge

So you don't have to

For those of you who have wisely avoided the shreds of it I've left around the blog thus-far, I had some weird notion to go re-experience Yu-Gi-Oh uuuuuh a week ago? We'll go with that. Time is meaningless.

I'd been able to read a good portion of the early manga at the end of highschool, and somewhere in my stacks and stacks of paper is fanart from this dark time, so you know I cared. I also still own a Dark Magician action figure somehow, so. I'd also watched a large portion of the anime with my brother because it had been laced with some kind of crack and we couldn't look away? I remember when we both were just like shit, wait, don't change the channel, I can't stop looking at it. And the next thing we knew we were waiting for new episodes and I was doing research on the Japanese original because I was that kid.

Anyway, unnecessary backstory out of the way, here are some... let's call them Observations and Consequences of having read somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 chapters (and growing) of a manga primarily hinged on card games from a spectrum of sources ranging from boringly lawful to sketchy as fuck.

Surprise actual character that develops in typical shounen fashion being Jounouchi. My limited experiences with the 4Kids dub and only early manga had not painted him in a particularly good light. I don't know if episodes were being aired out of order or if I had just missed the ones that established that he was making shit up as he was going along, but Wow I liked him a lot more going through the manga than I ever did watching the (dubbed, heavily edited and censored and thrown into a slurry machine) anime. I'd managed to come out with the impression that he was just as reasonably experienced with the game as Yugi back in the day. Wild.

I'm now reading every single comic-style post on Tumblr backwards.

Striking inverse to first point, wow, I don't like Seto Kaiba. Though he gets points for his general philosophy of the future, and the line I read in my sketchy online combo of scans and scanlations in which he said, "If God is in your way, you run him down," was Metal As Fuck. I somewhat shame-facedly admit to enjoying him a lot more as an Abridged Series character. (I watched Abridged as it came out back in the day! The experience of watching the anime with my brother had been so fresh that I got all the in jokes about the way things were edited and dubbed, it was great. Series remains influential part of my life to this day, which is hella weird.)

I almost understand how Duel Monsters works now. I don't want this.

That said, wow a lot of the decisions made in the anime made everything a lot more ridiculous than the admittedly already ridiculous original. I got the distinct feeling in the manga that the Duelist Kingdom stuff we were seeing was designed to be used and exploited in ways that don't make sense in an actual cardgame just played on a table like a normal person and this was part of testing everyone to think higher, differently. Maybe this is obvious to everyone already, I don't know. I had always liked that it was very, 'Not so fast, I'm going to blow up the moon to change the tides,' but I'm not really sure the anime gave enough explanation that this was an extra layer added to things for that event? You can see people actively getting used to it in the books, and people who aren't considering the real or 3D nature of it getting owned, but my memory of anime version is everyone just like, 'oh, shucks, fuck me, I forgot to consider the phase of the moon before i played this card, can't believe I forgot.' No one calls Yugi on any of this stuff because it's valid play in that situation. Plus Yami Yugi had mad trickster energy in the beginning and it suited him to think of ways to do things inside these little simulation boxes the way it suited him to set perverts on fire. I imagine the real card game trying to emulate this element as something that would be to its detriment, but I neither know nor particular care haha

Ryou Bakura.

Really, though. I think he became kind of casualty of 'wow, we have a lot of characters who really aren't able to do anything in this story anymore,' despite the fact that his whole inner life could have been as interesting as Yugi's. I always like thinking about the possibilities of stories in which main character falls into magical world and is given magical item and told they're the hero and then they find out they've been the bad guy the whole time. The first several volumes of manga were about the quiet weirdo kid that no one talked to who was always blacking out and turning into a fucked up version of himsef because he was so attached to his ancient Egyptian jewelry, so like, Bakura could have much the same shit going on. I want to know what's happening with him so much. He clearly doesn't love being possessed, but he's also so drawn to the ring. Despite it having stabbed him at least twice and him knowing it's a danger to him and his friends, he keeps being pulled back into it. You see so much more of him being like, 'Oooh, a creepy thing, I love that! :D' in the manga than ever in the anime, which I'm all about. Also more blood. I'm very about that as well. Though my memory of the anime also made it look very much like normal regular daily Bakura was just a weird facade in places before he ever would have been. I think that was it trying to compensate for what people didn't see from the Toei anime, but okay whatever, that I love everything about this guy is not news, I don't need to talk about Bakura excessively here, I'm pretty sure that's gonna show up on my blog by itself

On a related note though, damn, more of these people need to talk to each other. Can we have some existential crisis support clubs or something. Can we get like some apologies or something? "I respect you as a duelist." "Cool, but you literally built a tower designed to specifically assassinate me and my friends? You were supposed to get Better after I retaliated by putting you in a coma, but you kinda didn't." "Why would the coma have made it better" "I just told you it didn't" ---- "Sorry I went along with the plan of your evil parasite stabbing you, misled you, and then also jumped in and took up some real estate in your head too." "I understand, I also have an evil thing inside me that does things while I'm blacked out." "...no, I was conscious for all of that." "Oh." "..." "..." "..." "Do you like Ouija Boards?" "sure okay" ETC. Like damn we are reading shounen manga because no one is talking extensively about their feelings here and I'm tapping my foot angrily.

Holy shit there are so many mythologies happening at once. The ancient family guarding the Egyptian Pharaoh has a surname that's a Mesopotamian goddess. None of the god cards make any Egyptian sense except Ra, and just like. Baaarrrrely. Somewhere either Evil Ring Bakura or Mar/lik makes a reference to cremation and spirits being taken to heaven with smoke which several things, but definitely not Ancient Egyptian. Marik/Malik meanwhile is clearly trying to head Arabic, along with Rishid, but then, hey, our sister is just Isis. Goddess McGoddess. Sometimes they're the same goddess! Her name could be Isis Isis or Ishtar Ishtar. Meanwhile, all the obviously 'occult because Christians think it is freaky' stuff. ~ancient egyptian pentagrams~~~This isn't a complaint, I guess so much as a 'Wow, I can kind of see the cultural spot the author was coming from and where he was aiming' kind of thing.

Wonder where things would have gone if the card games had not been latched onto the way they were.

Managed to forget how gross the pre-cardgames stuff was on the sexual harassment front. I'm glad there was a sort of explanation of everyone drifting away from being dick heads and that that decision was made. It got way more comfortable to read after no one was bringing Yugi p*rn on VHS.

Yugi looks better with a nose, glad we got that upgrade.

Interesting to watch the series style shift as it goes away from being horror to being over the top cardgames and friendship (with blood!). The first picture of Mokuba is fucking Jarring. Also noticed that the nicer a character is, the less their teeth are defined.

Glad manga did not go as completely off the fucking the rails about Marik's face. I never got as far as seeing him back in the day because college occurred, but I remember seeing pictures and stuff and being like, "what in the Fuck happened to that dude, I think the house style has collapsed in on itself"

Things the author Really Likes: motorcycles, belts, SHOES, holy shit the shoes. These are some of the most lovingly rendered sneakers I've ever seen. All the detail on his characters goes straight to their feet and then it's stretched upward until it forms stiff peaks. Gently fold in 3000 years of trauma and bake face down in a crumb coat of scattered mythology. Remove when you roll two zeros.

Where the fuck am I going to put the extremely large omnibus volumes of this comic I purchased in order to balance out how much I would be reading for free on the internet. I should have grasped that a three in one edition would be Thick and yet somehow I was still :O when it arrived. Have I strategically purchased volumes that contain my favorite parts, maybe, what's it to you will i eventually get the whole thing because incomplete book series gnaw on my soul? yes

Wish the transition from "I've murdered several people in delightfully karmic ways" to "all you need is friendship in your heart and cards in your hand" Yami Yugi/Pharaoh had been discussed more/transitioned better. Buddy, where did you get this approved for television high horse? Please go back to strangling people with yo-yos or at least tell me why you stopped.

I still can't tell anything that looks like a big robotic monster apart from any other big robotic monster. My dude, I can't tell cars apart, all these monsters look the same.

Yami Yugi fascinated me way more in highschool? Maybe because it was still super early and the anime was like 'we need to torture you about his origins WeEkLy. Now I'm just like 'wait hold on, can we go back to Bakura and Marik for a minute, there's some extreme unpacking to do here?' Those two are paying so much more in baggage fees here my guy wow

Violently uninterested in any of the spinoff media

#yugioh #yu gi oh #ygo #there you go i can't imagine any other way you would decide was necessary to tag this #perhaps now that i have thrown this up i can #something #i don't know how i was going to finish that sentence #shut up lady

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