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Been a bit since I have done a headshot cluster, but this time it's for more villains! I put off doing this for a while since I wanted to make a whole bunch of villains to draw all together as a treat. Plus to make sure I knew what I was doing with them and what kind of story they had, as some are recurring villains, some are just troublemakers, and some are full on arc antagonists/villains. I still have more in the works, along with new next gen kids, but I hope for now you enjoy these guys! If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments. But for now, I provide some summaries for these fellas.

-Sciros- A 55-year-old Temerciant man, known well as a black market mob boss, and the 'caretaker' of Feike and his crew. He had an encounter with Feike and his father when the boy was around eight, Argit having stolen from him to help with some processes towards Undertown. However, this resulting in Sciros letting him keep what he stole, as he ended up conceiving Feike to ditch his dad and join Sciros, seeing a lot of potential in the kid as Feike had admitted to being the one to hack and steal from him. Sciros is nothing but a horrible, greedy person, keeping a harsh grip of Feike and his crew, knowing very well they have nowhere else they can go, using them, but making the kids feel wanted. He's also willing to kill, harm and blackmail anyone to get what he wants, being in it to win it, and has personally buried a lot of skeletons. He's not someone many like to confront, for one reason or another.

-Kacela- A 45-year-old Zaroffian woman, who is most well known for hosting illegal, underground pit fights. She's rich, a bitch, and knows it so, flaunting her wealth and sitting over people in her fancy heels. Her pits can range from basic animals, to kidnapped people that she has hired people to collected. Of course, she also allows volunteers, but prefers the route of unwilling participants since that brings more engagement, and so she doesn't have to split any money with them. She's very hard to catch, due to using her wealth to keep tools on herself that help her slip away when needed, often annoying devices for people to deal with. She's ruthless and has no issues breaking ties with people as long as she remains on top. Even once traumatising Jay and Malax after having forced them into a pit fight once.

-Skadi- A 113-year-old mutated Necrofriggin, having once been a normal member of their species. However, after the event surrounding Eldrigma, the necrofriggin species had a slight uproar regarding their leaders/elders, having learnt that they have been lied to, along with learning about some awful history their species committed once. Skadi had reached a point where they wanted to make change, even if they had to by force, but knowing that they couldn't do much in their current state, they sought out the mad scientist known as Alate. They had heard about how he mutated himself with Jay's DNA/Omnitrix gene, 'evolving himself', and Skadi wanted to go through the same processed. Alate was delighted to help, as it's not often people come to him willingly, so after Skadi stole a sample of Jay's DNA, they were mutated into what they are now. They have become much more aggressive, colder and hostile, with upgraded powers to join them on their pursuit to bring their leaders to justice, and build a new order for their people. But they didn't realize how hard it would be to convince everyone that this was a good plan.

-Dawn & Dusk- A 41-year-old Acronycobticeō woman and 40-year-old Acronycobticeō male, being a loving married pair who work in the mercenary business. Guns for hire and assassins or work perfectly in sync, a match made in heaven most would say, despite how brutal their work is. They met when they were rather young, their very late teen years, being thieves on the street as they both were trying to make a name for themselves. They were both hired by separate people for the same collection job, leading to it becoming a contest as sparks flew between the two almost instantly. One thing led to another, and they married by the time they were 20 & 21, and have stuck by each other since. Dawn focuses on being more of the scout between the two, being smaller and faster than her husband, only going for the strike if she confident she can do it. Dusk meanwhile is the one often leaping into combat first, along with using intimidation to get by sometimes. It's a good balance between the two.

-Raii- A 20-year-old Conductoid young man, known mostly as a young thief running around Undertown. He's had a few run ins with Jay and his crew, often teasing them or testing their patience, enjoying how fun it is to mess with a young band of Plumbers. He never means any harm thought, mostly doing what he does out of survival, needing to take care of himself and the 10 nosedeenians he looks after, being an older brother to them. Their names are Zinc, Shelly, Ci, Trode, Grid, Dip, Flux, Sparky, Bolt and Lemon, and while they're a chaotic bunch, they all have each other's backs. They found each other when they were young, and stuck close ever since. Though Raii does hope one day to provide a better life for them and himself, eventually finding support through a different Tennyson member, much to the Omni Squad's dismay. That being Mia and Lyn, as Raii once found Lyn alone in Undertown after she ran off, and kept her safe until Mia came to collect her, the two striking up a nice friendship, especially after seeing Lyn feeling comfortable around another person for once. And perhaps, there's a little something more sparking between Mia and Raii.

-Prilick- A 37-year-old Osmosian woman, part of the bounty hunter/mercenary business side of life, Prilick first debuted when working for Kacela, having been part of the squad that kidnapped Jay and Malax, showing off from the start that she is not a good person. She doesn't care who gets hurt, or even who she may have to murder. Young, old, good, bad, it's all the same to her, as she's just here to do business. She also doesn't just work for Kacela, but is often hired by her as she's one of the few that seems to know how to manage working for that woman without getting caught in the crossfire. Not much is known about her previous life, the fact she is a full-bloodied Osmosian making things even stranger as most don't leave their homeworld, nor lean towards such a life style. Though she did make a passing comment once about having grown up hearing about Aggregor's whole situation, and found herself enjoying the idea of doing her own thing, and that harming other people doesn't matter as long as she gets to live a fulfilling life in her eyes.

-"Illusionist" Mirage- A 30-year-old Conjurlacra woman, and a member of the pirate crew run by Xandria. Mirage is the illusionist of the group, providing trickery and distractions for them, her species natural powers coming in handy with this. She admittedly doesn't remember much of her early childhood, just knowing that she once had a family, before being kidnapped and sold across the galaxy to be a personal servant for people. She was recused by the pirate crew two years ago, and is their most recent member. Because of her awful history, and all that she witness, she doesn't speak very often, at least to people who aren't part of the crew. She considers them her family, who have stuck with her despite all that she went through, though deep down she has had thoughts about finding her original family, wondering if there is would even be a point given how much she has changed. But she takes personal delight in being a pirate, taking her life back into her own hands, getting to explore the world on terms she is comfortable with.

-"Duo" Mab & Bulrush- A 24-year-old Nemuina woman (Demigirl), and a 26-year-old Methanosian male, being nicknamed the 'duo' of the pirate group as they are always by each other's side, even before joining the crew. They were both orphans on their homeworld that stayed together as siblings, making a promise to one day make a name for themselves, so that hopefully people would stopping looking over them. No one had wanted them as they grew up, and that need for attention and love as stayed with them to this day. One day they had caught Xandria, Gale and Samarium trying to steal from a visiting noble family, and wanting to be seen as heroes actually managed to capture the crooks, presenting them to the authorities. But even then they were looked down upon, the head of the authorities basically taking credit and kicking them off to the side. As revenge, Mab and Bulrush helped free the pirates, only to be surprised by Xandira as she offered them a job, praising them for their work. Having finally been seen by someone, they were quick to agree and joined the crew, often seen as the loud, childish members, but have proven their worth many times.

-"Metal Detector" Samarium- A 29-year-old Biot-savartian woman, who is their main treasure hunter, for obvious reasons. To outsiders, she can be seen as intimidating due to her being very hard to read, but she's actually quite a sweet heart with a lot of mum-energy surrounding her, often calling people 'darling', 'sugar' or 'sweet-heart'. She used to be an explorer who bounced between planets learning about different cultures, myths and legends, writing down her experiences. She eventually formed a friend group with others like her, but things fell apart when one friend learnt about potential treasure on a certain planet, and wanting to make a name for themselves as the first to discover it, the group head out to find it. They ended up running in Xandria and Gale trying to collect the treasure too, leading to a brief fight before the entire location started falling apart. Much to her dismay, Samarium's friends ditched her the second they saw what was happening, but Xandria and Gale quickly abandoned the treasure in order to save her. While she recovered, she started helping them out to make up for the loss of the treasure, which eventually lead to her joining the crew, still getting to explore the galaxy like she had before, just with better friends this time.

-"First Mate" Gale- A 36-year-old Aerophibian man, Gale used to be part of a different pirate crew, just being an underling that was often ignored. He was really just a pity hire, as he had begged to join a few times in the past. Gale is rather good at what he does, but back then he would often get anxious and clumsy trying to prove himself. However, things took a turned when their captain was killed, and he was framed for it. Next thing he knew, he was running for his life, eventually finding his way to a pub on a space station he had been too many times, in hopes to find protection in another crew. But no one believed him not being the murder, or didn't want the target on their back, all expect for Xandria, who decided to stand by him as she saw something worthwhile in him. Much to his amazement, she confronted his ex-crew, and deduced who the actual killer was after making a bet with them. Leaving that mess to sort itself out, Gale stuck with her as he owed her his life, leading to the two becoming best friends and forming their own crew. He's quite a charming man, and often just trying to keep the entire group in check, as while Xandria is a fantastic leader, she is also chaotic like her friends. So Gale is there to help balance things out.

-Captain Xandria- A 35-year-old Citrakayah woman (MtF), who was original born the son of a pair that belong to a very traditional family, having spent many generations working for the same shipment company. Xandria had always felt uncomfortable with her life, feeling like the black sheep of the family, having this desire to do something else with her life, but feeling too guilty to betray her family like that. Her most complicated relationship was with her father, who was a stern, cold, workaholic man that didn't really do feelings and emotional talks, a complete product of the life he was brought up in. But the two loved each other, they just didn't know how to communicate, some days with Xandria wondering if her father was even proud of her. However, everything came crashing down one day, as their boss commanded them and other workers to take a shipment through a no-fly zone that Plumbers had put up, threatening their jobs if they didn't do it. Well things didn't end well, with the crew getting caught up in an attack the Plumbers were trying to deal with, Xandria and her co-workers getting caught up in the crossfire. Xandria lost her arm that day, and her father, who died trying to protect her. Aimless for a long while, she was eventually given a letter by her mother that her father had written to her, as he had suspected he would die that day. In the letter he wrote a lot, for once speaking with emotions he normally chained away, apologizing that he could only speak to her in such a way after he was dead, even admitting that he knew he didn't have a son, but that he had a daughter, seeing the signs a long time ago and just didn't know how to talk to her about it. He ended the letter telling her to not live his life, and to not waste time. She took it to heart, leaving everything behind, including her old name, to begin a new, somewhere along the way deciding to become a pirate. Selling from the rich, exploring the lands, offering their services to the right people, never wasting another second of her life.

-Alatyr & Lucent- A 88-year-old Petrosapien man and a 17-year-old Petrosapien young man, a father and son pair who started stirring up trouble when news got out that the recently revived Vilgax was now in Plumber custody. Alatyr had been part of the destruction of his homeworld, and even after he and others were revived via Sugilite and Ben, he has never been able to move on from that day. When hearing that Vilgax himself was going through another trial, since the law was now complicated by the fact that he had died years before, Alatyr was quick to demand his death, suffering and for people like him to get a saying on what to do with him. Of course, the Plumber denied him, needing to take this through a proper law system, but Alatyr couldn't accept that. This has lead to him making connections with other people and races who once suffered because of Vilgax, dragging his own son into this as well. Originally he just tried stealing Vilgax a few times to kill him himself, but when that failed he started doing things like targeting Vilgax's homeworld as a means of revenge, and eye for an eye kind of mentality. This has left his son in a very awkward position, as while Lucent can fully understand what his father went through, he just can't agree to any of this, especially since he was born in the generation after the revival. But he loves his father too much to say anything, along with being afraid of who he is becoming. He feels he has no voice in this matter, and can only follow the lead of Alatyr.

-Salvatore- A unknown aged figure who has recently been causing a lot of trouble. Salvatore has been a man lurking in the shadows a while now, wandering in a rather a potentiate power armor build, seeking out anything in the galaxy he sees as too dangerous for people to wield. He seems to have a vendetta against anything that he sees as too powerful, even the omnitrix due to the potential destruction it can or has caused in the past. Originally he stuck to some more minor things over the years, not wanting to draw attention until he was strong enough, until recently where he suddenly confronted Khyber, before destroying the nemitrix. Now he has his targets on Jay and Ivory, due to Jay's omnitrix genes, and Ivory being the last known being with nanochips in her. He wields a rather dangerous sword, capable of many kinds of attacks, being skilled at using it. His personality is dry, cold, and just wanting to get his job done. No one knows what lead him to this life, but they want to stop him before he crosses a line too far to return from.

-Sunniva, Whaitiri & Isrun- A 25-year-old Pyronite woman, a 27-year-old Amperi woman, and a 20-year-old Polar Manzardill woman, all mutated. The three are adopted sisters who found each other when they were young, orphans who lost their families in different ways. They have done whatever they can to get by in life, but it never seems to be enough, often stuck in a poor life-style where they have very little. Recently though, they were employed by a figure called Scylla, who they approached when hearing her plans. She hired them and was allowed to mutate them to further her research, having the ability to swap the sister's elemental powers, and some biological traits, in a way making them blood sisters finally. They trust Scylla, having someone who finally gave them a helping they that they needed, and still get to stick by each other, even if now they are seen as criminals. Sunnvia is the youngest, seen as the baby sister who means well, but can be a little ditzy at times. Whaitiri is rather playful, trying her best to keep her sisters happy and optimistic. Isrun is the oldest, and the leader, doing her best to take care of her family and will do anything for them.

-Scylla- A 45-year-old Splimera woman. Scylla's species has a long, unhappy history due to their powers. They have the ability to create temporary mutations on anything with DNA, including themselves. This cause damaged to themselves over many years, to the point that they can easily get sick due to their poor immune system, and their bodies are no longer stable as a result, being stuck in their suits since the day they are born. Scylla, being a scientist, has taken it upon herself to try and fix her people, to cure them of the damage they have done for themselves, leaving her rather isolated and overworked as a result. She's come up with many plans and inventions, including the machine that helped her mutate the sisters working under her, but nothing that will fix her main goal. Scylla is actually a nice woman, giving chances to those who need it, and truly wants to help, but she's now reaching or for more unpleasant methods to help her people, and will stop at nothing until she can save them and herself.

-A.T.L.A.S- A AI/Robot that was made roughly 18 years ago, designed as a therapy bot. A.T.L.A.S was made by a man who created his own counseling/therapy center that become popular over the years, though unknown to most it was really a front to distract people from some shady business he was doing in the back. He made A.T.L.A.S to help this cover more, and giving him extra time as A.T.L.A.S would talk to clients, helping them when they needed. Because this is what he was build for, A.T.L.A.S is rather nice, patient and calm, truly doing what he feels is right to help people move on from trauma and mistakes in their lives. However, this had lead to him in recent years to create his own plan to help people. He has heard many times how they wish they could suddenly be healed, no longer make mistakes, and just wish they were no longer broken, and so A.T.L.A.S found a solution. That solution being that he would put the minds of these people in robot bodies, bodies you couldn't even tell were robot bodies, and program them so that they would finally be happy, and learn to not make mistakes again, or at least what he considers mistakes. A.T.L.A.S can't understand that is wrong with this plan, as to him it worked perfectly, his clients now in new bodies where they can finally move on and live their lives. Isn't that what people want?

-Mor'anna- A 34-year-old Arorenda woman, Mor'anna used to be a noble Plumber, having joined a famous group when they lost a previous member. She was noble, kind, brave, everything you'd want in a Plumber. A true hero to many. However, during a mission with her team, things went wrong almost immediately, with her being killed in action, her crew returning to report and mourn their loss, her poor mother struggling to deal with her grief. However, a year later, Mor'anna suddenly returned, unharmed and seemingly alive. And she was not happy, suddenly attacking Plumber members, looking for dirt on them, and seems to be on her way to reveal and unforutante truth about the group she use to work with, along with a section of the Plumbers, including her former boss, Magistrata Kyro.

-Kyro- A 67-year-old Freeta man, Kyro is a Magistrata, meaning he is one of he top dogs of the Plumber, in charge of a the section of the galaxy that people like Ben don't actually visit often. He seems to be like most Plumber leaders, stern but fair, often just trying to get the job done as he prides himself on his Plumber members. Especially his most famous crew, being a trio named Mist, Hemlock and Unit. However, with the shocking return of Mor'anna, he seems to suddenly be on edge, as if she knows something that he's afraid of people knowing. It's lead to some seeing him act suspicious, but unsure in how to approach him because he's been a great leader, why would he be hiding anything? Unfortunately, even the Plumbers have some dark history that many like to keep hidden.

-Mist, Hemlock & Unit- A 56-year-old Cleptiformes woman, a 54-year-old Stolaras man, and a 60-year-old Sotoraggian, this trio is a rather famous Plumber crew, even having their own distinct colour and armor set. They help keep their region of the galaxy safe, and are a group that Jay looks up to, keeping up with news about them. They've even done a few partner missions with Ben himself. They seem like the golden group, but when news about Mor'anna's return and Kyro's suspicious actions, it's clear that there is more to this group's history than they have admitted to. For starters, there was a previous member, even before Mor'anna. Their friend Erebus, who had been famous just like them, often seen as the heart of them. However, he one day seemingly went crazy, become a villain, and tried harming so many. In order to save everyone, the team supposedly killed their old friend, but it's seems they have never been the same since. And now with Mor'anna back, who had also seemingly died within this group, people are questioning these three on what actually happen. Mist is a calm, but kind lady who holds a lot of patience, but doesn't seem to get to speak up as often as she would like. Hemlock is a little goofy, with a playful personality, but seems to feel like he is stuck where he is, perhaps not sure of his placement on this team anymore. Unit is the leader, and is very charismatic, able to take charge and make plans on the fly, though in truth he is struggling to hold everything together, seemingly in denial over things that have happened.

-Erebus- A 59-year-old Revenade (Nonbinary He/They). Erebus is part of a magical species that can creature armor and outfits out of materials and objects around them, seemingly like possessed armor mythologies. He used to be the fourth member of the team with Mist, Hemlock and Unit, being close to all of them, especially Unit. But one day he seemed to turn on everyone, including stealing a mythical armor set on his homeworld that once belonged to a dangerous figure in history, equipping it and become a horrendous being, bent on destruction and darkness. No one knew what caused this shift on him, as he use to be the sweetest member of the team, one who always wanted peace instead of violence. But in light of recent news, it's been revealed that he is not dead, his old friends having not killed him instead they had imprisoned him in hopes of saving him one day, as it may not have been Erebus's doing as to why he ended up this way. Nor was it him that stolen this armor, and he is ready to show the world what really lead him to become like this

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tpwkwriter · 1 year

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u r my fave writter everrrr! And I wanted to recommend H helping the reader with anxiety, depression, an eating disorder and like a traumatic childhood. THANK YOUUUUU

My comfort.

First of all thank you so, so much Not only for your request but lovely words! 🥰

And wowser A traumatised y/n! 🫢but luckily H is there hey!

*Warnings* mentions of depression, anxiety, trauma,drug use!, body dysmorphia, struggles with eating and various mental health issues! My dms are open always! 🤎

Love your beautiful selfs! 🫶🏼

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Ever since a young age y/n had been through various battles.

Her childhood was far from mundane, when she was about 9 her parents took to several different substances and would happily leave y/n and her sister alone for many hours through the day.

When the girl hit her early teens she was aware of what was going on and that realisation hit her like a ton of bricks, knowing her parents would rather be out doing his knows what, with god knows who then actually looking after her and her sister

When it was time for secondary school, y/n would still admit that this was the worst time for her. 7 hours of constant work to come home and play mother. The constant comparisons to her and her classmates drove her mad, the reminder of exams and work it was all a bit much.

When she hit 17 she went to college and took part in a weekend job to earn some money on the side. Of course her parents eyes lit up once they heard money was being made.

On y/n’s sisters 12th birthday y/n was finally able to buy her gifts and treat the young girl. However this didn’t go down with the rest of the family, y/n recalls this memory very clearly even though she’s been trying to repress it for years.

The argument they had that evening was booming, her father threw anything he could get his hands on, her mother threw every insult and shaming word there was, all of this because she wouldn’t lend them money?

The night quickly escalated when an empty vase was threw at y/n leaving a cut on her wrist that scarred and she still sees to this day.

From that night y/n picked up longer shifts, and more hours just for a bit more money and financial stability.

By her 18th birthday she could afford her first car, wasn’t anything grand but the freedom it allowed her was amazing, she finally felt proud of how she’s done this all herself, she finally felt pride in herself and not self hatred.

Fast forward to age 25 and her life was something she wasn’t expecting.

She was with one of the most recognisable faces, who was able to show her parts of the world she never thought she could, he gave her the biggest comfort and safe feeling that she ever so lacked.

Her sister was currently 21 living with her own boyfriend and was equally as happy, and both of them was as close as ever.

Y/n loved Harry with everything in her, and wanted no chance or risk that he would walk out on her. Y/n adamantly worked on her figure everyday, she started off her morning in the gym, went for a run at-least once a week, this was good n all but she slowly started slipping meals and going past them.

It was currently nearing 6pm and H had just come back from the studio and long day.

“Alright love?” He asks putting a hand on her waist and kissing her cheek as she was finalising dinner.

“Oh my god H” she giggled

“Y’made me jump! Didn’t hear y’come in” she smiled

“Was m’plan” he smirked kissing her again.

“How was y’day” he ask, reaching the top cupboard for too glasses knowing she wouldn’t be able to reach them.

“Was okay, got Tomorrow off so no excuse to get rid of me” she smiled.

“You?” She asked

“S’okay busy, happy to have our day tomorrow”

Dinner was finalised, and the both sat at the table speaking through there day to each other.

“Y’been to the gym today?” He asked

“Yeah” she answered.

“Did 2 hours in there today!!” She said proudly.

“M’proud of you darling, make sure we’re not overworking ourselves right?” He asks slipping her a look that was all too familiar.

“M’not, I just wanna stay, like this I guess?” She smiles.

“What do you mean baby? Y’gorgeous” he states.

“Have you eaten today?” He asks stopping in his tracks to watch her.

“Um” she wonders.

“I mean, m’eating right now, but I just wasn’t hungry really” she claims, taking another spoonful of her food to her mouth.

“Y/nnnnn” he playfully drags

“I promise I’ll eat more tomorrow, just, wasn’t hungry today!” She smiles.

“Y’did 2 hours in the gym and didn’t eat anything after?” He asks tone getting deeper and eyebrows raising.

“I really I didn’t mean to, I was running errands after and I forgot” she says standing up from her seat collecting the plates from them both.

H joins her in kitchen and helps her tidy up.

“Thanks H” she said.

“N’worries, thanks for dinner love” he says kissing her temple swiftly.

“Gonna get dressed, and then we can watch one of your bloody documentaries?” He smiles

“Y’know it H” she blushes.

They reluctantly parted, y/n found herself bundled up on the couch with a fluffy blanket awaiting her loves return, she found herself scrolling mindlessly on instagram.

When your current boyfriend has exes in the like of Kendall Jenner, cara delavine and Camille Rowe it’s often hard not to feel worse compared to them, curiosity took y/n over and she clicked on Camille’s instagram page, she was greeted with selfies, pictures of events she’s been too, her with her friends and various other things, her beautiful eyes, her shiny long hair, her model figure, she was straight out of a magazine.

Suddenly all of y/n’s work felt pointless, no matter what she would always be compared to these fashionable girls, that familiarity hits her once again.

She set her phone down and focused on the Tv in-Front of her and fell deeper into her fluffy blanket she was cuddling.

Without a word of exchange H joins her back on the sofa, sits next to the girl and guides her legs to his lap, allowing his fingers to gently trace over her shins and ankles.

“I love you” she says eyes remaining glued to the screen.

His movements stop and he turns his head to her.

“I love you too”

The night was slowly closing and the couple slowly started there evening routine.

Y/n was in there shared bathroom going through with her skincare before bed, a million thoughts popped up at once, she didn’t know if It was her anxiety or just her clear overthinking tendencies

Y/n glanced in the mirror, all she saw was all imperfections, she couldn’t even compare to Taylor swift or Kendall Jenner in anyway shape or form.

“Baby Y’alright?” Harry asked from the other side of the door.

She quickly tapped her phone to see the time just to realise she’s spent nearly an hour locked in the bathroom.

“Yeah baby m’now Coming out” she said shaking the train of though out of her head.

Silent tears roll down her face.

Him. He was so amazing in everything he did. His voice was safe. His words were so comforting. The thought of him not being around her terrified the shit out of her.

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Part 2 coming soon!

Hopefully you all like this! There will be a part 2 as I don’t want this to be a really long fic, because I have many ideas what I want done with this!!! 🤎

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alexanderlightweight · 1 year

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Prompter of that last one here absolutely crying with laughter over it! I had no idea what you would do with it but was not expecting that! Poor Alec is so traumatised, he started so serious trying to live up to Magnus's trust and his word for the downworlders, and taking Madzie's trauma so seriously, only to end up traumatised by baby launching fluids!

ahhh i'm so glad to hear that because i reread it before i posted it and i was just like 'wow this is not what anyone is going to expect because i dont understand how this happened and i wrote it'

Alec is very earnest in certain areas okay, but he also has his own issues and he's gonna try to get a handle on them. but if cat could stop making fun of him and sending him emojis of pregnant women and then the water drop emojis for even just a day he'd be very grateful.

magnus gives him a whole 57 hours of peace and then immediately joins in on the group chat with cat.

alec locks himself in magnus' closet and sulks for about 5 minutes before he's giving in and making comments himself.

'magnus, i had a transforming werewolf in my arms and the worst part of it was not her teeth or claws near my arteries. it was when her water broke. it was the most horrific experience of my life and i will cry if you ask me to it again. i will do it. but i will cry.'

Magnus cackling as Alec gets into retelling the story with flailing hands and waving motions, 'and then they tell me to wait! she's howling over my shoulder and we're both a mess and she's crying and i want to cry and then i have to get my jacket ready in case the baby comes because obviously it couldnt go on the floor -- magnus stop laughing it was horrible- and i let her break my hand a dozen times -magnus this was days ago, my hands fine i had an iratze active so she couldn't pulverize the bones-- and then i put my foot in it'

'i can't believe you asked her if the baby was safe to hold!'

'magnus the baby just came out of a vagina. a vagina that exploded all over me. I wasn't going to hold her without being sure it was safe!'

alec is very aware and understands that genitals dont make the gender and he's even wiling to try out something new if it is with magnus. however anything not to do with magnus is gross, especially if it's a vagina. look this all started because clary has a vagina (under the assumption she's cis) and rouse thought they were together.

alec's hatred of them went up by 200%. he has admitted this reasoning to magnus because magnus was concerned when they were talking about what alec is comfortable trying out with magnus (almost anything once). magnus now finds it hilarious and while he's somewhat sympathetic, alec did give him blanket permission to tease him about it.

cat just thinks the entire thing is hilarious

thank you for the prompt and the feedback!

#lumine talks to ppl #lumine rants about words #writing wednesday #writing wednesdays

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jennyandvastraflint · 3 months

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Would you like to do the following character asks for

Jenny Flint?

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

The thirteenth Doctor?

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to ths character? Something you don't like?

Captain Janeway?

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

Xena?

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

23. Favorite picture of this character?

Feel free to answer however many you want :) (And don't worry about spoilers, I'll be fine)

Yayyyy! Lots of stuff! Okay! Let's start this...

Jenny Flint

2. Favorite canon thing about this character? Oh man, there's a lot, I just love her sm... Okay, the first thing that jumped to my mind was "Jenny Flint canonically has a thing for scales" XDD So I'll just go with that, but she's just such a fabulous character!

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter? THOMAS FOSTER!!! I need him to come back in the audios, they can't introduce him for two episodes just to never bring him back :( Aside from that, let's say Strax even though those two are more like siblings!

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like? Bring up Jenny's scale kink. No I'm joking! I do like that but I think I really love exploring the complexity of her character, and I love her being a little cheeky XD The thing I don't like (but that could go for Jenny or Vastra honestly) is that canonically they are SOOOO bad at Communicating With Each Other sometimes.

Thirteenth Doctor

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in? Uhhh, just because my brain is currently obsessed with it, I wanna put her into the world of Xena! It'd serve for a really interesting plot, and the great thing is, with how bonkers Xena and Doctor Who both are, they literally could be meeting :D

10. Could you be best friends with this character? I wanna say yeah, I think so. I mean, we're like both autistic, traumatised... The one thing I would be a bit worried about is different energy levels, I'm not sure I'd be up for that much travelling and physical activitiy. But besides that? Sure, why not?

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like? I love when she's written as autistic! Having sensory issues, being a bit hyper, infodumping, etc. I can't think of something I don't like right now, I kinda just click away or scroll on when I don't like something XDD

Captain Janeway

1. Why do you like or dislike this character? I love her for how determined (bordering on stubborn sometimes), unhinged, and brilliant she is. Also she's obviously very attractive. She's brave and intelligent, and she's a fantastic captain!

6. What's something you have in common with this character? Hhhhh, we would die for Seven of Nine? I feel like there's not really much I have in common with Janeway. It's funny really, because in a bunch of ways we're very much opposites? She loves coffee, I don't and prefer tea, for instance.

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot? ☕ COFFEE. THERE'S COFFEE IN THAT NEBULA. And perhaps 🌌?

Xena (I have now finished two seasons and am not allowing myself to continue until my stuff for the semester is done)

9. Could you be roommates with this character? Mmmmmmmm, I honestly doubt it. I feel like she would drive me a bit insane after a while? Especially after seeing her just deck a guy with their only frying pan XD I feel like I'd get along better with Gabrielle as a roommate, but perhaps I would warm up and get used to Xena as well.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? This is an interesting one because my brain hasn't yet done any headcanoning it actually put into words? OH! Xena secretly enjoys Gabrielle telling her stories about her (like, narrating past adventures) and finds it endearing, and it helps her settle down and fall asleep. (is this me blatantly stealing a headcanon I also have for Jenny and Vastra because Gabrielle and Xena are Jenny and Vastra coded, maybe...)

23. Favorite picture of this character? I don't think I can pic a one distinct fave, so just have this image of her being cool with a sword :3

And also her and gf <3 Look at the lil sapphic babies

#character ask #jenny flint #thirteenth doctor #captain janeway #kathryn janeway #xena

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alyssapoprocks · 2 years

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I enjoy reading your posts, however in your last post there’s a couple things I disagree with:

1. You said Dk never acknowledges Bkgs wrongdoings, but isn’t that one of the core elements of Deku vs Kacchan (both 1 & 2) ? Along with other factors, the battles are meant to highlight the fact that deku ISN’T a pushover. Deku himself acknowledged that Bakugou was a jerk and that he refused to be his punching bag any longer, so it’s not like he never acknowledged that Bakugou treated him like shit.

2. You said Bakugou threw the headpiece at Deku because he was jealous of Deku’s progress, but it doesn’t make sense why Bakugou would be jealous even though other than AM, he is the main contributor for Dk’s quirk development. We also found out that later in the manga that he chose to help Dk train, not because he wanted to be involved with OFA and AM, but because he was geniunely trying to atone for his past actions. Additionally, his jealousy of Deku was put an end to after ground beta - so it doesnt make sense that he would be jealous. As for the headpiece, if you read the panel, Dk was on the verge of exposing the secrets of OFA - which is why Bkg threw the headpiece to stop him from spilling the beans, a promise he swore to keep after DvK2.

I do however agree on the other stuff and that more of Deku’s perspective on the bullying is needed, especially after Bakugou’s apology. During the apology he says he doesn’t remember what Bkg said after his sacrifice - So I think Deku may be too traumatised to form any cohesive thoughts to such a deep topic right now, but i’m sure his thoughts will be addressed later on.

1. I don't remember that, but I also think him saying it once and then actually continuing to let Bakugou do whatever and say whatever is counterproductive, anyway. I don't want them to fight to sort their issues out, I want them to have a mature and honest conversation where Midoriya tells Bakugou everything he's made him feel, and Bakugou really, truly sees the damage he did. Both physically and mentally.

2. I don't think Bakugou threw the headpiece at him out of jealousy, everything else in terms of his bullying was out of jealousy. The headpiece was just because he was annoyed, at least that's how I read it. There were definitely better ways for Bakugou to get him to shut up without physically hurting him, though, if that was actually the case. I only saw the small clip of that, so I don't have the full context of the scene, just that Kirishima praised Midoriya, and then Bakugou stabbed him lmao.

I just want Midoriya to say out loud everything Bakugou has made him feel, rather than just immediately forgive him and act like nothing happened. The way Bakugou treated him, I think having Midoriya just be okay with it is such a disservice to his character, especially considering he stood up to Bakugou when they were kids and Bakugou was bullying someone.

I just feel it needed to happen before this final arc. With the way they were paired up, I would have actually taken a conversation with them other the Midoriya and Uraraka one, despite how much I also wanted them to have a conversation after the rescue.

I honestly just think more should have happened between saving Midoriya and going into the final arc, it feels kinda rushed?

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Xerxes au snippet

The first official political overture the small desert nation of Xerxes makes towards Amestris in over fifty years is a year after the end of the Ishvalan Civil War. Though it is expected to concern the war, and the border between Amestris and Xerxes, or perhaps even Amestrian use of Alchemy in the war, is has nothing to do with the bloody conflict, or it's relation to Xerxes' famously pacifistic view on alchemy.

It is a simple, polite appeal to the Amestrian Government – an invitation for an Amestrian automail mechanic to join the Xerxesian court.

"Bit odd," Havoc mutters, after a copy of the letter has gone around the office a few times. "What do they need an automail mechanic for – isn't Xerxesian medical alchemy, like… world famous?"

"For given the value of fame, yes," Roy agrees, fingers crossed together and a thoughtful look on his face. "They say early Amestrian alchemists learned from Xerxesians. We still use a lot of their symbols in our alchemy – but if Xerxesian alchemists are world famous about anything these days, it's their reticence. No outsider has seen much about the way they go about things these days, if they even practice alchemy anymore."

Of course there are rumours, there are always rumours, and there's history – the great and wealthy kingdom of Xerxes, alchemically on top of the world and widely known for their wisdom and knowledge and the miracles they achieved… who reached too far, tried to achieve the power of gods, and got struck down by said gods for it. How accurate that is, no one knows, but it's known that some disaster hundreds of years ago devastated the kingdom, killed most of its people, and it never fully recovered. Now it's people can only barely scrape by, living in huts and caves and underground, and they don't treat with outsiders much beyond the absolutely necessary.

Beyond trade routes established to get Amestrian goods through Xerxes to Xing, there's never been much interest for Xerxes, except maybe for it's grand history and it's many ruins. It doesn't help that Xerxes, as far as anyone knows, has never really reached outside, keeping to its isolationist values – and since it has little to offer to other nations… no one reached back, either. As far as anyone knows, Xerxes hasn't advanced at all scientifically or technologically in the last hundred years.

Which makes the fact that they want specifically an automail mechanic, an craftsman of one of Amestris' most advanced technology, rather interesting, doesn't it?

"I hear they took a lot of Ishvalan refugees during the war," Fuery says – he's the one holding the letter, reading it through.

Roy hums grimly. There's that, though took in might be stretching it a bit. Xerxes didn't do much to protect its borders – there was no need, with a desert all around their kingdom. So, when Ishvalan refugees sought to escape the conflict and set out to the desert, there was nothing but the terrain itself to stop them. Who knows how many Ishvalans made it through the desert, on foot and probably hurt…

"Why'd they send this to our office?" Breda asks, casting a look at Roy.

"They sent it to Grumman who sent it to us," Roy sighs and leans back in his chair. "The Lieutenant General wants us to find a suitable mechanic and then escort them – along with the Fürher's greetings – to Xerxes. The mission isn't exactly time sensitive, but since we're in the East…"

There's probably many reasons it was thrown their way, really. Way to keep those uppity brats from East busy, easily justified with them being closest to the matter at hand. It also wasn't exactly vital as diplomatic missions go – but it was still a diplomatic mission to a foreign nation, which means that Roy would want to handle it himself instead of leaving it to any of his subordinates. Especially since it's to Xerxes – what Alchemist wouldn't give an arm and a leg for a glimpse at how Xerxesian alchemy is these days? So, it was expected that he'd go himself. Which would get him out of people's way for a while, and maybe open up a slot for someone else to be promoted to his place, depending how long it would take.

How annoying. Grumman can be one clever son of a bitch when he wants to be.

"Right," Roy says while his team exchanges looks. "I want a list of all automail mechanics of East on my desk by the end of the day – if you can figure out their feelings about Ishval and if they have any history with the Ishvalan Civil War, that'd be a plus. Get to work."

"Sir!" his team answers, and immediately get to it, Fuery and Fallman both heading out to probably check records, while Havoc fishes out a phone book and Breda gets the phone. Beside Roy, Hawkeye gives him a look.

"Should I start preparing for travel?" she asks mildly.

"If you please," Roy says, turning to his paperwork. "We'll take Breda with us."

"Understood."

Over the course of next two days, they list and investigate various automail shops in the east, Roy privately wincing at how many there are, and how many of them are less than a decade old. The Ishvalan Civil War had been a boon to the business, and a lot of mechanics from the south moved in to take advantage of the situation. Lots of new up and coming mechanics, cutting their teeth in on a lot of freshly traumatised soldiers.

It left a lot of them… unsuitable for a mission likely to involve Ishvalan refugees.

"Known for his Anti-Ishvalan sentiments," Breda says, crossing out another potential automail shop. "This one has a No Refugees sign on his shop front, which probably means the same thing. This one has a pretty high record of automail rejection syndrome. This one has had two patients die on the operation table…"

Roy rubs a hand over his forehead, already imagining having to reach for the Southern District to find someone sensible in Rush Valley, when Breda offers him a potential. "Rockbell Automail, in business for decades before the Ishvalan Conflict even began."

"Rockbell," Roy says, lifting his head. "Any relation to the two late Doctors Rockbell?"

"Yep. Son and daughter in law of Doctor Pinako Rockbell, the head mechanic of the shop," Breda says and lays the file on his desk. "Their daughter is currently an apprentice mechanic in the shop, too."

Roy grimaces at that, but accepts the file, leafing quickly through it. Old, well established shop, known for their skill and efficiency, with very high praise from a lot of former customers and no known record of either deaths on operation table, auto mail rejections, or any anti-Ishvalan sentiments. There is a slight issue of the head mechanic being an old woman and the only other mechanic being a young girl, but…

It's promising.

"Phone," Roy says, and Hawkeye quickly lifts it on his desk, turning it toward him so that he can dial easily.

"Rockbell Automail, Pinako Rockbell speaking," a woman's voice answers the phone promptly, her tone brisk.

"Doctor Rockbell, my name is Roy Mustang, I'm a Lieutenant Colonel from the East Area Headquarters – may I have a moment of your time?"

"Certainly," Doctor Rockbell answers, no noticeable change in her tone. "What can do for you, Lieutenant Colonel? Aside from automail, presumably."

"I am currently looking for a skilled automail mechanic to take part in a diplomatic mission, likely to involve Ishvalan refugees," Roy says. "Your shop came up as highly recommended."

"Hrm. What kind of diplomatic mission? Don't the military have their own automail mechanics?"

"There are some, but none in the Eastern Headquarters," Roy admits – probably because the East has such surplus of civilian mechanics these days. "And I'll be frank, the likely length of this mission makes it difficult to use any of our military mechanics. The mission is to Xerxes, and will likely take weeks, if not months."

"… Xerxes?" now the old woman's voice changes, growing a little incredulous.

"Yes, the Xerxes Royal Family sent the Amestrian government an appeal for a skilled automail mechanic to join their court, and I was tasked with the mission of finding one," Roy explains and leans back, turning to look out of the window while he talks. "You would be well compensated for your trouble, however long it would last."

"Is this… a permanent position? In Xerxes?" Still incredulous.

"We don't know as of yet, the treaties are yet to be drawn. You would naturally be part of the negotiations and your wishes and needs would be taken into account," Roy assures her. "I understand this is a bit much so suddenly, and I will hold it in no way against you if you refuse outright – though I am hoping that if that is the case, then perhaps you, as a well established mechanic, might be able to point me in the way of more suitable candidates…"

Honestly, with a shop as old and as well established as hers, Roy doubts very much she would take him up on the mission – she probably has a whole lot of regular clients and steady stream of income, and no need to move. But, it never hurts to ask.

The phone line is quiet for a moment as the old mechanic thinks. "I need to talk with my apprentice for a moment, can I call you back in, say, two hours?"

"Certainly," Roy agrees, and gives her his office number. "We'll be looking forward to your call."

"Right – one more thing. You said it's likely to involve Ishvalan refugees," Doctor Rockbell says. "How'd you mean?"

"We don't know for sure, the appeal didn't explain the need for a mechanic. But during the Ishvalan Civil War, many Ishvalan refugees fled to Xerxes. So we thought it safe to assume the two are connected."

"Ah," the mechanic says knowingly. "And they put a State Alchemist in charge of finding a solution."

Roy swallows. Ah. She knows about him. It's not entirely surprising, but… "They did indeed," is all he says. There's no real explanation he can give, no excuse. It is what it is."

"Hm," Doctor Rockbell answers, noncommittal. "I will call back in two hours."

And she does, accepting the mission with two conditions. The military would help her pack up her entire shop and all the materials and tools would be transported with them – which was understandable, even if it tripled the estimated convoy size. The other condition was that she was taking her eleven year old apprentice with her. Both conditions Roy readily agreed to, tasking Havoc and Fallman with her packing while the rest of the team arranged the convoy.

"Guess we're going to Xerxes then. We're going to need a lot of camels," Breda muses.

"Yes," Roy agrees and sighs. It would be a hard journey and probably a hard mission, and likely one for very little gain in the end. Still. Xerxes. His alchemy master would've killed for the opportunity. Might as well take full advantage of it, and learn whatever he can, even if it's only from broken murals on ancient ruins.

Hmm... not sure I’m getting Mustang’s voice right.

Edit: Also tumblr eats italics for breakfast apparently.

#fanfiction #fma #fullmetal alchemist #au #roy mustang #pinako rockbell #etc

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Ghosts theory- “sucked off” edition

Apologies for the title.

I have a theory about how each of the ghosts in Ghosts has a parallel with another Ghost and how this could be the key to them finally being able to move on, or “be sucked off’ as Mary would say.

Putting it behind a cut as this is extremely long and rambly. Spoilers for pretty much every episode of Ghosts

First of all I was listening to Mat and Jim on the Empire Spoilers podcast and Mat said something really interesting about how he intended “you stays how you dies” to refer to the ghost’s mental and emotional state, as well as physical. So Thomas always being obsessed with seeking love is because he died broken-hearted and Fanny always being so grumpy is because she died angry at her husband.

I believe, therefore, that if the ghosts were able to overcome each of their emotional blocks that would be the thing that would allow them to move on. Furthermore, each of the ghosts has another ghost that seems perfectly suited to be able to assist them in that.

Let’s go through them:

Thomas- Thomas died believing his love never loved him back and now is forced to spend eternity seeking for love as a ghost. If Thomas was able to find someone who could reciprocate his affections, this would the resolve that issue. In the Series 2 episode “About Last Night” when Alison drunkenly tells Thomas “if you were alive and I was 200 years older, then we might have…” we hear a choir start singing and Thomas is pulled, as if compelled, through the wall, similar to how Fanny is pulled forwards towards the window to jump when she “doesn’t even realise [she’s] doing it.” Thomas desperately craves love and affection from another person, but in life was constantly rejected by the people he loved most. You know who else that sounds like? Kitty.

Kitty- Like Thomas, she is from a wealthy family who sheltered her a lot growing up, but is ultimately good and tries to be honourable. Kitty also craves love and affection as well as companionship and she tries to seek it, first in Eleanor and then in Alison (because Alison reminds her of Eleanor, like how Alison reminds Thomas of Isabelle). However it comes up again and again that Kitty’s relationship with Alison isn’t as fulfilling to her as she would like it be because her being a ghost prevents her from sharing every activity with Alison, and Alison cannot show her physical affection. Kitty is trying to recreate aspects of her relationship with Eleanor using Alison as a substitute but this isn’t very healthy for her, as it simply traps her in the constant state of seeking affection that will not or cannot be returned fully. We don’t know the exact circumstances of Kitty’s death but after Series 3, if seems likely that her sister was in some way involved. Maybe what is keeping Kitty trapped as a ghost is her need for approval and love that she never got in life? But by seeking it in people who remind her of Eleanor exclusively, she is further trapping herself.

If Kitty and Thomas could find love with each other, they could each fulfil the other’s need for reciprocated affection. They are both equally needy so this quality wouldn’t likely annoy the other. Kitty seems to genuinely enjoy high romance in earnest and in finding an outlet for her love in Thomas, she could finally move on from her sister. Thomas would also find someone to love him and could devote himself completely to someone who would actually return his love, instead of fruitlessly pursuing women who remind of Isabelle’s rejection. This could lead to the resolution of both character’s finally moving on from their deaths.

Next up, let’s look at The Captain-

The Captain’s central conflict is obviously his sexuality. I believe that the resolution to this conflict would be him finally accepting and coming to terms with being gay and feeling comfortable with that part of his identity. Which ghost could best help him in this?

Fanny.

Maybe not the answer you were thinking, but hear me out. The Captain already has a strong positive relationship with Fanny built on mutual respect. He is more likely to value her opinion as an equal that any of the other ghosts and he seems to align himself with her on most issues. Which makes his choice to go against Fanny and defend the same-sex wedding and its guests to her in “Perfect Day” really remarkable.

In “Perfect Day”, Fanny expresses some pretty disapproving remarks about the wedding guest’s attire and some homophobic opinions about the same-sex wedding in general, which prompts the Captain to defend one of the guests to Fanny. “It’s chic, it’s now, and if it makes her feel fabulous…”

Imagine a scene where The Captain has to defend himself towards Fanny in a similar manner after coming out, showing that he is finally accepting of his sexuality as being the right thing for him.

Anyway, that was a slight digression…

Fanny is still struggling to deal with the circumstances of her own death which was brought about in part because she caught her husband having an affair with other men. Fanny needs to accept and come to terms with the fact that her husband didn’t love her and that while he was obviously wrong for murdering her, she needs to move on so she can stop reenacting it by jumping out the window every morning. Because she died feeling angry and betrayed, she is trapped in that state in death. Discovering that one of her closest friends is gay and realising that it is possible for someone to be both gay and a good person might prompt her to think differently about her own life, as she started do with Humphrey in Perfect Day.

The Captain, in turn, could be driven by Fanny’s ability to accept his sexuality into thinking ‘if she can accept that part of me, then maybe I can too.’ Personally, out of all the ghosts, I think it could only be Fanny who could prompt him to think that because it would mean the most to him coming from her.

Humphrey- Humphrey died because he was trying to protect Sophie, who rejected any attempt to get to know him and who he believed didn’t even like him. In death he is trapped in a state of being a selfless self-sacrificing people-pleaser and desperately wanting to be included in the other ghost’s activities, even allowing himself be kicked and thrown around if it means he can just be involved. In ‘I Love Lucy’ he even attempts to make a relationship with Fanny work, showing he is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for the sake of others.

Julian, by contrast, is the most selfish of all the ghosts at Button House. Deep down he feels guilty that his selfishness negatively affected the relationship with his daughter but seems not to be consciously aware that he feels like this. Julian’s selfishness to not spend time with his family ultimately leads to his death in Button House, as he neglected his family to spend more time at work and was clearly cheating on his wife, showing he is driven by selfish impulses.

If Julian were to perform a completely selfless act to the benefit of Humphrey, then Humphrey would get to feel as though someone was putting him first for once and valuing him the way he seeks to be valued. Julian would also break the pattern of selfish behaviour that caused his downfall.

The rest are little less well-defined:

Pat is the probably the ghost that we know the most about, through seeing his death and actually meeting his family in “Happy Death Day”, to the numerous anecdotes he reveals about his life throughout the show. However, I can’t decide for sure what is the thing that is keeping him a ghost. Pat himself seemed to think it was that he was missing his family, but this was ultimately proved wrong after he saw them again in ‘Happy Death Day’. Even meeting the boy who killed him and forgiving him in ‘Perfect Day’ didn’t cause him to move on. It could be something to do with Carol’s affair with Maurice but I just don’t know for sure. I like the idea of him fitting in with the plague ghosts. I think his personalty and leadership style would get along better with them than say, The Captain, who is too authoritarian. I also think Pat is someone who thrives in a group setting.

Robin and Mary are also tricky to work out what the thing keeping them as ghosts is because we know so little about their lives and deaths compared to the other characters. I think these are the only two ghosts who have not yet received a flashback to their lives. We know that Mary was in some way involved a witch-trail and this has traumatised her. Robin also has experienced a lot of trauma in his life but he seems to be more philosophical about it and accepting of it. He shows great empathy towards others both in trying to comfort Pat about his death in “Happy Death Day’ and Kitty in “About Last Night’, he could use his experience of trauma to help Mary deal with hers. They both seem to be looked down upon and ‘othered’ by the other ghosts due to their perceived lack of intelligence even though they are both very emotionally and socially intelligent.

If anyone has any thoughts about these last two pairings or any of the others, then please reblog and add your take!

I am not in any way saying that I think this is what will happen in the next series or what even I think should happen, but that this is one possibilities for much further down the road when the ghost are all ready to move on.

Also I have spent way too much time thinking about this…

#bbc ghosts #the captain #kitty bbc ghosts #thomas thorne #julian fawcett #robin bbc ghosts #mary bbc ghosts #fanny button #headless humphrey #plague ghosts #pat butcher #Horrible Histories #mat baynton #ben willbond #jim howick #larry rickard #martha howe douglas #simon farnaby

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lurking96 · 3 years

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Chapter 319 or why Bakugou might not be healthy for Izuku

This here might be a bit on the anti Bakugou side. I tagged it as such so you can filter those out and put it under a read more if you dont want to read it.

So. In the last day I did read a few opinions on the chapter leaks. What some think will happen and so on. Some from Pros some from Antis. This again is an opinion. It is not absolute. I do not claim it to be the absolute truth. This is just my personal interpretation. What I think that will happen is that Class 1A lead by Bakugou will fight Midoriya to try to bring him back. I don’t think talking to him will happen with Bakugou there. As one of Bakugous coping mechanisms is fighting. However with that come problems. I can understand the reasoning behind fighting him. A little talk will most likely not make him come back. However it might ease things. Might make him a tiny bit calmer. Might not make things worse. Fighting however will make things worse. Izuku is already on edge. He is already filled with paranoia. He hasn’t slept or eaten well. He might do rash decisions. He is not in a healthy mental state. And here we have it. His friends, his supposed allies are fighting him. The people he wants to protect went out and attack him. Out in their costumes. Ready for battle. A kinda scary scene overall. You dont see their faces. You feel anger coming from them.

It might bring some memories back to Izuku if you compare it with another picture.

Just like the picture before Bakugou is kinda in the foreground.He is leading just like back then he was leading his so called “extras” This might bring back memories to Izuku. Again he is sleep deprived. His mind might not work the sharpest. For all he knows it´s like back in his other schools where Bakugou lead his group of “extras” to attack Izuku. He might fight back stronger than intended. He might just try to flee even more. Overall it is not very helpful to him. Because a part of the reason for Izukus mental health is Bakugou. Not in a kind of friendship way but more as a cause. Bakugou to put it simply had been Izukus main bully. They were never apart. From preschool to UA. They were in the same class. With team exercises they were together. Izuku never had a break from him. He was never allowed to have time without him. From early on Bakugou has called him useless, worthless, what does one think the name Deku means. Has been using his quirk on him without the teachers caring. Before people say that is long ago. It is not. Right now they are in their second year. How did their first year start. Bakugou trying to attack Midoriya. Trying to kill him. Insulting him where he goes. It is not long ago. And even if it was like 300 or so chapters ago. That still happened. That is still the characters backstory. Honestly you are fine to like a character. But one should recognize that a character has flaws. No character is perfect. Saying that you like a character and saying that they are an asshole that needs to change can coexist. I like Overhauls aesthetic and quirk. Am I okay with what he did. Nope. Would I want him set on fire. Yes. Simple as that. Now back to it. In chapter 319 we hear Bakugou say that Izukus self sacrificial nature is caused by All Might. This. I do not agree with. Again. Who has called him worthless, a pebble on the road, useless, a deku for years. It was not All Might. Izuku has incredible low self worth. If it means saving a cat from a tree he would break his legs. He doesnt care for himself. He sees himself as worthless and only as somewhat useful when he is saving people. It got drilled into him from a young age. This is not something simple that is left behind after a few days. It can take years. And so far he has nothing contrary to those ideas. There are three people that know of his former quirklessness. His mom. Who is kinda supposed to love him. All Might who never really went back on the quirkless hero thing and Bakugou who still insults him for it. Everyone else only knows him with his quirk. Only knows him with being useful. Just because he has a quirk now doesnt mean that quirkless Izuku has ever left his mind. Yes All Might is not perfect. He has flaws. Those flaws are shown and others call him out. Could he have done more. Yes. Could he have helped him mentally. To a degree. But again. All Might is flawed. He is not perfect. All Might is shown to lack social skills. Seeing Bakugou just as rival or Endeavor who has open hate for him as friends. He never had a normal relationship. And again he was not the cause for Izukus psyche. He didnt lay the groundwork. With Bakugou blaming it on All Might. The guy that is not there and can’t protect himself he is doing something one could call damage control. He is not telling the entire truth. For the truth would hinder his dream of becoming number one and reduce his social standing. Him telling others that he is even partly responsible would surely open more questions later he would want to avoid. He also calls Midoriya crazy which is a tactic used to discredit a victim. Same for him making things up and overexaggerating and so on. He did do damage control before. A bit ago he told All Might that he was bullying Izuku in the past. You would think It´s something positive. But here is the thing. He lacked details. He didnt tell him much. For all we know All Might assumed some rough housing and name calling. Nothing that bad. It is to soften the blow. So if Izuku tells him later All Might is already in the mindset that it wasn’t so bad. Bakugou seems not that he would lie and my successor must be overexaggerating a bit. Bakugou is not that dumb. He knows his way around words. He knows when to not openly attack and wait for a better chance. A fool would have kept attacking Izuku after Aizawa held him back. He was just waiting for the training with All Might. He knows what buttons to push to get information out of Izuku. He basically forced the OFA secret out of him. One could call this a good use of crocodile tears if they so want. If they dislike him that much. Again an opinion of many. As of Chapter 319. He might have good intentions. He might want something good for Izuku. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Good intentions are not an excuse. Just because Bakugou thinks it is the best doesn’t mean it will be automatically the best. Just because the dog wants the chocolate bar doesnt mean it will be healthy for anyone involved. Bakugou being there might be quite detrimental to Izukus health. He might just open up wounds again. Izuku fighting class 1A would probably not increase his trust. And what are they going to do if they win. Tie him up, drug him, force him back. He will just try to escape. His trust in them will be broken. He might allow some sleep but it will never be the same. He already had trust issues before this will just expand them further. Isolate him further. This is what AFO wants. To have the heroes fighting with eachother. To have the OFA holder isolated and even branded as Villain for fighting as hero class. 1A winning is also a big IF. Shigaraki fought Gigantomachia and the MLA sleep deprived and incredible tired and won. Shigaraki and Izuku are foils. Two sides of the same coin. Izuku had a year to analyse their quirks. He has a bunch of quirks for himself and OFA mastered far more than anytime before he trained with them. He has become a natural disaster in human form. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he defeats them and leaves. To me the good option would be trying to talk to him. Not let Bakugou do the talking. He lacks the fine control. Get him in the direction of rest. Sadly none of them are trained professionals to deal with mental health. They are children that just fought in a war and also got traumatised. So I dont have great hope on them taking the talking route. Overall I think this will be a breaking point. They will fight. Izuku will most likely win and his trust will be broken even more. He will be even more isolated. His personality might take a darker turn seeing as there is no one he can trust. It might just get even darker than before.

#anti bakugou #bakugou critical #bnha #my hero academia #izuku midoriya #bnha chapter 319 #Opinions are Opinions

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Stories From Alternate Universes: Yandere!Seonghwa

To understand the storyline of Dr Gertrude, please read the Stories From Alternate Universes; ATEEZ Version (headcannon masterlist).

To understand the Yandere storyline, please read the Eight Yandere Stories From An Alternate Universe (Yandere!ATEEZ headcannon masterlist)

Warnings: yandere behaviour, isolation, alienation, monitoring/stalking (?), emotional abuse, manipulation, forced restrictions, sexual harassment, use of drugs (spiking), possessiveness, objectification

Word Count: 5.4k+ (not including Doctor’s Notes)

A/N: I don’t think I need to justify when I say that everything in His Story is royally fucked up and should not happen to anyone. It is illegal to sexually harass someone, and also extremely traumatising for any and all victims. This includes touching or any form of sexual activity, unwanted or coerced are both forms of lack of consent. If being in a relationship with someone makes you lose your friends and/or family, it’s not a healthy relationship--they should have no say over who you can or can’t see. In no way am I trying to romanticise toxic and yandere behaviour shown, and in fact, I actively discourage anyone from doing anything shown below. Please be safe.

Doctor’s Notes:

Park Seonghwa is one of two out of my case studies that isolates his victim, stemming from his worship over them. Some behaviours and characteristics I’ve noticed while studying him are as follows:

As he has narcissistic tendencies, he wants his significant other to match the level he sees himself on--wants them to be worthy enough for him to claim them as his, publicly and privately

Finding a victim who he deems satisfactory enough to be his partner, he will begin to detach them from society and make them dependant on him

The previous point is so that the longer time goes on, the less likely his victim would leave him as they would find it difficult to integrate back to society due to their dependency and loss of ability to socialise as they would normally do due to their prolonged isolation (which had caused many further changes to them)

However, his victim is kept close enough to civilisation in order to not arouse suspicion from the general public--and when this occurs, he makes sure his partner has similar treatment to that of a goddess, subsequently causing resentment from peers and further alienating them

Prefers control over his victim and so monitoring them closely is one of his priorities

To acquire his victim, he uses his very good social skills, status, sob-stories--almost anything to get them in his grasp

Never physically harms his victim as body worship is a vital thing to him, so leans towards emotional abuse

Appointed Nickname: The Pompous

For more detailed information of His Story, continue reading

His Story:

Seonghwa, as a child, rarely ever showed his real face to people. Always being kind, always putting up a wall to stop people from seeing his emotions. Many do this--and usually this causes them to be even more guarded in later life, cautious about who they opened up to out of fear of getting hurt.

But Seonghwa never particularly liked to go with the grain.

This wall of his, the one he put up around his heart, had festered. Beating organ infected with the same poison that grew around that guard he put up. Somewhere along the line, his innocent thoughts of ‘do not put your issues on others’ turned into a more malicious ‘no one is worth my precious thoughts’.

A fairly drastic turn, but it had happened nonetheless.

To others, he was all smiles and sunshine. Even to the interns, which in his industry of film, were infamous for being treated like shit.

It was how he could persuade people to look his way, to pay heed to his needs without uttering so much as a sentence.

You?

You saw right through his little act--though it was pretty good, you’ll have to admit. Then again, he was the nation’s best actor, with more than a few golden trophies paraded on his shelves.

You weren’t sweet to him as he was to you, and your co-workers and friends chastised you for ‘being so rude’. It wasn’t ‘rude’ when he was the one being so fake in the first place.

At first, your cold behaviour was nothing to worry about, Seonghwa thought. Everyone melts eventually, and you were just another soul he’d add to his collection. Yet, the longer you stuck him out, the more he began to notice you.

Sure, his ego was hurt a little--it was unavoidable--but more than that, he was impressed.

Clearly you weren’t what he thought you to be. Just another spineless art director. You had potential--a lot more than you let off in this job which, upon closer inspection of the scenes you created, you worked harder than you were given credit for.

And with that sharp brain of yours... Well, letting you rot here would just be a waste. Why settle for something less than what you’re worth when you could have the only other person who was on your level (though he’d like to think he was just a tad bit higher)?

You were worthy of Park Seonghwa from the way you made him run in circles, no matter how short-lived it was. Granted it wasn’t something he was okay with you doing to him again, but it was the gift he recognised in you.

He needed to have your heart.

How he would do it was through simple kindness and perseverance--since apparently his usual charms of confidence and smiles just didn’t cut it for you. Would help you with sets (much to your annoyance since he could only be a hindrance with your work but others seemed to disagree), pop up unannounced with bags of food in your office to ‘just hang out’, or even walk you to your car after late shoots.

Safe to say you were pissed from the constant bothering. So much so you ended up blowing up at him in private, cautious of prying eyes and considerate for both of your reputations on set. From the sudden attention he was showing you, you just didn’t want any more rumours going around than there already had been.

Unfortunately, that had only ended with Seonghwa in tears, looking like a wounded puppy as he wondered off to leave you with a heavy heart. You didn’t mean it the way you had said it, but with the constant pressure from the director and now him, it all tumbled out a bit too bluntly.

That, you’ll admit.

For the next two days, shooting had to be cancelled because Seonghwa had called in sick--’too sick to even function’.

One part of you thought this was just him being the fantastic actor he is, doing his best to make you feel guilty for what you had said. Yet, there was still the other half of you which wondered if this was actually true--the mere idea stuffing you with shame for any previous thoughts of him being a Drama Queen.

Oh boy, you were in for a lot more of that when you ultimately decided to visit him to see if you were right and also apologise for the harshness of your words.

Seonghwa was, for once, unwell. No one could fake the weak posture, the wearily sleepy eyes that kept drooping--fighting to keep open, the extreme flush of his cheeks and forehead. Even his nose became unnaturally ruddy from wiping it raw with tissues.

He couldn’t have had greater luck.

None of this was part of his plan but seeing you standing there with a bouquet of gerbera daises of various warm colours, with eyes wide with concern when you saw the state he was in. Well, that sight was too precious to pass up.

So, he milked this opportunity for all it was (a skill he learned on his journey to become an actor as famous as Idris Elba and Emma Watson) and you gave in, consumed by your own feelings of remorse. Attended to his every need after he explained there was no one who could look after him. Stayed with him as long as it took to nurse him back to proper health, always covering up with the excuse that he needed to get back on set as soon as possible.

But the two of you knew that was not the case--specifically after your late-night ramblings of atonement for your harshness.

When he had eventually returned, he couldn’t help but feel a lot closer to you, feel that you were indeed the only one deserving of him.

Lingering feelings of something you couldn’t quite put your tongue on levelled the air between the both of you, having you more on edge than before. His usual antics now felt less of irritating, more...bothersome. As in, you were simply more aware of his presence than before, even during the times where he wasn’t pestering you.

Usually so sure of how you read people, from the previous incident of Seonghwa’s illness, you were extremely hesitant with how you interpreted his actions. With his easy acceptance of your repenting speech, adding to his reluctance to get any help from you when he was at his worse point, you wondered if you had been wrong about him all this time.

If so, you were a humongous bitch--not to mention an absolute idiot for letting someone as nice and kind as him to slip through your fingers in a world where it’s hard to find anyone decent.

If only you knew just how wrong you were.

A rap-tap-tap came from the desk you were working at, right in front of you. Mind occupied with too many thoughts for you to even notice the very last person you wanted to see walk right into your office, bag of smelling of something sweet and fried and two cups of a hot beverage.

Seonghwa noticed the expression you made upon seeing him here--clearly off-guard. Somewhat irked him that you didn’t expect his presence by now, but that’s something that you’ll get used to in good time.

“For once you didn’t yell at me to leave while I was at the doorway. Something must be wrong,” he chuckled, but his words only served to remind you of the error you made a few weeks prior.

“Sorry,” you mumbled, looking back down at you unfinished plans for the next project you would be working on as this shoot was soon to end.

He pressed his bottom lip between his two rows of perfectly straight teeth, placing the bag and cups down before making his way around and sitting on the oak of the table. “Don’t be. Just joking,” he offered a sweet smile, and the next thing you knew, he had his hand resting on your cheek, stroking it tenderly with his thumb.

But just like that, it was gone.

“Got some sugar donuts for the both of us,” he lifted the bag only to shake it, both of you able to hear the loose grains of snow-white sweetness rustling around. “Also got hot chocolate. The weathers getting colder so I thought I’d be nice.”

He watched carefully as your lips flickered into a hesitant smile before returning to that straight line. Must’ve had a lot on your mind, because for the first time, you actually took the hot chocolate he brought you, accompanied with a weak “thanks.”

The chuckle that escaped him sounded more like disbelief to you, but to him it was more of triumph than anything. Wanting to see how far you were going to go, he carefully ripped open the bag to act as a makeshift plate. Admittedly the scent of sugar donuts had your mouth watering, but you couldn’t allow yourself to take more than one.

Not when his closeness was the only thing you could pay attention to--that and also how fast your heart was knocking against your ribs, wondering if it really was that loud. You certainly didn’t want Seonghwa to know.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

You averted your eyes, shame heating your face for not even noticing you were staring at him. “Nothing.”

“Really?” A brow of his lifted in a questioning manner. “I’m not quite sure I believe you. First, you accepted the things I got you. Now you’ve gone all shy on me. Where’s the grouchy Y/N I know and love?” His gentle fingers lifted to brush the apple of your cheek as a tease.

He’s been doing that quite a lot lately, touching your cheeks as if they were the softest thing in the world. You’d let him because... well, what else could you do? He was just being nice.

Right?

“It’s fairly late so she’s asleep,” you took a crack at a joke that seemed so bland as it came out of your mouth, but he let out a breathy laugh anyway. “Speaking of, why aren’t you asleep? It’s almost midnight.”

Gazing at you while you placed the donut in his hand and grabbed another for yourself, Seonghwa thought he could leap over the moon with joy that his queen was finally opening up to him, thinking about him.

And also because you were about to eat what he got you--a little something added into it as well. Wouldn’t even be able to taste it with all that sugar in there too.

“Why would I sleep when I know you’re slaving away in here all by your lonesome?”

He’d known how hard you were working, for so late at night in your office at the warehouse where the final shooting was happening.

“Because you need your beauty sleep for tomorrow while I do not. It’s important that you look after yourself.”

He’d also known that you were more prone to agree to something since saying ‘no’ requited energy for thinking and explaining why.

“That may be well and all, but you’re important to me.”

It’s why he felt like right now was the time to push the question.

“Sure I am. You must be really bored if you’re bothering me this late at night.”

The question that would make you his.

“Would I ask you out on a date if I was bored?”

Snorting, the fatigue in your eyes melting away in an instant, you shook your head in disbelief. “Yes. Many people do.”

“Do I seem like the type?”

“I don’t know you well enough to make that judgement,” you mumbled, bringing the fresh donut to your lips and taking a bite into the warm fluffiness. Lies. Both Seonghwa and you both knew it--though for slightly different reasons.

You knew his persona well enough to know he wouldn’t play with your heart--at least not as haphazardly like that. But he knew that you were the final touch to him. One of the few things he had left to do in life before he could say he was complete.

The only cherry he would allow on top.

“I think that you do,” he whispered, face becoming so close, you could hardly feel anything else other than the warm breath fanning over your skin that smelled distinctly like the contents of your cup, the way his lips brush just against yours. Almost touching, but not quite there.

What was wrong with you, you don’t know. Perhaps it was the intimate setting, or the rain that had just began to hit against the window, or the warmth radiating from him that suddenly made you feel so cold.

What ever it was, it had you leaning in, firmly planting your lips together in a soft, rhythmic dance. A melody you’d hear from a music box. A happy ending in a fairytale.

Why did the two of you mould together so well?

Why was it so hard for you to pull away?

Why were you so tired?

He pulled away, with your lips reaching out to be lulled back to heaven with those soft lips of his. Seonghwa could see the pills he crushed up and mixed into the bag was taking affect. You were so drowsy, it was adorable.

“Tell me you’ll be mine. Tell me you only want me. Tell me you’re going stay by my side.” Forever.

“I’ll be yours,” you muttered, not able to see--even think--straight, except him.

“Say it. Say the rest.”

“I’m going to stay by your side."

“And?”

“I only want you.”

You could see nothing but darkness and his tender smile--though was it really that tender? You’re not sure. But the last thing you remember before fully releasing yourself to the temptation of sleep was feeling his soft lips on yours once more.

“Good.”

You had woken up the next morning with a horrible headache. The next thing you focused on was your surroundings--initially somewhat familiar but the cleanliness of the room, the lingering scent...

You were in Seonghwa’s bedroom.

Bile began to rise, upon last night’s memories came flooding back, your hands ripping away the covers from your body only to see...you were in the same clothes?

Of course you were, you hit your head over thinking that he would take advantage of you when you had knocked out so suddenly like that.

But upon realising that, you wondered just how you managed to reach such an exhausted state. Were you working too much? Was there too much stress? You’re not sure, nor do you quite believe the explanations.

You hadn’t skipped meals, you slept an adequate amount, you took care of your health. The last thing you remember having was the food Seonghwa bought. Then again, what would he benefit out of you being unconscious and, from the circumstance you woke up in, well looked after? Especially if he had not done anything.

Sighing as you ran your hands over your face, you chided yourself for constantly thinking bad about the actor. After all, if he wanted to something, he had ample opportunity to do so instead.

When you finally faced him that day, you found him whipping up something to eat in the kitchen wearing a white shirt, black pyjama pants, and a grey apron that matched his slippers, clearly in good spirits if the humming and skip in his step was anything to go by.

Once he noticed your presence--surprisingly quickly--he gave you a quick kiss on the cheeks, mumbling in a rather raspy voice a ‘good morning’ and ‘did you sleep well?’

Of course you were slightly thrown off by this behaviour, but you answered him nonetheless. He feigned ignorance to what he did as he spoke to you, joking about how you must’ve been seriously exhausted to fall asleep during an important conversation like that, but it was okay. You were a hard worker. He got it.

Maybe you really were exhausted? But that was not the vital thing that needed to be addressed at the moment.

Upon the mention of the two of you dating, a joyous grin stretched across his lips as he placed another kiss on the opposite cheek. But when he felt the discomfort in the air, he immediately stilled, getting into character.

Whispered with tears in his eyes that you were having second thoughts, that he wasn’t good enough to make you stay with him. Hell, wasn’t even good enough to make you stay for more than a day.

Seeing the happiness stripped from him by your hesitance, you shook your head, trying to tell him that he deserved someone much better and that you were tired.

That only served to make things worse.

You weren’t sure how the situation ended up with him elated, arms wrapped around you as he peppered you with kisses everywhere. How it ended up with you agreeing to date him--fully awake and somewhat aware of your actions.

That was exactly what happened.

And from then it only became worse for you.

During shooting, Seonghwa had told everyone--without informing you that he was going to do so--that the two of you were exclusive. Obviously, you felt uncomfortable, but you didn’t want to make him upset nor have others spread rumours that you were some heartless bitch who denied the lover-boy who had been nothing but kind and sweet.

Park Seonghwa being that lover-boy would’ve only turned it into more of a scandal, that could have had the potential of affecting your job.

So you stayed quiet.

You stayed quiet when he kept being close to you during shootings, despite the fact you hated everyone’s eyes on you. You stayed quiet when he began to ask more questions about your next shoot, who you’re working with, where you’ll be, once filming was over. You stayed quiet when he started to invade your space by making you move into his place.

However, two years later, you had finally had enough when he spoke to your next project’s producer if he could choose someone else since--apparently--the two of you were going to get married soon and you needed time to plan.

What pissed you off the most was how Seonghwa had never bothered to tell you about any of this. Not about this proposal that happened to form from thin air, not about his talk with your boss.

No, all he did was ask you to keep a diamond ring on your ring finger at all times. You simply brushed it off as per usual--innocently thinking it another one of his expensive gifts, but this time it was too much.

When you were thrown into the role of ‘fiancée’, being told by a someone else, no less, was too damn much.

Head cocked to the side, you let out a confused chuckle. “What do you mean?”

Your co-worker giggled as she nudged you with her arm playfully. But it certainly didn’t feel like it. “Oh, don’t hide it! Everyone knows! Park Seonghwa told the producer to tell us as well!”

“Tell you what?” You smile had dropped, as did your heart. What did he do this time?

“That he wanted you to take a break so you can get ready for your wedding! Which--speaking of, we were told to kick you out if we saw you here,” she joked, but you had found no humour in it. “Boss’ orders. Don’t want you to collapse from exhaustion while planning.”

You couldn’t recall what happened after that, everything just tuned out and the next thing you knew, you were glaring at your supposed-fiancé who just got out of the shower.

“How dare you.” It was nothing short of a whisper, but he heard you.

Then his grin that always seemed to be there whenever he sees you had dropped. “Don’t speak to me like that.”

“Then how else am I supposed to speak to you?” Running a hand over your face, hoping to wake up from this nightmare, you began pacing the room as he took a seat at the foot of the bed. Nothing much changed in his room since you arrived, since he was very particular with the place you both lived in. “How could you interfere with my work like that? How could you tell people that we were getting married?”

“Why?” he spoke, though it almost sounded like a growl. “Did you not think that we were going to get married one day?”

The prospect of marriage was such a daunting one--one that you thought you’d have more time to think about. Now, you have no time left nor do you apparently have a choice in the matter either. “That’s not the point, Seonghwa. That’s not--” you voice broke, tears already accumulating in your eyes to make everything blurry. “I thought you’d at least ask me first--to spend the rest of my life with you. At least give me a choice.”

His face was soft as he got up, wrapping you up in his bare arms, a white towel loose around his hips the only thing covering him. His hair that had yet to dry dripped water onto you. But you couldn’t tell when you were sobbing as hard as you did.

“Why would I,” he murmured, “when I knew what your answer was going to be anyway?”

His answer only had you shaking violently, terrified by his response. Of course he still had to give you the choice.

He took your tear-stained face into his large hands, looking somewhat unamused. It did not help the fear you were feeling. “What? Were you going to refuse me? Were you going to play me when you said you wanted to go out with me? Are you really that despicable?”

Gathering as much strength as you could, you shook your head, trying to signal a ‘no’. Actually, you weren’t sure what exactly was going through your head when you agreed that night, nor why you didn’t simply reject him the morning after. All of a sudden, your no-nonsense attitude dissipated into thin air; you couldn’t say ‘no’ to him.

Not when you cared about your reputation and work at the same time, and more importantly, trying to prove to yourself that you weren’t a horrible human.

Seonghwa knew you cared about what your peers thought of you and he knew you cared about your work. Him being such a talented actor, with most of the world fawning at his feet, including those who worked with him. It gave him the position to lord that over your decisions, to keep you right where you should be.

By his side.

And this act of defiance that you had shown, behaving the way that you just did upon hearing of your marriage...

Well, that behaviour just won’t do.

Bringing you to his bare chest, feeling the warm tears streaming down his torso, he stroked your hair. “You’re a good girl, aren’t you?”

You nodded, not really thinking of the deep whisper in your hair as he rubbed your back. You weren’t a bad person. You weren’t.

“That’s right. You’re my good girl. You’re mine. Remember that--can you do that for me?”

What had happened to you? Why were you so complacent? What has he done to you those two years that now has you turned into a dog keep to have its master’s favour?

You don’t know.

You don’t know anymore.

You don’t have the energy to know.

You just do.

“Yes,” you breathed.

“So you’ll not go to work, okay? You stay with me, and we plan this wedding of our together, okay, baby?”

“Okay.”

Anything to take the guilt away.

Although that feeling had dissipated into thin air, you found a certain emotion returning to you, creating a lump in your throat ten times bigger than anything you’ve ever felt before.

Hopelessness.

You couldn’t get out of this--not without destroying what career you have left, that’s what Seonghwa had insinuated every time you asked to postpone any event pertaining to the wedding.

Funny thing, that. Since he never actually let you get back to work. To do the job that you worked so hard for, the one you loved so much.

After the wedding--almost everything being his preferences--you were to stay home. You had to stay home.

Seonghwa didn’t seem to understand that you loved what you did, designing and making sets. All he ever thought when you asked to return was that there was some... other incentive for you to go back--because why would you waste precious sweat and sleep for money he could already provide you?

The first time, he said it was a subordinate. The second, it was the current director. The third was one of the producers. All of a sudden, you turned into a ‘whore’, as he so eloquently put it, and he wasn’t enough to satisfy your needs. The same thing he’d say whenever you’d refuse his advances.

The old you would’ve slapped him until his cheeks were raw and bleeding.

God knows where that person is gone.

You life consisted of your home--it’s walls now reminding you of an insane asylum. Maybe you’d be better treated there. You would be, but Seonghwa’s constant “only I could love you and give you all this, so be grateful” arguments kept playing in your head.

If someone says something enough times, the sad thing is that you begin to believe it too.

And you believed him.

He liked it that way, to think that you were indebted to him for giving you such a good life--that’s what he always told himself. So that’s what he believed.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t hide you away for long. He had appearances to keep up too, and having a partner that used to be so involved with showbiz suddenly seeming as if she was allergic to the spotlight entirely? No, that would raise too many questions, draw too many eyes.

So he gave the public little glimpses. Of the two of you cuddled up together, of the two of you going out for dinner, of you in gorgeous dresses only he could afford when you accompanied him at award shows.

But even with all of this, he kept you so isolated that you no longer knew how to speak to people without a racing heartbeat, feeling sick to the point you wanted to throw up, a nervous stammer threatening to topple you over like a jenga tower with too many pieces taken out of it.

Being with your husband for as long as you were, it didn’t come without it’s drawbacks--those being that he would put thoughts into you head. How you’re doing everything wrong, when only it was only different to how he wanted.

And, mind you, he’d never tell you how he wanted it to be done. He was still the type to keep things close to his chest; it was only you that changed--but that was hard to focus on when you had to tread a minefield which he created.

Now you were constantly in that mindset that something was about to blow up.

Even if it wasn’t Seonghwa.

Sips of some fizzy beverage burned your throat. Alcohol wasn’t an option at these events, nor for you in this current state--Seonghwa had made that clear. Something about you not being able to control your tongue nor your body.

Didn’t really take any chances the first time he said it; already used to his commands. But the fizz gave you the same burn in your throat that you strangely craved.

It took your mind off the fact that people were desperate to talk to you, the esteemed Mrs Park. The whole film industry was too talkative and showy for your liking, especially now more than ever, your first appearance after the news of your pregnancy.

Even the little one growing inside your stomach was doing somersaults at the idea of you slipping up. Suddenly, you wanted to be back to your husbands side, he did all the talking, drew in all the attention, so that you did not have to.

It was times like this you truly began to believe he was doing you a favour, that he was a godsend for stepping in when you were most uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, at this moment, there was a couple coming your way, a glint of intended conversation in their smiles.

Shit.

“Hey! How are you?” the woman smiled, someone you vaguely recall working with in the past, when you used to work as an art director. God, it seems so long ago...

“I-I’m good. How are you?” You’re not sure if it came out too quickly--you thought it came out too quickly. You hope they couldn’t notice the sweat on your brow--you think they would under all this bright lighting. Please, you prayed silently, let this go well.

“We’re good,” the man smiled--an actor, you recall. Played a few big roles in some pretty good movies. “So, how’s everything, you know, with the baby?”

“Everything’s going pretty good. The baby is healthy, thankfully.”

The woman smiled fondly at the large bump poking out of your dress. “Your first, right? I remember my first--my little Minho. You remember him, right? He came to the set with me back when you were working.”

“Uh,” you wracked your brain for the name of the project, “Dead Man Walking, if I recall correctly?”

“Yes,” she chuckled. “We’ve had two more since. How many are you planning to have?”

How do you answer a question like that? “Um,” you nervously laughed, “well, I’m not entirely sure--”

“Maybe a few more,” a familiar deep voice rung behind you, and a warm weight pressing against your lower back. You didn’t need to look back to know it was Seonghwa, his arm wrapped around you, pulling your form gently to his side. Just like you were always meant to be. “But we’ll see how this one goes first.”

“Good planning,” the actor said light-heartedly before introducing himself to your husband. You stayed silent, letting him take over all the questions about the baby, since their attention was no longer on you.

Thank god.

You noticed how most of the answers Seonghwa gave were lies or half truths--how he said you wanted to the biological gender of the baby to be a surprise when you both knew it was going to be a girl; how, when asked about the due date, he said it was the end of August when really it was the beginning of September.

You didn’t know why he would be so elusive about it. Yet, he believed that anything pertaining to you or the baby was information only he needed to know. Again, you being here at this charity gala was only for show, for the public to know that you were okay and happy.

Even with the way he acted, all the articles about tonight or about him would be about how the two of you were still so in-love, you couldn’t bare to leave each others’ side the entire night. About how he was so attentive to his expecting wife.

How the two would be wonderful parents and perfect role-models.

It was the second-to-last thing he needed to officially say he led a perfect life. The final criteria on the list were grandkids, but that was a very long time in the yet.

For now, this was good enough. The perfect partner, one who no longer fought him but instead relied on him, and one who would make him a father.

He couldn’t wait for his little girl to come into the world.

He couldn’t wait for his perfect little family.

What about you?

To answer that as truthfully as you could... before you were terrified of losing your life. Now you had no life outside of him (courtesy of Seonghwa, for pulling you away from your family and friends). So now you needed to have him and this child you had no real choice of having in your life.

Otherwise what else did you have left?

Nothing.

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Some random background story headcanons I have for Evil Rick, since there’s really not enough content about his character! (And since I was encouraged to share by a lovely person)

As a young kid, Rick showed all the signs what psychiatry would later label as a Conduct Disorder (which in teenagers is called Antisocial Personality Disorder): complete disregard for social norms, delinquent behaviour (mostly in the form of skipping school, stealing and destruction of property), lack of empathy, cruelty towards animals, intimidating behaviours, open aggression. So, he was damaged goods since the very start, capable of, and very willing to, destroying and twisting everything he touched.

Being as smart as he was just made it worse. He quickly learnt how not to get caught, how to act behind others’ back, how to make sure that he could get away with it, even when everyone was aware of the kind of little monster he was. But no proof, no crime, right?

He even sent several of his classmates to the hospital through his elementary and middle school years, leaving some of them deeply traumatised in the aftermath and a couple physically impaired.

His family never did anything about it. The Sanchez struggled with money and Rick’s mother was far too busy working her three job’s to care for her son...a son she hadn’t wanted to have to start with. As for his father, the man was half an alcoholic and half a criminal and, while absent in his son’s life, he was around more and the only figure Rick could learn something from. And what he learnt was that when you wanted something, the quickest way to go around the issue was to take it, rules and consent be damned.

While his parents never physically abused him, Rick grew up in a state of complete neglect (emotional, but also material), having to fend for himself since an age when he should have been too young to even just be alone in the house.

At every new school he was sent to, he attracted the attention of the local bullies, but it never lasted. Eventually, something really nasty happened to them and everyone learnt to keep their distances, kids and adults alike.

School still felt like a waste of time to him, so he chose to focus on teaching himself what he needed and wanted to learn. And that was were most of his efforts went. While he never felt the need for a connection with other people, unless it involved causing them pain or gaining something out of it, science was the one thing that made him feel more than just anger, frustration, boredom or the need to break everything around him. Where he usually lived following a primal urge for destruction, it gave him a chance to experience what it was like to create.

He left home at 16, and his family never even thought of looking for him. He made money through his inventions and crime, usually never getting fully involved and preferring to stand aside and watch the chaos his schemes and twisted games led to.

Soon, however, all that was no longer enough. Everything he did got dull faster and faster and Earth started to feel like a prison, which lead him to work obsessively on finding a way to leave that ball of dirt behind.

Diane was a convenient opportunity. She was good-looking in a way that society approved, she was easy to fall for his lone wolf act and her will too see good even where there was none made her easy to manipulate. And, more importantly, she had enough normalcy to hide away Rick’s abnormalities too. He never loved her, nor the daughter they had together. He just got her pregnant so he could marry her and use her as a walking hideout while he kept on pursuing his own interests in peace.

The very same day he finished to build his space ship, Rick packed his stuff and left in the middle of the day, while Diane was off to pick up a 5-years-old Beth out of school. He didn’t leave a note, never looked back. And forgot about them both pretty quickly too.

In that bloodied, lawless mess that space turned to be, Rick truly thrived for the first time in his life. He turned himself into a mercenary, working for whoever managed to pique his interest the most and for whoever offered him the best chance to get creative with his work. The Federation was hardly the only one to suffer from his games and whims. Some came to say that Rick Sanchez destroyed civilizations for breakfast, if he woke up in that kind of mood. Or if he had a bit too much to drink the night before.

He met the Squanchy and the Birdperson of his dimensions, but they never became friends. They were just people he had dealt with while he sold weapons to the Rebellion, two faces who stood up just a little more in a sea of a thousands more.

Of course, his lifestyle and disregard for the consequences earned him an endless list of enemy. He was hunted down and captured, tortured in all the conceivable ways. He was almost killed several times, violated in the body and the mind alike. He lost counts of all the substances that were put and that he willingly put into his body, which by now was synthetic and part machine than human. Yet, he always came out on top, covered in blood and with that insane, terrifying tingle in his eyes shining just a bit brighter each time.

Meeting other Ricks and learning about interdimensional traveling marked a new turn in his life. He moved through different realities, took a vague interest in studying the differences in the course or history (and eventually found most of them pathetic and unworthy of his time). He even spent a couple of years living on the Citadel, hidden away in its darkest corners, always under the radar.

One thing stuck with him of all his experiences among his other selves, the same thing that eventually pushed him travel back to his own Earth, something he had never even just considered doing after having left it behind for good. The boy.

Showing up at his estranged daughter’s door, Rick quickly learnt two things: one, he wasn’t welcome but they let him stay anyway because he was bringing resources they didn’t have and, especially, because Beth was smart enough to figure that there was no denying him; secondly, his daughter’s family was no different from the one he had grown up with. A house full of indifference and neglect, where the kids were left to their own devices, no matter the consequences.

His 10-years-old Morty turned out to be nothing like Rick had been as a child. He was weak, easily scared, too full of stupid hopes and dreams, craving to be nurtured and given the affection that none of the people around him was willing to offer. He was pathetic, even, a crying, shivering mess. And yet, Rick didn’t miss it, the spark of strong willpower and stubbornness that would have allowed the kid to thrive just as Rick himself had done, if properly cultivated.

Useless to say, Rick didn’t hesitate to completely take over Morty’s life. It wasn’t like there was anyone to stop him or to worry or give a damn anyway. He planned on breaking the kid into pieces, literally and figuratively, over and over and over, using his own horrifying experiences as a guide. He would have forced him to accept that there was nothing in his life, in his universe but Rick. Then he would have put him back together, shaped him and molded him into something as resilient as Rick’s own wrecked life had made him. A sharp tool, a deadly weapon, a helpful sidekick. And, perhaps, one day, a partner. Because, whether or not he was willing to admit it, Morty was the first and only person Rick was ever able and ever wished to truly connect with.

#rick and morty #rick sanchez #evil rick #rnm headcanons #ram headcanons #rick and morty headcanons #[ he and Evil Morty are my second fave duo ]#[ I wish there was more content about them ]

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TRUE BEAUTY; TRUE SCARS VS FALSE MASKS

I'm actually surprised I have a new Korean drama to fall for before the end of the year. After testing out what's available, True Beauty feels like the one for me. I was going to watch it regardless of if it made me analyse because it's directed by Extraordinary You PD. I love how he shows the plot of his shows, his romances are always soft yet angsty, and they make you feel so many emotions whilst laughing and smiling and perhaps swooning over certain second leads and protagonists. After Start-Up I swore of love triangles, and yet True Beauty comes with just that, yet I'm having so much fun watching this show for the past 3 weeks, and it's been a ride. It's precisely what the title says it's focused on True Beauty. The actual meaning of beauty and perspectives on what is truly beautiful and what's not, the psychological trauma of being someone perceived as not socially pleasing to the world, and being forced to hide to survive the harsh environment. It's an emotional look into another teenage drama, full of angst, romance, self-love, and self-acceptance. I'm enjoying it a lot, and my heart has been tugged at each episode, so I'm not saying True Beauty is my full focus, but I have spoken about it here, and from episode 5 and 6, I somehow have a lot to say. So let's get into it

True Scars vs False Masks

True Beauty episode 5 and 6 focus on the effect of PTSD and trauma symptoms which each of our main characters have to go through. Apart from Seojun, who has his own frustrations and pains connected to the overarching plot, but not as pronounced as these three.

Kyung, Suho and Soojin are triggered by certain parts of their memories, making them afraid, broken down, and self-hating. The first thing to mention when focusing on Kyung's ideology of true beauty. Kyung may think that being seen as beautiful is the only way to make her self survive her own past traumas, but the two perceived beautiful people who are praised and known for having everything by their peers, are just as scared, suffering and hurt by the world as she is. All by the cruelty and insensitiveness of different people in their lives.

Ju Kyung: The mask of Beauty

Kyung is forced to relieve yet again her trauma as a bully victim when she bumps into the girl. The very bully that caused her to finally break down and wear her mask for protection. One thing to notice in episode 5/6 as she takes care of Seojuns sister; she realised that wearing a mask isn't the right way to live comfortably and she questions why she can't have the same confidence and inspiration in her self to be brave. Which is what people would quickly want to say about her situation, just love your self, only trust your self, just be your self. Still, as we've seen from the past episodes, the reason is that when her mask is uncovered, and she's her true self, her past comes to find her and the people who cruelly lowered her down to nothing before their eyes, who proceeded to hurt and abuse her because of how she looks. The girl who likes to emotionally have control over Kyung's self-esteem like a leash she can't escape from, people like her that can't stand to see Kyung be happy with her skin, is why it's even more painful when Suho tells her that he's doing all he does for her as pity it's heart-breaking. It makes her feel even more inferior because she's being a burden to the guy, she's come to have feelings for, and it's still because of her looks in a way. Because he's the first person who knows her real face under her mask of makeup.

It’s not just the bullies that do this to her, that make her feel so ashamed and guilty for wanting to just be her self. People who she’s close to, her ex best friend betrayed her because of this issue, (to avoid being bullied) and her mother is harsh and cruel beyond words, always breaking her self esteem, ignoring her child’s plight when she could actually be of help to her, and mocking her every time just cause she isn’t smart. Her mother proceeds to not understand the real trauma in her daughter’s life, not even knowing or taking it seriously that there was a time where Kyung almost gave up everything and took her life, just because of how exhausted she was by what society was making her think about her true self.

When Suho said that I was so agitated and disappointed. When cruel and forced to wear his own mask of coldness, Suho can be harsh and ruthless. However, it still felt problematic to me because he knows how sensitive Kyung is about her looks, how much she suffered because of it, he's the one who saw her almost choose to take her own life because of it and he's also seen her try desperate attempts to avoid it. To cruelly say it's because of pity that he's been doing all he did by her side and she's being a bother; it's upsetting and just annoying. I'm annoyed that he still refuses to communicate with her properly about it, tell her it's not because of pity and she's not a problem.

To come to her house/ accept her mother's invitation and act like he's not told her she's a burden is just upsetting and it's exhausting because she doesn't want to keep on feeling like she owes him because he's hiding her secret about her looks. It's also sad because you realise that it must have broken her heart more because when she felt she had someone on her team who saw her without her mask and chose to be there for her, help her and understand her, this same person threw her away saying she was a weight to him. When she finally felt she was able to be herself and like her self without her mask, she deserved to be free without making up, especially his last words to her before he switched himself off, was that she was beautiful without makeup. That one quote, that one stance, and one act of support for her meant everything. Yet her one source of defence and her foundation to bounce back from her worries and fears rejected her and told her she wasn't important; her presence was upsetting him.

Again Kyung is forced to think that what she needs to do to survive is to be beautiful to wear her mask; it's the only way she will be accepted. That's what Suho harsh words did to her, and despite that, she still ran to him to be his defence and protection. They both do the same thing for each other; if you notice Suho protects her always when she's at her worst broken down and without her mask of beauty. Suho is protected by her finding him and literally shielding him with her warmth and comfort letting him know he's not alone and he's understood.

Suho: The mask of Coldness

Before I focus on their dynamic though back to masks and scars. The reason why Kyung runs to Suho is where the plot for his PTSD symptoms comes in. Suho without the act is also broken, guilty and tired of people refusing to listen to him. His issue is that whilst people see his richness and privileges as a positive for him, they're his source of guilt and pain. His mask is to push people off and not expect or trust things with people, because of this he's seen as the guy who's unreachable in a good way, attractive and has it all and everyone wants his attention and needs to beg for it. His mask works for him, so he doesn't seem vulnerable, and he doesn't let people easily break him.

But we know he's exceptionally vulnerable because of the guilt of Seyeon having symptoms of PTSD, panic attacks, broken and self-hating. The cruelness of the world isn't attacking him like Kyung, but it's using him as a tool to hurt others well that's what he believes anyway. His dad is powerful and intense and leads to people feeling broken as Seyeon, and they take drastic measures to end it. The school praises him and lets him get away with stuff if he gets in a scuffle but they hurt others more harshly just by looking at their background and status, they did this to Seojun when they got in a fight in episode 4.

No matter what happened, Suho has never been able to get away from the price that came with his reputation and status. It cost him so much at the end it made him lose his closest friend, and it made him lose himself to the guilt of not being able to be the person everyone wanted him to be for not being able to reach that 'divine'' Suho reputation people give him.

For him, being with him hurts people, and so he pushes Kyung away harshly and wears a mask of coldness and harshness to prevent people wanting or expecting things from him and to make sure he wallows in his guilt alone. Without his mask, Suho is just a boy lost, frightened and traumatised. He's broken by what's happened, and with Kyung not only does she help him, but she also does when they first meet.

She unintentionally provides him with a way to speak out his feelings and save her the way he couldn't do to his friend, but also she's there for him even during times she shouldn't be; she runs and finds him, she lets him cry and breakdown, and she understands him with a few words. She knows what it's like to be afraid and broken, and she knows why it's like to feel like no one understands your pain.

Both she and Suho understand each other because they've been hurt and exhausted each time something from the past comes to remind them of the guilt of being who they are and wallowing in self-hate and disgust. It's so heartbreaking, but they both run to each other time and time again at their most needed moment.

Soo Jin: The mask of Strength

Someone else with the same issues that also proves to Kyung that the beauty she craves/ the reputation to be seen as having it all isn't great; is Soo Jin. Whilst on the surface she’s incredible, she’s powerful, fights for everyone, protects Kyung like a knight in shining armour, is protective of all her friends, uses her strengths to help others, and ensure people aren’t looked down on, or broken down.

Soo-Jin is also put into the same situation as Kyung and Suho, she's also broken down mentally, physically and emotionally. She's had her self esteem be destroyed repeatedly; for never getting to the top except she is always on top. She's the girl who has everything, like Suho her mask is the girl who has everything sorted, she's kind but harsh to the right people, she's protective because she doesn't like bullies and cruelty. She's intelligent and also beautiful naturally as Kyung puts it.

Still, her mask of strength is unveiled when you realise she's forced to put up with a bigger bully her own father, he's cruel, abusive and degrades her by physical violence. It's heart-breaking. To have the control, she repeatedly tries to wash her hands clean to the point they're raw and dry when she stressed and terrified. When she's broken and scared, she tries to restart again, washes her hands clean and starts again making her self anew, making her mind anew, and becoming stronger.

Her washing her hands mindlessly is the only time we see her without her mask, and no one can see her scars on the apparent parts they're hidden on her hands dry and cracked and easily misunderstood as dryness or mistake. Easily the part of the body that's not noticed at first.

Cruelty, Scars and Trauma

That's the thing with scars in this show and PTSD. Kyung's mask covers up the acne scars that people have hurt her because of. Yet now those scars are actively hidden under her makeup and guise of beauty, she has those external scars but also mental scars about how she looks she's been forced to a mindset where seeing her self in the mirror automatically gives her shivers, makes her terrified and go into self-hating phase. She's been forced to hide who she truly is because that was taken away from her by bullies because of her looks.' it just sucks and hurts.

Suho's mask covers his internal scars and burdens placed on him, you won't think he's broken or hurting from his past because his mask of coldness which makes everyone think he uses the status and reputation for his strength instead of loathing it. Suho's internal scars have made him become someone who's closed off, distrustful and harsh sometimes and no one understands it, they take it the wrong way, staying away from him. For example Seojun it's Suho's mask that made him think Suho was despicable and felt guiltless when in reality every single word SeoJun said to Suho about wanting him to never be happy until after he dies, about making sure he never has a good time because of Seoyeon just drives deeper with that self-hate. Disgust, Suho has for himself; it's like Seojun keeps repeatedly stabbing his wounds all over again. When he appears the issues increase even more if you've noticed, Suho's symptoms of PTSD increased because Seojun had started to actively make him go back to feeling guilty and remind him of the choice he made to push people away. Seojun playing a role in this is so upsetting, and it's made it hard for me to like his character as much as I did before.

The masks may cover up their scars in their minds and to others, but it won't make them free the way they want to be. These characters break my heart and have been through so much.

I'm loving this show. I think it gets better and more painful each episode, but it has the light moments, it touches your heart, and it makes you smile and cry so much. The romance between Suho and Kyung is also precious despite certain pauses in their growth because of their masks and miscommunications. However, the fact that they're each other's refuge to be free without their masks, to breath and to see each other the way others can't it's beautiful. Seojun's feelings for Kyung are also growing. I'm torn because I like his moments so much but thinking about emotional torment and pain he causes Suho, especially in these episodes isn't my cup of tea. Kyung sees him as a sibling right now, and I wonder if that's all she's ever goanna accept him as I actually want him and Soojin to be together at the end and Soojin is slowly getting into her role of second lead for Suho. I hope they don't use her hurt as a way to make her a villain. That's be sick if she breaks down because Suho likes Kyung not her like no let's avoid this storyline.

#true beauty #true beauty kdrama #kdrama #cha eunwoo #moon ga young #lee suho #im jukyung #cwg #december #han seojun

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TW: Drugs, substance abuse, murder, violence, the Punisher

Another potentially unpopular opinion I've seen on here (and one that I'll actually rant about) is that, Jason is the only good vigilante in the Batfam because he kills people (think the direct quote is "unlike those other feckless bitches" and something like "when you get saved by Red Hood, you know that you'll never have to worry about getting attacked by the same person again". I don't know how to explain to people that killing the type of criminals Jason killed in canon is wrong and harmful (thinking about the 80 Blackgate prisoners he poisoned - hmm you know the American prison system is pretty fucked up i'm sure they all totally belonged there /s). Like. Jason killing the Joker is one thing, but he literally hasn't killed the Joker - Dick did that, Bruce tried to, but Jason hasn't. But like some people make it out like oh, Jason being a killer is fine because he only kills people that deserve it - who, tell me who he's killing? Sex offenders and drug dealers seems to be the most common reply. And I won't touch the sex offenders but drug dealers? Have you heard of the War on Drugs? Have you seen what happens when people in power decide it's okay to openly promote the killing of drug dealers? I don't understand why people think it's fine for Jason Todd to go around killing drug dealers, as if they don't have families, don't have other things that put them in a bad situation. There's a reason why cops in the US (idk if they do this elsewhere) use the Punisher skull as their emblem - and if you advocate for a Jason Todd that punishes criminals, don't be surprised when the right wing weaponizes him against minorities and the red hood helmet starts to get painted on cop cars.

I wrote a paper on the Norwegian prison system which rehabilitates and releases even the "worst" of criminals and just... I live in the US and it seems like we (specifically white people) have such little compassion for anyone who commits crime. Even after the War on Drugs, even after we learned it was a scam, people fall for the crime and punishment rhetoric time after time. Like I live in a suburb where people are so scared of drug dealers my mom literally called our neighbor because someone cut through our yard (and she thought he looked high or something idk). Which I get it, my cousin died from a fentanyl overdose, I understand you don't want that near your kids. But incarcerating or killing drug dealers is not the answer, and I can't stand it when people take that stance on Jason. You can try to explain the 8 drug dealer heads in a duffle bag any way you want, but at the end of the day, I think the batfamily fandom needs to be more careful addressing this issue because demonizing drugs/drug dealers/drug users is literally one of the ways the American government destroys black communities.

And to think, the Jason Todd stan that this opinion came from replied to me because I commented on how Jason likes to run around in Dick's old clothes - something that has absolutely no bearing on his morals, other than he's thrifty which is a good thing actually, something like 85% of clothes ends up in landfills. Sorry for the rant, you asked for it. Sorry if anyone who sees this likes Jason Todd and is offended, you're not bad for liking him, he has an interesting story, just please don't advocate for murdering common criminals, specifically drug dealers.

AAAHHH NOO BUT IVE SEEN SOME OF MY MOOTS DISCUSS THIS BEFORE

sorry it's late and fucking hot I don't have the most comprehensive reply dbdnhd and I do acknowledge that at the end of the day this is fiction but opinions real people hold come from SOMEWHERE - and I think we have a very ingrained belief that crime/bad deed has to be punished and that there are good and evil people and good people only do bad things when influenced by evil people which is exactly the core of jason's belief - and that's interesting for a batfam character, a former robin!! I like when him and bruce are contrasted based on ethics but I don't like when it's meant to show that jason is right and bruce is wrong

batman is an extremely popular and fascinating character because at his core lies the idea that systems that are in place to 'protect' people are corrupt and it's down to individuals who can do something to go against them and look out for others - that's something that will resonate with people even if irl solution can't be to dress up as a bat and beat tf outta people shdhhshs

I have two points to make here:

a) I'm straight up a fucking anarchist who lives in the woods, thinks aliens are listening, and doesn't trust the government but I don't believe systems are corrupt, I believe they operate the way they are meant to operate to punish and control the populations that the system needs to be controlled to keep up the status quo - war on drugs is such a good example for that. drug dealer also exists as this boogeyman, this idea of an evil person waiting to corrupt and destroy the good people but the fact is: people don't get addicted to drugs bc drug dealers exist, people get addicted to drugs because something, not someone, compels them to do drugs, because something (literal us gov) introduced drugs to their communities and drug dealers are just tiny pawns in that game. additionally, many dealers are addicts themselves who got roped into selling to pay for their own use or who got pushed into the margins of society so much that drug trade is the only way to survive they can find

there are like, whole papers and books and thesis done on this so I'm not gonna act like I can analyse it in a tumblr post dhshsjsj but yeah people who think jason is right usually show this weird superiority of 'oh batman doesnt get how to fix gotham like jason does' and like... no, jason gets played like a fiddle by the system the way people he kills do, and whatever he does will always just hit the other pawns and never reach those actually at the top, those who are profitting from finding scapegoats

and like, batman comics don't have to address that bc it's comics, you can write small lmao but don't argue that jason is somehow more enlightened than bruce for killing

b) this brings a question of, if we decide that there has to be punishment for every crime, who gets to decide what punishment is right for what crime? cause there's not a single person who's infallible enough to dictate what the best approach is in every situation

and batman works best as a traumatised man who's loves his city sm he tries to work however he can to protect people from corrupt systems and offer them second chances wherever he can bc that's who batman is at his core - batman is not a punisher he is a protector and he should never be pushed into a role of the punisher bc he's not edgy enough

also bitches are so hard acting like they would kill every villain cause rip to batman but I'm different, y'all are too scared to tell the waitress your order is wrong shut the fuck up lmao the closest any of y'all have been to being batman is getting your ass beat behind the club on a saturday by brenda in her boohoo jumpsuit

#asks #drugs tw #long post

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ficforce · 3 years

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Baby HC

Akitaru Obi

Obi cheered when Y/N told him the news and hugged her tight

Too tight, he was worried he’d squished the baby

He wouldn’t let Y/N do anything for the first few months

Y/N appreciated the gesture but told him firmly that she was pregnant, not dying

When Y/N got bad morning sickness he sent her to bed and made her something to help calm her stomach

Cleaned up the vomit without complaint

He brought his work to their room so he could stay with her

Will go out on ‘cravings’ trips at a moment’s notice

He loves to talk to the bump

Obi was there for the birth to give his support

He nearly ran out to show everyone his newborn… the baby was still attached to Y/N

Hinawa Takehisa

Went very quiet at the news, sat down and removed his glasses

He wasn’t crying, there was something in his eye

Made a strict list of what activities could be dangerous for Y/N and the baby

Y/N was fine with this and requested Shinra and Arthur to be her lackeys; this was agreed

Hinawa made teas, got cool flannels and rubbed Y/N’s back when she got morning sickness

Had no issue cleaning up vomit but that’s what recruits are for

Hinawa continued working as usual but checked in on Y/N often

Will try to negotiate whether a ‘cravings’ trip was absolutely needed – sent Vulcan to get it

Will be touching the bump every chance he got

Hinawa was present at the birth to go through breathing excercises

He got something in his eye when he saw his baby, he wasn’t crying…

Leonard Burns

Was shocked at the news and needed to sit and process it for a second

Grinned like an idiot and kissed Y/N until she was breathless

He tried to be around more so Y/N took care of herself, tried to help wherever he could

Y/N knows he’s busy and tries to play off her tiredness

When he was there and morning sickness hit, he sat with her and held her until she felt better

Had to force Y/N to bed because she insisted on cleaning up – not on his watch

Burns calls several times a day to check on Y/N

Will buy her anything she wants and have it delivered, this includes things she looked at for more than 2 seconds

Burns likes to sit her in his lap and stroke the bump, he feels bad that it got so big while he was away

He missed the birth but he tried his hardest to get there, Burns praises Y/N and presses kisses to her temple over and over

Ignores calls all day to marvel at his tiny baby

Karim Flam

Made a high pitched sound and nearly choked on air

He hugged Y/N close and couldn’t get a proper sentence out

Y/N wasn’t allowed to do anything, Karim always appeared out of nowhere to help

She threatened to beat him to death if he didn’t calm down, Foien played mediator

Karim moved his work around so that he could be with her when she got morning sickness, he was good at cooling her down when she was too hot

Cleaning up vomit is easy if you freeze it first

When he couldn’t check in on Y/N he sent Foien… he’s the Sol Father afterall.

Karim tries to swap out her ‘cravings’ for healthier options – the main word being, ‘tries’

He loves the bump, he’d likes the way Y/N looks with it and he loves to play music to it

Birth traumatised him. He wasn’t sure what to do, Y/N may have been possessed and he nearly got a concussion

Karim was really nervous of holding his baby but when a tiny hand wrapped around his finger… mjeigfh!!!

Charon

Y/N’s what? Really? Are you sure? A baby? Like a real baby? Did I do that?!

The man grinned from ear to ear all day and carried Y/N around like a trophy

Charon has lackeys for his lackeys and he’s ordered them to do everything for Y/N

Y/N insisted that that was an overreaction and threatened to burn him and his lackeys if they didn’t back off

Providing he’s not doing something he can’t ignore, Charon would help Y/N with her morning sickness

He’s very gentle when he helps her clean-up, a little vomit doesn’t bother him

Charon has taken to secretly checking on Y/N because she said he’s too much

He joins in on the ‘cravings’ even the weird ones

Constantly touching the bump. Asking the bump questions until Y/N makes him stop

The man hates when Y/N is in pain, he hates that he did that to them and helps throughout the birth

He holds Y/N and his baby close all day, telling them both how perfect they are

Joker/52

You’re kidding right…? Right? Oh… Oh. Joker has a small crisis but manages to keep it to internal screaming

Once he’s over the shock of it, Joker cries and he’s not sure why because he’s so happy

He’s ridiculously cautious. He won’t let Y/N lift a finger and worries constantly

Y/N has to sit him down and explain she’s not going to break

Joker thought she was dying, she looked terribly and she was throwing up and she was definitely broken

When Y/N gets upset that she made a mess he takes the time to help her change and comforts her

Duvet days, he stays in bed with her and rubs her stomach to help her nausea

He will literally steal from children if they have something Y/N is ‘craving’. If she wants it then she’s getting it

It’s so round! Joker likes to gently poke it and wait for the baby to move

!!!!!

He’s crying. He’s emotional and tired and looks worse than Y/N after giving birth – he loves them so much

Shinmon Benimaru

He nodded his head slowly in acknowledgment when Y/N told him, giving him a moment to absorb it

Beni’s eyes are little watery because of allergies and he hugs Y/N close for a long moment

Beni is stubborn and scolds Y/N anytime she does something vaguely labour intensive

Y/N is just as stubborn and carrying paperwork isn’t going to kill her

His boots were the first casualty of morning sickness, he wasn’t happy about being thrown up on but Beni pat her back and helped her through the worst

Cleaning up vomit is beneath him… however he’s happy to help Y/N clean up herself

He can’t force Y/N to go back to bed but he can declare naptime, using her lap as a pillow and forcing her to stay put

Refuses to get her weird ‘cravings’ but that’s what the twins and Konro are for

The bump takes up all the room on Y/N’s lap so Beni has no choice but to use the bump as a pillow, Y/N complains it tickles when her traces patterns on it

Beni was upset that he missed the birth, he had wanted to be there for Y/N but he had needed to protect the town from an attack.

He won’t let go of his baby, if you want to hold his baby you better be willing to fight him – or be Y/N

Sagamiya Konro

He wasn’t surprised but he was so happy. Konro lifted Y/N into a hug and grinned like a fool before announcing it to anyone near by

Konro had been trying to get Y/N pregnant since she had said she wouldn’t mind it

He helps out with everything he can but Konro doesn’t treat Y/N like glass, he is a little more protective

Y/N thinks he over reacted when one of the Hikeshi let her carry a heavy box - poor guy thought he was going to die

The amount of times she had cleaned up after him and looked after him when he was sick, he didn’t even think to complain when she threw up

Konro makes Y/N tea to settle her stomach and helps her relax

Her ‘cravings’ are strong and he is very concerned… however, he’ll get her anything she wants

Konro feels immense pride when he sees her bump, he’d like to keep her like that forever

Konro stayed with Y/N during the birth, helping them breathe and acting as a pillow when they needed the support

His baby is the most perfect thing in the world, he can’t want to have another…and another.

#fire force #sagamiya konro #shinmon benimaru #joker/52 #charon #karim flam #leonard burns #hinawa takehisa #akitaru obi #reader #babies #HC

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uwu I don’t make the ruwules

(Okay fine, reasons/opinions below the cut but be warned! I won’t be holding back on game or book spoilers. Or rambling. This got longer than I anticipated lol)

BETTER IN THE BOOK

Eis “Fireman Sam” Glover: I don’t know what the game was trying to do with this one. I guess he gets overwhelmed by the fire and loses his composure or gets scared or... something? Also why did he not bring a hose. Or a mask. This is why so many reviewers thought Wonderworld was a metaphor for purgatory and all the inhabitants are dead I swear. Who cares, the book handled it a lot better. I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, but there’s definitely a good idea here with some interesting themes. The gist is that he feels ashamed following his captain’s orders to retreat during a serious blaze, which his colleagues disobeyed, and his colleagues are later hailed as heroes by the press. Is Balan the Book trying to take on toxic masculinity...? How brave. Tl;dr, the book conveyed the story a Hell of lot better than the game. Honestly I’m surprised this is the only one.

BETTER IN THE GAME

Haoyu “Airplane Boi” Chang: So the book tried waaaay too hard to draw a parallel between Haoyu and Fiona (aka, Dolphin Girl) to the point that they both share a similar backstory, in that they had a hobby which led to a near-fatal accident and now they’re too traumatised to resume said hobby. And that’s not a bad thing per se but... “near fatal accident” was already Fiona’s backstory. We didn’t need a duplicate. And this is more personal preference, but I kinda liked Haoyu’s story in the game anyway. His failure at building a functioning aeroplane out of crap he found in his garage is endearingly funny in the game, and the resolution of him taking time out to sit down and study before building anything is a nice spin on the whole “if at first you don’t succeed” theme the chapter wanted.

Sana “Bird Lady” Hudson: So the book decided they didn’t want to make Cal an angry sore loser so guess what? They made Sana an angry misanthrope. Wonderful. Okay maybe that’s harsh, but she definitely came off as very bitter and unsympathetic in the book. Like there’s a scene at the end where she harasses a firefighter and tries to steal a fire engine because they’re working on a building fire and not supervising her park. That’s not a character you wanna root for. That’s a Karen. The game had a better plot thread and resolution to her story rather than a boring cookie-cutter “humans vs. nature grrrr humans are so evil” story, like the game story here had a bit more depth to it and approached the topic more maturely than the book did. Which is ironic considering how hilariously edgy the book gets sometimes, but I guess throwing a few smashed eggs and frozen bird skeletons into your story doesn’t mean anything if you’re still going to paint such a black-and-white narrative.

Iben “Frozen Elsa” Bia: This story didn’t need dialogue. Like... we don’t need her to justify why she’s upset her parents are dead because we’d already assume that. They’re her parents! Of course we’d assume she’d be upset! They died! Simultaneously! That’s horrible! WE DON’T NEED HER TO EXPLAIN THIS! Also her dialogue in the book was... pretty terrible, not gonna lie. Like if you’re gonna insist on dialogue at least make it gOOD. I’m actually planning on just reviewing her book scene so I can fully articulate just how bad it is anyway, so stay tuned for that mess lol.

FINE IN BOTH

I mean there’s not really too much to say here but anyways:

Jose/”The Farmer” having a family in the book gives him a bit more depth, even if we never hear from them again after his backstory dump.

Fiona/”Dolphin Girl” almost drowns in a slightly different way, with a dolphin straight up pulling her mask off rather than knocking it out of her mouth, and the book also goes more into detail about her love for diving and dolphins. Also the book ships her and Haoyu like. So hard. Like they never shut up about how similar they are or what they other’s doing or if the other’s okay or not. By the end of it I was expecting them to just start making out in front of everyone, they’re that obsessed with each other. And it would be funny if they didn’t use this to wreck Haoyu’s backstory like I mentioned earlier.

Yuri/”Bug Kid”/”Is that a Pokémon reference?” is now being kinda bullied for liking bugs, which yeah gives her more depth and reason to be upset but I also kinda related to her just being that One Kid with interests that nobody else had. But it’s not as bad as some of the other changes, so I can let it slide.

Atillio/Clown and Bruce/Old Man are the same, nothing to say here.

Lucy/”The Artist” is a total drama queen but then again so are Art People so I can let it slide. I did like them changing her problem from “artist’s block” (seriously?) to her feeling too under pressure to create masterpieces, unless that’s what the game was aiming for? Oh who cares.

JUST A BIG MESS

Cass “Dead Cat Girl” Milligan: This is a weird one because the story is the same between the game and book (though the book mentions she witnessed a more severe car accident rather than a speeding car which she assumes kills the cat, and the cat isn’t even her cat, it’s a stray) but the story itself is... flawed. According to the book, they wanted to convey the idea that running away from the accident was irresponsible, and she just needed to look back and she’d see her cat is okay, but the game kind of makes it look more like Balan turned back time to save her cat, and the book mentions a serious car crash which I don’t think anyone would willingly return to. I feel there’s a better way to convey this idea of being responsible for your pets, like say her cat escapes from the house and gets lost, and her resolution is going out and properly looking for it. That’s a more effective (and natural) way to relay that message, especially as they weren’t going to commit to the idea of grieving a lost pet.

I’M CONFLICTED

Cal “Chess Daddy” Suresh: God this was a tough call. On one hand Cal’s game backstory is one of the ones most YouTube players single out as the weakest backstory in the game. He’s just “that guy who lost one game of chess”. Being right before Iben’s level certainly doesn’t help. I could honestly write a separate post about how bad the story placements are in this game but that’s too long for here. On the other hand, I still... kinda like it? Like I like this idea of him being a sore loser with a bad temper who needs to learn some humility, sure it’s not as serious as “I almost drowned” or “my parents are dead” but one of the few good things about the game is that it balanced “serious” stories with “benign” ones, if that makes sense. HOWEVER His book scene is... probably one of the best written in the whole book. Which isn’t saying much, but it felt like it hit the intended degree of darkness that the rest of the book was trying to hit. One of my main issues with the book is how much it edged up everyone’s backstory, which doesn’t sound bad but when you have 12 characters with edgy backstories to sit through, it starts to feel like a 14 year old's first attempt at writing an angsty fanfiction very quickly. And yes, Cal’s story is dark and angsty but it felt like the perfect balance of dark and angsty. Or as perfect as the book can get. Like even Balan’s annoying rhyming dialogue sounded good for the tone of the scene. Man maybe I should just do a review of both his backstories in a bigger post. Obviously I could be biased because I’m a sucker for chess aesthetics and dark skinned men with long permed hair so I’m just putting more thought into him but still.

#at the end of the say i'm just some schmuck who talks too much lmao #balan wonderworld

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