#also since we're on the ship now that means everything's about to get a million times worse.

[the-firebird69]

We have a couple more things to announce one is we are putting active APB and warrants on people and we are going to put it on anyone who is insulting attacking trying to discredit trying to steal money from our son trying to abuse him and or our daughter and we are going to enforce the law and we're going to make sure that other people do as well and in your crazy circles until you go down the toilet drain speaking of which

-you raised our son's rent stan so we're going to raise yours. He only said it once and you started repeating it like a madman he can't do that to me I'm in charge here and since when does trying to extort someone mean that you're in charge it means you're some sort of scumbag criminal so we are going after you and suing you I'm going to take all your properties before the pseudo empire can and we're going to start taking theirs because they're a huge assholes already and the empire and the foreigners in also going to take your ships when the cream puffs come back for the ships

-on the islands the minority warlock are attacking New Zealand and Australia and they need ships and they want to take them before you lose them all they need the ones that go into the tunnels they need them to take care of stashes and caches honest to goodness other groups are coming here foreigners and us and some acts get in and the max are horrible too they're horrible people any format and we're going after a lot of them just because they're Max

-there's another thing happening our son is sick and tired of going to the freaking laundromat and being treated like a poor boy and having his money regulated by idiots and it's on and on with them they're incessant losers everybody is taking everything from them and killing them and they can't figure it out their leaders are not necessarily retarded but have retarded frontal lobes and do a lot of stupid things and they're in a fix and you can't get out of it and their race is not helping them and they have no support so they're violent and dangerous and evil to our son and that's what it is they do some things at work but really they're trying to kidnap him the whole time and we're going to finish them off as well this week we're going to start I've had it with this routine he was sick of it when he first got here

-there's a number of people here who do not obey any laws and we mentioned it we are going to enforce it and we are going to jail you and imprison you and we are taking over and so are the foreigners and some of the max who still have a program and they're getting rid of you and they can see your actions near reviving The clan and you don't know it. They saw you today snickering about bringing back the clan and having our son mention it and to put potency into it and all sorts of stuff like he cares or something and they stop snickering and said what do you care said what the f*** is wrong with you people so God damn stupid I'm going to go after you dumb but f****** morons and why would I not say that so they felt bad and said we suck so bad they will yeah they will you suck so bad I will stop saying a million times and forget it and they go around saying and they forget it

-there's other things to announce it is getting kind of dicey here and we have to do some work real quick

Thor Freya

Olympus

We can see that moving around and flipping around and stuff they really need to leave it's really just Dave right now but we need them out permanently what a nightmare we need these people out permanently from day one two years ago we hate them

Hera Zues

We see that it's a personality conflict and it's personal business that they started and they won't let you off if they started it to get into physical altercations and yelling matches with our son and with Hera of lime and stuff we are going to kill him right now they're eating up 500 million chips heating them and we're going after them there's only about 7 billion left now is about 10 billion left but really trumpsters only have about three point five billion and enormous change but they're winners okay so they're going to keep on doing this and after a Time the more luck fleet will be engaged by the pseudo empire. And they're also winners and they're saying so what and it says it's your program that is nothing not mine that's nothing and it's starting to say it too we don't have any use for him I don't have any use for you stupid f**** and the foreigners too and some happens to me I disappear you get to get nuked. That's actually one of our plans and people have that too and see it all the time cuz you're stupid

We're preparing an assaults on the idiots they're going after Stan he's a huge b**** and pill and can't figure anything out we're going to take from all of them now

Frank Castle hardcastle

We are answering your requests Hera and we're going to get the job done and we know it's very serious because he's saying it and says they just don't know anything and they have no grounding at all and we get that too and they're instructing a lot of others and globally and I will look at it more and come up with something to help we think that they're being used and they are we think that they're being used in there are and I said we're going to have to use foreigners and stop being chickenshit and I do understand that we're going to use foreign

Duke nukem Blockbuster and it's going to happen anyways

[lil-bumbum]

Shiro x male galra reader

  ×3rd pov×

M/n!! Please it's me!it's Shiro,  your friend! ", Shiro yells begging for his galran friend to respond.  (m/n) ignores his friends plea as he continues working with Haxus on the controls of the ship.  Sendak chuckles evilly.  " He won't help Shiro. ",  he says chuckling more.  "(m/n)! I know you remember me! You have too! You helped me escape!! ", Shiro yells,  now frustrated.  " After he had helped you we punished him and did some.......upgrading.",  Sendak says smiling at shiro's distress.

    "Sir, you should listen to this. ",  Haxus says to Sendak.  " What is it? ",  Sendak says still staring at Shiro, smirking.  " I found a radio signal,  sir.  We think there is another paladin inside the castle, sir. ", (m/n)  says,  catching Sendaks attention.  Sendak walks over to the pair.  There is static but if you listen hard you can hear the fuzzy,  muffled voices. " Make it clear.", Sendak demands getting a nod from (m/n).  The said boys expert hands flying across the controls.

    The signal gets clear enough to where you can clearly make out the words being spoken. "We now know where the paladin is.",  Haxus says smirking. " Follow the paladin,  then kill them. (m/n) you stay on the controls and wait. ",  Sendak orders.  (M/n)  once again nods as Haxus runs to find the paladin.  "You called me space cow because you read books about earth and you said my hair reminded you of a cow!!! ", Shiro yells,  his eyes full of sadness and hurt.

    (M/n)'s head snapped up and his hands froze. The collar around his neck sparked a little bit. Shiro's eyes widened as Lance laughed at the ridiculous nickname despite them being in a literal life or death situation.  'Why didn't I notice that collar before! '.  Shiro thought mentally smacking himself. " WHO SAID YOU CAN STOP!? GET BACK TO WORK! ", Sendak yelled making (m/n) snap out of his daze. " You never called me champion because you know how much I hate that name!"

    "You always said 'You have to fight it. If you let your arm control you then that means the galra wins.' You would steal food so that I can have something to eat! You were never scared of me even though I'm scared of myself! You helped me escape even though you knew that death is one of the punishments!! ",  Shiro yelled at the ravenette/white haired boy.  ((I think galrans only have black, purple or white hair)) . (M/n)  froze again.  All of the memories flooding back.

    (M/n) falls to his knees, clawing at his head. He screams in pain as he remembers his punishment. The knives, the whips, all of the blood and bruises.  Getting beaten to the point where he thought he would die. He whispers,  shaking and muttering to himself. Then (m/n) finally faints as his collar stops sparking and starts smoking.  Shiro and Lance stare, eyes wide.  Shiro's in shock and regret for leaving his friend. Lance's in shock and sympathy.

    Sendak walks to (m/n) 's unconscious body. Shiro eyes now filled with anger.  " DON'T TOUCH HIM! ",  he yells. Sendak ignores Shiro and taps (m/n) 's foot with his own. He growls turning around,  ready to strangle Shiro and Lance.  As he angrily walks toward the two there is a big boom,  echoing through the halls. The lights spasming on and off before finally stopping leaving everyone in darkness. Sendak yells in anger as his plan to take control of the ship back fires.

    The sounds of grunts and hitting reach his ears. The lights turn back on,  this time glowing blue instead of red meaning it's no longer under galran control. Sendak spins around.  The droids on the floor in pieces Shiro and Lance gone. He growls turning back around toward (m/n) 's body to find that he is also gone. He walks over to the controls and punches the table in anger. He now has no choice but to retreat.  Lance and Shiro runs, (m/n) in Shiro's arms.

    Shiro stares as (m/n) and notices his purple skin is paler than usual, his body lightly shaking, his eyes going back forth under their lids, and his breathing shaky. Shiro runs faster wanting to help his friend before its too late.

    ×TIMESKIP×

  Muffled talking echoes through the halls. Hunk staring at the stove ((Do alteans have stoves?)) thinking about what had happened. All of the lions we're almost taken and hundreds maybe even thousands of innocent lives were almost killed. And now there's galran in one of their healing pods. Hunk is snapped out of his thoughts by a sizzling sound. 'Balls, balls, balls! I forgot about the food'.  Hunk rushes to mix the oddly bright, chunky mixture so that it doesn't burn any more than it already has. He tuned off the stove and gets plated for the group and scoops up the bright green goop and puts it on each plate.

    He holds all of the plates on his arms like a waiter and makes his way to where the rest are thinking of what to do. He hears yelling as he walks closer to the closed doors. And almost drops the plates as the big door slams open and Shiro stomps away. Hunk regains his balance and walks into the room, nervously smiling at the tense, cold feeling radiating off of allura. He gives each member their plate and shaking makes his way toward allura, pulling his collar as he sweats. He quickly drops her plate in front her and runs to his spot.

×Shiro's P.O.V×

    I angrily stomp my way to the healing pods. I know I should calm down but I can't help it. It's not their fault that they're not fond of galrans but not ALL of them are evil. (M/n) proved that. He was the first to show me kindness and he wasn't afraid to help me. He gave me whatever I needed and he helped me escape with no hesitation. 'He's my........... friend. If the others gave him a chance the would realize he doesn't plan on hurting anyone'. I start thinking about what I had just thought about. 'What is (m/n) to me? '. I shake my head as I open the door to the healing pods. I walk over to (m/n) 's pod and stop. I feel my anger dissapear as its replaced with sadness and regret. My eyes soften as I look at the scars covering his body.

    'I should've taken you with me', I thought. I look at his face, he looks so worried and sad. I put my hand on the glass that separates us. I see his finger twitch and I jump back as his hand shot up. His hand in the spot where I had put my hand before I jumped back. I cautiously step forward reaching my hand out. I put my hand where his is. (M/n) 's eyes snap open and the pods starts opening. I step back again just in case he's still being controlled. But my caution flies out the window as I reach forward and catch him before he hits the floor.

 

 

×(M/N) POV×

    'Where am I? Why can't I move? '. I try to open my eyes but I'm rewarded with nothing. I slowly start to panic as I can't move no matter how hard I try. I stop as I hear muttering. " I should've taken you with me. ". 'That voice..... I know that voice!,I can't remember who that voice belong too.i have to see who they are!'. I again try to move but get nothing. I continue to try and then I feel my finger twitch. 'Yes! Just a little more'. I think as I slowly gain control of my arm.

    I move my arm trying to feel where I am since Im slowly gaining control of everything but my eyes are still heavy. I raise my hand up and I hit something cold and hard. I hear something shuffle and then I feel warmth where my hand is despite the glass being cold. I struggle to open my eyes and when they do I open all I can see is a blurry black shape. I hear a hissing sound and a mist surrounds me as I no longer feel the glass. I try to walk but instead I fall not being able to feel my legs. I put my hands in front of me to protect my face and they hit something warm and hard. I open my eyes and and notice I was in someone's arms. " (M/n)  are you okay!? ", a panicked voice says. I look up and my vision cleared and I recognized the mystery person as " Shiro? What..... where are we? ", I ask confused.

   Shiro holds me at arms length as i grab hold of his arms to keep me standing. He stares at me as I stare back in confusion. I open my mouth to say something but Shiro pulls me back into a hug. He nuzzles into my hair and holds me tighter to his hard chest. I feel him start to shake and I feel something wet. I look up as best as I can since I'm being crushed into his chest. "Shiro? ", I ask softly.

×3rd pov×

    " Shiro? ", (m/n) softly asks. Shiro looks down at (m/n) seeing his confusion. Shiro gently lifts his hand up to (m/n) 's cheek, softly rubbing his light/dark purple cheek. " I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", Shiro whispers to (m/n). (M/n) looks even more confused. "What are you apologizing for?", the galran asks his human..... friend? " I left you. I left you instead of taking you with me", Shiro says laying his forhead on (m/n) 's. (M/n) huffs. "We both know I wouldn't have left Shiro. Someone had to distract the guards and it definitely wasn't going to he you. ", (m/n) says. Shiro sighs knowing that he's right.

    " But they hurt you. I should've come back for you immediately after...", Shiro's voice cracks. (M/n) cuts him off. "No, Shiro. What's more important one life or millions of others? Besides I'm right here in front of you. In your arms. ", (m/n) says sternly but soft. Shiro looks into (m/n)'s (e/c) eyes. Those eyes that have always read him like an open books, the eyes that seem to be staring right into his soul. The eyes that made him melt and go soft. " I missed you.... so much", Shiro whispers after a moment of silence. "Me too.", (m/n) whispers back.

    (M/n) closes his eyes, leaning into Shiro hand as his fluffy purple ears twitch cutely. Shiro silently watches (m/n)  enjoy all of the warmth he's getting. Shiro hesitantly moves forward as he closes his eyes. His lips connecting with (m/n)'s. (M/n)'s eyes flew open in surprise as his ears rise up, he slowly closes his eyes and purr ((i feel like they would purr idk 😅)) enjoying the pleasant feeling of the humans lips on his. There are no Sparks or tingles but there is definitely love. The two seperate from the kiss and look into each other's eyes. " (M/n), I love you.", Shiro says sincerely. "Shiro,...... ". Shiro looks at (m/n) with hopeful eyes. "... I don't know what that means", (m/n) says nervously chuckling as Shiro sweat drops forgetting the galran boy doesn't know most human terms. Shiro chuckles hugging (m/n) again. " My galran boy", he says breathing in (m/n)'s scent. "My space cow", (m/n) says smirking evilly as Shiro's eyes snapped open and narrowed his eyes at his now lover.

   

#shiro #voltron #voltron Shiro #galra #voltron galra #voltron x male reader #shiro x male reader #shiro x galra male reader #voltron x galra male reader #male reader #x male reader

[tigerseye46]

Since we're both addicted to the same ship, how about 25 with FreeNoodleshipping? (I am very happy to know I'm not bothering you with these prompts, thank you for that)

Yessss! Also *sweats* I somehow made this angsty without meaning to. (Of course not! I love people sending me prompts! Sorry I haven’t been answering the prompts lately. I was little lazy and unmotivated but keep sending prompts! I love them!)

Prompt List

25. “Wait, don’t buy yet! There’s more!” // “You’re a horrible, no-good dork.”

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   It was another day shopping in the market. The two were wandering around, as usual, they were being extra cautious since the spider queen incident. They had their arms hooked together, their bodies pressed up against each other as Pigsy looked at his list. Tang leaned in to get a look at it.

  “What do we need, Pigsy?”

  Pigsy pushed him slightly, not letting go of Tang’s arm. “Too close, Tang,” he grunted. “We need carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms, and apples for dessert later.”

  “Okay. Try not to fall under a trap this time,” he teased.

  “Hey! That woman put a spell on me!”

  “Sureeee. That’s it.”

  “She was attractive! Can ya blame me? How did you not fall for her?”

  Tang shut his mouth, he wanted to say ‘Because I’m in love with you, you oblivious pig.’ Instead, he stated “Guess she wasn’t my type. Also yes, I can blame you! You got us captured!”

  “I’m sorry, okay! At least we got out of it!”

  “We wouldn’t have gotten into it if you had listened to me!”

  Pigsy huffed, “It was a spell! I still don’t get how ya didn’t fall for her.”

  “Because I’m in love with someone,” he mumbled. The pig’s ears perked up. Did Tang just say he was in love?

  “What did ya say, Tang?”

  “No-nothing!”

  The pig’s eyes widened and he tilted his head. “Did ya just say ya like someone?”

  “N-no!” He pushed Pigsy away, messing with his hair to avoid looking at the pig, a huge blush on his face.

  The pig frowned, a feeling of sadness overwhelming him at Tang admitting he was in love with someone along with jealousy coursing through his veins. This was the first time he ever heard of this, they had known each other for years, why did Tang never tell him? He had always liked, no, loved Tang, well not at first but then the scholar grew on him, he grew enough on him to where they now lived together in an apartment, letting Tang steal a bowl of noodles on a rare occasion, listening to the scholar’s ramblings as his eyes sparkled and gods, he had beautiful eyes, Pigsy could stare at them all day if he could. The chef quickly shook himself out of it. “Who are they? Are they cute? What are they like? Do I know them?” He needed more information, who had stolen Tang’s heart? That was his job!

  “It’s no one!”

  “So are they handsome or beautiful? Who are they?”

  “No one! I’m not in love with anyone!”

  “Then why are ya blushin’?” Tang felt his cheeks grow hot. “They must be special.”

  “Th-they are... Let’s just shop.” Tang let out a sigh as he dragged one of his feet across the ground.

  The pig frowned again. “Okay…”

  He hooked their arms together again as they made their way through the marketplace, he had to drag Tang around. It broke his heart to see Tang upset, Pigsy shouldn’t have asked about the love thing. Did this person reject Tang? He would go after them if he did.

  He nudged Tang. “Hey; why don’t we go to a bookstore after this?”

  Tang’s eyes quickly got back their usual shine. “Really?”

  “Yea, I’ll even pay for it.”

  Tang hugged him, the chef turned pink. “Thank you Pigsy!”

  “Yea, yea, yea.” He patted the scholar’s back awkwardly.

  The scholar beamed at him and grabbed Pigsy’s hand, quickly taking him to where they needed to go so they could go to the bookstore faster. It was a few minutes later that they had gotten everything they needed. He was checking the list just in case, when he finally looked up at Tang, he had sparkly eyes and a wide grin.

  “Is that everything?”

  “Yea, Tang.”

  “Perfect! Let’s go!” He pulled on the pig’s arm, the pig quickly having to grab a plastic bag he had left on the ground as he was being dragged away. The sound of crumpling plastic could be heard as Pigsy held tight to the bags, Tang maneuvered around various people on the street to get to the bookstore, holding on tight to the cook’s arm.

  “Tang! Slow down!” But Tang didn’t listen, he was too excited. How rare was it that Pigsy offered to pay for something? It was like a one in a million opportunity!

  Finally, they arrived at the bookstore, Tang had let go of Pigsy’s arm. Pigsy checked the bags to make sure nothing had fallen out and surprisingly, everything was still there. He narrowed his eyes at Tang or he was going to, if Tang hadn’t already entered the bookstore by himself. Pigsy pinched the bridge of his snout and walked inside.

  He looked around the bookstore, searching for him. He sighed, why did Tang have to go inside without him? Books were lined up against shelves with different labels like “romance,” “action,” and other genres and subjects. It was somewhat quiet, there were people chatting but in hushed tones. There were slight sounds of beeping from the checkout counters and the smell of coffee was lingering in the air from the coffee shop connected to the place.

  Pigsy kept searching for Tang until Tang came up to him and planted a bunch of books in his arms. “Tang!”

  “Carry those for me, okay?”

  “Why? Ya got arms!” He huffed and turned to go towards the checkout counter.

  “Wait, don’t buy yet! There’s more!”

  Pigsy sighed. “Do ya really need this many?”

  “Yes! You did say you would pay! So I’m buying as many interesting books as I can find!”

  “I’m gonna be broke after this.”

  “I promise I won’t spend that much.” He stroked the cook’s cheek.

  Pigsy suppressed a purr. “You’re a horrible, no-good dork.”

  Tang nudged him and winked. “Isn’t that why you like me?” The smile he gave Pigsy was blinding.

  The pig blushed. “Ye-yea.” Tang leaned in and kissed his cheek before going to look at more books. Pigsy let out a purr that he was holding and a lady approached him.

   “Awww, is that your boyfriend?” She asked. “You two look adorable together.”

   That made him turn even more red. “N-no. We’re just friends, sadly,” he mumbled.

   The lady gasped. “Really? Because you two seem like a couple. He did kiss you on the cheek after all.”

   “He’s just excited, I promised I would pay for this.”

   “That is so sweet of you! I wish you luck in your relationship!” Then she walked away.

   “Th-thanks.” He tried to hide his face in the cover of the books. What Pigsy didn’t know was Tang had been observing them, he hadn’t heard the conversation but from Pigsy’s red face, he could probably guess. He glared and continued to look around, ugh, he hated when the pig flirted with women. He found a few more books then stomped over to Pigsy, he put the books in his arms again, glaring at him.

   “I’m done,” he stated grumpily, his fists clenching into a ball. He wanted to punch something, the anger and envy overwhelming him.

  Pigsy stared at him with widened eyes. “Are ya okay, Tang?”

  “Why do you care?” He avoided staring at him. “Let’s just go pay for this then you can go flirt like you always do.”

  “What? Tang, are ya okay?”

  “Ugh, stop asking that! Since when do you care? Let’s go!” He demanded. He stomped to the counter with Pigsy following close behind with his eyebrow raised. What was his problem? He had been happy just a moment ago. They didn’t say a word as they stood in line, Tang avoided Pigsy’s gaze by looking down, his glasses shining to cover up his emotion as he crossed his arms.

  Eventually, they checked out and left the bookstore with Pigsy holding on the plastic bags with the groceries and books, not daring to speak to each other. Anytime, Pigsy attempted to place a hand on his shoulder, Tang would wave him off. It was making the pig incredibly concerned and irritated, couldn’t Tang just talk to him?!

  They reached the front door of their apartment. Pigsy dropped the plastic bags and pulled out his keys. He opened the door and opened the door gently. “Tang, could ya help me with the bags?” Tang simply huffed and walked inside.

  The pig scowled, picking up the bags, placing Tang’s books on their living room table then putting the grocery bags on the kitchen counter. Now, he was mad. He stomped towards Tang’s direction who had trudged to his room. He swung Tang’s door open, the scholar was reading a book on his bed, legs crossed. He glared at Pigsy. “Hey! Be careful with my door!”

  “WHAT IS WITH YOU? YOU’VE BEEN ACTIN’ WEIRD!”

  Tang gently shut his book, not taking his eyes off the pig. “WHY DO YOU CARE?”

  “BECAUSE YOU’RE MY FRIEND! BECAUSE WE LIVE TOGETHER!”

  “THAT DOESN’T MATTER! IT NEVER MATTERS TO YOU! WHY DON’T YOU GO FLIRT WITH SOMEONE? YOU ALWAYS DO THAT AND… and you ignore me…” Tang began sobbing and brought his knees up to his chest, putting his arms around his legs.

  Pigsy’s mouth went agape. He went to Tang’s side and started patting him on the back, sitting on the bed beside him. His heart broke at the sight, he wrapped his arms around him. “Hey, what’s wrong?” He asked in an unnaturally soft tone. “Have I been ignorin’ ya?”

  “N-no,” he replied muffled. “I’m just being an idiot. It’s not your fault. It’s- it’s nothing.”

  Pigsy lifted Tang’s chin up, tears still flowing from the scholar’s face. “Hey, don’t say that. Don’t call yourself an idiot. It’s not nothin’ if it’s makin’ ya so upset. Your feelings are important to me. What’s wrong?”

  Tang buried his face into the chef’s chest. “I… just…” He shook his head. “It’s nothing. I’m sorry, Pigsy.”

  “It’s not nothin’, Tang. I care about ya, okay? So if something’ is makin’ ya upset then I want to know. Have I been ignorin’ ya? Because I haven’t, Tang. Ya always my full attention.”

  The scholar bitterly laughed. “How can you say that when I see you flirt? It’s like every time your eyes land on someone, I don’t exist. I want your eyes to land on me, just one time, please just let your eyes land on me,” he whispered, clutching onto the chef’s clothes and closed his eyes as more tears continued to appear.

  “Tang, what are ya tryin’ to say?”

  “I’m in love with you,” Tang screamed. “Gods, why are you so oblivious?” Pigsy opened his mouth to say something before closing it. His mind was swimming, Tang was in love with him? Is that why he was so mad earlier? He didn’t know what to say. The lack of response made Tang quickly got off the bed. “I’ll- I’ll leave. You clearly don’t feel the same way.” He made his way towards the door when he was pulled back, a gasp escaped his lips, he felt something around his waist. He looked down and saw the pig’s arms. “Let me go!”

  “Calm down.” Pigsy buried his face in the scholar’s shoulder.

  “Why? You don’t feel the same way!”

  “Who said that? Who lied to you?” He demanded.

  “No one. It’s obvious. After all you were flirting with that woman earlier.”

  “Is that what ya think I was doin’? Tang, she came up to me to tell us that we were a cute couple. I promise.”

  Tang let out a breath of relief. “I’m an idiot.”

  “You might be an idiot but you’re my idiot. I love ya. I’m sorry I never said that before. Ya always have my attention. I love the way your eyes sparkle when ya get excited about somethin’, I love how smart ya are, I love that no matter what ya stay, ya stay with me.”

  “Of course I stay, I could never leave you. You are my everything. You make me laugh and you’re a big softie. I always stole a bowl of noodles to get your attention. If you love me then why did I always see you flirt?”

  “Because I always thought ya were never interested. I’m sorry. I’ll make it up to you.”

  “You better!” He shifted his body to face Pigsy, blushes on both their faces. Their eyes glancing at each other’s lips.

  “Can I kiss ya, Tang?” Pigsy asked.

  “Yes, you can. You can always kiss me.” Pigsy beamed and pressed a kiss against Tang’s lips, it was gentle, them taking their time as they clinged to one another until they separated and touched foreheads. “Wow, that was perfect.”

  “Ye-yea. I love you, my freeloader.”

  “I love you too, Pigsy. Sorry for earlier.”

  “It’s fine. Ya can always come to me when ya feel that way. I love ya.”

  “Love you, you big softie.” He nudged Pigsy, a wide smile on his face.

  “Want to help me with dinner?”

  “Sure. Maybe I’ll steal something while we cook.” He winked and headed off to the kitchen.

  “Hey!” Pigsy shouted and began chasing Tang. Tang laughed as he ran, Pigsy caught up to him and carried him into his arms. “You’re a dork.”

   “And you’re a softie,” he replied and gave him another kiss, this one lasting longer than the last. The lady was right, they are an adorable couple after all.

#lego monkie kid #monkie kid #freenoodleshipping #Pigsy #pigsy monkie kid #zhu bajie #tang #angst #brief mention of spider queen #I was supposed to make this fluffy but then angst hit my mind #Pigsy: Ya got arms *carries the books anyway* #my fic

[smegdwarf]

But Who Could Love Me? (Rimmer x Reader) - Chapter 9

A/N: 3 chapters in 3 days holy crapoly!

Warnings: This chapter does get a little tense (Rimmer has a breakdown) and I guess some implied smut 😏

Summary: Basically giving Rimmer the love he deserves :p

"What do you want me to do?" Rimmer shouted after you as he chased you down the corridor.

"Well for a start you need to tell Lister what you've done with Kochanski's disc?" You stood with your arms crossed.

"I can't tell him, he'll flush me out of an airlock" Rimmer  was full of panic about possibly losing you "What about you?"

"Don't worry about me, I understand why you did it but you need to tell him!" You spoke sternly as you walked off, turning back after a few steps "and until you do ...I'm off limits"

Despite telling him not to worry about you he quite clearly was, it also wasn't long before the others picked up on the tension between you two,  hoping that distancing yourself from him would make him act quicker.

"Morning!" You smiled as you walked into Starbug's cockpit, standing next to Rimmer's chair as he looked at you a little upset that you weren't being your usual self, leaning against his chair.

"Krytes found a derelict on the scanner, thought we'd check it out before we head home" Lister smiled, clearly Rimmer hadn't told him yet.

"Sleep well?" Rimmer tried to spark conversation.

"Yeah fine thanks" You didn't even look at him as you sat down in Cat's seat, the feline must've already been on his second nap of the day, after all he has prepare for his main snooze.

"Is everyting ok ma'am?" Kryten asked as you turned to smile at him.

"Ooh trouble in paradise?" Lister smirked as Rimmer squirmed in his seat.

"No we're fine aren't we Arnie?" You smiled at Rimmer who was completely confused by your behaviour.

"Sure" He gave you a half hearted smile.

"Right bring her in Listy, I'll go wake up Cat" You patted Lister on the shoulder.

"Good luck!" Lister laughed.

"I don't need luck Listy!" You smirked as you left.

Before long you were all on the derelict, creeping quietly through the ship as the scanner in your hands lit up.

"Hmm theres life signs" You grumbled, Kryten peering over your shoulder to look at the scanner.

"Suggest we split into two groups" Kryten suggested "We're more of a target together"

"Kryten lets go!" Rimmer turned to leave as you shot your arm out in front of him.

"Krytes take Cat and Lister ...goalpost head is with me" You replied straight faced as the others walked off.

"I don't think the name calling was necessary?" Rimmer grumbled as you walked on.

It didn't take long for Rimmer to get frustrated with the silent treatment as you continued to walk round quietly, consistently monitoring the scanner in your hand.

"I know you're angry that I lied about Kochanski's disc and that you're off limits but you could at least talk to me" Rimmer finally broke the tension.

"You still haven't told him have you?" You asked not taking your eyes away from the scanner.

"I will tell him, but I want you to stop ignoring me" Rimmer replied as you stopped him at the end of the corridor buzzed.

"Can we talk about this later?" You whispered.

"Why can't we talk about it now?" He asked.

"Shh" You shushed him as you brought your finger to your lips.

"Y/N?" With a swift swing of your arm your hand was plastered over Rimmer's mouth.

"Take this and keep that" You whispered as pointed to his mouth and handed him the scanner "quiet!"

Your hand over his mouth was the only touch he had received from you since he confessed about the holo disc and while it wasn't exactly what he wanted ...it was still something and if it weren't for you holding a loaded bazookoid he would've had you against the wall with his lips firmly against yours. Those thoughts were knocked straight out of his mind by the sound of you firing the bazookoid although he was shocked to see the life form you had been tracking frozen in its tracks instead dead in a heap on the floor.

"How did you...? The bazookoids can't..." Rimmer couldn't quite finish a full sentence.

"I'm an engineer and we're 3 million years into deep space ...I get bored alright" You grumbled as you went over to the frozen creature "Niiice"

"I only asked" Rimmer muttered  "What is it?"

"Some sort of transforming mutant" You pondered over it, resisting the urge to poke and prod it. For all you knew it could be poisonous or toxic.

"Polymorph?" Rimmer asked.

"A polymorph transforms into to different objects to blend with its surroundings" You looked at the mutant curiously "This simply turns itself invisible"

"Well what does it do?" Rimmer was growing impatient.

"I think I know" You smiled "But I'll need to Kryten to confirm"

"Meanwhile we're going to stay here with this thing ...how long will it stay frozen for?" Rimmer was starting to panic at the thought of hanging around an unknown mutant.

"Hey Krytes we've found the life form, we're at the end of B deck" You spoke into your watch.

"On our way ma'am" Kryten's voice replied through the watch.

With the derelict not even being a quarter of the size of the dwarf it didn't take long for the other 3 to find you. Rimmer was sat on the floor, leaning against a wall with his legs stretched out sulking while you were completely fascinated by the creature you had frozen.

"Is that it?" Lister asked as he spotted that it was frozen "Have you been modifying things again?"

"So what if i have? shoot me" You smiled as Lister chuckled "What do you think Kryten?

Before Kryten could answer the frozen mutant broke free, transforming into a huge green skinny monster, spitting as it hissed at you all.

"It's a psy-mutant" Kryten could just about be heard over the screeching.

"What the hell is a psy-mutant?"  Lister shouted.

"Much like a psy-moon, a psy-mutant feeds of a persons pysche and transforms into their strongest negative emotion" Kryten explained.

"So who's it feeding of?" Rimmer asked as everyone locked and loaded their bazookoids.

"You  sir!" Kryten answered as everyone sighed and rolled their eyes ...of course it was.

"Arnie ...thats your jealousy!" You looked at Rimmer and you could've sworn that had he been alive and had a heart you would've seen it drop to the floor, he never meant for this, he knew his jealousy was a problem but he never meant for it to become everyone else's problem.

"What have you got to be jealous about?" Lister growled as Rimmer became paralysed by the fear and guilt of being confronted by his jealousy.

"Should we shoot?" Cat asked.

"The bazookoids won't touch it" You sighed "The only way to defeat this thing is if you let it out"

"Let it out?" Rimmer looked at you a little confused but mostly terrified.

"If you keep this all bottled up, that thing will keep munching on it and we wont stand a chance but if you just say whats on your mind, let everything out thats causing your jealousy it wont have anything to feed on and we can kill it" You explained "I know its difficult Arnie but its the only way"

"I c..can't" Rimmer stuttered, the both of you knew it wasn't just his jealousy it was feeding on, it was slurping up his guilt too.

"Rimmer you need to tell him now" You looked at him, your eyes glistening over as you knew that what was about to happen was going to torture him "You'll feel so much better Arnie I promise"

"I'm so sorry" Rimmer looked at you with so much guilt and sorrow in his eyes as tears fell down his cheek.

"Don't worry about me, its Lister you need to talk to" You had almost forgot about the others watching you "Tell him Arnie"

"Tell me what?" Lister grew concerned.

"I..I ...I flushed Kochanski's disc out of an airlock" Rimmer stuttered as he tried to swallow the lump in his throat, the jealousy monster letting out a loud screech as it took a hit.

"Ah ...this is awkward" Lister looked at the floor.

"What do you mean?" You asked as you anticipated his answer, he already knew and had already plotted his revenge unbeknown to anyone else.

"I already knew about that ...and in retaliation  ...I might have flushed your revision time tables" Lister replied as a small smile formed on Rimmer's face.

"I suppose thats fair" Rimmer sighed.

"Ok I'm glad thats all sorted but that green gooey thing is still here" Cat reminded them.

"I said everything why is it still here?" Rimmer asked.

"Because thats not everything is it Arnie?" You spoke softly "Maybe it would be easier if you three gave us a moment"

"Are you sure?" Lister asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't worry I'll kick its arse if I need too" You smiled as he nodded and lead the others away "Arnie you can do this"

"I don't want to think about it" Rimmer scrunched his eyes closed.

"Arnie you can do this" You spoke softly and calmly.

"No I can't" He shook his head as he fought back the tears.

"Yes you can" You smiled as you turned him away from the creature,  cupping his face in your hands "I know you can"

"Why are you with me?" Rimmer started to break down.

"Because I love you" You could feel the tears fighting to escape your own eyes.

"I'm out of my mind, I'm a jealous good for nothing waste of space" Rimmer sniffed as you let his forehead rest against yours "If I didn't have such a problem with getting the breaks, if I didn't get jealous every time someone else was happy, if I just shut myself away from the world maybe this wouldn't have happened, I'm not supposed to be happy, things aren't meant to go my way. I don't deserve anything"

"You know thats not true" You sobbed as you heart ached listening to Rimmer completely breakdown.

"Even my own parents didn't like me or my brothers" Rimmer kept his eyes shut tight.

"None of the way you're feeling right now is your fault Arnie" You kept your voice quiet so only he could hear you "It's not your fault you were treated so poorly, you do deserve to be happy ...more than anyone"

"Then why does everyone treat me so badly?" Rimmer sobbed, it felt strangely relieving for him to be so open and vulnerable and not be shot down further, his legs began to give way underneath him as he fell to the floor. Dropping down beside him and wrapping him up in your arms, gently rocking him back and forth as he cried. He hadn't even noticed the mutant had gone.

"Unfortunately some people are just awful" You spoke softly in his ear before placing a much awaited kiss next to the 'h' on his forehead "and those people don't deserve you in their lives"

"Please never leave me" Rimmer looked up at you, his eyes glossy and his cheeks puffy and red.

"That never even crossed my mind Arnie" You smiled as Rimmer's lips started to curl.

"I love you" Rimmer sniffed as his hand found its way to your cheek.

"I love you too Arnie" You smiled as you helped him up off the floor "Lets get you back to Starbug"

"The mutant's gone?" It was only now that Rimmer remembered why they were there.

"You defeated it!" You grinned as he chuckled "Come on lets get out of here"

Once back on Starbug with the others Rimmer opted to go to bed, he was exhausted physically and mentally.

"I'll wake you up when we're back on the dwarf alright" You smiled sweetly as you leant down to kiss him on the cheek before turning off the lights and going back to the rest of crew. 

Thankfully you weren't that far away so it wasn't long before you were back home. You assumed Rimmer had gone to his bunk to go back to sleep as you curled up in yours to read, so when he suddenly appeared in your door way at 3am you were a little surprised.

"I thought you were sleeping" You smiled as he stood in the doorway  with his hands behind his back.

"I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep" Rimmer spoke quietly.

"Lister not up? It's not his bedtime yet?" You asked "Are you coming in?"

"He's happily munching on a curry I brought up for him" Rimmer looked down at the floor "And I didn't want to over step boundaries"

"Are you ok?" You looked at him a little concerned " Come in I won't bite ...not this time"

"Its nothing, just feeling a little bad about what happened and I know he flushed my timetables but I wanted to do something to say sorry" Rimmer blushed as he walked into your quarters "I mean he is my friend after all"

"Are you sure you're ok?" You laughed as Rimmer chuckled "Don't worry I won't tell him you called him your friend"

"Thanks" Rimmer smiled, revealing the beautiful bouquet of flowers he was hiding behind his back "These are for you"

"Where on io did you get these from?" You grinned as he handed them to you "They're gorgeous!"

"Kryten has been working in the botanical gardens, he let me take some flowers to make you a bouquet ...I should show you some time you'll love it" Rimmer was babbling, pleased to see you smiling.

"Thank you Arnie!" You smiled at him as you filled an empty red plastic cup with water to put the flowers in.

"Thank you for putting up with me" Rimmer mumbled.

"What are you muttering about?" You laughed a little as you raised your eyebrow at him.

"After what I put you through over the last couple of weeks, you're still here" Rimmer had gone back to the nervous, innocent person when you first started dating.

"You don't give up on someone you love" You gently took his hand in yours.

"Even if they're as messed up as me?" Rimmer's eyes finally met yours.

"I love you no matter what, you know that" You smiled as you stared into the chocolate brown eyes staring back at you.

"I really don't deserve you" Rimmer eyes lit up as he smiled.

"Hey no more putting yourself down ok?" You gently squeezed his hand "Promise?"

"Promise!" Rimmer chuckled.

"Now are you going to kiss me or not?" You smirked as Rimmer took off his jacket and threw it to the side of the room, after a little over two weeks of not being able to touch, hold or kiss you he was definitely a little touch starved.

"I thought you'd never ask" Rimmer grinned as he held your face in his hands, feeling his body press against yours as he brought you into the most passionate kiss he had ever given you or anyone for that matter, his arms dropping to your waist, sitting perfectly at the bottom of your back as you let your hands rest on his chest, feeling each other smile between kisses "Can I stay with you tonight?"

"I already assumed you would" You laughed as you brought him into another kiss.

"I love you" Rimmer replied softly as he took your hand in his and walked you over to the bed as you both sat down.

"I love you too Arnold Judas Rimmer" You smiled sweetly, his face lighting up like a child on christmas as you said the words. Delicately tucking a loose strand of hair behind your ear with his fingertips he leant in to kiss you again, his arm around your waist as you both slowly fell down onto your bunk.

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Same universe then this fic

*Logan is a dark side*

Ships: Loceit, parental logicality, parental anxceit

Warnings: none that I know of? Let me know if you want me to tag something

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Perseus and Andromeda

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Logan and Janus stood in front of the other four. Smiles completely coated their faces as they both held out their left hands. Janus holding Logan's bicep with his right hand.

Rings. On both of them.

"You- you got married?" Patton's voice was timid. He didn't expect this day to come. But he currently wanted his father-son dance with Logan

Janus and Logan's faces quickly turned to shock. "What?! No! We're engaged! These are engagement rings daa-- Patton!" Logan blushed at the almost use of Pattons old title. Not that Logan didn't view Patton as a father figure -far from it, Janus and him were the youngest sides- but calling someone dad while you are practically the same age and completely imaginary is quite weird in his opinion but I mean-

"My love, your zoning out again."

Logan could hear the amusement in his fiance's voice. Squeezing Janus' hand slightly; Logan cleared his thoat, "What was that question again?"

Roman was slightly laughing before Remus elbowed him in the ribs, "OW REM-" "Roman sh! Do you have a date picked out yet?" Virgil had a hopeful shimmer in his eyes

Logan and Janus looked at eachother briefly, "Not really, to be honest" Janus laughed slightly. "He just asked me last night," a lose curl falling from behind the yellow sides ear. Logan quickly catching it to tuck it back to its rightful place

The sides migranted over to couch. They had a feeling that they'll be talking for a while.

"Any ideas on a theme yet?" Roman was bouncing enthusiastically, hands tight fisted on the couch. A huge ear to ear grin spread on his face

Logan hummed, thinking back to a precious conversation, "We're thinking victorian or dark academia. But we're open to any suggestions!" his hand was tracing circles over and over on Janus' back.

Roman jumped off the couch. Bouncing up and down over and over and over, "FEAR NOT MY BELOVED FRIENDS! I will help you plan it!"

Romans eyes sparkled rapidly. Grin glowing like wild, he paused for a second or two before gasping, "WE COULD HAVE IT IN A HUGE GOLDEN BALLROOM! With crystal plates! And a hundred foot tall cake! An-"

It was at that point where the blue and yellow sides completely zoned out to Romans tangent.

The newly engaged couple gave eachother a look. This look said a lot of things. But mainly 'are we seriously going to let a side who thinks throwing glitter at random objects equels fashion. Complete control of our wedding?' that look. Its a very very specific look. But its a very obvious look.

The red creativity seemed to notice the couples glazed over eyes and blank expression. So he quickly stopped his rant to add on a rather important detail, "I mean... If you guys want me to help. Its completely ok if you don't!! I mean, its ok, I just-"

"Roman for the love of all things holy. Please stop talking." Logan was rubbing his temple with his free hand, "We would love to have you help plan our wedding. But we don't need a ballroom, or crystal plates, or any fancy fairy tale type things." He squeezed Janus' hand with a bright grin, "We just need eachother."

Roman's dramatic pose and extreme tangent faltered. He paused. Seeming to process the information. Before a small grin took his face. "then thats what you two will have."

Janus moved his gaze from Roman to the green twin... Looking at the floor.... With a pout that could kill a god.... Looking very non-Remus esq.

"Remus, do you also want to help plan our wedding?"

In the span of a second, Remus' face bounced between 50 different emotions before settling on complete and utter happiness, "I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER ASK MY AMAZING DOUBLE D-"

Patton slapped his hand over Remus' mouth, "lets not talk about my future son-in-law like that! eeewwwWWWWWW!!! ROMAN HE LICKED MY HAND!!" Patton snapped his hand away as soon as he put it on.

Laughter filled the rest of the night... And quite a bit of wine.

------2 mouths later-----

Logan grumbled as he threw another crumpled piece of paper against the desk. Elbows on the desk, hands pressing into his eyes.

His supposed vows were going amazingly. Completely. Totally. A hundred percent. Amazing....... Oh who was he kidding? His vows were going terribly.

Not from lack of love or anything absolutely ridiculous like that. He loved Janus more then the stars, moon and galaxies combined. He loved everything about Janus.

He loved Janus' snark. He loved the way his eyes glowed when they watched a movie. Or how Janus' voice drips like steeped honey and smoked chives. Or how his snake eye dilates when he's happy. Or when he gets excited and talks for hours and hours about a philosopher or a certain myth that sparked his interest or reminded him of their relationship-

Thats it.

The last myth that Janus was talking about was Perseus and Andromeda.

Andromeda was to be sacrificed to save her kingdom because her mother boasted about her beauty to the nererids. The nererids told their father, Poseidon, and as revenge; Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravenge the kingdom. Perseus, the hero who slayed Medusa, saw Andromeda chained to the stone and slayed the sea monster. After saving her, he took her hand in marriage.

It was far from their love story. Far far from their love story. But...

The way his eyes lit up.

Logan could get drunk on that look. He could live off that look alone for the rest of his life. Oh and that smile

Logan takes his head out of his hands. Mouth agape.

He had an idea

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Janus had been hitting his head against his desk for hours.

Janus could write millions of speeches, and could convince armys to do his bidding, and he could use empty words to get his desires.

But these damn vows.

Janus supposes that its because he isn't used to truth. But he wants too! But the truth seems to be avoiding him more then mouse with a cat.

Logan likes cats, he could never get one before because Patton's allergic. Should he even call Patton by his name? Wouldn't he call him dad now?

He allowed his mind to wonder for a short period of time. Elbows on the desk, hands pressing into his eyes.

This needs to be the truth and its not like he's low on love for Logan. Far far from it

They met when they were younger. Really really younger. He doesn't even remember it. But according to Virgil, Logan and him stared at eachother for five minutes before actually talking to eachother -more like babbling- after that they were practically inseparable. They did everything together apparently. Then they stayed friends for a long time. They barely even talked to eachother by the time that he introduced himself to Thomas. But...

But then Logan became a dark side. Logan started to unbutton the top of his polo. Logan stopped wearing the tie. Logan started to wear ice blue makeup. The Logan he knew as a child came back.

The Logan who loved science, bugs and books. Who loved ranting about old dead philosophers and Janus loved to listen. Logan loved old libraries and classical music. The Logan that used to watch Bill Nye as a child and knows the theme song by heart. The Logan that loved old myths and stories. The Logan who would go outside to the imagination and watch the stars and constellations for hours. His Logan

His favourite constellation was Perseus-

He has an idea.

----The Wedding Day----

Janus adjusted his suit for probably the millionth time. Running his fingers through his hair, attempting to make it lay properly. But only making the curls more wild.

Grumbling obscurities while trying to smooth down his damn hair, he heard low chuckles behind him.

"You know your only gonna make it worse, right Jan?" Virgil was leaning against the wall. His own hair absolutely perfect.

Janus sighed, "I know dad. But I just want my damn hair to lay properly for once! This is why I wear my damn hat-" the chuckles turned into full laughter.

"Logan will love you, no matter how your hair looks," Virgil stood up straight (HA) and walked over to Janus

He took a comb and started to go through his hair. Janus stopped growing by the time he was fifteen, so he was maybe at shoulder height with Virgil. "You need to stop worrying so much, and thats coming from me. Lo loves you more then the sun itself. Don't worry about something as silly as your hair."

Janus watched from the floor to ceiling mirror as Virgil expertly calmed down the mess of his hair.

Meanwhile.....

"Patton please stop crying. Your going to stain my suit-"

"BUT MY BABY'S GETTING MARRIED!!!" tears were still leaking down his face. He's been doing this since he came into the room -which was about twenty minutes ago-

Logan sighed, a smile apparent on his face as he patted his father figure on the back. "I know." he straightened his bowtie slightly in the mirror, "I just love him so much dad," Patton sat down in one of the dressing room chairs. A smile covering his entire face.

"Jan isn't really one to cry. But when I proposed to him? Tears just started leaking. I thought he was upset, so I went to comfort him," blush growing on his cheeks, "then he kissed me and looked me directly in the eyes and said yes." Logan felt a huge grin spreading on his cheeks against his will. He looked out of the mirror and back to his father. "He said yes."

Patton stood up from his seat and put his hands on Logan's shoulders, "and now its your wedding day. You two are going to get married and live out your lives being complete loveable nerds as you talk about philosophy and the stars and things I could never understand. You two are absolutely perfect for eachother and I can't wait to see where you two go next." while tears still shone in his eyes, the smile showed that they were of happiness.

They stared at eachother for a few minutes. Patton nitpicking small details to fix on Logan's suit.

"Janus the one walking down the isle right?"

Logan laughed softly, "yeah, he said it was a more dramatic entrance. Thats my future husband, right there"

Patton looked a little puzzled, "Can you even call him your future husband if the ceremony is starting in less then ten?"

"I mean, technically thats in the futur- wait. How much time was left?"

Patton blinked. Looking in the eyes of his son, "Ten minutes."

A look of panic shot through Logan. "We have to go!"

Logan grabbed Patton's hand. Pulling him out to the room. The celebration hall was stunning

It was outside, circle tables scattered around the clearing like the stars above scattered in the sky. A banquet table for the newly weds, their parents and their best men. The altar was covered in delicate fairy lights illuminating a soft glow. The shimmering stars above their heads shone brighter the usual. The constellations of Perseus and Andromeda were by far the brightest.

Logan stopped in his tirade to the altar. And simply looked at the brilliant view that the twins had put together for them.

For once in his life. Logan was speechless.

"They did a good job right?!?"

Logan was still looking around the meadow, amazed at every tiny detail. From the black dahilas that Remus insisted on including because of the famous unsolved murder, to the fairy lights climbing up the pillers that was no doubt Roman's doing.

"Its beautiful... How di-"

"The twins are a very creative bunch, kiddo!! We have five minutes until your wonderful groom comes out!" The other guests were starting to fill the room as Logan took his place at the altar. It was mostly figments that Thomas had made. Emile, Remy, The Critic, etc. They all took their seats and watched the meadow.

Logan walked over to his place next to the altar. Hands fidgety and resisting the urge to mess with the hair that he spent so long combing down. Roman stood at his side, while Remus waited at the other side of the altar for Janus. Before he knew it the music started to play, the quests rose from their seats, he felt his desire to stand straight. But none of those compared to when Janus walked into the room.

Janus walked in with Virgil latched on to his arm. A periwinkle blossem on the left of his chest. He still had his yellow gloves on -he really hated taking them off. Without the gloves, Janus couldn't lie- but he was without his hat. He was in a black tux with a yellow bowtie.

Logan couldn't think of anything else more beautiful. Logan couldn't think of anyone more beautiful then the side in front of him. Logan couldn't help the gigantic, ear to ear smile as Janus arrived at the altar and took his hands in his own.

The officiant -Who Roman just summoned from the imagination- cleared his voice and spoke to the whole room of people, "Friends and Family, we are gathered here today to connect two side's hearts and souls through this ceremony.

Logic Logan Sanders, Do you take this side to love and to hold, to protect and charish and to adore until the end of your lives?"

His smile growing wider, eyes sparkling with deep love and affection; Logan gazed into Janus' eyes, lightly squeezing his hands. "More then the sun and the stars."

The officiant smiled slightly before turning to Janus. "Deceit Janus Sanders, Do you take this side to love and hold, to protect and charish and to adore until the end of your lives?"

Tears shone throughout Janus' eyes. He removed his hands from Logans and for a second the blue side felt his heart drop, only for it to swell when he sees Janus remove his gloves and place his hands back in Logans. "More then every lie, secret and promise I have ever made."

The officiant turned back to Logan, "Please say your vows."

Logan felt his heart throb as he opened his mouth,

"Janus. In the very very long time that I have known you, I find myself falling more in love with you every day. I love how you laugh. I love how when you're tired you curl up to my side. I love how you stay by my side through it all. My translation from a light side to dark, my learning cerve to our new family, every dilemma from the others that we have to enviably fix.

Every night, every day, every hour, every minute, every second. You occupy my mind. And god Janus, I never want you to leave it.

I love you. I love you more then Perseus loved Andromeda." Logan's eyes were shining with unshed tears, he lightly squeezed Janus' hands. "I love you Janus and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you."

The officiant nodded, then he turned to Janus. "Please speak your vows."

Janus drew a shaky breath before speaking.

"Logan, I honestly don't remember when we met. You were my only constant, the unchanging variable that I could always fall back on. You were always there for me and I want to always be there for you.

I love you more then anything Logan. The way you light up when a new documentary comes out, drives butterflies to my stomach. When you laugh, I get lightheaded. When you smile, I get bolts of electricity to my heart. When you take me to the imagination for a date among the stars, I get so love drunk that things get dizzy. When you took me to our favourite place and got on one knee, I cried tears of joy.

There is nothing that I don't love about you. I've always found honest words hard to process. But believe me when I say that I've said no lies to you. You are the one person I will never lie to. I love you more then Andromeda loved Perseus," Janus looked up at Logan. The height difference apparent, but he smiled like he never smiled before. "I love you Logan. And I cannot wait to call you my husband."

The two sides gave eachother looked at eachother with pure adoration and love.

"Please put these rings on eachother."

They could hear Patton's loud sobs in the background as they slipped on the rings.

The officiant smiled wide, "I now pronounce you, Husband and Husband! You may now kiss your groom!"

They flew together like magnets. Logan grabbed the side of Janus' face to pull him closer, the earthy smell of cloves and plums filling his senses. Janus held Logan's arms and pulled him towards him. The kiss was far from chaste, but they pulled apart not long after to be met with......

"NOW YOU GOTTA STRIP AND FU-- OW ROMAN!!"

"NOT AT THE WEDDING YOU BABOON!"

The twins were a very chaotic bunch...

The wedding continued perfectly as planned. Then it came to the father-son dances.

Virgil as Janus were doing well. Virgil was giving Janus his best wishes and telling him how proud he was if him.

Patton and Logan??

Patton always cries at wedding to say the least...

Then it was their turn to dance.

Logan took his husbands hand and led him to the dance floor. It was lit by only fairy lights and the extra bright stars. They twirled and spinned and danced like they was only the two there.

The two battled for the lead before Logan won. Hand now in the swell of Janus' back and leading him in a very elaborate ballroom dance. Janus' scales glowing a bright yellow. Even over the music you could hear their laughter.

Patton and Virgil stood on the sidelines. Watching as their children had their fun. Virgil hummed slightly, "you owe me twenty bucks Patt."

Patton was very confused, he hadn't made any new bets recently or borrowed any money. "Why is that kiddo?"

Virgil turned and looked at Patton, "Ten years ago, you bet me that Lo and Jan would never get married. You owe me a twenty."

Patton grumbled slightly as he pulled a bill from his jacket pocket and handed it over. "This is the best bet I've ever lost then."

Virgil laughed, purple beginning to dust under his eyes. "You got that right," He took two glasses of champagne from the waiters walking by, "To our beloved children?"

Patton took the glass and raised it with Virgil. "To our beloved children." they then took a long sip and continued to watch as the couple danced.

The stars shining above, the moon full. They loved eachother more then Perseus and Andromeda.

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I. REGRET. NOTHING!!!

I also have 0 self control soo

The charcters are very ooc... But I don't overly care.

💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

#sanders sides #deceit sanders #logan sanders #roman sanders #virgil sanders #patton sanders #remus sanders #janus sanders #romantic loceit #loceit fluff #ts loceit #loceit #parental anxceit #parental logicality #ts logan #ts janus #ts deceit #ts roman #ts remus #ts patton #ts virgil #my writing

[just-my-fandom]

Telling the Paladins Your Pregnant Preference

Request; Can I be your first Voltron request? Reader being pregnant with the paladins baby and revealing to them?

They start getting shorter towards the end :/ sorry

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Pidge

"What're you gonna name him?"

Your eyes watch as Pidge pulls the small chip from the computer, grinning at her older brother and jogging up to him and the robot next to him,

"How about Chip?" She teases, holding up the chip between her fingers and handing it to Matt,

"You and your puns," Matt shakes his head, Pidge shrugging sheepishly and placing her glasses on the robots nose,

"Sorry, I just cant wait for someone else around the house," She hops on her toes, looking over at you when you stand from her desk,

"Maybe we wont have to," Chest tightening, you watch Pidge tilt her head in confusion, before she follows your hands placed at your stomach,

It takes her mind a full half minute to process your gesture, before she gasps, loudly, "Oh my God! It worked!?"

You nod, tearily, hand coming to your cheek as you sniffle,

"It worked!" Pidge turns to Matt sharply, grin hurting her face, "Oh my gosh, Im gonna be a momma!" She turns back to you, "You're going to be a momma!"

You laugh, Pidge running up to you, hands at your face, "This is amazing," She pecks your lips, "This small piece of tech could help millions of women wanting to be mothers," Pidge takes your hand, tugging you outside of the shed, "Mom! Dad! You're going to be grandparents!"

"It worked?" Samuel turns to the two teenagers, your eye's already red from tears of excitement,

"Oh that's great!" Colleen embraces you, your eyes pinching shut as your arms slide to her back, "Congratulations! If you need any help during the pregnancy dont be afraid to ask!"

Colleen leans back, hand wiping your leaked tears, "Now that means no more skipping meals and sleep to work all night, both of you, understood?"

She eyes Pidge,

"But Im not the one pregnant," Pidge reminds, Colleen rolling her eye's,

"Yes but Y/N is also going to become very moody and very touch starved. We dont need you out of her reach or snapping at her from being too tired," Colleen demands, your eyes looking at the ex paladin next to you,

Pidge crosses her arms, faking a pout, "Yes mother,"

Keith

Keith was easy to find. If he wasnt in his lion or with the team, he was either asleep, with you, or training,

He hasn't been in his room all day, and he hasnt seen you since lunch, so that only meant one place,

The training deck

Watching him clash bayards with the training bot, you lean against the thick wall behind you, twirling the small device in your hand behind your back,

You had woken up sick for the past week. Asking Coran and being placed in the healing pod for two minutes, Coran revealed you were in fact pregnant,

He had transfered the reveal to a smaller device, claiming it would be easier to show Keith that way, and calmly pressured you to talk to the Red Paladin

So here you were, face flushed with terror and stomach tightening as if threatening to puke again for the second time that day,

Keith watches as the bot vanishes in defeat, before his gaze finally catches you and his smile is back on his face,

"Hey," He pants, clasping his bayard on his belt and walking up to you, "Want to train?"

"I think I enjoy just watching you," You smile, placing your lips over his slowly, "I need to show you something,"

"Sure," He heaves, brushing black hair from his face and looking down at your extended hand, "Whats this?"

He lifts the small device, two pink lines visible,

"Coran gave it to me after I was put in the healing pod," You speak quietly, Keiths eyes snapping up to yours,

"Why were you in the healing pod?" His hand presses to your forehead, "You okay?"

"Im fine," You smile, "Keith, Im pregnant,"

"You're-" Keith inhales, looking back down to the lines, "You're pregnant? And its mine?"

"No its Zarkons," You shoot, rolling your eye's, "Yes its yours,"

"I'm going to be a dad?" Keith slides his hand into his hair, stepping back, "What if I become just like my father? Abandon you and the baby?"

"You won't," You grasp his shirt, pulling him back to you and placing his large hand at your stomach, "Because you aren't your father, you're Keith Kogane, the father to my baby,"

"This is the worse timing ever," Keith groans, head falling back, "You're not allowed to leave the ship, understood?"

"Yes sir," You grin, Keith dropping the device to cup your face and pull your lips back onto his,

Shiro

"I'm what?"

You step out of the healing pod, eyes wide on the red head in front of you,

"Pregnant!" Coran smiles, twirling his mustache in his finger, "And I hope its Shiros, no?"

"Of course its Shiros! Whose else would it be?" You grasp your hair, eyes watering,

"What's going on?" Shiro steps into the medic bay with Allura on his tail, catching you covering your face, "Is everything okay?"

"Wonderful, actually," Coran raises an eyebrow, "Congratulations,"

"On what?" Shiro furrows his eyebrows together, looking at you, "Y/N, are you okay?"

You slide your hands from your now stained cheeks, sniffling, "I-I dont know," You shake your head, Shiro looking at Coran before pulling you against him, "Coran, whats going on?"

"Well you see," Coran clears his throat, "Have You noticed Y/N getting sick lately?"

"Yes," Shiro nods, "But I thought it was just from the food goo. Maybe eating it too much,"

"Im pregnant," You pull back before Coran could reveal, looking up at the man, "Its yours,"

"Oh Y/N, thats great!" Allura smiles, Shiro blinking, his hands tightening at your waist,

"Pregnant? In the middle of war?" Shiro swallows, and you hug yourself, looking down,

"Y/N will be safe here in the castle with us, of course," Coran nods once, Shiro tilting your chin up so your eyes were forced to meet his,

"We'll work it out," His thumb drags over your cheek,

"You're not mad?" You whisper, Shiro smiling weakly and pulling you closer, lips bonding to yours,

"How could I be mad? Im going to be a dad,"

Lance

"No wonder the bed was cold,"

You glance up and over your shoulder at a voice, eyes landing on Lance standing in his plad blue pjs, "You're in here by yourself and not in bed with me,"

"Couldnt sleep," You force your lips together, turning back to the tea Coran had made you,

"Everything okay?" Lance pulls a stool next to you, sitting down and resting a hand at your upper back, "You look pale,"

"Im pregnant," You pinch your eyes shut, before turning to face Lance. His hand had retracted, eyes staring at your face for what seems like hours but its only a minute,

"Please say something," You squeak, eyes brinming with tears Lance instantly notices,

"No no no!" Lance quickly remembers it late at night, lowering his voice, "Dont cry," His hands slide to your face, laugh weak, "This is amazing,"

"It is?" You swallow, "But we're in the middle of battling Honvera, our reality could be destroyed,"

"All of that doesnt matter," Lance stands up, raising you to your feet and pulling you into his chest, "Because I know once we go back to earth, my family is going to be thrilled,"

"They're going to flip," You choke out a laugh, looking up at the boy, "I cant believe this is happening,"

Lance flashes you his famous grin, kneeling doen and placing his hands at your stomach, softly speaking a flurry of Spanish you dont understand,

Putting a hand in his hair, you sniff, Lance standing back up and pressing his lips against yours, eyes shutting,

"Too bad its night time and everyones asleep,"

"Whys that?"

"Because I really want to yell in Shiros face that theres a new Space Dad in town,"

Hunk

You hadnt meant to wake him up. He looked so peaceful in the three seconds you got to look at his face, before your body forced itself to the bathroom to kneel at the toilet,

You thought you were quiet, but the hair pulling itself from your face was an answer alone that Hunk had followed you to check up on you,

"Thats the third time this week youve thrown up," Hunk frowns, grabbing a hair band to pull your hair into a messy bun, "And its only Tuesday,"

"Guess I just have the jitters," You force a laugh, coughing into the toilet and groaning, Hunks hand running up your back, "Or the stomach bug,"

"I can make you some green tea," Hunk suggests, your watery eyes looking at him and catching his soft smile, "Itll help ease your stomach,"

You nod, wiping your mouth and flushing the toilet, taking Hunks hand to stand on your own two feet, "I'll go see if Coran can give me a check up," You put a hand on your stomach, Hunk wrapping his arm at your waist to help you out of your shared bedroom,

"You two alright?"

You look over, Pidge standing just outside her door and staring, "I heard someone running,"

"Sorry I woke you up Pidge," You say genuinely, Pidge waving you off,

"Can you make sure she gets to Coran okay? Im going to make her tea," Hunk steps back from you, Pidge taking his spot by grasping your arm,

"You know, I dont want to spook you," Pidge looks up at you, "But weird food cravings? Sudden tiredness? Sickness? I think you might be pregnant,"

"What?" You dont notice your knees buckle until Pidge has her arms at your torso, and Keith is running up to throw your arm around his shoulder and lead you to the medic bay,

"Oh quiznack!" Coran starts up a healing pod, waving you inside, "What happened?"

"Coran, I think Y/N's pregnant," Pidge admits her theory, the shatter of a cup making the three turn to face Hunk, his eyes wide and face pale,

"She's what?" Hunk squeaks, Coran looking over in time for the pod to ding,

"Yep," He leans back, your body stepping out, "Y/Ns pregnant. Three weeks exact,"

Your wide eyes look at Hunk, before you yelp when his arms wrap around you, lifting you up,

"Holy- this is amazing!" Hunk sets you down, grin wide, "I mean, Im not ready to be a dad yet but no dad ever is,"

"I'm pregnant?" You murmur, hand running through your hair, "Oh God, I need to sit down," You pinch your eyes shut, Hunk lifting you and placing you on the table nearest to the pods,

"Its always a shock at first to new mothers," Coran explains, Pidge bringing in a new cup of tea, "But you will both be great parents, I can reassure,"

"Im not ready to be a mom!" You cry out, "I'm only nineteen, I was wanting to go to college and get married first- you know if our reality doesnt get destroyed, which, how the hell am I supposed to fight Honvera if Im pregnant!?"

"Well of course you wont be fighting," Coran clicks his tongue,

"But we'll need Voltron, shes the white lion," Keith reminds,

"Can we focus on the bigger picture here?" Pidge snaps, "Theres a baby Y/N or Hunk in here," She grins, hand at your stomach, "Maybe she'll inherit Hunks cooking skills,"

"That would be amazing!" Hunk cheers, your tears visible in his eye's, "Y/N, you have nothing to be afraid of," Hunk places a hand at your cheek, wiping away a tear,

"But what if something happens? I lost my father to the military and my mom struggled to raise me alone," You grasp at his yellow shirt, sniffling into his chest,

"Hunk is going to be there for your baby," Pidge declares, "And thats a promise Im making myself,"

#hunk garrett imagine #hunk garrett x reader #hunk garrett #keith imagine #keith x reader #voltron keith #keith kogane #takashi shirogane #shiro x reader #shiro imagine #shiro #pidge imagine #pidge x reader #pidge gunderson #lance imagine #lance x reader #lance mcclain #lance

[agnesgoesadventuring-blog]

At this point I think I'm more upset by the way people are completely misrepresenting the thing we're saying about being uncomfortable with Beau and the ship and the bathouse scene then anything else. I saw this big post (that I'm pretty sure was pretty much all in response to your posts which like, just respond to the post instead of vague posting, coward) that was all about everything people were saying about Beau and Yasha and the whole thing but like... none of it was things anyone actually

said? Like that beau is a pervert, or that Beau flirt with Yasha “relentlessly” and that we’re hypocritical for calling out Beau but not Scanlan (nope, always uncomfortable with Scanlan, he was my least favorite) or that we think Yasha is celibate because she’s not looking for a relationship or that it’s disgusting. And things in the responses too, like it’s just cause we hate Marisha (my favorite player usually) or because she’s a person of color or a lesbian. And they’re like “oh you’re just

projecting on the characters” like… yeah, nobody ever said we were right we literally said this is all because of our own stuff and that we’re uncomfortable so why are you so bothered and then they say that they respect how we feel but it’s just like… no you don’t. If you did you wouldn’t actually be putting words in our mouths and you’d actually be responding to the things we said instead of making a new post about it where you could frame yourself in the moral high ground.

I haven’t seen the post in question as I haven’t really had time to go through all the tags this weekend. I absolutely understand how upsetting it can be to have the things you’ve said, and by extension the things you feel, misrepresented, or to have words put into your mouth. It can make you feel powerless, and in a ways it feels like a violation in and of itself.

I went back and read all of the the posts from this discussion to see exactly what was said and if what you say was said in this post was true or not. This is not the first time I’ve had to do this as it is not the first time that things I and others have said in discussions on my tumblr have been misrepresented, with it being asserted that certain things were said when they were not. It can definitely be frustrating to have to do that, and to have people asserting things that simply are not true.

There was one instance of the word “perviness” being used in regards to some of the things Beau has said and done, but other than that, you’re right, none of what you’ve said was called out by this post was ever actually said in this discussion. The word ‘disgusting’ has never been used, nor has there been any characterization of Beau’s flirting with Yasha as being “relentless” (nor was that word used), and there’s never been any suggestion that Yasha is “celibate” because of what Ashley said on Talks Machina. Any such assertion that those things were said would absolutely be misrepresentation of the discussion.

These things happen sometimes when people see other talking about things they don’t agree with, or discussing criticisms, or even just not liking, something they like. Complex discussions about personal experience and reactions, how social and cultural problems both influence those things and how they don’t, etc. are reduced in their minds to things they aren’t. Like I’ve talked about a million times, our brain is hardwired to do that. We’re hardwired to think we’re right, and then all the information we take in is filtered through that, and through those ideas that we think are right, and if any of that information challenges that the brain just sort of naturally creates a perception of that information to make it fit with that “I’m right” mindset. Which means that oftentimes things are misremembered, completely misrepresented, or things are projected on the people having the discussion that aren’t actually true.

There has definitely been a lot of unwarranted Marisha hate in the fandom. I think an unfortunate byproduct of that is that sometimes now any criticism of Marisha’s character, or even just not liking something about the character, is reduced to “Marisha hate”. Marisha is also my favorite player. And Keyleth remains my favorite Critical Role character. So some kind of idea that this discussion is based on “Marisha hate” is absurd.

I, too, have had discussions about Scanlans behavior, particularly toward Pike. I didn’t start enjoying Pike and Scanlan until much later on particularly because of that kind of behavior, and I have talked about it on multiple occasions, as well as taking part in discussions with others.

And it is very important to recognize exactly the context in which people are discussing this in regards to whether it’s criticism of canon or simply people talking about their personal experiences and reactions, and with the exception of one post that was discussing the possibility of Beau’s upbringing influencing potential behavior when it comes to flirting/romance/etc., every single post in this discussion has been about people’s personal experiences and feelings and how that influences the way they feel about this. All discussion of canon has been relatively confined to simply pointing out how certain moments were vague and how, because of that, certain interpretations and feels that come from those interpretations are valid, and discussion of characters and their feelings have mostly been contained to talking about possibilities and potential.

So any characterization of this discussion, or the vast majority of posts outside of this discussion, as being anything other than people saying “this made me uncomfortable because of these personal things” is a misrepresentation. And you’re right, it’s not respecting the discussion, the people having the discussion, or their point of view to misrepresent what they’ve said or how they feel. Since this is a discussion about people’s personal feelings and reactions where any conversation about canon has been limited to talking about “possible” and “potential”, and only in so far as how it impacts peoples personal feelings, a respectful response is an acknowledgment and perhaps a statement of understanding. As some of the messages that have been sent have done. A respectful response is not misrepresenting things that have been said or trying to demonstrate how what people are saying is wrong. This isn’t even a matter of agreeing or disagreeing. People are talking about their personal reactions and feelings and the personal things that led to them feeling that way. That’s not really something you get to agree or disagree with.

#Anonymous #critical role

[lecliss]

Fofndlbdkxbdkxnc i just love Ivar so much hes the funniest stupidest character ever and he has to do everything in the most ridiculous over the top way possible and hes just such an absolute joy and delight

#i do wonder what he did between activating the lance and boarding the ship tho #like how did he get out of there and how did he know the party was on the ship? #i think the battle of fezebel was only one day meaning its literally just the next day #hm. i wonder if the battle with nachtigal was yesterday too since we went right from that to the battle #that probably spanned two days and no one had a chance to stop or sleep between events until they reached the temple #ivar was probably following after exodus to stop them himself and coincidentally ran into the party #he didnt seem to imply he knew they were there anyway #he just sorta came outta nowhere lol #he loves doing that kcncicnckb #also since we're on the ship now that means everything's about to get a million times worse. #whos ready for death!? :) whos ready for trauma?! :) who ready to spiral into a mental breakdown?! :) #aaaannnddd our lucky winners are milla jude and alvin!!! come on down and face the consequences of your actions!!! yaaaay 🎉🎉🎉🎉 #in a minute tho. im not there just yet lol #personal

[the-firebird69]

Sales are going through the roof and through the roof means there's no end of anyway they're going after the Harleys and they're going to go after the matrix facilities cuz they might be run by our son's race and Ken's race and Camilla's race out of it and I think that's about it the rest are missing. And I was out of the building the ships and the prisoners and a son says at some point there be a transition and it might not be at that point yet there might be early and seen in underworld movie that maybe he was upset he was brought out early and people looking at it saying gosh this is hell and it's going to be worse that's Tommy f tude. And his granddaddy looks and says I now understand something you're under lock and key to her and she says yes and it says can't talk but this is it I can get out of this and my boys right that kind of a jerk I was going to ruin us and he said mack may have known about it to come pick us up. It's starting to be horrendous again he says

They are getting out but she got injured but she grabbed him now that's a different guy and no that was him it wasn't that bad

Thor Freya

Just to give you an idea the sales are jumping this morning from 400,000 octillion globally Harley-Davidson till about 2 million octillion and in half a day and then you're announcing this facts and it dropped again it's much higher numbers. And you posted it in the conversation they can verify with Tommy Allen and he's going nuts he said they're the ones who invented it and built it with him and he's telling them what to do and how to do it and Tommy F might kill them and that's the problem that our friend came up with in a solution is to get them out and he knows about it and he can't let him finish the project he'll think it's all over when it's not and you don't think you ruined it but he won't when it's just to hear about what's happening and everyone's being threatened it doesn't do anything it's going on now and just evidence everywhere so we're going to be good Tommy Allen says that's terrific news so going through it now and our son also says we need to AI out because it's also out of control because of Tommy f and he had Joel Watts mess it up and things are going to be normal again Tommy Allen says hopefully since after I get over to T-Rex the second covid-19. The truthfully he's going over there it goes over at 2 or 3 times we think and activates them and they have a war.. and the monsters devastated like a third of Australia. Start hitting their ships all over the place and it's nasty there's so many people that died they become humongous one of them is up to 40 miles those racing through the city Rudy everything and then he goes and eats all these people are running the grossest thing I've ever seen because you get much bigger as hell you mean how this is how to book. It says you're a giant with us so he stops it looks it says okay you're finished his nailing them. It's never really seen it but he sensed it once it's about 800 ft and he saw I already heard it walk by and so he knows about it and it's like amazing something it's really really big. So we're going down to defcon 1 more or less. Well we're at defcon 3 and Mac is going to two it'll probably move it there now the forces are getting ready to move they haven't moved yet he's going to post Thor Freya

[modernmutiny]

team cap didn't injure Rhodey, Vision injured him when he fired at Sam on Tony's orders and then missed. then when Sam apologized (even though he didn't do anything other than avoid the giant laser that very well could've killed him considering it paralyzed a man in a super armored suit) tony then shit Sam with zero provocation. also let us not forget that team iron did all the same shit of property damage and endangering lives, except none of then we're put in oceanguantanamo

I’m assuming this is in response to my last post about how Team Cap is made up of mostly international terrorists, correct? Now normally I wouldn’t respond to this bc you don’t really want to hear my opinion on this, you just want to feel the satisfaction of getting a leg up on someone with a different perspective than you. But, unfortunately for you, I’ve been having a bit of a stressful day so I’m in an argumentative mood right now. (full answer under the cut)

So let’s break this down. First off, I also watched the movie so yes, I know the exact details of what happened. It’s funny how, out of everything I said, you found it uber important to start off by correcting me on the little details that don’t actually have much impact on literally anything I said, but I’ll play along anyhow.

Now, note in the post you’re responding to that when I mentioned what happened to Rhodey I said that Steve and Co were “indirectly responsible.” This means that, although they didn’t physically take take a handgun to Rhodey’s spine until he couldn’t walk again, they did create the situation in which friendly fire was a real possibility, and even a likely one.

But before we even get to that let’s recap that entire scene, since we’re already going there. I’m gonna focus mostly on the big stuff, so let’s start when wanda throws dozens of passenger cars at Tony. First off, she couldn’t see them so she had no idea if there were people inside or not, and second that’s the first big property damage we see in this scene. Tony did blow up two dinky little two-seat planes in dock a bit earlier, so I will take that, but also that won’t cause germany a few millions to rebuild a parking structure nor did it take out hundreds of thousands of dollars to innocent civilian families per car. Then scott and cap threw an explosive semi-truck at natasha, who 100% would not have survived being hit (wanda also threw her head first into a truck less than 5 minutes later, by the way). 

from that point we get to the big brawl where everything is pretty equal, so we’ll skip over that. Only big point there, really, is that cap drops a 5 ton shipping crate on a teenager, but peter had already shown his super strength so i’ll let that go. Next point of interest is when team cap decides that they’re gonna go for the distraction to get buck and steve out, before they ultimately surrender. Immediately after that we get scott going all king kong on us. he throws a bus at t’challa and rips the wing off a charter plane. Then vision destroys the watchtower to stop cap and buck from getting away.

So basically, leading up to The Scene, things aren’t very equal. Tony’s team had the goal to detain and arrest. Cap and co were trying to get out, any means necessary. There’s a difference. Plus none of that even matters because Tony’s team was sent out on an official UN mission to detain a band of international terrorists, while cap and co were trying to resist arrest and evade the forces sent by the coalition of 117 countries to detain them.

Anyway on to The Scene. The quinjet is getting away and rhodey and tony go to intercept. Sam follows to give the twin terrors a clean getaway. Vision is called in to take out take out sam’s thrusters and “turn him into a glider.” Sam evades, and now the non-lethal shot meant for him is now a lethal shot for Rhodey. Let’s put this into legal terms now. Sam was pursuing two authorized forces in an attempt to aid the escape of two highly deadly terrorists, and when the authorities tried to disable him, he evaded, causing the hit that would not have hurt him, theoretically, to completely disable one of the authorities. Whether or not you like sam or rhodey or vision or whoever, you can’t deny that sam, who previously admitted he was going to surrender, created the situation in which that action was necessary, making him indirectly responsible. Also, the shot didn’t paralyze him, as you claim. The shot took out his systems, the fall from 800 ft paralyzed him. Sam wouldn’t have had to take that fall regardless bc he has wings. He would have glided safely down, if it had gone to plan.

As for the part where “tony shit Sam with zero provocation” I just don’t agree at all. If it was you trying to detain a group that has killed dozens of people and just attacked you with no regard for your safety, if it was your best friend who fell almost a thousand feet with no control, would you take the weak “im sorry” that sam gives? Rhodey was bleeding from his nose and unconscious with a weak heartbeat after a fall without a parachute. He very well could have had any sort of brain injury from the pressure change which would only be exacerbated by the impact. (the suit,, by the way, would have offered no cushion when falling from high enough to leave a crater in the ground, instead it would have added more pressure on top of him and also give his body no room to bend and move with the impact, which would greatly increase the risk of all kinds of compressed breaks). Point is, his best friend for most his life was half-dead in his arms, would possibly die en-route to the hospital, and the felon who he was trying to arrest comes up to him to try and say sorry as if it wasn’t all his fault. So Tony shot a repulsor beam at him, knocking him back, but mostly because he didn’t need to deal with the hollow apologies from the man partially responsible right now. Had they surrendered and dealt with the consequences of their actions for once in their lives then maybe none of them would have been in that situation. (Im not even going to get into the fact that the repulsor beams are made not as weapons, but as defensive measures. They can only knock back an opponent, not hurt them, so it was a hollow threat at best.)

Now onto your last point, where team tony wasn’t detained and somehow that’s “unfair” or w.e. Team Tony was deployed to detain a group of dangerous criminals. Bucky killed innocent people in his escape after the first germany altercation, not to mention all the people before that (yes, yes, I know, he wasn’t in control of his actions and all that, but none of the UN countries have any proof of that after he attacked the man trying to evaluate him), Wanda killed eleven people in Lagos, Scott is a registered felon, Sam stole a piece of equipment worth millions of dollars from a secure military fort, and Clint is a former international assassin. Your precious Steve was implicit in the Lagos deaths, the theft of military property, illegally entering multiple countries as a rogue citizen, evading arrest by federal forces, and even grand theft auto. They are all international criminals that, in evading arrest by UN forces, caused massive property damage and endangered thousands of lives. It’s all about the intent, and since Tony and his team were sent out on an official mission in these countries, they have the authority here. Cap’s team is just a group of highly dangerous citizens with no privileges anywhere, so anywhere they go they’re committing a crime.

Basically you need to take off your rose-tinted glasses and see what actually happened. According to the law and anyone that matters, a group of murderers and felons evaded arrest, so anything that happens from that point forward is a consequence of the choice that they made. 

#teddy talks #ask answered #ca:cw #cap 3 nonsense #honestly kids im stubborn af you're never gonna get the last word with me #sorry for those followers who don't care but this gets me riled up #yall need to face the facts #you have to look at the actions taken and the impacts they have #plus the whole tony-sam thing #he didn't need a reason #he was provoked enough already by this group of bandits throwing buses at him and his Official UN Team #zero provocation my ass #ppl better with emotions than me have also talked on this and ive reblogged it before #as a knockback to ppl who say tony was wrong in shooting sam with the repulsors or for attacking bucky #hes human yall #hes doing his best to keep the gang together #and steve shits all over that and basically tells tony he can go fuck himself #like honestly #is he that opposed to following the rules for once in his goddamn life

[the-firebird69]

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It's actually a song between the two and it makes sense his people made him go nuts they said it's not true and he figured out something I can fool you with this stuff and that's what they're talking about and the monsters and more are just people being nuts it's covered and this is Jason the a****** singing it and he doesn't get what he's talking about is calling his father a hero and say it's great I see it all and all sorts of weird stuff but it's really a son being joyful about his idea and kind of telling people it was torture and it's a morose song and sad song but it's also celebration and she says melancholy cuz that's what he is but she was too she's much better now he says it's great I like that guy and James Bond the kind of weaker James Bond with black hair when the guy who got put in a punching bag it's got these little piece of fury that's true too she pokes him and he's fine he says it's working this is if we have a family we need heat and the heaters out and turn the stove on if it's electric and it works and she says you have to be careful with that that's true watch it every couple hours and then it's a good time cuz that's what they think like to make it work

I thought about this song for a long time and what you say it is I might be crazy probably a lot of people think that he's nuts and Jason is nuts hahaha it is evil he's mean and we've had enough of that we don't need people are actually nuts. Trump's nuts too see and his gunning for Jason and ran over with the car with his big fat idiot and Jason did not figure it out this ahole this a****** next door is a huge mean that jerk off and it's going after him. Jason is going after Trump and he should he's destroyed his clan in Saudi Arabia and we have the proof too and we're sending some of it to Jason. He's gotten it he said these are your ships Trump and other stuff and he's attacking them and PGA is leading into him, even though the areas they have are devastated their infighting there still and they're going after each other right now because of what we're doing and saying and they really should go after Trump piece of pig and they found tons of stuff and there's with him already

Thor Freya

And they're vowing revenge on Trump

Jason says it it kind of feels a little and PGA is saying in writing but they're sending it out now to go after him in his her friend says Jason you're just really small because of this guy since Trump you're a pushover for the max and a lot more but really you're an a****** yourself I'm coming after you and Trump says I'm coming after you and people are hitting him and really the scene in Dumb and dumber happens around 3:00 a.m. and he has other places to go and he's leaving shortly

Thor Freya again

I'm pleased I was going it's a little rough took a lot more time and effort this phase did but it's working out very well but utilizing everything we can and it makes sense we have to and we're making shipping industries out of the cruise ships it's a great idea everybody needs that. It's not a ton of ships but it's going to make a big difference because it can move around necessities and that's probably about a million cruise ships on Earth and almost all of them would be converted to cargo and we're doing it really fast takes a lot less time than we thought about 2 days

Hera thank you Zeus for your ideas it says you're welcome of course and we're going to get out of this and it's going to be much nicer and I really am happy here this is so much better a little nervous but I feel much better and I'm hardly nervous but I have to investigate I really do what they do and say is on sometimes and I'm not included on everything and they said we have to vet her and stuff so they're going ahead and doing that and it's rigorous ask me questions and so forth and telling me I'm need to relax and so I feel like I don't want to go through all that but they're doing it and it's something that goes through and be much better afterwards because I'll see that they're doing it and I do actually so I'm getting security clearance today I do appreciate your help I needed that

Zues

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[the-firebird69]

What his ideas are are intense they are like training modules for the public and it is intense having a room full of x-wings like 20 of them and cascading so you're flying through space together and you can see each other and you're flying next to each other and in the suits you're just like a pullover and the helmet which has gear in it and you can talk to each other it's intense okay what we're talking about is it intense game and people don't have these. And we're going to roll one up there tonight into the parking lot it's just a big box and they're going to go nuts on it I mean they're going to have such a great time I got to pull to town and bolt it down we have to bolt it with something in the ground but we'll just patch it they said yeah we have to patch it it is a flat spot we see it and my God this is going to be intense and we might have people try it if we get permission from the local people and everything and they're saying okay and it would go huge it would go global right away if you're making millions of these we need help and we need it now and this is it so I'm going to put it up there and there is a person who runs Disneyland and it's not Tommy f and he almost got fried by him so can I ask if you would like us to ship when he says yes so we can ship it out there tonight and bring the crew and he'll bring his crew out and we're going to test it out and friends and family I'll be invited and see if they like it and Yap it up and we'll get it installed and you can order the actual simulator which would have the same configuration but the X-Wing would be 100% realistic and we build them so we know. Yo put it in and we'd have to be in a maintenance contract and have merchandising and he says okay and part of the merchandising would be models and medals and cosplay suits and uniforms which are real and also a hovercraft those could be sold through Disneyland and we have liability insurance and stuff like that. And he's interested and it would be awesome and he want to see a field test of it you can't get out there for some reason be hey. Yes you got it no money okay okay. So Mac is going to do for the deal here too which is good because it'll be the same and we're going ahead with it bja says he's got one and we're going to drop it off and trying to break it VGA and Trump okay we'll try but thank you very much it's good advice Sarah says wherever she is that's where she's missing and they changed the store up to say oh we're changing it up so I get this feeling it's gross so which one is it I guess Tommy f and trying to grab her normal body fruitcake head. Easier to grab sore on it Trump says and thank you for your input and others like that you better watch out cuz you're going after your head guys and we see it all over and he's wondering why he knew that they're trying to be power me but not sure what the reason it was is it a total strike is it to a race or draw or take the stuff actually I was kind of wondering what it was for any professional is a friend of mine we know who he is and he is a friend of yours. I'm actually Governor newsome in front of yours too an a******well Trump can go to the ride and he can calm down cuz he probably won't make Captain. Oh I'll make Captain you'll see it I'm going to have my own squadron or fleet I know about the special stuff too so you can calm down it's not a bad idea having a bunch of smaller ships that are fast that have fuel for them I'm going to go ahead and start thinking about this since the way to avoid just getting wiped out to move your s*** you can move your ships around and you can glide to different areas cuz the area is hot then it's not when it's gone and it's not it's not bad Trump says.

So see the agreement coming across about the box and I'm going to sign it and we get this thing with 20 x wings in it that's pretty big it's like eight stories high and it's like 200 by 300 ft and it's got all sorts of doodads in it but really go into the room and it's not that complicated and it just looks like a huge screen that goes around you wrap around all the way around you by the way and you're in this X-Wing it looks like it's almost full size each one of them has hydraulic attached to it and the arm can't go down further then it can go down physically would just sit there this is intense it's awesome Governor newsome says

And here the other idea we've been working on it all day being this big pyramid we'd have to stick that in dizzy Disney a universal wants one I don't know how you can do too unless you do a different rides one could be X-Men and the other could be Stargate so people are trying to pick. It says if you like the same thing but you'd be fighting apocalypse and he look a little bit better but you have to stick to the character and you can have superpowers weapons you could have laser vision it's the same thing it would just be a low powered laser and it would do the damage that Scott's visor does and you would have things that go in your wrist for those who have lightning like storm and it would be cool it would be really cool I don't like the Iceman would have ice pellets from a wrist thing and Bobby would have a wrist thing with flame and then starting to say something that's pretty intense and you're fighting 3D holograms and nowadays they're kind of realistic it'll be kind of spooky and you'd have a whole setting and everything so they want to work up of it at universal studios and up at Disney we're going to bring the pyramid up there it's kind of big cuz it's a full ride and it has like an outdoor scene and a bunch of indoor scenes where you fight inside the pyramid it's like a big building saying 10 or 12 stories is like 500 by 500 soon we're going to put it as if there's a field probably end up staying there have to do up down construction to the foundation or you could tooth it in underpinning. Mac Daddy's joking.... And really it has to be flown in can't be reassembled the pieces are too small it's kind of stupid isn't it. I'm going to try to bring it in we're building the ride right now well we might have one ready this is kind of thinking about it yeah sorry it's real . Is Target's real and some of the writing show something like it and we had a reason to do it you know

Thor Freya

[the-firebird69]

And social security time everybody there's a ton of people that want to mess with it or trying the Trump is in the way so they're going after him and I'm going to use that rub we're also annihilating Trump wherever he is trying to do it and we're sitting in very large forces to get this idiot I am so sick of hearing from him we hear from like 10 million people a minute about social security we of course just have to wipe you out you don't know how it works this is the most beautiful thing we've ever seen Mac Daddy himself says it's not mathematically correct in any way and your entire race is getting wiped out including you Trump since he doesn't care to hear from you it's just going to get rid of you and he's heard all your lines he's going to get rid of you like us Max and I'm putting the order out now where to get rid of you and we see what they're doing they're targeting you only huge groups of people and going after you and last night you tried attacking there offspring facilities over and over and over but you couldn't find them so you screw you around with everything about it is what you thought they sent in tons of tons of troops it's all important out of these holes it was like 500,000 a second on the top of the hole in the bottom of the hole in the middle it was like this flow of water literally they come out that fast they go right at you and destroyed you we heard your ships are blowing up out in the ring. What he said was hands off me no I'm saying it and I'm giving the order and you're closer in with us we're going to knock tons you out I want all you out Trump Mac Daddy says we have an order to get rid of them wherever they are which means what you see them out and exterminating them in Florida and we're going to go to Georgia and I'm going to go north and west off the coasts and across the coast and we're doing it in the midwest right now on a large scale and we're going to push it all the way up and keep them out so sick of these dumb jackasses jumping everything that they hear and see see they're doing a good job bothering both sides screw them can't figure it out

Olympus

[the-firebird69]

Unfortunately or painfully aware of what day it is and is our son said they constantly remind me and they remind Hera every few seconds. We are prepped we are ready and we're going to assault this area shortly because it's a base for your practices, I'm sending in units right now and large quantities. They're very large number of people here they're in massive states of delusion and denial and they're constantly reminding us today is your day we are totally fed up with you it'll be extra extracted I can't stand hearing you dumbass I don't do anything to you ever it's ridiculous hey you screamed it for days and days so what. No we're coming in there to grab you to your Intel on today at first and you ought to swear you're going to do something to our son or to the financial system so we need to know what it is and we do appreciate your big mouth we need them to select easily who You are.

He also have other reasons for coming in there you have way too much time on your hands to be fritterring away in our sun. I'm in a major announcement yesterday most of you didn't even flinch and didn't even do a thing and even sitting there talking about it for years I know where you're at it's a matter of fact most of you need to leave I think we're doing everything to you this doesn't matter if it's a delusion or not it's dangerous and we agree and it's the same covering up someone who knows stuff and we agree with that

We also know that a lot of you know about the tunnels and there's big groups of people looking for you I was trying to get in last one was from China since in a whole bunch since you may not let us send I would hit you and start a fight here whole bunch of you died but most of them died. The came in again and again. Tons of Intel went out on the internet, and phone and comsat. A large number of communications for sensed even by you people and you know it went out virtually every single one of them had a complete schematic because you look at it every day to see if anyone's left. Well they didn't have that before and now they do and they're still crushing you here now it will be over.

I'm excited to say my son had the idea because nobody can get out of here with it I was sick and tired of looking at your stupid face and say it's him anyways all day what's the point.

Huge numbers of emails okay huge 15,000 from here punta Gorda going to look bad you didn't even block it you're such airheads about 7, 000 text messages that the body has some data 80,000 phone calls and about a million emails afterwards automatic attachments which were txt somewhere one or two megabytes of text you're going to hear about it incompetent swine.

It's very large ship headed down here and a whole bunch of others the blast through the blockade as they hear the plan for them. No that was mostly Chinese huge numbers of emails just went out about 3 million from Southwest Florida and 4 million more from the rest of Florida and text about 80 million and phone calls but a hundred million it's only going to increase people are sick of your s*** you see one of the computers of his clan sending the message 50,000 times a minute to almost anyone who will hear it it says we took your stuff now how do you like it it was a message sent to Arnie when he was in Millbury on his voicemail now these people are mean and a sun sent the message to Russia and China really deep. They asked already afterwards in person too so yeah there's a bunch of stuff down there and pointed to a few things so they memorize it and left and made it out started killing you over there to get information. Yeah real Chinese and real Russian you got cooked. You plan to do him in. You need him alive because you don't have the computer his dad thanked him and he said thank You back I just said later I've heard it happen before so it shouldn't be a big deal you started laughing and so it was kind of a big deal but I've been through it came over and held his son's hand. Our son begins to cry and he said why I said I'll miss you and said you're not getting it no you said we'll miss you too, it meant that we think we're going to not make it they're all say it our son wasn't afraid of either threatening the crap out of him they still are a bunch of losers so you're going to pay for those moments in time you're going to pay for it means you're going to pay with your lives you're going to sit here and wonder when it's over

Thor Freya

And yeah we're forcing them to flip you off what's it to you

Zig Zag

I hate you very much

Thor Freya

This is going to be a treat

Hera Zues it's always promising me a treat it never works out that great and finally this one oh boy it's going to be nice I see it too it's happening already California and coming in and grabbing you getting information I don't know it doesn't cut it anymore partials won't work a good look or finding them off it doesn't happen that well it's too late for you people

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Researchers have found that virtual reality (VR) headsets can cause cybersickness, which manifests as dizziness and nausea akin to motion sickness. As engagement with digital devices from laptops to smartphones increases, some users are now reporting cybersickness outside a VR headset. ILLUSTRATION BY VICTOR DE SCHWANBERG, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Endless Scrolling Through Social Media Can Literally Make You Sick

Once mainly a scourge of VR headsets, cybersickness seems to be on the rise as the pandemic pushes our bodies to their digital limits.

— By Julia Sklar | MAY 17, 2021 | National Geographic

When a dark ashy cloud born from wildfires settled over the Seattle metropolitan area, Jack Riewe was among the millions of people suddenly trapped indoors. It was September 2020, and without access to the outdoors during a pandemic, it became even more difficult for the 27-year-old writer to see other people. He could only fill his days switching between working remotely on his computer, watching TV, or scrolling through endless fire updates on his phone.

“I was forced to stay inside in my hot apartment without any escape except the craziness happening on Twitter,” he says.

For a week he scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled, until he felt “weighed down, dizzy, [and] nauseous.” At the time, he attributed these symptoms to the air quality, or even wondered if he had contracted the coronavirus. The cause was something more insidious: the physical toll of living almost entirely in a virtual world.

The pandemic has forced most of us online at incomparable rates. It’s where we’ve worked, taken classes, attended parties, and gotten lost in 2020’s voracious news cycles. But our bodies were not designed to primarily exist in virtual space like this, and as our collective digital time creeps upward, something called cybersickness seems to be leaking into the general population.

Characterized by dizziness and nausea, cybersickness has mostly been studied in the context of aggressively submersive niche technologies, such as virtual reality headsets. In 2011, 30 to 80 percent of virtual reality users were likely to experience cybersickness, though improved headset hardware brought the range down to 25 to 60 percent by 2016.

Now, it seems the scrolling movement in a Netflix queue or a social media newsfeed also has the power to cause cybersickness when used under exceptional circumstances: all day, every day. (Also find out how video calls can tax the brain, leading to the phenomenon called Zoom fatigue.)

“Any kind of perceived motion is going to cause cybersickness,” says Kay Stanney, CEO and founder of Design Interactive, a small company researching human systems integration. “Virtual reality or augmented reality cybersickness is just a kind of a cousin to other forms of sickness related to perceived motion, and scrolling would be another form.”

What’s Old is New Again

Cybersickness is really just the latest neologism to describe the ongoing tussle between the human body and a world we continuously transform with technology. Cybersickness is space sickness is car sickness is sea sickness.

Reports of illness brought on by mismatched perception go back as far as 800 B.C., when the ancient Greeks wrote about a “plague at sea.” Despite their important role in trade, war, and migration, ships could be so intolerable for some passengers that nausea wasn’t merely a symptom of seasickness but the only word for it. The English word “nausea” actually comes from the Greek word for ship: naus.

By A.D. 300, the ancient Chinese began documenting nausea from all kinds of sources, with specific words to describe each distinct experience: Traveling in a cart inspired zhuche, or cart-influence, while a ship caused zhuchuan, or ship-influence.

As scientists now understand it, the key to all forms of motion sickness is your vestibular system: the combination of sensory organs in the inner ear and brain that controls balance and spatial orientation. If it perceives motion when your visual system doesn’t, the dissonance can make you hurl or, at the very least, feel dizzy and unsteady.

“The English word “nausea” actually comes from the Greek word for ship: naus.”

The 21st-century twist is that this is all flipped in virtual space. Rather than moving while perceiving being still—as you might feel on a boat, while looking at the immovable horizon—this time you’re still but perceiving motion. And that creates a similar conundrum for the body.

“Clinically there is absolutely no difference between the two conditions,” says Eugene Nalivaiko, an associate professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia who has studied both general motion sickness and cybersickness extensively “They have the same symptoms, same sensations, same everything.”

Time is Not on Your Side

Sarah Colley, a 30-year-old content marketer in Asheville, North Carolina, noticed the worst of her cybersickness symptoms in March 2021. Her screen time surged during a cumbersome work deadline, when for several days she spent 10 to 12 hours in a row on her computer. In addition to dizziness and nausea, she says that the screen itself appeared to jump around, making it difficult to focus, and a sense of anxiety settled over her.

“If I'm staring at the same screen, and it's not really moving, that doesn't bother me. But if things are scrolling, that's when it really becomes a problem,” she says. “Even when I close my eyes, I feel like I’m spinning.” After the incident in March, she had to take four days off from work to fully recalibrate—a luxury she couldn’t have afforded at a prior job that didn’t offer her benefits.

For Colley, the rise in remote living exacerbated mild cybersickness symptoms she had experienced periodically prior to the pandemic. But for most people it’s a totally new facet of spending more time online, so there isn’t much targeted research available yet. Most of our understanding has to be borrowed from virtual reality research.

One trigger for cybersickness seems to be the amount of time spent immersed in a digital world, which Stanney says tracks with her research into virtual reality headsets, as well as prisms, 3-D displays, and 2-D displays. Oddly, this rule may not hold true for augmented reality. The day before we spoke, Stanney had just finished sifting through data from a new study she’s leading that has not yet been published, and she uncovered a surprising pattern.

“Before this current study, I would have said an absolute definitive yes: The longer you're in the situation, the more perturbed you are. But augmented reality is acting differently than virtual reality: The longer you were in there, the better you felt, which is so strange,” she says. “I’m still trying to uncover exactly what that means.”

Typically, though, Stanney says time is not your friend in digital space. A few minutes of scrolling through Instagram, switching between open windows on a laptop, or visiting Netflix to watch one specific show might be benign, but when these activities drag on for hours, as they have under quasi-lockdowns, the persistent motion on the screen can make you queasy.

Stanney is also willing to bet that it’s not just increased screen time that’s causing the phenomenon with everyday devices. Before the pandemic, humans more regularly experienced motion in many directions, as we flew in airplanes and took regular rides in cars and subway trains. But for the last year, many people have really dialed it back: we walk, we stand, we sit, and we lie down.

That shift could be making some people less resilient to a type of digital motion they once tolerated without realizing it was actually a strain on their systems. “When we see this discord between visual movement and rest—where we are most of the time [now]—maybe it's a more profound discord,” Stanney says.

For instance, you may think you’re at peace lying in bed at night in the serene darkness, totally still but for a finger scrolling through Twitter. But Stanney says, “in fact, lying in bed could probably be one of the worst things to be doing.” Since it’s the most “chilled out” your vestibular system can possibly be, prolonged motion on a screen becomes extra difficult to reconcile.

One factor is a lack of what augmented reality research refers to as “rest frames,” the real walls or floors around you that act as stabilizing signals to the brain. Holding a phone inches from your face in the dark mimics the environmental conditions of virtual reality—when your rest frames are stripped away—and so may be similarly difficult to tolerate at length. Scientists don’t yet have empirical evidence that rest frames help users tolerate augmented reality for more time than virtual reality, but Stanney speculates that may be the case, and she recommends trying to tweak phone use accordingly.

“If the phone [were] a little further away, or if they were in a lit room, it might help to diminish some of those adverse events,” she advises.

If you can’t log off, Nalivaiko agrees that changing your field of view by holding your phone differently could help, as well as scrolling more slowly to take control of the frame rate, another nausea-inducing factor of digital motion. His research in animal models also suggests that staying cool can prevent motion sickness. For Riewe, being trapped in a hot apartment without respite may have spurred his peak symptoms.

“If you think about what people feel during motion sickness, it's sweating, it's feeling hot, it’s a desire to get to cool, open air,” Nalivaiko says.

Toxic Devices

While motion sickness and cybersickness are both incredibly well documented, what continues to stump researchers is why a disconnect between the vestibular and visual systems would provoke nausea in the first place.

“We have two aversive sensations: We have pain, and we have nausea,” says Nalivaiko. “Both are present when Mother Nature wants us not to repeat what we're doing, but what nausea is designed to prevent, we don’t know.”

Pain sends a straight forward message: Hate that feeling? Well then do not ever hold your hand over a flame again. But nausea is more gradual, nuanced, and unpredictable, especially when tied to an activity that doesn’t seem overtly dangerous, like going for a sail or scrolling through a smartphone.

The leading hypothesis is that it’s a misfire of a reflex that evolved to keep us safe from toxins. Alcohol, for example, when drunk too quickly or abundantly, can make a room seem like it’s spinning, even while you could swear your feet were firmly planted on the ground. Alcohol can also kill you. So the human body evolved to connect this dizzying effect with a threat, and to induce nausea to help purge the toxin and keep you alive.

Now, when we experience the same vestibular and visual mismatch brought on by non-threatening forces, like smartphones, our body thinks we’re in grave danger. It’s an apt metaphor for the emotional toxicity overdoing it online can ignite, and in the end, cybersickness may turn out to be as effective as warding off actual poison.

When Riewe did finally learn about cybersickness, “it was such an ‘aha moment,’” he says. “I immediately put my phone down and started reading my book. I went from needing to throw up to falling asleep happily."