#like i cannot imagine a larger group doing something like this it really is SO direct

[sneezemonster15]

https://www.tumblr.com/sunshinecherryblossom/732710854315933696/wtf-it-is-true-oh-my-god-when-is-this

This seems false, what do you think about it?

I find it highly unlikely. Unless someone gives me a legit link to it, I wouldn't consider it. Lots of fake interviews of Kishi are doing rounds in this fandom. And Kishi would never say something like this given how he has treated Sakura's character for 700 chapters and beyond. This part is from his 2010 interview (at Jump Fiesta Tokyo-Japan) :

When the interviewer asked Kishi about Sakura, and called her a detestable girl (most people can see how Sakura's character is written as a detestable character, can't speak for delusional people), Kishi replied in a very convenient manner - "Realistic girls are like that..."

Lol. Once he calls his character realistic, what can one say? Realistic characters are never black and white, they stand in the grey area. So you can get away by saying - "Oh, she is realistic", without expanding on it.

Shounen characters are generally larger than life type characters to create a large impact since they serve a pedagogic purpose for its target group. People who are from the good guys camp, are generally taken as good, people who are from the bad guys camp are generally perceived as bad. So of course it would confuse people when Sakura is from the good guys camp but acts like a total douchebag. And naturally they would ask questions about it. But Kishi totally avoided to take the more controversial position by saying - she is realistic.

We know Sakura's character can be realistic, many women are the way she is. But is she a good role model for women of any place at any time? No. She doesn't really serve the pedagogic purpose other characters do. She is a negative person, selfish and immature. We know that. But Kishi cannot say it explicitly in his interviews because it would lead to all the other kinds of controversial questions, and would potentially open a can of worms for him. First question would be - If she is from the good guys camp and remains till the end, why did you write her as negative, even after she got so popular? You could have used her character's popularity with the girls to say something inspiring, something kind. So why didn't you? Any other writer would have jumped at the chance. Writers are supposed to work off the popularity of characters in a medium such as commercial serialilized manga.

Kishi kept writing her as detestable. If he could, he would have told them - I wrote her that way because I needed plot device for Naruto and Sasuke's romance which I was writing in the disguise of ninja manga. Team seven is about S and N. It's a love story about them and Sakura doesn't figure anywhere in their relationship and I want to make it clear by showing why.

And I have a feeling quite a lot of Sakura's characterisation comes from his personal experience of women. Of course he couldn't say all that. But he can be indirect about it. Although when you are indirect about something so many times, with context it becomes quite direct. Hehehe

Just look how Gege responded when he was asked a difficult question from Kubo. Female characters are not given much weight in shounen given its target audience. Most female characters in shounen aren't even given half the character development male characters get. And look at Japanese society, it's so patriarchal, who's surprised their representation of female characters is so backward? I doubt most of these mangakas get out very much, to actually put some effort in knowing how women act and why.

Look at Kubo's interview with Gege. Gege's female characters are kickass, as strong as men, as smart and well developed. They have agency, self worth and esteem. Their characters don't revolve around male characters. But female characters like these are beyond Kubo's imagination lol. Look at the female characters in Bleach hahaha. So this is what he asked Gege.

Kubo finds Jjk women formidable because he cannot even fathom independent women, women who don't depend on men for everything. Lol. They can walk shoulder to shoulder with men, they aren't less than men, like they are in most shounen. But of course, Gege cannot tell Kubo these things. Hehe. Kubo is his senior, and the Japanese have a whole set of etiquette on how to behave with one's senpai. Gege won't say anything even remotely offensive to Kubo, so the best way to deal with such things is to be vague and use self deprecating humor, so as to not appear confrontational, it's a communication tactic. I also use these kinds of tactics when talking to difficult people or people in high positions I don't agree with. I have interviewed hundreds of people in my work. So I understand that one needs to be subtle even in their disagreements.

In Shippuden, later on, Sakura was written with heroine like qualities. So what this means is that Kishi doesn't have a very good opinion on either women or women in shounen. She does get some footage in the manga, where other characters praise her skills, like one would expect a heroine to get. She confesses to Sasuke and Naruto both. Never mind the rejection from both. But it's clear that Kishi would never have made Naruto end up with Sakura who treated Naruto this badly. Kishi is not a fool. He plainly says that she comes off as detestable because that's how she was written. Lol.

Lots of rumours have been doing rounds about Naruto's remake or live action film etc. but as far as I know, nothing such has actually materialised. So I wouldn't worry about it either.

I think it's high time that SS, NH and NrSk accept the reality and move on. It's been years. Sasuke is gay. Naruto is gay. Was established as closeted gay in both parts one and two. He would not suddenly defy his character traits and become straight just because NrSk can't keep it in their pants. So pathetic tch. Guys, there is nothing for you in Naruto except heartbreak. Grow up and move on.

SNS at least have legit reason to still be hopeful. The het shippers have nada. Zilch. Zero. Hehe. But well, who can fight desperation? Not these peeps.

#ask #sakura #naruto #gege #kishimoto #kubo #haruno sakura

[zenni-gotcha]

Hey so how do you think the Lupin gang would deal with a s/o appears like a peaceful and graceful sleeper, but if you sleep next to them and you’re on the side that isn’t against the wall, s/o tends to roll over in their sleep and pushes whoever is there out of the bed roughly and still sleeps through the bang that happens and looks so comfortable while they probably just ruined their boyfriend or girlfriends whole night and if the partner does not get revenge instantly, s/o has no idea what happened and is like “I slept great! :)”. Flip side, if the gang Are sleeping at the wall, s/o rolls over and now they’re a cuddle bug and both get their comfortable sleep. “I haven’t slept that good in ages :)”. if there is no wall and both sides are empty space, good luck 😂. S/o is just very cuddly in sleep, but is a bit rough in trying to cuddle unlike when they’re awake so they end up throwing the person out of bed instead of getting the cuddles. How would the group deal with this? Do they feel dread at the thought of a no wall leaning bed when they see it?

[Hi there! First wanted to start this off by saying thank you for waiting on this! I had a few larger things to finish on some of my other blogs, so it took me a bit to get back to this one. Also thanks for the ask, it was a fun idea to work with :) ]

Lupin- Listen, he might complain about it a little bit, but not too much. He’s almost as bad as you are. This man is almost always bouncing off the wall, and that includes when he’s asleep. So, between the two of you it’s like a kickboxing match every night. However, if there is a night where you both finally couldn’t knock each other off the bed, then he sleeps like a rock and loves waking so close to you.

Jigen- He’s not going to take this lying down. Well, he is because it happens while he’s asleep. But, he will do something back. We all know how grouchy he is most of the time, so imagine how he is when he’s just been woken up by falling off the bed. If the bed is against the wall, he’s going to shove you over so he can lay there and avoid getting knocked off again. If it’s open on both sides he’ll push you off the other side as payback. Either way, if he ends up on the floor then so will you. But, the nights where you do get sleep feel all the more delightful.

Goemon- Here’s the thing, his reflexes are too good, even while he’s asleep, that he just blocks all of the movements that would have knock him off of the bed. Though he never falls off or wakes up completely, he still wakes up exhausted from having to parry the whole night. However, he’s found a way for you both to sleep well even if there isn’t a wall for him to fortify himself against. If he gets you in a bearhug then you can’t move as much and therefore cannot kick him off of the bed. That has the added bonus of already being snuggled up next to you as well.

Fujiko- She might not do anything the night that she falls off the bed, but you better believe that you’ll get it in the morning. Her favorite payback is setting an alarm for about an hour before you’re supposed to be up for the day and then put it right next to your head. You can bet there would be a greater effort on your part to work out a way to not do that again. She’s not totally mean though, and realizes that you can’t really always help moving around so much, and gives you some slack. She does love to sleep close to you, so she makes sure to have the bed against the wall so it can be a pleasant sleep for both of you.

Zenigata- He won’t even realize what happened until the next morning. He sleeps so hard that he won’t even notice hitting the floor. Of course though, his poor back is going to be screaming at him for sleeping in such an odd position on the floor, and he’s going to be miserable. He won’t say anything to you about it though as he wouldn’t want you to think he was upset with you (even if he sort of was). The problem comes with the fact that he feels too boxed in if he sleeps by a wall, so that’s not an option. The best choice is to get a futon so if you do bumb into him it just rolls him over instead of knocking him to land in a weird position. This also means that he can roll back over to hold you a bit easier as well.

#lupin iii x reader #lupin x reader #daisuke jigen x reader #jigen x reader #goemon ishikawa xiii x reader #goemon x reader #fujiko mine x reader #fujiko x reader #koichi zenigata x reader #zenigata x reader

[childotkw]

So I've been obsessing and re-reading all of your notes for Ruination and came to the realization that although you've briefly touched on the reactions of his family and human enemies, we've left out the response from another important group: The Dragons

How does Cannibal's presence impact the dragons? How do to they react to his presence and he to them?

Vhagar is obviously very special. Thanks to their link, Cannibal knows that she is part of the source of his bonded's absolute burning fury and hate, but the human's thoughts are a bit muddled too and that's given a new dimension and anticipation to their encounters. Dragons, as smart as they can be, are still beasts at root, so natural instinct dictates that they'd both recognize each other as a threat, possible mates (?), and in Cannibal's case a literal snack.

What do you suppose the old gal would make of him? Depending on the lore and speculation you're going off of, Cannibal could be just as ancient as Vhagar if not older, and seeing as she was born/raised in the same area, who knows, they may have clashed long before this generation of Targaryens even existed.

I also like to think that dragons have their own sort of heirarchy system. The older and larger the dragon, the more they can establish their presence, but perhaps the bonds with specific humans can also impact their ranking too.

For example, Vermithor and Silverwing were established mounts of royal blood with known history. They're large and established enough other dragons probably just let them be. But due to age it seems they got a bit lazy, so in the heirachy, they aren't really doing much and among the dragons aren't considered an "active" threat. That would probably change once they get riders though and then Vermithor would be a prime fighting target for Cannibal.

But what about Caraxes? A large, battle tested beast in his prime, bonded to a veteran warrior like Daemon? That practically oozes alpha male energy. I can imagine Caraxes being on edge around this oustider which is further fueled by Daemon's protectiveness. Their humans manage to keep them from fighting, but just barely. Caraxes is too well trained and his bond with Daemon gives him some restraint. Cannibal only manages not to maul him because on some level he recognizes through his bond with Lucerys that Caraxes is important and cannot be eaten right now. He is NOT happy, but the boy promises that he will have other dragons to hunt. There's probably a ton of threat displays and posturing on both of their parts any time they're within each other's range of sight though. Imagine noodly Caraxes all twisted and arched up like a cat, hissing and whistling at a very unimpressed Cannibal, who just needed to lie right in Caraxes' favorite spot to sunbathe. Unstoppable force meets an immovable object. lol

Syrax is the Queen's dragon and that bond means she should be important too, but she doesn't have active combat experience and she's still relatively small and young for a dragon? She might not be too important in Cannibal's eyes, but Lucerys clearly has Syrax on the DO NOT ATTACK list. She might think of him as a big threat to both Rhaenyra and her own offspring though. (According to the wiki, Cannibal ate hatchlings and dragon eggs from the area, so safe to say the big guy probably ate someboy directly related to Syrax.)

Any dragon is probably wary of Cannibal though. Animals can sense predators among them, and generally they're content to stick to their individual territories in the dragon pit or the surrounding areas on the island. They give him a wide berth and he largely ignores them...except when he's petty and antagonizes the others in a fit of boredom. (Daemon totally pushes for Lucerys and Cannibal to be sent out on missions to give them something to do once they start going stir crazy and to give Caraxes a break. lol)

Do you think certain dragons get a little more used to him and tolerate him better than others? You mentioned Jacerys trying not to treat Lucerys too differently. I can imagine him insisting that they go out flying together between training and meetings. As a result, Vermax is a little more at ease around him. Never fully relaxed, but at least he isn't skittering away whenever Cannibal so much as shifts his weight.

Might be a fun dynamic to further explore how Lucerys' love for his family translates over to Cannibal. He doesn't get the concept of love, but he does understand the draconic penchant for hoarding and possession. For good or bad, the humans and dragon's loved by Lucerys are now HIS, and there is nothing more brutal than a dragon guarding what belongs to them. It makes him even more violent when attacking the Greens.

Sorry for going on and on about the behavior of giant fictional flying lizards, but this is what happens when I have a new obsession and then decide to watch an animal documentary series. Haha.

No need to apologise! It's always fun to see the ideas people spin!

Cannibal will still keep himself, largely, apart from the rest of the dragons. Just because he has Lucerys now doesn't means he's house-trained enough to be left unsupervised with the other dragons lmao. It's also symbolic of the distance Lucerys now feels to his family. For the other dragons, they'd probably feel a bit uneasy around Cannibal, since he's so old, big and violent.

The only one I see as initially less adverse to approaching Cannibal would be Caraxes. The whole idea of the bonds playing into how the dragons hierarchy works is definitely interesting! I think Caraxes' bond with Daemon would definitely influence how he and Cannibal interacted. They'd both know the connection and love between Daemon and Lucerys, so they'd probably play nice just purely on that. Of course, they're still dragons, so their idea of playing nice would be not actively murdering each other.

Same would go for Syrax and even Vermax. Their bonds with Lucerys' family - the ones he loves dearly - would offer them a tentative protection from Cannibal's hunger. He's still wild, so if they did push too far with him, he'd snap back, but he'd restrain himself from outright killing.

I think Cannibal would consider Rhaenyra, Jace, Daemon, etc. as more 'non-entities' at first. Lucerys is literally the only human he cares about because he's his. But over time, he might start to at least identify them as 'family-adjacent'.

Lucerys' family's dragons would get used to Cannibal more quickly, given the proximity and forced interactions - but I'd keep some of the friction there for a good while, I think.

Eventually, over time, Cannibal would be seen as 'one of them'. The uneasiness would likely never fade completely, but once he started to curb the baby / egg eating a bit, the other dragons would probably be more welcoming of his presence.

Now, Vhagar would be the interesting one. Obviously the thing between Aemond and Lucerys is bleeding through a lot, so Cannibal is definitely checking her out (both as a threat and a mate, which is very smart of him). Their clashes are fierce but also dance-like in nature, because they're unconsciously presenting to their potential mate.

Vhagar would see and acknowledge Cannibal's strength and brutality, and she does mark him down as a 'maybe'. He's worthy, but he's also an asshole. I like the thought that they might have clashed in the past. Vhagar's been all over Westeros, and Cannibal's been around the block before as well. At the very least, they would have heard each other at some point - dragon roars carry quite far, after all. So that's a cool concept!

#fallen-angel-lucifer #HOTD #ruination au #aemond targaryen #lucerys velaryon #lucemond #vhagar the dragon #cannibal the dragon

[thewarnerbrothers]

alright i gotta say something

you really cant do anything when you have a moderately popular blog huh

look. im a lurker at heart. i just happen to have one issue: not being able to shut up when im interested in something. thats the only reaaon this blog exists. i didnt come here to make friends, though i ended up doing that along the way

i dont want or need your pity. what i need is for people i dont know at all to stop putting me under a microscope

newsflash: i dont matter. follower count doesnt matter. at all. do you know what its like having thousands of eyes on you all the time? it sucks

i literally cant do anything

if i block literal strangers, they get mad and try to publicly shame me for it. if i try to settle disputes amicably in private, its seen as bad. if i attempt to be open and transparent with modding decisions, its bad. if i ask people to actually talk to me, they dont. instead they kick up a frenzy in private to coordinate a stupid mass hissy fit disproportionate to any perceived slight they may have endured. if i make friends, people take it personally. people see that as some sort of insult. i cannot be friends with everyone. i wont. this hurts strangers feelings, dspite me not existing for their pleasure.

some of you feel very entitled to my time. you dont own me. i dont owe you anything. ive tried to not lose the few molecules of my mind left on a regular basis because of some people who are no longer in this fandom, and some who still are. and man. i am just. tired. of everyone. all the time.

i think even more than the fact that this series was released (mainly) as a bingewatch fest, what killed this fandom was you

not necessarily you, whoever is reading this. i mean the fans. in general. some of you are so annoying, rude, inappropriate, and willfully lacking in social skills. youre over dramatic. youre moody. youre dramamongering. youre liars. youre bullies. youre self-ascribed victims. you dont care about other human beings.

youre repulsive, frankly

you are part of the reason people have been leaving the fandom in droves. the homophobia. the transphobia. the ship hate. the inability to treat other people with basic human decency. the manufactured scandals. shut up and grow up

you know why i barely interact with larger fandom anymore? ill tell you

waves of harassment to varying degrees ad nauseam

creeps who refuse to even try to keep their fetishes to themselves in private groups that include minors

abusers (most of whom are thankfully now gone)

people befriending me only to reveal that they dont actually like or care about me as a person

the most willfully socially inept people to ever exist

nosy jerks who literally cannot stand not sticking their nose in personal problems that have nothing to do with them

people treating me and my blog like im google adsense. im not a billboard guys

people deciding i am evil for no apparent reason? sdkjfalsdjfa

thinly veiled anythingphobia pretending to be socially just (hi homophobes who imply that being lgbt by nature is 'adult')

people who just make things up. all the time. just make up a lie, say it passionately enough. if you try to defend yourself, youre seen as guilty/suspicious. if you try to resolve things quietly with only those involved, you're seen as guilty/suspicious. cant win

wankers who need to learn why parasocial relationships arent actually meant to be embraced wholeheartedly

really lame one-off trolls tbh

the most fandom discourse-poisoned takes i have seen since su hatedom was at its peak

im just tired of being nice all the time? i think you guys just like taking advantage of people you imagine to be good targets

listen. i am allowed to do whatever i want, regardless of how you feel about it. the same thing goes for you. i tend to try to resolve things reasonably and rationally, but i wont pretend ive never gotten mad or overreacted or made a decision i regret. ive made that pretty known. i like to think i've grown, and ive gone out of my way to apologize to people.

however.

some of yall do not understand that just because your feelings got hurt, it doesnt mean you are deserve an apology or an explanation. sometimes it literally is just a you problem. a skill issue. you need to grow thicker skin. learn how to curate your online experience. get. over it.

lets talk about blocking, shall we?

blocking is great. i block people all the time. i block bots, i block tag spammers, i block people who make posts with rancid vibes, i block people who ive personally interacted with and no longer wish to, i block because i get tired of seeing someones posts, i block people who post things that trigger me, i block blogs with icons i dont like. there's usually no grand reason for it, aside from egregious cases where i've been harassed. its also usually not personal. i will block people who ive followed for years. i dont care. i dont know most of yall. i know i've been blocked by tons of people and that's okay! i would rather people who don't want to interact with me do that.

if you get blocked, thats it. dont attempt to contact me again unless i reach out. im not the only blog in this fandom. youll live without my posts. i am not the arbiter of all things animaney.

im just some guy

i know that the people who need to hear this most will not care nor will they actually absorb what i'm saying. ive gotten a lot of hate over the dumbest crap. im done. i think i need to stop trying to be so friendly, because some of you think being a little pissbaby is the only way to interact with others online.

cant wait til i finally explode one day and just delete everything

tldr shut up leave me alone oh my god its not that big a deal jesus christ

#if youre gonna treat me like shit regardless i get to be upset about it #bleh

[doorrobloxstuff]

LORE: The Askers

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Notes I couldn't really get into the designs because I'm bad at drawing. Hence why most of the story will be literature heavy.

Tiny compared to other entities! The average size for them is about a foot tall.

Cannot lift anything above 8 pounds without some weight training. Attempting to lift heavy stuff up will make them exhausted.

Can fly around and stuff no biggie.

Mostly fly around in small groups and hover around human corpses like flies.

When something is too heavy, they can call each other into little groups like a bunch of ants picking up a cheeto.

Has these strange visions..

When they do have a vision, it can often leave them standing there for a few minutes to a couple of hours.

Cannot control when this occurs...Maybe that'll change in the future. ;)

Can't really hunt for themselves due physical weakness (unless they got a really good plan on how to kill someone) but its fine, other entites can give them food if they need it.

If Seek had to assign them a job in the hotel, it'd probably be Setting + Cleaning plates, Cleaning bloodstains, Help figure Sort books and other general hotel maintenance (which Rueben ALSO does, but on a larger scale since they have a 8+ pound strength cap. Think of Rue as a mechanic/librarian's assistant while these little guys are cleaners/chefs.)

Oh don't worry the other entities themselves (including Seek) also do chores/general hotel maintenance. This is mostly just to give them opportunities to explore the hotel and find stuff that wouldn't normally be found by the others. I mean they are SO little imagine all the nooks and crannies they could fit into!!

Not related to Halt but Halt finds it amusing how much they look like it.

So, I kind of dislike the concept of humans asking questions. I mean! Cmon! They are entities who actively go out of their to kill humans!! Why would they honestly answer any of their questions????

So these little guys represent the askers!! They even have their own secret lore too :)

#doors roblox #roblox doors #corpse mention #blood mention #genericdoorsaskblog #lore #author.txt

[soutsuji]

Begging people to understand that Ayatsuji didn't actually kill 2 billion people. Or solve 50k cases. He literally just lied about that I think. Look at him. All that man does is lie, much like a girl born after 1993. And okay fine, it's not explicitly confirmed that he was being sarcastic, but he has quite the untruthful track record. He lies and obfuscates the truth so much. And like, just consider the logistics of all that for a second. 2 billion people? Presuming the world in BSD has roughly the same population as we do, that's ONE QUARTER of the WHOLE WORLD. How exactly do you think he even killed that many people? With his ability? With his ability that only activates under very specific circumstances? If you assume that he told the truth when he said he solved 50000 cases, that surely cannot equate to 2 BILLION murderers. He's 27 now, so he would've been at least 15 when the war ended, so I guess it could be possible for him to have fought in it, but he wouldn't have been of much use on the actual battlefield considering the constraints on Another. So how else could this man have possibly killed that many people? With a gun? With his own hands? Why would he do that? And even if, by some unknown act of god, he did cause that many deaths, then do you really think even a single government or group out there would let him live after that? At that point, with a body count that insanely, unfathomably high, it doesn't even matter how useful his ability is to agencies. He would be dead. Or confined in Meursault for a sentence of several lifetimes at the least, if he got extremely lucky. I feel like he also definitely exaggerated the number of cases he's solved. While it's not unlikely for him to have gained his ability and started solving cases at the age of 7, 50000 is a crazy number, unless you count solving petty crimes or figuring out the endings of mystery novels as cases. If, however, all 50k of those cases were murder cases, then that would mean at least 50k dead criminals, which brings us back to the whole "Ayatsuji would have been killed if he had a body count that high" point. Just. Logistically, it does not make any plausible sense for him to have done all of that. I imagine that his real life went something like this: he gains/discovers his ability at 7, starts solving small cases, then works his way up to larger, bigger cases. His kill count rises as he solves more murder cases. Maybe he even considers some indirect, unintended victims of Another as people he's killed. Sure. Whatever. At some point, the Special Division decides it's time to do something about him, and they keep him in containment behind bars for some unknown period of time. Then, when he's somewhere in his early twenties, they relent and move him to house arrest. When he's approximately 25, Tsujimura is assigned to him as a surveillant. While Ayatsuji's kill count is undoubtedly very high, I REALLY don't think it's even in the high thousands. He's a brilliant detective, but like. How many murder cases can be possibly be solving to get to that point? I'm sure the war definitely caused a drastic spike in that count, but still. Also I just really feel the need to emphasize how often Ayatsuji lies. He's very sarcastic all of the time. He loves to mess with people. I really think it's SUPER likely he was just messing with Kubo

I've gathered three versions of events here (light novel translation by profqlasses, first two panels scanlated by chazukekani, and the other two are from the official YenPress translation). Does he LOOK like he's being wholly serious here? Look at that smug little face of his. I think he's bored and doing what he knows best: picking on easy targets for amusement. He frankly does not care a bit about revealing his actual stats to some criminal. All Ayatsuji knows is how to drink hot coffee, make fun of people, and lie. And solve cases. That is all

#rant #sorry i just feel strongly about this subject because i keep seeing people pass this little factoid around as The Absolute Truth #it's even listed on the bsd wiki as trivia for him #like GUYS. COME ON. THINK ABOUT IT #you're free to come in and argue with me but i will vehemently stand by this point #.txt #gaidenposting

[aeoki]

High and Low: At World’s End - Chapter 14

Location: ES II Lobby Characters: Hajime, Midori, Shinobu, Hinata & Hiiro

Season: Autumn Writer: Akira

Hiiro: I’m sorry!

Yuuta: Why’d you say that all of a sudden!?

Hajime: Umm? W-Why are you apologising, Hiiro-kun?

Hiiro: Indeed! I thought it was my fault that things got so awkward! Aira always gets angry at me because it’s usually my fault when things get a bit weird!

Hajime: Oh no, it’s not your fault at all, Hiiro-kun. I’m sorry about that. It’s all because I was freaking out and said something horrible.

No. I wanted to hide my concerns but I ended up taking it all out on Yuuta-kun. I apologise.

Yuuta: N-No, that’s not right. I also ended up doing the same thing.

Sorry. You’re not in the wrong at all, Hajime-kun. …Ugh~ I was putting on a facade in front of you guys, but it’s all crumbling down recently.

Shinobu: Fufu. But, in reality, what you said was “correct” ~de gozaru.

Naturally, it would be our top priority to confirm the safety of Tetora-kun and his group, but we cannot neglect our work at “ES II”.

No. If we didn’t fulfil our jobs as idols then, when we meet up with them, Tetora-kun will just be angry that we didn’t do that.

He might say something like, “Don’t use us as an excuse to slack off.”

Midori: Ahaha, that sounds like something Tetora-kun would say… He’s gotten so serious lately.

It doesn’t even suit him… In the past, he was the same as me: someone who couldn’t do anything but complain a lot and went with the flow of things…

But he doesn’t need to force himself to pretend he’s a strong person.

Hajime: Yes. But we’re all boys, after all.

Fufu. Umm, sorry, things have turned into a bit of a mess, but let’s get your bags brought up to your rooms first.

You can ask the bellboy over there and he’ll bring your suitcases up to your rooms.

Hiiro: He doesn’t appear to be what you would call a “boy”, though?

Shinobu: That’s just the name of his occupation ~de gozaru.

Err, it was written in the guidebook but you’re supposed to tip bellboys overseas, right?

How much should I pay ~de gozaru? I’m a ninja so I don’t know about overseas etiquette!

Hajime: Oh, you don’t have to worry about that. I was wondering about it when I first arrived too, but it seems all the workers at “ES II” are paid in “L$”.

Tips are also paid in “L$” automatically, so even if you paid them in cash, they’ll just decline and say it’s not necessary.

In the bellboy’s case, it seems the amount of “L$” he earned will be converted and transferred to his bank account on payday.

He won’t be able to use the “L$” because he’s not an idol, after all. It looks like it’ll all be converted into normal money on payday. 

Midori: On the other hand, it seems pretty confusing… By trying to get everything to match with ES, it looks like there’s more added to the process.

Isn’t it more confusing for people who aren’t idols?

Hajime: I suppose so~... It feels like Eichi Onii-chan’s aiming to make everyone in the world idols.

Everything is still in its chrysalis stage, after all.

Hiiro: Indeed. But at this rate, it seems idols will be spread to all four corners of the world.

I didn’t expect to see another ES in a foreign country.

It seems idols and their industry is something far larger than I could have ever imagined back in my hometown.

It’s already a country in itself. No, it’s something that has surpassed that.

Hajime: Things weren’t like that at all last year… If anything, people have called the idol industry a declining industry before.

But right now, it really feels as though idols really might take over the world.

Hiiro: ………

Hajime: Ah, sorry. I ended up talking about something irrelevant again.

Ehehe. Um, if you’re tired, you can rest in your rooms.

But if you’re feeling fine, then please come with us and help us with our work.

We arrived in the country earlier and we’ve probably gotten a bit used to it, so we can show you how things work around here.

Yuuta: Okay. Thanks. To be honest, it’s so different from a normal school trip that we don’t even know what to start with.

Hajime: I had a feeling that would be the case… Umm, it seems we’ll just be touring around Australia and doing whatever work “ES II” gives us.

Midori: Yeah… Apparently, we just have to earn a certain amount of “L$” before the school trip is over…

“ES II” will send applications for jobs through the device, so all you have to do is to apply and tell them that you’ll take on that job…

And if you get an OK, a staff member will come to get you…

Then all you have to do is to follow their instructions and film for a commercial or do a photoshoot…

If you do it correctly, you’ll get “L$”...

Hajime: Yes. It’s not too different from our usual work at ES. Finally, if you’ve reached your “L$” quota…

Then, it seems you’re free to do whatever you want. You can hire a tour guide for some “L$” or eat something delicious.

You can get beauty treatment or enjoy all sorts of activities.

Midori: If you use too much of your “L$”, you’ll have to start earning them back, though…

If your quota is under by the end of the school trip, it means you would’ve failed…

I don’t think you’ll be punished if you end up being under the quota… It might affect your reputation as an idol back in Japan, though…

It feels pretty wrong to play all the time and not complete the tasks we’ve been given…

Hajime: Yes. Ehehe, we weren’t used to this kind of system at all in the beginning.

We did as we were told and used up our “L$” so we couldn’t save up at all.

Midori: That’s because the device kept sending us information about recommended tours and stuff… I thought it would be rude to turn the offers down, so I said we’ll take part in them…

Thanks to that, our schedules got filled up inch by inch. It was awful… It was an endless stream of work, play, work, play…

Hajime: I think it's been a rather fulfilling trip so far, though.

That’s why I feel bad towards Tomoya-kun and the others who can’t fully enjoy their school trip as it was originally planned.

I can’t help but sigh all the time.

I can’t keep doing that, huh. It’s my one and only high school trip, so I should genuinely enjoy everything.

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#high and low

[lured-into-wonderland]

Thread wanted:

Hostage situation. Both direct and more indirect situations would work. Like Nunnally is kidnapped (as an individual or in a larger group? targeted or accidental victim?) or she is actually a hostage in a royal setting. A princess sent away to the enemy/hostile kingdom to ensure the peace (obedience?) between the states. With or without arranged marriage in the background. The latter do can be also done in the mafia verse as I can imagine similar setting for the competing gangs. I really would like to explore the Stockholm syndrome more as that was the original idea for Nunnally, but, somehow, got missed a bit.

Building on that arranged marriage tropes (both for royal, mafia even perhaps human verse?). I really like this trope as it can go many different directions from fluff to angst and all the way round. But what I really want here is a bigger mess. Like Nunnally is betrothed to one man and in (mutual?) love in another. Like older and younger brother? A king and a knight? A mob boss and a hitman? Anything goes from both or one angle.

Then reincarnation plot…but not really and I do not have a good verse on that. But imagine Nunnally is thought to be (but is not) the reincarnation of someone’s lover/beloved wife? Preferably a king? Someone in the position of power. So that she cannot easily brush it off. Her family forcing her to pretend she is the one? A risky game? Or maybe not a king but an unnatural being? A demon? And then she actually falling in love while he realizes she is not the one. Or he is actually accepting her feelings even if she is not the one? There is such a great potential in it.

A disinherited princess? The only daughter of the deceased King who was deprived of her heritage. Managed to run away and now trying to get back the kingdom. With someone looking for the revenge on her distant family/usurpers? Another Lord who wants to use her to get into the power and throne? Or perhaps someone who believes in justice? Or perhaps she did not manage to escape and is forced into the marriage for securing the throne? Someone to rescue her? Running away together?

Witness protection programme (there is a verse for it) Nunnally got herself involved into the wrong kind of love (marriage). With the gang boss. But she could not adjust to living in the criminal world and decided to leave (still loving or not that person). So, she is covered under the witness protection programme. Could work with the agent protecting her? Her lawyer? The prosecutor? A hitman sent to kill her? Or a gang member she run away with? A member of another gang wanting to use the situation? Or if you’re adventurous, how about being her lover/husband and having the mixture of angst and fluff?

Would also like to write something in the Victorian settings…but no clear ideas here.

True! The above is messy, but these are more like ideas/settings I have and would like to explore. Happy to plot it further, adjust, swap roles? Give it a like if you are interested in something or drop into my DM or discord.

I am open to other ideas as Nunnally is really flexible and I love exploring new things. Plotting and chatting about our muses. And I do not mind how many threads we have ongoing. We can have another one or simply steer our current ones into something similar. 

#ooc #threads wanted #putting that in my pinned post as well

[mishwanders]

What's your reason for fanfiction writing? Why do you produce works for this genre? What pushes you into writing, that made you not only a reader, but also a writer in fanfiction community/fandom?

I love your writing/portraying skills in mold monster scenes in Our Moral Decay. Keep writing/producing, I'm proud of you for your labour; the way you put your love, excitement, interest and imagination in the way you produce something, making/design ocs, talking about ocs, even in the images you make for your fics you put on the description section 💐

Thank you so much! Seeing this in my box made my heart grow three times larger and I’M SCREAMING OVER HERE ABOUT IT!!! Y’all really don’t know how much it means to hear it because I do try my hardest on them and put a lot of effort to the stuff I write and try to make things as easy as possible for people to navigate and with quality content and characters. In collusion to this part: THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU! 💕

Okay now for the rest of the explanations. This is gonna be a long one - so grab yourself a drink lol. Ima put my ramblings under the cut so I don’t take up the timeline.

My reasons? Truly I find a lot of enjoyment in it. I’ve always loved to write and share the ideas and thoughts that are constantly in my head. Sometimes I use it as a tool to cope with things that I’ve experienced in my life, it being easier for me to handle and explain it and convey my feelings through fiction sometimes than just coming right out and saying it at times. But it also helps me a lot because I can write these characters and treat them with the kindness and, in an extension, feels like I’m extending that kindness to myself - especially when I’m writing disabled characters or those with trauma involved. But more often than not, my reason for it has just been my brain seeing an empty space and going “but what if?”

For why with the genre? It’s funny you bring up genre because I feel like a kind of touch on a few that I would have never if it weren’t for people wanting that in fic (like romance), but I like the way I’ve kind of meshed things together to make something of my own. Growing up I read a lot to escape being in my broken body, and my primary reading material was a lot of southern gothic, horror (like goosebumps, Frank Pretti, Ted Dekker, etc), fantasy, classic gothics, and the Bible. So it was a pretty odd mixture to say the least. I feel like I’ve done a decent job of blending elements of each into it - so much so that I’ve gotten compliments on the blend saying I remind them of A24 or it’s as if the reader is really there in the story, or like I’m telling you as if I physically experienced it myself. Which in part, I have, but that’s getting off topic lol.

The thing that will always continue to push me to write is the fact that my brain cannot stop when it comes to finding the gray areas in things. Resident Evil is my brains perfect little play place because it has a lot of story but it also has a lot of loose ends that my brain loves to latch onto and pick at with a stick or put it under a microscope and analyze it to the end. It’s mainly why I like writing longer stories too because I can explore what my brain is picking away at versus in one shots - I talk a lot as you can tell, it’s hard to keep my thoughts contained to one thing sometimes lol.

I used to write for other fandoms a long time ago as a kid, but once my parents found out, my ability to write that stuff was taken from me, and I had to read fanfic in secret from them and really anyone else. It wasn’t until this past year that I took a leap of faith and joined a discord with other resident evil fans. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be writing now. They continually push me to be my best and we all pick at each others brains a lot and talk about the stories and ocs, so it’s been fun because I have a support group behind me that pushes me to do my best.

I also love to read others fics because I just like seeing other peoples ideas! Everyone is different and everyone has a different style, so I like to see what’s going on in their heads revolving around our favorite characters and settings. I’m always blown away by the quality that other fanfic writers put into their work and it’s just amazing to see imo!

Just, fanfics are so varied, have so many peoples experiences and ideas within them. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out here like this, because everyone leaves a piece of themselves in their writing, and everyone has an opinion on it. I’ve been grateful to have a lot of amazing people follow me, a lot who are nice and kind to me. I just love being in a space that is accepting and willing to come together of our favorite characters and such and geek out over it. It’s been a community that I’ve searched for, for a very long time. I’m happy to have found that here 💕

#mish rambles #I told you it was a lot lol #but yeah my open letter to why I do what I do

[the-firebird69]

Freya Ridings - Castles (Live At The Barbican)

He said the mask is 80 miles long and it's the base and I said what is this no one's ever said that I said you've never seen the movie mission to Mars I feel it was sent back and I said oh and it's 2015 not 98 when it happened and I said wow this is clever stuff well it sucks mush for me it starts you can see it right in the movie I don't want to ruin it you'll get it right away and what happens to them is kind of weird they might be in Brazil already and it might cost Star wars and it's in a saucer in Indiana Jones Kingdom of the crystal skulls and it's recoverable problem with the machine does it and she says this is insanity it's not really the form of petrification and it happens sometimes to mummies and if you're cohabitating with a mutated deep sea creature theoretically it's not that impossible and she got a little angry and said I don't understand him but this is weird s*** it might be real I said well it's not too hard to imagine why that would be important and they can't understand it at all said no my friend my clan please check some people so I left that I felt related a little better I started checking into it and they said the mask is gigantic and they have signal emission and I'm checking it and saying the same thing a lot we're stranded here so I looked at a smile that I said it's probably them and they're telling me who they are and I said this is crazy so now there's a group and I'm okay how's calling for help and he's saying all this weird s*** and then he says you know what I think I should look into what you're talking about but it came from Justin cuz he went down to the cap he went down to the buffet and people are now seeing it just no use for him no you're wrong you're very wrong and he's saying these two castles that people look for now are for a symbolism and it's about Jupiter and Elysium with machete tonight was insanity I can't stand it anymore I don't talk like she does he says but he remembers me and I get it it's not calling someone that but really it's like girls don't usually say it and yeah I'm a hippie so I'm pretty pleased with house turned out I can't wait to get him back

Freya ridings

We are talking about these castles and there is one of the West for myself and they're saying it's Michelle audette and we're saying no but they're saying it's their rulership castle and they are big enough to rule over Jupiter and maybe a little bit larger than we would be about 35 ft tall and Higgins armory is his side and that would be without the floors in the middle and the arms would be on the sides and it came around no nobody spoke about it and they said they had to check and they figured out something this place is very evil and they felt afraid and it was the Giants domicile and they did not want to be there and they kept saying it to themselves secretly they tried to find people to take the job over you should see how people really react they are in fear and we're not saying they shouldn't be now I've located a few of mine and he said this isn't going to be that hard that's where I was going a lot of the times and one of them is the international Fair it's like all those buildings and the other one is the science center in LA and it had the body Wells and he said oh great if this is ours I'm going to be thinking of these bodies to your side and I'm saying let's gross and as far as something I would do but yeah it's a little bit worse than when you're thinking about it it's a little different oh gross they got Preston out of it and it's an analogy possibly it's a zigzag and it is he says I'll stay in there Frozen and this is helping a lot and the program is moving and it's great

Hera

I cannot say thank you enough it says well we're in a pickle here things are not going it's like living in a pond so anything can think of that it would work without causing a problem and I'm going to get to it the guys are saying if they get you something they attack it and it's good and we see with the second ebike and it's good. And he appreciates it I said I'm going to start working on it

Zig

We're going at this now and we're going to work at we're going to show people what we're made of. This woman is someone that I work with and do things with and we're getting her business going and she is getting dimensions off the buildings to replicate them and taking lots of pictures and scans to see how they're built answer replicated exactly how they're built in the same fashion the same size for the same roof structure it's going to be intense okay this woman is intense and people are going to want these all over the world and she is going to start construction on one of them tomorrow and she wants to know how it will go if it's cursed or if she can get away with it and people are saying it we need to see it and we need to see what it's like and it's going to be intense these structures are huge and he wants to make one in Las Vegas and she says would this be big enough and he says of course the hallway is the corridors in the rooms are about 40 to 45 ft and there's the main area and it's probably 80 ft and that's exactly what you wanted it'll be a hotel casino and that's what they make but that'll be New Vegas and that hasn't happened and it won't for a bit and she's laughing and she says I'll need plans and what we can do is draw plans and send them over and they'll fight over it and very harshly and try and put it at now and eventually they'll be a New Vegas and she says good I like that so we're going to head now with this

Freya

In closing I'm going to say shut up you son of a b**** next to my husband cuz he forgot what he was doing and it sounded like more than sure he says and it sounded like more than her and I get that and that happens I have a we're moving on we're going to get those places and stick them together eventually this sounds like a great idea and to do it on Earth

Hera

Olympus he said at first I have to write letters and that's fun

#Youtube

[dallasareaopinion]

Practical versus moderate or people compromising

At first I almost wrote compromised policy, yet doesn’t make the presentation I wanted. This is about public policy and this obsession with people that if Democrats and Republicans get together and either compromise their positions or find a middle ground (moderate) we have better public policy.

I am not saying you cannot achieve strong policy goals through compromise or with a “moderate” bent. I do state that if you look at public policy practically you might create much better public policy.

So many people are trying to find a solution to getting things done in Congress that I think they confuse what you can accomplish by trying too hard to say Congress passes better legislation when the two parties compromise. This can be a fallacy. The nature of compromise in and of itself does not necessarily make something better. It can complete a task or finish a project, yet are you really achieving the best result? I think people have seen so much failure as of late that they are trying to find a route to success without defining what success may look like first.

To me success is what is best for the country as a whole without taking away the freedoms and interests of a minority or groups that do not directly benefit. Yet if you put the general populace first the policy will eventually be beneficial to most if not all. The benefits may not be dispersed equally, however if the results reach the vast majority then you probably have a better policy.

A quick example might be where you lower the taxes on the middle class where they can save more, have money to spend, or able to pay down their personal debt. The wealthy may say what do we receive if the middle class has a tax break and we do not. I use this example because I want to say the phrase trickle up. Instead of relying on big business to pass their tax savings down with all their trumped up logic, the tax break to the general population spreads out and up. Note the word rely on in the above sentence. The whole point of the trickle down theory was that it required the upper echelons to take actions that would filter down to everyone else, such as lower prices or invest in better products to create new jobs, but yet it had to be relied upon by the general populace for the wealthy to share this gain to them. With shifting the tax relief to the general populace they naturally will do one of the three facets listed above. Savings and investments by the general populace creates stability in the economic system, banks benefit because they now have more resources to make loans, the general populace has more confidence in the system and there is a possible reduction in the wealth gap. Less taxes also mean the general populace has more money to spend so businesses benefit by increased revenues. And finally if the general population pays down debt it lessens stress on the economy. Banks and lenders such as mortgages are writing off less bad debt. There cash flow increases and they can loan more money as needed into the economy and can offer more competitive rates to a larger audience.

This example is not perfect, but hopefully can give a snapshot of the difference one policy change can make. The policy though is not based on Democrats and Republicans compromising on tax policy, or some moderate idea, but trying to find the most practical tax policy for the whole country. It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and some groups will try to shoot down the logic. Their arguments though are based on where they fall into the economic spectrum. Large corporations see the smallest immediate gain, yet if the whole economy is strong they benefit whether they will publicly admit it or not. Wall Street may not like it because the investment money is coming to them in slow waves as the general populace makes slow incremental increases to their savings, 401ks other investments etc. Wall Street has less of their own money to double down on their own wealth, hence increasing the wealth gap. Yet in the long run, a more practical policy is not based on either a conservative or liberal bias, but more towards the larger beneficial aspect.

And some may say since you are lowering taxes this is a conservative policy. I ask are you sure.

One difference to highlight is offering a practical policy can be compromised a bit to take into account factors not originally considered versus a policy that is compromised by one side trying to accommodate another side. Or they change the goal or initiative and the policy becomes watered down to appease groups trying to achieve a political win. It is the latter that I see many of today’s advocators of compromise trying to achieve. They may think compromise will get us better policy because of the extremes hijacking policy, however are they doing a litmus test of who actually benefits once they make a compromise. Or maybe in today’s world they think of a compromise they wish happened. I do have to admit not much is being done right now.

And many liberals will say the far right are the ones hijacking public policy right now and they are correct, however if you look closely though there are groups on the far left trying to create their own goals that will not benefit the general populace. They are just quieter in their public discourse so if you dig deep enough into what each side is saying a person may find the distinction. I just hope I made it clear. Neither side wants to admit that their ideas lack in merit, yet you have to step back and again do a litmus test to determine exactly who benefits.

And in researching what is needed versus being preoccupied that it needs to have a liberal or conservative bias, you can write, produce and evaluate better policy from the beginning. And of course as an independent conservative, even my public policy I discuss in my posts starts with a conservative frame, yet that does not mean it can be adjusted through analysis and evaluation to be changed to a more suitable practical end result. Policy can be liberal or conservative, it shouldn’t be driven by it has to be liberal or conservative to appease the majority of the moment. I have always said sometimes we need liberal policies and sometimes we need conservative policies. The moment should be a more important driver of the policy needed, not the politics.

And so the next step is how do we step away from the need to rationalize our compromises and step into policy writing to achieve what is truly needed.

And the irony of this post is I am trying to reach out to a moderate audience. Ha ha ha. Okay not really a moderate audience, but to the vast majority of the country who by nature are generally moderate in their views.

[loverofpaperwork]

Elon Musk tries yet again to sue for Defamation and contract interference re:Media Matters

Repeating History

To refresh my memory if not others, In July 2023 Elon Musk's Twitter Corp sued the London, England based Inc or Ltd, The Center for Countering Digital Hate. It has the classic tropes of a lawsuit designed to waste courts time. A defendant the court shouldn't really have standing over, wild claims that cannot prove either defamation or any interference of contracts, and hurt pride. That complaint Attorney representing Twitter from White and Case, Johnathon Hawk, claimed that the CCDH Injured Twitter by "scraping" data, and intimidate clients. Well in all honesty John Hawk claimed that the CCDH targeted specific users to remove off of Twitter. The piece de resistance of this whole travesty of law was the part where Twitter pledged to enjoin 50 john doe defendants that were apart of a "Large Dark Money group" that subverts American politics and promotes Covid-19 Vaccines.

History at this point will note that this case can be entirely dismissed from court or continue shortly. Perhaps in light of this fact twitter didn't even try to bring in Media Matters into this whole dark money group thing that was undermining Twitters efforts to "promote free speech"

in fact apart of the CCDH's answer was:

“At its core, X Corp.’s grievance is not that the CCDH Defendants gathered public data in violation of obscure (and largely imagined) contract terms, but that they criticized X Corp. (forcefully) to the public,” -cnn (Online hate watchdog moves to dismiss lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X | CNN Business)

*it costs a decent chunk of money to get lawsuit forms, they don't have the pdf available yet, I ain't paying for it.)

While I hesitant to take anything at face value in a lawsuit, the core of the CCDH complaint and the Media Matters complaint is Elon Musk's injured Ego. One for suggesting his company promotes hate, and the other for straight up calling his company anti-semetic.

Dark Money

at this juncture I wish to move into the subject of Dark Money. The Dark money trope, because it is a conspiracy theory, is that elections are controlled by large sums of invisible money. It can't be traced, reported, or even noticed; except by those who have the will to see. It is an easy way of calling out a political opponent or group that is more popular and has more resources.

It is also slightly based in fact, like all good conspiracies. People just don't realize how expensive it is to run an election. That increasing price is seen as corruptiong, and not the nearly constant electioneering parties do. They really do win a seat of office, and immediately start running their reelection campaign.

The fact that Twitter has of yet to name any groups must show that Hawk's theory of a large group of parties trying to undermine twitter is false. Or he got fired, lemme bing that real quick. No he still works for McDermott, White, and Case. I guess Elon isn't footing the bill, OR MAYBE THE DARK MONEY GROUPS GOT TO HIM.

Hate on Twitter

Twitter has been known for years to bring out the worst in people. They have a profile pic, random name, and something in them wants to Seig Heil. I can't explain it. Its like it is designed to remove your filter when you post, which is why I never did. I quit the site months ago. So I don't know how bad it is know, but right after Elon took over, the entire thing was crypto porn bots it felt like.

Hate has always been a problem online, so it shouldn't be embarrassing for Elong to have to deal with it. All he needs to do is actually make small changes and announce they are apart of a larger plan. and boom. No longer anti-semetic. at least in the public perception.

Elon's weirdness

Elon likes fringe United States Politics. Stuff that isn't popular, but garners a lot of internet traffic. Think Reddit and 4chan hate politics. Spend enough time with Nazi's and you start to sound like one. That happened to him. Unironically his tweets out of context sound really bad. Like on a scale of 1 to hitler, like a 6 or 7.

I think he doesn't understand how bad his statements come off. I am choosing not to repeat what he reposts, or amplifies, or the posts he makes for two reasons. One, it always sounds worse to leave it vague, and two, I don't want to share such vile things.

Media Matters lawsuit

well now to real reason I write this. Yet another group is under the crosshairs of the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist. I don't really like what they do. I find their pithy messages, pithy. Often without context and they draw wide conclusions.

On the other hand this lawsuit alleges a general tort, or civil injury, but is unable to list any damages in the complaint. And protip, all the pontification in the world is useless before a judge if the other party did in fact not be the proximal cause of your injury. Twitter, in its own argument, is the inflictor of its own grievous wound. They put ads next to bad tweets, not Media Matters. No user has that authority or contract with the advertiser.

Oh and for good measure Elon wants the article removed entitled Musk endorses antisemtic pro nazi conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for apple, et al, next to pro nazi conent from its web. (link As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content | Media Matters for America) and not the other 19 articles the lawsuit mentions that harm Twitter and are all lies... etc. Again they can't cite one instance of lies in the complaint, when no proof is necessary but recommended.

You see they claim that they caused a business relationship to fall apart, but can't prove that. Even if it was true, Media Matters has to cite any of the thousands if not billions of reasons that Musk is a bad social media brand manager. Poof, the central concept and damage of the lawsuit becomes null. The entire lawsuit hinges on Musk proving that business relationships were irreparably and unfairly damaged by Media Matters, and good luck, it ain't happening.

all of this being said Media Matters did not:

pervert the truth to say what they want (paraphasing)

Manufacture a fake user experience

Threaten Twitter in any way

Manipulate algorithms (they cant, twitter controls those

the clueless lawyers for X instead of giving Elon a Xanax and ketamine decided to file this suit. They claim that Media Matters manipulated the platform by creating a newish account and following some bad actors in the space. Bad actors amplified by musk, followed musk, and unbanned by musk btw. This is not manipulation; this is an authentic user experience. People post bad things and then you see them. These posts are promoted by the algorithm randomly anyway because they attract a lot of views and engagement. Twitter tries to claim it is fake, but Media Matters as a matter of fact cannot and couldnot invent a fake twitter enviroment. Media matters did not make Seig heil posts. they merely refreshed the Seig heil posts until advertisers appeared next to it, thereby honestly simulating the twitter experience for the average user. these nazi kind of accounts just appear in my experience, doesn't matter if you are looking at cats, or a Snoop Dog post.

Media Matters simply showed screenshots of these companies advertising next to salacious materials. What threat did they make. DId they call for people to "cancel" IBM because they advertised on Twitter. I cannot recall of any. And even if they did call for people to cancel a company, did anyone listen? was any damage done? well good luck proving it.

Perverting the truth and distorting it isn't a real cause of action or defamation. Media Matters may have helped things along, but they didn't knowingly make a material misrepensentation of the facts as they understood them. I find it difficult for Musk, his attorneys, or anyone to really prove they knowingly lied.

The fact is that Twitter, under Musk's leadership, has continued to advertise next to posts that praise Hitler, among all sorts of things. Trying to claim users can curate them away is a false answer to the claim that advertisers are advertising to things they would rather not be associated with. Imagine a Vacation Bible School being put up next to hardcore porn. I am sure it happened. If users can curate the experience to hide bad posts, then bad posts exist, and have ads next to them.

TURNS OUT THIS IS WHY TWITTER "SHADOWBANNED" PEOPLE. TO STOP ADVERTISERS FROM LEAVING BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS 420EPICYOLOHITLERDIDNOTHINGWRONG cat emoji, eggplant emoji picture of a horse pooping, picture of a lady getting beheaded in an anime. Troll face. advertisers for the most part don't want to be next to that.

Turns out Musk firing the people that handle this kind of thing really really bit him in the ass. Who Knew?

#Media Matters #Musk #Elon #Lawsuit #Opinion #CCDH #Twitter #Hate on Twitter

[impeccablebackside]

ok here's the thing: munkustrap, teazer, vic, and jerrie, all in the same bed. sharing everything and everybody. would'nt that be just magnificent?

That is definitely quite the grouping anon, and I am glad you are having thoughts about it. I certainly appreciate you sharing.

Not to kill too much enthusiasm right off the bat, but I cannot see it working out so well. Munk has very little attraction to Rumple and essentially none for Mungo. They are constantly grating on his nerves and giving his life unneeded grief. Adding in Vic, who is too young for his interests (but not by that much) further hinders the scenario. In both cases, he feels almost like a father figure looking out for them in one way or another. Not at all in a sexual way in my opinion, just to clarify. Though, if you want a larger age gap or a 'daddy' type thing to explore that sort of relationship, please go ahead and feel free. They are simply not of an interest to me, so I cannot comment on them. I can see the 'daddy' thing working better for Munk all around though.

Even as a premise of meaningless fucking, without any proper emotions or feelings attached, I still have a hard time imagining it. Obviously that is merely my opinion, so do not feel like I am dismissing your wonderful ask at all anon. Taking Vic, Rumple, and Mungo together has a lot more potential than the three of them plus Munk to me. Though, I am still considering the relationship Vic and Mungo would have in a threesome with Rumple (and guess what - that is another fic topic that will eventually find its way out. Just patiently wait for it). There is nothing wrong with the silver tom, just that he does not fit in with this scenario and is the odd man tom out from my perspective. While he is not specifically a fuck-only-one-queen-type-of-tom-and-that's-it, omitting his wife Deme makes this a lot more of a challenge to see it being realistic.

If you were to swap Vic out for Deme, I think it would work out better. Deme and Mungo have a complex and longstanding relationship that has a friends with benefits angle in my mind, so there is that. Otherwise, it is still a weirder group, as Deme and Rumple would not really gel per se, and Munk and Mungo simply do not gel. With this, it would be awkward all around, and act more as pairings within the four rather than four all at once. There could be an argument that Deme would get something out of seeing Munk with someone else, but only if they are both into the other person, which would not happen in this scenario.

Anyway when speaking to your foursome, out of Vic, Rumple, and Mungo, I can see Munk most likely picking Rumple to fuck if he absolutely had to (and he could still have a go at her in 'my' foursome too, if he chose to). If it were to happen, I would think some bigger time domination type fucking would manifest whether he is consciously trying for it or not. She is just so annoying sometimes, and finally the stronger tom could express his frustration in a different outlet. Not getting much an opportunity to be rougher with his dominant side often, he would take advantage. Plus, it would definitely satisfy Rumple's fantasy to be fucked by Munk in basically every possible way. That being said and as mentioned, Munk has no attraction to Rumple, Vic, or Mungo, so this is merely speculative. Otherwise, Rumple and Vic would be good to go together, everything else not so much.

Anon, please take my sincere apologies for ruining your enthusiasm for all of this. If you up for it, I would be interested in a quick rundown of what you had in mind for these four. You would probably have a good way of enlightening me.

#sorry for the non answrt anon #i cannot see it happening too well but it is a good thought for sure #send more if you have more #scenarios are always welcomed and so are questions

[sanstropfremir]

So, naturally, someone has to ask you about onlyoneof's comeback. The whole thing has me incredibly confused. Firstly 8 songs were teased but only 4 released? Is this album actually supposed to be a prerelease? And then conceptually....the teasers weren't very coherent and the mv and song are just so strangly detached from each other? To be fair libido was also detached but the mv was coherent with itself while the skinz mv feels like it didn't have a core direction. The tech opening was great but then the pov section hit and just....idk the whole thing lost its plot. I will say the what I've seen of the choreo fits the song well, I just don't get how something that was openly a libido sequel felt so off when the material was right there.

I loved the outfits for the first stage, junji's jacket was fantastic. Someone said they were serving second gen and while I don't think they went that far I do love the copious and copiously cheap leather. I'm certain they'll release another guilty pleasure version that's just the choreo and I really wanna see the whole dance.

I love the three bsides we got I'm just so beyond confused on how they straight up dropped only half of the tracklist. That and the MV being super cheap genuinely made me wonder if the full comeback hasn't actually happened yet but there's just no news of anything like that so...??????

I actually do like skinz in the same way I liked libido- neither song appealed to me at ALL at first but infinite's the chaser made me make a two listen rule because I also somehow hated that song on first listen. On second listen...the 10 seconds of opening with the guitar that fades into the instrumental is SICK. I wish the guitar was more present in the song other than little pop ups here and there. It's def a weird song and the weakest of the 4 we got but also feels very derived from libido and sage. I think it could've been a great noise music song and I can hear what they were trying to do with it I just can't figure out if it's too empty or too crowded.

What are your thoughts?

oh this is so long! thank you!!

yea the whole comeback has been a bit scattered but honestly i think it's probably a money thing more than anything else. we know they are actually capable of doing full scale concepts since all their previous cbs have been more typical; i suspect they really took a hit domestically with libido and the fact that they doubled down instead of switching concepts to something that was less socially 'risque'. it's obviously a gamble they were willing to make in order to be their weird little indie boy selves and i applaud them for it. they've clearly got enough support to keep the lights on and if that lets them keep making music than i'll take some sacrifices.

as far as the mv goes, i don't actually mind it? well, i do mind it, but let me explain. i hate watching it because pov type stuff skeeves me the fuck out, but i also think they did that on purpose. the fact that they likely had a much smaller budget this time around means that they had to do some very creative problem solving to get a cohesive mv, and this is a perfect example of limitations breeding creativity. i think they're playing at something really interesting by reaching into the space of the whole voyeuristc fan experience and superimposing it with a 'storyline'/such obvious inter-group connections. although libido was decidedly western tinted, it still fell within the production standards of what we expect from a kpop mv. despite there being a rise in 'authentic' content from idols, there's usually a very clear distinction between 'performance' work and 'extra content', of which we see a visual distinction that usually comes down to things like rehearsal/casual clothes, tech quality, filming locations, etc. so even though the skinz mv ticks all the boxes of being easy-to-film cheap casual content, i don't actually think it is. there's a couple of really good vfx shots, there's two different aspect ratios, a lot of the shots are very purposefully framed, and the pov aspect, obviously. the fact that they all get into a company car but there's not a manager driving, and there's no accidental shots of staff at all, which all tell me this was a storyboarded and intentional mv. because of the high standard of production, a kpop mv presents an idol as a 'character' in a sense; they aren't wearing clothing they would usually wearing, they're in an artificial setting, and they aren't really 'acting' like themselves either. they're dressing up for work, yanno? customer service face etc. so by purposefully breaking the clearest visual boundary between 'work' and 'casual', skinz is directly questioning those boundaries. where exactly is the line between what's 'performance' and what isn't? how much do we see as fans and who are we to tell if what we're seeing is 'real' or not? it's a really interesting mv concept. not entirely sure it was totally successful, but it got there for me.

it is annoying that they only dropped half the tracklist and it is 100% my villain origin story but addy (@hoforwonho) told me that re-bido was a cd exclusive, which makes me think that the rest of them are as well. and i don't blame them for trying to drum up money any way they can. i'm just glad gaslighting was in the tracks they dropped for streaming because it was the one i was most excited about from the previews and it fucks supremely. ultimate bliss is also really good but gaslighing is my fave by far.

in terms of the actual title track itself, i LOVE the guitar and i think the instrumental has good bones but i don't like the vocal line (not the people, the actual melody+lyrics+arrangement) at all. i think where you're getting the too empty/too crowded from is that the vocals are doing a LOT and the instrumental is kinda bare under the guitar riff, but they're not working together at all. it bothers me less in the studio recording but the chaos is really obvious in the performances. i think i can see where they wanted it to go but it didn't make it all the way there for me, even if i can understand why it was meant to be offputting.

#kpop questions #onlyoneof #ooo w #in terms of the song not matching the aesthetics of the mv i think it was again them going for something as disarming as possible #like the lyrics that they do have in english are so........hm. well. 'wiggle with this parasite' sounds fuckin gross. personally #and we know they can write good english lyrics #in gaslighting there's 'grab me when im teetering/everything is being mirrored by your handling' which FUCKS #plus with the nails scraping sample. i think skinz was just mean to be offputting #also pretty sure the whole pov thing was intentionally meant to be unsettling. like looking into something you weren't supposed to #like i think it was directly confronting the whole weirdness of a bunch of dudes singing a love song to one person thing about boy bands #yanno? #like theyre really really directly beating at the whole celebrity/fan relationship thing #like i cannot imagine a larger group doing something like this it really is SO direct #like i thought maniac and cant control myself were on the nose but these boys really went the extra mile #i also want to see a stable cam of their choreo. i really love the ending pose a LOT #im sure one of the music shows has one up by now #text #answers

[the-insomniac-emporium]

Hello there may I request the Dimitrescu daughters celebrating their s/o birthday, it’s my birthday today☺️

Happy belated birthday, anon!!! Wishing you many more happy (and hopefully less chaotic) years to come! Under read more for length.

Bela + Birthday

On one hand, she wants to be the first thing you see when you wake up. On the other hand, she’s got a million things planned, and no matter how much help she enlists, she’s bound to end up running late. So maybe she’s not the first thing you see, but she’s crawling into your bed before you have a chance to fully wake up. Wrapping her arms around you, murmuring ‘good morning’ and ‘I love you’ into your ears. Sleepy kisses all around<3

Will stay with you for as long as you want, but will ‘subtly’ encourage you to get up eventually, after all she’s spent the past month planning this day. It’s possible that she’ll end up slowly sliding out of bed, an inch a minute, saying ‘no more kisses until you get up’.

Once you’re out of bed, it’s time for a decadent breakfast. A whole buffet table filled with your favorites (the ones appropriate for this time of day, at least), with any servants you’re friends with being allowed to join in. If you’re not from Romania, Bela will go out of her way to have the cooks learn recipes from whatever country you grew up in. Might throw in a few non-breakfast items too. Mmmm, thinking about my family’s krumkake recipe now, so good<3

What happens next depends a lot on your specific personality. If you enjoy parties and social gatherings, there will be festivities in one of the castle’s larger rooms, again with any of your friends being allowed to join (even visitors from the village, should you wish to invite them). A large cake will be served, likely baked by none other than Ava Caldwell (please excuse my shameless OC mention).

If you’re more introverted, or shy, Bela will keep the gathering very small, likely just her family and you. There will be music, a few gifts from the family, similar but smaller treats. Less energetic, more casual and comfy family time.

Come lunch time, the two of you will have some private time again. Depending on weather/season, she’ll either take you for a picnic in the garden, or a quiet meal in the observatory. Think candles, lots of strategically placed flowers, warm blankets… all that cheesy stuff. Afterwards, she’ll let you take the reins for a bit. Essentially, you’ll spend some quality time doing your favorite hobbies together. Feel free to info dump/rant all you want, Bela will stare at you with love in her eyes regardless of the subject.

Once you’ve had your fun together, it’ll be time for dinner, which will once more be with her family. Everyone will be on their best behavior (under threat of blackmail, except for Alcina, who’s just, you know, a good mother who wants her daughter to be happy). Again the cooks will go all out for the meal, making whatever dishes weren’t appropriate for breakfast. There will probably be leftovers- unless, of course, you decide to let the other servants enjoy what you cannot finish.

Finally, before bed, Bela will let you open the gifts from her. The two of you will be in either her room or her private study, away from everyone else. She’ll have prepared 3 gifts for you. One will relate to your personal interests (a hobby, a movie/book series you love, etc), one will be something the two of you can do together, and the last will be something you can wear/keep on you to remind you of her (not that you could ever forget, really).

I’ll leave the detail of what happens that night to your imagination, dear reader, so as to not assume anything about *ahem* attractions, gender, or any possible… deviances (kinks, if that wasn’t clear). Regardless, there is cuddling<3

Cassandra + Birthday

Wakes you up, first thing in the morning, with kisses. Just crawls into bed with you and smothers you in somewhat sleepy affection. Do you know how hard it was for her to get up at this hour? Relatively! Which is why you’re not allowed to get up get up, at least not for a while. Mandatory girlfriend snuggles. No escape. If the two of you are, ya know, of the persuasion to do certain things… without clothing… then yeah, that’s probably also happening. Please don’t judge me, I’m tired (and asexual) and am trying to avoid this being unnecessarily ns/fw.

Doesn’t really want to share you at all, even on your birthday, but will let you mingle with friends/have a nice group breakfast if that’s what you want. Just expect to be sitting in her lap for as long as she can get you to, alright? Might tone it down if her family is around (okay, well, if her mother is around). Will pretend to judge people for whatever gifts they get you unless you specifically ask her to stop. Repeatedly whispers things in your ears to distract you, ranging from the audaciously inappropriate to “my gift is going to be so much better than that” to very sweet “I love you”s.

Lets you plan as much or as little as you want for your special day, though won’t hesitate to suggest things if you struggle to come up with stuff/can’t decide. Again, she’d prefer to spend as much of the day with you as possible, and would prefer your gatherings be very small. Like, maybe just the two of you. Going on a hike to your favorite spot, or painting together (even if you don’t know what you’re doing, because she’ll get nice and close to help ;) ), or just curling up with her somewhere cozy.

Whatever you end up doing for the day, she’ll probably have a servant pack you guys some lunches, so you don’t have to interrupt whatever you’re doing.

Dinner will be… a surprise. Planning is not her area of expertise, so Cassandra will enlist the help of her older sister, resulting in a romantic meal that, well, at least has hints of your girlfriend’s personality in it. Yes, she picked out the color of the napkins. Yes, the flowers she had asked for turned out to be poisonous, so yes they did have to swap them out last minute. Oops, you darn humans and your ‘mortal weaknesses’. Honestly, the display is very touching. She asked for help to do something nice for you<3

At the end of the night, she’ll take you to her art studio, where there’s a big painting that’s been covered up for a few days or so. She’ll pull the sheet off, oddly shy, and you’ll see it’s a lovely portrait of the two of you… except you’ll be wearing a necklace that you’ve never seen before. Which Cassandra will quickly pull out of her pocket, to give you as the second part of your gift :D

Cue a night of cuddling (and possibly other activities… such as sleeping).

Daniela + Birthday

Might as well bodyslam you first thing in the morning, honestly. She’s very excited, and loves you very much, and just wants to have some nice morning cuddling (and kissing). Solution? Make sure that she spends the previous night in the same bed as you. Seriously, it’ll save you a fair amount of pain.

Has the least planned of the three, despite having the most ideas, mostly because she struggles to actually organize things. Expect to spend however long you want in bed, just relaxing, probably still with lots of kisses and cheesy dialogue about how much she loves you. When you get up, however, the two of you will be surprised to see that Daniela’s family decided to help her get shit together.

There will be a nice breakfast, with your friends present, and Bela might even delay her own meal just to play some music for you. Afterwards, the family will give you their gifts. They won’t make you open them yet if you decide to save it for later, though, so no worries.

Then, you and Daniela will be encouraged to go out and have some fun. Which means a nice almost-picnic in the gardens, with less of a meal, more of some sweets/snackies. Cue more cuddling, and dorky poetry reading. The poetry will always start out serious… but by the end you’ll both be trying to find the lamest, cheesiest poems you can get, reading them to each other in increasingly ridiculous voices. Somehow you’ll end up reciting dirty limericks. Eventually you realize that Daniela isn’t even going through her books to find them, and is actually making them up as she goes. You’re not sure you want to know how she gained this skill.

Eventually you’ll head back inside, for lunch. At this point, there will be more music, some optional dancing, with a surprising amount of servants being allowed to just enjoy themselves. If parties aren’t your thing, Daniela will be more than willing to sneak you off somewhere more… private. For various reasons, you know. Doesn’t have to be anything more than cuddling. But this is Daniela we’re talking about, so…

The evening will mostly be up to you, with Daniela wanting to do whatever you want to do, even if it’s not something she’d normally enjoy. She just wants you to be happy<3

Dinner will be romantic, like with Cassandra, if admittedly far more chaotic. Still, it’s very lovely, and she’ll probably get adorably flustered as she tries to make things perfect for you. Expect her to get you multiple smaller gifts, and repeatedly mention that she wasn’t sure what to get you, so she kinda just… got everything. It might be best to reassure her that you mostly care about spending time with her. But, you know, also tell her you enjoy the gifts because she really did panic about them.

#bela dimitrescu x reader #cassandra x reader #cassandra dimitrescu x reader #daniela dimitrescu x reader #bela dimitrescu #daniela dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu

[littlegodzilla]

Howl TWD AU. Daryl Dixon x OFC 13/15.

New day, new chapter!

We are almost at the end of the series, just two more chapters and we'll know the destiny of Daryl and Ixeia and the people of Woodbury.

What's going to happen with Merle too?

We'll see!!

Enjoy!!

Howl

Daryl Dixon x OFC.

Warnings(For the all series); AU. M, Smut, +18, hurt/comfrot, blood, violence, bad language, war plans, ABO references, Knot thing, a lot of references about werewolves mixed with my own imagination.

Warnings chapter: War. Blood. Toxic inffections. Merle being Merle. A lot action scenes.

Outside Narrator.

Words: 5050

N/A: Yes, I know, I use Woodbury a lot in my stories, but Seasons 2 and 3 are my favorites and they can’t live in a prison…. Woodbury is the closest thing… and yes, Rick and Michonne are together because I love them and I miss them a lot, sorry if someone is unhappy about this.

Taglist: @phoenixblack89 @browneyes528 @pncnsc @purple-serenity @ruinedbythehobbit @lilythemadqueen @srhxpci @twdeadfanfic

Part 13.

Daryl wastes time for a couple more days talking to Merle. He wastes time because his brother doesn't tell him anything new about the pack that accompanied him. He tries to make him see, to understand, that they have left him behind, that they aren’t coming back for him, but the man pays no attention, he seems determined that his people will come back for him at some point.

"When that happens, ya'll have to be prepared, little brother, ‘cause this little town will burn to the ground." He assures him with a smirk.

"Not if I can help it." He growls back walking out of the cell with a scowl.

It's been a rough few days in Woodbury, Negan's people have been tracking the scouting party that Merle showed up in town with. They've been confronted by several more groups throughout the week, small units of wolves trying to get through Daryl's territory encountering Negan's wolves ready to set their teeth on them. Daryl doesn't understand why they are sending small packs of wolves out there. If the purpose is to retrieve Merle it would be more effective with a much larger formation, on the other hand if they are just doing it to find out how many there are and prepare for a more powerful attack...

Daryl doesn't like to think about it, it means there are too many of them and they could be at a serious disadvantage.

The Alpha tries to bring his brother to his own side, get him on their side to get an extra set of hands to help them fight, but the trust he has in these people won't budge. It's really frustrating. On the other hand they continue without letting their guard down. The patrols are doing their job well, they have managed to capture some of the wolves that have reached the forest, but when they try to interrogate them the incoherent babbling shows that this so called "Governor" is looking for easy and fickle minds to manipulate them and use them as cannon fodder. That pisses them off even more. The packs are always strict and somewhat reserved with the pups born with difficulties and with the Metis, but within the pack itself there is always a balance of respect and care, they help those weaker wolves to move forward. There are cases where packs of very pure lineages disown all those who cannot be useful to their cause and the Governor is acting exactly the same with these werewolves.

So they know pretty much the same as they did from the first moment they started.

Nothing.

But the atmosphere is charged, heavy. In the air feels something wild, something dangerous, they're not far from Woodbury, Daryl knows they're getting closer, slowly but surely, that it won't be long before they're peeking through the gates of their territory trying to claim what they think belongs to them. It will be cruel and bloody. Everyone is aware of this. The Governor will seek out the best and try to put them at his mercy as well as those he believes he can manipulate, he will try to take as many females as possible to help him increase his herd, he will kill all the Alphas that are linked to his Omegas and he will also take care of the humans living in Woodbury.

Merle has repeated this to him ad nauseam.

"Stop worrying" Carol tells him that morning as the woman walks up to Ixeia's house, the two of them now sharing the nest the she-wolf had once made. Daryl's cabin was crowded, so it was a good excuse to stay close to his she-wolf.

"I can't stop worryin’, Carol... I feel like we're missin’ somethin’ important and it's gonna blow up in our faces..."

"You've covered all the flanks that could be vulnerable, the boys are still on their guards, we're all careful in town, you've managed to join forces with a pack that seems to be just as eager as we are to stop these individuals from doing harm... I think that's quite an accomplishment."

"What happens when it's all over? do ya think they'll just go away?" He looks sideways at her, rubbing his hands together nervously.

"You mean because of Negan? He does seem a little conflicted, but his wife has him on a tight leash." She can't help but laugh. "Sorry, I didn't mean to..." She mumbles but sees Daryl smirk in amusement as well.

"No, I get yer point, she seems to be the one wearing the pants in the pack... I guess as long as nothin’ happens to her..." He shrugs and Carol strokes his hair lovingly, the wolf lays his head against her touch and closes his eyes from the caresses.

"How are you doing? Out of all this, you know what I mean."

"Fine, I think..." He groans and bites the inside of his cheeks. "Adjustin’ to myself... My Alpha status is shot, there are too many people around me right now and I have this stupid need to be on my toes all the time..." He sighs because he doesn't like the role of controlling leader. Nor of leader. "I used to live more peacefully as a vulgar Metis." He jokes feeling Carol nudge him a little and smiles.

"You aren’t vulgar, don't say such things." He smiles knowing what the Ranger was referring to. "I'm glad you met all these wolves, I think... Your condition isn't well regarded, from what you told me, from how I see you move around them, and they don't seem to care. They even seem surprised by your true status as an Alpha, I think that's a positive thing for you."

"I guess..." He shrugs again, it's a customary gesture for him. He scratches his head, hesitating. "I have to admit, I'm surprised no one from the Council came lookin’ for me or to talk to Merle when Merle was out there wanderin’ around on his own... I guess we ain’t as important as he thinks we are."

"And there we are again." Carol rolls her eyes knowing she can't change her friend's personality and rises from her seat. "You may not be important to them, but you are to a lot of other people, Daryl Dixon, so stop making that face, you hear me?"

Daryl gives her a sidelong glance and a soft smile tugs at his mouth, shakes his head in a gesture that should be a nod and lowers his gaze again, fiddling nervously with his own hands. He's never been good at accepting compliments from anyone. Although Carol has always tried since they've known each other, but it's still difficult for the Metis. The pleasant conversation is nipped in the bud when a rumble makes them both flinch.

What is happening now?

Daryl gets up in a hurry, opens the door of the house and the two of them observe from afar that the police station is on fire. The breath catches in his throat as his eyes widen in horror, people are running in panic from one side to the other trying to save themselves from the flames, to find something to put out the fire. Carol puts one hand to her chest and the other to her mouth to quell the gasp of panic at what she is seeing. A huge wolf transformed into its hybrid form appears in the two's field of vision and knocks over several cars while hitting people passing by, knocking them out.

The Alpha roars in desperation rushing down the stairs, but stops when he senses Carol following him. He turns to her, hurriedly, his gesture serious, his brow tightly furrowed, his jaw clenched, his fangs growing out of the corners of his lips. The woman takes a step back at his gaze full of rage; lethal and dangerous. She nods her head stopping at the stairs and Daryl howls to gather his own as his body abruptly transforms into his hybrid form. To his surprise, his mind is still semi-conscious like last time, but his bones didn't hurt as much when he took his form. He shakes his head and flexes his hind legs running at full speed towards that wolf that is heading straight towards the flames of the police station.

Before he can get there and stop it, he sees his brother appear in his hybrid form among the fire. The other wolf stops and they shake hands, glad to see each other. Anger swirls in Daryl's chest and he feels his consciousness weaken a little more. He growls and clenches his fists, he has to calm down if he wants to remain able to control himself and not become a Berserker again. He howls with all his might, listening in the distance to his people answering his call. He leans his body forward, his long nails digging into the asphalt. The two wolves sense his presence and turn to face him, yet he sees a crooked smile in the grimace Merle makes in his hybrid form. The wolf that has gone in search of his brother lunges for him as the Metis moves off in another direction.

No, he isn’t going to let it hurt anyone else.

His body lunges in his direction, but the other hybrid gets in his way, its massive head slams into his side, pressing into his ribs, knocking the wind out of him as it throws him a few feet away. Daryl digs his nails into the ground to break his fall and turns towards it. He's a young wolf, his form smaller but perfect, a Hominid who hasn't long experienced his First Shift, which tells Daryl he's just a kid. He mentally mumbles. He doesn't want to kill a child. He roars and barks in threat, the little hair covering his form bristling warning that he's in danger, but the Hominid doesn't budge. It howls and runs towards him, leaps up several meters in the air ready to fall on the Metis. Daryl waits for it, but never manages to hit its body.

Another wolf throws itself on the young man, both fall several meters away from Daryl, roll on the ground, lifting the asphalt with them, collide with a car that sinks under the weight of the body of both wolves, but stops their advance. The wolf also incorporates into a hybrid form, black and gray fur, his huge paws holding a bat that he doesn't hesitate to unload against the other hybrid's jaw when it tries to move, knocking him unconscious against the car. He turns to Daryl, his blue eyes flashing for a second before nodding his head.

The Alpha doesn't hesitate, grunting in thanks before bolting after his brother. He doesn't know where he's gone, but it can't be good, if he's escaped it will be the best of news, but when he sees several wolves and hybrids appear through the forest he knows this has only just begun. He mentally curses running at full speed. He has to get his people to safety no matter what.

Negan meets Lucille, walking calmly on his two hind legs, the bat against his shoulder. The woman rips her nails from the body of a wolf she has stopped before it enters the town and shakes the blood over them. Her gaze connects with her husband's and he growls low.

"They're coming." He says in the woman's head, one of her Gifts is beast communication, allowing her to talk to wolves and any animal. "We must prepare."

"I will send our people to cover the wounded, we should gather them all at the Greene's farm." Replies the woman and the male wolf rolls his eyes.

"Why do we have to risk the lives of our own for some humans?"

"Because it was part of the deal when we allied with Dixon. It's not our territory, Negan, we have to adapt to their laws." He explains to her with weariness. "This is not the time for this, gather your men and explain the situation to them." Lucille orders him before howling, several wolves reach her and together they move away up the street to stop the wolves that have entered Woodbury.

Negan growls once again in disagreement with his wife, but does not disobey. He looks to his best men for this mission, he knows he must or Daryl and Lucille could give him trouble, even though she is his wife she has more power than he does, he knows she can overpower him with a simple look and he is too proud a man for everyone to witness something like that.

"Dwight, Simon, Laura." He calls to his wolves and they come up to him in their hybrid form. "Help the wounded, find the humans and take them to Hershel's farm." The wolves growl and nod, but Simon doesn't seem very cooperative. "These are fucking orders from your Alpha, from Lucille, so take that fucking face off and do as you're ordered. Protect them, don't let any of those fucking wolves get close."

"Yes, Negan." They bark at the same time before speeding away from there.

"Alright, the rest of you, let's teach those fucking dogs some manners!" He barks loudly and his people howl in agreement running through the various streets of Woodbury in search of the intruders.

Jesus is helping Rick get the car ready with the baby and Judith's things when they see a huge wolf run past followed by another that is almost devoid of fur. He freezes for a second when he detects Daryl's scent on one of them.

"Shit, Rick!" He calls out to the Sheriff who has entered the house in search of the children.

"I saw him, go!"

"We need to get to Hershel's farm first!"

"I'll take care of that, come on, Daryl needs you!" shouts the Sheriff again, but Jesus shakes his head.

"No! We all have our mission!"

"We got this!" appears Laura in her Hybrid form, she as a hominid can talk to humans and beasts in either form. "We're helping people get to Hershel's farm, you take care of your own!" The young woman says to Jesus who looks hesitant, but she gingerly picks Judith up and hoists her onto her massive shoulder. Rick also looks frightened, but the girl laughs and clings tightly to the young girl's fur.

Laura falls onto her front legs taking a curved stance, protecting with her body the car where they were storing everything they needed. Michonne stands frozen in the doorway of the house with RJ in her arms, not knowing whether or not to leave, that wolf doesn't know him. Carl behind her pats her shoulders wanting to relax her and gestures for her to be calm. Dwight then appears in his wolf form, when everyone is inside the car, the wolf gets in front to lead the way. Laura barks gratefully and walks away to help at another house. Jesus walks up to Rick's window and Rick nods.

"Go, Daryl is using that form a lot, we don't know how long he'll be able to control it." Rick asks him and Jesus nods in understanding.

"Be very careful." He asks them and Dwight attacks several wolves approaching down the same street. Rick puts the car in gear and they drive away being escorted by several wolves.

Abraham and Aaron reach Jesus at that moment, the black wolf transforms into his hybrid form being mimicked by his companions, they howl to know Daryl's position and when he responds, they run after him.

Daryl crushes the body of his brother when he intercepts him between two streets, pushes his body violently making him lose his balance and falls on the facade of one of the houses knocking it down. The Metis wishes there was no one inside. He clenches his fists tightly and bares his teeth at Merle, in a mute threat not to try to get up. But the Dixons have a particular characteristic, and that is that they are stubborn as hell, so the man does not intend to give up without a fight. He joins in and roars against his brother, raising his shoulders, squaring his body to make himself bigger, but Daryl is not intimidated, he knows his brother, they fought together when they were puppies to develop their skills. True, the better Dixon has never managed to beat his brother, but that's not going to stop his desire to try.

Their bodies collide again, the clash is brutal, the sound of their bones echoes in the deserted street, Merle surrounds his neck with his deformed arm and with his left fist hits him in the face repeatedly making Daryl dizzy. Daryl manages to break free of his grip by grabbing him by the back of the neck and throws him to the ground, he tries to hold him back, but Merle is quicker and hits him again to get him off his body. He grunts and shakes his head, they are not going to get him as easily as last time. One of the hybrids in his pack appears giving him what looks like a metal arm that fits perfectly on his deformed stump. It's not an arm, it's the edge of a sword that whistles through the air as he waves both arms and gestures for Daryl to come closer.

He's screwed.

Ixeia makes sure that the people are safe, all those that they have been able to save until they get there, heals the wounds of some of them, tries to calm the fear that is reflected in their eyes and in their trembling bodies, many of them are confused and disoriented. You don't understand what is happening. You discover with relief that Derek is alive, but the man does not allow her to approach him. She is hurt by his rejection, but she understands.

She suddenly feels a sharp stab in her chest that leaves her breathless. The pain that increases, churns in her stomach and spreads throughout her body to her head. She gasps in pain, holding her head with both hands. Her heart beats a mile a minute. Something is not right. Something bad is happening to Daryl.

"Ixeia? What's wrong?" Maggie asks her as she sees her writhing in pain.

"I have to get back to town; Daryl needs me." She looks at her with her eyes full of fear and her voice cracking. Maggie looks at her just as scared and nods her head.

"Go, we'll take care of helping people."

"Thank you, Negan's people won't be long in coming to help." She promises her and hurriedly runs out of the barn.

As she walks away she sees several wolves appear, transforming into people, grabbing their weapons, clothes Beth hands them and positioning themselves around the barn and farm to make sure nothing and no one gets through the perimeter, others stay in their hybrid form to make the defense more powerful. She mentally thanks the help everyone is displaying and transforming as she runs she heads towards where his Alpha is, she can smell him, but he is getting weaker and weaker and it makes her chest tighten.

The image before her eyes shakes her. She stands frozen in her position not knowing what she can do. Daryl and Merle are locked in a brutal fight. The older brother has the little against the ground, one of his powerful, strong knees pressing his body into the asphalt as his fist is raised in the air, his teeth clenched tightly, a growl of menace clawing at his throat every time Daryl tries to get up. Merle doesn't want to keep hitting his brother, but next to them, observing the situation, are two more werewolves, waiting for Merle to finish what he has started.

Ixeia at once understands that this is the leader of the pack Merle has joined to overthrow the Council and next to him, there is a woman who lacks hair on her head, deep gaze, marked by huge black circles under her eyes, there is a sinister smile on her mouth and her fists are clenched, wishing Merle to continue with the fight. The "Governor" also doesn’t have a much warmer look than the woman, there is a crooked smile on his face, he oozes superiority and arrogance, he is an Alpha of the old school, of those who believe they are above everything and everyone, those who still think that Gaia chose them for a much more ambitious destiny than the others. Ixeia understands now why they are doing all that.

It is only pride of a clan that is dying out and they cannot accept it.

Rage begins to take hold of her, she growls low and stirs in her seat. Merle punches Daryl again and she lunges for the Metis. She's not going to let them continue to harm her Alpha. She lunges at the one-armed wolf, jaws open, her mouth snaps against the metal arm, digs her nails into the ground and using all her strength throws Merle several meters away from where he is. His huge body impacts against the trees at the beginning of the forest, he howls in pain, but she doesn't care. She stands over Daryl protecting him, she hears him moaning low as he slowly tries to get up. Ixeya steps aside as she feels Daryl's human hand on her fur, she looks at him for a moment before shifting her form herself and with a mute question on her face, he smiles and nods.

"I've been worse." He assures in a hoarse voice.

"So you two are Gaia's chosen ones." The woman speaks, in a soft, whispery voice, with a tone of madness tinging her words that gets goosebumps on both of them.

"We were eager to meet you, all this would not have been necessary if you had come with us from the first moment." Speaks the "Governor" still with his crooked smile on his mouth.

"We don't have to go anywhere with anyone. This is our territory, our home." Speaks Daryl taking a step forward. "Ya people have come here eager to fight and spill blood. Ya ain’t welcome."

"Not welcome? Do you really think we care about laws? No, we are here to change our whole world, to make it better." The woman speaks again, smiling, showing a row of black, rotten teeth.

"We've tried to be nice to you, to make you understand the situation nicely, but you clearly need punishment." The two advance towards the pair and they instinctively back away. "That Omega will be mine and you and your brother will be left as a failed mistake." Spits the roaring man, slowly transforming.

Daryl growls as well, but grabs Ixeia by the arm and pulls her behind his body. There is something not right about those two wolves. Their transformation into wolves is mindless, misshapen, incomplete, but they are not Metis, Daryl can sense that they are both descended from a pure lineage, but there is something not right with them. The woman's eyes are completely black, thick black saliva drips from her mouth, the Governor oozes a viscous reddish liquid from his fur, his nails drip the same black liquid that falls from the werewolf woman's mouth. They are both cursed, something dark and corrupt runs through their blood. Daryl shudders harder as he smells it.

"Stay away." He says to Ixeia. "They’re consumed by Darkness, they have been overcome by Dark forces."

"I can purify them, Daryl, maybe..." She tries to help, but he shakes his head.

"It won't do any good, they have chosen...!" But he can't finish the sentence, the woman grabs him with her huge paw and throws him several meters away, Daryl's body impacts against a lamppost, bending it in half.

"Daryl!" Omega howls and glares at the other she-wolf with hatred.

She transforms to face the woman, her teeth clench around the consumed woman's neck and throws her against the ground in several blows. She barks in pain as she feels her nails dig into her skin, the dark venom burning her skin. She quickly releases her and rests her hands on the ground feeling suddenly weak. She shakes her head hard trying to recover to attack again, but this time it is the Governor that lunges at her. His jaws tighten on her back, he lifts her up in the air and throws her back against the ground, her whole body suffers from the pain, she tries to let go, but the man's strength is far superior, the Dark magic is giving her an uncontrollable strength, which doesn't mean it's good for the bearer either.

Daryl tries to go to his she-wolf's aid, but the wolf-woman intervenes by punching him in the stomach, Daryl is left breathless for a few seconds before receiving the cut of a dagger in his arm. He needs to take several steps back, holding the wound, which burns, it stings, gnawing the skin where the blade has touched. The corrosive poison given off by his weapons and his own body is extremely dangerous, if they are exposed to them for too long they could die, or worse, be consumed by it and become servants of the Darkness like the Governor and the other she-wolf.

"Found you motherfucker!" They hear a war cry coming from a female voice.

The two see falling on the cursed werewolf woman another she-wolf, who hits her snout with a bat with all her might. The bat flies being picked up by Negan who uses it to deliver a hard blow to the ribs to the Governor and get him to release Ixeia. Lucille unloads her fists on the she-wolf who tries to get loose. She grabs one of his arms and twists it, breaking it. The woman screams in pain and the black liquid that was oozing becomes much thicker. Her eyes are devoid of any life and all her hair stands on end.

"Lucille!" Negan shouts as he feels the dark wave coming from the woman.

"You're crazy, Alpha!" She yells at the she-wolf who won't stop convulsing, falling prey to the toxin enveloping her and taking over more and more of her body.

"Stay away from them, don't fucking let them touch you!" shouts Negan once again warning his people who quickly take a step back.

Daryl runs to Ixeya to help her up, they are both injured from the poison, but their bodies are slowly recovering. The Omega tries to heal him with her power, but the hunter gives her a strong look to stop, they are both exhausted from the fight, he doesn't want her to overdo it. He holds her very carefully, returning to his human form once more and leads her away from the battlefield by sitting her down on the steps of one of the houses on the street where they meet. Ixeia resists, she wants to keep fighting, but Daryl stops her once again.

"It's dangerous!"

"I don't care! When are you going to understand that they are my people too! I have the right to protect them too!"

"Yer my Omega, I ain’t gonna let ya die!"

"And you're my Alpha and I have to accept you sacrificing yourself?!" She shoves him angrily. "I can fight, damn it! You all are doing your part to help! We should be with them!"

"Ya dun know how this is gonna end! Those two lunatics are consumed by Darkness!"

"You think I didn't see that!?" She roars fed up with Daryl's denials.

"Hey, couple! This isn't the best time for this!" Negan calls out to them and walks up to them, he has put barbed wire around the bat and hands it to Ixeia. "Use your fucking Gift, I'll hit them with this, the bullets, the knives, go back to strengthening them, now we need you to use all your power on them."

"Yes... I need you to distract them during the ritual." She asks Negan who hands her the bat and smiles broadly, that mischief shining in his eyes.

"Come on, Alpha, let's go play with them a little." He tells Daryl, Daryl hesitates for a moment but transforms back.

"Be careful." Ixeia asks him before he shakes it off and runs after Negan back into the fray.

Lucille and Aaron appear in Ixeia's field of vision as she continues to look worriedly at where Daryl is walking away, the two of them drop several chargers full of silver bullets, knives and the bolts from Daryl's crossbow at her feet. She startles at the metallic sound as an orthopedic arm with a sword blade as a hand falls on top of the rest of the weapons. She looks up to find Merle staring at her with bated breath, sweating profusely and returning to his human form, a trickle of black liquid slips from the corners of his lips and Ixeia is startled. She tries to get up to help him, but he stops her.

"Take care of that, my brother needs everythin’ ya've got to save this fuckin’ town." He snarls and spits angrily, then reverts back to his hybrid form and goes to Daryl and Negan's aid. She hesitates for a moment, she wants to help Merle, it is clear that the wolf had fallen for a lie, like many of those who had followed the Governor and Alpha, surely, who had cursed them with the toxin in order to control them, she was still in time to be able to cure him. Lucille gestures to her grabbing her shoulder.

"He has chosen, you must take care of this, then there will be time to heal the wounds." The Alpha tells her and the she-wolf nods, it hurts, but she has to take her own path in this war.

She kneels in front of all the weapons and lets a greenish aura envelop her before placing her hands and beginning the ritual, it would strengthen and give them the ability to purify, thus making them more effective against those most consumed by the Darkness.

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