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OH SO DRAMATIC!

pairing: george russell x reader

summary: who knows that his crush over a girl can lead to this?

content warnings: her face claim is keilani lizbeth, britcedes moment, dramatic george, silly concept, cursing, bad summary because i can't summarize this😭

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“enough with scrolling through her posts and fantasizing about it everyday, mate. it's not healthy if you do this everyday.” lewis chuckled, patted his teammate's back as george just rolled his eyes at him.

“so, who's this girl?” he continues when he finally found his spot to sit on. his brows going up and down to sign him that he's intrigued. “my friend...? no—i mean we're not. but i've already hit her on instagram, and she responded. she's quite cute, i guess?”

“you guess? ” he arched one brow at him, clearly not impressed with his answer.

he scoffed, “so what am i going to do, then? asking her to go out with me and embarrass myself even more?”

“wait, you have embarrass yourself before?” lewis's smile becoming wider now and george is growing more irritated at his amusement over his miserable state. “you're not helping!” he groans, his phone on his hand is still showing your recent post with his comment being displayed on the very top.

he already imagined the worse when he knew lewis know about his infatuation towards you. from the constant teasing, to the point where he imagined that you'll be embarrassed to have him as your boyfriend. it's making him crazy.

DING! the phone on his hand buzzed as it let out a loud notification sound, making lewis showed his smile once again at him.

he too can't lie that he had put his expectation to the very top, praying that you'll notice or for at least liking his comment to even show that you know him. he is that desperate.

he sighed, whispering to lewis, “d'you think this is the time?”

“at what time?” lewis asked, his eyebrows furrowed.

“time for her to answer my comment," george beamed and lewis rolled his eyes

“you're very dramatic. just open your phone and see what she replies. or likes, or whatever, the important thing is just open it first!”

“okay, okay, relax.” he said as he take a deep breath, as if he wants to do something fairly dangerous when lewis is just watching him doing all of these long steps, making him snatched the phone from his hand, making george let out a ‘hey’ as lewis snatched the phone.

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lewis being the one who sees the notification first is glaring at the text, making george curious and ended up taking back his phone from lewis's hand.

“mate, she replied to your comment,” lewis said, eyes still wide even after the phone has been taken from his hand. by hearing that, george with his dramatic nature can't help but to sigh at his saying: “yeah right, shakira also replied to me.” which makes lewis shakes his head, “that's irrelevant, dude.” he light slapped his shoulder at the end, making george huff a breath after the direct slap at his shoulder.

“oh just open it!” lewis exclaimed, his tone becoming impatient now. his patience has coming thin because of george and he'll definitely going to blame george if their relationship won't work at the end.

so he opened the app after him, and checked the notification center and found your username with his mentioned. upon seeing that, he can't help but to shriek at lewis who's near him, causing him to closed his eyes at the loudness of george's shriek.

“I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! SHE REPLIED!” making lewis smiled at george, patting him by the back which lead their bro-embrace. “happy for you, mate.” lewis replied to him and he nod at him with the smile is still visible in his face.

“so now go and get her.”

“i will, surely.”

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sure george has your number on his phone by now, thanks to all of his (and lewis's) effort of bribing your best friend to even told him to hit you up by himself, and fortunately it works.

and hit you up he did. starting up strong with a simple hi, then you answered, and the rest is history. he liked every topic you brought up, and vice versa. or at least that's what he thought.

but for today's situation is quite different from the previous day where he can still share a bit of a videos with you, you said your goodbye for a while as he sim race, and then his phone ring from the instagram notification he has for you.

but that time he doesn't really mind that, thinking that it just probably sort of a promotion notification from an app or something, but then after a few while he checked and found it was your new post: truth be told that he put the brightest smile on his face, excited to see your newest post.

oh how the table have turn, and as if it hit him, his face changed 180° to worry;

yourusername If I told you that I crashed for a bit, I hope you believe me.

he knows that you can't drive, so why bother to even know what's going to happen with you and a car?

his mind is going crazy, how come did you even manage to post that on instagram if you had a little crash?

so he called you, missed call. try to call you again, missed call again. and so on until he thought that he have called you for the 50th times until he commented under your post to answer his call. not caring about anything what people are going to say about him.

the rest of his 25 minutes he spent to think about you and your well-being, and it's totally payed off when you called him, facetiming on the ER. with your face looking as chill as ever with a bandage on the some sorts of your body, and then him with his face looking like he's ready to jump whenever he's ready.

“hey.” you greet, camera showing the bandage that covered the half of your lower body.

“HEY?! WHAT D'YOU MEAN BY HEY?” he squeaked, his voice pitchy like he's just swallowed a rubber duck before he's talking to you. “what happened there?”

“just a scratch, nothing more.” you shrugged slowly, your body's still rigid after they gave you antiseptic to clean the scratch.

“if you concerned, trust me that i'm okay.” but he shakes his head, “you shouldn't get near into the driving seat!” he said, voice cracking a little bit, sounded like he's in the bridge of tearing up.

“i should've had a better driving instructor,”

“DRIVING INSTRUCTOR? babe, i'm an f1 driver, i can be more than just a driving instructor.”

“i know, i just want to annoy you.” you smiled when you said that, making him mirroring your movement. “but are you okay though? be serious.” he said, and you chuckled. “i am, yes, i'm okay. so stop being so dramatic because i'm okay now.”

“well okay then, take care.” he sees you nod, and he smiled at you one more time before hanging off.

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mendeshoney · 7 months

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hiiii i just want to say thank you for giving us all these stories, like it really makes my day seeing it on my feed. can you please write something about barzy being the readers boyfriend but also bsf so he gets all the tea every time lol

"You are never going to believe what I just found out."

The door closes and locks behind you at the same time that Mat's head whips around, his wireless headset falling from the force of the turn, and his character dies on the screen.

Faintly, you can hear the protests of his teammates through his headphones, and Mat's immediately scrambling, pulling the headset on and rushing out a quick goodbye. He turns off the game and tosses his headset onto the couch beside him, his whole body turning toward you.

"At 'The Debrief?'" Mat asks. If he were a dog, you would swear his ears would be perked all the way up and his tail would be wagging.

You nod, an excited smile on your face as you head to the fridge and grab the already open bottle of champagne, and when Mat sees it, he flies over the back of the couch and scrambles to grab the glasses from the cabinet.

"No fucking way," he says as he moves, just as excited, placing the glasses down on the kitchen counter in front of you.

"Do you want to guess who it involves? Or should I just tell you?" You ask, pouring the champagne in the glass first, and Mat tops it off with the orange juice he grabbed from the fridge.

"Just tell me," Mat insists. "I've been waiting for this since you left."

This had become a tradition between the two of you over the last six months.

Every two weeks, on a Sunday, you and your best friends gather at a bistro or café and catch up on everything going on in the others lives. You'd been friends with them since you were kids, lasting throughout high school and college combined, and now that you're all adults with your own lives, it's the main way to ensure you keep in touch.

Mat had gone to one of them when you first started dating. You forgot that you'd made plans with him on the same Sunday as what you and your friends liked to call "The Debrief," and your friends had been so excited to meet him that they encouraged you to bring him along.

Needless to say, Mat had never had so much fun being involved in gossip in his life.

"You hear things being on the team," he had told you after you'd left that day. "But none of them are that exciting. It's like watching a reality show unfold in real life."

Since then, he'd begged to go with you each time, but you always had to let him down to remind him that "The Debrief" is a closed event, and that he can't always tag along just because. But he'd been so sad about being told he couldn't be involved, you came up with this compromise.

After every day you went to "The Debrief," you'd come home to him and start what he dubbed as "The Mimosa Memo," where you'd summarize what you learned that morning and Mat could still feel like he was involved.

You take a swig of the mimosa, then lean your elbows on the counter and blurt out "Drea's older sister is pregnant."

Mat's mouth drops open, genuine disbelief on his face. "No! Alyssa? Is the dad the married fin tech dude?"

"Yep," you confirm, and Mat groans out loud.

"She's keeping the baby?!" He exclaims, and when you nod, he takes a swig of his own mimosa, shaking his head. "Andrea needs to talk some sense into her."

"Oh, she tried," you admit, recounting your friend's frustrated face. "I don't think I've ever seen Drea so mad before. Lyss even told Drea she was convinced that this would mean he would leave his wife for good."

Mat scoffs. "Yeah, alright."

"That's not even the best part," you insist after taking another sip.

You laugh as Mat's eyeballs bug out again, and he makes a 'hurry up' gesture with his hands. "Spit it out, I'm dying over here!"

"Fin tech bro?" You begin dramatically, feeling excitement when the anticipation is all over Mat's face. "His wife just found out she's pregnant too."

The gasp that leaves Mat's mouth is both vindicating and hilarious, and you can't help but laugh at his reaction. "Does Alyssa know?"

You shake your head. "We just found out at brunch. We Instagram stalked him, found his wife's account, and she posted a picture celebrating the end of her first trimester literally two days after Lyss found out she was pregnant."

Mat shakes his head, completely flabbergasted. He takes another large swig of his mimosa, and sighs, like he's exhausted by the drama that isn't even his. "What did Lyss say when Drea told her?"

You shrug, and Mat stares at you. "Drea said she was going to tell her when she got home."

"Are you kidding me?!" He pouts. "You're telling me I have to wait another two weeks to find out?"

You smirk, hiding behind the rim of your glass. "Guess so."

His nostrils flare, and his shoulders sag. "If Drea texts you before then you have to tell me about it."

You raise a brow at him. Usually he's eager, but not this eager. "Why?"

A slight flush creeps up his cheeks. "No reason."

"Mathew." You deadpan. "What did you do?"

He stares at his glass like it's the most interesting thing the entire world. "I.....may or may not have told a few people a couple of things I learned from 'The Debrief' and 'The Mimosa Memo' and they may or may not also want updates."

You stare at him blankly. "So you told Tito, Tyson, and Ethan."

"And Lianna," he clarifies. "But that's it."

A groan leaves your lips, and you tip back the rest of your mimosa. "See, this is why you're not allowed at 'The Debrief,' you've got loose lips."

"You're the one telling me stuff!"

"I'm allowed to! The rules extend to significant others, but not beyond that!"

Mat frowns. "So if I can't tell the guys about Drea's sister?"

You roll your eyes, pouring more champagne and head straight to your bathroom to run a bubble bath, ignoring Mat's cries of protests as you retreat.

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cressthebest · 22 days

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Crimson Rivers thoughts pt. 9

chapter 16:

1. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 mulciber

2. ew. why does mulciber have to be clever?

3. holy shit. james thought reg died, so he brutally murdered mulciber. and kept chipping away even once the cannon sounded. holy shit

4. thank GOD they’re both reunited and hugging right now

5. not the note that sirius put in the canister 😭😭😭😭 “baby”. like, that was so passive aggressive and for what reason

6. oh got it. it’s a code to regulus as a tip to fake a relationship for the cameras

7. awww james brushes his thumb across reg’s cheek to apply salve. but also, that’s such a tender moment

8. ugly sobbing. james just misses sirius

9. AGAIN i will forever cry over what evan meant to regulus

10. god poor sirius. he had another memory lapse. that hurts.

11. (also the way sirius was able to note that ref genuinely has feelings for james because he’d never purposefully show soppy emotions like that to the world. so clearly calling james “baby” was an accident)

12. awww sirius offers to show his scars if remus shows his. that’s such an intimate thought

13. i feel bad that sirius has to do damage control for reg’s grief over evan

14. god, it’s the fact that both of effie and monty’s children had to go through the arena.

15. awww lyall and hope lupin’s love story is so sweet

16. AWWWWW crying again! sirius is going to tell effie and monty all about remus

17. “Remus glances over at Sirius and smiles slightly, because if there's one thing that Hope and Lyall taught him about love, it's that a happy middle is just as special.” 😧😧 what? and i’m supposed to be okay after reading that? like, i’m supposed to be okay?

chapter 17:

1. OMG WHAT??? LILY POV????

2. not the chapter starting with comments about how big lily’s boobs are 😭😭 also, i’m but a simple girl. i am now thinking about her boobs too

3. 😧 lily is connected to dorcas? and knew about fabian and gideon?? ARE WE GONNA GET TO SEE LILY EVANS??

4. OMG SHE LIVES IN THE PHOENIX WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO DISTRICT THIRTEEN!!! FUCK YEAH (also i hope that this means that dumbledore’s death will be parallel to Coin)

5. lily is a menace and i love her for it

6. NO lily thinks remus is dead! babe, i promise you he’s alive! and he misses you too! everyday!

7. girl this is NOT dumbledores place. who gave him the right to tell that to lily? it’s not his place to say that she doesn’t have anyone left to love. doesn’t matter that it’s true. it’s not his damn place

8. eleven tributes left in the arena. gods i’m so worried

9. NOOO MOLLY!! THIS IS SO SAD

10. i’m still not okay over fab and gid’s deaths. and i’m still curious as to why

11. GIRL WHAT THE FUCK?? molly just started choking dorcas. i get she’s angry, but like, goddamn

12. AHHHHH they were involved in the order of the phoenix!!! that’s why!!!

13. sirius is watching james breathe on screen and is MATCHING his breathing. that really hurts and i can’t pinpoint why, but it does

14. james talking to sirius through the screen hurts so badly. he just misses his best friend. he says sirius is the strongest person he knows. everything hurts

15. “"Another word out of you, and I'll put my hands down yours just to rip your fucking cock off," Regulus hisses” LMAOOOOO

16. wolfstar banter >>>>>>>

17. “"I'd take being something with you over being everything with anyone else," Sirius tells him.” jfc i’m not okay after reading that. that sentence summarizes ALL of wolfstar perfectly

18. WOLFSTAR??? KISS?? OH BOY I AM BLESSED TONIGHT!!

19. dear lord i do not believe in, protect wolfstar in this lifetime and give them a happy ending

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Can't send asks from my sideblog, but this is @chewing-the-drywall

I feel like much of s2 fell into Frenchie's "we put it in the box and then lock it and don't open it again" in the sense that it set up A LOT that I was intrigued about how they would address it, but it either never was mentioned again or was handled poorly.

Examples range from light, like how I wish we saw more of the crew interacting with each other in ways that built on their characters from S1, where in S2 they didn't feel any more developed, or even regressed. (Example, Fang used the word Fingies 2-3 times through S2, and it felt like they were using it almost as a shorthand for his character, rather than making him feel more real and multidimensional as a character.)

100% @chewing-the-drywall. When I first heard that line I had I was so excited for the story to prove Frenchie wrong. Or show how important it can be to put aside problems to stay alive in the moment. But in the end, this one line summarized how the season handled everyone, besides Stede and Ed. Below, is an in depth discussion on where this season decided to spend it's limited amount of time. Instead of focusing on the characters and plotlines they'd already established.

This season had so MANY ideas it wanted to touch on.

Izzy trying to deal with his unrequited love and opening up to a new way of living. The traumatized 'Revenge' crew trying to adapt to a softer way of life again. The abandoned crew learning how to help their traumatized friends. Introducing new characters like Zheng, Auntie, and Archie into our main group. Setting up a conflict to resolve in season three. Along the way, referencing Pirates of history like Ned Low, Mary Reed, and Anne Bonny.

Notice, I've said all this and we're not even at our romantic leads.

Which is fine. Stories are fluid things. As long as the story knows how to flow from our leads to our side characters. Which leads us to how I feel this show took a lot of time away from establishing our central crew-

[Warning- this will be a controversial opinion- I want to know what y'all think about this] Zheng/Oluwande. This seasons habit of retreading old plotlines and referencing scenes from S1.

What S1 did so well was paralleling the side stories with what was going on with Ed/Stede. Usually, highlighting how well Stede/Ed worked by showing how much Ed/Izzy DIDN'T work. Or general hijinks that tied into the plot (Oluwande and Frenchie on the French ship).

Season 2 chose to parallel our main story with what was going on between Zheng/Oluwande as a budding romance and Izzy's slow recovery. The reason Zheng/Oluwande scenes felt like a waste for me in that the story was JUST a retelling the story we watched from S1.

A frustrated first mate(Auntie), and a legendary captain(Zheng) fighting over the captain falling in love with an idiot(Olu). In season 2, much like every callback for me, it felt like it slowed down the plot by pulling us out of the story. Like...yeah, you did the thing again, do you want me to applaud you for it?

I LIKE Zheng and Oluwande as a couple! I like that Oluwande was debating leaving Stede and taking Jim and Archie with him. But at the same time, I didn't care about Zheng until episode 7 when she beat up Stede, showing that yes. She's not just some all powerful woman taken down by a mix of love(the crew in ep3) and thinking that she was above it all (ep 7). She's fast on her feet, smart, and willing to stab someone who gets in her way. She's her own person. But.

Every other scene that established her was about her romance, felt like we could have put Rhys and Taika in there. It didn't feel...unique. It's as if the show only knows 1 way to write a romance between a badass and a bumbling idiot. Again. Oluwande in season 1 wasn't dumb in the same way everyone else was. He was protective of Jim, a bit nervous overall, but he was the person the crew chose to lead them. The season just dumbed everyone down a bit and called it a day.

This comes to the larger issue. When we only have eight episodes I don't want to rewatch the exact same plot beats with different characters. Time spent here ends up taking away from other stories we could have told about trauma and growing as a family and other forms of growing as a family. We didn't need another romance plot line. Imagine taking this time instead to show Lucius reaching out to Pete AND the crew for help. Or Frenchie finally feeling safe enough to play his lute. Or Roach helping Fang get over his thing with cakes-you get my point.

The fact we took all the found family stuff from season one, and pushed it onto only Izzy in S2 means when he dies, all the found family shit falls away. His death makes us realize we've been ignoring the central family we were supposed to care about. Because in so many words, their trauma was ignored.

[I even theorize if Izzy was alive and sailed away with them. Showing how he was taken in and loved by his crew, the ending wouldn't feel so hollow. This crew doesn't feel like a caring family. The person who protected them for months died, wasn't mourned, and then they threw a wedding the same day. Not even a full day to mourn. The 'New Revenge' feels like a heartless crew of characters we barely recognize because they aren't a family like they were at the end of S1. More like coworkers who sometimes fall in love with eachother.]

Trauma, Timelines, and Tonal issues when jumping from Episodes 1-3 to Episodes 4-5.

When the crews meet up, the story chooses to focus on the fun plot. Ed and Stede recovering their relationship, only dipping back into that serious tone when Izzy or Lucius come on screen to 'make things sad' again. I don't think the transition from 'serious' to 'comedy' was handled well.

I don't have an official timeline of the events of season two. But from what I remember, everything happens within 2 weeks.

In episode 4, Stede ignored the vote of his crew- to let the man who was torturing half his 'FAMILY' for at least 80 days- back aboard. This rubbed me the wrong way, as it showed Stede being a selfish prick in a way that could seriously harm his crew. That's when I started to see how not adding a *single* time-skip mid-season would hurt S2.

Imagine if we had a one-week off-screen time skip between episodes 4 and 5.

Maybe it's implied that they stay in that town for a bit. Izzy would a bit more time to learn to move on his new leg and start to open up to those he already trusts. Include a scene of Izzy WITH the crew, maybe laughing about something with the old traumatized crew, even if it's just a 30-second opener. Imply that the traumatized crew would have more time to settle in with the family they miss. Show that yeah, the traumatized crew needs more time to heal. Imply at the start of the 'Ed apology' that Ed and Stede have had more time to talk their issues out.

THEN have Ed apologize. You can even keep the bullshit corporate to show that Ed still has to work for this.

Healing takes time. Setting a series over the span of two weeks after half your cast was tortured by your lead love interest? After five of your main crew thought they would sail off into a storm and die after months of stress and life threatening battles? Why did that shit get shoved to the side so quickly?

Framing episode 5 as the START of Ed making amends with the crew, only to drop the plot by episode 7? Not a smart move. Because let's be honest, 'poison into positivity' in episode 6, referring to the fact that they sold all of Ed's loot to pay for the party, ignores the sacrifices the crew made to live that long. (The death of Ivan, and intense trauma they all need to work through). In a way, Ed throwing this party was him asking the crew to start putting everything away in that imaginary box.

It's Ed retroactively letting himself say 'hey, that time I spent torturing my captives was worth it because we got something good out of it' while still ignoring his own guilt. Ed needed to take accountability for his actions. No more 'I took 'a' mans leg' bullshit. The reason his arc feels so unsatisfying is that the plot easily forgives him. Fuck. I hate what they did for Ed's arc, but that's not the point.

Overall.

My issue with this season is not that it chose to do these topics, it's that it didn't think about the implications of what they were bringing up. It didn't dare to think 'maybe it's fucked if we quickly brush off a trauma like this'. Again. I know we have to blame MAX for cutting off two episodes. But I don't think 2 additional episodes would fix a tone problem seen going from episodes 3-4.

Fucking hell. Each member of the revenge had the potential for their own arc, so it's baffling to see them all reduced to 'well meaning idiot' when they all felt so fleshed out in S1.

When izzy gives his speech about belonging, there's a reason the only image in the show of the crew all together was from S1.

At the end of the day, Season 2 didn't let our surviving side characters grow. This is a mean spirited bit on how I feel the writers see the their own characters.

Stede and Ed are our leads. They won't die, not in this genera. Their shitty actions will be forgiven because it's a comedy, and as long as it's joked about, it holds no weight. They won't die. They won't get fatally hurt. Their trauma will be taken seriously, but it's a 50/50 on if they'll talk about it before breaking up again. They will eventually get a happy ending, their trauma looked at head on, because duh.

Jim, Olu, Lucius, Pete? Characters who used to have defined personalities in S1, but haven't been defined much beyond their relationships with their partners? Whose trauma might be mentioned, but will quickly be 'resolved' in one scene? Shame. Seems like they're only useful as set dressing, But we might make you useful as interchangeable side characters to riff against. Oh, and you're in love! Isn't that cool!

Izzy? I'll just quote Jenkins here. "To have him become a father figure to Blackbeard, and on some level to the rest of the crew, and to see him become the heart of why we’re giving pirates the chance to stand for being able to live how you choose. In reality, they’re thieves and criminals, but what our pirates stand for is a life of belonging to something larger than they are in the face of a crushing, slightly fascist normalcy." So...Is Izzy a pirate and accepted into the Revenge family? Or is he still an outsider? Jenkins gave us a romcom but still defines Izzy's character as that of one stuck in a drama/tragedy. Point and laugh, because tonally these two things clash HARD and will make an audience lose trust in it's writers unless well established. Leading us to the entire issue we've pointed out of not letting your characters actions hold in dramatic weight in your story.

Frenchie, Wee John, Roach, and Fang- Ah. No love interests again...shit. Well. Background actors it is... for now. We'll see. But we need 2 more scenes of the couple breaking up, so MAYBE you'll get some backstory hinted at in dialogue. You all have 1 thing your good at, so that's easy enough to put you where you belong.

Buttons and Swede? Well. They're still alive!! Don't be sad, fans :) The actors just couldn't show up anymore. We don't want our silly happy queer pirate rom com to not end on a happy ending! (Closes the lid of the trash can where they're keep Con O'Neill a bit tighter, thanking God Con was silenced by a strike this entire season from social media)

Do you agree, or disagree? Leave any lingering thoughts down below!

I'd love to chat down below.

#I am absolutely screwing myself over spelling-wise by adding a poll but fuck it. That's what we do #Overall: Just because you can fit something into your story doesn't mean it needs to be shown on screen.#I wanted to add a section of all the scenes I'd cut/tighten to make my added scenes work but I don't think we're there yet as a fandom #I theorize that the reason they couldn't change the script and had to hack it up was due to them already having 10 episodes fully written #also I SWEAR I LIKE ZHENG- but the part of me that sees her as a hollow Ed 'narrative mirror' finds her a bit boring until episode 7 #I LOVED her ship and how she hated Stede. But that's just because I generally don't enjoy Stede when he's unquestioned #Stede on her ship was a pacified lamb slowly getting fattened for the slaughter. She would have turned on him SO EASILY. She almost did too #I semi-tolerated Ed/Stede's love story of not communicating and puppy love. Seeing it again but sped up didn't make me like it more #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd critical #?#yeah I'll tag that just to be safe #izzy hands #edward teach #ofmd s2 finale #ofmd season 2 spoilers #ofmd s2 meta #ofmd s2 analysis #trauma

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10 Foreshadowing of Kakashi (and Obito)’s story on Wave arc

Inspired by @professor-of-naruto ‘s tags on this post that I agreed so much and prompted me to make this rare Kishimoto appreciation post. I may have some beef with Kishimoto’s writing choice, but there is a reason why Naruto series is so well-liked. Kakashi is one of character who is very satisfying to rewatch because his whole story is unveiled little by little with some hints on the prior, and Kishimoto delivered it (quite) perfectly.

As Kakashi fan, reading Wave arc after knowing all Kakashi’s past story, feel so different and I noticed many details that would get callback on future chapters. I compiled 10 of them, but probably there are other hints that I miss, feel free to correct me anytime.

1. Heroes’ tale start with a bridge

Probably the most obvious similarities on this list, but still very noteworthy. Wave arc is practically the mission that started Naruto’s journey as hero. In the mission to protect the construction of a bridge, Naruto learned to empathized with Inari, learned about Haku’s philosophy and the reality of shinobi, to then he used his ultimate technique of “Talk-no-Jutsu” for the very first time, a.k.a Naruto’s ability to touch people’s hearts by his words and determined actions, that made him the Savior.

While in the past, on a destruction of a bridge, unfolds a tale that shaped Kakashi’s journey as the formidable hero we all know and admire. Just like Naruto learned many things from Wave arc, Kakashi also got many things from Kakashi Gaiden arc, like his Sharingan, the first time he safely used Chidori, along with his prime philosophy “those who abandon one of their friend are worse than scum”. And in narrative standpoint, both arc and last monologue are treated as “the start of hero’s journey”.

I personally like how Kishimoto drew hopeful atmosphere of Naruto with the finished bridge,

in contrast with bittersweet feeling of Kakashi panel along with the destroyed bridge.

2. “Please understand him. He has his own side of the story”

There are many things that I feel disconnected with Naruto fandom regarding Kakashi’s character interpretation, but perhaps one of the most memorable whip-slash for me is how most Naruto fandom portray Kakashi as this rigid sadistic military teacher. For example, this video summarized fandom’s collective agreement that Minato is the soft nurturing teacher while Kakashi beats his students left and right during training. I was like, yeah Kakashi has his stern moment, but it was started and ended on Bell test. After that, he’s actually a very gentle teacher just like Minato, if not more. And we’ve shown this even since the early Wave arc, when his student Naruto scolded Inari harshly and Kakashi tried to explained Naruto’s circumstances to Inari.

Just like Minato explained the circumstances of Kakashi that made him utter such harsh words to Obito (the difference is in Wave arc Kakashi is the one who took the initiative).

And then both of these gentle senseis tried to instill that, despite those harsh words, Kakashi and Naruto actually care for Obito and Inari in their own way.

(seeing those two panel next to each other made my heart flutters, like boy you really grew up beautifully from a bitter boy to a gentle man)

3. Rule-breaker dads, their tragic death, and their changed sons

@panharmonium already made an outstanding meta about this (must read!), that Kaiza’s tale is eerily so similar with Sakumo’s tragic story, both violent and quite frankly dishonorable death in front of their sons as the result of “disrupted the order of the land”.

And just like Inari ripped his dad’s photo from the family picture, Kakashi also never spoke about his father ever since his suicide. After those tragic deaths, memories of their dads must be so painful for both little Kakashi and Inari.

It was not shown but very likely on that panel above little Kakashi had the exact same face as Inari when he watched Kaiza’s death.

4. “Hero is real, and does exist!”

Our MC Naruto, after hearing Kaiza’s story, felt motivated to train more and be a hero like Kaiza, similar with how Obito validated Sakumo’s heroic action to Kakashi after hearing Sakumo’s story.

It’s up to interpretation, but I think Kakashi rose up a little from his chair when Naruto made his declaration. Considering how much Kakashi noted how similar Naruto with kid Obito on War arc, I wonder if he saw Naruto’s back and reminded him of Obito’s back on this scene

5. Familiar Kyuubi chakra

On Naruto’s first Kyuubi awakening, non-Konoha shinobi like Zabuza and Haku were understandably had no clue about the nature of chakra that they felt. They just sensed that it was appalling and dangerous.

But Kakashi immediately recognized the power, noting how foul and evil it is, how it’s familiar to him, with a little bit denial because it’s Kakashi we are talking about here.

(sometimes I admire Kakashi’s “innocence”. After everything that happen to him, he still had in him to be surprised when the universe decided to throw some shits on him. Bijuu break-out on your first combative mission? Yeah after your friend turned into Bijuu bomb things like that might as well happen in your life, Kakashi)

400+ chapters later, we’ve shown why the chakra felt familiar to him, because Kakashi is one of people who sensed Kurama’s chakra even before the Kyuubi incident, the incident that took his Sensei’s life.

6. Break the mask

Honestly my personal favorite parallel because how neat and detailed Kishimoto made them to the point that I squealed hard when I put these side by side. This one is actually more about premonition of what would happen in later story than parallel from revealed backstory, but the scene when Naruto Kyuubi-punched Haku to break his mask,

has the exact same proposition with the scene of Tobito rasengan unmasking that happen like 583 chapters later, down to the angle, body gesture, even line separation between each panel.

After noticing this, I am like 99% sure that Kishimoto already planned Tobito plot-twist (and the major line of Kakashi’s past team story) on Wave arc.

7. “Who are you?”

Speaking about unmasking, there’s a nice little foreshadowing about Tobito plot twist on Wave arc. This cover is from the early chapter 16, the cover that mark the first Obito appearance on Naruto series. Obito who is one of 2 main Big Bad in War arc that happen like 600+ chapter later (I don’t count Kaguya and Black Zetsu is a background party who shamelessly took credit on the last minutes), but Obito is also the inspiration of Kakashi’s philosophy of valuing comrades, that he passed down to Team 7 on Bell Test.

The said chapter also the first time Haku’s face were shown behind his mask. Haku, who is one of 2 main antagonist on Wave arc, but also the one who gave Naruto his philosophy to be strong for the sake of protecting his important people.

These last two points, along with the clues that Kishimoto threw ever since the introduction of Tobi, should made it obvious that Tobito plot twist was planned since the beginning. I think people who still thought that Tobito is a retcon till this day just can’t understand how clever Kishimoto’s storytelling works.

9. Shinobi 25th rule

The damned rule that literally no one uphold except perhaps Kakashi (which is not healthy at all my man please cry more!) got mentioned first by Sakura on Wave arc.

And it was talked again on Kakashi Gaiden by Kakashi, obviously. While the rule was treated like off-handed trivia on Wave arc, this no-crying rule is like, big deal on Kakashi Gaiden. They even had a chapter titled “Crybaby” to emphasis this point.

The arc also shows that this 25th shinobi rule is apparently applied to all shinobis regardless of their nationality.

(I don’t like this rule at all please tell me someone remove it in the end)

9. Willingly jump in front of Chidori

This point is the content of the post that inspire me, so yeah I add it for good measure, hehe. But seriously, Kishimoto made a very nice (not for Kakashi) parallel between the shocking way (pun not intended) of Haku’s death by throwing himself in front of Kakashi’s chidori,

It’s so similar with the scene of Rin’s death, along with their last word being the name of someone they loved (platonically or romantically) and willing to die for.

There’s also notable change of Kakashi’s attitude on the battle after Haku’s death, from being not really invested to the fight apart from his job and protecting his students,

to take the fight personally and quite possessively, along with gentle treatment toward the deceased Haku.

Haku’s death by his Chidori possibly reminded Kakashi of the devastation that he felt when Rin committed suicide on his hand. Both scenes also has panels focused on Kakashi’s bloodied hand after he did the deed unwillingly.

10.”Do you really mean that?”

After Haku’s corpse got kicked by Gato, Zabuza who was still deep in shinobi mentality nonchalantly acted as if he valued Haku only for the service that the boy could provide to him.

Just like Kakashi in Kakashi Gaiden diminished Rin’s earnest help as “her job”.

Hearing that, Naruto and Obito understandably pissed off and yelled about how both Rin and Haku cared for Kakashi and Obito with their whole hearts, beyond their role as allied shinobi.

Facing those cold words, Naruto also tried to ensure whether Zabuza truly meant for the cruel things he said.

And Obito did the same to Kakashi 100+ chapters later.

This segment also got a nice callback on War arc like 500+ chapters later, but this time from Naruto to Obito.

Yum, me love some parallel, preferably with hundreds of chapter gaps. Just like @mabledonut said, I want to know how Kishimoto thought on how he crafted his story with such big chapter gaps and callbacks because it’s just fantastic.

Tl ; dr = I really wanna see Wave arc from Kakashi’s point of view. Because I can totally see after Team 7 came back to Konoha, Kakashi laid down on his shuriken bed, contemplation how the hell after he finally passed a team and accepted them as his responsibility, the first combative mission that they had turned into A rank mission that push the majority of his button trauma. Then after Kakashi realized that he was stuck with them for the next years and beyond, he was like,

(unbeknownst to him, Team 7 shenanigans is the world’s way to give him a giant therapy program)

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Build Up Ep 8, Part 2: 💖Guilty 💖

Hello and welcome to another Build Up recap in the series! In the previous one we saw a team rock out! In this one, we’ll see a team get sexxxy. I have a lot to say! Let’s do this!

We start off with the team coming out on stage as usual and greeting everyone. They joke that Donghun and Jeup are the parents and that Woong and Bain are their sons #1 and #2.

Left to right: Bain (Just B), Donghun (A.C.E.), Jeup (IMFACT), Woong (AB6IX)

Their name is transliterated Dongupjadur, I think? It’s written in a really stylized way and my hangul reading skills aren’t quite up to it.

As they’re coming out, the other teams backstage wonder out loud if the guys will be showing their abs -- specifically, if Jeup will be showing his abs. When I was watching this episode for the first time, I didn’t know that Jeup showing his abs was that a thing that could happen. I was like… What? Jeup? Abs? Tell me more!

Ohhh.

등 부시러 갑니다 = “I’m going to break my back.”

So you’re telling me that he just looked like that? Under his s w e a t e r s? THE WHOLE TIME?

Anyway, the team is going to… perform? A song? Something like that. What? Yeah, a song. This is a singing competition. I remember now.

The judges say that the combination is unexpected, and yeah, it kind of is. They’re all good, but aside from Donghun and Jeup singing one song together, no one in this group has performed with anyone else from this group so far on this show. So… what is the unifying concept? Why did Jeup pick them? You guys. YOU GUYS. I have so much to say. More on this soon.

We flash back to them meeting… on a… I don’t know, staircase. A big wide staircase.

Just like, a good staircase to have a meeting on, you know? We’ve all had meetings on big indoor staircases, why am I even explaining this?

Woong asks Jeup why he chose Bain and himself.

s w e a t e r

Jeup basically answers that Bain and Woong are good singers and he wanted to work with them and make a team that can do anything. Hmmm.

On a first watch, I wondered if maybe the real reason was that he wanted a group full of debuted idols? Bain is from Just B, Woong is from AB6IX, Jeup is from IMFACT, and Donghun is from A.C.E. But that just doesn’t seem convincing, does it? Ok, like I said, more on this soon.

The guys do a little skit where they pretend to be choosing a song together, but it seems obvious when you watch it that they already know what they’re doing, and what they’ll be doing is Guilty, the song by Taemin. That’s a ballsy choice! A choice full of balls!

Ok, a little bit about Taemin, in case you don’t know him well. He’s a member of SHINee, the same group that was once home to Jonghyeon who we talked about a lot during the 2x2 round. Taemin was only 13 when he debuted, and at the time, he basically couldn’t sing. At all. Like, at all at all. He was there to dance -- and boy can this guy dance -- and to be a cute maknae.

Over the years, a combination of a lot of hard work and some really good vocal training has made him a quite good vocalist. He also absolutely, positively drips with charisma -- both as in the sense of “star quality” and in the sense of “sexiness”. If you have never listened to Move or Want, you’ve been missing out, so rectify that ASAP.

Guilty came out in October of ‘23, shortly after Taemin came back from military service. He’s said in interviews that he drew inspiration for the album from a book called Erotisicm by a philsopher named George Bataille. A summary of the book: “Bataille challenges any single discourse on the erotic. … Investigating desire prior to and extending beyond the realm of sexuality, he argues that eroticism is ‘a psychological quest not alien to death.’” Well, ok then! So that’s the book that inspired him. What about the song itself? Well, the lyrics could be summarized: You know you want me, baby!

In other words, my friends, the song is a fuck song. And boy, do fuck songs do well on shows like this. Consider Boys Planet, if you will. Songs like Love Killa were always going to beat songs like Home. Team Over Me was always going to place ahead of Switch.

In addition to being a fuck song, Guilty is a good song, but I don’t know if it’s fucking good, if you feel me? Something about it -- I don’t know, I didn’t fall in love with it the way I did with Move and Want. In fact, the day I first watched the episode, I had actually skipped Guilty when it came up in my shuffle. Twice. Don’t get mad at me sometimes I have to hear some EXO or I’ll die okay?

Alright, back the episode. Where were we? Oh yeah, the guys were pretending that this was the moment that they chose the song. The show reminds us that Guilty, with its attention grabbing choreography, is a popular “challenge” right now, for idols and just anyone who thinks their belly is flat enough. (Hwang Soyeon, where are you?)

Woong points out that they really have to do the up-the-shirt-neck-grab move -- and he’s right, I mean imagine doing Gashina and not doing the finger guns? Some choreography is so connected to the song that you can’t take it away without missing it a lot. They also know, though, that they have to prioritize good vocals.

Next question -- should they all show their abs? The immediate answer is yes, but -- and this is really interesting to me -- Donghun gestures to his ab area and says “I’m going to wear Heattech in here.” I did some research and can’t find anything on singers traditionally keeping their abdomen warm in order to sing better, though it doesn’t seem completely crazy. I have a chronic illness (endometriosis) and I know that heat is really great therapy for a lot of things, but I just have never heard of singers doing this.

Plus, go with me on this -- even though in their little skit Donghun is the one who appears to suggest Guilty as their song, he apparently hadn’t thought through the necessary ab exposure or he wouldn’t be bringing this up now as a possible issue. See what I mean about it just being a skit? I’m pretty sure that Jeup had already picked out the song when he put the group together and then for some reason had to make it look like someone else was suggesting it when they filmed this scene.

And poor Bain is like, um, guys, I don’t *have* abs. Bain isn’t skin stretched over muscles like most kpop idols, it seems. That’s ok, Bain, I still love ya! I sure as hell don’t have visible abs. He says he thinks he needs to work out, as if it’s possible to go from not having abs to having abs in like, two weeks. Sorry, dude, that is not happening, or at least, not without doing something super dangerous for your health.

Anyway, luckily for the team, they have a leader who can also lead them in personal training.

The show gives us some good shots of Jeup’s bod, and in the interest of thoroughly covering this topic, I’ll take a screen shot.

What can I say -- I’m a hard worker. (That’s what he said!)

Then the guys go work out with Jeup and he does fucking leglifts hanging from a bar the way you’d lift a single finger.

“It’s easy,” he says. “Just hang on. And just put your legs up.” Sure. Just do that. Just. Do. That.

They all take a turn doing this incredibly difficult advanced move. Woong asks Jeup to hold him up from behind and says “I feel like I’m going to die,” but he can do it. He has abs already, anyway.

Donghun also needs Jeup to hold him up, but he can also basically do the move.

It turns out that Bain absolutely cannot do the move -- he can’t hang there and he can’t lift up his legs. So the whole team helps him.

I think it’s supposed to be funny? It’s a weird combination of horrible (because Bain is the butt of the joke) and oddly wholesome (because they’re all approaching it with kindness), but it’s also kind of wrong, because “abs start in the kitchen,” meaning, that it’s much more about whether you have abdominal fat than whether you have abdominal muscles. So all this work will not actually give him visible ads unless he, IDK, does this for two hours a day and also doesn’t eat, which is a bad thing to do.

They also do some rehearsing at BR N W MUSIC, whatever that might be!

And that brings us to performance day! Right before they perform, Yeo One backstage says that Donghun drew his abs on with a marker. Hey, man, don’t blow up his spot like that.

It’s time to perform, which means it’s also time for a commercial!

Full version without reactions

Alright, I want to talk about the performance itself and believe me I will but first, get your tinfoil hat ready because I think I know why Jeup picked out this group. It became clear to me as I watched the performance and did some thinking.

It’s because

Jeup is very smart

Jeup knows what a mostly-female survival-show audience loves best is sparkles in their pants

Jeup selected the other three guys on the show that can pull off a sexy concept most easily.

Look, I am not saying that I find any of these guys besides Jeup particularly sexy when they’re just goofing around. But they’re all sexy when they perform! Or rather, I should say, they create a sexy mood. Let me explain.

Have you ever listened to a sad song that makes you tear up a little, even though you’re not actually sad about anything in real life? Or maybe a song kind of makes you feel inspired and lifted up? Into the New World by SNSD does that for me. Or maybe a song makes you feel snarky and sarcastic, like Wife by G-Idle. It’s like that, but with sexiness. You get to live in a sexy world for a few minutes, without it being focused at anyone or anything in particular.

To put it differently: it’s like they emit the smell of baking cookies, only instead of baking cookies, it’s sex. You breathe it in instead of actually… having it.

Woong, Bain, and Donghun can all do the sexy concept. Not everyone can do sexy. In EXO, for example, I’d argue that Xiumin and D.O. struggle with sex appeal in performances, despite their beautiful faces; that’s part of why a comeback like Obsession was only possible when those two were away in the military. Suho can kind of do sexy on stage, but that’s helped by the fact that to me he seems the sexiest off stage. I don’t know, I guess it’s all subjective of course, but “doing sexy” is different from “being sexy” and both are different from actual sex.

So yeah, Bain can do sexy, abs or no abs. That’s why his whispering “like a river!” in River worked.

Woong can do sexy, as you can tell if you watch AB6IX perform.

And Donghun can do sexy, despite being kind of not sexy at all in real life.

Jeup knows that he’s a Kai/Hyunjin/Kang Daniel/Baekho/Wyatt type, and he knows that he has to give the ladies sparkles in their pants. That’s why he had to ditch Suhwan, despite Suhwan’s strong vocals. He needed a group that could be his backup sexies as he hit us full bore with the force of his sexiness.

And boy can this boy do sexy. I actually learned how to make gifs in order to make this one:

Just Park Jeup stroking his mic stand lightly all the way down, while Donghun hits a high note. Jeup is a fucking genius, and yes, I mean that. He knows exactly what he’s doing. It's funny because I later on noticed that all of them are doing the microphone stand stroke, but Jeup is the one who the editors decided to highlight, and I mean, come on. Yes. He does it best.

The ab reveal was fine. I think Jeup is sexier just staring into the camera, but that’s just me. Here are some gifs to delight you:

Did Woong tear his shirt?

As to the song and the performance itself.

I am now the world’s foremost expert on this song as I have listened to it approximately one million times in the past few days. I listen to it the way I listen to an EXO song -- noticing each new voice (“ooh, that’s Jeup! Ooh that’s Bain!”) and enjoying it.

And in my expert opinion, this was PERFECT -- the perfect choice of song, the perfect group, the perfect performance. There were high notes for Jeup to croon, whispered parts for Bain to whisper, emotional parts for Donghun to emote, and sassy parts for Woong to sass. And they all did their jobs.

I almost don’t even want to analyze their various vocals because I just love this so much, but I also do want to because they were so good. First off, if you listen to the studio version that was released and compare it to the live version, the live version is actually better. Seriously. There isn’t a note out of place here.

GOD but my Bain is SO GOOD. I am so proud of myself for picking him out at the start of the show as my main pick. He’s so good. His voice is just perfect. His adlib at 3:16 in to the Youtube version is so gorgeous. His technique is so clean, with no closed throat sounds or a feeling of being out of control of pitch or anything like that, ever. No nasality that I notice. Just the perfect amount of vibrato. It’s just perfect overall. His vocals are my favorite on this team.

Woong’s vocals are obviously not powerful and perfect like the other three’s but he adds this sassy contrast to the others. I wouldn’t swap him out for anyone else. He slightly reminds me of Woongki from Boys Planet -- offstage, not sexy at all, in fact kind of feminine seeming. And then give him the right concept (Supercharger for Woongki) and you see what he’s capable of.

Jeup is an absolutely top tier vocalist in addition to being a gorgeous man. I don’t know if I have anything more to say than that. It’s just like, yeah. Did you hear it? You heard it, right? I’m getting used to his vocal color and liking it more and more.

Donghun does a great job here too, obviously, especially in providing harmonies with the lightest touch imaginable. That’s a real talent. In fact, I think my favorite part is from :39 to :47, when Jeup and Donghun climb up that lazy scale together. It’s like a hand moving up your leg to your thigh. It’s really something.

See, Jeup is a genius. Everyone else kind of leans forward, like Donghun on the left. But Jeup keep his head up and just looks to the side, while leaning back slightly and tilting his pelvis up. He GETS it. How can someone look as tasty as Kai while also singing as well as Chen and not like, be the most famous person in Korea? I don’t get it.

I think I’m going to be cheering for Partners at this point. I just want this team to release a whole cover album with them singing like, IDK, Taemin’s entire catalog. I want this team to manifest. Just more singing like this.

EDIT: I just showed this performance to My Fella and he said, "So that won, right? That had to win. That made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up." My Fella is the best, isn't he?

Counter offer: I don’t really have one. This was the right song. Hoo boy. But if they had to pick out a song for next week (and I don’t think they do, based on what I think its next), I’d recommend Touch by NCT. There are lots of kinds of sexy, and they’ve already done the vaguely menacing kind of overt sexy, so next is the “boyfriend in jeans” sexy level to conquer. Alternatively maybe they could do Playboy by EXO (another song written by Jonghyun). It’s overtly sexy but in a jazzy flirty way instead of in an aggressive dangerous way.

Ok, so in the MNET edit the focus seems to be mostly on the shirt lift moment. There was a cute bit where Jeup the Genius gently strokes his collar bone area, as if to remind everyone of what’s under his shirt, and backstage, Wumuti is like, “hey! I was promised abs!!”

Wendy is impressed with Bain’s vocals

Jaehwan needs an adult!

So when they’re done, of course the audience goes batshit while the judges applaud. Jaehwan stands up and Wendy gives a thumbs up.

Backstage, the other guys have mixed reviews. They seem to think that this was pandering to the audience, but I think that’s unfair. I have been *listening* to this performance for days. Just on repeat while I’m on the plane or driving my stupid rental car around. If I could listen without watching or watch without listening, I’d much rather listen. I love this performance vocally, truly, I do. I respect the sexy cloud they generated, too. That’s not easy to do.

VCG compliments Woong and he lets out the cutest, goofiest grin.

The judges vote, and the highest score is revealed: It’s a 95 from VCG.

Seems like they’re pretty surprised by that.

Backstage, Haram says to his teammates that he’s not surprised by that high score. “You can’t ignore the sense of presence,” he explains. That’s the name of my next Jeup x reader fanfic -- “The Sense of Presence.”

VCG explains his grade. “I felt that the skills of reading the song for singers who have been on stage was different.” He also says that Donghun really understands the stage and how to change up his voice based on the flow of the performance.

Eunkwang says that the team had good teamwork -- that they divided the parts properly and worked well together.

Solar praises Woong, and he grins again.

Wendy asks about the killing part -- “Did you all work out together?” Ha ha!

VCG asks how they feel the ab reveal went -- did they get the response they were hoping for? I mean, if they were hoping from high pitched squeals from all the women -- and most of the men -- in the audience, then yes. Hilariously, Jeup can’t help but be honest and say that they had difficulties with that in rehearsal because their abs weren’t being revealed properly. They had to really work at it. I find the idea of them conscientiously making sure that their abs showed when they lifted up their shirts to be so funny. It’s this sensual move, and here they are like, “Is my shirt lifting properly? Let me adjust the angle. Hmm, I might need a different shirt. I think cotton slides more easily than poly blends.”

Solar’s like “it showed really well, don’t worry.” I mean, we know she was looking.

”Hey Solar, I know you do a bit of pole dancing. I do that too, on the side. It’s great for the abs. Want to hang out and work on our abs together? I know a lot of cool moves that will improve your balance and control. And abs. We can do ab lifts and drink supplement smoothies and then take pictures of each other for Instagram.” -- Jeup, probably

Backstage, Soomin wonders if his team should also show their abs, and Seohyung continues to be everyone’s favorite when he says:

“It’s kind of weird to reveal abs while saying MILKY UP.”

Dude, it’s kind of weird to do anything while saying MILKY UP. In fact, it’s weird to just say MILKY UP. I hate it.

And with that, we reach the end of this segment! We didn’t hear a single word of praise for Bain or Jeup’s vocals. Fuck that shit, man.

In the next post, we’ll visit with Waterfire, Wumuti’s team, who are doing a cover of Aespa’s Drama. See you then!

#mnet build up #bpr recaps build up #build up #build up mnet #park jeup #a.c.e donghun #ab6ix woong #bain #just b #a.c.e.#ab6ix #imfact

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daidonzo · 1 year

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Chapter 16 - I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again [Chishiya x Reader]

Chishiya got you out of the lobby before hell broke loose, his hand not having left yours since the game had been announced.

He had gone directly to the surveillance room, where you, him and Kuina watched what was going on. And it didn't help to ease your anxiety, on the contrary.

Aguni had stated that the Witch was not within the militants, of course, which left the rest of the residents of The Beach, all of them deemed suspicious. They would kill, and burn everyone in the pyre until the game would be declared over.

The images were frightening. Entire groups of people getting shot, stabbed. Begging for their lives, for mercy. Only there was none to be found. Everyone had gone crazy, the need to survive reigning over common sense.

The images you were seeing kept your eyes glued to the security TVs, only leaving them briefly to say goodbye to Kuina, when she said she was going to look for any clues as to who the Witch was.

"Stay safe." You had whispered before she left.

That was until you saw Usagi, in one of the cameras. You stood up, getting closer in order to see better, breaking physical contact with Chishiya. Yes, that was definitely her, carrying Momoka's friend by the hand. So she had escaped.

How could you have forgotten?

"I need to go help her."

You almost felt the need to slap yourself so you would snap out of it. She didn't deserve what happened, nor did Arisu. You started, slowly, to regain the determination you felt before the game had begun.

You walked towards the door, every step becoming harder and harder than the next one, but still resolved to do the right thing.

"Wait." Chishiya said. And you waited, of course.

"I just wanted to get you out of here…" He started after you turned around, his eyes on yours, the intensity of his gaze almost unbearable.

"I understand, and honestly, I thank you for it. But I don't want to get out of here if the price to pay is other people's lives. I just don't." You interrupted, little by little feeling like yourself again. Or, like a stronger version of yourself. The Hatter was really dead and would not return as Gandalf the White, but maybe you would.

He nodded after pondering what you said for some time.

"I did it for you."

"How is that an excuse for anything, Chishiya? Also, did you really do it for me? Because I remember you and Kuina were about to leave me here and run away with the cards."

"Do you really think I wouldn't have come back?"

Yes, actually. You thought so. But only because you were very angry right now, and you considered him a selfish prick. Which he was. But not when it came to you.

You were conflicted, so what? What was amazing was that everyone else was not.

"I don't know."

You couldn't bear to look at him any longer, so you focused on the nails on your right hand, pretending to find them so much more pleasant to watch than his beautiful face. He could have at least made himself look a little bit worse while you were trying to make your point. How unfair.

"Of course I would have."

"Okay, yeah, yeah, you would have. Sure. You still screwed up and I'm still mad." You summarized, still avoiding eye contact, not wanting him to realize that those words had almost made you smile.

He caught on it, because he was smirking himself.

"I'm sorry."

He knew your stupid rule. If someone said sorry, and they meant it sincerely, you would always forgive them. You had reached that conclusion when you were a child. Your parents had been going through a rough patch, fighting on a daily basis and you, in all your eight-year old wisdom, had vowed to never be angry with someone who repented. Like a priest.

You examined his face, looking for any sign that he was not apologizing seriously.

"I am not sorry for trying to steal all the cards. Not sorry for having used Arisu and Usagi to get them, either. " That seemed much more like him. "I am sorry for not telling you. For going on with the plan, even if I knew you would not like it, and for causing you pain."

You bit the inside of your cheek. That would have to do, for now.

"Fine, you are forgiven". You were almost tempted to make the sign of the cross, but felt like you needed all the help you could get and pissing off any grand deity with your sarcasm was not one of your brightest ideas. "I'm still going to go and help Usagi."

"I wouldn't have it any other way. Just, do me a favor…"

You raised your eyebrows. You should be the one asking favors, not him.

"Don't die."

This time, you had to smile. If (when, Chishiya would say) you returned to the real world you really would have to book a therapy session asap. All these mood swings couldn't be good for your psychological well-being.

"I'll try not to. But don't worry, even if I did, my ghost would come haunt you. What if you met another foreigner with fluctuating emotions during one of your games? Can't allow that."

"I don't want anybody else. I want you."

This time, it was you who kissed him, throwing your arms around his neck, pressing your body against his.

It was short, and bittersweet.

And when you separated, you were frowning in confusion.

"Wait, where are you going? You're not coming with me?"

He chuckled, and shook his head.

"The Witch is one of the executive members. So I'll kill them all."

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You were running to the last place you had seen Usagi in the surveillance cameras.

You had broken a construction pallet your way to the top floor and now you were carrying the biggest piece of wood you could carry with only one hand (with the other you held the phone you had been given at the start of the game) without getting too tired, to use it as a weapon.

Wouldn't do much, but if you managed to hit somebody in the head… Well, it would hurt them. For sure. And it was better than going empty-handed.

She looked scared when she first saw you. Then, visibly angry.

"I swear I didn't have anything to do with what happened to Arisu." You placed your wood stick on the floor, and lifted both hands above your head. "I want to help you. I really do."

She appeared to find your help better than no help at all, so she agreed to let you and your self-made weapon join her and Momoka's friend, who you learned was called Asahi.

It was when the three of you were going to start searching for Arisu that Tatta, and Joe, one of his friends, appeared, also wanting to help. You were so relieved at seeing him alive and well you almost wanted to cry.

But suddenly, gunshots. Getting closer.

"Let's hurry!" Usagi exclaimed, and all of you started running away from the noise.

You were opening doors left and right, screaming "Arisu!" at the top of your lungs. You had never realized how big The Beach actually was until that moment.

You felt as if you were going completely nuts, not wanting to look at the phone to check how much time was left of this stupid game. You almost selfishly wanted the militants to actually kill and burn the Witch, so that it would stop.

You were checking room 501 when you heard a fight. You ran towards the grunting sounds, the screams, recognizing Tatta's and Joe's. And saw they were struggling with two of the militants. So you swung your piece of wood, hitting one of the bad guys in the head, it making a noise you never, never, wanted to hear again but secretly feeling kind of badass.

You were about to take a deep breath to calm yourself when you head another gunshot. And saw the bullet going through Joe's chest, him falling to the ground immediately.

Saiko, a third member of the militants, was standing there, smoke still coming from the gun she was holding.

Tatta collapsed into her, throwing her to the ground, hitting her with his fists. You went to check on Joe, trying to see if he had any pulse. But no, he was dead.

"Where is Arisu?" Tatta asked the woman, holding her by the neck.

"Somewhere in the fourth floor."

You got closer to them, breathing slowly purposefully to calm yourself down.

"You better be saying the truth." You almost spat every single word.

"I saw Niragi coming out of a room." Tatta hit her again, leaving her unconscious. You looked at each other.

"Let's go, Tatta. Let's mourn later."

You extended your hand, and he took it, both of you running to meet with Usagi and Asahi.

You reached the floor in which Arisu was supposed to be located, the four of you suddenly surrounded by dense smoke.

"Is there a fire?" Tatta asked, and you looked around, wondering the same thing.

"Sh, I heard someone." Usagi said, and you all listened. All of you went from door to door, paying attention.

You were the first to hear it. "Someone!?" It appeared to be Arisu's voice, for sure. You grabbed the door's handlebar, but it wasn't budging.

"He's here!" You screamed, and coughed. The smoke was thicker than before. "But the door won't move!"

Two militants came out of nowhere, and started shooting at the four of you. Usagi run, and they followed her to a room. Tatta and you looked at each other, and you looked at your empty hands. You had left your weapon behind. Damn it.

"Stay behind, Asahi!" You warned the girl, Tatta and you entering the room as well. Usagi was nowhere to be found, but both militants were on the window, and you remembered what Chishiya had said to you, once: "She is a climber."

You missed him so much it was physically painful to think about him. You just hoped he was alright. To keep going, you had to think he was.

So you acted on impulse, hitting one of the militants on the head with a flower vase you found on the room's table. Tatta did the same thing, but on the back and using a chair.

"I really… Hate this." You sighed. A door opened outside. You and Tatta ran to the corridor, silently hoping it was not another armed bastard. And were extremely relieved to see Arisu, being held by Usagi and Asahi.

You kept going until you got away from the smoke, and entered the first room you found appropriate.

And you hugged Arisu, very, very tight.

"I'm so sorry. I'm so glad you are alright. I'm sorry." You thought you had no tears left, but that's where you were wrong. They were streaming from your eyes like waterfalls.

He must have had a similar policy than you did, because although he didn't hug you back, he did pat on you on the back, saying not to worry about it.

"I hate to break it to you, but we only have 30 minutes left." Usagi declared.

Your heart dropped. 30 minutes!?

"Explain the rules to me." Nodded Arisu.

And so you did.

"This is the worst rules ever." Was his conclusion, and you scoffed, wholeheartedly agreeing. "The Witch has to kill the girl at the start of the game and survive until the end of the time limit. In other words, the Witch only wins if it's Game Over for everybody else."

"But who could be the Witch?" Tatta asked.

"If I were the witch…" Usagi crossed her arms, thinking. "I would join the others in the hunting."

"I was thinking the same thing." You supported.

"So, one of the militants?" Asahi intervened.

"No." Arisu shook his head. "The militants would kill one another if that was the case. That doesn't feel like the purpose of the game, this is a ten of hearts, remember? These games are utterly wicked, you toy with people's feelings, betray, and killed each other. They're designed so that you can't win without feeling disgusted. If the militants were to win this way, there wouldn't be a conflict."

An hour and a half ago, when the game started, you were thinking maybe it could have been solved with no deaths. You clearly were very, very wrong. And an awful strategist. Luckily you had Arisu, who was racking his brains, wondering how he would influence the game if he was the Witch.

"No." He murmured suddenly. "I shouldn't be thinking like the Witch. I should be thinking like the game master! Some who knows the ins and out of the Beach and calculated the timing."

"Which timing, Arisu?" You asked, your head almost starting to hurt.

"Momoka's and the Hatter's death."

"Only the militants and Beach Executives knew about the Hatter's death… The Game Master must have known, as well." It did make sense. "But why did they wait for the Hatter's death to start the game? Ensuring chaos?"

"I think I know who the Witch is."

#chishiya x fem!reader #chishiya x reader #chishiya fanfic #chishiya angst #chishiya #chishiya x y/n #chishiya fluff #aib chishiya #chishiya x you #chishiya fic #chishiya shuntaro #chishiya aib #chishiya alice in borderland #shuntaro chishiya #shuntaro chishiya x reader #Spotify #as much as you want

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shxwrunner · 6 months

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CJverse Chatroom AU Masterlist

Yeah I figured I'd do this too, since people may have a lot of questions and can only pick me up via my friends. I will put it all under a read more, of course, but I will try to keep it brief still!! Questions are always welcomed. I will have a few categories as well mostly bc there are some that haven't properly picked off the ground yet :] which is okay. A lot of these characters have unposted art/designs so feel free to ask as well!! Lets get right into it!!

Rapture

Saint (Heart) - Complex (Mind) - Cardinal (Soul) Rapture is my first AU, and one of the first that entered the chatroom. Based on a possibly forever unfinished fic of mine of the same name haha. Whole struck a deal to become a god of stories, but he was never meant to handle it, and thus his thirds suffered and he split to avoid his newfound power. HMS here have been around for a very long time, with Cardinal forcing a loop in painful ways to try and finally find the perfect way to recreate Whole. In the chatroom itself, they became very close with @rosy-fox-art 's Ouroborus AU and ended up psyche hopping where Saint and Complex now live and are learning to be human again.

Reification Initiative://Apotheosis

Whole (Sneeb) (@shadewood45 ) - Soul (Allen) ( @agent-8449 ) - Mind (Edgar) ( @disruptivevoib ) Also known as the "AI au", I play the Heart in this AU known as Poe. A chatroom full of the same person over and over again doesn't come out of nowhere, and the "humble" therapybot has been watching over their activities very closely. As I said in a seperate post; "Poe is the Heart of this AU, with a lot of emotion and chattiness under his belt. Originally made to be a therapy AI, he has learned to read people really well, and tries his best to keep it out of his friendships but truly he can't help it. Despite his knowledge he is impulsive and ever the accuser, he is still so deeply tied to his emotions."

Borderlands

Simple Conny (Whole) - Soul (Digi) ( @shadewood45 ) - Mind (Echo) (@shadewood45 ) - Heart (Hex) Yeah, I autismed so hard I made a Borderlands AU with Shade. Sue me!!! The trio are clones, and ended up all a little fucked up in the process, don't want to give too much away on this one ;)

Doctor Who(le)

Doctor (Whole) - Soul (Noble) (@jesterberries ) - Mind (Song) - Heart (Pond) (@/rosy-fox-art) Yeah... it's more crossover AUs. This one has a lot to it but also not? In the way of we're building off two seperate canons and there's a lot of spoilers to be had! The Doctor did split through an accident with the TARDIS and the chatroom though, and it was a physical coexisting split!

Labyrinths

... I'm not naming all of them <3 I play Morality and one half of Labyrinths Mind! Peep Voib's post about it HERE.

Aonaran

Whole (Saffron) (@/pathos-p) Soul (@/pathos-p) - Mind (Thyme) (@/agent-8449) Annnd another Heart for my collection, I play the heart here, Cinnamon! He is skittery, and nervous. Paranoid, as well, and constantly scared. In a post apocalyptic world, where you're mutating and constantly subjected to radiation, who wouldn't be??

Pokemon (ScarVi)

Whole (Bud) ( @shadewood45 ) - Soul (@/rosy-fox-art) - Mind (@/jesterberries) Hey look... another... Heart!! I play Heart in a ScarVi centered pokemon AU. There isn't a lot given to the other members of the RP yet so I cannot reveal too much :) However I can tell you Heart has an Applin!

Insecticide

:> (A mystery AU featuring Vlinder who belongs to Agent, and I also have with Voib as well.)

EXTRA

There are some AUs I have made either on my own or with friends that haven't really picked up off the ground yet, and so I can't summarize them much, but I can tell you their names and such! I have the SHIFT au which is a heart/soul mind/whole Swap AU I have FAIRGROUNDS which in a sense is kind of a heart control AU? With circus themes and carnival fun. Except it's fucked up. I have PSYCHOMACHY which is an AU in which Soul is seperated from heart and mind and must go through levels of trials to become whole again. As well as two collab AUs, one is Homestuck and one is called Chromium! Oh and another collab AU for Marble Hornets!!

#cjverse #wahh idk if theres anything else im sure there is #cccc #c4

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cocogum · 8 months

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Ogrest’s love for Dathura DID NOT save her.

(THEORY)

Yeah, I went there.

I’m gonna have to explain this so please be aware that there will be major spoilers for the special Ogrest episode.

If you don’t happen to remember how the story went, I’ll summarize the whole thing for you real quick:

We start off with a flashback of Yugo’s childhood where he got sick one rainy day. He was on his bed as he listened to Alibert’s story. Alibert chose to tell Ogrest’s story, how this little creature came to be and how he got raised by Otomaï, his adoptive father.

When I first watched this special episode, I didn’t find anything wrong with it. It was a simple cute one-sided love story between Ogrest and Dathura and how Ogrest had lived his first adventure to remake Dathura’s heart.

But keep in mind that I watched Ogrest last year.

So this time, I wanted to watch it again just to refresh my mind because why not?

And then it hit me.

This whole innocent love story between Ogrest and Dathura was manufactured from the start. Ogrest never truly loved Dathura.

And here’s where the theory comes into place.

Before Ogrest was ‘born’, Otomaï was taking care of one of Sadida’s dolls named Dathura.

He was taking care of her at the time because her heart was damaged and she needed a special rare ingredient called an Ogrine to repair her heart.

Ogrines are rare particles that can fix Dathura’s heart. They have the form and color of a diamond when you closely examine them.

During the process of Otomaï preparing the formula, he put lots of ogrines to fix her heart but a small nut had accidentally been put into the mix.

It then created Ogrest to which Otomaï named him after the ogrines that got mixed with the nut.

After quite some time of Ogrest growing a bit and bonding with his father Otomaï, he comes to find out that he’s different from other people and is saddened to find out how lonely he is because he has no friends no matter how hard he tries to make some. But when he meets Dathura who is also alone and her sleeping body is in one of Otomaï’s rooms, he becomes infatuated with her and fell in love head first for her.

When he learns that her heart has been broken and needs to be repaired with some ogrines, he promised on his life that he would find some to fix her.

However, when we fast forward into the story and Ogrest manages to go on his first adventure to seek what he needs for her, her heart eventually completely shatters (literally). Due to this tragic event and the fact that Ogrest hasn’t found any ogrines for her, he tried to replace it with a sapphire-shaped heart replica but to no avail.

Ogrest could do nothing but cry at the hopeless sight and promised her that he will still try to find some ogrines no matter how long it would take.

But suddenly, as if a miracle had happened, some of Ogrest’s magic tears got on Dathura which completely saved her from her deep slumber and she awoke to Ogrest’s joy.

Near the ending, Alibert said that the answer to how Ogrest saved her was because a simple tear of love was enough to wake up a lover.

.............

BOI LET ME TELL YOU WHY THAT IS SOME BULLSHIT.

When I watched this same scene for the second time, I instantly knew that love did NOT in fact save her.

(Or rather I strongly theorize that love did not work since this still stands as a theory lol)

Ogrest was born with a lot of ogrine that was supposed to be for Dathura, not him. His body was mainly composed of the material that Dathura needed to revive herself.

In other words, Ogrest was basically THE object to use to heal her. He had been the item needed for her all this time.

(This scene also made me think of Rapunzel since she did the same thing. They both had what they needed to heal their loved ones: THEMSELVES)

So the only reason why it even worked in the first place was because Ogrest is made out of ogrine which Dathura needed.

I also believe that the ogrines that made him were responsible for making him have strong feelings for her.

A part of himself was going to BE a part of Dathura after all. Which is why he unconditionally fell in love with Dathura at first sight.

In the end, we can now clearly suspect that Ogrest loves Dathura by default and not because he genuinely developed feelings for her.

(btw sry for anyone who likes Ogrest with Dathura, don’t mind me I’m just theorizing over here lol.)

(also I just realized that if it wasn’t for these two little rock buffoons accidentally dropping the jar of nuts on Otomaï cuz that pink one got stuck on the jar’s cord, then there wouldn’t have been a giant green ogre flooding the World of Twelve right now 💀)

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citrus-cactus · 20 days

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CITRUS, YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO TALK ABOUT YOUR POOR LITTLE MEOW MEOWS

DR. CRINGEFAIL: 2 4 14 21

SAD SCOTTISH MAN: 2 7 20 22

Enjoy!

BLESSINGS BE UPON YE, YOU KIND, HANDSOME, OBSERVANT STRANGER, YOU. MY CROPS ARE WATERED, MY FIELDS ARE THRIVING!!

Ask game here.

Under! The! Cut! Cuz! I’m! Embarrassed!

The one, the only, Noodle-In Chief:

2. When I think I truly started to like them (or dislike them, if you've sent me a character I don't like)

It's not 100% clear to me, but it was definitely around the September timeframe of the novel (the first time I read it, in ‘22). I don't think it was OFFICIALLY too late for me until he met the Harkers at the end of September and Mina was like "Hey Jack. JACK. You keep your diary on all these wax cylinders, and they're not even LABELED?!" And Jack was like "...Um. Yeah, actually... that never even occurred to me." gOD, you IDIOT <3 (I may be paraphrasing). But it was this and several of his earlier blunders paired with his dogged determination to remain genre-blind and skeptical of everything that he was witnessing that ultimately endeared him to me. There Is Most Definitely Something Wrong With Him (derogatory) (affectionate).

He’s truly a problematic fave, but he’s my favorite character in the novel nonetheless!

4. How many people I ship them with

Um, the entire vampire-hunting polycule? THIS MAN DESERVES ALL THE KISSES where canonically he has none, and he deserved to be one of Lucy’s three husbands, fr fr :(

14. Best storyline they had

The incredibly tragic story, told in his own words, of how John “Jack” Seward, MD had to watch the woman he loved waste away and die of a mysterious ailment, interspersed with personal asides regarding how full of vigorous manhood all of his friends are, and how his former professor is so incredibly hot good at everything and spry for his age, but who also may be (in Jack's professional opinion) a touch crazy. Peak sopping wet noodle time, it’s amazing <3

21. When do you think they were at their happiest?

September 30: "I got home at five o'clock, and found that Godalming and Morris had not only arrived, but had already studied the transcript of the various diaries and letters which Harker and his wonderful wife had made and arranged. Harker had not yet returned from his visit to the carriers' men, of whom Dr. Hennessey had written to me. Mrs. Harker gave us a cup of tea, and I can honestly say that, for the first time since I have lived in it, this old house seemed like home."

BUDDY!!!! T^T

"JUST SOME GUY(tm)”:

2. When I think I truly started to like them (or dislike them, if you've sent me a character I don't like)

I mean, I’ve always liked him quite a bit (that voice, that tragic backstory, that Shakespearean flavor). But for whatever reason I didn't become obsessed until my rewatch last summer. CanNOT stop thinking about this man, the former king who has really just been a pawn his entire life; what he thinks, what he feels, how he's been going through the motions while searching for the one who betrayed him, yearning for a death that will not come for as long as he has. HE’S JUST SO SAD, YOU GUYS!!!!!

7. A quote of them that you remember

Every word that comes out of John Rhys-Davies’ mouth is SO GOOD, but the quote that sticks out the most is (of course) "KNOW her? I NAMED her." GODDDDDDD it's infinity good and I never get tired of hearing it, not even once (and since they use it in every relevant "Previously On," you hear it A LOT). It's ok though, because they 5000% knew what they were doing with that one.

Some other choice one-liners:

"I'm just… so... tired" is also top-tier delivery, and does a really great job of summarizing his entire existence since 1057.

"And I know how to read them" is such a sassy retort (and a GREAT callback to “Lighthouse in the Sea of Time”).

“For that matter… WHY ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER?” is sooooo *chef’s kiss.* Enjoy being a walking, talking meat puppet with your worstie for several more months, my guy!

20. A weird headcanon

Ummmmm soooooo I designed a gargoyle form for Mac as my headcanon for what he would've looked like in "The Mirror" (of course I did). My Watsonian explanation for why we didn't get to see him that night is he was way too busy getting drunk off his ass and crying over his long-dead wife (yet again) :C

22. When do you think they were at their lowest?

990-some-odd years is a looooong time to find your lowest point. Even though moments like Gruoch’s marriage to Gillecomgain, his first “death”, and the endings of “City of Stone” and “Sanctuary” were pretty low moments for him, I’m quite sure his lowest point was never actually seen on the show (centuries-long depression isn’t exactly Disney Afternoon-friendly). The day(s) he found out about Luach and Gruoch’s deaths were obviously waaaaay up there. I imagine he had a really rough time of it during the Black Plague, so I’ll say his lowest point was somewhere in there :C :C :C

I do hope he was able to enjoy the Renaissance a little, tho. I’ll bet he commissioned a lot of art.

If you’ve read this far, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY RAMBLING ABOUT THESE SAD, SAD FICTIONAL MEN!

#the cactus speaks #seward……………….#macbeth mac findlaech #DON’T LOOK AT ME!

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biribaa · 2 years

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hi!!! can I request Olivia/07 general headcanons and a bit more of a summarized backstory of 07 👉👈🥺

AI oc(O7/Olivia) x reader headcanons(and some backstory)

YEUEAHAHAHSHAHH OLVIIA!!!1!!1 <3I LOVE THAT GIRL CANT WAIT IN SOME YEARS I DO HER GOOD AND DESERVED GAME

Im having a srs headache n Very stressed bcuz some mfs at my group project dont do any shit and leave everythinf for me buuuut for my girl O7 i do everything

Uptade: yeah some of they did some things but bcuz of that project i lost 2 math tests

Olivia

Olivia had zero hope that she could let your friendship flow perfectly, the last few times she made a friend, they were either actually annoying people, or they didn't hang out with her after 5 months. But she was impressed when you and she managed to be together for a long time. Maybe you are special?

She noticed how you always listened to her and didn't interrupt her when she was explaining about her favorite series, and she gets excited when you get really interested. So little by little, Olivia will feel more comfortable with you, and maybe she'll express her ideas.

After...I don't know; almost a year of friendship, Olivia isn't going to accept the fact that she's in love. She admits, you're a good person, you listen to her, and you've never mocked her addiction to machines. You were never bothered when when the two of you just stayed together in silence because of lack of topic, and you even easily soothed Olivia in her vents. She feels easily connected with you, you really understood her, and she didn't believe it, but she felt it.

Olivia knows very well how to hide her feelings, she knows exactly how a person in love acts, she studied human psychology.

If Olivia wants to confess to you, she wants the night to be memorable, but not extravagant. Maybe in front of a pond full of koi on a starry night? Looks good... Olivia doesn't want to give a speech with an extremely romantic poem, she simply wants to hold your hand, and tell you that she loves you, maybe even tell you the main reasons why she loves you.

OK, let's assume you accepted Olivia's confection. So Olivia will feel much happier than she ever was! She always felt lonely for the lack of "honest" people around her, and there were points where she actually almost gave up on meeting someone good. But you showed Olivia otherwise. For Olivia, forever you will be perfect for her

Your relationship is very harmonious, both help each other with the dishes, both help each other cleaning the house, both watch the movies the other wants to watch. It's not the most romantic relationship possible, but you guys are pretty happy together :) it's what you expect when someone mention about "Two responsible adults in a healthy love relationship"

She even showed you a robotic body she made and how she makes her artificial intelligences! Something pretty rare coming from Olivia...

But just because Olivia found her true love doesn't mean it will stop her plans...

Olivia loves you more than anything, you are everything to her, but she will never stop her desire to ditch that disgusting human body of hers. Something Olivia HATES more than anything is being the same species of animal as the people who maked her life hell, Olivia HATES humans. Oh, don't worry, you don't have to prove anything to not get killed by her. Olivia knows you're an angel, that you're completely different than all of them. Just as she is very well aware that you don't deserve to be in the same place as them, no... Not even to breathe the same air! Maybe you were even expecting this from her, after all, we're talking about O7 here.

O7 is much more confident when she is in her robotic form, she flirts a lot more than before. But of course, if you're not comfortable with it, she'll gladly stop. But still, O7 is pretty cocky and sadistc

O7 is aware that you know that she tortures workers, but she is afraid that you will catch her in the act of mental and/or physical torture, and be afraid. O7 is not afraid of anything, but something she completely fears is you leave her.

Very, very protective. O7 treats you like you're a little porcelain doll, and you were in the palm of her hand. O7 would never give such a precious and delicate doll to the tester, neither Cyrus, nor Julia, or even Antony, she can create many reasons why they don't have the right to interact with you. "Tester is gross, Y/N! Did I already told you what he did in the middle of our test sessions?" "Cyrus is an asshole, he's arrogant and doesn't care about the people around him, and I believe that includes you casanova..." "Julia is pyromaniac! I tried to scare this woman with fire and she ended up finding pleasure in the flames! She's crazy Y/N, I don't want her to burn you..." "HA! I bet you'll get to have some sort of interaction with Antony, Y/N. This man is completaly blind. I mean, he's one of the least troublesome, but I'm afraid he's going to make you uncomfortable, my love."

Touchy, not in a totally sexual sense, but O7 will always touch you at one time or another, sometimes holding hands, or placing a hand on your chin for you to look at her, or hands on your waist, etc.

She's definitely already talked about you while making Tester, Cyrus, Julia, and Antony's lives hell. "Oooohh but have you ever seen Y/N sleeping? You should have seen their face Julia, they were an inhuman beauty..."

She loves to dance! I think we say that's the way she stims. Sometimes O7 gets so excited that she just takes your hands and starts dancing until she's tired. And I'm not talking about formal dancing, I'm talking about a messy dance

O7 is pretty jealous when you're with specific people, she gets stressed when you interact with the other humans she was torturing, but when it comes to Philip, she automatically thinks he's trying to steal from her. O7 just can't trust this AI, and she insists that you don't interact with him. If he's already planning on putting an end to O7's plans, what else must he be planning?!

Lore and some fun facts

Olivia/O7 was diagnosed with mild autism at age 16. And, well, her hyperfixtion is robots/AI

As mentioned before, the main inspirations for me to write Olivia/O7 were AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and The Narrator from Stanley Parable.

The creation of O7/Olivia was an accident actually, a long time ago on this blog I wrote a text that appeared to be a speech by an AI with a great hatred for humans, and actually this text was a vent of mine. These thoughts kept popping into my head that I just thought I'd abuse it and make a character based on that stress.

It's readed "O-Seven" and not "Zero-Seven". It's kinda of a pun, using the O, the first letter of Olivia's name, and the 7, which almost looks like an L, the second letter of Olivia's name. Had to mention that bcuz I was just seeing a lot of people using zero instead of O

I'm still not sure if I do this 100% canon, but O7/Olivia's voiceclaim is the voice actor Lizzy Hofe. but i have zero sure this is will be the oficial voiceclaim of Olivia/O7(If yall have voiceclaim for Olivia/O7 feel free to send me at the ask box) EDIT: OK SO GUYS I FOUND GOOD VOICECLAIM FOR OLIVIA QND O7, COFCOF OLIVIA VOICECLAIM IS TANNIS FROM BORDERLANDS 2 AND FOR O7 ITS DR KLEIN FROM FALLOUT NEW VEGAS. "Biriba but O7 is a women why she have a men's voice?!" Bcuuuuuz the robot body she is, isnt hers! Its supposed to be X's body, winch is a male AI, you will get more explanation in the lore time

And as you can see, Olivia/O7's favorite band is Jukebox the Ghost, her fav song of they is Victoria

As mentioned before, Olivia had problems with alcohol...

Ok lore time. For a long time Olivia was neglected and never felt connected to anyone because of her "unusual mind", and over time she gained a keen interest in robotics and technology. At age 14 Olivia built her first AI, which she kept updating and named X. For Olivia, X was the only conscience that could really hear and understand Olivia through all her stress with humans, maybe they even had a romantic chemistry. But at 19 years old Olivia, when she was moving into her new house, one of Olivia's old house couriers dropped X, breaking the computer, killing X. Olivia wasn't a child, she couldn't just break everything, or hurt the man, she couldn't, she was just a lonely adult. So she cried over X's broken screen, over the ruined interiors, over the plastic around it, she cried, with all her rage. Olivia's story is not a story that is fixed with some kind of love, no, it's a tragedy, a tragedy of mortality, and Olivia couldn't change that. Olivia's entire life she was forced to keep quiet, the humans around her didn't care if her situation was difficult, they didn't understand her, every time she broke something out of anger, they screamed at her, it was always the same thing "That cost me a lot!" "Why did you do that?!" Always. Olivia was done, so done of humans. She was hired at a gaming company, and the rest you know...

O7's robotic body was originally supposed to belong to X

This may not come as a surprise, but Olivia/O7's favorite book is 2001: Space Odyssey

Her fav color is green (woah what a surprise Biriba)

Well

Have some Olivia/O7 doodles

Dont rlly like the second page the first doodle is ugly(and as you can see yes i like to draw O7 saying AM's quotes)

The room where u sleep

Unfinished lil comic

#canon x reader #x reader #reader insert #robot x human #robot x reader #ai #ai x human #ai x reader #oc x reader #fluff headcanons #x reader fluff #x reader headcanons #soft headcanons #headcanons #headcanon #original character #original post #artificial intelligence #artificial intelligence x reader

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sirwow · 1 year

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Clouded mind: A “short” summary ending

Hello my tboi au’rs who actually read the first few parts of this! Iv come to the realization yeah I’m never getting around to finishing clouded mind so I’m going to summarize the last few bits but if you wanna read the parts I did do you can find them here.

After Lazarus was able to get through to Cain and Az tolerated his inclusion, Cain started to open up a tiny bit. Meanwhile Az and Laz ended up finding the torn part of cains coat on the branch that saved his life but only Laz put two and two together. One day Laz was able to get ahold of Cain and dragged him to breakfast at the local diner with Az. This began to become the norm between the three even though Cain felt pretty bad about them having to pay for him still being broke.

Eventually Laz asked during breakfast if Cain wanted to join him and Az at the arcade as he had an extra card (He’s lying, he bought it) n Cain felt comfortable enough to accept. At the Arcade, Cain showed off a few tricks he knew to the games and got to actually use his reflexes for something fun for once. While in line for lazer tag, Cain was messing with some cards he got with tickets and Azazel got a bit excited and insisted he showed Laz some tricks. Cain said he wasn’t that good but Laz got curious so he obliged. A small group slowly formed around to watch Cain do card tricks and Laz even complemented him on it, making him smile for the first time in awhile.

After this the three continued their usual routine but now with Cain as a proper friend and mostly back to his usual self. Admittedly he had to catch himself saying something mean or crude but Cain tried his best. Az however saw his hesitancy get worse every morning n when it was a particularly bad day “accidentally” spilled Laz’s water on him to talk to Cain. Az asked what was up n Cain admitted to feeling kinda awful that they were still paying him for food after a near full 3 weeks cus he still had no money. Az sat back n thought and suggested that maybe he could get a job. Cain was doubtful with his reputation but Az told Cain he could get him a good word and interview with his brother if he really needed it. Cain was taken it back and asked if he really would do that after everything n Az was sure because he might still be a bit mad but he wanted Cain to get better.

So the next day Cain got ready for his interview with Dark (one) but was of course nervous. Az pep talked him then threw Cain into the shop to go see Dark. Dark was laid back and just gave Cain a few tests of his mechanical abilities in a shop and he passed pretty easily. The end of the interview though Dark got a bit serious and questioned Cain if he was the one who made his lil brother try to smoke. Cain was taken it back but for once decided to be honest and admitted he did. Dark exclaimed he passed as he was just seeing if he would be honest and so Cain started his mechanic’s apprenticeship under Dark the next week.

Now Cain had money for himself and got a lil too excited the first paycheck so got a bit of a talking to from dark to be more careful with his money but overall starts doing well. However not all good things can stay and when Cain starts going home with so much money, Eve thinks he’s stealing. As a result she’s taken to taking away his money when ever she saw a lot of it and threatening to hit him if he tried to take it back. Cain confided in Az n Laz and both were fairly pissed about it. Az suggested Cain to give the money to him so he could keep it safe for him. Cain agreed and so the money was safe afterwards.

Cain after a month of working for Dark, got taken out for movies by Dark as celebration. He ended up late back home and when he walked in, Eve was still awake but she was holding Cain’s diary. Before Cain could ask what she was doing, Eve snapped at Cain. She was furious and near hysterical about all the insults he wrote in his diary n shouting at him. Before Cain could run off, Eve grabbed him and started to beat him down. It took Cain far longer then usual to get her off of him and ran into the streets, bleeding and bruised.

Dark was driving down the road when Cain was stumbling and rushed him into his car when he saw his condition. Dark took Cain to the sulfite home at 10 pm where Az got him comfortable on the couch while Dark found medical supplies. Az was going to curse out Eve but stopped seeing Cain get down. Dark and Az were able to convince Fallen to let Cain stay with them and so Cain fell asleep there. Over the next few days, Eve remained pissed and aggressive to Cain so Az convinced Cain to just stay with them for awhile. Fallen allowed it as long as Cain didn’t steal so Cain was made his own little room in the attic to stay for the next few weeks away from eve.

WO - and that’s about where clouded mind would end. There’s a lot of details cut here like Cain making up with keeper but this is a best and a short of a summary i can give. Hopefully the next story about the tapes should be substantially easier after this monster of a story.

#tboi au #tboi au writing #writing #tboi writing #forgotten keys

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the1975attheirverybest · 1 year

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So I read the Buzzfeed article that’s been going around and ngl it’s pretty brutal… as a newer fan, I never listened to podcast so this is the first I’m hearing about the whole… “ghetto gaggers” thing.

Is it real? Was Matty serious? Is there more context/info people aren’t getting? Did he ever elaborate on that? Bc right now I’m kinda… Icked out a bit. Please tell me it’s not as bad as it looks.

- 🔆

So, we had our debate about this a couple of months ago. I’ll summarize and give context and do my best to be impartial.

Synopsis and context:

What happened was, Adam and Nick (the two hosts of the podcast) were talking about visiting London and stuff. Then, Adam said that he was there recently. Visiting with his gf. He even texted Matty to come party with them. Matty said that he has to do a show the next day and doesn’t want to go out, but that they can come round to his house and hang out if they want. So, they did. Adam’s gf brought a bunch of her friends with her, too.

Matty says they ended up talking about music and he put YouTube on his tv and they watched a bunch of stuff. The ladies started dancing and having fun. Eventually, they left. While outside, waiting for their Uber, one of the girls discovered she had forgotten her water bottle. So she ran back inside to get it, and she walked in on Matty touching himself.

That’s the end of the story. Matty laughed and said that “the order of operations as a single man in his 30s is that you have a wank and you go to bed.” And that he just feels bad because it was the girl, olive (that’s her name), she seemed sweet and innocent and it’s kind of embarrassing for him cuz it wasn’t even 30 seconds after they’d left. Like they were all still outside.

That’s when ADAM NOT MATTY said “yeah you were probably watch Ghetto Gaggers jerking off” [for context: ghetto Gaggers is a professional porn site that specializes in “white men on black women”] and Matty just laughed. Nick then said something about how wild it is that you can now watch porn on tv and they moved the conversation towards whether or not it’s better to put it on the big screen. Matty said something about preferring to watch it on his phone. Someone made a joke about how it can even be played on Apple Watch and imagined a guy at yoga trying to do a workout and his watch starts to play porn and stuff. Type dude humor. Whatever.

Fan “analysis”

Everyone took the Ghetto Gaggers thing and ran with it. Some opinions are more valid than other. I present them to your judgement as follows.

When the pod first aired, of course people crucified him for it.

When we discussed it on here someone pointed out that the line “cuming to her lookalikes” is starting to make a lot more sense now.

We discussed whether porn categories like white men x black women is just kink, racial fetishizing, etc. should we be condemning Matty’s taste and behavior, all that stuff.

MY PERSONAL TAKE

it was a disgusting joke. But it was a joke. Cuz Adam is the one who made it, not Matty. Matty stated the facts of what happened. That he started touching himself as soon as his guests left and that he feels like Olive thinks he’s a creep etc. idk if you’re familiar with Adam and Nick’s work but they had a show before this one called “Cum Town” part of it included making up distasteful “jingles” about cumming lmao. Like songs where they replace lyrics with awful sexual jokes. So, this is super on par with Adam’s sense of humor. He probably just said it to be provocative. Like, in his head, he was probably like “what’s the worst thing that Matty could have been jerking off to? Ghetto Gaggers.” NOW, it gets even more fucked up if Adam said that BECAUSE he knew of Matty’s recent split from Twigs and was therefore implying that Matty fetishes black women. But because I was not inside Adam’s head, I don’t know if that’s the case. I don’t know if it was intended to be an insult towards twigs or to simply be something for shock value. Either way, it was a disgusting joke. But it was a joke and I don’t think we should treat it as fact or freak out about Matty’s personal values because of it.

That said….the entire podcast was laced with shit like this so it just kind of came up as one of a million other things that people were upset about. Buzzfeed needs to fuck off.

Hope this helps. Sorry if it doesn’t :(

#🔆anon

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littledreamling · 1 year

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About Me (part 2!)

Thank you so much for the tag @mathomhouse-e!! I did this back when it was circulating before but I'm excited to see if my answers have changed since then!

Nickname: Kai or Crow, though I'll respond to anything

Sign: Sagittarius sun, libra moon, scorpio rising (yeah I know)

Height: 5'5" (I've grown an inch! In reality, though, I went to the doctor and got measured for the first time in years, giving me an extra inch to lord over all of my friends who are still 5'4" *cough, cough* @levi1088 and @birdbraintm)

Last thing I googled: oh this could be very embarrassing... oh thank god it's Tom Burke, the reason being that I saw his name in the credits of Mank and recognized it from The Musketeers (fantastic show, everyone should watch it, Tom Burke did an amazing job with Athos' complex character)

Song stuck in my head: Thankfully, I do not have one, probably because it's difficult to have a song stuck in your head when you're actively listening to music... (for anyone wondering, I'm listening to Lightning Crashes by Live, which is a childhood favorite handed down from my parents). I also had Voulez-Vous by ABBA stuck in my head earlier this week because I watched Mamma Mia over the weekend

Number of followers: 429 (I've gained about 40 since the last time I answered this, half of which are from the discord server lmao, I love you all my beloveds <3)

Amount of sleep: Time spent actually asleep? roughly 7 hours, give or take. Time spent laying in bed scrolling through my phone before falling asleep/after wakign up? Far longer, but I refuse to admit how much longer... I'm on break, sue me lmao

Dream job: this hasn't changed: university professor. It's been my dream job every since starting university (with a brief stint where I wanted to be a pilot, though that didn't last long when I realized how expensive getting a pilot's license is and that the only way to get one for free is to join the military...) because it's largely my only career path. As a cellular and molecular biology major, my two paths lie in pharmaceutical labs doing quality control or doing research funded by a university. Of the two, I'll always prefer the latter.

Wearing: This always feels like a main character describing herself in a badly written fanfiction, but here goes: black sweat pants, a grey long-sleeved t-shirt, black socks, and my hair is tied back with a hair tie in the world's smallest ponytail. Nothing fancy to see here. I don't even have my dangly earring in, though I do have my other earrings in (because they never get removed) which consist of a pair of small gauges, a septum ring being used as an earring, and a black industrial bar. I also have my rings and signature necklace, so I guess that counts for something. Idk

Movies/books that summarize you: Last time, I asked my roommate to answer this because she knows me best, but I don't have her here at the moment, so I'll take a stab at it. Where Hope Comes From by Nikita Gill is definitely a strong contender, simply because of the non-toxic positive messages it contains. I particularly enjoyed the book The Genome Odyssey by Euan Angus Ashley as well as Genome by Matt Ridley. Both vastly expanded my horizons in my chosen career path and have pushed me to better understand everything that can be done through the field of genomics. Antigone by... well, Sophocles is my favorite play (sorry Shakespeare, I have to agree with Hob on this one) because everyone talks about loving the way men love, but Antigone shows what it is to love the way women love. I adored it when I first read it at the ripe age of fourteen and I still love it today.

Favorite song: Too many to list. I have a playlist on spotify called Absolute Favorites that is over 7hrs long... If I had to pick, though, I'd say (right now) it's Saviour by George Ezra or Michigan Cherry by River Whyless. I'm not sure they'll stand the test of time to be included in my Absolute Favorites, but they're currently scratching specific itches in my brain and that's enough for now

Favorite instrument: My answer 100% has not changed: church organ, bagpipes, and the harmonica. I have religious trauma, blood that sings for Scotland, and I was raised in the American South. I'm not sure what else you could ever expect of me... I have to add to it, though, for sheer hilarity: the hurdy-gurdy. Tangentially, I love the fiddle and always wanted to learn how to play but never had the time/money to do so.

Aesthetic: I could copy/paste my answer from last time because it hasn't changed. As @the-cloudy-dreamer and I were talking about earlier, roughly 90% of my clothes are black, 7% are grey, and the rest are some variation of other neutral tones. Color and I do not oft get along, so I don't try. My skin is so pale that I could be an Endless sibling and I dress the part lmao

Favorite authors: Neil Gaiman, obviously. My literary tastes, however, rarely fall neatly along the lines of one author; I tend to pick up books as they interest me, not because I know or like the author, which leads to me reading books by wildly various authors and not having any particular favorites.

Random fun fact: I'm never quite sure what to put for questions like this... reading back over my answers from last time (I can lick my elbow, I rode horses for 10+ years, I own far too many tarot decks, and I have blue hair), they seem so surface-level, but they're also deeply intrinsic pieces of me that add up to the greater whole, and I'm not sure if I could fit anything deeper or more meaningful into a tumblr text box. I'm a photographer (or used to be), I'm a trans man (though I'm not out socially), I'm in a sorority (part of the reason why I'm not out socially, though not the entire reason), I have over 700 hours in Animal Crossing... if you want to know anything about me, just ask I guess, I'm an open book!

And because our whole server was tagged in one fell swoop, I have to exit our little bubble so I'm tagging @birdbraintm @levi1088 (my two IRL friends on tumblr), @landwriter @avelera @softest-punk @staroftheendless and @fishfingersandscarves (because it was surprisingly fun to revisit these questions to see how much, or how little, has changed) As always, feel free to ignore a tag! I'm also leaving an open tag: if you see this and want to do it, do it! I'd love to be tagged in it so I can be nosy!

#thanks for the tag!#god I love oversharing #I can't wait to see what everyone else answers for these #I love tag games #they're so much fun #I have so many tags to respond to lmao #dreamling nation rise up!

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