#now hes gonna get a shrine in my camp

[slashmagpie]

“Okay, but seriously,” Grian says, long after the session’s over, when the long night falls and the three of them are camping out in Bdubs’ bedroom because it’s the only bedroom they’ve got. (Other than the shrine, of course, but that’s outside, with the dark and the mobs, and it’d been trapped earlier, so. Probably best not to sleep there, really.) “What is it with you two and Bdubs?”

Cleo and Etho glance at each other. “What do you mean?” Etho asks, trying for light-heartedness and not quite sticking the landing. It’s not his fault his heart is doing something weird in his chest. 

“You know, the whole, complimenting Bdubs thing?”

“I thought it was Etho’s task.”

“I was pretending it was my task so the yellows wouldn’t call me out.”

“Huh. Smart.”

“Thank you, Cleo! See, I can be smart sometimes.”

“Sure. Sometimes.”

“No, but—” Grian breaks off, seeming to struggle with his words. “You built him a bedroom. You didn’t build me a bedroom. You didn’t even build you guys a bedroom! I guess I’m just—I’m a little confused—”

“Well, that’s just Bdubs,” Cleo says with a wave of her hand. 

“But what does that mean,” says Grian, distressed.

“It’s just—it’s—you know! It’s Bdubs!” Cleo also sounds kind of distressed, now. “He’s—you know—he’s got that weird thing with Etho.”

“Hey, don’t put this on me!” Etho cries, and now he’s distressed, too. That’s the problem with the three of them, he thinks: they’re all easily distressed. And that’s a bad thing to be, in a game like this. “You guys have a weird thing too!”

“We do not!”

“You do! He doesn’t call me Mom, you know.”

“That was—that was last season. It’s a different universe. It’s fine.”

“Uh-huh. And Third Life…?”

“You—! Well, what about Last Life, huh? What about that, Etho?”

“Hey now, that’s unfair!”

“Mhm! Maybe you’re being unfair, right now! Maybe I should get to be unfair back!”

“I have no idea what’s going on,” Grian says. 

The two of them go silent. They’re not looking at each other anymore. Suddenly, Etho is grateful for his mask. He has such a terrible poker face, is the thing. If he didn’t have the mask—

“Bdubs is like a baby duck,” Cleo says.

Etho frowns. “Excuse me?”

“He’s like a baby duck,” Cleo repeats, “and he just latches onto you and starts following you around.”

“Imprints,” Etho offers.

“Yes. That. And then it’s like… well what am I gonna do? Leave the baby duck alone? To die in the cold? I may be cruel, but I’m not that cruel.”

She nods, like this explanation makes sense. It makes plenty of sense to Etho. He nods in agreement.

“He’s a grown man,” Grian says, despair in his voice.

“You just don’t get it, Grian,” Etho says. 

“No, I don’t!” Grian agrees. “At this point, I’m not even sure I want to get it! I don’t have to go along with the bit anymore. I don’t have to be part of—whatever this is.”

“You don’t want to be part of our alliance anymore, Grian?” Cleo asks, something sharp in her voice. 

“No, no, I didn’t say that!” Grian holds his hands up in surrender. “I want to be part of the alliance! I just—don’t want to be part of whatever’s going on with Bdubs.”

“Oh, well that’s fine,” Cleo says, relaxing back against the wall. “You don’t have to be.”

“Right,” Grian says, sounding doubtful, unsure. “And what Etho said, about the, uh…” He mumbles the word foursome so quietly it’s almost inaudible. Etho’s got good ears, though.

So does Cleo, apparently, who promptly kicks Etho in the ribs.

“Ow!”

“That’s not a thing,” Cleo says. “Very much not a thing. Ignore Etho, he’s—he—he sucks.”

“Mean to me,” Etho says, but he’s grinning beneath the mask.

“No, no, we’re besties. I’d never be mean to you.” 

“Except for when you are.”

“Except for when I am, sure. But you deserve that.”

“I don’t understand you two,” Grian says with a slow shake of his head. “I don’t understand you guys at all.”

“Aww, Grian, you’ll get used to it,” Etho says.

“I don’t understand you either, so we’re even,” says Cleo, and Grian barks out a laugh.

#secret life #spoilers #fanfiction #trafficshipping #< just in case??? #i don't know. i spent the entirety of cleo's episode with my jaw dropped staring at the screen speechless #what is wrong with them < my thoughts on clethubs and also the title of this ficlet in my docs #magpie feather quill

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Hello, can you speak about episodes 7 and 8 of Tsurune S2, always enjoy reading your thoughts on the episodes, and thanks so much for sharing them!!

I've talked about episode 7 in a previous ask, so I'm gonna leave my impressions of episode 8 here. As a bonus, I'm also gonna talk about episodes 9 and 10, as an apology for taking so long to answer this ask. ;v;

I'm gonna start with the positive points, just like I did with episode 7, because there's so much goodness in this one. I love the first scenes so much. Sen and Man's morning practice with Shuu, Kazemai and the twins finding out that Ryouhei and Shuu are now friends, Daigo and Nanao bonding, the girls getting excited at Kirisaki's high school campus, Minato being a bow nerd... so wholesome.

But my favorite part has to be that moment where Kaito thinks the Kirisaki girls are about to approach Nanao and tries to block them out... except they go talk to Rika instead. That was so fucking funny. And so in-character too. Plus Seiya noticing the whole thing and giving Kaito a follow-up? Nice touch. He 100% would.

I love that we see more of the Kirisaki team in this episode. We barely get to see Hiroki and Daigo, so it was nice to have them interact in this one. I still think we have a major lack of them and the twins in this season, though, but given the direction that the anime is going, it can't be helped.

I like that we finally got the whole flashback where Minato learns about Eisuke's original shooting style and Eisuke learns about Minato being Saionji's apprentice. It's fascinating how much character study you can do in that one scene, especially the way Eisuke goes from flattered to straight-up hostile in a matter of seconds with a single piece of information. He's being nothing but sarcastic and petty when he says it's incredible that Minato was accepted as apprentice, but Minato (being Minato) doesn't take notice of it.

The joint practice was great and highlighted in very subtle ways why Manji should return to the team. Kaoru and Umetarou getting to have a role in that kind of warmed my heart. Also, the scene in the dorm. Just fantastic. The way we got to see everyone's rooms and the difference in size between the rooms of the first and second-years in comparison to the third-years'. Daigo's Noririn shrine. The crest of the dorm being purple irises. The nod to the novel during the takoyaki party time. Heart eyes. Nothing but heart eyes.

All in all, this episode was really damn good. The only things that had me raising a brow at certain moments were stuff that I have already discussed before, such as Eisuke for some reason insisting that his team should win without help from anyone, not even their school itself (except this time he had to reluctantly give in and take budget money for a training camp). Or Minato being a little too innocent and not realizing, even now that he's in high school, just how openly resentful Eisuke is towards him.

That last one bothers me in particular, as it implies that Minato has no negative feelings towards Eisuke simply because he doesn't notice how shitty Eisuke is to him. Not only is Eisuke's hostility mostly internal, Minato is also unrealistically oblivious of Eisuke's words and actions. The anime even makes a point to change his first interaction with Minato and make it so that Eisuke approaches Shuu instead.

In the novel, Minato knows very well that Eisuke has a deep-seated grudge against him and Shuu, and both of them have been directly and indirectly offended by it in every interaction they have with him, yet Minato chooses to be nice to Eisuke regardless. It takes Minato a while to get rid of his innitial resentment towards Eisuke, but he does, and he does it consciously. He acknowledges that Eisuke is mean as hell and doesn't make up any excuses to justify why he's liket that (because, let's be honest, this is what we'd get in any other sports series). Yet he still decides to be good, not because he's naïve, but because he has matured. That's the difference. Novel!Minato sees Eisuke for what he is and accepts it. He takes in the bad things Eisuke has said and done and forgives them. Rather, I'd say he makes them null. Not because Eisuke had a reason to be like that (nothing justifies it), but because Minato is quite literally above it all. It had irritated him at first, but after he went through a certain amount of enlightenment, it just stopped mattering. That's Zen and that's what his character is about.

The anime seems to think Minato is pure simply because he's clueless. To be fair, he's clueless about a lot of things, but he learns. And then he picks the right path, sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. It all depends on what the situation calls for, and in this case, it was calling for a conscious choice.

Now for episode 9.

Another wholesome one, though not as much, as there was some friction going on. It's funny that the friction was one-sided on Eisuke's part, though.

Again, this episode doesn't have negative points aside from what I've already mentioned a lot before. I like that the anime also took some time to make Kazemai and Tsujimine bond a little. It was refreshing and cute. I think, if the author had more space within the page count of each volume, she might've included something like this in the story.

Speaking of bonding, gotta love that the show is finally giving us proper interaction between Seiya and Kaito, especially Seiya fucking around, but it's hilarious to me that it was done in the most non-gay manner possible. The scene where Seiya doesn't wear his spare glasses on purpose just to get Kaito to do things for him is the finest example of that. In canon, Seiya makes it very clear that he's pissed and wants Kaito to make up for breaking his glasses, and Kaito responds to his demands without question because he feels genuinely sorry and wants to be forgiven. After all, he broke Seiya's glasses by accident in the novel when Seiya tried to stop him from breaking Eisuke's whole face, so Seiya is twice as angry and Kaito is twice as guilty. And of course, the anime didn't show what happens after that. Nor did it show Seiya's implied jealousy of Nanao, his prank on Kaito during the night or him cleaning up Kaito's face the next day.

The anime is also insisting on Eisuke's don't-wanna-own-anyone-anything attitude without explaining why exactly he is like this. It's getting a little tiring to see that in every single episode and not be given a concrete reason for it. We got an explanation as to why he's so hellbent on winning against Shuu and Minato, all right, but why the insistence in not relying on anyone? The only thing I can think of is that anime seems to be trying to sell him as a tsundere. They keep trying so hard to make him cute and likable and don't see that it makes his character kind of confusing. He's so determined to win, yet he keeps nitpicking his methods only when it comes to relying on adults and on using money. Even money from the school and club budget, which he 100% has the right to use as a student. He wouldn't be owning anyone anything for that, since his family is literally paying for him to go to school in the first place. Make it make sense, KyoAni.

Also, I really like that the anime decided to give us more details on his relationship with Shigeru, but did they have to add that scene where Eisuke is rude as fuck to him? That one made me cringe big time. I don't know how it got translated in the subs or dub but I don't like that dialogue. Nope. Not cool.

Especially not cool when it's followed by, you guessed it, Masaki and Eisuke's exchange at the beach. It's a very different interaction from what we got in the novel and seems to have been framed in order to favor Eisuke and how amazing he is. In the novel, they have a talk during practice, prompted by Eisuke's willingness to do anything in order to get a hit. He's basically doing yumiate, which isn't the point of kyudo, so Masaki approaches him discreetly and lectures him in the nicest, most indirect way possible, AKA the Zen way. But in the anime, Zen is out the window. Masaki and Eisuke even boast about their school getting stronger and being the one that will crush the other's team, and I can understand Eisuke having that kind of beginner mindset because he's just a teenager, but Masaki? Hello??? Winning isn't the goal. Even having a goal isn't the goal. Kyudo isn't a sport. That's literally the first thing about it and KyoAni forgot. They got so caught up in trying to show off that they completely slipped up in this one. I'm crying blood. They 100% don't realize this was a fail.

Other than that, this scene is all about praising Eisuke, and his only flaw is that he doesn't take it to heart due to his trust issues. Like. At this point, it just feels like we're being force-fed the same information over and over again because Eisuke just keeps getting so much attention, way beyond what seems necessary, while Kirisaki is relegated to the sidelines with Shuu being the only exception (but even he isn't getting as much attention as in the books). It's a little bit too obvious by now that KyoAni is trying to invest in Eisuke as their trumpcard to attract a bigger audience for this season. They're doing with him the same thing they did with Seiya in S1, changing his whole character in a desperate attempt to make him endearing and seem desperate to make the fans like him (as well as Koushirou, by extension). They also have to fill up the extra time they get from trying to get rid of any actually gay content, so they're giving us excessive amounts of him, while simultaneously managing not to expose what truly matters.

I mean, I don't know who else noticed this, but after getting this far into the story and having so much Eisuke content shoved down our throats in every episode, we haven't been presented to a lot of basic things about him. For example, the fact he has photosensibility and that's why he wears a hoodie all the time. Or his claustrophobia. Or his mental and emotional instability. Those are all things that make him relatable, but they're not cute, so there doesn't seem to be much interest in showing that part of him. So yeah, it's not really about Eisuke, it's about how KyoAni can use him as a tool to get viewers hooked while simultaneously buying time.

This trend continues into episode 10, where we begin with a flashback of how Eisuke joined Tsujimine's kyudo club. Eisuke is portrayed as the guy who brought the members of the club together and is leading them single-handedly to the nationals like some messiah. The novel scene where he tries to cheat during practice half-assedly makes it to this episode, with Touma making the mistake instead of Eisuke (for no reason other than not knowing any better) and Eisuke deciding to cover it up instead of doing it himself. Once again, Eisuke is doing something wrong, it's watered down to make him look good even when it's not a good look.

At long last, Minato finally finds out that Eisuke basically sees him and Shuu as enemies on a personal level. Not because he realized it but because Koushirou decided to spill the beans. And yet it doesn't seem to affect him much. In the end, he manages to know and stay clueless at the same time, so there's no need for him to make an effort to process and accept Eisuke and his resentment.

On the topic of Koushirou, he's as out of character as can be, but I like his description of what goes on in his mind when he draws the bow. The Heike reference was great. An awesome nod to how old kyudo is and how much it permeates Japanese culture. Chuunibyou as fuck, but good.

And then there's Masaki and Eisuke's convo at the baths. Nice visual language where Eisuke is in the smaller bath in comparison to Masaki, which highlights that Masaki is more experient, more mature and more knowledgeable, therefore more skilled. The content of the conversation is also good. The only problem is that the anime is getting closer to a territory that I'm not sure it wants to go, which is to present Masaki as an excellent coach only when he's lecturing someone from a different team. When he's teaching Kazemai, he's portrayed a fine mentor, but his real worth only ever seems to be revealed when he's before either Kirisaki or Tsujimine. That's where he truly stands out. Easy to tell that it's because those moments are mostly shown through Minato's perspective in the books, with him either admiring Masaki or longing for him all the while, and KyoAni is having none of that gay shit. But by trying so hard to keep Minato and Masaki five feet apart like two bros sitting in a bathtub, they accidentally make Masaki a better teacher when he's helping out or making demonstrations to rival teams.

I'm losing my mind because, holy crap, what have we come to? Masaki is literally having a bonding moment with Eisuke out of all people before having any bonding moment with Minato this entire season aside from that one scene at Yata Shrine, if you can call that a bonding moment at all. KyoAni has managed to make them barely give a fuck about each other in the span of 10 episodes. Actually, screw that; it managed to give them nothing to care about regarding each other aside from club-related stuff, since KyoAni has rid the anime of anything these two could bond over to begin with. Masaki didn't get his scar saving Minato's life, Minato's hand injury was never a thing, their fight never happened and so neither did their make-up, we never get to see what Minato is thinking outside of the dojo, Masaki's background is never touched upon again aside from archery-related facts, Minato didn't get sick so no hospital scene, etc. The list is endless. They've been stripped bare of any reason to care about each other on a personal level, so they just... don't.

As a result, at least to me, it feels like they barely exist within the story. I feel like I've hardly seen them at all this whole time, even though they were always there. I've learned nothing about them even though we've been shown a lot of stuff about Minato, because almost none of it was his emotions or the inner machinations of his mind. It was mostly just facts. This is probably the most fatal mistake that Yamamura Takuya made in S1, and he's repeating it in S2: he seems to have no interest in Minato as a protagonist.

This anime almost feels like an experiment to prove that Minato and Masaki are so deeply connected to each other as characters that when you take Masaki out of the equation, Minato is almost empty. Nearly every bit of personal information regarding Minato is related to Masaki one way or another, and Minato is usually the readers' gateway to getting to know Masaki. So when KyoAni insists on keeping them away from each other, the result is that they lose a lot of their essence and the story is left with holes in it, which KyoAni tried to fill up with Seiya in the previous season, and now they're using Eisuke for it. In short, Minato is being pushed to the background in the story he was supposed to be leading as the main character while secondary characters are used as a disposable means to draw the audience in because the director apparently can't bring himself to give two shits about him.

And, like, some people will enjoy this season and some won't, but regardless of opinions, this approach is objectively a fail on KyoAni's part. Whether the anime is good or not on its own is up for debate, but as for whether it's a good adaptation or not, I think we can all agree by now that no, it isn't. Not even because it's not faithful to the original, but because it keeps committing these narrative suicides. The plot doesn't care much for its own protagonist and tries to seek depth by latching onto a specific character. Minato is basically becoming a secondary character in his own story.

I think episode 10 did a great job on showcasing that, even though it obviously wasn't the intention. Especially the latter half of it, from the moment Minato and Eisuke get stuck in the elevator. In the novel, this scene was about both of them, but mostly about Minato. In the anime, it's entirely about Eisuke. Minato is literally used as a vessel for more of Eisuke's backstory to be revealed. We don't get Eisuke hyperventilating and Minato helping him stay grounded because he's had the same experience after the car accident that took his mother's life. Instead, we get Eisuke receiving a call from his aunt about Shigeru being hospitalized for the nth time and Eisuke freaking out. We don't get Minato collapsing with a fever from the emotional batter and Masaki taking him to the hospital, which leads to a heart-to-heart and Minato getting the necessary strength to overcome the hurdle. Instead, we get Minato and Masaki taking Eisuke to see Shigeru, and the whole thing is about how Eisuke feels and how helpful they were to him. This ordeal was originally Minato-centric in the books, yet KyoAni does everything in its power to make it be about Eisuke instead, because the original content is too inexcusably gay for the screen.

Which brings us to the last scene of this episode before the credits roll: the car scene. The only thing it has in common with its novel counterpart is that it's a scene where Minato and Masaki are having a conversation in Masaki's car at night in the middle of nowhere. I do like that it added a reference to volume 1, because we completely missed Minato's inner monologue during the last match in S1. But that's about it. We didn't get anything else.

And then the credits roll, and we end this episode with Minato promising that Kazemai will defeat Tsujimine. Again, the whole point of kyudo goes way over KyoAni's head. So does the point of Minato as a character. Minato isn't my favorite character, but I almost feel bad for him. I wish someone in this production team would bother to make him the protagonist aside from when the tournaments are going on.

#tsurune #tsurune tsunagari no issha #narumiya minato #takigawa masaki #takehaya seiya #yamanouchi ryouhei #onogi kaito #kisaragi nanao #nikaidou eisuke #fuwa koushirou #sugawara manji #sugawara senichi #seo rika #hanazawa yuuna #shiragiku noa #sase daigo #motomura hiroki #yuushima kaoru #kabashima umetarou #tsurune kazemai koukou kyuudoubu #higuchi touma #aragaki reiji #ootaguro kenyuu

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Summer Windows 9

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Characters: Inuyasha, Diluc, Damian , Arataki Itto, Kaminari Denki, Kageyama Tobio, Midoriya Izuku

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Is this late? Yes. Do I have a reason? The vibes were off. I was probably having creative burnout and it happens. CW: The last one hints at nsfw actions but otherwise its fine

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57: Snorkeling

Inuyasha

Holding the pen steady you frown, the small study group was supposed to pick a summer activity to participate in. The list was damn near empty save for one suggestion: 'camping.’ You look at the small group and sigh.

“Honestly it doesn’t matter what we do or if we do anything, just make a list.” You were ready to throw the pen or just leave, every day for two weeks something needed to be suggested, not just one thing.

“Summer will be over before we get anything done, just make up stuff,” the quietest member of your group huffs. Inuyasha.

You give a slight nod. “I tried, but it was rejected. If only he hadn’t become the activity coordinator this would be easier.”

“It just has to be something related to our study group right?” Kagome asks while throwing something at Inuyasha.

“Yes.”

Koga thinks for a moment. “Snorkeling.”

Inuyasha scoffs. “You can’t even swim.”

“Neither can you.”

You slap a book on the table before the argument can escalate. “Shut up girls, you're both pretty. Snorkeling is added to the list, next.”

Kagome nods. “The aquarium.”

Inuyasha huffs. “Nature walk.”

“Oh, now you're participating?” You sass.

Koga frowns. “The thought of you actually forcing us to go camping sounded terrible.”

You roll your eyes. “It wasn’t even my idea. It was the sponsor’s, but instead we’re gonna do one of the suggestions.”

“Who died and made you leader?” Inuyasha sits up.

You point to Kagome. “She and I were the ones who set up the group, Kagome had shrine duties so I usually end up taking up most of the work. Not that I mind.”

Kagome nods. “They’re right, Y/N is technically the leader. The least we can do is supply some suggestions.”

“How about beach-combing?” “Or maybe we could go hiking.”

“There now we have a full list. Of everyone here what suggestion are we gonna take off?” You smile.

“Snorkeling, a certain number of members are not strong swimmers.” Kagome nods.

With the other two votes you nod. “Alright, I’m gonna cross off camping too, because a family situation came up and I can’t afford to leave for more than twenty four hours.”

Eventually through voting the Nature walk won. You would contact a place and get all the details ironed out with Inuyasha since he suggested. While you were gathering the things and taking a quick picture of the whiteboard you noticed the male approaching.

“What’s up?” You ask while positioning your phone.

Inuyasha sits next to you and watches. “You didn’t have to listen to Sesshomaru.”

“He’s your brother.”

“That shouldn’t matter, he doesn’t care.”

You settle for a bad picture and turn to him. “How long have you known me?”

“Why does it matter?”

Grabbing his hand you tug on the matching friendship bracelet that he and you share. “You wouldn’t have kept this otherwise. We may be connected because of our parents but I’m not gonna leave you alone Inuyasha.”

He scoffs. “I like someone else.”

You give a small smile. “I know. It doesn’t bother me but there’s nothing I can do about this.”

58: Family reunion

Diluc

“I fail to see the advantage to att-“ Diluc sends you a sharp glare when reviving a sharp jab to the ribs.

“It’s called personal relations, it’s a polite thing to do. You don’t have to be polite to everyone, only the people I care about.” You hiss.

Diluc gives you an amused glance before adjusting his coat.

“Y/N, you’re here and you brought your fiancé that I’ve heard so much about.” Your mom rushes over pulling you into a hug.

“Hello mother, yes you threatened bodily harm if I didn’t come,” you sass but reciprocate the hug.

It wasn’t often you saw your mother, being a captain at the knights of Favonius was rather time-consuming.

She pinched your cheek harshly. “Now I would never do that to my oldest baby.”

“Mama, seriously.” You pull away presenting Diluc. “This is my husband to be, Diluc Ragnvindr.”

Just the mention of husband was like a signal for everyone to tune into the conversation. As much as you felt bad for throwing Diluc to the wolves you would be able to help him if he would ask.

“Y/N, you came to the family reunion,” your cousin smiles as they crush you into a hug. “Why did you have to say that so loud?”

You ruffle her hair. “Crystal, if I didn’t do that your mom would have brought up the fact that you’re not getting married. I need my favorite mercenary to stay untethered.”

“Yes but if you leave him alone for too long it could spell disaster,” she urges.

Giving a slight shrug you happen to make eye contact with Diluc. A big smile spreads. “I’ll face the consequences later.”

59: “I can too swim” “not very well obviously”

Damian

Laying in the deck you groan, Damian clicks his tongue in disapproval.

“You said you can swim.” His words were biting into your already broken pride.

Maybe you should have kept the life vest on but you weren’t about to be the only one with it. The small time you spent with these other hero kids you knew they didn’t know the meaning of gentle jokes. Sitting up quickly you frown.

“I can too swim.”

His green eyes cut through anything else you could say. “Not very well obviously.”

“You got them out of the water?” Dick smiles looking over the second level.

“You idiots can swim well enough next time you save the rookie.” Damian scoffs before grabbing his towel and aggressively drying his hair.

You look up with a pout. “Why did we decide to go swimming in the first place?”

“It was Aqualad’s turn to pick a team building exercise.”

Slowly unrolling your own towel you slowly pat your body dry. Yeah this was possibly one of the worst ideas for a team building activity, at least pertaining to you. 

“Terraformer! You almost died, are you okay?” Starfire grabs your hands, invading your personal space.

But before you can answer Damian pulls you out of her grasp. Drying your hair with a towel.

“Crowding them after an event like that is unwise,” he hisses.

“I’m not glass, I’m just not used to being off land.” You grumble seating his hands away, if he rubbed it any harder you would have a bigger problem fixing your hair later.

“Can we rely on you to keep Terraformer company while we are in the water, little D?” Dick asks.

You give a pout. “No, I'll be fine on my own. All of you can go have fun in the water.”

“I’ll stay.”

With that you tried to get up and go inside the boat, but Damian held you down. Meaning the two of you were alone.

“You said you could swim.”

“Well America isn’t exactly known for having a good track record of teaching their children how to swim,” you hiss. “I didn’t want to be left at the tower.”

He forces you to face him. “That would have been better than almost drowning.”

Pushing away from his grip you wanted to scream but settle for tears. “Do you know how lonely it is? Being alone the only one who can’t do something? I’ve lived like that since the first time I threw a rock at someone, my parents locked me in a shed until your brother dragged me out.”

“Kent isn’t my brother.”

“Y’all are close enough might as well be. Just leave me alone Damian, I’m done playing the be nice to the sheltered child game. It would have been better if I had stayed at the tower,” you mumble finally able to get far enough away from him.

60: Night market

Itto

“Y/N, have you secured the funds?” Kuki asks as you walk around the corner.

Tossing her your coin pouch you roll your eyes. “You buy the supplies. Tomorrow the night market starts and that's when you’ll get the better deals.”

“Really then I’ll-

“No!” You and Kuki shout at the same time.

Arataki Itto is known for spending the gang’s money on things we definitely didn’t need. Luckily before your big brother left Inazuma he got you a job working at the tea house. Thankfully you appreciated the fact that he could use your vision, you’d received it during the early stages of the decree, you didn’t need a vision.

“Tomorrow, we have to build the stage. You’re lucky my brother was such good friends with the Kamisato maid, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get all this stuff done.” You remind him.

“But I-

Kuki pushes you closer. “Come on, you two got to spend more time together, think of it as bonding.”

You squeak. “Kuki.”

Maybe you shouldn’t have relayed your feelings to Kuki. Maybe you had let the drink sit for too long, and honestly you wondered how the words came out so easily to your friend.

“Right bonding.” You finally say as her eyes tell you a different story.

“Should I just stay at your house to put the things together then?” Itto asks.

This question makes you tense.

“That’s a great idea, y/n you and Itto can start on things at your house today. Then easily get everything together tomorrow,” she claps her hands.

Itto nods. “Maybe if we finish early enough we can go to the night market and look around?”

Kuki nods. “That way if I need help moving anything you two can help me.”

“Uh Huh. Let’s go big guy, if we’re going to my house I gotta pick up extra food from gramps.” Turning around you sigh.

Yeah, walking around the night market with Itto would be an adventure indeed. It wasn’t like you hadn’t gone with him or Kuki before but the idea that one person knew your feelings besides you made it different. Even if it wasn’t the person the feelings were towards.

“Oh Y/N, I was expecting you.”

“How’s it going grandpa Shimura?” You smile.

He slides two boxes your way. “I carefully packed extra servings for you. I know how much you like the unagi so I gave you an extra helping. And the young lady across the way gave me some dango to give you.”

You peek back at the woman standing at the adventure post. “Thanks, Katheryne.”

“Of course, y/n.” She gives a small wave.

Picking up the boxes you look at Itto. “Well we should go then. You remember the way, right?”

“Of course I do. I’ve been to your place plenty of times, you’re a great host by the way. Not that I would think of you as a bad host. I'm not stalling just because I can’t remember if you wanted to walk there from here or use that fancy thing you do when you pop from one place to the other,” he prattles on.

“You wanna hold the food and I lead the way?”

“Yes.”

Rolling your eyes, you hand him the boxes and lead the way. Yeah, you were in for a long two days off.

61: Seashells

Denki

“Why exactly were we sent for beach patrol?” You gripe.

Kaminari smirks, he must have been reveling in the idea of spending the day at the beach while getting paid. “Loosen up Y/N, you seemed excited about it at first. It’s not so bad your quirk is perfect for this.”

“Right.” Dragging out the word in your sarcastic tone, you rolled your eyes for added emphasis.

“Come on, you're like the coolest person here.”

Frowning you ball your hand in a fist. “I’ll hit you, and I’ll enjoy it. Just because I got an ice quirk similar to my cousin doesn’t mean it’s perfect for the beach.”

He shrugs. “Hey, it's better than being quirkless.”

Your shoulders drop. “Guess you’re right.”

Technically you fell into an outlier of a quirk user. The doctors told your parents that you should have had a quirk, but when you got to high school it was like a switch. Suddenly you had a quirk and had frozen your entire school floor. From that moment there was a narrative that you hid your quirk and because of a bad cold it just popped out and you could contain it any longer. When actually you couldn’t control it.

“You okay, Y/N?” Kaminari asks as you look at him.

“Yeah, I’m fine just practicing.” You look down at the ice popsicle you created.

He nods. “Mhmm.”

As the day dragged on you had to walk away from Kaminari to respond to something only you could do. Only for him to catch up to you later and drop something in your hands.

“What?”

“Seashells.”

“I know but why would I want-

“Don’t start getting technical with me. They’re pretty I thought you would like them,” he shakes his head.

Taking a better look at them you shrug. “They’re not that bad.”

“Did I win points?” He asks.

“No, you got half a point. Let’s go back to the agency, I need to sit in a hot bath.”

62: Watermelon

Tobio

“Oh dear, Y/N, you didn’t tell me you were gonna have company,” oh how your mother’s gossip voice was grating on the ears. She only used that voice when she wanted the aunties in the neighborhood to hear her.

“I did tell you, Tobio was gonna come over because you wanted to give us some watermelon,” you whisper, trying to shield your face.

“Right, my child's national volleyball player boyfriend, maybe eventually you’ll get married. You two have been dating for over three years.” She says a little louder.

“Mom!” You gasp with all the energy of any embarrassed child in public, it couldn’t get any worse.

Tobio smirks. “I’ve really considered it recently.”

Oh, how you wished you could bury yourself in a hole right now.

Your mom claps her hands excitedly. “Oh really? I’ve never heard anything like that from my child. If you’re gonna get married I’ll look forward to when you two adopt your first kid.”

“Mom! Watermelon.” You remind her.

“Right, right. The watermelon, come in you two. Will you tell me if you get married?” She smiles.

Tobio nods. “Of course.”

You gave a weak smile. “I don’t have anyone else to tell but you mom.”

“Damn straight, those others were terrible. Saying that you wouldn’t make any money from that little project from high school, but look at you now my baby owns a business,” she smiles.

This made you smile. Your number one cheerleader. Tobio sat next to you at the counter while you both ate.

“Did you want to get married?”

“I don’t care one way or the other.” You shrug. “As long as everyone’s happy and healthy.” 

63: Bug bites

Midoriya

“Oh hey Y/N, those are some serious bug bites!” Kaminari, your childhood best friend, gasps. 

Your back was turned to him and you knew that you hadn’t gotten any bug bites recently. What could he be referring to?

“Bakubro, you need to see this!”

What? Now you were more worried about what you couldn’t see. You were just walking around in your swimsuit if you had a serious bug bite, maybe you shouldn’t go swimming today.

“What the hell is it extra?”

“Y/N, has some serious bug bites look.” Kaminari touched your back making you jump since his hands felt like ice. “Did I hurt you?”

Shaking your head you stop putting the sandwiches together. “Is it really that bad?”

Bakugo laughed. “Oh yeah, it’s bad it looks like you have a really bad bug problem.”

“What?!” You shriek about to go look in the mirror to check the damages.

“Mhmm, it’s a big green bug.”

This made you pause midstep. “Izuku!”

Popping out of his corner face redder than Kirishima’s sunburn. “Yes Y/N, the love of my life?”

“Run.”

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[insomniactalks]

I cant think how much stress Ej will be feeling throughout the s3. He was put on this huge responsibility without any preparation or warning. Like it would be little less hard if its only camp production but to think its gonna be on a streaming service and now he must somehow creat a flawless musical.(even ms jenn couldn't do that in s1) And to include insecuritie drama around Ricky (in middle of season) to this, I will be so surprised if he didn't have a full on breakout moment at some point. I just hope everything will work out for him in the end.

You actually sent me this after 3.02, but I was waiting until 3.03 aired b/c I think it's more relevant than ever. I just know my heart is going to break for EJ this season cuz of the immense amount of pressure he has to deal with as director (and now actor as well). He never asked to be the leader of this production, it just fell into his lap and now he has to deal with it. It's so sad because he starts off the episode as a very proud boyfriend who shows his girlfriend support, and wants to spend time with her, but as the episode progresses, the pressure just keeps rising. He doesn't get a lot of time alone because everyone's constantly barging in while he's trying to work. He wants the read through to be perfect, and he only has like 12 hours to make it happen. Yes, it seems very EJ 1.0 when he snaps at everyone, but it was also a lot of voices all at once. He didn't really get to have a lot of quiet time, and when he did, it had to be dedicated to working on the script. Just like Gabriella and Shane, I can see Gina starting to notice EJ's priorities shift a little, and that concerns her. But I also have no doubt she's probably going to call him out on it soon. Gabriella and Shane kept Troy and Mitchie in check during their summers, but also ultimately supported them as well. I could see the same thing happening in Portwell's case.

(Sidenote: I actually love the fact that Ricky was the first one in EJ's tent, wanting to go on this adventure with him LOL. The boy found a shrine in the woods and his first thought was to check it out with EJ. I'm genuinely loving Ricky this season. This is the most time he's ever actually spent with his friends (who's not Nini or Big Red.)

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts s3 #ej caswell #gina porter #portwell #hsmtmts speculation #ricky bowen #gicky #miss jenn #nini salazar roberts #big red #hsm #hsm2 #gabriella montez #troy bolton #troyella #camp rock 2 #mitchie torres #shane gray #camp rock #caswen #kinda? #disney plus #thanks anon!

[kafkaoftherubble]

237不止没有改进236，还他妈的直接... //CH237 did not improve CH236. In fact, it fucking—

Spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen CH237.

Damn. This chapter blows as a belated Gojo fan. Also blows as a character-work fan. Or a "surprise me with an interesting and creative maneuver after the last chapter" fan. I should be glad I didn't inhale dangerous amounts of copium last week beyond small doses and hope.

You know what feels like the point of JJK as of this writing? "Be an asshole, or lose." Megumi ain't an asshole, is he? So there you go. He kept getting punished. Bruh had been an L magnet for a while now for sure, but at CH237 you can reasonably believe he's in that same afterlife airport in yet another offscreen death. At this rate JJK is gonna feel like a fundamentalist/millennialist Christian talking point: "This life on Earth is shit. You can only hope for salvation in the afterlife. No point trying to fight suffering while living; no point dreaming about improvement. True happiness only exists after you die... In God's Kingdom Gojo's airport, mai furrendo. Until Sukuna Reality-cut through even the afterlife, that is."

Megumi had a lot of characterization early on, man. He's got an interesting psychology, legitimate mental growth, a self-ish goal revolving around Tsumiki, a selfless goal revolving around his definition of being a jujutsu sorcerer, a dynamic of interesting potentials between himself and Yuji + himself and Satoru + himself and Tsumiki + himself and the Zenin clan (or whatever's left of it), and a canonically busted technique. We would have been so stoked to see what Megumi himself could do with Ten Shadows, especially when it's said to rival the Gojo clan's Limitless.

Instead, when the 10 Shadow vs. Limitless fight happened, it was Sukuna who demonstrated how good it was, not the young hero we're rooting to master it. And now comes CH237 and Sukuna's like, "Yea, this technique was just an Anti-Gojo move so I can forget this now that he's 2.5jo. Bye Megumi's L Magnet body! Bye Megumi's soul; thanks for tanking Unlimited Void that one time! MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE! BELIEVIX, SO MAGICAL!"

Was the whole point of Megumi's existence just to erase Satoru? Were all those previous hints to Megumi's character development and psychology just haphazard salad dressings?

And man. Because I'm, indeed, a Gojo fan, what really bummed me out is this growing realization: Satoru seemingly still dead right now really lends substance to people who said he's the single-most stupidest loser in this story ever. He has never made any right choice, has he? Even his insistence on not executing Yuji, which was framed to be a move for a noble cause back then (I'll die on this hill; I really can't see it as a self-motivating cause no matter how some people might like to paint it), is now seen as a stupid choice that doomed the future because of how much the villains are winning right now (while the strongest guy on the good guys' side is chilling with "no regrets" in an afterlife airport).

You'd at least hope that Satoru managed to introduce some permanent damage to Sukuna for the rest of the camp. Lose the battle, win the war. But apparently, from the looks of it, that didn't last. Sukuna magical-girled into his Second Stage Boss form. It's reasonable that his brain just got renewed from this, which means Malevolent Shrine may be back on the table already. And any (meager) damage Satoru had left on him from their fight is just wiped clean. Bruh even has his dumbbell-looking weapon (it's actually a legit weapon in Hindu myth if I recall correctly, though what exactly is the name slipped my mind this time) now.

Hell, that simp Uraume is still alive and kicking. Satoru didn't even offscreen that annoying twerp with his 200% Hollow Purple at the beginning of the fight. Now Uraume is presumably acting out those Gamble God(赌神) Chinese New Year Hong Kong movies with Hakari up there in the sky.

Honestly Gojo Satoru, are you sure you were the strongest at all? Or have you just been subjected to that old Chuck Norris meme, where tales of Chuck Norris being "the strongest" in the most ridiculous ways possible spread among people—except in your case, everyone including yourself believed it? 'Cause man, the story disrespects you so hard now.

Oh, and don't bother looking for Satoru's body among the rubble. Nor bother with the cast's emotional reaction. No Yuji, no Yuta, no nobody except Kashimo and Hakari. Some said this might allude to a background event—maybe Satoru is being patched up in the background as we speak, ya know?

But I don't know. It's just... better not to expect anything at this point. Better not to cook unless the intention is to write fanfics and what-ifs for yourself or your community. I do neither of those things, so I don't wanna try cooking at all. "Nekkhamma", man. Non-attachment is the better frame of mind by this point.

Still gonna stick with JJK though because hey, I still wanna evaluate things when it's all said and done. I'm not gonna try persuading my best friend into seeing it with me when Season 3 comes, though. Her fav is Nanami and she's only interested in Satoru because of me. By this metric, there's no point in having her stick around past her personal interests. She's not even one who likes pointless tragedies nor is she wanting of shows to watch, aye, Fionn?

Sukuna fans can rejoice, though. He reclaims the form Sukuna fans wanted to see for years! And he's more powerful than ever and is indisputably the King of Curses very likely riding into a non-airport style victory (unless Kenjaku screws him). In addition to being the strongest and poetic (that's the character depth non-Sukuna fans like myself missed at our peril, I suppose), he's—by his admission—an unwanted child with a hint of him "working to become the strongest" (this has been a pretty persistent fanon for a while now. Just need a confirmation.). He also doesn't know "love." And thinks everyone else is trash. There are some genuinely interesting possibilities to speculate about his background based on the breadcrumbs provided CH237 though. I wonder if the conjoined twin theory is true!

Hey, Gege? If you're transitioning Jujutsu Kaisen to Sukuna Kaisen, might as well start throwing the most meaningful bones to Sukuna fans, okay? No more being coy. Just tell them his backstory. Hell, I'll stick around out of curiosity alone... even if I hate an asshole who never gets punished.

Thank you for reading my ramble.

#I actually don't like to broadcast my reaction to weekly chapters or episodes because I don't think my reactions warrant any attention #I rarely feel like expressing these sorts of thoughts and massively prefer churning out long thought-out rambles... #...on an expansive melange of ideas. For example I never feel the need to broadcast weekly reactions to To Your Eternity manga... #...no matter how much I adore that story. Just talking about it with fellow fans for some hours will do already. #But this? I need an outlet that doesn't burden non-anime-watching real-life people around me #And talking to myselves can only go this far! #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk spoilers #jjk gojo #jjk megumi #jjk 237 #jjk manga #jjk leaks

[fluffypotatey]

hi, i'm late for the wip thing (grr busy, unfortunately) but can u tell about the 11 to 20, please? 🥹

hooooo boy you sure you wanna open that can of worms, deary 👀

i mean, I’m totally sharing just…it’s gonna take some time 😅

*coughs* sO

11. Yassifying Chick Flicks: Neither the First Nor the Last

happy pride 💅

As the title says, nothing about this story is hetero it is all homo. it’s a trope subversion on le old teen high school Chick Flicks. literally, the character’s initials tells you what their roles are (MC = main character, LI =love interest, RH = red herring, TBF = toxic best friend)

Can be interpreted as a character study on teen girls and internalized misogyny tho and i fully intend to expand on it.

12. Sunglasses Quiz

ok so this is just a cute little story of these two girlfriends who are trying to buy sunglasses, and you know how some have it where you take a quiz?

yeah, so these girlies are trying to take the quiz and end up getting……ahem, distracted 👀

anyway, the little description i write for this was “i was feeling sappy so i wrote some sappy queer love” so 🏳️‍🌈 happy pride🏳️‍🌈

“As a renowned researcher yourself,” Laura exclaimed, ignoring Pen’s comment, “it is shameful”— Pen rolled her eyes— “you, who have published many scholarly works into the world, should know better!”

Pen would have definitely shoved her girlfriend. She definitely would have if it were not for that sweet, “innocent” smile on Laura’s face. That’s what she tells herself anyway.

13. Witch boy

Repeating myself -> “LISTEN: i know this one also complete when you go to Ao3, but that's just because the 3rd part is being fucking slOW, so i said "fuck it ends nice at ch2 anyway," but i do want to add more. but yeah, to summarize: fic was inspired by a Halloween fanart i saw and i just ran with it.”

basically, it’s a modern au of bbc’s merlin but there seems to be magic leaking into “our” world every Halloween. and our lovely band of misfits (Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana, Lancelot, Gwaine, Elyan, Percival, and Leon) have taken it upon themselves to put a stop to it every Halloween. Also, slow burn romance between Merlin and Arthur bc i can never help myself. the 3rd installment is still in the works T^T but I do want to complete this one day. but yeah, here’s a snippet:

14:27 HighPriestessofthemStilletos: ARTHUR ANSWER YOUR FUCKING PHONE L'Oréal Hair: oop arthur’s in trouble!!!HoodieReigns: oh good so he’s not just doing this to me AngelQueen: He didn't even pick-up when you called? HighPriestessofthemStilletos: @HighKing_Wart I WILL BLOW UP YOUR PHONE HighPriestessofthemStilletos: DON’T TEST ME HoodieReigns: it seems he did not, in fact, pick-up when she called gwen

14. Emrys Shrine

this one is essentially a continuation of the Shrine of Emrys fic I wrote months ago but it is still in the works. Here we have Percival’s pov of the aftermath of the fic

Percival often wondered if Merlin was like him. Someone who had lived in the Druid camps as a child, but then he heard Arthur tell the tale of Merlin’s home Ealdor and his kind-hearted mother. He even met her sometime after Arthur had secured his throne from Morgana once again, and she had explained how the village has been her home since birth, how she spent her days living in it, how she had raised her darling boy in this place before he left for Camelot.

15. Lucky’s Timeline @ Beacon Hills

SUPER, SUper self indulgent fic where i insert my OCs, Lucy and Nick, into the teen wolf universe and how they interact with it. for example:

“But this is Coach’s car,” McCall said with a frown. “Is it?” Nick replied nonchalantly as he twirled the keys in his free hand, unlocking the car doors.

16. THE everchanging STORYLINE

ahaha…. so i named it that bc i’ve been writing this one for 2 years and almost every month i would change the plot. which meant i needed to reorganize the chapter list and where which scene went 🙄 (i am my own bane) this still happens and it’s been 3 years now T^T

anyway, this wip is my dc/batfam wip, aka the origins of Lucy and Nick lol. plot’s a nonchronological mystery with switching pics to outsider, minor characters, and Nick

17. Lucy Elliot: She Be Descending

literally just the previous but if Lucy was adopted by an abusive douchebag (douchebag being Thomas Elliot) and if she had a corruption arc (ngl i like corruption arc Lucy more she’s unhinged). assassin instead of vigilante and self-made leader of underground elites who “run” Gotham (killed the previous one and he was so impressed by her underhanded moves he placed her in his will instead of his son lmao)

anyway, snippet of Lucy and her (future ex) husband:

“Why darling”— she let out a scandalized gasp— “do you really think I would stray from you?” He merely gazed at her, eyes blank and cold. Lucy stared back, not one to be challenged. She knew he was just riling her up. Not that she was surprised in the slightest of his behavior. Lucy knew this was because of his alleged rivalry with a dear friend of hers. A dear friend whose father was the host of this gala. The gala said dear friend was said to be attending. “I would never doubt a woman who gave me a solemn vow.”

18. Mob Boss Lucy, Basically

remember what i wrote for 17? now let’s shift it to the right again! it’s me taking plot from 16 & 17 and trying to give Nick and Lucy an original story. Lucy still becomes a self-made mob boss but there’s no Gotham, no vigilantes.

the story here is that Lucy and Nick are building their power whilst evading the law and destroying any evidence that would lead to them bc their being hunted by a detective (who’s also Lucy’s childhood friend) and a private investigator

19. Dandelions

explained here

20. not really a sequel but it happens after

so this one is a continuation/sequel to 16. Lucy and Nick are happily married and adopted a really sweet kid (Caleb) but— oh no! horrible mercenaries attack Lucy and Caleb on their walk to the park! It leaves Lucy in critical condition and caused a magical outburst from Caleb and— whoops, there’s now a rift in time and space 🤷🏻‍♀️

i don’t really have much written and it’s self indulgent anyway so yeah

AND THERE YOU GO 🎉 phew that took me a bit but it was fun talking about them so thanks for the ask @thiamsxbitch 💕💕💕💕💕

#wip game #my wip #my wips #fanfic #my fic #my fics #original work #original works #long post #wip list #dw boo you’re not late 💕 #I hope you found these interesting 💕 #or at least very intriguing #but yeah main thing with Lucy and Nick is that i reuse them for a lot of things lol #bbc merlin #merthur #merthur fic #bbc merlin fic #batfam fic #batfam adjacent in a way lol #teen wolf fic

[thegeminisage]

doing a dog sidequest in zelda and i STILL cant pet them. got the ember trousers tho!!! i bet the whole outfit rules i cant wait to see it

wait wait these guys found a bottle...dont tell me its another gerudo love letter lol

oooh clues to the fierce deity armor...i found some already but that's COOL. and i gotta come back to get the sword even tho i snagged it with amiibo already lol

i've decided to clean up some shrines i've neglected to do...i promised myself i'd do more story but i never have TIME to sit down and enjoy it!!

this shrine by snowfield stable was absolutely delightful. 10/10. it feels like such a proper zelda dungeon

omg lol the well here is frozen

FAIRIES........man thats so cool. the way their light works in this game is absolutely stunningly beautiful. i wish they came in different colors like oot

always gotta grab a few seeds wherever i am but now it's time for A Different Shrine

i've got maybe 6-7 shrines i activated but did not do, and 2 shrines i did do but didn't get the chest at.....in hebra lol that was early game bs. "oh i want to have fun now i'll get the chests later" the literal devil talking smh

GOT MY LAST STAMINA WHEEL........taking a break 4 now but man am i ever stoked!!! my "being is overflowed with vigor" apparently. nice.

omg i never realized it but yunobo got added to the goron city statue!!

daruk looks like he's dabbing lol (i'm taking a pic of it for a sidequest)

death mountain intimidates me so i'm biting the bullet and heading to lanayru - i'm working my way from hateno up around the south/east side of the mountain. and i guess from there gradually towards kakariko, although i'm saving the ones in kakariko proper for later

IT'S NAYDRA HEY GIRL

good lord that horn went all the way back down to the ocean lol

omg my map says there's a letter in a bottle here...i see it now, but i can't believe i didn't see it when i was getting korok seeds before

i cheated and i know where the cave is, so i'm not gonna follow the brightbloom seeds. i'm going that way anyway on my korok journey and i don't want to do it twice in a row. koroks robbed me of doign this quest organically!! oh well. it's my own fault for looking at "user contributed" on the map lol

dragging my bike around in this cave with me bc my supplies are so desperately low lol. idw it to respawn i JUST made it

oh........................i don't know if i can get it back out lol

i did it!! it would have been less trouble to make a new bike which sort of defeats the purpose but whatever

mapla point, my old enemy...when i had 899 seeds in botw, here was the missing one

i can see the brightbloom seed trail from here! it's quite beautiful actually, especially at night. the reflections on the dark water..........

i wish i could shoot arrows while riding the bike/any vehicle. that would fucking rule

if theres one thing i do like about koroks its how the boulder rolling puzzles from botw became these put the boulder OUT of the hole into the tree puzzles. really good subversion since rolling boulders into holes is now completely doable with ultrahand without any effort or thinking at all. and thank god for that frankly.

i thot maybe this cave guy would turn out to be a yiga but he was legit lol good for him

ok, before i tackle lanayru proper i need more FANS........always out of mf supplies around here smh

the gacha i use for fans also gives out portable pots and flame emitters, at what feels like a higher rate...i don't use flame emitters often but it's nice to know there will never come a time when i'm not able to cook lol

49 fans, but only 9 steering sticks! if only there was a gacha that gave out nothing BUT fans and steering sticks...bc soon i'll have to go load up on THOSE

kinda good that i need fan refills so often tho bc from there i go straight down to this construct camp and then into the mining cave to trade zonaite for crystalized charges AND there's zonaite mining in there...a good thing to do regularly. i don't have as many problems finding zonaite as i do with that middle step of trading it for crystalized charges lol. i kind of wish they hadn't added that in there

ugh, off to lanayru we go.

it's fine. i have snowboots now, and so many fire arrows

WAIT DROP EVERYTHING STAR PIECE

lmao. warp into lanayru warp out of lanayru

oh my god i left at 2:55am i can't BELIEVE i made it in time. thank you, bike. thank you, dark link armor

ugh. ok. back to. lanayru

first stop of COURSE back to the wisdom spring. girl i finally have that claw

done. one down two to go........i have the claws i just never wind up at the springs lol. i never want to go near the quarry again <3

AWWW addison is here shivering in the cold...he says he eats food to deal with the weather conditions but man!!! buddy!!!!!

love it when he gives me muddlebuds. king

accidentally dropped my bike off the side of the mountain lol. i used recall on it just in time but it went too far before i canceled and dropped into a lizalfos camp. life is so textured

spotted naydra coming out of her hole (and doing just fine). beautiful! sadly not chasing her at this time though rip in peace the mats i could have farmed

plotting my next few korok seeds and apparently there's not one but THREE sets of gloom hands near one of them (purifier lake). no fucking thank you i'm quitting before i get to that one. a problem for tomorrow me

maybe if i'm careful i can fly over them...? eugh there's a shrine near there too. why do they make certain areas scary in both games!! there was a lynel here in botw!!!!

oh it's zelda 🥺🥺🥺 she's so far away though, i can't go chasing her either...babygirl i miss you

ugh fine ok it's the next seed and i don't wanna quit yet...i'm just gonna fly over them. you have to be kinda close for them to spawn...hopefully it will be fine...

yea tho i walk through the shadow of death or whatever i fear no evil if i can fly the fuck over it

successful landing. no hands so far. if i don't move much while i solve this block puzzle. OF ALL THINGS. maybe it will be fine

I DID IT......

AND it looks like the shrine is underground. huge win for me

wow! and one long trip thru an underground road later here i am at the good old promenade. a great place to either start or fuck off from tomorrow <3

#personal #loz blogging #totk lb #totk spoilers #sorry i did the whole day in one post again

[thetreesarealwayslistening]

totk replay - part 2! i played a lot today and it really made me dive into the game as a bit of a roleplay experience lol. this is a wordy one with lots of pics, so everything is under the cut ✨

it took 14 in-game days before i was satisfied with my exploration of the great sky islands. i got 10 koroks and only 3 bubbul boyes so i know i’ll have to come back, but i have a plan for that already!

it’s so hard to take only a few pictures lol. imo link is quite expressive in totk, especially compared to botw! i hope this means he’s had some time to come into himself over the last few years. anyways this moment, where fi chose to speak, really got me in the feelings. it reminds me of botw, of when the blade lit up before meeting ganondorf, of the sacred flames and the journey in skyward sword…….

i love the moment that we as players get to see, where zelda takes the sword in hand in between these shots, but that’s not what link experiences. he looks very lonely after the master sword disappears.

took a fun dive on down and ended up in an unintended part of the kingdom!! it’s gonna take a long time to get to lookout landing on foot. after a little exploration (one failed shrine and two deaths via fall damage) i got to thinking that maybe i should speed things up a little!!

here’s the horse i ended up catching after most of another in-game day of terrible chase. he kept rearing on the other two horses in his little herd and pushing them away the moment i got close, and was also the first to come into my space to fuck me up. you’d think he’d be skittish with the rest of them, but he ran towards me multiple times and kicked me twice. it was a bad time. you can really see the spite in him in that first pic. the second shot shows what he does the moment i try to go anywhere with him - that is, one press of a button has him going at a full gallop immediately and i can’t get him to stop. he’s 0-100 ONLY. his name is bastard. i feed him apples and in exchange i keep my fingers. it’s a tenuous relationship (at 100 bonding but that hasn’t stopped him from being SPICY - i’m truly obsessed with the personality and alertness they gave horses in totk bc it’s not this crazy in botw), but mounted archery is very easy on his back.

(tbh i wanted the spicy brown one with the cream mane and socks in his herd but he kept getting in the way. just another opportunity for him to earn his name)

i took bastard to get registered at a stable and did a couple quick quests as the locals needed. by the time i made it to hyrule field, 20 in-game days had passed.

there were so many resources to gather and monster camps to clear. i also snagged enough shrines for a little spirit orb exchange. first blood moon was absolutely terrifying lol. there was a lovely rainbow the next day though :)

monsters mean monster parts :) finally i can make elixirs, which means i now have on-the-spot stamina recovery, strength and defense, and haste! need to keep an eye out for hearty ingredients for healing - right now only two of my stamina elixirs give me a small amount of hearts back. some battles have been tricky!!

made it to lookout landing at last, at 24 in-game days!! i had enough shrines to clear a little more gloom poisoning and restore some vitality (went with stamina). every time you get a light of blessing or speak to the goddess statue, a little more gloom is expelled. not to be a whump writer or anything but like…… 👀 sounds painful.

on to new things!! the added challenge of not having a paraglider is absolutely wild. some things you can’t do though - i was pretty salty about that shrine. gonna go talk to purah again and see what’s up!

#loz #totk #tree tries totk #tree chatter

[manga-b]

Preview for Chapter 2 of my fanfic, The Secret of the Golden Bat

Most alleged hauntings around the Sunshine 60 happened on the basement floor, however, sightings of the Phantom were said to place near the Sunshine Coty Prince Hotel, so the boys had set up camp in the garden area opposite.

“This is the one Dareo,” Takeru said as he polished his binoculars. “We’re gonna catch this Phantom in the act and prove the existence of the paranormal once and for all, I just know it!”

Dareo rolled his eyes – he had been on plenty of these ‘stakeouts’ before, “That’s what you said the time when we went hunting for the ‘Red Room’ website, and that other time when you had us watch that watching that stupid, weird Kleenex commercial, both of which turned up nothing.”

“But this time we’re at the heart of the action,” Takeru replied. “We’re bound to find evidence this time!”

“Yeah, just like when you had us camped out at Oiwa’s shrine, and after that it was at the grave of Taira no Masakado, or the time you got into the school’s PA system and read Tomino's Hell out loud to the whole freaking school,” Darero continued. “And not only did those not turn up anything, but we also caught by security all three times, which ended with us getting an earful from our parents.” Dareo shot Takeru a very irritated side eye. “Not to mention the dozens of summoning games and rituals you’ve had us test out with nothing to show for, except for maybe a few which managed to get us in trouble with our teachers, parents or the cops, sometimes all three at once!” By now, the sun had set, and Dareo was grateful for the warm, dry weather of late May. “I’m just glad we’re not doing this in the middle of winter like we did with the ‘Seven School Mysteries’ caper.”

“Aw c’mon, that took place inside the school.” “Doesn’t change the fact that those hallways are freezing at night,” Dareo grumbled. “And it took everything I had to keep you from jumping into the school pool and giving yourself hypothermia.” He threw up his hands. “Heck, that incident alone perfectly sums up the only reason why I go on these crazy ghost hunts – to keep you from killing yourself!”

#golden bat #ogon bat #phantaman #黄金 バット #fanfic #fanfiction

[rjalker]

Goshhh I neeeeeed to builddddd a shriiiiine to HIRCIIIIINE

But plans are so hard to find in this game, especially because player shops are still disabled :(

And they don't have a text chat, so its not likr I can just go "hey anyone selling building plans?"

#Rjalker plays Fallout 76 #i built him shrines in each of my settlements #now hes gonna get a shrine in my camp

[sinfulwrites]

Flaws

So, ages ago I read a headcanon list by a writer who highlighted the slasher's flaws and I wanted to make my own cause I just wasn't in the mood for fluff at the moment. So that's what this is. This is another filler post in between some big projects, someone dropped a big project in my ask box, so a lot of my time is gonna be dedicated to that. Hope you guys like this!

We all have our flaws, and that applies to these guys as well. So, what are their flaws? Outside of, you know, killing people.

Jason Voorhees

Paranoid. Jason is paranoid about everything. Every day he wakes up and expects the absolute worst outcome to every scenario. He was like this before he even met you. When you came into the picture? It just gets worse. You can leave the cabin and explore the camp as much as you want, but you know he’s anxious about it, especially if he can’t keep an eye on you. If there’s anyone else walking around the camp? Forget it. If you force his hand, he will lock you in the cabin to keep you safe, but that’s when you leave him absolutely no other option. He doesn’t want to control you, his mother raised him better than that, but he will never take the risk with your life. He couldn’t live with himself if he lost you too.

Jason has a bad temper. He does his absolute best to shield that side from you, because he knows it’s an ugly side of him that no one should ever live to see. Truth be told, he scares himself sometimes. But unfortunately, he can’t control himself all the time. Now and then, you’ve seen that ugly side of him come out. Especially if you’re arguing with him about staying in the cabin; this is most likely always the cause for his outburst. He would never hit you, but has he picked you up a little too rough, and has he put you on the couch too rough? Yes, and he regrets it immediately afterwards. He won’t let himself be around you until he’s absolutely certain he can control himself.

Jason is protective of you, like a loyal guard dog. He trusts absolutely no one else but you. If he sees anyone with you, he will automatically assume they are a threat, so if you ever had someone come and see you, you have to tell him in advance. And remind him a couple times, just in case. This unfortunately secludes you in the woods with him for long periods of time, though he never forces you to stay there unless there is a threat in the woods. If you needed to go into town, you were free to. It’s best to meet friends and family at their house.

For a long time, you never saw the Pamela head. You were never allowed in that room, and he fiercely guarded it for a long time until he was sure he could trust you. His mother’s shrine is too important to him, but he also knows what it would look like to you. This is the other time you would see his temper flare at you. In a, “I said no.” way. It should be said though, if you express you would rather not see it after he lets you for the first time, he won’t take offense. It works out best if you both just don’t acknowledge that room.

OG Michael Myers

He is too protective. Calling it possessive would not be far off. He is immediately suspicious of any new faces he sees approaching you and speaking to you. Keeping friends is hard, especially if they are a man. He may turn a begrudging eye to your family, but he will be watching your friends like a hawk.

Terrible communication skills. If he can avoid talking or communicating in any form, he will every time. He just assumes you can understand him, he’s not aware of how difficult he is to read. One glance could mean a million things, and when he won't elaborate, it will definitely result in a mutual sigh of frustration. He struggles to comfort you in your time of need, but he will try regardless. It hurts to see you cry when he can’t get rid of the problem in his traditional method.

Will disappear randomly and come back randomly. He will never give you a heads up, you will go to sleep with him and wake up without him and just have to wonder when he will be back. He could be back the next day or by next week. Rest assured, he is still keeping an eye on you, but he’s out satisfying his urges. Time is an afterthought to him.

Impossible to ask him for favors. If he has to go out of his way to do it, it’s a guaranteed no. Now, will he take care of you if you’re sick, or after sex? Yes. But if you wake up and want a glass of water, you’re getting it yourself because he won’t even acknowledge you if you ask. 100% pretending to sleep.

RZ Michael Myers

Trust issues. Michael has major trust issues, especially early on in the relationship. He will need constant reassurance on multiple things multiple times a day for a long time. He’s very suspicious if he thinks you’re up to something, and he won’t shy away from confronting you, though he is never violent in his approach. The longer you’re together, his suspicion will be exclusively on anyone he sees talking to you who he doesn’t recognize. He will ask you about them, and if you tell him you care about them, he won’t touch them. While of course you wouldn’t unleash him on anyone, if you don’t make it clear you care about someone, they are still in his crosshairs.

Michael tends to forget how big he is. He forgets his size, and he can often forget just what his hands are capable of. He can unintentionally manhandle you, pulling you hard enough to cause you to stumble, he can end up picking you up too hard and putting you down too fast, he’ll knock the wind out of you by dropping you too hard on the bed. He’s like a huge dog who thinks he can still fit in someone’s lap. Won’t get mad if you call him out on it, he’ll just give you his “I’m sorry” eyes. One day at a time here.

Makes such a mess. Every time he comes home he tracks in so much dirt and mud. He's always dripping in blood, and it gets everywhere. The only reason your bed is spared is because you make him shower. It doesn't bother him, but of course, it bothers you. You're the one cleaning it. Will eventually settle on leaving his shoes outside before coming in. He forgets now and then though.

2018 Michael Myers

Stubborn as an ox. If he made up his mind, it's set in stone. If he says no, the answer is no. He won't even humor an argument, he said no. Now, he's not the controlling type, so he won't be telling you what to wear or who you can see. It's mostly towards stuff you ask him to do. If you're mad at him and you tell him to sleep on the couch, ha, you're hilarious. Move over.

Is not a morning person. He is downright mean right when he wakes up. He is not afraid to tell you "I don't want to talk right now." If you keep trying to though, he will get snippy. All the pain he deals with is at its peak right when he wakes up, so he needs to get through the pain and he will be okay. Best to just give him space in the mornings. He'll come to you when he's ready.

He is very big on boundaries. He will very clearly outline which side of the bed is yours, which closet is yours, which rooms you can and can't go in. He is very particular about his sister's old room, he almost never wants you in there. He also likes his alone time. If you cross the lines into his space or interrupt his window time, he will glare you out of the room.

Bo Sinclair

Bo has a fiery temper. Almost anything can set him off on bad days. He never wants to take it out on you, but he can't control his temper. You get snapped at, Vincent gets snapped at, even poor Jonsey gets it too. He is always remorseful afterwards and tries to make it up to you as best as he can, but if you're mad at him, he will go to bed in silence until you two talk in the morning. He knows he was in the wrong, he doesn't have the right to be mad if he gets the silent treatment, and he knows that.

He struggles to open up to you. Being emotionally vulnerable terrifies him. This leads to him coming off as cold, almost uncaring at times. It's not just with you, it's prominent even with his brothers. Emotional vulnerable will always be a struggle for him, and it will take time to crack the walls he's hidden in.

Vincent Sinclair

Extremely protective, it can come off as overbearing at times. It's not just with you, he's the same with his brothers and even Jonsey. If she even limps a little Vincent will be fussing over it for days. If he sees you hurt he will keep trying to help you, even if you tell him not too. He's more stubborn with you than Bo, since he knows you can't stitch your own wounds. It's a paper cut, Vinny.

You are never to leave the basement if there are tourists to deal with. He will lock you down there for your safety, even if someone finds the door they wouldn't get in without his keys. He does it to protect you, regardless of your protest. You're too special to him to gamble your life.

He tends to get lost in his art. He can go hours, even days without acknowledging you, even skipping sleep because he's so absorbed in his art. He's always apologetic afterwards, but he can never promise it won't happen. At least if there is an emergency, he will snap out of it.

Brahms Heelshire

Very particular. He wants his sandwiches cut a certain way, his music at a specific volume, and he wants things done on a consistent schedule. He's visibly distraught if you're late with anything on his rule list. Especially his good night kiss.

Though he is grown, Brahms has the mind of a child. As such, he will throw fits to get his way. And it can be hard to tell such a large fussing man no when he towers over you so menacingly. Ignore the tears.

You can never leave the mansion. All the essentials are delivered to the mansion, so there is never a reason to leave. Brahms doesn't like you leaving unless it's a life or death situation.

Bubba Sawyer

Tends to get over excited very easily. He can end up hurting you in his excitement, but it's not on purpose and he'll be immediately apologetic afterwards. It's okay baby I forgive you

Bubba can and will protect you, but he tends to fold under the pressure of his brothers. Sometimes he can be glared away if he's trying to defend you. Rest assured though, he would never let anyone put a hand on you, no matter how much they yell at him.

Thomas Hewitt

Same as Bubba, Thomas is very heavily controlled by his family, especially Hoyt. Thomas is a lot more protective than Bubba though, and he won't leave your side no matter how much Hoyt yells at him, even if he doesn't do anything in your defense. If you can stand up for yourself, he finds some relief in it, but he keeps an eye on you anyway. One wrong word and you could be in big trouble.

Hoyt turned Thomas into a loyal dog that was beaten to obey. This makes him a yes man, even if he doesn't actually agree or want to do something. You have to really get a good look to make sure he wants something, because there is a high chance he is just saying yes so you won't be mad at him, sometimes forgetting that you aren't Hoyt.

His insecurities get the best of him on bad days. Some days he just simply won't believe you if you praise him or call him handsome, he will simply brush it off, sure you're just lying. It will start to fade in time, he just needs a lot of time to get over his insecurities.

He is very strict about the basement. For a long time, you weren't even allowed past the heavy iron door hiding it from the rest of the house. Thomas doesn't want you seeing the gore he deals with down there on a daily basis. He has picked you up and carried you out of the basement on many occasions, regardless of your protesting.

#slasher x reader #michael myers x reader #jason vorhees x reader #vincent sinclair x reader #bo sinclair x reader #thomas hewitt x reader #bubba sawyer x reader #brahms heelsire x reader #this is a list of flaws but I just wanna protect Tommy again #I could barely think of any for Bubba #precious baby #Peepaw is definitely some personal reference #I ain't a morning person either #note to the asker: I'm not mad about the big project btw #excited actually

[fatefulfaerie]

Enshrined

A happy August birthday to @livthefangorl !! I hope you like it!

When Link pulled back on the reins of his chocolate-brown horse, he already knew Zelda was asleep behind him, her chest rising and falling gently against his back, her arms loosely around his waist, and her breaths cooing alongside the crickets and cicadas that languished in the night time.

“Zelda,” he prompted, looking over his shoulder. “We’re here.”

He would have let her sleep if he hadn’t promised to wake her when they arrived.

“Zelda,” he repeated. Evidently he would need to do more than a verbal prompt.

Holding her drooped shoulders up with his arm, he slowly and carefully turned around on the horse, so that he sat on the saddle facing Zelda. Keeping one hand on her shoulder, he placed another on her cheek.

“Zelda.”

“Hm,” she sported a soft smile.

“We’re here, we made it.”

Emerald pierced through the fog, eyelids flitting like the wings of a hummingbird.

“So soon?”

Link’s smile was genuine and so were his nods, the former knight chuckling.

“You must have really been out because it definitely was not a quick trip.”

“Sorry you had to manage it alone,” Zelda said. “I didn’t think I would sleep that much.”

“You’re still catching up from holding the calamity for a hundred years.” Link said before pecking her lips. “And I wasn’t alone. You kept my heart warm, like you always do.”

Zelda blushed and averted her gaze. The sun beamed in the night.

At least, that’s how Link saw Zelda’s smile.

They held hands after climbing up the ruined and moss-covered bricks of stone, soon strolling through the forgotten temple and not even batting an eye at the decayed guardians.

After Link and Zelda defeated Calamity Ganon in the burnt grass of Hyrule field, none of the Guardians reactivated, none shone with the cursed magenta light that made Zelda hate the color pink. The decayed guardians were now truly decayed.

The peace that the resulting silence brought with that truth was the most romantic thing in the land.

Zelda hugged Link’s arm and their stroll slowed slightly, her head leaning on his shoulder.

“It must be hard to believe,” Zelda said. “This being the last shrine and all. You’ve done so many.”

Zelda could feel Link’s shrug.

“It’s all kind of a blur, scouring the land for the shrines, but...it does feel strange not having shrines out there I have yet to do.”     

“A good strange?” Zelda asked. Link smiled.

“Yeah,” he replied. “A good strange.”

The curling orange lights could be seen from a mile away. It was nothing new to either Zelda nor Link, as the latter had done a hundred and nineteen of these, thirty of which with his most beloved companion at his side.

He found that the ones he did with Zelda were the most enjoyable of all.

Zelda still had a giddy excitement when they neared the shrine, dislodging herself from the way she held Link and chasing the shrine as if it were going somewhere.

Of course it didn’t. It was planted firmly in the ancient stones of the forgotten temple, with the largest statue of the goddess Hylia they had ever seen gazing down upon them with a smile that anyone else would describe and lifelike and kind. Link had gotten in the habit of biting his tongue whenever someone talked about their strong faith in the goddess Hylia and how she was the most benevolent of all, no matter how much he wanted to say that their “benevolent” goddess let hundreds of people die before finding the time to award Princess Zelda with her long-deserved sealing power. Sometimes Link thought Zelda was the goddess Hylia, and sometimes he thought that goddess Hylia had abandoned them long ago, if she had even existed existed in the first place.

“Link?”

He hadn’t even realized he was staring up at the gargantuan statue, the way it loomed, the way it mocked their life of doom, still and always laughing.

Perhaps Link was being a bit harsh.

“Coming,” he said, dislodging the Sheikah Slate from the belt on his hip. Link and Zelda could afford to forget about the past, the goddess that betrayed them, the calamity that divided them, the kingdom that doubted them. They had each other in the here and now and nothing was more precious.

Link tapped the slate to the pedestal and, just like normal, the chime chimed and the blue light lighted, changing from a sunset glow to a cloud-free sky in the blink of an eye.

The shrine entrance opened, unfolded before them and soon, welcomed them in to descend into the last depth of untouched technology.

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When they emerged from the shrine, Zelda had a Great Flameblade strapped to her back and Link had the very last spirit orb in his soul. It was an agreement between them that they would switch off who gets what when it comes to opening chests. This time it was Zelda’s turn, but Link looked concerned, and it didn’t get past Zelda.

“You’re gonna set a forest on fire,” he said before Zelda could ask. She put her hands on her hips. 

“If I do, it would be accidental.” She said haughtily. “We both know that I’m not the one who commits arson on purpose.”

“It’s called collateral damage,” Link said. “Sometimes when you blow up a Bokoblin camp, things get a little heated. Besides, we put out the fire before it reached the stable. No one got hurt.”

“Will you be introducing me as ‘no one’ to other people now?”

“What?”

“Yes, this here is my girlfriend,” Zelda said mockingly, imitating Link’s voice poorly. She only deepened it a tad and her royal accent of a hundred years prior seemed unerasable. “She has pretty green eyes and short, blonde hair and her name is No One.”

“Where did you get hurt?”

“I burnt my arm.”

“You did not.”

“Yeah huh.” She rolled up her blue and white sleeve and pointed at her right forearm. “Right here.”

Link’s expression dulled.

“That’s a sunburn, Zelda,” he said dryly. But she knew that.

“Still a burn,” she said with a smirk, big pleading eyes asking for sympathy from Link. He tried to hold his smile, but it broke through in twitches. He finally chuckled as he bowed his head, looking back up with bright, blue eyes completely enamored with the woman in front of him.

Link took Zelda’s hand and brought her now exposed forearm to his lips, pressing a soft, prolonged kiss to the small of her wrist. Not once did he dare break eye contact.

“Better?” Link asked.

“Immensely,” Zelda said weakly. Two months since he rescued her from the calamity and small, unexpected romantic gestures like that still swept her off her feet.

But it wasn’t long before they walked around the shrine, finding the “gift” the last monk had talked about, it apparently taking the form of three different chests.

“I guess we take turns,” Link suggested. 

He walked forward to the right-most chest, soon pulling out a simple green tunic that would expose his shoulders if not worn with the dark tan undershirt that accompanied it, the sleeves of which stopping just below the elbows.

Link didn’t even notice that Zelda was opening the left-most chest as he tried his new tunic on for size, only focusing on the fit that turned out to be oddly perfect.

“Link,” Zelda said.

He turned his head as he picked up the blue champions tunic he had tossed to the floor.

Zelda kept her silence as she ran her thumb up and a down a piece of green cloth, her gaze downward and contemplative.

“This is no ordinary treasure,” she said, almost to herself.

“What do you mean?” Link said with a couple steps forward.

“The past heroes,” she started. “The illustrations in the books...they used to dress like this. The green tunic, the pointed cap...”

She paused for a moment before looking over, offering the cloth to Link.

“All of this is meant for you,” she continued. “I...I don’t know how...I mean we’ve both voiced our doubts in the goddess but maybe...”

Zelda was surprised when Link shook his head.

“Then I can’t accept it,” he said. “I can’t accept such a superficial gift from her when she refused for so long to give you what you deserved. It’s not right.”

Zelda pursed her lips and nodded slowly, lowering the arm that offered the pointed cap. 

Link watched in silence as she went to the last chest. She let out a soft chuckle, picking up brown shorts.

“As much as I want to see your legs in these, I understand,” she said, folding the cap and the shorts together. “Perhaps these belong here, enshrined with the rest of the past.”

Link agreed by nodding silently, before changing back into the blue champions tunic that felt so much more comfortable, so much more settling, so much more right.

He took Zelda’s hand afterwards, ready to leave the legends behind them.

“Let’s go home.”

#zelink #the legend of zelda #breath of the wild #botw #link #forgotten temple #rona kachta shrine #hero of the wild #tunic of the wild #i actually really like this one

[dorky-thighchi]

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAISUGA AND CANON MOMENTS

Let’s appreciate these two for leading the team to the nationals (long post ahead)

1. Their goals and hard work for the team:

They’re always shown together planning for the team. When Asahi stopped playing volleyball, Noya got suspended, former coach Ukai stopped coaching. I felt bad for these two, they went through hard times as their captain and vice captain it’s their obligation to unite and guide the team. During their first year and second year they were used to failure and called flightless crows. Their expectations crumpled but they did not give up. It’s Daichi and Suga’s job to bring back the name of Karasuno to the nationals with the help of coach Ukai and Takeda, finally they made it to nationals, that’s why their former captain was so proud of them because they followed his words. When they didn't have their coach yet, they behaved as Karasuno’s temporary coaches (thank goodness Takeda’s an angel). Daichi was shown coaching the team in the first few episodes and Suga helped Tanaka bond Kageyama and Hinata. Suga questioned Daichi’s plan about the weird duo (Daichi’s a matchmaker) but after what Daichi said he helped the two bond and honed their skills.

In the HQ light novel “Melancholy of the third year student”, Asahi stated “with Sawamura leading the team and Sugawara taking care of the members, what could i possibly do to contribute” he witnessed Daichi and Suga walking together in the hallway; Asahi was impressed because of their dedication to guide the team to the nationals despite they’re in college prep class still they gave their best in guiding the team. Tanaka also acknowledged his senpais hard work that’s why he extremely respects his senpais, he was always there supporting the two. Coach Ukai madly respects Suga because he gave his setter position to Kageyama for the sake of the team and Daichi because he’s the best in motivating the team. 

2. They know each other so well: 

Daichi has this proud mode when he talks about Suga. When he told the team that Suga’s an experienced setter he had this “Yes that’s my amazing setter” face and when Suga did that amazing spike he jumped like a kid. In the HQ light novel “Sugawara’s decision” this happened during the first training camp. Suga was anxious to tell Daichi of his plan to give his setter position to Kageyama. When Suga finally told Ukai about his decision, Daichi and Asahi overheard their conversation and promised to win any match as much as they can. When Suga stated “I think in order to win, the person we need right now is Kageyama” Daichi and Asahi expressed their concern because the three promised to step on the court together (i get so emotional when the 3rd yrs play together). Daichi was worried and he told Suga that they can do something about it. THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE HQ LNs because of what Suga thought after their discussion “He was glad to have sawamura who accepted him the way he is, as his teammate” AND I FUCKIN LOST IT HQ LN SHOULD BE ANIMATED. Daichi supported Suga’s decision for the team, “Daichi was very certain of Suga who had been with him for the past 3 years”, he even stopped Tanaka from interrupting Suga’s monologue telling him to listen. 

Remember when Ukai announced the first lineup for dateko vs karasuno match and the shot was focused to Suga and back to Daichi; you can see Daichi did this weird eye thing glancing at Suga. Daichi’s proud moments of Suga were “I think you’ve revived too Suga” and “I’m glad you still want to fight” when he told Daichi “I do wish my tosses could’ve played a part in the victory”. When Asahi and Noya stopped coming to the team, the only members left were Suga, Daichi and the 2nd years. Suga also took the blame and Daichi was there for him. He was shown secretly listening to Yamaguchi and Suga’s conversation about the mop (and comforted him that he shouldn't blame himself. I’m kinda disappointed they didn't include this in the anime). These panels show their trust and respect for each other.

He cant even dare to hurt Suga (but lets Suga punch him anytime) and he knows when Suga goes to overthinking mode. Also Suga knows Daichi so well i think i’m gonna cry. Scolding Daichi when he was not vocal during the game; Suga’s known for being the only one who can lecture Daichi. When Daichi told Suga and Asahi that it’s better to hand over the team to the 2nd yrs, Suga knew Daichi didn't mean that; Daichi felt hopeless because they lost again. He knew Daichi wanted to stay and play volleyball and step on the orange court. 

He’s also used to Daichi’s stern mode. Daichi was also shown being the one who can keep Suga in control like “Suga please calm down”. Their relationship isn’t fully conveyed in the anime but i’m thankful that creators created drama cds, light novels, extras, spin-offs and haikyuu stage play to let us know more about the characters.

 3. The team parents: 

They always discuss about their team members like Suga asking Daichi about Kageyama and Hinata (kagehina bond ep) and Tsukishima. In the haikyuu drama cds “what if karasuno’s manager isn’t shimizu kiyoko” and “the reason behind the t-shirts” they were worried about entrusting the manager’s job to Tanaka, Noya and Hinata. When the team was hungry because Kiyoko wasn’t there, Suga told Daichi to take action so he assigned the weird duo to buy foods for the team and they were the ones who planned for the names of the shirts with the help of Noya, Kiyoko was pissed at the two because they were busy thinking of their own shirts. In the haikyuu light novel “the last summer vacation” (Sources: 1|2) Suga watched the team with worry on his face because it was so hot so he approached Daichi and expressed his concern that the team will get sick from the heat. Coach Ukai overheard the discussion and called a meeting. They’re usually seen together in every scene in the anime, stage play, haikyuu light novel, extras, manga, spin-offs and drama cds, scolding Tanaka, Noya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishima; discussing volleyball stuffs; and buying pork buns for the team. In the lets haikyuu and extras (hq spin-off) it’s actually semi-canon they’re karasuno’s team parents. They also have this karasuno christmas bonding tradition.

It was also STATED BY THE DIRECTOR IN THE HQ MAGAZINE AND THE VOICE ACTORS THAT DAICHI AND SUGA ARE THE TEAM PARENTS AND TANAKA’S THE BIG BROTHER (here are the links: 1| 2|3) 

IT’S CANON!!!!!! IT’S DAMN RIGHT CANON!!!!!TEAM PARENTS DAISUGA IS CANON!!!!!!

 4. Teasing, bickering and just them being dorks: 

Suga teasing daichi is my jam. In the HQ LN “Yachi’s delivery mission” (Sources 1|2), this conversation frickin made me squeal like a mouse with laryngitis. After practice the team was thirsty and wanted something cold to eat. “It’s indeed hot, lets get ice pops before we head home” daichi stated then frickin SLY/LIL SHIT SUGA JUST CASUALLY SAID THIS REMARK “Oh that’s not a bad idea, are you going to treat us Daichi-san” HE FRICKIN ADDED -SAN. So the team didn't let the opportunity go away they screamed with joy and thanked Daichi. After what happened Daichi just glared at Suga who was smiling at him. Daichi’s a softie when Suga’s involved. Suga got Daichi to buy ice cream for the team.  I REPEAT HQ LN SHOULD BE ANIMATED. 

Daichi knows when Suga’s about to do something stupid and his antics. They argued about this. When Suga was mad at Daichi because he was implying that the last year shrine visit was nothing; he was so pissed he started fuming at daichi. Suga also told Daichi that steak just being steak is better over diced steak.  Hyped suga and daichi trying to calm him down is the cutest shit. In the HQ LN “Tokyo Expedition: Captains’ Meeting”(Sources: 1|2), Daichi warned Suga about Kuroo because he knows how to read minds and loves mind games and Suga was like ‘you need to chill Daichi’. When it was Suga’s turn to pick a card from Daichi’s deck he picked the joker and twitched his brows, Daichi whispered at Suga telling him whenever he drew the joker his brows twitch so Suga massaged his brows. I REPEAT AGAIN THIS SHOULD BE ANIMATED. The other captains and vice captains are competing against each other but look at these frickin idiots they are helping each other. DAICHI OBSERVING SUGA THEN WARNED HIM ABOUT HIS TENDENCY OF TWITCHING HIS EYEBROWS. IM GONNA FRICKIN DO A BACKFLIP. Also Daichi and Suga love to make fun of asahi but when you frickin hurt asahi these two will frickin punch you in the face. Frickin daisugasting dorks.

 5. They are always together and in sync:

In the manga, anime, extras, stage play, light novel, drama cds and official art/merchandise they’re usually frickin together and always in sync, same reactions and thoughts. Remember when Daichi looked at Suga (S1 ep24) like he was asking for approval then Suga nodded. That was so cute ugh.

Extras: 

Suga is 6 months older than Daichi. June 13 and December 31. Their birth dates makes me go WAIT WHAT. 

Suga and Daichi’s name meanings are compatible.

During the christmas bonding time, Suga received daichi’s gift, a daruma. Daichi bought it as a gift because it weighs like a volleyball (he’s such a volleyball nerd) and he told Suga that they should draw the eye together. (Source link)

Suga thought that Daichi was jealous of his t-shirt because the phrase on his shirt was cooler than his. (Source link)

Suga’s first synchronize attack was a success and he tossed it to Daichi. Coach Ukai assigned these two along with Tanaka to learn synchronize attack.(Remember when Daichi told Suga he borrowed coach ukai’s tablet so they can watch the videos together)

The way they look at each other like there’s nothing else to look at. 

What I truly love about these two is their relationship and trust for each other.They complement each other, which makes them a good combination. They went through obstacles and look THEY MADE IT TO THE NATIONALS, kiyoko witnessed their progress and asahi thanked suga and daichi because they welcomed him again in the team, remember when asahi was not sure if they’d accept him to the team but daichi and suga were just laughing and made fun of him. 

Their vice captain and captain interaction isn't fully expressed in the anime and i hope that everyone will appreciate them more! They made it to nationals! And them being proud of Hinata and Kageyama in the hq time skip is one of the best treasures Furudate sensei gave to us. 

Lets talk about these two. Daisugasting volleyball idiots. 

I rest my case.

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[anothertimdrakestan]

Dying In The Batboys Arms

reqs: "do you write dark stuff like the boys reaction to the reader dying??? i love your blog btw!" & "Hi could I get some a n g s t"

sooo i'm terrible at angst or anything involving sadness because i ~fall apart~ and give up but for you two i tried my best haha and went for a HC cuz it's easier right? anyways hope you enjoy i cried like twice while writing this but i'm a weak bitch so i had to end them all decently to sleep alright tonight oops

Damian Wayne:

- damian would never let you die, so this would have to be you fulfilling some kind of deal or something unavoidable like yeeting into the speed force or something

- rushing to his embrace one last time and throwing your arms around him

- feeling him shake in your embrace as he whispers "please don't go beloved" and "ill never forget you" reducing you to tears as well

- your last kiss is salty and desprate, like he's trying to remember every moment, every feeling of you

- telling him it's not his fault and that he'll need to move on, but he's too busy promising to find you and save you even if there truly is no hope

- when you leave his eyes are the last thing you see, they were always your favorite and after years of looking at them it felt fitting they'd be the last earthly thing you saw

- as soon as you're gone damian isn't leaving the spot for weeks

- he's basically camped out, hair grown out, cheeks permanently stained as everytime he thinks of you he's crying again- making up for all the tears he held in his whole life

- jon is the only person he'll speak to, and even in that his words are softer than they'd ever been, damian would be to broken to hold his regular facade

- eventually jon coaxes him to return, seeing your belongings unmoved for months

- he'd almost undeniably quit robin, taking up a nickname you called him or wearing a suit in your favorite color, his only driving force after losing you will be the hope you had in him, he tells himself that even in death you're still watching over him forever... it may bit be true but it's the only thing that gives him a reason to keep living and not try to join you

Tim Drake:

- coughing up blood you'd search frantically for tim until he was at your side, crying uncontrollably as he tried to push away your hair matted with blood

- "hey timbers i don't think i'm gonna make it outta this one" you whispered, your hand reaching up to caress tim's cheek, wiping away the tears

- "no, stay with me help is coming i'm right here!" he'd scream spamming the 911 button on his suit as you shook your head "i might be dying but i'm not stupid" his eyes softened at the light smile that traced the lips he loved to kiss

- pulling him down to whisper everything you needed to say all he'd be able to get out it "i can't keep going if you leave me"

- squeezing his hand with every last ounce of strength you reminded him "it's not goodbye timmy it's a see you later, right?" with a soft nod he looked at you, eyes still brimming with tears

- "i've always been so proud of you timbers, don't stop now. see you later okay? i love you" the last words were strangled, but you had to give him something to hang on to as you let go, fading into the pain

- "see you soon y/n l/n ill love you always" were the last words to grace your ears, fading into a dull white noise as you slipped into peaceful bliss, tim's fsvorite soft smile permanent on your lips

- his family found him clutching your limp body, rocking back and forth promising to make you proud, repeated pushing your hair behind your ears because he knows you hate having hair fall in your face

- the strangled noises leaving his families throats as they realized what happened didn't help, neither did dick falling to the ground next to him, and steph bawling into jason's chest. duke had softly grabbed damians hand, both staring at the sky praying to whom ever was listening while bruce pulled tim up and into an embrace

- carefully the family left, one member- and a huge piece of their heart missing. broken at the scene.

- tim threw himself into work, determined to make you proud- but his family would catch him sitting in front of the small, supposedly secret, shrine he'd made in his closet for you, if damian presses his ear to his closet wall he could hear tim softly telling you about his day and what he did that would make you laugh

- months later he seemed calmer, no one could figure it out until dick took the time to ask. tim didn't say much but he held up his left hand ring finger and in a writing dick hadn't seen in months, the perfectly messy scribbles tattooed on his hand said "see you later timmy"

Jason Todd:

- seeing you minutes from death would send jason into shock, unable to move other than sinking to his knees next to you as you groaned with pain

- "at least hold me while a go jaybird" you mumbled through the blood trying to fill your throat. quickly he'd wrap his arms around you

- jason's embrace was comforting as always, you tried to memorize the way the scars landed on your abdomen and his calloused hands tentatively held you like you could break at any wrong move- i guess he was right this time

- "just hold on babe" jason was never good with words was he? with the last ounces of strength you cupped his cheek, bringing his head down to yours "stop talking and kiss me one last time" you whispered

- jason's hands fell to their usual position, one keeping you upright by holding your lower back, his rough hands creating perfect friction with your smooth skin, his other secured to the back of your head, lightly tugging on loose strands of your hair, it was like a puzzle piece fitting together, you melded perfectly to his lips

- the kiss was slow and loving, taking a moment you deepened it just to burn the memory of his passion into your brain before returning back to his loving and slow kisses

- you realized you were crying into the kiss when his rough finger swiped away tears, his lips never leaving yours

- pulling apart to breath and cough jason clung to you "please hold on please" you gave him a sad smile "it's okay jaybird i'm last where the pain hurts that means it's coming soon" you whispered, your hand still on his cheek, feeling the light stubble you always thought was so sexy

- "i love you jason todd, but i've never lied to you and i'm not starting now, this is goodbye babe" you told him bluntly, his face contorting as he pulled you back into his chest "no no no no" were the only words he could think of "i love you jay, it's okay baby" you pulled his lips back to yours until you felt the pain incoming

- "i don't think i've got much longer. hold me?" you looked up to jason who was pushing away tears

- "always" he replied, clutching you to his heaving chest as you snuggled into his embrace, you were sad this would be the last time you got to feel his heartbeat and chest rise and fall, you loved the feeling and knew you'd never forget it, even in death

- "y/n? babe? no" jason realized you were gone, and he lost it, screaming at the universe for taking the one good thing, crying like he promised he'd never, and punching almost everything within a 5 foot range

- his family found him bloody and broken, clutching your lifeless body as he tried to wrap him mind around what happened, he might never get better, the memory of your loss burned too deep and scarred too hard, but if he truly understood your love for him he'd use that love he had for you to drive it towards good, fighting for whatever you believed in most as an homage to you, hoping that when he next saw you he'd get to remember the feeling of you throwing your arms around him like you always did when he did something you were proud of, that desire was the only thing keeping him going

Dick Grayson:

- imagine an impending death with dick grayson, maybe it's a medical diagnosis and hope has run out, or a known death date, whatever it maybe- i think only dick would be a character strong enough to stay by your side through it all

- when it just became too hard to go on you and dock both knew what was coming

- he took weeks off nightwing duties, traveling the world and falling deeper in love, eloping somewhere deep in europe to solidify your love eternally no matter where either of you were

- the day it was finally time you were wrapped up in his clothes, your favorite hoodie and sweatpants that smelled of the warm vanilla toasted marshmallow smell you fell in love with

- you'd catch dick swiping away rogue tears all day, trying to make the most of your time together

- as the final hour ticked down you both let everything off your chests, not that there was really anything left

- nestling himself one the crook of your shoulder you inhaled the warm comfortable scent, willing yourself to never forget it when he whispered "i'm not ready to let you go yet" and it broke the both of you, sobbing into each other's shoulders as time stopped

- feeling death begin creeping in you were curled up in dick's embracing, having said your goodbyes to loved ones, damian especially heart broken he was clutching one of your sweatshirts, one day he'd grow out of it but you assumed by then he'd be over the loss

- "does- do you hurt?" dick asked softly as you soaked in his embrace, feeling his tears roll down your touching cheeks

- "it's not scary when you're here dickie" you whispered, pulling his lips in for one last kiss, as you began drifting away you shifted to rest on his collar bone, inhaling the vanilla scent that had been your rock for years, you were glad it would be the last thing you remembered, the best sendoff you could ask for

- dick watched you exhale your last breath peacefully, part of him was glad your pain was over, but that didn't stop the sobs from escaping

- damian crept in, still clinging to your sweatshirt, hopping up into dick's lap, nestled between you and dick, he'd only done it a couple times but he needed it almost as much as dick this time

- and the two held you together, more family members came and went but damian and dick held your vigil, together they helped each other get up and live, falling into a routine of sitting in the same position, your sweatshirt held in their lap, occasionally they'd raise it and take a trip down memory lane with your familiar smell still lingering on the sweatshirt, and that was all they had of you, but now they had each other. and that would have to do until they saw you again

#tim drake #damian wayne #jason todd #dick grayson #batboys #batfam #batfam headcanons #tim drake x reader #damian wayne x reader #jason todd x reader #dick grayson x reader #dc angst #tim drake angst #damian wayne angst #jason todd angst #dick grayson angst #dc fluff #batfamily

[ad1thi]

begin again

for @rhodeslabs‘ prompt: "OK I HAD AN IDEA A FEW DAYS AGO FOR SAMTONY THAT I THOUGHT YOU'D LOVE. Ok so teacher!Sam with single parent!Tony AU where Sam is the best teacher for Tony kid of your choice :)". major shout-out to @omg-just-peachy for the beta and @warmachinesocks for sensitivity reading!!

i’m super proud of this fic, i put a lot into it, so please consider reblogging, and leaving a comment if you liked it!!

//

There isn’t a specific rule against having opinions on your kid’s parents, but Sam knows that it’s not the done thing.

As a teacher, he may know a lot about his kids, but he learns next to nothing about the people raising them. He doesn’t know their work schedules, or what goes on in their private lives, hell - sometimes he doesn’t even know their names until he meets them at a PTA meeting. It’s bad form to judge people you don’t know, and it’s even worse to judge them through the very biased lens of their kids.

There’s exceptions of course, like the kinds of folks who leave bruises on their kids - but for the most part, passing judgement on parents isn’t standard procedure.

That doesn’t stop Sam from fiercely hating Lila Rhodes’ old man with every fiber of his being.

//

Sam never imagined himself as an elementary school teacher.

His father was Air Force right up until the day he died, just like his father before him, and there was never any question about whether Sam would follow in the family tradition. He enlisted right before college, because if he was going to give away the rest of his life to the military, the least they could do is pay for the next four years of his life. He picks an English degree, because it’s easy enough that he’ll actually be able to enjoy college and not find himself holed up in a library - but not too obscure that he can’t do anything with it after.

Not that Sam ever plans on using his degree, but his Ma mentioned that it was good to have a back-up plan. Just in case.

He graduates Summa Cum Laude on a Friday morning, and catches the evening train to Texas for Basic Military Training. There’s no break, no pause, no hesitation about who he’s going to be or what he’s going to do. He has his orders by the end of the year, and only has time to make a quick phone call to his sister to let her know where he’s gonna go and make her promise that she’ll tell the family before he’s on the first flight out.

In truth, Sam enlisted because it was the thing to do. There was never a time in his life when he considered another path, when he was allowed to consider another path. But now that he’s here, he finds that he loves it. All that bullshit they say about the military giving you a sense of purpose? It’s true.

Still, there’s an itch under his skin, something that keeps tugging at him that’s telling him he can do more, be more - so when it trickles down the pipeline that the Brass is looking for two flyboys to test out the experimental EXO flight-suits, Sam jumps at the chance.

It takes about six months for him to retrain as a paramedic, which is more than enough time for him to get to know his new partner, Riley Evans - but when Sam puts on the EXO-1 FALCON and kicks off the ground; everything in him settles.

It’s a stupid way to describe the feeling - but it feels like everything in his life has been leading up to this very moment, Sam in the sky with honest to god wings, Riley on his left, and nothing but the open sky around them.

There’s others in their unit - in total, there’s about 8 members of the 58th Squadron, but Sam knows that he and Riley are the best. The others are good, there’s no doubt about it, but they don’t come close to the kind of stats that Sam and Riley have.

It’s exhilarating work, saving people instead of killing them, and it makes the blood in Sam’s veins thrum. He can’t write home about it, because the 58th is shrouded under all sorts of covert operations and need-to-know missions, but he tries his best to let his family know that he’s happy.

That he's more than happy, that he’s found his purpose, he’s found himself a brother, that he finally gets what his father meant when he said there’s nothing like a life in the service, son.

It’s the best three years of his life, and then everything goes to shit.

It’s a routine training session, not even an operation, and Riley’s doing loop-de-loops around Sam and generally being a dumbass. The wings have been upgraded recently, more manoeuvrability and decreased weight, and Riley’s making sure he gets his promised full range of motion.

He shoots up, yelling something that gets lost in the wind, and Sam watches as he goes up, and up and up - and then just as abruptly, he goes down.

It takes a couple of seconds for Sam to realise that Riley isn’t slowing down, that he isn’t flying down - he’s falling down; and those precious seconds cost Riley his life.

Later, he’ll hear people say that it wasn’t his fault. That there was some sort of malfunction in the wings, that Riley went too high too fast and the shift in altitude caused something to break.

Sam knows the truth though.

He catches Riley’s arm just as Riley hits the ground, his head lolled back and body limp, and rushes him to the med-camp, screaming so loud his voice goes hoarse. They rush him inside, a large burly man stopping Sam from following, and Sam stands there for five hours, in the blazing sun, catching glimpses of the doctors working as the wind moves the tent.

He stands there, un-moving, until someone steps out of the tent, caked in blood, and solemnly tells Sam that they’re very sorry, and they did everything they could.

Sam files his discharge papers the very next day.

Sarah picks him up at the airport.

//

She’s waiting for him outside, leaning against her car and furiously texting someone, so Sam sees her before she sees him. He’s split between being grateful that he doesn’t have to hail a cab, because those are next to impossible to catch from Louis Armstrong Intl Airport to Delacroix and he does not feel like renting a car - and being annoyed because he thought he had a couple of hours before someone was going to start asking him questions.

“You didn’t have to do this y’know,” Sam says when he’s close enough, and Sarah looks up with wide eyes, expression softening into a smile when she sees him, “I could’ve caught myself a cab.”

“That’s what I told Mama, but you think she listened?” Sam steps into his sister’s arms to accept the proffered hug, “Her baby boy coming home on his own? Like the fully grown man he is? Perish the thought.”

“You know I’m her favourite,” Sam wiggles his eyebrows, throwing his bags into the trunk of the car and making his way over to the passenger side, “I don’t get why you gotta be so mad about it.”

“Trust me, everybody and their mother in Delacroix knows you’re our mother’s favourite. There’s a little shrine for you next to the cash register. Any day now she’s gonna start leaving out candles next to your photo like you’re the second Jesus.”

Sam rubs at his chin, “You know - there’s been a couple of girls, and guys who’ve made that mistake before.”

The only reason Sarah doesn’t reach out and slap him upside on his head is because she’s driving, and Sam’s never been more thankful for his sister’s hyper-focus on road safety. She packs a mean punch.

They fall into a companionable silence, the kind cultivated by knowing each other for their whole lives, but Sam knows she’s biting back her questions.

“It’s okay,” he says finally, because you have to rip the band-aid off fast to lessen the pain and all that jazz, “You can ask.”

“I don’t got nothing to ask,” Sarah says immediately, like it’s a rehearsed answer, “but Mama thinks you’ve been hiding some major injury from us. Like a missing leg or something.”

Sam huffs at the non-question, “I got all my limbs Sarah. All ten fingers and toes I promise.”

There’s a beat and then - “My partner died on my watch. Fell out of the sky during a training exercise. I couldn’t stay there after that.”

Sarah hums, “You know what you’re going to do now you’re back home?”

Sam shakes his head, even though Sarah isn’t looking at him, “I have no idea.”

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#my writing #ironfalcon #samtony #sam wilson/tony stark #sam wilson x tony stark #sam x tony #sam/tony #begin again #teacher sam wilson #parent tony stark #genius lila rhodes #alternate universe

[kappa-crossing]

Now, for something completely different – I’m gonna tell you my favourite villagers of (most) species for no particular reason, and you’re gonna learn all about my weird-ass taste in villagers! I’ll leave out species where I don’t really have a strong favourite.

Anteaters

MY MAN OLAF

He’s on my New Horizons island and he’s such an icon, I love him so much. As far as I can tell, the General Opinion of him is that people either absolutely love him, or absolutely hate his guts. I am very much in the former camp

Bears

I guess Grizzly, if only because he was in both my Let’s Go To The City and New Leaf towns. He’s an absolute dad and I will not elaborate on that any further.

I also have a soft spot for Beardo, as shown in this tweet I made a while ago:

Bulls

Coach!!! He’s weirdly cute to me. His little dot eyes... his thicc eyebrows... his 5-o-clock shadow... He’s like a baby and a middle-aged man simultaneously. I love him.

Cats

STINKY! The one cat that no-one seems to give a shit about except for me. My man wears underwear on his head! What’s not to like?

Chickens

IDK, I like Ken. He looks like he could kill me in a second, and I respect him for that

Cubs

MY MAN VLADIMIR!!! I guess he’s what you’d call one of my “dreamies”? Because I really want to have him on my New Horizons island at some point. I just love this grumpy little man. Bright pink fur, single buck tooth, angy eyebrow, plus cranky is one of my favourite personality types... We will meet one day, my strange little friend 😭

Ducks

I like Joey. He’s adorable in an extremely simplistic way

I also like Freckles because she was in my New Leaf town

We stan a completely lifeless stare 😌💕💕 Absolutely nothing going on behind those eyes

Elephants

I feel like my past self would eviscerate me if I didn’t say Dizzy for this one. He was my absolute favourite when I played Wild World as a kid, I loved this guy so much and then he randomly moved out and young me had their first experience of heartbreak 😔💔 But he came back to me in New Leaf so it’s all good (only after making a candlelit shrine to him in my basement, of course)

But anyway, he’s cute

I also like Paolo, just look at that face, that’s the face of a man that’s about to steal the last chip off of your plate without a hint of hesitation

Frogs

There are SO MANY WONDERFUL FROGS. I really like just about all of them. Here’s a run-down of just a handful of them

Raddle, everything about him screams “poisonous”, but I would still trust him to do a life-saving surgery on me

Ribbot is an obvious robotic legend, he’s just very cool

Tad is just A Frog and I like that

And I have a strong, inexplicable love for Wart Jr.

Gorillas

MY GIRL ROCKET!!!

She was the most iconic part of my New Leaf town, I never thought I’d get so attached to her when she first moved in but I love her so much

I trust her with my life

Hamsters

Clay, I love this weird little baby, one of my favourites in my New Horizons island. The inspiration for his design is pretty interesting too 👍

Mice

This is a hard one. I really like Rod (was in my New Leaf town), Broccolo (absolutely adorable), Candi (is on my New Horizons island), Limberg (cranky but cute little man with a five-o-clock shadow, love it), and Samson (Just A Mouse)... but today I want to talk about our cheesy lad Chadder

This is another one that I want on my New Horizons island at some point, I think he and Olaf would clash wonderfully. 😆 His simple little face... his bright green nose... his fancy tuxedo... the fact that he seems to be entirely made out of cheese... I love this guy so much. I just hope that Clay won’t take a bite out of him if he moves to my island 😔

Octopi

Octavian is just good. I don’t have any further explanation. I like him.

Ostriches

Sprocket is cool, just like all of the robotic villagers

Pigs

Kevin’s cute. I’m now realising that I seem to have a thing for villagers with little dot eyes

Maggie and Truffles fall into the same sort of category

Side note: I feel like Kevin and Maggie could be brother and sister or something, they look quite similar 🤔

Rabbits

SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!

That is all.

Rhinos

Spike, he’s another one that’s on my New Horizons island, he’s my cranky but soft-hearted grandpa and I love him dearly, that’s about it really

Sheep

This one’s a bit more of a deep cut, but I really like Woolio from the first game (and the various Japanese versions of it). He’s the coolest sheep you’ll ever see.

This dude would definitely be a smug villager if they brought him back (he was a jock originally)

Squirrels

I don’t really have a favourite squirrel, but I want to give a special shout-out to Ricky. He has a very unique, funny-looking face and I love that for him

Also, apparently his picture quote is “You gotta break a few shells to get the nut” and I have the maturity of a 5-year-old and so the mere utterance of the phrase “the nut” makes me titter like a schoolchild

And that’s about it, I guess. Just wanted to give some love to the more under-appreciated villagers, because those tend to be my favourites 🥰

#animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #long post #olaf #grizzly #beardo #coach #stinky #ken #vladimir #joey #freckles #dizzy #paolo #raddle #ribbot #tad #wart jr. #rocket #clay #chadder #octavian #sprocket #kevin #maggie #truffles #snake #spike #woolio #ricky