#ohhhh i miss him terribly

[forever1kay]

I don't know if you still take requests, but can you write gwen x fem reader where when gwen visits miles, she also visits you because she miss you

Summary: Read the ask ;)

Pairing: Gwen Stacy x Fem!Black Coded!Reader (romantic but they’re not dating), Gwen Stacy x Miles Morales (platonic), Miles Morales x Fem!Black Coded!Reader (platonic, familial)

Notes: This is a short one, sorry for that! Also, to anyone reading who would like to request something, requests are still closed until further notice but this was sent in before I closed them so ofc I have to fulfill it🕺🏽 I’m sorry this took so long but I hope you enjoy it!

Warnings: MINOR ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE SPOILERS, super short and half assed story, definitely some cussing, a parallel to Spider-Man homecoming is thrown in there somewhere, reader trips and falls, secondhand embarrassment, a little Hobie slander, reader doesn’t know Miles and Gwen are spider-people, reader doesn’t know Gwen is Gwen and not Gwanda. Let me know if I forgot anything!

You had followed your cousin Miles to his room after your Uncle Jeff and Aunt Rio grounded him. Something fishy had been going on with him lately, and none of his friends knew enough or wanted to tell you what was going on.

“Miles!” You whisper yelled, following behind him.

He walked into his room and slammed the door in your face. You paused to regroup yourself, staring at the closed door before going to open it when it closed in your face without miles even getting up.

This happened about four times before you cussed and kicked the door open, walking in and falling over a few cards at the door.

“The fuck is wrong with you, Miles?” You ask him, casually walking towards his desk chair like you hadn’t fallen in front of him. “Something has definitely been up with you lately.”

“Absolutely nothing has been going on lately.”

“You’re lying.

“No I’m not.”

“You are, and you’re terrible at it.” You say sassily, “What are you hiding, Miles?”

Miles’ eyes dart around the room and you chuckle, “Just kidding, I don’t care.”

You and Miles sit in silence for a while with him listening to music and you playing with random items at his desk. Then suddenly, the room starts shaking.

“OHHHH SHIT!” You yell, clutching onto the spinning chair that you’re sitting on that starts to levitate as a large portal opens up directly over your cousin.

You yell for him, but to no avail. Whatever he’s listening to is obviously too loud for him to hear you, and you continue to watch him float up and up, towards the colorful portal. You then hear a familiar voice call for him, and he finally opens his eyes and removes his headphones, smiling happily.

Just then, Gwen steps out of the portal and everything falls back to the floor, you and the chair included. She takes her eyes off of Miles and looks at you, blushing a deep crimson.

“Y/n,” she starts, dragging out your name, “I, uh… didn’t see you there.”

“Um,” you mutter, sitting up from the floor and dusting yourself off. “Hey, Gwanda. How are you?”

“I’m…um,” she rubs the back of her neck nervously, “Great. Nice weather you have here.”

“Mhm,” you nod, looking down on the floor.

And poor Miles, he purses his lips uncomfortably before standing up and eyeing the two of you, leaving his room and closing the door behind him.

When you first met Gwen Gwanda, it was about a year and four months ago. She had formed a closer relationship with your cousin, but you and her had bonded on a deeper level. The two of you shared a kiss one night, and days later she was gone. The relationship had never been defined, so it’s only normal that things are so awkward considering where you left off.

“How has life been treating you?” She asks, messing with Miles’ pink plushie that rests on his bed.

“Cool, I guess.” You respond, fiddling with a random pencil.

“Meet any new people?” She asks you, hoping that your answer is a variant of no.

You clear your throat. “A few.”

She sounds dejected. “Oh.”

“No one in a romantic sense though.” You clarify, noticing the disappointment in her voice. “If that’s what you were wondering.”

“Oh.” She nods. “Cool.”

“How about you?” You ask, just as nervous as she was seconds ago. “Anyone new?”

She smiles. “Yeah. This one guy, Hobie.”

“Hobie?” You make a stank face. “Do his people hate him or something?”

She chuckled and waves her hands around frantically.“No, no. Hobie is just a nickname.”

You raise an eyebrow. “What’s his real name?”

“Hobart.”

“Bro that’s no better.”

Gwen chuckles. “Anyway, Hobie is just a friend.”

You raise an eyebrow.

“No, really!” She tells you, laughing at your expression. “An older brother figure, if you will.”

You chuckle. “Okay. I trust you.”

After all the laughter dies down, she looks at you, bringing back the tension that left earlier.

“I’m sorry to leave the way I did.”

“I’m sure there’s a valid explanation for it though, right?”

“Well,” She bites her lip. “It’s complicated, I guess.”

“Oh…”

“I can show you? If you’ll let me.”

“My auntie said I have to babysit that little dweeb out there.” You tell her, gesturing toward the door.

“Hey!” Miles yells on the other side of it, proving that he was listening in on your conversation.

“Just for a second!” Gwen begs, “Please?”

You ponder over it for a bit, mulling over the pros and cons and deciding that Miles can watch himself and not get into too much trouble. “Okay.”

Next thing you know, you’re swinging around the city, tightly hooked onto the side of the girl you could only wish you were dating. After a few minutes, she landed you both onto the Williamsburg bank building and told you what she could about her double life.

“Does it all make sense now?” She asks you, a bit nervous for your response.

“Yeah, I think I get it now.” You respond, looking out into the distance. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I couldn’t.” She informs you, “You would’ve been in danger.”

You sigh. “Yeah, I guess so.”

“So, can we start over?” She asks hopefully.

You smile and reach your hand out towards her. “Hi, I’m Y/n.”

She smiles back and places her hand in yours. “Nice to meet you, Y/n. I’m Gwen.”

“Wait a damn minute,” you pause, not being able to recall Gwanda ever telling you that she was actually Gwen, “Who the fuck is Gwen?”

© forever1kay 2023 - please don’t translate, convert, copy, paraphrase, repost, or alter any of my works without my permission.

#lovekaia #marvel #kaiaxmarvel #gwen stacy #spider society #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #sony animation #spiderman #miles morales #itsv #atsv #gwen stacy x reader #pride 2023 #black coded reader #hobie brown

[doki-doki-imagines]

TW: Mention of pet play, reader isn't the pet lol

You had always known that Michael is an eccentric, from day one to the endless months that passed in between terrible woo techniques that in the end, you feel for. So after 1 year together, you thought you knew him pretty well to understand more or less what was spinning around his head. For sure you didn’t expect to choke on your coffee at 6 a.m. after hearing that

“Ohi! Don’t die, this isn’t the kind of gossip I like going around me! And not during my free day!”

“You ass”

So, after taking a deep breath the gears of your brain start to work again and the declaration finally settles.

“So…you are into pet play?”

Oh, a blushing Michael is always a gorgeous sight to start a good day.

“Yes.”

Look he’s twirling his hair so cute!

“So you want me to become, I don’t know… your kitty?”

“N-not exactly-“

Okay, the gears of your brain have to keep going, because you are clearly missing a point-

“I want to be your pet.” Michael says, almost choking with his own saliva.

Oh. OHHHH.

And now you can’t get out the idea of your darling Michael with soft kitty ears and maybe a cute tail to match, going back and forth following the desperate movements of his hip.

You can’t have these kinds of thoughts first thing in the morning; no way you can’t go on with your day normally after this.

“Ok, it’s good for me Michael, but…wouldn’t we need a leash and a co-“

“I already bought everything”

My God, you have never seen Michael being so bashful in all the time you have been together, he must be so serious about this.

Worse than all you can’t keep your brain from imagining him between your legs, collared and everything, face covered in fluids, crossed eyes, such a fucked up face, asking, no, begging you to pull the leash, because at every tug his cock twitch and for real, he looks delicious.

Your pretty little masochist kitty.

Michael meanwhile must have understood what is going on in your mind and from a frown his lips are morphing into a teasing smirk.

If he really know what was going on you weren’t so sure he would be smiling.

You take his face in your hands, your cute little pathetic meow meow, you can feel him sweating cold, Michael’s face scream challenge, but you know deep down that if you don’t do something soon he is gonna shit himself.

You give him a soft kiss on his nose, unexpected since he widened his eyes

“I have to go out today when I come home I want the house cleaned to perfection-“

And you can already see the sneer on his face because no way THE Michael Kaiser is gonna do house chores, he totally gonna ask Ness or pay-

“Kitten~”

Floored, grounded, time stopped, his breath too.

You leave the house chuckling already knowing all the chores are gonna be done and dreaming about how to reward your good boy.

#bllk imagines #blue lock imagines #bllk x reader #blue lock x reader #bllk smut #blue lock smut #michael kaiser #michael kaiser x reader #I got excited with the success of the previous post and now I make a new one #even if the theme is different #no way this is gonna have the same success of the other one #miracles don't happen twice and so soon LOL #But for real Kaiser as a kitty was becoming an intrusive thought and I need to write it down

[thousandsun]

One piece anime characters reacting to the live action

Summery:Straw hats reacting to episode 1,2,3 and 4. Part two?

Warning:Nami hitting Luffy with a pan and threatening Sanji

"Ohhhh! This guy can actually stretch like me!" Luffy says admiring his actor stretching his arm to hit Buggy on the screen. "Does that mean there is another devil fruit like mine???Two kings of the pirates??" He gets closer to the screen.

Nami hits him with one of Sanji's pans. "Calm down! I can't see my beautiful actress's stealing skills!" She complains watching closely how her actress steals the keys to free herself.

"Luffy,these are just special effects. He isn't a power user." Sanji sighs placing Luffy on the couch. "I'll be right back. I'll bring you popcorn. " The blond man leaves to make some popcorn.

"Isn't that your grandpa,Luffy?" Robin says watching a scene where Coby is trained by Garp.

"Oh no! This is terrible!" Luffy watches the screen closely.

"What???" Chopper replies hiding behind the couch already trembling in fear. Robin grabs him using her devil fruit abilities, putting him next to her.

"I have no more meat left..." Luffy says pouting dramatically.

"Y-you didn't scare me..."Chopper says trying to look brave.

"Why are you guys making a fuss? "Zoro opens his eyes. He had a good sleep during the first two episodes.

"Eh??? You were sleeping??" Usopp looks at him. "Good thing you woke up! You were about to miss my first scene"

"So I can sleep more? Ok." He closes his eyes back trying to fall asleep.

"YOU JERK!!! DON'T SLEEP NOW!" Usopp freaks out trying to wake him up.

Zoro opens his eyes amused by his reaction. "Geez. I was just messing with you"

"Look, it's Kaya!" Luffy points at the screen as the beautiful actress of Kaya makes her appearance. Usopp now looks straight at the screen admiring her.

Sanji comes back with the popcorn noticing the relationship between Usopp and Kaya. "Who knew Usopp can pull a girl like that?"

"Shut up... There's nothing romantic between us. She is just a friend" His cheeks are now red. He covers his face with his palms clearly embarrassed.

As the show moves on with the next episode,the pirates see the kiss between Usopp and Kaya.

Sanji's cigarette falls off his lips."That's not fair!" He snaps as he raises his voice. "He can get a woman and I can't?"

"Woah! Usopp! You never told me you kissed Kaya!" Luffy says looking shocked at the screen.

"You were there,Luffy. That never happened. It's just an added scene." The ginger girl sighs giving him a disappointed look. "And you." She turns around at Sanji. "Stop yelling or I'll break your own pan in your face!"

"Yes,ma'am!" Sanji shuts up taking a seat next to Chopper.

"So this is how you got Merry. No wonder she was so special to Usopp." The deer looks at the screen smiling.

"This episode is about Zoro's past." Usppp says looking at the screen. "So there's something we don't know?"

Zoro's eyes widen at the moment he sees Kuina.

"So even Moss Head pulls a woman? How unlucky she must have been..." He pouts in jealousy.

He quickly gets up ready to pick a fight with the cook."I'll kill you." Zoro's gaze darkens. He takes out a sword.

"No swords when we're watching TV!" Nami yells at him with authority,like a mom would to calm her child. "Put it down. "

Zoro sits down again. "I don't understand. Why do they have to show this on screen?" He is clearly annoyed.

"Some people find it entertaining. I mean, look at those idiots crying." Nami points out at Usopp and Luffy crying and hugging each other.

"Zorooo!" Luffy cries. "I am so sorry! She was an amazing girl!" Usopp sobs loudly. "What a good man our Zoro is... He is fulfilling their dreams"

Zoro facepalms himself turning off the TV. "It's enough for today." He gets up and leaves to his room.

"What got into him?" Chopper looks at him leaving. He is clearly worried about his crew mate.

#robin one piece #one piece luffy #one piece zoro #one piece manga #one piece #luffy #monkey d. luffy #usopp #vinsmoke sanji #sanji #anime #manga #opla #op #nico robin #roronoa zoro #zoro #one piece nami #nami #tony tony chopper #one piece franky #cutty flam #gear 5 luffy

[theresthesnitch]

40 + 95 wolfstarbucks pleaseee <3

Ohhhh do you have any idea how much I love these tropes? I LOVE these tropes! This needs to be ridiculous so I don't accidently try to write it.

Play the trope mash up game with me!

40. Almost Kiss + 95. Sleep Intimacy

Following a quidditch injury, James is put on a regular medicine rotaion Unfortunately, it makes him sleep walk. Cue him waking up in (esbalished) Wolfstar's bed. The first time it happens, They wake up with james in the middle being spooned by both of them. Sirius and Remus are unaware that it's not just the two of them. Remus rolls over to kiss Sirius (and maybe start a little something) and *narrowly* misses kissing james. Profuse apologies, James thinks he just needs more sleep, goes back to bed. Sirius and Remus lock their door.

Remus has a weak overnight bladder, and he gets up to go pee. when he comes back to bed, James has crawled on top of Sirius, sprawled right across him, and Sirius is just cuddling him back, even as still-asleep James nuzzles under his chin. remus wakes him up again, puts him back to bed, and goes back to Sirius.

It doesn't happen or a few nights after that, and they assume it's just a weird coincidence. About a week later, Remus and Sirius go to bed naked after getting a little frisky before bed. When they wake up in the morning, James is sprawled completely naked in bed between them both, starfishing and pushing them both to the edge. Cue: did we do something last ngiht we don't remember? But no, they just slept, and sleepwalking james strikes again.

It's a few more nights of no incidents, then Remus wakes up to a middle of the night blowjob. "Oh, Sirius" followed by Sirius sleepily waking up next to him and "What?" Turns out that sleep walking has turned into sleep blowjobs. But what do they do now? Do they wake him up? is james going to be embarassed to find himself in this position? Is it even safe to wake someone who is sleep walking? (Don't tell them they did it the last time. they're rationalizing!)

Before they decide what they're going to do, Remus comes. (can you blame him? James does a really good blowjob!) James immediately turns and starts blowing Sirius and, well, he seems so intent on it. We can't stop him now. Can't wake him up and all that, right? And Remus really wants to watch, so... After Sirus comes, James wakes up and profusely apologizes for sleep walking again (seemingly not realizing that he's just blown both of them) and goes back to his bed. Remus and Sirius try to stop him, but james doesn't let them talk and goes to bed.

The very next night, Sirius wakes up with James cuddling him and two fingers deep into opening him up. He wakes Remus with a "what do we do?" and Remus immediately suggests that there's nothing for it but to see what James does. What else can they do? Which, inevitably, leads to Remus jerking off while Sirius is sleep-fucked by James. When James finishes, he rolls over and snores into Sirius's pillow, and well... they all go to sleep.

The next night (weird how we stopped skipping night? hmmm) and Remus wakes up the same way Sirius did--with james already two fingers deep inside him. Cue repeat of the night before, only in reverse. "What are we going to do?" "I guess you have to let him have his way with you!" "Oh noooo how terrible for meeeee"

The next night, James comes to their room and they're still awake. He stumbles into their bed, already naked, and and lands face first between them. He snuffles a bit into the pillow, and then reaches a hand back with conjured lube and starts prepping his own hole. They watch for a bit, again not sure if they should help or if that would be a bad idea (and also, like.... watching that is hot) until James says: "Are you two really just going to watch, or are you going to help out?"

(James only took the medicine for one night. He's been faking i since then. He makes it up to them by being the bottom of their eifle tower.)

#snitch answers asks #trope mash up game #this is so chaotically filthy #wolfstarbucks #they were all looking for an excuse anyway #there's an almost kiss in there #sort of

[sparrowlovesskittles]

Shadow spoilers under the cut

Review time!

Holy fuck it was SO GOOD.

THINGS I ENJOYED

THE FROG SCENE. My new favourite warriors moment. I need to draw Nightheart with a frog suckered onto his face. Incredible. Nightheart is such a silly goofy guy and I'm so glad he gets to do stupid things each book.

SPLASHTAIL!!!!!! This is a BIG one for me, and ohhhh he was so evil it was so GOOD. We really got to see his manipulative side come out here and I adored it

Splashtail rejecting Frostpaw because it would be weird to date an apprentice. It's a small thing, but it's nice to have a little bit of canon saying hey. Stop.

Frostpaw slowly realising something is Wrong in RiverClan, but still turning to Splashtail because he built up trust between them. It's so clever and dark

Harelight! I like the guy and I'm glad he gets a little bit of spotlight. It's also nice to see him telling Frostpaw that he can help her learn to disguise her pale coat, I feel like I haven't seen that mentioned in a while.

Cloverfoot mentioning how Mistystar decorated her den with shells and feathers!!

Frostpaw getting to girlboss a bit. It was nice! She knows what's right for her and you CANNOT change her mind!

HER ENDING????? OH MY GOD I feel stupid but I did NOT see that coming I was so shocked it was like Curlfeather all over again LMAO. Why did they wait until she was right outside WindClan though. She'll be found and live. I highly doubt they'd kill off their best protagonist on book 3.

The trials! I know they were maybe a bit boring but I actually liked seeing them, AND seeing Berryheart get more and more pissed off throughout the book LMAO. Hilarious how they gave Nightheart a trial he basically already did last book (stealing from the twolegs)

Tigerstar hates socks

Berryheart. She's terrible. It's fun.

Sunbeam is still a pushover. Sure she stands up for herself a bit more now, but she usually chooses to back down in the face of conflict. I'm glad she's kept her personality after getting with Nightheart, which leads me to...

Sunbeam and Nightheart's relationship. I actually thought they were written okay for once. Sunbeam is not so sure about him at first (and is reasonably upset he publicly declared his love for her and decided to move in with her without consulting her first) but we actually get to see her come to appreciate him more. It's not the strongest romance obviously, but for warrior cats, the way it was handled in this book (not the other two) was actually not that bad, and I didn't mind that they stayed together in the end. I liked seeing them spend time together and I liked the way they described each other's personality traits. Sunbeam thinking Nightheart's confidence was attractive, and Nightheart thinking about how he'll miss her cleverness and courage more than anything else. I dunno, I felt pleasantly surprised.

Nightheart realising he was being unreasonable and coming to understand his family's reasons for acting the way they did, and especially the way he reconciled with Sparkpelt! They both got a chance to apologise and forgive each other (and themselves) and it was really nice to see.

Sunbeam saying Blazefire 'broke up' with her?? Warriors never uses this casual language for relationships, especially when they weren't even officially mates to begin with, it was kinda jarring to see but I liked it

THINGS I DID NOT ENJOY

Nightheart's sudden switch back to ThunderClan feels sudden and unearned. He was literally fighting with Sparkpelt and Finchlight earlier in the book and then at some point he realised he was wrong for that off screen. Also I was kind of unreasonably irritated that he failed his last task on purpose lmao

Frostpaw not telling anyone anything. Frostpaw please talk to people.

WHY DID EVERYONE FORGET ABOUT TREE??????? WHY ISN'T TREE MEDIATING??????????????

MIXED FEELINGS

Squirrelstar. While I'm happy Bramblestar is stepping down, I'm not jazzed about Squirrelstar. I like Squirrelflight, but she's been around a long time now and I want someone newer. To be honest, I'm basically waiting for the older characters to die out at this point, and if Squirrelflight's going to stick around for the next several arcs, she's going to become the next Mistystar.

Sunbeam moving to ThunderClan. While I predicted this would happen, and it's kind of fun for now, it means we now have two perspectives in ThunderClan AGAIN. I am begging warrior cats to let go of ThunderClan. Having two POV characters in the same overused clan is not as fun as they think it is. Also, Sunbeam saying 'Berryheart was right about everything' then immediately changing her mind was kinda disappointing. Let Sunbeam have a villain arc.

#warrior cats #warriors #asc #a starless clan #asc shadow #frostpaw #splashtail #nightheart #sunbeam #asc spoilers

[serenedash]

For the character ask game: 2, 7, and/or 12 for Luxu?

[ask game] 2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

How much he cares for other people. It was the thing that immediately drew me to him as a character, like I thought he was interesting beforehand just because of his position as this "other" master but literally when we started getting trailers for Back Cover and Luxu asks "what about the others" I was like OHHHH MY GOD I LOVE HIM SO MUCH???? and then when we got the update where he was practically begging mom to let him watch over the dandelions because they're in danger I was just like. let me fucking lay down and cry. His kh3 secret reports where he's talking about reuniting with the other foretellers just got me so good like he just misses them so so so much he just wants to see them again he wants his friends/family back so badly and all of this everything he's done feels like it was done so he can see them again. Like yes Luxu has done bad things to other people over the years (mainly in his life as Xigbar but that just lends itself to his role and how khux is very much like doing bad for the greater good) but for the people he originally knew I'm just like. god.

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like? + 12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

Decided I'm answering these together lmao I love when people characterize Luxu's relationship with mom as just. genuinely awful. and manipulative. Like very much an abusive parent/child relationship, I headcanon this with mom and all of the foretellers. It's complicated, and messy, and bad, and Luxu is so dependent on him because that's all he has and he's thrown away everything he is and ever will be for mom and his plans. One person who I think just is AMAZING at characterizing Luxu in general is @/nicedracula like ohhhh my god I'm sobbing and screaming and throwing up EVERY TIME,,, also people saying Luxu is the favorite child and I think that lends itself a lot to the way we see Luxu be funny and sassy and a little bratty towards mom in khux like despite the terrible relationship with mom, Luxu can get away with all that lmao

#[shaking like a wet dog] luxu thoughts so many luxu thoughts #ALSO LUXU AND STRELITZIA ARE CANON FRIENDS I BELIEVE THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART BC OF THE FINALE I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT #I see a lot of rancid takes on luxu's relationship with mom but when it's like this??? yeah #ask #luxu

[chaifootsteps]

His line of thought was interrupted by the sound of an adult man wailing as he tried to pour more alcohol down his throat, only to miss entirely and have the thing get thrown straight to the floor.

"Satan– (hic) fucking damnit!" Blitz yelled, grabbing at his horns and pulling on them a bit. "This shit alwayss happenssss to me! FUCK!" He tried to get up from the stool, only to fall face first on the floor after missing the step. Striker only watched, with the face of someone seeing a small dog accidentally trip and fall while trying to walk for the very first time. The man was just kind of pathetic, but it was still pretty entertaining.

"Need some help down there, partner?" Striker teased, sipping his own drink. Couldn't get too intimate now, right?

Blitz stopped, moving his head slightly to meet Striker's gaze. Oh, fuck, he's being SO fucking embarassing right now. He's going to get a terrible grade at impressing the cool guy. Something both normal to fear and possible to achieve.

"Ohhhh, uhh, heyyyy Strikerrr-" He said, clumsily trying to get up by balancing himself on the stool, almost falling again in the process. "Haahh– you uhm, didn't see that, did youuu?" 

"I saw every part of it. And it was very funny."

"Hahahahahaha yeah I beeet it was you snake." Blitz finally sat back down again, holding his face in his hands. "Satan's ass… that'sss so embarassin' on my endd."

"It really is." Striker said, handing him the water bottle with a small smile. "Now come on, drink up. Don't need you throwin' up all over somebody today, yeah?"

"Yeah… probably not." He took it in his hands, brushing his fingers against Striker's gloves for a second, and then quickly turning away. "Uh… thankss. N'such."

They both stay quiet for a bit while Blitzo drinks, still kind of regaining his senses from falling, and Striker notices how his eyebrows furrow again. 

"...How come you're out drinkin' on a different ring all by yourself eh? Bird boy wasn't interested in accompanying ya?"

Blitzo's face contorts more, and his grip on the water bottle tightens a lot. Probably the wrong subject to bring up. 

"Oh, he's never fuckin' interested if the topic isn't sex. Doesn't even matter."

"Right." He coughs awkwardly. "What about ya employees? Are they not around for a couple of shots?"

"I kinda ruined their date, so I don't think I even have employees at this point.

Hm. Another miss. This comforting shit is hard.

"...Well, don't you have anyone else you can talk to?-"

"Listen, if you're trying to make me feel bad here for not having any friends, it's working, and I'm REALLY not in the mood to deal with that." Blitzo snaps, turning away

"Well, I'm not. I guess I just-" Striker bites his tongue, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly. The words don't come out right. He ends up sighing, "I dunno. I figured someone like you would have plenty. You're not half bad."

Blitzo widens his eyes, like he just heard the most outrageous thing ever. "Really-?" He then coughs, looking away again. "Uhhh. I mean, thanks. I guess.

Silence falls between the two again, but there seems to be a mutual understanding. Blitzo glances back and forth between his water and Striker, who by now is just tracing the glasses' rim with his finger boredly. His eyes watch the ripples in the glass, and for a second Blitzo swears he could see him looking back with those bright yellow eyes…

"...Yer starin."

"Hm-? Oh, sorry. I'm…uh, drunk." He lied. Badly. "ANYWAY I really should get going huh! Wow, this night has been way too long-" he gets off the stool, searching his pockets for any leftover money to pay for his drink, and maybe Striker's nicety if he's got anything aside from coins. "I really should get goin', but it was nice seein' you Striker-" He takes out a few crumpled up bills and leaves them on the counter, then he turns to Striker and puts the rest in his hand. "Consider this uh, payback for not killin' me back at the harvest moon festival. Real lost opportunity, honestly, you shoulda taken it heh-"

Blitzo didn't expect to have the money put back on his hand with a certain gentleness. 

"No. I don't need your money, Blitz. And it wasn't a missed opportunity, because my offer never left the table." He gets off his seat, and puts a hand on Blitzo's shoulder, "You have potential, but it's up to you to see it. Once you end up valuing your services…" He gets closer, smiling mischievously, "Well, then you come back here and find me, yeah?" 

Blitzo felt a shiver run up his spine, but it wasn't out of fear, no. It was good. Really good. "...Yeah, I'll uh, check you out, Striker…"

"You better." He lets go, fixes his hat, and walks away. "See around, Blitz. And remember to call." 

Blitzo is confused for a second, only to notice a business card hidden between the bills on his hand. He's left in the bar dumbfounded for a moment, but eventually makes a move on to leave. He swears on every sin out there that it gets harder every day to reject Striker's proposal…stupid handsome bastard. 

[End! Hope you like it :)]

Absolutely wonderful. I read it in both their voices and wish it was canon; thank you for reminding me of just how much I utterly love these two.

#Anonymous #BlitzStrike #Helluva Boss #actual blog post

[taylorkellyreporting]

i hope no one minds if i liveblog this bitch: ncis: hawai’i s2 from ncis 19x21

since the first ep back is a crossover with ncis i just decided to watch those eps first. if this is their way of getting more ppl to watch the og…it’s working lmao

— ncis 19x21 + ncis hawaii 2x01

roman’s hilarious

“salted or unsalted?” “i…did not taste them” lmao

i don’t like this deputy director at all

parker’s ex wife is definitely lying and probably setting him up

“if i’m the sucker, consider me licked” 😭

*pretends to be shocked*

lmaooo they got the commander good in that diner

at least parker is suspicious

WHAT???

hm. i wonder if the commander is the raven

damn this storyline is insane

jane and nick would be such a hot couple why lie

oh wow it’s the prisoner

kate and lucy are so cute

“don’t worry, you’re gonna get to know the inmates, believe me” pls

oh they got played

bombside manner 😭😭

i love bam-bam she’s hilarious

“screw you, torres!” “you’d like that, wouldn’t you?” skjfhghcjjs

IT WAS A SETUP

i’ll never get tired of ocean shots

this crossover was SO MUCH better than the first one omg

— ncis: hawai’i 2x02

kate wants to tell her boss about lucy so she can meet her team 🥹

he was shot in the face?? how horrific

ernie gossiping 😭

“first off, it’s a movie about family” dkfjgjfjdn

mai tai o’clock 😭😭

that’s a lot of blood

i love that kate’s venting to jesse

NOT THE CROWBAR

that chase was cool as hell

“i don’t have friends, i got ohana” lmaoo i love them

“it’s like a trilogy, right?” lmfaooo

“i’ll be right here, with ya” aww

“welcome to the fbi family” 🫶🏻🥹

THEY’RE SO CUTE

— 2x03

why is this woman so nervous…

oh shit they cut her brakes

“i’m like half your size!” 😭😭

oop not lucy coming at her with her full government name

“well now you’re just trying to turn me on 😏” LUCY CLAPPING TO GET HER TO FOCUS PLS 😭

SHE FULL ON BODY SLAMMED HER ICB

wait, what??

this audrey looks like she’s wearing a really bad wig

bam-bam doesn’t remember jesse lmao

“but mostly, we spoke the language of love” 😭

“ohhhh i see it now!” hours later lmao

oh redhead looked like she saw a ghost when she saw kate for the first time

“open yourself up to more mopping” plsss

oh shit this is intense

“my love” 🥹

“being with you has changed everything” i love them y’all i really do

— 2x04

a backup shoe 😭

hell no i would never think to cook in someone’s house when i’ve never even met them before

i do not like cassandra at all

they were all scared to death…what a terrible way to die

“their fear is his high” how evil

no fucking way it’s the ranger who was helping them earlier

PIKE??????

THAT WAS INSANE

jane lying and saying she likes cassandra pls

besides the season premiere, this was my favorite episode of the season so far

— 2x05

oh my God

lmao that kacy scene was so awkward

i can’t wait to find out who this aj person is

all of these construction men are hot…assholes but. hot.

kate really put her foot in her mouth with that financially responsible comment

not him blaming ben + the team for what’s happening as if he didn’t get into bed with them in the first place

this ep was frustrating but really good

i don’t trust aj at all. he’s probably the one who had the brothers attacked.

that was such a beautiful ending

— 2x06

i’m on daniel’s side with this one sorry

God this is making me never want to leave my house again…fentanyl scattered all over the beach are you fr

“if the devil got into the drug business, fentanyl would be his product of choice” so true

“it’s not every day i get to spend time with my little buddy” the smile on kai’s face when he thought ernie was talking about him is making me lose it

i’d like to thank the writers for gracing us with shirtless kai scenes

bam-bam and ernie beefing is hilarious

oh my God i really thought jesse was gone

kai really threw down that bag so he could hug jesse jdjgjvjdhsvc

alex getting a job at kai’s dads restaurant oh wow 😭

“your dad doesn’t know what he missed out on” i love their friendship so so much

stella knows there’s something wrong

well that was unexpected

i want more annoyed kate

jesse’s insane

lucy “my love” tara and kate “my sweet” whistler you are so adorable

the tear ☹️

i get the writers needed an excuse for yasmine being gone but lucy deciding to spend four months on a boat in the middle of the ocean is so out of character

— 2x08

kai is such a SWEETHEART

not jesse being a theater kid omg?

“the pirate queen” “no, just stop. you’re embarrassing yourself” the way kai just nods 😭

mcu mention oh this is hell

alan’s an idiot

ernie 😭😭😭

okay a movie shoot was not expected

lucy needs to come home NOW

“walk away” he is very much not going to do that

not at all important to the plot but charlie’s neck is so freaking thick lmfao

cassandra needs to pack her shit and go already

jane is such a badass i don’t care if what she did was a stupid move

they did alan so foul

oh shit kai’s dad took money from those men???

CHARLEMAGNE 😭😭

oh jane’s gonna kill alex

#ncis: hawai’i lb #ncis: hawaii #ncis hawaii #jane tennant #jesse boone #lucy tara #kai holman #kate whistler #ncis #alden parker #jessica knight #nick torres #kasie hines #jimmy palmer #ernie malik #julie tennant #kacy #kate x lucy #long post

[riorangedeezguts]

[I turn on the blender. 😎]

(Reference to this ask!)

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmm!

Welp... enjoy your very orange Special Edition Teeny Tiny Ranger Shake, anon 😔

JUST KIDDING!

You think I'd ignore an opportunity for angst that easily? HA!

(angst below cut)

God... Some gall you've got trying to blend him up like those health gurus with their spinach carrot smoothies and seaweed breakfast bars before their 10 kilometer morning jog. Don't you know he'd taste terrible before a workout?

Moreover...

"Hey, hey, hey, relax!" He exclaims, hands still pressing against the glass in attempts to reach you. "Let's fucking think about this for a second, okay, bastard?"

He doesn't. want. to. die.

"Whaddya want, huh? Bet there's something out there only I can get you," he proposes. "Don't tell me... is it sex? I can fucking arrange that, you know! Approval from peers? Baby shit for me! Ohhhh, don't tell me... you miss a deceased loved one or something? We've got dolls for that."

Normally he'd taunt such futile weakness. Such misery experienced by a pathetic human such as yourself...

If only he weren't panicking so much right now.

"Just don't flip that switch, bastard!"

But there's no reasoning with you. He sees that now as he screams curses at you, berating you as your thumb closes in towards the blender's buttons, readying himself for the impact....

Flip!

...

Nothing happens.

Nothing happens!

...Wait, nothing happens?

"This thing outta juice or something?" He wonders aloud, hitting at the damn thing with his fist. "Faulty piece of plastic... Oh well, guess that means all deals are off! Snooze ya lose, bastard! Shoulda taken the game show money while you were still ahead!"

Thank god. He doesn't have the authority to orchestrate any of those offers he made to you anyways.

#rio ranger #toto noel #yttd ranger #yttd #your turn to die #kimi ga shine

[cobrakatharsis]

abo au where terry is johnny's alpha and robby is their pup. terry and robby are always fighting because terry is a terrible alpha, and in one of those fights terry got tired and told robby to get out of his house. robby ends up like he was at the start of cobra kai, stealing and doing dirty stuff. terry gave johnny the chance to talk to robby face to face once in a month because the omega got way too anxious and worried to even work.

robby starts to work in daniel's company after he reminded his mom's old stories the only dojo that could stand a chance against cobra kai – miyagi do.

ohhhh my god i love this

poor robby growing up in an environment like that. he’s viciously protective of his mom, grows that way out of necessity, but he’s nothing against his father. he knows this. he fights anyway. it’s no real surprise when he’s subsequently kicked out in the aftermath of a vicious fight, but johnny starts crying at terry’s decision and terry won’t let robby anywhere near his mom to comfort him. johnny begs terry - on his knees, sacrificing every bit of pride - for robby’s sake and it makes robby nauseous, watching the way terry looks down at johnny like he’s something pitiful and pathetic. like he’s just embarrassing himself, crying for his son’s safety.

it doesn’t matter anyway. he still has to leave, and he leaves with the knowledge that terry’s mad at johnny again, and whatever happens in that big house behind him he can’t stop, can’t even get in the way of. he hates it. he hates his dad. and a small, childish part of him hates his mom too for staying, but the rest of him understands it’s not nearly as easy as johnny just following robby out the door.

so, robby starts work on making a place his mom could come to. he gets a shitty room to rent and pays out of his mediocre savings as he scrounges for work, but soon enough his savings are gone and he’s stealing and committing petty crimes to make it up. he’s already burnt out to hell when his dad contacts him for the first time a couple months later, saying he’s allowed to see his mom, and despite his burning resentment robby of course jumps at the chance. he’s missed johnny so much, been worried sick, but the person he meets in the garden - they’re not allowed in the house, terry said he didn’t want robby “getting any ideas” coming inside - is like a shell.

johnny is tired and thin, dark circles under his eyes, smaller than robby remembers him. he’s trembling as he pulls robby to him and holds him tightly and presses kisses to his son’s hair, clearly trying not to cry. he tells robby he’s sorry, like this is all johnny’s fault somehow, and robby wants to throw up. he wants to kill terry. but terry’s watching them from the deck, as tall and terrifying as he was when robby couldn’t even stand yet, calmly sipping a glass of whiskey, and he’s like a monster.

“i’m gonna get you out of here,” robby promises his mom, whispered against his neck so terry can’t see. johnny holds him tighter and doesn’t say anything, in the way he always does when robby says stuff like that. like when robby was eight and promised his mom that he’d “break dad’s face” if he ever pushed his mom like that again, or when robby was twelve and shouting and screaming because johnny was covered in bite marks and bruises and couldn’t even stand up properly and terry was just going to work and leaving him like that, and that’s not how alphas are supposed to be, right? that’s not how it’s supposed to be!

robby has to leave soon after, as terry’s decided. terry descends from the deck and puts an arm around johnny’s shoulders, and johnny goes silent. he looks so sad. terry tells robby, tone clipped, that he can see his mom once a month - “for his sake,” terry says, and the exaggerated, almost mocking, sympathy he wears as he strokes a hand down johnny’s arm makes robby want to rip him apart with his teeth - but robby agrees.

“make sure he’s eating,” he says as he leaves, to terry, a moment of sincere vulnerability in request of his mom being taken care of. terry’s eyes just narrow, and robby doesn’t hold out much hope.

he’s feeling more worn down than ever when he gets home. he curls up on his shitty mattress and allows himself to imagine the days he’d be curled up in bed with his mom, when terry was away for work like he so often was. when johnny would hold robby and stroke his hair and tell him stories, sometimes made-up and sometimes about johnny’s old life - he always called it his “old life”, meaning his life before terry - and with the recalled stories a connection suddenly lights up in robby’s brain.

the next day, after his shitty 3am-noon shift at a gas station, he heads to larusso auto, the place he’s seen advertised almost his whole life. he’s just intending on finding daniel larusso himself and hitting him with every question he wants to ask, but when he comes face-to-face with another suited alpha, all his nerve suddenly disappears.

daniel’s nothing like terry, though. he must pick up on something, somehow, because before he even knows what’s hit him, robby’s got an internship at good pay and daniel’s gotten him lunch. “standard fare,” he calls it, but robby doesn’t doubt that he just looks like shit. he wishes somebody could do this for his mom too, but it’s not until a few shifts later, full of daniel clearly doing everything he can to build a bond with robby, that robby finally asks.

“did you know johnny…” he hesitates, trailing off. he doesn’t know his mom’s maiden name, terry never let him mention it - it’s always silver, silver, silver - but daniel’s eyes light up with recognition anyway.

“lawrence?”

robby beams before he can stop himself. that’s it! that’s his mom’s name!

daniel asks him carefully where robby knows that name from, and his face is a picture when robby confesses, “he’s my mom.” a lot of different emotions pass daniel’s face, most of which robby can’t recognise or understand, but he feels relieved. this is really the daniel larusso, the man who knew his mom, the man who stood as miyagi-do and faced off against cobra kai.

the man who could do it again - could beat terry again.

daniel asks robby, very gently, why his mom isn’t around, why robby’s all underfed and overworking himself, and robby hesitates again. he’s quick to defend johnny, assure daniel that johnny isn’t a bad mom, didn’t just abandon robby, but continuing makes his throat want to close.

“he’s…he’s in a bad place,” he explains softly.

“how so?”

daniel looks concerned. sincerely, earnestly concerned, and he puts a gentle hand on robby’s shoulder, and suddenly it’s all spilling out. robby cries as he talks about his father, a terrible alpha who’s always treated johnny like dirt, always used him and then left him to fend for himself, always pushed him around and made him feel worthless, who has johnny still and robby wasn’t strong enough to protect his mom and he doesn’t know how to save him, and by the end of it robby isn’t crying out of sadness so much as crying out of rage. daniel pulls him into a hug, tight and fatherly and honest, something terry’s never done as long as he’s lived, and when robby’s calmed down he asks robby what his father’s name is, in that same careful tone, but this time robby can feel the danger simmering beneath it. protectiveness.

it turns into something far closer to the rage robby feels, when robby says the name “terry silver”.

daniel asks further questions. asks where terry and johnny live, asks if robby thinks johnny’s in immediate danger, asks for more details about the sort of stuff silver’s done, and robby answers it all. daniel listens attentively, and he expresses understanding and sympathy to every bit of vulnerability robby is forced to bare, and when he’s finally got enough information he pulls robby into another hug.

“listen to me,” he says, pulling back enough to look right into robby’s eyes, all care and earnestness, “we’re going to get your mother out of there.”

and when daniel’s beaten terry to the floor, and steps right past him to get to johnny but doesn’t touch him until johnny falls into his arms, at which point daniel holds him tight and promises him everything’s okay, robby feels assured for the first time that he’s seeing a good alpha. that his mom’s in good hands.

(he feels even more assured when daniel calls robby over too, and robby’s slotted between them to be held too like he’s a tiny pup, face buried against his mom’s neck as johnny cries. daniel squeezes them both tight and presses kisses to both their heads in turn.

yeah, robby thinks. they’re both in good hands.)

#tw abuse #a/b/o #elijah answers #sorry i just planned a whole fic i think i’m insane #lawrusso

[lokisgoodgirl]

Hello hello!! 🧁 favorite memory with a specific song/album?

Ohhhh gosh...I'm taking a Taylor Swift approach to this because that's the only way there will be any cohesion 😂

🧁I have a few...

Speak Now came out when I was at UVA for a year and I missed my boyfriend terribly. Totes thought he was the one (he wasn't) but Mine, Enchanted and Sparks Fly always transport me back to that campus and all those memories and possibilities and freedom in a new land.

1989 came out just before I met my (now) husband and every song reminds me of walking to meet him, and train rides home. The butterflies and excitement and sexiness of new love 😊

Lover came out when we bought our first house, and I had it blasting non stop as I painted walls and stripped carpet. I remember singing Paper Rings and it echoing because it was just floorboards.

Also Lover was our first dance song, so that's a pretty great memory 💖🥰

@simplyholl @joyful-enchantress @sarahscribbles Swifty gals!

#ask game

[ladystrallan]

Once Upon a Time season 6A thoughts

I’m rewatching OUAT and I wanted to share some of my opinions on each season!

- This is all your fault Jafar…

- ‘Away, peasant!’

- Another saviour??? Okay

- Ooh captainswan makeout

- That boat/blimp is cool

- Why is Mr Hyde ridiculously overpowered???

- What is this music lol

- Omg I’m gonna cry

- They’re back in the dark one castle

- Where they first fell in love

- “I’ll make her fall in love with me again” aaaaaaaaaaa

- I missed rumbelle so much

- The beauty and the beast song…

- This is so cute

- “I blame you” WTF REGINA

- She literally treats Zelena so terribly because of robin dying

- Like it wasn’t her fault

- And she lost her true love too

- She had to kill him herself which is arguably more traumatic

- Omg yassss rumbelle kiss

- Wait noooo

- Wtf the guy is their unborn son???

- That’s kinda weird

- Noooo I hate this

- “Robin is at peace” lol he was obliterated

- OMG THE EVIL QUEEN

- “What’s a jukebox???” Love the background acting

- Woah regency era

- The count of monte cristo lol

- They ran out of fairytales and they were like um… I guess we’ll do this?

- Wtf is Regina doing there???

- Why is she wearing a mouche??? This is regency not rococo

- Literally 60% of the drama in this show is caused by Regina

- The town line is back…

- Why is he sniffing her???

- Ewwwww why is EQ flirting with rumple

- Disgusting

- How does no one notice him slowly pouring poison into the wine?

- Ooh he couldn’t kill her

- Does she remind him of his dead fiancée???

- “Hi sweetie, mommy’s back” lol

- The way she enchanted Henry’s phone

- Ooh she killed him

- “We do like it rough don’t we” nooooo

- She did a little dance

- “Oh I’m not here because of your daddy issues” lol

- The mouse running on the ‘O’ lol

- Ooh she’s marrying the footman

- I love Ashley tbh

- “I’m trying to save you” YOU LITERALLY SAID YOU BLAMED HER FOR ROBIN BEING OBLITERATED

- “You look like a trash bin and have the education of my cat” omg lol

- NOOOOO

- Not the stepmother with the gun

- “You filthy little rat” I can’t—

- Omg she stabbed her

- YASSSSS DR WHALE

- Ooh they’re moving in together

- His accent!!!

- Ew why does the EQ keep flirting with rumple

- Yasssss dark one choke him

- Wait what

- You can’t kill a half personality???

- Love this dramatic violin music

- “Technically it’s a serum” lol

- RUMPLE

- He is literally everywhere

- Every single story he is involved

- Me when I eat something spicy

- Not the rumbelle marital problems… Please just be in love

- The iconic ouat villain theme

- I HATE RUMPLE’S NEW HAIRCUT

- The long hair looked so much better

- “RISE AND SHINE” lol rumple

- OHHHH THEY KISS (Hyde and Mary)

- Yassss Rumple

- Wait wtf

- Why is Hyde unkillable… way too op

- Ohhhhh he switched the vials

- Omg did they fuck???

- “I will never love you. You are weak” OHHHHH ROASTED

- HE PUSHED HER OUT THE WINDOW OMG

- Okay Jekyll actually sucks

- Slay belle

- Omg he got impaled

- Of course they both die

- Okay just kill Regina then

- “Why did you do it?” “You” omg

- ITS JASMINE

- She was my favourite princess when I was a kid

- Love this evil sister spa day

- HE KEPT THE SHEARS

- “There will be no scurvy here” lol

- Not the step dad angst

- OMG ITS THE BROTHER

- NO NO NO NO

- Belle is going to walk in on EQ kissing Rumple…

- I can’t

- Ok good she just dropped off the pics

- Its from the underworld…

- I miss Hades :(

- EWWWWWWW Rumple x EQ/Regina

- Not this…

- DISGUSTING

- She’s turning green again!

- Omg is this the curse where one of them is always asleep???

- This could literally be the plot of a romcom

- I like how Aladdin has replaced Robin as the resident thief

- ITS THE DRAGON

- Omg he turned into a dragon

- I can’t do this anymore… Rumple x EQ is VILE

- NO DON’T KILL GIRLBOSS ZELENA

- He’s lying he still loves belle I know it

- Lol they’re trying to make us believe that EQ is more powerful than Zelena

- YASSSSS hopefully this is the beginning of a rumple redemption arc

- Why is she still blaming Zelena… omg

- Rumple has the worst most evil genes possible… pan + the dark fairy

- My prediction is that it wasn’t Rumple who used the magic on Belle

- I hate EQ

- So creepy and predatory

- “Call Jeremy” who’s Jeremy???

- AUGUST! I honestly love him

- Omg hook is all old and fat

- Not pile of bones Belle…

- Ugh that’s so stupid

- If they’re going to bring anyone back it should be Hades

- Wait how is august grown up in storybrooke??? Didn’t blue turn him back into a little boy like max 3 years ago???

How I feel about the characters this season

Love: Zelena

Like: Rumple, Belle, Hyde, Hook, August, Jasmine, Aladdin

Neutral: Emma, Snow, David, Henry

Dislike: Regina, Blue

Hate: Jekyll, The Evil Queen, Gideon

Season rating: 4/10

I kind of didn’t like this season. I did not like Regina blaming Zelena for Robin’s death, Rumbelle being broken up, or the whole Gideon plot. There were some good moments but mostly me being frustrated. I did kind of like the land of untold stories plot line though.

#ouat thoughts #once upon a time #ouat #once upon a time season 6 #ouat season 6 #ouat season 6a #regina mills #emma swan #captain swan #zelena ouat #zelena mills #belle french #rumplestiltskin #ouat rumple #rumbelle

[fireemblems24]

Azure Gleam Ch 6

Dimitri fans stay winning. The only route where I actually feel the need to put spoilers in the title - at least for anyone who's played Three Houses.

STORY

Oh, wait, we DON'T fight at Arianrhod battle? Count Rowe falls off screen? Man, Edelgard taking Ls all over the place.

I love how Arianrhod is unconquorable but fell right away. Lamo.

Is Edelgard keeping Aruendel imprisoned? I thought she had no clue where he was.

Dimitri struggled with his revenge issue for a moment there.

Annette is so smol. 😭

The way Dimitri says "Imperial snake" with so much venom.

Someone came with terrible news. Count Rowe escaped. Should've just killed him.

Oh, wait, they got attacked by mages. That's TWSITD? And Dimitri knows they're behind Duscur? Suspecting Cornelia is behind it. Glad that we'll get to deal with her again. She's a great villain.

MAP & SIDE BATTLES

Mannnn between the hurricane, not having internet, and last week being a nightmare for work, it's been sooooo long since I played AG. I had most of GW Ch 6 done when the hurricane came through, so it really has been like 2, 3 weeks? (not that I'm complaining, the flooding is just getting even worse in some areas)

Ahhhhh, I'm always so happy when I remember Flayn and Seteth are on this map.

Man, thinking about Post-CF Flayn makes me so sad. Like I know some people think it's oh so great she and Seteth can live, but they'll spend the next few hundred years on the run, terrified to trust anyone with their true identity. And Flayn hates that. She wants to hang out with friends and go to school. The fact she gets that teased and gets tossed into an even worse way of life if she survives CF is so sad. And she has to see everyone celebrate Rhea's death and act like her race is responsible for human greed too.

Ingrid knew Miklain was abusing Sylvain 😭

Dimitri's no nonsense. He's like "if Miklain acts up, kill him" to the soldiers. Like, that's hardcore.

Mannnn, Sylvain is interesting here. He's supporting Dimitri's decision with Miklain I'm betting in no small part because he wants to undo the reliance on crests and knows Miklain could help that.

The bubble over Felix says "It really pisses me off." So Felix being Felix. Annnnd Felix is annoyed with Dimitri for not telling him everything. So more Felix talking about Dimitri, lamo.

Man, the Blue Lions are always so intense. Everyone here is talking about Miklain or Ashe finding a way to deal with Lonato's death or Duscur generals talking about murdered family. AG goes hard.

Ohhh, if Dedue trusts Duke Infan, than I do too.

I was right about Dimitri and Count Gloucester, he just admired Rowe for surrendering quickly and sparing the people.

I get to kill Count Varley. Cool.

Why does Dimitri know so much about which plants you can eat 😅

ASHE & DEDUE C SUPPORT

Ashe is such a cinnamon roll. He's already wandering around while it's late outside and stopped to pick some yarrow because of its healing properties.

Gardening bonding incoming. Ashe noticed Dedue's hobby.

They're both missing the greenhouse :(

Dedue wants to visit Lonato's garden. He also wants to know why Lonato knows so much about herbs. Good question.

Dedue's into medicinal herbs.

These two are too sweet 😊

FELIX & MERCEDES C SUPPORT

He better be nicer to her than last time. I'd love to see her chew him up, lol.

Ohhhh yesss, we're finally talking about Felix's cat thing. Felix really is a cat in human form.

Felix taking in injured stray cats 😭. Mercie and Jeritza did too 😭😭. And they had to hide it because they wouldn't killed it 😭

Mercie "We left my brother behind. Next sentence. "Still, I wonder what happened to that cat." 🤣 Jeritza found dead.

Cat is attached to Felix and won't leave. 🤣🤣🤣 People (and cats) ignoring Felix's being tsun is what I live for.

Mercie is like "quit whining, Felix. You have a pet cat now." lamo.

FELIX & SYLVAIN C SUPPORT

Oh, this time it's Sylvain calling Felix out for fighting reckless. It's a reverse uno from their Hopes' supports.

"You don't look like a man who's achieved some fantastic new enlightenment." Sylvain just slayed Felix.

Now they're arguing about who got in trouble more as kids. I love that, lol, makes them really feel like childhood friends.

Ten bucks says Felix got in the fight defending Sylvain's honor (or Dimitri's).

Sylvain's like you can't die because you mean too much to Faerghus and Dimitri. And then talks about how much Felix means to Dimitri.

Wait, wait, wait - important line here "reforming the entire social structure of pretty much everything . . ." Sylvain on Dimitri. Eat shit "StAtUs QuO dEfEnDeR" argument.

Soooo the "Sylvix" support so far is all about . . . Dimilix 😅

I don't mind this in the slightest, but I suspect someone on the writing team was a shipper on deck OR they were as sick as I am of people saying "CF Felix makes sense because he HaTeS dImItRi."

Felix throwing the same arguments at Sylvain. Good on him.

"You're the complete opposite of integrity." Felix, that's your friend 😭😭.

So Sylvain did some growing up it seems.

SHEZ & RODRIGUE C SUPPORT

Finally got Rodrigue's C support. Took long enough.

Shez complaining about the cold brings back memories lol. I used to live in the North.

Hearing her talk about lamp-lit streets covered in snow makes me miss winter sooooo badly.

Cool detail that messengers ride pegasus during the winter. I think someone mentioned that on here before.

Lamo, Dimitri and Felix followed a pegasus and nearly froze to death as kids. Poor Rodrigue.

Man, this is why the Blue Lions are the best. All these little stories from the past in the supports. Other houses don't get this.

SHEZ & DEDUE B SUPPORT

Shez looking out for Dedue. Good.

Soldiers giving Dedue shit 😭😭.

Shez can sympathize with the soldiers. Wtf. No way. I'm questioning them. (I could either agree with them or question them)

Dimitri put Dedue in a position often given to nobles. Good. Deserved.

Shez says she naturally get's under people's skin, and Dedue's just like "true." lamo.

Commoners bonding over the resentment nobility feels towards them for Dimitri elevating them.

I like how Shez's solution is to just prove themselves. It feels very shonen lead and like what Shez would say.

This was a good support balancing being about both characters.

FELIX & INGRID C SUPPORT

Nooooo, not Glenn 😭😭😭😭

Ingrid found a spur. It's Felix's, but actually Glenn's.

Ingrid's calling Felix out for being a softie for keeping hold of a memento.

And now he wants to give it to her 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm actually tearing up in real life over this. I'm so over attached to this group.

Glenn told Ingrid before anyone else about his promotion 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I was not expecting that support. That support needs a warning. How did that??

Felix being sweet is my weakness, though.

Not going to lie, sometimes going through support after support feels like a chore. But never with the Blue Lions lol.

SHEZ & SETETH C SUPPORT

Fodlan's #1 husbando support incoming.

Seteth thinks Shez could've impacted Fodlan's future if she continued to study at the Academy and it wasn't shut down.

Seteth admits he's suspicious of Shez. Which . . . I mean it's Seteth.

Man, every time someone doesn't trust Shez, it just makes me love Dimitri's take on her powers even more.

Seteth defending Rhea. You love to see it.

Lamo, he wants Shez to stay away from Flayn and Rhea.

What's funny about that is Shez doesn't have a C support with Flayn (B & A though), so it's almost like she listens until they're more familiar with each other. And OFC Rhea doesn't have supports . . . . again . . . .

MAIN BATTLE

I love how Byleth sides with whoever you're not playing as lol.

Dimitri wants to help Shez achieve her goals (defeating Byleth), and Shez is like "appreciate it, but focus on the war" lamo.

Dimitri is obviously projecting. Shez is explaining how they're not THAT upset about Byleth killing their former teammates. And she's like "you gotta get used to death when it happens all the time or it's too much weight." I think we ALL know where this is heading.

Shez is like "you've let things weigh on you too much" too true.

Though it's kind of sweet that he's trying to help Shez out lol. In his own way.

Awww, yeah, Dimitri over here suggesting they recruit Byleth now. I'm pro-Dimileth, tbh. Even IF I may prefer other ships a bit more, I still think it's pretty sweet.

Dimitri's like "what if we pay more than the Empire?" Like, Dimitri, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING ALL THIS MONEY??? Lamo. He's already in the poorest nation taking in all the refugees from Edelgard's mess and paying an army. Like he must have a finance genius working for him or something.

Kinda cool that AG suggested recruiting Byleth first.

Time to recruit Bernie. Never again will I leave her alone with Edelgard when I'm not monitoring her.

I feel like this is the most tactics I've seen a Fodlan leader use in a map battle ever. Dimitri's giving orders to explicitly ignore Byleth, which is different from every other route that says to attack Byleth before pulling back. He's doing it because he knows Byleth is too strong. Same for the Death Knight, who they trapped. It's pretty cool, actually. No one else has done anything like this.

Dimitri forced Jeralt to retreat right away, lamo. And then beat up Alois. I think . . . my Dimitri might be a tad over leveled. He's level 30. Everyone else is level 20. I may . . . use him a bit more than the others lol. But he just . . . kills everything.

Pretty smart tactics actually. Dimitri had all the strongholds captured, then focused on getting the Death Knight, then on Byleth. So securing the area, then picking off the threats.

Oh, cut scene. Sothis! I think Shez woke Sothis up. But let's be real. It was actually Dimitri who did all the work. Legit I had everyone else picking off Jeralt's reinforcements. My Dimitri took Byleth on by his lonesome.

Oh, Byleth and Sothis fighting??? Ohhhh. What's going on?

Sothis kicked Arval's ass lamo.

I'm sure I'll eventually get this discussion on the other routes.

Shez's rivalry seems so low key. Shez prioritizing recruiting like Dimitri suggested, lol.

Sothis is being a dick to Byleth. ngl. Kinda treating Byleth like a car she's driving.

Arval and Sothis seem to hate each other more than Shez and Byleth do.

I just . . . can't get beyond Alois abandoning his family to follow Jeralt around.

Oh, Byleth hair-color changed. Don't know if that just happened or not. Yep, Byleth just said something. Jeralt seems alarmingly unbothered his kid now has mint-colored hair and eyes for no actual reason. Like what if you woke up one day and -bam- you're a redhead. Wouldn't you be a bit, um, concerned?

Alois saying nothing about having to fight his old friends. Oh, there it is, finally. Man, they really stripped Alois of all his character and turned him into what the fandom claims Leonie is, a mindless Jeralt simp. But he has his jokes, I guess??

Nice to see Jeralt isn't interested in fighting Rhea. Just ignoring her. Fair enough.

Wait . . . Dimitri is leaving? Does that mean I don't have him? OMG. I need him. He's my OP unit. No.

Oh, Sreng. That's cool. They're actually getting involved. And Gautier is in trouble :( Will Sylvain leave too? Or is this the next battle?

Ohhh Annette called them peaceful. Ouch. Sylvain was quick to correct her, though. Poor girl just didn't know. Appreciate they gave them a realistic reason to attack though. Needing fertile lands was a real world reason stuff like this happened.

Yes, Shez, tag along. Please. Don't make Dimitri leave all on his own. I need him ahh. Oh, great, that's not where this is going.

DEDUE AND RODRIGUE. NO. Why. This sucks. Ugh. I lost 3 units this chapter???? WHYYY? Unless I am with them?

Leaving Felix in command is cool, though.

Dimitri just said "protect every last one of them." Oh, the change there lol.

Annette comes to like Dimitri's elbow lamo.

XXX

#azure gleam #fire emblem #fire emblem three hopes #three hopes #three hopes spoilers #azure gleam spoilers

[leaderoffestivals]

CROSS FIRE: Strength and Strength Ch 2

Kuro: Oi oi, what the hell’s that? Yer ain’t a Mama, yer just ‘playin’ house’, aren’t ya? What’s more, Tetsu’s pride won’t ever allow him to ask fer help like—

Tetora: Mama, please~!

Kuro: that—OI!

Scenario Writer: Kino Seitarou (with Akira) Season: Summer Characters: Kiryu Kuro, Mikejima Madara, Nagumo Tetora, Sazanami Jun, Tomoe Hiyori Proofed by: @ryuseipuka​, Skyress

< The next day. In Ensemble Square, the Dojo.> 

Kuro: 1, 2, 3, 4… …

… … Whoops. I started countin’ out loud outta habit. 

I just can’t get over the feelin’ of bein’ Captain and soundin’ out the count during warm-up, even when I’m doin’ stretches by myself, huh~ ♪

5, 6, 7, 8… …

(Sound of the door opening.)

Madara: Yo~, Kuro-san. You’re going aaall out for practice today~ ♪

Kuro: Oh, Mikejima, huh? This is rare. Are you here fer a workout, too? 

Madara: Yup. The scope of my idol activities have been reduced enough as it is. If I don’t show up for Circle activities every once in a while, my existence would really be forgotten, riiight? 

Besides, I don’t have anything better to do right now~. It’s not a bad idea to play to my heart’s content while I still can. 

… … That’s how it is, Kuro-san. Since you’re stretching right now, how about pairing up with me? 

We’ve been training buddies for quite a while now. It must’ve been especially lonely for you when I wasn’t around, right? ♪

Kuro: It’s not like I particularly missed ya or anythin’, but whatever. I’ll accept yer offer of some easy company. 

Would ya mind stickin’ close to my back? I want to give my back muscles a real good stretch. 

Madara: I don’t mind at aaall. Ready, and go… …

Kuro: Ohhhh~, that feels terrific as hell. Just as one would expect from a big guy, like, yer real stable. I’m able to stretch without havin’ to worry. 

Alright, it’s my turn next—

(Sound of door opening again.)

Tetora: This is terrible, this is just SO TERRIBLE!

Kuro: Hm, Tetsu?

Tetora: AH! Taisho, Mikejima-senpai! It’s great that the both of you are here!

Have you seen this flyer that’s been posted outside the dojo? 

Kuro: Nope, I didn’t notice anythin’ like that… … What’s gotten you so upset about it? 

It can’t be anythin’ that bad, even if it says the Circle’s about to be shut down or somethin’. You don’t have to go gettin’ upset over somethin’ as trivial as a flyer. 

Tetora: Th-that’s true, but errrm… Please take a look at this!

Madara: What’s this… …? [Recruiting Those With Pride In Their Strength! A Search For The Strongest Man In ES]... …?

The P-Association should be the ones in charge of putting up this ad. It seems to be a job offer of some sort.

Tetora: Yes, that’s right! And the content of this job recruitment is obviously aimed at us from SHIN; in other words, it’s a letter of challenge! We have no choice but to accept it, right?!

Madara: U~mmm. I’m not feeling any attraction whatsoever towards the title of ‘The Strongest Man’, though. 

Tetora: Please don’t say such a thing! The entire pride of SHIN is at stake here, you know~!?

The martial arts Circle SHIN must definitely be the one to win the title of ‘The Strongest Man’! Taisho, you must think so too, right?

Kuro: Me? I ain’t particularly interested either, but… …

Well. Since Tetsu feels so strongly about it, it wouldn’t hurt to go and just hear ‘em out, I guess?

Tetora: Hooray! As expected of Taisho, you have such an open mind! ☆ And, if you don’t mind, Mikejima-senpai, you definitely have to come join us, please!

I’ve been hearing so much about you from Morisawa-senpai for ages now, but we’ve never had much opportunity to work together. I’d absolutely love to have a chance to do that now!

Madara: Hmm? Aren’t you being unusually pushy about this?

But since you’ve gone and put it like that, I guess there’s just no helping it. If you were to ask me again by saying, “Mama, please~!” in a reeeally sweet voice, perhaps I’ll respond favourably to your request after all?

Kuro: Oi oi, what the hell’s that? Yer ain’t a Mama, yer just ‘playin’ house’, aren’t ya? What’s more, Tetsu’s pride won’t ever allow him to ask fer help like—

Tetora: Mama, please~!

Kuro: that—OI!

Tetora: Fu~fu~fu~. For the sake of discovering ES’ Strongest Man, I’ll grin and endure doing this much at least!

(Besides, if it happens that this flyer is really aiming to decide who the strongest man in ES is—

Then the truth behind last year’s Dragon King Competition and the real strength of Mysterious Fighter M will also be revealed! Haha!) 

<Meanwhile, in the Training Room…>

Hiyori: Jun-kun, Jun-kun, come take a look at this! 

Jun: Hmm? “Recruiting Those With Pride in Their Strength”~?

Ohiisan, did you really come all this way to the Training Room just to show this to me?

Hiyori: Yes, yes! I would never be caught dead doing anything as stinky and sweaty as muscle training. I’m already fit enough from normal lessons as is! 

Jun: That’s easy for you to say, but Ohiisan’s actually a pretty chubby guy, you know?

Hiyori: Seriously? How rude of you to use the word ‘chubby’ to describe me! A more appropriate way of expressing it would be ‘possessing moderate muscle tone’; but you don’t know anything about being polite with your words at all, do you, Jun-kun?

Jun: Well, if Ohiisan says so, I guess. 

But then~, ‘Those with pride in their strength’, hu~h… I don’t know what this project is about, but it smells pretty darn fishy. 

Hiyori: Haha! You’re worrying way too much about it, don’t you think? This isn’t the Reimei Academy of old, after all. This job is offered by the P-Association, so isn’t it likely that Anzu-chan will be in charge of this?

Jun: Ah~... … I get it now. So, this project is Anzu-san’s doing, huh? 

It’s kinda surprising, but that girl’s into well-built bodies and stuff like that for some reason. She says and does pretty weird things sometimes, too. 

When we bumped into each other here the other day, she actually said that she wanted to feel my muscles. 

Hiyori: Hmm? She must definitely have been very tired. 

Anyway. How about it, Jun-kun? Do you have what it takes to become ‘The Strongest Man in ES’?

Jun: Huh? Why are you talking as if it’s already decided that I’m gonna be part of this?

Hiyori: Because it’s interesting, that’s why! And I would also like to see Jun-kun’s muscles actually be useful for something for once ♪

Jun: Man! This guy’s honestly always making unreasonable demands of me… …

How do you plan on explaining this to Ibara in the first place? 

You know how he is; He’ll probably say, “You’ll ruin the image of Eden,” or “Don’t go working for Anzu-san as you please,” and stuff like that. 

Hiyori: Oh, there’s absolutely no need to explain anything at all! We’re blessed with the tools of modernity after all, so we can check in with each other on our smartphones instantly ♪

And so you see, I’m going to use ‘HoldHands’ to send a message to Ibara! And I’m going to say, “Jun-kun is interested in this flyer!”... … like this~ ♪

Jun: AH~! Wait a damned minute, Ohiisan! What are you doing—

(Phone buzzes.)

Hiyori: Ohhh. Just as one would expect from Ibara, he’s always so quick to reply! What does he say… …?

“It seems interesting, so you may proceed as you wish. It has been my long-cherished wish that Jun’s useless muscles be useful for some kind of work too.” There you go~ ♪

Jun: That bastaaard~... …!

GODDAMN! This conversation’s progressing way too smoothly, dammit! There’s nothing more annoying than two people who’re in cahoots with each other… …!

Hiyori: Fufu~! Are you going to protest this decision that’s been sanctioned by both Ibara and myself? If you think you can do it, then go ahead and try!

Jun: Really? This guy is just too stubborn, that’s why… … 

Since there’s nothing I can do about it, I’ll approach this job offer with an open mind. I’ve only worked with Anzu-san a few times before this, and there’s probably still a lot I can learn from her. 

Hiyori: Yes, yes! Very good! I'm not too fond of the expression ‘approach with an open mind’ because it sounds too much like something that Ibara would say, but—

—It would be a good experience to work beyond the boundaries of the agency and the unit every once in a while, don’t you think? That’s what I call fine weather… …! ☆

—————-To be continued——————-

Chapter 1   /  Chapter 3

Translator’s Notes:

#ensemble stars #enstars tl #Kiryu Kuro #Mikejima Madara #Nagumo Tetora #Sazanami Jun #Tomoe Hiyori #CROSS FIRE #Strength and Strength #AKATSUKI #MaM #Eden #Ryuseitai #Eve #Jun-kun enduring all the snarky remarks about his muscles being useless must be a thing #And SHIN interactions are so precious

[vodkassassin]

Hi! I really like death of the author for how it makes sqh like Kassandra the Oracle who was never believed, and the scene in til the fields where cucumber meets airplane; they both see how each other has grown and stayed the same. I have others probably I'll send an ask later - Wren

Aw, it’s Wren! Thank you I love getting asks from you ❤️❤️

Till the Fields - a cucumberplane Hades and Persephone AU

-extra:

“Pssst!”

Apollo leans away from his sister’s nudge — they’re never really nudges, more like full blown punches, and they hurt. It’s best to avoid them if possible. Artemis may be a hunter but with other people she can never judge her own strength quite right.

“Apollo! Seriously, pay attention!”

He ducks under a head thwack and narrows his eyes at her. “What am I paying attention to?”

His sister presses her lips together and peers back at him, eyes squinting hard.

“Hades is here!”

Apollo blinks, and then raises a brow.

“I mean, I sure hope he is? It is a solstice meeting where all the gods must make an appearance. He’s usually attending those, seeing as how he’s a god.”

“Ugh.” Artemis slaps a hand to her own face in exasperation, and then winces. See, she just can’t judge it.

“Moron, did you forget?”

“What am I remembering, now?”

“Umm.” Artemis glances around at their many relatives and relatives affiliate gods that surround them in the grand temple room of Olympus, looking incredibly suspicious as she does so.

Sensing something juicy, Apollo leans in toward her and whispers. “What are we hiding?”

Artemis glowers at him, hissing. “Our. Cousin. You idiot, did you forget?”

“What? We have a lot of cousins, Art, you’ll have to be more specifi—” Apollo’s eyes go wide. “Oh! Ohhhh. Right. Right. Our cou— them! Ahem. Yes.”

Artemis stares at him. Her jaw works in a furious way, no words coming out, and Apollo shrinks away and lowers his head.

“Ahem… Yes. That.”

“You’re horrible.” She says, looking stunned in a very false way.

She’s his sister, she knows him. Worse, she’s very much like him!

The twins have been keeping their knowledge on the whereabouts of the missing godling, their cousin Kore, a secret for several months now, and each and every day has been a new kind of torture.

Because the twins of the heavenly bodies of the sky are not good at keeping secrets. No, in fact, they’re terrible at it.

It’s a wonder — no, a miracle — that they’ve been able to keep their promise thus far.

But, today —

Artemis perks up, and she quickly and furiously ‘nudges’ Apollo again in the ribs, and this time the hit makes it’s mark. Apollo doubles over, spluttering, in pain, and his sister’s hand smacks repeatedly at his back like she’s trying to help him catch his breath.

“Stop, stop,” he gasps, coughing.” Art, stooop—”

“Look!” Artemis whisper-yells, slapping his back again and again. “Look, look, look!”

Apollo struggles to raise his head under the onslaught of attacks, but he manages to look up just in time to see their lord uncle make his actual entrance into the hall.

With a pretty little thing on his arm, a crown of shadows on their head that contrasts beautifully against their bronze-gleaming hair.

Apollo’s jaw drops.

“Damn.” He says.

Artemis’ slaps have ceasefired, so he leans back in toward his sister and hisses. “Is that—?”

“That’s them!” Artemis hisses back, excitedly. “Apollo, that’s..! Ho, ho~! You know what this means, twin of mine?”

Apollo stares at the duo, whose entrance has garnered the attention of the entire temple. The reactions seems torn, many eyes staring in appreciation of what a pretty picture this couple makes, and many more in shock and surprise, because —

Because Hades has always been a perfectly polite person, even to his own siblings who have publicly done quite enough to put them on the god of the dead’s bad side. But Hades had never disparaged them for anything. Alongside that, though, is the fact that Hades had never opened himself up to his family, either — or to anyone. He’s kind and polite and just a nice guy, but in the end he can turn around and walk away and you’ll be left wondering if you’d even spoken much to him at all.

Hades, in the end, is a solitary existence.

Except for today.

Today, Hades walks in, a content smile on his face that for once looks more than the polite mask it has always been, and holding onto his arm is their cousin, Kore, who the twins had helped run away to the Underworld earlier that year in a desperate bid for independence that they personally hadn’t really thought would achieve anything but maybe another war.

Instead…

“What?” He asks, despite knowing the answer.

Artemis’ smile looks conniving. “Seems our dear cousin got a bit more than just independence when they journeyed down under. If you know what I mean.”

“Oh, I do.” Apollo says, eyebrows raised high. “Certainly looks like a happy ending after all.”

“War doesn’t seem off the table yet, though, brother dear.” His sister says slowly, and Apollo turns his head to follow her gaze.

When he sees a furious goddess of the harvest, red faced and eyes gleaming with promise of pain and paypack, stomping her way across the temple room to the couple currently under everyone’s attention, Apollo cringes.

Oh, this solstice council will be interesting indeed.

Read Till the Fields here

#anon Wren #vodka answers #asking for asks #svsss fanfic #cucumberplane #till the fields

[a-lonely-dunedain]

day 204 of hating the Staghorns so much it defies description:

[warning unhinged petty rant under the cut]

THEY THREW AWAY RAVAEDRON'S GIFT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO FUCKING PETTY WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK like "ohhhh noo our friend is worried about our safety because we're living alone in the middle of nowhere while there's creatures of unimaginable evil about. what a TERRIBLE friend!!! we're going to hate him forever now!!!!!!" I HATE THE STAGHORNS SO MUCH THEY'RE SO ARROGANT AND PETTY AND TEMPERAMENTAL RAVAEDRON SHOULD HAVE BETTER FRIENDS. like I Get It, they don't understand the amount of danger they're in because they've been so well protected from it by the rangers, but they're SO unaware that it come across as straight up stupidity. like they're letting their literal child go out "wraith hunting" like that's a totally sane and ok thing to let your kid do. even if they don't fully understand what a wraith is, even the most basic sanitized description of it Should have made them think twice about just how equipped they are to handle themselves in the face of this danger, but noooooooo how DARE Ravaedron take even the most basic precautions in making the task of defending themselves easier, clearly he's in the wrong here! like I cannot stress this enough, there are just two adults and a literal child in that household, they can't do shit to defend themselves from a Nazgul, yet Somehow Ravaedron being worried about them makes him the "racist elf" stereotype in their minds??????? they were just looking for a reason to hate him I bet.

Maddoc Staghorn hears that Ravaedron wanted to help out before he left and then immediately says "did he befriend us... out of pity?" this man REEKS of insecurity and it's going to get both him and his family killed.

and then, and THEN they have the gal, the audacity, to pull this "ohhh noo we just reacted like that because we were soooo sad that you were leaving :(((((((((((" act at the end of the questline. like we're just going to ignore the Staghorn's casual racism then? just going to pretend this was just an "oopsie! silly misunderstanding!" and that the Staghorns are not clearly in the wrong here??? we're just gonna act like they're not terrible people? ok. what a delusional and unhinged way to react. like, right, sure, someone I (allegedly) care about is leaving for personal reasons and gives me a parting gift, and what do I do? just throw it away I guess because it didn't have the Correct Symbolic Meaning™ behind it! "We did not want paintings, or gifts!" "It is YOU that we will miss, Ravaedron." liars. you reacted to him informing you that he's leaving by yelling at him and telling him he was no longer welcome in your house. for all you knew that was going to be the last time you ever saw him and you happily tried to burn that bridge without hesitation.

They never apologized for this and I think that's the part that really gets me. like I know people react to loss in weird and nonsensical ways sometimes, so maybe I could look past it if they admitted "yeah we really messed up there, you leaving just got to us and we didn't handle it well" but NOPE! not so much as a "sorry" for their cruel words, or for throwing away the painting he worked so hard on. Ravaedron ends up needing to apologize to them for *checks notes* trying to help defend their house and painting them a beautiful landscape. right. ok.

look look, I don't mean to rag on this questline, MOST of it was great! we got some really good moments in there with the rangers! I just. that first instance with the Staghorns always leaves Such a bad taste in my mouth it's really hard to continue the quests after that point. I just need to get this rant out of my system so hopefully I'll have an easier time with the rest of it. the worst part really is just that beginning bit so now that I've finally gotten that over with it'll be easier

#lotro #Ravaedron #well *I* for one keep Ravaedron's painting displayed prominently in my house because I actually TRY to be a good friend and appreciate gift #unlike SOME people #like I don't think I can have Tossdir do these quests canonically. at least not this part #like I've established that he's weird about gifts and sentimental items like that. those kinda things are Really Important to him #(and I guess they are to me too lol. think he might've gotten that trait from me) #so if I let him see that painting casually thrown out with the firewood I think he'll end up punching Mr. Staghorn #which is a move I think the other rangers might frown upon #or at the very least Tossdir would have some Choice Words for him that would probably derail the story in a not-good way #so uh. best for him to just not be there for that part