#but if u already voted before u saw the post or i were already gonna vote taylor ur low priority atm

[llumimoon]

me sleeping like a baby while mentally putting normal through the horrors

#cal rambles #listen. if i like a character i put them through some awful shit <3 theres always a happy ending tho #cannot keep track of how many aus i have made with the sole purpose of Hey Wouldnt It Be Fucked Up If That Happened To Normal #its very fun to me <3 #ANYWAYS if i wake up and Taylor is still losing i will sob #will still try and finish most of thr requests #but if u already voted before u saw the post or i were already gonna vote taylor ur low priority atm #unless ur oc or character looks cool as fuck that automatically rockets u to the top tbh JWVWGAHAGAHHA #listennn i havent gotten to draw in a while i think these quick doodles r actually helping me a lot

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

AITA WIP Tag Game

Stealing the open tag by @winterandwords

Describe your WIP as if it were a post on r/AmITheAsshole

This one contains heavy spoilers for the Fancy Boots arc of Glass Shards. Transcript of the images is below the cut. There's also links to the images at the end, because I think tumblr compresses them.

Aaaand I'm gonna very lowkey tag: @starlit-hopes-and-dreams @antisocialxconstruct and everyone who wants to :D

I don't know if you wanna do something like this. Obviously doesn't have to be image format, I just took the idea and ran with it because I'm so very normal. It's a rather high effort tag game, so feel absolutely free to ignore it <3

I'm gonna tag some people from the Glass Shards/Fancy Boots taglist as well, just for looking at it, because I put too much fucking effort into this: @teamwhump @dont-touch-my-soup @kixngiggles

Lol guys I found a thread on reddit, it's hilarious, check it out.

Poor guy got torn to shreds in the comments.

Seems there were some updates as well. I'm having my doubts about this story, but five months is a nice commitment to the bit.

All images: The Post | First Question | Second Question | Third Question | Edits | Update

All screenshots look like posts on the subreddit r/AmITheAsshole, with several thousand upvotes and comments.

User u/ThrowRAFancyBoots posted seven months ago and has been voted the asshole:

AITA? I just wanted to make sure he's not a threat, but his wife is giving me the death glare

So I (25M) recently ran across an old acquaintance (35M). Last time we met… ok, there's no way around it, I was in law enforcement, and I arrested him for attempted murder. It wasn't pretty. Some things happened, and he was seriously injured. Wasn't my fault, but I admit I could have been a bigger help. I was informed he broke out of prison before his trial, but I moved away a short time later, and it kinda ended up in the back of my mind.

Now my new employer is in negotiations to move to this town, and while he's stuck in meetings all day, I got some time on my hands. And guess who I saw wandering around at the beach? I couldn't believe my eyes, but it was definitely him, he reacted to that stupid nickname they gave him.

Well, I did what any upstanding citizen would do, I tried to arrest him, but his wife (25F) — he has a wife now! — begged me to let him go. Ok, perhaps she didn't so much beg me as threaten me, but anyway, I just… I couldn't do it.

But I had to make sure he's not a threat anymore, I mean, what if I let him go and he kills someone?? So I told them I'd be over again to talk, and he invited me to dinner. It was an amazing dinner, this guy's a wonderful cook. We kept talking and I lost track of time, and then it was late and I realized I hadn't even asked my questions, so I told them I’d come back the next afternoon.

It's been 4 days now, and I've visited them daily, and I don't believe he's anywhere near the monster people said he is. Really, his wife seems to be more dangerous than he is. I think she's about to stab me. If looks could kill, I would be dead already. It’s making me wonder.

I just want to make absolutely sure, you know? Is that too much to ask? I didn't even come for dinner each day, so he wouldn't have to cook for me, though he still offered me something every time (it was absolutely delicious). I came along as he went shopping, and he was nice to everyone, and everyone seemed to like him. When someone asked, he introduced me as his friend of all things. If he’s an actor, he’s the best fucking actor I’ve ever seen.

So I'm asking, am I the asshole for bothering them for a few days while making absolutely sure he's not a threat anymore?

Several people have replied to this post:

First reply thread:

BurntSalad: INFO: What do you want to ask him?

ThrowRAFancyBoots: I want to ask him why he did it.

BurntSalad: YTA. It's been 4 days. Just check the police records or something, if you're too much of a coward lol

ThrowRAFancyBoots: I would have to ask. There wasn't a motive, it was straight up an assassination attempt. It doesn't make sense. Not when you get to know him. That's why I've been coming back.

UpperDogPants: then ask. put on your big boy pants and stop ruining their lives

ThrowRAFancyBoots: I will. Tomorrow.

Second reply thread:

CheeseAndPasta79: INFO: What was for dinner?

ThrowRAFancyBoots: Bean roast, mashed potatoes, glazed vegetables and freshly baked bread, why?

CheeseAndPasta79: YTA

ThrowRAFancyBoots: :(

Third reply thread:

SecretlyJealous2342: YTA you just want to fuck his wife

ThrowRAFancyBoots: No I do not want to fuck his wife, wtf.

Next comes a screenshot of the lower part of the OP, which now shows several edits and update. The thread has been locked:

Edit: Since people have repeatedly asked about the incident when he was arrested: his gun exploded, and he blew up his hand. We had to cut it off to save his life, and it… it was pretty gruesome, and I'm not proud of anything we did, all right? I didn't want to mention it, because I figured it might lead to prejudices before you've even read the whole story.

Edit 2: I don't think he's a killer. He really, really doesn't behave like one. But people wanted to know what I could possibly want to ask him after 4 days, and it's complicated. I want to know why he did it. For some reason, I can't seem to ask him that. But if I don’t know what made him do it, how can I be sure he won’t do it again?

Edit 3: Ok, after the latest edit, people seem to agree that I'm the asshole. Perhaps you’re right but can’t you see the predicament I’m in? And no, for those who were asking if his motives weren’t clear, they were not. It wasn’t a case of jealousy or revenge or anything, it was an assassination attempt, plain and simple. Perhaps he was blackmailed into it, or… fuck, I don’t know. This one day. I’ll go back one more time, ask my question, and leave them alone afterwards.

Update: I think I fucke 

Update 2: Sorry, I dropped my phone and hit send too early. My hands are shaking. I fucked up. I went back today (yeah, yeah, I know) and I saw something I shouldn’t have seen. He’s… it’s not my secret to share, and I won’t do that to him in case he or anyone he knows will ever find this, but safe to say, he was treated so much worse than I had assumed. I didn’t… It wasn’t me, but I let this happen to him.

You were right, I’m gonna leave him alone, but I have to go back one last time to tell them I will keep his secret. Fingers crossed I won’t end up with a knife between my eyes. Just kidding. Hopefully.

Update 3: So, uh, things took a turn, and I don’t know what to make of it, but… I think it’s a good thing? When I went to apologize, I brought something of his, something I had kept since the day I handed him over. I told him how I quit my job afterwards, because of what we did, because I couldn’t look those people in the eye anymore. And how I had kept this object to remind me.

I wouldn’t have asked him anymore, but it was him who brought up the question, and I decided to be honest, so I finally asked him why he had done it. I was right, he had been forced by someone. Not only the attempted murder, but also the rest, which I didn’t… I didn’t mention it because it would have made his identity too obvious and might put him at risk, but it doesn’t matter anymore, because there’s no fucking chance he’ll ever do it again.

I’m sorry, my thoughts are all over the place. When I left, he actually ran after me and invited me to dinner. I went, and before you call me an asshole again, this time… it was different. They were actually at ease around me. 

I’m now back in my room, and I can’t stop wondering where to go from here. If he really wants to be friends. We’ll see. I’m gonna leave it fully up to him, that’s the least I can do. 

I guess the question of whether I am the asshole has been answered (yes I was, big time). It doesn’t really matter anymore, but since people seem to be strangely invested (you should try reading a book instead), I can let you all know in a few weeks how things are going.

The last screenshot is of a new reddit post by u/ThrowRAFancyBoots, with even more upvotes and awards, two months ago.

Update: I just wanted to make sure he's not a threat, but his wife is giving me the death glare

I promised an update, but things have been kinda crazy. At first, everything was going well, I was visiting more often, and while his wife still didn’t like me (I can’t blame her) she was courteous enough. I would say he and I became friends, which is… fuck, I don’t really have many close friends.

It really took her flipping out at me to realize that I was holding the threat to his life over his head. That if I were to hand him over to the authorities, they were going to kill him. That I’ve been coming into his home, basically telling him “if you can’t convince me you’re nice enough, I’ll have you killed”. 

Yeah, you were right. I’m a fucking idiot.

And just when things started to settle, shit hit the fan. Turns out, he hadn’t told his brother about me (for which I also can’t blame him). Said brother wasn’t very amused to see me leaving the house and lost his temper. Not to go into details, but if my friend’s wife had taken a few moments longer to come out and check on the noise, I wouldn’t be writing this now.

I was out of commission for several weeks, which I spent at their house. His wife’s behavior took a 180 degree turn, and she’s been fussing over me ever since. Which is kinda endearing, but I hate to see her worry like that. Those two are some of the kindest people I’ve ever met, and it hurts my heart to think what they’ve been through.

Lost my job in the meantime, because my employer got sick of waiting for my return (I can’t… well perhaps I do blame him. A tiny bit. He could have gotten a temporary replacement, but fuck me, I guess). Not sure where to go next, I’m not quite fit to return to work yet, but there’s a chance the local headquarters will employ me directly, which would be fantastic. If not… I’ll figure something out. I could always return home to my family, but I’d really like to find a way to stay here.

Now I know my friend’s brother was just worried about him (for which I absolutely can’t blame him), so I decided to forgive him for attacking me. There’s nothing more important than family, and to think I almost destroyed theirs… I’m incredibly lucky to still be around, and to have them in my life, and for everything to turn out rather well, all things considered.

Probably not the update you expected, but that’s life. I won’t be posting again, I already put too much of their business onto the internet. Take care, and give your friends and families a hug today, if you haven’t. 

#salad-tag #Fancy Boots #Riordan has fancy boots #Do you understand how much work that was

[friendlypetdogg]

× Unspoken Words Are Poggers Ones - TommyInnt X Reader ×

"𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨. 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨, 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨, 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣."

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 2

"𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬."

Finally you got home from school, since you did all your work already, you could easily hop on twitch and stream. First you had to retweet back to Tommyinnit.

Twitter - y/u/n tweeted something!

@Tommyinnit  Ello sir! I'm y/u/n or also known as y/n. Yes I am a woman and I am so sorry for my viewers to ruin your stream! I can scold them for you :) anyway please enjoy your day!

You logged into twitch and launched Minecraft plus twitch. Your stream started and your timer was counting down. You began posting on your socials about going live, with many excited comments and viewers in chat you were prepared.

Someone Donated $5.00 to you!

"Aww thanks to whoever just donated the $5.00, that was sweet!"

You grin and end the timer, you begin your intro to your stream and sped typed any thank you's for donations or to answer any questions people had.

Tommyinnit donated $20.00 - Say Wilbur Soot Is Not Poggers

"Oh my god... is that really you Tommy-? Well I guess Wilbur Soot isn't poggers then!~"

Your chat was going insane over the donation you just received, but so were you.

"Tommyinnit thank you so much for the $20.00, it means the world to me that you saw that, chat don't take that to harsh please but still thank you so much. Actually- wait hang on before we start playing Minecraft- I'll be right back."

You went to your closet and grabbed your guitar and some cosplay that was laying on your counter in there.

"Chat we're not gonna play right now, imma give you a make-up stream for the time being!! I got the best cosplay I can do >:)"

You grabbed the black and white face paint you had, with your make-up pens and eyeshadow, with some blush and your props. You changed your music to MCYT songs such as "Life By The Sea" "Your New Boyfriend" and a few others. Even if you didn't know the tunes you still loved the lyrics.

"yo credit to the dream smp for these songs lol, and who wants a gif of Tommyinnit, Hey mods please put a poll up for chat to vote."

A poll went up and everyone mostly said yes. So you added a gif of tommyinnit in the corner of your stream.

You began your make-up, painting your face like Ranboo.

Tommyinnit Donated $10.00 - istg I would punt you if I could for that gif you got

You're silently wheezed while doing your makeup, causing a bit to smeer.

"TOMMY YOU MADE ME SMEER MY COSPLAY MAKE-UP!!!!"

People started wheezing in chat, spamming the LOL emote.

"Alright almost doneeee"

You were nervous, you put up a green screen behind you so no one could see your background , since you had makeup on ( a ton ) your face couldn't be recognized.

"guys this will be the very first face reveal!!! Please know this might take a lot of courage! "

You turned on your camera and waved shyly at the screen.

You smiled and grabbed your guitar, then typed something into your text to speech.

"Alright I got a song to play"

You began playing the song, it was "Your New Boyfriend" by Wilbur Soot. So many viewers in chat went freaking crazy over it. You checked the time and saw that it was 3:00pm, you only had a hour and an half  before your brother came home.

"Alrighty! I hope that was good, but for now... lets play some bedwars!"

For the next 1.5 hours you played Bedwars before calling the day quits.

"Alright lovelys I have to go, I hope you have a good day!!!"

You quickly turned off the PC and sat on the couch waiting for your brother to get back.

" Y/N!! Where the heck are you! Istg if your streaming again."

You patiently waited for him but you felt stomps towards you. So you looked behind you and saw your brother looking upset at you. You tilted your head at him and questioned him. He looked at you, he began yelling but you couldn't understand him. You pointed at your phone, gesturing for him to text it to you. He grabbed a book and threw it across the room, you rushed to your room, locking the door behind you. He began pounding his door, he soon gave up and texted you he was going out with his girlfriend. You sighed and went to the mini fridge in your room. You got the f/d out of there and began chugging it.

#dream smp #tommyinnit #y/n #wattpad #minecraft #story #fanfiction

[enhypenova]

Failed date

words : 1.3k genre : fluff warnings: none ig? maybe a tiny bit angst if u blink but aside from that IT'S JUST A WHOLE FLUFF

(okay but imagine if we get jake in red suit again!??!?)

just in case you won’t notice it, here’s the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTsAs4JNZ9Y&feature=emb_logo

You glared at Jake who's trying to avoid your deathly stares for a while now.

You're currently situated under the roof of whatever restaurant Jake said he booked days before your planned date protecting yourselves from the heavy rain because you couldn't get inside since it was actually a different restaurant and to add to that, it was closed.

You sighed exasperatedly which got him to look at you with a worried yet scared look.

"Yes, I know, you told me I should've double checked and should've have parked the car somewhere near but don't you worry! I'll fix this!" He said trying to uplift your mood smiling at you while raising his brows (you know the thing he usually does)

You sighed in defeat, not being able to stay mad at him especially when he gives you the puppy dog eyes

"What are you gonna do then?" you said looking at him shivering a bit because of the dress you're wearing and noticing this, he gave you his coat while looking around searching where he parked the car

"I don't know..." he said trailing when he saw the car "Oh! Maybe just make a run for it" and with that he abruptly ran towards the car without letting you realize what he just said

"YAH!" you hesitated following him because it was really raining hard but realizing that he was just wearing a thin dress shirt since he gave you his coat, you decided to catch up to him too. You stumbled upon him when you accidentally slipped, bless his instincts for catching you on time

"Hey! What are you doing here? You're gonna get sick!" He said helping you stand properly while trying to cover your head with his coat

"YOU'RE gonna get sick" you emphasized while sharing the coat and trying to protect the both of you from the rain. He shook his head and just smiled, he brought you closer by holding your waist and you did the same while holding the coat with your free hands, you went and ran carefully towards the car

Reaching the car, he opened the door for you first, making sure you're all settled, right after getting inside, he did not hesitate to turn the heater immediately just in case your cold since you're basically dripping (how much more him?! but he doesn't care about that right now)

He looked at you hugging his coat even though it is also wet and he really felt guilty on how this day turned out and you met his eyes and was about to say it's okay but he beat you to it

"I'm really sorry babe" he said reaching for your hands trying to warm them up

"If I listened to you awhile ago we wouldn't have be-" you shushed him by squishing his cheeks

"You don't to be sorry, it's okay and it's fine! I'm fine! See?" you smiled at him in which he returned back

"Oh right! I think I have some extra clothes and some blankets with me" he said reaching at the back seat of his car

"Oh no! It's fine! I think I can manage..." you tried telling him while he's still searching for the bag that has his extra clothes for when he sleep overs at Hoon's or Jay's but he just insist telling you it's fine since it's a big sweater anyways

"Here, you can change into those so that you'll be comfortable and warm." he said handing you his dark blue oversized sweater

"Take it or else you're gonna get sick!" he urged you on since you were hesitating to take the sweater

"But what about you?" you worriedly looked at him while holding the sweater "We're both soaked and you're gonna get sick too!"

"No, I think I still have an extra shirt here, I mean I could even go shirtless, who cares..." he jokingly said while shrugging and you just looked at him like 'I'm serious here c'mon' while he just laughed at you muttering something along the lines of 'I'm kidding'

You looked at the sweater that he gave you and just by looking at its material and it's fluffiness you can tell it's one hell of an expensive sweater, a sweater that might add to the list of sweaters of his that you are yet to return...

"Are you sure you're letting me borrow this sweater?" you said and he just replied 'duh, of course' while you tested him and said "last chance... because you might not get it back once you let me wear this oh so fluffy sweater" you looked knowingly at him

He exaggeratedly reacted as if he was just betrayed and said "Well... I have the keys to your apartment so..." he shrugged and ya'll just laughed at it

After joking around, you realized you didn't have anywhere to go to change clothes since all of the stores are closed plus it's still raining hard outside and so you conflictedly looked around, trying to see if there are any stores open or restrooms nearby where you can change into and Jake, noticing this, cleared his throat and said

"Y-you can change in here..."  he shyly muttered and you looked at him surprised, holding the sweater close to you as if attempting to cover yourself up, and like a deer caught in the headlights, he defended himself

"I WON'T LOOK!! I SWEAR! I WON'T EVEN BREATHE!!" he said, panicking but that last sentence got you laughing because of how adorable he was

"Babe, no need to panic, you know I was just joking and I trust you, okay?" you reassured him and with that he sighed in relief and smiled at you then proceeded to turn off the lights and looked out on the window on his side. You took a little time admiring and appreciating this very moment with him, every moment you've been through and how sweet and genuine he is as a bestfriend but also as a boyfriend

"Don't you dare peek or else..." you jokingly threatened him

"Or else what" he scared you, pretending to turn around which got you surprised and playfully hit his arm to which he just laughed off and you went ahead and changed into his sweater, you gushed about how comfy and fluffy his sweater was hugging the garment to yourself despite wearing it already

"I'm guessing I can turn around now?" he asked still facing the window and you just replied a small 'mhmm' still feeling the soft fabric and the moment his eyes met you tiny frame being swallowed by his sweater, HE MELTED (internally screaming bc not only are you wearing his clothes but you also look so cute in it and he just like damn I luv u SFDGHJGKHFDSFGHJA = soft)

"Alright, MY TURN" he suddenly said lifting his shirt up getting you caught off-guard that you immediately turn to your side while blushing

"AISH SERIOUSLY JAEYUN!! You have to stop surprising me like that" you said trying to calm yourself, while hiding your tomato cheeks and he just giggled at your cute reaction. After changing into his dry shirt, he asked for your wet clothes and kept it in a plastic together with his

"So... you all set?" he asked after putting the wet clothes at the backseat and covering you up with the spare blanket he has in his car

"Yes, I'm all warm and comfy now because of you... Now please let's drive thru some donalds or something I'M STARVINGGG" you said hugging the blanket and he just giggled and pinched your cheeks at you exaggeration. He turned on the radio then proceeded to drive away

"Oh my!! I looove this song" you said closing your eyes and Jake just looked at you thinking 'Damn... I do love you... so bad' he held your hand and kissed the back of your palm and sang the rest of the song with you.

You went ahead listening and jamming to the radio, glancing at each other and laughing the night off whilst looking for  some fast food that could fill your appetite.

✿ ͡◕ ᴗ◕)つ━━✫・*。

- hey! this is actually not the first thing that I've written but this is the first one I've had the guts to post

- I'm not really a good writer and it takes me a long time to writes scenarios, imagines and basically just everything in general but my mind goes above and beyond that I just want to put these Imaginations and share them with all of you

- Tell me what you think about this pls!! If it's okay or it needs improvement, I want to do better in the future!

- ALSO PLEASE VOTE OUR BOYS ON SMA FOR ROTY!!! WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THEM TO WIN!! WE CAN ACHIEVE IT IF WE ALL COOPERATE!!

#enhypen #jake shim #jake sim #jake imagines #enhypen imagines #enhypen imagine #enhypen scenario #enhypen scenarios #enhypen fluff #kpop imagines #imagines #fluff #enhypen x reader #enhypen blurbs

[sanstropfremir]

same anon (guess i’ll call myself kingdom anon) — and to be fair im also the same as u and can’t really watch competition shows. that’s why i only watched their youtube clips at the beginning. only watching it now because i need something to pass time. (though if u have any recs pls do share :)) but like i’m not paying extreme attention to it lol

i skip skz’s performances just because i am really not a fan. its v cringe for me…. whoever told them that they’re good rappers should maybe possibly be fired. but music is subjective so to each their own. i’m not going to subject myself to it. one thing that i am curious about is if skz genuinely believes that they did really well? it is a scripted show so i’m not too sure. but i really wished fan votes weren’t such a large percentage…. this was an opportunity for tbz/skz/atz to actually receive critical feedback and grow considering they’re younger groups (as opposed to btob/ikon who already established themselves). like for sf9, we saw their immediate growth from round 1 to round 2. but for skz, they’re stagnant.

on a more general topic, there’s something v unique w having large fan bases. recently i saw an article that skz’s new album reached 900,000+ preorder sales. but they didn’t actually rank on korean music charts. and in a way, the sales tell jyp that they’re successful because of the money they’re bringing in. and they’ll continue doing the same thing because it works. but also they’re relatively unknown by korea’s gp when u compare them to jyp’s other male groups (2pm, god, got7). i don’t know where i’m going w this lol sorry just finished a final. but this show was overall disappointing for me. and i d k if i’ll continue watching the episodes

you may be the only person left watching kingdom at this stage so i think the moniker is fitting!

obviously you've been around and reading my reviews so you know my thoughts on the show on the whole, but i don't think i ever really talked about what i thought skz themselves think about the outcome, which is.....i have to assume that they knew the results were gonna be skewed. i think maybe after that first ranking there could have been feasible deniability for them, but as the numbers kept coming in so drastically skewed, especially when mnet made the bizarre choice to show the individual rankings for expert/self/fan judging separately, there's no way they didn't clue in to what was going on. the general consensus from the skz fans i know is that even the fans knew this was not their best showing, and if i know anything about artists i know that we're never satisfied with anything deep down, even if its our best received work.

in terms of seeing if there was any payoff/growth post show, only three of the six groups have had comebacks so i cant really make any totally accurate judgements, but i can say that yea, overall there has been growth. we saw sf9's growth the most obviously during the show and then they cranked it up to 12 for teardrop and it paid off for them (they broke their own sales record, good job boys). we also know that even though the mv for teardrop was filmed pre-kingdom, they revamped the entire choreo after the show in order to capitalize on the feedback from move, and honestly it's the best direction for them to go in. not sure when their next comeback is gonna be because youngbin and inseong are going to have to enlist soon and because of the large age gap its probably gonna be a while before they're all together again. tbz i think has shown a pretty big improvement, at least with thrill ride (who's to say about other comebacks). they've ditched any kind of lore and although i don't like the song i think the majority of the styling is quite good and it's a good genre break for them.

as for skz, i do actually think there's been one or two lessons learned. thunderous isn't as good a song as god's menu or back door, but it's on par with their discography and consistency is key. i do however, think the choreography is excellent and the styling + general concept is interesting, even if a bit conservative. personally i think they should have leaned way more into the graphic elements of the mv, because the shapes and silhouettes of the clothing are good, but they're so monotone that it ends up being a little boring. if everything else was the same but there was more use of patterns and colour it'd pop a lot better. it's also possible that we may see that in the next stages they do, since they've only done three or four so far. i'm taking it as a win that the styling is at least related to the concept. as for the rest of them; the ateez comeback isn't for another two weeks and honestly i have NO clue what to expect, btob is tomorrow and it's gonna be fine obvs, and i dont think ikon is gonna have a comeback any time soon since bobby is apparently getting married next month (plus the baby), not that i was expecting kingdom to have any effect on them lol.

i think its reasonable that jyp front skz more as an international group, especially since they had that with got7 and then cocked it up so badly. i think we're definitely going to be seeing some interesting (if you like that kind of thing) numbers discrepancies in the next few years because of how different groups are being marketed and it's going to have some kind of effect on korean and international charts. personally i have exactly zero interest in charts and numbers and would prefer them to stay far away from me because it's just another way the music industry has been gamified by capitalism.

honestly if the show's not doing it for you than don't bother. it would have been a lot better if there were more group interactions; the sports/isac episode is cute and fun, but really the highlights of the rest of them are the stages.

#why did this response get so long im so sorry. why do i talk so much #kingdom #kingdom asks #if youre looking for time passing content sdc is great for that if you like dance #both sdc3 and sdc4 are on youtube in full with full eng subs (sdc4 is still airing but theyre putting up fully subbed episodes every week) #i shit you not the episodes are between 2.5 to 3.5 hours long on average and there is at least 12 of them #plus the finale of sdc3 is like 7 hours. (it was a livestream which is why it was so long and theres big chunks you can skip) #if you want something more music based superband is 20/10 always recommend #no idea where the full episodes are but most of the performances are on youtube and those are the best parts #the devil judge is really good #so is the uncanny counter #sometimes when im feeling especially shitty i watch all three john wick movies in a row #honestly i spend most of my time 1) looking up recipes 2) actually cooking or 3) research/writing for asks #the amount of film/tv content i have consumed in the last year has decreased quite significantly #so im kinda terrible with recommendations unless youre looking for something specific #kpop questions #text #answers

[sergeant-angels-trashcan]

for the otp game gimme the og pairing, kate and Matt Murdock c'mon u kno u want to

Getting back to my ROOTS love it

1. What was their first impression of each other?

“WHOMST this garbage can?” with a side of “oh no he’s hot” for Kate like, okay, it was more of a “oh you’re a COMPETENT garbage can” but still, a garbage can. 

2. What is their ship name?

Mattkate? amongst my various playlists and document names they are also “feathers and horns” and “evil eyes and daring dodos” “

3. Describe their relationship dynamic.

garbage just kidding. in a lot of ways they are opposites attracting--Kate is good with big plans but has trouble with details while Matt is ALL about details. Kate is a contingency planner, while Matt is more impulsive--at least when fighting crime. Kate has a LOT more practical experience than Matt does. That’s flipped in their romantic relationship--Matt’s more likely to slow play something or be cautious while Kate has a “ah fuck it” mentality. Go for broke, fix the damage later

4. What was their relationship like before they got together?

pftpfpfpf antagonistic but in a dumb way, like, both of them constantly spiritually eyerolling at each other but also secretly impressed with the other’s skill. they were weirdly touchy-feely with each other early on in their friendship, due to checking on each other’s injuries, etc (weird for them, not weird touching)

5. How would they describe each other?

they both think the other is reckless which all of their friends would think was hilarious if they all also didn’t have a stash of bloodstained towels that are Matt and Kate’s fault

Matt thinks Kate is one of the strongest people he’s ever met, and she’s...not forgiving, exactly, but always willing to give people a chance. he also thinks she’s really funny.

Kate describes Matt as simultaneously the smartest person she’s ever met and the dumbest person she knows. He’s brave, selfless to a fault, and has a “look at all the fucks i give” mentality that she really admires

6. What do they love about each other?

Matt loves Kate’s determination and her steadfastness. In a lot of ways, she’s easily distractible, terrible with time, but if she says she’s there for you, she’s there, no matter what.  She’s also not afraid to tangle with powerful people, so the have that in common,

Kate loves Matt’s “Stick it to the man” attitude, how deeply he cares for his friends, and that he’s normal, mostly, but saw a problem and decided to do something about it.

7. What do they have in common?

concussions

also looking at people they have no business tangling with and fucking with them anyway. 

8. What are some differences between them?

Kate is very aware that she’s human. This is something she’s aware of in fights and forgets after, so she’s bad at taking care of herself.

Matt knows he’s human and ignores this fact during fights but is VERY aware of after. So he makes sure Kate takes care of herself.

Matt also angsts a lot more than Kate about the morality and legality of vigilantism, whereas Kate’s been doing this since before she could vote so she’s kind of over it. Matt also has a lot more doubt over being a superhero and Kate’s all in. 

9. What made them realize they were in love?

they’ve lowkey been in love for most of their relationship, honestly, so for both of them it was a lot of little things building up over time. One morning Kate was tying Matt’s tie for court and he had a split lip--he was going over his opening statement, drumming his fingers on her hips and she just went ah. that’s what this feeling is. it wasn’t like, a startling revelation, just something that settled back in her gut, something that was always there.

Matt realized he loved Kate, like, truly madly deeply, one day listening to her snoring in the vents between his office and hers. Looking back, though, he thinks he first started falling in love with her when she threatened to get into a physical altercation with Stick

10. What are their love languages?

cuddling. they’re SUPER physically affectionate. or not even affection, just touching to check in on each other. 

they also bandage each other’s wounds

11. Do they get married? Who proposes and how?

i know nobody will believe me but I DON’T KNOW!!!! Because Kate doesn’t see the point but Good Catholic Boy Matt MUST GET MARRIED. Matt probably resigns himself to them never getting married and then Kate proposes to him after some fancy event--basically her in a full length evening gown on one knee (that pops very loudly) and Foggy whooping in the background. 

That, or one of them is hospitalized and there’s some Shenanigans with letting the other in and Matt’s like “never again. we’re getting married,” and Kate’s like “fine but we’re using my insurance” (while she’s hooked up to an IV and oxygen)

it’s the least romantic thing ever but both of them think it’s PEAK romance and get very sappy and emotional about it. Sister Maggie is over the moon. Father Latte is stoked. They are completely unaware of the fact that Kate actually has to be convinced to have a Cathoic-ish wedding, and that Clint is very upset he’s not allowed to perform the ceremony

Kate’s dress is fabrics Matt likes to listen to against her skin. Matt wears a burgundy tux with an arrow tie bar. 

12. What would happen if they never met? Matt’s life is the show, Kate probably winds up back in California. I hate to be like “Matt dies young” but that’s what happens, folks. 

13. Who dies first? How does the other one react? this isn’t real life. fuck death. also, considering Matt has been missing, assumed dead, i can say Kate reacts Not Well, takes down a drug smuggling ring, becomes invested in Frank Castle as a human person, (re)joins SHIELD, and teaches Karen self-defense (seriously, it’s like...a whole thing I started writing)

14. Are there any love rivals? Frank Castle, Elektra Natchios, and movie!Matt. Two of those have polyamory potential. one is just getting his ass kicked

15. Describe your favorite moment of that ship!

their UST cuddle sessions. where they’re like “we’re not cuddling” but they TOTALLY are

16. What do other characters think about this relationship?

mostly varying shades of “oh my god, they’re gonna die”. Most of their friends think it’s cute--Frank Castle doesn’t get it at all, Foggy sometimes wonders if Kate is a bad influence. Father Latte LOVES them together, can’t wait to marry them. Clint doesn’t think Matt’s good enough for Kate, but that’s pretty typical. 

17.Describe or write a really fluffy scene!

this is a post-midland scene where father latte yoinks Kate into the church

Sister Maggie glares and bitches—who knew nuns bitched?--but the other bed gets pushed up against Matt’s. Kate’s not entirely certain what Sister Maggie thinks is going to happen—Matt’s clearly not in any position to do much more than sleep and moan in misery—but the nun’s eyes soften a bit when she sees Matt’s hand still clasped between Kate’s.

“I’m not leaving him,” Kate repeats, aware that she’s starting to sound like a petulant child and not much caring.

It’s done, though, and Kate lays on her side, facing Matt and still holding his hand like it’s a lifeline. Exhaustion settles around her like a heavy blanket and Kate fights through it to wriggle just a little bit closer to Matt, close enough to press her forehead against his arm, remembering other times they’d slept like this that seem so long ago.

…

Matt doesn’t wake so much as he slowly drifts toward consciousness. There’s something different about it this time, something he can’t quite remember that makes him anxious and excited all at once.

Someone is holding his hand, something is warm all along his side, and even though his hearing is muffled, Matt can hear someone crying out.

He breaks the surface and gasps for air.

So much pain, his leg feels like it’s on fire and his skull feels two sizes too small and his ribs crackle with pain every time he breathes.

But something--

Someone is holding his hand, hugging his arm and he can’t smell or hear or taste but the calluses and the scars are familiar and Matt's heart leaps into his throat.

“Kate,” he croaks, squeezing at her hand while tugging at her arm. “Kate, it’s nightmare, wake up.”

Matt can’t even count on one hand the number of times that method of waking Kate up has worked, mostly because it never has, but this time, someone’s looking out for them because it does.

Kate jerks upright, her breath coming in sharp pants that echo in the silence, loud enough that even Matt can hear. Her hand tightens around his as she catches her breath, gulping in enough air to make a sad, heartbreaking little noise. “It’s real, you’re alive?”

Matt doesn’t respond because he’s using what little energy he has to reach for her with his free hand, his fingertips clumsily bumping against her cheek.

She makes that sad little noise again, one that Matt knows would rip right through him if he wasn’t already in excruciating pain.

She’s leaning over him, then, the tips of her hair brushing against his bare skin before she’s raining kisses on his face, light, gentle, sweet kisses.

This is familiar, Matt thinks, feeling like this might have happened a few hours earlier, before someone changed the room so she could lay down next to him.

He doesn’t know how to comfort her. Before—this, before everything, he would have listened to her heartbeat before deciding if he should ask her if she wanted pressure or space. And he would have either scooted to the far edge of the bed, or he would have rolled on top of her, setting his weight on her to keep her grounded and present.

18. Describe or write a really angsty scene!

sooo uhhh not strictly mattkate but from a wip where Matt doesn’t let Kate know he survived the explosion at midland and Kate stumbles into the punisher season 1 storyline uhhh i have nothing to say for myself

“He left me.”

“What?” Frank’s thunderous gaze is fixed on Kate now, and she falters under it.

“Matt. He, um. When he. At Midland,” she stumbles through the thought and Frank softens. “he didn’t just—I don’t know what Karen told you—he didn’t just die—he--he stayed. Her name was Elektra.” Kate takes a deep breath and it’s like she’s rehearsed this, how she would say it and the words come too easy.

“She was he ex-girlfriend, former love, from college. She came back into his life about the same time we met you. And it was rough, you know? They still had feelings for each other, but he picked me—or maybe he didn’t, maybe it was because she died and that made the choice for him. There’s a lot of magic bullshit in this story,” Kate answers Frank’s unspoken question. “And it was magic bullshit that brought her back to life, only not quite right. Not quite human. She’s who they were fighting at Midland.” Her eyes prickle hot with tears as she says the worst part, the part her mind worries like a dog with a bone when she can’t sleep at night. “He chose. To, to not let Elektra die alone, he chose her over me. He decided that life with me was worse than death with her,” and there it is, the whole ugly, painful truth,  I wasn’t enough, it was Elektra all along, and it burns the back of her throat, it constricts her chest. The tears burn tracks down her cheeks, cooling along her jaw. “I hate him. He made me believe—I thought what we had was real. I thought he loved me--”

Her voice breaks on a sob she can no longer contain, and all at once Frank surrounds her, his arms crushing her to his chest, his gentle shushing ruffling her hair. “Hey there, sweetheart, hey, it’s all right. He loved you, anyone could see that. He could have gotten trapped, could have gotten hit in the head, we don’t know.” His hands drag up and down her spine. “I’m right here, sweetheart, it’s okay.”

19. Talk about a headcanon you’ve never talked about before. so it’s not exactly MattKate but Kate was married to America, once, in space, and they just...forgot to get divorced after they broke up. So there’s a whole thing with the three of them that involves Matt and America becoming really good friends--I mean, they both like punching stuff, that’s a solid basis for a friendship, right? And they get lunch every few months and Kate’s just like “why is my ex-wife texting you” and, of course, the “Kate and Elektra dated” headcanon, which dovetails really nicely with Matt/Kate/Elektra ot3. Kate and Elektra just sprawled on Matt’s couch asking him to bring them food because they’re heiresses they’re too pretty to get things themselves

20. What does a typical date look like for them?

Kate trying to keep Matt from listening for crime. Kate grilling Matt about the kitchen, Kate guessing the relationships of the other diners and Matt telling her if she’s right or wrong. Stopping a mugging on the way home and making out in an alley.

21. What’s a really significant moment in their relationship?

WHOOPS MISSED THIS, but it’s the first time they take Fisk down. it was them working as a team, recognizing their romantic feelings, just. all around a good day. it’s an anniversary they celebrate every year

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[dykeplants]

answer this afterward, but how'd it go!!!! was it good?

Um that was the most amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life? The whole thing was like waow!!!!!! I felt like I really was at an awards show bc obviously other artists have to perform and they announced awards in between!!!

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Starting off prior to the show I love men <3

The performances were really cool and amazing but to be frank I stopped watching after txt bc it was already like 6am. WHICH WAS A MISTAKEE!!!! Will get to that at the end!

Tomorrow x Together's performance was something completely different from the rest. Hm..they're a breath of fresh air! I struggled on that..saying for a second I kept thinking glass of fresh air. All the boy groups had these dark concepts one after the other and so did like 2 solo female artists, Oh My Girl had something light but its Oh My Girl..so expected.

So it's one dark concept after another and then TXT comes in like WELCOME TO THE FUCKING DISCO!!

LIKE YAHHHH!! LOSING IT! BRIGHT AND COLORFUL! I turned my volume up and put my brightness on blast. I had so much fun it was great. Not to say the other idols didnt do well but I was there for tomorrow x together not collab stages between groups idk abt (nct looks like a whole college university theres so many ppl at one point I refreshed the screen bc my wifi was bad and had a heart attack).

TXT did covers of some songs with their own TXT twist on it of course...uh Short Hair..Dynamite..theres another but its 9am and it was in korean so forgive me. They again performed Blue Hour (Dance Break V.) which u cant help but love..I kinda wish it was Blue Hour (Dance Break V but the Dance Break is Zumba) but I missed cowboy town so...

Before their performance like a while before..Mr. Host got to talking about Worldwide's Fanchoice..he announces like..NCT? as one of the winners and I'm thinking to myself..

BUT IT ISNT OVER..BECAUSE AFTER ONE PERFORMANCE...BAM!

ITS A TOP 10 KIND OF THING!! NOT A #1!! AND IM YELLING IN HUGE EXCITEMENT THEY DID IT...THEY WONNN YEAHH!! The only award of theirs tonight I was so happy because I contributed to this!! I spent a while on twitter retweeting votes and I even made my own tweet..baby's first twitter steps were me being a kpop stan 🤧.

I kept having some technical difficulties with the stream..very frustrating with having to refresh and all nothing too bad. I sat through a commerical break that felt like hours!!! Here's a pic of some girls so I can say I'm gay

Okay back to TXT!! TXT does their performance its showstopping! It's amazing! You saw the pics, TXT always has a good stage and good stage presence. Bee closes her laptop for the night bc she thinks this is it and she takes to twitter for some funny tweets abt the night.

Bees on twitter and oh shit what's this? ITS NOT OVER...STUNNINGLY!!!!

TXT WINS FAVORITE DANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP!! A CHOICE THAT WAS CHOSEN BY CRITICS NOT JUST SIMPLE FAN VOTES!! ITS A WIN FOR TXT ITS A WIN FOR MOA! "CANT YOU SEE ME" DESERVED THIS!

I GO BATSHIT! IM GOING BATSHIT NOW..I CLOSED MY LAPTOP AND MISSED OUT ON THIS?? A tragedy but I do be my own undoing.. again I take to Twitter bc this time ik taehyun, hueningkai, and dumb, dumber, and dumbest arent coming back.

All in all this was like amazing. I had so much fun. Despite me crying earlier in the night bc I thought I wouldnt get to watch it...lol really thankful bc my sister let me hide out in her room while I watched on my tablet 🤧.

I'm gonna end this rlly long post that u definitely didnt ask for with this!! TXT babey!!

#LIKE WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW #MY HEART WAS POUNDING AHH IT WAS SOO HAND FLAPPY TIME #LIKE MENTAL GYMNASTICS BUT IN THE GOOD WAY! #so much fun #ik i could have looked up the performances on YouTube bht #NOT THE SAME. #not the same experience at least i need the on the edge of my seat anticipation #AHH IT WAS JUST SO COOL!! #i cant wait for the behind the scenes episode for mama #!!!! #caiprisa #asks #txt #kpop

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

Uhm, my day was decent? I mean aside from the fact that mornings exist and I did not want to wake up in time for my shift at work. But. And the end of the day when I have literal hours to do stuff after.. it works out cuz. Usually I get off and its oh shit I have enough time to halfway emotionally recharge and then its time for bed.

But. I got in and E^2 had put like. My name down on the schedule, and. That was great really. And we had this sheet for sign up of, basically what areas you want to be personally responsible for. And I signed light and it was great. And I dont think anyone really noticed cuz the manager wasn't there and no one else really looked at the schedule or anything else. But. It made me happy.

Still haven't gotten my name tag changed and honestly I dont think I'm going to. Cuz. I feel like I'm just being a bother asking again. But. It is what it is I guess.

I got off at five and its now nine and ive just been vibing in the car listening and singing to Spotify since I got off just trying to keep the sad at bay. And I should probably go home but. I dont want to. Cuz I know I'm just gonna wallow in the sad and self destructive tendencies if i go home.. If I ask nicely will the fae take me in as one of their own and I can become a cryptid in the woods?????

I have a three day weekend coming up and im considering doing a touch up on my hair since its really washed out. But I cant decide if I wanna keep it fully red or try and do like an ombre double tone thingy.. but I'm not sure what other color I'd try to do to the tips? Idk

I kinda wish my hair was longer so I could do like. The galaxy hair thing? Where its various shades of purple and blue and some pink and it looks different depending on how you style it. But I also know attempting to grow my hair out longer than I already plan to is a bad idea, cuz the sides and back are already getting too long and I hate it. But I wish I could do fun stuff with it too

Oh well. The duality of man i guess..

Uhm. I bought a giant plastic egg the other day, that reminds me of a dragons egg kinda. And I'm trying to decide if I should keep a hoard of dice in there or a hoard of crystals. Cuz. Dice and the clacky math rocks. But. Also shiny crystally gems

Speaking of dice I also really kinda want to try and get into a dnd group, but social anxiety and I have zero idea where to start with that so. That's fun.

Im currently resisting the urge to go and get more holes and metal in my head too. I just. The red hair makes me feel cool and powerful and I wanna look punk and

Sorry I've been rambling for like half a novel. I'll stop now before I get annoying. I mean I definitely already am. But you asked for asks and distractions and 👉👈 I love you

Id ask about your day but you seem to want a distraction from that sooo. How about, got any fun headcanons to share??

Thats awesome on the name front!!! I saw that and I got really excited for you when you posted the picture this morning, honestly I think you should bring up the nametag again, esspecially if its showing up on the schedule too. (Oddly enough I kicked around the idea of using a new name with friends and sruff today which is weird mostly bc like i like my name irl, its fairly androgynous and it makes me happy and i love my online name bc it means me :))

My vote is two tone!! I almost did a pink/purple ombre with my hair this round so I say do ittttt (that's also what I say about the extra holes and metal. Do itttttrrr)

That would be a hard choice but u do really like the idea of a giant dragons egg full of dice ngl. I need to find some people to play with too. I'm trying to get b and c in on something but idk if its ever really gonna pan out the way I want it too. My town actually has a pretty active dnd community but I am way too new and way too socially anxious to ever join something like that so I feel you there.

100% not annoying, each paragraph made me smile more. :)

My day was actually mostly ok, i just sorta ruined it with Danny at home. I just pointed out that the idealized dream band life that I wanted and thought I had was what she got and that it made me kinda jealous and she pointed out (correctly) that I'm jealous of so many aspects of her life that she now has a list of things she can't talk to me about for fear of setting me into a spiral and just. Yeah. That wasnt fun.

But work was ok. The kids all were really tierd so there was a fair bit of crying going on, but the weather was really nice so we got to go outside with them for a long time and that was very nice. I also got some really sweet cuddles from a few of them that made me very happy.

Oh! I also have a funny story about them!! So I was squatting (my main position is almost like Spiderman bc I'm down on the kids' level but i can also get up and move if I need to pretty quick) and one of the girls goes and gets a book, then stands right in front of me and points at the floor and says "sit" in the most authoritative voice I have ever hear from a 1 1/2 year old 😂 as soon as I sat down she was in my lap and opening the book so I could read to her.

As far as headcanons.... Sadly my brain is bouncimg mostly art ideas for the Tamgled au and not anything of substance so I may take a crack at that later. Otherwise I keep thinking about whumped up Will crying on the floor and Maurie finding him. Really I'm just thinking about Maurie and Will being bros. A lot. So much. God I love them.

#also i love you

[hongnanglen-arina]

See You On Monday | SVT Interactive AU

01: Aren’t ghosts always mean?

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Warnings: none Words: 1.611 A/N: Hey there! Here’s the first chapter of my little experiment. At the end of each chapter you have to decide for the next move (please leave a comment on the chapter’s post to vote) On November 10th the first ‘voting’ will be closed. Based on the result, chapter 2 will be posted on November 15th. After that, each week you have 3 days for making a decision until the next chapter comes out on Sunday. I hope you will like it… and as always, please remember that English isn’t my first language so excuse my grammar ♡

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“Who are you?”

Your eyes slowly adjust to the bright room, finally finding the owner of the new voice.

“I asked you who you are!”

His loud voice echoes through the room and you flinch. Trying to form an answer. This was a game. So no need to be scared y/n! But what was your characters name again? What role do you have to play? You curse under your breath. Some more research about the game would have been better than just hopping straight in.

“I-I….. I’m…” You stammer as he suddenly rushes in your direction, causing you to shriek in confusion, crossing your arms in front of your chest almost instantly.

That’s when he runs through you and you inhale sharply, your eyes growing wide. What? You turn around to see a person jumping out of the window, the boy following him but stopping in front of it. “Fuck… what the hell??” He brushes his fingers through his hair and stomp on the floor.

You look at him all confused. Are you a ghost? He clearly ran through you. Does that mean his question was towards that intruder? Taking a better look at him, you suddenly recognize him from the game cover. His turquoise-greenish hoodie looked so nice and soft and was a nice contrast to the other boy’s clothes.

“Jeonghan! We heard you scream! What’s wrong??”

Your head turns to the door where 3 other boys appear, seemingly out of breath. They make their way over to the other but before they walk through you again, you quickly get up and stand with your back against the wall, watching the people gather in the room.

“Cheol, I told you there was something off! And I was right! There was a weird guy dressed in all black going through our stuff! He probably took some things with him!”

“Damn… we should check our belongings. Jun, tell the others so that they can go to their rooms and hopefully everything’s still there. Vernon, let’s check if he took something from us.” Jeonghan is still in front of the window, looking outside, lost in thoughts when the boy with wavy hair joins him, placing a hand on his shoulder. “You okay?” The other boy sighs. “Yeah..”

Without a word, you watch how the two at the window join the other with the cap, going through their bags and the things that are scattered all over the place. While they are stepping over the futons, you are unable to move away from your spot. They don’t see you. They didn’t hear you.

“Hello?” You try again.

No reaction.

“Seems like I’m okay. Gonna check on the others.”

“Okay Vernon. We’ll come too…. in a bit.” With that said, one of them leaves the room and you give Jeonghan and Cheol a quick look before following Vernon. Carefully walking behind him, you study your surroundings. “This looks like some kind of guesthouse… maybe one near the beach?” 

You enter a room and see Vernon sit down next to someone who was wiping his tears, patting his back.

“He got Seungkwan’s wallet.”

“Shit.”

“Besides that, our room is fine though.” A smaller boy announced and Vernon gives him a nod.  

Someone with very sharp features enters the room. Another new face. “My room is okay. What about you?”

“My photos! My credit cards! My money! Also my cards from the coffee shops! They were already full!” The boy beside Vernon whines and Vernon continues patting his back but looks at the other and mouths ‘wallet’. The boy in the door makes “Ohh” and leaves the room after looking around the room and for a second you think he saw you.

“What… am I supposed to do here?” You ask yourself out loud and the boy in the door stops in his tracks, turning around. 

“Did you say something?”

The boys all look up confused and shake their heads. “No… why, Wonwoo?”

Wonwoo cocks his head to the side. “Just….” But then he shrugs after a while and leaves.

You catch yourself covering your mouth, carefully looking at the three boys on the floor. So it was possible for them to hear you? Maybe your mission was to catch the thief? Recalling the words from the mysterious voice, you let them circle in your mind. I have to… join the group… as a ghost I suppose… and what? Make it out alive? You can’t suppress the laughter but quickly cover your mouth again, making sure they didn’t hear you.

How am I supposed to ‘make it out alive’ when I’m here as a freaking ghost? What a stupid game.

Suddenly loud voices can be heard from the floor below you, causing everyone to stand up and leave the room in a hurry. You follow them without saying anything, scared of being caught although you aren’t sure whether they should know that you’re there or not.

Finally down in the living room, you see 4 boys discussing loudly, maybe even arguing. 

“Dino, think again!”

“We locked the door twice, I’m super positive!”

“Maybe he came through a window?”

“But we made sure they were all closed except the ones in the living room and we were there so how, Joshua?”

“We just arrived, guys. Maybe there are rooms we haven’t seen yet?”

“We are 13. And we arrived like 4 hours ago. That can’t be.”

“But we’re all hella tired, Hoshi, so I’m sure we haven’t explored the whole place yet.”

“Again, we are 13! No way a stranger can enter without us noticing it!”

“Seokmin, Dino, Joshua, Hoshi, enough!” All heads turn to the voice. It’s Jeonghan and Cheol.

“Seungcheol is right. You should stop yelling. All we can do now is to see what we’ve lost and what we can do about it. What does it help to find the person who forgot to lock the door or whatnot? The things are still gone.”

Oh his full name was Seungcheol. You make a mental note. “I’m with Jeonghan. Have you already checked your belongings if there’s something missing?” Seungcheol asks and the one from before starts. “My wallet. Gone. Poof!” “Okay Seungkwan, that’s not good… anything else?” “My camera.” 4 more boys enter the living room and you can’t help yourself but to count.

Aha! 13! Okay these are the boys from the cover!

Following their conversation a little halfheartedly, you study your surroundings again for a moment. Even in the living room, some things were all over the place. Some pillows, some jackets… you see a picture of a beautiful pastel colored painting laying on the ground. Slowly making your way to it, you hear the boys still talking. 

Picking up the painting, you look around to find the spot where it belonged to. 

“Oh there!” Standing on your tiptoes, you hang it on a little nail in the wall, stepping back a bit to see if it’s okay but then adjust it a little bit until it was perfect.

It was strangely quiet in the room. You blink and turn around to the boys, just to see them all staring at you with shocked and confused expressions. Oops…

“Okay y’all.. u-uhm I can explain… Well, I’m playing a game. Not sure if I can say that but-“

“JESUS DID YOU SEE THAT!? THAT PAINTING MOVED ON ITS OWN!!”

“Am I dreaming???”

“That’s definitely not a dream.”

“It moved… not the other way round! It didn’t fall down though!”

You stand there, mouth open but nothing coming out while you are still holding your hands as if you are going to explain the situation. Telling them that you are all in a Play Station game and you are the holy ghost who has to help them somehow. Ridiculous.

A very skinny boy walks over to you, super brave. Not like the others who are going wild on the other side. You watch the boy inspect your spot and also the painting on the wall, making ‘mmh’ and ‘ahh’ noises from time to time. He stands really close to you and you feel the urge to try and touch his arm when he turns around to state “There’s nothing here. If anything, a ghost.”

One of the taller boys choked at his words. “G-ghost…. ?? A real ghost… y-yah Minghao… no funny. Nope.”

“That’s the only logical explanation, Seokmin. I think Hao is right.” Wonwoo says.

You swallow hard. Is it a good thing to show yourself just half an hour into the game or so? Or does that mean game over? Cursing at yourself for not making any research before starting the game, you yeah the youngest looking one whisper “It just happened….. m-maybe it’s still here? I…. heard about people asking them to move something to show their presence…. like in movies….”

“We could try it.”

“H-hey.. what Dino just said… you don’t wanna-“

“It literally just hung a painting back on its nail. What mean ghost does that??”

“A… not mean ghost?”

“Exactly!”

“Aren’t ghosts always mean?”

“Says who?”

“Guys! Stop…..” Seungcheol rubs his temples when Jun grabs a glass of water from the coffee table, walking over to a closet and placing it on it before joining the boys again. Minghao is back besides them as well.

You stand next to the painting, looking back and forth from the boys and the closet.

“So if you’re there. Show yourself by moving the glass.” Vernon says into the room which is awfully quiet. Everyone looking around, waiting for an answer.

⋅𖥔⋅ ━━ ⋅𖥔⋅ ━━ ⋅𖥔⋅ ━━ ⋅𖥔⋅ ━━ ⋅𖥔⋅

What are you going to do?

Give them a sign by lifting the glass OR stay where you are without giving a sign?

You can decide.

#seventeen fanfic #seventeen ff #Seventeen #seventeen au #au:see you on monday #svt #17 #carat #kpop #kpop fanfic #fanfiction #ff #seventeen scenarios #kpop scenarios

[writingpuddle]

Could you share your hc of the foxes reacting to soft(er) affection(as they get) andreil??? Ps I owe u my life ty.

hello friend! to absolutely nobodys surprise this took like half a year to write, but i hope you enjoy!! it ended up being a lot more about andreil dealing with pda than the foxes reacting to it, but its soft as hell so who cares. ao3

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The hallway was filled with the smell of pizza and the sound of chattering voices. Neil slipped through the door into the girls’ room, which was abuzz with conversation. It was only the original Foxes tonight, but there were still enough of them to make the small room feel crowded.

He ducked Matt’s offered drink and spotted Andrew sitting at the end of the couch, watching Nicky’s animated re-enactment of one of the final plays of tonight’s game with a blank look on his face.

Neil skirted the coffee table and perched on the armrest above Andrew. His eyes flicked up to meet Neil’s in greeting, then returned to Nicky. Neil repressed a small smile. Despite Andrew’s bored expression, the very fact that he was watching Nicky at all was evidence of his attention.

“In summary, I am a mad genius,” Nicky said. “We are so gonna win championships this year. I can feel it.”

“If the freshmen don’t ruin everything,” Kevin said from Nicky’s other side. He shot Neil a quick glance. “If we can’t play Neil and Jack at the same time, we’re at a major disadvantage.”

“I’m dealing with it,” Neil said, a little peevishly.

“No more Exy talk,” Andrew said. “The game is over.”

“Kev-iiin,” Nicky whined, prodding at him, “why do you have to ruin everything? Did you even see my tackle?”

“One good play does not make a season,” Kevin said.

“It’s movie night,” Neil said. “We’ll do a recap at practice tomorrow.”

Kevin looked like he was about to argue, but he stopped himself with a quick glance at Andrew. Neil couldn’t see what Andrew had done, but he felt faintly grateful anyway.

The lights flickered on and off several times. “Attention everyone,” Allison said. “We held a vote, and we’re watching Legally Blonde.”

“You were the only person that voted for that,” Dan said dryly.

“We did technically hold a vote though,” Matt said. “She lost, but she didn’t lie.”

“Legally Blonde is a classic,” Allison said, sticking her nose up. “You’re going to appreciate it, or else.”

There were a few mutters, but nobody really had major objections. Movie night had started as a post-game decompress, but it had quickly been established as tradition once everyone realized it was the only night of the week that they got to avoid the freshmen completely. Exactly which movie they watched was an afterthought.

Unlike many of Allison’s choices, this one seemed to strike something, because within a couple minutes even Kevin was snarking at the TV in Elle’s defence, while Nicky fruitlessly begged for everyone to please shut up so I can hear the movie.

Neil watched with some distraction. He’d still not really gotten into pop culture, despite Nicky and Allison’s efforts. He figured he’d just been out of the loop too long to care about getting back in it. But the movie was kind of entertaining. He admired Elle’s devotion to studying law, even if her ex-boyfriend seemed like a loser.

He propped an elbow on the back of the couch. Andrew’s eyes flicked up towards him before returning to the movie.

Neil dug his phone out of his pocket and tapped out a short message.

How accurate is the legalese

He heard the buzz of Andrew’s phone a second after it sent. For a long moment, it looked like Andrew would ignore the message, but as the scene slipped into another emotional confrontation with the ex-boyfriend, Andrew’s attention drifted from the TV screen to the phone in his pocket.

A response buzzed into Neil’s hand. Okay

From Andrew, that was as resounding an endorsement as Neil could’ve asked for.

Neil glanced down at Andrew, feeling warm and sort of fuzzy. The team was getting riled up by the movie and were paying him no mind. His body was heavy and sore from the game, but with actual striker subs playing this year, it was nothing compared to the post-game aches last year. Andrew’s head rested against the back of the couch a couple inches from his elbow, and Neil’s eyes drifted from the TV to the tufted strands of Andrew’s un-styled hair.

He tapped out another message, feeling a little lazy and a little bold. Touch your hair, yes or no?

A frisson of energy went through him when he pressed send. He tried to keep his eyes on the TV, posture casual, but he couldn’t help glancing down when Andrew flipped his phone open.

He paused minutely. It wouldn’t have been obvious if Neil hadn’t been watching; Andrew’s natural state was stillness. Neil bit the inside of his cheek as Andrew contemplated the message for a long moment, face hidden.

Finally, he typed out a slow response. It buzzed through to Neil’s phone. Now?

Neil gnawed on his cheek, debating the merits of a longer explanation. In the end, he just replied: Yeah

He closed his phone and focussed on the movie. Below him, Andrew opened his phone and read the message.

Neil figured he would need to think on it for a moment, so he was startled when his phone buzzed barely a second later.

Yes

Neil folded his phone away, his chest a little tight. He couldn’t remember what the movie was about anymore. Andrews’s eyes darted up to him again, almost wary, as he rearranged his lean against the couch to give him better access to Andrew.

Andrew exhaled heavily through his nose when Neil’s fingers slid into the fluffy mess of his post-game hair. He watched for a sign that he could stop, but Andrew just readjusted his shoulders slightly, head faced forward. Neil combed his fingers through Andrew’s hair, twisting the longer bits around his fingers. It was startlingly soft. Neil’s own hair was fried and twiggy from years of hair dye.

His gaze roved down the side of Andrew’s face. His eyes were half-lidded and hidden in shadows. Neil bit the inside of his cheek and returned his gaze to the TV, idly brushing his fingers through Andrew’s hair and marveling when Andrew leaned into his fingers like a cat seeking pressure.

A soft noise rustled across the room and Andrew stiffened, his shoulders tensing. Neil froze, his eyes shooting across the room.

Matt had one hand over his mouth, eyes wide with regret. His other hand was on Dan’s wrist, directing her attention across the couch. To Andrew and Neil.

Matt met Neil’s gaze and Neil gave a sharp shake to his head to stop him from saying anything.

It was too late. Allison had caught the movement. In seconds a half dozen sets of eyes were swinging over to where Neil’s hand was still buried in Andrew’s hair.

Neil retracted his hand a beat too late. “What?” Nicky said, twisting around in his spot next to Andrew. “What are you all looking at?”

Neil opened his mouth to tell everyone to stop gawking, but Andrew was already moving, pushing himself to his feet. Neil jumped up and followed him out the door, ignoring Matt’s apologetic protest. “Andrew,” he said, as the door swung shut behind them.

Andrew strode down the hallway to the stairwell, his movements jagged and tense. “Andrew,” Neil said. “Stop, look at me—”

He grabbed Andrew’s hand to slow him down and Andrew lurched to a halt, spinning around to face Neil. His face was pale in the naked fluorescent light, his eyes wide and flickering. Neil would’ve thought he was angry at how Neil had grabbed him if it wasn’t for the fact that Andrew’s fingernails were digging into his hand so tight that they were going to leave bruises.

“Hey,” Neil said. “Look at me.”

“Shut up,” Andrew growled. His grip on Neil’s hand didn’t relent. Neil took a slow breath, meeting Andrew’s gaze evenly.

They stared each other down in the stairwell. Andrew stood a couple steps above him, their hands linked in the open space between them. The buzz of the overhead lights droned in Neil’s ears.

Slowly, Andrew’s shoulders dropped, the muscle in his jaw smoothing out. Neil carefully shifted his hand, interlacing their fingers. Andrew squeezed, like he was reassuring himself that Neil was real.

Andrew turned back up the stairs again, this time without the frenetic pace. Neil let himself get drawn along by their linked hands, watching the lines of Andrew’s back.

Andrew shouldered his way out onto the roof, but he didn’t go straight to the edge like Neil expected. The door slammed shut behind them with a gust of wind and Andrew shook out his pack of cigarettes one-handed, propping one between his lips before tilting the pack towards Neil.

Neil shook his head. This close to Andrew, he didn’t need his own cigarette. Andrew folded the pack into his pocket without a word and dug out his lighter.

Smoke swirled and caught around them. Neil rubbed his thumb across Andrew’s knuckles, scanning the horizon. The sky was purple and bruised with storm clouds. Humidity hung in the air in thick curtains.

Neil’s phone vibrated. Andrew flicked his eyes towards him, but Neil didn’t make a move to grab it.

They stood shoulder to shoulder for a long moment as Andrew burned through his cigarette. Neil suppressed a shiver. His t-shirt wasn’t meant to guard him against the evening chill.

His phone buzzed again.

“Are you going to check that?” Andrew said.

Neil shot him an assessing look before scrounging his phone out of his pocket.

“Matt wants to know if we’re okay,” he said, looking up to study Andrew’s profile. “Are we?”

Andrew ashed his cigarette, a tiny wrinkle forming between his eyebrows. He didn’t say anything.

“Was it me touching your hair?” Neil asked. “Or was it that they saw?”

“I don’t care what they think,” Andrew bit out.

Neil read between the lines. “But it bothered you.”

“Nothing bothers me.”

“Am I still nothing?”

“No.”

Neil blinked. Andrew wasn’t looking at him, but the set of his jaw was tight. “Oh,” Neil murmured, looking away, a fizzing, bubbling feeling rising in his stomach. He wrestled it down before it could show on his face.

“It shouldn’t matter,” Andrew said.

Neil didn’t know if he meant what had just happened in the dorms, or this. He didn’t try to specify. “We don’t always get to decide what matters.”

“Don’t pretend at wisdom,” Andrew said. “I know you.”

“You do,” Neil said, resting his shoulder against Andrew’s. Andrew leaned back, just slightly, his broad arm radiating heat. “Are we okay?”

The wind gusted again, sending goosebumps rising up the back of his neck. “Yes,” Andrew said, after a few seconds.

Neil squeezed his hand, typing out a message clumsily with his left. Fine. Just needed space. Don’t wait up

Matt’s response came through instantaneously. Let me know if you need anything.

Neil closed his phone and shoved it into his back pocket. “Do you want to go back in?”

A longer pause. “Not today.”

Not today. But maybe tomorrow. Neil didn’t say it aloud; he didn’t need to.

“I’m going to head back inside,” he said. “I’ll text you when it’s done.”

Andrew nodded, a bare tilt of the head. Neil raised their linked hands and brushed a kiss across his knuckles. Andrew flexed his fingers when Neil released them, closing his hand and tucking it into his jacket pocket.

Neil lingered a second longer to make sure Andrew was really okay before slipping back into the stairwell. It was only a few scant degrees warmer, so he descended back to the Foxes floor quickly. The door to the girls’ room was still unlocked.

He pushed it open and had about half a second to edge into the room before Allison paused the movie and all eyes turned on him.

“Hey,” Matt said. “Are you–”

“I’m fine,” Neil said.

Allison rolled her eyes. “Right, we’ve never heard that one before.”

Neil shot her a glare. Aaron beat him to the punch, though. “Where’s Andrew?” he said, scowling at Neil.

“He needed a break,” Neil said, and nodded his head towards the TV. “You can keep watching.”

“Should we wait for him?” Renee asked.

Neil shook his head. At Renee’s prodding, Allison huffed and pressed play. Neil dropped into the spot on the couch Andrew had vacated. Nicky shot him an inquiring look, but Neil shook his head to dissuade questions.

The movie played onwards, not that Neil paid much attention.

Above, on the roof, Andrew watched the storm roll towards Palmetto, washing away the dust of a dry autumn. His hand in his pocket still burned with the imprint of Neil’s palm.

He rubbed his thumb over his fingernails and tossed the butt of his cigarette away. The wind mussed his hair, blowing away the ghosts of Neil’s fingers.

His hair was too intimate, he decided. That had been a mistake.

Hands, though. He could manage that.

Next time.

The first raindrops hit the roof and he pulled his jacket around himself, waiting for the storm to break.

#thanks anon #soft andreil #ish #aftg #fanfic #andrew minyard #neil josten #PDA

[commentaryvorg]

Danganronpa V3 Commentary: Part 4.10

Be aware that this is not a blind playthrough! This will contain spoilers for the entire game, regardless of the part of the game I’m commenting on. A major focus of this commentary is to talk about all of the hints and foreshadowing of events that are going to happen and facts that are going to be revealed in the future of the story. It is emphatically not intended for someone experiencing the game for their first time.

Last time in the second half of chapter 4’s investigation, Shuichi had Kaito “help” him out by doing absolutely nothing, which Kaito totally wasn’t having a big sulk about afterwards, Maki warned Shuichi not to get too caught up in being the Ultimate Detective over being himself (which may have been why he was accidentally kind of a dick to Kaito), Kokichi was still very deliberately being a dick to Kaito about his inability to help Shuichi, not that Kaito was letting it get to him or anything, and Kaito reminded Shuichi yet again that he was there for him if he ever needed help, because this whole investigation has definitely not made Kaito even more terrified that Shuichi simply doesn’t need him at all.

Now, we start the trial! I hope you’re ready to be here a while, because this is going to take several more posts to cover than any trial up until now.

Kokichi:  “Before we start, I just wanna ask something since there’s not a lot of us left… What happens if the votes result in two first places?”

It’s odd that Kokichi is asking this here. Going by the principle of Chekhov’s Gun, you’d expect this to be because it’s going to come up later somehow (like the fact that they keep mentioning not voting equals death will), but… it doesn’t. So instead, the only point of this is to hint at what’s going on in Kokichi’s head right now. I guess he’s worried that people might be so determined to believe in Gonta that he’ll only be able to convince half of them Gonta did it when the time comes?

Monokuma:  “It means they’re both the blackened. As long as one of them is correct, it’s fine.”

No, Monokuma! You of all people should not be misunderstanding what the word “blackened” means! The “blackened” is not the person who was voted for! There cannot be more than one blackened at a time! What he presumably means by this is that both people who tied in the vote count as the person who was voted for, and as long as one of them is the blackened, that still counts as the spotless winning, such that only the blackened (and not the other person voted for) gets executed.

Kokichi:  “Kaito’s the culprit!”

Kaito:  “What!? Say that to my face!”

He… he just did, Kaito? Don’t get so riled up already; we’ve got a long way to go here.

(Still, it’s so very like Kaito to have a thing about how people should say stuff like that to someone’s face and not only behind their back. If you think something about someone, even if it’s bad, then you shouldn’t hide it from them. Stick to your convictions! Be open about your intentions towards others!)

Gonta:  “Kaito couldn’t have killed Miu!”

Aww, look at Gonta believing in Kaito, just like Kaito believes in him. I wish they’d had a chance to become better friends instead of just distantly respecting each other like this. (I mean, that’d make this whole ordeal even more painful for Kaito than it’s already going to be, but. (…but that’d be a good thing.))

Kokichi:  “How long are you gonna keep saying that? Trusted people can still kill, y’know. We already saw that a buncha times! So many times… since Kaede.”

And how many times are you going to keep saying this same tired line and trying to get everyone to believe that even seemingly trustworthy people are nothing but horrible backstabbers, Kokichi? The trusted people who have killed so far had good reasons for doing so that didn’t mean they weren’t still the people everyone believed in. He’s trying to get everyone to think that Kaito could totally have been a horrible person all along despite appearances, but that notion has not remotely been backed up by anything that’s happened so far.

Shuichi:  (The fact that Kaito was the only one logged out is suspicious… But he’s not the culprit! He can’t be!)

Even though by this point Shuichi has definitive proof that Kaito literally can’t be the culprit, I still like to think that his certainty here is coming not from his Ultimate Detective side but from Shuichi Saihara believing in his friend.

Himiko:  “Well, Kaito? Any last words?”

Himiko, geez! I thought you were happy that Kaito supported you last trial! Why are you so ready to throw him under the bus and assume he killed someone!?

(I guess this is maybe lingering hints of her “laziness”, in that while she’s doing her best to act positive now, she still kind of just wants to take the easy way out of things.)

Gonta:  “Ummm… Gonta has question… Where is this ‘Ver-chew-ul World’ place? What floor is it on?”

Oh, poor Gonta. He wants to understand! He wants to be able to follow everyone else’s conversation so that he can help! They’re all talking about having gone to this place that he’s never even been to!

This does work well enough on a first time through as just making one assume that he’s only wondering how they physically got there from the computer room and still remembers that the place exists. Which, fair enough, if that really were what he’s asking then it’s not the most relevant question right now, so it makes sense that everyone would brush it off.

Maki:  “If you don’t understand, then don’t say anything.”

Still, Maki’s bluntness is not helping in this instance. It’s just letting everyone write this off as Gonta being his usual naïve, “stupid” self (he’s not stupid) and not realise how much of a serious deal it is that he apparently doesn’t even properly know about the Virtual World.

Kaito:  “So her cause of death in the Virtual World is the one that matters.”

Gonta:  “U-Ummm…”

Aaagh, Gonta is still being too polite and awkward to just speak up about not even having been to this world. This is the problem with him being so unsure of himself! He’s assuming that he should understand whatever they’re talking about and is simply being stupid, rather than having the confidence to stand up for himself and say “okay, no, really, I’m pretty sure I haven’t been there, what is everyone talking about?”

Tsumugi:  “Oh, it seems like Gonta is confused, so why don’t we review things a bit? Umm… So we split into two groups to find the secret of the outside world.”

Not helping. She’s still completely skipping over the bit Gonta needs an explanation about, namely the bit where they entered the Virtual World in the first place. By assuming that Gonta already knows about that, she’s just making him think that that part is something he should know and if he doesn’t then he’s just stupid. Which leads to him trying his best to catch up by simply imagining all these things and not questioning the fact that they really didn’t happen to him.

Kokichi:  “…that NPC Kaito!”

I’ve mentioned this before, but Kokichi’s insults are very carefully and deliberately geared towards people’s vulnerabilities. He just called Kaito an unimportant background character, irrelevant next to the hero of the story who can actually affect things and make a difference, which is exactly what Kaito is currently terrified that he might be.

(Ironically, from an out-universe perspective, while Kaito is literally an NPC, he is currently anything but a background character, precisely because of these issues he’s having. Tsumugi, Himiko, Keebo and even Maki are mostly irrelevant to this trial’s narrative, but Kaito is one of the central players in it.)

Kaito:  “Hey! Who you callin’ NPC, you A-S-S!?”

…I don’t have any comments on Kaito’s issues to make here. I just like this comeback.

Himiko:  “Whatever did that to Miu… was dropped right next to her avatar.”

“What was on ground?”

It’s convenient that Gonta’s speech pattern makes his white noise easy to identify. Look at him trying to piece together a mental picture of what was going on even though he has no idea about any of this!

Kokichi:  “Or Gonta beat her with his bare hands.”

…

“Gonta NEVER hit lady!”

Aww, Gonta. I’d agree that of course you never would, but…

(Also look at Kokichi dropping that here and making it seem like an obviously-just-being-a-dick suggestion even though he knows. He’s got his sly grin for that line.)

Shuichi:  “During the investigation, we found toilet paper outside the mansion.”

He’s not saying precisely where outside the mansion it was located. So Shuichi is still the only one who knows both of the pieces of information that can prove Gonta did it. He and Keebo found the toilet paper; he and Tsumugi saw where Gonta was standing. Everyone else just knows they were “outside”.

Shuichi:  “I’m guessing that the toilet paper was used to strangle her.”

Gonta:  “Gonta no can ignore that!” … … “What you mean, Shuichi?”

Shuichi:  “Huh? What’s wrong…?”

Gonta:  “What wrong!? Shuichi goofing off! Not gentlemanly at all!”

Oh, Gonta. He’s helping! He can’t just stand there and let Shuichi say something that obviously doesn’t make any sense!

This Rebuttal Showdown is absolutely great. It’s not difficult in the slightest – in fact, it’s the only one in the whole game where the correct weak spot is in the first section and not the second, and that’s the only weak spot it even has – but that’s the point. It’s here as a big hint towards how little Gonta understands about everything that’s going on here.

Gonta:  “Even Gonta know that, and Gonta not smart!”

And it’s also here for the character-writing purpose of showing that Gonta is still desperate to be useful. All of this stuff everyone’s been talking about is so confusing and he has no idea how to contribute, but this is something that even Gonta can tell isn’t right and can therefore help with!

Gonta:  “Miu died such an awful death… So why you not take this seriously!? You call yourself Ultimate Detective!? Use your head! Figure out real murder weapon!”

This is the entire second section of the debate, which doesn’t have any weak spots because it’s not a logical argument – it’s just Gonta getting overly emotional. He hates that so many people have died, and now here’s Shuichi messing around when everyone’s lives are at stake? That’s not like him! If nobody else is going to make Shuichi get his head on straight, Gonta will!

Gonta:  “…Unbreakable?”

Kokichi:  “Nee-heehee! You’re so dumb, Gonta! You didn’t even know that?”

Everyone else is assuming that Gonta is confused because he doesn’t understand the Virtual World. But Kokichi knows Gonta should at least understand the unbreakable toilet paper because he strangled Miu with it, so Kokichi thinks that Gonta just lied and pretended to be stupider than he is. This is him helping back up that supposed lie by going “look, guys, Gonta really is this dumb!”.

In reality, even if he remembered, Gonta would never tell a lie like this. This wouldn’t be a direct lie about something he did, but a lie about his nature to mislead them very indirectly, which is a kind of lie Gonta isn’t even really capable of telling, no matter how much he wanted to hide his crime to save everyone. Kokichi should realise here that something’s up because Gonta wouldn’t lie in this way – but that doesn’t occur to him, because he projects his manipulative two-faced nature onto everyone, apparently even including Gonta, so Gonta lying like this makes perfect sense to him.

Gonta:  “Gonta… not really understand, but… Sorry, Shuichi! Gonta was wrong!”

Poor Gonta. He still doesn’t actually understand how on earth the toilet paper wouldn’t break, but if Shuichi’s saying so and everyone else is agreeing then Shuichi must know what he’s talking about and not be goofing off after all, and Gonta is just somehow being stupid again.

Shuichi:  (If the culprit meant to get rid of the evidence, they did a poor job of it. There was a much better place where they could have destroyed it.)

Shuichi’s talking about the river, of course – but this line of logic doesn’t get pursued for now. The question of why the culprit didn’t dispose of the toilet paper properly and left it where they did is the reason we can be sure that Gonta did it, and that’s not something the writing wants to get to for quite some time.

Gonta:  “Uses for a hammer… Gonta know! Miu gonna build stuff with hammer!”

Aww, Gonta, look at him trying to contribute ideas even though he doesn’t understand what everyone’s talking about! I am sad that the debate doesn’t even dignify this with an agree spot to imply that he could be right.

Kokichi:  “By the way, *Miu* asked to meet up with me before we went into the Virtual World… I totally forgot where we were supposed to meet, so good thing Kee-boy spied on us.”

Yeah, no, his tone of voice here makes it clear that’s a lie. He only pretended to forget precisely so that someone could overhear and Shuichi could figure it out.

Ugggghhh and now more taxi shenanigans. I bought a skill to upgrade my car to a faster one now, which is usually counterproductive because it makes it hard to avoid crashing into other cars and that massively slows you down, but now that I also have Kaito’s FTE skill which prevents any slowdown from crashes, things can go by even quicker! (You still take damage from crashes, but hey; it’s not like I’m taking damage for any other reason in this trial.) It is disappointing to me that Kaito’s skill is only useful in the stupidest minigame, but I’m still going to make the best use of it that I can, dammit.

(I have Gonta’s FTE skill now too, but I didn’t equip that one because it makes the Argument Armaments go by faster, and ha ha, no way I want to do that right now. I’ll use it later, though.)

The questions asked in this taxi segment are still frustratingly obvious and two steps behind. You’d think the answer to “where was Miu trying to kill Kokichi?” should be “on the mansion’s rooftop” and then this is about how she could have got there, but no, we’re not remotely at that point yet, we’re apparently supposed to be just now figuring out that she was trying to kill him in the Virtual World in general.

Kaito:  “What? Miu was the one who put that poison bottle there? No, that ain’t right! Something’s definitely weird about that!”

Kaito is not usually one to have a particularly strong opinion either way about the arguments being made – he normally just summarises points and tries to move the discussion along rather than objecting to anything. But look at him here, actually contributing an argument of his own. He’s totally being useful, right?

Kaito:  “When could Miu have put the poison there?”

“Maybe while Gonta sleep?”

Gonta is still trying to understand. At least this bit doesn’t involve the Virtual World and so he can grasp it a little better – this guess of his is technically correct, after all!

Tsumugi:  “Did you see her log in or log out at all?”

“Gonta see nothing!”

Tsumugi is asking Kokichi, since he was in the salon. Gonta didn’t need to contribute, but look at him contributing.

Kaito:  “…then Miu couldn’t have placed the poison!”

Whoops, my hand slipped and I totally accidentally fired the wrong Truth Bullet at Kaito’s statement here. It definitely wasn’t that I want to talk about the dialogue that happens if you get this wrong:

Kaito:  “If she didn’t log in or out, then there’s no way she coulda placed the poison!” [looking evasively off to the side] “But… if my sidekick says so, then maybe there was a way…”

Kaito knows that if Shuichi is questioning him on this point, it’s got to be because it’s wrong, but even though he believes in Shuichi being more right than him, he’s so reluctant to admit it. Usually he’d be proud of his sidekick and happy to encourage him to try again to get it right even though that’d mean proving Kaito wrong, but not this time. His jealousy is starting to have an effect on him.

Himiko:  “The only person who logged out early was Kaito…”

Kokichi:  “Kaito, your grave just got ten feet deeper!”

“Total self-destruction…”

Also, while Kaito’s argument is wrong, if it had been right then it would have just served to make himself look more suspicious, so, uh, good job, Kaito? Like someone comments, he kinda shot himself in the foot there, especially since he kept saying he wanted to clear his own name.

(Kaito’s grave is going to be so deep it’s going to come out the other side of the Earth and be in SPACE.)

(Well, not technically his grave, but you know what I mean.)

Kaito:  “Is this… a record of who went in and out of the Virtual World?”

See, Kaito was wrong simply because he didn’t see the login/logout record, because someone wasn’t letting him investigate properly (and by “properly” I mean, “with Shuichi”, since Shuichi’s the only one who gets shown all the relevant information because everyone thinks he’s the only one who’ll need it). Kaito is not being stupid – but he is being reckless to assume he’s right and jump in to make arguments when he knows his understanding of the case is going to be incomplete. Kaito’s attempt to “help” here has only ended up drawing attention to him being worse at this than Shuichi.

Shuichi:  “It says that Miu was the last of us to log in.”

Kaito:  “Yeah. What about it?”

Kaito’s got that evasive face again here. He’s not stupid enough to not know what that means – he just doesn’t want to admit that he was wrong and Shuichi had it all figured out while he didn’t.

(When I say “evasive face”, I mean this face. He’s going to be making that face a lot during this trial, so I might as well show you which one I’m talking about when I refer to it.)

This debate we just had is the beginning of what’s going to be a long string of Shuichi refuting Kaito’s arguments over and over again during this trial, which is (yet another!) clearly deliberate thing the writers are doing for the sake of pushing Kaito’s jealousy issues to breaking point and I love it.

Gonta:  “That right! She coulda placed poison bottle on Kokichi’s seat!”

See, even Gonta gets it! Because this part isn’t about what happened in the Virtual World, so he can at least grasp that she “went to sleep” last and therefore had time to do that.

Kokichi:  “She tried to kill me in the Virtual World, make us think it happened in the real world… then pin the crime on Kaito.”

Kaito:  “W-Well that’s not my fault!”

I love Kaito’s exasperated reaction here. Kokichi was being such a dick to him during the investigation, supposedly due to the fact that he looked like the most likely to have done it, as if he’d done something wrong. Now that Kaito knows that all of that was Miu’s doing, he’s mad that she caused Kokichi to treat him that way when he hadn’t done anything to deserve it, dammit!

Kokichi:  “Which is why she manually logged you out, just for that purpose.”

Kaito:  “So she did that to me?”

Come on, Kaito, keep up. I know you were in a sulk about the cell phone thing, but surely not so much that you couldn’t at least realise what that meant? No? Apparently it really was that big of a sulk.

I guess now’s the time to properly talk about the fact that Miu was trying to frame Kaito. Presumably the reason she chose him is that she was thinking of the time Kaito punched Kokichi a couple of breakfasts ago and figured it would make a plausible argument that Kaito would be angry enough at him to flat-out kill him. Because, of course, Miu doesn’t understand Kaito at all, so it doesn’t remotely occur to her that that punch wasn’t about him wanting to hurt Kokichi and was in fact about trying to get through to him. Or that, simply based on Kaito’s character, the idea of him killing someone just because he doesn’t like them is inconceivable. She also completely failed to realise that framing the closest friend of our resident Ultimate Detective was an incredibly stupid idea, because that would just make Shuichi all the more sure that it wasn’t the truth and determined to prove it wrong, even if he might need to lie for Kaito in order to move the debate onto the real truth.

But there’s an out-universe reason for Miu framing Kaito too – because that led to Kokichi using it to be a dick and stop him from investigating, and that has all kinds of relevance to Kaito’s arc about his jealousy of Shuichi that the out-universe writers are crafting here. It meant Shuichi proved he can investigate just fine yet again without Kaito’s help, and Kaito not investigating properly means he’s missing a lot of information, which is partially why he’s going to be refuted by Shuichi so many times in this trial.

Kokichi:  “Well, I knew that from the start.”

Kaito:  “Then why did you say I was the culprit!?”

Kokichi:  “Because I wanted to get it through your thick skull… People you trust and defend will ultimately betray you. This is a game of suspicion.”

Aaaaand now Kokichi is just straight-up admitting that this is what he’s doing! I really don’t know why I don’t see more people talking about this part of Kokichi’s character – he does it so often that it’s so far from subtle, and then here he goes and makes his intention to do so absolutely explicit.

That said, on this occasion, it’s actually quite stupid of him to have been trying to do so by insisting Kaito’s the culprit when he knows he isn’t. All that’s going to achieve, once that theory gets proven impossible, is make people realise that they were right to trust Kaito all along and should never have listened to Kokichi’s words. Which is incredibly counterproductive to Kokichi’s goal of getting this point across to people. So… apparently he’s so irrationally fixated on convincing everyone of his worldview that he’s going about doing so without even really consciously thinking about it, because if he were thinking about how to do so the most effectively then he should have known this would shoot himself in the foot. That’s… actually kind of interesting. God, it sure would be nice if we ever understood why Kokichi is so convinced that people can only ever betray each other so I could get behind this more.

(Although it seems from his wording here that he’s specifically talking about getting his point through to Kaito, which makes some sense in terms of his character because he’s always been the most bothered about Kaito believing the opposite to him – but that’s just even more obviously illogical, how on earth would accusing Kaito of something Kokichi knows he didn’t do ever make Kaito start to doubt people more???)

Kaito:  “…”

Kaito is angry here. No doubt he’s not happy about Kokichi’s philosophy and the fact that he’s been trying to force it onto everyone. But he’s also probably angry that Kokichi claiming to believe Kaito did it wasn’t what Kokichi really thought of him at all (remember “say that to my face!”?) and was just him lying about that to try and manipulate people’s feelings.

Kokichi:  “Welp, I think your ideals should stay the same.”

Haha, no, Kokichi, if you really didn’t mind Kaito’s ideals staying the same then you wouldn’t have just tried so counterproductively hard to change them. Not to mention Kokichi’s whole thing in the middle of trial 2 with turning Kaito and Maki against each other, which was also one giant attempt to convince Kaito that suspecting and sacrificing others in order to protect himself was necessary. He has wanted Kaito’s ideals to change this whole time.

What I think this line could be, though, is the moment Kokichi finally gives up on doing so and accepts that it was always impossible to change Kaito’s mind on this. Which in Kokichi-speak comes out as the idea that of course he totally never even wanted to do it in the first place, because Kokichi can’t possibly ever have been wrong about anything.

Kokichi:  “Because phonies like you are what make the game more interesting!”

And instead it seems Kokichi’s decided that even though Kaito’s never going to change his mind, he can still have fun with that by watching Kaito flounder in his inability to accept that Gonta did it. At least this trial will totally prove that Kokichi’s right and not Kaito, even if Kaito’s too much of an idiot and a “phony” to ever admit it, right? (Because Kaito actually being right to believe in people definitely couldn’t be the reason it’s impossible to change his mind, nope, no way.)

Kokichi:  “Anywhoooo, it’s a blessing in disguise that Miu died and not me.”

It really isn’t. Miu succeeding in her murder would mean that this case got rid of the two people everyone cared the least about – which is still objectively bad, but nowhere near as painful as the reality is going to be.

(But of course the fact that it makes the trial easier than if she’d killed him totally justifies Kokichi killing Miu, right?)

Kokichi:  “You guys would’ve had a way harder time finding the culprit, y’know. She would’ve been able to lie about the Virtual World’s settings as much as she wanted…”

Yeah, no, we wouldn’t. Her murder plan was horrendously unsubtle and Shuichi would definitely have figured out something was up. Plus Monokuma would have made sure everyone got the necessary information about the Virtual World anyway, to make the trial fair.

Kokichi:  “And you’d never know that the murder actually took place in the Virtual World.”

We would, because of the poison. And even if Miu had picked a more sensible poison to use, Shuichi would have lied about the poison to protect Kaito because he’d know Kaito would never have done it and would therefore suspect that the real murder took place in the Virtual World anyway.

Tsumugi:  “I was sad that she was gone, but now I don’t know what to think…”

Kokichi:  “Nee-heeheehee! Niiiiice! Backstabbed by a trusted friend! See? That’s an ideal fun situation!”

Yeah, except for the fact that this doesn’t remotely prove you right at all, Kokichi, because literally nobody ever trusted Miu. (Except Gonta, who blindly trusts everyone.) Everybody was super suspicious of her invitation to the Virtual World and only ended up going because of Monokuma’s bait, not because they trusted her one bit.

Also look at him calling being betrayed by a trusted person “fun”, when actually in his worldview that’s the most terrifying thing ever to the point that his entire character revolves around protecting himself from it. But so long as it’s not happening to him and is only happening to others, then it’s allowed to be “fun”. Kokichi often uses “fun” as basically just a synonym for “good”, and this is good, because look, it proves him right!!! (even though it doesn’t.)

Kokichi:  “Now we can start a *real* class trial!”

Gonta:  “Hey, Kokichi sorta sound like… Monokuma.”

Heh. Gonta knows what’s up. He’s so confused by the actual arguments and deductions about the Virtual World, but he’s still paying as much attention as he can and picking up on the things he can understand.

Kaito:  “No… You’re just like Monokuma. Both of you are cowards. You never speak the truth or show your true face.”

Kokichi:  “Wait, coward? You say some interesting things sometimes, Kaito.”

Haven’t I been saying this whole time that Kokichi is basically just a gigantic coward? Kaito knows it, too. Kokichi’s entire shtick of insisting to everyone that distrusting others is the only sensible thing to do because people will always betray you is just one big elaborate attempt to hide from the fact that he’s terrified of being betrayed and therefore being a coward to not try and take that risk and believe in people regardless. Which means that he’s convinced himself that he’s not a coward, just logical, and so naturally he’s confused by Kaito calling him out here.

And of course, this is another example of Kaito’s intuition at work. He’s still having a hard time figuring out Kokichi completely, but he can tell that what Kokichi’s showing on the surface right now isn’t quite him and there’s something else beneath that that he’s hiding out of cowardice.

It’s also notable that Kokichi calls Kaito’s opinion interesting and doesn’t precisely suggest that he’s wrong. The way Kokichi words that sounds like he might have picked up on the fact that Kaito has him partially figured out. …Alternatively, Kokichi thinks that Kaito is being a coward by hiding his illness (something else Kokichi has picked up on) and that phrasing is him implying that Kaito is being a hypocrite here.

Kaito:  “Smiling, putting on a mask, never saying what you really think… That kind of cowardice is just like Monokuma!”

This whole speech could be read as incredibly hypocritical coming from Kaito, who’s spent this whole chapter smiling and putting a mask over his illness and how that’s really making him feel. But it’s not as hypocritical as it might seem, because that’s not the kind of lying that Kaito’s getting at. When Kaito says Kokichi never shows his “true face”, he’s talking about the part of him that’s terrified of betrayal and hates everything about this killing game, which is the real core of Kokichi’s character and something he’s constantly pretending to be the complete opposite of. But the real core of Kaito’s character is someone who always wants to help out everyone around him and believe in the people he wants to believe in, and he would never try and make people think that that isn’t him. He’s hiding some of his true feelings, about the fact that he’s dying and scared and helpless, but those feelings don’t change who he truly is, and he’s never hiding that.

Kaito doesn’t actually mention his concept of manliness here, because now really isn’t the time to make himself sound ridiculous, but this is what the main bulk of that is and why that concept is so important to him. Stick to your convictions, take responsibility, be open and honest about your intentions regarding others. That kind of sincerity and integrity, or an utter lack thereof, is the biggest way in which Kaito and Kokichi are polar opposites.

It is, however, kind of wrong of Kaito to be comparing this to Monokuma. Kaito is clearly assuming that Monokuma is just a puppet for the real mastermind. He’s saying the mastermind is being too much of a coward to show everyone who they really are and take responsibility for all the suffering they’re causing, instead hiding behind Monokuma’s character and blaming it all on him. In fairness, that is actually what the mastermind’s doing – but that’s not what Monokuma is doing. Monokuma is a separate person, an autonomous AI who really does just enjoy making an exciting killing game and causing despair and isn’t hiding anything behind that. He was created to genuinely be that character that Junko only used as a façade in the original games.

Kaito:  “Listen up, Kokichi! To hell with this ‘game of suspicion’ crap! I will never be okay with it!”

Kokichi was twisted by this game right from the beginning into pretending he’s more than just okay with it in order to cope, which spiralled into him doing the awful things he’s doing here – and Kaito absolutely refuses to let the same thing happen to him. But what’s really interesting is that he’s saying “listen up”, which is something Kaito usually only says when he’s giving people advice. Which means that on some level, Kaito is still trying to get through to Kokichi! He knows that Kokichi doesn’t genuinely enjoy this game of suspicion either and is still hoping to get him to drop the act!

Kaito:  “I’m just gonna believe in everyone! Instead of suspecting my friends, I’m gonna find the truth by believing in them!”

Kaito should understand by now how unfortunately not appropriate it is to believe in literally everyone in this situation – so what he’s most likely saying here is that he believes in everyone except Kokichi, meaning he thinks Kokichi did it and is just waiting for everyone else’s efforts to figure out a way to prove it.

Which makes it quite something that he’s still trying to get through to him just a tiny bit anyway even though he believes Kokichi’s going to die today. Maybe his belief still also applies to Kokichi in a way, in that while he thinks Kokichi most likely did it, he still believes that somewhere deep down Kokichi is a decent person who didn’t truly want to do it and only did so because he was twisted by the killing game. If that’s what Kaito believes, then… he’s actually completely right.

And sure, maybe it’s a bit foolhardy of Kaito to refuse to suspect anyone when doing so at least a little bit really would help to find the truth, but he is so determined to stick to his convictions and not let this awful game twist him into something he isn’t! This game is designed to foster suspicion and distrust, and it takes courage to defy that and keep believing anyway, even if it’s also kind of reckless. Kaito is so good.

Kokichi:  “Well, if you think you can win this game like that… then sure, be my guest.”

What definition of “winning” are you even talking about here, Kokichi? I thought you’d redefined it to mean “getting one over on Monokuma and ruining his game”, and that can certainly happen while continuing to believe in everyone. That would be more likely to happen while believing in everyone, actually, because then you could all work together on it.

The only way in which Kokichi can be arguing that “winning” requires suspicion is if he means “surviving this trial as a spotless”. And sure, that requires suspicion – but not from everyone. Kaito can still keep believing in everybody all he likes and it won’t get him killed, so long as other spotless, meaning mostly Shuichi, have just the right amount of suspicion in others to reach the truth.

And I think Kaito knows this; he’s always believed in Shuichi’s ability to save everyone even if it means suspecting people and facing painful truths. Kaito just might be a little less sure about his own ability to face such truths (and right now he’s definitely not expecting he’s going to have to because he’s assuming Kokichi did it) – but ultimately, he won’t need to in order to survive so long as Shuichi is there.

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Choices Ch. 4

Pairing: Sweet Pea x Reader

Word Count: 2346

Warning(s): Hospital, Southside violence, bad writing

Summary: Being Reggie’s little sister wasn’t easy already. But being his sister and not agreeing with his hate towards the Southside was nearly impossible. Tensions are rising and Y/N needs to make some choices that could change her life drastically.

A/N: Sorry thought I would get this up yesterday but here it is! I also thought I would try writing in a different POV. Idk if i like it but it fits more with how I want to tell the story so I guess it will work for now. 

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Riverdale but I do own the OCs and the story is mine. I do not post anywhere but on this profile so if you see my stuff anywhere else let me know!

Side Note: If it seems like something in my fic is not mine or of original canon let me know! I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes!

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Reggie and his friends jumped into action as you hit the ground.

“Y/N” He screamed your name trying to wake you up. That’s when he noticed the blood pooling below you. A shard of glass must have hit you when the windows exploded but no one noticed. FP picked you up and rushed you to the cruiser outside. While this whole mess was happening around you, another mess was taking place at the Whyte Wyrm.

“I can’t just sit here” Sweet Pea said as he tried to walk out. Jughead was there to push him back.

“You don’t have a choice, Sweet Pea, you’re staying put.” He just pushed Jughead away from him before glaring.

“You said it yourself, the Ghoulies are back” His heart wouldn’t stop racing. Another person he knew was hurt. He didn’t know how a Northsider, hell a Mantle, got under his skin but, you did. The young Jones didn’t want to listen to Sweet Pea’s call to action.

“We will deal with them” Jughead looked around him. “As soon as my dad gets back-”

“Oh, so you’re not our leader all of a sudden?” Sweet Pea bit back at the Serpent Prince. ‘Oh, no, that’s right, you’re just the guy who got Fangs Shot!”

“Watch it…” Jughead tried to defend himself but Sweet Pea was getting too worked up now.

“And now, Fangs might die! And the Ghoulies are out for our blood because a drag race you started.” He got into Jughead’s face while poking his chest.

“An hour. That’s all I’m asking for, Sweet Pea.” Jughead pleaded with the taller serpent. Sweet Pea just turned to walk away but not without slamming his fist into the wall. He was stuck here while Fangs was fighting for his life. Hell, he didn’t even know if Y/N was alive at all. Sweet Pea was just itching for Ghoulie blood. All Sweet Pea could do to distract himself was play pool. He was pocketing shot after shot in complete frustration. He saw Jughead rush out of the bar and scoffed. He’s not sure how long it was before he returned with Toni and Cheryl. Jughead explained what had happened with Peabody and the Ghoulies.

“It’s time we end the Ghoulie scourge and that Traitor, Penny Peabody permanently!” Sweet Pea was fed up with his friends getting hurt. Fangs, Y/N, and now Toni. He was done.

“Sweet Pea, two hours ago your fight was with Reggie Mantle. Now you want us to go to war over territory that we don’t even control anymore? This is Hiram Lodge’s problem not ours.” Jughead yelled back at Sweet Pea.

“So you’re just gonna hand over Sunnyside Trailer Park, our home to Penny and the Ghoulies?” Toni stood up outraged at what Jughead was proposing.

“Toni, I don’t want us to die.” Jughead pleaded with the female serpent. “A rumble with the Ghoulies right now? It’s a suicide-run”

“It’s better than a coward’s death.” Sweet Pea stood by Toni. The boys started talking over each other. Sweet Pea was calling for us to defend themselves while Jughead was trying to calm the taller serpent.

“That’s enough!” FP’s voice rang through the Whyte Wyrm. He walked towards the fighting teens. “I just got a call from the sheriff’s office. Fangs uh” He paused and looked at the crowd. “He didn’t make it. He’s gone.” An air of disbelief hung around the gang.

“Fangs is dead?” Jughead questioned his dad. FP nodded.

“And we will mourn him, hell yea, we will. But first, we will honor him. From what I just heard, it sounds like we need to put it to a vote. All those against going to war with the Ghoulies?” No one lifted a finger. “And all those for giving them hell on the battlefield tomorrow?” Almost everyone’s hands went to the air. Jughead just glared at his father but, it was decided; the Serpents were going to war.

Sweet Pea took the first chance he got to jump on his bike and head to the Hospital. Bulldogs were everywhere but he was only looking for one Northsider. He tried not to think of Fangs. Sweet Pea was on a mission and he couldn’t be distracted by grief. The receptionist looked up as he approached the desk.

“I’m looking for a patient. Well I don’t know if she’s here, I just know she was hurt so I’m hoping…” He started rambling.

“What’s her name?” The receptionist asked with pity in her voice. He clenched his fist and took a deep breath.

“Y/N, uh Mantle, Y/N Mantle.”

“Her room is 203.” Sweet Pea rushed towards the room with his heart in his throat. He was so in his head about Y/N he didn’t notice that some of the bulldogs in the waiting room heard him and texted Reggie. he was already outside your room waiting for the Serpent to show up.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing here?” Reggie sneered at him. Sweet Pea had to calm himself down.

“Look, I’m not here to fight. I heard about Y/N and just wanted to make sure she’s okay.” Reggie just scoffed at him.

“She doesn’t need you checking in on her. I don’t know how you heard about her but you need-”

“I was on the phone with her when she passed out. I couldn’t come earlier but I’m here now. I just need to know that she’s okay” Sweet Pea cut the bulldog off. Reggie stared at him for a while debating what he should do.

“She took a shard of glass to the side. We didn’t notice and she lost a lot of blood.”

“How’d you not notice?!”

“You were on the phone with her! She didn’t even notice, okay!” Reggie turned around and slammed his fist into the wall. “It’s not my fault” He whispered. Sweet Pea calmed down after seeing him like this. It was clear that the jock was already beating himself up.

“What do the doctors say?”

“They did surgery to repair her spleen or whatever. She’ll make it. Her body is trying to make up for the lost blood so she’s sleeping right now. Been asleep the whole time, hasn’t woken up. Doctor says it’s normal but…” Reggie trailed off before realizing who he was talking to. “You know now, so get the hell out and leave Y/N alone. This just proves that she doesn’t need to get mixed up with Southside scum.”

“The Serpents didn’t do this, it was the Ghoulies.” Sweet Pea defended. No way would he be blamed for what happened to Y/N.

“Serpents, Ghoulies, does it matter? A Southsider still put her in the hospital.” Reggie sneered at him before walking into your room and shutting the door. Sweet Pea threw his own fist to the wall. Hearing his own words thrown at him by Reggie had his stomach sinking low. He needed to feel more in control, so he left to the one place that felt like home.

All Sweet Pea could do to keep a level head and forget all the shit he had experienced today was to play pool. They started playing for cigarettes and whatever else people would bet. He lost himself in the game. That was until FP interrupted them.

“Toni, Where was Penny hiding out?”

“By the docks.” Toni told their leader quickly. FP rushed out of the bar in an instant and jumped on his bike. Everyone was at a loss. Sweet Pea thought it was useless but he decided to call Y/N anyways. He sighed as he heard your voicemail. As he hung up, he received a text message.

Princess: Hey, sorry, Reggie is here. U alright?

Sweets: I mean you’re the one laying in a hospital bed. Shouldn’t I be asking you that?

Princess: I’m fine. Dr. said I just need to rest. I’m also really doped up right now. Can’t feel a thing! 

Sweet Pea couldn’t help but laugh at your response. He ignored everyone’s stares as he typed his reply.

Sweets: Glad to hear you’re okay. I tried stopping by but your brother was there. He told me you hadn’t woken up yet right before telling me to GTFO.

Princess: UGH, stupid Reggie. I’m sorry, hey maybe you can sneak in later! He says he has stuff to still take care of tonight.

Sweets: I’d love to. Hey GTG, hopefully cya later.

Sweet Pea put his phone away as he heard a car pull up. He, Toni, and Cheryl met Archie and Betty outside of the Wyrm. FP had been gone for a while now and everyone was on edge.

“Where is he? Where’s Jug?” Betty instantly asked as she saw the Serpents.

“Guys…” Archie directed everyone’s attention to an approaching FP. He came out carrying his beaten son. Jughead hung in his arms lifeless. It only took one look at his upper arm to see who did this because in place of where his serpent tattoo should have been was a bloody wound. Everyone was in shock as FP placed him in Archie’s car and raced to the hospital. It was the third time in a span of hours that Sweet Pea was on his bike rushing to the hospital hoping his friend would live.

Serpents filled the waiting room along with the bulldogs now. In all honesty, Sweet Pea was so close to breaking down. First Fangs, then Y/N, Toni turned out okay but for a second there he wasn’t sure, and now Jughead. Sure, Jughead and him didn’t see eye to eye but they were Serpents; a family.

“First you invade our streets, then our schools, our homes are in flames and you think you can just walk in here.” An unnamed bulldog started getting in the Serpent’s faces.

“Hey, back off, we all have people we care about in here.” Archie stood in between the rivals. “Is Y/N/N still here?”

“Yeah, will be here overnight. Reggie is in there now saying good night. We’ll probably head over to his to keep him company.” The bulldog responded. The tension in the air diffused enough for the Northsiders to back away.

“Wait, Y/N/N, as in Y/N?” Archie nodded at Sweet Pea. “All these bulldogs are here for her?”

“Yeah, we all grew up with the Mantles. Y/N is like a little sister to all of us.” His voice had a slight warning in them. FP walked into the waiting room and the teens went to meet him.

“He’s in surgery. It doesn’t look good.” FP collapsed in a chair and sobbed. The kids didn’t know what to do. His son’s life hung in the balance and they were just expected to wait. Out of the corner of his eye, Sweet Pea saw the bulldogs leave with Reggie. He waited another moment before heading towards Y/N’s room. He knocked on the door.

“Come in.” Sweet Pea entered. “Sweets! I was just about to text you!” Her face lit up when she saw him.

“Hey, Princess” He walked towards the empty chair by her bedside. “I was in the waiting room and I saw Reggie leave so I thought it was safe.”

“Of course, you’re probably waiting to hear about Fangs!” She said innocently. “How is he?” It was then that she noticed Sweet Pea’s tense posture. He wouldn’t look at her either. “Sweets?”

“He uh, FP told us that, well he…” He avoided saying the words but Y/N understood right away. Sweet Pea’s head snapped up as he heard Y/N yelp in pain. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I was just trying to sit up so I could hug you but these stupid stitches won’t let me!” She  groaned in frustration. He went to help her sit up in the bed.

“Yeah, we got the news earlier. Things have been stirring up with the Ghoulies. I won’t go into too much detail but Jughead thought it was a good idea to play the sacrificial lamb. He’s the reason why we were in the waiting room.” Sweet Pea started to ramble. He was cut off when Y/N’s hand landed on his forearm.

“I’m sorry, Sweet Pea. I really am. I hope Jughead is alright.” She smiled at the Serpent.

“I just want this night to be over with.” He leaned his head on the bed next to her lap. On instinct, Y/N started running her hand through his hair. The big bad serpent just leaned further into her touch.

“Me too. They said that I could probably go home tomorrow afternoon depending on labs and all that medical talk.” Sweet Pea hummed in response. “Are you falling asleep on me, Sweets?”

“No, next to you, Princess.” He mumbled. Y/N scooted over slightly.

“Come up here then” She patted the open space next to her. Sweet Pea was gonna argue but he took one look at her face and just sighed.

He crawled in right by her and swung his arm around her head. She placed her head on his chest without thinking. Neither of them could believe that they were in this position now. It was only a handful of days ago that they had their first conversation. It all came down to two facts: Y/N needed someone and Sweet Pea needed to be needed right now. They were like that for a few minutes before Sweet Pea got the courage to break the silence.

“This issue with the Ghoulies has become worse. They’ve always been a thorn in our side but…” he took a deep breath before continuing, “tomorrow morning Serpents and Ghoulies are going to war. I want this to happen I do but, we’ve-I’ve lost so much already. I don’t know if I’m ready to lose more.” Y/N looked up at him to see his eyes closed and head tilted back.

“Hey, everything’s gonna be okay. Let’s just get through tonight alright?” He nodded at her. Neither one of them wanted to break the peace that settled in the room because the truth was, they didn’t know if they were ready to face tomorrow.

Five

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reaction post typed while watching SPN 14x05 “Nightmare Logic”

oh, what a perfectly soft and emotional Destiel-parallelly piece of Meredith Glynn artwork. so precious, so loved~

03:47pm

things i know about this: meredith glynn wrote it

LET’S WATCH

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03:50

noooo maggie don’t do things like this alooooone

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i like the music as she enters... kinda weird and sparkly and awkward

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03:53

sammy...... you know what you need

someone to do the night shift

if only...... you had.............. someone else........................

*looks pointedly at dean*

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03:55

where does sam get the financial resources for shit like body cams

we never see them running credit card scams any more so........ ???????

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03:57

i love these cable things by the roads

so aesthetic

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03:58

even more spooky pretty music as dean and sam enter the tomb

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03:59

dean and sam lie so effortlessly and so in sync

i always enjoy seeing them do this, ever since dean told a firefighter he needed to go back into his apartment because he has a yorkie who pees when he’s nervous

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04:01

aw man i thought the “colleagues” would be cas and jack

bobby and mary’s cool too

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04:02

bobby’s wearing a cap like michael’s

and mary’s wearing a coat like cas’

..does this mean this story’s gonna be about dean’s war between those two things, like the two worlds he knows

bobby’s parenting vs. mary’s parenting

michael’s need for him as a vessel vs. cas’ love for him as a bestest buddy bro friend

not sure how bobby = micheal / mary = cas but i’m sure there’ll be some kind of explanation later

OR maybe they’re just costumes and they mean nothing

but......is that ever true? trenchcoats are automatically a cas thing now. and that cap is so iconic as michael now???

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04:09

i relate to this lady in the suit who has had Too Much Of Everything

i enjoy seeing people know their limits and expressing them to others rather than continuing past breaking point

sam’s doing great but also....... no

take a page from this lady’s book, sammy

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04:11

mary’s walking with sam

and i just wanna take a minute to appreciate how EASY meredith glynn’s episodes are to watch

her scripts flow so gently and everything makes logical sense

and her characters are coherent

there’s just this nice touch of emotional human realism cloaking all the supernatural weirdness and i so, so appreciate that

like.. for me personally, there’s not a single writer on the current team whose writing comes close to glynn’s

i want her to write more episodes with cas though, i know she’d write him just right

i honestly feel like i’m being hugged by someone as i watch this

so soft around my heart

is good

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04:16

sam: “you [and bobby have] gotten pretty close lately”

mary: “i thought so too”

OH WAIT I GET IT

I GET THE COAT AND THE HAT NOW

IT’S A DESTIEL THING

OH MY FUCKING GOD HOW DID I MISS THAT

IT’S SO BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS HOLY FUCKING FUCKDISAFKDSHGF

even the casual viewers will probably have noticed this one. i know it took me a second but as soon as this discussion happened it clicked

 this is probably the most obvious parallel they’ve ever done i think

i didn’t see it before because i didn’t EXPECT it, you know?? ugh this is so validating

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04:22

now every word mary says, i’m just envisioning how it applies to cas’ perspective too

“he’s been hunting all the time, he won’t take a break even for a second. there’s something on his mind”

yeah, that mICHEAL HAT, quite literally sitting over his head like a dark halo

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04:26

the music in this episode is just so pleasing to my ears

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04:31

things i appreciate:

normal people being all “wtf you hunt monsters” and just being present while dean and sam talk about their shit

sam’s reference to “hunteri heroici” (my all-time fave episode besides “scoobynatural” jdgd that was five years ago what the hell)

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04:35

me: takes screenshot of this very pretty, very anxious lady because i want my hair to do what her hair does

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04:36

oop we just found the dean mirror and now we get to hear someone talk about the things he feels and offer advice that ultimately helps himself

god i love this

AND THE FACT I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS PARALLEL AND WHY IT’S HAPPENING

AGAIN SOLIDIFIES THE DEAN/CAS THING WITH BOBBY/MARY

because what mary said about bobby = what cas thinks about dean = what’s true about dean = this lady being overworked = dean not taking time off from hunting

(although it does seem to specifically apply to sam as well ?)

and sam mentioned earlier about how the dad he knew and the dad mary knew were different people, plus the earlier mentions this season about john’s problematic parenting (i forget when)

yeah that really makes a point of saying john abused his kids, for sure

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lady: “he was gone all the time, working for us, he said”

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

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lady: “i worshipped him when i was a kid. didn’t know any better”

oh deanie

please take notes

please know it’s okay to be angry at john and not continue to love him in a way that excuses his behaviours, even 14 years after he died

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wait wait wait

dean tells her to let it go, it’s the past, there’s nothing you can do about it now so it’s just baggage

WAIT

THAT MEANS

THAT MEANS HE LET THAT SHIT GO ALREADY???????

WHOA

OKAY COOL. COOL COOL COOL I’M PROUD OF YOU

now go be gay with cas

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“i try. every single day.”

hell yeah dean winchester giving good mental health advice to people and also millions of depressed people with various traumas watching this

ngl this legit just helped me a tiny bit with my issues with my own dad

urhgutguugb meredith glynn you are the good we need in this world

..............suddenly getting real emotional because goddamn i wanna meet her someday ;~; i wanna meet 1. misha and 2. meredith glynn, maaaaybe 3. jensen idk

mEREDITH GLYNN IS MY KINDRED SPIRIT

and DEAN WINCHESTER HELPS ME BE A MORE SELF-ACCEPTING PERSON

yay

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04:49

no but like.......... everyone seemed to enjoy last week’s episode, i only saw people posting good reviews. and i felt bad not not enjoying it, even though all the things people pointed out should’ve been right up my alley, something about the overall thing just fell flat for me

but this one

this one speaks to my heart

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04:53

maggie: “i didn’t mean to get caught--”

sam: “no no no, stop that. you did nothing wrong. okay?”

sam being a better dad to maggie than john ever was to anyone

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04:57

OH NO BOBBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!

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05:01

dean: “you’re giving him transfusions?”

nurse: “keeps up his iron”

suddenly i don’t trust the nurse

trying to take over the property maybe? a la scooby-doo, it’s always about real estate

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05:02

dean: “sasha, could you go....... make me a ....sandwich ?”

DEAN NO

(i type, in pain, as i laugh)

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/rewatches that interaction because it was actually really sweet the way dean mouthed “go” to sasha and she understood

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05:05

i’ve wanted a djinn story for SO LONG

(even wrote one myself - Prince of the Ether Realms)

trust glynn to be the one to re-weave the exact threads of this 14-year saga that also interest me specifically

also kudos for the fact she’s so obviously knowledgeable about the ENTIRE HISTORY of the show, as opposed to certain other writers who seem to contradict previous facts and re-reference things that were used differently before to make an important point, thereby nullifying the first point when used a second time

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05:11

hunter with the shaved head 10/10 style

headcanoning them as non-binary and into girls because of reasons

also there was a slight continuity error, this hunter hugs maggie twice in the two consecutive shots

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05:15

bobby: “it ends the same” [with bobby dead, i guess?]

mary: “no. you are not allowed to give up on me”

seeing this as dean and cas again

yeah i saw someone mention how at the end of last episode, dean suggesting they drive off a cliff and sam being like NOPE kind of reflected the wrongness of the they-all-die-at-the-end for the finale of SPN

and i think this brings it back to that again

i agree that the best ending is the one where they live to fight another day, not go out guns a-blazing

and this is cas telling dean he’s not allowed to give up and die because he wants to live side-by-side for as long as they can

i just really really want cas to say that to dean in a soft emotional scene like this. we don’t really get those unless they’re parallels??? and i wANT MORE DEAN AND CAS TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS DAMMIT

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05:20

DEAN AND CAS PARALLELS um i mean BOBBY AND MARY GOING OFF TO HANG OUT ALONE IN A CABIN OF LOVE AND HEALING

GDI LET DEAN AND CAS DO THAT TOO

but also awwww i actually kinda like the mary/bobby thing? because at the core, they ARE dean and sam’s parents, really

family don’t end with blood etc

bobby was the dad john never was

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05:23

sam: USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM

this is so satisfying

next up: hula hoops of salt and iron knuckle-dusters

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05:25

i love love love that dean can have a healthy mental approach to this shit, finally

i’m so fucking proud of him you don’t even know

i just......... i really wanna see him not only return to baseline mental goodness, but then overcome that and become greater at his zen thing, and then AT LAST be ready to accept cas’ love for what it is: romantic and everlasting and epic, and not have to interpret it into something else or ignore it to protect himself

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05:28

that light over dean’s shoulder is the angel on his shoulder

but is it michael or cas?

i’m going with cas, given that michael is a dark-hat-halo

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05:30pm

it’s over

that was amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing ;u;

bless meredith glynn for existing and bringing us such beautiful stories

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GARDENER

WHY WAS HE THERE besides to ~add some colour~??? and i guess a red herring for viewers, so we have someone to suspect?

(idk. i never suspected him, because he was black and meredith glynn is better than that - unless she was trying to trick racist viewers?? (i know there's a lot of them, i saw the super-toxic comment section on instagram when jared, jensen and misha posted a “vote beto” thing the other day. and there was a poll mentioned at comic con once, half the american spn fanbase are republicans??? guess they really love guns and fascism))

i don’t really have anything to add here, i said it all as i went along

that dean/cas parallel....... oh boy

just please please please pleASE can we have Actual Destiel and not just parallels and hints. like. they barely talk???????? HOW IS THIS A SHOW WHERE TWO OF THE MAIN LEADS ARE CONSTANTLY FRAMED TO BE IN LOVE, WE’RE TOLD THEY’RE BEST FRIENDS, BUT WE ALMOST NEVER EVEN SEE THEM TOGETHER ANY MORE

HOW IS THIS HAPPENING

anyway the costuming was just so very UNSUBTLE and obvious and i think a lot of people would’ve caught that parallel even if they weren’t looking for it

music was good, directing was good, sasha’s hair was good, nobody we know actually died, that was good too

10/10

ten thumbs up

yeee

#WHOOOO WHAT A GOOD ONE #Meredith Glynn #14x05 #nightmare logic #spn spoilers #season 14 #Elmie watches things #post of postiness

[6ad6ro]

gonna talk a bit about the game awards.

first off, wow i hate this insincere fake ass corporate ad bullshit. idk how anyone can watch this thing seriously. it's still torture even tho i watched a streamer makin fun of it. so many good games came out this year, but they only talked about these same 7 shitty AAA games over and over. it's just so fraudulent idk.

i feel like the only good games that ever got voted on were metroid and resident evil. to be fair, i did love the lady d va speech (i still need to play re7!!!). metroid winning the award was ruined by it being accepted by shitty doug bowser. he had nothing to do with the game and just spouted off a weird ad and it just sucked lol. idk why they thought they could replace reggie with this weird ea creep just based on his name alone? i did enjoy guillermo del toro shitting on konami for killing off silent hills (THO to ME it more felt like a hint that it could be happening? idk!).

anyways this whole thing always sucks. people joke "video games are dead" but when i watch this awards show? i really do feel that way. it's a showcase of the ugliest side of gaming. it's "capitalism ruins your hobby" the show. obv it's only worth watching for the announcement trailers etc? but even THOSE are hard to get through now. they feel more and more like movie trailers every year. idk if u know this about me? but imo current mainstream movie trailers are probably the single most obnoxious "media format". there are rare exceptions, but most trailers make me wanna throw up. they make me hate movies before i ever see em. and now they're doing it to games. god, i hate the awful music choices so fuckin much. it's like a disease. fuck trailers.

but ok srry i'll get back on subject n stop complaining n get into the actual announcements.

i was really happy to see ff7r retrograde is coming to pc. so now i can just play it on steamdeck. at this point i'm not gonna even try getting a dumbass ps5 (not that i could even if i wanted to). so this was big news to me.

i'm sorta excited for new saints row. i hadn't heard about it until now. i already went into why the hate on it confuses me a few posts ago. imo it looks neat!

sonic botw clone looks interesting n has more promise than anything else they've been making lately. tho i sorta lost hope w them when i realised we wouldn't get a sonic mania 2, meaning they must be braindead.

persona 4 arena port was underwhelming news. when i saw teddie pop up i was genuinely excited? but then... idk! idk why i have no interest in ultramax. i love guilty gear and i love p4. but i'm like fine never having played p4a? well i guess if it ever goes on a good sale maybe i'll check it out...

OH OH the new game made by the silent hill guy actually looks really cool n promising! tho i'm pretty sure everyone watching it was like wishing it was slower horror rather than whatever actiony direction it's tryin to go in. people just want more silent hill so bad LOL. this game looks plenty fucked up tho! might be good!

speaking of slower survival horror, the new alan wake? actually sounds promising. ill be honest... i don't give a SHIT about aw1. i thought it was really bad at trying to be twin peaks, and really bad at trying to be max payne. it wasn't scary. and it wasn't fun. i kinda hated it. but... i feel like that team has come a long way? control looks amazing (i own it, but have only played it a touch bc bad time management 😭). so idk. hopefully their claims of it being "legit survival horror" are true? if not, it can fuck off lol. but for now it has me mildly interested.

horizon looks cool. that's all i hafta say really lol. horizon is def one of those "this is a really good but i could still just take it or leave it" games? it's hard to explain! i guess i'll be nicer to it n say that all the dif environments make it seem potentially cooler than the first? idek.

it's neat that dune is getting another rts after all this time, considering it sorta started rts as a genre way back when. i want it to be successful just based on how much i liked the movie? but tbh i hate rts as a genre. a lot. so i'll never play it lol. i'll def watch my streamers play it tho, so it's still cool to me!

steel rising looked okay (i thought it was lies of p at first). plague tale 2 was cool. the lil matrix game looked neat but i'll never be able to play it. i think that's about it? the elden ring pot was cute. n i never rly expected more botw2 news, nor did i expect chrono cross remake. so i wasn't let down as much as others.

#long again #why do i write so much #i hate add i hate it #i almost wanna delete this #long

[kroneeeee]

OUMA’S DEFENCE LAWYER PART2A

Yes. There’s more. Here’s part 1: 

http://kroneeeee.tumblr.com/post/166569354474/oumas-defence-lawyer-here

WARNING: this argument is super. super. long.

OOoookay, now that we’ve established that his nature isn’t to be an evil asshole, now comes his intentions. Why did he make Gonta the killer? Why did he come up with such a plan involving his death? Why did he try to be the mastermind? Well, this is my interpretation on it-

I’ll start it off with discussing Chapter 4.

Again, let’s establish facts before diving in:

 Ouma was the first to know about the outside world. The outside world is supposed to be the worst thing ever, where no one was alive, and there was absolutely no hope left for any of the survivors. It was used as a motive to bring people to despair and thus kill people.

Ouma did manipulate Gonta throughout their time in the VR world after Gonta himself volunteered to watch over Ouma.

Ouma used Gonta to kill Miu to save his own ass.

He’s smart enough to figure out that she wanted to kill him beforehand.

Throughout the trial in Chapter 4, he’s been manipulating everyone and using his lies to bring Shuichi to the truth.

Ouma did not know of Gonta’s memory loss/error. Nor the fact that his avatar had some paralysis setting on him.

Yeah, Ouma did keep pressuring Gonta at some point about him being ridiculously dumb.

He was really angry at both Gonta and Kaito for stalling the killing game by not accepting the facts.

He had a genuine breakdown and wanted to die with Gonta before his execution.

In the end, after the execution, he suddenly had a change in character and became very antagonistic. Hm, how fitting for an “Ultimate Supreme Leader”.

Anyways, facts over. Time to explain why. Why he did such things. Why he did those asshole moves. Why he chose Gonta. Why he broke down. Why he tried to act like the mastermind. Those 10 facts are gonna be my truth bullets this time. C’mon, let’s treat this like a class trial.

First off, why did Ouma choose to manipulate Gonta for his murder towards Iruma?

Honestly, you’d think it could be a number of reasons- Maybe because Gonta was strong- NOPE. Sorry, but Iruma gave everyone equal strength ability in the VR world. That won’t explain why he chose Gonta over anyone else.

Because he’s the most manipulative? Plausible. Even though, as seen in the 4th class trial, he’s able to manipulate everyone, he chose Gonta because of his gullible personality- WRONG AGAIN. This isn’t possible. If you look again when they entered the VR world, Ouma never once hinted on Gonta to join him. In fact, look at the 2nd fact:

Ouma did manipulate Gonta throughout their time in the VR world after Gonta himself volunteered to watch over Ouma.

It’s true. Although when Kaito said something like “Geez, he really knows how to manipulate people.” He thought, along with influencing all the players, that Ouma manipulated Gonta into being his bodygaurd, which is false. Fact is, Gonta volunteered to help which motioned Ouma into manipulating him and thus using him to commit a murder he didn’t do. Ouma didn’t specifically choose, he was just given the chance. And he took it. Although he didn’t know about his paralysis setting until the investigation, Ouma stated that he knew that Iruma must’ve already thought of a way to prevent him from fighting back, which was why he needed someone to do the dirty work.

In conclusion, Gonta being his murder buddy was just. a. coincidence. He only took action after Gonta volunteered to be his bodyguard.

OKAY, SO IS THIS QUESTION SOLVED? GOOD.

Moving on, why did Ouma manipulate Gonta the entire time to kill Iruma?

TO SAVE HIS ASS GODDAMNIT. HE DIDN’T WANT TO DIE. I mean, look at the third and eight fact. 

Ouma used Gonta to kill Miu to save his own ass.

He was really angry at both Gonta and Kaito for stalling the killing game by not accepting the facts.

Dude, the lil’ supreme leader just wants to stay alive. He’ll sacrifice whatever he has to to do so.

NEXT.

Uh, thirdly, why did he turn into such an asshole towards Gonta after exposing that he’s the culprit?

We already know that he was such a huge dick for orchestrating Gonta’s exposure as the culprit by just... bluntly saying it. However, he became even more of a dick when he started condemning Gonta for being a stupid idiot. Looking back, was he not trying to imply to Gonta to just fess’ up? Didn’t Ouma give that kind of vibe when condemning Gonta? Especially when he said “If you aren’t the culprit, then you gotta prove that you aren’t!”

And when Gonta kept insisting that he doesn’t know anything-

He became especially angry. But why? Why was he so sick and tired of hearing Gonta refusing to back himself u-

Hey.

Hey, wait.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I think we’ve got it all wrong.

I think this trial made us interpret this scene wrongly.

Because I don’t think he said that to force Gonta to fess’ up.

But rather, to get him to defend himself.

....

Wouldn’t that look more plausible?

ALRIGHT, TIME TO DISCUSS THIS SHIT.

I’m assuming we all know that Ouma didn’t see Gonta only as his pawn, seeing from his reactions and narration after the Voting Time. He found Gonta as someone with more value than a simple bodyguard, a simple pawn. I won’t clarify exactly how he saw Gonta, but it’s clear to say that Gonta’s life held some importance to Ouma after some point in the game.

^That’s a fact. The 11th fact.

So using this fact, and also taking into mind of how ridiculously smart Ouma is (e.g. planning his entire murder with script lines for Kaito to say and trying to beat the game itself all under a short period of time), wouldn’t it also be possible for Ouma to give Gonta some sort of plan on how to escape this, making the killing game more fun?

Wouldn’t that also explain why he was so angry that Gonta wasn’t trying to back himself up? Because he thought Gonta would follow through with his plan? I’ve never seen Ouma literally lose his shit over someone not giving something he wants.

Something. He. Wants.

He wanted Gonta to talk back, to give arguements. But Gonta couldn’t because he forgot everything. But Ouma didn’t know that. So he thought Gonta was being really stubborn, and if you were Ouma, you’d probably think Gonta would be an idiot too. Which could be why he was so upset that Gonta wasn’t saying anything.

^Okay, but giving Gonta a plan to defend himself is just speculation. In other words, my opinion.

However, Ouma losing his shit because he didn’t get what he wanted from Gonta is a fact. And Ouma not knowing is a fact too. Look back at the screenshots. If Ouma knew he forgot his memories, would he really, truly, lose his shit like that? “Cut it out already!” “I’m sick of you saying I don’t know!”

Wouldn’t he have just teased Gonta with his stupidity by saying “Heh, so he’s really this dumb after all! Not remembering his own murder.” (Which he did say something similar like this by the way, only after he found out about Gonta’s error.) So can you see the difference in his actions before and after learning about the error? He literally had a 180 change of attitude.

So let’s leave this question with the conclusion that Ouma was terribly upset because Gonta wasn’t being an obedient boy.

Alright, next problem. Why did Ouma break down after the Voting Time?

This is a common problem people ask each other all the time. Well, here’s how I see it:

Like I mentioned in the part1 post of this, Ouma is a kid who strictly followed a “no kill” policy So obviously this killing game has impacted him so much. All in the worst way possible. You know, like, actually committing a murder? Although Ouma didn’t stain his hands with blood, he still indirectly killed Iruma and Gonta. And I’m pretty sure, for a kid like him, it would be pretty fucking traumatising and loaded with guilt. Which is exactly why he’s seen breaking down.

Other than the fact that he held Gonta’s life with some importance, it’s highly likely that Ouma has guilt all over him. Which is why he tried to “fix” things by offering Monokuma to kill him instead. Because, well, like they all say-

“Those who break rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scums.” Well said, Obito.

He broke the “no kill” rule. He hurt many people. He led the poor Gonta, who has no memory of the killing, to his death.

Isn’t that just sooooooooo despair-like?

Something that’ll reeeeaaaaaaaalllyyyy devastate Ouma?

People say the crying was just part of his lying act. Well then do enlighten me. What reason would he have for breaking down, assuming it’s a lie, instead of rubbing it in Gonta’s face some indirect way or another. Instead of saying something witty or saying that he’s such a fool? What other reason could he have for breaking down in front of everyone in the room, other than actually crying because of guilt and sadness?

Please. Enlighten me.

Oh? You’re gonna use the “but he’s the mastermind and felt no remorse” excuse at my face? Gosh, I at least hoped your argument would be entertaining. Sighs.

Well then, let’s move on to the next question-

We already know he wasn’t the mastermind, but why did he act like one?

Well, remember this?

Did we ever actually see Ouma fulfill that promise? I mean, did he even try to fulfill it?

The answer is yes, tumblr.

You must remember that Ouma is a liar. And he shows his concern (e.g. shuichi) through his lies (idk go do his free time event you’ll see). With all his good intentions in his heart, it’ll always come forth through a lie, with a lie, by a lie. He always used his lies and confusing words to bring forth the truth in class trials, though he lets Shuichi hog the glory. Though, the fact remains that he does help the class trial with his lies. He grows bonds through his lies. He helps people through his lies.

I’ll let you figure out how that happens if he’s lying all the time. Now, remember the last fact?

In the end, after the execution, he suddenly had a change in character and became very antagonistic. Hm, how fitting for an “Ultimate Supreme Leader”.

Why? Why did he suddenly change to become so antagonistic? Yes, maybe he showed himself to be more of a dick than usual, but we already know why. So then in that case, why the bloody fuck did he suddenly pretend to be the mastermind?

Why did he lie to be the mastermind if he’s not?

To answer that, remember what I just said? With all his good intentions in his heart, it’ll always come forth through a lie, with a lie, by a lie.

Doesn’t that make his mastermind role-play the biggest lie he’s ever told to them? (Stfu about “but he lied about his talent. he’s not the leader of a 10,000 member secret organization isn’t that big” bullshit. We already established in part1 why he did so)

And wouldn’t his promise to Gonta be the only promise, yet hardest, to accomplish? I mean Gonta asked Kokichi Ouma, the most dickhead of them all, to make sure “everyone forgive each other and be friends”.

But Ouma can only lie. He can only tell the truth through his lies. He can only help through his lies. He can only guide people through his lies.

I’m sure you know what I’m trying to get at.

BUT JUST IN CASE YOU’RE THAT BLIND TO SEE, YES, HE PRETENDED TO BE THE MASTERMIND TO FULFIL HIS PROMISE TO GONTA. BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. HE CAN’T POSSIBLY “Okay guys! We need to team up and bring this mf Monokuma down!” BECAUSE IT’S NOT HIS CHARACTERISTIC TO DO SO.

So by playing the mastermind, didn’t he bring everyone more together by making everyone target him? What better way to give hope to people than to get them to unite through a similar feeling. Sadly, that similar feeling would be their hatred towards Ouma. But if that’s how Ouma accomplishes Gonta’s wish, so be it.

However, if Gonta were still alive, he’d probably tell Ouma he’s just as idiotic as Gonta. Because “Gonta want Kokichi to also be friends with everyone. Kokichi cannot be left out!” or something.

So, yeah, that’s just Ouma’s way of fulfilling his promise.

SO IN CONCLUSION OF CHAPTER4,

No one said anything about Kokichi Ouma being forgiven for his action. Even Kokichi Ouma doesn’t want to be forgiven. For fuck’s sake, he wanted to kill himself after that class trial. No one said Kokichi Ouma should be forgiven. All I’ve explained was why he did those things. Do you see me justifying his murder? Do you see me justifying why it was right for him to do so? All my arguments may have been leaning in favour of Ouma, but come on look at the title of this post....

With that being said, this is part2A. Yes, there’s a part2B which is my final closing argument of Kokichi Ouma. I’ll cover up Chapter5 and ending off my analysis of Kokichi Ouma.

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[conservativemalarkey]

Okay, now I'm curious about what you saw of the Tea Party. (Not a new follower, if that matters?)

Hey, it’s fine! I’m mostly just trying to get some Content (TM) here, so... any questions are welcome. Caveat here: I was a teenager for the brunt of this, and I was a young teenager at the beginning of this. (I was only a sophomore in high school when it really kicked off and I started following it.) In my head, some things are mixed up- I did a little bit of fact-checking to make sure I got the dates right, and it turns out I didn’t at all. Also, I was never involved on the ground level, because I was a young teenager in a rural area and didn’t have the opportunity to do things like ‘go to protests’; most of my involvement was liking things on facebook. 

WARNING: Long post is long, and I don’t want to put this under a cut in case I have to change my URL. If you don’t want to read this, you can press the ‘J’ key to skip down (or just... swipe, I guess. Sorry, mobile users.) 

...So. Around the time President Obama got elected, a lot of conservative types were angry in the same way we are about Trump, and for nearly the same reasons (though, of course, they were wrong). They thought, thanks to right-wing media/propaganda, that Obama was an illegitimate president who was hiding all kinds of things from the American people and that he should never have gotten into office at all and that he was going to send the country to hell. And that was the people who weren’t flagrantly racist. 

 This was right after the 2008 financial crisis and no one was happy with how the government was handling the situation on either side of the political fence. Everyone wanted to see the banks punished for screwing people over, and under both Bush and Obama, that ... wasn’t what happened. The government in general let the banks off easy and gave them what they asked for so that the economy didn’t crash even harder. People were pissed off. 

A number of grassroots protests happened. Most of them were not very successful, but the one that caught people’s attention was an anti-tax, anti-bank-bailout, anti-government-meddling-in-the-economy libertarian deal. It was technically ‘bipartisan’ - in that libertarians on both sides of the liberal/conservative divide were involved. I don’t remember too much about this one in specific- I was honestly more interested in the ‘juicy’ culture war stuff- but everyone on both sides of the fence talked about it for months. 

The movement that sprung up around it was called the Tea Party-- after the Boston Tea Party, but TEA also stood for ‘Taxed Enough Already’. People started using Revolutionary-War imagery, hanging tea bags off their hats, that kind of thing. I think this is also when libertarians started using the Don’t Tread On Me flag, though that could have been just ‘I was a wee babby and this was the first time I was seeing it’. 

 ...And at the time? I was really hopeful. It was really obvious that things were wrong, and anyone that had eyes to see could see it, even if we blamed different things for it. I thought this would be a thing that would get liberal and conservative people to come together to fight the Real Evil of taxes and bad government regulation. I thought that maybe it really would be bipartisan and people would do the ‘right’ thing and make a change in the world.

...of course, that isn’t what happened at all. 

What happened was, conservative news media picked up on it and started touting it as an example of how much people hated Obama. People who hated Obama for other, much more dubious reasons glommed onto the Tea Party as a way of expressing their displeasure. Conservatives who hated Bush for ‘compassionate conservativism’ also glommed onto the Tea Party-  they wanted the government to get out of the business of even pretending to help people. Then conservative media started going ‘see? see how p o p u l a r  this Totally Bipartisan movement is? clearly everyone hates Obama as much as we do.’ 

A lot of Very Serious Moderate-Conservative people started freaking out about the Tea Party and trying to discredit them- as far as I remember, some of this may have been true. There were all kinds of rumours that the Koch brothers were funding them or that they were taking money from kooky right-wing candidates everyone hated or- in general, that there was some evil mastermind behind all this, that people weren’t rising up on their own because they were pissed off, that’s not a thing that HAPPENS, right? But happen it did. 

So what happened was... a libertarian, vaguely-populist movement quickly spiralled out of control. Egged on by conservative media-- and by the general disdain they got from more ‘liberal’ media outlets-- it turned into a ‘I’m More Conservative Than Thou’ heckfest.  

If the American right has learnt anything from the American left, it’s purity politics. This is when you started seeing the term RINO sprout up. RINO stands for ‘Republican In Name Only’ - in plain English, an actual conservative rather than a right-wing radical. The Tea Party popularized the term ‘RINO’ as meaning ‘anyone who doesn’t support the Tea Party or doesn’t support the increasingly radical direction it’s going’.

The Tea Party, at its various levels, started funding state and local elections- going against moderate Republican incumbents, and putting more right-wing candidates in their place. At the time, I thought this was great too- it was Putting Strong Good People who Believed All The Right Things In Places Where They Could Change The World. 

...the thing was? The Tea Party is directly responsible for how crazy the Republican party is right now. And I’m horrified at even the little bit I did to cheer it on, but no one thought things would wind up like this. At least, not in 2008. 

There’s a slang term in politics- ‘red meat’ - that means ‘the stuff your political base, your True Believers, rabidly care about that no one else really gives a damn about’. For instance, most people would not care about a proposal to tear down a statue of Columbus in the middle of town and replace it with.. IDK, a Little Free Library. For liberals/leftists, that might be a piece of red meat- replacing a statue of a genocidal maniac with a library? How wonderful! On the flip side, for conservatives, this might be a piece of red meat- how DARE you replace a statue of a NATIONAL HERO with some Weird Liberal Thing that will COST TAX MONEY!!!1!! But no one else really gives a damn, or has mixed opinions. 

The Tea Party was all about giving conservatives red meat. And very little else, to be frank, because it was a populist movement. The conservative base had never really chosen candidates on how effective they’d be, they were always more focused on what their candidates believed than what they actually Did- but the Tea Party made them go nuts. They didn’t have to care about the candidates their party chose (based partly on how effective they’d be)? They could pick whoever they wanted? Well, that guy believes aliens built the pyramids, but he also says he’ll outlaw abortion and gay marriage, so why the hell not? 

Tea Party candidates got crazier and crazier until you wound up with people like Sarah Palin seriously being considered for high office- candidates who would never wind up on the national stage before. Moderate Republicans were terrified. People thought the Tea Party was gonna become its own third party and be a real threat to the Republicans-- moderate ‘pubs either quietly became Democrats or started making the same kind of promises the Tea Party candidates were making.

I’m not sure if the Tea Party is still extant- I stopped hearing much about them in 2011, but that’s also the year that I stopped obsessively reading conservative news media, so they could still be around. As far as I know, the movement as a movement has basically quieted down. Maybe it was that people realized they looked silly wearing tricorne hats with tea bags hanging off them; maybe it’s that they were sick of getting called ‘teabaggers’; maybe it’s that the conservative media/mainstream media just stopped reporting on them once they stopped being new and shiny. Maybe they just switched to wearing MAGA hats.

...but the thing is, whether or not they won enough battles to stick around? They won the war.

Trump is the ultimate Tea Party candidate. He is all red meat and no vegetables or vitamins. He promises people the universe and then gives them a load of hot air for their trouble- and he puts on a great show. He gives them all the right words; all the best words. He hates taxes and government regulation-- he must, because he’s a successful businessman, right?  

Ugh. That got depressing quick. Let’s just get to...

THE TAKEAWAY, for anyone who’s read this far.   

The Tea Party is 99% of what radicalized the mainstream Republican party. I don’t think the alt-right would even be relevant if the Tea Party hadn’t paved the way for them. The Republicans started moving farther right by degrees long before the Tea Party, but the Tea Party accelerated the crazy- conservative pundits today say things that would be unthinkable even during the Bush administration.   

Voting can and does have measurable effects; it’s just that voting for President and Congress once every four years does not. You have to be willing to vote for local and state candidates, to primary candidates you hate, to be picky about who you support, but also to vote for candidates within one of the major parties. 

The Democratic Party does not give their base enough red meat. The Republican Party gives their base way too much red meat. This is why both parties are FUBAR- not giving your base enough red meat results in a shirty, disloyal, angry base that will betray you; giving your base too much red meat makes them stupid, petulant children. 

As a voter- watch out for red meat. Try to think critically about what politicians are telling you and whether they’re playing on things that you care about to get your support. If a politician is promising you lots of things that you care about that most people have no reason to care about, are they trying to manipulate you? Odds are good the answer is ‘yes’. 

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