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skzhua · 11 months

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Episode two.

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pairing: XO, Kitty's Min Ho x Female Reader

genre: Fluff, angst, enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, coming-of-age.

word count: 2.4k

warnings: Painfully obvious hate-flirting, some swearing.

summary: Transferring to KISS was the last thing you had asked for and, yet, a certain tall boy made it seem both worse and better than you expected.

note: Bold - Korean, Italic - Over the phone

a/n: I changed the first part because it didn't match with the show so I recommend you go reread it if you read it in the first ten hours I posted it.

note: Bold - Korean, Italic - Over the phone

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"What plan?"

You deadpanned at her. "From what I've seen last, you had something with Juliana, no?"

Her body stiffened and her hold on Dae, that was already tight enough, only got firmer. You and Yuri had some sort of forced friendship but it didn't mean you hated each other's guts. It was quite the opposite. She respected you, you respected her – it was a two-way thing. Still, she wouldn't be the kind to involve you in her problems but you weren't stupid. You knew of her and Juliana and this was beyond odd that she was so suddenly in a relationship with Dae.

"It's complicated." she said with a gulp. Seeing that you weren't convinced, she sighed. "I'll explain later, I promise."

She and Dae left and you found yourself alone so you joined Q again and were displeased to see that his friend had not left his side.

"And you're back." he sighed only to earn a glare from Q.

"Min Ho, stop that." You thanked mentally Q for informing you of his name. "Don't mind him, he's in a mood today." he tried to defend him but it clearly didn't work considering you rolled your eyes in a dramatic way.

"Do you want me to help you find your owner, little puppy? I think you're lost." he joked.

"Shove it in your ass, will you?"

Q held his hands up to separate the two of you while you were in a glaring battle. Thankfully, Kitty came back which only seemed to affect Min Ho's mood even more.

"Excuse me." she interrupted you.

"This girl treats Korean guys like Pokémon. She's trying to catch them all." Min Ho complained and you rolled your eyes again. "Not interested." he said to Kitty in a stern voice.

"Get over yourself, I'm looking for Dae." she replied harshly.

Q looked more confused than ever. "Okay, who are you?"

"I'm Kitty Song Covey."

The two men opened their mouths agape as if they suddenly had a revelation.

"You're Kitty?"

Her eyes grew bigger too and she pointed at Q. "Wait, are you Q? Track star, fellow American, heart of gold?"

He nodded happily. "Guilty as charged. I feel like we should hug right now, should we hug?

You weren't understanding a thing about what was going on but you listened nonetheless, curious on how they knew each other.

"Maybe later, I need to find Dae."

You laughed. "Okay, so you two are Dae's friends which is why she knows you and you know her?"

"You are unfortunately right, I think." Min Ho affirmed boringly and then looked at Kitty. "So you're the pen pal?"

She huffed. "If he's Q, then you must be Min Ho... Of course you are."

He shrugged as a smirk appeared on his face. You scoffed too which caught his attention.

"I told you I'm getting stalked."

"Oh, please. You just wish you were."

He came closer to you to hover over your small figure. "You're one feisty puppy, aren't you?"

Your heart skipped a beat and you looked up at him in silence, unsure of what you were supposed to say.

"Whatever. Where's Dae?" Kitty said, impatient.

You looked around with her and spotted him with Yuri as they were discussing with Jina. She thanked you and rushed to go to them.

"It's almost sad to see her go after him like that."

You grunted in frustration. "Do you ever shut up?"

Min Ho's smug face appeared once again. "Make me."

"Okay!" Q coughed awkwardly. "That's enough. How about we go meet some people, yeah?"

You heard a yelp from behind and turned around right away as soon as you recognized Kitty's voice.

"Oh, shit." you whispered to yourself and ran to her.

Before you could get to her, she slipped again and fell in the cupcakes. Dae was quick to come to her help but she brushed him off. She did, however, gladly accepted that you helped her get up before leading her outside.

Ending the night comforting someone you barely knew as you waited for the airline to answer her call was not what you had expected. School hadn't even started and, yet, there was already more drama than you could handle.

"Are you sure you want to leave? You said you weren't here just for a boy."

She shook her head. "I can't stay here and see him walk around with her. It's too painful."

"Yuri's my friend, I can talk to her."

"Don't. You're nice but I don't want to cause trouble to the two of you."

The front door of the dorm suddenly opened and went shut seconds later. You were about to get up to see what it was until you heard a voice you'd rather not recognize.

"Spill it!" Min Ho exclaimed. "When did you get with Yuri? And when? And how far?"

"And most importantly, why?" Q added.

"Dae, you little scammer!" Min Ho teased.

You cursed at yourself mentally. You should have guessed you were in the boy dorms as soon as you saw the gym bag in the other room. And to top it all, it had to be where Q, Dae, and Minho were staying.

Kitty joined you at the door to listen but you were already in the process of packing your things up. There was no way you were going to be living with men for an entire semester, even less if it involved Min Ho who had managed to make it to your hate list on your first encounter.

"No one's going to blame you for upgrading from a pen pal to an actual girlfriend." he continued to argue with Dae.

Kitty let out a scoff and her hand went up to her mouth when she realized they must have heard.

"Marius?"

"Good going, Kitty." you whispered to her and you both went to hide under your covers.

You heard them walk in and struggle for a bit to take the blanket off Kitty. They hadn't approached your bed yet. They screamed as they finally managed to get the covers off, revealing Kitty who was screaming as loud as they were. As they all ran outside of the room, you uncovered yourself and then followed behind. They were already in shock from Kitty's presence, yours wouldn't be a surprise at that point.

"Dae's crazy ex-pen pal broke into our dorm to murder us." Min Ho breathed out.

You walked into the living room, arms crossed. "For once, you don't blame it on stalking." you said and they jumped as they saw you, Min Ho holding a laptop up in defense.

Kitty got her file and shoved it to their faces. "This is my room."

"What about you?" Q asked you as he took Kitty's document.

"Same." you shrugged and watched Min Ho put the laptop away.

"You're listed as Song Covey." he said after reading the form.

"So?" Kitty frowned.

"Song can be a guy's name. That's why they assigned you to the guy's dorm." Dae sighed.

"That explains for her but Y/N?" Min Ho asked, eyeing you up and down in disgust.

"It might be because the girl's dorms are full or something, I don't know." you responded, unsure yourself on why you were there.

He took the document himself and read it only to sighed in exasperation. "They did this on purpose! To be closer to Dae, and me."

"And just when I thought you aren't so full of yourself..." you said in a whisper.

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

He shook his head. "I told you lot, she was hitting me on the plane ride here." He turned to you. "And she hit on me earlier."

"Alright, I'm done here."

You went back to your room and shut the door close. This day was overwhelming enough, all you needed was to sleep. You were going to fix the dorm issue tomorrow.

You woke up to Kitty opening your room's door carefully while she hung up on someone. You got up and tapped on her shoulder, making her almost scream in fear.

"Don't do that again, please." she said after catching her breath.

"You're leaving this morning?"

"Yeah..."

You nodded your head slowly. "I'm glad we met. Have a safe flight."

To your surprise, she hugged you tightly before walking around Dae, who had visibly slept at the door for the night, and went out of the dorm.

You went back to bed and scrolled through your social medias to see what was new. You came upon a video of Yuri's father who was scolding his employees. The next one was the same video but ended with lettuce emojis. You let out a laugh and opened your Kakaotalk.

Y/N: Your dad is going viral.

Yuri: I saw ㅋㅋ

Y/N: Good luck to them for fixing it all.

Yuri: Yeah, it won't be easy.

Yuri: I want to talk, by the way. About last night.

Y/N: You don't have to explain yourself. I'm happy you found someone, whoever it is.

Yuri: Thank you, that means a lot.

You were typing a reply but stopped when you heard someone knocking at your door.

"Kitty." Dae said in a pleading voice. "Me and Yuri, it's not real. It's all fake."

You gasped quietly. Although shocking, it wasn't that surprising considering it involved Yuri.

"Will you just open the door? I can explain everything, Kitty."

You grunted and shoved your pillow over your head. This whole thing had nothing to do with you and, yet, here you were.

"Begging is not a good look."

And he was awake now? Starting your day with your roommate running away, her boyfriend begging to talk with her, Min Ho mocking him... just great.

"I wasn't begging, I was just trying to get my pants." Dae said in defense.

Right, you forgot. This was originally his room.

"Listen, you squatter." Min Ho said, taking over Dae's spot as his voice seemed to be louder than it was seconds ago. "We have to get ready for the first day of school."

You didn't answer, wanting to stay in bed for a bit longer. Plus, if this meant that you were pissing Min Ho off by not opening the door, this was another reason not to do so.

"Don't make us late!" he said impatiently before pounding loudly on the door.

You saw it open by itself and self-noted to remind them that they might want to fix that. Because your bed wasn't directly in their view, they didn't notice you yet.

"And she's gone." Q sighed.

"Sweet."

"Dae, don't worry about it, we'll-"

He stopped talking when he saw that Dae left too. You groaned as you got off the bed which made them turn to face you.

"You're still here?" Min Ho asked dramatically.

"No, I left last night and what you're seeing right now is your imagination."

Q held back a laugh but Min Ho was not having it. "Whatever. I'm making coffee if you want some." he informed and went to the kitchen.

You and Q followed and you leaned on the counter. "Yes, please. I didn't know you were enough of a gentleman to offer me coffee."

He huffed. "This is called basic manners and because I'm not a monster, I could make you a cup."

"So thoughtful, Min Ho."

Q sighed. "This is painful to watch. I'm going to the bathroom real quick."

With that, he went back to his room which meant there was only you and Min Ho in the kitchen. The silence was almost unbearable but the sound of the coffee machine filled it a bit. But not enough to ease the tension.

"I hope you know I still don't want you here."

"Trust me, I don't want to be here either." you agreed.

"Good."

And there it was again, the silence. Q joined you two and the coffee was finally ready. After serving you a cup, Min Ho sat down next to his friend and served him his.

"Have you two seen the news?" you asked and Q shook his head. "You might want to see it."

Min Ho took his laptop that he had previously used to threaten you and opened it for the three of you to watch the infamous lettuce video. You heard the front door open but you were too immersed in watching that you didn't budge.

"Dae, have you seen this video? It's kind of blowing up." Q yelled at to who you supposed was Dae.

"I bet Yuri is loving this drama." Min Ho added.

You hummed in agreement. "She is, for sure."

"I don't particularly care." you heard a voice that was too feminine to be Dae.

Turning around, you smiled. "Kitty!"

Min Ho whined in annoyance. "I thought you left."

"I did!" she nodded. "But then I decided to stay. And not that it's any of your business but this isn't all about a boy."

"Oh, sweetie." Q said as a way to comfort her.

You couldn't blame him, it did look as if she was trying to convince herself it wasn't.

"My mom went here, and, I don't know, being here makes me feel closer to her than I ever have. And-"

Her mood changed in a second and she squinted to look closer at the screen that was still playing the news.

"Dae's on TV?" she exclaimed loudly, confused.

You scooted away to leave her some space, not realizing you were almost fully leaning on Min Ho. He was about to push you away but you faces came close which cut his breath short. You saw his Adam's apple bop as he gulped in nervousness.

"... And, 'lettuce' move on." you heard Dae say which broke you out of your trance.

"Well played." Q chuckled.

"Oh my god." Kitty said out loud and pushed you away to see the screen even closer.

You fell onto Min Ho again and he rolled his eyes while helping you get off him. "Stop trying with me, little puppy."

You wanted to argue back but Kitty spoke before you could say anything. "He's faking it. That's a fake relationship!"

She took a step back and her eyes brightened as if she had discovered the biggest secret on Earth. Meanwhile, you debated whether to confirm her assumption or not. Because Dae literally said it when you woke up, that him and Yuri was a fake show.

Now, it was on you to decide what to do with this information.

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observeowl · 3 months

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Unwanted Marriage | Chapter 9 - Close to danger

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They couldn't meet Sharon's eyes as they walked out of Tony's office carrying their stuff. "Chief Editor, what happened? Suddenly our team lost two people, now we have two left!" Tony wasn't deterred by her outburst and replied. "Those two have resigned voluntarily, no one forced them. Group 2 also has 2 people but is still performing better than Group 1. Now the newcomers are getting better, if you don't put more thought into your own work, you will lose your position as well!" As much as she liked to act arrogant, she couldn't do it in front of Tony.

"Sharon, looks like you have been well rested?" You asked as you were on the way to Tony's office. "Y/N Y/L/N, I really don't know what is so great about you that so many people have been smitten by you. Even the Chief Editor has been taken care of by you, well done."

"I also want to know, but I guess it is not possible for you. After all, the wrinkles at the end of your eyes are very obvious."

"Chief Editor, this is what you wanted." You said as you placed the file on his desk. "These are the collection of the newly nominated best actress, Becky Cooper's information and interviews from recent years. You are interested in interviewing Becky Cooper?"

"I did think about it, but her actions and personality aren't so great. So I am still thinking about it... How about this, the 30th anniversary dinner of Stark News will be held in 2 days time. There will surely be celebrities and businessmen attending the dinner. We will decide on the interview topic after the dinner."

"Okay, then I will get back to work for now."

"Wait! Please let Sharon know that she is in charge of the decorations and seating arrangement at the venue. The incident you had in the company is already settled but I should still inform Mrs Romanoff right?"

"I understand."

And so, Sharon had to rush everything in just two days and make sure that everything was settled before the anniversary dinner. She ran around making sure that she got the venue right and met with several vendors to ensure that they will be delivering on the right time.

"My old classmate had helped to find the venue, I will need some overtime to settle on the arrangement. Please hurry, make sure that nothing will go wrong during the event. And please, can you get Y/N to come in." Tony told Sharon. That meant that her work went to waste and she has to call all the vendors again to cancel.

"Don't you find this interesting?" Tony just called you in to have some fun in making Sharon run around for nothing.

"Natasha, tonight is the company's 30th anniversary dinner, I won't be able to come home for dinner." You told her over the phone. "Okay."

Weird, why was she so quick to say yes today?

You carpooled with Wanda and arrived at the hotel and there were plenty of people inside. There were plenty of treats and drinks to go around and Wanda immediately gravitated to the tarts places around the table. You stayed around her and grabbed a drink for yourself.

As you looked around you saw Natasha in the corner with Clint. "Ay! Go look after her!" She gave you a small nudge towards her. "How come you are here today? Why didn't you say anything?"

"To surprise you, you don't like it?" You pouted. "Although Tony Stark is the youngest of the Stark family, he still has many connections. If I show up, I will be giving the Stark Family some face.

Of course Sharon's eyes would be on you all the time to make sure that she would be able to extort you if you did something wrong. "This shameless bitch, Natasha Romanoff is already married and yet she still stays so close to her!"

"Ms Romanoff! What an honour!" Tony Stark came around to welcome her. "Who do you think I'm here for?"

"Mr Stark, Wanda and I are going to have a talk with Becky Cooper."

"Why did I tell her I wanted to interview Becky Cooper...?"

While Becky didn't openly reject your advancement, she couldn't even act as if she was slightly interested in talking. She kept giving one word answer without giving much elaboration. "Thank you Miss Cooper, I hope there will be time in the future to work together." She turned away before waving. "Yes, I saw an acquaintance of mine so excuse me."

"Y/N, why do I feel like Miss Cooper looks down on us?" She asked. "Stop guessing, I just came here to see if she's willing to collaborate, but she doesn't seem to need an interview from us."

"If the editor wants to interview her, I think we need to put in some real effort." Wanda commented as she looked at Miss Cooper talking to some guys and laughing.

"That's the girl you've been complaining about? The one who's showing off at your company?" A guy standing next to Sharon asked. "How about I take care of this for you as well?"

"No, don't think I don't know you, you're going to kill someone."

"Don't worry, it won't happen. Take this." He hands her a glass of wine. "Later, you just have to serve her this drink. Then have someone send her to my room." He smirked while looking at you.

"Hey Chase, better remember my words. For this event, I do not want any trouble."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Sharon looked around and only approached you when Wanda was pulled away by her friends. "Y/N, you were trying to have a talk with Becky Cooper?" She asked. "How did you know?"

"I talked to Becky, we're old acquaintances. Don't worry, I have already spoken with her, and she agreed to speak with you later."

"Why are you so kind?"

"I was wrong before, but that wasn't my intention, I misunderstood you. This is an apology to show my sincerity, Becky is waiting for you upstairs. If you don't believe me, I'll accompany you."

"Okay, then I will trouble you."

"Take this, if you don't do what they do in these kinds of events. No one would want to talk to you." She passed you the glass and you were unable to reject it.

And so, you and Sharon went up to the rooms. "Becky, I have brought my colleague over, open the door." She knocked on the door but there was no reply. "Maybe she's drunk, luckily I brought along her room card with me."

"If she's drunk, I should make an appointment with her next time." You turned to leave but she held you back by the elbow. "Don't rush to leave, I have purposely helped to arrange for this meeting, don't waste this opportunity!" Sharon unlocked the door with her card stepped in. "Y/N, why don't you come in?"

Your senses were tingling and you recognised there was something wrong. The room was dark and didn't seem like a celebrity would be in there. Trusting your instinct, you ran away and closed the door on Sharon before she could stop you.

As you were running you thought that you heard a man's voice, further cementing that it couldn't have been Becky Cooper inside. When you stepped out from the elevator, Wanda just happened to pass by. "Y/N where were you? I just turned around and you were gone!"

"What happened?" Natasha asked when she saw you out of breath. You should have known that Wanda would have gone to Natasha when she couldn't find you.

"Hurry, let's go back." You have a bad feeling in your gut and dragged Wanda to follow you. Natasha also ordered Clint to follow along just in case anything bad happens.

As you arrived on the 16th floor, you heard a terrifying scream for help. "Let go of me! Don't touch me, help! Someone, please come!"

"Stop it!" You shouted and froze at the horror you saw in front of you. You kinda felt bad for leaving Sharon in the room alone with that mysterious guy. Ambulance had to come and bring Sharon to the hospital.

As you were a witness, you had to accompany them to the hospital and record your testimony. "Natasha, what do we do this time?" You asked as Sharon was being wheeled into the emergency room.

"Well, that depends on her own luck. If you have time to think about others, why don't you think about calming me down?"

"Are you angry? What happened?" You saw how sharp her eyebrows were this time and she was refusing to look at you. "You know how she hates you to guts but you still believed her words. Do you have any idea how dangerous it was this time?" She manoeuvred the wheelchair alone and pushed herself away from you all the way until the carpark.

"Natasha, don't be angry, I swear to you, I will not joke about my safety in future..." You begged her not to be angry with you anymore. "The same thing happened last time, what can you do if I'm not around to protect you?"

"Natasha..." This was the first time you initiated the affection, you bent down to kiss her neck. "I believe you will always be by my side to protect me."

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bombusbombus · 1 year

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It is vitally, vitally important that Clark Kent is boring.

I don't mean 'boring' in an inherently bad way. A desk job is boring. Data analysis is boring. Due process is boring. All of these things are imperative for a functioning society but almost nobody will ever be praised for them.

When my car got stolen a year ago, the guy who took it stole a bunch of other stuff too. I was sitting with a cop in a backroom of the campus police station for almost an hour while he was doing paperwork (to make sure everyone would get their stuff back), and at one point he looked up at me and he said, "sorry about this. It's not all shootouts and car chases like on TV."

And I almost said, "well, due process is sexy" (I didn't, for obvious reasons). But he looked surprised when I told him I thought due process was pretty cool. Like nobody is supposed to think due process is cool. Things are only cool if they're glamorous or flashy.

The guy who stole my car was horribly addicted to meth. The sheriff told me, "you should press charges so we can put him away for as long as possible."

The sheriff was lost in a world of heroes and villains. He was the "hero." The addict was the "villain." But the person who helped people was the guy at a desk, who went back over the mile long paper trail and returned every stolen item to its owner. The important stuff is when some guy in an office writes an algorithm to save endangered whales, or when the third double blind test finally shows sufficient evidence for the efficacy of a new cancer treatment. The goose that actually lays the golden egg almost never cackles.

This is why the 'Glasses' comic is so important, to me. We live in a world which glorifies exciting acts of heroism but not "boring" ones. We live in a world that thinks people like Clark Kent aren't important, when they're often doing the most important work, solving the systemic issues, saving people who aren't lost yet. Sometimes we need firefighters, but in a perfect world, we'd only need safety inspectors.

And sure, Superman is necessary within the story. There are disasters and villainy he can prevent. There are lives he can save. But being Superman is ultimately a terrible sacrifice, and if the heroism wasn't necessary he'd be Clark Kent all day. That's what makes him not a cop: he's not enjoying the car chases and shootouts. He avoids letting things get 'interesting' at all costs. He avoids glory.

The comic Strong Female Protagonist (by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag, BRING IT BACK) has several fascinating pieces of philosophy on superheroes and society, but my favourite is this:

Kal-el, living solar battery, isn't just someone who contributes to society from the outside or the top. He plugs away at boring, everyday kindnesses just like other humans. (This can make for great contrasts with Lex Luthor, who is the epitome of a light bulb person and could never understand why Superman would want to be a battery.)

Clark Kent is boring. Clark Kent plays things by the book. Clark Kent is sexy in the same way that due process is sexy, and any character who thinks the Clark Kent side is 'less than' the Superman side, is textually a goddamn idiot. "No glory save honour" and he will always have both.

#I can't find that post about how Americans glorify short acts of heroism but not long term ones #god tier trope is when someone likes Clark better than Superman #It's interesting. I was just reading all star superman #and a parallel I noticed was that Lois doesn't like Clark as much as Superman because he's clumsy and weak #because she has that weird lightbulb-centric american attitude going on #whereas Luthor likes Clark MORE than Superman BECAUSE he's clumsy and weak #because Luthor associates 'battery people' with 'being an exploitable resource for ME'#and BOTH of them are WRONG #gnashing my teeth crying on the floor etc etc #superman #clark kent #dc #posting this WITHOUT EDITING ARE YOU READY BOYS #IT IS PAST MY BEDTIME #anyone else out there read sfp #is it ever coming back #they were so close to finishing it #that comic shaped my whole brain

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genocidehim · 1 year

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Nacho and Lalo both showing interest in the same girl and trying to woo her so they can share her?

notes: render is female, pre-throuple, Lalo is Lalo and Nacho tries to keep up with him. words: 930

It was a strange night in an even stranger club. Lalo didn't seem to be in sync with how his dealers were having fun, let alone the chicanos working for Tuco. But since Tuco wasn't there anymore, it was Lalo's turn to take charge. That included attending those out-of-place gatherings where everyone drank and looked for any girl to hook up with quickly and smoke something together. Lalo was probably too old for those things, but there was no excuse for Nacho. He was so uninterested in attending that he just stayed in a corner, talking and drinking with Lalo about business. It was the only thing they talked about, as if they truly had no interest in wasting their time on trivial matters.

Lalo kept watching the people around him while Nacho was more interested in staring at the liquid in his beer, moving the bottle back and forth as he listened to reggaeton playing in the background.

"Eh, cabrón. Mira a esa vieja"(Hey, man. Look at that lady) Lalo's voice snapped Nacho out of his trance, with a pat on his shoulder and a nod with his lips, Lalo pointed at you.

You were near the speakers, trying to ignore the guy who wouldn't stop hitting on you despite your persistent refusals.

"Está bien chula la cabrona..."(She's quite hot, damn...) Lalo mentioned with a smile on his face, quickly glancing at Nacho and realizing that he seemed interested too.

"Es bonita" (She's pretty) Nacho was somewhat reserved. He had seen you before and exchanged a few words with you in the past, but nothing too serious.

"¿Bonita? No mames, es un pinche mujerón" (Pretty? Damn, she's a fucking bombshell)

Both of them kept looking at you for a few minutes until you decided to move from that spot and walk towards the bar, resting your arms on the counter and turning your back to them. Lalo chuckled, and Nacho looked away when he realized he was being too obvious. However, Lalo wasn't exactly the most subtle guy in the world, so he soon got up from where he was and walked over to the bar to stand next to you. He wasted no time ordering a tequila on the rocks and offering you a drink.

"You look a bit bored, darling" Lalo mentioned as he leaned on the bar and observed you closely.

"More than bored, somewhat disappointed" you said as you took a sip of your drink.

"Disappointed?" he asked with a more interested tone. "And why is that, princess?"

"I thought the men here would be more interesting, but all they do is brag about their money and their guns."

Lalo noticed how you briefly glanced at the revolver he had on the edge of his jeans and made a comment with an obvious hint. Perhaps he thought you were already shutting him down to prevent him from trying to flirt with you.

"You should have gone somewhere else, sweetheart. What were you expecting living in a place like this?" he teased, and you saw something in his eyes that sparkled in the darkness of the club.

"Not you, definitely" you replied playfully. Lalo noticed your wit and smiled. "Aren't you a bit too old to be in clubs like this?"

"Don't let the gray hair deceive you, darling." Instead of getting offended, Lalo became even more interested in you. Not many girls mentioned his age and avoided his flirting. "Don't you like mature men?"

"It depends..."

"Depends on what?"

"Depends on whether he can buy me another whisky or not."

Your words made him burst into laughter due to your straightforward way of speaking. If Lalo was literally interested in you before, now he had your undivided attention.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the club, Nacho watched as Lalo made moves on you and seemed to be succeeding. Something inside him bothered him. He didn't precisely know what it was, but he felt uncomfortable seeing how easily Lalo managed to get close to you when Nacho had previously struggled to approach you with intentions of flirting. Nacho took one last sip of his beer, got up from where he was, walked towards the two of you, and positioned himself next to you to order another beer.

"Nachito" Lalo caught Ignacio's attention, also making you look at him. "Don't you want to join the conversation? Here, our lovely... What's your name, sweetheart?"

After telling him your name, Lalo smiled and continued. "Here, our little princess thinks Mexican men are boring. What do you think about that?"

"No, no. I didn't say they were boring" you laughed as you shook your head.

Nacho furrowed his brow and smiled at you, leaning a bit closer to get a better look at you.

"We're boring?" Nacho's voice had a playful tone.

"I didn't say you were boring... Your friend here is just misinterpreting my words" you excused yourself while pointing at Lalo, who simply raised his hands and feigned innocence.

"So... the princess thinks we only show off money and guns, huh?" Lalo added as he took a sip of the new beer he had ordered.

"Well, only idiots boast about those things" Nacho added, looking at you, and you looked back at him. You revealed a certain chemistry between the two of you.

"I think you need to meet real men, darling..."

Lalo exchanged a knowing glance with Nacho, and he understood what he meant. They both moved a bit closer to you, and you felt Lalo's warm hand resting on the lower part of your back.

#better call saul x reader #breaking bad x reader #bcs x reader #nacho varga #nacho varga x reader #nacho bcs #ignacio varga #one short #request #lalo salamanca x reader #lalo salamanca #lalo salamanca imagine

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each ninja was a different kind of teacher (except Lloyd who basically went on a year long press tour) and it also explains why Rebooted and after they seem a bit more responsible than in season 1 and the pilot

Cole has my favorite teacher characterization because he's objectively an interesting person with cool hobbies but when he is responsible for a group of children he just becomes Dad Who Is Helping Out At The Summer Camp. we never see his classroom, but given his proficiency in the arts we can assume he's the English teacher

since he went to art schools, he's probably not used to kids who aren't actually interested in what's being taught. the louder kids seem to dislike him (ref: running gag of "Mr Cole is the worst"), but that doesn't mean he's necessarily a bad teacher- just not one to humor pranks

also his and Kai's teacher outfits belong in the 1970s. I like the touch of making their ties the same color as their gis

little bit of meta: most of the people who worked on this show went to school in the 80s/90s so to them "older/boring" teacher outfits would look like this. also, as someone who was in the intended age range and saw it at the time of release, this sort of clothing conveyed that the ninja were doing a stuffy adult job- juxtaposed with their colorful gis

Kai appears to be the history teacher? his teaching style is likely structured and straightforward. given his nontraditional childhood, his frustration with the kids likely comes from both his jealousy that they aren't aware of how valuable schooling is and that Nya was much easier to work with when she was their age. at the end of the day he's an older brother who's now in charge of a bunch of kids

he's using an old-fashioned projector with film, which I assume (1) shows how low-budget they are, (2) emphasizes that Kai is out of his element (pun not intended), and (3) juxtaposes them with New Ninjago City

Zane is the one who doesn't know what a vape pen looks like but will listen to you infodump for an hour after class, then drive/walk you home because you missed the bus. he probably doesn't get any of the classroom humor or notice if the kids make fun of him. I can't imagine him ever getting angry at the kids, and he probably is very good at keeping them to a routine and a schedule

in rebooted episode 1 he seems to be teaching science? and the use of catapults is actually quite endearing- he's probably explaining tension and going to get his kids to make little models, which shows that he both is a pretty good teacher and hasn't realized that giving elementary/middle/primary schoolers their own catapults will only lead to chaos

he and Jay have personality-based outfits, with the snowflakes being an obvious allusion to Zane's element and the zig zags on Jay's emulating lightning

the little bowtie on Zane reminds me of Bill Nye the Science Guy (program with a a host of the same name who taught kids about science in a fun and accessibly way- very nostalgic for kids who went to american public school)

Jay is the exhausted teacher who's more interested in his hobbies than class material, and if you get him talking about that hobby, he won't stop until the bell. as a jokester, I think he'd get along well with the kids and definitely encourage them to annoy the other ninja

we don't see his classroom, but given Jay's skills he's probably the math teacher. he'd have a difficult time explaining things in different ways- very gifted people who learn well on their own often find it hard to teach things to others, though he would make sure he doesn't leave anyone behind

Nya definitely teaches math classes, but she probably handles tutoring as well since she's well-balanced in most subjects. it would also give her an intelligence network- kids come to her room after class/during lunch to complain and gossip. she uses it in the noble pursuit to antagonize the others

i'm used this video and the ninjago wikia because I'm on mobile and finding other sources would've taken too long

extra group photo I found! love the detail that Zane blinked (Dr Julien probably took the photo)

#wu does all the admin i'm sure #ninjago #lego ninjago #zane julien #cole brookstone #nya smith #kai smith #jay walker #ninjago rebooted #ninjago darkleys #darkleys kids #ids in alt #image ids #ninjago headcanons

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Women in The Artful Dodger

If you want a crash course in how to write strong female characters in male-lead stories please go watch The Artful Dodger.

Belle Fox Belle who is the Female lead of the story is shown to be incredibly ambitious and intelligent from the start. Her ambition and intelligence isn't watered down or made to be "Less threatening" either. The show lets her know more than the male lead and lets her be outspoken about her intelligence. She is a smartass, and the show lets her be! and doesn't paint it as a wholly negative quality. She wants the best for people. To paraphrase "Surgery is also about life". She doesn't just want to become a doctor because it's interesting or because she wants to save herself, she also wants to help. Not to mention it's lightly implied that the reason she began getting into medicine and surgery is because she knew something was wrong when her doctors didn't.

She is also allowed to be snotty, arrogant, and selfish at times. She's the governor's daughter and the writing doesn't shy away from her privileged position, it shows her use that position of power multiple times throughout the series in manners that help other people and herself. Not to mention her growth, she learns that good and bad aren't black and white. While she still has a long way to go she is willingly learning more every day.

Hetty

Hetty very easily could have fallen into the jealous girlfriend category but instead, she is shown as competent and down to earth. While she doesn't get a lot of screen time her moments shine. She goes from being off put by Belle (which was fair) to forming what I believe to be the start of a friendship and a great partnership. When Red is giving birth she steps up. When Belle is actually helping she goes along with it. At every corner, she could have been petty but wasn't. I really hope that if there is a second season she gets more time, I want to know her story because her few moments in the sun were spent shining.

Fanny

Fanny could have so easily been Belle's foil. Fanny is silly, vain, feminine, a bit dense, with enough love to fill up all the oceans, and an obvious comedic relief. The writers could have pointed to her and said "Look at this dumb, silly little girl you don't want to be like her, let's make fun of her" but they didn't. She is so incredibly kind at every turn. I know there's so much more to her and she deserves to be delved into.

Lady Fox

Lady Fox is the villain, of course, but she is so much more than that. In the very first episode, it is made apparent that she is the one in charge. One of her first scenes is when she takes death warrants away from Captain Gaines. She says she'll give them to the governor but it is implied she doesn't. Up until the end of the series when she locks Belle in her room, they seem to have a good relationship. It's only really revealed she has malicious intent when she confronts Jack. After that more and of her character is revealed to us. She helps Captain Gaines, Screws over Jack, Marries Fanny off to a criminal man baby (there's no way she didn't know), and almost kills Belle (on accident). but that doesn't erase what we saw in the beginning. Don't get me wrong I hate her but I feel like she's more complex than power hungry, classist, vixen. There's one line in particular that sits with me "It's better than talking to them," talking about the portraits Belle was taking down. There is so much under her cold exterior. I can see were Belle gets it from. I don't like her but I want to understand her.

Red

I love her, I love her! She is the most wanted criminal in there town, She told Belle off when she was being snooty. She loves her child and wants her to protect her! I have do much to say about her. I’ll give her her own post!!

Sorry that was rant-y and not Beta’d. I just needed to say it

#the artful dodger #lady belle fox #belle fox #Hetty Bagget #lady fanny fox #Lady Fox #Frances 'Red' Scrubbs

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Golden Wildfire Ch 9

Spoilers for GW up to Ch 9 below.

STORY

Edelgard makes no progress in the war. More news at 6.

Wow, 6 month time-skip. Part 1 finished. Didn't think we were getting another time-skip, but with Edelgard licking her wounds, it makes sense because no one tries to murder anyone when she stays in her own country.

"End of the Alliance" - sounds ominous.

Oh. It's now a Federation. Like Star Trek. But shady as fuck. Because Claude just crowned himself king so he could take more control. Weird how everyone just accepts this. It doesn't really fit the narrative that people don't trust Claude.

So . . . Edelgard's war actually made the Alliance less progressive 😅. Because now the Liecester is just a monarchy.

Claude didn't tell Shez, lamo. It really feels like these two aren't close at all. I feel like Shez is closest to Dimitri -> Edelgard -> Claude.

It would be nice if this was an Alliance focused part and not about Edelgard's nonsense anymore.

There's trouble in Alliance territory with areas that didn't want King Claude and they're rebelling. Honestly, don't blame them. Ohhh, they want to join Faerghus. They like King Dimitri better. Agreed.

This really is heading towards an Edelgard Claude team up, isn't it? With the people who don't want to bow to king Claude wanting to leave and join the Kingdom. Welp, at least it'll be different. And hey, Claude's funeral, not Dimitri's so what do I care? As long as it's interesting and different from VW.

Don't blame Claude for wanting to put down the unrest. Happy not everyone drank the Claude kool-aide. And don't blame anyone for wanting to leave the Alliance. It's kind of a no one is the bad guy here (except Edelgard), unlike with Dimitri with the Western Lords where they are definitely the bad guys.

I don't trust Claude farther than I can throw him though.

MAP/SIDE QUESTS

This "battle suggestions" is interesting, but it makes it seem like Shez is in charge of the whole army lol.

Can someone explain how the "merc whistle" works? It seems like you can take someone's special ability and give it Shez. But you could also equip it on someone else? So I could make someone else invulnerable like Lorenz if I gave it to him? But that person's "ability" goes away? Anyone have a list of what those abilities are exactly?

You can actually tell Claude you don't support his actions (or are unsure). Edelgard routes could never.

NPC says the minor lords now get no say in what happens.

Yep, here it goes. Claude's meeting with Edelgard to ally with her again. At least here Claude's calling out her shit on attacking them for no reason.

Edelgard is so two-faced, denying that her end goal is take over.

"We'll take tangible resources over insincere apologies any day." - Lamo, Claude, if you know she's a two-faced, insincere liar why on earth are you doing this?

I like this version of it better since at least Claude seems like he has two brain cells at least. In SB, he really came across like Edelgard's mindless bitch.

Now he's calling her out for creating her BS southern church lol. Holst called it an "obvious sham."

Arval said Edelgard wouldn't even acknowledge Shez's existence.

Shez is actually not supporting Claude's decisions in cannon.

See, this makes it WAY more interesting. SB/CF cram what you should think down your throat (SB less than CF, but still doing it), but GW is giving it more nuance.

I think I can say GW is by far my 2nd favorite right now.

Oh, another time limit one! I liked that in the paralogue.

Hurt having to fight the Kingdom again.

Judith also calls out Claude, saying he's talking about people's lives like they're just pieces on a chessboard.

Marianne and Ignatz are also upset.

"You let the Empire talk you into buying the whole store." - Judith

Claude claims he's using the Empire right back. I'd like to see how. Like, I think GW is a way more interesting take on this, but I'm honestly super confused why he thinks this is a good idea for the Alliance.

Lorenz also said he's throwing the Kingdom to the wolves for no reason.

Claude drags up ancient history as an excuse. Which is hysterical since recent history the Empire just killed Alliance people.

Seems like Claude just hates the church and that's why he's siding with Edelgard. Even though that leaves it really easy for her to take over and she said she would through non-military means later.

Claude is a complete dumbass here, but at least it's interesting.

Aww, Shez checked on Shamir, making sure she's ok fighting Catherine. This game really ships Shamir x Catherine and I'm here for it.

Shit. I missed Claude x Hilda's B Support. Did I miss something amazing? Does this mean I'll have to play GW again? Not sure I care enough. I like them both well enough and all, but I can really only see myself replaying AG. IDK, maybe one day.

Anyone else find it shady that Claude is killing any noble who doesn't want to follow his new system? I get it, but that's sus as hell. It's esp funny because the Empire is trying to smear Dimitri for taking out the Western lords (who all helped in a genocide), but their allies doing the same to not-evil people is fine.

CLAUDE & SHEZ B SUPPORT

This is going to be funny with how openly Shez isn't trusting Claude right now lol.

They're just talking about him being king and how Shez first suggested that the Alliance had a king.

Claude wants to open up to Shez because she doesn't have any strings attached.

Talking more about Shez's mystery mom who just died of illness. Then she got kicked out by everyone else. Wonder why?

SHEZ & HILDA B SUPPORT

Hilda still lecturing Shez on charging to the front lines, but thinks Shez is skilled enough to handle it.

Hilda compares it to Holst who also leads the charge, unlike most leaders who stay in the back.

Hilda doesn't think her brother is capable of dying because no one is good enough to kill him, and now thinks the same for Shez. No one told the poor woman about arrows.

Hilda now fights more up front but denies it.

Shez can tell Hilda her cheerleading annoys people, lamo.

Welp, that explains why she's ok with attacking innocent people and continuing war because rHeA bAd, because she's convinced herself the people she loves can't die. Ummm. Ok.

SHEZ & LORENZ A SUPPORT

I feel like Lorenz got flanderized a bit in this game. Like, there's not much to any of his supports so far but "I am noble, so I am better." I honestly don't care much about him, but he had more depth in Houses.

Shez expects Lorenz to complain more. But he's just her to brag about why he's grown stronger.

She can assume he did it to get the ladies lol.

But nope, of course not, it's because he's a noble and a noble is better than commoners than he needs to be stronger than her.

He wants Shez to get in trouble so he can rescue her. Ugh.

Shez says that Lorenz fulfilled his oath to get stronger bc Shez only does what she does bc she relies on allies.

That was really one-dimensional, and Lorenz was just unlikeable in it.

HOLST & BALTHUS A SUPPORT

Oh, Hilda's here. So they just squeezed her in his support with Holst to excuse giving her a support with Balthus.

Hilda is worried that Holst is acting weird and thinks Balthus might be behind it because they've been hanging out.

Hilda is convinced that Holst is uncurroptable because he only like things that are just. Balthus seems to hint otherwise.

Seems like Holst is DRUNK. Or just being cringy. Hilda's mad that Balthus set her up so Holst could listen in.

Hilda's embarrassed, understandably.

Holst calls Hilda his "hope." Yeah, I get why she's annoyed.

CLAUDE & LORENZ A SUPPORT

Lorenz points out that his family has always been friendly with the Empire, so this change is no big deal.

He accuses Claude of just copying his father.

He says House Gloucester should rule and not Claude, and says he will be the next king.

Claude accuses Lorenz of his ego being out of control.

Claude suggests letting the people of the Alliance pick the king. Lorenz thinks it's silly until he changes his mind.

Lorenz, rightly, points out that Claude's new position in precarious and its success or failure is on Claude.

Claude is a doo-doo bird though. He thinks that the Empire and King in Adrestia and Faerghus, respectively, are upheld because of "the Goddess's blessing" and not, you know, really complex stuff. Like, both Edelgard and Dimitri face getting thrown out in the two games over things that have NOTHING to do with religion.

That's weird, their support had a picture.

SHEZ & LYSITHEA B SUPPORT

Lysithea feels that their relationship is strained and wants to clear the air. Shez didn't even notice lol.

Shez is a pretty simple character, but I like it.

Oh, wow, Lysithea realized she acted like a brat and apologized. This self-awareness makes me like her a LOT better.

Aw, Shez is helping Lysithea feel mature and older. But then put her foot in her mouth when she referred to people under Lysithea's command as "real adults" lol. Lysithea struggled but kept her head!

Honestly, I like this a lot for Lysithea. Character flaws are great, but they're annoying as shit when they're not acknowledged properly (I still get flashbacks to her awful Ignatz support), but when they're used to show growth, that flaw is suddenly sooo much better.

SHEZ & LEONIE B SUPPORT

Leonie wants mercenary advice.

Lamo, Leonie thinks the bow isn't good enough to be a first-class mercenary. Homegirl's been watching too many movies and not reading enough military history. Mounted archers were unmatched.

So now they're just discussing over specialization vs versatilty.

It's kinda nice seeing Shez in a mentor role.

SHEZ & MARIANNE A SUPPORT

They go out to eat together. Marianne didn't eat her meat and Shez is concerned.

Marianne is now determined to believe she doesn't curse people around her.

Shez encouraged Marianne to just be herself, which Marianne wants but worries about her father.

Marianne accused Shez of talking without thinking and thought it was a good thing lol.

BALTHUS & LORENZ B SUPPORT

Lorenz absolved Balthus of his debts to House Gloucester.

Lorenz credits it to Balthus helping and saving Lorenz on the battlefield.

Lamo, I forgot that Balthus investigated Claude and claimed he found all kinds of dirty laundry.

Lorenz wants him to hold onto it so he can use it later to unseat Claude and take over the Alliance instead.

Balthus is upset Lorenz isn't a lady because he's impressed with him being a scoundrel lol.

MAIN BATTLE

Hahahaha lamo, the Knight of Serios are beating Edelgard's army, which has to be like 5x bigger.

Oh - led by Randolph, THAT explains it. Against Catherine? Pft. Catherine wouldn't even consider that a bout it's so one-sided.

Shez still doesn't understand what Claude's doing. I'm not the only one who thinks these two aren't even remotely close, right? I feel like Shez is way more invested in Edelgard and Dimitri, and like Claude's just some dude who hired her.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Claude legit just left Randolph to die, lamo.

I think we just killed Catherine :(

😂😂😂 Edelgard's forces got wiped out. Randolph is really the punching bag of Fodlan. They should've made it Dorothea or something if they wanted us to give a shit.

Yep, time for Claude to get chewed out. As if Randolph isn't foaming at the mouth to invade the Alliance in SB.

It's funny how offended everyone is. As if this didn't happen in real life all the time. I mean, they'd only be mad a noble died because you can make money taking them as hostage.

Is this evil!Claude, the route? Like because he was such a goody-goody in Houses? I still think it's funny it's always Randolph.

xxxxx

#golden wildfire #fire emblem #fire emblem three hopes #three hopes #three hopes spoilers #golden wildfire spoilers

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I do gotta say tho, even tho I’m mad at aziraphale because he’s being a terrible boyfriend like what you said about the “I forgive you like” because WHAT. But also I really like the way the show really demonstrates the underlying cruelty of heaven and it’s angels. Really shows the hypocrisy of a group of beings who are supposed to do good, especially aziraphale who really buys into the heaven propaganda, who hurts people, particularly the person who means the most to him. Because like you said he fully just takes advantage of that devotion Crowley has for him. Insane, this shwo makes me INSANE

I missed this anon and yeah! The angels were one of my favourite parts of the season, and I think the strongest element aside from Neil Gaiman deciding he's just a simple man who wants to put his otp in situations. They are deeply awful and I kind of love them. They are the exact kind of moralizing hypocrites who are callous and cruel precisely because they think being on team good means everything they do is justified and it's actually impossible for them to be in the wrong (they're angels! is it even possible for them to do the wrong thing?).

but!! To me, they also seem like they're basically kids? Obviously they're not literally children, but there is this very consistent reoccurring joke about how childish/sheltered/immature they are. Muriel is the most obvious example, but the archangels come off like bratty twelve year olds to her sweet little kid.

Gabriel is basically teenager in love flipping off his family as he runs away with his backstreet guy. Uriel is constantly picking at Michael, Michael is playing at being in charge like it's a game, and it's ridiculously easy for both Aziraphale and Crowely to trick them obvious half assed lies. They're not allowed to ask questions! The Metatron treats them like badly behaved kids out past their curfew. At any point an old man with a beard may pop up to scold them and send them home, and they're all scared of doing something wrong by his standards and getting in trouble with this guy who is pointedly not God but who lines up exactly with the pop-culture idea of god the father, and who offers Aziraphale, among other things, a respite from the hard work of figuring out what the right thing to do is for himself. It's fine! You don't have to question the belief system you were born into or make a painful break with everything you've ever known! Aziraphale has had six thousand years on earth to grow up, but the other angels have been sitting in a sterile white box playing "i'm not touching you" games with each other and filing paperwork.

And I think that's extra interesting because this season also really emphasizes:

Heaven has Institutional Problems

Aziraphale isn't the only angel who's unhappy in heaven. Gabriel and Muriel were both completely miserable. They just didn't understand that they were unhappy because they'd never experienced anything else.

Angels who aren't Aziraphale can change and grow! There's very explicitly Gabriel being changed by love and Muriel growing up a bit on earth, and from a more fan-theory angle there's also Jimbriel, who I think is probably basically Gabriel minus the war and six thousand years of playing referee for Michael and Uriel while unleashing an assortment of plague and calamities on earth because that's God's will! Buck up champ.

We also get Gabriel and Beezelebub talking about how their underlings basically live for Armageddon, "if you can call that living." This is so bleak. They've all been on a six thousand year time out just dreaming of the day they get to beat the shit out of each other until they feel better, but it won't work because eternity is just more of the box.

Anyway I think it's going in a distinctly eden adjacent direction. Aziraphale is going to tempt those angels with knowledge and the capacity for change. I have veered so far from your ask anon i'm sorry you're right heaven really went all out on sucking this season & while Crowley and Aziraphale are both fucking it up Crowley refrains from being spectacularly cruel to Aziraphale about it and Aziraphale should learn to return the favour. I forgive you!! I forGIVE you. I forgive YOU. "you can be an angel again" is actually a worse thing to say than "you're a demon. i don't even like you." when he finally picks crowley over heaven i'm going to lose my mind.

#good omens spoilers #good omens season two spoilers #idk it makes me sad that i didn't like the humans very much this season because i think ideally they're central to this whole how to be #a person question i also hope we get to see more of hell next season because i do think they're stuck in basically the same place #with a different aesthetic! and the stick being #thrown into a torture pit instead of thrown into hell #or like. mindwiped and locked in an office for all eternity #gabriel broke my heart which is embarrassing but when he goes from not even understanding what music is to experiencing #the simple pleasure of sharing a song with someone for the very first time and almost immediately hits repeat for eternity... baby. baby bo #i would also like more crowley! this was very much the season of aziraphale #which is fine but i missed him yelling questions at god and the bits where it seemed he really wanted aziraphale's opinion instead of just #wanting aziraphale to develop better opinions #next season had better be crowley wrestles with the universe i am telling you!!!#remember three months ago when i was like eh... another good omens season #i bet it'll be cute but i'm content with my book #i don't go here i said strapping on my clown shoes #seriously though i do think crowley is scared to admit to wanting to be good both because god rejected him and he doesn't want #to be a sucker for her (he is only interested in being a sucker for aziraphale)#and like. chase after something he's barred from and has already been told isn't for him.#and that's why it's so hard for him to admit even to himself that he too would be unhappy ditching earth #in ways that parallel aziraphale's unwillingness to let go of heaven as a source of moral authority and goodness #but the way aziraphale goes oh no! i cannot trust my own judgement and desires. They are suspect!#my judgement is that crowley is good and also funny and sexy. my desires are for his company and also his body #therefore the source of these desires is also maybe bad. i mean he's a demon. he's got to be bad #right??? but no. but i saw him do a good thing. but maybe i didn't? I should probably take a stance on this.#and he makes this crowley's problem until the apocalypse but then the second he gets the chance to cram crowley and his feelings for him #back in a heaven approved box he jumps at it in a way that requires just being WILDLY insensitive and dismissive of crowley's feelings #he's not just being a dick about their relationship he is being a dick about crowley as a person. and he should know better but is choosing #not to because he wants the easy out so badly. anyway i love him he was my favourite character all season no notes #good omens

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frontlinebicepsoftheninth · 7 months

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I saw you tagged killing eve in the 'worst series finale' poll - how *does* it end? I watched the first two seasons and then lost interest. (also I hope you're having a good day!)

first of all thank you i am and i hope you are too!!

but alright here we go ⚠️⚠️ MAJOR SPOILER WARNING MAJOR SPOILER WARNING ⚠️⚠️ for anyone who does want to watch for themselves bc tbh the first few seasons are excellent but i honestly don't know if i can recommend them anymore in good faith after knowing where it all ends up

so okay. you know how the whole crux of the show is this intense psychosexual relationship between eve and villanelle. and how there's an obvious romantic tension between them. well from what i remember (cause it's been a while) they started actually working together in season 3, but then because they realized they make each other worse they had this whole dramatic moment where they walked away from each other on a bridge and weren't supposed to look back but of course they both did turn around at the last second and then the season ends.

flash forward to season 4 and you can tell time has passed and they aren't working together and it's implied there was some big falling out and we have no idea what it is. eve is just annoyed and done with villanelle and villanelle is like trying to prove she's not a bad person and goes to church and stuff and actually that plot was extremely hilarious and she imagined up a drag jesus version of herself for advice and they were acting like exes and it was playing into the whole comedic surrealism aspect of the show really well. but after the first few episodes it just kinda fell apart like i just remember feeling lost all season and not understanding where we were going and this is definitely due to the changing showrunners (they should have just kept pwb for the whole thing!!!!) but they kept adding new characters out of nowhere, some of which were really well done but then we were following plots that were thrown in randomly and it was just a bit of a mess.

but eventually by the LITERAL SERIES FINALE eve and villanelle have both given in to the fact that they enjoy being in each other's company as the worst versions of themselves (which is honestly such a fun direction to go that i really enjoyed especially for a sapphic pairing). and after they've been apart for a vast majority of the season finally they have this good banter going and it's all domestic and then there's a scene where they're walking down an empty road together and this romantic music comes in. and they finally literally actually have The Moment. like they had kissed before in the previous season but not in an explicitly romantic way, they were physically fighting each other on a public bus and eve kissed villanelle to throw her off before headbutting her (SO GRIDDLEHARK OF THEM THAT SCENE IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD) anyways. villanelle kisses eve on the cheek and then eve stares at her and grabs her and they make out for a solid FORTY-FIVE SECONDS. it was so intense and they're kissing as they're stumbling down the road and they run back to the camper van they were travelling in and it's for sure implied that they have sex in there. so everyone was like oh my fucking god they actually did it. like this is where the show was always going, it's a whole I Can Make You Worse thing where both people were like "fuck it i'll be worse then" and gave in to the tension that had been building for years not just within the plot but FOR VIEWERS SINCE 2018.

so i don't exactly remember what happens next but the whole season they've been trying to kill The Twelve which was the assassin group in charge of villanelle, and we find out carolyn was a founding member actually, and i will be honest that plot was always confusing to me but iirc she wasn't with them anymore. so eve and villanelle infiltrate this wedding party boat that's a cover for a meeting of The Twelve (this is like the last 10 minutes of the show now) and they kiss again and there's a scene where it's like they're indirectly talking to each other through the wedding speech that eve somehow ends up giving and that's so romantic too and then villanelle slinks off, finds the meeting, and murders everyone. so yay the protagonists are together finally and villanelle killed her abusers and they are finally in happy gay love. then out of fucking nowhere as they're standing outside on the boat villanelle starts to get shot at. (this is literally the last five minutes of the entire show now) and she falls into the river or maybe jumps in to get away i don't remember and she's still getting shot and eve is swimming to try to catch her. and it's all this dramatic slow-mo beautifully shot stuff that's like horrible in context cause the blood is blooming in the water and eve can't reach villanelle and they do a whole creation of adam hand reach before villanelle slips into the depths.

so literally eve had just thrown away any chance at a normal life to embrace the side of her that loves violence and loves villanelle so they could spend the rest of their life together and that was such a slay. and then she loses villanelle which like, if they wanted a tragic ending it would have been kinder to kill them both, it's so much fucking worse to leave eve spending the rest of her life mourning the one person who understood her and let her give in to her carnal desires. and it is directly after letting the two queer characters finally achieve happiness that one of them is killed off which is the DEFINITION of the bury your gays/dead lesbian syndrome tropes, there have been literal academic papers written on how the phenomenon is like a punishment for queer joy etc etc. this shit has been in the discourse for decades and they fell dead center into the trope which is just so disappointing because at the start ke was such a unique story and one of the first mainstream shows that embraced morally gray queer characters in a way that wasn't homophobic.

oh! and guess who shot villanelle? carolyn!!!! and it was still NEVER CLEAR WHY! she worked for MI6 now so it being in revenge of The Twelve didn't really add up, some people thought she wanted to kill villanelle as like a prize for MI6, it was kind of implied that konstantin told her in this note he spent his last breaths writing (yeah he also died which was the saddest tbh) that villanelle had killed carolyn's son kenny (this was a major plot point of season 3 and carolyn was trying to get revenge, he fell off a building under mysterious circumstances) but that made no sense because it was implied to be konstantin since he was on the roof with kenny and also villanelle was literally in fucking spain or something the episode when it happened.

like i get it. this is a tragic show. people die every episode. but from a writing standpoint it makes absolutely zero fucking sense to kill off one of the two main characters of your show, in the last five minutes of the show, after finally cashing in on your flagship queer romance between them, and leaving the motivation for killing her completely ambiguous.

anyways i'm so sorry that ended up this long jesus christ but tldr: killing eve ends in the worst bury your gays i have ever seen after a season that didn't even have good plot or pacing

#i. really did not think i was going to write an essay here but apparently a year later i still have lingering feelings over this lol #thank you so much for the ask though i love a chance to rant and this was so fun haha #killing eve spoilers #killing eve #ke #ke spoilers #not tlt #ask #OH AND I DON'T THINK WE EVER FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM BETWEEN THE SEASONS EITHER?? maybe i just forgot though

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okay. panopticon talk made me think about a milgram total drama au with warden noah. i will elaborate on what that is later.

Total Drama Milgram Experiment? Anon is it that obvious that I'm a Psychology student? Are you using these buzzwords to intentionally get my mind racing with Ideas??

Listen to me. I'm grabbing you by your shoulders and shaking you, please listen to me. In a TD Milgram experiment, Chef would be the warden/experimenter. Or maybe Chris, at a stretch. The whole point of the warden/experimenter is to be an authority figure, and Chef the closest thing to authoritive we have.

But Noah could always be the learner. He's Chris' assistant, after all, so having him as the confederate in this experiment make sense.

And now I'm thinking of a whole AU where the TD cast are forced to experience a whole circuit of morally charged psychology experiments.

Let's say that this whole experiment is a late-game challenge, post merge, and the competitors are tasked with 'teaching' a 'learner' (Noah), the same set up as the actual experiment itself. But the real goal of the challenge is actually to disobey Chef and show an inkling of compassion for the student.

Maybe this is part of the hypothetical Total Drama Dirtbags instead, and the challenges are geared towards teaching 'bad' people things like Ethics and Morality. But instead of the fake cast introduced during the Celebrity Manhunt episode, it's an All-Stars adjacent collection of the 'antagonists' and 'villain-adjacent' competitors across the first two generations. (I'd add gen three, but I haven't watched PI yet.)

So you'd have the obvious villain characters like Heather, Alejandro and Scott, alongside morally grey characters like Courtney, Duncan and Jo, paired with characters who aren't traditional antagonists but have the potential to be so like Eva and B (he's not villainous, but that boy carries around ice carving tools and knows how to hotwire explosions- he's nonconventional, and probably anti-authoritarian, and would make such an interesting antagonist due to his hypercompetence). Chuck in some polarising characters like Gwen and Lightning for flavour, and you've got yourself a cast chock full of potential.

So the challenge begins with the final four; since the experiment itself is a one-person deal, having it be an individual challenge close to the finale makes the most thematic sense- plus, learning when to defy authority as a moral objector is a pretty advanced Morality and Ethics lesson, so it would make more sense to present this moral dilemma later on in the season. I won't make any concrete statements here, but Courtney's definitely one of the final four here.

So she gets to go first.

Courtney is ushered into a sterile room, housing two desks and a doorway. At one of the desks, the one closest to the entrance, Chef is sat almost boredly. He's dressed smartly, like a scholar, with moon-rimmed glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose and a clipboard clutched between his hands.

The other desk, which is vacant, is situated against the wall next to the other doorway. On the wall itself is a switch box, displaying countless switches labelled "15" to "450"; there's a warning sticker peeling off of the box next to the "450" label, reading "WARNING: FATAL". Above the switch box is an empty screen.

Courtney stands awkwardly at the centre of the room, waiting for Chris to enter and explain what her challenge is, or for Chef to do the honours. After a few uncomfortable moments (during which she can feel Chef's judgemental stare boring into her back) the door opens, revealing the grinning face of Chris McLean, tailed by a reluctant looking Noah.

"Noah? What are you doing here?" She asks. He wasn't part of this seasons' cast, after all.

"This guy," The cynic points towards Chris, who's arms are crossed over his chest in a self-satisfied manner, "decided that my 'contractual obligations' included helping out with this challenge. I think it's a load of bull-"

"Thank you, Noah-it-all! What he means to say is, as my personal assistant, Noah was just jumping at the chance to help me out with this next challenge!"

The pessimist rolls his eyes, but doesn't offer any rebuttal.

"Speaking of, this one's gonna be a little different than your usual challenge; I call it 'The Mind Electric'."

Chef stands from his seat at the door-most desk and gingerly removes the bowler hat from his head. As he approaches the trio, he displays the hat before Courtney and Noah.

"You two'll pick out a role from the hat. One of you will be the Teacher, and the other will be the Learner."

"'Teacher'? 'Learner'? What's that supposed to mean?"

"I lost my teaching certificate in the mail, so can I just go or...?"

Chris narrows his eyes at Noah for the snark, then turns to face Courtney.

"A good question! You'll find out soon enough. Now, take your pick from the hat."

I'm losing steam, so I'll just summarise the rest of the 'challenge' here.

There's two folded papers in the hat, both of them have 'Teacher' written on them but since Noah's in on the act he claims to have picked 'Learner' instead. Chris leads Courtney and Noah through the doorway by the second desk, revealing a smaller room; it's mostly empty, save for the electric chair at its' centre.

Chris straps a reluctant Noah into the chair, explaining that it's a "variable of the challenge" and "nothing to be worried about", then leads Courtney back through to the first room. Chef's already sat back down at his desk, and Courtney is instructed to sit at hers (the one with the switchboard).

Once she's sat, Chris leaves the challenge site entirely, claiming something about the dangers of electricity as he does so. Chef then takes over as the main authority over the challenge, handing his clipboard to Courtney and telling her to recite what's written on it into the microphone at her desk.

On the clipboard is a series of passages, followed by a list of multiple choice questions about the passages (each question has four answers, labelled 1-4). Courtney reads out the first passage and it's questions, and Noah's answers appear on the screen above her (the screen displays a glowing number, 1-4, depending on his answer). Unsurprisingly, he gets them all right.

Until the last question. Which he gets wrong.

Chef instructs Courtney to flip the first switch- a "controlled electric shock" to work as punishment for getting the answer wrong. She does so, and a muffled yelp resounds from the doorway beside her- the door was left ajar, so she can just barely hear it.

The challenge continues, and Noah gets more answers wrong. Each time, Chef instructs Courtney to flip the next switch. She quickly realises that the intensity of the shock Noah receives increases with every switch, as his surprised yelps soon devolve into genuine cries of pain.

Courtney starts to question the validity of this 'experiment', but Chef emphasises the fact that, if she stops, she'll lose the challenge. She has to go on.

Courtney, being the competitive person she is (and not at all because she, as a teacher's pet, always questionlessly adheres to authority), continues.

From the other room, she can hear Noah's begging and crying. "Please, I don't want to do this anymore! It hurts! Please! Stop! It hurts!" She feels guilt crawl it's way into her gut, sharp nails dragging against the lining of her stomach and threatening to make her puke, but Chef insists that she has to carry on or she'll lose. So she continues.

Eventually, she finishes all of the questions on the clipboard (there's a few page's worth, so it takes about ~10 minutes). She's flipped the majority of the switches on the switch box, and Noah's pitiful sobbing has gone eerily silent in the other room.

Chris re-enters the room, a sombre look on his face.

"Huh. Didn't think you'd actually go through with the whole thing. Looks like someone's failed the challenge."

Courtney's understandably outraged at the prospect, because she did exactly as she was instructed to. But that's just the issue; she was supposed to question the immorality of the situation, not just blindly follow instructions.

Chris asks if she wants to see the state she's left Noah in, heavily implying that she's either killed him outright or severely hurt him. Courtney's hesitant, but eventually concedes that she should at least see the consequences of her actions.

So she's even more outraged when they enter the smaller room to see Noah playing Candy Crush on his phone, entirely unharmed. Not a single indication that he'd been shocked at all, despite the heart wrenching cries and sobs she'd been tortured with.

Maybe Noah gives a demonstration of his acting skills here? OR Maybe Chris decides not to let Courtney see Noah, leaving her in the dark to stew in the guilt of what she might've done. 🤷‍♀️

Uh. Got kind of carried away there. Oops?

#don't recite the ancient magics to me wizard. i was there when they were written.#in other words please don't speak psychology to me because I Will Fixate #(i.e. PLEASE fuel my psychology interests)#kinda ran wild with this one here. made a whole ass AU out of torturing the 'antagonists' with psychology experiments #y'all aren't ready for the stanford prison experiment challenge!!#total drama #silly ideas #i'll think of a proper au name for this later #might expand this into a full hypothetical all-stars adjacent season AU 🤔#replies

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There is an ongoing debate in the fandom where some people wish TWST was an otome while others are firmly against it. For me? I'm somewhere in the middle. Because, to be honest, I don't think TWST would work well as a traditional otome game as some might think.

For one, that would automatically mean giving Yuu a defined gender, appearance and personality. While I'm all for giving Yuu more personality, since they have the presence of a bottle cap, that would strip away the self insert nature of their character. Part of the fun of being in this fandom is imagining how you or your OC would handle being in that world. It allows marginalized groups to imagine themselves in that world, especially black and brown people, men and genderqueer people. Let's face it. Most otome protagonists are shit with a few exceptions. In all likelihood TWST would be no different if it was an otome. Frankly, I have little faith in Yana's ability as a writer to create a compelling female otome lead.

There are way too many characters in the game for that to work. Most otomes have 3-7 love interests. TWST has 20 main characters, excluding Ortho and Lilia for obvious reasons. The game has a hard enough time juggling all of the boy's arcs and development without adding romance into the mix.

I think turning it into an otome would also affect the characterization of these guys as well. Unless something is a dark otome like Diabolik Lovers, which—let's face it—Disney would never allow or extremely well written, otomes tend to sanitize the love interests to some extent in order to make them seem more desirable to the player. With main appeal of the game being that most of the boys are complex and grey, that would go the drain if it was an otome.

Plus, it wouldn't focus as much on the boy's platonic relationships. The main appeal of an otome is them romancing the player. A lot of the time they neglect all of the other kinds of bonds to only focus on that. While there are exceptions, again, this is Yana we're talking about, so I doubt she can pull that off. That would be another appeal of the game down the drain as well.

What I think would work a lot better is the Persona/Fate route. Have only a select few characters be romanceable and the rest stay strictly platonic, being able to bond with characters in both regards of your own choosing. That way we can have the best of both worlds. People who aren't into romance can play the game strictly platonically while picking who they want to spend time with. Those who do want romance can seek that out as well. Plus, the main boys would stay pretty close to how they are now. Yuu would also have more of a presence and impact on the plot.

There's a catch. For that to work, there can only be a few possible characters to romance. If I was in charge of that decision, I would make it the overblot boys. They have the most development and care put into their backstory, so I think they would work the best as potential love interests.

Idk, that's just me.

#aqua rambles #twisted wonderland #twst otome

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🍷 Vampire clubbing in the demon world [Sakamaki edition]—

Warning: 18+ content below; don't read if you're a minor and aren't comfortable with clubbing, prostitution, drinking/alcohol-related concepts. This is a fictional work and should not be taken seriously.

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Note: Made these with @liannelara-dracula

Bruh, I swear the boys clubbing is something else. I'm dying at Rei's xDD.

Relevant posts:

Alcohol in the demon world

Drunk Subaru hcs

Laito's sexual escapades

***Inspired by playlist below.

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Before we get into the brother’s hcs, let’s get some context on vampire clubbing in the demon world in general.

🍷 Clubbing in the demon world is much different in comparison to clubbing in the human world.

🍷 And every clan has their own way of doing things when it comes to clubbing.

🍷 They all have their own rules and ways that keep the clubs raving and having people come back for more.

🍷 Clubbing for vampires is honestly a riot, mostly because they can delve into their vampiric nature without shame and not worry about who’s watching.

🍷 At vampire clubs, all vampire necessities are supplied to make everyone’s time there worth while.

🍷 And such things supplied are vampire alcohol, humans, vampire women, dancing, and demon world drugs.

🍷 (@liannelara-dracula and I have a headcanon post on alcohol in the demon world, where it describes each clan’s alcohol and such. Click/tap here to read it if you’re interested.)

🍷 Due to the vampire clan’s strict rules, clubbing is most likely prohibited to vampire women, but they’re allowed to work at clubs and entertain the male guests.

🍷 However, the women that work at vampire clubs are considered scum in the eyes of men and are treated with little to no respect.

🍷 They also engage in prostitution as well in order to keep the club going.

🍷 And unfortunetely, if they ever quit working there, they’re forever branded as a ‘slut’ and cannot pursue a partner because of their background since men consider them ‘shameful’ and ‘dirty’.

🍷 Mfs honestly.

🍷 Obvious as it is, women are expected to dress skimpily in order to keep their lustful guests interested.

🍷 Guests are greeted by two women at the entrance, and they’re expected to give each guest a kiss to entice their mood.

🍷 Women basically have to consent to whatever guests want whether they like it or not.

🍷 They’re basically suiting every man’s need, and they have to do exactly as ordered, otherwise inhumane punishment awaits them.

🍷 Some guys get possessive over the women there and won't allow others to interact with them and make it pretty damn clear.

🍷 One best stay away if they know that a certain woman is always being sought by someone else, unless they want to end up with their teeth knocked out or get a stake in their chest.

🍷 Humans are provided as blood bags for vampires to feast on.

🍷 They're just lifeless dolls basically and have no say in anything.

🍷 Vampires can grab them from just about anywhere and do whatever they please with them.

🍷 And even if they end up k!lling them, they honestly don't care since they're always hunting down new prey for their business.

🍷 But some vampire bars might have strict rules about k!lling their humans, especially if hunting hasn’t supplied them with enough humans or that the club is low in budget in general.

🍷 I can also see that the women are in charge of hunting and bringing in humans as well to support the business.

🍷 Like the human clubs, drugs are definitely exchanged here, but they're totally different compared to drugs in the human world.

🍷 Karl doesn't mind that his sons go clubbing, but he tells them to keep low profiles to not disgrace the family image.

🍷 But news flash, they never do lol.

🍷 Now, let's get on to the boy's hcs. :)

Shu:

🍷 Y’know, he may be lazy, but when something sparks his mood, he definitely finds the energy to do it.

🍷 And clubbing just so happens to be one of those activities.

🍷 But make no mistake, it’s very rare when he bothers to go clubbing since it requires A LOT of energy.

🍷 But I guess if he wants some quick amusment that booze and women could supply, he’s all for it.

🍷 He doesn’t approach the girls, they approach him.

🍷 He so gets special treatment since he's his father's precious heir, so the girls are all over him.

🍷 Girls are literally crowding around him when he approaches the bar.

🍷 Tries not to get too carried away when drinking, but if he really wants to get carefree and forget about everything for one night, he’ll definitely push it to that level and get wasted.

🍷 Wants girls to pour him drinks so he can flirt and tease them, plus because he’s being surrounded by them, it only fuels his amusement.

🍷 Prefers to get drunk by having girls feed the drink to him, and this is when he wants to take his time getting drunk.

🍷 If he wants to get drunk quicker, he’ll go to shots and down a few as the girls cheer him on.

🍷 Loves to grind against women when dancing, like he gets off on this.

🍷 He’s not a huge fan of the music, but he likes the upbeat environment since he obviously came for some amusement.

🍷 When dancing, if a girl undoes any buttons on his shirt, he has the biggest smirk on his face and is totally turned on by it.

🍷 And if she pulls him closer to her by latching onto his belt buckle and reeling him to her, he's done and definitely plans on sleeping with that chick.

🍷 Honestly, the girls doing anything to him is enough to rile him up.

🍷 Girls find every excuse to get his attention there.

🍷 Some have even spilled drinks on him purposely so they had the excuse to help him 'clean up', to which he doesn't mind.

🍷 Isn’t opposed to shamelessly biting one of the vampire women in front of others (drinking their kind’s blood is considered sexual), and the others are literally lined up for this.

🍷 Has definitely brought a club girl home with him, to which he woke up to an endless lecture from Reiji about not bringing girls over and a splitting hangover the next day.

Reiji:

🍷 He never wants to go. Ayato and Laito have to drag him there.

🍷 It’s mostly because they want to see him loosen up and get drunk xDD.

🍷 They usually taunt him about acting like an old man and that this is why he can’t pick up women, or that he has no sex-drive.

🍷 This stuff triggers him a lot. So, since he’s been provoked enough, he ends up going in order to prove them wrong.

🍷 When Reiji gets there, he's uptight, like he wants no one to touch him or even breathe on him.

🍷 Ayato and Laito encourage him to drink.

🍷 “C'mon, Reiji, lighten up. Just a little drink won't hurt.” Laito would encourage.

🍷 “I am the king's second son.” Reiji would spat with his arms crossed. “Do you really think it's appropriate for someone like me to drink here?"

🍷 “Aw, brother, you’re spoiling all the fun. Oh well, I suppose this is why you don’t go on dates often.” Laito would taunt once again, a subtle smirk evident on his lips.

🍷 And there, Reiji’s convinced to prove them wrong and ends up doing what they want. He’s got an ego as well know, so the last thing he wants is for it to be hurt.

🍷 And when they manage to coax him into it, they may try to push things further and challenge him to a shot contest.

🍷 And you can best bet that Rei's out by the end of that shot contest.

🍷 And Ayato and Laito too. xDD

🍷 Because they want to remember Reiji drunk, Ayato or Laito may even film him when drunk and use it as total blackmail if they feel like it.

🍷 They’ll show the footage to him, along with the rest of their brothers, the next day to get a good laugh out of Rei’s behavior, which just leaves Rei in total embarassment.

🍷 And the worst part is, they’ll just keep replaying it and be totally obnoxious about it even though Reiji keeps begging them to turn it off and delete it lmao.

🍷 Our bae Rei’s an emotional drunk when he’s wasted.

🍷 And the girls love this since they can get the opportunity to nurture him, such as cuddling or caressing his face, arms or shoulders while listening to him open up about what bothers him.

🍷 Especially about all the complaints about this brothers.

🍷 Or better yet, they may get him to do some more explicit things on the dance floor.

🍷 If he’s drunk on the dance floor, he might drop his formality and tell a girl he’s dancing with to call him Rei.

🍷 And if she slips his glasses off while dancing, he's done for.

🍷 Once took his shirt off while dancing with a girl (drunk of course), which revealed those mesmorizing abs of his, leaving every girl in there dumbfounded and wanting a turn to dance with him.

🍷 Mmm, Rei ;)))

🍷 But at some point, because Rei’s getting this active when drunk at the club, it honestly triggers both Ayato and Laito because it seems that he’s having more fun than them. In other words, he’s getting more action and all the attention, which leaves them with none.

🍷 At one point, they regretted that they even brought Reiji along and left without him. xDD

Laito:

🍷 He goes clubbing fairly often, and deems it as one of the best ways to spend his nights.

🍷 Wants to sleep with every female employee there.

🍷 And he’ll take his time to accomplish this in one night.

🍷 No seriously.

🍷 Prefers dancing over drinking, but he’ll definitely have a drink or two.

🍷 Likes to get drunk by having the girls pour the alcohol down his throat till he gags, leaving some to drip down the sides of his lips to which they end up licking off.

🍷 The girls keep encouraging him to drink since they want the excuse to lick whatever alcohol he can’t swallow.

🍷 And considering his charismatic personality, it only riles the girls up more, making the atmosphere more enticing to him.

🍷 And if one of the girls mixes a cocktail his mouth with her tongue, he’s sold.

🍷 When he’s really wasted he will be in the crowd dancing and having two girls drink from his neck and give him hickies.

🍷Most times he ends up wasted in a closet with a chick or two next to him.

🍷Brings home more than one chick sometimes, even for his bros.

🍷Even for our bae Rei.

🍷He’s probably having 3-somes with those girls.

🍷He has lipstick all over him and his shirt is undone.

🍷Even his fly is undone.

🍷One time, he was drunk and one chick undid his fly so when he got on the dance floor his pants fell down.

🍷But that did not stop him from dancing.

🍷Keep a low profile my ass, Karl.

🍷Everything about him is a total mess.

Kanato:

🍷 When it comes to clubbing, he leaves Teddy behind because he knows he's gonna be 'busy'.

🍷 He does drink, but doesn’t get drunk. He finds it distasteful.

🍷When he does drink though, he likes to sit back, imbib his spirit and watch the female employees walk around the place

🍷 When he’s not drinking though, he reverts to his explicit side, which he loves so much.

🍷 Now let me say, this midget gets laid more than you’d think.

🍷 (It’s actually canon that he has sex with Yui the most out of his brothers in the game routes.)

🍷 While most are dancing, he's making out with a girl and touching her all over.

🍷 If sees a girl he likes, he will go on the dance floor just to get her to come with him.

🍷 He probably has like semi-public sex there bc everyone is wasted and the music is loud, and it's dark, so who can see, hear or think straight?

🍷 He may not be drunk, but he's definitely drunk with arousal.

🍷 He keeps a tally chart with Ayato and Laito regarding how many chicks they've all slept with from the club.

🍷 And Kanato has more on his chart than Ayato and Laito combined.

🍷 And they’re both so triggered by this.

🍷 So because, he always reminds them about ‘who’s the better bro’.

🍷 “Huh, proves I got it and you two don’t.” Kanato would smugly say.

🍷 Was only thrown out once due getting in a fight with some guy over a female employee.

Ayato:

🍷 Goes to a club every couple of weeks, and only goes to his favorite and nowhere else because he wants to be known.

🍷 Usually goes clubbing by himself or with Laito, it just depends on whether or not he wants company.

🍷 He sometimes brings Kanato along, but only because Laito encourages it.

🍷 Challenges others to drinking contests and always ends up losing since he has a low tolerance.

🍷 When dancing, he tries to show off his moves.

🍷 And this consists of him attempting moves he's seen professional dancers do and failing miserably because he doesn't fully know how to do them.

🍷 And you can best bet this idiot dances with a pair of tacky sunglasses on.

🍷 Tries to break dance, but ends up spitting his pants. xDD

🍷 Has attempted to twerk on the dance floor, but he turned beet red when one of the girls spanked his ass for it.

🍷 Which then led Laito to try it without getting any action from the girls.

🍷 Has definitely made out with a girl there for hours on end.

🍷 Definitely has favorites among the female employees there and gets jealous when other guys flirt with them.

🍷 He seriously thinks he owns them.

🍷 Says he’s banged every chick in there and brags about it even though he actually hasn’t.

🍷 But Laito has.

🍷 Since he thinks he’s better than everyone else, he provokes bar fights but fails either by getting badly injured or knocked out.

🍷 And Ayato has been in fights where things have gotten too out of hand to the point where Laito has had to step in, but Laito always ends up getting knocked out.

🍷 Luckily if Subaru happens to be there, he’ll get them both out of it—that is, if he feels like it.

🍷 But then he’ll knock them out for making him get involved.

Subaru:

🍷 Now this is one of his favorite escapes.

🍷 Mostly because he can forget about his life at home and be away from his brothers.

🍷 And he definitely stears clear of bars they attend, and pays attention to whether they’re going to one or not so he can avoid them.

🍷 Even though clubs are a social space, he doesn’t socialize much and is relatively quiet.

🍷 Likes to hang out at the bar area more than the dance floor, but if a girl intrigues him enough, he’ll follow her there and dance with her.

🍷 Likes to drink directly from a liquor bottle/flask while on the dance floor and even have it rain down on everyone.

🍷 And you can bet he definitely loves it if the girls lick the rained-down alcohol off him.

🍷 He’s a bar fighter at heart.

🍷 But doesn't get thrown out for getting into one because everyone begs for an encore and even challenges him.

🍷 Plus, he's Karl's son so he's kinda privileged because of that.

🍷Because he usually is by himself and doesn’t think anyone he knows will be around, he gets comfortable.

🍷 That is until he spotted the triplets or Kou one time.

🍷 He literally hid and pretended that he doesn’t know them.

🍷 And this ended with Kanato throwing a drink at him.

🍷 “How dare you ignore us! At least say hi.” Kanato would demand.

🍷 “Yeah! It’s not cool acting like that to your brothers.” Kou would chime in.

🍷 Growing annoyed, Subaru would retort. “Fuck off!”

🍷 “Oh, come now, brother. There’s no need to be hasty.” Laito would comment. “We’re all here for the same thing anyways.”

🍷 “Yeah, so which of these cuties do you like?” Kou would say, referring to the female employees.

🍷“Tch! I’m fuckin’ leaving.” Subaru would say, starting to walk off.

🍷“Oh so blondie in the red is all for us then? I saw that you had your eye on her earlier.”

🍷“Yeah, weren’t you dancing with her?” Ayato would ask, leaving Subaru to slightly blush knowing it was true . . . and leaving him to also wonder how long they’d been watching him for.

🍷 “He was dancing?” Laito would question. “But he has two left feet?!”

🍷 Subaru couldn’t take it anymore, so he ended up knocking out Laito and then taking his leave.

🍷 So he never really goes to bars, especially after this incident because he’s worried about his brothers being around and ruining it for him.

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eighthdoctor · 3 months

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You made that post about the D/s mechanics inherent to quel'dorei relationships, then gave us a firsthand example with Alleria just subbing so hard for Calia. You're a Windrunner, and an actual recognized faction leader. Aren't you the one who is supposed to be deferred to while oh so tenderly clutching your partner's chin?

(Context)

I am so full bore insane about what I'm doing with Calia/Alleria you have no idea.

So like. On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, Calia claims to be totally is the legitimate ruler of Lordaeron, which would put her ahead of someone with a splinter group of Void-infested elves. Which is what Alleria tells herself to get to sleep at night.

Way, way more important is that this precisely mirrors her relationship with Turalyon: Light-touched, deeply passionate, not super interested in Alleria's interests, sure that they're right, convinced that if there's a disagreement it's because Alleria is in the wrong, Alleria is the one corrupted by a powerful, unknowable entity, not them, they're the one trying to fix things. Etc.

There's a point where like, "someone in the relationship is the partner who makes the final call" becomes concerning, where it's starting to shade into weird dependency and control issues. For sure that's what Alleria had with Turalyon and is developing with Calia.

Part of this is because Alleria doesn't trust herself:

Here, alone, she can find herself again. Alleria Windrunner. Whoever that is. But she can center, remember what it feels like to be herself in her own body, remember what it smells like, and gradually add sight and sound, the camps behind her, the vultures circling above, until she is one person, whole and real. (And the Void says: Are you sure?)

So she keeps seeking out relationships where she doesn't need to be the one in charge, where someone else can take off the load. Which wouldn't be a horrific approach except that her taste in partners is appalling. She keeps ending up in these imbalanced relationships trying to redeem herself for [checks notes] taking a survival approach to getting out of prison, and it's just not working.

One thing I like about WoW characterization (which is almost entirely accidental lmao) is the realistic contradictions it presents for certain people. Alleria is both someone who is self aware enough to realize she would make an atrocious Ranger-General and who steps down to avoid that happening, and the person who creates a small army of ren'dorei regardless.

She has a very, very weird relationship to her own authority in particular, which is EXTREMELY fun. And one of the ways she handles this is by subconsciously deferring to people who are very good at looking competent. (You may note this is not an ideal way to find someone who actually knows what they're doing.)

And Calia is just, infested with Terminal Monarch Disease, she is so sure she's doing the right thing, she's convinced that the Forsaken want her as queen, and she'll justify most things in the course of that.

The combination of righteousness between the two of them is why they've talked themselves into torturing Forsaken. It's obvious to both of them that Sylvanas is irredeemable and the Forsaken (as a whole) need to be liberated, equally obvious that as a Menethil and a Windrunner they're the right people to do it. So given those points, anyone who disagrees is clearly wrong and either (if Alliance) misguided or (if Horde) actively hostile. Alleria has always thought the best defense was a good offense, so there we are.

After BfA, Alleria does canonically torture Forsaken to find out where Sylvanas is, which I read as like. If the alternative is the resumption of war or destruction of a country, and people are not answering her (to her POV) extremely simple questions, torture in order to get answers to prevent war becomes justifiable.

Which does, of course, backfire spectacularly here--one of several problems with torture is you have no way to tell which answers were lies, so if you're convinced that one was a lie and are WRONG, oops.

I have gotten slightly off topic.

tl;dr: BOY are they fucked up.

#asks for ts #deloxdd #i will probably put in half a sentence in 3.2 abt why turalyon isn't here/doesn't care/doesn't matter but frankly #he's very very boring and i don't care and don't think he matters so #we support women's wrongs #the power to manipulate belief

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dynamightmite · 1 year

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Hawks and Twice; Identities and Foils

Part one, lol

Okay, season six is fully out so I can finally talk about the Hawks killing Twice scene without tagging it as spoilers because. Listen. I love you guys, but some of the takes I’ve been reading about it are just maybe not the scalding hot read you think they are. So... let’s talk about it.

There are a few things that most people have picked up on and that I’d like to reestablish so we can all move past them to the nitty-gritty stuff. First is that, yes, Hawks is in the wrong for killing Twice. Narratively, it is considered by everyone (including Hawks himself) to have been a bad thing to do. There’s so much grief surrounding Twice’s death, and everyone involved is badly affected by it. That’s the point of the scene. You aren’t supposed to have the takeaway that this was a righteous act, or that it was fair; it’s supposed to feel brutal, and wrong, and disgusting. You are supposed to come away questioning a lot of preestablished “truths” of the series. The main one here, of course, being that the roles of Heroes and Villains may not be as clear-cut as previously shown.

HOWEVER. The continuing takeaway is not really meant to be that Hawks is evil, or that the villains were actually in the right all along. Sure, you can personally dislike Hawks and/or his actions, but narratively speaking, this scene is not supposed to reframe him as somehow worse than the actual villains. What this scene is mean to accomplish is a deconstruction of the concept of heroes, villains, and the ties that bind them to better understand their similarities as much as their differences.

Identity is a prominent theme throughout the story, and the way Horikoshi plays with both the concept of identity and roles in this scene is really interesting and very well done.

To start with the easier stuff, the first two “identities” that are immediately flipped on their heads are the titles of Hero and Villain. Both within the story and as an audience with our own external culture, we can recognize that Heroes are supposed to be 'good' and Villains are supposed to be 'bad'. That's a presupposed fact, and it's not hard to see that, while this has usually been true in the context of the story, suddenly it's not so clear—how can someone be a Hero when they're acting the way Hawks does? How can that be ordered by the people in charge of the Heroes? Sanctioned? Approved of?

The obvious answer that I'm sure you're telling me to get to already is that the heroes aren't always 'good', and that Hero society is, in fact, worse.

The art emphasizes this beautifully (seriously, the art in this scene is so good); Hawks the Hero stands shadowed and coldly predatory, while Twice the Villain is on his back, belly-up on the ground, trembling and crying. Hawks mocks Twice for being too trusting, Twice tells him that he had to be, because it was kind. And he can’t imagine not being that.

And this polarity reveals why it is so important that these two, who superficially have very little in common, undermine the dichotomy between Hero and Villain. Because Hawks and Twice actually have one very specific trait that connects them: the desire to help people.

Now, they obviously show it very differently and have opposing definitions on who, exactly, they believe deserves help. That’s what makes them foils. But the gut-wrenching string between these two men is that they are both trying to protect people. That’s their underlying goal, the one fundamental principle they both have that they will not waver on; unstoppable force, meet immovable object. They are, for this one moment, the same person. Because it’s also not as simple as just their desire to protect people—it’s that they both were inevitably going to end up in this stand-off.

Something I don’t see talked about very much is how both Hawks and Twice are being used. It’s pretty obvious with Hawks, having been essentially bought as a child and manipulated by the HPSC to become the perfect hero and do what’s asked of him on the basis that, again, he wants to help people. He was a kid who was so alone and so desperate to be good, and then the HPSC, seeing how much potential he had, swooped in and offered him the resources and ability to make his dreams come true. He is a good person whose trust and sense of compassion have been manipulated so that he commits reprehensible acts because he is both told and genuinely believes that they will save people’s lives. And the really fucked up part is that they’re right— but more on that later.

For the people saying— “but that’s not like Twice at all. Twice is working with the League. They’re his friends. He loves them”—yeah that’s my whole point. What is the one thing Twice desperately wants, more than anything? Companionship. The feeling that he isn’t alone. Love. He’s been by himself almost his whole life, and his every choice has been reflective of his desire to have meaningful connections. He wants to be surrounded by people who accept him, and he wants to accept them in turn. and the League take advantage of that.

Now, before anybody gets mad, yes, the League do actually care about each other. Their relationships are complicated to say the least, and not really the found family that I see cropping up sometimes in Fanon, but they have each other’s backs, and they take care of each other. They don’t mind Twice’s eccentricities, and in fact even praise him for them.

Which is sort of the problem. On his own, Twice is, at best, an unstable man willing to steal and ignore a lot of societal rules for the sake of his own comfort and happiness. But he isn’t naturally violent. In fact, the first time he experiences real, visceral violence, it traumatizes him so badly he gains an entire dissociative disorder.

But that’s okay! He doesn’t mind that so much, as long as he has friends. He just wants to be helpful. And oh boy, does the League want his help.

For people who do (in my opinion) genuinely care about Twice, they also ask him to do a lot of fucked up stuff (like kidnapping, and murder, and other general terrorist stuff). Because it benefits them. What other organization does that, I wonder?

Oh. Right.

Twice is dangerous. I’m sorry to all the people that like to infantilize him and act like he wasn’t about to run out of the door and murder and/or severely injure a bunch of heroes/civilians, but Twice was, canonically, going to go do that. Because he believed that that was the only way to save his friends. That’s part of why this scene is so horrific and well written, because either way it went, someone was going to lose. And the unfortunate reality is that if Hawks didn’t stop him, Twice was going to go commit some unforgiveable crimes to a lot of people who didn’t deserve it, and he was never going to go quietly, because that’s not the kind of person that he is. Which Hawks understands; he’s the same way. But it’s also awful because neither of them should have ever been put in the position to have to make this choice.

A big part of what the story explores when it comes to identities is how they are defined, and who gives them to you. Hawks and Twice both actively struggle with this, being two people who don't feel (rightly or not) that they've had a lot of agency in their lives.

Hawks wants to help people, but he feels stifled by the role of Hero, which was chosen for him, and whose expectations he chafes against. For as much as he supports the HPSC and upholds their goals, he has a lot of doubts and critiques of how hero society works. He is a Hero because somebody else saw him and thought he should be, not necessarily because he decided to be all on his own, regardless of his own twisted view of his past. But he doesn't always like what is asked of him, or the restraints that working for the HPSC puts on him. It's heavily implied that he feels like his personhood has been lost to his Hero identity (Hawks, as opposed to Keigo), and doesn't know how to reconcile his own actions with the public's perception of him.

Twice, similarly, had his role chosen for him at a young age (hitting a guy with his motorcycle and spiraling afterwards) and actively dislikes the label of Villain. He's not someone who craves violence or cruelty, but rather someone who gravitates towards it because he's run out of other options. And if the only people who are kind to him are Villains, what does that say about Heroes and their so-called goodness? Twice doesn't know that he, or any of the League, should be called Villains. How can they be worse than the heroes when basic decency is too much to ask of the people you're meant to idolize?

They're both caged by the way the world sees them versus the way they want to be seen, as well as trapped by the choices they've made in relation to the people they wish they were. Because, to be clear, they do both make choices. That's how they end up where they do, both wishing they were somewhere else—or maybe someone else.

Twice is a killer who never set out to be a killer. Hawks is a killer who never set out to be a killer. Twice is a Villain. Hawks is a Hero.

They’re in a room alone together. Outside are all the people they want to protect. Someone has to blink first.

In this moment, they are the same.

#bnha #bnha meta #hawks #twice #hawks meta #twice meta #next up even more of me being pedantic and overanalyzing everything

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morganlefaye79 · 1 year

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Why my Cyberpunk ocs aren't "nice" persons.

Last week @pandorasaquariumm posted their take on why Kerry is not a nice person, and I agree in many points.

@jaymber answered with a few more points to which I also agree. I have a few more things that I hc for Kerry, which also puts even more gray on him as a character.

But this post will be about my ocs, who I often show from their nice and soft side, but who are, as @kharonion already stated about their oc Vikt, mostly criminals as many others in NC, maybe with a robin hood attitude sometimes, but still criminals.

I did some time back a Kiroshi-scan for my main ocs, the full template you can find here, but I will just take the interesting part of it for this subject.

Those are only the things the NCPD knows. Valaire is my "V", some of those things are probably obvious. When he was still a merc he sometimes had problems to keep the NCPD on distance, but since he "changed" his way of operating he can more or less walk free with nearly everything he does. Who would have thought that the NCPD would be corrupt? Not me!

Val did blow up Saka tower a second time (Johnny loved watching it happen) with Alt's help, and never was made accountable for it, because he knows the right people who he will pay some money. Arasaka tried a few times to kill him after he recovered from the Relic, but at this point Arasaka's teeth were already pulled for a big part.

Or which is also often the case, when someone will get at him, he finds dirty laundry about this people. Since he has a very skilled netrunner brother, and also Nyx from the Afterlife at his service. Why would Nyx work for Val you ask? Because he owns the Afterlife, but next to no one knows. For the normal people, Rogue is still in charge there.

He maybe was born in Arroyo, where his parents pretended to be non-corpo's, but maybe it is true that some traits are in someone's genes already. He is a Corpo and he acts like one and plays the game, even if he hates that life, but it is the only way to make a difference in this city.

Joris is similar to Valaire, but absolutely ruthless. He won't think twice about if someone deserves to die. If the question is one time answered with yes, you can be damn sure that the person will not walk long on earth anymore. But you can't kill them all! True, but he is young and has much time to try!

How will those people die?

No idea! He is at times very creative. Most of the times he will make devices malfunction. What a shame when a laptop blews up in someones face, isn't it?

Joris also provides his brother with the dirty laundry he digs up. Also are all 3 police reports you see altered by Joris. Most of the times the NCPD doesn't even notice he was in their servers.

Although he grew up as a Corpo and being able to play the game, he refuses to play nice. So tread lightly around him or you may be the next one that crashes their car against a concrete wall. It'd be a real shame.

He takes mostly gigs where he can steal and/or destroy corpo property. It's kind of a hobby, especially if it is Arasaka property. You should choose jobs which bring you joy.

He does sound like a mad man and lunatic, doesn't he? Well he is the mentally most stable out of my mains. Whoops!

Vicco is somewhat special in a way, they survived long enough on the streets of NC to reach adulthood. Not many can accomplish that. They know Vicco on the streets and they know what Vicco did. You surely not manage this by being nice. They learned very early to take what they want and if it belongs to someone else then that someone has to part with it one way or another.

They are a chameleon, becoming everything you want. They paid a little fortune for it, well Valaire, more likely. Their Kiroshi's are used by corpo spec ops, and were taken from the previous owners dead body, because he certainly didn't need them anymore, they're able to slighly look through walls, or find safe's in them which is quite handy for a sneaky thief. Slipping in as a woman with long legs and round hips, and walking out as a man.

Before becoming a merc, they were as most of the youngsters drugdealers. They themselves always stayed clean except for cigarettes and alcohol. Only in adulthood as a joytoy they started taking drugs and boosters.

They specialized very soon on attracting corpo's because they knew that it is the place where the money is, and where's money, there's much to steal.

Killing Tiger Claws and Maelstrom scop is kind of a hobby for them, they had many run ins with them and they will never get friends for many reasons.

Although they would never stick it to others noses, they're proud to be a Mox. The Moxes saved them several times when they couldn't save themself. They now often return the favor when they're aware of a Mox in need.

You could ask Jotaro Shoba... nah, no one ever found that piece of shit after Vicco was done with him.

And then there was that scumbag... what was his name again? Blake something... Crow? Crowls? AH! Croyce! Didn't saw that one in a while either!

Vicco loves a good hunt!

And this my friends is the not that nice side of my ocs, I didn't go too much into details, because some of those things I will put into fics. At least that's the plan. But if you're curious I might answer questions x)

#cyberpunk 2077 #oc lore #oc: Valaire #oc: Joris #oc: Vicco

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