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ashdash2417 · 3 months
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K, y’all. Can we talk about the abandonment issues Uzi may have?
(The info I’m about to share is just my thoughts on all this. I could be right on some parts, and I could be wrong. Again, I’m just sharing what I think based on stuff we’ve seen from the series. Anyways.)
What inspired me to make this was this very moment right here.
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“Are you like, gonna leave me?”
You can tell by her voice that she was scared. Scared that the only friend she’s ever had, the only friend that she’s made her whole life was going to leave her, and it certainly didn’t help that N and V got along well with the other students. Doing some activities together, having fun, playing around and stuff.
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I think seeing this, this was the starting point of that fear in this episode. (I’m a little certain that in general, this may go back as early as the first episode, but I’ll talk about that in a bit.)
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Here’s that fear she shows after investigating a little bit in the cabin, watching her closest friend get along and interacting with her classmates, despite having been a literal killing machine. And to add salt to the wound, he did so in such a short time. Something that she herself has never really accomplished the whole time she’s been in school.
Some jealousy may also be shown because of this, as she was talking to V, who was also doing well interacting with her classmates.
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“Just.. so glad you guys fit right in. Suuuper cool.”
As we all know, Uzi certainly isn’t the most popular girl in school (which btw… relatable imo). In fact, Rebecca had said that she was “super unpopular” when she (well, the top half of her anyways, hehe) reunited with a few drones, whom I’m assuming are her friends.
Uzi doesn’t fit in. She’s like an outcast to her classmates. The “freak” of the bunch. She stands out from the rest of them.
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“… You freak us out.”
“But mostly bite me!”
(I’m sorry, I wanted to include that second part here, whether it was relevant or not pfbt. Anyways.)
And it’s not just her classmates that practically outcasted her. Hell, her own father left her to be murdered by the same kind of drone that took away his wife (well, technically, the same kind of drone that struck her with nanite acid, leading to him putting her out of her misery, according to himself from the pilot, but anyways). Now, he may have been too terrified to take action and save his own daughter, possibly reliving the trauma of what happened to Nori. He probably couldn’t fathom having to do the same thing he did to his wife to Uzi. But it still does not justify leaving her, his own daughter, for dead. That is a really shitty dad move there, Khan.
(Or I could be overthinking on that part, and Khan could just be a really shitty father, but anyways)
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The way Uzi may have taken it, was that he prioritized his precious doors over her. Having put up more doors to keep himself, and everyone else in the bunker, safe from drones like N. She wasn’t important enough to be saved at the moment she needed him most. Her father- the one who’s supposed to have her back, no matter what happened, the one who’s supposed to protect her whenever things go from bad to worse- had left her to be killed by a murder drone. (Possibly, I’m just spitballin here)
Once this happened, Uzi now has no one she can really trust to stick with her, no one she can rely on for support. She has no friends, barely has family; her father isn’t much like a father to her at all, let’s be honest.
(I would say Thad is the only one she kinda had, but if I remember correctly, they barely knew each other to be considered close friends in the pilot. The only reason Thad knew Uzi (or knew of Uzi) was because she’s Khan’s daughter. That was it.)
(Another thing I wanna add is how neglectful as a father Khan has been, even before the pilot. Hell, the posters that we see can speak volumes of how their relationship is. Not to mention he’s never really spent much (if any) quality time with her, too busy focusing on his obsession with doors.)
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(One more thing to add: remember when Uzi told Thad one of the reasons she made her sick as hell railgun was to earn her father’s respect? …That’s just another point I wanna make about the infamous Doorman and how well he’s raised his daughter.) :)
So yeah, Uzi never really had anyone close to her in her life, meaning that she didn’t have anyone to trust, either.
Until this goober shows up.
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(Or more like, he was about to kill her until she blew his head off, but that’s not the point.)
Of course, we all know they didn’t become best friends right away. Because he’s a disassembly drone, and she’s a worker drone, and… yeah.
If it wasn’t for Khan backing away from the fight and closing the door on Uzi, Uzi probably would’ve been dead right then and there. N probably would’ve killed her and everyone else without much of a second thought. However!
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Considering how he told Uzi about V and J, he didn’t have the best relationship with either of them. (his crush on V seemed one-sided, at least in that flashback where V’s character was introduced? And J just straight up insulting him while stepping on him, and talking about how she’d kill him if she were allowed to.) He didn’t seem to have anyone to consider a friend either, at least mutually. For the longest time, it was just N, V, and J, doing their jobs, working together on killing the worker drones and such.
Then, what Uzi said to him about how the company treats the drones had created some doubts. N never questioned JCJenson and their motives until Uzi came along. And because of that, he almost died via a virus put in by J.
Then, after Uzi saves him from dying, and after they both stop V and J from killing the worker drones, N still stood by her side. N has never given her a reason not to trust him after that. He’s been with her the whole time after Uzi banished herself, and he’s never left her like the other drones have.
I’m thinking, after Uzi had banished herself from the colony, N could have left her on her own, he could’ve refused to let her go with him and V back to the landing pod, but he didn’t. (Not only because Uzi had encouraged him to look at the bigger picture, so to speak, but it also would’ve been out of character for N of all people (or robots in this case lol) to just deny her of joining the squad. He’s such a goddamn softy, let’s be real here.)
(Also, I wanna point out that from N’s perspective, she was the one who encouraged him to become an “angsty, rebellious disassembly drone” in the first place. If it wasn’t for her, he would never even question why they’re killing worker drones to begin with (other than to consume the oil for survival, of course). If it wasn’t for her, he’d still be out murdering. She was the one who respected him more than V or J ever did combined. (Well, in V’s case, this would be after her memories became messed up anyways. She did seem to like him when they were worker drones themselves.))
So yeah, this whole time, N has been the only one Uzi had ever really had throughout the series. N has been the only one that didn’t treat her like a freak, nor had insulted or threatened her in any way (lookin at you, V!). And most importantly, he was the only one that never left her at all. He stood by her side, he had her back, and she had his, and they stuck together, especially through the scary stuff.
So going back to episode 4, that was the first time since they’ve met that they were really separated. And the one time they weren’t with each other, Uzi had taken her solver form for the first time, and had killed her own classmates as a result.
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Had N been with her while she was investigating stuff, chances of Uzi taking her solver form happening probably would’ve been really low.
Hell, this whole thing probably happened because she was alone, because nobody was with her, and she didn’t want to be left alone again, and she was scared that she was going to be left alone again after seeing N interact with the other students!
TLDR: Uzi probably has abandonment issues, and was scared the only friend she has was going to leave her like everyone else had in her life.
I wanted to make a long rant about this because it’s been on my mind off and on for a while, especially after hearing Uzi’s voice when she asks N if he’s going to leave her (god that really hurts!), and as sucky as I am with words, I wanted to try anyways. Hope y’all enjoyed. 😁😅 (and now to end this on a lil lighter note, here’s an image of a robot huggy)
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bwabys-scenarios · 2 years
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Reunited
Pt. 1
Illumi x Reader
Warnings: mentions of child abuse, terrorism, violence, torture(not explicit, just mentioned)
PART 2
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When Illumi wanted to escape the constant torment of his family he’d take a walk through the forest surrounding the manor. He was allowed to go there unsupervised, mostly to test if he was strong enough to fend off any beasts on his own.
Even when no one was watching him, he knew that there was some way they kept tabs on him. Whether it be a tracking device or cameras, it didn’t matter. They always knew where he was, even if they didn’t always know exactly what he was doing.
That was a good thing though, because what he had been doing the past few months was against the rules big time.
Illumi slowed down his pace to look at the almost unnoticeable marker on the tree to his left. He was getting close to where he needed to go. Even at 13, Illumi’s tracking skills where those of an expert.
As he reached his destination, he sat on the log of a fallen down tree. As he waited, he counted each fungi on the tree, labeling in his mind which ones would be edible and which weren’t.
The snap of a tree branch got his attention. His black eyes cut to the right to see a girl around his age entering the clearing, wearing overalls with a cartoon bunny printed on the pocket. She smiled brightly and waved.
This was Illumi’s secret. For the past few months he’s been meeting with this girl every chance he could get. When he wanted to see her, he’d leave a note under a specific rock in the clearing detailing which time he’d be there, but for some reason she always got there after him.
“(Name). Late as usual,” he said softly. His voice was calm as always, but (Name) could tell he was slightly annoyed. She crossed her arms as she neared the tall boy.
“It’s not me that’s always late, you’re too fast getting here. You’re an assassin and I’m just a bakers daughter, there’s a big difference.”
She was right of course. She usually was, and Illumi liked that. She was a short and chubby girl, and he was a tall and slim boy. And their family situation was much different.
He was tortured and poisoned everyday to build up his tolerance, but that didn’t mean (Name)’s life was amazing. Although she suffered no abuse from her parents, she was often picked on by other kids her age. She complained about it to Illumi once, but after he offered to get rid of them for her she made sure not to mention them again.
That’s how they met.
She had been crying at the center of the clearing while Illumi was on a walk. At the time he didn’t much care about some random girl crying, but the sound was annoying.
Illumi appeared in front of the girl, scaring her half to death. Illumi didn’t exactly look normal, he was pale as the moon and covered in bruises and scratches. He was beautiful in the way that fallen angels were, tragic and haunting but beautiful none the less.
“Why are you on my property?”
Of course that was his first question, he was an emotionally stunted 13 year old boy that couldn’t understand why a random girl was crying in HIS woods. But he could have been nicer about it.
She stopped crying and looked at him. She looked more confused than upset now. When you see a girl crying in the woods you comfort them first, and ask questions later. Why was this boy so.. strange? Honestly, she felt a little annoyed at this.
“Wow, I mean sorry I’m on your property but you’re really bad at talking to people. That’s a bit rude of me to say, but you seem like the type to need things stated bluntly.”
Illumi wanted to be offended by this, but he couldn’t. She was right. His lessons did include how to hold some conversations, but it was only on how to keep your hostage talking. There were also the lessons on how to torture someone into giving up info, did that count as conversation, asking the person you’re torturing information was basically the same thing, right?
As Illumi thought this over, the girl wiped away her tears.
“Honestly, you’re kind of weirding me out. Your eyes scare me and you’re just staring at me.”
She was honest. Illumi liked that. A lot of people lied to Illumi to suck up to him. They would spin lies of how much they adored him and how amazing he was, but he could always tell they were lying. It’s one of the things he’d been taught to sense.
“Sorry. I’m not used to speaking with people.” He answered. He figured there was no use lying to this random girl who didn’t even know who he was.
“That’s alright. With practice you can get better. Just try talking with your friends more.”
“I have no friends.”
(Name) let out a low “yeesh” before sighing.
“It’s settled. I’ll be your friend. You do scare me and I feel like you may be a vampire or something but hey, vampires are cool.”
Illumi didn’t get much say in this. Before he could reject her offer, she had told him to meet up with her again in a few days, and that was that.
Ever since, they’d been meeting 2-3 times a week. Illumi had been coming at first out of curiosity and boredom, but had slowly become to enjoy (Name)’s company. He didn’t say much when they’d meet, but he enjoyed observing her. Illumi had learned so much about her, and she’d even gotten him to spill a few small details about his own life.
Even after learning about his identity and who his family was, she acted the exact same.
“An assassin? I guess vampire was a stretch, but I knew you were kind of… killer-y.”
That was all she had to say about the subject before switching to telling him about the town gossip. He truly didn’t mind, because he rather listen to her talk then have to speak about his life.
Soon going to visit (Name) felt like stepping into a different world, where he was just a normal boy and not the son of assassins. It felt nice to just relax for a bit, and being around her just made him feel… at peace.
To sum it up, they’d become actual friends before Illumi had even noticed. He looked forward fo their visits, and even felt disappointed when she didn’t show up.
He couldn’t understand what he was feeling when he laid eyes on her recently, it made his stomach hurt and his chest ache, and that made him want to avoid her all together. If poison and torture couldn’t make him feel this way, then how dangerous could she be to cause such a reaction?
The two sat together in peaceful silence for a moment, (Name) going through her bag as they did. Once she’d found what she was looking for, she pulled it out.
“Is that a camera?”
Illumi stared at the object, with curiosity and caution. Although he had come to trust (Name) a bit more than others, he still knew to always air on the side of caution.
(Name) nodded and offered it to Illumi to inspect. He did so thoroughly.
“I was thinking we could take pictures together. You’re gone a lot and I worry sometimes you won’t make it back from one of your missions so I want something to remember you by.”
She looked away, a finger twirling her hair as she did. Her words sounded sad, and for some reason Illumi did not want her to be sad. It made something inside him ache.
With a bit of hesitation he handed the camera back. He eyes her for a moment, trying to detect any kind of malicious intent. When he sensed none, he agreed to her request.
“Okay, come sit next to me and get close. You gotta be close so I can get a picture with both of us in it.”
He complied, and only slightly tensed when she wrapped her arm around his shoulder.
“Okay, say cheese!”
“Chee-“
A kiss placed on his cheek silenced him immediately. He stood stiff as a board, looking down at her with a blank expression. The girl blushed, standing up too.
“Ahh, sorry! I forget you’re not used to affection, I do that with my other friends all the time. Oh and you’re a boy ahh!”
The girl hid her face with her hands, not able to see the slightest tint of pink on Illumi’s cheeks.
“… it’s alright. let’s get another picture.” he said after a moment of silence. He sat back down and waited for her to do the same.
They both took a few more pictures and waited for them to develop before looking over them.
(Name) reached for the picture of her kissing his cheek as soon as it finished.
“I-Ill take this one. Again I’m sorry.”
Before she could take the picture illumi snatched it up.
“Actually… I want it. You can have the others.” He said while facing away from her. (Name) blinked, then said a small “alright” and gathered the other pictures. She stuffed them all into her bag before standing.
“I have to go, mom said dinner would be early tonight. I’m glad I got to see you!”
Illumi nodded, still not looking at her. (Name) frowned at this.
“Goodbye illumi, have a good night. I’ll see you next week!”
If illumi had known this would be the last time he saw her, he would have pulled her into a hug and kissed her, but he was too embarrassed about his red face to even look at her. He often cursed himself for not reassuring her that he wasn’t grossed out or upset she’d kissed him.
Once Illumi arrived home, he was greeted by his mother.
She wore a dissatisfied frown. There weren’t often moments where she wasn’t dissatisfied with SOMETHING so illumi didn’t spare her a second glance.
“Illumi.”
He stopped to turn his full attention to his mother at the mention of his name. Kikyo placed her still steaming cup of tea on the table and gave him a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes.
“Yes, mother?”
He didn’t feel like entertaining her at the moment. He wanted to get to his room and hide his picture of (Name) before his daily strip search.
“Where were you just now?”
Those words made his blood run cold. Kikyo didn’t often ask him that question, she left him to his own devices when he didn’t have work, so why would she ask him that unless she had a reason to be suspicious?
“I was just taking a stroll through the woods, mother. Is there something you need of me? I am ready to do whatever you please.”
Illumi knew the best thing to do when his mother was suspicious was be calm and casual. He bowed his head slightly and knelt at her side, grasping her hand. His mother was currently pregnant and expecting a child soon, so she’d often ask him to do tasks for her.
“Well you will no longer be allowed to go to those woods. They’re too close to the town, you could be spotted.”
Illumi looked up, his eyes widening a bit. “Mother I assure you I can handle myself. Is there anything I can do to lessen your-“
His mother raised her hand and slapped him across the cheek. He didn’t react at all, but stopped mid sentence.
“You DARE talk back to your mother, the one that birthed you? I don’t know what has gotten into you, Illumi, but I have made a decision and that is FINAL. You must never enter that forest again. If I hear you have, you will be severely punished, along with whoever you’ve been seeing behind my back.”
The last sentence made Illumi flinch slightly. His mother huffed before caressing his injured cheek with her cold hand.
“I do this out of love, Illumi. You mustn’t mingle with the common folk. It isn’t safe for you OR them. Do you understand my dear?”
Illumi nodded slowly, hesitantly leaning into his mothers touch. It was the same cheek (Name) had kissed, and this was the first time he’d received affection from his mother in years.
“Yes mother.”
6 months later
The past 6 months had been hell for Illumi. He’s been punished for talking with an outsider by being trapped in the basement, only being allowed outside once a week for outdoor training. He was used to things like this, but never before had he felt so… lonely.
Before meeting (Name), he didn’t feel loneliness. He just felt bored, but now all he could think of was her. Illumi was surprised that he was able to hide her picture from the butlers, they were incredibly thorough.
Every night he looked over the picture, taking in every detail of her face. Her eyes, hair, skin. It was all he could think about. Her.
When he finally slept, he’d dream of her. Her playing in a stream, sewing up his clothes, dancing to unheard music as she weaves flower crowns, and just… her.
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say he’d become a bit obsessed. After all she was the first girl his age he’d met that showed him kindness, of course he’d fall in love. He didn’t quite know what his feelings were yet, but he did know he wanted to see her more than anything.
He had made up his mind weeks ago that he’d go meet her as soon as he was allowed out of the basement, and soon he’d be able to do so. His punishment would be ending that day, and he planned to go to her house by nightfall. After all, his mother forbade him from entering the forest, not her home
Illumi spent the remaining few hours of his imprisonment thinking of what he wanted to say, what he wanted to DO when he saw you again. He decided he’d try to talk about his strange feelings, and perhaps get an answer to what was happening with him. She was much more emotionally intelligent than him after all, so hopefully (Name) would have an explanation.
As Illumi walked up the basement steps, he could hear his mother speaking with a butler in hushed whispers.
He paused and blinded in with the shadows, slowing his breathing to the point he couldn’t be heard. He had already far surpassed his mother, so she wouldn’t be able to tell he was there. He began to eavesdrop.
“The entire town has been wiped out? You’d think that terrorists would know better than to mess around so close to our territory…” his mother said in a huff. “Call Silva and have him go deal with those pests. Illumi was secretly seeing someone from there so I can’t say I’m angered with this, but I’d rather him not find out anytime soon. I want his little crush to go away first so he doesn’t try anything stupid to go see whoever it is.”
Illumi stayed still for a long time, even after his mother was long gone he stayed rooted to the spot.
Something inside him was aching again, differently now. It felt agonizing, the way his heart hammered in his chest. As his bloodlust began to rise, he wondered if he’d be able to control himself much longer.
And that’s where Illumi blacked out.
When he regained control over his body, he was in someone’s room he’d never seen before, covered in blood. He could tell he’d killed the ones who had destroyed the town, which didn’t fill the void that was settling in his chest.
Illumi lifted his head from staring at the floor to take in his surroundings.
He stood in the middle of a pink room that had been ransacked. There were posters of anime, teddy bears sitting politely on the bed, and it smelled like… (Name)’s perfume!
He was in her room! When he realized this he sprang to his feet, and began searching her room for any sign of life. He flipped her bed, rifled through her drawers, and looked in her closet. Illumi couldn’t explain why he was looking for someone he couldn’t even sense was in the room, he was just desperate to find her, to know she was safe.
He collapsed onto the ground, growling in frustration and agony.
“Where IS SHE? WHERE!?”
For a few moments he sat there, trying to control his breathing. If he blacked out he might hurt someone that hadn’t done anything to wrong him. He couldn’t control himself when his bloodlust got too high and he knew that.
Once he’d calmed down, he opened his eyes. During his fit of rage he’s ended up with his head under her desk. Before he slid out from under there, he stopped to look closer at the underside of her desk.
Something white was sticking out of the wooden planks on the drawer connected to her desk. He’d somehow missed this when going through her desk earlier.
Illumi slowly slipped the white piece of paper from between the planks and unfolded it.
There were only 4 words on the note.
I escaped.
-Love, (Name)
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astral--horrorshow · 9 months
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Around-The-Clock Shadows
Platonic Yandere ROTTMNT x Reader
Info: This will be a full-length fic including multiple ROTTMNT characters, the main storyline revolves around the Mad Dogs
Fic Summary: You sure are likeable, aren't you?
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Chapter 4: An Itty-Bitty Shock
Characters: Raph, Leo, Donnie, Mikey, Kendra, Jase, Jeremy
A/N: Apologies that this chapter is so short!! I was in a hurry to get last week's out on Thursday, so I had to hurry it along. This is all the stuff I wanted to add in chapter 3, plus a little extra. I promise next week's will be longer!
If you want to be added to a taglist, just say the word! If you want to draw fanart or make anything based off of this, I would be literally honored. Please don't be shy, I will love whatever you make! If you have any questions about the fic, feel free to ask!
TW: Kidnapping, Stalking, toxic relationships, emotional manipulation
I do not condone any of the behaviors found or done in this fic. This story is purely for entertainment purposes. If you or someone you know is being treated like this, please contact the authorities.
Chapter Summary: You process your situation, and the Purple Dragons begin to look for you
Word Count: 1045
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"Home?" A pit formed in your stomach, "What do you mean?"
"I'll handle this, Raph," Donatello said, stepping between the oldest brother and you. Raph shot him an annoyed look, "I'm the oldest, I can handle it!" The two turtles squabbled amoung themselves, with Mikey gazing upon with a concerned look on his face. Just as it looked he was about to intervene, Leo suddenly pushed Donatello aside to be the one you faced, his eyes half-closed and all six of his fingers intertwined, “You see, we’ve decided that you’re our new sibling, and so we also decided to-”
“You kidnapped me?!”
Leo, and thus, the rest of the brothers, jumped at your reaction to his words, for it was the most emotion and noise you had shown and made since you had woken up. Leo grinned with a hint of nervousness, but only a hint. “‘Kidnap’ is such an ugly word, you know! We prefer the term 'surprise adoption!'" His grin spread, though you didn’t know what there was to smile about in the situation. “I want to go home. Let me go home.” A waver had entered your voice. The position you found yourself in was so overwhelming, you could barely force yourself to talk coherently, using all of your willpower to keep yourself from babbling.
Leo tilted his head to the side, slightly, his eyes half-closing again. “I thought you heard? This is your new home, silly head!” That sentence proved to be a mistake when your bottom lip started to quiver, and your eyes became slick with tears that threatened to spill down your cheeks. “And this is why we wanted to break it to them slowly, ‘Nardo. Now look at what you did.” Donatello gestured to you, the three brothers glaring at him. Leo looked offended at the negativity directed at him. “They’re fine! Just look at them!” He shot back as you started to sob in despair and fear.
"Oh, yes. They're the very image of contentedness right now," Don snarked at his older brother, his hands on his hips. "Both of you! Stop it!" Raph said, his voice raised, "Neither of you are helping!" You and the other brothers flinched at his loud voice and sharp tone, the agressiveness prompting you to cry even harder. The brothers stopped their squabbling to look concernedly at your tears, before reaching out to comfort you.
Donatello produced a box of tissues seemingly out of nowhere, which Mikey took from him and started to dry your tears. "There, there..." He cooed, "Nobody is mad at you. Everyone is just a little tense, because this is something new for all of us," He turned his head to his brothers, still wiping your face, "Right, guys?"
They all agreed with him in a hurry, some looking more unenthusiastic to do so than others. Mikey smiled, "See? Everything is alright," he unintentionally lied. Not knowing what else to do, you nodded.
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You wringed your hands together, staring at the floor from your spot on the edge of "your" bed as you wondered if you would be able to ever see the sun again. You didn't want to leave the room you woke up in just yet. Thank God a bathroom was attached. Who knows what other things waited for you out there? You had obviously never been there before, and the thought of getting lost in the underground bunker of a bunch of turtle creatures (Who had kidnapped you because they decided that you were their new sibling one day) made your throat go dry and your skin crawl.
Thuds and the sound of shouting from out in the hall snapped you from your reflections. The door suddenly burst open, with Leo nearly tripping over himself to scramble inside, the door slamming behind him. He threw himself on the bed next to you, holding out a paper plate with a slice of pizza sitting atop like a queen on her throne. "Here you go!" He cheerfully said, his hands outstretched. You took the plate gingerly, never taking your eyes off Leo. He grinned from ear to ear and flopped down on his back with his elbows supporting him from the shoulders up so he could still look at you, the back of his head leaning on one of the stuffed animals. "What's up?" He said, his grin widening to the point where it nearly reached his ears, "We got pizza to celebrate your arrival. We can't have a family dinner tonight, though. Sorry about that. The others are busy," He really didn't look sorry at all, with his mischevious smile.
"Go on, eat it. I promise it's not poisonous or anything like that." You held the slice up to your lips, your mouth flooding with saliva at the arouma of cheese and tomato. You had to stop yourself from wolfing the entire thing down after one bite, having not eaten since the night prior. Out of your sight, Leo had an extremely smug look on his face at your hunger.
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Kendra typed away at her laptop, Jeremy and Jase doing the same with theirs on either side of her. She scrolled down to the footage of the traffuc cameras up until the afternoon before, when they had given you a ride home. She was way beyond irritated. First, the tracker she had put on you got thrown in a washing machine, and then you hadn't shown up to school that day or answered any of her texts. She only saw the missing poster on her way home from school. Kendra knew it was unlikely for you to run away, at least without telling one of them. She would get to the bottom of this.
She and the boys reviewed the traffic footage for any sign of you. They had no luck until Jase gasped. "What, Jase? What did you find?" Kendra snatched his laptop and pushed him to the side, settling it down and her lap and pushing the rewind button. Jase got up and watched it with her, Jeremy also setting aside his laptop and viewing the footage. Their eyes widened as the feed cut out late in the night, and only reappeared 10 minutes later.

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A/N: Sorry if any writing is subpar!! I really had to rush to get this out on time, because I took a three-day long break because I was so burnt out after my writer's block.
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godsofhumanity · 4 months
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aita for not giving my nephew his inheritance?
i (M) come from a family 4. i have two sisters and a brother (older than me). growing up, my brother was always wayyy more favoured than I. Our father gave him all of his property and titles instead of me when he decided to retire. i was annoyed about this since i should’ve been included in the inheritance, but didn’t say anything because i’m pretty strong myself and not a crybaby. Anyways, a little while ago, my brother passed away (unrelated story, do not ask me for context. it was a NATURAL passing), and so i, like a good brother, took over my brother’s property and household and have been managing it peacefully ever since 😌.
However, recently my brother’s wife decided to come back to town and claims that her son should be managing the property instead of me. i politely told her that i’m a lot older than her son (he has no real world experience and would definitely be overwhelmed by the role), and so it really would be better for everyone if i stayed in charge. She argued that since it was originally my brother’s property, therefore his son should get everything, but i think that since my brother’s property was actually our father’s property and i’m the only remaining son of our father, it should be mine. my SIL decided to throw a big stink and has gotten all of our extended family involved too and no one can really make a decision about who the property should go to. my nephew and i have been forced to participate in all sorts of weird “trials” to try and see who’s best suited to stay in charge, and it’s just been incredibly exhausting 🙄 (yes, i have been winning ALL of them!). none of this would have happened if my SIL hadn’t gotten involved.
I’m really saddened by the way my SIL has handled the whole thing, and i know that her son just isn’t ready to take over from me 😒. He’s incredibly immature, short-tempered and generally unlikeable. Some things he’s done during this whole scenario include: chopping his mother’s head off, jacking off in MY LUNCH!!, and making an “L” sign on his forehead every time he sees me. i just can’t stand the idea of a little brat like him taking what i’ve worked so hard to protect and grow 😡😡.
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NTA!! your nephew sounds stupid, and you sound like a good, strong, upstanding member of society. don’t give up the fight! ignore all the idiotic replies. i’m sorry you had to go through this, if you need some more advice, feel free to DM me.
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no, i never even TOUCHED him. i’m nice to him all the time. he’s just crazy.
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uhmmm Set?? is that you. i s2g if this is you.. YTA stop lying about everything and please keep your hands and feet to yourself around my son!!
🧟‍♂️ hi-im-mummy-deactivated00200121
YTA, can you please just give @i-want-my-mummy's and my son what he deserves... we've been arguing about this for like 80+ years.
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how the hell are you even replying on my post?!?! i thought i got you deactivated!!!! @ staff deactivate everyone voting "YTA" immediately!!!!11!!
#y'all only hate me because i threatened to kill you all on multiple occasions #weaklings
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glubby-guppiez · 5 months
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*I MADE A TMNT AU [WIP]
*Oroku family info
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*Basic synopsis
*Turtles are from a zoo in Guatemala
*The turtles are Central American Snapping Turtles
*They were stolen and mutated by Baxter Stockman
*Baxter Stockman is the main villain and the turtles work to stop him because he is too far gone and has hurt so many people and creatures in his quest for vast knowledge and is completely apathetic
*)(amato + Foot clan does not affect the story
*The turtles + Splinter lived in Guatemala until they met April and then they moved to New York to go after Stockman
*The turtles start off as regular mutant turtles, but early on during the events of the AU, get mutated further into dragons (friends idea)
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*Character Info
*Shared info about the turtles
*Central American Snapping Turtles *All were originally named by the zoo *When they are mutated into dragons, their heights increased *The mutation process was very painful *Wings grew out of their backs and broke their shells at the top where the wings grew *Knows/speaks/writes in Spanish and English *Keeps their original weapons *Learned ninjitsu and self defense similarly to Mutant Mayhem and Bayverse via books and videos but also by watching humans at the dojo that is right above where they live
*Michelangelo
*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'11" (Pre-Dragon) *7'2" (Post-Dragon) *Very muscular build *Lost one of his right toes *Wears cheap ass gym shorts and an orange sweater around his shoulders that soon turns into his mask after he mutates into a dragon (tears off a sleeve) *Nunchaku on belt *Stickers on shell including an anime sticker Raphael put on as a joke that won't come off *Old mask had the iconic Mikey short tails *Gay *The Leader *Optimist *Actually good at strategizing *Tries to stay energetic and joyful even when it's inappropriate *A little bit insensitive tbh *Not entirely on purpose he just doesn't understand why everyone isn't happy-go-lucky and constantly optimistic like he is *#1 Cheerleader *Tries to keep good relationships with his family *Very loving and supportive of them *Learning empathy as part of his character development *Dating Mondo Gecko
*Madonna (Donatello)
*She/)(er Transfem changed name *6'4" (Pre-Dragon) *7'6" (Post-Dragon) *Largest and most muscular turtle because of her Bo training and mechanical handling *Wears Skirts and an apron with lots of storage including a large tool belt *Steal's Raph's clothes even though they are small on her *Paint splats on shell *Braided mask tails *When everyone's masks broke because of the second mutation she made everyone but Mikey new ones (Mikey immediately tore up his sweater and made a new mask) *Straight *Group inventor *Not very good at organizing her thoughts and explaining her inventions and tech is always very messy and hard to follow *Personality is like Rise!Donnie but toned down *Doesn't really get mad but sulky *Very bad grammar *Often butts heads with 'Nardo *)(as a large bo collection and only uses her least favorites and never the ones she really likes unless she has to *Small crush on CJ in the beginning (purely one sided and goes away after a while)
Leonardo
*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'8" (Pre-Dragon) *6'7" (Post-Dragon) *More scrawny and lanky than the rest of the group *Was effected the most by the second mutation out of the group appearance wise *Wears comfortable loose clothes like hoodies and sweatpants *Plain, long tail mask *Wore glasses before second mutation *)(as a dragon carved onto his lower shell (he asked begged Madonna to do it) *AroAce *Main intel of the group *Very observant *Non verbal and writes everything that comes to mind in these journals called: "Big Book of 'Nardo Thoughts" and hopes to publish them one day. *Thinks he should've been the leader *Geography nerd *Otaku
Raphael
*She/)(er Cis female *5'4" (Pre-Dragon) *7'4" (Post-Dragon) *Muscular but chubby build *Wears feminine clothing mainly jeans and crop tops but also skirts and dresses *Mask tied into a nice bow *Madonna put nail polish drawings on her shell *Paints hers and Mikey's nails *Lesbian *Sassy like 1987 Raphael *Very girly and feminine *Very protective of her family *Does have rage strength *A voice of wisdom/reason *Still kind of childish *)(angs out with Splinter a lot *Gets a girlfriend named Marilyn
Splinter
*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'6" *47 *Bushy-tailed Woodrat *Wears a dirty ass expensive silk bathrobe that he stole from a human that he WILL NOT take off *Raph likes to style his fur *Straight ally *Only knows Spanish *Reads a lot and taught the turtles how to read *Great cook *Mediocre dad *Was taken from his own parents at an early age so he has no clue how to parent outside of instinct and books *He's trying he goes to the PTA meetings he goes to them/ref *Brought home a whole bunch of girl books for Madonna when she came out to him *Praises Mikey for his optimism *Adores 'Nardo's writing *Wants a wife so bad
Baxter Stockman
*TW FOR MENTIONS OF ABUSE *)(e/)(im Cis Male *5'5" (Pre mutation) *6'4" (Post mutation) *56 *Black and Brazilian *Buzz cut (Pre mutation) *Skinny build (Pre mutation) *Becomes a fly mutant *Much more muscular post mutation *)(air grows out *Kind of looks like Super Fly *Wears stereotypical lab gear *Questioning AroAce *Very devoted to his work *Abused and neglected his wife (April's mom) and daughter (April O'Neil) *Made the turtles, Shredder, Splinter, and other mutants *Everyone fucking )(ATES him *Rightfully so *)(e uses mech suits to fight like 2012 him in season 1 *CJ is his pupil early on *Kind of a bitch to CJ *Sadistic asshole *This man gets very uncomfortable to be around after he was mutated *Like bro wanting disect and study every damn living thing he comes across after the mutation *Throws a fit when he's wrong about something *Has a deep desire to be all knowing
April O'Neil
*She/They/It Demigirl *5'8" *19 *Afro latina *Afro puffs *Skinny but athletic build *Sports a black and yellow track suit with a white undershirt *Bisexual *Daughter of Baxter Stockman *Tech whiz *Madonna's best friend *Big sister figure to the turtles *Grew up in Guatemala and moved to New York with the turtles and Splinter shortly after meeting them *)(er dad's #1 hater *Fluent in Spanish *Knows English but it's rough *Uses a gun *Dating Karai
Casey Jones (CJ)
*They/)(e/It Nonbinary (fine with gender neutral or masculine terms) *5'2" *17 *White *)(as that 2000's mid length emo boy haircut *Wears Jeans + Band tee and a lab coat *Main inspo from 2012 Casey design wise *Omniromantic (pref for men) Asexual *Kind of wimpy and doesn't fight *Mainly uses mousers and other robots *Stockman's pupil until he joins up with the turtles *Works alongside 'Nardo and Madonna *Genuinely scared of Mikey *Grew up in New York *Failed Art Class and will have to repeat highschool they are so salty about this it is not even *Geek loser *Main personality inspo from '87 and 2012 Stockman
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*I will write about more characters later and more lore but rn this is all you get. If you wanna see specific characters or if you have any questions, feel free to ask me my ask box is open!
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yakool-foolio · 1 month
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(Stranger Things season 4 and Rain Code spoilers ahead, if that matters to anyone)
Okay, this is a very 'me being me with my silly lil interests' moment, but I feel like Yakou and Eddie from Stranger Things and how their deaths affect the larger scale of their respective arcs are a prime example of how to and how not to do a 'heroic sacrifice.' The main comparison in these two characters' deaths is how their acts of defiance helped protect the city they love, despite the city directly opposing them.
Let's start off with the heroic sacrifice that truly means something by talking about Yakou! Long story short: Yakou loves Kanai Ward, living there for all his life, but once Amaterasu's peacekeepers rose to power, the city turned against him for his detective work. Everyone in the city, including his own former colleagues, deemed his job useless since the peacekeepers could simply handle everything instead of relying on detectives. Yakou even lost his wife because they were motivated to expose Amaterasu's cruelty and leaks, which would ultimately lead to her death. He spent years trying to bring her killer(s) to justice but never could because the peacekeepers did everything in their power to keep him out of it. He's misrepresented across the city as a pest that needs to be eliminated. But most importantly, in terms of how his character is written, he's never shunned by the narrative for his need to stay far away from Amaterasu in fear of what they'll do to him if he sticks his nose in their business as a detective. Him being cowardly was never something that was 'corrected' as a part of his arc.
Yakou continues to care for the city despite everything he's been through. And he shows how he cares by knocking out several birds with one stone by murdering the vile Huesca and dying to the gas in order to reach him. And his sacrifice doesn't go ignored by the public. With the death of Huesca and the reveal of Yomi leaking homunculus info to the outside, changes are made. Yomi is arrested and a new sense of order is brought to the peacekeepers, becoming a much safer place for the NDA detectives and any future detectives in Kanai Ward. Yakou's sacrifice made the city that hated him change all for the better. And with the prototype pill in his possession, he has the ability to make even more change and help save so many lives and not just his own! The characters and the story itself openly acknowledges his selfless deeds and repay him in kind.
Now let's talk about Eddie. He struggles similarly to Yakou in that the town he loves hates him due to something entirely out of his control. He's outcasted by society for leading a group of other outsiders or 'freaks,' and the citizens rally against him when he's believed to be the murderer of a girl he was friendly with. Eddie then goes into hiding to escape the police hunting for him, and teams up with the main group to bring an end to the real cause of the deaths around Hawkins. He clearly wants to prove the citizens wrong about himself and show that he cares about the town by working to help take down Vecna. And in order to do so, he makes himself a distraction and lures the hostile demobats to him, giving the group enough time to defeat Vecna and saving his friend Dustin from the swarm's attacks. In doing so, he's killed by the bats, sacrificing himself for the greater good of his friends and Hawkins as a whole.
But this is where Eddie's sacrifice really starts to fall apart. Only Dustin is there to see Eddie die and console Eddie's uncle about it. Besides Dustin, no one else seems to be impacted by it, not the other outcasts he took under his wing or the citizens who continue to demonize him. His death is an afterthought to everybody but two people, one friend and one family member. He took part in saving the town he loved in hopes it could redeem himself in their eyes to show he wasn't the horrible person everyone else thought he was. But nobody was there to see it, so his sacrifice ultimately meant nothing to the scope of his arc and the future of the town, as Vecna is still out there. The story tries to act like his sacrifice meant more than the characters act like it does. His sacrifice was far from pointless, but the ignorance of the other characters after it was all said and done sure did make it feel like it was. And once again, Stranger Things falls into their own trope of killing off their new fan-favorite character each season, but this time it feels like an even bigger stab in the gut. Eddie's heroism is but a footnote in the epilogue of the season that promised him greatness. I feel like Eddie's sacrifice could've meant a whole lot more if the other characters worked to disprove the citizens' perspective on Eddie, pushing toward giving him the respect he deserved and made his story be heard. It's unsure whether anything like that will happen in season 5, but with how season 4 decided to leave itself on, it's not looking promising. Eddie will continue to be not just be disrespected by the characters, but by the writers as well.
I highly suggest reading the article "This Stranger Things 4 Death Isn't Noble Nor Necessary" because it goes even deeper into why Eddie being viewed as cowardly by the writing is a huge disservice to what his character represents. It's a good read, and it made me think a lot about Yakou's own cowardice and how it's not treated as an inherently bad thing that needed to be 'fixed' by the writers.
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tmuse-ac · 1 year
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How would you feel about somebody writing a short story based on fairy friends AU?
I would be HONOURED! Are you kidding? This is amazing! Thank you very much if you do!
I've been working more on how their story goes myself, but I'm sadly not confident enough to post my own writings as stories. If enough people want it, I could probably post any short stories I have at some point.
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Here's some more information to help if you consider writing:
-I finally decided to keep this au in medieval times; the boys still have their jobs of caring for children and sometimes adults in their sleep, but it is now much more dangerous with active creature hunters and sorts.
-They have to be very careful when traversing the world to aid people, so they end up doing their job at night (including staying in their tree hollow during the day). Sun is still able to work, but he is much weaker due to this.
-The boys never leave each other's side for anything, as it is much safer to go together. This led into Sun learning much more about how Moon uses his powers to capture nightmares. While Sun can't do this, he's able to keep his brother completely calm and focused the whole time. While work is more dangerous, it is easier together.
-Witch Y/N is a kind person who cares deeply for creatures of all kinds, even humans... sometimes. But they're a gremlin too and get up to classic witch things like making potions from poisoning crops to straight up murdering people who did despicable things and people do nothing about because they have power. (Basically think of Eda the owl lady from The Owl House, but only slightly more responsible as well as sadistic if anyone hurts magical creatures.)
-Witch Y/N is pretty protective of the two as soon as they see them in the glass lanterns, forced to constantly have their wings out and glow to be pretty lighting decorations for the captain of that royal squadron. They don't let it show too much until Sun learned to trust them.
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That was more than a bit of info. Sorry got carried away! Hope it helps though. Though even though I have thought up so much for this au, I'm using @/ayyy-imma-ninja's as a base for any information on the boys, just translating it to medieval times. They are really cool! :D
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unclewaynemunson · 4 months
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✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨
I was tagged by @heybluechild for this one, thank you my love this is such a fun way to look back on the year that's almost behind us <3
rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.
words and fics: 140,561 words in 17 fics
top 3 fics by kudos:
Not my type - 1618 kudos - Wayne tries to set Eddie up with Steve. Eddie is, however, one hundred percent convinced Steve is not his type.
I'll bring you flowers (in the pouring rain) - 666 kudos (hehe) - Steve has changed a lot since high school, but is Eddie aware of that?
Roses & Sunshine - 665 kudos - the homoerotic guitar lessons AU ft. Steve's little sister
my fandom fic events of 2023: of course Lex's amazing seasonal challenges AND idk if this counts as a fic event buuuut Lex's wedding fic challenge was definitely a highlight of this year! Another thing I loved doing was making covers for the angstflayer's greatest hits collection :D
upcoming projects for 2024: not planning anything huge, but I would love to actually finish the edancy siblings saga (and maybe write that hallmark christmas movie au that has existed as nothing but vibes in my head for over a year). Other than that, I haven't been writing as much lately, so I mainly hope to keep finding motivation, because writing has honestly given me a lot of joy and I would hate to lose that.
reflections: I've never before been as active in a fandom for such a long time. This means I got to try some stuff I wouldn't have thought to do, which has been super exciting! I'm very proud of The difference between a poem and a love letter, because I wrote a version of Steve I'd never have envisioned myself, but it turned out working very well! I'm also proud of some stuff I wrote that doesn't shy away from heavier subjects, like I will love your shadow, Out of the prison cell and into the ocean, and Until you face the rope.
I also want to reflect on the fics that have just been A LOT of fun: And suddenly we're Thelma and Louise has been one of the fics with the most amazing vibes, and Not all of us can afford to be romantic was a very short pride & prejudice au nobody asked for but had me giggling kicking my feet like no other!
Tagging: no pressure ofc but I'll tag @thefreakandthehair @henderdads @withacapitalp @stevethehairington @shares-a-vest @pizzaqueen @flowercrowngods and @frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe
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For the silver eve arc in wha , what did you envision or think it would be like in comparison to other anime arcs , episodes or anime movies & manga? Or in other words could u share more on what energy/pacing/direction/visuals you wanted to see? Hope this makes sense !
Hi anon! Thank you for asking! Earlier arcs in WHA were super short, only a few chapters long, around an arc or two per volume when the transition was mid volume. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about arc structures in the first place because of stories like early WHA - "arcs" only feel like distinct, strong parts for specific long and often shonen type series. It seems like with the evolution of the story and stakes in WHA it's transforming into this. Because arcs are convenient I'll keep using them to answer though!
Purely in matters of what I like, raising the stakes is a problem. It's entirely subjective but I personally care less and less about stories the higher the stakes are. I like narratives centered around a small group of individuals and if it involves worldbuilding I like the worldbuilding to be expressed through everyday interactions. This is something early WHA excelled at and who continues to be a strong point in the series. The author has crafted a believable, engaging fantasy world who's intricacies are shown through personal problems first, before reattaching them to societal problems second. Instead of showing you it's witch society through grand info dumps of historical moments, you learn about it alongsides a little girl who's fascinated by the world the same way the reader can be.
What I thought the Silver Eve would be was a step back from the currently established factions (the atelier, the knights, iguin's brimmed caps) to consider the greater picture of how witches interact with outsiders. The arc was introduced by Tartah's proposal for a stand and the arrival of the Three Wise at the King's castle. I was expecting those two POVs to cover the duration of the festival: on one side, the atelier girls selling their wares and on the other the politicians organizing it all. Both were to answer the question raised with the phantasmal flame chapter: how do you regulate how to use magic? Outsiders want magic which and it is up to the witches, who's faction chose to control it exclusively, to decide how to distribute it. And from this stems the questions of corruption (Engendil), control (king vs Wise), poverty (Custas), yadda yadda.
This hyped me up a lot because it's an amazing opportunity for more worldbuilding including a major city we hadn't seen yet, politicians we hadn't seen yet and their POVs and outsiders! Asides of the first chapter with Coco, Custas&Dagda were pretty much the only outsider characters and their life conditions were pretty extreme. This arc promised to me to show way more "normal" magicless people and their associated takes on the witches. Think the chapter where Oru and Hiehart go to work and help both the nobleman and the poor kid. It also immediately started with teasing the king had other bigger plans, as well as introducing a potential new faction or brimhats with Ininia and her master. This was around chapter 40-45.
A few chapters later none of this was resolved at all. We still don't know what the king wants, or Restys. The subplot with Custas is without a resolution. To this kept being added more backstory material fleshing out more characters (don't like that either but it's a whole other can of worms) which usually prepares you for their big time of relevance but uh. That did not happen. Instead we have: the leech.
That leech was, imo, entirely unnecessary. It dropped at a moment where the stakes were already at an all time high with all old and new factions involved in a single event, at the same time, something the story had thus far entirely avoided with smaller more separate arcs. And it ballooned all stakes to city ending mass massacre stuff without resolving any of the established issues. I...don't thing WHA needs giant monsters. It's a story about a little girl learning things in a society she's uniquely placed to see the unfairness of. I like how human it is and I don't think kaiju battling will contribute to that. The human scale is literally and figuratively gone with something like that.
Pacing wise, I'd have liked for all those little individual groups of characters to continue being individual and indirectly influence each other via their role in society. I'd have wanted for subplots to be closed off one by one or allowed to bait for next story beats like was done before. I'd have kept the blood eating monster a small one off incident way further that'd have to be solved by a crew of characters. While not all subplots need final closure the earlier arcs did a great job of addressing a situation and moving on from it in 3-10 chapters. The silver eve isn't over and it's length is approaching to be longer than the rest of the arcs combined.
Visually, while the outfit and world designs continue to go hard, I dislike how the character art has simplified away from a semi realistic take to smoother, more ... "moe" characters. It's more conventional and I don't like it. I like my characters to look distinct and this includes the little everyday traits that are dismissed by many authors for not being conventionally attractive. While WHA makes a visible effort to be inclusive it's the unfortunate reality that while the author can draw old people, fat people, people with all skin tones and all sorts of scars and stubble she...does not. I want to see it more. I would have liked to see it from day 1 actually, instead of having extras like the adult woman helping the leech victims sporting those one off designs, I'd have wanted Qifrey or Olruggio to have her look. It's too late for this and I hope it gets slowly changed with how the series continues and grows.
I don't really read a lot of long manga and nearly don't watch anime so I can't compare much to other media, I hope otherwise I've answered your question and don't hesitate to ask me again if I haven't or if you want further details!
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I need you to know that I squawked at the cliffhanger of childe’s appearance. Lost my mind and almost threw my phone. Fingers crossed that Aether got to him before the banquet!
But to the chapter as a whole! There are?? So many things I wanna talk about? I’ll try to keep it somewhat short so I can fit it all into one ask but sienussnei-
I’m like 50 percent sure those strings pulled had something to do with the fauti. Something I remembered!! Not every person from the house of the hearth becomes one of the fauti! But they still do remain close to the group! My crack theory is that Rosalie is one of people in that latter group. Arlecchino was able to fully attempt an assassination on Furina without anyone knowing before or after( including the orphans in this as well since they don’t say thing about it as far as i know? And im absolutely positive they wouldn’t push for more info and take her at her word that she didn’t have the gnosis) and the only reason why it was a attempt and not a success is because she stopped herself! Either way though, considering her disguise used for that same attempt, I sure that the hooded figure was Father herself.
ALSO THE PINING OF THIS MAN!!! That polearm?? The sudden flip from fake to real the moment he saw Rosseland (I’m assuming that was the kitty in question) had led Thawed!Reader to him? The instant flirtations? Not to mention that despite the fact Thawed!Reader kept talking about kissing him, he refused!! Because he knew they were both drunk and not quite in their right minds to do that!!! THE MAN CARES!! It’s also a blessing and a curse rn that Thawed!Reader is kinda drunk. A blessing because she isn’t hiding her feelings as much, but a curse because she isn’t being subtle at all. The straight forward question she asked? Lyney isn’t drunk enough to forget that.
The callback to the last chapter too! She really does know lyney so well, even after all this time. He was right, she did know he was lying. And she’s just sitting there, trying to figure out what’s going on while Aether’s just sitting there like ‘you two nerds love each other.’ Not that she would admit it out loud. Yet. Also RIP reader, paimon and Rosalie are friends now, friendship forged by food. They aren’t gonna leave readers life once this is over and done. Say goodbye to your peace and quiet! (Although lyney may complain about that but that’s a different story-)
Losing my mind also over Rosalie and Thawed!Reader’s connection. She doesn’t even realize she is calling Rosalie maman!! But Rosalie does and it’s just so soft and sweet and family and rurnfjkeis. I’ve known Rosalie for 7 chapters and if anything happens to her I will kill everyone in this room and then myself.
Great chapter as always! I’m a little sad to hear regular updates are potentially stopping for a bit but I fully understand! Best of luck with school!!
-Deadman Aether Anon
deadman aether anon i wish you couldve seen my face when i saw your ask i literally lit up. and im sure that the other readers have been waiting for your thoughts as well, based on the tags of reblogs i read (“cant wait for deadman aether anon's insight now”)
HAHA i talked about this w my friend but i wanted to make childes appearance TERRIBLE. i wanted everyone to be like "FUCK. I LOVE YOU BUT NOT NOW." while childe shows up lke a celebrity in a disneyshow. it seems like it worked LMFAOO
INTERESTNG CRACK THEORY U HAVE!!!! the truth will be revealed eventually but i applaud u for how ure thinking of it. :D big brain as usual. it is also interesting to see people trying to figure out who the hooded figure was? deadman aether anon idk if u saw but there are other people guessing differently. im surprised bc i thought it was pretty obvious !!
YEAHH!! IT WAS ROSSELAND !!! i love rosseland and how lyney ended up making the cat his assistant-- that little backstory is so cute. rosseland is such a smart cat, too; writing that scene of leading mc to lyney didnt seem absurd in the slightest to me.
drunk t!reader is a mess kwdhkdfhd some drunk words are sober thoughts. and yes i think and know that lyney is a gentleman. even drunk he would always put reader first. always!
aether is so silly he came in there to blackmail someone and ended up playing secondhand matchmaker, if that makes sense LMFAOO i actually love aether and readers dynamic its so absurd when you look at it from a different perspective. its such a strange friendship they ended up making
yes ure right!!!!!1 im not sure if im portraying it well but reader calling rosalie maman is so ? subconsciously done. its like looking at a cat and going "here kitty". u look at rosalie and the way she treats reader and u go "thanks maman".
tysm for this ask!!!!!!!!! always such a delight to see you stopping by and sharing your thoughts, but i think ive said that every time by now LOL. and thank u too for the wishes T__T ill need them when i deal with chemistry <333 MUCH LOVE
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silvr-skreen · 7 months
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I wanna hear about the reboot's season 1 finale, I'm actually quite interested
(MFN)
*big smile of insanity* ok!!! So this one is a 2-parter! Sorry for misspellings I am on my phone it’s 5am and I just woke up and I don’t have my glasses on.
Look out. HUGE POST INCOMING!!!
It talks about bigotry and is really kind of dark at points. Like the first half starts kind of funny but slowly loses the jokes, and part 2 only contains 2 jokes at all.
So some stuff that builds up before this includes “Ray has been getting less work” and “on of the human kid characters has a mechanic dad.”
The implication is that he’s been poaching Ray’s customers. Why is a not-so-nice person in the neighborhood? Well the reboot posits that the puppets are moving back in, and realized people aren’t so friendly so they’re trying to bring friendliness back!
So over the course of the first season it’s all pretty lighthearted and silly, with a few consistent moments where you can see the father being short with Ray. You can also slowly see as he manages to cause most of the puppets and other human actors to follow suit.
Now apparently Ray overcharges, talks funny, doesn’t know what he’s talking ABOUT. At first it wasn’t that bad, he still got work, but by the end of the season it’s obvious he hasn’t got any.
So he wasn’t able to keep the deed to his shop.
The human kid character who shall henceforth be known as Marcy has been getting apprenticeships from him (basically he’s been training and teaching her since he’s got nothing else to do and he enjoys it) and she’s distraught. That’s her friend and he’s leaving? It’s not fair!
She goes home to dinner with her dad and he mentions some land investment he made, and it comes out. He took Ray’s customers, made everyone more judgmental and harsh to him, and lo and behold, it’s out of bigotry.
The specific form of bigotry for this one is the kind shown against th Irish, as Ray is Scottish/Irish. The “he talks funny” is derogatory towards his accent and Ray knows it. He knew the whole time.
So she realizes what her dad did and why and she’s horrified and she tries to call it out but he yells at her for not seeing the bigger picture and she’s so distressed she runs out of their house and she ends up crying on the steps outside one of the neighborhood buildings. (The one with the mailbox you know the one.)
Part one ends.
Part twos got a darker tone and a bit more edge to it in an impactful way, so one of the main things in part two is we’re only ever shown the left side of Marcy’s face until way later on.
Another big thing that I didn’t mention is, her dad is a good speaker, he can convince you of a lot, so he’d previously (like in an episode earlier in the season) gotten the puppets to write down negative thoughts so “nobody needs to hear them.”
The message of that one had been about how it’s not good to bottle up your feelings.
However lo and behold he’d taken those papers and gone and dumped them in Ray’s workshop for him to find. Of course, after he removed any information that would help Ray realize it’s not about him.
So Pearl comes over and spots Marcy crying at the start of part 2, asks what’s wrong and Marcy tells her that her friend is getting kicked out because he doesn’t have enough money to keep working and everyone here hates him.
Pearl is sad, and Marcy even offers her one of those sheets of paper to prove it because “look at what they’re saying about him!” Turns out the one she gives Pearl is the one Pearl wrote, and Pearl is confused.
“How did he get this? I was told it was going in a safe, because nobody needs to see it.”
“Well there were like… ten of these!”
At which point Pearl realizes something is afoot, and asks for more info like “well who is it?”
Big reveal, Ray’s Fix is kind of over now. He’s gotta go, he can’t stay because he’s got no house or job or anything - well legally he could but he doesn’t want to.
So Pearl squawks out a distress signal and all the puppets come running to see what’s up, confused.
Marcy gives a much more concise explanation with a lot of tears and crying, the group takes off, hoping maybe he’s at the shop and they can talk to him, but he’s not.
It’s her dad, some contractors, and the mayor. They’re discussing the remodel or possibly taking it all down and starting over. That’s when they try to confront him and the dad feigns ignorance, there was no bigotry, Ray just wasn’t as talented.
A train whistle sounds and they realize there’s a train station nearby and so yet again the group rushes over and Ray is there.
And while in the old show apologies and forgiveness were easily earned/shown this one doesn’t have that. Sure they make up but there the undertone of some upset hurt feelings even after. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
So Ricky tries to extend the branch first, only for Ray to get very angry with him because he wasn’t immune to the “being tricked into believing bigoted talking points and acting on them” thing.
At one point Ricky tries to minimize it by saying that maybe Ray does talk a *little* funny. And ray is. He doesn’t like it.
“Funny to you! Because to you its an accent, you can put it on and take it off whenever it suits your tastes. This is my life! I can’t change who I am and I don’t want to! I just… I want people to like him.” <- almost 100% direct quote
Marcy tugs on his sleeve and he looks down at her, still mad (not at her specifically), but then horrified into silence.
We see her entire face for the first time and the right side of her face has a split lip and bloody nose. The implication being her father hit her.
There’s silence for multiple long minutes as they stare at each other. I can imagine the framing in the back of my mind. It’s the right side of her face and the left side of his, just the two of them front and center, only the soft ambient wind sounds.
She apologizes for not stopping him and Ray crouches down and gently brushes her hair away and tells her he forgives her. “Marcy. You’re nine, you’re not supposed to save the world yet. It’s okay.”
Obviously signaling how while children are the future they need to have their childhood to become the people they can be, and how children aren’t as capable of holding responsibility for something like this as an adult may be due to reasons like family, not being old enough to understand, etc.
The puppets do all apologize again, with real apologies that don’t minimize the situation or imply Ray is overreacting, and he forgives them but says he’s “gonna keep an eye out.” For any bad behavior.
The train goes by and Ray doesn’t get on it, but Ricky mentions a rule he learned never got changed when they left the neighborhood the first time, “If 2/3 of residents believes a building to have been of exemplary service the deed can be reassigned to the owner at the time of service, regardless of current condition, location, or status of life.”
Basically the short is. If they can get 2/3 people to agree Ray’s Fix was a good place, they can get it back. So they’ve got to get a petition. I mean the mayor is already on site. They can do it!
Which they do. It takes a while since they also have to inform a few people “yeah it was bigotry that chased him out the other guy is not so nice.”
Marcy gets the most because who’s going to say no to a nine year old who’s hurt?
Ultimately they present the petition to the mayor and he’s about to grant the deed back and return the shop to Ray, but the dad throws a fit about how “you’re giving this place back to someone like him?!”
Then the phones ring… and keep ringing a lot.
Ultimately as it turns out some of his work was shitty and rushed. He was undercharging people to make it seem like Ray was overcharging them, then when he got rid of Ray he could raise prices all he wanted and there’d be no other repairman to go to.
However his work ethic included “they’re not paying industry standard so I’ll just cut a few corners who’ll know?”
As it turns out? Everyone. As now there’s a couple of issues with lights flickering or turning off, showers spraying like hoses etc.
Guys arrested for a couple of safety violations due to the low quality of work. Ray gets his shop back but it’s been kinda trashed and so he’s gotta put it back the way it was but it’s HIS AGAIN!
End.
It’s. A lot.
Season 2 ep 1 begins with him putting stuff back in its place.
Also funny enough I’ve been typing this for an hour on my phone and I’m so tired man. Ray.
Can you tell he’s my favorite? I hope I’m his favorite.
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100+ follower event ♡
EVENT CLOSED
thank you to everyone who has participated!
i’ll aim to complete the rest of your requests this month, but keep in mind that i’m starting/still figuring out my next steps in education, so i’ll probably be quite busy and there may be delays, in which case i will let you know.
your patience and understanding is really appreciated and thank you again to those who have supported me and/or sent in a request<3
i never thought i’d actually be doing one of these, but here i am, at 100+ followers!? i was honestly quite shocked when i reached 50, but to think there’s twice as many of you now? it literally blows my mind, so thank you! i know it’s not a huge milestone but it means a lot to me and to celebrate, i’ve decided to do this request event!
this is my first time doing something like this and i don’t want to overwhelm myself, so the event will close after 10 requests and they’ll just be drabbles/short oneshots (200-800 words) — though i may be open to doing more, if i get that many and feel up to it! i’m not sure how long they’ll take me, but i’ll post updates on my progress.
below you’ll find more info and some rules about the event, so please read everything if you are interested in participating<3
reblogs are appreciated!
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rules
sfw only
1 character per request and up to 2 requests per person
i prefer writing gender neutral and (relatively) ambiguous readers, so please don’t ask for specific characteristics
please refer to my general writing rules for what themes/content i do and don’t write
i’d prefer if you were following me but that’s not a requirement
i may decline your request (e.g. if it makes me uncomfortable or doesn’t abide by my rules)
if you have any questions, send me an ask!
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characters
armin arlert
eren jaeger
mikasa ackerman
levi ackerman
hange zoë
genres
fluff
angst
hurt/comfort
prompts
gentle
bouquet
dawn
balcony
stereo
rain
party
dessert
moon
warmth
gift
blanket
pearls
dream
drive
teacup
garden
photograph
movie
haircut
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in your request, please include a character, a genre and a prompt, AU OR trope!
you can also specify if you’d like it to be platonic or romantic and set in canon or a modern AU. if not specified, i’ll choose romantic and the setting i think fits.
examples:
hi! could i have a platonic hurt/comfort drabble for levi with the prompt ‘blanket’?
for the event, i’d like a fluffy childhood friends to lovers drabble for armin in canonverse!
can i request an angst drabble set in modern AU for eren with the ‘rain’ prompt?
for your follower event, i’d like to request a fluff drabble set in a flower shop AU with florist!hange
at the end of the event, i’ll make a mini masterlist of all the completed requests. you will also be able to find them, and any other event posts/updates, under the tag #{♡} juno’s 100+ event !!
thank you again to everyone who has followed me, reblogged, commented on and supported my writing! i’m looking forward to your requests<3
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Mineko Old Art Dump, Cont.
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Now, time for info!
So, for starters: her name. As mentioned multiple times by now, her name is Asano Mineko, as in 峯子. Whereas Karma gets his kanji from their mother (my OC Kuniko) and Gakushuu gets his partially from their father, Mineko gets the remaining two from both. I was trying to see if there was a similar “updated” thing with Gakuhou’s second kanji (like how 学 is derived from 學), but that doesn’t seem to be the case from what I could find. So even though I don’t need to explain why they did that for Gakushuu and Mineko, I came up with one anyway: it’s a trade-off. Gakushuu keeps the reading over the exact kanji, and Mineko keeps the exact kanji over the reading (Mineko was always the plan, though; not fond of “Houko”, especially for her).
I also mentioned this before, but since I’m dumping quite a bit of info about her here, I’ll mention it once more: Mineko’s the middle child, with her birthday being January 1st, just like her younger brother. In these AUs, Karma could be born on the same day, or he could still be born on Christmas—both ways are possible, though I have a slighter preference for the former for some reason.
Before I get into her personality a little, lemme explain some of the drawings. Only some things. The rest will definitely be mentioned in a character sheet—or before: if I happen to draw it again before it gets done, I’ll probably talk about it at least a bit. Let’s go in order now, shall we?
So, um, height? Mineko’s tall, but idk, I feel like I made her too tall in that Until Dawn AU sketch (she’s not in the AU officially, but I do think about her in it from time to time. And jeez, I need to post about that AU some more…). Either that, or I made Rio too short. Like, idk, year 3 Mineko is 5’6” (167 cm), and she’ll be 5’8” (172 cm) at her tallest.
Second: er, you know that sketch that looks like she’s holding a large ice cream cone in a weird way? Uh, yeah, that’s supposed to be a telescope ^^;;; I just never got around to adding the tripod… or, like, referencing an actual telescope instead of from memory, oops. I might actually turn that into a proper post, but no plans as of the moment. But yeah, anyway: Mineko loves astronomy, and one of her favorite hobbies is star-gazing.
Another one of her favorites that I feel like mentioning now, too, is she loves listening to and composing music—mainly instrumentals/orchestral music. She’s the kinda girl you’d invite to an opera, haha (though, not romantically; she’s aroace. The main reason why this is is because I did not want to end up making an OC to pair with her (this has happened multiple times before with others, so this is a way of me putting my foot down with her, haha). That, and it kinda references the fact that at some point in time I headcanoned Karma and Gakushuu as aroace. Though, I still do personally see them being somewhere on the spectrum. But yeah, she aroace).
Then that one sketch where the art style’s very different from the rest—I’m actually not too fond of it anymore, especially the face, but I thought to include because I like the rest of the sketch and especially because—you know that art style I dub my doodle style? The one where the nose connects to the upper lip, and if the mouth’s open, I add a bottom lip? The one I introduced Mineko in? Yeah, fun fact: this sketch was the start of that art style. It’s changed a lot since, but perhaps I wouldn’t have drawn in it were it not for Mineko, haha.
Last thing before I get to her personality and stuff: I’ll mention something about the traditional sketches. Idk if you can tell, but Mineko is a huge junk-foodie—a sucker for fast food. She still keeps track of healthy food, for the most part—but yeah, she’d never turn down fast food, haha. Also, regarding the water: she’s more likely to casually see food in a “romantic light” than she ever is people, haha.
Speaking of, I headcanon both Karma and Gakushuu as good cooks—they can whip up something decent, at least, haha. Mineko on the other hand has no such interest. She’s got her brothers, after all. She doesn’t see a reason to… until she grows up, and her brothers are living their lives, and she realizes she’s got no one to cook for her anymore… Welp, fast food and restaurants have never left her down before, haha.
Ok, now I’ll finally discuss her personality a bit… well, traits? I wanna talk about her intelligence first. She’s a very smart girl, being in 3-A, but she’s not as smart as her brothers and has to try harder to somewhat be on the same level grade-wise—definitely not touching the virtuosos, but 3-A all the same. She also participates in extracurriculars but not nearly as many as Gakushuu—she can only handle so much.
But while she knows she may not have as high an IQ as her brothers, she very much believes she has a higher EQ than them. And to her credit, she does, but probably not by nearly as much as she thinks. See, she’s emotionally repressed, too—don’t let that smile fool you, haha.
For one, she doesn’t like conflict and does her best to smooth things over when/if she can, play the middle man (she likes to think of herself as a bridge, connecting two conflicting sides (especially her brothers; she also likes to say that’s the reason why she’s shorter than them, as (certain types of) bridges tend to dip below the two points they’re connecting, haha. Just a silly thought she likes to muse)). She likes fixing conflicts but would never intentionally start any. Cautious of stepping on toes.
That’s always why she tries her best to plaster on a smile regardless of how she feels—everything’s fine, don’t you know? She’s completely happy with her circumstances; don’t ever worry otherwise! She should be more worried about you than you about her! But yeah, she’ll either only let it slip should a situation get too stressful that she can’t keep it up or if she believes she’s all by herself. All that said, she’s usually fine. Usually. It’s just… when she isn’t…
Also, this girlie’s got major trust issues and is a misanthrope (Gakuhou’s her dad; enough said). She does believe that, of course, not all of humanity is bad. It’s just… she doesn’t trust individuals, especially the more friendly seeming ones. She’s been raised in a family of masks, adorning one herself, so she has no clue whether someone is being genuinely kind or not. It’s just easier for her not to trust them rather than be let down. Everyone’s got hidden agendas, it seems.
And while she’s friendly and polite to everyone regardless of her suspicions—even when there’s blatant evidence she’s right. Because she wants to be kind and helpful regardless. And again, she kinda believes most are like that anyway. Proof is just more of a confirmation of something she believes already—and while most would find her company agreeable, she currently doesn’t have any friends outside her brothers. And nor does she care to. She doesn’t see what she’s missing. Why would you hang out with someone who’s potentially fake? While helpful, she tries to make herself scarce whenever she can.
But yeah, the only way she’ll ever make friends is through a whole lot of interaction; she needs to be able to build up that trust and feel safe. Being close to her brothers is a good start, but she’ll still be wary for a good while. Not something easy, essentially, and could take years. Hence, no friends as of the moment.
Er, yeah, I guess that’ll be all I’ll share for the moment. Ended up being a lot longer than I thought, but I don’t feel like cutting anything either. So yeah; here is she! I adore her, so I hope you like her, too, or find her interesting at least ^^
I feel like you know about her more than the other OCs I’ve already revealed when they’ve been out for a couple years now. Oops ^^;;
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His Priority {Donnie x Reader}
(Who's fault is it really?)
Chapter 2: The One at Fault
“What do you mean Donnie isn’t with her?” Leo asks, surprised that his nerdy brother would act this way.
“Our big brain brother lied to her to help April, even used us to make her think that we’re resting. Enough info for ya?” Raph’s sarcastic attitude was enough to show Leo that he was furious. He can be short-tempered in general, but this was personal.
“Shouldn’t we check on her instead of confronting Donnie?” Mikey was more worried about you, he even knew your change in emotion whenever Donnie left. This problem wasn’t really hidden from them, they all knew how much Donnie would run to April. Although they know he was loyal to you at heart, yet it didn’t erase the fact that he always ran to April no matter what. 
None of them understand why, except they suspect that he still has some feelings for her. Of course they kept their mouths shut in case it wasn’t true. They didn’t want you hurting more than you already are now.
“There’s the little prick.” Raph finally spotted him walking alongside April.
“Raph. Before you start-” Leo was ignored by his furious brother, no surprise there. 
“Well there he goes, should we just watch?” Mikey stood next to his eldest. Leo sighed and nodded to his little brother. They both followed towards the oncoming disaster.
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“Thanks a lot Don, you always have my back.” April smiles up at him.
“That’s what friends are for. Think you got what you needed?” Donnie chuckles and looks down at his phone for the time. He was wondering if you were home right now.
“Worried about her?” April tilts her head with a smirk.
“Well-” Donnie was cut off by a sai landing close to his feet. He jumped back quickly with April.
“If it isn’t the twerp who bailed on us, what gives.” Raph landed in front of them and straightened himself up. Donnie frowned at his brother’s entrance.
“First off, that was uncalled for. Second, I was just helping April get home.” Donnie lowered his staff and rolled his eyes.
“And before that?” Raph emphasized the question with a frown. Leo and Mikey landed alongside him before he got too testy.
“I was trying to get some intel on the illegal drugs being used on women who want to look younger. There was an advertisement for a syringe doctors can use for their patients. Reports have been made on this syringe, apparently some of these women are experiencing heart failures.” April explains the situation before Raph got the bad idea.
“As horrible as that is, wouldn’t the FDA ban that product after those serious reports?” Leo chimed in before Raph could.
“That’s what I’ve been thinking, but I had a feeling that someone in the FDA was bought to keep their mouth shut. That’s where I came from actually. Thanks to Donnie I got out without suspicion or detection.” She smiles victoriously and bumps Donnie’s shoulder.
“It’s good that you’re alright April, but next time try to include us in.” Leo was happy for her, he just couldn’t help himself to lecture her a little.
“Especially since someone had to leave in the middle of the date to help.” Raph glared at Donnie, and he flinched a little.
“Wait, you had a date today? And you left anyway?!” April was shocked and hit his arm.
“I had to, you were digging up dangerous material that could’ve gotten you into some real trouble.” Donnie rubbed his arm explaining himself.
“Don’t you think we could’ve handled it, instead of you ditching her?” Raph poked at his actions.
“I didn’t ditch her, I explained why I had to leave, and I promised to make it up to her. She was fine with it.” He looked at everyone like they were the jury. He didn’t understand what the whole problem was.
“Is 'fine' the definition of her crying on the phone call when she realized you lied to her? And used us as part of your lie?” Raph squared up to him, his eyes flaring with anger.
“She was? I…I didn’t think that was that bad of a lie. I thought that was the only way to calm her down. You were all out on patrol already and I was closest to April’s location.” Donnie’s sudden realization was slowly hitting him.
“Donnie, if that was the case, why didn’t you say that to her in the first place?” Leo questioned him calmly.
“...I don’t know..” Donnie tried to come up with an explanation but nothing came to mind. He thought lying to you was reasonable, however there wasn’t a need for that.
“You don’t know?! Do you have any idea how this looks to her?!” Raph growled at him with tight fists. Leo got in between them while Mikey swiftly took his sai’s away.
“Alright, let’s calm down. How about I talk to her and explain the misunderstanding?” April tries to calm him down with the suggestion, she acknowledges his anger comes from how protective he is of you.
“I’m sorry April, but you're not exactly her favorite person, no thanks to this one here.” Raph rolled his eyes and gestured to Donnie, he glared in return.
“She’s been hurting for a while now D, have you ever noticed how sad she gets when you leave like that?” Mikey hesitantly enters himself into the conversation.
“I agree with Mikey on this. Don if you're serious about your relationship with her then this should stop. April if you need any help with anything, you can contact the rest of us at any time.” Leo steps in, hopefully to diffuse the conversation.
“Hold on, you guys make it sound like I’m the homewrecker.” April frowns, offended by her friends' statements.
“We know your not April-” The eldest was once again cut off.
“Does Casey even know you're here? Little birdy told me you go out frequently without explaining why.” Raph retorted, with a raised non-existent brow.
“Excuse me? Casey has a lot to worry about, now that he’s in law enforcement. I can’t worry him more about what I’m doing to cover this story!” April protested.
“Alright that’s enough! Look, we’re all tired so let’s get some shut eye and cool down. We shouldn’t argue with each other just because Donnie messed up his relationship.” Leo got in between them and gave them stern looks. “No offense.” He blandly told the brainiac brother, who was silent in thought.
“Fine.” Raph and April both grumbled while glaring at each other.
“I’ll be going first then, see you guys later.” April adjusted herself and walked away from the boys.
The three brothers turned away from April’s departure and stared at Donnie. He looked at the rest of them and became frustrated.
“I’m not cheating on her. In fact, I’m gonna go straight back to my girlfriend, and explain myself.” Donnie sneered at them, he turned to make his way back to you. But before he even tried, Raph had some more news for him.
“Don’t even bother. She told me to tell you specifically, that she doesn’t want you to make up the date. She’d rather be alone tonight.” Raph spoke out, and he froze in place. Donnie couldn’t even look back at them. He only turned his head to the side so they could hear him.
“Maybe she does, but I still want to make things right with her. She can kick me out of her place herself if she wants to, but I want to at least talk to her.” Without waiting a second longer, he leaped off to make his way to you. He didn’t understand why he did lie to you, and he wasn’t sure how long his brothers assumed the worst from him. All he really knows is that he loves you, and even if most don’t believe him, he’s hoping you did.
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aita-blorbos · 8 months
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wibta for continuing to refuse to tell my dad about my existence for over a year?
so i (24nb) was raised in new york by my mom with my 3 half-siblings, and spent a lot of my early life wondering about my dad (who i’d never met, and my mom didn’t know much about, lol) long story short some shit happened, i got disowned by my mom and still have a relationship with my older half-brother (jury’s still out on my younger half-siblings but i dont expect them to talk to me anytime soon lol) and so i was basically… drifting for several years until i found myself in california and settled down, went to college, and then for… complicated reasons the city i was in basically became an active warzone. my (now) fiancee (27f) saved me and i finished college and started a business as a pi. funnily enough, even though i wasn’t still actively looking for info anymore, i have a pretty distinctive appearance, and based on that and some timeline clues i was able to figure out who my dad is. i was unsure whether to pursue a relationship with that side of my family or whatever bc i already had a pretty established life outside of my family and being on my own has been kinda. a staple of my life since i was 15, but it didn’t matter as much bc he and his sibling were missing, so the only member of that family i had access to was my cousin.
which is where we get to him
so my cousin (27m) grew up thinking he was an orphan in some cult, i think he thought his parents were dead or didnt want him or something? anyways, when he was about 19 he met my dad (now 46m, at the time 38). he didn’t know my dad was his uncle at the time, but evidently my dad figured out who my cousin was pretty quick. my dad then made the decision to continue working with my cousin to fight, uh, some bad people, but did not tell the cousin about them being related. for about 6 years.
eventually my cousin’s parent (46???) resurfaces (they all thought he was dead lol) and a lot of shit happened (including that uh… whole city-being-a-warzone thing i mentioned) and it basically came out that my cousin’s parent was, well, my cousin’s parent. and then immediately after both his parent and my dad disappeared on an… extended business trip and went missing. three years later, my fiancee is dying of cancer, and decides to go on a trip to look for some experimental treatments to get rid of the cancer. after a few months of her gone, my dad and his sibling return, and two months after that, my fiancee returns (apparently she found them and got them brought back?)
a week before this, a friend of my fiancee’s (23f) went missing, and i started a search for her, but i realized there was a lot more going on than i bargained for, so after my fiancee went back, we made the decision to seek outside help. this help happened to come in the form of my dad, and his company. so basically i had to talk to my dad whether i was ready to or not, and since i definitely wasn’t, i made the decision to keep certain things from him. like the fact that he’s my dad.
so we’ve been working together for a while (we found the friend, he just also enlists my help as a pi for other cases sometimes) and i just… haven’t told him yet. here’s the fun part.
so my dad has a habit of picking on his twin for not knowing he had a kid for 25 years. my dad thinks this is hilarious, his twin and my cousin, less so. i happen to turn 25 in a few months, so i thought it’d be hilarious to wait until i’m at least 25 to drop this on him. my cousin doesn’t know, but he’d think it’s HILARIOUS, but my fiancee thinks i should tell him bc from what we’ve gathered it sounds like he’s had a good bit of tragedy surrounding his family, and my fiancee knows what thats like. one of my dads coworkers who pieced things together thinks its funny, but agrees that i should probably tell him sooner rather than later. wibta for waiting, if only for the sake of being able to turn his own joke on him and make fun of *him* for also not knowing he had a kid for 25 years, and definitely not because i’m irrationally mad at him for not knowing i exist for that long?
the reason he doesn’t know who i am already is because i make it a point to hide the distinctive features that are pretty inherent to his side of the family, not because i’m trying that hard to hide who i am from him, but because i have certain people who i don’t want to be able to identify me.
also, i realize i may have made it sound like my dad is a cop or a vigilante. he’s not a cop, i’d want nothing to do with him if he was, and vigilante isn’t exactly accurate either. mercenary might be a better term here.
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