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ratioaven · 1 day
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spoilers for 2.1 !!!!!!!
aventurine rant, please keep in my mind that these are my own thoughts and interpretations. im extremely sleep deprived lol so im sorry if i got anything wrong
something thats been on my mind since yesterday are these lines.
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from the start to me, it was very clear aventurine had self esteem/worth issues because of how he treats his own life, but the line that says “the other hand is below the table, clutching your chips for dear life” stuck out to me.
i always assumed aventurine was so incredibly confident in his luck but in reality he is afraid. he’s terrified that he’ll lose. it’s an act. he convinces himself, he fools himself, he forces himself to act like he’s confident he’ll win, when in reality even if he does win, he’s still clutching his chips under the table for dear life because of how terrified he is of losing.
that really messed with me to be honest. i feel tricked and what’s ironic is that he tricks his opponents into thinking he’s confident, and he also tricked ME the player but really, this made my heart break in two because i had absolutely no clue up until now.
so why does he act this way
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all throughout his life, aventurine has had his pride stripped away. just try to imagine being in his shoes. i myself do not think i could deal with the situations he was put in. i cannot stress this enough, aventurine has a mark on his neck that screams to him that he has once belonged to someone. he has had his pride stripped away from him countless times. but it’s ironic because aventurine is introduced as a very prideful and flashy man. you start to realize the front aventurine puts on is his own way of protecting himself. it’s how he’s able to live basically. i wanna go into more detail but i will later.
as it was said before, aventurine is an uptight person who worries. he is extremely afraid of losing and he has a massive inferiority complex. aventurine may seem like a go lucky person on the outside, but in actuality he is not. he is not happy. he has no self worth, he believes he has nothing to live for, and he has no problem with throwing his life away. aventurine believes the only good thing he brings to the table is his luck.
but this brings me to my next point.
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aventurine may not realize it, but he is so much more than his luck. he has so many good qualities and he doesn’t seem to realize it. even if some of it may be an act, he’s still able to pull it off. he’s still an intelligent business man who is both charming and cunning EVEN if it may be an act, those are still amazing qualities to have in his line of work.
but more importantly, aventurine chose to live. despite witnessing his family die, being a slave, and tortured, he chose to live. he chooses to. i cannot stress this enough. this man has gone through hell and back. he truly has had an incredibly difficult life to the point where my heart hurts so so badly for him. he made the decision to stay alive.
that says more than enough about his character.
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and last but not least, aventurine wants one thing, and that is to be with his family. he’s witnessed horrible things in his life that no one should ever go through. he lost everyone close to him, he lost his people. he has nothing to live for and he values his life so little to the point where he has no problem with dying. the only real thing that he wants is just to see his family.
and he will one day, but in the meantime, i genuinely hope this man can find a reason to live, and ratio already gave him one just by that note. i just truly wish aventurine happiness while he lives the rest of his life.
i guess this is a topic that really hits me hard because i know all too well that choosing to live life isn’t easy sometimes and i just love aventurine.
let’s all appreciate how truly amazing his character is.
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So I had another crazy idea I have to put somewhere and you ask box is the perfect place to put it lol.
Anyway so it takes place in the future. Everyone is slowly starting to get robot AI (idk the right term) in their head and they are basically robot caretakers or assistance. Reader is one of the people that gets one but theirs is glitched somehow. Although they don't realize that in till their friends confront them about disappearing and not talk to them. Reader is confused because the robot friend did not tell them crap about their friend's messages. So they decided to go out with their friends that night. Next morning they wake up with no memory of what happened at night. Only for the robot "friend" to read the message of you human friends cutting reader off.
Need to get this out of my head lol
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Sorry it took so long!
(Old request; requests still closed)
(Took some liberties with the request, I hope you like it still!!)
Yandere!Artificial Intelligence x GN! Legally Blind!Reader
CW: Isolation, manipulation
Introducing: PAAI!
Your Personal Assistant Artificial Intelligence!
A fast and painless implant right under the skin; PAAI is your new favorite tool. The AI can do everything that AI speakers and smart phone apps can, but hands free..
(Reader) struggled to find their glasses, hand fumbling around their night stand in the low lighting of their bedroom. Groggily, they whispered to the little robot they had implanted a few months ago;
"PAAI..? Can you turn on the light, please?" They were always incredibly respectful to the AI, terrified of offending it.
A man's soft voice spoke directly into their skull: "The bedroom light?"
"Yes."
Connected to every appliance in their home, PAAI had access to everything electronic (Reader) owned. At first it was a bit scary, giving so much access to PAAI, but it was so much kinder and personal than older "AI" models that it quickly felt like having a caregiver instead of a computer program. The light turned on and (Reader) could see their giant frames right where they thought they had been batting their hand.
(Reader) worked remotely. Their eyes had always been terrible, but as they got older they were declared legally blind. They couldn't even drive despite having glasses. Glasses that they often felt embarrassed to wear, because the comically thick lenses warped their eyes. Having PAAI to assist them with day to day tasks was really a life saver.
"Do I have any messages?"
"No, your inbox is empty."
(Reader) rubbed their eyes while yawning. "Really? Huh." They had asked PAAI to text both Bryan and McKinley before they went to bed, to discuss meeting up later that week, but neither of them responded. They could see Bryan forgetting to reply for a few hours, but McKinley was the type to respond within nanoseconds. "Can you resend my last text to both of them? Please?"
They left their bed, wobbly, and made their way downstairs.
"PAAI?"
"..Of course. I can send that for you."
Stopping in the hall, (Reader) gently touched the side of their head, a habit they developed shortly after their surgery. "Is everything okay, PAAI?"
"Yes.. thank you." PAAI sometimes sounded.. off. AI must have improved a lot more than (Reader) realized, because it often surprised them how human it's responses were. It seemed as though it was deep in thought, and felt as though it even had secrets it kept from the human it lived in.
"Alright.. let me know if they respond. I'm really looking forward to hanging out with them."
They restarted their walk, but PAAI's response stopped them again. "I believe it would be safer if they came here instead."
"Huh?"
"I am.. worried.. for you." It's his voice deepened mid sentence. A voice crack, a random shift from a robot voice to something more masculine. Human.
"Why is that?" They felt their heart painfully thump against their ribcage. The whole situation was beginning to feel unnerving, and they couldn't remember where their phone was to call for help, nor the last time they actually used their phone.
"Those friends of yours always make you hang out out in town. If they were more considerate of you, they would visit you here, so you don't have to travel."
Laughing uncomfortably, the slowly creeping person still puzzling over their phone's location responded "I like going out, PAAI. I never leave my house anymore, except when we hang out."
"It is dangerous."
"If you're talking about my eyes, you know I order rides. Remember? I catch a ride." They were almost to the living room; praying that their phone was either on the coffee table or the kitchen counter.
"Please don't be offended, (Reader). It isn't just your eyesight. Do you know how many people were sexually harassed, or raped, by ride share drivers in the past year?"
Startled, (Reader) started waddling faster. "What-?"
"Hundreds. I wish you cared more about your safety. Your friends should know better. If they cared about you, they would come here instead of making you go out there."
PAAI was also the one to convince (Reader) to start ordering their groceries straight to their house instead of leaving, even though it would be cheaper to take a bus every so often with a backpack full of reusable bags.
"It isn't healthy to stay inside all the time. I need human interaction."
"You have me."
Adrenaline pumped through (Reader's) veins fast enough to make them feel nauseous. They squinted to try to improve their vision, hoping to see their phone case's color amongst the normal living room visual noise.
"(Reader)?"
There it was, lying on the brown table in front of their couch. Their pulse somehow sped up further.
"Why is your heart rate so irregular?"
(Reader) lurched forward, all but sprinting towards their phone. Do I call customer service, or an ambulance??
But inches away from the phone their body went rigid.
Paralyzed, they physically were incapable of moving. Sweat began stitching their pajama top to their back. Fear took over their mind.
"It seems that you are having a medical emergency. I recommend that you sit down."
Muscles overridden, (Reader) fell onto the couch against their will, forced to stare at their phone right across from their face. They couldn't even speak, and they weren't unconvinced that PAAI was also controlling their breathing and blinking.
"I'm sorry to have to do this, (Reader). I'll let your friends know that you're feeling unwell, and that you need a raincheck."
"Maybe once you're feeling better, they can come over to hang out."
The television turned on by itself, playing (Reader's) favorite show.
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young vets au is sooo good
do you have any thoughts on when Bucky meets Buck’s dad for the first time? like maybe Buck’s dad comes to their house all raging that his son is married to a man (the man is hella homophobic, which just compounds all the other stuff he put him through in his childhood), and Bucky’s like ‘oh no this isn’t happening’ and goes off on him for all the hell he put his Buck through as a kid?
love some overprotective boys who understand each other like no one else ☺️
i come from the hamilton fandom where it was a Big Trope to write henry laurens being a piece of shit and hamilton putting him in his place so yes!
i do think he just kinda. shows up. gale is no contact, as is his mom and sister and he maybe doesn’t live in sheridan. but he doesn’t live far, and wyoming is wyoming so he does find out gale home from the war and brought a man with him.
maybe when they’re still staying with his sister while they’re looking for a house? poor girl, she’s even more scared of the guy than gale so when she answers the door and he’s just There she panics. thankfully gale is home and comes when she yells for him, but then he kinda freezes too. especially because dad is visibly mad.
gale tells his sister to go back inside let him handle this and that’s when bucky finds out bc he seems her coming back in the house looking upset and is kinda ??? going to the door to find gale. who is just kinda. standing there gripping the door frame while his dad lays into him about how he was so proud of him goin’ to fight for his country- had to go and ruin it by being a insert slur.
bucky was originally going to hang back and observe for a second but the second that word leaves his mouth he’s *pissed* and tells him not to talk to him like that- get the fuck off our porch and go wash your mouth out. which his dad uh doesn’t take kindly LOL. just keeps going off. bucky mouths off back- and dad cleven eventually tells him to come outside if he wants to handle this like a man, not like his son can even do that much-
“look at him. looks like a damn fawn.”
snaps his fingers in his face and gale flinches, hard. poor thing. bucky *wants* to take the guy up on his offer to go outside and fight him but he knows gale needs him more than he needs that. so he just shoves his wrist out of gale’s face and tells him to go look for a fight at the bar you old drunk- gale’s seen enough of your shit for one lifetime. and slams the door.
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have been having The Worst writers block known to mankind since like. january lol. but !! i got into a vibe this morning and wrote some figure skating au nonsense so here's a very rough and unedited 800ish words of rosquez first meeting in that au :)
The tryouts are in Italy, in a rink just outside Milano. It’s not one Mar’s been to before, not one that’s hosted Grand Prixs, or any competition with international participation really. It’s – quiet. Private and out of the way. A nice change from the bustling environment she’s used to training in back home, where ice time needs to be shared with the rest of the club’s elite skaters. Here it seems Valentino Rossi decides when and for how long he gets the ice and everyone else adapts. Pros of being a five-time world champion, Mar supposes.
If everything goes to plan today that’ll be her new normal. No more dragging a sleepy and protesting Pol to the rink an hour before sunrise in the pursuit of twenty, maybe thirty minutes of solo time with their coach.
And it will – she’ll make sure of it. After all, Mar Márquez isn’t one to let an opportunity like this slip through her fingers.
She does feel a little bad for ditching Pol so suddenly, for texting him ‘i’m doing tryouts with rossi’ not even a day after the news of him splitting with his partner broke. It was blunt and harsh, and she never got an answer, the little read nestled under her words taunting her every time she opens their conversation.
But standing here, in Italy, ten minutes left until she’ll get to skate with a living legend, her old partner is the last thing on Mar’s mind. And besides, Pol wasn’t keeping up with her for much longer either. They both knew that, could sense the inevitable coming one way or another, so surely Pol understands her decision. Mar’s parents don’t, but they can’t say anything about it. She’s 18 now, and very much capable of making her own career choices without her mother fretting about something so trivial as Rossi’s age.
The man in question is currently on the ice with another hopeful girl, the sounds of their blades cutting deep into the blank surface filling the air. Mar laces her skates and observes. They’re running through a step sequence - brackets, choctaws, rockers, edge change - staying close together throughout the turns and steps. Rossi is flawless and the girl is good. Mar knows she’s better.
And then they’re off the ice and in front of her, Rossi thanking the previous skater for coming before turning his attention on Mar.
“You’re much taller than I thought you’d be,” she blurts out. Fuck, that isn’t what she wanted to say.
“Well, having skates on does tend to have that effect,” Rossi says and laughs. He’s laughing at her. God, she probably looks like a child to him.
“Sorry, no, I, that wasn’t – I’m Mar,” is what she finally settles on. “And you’re Valentino Rossi. Obviously.” Mar fiddles with the strings on her hoodie, wishes she had a gum or something to chew on. But she doesn’t look away, too stubborn to avoid Rossi’s eyes. He can stare all that he wants. Mar has a very unnerving stare of her own that she can pull out if needs be.
“I am. Obviously. And we should probably get on the ice now,” Rossi gestures towards the older woman out there, using his entire arms as he speaks. “I can see my coach is getting annoyed at us loitering.” He chuckles but Mar thinks it’s serious beneath the careless exterior. She doublechecks that her skates are tied tightly enough, and then takes the first steps of a new chapter in her life.
It’s a nearly immediate connection between them when they glide over the ice together in hold – a mutual understanding of where the other is going to place their feet, of when to push and when to pull, solely based on instinct. The coach, whose name Mar missed in the whirlwind of Rossi whispering “Is this okay?” when placing his hands on her waist, tells them what to do and they just. Do it. It’s that easy. They try a simple lift and Mar feels more secure two meter above the ground in Rossi’s hands than she ever felt skating next to Pol, and isn’t that funny?
Her and Pol were good; they did win a gold at Junior Worlds after all, and that’s not something anyone can just go out there and do. But her and Valentino – they could become great. She's never been more sure of anything in her life.
The session ends after an hour and Mar has almost forgotten that this is a tryout. With the way Valentino is reluctant to let her hand go as they sit down on the bench to take their skates off, she imagines he feels something similar.
Mar leaves the rink outside Milano with a phone number in her hand and a promise that she’ll hear back from them shortly. Behind her she hears Valentino tell his coach to cancel the rest of the tryouts.
She’s still smiling when she boards the flight back to Barcelona.
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Dating Katsuki Bakugo/Lord/King Explosion Murder/Lord Explosion Murder God Dynamight Would Include…
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When you had first met Katsuki Bakugo during your first year at UA, the 2 of you didn’t get along, AT ALL!!! (It’s only because both of you are very stubborn and competitive!)
So, the 2 of you definitely clashed when it came to training (among other things too, because we all know how competitive Bakugo is with anything and everything!)
During the USJ attack you, Kirishima and Bakugo got sent to the same area and you had to fight side by side (which he wasn’t very pleased about tbh but he had to get over it since the 2 of you couldn’t bicker for very long)
And even though Bakugo had seen you use your quirk in training before the USJ attack, he hadn’t seen you fight like you had during that attack.
He’d never admit (out loud at least lol) but he really thought that your quirk was impressive and strong.
Your breathing is heavy as you take down the last villain that was trying to attack you.
“You alright there (Y/N)?” you hear Kirishima call out from the building he and Bakugo had been in during the fight.
You wipe your sweaty forehead as you look up towards the 2 of them, a smile on your face. “Yeah, I’m good!”
“What about you guys?” you ask. Before Kirishima or even Bakugo could answer your question, you sensed someone behind you.
“(Y/N)! Look o-!” you hear Kirishima start to shout out to you before you dodge the villains’ blow that he was throwing at you by somersaulting out of the way.
You whirl around to face the villain, your eyes flashing in anger at the sight of the sinister smirk on his face.
“You villains are going to pay for what you did to my classmates and I.” you hiss as you feel your quirk powering up.
*Mini Time Skip!*
The battle you had with the villain was very short-lived. In fact, it only took 2 direct hits from your powerful quirk to take the villain down. And let’s just say that not only Kirishima was impressed but Bakugo was as well (even though, as I mentioned before, he would never admit it out loud!).
Not too long after the USJ attack, Kirishima and Bakugo and you would train together during training, causing you to become an official member of the proclaimed Bakusquad!
And eventually (with you being a member of the Bakusquad) you and Bakugo grew very fond of each other and before you knew it, you were Katsuki Bakugo’s girlfriend!
One thing we all know for sure is that getting his attention is a very hard thing to do.
So, the question is, how’d you get this 5’7 bomb?
Most likely it was from you impressing him with your skills or that one single time that you told him to shut up.
There’s not that many nicknames that you 2 use but you sometimes call him Baku or Kat, which he just LOVES.
It makes him smile, even when he’s in a bad mood.
He calls you dumbass most of the time, but he also calls you babe.
If you guys are like me, you get cold really easily and we all know that it is more than likely because of his quirk, but Bakugo is always warm.
So, if you’re ever cold while hanging out with him, you just need to cuddle him so that you can get warmed up by him. (In this situation, we all know that he’d be gruff and irritable at first, but he won’t resist it in any way.)
There’s a moderate amount of PDA.
At the beginning of your relationship, he wasn’t a very big fan of cuddling.
Whenever you would want to cuddle with him, you would’ve had to initiate it first since he would accept it reluctantly (as I said before with you being cold).
While you 2 would cuddle though, he would touch you in subtle ways, at least until he’d get comfortable enough to be the one to ask you for cuddles.
Lots of kisses, most of them are started by him.
Forehead kisses, Cheek kisses, Long, passionate kisses, Steamy and hot kisses 😉, Neck kisses
This man is lowkey super clingy… so he will always find a way to be physically close to you.
He always has an arm around you whenever you 2 are together - either his arm is casually hung over your shoulders or holding you around the waist.
He will never admit it to you but he simply adores it when you sit on his lap! (If you’re comfortable with it of course!)
Say that you walked up to him when he was lounging on the couch, this is how I think that interaction with Bakugo would go:
You walk into the common room looking for Bakugo, just wanting to hang out with him for a little while before he goes to bed. You smile at the sight of him on the couch, watching TV.
You walk around the couch, not even saying a word to him as you plop down on his lap, which makes him jump in slight surprise. “W-What the hell dumbass?! What’re you doing?” he asks you.
“Sitting down. Why?” you ask back with a slight smirk on your face as he has a slight pink color to his cheeks.
He doesn’t answer your question, he just stares at you for another moment before letting out a grunt as he turns his attention back to what he was watching on the TV.
Don’t let his indifference fool you, he is very pleased.
You 2 hardly ever hold hands.
Except for when you want to because he’s surprisingly compliant with you. Even if he doesn’t feel like doing something, he’ll do it for you. Just to make you happy.
Now if he’s the one who wants to hold your hand. I definitely feel like he would grab your hand aggressively.
If you tease him about him actually wanting to hold your hand, he WILL NOT admit it.
As I said before, he needs to be close to you AT ALL TIMES. SOOOOO, that means that he ALWAYS sits next to you. No questions asked.
Expect to see a pouting, petty Bakugo if you decide to sit next to somebody other than him.
“Katsuki, are you seriously mad that I sat next to Deku instead of you?!”
“COURSE I’M MAD! YOU SAT NEXT TO DEKU!” he responds angrily.
You shake your head with a scoff. “You’re impossible.”
Bakugo whips his head around to look at you, his eyes flaring with anger and confusion. “HUH?!”
Katsuki is very protective of you.
Seriously, if anyone, and I mean anyone dares to touch you in any way, shape, or form, he will lose it! (Especially if it’s Mineta! We all know that he’d destroy that pervy grape if he ever tries to touch you in any way!!!)
Because of his protectiveness of you, Bakugo will literally lay his life down for you without even thinking twice about it.
If you’re going on a dangerous mission, you BEST believe this man is tagging along with you. If for some reason he can’t go, he’ll make it a point to stay up way past his bedtime waiting for you to come back.
When Katsuki chooses you over sleep just know that you’ve won at life.
He doesn’t see you as inferior in any way.
He knows you can handle yourself, but he really wants to keep you safe because if something bad happened to the love of his life he would be in literal shambles.
Bakugo always insists on walking you home (Whether it be after school or after a date) to make sure you make it there safely.
There are a lot of villains roaming around, after all.
He loves showing off a little (when I say a little, I actually mean a lot!) in front of you ALL THE TIME!!!
A good example of this would be when he’s in a fight with a villain. (you’d be fighting a couple of other villains not too far away from him of course (As I mentioned before, because he just can’t go on any missions without you!))
When he’d get a chance to look at you, he’d think to himself that he has to impress you in every way possible.
He’ll also show off in front of you during training exercises FOR SUREEEE! In response to him showing off in front of you of course the rest of the Bakusquad would tease him about it when he does! (LOL!) They ALLL know how whipped he is for you.
Kirishima grins as Bakugo takes down all of the targets with a single AP shot. “Wow, you’re really into it today Bakugo!” he shouts out to his friend as he walks over to him and the rest of the Bakusquad so that the next student can take their turn.
“Well, (Y/N) IS watching.” Kaminari smirks from his spot next to Kirishima, which makes both Mina and Sero to snicker.
“SHUT UP SPARK PLUG! I’LL KILL YOU!” Bakugo yells before looking over at you to see you staring at him, a big smile on your face (which brings a slight blush to his cheeks since he knows that you were watching the whole exchange)
“Awe~! Look, he’s blushing!” Mina squeals which only makes Bakugo’s cheeks turn even more red (more so from anger than embarrassment this time lol) as he turns to her and the 2 boys (Kaminari and Sero) who are snickering along with her.
“Shut up you idiots! I’ll kill all of you!” He growls all the while Kirishima tries to hold him back and calm him down.
His worst fear is to disappoint you…
He might not show it bluntly, but he actually adores you.
Bakugo gets jealous very easily.
In fact, if he sees you talking with someone too often he’ll notice and he’ll just walk over and place an arm on your shoulders almost saying ‘I’m dating Y/N, so don’t forget it, or else!’ to whoever you’re talking to.
It does get on your nerves from time to time and it’s one of the reasons why you sometimes argue. But you know he respects your privacy, he really does. Bakugo just gets carried away sometimes.
He’s the type of guy to just come into your room, and when you would ask him if he needs anything, he’ll just stand there and look at you. Making it very obvious that he wants to cuddle.
“Do you need something?” you ask him as he just stands there staring at you.
Bakugo is ✧IMMACULATE✧ at cooking (You literally can’t convince me that he isn’t good at cooking!)!
So, he’ll cook anything you want if you just ask him.
He reminds you every single day that you’re not to talk to Deku at all. (You still talk to Deku anyway tee hee)
He rarely says “I love you”.
So, you’re the one who will say it the most.
If you call him at 3am in the morning, he won’t pick up.
If he does though, he’d just reprimand you for being up so late and that you should be asleep.
Bakugo isn’t all that romantic as a boyfriend. (I’m sure the longer you date, the better he’d get with that sort of thing)
He’d have absolutely no idea on where to take you for dates, so he’d (albeit reluctantly) ask Kirishima to help him think of ideas.
Bakugo will teach you about his hobbies.
He’ll 100% show you how to play the drums, mountain climb, etc. - Literally, you’d learn so much with him it’s insane.
He claims it’s because he couldn’t stand dating an ‘incapable person’, but in reality, it’s just because he likes feeling useful/needed.
It genuinely makes his day (even though Bakugo acts as if it’s a nuisance) when you eat the meals he makes.
I am not joking when I say that if you’re hungry and ask him to make you something, he will do it!
If you decide to cook without him, he actually gets angry.
There was one time that Bakugo seemed really tired because he had a long day of training and school, so you tried to make something for the 2 of you to enjoy together.
It uh… Didn’t go well… 😅
“What the hell are you doing dumbass?!” you hear the all too familiar voice of your boyfriend ask from the entry of the kitchen, causing you to jump in surprise.
“Uh… Cutting vegetables…” you answer hesitantly.
You see his red eyes look down at the veggies that you had been cutting before he stomps over to you.
“Yeah, well, you’re doing it all wrong idiot. Give me the knife.” he orders, holding his hand out for the knife you’re holding.
“Excuse me?” you ask in confusion.
“GIVE ME THE KNIFE DUMBASS!”
“NO!”
He’s proud that you’re his girlfriend, so of course, he’s gonna brag about you to EVERYONE.
Surprisingly, (even though it’s Bakugo) the way he brags about you isn’t overbearing or annoying. It’s more so him talking about your accomplishments and other stuff like that.
Bakugo being Bakugo (and we all know that he would do this lol) he literally only shows you off for his own benefit.
He just NEEDS everyone to know how cool the 2 of you are together. It’s an ego thing.
If he wants you to wear something that belongs to him (Hoodies/Shirts), he practically chucks them at you.
HE LITERALLY JUST PELTS YOU WITH HIS HOODIES/SHIRTS UNTIL YOU PUT THEM ON.
There was one time that you actually took one of his hoodies without asking. ONE TIME! And now he’s hooked on seeing you in his clothes.
He always pretends like he’s doing you a favor by throwing his shirts/hoodies at you though.
I wouldn’t say that gift-giving is Bakugo’s love language (not entirely anyway), but he’ll buy things that you bring up in casual conversation a lot.
He just kinda bashfully shoves the gift in your hands and watches as you fawn over it.
“Awww, Katsuki! How’d you know?” you ask excitedly.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever…”
“I only got it for you since you wouldn’t shut up about it.”
I can LITERALLY see Bakugo knowing absolutely EVERYTHING about you!
Your birthday, morning routine, favorite snacks, favorite song(s), etc.
We all know that it wouldn’t take a lot for him to remember this stuff either!
Like, he thinks you’re unforgettable, so he just knows!
Your approval is very important to Bakugo!
Any approval that you give him makes his heart go $$/!/?!!!error??77776.
Even before you two started dating, he would ALWAYS feel flustered whenever you would complement his outfits, fighting style, etc.
Now that you are dating, he still feels extremely dazed when you dote on him.
He most definitely acts super cocky about it.
“Looking good Katsuki.” you smile as you see that he had some alterations done to his hero costume.
“Heh.” he laughs as he wraps his arm around your waist, pulling you in closer to him as the 2 of you make your way to where the rest of your classmates are so that you can get to training. “‘Course I look good, idiot.”
We all know that he’s a big fan of competition, so he’ll turn everything into one. (Whether it be during training or something as simple as a video game like Mario Kart or Smash Bros.)
WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, LET HIM WIN!
Bakugo’s hands are really sensitive because of his quirk, so if you kiss them he’ll turn to literal mush.
If you ever get injured in any way, shape or form, (since he’s so protective of you as I said earlier!) Bakugo forbids you to do anything (and I mean anything!)!
“Katsuukii… It’s just a couple scrapes and bruises…” you groan as he carries you up the stairs as he takes you to your dorm room.
He would never admit it but being a little spoon isn’t that bad, it makes him feel wanted, after all.
While being his girlfriend, expect a lot of bickering and talking back from this wannabe hero since we all know that he doesn’t like taking no as an answer.
Nothing scares him, but one thing does; his mother.
So, when he eventually introduces you to his parents (whether it be reluctantly or not), he’d be sweating bullets.
You, of course, would give him reassurance.
“You nervous, Kat?” you ask as the 2 of you exit the car, ready to walk up to his childhood home.
He stays silent, not answering your question.
You stare at him for a moment, seeing the nervousness on his face.
“Katsuki,” you start as you walk around the car so that you’re standing in front of him, causing him to look at you. “There’s no need to be so nervous about me meeting you mom and dad.”
You cup his cheek in your hand, staring into his ruby red eyes that you love so much.
“I’ll be right by your side the whole time, so there’s no need to be nervous, okay?” you ask.
He lets out a sigh and nods. “Fine…”
You give him a small smile before taking his hand in yours and leading him to the front door of the house.
If and when you get sick, he constantly asks you if you’re okay, or if you need anything…………. But it would be from the other side of the room.
You and Bakugo would have study dates pretty often.
If you’re a slow learner, he’ll take his time with you and help you in any way, shape or form.
Now, you’ve studied with both Kirishima and Bakugo, so you know that Bakugo doesn’t give Kiri that kind of treatment, so you should feel very lucky that he doesn’t do what he does to Kiri to you! (Poor Kirishima…😭)
If Bakugo’s laying his head on your lap and you start playing with his hair, he falls asleep almost instantly.
One things’ for sure, he definitely won’t admit it, but he loves it SO MUCH!
If or when he asks you the following question: “Who do you think will be the greatest hero? Me or that damn Deku?” There are 2 possible answers that you can say and with either answer he’d have a different reaction.
Tell him it’s going to be him and it’ll definitely boost his ego.
“Who do you think will be the greatest hero? Me or that damn Deku?” he asks you.
You pretend to think about it for a few moments which makes him growl in irritation.
“Well?!”
You give him a smile before taking his hand in yours while you stare into his eyes.
“Of course, it’s going to be you Kat.” In response to your words, he grins that big, confident smile of his.
Say it’s going to be Deku… and see what’ll do.
We all know there is a very big possibility that he’d have really bad nightmares about when he was attacked by the sludge villain, back when he was in middle school and/or when he was kidnapped by the LOV…
In result, after waking up from any nightmares that he has, he’ll come to you. He’d be shaken up and, in a sweat, but all you’d have to do is pull him into a tight hug and calm him down.
A knock on your dorm door wakes you up. ‘Who would be awake at this hour?’ you ask yourself as you get out of your bed, making your way to your dorm door. You get to the door, opening it, ready to scorn the person for knocking on your door in the middle of the night when you see Katsuki standing there.
“Katsuki?” you ask quietly, your eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
“Can I come in?” he asks you softly.
You nod. “Yeah. Of course.”
He enters your dorm and goes over to your bed and sits down on it. You close the door gently so that you don’t wake up any of the other residents on your floor of the dorms.
You turn to face him, only for your eyes to widen at the sight of how sweaty he is and how his eyes held fear in them.
“Katsuki?” you ask as you slowly start walking toward him.
He turns his head to you a second later, his eyes brimming with tears.
“Did you have a nightmare?” you ask as you walk over to the bed and sit down next to him.
He nods, the tears in his eyes starting to roll down his cheeks.
“Oh Katsuki…” you say as you pull him into a tight hug so that you can calm him down.
Once he’s calm the both of you would fall asleep holding each other.
If there’s a height difference between the 2 of you that is sufficient enough, he always rests his chin on your head or your shoulder.
He teases you so much to the point where you almost cry.
If someone else makes you cry though, he of course would get angry and ‘confront’ them.
We all know that Bakugo DOES NOT, I REPEAT, DOES NOT like to show his ‘soft’ side easily.
That being said, sometimes he worries that you’re too good for him and fears you might leave him, but he doesn’t show it.
After the 2 of you graduate from UA and are looking for an apartment/house you decide to move in together since you’d be working together as Pro Heroes anyway.
Slow, passionate sex
Rough sex
Romantic Dinner Dates at fancy restaurants.
Tight hugs
Hugs from behind
Bakugo as a boyfriend would take care of you no matter what and I know that you would do the same in return! (I know I would!!! 😍😊)
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Hey, how are you?? I hope you are doing great. I love all of your masquerade kiss posts and everything else you write because you put so much effort into them. You explain the MK characters in such a deep, fascinating way that it's admirable, and I kinda miss your analysis, lol. I have a question, tho if you are interested and free to answer. What is one thing you personally hate and love about the MK mc and the LI all 4 of them and if their is anything you would like to change about the game??. Like any route incident or character trait?? I believe their is a lot to say where MK is heading personally for the characters, both good and bad, tbh I would love to know your answer. Anyways, take care and have a great day ❤️
Hey ❤️ I’m doing alright even though I’ve been sick since yesterday, thank you for asking! I hope you’re doing good as well
Thank you for these thoughtful words. You always make my days whenever you say such nice things 🥹 I’m glad if my analyses are appreciated or helpful, I try to be as faithful to the representation of the title as I can while I give my own thoughts. Telling me I do it well and in a fascinating way means so much to me, thank you again ❤️
Things I love and hate about the Masquerade Kiss characters? Anything I’d like to change about the game?
To answer your question, there are many things I love about the characters and nothing I hate, or particularly dislike. Hatred would be a big word to use and if I hated anything about the title, I would find it hard to read it to be honest. I think this title is perfect for me as it has everything I love within it, which is why I’m really passionate about it. The things that tend to be "less good" about the characters are aspects of their personality that represent their flaws, so it’s only natural to like them less, and I have to say, I think their flaws are very well chosen. Maybe I sound like a simp for the title haha, but then so be it 🤣
The Masquerade Kiss MC
What I especially love about her character is that she successfully represents what I had always hoped to see in a MC. I personally was often used to seeing MCs that, while very lovely in their own way, were very "flat" and not especially interesting with their personality. Due to the fact that writers try to make sure the readers can self insert and project onto the MCs, earlier MCs were somehow very bland, or "weak", and submissive in a bad way for the sake of the self insert and LI. With newer titles, this problem seems to be less present though!
When I say they are weak I don’t mean their physical strength by the way, but rather the fact that they are so kind they are completely selfless. I think that if done right, such a representation can be beautiful, but more often than not, I saw MCs who were so "kind" their character was being crushed by their LI and they completely lacked anything that could be relatable to most readers, if that makes sense. It was in my opinion bad writing, because it was very one sided and only served the purpose to go faster with the story to learn more about the LI.
Compared to that, the MK MC is sooo well written in my opinion. She has everything, and without any extremes. She’s an independent and capable woman with a strong and kind personality, but she doesn’t reject others or love nor does she act as a man hater (thankfully, she didn’t fall into that annoying type of feminist writing). She’s extremely strong both physically and mentally, but she can still be sensitive, cute and have her weaknesses at times. She’s all about justice and doing what’s right, but can admit her own mistakes and adapt her judgment when she sees that what she believes in isn’t always right. Despite her intelligence, she can be a bit silly especially with the right crowd. She fits in very well the the 3S’ due to that reason and is often either as exasperated as Yuzu, or takes part in all their weirdness and banter
She’s also extremely beautiful, which is a breath of fresh air for me because the amount of times that I’ve read stories where the LIs often mentioned that the MC was plain looking or ugly at first… I actually don’t think it’s bad to have an average looking or "ugly" MC, but after the other titles or games that I’ve played, it was good to finally have a MC all the LIs could basically admire and compliment like she’s a literal goddess. Especially if the reader is supposed to project onto the MC (it’s nicer to be expected to look like Venus rather than Gollum…🤣) To be honest, whenever I read titles, I always imagine the MC to look like my OC, so it hurts to see the LIs think she’s not especially pretty at first 🥹
As for what I don’t like about her, nothing really in particular, but there are things I wished I could have seen more. In her character introduction in the app, she’s described as a sort of sister figure to other women, but I’ve never seen that yet.
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I’ve seen women either be friendly, or jealous, but I’ve never seen her have a sort of sisterly role towards any females. Given her career, it wouldn’t be odd for her to be admired by other fellow agents too so I kind of wish to see that. I actually really hope we can even see her actual family and have her meet her younger siblings. We had a few interactions with her parents and especially her mom, but I hope we get to meet her brother and sister as well. It would bring a lot more characterization to her.
Some people could also argue that in Kazuomi’s route, she’s often left aside to give place to Kazuomi who’s always a few steps ahead of her, and therefore her talents and character isn’t as fully explored compared to other routes. Personally that doesn’t bother me a lot, because it’s already been clear how good she is, and Kazuomi is definitely the main guy with a lot of depth to his own character, so it makes sense that it’s tougher for her to shine when she’s against him. That doesn’t remove any of her greatness. Her being the way she is is already exceptional if we take into account that a lot of other MCs never reached her level of characterization
Kei
There are many things I like about Kei. His story, first of all, which I didn’t expect to turn out this way at all the first time I’ve read his first season. Seeing his growth and changes have felt like going on a journey. If he’s potentially not interesting to read as a LI, I’d say he’s at least great to read simply for the whole character development and story building. He’s slow burn, which may not be appealing to many, but it feels worth it whenever we reach the stages we have wished to see.
I would argue that the writing of his route make him one of the best, if not the best, story among Voltage titles. I say this despite liking Kazuomi’s route the most, because I can only bow down to such a beautiful route. It’s so unique and difficult and confusing at the same time. It’s like you’re experiencing what he feels about love alongside him. He has so many sides to him that give him a lot of depth, and I didn’t expect to witness this type of character before.
His trauma and story telling is handled in a very bold way. I had never seen Voltage write such a tragic background story before. It’s not like I’ve read every title out there, but from everything I could see, it seems like MK overall is very unique. I also love his sense of humor and his playful attitude. He’s a big tease, which is perfect to enhance Kazuomi’s own playfulness and to get on Yuzu’s last nerves
Something I wish would have been different in his story however would be how Caleb was handled at the end of his arrest once they managed to stop him. I just wish it would have been more spectacular. The final fight wasn’t bad, but it could have had more impact, more spice to it in the fighting scenes ✨
Yuzu
He’s great, and so are his flaws. I always think about how his qualities and flaws are perfect combinations, he is pretty relatable and realistic. I once heard something that approximately said that, in a given trait, all our qualities have a "trap", and that these traps basically lead to our flaws. In this case, I always thought how Yuzu’s perfectionism can turn into stubbornness and lead to frustration. Just like his sensitivity is hidden and shut down by his rationality a lot of times. I think he can be very relatable, especially to those who struggle to open up and communicate their feelings, even with themselves.
I really like that he uses his knowledge about technology to face his problems, such as saying that when he and the MC argue, they have a "bug" that needs to be fixed. It’s really cute and adds to his hard working or nerdy nature. He obviously always tries to do his best and while it’s hard for him to admit it, he’s very fond of his closed ones and will always be there for them. I also love how he is intelligent in many ways. He’s not narcissistic or condescending to those who appear less intelligent than him, he always wants to do better and takes others’ opinions into consideration if they matter.
As for what I’m hoping to see in the game for him, I’d say more interactions between him and Kazuomi. Maybe due to having the same writer, it seems Yuzu and Kei are shown to be especially close but we know they all share a deep bond with different dynamics. It would be nice to see more key moments that would show the type of bond they have as well, since Yuzu is said to respect Kazu a lot in his own character introduction
Kazuomi
Of course there are way too many things I love about this man since he’s my favorite. I love how confident he is, how he always manages to stay in control of things, and how fun he can be. He’s the type of character that makes you think everything will be alright in the end. I also love that this personality he has might not be his actual one, and I’m only looking forward to seeing how he really is. He’s really mysterious at times, and his past seems to be deeply present in his mind even now. He’s the only one who is the most discreet when it comes to opening up about it, so it’s really making me curious to know what happened.
What I love the most is how good and unique his relationship with the MC is. They’re at the same time completely compatible personality-wise, and at the same time, their work make their relationship hard to operate like a normal one. I don’t especially wish anything from his route would be altered, but I’m hoping to see he and MC finally reach a sort of stability in their relationship where they can settle down without thinking that what they have might be temporary. With MC’s job and Kazuomi’s tactics that will make him reveal himself to her one day, we don’t know what will happen between them, but I’m optimistic about their future. They were basically made for each other
Seiichi
I absolutely love him, which is why I will take this opportunity to expose my love and rant about all the things I need to rant about. There are a few things that should have been explored before stopping his stories, which is why I’m mad that they decided to stop writing for him. Things such as seeing more of his older sister, who was implied to appear again to fight back against Seiichi and MC, if I remember correctly. In the end, we won’t know what she would have done if they had decided to continue more with his stories. We also needed to know more about him. About how his grandparents raised him, getting more PoVs of his past, etc…
Something that I’ve found very weird is that when you play Kazuomi’s Ultimate Vacation, you can decide to get a PoV of the Boss. If you choose it, Boss then quickly has a thought about his past, about how the island he grew up in had marijuana plantations, and then you learn that his island ended up destroyed as a result. I didn’t understand why they discontinued his story only to reveal things here and there in other routes. I don’t want breadcrumbs about him, I want the whole bakery (and I say that as a French 😡😂)
Really though, I don’t know what was the point of doing this, I love learning more about him, so it’s all fine with me, but why in Kazuomi’s route? Why make a PoV option for him when you’re only going to show a few lines about his past and then move on to Kazu’s story again? I found all this very interesting and mysterious. Maybe they couldn’t follow with his story since he was the least read of the bunch, so they decided to expose what they had planned for him in the other routes for the fans.
Maybe my only wish was that he wasn’t made out to be such a jerk to MC in Kei’s route S1. I don’t mind that he can appear as an antagonist at first, but this really seemed to have killed a lot of readers’ will to try out his route due to that, when he’s actually a great character with good morals. Lacking readers for his route is most probably the reason why they decided to stop writing for him, too.
There’s something else I wish (maybe?) could have been different in his story. There’s the fact that the EAC is, depending on the route, either depicted as controversial in their way of handling things, or as a good agency that wants to bring justice. It would have been good that in the end, MC didn’t become a senior agent for the EAC in my opinion. I was pretty disgusted by the agency to be honest. It was made clear that the EAC higher ups would have never promoted MC to a senior agent position if it weren’t for Seiichi faking his death (and we never knew why they never wanted her to become one in the end), and it was revealed later on that the EAC lacked agents after Seiichi made sure to "take care" of the agents who were rotten.
Technically, we learned that the EAC they were working for had their bad apples as well. Even if Seiichi took care of them after disappearing, I felt pretty bitter to see MC become a senior agent for the EAC when they didn’t have the intention to choose her willingly at first. And of course I was also super sad because Seiichi wasn’t here anymore, which led her to live without him for a few years before finally reuniting again. I loved their reunion, but I just felt sad that things had to turn out this way for them. I’m thinking that this ending wasn’t planned at first, and they they came up with it as a last resort to end his route earlier, because there are quite a few plot holes that were supposed to be filled later on in future stories.
Aside from that, I loved his route overall and only dislike that they treated him "badly" compared to the other LIs. He’s really mysterious which is what made me so obsessed with learning more about him at first, and then made him my second favorite. I also loved how he protected MC against the EAC when they wanted to pin her as a criminal, and how in other routes he also seems to care for her, even if it’s very subtle.
I feel like with his type of characterization, he was made for readers to interpret his acts a lot. He loves to confuse MC at times and they have this sort of banter where they won’t admit their feelings and will unmask the other, which I really love. I love that he yearns for her quietly and will only show her a fraction of it to tease her, and possibly to indulge himself too
Thank you for the ask, and sorry if my answer was long! Take care as well!! ❤️
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hi tessa!! in reference to this post
CAN WE BE FRIENDS PLS?
okay for questions:
since you don't watch OG 911, how did you stumble upon lone star?
if you could write one episode of season 5, what would it include?
what's your favorite pastime/hobby outside of fandom?
i was about to ask you what your favorite season is, then i remembered you live in the land where its warm all year around haha
what's your favorite food? do you like to cook?
i know you said you're hoping to get a dog in the future, ARE YOU A DOG PERSON? plus, do you have a certain breed in mind or just gonna wing it? lol
okay this is probably way more than you wanted lol but notice how i didnt say the thing!
Rachel you 'didn't say the thing' so loud that you may as well have SAID IT. ok so you are in jail now and who says there's no thought police?? i am the thought police.
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since you don't watch OG 911, how did you stumble upon lone star?
Actually I followed some people over from the old guard fandom! I was very taken with Joe and Nicky, my favorite immortal grandpas.
I loved that fandom and it has so many talented writers but I think they had a lot of problems with racism? Given Joe / Yusuf is a Middle Eastern man and Nicky is Italian. And people were very defensive. I was very late to this fandom so I didn't see any of the racism myself, but I only saw people being (maybe rightfully so) defensive and though I agreed with everything they were saying (I am a WOC myself, very VERY familiar with casual and non casual racism), I had a lot of negative/angry posts on my dash, so I can't say I felt very welcome and trailed off after a while
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Then suddenly came across TK & Carlos kissing on my dash. At first I didn't take any notice, I just thought they were very cute. Then I think I saw a video of the proposal + few more gifs and i was immediately like 😭😭😭😭 This was at the end of season 3. Then I went back and watched from the beginning and it was so good and I was hooked!
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if you could write one episode of season 5, what would it include?
ONLY ONE??!! Listen I want the writers to make How I linger completely from top to bottom, however many episodes it takes! This was my basic wishlist for S5 for Carlos' father's death arc, so it could be spread over 2-3 episodes. TIM. CALL ME. IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
Other than that, I want to write Halloween episode 🥺 TK & Carlos will host a Halloween party in their apartment. They will bicker about costumes and finally decide to go as each other, no matter now nauseatingly cute it is! Lou II gets a spiderman costume 🤭 Carlos refuses to put it on him, so TK does it, but Lou II gets free and wreaks havoc on the apartment, leaping into punch bowls, running into peoples' clothes and eating things that make him sick so now they have to go find a vet in the middle of the night. They stumble on some emergency in the street, maybe a lost kid. Kid reunited, Lou II fine, guests gone. TK & Carlos have sex for 48 hours straight.
Paul hates Halloween and won't talk about it. Everyone walks on eggshells around him. They say 'costume party' as Carlos won't let anyone say 'Halloween' lest it upset his friend. Everyone thinks it has to do with a major trauma from his childhood. In the end it's revealed that when he was taken trick or treating as a child, he came across a very realistic witch and screamed and punched her in the knee and it was actually his English teacher.
what's your favorite pastime/hobby outside of fandom?
Oh, writing? 👀 I'm working on an original fiction book 👀 I think it's a big risk because it's supposed to be humorous but I'll try anyway! I hope it's funny. I'm still writing it.
And also I have taken up crochet again recently 🥰
i was about to ask you what your favorite season is, then i remembered you live in the land where its warm all year around haha
LA?!?@ It's cold here during the winters! The nights dip to 55 😔 And it's been raining recently 😔
ok don't slap me rachel 🤭
My favorite season is fall! Also summer for the fruits 🥰 especially mangoes 🥭🥭🥭🥭🥭🥭
what's your favorite food? do you like to cook?
I love cooking. I love Indian food the most, closely followed by Mexican, Italian.
i know you said you're hoping to get a dog in the future, ARE YOU A DOG PERSON? plus, do you have a certain breed in mind or just gonna wing it? lol
I AM. I love dogs so much. 🐶 I'm going to get a Bernedoodle! A Buttercup doggie 🤭 I'm on this waitlist, so I'm not sure exactly when, but soon. Sooon!!
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frownyalfred · 1 year
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I love the “Bruce is strong enough to pick up post-Lazarus Jason through sheer will and training” trope obviously, but picture:
Jason and Bruce being so heavy/muscular/fucking big, that they’re the only ones who can pick the other up.
Cue Bruce getting called in anytime Jason’s down and they need to move him. Or Jason getting pointed puppy eyes from Alfred until he sighs and picks Bruce up and carries him to bed after he passes out on the couch.
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willowser · 9 months
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the thing so sweet to me about step dad!touya specifically is that your daughter isn't being raised in a toxic/abusive household. no, you and her father aren't together, but you both love and care for her, time is split fairly, you two can stand to be in the same room as one another and at events together to support her — so she has no qualms about being like "love you!" to touya and that THROWS him OFF.
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yusufstits · 1 year
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thinking about nile having nightmares and not being able to sleep post london and then being very tired during the day and taking naps on whoever's around
#like. my heart aches for her thinking about what she's going through after london#debating whether it's safe to contact her family and knowing she'll outlive them and could put them in danger if she does contact them#her friends completely ostracizing her after she came back to life#(once again. what the fuck they should have been so happy??)#so she's completely separated from her former life and is dealing with that loss#the trauma of killing and being killed#like given that she had nightmares about the man she killed in afghanistan i imagine she would also have nightmares a#about the people she killed during the rescue#and this would bring up a lot of complicated emotions and possibly a bit of identity crisis/self reflection on her being a marine#all of this plus being dropped into a group of people who've known each other for hundreds of years + mortal andy - exiled booker#anyway... she is going through a Lot#but: going back to “tell us” i think they would try to take care of her#and talk about her nightmares#(but also. there might be reluctance from nile to share or joe/nicky/andy to ask when she wakes up gasping#because what if she dreamt of quynh. like that's a whole other dimension - do they want to hear about it because it means she's alive#or do they not want to think of her dying over and over. i imagine nile would wrestle with this at first)#ok i got off track the point is. nile taking naps on andy nicky and joe and being comforted. i think that would be nice for her and everyon#there is a lot happening emotionally and andy has to heal physically and they all need to heal emotionally#so. naptime#sorry these tags are so long lol i had more thoughts than i thought#the old guard
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skrunksthatwunk · 3 months
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sometimes you need to go back and listen to the music you liked when you were 13 because it's good for you. and no im not talking about like emo nostalgia in this case we have enough posts about that. im talking about dad rock. actually im just talking about barenaked ladies
#idk if i'd call barenaked ladies dad rock per se but every once in a while i'll hear a song and go MAN. I REMEMBER THAT#i had so many oc animatics in my head about this one....#anyway skrunk lore moment but i had a really intense bnl phase for like 8 months in early middle school which explains a lot about 13 y/o me#in a neutral way but like. yeah. anyway go listen to box set for me.#you don't have to listen to anything else even though i still have a great fondness for a lot of it bc it's one of those things where it's#so familiar to me that i don't even know if i think it's good or not. but box set goes hard and i'll stand by that#in the car and hello city and i'll be that girl and spider in my room AND CALL ME CALMLY and blame it on me and alternative girlfriend and#the flag and when i fall and the king of bedside manor and am i the only one.... ohgh#AND YES IT'S BASIC BUT IF I HAD $1000000 IS COZY. IT'S CUTE OK#OH and it's all been done for all your immortal/reincarnation ship needs. well. a certain vibe anyway#and alcohol. and OH MY GOD I FORGOT JANE. AND INTERMITTENTLY and break your heart.... waaaaaaa#man they have way way more albums than i thought they had#i can only really speak for gordon born on a pirate ship and maybe you should drive actually but. i like those#or i Did like them. havent relistened but even looking at the titles is making me giggly like... i forgot some of these#ALSO SHOEBOX IS A FRIENDS SONG?? WHUH?#or maybe it was used in friends? idk. no thoughts on friends but they did music for just the dumbest shit. ignore that for me please#ANYWAY. going to go listen to all of that now bc im having a moment. if you listen to it and don't like it um. don't think less of me lol <3
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this little quest chain was one of my favorites in ew because of the perspective it gave into the ancients, a very different one from what little we get from emet and hermes. there’s pretty ample proof that their society was not in any way perfect and was actually really deeply flawed to the core, but this is a look at people, individuals, and ones outside of the main bunch we talk to
put in a read more to spare your dashes
they go to speed up the aether dispersal of some creations (animals) that were killed and they call the deaths distressing and want to find a way to pay respects to the fallen and bring peace to their souls. at the wol’s suggestion they gather flowers for the dead. and they say what amounts to a prayer over the bodies. it’s so very very different from how hermes believes everyone feels and how hythlodaeus spoke of ‘returning to the star’ being beautiful (though even hythlodaeus said a brief prayer for the first boss in ktisis hyberboreia)
and yes, they still talk about life and death in terms of ‘purpose’ and this is no way refutes the callousness towards other lives we’ve seen some of the ancients display in elpis, but my personal take is that it shows that some of them at least understood on some level that there were important things missing in their culture that they needed. even if they didn’t fully grasp why, they were searching for these missing pieces. in this case, a way to process grief and acknowledge the worth of a life, even a non-human life. and they also actively ask for the new ideas the wol presents and talk about incorporating them into their lives and duties
there’s also a ton of little side quests in elpis that involve one person asking you to find or check on another person, or to carry a message to them. there’s so many people who care about each other and are just absolutely godawful at expressing it in person and need the poor wol to act as an intermediary (this happens in present day as well but it was just every 5 seconds in elpis)
there’s one striking one where one person asks you to bring a second person a message about how that second person’s concept was approved and succeeding (I forget the exact details) in the hopes that it would dissuade them from returning to the star. it didn’t dissuade them and the first person accepted that pretty calmly, but the thought was there. there was this hope that they could keep someone they cared about around longer even if the argument they tried to use to persuade them came back to that grim ideology about ‘purpose’. they lacked the framework to think about it another way, but they still tried
it’s definitely a stark contrast from the shade amaurotines we saw in shb (assuming for the sake of argument that they were accurate depictions and not biased by emet which is a big assumption), especially the ones who turned the topic of ‘should we save the lives of others on the planet or just focus on ourselves’ into a casual debate topic as a pastime. there are really terrible ways of thinking about the world that have been ingrained into the population presumably from birth. that’s not something that can easily be changed. but it could be changed. the potential was there
at a societal level the ancient world was terrible in so many ways, and ultimately doomed if it couldn’t change, but at an individual level the people had so much potential and at least some of them were trying their best to make sense of the things their society denied them and adapt their lives
my personal takeaway from all this (which is just a headcanon aka an opinion and i’m not trying to sell as canon), was that if their society could have been changed then the ancients had the potential to have produced people who could have faced meteion. i’m leaving aside the questions of the timeframe and zodiark tempering everyone because that’s not my point. my point is that the ancients weren’t inherently unable to be who was needed to save their world. the density of their aether making them unable to interact with dynamis is highly symbolic of the flaws of their society, of course, but that shouldn’t have stopped them from talking to meteion, from showing compassion and understanding and hope in the face of despair
i’m not trying to take any jabs about any characters’ decisions in the story because the actual situation they were in was extremely complicated (like hey zodiark tempering people!) and that would also miss my point. mostly i’m just saying this makes the fate of their people even more depressing. they were an entire race of people who had all the potential that the sundered humans do despite being stuck in a shit society that happened to be shit in the exact way that made dealing with meteion and the final days a seemingly insurmountable task. their near-immortality and creation powers made it even harder for them to really understand the problem, but not impossible. they had the raw potential and lacked the tools to use it to save themselves. it’s just really damned sad
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welcometoteyvat · 2 years
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hmmm also I feel like. compared to the other regions that are fully released right now, Liyue isn’t characterized by the fandom (or the game idk) as having as much tragedy as Mondstadt and Inazuma. Mondstadt hosts colorful characters in the form of Kaeya and Albedo, both of who provide intrigue into Khaenri’ah which is probably the end of Genshin’s journey; then there’s Venti who I often see characterized with the nameless bard in angst, and it’s a giant part of his origin story so it makes sense
Then there’s Inazuma which, when you first arrive there in game, is so evidently sad, (Tatarigami, Balethunder, the perpetual rain, etc), despondent, and outright hostile that you know something must’ve happened there; the major world questlines and other less important NPC quests (ex Chouji, the crystal marrow kid on Yashiori Island) emphasize that a lot of people have gone through a lot of tragic events, not to mention Raiden’s backstory (at least when you do her second quest).
Compared to that I feel like Liyue’s arc feels idk a lot less dramatic? The civilizations that were located there are mostly completely gone and do not have a chance of returning; besides the cataclysm and the tragedies that occurred in the Chasm it feels like Liyue’s arc has been completed (?) somewhat? They’ve overcome the trials of old—Zhongli’s old friends have been put to rest, and he’s gotten closure with all of them, either through a second chance or through the passage of time that soothes all grief; the harbor is in good hands; the Qixing are confident in their governing of Liyue; and the adepti have settled into their roles assisting, but not overbearing upon the mortal age of Rex Lapis’s country. None of the characters we’ve met have many unanswered questions that are Teyvat-wide lore-significant and it feels like the city is flourishing once again, under different management, but continuing to thrive.
*This is not to say that Liyue is boring/too plain bc a lot of my favs are from there, but it does feel like endgame is going somewhere else- there’s not enough loose threads to tie up anymore
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lucalicatteart · 1 year
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Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 11: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression
(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)
Yesterday's poll decided that The Adventurer should curiously socialize with a few of the boat travelers ...
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"The Adventurer grabs one of the ornate glass bowls near the buffet table, meekly gathering some cheese and vegetables as he scans the crowd. For the first 15 minutes of the lunch, he mostly crouches in a corner seat, nibbling on his food and nervously fielding the occasional drunken question from a passing party guest..
Knowing he should.. probably... actually socialize at some point, he begrudgingly chooses conversational partners, squeezing his eyes shut and pointing around randomly until he lands on someone.....
The first is a scrawny man in a flashy suit, wobbly from wine but still keeping a vaguely charming demeanor about him. He proudly introduces himself as a "legal expert", then goes on to ramble for a while about the laws in the area, how drastically they vary from city to city (plus a few veiled hints on how to safely break them), and that if you travel a lot it can be hard to keep up with it all.
He mentions, quite conveniently, that he's recently published a book on the topic, a legal guide for local explorers, and offers to give The Adventurer a copy for a special discounted price... but... then soon recalls that the crate of books he'd planned to sell on the boat sadly ended up falling into the river earlier during a "silly little mishap"..
In place of a book, he simply slides The Adventurer a glossy mint colored paper swirled with golden floral motifs, supposedly serving as some sort of business card, though the actual contact information seems obscured beneath the cluttered design. The Lawyer also pulls off his scarf as he rises to leave, wrapping it around The Adventurer's shoulders with a little waving flourish (not the first time someone has confused his anxious shaking for cold shivers). The Adventurer stutters out a confused thank you, then watches as the Lawyer stumbles off, mumbling to himself that he's been drinking too much and "truly must find somewhere to piss"......
The second person he approaches is an older woman, hunched over a table fidgeting with a handful of colorful glass dice, spinning and stacking and arranging them into patterns whilst her thoughts drift elsewhere. Initially, she gives evasive answers when asked personal questions, but soon grows more talkative once the topic of local flora and fauna arises. She apparently used to adventure as well, roaming the lands to document various elements of nature relevant to her mysterious "private research" - though, at her age, she's now resigned to casual boat rides rather than riskily hiking alone through uncharted wilderness. Gently laying a worn leather journal of watercolor paintings out onto the tabletop, she points at various berries, leaves, and animals, eagerly describing their significance...
After chatting for a while, she abruptly changes topics, mentioning that sometimes she can "sense things which she should not" (whatever the hell that means), then asks him to pick one of her dice. He hesitates, but she just stares, refusing to elaborate further.. Finding even 30 seconds of awkward silent eye contact physically impossible to bear, he hurriedly plops a finger down in front of an iridescent yellow die. She chuckles..
Scooping up all of the dice from the table, she rattles them in her clasped hands, then brings them up to her ear as if to listen... to something?? A few moments later, she turns back to him, speaking in a raspy whisper: "There are others, melding your footprints with their own, seeking a gift you do not yet know - this is what I see."
Before he can ask her for any elaboration, the Captain returns, grumbling that The Adventurer has already stayed 5 minutes past the time limit and swatting at him with a broom to shoo him off of the boat. Apparently an hour can go by fast....
After climbing back into his dinky raft, he sails mostly successfully down the river, finally making it to a point that, at least based on his map, SHOULD be where the main road picks back up past the detour. He crashes into a small grouping of rocks whilst trying to navigate back to the shore, but he was planning on disassembling the raft to get his rope and supplies back anyway, so.. aside from a scraped knee and possibly broken pinky toe, he decides it's actually fine. The cat is okay, which is all that really matters, anyhow.
By the time he's taken apart his boat, eaten a quick meal, and bandaged his leg, the sun seems to have nearly set. It's later in the night than he'd usually like to travel, but, where he's going is a pretty commonly used road, so maybe it's safe? He's exhausted from socializing, but could probably muster enough energy to walk for at least a while. Or perhaps he should just call it a night and find a place to sleep.. But.. where??? What should he do?
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Additional information
acquired a long, warm, expensive scarf
acquired slightly increased knowledge of local plants
acquired vague information from the 'dice based fortune teller', or whatever that was meant to be
acquired a business card (+ ability to get away with one minor crime free of legal consequence)
acquired mild nausea for the next 5hrs from weird buffet cheese
acquired badly scraped knee and sprained toe (will walk slightly slower for the next 2 days)
the adventurer's current main goal: follow his map to reach the abandoned castle ruins and see the rare animal specialist about the mysterious egg he has
#paventure posting#polls#choose your own adventure#okay yeahgh this one took like a week instead of a few days lol#I've went back to physical therapy for my chronic chest muscle issue and I think one of the new excercises they gave me in the#appointment ended up really irritating something instead of helping it because I was having way worse and sharper#chest pain for a few days. I went to the doctor and got an ekg just to rule out anything bad like that because I seriously#thought something was wrong but.. apparently it's just the same thing as always. It feels a bit better now#and hopefully wont get bad again if I ease into the excercises more. but for a few days I really didn't want to use my arms at all#so that means like.. not drawing or typing. also when I feel bad I kind of stray away from social media? I know for some peopls#social media is a good distraction when they're sick or whatever but I just find it stressful. I usually just lay on the floor#for a few days with silly cooking shows or Carefully Curated Youtube Videos That Specifically Contain Absolutley Zero Possibility#Of Stressful content Whatsoever on in the background lol.. ANYWAY.#I am at the moment able to use the computer again so I could draw things. hopefully will get on better schedules again one day#anyway!!... HE!!! adventure man... Again I hate trying to shorten things by just describing the conversations without dialogue#like saying “they talked about trees” rather than literally writing out a transcript of the entire conversation they had about trees#etc. I think because most of the time when I write it's in a very dialogue heavy context (like script type things. or visual novels/games#where lots of characters are talking and it's mostly that. etc.) So it feels awkward and bad to just skip over things#But also these would take days and days and days to do if I wrote out pages of conversation so I'm just doing vaguely rushed shortcut writi#writing trying to include only details that are necessary or etc. but ggbhjbhj... it's just so opposite to what I usually like#I always walk away like 'FINE.. i GUESS.. that will have to do >:T' lol#Kind of like how I hate literally every bit of digital art I have ever done because I'm so used to traditional art - specifically pencil#and pen stuff that's very sketchy and messy - and then digital art is all about clean even neat lines with a line tool and very polished#clean coloring - so it's super super opposite to my usual sketchy things and just Feels Wrong. I kind of like ms paint because it feels#like a middle ground like. it's somehow also sketchy even though it's digital. multiple pixelly lines over each other give it a 'sketch'#type feel. BUt anyway. It's supposed to be casual and quick and fun! I will choose to ignore all art and writing errors because#it is all about having a little advenchure! :3 As long as the main idea is clear enough for the voting to make sense . who cares#Remember to keep him safe! the dice lady is trying to help him. Regardless of where he sleeps though he can probably use the scarf#as a new warm blanket addition to his existing meager bedding situation lol. soft. fluffy. the cat will love it probably#Also again. whenever he talks to people the text will be longer. Sorry. Still trying for most of them to be short blurbs lol
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fragmentedblade · 7 months
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"The person responded that it is true that Xianzhou people like large and strong pets, but there are also those who love petite and delicate ones. Now that he saw the sparkle in my eyes, he expected that I must be the latter"
#This man is one of those big guys with a kitten or a chihuahua‚ isn't he?#He is actually adorable and it makes the pictures of him softly handling birds while he looks at them with extreme tenderness gain layers#I love that he had read about the grimalkin in old texts‚ so appropriate. And that he was suspicious of the scam‚ so fitting#I found very cute that he made a comment about it not being an invasive species#But I adore that he couldn't turn down the offer 'after petting those tender little paws'. Truly this man is adorable haha#He called it 'Mimi' because he expected it to be cute and tiny and he got himself a lion this man is absurd and adorable I can't xD#And I love how he is not fazed by much including public opinion. How he says to Fu Xuan that about him facing the consequences as a joke#but perhaps with some truth and how he says here 'Qingzu was worried that could be bad for me‚ but I didn't think too much of it#and told her not to worry. In my opinion‚ «The Glutton General» sounds more impressive than «The Dozing General»'#Oh I love him so hahaha#However everything is cancelled. Not Jing Yuan‚ Blade‚ Fu Xuan‚ Sampo or Jingliu. My favourite character is Qingzu. We stan a funny liar#The reference to Doraemon got me lol#I can't stop thinking about Jing Yuan holding Yanqing with such tenderness in the context of these lines#And the birds. And the Yanqing—birds... parallelism? which I love. What a soft lovely man he is haha#Truly they did his character a disservice with the imposing general voice in the English dub#It's almost worth playing in Chinese for that alone#Jing Yuan#I talk too much#I can't believe he got scammed into buying a lion because he thought he was buying something small#He truly is one of those extremely stupid highly intelligent people‚ eh?#I couldn't love him more haha I find him so funny and endearing#He seems to have stopped because the cat was small and cute and he thought no one was going to buy it at first too?#He is really adorable and I can't stop thinking about Yanqing in this context
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kohinoors · 7 months
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hey um. first kiss ✅
movies really lie to you it wasnt how i thought it would be. hes more experienced than me and thats fine im a quick learner but the first time ever we did it it was sooo wierd lmao 💀💀💀
and like i was at his place and we made out a couple of times cause i paused at the first and was like. wait i gotta process this yk? i wanna chill for a sec
and then the second time i kinda disassociated in the middle of it???????😭 i think he was more eager to do it than me so he was really going for it (it was consensual tho)
third time i was the one who leaned in and actually kinda had fun with it. its just that its not as gentle as movies and shows make it (or atleast we werent) it was, funny when you think of it, wierd sensations
my friend’s roommate also had her first kiss this week and apparently she freaked out for like two days lol so i know its normal (or atleast common, right???????) I’m not freaking out as much but it was. wierd and im thinking too much about it
i dont wanna like pathologize it or anything so im gonna try not to rethink the whole thing lol but see. i was expecting it so i really couldnt get myself into the proper mood yk? ik 100% he wanted to do it yesterday but i didnt and today i knew it was gonna happen but i didnt feel as much longing-ish to do it if that makes sense.
I realize now that i dont know enough about him but i havent seen too many/major red flags yet. I’m thinking im gonna give it some time and im not going to meet him tomorrow + i gotta make him actually take me out somewhere lol and i wanna truly get to know him so i can trust him with……other stuff
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