#as she launches herself into another fucking fistfight

[embalmic]

@valiantsword || 100 nonverbal prompts || accepting!

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Laura's heels make an echoing clack down the alleyway as she makes her way out of the club towards her car leaving behind a group of girls from work that are way so drunk that their already annoying personalities became outright fucking unbearable by the third round of overly sweet drinks that she decided she'd pass on. One beer in and an hour of her time wasted, she was completely sober and ready to run.

She hears the footsteps behind her, gives the source a cursory glance over her shoulder and gets that gross feeling in her stomach when she sees the guy. Her keys are gripped tighter, woven between her fingers until her knuckles fade to a porcelain white. When he matches her steps that pick up speed, her eyes roll to the cloudless sky overhead and she decides, "Fuck it.."

"What the fuck do you WANT," she's not quiet about it. Nothing about her seems dainty. Besides her size. She's got that going against her by miles. Doesn't matter. The way she stands there..you'd swear she was six feet tall. Even tells the guy to go to hell when he demands she fork over her purse. (Do you know how hard it is to replace your license these days? Fuck the DMV.) But that's what gets her him launching himself at her. And that's what ends up with her and a guy a set of shoulders and a head higher than her in an outright..fistfight.

She's taken her fair share of punches (she's losing but she's not gonna admit that) when she's managed to crawl up onto his back (go down fighting), a fist in his hair and one punching as hard as she can into his neck when he backs up and slams her into a wall so hard the world goes black for a second. She feels the pavement under her knees and then it all stops. There's two voices and she turns her head to look up, licking the blood off her lip to see another guy's come along and shit he takes a punch square in the jaw for her before the asshole decides he can't fight a man and is swinging trying to back off towards the exit.

"Mother fucker," she wipes the back of her hand across her mouth and drags herself up onto her knees looking up at the guy who stepped in and the other trying to escape. "Yeah? What now, asshole? Christ.." God damn, now the adrenaline's gotta start wearing off. And that guy's gonna have at least a shiner for helping. "I...uh...you can..um.. I think he's gonna piss himself."

#chapter two: days filled with searching. i don't even know what for. (prequel) #featuring: arthur pruitt (valiantsword) #valiantsword

[abiik]

cheng: [w his medic bag]

zoe: [bleeding out]

yin: FIX HER!!!!!

cheng: [narrows eyes @ zoe]

zoe: [narrows eyes @ cheng]

yin: SHE'S GONNA DIE!!!!

cheng: bitch.

zoe: motherfucker :D

cheng: [finally begins patching her up]

#h talks. #oc: zhi cheng #oc: zoe huang #oc: zhi yin #i almsot forget cheng was the medic of the group but eoxnwokx lookie here #it's funny bc like basically on youxiong zoe gets hurt SO FUCKING MUCH she is getting hurt all the time #bc of how she hasnt gotten used to the atmosphere as a native of earth #& cheng is like oh fuckin fuck xian what the fuck why dont you just STOP #as she launches herself into another fucking fistfight #that she is only going to win bc ppl on youxiong cant win a dirty smackdown bc they dont wanna get their silks all messy #HELCJELXIEKKC #& cheng only lets her suffer a lil bc he wants her to ~learn her lesson~ #he actually cares a lot about what happens to her #he thinks it's so fucking stupid that she does this and he cries like a baby when she gets REALLY hurt & pulls a hero stunt u know #pretends he DOESNT when she comes out of it okay & his healing WORKS #cheng cares a lot about zoe & she cares a lot about him #she adopts him as a baby brother and he is like Ew but also I LOVE U SHIJIE [UGLY SOBBING NOISES] NEVER LEAVE ME AGAIN #h back at it again w ugly shit posts :)

[moodymelanist]

nessian pirate au!

okay as a quick disclaimer I know nothing about pirates and ive never even seen pirates of the Caribbean but I hope you enjoy this 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Nesta had been enjoying a midday nap when the shouts of her crew startled her out of sleep. She almost fell off her bed before righting herself, grabbing her cutlass, and racing upstairs to the upper deck.

She was met with the sight of various members of her crew fighting with vaguely-familiar men. Gwyn was swinging her own sword back and forth as she fought a tall, golden-brown man, while Emerie had abandoned her weapons altogether in favor of a fistfight with a stunning blonde woman. Several members of the crew were leaning over the edge of The Valkyrie in an attempt to cut the ship free.

Nesta cursed under her breath. They were transporting valuable cargo for Lord Helion Spell-Cleaver, and while she considered him a good friend, she knew he’d be furious if they lost their cargo. She tightened her grip on her weapon and prepared herself to launch into the fray when someone wrapped a steady arm around her neck and held firm.

“Let go of me,” she hissed, struggling against him. She knew who it was without looking, recognizing the feel of the hardened body pressed against her.

“Missed you too, sweetheart,” Cassian replied. He loosened his grip enough that she could breathe more easily but not enough to let her go.

“Why can’t you just leave us alone and stay on The Illyrian?” she asked, referring to his ship by name.

“I already told you I’d stop doing this if you said yes,” he responded. She wished she could slap the amusement out of his tone, but he had several inches on her, and in more ways than one.

She cursed her traitorous brain for thinking of the night they’d spent together several weeks ago. She and her crew had been docked in the Port of Velaris in between jobs, and she’d went to a bar in search of some actually decent rum. She’d found it and then some when Cassian had plopped into the seat next to her, one thing had led to another, and she’d ended up in his bed. She’d only had the one drink and couldn’t blame it on being drunk, unless she counted how he made her feel. He’d said all kinds of outlandish things about how she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen and that she should be his bride and how she’d never want for anything.

Nesta had crept out of his room the next morning, determined to put the incident behind her, but Cassian hadn’t been so easily deterred. It hadn’t been anything personal on her end - she just hadn’t wanted the extra distractions when she was so focused on building her empire.

However, she hadn’t even known he was the captain of his own ship just like she was, and when Nesta and her crew had sailed for Adriata on their next job, Cassian hadn’t been far behind. That particular trip had resulted in The Illyrian being banned from the Summer Sea altogether, but it hadn’t deterred him in the slightest. She’d run into him delivering food and wine to Hybern, and when he asked her to marry him again, she’d said no and told him to fuck off.

He hadn’t taken too kindly to that, it seemed, which had landed her in this particular predicament. She hadn’t even meant it but she wasn’t going to tell him that.

“I’m a busy woman, Captain,” Nesta said, addressing him formally. “I don’t have time for marriage, let alone for your silly games.”

“I think we can make time,” Cassian replied. His voice was deep and sensual and she had to hold back a shudder as he pressed her tighter against him. “Captain.”

She tried to squirm out of his hold again but he was too strong. “Maybe if you weren’t following me so persistently, I’d change my mind.”

“And let you get away from me again? Not a chance,” he said. “Besides, I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t know you enjoyed being chased so much.”

“Who said I enjoyed it?” she asked haughtily. She shifted her feet closer together so she could stomp on his if the moment arose.

“I can feel how warm you are between your legs.” He bent down to bring his lips closer to her ear as she pressed her thighs tighter together, desperate not to give him the upper hand. “And I can hear how fast you’re breathing.”

Nesta tried to force herself to calm down, but it was hard when he was wrapped around her like this. “So what? You’ll make me marry you because my body desires yours?”

“I would never force you to marry me,” Cassian said quickly. “I just wanted you to admit you think of me as much as I think of you.”

“And if I admit it?” she asked. “Will you stop following us around? It’s horrible for business.”

“My ship can stop following yours, but I’ll follow you anywhere.”

Damn her if her heart didn’t skip a beat. No one had ever promised her something like that, especially not a man as handsome as him.

“I do think of you,” she finally admitted. He loosened his grip on her to the point she could turn around to face him, his hazel eyes wide with surprise. “But your courting methods need a lot of work.”

“I’m more than willing to take instructions,” Cassian told her.

“Good thing I’m willing to teach you,” Nesta replied. She then raised her sword and pointed it at his chest. “Now get the hell off my ship.”

#acotar #acosf #nessian #nesta archeron #cassian #nesta x cassian #pirates!au #nessian prompts #anon asks

[danwhobrowses]

WWE Wrestlemania 37 Day 2 - Review

And we are back! Wrestlemania hit hard with Day 1, good shit and big moments fitting of the show

So let's see if Day 2 can match up to it, lots of big matches on the card, we'll see how it goes.

See the Night 1 Review Here

Spoilers for Night 2 and References to Night 1 included, you have been Warned

Pre-Show Like the last Night, no matches on the Pre-Show, just drivel and promos. So the same criticisms really, Lawler saying 'Wrestlerainia' doesn't make it any better than when Cole said it, his attempts at jokes were awful even when they were his material. When they recapped Night 1 though they should've shown footage of Ford celebrating with Bianca rather than just say it - a Picture says a Thousand Words. Standard Promo Package lies apply too, 'Rhea Ripley has brutalized everyone she's come through' ...except Io Shirai and Raquel Gonzalez, similar went down for the second half of HOF because Great Khali is only there to pander to India - also what did the Mayor of Knox County ever do for WWE? Sonya also popped up again, strangely to talk about the Nigerian Drum Fight - which Booker T talked about the most, if I wanted to watch a bunch of old dudes talk over Sonya Deville I'd be drinking bleach. She also stuck for Sami vs KO, and barely talked in that too.

Also the promo they had about Kofimania was rough to watch, considering how it ended and how Kofi fared on Night 1, all this to promote a cheesy Cricket commercial about him not touching the ground...

The 24/7 title even got a continuation of ads, but it was more a 'to be concluded on Youtube' - honestly the belt has run its course, Truth has ran out of jokes and it's been reduced to an Old Spice ad crossover.

Main Card Starting once more with 'America the Beautiful', replacing the boob window with a bright yellow hat. It was fine, as a Brit 'America the Beautiful' does nothing for me.

They then did the same intro package as night 1 just with some different clips, skippable. And the shoddy camera switching is still there.

Hogan and Titus came out again this time in pirate outfits, there was noticeable boos in Hogan's bits with cheesy pirate puns. In the end the host concept was wasted on them. Reminder that names in Bold are those I predicted to win.

Randy Orton def. The Fiend [w/Alexa Bliss] (Pinfall via RKO) Orton opened night 2 in white tights and a fairy long-winded entrance, the melted Fiend then walked through a corridor of fire LEDs as CGI burned away into his original Fiend look...but Alexa's Firefly Funhouse music hit. Cutesy Bliss approached a giant Jack in a Box commentary act like just 'appeared'. The Fiend arose from the box in a combat vest, posed then dove right at Orton. Red lights cover the match throughout, Uranage and a neck snap started the match as the Fiend continued to do his spooky thing, it looks like he was gonna set up the punt but Randy rolls out of the ring. Randy hits the back body slam on the Announcer's Desk but it's no sold into the Mandible Claw, rope break and apron DDT from Orton only staggers the Fiend but rebounding his neck off the ropes grounds him momentarily. Orton tries to methodically beat down the Fiend but the monster hits back hard, a missed Senton and a senton follows some head kicks and another apron DDT, he sets up for an RKO but the Fiend gets the Mandible Claw (which commentary no sold even though he has won titles with that move), he sets up Sister Abigail but the ring posts pyro like Kane and before Fiend is Bliss with new makeup, dripping in black goo she extends her hand to the Fiend from the jack in the box, RKO and...3!? Post match Fiend and Alexa stare down, the electricity shorts out and both members disappear.

That's it? That's what we got? The Fiend was burned alive and survived but 1 RKO does it? The Fiend no sold so much in his career and one RKO felled him. The fuck man, this was as bad as the last time these two went at mania, you'd think like the brilliant Firefly Funhouse Match last year we'd get some course correction. But nope, Fiend's story is just being taken over by Alexa and this daft-ass black goo stuff, I don't get the motivation either. Fiend helped Alexa straddle Orton for a 3 count at Fastlane, talked all big for months about how the Fiend was going to obliterate Orton and it lasted about 8 minutes, the entrances lasted longer! Last year the Fiend was great with a cinematic match, but WWE have somehow managed to systematically destroy one of their most inventive characters time and time again, not a good start.

Backstage once again Bayley gets buried by the Hosts and this time Eric Bischoff as she tried to push Ding Dong Hello and got jealous of them talking up Bianca vs Sasha from last night.

WWE Women's Tag Championship - Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax (c) def. Natalya & Tamina (Ref Stoppage Submission by Baszler on Natalya via Kirufuda Clutch) Not a promising sign to follow the opener with this match, the challengers entered quickly with Natalya having a slightly altered attire. Jax and Baszler came in with red, black and gold. Natalya and Baszler start the match with some mat wrestling, Natalya almost gets the Sharpshooter so Shayna tags Nia in, Nia shoves Natalya and demands that Tamina - her old tag partner - be tagged in. Both trade headbutts, Tamina almost lifts Nia but fails, she tags in Natalya for the double back body drop and drops the blind tagged Shayna onto her partner. Natalya tries a Sharpshooter but is schoolboy'd for 2, Natalya retaliates with a German Suplex, whipping Shayna into a Clothesline, then launch pad into a superkick. As Shayna strikes back an advantage she stiffs Natalya in the mouth with a knee (legitimately, there was a picture of a welt before) Nia brawls with Tamina outside, hitting a powerslam outside of the ring. Another knee strike floors Natalya for 2 as Shayna works on the leg, kneebar and then an ankle stomp, Nia follows up with a Legdrop over the injured leg, another kneebar and then combos of swing/knee strike and irish whip/powerslam. Nia runs into the turnbuckle as Natalya floors Nia with multiple lariat attempts, Nia though hits back with a Chokeslam/Powerbomb thing they called a Spinebuster but the pin is broken by Tamina. Tamina gets the hot tag against Shayna, Baszler tries to weaken the leg, then the Kirufuda clutch but Tamina powers into a Samoan Drop. She goes up for a Superfly Splash but Shayna kicks her, Nia looks to do an Avalanche Samoan Drop but Natalya pulls Tamina away, she lariats Baszler but Nia hits the crossbody on both opponents for 2, favouring the knee after. Talking trash to Tamina she gets hit with a slam, Nia's repositioning couldn't be missed by the wide shot as Tamina goes for the Superfly Splash, but nobody home. Natalya's tagged and she goes for Baszler in the corner, Baszler counters and blind tags as Nia lifts Natalya up, but she wriggles out, floors Baszler again and sets the Sharpshooter on the now not legal Nia. Baszler cinches in the Kirufuda clutch and the match is over.

The fact that this was more eventful than the opener speaks volumes. It was a match, I don't think there's many people who feel like Nia and Shayna deserve this spot. Shayna was great in NXT but she's not doing herself any favours stiffing her opponents, Nia's rubbing off in a bad way. I had the challengers to win because I'm bored of them still being champions - only briefly giving it to Asuka and Charlotte so Charlotte can add that to her list - they should've either dropped to NXT or let the Riott Squad win, there was nothing in this match to invest in.

Rey Mysterio is used to promote 2K22. A surprise since we thought WWE and 2K's partnership was done, I am a huge fan of Rey so it was nice to see, much nicer if he was actually on Wrestlemania and getting a push...

Kevin Owens def. Sami Zayn [w/Logan Paul] (Pinfall via Stunner) JBL is the guest commentator for this...for some reason. Sami struts to the ring in dark green trying to pull off a Che Guevara look, a mini tantrum at the ramp before heading to the ring and grabbing the mic to introduce Logan Paul, who walks to the ring as Sami dances super embarrassingly in the ring. Owens then charges into the ring with vigor to get the crowd amped up. The bell rings, Sami tries the Helluva Kick and gets hit with a Pop-Up Powerbomb. KO punishes Sami in the start, dropping Sami gut-first on the ropes, corner clothesline and Cannonball as the camera awkwardly keeps cutting to Logan Paul. Sami gets a suplex on the apron to get back some momentum as he demands for Owens to be counted out, Owens rolls in at 8 but Sami continues to club at KO's head. Cole calls a Michinoku Driver a Blue Thunder Bomb but this time gets called out on it, pinfall is 2 and Sami gets into the ref's face. Attempted Superplex leads to a fistfight in the corner, Owens headbutts him off and Frog Splashes for 2, tries the Pop-Up powerbomb, Sami leapfrogs, Sami tries the Michinoku Driver but Owens reverses it into a meaty Pumphandle Neckbreaker for 2. He goes for the Package Piledriver but Sami hits the corner exploder, tries for the Helluva Kick but misses, KO tries the Stunner but it's reversed into a Blue Thunder Bomb for 2 as well. Two Exploders and a Brainbuster for 2 frustrates Sami further, brawling in the corner, he tries for a Superplex but gets hit with an Avalanche twisting Fisherman's Suplex. KO hits Sami with some corner clotheslines but as he runs to bounce off the other corner he runs into a Helluva Kick, Sami catching his collapsed friend as he sets it up again, 2 Superkicks from Owens and a Stunner finishes Sami off as Logan Paul applauds. Post-Match Logan checks on Sami and congratulates Owens, which Sami takes umbrage with. Logan shoves Sami as he storms off, Logan holds KO's arm in the air to boos, cheers start to rumble as Paul is hit with a stunner to a pop.

KO and Sami rarely disappoints, I don't think they really got to get out of second gear but it was still a good match. The Logan Paul stuff though was stupid and unnecessary, sure we got him to eat a Stunner but the ends don't justify the means. Also why was JBL there?

Backstage Riddle scooters across to Great Khali, stoner comedy doesn't land as Khali no sells it, RVD shows up to wish Riddle luck. Segment was meh.

US Championship - Sheamus def. Riddle (c) (Pinfall via Brogue Kick TITLE CHANGE!) Sheamus arrives blinding white but no special gear, Riddle scooters down in an Evil Knievel jacket, hologram doves with pirate hats and eyepatches adding to the cheese. Sheamus uses his power to start, but Riddle comes back with some chops, Sheamus hits back in each of his attempts; knee to the gut, then driving Riddle's sleeper in the corner, then a reversal swinging slam. Irish Curse gets 2, Riddle tries a Tarantula Armbreaker but Sheamus hits his Beats of Bodhran, he goes up high but Riddle reverses with a Spanish Fly Belly to Belly on the top turnbuckle. Riddle rallies with strikes, hits a Pele Kick and a Senton, to slight Goldberg Riddle hits the Jackhammer on the second time of trying but only gets 2. He tries the Bro Derek but Sheamus rolls back, Riddle kicks Sheamus away but in his slingshot lands into a Brogue Kick, 1, 2, No. Alabama Slam, 1, 2, No. He tries a White Noise on the Apron but gets pushed into the Ring Post and then German's on the Apron. An Apron PK and Moonsault keeps Sheamus down enough for Riddle to hit the Twisting Moonsault, he locks in the Reverse armbar but it's reversed into a deadlift powerbomb, Riddle then latches the sleeper for the rope break. Sheamus tries again for a Top Rope White Noise, Riddle tries to Sunset Bomb but fails, Riddle tries the Spanish Fly Belly to belly again but Sheamus grabs him. A stumble means that the two hop off the Turnbuckle for a normal White Noise, Sheamus goes up with a Knee Drop but it only hits 2. Sheamus calls for the Brogue, gets rolled up but catches the Knee strike, Riddle dodges the lariat, goes for a Springboard Moonsault but lands into the Brogue, 1, 2, 3. Post match Riddle is bleeding from the mouth, he angrily stares at the gleeful Sheamus who leaves with the title.

A good title match and much deserved from Sheamus, who has delivered in many matches on the later stages of of the Wrestlemania year, shame he was on the wrong brand to complete the set, he only needs the IC title to win everything. Riddle doesn't do it for me in this gimmick (which as I gather is mostly himself stoned) but credit where it's due, he put a good performance and that was a strong finish.

An odd package followed where Triple H handed Bad Bunny a golden briefcase with a skull microphone, which he opened atop his truck. The briefcase says Tour 2022 to promote his future tour.

Nigerian Drum Fight for the IC Title - Apollo Crews def. Big E (c) (Pinfall via Dabba Kato Chokeslam TITLE CHANGE!) The promo really hurt my ears to hear Apollo's accent devolve into this foreign heel gimmick. Wale though performs to enter Big E, more questionable camera cuts to E and the Fireworks. E's jacket represented Feeding Tampa Bay as a nice nod to the food bank, Apollo came out in Nigerian colors with his scarf and Spear. Commentary's line saying 'this isn't about percussion' falls kinda flat when there's drums around the ring.

Both men roll out to grab Kendo sticks, trading blows which E gets the power advantage over. E grabs the giant cymbal but Apollo knees it away, hits E with some more Kendo Shots back into the ring. You can hear the WAFT of Apollo's missed shot as E knocks him away and then does the out-of-ring spear. E sets up the lower steps near the apron but gets hit with a DVD on the apron, pinfall gets 2. Crews grabs the top half of the steps, lays E on the one he sets up and throws the other steps at it, but E rolls away just in time. On the apron Apollo hits a big boot, but on the second attempt falls into an Uranage onto the flat steps (which Cole called an Uranage Suplex for some reason...), after some trash talking E gets a table set up in the ring near a corner. Apollo kicks back and flurries E with a Kendo Stick, he rolls E onto the table to go for the frog splash, but E rolls away sending Apollo crashing through the table. E hits the Big Ending, but Dabba Kato/Babatunde in a military jacket breaks the pin, a sorta Samoan Spike and a Chokeslam leads to him dragging Apollo onto E for the win. Apollo gets a lot of unnecessary pyro and shakes his new comrade's hand.

Bit short that, the gimmick didn't really come into play. I mean, I'm glad Apollo gets a chance to hold another title and E can look towards the top of the card but I don't think this was really the way to do it. It didn't need to be a 'Nigerian Drum Fight', could've just been a No DQ, Dabba Kato gets his third repackaging since Greatest Royal Rumble probably as Apollo's 'General' which is kinda no different to what AJ and Omos are doing just with more foreign heel-isms. But yeah, bit disappointing on the means of it but the outcome was right, just...kinda stop faking a thick accent it's getting you nowhere acting like you're on the set of Black Panther.

Again we look back at Night 1, this time with minor clips of Ford congratulating his wife, but should've been a segment on its own rather than a flash-through recap. Stone Cold Mania 38 Texas promo and the HOF promo they did on this Pre-Show happens again which is unnecessary but the hologram of a ghost ship was cool, the HOFers come out and Kane gets the entrance, he does his pyro and that's it - that's how you do it, Hogan.

Raw Women's Championship - Rhea Ripley def. Asuka (c) (Pinfall via Riptide TITLE CHANGE!) THIS IS MY BRUTALITY! performed live as Rhea wastes no time coming out, leather biker outfit this time, no Vegeta costume. Silly camera cuts to Rhea and the Singer AGAIN though, stop it WWE it's distracting. Asuka dances down the ring in a bit of a Jason mask, but the camera keeps cutting to Rhea which is off-putting. Also commentary on 'she has never seen Rhea Ripley up close and personal', they were in a tag match together a week and a half ago and in Survivor Series 2019 she faced her in Team NXT as part of Team RAW, seriously WWE...

Asuka starts hot with her athleticism, dropkicks, rebounds and rollups met with more shoddy camera cuts, Rhea leaves the ring to take a moment as Asuka taunts her, she baits Asuka out of the ring as she rolls in but her leg is caught, pop-up knee strike returns Rhea to the ring but she misses the hip attack, gifting Rhea the slamming facebuster for 2. Rhea wears the champion down and taunts her with leg scissors and hits a couple of clotheslines, Asuka reverses the third into an ankle lock but Rhea rolls into a Release German Suplex. Rhea grinds away at Asuka's back and sets up for a super German but Asuka elbows her away and lands the Missile Dropkick, Release German, Hip Attack, a strike combo, another Hip Attack but it only gets 2. Asuka goes up top but is dropkicked to the outside, Asuka tries a PK on the apron but is caught into an Electric Chair position and dropped chin-first onto the apron. Trying to roll Asuka back into the ring, the champion returns to hit a DDT from the apron to the outside, after breaking the count Asuka only gets 2, stomps at Rhea but her running knee gets caught, Rhea stomps at Asuka and sets up the Texas Cloverleaf, Asuka rolls out and into the Armbar but Rhea swings Asuka into the bottom turnbuckle. Deadlift suplex back into the ring for 2, Asuka reverses a waistlock into two armbar variations and then an Asuka Lock, Rhea rolls back for 2 and the hold to break but gets gutted with kicks to the chest, Rhea demands more so Asuka runs to the ropes, Rhea catches her, Riptide, 3!

That finish came out of nowhere, which was not a good thing. We were having quite an enjoyable match which ended around the 15 minute mark, it wasn't short but the narrative wasn't quite there yet. I'm happy for Rhea, who I predicted to win but like Sasha/Bianca it came with the heavy heart. Like Sasha, Asuka has often been slighted especially at Wrestlemania, she deserves her moment too, especially Asuka who carried the Women for most of the Empty Arena era.

WWE recapped the opener which was a bad idea, Hogan and Titus thanked all the viewers at home and the fans but were interrupted by Bayley who demanded and got her pyro, then out came the Bella Twins. Bayley got a good zing by calling them Elmo but then Nikki slapped the mic away from her when she says 'John Cena isn't here tonight', Bellas said 'Ding Dong, Goodbye' and beat down Bayley. This was shite really, Bayley had been buried across 2 nights and her 'comeuppance' is the Bella Twins, not the woman beginning with B I was hoping for, and the John Cena comment was heavily forced, fans know they broke up ages ago Nikki has a kid with her husband who is not John Cena, fans aren't stupid WWE.

WWE then promoted 'Wrestlemania Backlash' for May 16th, a whole month away. They say it'll be a whole new season for WWE so I'm wondering if it's just a storyline reset...y'know how Wrestlemania is supposed to be, slapping Wrestlemania on other show names doesn't make it Wrestlemania-tier guys.

Universal Championship - Roman Reigns (c) [w/Paul Heyman & Jey Uso] def. Daniel Bryan and Edge (Pinfall on Edge and Bryan via Con-Chair-To) To the Main Event, one of the few storylines in Mania's card that was consistently good in build. Bryan comes out first, camera angles flashing during the YES! chants. Huge pops and smoke rage for Metalingus and Edge enters in white and Red (bookending with Orton), fireworks camera shots though. For once, Roman Reigns enters the Main Event without a chorus of deafening boos, but he takes his time to come out, in his red wreath flanked by Jey Uso and Heyman, cameras cutting to each opponent's faces a bit too much, especially to Bryan. Bad call not to bring in Justin Roberts to announce Edge either. Roman makes sure to hoist the belt while facing both his opponents before the bell.

Reigns starts by suckering Bryan and then going after Edge. He throws Bryan out of the ring where Jey superkicks him and sends him into the steps thanks to Triple Threat rules. Edge eats a superkick from Uso too when he's thrown out as Roman cleans up the announcer's table, as Edge is grabbed by Uso, Reigns is hit by Bryan's suicide dive but eats an Uso superkick, this gives Edge time to throw Uso into the steps, pinballing Reigns against the barricade and apron until bouncing off of the ring post. Edge then sets his sights on Uso, hitting a DDT on the steps to take him out of the equation, medical team swarm Uso as Heyman halfheartedly looks concerned. Edge chases Heyman away and enters the ring with Bryan - a moment which would've been sold better if the camera didn't cut to a close up of Roman alive and well on the outside. Bryan gets the Yes Kicks in the corner but his Super Rana is reversed into a sunset flip, Edge-o-matic but it's only 2. Roman comes back on the apron both men attempting to suplex the other, Bryan slides under Roman and cuts Roman's legs from under him - jawbreaking Edge on the ropes - he hits the Missile Dropkick on Edge, kips up and hits the uppercut, after dodging the lariat he tries to suicide dive Roman but he's caught by the champion and hit with a belly to belly suplex. Edge brings Roman to the ring but gets hit with a clothesline, Roman sets up the Superman Punch but Edge turns it into an Edgecution. He sets up the Spear but Roman knocks him down, Roman sets the Spear but it is reversed in a Sunset Flip, both men collide with spears to take each other out. During a wide shot Bryan goes up top, he lands a diving headbutt on Edge, then on Roman, he pins Roman but only gets 2. Yes Kicks to both men, Roman dodges one and pushes him towards Edge, but Bryan ducks the Lariat and hits the Buisaku Knee, Roman tries the Superman Punch but is kicked in the gut, Buzzsaw Kick! 1, 2, No! Bryan stomps on Roman's head and sets up the Yes Lock, but Edge breaks the hold, so Bryan puts Edge in the Yes Lock and Roman breaks the hold, clubbing at Bryan and powerbombing him onto Edge. After dumping Bryan, Roman pauses before setting up half the steps near the Announcer's Table, he's incited by the 'Roman Sucks' chant and powerbombs Bryan through the Announcer's table, but is then blindsided with a Spear! Edge goes to bring in a chair but Roman keeps his foot on it, he pulls the chair away and tries the Guillotine but Edge locks in the Crossface, as Roman powers out Edge grabs a part of the chair leg that fell off and uses that in his Crossface - a humorous face from Reigns as I pause the vid as well XD - he's about to tap but Bryan grabs the hand, and locks in the Yes Lock! Annoyed that his win is stolen, Edge demands he break the hold, but Bryan refuses, leading to a headbutt fight and Bryan pounding at Edge. Bryan then stomps at Edge's head and looks for the Buisaku Knee, but gets hit by a Spear! Roman tries a Spear but Edge hits one of his own! 1, 2, Bryan pulls the ref out of the ring. Furious, Edge introduces more chairs, hitting Bryan and Edge one after the other. He sets up Con-Chair-To to both men, hits it on Bryan but Jey Uso returns to attack, eats a Spear and a load of Chair Shots, Reigns hits the spear on Edge, hits the Con-Chair-To, drags Edge over Bryan and pins both for the win.

The show closes with pyro and Fireworks as Roman talks trash on his opponents and holds the title aloft, ending Wrestlemania 37.

It was a very good back and forth match, Roman of course relying heavily on Jey's interferences and the animosity between Edge and Bryan to come out on top. Keeping the Spear and the Con-Chair-To for last was the right move and the latter was definitely impactful enough to ensure that Bryan could sleep for a few minutes, especially with his and Edge's history of neck injuries. I bet on Roman because of his past record, how after finally turning heel he gets the right heat and because in Triple Threats involving a Heel Champion and 2 Faces, you either bet on the third man or the heel champion, since the story was that Roman could lose without being pinned I chose the latter, the heel often finds the escape. All three men had great chemistry together and I hope for more, SD's world title scene having an absolute slew of competitors waiting to challenge the head of the table.

Conclusion Overall another good night of wrestling...just not better. There were some super baffling and poor moments in the first half of the show and 3 title changes in a row (as well as 2 live performances in a row) was probably not the best card layout Night 2 could've done. Overall it was still a good show though and as a whole Wrestlemania 37 was a success, if not without its glaring flaws. But it goes to show that a 2-Day Wrestlemania continues to flourish as a new season of WWE kicks off.

#wwe #wwe smackdown #wwe raw #smackdown #raw #wwe wrestlemania #wrestlemania #wrestlemania 37 #wwe wrestlemania 37 #wrestlemania 37 night 2 #bray wyatt #the fiend #alexa bliss #randy orton #nia jax #shayna baszler #tamina snuka #natalya #sami zayn #kevin owens #logan paul #matt riddle #sheamus wwe #apollo crews #big e #big e langston #dabba kato #asuka wwe #KANA #rhea ripley

[bechloe-are-acadorable]

Butterflies - Bechloe (Pt3)

Part 3/?

Beca woke up the next morning and blinked a few times before looking down at her waist where an arm was slung across her before glancing over to her chest where ginger hair covered what she knew was Chloe's beautiful face. Beca couldn't help the smile that crossed her lips as she gently moved the hair back to reveal Chloe's content sleeping face.

Beca had never had a best friend, not really anyway and well if this is what it felt like to have a best friend, well then, she really had missed out when she was a kid. She adored Chloe and would do anything for her, things that usually made Beca cringe like hugging or any form of physical contact really, she relished with Chloe.

Beca just couldn't wait to move into the Bella house- shit they were supposed to be getting the keys at 11:30 from the dean, what time was it? She grabbed her phone and saw that it was already 11:05. Shit! "Chlo" Beca called softly to wake her "Mmmm five more minutes" Chloe mumbled sleepily and snuggled even tighter into her best friend "Chlo its gone 11 o'clock" she told her but Chloe only grumbled in return "Remember we need to meet the dean at half 11 to get the keys for the Bella house" Beca had barely finished the sentence as Chloe shot up "Crap!" she mumbled as both of the co-captains got up and frantically started to get ready. "Take whatever clothes you want" Beca said as she quickly brushed her hair.

Ten minutes later and both girls were up and ready, Beca found it quite amusing seeing Chloe in her clothes, the two girls clearly having vastly different styles. She mentioned this to Chloe on their march up to the deans office "Yeah you dress gayer than me!" Chloe laughed "What do you mean?" Beca questioned "I mean come on for a straight girl you sure do dress gay, you confused my gaydar when we first met" Chloe laughed as they walked into the waiting room to see the rest of the Bellas already there.

"Chloe why are you wearing Beca's clothes? Did you two bone?" Fat Amy asked upon seeing the two approach "What no, Chloe slept at mine last night and borrowed some clothes, sorry were late guys we slept in" Beca replied "I sleep-murder sometimes..." Lily whispered as everyone looked over at her "Well I'm not rooming with her then" Cynthia Rose blurted out just as the secretary called the Bellas in.

"Okay here are your keys girls you know the rules, don't destroy the place okay?" The older man said as he passed the keys over to Chloe "Of course, may we say thank you again sir" Chloe said taking the keys off him "You can go now" he said and the Bellas all nodded and made their way out of the room. "Let's go to our new house!" Chloe squealed in excitement as the girls made their way to the Bella house. Once they had all looked at the house the discussion about the room situation came about, there were 5 rooms and currently 8 Bellas, although they were sure to pick up new members soon.

There was one room with a double bed, a room with three single beds, and three rooms with two single beds. "Shotgun the-" Fat Amy began but Beca cut her off quickly "We are not shotgunning rooms we will do it fairly, everyone write your name down and we'll draw someone out for the big room" Beca said before finding a pen, paper and a bowl. "CR you can pick a name out" Beca said as she picked the name out and opened it.

“Fucks sake, it's obviously Chloe" she grumbled as Chloe beamed "As for everyone else, we can pick roomies if you want? Shall we also leave the double for the new recruits?" Beca asked as everyone nodded "Shotgun Shawshank!" Fat Amy yelled as Beca smiled over to her, it felt nice to be wanted. Jessica and Ashley obviously chose each other which left CR, Stacie and Lily in a room together "She better not murder me in my sleep or I'm coming back to haunt you all" CR grumbled referring to Lily as the rest of the girls laughed.

The whole rest of the day was spent packing their stuff from their old rooms, carrying it across campus and unpacking it. Fat Amy went for a nap after she finished so Beca decided to wander downstairs from their attic room to see Chloe in her room. She knocked and was greeted with a bright sing-songy "Come in!" Beca smiled at the sound and entered Chloe's now semi-furnished room "Oh hey Becs!" she said engulfing her in a quick hug which made Beca once again unable to help herself from smiling. "Have you come to help?" She asks "Nah I came to watch you struggle" Beca said flopping onto Chloe's bed with a smirk "Fine, suit yourself" she replied pulling tongues at the younger girl. Beca stood back up and casually wandered around her room looking at the way she had decorated the place, it was all so... Chloe.

She wandered over to her desk to see a framed picture of the Bellas after the ICCA along with a neatly organised pens, highlighter, files books and folders. Beca flopped back onto the gingers bed and saw that she had another framed picture on her bedside table, it was of the two of them. It was a picture with the two of them back to back with matching hoodies and jeans, pulling silly faces, Beca instantly recognised the picture and the memory of the day came flooding back.

The shipment of costumes for the Bellas had arrived and these hoodies were part of it, not something that they had ordered but the girls decided to keep them anyway. They both wore them with jeans and did a mini photo before spending the day together discussing all things Bella related whilst enjoying a host of non- Bella related activities like bowling, eating at Chloe's favourite restaurant and getting ice cream on the beach. It had been a perfect day and both girls had loved it.

Beca grabbed the picture off the table "This is so cute Chlo, plus it was like the best day ever!" Chloe glanced over and her face split into her infamous beaming smile "I know right! If I'm ever feeling down, I look at that picture and it cheers me up" she confessed "You're so soppy" Beca teased but internally thought it was the cutest thing ever.

"Shut it short arse! Now are you going to help or am I going to have to kick you out?" Chloe questioned Beca who laughed in reply. "Help with what?" Beca asked looking around the almost complete room "Oh yeah" Chloe mused, "How about you help me make dinner for the Bellas?" She asked and fluttered her eyelashes at the brunette who couldn't resist it when Chloe did that "Fine but cooking dinner for 8 people is going to take us forever" she complained whilst following Chloe down the stairs. "Not with both of us and its only pasta now come on".

The two girls began to prep dinner like a well-oiled machine, with Chloe giving direction and Beca following them. Chloe instructed Beca to chop the onions whilst she stirred the sauce, soon after Beca began to cry and Chloe took a picture of her "I finally have a picture of Beca 'the badass' Mitchell crying!" the older girl crowed "You'd delete that if you knew what was good for you" Beca warned playfully as she began to chase the ginger around the kitchen who sprinted away giggling "Right that's it!" Beca yelped picking up a tomato "Last chance Beale!" she shrieked who shook her head defiantly, Beca took aim and sent a tomato hurtling at Chloe, it hit her square in the chest.

Chloe's mouth dropped open as she picked up her own tomato and launched it at Beca which hit her in the head. Beca ran at Chloe and playfully wrestled her to the floor grabbing chunks of tomato out of her hair and rubbing them on Chloe's face.

The two girls began laughing uncontrollably when a confused looking Stacey and Cynthia Rose entered the kitchen. "What the fuck is going on?" CR asked to which the girls laughed even more "I... we... tomatoes" was all Chloe could get out through her fit of laughter "Right, I'm leaving now" CR said "Good idea" Stacie agreed as they both turned and exited the room. After another five minutes the laughter finally subsided, both girls wiped tears of laughter away and stood up "That is the most I think I have ever laughed" Chloe choked out "Fuck me that was funny" Beca agreed before the girls finished cooking and called the Bellas down for tea.

The girls served the rest of the Bellas before sitting themselves down "So did you both get into a fistfight with a tomato or is there another reason for this?" Fat Amy said pointing to the two co-captains tomatoey-attire. The girls explained the story giggling throughout "Yeah I think that was one of those you had to be there moments because that wasn't funny" Fat Amy told the girls which just caused them to laugh again.

After the girls had all finished their food, Jessica and Ashley offered to wash up whilst Fat Amy grabbed Beca "Hey short stack, Bumper is coming over till like 9 so if you could make yourself scarce that'd be great" Beca rolled her eyes at her but agreed to see if she could chill with Chloe that night. "Of course you can! You don't need an excuse to hang out with me Becs!" Chloe trilled "Ugh I need to get a shower first, how the hell am I going to get this off?" Beca asked motioning to the tomato stains covering her body "I can come in the shower with you and show you" Chloe suggested, Beca's jaw went slack at the suggestion and she began to blush, Chloe winked "Gotcha!" she smirked "Now I'm going to use my shower first see you later" She giggled as she left for the bathroom. Beca sat on Chloe's bed and groaned, God why did Chloe make her feel like this? Friendships with girls are weird.

#bechloe #pitch perfect #bechloe fanfic #bhloe #butterflies #putterflies part 3

[thestarshiphope]

Personal Log: Aishi Taro

*The recording device crackles to life*

<Begin Log, 8/00/00> I’m beginning this audio log at the recommendation of our therapeutic hologram. Just as kind of a way to keep myself sane while we’re out here. I guess I’ll start with a few details. My name is Aishi Taro, chief of security for Project Gofer. I turned 28 just before the meteor showers. I have two moms and a dad. Or...had, I guess.

Sorry, sorry, don’t wanna get morose just yet. We’ve got a crew of about 26 on board and the sixteen Ultimates in cold sleep. Orders are to keep them frozen until we arrive. No idea why, and it’s a shame. I’d love to talk to them. I’m sure they’ve got some stories to tell.

Also, because Earth time doesn’t really matter out here, we’ve been counting up since we left. It’s been 200 hours since launch, so a little over 8 days. We’re already coming up to Uranus’ orbit soon. Yes, haha, that’s so funny.

<Begin Log, 29/00/00>  We’ve just crossed the Kuiper Belt, which means we’re officially beyond the Solar System’s borders. Hard to believe we’re never going back. All we can do now is keep moving forward. Not that that’s sitting well with a lot of the crew; most of them are homesick, depressed, and agitated. There’s already been two fistfights I had to break up.

Okabe and Yamasaki are always in the lab, tending to the Ultimates’ pods. I have to make sure they’re sleeping and eating properly. Honestly, I’ve been slacking on it myself. I looked into one of the pods, just to see if I could see any of them, but it’s fogged up. I feel so sorry for these kids. They had no idea what they were really in for.

<Begin Log, 17/02/00>  Sure is a lot of nothing out here. Yeah, the stars are pretty, but other than that it’s just void. All that’s separating us from are a couple centimeters of metal, plastic, and glass. Okay, okay, not gonna think too much about that. We’ve been having fewer incidents, and I think we’ve started to settle into the idea that this is home now.

We all try to keep ourselves busy. Not much time for small talk, although I have been talking to Kobayashi lately. She’s real pretty, but I can tell she’s been depressed ever since we left home. Maybe I’ll ask her out, see if she’d be interested. Not much we can do here, but hey, a little company’s nice, right?

<Begin Log, 24/04/00>  My date with Kobayashi went well, I think. It’s the first time I’ve seen her smile since we got here, so that’s gotta count for something. She brought up the breeding program, but then asked me to forget about it. Honestly, it’s been on my mind too. We’re all expected to do our part in one way or another.

Not that that’s the only reason I’ve been talking to her. I mean, yeah, she’s pretty, but she’s a great conversationalist too. We talked for about three hours nonstop yesterday. She gets so passionate about her work. Thanks to her, our colony’s going to have some fast-growing plants with rich fruits and vegetables. 

Not that we’ll get to enjoy them. For now, we’re stuck eating worms and algae wafers. Better than nothing, I guess. Anyway, I think I’m gonna ask her out again tomorrow. I wanna hear more about what she has to say.

<Begin Log, 16/08/00> We had our first death today. Hibiki, one of the junior scientists, locked himself in his room and overdosed on medication. Okabe and Yamasaki have taken it the hardest. It was during my latest date with Kotone as well, and I think she might be blaming herself as well. As of today, nobody’s allowed medicine without supervision.

I wonder how many others have been contemplating the same thing. I hope this doesn’t happen again.

<Begin Log, 22/02/01>  Kotone’s pregnant. I was so excited when she told me. It w@sn’t ab0ut the pr gram, bu-

<A LARGE PORTION OF DATA HAS BEEN CORRUPTED AND OVERWRITTEN>

-nev3r h@d the chance aga1n.

<Begin Log, 04/05/04>  For the first time, we’ve passed another star. Proxima Centauri, I think it’s called. Kotone and Mio were so excited. For a little bit, I thought our journey was over, but Yamasaki told me we’ve got a long ways to go. Proxima Centauri does have a planet, but the star’s too unstable for us to stay there.

I hope we get there before Mio has kids of her own. She deserves to at least know what living on a planet feels like before then.

<DATA OVERWRITTEN>

-gin log, 10/10/15> I talked to Kotone today, and she told me some strange things. She said that, last week, when she went into the lab, Yamasaki was...well, he wasn’t doing anything. That’s just it. He was standing in the corner of the room, staring out the window. When she went to check on him, she noticed he had purple bit marks along his wrist and hand. And they were self-inflicted. Otherwise, he seemed pretty normal, which is even weirder.

Yamasaki’s been acting twitchy lately. I don’t know what it is, but our therapy hologram’s been trying to help him.

Even that doesn’t feel like it’s enough. Last night, I heard a scratching outside my door. I went to check, but...nobody was there.

I swear to God, if I find a penrose triangle drawn anywhere, I’m going to start interrogating everyone. At least Kotone’s keeping Mio out of this. 

<Begin log, 16/10/15> The weirdest thing just happened.

It was during our night time. I heard a loud banging noise from outside my door, kinda like the scratching from a few days ago. But then I heard it again. And again. After the fourth time, I got up to check out what it was.

And...I don’t even know how to describe it. It was Sasaki. He was standing there at the end of the hall, I only saw his shadow at first, but he was...he was smashing his forehead against the wall. Just standing there and smashing it, over and over. As I got closer, I noticed the bloodstain he’d left on the wall, as well as the open wound on his forehead.

When I tried to get his attention, he just seemed dazed. Like he wasn’t really there. After I was able to wrestle him away from the wall and to the infirmary, he suddenly came back. He’s in recovery and they’re checking to see if he’s suffered any sort of brain injury.

What the hell is happening on this ship?

<Begin log, 15/11/15>  What the actual flying fuck is happening around here? Kotone went in for work today, but she...she found Okabe. He was almost dead, with a syringe jammed into one of his eyes. He’s in intensive care right now and now we’re looking for the one who did it. Kotone’s keeping Mio safe, thankfully.

Yamasaki’s missing. I hope he wasn’t taken.

I miss when things were boring.

<Begin log, 24/11/15>  We found Yamasaki on the fourth deck. He’d chewed the ends of his fingers into bloody stumps and was writing messages on the walls.

He’d gone pure fucking mental. I guess fifteen years in space can do that to a guy. He’s the one who went and stabbed Okabe in the eye. He tried to attack us too. I shot him in the knee and we locked him in an empty storage room with some food, just so we’ll have a temporary place to keep him until he calms down.

Even if he has gone mental, that doesn’t explain what’s happened to people like Sasaki. Is our ship haunted? Is this a curse for abandoning everyone back on Earth?

<Begin log, 04/12/15> More than half the crew’s refusing to work. They’re not acting like themselves right now, or they’re talking pure nonsense, like how one of them is president of last Tuesday. Others forget who we are or forget what they were talking about midway through a sentence. Some are even saying things like how we need to turn around and go back to Earth, or that we should cut the life support for the ultimates and Okabe. If they start getting violent, I might have to resort to more extreme measures.

Not that I want to. Eight of the women are pregnant. 

Kotone...Mio...God, please protect them.

<Begin log, 24/12/15> Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

This is bad. This is really fucking bad. There was another fight on the top decks, now we’ve basically got a riot going on. At least five crew members are dead. I’m stuck down here on the third deck with Sasaki and Chief Engineer Mizuguchi. We’ve heard gunshots and screams from upstairs.

I can’t get to Kotone and Mio down here! I need to get back up there!

<Begin log, 30/12/15>  We couldn’t get up to the top decks. We had no choice but to barricade ourselves in heat exchange and hope it all dies down. 

While we were building the barricade, one of them came down to us and pulled out a knife. I shot him, but it hardly seemed like it phased him until he started walking away, dragging a bloody hand across the wall.

I’m down to my last magazine. I need to save our bullets.

<Begin log, 11/01/16>  It’s quiet. Too quiet.

<Begin log, 29/01/16> Please. Where’s Kotone and Mio? Sasaki’s on his side, rocking back and forth with a blank look on his face. Mizuguchi’s cradling his stomach in pain. He must be hungry.

Uesugi, why aren’t you there? Why aren’t you helping us? What’s wrong with you?

<Begin log, 13/02/16> It’s all quiet now. I don’t know what happened, but I can’t even hear people walking around upstairs. And at this point, the three of us are too weak to move the barricade. All I’ve got is one can of food left and the seven bullets still in my gun.

I don’t know what’s happened to the Ultimates either. Maybe they’re still frozen or they did cut off life support like they said. I don’t know. I guess I’ll never know at this point.

Is this it? Are we the only ones left? Humanity’s last hope devolving into...this? All of that culture and history and it just comes down to three starving, dying, incoherent men? Some legacy, eh?

Kotone...Mio...I love you both. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

<Begin log, 25/02/16> I’m alone now. I shot them both while they were asleep. They were in pain, rambling, gibbering, they wouldn’t shut up. I can’t move anymore. Don’t want to.

<Begin log, 05/03/16>  *There’s a long silence followed by a soft laughter that devolves into frenzied heaving. There’s the sound of a gunshot and metallic clattering. The rest of the recording is one long stretch of ghostly silence*

*Recording ends*

Jesus fucking Christ...

#danganronpa #v3 #danganronpa v3 #miu iruma #starship hope #DR #ndrv3

[no-mo-rules]

i really love your writings! If it's not too much to ask, could you do one between kanji meeting an actual delinquent, and he gets way too flustered to even try and intimidate them?

Ok so I know I said no updatesfor a while and this ask was literally sent in like the day before yesterday, but as soon as Iread it, I just fell in love with it lol. Only thing was that Kanji hadactually dealt with real gangs and delinquents multiple times before the P4gang met him, so I don’t think he’d get intimidated just by a couple oftroublemakers. That being said, I really wanted to keep flustered Kanji lol, soI tried to stick it in anyway.

Sukeban (スケバン/女番/スケ番) means delinquent girl or boss girl in Japanese. Sukebanonly refers to the leader of a girl gang, not just any member.

There’s been news of a Sukeban.

Outfitted in ascruffy sailor blouse cut to expose the waist, embroidered kanji littering theback of her uniform, loose socks, groomed, thin eyebrows, permed hair, and an unknotted,yellow scarf at her neck. All boxes ticked, really, even aside from the constant behavioural issues associated with her gang.

Kanji’s had plenty experience with biker gangs before, soit’s nothing new to him at first. He used to break them up left and right backin the day, which is impressive considering he’s been at it alone since MiddleSchool. Never lost a fistfight one-on-one, he used to boast (flashing his fists)and no-body wanted to mess with him after that. At least not for a while, anyway.

He doesn’t have any bones to pick with the new girl gang inschool. Their outfits catch his eye when he sees them in the hallway, sure, butthey don’t go out of their way to cause trouble for anyone he cares about.(Most importantly, they don’t wake his mother up by revving their motorcycleslate at night.) They’re just kind of passive, with their pretty, embroidereduniforms and occasional petty crimes.

At least until they’re not.

His first real encounter with the gang’s Sukeban, (if herbrightly dyed and permed hair is anything to go by) is when he’s walking homelate on a Monday evening after getting held back, just outside of the school’sback entrance. She’s holding some sort of weird canister, green, with a crossthrough the middle, and standing with her back to him.

For a minute or two, he just watches. He’s positive shehasn’t noticed him yet, and the whole situation seems kind of shady. He can’tfigure out why she’s even here in the first place, because it doesn’t seem likelythat a girl known for spraying graffiti in her lunchtimes would suddenly wantto stay back after school to study, but he hadn’t seen her getting told off atthe principal’s office when he was there, either.

It’s only when he sees her take out a small box, about oneand a half inches in diameter that the thick smell of petrol reaches him.

“What the fuck are you doing?” He yells.

There’s no hesitation in the way he tackles her to theground, grabbing the box of matches before she has the chance to retaliate. Thewhole move scores him a kick in the groin when she finally gets her bearings,but at least he’s got the matches, and she hasn’t set anything on fire. Whichis, probably good, really. Dealing with arson would be kind of a pain.

“Fuck are you?” She responds, as he keels over. Predictably,she he doesn’t look happy.

It takes him a moment to get to grips with the pain, but shedoesn’t seem patient enough to let him just sit there. She makes another movelike she wants to kick at him, and he barely manages to defend his face withhis arm when the sole of her sneaker smashes against it.

“Oy,” she prompts again, voice pitched all the way to fury.“Give me back my matches,”

“In your dreams.” He shoves her foot away, but she doesn’tstumble. He barely has time to stand up by the time she launches a sucker punchright at his abdomen.

It lands, and he grits his teeth in pain. She’s got a goodpunch, he’s got to give her that.

“Hey! Just, just calm down a second!” he yells, and it kindof works. Her next attack is stalled long enough that he can get his breathback and move into a better defensive position.

“Just give them back!”

She leaps at him, trying to aim the next punch straight tohis face.

“Oh hell no.” He shoves her off, and this time it’s gotenough power to it push her back a couple of steps. The two of them stand,roughly two metres apart, braced in fighting positions.

It’s the first time he can really get a good look at herface (without her shoe in the way, anyhow), and catches him a little off guard,admittedly. Her hair’s bleached to hell and back and messed up like nothingelse, and her sparse makeup only serves to make her look more intimidating,shaved eyebrows redrawn to look sharp and thin. There’s nothing pretty aboutit, which is why he’s confused when the first thought that pops into his headis how pretty she is.

It’s hardly the right time, but he feels himself getembarrassed, and that in and of itself is kind of embarrassing.

“You – are you tryin’a fry everyone in there?” He stutters,but it comes enough in time with his panting that he can convince himself it’sjust part of the recoil.

“What you on? No-one’s in there anymore.” She looksgenuinely confused, so he lets his guard drop a little. Honestly, he’s kind ofconfused too. Does she not realise some clubs go on until six? Or that thereare students still doing work in the study area?

“You for real?” He asks, just to make sure she’s notshitting him.

Now she’s the one caught off guard. His blunt way ofspeaking is ripe with all kinds of disrespect that would get him tossed aboutand burned with cigarettes with the kind of people she’s used to, but he showsno signs of caring. What’s worse, is he doesn’t seem to be doing it just topiss her off.

“For real? You saw people in there?”

He nods, once, twice, and then lets his guard fallcompletely.

“There were at least ten kids in the study room, yeah.”

She too, takes a deep breath, and kicks at a plant torelieve her frustration.

“Fuck’s sake.”

Kanji takes the chance to shove the matches into his pocket,down to the bottom where he’s sure she won’t be able to reach them. Honestly,knowing she didn’t realise there were students still in the building makes himfeel a little more at ease. It’s easier to deal with an arsonist than someonewho’s not afraid of literally committing mass murder.

She points a long, painted fingernail at him, and his bodycrouches in reflex.

“You,” she says at first, and he stares at her. “If you tellanyone about this, I’m getting your ass hung on a stick.”

He wants to laugh, wants to look challenge her. Wants toflash his two coiled fists in her face and say ‘Go ahead, I’ve never lost afistfight one-one-one,’ but his throat constricts and he finds he can’t reallyget the words out.

“Depends,” is the best he can do for now, and finds he hasto swallow hard before the next words even reach his tongue. “You plannin’ onsetting fire to the school again?”

“That a problem?”

She’s totally testing him, he can tell. He’s dealt withpeople who don’t know when to stop before, so he regains a little bit of hisconfidence, which is why his voice comes out with no tremors, no hints ofhesitation.

“Yeah.”

She launches herself at him again.

It’s a move intended to surprise. To hurt and intimidate himoff disagreeing with her, but he’s prepared for it. He deftly sidesteps out of theway, grabbing her foot from where she tried to kick at his stomach and spinningher around, only to throw her to the ground.

He has never losta fistfight after all. That’s not a streak he’s about to lose.

The girl tumbles over herself, curses, and there’s asatisfying thump when she finally meets the earth, forehead smashing againstthe grass.

He’s about to tease for her it, tell her to eat shit beforeshe gets herself hurt, but something stops him in his tracks. Her skirt has riddenup to a little bit above her thighs, and barely (just barely), it feels like hecan see a flash of bright pink where her underwear should be.

Pink. Her underwear is pink.

“Y – you -” he stutters about aimlessly, and it’s a little embarrassinghow quickly his entire face flares up.

She tries to twist around to face him. It’s a little messy,given how hard she hit the floor, but there’s still a glare on her face thatlooks undoubtedly intimidating.

“What you want?” She does her best to get up, but her handsmust be twisted or something because they don’t even manage to hold half theweight of her body.

He’s got a good throw, she has to give him that.

When she looks up at him through her gritted teeth, she’sexpecting to see him ready to launch on her and kick her while she’s down (it’swhat she would have done to him, anyway) but he’s cowering, nowhere even nearwhere she is right now. What’s he suddenly so scared of? As if she can do muchmore than kick at his legs from the position she’s in.

“Your – your skirt.”

She looks down at her skirt.

“You scared of my skirt?”

“No! It’s just…” He’s not even brave enough to peer at herfrom beneath his fingers, which feels both as confusing as it is alarming. Shepulls her skirt up further to look inside, in case maybe some snake or spidercrawled into it while she wasn’t looking, but she’s cut off by a strangledgasp.

“Don’t pull it up further!Fix it!”

It’s then that she sees the blush all over his face, and she can’thelp but burst out into a fit of laughter so intense that her head almost slamsagainst the ground again. “You’re taking the piss.”

“H – hey! You want just anybody to see you out here?”

More laughter again. If Kanji wasn’t embarrassed before, hesure would be now.

“Man, how old are you?”

He seems to catch on that she’s not nearly as bothered aboutthe whole thing as he seems to be, so he brings his hand down – although he’sstill not quite meeting her eyes.

“F – Fifteen.”

This time when she laughs, his whole face scrunches up inanger. He’s thoroughly uncomfortable now, and he hates the way she’s making himfeel like a child. She’s the one that’sone the ground right now. She shouldn’t be the one making fun of him.

“There somethin’ wrong with that?” He asks, and it’s clear thathe’s irritated, but she just waves it off.

“Nah. Sorry man.”

The smug smile on her face rubs him the wrong way. She triesto get up without using her hands, and it takes a couple of tries, but itworks in the end.

“You got a good toss for a fifteen-year-old.”

Her skirt falls back down by the time she gets up, so at leasthe doesn’t have to worry about that anymore.

“I’ve had practice.” He still seems half-prepped for anotherbrawl, but she thinks it’s probably just because he’s still embarrassed.

“Yeah. I bet.”

The way she stumbles in his direction is not at all threatening,so he doesn’t feel the need to get into a defensive position. Still, itsurprises him when she holds her hand out, outstretched, in his direction. He finds he can’t really get his thoughts together fast enough to respond before herpatience runs out.

“Come on. Shake it,” she prompts, and the amused smile on her facecrumbles. (Just a little, but he supposes even in defeat she’s impatient.)

When their hands finally meet, she gives him a firm squeeze.

“You won against the Sukeban today.” Her voice is equally asfirm as her handshake. When she withdraws, even though she’s bruised up and herhair is even more all-over-the-place than it was before, she still stands withher back straight and proud, and it’s inevitable, really – the rush of pridethat Kanji feels at knowing that he honestly did defeat the leader of thebiggest gang in school.

(Even if her smile still makes him feel like she’s nottaking him seriously.)

“Turf’s yours,” is the last thing she says, before shesmiles, winks, and stumbles away.

Kanji’s still blushing.

#kanji tatsumi #persona 4 #persona #p4 #fanfiction #imagines #sukeban #delinquent #persona 4 imagines #persona imagines #Anonymous

[mazin-empress]

OKAY, SO MAZINGER Z INFINITY.

I'mma put all the details and stuff under a cut so slfghmk If ya don’t want spoilers you might not wanna look, this is really long btw-

So it starts with a photon plant in Texas, and there's a bunch of mechabeasts attacking it. Enter Great Mazinger, who wrecks their shit before Baron Ashura shows up. More stuff before the plant just explodes. Tetsuya ends up going MIA at that point. Newtype pointed out on the way home that Tetsu always ends up getting bodied in these movies and stuff. I hate it.

And so it cuts to exposition, what everyone’s been up to for the last ten years.  Photon power is the power source for essentially the entire world now. Tetsuya still pilots Great to protect the peace, and he and Jun are married with a child on the way. Shiro’s in the military, Sayaka leads one of the photon power labs and her dad is the prime minister of Japan. Koji’s become a scientist (my son’s all grown up aaaaaaa), and Mazinger itself is being kept in a museum.

They find the still-dormant Mazinger Infinity while working on a new plant, and out of it emerges the resident plot girl, Lisa, who is the key to it’s activation. She mumbles something about “Goragon” and passes out. She slowly becomes more human, and starts calling Koji ‘Master’. While discussing everything re; Infinity with Sayaka, Jun and Shiro present, parallel universe discussions followed by Count Brocken fucking everything up, whom Lisa takes down he and his goons singlehandedly.

This is then followed a bit later by a long sequence of mass-produced Mazins (one of which is piloted by Shiro and later one by Koji) against this gigantic horde of mechabeasts. And then Infinity wakes the fuck up and destroys a decent chunk of Mt. Fuji before everything else with this gigantic Breast Fire. It literally melts Mazinger Z. Koji finds out that Great Mazinger is shoved in as a control unit, but it’s temporary as Lisa herself is it’s true control unit.

Dr. Hell shows up, going on about ‘co-existence’ and other such things. Everyone takes it as bullshit and starts debating what to do. Tetsuya is somehow still awake in the controlled Great Mazinger, and upon being approached by Dr. Hell he says he heard Hell’s speech and also calls it out as fucking bullshit, and Hell shuts him up.

Meanwhile Koji is told about what exactly this “Goragon” thing is, which is basically “Do you think this world is worthy to exist? No? Here, now you have the power to rewrite it however you want.” Which is exactly what Hell plans to do. Koji eventually goes to tell Sayaka about this, and also tells her he has something important to tell her when the fight’s over.

Koji executes this big plan, involving a huge photonic 3D printer and a little Mazinger figurine dropped by some kid. With Boss’ help (who owns a ramen shop now, I did not know I needed that in my life), as well as two of those three doctors whose names always escape me, they recreate Mazinger and he and Lisa launch to save Tetsuya and destroy Infinity.

There’s then this little sequence with Boss and the three doctors creating a diversion for the mechabeasts. The doctors’ little tank has a 3D printer attached, and Boss Borot starts using the gigantic sports balls it poops out to chuck at the mechabeasts. Cue “oh shit we’re not actually hurting them” and them scrambling away.

The last like half hour of the movie is a bit of a blur cause a lot of shit happened. After taking down a fucking army They run into Baron Ashura and Brocken in their respective robots again, and Koji pulls himself out of a tight spot (quite literally as Ashura was trying to fucking iron maiden him, you know, those boxes with the spikes in em and shit) and they both die. He makes it to the top of Infinity, they manage to get Tetsuya out safe and sound before Hell shows up in what seeeemed to be something akin to Hell King Gordon? I haven’t finished the original series yet lolwhoops

Hell holds up his staff to Lisa, and asks her if she thinks the world is worthy of existing. She answers yes, it is. He promptly gets his ass kicked by Koji, Tetsu, and Shiro. There’s some more parallel universe shit as, even though Tetsuya’s been rescued, Hell got Great’s key code backed up in that staff of his. Shit explodes, and Koji and Lisa end up in this weird neutral space. There’s all these cubes floating around, as well as these huge floating orbs, a big red one representing Infinity’s core and two smaller blue ones representing Mazinger and Great. Koji touches one of the cubes, and sees another reality where Lisa is his daughter.

Lisa takes the photon energy from Great and Shiro’s little mass-produced thing. Mazinger goes fucking giant and starts fistfighting Infinity. But it still isn’t enough, so Lisa proceeds to take photon energy from the entire planet in what Newtype described as a spirit bomb so Koji can kick Hell’s ass. He succeeds, natch, and Lisa disappears, but she tells Koji before she does that the cube he touched and the alternate reality he saw is the reality he’s gonna get.

When Koji finally wakes up, everyone’s there, Tetsuya and Jun with their newborn, Boss, etc. Everyone rejoices, and Koji brings back up the fact he had something to tell Sayaka. Everyone watches expectantly, but what leaves Koji’s mouth is not “Marry me” but “Let’s have a child”. Sayaka promptly smacks him.

Ten years later, and he’s still dense. I love my son.

It then goes to a timeskip, with an apparent wedding taking place (it took 50 fucking years but they finally tied the knot holy fU C K), and before it cuts to credits, little Lisa walks away with her parents, a little Mazinger figurine in her hands humming the theme song.

I probably missed a lot of stuff, but like. Holy cow. This was such a great watch, it cured my depression and just fjghsdfjklghf??? I may still have too much energy to coherently explain my feelings.

Infinity out of ten.

#Mazin Goes On A Tangent | Babbles #!mazinbabbling #basically the whole story here

[chronotrek]

756. [MOV] Nemesis

SCORE:

(2/5 stars)

Troi and Riker are getting married, and the gang's all here, including Guinan and Wesley Crusher in a non-speaking role apparently wearing a Starfleet uniform, undoing whatever character development had been given him, along with Worf who apparently is no longer the Federation ambassador to Qo'noS and is just back to being Picard's tactical officer, undoing whatever character development had been given him. (Hint: this could possibly be a theme for the whole film (hint: it is)) Picard, in his best man speech, begs them to reconsider the marriage and abandoning him for their own ship, the Titan, but Riker's been First Officer long enough. Data sings the happy couple "Blue Skies" while Worf nurses a Romulan ale insta-hangover.

Before the Enterprise heads to Betazed for the Betazoid ceremony, where everyone shall appear nude despite Worf's protestations, they pick up a positronic signature on a planet near the Romulan neutral zone and decide to divert course to investigate. Picard brazenly ignores the rules about the captain not going on away missions and that pesky Prime Directive (in what could possibly be a stark departure from Picard's entire history as a measured paragon (hint: it is)) as they drive a dune buggy across a desert, picking up android pieces (including a head that strongly resembles Data's) and shooting guns at the indigenous Mad Max car gang.

The Enterprise is greeted by the Scimitar, a gigantic Reman-constructed warbird that is clearly meant to be the final boss fight. They're invited aboard to meet Shinzon, and are surprised to find that he's not Reman, though he certainly identifies as one. He's actually human. More than that, he passes a striking resemblance to Tom Hardy Picard. After creeping on Deanna, he produces a blade and cuts his hand, presenting the knife as a gift. Back on the Enterprise, Dr. Crusher's analysis confirms it: Shinzon is a clone of Picard.

Shinzon invites him to dinner on Romulus, where he exposits his origin. He was created by a previous Romulan regime that had intended at some point to assassinate Picard and replace him with the clone, putting an undetectable spy right inside Starfleet. But as often happens on Romulus, the regime changed and the new government decided the plan was too risky, so they shuttled Shinzon off to the dilithium mines of Remus where he suffered under the Romulan heel, seeing no sky for over a decade. His only solace came from the Remans who took him in and raised him as one of them. After proving himself a capable military commander during the Dominion War, Shinzon and his Reman allies constructed the Scimitar and staged a coup, ensuring the freedom of the Reman people. Picard wants to believe Shinzon is genuinely extending an olive branch to the Federation, but tells him it will take time to earn their trust, especially after having just staged a violent coup in which the Romulan senate was killed.

Returning to the Enterprise, he's met with some unfortunate news. They've detected thalaron radiation from the Scimitar, an extremely lethal radiation that in the Scimitar's configuration has the potential to eradicate life on a planetary scale. In addition, they've discovered an unauthorized access to the ship's database, but Data's figured out a way to turn that into a tactical advantage. Picard wanted to take Shinzon at his word but it appears the dude lured them here under false pretenses. And just so we can fully establish that Shinzon and the Remans are EVOL, it turns out the Reman Viceroy Ron Perlman has telepathic abilities he can use to help Shinzon mind-rape Deanna Troi, because that's what passes for plot in 2003.

Just as Picard is refusing to let Deanna relieve herself from duty after being, y'know, raped (what the fuck, Jean-Luc, seriously), he gets beamed over to the Scimitar and tied to a bench so they can extract blood from him for... reasons. Shinzon (looking rather sickly) and Picard have a discussion about how each of them would have taken the same actions as the other had they had each other's lives, something they both delight in pointing out to the other while simultaneously strongly disliking considering themselves. B-4 beams aboard the Scimitar, the spy who accessed ship information. His use as bait is clear now. Of course, it was already clear to the Enterprise crew, because that's not B-4, it's Data posing as him, and he helps break Picard out by engaging in a hallway shootout culminating in stealing a Reman fighter and flying out a window. The Enterprise beams the fighter aboard before the Scimitar can tractor it, and goes to warp to rendezvous with the fleet that has been briefed on the Scimitar's thalaron weapon and its likely target of Earth.

Dr. Exposition Crusher (god they wasted her character in this film) explains that Shinzon was engineered to have an accelerated aging spurt so he'd match Picard's age when it was time to replace him, but they never activated the growth spurt, and the genetic modifications mean his body is starting to break down. It can only be treated by a "complete transfusion" (of what exactly she does not specify, but we can assume it means it would kill Picard), and that appears to be Shinzon's full interest in his original. Meanwhile, Data is forced to deactivate B-4, who doesn't even understand what he did wrong.

The Scimitar is pursuing the Enterprise in cloak, and waits for them to pass through a nebula that will interfere with their communications before attacking. The Enterprise is firing blindly against a cloaked vessel that Geordi can't find a way to track. Shinzon briefly ceases fire to project himself holographically into Picard's ready room, but it's more of a chance for him to gloat megalomaniacally before vanishing. (One wonders why he harbors more resentment for Picard than for the Romulans.) A couple of Romulan warbirds decloak who have decided that maybe they don't want a genocide on their conscience and are determined to stop Shinzon from eradicating Earth. One ship is destroyed and the other crippled, but it buys the Enterprise enough time to use an alternate means of tracking the ship, as Deanna reverses the psychic link between her and Ron Perlman to identify the Scimitar's location. They fire basically everything at the Scimitar which knocks out its cloak.

The Scimitar counters by focusing fire on one shield section, weakening it enough to send through a boarding party so that we can get some fisticuffs action in our big spaceship battle. Worf and Riker head down to deal with it, and Riker faces off directly against Ron Perlman, a battle which winds its way through Jefferies tubes, eventually leading to a poorly-secured catwalk over a bottomless pit (as we all know, starships have bottomless pits), where Riker is ultimately triumphant over Ron Perlman.

Another volley from the Scimitar causes major hull breaches, including turning the bridge viewscreen into a viewport, sucking the helmsman out into space before a force field can be erected. Shinzon positions the Scimitar directly in front of the Enterprise for a staring match, but Picard takes advantage of Shinzon's flair for the dramatic by ordering Deanna to take the helm and ram the Scimitar. (I don't want to seem racist, but it seems like every time a Betazoid is flying a starship, it crashes into something or gets sucked into the Delta Quadrant. #WereAllThinkingIt #SpeciesRealist #TheirEyesAreAllPupilAndNoIrisTheyCantFlyIfTheyCantFocus #Biotroof #IfItWasntClearIDontBelieveThis) This fucks both ships up, and at this point they've both exhausted their complement of weaponry. The only thing the Scimitar can do is back up to decouple the two ships and charge the thalaron array.

Their only hope of survival is to beam someone over to the Scimitar and deactivate the thalaron weapon, so naturally they're going to send over the most qualified combatant: Picard. (He's the main character so he has to punch the bad guy, can't let Worf get the glory or have anything meaningful to do in this film) Once they beam him over, the transporter systems short out, but Data knows Picard needs help, so he uses a hull-breached corridor to launch himself across the vacuum of space toward the Scimitar so he can climb aboard.

Picard fights his way to the Scimitar's bridge and easily dispatches the Remans who are supposed to be super-tough warriors, but whatever. Naturally, he uses his gun as a melee weapon and breaks it like an asshole, so he's now in a fistfight with Shinzon who turns out to have a couple knives on his person and starts swiping menacingly at Picard. They make it into the thalaron generator room, where Picard breaks a pipe off the wall as Shinzon charges at him and it impales the clone in his chest. And, because all clones are superhuman movie monsters, Shinzon menacingly pulls himself forward along the pipe to get face to face with Picard and get a last word in before dying. Data shows up just in the nick of time to slap a one-way transporter beacon onto Picard, sending him back to the Enterprise, while he fires a phaser at the shitty CGI thalaron generator, destroying the Scimitar and sacrificing himself for the Enterprise.

The surviving Romulan warbird sends shuttles to assist the Enterprise as the senior staff open a bottle of Chateau Picard and reminisce about their fallen comrade. Riker recalls first meeting Data in the holodeck as Data was trying and failing to whistle. Riker can't remember the tune. (It was Pop Goes the Weasel.) Notably silent in a moment that would be a time for a best friend to shine, Geordi instead gets no lines and is yet another wasted character in a film that's only serving as a Picard/Data vehicle.

The Enterprise-E is back at Earth spacedock getting rebuilt, and Picard sees Riker off as he goes to captain the Titan. B-4 has been reactivated, presumably with his Reman programming removed, and Picard is telling him about Data's sacrifice and hopes B-4 can one day become a more complete individual like Data was. As Picard gets up to leave, B-4 is humming "Blue Skies" to himself, an indication that he's starting to recall the memories Data implanted on him. Perhaps Data can live again... or perhaps Brent Spiner is getting too old to play an ageless robot.

NITPICKS

Romulan ale is no longer illegal, the trade embargo was lifted during the Dominion War.

Positronic signatures aren't exclusive to androids. A positron is literally just the antiparticle of an electron.

Thalaron radiation is described as being able to consume organic material at the subatomic level, which is nonsense. The distinction between organic and inorganic is made at the atomic level, since organic matter is matter that contains carbon. Once you go subatomic, it's just elementary particles and quarks below that. If thalaron radiation targets organic matter specifically, it has to do it at the atomic or molecular level.

What was the point of the mind-rape other than "Rawr I am a bad guy and I must do bad guy things!" I get that they did it to set up Deanna later turning it against them, but they couldn't have used their psychic power to, I dunno, steal secrets while she was on the bridge? They just used it to be creepy evil assholes?

Why do Remans have a control interface full of tightly spaced buttons when they have those massive fingernail claws poorly designed for such control schemes?

Why is Shinzon planning on using the thalaron radiation on Earth? What animosity does he have for Earth? I would think if he hated anyone, it's Romulans. Why not use it on Romulus?

First Contact established the Enterprise-E as having either 24 or 26 decks. Why is there a 29th deck all of a sudden?

Picard says he and Shinzon have the same heart. Picard's heart is artificial.

Worf's line "The Romulans fought with honor" is not given its due, at all. It's a throwaway line in the film, but when you consider Worf's entire story arc, for him to come to a point where he would ever say that is fucking huge from a character development standpoint. The dude HATES Romulans. They couldn't have thrown in at least one or two lines earlier in the movie where he expresses distaste for them?

Where is the catwalk area with a bottomless pit for the Reman Viceroy to plummet to his death? My first thought was a turbolift shaft, but there was a walkway suspended directly across the pit of death that would get in the way of a turbolift. Not to mention, this is on the erroneous deck 29. You're telling me there's a bottomless pit 3-5 decks below the bottom of the ship?

FAVORITE QUOTES

LaForge: Did you ever think about getting married again? Guinan: No, twenty-three was my limit.

Picard: Don't worry, Number One, we'll still have you to Betazed with plenty of time to spare... Riker: Thank you, sir. Picard: ...where we will all honor the Betazoid tradition. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the gym.

Picard: Your wife would never forgive me if anything were to happen to you. You have the bridge, Mister Troi.

Janeway: The Son'a, the Borg, the Romulans. You seem to get all the easy assignments.

Shinzon:You may go. B-4: Where? Shinzon: Out of my sight.

Shinzon: The same noble Picard blood pumps through our veins. Had you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am. So look in the mirror, See yourself. Consider that, Captain. I can think of no greater I torment for you. Picard: Shinzon, I'm a mirror for you as well.

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