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#rip yuri :( he did so well
mustasekittens · 5 months
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happy game awards day! I'm so happy to see all the awards Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for the PlayStation 5 got!
bonus pathetic wet cat peters bc our boy couldn't win a single thing 😭🙏
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ref for the first drawing (Spider-Man/Deadpool #18 page 15)
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PSA: These Brackets contain multiple Ch!WilburSoot ships, We DO NOT stand with CC!WilburSoot actions, and send all of our support toward shubble, if you are uncomfortable with these ships, please don't interact and/or block the wilbur soot tag. if those ships are too problematic, they can be replaced. anyway his ass got destroyed
Welcome to the MCYT Crackships Bracket!
Here, we will be seing which crackship is the best, and because that statement is vague, you get to make your opinion!
Each crackships was randomly agenced from Characters You chose! (This also sadly means we can't take more submissions, at least yet (mcyt crackships brackets V.2. Confirmed ???))
This is all meant to be in good fun, so please be respectfull with others and use propaganda the least wisely you can! (propaganda isn't endorsed, it's encouraged!)
We as a community can get inspired by these, make art! fanfics! (and if you do, please tag me) of your favorite Crackship!
Maybe we could even find a name for them, after all, maybe the next "big ship" will be in this, who knows?
WE ARE NOW IN THE SEMIFINALS!
The brackets will not be revealed yet, but when all of the polls will be published! this way, we can still get you surprised!
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*Orionsound - Rat SMP version
*LDshadowlady - Empire SMP season 1 version
*Zombiecleo - Pirate SMP version
*Katherine Elizabeth - Empire SMP season 2 version
*Fundy - L'Manberg version
*Fwhip - Empire SMP season 1 version
*Pearlescentmoon - Double life version
*Slimecicle - QSMP version
Our thoughts and observations under the cut!
Round 1:
I clearly thought Ninjaslap would be the biggest sweep, but pixltoile suprisingly fought well, And fish yuri left no shot to Zaypixel and Geminitay
Round 1.1.3 was extremly close, but Shubble x Hypno won by O.8%! (≈4 peoples!)
We already got two piece of "propagandart" (propaganda art) in round 1, and both were for Fish yuri! (by @t4tpolypd and @staringamassivemistakeintheface)
Round 2:
Mogbeans/Swamp boys tried hard but T4T yuri was stronger (My boys 😭 - Admin 1)
Littlesoot got its ass kicked by hotguy/fundy and was crying in a corner when suddendly, out of nowhere, it took itlwblr by storm, broke containment, the poll broke 1k votes, became the most noted of the brackets (yet) and won with a large margin!
FWhilza fought well but Bighills was stronger
Fish Yuri still prevail with the biggest sweep yet (87.3%!!!)
Jojosolos/Jack Manifold vs Tommyinnit/Scott Smajor was the closest yet! (50.1 to 49.9!!!!)
So many art!!!!!!! look at the tag (#propagandart) it's worth it!!!!!
Round 3 and PURGATORY 1 :
Scegg vs Stresstherine was so close it switched side at least 5 times!
i'm genuenely impressed by clownscar comeback they've constantly been close but didn't get ahead during the whole poll and somehow managed to win in the last stretch!
WE MADE MOGBEANS CANON!!!!!!! VIVA LA SOS SMP!!!!
Fish Yuri is unstopable and has killed many great ships now (rip Bighills we loved you so much)
Bdubs Smol Bdubs is tall!
Content SMP fans are sad today, the last two ships they had just sank! (bye bye Evillnox and Skizzlerat)
So much art! and even more as been promised! (you need to check out #propagandart if you haven't already)
Round 4 and PURGATORY 2 :
Fish Wives felt resistence to the first time facing Clownscar, but still they were too powerful
Clownscar you will forever live in our hearts
Wilbur you're a pig, Yuri beat his ass! (and so they did)
Zombiecello/Ivorycleo popped off! >90% sweepage!
3/8 ships still in line are yuri, but none of them are part of the PURGATORY Brackets!
Goodbye Zaypixel, our only Yuri Loss this round :(
You guys seem to love shipping Ethoslab a lot (bunch of ethogirls) as he is in 35% of the remaining ships
even more art, and art trades! (go ceck out #propagandart and #takin' request)
Round 5 and Purgatory 3:
Yuri lost so much, and is now only represented by Fish Wives :(
Half of the ships still in have a wild etho in them (ethogirls rise up!)
The now no-longer-crackship mogbeans is still thriving and bested the fan-favorite fwhilza!
Seapeekarl fought well, but lost to the ethogirls again
this is the first round where they weren't a >40% sweep! but the choice are only getting harder from here!
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sammy-deserves-better · 4 months
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Hey people who definitely didn’t follow me for my AUs here’s another AU I thought up on the spot!!!
Fantasy/Royalty AU bam lets get into it
Julia and Bowie are the princess and prince of the kingdom, as you do, it’s gay and lesbian hostility in that castle every day
Axel, Wayne, Raj and Emma are knights with Axel being the head of the knights, Emma is also secretly a florist because why not
Priya is the head of the guards while Caleb is the personal guard/advisor to the king
Chase is a travelling bard who loves to talk about his ‘amazing’ adventures of ‘helping’ people
Nichelle is still a famous actress but instead of movies she’s like, famous from plays and all that jazz
Ripper’s a barbarian that’s pretty good at his job, unfortunately he is not taken very seriously
Millie is a famous writer but she’s so damn difficult to find at times and only a few people know where she actually lives
Damien is a wizard’s apprentice, he’s still learning but he’s got some real talent within him
Zee is the court jester, he didn’t even like try out for the role he just started talking one time and the king thought he was hilarious
Scary Girl is a famous necromancer because she is, funnily enough, scarily good at her job
And MK, silly ol’ MK, is a master thief who is wanted all over the world, but can never be located, always managing to escape at the last moment
Alright here’s some more details yippee
Raj and Bowie are like, in love, obviously, knight x prince romance! Forbidden love that isn’t really forbidden but like it’s super cute and Raj is so smitten and Bowie just loves this handsome knight that would do anything for him
Wayne and Emma are friends here because I also think they’re silly, Wayne’s the only one who knows Emma’s secret florist job because she trusts him enough and also he accidentally found out but it’s fine!! But he also nearly gives away Emma’s secret so many damn times because he’s just a little bit stupid
‘Man I wish I could get Bowie a nice bouquet…’
‘Oh well Emma is actually a fl-‘
And then Wayne gets elbowed so hard he can’t breath for 2 minutes
Emma also definitely has a thing for the cute court jester but she has no idea on how to actually approach Zee so she just sends him flowers anonymously and sighs while looking at him lovingly
Julia and MK meet because MK climbs up the damn castle walls at 2am and sneaks into Julia’s room just to rob her, gets absolutely slammed by the princess, wakes up and is tied to a damn chair with Julia right up in her face about to rip her to shreds and all MK can say is ‘you are REALLY attractive oh my gods’
This throws Julia off, they start talking, Julia realises that despite the fact she is holding one of the most wanted criminals hostage in her room, she wants to keep seeing MK because she’s entertaining and mean and just slightly pathetic, so she lets MK go on the promise that the thief will come back every night and so she does and yadda yadda lesbians toxic yuri wins
Millie’s stories actually come to life because shocker she’s actually a wizard in disguise and she needs to be really careful about what she writes so that’s why she hides herself away and is so hard to track down because if the wrong people knew about her magic capabilities oh no that’s a lot of blood and injury and angst and 10k words every chapter
Millie’s parents also had this ability to create anything from mere writing, they shared this ability with the kingdom, and so if an important figure asked them to say…make a protector of the kingdom, they would do so, and they did, and that’s where our villain/antagonist comes in but that’s a story for another day
The older gens are also involved in this one way or another as well, most are just backgrounders but some hold important to the story
Damien is the wizard apprentice to Leonard and Tammy, two great and powerful sages who spend their time helping the world
DJ is the one who taught Emma how to be a florist, he’s kind and understanding and always helps Emma choose the right flowers to give to Zee
Eva trains Ripper under her watchful eye, she’s proud of how far he’s come, but feels he can do just a bit more
Aleheather are the king and queen of the kingdom, Bowie and Julia are their adopted children
And that’s all I got for now uhhhh add whatever you want to this it’s just a silly time
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operator-report · 26 days
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do you have any ideas about the undersiders music tastes. your other posts are so beautiful and true
aaah i'm so glad you liked my silly music posts! after some thought this is what i've landed on for the undersiders: taylor: in my heart taylor's mom did this to her, which is why taylor has a better-than-average teen girl knowledge of blondie, neil young, and the police. i think taylor's taste is a mix of dad rock and alt-pop rock hits. she likes the strokes and arctic monkeys. maybe a little mgmt. after her mom dies she stops listening to music that reminds her of her mom, so much less 70s/80s rock, but i don't think she switches to sadder music or anything like that, i think her taste just skews more contemporary after that. after the bullying started she tried out heavy metal really early on because she figured angry music might help her vent but it wasn't her thing. taylor does not listen to radiohead but she's the undersider who would like it the best i think. karma police is a taylor song send tweet
brian: there's a post out there somewhere that talks about brian listening to imagine dragons and that is SO real to me. he listens to imagine dragons. he listens to "tough" guy music that sounds like it could be in car commercials. he also listens to dudes rock music he hears at the gym. brian and taylor both like to match their music to their workouts and they have an immensely geeky conversation about matching bpm at one point. taylor matches it to her running brian matches it to boxing they are in nerd-jock heaven
lisa: she's a tricky one, because the music industry is one that both values authenticity and yet is extremely manufactured. i think that means that lisa finds music in which rich musicians make music about how hard their life is immensely grating. i think sarah livsey's taste was influenced by her brother, and much like how taylor does not listen to music that reminds her of her mom, lisa does not listen to music that sarah used to like. another smugbug yuri of absence moment if you ask me. anyway all that means that lisa listens to three kinds of music: downtempo instrumental electronic, classical, and We Are Up Partying In The Club Tonight Ooh Girl Oh Yeah. i think she finds, e.g., pitbull and eurotrance endearing. if you ask lisa what her favorite kind of music is she'll say something obnoxious like IDM or some shit just to see what the reaction is
rachel: i looked up "do dogs listen to music" and google says they will listen to classical sometimes, so! there you go. if worm took place a little later i think taylor could have introduced limited doses of lofi hip hop study beats to rachel and she would be ok with that too but also like. why listen to music when she could be outside listening to her dogs
aisha: the undersider with the best taste! we know that early worm aisha is a bona fide scene teen, and i think she consequently likes blink-182, pierce the veil, 3oh!3, cobra starship, and maybe a little bring me the horizon. in later worm aisha's taste gets less pop, like deftones, odd future, etc. she's a supervillain who would actually listen to madvillainy. aisha is also probably the only undersider who actively seeks to cultivate her own music taste! a good chunk of the undersiders have trauma that separate them from their interests and/or feelings, but aisha is an undersider who i think is both self aware and also true to herself, as well as being genuinely interested in art!
alec: speaking of undersiders who have a difficult time developing a defined music taste due to being cut off from a strong sense of self. alec in early worm is too depressed/apathetic to seek out music for himself, he'd rather be playing video games or watching movies. which is a shame because disassociating to music is one of the depressed activities of all time! alas alec's vision of a person with Taste is like. cherie. rip. however, aisha completely turns his life around into a guy who likes...................... soulja boy
there you go! tried to keep this period typical and also didn't include bands we know for sure didn't exist on earth bet (such as mcr). however i am very sad aisha and alec didn't get to listen to 100 gecs together. can you imagine. i can imagine and that's why i have a beautiful aishalec amv set to doritos and fritos in my mind
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trickstarbrave · 4 months
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WIP WEDNESDAY
i got tagged in wip wednesday by @boethiahspillowbook but i am nocturnal so it is now thursday. so happy wip wednesday thursday
tagginggggg @soundwavefucker69 @thescrolls-haveforetold @risaho @caliblorn and @orfeoarte. AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO :))))))
i bring you:
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nerevoryn yuri redraw. does anyone else remember the 500 redraws of this song on niconico? the anime isn't good. but i do still like the music. rip.
in terms of art im making that IS NOT like im still living in 2008 we have this:
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and for writing i have been uhhhh slow. getting back into the groove of it. but i do have this:
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The morning of the attack was cloudy. They were delayed a bit, waiting for enough sunlight to see. It was overcast and the waves of the sea were grey and rocky. For a moment, Nerevar remembered the ash-grey skin of the dunmer, coming to mind like a fever dream as he stared at the crashing water. He’d hoped it wasn’t an omen for what was to come. 
Not every battle could be a success, but he felt like there was a lot riding on this to work. If he failed, House Mora would never let him hear the end of it, every noble they knew gossiping about how they couldn’t expect anything else from a half-blood like Nerevar. House Indoril would refuse him the title of Hortator on top of it…
Part of him wanted it to fail so he didn’t have to take that stupid title all over again. Yet he knew, deep down, it would only ruin the time he had left with Voryn. He wanted them to part ways on amicable terms, after all. Nerevar wanted to be the proud, charismatic man he was in the past--though significantly less angry and cruel--so that he could still stand by Voryn’s side as a friend. 
And so here he was, standing beside Alandro Sul, burning incense for the Lady of Twilight. He hadn’t prayed to her in years; not since coming back. He wondered if she looked at him with disdain for only coming back when he needed something, before remembering all she asked him to do in the past. She tasked him with killing his former friends, family, and beloved. It seemed only fair he ask that they do well in battle. 
Moraelyn eyed him suspiciously as he prayed, but Nerevar tried to pay him no mind. Instead, all Nerevar did was close his eyes and plead that they won without losing anyone he held most dear. He didn’t like losing any of his men, but if he lost his closest friends or Voryn he didn’t know what he’d do. What kind of person he would turn into. What kind of wrath he would bring down.
But finally, it was time. Whether he was ready or not, there was a city to take back.
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jenyifer · 7 months
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BostonNick share clothes ✨a theory✨
Now I’ve been thinking since I saw @burnsuncomet ‘s post yesterday about Boston Nick being a yuri couple and… it made me a bit feral and this theory reared it’s head again. Because as a lesbian it doesn’t matter if I’m a size 2x and the girls I date are Sx girl will def steal my clothes and buy herself clothes that could fit me as well so I can steal them.
It’s the ✨🏳️‍🌈culture🏳️‍🌈✨.
Now BostonNick I think pre breakup when Nick is alone he wears Boston’s clothes.
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I’d describe Bostons Style pre betrayal as AmericaCore and band tees with the sleeves ripped off. Nothing too specific. When Nick is alone his outfits remind me of Bostons. And in episode 3 to 4 we even see the shirt Nick takes in the moving scene. Personally I think Nick and Boston put an emergency set of clothes at the others home. The less romantic explanation is maybe their clothes got dirty and HAD to be left. I did notice it in earlier eps but at the time I was buying into the lie that Nick is a crazy stalker child but I think he’s just your normal level of gay who wants to smell like his partner and pretend Boston is his partner when he’s not about.
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Nicks style pre trying to look like top was shirts with graphic words on it with long sleeves underneath. Now pre the shop confrontation scene we don’t get Boston’s little wordy shirts. Also his wordy shirts all look like someone took some scissors to them.
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Let me go fully off the rails here but I feel like these clothing choices are much more reminiscent of early Nick than Boston Pre confrontation. Almost like Boston is missing the boy he met before Top made him jealous. A weird kind of mourning ritual where Boston cuts up what’s left of Nick in his life then can’t bring himself to throw Nick away. Because… Boston loves Nick.
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Idk probably just me being unhinged. But how…. Lesbian would that be.
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stitchwraith-stingers · 4 months
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HAII!!! SURPRISE GIFT JUMPSCARE!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! luv u all!!!
lampwick for @castlingvanias , sophia carter for @springbonnie-fanclub , amaya izumi for @valleyfthdolls , heath for @frindoka, ocha for @toothlesstdm , satoshi for @cobrajacky and GLaDoS for @bearionette
tried to get every detail on these guys sorry if i missed something </3 ALSO IM SORRY FOR ANY SHAKEY LINES THE MOUSE I USUALLY USED DECIDED TO STOP WORKING THE MOMENT I STARTED TO WORK ON THIS AND I HAD TO USE MY SISTERS GAMER MOUSE RIP
seperate versions under cut + extra words <3
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andrew - HI ANDREW SORRY IK UR IN UR PKMN BRAINROT MOMENT RN BUT I ALWAYS LOVE TO DRAW LAMPWICK EVEN THOUGH I DONT KNOW HER AWHOLE ALOT <333 thank you for making pinnochio yuri real in ur adapation and i did not expect you to follow me after i found ur andrew art that one time and im still so happy i mananged to name one of ur aus AKJDKJ ALSO YOU JUST ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST OPINIONS EVER . EVERYTIME YOU GO INTO MY ASKBOX TO TYPE AN ESSAY UR THAT ONE GUY WRITING ON FIRE GIF... COOLEST PERSON IVE EVER SEEN
bonnie - THANK U FOR HAVING SUCH BASED OPINIONS I LOVE THE IDEA OF TRANSFEM JULIUS... estrogen probably saved her... GRAHH I LOVE UR PIXEL-ISH ART STYLE AND YOU ALSO JUST GET IT.. YOU GET EVERYTHING AND I ALWAYS TRUST U W FAZ FRIGHTS OPINIONS..... yes rouge thank you for listening to my insane ramblings about peeing in a hot topic /ref (how faz frights yuri should be more popular)
onyx - GRAHH I LOVE UR IDEAS SO MUCH UR SO GOOD W WORDS i love ur au as well AND I LOVE UR IDEA OF VANNY / VALENTINE....that one time you made a comment about how ur impressed w the fact i can draw in ms paint has stayed in my mind i dont know why ..... ONE HUNDRED BILLION TRILLION SMILES AND HUGS... UR SO COOL AND EPIC WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE IT
fret - HII FRET .. NOT ALOT OF WORDS CUZ WE ARENT SUPER CLOSE SORRY </3 ur art is so epic and awesome and i love how you draw tufts so much ... i did not expect you to refind me again after i dissapeared from twt LOL but so cool and epic... i tried to get heath as accurate as possible but i couldnt find a ref that wasnt from september and i wasnt sure if it was updated so im sorry if i got anything wrong </33 i LOVEDD doing the stripes so much sorry the ones on the tail look so rushed
lillie - WE DONT TALK ALOT EITHER!!! I LOVE HOW COMPLICATED YOU CAN DO ANY DESIGN!!!!!!!! i tried to challange myself to get it fully accurate to the ref i found.. yeah that anon was me sorry....GRAHH UR ART IS SO PRETTY IM GRABBING YOU LIKE A SOPPY WET CAT.. PEACE AND LOVE ON THE PLANET EARTH you are the most joyus person on the planet i have ever seen i swear if i walk into your room it would be straight up the sun you are SO HAPPY AND POSITIVE I LOVE IT
charolette - HIII ... KEEPING THE RUNNING THEME OF ALWAYS MISPELLING UR NAME CUZ I CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPELL IT.. YOUVE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST ... EVER SINCE MY DA DAYS AND MY DRTWT SHINANIGANS... i will forever mourn the fact the 'WHAT THE FUCK IS POISON GENDER' video where we dunked on some random romanian dudebro guy for making fun of my pkmn headcanons and we used danganronpa sprites is gone... ur the type of person to read the bible as if its some random every day novel and i think thats rad and cool.... this florust guy looks so cool i hope atleast he survives abit in ur fangan.. holding a cake that says IM SORRY THAT YOU KNEW ME WHEN I WAS 11
atlas - HI ATLAS... UR ART IS THE SHIT I LOVE IT... THE COLORS R SOSOSOSO BEAUTIFUL.. ONE BILLION SMILES FOR YOU AND I LOVE UR CASSIE DESIGN... IF I EAT UR ART IT WOULD PROBABLY TASTE LIKE MANGO... GRAHHH i cant believe we started to talk after you drew my cookie run oc that one time... ITS SO COOL TO SEE HOW FAR YOUVE GONE W UR ART.. i tried to keep the blocky shape of ur GLaDoS design AND IT WAS SO FUN TO EXPIRIMENT WITH..... yipee
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intheticklecloset · 1 year
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Tickling on Ice (Yuri on Ice)
Summary: After practicing his latest routine, Yuri finds himself out of breath for several different reasons.
A/N: HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY, @dokidoki-muffin!! Since you left your wish pretty open-ended, I decided to take inspiration from this fabulous art and write a fic for it! You did tell us we were free to speculate, after all! I hope you enjoy it! ^^
And yes I'm aware this title is incredibly lame but it made me laugh and I couldn't be bothered to come up with something better so lame it shall stay lol
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Yuri Plisetsky was gasping for air.
The performance was over; he’d held his final pose the required amount of time. He was done, and that meant he could finally breathe. This routine was by far the hardest he’d ever performed to date. It was spectacular, but it took a lot out of him.
He propped himself up on his elbows, the cold of the ice burning his skin. From across the rink, another figure glided over to join him.
For a moment Yuri forgot how out of breath he was. If anything, seeing Otabek Altin only took his breath away again. He could hardly believe he’d just done what he’d done – having his friend help him with his routine by first catching the pink jacket he discarded early on and then by ripping his glove off his hand with his teeth.
Yuri tried not to blush as he got to his feet.
“Well done,” Otabek congratulated, nodding his approval. “That was the smoothest practice yet.”
“I still have some things to work on,” Yuri replied, eyes darting to the fingerless gloves the taller man offered him. He took them and stuffed them in his back pocket.
“Yes, but you have time for that.” Otabek scanned him briefly. “Not too cold?”
“Please,” the Russian scoffed, though he was pretty certain he was incapable of feeling anything other than an intense warmth when standing so close to his friend. Yes, just a friend. “If a little ice is enough to make me shiver then I’m clearly in the wrong profession.”
The Kazakhstani smirked. “Hmm. I have to admit, I’m impressed with how bold this routine is, even for you.”
“Bold? You think this is…” Yuri’s comeback trailed off when Otabek got right up into his personal space. He forgot what words even were for a moment. “…bold?”
“Yes.”
“Y-You…you don’t have to bite the glove off if you don’t want to—”
“I do.” Otabek leaned down to touch their foreheads together, a clear invitation, a clear question. “That blush looks good on you, by the way.”
“Wha?” Yuri yelped when his feet were suddenly not holding him up anymore, his skates sliding across the ice when Otabek swept his own beneath them. The blonde frantically reached up to grab him for stability, and the next thing he knew he was being suspended in the air, kept aloft only by the darker man’s hands on his hips and Yuri’s fists clenched in his black leather jacket. “What – what are you doing?!”
“I would like to kiss you, Yuri,” Otabek murmured. “Please tell me I can.”
Yuri shivered, eyes wide, but he nodded. “Yeah. Yeah, okay.”
Suddenly, having the Kazakhstani bite his glove off his hand no longer seemed like the boldest move they’d made recently. His kiss was gentle but passionate, making Yuri see stars behind his eyes, and he didn’t protest in the slightest when he realized he was being pushed back down onto the ice, the cold against his bare back contrasting sharply with the warmth of the man above him.
Okay, so maybe he was more than just a friend. And maybe Yuri was completely fine with that.
Hands began to wander, Otabek’s fingers brushing gently over skin as he slipped under his shirt, and Yuri shivered again, inhaling sharply, tensing up.
Otabek broke their connection and met his eyes, a playful sparkle in them that made the blonde nervous. “Oh?”
“No,” Yuri said immediately, but it was useless. Fingernails scraped gently against his sides, making him squirm. “No, don’t do that!”
“Are you ticklish?”
“I’m – no! Nonono! I mean—” He tried again. “Please don’t, I’m…I’m really t-tihiheahahahahaha! Wahahahahait!”
Otabek chuckled, scribbling all over his lower torso, and Yuri squeaked and squirmed and tried to push him away, but it was all for naught. The older man was also much, much stronger, and the Russian felt a chill shoot through him from more than just the ice when he realized how stuck he was like this.
“Plehehease, I’m really tihihihihicklish! Dohohohohohon’t! Otahahahahahaha!”
In a sudden flurry of movement, Otabek pushed Yuri’s hands above his head, pinning one with his left arm and maneuvering the other into his left hand, freeing up his right to wiggle under the smaller man’s shirt and tickle freely. Yuri jerked beneath him, still stubbornly holding back his laughter despite how red he was getting from the effort.
The Kazakhstani carefully lifted his leg to half-straddle the blonde, pinning his hips in place, and that was when the dam finally broke.
“Plehehehehehehease! Ahahahahahaha nohohohohohohoooo! Otahahahahahaha!” Yuri giggled helplessly, blushing furiously under the other man’s kind, intense gaze. “Dohohohohon’t! Lehehehehet me up! Dohohohohon’t tickle – EEEK!! Nononono not thehehehere, not there!”
“No?” Otabek teased, dragging his fingers up and down the grooves of his ribcage like he was playing a xylophone. “Not your ribs?”
“STAHAHAHAHAHAP!!” Yuri pleaded as he tossed his head back and burst into shrieking laughter, trying desperately to move any part of his body, bring his arm down, anything. None of it did any good, though, and that only made it tickle worse. “NAHAHAHAHAHT THEHEHEHEHEHERE!! PLEASE, BEHEHEHEHEHEKA!!”
For a moment the darker man slowed to a stop, allowing Yuri to gasp for breath a second time that day, and their eyes met for a long, quiet, intimate moment.
“Beka?” Otabek murmured.
Yuri’s eyes widened. He hadn’t meant to call him that; in his ticklish haze he hadn’t been thinking clearly and it just slipped out. “I’m sorry, I—”
“Say it again.”
“W-What?”
Otabek began tracing his ribs with his fingers. “Call me that again.”
“Eeep! Okahahay, okay! Beheheheheka!” Yuri squealed, giggles spilling out of him uncontrollably at the gentle touch.
“I like that,” the Kazakhstani said in a near whisper, leaning down to kiss him again, still tickling softly.
Yuri whined, still snickering at the light, teasing touches along his body. Between the playful tickling and the way Otabek was looming over him and pinning him down, the blonde was suddenly beginning to feel all kinds of different ways about the turn this skating practice had taken.
“All right,” Otabek said after another minute, slowing his teasing fingers to a stop and beginning to sit up, releasing Yuri’s arms as he did so. “You’re going to freeze if you keep lying here—”
“Wait,” Yuri protested breathlessly, wrapping his arms around his neck to keep him from moving away, tugging him back down on top of him. He swallowed nervously, blushing and averting his eyes as he muttered, “You can keep going.”
“Oh yeah?” Otabek chuckled again, bracing himself with his arms on either side of Yuri, one hand moving back down to scratch at his belly and sides. Yuri broke into another round of giggles, and the taller man crushed their lips together once more.
Yuri Plisetsky was gasping for air again before he knew it.
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maxwell-grant · 10 months
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I'm curious for your thoughts on Dan Hibiki
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Dan is real special to me mainly because he was the first time I actually had fun cosplaying, in terms of putting the outfit together and attending the event. I was very young at the time but he was my second cosplay, with the first technically being Bison the year before but I barely remember going as Bison and the costume was basically rented whole, where as with Dan I actually had to take the time to put him together peacemeal.
Looking for shitty ponytails and testing out hair gels and glue to get that doofy spit curl right, ruining a judo gi by cutting the sleeves and dying it pink, painting the eyebrows and kanji in the back and practicing those dumb faces and animations of his, and I was really happy that day with the reception I got. Best part of that day by far was when they were doing this cosplay wrestling thing where people could sign up to enter the ring, and I got to really ham it up with the taunts and pratfalls and Dan-isms I memorized from heart (and I did play the fucker a lot in SSFIV, not even ironically, his Hurricane Kick and normals were really solid in IV) and just, one of the most fun times I ever had. I think of Dan pretty fondly for that if nothing else.
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Although frankly I think I like him a little less nowadays than I used to, mainly because a lot of the other characters grew on me more or got better redesigns over the years where as Dan's just, Dan, and Dan's always gonna be Dan, no more no less, little room for improvement because he was just kinda perfect at what he set out to do from the go. I think some of that also has to do with the fact that he pulled Blanka big time into his joke character orbit for well over a decade and I'm not really a fan of that? Idk it definitely got better with 5 and especially 6, just for a while there Blanka's role as being primarily Dan and Sakura's dumb sidekick really sucked and made me resent them a little, still can't say I'm too big a fan even if he doesn't take a backseat to them as much anymore.
Dan becoming essentially one of the co-protagonists of Street Fighter over the years I think has a lot to do with the devs figuring out over the decades that there was a lot more they could do with the character, besides taking potshots at SNK (and honestly in that regard, I feel like Remy does it better, in spite or maybe because they don't play him as a joke on purpose). And I do think Dan has several legs up other fighting game joke characters and not just because he came first, not just because he's funny, but because he's filling in some important niches and they ground him in just enough legitimacy, from a lore and gameplay perspective, that he's worth bringing back. Dan is a joke, but he is also important, in his own way, he's an important character for Street Fighter to have.
If your setting and story are defined as a gathering of the greatest fighters and representatives of martial arts and countries the world over, you kinda do have to address what does a Bad Fighter, The Worst Fighter, representing The Worst Martial Arts, looks like, and basing it on "the guys that ripped us off" is the icing on the gag. Both Dan and Sakura were designed around parodies of the Art of Fighting characters, but they did the right call in assigning Yuri Sakazaki's childish braggart antics to Dan and letting Sakura be treated more seriously.
As much as I may complain that Dan dragged Blanka into the funnyman idiot orbit, Dan's existence prevents a lot of other characters from becoming parodies of themselves (more so than they became, at least), at minimum it definitely pumped the breaks on Blanka and Sakura from doing that because, no matter what, they'd always have to suck less than Dan, because nobody (cept maybe Rufus) is allowed to suck more than Dan (I feel like Sean's joke status was a total misfire, but more on him when I got to Sean).
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Dan also works because he's got a legitimate backstory and motivation to be here, and to be the way he is: His father was the one to take out Sagat's eye and Sagat mauled him to death in the ring for it, and desperately driven to take revenge, he took up training under Ryu and Ken's master Gouken until being expelled when Gouken learned his true intentions (and the last time a man with power-hungry intentions was trained in Ansatsuken, Akuma happened), and so Dan had to fill out the rest of his training on his own, which is why his playstyle is the way it is, why he's like Ryu but bad. Dan fills out the other end of a scale occupied by the prior shotos, the worst practicioner there is, the lame and pathetic counterpart to Ryu and Ken opposite Akuma as the strongest. Akuma is Bad Ryu, and Dan is Bad Ryu but in a totally opposite sense. He had symmetry with the existing characters and his backstory was treated with as much seriousness as he can be allowed to have, which isn't much most of the time, but just enough.
Dan being a joke from an in-universe also wound up lending a lot of meaning to Sagat's character arc, because Dan became the catalyst for Sagat's redemption. Sagat was confronted by this pathetic fool wholly consumed by revenge and struggling fruitlessly to defeat a stronger martial artist, and he saw himself in Dan, himself and his obsession with Ryu and the lows he'd stooped to in order to achieve that revenge, and so he lets Dan win, giving Dan his one and only victory that we know of. Sagat, at his lowest point emotionally in the series, who is still supremely prideful and regal and very much not a nice man even as a hero.
The strongest man alive letting the weakest man beat him in a fight to save said man from ending up just like him. If it was against anyone else, it wouldn't be anywhere near as meaningful, but starting the supremely prideful and mighty Sagat's redemption arc by having him realize the futility of his vendetta and let himself get beaten by Dan of all people, The Final Boss letting The Joke Character humiliate him, I think was a very inspired choice.
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Much as I enjoy his characterization, I do miss a little how Dan was depicted sometimes in the Alpha series, where he'd be treated with a little more seriousness. Like in the backstory blurb describing how Gou died and how Dan still wakes up with nightmares about it, or in Sakura Ganbaru where Dan's kind of a comedic straightman to Sakura and they take some steps to show that Dan IS knowledgeable and observant about ki and martial arts, and is even pretty good at beating average fighters in local circuits; it's just he's Dan, y'know, and all his hard work and self-mythologizing can't make up for his incomplete training, ego issues and him hanging around Sakura and Blanka, who are freakishly talented and either quickly surpass his teachings or, in Blanka's case, never actually need it.
I don't like the Udon comics very much but I do think they get this right, I like the emphasis they put on Dan having a genuinely impressive ability to take a beating and playing up Dan as a guy who gets up to all these offscreen adventures and picked up all these other skills to make up for his incomplete training (and him becoming Chairman of the CWA I thought was pretty inspired). It nicely reflects what the games have done with him, where he's always showing off new skills and moves added to his playstyle, his fireballs get a little farther and stronger every game (and he doesn't fling himself back when firing them anymore), some characters even comment on his progress and potential. Dan is a joke by World Warrior standards, but by regular person or fighter standards, he can be impressive.
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And I think Dan also stuck around the way he did because there's a certain necessity for a character who pokes holes at the premise and mythology, not just a comic relief for levity sake but someone who's there to help the writing avoid the pitfalls of excessive self-seriousness. A character who's an absurd cartoon of a martial artist but not in the cool badass way all the other characters are absurd cartoons of martial artists, instead someone who's kinda lame and full of himself the way that, really, most martial artists, especially self-taught, can be. Everyone on Street Fighter, no matter how nice they are as people or what truly motivates them, is joining the tournament sure that their martial arts are the strongest and that they can and will make their way to the top by beating all the other inferior fighters standing in their way. Dan is like that, it's just that nobody takes him seriously for it. He may not even be the funniest joke character in fighting games, but nobody takes as incisive a punchline to the genre as Dan.
Dan, in his own right, does represent an important, maybe even the most important, facet of martial arts there is: the kind that everyone does when they start out or just don't bother growing as people or fighters. In my experience, myself very much not excluded, the gyms and dojos of the world are full of Dan Hibikis trying to be something more by mythologizing themselves into former losers turned invincible fighting machine blowhards the minute they learn how to kick above their heads or take a punch in the gut, whose training is perpetually incomplete, who think they get to teach others, and who go out there thinking they'll get to show off that invincibility any second now and that once everyone sees how badass these karate chops are, or how much ass I can kick when playing Smash Bros or KOF or Street Fighter, I'll show em all how cool I am, just you mess with me and I'll show you my flying kick WA-TCHAAA! *miss* HUP, WORYEEAAHH *crash*
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Okay but what if the killers and victims swapped..... how would the story play out then in either of them...... (e.g. krabs kills mario or walter kills hiroshi instead)
This is a pretty interesting but big ask so I might as well just summarise each scenario.
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Mr. Krabs -> Mario: Luigi would become devastated that someone he thought was doing good by creating a crew of people would go and kill his brother in an act of total greed. I don't think he'd find it in him to forgive Mr. Krabs, but eventually becomes numb to what happened as the killing game goes along.
Dedede -> Ashley: I would imagine The Conductor rips into Dedede for killing a young girl, even if it was in an act of self-defense (or not). Some of the girls are upset at seeing Ashley's body (like Fluttershy and Miku). Parappa further internalises his fear that he'll be targeted next from their similar small size.
2D -> ???: This is a bit confusing. Technically, Miku was the one to kill 2D. But, if 2D ended up killing her somehow, the killing game would be... over. Unless, Teto takes over the supervision of the game proceeding her death. Or, Miku actually fakes this route as well, framing 2D as the killer and executing him (jesus christ this man cannot catch a break).
Peter -> Sans: This is genuinely the worst ending possible (/hj). Brian gets pissed off Peter went and killed someone because a crime like his would be caught in under 12 seconds in the trial. Nagito feels empty, confused how such a thing could have happened, and blames his luck for it all.
Fluttershy -> Brian: I cannot see this as a malice-fueled kill (unless Fluttershy went coo-coo) so this would either be an accidental kill, a murder in self-defense, or a mercy kill par Brian's request. It's really hard for everyone to suspect the Ultimate Kindness of murder during the trial, and things are just as depressing as canon.
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Walter -> Hiroshi: I actually talked about this scenario in this ask here! (The part about Walter killing Hiroshi is in the 3rd paragraph specifically). Jesse is hard pressed to be trusted for a while proceeding the trial.
Retsuko -> Kaidou: To be honest, Retsuko was already at a disadvantage as a potential killer considering her options for victims were heavily limited. However, if she managed to kill Kaidou, oh, Saiki would not be happy. Before Bojack can go on a monologue about how much he did not expect Retsuko to be the killer, Saiki is just. Well. Do you even want to know? Everyone tries to forget that trial often.
Ena -> Natsuki: I already kinda talked about this scenario in this post here too. Yuri goes beast mode and all is hell.
Yuri -> Mai: So you know when I said you don't want to know what Saiki did? Well you definitely don't wanna know what Kurumada did. Latte goes into a pure state of disbelief a student killed someone she loved dearly, and Hayasaka... I don't know if he'd be able to investigate Mai's case all that immediately.
Bojack -> ...Bojack: Guys what if Bojack Horseman killed Bojack Horseman instead? I mean, if Bojack made Bojack do all that in the canon case, then could you even imagine what Bojack could do to Bojack? I don't think Jesse would be able to handle it, yo.
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honey-0tu · 11 months
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ok so yuri briar
I think it's really interesting how Yuri describes Twilight as trying to 'sow chaos in the east' when we, as the viewer who is constantly by twilight, know Twilight's goal is to keep peace in both Westalis and Ostania. aaaand Yuri's GOING to have to confront that sooner or later because each time he's crossed paths with Twilight The Spy (rather than unknowingly crossing Twilight The Dad), it's been along the same goal of ceasing terrorism. I'm SO interested about if he and a disguised Twilight will be forced into a situation where they have to work together without any other wise or sss agents around in order to save the day. Twilight would just be like 'well i guess he isnt quite as unbearable when he isnt in the same room as yor' while Yuri's having an existential crisis of 'the????? scumbag???? spy from the west?? who i have dedicated myself to capturing??? IS ACTUALLY KIND OF COOL???????? AND THOUGHTFUL??????????'
and it would be so so funny if he mentions that at a family dinner like Yor's all 'i heard that twilight was at that event too! did he cause problems for your department?' (yor being under the impression that yuri is still a regular diplomat) and Yuri's like 'well. i think. hes actually kind of cool? as strange as that is to admit. he is a no good spy of course but. I dont know, he really cares about peace and I can respect that much' and Loid makes a choking noise in the kitchen or drops a plate and Yuri flares up with 'AND EVEN AS A NO GOOD SPY ID RATHER HE WERE MARRIED TO MY SISTER THAN YOUR USELESS ASS, LOI-LOI' and Loid is just standing there confused and stressed. complimented and insulted him in the very same breath and didnt even know it, rip yuri, rip twilight
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dicapiito · 6 months
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I really liked how Spider Man 2 used so many fan favorites and that one does not need knowledge to have such a fun time with this game.
I definitely think this is GoTY due to how well they have progressed Peter Parker and Miles Morales’ stories. I think that while it should stay a single player game; it is pretty nice how they have their combat styles pretty great for a team up.
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The story is excellent. It’s about time I see a Harry with a story that made sense ( I..didn’t like that Peter didn’t want to help Harry nor how he didn’t disguise his voice in The Amazing Spider Man 2. However that’s how I’d imagine Harry and Dale DeHaan did a phenomenal job so it’s cool) and that one hopes that wherever his story goes; you are still going to root for him and hope he wakes up. Norman Osborne was great because the story always makes it clear that he is the villain but you almost wish he’d change with what happened to Harry and Emily but..we know he never will. Not even to save Harry.
Peter Parker’s story. Such a great story for a character who’s going to take a backseat in the next game. I also love how the alien messed around with his inner dark thoughts. It makes me forget the awful Spider Man 3 and that’s more what I’d expect out of Venom. I mean…those were some serious venomous thoughts about Miles Morales and everyone. Like ..wow…. But at the same time; it was great they went that direction. After all, Venom with Tony Todd as the voice actor?
Then the Spider Friends bit was just so heartwarming ..and then breaking. But still, what an amazing job they did with that arc. I’m also glad that Mary Jane had her story and even improved the fact she should be a mini character but give her some cool gameplay. It was nice that Peter moved out the city and decided to stay in Aunt May’s home.
Miles Morales’ arc was so good. From him and Hailey becoming a couple, or rather he will take her on a date finally to him being able to live downstairs from his Uncle Aaron to him and Martin Li. That was some great stories and side missions for Miles. Mysterio arc was pretty good. I liked how it started to seem off after a few missions but since I was having fun; I just ignored the clues lol. I did think Peter was definitely far gone because when he snapped at Rio Morales; I thought “ oh this is how Peter Parker dies. RIP buddy”. Not to think Spider Man 3 game but it will be interesting to see where he goes from here.
The side missions themselves are great. It’s nice seeing all the Easter Eggs and also, I really didn’t even realize some of the characters were who they were and that’s what made the game even more fun. From Cletus Cassidy to Yuri as Wraithe which made it pretty fun. The DLC, whatever it is, it’s be nice to see where that goes..but we don’t need anymore Black Cat.
The scenery is amazing. They really outdid themselves and it’s pretty great that it looks like New York ( I’d assume from pics and movies lol. Never been) and that it’s just so animated. The cast was great. The gameplay is awesome and I highly recommend.
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variousqueerthings · 7 months
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we did watch end of time last night, and I didn't cry, but also it feels like I ought to, but maybe it's that the story isn't technically finished because there's a coda coming up. but also I feel sad anyway
but just to think about the original epilogue that is the five specials, interesting to think about. I do think that "the next doctor" is the messiest of the bunch, but that's par for the course for christmas specials (and still by far not as messy as some later christmas specials...) however, let's be real, I'm here for the character insights, and this episode eases us into the idea that this doctor will not be with us long, mentions a bit about being alone, and then the doctor has a last christmas dinner, after avoiding it since rose
planet of the dead is an alright episode -- fun general plot, am into the creatures it introduces, and I mentioned before that whatever is happening between christina and the doctor is like an anti-romance (and... not by design, I assume, but it fits in with all of my headcanons, so I'm not complaining here). the main thing here, other than cryptic prophecies, is that the doctor has an offer for a new companion here. and he says "no, because I have a bunch of survivor's guilt, PTSD, and depression, and I wish women would stop suddenly kissing me out of the blue, seriously beginning to freak me out, sure hope that doesn't happen in my next regeneration..." (well, okay, he thinks those things)
mainly those two episodes though, give us a bit of good stuff. people clap and tell the doctor what a good job he's doing, you're like "ok maybe he could keep going like this for awhile and things might get bette-"
and then waters of mars, beloved carrier of The Themes, rtd like, "well you've got two slightly silly episodes to start us off, and we've got a double episode that's very rtd-vibes to finish us off, so lets have a middle episode that is so horrifying on several levels, to really balance us off, yes good." (and it is so fucking good). rtd in the behind-the-scenes talked about how they originally had a whole thing about how yuri and mia being a couple, well were they going to have children, and how would that affect the development of humanity if they were meant to be dead and like... yeah. adelaide knew what was up, but they didn't (maybe they suspected -- what's it like, I wonder, knowing you were really really meant to be dead, and you're living a life that is at odds with time itself...) but we don't have time to get into aaaall of that, the important thing is that the doctor is briefly mad with grief and tries it out against heavyweight (checks notes) The Concept Of Time, and sort of loses and is told it's time to die and responds to it by going-
lol nope. at the beginning of the end of time, the doctor avoids dying by doing a last spot of travelling, and acting like he's having a mental health breakdown and that's fine. and then has to rush to face his death, which as it turns out is (not so shockingly) connected to the master, our favourite weirdo, and they do their whole homoerotic thing where the master hurts the doctor in various ways and ties him up and threatens to kill him and destroys humanity (again), par for the course, except for bringing back the timelords + ofc there's a whooole bit where the doctor's PTSD depression comes to the forefront and he admits that he's terrified of regenerating, but also everything sucks and david tennant is a terrific actor and it's fascinating that rtd brought back doctor who in the way that he did, with a relearning of the wonders of the universe, only to rip it all away again
so you know. get fucked ten, but also it makes sense, there's an Arc, there's Cause and Effect, there's mountains of Sadness. POV you're learning about tragic narrative arcs in the whimsical time travel show after having tuned in for 5ish years since you were 10 (kidding, I watched the animated animal farm when I was five and it made me very curious about why it made me feel so bad and then we chased that concept ever since)
I genuinely cannot remember how I emotionally left things with ten back when there was no proposed special episodes going to happen, but I think if there's any doctor that needs a bit of catharsis, it's that one. and hopefully that'll come with a sense of everything that came next to change the doctor's view on Life this time around. or youknow. more pain. maybe a bit of both
in any case, thank you to the first rtd era, it changed my brain chemistry forever and introduced me to the whimsical time travel show and everything was fine
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harveyb-wabbit92 · 1 year
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{How Ultraseven and Zero met Akari, Ultraseven (Dan Moroboshi) returns to earth after 55 years along with his son Zero (Shin Moroboshi) to investigate a strange techno-organic monster that suddenly attacked them, the only clue to the mystery was piece of scrap metal baring the emblem of the Ultra-Guard.]
Shin, to Dan while walking down a street: So what’s it like to be on Earth again dad?
Dan, looking up a large LED screen on the side of a building: Certainly more brighter then I recall, *Noticing someone on their cellphone* and their technology has certainly come long way from my time with the guard... 
[they stop by a park and Dan gets a nostalgic look on his face watching the children play volleyball.]
Dan: Though it’s good to see some things haven’t changed much. Y’know I had some pretty good times on this planet, left a lot of memories behind...Y’know just up this way we-...
{Meanwhile in the shop behind them a robbery is taking place, the robbers make the customers line up and take-out their valuables... and one of them gets to the last customer a teenage girl with a guitar case on her back, wearing a gray baggy hoodie and ripped shorts who seemed to be oblivious to the situation is calmly reading a magazine, the robber annoyed at being ignored goes up to her grabs the girl by her shoulder making her turn around to face him; revealing she had ear buds in. She glares at him and takes them out to see what he wants? after short exchange with the robber making a big show of waving his weapon around and the girl calmly nods puts the magazine back on the rack, opens the guitar case on her back and....!]
(Cue Dan and Shin jumping back in shock as they witness the window behind them explode and a man land at their feet, with a large ax resembling Seven’s Eye-slugger buried in his stomach, they watched as the ax levitated and flew back to it’s owner a teenage girl, Dan goes rigid when he saw the girl’s face she looked just like Anne! meanwhile the man on the ground turns to his stunned crew.]
Thug leader: Don’t just stand and watch idiots! GET HER! 
{The men morphed revealing that they were all aliens including the man on the ground, the girl lazily rest her ax on her shoulder as looks at them unfazed.]
Mystery Girl: Oh...It’s gonna be like that eh? Ok!...
(in seconds blinding light envelops the girl, causing everyone to cover their eyes, when it faded, everyone was stunned to see a human sized Ultrawoman standing in the girl’s place!)
Mystery Ultra, Spins her Slugger-Ax ready to fight: Let’s dance boys!
(While watching the teenage ultra fight the robbers, Shin couldn’t help but notice that she looked an awful lot like his dad...)
Shin, laughs in disbelief: Heheh, Well, Looks like you had a really good time on Earth, eh dad?...(slowly looks at Dan) Seems like you left a little more then just memories behind...
Dan, whose blue in the face sweating:...Oh.
(Cut to later where Dan and Shin track the girl down and find her living in the slums of the city’s Alien district. Where she confirms her identity as Akari Yuri, daughter of Anne Yuri and Dan Moroboshi...)
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[Akari’s ultra form does resemble her father quite a bit, except her eyes and face are bit more rounded and she has three slugger like fins on her head, two small ones that kind or look like Zero’s and a large one in the middle that resembles a ponytail.
Her main weapon the Slugger ax: the one time Akari managed to grow passed 4meters to a full 46meters, But that was when she wasn’t thinking about her own problems and was focused on protecting and saving her friends, She managed to fight with her Slugger blade, however once her three minutes were up and Akari returned to her human form, the slugger blade didn’t disappear or reattach to her head like it was supposed to... it just shrank with her, and a new one grew in it’s place, though the new one couldn’t detach like the first one did...(Believe me she tried.)
 So, Akari got creative she grafted the slugger to a pole made from king joe metal and started training herself to use it, Before long Akari found out she could manipulate the Ax’s size and create energy sluggers that she can control telepathically when she spins the the ax around, and since she can levitate the Slugger-ax telepathically; Akari can use it to fly around for brief time. But Akari must be very cautious when using her Slugger-ax as it requires a lot of energy use and if she isn’t careful Akari can easily wear herself out..]
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ystrike1 · 2 years
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How to Clear a Dating Sim as a Side Character - By Dalzo (6.5/10)
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Well, well, well. We have a real predicament here. First, this is a harem. Harems annoy me when they get too big. The only big harems that can work are comedic ones. Our heroine here seduces like ten men (and women). She is pretty cool but keeping track of everything and the huge cast is exhausting. Also. The second problem is uh...haha. Oops. I don't like the main love interest. I like the asshole prince character better.
What a mess.
Eveness Harin is the Saintess. She was sold to the temple by her family after her powers were discovered. She has no backbone, no desire for romance, and she's extremely conservative. She's the triple SSS hard route protagonist in a successful otome game series called Midnight. It's a very highly rated game. The developers added Harin's route as an Easter egg. It's not meant to be enjoyed. It's a challenge for hardcore gamers. Harin is doomed to fail and die 99.9999% of the time because her route is too damn hard. One day Harin awakens with a different soul. The soul of a gamer who died after a long otome gaming session. So now she has a higher chance of survival because she knows what the plot is.
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I wanna cry and scream. Eveness Harin was incredibly interesting. She was raised by an abusive high priest to become the perfect Saintess, and she did it. The people adore her. She is a symbol of morality and justice for all. Only she can cure the deadly magical disease that rips people apart (after they use too much magic). She's invaluable and beloved because she has saved thousands of mages from death. Her devotion made her into a weirdo. She fell in love with Prince Yuri, in a distant kind of way. She fawns over him and watches him from under her veil. Her route is near impossible because of course the Saintess can't get married. The prince would have to be willing to break the rules to have her, and he just finds her annoying. Harin became awkward, quiet, and weak because she's a hard worker. (and her life sucks)
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Her purification powers drained her energy too much. She can't even take a short walk without feeling ill. The other noblewomen think she's an ugly hag because of her veil. She's kind of a pushover because of her upbringing, so she never fights back. The abusive asshole who raised her gives her a potion. A mind control potion to use on the prince. She doesn't quite understand love but she wants his attention so she uses it and she's executed. The Prince does it gleefully because he thinks Harin is a willing puppet, but she never knew how evil the temple really was. They were using her good reputation and hard work to do evil crap behind closed doors....For the love of Jesus pisspants Christ please write the story I just described. Enough of this reincarnation harem crap.
I'll miss you Harin, but I have to talk about the actual plot we get now.
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Anyways the otome gamer girl boss is pretty good. She's ok, ok? She's alright. She knows the temple is evil so she immediately tries to run. The Saintess has actual duties to attend to so she can leave to work. She decides to romance Daniel. He's a really nice and religious man. He likes Harin but he's too faithful to see the saint as a woman. He develops a giant crush on her. It's pretty cute, and I completely understand why a relationship doesn't develop. He's too religious to kiss a godly woman.
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Harin was gorgeous under her veil all along. Hooray. The hardcore gamer gets to enjoy her face and power. Hooray. Beatrice, the true protagonist, almost immediately becomes her best friend. Hooray. Harin avoids the master of the magic tower because she knows how scary he is, but her cute stubbornness steals his heart. Hooray. One of the love interests actually gets turned into a plot device bodyguard, which is genuinely funny. Like he doesn't even get any scenes with her. He serves the master of the tower and he protects Harin on his behalf. He swoops in when the Master is too busy to swoop.
Lol.
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This is the harem in the original game. Beatrice is unrecognisable. In this plotline Beatrice just claps and compliments the new Harim. She's not a wicked foe or an enemy at all. Everybody is interested in Harim, because she changed. She's so much better now. She's not a spineless, religious, abused loser anymore. Hooray. It's not like watching characters heal and leave their abusers is satisfying or anything. Just give her body to a gamer girl boss. Who cares?
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Prince Yuri is the only character who doesn't immediately love gamer girl boss. His mother was murdered by the corrupt temple. Harin is the symbol of that temple. He knows she's evil. He can't let go. He tries to foil her (innocent?) plans. He stalks her while she rolls her eyes like a girl boss. He's genuinely worried about what this evil temple is going to do to his country. Harin is only interested in eloping to the desert with Daniel. Also she doesn't love Daniel. She's just using him to get away from the execution ending. It's actually pretty fucked up if you think about it. Like some of these characters have depth and emotional issues. There's actual political problems in the country, but of course new Harin just cares about her own survival. That's fine but uh...the world building here is half decent. I feel bad for these characters. I want Yuri to get his revenge. He wanders around outside sometimes. He sleepwalks and looks for his dead mom because losing her traumatized him too much. Harin just thinks he's an annoying jerk.....but they are the most similar pair in the harem cast. She hates the evil temple and he does too. Sadly, that doesn't mean anything because the master of the magic tower is sooooo hooottt.
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The main love interest isn't that bad. He's not boring. He's just too much. He has special eyes that can drive you insane if you look directly into them. He has every kind of magic. He's secretly a god. His puppet body (Duke Joshua) is currently the prime minister of the country. He hides from his subordinates because he doesn't want anybody to realize that one guy controls magic and politics.
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He starts to stalk Harin. I realized he was the yandere a little too late, because I didn't care. His love for new Harin is very...bleh. He seems to know that her soul is new, and he doesn't give a shit about the actual Harin that is gone forever. He and his lackey (pictured above) solve most of Harin's problems for her. It gets boring and I noticed something. Everything Harin does on her own is inconsequential. She never does anything relevant on her own. The Master (Adam) is always there helping if something important is happening.
I don't like that.
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Oooh! Sudden side plot! The princess is obsessed with Adam. Oooooooo. That's totally scary even though we already know that Adam is literally god and he can kill her no problem. Harin goes into the princesses salon in a pretty white dress. Yuri is there and that's when I realized I liked him. He's the better yandere. He has a really good reason to be obsessed with Harin. She's connected to his mother's death. She has a crush on him (in the other timelines) which disturbs him and repulses him. Which makes him obsess over her every move, because he's convinced that she's more evil than a demon. It would be so cool to see Yuri accept that she was a pawn who truly fell for him....but no. Gamer girl boss time.
Anyway. Master Adam starts..... slicing down trees???? Whenever Harin gets hurt or somebody flirts with her. Again. That's really lame yandere shit. He stays in the shadows and uh...chops trees when the Princess suggests that Harin should break tradition and marry someone. That is pretty yandere but it feels off. He also kills random dudes for her but...yawn. Feels a little eh...especially compared to the plot I could have enjoyed if Korean authors weren't COWARDS who think reincarnation is the only type of plot that exists....
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susie-dreemurr · 9 days
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(Was out so liveblogs of where I stopped in HXH election arc up till beginning of ep 144 were written in notes app. It’s long .)
Lmaooo even Hisoka is like “bitch you think Killua loved you? Tf is wrong with you”
Oh my God Pariston is a fucking influencer
Let’s fucking go
LEORIO. AND KURAPIKA. ALALUIEA
Gon is LITERALLY IN THE SAME TOWN as Gin but he can’t go see him because he’s in a coma. Fuck everything and FUCK GIN
LEORIO THE GOAT I LITERALLY DAYDREAMED ABOUT A CHARACTER TELLING EXACTLY THIS TO GIN. LEORIO JUST LIKE ME FR FR
LEORIO THTE GOAT PUNCHED GIN IN THTE FACT AND TOLD HIM TO “DIE YOU ASSHOLE” THATS MY BOY
LETS GOOOO LEORIO PUNCHING GIN IN THE FACE NOT ONLY SAVED THE ELECTION BUT ALSO MADE HIM GET THIRD PLACE IN CANDITACY. GIN DYING IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. GIVE IT TO THEM. I love democracy
Please Leorio win this election it would be so fucking funny. If not you then Morel because Bisky is too cool to be president as wel so
HELP “Gin Freecs o vagabundo dos Zodíacos. Foram votos de pena que o colocaram aqui?” Quem quer que for o comentarista (não posso ouvir a voz mas acho que é o feijão verde) te amo.
ILLUMI FUCKING DISOWNED HIM
Also I never mentioned it before but. Everyone but Killua deadass misgendering Alluka. Zoldyck family (aside of Killua and Alluka herself) will be killed in the gender war.
Btw Ginger Hisoka is strange to see can your hair go back to being pink-ish. Also can’t believe he’s the tamer one out of tbh he two Illumi really is unhinged
… did hisoka intentionally rile him up to show people Illumi is here. Because as soon as he found out there were rules Killua knew, maybe he’d be hoping then that Gon would be able to be saved after all. He wants to fight him so bad— HEP THE SHOW LITERALLY STATED THIS RIGHT AFTER. Unfortunately I know Hisoka well enough to tell.
“Alluka, if I were the only person in the whole world who loved you, would you be alright?” Fuck he’s asking that because he knows. He knows they don’t love her. At the very least, they don’t show it not even a little bit.
And yet all Alluka can hear is that there is someone in the world who loves her. All she can hear is she’s loved, after all.
Btw given that “you could have fought the president or those ants had you not been playing tag with Chrollo” so I’m assuming that the reason Kurapika isn’t going to Gon is because he’s back to hunting the Phantom Trouoe
NAOOOOOO GOTOH PUTA QUE PARIU. Tem algum jeito dele sobreviver com esse pescoço não :((( uma das duas únicas pessoas boa pro Killua nessa casa….
You know I was thinking to myself more jokingly that I was so starved for girls in shonen interacting that Canary and Amane are yuri to me, but… “You’re cute when you let lose a little” 🤨🏳️‍🌈? Canary do you have something to share with the class. (And then Amane blushes.)
HELP. Illumi and Hisoka “need more people” but neither of them have any friends aside of MAYBE each other so Illumi has to resort to brainwashing. Ok the cringe & fail duo
Ok is it bad that I’m rooting for the Anti-Netero faction. Like they make a good point (the exam allows to many crazy ass murderers in) … although their speech isn’t good, but like. Politics.
NO WAY GIN DIDNT EVEN SHOW UP JUSTIFY HIS LOSS. Cringe & fail.
Fucking. Hisoka trying to sabotage Illumi with a fake map but Illumi having a real one so Hisoka is just like “ah. Never mind.” Anyway fucking insane that we have to rely on Hisoka of all people
Btw I’m like 99% sure Amane is the “spy” Illumi is talking about so RIP my Yuri. Oh well, what fictional gay couple didn’t betray each other at least once, right?
Oh Tsubone was the spy. Nvm.
HES CRYING NOOO KILLUA :((( also fucking creepy too Illumi godamnit
KILLUA DISOWNING LETS GO
Hisoka don’t you dare do what I think you will. Get this murder card OUT of the hospital
Oh thank God it wasn’t gonna target Gon or Morel
Lets go call Gin’s ass out Pokémon character looking girl
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