#in which these two failed to make a plan B in case one of them couldn't show up

[marlynnofmany]

Finger Talking

Captain Sunlight had said that these clients didn’t speak any trade language she’d ever learned, and as I caught sight of the two intelligent being who looked like the end result of what happens if hummingbirds nudge into anteaters’ ecological niche, I didn’t find that hard to believe.

They were green-feathered, flightless birds, with long beaks, longer tongues, and clawed feet dexterous enough to type out messages on the big keyboard they had laid out on the ground. It looked like the kind of thing I would have danced on as a kid. I pretended that I wasn’t imagining doing that now, as the shorter of the two sent a message onto the display screen that they wanted to haggle.

Mur stepped forward, tapping my ankle with a tentacle to say he had it covered. “Oh, you want to pay more? Double price, please.”

The beaky birds were of course grumpy about this. The short one typed quickly in a fashion that I was amused to realize was hunt-and-peck.

I looked down at Mur, who was cheerfully braiding grass with two tentacles, and waving several others like he was conducting an invisible squid orchestra. He was enjoying himself.

The screen beeped that the message was ready. It read, “We know our rocks are valuable to you. Ten barrels of your rocks for each barrel of our rocks.”

Okay, I hadn’t actually known the price that had been set ahead of time for this little exchange. These folks didn’t use standard currency, so when they sent out a request via random traveler for someone to bring them coal — something that was scarce their planet — in trade for shiny rocks that they had in abundance, Captain Sunlight had gone for it.

And if the rough gemstones bedazzling the cart that these birds had come in were any sign, we were about to make a very good deal no matter what the exchange rate was.

Mur said, “Two for one is already pretty generous. I’ll raise it to three, how about that?”

The birds conferred with each other briefly, making noises that echoed like someone trilling their tongue down a long tube — which was a pretty accurate description of what was happening, really. The short one typed in a reply.

I caught a glimpse of “8 for 1” before the alien technology did what technology everywhere does best: it failed unexpectedly. The screen spasmed wild patterns before going dark, and no amount of punching the keys made it light up again.

“Hm,” Mur said to me. “This could put a crimp in things. Maybe we should call Coals or Trrili?”

“They mostly do written translation,” I said. “And Trrili doesn’t strike me as the tactful sort.”

Mur twirled a tentacle to say I’d made a good point, while the birds tried to revive their tech with no luck. “I guess we just throw out numbers until we hit on something they look happy with,” he said. “This is going to be rough.”

“It shouldn’t be too bad,” I said. “At least they’ve learned the language, even though they can’t speak it. Honestly, I’ve had worse conversations before my vet training covered Gorilla Sign Language.”

He looked up at the unfamiliar word. “Nationality?”

“Species. Long story. Remind me to tell you about Citizen Animals on Earth.”

The birds were starting to disassemble the keyboard casing, using their claws like precision tools (though the tall one gave me the impression that more vigorous smashing was an eagerly-anticipated Plan B). They looked up when I stepped forward, holding up fingers.

“Five for one.” I flicked the fingers one at a time to count. “Five of ours, for one of yours.”

They caught on immediately, and luckily for all of us, they had the right number of talon-fingers to make this primitive conversation work.

Mur was no help, standing two steps back and holding up excessive numbers of tentacles, entertaining only himself. The birds and I managed to ignore him.

We settled on seven-for-one. I could have pushed for six, but I felt bad for them, and anyway I knew that we had the coal already portioned out into fourteen crates. The math was easier this way.

As we walked back toward the ship, to start bringing out the crates that Blip and Blop were unloading at the door, Mur chuckled beside me. “That was fun. I want to come up with ways to communicate like that more. Maybe cheating at table games.”

“I’d offer to teach you some actual sign language,” I said, “But everything I know is designed with fingers in mind.”

“That’s okay. I don’t need proper language to beat the scales off Eggskin. C’mon, it’ll be great. I’ll win several rounds in a row, they’ll get annoyed and demand to know how, I’ll explain, then refuse to give any winnings back. Perfect plan. Great times.”

I had to smile at that. “We’ll see,” I said. “First let’s finish the actual business.”

“Yep, yep, can’t forget that,” Mur agreed. “Maybe we’ll play table games with expensive rocks as tokens, like the high-society snobs we all are.”

“Sounds like great times to me,” I said.

~~~

The ongoing backstory adventures of the main character from this book. More to come! And I am currently drafting a sequel!

#my writing #The Token Human #humans are weird #haso #hfy #eiad #humans are space orcs #technology doing what technology does best #fail unexpectedly #that part's my favorite line; no lie #sign language #in spaaace

[hxhhasmysoul]

idk what is with this fandom... the same people who hate sukuna and are oh so sad about gojou, also buy into what sukuna said to yuuji in this chapter... i guess maybe sukuna displayed gojou's level of comeback so they latched onto it. what can yuuji possibly do? how can sukuna be even defeated if gojou failed and kashimo failed.

since the beginning yuuji's shown superhuman physical abilities. plus amazing tactical sense and superhuman speed at which he learned things, especially all things jujutsu. but his most impressive and consistent ability has been his super reinforced soul capable of caging sukuna. and that soul did its job without him knowing how to influence it. now he's been given guidance. he also practiced by ingesting more cursed objects containing souls. he also showed that he can possibly soul swap.

also since the beginning sukuna has shown incredible superiority and detachment towards everyone. except for yuuji. he was ready to mock praise and tease everyone to get more entertaining fights out of them... except for yuuji. yuuji he bullies, diminishes him, tries to break yuuji's spirit. that smells like worry, maybe fear, definitely an attempt at psychological warfare. yuuji irks him, unsettles him.

jujutsu fights are about strength and cursed energy output etc, and so on, but they are also about compatibility as mentioned by gojou and nanami and mahito. also they are about planning and strategy. about understanding jujutsu and the soul, so yourself, your strengths and weaknesses. but also being able to understand your opponent as much as possible, their motivations, their behaviour, their techniques. this is why kenjaku and sukuna bested gojou because they both kept the fight on their own terms. kenjaku by not picking a physical fight at all and making it all about intrigue and cunning, sukuna by exactly tailoring his strategy to his opponent. this is also why gojou lost because even though he knew about the compatibility he didn't think that mattered in his case because he was him, he was gojou satoru, the strongest.

yuuji can win where those two lonely losers failed because:

a) he always performs best when he's fighting alongside others and he's not going in alone. being oriented towards others is the core of his character and it has always been like that. he's bested opponents stronger than him while learning and adjusting during the fight and the presence of others only spurns that on.

b) he's clearly going in with a plan, considering who he's going in with. and he mentioned before that he had a plan how to save megumi. he's been preparing for this. unlike some who decided to wing it...

c) he has a unique understanding of sukuna. and there's also been some hints that there's more to his connection to sukuna, some heian backstory. it's also possible that gojou was right and some of sukuna's technique rubbed off on yuuji, likely sukuna's true technique whatever that is. or at least yuuji has some understanding of it that he could use against sukuna.

d) there's something about yuuji that even sukuna senses and doesn't like. and one thing we can safely say about sukuna at this point, he's got expertise when it comes to these things.

e) yuuji was made specifically by kenjaku to imprison sukuna, and kenjaku is another expert in their field.

f) sukuna has ruined yuuji's life, has made yuuji question himself constantly, has given yuuji so much trauma and guilt, has taken so many people from yuuji. including megumi who yuuji might still hope to save. yuuji is uniquely biased against sukuna and uniquely motivated. gojou and kashimo had no emotional investment in sukuna apart from "senpai notice me i want to be one of the cool kids like you" and "senpai notice me i want to ride the belly mouth" respectively. yuuji has so fucking much more emotional investment. for him it's super personal on so many fucking levels.

this is why yuuji stands a chance against sukuna. this is why his win will never be an ass pull or main character magic. he's been meticulously built up as a character throughout the manga. if someone pays attention to the story, none of what i've written here is shocking to them.

#jjk leaks #jjk spoilers #jjk 238 #honestly jjk fandom is full of people who read the manga for one or two characters and willfully ignore everyone else #and all other plot points #i have so much ranting in me #but honestly this chapter and the previous one are really good #and half the fandom is whining because they haven't been paying attention to the story #and it's just aggravating #sukuna #yuji itadori #yuuji itadori #jujutsu kaisen

[imagionationstation]

Greetings!

I've made plenty of AU's by far, and often make it known on your account. Specifically, you may know me for Oroku A and B (AU of which either A-Team and B-Team were raised by Oroku Saki, a.k.a the Shredder), and my Skewered Two AU (human Leo and Raph, half human Donnie and Mikey)— though, had you pay attention, you may notice how all these AU's had something in common, that being it centers around the B-Team.

See, I love the B-Team. Especially Donatello, since he's my favourite, but Mikey comes second.

I adore them, in fact.

But I'm craving for angst now, so they got to suffer.

They got to die, actually. Temporarily, pronto.

Therefore— Empty Graves AU.

One thing I notice from the 2012 series was how both Donatello and Michelangelo had, one way or another, died in a certain way that there wasn't a body for the two eldest to bury. Albeit temporarily, only for a little while, they died nevertheless— and died with no remnants of themselves left.

Michelangelo got disintergrated by lightning and Donatello got molecularly scattered. It was only by sheer luck that they were brought back to life. A miracle, in fact. They didn't survive the initial impact, only somehow able to avoid the aftermath.

But what if fate isn't so kind?

What if they stayed dead?

Leo and Raph would have to confront the fact that they have to bury their little brothers— but they also have to face the fact that the graves are very much empty whenver they're visitting. There's no body in there; the only evidence of their little brothers— their poor, little baby brothers— ever existing was the cluttered mess of their rooms. Piles upon piles of mold-infested pizza boxes and failed or progressive inventions and Ice Cream Kitty and what's left of Metalhead.

But no little brothers.

The icing on top was the notes they left prior to their demise.

Mikey was eating pizzas, a whole box, in fact— and left a note on it before tossing the box into the fridge when they have to leave. A small note, saying, "Mikey's Pizza! No touch >:(" on top. There were some crumbs here and there, and the box is soiled from the grease. Raphael even jokingly said that he's going to finish it when they got home.

But now? The box remained untouched in the fridge. Even after it starts to grow bad, or had a small infestation on it— no one had the heart to throw it out, instead prompting to keave it be 'just in case'.

Donnie was going through his checklist before he had to divert all his attention into helping April. He had a whole list of what he had to do and what he's planning to do, all in alphabetised order, clipped on his clipboard. He even had a big bold red marker written, "I'll get on this later, promise!", before he had to chase after April.

Now, a week later, those checklists remained unchecked. His inventions abandoned, and the lab became what once a safe haven for their resident genius to an empty husk of who once owned it.

Leo and Raph grows increasingly violent each days— there's no more little brothers to voice out their concern, or cry for help, or whine or ground them– making sure they're not too ambitious and stays in the present— no one to question their violent decision or risks. They chase after whoever that had took their baby brothers from them, even cutting April O'Neil from their life, saying that if she got kidnapped again, it's her problem.

Little did they know, their little brothers never did left them. Physically, perhaps, but not in spirits. It also didn't quite dawned on the two youngest that they're dead — that no one can see them — so they don't understand why neither of their older brothers seem to acknowledge their existence. They don't understand why neither Leo nor Raph talks to them anymore, and couldn't help but to apologise and beg and questions why.

April did see them, though. She sees how Donnie and Mikey tried to get their attention, their spirits not once dimming. She would've told them, had it not been for the fact that the Hamato Family wouldn't even look her way.

Remember when I said 'temporarily'? Yeah— I'm not a huge fan for 'Major Character Death PERMANENTLY' kind of person. Not my kind of tea. So the two youngests came back later. Don't know how, but they just did. I just want to swallow the angst.

Go crazy.

(Call me Ellestrade, btw :))

I wrote an entire thing for this and it deleted itself.

Needless to say, objects were thrown.

Ellestrade, I feel like you’d be the type of person to come across me at a store and go, “Hey, wassup with you? Nice, nice- ALSO, I came up with a new AU idea, okay, so get this-” and we’d spend my five minute shopping trip talking AU brother trauma for an hour or two.

You adore B-team aspect. I adore the big brothers desperately needing/missing their little brothers aspect. Donnie is just a wholesome creature in all regards.

“They got to die, actually. Temporarily, pronto.”

You get me. You really get me :’)

YAS. I can taste this. All of it. AND IT HURTS.

You have the big brother angst completely plotted out. Allow me to fill in all the blanks for what I’m imagining for the LITTLE brother’s side of angst. (Not saying it’s canon. It’s just on my brain. A little expansion on trauma never hurt anyone~)

Okay, so we all know how Mikey died. He was zapped away by a transportation ray from the Newtralizer. (How the heck did they survive that episode without him tho??)

In the actual episode, he comes back to life with his body fully intact. He rebuilds himself as if there was just a minor transporter glitch and- wowsa!- exactly where he planned to be. And the smirk on his face said that rebuilding was both awesome and intentional. Which means that while he didn’t have a body, his consciousness was definitely alive and alert in some way. And when he saw Raph in trouble, he did what Newtralizer does and got his body back.

HOW, exactly, that works? I couldn’t tell you. Something to do with particles and mass and transportation physics, I assume. The body is being stored away in a pocket dimension? Meh. That’s not important.

If Mikey has a way to get his body back in canon, then that means that he should have a way to get his body back in your AU. That’s how you could un-dead him. He figures it out.

But that begs the question, if he figured it out in the show super fast- Why can’t he in the AU?

He CAN. In fact, his body is CONSTANTLY trying to rebuild itself. But he can’t remember how he died. He thinks he’s a ghost. And every time he feels the energy build up and the tug of something against his core/spirit/ki, he gets terrified that his body is trying to pass on. But he doesn’t want to. He wants to stay here with his brothers. So he shoves down the vibrations and the energy and tears away the claws that pull him elsewhere, and he forces himself to stay.

And every time he fights it down- he blips out.

His spiritual form disappears and comes back. He has to go through the motions of figuring out his scrambled memories and why he’s being ignored and why his brothers are constantly screaming at each other or crying late at night. He has to relearn about his death over and over- broken every single time that he realizes that it’s his fault that his family is like this.

But what about Donnie?

He didn’t die in the same way that Mikey did. He was quite literally torn to pieces, past flesh and bone down to sparkly blue spirit. Za-Naron wanted to make sure that he was absolutely gone to the point that no one would be able to get him back. Without him there to reach April, the demon was confident that she would win.

But the process of complete elimination was interrupted by April. She was still fighting in there. And instead of erasing him off the face of the planet, he was simply shattered. His essence and very being was tossed all over the city in the sparkly blue explosion.

His self ends up in pieces- slots of memories that can’t learn or adapt or process past what they already know. The most recent piece, one made of up memories that tracks to the day before Donnie decides to test April’s power (and everything goes wrong), is in the lair.

He doesn’t understand that Mikey is supposed to be dead because Donnie died first. He can understand that Leo is crying, but it’s like something disconnects before he can process why. He knows that Raph just shoved passed, but the knowledge that he went straight through him isn’t a conscious realization. He knows that Mikey was standing there a moment ago, but the fact he flickered out of existence is replaced with the confidence that he’d simply walked past him, to his room or the kitchen.

Mikey is not dead because his body is still out there. Donnie isn’t dead because his spirit isn’t intact to pass on. Ergo, they stuck.

Neither realizes anything is off. They both see each other as solid, physical people. Donnie can’t comprehend that anything is wrong with him or Mikey. Mikey never quite remembers that Donnie is supposed to be dead.

At least, not until he goes above ground, and finds more Donatellos up there as well.

There’s one near a computer shop, stuck in the motions of gushing about how amazing the surface is. There’s another at the junkyard, muttering about the needed parts for the turtle mech. He finds a small Donnie, maybe five or six, crying and scared in the sewers, terrified when a Mikey who is not his little brother approaches, begging for his papa to find him.

Finally, Mikey realizes that something is absolutely wrong here.

And so, he seeks out the only person who might be able to help.

A certain banished April O’Neil who runs straight into a stop sign when he jumps out in front of her.

#tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt au #IS Asks #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #2012 tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt donnie 2012 #2012 donnie #tmnt raph 2012 #tmnt leo 2012 #donnie 2012 #tmnt 2012 donnie #2012 donatello #donnie tmnt 2012 #tmnt mikey 2012 #mikey 2012 #tmnt 2012 mikey #2012 mikey #2012 michelangelo #tmnt 2012 raph #2012 raph #tmnt 2012 raphael #2012 raphael #tmnt 2012 leo #tmnt 2012 leonardo #2012 leo #leo 2012 #tmnt leonardo 2012 #leonardo 2012

[cytryndor]

Buckle up people, I’m about to tell you who’s this season’s killer

It’s Donna.

Why, you might ask? Nothing up to this point actually let to her, right? Wrong!

Have you ever seen that musical, The Producers?

The Producers’ plot is really simple. There’s this guy Max Bialystock, who - with help from this other guy, Leopold Bloom - scheme a plan of how to make 2 million dollars in profit from a total and utter disaster of a play. They think of this amazing five stages of a plan, which only the first two will be useful for us.

Step One: Find the worst play ever written.

Step Two: Find the worst director in town.

So, what does it mean for us?

Death Rattle (the play) is this ridiculous murder mystery where the main suspect is a baby. It’s, it’s just ridiculous, right? Step one speaks for itself.

Okay, but what about step two?

We know that there were at least two directors signed for this play: Jerry Blau and Oliver Putnam. Now, I’m not a critic, but I do have a feeling like both of them can be seen as a disasters just waiting to happen. We’re talking about people who are either a) living in the theater cause they’re broke and too proud to go back home, b) director of Splash! The Musical (2005). Like I said, not a critic, but doesn’t seem like a money making machine for me.

Okay, but what about it? It might as well be a coincidence that it fits, right? Wrong.

There are two real life people cameos in this season - opposed to last two ones, where we got just one per each. This time, we got this silly little guy, (who’s extremely talented and funny) Matthew Broderick, and this other silly guy (who’s more famous and more accomplished than any other star cameo in the series) Mel Brooks. What do they have to do with it, you might ask?

Well, it’s time to skip to the year of our lord 2001, and the Broadway premiere of The Producers, whom were written by silly guy number two, Mel Brooks. It had an amazing cast, everyone was so talented, and later nominated for Tony’s. One of which, was this silly guy number one, Matthew Broderick, for the role of Leo Bloom. Unfortunately, he lost in his category to his co-star, our own Teddy Dimas, Nathan Lane, who’s suspiciously absent from this season (sure, he was having some other, Broadway related play gig, but hey).

And you might say, okay, they got Broderick, and what? Well, let me tell you: not every show got a chance of Mel Brooks’ cameo. I mean, come on, Broderick has an incredible filmography and stage career, why The Producers out of all of them? Why Mel Brooks?

Okay, so you might ask now, if you’re still not convinced: what was her motive? What, was it money? That doesn’t make sense! And you’d be right. I think, that her motive was something far more important to her: Cliff, her son.

Up until last Tuesday I was convinced she wanted Death Rattle to fail. I mean, that was meant to be Cliff’s debut, and if it would turned out to be a hit, he would most probably leave her - or so she thought he would, so she poisoned the cookies, and left them for show’s biggest name, knowing Ben wouldn’t resist to try them.

But now I know, or at least suspect, that that’s not the case, thanks to one scene from this week’s episode.

While in the bathroom, Donna did said to Loretta, that a mother would do everything to protect her child; now, we were meant to be focused on Loretta and her struggle, but what if there’s more to that scene? What if she wanted her son to succeed, and the show to be a hit, but sensed that Ben Glenroy was a threat to not even her, but her baby, and his Broadway debut?

This week’s episode was about mother who was able to confess to a crime she didn’t commit, just so she could protect her baby. I think that this seasons murderer is a mother, who committed said crime, just so she could protect her baby.

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #I do believe it’s her yes #okay now normal tags #loretta durkin #donna demeo #cliff demeo #ben glenroy #dickie glenroy #matthew broderick #mel brooks #the producers #oliver putnam #charles haden savage #mabel mora #only murders in the building #only murders hulu #a natalia original™

[spnhunter4life]

Two B

Summary: Dean knows just how to help on a bad day. 

Word Count: 1.7k

A/N: I mostly wrote this for myself as something to hopefully help cheer me up on bad days, but I figured there might be some people out there who would appreciate it too, so I decided to go ahead and post it. I wasn’t sure how to tag this since there is no mention of names, so I just decided to tag it as both x reader and x original character. You choose which you’d prefer it to be. Like I said, I mostly wrote this for me, so it’s my preferences in there, but I hope others will enjoy it too. If it helps even one person feel better on a hard day, then it’s worth sharing.

Masterlist

It was four in the afternoon and I was in my room, laying in bed, staring at the wall. The stuffed horse I’d gotten as a young child and still used for comfort on hard days was clutched to my chest. It was one of those days where there was literally nothing wrong – I wasn’t sick, there was nothing currently stressing me out and there wasn’t any sort of incident that would have upset me – but I was just depressed. 

I hated days like this. Days when I desperately wanted to do something, anything, but I couldn’t find anything that sounded worth doing. Sometimes I might manage to think of something to do and feel so relieved, but in the process of starting whatever it was, I would lose all interest in it. I usually ended up laying in bed trying to come up with something to do and getting more and more depressed as I failed. 

I was pointlessly running through a list of movies again, hoping I’d come up with something that would spark my interest, when there was a knock on the door.

“Hey, sweetheart. How’re you doing?” Dean asked, peeking his head in.

I just shrugged, fighting back the tears that threatened to start at his concern.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought,” he said, walking into the room and sitting on the bed next to me. He started running his hand through my hair, a gesture that he knew I enjoyed. “When Sam said he hadn’t seen you, I figured you were having a rough day.”

Dean had been gone when I got up this morning. When I’d woken up feeling down and knowing I was in for a long day, I’d gone in search of him. But his room was empty. And then I’d remembered he had plans to see an old friend who was passing through. 

“One or two?” He asked when I didn’t answer. 

“Two,” I answered, still managing to hold back the tears. Barely.

This was a sort of shorthand we’d developed over the years of knowing each other. It should have been unsurprising, but I’d still been touched beyond words when Dean had suggested this form of communication. He’d noticed a recurring pattern on my bad days.

One meant I wanted to be left alone. I was avoiding people and just needed some time to myself. I’d get over it on my own. It usually meant I had just spent too much time around people and needed to recharge.

Two meant I wanted company. I didn’t want to be left alone. I wanted the comfort of someone else’s presence. Dean is the one I usually wanted on these days. He was also always the one to notice and more than happy to oblige.

“Okay. Good. A or B?”

“B,” I told him even though it was unnecessary. He knew I wouldn’t have needed the shorthand if it was an A day. 

A meant that I was just feeling a little down and would appreciate him being with me. I would tell him what I wanted to do on these days. 

B meant I wasn’t up for decision making. I wanted to do something, but I needed him to pick for me. I’d be willing to do anything as long as I didn’t have to be the one to make the decision. It meant I either just didn’t know what to do – as was usually the case – or if I did have an idea, I wasn’t willing to voice it.

I wasn’t good about letting them know my thoughts on things on a good day. I usually left decisions like where to eat or what movie to watch to the boys, even if I had an opinion. On a day like today? Well, there was a reason we developed the shorthand. Because I didn’t like to talk much on these days either, and without the simple one word answers, I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to tell him what I needed from him. 

“Oh, sweetheart,” he soothed as a tear managed to escape. “I’m sorry I was gone today.”

I wiped the tear away but didn’t say anything, unable to without risking falling into uncontrollable sobbing.

“Did you eat anything today?” He asked. 

I shook my head. Figuring out what food I wanted to eat was as painful a process as trying to find something to do. So I just didn’t eat.

“Okay,” he sighed, undoubtedly not surprised by the news, but still not happy about it. “I’m going to get you something to eat. I want you to get How To Train Your Dragon ready to go while I’m gone.”

It was one of my favorite movies. I’d considered watching it several times today and rejected the idea each time. But Dean was here now, and I was relieved to have a direction to go in. I nodded and sat up. Before he left, he wrapped his arms around me and pressed a lingering kiss to the top of my head. I hugged him back, loving the safety and comfort I felt in his arms. I never wanted to let go. 

He started to pull away a couple minutes later and I hugged him tighter.

“I’ll be right back,” he assured me. 

I wanted to tell him to stay, that I didn’t need food. But I was actually really hungry and I knew he wouldn’t take no for an answer. And I knew he would sit with me when he got back. 

Sighing, I got up and started looking through the handful of movies I owned. I quickly found How To Train Your Dragon and put it in the DVD player. I skipped through all the ads until I got to the menu screen and then just listened to the music as I waited for Dean.

He came back a few minutes later with a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a glass of water on a tray.

“Here you go, sweetheart,” he said.

He set the tray on my lap and then stretched out beside me, putting his arm around my shoulders and pulling me into his side. It made eating a little more difficult, but I didn’t care. I needed the closeness.

Dean took the remote from my hands and pressed play. I took a deep, contented breath and relaxed for the first time that day. It felt like my head had been held underwater and finally I was let up for breath. Dean just had a way of making everything better.

As we watched the movie, I ate the food Dean had brought me. The sandwich tasted so good, much better than it would have if I’d made it myself. I grabbed a handful of chips and set them on my plate before offering the bag to Dean. He accepted, but only ate a few before setting the bag on the floor, out of the way. Noting the empty plate, he set that on the floor too. I snuggled closer into his side and settled in to enjoy the movie.

“Thanks, Dean,” I said when it was over.

“No problem,” he replied. “You know I’m happy to do it. Now, Sam texted and said he made pizza. I’m going to go get some. Why don’t you put on that movie with your pretty boy captain while I’m gone,” he instructed.

I smiled, both at his pretending he couldn’t be bothered to remember the name of the movie – a title that was extremely easy to remember even if he didn’t like it, which he did – and the fact that he was calling Steve a pretty boy. If I was feeling better, I might have been tempted to make a comment about how Dean was much prettier.

Instead, I just asked, “Which one?”

“Uh… the first one,” he decided. Then he stood up, grabbed the dishes and chips from my earlier meal, and left to get his own food. I searched my shelf for Captain America: The First Avenger. 

Dean came back before I had made it to the menu, bringing a whole pizza with him.

“Hungry?” I asked.

He smiled at the little bit of teasing.

“Just wanted to make sure there was plenty if you wanted some,” he told me.

“I’m ok. Thanks,” I said.

“You might change your mind later,” he replied. He settled himself on the bed again, holding his arm up in invitation. I leaned into him.

“C’mon,” Dean said when we’d finished that movie too, standing and heading for the door. 

“Where are we going?” I asked as I followed.

“Outside. It’ll be good for you to stretch your legs and get some fresh air,” he said, snatching a blanket off the back of a chair as we walked by. “And we can watch the sunset. I know you love that.”

It was beautiful out. The temperature was perfect, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was just starting to set. We walked a few laps around the bunker before Dean stopped us on the west side and spread the blanket he’d been carrying out in the grass.

We sat beside each other, legs stretched out in front of us, leaning back on our hands. We probably sat there for an hour, just watching the sky change colors. It was a gorgeous sunset, full of vibrant pinks and purples.

“How are you doing?” Dean asked when the colors faded and the sky started turning dark. I was getting a little chilly as the temperature slowly dropped for the night. But I knew that’s not what he meant.

“I’m ok,” I told him. And I meant it. I was feeling a lot better. Dean always made things better. 

“Good. I’m glad,” he said, standing up and offering me his hand. I took it and let him pull me to my feet. He reached down for the blanket and shook the grass off before wrapping it around me.

“What do you say we go watch Winter Soldier?” He asked. I smiled.

Even though I was feeling better, I wasn’t quite ready to let him go. I was feeling a little clingy and snuggling with him through another movie sounded perfect.

“Okay,” I agreed. 

Back in my room, we started our third movie of the night and I thoroughly enjoyed the way Dean tucked me into his side and ran his hand up and down my arm. About halfway through the movie I noticed my eyes drifting shut. I hated to miss the movie, but I realized I was exhausted. So I didn’t fight it. I fell asleep curled up against Dean, feeling safe and warm and loved.

#supernatural #fanfiction #supernatural fanfiction #comfort fic #dean winchester #reader #original character #dean winchester x reader #dean winchester x original character #two b

[evenmoreofadisaster]

The recent chapter was amazing one v two was so good, ugh and the ending 😂, wondering through, I know you mentioned how complicated their relationship is, but does two feel anything about doing that to one? Or is somewhat numbed to it all? Like it’s necessary ect, if that made sense… love the art and fic so much 🤗

I am so glad you asked. I'm going to take so long to get to the point.

Spoilers for EMD smart lair:

When Two first threatens One with shutting off his EPCVI he's furious and desperate because from where he stands, if he doesn't do something drastic, both their lives are over: "'Nothing I do is without a reason! Nothing!'" / “'They are our last chance to finally fix Alpha 9! Without them we are nothing!'”

Throughout season one, no matter what Two says or does One never listens to him and always sticks to his own agenda. This is a magnification of how in Rise (especially the movie) Leo tends to focus on only doing things his way and not wanting/needing any or much help. On top of that, Somni and I were just talking about how a lot of One and Two's fights are about power plays against each other. We've talked a bit about the complications in their relationship stemming from the power imbalance and lack of respect between them (mostly for Two). So their fights are a bit repetitive since it all comes back to the same problem, manifested and brought to the surface by One's agenda, but the stakes are raised each time until the breaking point in Smart Lair when One acts on his plans.

So making that first threat in SL was a trump card for Two and absolutely a last resort. We joke that Two could get revenge by turning One's heart off whenever he gets even slightly ticked off but really, jokes aside, it's important to keep in mind that deactivating One is the worst case scenario if One is really out of control. Two doesn't really gain anything by shutting One off except for maybe more spotlight for himself (but given his and Draxum's relationship that's a very small opportunity for Two, and we see in Smart Lair that Two gets in trouble for threatening to use the protocol without permission), so the reveal of the off switch and Two's threat that he can use it at any moment shows how desperate Two is in Smart Lair. He's tried everything to get One to stop but he just keeps pushing, so Two has to threaten him with the deactivation. "'I can change my mind if you don’t step. Back. In. Line.'”

That being said, using it once could set a precedent for future crises

anyway.

When they go back with Draxum, Two's already tattled on One for his insubordination because, above almost all else, Two prioritizes the mission since it is quite literally his life's purpose. Like in Bug Busters, he's trying to put One at fault, only now he has a clearer idea of how and why he's failing, and it's undoubtedly One's fault. And this time Draxum sees for himself that One really wasn't planning on helping out at all, which is grounds for deactivation. "'You've become a nuisance.'" If One won't follow orders he's a liability for Draxum, so Draxum orders Two to shut him off. Two complies because A. it's a direct order, and B. it's the logical solution to the problem. It's protocol. As for what he's feeling... probably nothing. Logically, Two knows that One isn't dead, he's off. It's a temporary, controlled state, one that he can monitor himself, so there's no real loss. (One definitely and understandably doesn't see it that way). I think in that moment, if anything, it takes a bit of pressure off Two because the threat has been neutralized. However, both One and Two think that once Draxum takes them off the project they're done for good. So he's also detached because without One, the leader, it's unclear exactly what will happen to Alpha 9. Two knows that Raph and Mikey don't want to be there and have none of the right training. So for him it's a kind of uncertain moment. Two's position is definitely not secure without One and after ratting on his officer and acting pretty extremely, and we see the consequences of that just a second after One's neutralized. But again, to him, the order against One makes sense. They are experiments meant to follow orders. If they fail to do so, they are no longer useful, and thus disposed of. Two was just following orders and standard protocol.

From the audience's perspective though, it's pretty messed up. Two likely won't really realize what he did to One until after he unlearns the mentality that they are more subjects than people, and that he has power over mortality (the "there's nothing I can't fix" mentality is a huge part of how he rationalizes the risks he takes).

Sorry for the long response I just love talking about these two and a lot of what we put into the chapters is very behind the scenes or in between the lines

Glad you liked the chapter! It got pretty intense but we really like to push conflicts and see where it goes :)

#emd asks

[castielmywingman]

How to Induce an Abortion or Take Emergency Contraception at Home with Proper Medications

Also includes how to use birth control pills as emergency contraception in case of emergency.

If safe for you to do so- please find a legitimate clinic - A list of legitimate US clinics is available here https://www.abortionfinder.org/ Do not do an internet search as fake clinics outnumber real clinics 12 to 1 in some parts of the US. "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" are FAKE Clinics.

If you need help obtaining funding contact one of these organizations: https://abortionfunds.org/need-abortion/

Abortion or EC, Which is right for me?

Medication Abortion: You are up to 13 weeks (91 days) pregnant but do not want to continue the pregnancy. Best results within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Emergency Contraception, 'the morning after pill': Taken ASAP up to 5* days after intercourse. Use if you had unprotected sex or your contraception method failed and you do not want to become pregnant right now. EC will not terminate an existing pregnancy. EC is more effective the sooner it is taken, so if you are sexually active, obtain EC now so you have it on hand.

Medication Abortions:

What you need to know:

If you have an IUD you need to have it removed before inducing an abortion. The good news is those with IUDs are very unlikely to become pregnant.

Have a safety plan in case of rare emergency.

Do not breastfeed within 4 hours after taking these medications, best to pump before hand or use formula if you can.

Misoprostol is a common medication used to prevent stomach ulcers, you may also be able to find it for animal use.

Abortion With Mifepristone and Misoprostol:

You will need to take one 200mg pill of mifepristone and four to eight 200mcg pills of misoprostol (800-1600mcg). Ibuprofen is recommended for discomfort. Acetaminophen/paracetamol are not recommended.

Swallow one 200mg pill of mifepristone with water.

Wait 24-48 hours.

Place 4 misoprostol pills (200 mcg each for a total of 800 mcg) under your tongue and hold them there for 30 minutes as they dissolve. Do not speak or eat. After 30 minutes, drink water and swallow any remains. Then take ibuprofen. Bleeding and cramping should begin within within 3 hours.

24 Hour later: If you have not experienced bleeding or are unsure the abortion worked, place 4 additional misoprostol pills under your tongue, repeating step 3.

If mifepristone is not available, you can use misoprostol alone to end a pregnancy.

Abortion with Misoprostol only:

You will need to take twelve 200mcg pills of misoprostol (2400 mcg total). Ibuprofen is recommended for discomfort. Acetaminophen/paracetamol are not recommended.

Place 4 misoprostol pills (200 mcg each for a 800mcg dose) under your tongue and hold them there for 30 minutes as they dissolve, not speaking or eating. After 30 minutes, drink water and swallow any remains. Take ibuprofen.

Wait 3 hours.

Place another 4 misoprostol pills (200mcg each for a 800mcg dose) under your tongue and hold them there for 30 minutes until they dissolve. After 30 minutes, drink water and swallow any remains.

Wait another 3 hours.

Place a third set of 4 misoprostol pills (200mcg each for a 800mcg dose) under your tongue and hold them there for 30 minutes until they dissolve.

Make sure to take all 12 pills even if you start to bleed before you’ve taken all of them.

The World Health Organization recommends a follow-up with a doctor if:

You feel sick, or your pain is not getting better after 2 or 3 days. If this occurs, seek medical attention right away.

You still feel pregnancy symptoms two weeks after taking the abortion pills.

Your bleeding is heavy and not getting lighter after 2 weeks.

Emergency Contraception

If you have had unprotected sex or your contraception method has failed and you do not want to become pregnant. It is taken as one or two pills, according to the package directions, and is most effective if taken within 24 hours.

Which EC should I take?

There are two most common EC medications, Ulipristal (Ella) and Levonorgestrel (Plan B) and their generics. Ulipristal acetate (Ella) will be more effective and is a better choice for most people, but could be more expensive or difficult to obtain. It may also be possible to have an IUD implanted within the EC timeframe to prevent implantation, Talk to your doctor if this is an option.

"Plan B" (Levonorgestrel) may not work for you if you weigh more than 70 kg / 155 lbs, are currently ovulating, or it has been more than 3 days since intercourse. Take "Ella" (Ulipristal acetate) instead.

Levonorgestrel is a progestin medication. It stops the ovaries releasing eggs and prevents sperm from reaching and fertilizing any existing eggs. One dose is usually a 0.75 mg tablet.

Ulipristal acetate also delays ovulation, preventing your ovaries from releasing an egg when it normally would. However if an egg has been fertilized, Ulipristal also makes it difficult for the egg to embed in the uterus. One dose is usually a single 30 mg tablet.

Plan B reduces your risk of pregnancy by 88% if taken within 72 hours. It is most effective if taken within 24 hours (95% of cases).

Ella is even more effective at preventing pregnancy than Plan B. It is most effective if taken within 24 hours, is more effective than Plan B if taken within 72 hours. It will also prevent 85% of pregnancies if taken within 5 days (120 hours).

Plan B may be less effective if you weigh more than 70 kg / 155 lbs while Ella has been shown to be effective for individuals weighing up to 88kg / 195 lbs. Both pills are still effective for individuals who weigh more, but Ella is more recommended if this is a concern.

Do not breast feed within 35 hours of taking Ella, lactating people should "pump and dump" - discard that milk.

Side effects of EC like headaches and nausea should fade within a few days. Your next period might be delayed by up to a week, or it might be heavier than usual.

Ella might be harder or more expensive to obtain. Take what you have safe and quick access to., but do NOT take Plan B if you’ve taken Ella (ulipristal acetate) since your last period.

If you don’t get your period within a week of when it was expected, you should take a pregnancy test.

What if I can't get Emergency Contraception in time?

Luckily, traditional birth control pills can be taken in place of emergency contraception in cases of emergencies. However, one must take multiple pills to obtain the needed level or hormones. It is not the preferred method, because it causes more side effects (like nausea and headaches) and is less effective than other methods (75% effective).

Within 3 days of intercourse - Take at least 100 mcg (0.1 mg) of ethinyl estradiol, (the estrogen component of a birth control pill), and 0.5 mg of the progesterone (levonorgestrel) or 1 mg norgestrel.

Repeat the dosage 12 hours later.

You’ll need to take more than one pill in each dose. For example, if your birth control pills contain 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol and 0.1 mg of levonorgestrel, you’ll need to take five tablets per dose.

This chart lists the amount of pills to take depending on the brand of bcp available to you. Not all bcp contain the needed hormones.

The Facts

Emergency Contraception can be taken as often as necessary, but traditional birth control coupled with condom or barrier use is more effective as a long term solution.

Having a safe abortion or using emergency contraception will not have an effect on whether you can become pregnant in the future.

Literally millions of women and afab people have had abortions and go on to have healthy babies if and when they decide it is right for them. This is your life. If you do or do not want to continue a pregnancy, do not let anyone pressure you into a decision you are not comfortable with.

#abortion #roe v. wade #emergency contraception #sex education #sex ed #shoutyourabortion #safe abortion at home #how to abortion #unplanned pregnancy #boost #my body my choice #plan b #ella #Misoprostol #Mifepristone

[barid-bel-medar]

Aizawa is the worse teacher since 1-A can’t trust him due to his “logical rises,” he can “expel” you based on his personal standards over UA’s, basically expects his students to solve/fix their own problems or use other students to do it meanwhile can secretly train a student outside his class to replace one of his own current students. (Shinso was completely being trained to replace someone in 1-A you can’t convince me otherwise.)

You know what, putting this under a cut since this is Aizawa critical and I doubt if you're a fan of his you're terribly interested in reading that. Also really hoping this doesn't pop up in his tag since I really don't enjoy posting criticism of a character in their own tag...

It always kinda bugs me about how the kids probably don't trust really trust him as an educator and this is never touched on. I think the thing is that the kids trust him the sense they trust him to keep them alive, but it's kinda illogical that they'd trust him to either be a competent or trustworthy teacher; see the fact he's the one who repeatedly has the most failures between the First Year heroics course isn't really a good sign. Like during first trimester finals only Monoma fails for 1-B, and they all pass the Licensing Exam. We got multiple 1-A students failing finals and during the licensing exam two 1-A students failed, which is not a great look. Hell, Aizawa even acknowledges that between him and Kan, Kan is the better teacher.

I'd actually argue his plan wasn't to expel someone from 1-A and replace them with Shinso. The thing is, during the Joint Simulation arc part of the point of it is to see which of the classes he'd better fit in. Otherwise he wouldn't be on teams with students with both classes. I also suspect UA does in a sense have a certain amount of 'extra' spots in case a Gen Ed student shows enough promise during the Sports Festival or additional mentor-ship with one of the teachers (since I sincerely doubt Aizawa is the first to ever do it). You aren't really guaranteed one of the heroics kids will fuck up to the point they deserve to be replaced, while at the same time a Gen Ed or other track student who's interested in transfer, show they are deserving of a spot.

I also feel it needs to be pointed out if USJ had never happened, he'd probably never have had any interest in training Shinso. Like, we can assume it's very unlikely first of all he's ever actually taught one of the homerooms he's previously been given, and more likely has done a blend of administrative assistant and sub work. In Japan it's incredibly uncommon for homeroom teachers to not be students' homeroom teachers for all three years. Also when we do see what are apparently the Second Years he expelled the year before we get absolutely no hint that after he re-enrolled them he taught them. Actually I'd say, especially with the way the one student commented on it and the rather incredulous looks the others had they probably didn't. We get very little impression that he either likes or really wants to teach (remember, he's not even the one who sent in the job application as we're shown in Vigilantes). So I don't think he'd normally go out his way to privately train someone unless he's had a sort of traumatic moment like USJ. Though. I would also say it's not a great look that he's not giving any outside training to his actual homeroom students, especially in light of how some do seem to be struggling and while you can argue they get additional training at internships, not all of 1-A got internships at first, and only really did during the winter because the HPSC made it a requirement. Which does actually now make me wonder if in theory you can go through all three years without ever doing one in the past, or if it was purely a requirement for Second and Third Years.

But yeah there’s a lot of issues with him as an educator that I really wish the series would at least touch on more.

#aizawa critical #read more

[doppotranslations]

Butler Cafe Minuet ~Welcome home, young lady~

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Hypmic ARB in-game event story (Jakurai, Doppo, Rei)

Recording Link: https://youtu.be/24ZRzYdjE94 (in case you wanna read along with the in-game voice lines and sound effects :D)

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Chapter 1

Doppo: *talking on the phone* Yes… Yes… Then it’s settled, I will explain the proposal tomorrow morning at 11:00… Yes… Yes. Well then, I’ll get in touch tomorrow, thank you.

Ogura: Kannonzakaa~. Could you show me the delivery note you’re about to hand in to Toranomon Hospital Nr. 1?

Doppo: Yes. I’ll send it right away. Ogura: Thank you~ Doppo: Hmm… The invoice should be in this folder…

Boss: Kannonzaka-kun! Is Kannonzaka-kun here?

Doppo: (Ugh… that baldy came in… I can see his sweaty face coming over… what stupid thing does he want from me this time…) Boss: Kannonzaka-kun!

Doppo: Y-yes… Can I help you…?

Boss: You will be dispatched at the start of the next month!

Doppo: EH!? D-dispatched!? Where in the world would I…

Boss: To a concept cafe, or so they say! Doppo: C-concept cafe… Boss: The name is “Butler Café Minuet”!

Doppo: B-but, there is no food service experience on my resume, is there…?

Boss: That’s right.

Doppo: Then… Why do I have to go…?

Boss: Because one of our company’s shareholders opened that shop. That’s why I’d like all the members of Matenro to be the highlight of the cafe’s grand opening.

Doppo: Eh!? A-all three of us…?

Boss: The president agreed that two of you will do just fine.

Doppo: T-two… It’s fine if it’s just me, but I can't just make Sensei or Hifumi be part of this too!

Boss: Don’t say you can't do it when you haven’t even tried to do anything about it!! This major shareholder is kind enough to only want one other member to participate! I don’t care which one of them it is, make sure to bring him with you!

Doppo: B-but…

Boss: If you don’t bring either one of them your salary will be cut so you’d better do your best! Now then, get to it!

Doppo: W-what the…

[At Doppo and Hifumi’s apartment]Doppo: *sigh* I’m home… Hifumi: Welcome home, Doppo-kun!

Doppo: Heading to work?

Hifumi: Yeah, I was just about to leave.

Doppo: …Hey, hey, are you free the first weekend of next month?

Hifumi: Around that time I’m going to the club in Osaka for two weeks to help out.

Doppo: *sighs* I s-see…

Hifumi: …what is it? Doppo: N-no! It’s nothing! I was just thinking we could go out together if you were free.

Hifumi: That’s too bad. We’ll have to hang out when I get back.

Doppo: Y-yeah… let’s…

Hifumi: Uh-oh… it’s about time I have to go. See ya!

Doppo: L-looks like I have no choice but to beg for Sensei to help me out…

[At Jakurai’s house]

Doppo: S-sorry for coming so late at night…

Jakurai: I don’t mind it at all. Well then, you said on the phone you had a request that had to be discussed in person?

Doppo: Y-yeah, actually…

[Skip to after Doppo explains it]

Jakurai: A butler cafe… hm?

Doppo: Y-yes… it’s a no, as I was expecting, right…?

Jakurai: Not at all, let’s do it!

Doppo: Eh!?

Jakurai: I wouldn’t want you to have to handle this all alone.

Doppo: S-sensei… Thank you so much…!

Jakurai: I’ll do my very best on that day!

Chapter 2

Rei: …

Con Man A: Amayado-san!

Con Man B: Greetings!

Rei: …so, how did it go?

Con Man A: Well… we couldn’t exactly approach the target.

Con Man B: The security the head conglomerate has there was way too tight…

Rei: What the hell~. You said I could trust you to quietly approach and observe-

Con Man A: Please forgive us…

Rei: *lights a cigarette* …whatever, looks like little old me has got no choice but to go on a business trip.

Con Man B: …All of us entered the building from different angles yet it still ended in failure… I’m afraid it will go the same whether or not you join in or not…

Rei: You two keep saying that but fail to realize your plan was mediocre in the first place.

Con Man A: But, tricking him isn’t so easy…

Rei: You two are too naive Could someone really call themselves a con man if they weren’t able to deceive anyone in this world?

Con Man B: For future reference, could you tell us what your plan to enter that building is?

Rei: If you really want to become first class professionals you should be able to think of it yourselves.

Con Man A: I get what you’re saying but could you at least give us a hint…

Rei: When it comes to this job, what’s of the utmost importance is entering the residence. That’s why the best way to go about it is to become live-in servants.

Con Man B: That is something we thought of too, but the employment process proved to be a real obstacle…

Rei: Hehe. Saying that just proves to me you’re still a second rate con man.

[In the mansion]

Doppo: Sensei… Thank you very much, I really mean it, I am so grateful… thank you so so much!

Jakurai: If you say so… I’m very glad to help out with this favor, but you don’t need to thank me so much.

Doppo: AAH!! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!!!

Jakurai: Don’t worry about it… The inside of this store looks exactly like a Western mansion, doesn’t it? The accuracy of the architecture is truly astounding.

Owner: Greetings! First and foremost I would like to express my gratitude to the two of you for cooperating with us. I am the owner of this store.

Doppo: Oh, it’s a pleasure meeting you… I am Kannonzaka Doppo from the sales department of E.L. Medical Ltd.

Jakurai: My name is Jinguuji Jakurai. I’m delighted to make your acquaintance.

Owner: Thank you for your politeness! The rest of the staff will also introduce themselves at once. Everyone, this way!

Doppo: Eh!?

Jakurai: You are…

Rei: Oh, it’s a small world, isn’t it~

Owner: Now then, everybody, please get changed into your uniforms at once.

[Skip to after they get changed]

Doppo: T-this outfit… it’s so embarrassing…

Jakurai: You look great in it, Doppo-kun.

Doppo: Eh, ha, ha, thank you… but it suits you a lot better, Sensei.

Rei: Hey now, it’s pretty clear that the one best suited for this attire is little old me~ *wink*

Doppo: Hey… Amayado-san… What are you doing here?

Rei: Hehe. I’m here to rehearse my butler skills. Isn’t that obvious?

Doppo: I-is that so… I don’t get what you are saying at all…

Owner: Now then, everybody, starting tomorrow we’ll be open. Today you may all receive a short course on customer service.

Doppo: Please…

Jakurai: That would be great, thanks.

Rei: Sure thing.

Chapter 3

Doppo: W-welcome… h-home… m-mish…

Jakurai: Doppo-kun, you shouldn’t be this stiff when saying that…

Doppo: U-uhh… This is way too hard…

Rei: Today’s black tea is Dimbula blend. With its great balance of taste and fragrance, it is certainly something that I recommend.

Jakurai: Amayado-san, you've surely gotten used to being a butler, haven't you?

Doppo: Hey, Amayado-san…

Rei: Yeah, what is iiit?

Doppo: How are you so good at this?

Rei: Whaaa? Being a gentleman is just something I am passionate about.

Doppo: T-that’s right... I am no gentleman…

Owner: Greetings, ladies and gentlemen! You may have a taste of our store’s food if you wish.

Doppo: Woah~. It sure looks tasty.

Jakurai: Hmm… Hachis Parmentier, Légumes à la Grecque, Coq au Vin. Looks like they are serving French food.

Rei: Let’s have some right away then!

[Skip to after they taste the food]

Owner: Was the food to your liking?

Doppo: It was all so delicious!

Owner: That’s great-

Rei: Not really, the quality of the food doesn’t justify the price at all.

Doppo: Eh….?

Jakurai: The arrangement of the food is beautiful. The taste is not bad either. However, as Amayado-san mentioned, it just does not live up to the price.

Rei: *sighs* This would only satisfy fools with bad taste.

Doppo: F-fools with bad taste…?

Jakurai: Yes. Doppo-kun, if you don’t know the genuine flavor of these dishes you can’t really help it.

Doppo: Sensei…

Owner: W-well… What exactly was bad about it…?

Rei: Rather than wasting time explaining it, how about I show you how it’s supposed to be made? Jinguji, lend me a hand.

Jakurai: Yes, let’s get to it.

Doppo: Haha… Looks like I’m just a fool with bad taste who doesn’t know the genuine flavor of these dishes…

[Skip to after they cook]

Rei: Pardon the wait! Here’s the genuine Coq au Vin.

Jakurai: Excuse us for making you wait! Here’s what I know Hachis Parmentier is supposed to be like.

Owner: E-even the scent is different…

Rei: Hehe. Make sure not to let it get cold.

Owner: T-then… *tastes the food* A-amazing! The chicken is so wonderfully tender and it perfectly intertwines with the richness of the red wine sauce…

Doppo: Excuse me… *tastes the food* Sensei’s Hachis Parmentier… It’s so good that I can’t even begin to compare it with the dish from before.

Owner: How is it so different when the same ingredients were used…

Rei: Well, what made the difference was the skill of the people who made it.

Owner: If it’s not a problem, I would like you two to help out in the kitchen…

Rei: That’s great and all but how about we also change this dull menu while we’re at it?

Jakurai: If my skills will suffice, I’ll gladly lend you a hand.

Owner: That’s a great help!

Rei: Well then, Jinguji, let’s go to the kitchen right away.

Jakurai: Yes. Doppo-kun, please help us out by tasting the food.

Doppo: Would someone who’s a fool with bad taste who doesn’t know the genuine flavor of these dishes really be the right person here…

[Skip to after they help in the kitchen]

Doppo: I can’t eat anymore… Everything is tasty...

Rei: Well, looks like we did it. We taught them how to perfectly follow the process.

Jakurai: Doppo-kun, here’s some stomach medicine.

Doppo: S-sorry for this… Thank you so much…

Owner: I’m very grateful for your help, everyone. We shall meet again tomorrow for the grand opening.

Rei: Yep! I surely want to keep riding this ship. Jakurai: I’ll do my very best. See you tomorrow.

Doppo: E-excuse me for being a bother, I’ll d-do my best…

Chapter 4

[The Day of the Grand Opening]

Doppo: Welcome home, miss. I shall prepare the tea at once. Your table is over this way.

Jakurai: Here we use only the highest grade tea leaves. The light elegant aroma together with its refined taste make this black tea truly a pleasure to drink.

Rei: Miss, it appears it is time to depart. Please follow me.

[Later, in the kitchen]

Doppo: *sighs* …even though it’s only the first day there are so many customers…

Rei: Hey, Kannonzaka. Give me some water too.

Doppo: Yes, of course. *pours him a glass and hands it to him*

Rei: Thank you. *drinks water* Phew~ looks like lil old me got tired too, as expected.

Doppo: It’s because we’ve been moving around constantly since noon…

Jakurai: Hey, Doppo-kun.

Doppo: Yes. What’s the matter?

Jakurai: It seems like someone has called you over. Please head over to the hall.

Doppo: Called me over…? Alright, got it… Hmm… I wonder who it is. *goes back*

Ogura: Yo~! I came to poke fun at you~

Mitsuya: Tailcoat, huh? (lmao)

Doppo: Get the hell out of here…

Ogura: Oi oi oi~ Are you ok-?? What’s with that attitude, dude??

Doppo: Such a bother… Come on, hurry up and turn right…

Mitsuya: Excuse mee~. That butler is being awfully rude to us.

Jakurai: Please excuse us. …Doppo-kun.

Doppo: E-excuse me…

Doppo: W-welcome home, young master… Please hand me your luggage so I can carry it.

Ogura: Right on!

Mitsuya: Don't mind if I do.

Doppo: Damnit, I should stuff the insides of their bags in the fucking garbage..

[Time skip]

Owner: Jinguji-san, Amayado-san!

Jakurai: Yes. What appears to be the matter?

Rei: Yeah, what is it?

Owner: Both of our chefs seem to have injured themselves with kitchen knives… I hope it is not too much trouble, but could the two of you help out in the kitchen?

Rei: Well now, that’s fine and all, but…

Jakurai: Our absence would surely turn out to be a burden for Doppo-kun…

Doppo: A-ahaha… I’ll try my best to manage somehow…

Owner: I deeply apologize…

Doppo: The inside of the cafe is completely packed… Those two are absent so I have to cover for them… Yup, I’m dead… (Huh!? Wait a second… It doesn’t have to be like that. There are two idiots here who aren’t customers!) *runs to their table* Oi, you two!

Ogura: Oi oi oi! What do you mean by “you two”? What happened to “young masters”?

Mitsuya: Hey, watch your tongue!

Doppo: *chuckles* The owner is in trouble…

Ogura and Mitsuya: Huh?

Doppo: It’s time for work, you assholes!! Go change into these tailcoats at once!

Ogura and Mitsuya: WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!????

Owner: Everyone, thanks to you we brought our opening day to a good end. Thank you very much. As an apology for not being prepared enough for this, please have something to eat if you’d like.

Jakurai: Thank you very much!

Ogura and Mitsuya: S-sshoo tired…

Ogura: We didn’t even get any training in working as butlers or anything… that was horrible…

Owner: Oh? Where are Kannonzaka-san and Amayado-san?

Jakurai: Doppo-kun is taking out the trash and Amayado-san went to get changed.

Owner: Is that so?

Ogura: Oh, there’s beer!

Mitsuya: Oh~! I definitely need it after all that hard work.

Ogura: Hey, Jinguji-sensei, here, have some!

Jakurai: N-no… I shouldn’t… Mitsuya: C’mon, no need to hold back!

[Outside]

Rei: *lights a cigarette and sighs*

Doppo: *throws the trash* Amayado-san, thank you so much for helping out. Thanks to you it looks like I won’t be getting a pay cut…

Rei: Ahaha! You seem to be working for a really shady company! If it’s all fine and dandy, lil’ old me would love making some sweet moolah off of scamming these chumps~

Doppo: Ahaha… if you do that I’d be getting that pay cut after all, since they won't be able to pay my salary.

Rei: Anyways, it’s been forever since these old bones have moved this much, so my joints are creaking~

Doppo: Ahaha… mine too… *sighs* I want a massage…

Rei: Massage you say? I could make some arrangements for that.

Doppo: I’d love to go, but I have work tomorrow…

[Glass Breaking Noise]

Doppo and Rei: !?

Jakurai: There isn’t enough fuckin’ booze! Hurry up‘n bring me more already!

Ogura and Mitsuya: *gasp* HELP!!!

Doppo: Amayado-san. On second thought, I’ll be taking you up on that offer for getting a massage.

Rei: Yeah, sure, but first let's slip into something comfier…

Doppo: If you go inside you’ll be finished for sure! So, let’s get the hell out of here!

Rei: Oi oi! What the hell are you talking about…

Doppo:  (Ogura… Mitsuya… turns out I’m counting on you…)

#hypmic translations #doppo kannonzaka #jakurai jinguji #rei amayado #hypmic arb #hypnosis microphone #hypnosis mic #hypmic #matenrou #dotsuitare hompo #mytranslations

[my-mt-heart]

They wanted Daryl to grow... "Melissa wanted to be on the show"... "It was always the plan"... Excuse me, if that would be true, they're idiots. There're 100 ways to let Daryl grow alone and they'd done it for years on the main show while separating those two. The only truth in those three statements are the first two. They wanted a Daryl show and they knew Melissa wanted to do the spinoff. Obviously, she didn't fit in.

In one of the newest interviews of Norman, he said, both are going separate ways, the show will be about their story until they'll reunite. Yes, why not from the beginning? Because it might not have been the plan?

By separating them, they had the chance to let him grow but even that failed in the first season. He didn't grow, he went back to that redneck from years ago but forgot about his childhood trauma and some weird scenes were born.

Not seeing the nun on the bts pics might mean, A, she died during the first part of the shoot or B, they're hiding her like Melissa at first. B could be very unfuriating and I still don't trust the writers and EP.

If one event seemed to be a timetable, that's the final event and TTD afterwards. Nothing was settled then and MMBs future on the show still unknown.

They wanted the Daryl show, they got it and they had to pay for their pettiness. I hope they're finally able to accept they're idiots with too big egos.

The excuse that Carol's absence allowed Daryl to grow is exactly that, an excuse. Not a very believable one, just like when Gimple tried to say Carl's death in S8 was important for Rick's growth. Between him, Norman, and Nicotero, I'm really tired of hearing them defend the absolutely nonsensical choices they made for whatever personal agendas each of them had, and I'm tired of AMC letting them. I'm tired of the lack of concern for Melissa's professional reputation and for fans. Carylers look to these characters for strength and hope. They don't want to be treated like they're weak, undervalued, unheard, or unlikely to get what they want.

To me, it sounds like Norman and Nicotero wanted the spinoff to feel like the glory days of TWD, which is not the wrong way to go at all, except they thought they had to "reset" the character, having him behave the same way he did in S2, which like you said is the opposite of growth, plus it cheapens everything we saw him experience throughout the rest of the flagship show. Case in point, the childhood abuse. Case in point, his relationships with Carol, Rick, Judith and RJ, Lydia, I could go on.

I'm happy to see Melissa/Carol get the hero arc she's owed, so I'm not too bothered by separate arcs in S2, but it's frustrating at the same time since there are only six episodes and the wait has already been hard. My biggest concern is the potential unevenness of the arcs. I don't want to watch Carol go to the ends of the earth for Daryl while he's second guessing where he belongs. I don't want their reunion to be anticlimactic or ambiguous. The payoff needs to be huge, and like you, I'm having a hard time trusting any of the EPs other than Melissa. I know she'll push for the story Carol/Caryl deserve, but the level of misogyny and gatekeeping I'm seeing makes me extremely wary.

Melissa's deal closed at the end of last year, roughly when AMC sent out a survey regarding the title, so they were well aware of her future on the show, but still decided giving the male EPs what they wanted was more important than giving fans the Caryl show they were promised. I'm worried that they still aren't doing anything to fix the problem.

#caryl #carol peletier #melissa mcbride #darylneedscarol #twd caryl #the book of carol

[sleepsentry]

Heyo!!! Curious half asleep me going- What's your thoughts on Bill's views on the Pines family? Dipper and Ford both made themselves very stand out to Bill thanks to their repeated self involvement, but he seemed to also be keeping a look out for Mabel and Stan for reasons not really elaborated on in the show.

This is a really good question, gonna sort this by one member at a time:

Mabel: I remember reading somewhere that Bill likes mabel: "Fun is just another word for chaos!" In his words.

I like to think one of the reasons Bill was so sure that "Mable land" would work is because it would've worked on him when he was her age. (Or whatever equivalent he had.)

I always thought mabel was acting very odd during the whole mabel land thing, and when she duplicated herself to deny dipper's reasonings it hit me:

She was acting like Bill!

When her and dip finally make up, she shakes her head as if she just snapped out of a trance, Bill's trance.

Bill sees a small part of himself in her and tries to use it to his advantage, but he didn't account for the fact that mabel had a very stubborn twin and some great friends willing to go to hell and back for her!

Speaking of which...

Dipper: Bill seems to treat dipper like a nuisance, a stubborn little fly always buzzing where he shouldn't be.

He also has a habit of underestimating dip like he does everyone else, in dip's case he prays on his curiosity and desperation for answers and when that fails, he tries to discourage the lad at every turn.

He tells dip "Don't try to be a hero kid!".

He sees dip as a "wannabe" in way way waaaay over his head, and always tries to warn/threaten him about getting too involved.

And to an extent he is right. Dipper is slotting himself into a conflict years in the making and much bigger than him, but he and his sister also played a vital role in unravelling Bill's plans and saving their great uncles and gravity falls. B]

Stan: Bill interacts with stan the least out of the family and funny enough that distance kinda helped stan cut right through everything and get straight to the point.

He was the only one who hadn't made a deal with Bill, and he was able to turn Bill's trick against him, twisting the agreement to the Pines favour and against Bill.

This guy hurt my family, I hurt him.

Bill makes a few comments on stan during "dreamscaperers" but nothing beyond cryptic hints and petty insults, as far as I'm aware. He seems to chock stan up to "greedy and self-centered" wich could also just be him projecting again haha

He seems to view stan as "Sixer's dumber brother" and therefor, just another pawn.

Stan and Bill is what happens when you put two bullies in a room and don't let them out until one out-bullies the other.

Ford: The rest of my blog speaks for itself, they'd need a whole post of their own, considering ford is the only character Bill even had any semblance of a relationship with beyond "pawn" (wether he liked it or not haha)

#gravity falls #gravity falls headcannon #stanford pines #stanley pines #bill cipher #dipper pines #mabel pines #not art #asks and answers

[findafight]

Let’s get dangerous! 3, 9, 13, 17 and 19.

Choose Violence ask game oh. you really are being dangerous lol

9. worst part of canon

not enough time to actually build character development and dynamics and flesh things out more, so it's all monster plot all the time instead of them planning and plotting and processing and bonding in tiny moments. i miss 20-24 episode seasons I miss "filler" episodes. we deserve a ST beach episode...

also dustin and steve both being made comic relief and Dustin's trauma and steve's injuries being ignored.... bubba should see a physician his gonna get sepsis :(

13. worst blorbofication

ooooof. Eddie probably. people keep trying to make him cool or suave or whatever and that's simple not the case. I know in my heart that boy has crawled up a river bank on all fours talking like golum. He is a loser. He is not cool. That's okay and good actually. We need more unsmooth people representation, and Eddie is just a scared little guy!

often too it happens that they just make him...not be brash or kind of a jerk? When he is! It's okay you're blorbo doesn't have to be someone you would have been friends with in highschool! He was loud and walked on tables and made fun of people! He was sort of mean! he wasn't perfect or always nice and kind. He's a weirdo who is sometimes cruel and that's okay he can totally get better!!

I think part of it is that a portion of the fandom has bought into the false dichotomy that the show tries to press on us of jocks vs nerds and that they are enemies or something and that nerds are always or almost always on the side of the good, and jocks are not. So because Eddie is a nerd and made fun of jocks, he is therefore someone that is often right, even if her messes up sometimes but it's okay because he's a nerd, whereas (usually) Steve has to play perpetual make up for the crime of messing up and being a dick when he was sixteen while also playing and enjoying sports. and it's like please!!! I'm tired of this!!! stop hating on sports and thinking people who like them have some moral failing they must make up for just because you don't know what a batting average is or whatever! (and he should have apologized to Lucas)

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

More fics should let characters be actually angry at being hurt or wronged. Let them rage! especially Lucas! I want him to be able to express his hurt and upset about how all his friends but Steve and Robin abandoned him and played the finale without him! Only Erica brought it up to him, I want MORE apologies to Lucas!!

on that note let Steve be angry when wronged too! let him be upset and not quietly accept an apology let him lay out why he was hurt and angry!

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

I have nothing I'm really ashamed of in fandom? on occasion I love a good whump fic or a fic that is sometimes. Very mean about certain character/s lol. Though st has got me writing some steamy pieces which I wasn't really expecting! haha

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

(there are so many bad takes floating around which to choose... I guess here's two, saved for last) once saw someone say max abused b!lly by drugging him in s2 and i just had to sit there like......brother WHAT are you talking about. You mean the 13yo girl watching her 17 y/o step brother continue to beat an unconcious 17 y/o and used the sedative to stop him?? One time? To stop him killing someone in front of her and her friends? Someone who had protected them twice that night? From her brother whom she was scared of??? Who had demonstrated abusive behaviour towards her??? Who she had to threaten to stop trying to hurt her or her friends? That one was fucking WILD I can't believe it's real. What the hell.

Also i know it was probably just light a hearted shippy thing but I saw one that was so much a take as it was an au but it had robin lie in the starcourt bathroom by saying she had a crush on tammy instead of Nancy and I was so mad at not only the defiling of the Sacred Stobin Scene, but also that it then means their entire friendship is based on a lie and it would be such a betrayal? (it wouldn't make sense at all anyways [to me] but also) Like. She'd have been lying to her best friend, her soulmate, her person she wants to combine with, for months not just about a crush but about the very moment of vulnerability that cemented their platonic love for each other!! I don't see how you can like robin or steve or their friendship and do that? it's not even about not liking rnce, I'd be mad about it if it was about any other ship too, it's about loving stobin most. idk it feels so icky to me

#findaanswers #anonasaurus #stranger things #ask meme answer #first link is to the list second is to my askbox #idk if i should tag this with other things #not billy hargrove friendly #also should add if yall want me to expand on what i mention just send another ask about it haha

[pennypenpen]

Day 2: Signed yours truly, The Whale~

The ocean waves moved rhythmically as the moon shined upon the island. It was quiet, it was the dead of night; and just about everyone still alive from this trip taking a weird turn for the worst was fast asleep in their cottage, and if they weren’t, they opted in staying inside, just in case Monokuma decided to be heavy-handed with the “no sleeping anyways except the cottages during nighttime” rule.

There were two residents of the blood-filled island, hiding in the bushes checking to see if the monitors were up and running—which they were—until a few coconuts were smashed into them without fail.

“Nice going!” A voice mustered up from the bushes as a chuckle from another could be heard from there. The two pop their heads up to reveal that it was the two pervs of Hope’s Peak Academy; Teruteru Hanamura, The Ultimate Chef from Class 77-B and Hifumi Yamada, The Ultimate Fanfic Creator from Class 78.

The two hopped out of the bushes and found the homemade boat that the both of them made while they were stuck here, considering it a small little project with big plans of some sort.

Yamada ran, while Hanamura just strolled to the boat.

“P-Pick up the pace! W-We don’t know how much time we got!” The big guy said as the chef scoffed.

“Monsieur, you have to remember that no one knows where we are… We’re fine…”

Yamada kept running since his body was already on that setting but he did understand what the tiny guy was saying. Only a mere moments soon after their little side-chat and the fanfic creator found the wooden boat they two crafted and smiled.

“I-I can’t believe it…. A-Are we seriously going to escape together?...” He was in complete disbelief, meanwhile, Hanamura couldn't help but laugh.

“We have been planning this since the killing game started… Luckily, neither of us got hurt beforehand.”

“Y-Yeah…” Yamada reminisced about the friends he lost to the game before he shook his head. “C-C’mon, before the sun rises!”

The chef nods before the two of them start to push the boat…or well, try to… It was a lot heavier than it originally was, oddly enough, despite the two of them never even putting anything inside it.

“W-What the!?” The fanfic creator gasped as the chef plops on the sand and huffed.

“I’m gettin’ too old for this…” The chef chimed in before—

“Puhuhuuuuuuuu~!”

Oh..

No….

Suddenly, the black-and-white teddy bear jumps up from one of the trees and spins in the air before landing on the boat without even a scratch on himself nor the boat.

“You two really are a couple of honey-filled saplings, are ya?” He said as Yamada looked horrified seeing him here, and the chef looked at him with disdain.

“How are you even here!?” The chef yelled. “I took down ev’ry moni—” They then remembered where Monokuma was. “S-Son of a bitch…” They mumbled under their breath as the bear couldn’t help but let out a small little laugh.

“Oh c’mon now! Did ya really think ya two could bear-ly get off scot-free? How em-bear-assing” The stuffed animal said before he sat on the ledge of the boat with his right leg over the other, staring at the two.

“Although, I should give ya two some credit. After all, you did make this and didn’t break a rule while making this pathetic little contraption. I’m impressed.” 

“M-Monokuma-sama” Yamada chimed in. “A-Are we going to get punished for this?”

Hanamura breaks a sweat as they look at their partner-in-crime, yelling at them that what they just asked was a guaranteed death sentence; meanwhile, if Monokuma could express the emotion he was feeling at this moment, he’d be frowning, daggering eyes with the hamster-looking man.

A sigh escapes the bear. “Yamada, Yamada, Yamada… You always were one of the dumber ones. I’m ain’t gonna punish ya, unless y’all decided to have a late-night rendezvous and sleep here, in which case, it’ll be the last date y’all’ll ever have.”

Yamada sighed before seeing Hanamura trembling with anger. He gulps and gives them a hug to calm him down; this was exactly what Monokuma wanted to do and despite lacking any smarts whatsoever, he knew what made his partner tick and he wanted him to calm down before things got worse.

“Hmm? Smallfry’s quivering? What? Does he want his mommy? His sick and unwell mommy has to work all by herself while his siblings do nothing.”

“S-Shaddup….I-I swear to god…”

The fanfic creator’s eyes widened as it was desperately blatant that he was upset about something the two did, he didn’t know what it was, but his guest was the boat.

“Oh-ho? Retaliation I hear? That’s kinda rich from someone who almost let their boyfriend die by the hands of—”

“S-SHADDUP! Be-Before I—I…” The chef was playing into his trap almost too well…

“H-Hanamura-chan, c-calm down…p-please” Yamada was quiet during the whole ordeal, mostly just trying to keep things under wraps.

“Puhuhuhu… How charming~! The hamster has to take care of the mutt. Now dat’s something I haven’t seen yet!” His bullying gets worse before it finally mustered over with Hanaumra grabbing Yamada’s backpack and—

“I SAID, SHAT DA FUCK UP!!!” They yelled at the top of their lungs losing their composure and throwing the backpack at the bear, causing the small plushie to fall into the ocean!

Afterwards, the chef could be seen panting heavily with the fanfic creator trembling in fear as they looked down to see their angered love.

“H-Hana-chan! Hana-chan! P-Please!” At this point, he was getting desperate, so he lifted up the tiny chef into a bear hug as he was panicking to bring them back to their senses.

Of course, they were upset still, but the overwhelming anger they felt was starting to leave their system, and they confirmed it as they looked at Yamada and huffed.

“Uhm… Mon chéri?... Can you let go of me?....” They asked in a quasi-deadpan tone before the big guy plops them to the ground. They brush off their attire and grunts.

“D-Do-do you think he’s gonna come back up?...” Yamada spoke up as the tiny chef looked at the ocean with Monokuma nowhere in sight; leaving them a little uneasy.

“I mean…” Hanamura is trying to keep their cool, mostly for Yamada’s sake, somewhat forgetting about the violent outburst that happened not even a couple of minutes ago.

“Seeing it’s been a few minutes, I-uh… I think we’re fine.” 

Yamada sighs as they look over at the boat and walk over to it. Now that the bear was done with, they could continue their departure away from the island.

While those two were working on figuring out the problem, a few bubbles could be seen coming from the ocean, with black-and-white ears appearing above the water as it moved closer to shore.

While that was happening, Yamada figured out that the boat was filled with rocks.

“So that was the problem…” The chef thought out loud.

“M-Must’ve been Monokuma-sama’s doing” The other said before he started to take out the rocks one by one.

Until… they both hear an unfamiliar sound coming from the water, the two look over and squinted their eyes in unison before—

“YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!”

Monokuma jumped out, claws ablazing, attempting to stab Hanamura from breaking a rule before…

He was grabbed….

The chef blocked his face with their arms before they slowly moved them down to see that Yamada was holding the monochrome bear by the belly.

“U-UNHAND ME, YA GOOD-FOR-NOTHING PERVERT!!” The bear yelled as Yamada gulped and basically tackled Monokuma to the ground, leaving him under the fanfic creator’s body, flailing his arms about as if he was gonna die from asphyxiation. 

“M-Monsieur…” Teruteru looked at their boyfriend saving his butt with one mere thought going into his mind… “God, I wish I was Monokuma right now…” They shook their heads before Yamada yelled.

“QUICK! Get the rocks out while I have him here!” 

Hanamura nods and using all the strength they had, they start throwing one rock after another out of the shore. 

“Y-Y’know! By the time I'm done with this, we’ll be sailing home to Mama and Fujiko!”

The fanfic creator chuckled.

“Yeah! Imagine what Fujiko thinks once I—”

Suddenly…

*SHANK!!!*

Hanamura would look up to see not one put two pairs of razor sharp claws pierced through Yamada’s body. 

The chef froze before the black-and-whtie bear successfully got off the big guy.

“Y…Ya…..YAMADA!!!”

Their guttural screech of terror could be heard from all over as the chef runs up to the bleeding fanfic creator. 

They didn’t mean for this to happen, Yamada was basically the bystander in their confrontation and seeing him basically gone from this world due to their action, it made them sick.  They can’t even register that the bear wasn’t done with his onslaught on punishment before the chef hugs the corpse of his long-dead love.

“I-I-I’m….OH YAMADA!!!”

Overstruck with grief, they sobbed loudly before it was cut short but the razor sharp claws pierced their next victim… Hanamura’s torso.

Hanamura basically collapsed on top of Yamada as the bear would stare at their crimson-red claws, huffing as he started at the two angrily.

“No attacking the headmaster….” He said as he looked at the entrance to the location. “I’ll let the rest of them know about this rule too…” He said before he disappeared into thin air.

The duo was still laying on top of one another. Hanamura struggled to even move as every inch hurt like all hell, but endured it, just so they could be close to Yamada’s face.

“I-I…Y-Yamada…I-I’m sorry…” Blood leaked from their lips as they stared at Yamada’s eyes before.

*COUGH COUGH!*

Hanamura gasped weakly and grunted as they got a bit of blood on their face as they saw the smiling face of their love. 

“I-it’s alright…an-anything to p-protect you….”

The chef couldn’t help but tear up before they leaned in closer to Yamada’s lips.

“I-I love you….”

“I….love you too~....”

The two share one final kiss and their last breath together before they stop moving.

What was suppose to be an escape, ended in the death of Hifumi Yamada and Teruteru Hanamura…

#danganronpa rarepair week 2023 #dr rarepair week 2023 #teruteru hanamura #hifumi yamada #terufumi #monokuma #my writing #pennywriting #stranded lullaby was playing during the entirety of writing this #enjoy angst lovers >:]

[captainjonnitkessler]

Yessssssss you’re both awesome

So! Requeening is any time the hive decides to raise a new queen. This can be for a few reasons: The old queen died or was removed by the beekeeper, she’s not laying well or is running out of fertilized eggs and the hive decided to commit a little light regicide, or they’re planning on swarming, in which case the old queen will take half the bees and leave to start a new hive while the newly-raised queen will stay with the rest in the old hive.

The first sign the bees are planning to requeen is when they make a queen cup, which is a large cell that stands out from the rest of the hive.

Usually beekeepers will remove these when they appear to discourage swarming, which keepers normally don’t like because a) it means you lose a hive’s worth of bees, which are expensive and b) neighbors tend to get a little testy when a swarm of tens of thousands of bees descends on their yard no matter how many times you explain that it’s actually really cool and nothing to worry about. WEIRD. Anyway!

If there’s an available queen cup and the old queen thinks its time to either swarm or die, she’ll lay eggs in the queen cups. If the queen had unexpectedly died or been removed, the worker bees will build emergency queen cups around existing eggs or very young larvae. The reason is that all larvae are fed with royal jelly for the first two days or so before getting switched to a mix of pollen and nectar, but a queen bee will receive royal jelly for her whole larva-hood. And that continued feeding of royal jelly is what triggers her development into a queen instead of a worker. So the ideal conditions are an egg laid in a specifically prepared queen cup, because the bees will pack it full of royal jelly to ensure plenty of food for the developing queen. An emergency cell made for an existing larva runs the risk of the queen not fully developing. 

Once the cup has a developing larva in it, the bees build it out large enough to hold the queen, who is much larger than workers. The larva hangs out in there eating for about a week, at which point the bees cap the cell so the bee can finish developing:

After another week or so, the queen emerges! And as her first act as queen, she searches out any other capped queen cells that haven’t yet emerged and murders them. Then she finds any other new queens that HAVE already emerged and murders them too. There’s a lot more murder involved in this than I first guessed!

Then she hangs out in the hive for a few days before going on her mating flight - weather permitting - where she collects all the sperm she will need for the next few years. (Bee sexuality is fucking WILD). Then she returns to the hive, where she will stay until she dies or leaves with a swarm!

So I’ve had two requeens this year. The first was intentional - when I split my one hive into two, I put the existing queen into the new hive and let the old hive raise a new one. Which they took their SWEET TIME about doing - it took about 8 weeks from splitting to seeing eggs in the hive, which is the confirmation that the queen has successfully been raised, mated, and returned safely to the hive. They had me pretty worried, and the strength of the hive took a hit because there were no new eggs being laid during that time, so the worker population took a big dive. But they finally made it and made a great recovery!

The second the bees just did on their own - I’m not sure if the queen died or if they swarmed, but I suspect the queen was failing. In early August I couldn’t spot any eggs and thought they were queenless. Next inspection, I found the queen and figured I’d been wrong. Next week, no eggs again and a dozen queen cells. Two weeks later (had to skip a week) - no queen cells and no eggs. At that point I figured the hive was doomed and was making plans to combine them back with the first hive. Then last week I found plenty of eggs and brood, and then found and was able to mark the new queen. So it was a bit of a roller coaster but now she’s laying really well and since there wasn’t such a big gap between queens the worker population wasn’t as damaged, so they’re still in really good shape for the winter!

And so that’s probably more information than you wanted about the process of requeening. Thank you for asking and giving me an excuse to share!

#seriously though thank you #today has been A Day and this was a MOST welcome and pleasant distraction #beekeeping #bees #insects cw #long post

[lovecolibri]

Honestly I think 911’s biggest weakness is a lack of planning. We already know that their original plans for S5 fell through, resulting in BT being drawn out because Megan was available. Which, good for her, get that bag sis. Would love to know what the original plan was, but I know I never will.

And they also couldn’t have been more clearly setting something up with Ravi and his childhood cancer storyline. But for one reason or another they failed to get Anirudh under contract. Why? Who knows. Maybe they took for granted that he’d be available next year so they didn’t make it worth his commitment, which is silly with such a handsome, talented, and likable actor. He’s off to bigger and better things, and again good for him get that bag! Or maybe it’s more complicated than that and again we’ll never know.

In any case they had to drop that thread and chose to go with ignoring him entirely and hoping the audience would just forget, which to be fair has worked with some of their fuckups in the past, but not this time, guess they underestimated just how much people liked him, so they had to come up with some last-second off screen excuse for why he literally disappeared and no one even mentioned his name again. Not to mention writing Chimney off because JLH was on leave. Baffling decision making, honestly.

And anyway they don’t seem to be very good at making Plan A happen, and when it doesn’t instead of having a solid Plan B or C, they scramble and the story suffers. Then add in admitted problems with pacing and filling time and the story stops working because the tension is lost and the payoff fizzles out. Their very own metaphorical structural defects being ignored, bound to come crashing down eventually. You know that old adage about failing to plan is planning to fail. It’s true!

This is BEYOND old but like, so appropriate for right now! I honesty don't think they NEEDED to pad out time with Tay Kay because they have SUCH a large main cast, but that would require KR to care about something other than what is going on in Buck's pants and any given moment, and because SHE wanted BT, we got BT despite it making no sense to have even brought her character back in s4. What did she even do that no one else could have done? Getting *some* possible inside info in Treasure Hunt and the *getting the story on the news* bit in First Responders is the only thing I can think of, and honestly they easily could have figured out a different way. But the show cannot seem to have Buck or Eddie in a relationship without the other then seeking out one too because otherwise they don't really have anything to do when they can't be involved in their normal family unit. Which is dumb, because they could work on Eddie's friendships and relationships with other cast and same with Buck in letting them be involved in other storylines, but apparently good looking men have no other purpose but to seek out a woman to complete their family I guess, and god forbid they be allowed around each other if one of them is dating. 😒

(also why I'm very 😒😒😒 about them getting other LIs. I remember Buck not being allowed to talk to anyone but Tay Kay while trapped in his loft for 98% of s5. I hate the idea of losing out on not just romantic Buddie, but their whole friendship and the Buckley-Diaz family unit. Eddie isn't going to need Buck to bake cookies with Chris if he has a GF to do it. Buck isn't going to need to cook for Eddie and Chris and help Chris with his homework if he's busy going out with his GF. There is SO much more we lose out on when those two are pared up with other women than just romantic Buddie and regardless if these women stick around long term, I'm tired and don't want to watch MORE wasted time, and more important talks they COULD be having with each other or their chosen family members going to random characters I don't know or care about. 🤷🏻‍♀️)

As for Ravi, I'm SO happy we clamored loud enough to get him back, and also good for him for picking up other jobs when KR sidelined him and gave all his moments to L instead. You go King! But they've known he was going to be back for ages so the fact they have STILL not mentioned him in s6 until he's randomly back on screen is just a) poor planning, pacing, and things happening off screen that KR thinks is fine to mention in interviews instead of actually on the show people are watching, and b) feels very vindictive because everyone loved him and hated her little self-insert character. But whatever, he's back now and I'm very excited to see him again!

But for REAL, they need to get KR out of the showrunner chair. The pacing and arcs and whole entire show has suffered enough that even the GA is tired of cyclical plots and characters going nowhere just repeating the same storylines over again, and with the show not having the depth and feeling it used to have. When even the casual viewers are picking up on and calling out things like Buck and Eddie's friendship being sidelined, or Madney stuff happening off screen, you KNOW it's bad. Also, regardless of demo (which doesn't matter as much anymore with them not getting ad revenue as much, thanks T for pointing that out!) the number of viewers has dropped DRAMATICALLY. And at some point the network cannot justify spending that kind of money on a show that isn't bringing in the money OR accolades. (like LS getting notice and awards for it's representation and diversity for example).

#my sweet nonnie friends #911 #911 spoilers #buddie #ravi panikkar #anti bucktaylor #clearing out my inbox #don't judge me some of these are going to be so old...

[crowsintheisland]

Now that my M induced high is wearing off, here's a pretty long rant about things I didn't like about the book in general (Especially the last third)

The book started pretty great, I really enjoyed the demo so I was excited for more. By the middle I was fighting to pay attention to the plot and by the end I was rolling my eyes and honestly, pretty over it.

I loved the romance (M route) and the little friendship moments, but the rest... I have seen some people talk already how it felt like a collection of random scenes and I agree, especially with all the little times skips, it really read like Sera just wrote two separate things and then didn't know how to connect then so "2 weeks later" "that evening" "time has passed".

General plot

The blood drive was pointless, I don't know if it's possible to fail and have your blood taken, but unless that happens it added nothing to the story.

The kidnappings were more interesting but got pretty old quickly and I got tired of the same formula every fight. Either you choose the right option and win (And for my deduction/knowledge based detective they were so stupid. If I had a shot everytime the answer was to move aside and let the enemy trip I will be so drunk) or you choose the wrong one and end up being saved by UB.

The Agency

All the agency related things weren't interesting to me, I don't care about the chamber, I don't care about Rebecca, the new friend (In my case Tapeesa) it's not bad but I forget she exists most of the time. I'm pretty disappointed about having the detective working more with them because I love the station and the people there.

Sin's role

Sin had so much potential and it ended up being so irrelevant. There's no way you can convince me he couldn't actually take the detective, at least if they used his moral conflict as a reason it would be better, but the book was seriously acting like he couldn't do anything after a punch in the face. "The human can pass my barrier so guess I, the stronger, more powerful and able to fly being, can't do anything more. Time to go"

Sir my detective is bleeding out and you're saying you can catch her because she's going around a couple of bricks?

And the resolution felt so weird. I chose the research route so I was really hoping to talk about him about the reports of trappers trying to make fake bonds and all that, instead my detective just went "The bond is fake! Believe me!!" And it worked? It felt like I was missing pages, because we went from point A to B in five seconds.

And what I hated the most

The final fight.

I'm sorry but it was ridiculous. We had no mention of the trappers even considering to bring the detective to their side and now you're telling me you're inviting them to your weird auction and hoping they will be okay with it? Without any trap? Any secret master plan to take their blood?

And then when they show up you believe they're on your side because your employees didn't smell vampires nearby? No mather that just 2 days ago they were actively fighting against you?

And it would be so easy to fix it, add a couple of scenes with the trappers trying to swing the detective mind or use Tapeesa, or Tina, or Verda as bait to forcing them to come and try to kill them (Which I thought was going to happen, but then Tapeesa was just used to gauge a reaction?)

And don't make me start on the lack of security. You expect me to believe in such a big event there was no one keeping an eye on the prisioners? Rebecca could just slide there and free then without even alerting anyone.

And of course my detective just took the main guy out making him trip and fall against a tree.

The whole thing felt so anticlimactic.

Rogue leader

And of course we need the setup for the next book, so suddenly the guy is happy to be arrested because otherwise the rogue leader would kill him. Even though he didn't show any fear before.

We know she exists, we most likely know who she is (I will be surprised if it's not Rook's sister or at least some family member), why have her be some kind of twist at the end instead of using her to develop other characters and their motivations? Show her connection with the trappers instead of telling me it exists at the end. It just felt like a lazy excuse to introduce the next villain

#don't read if you loved the story #i don't want to rain in anyone's parade #i just wanted to talk about the final fight and then it got longer than i intented #i don't have the energy to check the spelling/grammar sorry if it's messy #anyway i would love to hear opinions because i have so much to say and no one to talk to #i still love M and UB tho #twc spoilers #twc book 3 spoilers