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slytherinbarnes · 4 years

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Sub Rosa [40]

xi. nevermore

Pairing: Bellamy Blake x reader

Word Count: 6.8k

Warnings: bleeding, violence, mentions of past assault, Alie!Raven (i.e. she says v mean things to everyone).

Summary: you are introduced to Alie!Raven as you all race against the clock to save Raven from Alie before she finds you.

a/n: SHOW DAY IS BACK OMG HOW ARE WE ALL FEELING?! we’re so closo to the end of the show and I have a lot of feelings about that but whatever, that’s okay! the taglist for this series is open! I hope you enjoy, please let me know what you think!!!

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Chaos erupts in the cave as soon as your group returns.

You’re the first to step inside, and Sinclair heads straight for you, asking about Kane and what happened with Pike. You quickly fill him in, noting his lack of excitement about being the new unofficial leader of your miniature rebellion. You make a joke about him leading a rebel group made up entirely of delinquents, and he seems even less excited after that.

Things seem calm for a while, small discussions on what to do now that Pike is gone, how best to return and bring Arkadia back to order, all while the sun slowly sets in the sky. The moon rises, bringing darkness with her, and the radio crackles to life with a voice no one is expecting.

“Sinclair, do you copy? Kane? Griffin? Monty? Anyone?”

You pick up the radio, staring down at it in shock, looking over at the others. They look just as surprised as you, and Miller asks, “Is that?”

Monty grabs the radio from your hand, stating, “Jasper.”

He lifts the radio and asks, “Jasper, is that you? What’s going on?”

“Arkadia isn’t safe. Alie has taken over and chipped everyone, and they’ve gone crazy. I have Raven and Clarke with me, but Raven’s chipped. She said she knew how to fry it, before Alie took full control.”

You ignore everything else he says, focusing only on one thing: Clarke. You grab the radio back from Monty, frantic. “Clarke’s with you? How? Is she okay?”

“The Commander of Death is fine.” You wince, knowing how much she hates the nickname. “But if you don’t tell me where you are, we won’t be fine for long.”

You pass the radio to Sinclair. “Tell them where we are, give them landmarks they can use in the dark.”

He nods and complies, lifting the radio to give them detailed instructions on how to get here. You turn to the others, “We don’t know what we’re dealing with here, but we need to be ready. Miller, you handle security, take Bryan and Harper with you. Coordinate with each other, find the best spots to keep watch from.”

He nods, already grabbing a gun and passing it to the others. Yo look at Monty and Sinclair, who is now off the radio. “We’re gonna need both of you to figure out how to get Raven back. We can’t go anywhere or do anything until we know what she knows.”

When they nod, you glance at Octavia, who sits near the fire, sharpening her sword, silent this entire time. Bellamy lingers nearby, eyes on her, just as silent. You debate giving them a task to do, something to keep them apart and prevent them from fighting, but you never get the chance because Octavia abruptly stands up and walks to her bag. She quickly shoves things inside of it, pulling on her jacket, while Bellamy runs after her, protesting, “O, wait! You can't just leave.”

“Watch me.”

You step closer to her, reaching out for her. “You heard what Jasper said on the radio, Arkadia isn’t safe.”

She glances at you, shaking her head. “What Jasper said sounds insane.”

She grabs her bag, tuning to glare at her brother. “Pike's gone, and Grounders burn their dead.”

Your mind flashes to Lincoln, on his knees, Pike’s gun lifting slowly. The echo of the shot ringing out, his body falling, and Octavia’s broken cries. You feel tears prick at your eyes, and you blink them away, shaking your head to dislodge the thoughts.

“I know that. And then what? Where are you gonna go?”

Her voice rises, growing angrier. “You don't get to ask me that!”

“O, what do I have to do to prove I am on your side?”

“Bring Lincoln back,” she deadpans. “Turning Pike in doesn’t make you one of the good guys, Bellamy! You did that to save us, not because you thought what Pike was doing to the Grounders was wrong.”

She steps towards the entrance, ready to leave, before spinning around and adding, “You were hurting and you lashed out, because that's what you do. There are consequences, Bell. People get hurt. People die. Your people. Monroe. Lincoln.”

They stand staring at each other, both looking equally as hurt and distraught as the other. But Bellamy doesn’t get a chance to explain himself further, because you see headlights bounce off the rock at the entrance of the cave. “They’re here!”

You jog to the entrance of the cave and out into the cool night air, heading straight for the rover. You hear the others right behind you, jogging to catch up. Clarke steps out of the rover first, and as soon as she sees you she comes barreling towards you. She collides with you, nearly knocking you both backwards as she wraps her arms around you in a hug.

You hug her back, relieved to be together again. You pull away first, getting a good look at her as Jasper yells at the others to come help him. As you lock eyes with your twin, you see the heavy weight pressing down on her shoulders, and the small tremble of her lip that would go unnoticed by anyone else. You pull her in for a hug again, and she lets out a quiet sob, her voice cracking on her words, “I loved her.”

You whisper, “I know.”

She goes quiet, and you know she’s tucking her emotions away before she pulls away and gives you a sad smile. You nod towards the entrance of the cave, where the others are walking in. “We have work to do.”

As soon as Clarke steps into the cave, she steps back into leadership mode. She spots Raven on the ground, surrounded by everyone, and she says, “Clear some space.”

Everyone steps back a little, letting her through, and she drops down to her knees to inspect her. Sinclair looks over at Jasper, confused. “What the hell happened to her?”

“I told you on the radio, Raven is not Raven anymore. None of them are. Jaha's been chipping everyone.”

Clarke finishes looking her over, and then turns to look at you. “Jasper's right. I've seen it with my own eyes.”

Jasper yells, “I don't need your help, alright!”

Bellamy steps towards him, putting a comforting hand on his arm. “Just take it easy, and explain.”

“Jaha is using the chips to control everyone. You swallow it and it changes you. You forget who you are, and then you see this thing, Alie. Only, she's not really there. She made Raven slit her own wrists.” You look at Jasper in horror, gaze dropping down to Raven to eye the bandages on her arm. “She was trying to get it out of her head. I was trying to help her but-”

He cuts himself off, looking down at Raven, helpless. You give him a sympathetic look. “Okay then, let's help her now. Did she say how?”

“She was working on building something. She needed one of our old wristbands, but Jaha destroyed all of them.”

“Wait a second.” You all turn to look at Clarke, who pulls a small container from her jacket. She slides the lid open, and holds up a small silicone chip. “Does it look like this?”

“Not exactly.”

You turn to get a closer look at it, eyeing the small clear rectangle, when Raven jumps up suddenly and bolts from the cave. She punches Jasper on her way out the door, knocking him out of her way, as Clarke yells, “Don't let her get away!”

You all run after her, watching as Miller and Harper reach her first, holding her back as she spins around, trying to figure out where she is. “It's just woods. I can't see anything!”

You and Bellamy reach her, both of you helping to restrain her, and she punches Harper, knocking her away. She fights and yells the entire time you try to hold her back, and Jasper comes over to help. “If Raven finds out where we are, so will Alie. She'll come for her.”

He holds up a Reaper stick, just like the one Bellamy used on you, and Lincoln used on Octavia, and you glance at him from the corner of your eye as you both hold her still enough for Jasper to use it. You feel yourself wanting to protest, knowing how much you hated it being used on you, but you know that you can’t let Alie find you. You and Bellamy hold Raven up, keeping her from falling over, when Clarke suddenly mutters, “We have to go.”

Bellamy looks at her in confusion. “Why? Alie doesn't know where we are.”

“Because I know where we can get a wristband.”

And that’s all it takes to send you all into action.

As soon as Clarke mentions Niylah’s trading post, Monty offers to drive.

You all pack up quickly, and squeeze into the back, minus Miller, Harper, and Bryan, who stay behind to guard the cave. The ride to the trading post is silent, no one quite knowing what to say, the awkward energy palpable in the small space. You sit in between Octavia and Bellamy, keeping them separated, but they glance at each other every few minutes, looking angry or annoyed. When Monty finally pulls the rover up to Niylah’s, you feel a rush of relief, ready to move from the middle of the fighting siblings.

The lights from the rover hit the front of the trading post, and there Niylah stands, sword out, looking pissed. You all stare out the front, unmoving, wondering who’s going to be the unlucky peacemaker. Unsurprisingly, Clarke's the first to volunteer. “I'll talk to her.”

You nod, resigning yourself to backup. “I’ll go with you.”

Bellamy nods from beside you. “Me too.”

As soon as you’re close enough to hear her, she yells, “Skaikru is not welcome here, Wanheda.”

“Niylah, what's wrong?”

You hear Sinclair yell from the rover, “She's waking up, hurry! We have to get her inside!”

You all turn and look towards the rover, watching as Sinclair pulls Raven from the back. Clarke turns back to Niylah and quickly asks, “Is your father here?”

“My father’s dead. Part of an army, killed by your people while trying to protect you.”

You glance at Bellamy from the corner of your eye, watching as he deflates a little, a look of regret on his face.

“Niylah, please.”

“I said no.”

Bellamy’s demeanor instantly changes, and his voice grows hard as he lifts his gun to her. “We don't have time for this. Move!”

Niylah looks at Clarke in shock, before Bellamy yells again, “Move!”

She steps back, making way for Sinclair to carry Raven in. Clarke takes the lead, pointing them to a bedroom in the back of the trading post, and you stand with Bellamy, who keeps his gun trained on Niylah. Once everyone is inside, and hidden behind the curtain, you push Bellamy’s gun down, away from Niylah. He opens his mouth to protest, and you shake your head. “She’s complying, Bellamy.”

He nods and lowers his weapon, and you all stand there watching each other, listening to the chaos in the other room. Raven is now fully awake, screaming and yelling in a possessed voice, trying to figure out where she is and how she can escape. You can hear the others yelling commands to each other, trying to tie her down, and after a minute of struggling, they seem to have success, because Clarke, Monty, and Sinclair step from the room and into the trading post with you.

Monty and Sinclair stand in the corner, discussing how to save Raven, and Clarke comes over to you, glancing between you and Niylah. “I’ve got this.”

You nod and start to step away, Bellamy right behind you. You move far enough away to give them space, but Bellamy pulls you to a stop close by, in case anything happens. You stand in front of him, eyes scanning his face, noting the tension in his jaw, and you whisper, “Are you okay?”

“Fine.”

His arms are crossed, pulled tight across his chest, and you can tell he’s anything but fine. His gaze is locked on a spot on the wall above your head, unmoving. “I don’t like what Pike did to you, Bellamy. Before he showed up, we used to talk about everything. I could always tell what you were feeling, because you wear your heart on your sleeve. But ever since Pike came into the picture, you’ve been so closed off from me. I can’t read you anymore.”

His eyes drop down to meet yours, and you see him soften slightly. “I should have never let Pike lock you up. I shouldn’t have stood by and done nothing while he sentenced you to death.”

“But you did do something. You went to Octavia, and she got us out.”

“Not everyone.”

You feel the sadness settle over you again, Lincoln’s death easily forgotten in the chaos of the night. “You’re right. But Lincoln chose to stay to save his people. Octavia tried to stop him, Kane tried to stop him, I tried to stop him, but we couldn't. It’s something he needed to do, and you being there wouldn't have changed that.”

His gaze drops to his feet. “But maybe if I turned away from Pike sooner, I could have saved him.”

“Maybe. Or maybe Pike still would have found a reason to lock Lincoln up and kill all the Grounders in camp. It’s not like he was their biggest fan.” You reach out and tip his chin up, urging him to look at you. “Point is, the blame isn’t yours alone. Pike knew what he was doing, and he manipulated you when you were hurt and upset. This is his guilt to carry, his burden. Not yours.”

“But I still did it.”

“And you’ll have to live with it. But don’t drown yourself in the decisions he made, Bellamy. Don't give him that power over you. Do better than before, and try to make up for your mistakes. Just don't let yourself drown in them.”

He nods, but says nothing because Clarke walks up, effectively ending any further conversation. When you both turn towards her, she holds up the wristband. “Let’s go talk to Sinclair and Monty. You both follow her to a small room off the main trading post, hidden in an alcove, complete with a small table for you to use. Sinclair and Monty are already inside, along with Octavia, while Jasper stays in the other room with Raven. Clarke sets the wristband onto the table and asks, “So, how do we do this?”

Sinclair watches Monty pick up the wrsitand and look it over. “We think Raven wanted to use this wristband to generate an EMP. Which is freakishly brilliant.”

Your brows furrow in confusion, and you glance at Bellamy, finding him equally as lost. You turn to Sinclair. “Okay, and that means...?”

“A targeted electromagnetic pulse could destroy the chip's circuitry. We could use this to send an EMP along Raven's own nervous system. We just need to reverse the polarity, wire for external input, and attach a battery.”

Clarke shakes her head, “But what would that do to her?”

“Well, EMPs don't affect our bodies. But, I don't know the mechanics of how this chip integrates with her brain.”

The words weigh on you all heavily, knowing how much Raven values her brain. Knowing how many times her brilliant mind has saved your lives. Bellamy glances between Monty and Sinclair, and then looks over to you and Clarke. “This was Raven's plan. She wouldn't do it if it would destroy her brain.”

Octavia breaks her silence, “Depends how bad she wanted it out.”

Sinclair ignores her, and shakes his head. “Regardless, without an electromagnet, this is just talk.”

You nod, “Okay, where do we get one?”

“The Ark. Every station had a pulse inductive thruster for maneuvering.”

Bellamy shakes his head, instantly disagreeing. “Arkadia's out of the question. It's too dangerous, you heard them.”

“We use the dropship.” You all turn to Monty, surprised at the suggestion. “It has PI thrusters just like the Ark.”

“That's good. Okay. I'll go salvage the magnet.”

Monty stops Sinclair in his place, “Uh, no. You should stay with Raven and figure out how this thing works. I'll take the rover and be back by the time you finish the device.”

Octavia steps up. “I'll go with you.”

They leave quickly, aware there is no time to waste when Alie is just waiting for one of you to slip up so she can find out where you are and what you’re up to. Before any of you can even say goodbye to the pair, Jasper yells from the other room, panicked, “Guys! Guys!”

You all run inside the room, and your eyes fall on Raven, who has dislocated her shoulder just to reach the knots around her wrists with her teeth. Her struggles have reopened the wounds on her wrists, and blood drips down her arms as she struggles to chew through the rope. “We have to stop her!”

You and Jasper run to the arms she’s trying to free, and pin it in place, preventing her from moving. Bellamy runs behind the bed to pin her other arm from the back, while Clarke searches for better restraints. You eye the blood running down her arms, only getting worse as she struggles against all of you, and you yell to Clarke. “Hurry up, she’s gonna bleed to death!”

Jasper gets closer to Raven’s face, trying to get her attention. “Alie, look at me!”

Raven turns his way, still struggling, as Clarke arrives again with bandages and restraints. Jasper continues, “Why are you doing this to her? Let her go!”

Her face goes blank, her anger at being restrained temporarily forgotten as she answers Jasper in a voice devoid of any emotion or warmth. “I'll let her go when you give me what I want. The technology that Clarke carries, it belongs to me.”

Raven turns to look at Clarke, who sneers. “If you let Raven die, you'll never get it.”

Raven’s head abruptly turns to gaze at the end of the bed, and you follow her gaze, but see nothing there. She stares steadily at the spot, listening, before her body drops, and she goes slack, the fight now gone from her body. Clarke uses the stillness to tell Bellamy, “Untie her wrist. Hold her steady.”

You and Jasper keep Raven restrained on your side as Bellamy frees her arm, allowing Clarke to pop her shoulder back in place. She hands you and Bellamy each a second set of ropes, which you both use to restrain her tighter than before. Bellamy glances over at you, and then to Clarke. “She's never gonna stop trying to get away. We can't let her hurt herself again. Someone has to stay with her.”

Clarke nods, glancing at all of you. “I'll be the first watch. We'll take turns.”

Jasper explodes with anger, “You don't give the orders, Clarke!”

Raven turns to Clarke with a smirk. “Guess he doesn't forgive you for murdering his girlfriend.”

You and Bellamy exchange a look, and you nod to Jasper. He catches your hint and steps away from Raven, nodding to the door. “Jasper, let’s take a break.”

The two men leave the room, and you and Clarke exchange a look before she takes a shaky breath, and nods at you to join her on the other side of the bed. You work in tandem, removing Raven’s old bandages, checking the stitches, and rebandaging her wounds. As you’re finishing up the second wrist, Clarke hands you the old wrappings and asks, “Can you ask Niylah if she has something for Raven to eat? We need to keep her strength up.”

“Yeah, be right back.”

You discard the bandages as you leave the room, before heading for Niylah who is sitting behind the bar, drinking alone. “Hey.”

She looks up at you, brows lifting in acknowledgment. “Do you have something we can give Raven to eat? She’s weak from blood loss.”

She sits staring at you, and for a second you think she’s going to ignore you or tell you to go float yourself, but then she stands from her chair and heads over to a row of shelves. You hear footsteps behind you, and you turn to see Bellamy approaching, who stops to stand beside you. “Food for Raven?”

“Yeah.”

“Good call.”

You wait as Niylah gathers a few things, dried meat, some in season berries, nuts, and she passes them to you without saying a word. “Thank you.”

She nods once, resuming her place at the bar, and Bellamy turns and motions for you to go first. You start walking back to the room, Raven’s voice growing louder as you reach the back. “You always want to save everyone, but what you don't realize is you're the one we need saving from. Wells is dead because you couldn't see Charlotte was a basket case. Finn is dead because you broke his heart and then slid a knife into it. Hell, I bet you got Lexa killed, too.”

You turn and glance at Bellamy, both of you exchanging a worried look as you quicken your pace and hear Clarke yell, “I said shut up!”

“You can hide behind the selfless martyr act, but we see you for who you really are. Poison to anyone who gets close.”

You hear a struggle and then Clarke’s cry of pain, and you and Bellamy burst through the curtain and into the room to see Clarke standing in front of Raven, blood dripping down her arm. Raven gives Clarke a sinister smile, blood all around her mouth from biting Clarke. You turn and practically throw the food onto a nearby table, closing the space between you and your twin as Clarke yells, “You're done Alie, you hear me? We're gonna fry you!”

You start to pull her back but she resists, and Bellamy steps in to help you drag her from the room and into the next room, away from Raven. You and Bellamy release her when she stops struggling, and you lift her arm to check the wound on it. Luckily, it’s not deep, and you grab Clarke’s med kit and start cleaning the wound silently, saying nothing about what you heard. Bellamy stands nearby, making sure she’s not going to run back into the room.

As you wrap the bandage around her arm, she mutters, “I let her get to me.”

You look up at her, holding back a snort. “You don't say.”

Bellamy steps up to you, nodding towards the bar. “Take a break. I'll let her beat me up for a while.”

“I’ll go with you.” He nods and starts towards the room, but you give your twin a hard look. “Are you okay?”

“No. But I’ll deal with it.”

“Clarke-”

She cuts you off, reaching out to squeeze your arm. “Don’t leave Bellamy alone in there for too long. I’m fine.”

You sigh, looking between her and the door, before finally deciding to follow Bellamy into the room. When you step inside, he’s already sitting at a small table, and you plop down into the chair across from him.

Raven is silent for a while, alternating between sitting in silence and dozing, and she even allows you to feed her some of the food at one point. Jasper eventually joins you and Bellamy, and you all sit in silence for an hour or so before something changes. Raven pulls herself up straighter, and the movement pulls your eyes over to her, surprised to find her already staring at the three of you.

“Look at your united front.” She turns to look at Jasper, ignoring you and Bellamy. “Tell me, why do you give Bellamy and the forgotten twin a pass for murdering your girlfriend? What was her name?”

Jasper glares at her, shaking his head. “Don't talk about Maya.”

Bellamy glances at him. “You don't have to listen to this.”

Raven pushes on, using Bellamy’s comment to her advantage. “Let's protect Jasper. Jasper is so sensitive, Jasper's lost someone. Everyone cater to his feelings. We've all lost someone, you don't see us falling apart. You don't see us getting wasted, being useless.”

He smirks at her. “You took a pill to take your pain away. You gave up your memories.”

She ignores the jab. “But then, why should we expect anything more? You used to get high off people's medicine. Being a selfish loser was your only move.”

“Stop.”

“That's all we see when we look at you. A coward, a waste of breath. Why do you even bother living? You're weak, pathetic. You can't save me, you can't even save yourself. And you couldn't even save what's her name.”

He stands from his chair, walking towards her, bellowing, “You know her name!”

You and Bellamy stand from your seats, and Bellamy reaches him first, holding him back. “Jasper, think. It's not Raven talking, and you're giving her what she wants. Go.”

Jasper pulls himself from Bellamy’s grip and glares at Raven the entire time he walks from the room. You and Bellamy exchange a look before settling back into your seats, both of you a little more tense than before.

“And then there were two.” She looks between the two of you, trying to decide who to target next, before her gaze lands on Bellamy. “Bellamy. We've had our fun together, haven't we?”

You and Bellamy both tense, remembering when they slept together, before either of you had admitted your feelings for each other. “It's okay, we don't have to talk about it. But I do have one question: does it bother you that you don't get any credit for the genocide at Mount Weather? Clarke gets to be the Commander of Death, but you murdered all those people, too. Then again...you didn't get any credit for the Culling on the Ark, either. How many people suffocated when you threw away my radio? At least Clarke was saving her own people, you were just saving your own ass. Of course, that's nothing...compared to killing your own mom.”

You see him tense further, and you reach across the table for his hand, whispering, “Don’t listen to her.”

Raven pushes on, “You just had to take little sister to her first dance. You might as well have just shoved Aurora out the airlock yourself. Do you think she'd be proud of you now? Of the kind of leader you've become? Or would she see the truth, like the rest of us do? That you're a follower. Always desperate to follow orders, so willing to follow Pike down his Grounder Killing path.”

“You don't know what you're talking about.”

“I mean, you picked up a gun and slaughtered an army that was sent to protect us. That had nothing to do with almost losing this one to the mountain, did it?” She smirks, tipping her head in your direction. “Because a Grounder's a Grounder, right?”

You keep your eyes on him, and the muscle in his jaw that keeps clenching and unclenching. Despite the fact that he’s struggling with her words, he stands strong, and doesn’t rise to her bait. Unfortunately, Raven’s taunts have brought Niylah into the room, the confession of Bellamy’s role in the massacre now public.

“My father.”

You and Bellamy stand, and he lifts his hands in surrender, “Niylah.”

“You killed him!” She slaps him across the face, hard, his head snapping to the side. Clarke runs up to her, grabbing her. “Niylah, you can’t be in here.”

You shake your head, and turn to Clarke. “Get her out of here!”

Clarke pulls Niylah from the room, and Bellamy turns and grabs his jacket, pulling it on. You reach out, grabbing his arm to stop him. “Bellamy-”

He snatches his arm free, pulling away from you. “I’m fine.”

You watch as he storms from the room, leaving you and Raven alone. Knowing she can’t be left unsupervised, you plop down into your chair and let out a heavy sigh. Time to be the punching bag.

“Just you and me now, huh?” You ignore her, averting your gaze as she continues, “How does it feel to no longer be the invisible twin? Of course, that’s just because you’re the forgotten twin now. They didn't know about you before, but now they do, and you’re still second best. Clarke is everyone’s favorite: your friends, your parents, hell, even your own boyfriend follows her orders without a second guess. No one follows you like that.”

You set your jaw, trying to block out her words, hating that she’s bringing out your deepest fears. “Your mom's in here with me. She told me you were stupid and got caught, and your dad had to sacrifice himself to save you. His blood is on your hands.”

“That was his choice, it’s not my fault.”

She doesn't acknowledge your words. “Of course, you have a lot of blood on your hands too, just like your shining star of a sister. You helped Bellamy discard the radio, you pulled the lever in Mount Weather. You left Gina to burn in the Mountain.”

You close your eyes, take in a shaky breath and let it out again, knowing that Gina wouldn't blame you for her death. Still, it’s hard to keep the guilt at bay. “Then you let all those people die in Mount Weather because you didn't get the codes in time. The one job Gina asked you to do. You slit Shumway’s throat. You played the part of the spy to save Bellamy, but how many people got to die in his place? The army he slaughtered? Monroe? Lincoln? You could have saved them, if you were better. Clarke could have saved them.”

You feel a heavy weight press down on your chest, tears pricking your eyes as you think of those lost while you spied for Pike. Deaths you could have prevented, because you had the information to do it. “You know, Clarke may be poison, but you’re the curse.”

Your eyes snap up to meet hers, surprised to hear the words from her. She laughs, coming to a realization. “Twin angels of Death and Destruction: Azazel and Azrael. You, Azazel, bring the destruction and corruption with your curse, and Clarke, our very own Azrael, brings the death to end them all. You make them weak, she wipes them out. What a pair.”

You shift in your chair, uncomfortable, and she smirks at the movement, realizing that she’s getting to you. “Although, it’s interesting that your curse backfired onto yourself, and brought Shumway into the picture.”

You stand from your chair, so fast that it tips over and hits the ground, not wanting to hear his name or relive a single second of the trauma he brought you. You make a beeline for the curtain, pushing it open and coming face to face with Jasper, who actually gives you a look of pity. You realize that he must have been listening the entire time, and you feel annoyance that he was privy to your mental torture. “You’re up.”

You push him into the room, and then head for the door, walking past Clarke, who watches you with concern. Suddenly everyone’s pity and soft looks makes you angrier than it should, and you storm out into the night air. You stalk right past Bellamy, who is still calming himself down from his confrontation with Niylah, and you head straight for a break in the trees, seeking out the moon.

You feel relief as soon as your eyes land on it, some of your worries already melting away, but you can’t stop repeating Raven’s comparison in your head. Azrael and Azazel, Azrael and Azazel, Azrael and Azazel.

You hear someone approach from behind, but you don’t move, you just keep your eyes on the moon and your mind on Raven’s words. Bellamy comes to a stop beside you, his gaze lifting to the stars. You whisper, “Still wanna get lost in the stars?”

“Sometimes.”

“Me too.”

You stand in silence for a few more minutes until you hear the rover pull up, and you and Bellamy turn and watch Monty and Octavia step out of the vehicle. Monty storms straight inside, and Octavia lags behind, walking slower. Something about Monty’s demeanor has you and Bellamy jogging to his sister, looking at the door in concern. “What happened?”

“His mom was chipped, showed up at the dropship.” You see the mud and blood on her face, and you get a sinking feeling in your stomach before she even voices the rest. “He killed her to save my life.”

She follows the path Monty took back inside, leaving you and Bellamy to look at each other in shock before following her. Everyone is already in the back and gathered around Raven, ready to shock her, when you arrive. You and Bellamy stand at the end of the bed as Sinclair turns to Clarke. “All we have to do is connect her and activate the electromagnet.”

Monty goes to her arm and works on freeing her wrist so they can attach the bracelet to it, but something in her demeanor changes. She struggles for a second, then freezes, looking at something no one else can see, before she starts banging her head onto the frame of the bed, so hard it shakes. “She's trying to kill herself. Raven stop!”

You, Belllamy, and Octavia all run towards her, trying to hold her head in place and preventing her from causing any more damage, but she still struggles against you. Behind you, Clarke yells, “Stop and I'll give you this.”

You all turn and look at Clarke, who’s holding up the same small chip from before, the second version of Alie’s program. You haven't had the chance to ask Clarke how she got it, but none of that matters now, because Raven freezes in place. As soon as you realize she’s distracted, you reach out and grab the bracelet from Sinclair’s hand and snap it around the wrist that Bellamy's holding in place. She gets angry as soon as she hears it click. “No, you lied! You lied!”

But when she sees Sinclair ready the EMP, she switches to begging. “No, please, don't. The EMP will give me brain damage! You know it will. Please, don't do this!”

Sinclair freezes and Octavia looks over at him. “Don't listen to her.”

“Please! You know it will! Sinclair, stop!”

He wraps the wires around her arm and then glances at you. “We've only got one shot at this. The EMP will fry the wristband too.”

Raven starts to struggle again, realizing this is her last chance, and you, Bellamy, and Octavia struggle to hold her still. You yell, “Do it! Do it!”

“Got it, go!”

Monty throws the switch, and you all hear a small spark and fizzle, but nothing else happens. Octavia looks between Monty and Sinclair. “What's happening?”

“Nothing. We need more power. The battery's not strong enough.”

Clarke snaps, “Well, then get one that is!”

Monty yells, “The rover!”

You yell to Jasper, who is standing nearby. “Jasper, grab her!”

Bellamy yells at Sinclair to do the same, taking his place, and you and Bellamy follow Monty through the trading post and out to the rover. You grab a flashlight on the way out the door, and turn it on as Monty and Bellamy pry open the hood of the vehicle. You hold the light so they can see, and as they’re working to disconnect the battery, you hear a strange sound. You look up in the sky, trying to find the source, and your heart skips a beat when you see a red light blinking in the sky above your heads. “Drone!”

“She’s here.”

You turn and push the flashlight into Bellamy’s hand, pulling his pistol from his thigh holster as you do, aiming at the flying machine. You take a breath, and as you let it out slowly, you squeeze the trigger. The bullet hits with a satisfying ping, and the drone spins out of control until it lands on the ground.

“I got it!”

Monty pulls out the battery and runs back inside, with you and Bellamy right behind him. They quickly set up the machine, and you and Bellamy take over for Sinclair and hold your struggling friend in place. This time when they throw the switch, Raven lets out a cry of pain, before going quiet and falling limp. Clarke presses a finger to her neck, checking for a pulse, and she sighs when she finds one. “She’s alive.”

She gets closer to her face, calling her name. “Raven? Come on Raven, hey. Come on Raven, wake up. Wake up!”

You shake her shoulder, hoping it will help, but no matter how much you call her name and move her, she doesn’t move. Clarke freezes, and you think she’s about to give up, when she whispers, “Both AIs were made by the same person, and I've seen an AI get removed before.”

She turns to you, “Help me get her on her side!”

You do as she says as she grabs her medkit and pulls out a scalpel. She lifts it, hovering over Raven’s neck, but Sinclair grabs her arms to stop her. “Woah, woah, woah.”

She puts a comforting hand on top of his. “It's okay.”

She pushes all of Raven’s hair off her neck, before making an incision along the base of her skull. And then she grabs a cloth and holds it beneath the incision and waits. Nothing happens for five agonizingly long seconds, until a thick silver goo starts to run out of the cut, along with Raven’s blood. You look at it in disgust. “What is that?”

Sinclair eyes in in curiosity. “It must be whatever's left of the chip.”

As soon as the last bit slides out of her neck, Raven shifts and starts to cough. She lifts a hand to her head, clutching it and muttering, “Ow.”

You all laugh in relief and Octavia jokes, “Never thought I'd be so happy to see someone in pain.”

You all stand looking down at your friend, relieved that she made it, but Bellamy reminds you all of the pressing reality of your situation. “Alie knows we're here, we gotta move.”

The words send you all into action, stitching up Raven and getting her new clothes from Niylah, putting the battery back in the rover, packing up all your things. Everyone is a flurry of movement, moving as fast as they can to get packed up and away from danger.

As you and Bellamy are piling up the gear outside, waiting for Monty to back the rover in closer, he passes you a bag, and you notice the blood dripping down his arm from his knuckles. You drop the bag and grab his hand, pulling it to you to inspect it in the light of the torch nearby. You think of the sag in his shoulder when you walked past him earlier, something that didn't register then because you were too wrapped up in your own reaction to Raven. You reach into your pocket and pull out one of the extra bandages you have, and wrap his hand, giving him a small smile. “I’m gonna need the people I love to stop getting hurt tonight. I’m running out of bandages.”

He looks up at you in surprise, before his face settles into a look of regret. “What do you do when you realize...you might not be the good guy?”

You think of Lincoln and Monroe. The attack on the army that you didn't stop. Gina, the people in Mount Weather, both times. Acceptable losses in the war to keep yourselves alive. “Maybe there are no good guys. We’re all doing what we have to, to survive. Maybe for now, that has to be enough.”

He nods, and you look up as the rover backs up to a stop nearby. You both load everything in the back, and then help Sinclair get Raven into the rover. As you're getting her situated, Clarke comes over to her, musing, “There's one thing I don't understand. Why did Alie want you to kill yourself?”

“Because I know why she wants the second AI.”

You all look towards her in surprise. “Why?”

“It's the only thing that can stop her.”

“Then let's stop her.” Octavia turns to look at Monty, giving him a knowing look. “We survive together.”

You smile at her. “Ogeda.”

Everyone nods, agreeing, before piling into the back of the rover, while Monty moves to the front. He turns, looking back at Clarke. “Where to?”

She looks around at everyone, thinking, before locking eyes with him. “Home.”

next chapter

Azrael, the Angel of Death; Azazel, a fallen angel who corrupted humanity

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BnHA Vigilantes Chapters 59 - 65: Emergency Catch-Up Blog

before I start, please be advised that the following post will contain a potential MAJOR SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 253, which has not yet been released! please don’t be an idiot like me and spoil yourselves, guys. stay safe.

but anyways yes, this is my recap post for Those Chapters of Vigilantes. at long last. hooray! by the way this is barely edited at all, on account of it being a rush job (see re: the “Emergency” bit in the header). just some raw, unfiltered, [CENSORED SPOILER THING] thoughts and feelings! hopefully it’s readable; when I have more time I’ll try and clean it up a bit more.

so now, first off, credit where credit is due because omg

bless you anon, you saved my life

but let me backtrack! looool so guys, I did a dumb thing and peeked at a spoiler, and read the name “Shirakumo”, and was like FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK and noped out, but it was too late lol. so then I was like “HOW DO I CATCH UP ON THE ENTIRETY OF VIGILANTES IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS”, fully aware that I probably wasn’t going to do shit and would most likely just spend tomorrow apologizing and shrugging my way through the new chapter. and by the way guys, I’ll go ahead and throw in one of those apologies now, because I’ve had at least a dozen anons implore me to pick up Vigilantes, and I’m fully aware that Aizawa’s past has been covered (including one (1) cloudy boi), and that it’s really good. I just haven’t had the energy to do it! because reading and liveblogging are two very different things, and the latter just takes so much more time and energy honestly. so I kept putting it off and off and off, and now here I am

but then this ask came along telling me exactly which chapters to read in order to get the context I need! so seriously anon, you are the MVP of my week, and I appreciate this so, so much. I am now off to read those chapters, and I apologize to everyone again, but while I will liveblog them, it’ll probably be kind of a rush job due to the circumstances. like I won’t get into every single detail here, because it’s six whole chapters. but I’ll do my best

hmm I don’t know what constitutes the second half of chapter 59 lol so here I am reading the whole damn thing

AIZAWA BEING FRIENDS WITH MIDNIGHT, AND MIDNIGHT HAS A CAT OH GOSH

looool

personally, Aizawa hated school. he would never ever dream of becoming a teacher. how ridiculous. irrational af

“we’ll have you teaching at U.A. soon enough” psssh. not this man, sister

he’s hanging up on her now. honestly I am glad I did not skip the first part of this chapter lol

some wolfman is chasing the protag of this series whose name I forgot, as well as a little girl and ANOTHER CAT. this series has so many cats?! apparently!?

Aizawa is saving the cat. the hero we deserve

the protag whose name I am about to look up wants to adopt the cat, which prompts Aizawa to launch into a 2500-word essay on why he should not adopt the cat

okay the kid’s name is Koichi. he’s apparently 19 in the series, but I don’t know how old he is in this particular scene though because I have the vague impression that the series at large takes place in present-day BnHA time, which would mean this is definitely a flashback. so. ??

OHO, NOW IT’S A FLASHBACK WITHIN A FLASHBACK!!? so this is the Aizawa past thing everyone’s been all “!!!!” about. well here you go guys

young Shouta is staring at an abandoned kitty in a box in the rain

he left the cat, but also left his umbrella over it, awww

and he arrived at class all wet. and his teacher says he can go change his clothes, but he’s all “NAH I’M EMO SO I’LL JUST STAY LIKE THIS”, wow

“I’m powerless” jesus christ Shou get a grip

here comes Present Mic to forcibly lift his best bud’s spirits. they’re in second year apparently

Present Mic, and I mean this in the most loving and affectionate way possible, is the most annoying man on the planet

how was he not just constantly punched in the face at all times. like constantly walking around being punched by people

well well well

something horrible is sure going to happen to you, isn’t it? here I thought you were probably dead, but I’m kinda getting the inkling [SPOILERS, FOLKS, I’M SERIOUS] you’re gonna maybe show up in the latest chapter of the main series, so I guess not! congratulations I guess?? OR MAYBE NOT

“dammit Shirakumo” oh so it’s like that

their teacher deserves a raise. never thought we’d see another U.A. faculty member more done with life than Aizawa himself

hey Shirakumo is giving Shouta his umbrella back, but what about the cat?! SHIRAKUMO ARE YOU REALLY A NICE GUY, I’M NOT SURE YET

meanwhile he’s stripping naked in the middle of class. oh yes. I forgot Vigilantes was like this

he’s using his cloud quirk to censor himself where it counts

“and inside this cloud... is this charming little creature” lol we think he’s talking about his penis but then he pulls out the cat! WELL NEVER MIND THEN SHIRAKUMO

so Shouta is sitting around thinking emo thoughts that are gradually giving way to some decidedly un-hetero thoughts about Shirakumo, who’s doing that shounen thing where he smiles with his eyes closed while being silhouetted against the bright sun. maaaaan. Aizawa you are hella gay my dude

okay next chapter and they’re being assigned internships

Shirakumo’s hero costume is... well let’s just say it’s a good thing he’s got such a badass quirk

he’s riding around on that cloud like Goku. like a fucking Lakitu from Super Mario

now the teachers are talking about the three boys and whether they’ll be able to land internships

“Yamada shouldn’t have a problem. his voice quirk has applications in battle, rescue, and entertainment. but the boy’s a bit distractible.” okay first of all how the hell would Mic ever rescue a person with his quirk. fucking scream them to safety or what. and second, by distractible you mean punchable right. again, all the love

oh my god he’s so cute

lmao this is seriously my favorite picture of Aizawa ever. GO GETTEM SLUGGER

so Shouta is getting bullied by some guy with a decidedly Katsuki-ish quirk, except he shoots jets of fire out of his hands. but anyway he says that fighting Shouta is boring. SHUT UP, YOU. YOU’RE BORING

Shouta is so emo. but he really does want to be a good hero, he just doesn’t know how. he seems very frustrated

he’s lecturing Kumo on not giving people-food to the cat. and now he has picked up the cat and is cradling and bottle-feeding it like an infant. bless

this manga really has a gag panel of the cat pissing on Shirakumo afterwards, like. see this is another reason why I haven’t exactly been in a rush to read it sob. my sense of humor doesn’t really seem to align with Furuhashi’s

oH MY GOD

high school Midnight is the coolest person I have ever seen and I want to be just like her when I grow up

aaaaand she is literally not wearing any clothes except that belt and those boob-holsters. which, I mean, it’s not like she really dresses any differently in the main series, but this being Vigilantes, I’m sure we’ll get another half a dozen pages showing extreme close-ups of her costume from various angles. again, another area where this series and I don’t quite see eye to eye, but it’s all right since we’re just passing through here

and one year later they wrote a literal law limiting how much exposed skin a hero costume can show. oh Midnight. meanwhile I forgot how much this series makes me appreciate Horikoshi, flaws and all. I’ll take a thousand Minetas over this shit honestly. at least Mineta always gets his comeuppance. but anyway

they have named the cat “Sushi”

Midnight is straight up taking the cat lmao

Yamada got an internship. one down, two to go

Midnight’s back and showing them a video of the cat pooping. one joke about the cat’s bathroom habits in a single chapter was not enough, we’re going for two. not like we have anything more important to cover, like Aizawa getting an internship and something terrible and tragic happening to his boyfriend. let’s just keep talking about cat poop

okay here we go, Midnight says her boss will take them as interns

“Loud Cloud” lmao. home run hero name. GOAT

so Shouta’s chasing a villain and nearly got crushed by a safe that he threw at him, but he’s being saved by some guy who I’m guessing is his boss

oh my

this is the kind of weirdness that only a manga can get away with. I wonder how this idea came into being and whose idea it was, Horikoshi’s or Furuhashi’s. maybe the two of them hitting each other up back and forth in a text chain. “so I’m doing Aizawa’s flashback now, who do you want to have him to intern under?” “hmm I don’t know but I was thinking literally Prince”

Prince is chewing Shouta out something fierce

I thought I was prepared for these Aizawa flashbacks, but some things you can never be prepared for

lol he asked Shouta how he fucked up, and Shouta started listing all of his tactical errors, and Prince interrupted him and is all “I’M TALKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT GLOOMY FACE” listen son just who do you think your intern is. THAT’S JUST HIS FACE LEAVE HIM ALONE

he says Aizawa wears his stress all over his sleeve and bums people out

he’s telling him to smile! now where have we heard that philosophy before

hello

I’m just reblogging this panel because of reasons

so Shouta is sulking in the locker room, and Shirakumo is showering off and says his MO is to keep smiling even when he screws up

now Midnight is texting Shouta 500 cat pictures

lmao we can’t see Shouta’s face, but Kumo is streaking in and is all “THERE’S THAT SMILE, SUNSHINE!!!!”

OH SHIT NOW IT’S A FEW DAYS LATER AND THE VILLAIN IS BACK BUT THIS TIME SHOUTA DONE GOT HIM SOME GOGGLES!! the path from adorable to sexy begins. the Longbottoming

oh shit the goggles belong to Shirakumo. the gayening. and they were roommates

Shouta’s using his quirk!

and the bad guy is all “I don’t need my quirk to crush you” and straight up demolishing the fucking pavement yikes

and Kumo is leaping at him from above and whomping him on the head

yay they caught him. and Shouta is...

he’s trying. they’ll coax a real smile out of him yet! just show him a Youtube compilation of Logical Ruses

now he and Shirakumo have matching pairs of goggles. I’m just gonna assume this means they are married

the fire hands bully guy from earlier is coming over to start some shit again

he says he also realized the importance of eye protection through his internship. and Mic says he stole the idea from him

now the class is partnering off for two-on-two battle training, and Kumo is partnering with Shouta

they’re going up against Mic and Fire Hands, and for some reason they’re making a wager of it. whoever loses has to stop wearing glasses. this is easily the stupidest thing I have seen in this series yet, not to mention the most accurate

Kumo’s grinning at Shouta and saying the goggles symbolize their friendship and they have to defend them. you know, lovable scamp stuff

now Shirakumo and Shouta are double teaming the Fire Hands guy and taking him out in seconds because OF COURSE THEY DID. lol he never fucking stood a chance

but Shouta’s handing the glasses back and says that two-on-one isn’t fair so he’s calling the wager off

aaaand Fire Hands is snatching them back and stomping on them. and says he doesn’t need them

listen you dingus, yes you do fucking need them. and also he says he didn’t lose! wow this guy really has his head up his ass. I’d say he reminds me of a CERTAIN SOMEONE, but you know what, I’ll give Mr. Certain Someone his fair credit though, because he managed to get his shit together long before his second year. Fire Hands still needs to grow up

the teacher is telling him he missed the point of the exercise, and FH is literally ignoring him and running off wow

apparently Mic also gave up his sunglasses and got himself a pair of goggles. well we know that’s not gonna last. and for that matter, Shouta’s gonna change out his goggles for a different model as well. ohhhhh some tragedy is on the horizon I just know it, this is gonna hurt

Shirakumo says the three of them should start their own agency. ahhh. buddy I’m here reading this from the future, and I gotta tell you, son... shit’s awkward as fuck

and he’s pointing out all the different ways they complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses

Shouta says he can’t do anything on his own, but Kumo says that just means he’s suited to teamwork

Kumo’s inviting Midnight to join them, but she’s declining lol

Shouta’s looking at the sky all dramatically. oh baby this is it isn’t it. things are about to get rough

“one week later”

NOO THEY HURT MY PRECIOUS PRINCE

SOMEONE IS CALLING FOR BACKUP AND THE CAMERA IS ZOOMING IN ON A BUSTED UP PAIR OF GOGGLES, FUCK EVERYTHING

now we’re cutting to Mic and Fire Hands and FH replaced his sunglasses with a pair of goggles. goggles are just the in thing now

Fire Hands talks about Aizawa so much I’m starting to ship the two of them now as well. damn Shouta how many high school boyfriends did you have??

so they’re fighting off some toad monster and it’s absorbing all their attacks

meanwhile Shouta and Kumo are literally helping kindergartners to cross the street

look at this

it’s beyond my comprehension how anyone could possibly mistake this man for anything but a future teacher

even Kumo is commenting on how natural he is at working with kids

oH MY GOD the kids waved goodbye and said “bye Eraserhead” and it prompted a little smile

Kumo says Shouta psychs himself out and convinces himself he can’t do stuff, but really he can do just about anything if he puts his mind to it. aww. and he’s right!!

oh shit here comes the toad

so this toad’s name is Garvey, and he’s literally wanted for murder oh shit. and he has a Fatgum-like quirk that can absorb attacks and store them up to release them

and some idiots hit him with a combined attack that ended up powering him the fuck up. well shit

so Prince is placing a rose in between his teeth and getting ready to fight this toad off. do it I believe in you

now a lot is happening all at once, jesus. Shouta and Kumo were trying to evacuate the kids but then the toad just appeared right there like wtf, and then Prince also showed up out of nowhere and went to hit the thing with a flying jump kick

aaaand he’s getting blasted into a building

oof. and getting even further blasted now. welp

Kumo’s protecting the kiddos with his Nimbus quirk!

OH FUCKING SHIT AND THEN HE GOT CRACKED IN THE HEAD BY A GIANT FALLING ROCK

is this bitch fucking dead now. I can’t believe they fucking Obitoed my bro Shirakumo

so now the toad is looming over them, and Shouta realizes he’s the only one left standing, and all his doubts are filtering into his mind as he desperately tries to think of how to stop him

and Shirakumo’s... gourd... thing... is klunking in out of nowhere, and it has a little speaker on it, and it’s all “YOU GOT THIS AIZAWA” and wtf. this is like something out of a weird fever dream

OH SHIT BOYS AIZAWA SHOUTA DONE GOT HIS GAME FACE ON NOW

THE LONGBOTTOMING CONTINUES

so now he’s leaping fifty feet into the air, somehow, and thinking that his Erasure quirk will at least level the playing field. well all right then! you go boy

now it’s raining and of course bolts of lightning are dramatically hitting the ground all around them

Shouta’s kicking off the lil power toad lumps one by one lol

literally just jumping all around and kickin’ stuff

oof he took a bad hit. but he’s sitting back up!

Kumo’s disembodied gourd voice keeps shouting encouragement at him though, idk. so there’s that

he says Shouta’s strong and he won’t lose, and Shouta is all “RAHHHHHHH.” you guys, if 1-A ever found out about this flashback they would never let the man live it down. hell I’m not gonna let him live it down. okay then. Mr. RAHHHHHH

he’s doing some weird stuff with his capture weapon now. I think maybe he grabbed a rock with it and chucked it at the guy

and now the guy is shooting all his toad lumps at Shouta all at once! WELL ALL RIGHT THEN

yooooo Shouta literally grabbed them all with the capture weapon and he’s CHUCKIN’ EM ALL INTO THE DUDE’S MOUTH Y’ALL THIS IS SOME REAL FUCKING SHIT LMAO GET WRECKED

so the guy is blowing up from the inside out. yeah that’s what you get for murdering Shouta’s childhood friend you piece of shit

and Shouta’s collapsing in exhaustion but happily shouting “SHIRAKUMO I DID IT” before he passes out. oh my god don’t tell me Kumo is already dead and Shouta just hallucinated his voice or some shit. THEN WHO WAS GOURD omg

oooooof here we go

[places both hands on Shouta’s shoulders and looks him dead in the eye] son I don’t know how to tell you this, but Shirakumo has been dead for twenty years

wow can someone just fucking tell Shouta already so he stops depressing everyone and making an idiot out of himself. geez how long are you all gonna stand around despondently shooting knowing looks at each other in the rain

so they’re picking up the gourd speaker thing and OF COURSE it’s visibly broken and there’s no possible way Kumo’s voice could have been coming out of it. especially since he has been dead for twenty years. here’s a picture of his grave. oh shit what’s that little grave right next to his?? OH MY GOD IT’S THE CAT. OH MY GOD

oh fuck me

Y’ALL REALLY DID THESE BABIES LIKE THAT. HORIKOSHI!! FURUHASHI!! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW I WANT A WORD!!

so now Fire Hands, who is trying his best to be comforting but is just SO BAD AT IT, is all “Aizawa you went toe to toe with this thing and beat it YOURSELF!! ALL ALONE!!!” jesus christ I need a minute

OH DAMN A CALLBACK TO THE RAIN “THIS KINDA FITS OUR VIBE RIGHT NOW” LINE but now it’s saaaaaaaad oh no

I mean. I knew going in that this was going to be Aizawa’s sad childhood flashback about his friend Shirakumo whom something very terrible happened to. it’s not like I’m even surprised. I knew what I was getting myself into here. but damn that still hurts

do you guys think that having a permanent image of his best friend forever immortalized as a cheerful seventeen-year-old, and being forever haunted by the memory of that seventeen-year-old being cut down in the prime of his life, might have given Aizawa Shouta lasting trauma which carried over into his adulthood and makes him do desperately reckless things when children are at risk, such as leaping into battle against an army of villains all alone. dammit now I want to grab every single problem child of 1-A and shake them roughly and scream at them for all the sleepless nights they have doubtless caused this man

so now here he and Mic are both being sad

aww Mic. I’m sorry I keep wanting to punch you in the face. it’s just reflex

and now it’s one year later and the class is gearing up for the sports festival

well look who is almost fully done with his metamorphosis

you will soon be a beautiful butterfly

he is literally going to sleep in the middle of class. well depression makes people tired. sigh

he’s got his familiar goggles now! and he’s kicking FH’s ass and lecturing him on how to fight better. damn his character development is complete

and he’s helping FH to his feet aww. definitely boyfriends. this man gets around

his teachers now say that Shouta has gotten too complacent, if anything, and phones everything in once he knows he’s got a passing grade, and only gets passionate when it comes to practical exercises

and now we’re cutting to the gym and Shouta is indeed training passionately while Mic sits in the corner looking bummed. all these kids have been through far too much in their young lives

Shouta’s handing in his career aspiration form, and he wrote that he wants to start his own agency and focus on “fighting, and nothing else”

his scruffy facial hair is already starting to come in now. it’s true what they say, having a tragic past does indeed make you hotter

anyways but can we get this boy a hug!? anybody?? hello??!?

now they’re graduating and Shouta is disappearing in a poof of smoke and now there’s this big panel with flashbacks to his career up to the current point in Vigilantes!

and we’re back in the ~present~ and he’s telling Koichi to take good care of that cat. aaaand, I guess that’s that. geez. that was a lot

so there you go! the Aizawa flashbacks! they were very sad! all in all I really enjoyed them! so now, if Shirakumo isn’t actually dead (seeing as it’s a shounen manga that pays homage to comic books, so safe to say that People Not Actually Being Dead is a Certified Phenomenon, like it’s definitely a THING THAT CAN SOMETIMES HAPPEN), well then. tomorrow’s chapter is sure going to be interesting to say the least. lulz but maybe I’ve got it all wrong though. guess I’ll find out!

#bnha 253 #bnha vigilantes #aizawa shouta #yamada hizashi #shirakumo oboro #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha vigilantes spoilers #makeste reads bnha #makeste reads vigilantes #the real question is what the hell ever happened to this prince guy #I refuse to believe he just disappeared off the face of the earth #how is he not a top ten hero #probably because he got knocked out by the toad villain in like two seconds #and his sixteen-year-old intern had to save his fabulous behind #well hats off to a legend #wherever he is now

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BNHA Rewatch: Episode 27 “Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears!”

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The Internship arc starts off with a bang! Let’s see that Full Cowl, Deku!

SORA NI UTAEBA! While the song in this intro is kinda meh to me, the visuals are amazing. I love the symbolism for all the events of the ep - tho not gonna lie, this core’s ED is better than the OP. Anyway tho, go punch that wall Deku!

We start with Gran Torino pretending to be crazy. I’ll admit, I’m kinda eh on this bit, though I love Gran. It’s probably because I found it annoying when Yoda did it, so I find it annoying here as well. (It’s really just my inner fangirl talking. Nobody makes Deku unhappy except Kacchan. Who can get away with it.)

But actually, this sets up an interesting difference between Deku and Luke, though admittedly situation isn’t the same because Deku knows Gran is Gran. But Deku’s response to this is to call All Might to tell him Gran’s gone senile. He’s so empathetic Deku why aren’t you real? (no shade at Luke there,e I love him too. Just not as much).

“I don’t have time to mess around.” Deku did not come to play.

New costume! It’s incredible how much better it is than the old one. Like, not even funny how much better. Day-um, Deku.

Pfh Gran knows exactly how to piss off Deku: Insult All Might. You clever little scoundrel.

So onto Deku’s character flaws: 1. He’s overly analytical. Deku doesn’t know how to act quickly, partially due to circumstance, but partially that’s just how he is. Hesitant. Over-cautious, over-thinks things. He needs to learn how to take action - and in this arc, he does indeed do so without hesitation, and saves Iida’s life by so-doing. Box 1 checked off.

2. Deku admires All Might too much. Like every MC in BNHA, his Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Tragedy (insert me telling you to read that essay again). It’s a problem because he doesn’t believe in himself. So he needs to learn not to imitate All Might and be his own hero. That one doesn’t really sink in until the PLE arc. But check.

3. Deku is insecure. He has a massive inferiority complex (which fits nicely into his foil’s inf-sup complex, wouldn’t-cha-know) and doesn’t believe in himself. So he needs to learn to be more confident. (Is it wrong that I want this to end with him breaking through Instrumentality to a chorus of his friends saying ‘Congratulations’?)

Gran is my favorite Teacher, as a teacher, in BNHA. I’m a teaching-major, and I kinda aspire to his techniques. What I love the most is helping students figure it out themselves. Just telling someone the answer doesn’t help them. It’s so satisfying seeing a student make that breakthrough thanks to your guidance.

Now we’re cutting away to Iida’s internship to remind you Iida Wants Revenge. This is a little exposition-y, let’s cut somewhere else.

OK good, the villains! Right off the bat, we’ve got some great Parallels with the Heroes, as Tomura decides to basically Intern with a Pro-Villain. He even calls Stain a pro. Tho Tomura really needs to work on his recruitment strategy. “Stain join us. Cause.” “Bakugou. Join us. Cause”.

I want Deku and Tomura to build a grand Hero-Villain rivalry. Tomura basically hates him for no real reason right now, and I want there to be a good reason. Other than “He’s All Might’s successor”. I want them to be the Joker and Batman of BNHA with a real complex hero-villain rivalry, where one reflects the other. They’re getting there but I want more.

“Bloodlust without conviction is meaningless.” Ooh I love me some Stain. He really elevated this series’ philosophical side with his ramblings on heroism and villainy.

OK am I creeped out by the fact that All for One just said the same thing I did about learning? A little.

Deku is so brilliant and such a fast learner tho. It doesn’t take him long to put it all together. And Gran actually really admires him for that - I enjoy their mentor dynamic a lot, since Gran has some real respect for Midoriya in a different way from All Might.

Bakugou with Best Jeanist! OMG the comedy gold of this. Though I just want to take a sec to gripe about a change from the manga to the anime: Manga! Bakugou does not charge at Best Jeanist and yell at him. He’s not dumb enough to try that on the #4 Pro Hero and his teacher. He sits still and listens to Jeanist’s lecture. The only Bakugo line here that’s from the manga is “Didn’t you make an offer for me?” This completely changes the way we perceive Bakugo in this scene, and in general. Bad change.

But in Good Storytelling-ville, I like the continuing parallels between the Wonder duo this creates: Izuku interns in a rundown neighborhood with an unlisted hero, Bakugo in Tokyo with a top pro. Izuku needs to learn to control his power and believe in himself. Katsuki needs to learn to be kinder and more humble. Izuku learns his lesson her, Katsuki doesn’t. Parallels!

Kirishima and Tetsutetsu again! 4th kind is ok. He’s probably the least memorable of the internship pros, since his gimmick is simple and his design kinda dull.

Uraraka and Gunhead! I love how well they get along. He’s kawaii and she’s a hardcore badass. Don’t you forget it!

Now for more of Momo’s arc. The Uwabami internship is usually dismissed by fans as Just Fanservice, but think about it in context, and it becomes really interesting. One, the Hero Killer arc is about Stain protesting the commercialization of heroism, so we do need to have a Pro-Hero demonstrate the problematic nature of that commercialism. Uwabami does just that. Two, we need to have Momo’s internship be unfulfilling to her, to complete her downward trajectory (before the Final Exam arc can bring her back up), so it’s useful for further embarrassing and developing her character. 3, it sets up Momo and Kendo’s future rivalry.

I’ll take more about it in future eps where it appears.

Izuku practicing and constantly hitting his face on the wall is one of those things that makes me wonder if either a) he has a secret endurance quirk or b) OFA just naturally ups your durability. How does he still have a face after that.

Here’s a hot take: Izuku with his face smashed up from spending a night with no sleep training in garbage all night is still prettier than any other guy in this series.

One of the reviewers I follow made the comparison between All Might vs Deku’s using of OFA and Korra vs Aang’s role as the Avatar. You know, All Might and Korra, both master the power pretty quickly so they get to be strong fast but lose out on the spiritual connection a bit, while Deku and Aang take their time learning ofa/the four elements, but get as a tradeoff more of the spirit-y side...(ATLA & BNHA. My 2 favorite shows, alongside FMA. I swear these are like, three sides of the same show).

While I’m watching in the Sub this time around, i wanted to note a dub-ism in this scene: it’s localized to ‘hot pastries’ instead of taiyaki. There’s a lot of bits like that, where they take Japanese food and translate it for us dumb Americans. But well, maybe that made sense in the 90s, when there maybe wasn’t as much cultural crossover, but...even I knew what mochi were before watching BNHA (Uraraka’s fave, and the dub always localizes it to ‘sweets’) and everyone has google if they’re confused so why not just say ‘Taiyaki?’ Ah well, it’s a stupid nitpick but still.

Gran’s metaphor here is so great. As a teacher I aspire to learn from this man. Teach me your teaching ways.

“THIS TAIYAKI IS ME!!!!!” Another dub-ism has him say “I’m not really a dessert” I saw a reactor once comment on this ‘Yeah, but you are a snacc, Deku.’ I wholeheartedly agree.

FULL COWLLLLLLL!!!!!!! FYEAH!!!!!

OK so there are a lot of reasons I love Full Cowl. it’s one of the series’ finest moments, emblematic of what makes it cool. And what makes Deku cool. He’s smart, and has to work his way around problems, and this solution was just...it was there, for us and Izuku the whole time, to finally sit up and take notice of. It’s about applying power in a different way. About taking what you can do and doing the best you can with what you’ve got. A big central theme for the series.

Also dayum that slow pan up Deku’s entire body as he activates it...he just looks good in this arc. Actually, post-cavalry battle Deku in the sports festival arc always looks weird and odd (because he’s beat up and in pain, duh) and prior to that he was mainly just adorable...this arc, however, is his official transition into Best Boy for Reals. He’s just...swoony. and also really cool, smart, and all sorts of great fangirl-y things.

We end on a confident Deku smile and Daiki’s adorable ‘hai.’ Basically, i really enjoy this episode. A little slow at the beginning, maybe. But that conclusion is amazing and so worth the payoff. It’s even got this amazing rhyme and rhythm to it, cutting back and forth between the different students and teachers and just having themes echo between each other like poetry. It love it.

To close off: ED4, AKA BEST ED EVER!!!! This is seriously, no sarcasm, best ED. So for those of you who don’t know, the story behind ED4 Datte Atashi no Hero is, 1: The Fantasy AU theme comes from the second popularity poll, which came out around Chapter 120/Episode 61 (yes, THAT one) and for which Horikoshi drew the top 10 in fantasy garb. 2: The Song was written by LiSa and was explicitly stated by her to be effectively about Izuku’s feelings towards Kacchan. I wrote a post analyzing it. It is, basically, the anthem for...

BKDK CORNER

“Loose…” Guess who the first person Deku thinks of to create Full Cowling is? If you sad Kacchan, ding-ding-ding!

On an analytical note, I think it’s very, very significant that the first real breakthrough Deku makes in handling his power comes by observing Kacchan and imitating him. This is one of my Top 20 Favorite BKDK moments, even though it’s completely indirect, because of how important that is in the long-run. But what about the Imitation theme? Why is it OK for Izuku to imitate Katsuki, but not All Might? Well, first of all, he does use Gran Torino’s moves as well, but mainly, I think the series is saying with this distinction that it’s OK to imitate someone if you see their flaws and acknowledge them, but if you hero-worship them and see them as perfect, you’re only going to screw yourself over. This is why Iida imitating Ingenium, Shoto imitating his mom, Deku and Kacchan imitating All Might, and yes, Uraraka imitating Deku, are all so bad for them. If you see someone as perfect, and want to imitate them, you’ll never achieve that in your mind, because you already view yourself as imperfect. So Deku can imitate Katsuki because he thinks he’s a jerk, but also an amazing fighter, and Gran because he thinks he’s weird, but tough.

Also Deku just automatically thinking of Kacchan first is so damn shippy.

BEST GIRL OF THE EPISODE: Uwabami!

RANKER: Ranking the Internship Pros, least helpful to most.

10. Uwabami

9. Mt. Lady

8. 4th Kind

7. Endeavor

6. Death Arms

5. Manual

4. Selkie and Sirius (anime only)

3. Gunhead

2. Best Jeanist

1. Gran Torino! (Deku lucked out)

#my hero academia #episode 27 #season 2 episode 14 #bizarre gran torino appears #midoriya izuku #gran torino #katsuki bakugou #momo yaoyorozu #katsudeku #bakudeku #be prepared for lots of gushing #my deku bias is strong with this one #everyone has their fave #i'm glad mine's the mc #sometimes anyway #come s5 he's gonna be like #barely around for a whole damn season #anyway so glad to be at the Hero Killer arc #let's go!

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“dear someone” [pentagon: yuto]

genre: mega FLUFF + high school life

ficstyle: bulletpoints

prompt: “you were friends with the “prettiest girl” in school, so you were used to bringing letters from her crushes to her, but when you received a series of letter, you were surprised that they weren’t addressed to her.. but you..”

note: THIS IS MY FIRST PENTAGON FIC / I’ve really been into them lately, I hope you give them a lot of love and support + HOPE YOU ENJOY IT~

“come on, y/n~ if you could give that letter to Mina for me, please? pleasepleaseplease?” Kino was swinging your arm back and forth

you snatched it from him, “you owe me a cinnamon roll”

this wasn’t the first time one of your classmates tried to make you deliver their love letters to the “prettiest girl” in school

you weren’t jealous about it, but it was just annoying

as you were talking playfully with the “Mina fanboys”

Yuto was occasionally side-glances at you

he admired how easy-going you were, you had your own charms that he fell for

“she’ll think you have a letter for Mina if you keep on looking at her like that,” Wooseok jeered as he spun his basketball on his finer

Yuto took a peek at his hidden letter that he wrote for you

he thought of a plan; although it would make him pretty much a stalker, all he wanted was.. for you to notice him

Yuto’s always been quiet, but he’d laugh at your savageness and admire you from away

according to his plan, you were going to be at the library before school started

and he was right

you were struggling to grab a book from the highest shelf

he stood there peering from the other side of the bookshelf; chuckling at your little struggles of efforts

“dammit.. I need to find that step stool...”

when you scurried off, he took this chance to shimmy his letter inside of the book you wanted to get

Yuto went to go sit down at a table across from where your book was

“what’s this?” you opened the book and saw the letter addressed to you

you looked around but all you could see what your classmate sleeping on the desk

you walked over to him, “do you know who left this in here?”

Yuto pretended like he was taking a nap, he stretched out and gave out a fake yawn, “I...don’t think i saw anyone...”

“hmm..” you sat down in front of him and opened the letter

(OMG WHY IS SHE READING THE LETTER IN FRONT OF ME.. THIS IS EMBARRASSING! BUT IF I LEAVE NOW IT’S OBVIOUS THAT I LEFT IT FOR HER!!)

he fumbled around the inside of his backpack; pretending to look busy

(how can I say this? actually for a very long time now... I’ve liked you.. if I tell you this now, what will change?)

Yuto could see a small smile from you, “well that was sweet... this really made my day... I wonder if this is really real or is it a prank..”

he slammed down on the desk

causing the librarian to shush at him

“I-I don’t think that it-it’s a prank... whoever wrote probably thought...you’re.. pretty cool...” Yuto mumbles and with the sound of the bell, he excused himself to go to class first

“YOU’RE PRETTY COOL?” Wooseok was yelling at Yuto’s nervous mistake

“YEAH I KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO YELL!!”

Wooseok slapped himself in the face in disappointment, “you wrote a nice letter and you’re gonna fuck it up with a commentary”

Yuto sulks, “this is why I’m better off not talking at all..”

he feels a pat on his shoulder, “wHAT?”

he turns around and sees you with the letter in your hand as Mina was dropping you off to class

“you know maybe it is a prank, since you’re always delivering my letters,” it was an out of line comment but you weren’t in the mood to deal with Mina

because deep down inside, you also felt like that

“see ya, y/n~”

Yuto’s blood boiled, he hated seeing you upset because you never were

and to here Mina say that, he wondered if she really was your friend

he took out his notebook and started to write again

he wanted to know that; there’s always someone out there for someone and he hope that he was that someone for you

DURING LUNCHTIME

he got some of your favorite snacks and drink (from observation) and placed them on top of another letter

when you got back from the bathroom, there was a little crowd around your desk

“hey dude, space? you know what that is?” you shooed them away and saw the snacks on your desk

you also saw the letter; not knowing if you should be happy or not, you opened it

(even though I like you, nobody knows. even when I see other girls, nobody’s like you. I’m sorry for having no courage. you can laugh at me all you want. I’m a loser only for you)

you folded it nicely and placed it in your book you got that morning

you laid your head on the book and looked at the window; softly smiling

even if it was fake, it made you happy

seeing you smile made Yuto’s heart full

it gave him courage to write more letters

finding the letters became a scavenger hunt and you were here for it

you’d find them inside your math book, your seat in chemistry class, your locker, the school’s flower garden, the list goes on

on your most recent letter, he gave you clues

which was weird because usually his letters would be about little things that he liked about you

but the note indicated you to find “so and so person” and they’d give you another note

they even made you run across the baseball field to find the baseball with the note

your curiosity could end right there but you were determined to find out who’s been causing little flutters of butterflies

“find Wooseok,” you were confused but you went out to find him

you found a tree standing in the doorway of your class, “Wooseok?”

the tree turned around and answered, “yeah? oh.. y/n..”

without another word, he hands you another note

“go to the rooftop..” you mumbled, you hoped it was the last of the notes

you literally did your workout for the whole month

before you left, Wooseok called out to you, “he’s a good guy!”

you slammed open the doors leading out the rooftop, “OKAY SHOW YOURSELF!!!”

but no answer

you walked out to the rooftop; to catch some fresh air and fat break

but the sound of the doors closed and your attention went to it

there he was

you saw Yuto

he’s always been hiding from you

walking the other way when he heard your laugh echoing in the hallway

would obviously be embarrassed when you caught him glancing at you

handing over his pencil to you when you’d forget yours

he’d also walk behind you so that guys wouldn’t look up your skirt (as he would basically walk up the stairs looking at only his feet)

his heart would drop every time you said “good morning” or “see you tomorrow” to him

Yuto politely hands over the letter, with his head hung low

you smiled at him and opened the letter

(you become my memories, I get strength just looking at you. the sky is shining, I hope my heart reaches you, even if I don’t say it, just know, It’s always you in my heart I want to walk with the beautiful you)

“is this-”

“this isn’t a prank.. I.. I was just scared that someone like you wouldn’t like someone like me.. I always thought you’d like someone like Kino or something... but that never stop me from liking you..”

you felt the nervousness in his voice

you slightly punched in him the arm, “this is so cheesy.. geez”

you didn’t know what to say but you wanted to make him feel more comfortable

but honestly, it made you feel like you friend-zoned him

he gave out an airy-laugh, “who am I kidding..”

Yuto turns to walk about but you held his sleeve

“I mean it’s cheesy.. but it doesn’t mean I didn’t like it... you were the one that made me look forward to the next day...”

he slowly turns around, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes at you

when you looked up at him, he didn’t think that his heart could explode anymore that it already did

“are you serious?”

you smiled at him widely, as you quoted him from one of his notes

“I’m only a loser for you..”

he couldn’t hide his smile, “who’s the cheesy one now...”

END + [masterlist + guidelines]

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67, 92 and 100 :D

thank you!

67. Which character would you never want to meet in real life?

haiji towa no doubt about that, if i ever meet him i’ll report him to the police immediately

92. Least favourite Monokub?

i really don’t like any of them at all, maybe monophanie because she calls monokuma daddy and there’s incest jokes with her

100. Opinion on all the Protagonists!

okay! ill do dr1, sdr2, drae, dr0, and ndrv3 since i haven’t seen the rest of the franchise

Naegi Makoto - i actually liked him during my first watch of dr1 (when it was airing) and then dr3 destroyed him for me because of what they did about kirigiri being his trophy but after rewatching and playing the game long ago i warmed up about him, he’s refreshing in a way that even though he’s basically a type of main character that’s a projection from the viewer/player he has unique qualities that make you adore and admire him, it takes a lot to have a high fortitude and mental strength, even though he’s more emotionally proficient that physically or skilled, he’s not that wee helpless thing that needed to be saved every time or had to depend on everyone all the time, sure he depended on kirigiri for her skills but in return kirigiri relied on him for his strength that makes him a balanced character, dr3 is trash but his moment of confronting munakata (locks the door and told munakata THEY HAVE TO TALK) is such a great move and very him, he grew on me a lot during my stay in this fandom

Hinata Hajime - i love this sassy yet kind boy!! i don’t normally relate to characters and point out similarities between them and me but hinata’s problems just hit home for me, it’s so real for me and i know his struggles, but moving that aside because i’m most certainly not gonna talk about me right now i loved his development, even though it was flunky because of nanami’s involvement (they could have done it better) this guy is so ambitious and refuses to be mediocre that he sold out his own body to be a man of full of talents and lost his humanity, it’s a big leap from naegi’s chill life who just owns up his normie interests, but his character also showed that talent is not what defines you, no matter where you study, if you don’t believe in yourself. sdr2 really did bad on him with chapter 6 because it’s basically a nanami showdown for me so i prefer his development in talent development plan more

Naegi Komaru - i adore this girl a lot! she’s been through so many hardships within a week, she got thrown in a world she knows nothing about and suddenly she had to fend for her life?! i think she has the most solid and straightforward development among the protagonists, i loved her development from her struggling to survive to wanting to help other people, like that sounds common in this kind of series but it’s a feat for her because we’ve seen how terrified she is from the start, she just wanted to escape and get out, she thinks she’s just a normal girl who can’t do any greatness until she learned that even though she’s normal she counts, she found strength with touko by her side and thought she can fight all odds if it’s with touko and they can make a difference and bring change.

Fukawa Touko - had to put her because she’s also a drae protag!! so i wasn’t really impressed with her development in dr1 but i still liked her a lot??? so i’m eternally grateful, drae as fucked up as it is wonderful, gave her a stellar development and showed us a side of her that isn’t just lusting over togami, and even gave her a moment when she chose this girl she just met over him a couple of times! the girl she initially chose to stay with because of togami who then became her very first friend and sought her inner strength and made her confident of herself, it’s just so precious!! this pair is really amazing and how they found strength by being each other’s side

Matsuda Yasuke - yes please let’s not forget dr0 is a thing and a wonderful thing it is because of him, i love him so much there’s no enough words to describe it, his story is so interesting and if i didn’t know better reading dr0 would be a different experience because of the process of unveiling him?? like the things he does behind the scenes, his relationship with junko/ryouko that is actually the only het thing i accept because it’s really not romantic in nature from his side, i really loved his line about it, she’s not a lover but she’s as important to him anyway, junko had him in shackles for since his childhood because of his need to be needed and omg i’m talking in shambles right now but yes, how his initial goal was to protect junko from herself by isolating her from her memories and then it went to attempting to killing her while in ryouko to boot to save himself, it’s a power move. also he’s one of the most accomplished students in hpa i love that about him, he’s prickly yet extremely caring to a fault, his jagged appearance, aaaa everything about him is adorable and sad i want more ppl to give attention to him ;;;;

Otonashi Ryouko - lol the actual protag of dr0, i surprisingly loved her?? when i heard about her i was mild about it because i’m not a big fan of genki girls but learning her situation being amnesiac it makes so much sense for her to be? and in a fucked up way i mean, she didn’t choose to be cheerful when she forgets every instance of her life except for matsuda, that’s saddening and fucked up. there’s this one scene she and matsuda had a fight, and matsuda gaslighted her and she was forced to choose between matsuda and her notebook, that compiles every memories of her with 100% accuracy, and then it went abrupt because matsuda had to go somewhere but after he felt guilty about it and wanted to apologize to her, she already forgot about it and went back from being cheerful?? that’s fucking sad. i don’t remember much about dr0 anymore but she’s a really tragic character from start to finish, just before she went in a fit of despair killing matsuda, her final moments were heartbreaking, thinking it had nothing to do with her and all that, it’s a fresh break from the usual junko

Akamatsu Kaede - actual protag of ndrv3!!! so there’s nothing much about her background that pushed her motivation, the thing about her is mostly by her assertive personality which i loved, it’s the first time they made a protag that’s a leader type and takes things to her own hands, it’s amazing! despite all things she still had flaws, and showed how her naivety and pushy attitude could affect everyone and it was pointed out harshly that she felt that she’s pushing others too much during that time underground, and then she learnt the possibility a traitor is among them and working together isn’t gonna work out so she took things to her own hands and hid her plan from everyone, it didn’t work out but she did her best, she was pushed to resort to murder and she took responsibility for that, it’s tragic and it’s compelling for her part. i don’t believe anyone who says that her being framed by tsumugi proves her innocent, it doesn’t change anything, her plan just failed but her intent to kill was still there and not erased. so while i’m disappointed she died so early i’m not sure how her character will go in the long run? i wouldn’t have worried about it if only she was replaced by a better protagonist 😒 😒

Saihara Shuuichi - meeeh, honestly can’t remember the latter half of ndrv3 that well but i remember not liking him at all, even disliking him for some reason i don’t do well with this type of characters, it’s not fresh, his angsting is just aggravating for me and he overused kaede as a crutch and his manpain so hard i wanna punch him, so yeah sorry this sounds halfassed compared to my earlier comments but i dislike him and me forgetting about him is self care because i’m probably gonna be more annoyed being reminded by him

Danganronpa: Ask Meme

#thank you for the ask!#asked #anonymous #ask meme #character hate in the end #Anonymous

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99redballoonsfloatby · 6 years

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The 12 One Shots of Christmas

A series of one-shots celebrating the holiday season all featuring our beloved Bill.

Title: Surprise

Words: 2600 (how the fuck did this get so long?)

Warnings: smut, angst, Bill in general

Author’s Note: OMG I’m so behind on these! I will definitely have them all up by New Years.

I will post these periodically over the next few days. I have most of them written but if you have a request, send it in and I might add it to this series! Thank you to @bradragskills for helping me edit.

1. Christmas Morning

2. Superstar

3. The Party

4. Christmas Dinner

5. Mistletoe

6. A Very FaceTime Christmas

7. Baby

8. Bath

Happy Holidays and enjoy!

There wasn’t enough time in the world to plan for this moment. You had spent days selecting a dress, planning out your hair, buying new makeup. Even after all that planning, when the moment finally came, you still weren’t ready.

He walked into the door, his smile instantly making you remember every good moment you had with him. Goosebumps covered your skin as you watched him make the rounds through the party. He had almost made it to you when his grandmother intercepted him. He shot you a quick glance, your eyes meeting for the first time since he came home.

That’s what Bill had always been to you; an almost. He was the best thing that never actually happened to you.

Your family grew up with his; both of your fathers had been long time friends and worked in the industry together. Your father’s career had taken off as a director around the same time that Bill’s father’s career had taken off. Your worlds had kept you together, your families had always joked that you would end up married.

When you were 8 and Bill was 10, he asked you to marry him. He told you that he didn’t want to get stuck with any other girl and that you were the coolest one he knew.

When you were 12 and Bill was 14, he was your first kiss. He held you gently under the mistletoe during your families first American Christmas together. Both of your fathers were working on a project in LA and your family had always spent Christmas with his family.

When you were 15 and Bill was 17, he punched a guy in the face for breaking your heart. Your first boyfriend had cheated on you and Bill was right there to fix everything, even reminding you that it didn’t matter because you were going to be his wife someday.

When you were 18 and Bill was 20, you realized that you loved him.

When you were 20 and Bill was 22, he left for Toronto to film a new TV show and you finally told him about your feelings. You were surprised when he told you that he loved you too.

The next morning, he was gone and you had only seen him once since that night and that was a moment ago when he walked into his family’s annual Christmas party.

You were now 23 and Bill was 25.

As your lives got busier, you lost touch with him. Your life had moved on and so had his. He was now an international celebrity, booking jobs all over the world and you were slowly working your way through medical school, under the leadership of his mother.

Through the years, neither of you ever ended up single at the same time. Bill would break up with a girl just in time to find out you had a new boyfriend. Bill always joked that both of you were allowed to date other people until it was time to get married. Even your parents and siblings felt that eventually you and Bill would end up together, no matter how many relationships either of you had.

You were sitting by one of the large Christmas trees when Sam, Bill’s older brother, found you. He handed you a glass of champagne and you took it eagerly. Sam had been practicing medicine for a few years and had been your sounding board for all things dealing with school for the last year.

“He looks good,” you said between sips of champagne.

Sam laughed, “I had a feeling you were still stuck on him.”

“It’s not still! It’s again…” you shrugged. “Maybe, who knows? Maybe he’s a totally different person by now and he’s gone too Hollywood to even remember me.”

Bill was on the other side of the room, recounting a story from his time on set of his television show. He fascinated people now and it was annoying for you to watch how everyone wanted his attention now that he was actually famous. Bill had always fascinated you, regardless of how many people knew his name.

“Don’t fret, he’s still the same gangly weirdo that we’ve always known. He does dress worse now though, didn’t think it could get worse but it somehow did.”

With a smile, Sam left you to your memories.

And Sam was right; he hadn’t appeared to change much. You still hadn’t found a moment to talk to him but you knew Bill and he would make it happen eventually.

The night continued on as normal, your parents still found time for the silly family traditions that started when you were all children. This included lining up on the large staircase with your siblings and the Skarsgard kids and taking the yearly holiday picture. This was the first year in a while that all of you were actually home.

You ended up on the opposite end of the stairs as Bill. He glanced up the stairs and made eye contact with you before the picture, so you still felt good that your moment was coming.

By the time the party started to wind down, you were four glasses of champagne in and your high heels had found a new home on the floor. It was late, after midnight, and the last of the party guests had finally started to say goodbye.

Bill found you lying on a couch in his father’s office. You were half asleep when you felt a hand on your shoulder. A smile spread across your lips before you opened your eyes.

“I thought you forgot about me,” you mused as you looked up at him.

“You got a tattoo,” he smiled at the small design on your foot; two silhouettes of blackbirds.

“All the cool kids were doing it,” you said as you sat up. “You lost your accent.”

He smirked as he came around the front of the couch and sat down before pulling you into a hug. This was your Bill. He still smelled the same, he was still wearing ridiculous socks, his hair was still in his eyes and he was holding on extra long to your hug…like he always did.

“I still have it,” he said as his breath tickled your neck. “How’s school?”

You pulled back and smiled at him. “It’s busy and exhausting but everything I hoped it would be.”

“I missed you,” he said abruptly changing the subject. “I hate that I haven’t seen you in three years.”

“We could have easily changed that.”

He ran a hand through his hair, making your heart race and you had to close your eyes to keep form staring too long.

“Let’s go down to the tree,” Bill nodded towards the door and you followed him down the stairs.

“I haven’t done this since the last Christmas we spent together,” you explained as he started to push a few presents out of the way.

The house was finally quiet and you were thankful for these few moments alone with him. You didn’t think anything was going to happen between the two of you, you had refused to even let yourself wander down that path, but as he laid down under the branches of the tree and you joined him, your heart gave you a moment of hope.

You both stared up at the lights shining through the branches. You couldn’t remember the first time the two of you did this together but it had become your tradition since you were children. One year, both of you fell asleep under the tree and your parents had to move you early the next morning. You glanced over at him and smiled at the reflection of the multi-colored lights all over his face. No matter how famous he got, no one else had ever had this moment with him. This moment belonged to the two of you and you didn’t have to share it with a single person but him.

“Do you remember…” you started to ask.

“Yes,” he smiled as he turned his head to you, knowing immediately that you were asking about the night you spent together before he left for Toronto.

Maybe it was the champagne or maybe your hopeful heart just took over your thinking for a moment but you leaned in and placed a sweet kiss on his lips. For a second, you felt him tense up but then he pulled you back in for a passionate kiss. It was the type of kiss that you had dreamed of having over the last three years and it was finally happening, under the safety of the Christmas tree.

The two of you stayed like that for a few moments. Lying under the tree, kissing passionately and pouring years of almosts into every move your bodies were making.

A noise upstairs is what finally broke you apart, both of you scampering out from under the tree as Sam and Gustav came down the stairs. You fixed your hair quickly as they spotted both of you.

“What were you two doing?” Gustav wagged his eyebrows at both of you.

“Fuck off,” Bill laughed as he stepped up next to you, his hand rested gently on your lower back.

Gustav was busy making some perverted joke when Bill tugged on your hand and pulled you upstairs.

His bedroom hadn’t changed much in the past few years. His father had pushed a few boxes into the bedroom for storage and his bed was now pressed against a wall instead of in the middle of the room.

You didn’t have much time for your comparisons because Bill pulled you back into a kiss the moment the door was closed. He was needy. He pushed his hands in your hair as he pulled your face up towards his and pressed your bodies together. Bill’s tenderness had been replaced by an insatiable hunger that you could feel radiating from his body to yours.

He laughed lightly as he pulled back from your lips. “You’re still so short.”

He shrugged out of his suit jacket and without any effort, he lifted you up and you wrapped your legs around his waist. You started kissing his neck, taking a second to smell that familiar scent of orange and sandalwood mixed with a hint of cigarettes. Some things never change.

“Did you expect me to grow?” you whispered in his ear as he let out a soft moan.

Bill held you there for a few moments, exchanging kisses and quips and making your head spin with thoughts of what was coming next. You had imagined this happening so many times that part of you was convinced that it wasn’t real.

He laid you back on the bed and quickly shed his clothes down to his boxer briefs. He slid the straps of your dress off your shoulders and kisses the exposed skin on each side before sliding you completely out of your dress.

“You’re not-“ his eyes darted from your hips to your face a few times. “You aren’t wearing any panties?”

You gave him a devilish smirk and spread your legs. “You really can’t in this dress.”

You slid your strapless bra off and tossed it on the floor with the rest of your clothes.

He lowered himself down on you, his muscles flexing deliciously in the moonlight. He had been placed on a strict workout regiment for his TV show and his body had changed considerably in the last few years because of it. Muscle lines had formed everywhere, his hips decorated with that sweet V that led you to what you wanted. His collarbone stuck out above his chiseled chest and you kissed it as it passed in front of your face.

He kissed down your body, stopping to tease your nipples with his lips.

“I thought about you a lot while I was in Canada,” he whispered as he blew on your nipple making it harder than it already was. “So many nights I would lay in bed thinking about what you were doing, or who you were with.”

A whine escaped your lips and you closed your eyes as his lips traced down your body, heading for one likely destination.

“You could have called or texted me, Bill…”

You glanced down at him after a moment to see if he heard you and he was watching your face while he sucked tiny marks into your thighs. Even if he had heard you, you didn’t get a chance to ask him because he soon moved his mouth from your thigh to your sensitive core and slid you apart with the tip of his tongue.

Your back arched towards the ceiling, your legs falling even further apart, granting him all the access he was seeking. His tongue found the hood of your clit and focused on that with long, slow strokes. You threaded our fingers through his hair to keep him there.

“Fuck…Bill…”

You could feel him smile against you and you met his eyes for a brief second before throwing your head back against the pillows. He used his fingers to spread you apart, exposing your clit and started licking tiny circles into it.

The shudder that came out of your body was almost embarrassing but Bill continued on and moved down, sliding his tongue in and out of you at an agonizingly slow pace.

He moved back up to your clit, sucking hard, making your eyes roll back in your head. You couldn’t take it anymore; you needed to feel him inside of you. You needed his face close to yours; reminding you that this was really happening.

“Come up here?” you choked out between moans.

He kissed his way up your body and smiled proudly once he was at eye level again. You wrapped your legs around his waist, lining him up at your entrance and waiting for him to push his way in.

“This is what I thought about at night while I was lying in bed,” you teased and bucked your hips slightly to encourage him to continue.

He slid in slowly and stopped once he was all the in. He gazed down at your face, and you found it almost impossible to read his expression.

“Bill? What’s wrong?”

He shook his head quickly and started moving. “Not a damn thing, Y/N.”

His arms were holding him up and were on either side of your head. His muscles flexed with each movement and you ran your hands down his back to feel his ass. It was hard against your palm, nothing but firm muscle and soft skin. His thighs felt like rocks against yours and as soon as you touched the side of his leg, you moaned loudly, unable to hold it in any longer.

You moved together, his body meeting yours with each perfectly timed thrust. He was well educated in this world, and you knew that before he left, but never in your wildest dreams did you think he was this skilled.

Years of memories and desires came flooding back to you and you pushed them into every thrust, every touch, every kiss. This moment had been building for years and it finally belonged to you.

When it was finally over, when both of your bodies could no longer move, when your minds had stopped spinning and when your legs had stopped shaking, you both laid there in his childhood bedroom and fell fast asleep.

You were awaken by an angry Bill on his phone the next morning.

“Fuck!” he screamed as he tossed his phone into the pile of your clothes.

You rolled over, running your hand up his back.

“What’s wrong?”

He turned back to you and took a moment to look at your naked body, his eyes moving slowly over you as if it would be the last time he would ever see you like this.

“You have to leave,” he said quietly.

You leaned towards him, almost positive that you had heard him wrong.

“Excuse me?”

“You have to go, Y/N. My girlfriend just got to town.”

#bill skarsgard #bill skarsgard smut #12 oneshots of christmas #My writing #not my gif

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avelera · 6 years

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Some next day thoughts about Thor 3: Ragnarok:

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- At first I was a little jarred by the ending’s abruptness. But then I thought about it a bit more. Yes, as a movie ending, I still think it’s a bit too abrupt, I would have liked 5-10 more minutes to cover some of the dangling plotlines I’ll discuss further down. But then I realized that with all the Marvel movies out there, they’re likely going to be binge watched. So this format makes sense when you realize that this movie is only going to end there for about 1 year in its lifecycle. For the rest of its existence, viewers are just going to immediately go to or cue up either Black Panther or Infinity War, so it’s actually more like a very long TV or Netflix episode than a standalone movie in the traditional sense.

Nevertheless, some things I would like to have seen more resolution are:

- Bruce - They made a pretty big deal of the fact that if he ever switched back to the Hulk again, Bruce Banner may never come back. Now, most likely it’s not a dark enough movie series for that to be true. But still, the fact it was never brought up again after he transformed nags at me, I would have liked to see some concern from Thor & his crew over whether Banner is ok. Though I suppose some of that could be explained by Valkyrie knowing Hulk better, Thor “preferring” Hulk, and the fact that Hulk has now had enough time out in the world to actually be quite stable. It almost implies that Hulk was an infant, or an overly-caged animal so his unmanageability was purely because he wasn’t getting enough time to grow up or exercise. That being said, you’d think Loki would be a little more freaked out. And dammit, I’m worried for Bruce.

- Loki - Has shown a pathological inability to play well with others, pretty much since he learned he was adopted and from the stories of Thor 3 even before that. He is the ultimate little shit. The fact that he was shown peacefully going along with the good guys for even 5 minutes without stabbing Thor again or just causing mischief or fucking off from there gave me a weird feeling of cognitive dissonance. Like, this status quo has already lasted 5 minutes without someone actively trying to kill them, no way Loki is this patient. Then again, this was somewhat resolved by the post-credit scene of the other big ship appearing, since Loki will sometimes go along with things if a team up is required for survival, at least until he figures out how to join the other side.

Some other thoughts:

- Apparently Asgard has fewer people in it than your average shopping mall? Also none of them have the same superpowers as their royal or valkyrie elites? Apparently it is an anime land where if you don’t have a cool character design you don’t have powers, sorry guys, you’re all cannon fodder with as little ability to defend yourself as the average human and maybe less considering you have advanced magic and science sometimes but most of the time you don’t even have guns.

- Hela looks hella like Loki. I’m beginning to wonder if Thor is the adopted one here. Also wondering if, in a more serious moment, what impact Hela having once been Odin’s favorite child would have on Loki given their similarities? Some reflection by him on that point would be interesting.

- Also, wtf, are they gods, are they random aliens with delusions of grandeur, how do they embody concepts...? Thor’s lighting powers were SICK AS HELL AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THAT FIGHT AND HOLY SHIT HE LOOKS AMAZING WITH THE ONE EYE GODDAMN but I’m just really confused from a lore/cosmology angle of what the fuck Asgardians are in the larger cosmos and as relates to Earth.

Some other good/GREAT things about the movie:

- Seeing that level of diversity was such a fucking relief like I didn’t need to brace myself or roll my eyes whenever anyone who wasn’t the Designated POC was shown as always white and usually male, it was actually wonderfully diverse and awesome wow thank you Taika.

- (A little mad though that we didn’t get to see the Valkyrie bisexual scene, Disney is still really bad with dealing with LGBTQA+ stuff and this is another reason I fear the consolidation of all IP under The Mouse)

- Anyway, just in general, the directing, holy shit Taika Waititi is a master.

- Like, the movie was 95% laughs and it’s really hard to transition an audience that was just laughing its asses off to a serious moment but every single serious moment hit like a punch in the gut. Like immediately. Holy shit. Odin’s death, Valkyrie’s flashback, the tiny micro-expressions of Loki and Thor dancing around what they really mean to each other these days, Banner’s identity crisis... my only complaint about any of those is that they didn’t last a little longer, but they were so efficiently done that I can’t really be mad about that. Their brevity matched the pacing of the film, and it’s only my fangirl heart that would have loved some long lingering over all the horrible Feels everyone is going through. Ah well, that’s what fanfic is for.

- That being said, it did feel like there was a couple moments and themes that could have used a little more attention, though the complaint here is minor. There is some serious fridge horror in Banner losing 2 years of his life. What about the people he killed under Hulk’s influence? What about the feeling he’s going to lose himself forever if he ever changes again, and him doing it anyway to help his friends? That was one theme that felt a little under served to me given the seriousness of the implications.

- Hela was amazing omg. Like, it is hard to introduce a new villain that’s just magically better than everyone at everything and is also a stone cold badass woman. Somehow, somehow they managed it most likely through the immortal talent of Cate Blanchett. She was genuinely terrifying and genuinely felt like a member of their family, unlike some missing family member villains who just feel tacked on.

- Though I will say I was a little surprised by the reluctant villainy of Karl Urban’s character. I expected him to be a more willing ally of Hela, his story was interesting in how he was basically just an opportunistic but otherwise loyal Asgardian trying to survive and I could have used a few more minutes of focus on him just to sort of pull his story together as more than just someone for Hela to talk to while shit is going down.

- Btw, SPEAKING OF HELA I’ve been saying for AGES that we should be reexamining what Thor being “worthy” is all about because it’s not necessarily the modern concept of good vs. evil. Given that Odin slaughtered his way across 9 realms then turned on the child who helped gain it for him, being “worthy” could literally just mean “able to kill the largest number of people efficiently” according to Odin.

- Uh, do any of our heroes have their powers anymore if they drew them from Asgard which is now a pile of rubble?

- But OMG WE’RE GETTING ASGARD ON EARTH YEEEESSSSSSS. Ok so one of my number one writerly influences, J. Michael Straczynski who also wrote Babylon 5 and Sense8, wrote a Thor comic about Asgard being reestablished on Earth and IT IS HILARIOUS AND WONDERFUL GUYS I am SO EXCITED to see Asgard planted in the middle of the goddamn MIDWEST this is going to be GREAT. Also Dr. Strange must be losing his shit right now HE ASKED THEM TO PLEASE LEAVE NOT BRING THEIR WHOLE PLANET HERE

- Oh, and on a total badwrong side note, I still ship the fuck out of Thor and Loki and I am sorry. I hate incest in general, blech, as a plot device but Loki definitely does not see Thor as a brother also they’re kinda not even human so for some reason that sneaks by my radar. But I’d dearly love to see some Thorki where they’re as snarky and antagonistic and sort of tragically doomed to always be messing with one another as was in Thor 3, and not like... wide-eyed tragic uke Loki or some such (not that that isn’t valid for writers to explore, I just DESPERATELY want some obnoxious-conniving-little-shit Loki and exasperated but actually able to keep the upper hand and occasionally tragically upset and annoyed that Loki just can’t stop being such a conniving little shit for five minutes and sit at the dinner table like a normal person goddamnit why can’t i quit you Thor... just saying).

Honestly, that movie was just so much fucking fun, I need to see it again.

#thor 3 #maggie watches thor 3 #thor ragnarok #thor spoilers #spoilers #thor ragnarok spoilers

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coffeebooksorme · 7 years

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ICE MASSACRE & ICE CRYPT BY TIANA WARNER REVIEW

Ice Masscre Goodreads || Ice Crypt Goodreads

I’ve devoured these two books in less than three days so I’m just going to combine the reviews for each of them because I can. ;)

So, I found this series because @magic-in-every-book included Ice Massacre in a book rec post for mermaids. I’ll be honest, the cover drew me in and I really like the premise for the story so I added it onto my TBR on Goodreads. Every time I went to the bookstore, I’d look for this book and I just could never find it. After devouring the sample on Kindle, I bought both of them and I do not regret this decision one tiny bit.

THIS SERIES, Y’ALL! SERIOUSLY! I CANNOT GUSH ENOUGH ABOUT THIS SERIES! I have been dying to read a mermaid book for so long now and every single one that I’ve tried has just left me wanting or didn’t snatch my attention at all. This one was the answer because it is SO.GOOD!

As always, I’m going to put the rest under a cut because I’m sure I’ll get spoilery in my gushing so be warned! Before I do, though, I’ll give some quick, non-spoilery points:

W/W ROMANCE

ACTION/ADVENTURE

Reaaaaaaallly good writing!

Main protagonist is a person of color!

Fantastically written characters!

Humor!

World building that isn’t overwhelming to delve into but rich with history!

Trigger warning for lots of violence and death, though. Like, a lot.

THIS SERIES IS SO FREAKING BADASS AND AMAZING AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I am just so damn happy that I bought these books and read them. The story itself isn’t anything really original to begin with -- overbearing king of the sea that wants to rule the entire world, friends to lovers trope, etc. -- but it is so amazingly written and fleshed out and explained that not one bit of it felt trope-y, cheesy, or boring at all.

The first book is told entirely from Meela’s POV, which I enjoyed, and gave us a lot of history not only for Meela but her people and her burgeoning relationship with Lysi. The first 1/4 to 1/2 of the book is build up but it didn’t feel slow or boring at all. I loved the little touches she included to show just how affected Eriana Kwaii was because of the influx of mermaid attacks, but it never felt overdone or heavy handed. It was just enough for me. I was completely intrigued with the world, the characters, the interactions with the characters, and the more that I read, the more that I wanted to continue.

The last 1/2 of the 1st book is nothing but action, violence, gore, and people/mermaids fighting for their lives. It takes place on a ship at sea during the annual Massacre. To me, it felt a lot like The Lord of the Flies at sea with chicks. Mutiny, subterfuge, power mongering, etc. It was similar but not so similar that I was bored or side-eyed the book at all. I really enjoyed how Tiana managed to interweave 20 girls, their personalities, interactions between each other, and all the action that happened. Some of the action sequences were a little redundant but that’s how war is, imo. It’s one side vs the other and going balls to the wall to see who survives. Tiana definitely did not hold any punches when it came to showing just how brutal this war has been.

Dani, one of the girls included in the massacre, is just...whoa. There were so many times when she would do or say something that would make me sit up straight with wide eyes and stare at my screen with shock. She was our stand in villain for King Adaro, the mermaid king, and she was so incredibly written. Power hungry girl with a soul deep hatred of mermaids who seriously takes it to the next level. She freaking butchered a toddler mermaid and that scene left me so shocked and just shook to my core. I just...wow. I’m still kind of speechless with her actions in the first book.

The ending was just...KEYSMASH! It wasn’t a big bang sort of ending but we got to meet King Adaro and his fishy assholeness. After hearing about him through the book, it was cool to meet him but I wasn’t really inundated with just how bad of a bad guy he was because he wasn’t in it at all that much. We got just enough of a taste to intrigue, I think.

The 2nd book picks up right where the 1st one left off and it didn’t disappoint for me. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this one included the POV of Lysi because I was super curious about the mermaid world and how everything worked. Tiana did not disappoint at all in the way she so casually introduced the mermaid world and how it all worked. She didn’t over explain anything at all but I felt as if I really understood how things worked from the way they lived, interacted, ate, breathed, etc. It all felt so natural and not just some magical mumbo jumbo explanation for how these mythical creatures existed.

The puns, jokes, name calling, and just the culture felt so easily introduced that it didn’t feel weird at all. So many times I’ve read books with mermaids where they go overboard (heh) with the fishy puns or try to over explain things and there was not any of this with this book. Not only did we get an introduction to Lysi’s world but we also got hints of other cultures/territories within her world. It’s quite literally another world under the sea and Tiana hinted at a lot that makes me so excited for the 3rd book.

Most of the action/adventure was focused on Lysi’s chapters while Meela’s chapters gave me Goonies vibes with how she and her friends searched over the island for the lost lore of Eriana’s Host. Major Goonies vibes but still so much fun! We had more interaction with some of the grown ups of the island, but they were just so useless that I ignored them, tbh. They annoyed me way too much and were just so completely close minded when it came to even listening to any other idea than KILL ALL MERMAIDS! But I guess that’s pretty par to the course because a lot of grown ups in the world are like that.

I am absolutely in love with the extra lore Tiana included by including a leviathan as the host of Eriana. I LOVE IT I TELL YOU!! We got so much more history of Eriana Kwaii and it’s rich culture in this book. Again, it felt really natural and organic as if the country really does exist in our world. All of the explanation and world building honestly felt so effortless and easy, and I really must applaud Tiana for doing such a sublime job.

The leviathan added that extra bit of PUNCH that a lot of sequels need but lack to employ. It wasn’t over done or heavy handed but just enough. A lot of sequels either tend to underwhelm or go above and beyond what’s needed to equal the lure of the first book, but I never felt like that was the case with the second book. Tiana did such an amazing job by expanding on what she had already done without overwhelming or boring the reader.

At the end, Meela and Lysi are reunited and it is so amazing because this is where Lysi turns Meela into a mermaid. I’m not going to get into the why’s or anything because I don’t want to just summarize what happened, but the how was amazing. Naturally, I’d assumed that when Lysi kissed Meela in order to turn her, I thought it would be this bright shining light, a magical burn, and POOF Meela’s got a tail instead of legs. NOPE! It was a slow process that just happened gradually and naturally. I LOVED THAT! I mean, yes, magic is obviously a huge part of this series but it’s never used in an abracadabra, wave my wand and poof kind of way. It always feels organic and natural and I LOVE IT SO MUCH OMG!

Incredibly long story short, the first two books in this trilogy are absolutely amazing, fantastically written with a rich range of characters and world building. I seriously implore each and every one of you who suffered through this long winded review to go out and purchase these books if you in any way interested in any sort of novel containing mermaids. I promise you, you will not be disappointed at all.

#booklr #books #book review #book reviews #mine #text #ice masscre #ice crypt #tiana warner #bookish #bookish thoughts #bookworm #bibliophile #book dragon

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drtemperancebrennans · 7 years

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Anyways, as most of you are already aware of by now, last weekend, after nearly 5 months of planning and stressing over every little detail about, a group of us from Australia (@boothseeleybooth, @seeleybooths, @boothseeley + three of our other friends on twitter: @ohhelloarianna, @iamlladoc, @bianca_proudman and I) had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire weekend at Supanova Melbourne with David Boreanaz, a weekend that we liked to call the ‘David weekend’. And as I’m writing this, it’s been exactly one week since the last time we saw him face-to-face, and we’ve all pretty much spent the whole of last week reminiscing over every little thing that happened during those 3 days, which I’ve tried my best to recap about under the cut below:

Day 1 (Friday, April 28th)

David was only scheduled to appear at Supanova on Saturday and Sunday, aka the official days of Supanova, however, we had only recently found out from the Gold Coast Supanova (which took place a week before) that David would be present at the preview night on Friday as well. Luckily, most of us had planned to fly in from our respective cities on Thursday/Friday morning, so we were ecstatic to learn that we might be able to meet David earlier than intended. Originally, we had all purchased the Saturday pass (which included one photograph token, one autograph token, and guaranteed entry into his panel) on the day the tickets were released, however, as we got closer to the day, we made some… pretty hefty last minute purchases for extra photograph/autograph tokens to maximise our time there (plus there’s also the fact that this was literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity since no one from the cast ever comes to Australia haha). ANYWAYS, I ended up with 3 photograph tokens (one with Danika on Friday, a solo photo with David on Saturday (as originally planned) and a last group photo (with Alysha, Danika and Nicole) on Sunday (the maximum number of people we could have in a pic was 4 + David, otherwise, we would have had all 7 of us be in a photo with him heh).

We all met up at our hotel on Friday afternoon and headed to Supanova afterwards. Alysha had purchased an extra photograph token during his first photograph session on Friday, which we later found out (after a series of near heart attack tweets and text messages from Supanova) would be delayed to 6pm, and with a last-minute announcement of an interview during the Opening Night ceremony, which obviously made us all very happy. Anyways, we had arrived at Supanova close to 6pm, wherein the volunteers then made us rush even more to the convention hall at the back of the Showgrounds (where Supanova was being held) so she would get there in time for the photo. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a glimpse of David then while she was lining up as he was behind these black curtains and the photo session went pretty quickly, buttttttt he did mention that he LOVED her Bones shirt (and later told each of us the same thing) because we were all wearing them) so that was asdfghjkl moment #1.) Immediately after that was the autograph sessions which both Nicole and Alysha had tokens for, so we rushed there after AND THAT’S WHEN WE ALL GOT OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF HIM AND I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AND IDK HOW LOUD IT WAS BUT I KNOW I SCREAMED BC OMG SCHSJHSJHSF HE WAS RIGHT THEREEEEEEEEEEEEE. IN HIS RED CHECKERED SHIRT AND HIS HEAD BENT DOWN AND WE LITERALLY JUST STOOD THERE GAWKING FROM AFAR BC... YEAH IT WAS UNREAL!!!) So, yeah, the rest of us were lucky enough to be able to stare at him from afar (couldn’t take photos of him then though unfortunately) bc there weren’t many people in line anyways, unlike how it would be later on saturday/sunday). BUT THEN SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED (AKA HIGHLIGHT OF DAY #1). As David got up to leave for the interview, Danika shouted ‘DAVID!’ and he aCTUALLY TURNED, LOOKED IN OUR DIRECTION AND WAVEDDDDDDD. And then someone said ‘we’re back!’ to him (our first of many times that weekend HAHAHAHA) and HE SMILED SO WIDE AND SAID IT BACK AND HE POINTED AT OUR SHIRTS AND FBI BADGES THAT WE HAD ON AND DID A PUNCH SIGN AND HOLY SHIT IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER. I just stood there gobsmacked bc I literally couldn’t believe what was happening, and really, it was only like a minute long perhaps??? BUT IT WAS AMAZING (you can read more about our reactions here and here). Afterwards, we ran off straight to the Opening Night preview (which had people mentioning the name ‘David’ 8474474374646 times and made us all jump but it wasn’t the correct David, lol. Afterwards, he finally came on stage and had his interview which lasted for about 10 minutes or so, then we left and Danika and I had our photo with him!!! Although, seeing how HUGE he was for the first time while he’s literally right in front of us is something I’ll probably never forget. Anyways, yeah, we took the photo, he complimented us on our shirts and I said to him ‘you might have seen our friends in the same shirts before too’ and he was like ‘yeah I did!’. And that was it. We picked up our photos after, left the Showgrounds and went for dinner/back to our hotels.

(photo credit: Alysha)

Day 2 (Saturday, April 29th)

Aka our DAVID BOREANAZ VIP PASS DAY! This was the day we had been dreaming about for monthsssss, and it was finally here!! We got to the Showgrounds bright and early by 9am, eventhough the day wasn’t gonna start until 10am, but it was ALREADY PACKED. We got in, sporting our Jeffersonian lab coats, and went to line up for the photograph sessions. As you can imagine, the line was FILLED with Buffy/Angel fans everywhere, and we were one of the few Bones fans in sight, which I think is also what made David remember us after haha. So anyways, we all filed in one after the other for our photo with him, and as soon as he saw Arianna (and all of us behind her) he said ‘hey, you girls are back!’. And then when it came to my turn, he said to me ‘hey, Brennan!’ (since I was the only one in the group who had ‘T Brennan’ embroided on her labcoat and had a Temperance Brennan access pass) and then he put his arm around me and I literally fROZE RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND THEN I PUT MY ARM AROUND HIM AND AM FAIRLY CERTAIN I EITHER STEPPED ON HIS SHOE/KICKED IT AT THE SAME TIME (AND DIDN’T REALISE TILL AFTERWARDS FML) AND WE POSED AND I ACTUALLY FORGOT HOW TO SMILE BUT I DIDN’T CARE BECAUSE SFHJFHJHFJJDHSUHSUSGDHGHGYGYGSDH OH MY GOD. Anyways, we all left squealing because we were like ‘HE REMEMBERED US, GUYS HE REMEMBERED US!!!’ Then we got our photos, and went to line up in the autographs line which was HUGEEEEEEEEE and we waited for almost half an hour I think but then it came to our turn and this time, because I was the first in line amongst all of us, he looked up to me, saw the rest of us and saID ‘HEY, THERE’S MY…… SOMEWHAT PEOPLE’’ AND WOW I ALMOST DIED RIGHT THEN AND THERE!!!!! He then signed my S3/S4 Official Companion book on the photo of him and Emily, and signed everyone else’s, and we all left to go line up for his panel (ps I’d also sneakily recorded him saying those words to us during the autographs and was pretty happy to learn that it was now on my phone foreverrrrrr).

We were actually like, 2 hours early for his panel and the volunteers informed us that we could leave to go roam about first if we wanted to but we were like????? LOL AS IF WE CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE??? So we still hung around and waited and got told to move 98989776652 times but finally got in and were seated at the back whilst waiting for the panel before David’s to finish. When they finally said we could move to our seats, Alysha and I managed to rush forward quickly, but everyone else was unexpectedly held up by this extremely rude lady. In the end, we were seated in the middle of the third/fourth rows (fifth/sixth rows if you counted the two VIP rows) and was pretty upset about that. But anyways, the panel started and DAVID CAME OUT AND HE WENT AROUND THE ROOM HIGH-FIVING PEOPLE’S HANDS and we were all screaming and shouting for him. The panel (of which 90% was recorded by yours truly, and uploaded here) was pretty good, mostly because of how funny he was/is, although unfortunately, there were barely any Bones questions (which I’m sure annoyed him too, at least, judging from his reaction to the Booth vs Angel question in particular hehe). He did do this AMAZING thing 10 minutes into the panel, when he was talking about trolling the streets of Melbourne disguised as Angel (people shouting) vs as Booth (which we all went ‘yeahhhhhhhh wooooooo’) and he immediately said ‘alright, where are MY squints?’ Which WE ALL THEN SCREAMED BECAUSE HOLY SHIT DID HE MEAN US??? YES YES SJFHSJHFHHSFHHFJHSFJFF. (Further proof that he meant us btw: he then asked about Bianca, who had earlier in the day told us how impressed David himself was during her autograph session, since she had on a Flyers hat, FBI shirt, Booth socks, Vans etc, and he spotted her from onstage and was like ‘right there THAT GANG’ (aka us) despite having been informed just how difficult it is to spot people from onstage because of the glaring lights etc). OF COURSE, we got SO EXCITED and was mind-boggled because he called her up on stage AND STAYED ONSTAGE WITH HIM FOR THE ENTIRE PANEL AFTER!!!!!! #goals (she also got an amazing souvenir from him after the whole panel, which made her, and us, very happy about of course).

Some other exciting things that happened in the panel: a little girl actually asked him point blank ‘why did you finish Bones?’ which made us all squeal because YES FINALLY A NON-BUFFY/ANGEL QUESTION. David answered her in a diplomatic manner of course, but he did end the question by saying ‘going forward, you never know what may happen with that show’. (At that point, I was like, HAH TAKE THAT B&A fans! Ps I’m sorry if this comes off as a little mean-spirited, but it honestly gets really sickening to hear question after question after QUESTION regarding Buffy/Angel; we weren’t lucky enough to get picked otherwise we would have asked him Bones questions ourselves. But (and this is my own personal observation from the two panels I was there for) it is very clear that David DEFINITELY prefers Bones and enjoyed answering Bones questions far more than he did B&A ones (who can blame him though?), but we all already knew that of course :) The other one was the aforementioned Angel vs Booth question, as well as some other Bones questions relating to Booth’s cosmic balance sheet and the things he took from set. At the conclusion of the panel, David announced that he would be doing a raflle the next day, called ‘Tea and Socks with David Boreanaz’ where the winner of the raffle would get a pair of Booth’s socks from him as well as a 15-minute chat with him over a cup of tea in between photograph sessions/autograph signings. We decided to try our luck of course, because why not right? Later on, we went around to look for any Bones merchandise for sale and unfortunately, could only find one thing: a printed shirt that said ‘always trust a squint’, which both Alysha and I decided to get after. We then headed back to our respective hotels for an early dinner + some Bones watching because hey, that’s the one thing that what we all love the most right? :)

(photo credit: Arianna)

Day 3 (Sunday, April 30th)

Arguably THE BEST DAY OF ALL. Honestly, this was the one day that we had the least expectations for, since we didn’t have the Day pass, and therefore, weren’t guaranteed entry into the panel, so we knew that we had to make sure we got there early enough to queue up (after having checked out of our respective hotels as well). So many things could have gone wrong, and really, they almost did, and yet, we didn’t know why or how, but THIS HAPPENED:

(photo credit: Sandra)

Yes, I know, WHAT THE SSFHHUFGYKKLADUR THIS CAN’T BE REAL HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? WHAT IN THE DAMN SHDUSHFUHUFHYUEIE SORCERY QTYEEIEUOEOEUIEUEBCNK HOWWWWWWWW? (if you had told any of us this 5 months ago, or 3 weeks ago, heck THE DAY BEFORE EVEN - we would not have believed you. and rightly so)

Anyways, I’m getting ahead of myself here (sorry, the excitement level of writing this recap just sHOT UP THE MINUTE I GOT TO SUNDAY heh). Sunday started out with each of us arriving at various times in the morning, with David’s panel due to start at 1pm. Alysha had another autograph session with David, and once all of us were together, we decided to go in to the panel before David’s (bless Nolan North honestly) to ensure we had good seating (preferably aisle seats that were as close to the stage as possible). We sat in the panel for almost an hour, and then when the time came for the panel to end, to our horror, the moderator announced that if we were here for David’s panel AND DIDN’T HAVE THE DAY PASS had to go outside and join the queue immediately. You can imagine just how devastated we got after we heard that, and looked at each other frantically, but decided to ignore the announcement anyway, heh. Unfortunately, we could only get in the seventh/eight rows (ninth/tenth if you count VIPs) because we really wanted aisle seats as well, and the front rows were already taken up. But honestly, it was a great thing that we didn’t go further up front because they were meant for the people who had the Sunday pass (these people wore purple wristbands) and not the general public/people with the Saturday pass (yellow wristbands, which we had). A lady actually came around to check our wristbands and informed the people who were seated in front of us about the restrictions, and we were so afraid that she would catch us too and kick us out (at this point, I held my phone to my ear and pretended to speak to someone else on the other end of the line, desperately hoping that she would leave us alone, heh). THANKFULLY, she was interrupted by someone else, and by the time she came around again it was almost time to start the panel so we were safe. Phew.

The moderator came on stage and asked us all if we were excited and then proceeded to say ‘let’s hear from the Buffy fans’ (cue screams), ‘let’s hear from the Angel fans’ (cue louder screams)…… and then, Arianna whispered to us that we should stand up……. he said ‘let’s hear from the Bones fans!’… we all stood up and screamed as loud as we could. He called us manic afterwards, heh, but we didn’t care because how else we are gonna show how much more dedicated we are and stand out from the B&A crowd, right? :)

Anyways, David came in (didn’t do the high-five around the room unfortunately) and did some really goofy stuff on stage (like when he started dancing and then did this crazy butt rub across the stage which made us all LOL) and then about 5-10 minutes in, decided to come off the stage and do the moderator’s job by going around the room to ask questions. He went off to the left side of the stage first, where a girl asked him a question about if he was as good as Booth is at shooting and stuff, and then he walked towards the aisle. At this point, we were all going crazyyyyyy because he wAS SO CLOSE. As he got closer, Alyssa decided to shout ‘we’re back’ and we all got the signal and joined in and DAVID NOTICED US AND WAS LIKE ‘HEY THE SQUINT SQUAD IS BACK!’ (cue massive fangirl screams) AND THAT’S WHEN THE UNBELIEVABLE HAPPENED - HE INVITED US ALL TO COME ON STAGE WITH HIM!!!!! AND WE WERE LIKE WHAT???? ARE YOU FOR REAL??? OMG OMG - SO WE FOLLOWED HIM GOT ON STAGE, AND BECAUSE I WAS first in line, he asked me for my name and I said ‘Anisha’. AND THEN HE SAID TO ME ‘YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO SAY EMILY DESCHANEL’. (I STOPPED BREATHING THEN BECAUSE OHHHH NMFYYYFHFJ GOOOOODDD DID DAVID BOREANAZ JUST SAY ‘EMILY DESCHANEL’ RIGHT TO MY FACE??? LIKE WE HAD BEEN WANTING TO HEAR HIM MENTION THE CAST (AND ESPECIALLY EMILY) ALL WEEKEND EXCEPT WE COULDN’T BC OF THE LACK OF BONES QUESTIONS AND THE FIRST TIME HE SAYS IT IS TO US ON STAGE, RIGHT TO MY FACE????? BYE). And he went around the room asking each of us the same thing:

Danika: Emily Deschanel.

David: Okay, you stay here.

Alysha: I’m Emily Deschanel.

David: There can only be one. Now, go sit down.

Alyssa:….. Camille?

David: Okay, go sit down, that’s not a character. OH YES, IT IS, CAM! YOU STAY!

Arianna: I’m Michaela Conlin.

David: Okay, you can stay!

Nicole: Jack Hodgins.

David: You’re not a guy. You can go sit down.

Bianca: Booth.

David: You’re… a Flyers fan, you can go sit down.

And then he pretty much told the entire audience that we had been there all weekend long and asked them to give us a big round of applause (AND PS HE CALLED US AWESOME IN FRONT OF AT LEAST 800 PEOPLE). And I thought, okay, that’s over now, right?

DING DONG NO IT’S NOT. He then asked us to do our ‘best Bones imitation’ (BONES!! BECAUSE ONLY HE/BOOTH GETS TO CALL HER THAT AND HE SAID ‘PRETEND YOU’RE EMILY, FOCUS. ALRIGHT, I’LL COME IN AND I’LL BE BOOTH’ AND ALSO WHILE GESTURING TO ME AT ONE POINT HE LITERALLY SAID ‘COME ON, BONES’ IN THE EXACT WAY BOOTH SAID TO BRENNAN JUST BEFORE THEY WENT TO THE ALTAR TO GET MARRIED I’M??? SDGYSGYFGSYFYYFY). So, I was the first person who was put on the spot for that. He used the $600 orange chair as the ‘dead body’ and I pretended to examine it and I said ‘anthropologically speaking’… and he was like ‘hold on I didn’t finish, you got a little too excited’ (yeah of course I would be????!!!???) and he stayed in character as Booth and my brain had literally turned into mush by then, so the first thing I said was ‘Uhm the trabeculae looks really umm… disgusting right now’ (WTF RIGHT??? Apparently the audience and David thought so too) and I continued by saying ‘Cause of death is strangulation to the um, scapula’… which at least impressed him, so I could get off stage after and film everyone else (my phone was in my pocket the entire time, so everything else was caught on audio beforehand). Arguably the best imitation was Arianna’s ‘I don’t know what that means’, which had David go ‘AHHH! I don’t know what that means! I like that one’. By the time the whole stint was over and we got back to our seats, we had lost all sense of what was happening around us, and didn’t plan on recovering anytime soon heh. I tried recording more after, but got told off 73746367746 times by a lady who even at one point, made sure I was deleting the videos I caught (luckily, I had somehow scrolled up in my photos app, and thus, only had to delete videos I had from some of my friends, which she didn’t know of course hehe. So all the David stuff was safe).

The panel went by pretty quickly after, which you can hear about here, here and here, as Arianna could only get audio recordings too lest she would have been caught and told off so many times like I was.) Some of the highlights included him saying things like ‘your journey of saying goodbye to these characters for now’ when chatting with the cast whilst directing the finale and him mentioning that ‘maybe we’ll find out about (Booth’s watch, introduced in the Pilot) more someday’ since it couldn’t be incorporated into the finale, indicating that he’s inclined to do a reunion too someday, which made us all very happy of course.

End of panel and the four of us Tumblr peeps headed to the photo area once more to get our last photo taken, but were informed that due to how long the line was, we might not make it to the front of the line in time for David to head off for the raffle session, but they said we could come back for the later photo session and they would still honour our tokens. So that’s what we did, left and went to wait for him at the raffle. We didn’t win, of course, but after what happened during the panel, who could complain really? Finally at close to 4pm, after trying to collectively calm each other down, we headed over to the photo area and waited in line. FUN FACT: If the line had moved a little quicker, our photo would have been taken at eXACTLY 4.47PM, but instead, we were a couple of minutes late. Despite that, when we walked in and David saw us, he immediately said ‘alright, there they are. Squinty-cized *nervous laugh* (which was utterly adorable to hear in person btw!!) He held his arms out and held us aLL TIGHTLY AND WE TOOK THE PHOTO. We thanked him for everything and they (his manager, who was smiling by then lolol, and the Supanova volunteers) said we had one more photo and we went back again for another one. But then they said that someone had blinked (and this happened a number of times, no idea who it was though) so we ended up taking 5 or 6 photos with him holding onto us all and me gRASPING ONTO HIS ARM TIGHTLY (IT’S HUGE BTW, AS IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW THAT) and I know we thanked him 683683992 times especially since we held up the line because of that hehe. We left and became really nostalgic because wow, that was our last time with him??? (BUT THERE WAS MORE TO COME HAHA)

We met up with everyone else after and while sitting on the steps, decided to recreate the pilot shot which you can see below. That whole time, we were also waiting for Bianca to finish her photo session with David, however, little did we know that she’d left minutes before we tried calling her. We were gonna start heading back after, when we noticed a local celebrity pass us, and that’s when Arianna said why don’t we go to the autographs and see if we can have one last look at him, or otherwise, he would actually be passing the very steps we were sitting on right then. So we went in, Arianna and I were walking slower in the back while the rest were up front, but then they ran back past us heading out shouting ‘IT’S DAVID, IT’S DAVID’. We caught him leaving just in time and he said goodbye to us, in yet ANOTHER SURPRISING MOMENT (seriously, this whole day was filled with unexpected events!!) And…. that was the last we saw of him. The end.

We all parted ways after, heading back to our respective homes/cities/countries. All in all, though, I know I will never forget this weekend, and every little bit that happened (hence this lengthy recap so I can always go back and reminisce heh). It was truly a dream come true, something I never in my wildest dreams EVER anticipated to happen, let alone that anyone from the cast (much less David) would come to Australia. And yet, he did, and all these crazy things happened. I can’t imagine not having met him, and I can’t imagine ever experiencing this whirlwind weekend without any one of the six gorgeous individuals I had the pleasure of doing it with. It’s been an honour, and a true privilege you guys.

And as David himself said…… ‘Squints unite!’

Peace out xx

(photo credit: Arianna’s phone 😅)

#David Boreanaz #bonestv #supanova australia #david weekend #personal #rambles #soz this took me like... 1 week to write #this week was hellllllll #i want to go back so bad :(#also this gets pretty long haha you have been warned

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BnHA Chapter 167: Every Breath You Take

Previously on BnHA: Todo, Bakugou, Inasa, and Camie were assailed by a bunch of six-year-olds with some admittedly impressive quirks. We learned about the theory of “quirk singularity” which basically says that quirks are going to keep getting more and more powerful with each generation until they become impossible to control. Not sure if this will come up again, but it’s a cool concept. The adults watching were all “...” but it turned out that the Baby-Sitters Club had things under control. They easily blocked the kids’ attacks, and then used their own quirks to create an awesome playplace for the kids with a giant ice slide. (Oh yeah, and we also learned that CAMIE HAS A FUCKING ILLUSION QUIRK. So that was cool too.) Bakugou had a heart to heart with the bratty leader of the kids, and told him that he wouldn’t be able to grow unless he learned to stop looking down on other people. Yes, Bakugou actually said this. Yes, that Bakugou. Not to be outdone, Endeavor now appears poised to start his own journey of becoming less of an asshole. This is exciting, you guys. I’m excited.

Today on BnHA: The babysitting squad bids farewell to the kids, who have now been totally reformed and are all polite little angels. The U.A. and Shiketsu teachers discuss plans to work together in the future and foster a closer relationship, seeing as both schools have had their students targeted by the League of Villains. Endeavor tells Shouto he’s proud of him and vows to become a man Shouto can be proud of too. The internship arc wraps up and we learn that U.A. suspended the kids’ internships with Ryuukyuu and Fat Gum for the time being, and that Eri has woken up and is doing better, but she’s still in the hospital for now while they analyze her mental state and try to figure out how to handle her potentially lethal quirk. A few days later, we catch up with Deku, whose affections Aoyama seems to be trying to pry by randomly giving him cheese. Later that night, in what is unquestionably the single most terrifying scene in this series to date, Deku hops into bed only for the camera to pan over to Aoyama, who is standing pressed up against Deku’s balcony door, just fucking watching him sleep. Good night, everyone.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through half of chapter 192 now (lol I just need more time to binge), so any ETAs will reflect that.)

so now playtime is over and they are professionally demolishing the slide

don’t act like this isn’t easily the best part of your day you psycho

Chain Chomp is volunteering to help by having his little chomps eat the ice shards

Shouto is praising him and saying that a quirk like that would shine during a disaster rescue operation

the teacher is amazed at how calm the kids have become

but Gang Orca says that the kids attitudes “reflect their evaluation of us adults”

he says that them unleashing their quirks without hesitation like that is a problem of the education system

yeah, I’ll say. I’m thinking back to Katsuki and Izuku’s chaotic middle school now, and it’s safe to say that place had a similar problem with a lack of decent quirk counseling and education. their teachers basically just let the kids go off whenever and use their quirks all the damn time. whoever was tasked with teaching them responsibility and ethics clearly fucked up in a major way

anyway, it seems these kids have now been nudged onto the proper path, and their sensei is vowing to teach them well

lol look at them returning Bakugou’s gauntlets so solemnly

so now they’re bidding the tykes farewell, and Gang Orca is appraising how they did in the assignment

“abstract challenge” lmao. A++ government trolling for sure

holy shit would you look at these disrespectful little delinquents

this is why he keeps punting them every time he sees them. he’s just desperate to maintain their attention in any way he possibly can

so the kids have changed back and are getting ready to go their separate ways

you guys I think Shouto is finally warming up to Inasa omg

like, he doesn’t look completely annoyed just by his mere presence anymore! progress

also lol at Camie pointing out that when Bakugou is keeping quiet, his manners can actually pass for decent

and then him immediately shouting at her to shut up, because GOD FORBID anyone get it into their heads that he’s actually capable of behaving like a normal, calm human person

uh oh Inasa’s going all “!” and it looks like he’s spotted Endeavor up ahead with the other teachers

Camie’s running over to them now and she’s all, “oh my god, Seiji’s talking to All Might”

and he says that they were actually talking about her

her teacher says that they’re talking about forming a closer relationship between the two schools and sharing information with each other

and part of the reason why is that they still don’t know why Camie was attacked, and it would be easier to figure out if they worked more closely with U.A.

good call there. if you want to find out more about the League of Villains, that is

maybe less of a good call if you actually want your students to stay out of the constant-villain-attacks-and-secret-traitors shitshow that U.A.’s got going on, though

so apparently they’re talking about setting up some cooperative training exercises between the two schools. ooh, that would be fun. I’m on board for this

meanwhile Endeavor is trying to casually chat up his estranged son

hoo boy this is awkward as fuck

hey here’s an idea, maybe don’t pretend like everything’s good between you and like you haven’t done anything wrong. maybe try showing some remorse or something. that’d be a good start

dammit

okay here’s the thing. I fully believe this is true, and that he’s proud of him for finding his own path and his own strength. we saw at the end of the last chapter that he was possibly starting to come to a lot of extremely belated realizations

but the thing is that Shouto doesn’t know any of that, and as far as he’s concerned, Endeavor’s still the bastard who spent Shouto’s entire life telling him “I created you to surpass All Might” in addition to the various other bastardly things

so when Shouto hears “I’m proud of you” from this man, I have to assume he’s going to take it as Endeavor being proud of how strong he’s become in terms of mastering his quirk. like, “good on you, you’re closer than ever to becoming the perfect little super soldier puppet I created you to be.” rather than “I’m proud of you for the good person you are and for the strength of character that you’ve shown today and continue to show and that you certainly never got from me”

anyways, yeah. so Shouto looks quite angry, actually

meanwhile Inasa’s watching them like

are you gonna step in and help your new best friend out here buddy

oh shit, sudden vulnerable power move from Endeav out of nowhere

oh damn

there’s a lot going on in just that one simple sentence, though

for starters, it’s an acknowledgement that Shouto is rightfully not in the least bit proud of him right now (on account of him having been a piece of shit this entire time). and then obviously, it’s also a promise to become a better person. not just a stronger person, but a better man

so, yeah. I like this. progress. finally some long-overdue steps toward making things right

(ETA: honestly, I love that Horikoshi had the nads to go for an Endeavor redemption arc after going out of his way to make him as unlikable as humanly possible. it’s like he purposely set the challenge level to the highest possible difficulty and then took a deep breath and said “okay, let’s do this.” looking back at Endeavor’s introduction and even his character profile, it’s clear he had this whole thing planned from the start, but he patiently played the long game and took no shortcuts, and all in all I’m extremely impressed.)

Shouto doesn’t look like he has any idea how to react to this, and he’s mostly just still irritated

that’s about as good of a response as Endeavor could hope to get, honestly. now leave him alone and go start improving yourself you douchebag

omg

what just happened

did he just punch himself in the face and then power walk up to the guy that he hates

what the fuck you guys

which angel up in heaven is responsible for molding this young man. what did you put in him. he’s so fucking nice. how is he so nice. why did he punch himself, that was so violent and I’m honestly very concerned. but mostly, just. WHY SO NICE GODDAMMIT

lol and now All Might is just

had enough of this weirdness, eh

now All Might is thinking optimistic thoughts about how much progress everyone is making little by little, and it’s so heartwarming

(ETA: I just wanted to add that that last panel in the bottom left is a favorite of mine. I fucking love moments when mentors are looking on at their kids proudly and the kids aren’t aware of it and so they just keep on doing whatever it was that made the mentor proud to begin with. there is such fondness in All Might’s expression here. it’s so gentle. he is so proud of them in this moment. and Bakugou isn’t aware of his hero’s eyes on him; he’s just looking back at Shouto, who he’s been getting on with to a degree that would previously have been shocking tbh. and of course we got the reminder just two chapters ago that Bakugou does know about Shouto’s history with his father, so I interpret this glance here as just him quietly assessing his classmate’s status after that chat with dad, and making sure he’s all good so he can recommence being annoyed by everything he does and making sure he knows it. and meanwhile Shouto is just caught up in his own thoughts, but just like All Might said, he is making progress. little by little he is figuring out how to move on.

just, there’s so much going on here and I didn’t even get into all of it, honestly. but basically I just got caught up in the moment and remembered how much I love this series and its characters omg.)

and now we’re cutting to class 1-A a few days later!

the narration is saying that September has come to a close and it’s now October. wow, seriously? you mean it wasn’t already?

well, I suppose that makes sense. the provisional license exam was probably set on September 1st or around then. so they’ve been doing these supplementary courses every weekend since then, so this was probably like their fourth one. one of these days I’m going to have to make a timeline, if there isn’t one out there already

(ETA: there’s actually a pretty nice one up on reddit somewhere, but I haven’t looked at it too closely yet because spoilers.)

HEY WHAT THE FUCK

I DIDN’T ASK FOR THESE FEELS YOU SON OF A BITCH!!

but also does this mean Mirio is officially back at U.A., though? because that’s good. even if he doesn’t have his quirk, it doesn’t mean he can’t still complete the last year of the hero course. he’s still gotta keep up with his studies and stay in shape

(ETA: U.A. is honestly failing their most gifted student in his time of greatest need and I’m so mad about it. what the fuck U.A.)

also THANK GOD, they ended up putting the internships on hold for the time being. THANK YOU JESUS

honestly it was the right call. let’s give these kids a break from trauma for a little while. or at the very least try to do so

and apparently Centipeder took over Nighteye’s agency and they are awaiting Mirio’s return. ;_; awww

AHHHHHHH

MY SWEET BABY

“her psychological state is still unstable” gee you think??

and this is the first time we’ve seen her without the bandages on her arms, and there are all those little scars there and I was just slammed by feels oh shit

but still! she’s safe! and getting better finally!

and they’re actually explaining about the horn on her forehead oh wow

does this mean her power is weaker now than it used to be? I honestly feel like Horikoshi’s doing a good job of keeping this in check for now. he’s made it so she can’t control it, and that excessive use of it can do her serious harm and put her in a fever coma. so for the time being, it doesn’t look like we have to worry about this becoming a deus-ex-machina type of thing

but I honestly don’t see why they can’t just give her some gloves and let her interact with people

at least Aizawa is clearly visiting her, though. maybe he can adopt her. I mean, he’s the second best dad in the series, and honestly just a dad hug or two from stealing the top place from All Might if he really really wants to. I’m just saying, Aizawa. the power is yours

(ETA: man, the Basement Arc dragged on so long that I almost forgot what it was like for this manga to give me exactly what I want. it is such a nice feeling omg. we can still be simpatico with just a little bit of effort.)

oh hey

so can we take this as confirmation that Ecto teaches math, then? so that’s him for math, and Present Mic for English. I still have Aizawa down for art unless anyone can prove otherwise

holy moly Jirou has taken her blazer off and rolled up her sleeves and is chewing on her earbud in thought

this, to me, is 1000x hotter than any skimpy boobs-showing costume Horikoshi could ever design you guys. not that I’m being all “hey look how smoking hot this 16-year-old is!” or anything like that lol. but she looks good and once again her lesbian energy is off the charts, and I’m sure that if Momo wasn’t so distracted by math right at this moment then she’d be all over that

however she is, in fact, distracted by math!

stumped, in fact. wow, seriously?

and now Tokoyami is continuing to look around the class, and it seems that his attention has fallen onto Deku. and it’s not hard to see why

YOU GO, DEKU. PUT THAT BIG HERO BRAIN THROUGH ITS PACES

oh!

SO CONFIDENT

LMAO

SO MUCH FOR THAT BIG HERO BRAIN

but did you see Bakugou’s face though omggggg

Deku can’t seem to figure out where he went wrong. huh

I don’t see why this is a big deal at all, but let’s see where this takes us!

now Ecto is dismissing them for lunch

Ocha and Iida are coming up to Deku to congratulate him for his ferocious efforts

oh?

do tell, narrator Deku

WHAT THE

first of all, somehow that nearly scared the SHIT out of me

and second of all... what

I don’t think any of us were expecting that lmao

wow, Deku is summing up both of my reactions so neatly

YOU SCARED ME! and CHEESE!? yep. pretty much covers it all

Aoyama has got a whole plate of cheese in fact, and now he’s trying to feed Deku more

Deku’s trembling slightly and says his mouth is still full

now Iida is inviting Aoyama to join their group since he usually eats alone

but he says the cafeteria doesn’t suit his tastes

is he drinking wine

(ETA: ngl, after I first finished reading this chapter I went back to this part and I was honestly wondering whether or not he was drinking blood. can you imagine. like Toga’s own fucked up form of Polyjuice potion.)

and Iida’s just letting him. wow

also that katakana is cracking me the fuck up omg

holy shit Deku, you’re fucking telling me your ominous narration was about fucking Aoyama this whole time

and now we’re visiting Deku’s room at night huh

it’s 1 a.m. and he’s still studying, wow. Bakugou has been asleep for five hours already lmao

holy SHIT????!!

-- HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS WAIT UP

because I was all 1. WHAT THE, and 2. AOYAMA WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU, and then I remembered that 3. Deku’s room is on the 2nd floor so HOW DID HE EVEN GET UP THERE

but then I went back to look at the dorm layout and remembered that Aoyama’s room is right next door, so maybe he hopped balconies like some sort of ninja

but then I was like 4. BUT WHY, THOUGH

and meanwhile this entire time I kept looking back at his creepy face and was like WHAT THE FUCK, WHY IS MY SPARKLY LITTLE FRENCHMAN SUDDENLY ACTING SO FUCKING CREEPY --

AND THEN IT HIT ME. that’s not really Aoyama, is it

it’s fucking Toga, isn’t it. it has to be. right?? suddenly acting wildly out of character and bizarrely interested in Deku in the creepiest of fashions? and then sneaking over to stare at Deku through his fucking balcony window in the middle of the night??

and on top of that, for this to happen in the very same chapter where they discussed the same thing happening to Camie? yeah. yeah, okay, manga. I got it. message fucking received

so this means that Aoyama has been captured by the League?? or is Toga acting independently? holy shit

do you hear that. that’s the sound of me being sucked RIGHT BACK IN lol. ahhhh man. feels fucking good. let’s read some more of this bitch

(ETA: lmao, there’s a part of me that honestly wishes this theory hadn’t been blown to bits in the very next chapter. for a minute there it was such a damn rush. but no, Aoyama just loves Deku and wanted to present him with some friendship cheese, and also maybe give him a friendship heart attack.)

BONUS:

nice try son, but nope

oh look, it’s Iida’s brother who’s currently paralyzed from the waist down. standing back to back with his lil bro in costume, in a way that they’ll actually never be able to do ever again. that’s just cruel, Vigilantes writer guy

not sure what’s been up with the volume extras lately. I’m really surprised we didn’t get a profile of Camie after the babysitting arc. we got one of the damn elementary school teacher, but not her, even after her quirk was revealed? did Horikoshi just forget, or did he run out of time, or is he saving it for later, or what

anyways, this is also the last batch of volume omakes that FA scanlated. so after this it’s going to be a lot harder for me to find them. I know that some of the extras from the upcoming volumes have been translated, but I might not always have time to try and track them down. so moving forward we might not have as many bonus pages, but I will still try and include them whenever I can

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