#i let him play on my switch while i ran around as a cat haha

[nettlestingsoup]

my friend invited me to come over to his flat to play Stray today (since i don't have a playstation) and let me tell you i don't think either of us were prepared for me to break down crying on his sofa when my little cat got separated from its friends

#it was just so emotional #it's a delightful game so far though #the cat behaviours are all perfectly animated #and the worldbuilding #one of the robots talked about how happy he was that robots had learned to imitate humans #because it stopped humanity from being forgotten after their extinction #and i almost cried again #friend was also laughing at me for referring to every robot i met as 'my new bestie' #'morgan you've made sixteen new besties in the past hour' #stray #i wanna play more soon #i let him play on my switch while i ran around as a cat haha

[ssamie]

paper rings.

·˚ ༘⌗ chinen miya x gn!reader

·˚ ༘⌗ childhood promises aren't unusual. miya and you had made many to each other, but the most notable one would be the classic promise to marry one another. miya was getting impatient with time, and decided he didn't need to be a grown up to marry you. after all, paper rings will do, right?

·˚ ༘⌗ warnings: fluff, both of you are still in middle school lol 😃, miya being cute and kind of ooc??

gen masterlist.            sk8 masterlist.

miya grumbled as he sneaked quick glances at you from across him. you were both at school eating lunch underneath a tree for shade, like you always do, and for some reason, he was acting strange and awfully fidgety ever since the morning you went up to greet him.

"alright, what is it, miya?" you asked with a sigh "h-huh?" miya jumped as he nervously sipped on his drink, avoiding eye contact as his fingers fiddled with his switch.

"you're acting so weird" you said as you throw a candy wrapper at him "you've been looking at me strangely all day" you said as you narrowed your eyes at him

miya gulped and shook his head "no way!" he denied "you're getting too confident, you slime!" he said as he stuck his tongue out playfully

you rolled your eyes and laughed at his antics, throwing another piece of wrapper at him as you tuck a strand of hair behind your ear. "whatever" you said

"and don't call me a slime, im your best friend!" you whined with a laugh. miya blushed and jutted his bottom lip out in a sort of pout. "you're still a slime if you keep acting like that.." he muttered

you raise a brow in confusion "acting like what?" you asked. "a-acting so... so.." he stammered out, looking so flustered as he tries to maintain eye contact with you, even though he could practically feel his heart palpitating.

"so what?" you asked again, this time even more confused as his face visibly becomes a brighter shade of red all the way to the tip of his ears.

"so cute!!" miya finally admitted, accidentally raising his voice a little too high, causing a few students to turn their heads.

"aghhh" he groaned out as he ducked his head to avoid their gazes out of embarrassment.

"oh.. is that so?" you cooed out with a laugh as you cover your cheeks which were heating up from the compliment.

"well, you're pretty cute yourself" you teased "even for a slime"

miya looked up and glared at you, despite his quivering lips and shaky voice he still managed to let out a small "im not a slime.."

you smile and pack away your bento, standing up on your feet and pulling him along. "im gonna keep calling you a slime if you won't stop acting weird around me" you said

"anyways, let's go. lunch is about to end" you say as you take his hand in yours and proceed to walk away. miya gulped as he stared longingly at your intertwined hands.

more specifically, your ring finger which seems to be quite bare.

"hey, y/n.." he muttered. "yeah?" you reply

"remember our promise?" he asked ".. yknow, when we were kids?"

you hummed for a moment before replying, "i think so.." you said "i mean.. i remember promising not to tell anyone when you fell into a canal when we were like five-"

"not that!!" miya shrieked with a bit of a pink tint to his cheeks "forget about that whole thing, that's embarrassing!" he whined

"then what?" you asked with a laugh "i can't name every promise we've ever made all in one go, you know?"

miya huffed and abruptly stopped in his tracks, causing you to halt along with him.

"i meant.. when we promised to marry each other." he said in a soft whisper

"miya.." you mumble as you stare at him in surprise. miya simply looked away, avoiding eye contact as his lips quiver into a small frown.

"um. yeah, i remember" you replied with a nervous smile as miya takes your hand in his and locks your fingers together.

"y/n, i think.." miya stammered out "i think i want to get married already."

you blinked in shock and confusion before letting out a sheepish laugh "haha, miya you can't be serious" you said

"we're too young, plus, you're saying that as if you like me or something" you said in a joking manner as you playfully hit his shoulder "but you don't actually like me, right?" you asked with a nervous gulp

miya shook his head and placed your hands over his chest, holding them tenderly as he stares up at you with his eyes glimmering with admiration.

"i like you a lot, y/n" he admitted "i've liked you since we were kids and-" he cut himself off

"actually, i think i love you. so um.. i wanna get married so nobody else can love you but me." miya said with a look of determination on his face as he nervously waits for your response.

"well uh.." you stammer out as you nervously look around "i.. i love you too, miya.." you finally admitted as you send him a bashful glance

miya's eyes widened as his smile turned into a wide grin. "really?" he asked with excitement

"yeah i guess" you muttered bashfully as you try to avoid his entrancing emerald hued eyes.

"that's great! let's get married." miya said as he took your hand and pulled you along as he ran towards the infamous cherry blossom tree in your school.

"miya, slow down!" you whined as he practically dragged you along while you struggled to keep up with him since he was basically sprinting.

"hurry up, you slime!" miya exclaimed with a laugh as he slows down to match your pace

"geez. you know we can get married at like 20 or 25 instead, right?" you said as you let out a breath of air

you were both underneath the cherry blossom tree. the beautiful pink blossoms fall and sway around due to the wind as the both of you lay on the grassy ground.

"we don't even have rings" you laughed as you turned to look at him. "don't worry i already have those" miya said with a cat-like grin

you watched in amusement as he dug into his pocket and pulled out two rings made of paper with small cat and video game stickers and both of your names written on the inside.

"oh gosh you actually have them" you sweat drop "ofcourse! i made these this morning and put a lot of effort so you better accept it" miya playfully scowled

you both sat up as he held out his palm, urging you to place your hand on top of it.

"my vows would be.. uh i'll love you forever and let you play my games. and i won't ever leave you and call you a slime ever again" miya muttered as he slid the ring into your finger, blushing madly as he does so.

"wow, nice vows. very heartfelt." you say sarcastically with a laugh, causing him to grumble and gently hit you with his fist.

"just say your vows, you slime!"

"you just said you wouldn't call me a slime anymore!"

"that only applies after! we're still not together since you still haven't told me your vows, slime!"

you sigh as a fond smile grazed your lips. you stare at miya through your lashes, chuckling to yourself as you see him waiting expectantly with a concerning amount of blush on his cheeks.

"my vows would be.." you muttered "that i would never leave you and i'll be with you and support you in whatever you wanna do." you said

"and-"

"that's enough" miya cut you off by waving his hand at your face, while covering his with the other. "u-um.. im fine with just that, you don't have to say anything else.." he said

you blink in confusion but agree anyways. "okay then" you smiled

miya gulped as he shakily lends you his hand, watching in astonishment as you slid the ring onto his finger.

"there, we're now officially together forever" you said with a laugh as you intertwined your hands together

"yeah." miya mumbled as his lips slowly curled into a loving smile

you gave him a smug grin as you point to your lips "this is the part where you kiss me-"

miya didn't let you finish as he suddenly tackled you into a hug and pressed a soft kiss onto your lips before moving along and pressing his lips onto both of your cheeks and nose.

"thanks for marrying me" miya muttered against your neck as he buries his face against your skin

"anytime" you chuckled. you wrapped your arms around him, causing him to sigh in satisfaction and relax against your body.

"mhhm, love you y/n" he mumbled

"i love you too miya"

"man, you'll never understand since you're too young" reki said with a smug grin as he patted miya's head to emphasise his point

"love is just too complex for kiddos like you" reki teased

miya simply grumbled and glared up at the redhead, causing reki to laugh even more. "oh yeah?" miya taunted

"well, it's not like you have a lover of your own" he scoffed "you can't flirt for the life of you, and girls wouldn't even waste their time of day to look at you"

reki let out a pained smile as he sulked over miya's harsh words. "ahahaha, those are some big words for a little kid like you" reki squeaked out with a chuckle

"tch.." miya gritted his teeth as he glared up at reki "you have no room to talk when your ethe one who doesn't have a s/o, you slime!" he exclaimed

"eh??" reki mused "why? do you have a s/o?" he taunted "i think not-"

"yes i do." miya cut him off with a smug smirk

"ha?! how?! you're like three?!?" reki exclaimed in surprise, which seemed to catch the others' attention

"ha?! im thirteen idiot!!" miya yelled back with a scowl

"what happened?" kaoru asks with a raised brow as he looks between the two boys. reki seemed to be in shock and suspicion, while miya was sticking his tongue out at the redhead.

"cherry, miya said he has a s/o!!" reki exclaimed "how is that even possible?! he's a child!"

"im a teenager!" miya exclaimed

"really?" kaoru hummed in amusement as his eyes slowly trail over to you, who was too busy munching on burgers with langa to even notice their arguing.

"who is it??" reki asked "its y/n." miya replied with a proud smirk

"Y/N?! IMPOSSIBLE!" reki exclaimed with widened eyes. he ran over to you and hugged you protectively to his chest. "y/n, answer me honestly!" he said

"are you and miya together?!"

you blink in confusion and look at langa for an answer, though he simply shrugged and carried on eating. "um, well yeah." you said

"no way?!!!" reki exclaimed "oi you slime, why does it seem so unbelievable to you anyway, huh?" miya asked him with a raised brow as he pulled you closer to him

"it's just a shock to me!" reki said "i never would've guessed that.." he let out a sigh

kojiro sweat dropped and patted miya and yours' heads. "well, it was pretty obvious they'd end up together" he said

"yeah, we even got married." miya said in a nonchalant tone as he intertwined your hands.

"EH?!" now this time, everyone had let out a scream of their own. they looked between the two of you and blinked in shock.

"impossible. since when?" kaoru asked

"a week ago" you replied with a smile as you raise both of your hands to show them the rings on your fingers.

"but thats just paper-" kaoru slapped langa's mouth with his fan and smiled proudly at the two of you.

"that's wonderful. are those your rings?" he asked with a hum

"yeah. miya made them" you replied "it was really fun. the 'wedding' was a bit unexpected but its fine." you said

"the children are growing up!" kojiro exclaimed as he covered his mouth, while he wipes the stray tears of joy away.

"kaoru! the children are grown!!"

"shut up, you gorrila! you act like they're our kids." kaoru rolled his eyes. he then turned to you and smiled softly once again.

"congratulations" he said

"heh. hows that, you slime?" miya sneered at reki as he flaunts the paper rings with a smug cat-like grin.

"those are just paper anyways! so you're not really married- ow!" reki yelped as he felt kaoru's fan hit his head

"tch. whatever! im gonna get real rings soon!" miya exclaimed.

"no need to rush things, you know?" you mused as you patted miya's head

"yeah.." miya muttered "paper rings will do for now.. right?" he asked.

"right."

#sk8 imagines #sk8 incorrect quotes #sk8 infinity #sk8 the infinity #incorrect sk8 quotes #sk8 joe #sk8 reki #sk8 miya #sk8 langa #sk8 cherry blossom #sk8 chinen #sk8 the infinity x gender neutral reader #sk8 the infinity x reader #skate the infinity #sk8 x reader #sk8 x y/n #sk8 fluff #sk8 headcanons #miya chinen x reader #miya chinen #miya x reader #chinen miya #miya x y/n #reki x reader #reki x y/n #langa x reader #langa x y/n #catboy miya #anime x reader #sk8 scenarios

[lmaoskz]

Cat and Mouse

hey yall so i wrote a little something something 😶 this is dedicated to the queen @jenoluck because she’s amazing and i’m in love with her haha anyways this is my first time writing a fanfic or anything like this at all so 🥴

tw: yandere themes, implied kidnapping, swearing

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You had been in that house for way too long. The days ticked by, each one feeling more prolonged than the one before. You had explored every inch of the place, from the dining table set for two with chairs on each head of the table to the dusty library with the five books you had already read cover to cover at least ten times. Even with all of the locked doors, the place was pretty big; and you had to admit it wasn't too shabby. If you were living here with your family, or even on your own, it would have been nice. If you were living here out of choice, it would be tolerable. But you weren't. Instead, you were stuck with him.

Jeno was never one to miss a detail. He always switched up when he was out of the house, made sure to lock all the doors, and never allowed you to contact the outside world. Any loophole you thought you could make was never an actual loophole - just a trap. Over and over again, you tried and failed to find some way to fool your captor. But he was always ten steps ahead of you.

As you sat on the windowsill staring at the forest stretching for miles behind the house, you heard the front door open and close so fast you almost missed it. Jeno never announced his departure - he thought of it as an announcement that he was giving you the opportunity to leave. However, you didn't need a verbal confirmation - the sound of the door clicking was all you needed to hear to get up off the cushions and down the stairs to the front of the house. Immediately you rattled the brass doorknob, just in case he had neglected to lock it. Yet again, he hadn't. No surprise there. You peeked out the window by the door, trying to find a clue as to how you'll get on the other side when your eyes landed on the lock. Maybe you could twist it open enough to unlock it if you tried hard enough. You slowly moved towards the golden latch when the sound of shuffling behind you made you freeze. No, surely not. You heard the door open and close. It couldn't be him. Despite your instant suspicion, you were not at all prepared for the cough made directly behind you. Whipping around, your hand made contact with skin, and before you even opened your eyes to see Jeno standing there with his hand on his cheek, you knew you had fucked up.

"Sweetheart, what are you doing," Jeno spat, hostility laced in his words.

"Nothing. I wasn't doing anything." you tried stalling as long as you could, your hand feeling around the door for the lock behind your back. Jeno rolled his eyes and stepped closer, bringing his hand down from his cheek.

"I find that very hard to believe, considering your surprise to see me." you knew you would crack exceptionally quickly, and Jeno did too. he continued to stare you down, and right when you were about to break, you felt the cold metal of the lock in your hand. "Wh-"before he could finish, the lock clicked, and you threw the door open, not wasting a beat as you leapt down the porch stairs and ran straight into the forest, Jeno's angry shouts close behind.

You managed to get about thirty feet away from the house before Jeno caught up to you. You felt him grab the hood of your sweatshirt and pull you back into him as hard as he could. You almost choked as you fell against his chest, your legs slipping in the dirt as his arms wrap around you. "Did you really think that would work baby," Jeno growled into your ear. the truth is, you didn't. But seeing as you had never made an escape attempt until today, you figured it was worth a shot and, above all, a statement to your captor that you had had enough. As you were dragged back through the forest and the house loomed closer, you started fighting harder. You couldn't go back in there, especially now that Jeno was extra angry with you - you couldn't even imagine what he'll do to you if he succeeds in bringing you back. "No- let me go, you son of a bitch, I hate you," you shrieked, pushing against his arms as he holds you tighter. "Shut the fuck up, and maybe I'll go easy on you," Jeno spat as he hauled you up the stairs and shoved you to the floor inside the house. You saw your chance of escape fading as he closed the door, so without further thought, you scrambled to your feet and raced up the stairs while his back was turned. Mind racing, you turned a corner and slid inside a closet at the entrance of a spare bedroom, clamping your hand over your mouth to control your breathing. Maybe when he's on the other end of the house, you could try the door again. all you knew was if he found you, it was all over.

"Darling, you don't have to hide. Come out, and we can talk." you could hear his sickening sweet voice traveling down each hallway of the upstairs, his footsteps tapping against the hardwood floor. Every time you thought he was furthest away from you and you considered leaving your hiding place, his voice was suddenly inches away - taunting you. "if you come out now, I won't be so hard on you." you could tell he was getting angry now. How long had it been since you started hiding? 5 minutes? 30 minutes? You couldn't tell.

"You know I've been everywhere else in the house. I know where you are, so why don't you come out and quit playing around. I want to talk to you." now you knew he was really close. You could practically hear his breathing on the other side of the closet door. But you didn't budge. Surely he was bluffing. You weren't going to give up that easily. "Fine, baby. I guess we'll do it the hard way." suddenly the closet door swung open, flooding the small space with light and revealing a very angry Jeno. You screamed as he yanked you out of the closet by your arm, spinning you around and slamming you against the wall. "Did you have fun playing hide and seek? Huh? Thought you could outsmart me?" Jeno hissed. you didn't say anything, just frantically stared into his dark eyes. "Playtime's over.”

#this is my first ever fanfic lmao #please go easy on me 😔 #yandere kpop #yandere nct #yandere jeno #nct jeno

[avasnotalee]

hiiiiii i made another terrible miraculous t-word fic lol

Word Count: 1383

Ship: MariChat

Switch!Mari Switch!Chat Noir

It was yet another night of waiting on a desertedrooftop for Chat Noir, as he waited for Ladybug. Although he knew she was busy being the new guardian of the miraculous, he couldnt help but wish his partner were there with him. Chat missed the nights they shared, when they leaped from building to building; making sure everything was in order. He missed the jokes and remarks they exhnaged.. he missed it all. Then he thought of the most hurtful time he had been stood up by Ladybug, and how he went to Marinette’s place. He had begun to go there more frequently on the days he was left to patrol himself, as marinette was good company, although he could never stay there for very long.

As everything in Paris seemed in order, Chat Noir made his way to the rooftop of the Dupain-Cheng family’s bakery. With a knock on the little trap door, Marinette popped up to answer it. Before Chat had came, she was very busy learing about her new responsibilities as the guardian, but thankfully she had her new kwami friends to help her through the journey. Those new friends of course, had to hide in marinette’s miracle box, which the box itself was safely hidden in a pink dollhouse on her desk.

“Oh, um- hey Chat!” Marinette exclaimed nervously, she was not prepared for his presence, as she was deep into her studies.

“Hey Marinette, Ladybug didnt show for patrol again tonight, and I was wandering if I could hang with you a while to feel less lonely?”

“Yeah! Of course, come on in.”

Suddenly, it hit marinette like a brick that she still had all of her pictures of Adrien up in her room! (not that it mattered, becuase they were for research purposes only, right?)

“wAIT- hold on my room is uhhh- a little messy.. um.. yeah! wait here for a minute.”

suddenly, the trap door was closed in Chats face.

“Shes a terrible liar” Chat thought to himself

“What is she hiding?”

Marinette came back with a nervous smile plastered across her face

“Okay all clean like a bug in a rug! super sparkely- nice haha..”

“Are you okay mari?”

“Oh me? what? pshhh yeah im great”

“ooookay then”

Chat noir climed down the steps into Marinettes vibrant room

“Soooooo what are you really hiding from me?”

“Me? Hiding? Something? I have no secrets from you Chat Noir” Marinette nervously giggled

“Are you suuuuuure?” Chat teased, lightly poking her in the side

A high pitched squeal escaped mari’s lips, causing chat noir to give her a smug look of suspision

“Oh now theres defintley something youve never told me before”

“I have no idea what youre talking about”

“that youre actually pretty sensitive, huh purr-incess?” The blonde teen smirked

“I um.. no-“

without giving Marinette a chance to defend herself, Chat Noir tackled the poor girl to the ground

“cmon chat, were not 5 years old”

“well too bad there is nothing you can do about it” he grinned, pinning marinette at the wrists above her head. Chat proceeded to take his free hand, and start spidering her helpless midsection

Marinette began to buck and squirm “come ohohohon chat noir hahaha” she pleaded

“this is the most convenient way for me to get information out of you, isnt it marinette?”

“nohohohoho theres nothing to hide hahahaha”

“I know how to get you to tell me”

Chat began to dig and wiggle his thin fingers into her underarms

“PLEHEHEHEASE CHAT NOIR NAHAHAHA” Marinette threw her head back in laughter, with her legs kicking out in front

“Please what? Keep going? Sure I will!”

“ILL GET YOU SOHOHOME FOOD FROHOHOM THE BAKERY PLEAHEHEASE STOHOHOHOP!”

Chat Noir let up his fingers to think about the deal

“hmm I could go for a macaroon right about now. I’ll set you free, but the macaroon has to be grapefruit.”

Marinette lay on the ground panting “fine, I’ll get you your grapefruit macaroon.”

She got up to get the treat, and as she quietly went down the stairs, it struck Chat Noir that he may be able to find what she was hiding while she was gone.

Chat looked everywhere, but couldnt find anything interesting. Just as he was about to give up, he noticed a diary free on marinettes desk. As soon as he was able to walk over, he could hear marinette coming up the stairs. He quickly grabbed the book but didnt get the chance to open it.

Marinette walked into her room to see Chat Noir standing very awkwardly, with his hands behind his back.

“Um, Chat? What do you have?”

“Nothing. Why do you ask?”

“Obviously becuase youre hiding something behind you.”

“No I’m not, I’m just respectfullly holding my hands behind my back. Did you get the macaroon?”

“Of course I did” Marinette extended her hand to give him the macaroon. Although the grapefruit macaroon that she makes weekly was reserved for adrien, she considered making another one another time would be worth it to get out of Chat Noir’s Claws

As he went to grab his snack, Mari realized his other hand was still behind his back. He was definitley hiding something.

“Chaaaaaaat, what do you have?”

“I already told you, I dont have anything.”

Marinette ran behind Chat, and got a glimpse of her diary just before he was able to turn around. He shoved the whole macaroon in his mouth, then held the book high above her head, just out of reach.

“Hey! I need that!” Marinette whined, jumping to get her diary back.

“You didnt read anything in it did you!?”

“Not yet”

“I really need that back chat”

“onlly if you can reach it first”

of course Mari couldnt reach it. She defintiley wasnt short, but she was not near as tall as Chat Noir. She remebered once when she had tickle_ him as Ladybug, so it was definitley one of his weaknesses. If she couldnt reach, shed need to use another method to get back the holder of all her deepest secrets

Marinette scribbled Chat Noir’s underarms, causing him to pull his arms down to protect his sensitive spots

“H-Hey! You cant just- nahaha” He then dropped the book and Marinette put it back in her super safe box for it.

“Now its payback time!”

“What- why? nO-“

Marinette then tackled the flustered cat “Why not? Dont tell me youre ticklish Chat

Noir!” Of course she already knew the answer, but seeing him turn all red and shy about it was just too cute to miss out on.

“God I hate that word. I hate even saying it out loud.”

“aweee but its such a presious word! tickle tickle tickle kittyyyy”

Marinette began to teasingly poke Chat Noir’s sides, and watched as he started to panic

“no mari wait- nohohoho you cahahant just nahaha” he tried to push her hands off his torso, but he was already weak with laughter

“poor ticklish chat, having your weakness used against you and Ladybug isnt even here to help.” She cooed, spidering his tummy

“noHohO I- plehehease I cahahahant! hahaha” Now he was the one pinned with his legs kicking beneath marinette being straddled on top of him

“dont let any akumatized villans find out about your little secret, itd be over for you within 30 seconds! Escpecially around your your hips~”

“hohohow did you- AHAHAHAHA MARI IM GONNA DIIIIHIHIE AHAHAHAHA!”

Chat thrusted and bucked in attempt to get the strong girl off of him, but it was practically useless as he was rendered imobile given his situation.

“MARI HAHAHHAHA I CAHAHAHANT!”

“Ill tell you what kitty, if you say the word tickle, I’ll let you go.”

“BUHUHUT I CAHAHAHANT NAHAHAHA!”

“its such an easy word to say, if you refuse to say it, im just gonna assume that you must like being tickled”

“NOHOHOHOHO I DOHOHOHONT”

“then say it.” Mari grinned down at him

“TIHIHIHIHI NAHAHAHAHA” Chat Noir’s laughter went silent

“okay fine you were close enough” she sat on the floor next to him and played with his hair as he still giggled out the phantom tickles

“youre sure protective of that book arehehent you?”

“eh, it was mostly just an excuse for me to get you back.”

“thats so mean.”

ty for reading! If you have any story requests pls send lols

#miraculous tickles #tickle #miraculous ladybug #mlb tickling #mlb tickles #tickling #t-words #im cry this took way too long for how it turned out wtf #marichat asf tho

[rouxipanda]

OC Interview: My Commander (aka Rouxi)

yes my commander is technically me. So yeah i got tagged! and mhh well im gonna do it ! Im gonna make this happen after the event of Icebrood saga cuz yeah (1334AE). My commander is a very complete character hahahah ! and sad too but shhhhhh. Enjoy !

OC Interview: My Commander

INTRODUCTION:

1) Can you introduce yourself ?

The commander nervously play with their fingers as their desert fox lay down next to them. “I am Rouxi hum, i am an asura aaaand most people know me as The Commander..”

2) What is your gender identity, orientation and relationship status?

Rouxi ears perk up as you ask this question, it seemly make them more comfortable. “Oh! i identify as Non-binary, i go by he/him or they/them ! hum and im pan-romantic. Single.”

3) Where and when were you born?

Rouxi look at the branded griffon in the distance, seemly lost. “I know im around 26 years old... I... don’t know where i was born.”

4) What is your weapon of choice and fighting style?

“Oh well, i like to fight with my scythe, so when i fight i switch between using it as an actual scythe, or as just a staff.... I-I’m a druid heh”. Rouxi then started petting their desert fox.

5) Lastly, are you happy? 

Rouxi’s face frowned, looking down. “I.... i don’t know... But... Let’s say i used to be at a lower point” He said smiling kindly.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS:

1) What’s your family like? What is your relationship with them?

Rouxi looks at you confused. “My biological familly or my adoptive one ?... h-huh nevermind! They.... were the best, Papa was very funny and strong a-and Dad was... more strict, but very kind and smart heh....” Their face becomes more sad. “ They... gave their life to protect me when i was around 10...” A small tear could be seen in their eyes, but they took a deep breath before smiling kindly again.

2) Have you ever ran away from home? 

Rouxi shrugs. “Never ran away as far as i remember... Maybe run away from school, buut th-that’s something else heh”

3) Would you consider marriage or having children? 

Rouxi blush quite a bit, now also nervous “ I-I don’t think any are f-for me!!”

4) Do you secretly hate one of your friends? 

Rouxi seemed to think for a bit. “No... i don’t think i ever hated any of my friends. Does myself count as a friend ? because that might change the answer” they said laughing nervously.

5) Which friend knows everything about you? 

They made a sad smile before answering “Blish somehow knew me better than anyone... But Gorrik knows me the better. We are not so different after all”

ASKED BY FANS: 

1) Are you literate? Have you been to school?

Rouxi smiled before chuckling a bit. “Heh, i know im stupid for an asura but im not that stupid haha!”

2) The eeriest prediction you made that later came true?

They look at you confused. “...What does.. eeriest means ? h-hem.... let’s say prediction in general ? ... Yeah none ever really came true anyway...”

3) What is something you were embarrassingly late to realize? 

They looked to the side embarrassed. “ First, that i wasn’t the only weird asura... Second...” They smiled “That there is nothing wrong with that, and i shouldn’t be ashamed of it”

4) Do you have mental health or physical issues?

Rouxi now looked preoccupied, playing with their fingers again. “ I... I made mistakes in the past... But with everything that happened.. yeah definitely have a few mental health problem from time to time.... i guess...” To distract themself, Rouxi started to pet their jacaranda, who was now sitting next to Them.

5) What is your current main goal?

Rouxi thought for a bit while smiling. “I think i’d say...rest and have fun with my friends. Because i know something is gonna happen, and i’ll need to feel ready when that time will come”

CHOICES:

1) Drink or food? 

Rouxi smile in confusion. “..... B-both ???”

2) Cats or dogs?

They look at their pets before looking at you with a big smile. “ All !!”

3) Early bird or night owl?

Rouxi stare in the distance before answering. “ I... tend to have a lots of nightmares... so i’d say night owl ???”

4) Optimist or pessimist? 

They shrug while looking away. “ Y-yeah depends...Kinda both... maybe a bit more pessimist i’d say.”

5) Sassy or sarcastic?

Rouxi looks down VERY confused before taking out their comms “Gorrik ? Am I sassy or sarcastic???” There is a small silence before Gorrik answer. “ You are... sometimes both... and sometimes you fail being any of them. Does that answer your question ?” “ N-no ???” You decide to move on to the next question before The Commander’s brain melt in confusion.

HAVE YOU EVER:

1) Been caught sneaking out

Rouxi shrugged “can’t be caught for something you never did”

2) Broke a bone

They laugh before smiling at you “ I am the commander! Of course i broke a bunch of bones with the trouble im getting into !... I mean, I even died once hah”

3) Received flowers 

“ Yeah ! From my friends of course, and it makes me very happy! heh” Rouxi then grew a few flower around themself happily.

4) Ghosted someone 

They look on the side nervously. “ Probably m-more than i realize... I-i swear i don’t do it on purpose!!”

5) Pretended to laugh at a joke you didn’t get 

Rouxi smiles at you. “Bold of you to assume i get any jokes right away... aaaand bold of you to assume i don’t laugh after finally understanding it haha !”

TAGGING:

huhhhhhhhhh... YO @darkblitz3​ , Tratk... trakt... HUH ANYWAY, im a bit curious about him mhhh ?

#gw2 #gw2 oc #gw2 asura #gw2 gorrik #gw2 asura oc #gw2 commander #asura #asura oc #asura gorrik #guild wars 2 #guild wars 2 oc

[sleepy-exe]

Shapeshifter AU - 9

Iwaizumi x f!reader

<< Part 8 | Part 10 >>

Summary: The morning after Iwaizumi found out about shapeshifters. Y/n tries to play it cool. Iwaizumi gets to see into part of her world.

Word count: 3k

Warnings: none, fluff

Genre: sfw (18+ regardless), shapeshifter au, strangers to lovers

a/n: Ahhhh this is so late. The next two parts are almost ready at least. Haha..

Part 9: Walls Will Fall 

Y/n woke up in her bed at home, alone as usual. Not long after her and Iwaizumi’s shapeshifter discussion, she had to head home to get ready for work later that morning. She had today off though, so she could clear her head from yesterday’s events, and she hoped to hear from Iwaizumi. He had texted her once that evening after he got home from his own job, not that he’d planned to come over. He still didn’t know exactly where she lived anyway. Regardless, he normally says more even if he doesn’t seem to text much. She hoped he wasn’t scared off.

>> To ‘zumi’: “good morning~”

She immediately cursed herself realizing she majorly slept in. It’s far from morning now. She stretched while sitting in bed for a moment before heading to her master bathroom. Her phone chimed as she stepped foot on the tiled floor, so she ran back to grab the phone she had left behind before heading to do her morning routine. She checked her notifications while grabbing an elastic to push any baby hairs out of her face. He texted back already. She sighed in relief; having wondered if he’d answer at all.

>> From ‘zumi’: “morning? Dont tell me you just woke up”

>> From ‘zumi’: “y/n it’s 1pm”

She smiled to herself. At least she didn’t get a one word reply. He can’t be completely avoiding her then, right?

>> To ‘zumi’: “course not i meant afternoon lol”

>> From ‘zumi’: “you totally just woke up”

She admitted defeat in silence and headed for the shower. During her shower and the rest of her morning ritual, she heard several dings from her phone but ignored them.

Exiting the en suite, she tossed her phone onto the bed before walking to the kitchen completely naked. The joys of living alone. She grabbed a water bottle from her fridge and checked the cat’s bowls before returning to her bed, water in hand.

She swapped the bottle for her phone, plopping down on the foot of the bed with a light bounce. There were various app notifications that she ignored and texts from a few friends, which she also ignored. For now. She’s not a bad friend for that, right?

But below her friends’ texts was another text from Iwaizumi, and she clicked it. She’s definitely going to reply to her other two friends very soon.

>> From ‘zumi’: “no reply makes it sound like I was right”

>> To ‘zumi’: “maybe I was busy all morning”

>> From ‘zumi’: “I thought you had the day off”

>> To ‘zumi’: “Nope was definitely busy and I’m definitely being productive”

>> From ‘zumi’: “prove it”

She paused. She’s pretty sure he’s expecting a pic. At least if she was texting Mizuki or another friend that would be more or less a demand for a selfie to prove what she’s actually doing. But not only would that prove she lied, she still hadn’t picked out clothes to wear.

Her cat suddenly jumped onto her bed and started head butting her. “Yeah yeah, breakfast. I saw you had some left in your bowl, kitty cat.”

>> To ‘zumi’: “well i can’t send a pic not dressed”

After several minutes of giving the cat much needed attention, she moved her to the side so she could get to her wardrobe. While she decided on an outfit, she heard her phone chime again, but decided maybe she should go ahead and get dressed.

Now fully clothed she grabbed her phone and headed over to do some minimal makeup. Fill in her brows, cover her dark circles, the usual.

>> From ‘zumi’: “Not dressed this late in the afternoon? At work?”

>> From ‘zumi’: “I dont believe that’s normally acceptable in an office setting”

>> From ‘zumi’: “I’m guessing that means one of those things was a lie. you’re not supposed to lie to your friends”

She clicked her tongue. “Okay.. Oh wait!”

Friends!

She quickly checked her other messages. Sakusa and another friend had texted her earlier. Sakusa just sent a reminder about plans they had made for later in the week, so she confirmed the plans were still on. Her best friend surprisingly didn’t blow up her phone for ignoring him; not that he had anything important to say. She typed out a quick message to him, then got back to Iwaizumi.

>> To ‘zumi’: “fine I did sleep in”

>> To ‘zumi’: “sorry for lying how can I ever make it up to you”

Mochi was on her heels as she left the bedroom. “Okay! Okay!”

>> From ‘zumi’: “depends”

>> From ‘zumi’: “are you planning on getting dressed today”

She chuckled, and quickly gave Mochi food and fresh water.

>> To ‘zumi’: “yeah. Done. Mochi got her breakfast and now I’m getting mine”

As she stepped into her kitchen, Iwa was already calling her. What did she expect? She sighed and answered the call.

“You haven’t eaten yet?!” Did she expect him to say anything else? No.

“Hello to you, too.”

“Y/n.”

“Don’t dad me.”

“Wha-“

“Don’t ya have work today?”

“No, I have today off.”

“Oh. Fun fun.” She sent a request to switch to video chat before working on her brunch.

“..You’re dressed, right?”

She snorted. “I generally don’t cook naked.”

“Generally?” He accepted the switch to video call and she propped her phone up on the countertop. She could see he was indoors, but did not recognize where.

“I’m making something to eat now, but we can talk. Don’t worry, I’m fully clothed.” She snickered.

“Oh, so you do live somewhere,” he said with a coy smile. She winced at the nod to her secrecy. “What are you making?”

She paused staring down at her phone, then looked around and left the phone’s frame.

“You haven’t even figured out that much? I can’t believe you haven’t had anything to eat yet! It’s after 3pm!”

“It’s not-“ She caught sight of the time on the microwave and winced again. Whoops. She popped her head back in the camera frame long enough for a, “Nah.. Totally know what I’m cooking, yup!”

But she still caught his less than pleased expression before she turned away. She heard a sigh then, “Why don’t we just have lunch together?”

“Oh? You wanna have lunch with me, Iwaizumi?” She said, digging through the refrigerator for something she could make a meal out of.

“Do you want to cook or do you want to join me?” He cocked an eyebrow.

“Boo.” She picked the phone up and held it in front of her as she abandoned what food and cookware she already laid out. “Yeah, I’d love to go get somethin’. Anything.” She glanced around the room. “I apparently need to grocery shop.”

He shook his head. “Any preference?”

“Nah. I’m literally wilting away. I’ll eat anything.” She threw an arm over her face dramatically as she walked from the kitchen.

He laughed. “Okay. I’m already out. Want to meet me somewhere?“

“Well, if yer out already,” she smirked and fell back onto the loveseat, “Why don’t you get whatever and come to my place. We can eat here.”

“Uh huh. I don’t know where you live, you little shit,” he grumbled.

“Ah, well, I could text you my address.. Are you anywhere near Kita ward?” His eyes were fixed on her through the screen, but he gave no response, verbally or otherwise. Her cheerful expression dropped and she spoke with an apologetic tone, “Look, I’m sorry about not sharing this stuff. I only didn’t want you to know where I live to be careful. Because the whole.. y’know..”

“Because you were afraid that I knew. And now you know that I do. How is that better?” The screen adjusted as he stepped outdoors from wherever he was.

She flicked stray hair out of her face. “Well.. because of your reaction. That’s what I was afraid of. But it was fi-“

“I’m still mad about it,” he commented without looking at the screen as he walked. Wherever he is isn’t too busy.

“Yeah, well.. ya have the right to be.”

“Please, just.. don’t lie to me anymore.” He stared at her through the screen with furrowed brows.

She nodded. “I won’t. I promise.” Mochi jumped over her face and onto the arm of the loveseat behind her head. “Also, sorry for lying this morning too.”

“What- Was that a cat?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

He just stared for a second before shaking his head. “And I don’t care about the thing earlier. Playing around and teasing is different than hiding a part of yourself and your life.”

“Yeah..” Mochi flipped her tail in Y/n’s face and she quickly slid it away. She then tilted her phone up so the cat was now in front of the phone and the shifter’s head was peeking from the bottom of the screen. “This is Mochi by the way. Umm, are ya allergic to cats?”

“So that’s who that is, huh. And no, I was just surprised you had a cat. You never talk about it.”

Around you, comment best left to herself.

“Good ‘cause her fur is everywhere.”

Y/n ran across the apartment when she heard knocking at the front door. Unlocking it, she opened the door to Iwaizumi with takeout. “Hey! Did ya have any trouble getting here?”

The smell of food suddenly hit her and she moaned, “I am so hungry. Oh my gosh, thank you.”

He stepped into her apartment and kicked off his shoes. “I didn’t think you’d live in the city.”

He looked around the apartment. It appeared to be not much bigger than his, but the floor-to-ceiling windows along the entire wall to the right made it feel much larger.

Y/n grabbed the bags of takeout from him and ran off to the kitchen which sat to the left, dining table sitting in the area between the entryway and kitchen.

The floors were a grey wood and the walls were painted a darker grey. The white and black in the kitchen along with her mostly black furniture definitely gave the space a monochrome feel.

“What, thought I lived in the woods?” She laughed. “I just run there. And, like, chill there. I love nature and the city alike, and this is closer to work so..”

He walked toward the living room, walking past a sofa to reach the wall of windows. Mochi jumped onto a small end table next to him to request a greeting. He ran a hand along Mochi’s back after letting her sniff him. “What do you do again? It’s close by?”

“Uhh,” he could hear her shuffling around in the kitchen, “Best summary would be really boring business stuff. For other businesses. Around Chuo Ward.”

“How creative,” he said dryly.

“Logistics,” the kitchen noises stopped, “Making calls, boring desk work.”

She walked up behind Iwaizumi so quietly he didn't notice she had left the kitchen. “I mean, other stuff too, but ya know.”

He jumped a little when her voice came from his right where she suddenly appeared.

She stifled a giggle. “Sorry. Do ya wanna eat over here?”

He gave a wary look.

“Believe me it’s fine,” she shooed the cat from the end table, “This little brat makes a bigger mess than you ever could.”

She paused before adding, “Ah.. Actually, I might make more messes.”

He snorted. “Wherever is fine.”

The two of them shared the larger of the two sofas. She placed her mostly empty noodle bowl on the coffee table, then leaned back and maneuvered so that her legs were draped over the arm of the sofa and her head resting against one of his thighs. “Excellent choice. You are definitely allowed to pick where we eat in the future,” she said staring at the ceiling, totally content.

Iwaizumi’s legs were stretched out in front of him, one hand holding a drink and the other now moved to the back of the sofa after Y/n claimed where the arm once was. “Oh yeah?”

She hummed in agreement, eyes now gazing across the room.

He looked towards the windows again, sipping at his drink. “I bet sunrise is pretty from here.”

She hummed again, but this time in disagreement. “Nah, wrong way. But I never wake up early enough anyway.”

He looked down at her resting face. She was wearing much less makeup than usual. It’s the first time he noticed the faint details of her face. “You wake up early enough when you stay with me,” voice low.

“Yeah.. But that’s the only time. I don’t sleep much there.” She opened her eyes just barely to look at him.

His eyebrows raised, he wasn’t aware of that. He thought she just woke up early. “Why’s that?”

She turned her head so she faced away from him now and spoke softly, “..Anxious maybe?” She turned back to him. “You make it sound like I stay with you a lot. I’ve only stayed twice.”

“I think it was three times.”

“Nah,” she sat up this time, kicking her legs around to face forward, just missing Mochi, “Maybe four times.”

“Definitely not four times.” He looked around the room again, taking in her home.

“Eh. Next time,” she reached down to swipe at Mochi under the coffee table.

He chuckled as Mochi took off to climb a cat tree against the wall behind them.

“So other animals..” He trailed off, not sure if he should finish that sentence.

“Cats don’t mind at all,” she met his gaze, “You’re talking about Mochi living with me, right? Dogs and some other animals do seem to notice, but she doesn’t. I could shapeshift in here and she wouldn’t care less.”

“And you can ask me whatever, I won’t get offended. Not really anyway.” She turned in her seat to fully face him, leaning her head against the arm he had along the back of the sofa. “Well, I mean, if you did ask something I didn’t want to answer, I just wouldn’t answer,” she playfully crinkled her nose at him to which he rolled his eyes.

He sat his drink to the side. “You do that in here?”

“What, shapeshift? Not usually.” She moved her attention to the windows. It was well into the evening now and sunset had started, shades of yellow and orange filling the sky around the city. “Hmm.. I might not get to see sunrise here, but sunset always gets me.”

He looked over this shoulder then shifted to face the windows to watch the sunset as well. “What’s better, sunset or sunrise?”

She shifted again, this time to sit on her legs. She hadn’t had the chance to go for a run lately, and it’s starting to catch up with her, making her fidget. She leaned forward, letting her chest press against his back and head rest on his shoulder. She hums. “They’re two different things that can’t be compared. I pick both.”

They stayed there in silence watching the sun set behind the tall buildings of Kita. At least until Mochi saw her chance and jumped onto the coffee table just to nosedive into takeout leftovers. Y/n jumped up, chasing the cat away. “Mochi!”

Iwaizumi shook his head, watching her remove a food container from Mochi’s head. “How about I help you clean this up?”

She exhaled, starting to already stack some of the takeout containers. “Sure. I’d appreciate it.”

He reached over to grab anything she missed and followed to dispose of everything. She made a second trip to carry glasses to the sink. He met her back in the kitchen just for her to grab his wrist and drag him back to the living room.

Sunset was almost over, the sky fading to darker shades, deep pinks and purples painting the sky. “Watching the sunset from here is beautiful,” she whispered.

They returned to their spot on the sofa, this time she leaned into his side. “But watching the sunrise from your living room.. feels warm.”

“Is that so?”

They stayed like that while the sun disappeared, lights of the city illuminating the dark blue sky. Iwaizumi caught her starting to doze off as she leaned heavier into him. One arm around her side, he shook her lightly. “Hey, go to bed.”

She stirred and grumbled a response, “Fine. Stay?”

“Yeah, if that’s what you want. I’ll stay out here. You go to bed.”

She sat up and stretched. “Nah. My bed‘s huge. It’s like a.. I don’t know.. There’s plenty of room.”  

“No, that’s okay.” He watched her stand and shuffle towards the front door, checking the locks.

“Look, I can’t make ya,” her voice filled with exhaustion. She walked behind the sofa and reached over to wrap her arms around his shoulders in a lazy hug from where he sat. “But if ya change yer mind.”

“I’ll get blankets.” She released him and moved around the living room towards the back of the apartment. She walked through her bedroom to one of the closets and pulled out a huge fluffy blanket and headed for the living room.

Iwaizumi was outside the bedroom door by the time she reached it. “What’s up with you and sleepovers?”

“I get lonely.” She handed him the oversized blanket. “Here.”

Taking the blanket, he said, “We don't even sleep in the same room.”

“Yeah. Well.” Her unfocused eyes looking past him. “My other friends do, but that’s fine. Just bein’ here matters.” She yawned again before continuing, “I have extra pillows too.”

He waited outside the doorway as she went back to the closet to retrieve pillows. Unlike the rest of the apartment, her bedroom was colorful from what he could see, and also messy. Compared to the monochrome, nice and neat main areas, this room could have belonged to an entirely different unit.

She returned to the doorway with two pillows and they walked back to the living room. “If you need anything, ya know, make yerself at home,” she said sleepily followed by a yawn, “I’ll leave the door open. And if Mochi bugs you, you can close her in my room. She’s a cuddler.”

He smiled before chasing the tired shifter off to bed, exchanging goodnights.

Parts 10 >>

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[theravencawsatmidnight]

Part One

An AU where All Might is dead and villains run wild, and heroes have gone into Hiding. Shigaraki finds a tiger running around causing problems and takes it back to the League only for it to turn into a little girl with no memories.

Spinner Logs

September 1st

12 PM

Echo won't leave Boss’s side for any reason. I think she imprinted on him or something. Dabi thinks its funny because she literally follows him everywhere around the hideout. All For One thinks its bothersome i i think, he pulled them both into a room to talk to them about something. Don't know what.

Boss has not said anything to Echo about her following him. She grabs hold of his shirt when he walks away to do something, me and Dabi were dumbfounded when we saw it.

Mr Compress should be back soon, i think he was scoping out the Post All Might scene or something. I cant wait for him to meet Echo i think he will like her.

It's my turn to go get food I guess. I wonder what kids eat . That's all i've got for now. 🦎

Dabi Logs

September 1st

1Pm

Lizard you really should learn to hide things better, this little log book you have of Echo is cute. I guess ill clue you in on what's going on while you get food, better have my ramen.

After you left Boss told me he was going to play some kind of online game or whatever as if I cared to know. The pipsqueak was going to follow him to his room but AFO grabbed her and she freaked out .

Something about needing to focus on the mission , i don't know of any mission. Boss told us to lay low for a while. Echo started crying, it was hard to listen if i'm being honest. Boss did not do anything, AFO told Boss to go do whatever he was going to do and he just left.

I can kind of hear AFO talking to Echo but its hard to hear over her sobbing. The hideout has never been this loud before.

Well imma go outside for a cigarette i guess , it's quiet outside. Till next time, Lizard🔥

Spinner Logs

September 1St

2:30PM

Dammit Dabi..

Well whatever , at least he logged about Echo. This was at 1pm? I just got back and she's still crying..where's Boss? His room? He can hear it right?

What does All For One want to talk about so bad? Shes a kid. I hope he's not planning to turn her into a weapon. I hope she calms down soon..im going to unpack this food.

Thats all ive got for now🦎

Spinner Logs

September 1st

7PM

Echo calmed down a half hour later when AFO finally let her go. I heard a door open and then slam shut it sounded like Boss’s door so Echo must have gone in there.

I got Dabis damn ramen he loves so much, my favorite snacks along with Mr Compress’s sushi and Boss’s foods he likes. I ended up getting cereal for Echo, i got the one with the bird on it. I never thought the hardest decision of my life would be between a bird and a caveman on a box of cereal.

AFO asked me if i liked going to get food and i was a little shocked he even talked to me. I was not sure how to answer him but i don't think he cared for my answer anyway because he said he was going out.

The hideout was calmer once he left, Dabi came back as well to scope out the food, he smelled like a pack of smokes. I like Dabi, hes easy to talk to , well for me he is.

Mr Compress came back around 6. I'm relieved he's okay. Boss emerged from his room finally to greet him, with Echo behind him peeking over his leg at Mr Compress. The look he had was priceless to everyone.

The first thing he asked was if Boss had a secret love child. Boss chuckled and Echo hid behind his leg while Boss explained the situation to his friend.

Dabi made ramen at some point at the bar, Boss and Mr Compress moved to the couches to talk , Echo right next to him. He explained AFO would be around a lot and Echos quirk, he called it Morph.

All we really know is Echo can turn into a tiger whenever she wants. Its an interesting quirk to say the least.

Mr Compress tried to make light of the conversation by showing Echo a card trick . She looked like she enjoyed it, Mr Compress always gave me the impression he was good with kids.

Echo was dozing off on Boss’s arm while he played his switch. She's so cute to me, it looked like she had never seen a Switch before too, her eyes were huge with interest, Boss even explained the game to her. Its nice seeing him so calm.

Mr Compress told me about the scene outside and I told him my food adventure. Mr Compress told me The Pro Heroes are in hiding, even Endeavour. The rank system for Heroes is no more, UA is locked down for who knows how long and Villains are running around free. My experience was about the same. No Pros, no Quirkless, only villains. Oh well, free food.

That's all ive got for now. Im sleepy 🦎

Shigaraki Logs

September 1ST

1PM

What am I going to do with you two idiots?

AFO took Echo away to talk to her I guess. I felt weird watching her cry. Why did i feel weird? AFO is great. I don't understand.

I could not focus on my game with her crying so i just stared at the screen listening. She follows me around constantly for whatever reason , even grabs onto my shirt like a lost puppy. I don't understand.

She's still crying and I want to go comfort her. What's wrong with me? I should be thinking about ruling the world. Its mine now. But all i can focus on right now is telling Echo everything will be okay. I don't understand.

The crying stopped and I heard my door open and slam shut. Echo ran over to me and before I could say anything she climbed onto my lap sobbing. My arm was around her before I even realized I did it. I don't understand.

She told me AFO was scary and she did not want to do jobs for him or train. It was confusing because AFO is not scary, hes great. I tried to tell her this and she shook her head disagreeing. I don't understand.

Mr Compress is back and Spinner got food. Of course Dabi is eating his ramen.

I was amused over Mr Compress’s little joke. Haha. Hes lucky hes a vital member of this League. It was good to catch up on how things were outside and with him. From what he said everything was up for grabs and those dirty Pros were all gone or hiding.

I wonder when AFO is coming back, Echo really likes my switch. Her eyes follow everything that moves like a cat. Her quirk is an interesting one that's for sure. Im curious if her tiger will get bigger as she grows.

Echo fell asleep on my arm so i brought her to my room to put her to sleep. She woke up though once i set her down on my bed asking me to stay and tell her a story. Do I look like I know a kids bedtime story?

I thought of something of course, after a minute of thinking. She looked like she enjoyed it. I decided to stay till she actually fell asleep. Only one up right now was Dabi anyway.

Echo called me father. I dont understand.

Till whenever, i guess. 🐯

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@bat-eclecticwolfbouquet-love @squeaky-ducky @thegirlwhoharnessedthelight

#tomura shigaraki fanfiction #shigaraki #spinner #league of villans #dabi #mr compress #Memories or Echo #MemoriesOfEcho

[demonwriterx]

“Fine Dining” Epithet Erased Drabble (1)

Ramsey Murdoch was on the run. Ramsey was known in the criminal underground by many names, like “The Golden Touch” or “Mr.Midas” sometimes even by Ramsey, mostly Ramsey. His epithet can turn anything he touched into solid gold, and his talent was exclusive to the highest bidder and for a while, he was living large and comfortable. Until, he made certain...mistakes, with the wrong type of people. Now, he was jumping and dodging bullets while wearing flip flops. He had gotten out of trouble numerous times by making deals or disguising himself. But, his opportunities of escape had finally ran out and he found himself with a bounty on his head and a target on his back. The only way for him to survive is laying low and sticking close with a certain individual he never, in his gold-making career, could have ever done and her name was Percy.

“Apologies, but I must rest before I collapse.” Said a dry, very monotone voice. Ramsey was sticking close and hiding himself against the brick wall of the alleyway. He turned to find Percy, leaning her shoulder against the wall, breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath.

“Aw, no, no, no, we can’t stop now, we’re nearly to the city!” Ramsey said as he went up to her. He needed to get to the city before Zora finds him. Zora was his bounty hunter, relentless and very good at her job. He can’t afford to stop for long.

“I know you are excited to reach my superiors and tell them the news of the Arsene Amulet.” Ramsey really wasn’t but he wasn’t going to tell her that. “but unfortunately...ugh, I am feeling a bit...dizzy.” Percy stumbles foreword, clutching her head as she tried to steady her legs.

“Aw geez.” Ramsey grabbed her shoulders, pushing her upward and holding her in place. “All that running around and tower building must have really drained your stamina, seriously, how did you ever passed Police Academy!”

“Hard work, a positive attitude, and occasional snack bags.” Percy replied.

“I was not asking you, literally! Okay, umm…” Ramsey padded down his shirt and cargo pants. “I don’t really have anything on me, not even a pinecone, just my crayons…”

Percy stared at him blankly for a moment and suddenly fell forward, her head colliding into his shoulder. Ramsey has to put his leg out to stop themselves from falling over.

“Whoa! Okay, I know women are constantly falling for me but this is ridiculous! Haha! Heh...ah, okay and you’re not laughing...no one's laughing…um, don’t worry, Ramsey is on the case!”

Percy gave him a small chuckle. “You are starting to sound like an officer of the law….”

“Whoa, hey now, let’s not switch tropes here, okay? Okay.”He began to turn his head, trying to find some kind of burger joint for Percy to settle down and regain her stamina back. They were at the city’s boundaries, he recognized some of the landmarks around them from his “past outings”. “Oh, hey! You like Korean food?”

—————————————————————-

Ramsey walked into a small restaurant, with Percy in tow. The restaurant was hidden away in between alleyways that most people wouldn’t even notice it was there. It was a perfect place to hide out and relax for thirty minutes. Plus, Ramsey knew the owner.

“Ramsey Murdoch…” said a high pitched voice behind the cashier counter. Ramsey chuckled nervously at the petite Korean woman standing menacingly on top of her chair stool, like a carnivorous bird perched on its branch. “Didn’t I banned you from ever entering my restaurant?” She said, pushing up her oversized glasses.

“Miss Choi! Hey! Still looking good! How’s your grandkids huh?” Ramsey exclaimed, trying to sweet talk his way through her rough exterior. Miss Choi grabbed a butcher knife hidden behind her and slammed the sharp tip down into the wooden counter. Ramsey bit his lower lip and gulped. “O-okay uh, let’s skip the small talk…”

Miss Choi gripped the handle against her small hand. “Get out Ramsey. You are not welcome here.”

“No, please come on, I know we had our...differences, but I really need your help here!” He motioned to Percy, who he had his arm looped around his shoulder. Percy lifted her head up at Miss Choi and nodded her head at her.

“Citizen. Forgive my demeanor, but I have lost a bit of stamina... and I could use a bit of assistance, if you can spare a glass of water that should keep me going for a while until I reach the police station.”

Miss Choi adjusted her glasses, staring at Percy before narrowing her eyes suspiciously at Ramsey. “What game are you playing at, Ramsey?”

“No games, I swear.” Ramsey said, lifting up his free hand. Miss Choi raised a brow at him. “And you know I’m good for a meal…” he said giving her a wink with his gold eye.

“And I do have my wallet.” Percy said, lifting a coin purse. “Unfortunately, I have one less Canadian coin.”

Miss Choi glances back at Ramsey, who rolled his shoulders and gave her a cat face, expecting her to give in and accept them. Miss Choi sighed and hopped off her stool, grabbing two menus as she walked passed Ramsey and Percy.

“Follow me. I have a table in the back.”

“Thank you for the hospitality.” Percy said.

“Yeah! Thanks Miss Choi!” Ramsey exclaimed and began to follow her but stopped when he felt a tug on his sleeve. He turned back at Percy.

“I’m alright to walk now, Ramsey, if you don’t mind…” her eyes moved to her arm still draped over his shoulder.

“Oh right. Here ya go.” He let go of her and watched as she straightened herself up. He put out his arm. “After you, officer.” He said with a tinge of playfulness.

“Thank you, how very polite.” Percy replied with a small smile, not noticing his active playfulness.

“Oh sure no problem, I’m so polite, hey we’ll split the check fifty-fifty. What do you say?”

“Of course. It is only fair.” Percy said taking a seat down in the booth. Ramsey took a seat across from Percy, picking up the menu.

“Order what you think looks good, everything Miss Choi makes is quality stuff.” Ramsey said.

“Well, I never had Korean food before...everything is relatively new to me.” Percy said, studying the menu.

“Really? Well, this is your lucky day, Sweetheart! I recommend the bulgogi.”

“Well, if you recommend it, I might as well try it.” She said with a small smile. Ramsey couldn’t help but smile back and laugh slightly. His laugh made her tilt her head at him.

“What is it?”

Ramsey shook his head. “Nah. It’s nothing. I just...think you are one interesting lady.”

“Thank you, I am glad you find me interesting.” She said giving him another smile. “Although, I am lost as to how that notion made you laugh.”

“It’s a genuine laugh.”

“From a genuine person?”

“Whoa! Hey now, was that a jab at my person?” He said, leaning back into his chair. “Your humor is getting better.” Percy wrinkled her nose and let out a ”ha.” “Maybe just a little, it could be from lack of stamina but once you eat, you should be able to come up with something better.”

“Thank you, Ramsey.”

Ramsey blinked at her. “What? What are you thanking me for?”

“I never had a partner who...cared as much as you do.”

“Whoa, c-cared? I uh-“ Ramsey twiddled with his thumbs underneath the table. “I’m not too sure about that. Some people might call me a little...selfish.” He bit the inside of his mouth and pulled at his collar. “But caring? I-I personally don’t see that.”

“I do.” Percy said. “You did carry me here, a selfish criminal wouldn’t have done what you have done for me.”

“Ain’t that a tongue twister.” He mumbled. “I think you trust a little too easily.”

“Of course, but...only to those that deserve it, like you.”

Ramsey felt his ear turn warm and looked down at his sweating palms. ”O-okay.” He muttered, he felt a slight pull at his chest, he knew that feeling too well. He pushed it deeper inside of him, ignoring it.

#ramsey murdoch #percival king #percy #epithet erased #molly #drabbles #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #giovanni

[inyournightmares97]

Number 67 “you’re not scared of the dark, are you?” With bambam please! You can count on me always trying to make you write for him, your characterization is amazing~ I hope you have fun with all these drabbles (and that you get some jinyoung ones ;)

A/N: I hope you like this one! Sorry it took me so long, haha. And thanks for being so awesome! 

Bambam + “You’re not scared of the dark, are you?”

For once in his life, Bambam had everything perfectly planned out.

He was an ordinarily lazy person; he didn’t like making plans and he preferred to just let life happen naturally. Bambam was a huge mess when it came to important things, which was why he regularly received scoldings from Jinyoung whenever he turned up late to work, or forgot his wallet at home, or simply didn’t answer his phone. But this time, everything was perfectly and flawlessly planned out.

When it came to you, Bambam would put in any amount of effort.

He’d tried countless times to subtly make you understand how he felt about you. From texting you late at night and telling you he was lonely, to constantly flirting with you and putting his arm around you in public. But you always took his actions in stride and laughed him off. You never considered his words seriously and Bambam was starting to wonder if maybe he was just a joke to you. So he had decided to create the most romantic, seductive and stimulating evening ever. You wouldn’t be able to help falling for him in that atmosphere.  

He would arrange a candlelight dinner.

It all began when Bambam had absent-mindedly checked the papers that morning, and the local news stated that the power in his block would be shut down from 7 pm to 9 pm so that the electricity department could run some maintenance work. His first thought had been that he should spent the evening at at Yugyeom or Youngjae’s house so he wasn’t miserable in the dark, but then, a stroke of brilliance hit him.

What was more romantic than being trapped in the dark together?

A determined Bambam was unstoppable. He texted you and invited you over to check out some new games he’d bought for his console. Then he ran to the store nearby and bought everything he needed; scented candles, corresponding air freshener to make sure his apartment smelled nice, and placed an order from a rather fancy restaurant to have food delivered. Pizza and garlic bread wasn’t going to do the trick.

Finally, everything was ready.

You arrived at Bambam’s apartment on time and greeted him with a cheerful smile.

“Hey! Thanks for inviting me over, I had nothing to do at home,” you told him lightly, holding up a plastic bag from the grocery store. “I bought some beer, we can drink it later. Should I put it in the fridge?”

“Sure. I’ll set up the gaming console.”

“Isn’t Youngjae coming?” you asked lightly, as you put the pack of beer in Bambam’s fridge and came into the living room to sit beside him. “He’s the only one of us who actually knows how to game. I was hoping he would handle the serious gaming stuff while I got drunk on beer and pretended to care.”

Bambam chuckled. “No, Youngjae-hyung had other plans. We don’t have to play the games, though. Did you want to do anything else?”

You sighed and sank back onto the couch. It had been a long week and you’d honestly been really glad to get that text from Bambam. He was such a casual, carefree person that it was easy to relax around him. “I just can’t take the stress of gaming right now. I personally just want to get wasted and maybe complain about the terrible week I’ve had at work. One of my new co-workers is driving me insane.”

Bambam leaned back and nodded. “Oh? What happened?”

“He never does any work! I think he only got hired because he knows somebody in upper management, I swear I’ve never seen him at his desk. The rest of us constantly have to pick up his slack and I’ve been working overtime because of that asshole,” you whined. You buried your face against the couch cushion and groaned. “I swear, if I didn’t need that job I would have quit by now.”

Bambam chuckled. “Quit, then.”

“Very funny. Who’ll pay my rent, genius?”

“Stop paying the rent.”

You looked up at Bambam and rolled your eyes. “So your solution to your problems is for me to go to jail for failing to pay my rent? Yes, that sounds like a pleasant alternative to putting up with an annoying co-worker. God Bambam. If somebody didn’t know you and took your advice seriously, you’d have them out on the streets in days.”

Bambam pouted. “Hey. Plenty of people have prospered due to my advice.”

“Name one.”

“I told Yugyeom to ask out that girl from the coffee shop and that went great!”

“Didn’t she cheat on him?”

Bambam faltered. “I mean… yeah, but that wasn’t until weeks later!”

“Face it, Bambam. You have a terrible sense of judgement,” you told him with a laugh, leaning over to pinch his cheek. He was pouting at you and he looked adorable. But you were already feeling lighter. Just talking to Bambam always lifted all the stress off your mind and you were about to tell him how much you appreciated him when suddenly-

Everything went black.

“Oh my god!” you exclaimed, startled as the entire apartment was plunged into darkness. You couldn’t see anything and you reached out blindly in front of you until your hands hit Bambam’s shoulders. “What’s happening? Did the power just go out?”

“Seems like it,” Bambam’s voice sounded strained as he felt in the air and managed to grasp your hand in his. “Wow, this is darker than I expected.”

You turned to him. “You were expecting this?”

“N-no, I mean…” he cleared his throat and even though you couldn’t see him, his tone was enough to reveal that he was embarrassed. “I remember reading in the papers a while ago that they were going to cut the electricity for a few hours to do maintenance work but I guess I forgot that it was today…”

You dug in your pocket for your phone and switched on the little flashlight app. Bambam squinted at the sudden bright light that you shone in his face. “We can use this but it won’t last more than fifteen to twenty minutes before it drains my battery,” you explained. “Do you have candles or something?”

“Yeah, in the cabinet.”

“Okay, I’ll go find them.”

You stood up with your phone to go look for the candles and to your surprise, Bambam got up along with you. His grip was firm and his hand a little sweaty as he followed you over to the cabinet and let you rummage around inside of it. You finally found a small set of scented candles and grinned. “Found them!” you sang happily, waving them in front of Bambam’s face. “Now, where are the matches…?”

Bambam felt his heart sink. “Ah…”

“What do you mean, ah?”

“I don’t think I have any matches,” he admitted in a small voice.

“What do you mean- you seriously don’t have a bloody matchbox in this apartment?” you demanded. “Not even a lighter?”

“No…”

You groaned and put the candles back in the cabinet. What was the use if you had no way of lighting them? You walked back to the couch and plopped down on it. Bambam sat beside you, almost grabbing onto your arm. You could feel that his palms were still sweaty and you raised an eyebrow in his general direction.

“Bambam…”

“What?”

“You’re not afraid of the dark, are you?”

Bambam laughed as though your words were absurd. “What? Pfft, of course not. What kind of rational adult is afraid of the dark? There’s nothing in the dark that isn’t there in the light as well. I was just-oh my god, something touched my leg, what the fuck, was that you!?” he screamed, grabbing onto you tightly.

“Bambam, let go, what the hell is wrong with-oh fuck!” you screamed as you felt the same thing brush against your own leg. You clutched onto Bambam as well, scooting back onto the sofa as your heartbeat thudded. You were both holding onto each other tightly and your head was on Bambam’s chest. You could hear his pounding heartbeat as well as the sound of something moving on the ground near your feet-

“Meow.”

You both froze in embarrassment. “It was your stupid cat,” you mumbled.

Bambam chuckled uncomfortably. “Yeah. Whoops.”

“I guess we’re both scared of the dark, huh?” you asked with a laugh.

“Yeah, I guess we are.”

“What are we going to do? My phone is going to die.”

“I don’t know. Let’s just talk.”

You sighed and relaxed in Bambam’s arms. There was nothing either of you could do except sit here and wait for the power to come back on. You didn’t even want to risk moving around the apartment in case you injured yourselves. You sighed and leaned your head on Bambam’s chest before nodding. “Okay. Let’s talk about something funny to distract us from the dark. What’s one of the stupidest things you’ve ever done?”

“Honestly?”

“Of course.”

Bambam tensed slightly; you could feel his arms going a little stiff even though they stayed around you. When he spoke, his voice was very close to your ear. “Okay. I once wanted to arrange a candlelight dinner with this girl I really liked. I planned everything out; I bought food and cleaned my apartment and bought these really expensive scented candles to set the mood… but it turns out I forgot to buy matches.”

You looked up at him with a frown. “Oh. Is that why you have those scented candles?”

“Yeah. Idiotic, right?”

“I guess,” you muttered. You hadn’t been expecting Bambam to say something like that. To be honest you’d always considered him a rather lazy, carefree sort of guy and it bothered you to think that he would go to so much effort for another girl. He’d never even mentioned liking anyone. You felt a tinge of jealousy course though you. You were yanked away from your thoughts when you realized that Bambam was laughing.

“What’s so funny?” you demanded, craning your neck to face him even though you could barely see his face.

“You. You’re an idiot.”

“Me?”

“Yeah,” Bambam replied with a grin. He leaned closer to you and suddenly you could feel his face inches away from your own, his nose barely brushing yours. Even in the dark room, his eyes were shining brightly at you. “I’m talking about tonight. I bought those candles earlier today. I even have a bottle of wine and pasta and dessert in the fridge.”

You felt your heart skip a beat. “O-oh.”

“But I forgot the matches,” he told you with a smile. His arms tightened around you and pulled you closer. “Wow, I’m feeling weirdly confident now that I can’t see your face. I have no idea whether you’re impressed or disgusted.”

“If you think I’m impressed by your failure to keep matches in your house then you’re stupider than I thought,” you told him lightly. You lifted a hand and felt around until it landed on his cheek and you smiled up at him. “But I’m feeling confident too, so I’ll tell you that I find your stupidity adorable.”

“I am pretty cute.”

“Hmm.”

Bambam cleared his throat. “Okay, it’s dark so I should warn you that I’m leaning in to kiss you right now. In case you didn’t notice, I don’t want to catch you by surprise or bonk our heads together or something-”

“Shut up, Bambam.”

“Okay.”

You pulled his head down towards yours and your lips met clumsily. It took a few moments for the two of your to find your bearing but before long you were kissing deeply, Bambam’s hands gently resting on the sides of your face to keep your lips together. You felt your heartbeat thud rapidly as Bambam’s lips gently pecked yours and his warm breath tickled your lips.

“Wow,” you mumbled, gently pulling away.

“I’ve liked you for a long time,” Bambam told you nervously, clearing his throat. “I tried to tell you but you never really seemed to pick up on my hints so I figured I needed to go all out. Is it working?”

You nodded. “Definitely.”

“It would have been nicer with the candles though, wouldn’t it?”

“… Yeah.”  

#got7 #got7 drabbles #got7 scenarios #got7 fluff #got7 angst #bambam #bambam fluff #bambam drabble #bambam imagine #bambam scenario #got7 imagine #got7 reactions #got7 fanfiction #got7 fanfic

[saigebeaumont]

- ̗̀ * ( robert sheehan + cismale + he/him ) have you seen ( benjamin ‘benjy’ magwitch ) walking around campus ? they are a ( twenty-three ) year old, studying ( political science ). we hear they are in ( rho pi rho ), and can be ( magnetic & irresponsible ), maybe it’s because they are a ( leo ). they sort of remind us of ( shiny red apples, walking on ledges, kaleidoscopes ), maybe we can find out more ! ( james + 19 + est + they/she ) *  ̖́-  + theatre/track

hi hello as u may have seen my name is james and this is my baby, benjy. i dont know how long this is going to get so pls bare with me

tw; fire? 

gen. info

full name: benjamin ‘benjy’ henry magwitch / joshua hollowood but u will never catch him actually using his real name tbqh

nickname(s): think of a random name. any century, any gender, any amount of letters or lack thereof. that’s it that’s his nickname. previous aliases that he has claimed to be are - thaddeus, balthazar, dante, romulus, etc., etc.

b.o.d. - july 31st, age 23

label(s): the icarian, the blackhole, the insouciant, etc. etc.

height: tall

hometown: ???

sexuality: chaotically bisexual

bio. info

let’s try and make this short n sweet

so like. y’know when a faerie steals a human baby and replaces it with it’s own, weaker, inferior baby? benjy is the human baby in this case

except they weren’t faeries

dorothea and fawley were two...somewhat, in love, folks--who had really wanted to have a child of their own. when they did, finally, have their child--he was very sickly and small and neither of them wanted their child to be weak goddammit

so they did a switcharoo, like...switched at birth except i’ve never ever seen switched at birth, and ran off with this extremely rich family’s newborn baby instead!

dorothea and fawley were part of a circus, and thus, lil benjy was raised in a circus !! how cute.

needless to say he was raised in a very nontraditional setting, like, homeboy was homeschooled bc they were literally always travelling, around the country and once or twice out of country.

despite that, he never doubted that his circus family didn’t love him or anything like ?? yeah he never called his ‘parents’ mom or dad, but that’s bc it was like...everyone was his parent.

dorothea and fawley told benjy that his name will never define him, and he could be anyone or anything he wants to be.

this caused a tiny benjy to be CONSTANTLY changing his name. like, almost everyday he’d just declare a new name and everybody in the circus would call him that specific name. even when he did acts, he’d go by a different name every single time

this carried onto adulthood and benjy still doesn’t tell people his real name very often. sometimes they’re sort of normal names n other times they’re fucking bizarre.

when he was seven he declared his name was ‘sock’ for an entire month.

grew up doing a buncha odd lil jobs and roles in the circus, from being a lil handyman like fawley to being a magician’s assistant like dorothea. t’was a lil tiny animal tamer (before the circus stopped using animals in their acts because we don’t stan circuses like that no we do NOT) at some point but reeeaaally liked tightrope walking and things as such

also tried his hand at fire-throwing/etc. etc. but the like eighteen (minor!) burn scars across his body will tell u that it was not for him and he gave it up to pursue knife throwing tricks and juggling

wasn’t rly ever around ppl his own age, also never had a smartphone before he was like eighteen or so--he’s not old fashioned but he can definitely be behind on the times

also grew up listening to primarily older rock/folk music/whatever the fuck music his family created/his own music

that being said benjy is good w a guitar but bitch cannot sing. he sounds like a dying frog.

he also did a bunch of petty theft but that’s bc some of the other folk in the circus did it and he was like huh. looks like fun. bc benjy is thoroughly an idiot but more on that later. so he got some shit on his record but he got them sealed when he turned 18, like, asap

but. benjy is a dumbass. he committed ANOTHER petty crime, because the boy has addictive qualities, and he left some dna evidence bc boy’s got some mf hair

surprisingly, it wasn’t through his records that they found him via his dna  but, rather, his real parents who did a whole ass dna kit thing for fun one day

this came as a shock to everybody involved, honestly, though tbh ? benjy didn’t care that much that he had parents who weren’t the circus, but that’s bc of his entire upbringing.

either way his birth parents wanted to like. y’know. meet their delinquent biological son and when they did they were like ‘woah woah woah wtf ur in a circus’ and he was like haha yeah

n that was...sort of it, for a while. benjy was 18, had his GED, n wasn’t planning on going to college at all.

the circus was still traveling, the world was all right, etc. etc, benjy maintained contact with his bio parents bc it was Polite to do

and then the circus burned down! somebody did a flaming knife trick when they weren’t supposed to and, long story short--the entire circus went up in flames. there were no victims, no worries, but their entire livelihood was gone and they were all effectively displaced.

when his Rich Biological Parents found out about benjy’s newfound predicament that he 100% was not responsible for whatsoever, they were like . . . . listen. we’ve got a Reputation to uphold, but we’ll send you to college.

he’s been here since he was like, 21, so he’s a junior i think ??

he’s majoring in political science but it’s like technically his first year as the major bc his freshmen yr he wanted to do anthropology and then he switched to mathematics and homeboy was nvr satisfied but now he thinks he wants to do smth w social welfare so he’s doing political science w theatre and public affairs as minors

personality

he’s got. a big personality

he’s got this sort of energy that attracts others but they don’t really know why bc holy shit benjy can be annoying

he’s just super intense ?? like the boy does not know how to calm down, he’s constantly moving around and being dramatic and sometimes whiny

pouts more than a person should averagely pouts

i wouldn’t call him a liar because he can be, very very blunt, and doesn’t know how to beat around the bush, but he likes telling half-truths simply to either confuse others or to just b a lil bitch tbh

he’s got big dumbass energy like okay he’s smart he just doesn’t apply himself very often and he just. does dumb things

gets into fights bc he’s a dumbass. like. he will purposely provoke ppl he doesn’t like, n when he’s drunk he’ll do it to literally anybody esp ppl he likes

also just. doesn’t know when to stop talking. can find ways to ramble about nothing, asks questions w the intent of being annoying, etc. etc.

his ~parents~ didn’t rly believe in modern medicine n they were just like ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away!’ so he’s got this obsession w apples. literally is always chewing on an apple or a toothpick or anything he can get his hands on. he’s like a teething toddler, essentially

probably the dumbass who plays wonderwall at a party tbh

okay but fun fact! he’s super nimble and just. cat-like, from all his yrs of practicing n performing tightrope walking. if he falls over it’s because he wants to fall over and if he falls over it’s bc he wants ATTENTION

he loves. being the center of attention? but he’s also content with being in the background if it makes sense. he just wants to be doing something, anything

anyways he doesn’t take shit seriously at all like, i don’t think he’s ever had a serious conversation in his life ?

big slut for parties. he loves partying, he nvr knew he loved partying until he went to ucla but he loves it

he’s got an addictive personality so like okay. he’s not Addicted Addicted to anything specific (besides nicotine) but he definitely has no problem with drinking n doing drugs Often.

i mean he’s reckless too he never knows when to stop, feels like he’s tryn to be the Superior boy but he’s not and he’s probably overcompensating nowadays to deal w the guilt of accidentally burning down his entire life

drives cars too fast, drinks too much, has no problem getting into heavier drugs

also okay on a lighter note the boy used to be addicted to cigarettes bc he started fairly young but hoo boy he’s now on that juul game

literally he always has a juul on him. spends all his money on juuls

he works as a florist n a gardener for extra cash even tho his bio parents send him money, just bc its one of the only things that really calm him down tbh ??

also i meant it when i said he doesnt tell ppl his real name, like, ever. at least his first name bc he loves his last name but ? u probably dont know him as benjamin or even benjy, just smth stupid like marcellus the magnificent or booboo the fool hahahsdfgh

did i mention he casually juggles bc i genuinely cannot remember lmao

uuuhh there’s more i’m sure but !! i have a really bad memory!

i also dunno if im keeping his fc but we will SEE

he’s basically like....still a five yr old child

OH okay so i remembered smth else

he’s essentially a nomad which means he hates being rooted to ucla so he’s usually off drivin’ around the coast bc he’s bored goddammit but he always comes back bc he’s a loyal dog

speaking of loyal dogs. he’s got commitment issues. but not commitment issues? it’s sort of like. he gets really interested in things/people, kind of focuses all his energy on that thing or person, and then one day wakes up and is just. terribly bored. tends to drop ppl like that, esp relationships, and he doesn’t think much of it bc it’s Normal for him

but believe it or not, if u call him in the middle of the night he WILL show up, or if u wrong him instead of him wronging u, he’ll still b endlessly loyal

like he’s shitty but he’s got a heart ?

also like i said. he is chaotically bi. both chaotic and bisexual and also the two combined.

he’s chaotic neutral in general

wanted connections ?? possibly ??

frat bros - [hulk hogan voice] brother. he needs them

general friends ! - if u dont hate him then u just. love him, man. no inbetween

exes - he’s probably got...a few of these, because his attention span lasts like a max of two weeks

hookups - they also dont tend to last very long just bc of how he is as a person, but y’know. they good while they last

ex-hookups, specifically

ex-friends - bc he’s an idiot

if u really want to u can bring in a circus pal but firstly idk how they’d afford school but honestly. we can work smth out. hmu [kissy face]

roommate - do they hate each other ?? who knows

bad influence - they only egg on benjy’s dumbass behavior

good influence - probably forces him to study for once, or take care of his dumb ass

idk what to call it but like. ppl who HE eggs on to be bad, is generally toxic to the other person

anything else u want [another kissy face]

#uclas:intro #hi sorry benjy and i are both messes

[purplexflamingo]

Chapter 1: The real nightmare

" No...no I can't."

Heather softly responded, eyeing this dream demon before her. While part of her didn't believe in their existence, she still attempted to search for them- something made her do it. 

 One drunken night it happened, stumbling into an abandoned boarded up house. That society continued to fear. Telling the tales of Krueger and the many children.

 Did she believe it? Not really. This house was like an escape from reality. The madness brought on by life and even her workaholic father. Treated like nothing, but a burden and being slapped with accusations, threatened to be kicked to the curb or worse. Common ones being called a satanist, murder, vandal, and more.

Just by her appearance. Yeah sure, Heather had a fascination with the Gothic styles, popular in the 80's that still continued to carry on into the 90's. Her love for horror triumph most of her interests. Her sketches might be a little haunting or her writings. Though she'd never commit such crimes or hurt anyone. Ultimately she didn't even fear much, but the people in this town...Springwood.

 Fidgeting with the piece of fabric in her fingers. That fabric being apart of his burnt sweater. Usually she’d store it in her locket, but at this moment she had the urge to touch it.

" I won't hurt him, Freddy."

As much as her anger boiled within, she could not due the bidding the beast had asked. She was still new to this. While he did not ask for much, except instill fear in order to plague his victims. He was weak. Their fear helped him grow stronger. 

  Despite being fully aware of what she has awoken. The legends were true.

 He visited her nightly and sometimes just invaded her mind during the day.

   She felt....drawn to him.....

 Intrigued, she felt like she needed him as much as he needed her. 

   Except he was pure evil.....

The man cocked his head to the side as her words reached him. Fumbling his blades, the sound of them clanking rang in her ears. Inching closer, left foot, right foot. Nearly lunching forward. Hovering over the nape of her neck as she shifted her head to the side. Avoiding eye contact with his wicked ones. His gloved hand met the wall that she was currently leaning on.

" I am not asking you to kill him, but to bring them to me, babe. That is all I ask."

Swallowing hard, her hues returned to his own. Breathing shallow, all the saliva leaving her mouth dry. She wasn't afraid, no she was worried that she'd be locked away for good this time. Like they almost did. How easily her father turned on her...it was terrifying.

 His tongue grazed her lips as he rose his head to hers. 

" What exactly did you want from me then? I know no one...I've only lived here for a month. I can't be of any use. He is the only individual that even bothered to speak to me.."

A blade pressed against her lower lip. As if the man was attempting to hush her. The action alone forced her to silence herself despite wanting to protest. Furrowing her sharp brows, gripping her other wrist as a way of pinning herself back. The urge to violently knock his hand way, grew. 

“ Ah, what does it matter. They will all turn on you, like they always do. Don’t you remember. They USE you and when they are caught they blame YOU. He’ll do the same, they all will.....You’re father is already suspicious, Heather.” 

 Releasing a low sigh, she rolled her eyes back. His words sounded exactly like her daily thoughts. It was maddening. Causing her to furthermore distant herself with even her own family. They didn’t care.. 

“ Just...I don’t want you to hurt him. Let me scope him out and I’ll determine whether or not he deserves to meet you. I’ll get you any kid you want in Springwood. Just not him. Not yet..Please.” 

 Freddy scowled, drawing himself back from her. Suddenly she woke up, rising from her covers. Panting slightly as a bead of sweat dripped down her forehead. He was a power demon...and that alone exhausted her. Scanning her room, daylight was peering in through her drapes. Running her fingers through he messy black hair, subconsciously, while staring at the clock beside her bed.

It just turned ten am. This was the earliest for her. Though she felt exhausted, It was as if she wasn’t really sleeping at all last night. Freddy kept her mind preoccupied, causing much more stress. 

 The sound of her phone ringing alerted her, returning to reality. Hands searched all over her bed, under the pillows and the covers. Even under her cat Sammie, that previously was napping soundlessly. Soon she found it located on the floor beside her bed. Remembering that she was on it before passing out abruptly. Snatching it up, saving it before its last ring. 

“ H-hello?”

 Voice was scratchy and she cringed at the sound of it. Soon clearing her throat quietly. A familiar voice struck her and quickly melted her rather serious tone. It was Tony, the only person in Springwood who even bothered to associate with her.

“ Hi, Heather. I know it is early...and I know we just talked last night. I don’t wanna come off as weird. But I was wondering if you would like to hang out today. If you’re not busy or working like you always do. If not I totally understand. I just thought I’d ask. I miss hanging with you.”

 Pursing her lips as she listened to his soft voice. It was a pleasant one and she felt drawn to it. Blinking several times as this feeling of guilt consumed her. Her heart began to race. Debating mentally and trying to gather her thoughts. She wanted to say yes, but also no. Wanting to spare him from Freddy. Just being around her alone was a threat. 

“ .....What did you have in mind?”

 Tony responded, eagerly, almost as if her small curiosity made him feel much more hopeful. During his words she began to phase out, Looking around her room as she heard Freddy’s haunting, inaudible, voice. 

“ Sure! Alright I’ll go.”

Interrupting him in the middle of explaining, coming off maybe a bit desperate. A nervous chuckle came from the phone. The laugh made her stomach flip, as if she did something wrong.

“ Okay, I’ll see you at six then. I’ll pick you up.”

 Finally he hung up, but the line still seemed to pick up something else. Breathing. Shifting on her bed till she was sitting on its side. Her feet met the cold wood floors. Squinting she began to voice.

“ Tony?”

 Silence...

“ Do you think he really wants to hang out, baby? I’m warning ya. Kids. They don’t know respect. Haha! Heather.....don’t believe me. Go play with your new boy toy. Go! ” 

Dropping the phone, it landed face down on the floor. Hard enough that the battery in the back came loose. But she could still hear Krueger’s devilish laughter. She was not used to this connection..

 Shivering, she embraced herself, as she ran to the bathroom slamming the door behind her. Joel witnessed her rush as he walked down the hall holding his cup of coffee.

“ Are you alright Heather?”

 Shouting back through the locked door.

“ I am fine, dad!”

 Six o’clock came a lot sooner than she wanted it to. Tying her hair up into a sloppy bun, she slid on her dark circle shades. Then slipped her arms into her leather jacket that matched the color of her knee high boots. Tony was let in by Joel, who proceeded to have a conversation with him.

Tony sat on their sofa. His hair was a sandy brown, short, but naturally curly. His eyes were way too dark to even be considered brown, but none the less cute. When he smiled, his gap between his front teeth became visible, as well as his rather dimples. Everything felt....right when he smiled. She couldn’t explain it. 

 Noticing Heather he rose. His fashion sense was far different from her own. He wore polo shirts and slacks. Always had a watch on his right hand. Even his shoes were fancy dress shoes. He was smart, she knew that, and probably wealthy too. A college guy.

“ Heather, are you ready? I can only barrow my dad’s car for a certain amount of time. And don’t worry sir, she’ll be back before midnight.”

 Of course, he joked, they were both in their early twenties. Heather just happened to be living with her dad to help support each other. Joel being laid off work was difficult and with her mom being out of the picture for years. Made things even harder. 

“ Yes, I am ready.”

 She rushed him out the door. Still being haunted by those words from earlier, ultimately ruining her focus. The ride to the bowling alley was extremely awkward. Sitting in the passenger side, Heather’s gaze was constantly outside the window. Arms coiled around herself, nervously. His brows curved upwards, showing concerned.

“ Are you okay?”

 A spare hand reached for her shoulder. The gesture showed he had some worry for her. Parking in the half full parking lot, he unbuckled himself making it easier to face her. 

“ Did you not want to bowl? I can take you somewhere else?? Did you wanna go back home. I was stupid, I am sorry. I forced you didn’t I? You didn’t have to agree to this date. I am sorry. I’ll take you home--”

 Date? those words clouded her mind. Unaware she agreed to it. Unsure if she felt it was right, but part of her told her it was. Freddy wasn’t ‘real’ and ideal. Maybe he was jealous and said those terrible things to make her back out. Tony was alive...and well not a demon. Perhaps, Tony was better for her. Maybe he was. 

“ No, I am sorry. I just didn’t get much sleep last night. But I am ready. Let’s go have fun, right? Come on.”

 Changing her attitude she hopped out of his Buick. Leaving Tony baffled, but he continued after her. Forcing a smile in the process. Inside the building they both switched out their own shoes for a pair of bowling shoes. Down at their lane they put them on and picked out their size balls. A few hours spent laughing and competing. Ordering pizza and eating in between games. Heather smiled more than she usually did and began to open up. Tony felt growing confidence with each laugh. 

 Sitting across from her at their small table. Giving each other shy smiles. Neither of them were skilled at flirting, but they felt comfortable with each other. 

“ You’re beautiful. You’re talented. You’re like one of the best things in this city. I mean it. I am glad I ran into you. I really am. I love how mysterious you really are. It was hard for me to ask you out ya know, I thought you were gonna straight up reject me. I am glad you didn’t. Thanks. It means a lot.”

 Her cheeks turned a tinge red, again she felt her chest throb. Unable to determine if it were nerves or something more. Kindness was not something she was ever used to. Something about it....she liked. It felt good. She felt good.

“ I should be saying the same to you. Thanks for giving me a chance..And well you’re not so bad yourself.”

She teased before pursuing their game again. Being swarmed with more compliments would make her feel uneasy, undeserving. She didn’t know why.

“ Tony, you’re almost close, but I won’t let you beat me!” 

 Glancing back at her as he went up to play his turn, giving her a goofy smile and responding with “ Watch this.” Though she was distracted, hearing her name off into the distance, her head following the sound. Heather. Heaaather. It repeated. Freddy was visible, dressed up in bowling attire, to match the occasions, the color of his shirt matched his striped sweater. Swinging his bowling ball with his knives, releasing it in Tony’s direction.  “ No stop!” 

 Running to Tony she shoved him causing him to release his bowling ball early. Ruining his turn. Suddenly realizing that was all in her head, she saw defeat on his face. As if he felt like they were back to square one. 

“ I’m sorry...I....I’m sorry. I guess I just got a little too competitive. Maybe we should call it quits.”

“ Yeah maybe we should. I should get you home anyways.”

 Their last few moments at the alley were again, awkward, and Heather was deeply embarrassed, that ended up making her angry. He was nothing, but nice and she just let Freddy amplify her paranoia. It was stupid. Freddy was stupid. She’d talk to him later.

It grew dark on their ride home, music hummed through the speakers at a low volume. She rested her head on the window, comfortable. His eyes were focused on the road and occasionally he would sing a long, not for long. It dawned on her when they passed her neighborhood. Turning to face him she inquired. 

“ Where are we going?” 

No response for a good minute, then he licked his lips.

“ Oh, one more place before I take you home. Trust me you’ll like it.”

 A sense of uneasiness washed over her, but she was quick to dismiss it. Tony probably had another thing planned, after all she didn’t hear entirely what he said over the phone and she did agree to this whole thing. It was the least she could do. With that she did not respond to him, just blinked and enjoyed the sights of the forest that came into view. They pulled into an empty parking lot. Heather examined their surroundings. Admittedly the night sky was beautiful from their position and the nature was a nice touch too. 

“ Now what?”

She asked him. Tony inched closer, his digits unbuckled his seat belt. A grin spread from ear to ear. 

“ This is where I go to think. I feel like you might enjoy it too. It helps a lot when it comes to a lot of stress. With my college and career. It is nice to be in touch with nature. I often come up here to...think about you. Imagining you out there in the fields or lying in the grass. Your beautiful hazel eyes glistening under the moonlight. Your beautiful shape--”

A hand trailed up her side without permission. Heather crinkled her nose and made sharp eye contact with him. Gripping his wrist, threateningly speaking.

“ Don’t touch me.”

 Warning him through her teeth. That wasn’t enough as he trailed his fingers down to her hips, taking in her form. That was when she dug her sharp nails into his skin. The sensation made him yelp and slap her. Stunning her momentarily. Her right hand slowly attempted to reach for the door hand, but Tony was quick to make sure it was locked. 

“ Listen here, you can’t leave. I’ve been nothing, but nice to you. The least you can do is be nice to me. Come on. We’ll just have a quick fuck then I’ll take you home. Huh...now don’t tell me your not into that sort of stuff-- I mean you goth chicks are usually into this sort of shit- you all are kinky fuckers. I mean if you are, we’d both be doing each other a favor. And I tell you I’m pretty good and I can make you feel good.”

 Climbing over to her seat, he reach down below causing the back of the seat to recline. Jerking her back with the movement, grunting. Looming over her, cutting the space between them. Leaning down he began to smell the nape of her neck.

“ You even smell freaky.”

 That was when she began to push and shove him, her mind telling her to fight. Alarmed she called for help, even though no one was around. He just laughed at her as he began to grope her chest. 

“ Oh, even your heart’s racing. Don’t fight it.”

 In another desperate attempt she began pulling his hair, digging her nails into his scalp. He screamed again and this time head butted her chin. Slamming her head back, ears ringing and she suddenly felt dizzy. In another attempt she called out for help. Tony mocked her.

“ No one can hear ya. But you can keep trying.”

 Closing her eyes tightly, she resorted to her last option. While she wore her necklace she still had the power. Her thoughts were her strength. Mentally repeating his name Freddy, Freddy, Freddy, Freddy. His silhouette forming. Red stripped sweater. Brown hat. Claws. 

 Gasping loudly as her chest was now forcefully exposed. 

“ Freddy...”

 The name made him agitated and he corrected her loudly. Almost as if he was insulted by it. Glaring directly up toward her predator. Going as far as spitting in his face despite him restraining her. He snapped at her. 

“ It’s Tony bitch!” 

 A raspy deep voice, boomed behind the man. Before Tony could glance behind him, his chest was impaled by four knives. Blood spewed all over Heather, she was coughing and spitting up whatever reached her mouth. 

“ --- No-- It’s Freddy bitch!”

The stabbing continued for another few times before the body fell on top of her. Limp. He was dead, it was clear by all the sudden weight. 

The body started to what looked like, evaporate, fade. The soul of Tony’s was being pulled into Freddy. His own body trembled from gaining a new soul, seething with pleasure, a wicked smile plastered on his face. He stood on the hood of the car. Glass from the windshield could be found on the floor boards. Through the hole she peered up at the demon that cocked his head to the side. 

“ Oh, Don’t give me that look. I apologize for being late. I was in the middle of dreams.”

 Unlocking the doors, she swung her side open. Fell out onto her knees. Spitting up more blood. She felt awful. Freddy jumped down from the hood, landing besides her. Thankfully they were out here alone, summoning him in the real world was entirely risky,

“ No one will remember that leach-- well besides you of course. I am starting to believe that you thought I was lying to you. Tsk,tsk... Shame....This is why, I don’t help people. Killing is much easier.”

 Catching her breath, her eyes struggled to gaze upon the man she summoned. Speechless she remained. He crouched down to her, using his pointer finger’s knife to lift her chin. Tsking some more, clicking his tongue and shaking his head. Fortunately Heather was of value to him, that alone saved her life. 

“ From now on....I’ll.....I’ll listen to you. Tony was a mistake..”

 Stammering she attempted to speak, her eyes began to water. Black eyeliner smearing down her pale cheeks. Feeling more guilt and fear. Coming to her senses that the people that live day to day were the ones to fear. How cruel they were-- how she hated it. Gripping his forearm with her left over strength. Keeping her head upwards. Hoping her heart won’t betray her ever again.

“ Attagirl. Now daddy won’t let any of them hurt you. Daddy is always watching, remember.” 

 --

“ I’ll do whatever you ask of me...I will. I’m all yours, Freddy....”

#oc x canon #tw;; rape #tw;; violence #Heather Greene #um idk if i will write more?

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Arty’s VGC 2018 SG Open Team- 2nd Place Finisher

Anyway I figure since I FINALLY LEGIT PLACED WELL AT A REGIONALS-LEVEL EVENT even if it was just a 38-man regional sobs I’m just gonna write a summary of a team I’m proud of even if they’re technically not that good oops 

Put under cut because it’s long haha I put a lot of thought on my pokemon vgc teams weeps

So I haven’t had a lot of success in VGC 18. Not since the actual VGC 18 format, anyway. I’ve struggled to find a team composition I feel comfortable with, and I’ve had a lot of trouble relearning all my forgotten skills and regaining confidence in myself, especially since I was Out of Action for like... 2 years. But then after watching Brazil Internationals, I realized a lot of the standard ‘meta’ teams had this really gaping weakness to Bisharp and... I really missed Bisharp a lot. So then, I popped onto Showdown, placed Bisharp onto a team I was working on which was then Kangaskhan/Zapdos/Tapu Fini/Snorlax/Gothitelle/Landorus-T and then realized if I replaced Goth with Bisharp I needed another setup sweeper. I remembered back in VGC 13 that Volcarona was a good partner for Bisharp (or vice versa tbh) and I played a few games and then a month later I was in the top 100 on Showdown. And after staring at the team for a while I realized it had a strange resemblance to my 2015 team (Kangaskhan/Talonflame/Sylveon/Bisharp/Landorus-T/Rotom-Wash), which would explain why I was strangely comfortable with it. So then I ran it in a few tournaments, top cut a few MSSes, had a friend talk me over my mental blocks, and got 2nd at Singapore Open. Anyway, a breakdown of the team:  Potato Kangaskhan @ Kangaskhanite   Ability: Scrappy   Level: 50   EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD   Adamant Nature   - Fake Out   - Double-Edge   - Low Kick   - Ice Punch  

Throughout the season, people have been telling me since Jan 1 2018 that Kangaskhan Is Bad. And after a whole season and 38 teams of Kangaskhan, I can finally come to the conclusion that yes, on paper, Kangaskhan is a Bad Mon. Kangaskhan, as a mon, just isn’t as good as in 2015, when she was the overwhelming force of the metagame. The Parental Bond nerf has seriously hurt her damage, and Psychic Terrain makes it difficult for Kang’s primary support option (Fake Out) to be completely useful. The loss of Power-Up Punch, and the general increase of offensiveness in the metagame, and Kanga’s neutral matchup towards Intimidate Incineroar have all been factors in why Kangaskhan, in theory, does not work. 

But to be completely honest, whenever I used another Mega I’d just run straight into the stuff they’re automatically weak against and the thing is: Unlike the other Megas, Kangaskhan has technically no matchup that she automatically loses. It just feels a lot easier to put Kangaskhan into a position where she can do work, and I can accept the shift of her role from Primary Attacker to Offensive Support, relying on her to deal constant damage for the team and providing Fake Out support. 

So a breakdown on Potato. I’ve tried all sorts of Kangaskhan, and for the longest time I was convinced that Jolly was the only way to go because without the max speed investment, you’d be unable to outspeed stuff like Tapu Lele and Charizard. However, Jolly Kang always ran into the problem of being outsped ANYWAY since Tapu Koko, Kartana, Mega Metagross and other random fast pokemon exist, and without any investment in her HP she can’t take hits that well. So after trying out my friend’s team, I finally decided on the Super Bulky Kangaskhan with 0 speed investment. I’m still not content with the bulk-speed ratio on Potato, but with the way that the metagame is so matchup dependent, I feel like it’s safer to be bulky than not. In fact, after recent battles, I think if I had to improve Kangaskhan, it’d be to actually drop her attack (since you’re still going to get intimidated to Kingdom Come anyway) and invest in her bulk some more. 

Anyway, on to the moves. Fake Out because Kangaskhan is still, in my opinion, the best Fake Outer in the game, especially with Scrappy to hit ghost types (Hi Mimikyu!) and the ability to outspeed the other premier Fake Outer (Incineroar). Double-Edge for the consistently painful damage that OHKOs stuff like Tapu Koko and Charizard Y, Low Kick to deal 70% to Snorlax/almost OHKO Stakataka/random heavy things like Tyranitar and 4hp Heatran, and Ice Punch to still OHKO 4hp Landorus-T even after Intimidate. Potato functioned more as cleanup, or to clear certain threats that my main sweepers didn’t want to fight. 

Cernunos Landorus-Therian @ Groundium Z   Ability: Intimidate   Level: 50   EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 228 Spe   Jolly Nature   IVs: 0 SpA   - Earthquake   - Rock Slide   - Protect   - Knock Off  

Landorus-Therian is, arguably, the best mon in all of VGC. In fact, in VGC 2018, it’s only matched for utility with Incineroar, who’s also another Intimidating Cat. It’s also been constantly placing at the top (or near to the top) of all the usage stats, and it’s been said that the Best Way to check a Landorus-Therian is to use your own Landorus-Therian. In fact, it’s gone so far that some Landorus-Therian have switched the special scarfed Hidden Power Ice variants I also really liked the scarf Landorus-T variants since that would have helped my matchup vs Metagross+Tapu Lele/Charizard Y and random fast mons like Gengar a lot. However, given that I only have one other Ground-immune (Zapdos), I opted for the Groundium-Z variant, WHICH OHKOS INCINEROAR AFTER AN INTIMIDATE HAH TAKE THAT YOU STUPID CAT  and does a bunch of other neat stuff like being a really powerful nuke, being a single-target ground attack (even if only for one turn), and has the ability to P R O T E C T. Being base 91 speed has its drawbacks, sure, but I hoped to mitigate that somewhat with Tailwind, and once you get an unintimidated Landorus-T on the field with the ability to switch moves+a nuke+x2 speed, it’s definitely a huge boon on your side. 

So Cernny’s set is actually something Coach gave me. Jolly to abuse as much of that fast speed as necessary, attack to maximise the damage output, and the rest in split defenses for some ‘bulky’. His moveset was Earthquake (of course), Rock Slide (for the flinchy flinchy and Charizard Y/Zapdos), Protect and Knock Off because I hate Snorlax and any other mon that uses one of the Super Healing Berries, as compared to the lack of Steel/Normal type mons that you’d usually run Superpower for (and let’s be real, Superpower doesn’t OHKO anything of worth anymore, and without a scarf it didn’t really make sense to run Superpower). 

Castor Bisharp @ Life Orb   Ability: Defiant   Level: 50   EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Adamant Nature   - Iron Head   - Knock Off   - Sucker Punch   - Protect  

I’ll be honest, Bisharp is pretty much the glue holding the team together. The ability to gain attack boosts from any status drop, and the ability to pull out a powerful priority attack with those boosts can utterly cut through teams that are unprepared for him. All it takes is an Icy Wind or an accuracy drop from Muddy Water, and Castor can go to town. Especially since most teams rely on Intimidate to control opposing physical attackers, Defiant/Competitive users like Bisharp and Milotic can do a lot of work in the right conditions. Moreover, dark is an extremely good attacking type, even now, and with the ability to hit Fairies super effectively with Iron Head, Bisharp has almost perfect neutral coverage for most of the metagame (with the exceptions being idk Blaziken and Lucario). 

I was running Adamant Nature with max speed and Life Orb because that was the damage calculation/spread I was used to since 2015. Bisharp’s moveset is Iron Head for comfortable STAB, Knock Off to take out berries and also potentially KO weakened Cresses/other bulky mons/stop Snorlax before their berries trigger. Sucker Punch is priority, which helps me pin and maneuver around faster mons, and Protect is Protect lol. At max speed, Bisharp outspeeds most spreads of Tapu Bulu/Tapu Fini, Heatran, and also my own Kangaskhan, which allows me to make some silly plays like Knock Offing a Porygon 2′s Eviolite before Double-Edging into them, destroying fairy redirectors like Togekiss, or limiting Cresselia’s Ally Switch utility by taking out the supporters before Kang attacks. 

Curry Volcarona @ Firium Z   Ability: Flame Body   Level: 50   EVs: 4 HP / 92 Def / 192 SpA / 220 Spe   Modest Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Quiver Dance   - Heat Wave   - Giga Drain   - Protect  

I admit I named Volcarona Curry for certain very blatant biases BUT ANYWAY. I haven’t actually used Volcarona that well in VGC at all, dabbling in it only at the start of 2018 with a Salamence/Azumarill team that Did Not Work because I always felt that Volcarona was better off setting up Quiver Dance and sweeping than playing Rage Powder. Remembering that VGC 13 had a Volcarona+Bisharp team working super well for my brother, I decided to try it in VGC 18 because why not. Volcarona had 135 SAtk and with a Quiver Dance, I bet Inferno Overdrive would be extremely spicy. The other item choice that has been recommended to me time and time again is a Super Healing Berry, but to be completely honest I’m perfectly happy with having a secondary nuke in case I can’t land Tectonic Rage for whatever reason. 

Volcarona pairs well with Bisharp, Kangaskhan, and Tapu Fini, being able to clear steel/grass types as well as luring in stuff like Landorus-T into the battle (which its teammates can then take out before Volcarona starts quiver dancing). Volcarona is not a ‘good’ mon; it has far too many weaknesses and requires a lot of ifs to set up properly, and even then it’s main stab is Heat Wave and its defenses are, to put it mildly, shit. However, with most of the metagame being physically defensive, being able to set up a powerful special attacker that gets boosts in speed/special defense/special attack can seriously nuke a lot of teams to oblivion. 

So, Volcarona ran Quiver Dance, Heat Wave, and Protect. Modest 192 SAtk was to maximize my Special Attack as much as possible, but I do know that at +1, in the Sun, Volcarona’s Inferno Overdrive has been able to net OHKOs on Charizard Y of all things. 220 Speed was to outspeed modest Tapu Lele, 4HP/92Def was to survive a -1 Spread Landorus-T Rock Slide. Giga Drain was run to have a better way to deal with Tapu Fini and Milotic, but even at +1 Volcarona will still die to Hydro Vortex so that’s something to keep an eye out for. 

Vegetable Zapdos @ Iapapa Berry   Ability: Pressure   Level: 50   EVs: 28 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 220 Spe   Timid Nature   - Thunderbolt   - Heat Wave   - Tailwind   - Sky Drop  

Zapdos has been something I’ve slowly grown accustomed to over the season. Without Talonflame, I’ve been searching for another Tailwinder that provided the sort of support/pairing ability with Landorus-T that I just couldn’t find elsewhere. While I am more used to the Misty Seed/Roost version, I just felt that it was far too passive and didn’t really feel like it could help contribute to the team with a low speed stat that the Misty Seed variants run (ie, set up Tailwind before dying to a Charizard Y Overheat). In the end, I decided to try something slightly different- not the Gigavolt Havoc Zapdos, but the fast speedy Tailwind support with Iapapa Berry. While it worked somewhat well, I realized that my team had issues with Azu+Redirector support, so I decided to toss Sky Drop onto Zapdos (something I learned from playing Hawlucha earlier in the metagame).

Sky Drop easily opens a lot of doors for my team, being able to stall out Trick Room, Tailwind, deal with redirectors, and force mons into not being able to Protect the next turn when they’re dropped. While my Zapdos spread meant that it was actually exceedingly frail for a Zapdos, it’s also an extremely good utility mon, if used properly (Hint: I still haven’t completely figured it out yet).

Thunderbolt for obligatory STAB. Tailwind helped support my team a lot, since the majority of them were slow and would greatly appreciate the speed advantage. Heat Wave was chosen over HP Ice because of the great Kartana weakness I seemed to have, as well as being able to threaten the 3hko on Mega Metagross. And Sky Drop is... Sky Drop. (Fun fact: I still haven’t completely understood all of Sky Drop’s mechanics yet, isn’t it fun?)

Ultimately, Vegetable started off as a mon I didn’t really like, but it is incredibly necessary for this team to work. If there is one thing I would change, I would drop its Satk and try to figure out a bulkier spread and go max speed Timid simply because I am tired of not having the ability to speed tie Charizard Y. 

Melusine Tapu Fini @ Mago Berry   Ability: Misty Surge   Level: 50   EVs: 236 HP / 4 Def / 196 SpA / 12 SpD / 60 Spe   Calm Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Scald   - Moonblast   - Calm Mind   - Protect  

So finally, the Tapu of my team. Tapu Fini easily loses out to ALL THE OTHER TAPUS of the metagame, but it also has one of the best terrain abilities. Immunity to status? Yes Please. Also, being the slowest Tapu (barring some really slow Leles/Bulus), it is almost guaranteed Terrain Control on turn 1. 

I opted for the Calm Mind variant of Tapu Fini because I Like Setting Up, and also Fini just doesn’t do enough damage otherwise. Calm Mind also helps shore up its special defense, giving it a chance versus Tapu Lele and occasionally Tapu Koko/Charizard Y/MGengar/other random powerful special attacking mons. I’m using the standard CM Tapu Fini EV spread, which allows it to outspeed slow Bulu while dealing some really nice damage with its STABS. 

While most Tapu Fini opt for Muddy Water, I’ve lost far too many games from Muddy Water missing, so I decided to go for the more reliable and slightly more powerful single-target Scald. Thus far, I have not regretted that decision. Moonblast for fairy STAB because you need Fairy STAB somewhere on your team to deal with Kommo-O, and Protect because this should be totally standard by now.

AND I HAVE SPENT 2 HOURS WRITING A LONG DRAWN SUMMARY OF MY TEAM. I’M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HOW WELL THEY DID, OF SOME OF THE BATTLES I’VE MANAGED TO PLAY WITH THEM, and while I’m not certain if I want to bring them to Worlds, I’m glad that this is the team that finally helped me overcome my own weaknesses and gave me my confidence back to play. 

Tl;dr: I really love pokemon vgc and I really love this team 

#arty's vgc 18 ramblings #pokemon vgc

[aesjae]

[NCT127] Reaction to having a short s/o

A/N: This was a request by @markleetrashh   @cherrymargarie, my dear first friend here heh THANK YOU FOR THE REQUEST and good luck for your oral tomorrow love ❣️

Style/ Genre: Reaction-- headcannon Date posted: 12/07/17

Taeil:

probably the kind that would like a smaller s/o

our oldest isn't v tall anyway

would enjoy ruffling your hair

would feel even more protective of you

would think you’re a vulnerable bean before realising you’re a mini warrior

probably think you’re x1000 cuter

would actually like being the bigger one

technically drowning in taeil's love because of him feeling the need to protect and caring for you 24/7

okay idrk about taeil i’m so sorry 😂 

Johnny:

enjoys teasing you for your height

jOHNNY IS A GOD DAMN BEAN STALK

but the height difference would be absolutely adorable

"oh my little smol lovely beannnnn"

would enjoy hugging you and see you being engulfed in his chest

and chuckles whenever he does it till you can hardly breathe and have to resort to hitting his arm before he lets you go

him voluntarily helping you take stuff from higher shelves even before you asking him

enjoys picking you up and swinging you around off the ground

looking around and pretending he lost you

okay but they would be times when he actually wasn’t pretending

Taeyong:

like taeil, he would probably see you as a vulnerable bean

mother figure activated

would want to cook for you for almost every meal

"nO NO NO GET OFF THAT LADDER YOU'LL GET HURT"

put child safe protection all around the house -- like edge & corner guards on tables and shelves

your personal bodyguard in crowded areas

glares at people warningly whenever people comment that you're cute

constantly comforts you and make you feel better about your height

"noooo you're not short, just perfect-sized for me ;-)"

Yuta:

like johnny, enjoys teasing you for your height

likes wearing your high heels and cat-walking down the house corridor sassily

purposely putting your stuff on higher shelves

so you can call him back to help you take them

when both of you pass by kids clothing stores, yuta: "omg (Y/N), i think these are in your size!!!"

"do you need more high heels or maybe platforms?"

he would ask playfully but would actually secretly buy those pairs you've wanted to surprise you

him shielding you in the crowded train/ bus

"you're a smurf, but you're my smurf"

"i hope our future child does not inherit your height"

"that'll be a sad life"

and after all that teasing he would kiss the top of your head to prove that he still loves all of you, including your height that you may or may not like a lot

Doyoung:

usual savage doyoung would actually be more protective and caring of you

silent caring gestures to overcome your height

i.e. him placing your hand on his arm that's grasping onto the hand bar in the train/ bus since you can't reach it yourself

and if uall live together he'll make sure that most of the stuff is accessible at your height

but would also be fun at times

like both of you playing chase and he's just speed walking

while you have to do that awkward walk run thing

would like how you have tiptoe to hug his neck

enjoys all your back hugs and feeling your head only reaching up to his chest area

Jaehyun:

an ultra gentleman so he'll ensure you won't feel discouraged about your height

bends down to your level for selfies

holding your hands everywhere uall go so you won't get lost in the crowd

would learn how to sew just to help you alter your dresses/ jeans that are too long

lift you up to see things or when people block your view

i just imagine him having to bend down to kiss you because he’s quite tall 😂

okay i love jaehyun but i’m running out of ideas

oH I KNOW

he’ll be running 2 u ( ;-) ) when he finally meets you at the end of the day after work but you’ll just ultimately crash into his torso/ chest

he won’t treat you like a baby just because of your height but just like every other member, think your height is just absolutely adorable

Winwin:

probably chuckles whenever he thinks about you with your small stature

purposely drawing couple portraits with an exaggerated height difference before showing to you and giggling uncontrollably

arms slung around your shoulder

enjoy back hugging you and him propping his chin on the top of your head

would offer you piggybacks to you now and then

when at higher heights like Ferris wheels

"since you're nearer to the ground, you're.. not.. afraid of heights.. right?" *chuckles nervously*

nct life in osaka

he'll love you regardless of your height but may think your height adds to your cuteness

Mark:

mark will probably be the member who would be bothered about your height the least

loves all your hugs

actually, your height might just be a boost to his own self-esteem 😂

would like to fit you in his clothes to see them oversized and too long on you

“you make me feel like you’re a younger sister i must always look after”

“but trust me my feelings for you aren’t near that of between siblings”

that adorable dorky laugh whenever he sees you struggling to reach for something

walks behind you to help, still laughing

and trips over his own feet because he was laughing so badly

would be silently worried about your safety since you’re smaller in size

“(Y/N), if anybody tries to take advantage of you cause of your height, you know which bottom part to aim.”

Haechan:

sassy Haechan definitely wouldn’t spare the teasing HAHA

“dO yOu nEEd heLP wiTH tHAt (Y/N)” 

as he sees you stretching all your muscles to reach for your cookie jar that he despicably put on the top shelf

“how’s the weather down there (Y/N)”

“man the breeze up here is damn nice”

“i wonder,, if you and I switched heights, would it feel like i’ve transited to an alternate universe? 🤔”

full of sass but that’s haechan for you

would buy you cartons of milk, claiming that you need them

would exclaim that you’re a little child and buy you lots of ice cream

not that you complained about the ice cream

constantly burns your height but still shows love to you 

and internally he would be like the gif above awww HAHA

okay i definitely ran out of ideas i’m sorry if this isn’t good //-// ( and most of the gifs are unrelated BUT THEY’RE JUST TOO CUTEEE)

#nct #nct u #nct 127 #nct dream #nct imagine #nct scenario #nct reaction #nct fanfic #kpop #kpop imagine #kpop scenario #kpop reaction #sment #taeil #johnny #taeyong #yuta #doyoung #jaehyun #winwin #mark #haechan #i'm so sorry if this was bad #GOOD LUCK CHERYLLLLLLL #YOU CAN DO IT

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What a blur...

Well...this post to you comes from my new living room in North Carolina..and what a blur it’s been! 

Wednesday: We had a great NJ Day. My friend Jenny was off so we spent the day in downtown Point Pleasant. Luna was a handful but we enjoyed walking around the stores. The teacher supply store was giving a 25% off discount so I did really well. I also got a NJ outline necklace at my favorite PP store Stella e Luna. We ended the day with iced coffee and pizza..good times. It was also Kory’s last day at his NJ store so we had a fun game night to celebrate

Thursday: We visited my grandmother and ran some errands before going home and finishing up packing. Packing Luna’s room was really hard, I was crying. We created that room for our little girl, and it’s grown up with her..leaving it behind was hard. I can barely even remember Thursday honestly, just working continuously to get stuff done.

Friday: Loading day! First thing in the morning we dropped Luna off with her sitter. Well first we picked up flowers for her. Luna was very excited to be there. Then it was on to picking up the truck. It was starting to rain and I was getting nervous. Kory took the truck and I ran to target to get a new litter box for the cats going with my BIL. Kory beat me home but waited for me and Jenny to get there to help him back the truck into our spot. When he backed it in and opened it up I started to panic..it didn’t look nearly as big as I expected. Once my BIL and his friend showed up we started loading. Luckily, there was no more rain but damn it was humid. Bringing everything down from the second floor apartment SUCKED. After about 3-4 hours though, everything was loaded. And I mean EVERYTHING! It all fit!!!! I couldn’t believe it. We even had room to spare to pick up the things at my aunts house. Anyway, we treated the guys to pizza then said our goodbyes. I ran to the store to get flowers and a birthday cake for my aunt, then I picked Luna up from her sitters and that was REALLY hard..I was crying. We’re going to miss her a lot.

We met Kory at my aunts and relaxed for the evening. She cooked and my cousin came over with her kids and we had a cake for my aunts birthday. It was a nice evening. But then anxiety started hitting me and I couldn’t sleep AT ALL. Took me a couple of hours it was awful.

Saturday: Woke up to my aunt letting us know there was a massive storm front coming and a tornado watch. In NJ...cool. It didn’t wind up being too bad and cleared up pretty quickly. Once it cleared up with left Luna with my aunt to go back to the apartment to clean and return the keys. It took 4 hours and it was AWFUL. I was a sad to leave but then they were obnoxious in the office (saying they would charge me for the rubber pool pass bracelets I pack...bite me) so it took the sadness away. 

I was exhausted when we got back to my aunts and it was chaos there. Luna was exhausted, she did a lot with her cousins and she was being straight up nasty. I kept trying to remove her from the situation but her cousins kept following and it was terrible and I was so tired. Luckily I finally got her to lay down with me for just a few minutes to talk and relax and my cousin put her kids on their screens so it would be quiet and everything was better after that. Kory showed up and it was time to load up the stuff at my grandmas house. My moms dining room table was being stored there and we were taking my grandmas patio set. It was super heavy and our friend helping us move was coming a lot later than expected so it took a lot to get it on the truck but we managed! Finally everything was loaded (we fit EVERYTHING expect 2 of the 6 patio chairs which we can bring down when we visit for christmas). We hooked the tow dolly up to the truck (my cousins husband had arrived luckily) and tried to get Kory’s car up...but it wasn’t working. His car sits too low and it was destroying the bumper. So it was decided that my car would have to be hooked up and I would have to drive his to NC...GREAT!!!! Cue panic attack..you guys know how you get used to your own car the idea of driving someone elses car that far is nerve wrecking. Plus my car has apple car play which makes using gps really easy..plus its a hybrid..just ugh. My car went up on the tow dolly without a problem and we just switched stuff around. 

We ordered chinese food (fun fact, my first ever meal and last ever meal as a NJ resident were both chinese from the same restaurant!). My cousins were so sweet, they bought Luna “going away gifts” (even though she just had a birthday). They got her a big Elsa doll and a mini Else castle with the characters. Perfect for the car! Kory had to go pick up our friend (who was running late) it was nearly 9 and he wasn’t back yet so I put Luna to bed myself. Her cousins were SO SAD to say goodbye (Luna didn’t really understand why). She was exhausted and went down without a peep. Kory showed up and we said goodbye to my cousins. We kept the emotions away for the kids. Not long after it was time for bed..it hit me how scary everything was and I was crying in bed. Took me a long time to fall asleep again.

Sunday: The day arrived! Alarms went off at 3am (yawn) and we got moving. My aunt woke up and made me coffee (yay). We loaded up the cars, got Luna out of bed and said our goodbyes. That was super emotional, my aunt and I were both basket cases. They’re coming down in November though..just a few months away. Luna woke up and was very excited for the trip..I gave her some melatonin and prayed she would fall back asleep. Not long out of my aunts development, she did. We stayed behind the truck for about 30 minutes until I couldn’t take the slow speed anymore and sped up. Around 5:30 Kory called me to see how we were doing (they had stopped for gas and to switch drivers). Luna was still asleep and stayed asleep until nearly 7!!! By then we were in Virginia so we stopped at the first rest area for a potty break (I had to pee SO BADLY but refused to stop as long as she was sleeping!!!). I got us situated and started Luna’s “gifts” (I picked up a bunch of cheap stuff from the dollar tree and wrapped it) every 40 mins or so I set an alarm on my phone and she got a present. It was great, kept her really well behaved. 

Our next stop wasn’t long after the first but I wanted to get gas before we got off 95 because 84 doesn’t have as many options. I took an exit and got gas at the first gas station I saw..my first time pumping gas ever (hello Jersey girl here!!). I couldn’t figure it out, Kory wasn’t answering and I was trying not to panic. Luckily I figured it out soon..stupid pump made you start pumping before paying..lame.

Back on the road! I wanted to stop at a rest area around 11 to get lunch together (we had sandwiches in the car). I missed one at 10:45, figured there would be one soon but no luck. Nearly 12 I couldn’t take it anymore so we stopped at a Pilot with a dunkin donuts right off the highway (figured I could use caffeine anyway). We pottied and I got coffee then Luna jumped in a giant puddle before I could stop her and was filthy and soaked and needed cleaning and changing. This was the start of our downfall. Finally we got back on the road with only 2 hours to go. Luna was set up with lunch and a movie. Surprisingly, she fell asleep in front of her movie (NEVER HAPPENS). We hit our first traffic of the trip (accident) but she slept through it. Less than an hour left! We were definitely getting testy with each other but we were almost there! When we hit the local highway I was giddy with relief. When we pulled into the neighborhood I legit started sobbing I was so happy. When we pulled into the driveway I just laid my head on the steering wheel and cried for a minute. 

Kory and Jamie showed up with the truck and 40 mins after us (they made really good time, they stopped a lot more than we did). We went to get lunch then came back and unloaded. Despite having less people (and me being basically useless because I felt so sick ) and Luna being underfoot we were done in just a couple of hours. I don’t really remember much else about that day, I was so tired. I slept so well in my own bed.

Monday:  Errands day! Pick up the modem (took forever), to Lowes to get parts needed for the dining room table, to the grocery store for stuff for an epic brunch. By noon we were finally eating at our dining room table and it was DELICIOUS!! Then I put Luna in her room for quiet time and unpacked the rest of the kitchen while Kory and Jamie took the truck to get the washer, dryer, BBQ and lawn mower (YIKES money being spent). When they got back the hooked up the washer and dryer and went to return the truck. They came back with food (we didn’t have time to BBQ) and it was time to bring Jamie to the airport. I was sad our last bit of NJ was leaving us. It’s going to be okay though. Kory had to stop by his new store so Luna and I picked some stuff from Target. Another exhausting day.

Tuesday: Kory’s last day off before going back to work. We did a little bit around the house then ventured out to toys r us (about 35 mins away) to finally spend Luna’s birthday money. We got a play house and little pool for the backyard. There was also a home decor store called at home..it was basically a homegoods on steroids..we couldn’t even get through the whole thing! We we’re starving by then and got a last hurrah meal and steak and shake..shakes to go and everything. When we got home Luna went into quiet time and we relaxed. When she was done Kory mowed the lawn then we put together her house and the patio furniture and had our first family bbq. It was delicious and just perfect. I’ve been wanting to have our own backyard for a looooong time.

Today: Kory had work :( Luna and I still ventured out to walmart and the dollar tree (using gps to get to walmart haha). It was a very slow, long, lonely day. I got some stuff done around here and set up Luna’s pool and we had fun. Hoping to make friends soon..it’s awfully lonely here. But we’re still enjoying the house and the area! Today I got an email from my new boss with our specials and lunch schedules so we can make our class schedules. It’s super weird seeing my name on the schedules..and very exciting and nerve wrecking! She also texted me to let me know that my classroom is ready so when Kory has off next week I’m going to go in and start bringing stuff in!

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Moments like this – when the collective rap community gets to see someone’s meteoric rise culminate into that world-stopping drop of a debut album – are rare but they make being a fan worth all the trouble. There’s nothing like being a part of something so big, even if your role is nothing more than perusing the Twitter timeline and going back and forth with followers about your individual opinions. A lot of people didn’t think Cardi B would make it to this moment. Maybe some even hoped that she wouldn’t. The Bronx native made the most seamless transition from social media star, to reality TV star, to rap star in history. But the key word in all of those phases of her career is star. Cardi has a quality and an essence that can’t be confined to any singular path. She’s a natural entertainer and we’re all here to enjoy the ride. That’s why the stakes for her debut album Invasion of Privacy are some of the highest in recent rap history.

The question now is, is Invasion of Privacy actually good? We’d been witnesses to Cardi’s growth with her Gangsta Bitch Music mixtape series, as she worked through the growing pains of finding her sound. It’s where she flexed her muscles on songs like “Foreva” and “Lick,” slowly transforming into an artist who now dominates Billboard charts. Known for her transparency and her ability to be completely unhinged, we were privy to her personal life in ways that became even too much for her. Invasion of Privacy is an honest debut from a rapper who built a brand on being “regular,” even if she’s not so regular anymore.

Noisey staff writers Lawrence Burney and Kristin Corry break down Invasion of Privacy track-by-track upon first listen, and here were their first impressions.

“Get Up 10”

Lawrence: “Went from making tuna sandwiches to making the news” is a rags-to-riches analogy that I can fully conceptualise. This is a textbook way to start a career-defining rap album. Cardi spends a quarter of the song reliving the days she had to get through to make it to this moment before making a Tee Grizzley by-way-of Meek Milly shift in gears. If you’re going to make a statement, you have to plant your flag firmly into the ground and stand on those words. Whether you live up to them or not is irrelevant for that brief initiation, but Cardi sends a convincing warning.

Kristin: I’m totally here for the “Dreams & Nightmares” feel of it, I just worry that she’s going to end up sounding like everybody but Cardi. It’s a great way to start a debut, and we’ve seen that these introspective intros work well. Cardi adapts well to whatever flow she wants to adopt for the moment. She owned Kodak’s flow on “Bodak” and is damn near a fourth Migo on “Drip.” I want to hear Cardi sound like Cardi. It’s admirable that she wanted to tap into what made Meek’s intro so good, but also feels like she sort’ve does a disservice to herself by trying to emulate that sound so much. I’m completely a fan of when the beat switches it up toward the end though.

“Drip”

Kristin: This isn’t a bad song, but I think I would have appreciated this more on Culture II.

Lawrence: This may be one of my least favourite Cardi B songs. I’d actually like less songs of her with Migos on it. The album would have been just fine without this.

“Bickenhead”

Kristin: Well Lawrence, you were right about the Project Pat sample. At a glance, I was hoping this was the track YG would be on. I’m sold on her flip of the song though. The best part about Cardi is her ability to redefine the labels society forces on her and make them her own. Now everybody’s Instagram caption is going to be “bickenhead,” which is dope because in 2001 that wasn’t the greatest thing for a woman to be called. The true test of a bop for me is if I spend more time singing it than I spend doing my makeup. This is going to pass with flying colours.

Lawrence: LONG LIVE TRIPLE 6 MAFIA. There’s really no way that Cardi could lose here by sampling Project Pat’s “Chickenhead” because what’s continuing to become abundantly clear is that anything produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J will defy generational barriers. I mean, Crunchy Black used to seem like a problem from time to time. But anyway, what Cardi is doing here is perfect because while she didn’t snag La Chat for this song like I wished, her list of ways to “pop the pussy” feels like an ode to another Chat classic in “Slob On My Cat.”

Kristin: We get it, Lawrence. Triple 6 til you die.

“Bodak Yellow”

Lawrence: We all obviously love this song. “Bodak Yellow” dominated the summer. I remember seeing Cardi perform this at Moma PS1 and it was the most congested crowd I’ve ever been a part of. Like, if something would have popped off that day, a minimum of ten people would have gotten trampled. Hearing “Bodak Yellow” in that setting, with that kind of collective excitement is one of my favourite hip-hop moments of all time. Within the context of the album, I like that it comes after “Bickenhead” because it keeps the high energy going, then it immediately shifts gears with “Be Careful.” That shows Cardi’s range.

Kristin: Every time the beat drops, I ask myself “Am I over this song?” Like clockwork, it still catches me the same way as it did the first time I heard it. I was worried that it may not fit well with the rest of the album, but I think it’s the opposite. “Bodak” was really able to set the tone for what we should’ve expected for her debut album, and I think it’s safe to say she’s delivered.

“Be Careful”

Lawrence: When this track first dropped, there was a lot of chatter about how different it is than “Bodak Yellow” but I’m not sure where people developed the notion that Cardi B is only capable of one kind of song. While everyone’s been screaming about their bloody shoes she’s been rapping over New Jack Swing beats and singing in Spanish on dancehall tracks. What’s also good about the song is that it feels like it could have worked during any rap era of the past 25 years. Cardi’s shedding layers of herself to share details of her relationship but also warning that she might not stick around for repeated trauma. Those kinds of songs have been staples for some time.

Kristin: I honestly really love this song. People are saying she shouldn’t be singing on the hook and that she’s offbeat, but honestly that’s apart of what I love about Cardi. Her delivery has always been a little clumsy, which makes it all feel a lot more real for me personally. The same people talking shit are the same people who would praise it if her male counterparts put this song out. If we’re being honest, “Be Careful” is better than A Boogie’s “Get to You” which both borrow from Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor.” She had me at the Belly reference, but most importantly, it feels like New York in the summer. Real New York, not transplant New York.

My concern here though, is the talk about the reference track that was posted shortly after the single dropped. It’s no secret people have ghostwriters but I couldn’t help listen to the rest of the album wondering what she actually wrote. It’s probably also naive of me to think everyone writes everything, but it’s something to consider. Accusations of ghostwriters haven’t hurt Drake and shouldn’t hurt her either. The way her personal life has played out in front of us makes this song feel incredibly intimate, so if it’s true, hearing Pardison Fontaine on the reference track was a little disappointing. I want to believe Offset got her mad enough to the point where these are her words.

“Best Life”

Kristin: I’m stoked she got a Chance feature, but it sounds like he didn’t give his all on this hook. Have that same energy you had on Life of Pablo or any other project your attach your name to. The hook feels a little lazy coming from him, especially if we’re comparing it to his verse, which is as chipper as you get with Chance. When he says, “I work magic, I work magic, I work magic in my life,” I feel Pastor Chance coming back out, putting an anointing on me. If we’re talking about living our best life, let’s have higher energy.

Lawrence: I agree on Chance’s contribution on the hook. That’s especially apparent after the energy Cardi comes in with on her first verse. But, I do enjoy Chance’s verse a lot. Cardi’s tuna-to-TV analogy for “making it” was great but Chance came in with “‘Member my hands had ash like Pompeii,” and changed the game. This song’s value lies in Cardi’s openness about how being in the public eye has affected her. From the self-consciousness about her teeth before getting them fixed, to how meeting Beyonce is a marker of really arriving. Rappers open up about these struggles often but what makes it resonate more here is that we’ve been able to see Cardi take many of the steps that she’s mentioning.

Kristin: I agree. Listening to her say, “I never had a problem showing y’all the real me/Hair when it’s fucked up, crib when it’s filthy.” I can literally pinpoint the moments she looked like she rolled out of bed chatting to her fans, with no fucks given. It’s that transparency that make people really root for her. She’s the antithesis to the perfectly packaged persona people post on socials. We literally watched her grow from a local sensation to BARDI. I love this “Binderella” reference and sort of wish that was her album title.

“I Like It”

Kristin: Haha, Cardi really does search her name on Twitter. She definitely ran that “Yup, they call me Cardi B, I run this shit like cardio” tweet on here. And this is exactly what I meant on the Chance song, J Balvin and Bad Bunny came with energy! Treat it like it’s your song, don’t just give some leftover melodies.

Lawrence: This will be blasted at every party in New York City this summer and I cannot wait.

Kristin: Practicing my bachata as we speak.

“Ring”

Kristin: I just find it funny that people criticised her for singing her own hook on “Be Careful,” suggesting that Kehlani or SZA should’ve done the honour instead… Kehlani is on the hook of this and it’s not nearly as strong of a song. Now what?

Lawrence: This one is fine and I’ve accepted that I will probably be hearing it on the radio all the time.

Kristin: I’m not into it. If we’re going with the ghostwriter theory, I think this is the official “Offset song” but “Be Careful” was the smarter and catchier choice to capitalise on the drama. This is all speculation though.

“Money Bag”

Kristin: This is definitely the closest she’s gotten to something that’s felt similar to “Bodak.” If I had a dollar for every time I’ll see “I said babe, issa snack/He say it’s an entree” on Instagram this summer, my loans would be forgiven. Nodding to Plies and Beyonce in a hook is pretty much the perfect way to make sure the song is a hit on social media, and she knows that. All of her eccentric confessionals on Love & Hip Hop have been preparing us for this moment. She really stretches her voice for that it’s worth here. It’s the perfect amount of extra. Also, money bags in general is always a big mood. OKURR!

Lawrence: When the song first started, I thought I’d be skipping it within the first 30 seconds. But then Cardi hit a gear that took the song to a new level. Like you said, in flow, it does follow the footsteps of “Bodak Yellow” at points. But the range that Cardi spans in energy here pushes it further.

“Bartier Cardi”

Lawrence: I enjoy how ferocious Cardi gets with the flow on this song. It’s always felt like with this one, she had a point to prove and it worked. 21’s tone of voice alone is why his verse isn’t a complete wash but he didn’t bring his best to this one at all.

Kristin: I still enjoy this song and I think it does a good job of keeping the momentum of what could now be considered Cardi’s sound. I actually like 21 on here, regardless of the questionable things he says he does with hot sauce.

“She Bad”

Kristin: YG you were supposed to be on “Bickenhead!” I personally would’ve preferred Yo Gotti on this hook. Cardi’s definitely in her bag here and throwing some subliminals. So I expect this one to be making its rounds with speculation on who they’re aimed for. Of course they could be empty insults, but we know for women in hip-hop it doesn’t work like that. I’m crying at YG’s “Only Birkin, not Dooney & Burke” line. A few people listening just pushed their Dooney collection all the way to the back of their closet.

Lawrence: This is another one out of Three 6 Mafia’s book of flows. Like the majority of songs that came before it, “She Bad” has the potential to be a smash hit – if anything, it will be another mainstay at parties and clubs for the rest of this year. YG has an uncanny ability to make effective hooks while not saying very much. That gift, joined with the production’s tempo and Cardi’s flow make this one worth revisiting.

“Thru Your Phone”

Kristin: This hook is… interesting. Lana Del Rey vibes? But damn, this song is petty as hell. Did she really just say, “I’ma make a bowl of cereal with a teaspoon of bleach/Serve it to you like, here you go nigga bon appetit.” Okay, Eminem. This is the song I want to see a visual for the most. Show me Cardi cutting the tongues out of sneakers and smashing televisions.

Offset, watch your back bruh.

Lawrence: The lesson here is very, extremely clear. Guys: do not cheat. Unless you want bleach cereal.

“I Do”

Kristin: Two queens talking shit. I stan. It’s also cool as hell that we watched this collaboration materialise. The definition of “Twitter, do ya thing.” I sort’ve wish there was more to the album after this, considering “Bodak Yellow” and “Bardier Carti” were played to death. Disclaimer: If your text goes unanswered it’s because SZA and Cardi told me to do it.

Lawrence: I love this song (SZA, sing over more trap please!), but its energy begs for it to be somewhere in the middle of the album. Invasion of Privacy ending on this note makes it feel incomplete. I’m so amped that I’m ready to come down a bit before I dip out. But, in consideration of the album’s title, Cardi delivered. Historically, she’s given us a lot of access into her life on social media. And by her sharing her experiences in the kind of detail that she does, I’m left to interpret it as: “Y’all are already in my business, making speculations, so I might as well just be the one to bare it all. Here is my truth.” Isn’t that what we want from all of our artists? At least, the ones we want to remember? We want an invitation into their innermost feelings – no matter how that may eat away at them – in order for us to be able to feel connected to them.

Lawrence Burney and Kristin Corry are staff writers at Noisey.

This article originally appeared on Noisey US.

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