#like as far as we know. they havent seen each other in 2 years and havent spoken on the phone in months | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

a-littlebirdie · 1 year

Text

Foosball, Flyfishing, and "Friends"

Part 2

Pairing: Price x MC (Wren, nickname Osprey) GN! Reader

Author’s Note: As far as I know there's not an Edmund around Missoula. If there is apologies to the residents from Edmund 😅

Word Count: 5.6k

Warning: Language, sickness, too much fluff

Part 1 here

________________________________________________________

You wait anxiously searching for a familiar Brit as you scan the airport. You had come home a month earlier to get things in order for John's arrival. You wanted this trip to be perfect.

You wave excitedly as John comes into view. The two of you hug as if you hadn't seen each other in years. You pull away with a large grin illuminating your face.

"I'm so glad you're here. How was the flight over here?" You both had an arm wrapped around one another as you start walking out of the airport.

He gives you an eye crinkled smile,"I am too. It was good. A bit long, but worth it."

You help load his luggage into your truck and set off for Edmund which was almost a four hour drive. On the way you point out to different places you used to work and talk about your favourite local restaurants. You were so happy for John to be here it almost felt like an unnatural amount of happiness for yourself. After stopping for dinner you finally make it home. It's a moderate size cabin surround by cedar and fir trees. You jump out of the truck,"Well this is it. Welcome to my humble abode," you dramatically bow.

John laughs at you and looks around,"Quite the place you have here. I bet the views are marvelous." He trails off looking at the night sky in 'awh'. Something you always admire about John is the way he looks at the night sky. When it was safe, the two of you would lay watching the stars shine and he'd tell you all about the constellations. You could sit and listen to him for hours.

"I'll help you get settled in and then we can come back outside if you want?" You chuckle as he's still gawking at the night sky.

He looks back at you grinning like a kid on Christmas,"I would love that."

You help him unload and explain where everything is and come back down stairs to grab a drink. After some time he meets you in the kitchen the two of you head out to the back porch.

"There's a place on the roof I like to sit when it's clear nights like these. Up for a climb?"

"As long as we dont have to scale a couple stories I'll be fine." He jokes.

"Oh no nothing like that. You know how I am with heights."

You walk over to what looks like vines on the wall but when you pull them it reveals a ladder of sorts. You climb up and sit down. John soon joins and you hear a barely audible,"bloody hell." as he looks in front of you. It was a full moon tonight and everything was illuminated.

You point to the small lake that sat about 15 klicks,"That's Love Bird Lake over there. One of my favourite places to swim during the day because it's usually empty during the day. People usually only come at night for skinny dipping." You laugh.

He looks at you amused,"Never wanted to try it at night huh?"

You blush and laugh nervously, "No thank you," You point to the smaller body of water on your left,"I'd rather go there, Elmer's Springs. There's a waterfall, less people and more secluded."

"Oh I see." he gives you a cheeky grin.

You playfully shove him and he falls back laughing.

"Ah you're so easily flustered Osprey. Always love messing with ya." He grins with a content sigh. He puts one hand under his head and another out for you to lay on. You lay down looking up at the night sky. You talk and laugh for hours about constellations, fishing, and life. There was a silence that came over you. A comfortable one as you both listened to the sounds of frogs and crickets. You hear a whooperwill, something you havent heard in years.

"When I was growing up in the south we used to go camping every summer and I always had the best night sleep. My favourite was listening to the whooperwills and chucks-will-widows. That bird we just heard was a whooperwill. They are extremely rare especially up here. Their calls are really pretty though. That's how you knew it was summer." You smile sadly up at the sky remembering the fond memories you had.

"You'll have to show me sometime, where you grew up I mean. You don't really talk about it much." He looks over at you.

"Mhmm it complicated. I'm the wild one that went off the rails according to them," you chuckle harshly your face turning sour.

He wraps his arm around you, "Well I think they're missing out. You're quite the person and have an impact on people."

"Thank you John. I wish they could see that, but there are some things they just don't want to let go of."

You huddle closer to him as a gust cool night air made you shiver. He gives you a sad smile rubbing his hand on your arms to try and warm you up,"Do we need to head in?"

You sigh not wanting to leave his warm safe embrace,"Yeah I guess so." You sit up and run your hands over your face, exhaustion suddenly hitting you,"I can make us some tea, but then I'm going to turn in for the night if that's alright."

"Sounds good to me. While you put the kettle on I'll go take a shower."

You both climb down and go to do your needed tasks. When you hear the shower you couldn't help but imagine John's muscular body dripping wet. You shake your head trying to get the image out of your mind. You sigh leaning forward on the counter using your hands to hold you away from it as you drop your head. How could you be thinking about those sort of things? You wanted nothing more than for him to be yours and you to be his. You're not afraid of what others would think and you didn't have to worry about fraternization because you were both equal ranks. So what was the issue? Losing him. That was the issue. You worry that if he doesn't return the feelings then it would just become too awkward and the two of you would grow apart and that scares you. You're thoughts are interrupted by the whistle of the kettle. You finish fixing the tea and then grab two cups from the cabinet. You hear John walk into the kitchen as you pour the tea.

"That was one of the best showers of my life." He grins grabbing the tea you're offering him,"thank you."

You laugh quietly to yourself,"Well I'm glad you enjoyed it."

He sits on the barstool sipping more of his tea,"So what's the agenda for tomorrow?"

You turn to face him leaning on the counter,"I was thinking you might want to relax some around here and then go swimming that afternoon. There are some spots walking distance from here that I could take you too as well," you take a sip of your tea and place it on the island,"I want you to have a good time while you're here and get to see what this place has to offer. I won't be hurt if you're not feeling up for something so just let me know ok?"

"You know I can't say no to a relaxing day of nothing,"

'With a beautiful person like you' is what he really wants to add, but he decides against it and just gives his signature eye crinkle smile.

"I don't blame you one bit," you chuckle drinking the rest of your tea,"right, I'm heading to bed. Make you're self at home and if you need anything just ask."

"Alright, thank you. Have a good night love."

"Goodnight John."

______________________________

You wake up to the savory smell of bacon. Curious you climb out of bed and head downstairs. When you reach the kitchen you lean against the door frame amused by the sight. John was standing at the stove moving his hips to the music that was playing as he mouthed the words. It was evident that he was trying his best to be quiet which made it even more funny. As he places the bacon on a plate he turns around and smiles.

"Goodmorning, I hope I didn't wake you."

You walk over grabbing a piece of bacon,"Goodmorning, no you didn't. This smells amazing by the way."

He rubs the back of his neck with a dopey smile, "I was a little worried I would burn it. You're bacon here is different than I'm used to."

You pat his back grabbing another piece waving it at him,"Well you did really good." You open a cabinet and grab some muffin mix,"waffles?"

"With muffin mix?" He gives you an amused smile.

"Yes with muffin mix. How else are you supposed to make them?" Laughing, but genuinely curious.

"I don't know, but I've never seen someone use muffin mix before."

You grab the waffle maker from the top shelf,"Another thing is they have to be square so they can be crispy. Belgian/Round waffles and square waffles taste different even if they use the same batter."

"I can agree with that."

He could get used to this, making breakfast with you and learning about all your quirky habits. He couldn't help but smile at the thought of it.

He must have been staring at you because you give him an amused look,"Why're you looking at me like that?"

He just shakes his head,"Just thinking."

You laugh quietly,"Was there anything else you wanted to fix? I was thinking about making some scrambled eggs."

"Sounds good to me."

After you finish breakfast he helps clean up and you head to the living room. You check the weather and decide to open up the windows to let fresh air in before plopping down on the couch. You sit criss-crossed and grab the remote to turn the tv on. John comes to join you and lays his head in your lap giving you a cheeky grin as he looks up at you.

"You enjoying yourself there Captain Price?"

God he loves when you call him that.

"Affirmative Captain Osprey."

Without even thinking, your hand gravitates to his head and runs through his hair lightly scratching his head and he closes his eyes, "Your hair's gotten longer."

"Mmm I'll cut it before we go on our next mission. I like to grow it out while I have off time. It usually doesn't get this long though."

"It looks good and it's really soft."

"Soap gave me some kind of shampoo a while back. Supposed to help." His words were beginning to run together signaling he was trying not to fall asleep.

"If you want to take a nap go for it. I'm not planning on going anywhere." You softly chuckle.

"Good," he turns to face the tv and wraps an arm under your leg,"I was hoping you'd say that." He whispers drifting off to sleep.

You chuckle as you continue to run your fingers through his hair. You could get used to this. Lazy days where it was just the two of lounging around cuddled up to one another. You turn the volume down on the TV to not disturb John. You flip through the channels trying to find something to watch. You end up finding a movie you've been wanting to see and leav it there. It almost noon before you hear an exasperated sigh and felt John stir and turn to face you. He opens his eyes with a sleepy grin.

"Have a good nap?" You smile back, running your hand through his hair one last time.

He closes his eyes again at the contact "Yes, you make a great pillow."

"Well I'm glad." You chuckle. You look over to the clock and see that it is now mid afternoon.

"It's not to late to go swimming is it?" He sits up following your gaze.

"Nope."

"Good, do you want to eat here or pack something to bring it there?"

"Ooh good idea," you exclaim excitedly,"it's been ages since I went on a picnic. The food always tastes better."

"Definitely." He stands up stretching.

"I'll go changed and then meet you down in the kitchen."

You decide to go to Elmer's Spring as it would start to get dark in about an hour or two and you didn't want to have to rush off. You have to hike a little ways to get to the spot, but it's worth it. You drop the stuff onto an indentation in the rocks to make sure it doesn't slide and take off your shoes and shirt. You decide to eat before jumping in and wait a couple minutes basking in the sun.

"How cold do you think this water is going to be?" John interrupts your thoughts.

"There's a hot spring connected to this system so the water is a little warmer. Maybe around 70 something."

He laughs nervously. You slide down the rock putting your feet in the water. It was chilly, but not too cold. You feel a presence behind you and without even thinking you grab it and hurl it over your shoulder into the water. You laugh seeing John pop up to the surface and shaking his hair, "Bloody hell, thought I could get you this time."

"I've got eyes in the back of my head Price." You laugh standing up. You back up a couple feet and then sprint to the edge jumping in with a squeal. The water is freezing, but your body is quickly adjusting. As you come back to the surface you wipe your face and look for John. The water is crystal clear so you're able to find him easily. He's underwater swimming towards you to grab you and you squeal thrashing around trying to get away in a fit of laughter. He grabs onto you and pulls himself up to the surface as you splash him.

"Whew that is indeed freezing ass cold." He grins quoting you from a past memory of when you had a mission in Serbia.

"July it gets a bit warmer, but normally it's like this and let me tell you it's so refreshing after a long day in the field," you lay on your back floating around looking up at the sky that's now turning orange.

"I bet. We'll have to come back up when we get the chance."

"Most definitely. Need to come back during winter too. You need to experience that." You laugh imagining John huddled up mumbling to himself about how cold it was.

"We'll see about that. You know how I am with cold weather." He looks over at you trying to copy what you're doing, but he keeps sinking. You notice and laugh softly.

"How are you doing that?"

You put your hands out, "Here lay on your back." He does as he is told, but you notice he's super tense,"You can relax."

"I am relaxed."

You give him a look,"Really?"

"Ok I am a little tense," He moves to sit on a rock and look around,"I can't see around us. It's too secluded to keep watch." You could see the worry in his eyes as he looked around.

You give him a sad smile and move to stand in between his legs. You place your hands on his face making him look up at you,"At this very moment we're not on a mission. We're not gathering intel and we're not being hunted." You rub your thumbs on his cheeks and continue to speak to him softly,"We're simply enjoying ourselves on a night swim. We're safe here. You're safe here John."

He closes his eyes and lets out a shaky breath,"Ok."

He rests his head against your torso wrapping his arms around you. You stroke his hair as your other hand rests on his back. The two of you stay like that for some time.

Being in your arms like this has always been John's favourite way to ground himself. He knew that you could bring him back. When he lifts his head to look at you the mixture of water droplets on your face and hair and the bright full moon shining upon you made you look unworldly as it outlined your beautiful features. He desperately wants to kiss you right now. He looks at you and then at your lips. It was then he realises just how close the two of you are.

"Can I try something?" His voice was so gentle and quiet he barely recognizes himself.

You nod mesmerised by his gaze sitting on his lap.

He leans forward placing his lips on yours. It was a sweet and gentle kiss that sent sparks throughout your entire body. You smile into the kiss. You didn't have to be afraid anymore because the one thing you feared the most had been throw out.

The two of you pull away trying to catch your breath. Neither of you could believe what just happened. It all felt too euphoric to be real.

"So," you begin unable to say anything else.

"So," John copies giving you his signature smile,"that happened."

You laugh softly,"Yeah I guess it did didn't it?"

He picks you up making you squeal and wrap your legs around his waist."Do you know how long I have been waiting to do that?" He grins looking into your eyes.

You shake your head giggling at how giddy he is.

"A very long time," he hugs you to him,"Too bloody long."

"I could say the same." You laugh quietly,

"It's about time we figured it out hmm?"

"Yeah." You shiver realizing you're out of the water.

He chuckles and begins to make your way back to get your stuff.

"Are you sure its summer? It feels a lot like winter to me." He gently places you down and you quickly grab a towel wrapping it around you and put your shirt back on.

"This is summer compared to the winters we have here." You laugh as you pick up stuff still shivering,"I should have some hoodies and a jacket in my truck if you need one."

"I will definitely be taking you up on that." He laughs putting his shirt back on, rubbing his arms to generate heat.

The two of you sprint back to truck and you quickly turn it on to get warm while you put the stuff into the tool box. You grabbed a hoodie and put it on before grabbing one of your bigger ones and your jacket. You hop back into your seat and shut the door rubbing your hands together. You hand John the hoodie and jacket,"Didn't know which you wanted or which would fit better so I just grabbed both."

"Thanks." He tries the hoodie first and it fits great.

You start to head down the road and you look over over at John,"You know, I've never seen you in a hoodie."

"I'm not really a hoodie kind of guy if I'm being honest. This is comfortable though. I might just have to start wearing them on my days off." He winks.

"You should definitely start being a hoodie guy." You laugh quietly.

When you reach the cabin you both head to take showers and then meet back in the living room. You're the first to come to the living room so you start putting logs in the fire place. You light the fire and move to sit in front of it. You hear footsteps and look to see John coming down the stairs. He comes and sits behind you embracing you. You lean back resting your head on his shoulder and sigh with content.

"Can I ask you something?"

You hum in response lazily playing with his fingers.

"Remember a few weeks back when you came to me in my office?"

You nod.

"You said you were starting to like me," he pauses,"I think that's when I started realizing that we had a chance," He hugs you closer, whispering "and that absolutely terrified and excited me because there was no way I was going to mess this up."

You hug onto his arms that are wrapped around you. You couldn't fathom John not being sure about something. He was always so confident and never let it be known if he had insecurities. He was human after all, and you knew that, but he's always such a confident person. It means a lot that he can trust you enough to talk about these things. To be so vulnerable.

"I think we needed this," you kiss his cheek,"This trip I mean. It's given us a chance to slow down and have time to be normal people. People who date, who go out to eat or sit cozied up by a fire. For me at least, it's reminded me that I am human and I have emotions. I feel like we have to turn that part of us off to make sure that the people we care about don't get hurt, but we can't keep it off forever. That's not living."

"You're right. We tend to forget that about ourselves and eachother. We're human beings and we need to express these emotions or it'll eat us alive until we become numb. We become the machine."

"What a life we've made for ourselves hmm?"

"Quite the endeavor."

You wondered what would have happened if you had stayed in Montana working with the forest service. You like to think you'd still have met John and 141 in some way. You couldn't imagine life without them. You didn't want to.

You look over at the clock and see that it's almost 10. As if on cue you let out a yawn and snuggle into John's chest.

"Are you ready for bed," he chuckles rubbing your back making tingles travel down your spine.

"Mhmm."

You feel yourself being lifted. You're too tired to protest being carried as he takes you up the stairs to your room. He gently places you on your bed. You grab his arm not wanting him to leave.

"I'll be right back love," he kisses your forehead giving you a soft chuckle,"just going to go put out the fire." He loves when you're tired or just waking up because you're adorably clingy.

You sheepishly let go of him and he walks out of the room. You lay back on your pillow and sigh looking at the ceiling as a grin grows on your face thinking about today. You close your eyes and snuggle under your covers. A few minutes later you feel the bed dip and John's warm presence. He pulls you to him snuggling into your back. You feel a kiss on your neck,"Goodnight Wren."

______________________________________________________________

You wake up to a grueling feeling in your stomach. You look over to the clock that sits on your nightstand. 2:36 AM you move the covers off of you feeling too hot. You lay there for a for more minutes until you can't contain it any longer and have to sprint to the bathroom. After getting sick you sit on the cold tile floor against the tub with a wash rag to your forehead. You notice the door slowly open to reveal a concerned John.

"You doing ok in here love?"

"Feels like dejavu." you laugh weakly, "I'm fine. I think I got food poisoning." You groan as you feel yourself getting sick again.

John sits on the edge of the tub and holds your hair back, rubbing calming circles on your back,"Is there anything I can do?"

You nod your head and grab the wash rag to wipe your mouth,"Could you grab me a gatorade and crackers? Gatorade should be in the fridge and crackers be in the basket. "

"Of course. I'll be right back."

He returns with the things and you give him a weak smile,"Thank you."

He sits against the tub and you sit between his legs.

You scrunch your eyes shut and take a sip of the gatorade but instantly feel nauseous,"You can go back to bed if you want. I'm probably going to be here for a while."

He kisses the top of your head,"Not a chance."

Finally after almost an hour you feel like you can get back in bed. You feel weak as you try to stand. John helps you to bed before climbing in beside you. He's gentle with you which makes you give a weak laugh.

"I'm not made of glass John."

"I know but I don't want to make you sick again." He kisses behind your ear making your eyes flutter shut.

This went on for a week and you kept apologising and tried to convince him to go out and enjoy himself, but he wanted nothing more than to take care of you. Though you were sick, you both enjoyed your time together and watched movies and cuddled. John would read to you from his books he had brought. You had also noticed how it had started to smell like his cigars. He of course had asked before he lit his first one. You welcomed the sweet and smokey aroma that made you think of him and it embraced you like a warm hug of his. He hadn't been smoking since coming here which surprised you because he would almost always have one any other time.

This morning you woke up feeling much better. You're able to eat better and get around without feeling tired.

John was sitting in the living room watching a cabin building show while you were cutting apples in the kitchen for a snack.

"Hey John," he turns around to his name with a 'hmm'.

"Do you want to go fishing tomorrow? The weather's supposed to be nice for it."

His eyes light up,"Yes, are you feeling up for it though?"

You nod, putting the apples in a bowl with a peanut butter and honey mixture. You walk over to join him on the couch and kiss his cheek,"Thank you for taking care of me by the way. It was nice and much appreciated."

"An absolute pleasure." He grins, grabbing an apple slice.

"Oh that reminds me," you walk over to your desk and grab a notebook from a drawer. You hand John the book,"my sketchbook. It was part of the deal, remember?"

He looks it over running his hand over the leather cover and looks back at you,"Are you sure?"

"Yeah a deal's a deal," you chuckle,"just don't be too harsh. I can't handle hard criticism of my art."

You lean against his shoulder eating your apples and looking at the pages as he turns them. This sketch book has been with you since you joined the military and you were still working with the forest service. There are all sorts of works from detailed full pages to doodles of various animals, plants, people and objects. He stops at a full page sketch. You smile remembering the moment. It was your first mission being a part of 141 and you were taking a rest waiting to be picked up. Everyone was exhausted. John stood looking out over the building in full tactical gear, hands gripping his straps, as he does. Soap was laying against Ghost asleep and Gaz was laying with his cap over his face.

"I remember this," he smiles warmly,"it was our first mission with you."

You return his smile and nod,"Seems so long ago now."

On the next page are three photos the five of you took after returning back from a rather difficult, but successful mission. You were all muddy and exhausted, but still very happy with how the mission had turned out. The top one was of you all looking at the camera and looking really serious, the middle was of you guys smiling and laughing not paying attention to the camera and the third, your favourite, John is holding you bridal style because your leg had given out during the second photo. Your head is thrown back in laughter at something John had said as he looks at you with a warm loving smile. You can't believe you hadn't noticed it until now.

He keeps turning the pages and you point out things to him. They are mainly of 141 doing different things or head shots with small comments. There are some scenic pieces from places you were stationed at and went through. There were also some self portraits of you in your gear and some portraits of ideas for your masks and hats.

The last sketch was an unfinished one. It was the one you had been working on when everything went to shit. It was supposed to be a sketch of the market. It was busy that day as usual. You had found peace in the bustling little town. Merchants were selling their goods and kids were laughing and playing. Shielded from the horrors of what was happening outside the stone walls of the town. That was until that day. You hadn't known it at the time, but your location had been compromised. You were in hiding waiting for your signal to engage with the enemy that lived outside those very walls. You had been living there for almost 4 months and you felt safe. Then it all changed in an instant when you hear the all too familiar sound of the tanker trucks that haunted your dreams. You're shaken from the memory and blink your eyes to focus back to the present. You're faced with a pair of piercing blue eyes that have turned to a darker greyish blue with worry.

"There you are" He says, giving you a warm sad smile,"where'd you go? I couldn't get to you for a while there."

"Back on the mountain," you pause, unable to say the name and look away.

He goes to grab your hands, but you pull away from him.

"Wren." He speaks softly with concern.

"Don't. I know what you're going to say. That it's not my fault and no one blames me. I know that, but I still blame myself. I am the one that brought Barklov's men there. They were looking for me. I am the one that couldn't save them." You hated how your voice shakes and your face becomes hot. You needed to get away for just a moment.

You stand up feeling John's eyes follow your every move, "I need to get some air."

John knows you're not upset with him, though it still hurts to see you like this. He knew Kastovia really took a toll on you, but he didnt realise the extent. It was before you were brought on to 141 you never fully talked about it. Just vague snippets. He watches as you walk out to the balcony and pace around until you disappear around the corner.

He wanted nothing more than to run out and hold you in his arms, but right now you needed space and he knew that. You'd come around when you were ready. That didn't mean he was any less worried about you though. He'd seen so much in his time in the military. So many people who were once lively and outgoing turned cold and distant. He didn't want that for you.

He heads to the kitchen to put the kettle on knowing it would be helpful for when you came back in. The sound of the cabinet closing must have masked the sound of you coming into the kitchen because he was caught off guard by arms snaking around him. You lay your cheek against his back as you spoke in a hushed tone,"I'm sorry for snapping at you. I promise I will tell you everything when I can."

He places his hand over yours and rubs his thumb in calming circles,"You don't have to apologise Wren. I might not know what happened, but I can understand that what you went through really stuck with you. I know there are just some things that just send you back and you need your space," he turns around in your embrace and cautiously places a hand on your cheek,"if that means I get to hold you and listen then I am ok with that. If that means I need to give you space, I'll do it. Whatever you need me to do to help I will." He places a soft kiss on your head.

You look up at him. How is it that you get the privilege of seeing this side of Captain John Price, the side of him that cares so deeply for you and would bury the moon if he had to for you, that's all soft and clingy, or the side that makes you breakfast in the morning and sits with you when you're sick You'll never understand, but you are grateful that you do.

You take his face in your hands "God I love you John Price" you stand on your toes to reach and give him a gentle kiss. The world around you blurs except for John. Your John. Your rock. Your partner. Your love. Whatever you called him he was yours and you were his.

#captain john price #cod modern warfare #john price #cod fanfiction #john price x reader #john price fluff #captain price x oc #captain price x you #captain john price x oc #john price x you #cod fic #call of duty mwii #mwii x reader

30 notes · View notes

canarypost · 4 months

Text

pjo ep4. pacing is weird. it felt way too short which is weird bc the chimera and the arch was a MASSIVE thing in the book but at least they kept the ending w the naiad and him learning to breathe underwater. the scene of the three and echidna talking in the train was wayyy too long i was so bored. the fight scene w percy at the top of the arch was super fast i've noticed there is little to no actual action in this show like i wanted the cgi to go all out in the fight scenes but the minotaur fight was super super super dark and there was ZERO music which. wtf. and the clarisse fight was pretty good but this chimera scene was extremely lackluster like stop fucking talking. the chimera looked weird too i don't think there was enough color on it to differentiate the lion/goat/scorpion parts and it would've been really great to get a wide shot of the full form chimera + echidna so itd be really threatening. and there wasnt a lot of lore dropped w them either at least not like there was w medusa which is weird bc i thought they would've been setting a precedent w medusa and making every monster they encounter on their journey help us understand both greek mythology esp for people who havent read the books AND percy and his relationship w his parents. im hoping we get to see gabe being more of a dick on the news after this episode bc i really wanna see him more violent. make us hate him more yk. bc rn he's just pathetic.

but most importantly i've seen this thing go on with the entire show so far and it's that no one fucking talks like real people least of all the golden trio. stop saying "mother" and "father" no one fucking says that least of all these kids of single parents many of whom would rather pour chiron's horse shit into the campfire than show their godly parents the tiniest modicum of respect. no one has interjections like "um" "uh" or "like," no one says "bro" or "dude" not even between percy and grover which is completely absurd like i cannot understate how much it bothers me that we're only told that percy and grover have been friends for years bc if i didn't know better i'd say they've known each other as long as percy and annabeth have. not to mention annabeth's "she [thalia] fought valiantly" in ep3 which is so utterly bonkers annabeth isn't some kinda "old soul" she's a kid with neglectfully abusive parents (which we arent even shown the affects of!! she has to tell it to percy directly for some reason!!! this show has a massive problem with telling instead of showing) who's passionate about architecture and her godly parent. she's just a really fuckin smart kid. now that im typing it all out it's really not as big of a deal to me as the others but it's just fucking weird. but ig if u look at it from some specific angles it's in character. but whatever. i still love her to death for that candy scene in the gas station last episode

but going back to the dialogue thing percy and grover being dumb preteen boy best friends and calling each other "dude" and "bro" 1. shows us instead of just tells us that they've been friends for a long time, 2. has annabeth roll her eyes a bunch (a notable character trait) and shows us she's a little stuck up but more lonely than anything else, and then 3. gives the opportunity to endear percy and grover to annabeth so to not just grow the relationship between all three (golden trio!!! so important) but also the percy/annabeth slow burn AND the healing of the past grover/annabeth relationship which both of them are so so so guilty about. idk i think i need more one-on-one grover/annabeth scenes yet considering we haven't had A SINGLE ONE

last negative thing but the pool flashback at the beginning felt extremely ooc for sally. like i know how important it is for percy to learn to swim esp since he literally doesn't know who his dad is but she was being such a dick!!!! first of all ur kid is clearly more stressed out about swimming than u r about him NOT swimming and second of all it is totally unnecessary to be doing this in PUBLIC swim lessons. like u can see sally looking around at all the other parent/kid pairs like sorry ur worried about how u look to the fucking pool pta but ur kid is fucking terrified. give it another goddamn day give the kid a break. the real sally would never sally jackson i love you i love you i love you

what i DID like about this episode was the opening shot underwater, it reminded me a lot of the movie and controversial opinion but the show could actually use being quite a bit more like the movie bc it was actually pretty good even if it didnt follow the story whatsoever. i liked the shot of the centaurs on the train and i thought i also remembered that from the movie but i think i just remembered seeing the shot in my head when i was reading the book which is actually really impressive. the three getting into real world trouble w the cops is very accurate, percy sitting in the fountain while grover and annabeth splash him was funny, and i ESPECIALLY loved percy pulling a fast one on annabeth at the top of the arch i think it really shows off his self sacrificing nature imo better than him rushing the minotaur in ep1 bc we know his character better by now and we're more emotionally invested. and i really loved that they kept percy's way of learning he could breathe underwater + the naiad from poseidon

actually im not done being neg i really wish they would've kept "isn't that a kind of anteater?" and "prove your bloodline" which would lead to percy purposefully jumping off the arch instead of falling. idk it feels like we're slowwwlllyyy growing to see percy being percy bc im gonna be honest. rn he doesn't have much of a personality. where is persassy. bc i cant fuckin see him

anyway it was a fun episode if a bit slow. it had it's moments. im excited for waterland and the tunnel of looooove next week though :33

#pjo

4 notes · View notes

dreamsy990 · 2 years

Note

Top 3 Ships (ever, any fandom.)

OOH OKAY THIS ONE IS FUN

so uhhh this is more of a top 3 ships i enjoy rather than commenting on like. the quality of the ship itself. so like it can be toxic (cough cough stolitz) or stuff like that and im not justifying it i just really like it! im also taking ships in the romantic sense so no brotps :(. theyre also not necessarily canon but most of them are because canon ships just. usually have the most material.

SOME HONORABLE MENTIONS BECAUSE I CAN -moxxie and millie (theyre just,,,, adorable. i adore these two lil guys and theyre the sweetest and DFGNHREWENHR babies)

-glory and deathbringer (yes i know theres an age gap but i dont think that was intentional in the original text and it was just an oversight when writing the winglets. like theyve got a very healthy relationship!!!!!!!)

-todoroki and deku (i dont actually really ship them, they just have the most adorable friendship and i need to express my love for them SOMEWHERE. they are good pals <33) -gentle and la brava (VILLAIN COUPLE VILLAIN COUPLE i love how they actually really care for each other!!! also i thought there was a huge age gap THEYRE LIKE 5 YEARS APART MAX GENTLE IS FUCKING 30??????? I THINK????? I THOUGHT HE WAS IN HIS 70S BUT I GUESS THAT WAS A LIE!!!!! theyre really sweet and gentle protecting brava last minute was just,,,,,,,,, AUGH i love these guys for no good reason)

-akechi and ren/akira/joker/whatever the fuck his name is. (ren is chaotic neutral thief and akechi is lawful good detective i havent finished persona yet but i get the appeal and im like 80% akechi gets like. a turning into a pt arc which sounds very fun <333. not putting it into the top 3 because i havent seen much of the actual canon stuff behind it but i am very excited)

ok now but actually

3: hajime and nagito. ive kinda fallen out of the danganronpa fandom but these two kept me in it for way too long. theyve both got a ton of issues and while i do kind of wish there was more of them in canon with nagito more in his right mind, what we have is just a solid rivalry and a complicated and consistently interesting relationship. theyre also gay as fuck.

2: kris and susie. fuck you caught me im one of them. while i dont ship it in terms of "i want this to happen", i ship it in "OH MY GOD THEYRE SO WHOLESOME LOOK AT THEMMMMMMM". i dont want it to be canon i just think they improve each other as people. kris cares about susie more than noelle or even ralsei, who has been far nicer to them, and susie trusts kris to hell and back. i want them to team up to fight god and/or you. yes you. local deltarune player get beat the fuck up by krusie. i want them to make out for fun and get married for tax benefits.

1: stolas and blitzo. i just,,,, i cant with these two. theyre so painfully toxic and you can tell they both really WANT a relationship, theyre just. so bad at communicating. SOMEONE GET THESE TWO A FUCKING THERAPIST. im not even msure if its my favorite couple or if im in helluva boss.... hell. FUCK-

fun little side note: my opinion changes every 8 minutes and what i think is cute now will definetly be beaten later. i also forgot to put fizzarolli and asmodeus down on honorable mentions but theyre there too. anyways uhhhh,,,, heres my definitely final and totally not subject to change opinion!!!! enjoy anon <33

39 notes · View notes

strandedcrow · 10 months

Note

crow where can i find out the whole fnaf story easily? do i just go to the wiki or is there a good video to watch online? i love the games but have never actually learned all the lore behind them and with the movie coming out i want to finally do that

an actual super short explanation that is genuinely really good and concise and covers the majority of the plot is this video right here! this is probably the kind of thing you’re looking for and it sums everything up way better than i think i ever could tbh

however. long-winded response with extra details below lol

so i do want to start with saying that there Really isnt an easy explanation for a lot of the lore of the games bc so much of it is still heavily debated, to the point that even a lot of the basic timeline is pretty open for interpretation. that said, theres a good few commonly accepted timelines and theories that tend to be very similar to each other with only minor differences (such as swapping the order in which a few deaths happened early on), but part of why i really love fnaf so much is because the plot holes and inconsistencies make the story feel more involved as you try to figure out how you think everything happened. all this to say that my answer (and the video’s answer) is probably different from the next person’s answer which is different from the next person’s and so on

also despite being deeply obsessed with these games for like 9 years now, i havent read any of the books at all! the books and games (and movie) are viewed as being different canons, even as far as having different children in the main characters’ families in the books compared to the games. so my answer is only going to be about the games.

NOW while i love that video, for the sake of being concise it does miss a few things! and instead of sending you on a scavenger hunt to find answers for each specific thing i figure it would probably be easier (and more fun for me tbh. mostly the second part. i really love these games) to just briefly explain some of them:

the storyline order of the games: this is slightly complicated because of the cutscenes and main gameplay often taking place at different points in the storyline. some bits and pieces can be argued about what order they happened in, but my personal timeline is:

fnaf 4 cutscenes (bite of ’83)

fnaf 4 gameplay (evan’s nightmare coma following the bite of ’83)

fnaf 5 gameplay (sister location)

fnaf 2 gameplay (ends with the bite of ’87)

fnaf 1 gameplay

fnaf 3 cutscenes (william gets springlocked) (im torn putting this one here tbh but elaborating on that would make it more confusing i fear lol)

fnaf 3 gameplay (fazbear frights)

fnaf 6 gameplay (pizzeria simulator)

fnaf 7 gameplay (ultimate custom night, not a canon game to my understanding, but i really like including it, personally)

who do you play as in each game: like the timeline, some of these games are pretty clear on who you play as, and some are still debated a bit (i’m looking at you “fritz”). some of these are just heavily theorized, some are essentially confirmed. for the sake of simplicity, i’m just going to list them all together though.

michael afton: fnaf 1 (as “mike scmidt”), 3 (unnamed), 5 (as “mike”/“eggs benedict”), 6 (unnamed)

“evan” afton: fnaf 4

william afton: likely fnaf 7

jeremy fitzgerald (no that name has not been mentioned elsewhere in here, this is his only appearance shoutout jeremy, he showed up, nearly got murked, and never came back): fnaf 2 nights 1-6

fnaf 2 night 7 is where “fritz” comes into play: i think hes michael, as he was fired for similar reasons to “mike scmidt,” but from what i’ve seen this is still debated a bit, so im giving fritz his own section

evan’s name: we don’t actually know his name, but “evan” is the most commonly used fanon name and has been for years now. not that important but just in case you see someone calling him another name such as CC, which stands for crying child (because his sprite in the cutscenes in the game was almost always crying)

the order of the murders: the video i linked quickly covers the murders of the five children (susie, jeremy (not fitzgerald), fritz (also not the possibly michael fritz, i do not know why scott only knows like 10 names), gabriel, and cassidy), charlie emily, elizabeth afton, evan afton, and michael afton. to my knowledge, the only confirmed sequence of these deaths are actually:

susie, the little girl who haunts the chica animatronic, was the first one to be killed

evan died in 1983 (the bite of ’83)

michael died last

while the rest are usually left to fanon and theorized timelines.

the bite of ’87: while this has not been explicitly confirmed to my knowledge, the general consensus is that following the 6th night, a security guard during the day shift, likely the same guard you played as during the first 6 nights of this game (fnaf 2), was bitten in the head by an animatronic during the last birthday party that was scheduled at the location before it closed down due to someone (presumably william) breaking in and “using” the spring bonnie animatronic (which would later be called “springtrap” after william dies in it). the culprit behind the bite is commonly theorized to be the mangle due to the positioning of its jumpscare lining up with the player’s forehead. don’t worry, he survives though! as confirmed by the first game’s phone message that says “its amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe” in reference to the bite of ’87 thumbs up emoji

where the hell is anyone’s mother in these games? truly one of life’s great mysteries

have you seen the games but never heard of remnant until this video? don’t worry, it wasn’t explained until the AR game made for ios and android. it literally was not explained in the core games. you didn’t miss anything, these games are just a mess (said with all of the fondness in my heart)

movie tie-ins: WOOO MOVIE so obviously this is all speculation based on one teaser, one trailer, and audition descriptions, but so far we know we have “mike scmidt” in the movie as our main character. is he going to be a new character? is he going to be michael afton using an alias like in the game? no idea! and aside from potential leaks, we probably wont know until october 27. we also know that he has a little sister in the movie! her name is abby, not elizabeth, but its very possible she’s a similar “character” with a name swap, we really don’t know yet (also i feel that “abby” is a bit close to “baby” like the “circus baby” animatronic that killed elizabeth and that she then haunts so). we also know from audition descriptions that michael is “riddled with guilt over a tragedy in his past” which people are hoping will be the accidental manslaughter of his younger brother, as it would lend to the possibility of movie michael being michael afton. i dont really feel the need to elaborate on william speculation given its everywhere lol, but i do want to place an emphasis on vanessa being in the movie - almost certainly the same vanessa from help wanted and security breach. full transparency: i did not like her in those games because i felt she was a potentially original new villain that could’ve been cool to see after william was finally killed in pizzeria simulator, only for her to then be turned into a plot device to resurrect william. i’m in the personal camp of “let peepaw stay dead can we move on already,” so that twist annoyed me a lot lol (all the power to those who enjoyed her character/arc, but personally im just too attached to the ending of pizzeria simulator having michael and william both finally dying to enjoy the william resurrection plot like at all). given william seems to be fairly alive in the trailer, though, im hoping this means she’ll actually get to be her own character. either way, she looks like shes going to be important in this movie, so you might find her worth looking into as well!

#ough #i love these games #ask #anon #sticking my claws through the gaps in my enclosure come closer ask more questions ask me about these games i am not foaming at the mouth #(i am)

5 notes · View notes

valeelokaa123world-blog · 11 months

Text

Love

Update of my life ...well as you maybe already knew i almost fell in love with a guy Named Anton 2 years almost later than Isac and we did have a really fun time togheter for a month , he was my same age , we did experiment alot sexually , he made me feel alive againg and exited i also meet his wonderfull mother , but he didnt want to conitnue later on with me , but it didnt hurt as much anymore. Thought it did in matter of fact hurt badly the first days , but we ended in good terms he drove his bike to me and he told me a was a wonderful girl , and that i deserverd a good guy and so on , and we cried a little and the last time i saught him was outside of the gym , cause i wanted to hit the gym cause that made me feel better maybe ? we gave eachother the longest and tightist hugged and then it was over , he still thought have me in snapchat watches what i do but i havent seen a glimspse of him <3... many motnhs went thorught and i was literally over meeting guys so i just put the love i deserved on to myself but of course in the summer in a way i attract love all the time so i was actually chatting with a guy named Viktor many weeks and one time he beegged me to meet me and i was like he literally wants to meet me so bad and he seems like a nice guy so we meet at the park and it was nervwracking he didnt find me at first cause he lived a longer way afar from me , but in the end we found each other , it was nervwracking but fun we laught at everything and we layed down in the red carpet and looked in to the sky and then he asked me later on that day if he could kiss me and so we did , so it was fun and got hot really fast heheh , then we meet 2 times more in the beach and the one time in the beach we meet was more like we got to know each other really well talked about the future about us and so on, and we had a romantic time both physically and mentally it was perfect we were in the water and the sunset always putting in the sky and we singed and kissed each other like it was no tomoroww it was so romantic <3 then obviously is harder to meet each other when he lives so far away but we gonna meet tomoroww again at the beach and continue with our little love story togheter <3 so yeah its exiting but scary but its life ! <3

0 notes

buffalowingsfortwo · 2 years

Text

8/6/22 12:26 am

ash to faith

theres no way to be calm about this. ive had too much caffeine tonight, and i saw your letter probably 4 hours ago. the only way to describe what im going through with this is to compare the situation to a new friendship or a middle school crush where person A texts, person B responds days later, and person A thinks "oh, i'll wait [x amount of time] to text back so they know im just as distanced from this as they are." humiliating as it is, its my brand at this point, and i have to show strength through consistency. so im sorry. but im back.

i get what you mean when you bring up the idea of "what do/don't you know" and i struggle with it every time i write. i do like the idea of speedrunning the past year or whatever and just hoping some of it sticks. i dont know. i just like to talk about myself, probably.

relationships at a weird point, but its probably fine. ill be honest, they do hear about you a lot, so i feel like i should be bringing them up to you. im not sure if youve seen them recently, but if you havent, they look the same in every way but they grew their hair about as long as mine used to be, and they have facial hair. we look different and we are different. i have an overwhelming addiction to buying them things and making them wear my clothes. our families havent met yet, but everyones pushing for it which i hate, so much more than i can explain in words. their family is really cool though. they have a mean sister that literally hates me, but another sister and 2 parents that love me. i have a really good relationship with their mom which feels better than i could even explain. i joke around with their dad, their nice sister gives me hugs and tells me shes always happy to see me. jaxx loves my siblings in return, and theyre polite with my parents.

my family is pretty much the same as it used to be, but also not really at all. i cant remember if you were here for this or not, but shawn moved to pismo beach with our cousin tanner and his family. shelby graduated from ucla with a degree in environmental science. charlies living with us right now, and we spend most of our free time together. my mom and i are friendlier than ever, but we do annoy each other a lot. we dont yell like we used to, though. pauls paul, not much to say there. toby and emily have grown so much, and we do fight a bit, but i love them more than anything and i really am proud of who theyre becoming. michael has caused more drama than i could ever explain in one letter. hes a really long story. id love to tell it someday. anyways.

ive told shelby, shawn, and charlie, about our current standing. i think its okay to be honest at this point and admit that its hard to stop myself from talking about it. before this, they knew we fell apart, and they knew that we both sucked (which i think is a point of agreement but do correct me if im wrong), and they knew that i was over it. but obviously i never was. as far as my parents know, there is no story. we just stopped going by each others houses. i just stopped including you in plans, and i just stopped celebrating your birthday, and i just grew up. or something like that. im glad they never asked. even at our worst, i wouldve defended us to them. some lines i wont ever cross.

i wonder all the time what your family thinks of me. if they thought that i was evil, if they thought that i was sweet, if they missed me, if they were glad i was gone, if they never noticed at all. but maybe its better if i dont know. the scariest thing about us coming back together is the idea that ill (hopefully) have to talk to your mom again someday and acknowledge that i was gone. i think of when i came to you with flowers and cupcakes one day and she thanked me for always being there. i dont know that i can buy her, or you, enough flowers to make up for it. but i do plan to try. if i need to, ill plant a full garden for you so the supply never runs short.

"make me up, make me up, youre the reason im alive. this is how you remember me now, and just out the door is killing me." - schoolboy by grouplove

0 notes

yt-beaversrock · 2 years

Text

Ok so i had a dream like 5 days ago, i still havent forgotten it so i might as well dedicate it to writing.

There was once a pair, boy and girl, not even a day older than 12. They had known each other since they could remember, which was sooner for the girl. But on the day of their birthdays awoke a power within the girl. A strong light filled the room they were celebrating in emanating from the young girl, people were astonished and then the adults cheered while the children were still confused. The girl was lifted up joyfully while her parent shouted “MY DAUGHTER IS THE SAINTESS.” The festivities carried on through the day but the day after disaster struck. Priests and clergymen barged into town DEMANDING the young saintess be brought to them. The townspeople were shocked, why were these men of the light being so aggressive. The next moment 2 of the townspeople’s heads went flying off, and screams of terror filled the town. This parts a bit foggy so ill skip ahead a bit. While the boy was hiding with the girl he heard a ruckus and peeked his head out to see the parents of the girl die in one fell swoop. And was not quick enough to go back to hiding for he was seen, or rather “I” was seen. After being shouted out by one of the men I grabbed the girls hand and ran as fast as i could. I knew i wouldnt be able to outrun them but i couldnt take it lying down. After a minute or two i fell over and soon after felt a sword plunge through my stomach. I looked up and saw the girl being taken away and reached out, i couldnt just let her be taken away like *this* but the young boy did not have the strength and soon fainted. Now theres a big time gap here so bear with me. After a few years the boy had grown stronger, how he had survived i do not know. But the fact was “I” was still alive in this dream and my mission was to save my friend. And that is exactly what i attempted to do. The saintess was imprisoned at a hospital, one that i had been to before, we had been to before. I gathered a large amount of people in order to get this done, i would have them distract the guards and draw their attention while i infiltrated and rescue the girl. The plan was successful until a massive guard showed up that i needed to help the others with. It would have compromised the operation had we not taken him down fast enough but thankfully we did. Now i had entered the hospital and acted like a normal customer(?) wrong word you know what i mean. Because i used to come here a lot i got a lot of confused faces as if they were trying to recognize me, i simply waved and moved on. But then i got lost so i decided to try and ask the old receptionist lady that used to play with us about the location of the saintess. When i asked her eyes lit up and then darkened, she seemed go have recognized me but made no notion of bringing it up. After telling her coworkers she’d show me around we started walking. The conversation wasnt important. After walking for 10 minutes she stopped and said this is as far as i can go while looking away from the scene in front of her. I was confused but looked in front of me and saw just what she was looking at. My friend, my twin, my family! Tied down to a metal pole, blindfolded, handcuffed, footcuffed, and covered in bruises! With a line of people of varying ages all waiting for their turn to be blessed? I was filled with rage but held it back and asked how long she had been like this. After hearing that she had been in this state since she was caught my rage went even higher and “i” started running. As i was running by somebody who had been blessed i overheard them say “thank goodness they got the saintess under control” and *instantly* turned around and punched him in the face, his face instantly become a mess and the same happened to his two lackeys. “I” thought to myself that this wasnt right, a saintess is supposed to be honored, not whatever this is. I ran up to the saintess and elbowed the next person in line. I shouted dont worry, im finally here. I heard sobbing behind me and knew i had to get her out of here.

#original story #short story #story #storytelling

0 notes

letslistentoitagain · 2 years

Text

Ok, taking advantage of this being pride month and all, i wanna tell you something about myself.

I'm bisexual, have had a few relationships mostly with men, but i do enjoy going out with women.

I was in college, 21 years old and well, i had no preference between women and men, i was mostly there for the fun of it, for the kisses and sweaty moments. A friend of mine broke my heart, she was jealous when i paid attention to anyone else, said she liked me just to turn around and snog a guy. I decided then and there not to fall for her again.

Years go by, i went clubbing with my coworkers (all of us were around 23-25, so out to clubs we went) and a girl approached me while i was dancing "i was dared to kiss the prettiest person in your group, can i kiss you?", and well, i was like "sure". Man, she was so.. so delicate, her kiss was soft and sweet and far too short. Everybody but one friend was dancing so nobody saw.

There was a wedding, my best friend was getting married and i was invited, but lo and behold so was the friend who broke my heart, i thought "well, its been years, you have changed, you have stopped seeing her as a potential partner, just go back to being her friend, she does not like you like that" boy was i wrong, if i spent too much time with someone, she would call me and i, well, she was my friend right? We havent seen each other in years at this point, of course she wanted to talk to me. At the wedding i was flirting with this girl, a friend of my best friends new husband, and she was flirting back; well, my friend became jealous and after a lot of stuff happened the wedding night we arrived to where we were staying, she cried, confessed her love.. and i told her no. We have not spoken since.

2 years ago, i had roomies that knew i was not straight, and told one of his friends whose wife was flirting at me (i dont know how to put that into words that makes sense, she was flirting and i had no idea) not to get mad at me, as it was apparent that i had not done anything but been nice to her.

My best friends never thought,not even for a second, that i was straight, no idea why, but i never had to come out to them... they were the ones to tell me "sweetie, you are not straight, we have always known, it's nice though, that you were worried about telling us".

I think.. i will come out to my parents, it looks like they suspect something already, so wont take them that much as a surprise.. i guess

#bisexual pride #pride month #coming out or not #my friends knew what was up #my sisters know #or so i think

0 notes

d-gray-place · 3 years

Text

Okay this is going to be a long post so strap in. Today im going to be doing an analysis on Kanda and CROWs.

Okay so this panel (above) is from chapter 183. This is the first time in the manga that we actually see Kanda in the same room as a CROW. Kanda is constantly meditating and in claustrophobic spaces like train cars, so he has patience and does not usually mind close quarters. However he seems to be even more irritated than normal. Heck ive even seen him more relaxed locked in a room with Allen and surrounded by zombies. Plus Marie is there and Kanda is usually less aggressive around his unit, but hes still this worked up despite Marie’s presence.

one could argue that hes angry just because of his proximity to Allen, but this isnt his normal Allen angry. Hes puffy, and look how he keeps Mugen in front of him ready to draw at a moments notice. Plus this is just after the scene where Allen stabs himself, and Kanda always backs off of Allen after something emotional happens to him. So if its not the wait, and not the small space, and not Allen than that leaves the CROW as the only outlier.

This panel (above) is from chapter 184. Still with Allen but looks angrier than usual. Im going to break this down into face and body language. Yes, Kanda’s face looks like he wants to kill a man, possibly Allen. When you look at his posture though it tells a different story. Shoulders are relaxed and pointed down, hand are in his pockets totally unready to fight or defend himself. Kanda shows that he is “relaxed”, and i think most of the irritation he shows on his face is mostly directed to “the punk in red”.

Also yes i see Tim and Kanda’s golem fighting. Golems pick up habits from their master so when both masters are upset (usually at each other) the golems start to fight each other too. This is just them reacting to the negative emotions of their master, not actually showing who the master is upset with.

The next 2 panels (above and below) are from chapter 185. In this panel (above) Allen gets thrown into a wall by a CROW. I think "the crimson outfits from back then” is a reference to Kandas past, not the CROW from ch 183.

You might be wondering why i have this panel here when Kanda isnt even here! unless he suddenly jumped into a ‘wheres waldo’ book... No i actually have this for a reason. before this everyone here was training until a CROW yeeted Allen into a wall. Bookman and Kanda were in the middle of a fight, but here we see Bookman but no Kanda? So where is he? Simple, he never moved. He is keeping as much distance between them as possible without straight up leaving. Kanda is all for a fight but here he is actively avoiding all contact, even going as far as staying out of their line of sight. This is another reason why i think he recognizes the CROW uniforms from his past and not just from the incident at the orphanage.

Now in chapter 191 we finally get Kandas backstory with Alma. As you can clearly see above, Kandas FIRST interaction with a CROW is them impaling him and Alma and taking Alma away to die. And just so we are all clear with the timeline this was only 9 years ago but was part of Kanda’s first year of life. At the time it was the first interaction with someone outside the sci. division and cooks. Thankfully Kanda meets Noise right after this, but so far pretty much every person he has met has hurt or tried to kill him. Sci division with forcing the innocence, Alma with their constant fighting that destroys their bodies, and now the CROWs. (Literally the cooks are the only outliers here...) All this Trauma in your first year of life, you can bet that this isnt going to be something easily forgotten or forgiven.

So the CROW uniforms havent really changed much over the years. I think Kanda knows exactly who the CROWs are the moment he sees them in ch 183. I think he purposefully didnt bring too much attention to them or himself. Or he did a decent job at repressing the memory and it just took him a minute.

I also want to point out that in ch 209 (above) when Kanda sees Johnny in trouble he without hesitation DESTROYS the 2 CROWs. My boy was just like “not today Satan!”. He acted at the drop of the hat to save Johnny from the CROWs. Even if they are not in uniform you can BET that those tags are burned into his memories.

#Kanda yu #yu kanda #kanda yuu #dgm #D.Gray-Man #d.gray man #d.gray man manga #d.gray man hallow #crow dgm #dgm crow #Alma Karma #Allen Walker #The Black Order #Exorcists #CROW #anime #manga #analysis

199 notes · View notes

romancemoved · 2 years

Photo

✨ a follow forreal volume 1 for the babezzzzzzxxxoxox that really hold it down and make me happy. i'm not gonna waste words here, let's just get to it. don't ask me about the graphic, i saw at least 5 japanese magazines today and decided to copy all of them at the same time.

@dxspereaux / years of shenanigans... you’re the only person who can make a muse and virote will hate them instantly and will eventually beat them up and spit on them. i love that... i love our Enemies™ and the awful ways they get to each other. but i also love our lovey-dove ships. can you believe donvi have been at it for years!!! lochlan, dude, and a bonus gerry... and i love the friendships :) didi and virote are gonna burn down the entire state of new jersey one day. don’t even know why but best believe its coming anyway dex omg ur a wonderful writer. full of humor and emotion and i luv u wtf heehee. im sorry virote makes fun of your italian muse so much for being italian.

@splittingpaths / ur on discord now mainly but that’s kind of where all of our stupid shit happens anyway. love our little connections and plots and shit... love how highly inappropriate the humor in them can be sometimes i know with you i can cut loose and have a laugh lolllll. my luv for u never changes, unlike tommy’s race... our multi-latino, spaghetti italian headass, irish on wednesdays headass... love ur muses. luv u and ur journey in life.... i wish mi-cha would get therapy tho maybe u should let her have that. glfdjgldfgjfd.

@emptyvictory / you already f*cking know what time it is rory. its pizza time. like yeah we havent been partners for years but it feels like it... three brilliance. u rly made me into a gta4 stan... cant wait til its massacred in a remaster. anyway. i already told u my best writing these days comes w. u. omg niko bellic and virote srisati... two emotionally stunted men that just deserve to love each other and not scream internally all the time. niko’s such an easy muse to fuck up. ive seen it happen lol. hes ur masterpiece tho. as far as im concerned, rockstar games can fuck offf. :) hes ur character and gta 4 is ur property.

@maximuses / the drama we’ve written omg... the michaelvi saga which has left vi a mess still i think but only because he’s embarrassed by the whole ordeal... vi and trevor...... vi hasnt tried to kill steve haines yet but i think we should make something of that soon. like vis not gonna kill him but maybe hitting him really hard w. a tennis ball will do something. anyway... ur gta 5 muses are yours really... i love the depth you’ve given michael and i love that u made him a divorcee. king shit!! and ur so nice and wonderful and i’ve always loved talking to you on discord and seeing u on my dash omg ilyyyyyyy.

@vendettacanons / u and jason kinda come in a package deal like a cheeseburger and fries. ur so fun!! and i love that uve taken up the gta5 muses that others wouldnt like lamar and lester :))) let’s do some frankji soon...... dont get me started on andreas. rockstar dropped the ball with not giving him any sort of backstory but youve made him his own person and hes so interesting. and i absolutely love your writing and how much you enjoy character building. u love what u do and it shows.

@blightceo / ur going here because we talk a lot on discord. and i root for ur growth and i want the best for u!!!!! i want u to go out and beat a bitch’s ass!!! pull a weave. go out and achieve ur dreams and get famous from ur art cuz u deserve that tbh i luv u so much im very glad ur just here and letting me witness u it truly is a gift. :)

part 2 is coming whenever.

i don’t ever wanna look at photoshop ever again.

#( 🌙 OOC! RULER OF THE VOLCANIC DIAMOND PLANET. ✨ )#/ when i say i never wanna look at photoshop again......................

13 notes · View notes

heyitsyn · 4 years

Text

Keeping Up With Seijoh Ep. ∞

a/n: this made me tear up a bit ngl bc haikyuu always hitting us with ‘theres no next year for us’ typa bull like BLS TAKE PITY ON MY SOUL AND STOP TIME AND KEEP MY BOYS TOGETHER :(((((((

it has an infinity symbol bc this is in the future so there isnt really an episode number

for more seijoh content, check this masterlist out!

anon:

the third years coming back to seijoh the following year for a surprise visit, and watching over practice cuz they were in town for break. being impressed on how kyo has calmed down (a bit), kunimi actually giving a sh-, yknow the deal. just the growth of their kouhai makes them 🥺🥺 but THEN- Y O U walk in with the team’s bottles n the small gasp that comes out of your mouth when you see them. they GAWK cuz you’re maturing SO well (stfu oikawa- my eyes up are here) and just 🥺🤲

SO LIKE UNLESS YOURE NEW TO MY BLOG YOU KNOW THIS FINNA BE A SAD ONE BC SEIJOH THIRD YEARS ARE MY FAVORITE BOIS AND THEM GRADUATING MAKES ME :(

oh god here comes the tears

it was something you knew was coming since yanno, third years and all that

but you were so sure you had more time left before it happened

didnt you just join the team and met them like yesterday?

nope love you met nearly a year ago

and they made quite an impact on you in the short term you were together

so during the day of graduation

it wasnt really a school day since it was mostly for third years and the whole ceremony but kouhais could come so they could send off their senpais

you already called each third year the night before, nearly 2 hours per boy, to talk to them and cry with them so you didnt have to cry during the day

but ofc

you were sobbing already when you saw your captain walk up and get his tube with the diploma inside

they tried to remain strong as they sat in their seats but a single glance at you and the team at the stands above, the tears were already either forming or full out slipping

i know yall finna beat me up for this but im not really familiar with the other third years in the team bc theyre not really shown in the anime or manga that much so i dont have a good grip on their character so can we pls pretend theyre not in here?? omg pls dont kill me though

the ceremony felt like a long time for the seniors but when it was finally over, they ran out of that building and yall did too and you bolted yourself into the arms of your captain

oikawa held you tightly against him and he didnt care about being seen by his fangirls, who were waiting outside for him, or the others who wanted to have you to them too

‘i love you, y/n-chan’

he mumbled and you nodded

‘mhm. i love you too, oikawa-san. i love all my boys’

YALL MY HEART IS BREAKING BC OIKAWA ACTUALLY MEANT IT THIS TIME AND YOURE STILL OVER HERE THINKING THAT HES JUST SAYING IT AS A FRIEND LIKE IM-

iwa ripped you away from him and your face was buried into his chest

but it didnt last long since the others got a little impatient and just joined the hug turning it into a group hug

‘i dont want you to leave!’

kindaichi sobbed and kunimi sniffled, holding on tighter to the backs of his senpais

even kyo was sad but hes a tuff boy so he easily hid that behind his usual frown and glare

after seeing their parents and reassuring them they would be home soon, you started your trek towards your usual hang out spot

the second and first years were walking ahead of you while the third years fell back in step with you in between them

mattsuhana flanked your left while iwaoi were at your right

the tears were now gone but sniffles still filled the area and everyone was still down in their spirits

you held tightly to the warm big hands of iwaizumi and the soft touch of mattsun’s hand as if you were clutching your life-line

but you knew no matter how tightly you held on to them, they would still go and eventually leave you behind

the ramen shop was filled with another round of tears as everyone realized that this would be the last time seijoh og would have ramen here

‘WE DONT WANT YOU TO GOOO~~~~!!!!!!’

kindaichi sobbed while kunimi aggressively shoved noodles in his mouth to hide his hiccups

you refused to eat because you were so sad that you were scared you might end up throwing it all up later so you settled on relishing your time with the boys

oikawa was busy talking to yahaba and telling him tips and tricks for next year while iwaizumi was consolling the others who were crying

that left you to harshly wipe off the tears and focus on the jokes that matsuhana were telling to help and lighten up the mood

‘think of it like this! you won’t have oikawa and iwaizumi fighting anymore!’

well,,,,,

that kinda made things worse

geez makki stfu!!!!

you bursted into full tears and you sobbed, loudly and freely

‘WAAAAAHHHH!!!!!’

you wheezed and then continued to cry

everyone flinched and got startled at the sight of you crying

theyve seen you cry before but not this intensely and sadly

‘DONT GO!!! OU-OUR FAMILY’S GONE!! ITS B-BROKEN NOW!!!!’

you wailed

everyone is so used to seijoh antics that they didnt even bat an eyelash when everyone started crying

‘damn it, i was trying not to cry!’

iwa growled and buried his face into his hands to hide the pain in his eyes

‘come here, y/n-chan’

mattsun cooed while sobbing and you went straight into his arms and his arms tightly wounded around you

he pressed kisses on your neck to calm you and he whispered promises to keep you from thinking that you would be alone

the boys were all still crying even when you paid for them and at the exit, everyone wouldnt let go of each other

ngl it was a weird sight of seeing these boys just hanging on and hugging the others and you were tightly pressed against makki’s chest

‘dont cry, y/n-chan. we’ll be here, always. just a 4-hour ride to tokyo’

he promised but you shook your head

‘--too far’

you mumbled and he was able to make out a few words and he laughed

‘i swear you’ll see us in a few hours’

it took a few words of assurance from makki and eventually mattsun and iwa joined

oikawa stayed back because he already wanted to walk you home and iwa knew you were the one that was the hardest for oikawa to tell his plans to

waving them good bye, you fussed and made sure everyone was not crying anymore

‘you text me the moment you get home, all right? and kyo-san, let the food in your stomach settle before-’

‘before i take a bath-yea i know’

he rolled his eyes but he smiled lightly before hugging you

‘go home now, y/n’

he pushed you towards his captain but you pulled away one last time to give each boy a kiss on the cheek

their lips trembled, especially the third years, and wanted to keep their tears in but they rocket launched to space

yanno that one part in season 1 when kiyoko told them to work hard and then they just snot-rocketed and cried

oikawa interlaced your fingers as you both walked towards your house and it was quiet

you were sus bc it was too quiet and oikawa would usually be either skipping, humming a tune, or just yapping his ass off

but right now

he was quiet, slouchy, and,,,, not oikawa

you looked up to see his face and you knew it wasnt just the graduating part

it was like,,,, he was nervous

you squeezed his hand and that got his attention

‘oikawa-san, whats wrong?’

he suddenly stopped and your linked hands caused you to also stop so you watched him stare down at his shoes and you blinked at him in confusion

‘oika-’

‘y/n, tell me to stay’

he,,, sounded like he was begging

pleading

desperate to hear you say it

‘why should i?’

you asked and he finally lifted his eyes to stare into your eyes

he gulped before further explaining himself

‘coach got me a volleyball scholarship’

he whispered and your eyes widened before you launched into him for a hug and pulled back to cup his face

‘oh my god! tooru! a scholarship?! im so proud-’

‘in argentina’

he finished and your eyes dimmed, the lifted corners of your lips falling into a frown

‘o-oh’

you stuttered and pulled your hands away but he grabbed them, placing them back to his face

‘but if you dont want me to go, i wont-’

‘NO! what?! tooru, its your dream! you and iwa-san wouldnt stop talking about that match with argentina and-and you want to go there! dont you dare let that slip away!’

you scolded frantically however oikawa’s face scrunched before he started crying

‘i-i can’t! y/n, i’ll be alone! its so far away! far from iwa, far from you-’

then you reached to your tippy toes and kissed his nose then leaned back with a big smile

‘no matter how far, ill always be right here. im always going to be here, waiting for you’

you mumbled and oikawa hiccuped then leaned his forehead against yours, eyes clashing that was so full of love and fear

‘then dont you worry, y/n-chan. oikawa-senpai will work really hard and he will come back and make you happy’

he whispered and you pulled him even closer to give him the biggest hug

‘im looking forward to it’

TIMESKIPTIMESKIPTIMESKIPTIMESKIP

ONEYEARONEYEARONEYEARONEYEAR

truth to be told with guilty conscience, the third years havent really been in touch

yes theyve called and messaged but there wasnt a normal kind of communication, especially with oikawa

but they decided to go over there during a simultaneous week break for universities in tokyo and iwa, makki, and mattsun pressured oikawa to fly back to japan just for a week to visit

‘iwa-chan im so broke righ-’

‘fine, we’ll see y/n ourselve-’

‘OKAY FINE! HERE! IM BUYING THE TICKET NOW SEE?!’

bahahaha im sorry i love oiks so much its not even funny

they agreed to not tell anyone, even coach, to surprise you all and to see your faces of surprise bc mattsuhana are little shites and they love to mess around

it was a normal day during practice

yahaba was teaching some first years how to serve while watari was giving exercising tips on how to bend their knees without shrieking in athritis

kyotani was doing jump serves while kindaichi and kunimi tried to block him

it was a normal day

the former third years knew the ins and outs of the place and oikawa still had his keys of the gym since he never gave it back so they were easily able to sneak in

they sat on the bleachers and observed everyones growth which really blew them away and took them aback by how much they improved in little time

like kunimis actually huffing and throwing a mini tantrum bc hes so into it and hes mad he didnt get that block right

they also noticed the larger amount of new recruits and based on their practice, it looks like they would be in good hands for the next few years

however, the true shock settled in when this happened

kyotani cursed loudly when the ball hit out but yahaba scolded him for saying a bad word in front of the first years

‘kyotani, dont say that anymore! its not good to teach the babies bad words!’

he ranted and the college boys shared a look of caution and fear, bracing themselves for kyotani’s normal screaming and tantrum for being called out

but they were the most surprised when the bleach-haired boy simply glared at him and turned away to go pick up another ball to hit

‘did,,,, did kyoken-chan-’

‘was he just calm right now?’

‘oh my god iwa-chan kyoken-chan got abducted by aliens!’

I SWEAR TO GOD ITS LIKE THE CURRENT THIRD AND SECOND YEARS GOT AN OIKAWA ‘IWA-CHAN’ SENSOR BECAUSE THE MOMENT HE SAID THAT, THEIR EARS TWITCHED AND THEY JUST KNEW

THEIR SENPAIS WERE HERE

their eyes were wide and their attention snapped towards the bleachers where indeed, their 4 fathers sat

‘OIKAWA-SAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!’

kindaichi screamed and he NYOOMED towards the stairs but kunimi grabbed him by the collar

‘come down here, senpais!’

yahaba urged and coach and naoi shared a look of initial shock but then transformed into happiness

it was nice to see the family together again

they quickly turned into a dog pile with the hugs that were given around like kyotani actually giving iwaizumi a hug and makki and mattsun affectionately ruffling everyone’s hair

the other first years were just staring in awe at the legendary third years of seijoh that theyve heard so much about

‘everyone, these are your seniors!’

yahaba presented and the 3 third years became very flustered but ofc attention whore oikawa soaked it up

‘yes, hello, my little disciples! you are my legacy so work har- IWA-CHAN!’

he was cut into his famous line when his best friend bonked him for being too self-absorbed again

‘waaa, l/n-senpai was right’

some first year mumbled at the scene and their ears perked up at the name

‘l/n?’

‘where is she?! y/n-chan!’

oikawa shouted and looked around

BECAUSE OF FATE

YOU AUTOMATICALLY MANIFESTED THERE

‘YES YOU CALLED’

okay no but you actually walked in just in time, carrying the crate of water bottles, focused on not dropping them so you didnt really see the others

they were silent not because they wanted to mess with you and see how long youd figure out that they were there

they were silent because of how BEAUTIFUL you became

you gained a few inches and your hair is now longer with your baby fat slowly melting away and you were also finally showing your growth with your body

the eyes that used to gleam with childish innocence was now mature and poised like a perfect lady

even the way you walked with a crate made it seem like a ballet performance with the grace at every step and the flowery aura you exuded

you have turned from a ridiculously cute and pretty girl to a beautiful goddess

AND YOU WERE ONLY IN YOUR SECOND YEAR HOW THE HELL ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO HANDLE IT WHEN YOURE FINALLY A THIRD YEAR?!

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF BOYS THEY HAVE TO WARD OFF?!

‘my god’

iwaizumi mumbled, flushing red and turning away to hide his fluster

‘beautiful’

oikawa whispered and he gulped, not remembering how strikingly attractive you are

‘have mercy’

makki whined softly, clutching his heart as it started beating fast and made his stomach feel all funny

did they act like this back in the day?

mattsun doesnt have control so he ran forward and you were just putting the crate down when you were lifted off of the floor and twirled around

so like yahaba waved off the others to go back to practice so its like not awkward to be standing around and see this happening

there was only one person who did this to you

‘mattsun-san?!’

you shrieked and you giggled happily as he put you down so you were able to hug him properly and eventually, catching sight on the others behind him

your gasp made them smile widely and you pressed a hand to your mouth to hide the shock and your overjoyed laugh

if they could take a picture of this and remember the amount of love your eyes held and the pure unfiltered happiness that swirled in those orbs

it was like they felt themselves falling in love with you all over again

‘oh my god everyone’s here too!’

you ran to them and jumped at the awaiting arms of iwaizumi and he was still the bara arm babie you remembered

‘i missed you, doll’

he whispered

‘hmmm,,,i missed you more’

he let you go and you skipped over to makki who engulfed you in his arms and you felt his soft brown hair because you remembered he loved it when you ran your fingers through his hair

‘youve grown! so much! you got even more beautiful!’

he exclaimed and you giggled, bashful at his compliment

‘hmm~, no i didnt’

he gave you a deadpan look and you chuckled before scurrying away towards the one you wanted to hug the most

he definitely got more toned and he got taller too

you didnt have any time to react since he grabbed you and squished you against him

‘youre here, oikawa-san’

he nuzzled his head against your neck

‘mhm, im here now, y/n-chan’

he placed a kiss on your nose and you scrunched your face but there was a big smile that was clear

then oikawa’s eyes trailed from your face to your,,, ahem,,, girls

‘jesus, y/n-chan really grew, huh’

he complimented and you blinked confusingly before trailing after his eye’s gaze and it landed on your chest and you punched him

‘urusai, oikawa-san! my eyes are up here! youre so perverted. pervert oikawa-san’

you pouted and moved to seek comfort in the arms of makki

‘hmm, oikawa’s perverted as usual. i think it got worse with all those argentinian women’

makki teased and mattsun joined to poke fun at their captain

oikawa whined and told iwa they were making fun of him to which his own best friend betrayed him and starting teasing him too

you simply watched on and your eyes watered, your sniffles catching their attention

‘eh? why are you crying, y/n-chan?’

oikawa asked while approaching you to wipe your tears with his thumbs

but you shook your head with a teary smile

‘n-nothing-just,,,, i missed you guys. an-and im so happy because its like our f-family’s back together and i just-i-’

you cried but it was out of happiness and their hearts warmed

ofc they felt guilty because they were aware that they werent as in touch as they shouldve been so you probably felt lonely and casted aside without any contact from your boys

but they know now to make sure you feel loved and cared for because as you keep saying, they were your boys

they were a family

seijoh is a family

and you love them

but they love you more

a/n: okay im sorry this is probably trash and all over the place and im crying and stressing but ive been writing in between my college alg homework and its been so hard like WHY IS NUMBERS SO HARD LIKE WHAT-?! but this has kinda been the baby of my break time and relaxing few minutes bc i procrastinate too much and i want to do something i like before i actually go insane and i promise PROMISE that once everything is cleared up i will edit this and im already working on the other requests so expect a few to be out by the end of the week or something like that!!

609 notes · View notes

bravequackcathal · 3 years

Text

ALRIGHT TIME TO INFODUMP ABOUT MY AU!!!

ok so basically i call it Partner!Laurice au and the premise is Larry, after The First Turnabout, is like "ok bro i dont have v much money so to pay you back ill help you out with your lawyer stuff"

so basically theres a lot more maya/larry friendship momence and stuff yeehaw

he also joins edgeworth in the investigations games because gumshoe pretty edgey is his friend too!!!

some notes n stuff

-he isnt ALWAYS with nick/edgeworth, sometimes hes off doing his own thing and runs into them (IE running his weenie stand in turnabout goodbyes and playing the steel samurai in turnabout ablaze

-hes completely absent from recipe for turnabout bc hes off becoming Laurice

-gumshoe was his bi awakening. the crush started after the rescue in Turnabout Samurai and has grown when you see him again in Turnabout Goodbyes

-the most adhd ass mf youll ever meet. same with gumshoe, maya and phoenix they all have adhd cause i said so

-will not hesitate to sass people he doesn't like

-REALLY doesnt like franziska bc she keeps whipping gumshoe and will frequently try to protect gumshoe when he can. he WILL catch that whip

-this au is unfinished bc i havent finished investigations 2 (im on case 4), nor have i seen AJ, DD or SOJ. so so far we have the trilogy, AAI and AAI2 cases 1-3 fully imagined(ish)

-laurice is a massive steel samurai fan like edgey and maya

-besties with kay and ray bc i said so. he also picks up the habit of calling ray "uncle ray"

-despite his airheadedness hes a decent investigator

-can and will ramble about art stuff at any opportunity

-gets REALLY pissed if you mess w his friends bc he loves them /p

-his self esteem isnt as low in this au because nick isnt a jerk to him after turnabout goodbyes and edgey is... less of a jerk

-fluffy hair that everyone wants to pet

-will also ramble abt mechanics maybe (at least what he knows)

-shares a braincell with gumshoe

-once he and pearl get to know each other they're practically inseparable

-very very very emotional. cried a lot during bridge to the turnabout

-yes he does in fact get to keep elise's staff

-he has glasses!!! and a liddle bi pride pin

-absolutely loves hugs. frequently knocks people over (unless they are small then he is gentle)

-he crushes SUPER easily but after turnabout samurai a lot of his crushes dont go anywhere bc. gumshoe is the perfect man

-thinks lang is both a huge jerk and cool af at the same time

-during recipe for turnabout, gumshoe gives phoenix a bag of gummies asking him to give it to larry, which actually does happen in BttT :)

-doodles A Lot

-does the flappy hands when hes happy!! :)

-a very blushy boy,,, he blushes when embarrassed, angry, happy, and around gumshoe

-everyone else watching gumshoe and laurice pine for 246465 years: ಠ︵ಠ

-larry CANNOT stand blood the smell makes him nauseous so investigating crime scenes can be difficult sometimes

uhhh thats all for now lmao

@machinegunnerdave here it is

#i went OFF lmao #laurice deauxnim #larry butz #dick gumshoe #maya fey #pearl fey #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #partner!laurice au

20 notes · View notes

itsclydebitches · 3 years

Note

Hi Clyde 👋🏻 So Ive been watching as your response posts come thru about RWBY and you obviously know alot about it. As someone who knows nothing at all about it, I was wondering if you could explain it to me. Supernatural I get. Jupiter Ascending I get. Even that Jar Jar Binks post floating around Tumblr (if you havent seen it yet, it’s probably a good thing) I get, but RWBY im still sort of having trouble getting up the interest to watch. Is it worth it?

Hello! I'm definitely answering asks in a timely fashion. Watch me go! 😅

Ah, is RWBY worth it. That there is the million dollar question. Not to give a copout answer, but I really think it depends on what you're looking to get out of the show. Our beloved JA and SPN are great comparisons because they're both extremes too. They're doing something really interesting that succeeds in captivating its audience... and then, arguably, faceplant when it comes to a lot of basic writing expectations. SPN far more-so than JA imo, just due to being a 15 season show vs. a 2 hour movie. Though not quite of the same caliber, RWBY has a lot of the same whimsy and creativity. A sort of, "Go with the flow not because it necessarily makes sense, but because it's fun." Or, as the RWBY fandom puts it, everything follows the "Rule of Cool." If you like JA's awkwardly delivered "I love dogs" you may also like the awkwardness of Ruby eating cookies by having them disappear when they approach her face. The self-awareness that RWBY had in the beginning — we're a low budget webseries created for the fun of it with lots of ridiculous gags and flashy action — feels, to me, similar to the self-awareness of JA: "We're a film that's going to take a 13yo girl's fantasies very seriously, right up through getting an angel-wolf-alien as a boyfriend." There's even a lot to be said for RWBY's similar motivations: a girl power story, a focus on the action (with Monty's fantastic choreography), meant to be progressive in particular ways, etc.

Personally, I really love the first three Volumes of RWBY. They're ridiculous, badly animated at times, and mishandle a racism allegory like whoa... but they've got a lot of heart. They're fun. They're enjoyable in that "Turn your brain off" manner. The basic premise is that a girl with silver eyes gets into a Huntsmen Academy two years early — a school that trains young adults to battle the monsters that populate their world. She's set up as the pure hearted hero with the mysterious power via her eye color. She gains a team of three other girls who must learn to work together as they navigate school and a coming war. Everyone has crazy outfits, crazier weapons, and at one point there's an epic food fight battle that I've watched on Youtube too many times. It's playful and has just enough worldbuilding to spark the imagination; just enough solid characterization to get you to fall in love with the cast. If it were the summer of 2016 I'd recommend RWBY wholeheartedly as the webseries equivalent of a beach read.

The problem is that things #happened at the end of Volume 3. No spoilers, but suffice to say things got intense during that finale, thrusting the show into a very different era. Suddenly, the show wanted to take itself seriously in a way it never had before... so many in the fandom, such as myself, started taking it more seriously too. We had higher expectations for the show since the show itself was egging those expectations on, tackling sensitive material and talking up the impact of their work. Yet, sadly, these expectations weren't met, with the problems becoming more pronounced with each new Volume. The retconning added up. Certain characters were done dirty. The allegories got really offensive. RWBY's idea of feminism became warped. We've got a ship that many consider queerbaiting at this point. Morals are all over the place and there's no longer a consistent message to the show... it's a lot. The sort of "It's a lot" that we might say about SPN too. Fans are right to point out the laundry list of bad writing choices and offensive content strewn across SPN's 15 seasons. Fans are also right to point out the many aspects that kept its audience hooked despite all that. Same with RWBY. Me? I think RWBY is a very badly written show now... but I enjoyed it enough, for long enough, that I'm still invested enough to see it through. Meanwhile, others don't see anything wrong with the writing at all. They've hailed the last two Volumes as the best to date, with even better work to come. There's a pretty intense split between those who critique the show and those who insist on its near perfection.

So I suppose I'd recommend it, just because I'm not confident in giving a definitive "Lol yeah this is trash" condemnation. Not just because there were things I did (and at times still do) love about RWBY, but because my interpretation, quite obviously, is subjective. I can't ignore that those of us who critique the show are the minority. So statistically, if RWBY ends up being your thing, you're probably more likely to enjoy all that the show has produced thus far — within reason — than you are to have a falling out with it. I think overall there's enough good in RWBY to give it a shot, especially when, depending on how you approach your shows, that good might still be there for you 8 Volumes later. Just go in knowing that, if you enjoy the first 3 Volumes, you might be severely disappointed down the line.

The other upside though? The initial episodes are very short! So you can try a couple out without giving RWBY too much of a time investment.

(Also, side note, but WHAT Jar Jar Binks post?? Oh god I'm scared lol)

#rwby #rwde #is this rwde?#idk anymore #mymetas

24 notes · View notes

shxllxfx · 3 years

Text

Family pt 1 || Daryl Dixon

Daryl Dixon x Reader

Summary: Y/N and her little brother meet Daryl and Rick.

Warnings: none except for language? English is not my mothertounge

A/N: if you wanna be added to my taglist just let me know ;*

Taglist: @browngirldominion

"Ty I need you to climb up there and be super duper quiet, can you do that for me?" The y/h/c haired boy in front of you gave you a small nod. You looked around quickly, checking again for any walkers near you. Lifting him up you made sure that he was high enough. High enough to be out of sight of any walkers or people. You couldn't risk him getting seen. "Okay, Ty. Stay there. If anything happens, you yell for me, alright? Other than that stay up there and be quiet." Again he nodded. You gave him a small grin, before heading off. Quietly you made your way through the trees, putting one foot before the other, your bow and arrow raised high, when you heard a noise. A deer. It couldnt be too far away. Slowly you followed the prints on the ground, the bow in your arm ready. Never have you been happier that your dad was obsessed with the end of the world. He taught you everything. You were standing behind a tree and walked around it. There she was standing in the middle of a clearing eating grass. You pointed your bow and arrow at the deer, pulling the string back. Deep breath in and...

"Sophia!" The deer looked up and ran away. "Son of a bitch!" You muttered and tried to shoot your arrow to still hit the deer but it was gone. Rustling behind you made you turn and face two men. "Idiots! 'Cause of you my dinner ran!" One men was wearing a sherrifs uniform, the other one a plain tank top and some pants. They looked at you with surprise, your bow and arrow pointed at them. "Maybe try an' hold tha bow righ' for a start." The one in the tank said and you raised an eyebrow. He had a crossbow, easier than bow and arrow so what's he to judge? "Shut up, dumbass. You have to be nuts to sream some name through the whole forest. Tryna get yourselfs killed?" You lowered you bow and looked at them through squinted eyes. Turning on your heel you tried to make your way back to Tyler. "You all alone out here?" You looked at the sheriff over your shoulder. "Nah, cant you see, sheriff? Got plenty of company."

He followed you. Weirdly enough it didnt make you feel uneasy. At no point either one of them raised their weapons against you. "You gonna buy me dinner now, or why you following me, huh?" He laughed. "No. I'd like to ask you somethin'" You stopped, looked up the tree and to Tyler. "Its okay, you can come down." Both of them looked up. "So what did you want to ask?" You eyes were still on Tyler, making sure he doesnt fall down the tree. He was a good climber, always has been since the day he started to walk. When he jumped from the last branch you catched him. "You seen a little girl?" The one with the crossbow looked at you, eyebrow raised. You sat Tyler on the ground, kneeled down and got a bottle of water out of your backpack. You shook your head as you handed it to your brother. "Cant say I have." Tyler gave you the bottle back and smiled at you. "Have you got one? I am hungry." Shaking your head you searched in you backpack. "Sorry, buddy. Couldnt get a deer. But you want that?" You held out a granola bar. He nodded and took it with a smile. "Just the two of you, huh?" You looked at the sheriff. Giving him a small nod you put your backpack on again. "I am Rick. That's Daryl. You are?" Tyler raised his arms at you and yawned. He was tired. You were too, you hadnt slept in days. Lifting him up he clung to your front like a koala. "Y/N. An' the little koala bear is Tyler." Daryl looked at you. "Dangerous to be out on ya own." You nodded. "Well what am I suppos'd to do? Get me sum walkers as company?" Tyler put his head in the crook of your neck. At least someone can sleep. "You ain't got a group?"

"Doesnt look like it. Only the two of us at this point." Daryl and Rick looked at each other till Daryl nodded. "You could join us. We're a big group. Something like 10 people or so. Got other kids there as well. My sons one of them." You were surprised. Not only that they asked you to join but also that they were that many people left and near you. "I...I dont wanna cause any trouble." Daryl shook his head. "Cant leave you outta here with a kid. You a kid yourself." Your mouth opened and closed again. He was right. Atleast about Ty, you couldnt stay in the forest with a five year old. Not on your own.

You followed them back to the highway, Tyler still clung to your front. It wasn't a long walk, about 5 miles maybe, but having a 5 year old that weighs 18 kilograms on your front and a backpack on your back made things more difficult. You stopped next to a tree, trying to catch your breath. "You a'right?" Darly asked and you looked at him. "Having 'bout 25 kilograms to your torso and walking a steady pace is a bit difficult. Specially cause he feels 2 times heavier when he's sleepin'" He tilted his head. Rick stepped forward and put his arms toward you. "I'll take him for the last couple miles." You nodded and let him take Tyler from you. He immediately clung to Rick and you laughed. "Like I said he's a little koala." You took your bow off your shoulder and one of the arrows out of the side of your backpack, putting it to the string. Rick started to walk in front of you and you followed. "Need ta keep ya elbow lower, makes your shot cleaner." Darly muttered beside you and you side eyed him, lowering you elbow slightly. "Who taught you?" He asked and you turned your head to him. "My dad."

"Did you find her?" A woman with short, grey hair ran towards you, looking at Darly with big eyes. Rick put Tyler on the ground and he walked to you, hiding behind your leg. Daryl shook his head and the woman started sobbing and another one with long brown hair stroked her back. "We will find her tomorrow." Then she looked at you. "Who's that?" You smiled at her. "Hi. I am Y/N, that's my little brother Tyler." Everyone was looking at you now. She smiled but looked st Rick. "Couldn't leave her out in the woods alone with that kid." He shrugged and she looked at you again. "I'm Lori. How old are you?" Daryl was talking to the gray haired woman and Rick to an older man. "He's....he's five. I am nineteen." She introduced you to everyone else. They were nice and welcoming, gave you food and told you about themselves. You sat by the fire, knees pulled to your chest when Rick sat next to you, Daryl standing behind him. "How you feeling?" You stretched out your legs and looked at him. "Havent been around this many people in months. I have food, water, a fire right infront of me and I dont have to look around every second to make sure there ain't one of this things, so pretty good i guess?" You smile and he nods. "I have to ask you some questions, is that alright?" Now you nodded. "You have family except for Tyler?" You took a deep breath. "Another brother and my fathers somewhere out there, but they not together. My father left once all this shit started and Jack is 15 years old and somewhere out there, I lost them." Rick nodded. "Wait, them?" Daryl asked and you looked up. "Yeah. After my father left we...we were 4. Jack, Ty, my ex-boyfriend and me. Ty and I lost them when a group of walkers chased us." Rick put a hand on your shoulder and smiled. "Is Jack dead?" Shocked you turned to Tyler who was sitting next to you. "No, Ty. You know Jack. He's strong, he'll be fine." Tyler gave you a small smile and leaned into you. "I'll go and help Shane look out." Rick got up and left you alone with Daryl and Tyler. "Do you think we will see him again?" Ty muttered and you took a deep breath. "Hey, ya kno' what? My brothers out there too an' ya kno' what they'll be a'right." Tyler looked at him. "Do you think?" Daryl nodded and looked at you. You kissed Tyler's head and ruffled it softly. "Thank you, Daryl."

#twd headcanon #twd headers #twd daryl #daryl x reader #daryl imagine #daryl dixon #daryl dixon headcanon #daryl x y/n #the walking dead headcanon #the walking dead imagine #the walking dead

109 notes · View notes