#another thing i do for spinel

[d3adbr3inc3lls]

Amethio x RVT!Reader

He didn’t know you were part of the RVT at first, mostly because you were making sure the pokemon were okay whilst he, Zir and Conia were attacking the ship, or doing other things that didn’t include battling

The two of you met when you were buying groceries and he was trying to get more clues about the black Rayquaza.

You’ve heard Friede and Roy talking about the Explorers, but you never thought much of it, just another criminal organisation that would probably be caught soon like the other regional teams.

You told Amethio what little you knew about the black Rayquaza, it couldn’t hurt telling a stranger who was also interested in the unnatural coloured Rayquaza the information.

The first time he saw you with the RVT he was shocked. He’d never expect you to work with them, and vice versa, you were shocked that he was part of a criminal organisation. Amethio seemed like such a nice person.

It’d be a lie to say that he still thought highly of you after finding out that you were part of the RVT. He felt so many things. He felt betrayed, mostly as a result of his rivalry with the RVT.

If you and Amethio exchanged numbers, he’d grow more distant and take hours, sometimes even days to reply, despite him replying relatively quickly before finding out you were part of the RVT.

If the two teams battle, he’d target you because he feels so hurt. He knows it isn’t a good thing to take out his emotions on you, the one who unintentionally hurt him, but he can’t help it. He wants you to know what he feels.

If the two of you ever get on speaking terms again, he’ll attack you in battle less, often telling Zir or Conia to go for you whilst he deals with someone else. More specifically Friede. Amethio has a one sided rivalry with the man.

The two of you would later get closer, but Amethio will keep the relationship hidden as he doesn’t know what Hamber or Gibeon would say if he were to date a member of the team he was actively fighting against.

If Sango finds out, Amethio knows he’s as good as dead. She’d tell the other Explorers about it and who knows what they’ll do. Spinel especially who seems to hate him, so he’d strongly advise you to not go anywhere near a pink haired girl that talks in 3rd person.

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One shot with no real end as I didn’t know how to end it, but decided to keep it incase anyone wanted to read it, but be warned, it’s unfinished and is somewhat angsty,

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“So you’re really with them?” His voice made you feel cold. As if you were a kid and he was a parent who was disappointed.

The tension only grew as you tried to think of a response.

“I didn’t know-“ Your mouth felt dry as you responded, attempting to think of anything to lighten the situation but ultimately failing.

“Don’t lie to me.” Amethio hissed. You could almost hear the hostility and anger shine through his voice. Almost.

Sighing, you lean back onto your bed. Your partner pokemon glanced at you with concern, wondering what was happening as they’ve never seen you this defeated. Giving them a comforting nod you reach a hand out to pet the ‘mon in an attempt to calm down, wondering how you’d get out of this situation and keep what the two of you have.

On the other hand, Amethio is pacing around the room he sleeps in whilst Conia anxiously looks at him, she has never seen her boss acting like this before as he waited for your response. Even Ceruledge knew that something was up by the way Amethio’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed as he paced the room.

He had never let anyone get close to him, so it was a first, but also a first for someone to be in the team he constantly fought against. Everything was so new to him. It was unnatural.

“Well?” He asked, waiting for your response. He hasn’t known you for long, so he doesn’t know what to expect from you, unlike the other admins whose responses he can easily predict.

#Pokemon x reader #Amethio x reader #headcannons #my work #Amethio #amethio pokemon

[minzxv]

Cheesy rivals

. Experiencing rivals to lovers with Spinel and Amethio, Romance

First 2 character ask, I love you vamp anon Amethio's was longer I am guilty of being an Amethio lover(not in a weird way he just is so cool) - 🦇

Warning : Cheesy, Spinel may be out of character

Spinel

Rivals - Spinel was so annoyed when he almost got the pendant by manipulating Liko with his Pokemon then you appear and start acting loke superman, breaking Liko from the hyonosis was his last straw where he just started spamming moves on you and your pokemon. He didn't even care about Liko at this point he was just doing this because he's petty.

Softening up - Spinel stopped hating you which is good, but did you stop hating Spinel? We don't know, he started becoming less mean and snarky to you, always tells his Pokémon to hit the other RVT members. Even his Umbreon started liking you

Liking you - He was shocked himself, like how would he the most greatest and best person in the Explorers fall inlove with a weakling like you who is part of that annoying brats group but it happened so...

Lovers - Spinel becomes a total different person no forced snarky look, but he's smug about it. Like when you start scolding him for attacking Liko he's like "You wanna kiss me so bad it's funny"

Amethio

Rivals - Amethio is a different stories he also hated your guts, but he never hid the fact that he did. Amethio was bold and made it CRYSTAL CLEAR that he hated you more than you hated him. To him you're just another nuisance to him from his success, especially from that pendant.

He secretly becomes more competitive like purposely aiming at you in a battle with Friede

Softening up - nothing noticeable really changed about Amethio he is still cold dull Amethio. What did change a little is his gaze this may sound cheesy, but his gaze becomes softer when you're around, like when he's stalking the airship and randomly finds you walking alone with your pokemon his gaze can't help but soften. Until Konia and Zir said "Boss you alright?" He starts acting professional again.

Liking you - He knew it, but he would never admit it. Amethio is stubborn and thinks things like that are unimportant, so he put his feelings aside and just treated you like a normal Explorers member. It failed after 6 months, but he still didn't have the boldness to do that. You confessed first.

Lovers - Amethio is still quiet and closed nothing changes, nobody noticed anything your top excuses to go walk with him is "I'm gonna go adventure for a while" . In private he's less cold, and treats you like an actual partner instead of just being "A RVT MEMBER" he's not a fan of PDA like Spinel, maybe someday he will be comfortable with that. Amethio is a busy bee, and his old rival being his lover is one of the things he can't process yet.

#amethio #amethio x reader #pokemon horizon #pokemon horizons #pokemon horizons x reader #amethio pokemon horizon #pokemon horizon x reader #amethio pokemon #spinel pokemon #Spinel pokemon horizons

[dawdlecentric]

Ways to hold a spinel ❌&✅

Reference & sketches under the cut

Ref.

I intended to post this on SU Movie's 4th anniversary aka Spinel's birthday but the moment I was about to finish the sketches, I fuckin lost my eraser & I know the fact I can't draw without my eraser cuz I'm bound to make a lot of mistakes. But a day after, I found it finally and decided to color the sketch. I'm pretty slow at it but I gotta admit it feels nice to color smth after not doing it for 84 years. I also missed drawing Spinel, I forgot how cute and fun she is to draw :') 🥺💞

I also drew another Spinel to celebrate the 4 year movie anniversary but I kinda regret coloring it with oil pastels, it looks so messy and I hate it 😖💔 so I settled to show the meme thing instead

#steven universe #spinel #su spinel #steven universe movie #my art #traditional art #colored sketch #click for better quality #especially the third pic

[picturejasper20]

Steven Universe Future: The Diamonds being part of the hug symbolism

In the episode ¨I Am My Monster¨ we see the Crystal gems reaching out for Steven when he becomes corrupted, as when he transforms into giant monster like creature as tall as the Diamonds. The Crystal Gems hug Steven to call him down and make him return to his human form.

One thing that gets some fans attention is why the Diamonds form part of the group hug since they themselves don't share the same closeness the Crystal Gems share with Steven. It does makes sense for them to show up and help because Steven went to ask for their help in ¨Homeworld Bound¨.

Well, yesterday i was talking to my friend Prpis (aka Purple Rose) on Discord about the last episodes from Future. She suggested that the Diamonds being part of this scene could be seen as Steven accepting that he is part diamond too, something he didn't want to associated himself with for most of Future series.

Steven spends a great deal of Future series fearing the idea that he doesn't live up to other expectations of him or what they think he is, as a ¨good person¨ who helps and heals others. He is obsessed with this idea that he has to be a ¨good person¨, as some idealistic form of perfection.

This is why he avoids telling the gems that he is going throught some important issues that are taking a mental toll on him. He doesn't want them to find out that he has been getting worse. He fears that he is going to be unworthy of love if he isn't ¨good¨.

Another fear that Steven has is becoming like his mother, Rose Quartz. He is scared of hurting people like she did and that feeds into his necessity of having to avoid being bad, of trying to not hurt others. Her mother legacy and the consequences of it are a huge burden on his shoulders that he feels that he has to carry even after he sees himself as his own person rather than having to be like Rose Quartz or Pink Diamond.

His fear of being Rose Quartz-Pink is also associated itself with the idea that he is part Diamond as well, and for Steven, the Diamonds represent the opposite of what he is supposed to be- a healer. He has only known the Diamonds for how they have brought pain and hurt others. He thinks of being a Diamond as ¨someone who hurts others¨ a person he is very afraid of being.

The irony of this is that Diamond powers can be both destructive and healing, as shown with Rose Quartz herself or the Diamonds when they changed their powers to their new purpose of fixing the damage they have caused and helping other gems. But Steven can only related these powers with bringing pain and hurt.

The Diamonds being part of the group hug could be seen as symbolism of Steven struggling to accept that he has hurt others and how he can do bad things just like the Diamonds did. He is confronted with the idea that he can't be ¨morally perfect¨ and that he may do bad things like Rose Quartz did.

Another thing that Prpis pointed out that the Diamonds are the ones that started this ¨chain reaction¨. White at some point during the episode brings up that she hurting Pink Diamond is what led to Spinel to being left behind by Pink. Blue and Yellow blame themselves as the source of Steven's suffering. And while they weren't the only reason, the way they treated Pink had an overall impact on Steven's psyche, such as it was Spinel's case.

So, The Diamonds being part of this scene, while not being very close to Steven, has a certain symbolic and narrative importance for Steven's arc and their connection to Pink Diamond. As Steven finally comes to terms with the idea that he will sometimes make mistakes and he isn't perfect, and yet, his family and friends still love him after all of it.

#steven universe #SU future #steven quartz universe #The diamonds #Pink Diamond #White diamond #Blue diamond #Yellow diamond #I Am My Monster #Su analysis

[cvbullshit]

I made a Player character for Undertale Yellow!!!

Mainly because of the implications of Clover somehow being able to change their route and choices without any help from Flowey despite seemingly not remembering the timelines.

So here's Lemon! They're my little Sourpatch kid :)

Inspired by @liliallowed

Fun facts about Lemon:

-They go by any gender of course, they dress more masculine but can act somewhat feminine at times.

-They canonically have fangs that always stick out a bit when they smile with their teeth

-The fabric around their head isn't a hood, it's like those small strings on your cowboy hats that help keep it on your head/neck but more stylish.

-They have a hate-love relationship with Flowey

-I headcanon them to be the less likely to be actively malicious out of the group of different players(all of the soul colors if they ever got games), like the more likely to say pure in a way. Even when on a Genocide route, they are more playful than murder-y, they know Flowey will bring them all back(though they still worry that the others may never come back from it.)

-They can be slightly easily manipulated if they believe what they are doing is for the best outcome/greater good. (Ex: Killing the monsters, I mean, they deserved it right? They killed those poor kids.)

-They don't exactly fear being alone but would definitely be affected by it, think Spinel standing in the garden sorta thing.

-They fear not being a fearless protector who stands for what's right, if they can't help people then what's their purpose anymore?

-They would gladly go through millions of resets if it means they can help and befriend Flowey.

-They absolutely adore Clover, they just wanna squeeze them in a hug.

-The yellow things on their jacket are actually both for style and free ammo, they can take one off and load it into their gun, another one will pop right back into place!

#art #concept art #artists on tumblr #colored sketch #undertale yellow #undertale #uty #undertale player #uty player #the player #ut anomaly #uty anomaly #the anomaly #i love my sourpatch kid

[gartenofbanny]

Let's talk about something different today. Jasper from Steven Universe is my favorite antagonist and I'm just going to casually explain why. So starting off with why I love her as an antagonist is that, Jasper is a huge threat, while she wasn't really much of an active threat she was still a huge threat ngl.

In her debut episode, Jasper managed to solo the Crystal Gems, poofing the strongest gem (at the time) Garnet and imprisoning the two other gems, Pearl and Amethyst while knocking out Steven in the process. When I first saw that when I was a kid, I was REALLY surprised because the crystal gems are extremely powerful in their own right but realizing that one gem took down the crystal gems with minimal effort shows how threatening Jasper is and how more threatening Homeworld as a whole is.

While Jasper was later on defeated by Garnet, it's still impressive because no other gem in Season 1 was really able to hold off Garnet, who was the strongest crystal gem at that time. So it takes a fusion between two gems to defeat Jasper which was shown consistently throughout Steven Universe. Not to mention the iconic battle in Steven Universe that somehow has fewer views on YouTube than the Undertale parody lmao. 💀

But then we move on to Steven Universe Future. After training a teenage Pink Steven for a while, Jasper with no hesitation fights him after Pink Steven challenges her. Let it be known that Pink Steven was gaining powers from his mom's gem who is Pink Diamond and despite the fact that Jasper was shattered in the end, she was still able to hold her own against a Diamond essentially.

Jasper is definitely the strongest lone gem I've seen since she's able to mop the floor with other ordinary gems and only loses against Fusions or Diamonds. But it would be really interesting to see her fight against Spinel or Bismuth.

Another reason why I like Jasper is that to me, she's a foil to the three main characters Steven, Garnet, and Amethyst.

Jasper is big, tough, and strong while Amethyst is small, not as durable as Jasper, and definitely not as strong as her. Jasper is the perfect version of Amethyst, physically even Jasper points out multiple times in "Crack the Whip" and "Earthlings".

She constantly looks down on and berates Amethyst for being physically inferior to her, but Jasper doesn't have the meaningful relationships that Amethyst has. So Jasper has power, but no friends, and due to her lack of teammates she always loses against others who have teammates.

In Garnet's case, Jasper forces gems to fuse with her in order to become more powerful which can hurt the gem she's fusing with in the process and even herself. Garnet is a fusion out of the love of two gems and she's able to handle that form for a long amount of time as opposed to Jasper who was able to withstand a fusion with a corrupted gem for like a few minutes at most.

Jasper does not know that fusion requires consent or love, when she fuses with another gem she's essentially using them to gain power which led to gems not wanting to fuse with her or forcing themselves out of the fusion with her.

Steven's case, she's a foil to his belief that everyone can change. Jasper in Steven Universe Future was the only character who for the most part did not change, she still remained a gem who worshipped their diamond regardless of the other gems aren't doing so anymore, she still remained violent and alone because she trained nonstop in a forest in isolation, and she still viewed power over everything.

She's also the opposite of Steven in one way because she tells Amethyst "Fighting is my life!" And Steven Universe isn't much of a fighter more like a pacifist.

So yeah that's really why I love Jasper and why she's my favorite antagonist in Steven Universe as a whole...but there is one thing I will say that I don't really like.

I don't like the fact that Jasper was brought back from being shattered just to do nothing after she was shattered. It immediately removed the tension that Gems can be erased due to the fact that Steven was able to repair and revive Jasper hours after he shattered her.

It would've really been disturbing if they just kept Jasper shattered because not only is the danger of shattering still..dangerous, but it will also somewhat work thematically with Jasper's character. Jasper is the only gem who didn't change their violent tendencies from the start and because of that, Jasper's fate couldn't be changed after she was shattered. But then again SU Future also showed that Yellow Diamond was able to repair shattered gems so it's possible that Steven doesn't even need the essence of all the diamonds to repair a shattered gem.

Would I be sad if Jasper stayed dead? Definitely, but it was pretty underwhelming to see her again just not do anything after she was repaired but then again what could she have done when she was repaired? Y'know?

Anyway, that's all for today. Thank you all for reading and I hope you all have a nice day! ❤️

#steven universe #su #steven universe jasper #jasper #antagonist analysis #villain analysis #steven universe criticism #steven universe critique #jasper steven universe

[partnersincrimesuau]

PARTNERS IN CRIME - Stevinel SU Fan Comic Chapter 2: Rogues Like Me Page No. 47

Ch.1 Start Ch.2 Start Previous Next

Our first main exposition page!!! There are a few more to come after this ^^ In this one, we get our very first peek at Condor’s original form – and yes, she used to be even fluffier than she is now!!! (My friends and I sometimes refer to her as ‘Sheep Condor’ because of her hair ^^) However, she doesn’t look as cheerful and bubbly as she does in the present… I wonder what may have caused this shift in personality.

And interesting, interesting… it seems Condor may have had a similar change of heart to Rose Quartz – discovering the native life of Earth after being bored to death in the kindergartens. She claims she became faithful to the planet after discovering them, which opens up the question as to how faithful she was to them. Perhaps… faithful enough to turn on her own species? Because, 5,300 years later it seems that in a sense she has. But her story is still quite different from Rose’s story.

So keep this part in mind. It will be mentioned many times in the future.

On another note – we learn that 83 was indeed the gem who hand-crafted Spinel’s very own rejuvenator!!! And by extension, her Injector XD And we learn another thing – the main reason Condor didn’t want to talk about the rogues on the top level is because she actually still DOES work for the Diamonds. But surely the Diamond would let her do whatever she likes now that it’s Era 3, right? Could that mean Condor wants to stay put where she is… or there’s something or someone else keeping her there…?

(Note: the next page will have a few years’ time-skip but will still be set in the past.)

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(Made in FireAlpaca) Steven Universe is owned by Rebecca Sugar

#partners in crime #steven universe comic #spinel steven universe #steven universe #condor agate #pic condor agate #pink diamond #pearl steven universe #partners in crime chapter 2

[minnlahzz]

Onyx with a dense professor reader

request

another onyx, gotta love that man. i loved the fact that this req mentioned pokespe ahh. the reader really be twinning with professor sycamore bro. 🤗

— NOTE : LOWERCASE INTENDED

onyx would try his best to hide his identity, super low-key. he wanted to make sure you wouldn't get involved in their shenanigans. other than you helping their research, you were never explicitly apart of them.

they may have tried to let you join your side several times, but your density is probably enough to sink the brave asagi. they try to make it subtle though, but it doesn't matter cause you don't get t.

he was first curious about your occupation, trying to learn more about how professors do all their fancy things.

he compared you to friede, unlike friede you unknowingly help people when they were i need. that was something that peeked his interest, how could someone be so kind to people that could take it for granted?

he learned to appreciate your kindness, even if he can't get your reasoning. he should be great full you were dense enough to help them.

when they were looking for the shiny rayquaza, you immediately came to his mind (aye) he felt guilty using you, but he's evil. villains do whatever they can.

like spinel, he puts on this nice facade so that you won't see him as a threat and continue your research. they really can't blame you, when the person they say is apart of an evil organization is someone who's very kind to you.

maybe you believe them, maybe you dont. it is quite likely that the rvt will look for you too considering your knowledge about this rayquaza.

liko is a nice and sweet girl, but why would you believe her over the person you're more close with? that was your mindset, so whenever she told you about this "evil organization" you'd deny onyx ever being part.

you made so many excuses, "what onyx would never do that!", "onyx is a close friend of mine, he wouldn't do such horrible things."

you might confront him someday about it, but hey the shiny rayquaza is cool! and he looks even cooler. don't believe someone who doesn't even know that person very well...right?

#pokemon #pokemon x reader #pokemon horizons #pokemon horizons x reader #onyx pokemon #sidian pokemon

[lxverrings]

Omggggg I just read my req 😭❤❤

Te amo te amo te amo te amo TE AMOOOO!!

I'm actually from Spain 👀

I honestly loved it like all your other works lol ❤❤

I also have another req if you don't mind 💀

Miguel O'hara with reader that is a spiderwoman with the same traits as him (fangs, claws, organic webs) but it was against her will (aka human experimentation) and has a hard time trusting others because of that.

Just some angst / confort

- Spanish anon 💫

One In the Same.

A Miguel O’hara drabbleish

Warnings: anger issues. Lotsa... Yelling </3 lashing out, angst with a comfort-ish ending. GN! Reader!!!

Summary: Miguel forgets how easily he can break with someone that acts and is like him.

A/N: I forgot Spain. How the FUCK did I do that. Still my favorite Nonnie, También te amo, Cielito <3 —I’mma keep you at Solecito ; anyway!!! I did some research on Miguel’s powers— why does he have telekinesis. Well, that’s in the quirked up ginger comics, so I just took the overall ATSV things! I wasn’t sure about the red eyes, so I gave reader pink eyes to differentiate text! Enjoy!!!

Again, he didn’t know what he was doing when he recruited you and your bright spinel colored eyes, sunken into themselves with clear exhaustion burning in your eyes. Wearing the sunglasses he also tended to wear when he was outside more than not, getting empanadas or conchas de chocolate.* He didn’t expect anything as abnormal yet.

Yet he... Hated it.

Look at you, the same powers. Some potential variant of him or whatever?

But...

Pero... *

He lacked social skills already, hell, Miguel’s sorry ass coops up in his own little Man Cave and only LYLA glitches in unexpectedly

(Alfred and Batman?)

Well.

That didn’t matter. You would rarely talk at meetings. He didn’t have to worry about you... But why?

Why didn’t he?

He had to worry about everything going intricately perfect already! Why not one more thing?

The hard truth was... You didn’t trust him. And Miguel realized this when he tried to reason with you on going to a mission.

“Apúrate. No tenemos todo el pinche día.”

He heard your sigh and suddenly jerked his head as you spoke.

“Can’t I do this alone?”

“What the shock are you talking about?”

“You heard me.”

He could almost hear his blood pressure rising in an instant, anger fueling him without much effort.

Embarrassing, really.

“I did. Ahora, cállate*. I don’t want to hear it.”

“I don’t want you to come.”

“Too shocking bad.”

Well that fueled your agitation. “I don’t... Want you there, coño!*”

“What did you just shocking call me?”

The argument got more heated, so heated in fact, that he got too close— that it made you flinch and smack him square across the face.

“I— um...”

“Fuera.*”

You complied.

Rushing home, through your portal as the adrenaline wore down. Once it did, you saw him clearly. The version of your boyfriend that brought you against your will. You were pretty for him. He took off your walls and focused on himself selfishly, calling you pretty like a mantra, bruising your skin senselessly until it bled, and even then, his sorry ass just called you pretty as a habit.

Never once beautiful.

And that was enough for him to throw you to his uncle who experimented on you to his heart’s delight.

Tears flooded down your face, in your civilian clothes, and that faithful watch heard your distress.

Every fucking night.

And Miguel was catching on too...

One week later, he found himself looking for your dimension.

“Shock me... Pinche reloj culero.*”

And eventually, your not-so-romantic knight in shining armor appeared.

Even Miguel could tell something was wrong as the orange portal lit up. Not that you could see it.

Awkwardly, he patted your back, making you flinch.

“Shock— look. I’m sorry, I—”

“Yo soy la qué debería pedir perdón.”

Miguel just sighed and awkwardly sat next to you. It was awkward sitting next to you like this.

It had been a while since Miguel had done anything similar. So he just quietly wrapped a single arm around you...

And let you cry there.

Translations:

Conchas de Chocolate is a type of bread, can’t accurately translate because that’s like saying Baguette but translated

But...

Hurry up. We don’t have the whole damn day.

Now, shut up.

Asshole.

Get out.

Dumb useless watch.

I’m the one that should be saying sorry.

#atsv miguel #miguel o'hara #miguel spiderman #miguel spiderverse #miguel x reader #what the shock #let him be awkward #tee hee

[little-pup-pip]

Just curious, what requests do you have in your queue/to do currently? If you're ok with saying it that is :]

Oh boy, that's a bigger question than last time someone asked! I have over 200 waiting requests at this point!! Because of that this got very very long, so I put the rest under the cut! Like last time, this is in order of how recently I received the request, and doesn't mean I'm too busy to take new requests!!

Ibara saegusa (enstars)

Monochrome oranges cats and angels

Gloomy bear

Another rockruff (maybe)

Cult of the lamb (specifically the lamb)

Llewellyn Watts (Murdoch Mysteries)

Jake (trailer park warlock)

Cult of the lamb (pet dreaming themed)

Bear therian

Selkie

Ice bear (we bare bears)

Tubbo (maybe)

Snow leopard

Pink

Australian shepherd (pupre)

Cassie (fnaf: ruin)

Draik (neopets)

The rainbow fish

Black kitten + space

Pumpkin head (maybe, needs more research)

Alice in wonderland

Sheep

Someone's OC Avery & siblings

Gothic

Star catcher (MLP)

Masc version of my druid board

Scrooge CG (2009 film)

Beetlejuice

Superstar daycare (fnaf)

1950s + ocean

Pandas + light purple and black

Dandelions

Willy wonka CG (recent movie)

Maki Harukawa (Danganronpa)

Kidcore Halloween + pumpkin puppy Webkinz

Fruit bat

Mermaid

Pastel purple + pandas

Robocar Poli

Brown, lime green and forest green puppy

Weird Barbie CG

Shiny Vaporeon

Where the wild things are

Squid

Dylan (the magic roundabout)

Conner CG (Detroit become human)

Mitsuri kanroji (demon slayer)

Minecraft mooshrooms

Sharks or wolves (haven't decided)

Hot Wheels

Miffy

Fox

Sharks

Zombies

Vincent (dead plate)

Vintage kitty dreaming

Deadpool

Shane CG (stardew valley)

Wolf pup

Celestia and Luna (MLP)

Soft blue and yellow

Pascal (animal crossing)

Pastel blue and pink

Batman CG

Ram

Osamu dazai (bungo stray dogs)

Dylan (the quarry)

Rain/nature + white rabbits

Ox

Penguin + dinosaur

Noah (total drama island)

Vision CG (marvel)

Light blue

Bumble bees + lavender

Yellow + ducks

Bearded vulture

Barn owl

Queen barb (trolls world tour)

Oliver (vocaloid)

Light green light brown and beige

Mind (Chonny Jash/CCCC)

Cinnamoroll + emu otori (project sekai)

Yellow+ chicks and puppy stuffies

Seam CG (deltarune)

Plants vs zombies

Viktor (arcane)

Queen of trash CG (Elmo goes to grouch land)

John Constantine (Justice League Dark)

Aziraphale (good omens)

Scenecore

Musa (winx club)

Leap frog

Hyper feminine puppy

Crow + black cat

Totodile + bodies of water

Bees

Sackboy (Little Big Planet) and or My Melody

Baby crocodile

Animal crossing

Pastel kitten

Doki doki literature club

Keralis (Hermitcraft, maybe)

90s grunge

Tula tones (novi stars)

Eevee + dragons

Kitten + stars

Ratchet (rescue bot academy)

Pastel shark

Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa)

Mushrooms

Grey + Ross federman youtooz

Sparkly dragon

Blue and purple + puppies

Ducks + alt/Gothic lean

Cinnamoroll

Shadow (sonic)

Jellyfish

Boyfriend.xml (Friday night funkin')

Puppet (fnaf)

Golden retriever + yellow and blue

Bernese mountain dog

Strawberries

Genshin impact

Len or Miku

Toothless (httyd)

Eddworld

Donnie (rise of the tmnt)

The princess and the grilled cheese sandwich

Pastel goth princess

SpongeBob

Karako Pierot (hiveswap)

Young Michael Afton

Soft fox

Great pyrenees + farm

Ike eveland

Invader Zim + neon green

Julius Caesar (Octavian, night at the museum, waiting until March for this one)

Scorpion

Vampire squid

Golden retriever (again, lol)

Cats + playing outside

Border Collie

Tiger

Argos CG (World of Mr. Plant) 

Pochacco

Mortal Kombat

marble cross fox/forest/fantasy (I'm figuring this one out still)

Puppy + SpongeBob

characters from Project Sekai, Hoshino Ichika, Mochizuki Honami, Akiyama Mizuki and Kusanagi Nene.

Baby vulture

Frog with more fem themes

Rain world/slugcat

Dark academia/cottagecore

Border Collie

Modded smash hit rooms

Crying child (fnaf)

Agent Smith CG (the matrix)

Katamari

Enjolras (les miserable)

Rolfe DeWolfe CG (Rockafire Explosion)

Bugbo

Slime rancher

Puppet (fnaf)

CosMc's

Parado (Kamen Rider)

Tally hall

Gordon (all engines go)

Spinel (Steven universe)

Cater diamond (twisted wonderland)

Rockabilly (probably)

Felix Lee

Jing yuan CG (Hsr)

Charles Xavier CG (X-Men)

Toki wartooth (metalocalypse)

Naoto Shirogane (persona 4)

Kitoto (I don't know what he's from)

17th century dutch

Sirena von boo (monster high)

Jake (miss peregrines home for peculiar children)

Minecraft

Sees behind trees

Allay (Minecraft, I think)

Spinosaurus screenshots or products

Tecchou (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Barbara (genshin impact)

Tasmanian devil

Spamton CG (deltarune)

Spinosaurus

Grunge + lop eared bunnies

Yume-Nikki

Daxter (jak and daxter)

Madness combat for puppies

James Sunderland (silent Hill)

Shirokuma (Danganronpa)

Leo (IDW comic)

#this took a while #a couple hours i think #but i don't mind because it's a fair question! #i also discovered a bunch of non request things that i didn't see!! #for people who sent those I'm sorry! #I'll respond shortly! #anyway no colored text for this because too much text #I'm curious which ones people are most excited about #and if you're wondering why most requests with people say maybe #it's because i need to research the people first #to make sure I'm comfortable with them #and that their face is okay to put on my account #anyway thats all #i hope you like reading anon! #Pip's barks

[shirohige-pirates]

Birds of a Feather

CisFem Reader x Marco

CW: Violence, blood, language, adult themes and scenes. 18+ only

Summary: Life has not been kind to you. After a string of bad relationships, you're a little jaded and a little depressed in all honestly. The worst day of your life seems to be the turning point, but the roller coaster ride that follows could either throw you soaring free, or have you caged forever?

Tag List: @clumsyraccoon @mfreedomstuff

Chapter 36: Birds of a Feather

Teach was buried at sea.

When you returned to the boat the others had already wrapped his body. Marco led the service, speaking on a few memories they all shared together, and in the end admitting that he was grateful that things had resolved this way. Teach had died on his own terms, and none of them had to contend with the weight of his choices on their hands.

Izou and Vista slid him into the waves, and Namur and Islewan pulled him down into the depths. Shanks had poured everyone a drink, saying that Teach had lived and died as he wished, and that was as much as anyone could hope for.

You drank with the others, but something sour lingered on your tongue.

It was late Sunday, nearly Monday when you got home. Marco carried you inside, reassuring you that he was uniquely equipped to deal with long days, and still had energy to spare. He tended to you and himself, getting you both cleaned up and into night clothes.

You fell asleep wrapped in his arms, and dreamt of an empty library. The floors were as you knew them, the shelves were wooden. No spinels of blood lined the wood work, and nothing was out of place, but all the books that had been piled up by teach were easily discernible, their covers glowing softly on the shelves.

Waiting, and ready for you when you were ready for them.

Marco called out from the clinic for the rest of the week, coordinating with another vet from a nearby city so Law wouldn’t be forced to cover the entire hospital on his own. He didn’t mention Teach’s death, just that his girlfriend had been in an accident over the weekend and he was going to look after her.

You wanted to argue with him when he said if he didn’t take the time off you wouldn’t rest, but you didn’t have much room to talk. Especially since you wouldn’t be strictly resting as it was.

Monday afternoon you and Marco went to Kid’s shop.

The three of you went into a back office that had no windows, and you were pretty sure it was lead-lined at the least. Kid promised that no one outside of that room would hear a word, devil fruit or not, and so you told him.

Everything.

The island you escaped from, your family ties, your devil fruit, what Teach meant to do, how you fought him. When you explained that Teach had his eyes on you before you had gotten involved with Marco his anger cooled some, but the entire story had him on a bit of a rollercoaster.

It felt like you were talking for hours, but by the end of it, things were good between all three of you. Kid promised he’d set his own business on fire before he’d give up your secret, but if you’d been worried about that in the first place you wouldn’t have said anything at all.

You coordinated having him or Killer drive your car back to your house for you. With everything that had happened, plus the marathon discussion, you were too worn out to drive safely. It didn’t help that you were still healing, but given it hadn’t even been forty-eight hours since your fight with Teach it shouldn’t have been surprising.

Frustrating, maybe, but not surprising.

Marco didn’t have to carry you into the house by the time you got home, but you were grateful when he insisted you sit on the couch and let him take care of dinner. You teased him for spoiling you, and he threatened to show you what it would really be like if he properly spoiled you.

Tuesday Ivankov came to the house around lunch time as promised. You weren’t surprised to see she’d brought enough food for you and Marco. You were surprised to see her dressed down, in a way, but she insisted it was so she didn’t attract any undue attention.

And so you told your story a second time. With Ivan at least, you didn’t have to start at the beginning, so you simply brought her up to speed on the events with Teach, and your devil fruit power. Not that you even had to say much, she was nodding along and filling in blanks for you before you could even get to them. The only thing she didn’t seem to know about the fruit’s abilities was the cost for reading without the owner’s permission.

Aside from an intense debate about when you were going to return to work, the rest of the visit went well. In the end you had to agree to properly resting in order to return to work next week. It was going to be Marco’s yay or nay that decided it, and only because he volunteered to do so in order to help you both reach a compromise.

Wednesday, with nothing to distract you, the events of the weekend caught up with you. You spent most of the day in bed, a mix of pain from your injuries, and the mental weight of what had happened. You and Marco spent most of the day talking about it over and over, digging into specific points and listening to one another’s feelings on it.

No judgment. No resolutions. It was just a matter of getting the words and thoughts out and talking about them. The loss, the relief, the fears, the concerns, the joy of having survived it. The guilt of having survived it. The frustration at not being able to stop it from happening in the first place. The anger of having your quiet, normal life upended, and the risk of being exposed after years of keeping your secrets tucked away.

The shame of having had such secrets.

Marco had kissed your tears away, and the evening had passed with easier conversation after that, and so had the days beyond. Thursday into Friday, the time between you both was easy and calm. Marco cooked, pampered you, did what he could to manage your injuries and keep you resting.

Saturday you went to the book café and perused the stacks. It was a relief to have enough energy and little enough pain to make it through the day without being exhausted when you got back home. The progress was heartening, and the shower that evening with Marco, while a little frisky, was a good indicator of how well you were healing.

Soon all the physical marks of that encounter would be gone.

Sunday you woke up early enough to make breakfast for you and Marco. He was a little bit more of an early riser than you, or - as you were beginning to suspect - required less sleep due to the legendary power in his veins. You shared a quiet breakfast with him.

“I hope I’m not being bribed.” He teases, as he finishes breakfast.

“Bribed?” You prompt, raising an eyebrow and smiling. “Oh, right, my sweet and handsome doctor needs to sign me off for work Monday.” Marco smiles, a chuckle on his lips as he takes your empty plate.

“Now I know I am, yoi.”

“Pish-posh,” you scoff. “A flower by any other name, or whatever.” You laugh a little, waving your hand dismissively and giving him a leering look. “Sweatpants shouldn’t look that good on anyone.”

“I could take them off, if they’re displeasing you, pretty bird.” Marco hums.

“Alas, they’d look even better on the floor, so there’s no winning for me.” You reply dejectedly, and are rewarded with the clattering of plates in the sink. He side-eyes you and you just give him a big grin.

“You’re in rare form this morning.” He says, trying to grumble the words despite the smile on his lips.

“I’ve been sleeping with quite the handsome gentleman lately.” You muse, taking a moment to stretch. There’s a few little aches and pains left over, but for only a week, you’ve healed up very well. Thanks in large part to Marco. “Who has been taking exceptional care of me,” you continue, eyes shifting up from his hips to his face.

“It’s my fault then, eh?”

You hum with a smile.

“I hope you’re not putting on a brave face just to be able to return to work.”

You snort, almost choking on a laugh. “It is something I’d do,” you admit, feeling a little called out. “But I promise, I feel great today.”

You let your gaze slip along his body, knowing full well he’s watching you do so. Eventually you shift your eyes back up to his. “I can prove it.”

It didn’t take much convincing to get Marco to lay on the bed. He moved with you, helping to make it easier as you stripped him. He stayed laid back, letting you do as you pleased as you left soft kisses against his skin. You took your time too, using your current position to trace and touch every where you wanted. Marco didn’t say anything, twitching only a little from time to time, soft hitches in his breath when you did something sweet. He wasn’t being overt, but he wasn’t completely hiding away his secrets from you either.

When your fingers moved over his dick he twitched the most, hips shifting and lips parting. You could see pink tinge his ears, he’d been enjoying your lips against his body and had closed his eyes. The change in focus had almost caught him completely off guard.

You grin, licking your lips before leaning down and running the tip of your tongue along his shaft. You could feel his legs tense beneath you, could see his hands flex against the bedding. You lick again, pressing your tongue flat against him, and taking your time. By the time you reach the tip you can feel him twitching against your tongue.

You look up at him, tongue pressed against the head of his cock, and can see the blood rush into his face. You finish the motion, flicking the tip of your tongue over his slit and he mumbles something you don’t understand. It sounds like the hodge podge language Izou was telling you about, but he murmurs it so quickly you’re not sure you would’ve understood him anyway.

“What was that?” You question, licking up from the base of his shaft again.

“I think you’ve made your case, yoi.” He husks, barely keeping his voice steady as you wrap your lips around the head of his cock.

Wrapping your hand around his erection you lick and suck the tip, wet and sloppy, using your spit to lubricate your hand. Marco hisses in a breath at the sudden pleasurable assault and you hear him almost growl your name.

You look up at him, watching him bite the bottom of his lip when you lick his tip again. “Not until you come undone under me.” You respond, going back to your task. “Just once, at least.”

Marco starts to say something, but the words break in his throat when you go down on him entirely. “By the seas-!” Marco grunts, sinking into the bed and reaching toward you, moving your hair out of the way so he can see you. You can feel the tremble in his hand, but he doesn’t make any move to stop you.

It’s quiet for the most part, little more sound than the noises you make, wet and heavy against his hard cock. It’s your “song” he enjoys the most, so you don’t play up the noises you could make, instead focusing on teasing and pleasing him. Watching and listening and adjusting to all the soft grunts and subtle gasps. Noting when he twitches, and when his fingers tighten in your hair briefly.

The bitter taste of precum is a sweet reward, the shift of his hips, the heavier way his breath falls from his lips.

“Pretty bird,” he husks, voice breathy and the fire in his eyes hazier than usual. “I’m going to -.”

“Mmhmm,” you hum, against his skin, sinking down and taking him so deep you bury your nose in his happy trail. You hear him swear and shortly after you’re swallowing against him as he cums down your throat.

You come up slowly, pressing your tongue against his shaft, and wrapping your fingers around it. You’re not aggressive, but you’re not letting him calm down. You know you don’t have the energy to tease him for too long, so when a strained sound escapes him, caught between a nervous laugh and whimper, you stop, and look up at him with the most innocent face you can muster.

He mutters something to himself, face flushed, running a hand through his hair absently. “You’re dangerous, pretty bird.”

“I told you,” you begin, straddling his hips and rubbing your pussy against his cock. “I want to see you come apart beneath me.” The words leave you in a heavy husk, need already deep in your bones. “At least once.”

You grind against him for a moment, until you feel him shift under you, his own need winning out over his attempts to stay still. He wasn’t denying you the chance to take control, but he wasn’t relinquishing it completely either.

“If someone told me I’d be desperate for sex, after a week,” you huff, lining him up with your entrance.

“And a day,” Marco interjects, making you chuckle softly.

“I - haaa,” You bite down on your lip as you sink onto his cock. The sweet sensation of being filled, and how easily it went in with your current arousal, erased your train of thought entirely. You lean back, appreciating the look on his face. His hands are on your thighs, fingers twitching with desire, but he doesn’t try to move you. His gaze is already locked, watching you take him in.

You sink down slowly, letting the both of you feel every twitch and throb.

It wasn’t like you’d been going mad with need the last week. You weren’t having trouble sleeping, you weren’t chaining wet dreams, but there’s still something in the act that is grounding. Something comforting beyond the simple pleasure of it all.

It’s different, with you on top of him, but it’s a return to what you had been building. There’s no pirate or legendary phoenix beneath you, nothing more than a beautiful man whose fingers were flexing against the bedding as you started to ride him.

There was no runaway noble, no great keeper of knowledge, no terrible cost upon your head. Just an office worker who stumbled into a small clinic with a hurt dog in her arms and a bit of desperation in her voice. There was no grand adventure or great cause laid out before you, just an innumerable number of mornings with fresh coffee and sweet greetings.

Slipping your hands into his, you use the leverage to pick up your pace a little. You keep it steady, flexing your thighs and squeezing against him when you move up, and grinding into his body when you came down, lingering a second before repeating the process.

Marco’s reactions were always subdued. Not that you felt he was holding back on purpose, but that experience and practice had simply made it a matter of course. You’d learned how to tell, however. Watching small licks of flames skitter along his shoulder, and flicker in his hair. How those hooded eyes would focus on what he wanted, sharp and relentless like any bird of prey, no matter how relaxed the rest of him looked. The subtle, but telling, flex of his fingers, and the soft hitch in otherwise steady breathing.

Seeing all those small things dance along his seemingly neutral demeanor was a treat in and of itself. But you wanted more. Just a little more. Something a little less subtle. Something to crack that well-practiced control, even for just a moment.

Your breath comes out heavier and faster as you get closer. Your fingers flex against Marco’s and your tongue slips over your teeth as you look down at him. His skin was flushed and slick with sweat, his hooded eyes full of fire even as he did his best to maintain his usual calm, but you could tell how close he was.

“Mi estrella,” you hum and feel his body tense, his eyes going wide, as his gaze is locked with yours. “Cum with me, mi es-estrella.”

Marco’s calm demeanor cracks, and he growls a swear between his teeth as his hips buck up into you. His fingers flex against yours as you lean forward, barely managing to match his pace as the near desperate thrusts send pleasurable jolts through your body.

His hands slip from yours, grabbing your hips roughly. “Hells!” Marco hisses fingers digging desperately into your skin as his rhythm shatters. You can feel him throbbing inside you and it’s enough to push you over the edge. Watching his demeanor even just crack had been nearly enough on its own.

Your hands on his chest, your breath falling out in satisfied huffs, you ride out your orgasm against him, his hands still shivering against your hips, helping steady you. Hot, strong hands slip up your hips to your waist, thumbs rolling over your skin as satisfaction eases the tension in all your muscles.

He guides you to lay down on his chest, arms wrapping around you as you both just bask for a moment. You can feel the flickering warmth of his flames against your skin, the sting of his earlier grip on your hips lessening.

“You don’t have to heal every mark.” You murmur, kissing the edges of his tattoo.

“Mmm,” he hums. “Where’d you learn that?”

You trail kisses up his jaw, smirking knowingly, and batting your eyelashes in mock innocence. “Learn what, mi estrella?” Your feigned ignorance turns into a yelp as Marco grabs your arms and flips you both over, pinning you underneath him.

The yelp devolves into giggles as Marco peppers you with kisses, slipping his fingers between yours and pressing your hands into the mattress as the light, teasing pecks and nuzzles turn into something deeper. Your giggles smooth out into soft gasps and moans, body squirming under him a little before he kisses your lips properly.

“Who taught you that, mi cielo?” He repeats, words and breath hot against your ear before he returns to teasing you, teeth and lips sending shivers down your neck.

“It came to me-e-e-e,” your words shiver against his shoulder as his knees move and start forcing your legs open. “In - in a dream.”

“That so, yoi?” His kisses trail down your neck and start lingering at your collarbone.

Hands on his shoulders you nod. “F-Fitting, right?” You gasp, half-mesmerized by the way he can look so relaxed and still be so focused. You can’t help the needy whimper that bubbles up in you as his lips dance around your nipples. “There’s probably something quite clever - ah! - ah-about the sky and sta-a-a-a-a-ars in there some-somewhere.” Your words break as your body twitches and squirms beneath him.

“Certainly,” he agrees, hands against your thighs as he pushes your legs open more.

“M-Marco, wait, wait, I-I’m still recovering!” You gasp, fingers clutching the bed sheets as he licks the inside of your thigh.

“Mm, I thought you were feeling great today?” He hums, repeating the lick on your other thigh, leaning up enough to nip and kiss your hip.

“I was - am! I am!” You insist, tangling your fingers in his hair and pulling his head up before his mouth wanders enough to shatter your focus.

You knew the fire that was in his eyes right now. The hooded gaze was almost too much to bear, and certainly too much to argue against. You don’t say anything, loosening your grip on his hair and watching him move as he pleased. The unspoken consent being all he needed.

“I’ve been waiting to do this.” Marco hums, lips and tongue brushing against your clit.

Something in his tone prompts you. “To do what?” The question comes out and your jaw drops as an impossibly long tongue slips from between Marco’s lips. It’s darker, turning blue at the edges and tapering out to something long and pointed. You knew he had fine control of his devil fruit, but you could hardly process him being able to transform his tongue like that.

“Oh fuck,” you husk, hips rolling in anticipation as the tip of the deviously long tongue flicks along your skin.

“Sing well for me, pretty bird.” He muses, speaking perfectly fine despite the impressive change to his tongue.

The tapered muscle slips inside you easily, twisting and curling so smoothly you weren’t able to really comprehend much except that the sensation was pleasurable. The deeper it went, the thicker it got and what started out slender and wiggly, quickly became thick and twisted. Marco’s hooded eyes weren’t looking at you, instead he seemed to be looking at nothing, mind focused on the task of controlling his tongue.

It wasn’t something he was well-practiced in, and you wondered idly if you were the first person to receive such a pleasure from him.

You weren’t left to ponder it for long, his long and flexible tongue quickly finding all the places that made you gasp and twitch. He had you racing to another orgasm quickly, and just before you reached the peak he stopped, pulling his tongue out of you.

His face was a mess of pleasure and drool, his hands reaching under you, grabbing your ass and lifting your hips up off the mattress. The sudden movement cut short your whimpering protests, legs draped over his shoulders, hips higher than your head as your shoulders are pushing into the mattress from the new position.

“Sorry,” he grins, his normal tongue licking against your slit and teasing your clit a little, hooded eyes watching you. “I just think it’s going to be better this way.”

“Better?” You nearly whimper. “I was alre-red-ready - hannnngh!” The words die on your lips as his tongue plunges into you, twisting and pushing in even deeper than before. The new position lets him nuzzle his nose against your clit while his tongue went work and there was nothing to save you.

Grabbing onto the sheets to brace yourself, you push back into him, and are rewarded with a pleased hum. His tongue pushes in a little deeper and your body begins to shiver. It’s all you have to focus on breathing, and you realize you’re still not fully recovered, but the sensation building inside you is making you dizzy.

“Please, please,” you murmur the word over and over, eyes hazy and euphoric. You can see Marco’s gaze on you, sharp and bright, and it’s almost more intense than the impossible tongue pulsing in your cunt. You can feel the mess of your arousal and his effort slipping down your thighs and dripping off his fingers.

Your body rolls from the pleasure, murmured pleas breaking into whimpering gasps as he brings you higher and higher. You don’t dare cover your face, or stifle your sounds, even in you addled state, letting his name fall like sweet wine from your lips as your body tenses. Marco moves with you, your hips bucking from the orgasm as it curls your body.

No matter how you twist, torn between wanting more and wanting to escape the pleasure, the edges of your mind almost afraid of such a rush, he never lost his hold on you. His tongue never relents, his eyes drink in every twitch, twist, and cry, watching carefully to be sure you never cross the line from pleasure to pain, from euphoria to fear. The crash of pleasure as your orgasm peaks is relief and exhilaration in equal measure. Tense muscles tighten almost too much before being drowned in dopamine, relaxing even as they twitch in pleasure and effort.

The rush leaves you in a hazy bliss.

Lowering you slowly to the bed, the long, terribly effective, and horribly skilled tongue of your lover skips along your skin for a moment, pulling a few left over huffs and moans from you as you sink into the mattress. You give him a satisfied smile, tired fingers dancing along his arms as he leaves soft kisses against your stomach and chest, following along your center until his lips found yours.

“That,” you sigh, grinning as he leans back down and kisses you again. “Was intense.” You sigh again as Marco lays down beside you. “I didn’t realize you had such fine control over your form.”

He smiles, sticking his normal tongue out and wiggling it. “Izou hates it.” He admits, shifting enough to wrap his arms around you and snuggle properly. “But he was also unfortunate enough to see the entire learning process.”

“Mm, I imagine there’s some body horror in there when you’re trying to figure it out.” You hum, already feeling the sweet embrace of sleep start to wrap around you.

“Don’t fall asleep just yet, pretty bird.” Marco insists, leaning back a little and getting you to look at him.

“I won’t.” You assure him, kissing his chest. “I’m just enjoying the moment.” Your fingers trace aimless lines along his skin. “They’re… some of my favorite.”

“Mm.” The soft affirmation comes through his chest more than his mouth, warm hands stroking your back slowly.

“We’ve had, ahem, quite the assortment of moments, since we met.” You muse, your voice falling a little at the end. “Good and bad, huh?”

You can feel his gaze shift down to you, even as your eyes stay on his tattoo. You can feel his body tense just a little, but it’s his tone that’s struggling. “… We have.”

Smiling you look up at him. “Relax, I’m just saying that… that I want, uh,” the relief on his face quickly turns to amusement, and you can feel yourself heating up as you realize what you’re starting to imply. “Ah-all…” Your bravado breaks and you tuck your face into his chest again. “All your moments.”

“All of them, huh?” He muses and you nod. “Seems my pretty bird is greedy, yoi.”

“Perhaps.” You murmur. “Just a little.”

“In that way, we’re birds of a feather,” he muses and you laugh, looking up at him as his hand guides your chin up just a little further so he can kiss you. “Because I, as well, want all your moments.”

~Fin

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#Birds of a Feather #Marco x reader #x reader #reader insert #marco the phoenix #marco the pineapple #modern au

[tacticalhimbo]

YALE PSYCHIATRIC - THE TRAGIC CASE OF FATHER JOHN WARD (FAITH: THE UNHOLY TRINITY)

With the new drop of development notes into the GOODIES folder of the game, I wanted to revisit an old analysis I did way back during the era of the Chapter 2 demo.

The long story made short is this: John has an interesting psychology that is backed by the in-game letters and allusions to his hospitalization at Yale Psychiatric. That being said, it isn't really expanded upon because it's not a core element to the plot.

Which, to an extent, can be disagreed with because it is entirely possible that the events of The Unholy Trinity are told through the perspective of an unreliable narrator (John), which then means that some (if not all) events that take place are exaggerated and intensified by John's mental state.

If you ask me, I see the series of events as a blend of details. Demons exist and the cult is very much up to something, but certain things are manipulated to fit a narrative (think, the Martin twins. Amy's mother miscarried, yet John was manipulated into believing the cult had kidnapped the born children for their rituals). I might expand on that another time, but for now, here is my perspective on the characterization of John Ward, and how mental illness plays a significant role throughout the series.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a psychiatric professional. I do have a degree and spent years studying the intersection between the mental health and correctional systems, but I am not a clinician or an individual with a lot of clinical knowledge. I'm just a guy with too much time on their hands and a tendency to let the autism win (/lh /j). Also, if there are any grammar issues… I know. It was, like, 3 AM when I wrote this, and I don't care to tidy it up more than I have tried to.

With this out of the way, let's dive into it. Below the cut will be spoilers for the game and discussions regarding psychiatric abuse. Reader discretion is advised.

In-game dialog and other citations will be highlighted using small text, as I cannot for the life of me get the indent/blockquote feature to work on desktop.

As of writing this post (January 2023), there are five notes regarding John's admission to Yale Psychiatric after the failed exorcism of Amy Martin. I'm going to transcribe them in order of events, and not in the order they are found. The first note we would see examining John's case file, if he were an actual patient, would be the intake assessment form:

Yale Psychiatric Institute NEW PATIENT INTAKE FORM

Patient Name: Ward, John Thomas

Age: 33 Sex: M Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Assigned Counselor: Spinel, James, PhD

Health Examination Results: Height: 6 feet 2 inches Weight: 185 lbs HR: 92 bpm Blood Pressure: 135/81

Current Status: Minor cuts and bruises, sprain in left ankle.

Patient is in a state of psychologic shock.

Existing Conditions:

Asthma (dormant) Diminished mobility from childhood injury to right knee.

Notice the little note there about psychologic shock. We do get elaboration on the comment made by whoever conducted the intake process, which come from Yale Psychiatric Notes 1 & 2:

Notes - new patient initial consultation

Subject: John Thomas Ward

Present: Dr. James Spinel, PhD, and two orderlies

Subject non-responsive for first half-hour, followed by fragmented 'exorcism' narrative

Subject unable to maintain consistency in story (for example, stating that Amy was in the basement and then saying she was in the attic)

Subject insists incident was the result of demonic possession

Cannot declare subject of sound mind; will require several more sessions to fully understand subject's mental state. Will advise Martin Family attorneys.

—

Subject is suffering from delusion. In John's mind, he plays the role of the hero sent by God to protect the innocent. In order to escape the consequences of his actions, he has created his own reality. In order for everything to make sense, he needs to believe in the evil spirits and paranormal occurrences. I recommend an in-vivo approach until we can get John to accept the truth.

And for the love of God, please have Ms. Martin transferred to another facility. Somehow, John knows that she is in here with him.

Then there's the newer documentation and references to In Vivo, found in the GOODIES folder of the game. See the text around bullet point 3.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: An image of development notes for Faith: The Unholy Trinity Chapter 3, which were taken in an non-lined notebook. There are several roughly drawn images of the page, consisting of level mapping for puzzles in what the developer has called, in previous notes, GaryLand. The text beside bullet point 3 reads "Mini-environments to collect keys. Re-contextualized once you grab key (lost In Vivo). Placement of plagas cultists is 'contested space'. Keys? Sigils? Body parts? Notes alluding that John was there". Beside the last note is a doodle of the eyes emoji, with two stylized eyes looking to the left toward the text. END DESCRIPTION.]

Here's the thing about psychiatric institutions: They suck.

The mental health system in modern day America is better than it was in the 80s, naturally, but not by much. It is important to note that the deinstitutionalization of the mental health system was the right call to make. However, I must note that the lack of funding and resource allocation (mostly due to greed among politicians and public perception of those with mental illness) made it so that individuals are still institutionalized. As of the modern era, individuals with mental illness are disproportionately incarcerated.

The Prison Policy Initiative has a wonderful online research library with up-to-date and reflective research on the rates and treatment of individuals incarcerated, as well as how current carceral practices only work to exacerbate these issues through intensive focus on punishment:

But traveling back in time, before the tides shifted, we have to understand what the environment was like within psychiatric wards/asylums.

The deinstitutionalization of mental health emerged in the 50s following World War II. To make a very long story short, the human rights abuses were put into the spotlight. Several factors, such as inhumane living conditions, harmful treatment practices (which we will elaborate on later), and the rising costs and demand for psychiatric treatment, all contributed to the call for deinstitutionalization. The goal was to improve the quality of life for people with mental illness, and to really just… allow them to exist as humans within society. Though the movement began in the 50s, it didn't gain much popularity among advocate groups until the 60s and 70s (e.g., the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Project Release), where the movement truly took off.

However, large-scale closures of institutions didn't actually happen until the 80s, at least in the States. This means that, come 1986/1987, there were still institutions actively running. If you'd like to read more about how psychiatric institutions were run in this era, then I highly recommend reading Dr. David Laing Dawson's personal testimonies as a clinician during the era of asylums and advocacy:

But what were popular treatment modalities for patients like John? Firstly, and mentioned in the in-game notes, we have In Vivo Exposure Therapy, or more simply put: Exposure Therapy.

The American Psychiatric Association, in their Clinical Practice Guideline(s) for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2023), define In Vivo Exposure as:

Directly facing a feared object, situation or activity in real life. For example, someone with a fear of snakes might be instructed to handle a snake, or someone with social anxiety might be instructed to give a speech in front of an audience.

This intervention is not limited to PTSD, though, and is often used for other clinical concerns such as phobias, panic and anxiety, and (in some cases) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The ultimate goal is to break the pattern of avoidance while confronting the fear in a safe environment. Which is great… for patients who are ready to confront these things. If there's one lesson to take away from this post, it's that treatment cannot be forced. Treatment is ineffective if the person requiring it is non-consenting or otherwise unwilling/unable to go through the modality.

So when you look at a patient like John, who is in an active state of crisis, and decide the best treatment intervention is to (effectively) tell him to "Suck it up" and induce anxiety and fear? It's disgusting and it would, in a realistic scenario, only exacerbate his symptoms even further. Which it seems to do, if the line about John having a reaction to Amy's presence in Yale Psychiatric is anything to go by. The man believes she is possessed by a demon (or knows she is), and has intense dread and anxiety around trying to save her (to the point where it's already a fixation). Exposing him to Amy's presence, or even the possibility of it, is not going to do him well until he is guided down from a crisis state and able to understand what is going on (as well as process the events that took place in the Martin home, because Amy would be a psychological trigger of recollection for said events).

John's official diagnoses are, ultimately, mild anxiety and acute coulrophobia (aka: fear of clowns). This much is clarified in the release form:

RELEASE FORM

SUBJECT: John Thomas Ward

DOR: 31 Oct 1986

This form certifies that the subject is hereby released from my care after having completed their required counseling and treatment to my satisfaction, with confidence that they are ready to resume their normal daily activities as a mentally stable member of society.

Dr. James Spinel, PhD

EXISTING CONDITION:

Mild anxiety

Acute coulrophobia

As an aside, can we just point out how John was only admitted for a month, give or take some days? Even if we take the events at face value (aka: demons are real; Hell is real; Lucifer is planning an invasion of Earth to reclaim what God has taken from him-), this feels… entirely too short to state that John is fully recovered.

At least from my interpretation of the intent behind "a mentally stable member of society", as the stigmatization of mental illness would place the burden of showing minimal, if any, signs of distress within day to day life… unless you were a hard-working husband who drank off most of his time at home while beating his wife, lest we forget the nuclear family values and toxic masculinity that still run rampant in American society. But I digress...

And immediately bring your attention to a bit of a continuity issue that, effectively, renders my last point moot: John's letter to Dr. McGlashan, who we can assume is a director of sorts within Yale Psychiatric.

This note is dated for December 30th, 1986:

Dear Dr. McGlashan,

It has been thirty days since the beginning of my treatment here at Yale Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Spinel, who has been so patient with me, has helped me understand my afflictions and has helped me fund a way to move forward and accept the truth.

With Dr. Spinel's help, I have come to accept what really happened in September at the Martin family residence. I accept that what happened was not the result of any supernatural phenomenon, but rather the desperate actions of a young girl driven to violence by her dogmatic parents and old church rituals that are thought to drive out evil.

I am happy to report that, since accepting the truth, my nightmares have ceased and I now enjoy peace of mind that I have not felt since the incident. Given my progress since first coming here, I respectfully request my release from Yale Psychiatric Institute, contingent upon follow-up appointments with Dr. Spinel in the future.

Sincerely,

John Ward

And raises several questions, such as:

If the failed exorcism took place in September, does this mean that John was within Yale Psychiatric from September to December?

Why was there a release form authorized in October 1986 by Dr. Spinel?

John states, "It has been thirty days since the beginning of my treatment […]". Does this mean that there was a second admission period between October and December?

If there was, when did that occur? Was he brought back in during the last weeks of October? In November?

My personal belief is that John was institutionalized twice. Once immediately following the failed exorcism, and once more after due to a relapse (hence the specification "[…] contingent upon follow-up appointments with Dr. Spinel in the future."). John, by this point, is aware of his mental health concerns and acknowledges that he needs more in regard to his treatment. Here, he's showing a clear capacity to establish and (hopefully) follow a community treatment regiment.

And this is where a bibically-accurate, canonical analysis, would end. A bit of insight into what happened, why it happened, and the ramifications (albeit brief). But here's the thing:

I believe there's more to John's case, since I believe in the blending of two prominent theories (everything is real versus everything is imagined). Personally, based on these notes and a few key dialogs within Chapter 3, I believe that John (in addition to the Anxiety) experiences Psychosis brought on by Paranoid Schizophrenia. In context of the game's plot, he experiences Persecutory and Grandiose Religious Delusions.

Let me explain.

There are several types of delusions, and the severity of these delusions can vary from individual to individual. More on the specifics (as well as recommended treatment modalities) can be found in this PDF.

Generally speaking, though, the types of delusions I mentioned are described as follows:

Grandiose: An individual experiences an exaggerated sense of importance, power, knowledge, or identity, that may have some type of theme.

Persecutory: An individual is fixated on the prospect of being attacked, harassed, persecuted, or conspired against.

Sounds familiar, yeah? Let's break it down:

Grandiose: Exhibited in all chapters. John is of the belief that he is a destined savior to Amy Martin. That he is the only one who can save her from the demon(s) plaguing her because he is the only one with the power and ability to do so. He, in the Super Miriam boss fight, also claims to have God's power directly within him. That he, in a way, is God (at least, in that moment).

Persecutory: Exhibited in all chapters, prominent in Chapter 3. In Chapter 1, there's "The Offering" Ending. John is (or perceives to be) stopped in the middle of the road home by Gary and his cult. Then, in Chapter 3, the entire arc around Gary's cult centers around the idea of John being persecuted (targeted by the cult for his attempts to save Amy).

But I feel like this expansion on John's psyche is supported within the canon itself, even if not explicit. Let's look more at the dialog cues from other characters.

One thing that slates me toward this conclusion is the brief mention of John's mother, Meredith. Amy's demon taunts John by asking him "What about Meredith? Did she get better?" and says how he couldn't save her. And based on the delivery of this line, it's clear that some sort of illness was what killed Meredith. Given that Schizophrenia in of itself typically doesn't cause death (though symptoms can contribute to other factors, such as poor physical health, risk-taking behaviors, higher risks of suicide), we have to look beyond the mental health aspect for a brief moment.

According to fairly recent research, there have been connections made between an individual's Schizophrenia diagnosis and their likelihood for developing Alzheimer's Disease. Kochunov et al. (2020) state:

"Schizophrenia (SZ) is a severe psychiatric illness associated with an elevated risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both SZ and AD have white matter abnormalities and cognitive deficits as core disease features. […] SZ and AD have diverse etiologies and clinical courses; our findings suggest that white matter deficits may represent a key intersecting point for these 2 otherwise distinct diseases. Identifying mechanisms underlying this white matter deficit pattern may yield preventative and treatment targets for cognitive deficits in both SZ and AD patients."

Now, as a personal note, I have seen and experienced what Alzheimer's can do to people and how long of a process it is. My maternal grandfather, tragically, passed due to the illness in 2020. I still cannot discuss the symptomatology and progression in full as a result of the grief, but I can direct attention to the Alzheimer's Association and their article on the stages of progression:

Returning to the psychoanalytical aspect, mental illness can be hereditary and passed down, in addition to being individually developed (through whatever means, which are often referred to as the biopsychosocial factors of development). Such is true with the case of Schizophrenia.

Additionally, there does seem to be evidence suggesting that John's perception of events is questionable. Of course, I must note here that every character in this story is an unreliable narrator. Every character has their motives in the information they share and how they share it. This is in no way, shape, or form, me saying that other characters are objectively right in their perceptions. Especially Gary.

Gary is a cult leader. Even if the cult is not as dramatized as they appear to be (e.g., they are not, in fact, kidnapping babies and sacrificing people)… he is still running a cult. He is still capable of being manipulative regardless. I can absolutely delve into the psychology and structure of cults, but this post is long enough as is.

So instead, let's look at what it is Gary says to contradict John's point of view. The primary dialog that I believe points us to a faulty perception is Gary's recollection of the Martin twins:

"Oh, John… deep down, you always knew the twins were an illusion. But you could not resist chasing after lost (hurt) souls. I suppose you wished they were real, just like the late Mrs. Martin. That is how I knew you would come to me."

The popular analysis among the fandom is that Mrs. Martin miscarried the twins, and experienced a rough patch of grief surrounding the event. Again, I have seen similar experiences in my personal life, so I can sympathize with and affirm how rough this process can be. This is why Mrs. Martin had put effort into the belief that they were still expected/born, with the room being set up for them and the crib being discarded in the Martin's basement (as well as the birthday party and clown aspect).

John knew this at the time of exorcising Amy, but his own mental break altered his perception of events and made him believe in the same narrative that Mrs. Martin presented: The twins were alive. The difference here is that John tied the twins into his perception of the game's events, and came to the conclusion that Gary (and his cult) kidnapped them for ritualistic reasons.

Likewise, a lot of Gary's dialog has key words switched out. A list of these words is as follows, with their substitutions in parentheses:

enter (abuse)

lost (hurt) souls

Vessel (Victim)

journey (despair)

Again, this could be a simple nod to Gary's capacity for manipulation as a cult leader. But that doesn't exclude it from also pointing out John's perception of the series' events. In fact, this could be John's psyche interjecting and affirming itself.

So, if John does have this diagnosis, what would a thorough treatment modality look like if they'd pinpointed it back then? If he was institutionalized a third time, after stopping the Profane Sabbath?

The answer to that is either Insulin Shock Therapy (IST)/Insulin Coma Therapy (ICT), or Chlorpromazine (a strong antipsychotic medication).

It's important to note here that IST/ICT fell out of favor in the 1960s, like most shock therapies (with the exception of electroconvulsive therapy). Jones (2000) details the history and modality of ICT, stating:

"Comas were induced on five or six mornings a week. Typically, the third dose of insulin was 10±15 units with a daily increase of 5±10 units until the patient showed severe hypoglycemia. Treatment continued until there was a satisfactory psychiatric response or until 50±60 comas had been induced. Experienced therapists let patients spend up to 15 minutes in 'deep coma' with hypotonia and absent corneal and pupillary reflexes. Clinicians noted gross variation between individuals in response to a given dose of insulin. Also, in the course of treatment a patient could show day-to-day variation in his reaction. Further there was an uncertain relationship between clinical signs and the blood glucose level. The hypoglycemia made patients extremely restless and liable to major convulsions. Comas were terminated by administration of glucose via a nasal tube or intravenously."

If any of this sounds vaguely familiar, it's because the treatment modality was highlighted in the story of John Nash, a fundamental American mathematician with Schizophrenia.

The 2001 film A Beautiful Mind showcases Nash's story, including the usage of ICT. Attached is a video clip from the film, which contains content that may be triggering/disturbing. Watching it is not vital to this analysis, as it's to illustrate the paragraph above:

Ultimately, the takeaway is this:

Mental illness plays a huge role in the game's overarching narrative, even if not considered a major plot element in of itself. The Satanic Panic was a moral panic used by fundamentalist Christians to excuse abuse within their churches, excuse the discrimination of BIPOC and queer folk, and dismiss rising concerns regarding mental health advocacy. This, alongside simply targeting youth subcultures to preserve the nuclear family imagery that arose during the previous generations.

John Ward is easily one of the most fascinating characters to exist, in my opinion, because of how his character is linked to this idea. John Ward is a beacon (for a lack of better term) for this message within the game. He exhibits mental health issues canonically (re: the official diagnoses) and can be analyzed as having a deeper, more expansive diagnosis.

Everything I have said is interpretation, and is not entirely canon in the bibically-accurate sense. This is just a topic that's been in my mind since the release of Chapter 2's demo. You can feel free to agree or disagree with literally anything I have said, and I love hearing others' interpretations as well! The theories scattered around the fandom, whether posted on the Fandom Wiki or hidden in the tags on Tumblr, are just… so good. So I wanted to help contribute in some way!

And for those that read this far... Thank you <3

#txt #faith the unholy trinity #faith chapter 3 #john ward #tw psychiatric abuse #cw medical #meta post #meta analysis #my writing #gary miller #amy martin #meredith ward

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Greedy

might be shorter than other reqs hope you okay with that! Hey, friendly reminder I won't go too deep with these typa requests I don't do toxic troupes. - 🦇

Warnings : out of character, I do not rec cause this was too short

Konia is scared of you lmao, like she's trying to do her work here and make cash and then when she's trying to help him there's this person behind her staring like a Mimikyu, she wants you to know that AMETHIO is yours bro she just wants to do her job.

Amethio himself got irritated at first, but hes used with your behavior and finds it a bit silly and cute.

Okay it might disturb him working, but he loves you anw so he wouldn't give a - if you threw a geodude at Spinel. He'd even thank you for it.

The word love seems so out of character for him, but I promsie this boy has love in his heart. Because for him what's the point of loving someone if you don't accept them for who they are.

There are times though where he gets super annoyed and just lashes out (yells) he doesn't mean it though and always tries to aplogize (in a cool way like yk those cold apologies that are also not cold where the person just looks at you with some emotionless face and then you guys stare into the sky while they start saying the shenanigans and the apology)

Amethio gets secretly embarrassed when you use nicknames he's fine with you grabbing his left arm when he's doing something, BUT CALLING HIM THIO INFRONT OF THE EXPLORER ADMINS IS A NO especially if it's Sango he'd 1v1 god to not be called that infront of HER.

Another out of character thing I'd see him doing when he has to leave on a mission is reassuring you like in a gentle, non frightening way. "I'll be back soon I promise", "I'll be fine." stuff that can make fans jump in the air.

On free time or if he can he will let you accompany him anywhere to make you happy.

#amethio #amethio x reader #pokemon horizon #pokemon horizons #pokemon horizons x reader #amethio pokemon horizon #pokemon horizon x reader #amethio pokemon

[tridentguardian]

Spinel would’ve been such a better addition to Steven Universe if she existed for another (or even better, a different) reason other than destroying Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz’s character even more

I’m gonna keep it 💯 and say that Pink/Rose’s transition into “morally good character” to “morally bad character” by the end of the show (even though chronologically, it was the other way around) was just terribly writing and incredibly forced. Idk maybe it’s just me though 😅

Like idk to me it just feels like by the end of the show, everyone’s opinion of Rose was ONLY “she was awful and terrible” and they just completely forgot that she “died” as a hero and a good Gem? To be fair, I think the one thing that can be blamed for all of this was the writers trying to insert complex morality and other more mature themes into a children’s show where the kids would have literally no idea what was happening

I’m probably misunderstanding something to be honest so if anyone would like to give their own take on it, feel free to do so :)

#steven universe #pink diamond #rose quartz #spinel #su spinel #su pink diamond #su rose quartz

[lynnieos]

thank you to THESE people who have supplied me with ideas (@wodimewoahtime and @the-one-that-weeps you guys are great)

SO. SOME BIG CHANGES.

will be having a "theme" for each group to make things easier on myself because coming up with an individual theme for everyone is a nightmare. These are just some ideas, and I have more ideas than others for certain groups

WxS: Myths and mystical creatures, card deck, or a marching band.

I'm iffy on the card deck idea because well. World Link. All aces. I don't wanna just steal everything from canon. But if I go through with it... Tsukasa is the joker, Rui is the king, Nene is the queen, and Emu is the Jack (I think that's what it is).

For myths and legends tsukasa would be either a pegasus or a phoenix or even a dragon, Nene would be a mermaid, Emu would be a fairy, and rui would be a wizard/alchemist.

For marching band, Emu would play the tube or trumpet, Nene would play the flute, and rui and tsukasa are the conductor and the drum player I'm not sure which one goes where. This idea is the most cohesive but idk what powers I would give them other than. Music. This idea would actually be based off of the Let Your Song Resonate Throughout the SEKAI event rather than their own event cards.

N:25: Tarot cards. Tarot cards. Tarot cards. Lower save me.

Mizuki is obviously The Reverse Hermit and Kanade is The Reversed Hanged Man, but Mafuyu and Ena are the ones i have to do on my own.

For Mafuyu I'm thinking either Reversed Empress or Reversed Hierophant. Honestly both of them could be incorporated because they represent her during different stages of her development. Maybe if there ends up being like. An evolution of ones costumes. She could look more like the Reversed Empress at the beginning and then end up looking more like Reversed Hierophant at the end. just an idea

I'm looking at Reversed Chariot or Reversed Strength Ena. BUT I'm not 100% sure these represent her character well, so if anyone has anything to say about my choice here then go for it.

MMJ: Tokyo Mew M- I mean animal magical girls. Haruka could be a penguin, shizuku a dove, airi a cat, and maybe squirrel Minori? I need help with Minori. Maybe lamb Minori. Idc that lambs are associated with kohane she's a hamster that's the end of it. Also this is def gonna take from both their DREAM PLACE and Ai No Material outfits.

ANOTHER IDEA!!! their theme could be "gemstones" and they could take from their jewelery box set. Minori is sunstone, Haruka is aquamarine, Shizuku is jade, and Airi is spinel. These gems are all just from the project sekai Jewelery Box card game I think it is?

VBS: Okay so this one is most likely gonna be the most diverse out of all of them. Their theme is seasons. Kohane is spring (because spring baby), An is summer (she just gives off those vibes + her fiery spirit, Akito is fall because of the fact that his name normally gets mistaken for "fall" (look it up its on the wiki) and toya is winter (because mirai).

Akito is going to be based on his Kashika card (I think I can do something with the red strings) An is going to be based on her Machi card, Kohane is going to be based off of her Flyer Card (ty hoc) and her Beat Eater card (big ol hammer), and toya will be based off of his mirai and maybe Valentine's Day cards. Maybe. All of them are most likely going to take elements from blender.

L/N: Times of day. Was originally going to do this with VBS, but I moved it to Leoni.

I'm not too sure about the order but for now I will say that honami is morning, saki is midday, shiho is evening, and ichika is night.

All of them are going to be taking elements from the From Tokyo set, saki especially. Honami is going also use elements from her fea card (if I find a way to incorporate it), Shiho will take from her Draw Your Bow card (idk I like the outfit) and ichika I'm undecided on but she'll either take from her Stage of SEKAI card or her Made To Order card..

That's it

#au shit #project sekai #wxs #niigo #mmj #leo need #vbs #prsk #pjsk

[ecargmura]

Pokemon Horizons Episode 27 Review - Let's Make Curry!

This is a fun episode for the Rising Volt Tacklers and a nice buildup episode for the Explorers. I do like how both sides are shown without one taking away from the spotlight from the other too much. Besides, the title of the episode is called “As Long I’m With My Companions”, which is the theme of this episode. The RVTs are together eating curry while the Explorers are having a meeting.

Overall, this is a nice development episode for Dot and Liko to strengthen their friendship. It’s rare to see Dot outside again, so it’s a nice treat for viewers. I do like the fact that Dot does care about her friendship with Liko and she’s frustrated when she learned that the information about the Black Rayquaza sighting was a misinformation tactic, which she fell for once again. Fortunately, unlike Episodes 14 and 15, nobody is in danger this time. The only thing that happened to the kids was that they met the Hiker from Pokemon Journeys Episode 101 who gave them curry ingredients. Whether it’s the same guy or not is debatable, but remember that the Nurse Joy designs are the same as the one from the previous series too.

The curry making process was extremely adorable. Just seeing Liko and Roy be all excited for curry was super cute. The fact that Dot never had it makes me wonder what sort of environment she lived in before Murdock brought her to the Brave Asagi. I loved the little detail of the curries Roy and Liko had back home were much different with Roy showing off his good knife skills and dicing his onions very thin while Liko mentioned having chunky vegetable curry back home. The five steps was hilarious as it went from basic cooking steps to the last one being “your heart” topped with hand hearts equivalent to the “Moe Moe Kyun” meme from K-On. Another aspect I liked was that both Roy and Liko made their own curries that matched their own preferences. Unlike Episode 13 where Dot and Ludlow were eating sandwiches inside the ship, all of the Rising Volt Tacklers are now having a picnic outside. It’s so nice to see everyone enjoying the meals this time around. I really want curry now…

On the Explorers’ side, they aren’t as harmonious as their enemies. They’re still antagonistic towards each other and they have a rather stiff environment as they spend their screen time being in a meeting. Amethio remarks that the Hero Pokemon were awakened due to Rayquaza and they should try to locate it to find the others before their enemies do. Regardless, their sights are still set on Terapagos as well. Spinel still seems to withhold vital information about Terapagos and the pendant from his fellow admins; man, I missed Spinel. He’s still the best Explorers admin with his intelligence; he was also the one that threw Dot off the trail with the Rayquaza sighting—he did it on purpose. One thing I liked about the Explorers was that there finally is confirmation that Zirc is a fan of Nidothing; I do wonder how he’d react when he learns that Nidothing is Dot who is his enemy.

With the heroes’ sights now setting on visiting Diana’s antique shop acquaintance, I do wonder how much longer they will stay in Galar. It does feel like they’ve been in the region for a while now. If they do leave the region, where will they go? I’m curious on what will happen next week and where their next destination will be. What are your thoughts about this episode? One more important question: if you like curry, what sort of curry is your favorite?

#pokemon horizons #anipoke #liko #sprigatito #hatenna #terapagos #roy #fuecoco #dot #quaxly #rising volt tacklers #explorers #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal