#seriously though why us are the relatives switched up

[littler3d]

You know what, I like the fact that the FNAF movie confuses the lore even more. Scott Cawthon is committed to his sins, and managed to mess up the timeline even more. A true nostalgia piece, confusion and all

#fnaf movie #fnaf #fnaf movie spoilers #I guess?? #seriously though why us are the relatives switched up #the dates are hard enough to keep track of #now I gotta add Vanessa and Mike and to list #five nights at freddy's

[m1ssunderstanding]

Understanding Lennon McCartney Rewatch Part 2.1

Cynthia and John are worse and crazier for admitting what they admitted in the bio. But Jane and Paul are not exempt.

Will forever love this pic of Paul and Julian. He does not look like the fun uncle. He looks tired and dependable. Just stepped out of the womb as a father, didn't he? The sperm that fertilized his egg probably passed some fatherly advice and hair tussles to the other sperm as it passed them. 

They should've bought the fucking island.

They never look more like a couple than when the women they're actually dating are right next to them. 

The India footage actually looks so beautiful. Obviously it's a beautiful place, but they all genuinely look so free and at peace there. It really could've been so good for them. Getting enlightened, getting soberish, growing closer as a band, taking a much-needed rest. It should've been good. 

The music choices in this documentary! The drastic shift from, “all you need is love” and “the dream I had was true” and “I don't need much to set me free.” to Paul leaving to “yes I'm lonely. Wanna die.” “I'm going insane.” “Look at me. Who am I supposed to be?” 8d8 psychic damage. And the thing is it's real. John really did flip a switch, just like that.

Smashing my head into a wall. It's the same as Yoko's quote about how ‘nobody hurt John more than Paul.’ Really Pete? Worse than after his mum died? Really Yoko? More than that drunk cop? Paul, what the fuck did you do to him in India, seriously, because at this point in the doc I can't accept the theory that it was just some lack of communication, I just can't. 

It's also telling to me that when John's losing it, everyone's solution is some time alone with Paul. Nobody panic. Paul can fix him. Little do they know Paul's the one that broke him. Or maybe they do know and that's only another reason they know Paul's the only man for the job?

Old-fashioned ad voice: You liked Protective Jesus Scandal Paul? You'll love Protective LSD Scandal John! Really. Before the question is even out, he's making fun of it. I think he cuts off the interviewer at least three times with jokes before he can get the sentence out, and by the time he is, Paul's giggling too hard to feel bad about his little PR fuck-up.

Then he lets Paul talk a bit before jumping back in, this time with his Hard Man suit on. It's just so good. A testament to their unconditional love, really. Because, clearly, Paul's just hurt John pretty bad. And yet, here John is. Using every trick he's got to defend his friend. 

But actually, though John is supposedly the one everyone's worried about, Paul's doing a pretty shit job of being the “stable” one. This entire press tour he's either fucking blazed and laughing at everything or disassociated and not contributing.

(((except during that political discussion – again! Paul secretly has actual thoughts on actual things?!)))

But for the most part, John's absolutely holding down the fort. I wonder if this is another case of everyone – all their friends and business associates, just like we as a fandom still do now – assuming John is the problem child, and Paul's the strong one, but actually they're both both. 

Back to the political interview. They're just so in sync. Finishing each other's sentences when you're talking about the weather or your shared work is one thing. Finishing each other's sentences on complex topics like why poor whites often vote bigots in or the cause of rampant misinformation is quite another. 

“Letting his dad cut his hair at sixteen, seventeen.” You all know that John hates Jim quote. 

John: so there's war, and vegetables. There's relativity and absolute.  Paul (absolutely smitten): that's great Johnny. Int: that's rather hard for people to interpret. John: well if they can't interpret it now, maybe they will later..... 1. John really was extremely intelligent. 2. That last statement sums up Beatles historiography.

Paul really just Won't be alone with John, will he? Well, two can play at that game, Paul, and John's going to win, let me tell you. 

But he's going to do one last panic grab for attention first.

I really do think if John had done something like that *before* Paul would've given him that attention. Told him he's being insane and taken him home to splash some cold water on him or something and then given him whatever softness Paul was capable of. But not anymore. 

I wonder if Paul could go back to 1966 if he just wouldn't have taken John to that Indica show where he met Yoko. If he would've just said “okay John, sure, let's just stay home and trip on the couch tonight.” I don't know.

Anyway, Yoko gets an A+ for persistence. Imagine being Paul, George, or Ringo, though, and John is suddenly madly in love with this woman whose been begging you all (and then him specifically) for a platform for over a year? It would be weird to say the least. 

John: don't you hate me? I'm crazy, you know. Paul: no I don't hate you. John: aren't you pissed at me now, Paul? Even a little bit? Paul: I'm very proud of you. It's the unstoppable force (“Don't ‘nore me, Mimi!”) vs the immovable object (“I learned to put a shell around me”.) Someone get them some professional help before they nuke the whole world. 

“There is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good.” One of those quotes that just really lets you see a person, you know? Benevolent dictator Paul. 

Yoko, why are you talking about how bad your boy doesn't want to fuck you right in front of all his closest friends and on record for posterity? If you have to be talking about your sex life, shouldn't you be lying about how insanely horny he is for you? Oh, right, she will think of that, just not yet. 

And then she waxes poetic about how turned on John is when he's working on music with Paul. Cool. Smart. Thanks for that, though, genuinely.

And Then (gosh, Yoko is such an asset to Beatles history when she's not actively spreading misinformation. Everyone give her a hand) she goes on about how Paul goes out of his way to make her feel respected and even valued. Compare that to John and Linda, anyone? And I want to be clear, I'm not saying this means John cares too much and Paul doesn't care at all, which might be the surface read. I just think John's reaction was to scream in everyone's face that he was in pain and Paul's was to insist ad nauseam that he was fine. You know?

#paul mccartney #the beatles #john lennon #mclennon #ringo starr #george harrison #yoko ono #linda eastman #ulm #understanding lennon mccartney

[platinumrosetail]

Record of Ragnarok x Pokemon Trainer!Reader?

Maybe she ends up in the ROR universe or the other way around, but either way I just think it'd be interesting if she tries to explain her world to everyone and just throws out a this tiny, cute pokemon, making the ROR characters not take her seriously at first, but then she just throws out pokemon like Mew, Kyogre, or heaven forbid, Arceus himself, casually saying these were the gods of her world.

I quite literally been trying to make a post about this before so this is fantastic for me also yes a ror request whoo! Also yes with the reader having powerful and god like Pokémon along with cute Pokémon.

It felt too crowded with four legendaries with three being bigger than one of them so I had to switch out giratina for a starter, hope that’s alright with you 😅😭.

Me and them talked and fill in some things that I had questions about so you might see some things that was left out of the request, this is a heads up if you get confused on that 😁.

This might be focused on the reaction and fighting than anything romantic as I haven’t gotten any requests for them to do this but I will try and make some romantic moments the best I can 😁😅.

Warning: noob author, female reader, possibly some ooc, and others.

Characters: some gods and some humans (romantic, they didn’t fully specify who so I’ll do the ones in my masterlist that i think would be more romantic for the reader), Valkyrie (platonic)

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You were visiting alola again after battling in galar and becoming champion there; reason why you were visiting alola again was because you have a relative you want to visit and cause necrozma (solgaleo) wanted to visit where they used to live aagain after so long.

You were just spending time with the ultra beast when you heard the sound of a ultra wormhole opening up from behind you and the next thing you know is that you’re in your space suit that can open by a button and that you’re on the back of necrozma growing past many wormholes with speed that you didn’t know it had as it takes them a while to pick up this speed in the wormhole current.

Next you were falling through as necrozma was forced to go back into their pokeball but some forces you couldn’t see but you could see the struggle they had before going into the pokeball. You screamed even though you know that wouldn’t help as you aren’t sure if you can bring out any capable pokemon at the moment with that force pulling necrozma back into their pokeball and all.

(That’’s just for plot convenience at the moment, it most likely won’t appear here anymore, y’know like a one time thing.)

You felt yourself get caught by a pair of what seem to be strong arms with how muscular they are, you trailed your eyes up and met red tinted glasses eyes, you fainted seconds later because of all the adrenaline finally settling down and because of the hot male that caught you.

(Honestly who wouldn’t for Buddha lol)

When you finally woke up you noticed that you were in bed, at first you thought that you were dreaming all of that in a lucid dream but then began to notice the difference between this room and your room back in your time.

Your train of thought was interrupted by the door to this room opening and in came a tall woman with dark blue hair and from what you could tell by the distance between you two, green eyes.

“I’m glad to see that you’re awake, as i would like to discuss something with you if you don’t mind.” The woman says as she watches you sit up on the bed. “But first lets introduce ourselves, seeing as we might be working together from now on if you agree to a favor i would like to ask of you.”

“Ok……” I hesitantly agree wondering where this was going.

“My name is brunhilde and i would like your assistance on helping save humanity from being destroyed by the gods.” The woman now known as brunhilde introduced and explained the favor to you.

“My name is (Y/n)… and about that favor, can i have some time to think about it, y’know with how it’s a lot to take in and with how big the favor seems to be?” You asked wondering what world you’re in for humanity to be pushed to extinction if they don’t win this supposed battle of gods vs humanity.

“Of course, i understand, when you decide come find me in the meeting room.” Brunhilde quickly exit completely forgetting that you don’t know this place like she does and you don’t know where that is.

“He! Wait where is that?!” You tried to call out to her and get her to tell you before she left but seems she already died making you sigh before doing what you said you were going to do until later though that train of thought was quickly broken but something being dropped on your chest.

You uncovered your eye with the arm you previously placed over them to think and see big blue eyes and a pink short furred cat staring right back at you while their tail is swishing back and forth almost expecting something from you……. Until it hit you, quite literally as the creature you know as mew bap’ed their paw at you and you realized what they wanted.

“Fine~….. but after that no bothering me until later, ok? I need to think about this favor brunhilde asked of me.” You got a nod before going through the bag that was on the desk that was next to the bed you were on, and thankfully everything seems to still be in their original place in it anyway back to the task at hand, mew had wanted you to get the poke treat you always make for them and the others, your parent taught you the recipe for these things and like always it was all of your Pokémon’s favorite which doesn’t surprise you as the recipe was all Pokémon’s favorite, and of course there were different flavors for any pokemon with a different taste bud.

You decided to take a walk outside to get a clear head as the room was becoming too stuffy even though it was a really big room and it took many steps to even get to the door of it.

The place you ended up next was what most likely be the garden for this place you appeared in, while walking around there you spot a male laying down on the green grass that you know all grass type would enjoy running around in.

The male looked strangely familiar with the glasses and hair but you can’t quite place where you might’ve seen from though you guess you’ll know soon enough as when you went to get a closer look you seem to have woken the sleeping man up as the next thing you knew was that you hear a deep voice call out.

“Staring is rude, y’know.” You jumped, startled at the sudden noice breaking your concentration and began to panic while trying to push out an apology.

“S-sorry! You just seemed so f-familiar and i wanted to figure o-out why a-and—” you were cut off by what seems to be a lollipop being pushed into your mouth, and the lollipop you previously sen in his mouth is gone as well……. It didn’t take you long to figure out where that lollipop has gone to which made you blush up a storm and started to look like a (Pokémon name) with how bad you blushed at the indirect kiss you two basically shared.

“Calm down or you’l faint again.” he says which got me thinking on how he knew I fainted before unless…..

“You’re the one that catched me!” I finally figured out who he was and accidentally yelled out a bit as i finally could thank the one who catches and saved my life from that long fall.

“So you finally remember, huh?”

The male introduced himself as Buddha which i responded with my own introduction as well. He soon asked what you were doing here when you’re human and should be in the human realm which you quickly explained your predicament as he thought you fell from their version of human realm by accident and was already ack to your human life after you woke up.

“Well you see, technically I’m from another universe or dimension where there’s these creatures called pocket monster, or pokemon for short, and while hanging around at one of the places i visit to have some alone time, a wormhole opened and one of my pokemon had decided that it was time to go on an adventure again like when i was younger but when getting close to the end of the portal my pokemon was forced back into their pokeball and you know what happened next… sorry about that by the way.”

“Mmm, it’s fine, though you can show me one of these pokemon you have on you.” Buddha says which was alright with you and you guess he got curious on what one would look like with how you talked about them.

You went through your head on which one to bring out to show him before choosing your sylveon who likes getting attention from you and anybody you deem worthy enough to be your friend.

“This is sylveon, one of my Pokémon that been with me since I started my journey.” You say as you pet your beloved Pokémon.

“She’s cute.” Buddha say which made you laugh a little but quickly noticed how sylveon was reacting to that so you hurried to explain before things get out of hand.

“Actually sylveon is a boy, he gets irritated if you call him a girl, the only time he’s alright is when he goes to use to his advantage.”

After a few more hours of you two spending time together it was time for a leave as you still need to inform brunhilde the decision you picked while with Buddha.

(I’m going to speed this along as it’s already long right now.)

It was a few days after you joined the fight for humanities survival. You’ve met some of the human fighters, all with very different personalities and backgrounds.

The only ones who know about you being from another universe and your Pokémon being with you is brunhilde, her sisters, and Buddha, and even then they only know the normal ones you have not the legendaries you have, reason why you didn’t want to share with the others is because you wanted to surprise them within your round which is like a demonstration of what’s to happen though like the others the round is a death match as well.

The god you were facing was a low god to the others gods and goddesses but still strong enough to take down a normal human……. If you were a normal human, but seeing as you came from another universe entirely makes you no ordinary normal human.

“You should just surrender girly! I wouldn’t want you to accidentally break a nail!! Hahahahaha!!!” At that the god of (???) gained a laugh from the others on his side of this battle, he didn’t get the rise out of you like he was hoping for but instead a sweet, sweet smile that seems to scream danger to him but he tries not to be intimidated by a ‘lowly’ human like you.

You had already sent out a Pokémon before the fight, mew, who was invisible and would appear when you call out to it, but for now you’ll hold back on who you chose to send out, the one you send out is a hisuian zoroark that you caught in the past of sinnoh.

“Zoroark! Use shadow sneak!!” You called out a move for your zoroark to use which allows it to move first. A shadow from zoroark’s shadow goes towards the god which confused him on how you and your beast can do that before starting to feel extraordinary pain which made him tilt his head behind him to see what’s going on back there only to see a shadow looming over him being the culprit yo his pain.

Thankfully for him it ended soon enough but he was still littered with long scratches from the attack.

“How?! How did you do that?! And where did that mangy beast come from?!” He yelled out and basically insulted your Pokémon which irritates you when people get like that but make sure to hold that anger for the finishing blow when the time is right.

“I don’t want to reveal any of my secrets so you’ll just have to wait.” You say which makes the gods like hades, shiva, Loki, Thor, Poseidon only shared a small short glance before looking away uninterested in this fight and what happens to the human female, zeus also shared an interest disgustingly enough.

“Hmm, this human is interesting right hades?” Zeus says, hades doesn’t say anything as he saw the same female alone in the gardens one time and also had a interest with her being there and not in the human realm

On the Norse side there was Loki and Thor along with Odin and the two birds that follow him that Loki likes to tease. “Hmmm~ I wonder what she means by that~ what do you say Thor?~” he got no response from him which made Loki pout.

While they were all talking, the battle continued on until you only had three Pokémon left, coincidentally they were some of the legendaries/mythical from your world which theoretically speaking is basically like the gods from your world.

You thought as long and as hard as you could which was only a second before sending out the big one….. the almighty creator of both humans and Pokémon kind in your world; arceus.

“I’m sorry for acting cocky right now buuut….. you’re about to become nonexistent.”

“Huh? What do you mean? It’s just a Llama! I bet it would be like the others, too! Though I wished you let them stay out so I could kill them and make you see that you’re of no match to us gods!!” That sentence right there irritated both you and arceus and made the both of you look at each and nod before you give out the command to end this bloody fool from his embarrassing ways.

“Arceus, could you please use judgement on this poor fool and end his embarrassment.” You say calmly which receives a ‘gladly’ from arceus through your shared telepathy.

And like that the god before you shatters into green shards, disappearing into the place where humans and gods go to after they die in the afterlife.

Arceus returned to his ball as you silently walk back to your side of the stadium through where you had entered, tired and hungry and ready for a shower after what stress that battle brought you.

All of them were shocked before getting interrupted by a big screen came on in the middle of the battle ground of the stadium, the screen had funny eyes and a grin on its face.

“Hello! I’m rotomdex! The Pokémon you saw winning the battle with (Y/n) was called arceus! The creator of humans and Pokémon in (Y/n) universe!! You see, (Y/n) was transported here from a ultra wormhole opening up! Anyway, I need to go! Bye!!” And with that the screen disappeared leaving many shocked beings, wether they were human or deity.

After that you got swarmed by the other human competitors, all complimenting you in their own little way along with the competitors ally’s and friends/family.

You also gained the interest of some of the gods who want to learn about you more after that display you showed them.

(A/n: finally!!!! I hope you guys like it! I decided to try something new, it’s not a bad way to do things, just know I won’t use it for some of your requests as it depends on what you guys request of me, I also wished I could do more with the characters besides Buddha but I just couldn’t think of anything and because I have favoritism for Buddha, I mean can you blame me? Lol, anyway hope y’all have a wonderful day/evening/night!!!)

#anime #various x reader #anime x reader #x reader stories #crossover #anime crossover #pokemon #pokemon crossover #record of ragnarok #record of ragnarok x reader

[random-iz-stuff]

I was wondering. Have you ever done a post regarding how competent Dib can be? Like, how far can he go to get what he wants and his abilities for example? If not, what's your stance on it?

Dib is competent, as long as he’s in the right situation.

And I firmly stand by my headcanon that if any irken besides Zim or Tak tried to invade the earth, Dib could stop them with relative ease.

Just look at The Nightmare Begins.

Zim’s subpar disguise isn’t unique to him. All Irken Invaders use these same low-quality-but-somehow-still-working disguises, with maybe one or two exceptions for very high priority missions. Tak is the only Irken in existence with a holographic disguise, and that’s because they were the one that invented it.

Point is, any Irken invading Earth would have worn a disguise like Zim’s, and what can Dib do?

He can see right through it.

Also, almost immediately after Dib starts rambling about Zim being an alien, he pulls out this:

A self destruct switch. Because if that had happened on any other planet, the entire mission would have been immediately declared a failure, with the Irken self destructing to prevent the rest of OID2 from being affected by one failure. The only reason that Zim doesn’t press the button there and then is because another one of Dib’s classmates calls Dib out for being crazy.

But then, immediately after that, THIS happens:

Dib almost manages to convince the entire class. And he would have succeeded if not for Zim thinking on his feet and making Dib seem crazier.

But the thing is, Zim’s creativity and ability to think on his feet is pretty much unique to him….

…because Zim is defective.

Irkens struggle with thinking outside of the box. That’s why Invading is considered such a hard and respectable job. Invading often requires fast, outside of the box thinking to avoid detection, and Irkens with their efficiency and perfection prioritizing mindset and thought restricting PAKs seriously struggle with doing that. Zim is extremely defective, so he has way more creativity and imagination than the average irken, along with a willingness to go against his traditional military training that non-defectives lack.

If any other Irken was placed in that scenario, they would have declared the mission to be a failure and self destructed on the spot because their just failed in their own eyes. A native lifeform knows their identity and is convincing others. The mission is a failure.

Even Skoodge, the Empire’s most effective Invader, would have seriously struggled there. Even though Skoodge is defective, he isn’t even close to the level of defection that Zim has, and would have struggled to figure out what to do in that situation.

So if any Irken besides Zim (and Tak, since she has a holographic disguise that can actually fool Dib) tried to invade Earth, Dib would have stopped the invasion before it could even really start.

There’s also the fact that Dib managed to hook Tak’s ship up to a computer and used it like an irken version of google.

He even made it translate Irken to English.

Even though Dib was only able to use it once (Zim waking up the Ship’s AI permanently broke whatever Dib was using to connect the ship to his computer and put the whole thing in lockdown, making Tak’s ship permanently unable to connect to the Irken database unless Tak herself comes back to reconnect it), HE STILL DID IT. He hacked an alien ship and was (albeit briefly) able to translate Irken to English.

Point is, Dib is smart. Very smart.

He also shows almost supernatural feats of strength, durability and stamina throughout the show, most likely a product of him being a genetically engineered clone of his father.

Going up against an Irken physically, Dib is screwed. He may have superhuman strength and durability, but he’s still a twelve year old going against a trained soldier, with the balance being swayed even further from Dib’s favour by the fact that Earth has about half the gravity of Irk, meaning that Irkens are twice as strong on Earth than they are on Irk. Zim goes easy on him because he views Dib as a worthy opponent, but against any other Irken, Dib goes down very quickly.

But mentally? Dib is a very hard opponent to beat. Because although an Irken could easily beat Dib in a fight, preventing him from exposing them is a whole different story.

Any other Irken would have brushed Dib aside like he isn’t a threat because he’s “a child belonging to an inferior race”, and that’s their first and last mistake.

Dib IS capable of sneaking around and he IS capable of gathering evidence, and if he ever does get evidence, you can’t tell me that the son of Earth’s greatest scientific mind finding evidence of extraterrestrial life WOULDN’T end up on the headlines of at least one newspaper. Any Irken that underestimates him will suffer this fate.

Dib is also extremely hard to kill in a way that can’t be traced back to the Irken because Dib is the son of a celebrity. Killing Dib isn’t too hard, but making it untraceable definitely is. And if it does get traced back to you, Professor Membrane, Gaz Membrane and the Local Police are going to very quickly show up at your door.

All of Zim’s attempts can’t be traced back to him, but Zim is also extremely creative and thinks in ways that most Irkens don’t, so most Irkens wouldn’t even think about killing Dib in the ways that Zim tries. The only reason that Zim fails in these attempts is either because he purposely lets Dib fight back (the whole worthy opponent thing comes to mind) or because of outside forces that Zim wasn’t aware about, like Gaz interfering in Bloaty’s Pizza Hog or Dib becoming a cyborg in Big Bad Rubber Piggy.

But then there’s also one more detail about Dib that makes him a threat if he’s underestimated.

Dib is an opportunistic little shit.

If Dib gets even the slightest chance to prove that aliens exist or to kill whatever Irken is invading Earth, he’ll take it. Dib will take any advantage he can get and is single minded in his goal of proving the paranormal.

Between Zim and Dib, DIB is the one that preforms the most cruel and sadistic acts in his quest to destroy Zim. Sure Zim has tried to kill Dib his fair share of times and doesn’t mind tormenting him, but Zim also gives Dib a fighting chance against him. He puts purposeful flaws in his plans, he goes easy on Dib and refuses to use his weapons during fights, and he will spare people when he knows they wouldn’t spare him.

In comparison, Dib gets his hands on Zim’s PAK and spends an entire episode playing keepaway with Zim, fully intending to kill him in a slow and painful manner by doing so. Most of Zim’s more sadistic moments are simply a result of him wanting to get petty revenge on someone or a result of Zim believing that he’s in genuine danger, while Dib was fully willing to torture Zim to death via removing his PAK, fully aware of what he was doing.

And that’s not all. In Halloween Spectacular Of Spooky Doom, Dib almost immediately betrays Zim once they start working together. He throws him to the monsters without a second thought.

Even in Enter The Florpus, Dib is fully willing to take advantage of Zim’s emotional state, cuffing him and attempting to expose him to the world as soon as he gets the chance. Dib doesn’t care about an equal fight. He just wants to win, and he doesn’t care about how he does it.

If you drop your guard around him, he’ll take advantage of that. If you underestimate him, he’ll take advantage of that. If he gets a chance to stab you in the back for his own benefit, he’ll take it. If he gets access to a weapon that he can use against you, like water or what he thinks is a gun, he’ll use it without hesitation. And all it takes is one slip up for him to at the very least get evidence for him to present.

But all this depends on what situation he’s in and who he’s going up against. Going against an Irken on Earth, Dib is a serious threat. But going up against an Irken anywhere BUT Earth, Dib can’t really do much. He’s a threat to the Invader’s MISSION, but is rarely a threat to the Invader’s physical well-being, just as long as you ignore the fact that Invaders that fail their missions self destruct to avoid capture. He CAN be a threat to the Irken’s well-being and CAN and WILL kill them if possible, but that requires that a bunch of things line up just right for him first.

Comic spoilers under the cut:

But while we’re on the subject of how dangerous Dib can be, there’s another Dib I think is worth mentioning.

Zib.

Zib is an alternate version of Dib that successfully killed his Zim. How he did it is unknown, but that doesn’t exactly matter now.

As the ruler of the Zimvoid, he’s made himself into something not only capable of challenging an Irken mentality, but physically as well, in sharp contrast to other Dibs, who like mentioned before, simply can’t hold their own against an Irken soldier for obvious reasons.

As for how Zib accomplished this, I headcanon that he used a lot of bionics and cybernetics. A good chunk of Zib is bionic, giving him the strength, stamina and durability required to win against an Irken. The fact that he has access to a PAK and all the weapons inside it also helps. Helping even more is his slightly Irken biology, as the PAK he attached to himself made some slight changes to his body. It’s not much, mostly being changes to his organs so the PAK can draw power from them easier, but the few changes to his actual muscles and healing ability definitely help.

#invader zim #asks #headcanons #dib membrane #comic spoilers

[shelly-ya]

Study 5

Part1 | part2 | part3 | part4 | part5 | part6 | part7 | part8 | part9

Previously

Baji didn't realise that he fell asleep for some time as he shook his head to relieve the hazy feeling. His head was to the side eyes still closed. He opened his eyes and was shocked by the image in front him. Memorized by your sleeping face. The way your lips parted slightly and the way your hair was splayed all over you. He looked at your sleeping face and then zoned in on your lips. Drawing closer he couldn't fight the urge to just keeping moving forward.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." baji jumped at shinichiro's voice. Looking to the direction of the voice he saw shinichiro still had an arm on his eyes. As though the man was talking in his sleep. "I'm not asleep keisuke I was just resting my eyes." The man looked at baji under his elbow.

"I wasn't going to do anything shinichiro"

"Uh huh and I'm the king of japan" shinichiro said sitting up.

"Now I know why you don't got a girlfriend dude." Baji said dropping his head on the table.

"What's that got to do with you trying to kiss name chan?"

"Woah woah what do you mean kiss them? I would never kiss someone like them ok. They are just my tutor. And you don't have a girlfriend because you are a uptight strict dude"

"Uh huh. I am supposed to be the responsible adult here. Can't have you doing bratty things kid. Also don't let name hear what you just said"

"Why is that my concern? They know we are just tutor and tutoree.... eh tutoring... eh oh man something along those lines" he said all confused on the correct word to say. Then felt you move looking back to see what you were doing. You turned to now face the sofa's back rest.

*sigh* "I'm gonna sleep this really is all much I can do right now" baji said pulling his glasses off and placing them on his splayed out books and dropped on his side on the floor pulling his blanket up over his head. He heard some shuffling and then the click of a switch. The bump and a silent curse and then a thump and rustle of blanket being pulled over someone.

"Yeesh 1 am. Good night kids" shinichiro said to the darkness. The room a deadly silence taken over as low breathing was heard. Someone sighing in the darkness another rustle alerting to shifting of position and then another sigh was heard. Then complete nothingness took over the four occupants.

*beep beep beep beep beep*

"I'm up I'm up" you said sitting with a start. Trying to assess your surroundings you realised you were not home.

*groan* "five more minutes mom" baji pulled the blanket over his head.

*groan*"mom take that stupid thing off" chifuyu grumbled and turned to lay on his stomach.

"Seriously why is it 5 am already" shinichiro said patting around the floor for his phone to turns of the loud beeping alarm.

"Guys wake up." You Say trying to get off the sofa without stepping on baji. "Baji kun you have your make up exam today" you say not realising your feet were tangled in the blanket. Falling and landing on baji you straddled him. With your weight added on him he shot up wide eyed. Scooting back quickly you hit the coffe station in the office

"Sorry" you whisper quietly

"No worries. I'm awake now" he said rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

The morning was rushed as you all awoke to the 5 am alarm shinichiro set for himself. Each taking turns to use the bathe and changing to your uniforms in the single bathroom.

"Um sano kun can I leave my bag here. I will pick it up later when I am heading home?" You asked.

"Sure no problem sweetie" he said escorting three of you out the door. "Good luck keisuke do your best"

"Yeah" the three of you bowed and walked to school. School passed on relatively the same for you and chifuyu however, for baji he was in his make up exams while day. The final bell of the day signalled the end of the school day. Running to exchange your shoes you quickly put them on and raced to the entrance to meet up with your two new students. Mainly to find out how baji did in his make up exams. Spotting the short haired blonde chifuyu already waiting at the front gate.

"Chifuyu! Did you see him yet?" You asked skidding to a stop.

"No not yet" was his nonchalant reply.

"I hope he is ok" you whisper

"Yeah I hope so to. I hope he did ok"

"You hope who did ok?" You heard his deep voice behind you. Before turning around to meet with baji's nerdy look that you grew accustomed to seeing. He looked relaxed and almost too calm to have withered the storm of the exam.

"Baji kun! How was it?" You and chifuyu crowded him as a he took a small step back.

"It was alright. I think I did well" he whispered at how you both were excited. Speaking with the two for a few about half hour more. You all decided to head in your own directions of home. Baji and chifuyu in one direction and you in the opposite.

"Sure you don't want me to walk you home?" Baji offered.

"Nah it's ok I even have to make a stop at sano kun's to pick up my duffel bag." You said waving them off. You headed to the shop to collect the bag on arriving you spotted a familiar group of bikes outside parked. Taking a deep breath you entered calling out to the older sano

"Sano kun? It me Name. I'm here for my duffel bag" you shouted out to the shop.

"Oh name Chan I'm over here" you heard him to your right and then followed the voice. Taking cautious steps you came to where he was currently repairing a bike and the crowd of boys from two weeks back were around propped on various objects like display bikes and work tables. All eyes on you as you shifted from foot to foot.

"Good evening" you bowed.

"Evening" was the collected chorus that came from everyone.

"Ah name Chan you bag is on the work table behind kazutora" you gave the back of his head a seriously? Look. You heard the snort from a few of them at the way you looked at shinichiro's head. Looking around most of them was trying to hold back their laugh. Either by biting their lips or covering their faces with their hands. Looking to kazutora you realized he gave you the come at me if you dare aura. His hands dug in his pockets and a smirk in place. Taking the necessary steps to approach the table you see the bag behind him.

"Thanks for keeping it for me." You gave kazutora a stare down.

"No worries sweetie." Shinichiro said you heard him digging through a tool box next to him.

"May i please get my bag from behind you?" You asked the smirking teen who hasn't moved an inch since you stood in front him. Expecting him to hit you with some snarky someback you were surprised when he shifted slightly without a word to allow you to retrieve your bag. Leaning forward your shoulder brushed against his own. Trying not to panic you grabbed the bag and brushed his shoulder again before you stood straight holding your load with both hands. You could feel the stares on your back.

"Anyways see you later" you said to the older man as he didn't turn around to look at you since you got there.

"Yeah sweetie later" he said still glaring holes into the bike he was working on.

"Bye guys"

"Bye" was the chorus again.

"Hey guys I just remembered I got something to do see you guys later" was kazutora' s voice behind you as you were walking out.

"Kazutora!" Shinichiro called out sharply

"Don't worry gotta shoot my shot" you heard him say as his voice came closer to you. You wanted to run as fast as you can out the door but you decided to quicken your steps that you didn't notice that the weight from your hands were beginning to feel lighter. Looking to see the cause it was kazutora taking your duffel bag and strapping it on his shoulder.

"What? It looked heavy I had to help" he said pulling his keys from his pocket as he walked out the front door holding it open for you. Stepping out and putting your hand out to take back your bag. "I'm giving you a ride home." He commanded going to his yellow Kawasaki kh400 bike he stuck the key in the ignition and threw his leg over pulling two helmets out one for himself and the spare for apparently you. You looked at him as though he grew another head.

"No way in hell am I getting on that" you whispered.

"Yes you are cause I am giving you a ride"

"What makes you think I will get on that death trap? I am not holding onto no handle strap before it snaps"

"Fine then hold onto to me. Grab my waist" he said thrusting the helmet to you and placing your duffel bag on the tank and strapping it on securing it. "Which direction are we heading?"

"It's home - name district." You say strapping on the helmet. He gave the helmet on your head a one look over and then strapped his one on.

"Well lucky you I'm from there also" he said helping you to straddle the seat. "Come on don't be shy" he whispered taking both of your hands and pulling it around his waist bring your fingers to interface together. Your chest pressed to his back as you began to feel embarrassed. He started up the engine gave a few revs and then the bike jolted forward. Unbeknownst to you but not to kazutora the many eyes on you both. Especially the set of eyes he wanted to make sure saw every intimate touch he gave to you.

To be continued

Done for: @angelsdevils

Special tags: @stxrmylxve @the-witch-of-one-piece

Please I beg thee do not smack me too hard... You know who you are....

#tokyo revengers #baji keisuke #chifuyu matsuno #kazutora hanemiya #sano shinichiro #if you wish to be added to the tag list message me and will add you to previous chapters and future ones

[caitlynnrosespn]

Another Rant. More Like A Response.

So I was going to make a video about this because I have a lot to say. But I realized that the stutter I thought I had gotten rid of Freshman years comes out heavily if I'm pissed, which I currently am, so I'll just save use the headache and type this out.

Also tagging @apexious cuz they wanted to see this.

Look. I could totally tag people. I could name names. But I'm not going to. Because at this point everyone has probably either seen this post or knows who this person is. And goddamn do I have a lot to say about them.

Number 1: If you're gonna call me out call me out bestie. Coming after me for a post I made expressing discomfort at a NSFW self ship is fine and all, but then you go ahead and say stuff like "adult people can have adult thoughts about other adults" when my post was referring to a fanfic written by a KID? Get your facts straight before you say anything that's public. Here's the thing, was my post in poor taste? Quite possibly. Was there an adult way to handle it and get the results you wanted? Oh yeah. Did you do the adult thing? Nope! Instead of either A. taking it to a private message and explaining what was wrong or B. making a respectful post that highlighted what was wrong in a mature way, you made a disrespectful, arrogant, self righteous post bashing an entire fanbase despite the fact that only a few people were at large. So now, instead of placing the responsibility of accountable parties, which I would have been included in, and allowing to own up and apologize, you have now not only included yourself into the problem, but also blown the problem wayyyy out of proportion. May I remind you that we are a fairly tiny fandom based on a video game directed at children? I've been playing since 2012, so believe me when I say these games have come a long way. Hell, these characters now in fanfics didn't have names until The Traveler season happened. Remember the days of referring to characters as "the coach from One Kiss" or "Jessy's guy in Swish Swish" or "P1 in Lean On"? Yeah, that was surprisingly not that long ago. So it is responsible to believe that the concept of NSFW or self shipping in a fandom is relatively new to us. Shit, we are not going to act like a normal fandom! This fandom is very different then others, so if we make a mistake like bagging on things that are all normal in other fandoms, then be fucking patient! Call it out in a respectable way, and let us fix it! We always do!

Next, the other problems you discussed? Are they currently in the room with us? I have not seen these problems like, at all. There is no mass shitting on people who have comfort characters. People who fetishsize and disrespect characters? Hell yeah (we took care of people like youngjackissohot and others), but not genuine comfort/kinny characters. The vast majority of us have a comfort character and that's why we are in this fucking community in the first place! Maybe i'm just blind as a bat, but I have not seen anyone tear apart anyone watching maps on Youtube. Bitch, most of us don't have a Switch so those maps on Youtube are our saving grace to stay in this community. Is this happening on another site, like Reddit or Twitter? Cuz if so maybe you should have gone and bitched to them instead of complain on here.

And you don't think we should benefit from your presence in this community? Ok Jesus, sorry you're leaving! Seriously though, while I appreciate everyone in this community and think you make an impact no matter how big it is, this is a classic case of "someone got a little too big for their britches". Sure, we hate to see you go. But like you said, you haven't been active since Lover Coaster (which you couldn't even remember the name of btw-how in the absolute fuck are you going to get involved with Fandom matters if you can't even name the last season you remember?) and we all survived without you. So don't pretend all of a sudden you're some hotshot celebrity whose mere absence in this community will affect anything. I have a few good fics that I am updating frequently that I know people will enjoy, and I've active for a good while, but I know if I fell of the face of the earth right now my absence in the fandom won't cause any major issues. Get a reality check.

Lastly, you're dealing with a fandom here. A group of humans who are all flawed and all make mistakes and all have their moments. If you're not happy with the ugly sides of that, then I'm sorry but you don't deserve to benefit from the many good sides. We are by far the least problematic fandom I have so far heard of. For the most part, we are kind to each other and care for each other and we love each other. If we make mistakes we make sure to fix them and then we carry on. If you have a problem with us not always getting along and us sometimes having our moments then don't let the door hit you on the way out.

I'm sorry you have to see this side of me, but come after this family and call us nothing more than a group of fucking assholes and see what happens next bitch. Cuz next time I won't hesitate to nane names.

#just dance #love you guys #sorry for that

[waldensblog]

Shadow and Bone Season 2 thoughts

So I just finished watching Shadow and Bone season 2, and I have a lot of thoughts to unpack. It probably goes without saying, but there are spoilers below the read more line for the show. Overall, I really enjoyed this season, and there were things I liked, and some I didn’t. 

The Darkling

My BABY. For me he stole every second of every scene he was in, because I am still harbouring a ridiculous crush on this man. I loved seeing him rescue the Grisha in cages, pointing out that this happened before, and he’s disappointed it’s happening again, but isn’t surprised. He’s tried different tactics and now he’s decided he’ll have to become King/Emperor to stop the wars, stop the mass loss of life that’s been happening for centuries, and try to establish a peace - a Pax Darkling. Unfortunately, I don’t think we had a single season 1 Grisha on his side, so all his troops/allies were new, relatively undeveloped characters. I don’t take issue with David switching sides - that was kind of foreshadowed in season 1 with the regret on his face when fusing the stag’s bones to Alina and the Darkling, but no Feydor (what even happened to him?)? No other named Grisha? Really? Not one? And don’t get me started on his relationship with his mother. Is he a good, pure, soul? No. But his mother very much pissed me off. She pretty well kills herself in front of him, and uses her last act to cut off his hand. He tries to stop it, but he is held back, and she effectively blames him for it. He’s cradling her and saying sorry, crying. Dear lord. He looks at Alina with so much pride throughout the season most of the time, and in the end, his last thoughts are of those moments of peace and happiness he found with her (before it all got FUCKED). His last wish is for her to burn the body so his bones can’t be used. Alina doesn’t even realize how alike she is to him, and I hope to GOD he comes back, even if I know the writers probably won’t. Ben did a fantastic job, and whatever happens in season 3, I won’t forget it. My favourite character of this show. I applaud Ben so much for his excellent performance. 

The Darkling x Alina I ugly cried. I can’t believe I got becoming part 2′ed again. No seriously how many times must I be subjected to my ship ending in this very specific manner? A lovers to enemies arc ending with her stabbing him with a sword. Why has this happened to me three times? Okay now in all seriousness. I still love them. I did feel like Ben was kind of carrying this ship by himself at times, though, because I guess the writers didn’t want Alina acknowledging feelings for anyone but Mal this season - the closest we got to Alina confronting her feelings was that conversation with Baghra. I loved the Darkling being still in love with Alina, “My Alina”, “My little saint”, had one moment of peace BESTILL MY HEART. I loved this, but also, I am disappointed that Alina couldn’t shed one tear for him when he died. I blame that one on the writers. I am obsessed with Alina’s ending, when she used the Shadow cut and smiled like that. Oh, Honey. HONEY I don’t know what happened but that was a Darklina treat for me (after they first ripped my heart out, I will accept my consolation prize thanks). Alina has so much in common with Aleksander this season and doesn’t see it all and he’s so right about so much and I just... AHHH. I’m secretly hoping we get a season 3 that brings him back, perhaps they can take a cue from Buffy season 3 or do a possessed Nikolai thing. #BringBackTheDarkling #DarklingSeason3. Do it.

Nikolai, Tolya and Tamar

I loved the introduction of Nikolai and the other pirates privateers. They immediately added an interesting element to the show that I loved seeing, and I enjoyed seeing Nikolai join the Crows/Alina alliance. It was also interesting that he turns out to be the prince, who winds up king. A wild ride. Despite my immediate stanning of them, I would have liked if they were a bit further developed. Don’t get me wrong, I thought they were fleshed out okay, but when Nikolai’s friend died near the end of the show, I was like “who is this guy?” because I’m pretty sure I just met him. He may have been a long-time friend of Nikolai’s, but I didn’t see any of that friendship. I liked seeing Tolya and Tamar fit into the cast as well, with Tamar becoming a close ally of Alina’s and almost her Ivan, and Tolya becoming a sort of honorary crow. Nikolai initially refusing to learn Mal’s name was iconic. An immediate legend. 

Nikolai x Alina I feel like these two had a lot of potential presented this season to be a good romantic pairing, definitely healthier than Darklina (which is still my #1 ship for this show), but it didn’t get fully developed. They spent some time together, but mostly there was wandering off and the occasional conversation/flirting. It felt pretty one-sided, which even got acknowledged near the end, where Nikolai’s friend refers to it as a “fake engagement with real feelings”. I’d have liked if they spent a bit more time developing this. Maybe season 3, if a season 3 there will be. And with that Nikolai shadow mirror ending, I have hopes - not likely to happen, but hopes that we may get a possession plotline. Yes.PLEASE. 

Mal x Alina Still not feeling it, sorry not sorry. No offense to Archie at all, because this one is a writer’s problem I think. Mal is just... sorry but he’s so boring. He’s whitebread, an absolute lego block with zero personality. What was his character in season 1? A tracker obsessed with Alina. Season 2? A tracker obsessed with Alina. “You are my nation” my guy please have any sense of politics or personality. I always felt like they were better as a platonic brother-sister kind of relationship. I liked when they broke up because he didn’t “feel that pull” anymore because at least now Mal may actually develop into a character and not a plot device. Whatever the reverse of a Mary Sue is, that’s Mal in this show to me. Literally, he’s the firebird, his purpose is to be an amplifier to let Alina take down the fold. And now he’s done that. I dislike that he apparently just gets to be captain of a pirate ship now though, because the dude has never served a day in his life as a sailor. He hasn’t earned that captaincy. I also really dislike that the writers had Alina only acknowledge feelings for Mal this season, because if I’m honest, those feelings felt forced - kind of like she was mistaking the pull of the firebird amplifier for romantic feelings. I’m going to assume that’s the case for now, and hope the writers stop trying to force this on us, even if the source material does (as they have clearly gone in a new direction from the books, one can dream!)

The Crows I still love the Crows, or specifically, Jesper, Inej and Kaz. Jesper is a bi disaster, and I loved finding out he’s a Durast, and seeing that evolution in his character. I am so here for it. Super thrilled that Inej is finally free of her indenture, and I enjoyed learning some more of Kaz’s backstory and finding out why he is the way he is. I find them all pretty morally grey - to different degrees of course. Wylan was interesting, but I didn’t get attached to him or Wesper, that plot line is just fine to me. I like Nina alright, and she fits in well with the rest of them (every group needs their respective heartrender after all!), but if I’m honest... I just don’t care much for Helnik or Mathias overall. Him and Nina were pretty disconnected from everyone else in season 1, so I was kinda meh about them to start, and while Nina fit in well with the others, Mathias just hungout in jail all season. He seems nice enough (points for refusing to fight canines), but I just don’t... really care about his storyline. I did enjoy seeing the Crows have a whole revenge plotline and then jump back into the fray as Alina’s allies - evidently they care a bit about what happens in Ravka, they easily could have just said “whatever” but I guess it’s a “I’m one of the idiots who lives in this world” bits. 

Overall Impressions I enjoyed the season, but to be honest, some of it felt a bit odd in terms of balance. Some parts and relationships felt either rushed or not developed enough, and other times I was like “boy it’s been a while since we’ve seen the Darkling” and I’d realize I was like 30 minutes into the episode and he hadn’t shown up yet. I think maybe because they were adapting 2 books at the same time and adding the Crows storyline, it was perhaps a bit rushed/jam-packed. I also found it really odd pacing to have the Darkling die in the first 10 minutes of the final episode, leaving like... 45 minutes to go to wrap up everything else that season. Just pacing wise, it seems odd. Also, the only ship that really won this season was Wesper, huh? 

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone season 2 #the darkling #anti baghra #darklina #nikolai lantsov #tamar #tolya #nikolina #anti malina #anti mal oretsev #alina starkov #six of crows #kaz brekker #jesper fahey #inej ghafa #wylan #nina zenik

[pancake-breakfast]

Second week, second volume! Trigun Book Club!

Archive

Trigun Volume 1: Covers + 1-3, 3 Detailed Thoughts, 4, 4 DT, 5-6, 5-6 + DT, 6 DT, 7-8, 9-10

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for Trigun Vol. 2, Covers + Extras, below.

Trigun Volume 2 Covers

The cover for this volume is so pretty, what with the plant all coming out of Vash's gun there.... Pretty and strange and kinda disturbing.

I wonder what's in those jars floating around the hairy-legged plant man thing. Are they even jars? Blood bags? Hard to say.

Hey! Wolfwood's on the back cover! WOLFWOOD IS ON THE BACK COVER!!!

Also, Legato Bluesummers. Shit.

Aaaand there's a blow-up doll on the fake back cover. Because why not.

There are a LOT of familiar faces on the back of the Japanese Volume 3 cover. I don't like it. They mean bad things are coming.

Ok, Legato's getting eaten by a shark on the fake version of it, though, and I think that's hilarious.

BUT NOT AS HILARIOUS AS MERMAID WOLFWOOD'S SEASHELLS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M DYING!!!! Nightow's obsession with this man's tits confirmed.

Extra 1: Day In Day Out

Ooh, a glimpse into the daily life of Mr. The Stampede? Why do I suspect donuts are part of it?

I'm gonna be honest; I did NOT peg Vash as an early riser. Then again, it might be important if you're on the run all the time.

LOL, I remember him not being very good at meditation.

I'm imagining that egg is hard-boiled. Or hollow. Like, this is still a good trick. No need to waste breakfast on it if it fails, though.

Three HOURS?? Dang, no wonder the guy's got skills. I can't do much of anything before breakfast.

Oh, fine. I guess it was a raw egg.

LOL, "John P. Smith." The most boring alias he could come up with. I wonder what the P stands for. Pseudonym, perhaps?

Psh, Vash can be plenty sneaky. But only in fights. Or when fleeing insurance agents.

Serious Vash expression! I seriously love all his expressions.

Gambling at chess. Ok, man. Whatever floats your boat.

LOL, he lost all his money. I take it back; he needs a new hobby.

Yeah, he's definitely letting the kids get him. As we see with how fast he switches to being the person in power when the motorcycle comes through.

Funny how much trouble one can stay out of by simply foregoing revenge.

Vash would like oldies....

Ew, this bike guy's kinda creepy.

"Sonic Sodom." Yyyyyeeeeaaaahhh, that's not exactly a name that inspires trust.

I love the irony in this panel. They're talking about how dangerous Vash is while he's (apparently) being taken down by a small child.

Dude. Who fires a gun to get people to shut up like that?! Rude.

LOL, the bleeping.

Props to this lady. She's like, "I don't care who you are. If you're gonna come in here, shoot things up willy-nilly, make threats, and swear at us, then you take your ass elsewhere." Like, this happens after this guy does all these things. Mad props.

They bleeped out all that stuff, but he still calls her a bitch....

Hahahaha, that's a wonderful way to take care of the issue. Good job, Vash!

Extra 2: Pilot

(Fair warning: I'm in a Mood as I write this due to some real life stuff, so apologies if it's overly vague or anything.)

Post-Hiroshima environment?? Damn.

Heck, I'd take two years of food as a form of payment....

Ahhhhh, this jacket! It lacks the sexy leg slits, but I still love it. Also it still somehow manages to show off his waist. And throwing the Love and Peace fingers with his clearly mechanical hand!

I'm in love with this first line. "We fell from the sky like droplets of rain." Poetry. MAJOR props to @trigun-manga-overhaul for their choices in both flow and rhythm for the words.

The second sentence is a lovely contrast, what with the rain versus the sun. But also a lovely parallel, as both images are destructive.

Covering a few additional elements here: metal, wind, sand/earth.

He can't ever escape being surrounded by graves, can he? Babygirl here needs a break. I love how small he is relative to the field of death.

HEY. The right alcoholic drinks are GREAT with ice!

Oh, shoot. I recognize this story from '98.

LOL, look at him go. This was my favorite Vash entrance in all of '98. It's very memorable. I hope Johnny Yong Bosch had a blast doing the voiceover for it.

He's just dancing away from the bullets, as if it's all just luck.

LOL, three guns. It's Trigun!

Goshdarn stupid flip-up glasses....

I love how quick his reaction goes from this (Seriously, what is he, a teenager??)...

...to this.

Psh, as if Vash the Stampede needs a measly pistol to wreak havoc.

Ah, the return of lecherous Vash. NGL, was kinda hoping that moment was an anime-only. Though they really took it and ran with it, though, didn't they?

You don't get to say, "That's no way to treat a lady!" to others when you were just looking up her skirt.

LOL, I love her response here. Perfect.

Huh. Something tells me these guys are after a bit more than a rich guy's "pocket money." Is it the fact that one of them shoved a gun in the daughter's mouth? Could be. Could be....

Distracting table-crash provided by... Vash the Stampede. I told you he didn't need a gun to wreak havoc. Though of course the whole incident gave the guy's friends time to restrain him and get him away from the girl before he did anything rash.

Look at him. He's just a little guy....

Vash, not taking any chances. Distraction might not be enough. Use Advanced Projectile Gum Technique!

This sure is a colorful cast of characters....

I'm just saying, they don't really seem like the type of folks the sheriff should have on speed dial.

I love how pissed off Vash looks as they're talking about how he'll kill them all if he shows up. This is the face of a man who's had it with your lies and slander.

Dude, the rich guy was like, "Just so long as my daughter lives," and the sheriff was like, "They'll do the job so long as you pay upfront," but girl's gonna get taken down in the crossfire.

Or, she would if Mr. The Stampede wasn't there.

The girl is physically ok, but mentally, she'll be scarred forever. That's some Hellsing/AoT-levels of, "This character is definitely dead."

Aaaand three panels later, Vash realizes he forgot to continue pretending to be tied up and tries to remedy the situation.

Bossman here (I mean the gang leader, not the actual character named Bostalk) was already suspicious of Vash. Now he's extra-suspicious.

Somehow, Vash revealing his identity has not made the Bossman less suspicious.

Vash, the multi-talented. He can fight and preach at the same time.

Oh, so the field of graves at the beginning isn't Vash's fault somehow. That's... good.

I mean, dear old dad might care a lot for his daughter, but he clearly stated he didn't give a shit about the lives of anyone else in the building.

Vash is disappointed in Bossman's life choices.

BTW, Vash's hair in this whole chapter just makes me think of thistle flowers.

Yes. Refusing to do so just leads to more cruelty.

Vash just let the guy shoot the man, huh?

Oh, he's not happy about it.

Ah, yes. There's the greedy sheriff I remember!

This sheriff mentioned his hired help didn't think anything of taking human lives, but it seems they're not the only ones.

Oh, no. Sheriff triggered Angry Vash.

Not really sure what happened in this panel save that Vash was at the center of a bunch of destruction. Again.

Ah, gun arm. I thought it might be gun arm. I couldn't remember.

I love the sheriff's expression here. Like, he literally has his own gun to Vash's face, and he's effing terrified.

Vash, dodging bullets again.

WTF, he shot him right in the badge. Talk about insult and injury. My boy knows what he's doing.

LOVE AND PEACE!!!

Hahahaha, everyone else just looks sooooo confused. Hopefully, they'll get it someday.

#thanks trigun #i was having a bummer of an evening #but i feel somewhat better now #trigunbookclub #trigun manga #volume 2 #pancake thoughts

[emoprincey]

horror movie, with intrulogical (or if that makes you uncomforable prinxiety) for the trick or treat thing

It’s been a while since I recieved this ask, but I don’t like to leave things unfinished, so here’s a ficlet!! As always with this game, I flipped a coin - and got tails, which means angst! Enjoy! 

Writing taglist: @iclaimedtobethebetterbard

Word count: 1428

Warnings: Angst, descriptions of violence in a film, fantasy discrimination. 

The World is Ugly (but you’re beautiful to me)

By now, Logan was relatively used to his flat not being empty when he returned to it after work on Fridays. The first few times, the reflective green eyes staring at him from the darkness had startled him, but on this particular Friday he just greeted them with a weary nod.

“Good evening, Remus,” he said, switching the light on.

His boyfriend was crouched on the sofa, suddenly pouting. “Seriously? Not even a squeal?” He lamented. “The first time I did this you properly shrieked.”

Logan paused to adjust his tie in the hall mirror. “I do not shriek,” he said plainly, straightening his shirt collar just so. 

He glimpsed a blur of movement behind his reflection, and then Remus was leaning over his shoulder, his arms wrapped around Logan’s waist, and his lips at his ear.

“Of course you don’t, sweetie,” Remus whispered lowly. “But I’m sure I could find other ways to make you scream.”

Logan tried to ignore the way that low voice made his heart thud, and he cleared his throat pointedly, gently pushing Remus off of himself. “You, um- you said there was a film you wanted to watch?” He remembered, his voice only coming out a little higher than normal.

Remus seemed satisfied with that reaction, shooting Logan a wolfish grin that showed his sharp teeth, before his smile morphed into something more genuine.

“Yep!” He exclaimed, hopping back on the sofa to retrieve a DVD case. “I’m so excited to watch this one! It’s my favourite series of all time, and I’ve been waiting for the newest film for ages-”

Logan let Remus ramble on, frowning down at the case, which was decorated with a clearly CGI image of a viscous werewolf, bearing its teeth and lunging at the camera.

“Darling, are you sure you want to watch this one?”

“Yes?” Remus said, tilting his head in confusion. “I told you, it’s my favourite series. And this film even has a werewolf in it, look!”

He pointed excitedly at the cover, clearly not seeing it the same way Logan did.

Logan sighed. He’d been a warlock all his life, growing up around supernatural beings, and he knew how horrific human’s portrayals of them could be. But Remus had only been a werewolf for a few months. Before that, those creatures had been nothing more than a fantasy to him, a scary story to tell children around the campfire.

“Remus, have you watched a film that contained werewolves since you were turned?” Logan asked hesitantly.

“Nope,” Remus said. “That’s why I’m so excited about this! I can finally see a werewolf on screen and know that they’re real, and I’m one of them. This is so cool.”

Logan shook his head, though he couldn’t help feeling a little bit endeared. While most newly turned werewolves went through something of a honeymoon phase with their powers, superhuman strength and speed amazing just about anyone the first time they used it, most began to despair after the first full moon. But for Remus, everything about being a werewolf seemed to be exciting. He wanted to taste every bit of the supernatural lifestyle, and when he sunk his teeth into something, it was hard to get him to let it go.

“I just don’t think it’s a good idea,” Logan said, still looking down at the case.

“Why not?” Remus asked defiantly. “You know I’ve been excited about this for weeks. If you don’t want to watch with me, you could just say so.”

“It’s not that,” Logan said.

“Fine then. I’m watching it whether you want me to or not,” Remus said, popping the DVD into the slot before Logan could stop him.

As much as Logan himself didn’t want to see whatever caricature of werewolves was being displayed on the screen, he knew he couldn’t leave Remus to watch it alone. He loved his boyfriend, even if he was being stubborn. So, Logan sat back on the sofa, watching Remus more than the film as it started to play.

Remus seemed intrigued at the story of a group of 20-something-year-old campers who decided to go on holiday in the woods, although it was an opening that Logan had seen to many horror movies before. When the first scene ended and the camera panned back to a pair of glowing eyes watching the campers, Remus bounced on the sofa, clapping his hands with glee.

Logan still felt cautious, but at least Remus was enjoying the film for now.

Things were okay until the first kill scene. One of the campers had been separated from the group, and was trying to find her way through the woods back to their van. Remus scoffed at that, and even Logan knew this was a sure set-up for a character being killed off.

Then the bushes rustled behind the camper, and out jumped the beast. The wolf on screen was truly monstrous, with its eyes blazing and teeth twice as long as those of any real werewolf. The girl screamed, but she didn’t have time to run before the massive monster pinned her to the ground. What followed was a mixture of blood and snarling and screams that almost drowned out the whimpering next to Logan.

“Remus?” He asked, feeling dread settle in his chest.

Remus was watching the film through his fingers, squeezing his eyes shut every time the werewolf took a bite. Remus never ever covered his face when he watched horror films. Logan couldn’t think of a single time he’d actually been scared of one. But Remus didn’t look scared now. He looked distraught.

“Turn it off,” Remus gasped. “Turn it off!”

Logan quickly reached for the remote and turned off the screen. The silence that filled the room was suffocating, with only the sound of Remus’ quiet sniffles being heard.

Without hesitation, Logan shuffled close to him, and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend, gently rocking the both of them back and forth.

“Shush, shush,” he crooned softly into Remus’ neck. “It was just a film.”

Remus gulped, and he wiped furiously at his wet face. “I know. I know, it’s just...”

He was cut off by his own sob, and Logan held him tightly. After a few moments of deep breathing and rocking, Remus pulled away from Logan a little, staring blankly at the carpet.

“Is that... is that really what people think of me?”

The words, so soft and fragile and so unlike Remus, pierced Logan’s heart, and he rushed to reassure his boyfriend.

“The people who made that film don’t even know werewolves exist,” Logan reasoned. “And anyone who knows any werewolf knows that the things depicted in that film are in no way accurate.”

“That doesn’t matter,” Remus muttered bitterly. “They still made that film, for millions of people to see. And it hurts that if everyone knew, that’s what they’d think of us.”

“Not everyone,” Logan said. “There may be those who overreact – that’s why werewolves live in secret, to keep you safe. But think of everyone you have now. You have me, and Janus-”

“Janny’s a vampire,” Remus mumbled. “He’s in the same boat as me.”

“Virgil and Patton are humans,” Logan said. “If it’s the opinion of humans you’re worried about. And you know they love you, and have never been prejudiced against any supernatural beings despite seeing that kind of media.”

“I guess,” Remus shrugged.

“And, need I mention Roman?” Logan continued. “Who found you on your first full moon and looked after you? Do you remember what he said to you?”

A small, if tentative, smile curved onto Remus’ lips. “He said, wolf or not, I’d always be his brother.”

“Exactly,” Logan said. He pulled Remus against his chest again. “There are always going to be prejudiced assholes in the world – and that hurts, I know – but more than that, there are always going to be people who love you. Like your brother, and your friends... and me. I love you, Remus. No matter what.”

Remus hugged him tighter. “That’s kinda gay,” he murmured, the fragile humour in his tone falling flat, but Logan smiled anyway. That was the closest he’d get to an emotional response from Remus.

After a few more moments, Remus’ head began to loll against Logan’s shoulder, his eyes fluttering closed. When Remus stilled, Logan waved a hand – a simple incantation so that a blanket from across the room would come and wrap around the both of them.

“Sleep well, my love,” he murmured, pressing a soft kiss to Remus’ hair.

#sanders sides #logan sanders #remus sanders #ts logan #ts remus #intrulogical #couldn't resist giving this one a title bc it just fit so perfectly

[adelle-ein]

fe engage trailer/promo thoughts

i'm moving all my stuff over here instead of twitter bc today has reaffirmed to me that i wanna get the hell off of there. so now you get to see my game thoughts on here yayyyy isn't that exciting

anyway

the girl <3 kinda surprised that alm and celica aren't sharing a ring if she and ephraim are? maybe bc they wanted to make celica a magic-based ring and that doesn't suit alm? but then again why not have chrom and lucina share? strangeness all around, maybe it was gonna be an exclusive concept for the twins and then they decided to keep using it for dlc

overall i feel like micaiah is working this look the best. where are ike's muscles. they stole them. the poor man is sickly now

also rosado's design has been one of my favorites and if it turns out their relatively practical armor is due to being a "feminine dude" character then i would not be surprised. rn seems like it's a tossup what their gender is so let's hope whatever it is it's at least done reasonably respectfully. forrest wasn't bad after all. and zelkov brings a return of the fates/awakening era Dark Gray Skin which is a shame. at least the rest of the darker skinned characters look okay

citrinne is definitely the maribelle/l'arachel/constance style character...hopefully she's good. some of the other characters revealed in this bunch also look more up my alley personality/design wise than the initial batches (although citrinne's sleeves are. a sin) so that's something. though in general the designs are...whack tbh

also there are so many cravats in the male character designs?? what is up with that

we finally got to see more of the style savvy dress up mechanics and i'm really glad that maybe i can switch off some of the worst outfits, especially the alears. seriously every alt outfit looks better than what the defaults have going on haha

but while overall i'm not really interested in most gimmicky side stuff a la fates and 3hopes, i do really like accessories and dressup options so happy for those. if i have to do a few rhythm games to get them then that's a fair tradeoff....

overall i'm surprised by the amount of really "modern" looking touches. lamps, glasses, sweatpants...fates had a couple accessories like that but nothing quite on this scale? i wonder if that's just lousy art/design direction or a deliberate choice for some plot reason?

anyway these are my favorites revealed so far although ofc will have to get to know characters in game to really know

i think this game could still be really fun, and i'm glad it doesn't seem to be aiming for "oooh what side will you pick" like fates and 3h (technically echoes was in there but overall i'm like...give us a break from the big route splits please). also less politics and drama than 3h which is welcome, i never expect a good story from FE and often when they try to do a "good" story it uh...doesn't land. it's just a shame that i really don't care for the art direction at all, the sameface and the oufits and the overall weirdness of it all :(

also they should add tms rings

#txt #lacefe

[symptoms-syndrome]

hi, i hope it's okay to send this, please don't feel obligated to respond. my bf sent me your recent post about online DID communities and i wanted to say thank you for sharing it because i really relate.

i have what my bf describes as a very "typical" case of DID-- one single part who seems to be an introject of my abuser and stuck at the age the trauma happened, possession-type switches and amnesia. however, until i met my bf (who also has a dissociative disorder + has researched this stuff) i always thought i was some sort of freak, that my experiences with dissociation are highly abnormal. i seriously thought the "common" dissociative experience was to have lots of well-defined alters with their own personalities and little to no amnesia. i never wanted to reach out to others because i thought my experience was unique and, for lack of a better term, that my case was too "extreme" for most people who claim to suffer from dissociative disorders to relate to

and the false perception of DID that online communities has given me over the years has fucked me up a bit i think. very few people know i struggle with this sort of thing, i keep my own experiences a tightly-guarded secret because what i go through is scary and i don't know if people will believe me when i say it's scary. but it's scary. even though i've been dealing with this for years the possession-type switches scare the hell out of me. dealing with a violent and capricious part who imitates the person who hurt me scares the hell out of me. so i've always avoided looking at DID-related stuff online because it makes me feel othered, i'm just like-- why aren't you guys scared too? is this supposed to be fun? what's wrong with me? and it really sucks because apparently my experiences aren't uncommon at all, and yet it feels taboo to talk about, like i'd be ruining people's fun or something. i don't know

so yeah, again feel free to ignore this, i just wanted to say thank you again and that i really relate. since opening up to my bf and learning more about DID i've been tentatively trying to find blogs or books or whatever from people who experience some of the Scary stuff i do, esp the possession feeling and the having an abuser introject, but i think probably a lot of us feel the same way-- ashamed, isolated, too extreme-- and even those who speak up get drowned out. and yet i want to talk about it so badly. i want to talk about it so others like me know they aren't anomalies, but at this point i don't know how. :(

I really appreciate you sharing! I very very very much resonate with the whole. "What's wrong with me" and "is this supposed to be fun."

I've been told that I also have a relatively textbook experience with DID, if there is a textbook experience. I didn't know until adulthood that that was what I was experiencing, I went through a lot of different diagnoses to get here. I'm often very scared by my experiences.

DID is a scary disorder by virtue of being formed by scary trauma, I think. And I think it's easier for most people, including many w DID themselves, to see "softer" versions of DID, or DID that's more clearly defined and easier to understand. A big thing that scares me about my own DID is my lack of understanding about it. I don't know exactly how many parts I have, even with parts I know relatively well I don't always know their own inner workings or when they front/are around. Obviously there's also the lack of understanding that comes with not knowing what I've done when I have amnesia episodes. I even have some symptoms/experiences/presentations that feel dramatic and fake, and those make me feel embarrassed and scared too.

I've done a fair amount of healing, I think, even though I'm still very much in the beginning of this healing journey. It's become less scary than it was. But it's definitely still scary. And scary in a way that's hard to understand.

I will just say, if it's comfort or maybe just because I want to, the loudest and/or most confident voices are often not the most common or correct.

Phobia of inner experiences is something pretty well documented among many (I hesitate to say most even though I think that's true? Simply because I don't want to definitively say one way or the other based on memory alone) people with DID. Many of us are scared of our own experiences, and thus don't talk about them as much as people with possibly an atypical presentation of DID. I think that's why many "typical" people with DID get drowned out.

I relate to keeping it a closely guarded secret. And it can be really, really hard to do that. I hope you're able to come to a place someday where you feel okay sharing with whoever you feel is important to share with.

That's why I like the internet, and why it feels so awful to have my websphere taken over. The internet (Tumblr in particular) has anonymity, I can choose who knows who I am and who doesn't. What I say here doesn't impact people's perceptions of me IRL. I could delete this whole blog if I wanted to, and start a new one with a fresh slate (which I won't, but I could.) I get to pick and choose what I put here and what I don't.

#asks #sorry if this isnt helpful. i just want you to know you're seen and heard

[blitzer91]

So…. I’ve got a prediction about the final hidden message for ‘The Owl House’ season 2.

Thanks to the Owl House wiki, we know both the message hidden in the titles for each episode, and a majority of the hidden message in the episodes themselves. As a reminder I’ll put both here.

Message 1:

“SEEK THE KEY, FEAR THE LOCK”

Message 2:

Seething seas and puppet strings

He no longer dreams of kings

As above rushed darkened skies

So below—

And that’s all we’ve got. Now, as we’ve only been getting one word per episode, that means there are three more words to the rhyme (two now that episode 19 has aired on YouTube, though I’m not very good at finding messages so someone let us know when the next word is found).

Just to be clear, I’m not taking credit for this theory as to what the final three words are, as I’m positive someone else has figured this out already (I think I read it in a YouTube comment somewhere though for the life of me I can’t remember where), I’m only making this post to spread the message around so we can all do some theorising. With that out of the way, I think there is a seriously good chance that the last three words to the rhyme could be “The Titan Dies”. So on a whole the message would be

“Seething seas and puppet strings

He no longer dreams of kings

As above rushed darkened skies

So below the Titan dies”

That’s properly ominous isn’t it? Now, to expand on this, in my last post I pointed out that these messages could be made by the rhyme loving Collector. Now, the more obvious theory is that these messages are the collector’s vision for the future on what will happen during the day of unity in the next two episodes. This is my interpretation of what that could possibly entail:

My guess is that this message telling of how the Collector intends to free himself from “beneath these bones” (which, by the way, adds a whole new layer of WTF considering we saw in episode 19 that his prison is in the in between realm that Luz visited, so is he being literal or metaphorical when he says ‘beneath these bones’?). The first line mentions “seething seas”, while this could be talking about the boiling seas, but perhaps it has another meaning? Seething can mean intense but unexpressed anger, and the next line mentions puppet strings, so could the Collector be manipulating someone by their anger? Specifically Belos I think, as we’ve seen he HATES witches, but he outwardly remains calm and collected, so the Collector could be using Belos’s hidden anger to get him to help prepare the day of unity.

The next line is “he no longer dreams of kings”. Now, this is a stretch (this whole thing is a stretch but bear with me), but could this be talking about our King? In episode 17, King was almost sacrificed by the Titan Trappers to bring the Collector back, which we also assume is going to happen on The Day of Unity considering Belos telling the Collector he’ll be able to “play” by then. What if this part of the message is referring to the Collector turning away from the idea of killing King? He’s been locked away for god knows how long with his goons the Titan Trappers searching for King’s egg to no avail, and that was long before Philip/Belos came into the picture some 400 years before Luz enters the Boiling Isles. Surely by the point Philip makes contact with the Collector he’d be fed up with the idea of waiting for the Trappers to find the sacrifice, so he switches gears and puts all his effort into helping Belos with the day of Unity and realise his “dream” of being free, hence why he’s ‘no longer’ dreaming of kings/King (though that also begs the question of what he might do when he finds out King is around).

Now the last two lines; “As above rushed darkened skies” is relatively obvious, a foreboding message about time rushing toward the day of Unity (darkened skies could also reference the Collecter himself and his nighttime/moon themed get up, so he is specifically rushing forwards towards the day of Unity/his freedom). “So Below the Titan Dies” (assuming that this is the full message), this might be what the day of Unity will do. We already know it will drain all the magic from the witches, but what if it also drains it from the Boiling Isle’s itself? It literally kills the Titan in full, destroying the Isle’s as the magic is drained away to release the Collector from his prison (perhaps also being the “revenge” the collector rhymed about? Revenge for being trapped under the Titan all this time?).

Alternatively there is also the deleted scene from the Coven head’s shared vision given to them by Belos, where the Titan is shown to rise from where it rests in the Boiling Sea. Perhaps we could swap out “dies” for “lies”, implying the Titan may rise with the day of Unity?

In any case, this is just my two cents on the topic. I could totally be wrong about all of this, so let’s wait and see what we get with the last two episodes.

Edit: I’ve just been informed that the new cypher/word in the episode is “his” by shadonut’s comment. That didn’t take long to get disproven 😅. Anyway, let the theories fly!

#the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house spoilers #emperor belos #the collector #secret messages #decode the messages #ominous #Day of Unity #theory

[nightfayre]

Hello!!! switched au anon here! it's been months and the recent chapters really got my brain spinning cause i left off asking the he tian Qs of your au! I hope you don't mind my continued haunting lol

so, like we saw in chapter 383, earning money comes naturally to he tian, so i don't think he'd have much trouble in that regard in your au[?] so what would his struggle be? getting away from his father? needing Cheng in his life but too bratty and arrogant to accept his help[teenage hormones]? stirring up trouble just to fill the void his mother created in him when she left? your original drabble posted on tumblr had mentioned characters mad enough at he tian to want to kill him! what is this boy up to in your story???

also since you mentioned that she li would have more to do with he tian in your au, i wonder what their relationship would be? half brothers? rivals since middle school? they both approached mo guanshan at the same time? the curiosity is killing me!

please do rant away about this au of yours! your answers are pure dopamine >﹏< and maybe if you don't mind, just 50 words about he tian's and mo guanshan's first encounter in your au? pretty please? 🥺

have a good day! <3

hi there!! omg it's been SO long (and that's entirely my fault!)

tysm for your patience and, as always, my response is below the cut!

ohhh, i definitely missed talking about this AU :') thank you for keeping me accountable LOL, seriously!

i love love love that you mentioned how He Tian is a money magnet (especially in customer service roles) because i also thought about that when i was first drafting this AU. however, i quickly came to the conclusion that while He Tian might be an efficient worker whenever he opts to help out for short periods of time - usually to get brownie points with Guan Shan - there is no way in HELL that that boy would last more than a week in customer service. not at his age and with his current immaturity, at least. i'm sure you understand where i'm coming from if you've ever worked a customer service job yourself... especially food service. He Tian is a great charmer, but we've seen him lose his cool relatively quickly and explosively (!!!) after his patience runs out (like when he smashed that man's car??? hello?????? he did not think that through at all, jfc). and since customer service jobs are usually the only positions hiring middle/high school students, it'd be a recipe for disaster. so basically, He Tian is too volatile to work your typical part-time job, so he finds different means of making money.

as for why he's still troubled in this AU? well, I don't think I could narrow the answer down to only one or two things. that'd be like trying to define your own life by a single prevailing issue you face! impossible! so unfortunately, i'll have to leave you to your imagination for this question :)

as for She Li, i'm still very interested to see what OX does with him in the canon storyline. even though they do look eerily similar, i don't think he and He Tian are related (nor are they in this AU), but i do think that there's some kind of connection between She Li and the He family that hasn't been thoroughly revealed yet. using that logic, i intend to explore that same uncertainty in this AU! i have a good idea of what role She Li will play in this fic, but it's not entirely fleshed out yet. honestly, i'll probably spend the rest of tonight doing just that! i hope you don't mind waiting just a bit longer for my answer!

you are such a sweetheart - thank you so much for this ask and all the others you've sent! <33 at this point, i might as well start finalizing the outline and actually start writing instead of daydreaming! instead of a rant or snippet, i'll give you my honest word that i'll hop back into this AU for the rest of this week! i want to see it written just as bad as you do :') and if there are any post-worthy snapshots along the way, i'll be sure to post them ASAP! so keep an eye out! <3

thank you so, so much again dear, and talk to you soon! <3

#19 days #tianshan #mailbox #anon #i'm gonna get cozy with a cup of chai and start working rn! :) #i've literally been hopping between three different AUs for the past week but i think it'd be healthier for me to focus on just one LOL #i just want to FINISH and POST something!! ugh!!

[wjbs-aus]

I can't sleep, anyway here's a way-too-long post where I talk about my current thoughts on the Saints Row reboot now that I've had time to properly think about it.

Please note that some parts of this post might be outdated since the game has apparently been updated since I last played.

I slightly regret not trying all the non-Venture minigames, since they seemed kinda interesting.

Speaking of which, the Venture minigames were mostly frustrating, with the exceptions of the tech one (since it gave you a lot of cool stuff, even though they're technically not minigames but rather short missions, even though one of the rewards kinda sucked; more on that later), the fast food one (even though it took me a while to figure out how to activate it) and Cutting Edge (because the whole "look for the specific texture based on obtuse clues" thing was honestly a lot of fun). The toxic waste one was painful, and the cleanup one's time-limit was so low I couldn't even complete the first instance.

The game was buggy, but most of them weren't that serious. The least-severe was the Death Blossom ability Daniel Radcliffe-ing my character (that is to say, the guns that spawn during the associated animation got irrevocably attached to their hands whenever I used it; it kinda reminds me of a bug in The Third where picking up a Decker Specialist's hammer in a Mayhem instance causes it to clip into your current weapon and not have its associated attack), the most annoying was not being able to attack, switch weapons or use abilities (which was fairly easy to fix by just dying and then loading from the last checkpoint), and the worst was the very cool and probably useful shoot-through-walls ability crashing the game outside the mission that unlocks it (this is the reward that sucks).

The hoverboard is fun. That is all.

Ok so on one hand, possibly-canon* non-binary boss is cool; on the other hand, only being able to have top surgery scars if you use the stitched-together body texture is bad. Other than that (and the dumb body-type triangle, since apparently people can't be both fat and muscular at the same time), the character customisation system is good.

Knowing that the DLC content will include new locations, I really hope they have Stilwater as one of them, since it canonically exists in the new timeline.

You know one mission where you destroy stuff with a giant digger and it's really fun but then you don't get to do that again? Yeah, that was kinda disappointing. Same with the island mission, which could have been turned into a full minigame like in The Third.

I still don't understand why you don't unlock the AI tank after the level where you use it. Literally any of the previous games in the series would have given it to you, although there is a chance that you get it for choosing to kill Marshall (which I didn't).

My opinion on the LARP questline has kinda changed; while I do still think it's a fun little side-thing (and the crossbow is super OP when upgraded), it really doesn't fit into the rest of the plot, especially if - like me - you put off completing it until relatively far into the game. I think the premise could work really well as a separate game.

Ok but like what if the Saints of Rage machine you can find was accidentally brought into the new timeline by the original-timeline Saints when they were, like, time-travelling or whatever (assuming Gat Out Of Hell and Agents of MAYHEM are non-canon to the old timeline), and since they couldn't let anyone know about them they just sold it to some random guy in the middle of the desert? That's my headcanon.

Seriously why don't Cutting Edge materials just work like normal colours please I just want to have a hat with a gold buckle and not a garish all-gold hat???? The only things I used them on were vehicles and my character's prosthetic hand.

Speaking of Cutting Edge materials, you could totally make a human statue using one of the stone textures.

*(them being NB depends on whether or not you treat the use of "they" in that one cutscene as diegetic or not)

#saints row #saints row 2022 #thoughts #long post

[ihaveatheoryonthat]

Miscellaneous Power Trick bits and pieces. This is mostly a series of unrelated conversations.

You know the drill and so do I. (Read: placeholders, notes, and writing without context ahead.)

---

“You’re not going to take pity on your poor brother? Even after your vicious cat mauled him?”

“You’re being dramatic.” / “Which is exactly the problem. If you’d just give Lady her medicine without making a production of it, you wouldn’t get scratched.”

“I medicate her exactly the way you do. Sneezy just has a vendetta against me.”

“Maybe it’s because you keep making fun of her condition.”

“She’s a cat who’s allergic to humans. You expect me to ignore that? Who do you take me for?”

“You’re Emmet.” / “And, somehow, we love you in spite of it.”

---

“Are you guys going on the mission to retrieve Helmut’s body? Lizzie was talking about how they needed a cryokinetic and--”

“No.” Emmet said immediately, “We’re not. Nobody fills out the mandatory requisition forms if we’re not here to enforce the rules.”

“Plus, it would be a good experience for Agent [Natividad?]; it’s a rare opportunity to see field work in such a secure environment, and I suspect she would… resent our presence.”

“That’s not why you’re staying back, is it?”

“No. I will repeat. Nobody takes the transportation department seriously.”

---

[something re: twin switch nonsense]

“Hm. No. It’s no fair if we can’t give a decisive answer.”

“Huh?”

“We’ve been playing that joke since we were verrrry small. We may have become the butt of it.”

“All that’s to say that, technically, I may be Emmet, and he may be Ingo. We have no idea which of us started out as which; it was just easier to pick and be done with it.”

“It balances out. Ingo is older, but Emmet comes first alphabetically.”

---

“Wellllll...” Emmet drawled, and though Raz couldn’t tell what shifted between the two, he was sure there was something. Palm turned upward, instead, Emmet pointed to the sky, causing the water to jump in a choppy, unnatural splash.

“But.. hang on.” / “If you’re hydrokinetic, too, why’d you [comic book reference]?”

There was a stifled laugh to the side, though any physical evidence of amusement was nonexistent when Raz looked. “Yes, Emmet, tell me, why did you do that?”

Emmet balled his hand into a fist, and the water [falteringly] loomed over Ingo; without looking back, he waved it away. As an apology-- or, perhaps, a concession-- he flicked his wrist and pointed to the ground, where a small bubble of fire sparked to life.

Raz felt his brows furrow as he considered the relatively feeble displays.

“On paper,” Ingo began, smothering the fire and crossing the distance between himself and his twin, “Our [specialty] is electrokinesis. That is because we specialize in a skill called duality, which is not so easily defined. Many psychics use it a grounding technique or in the pursuit of self improvement.”

“We do not.” In unison, they swapped gestures, and whatever had changed before went back to normal.

“Truth be told, Emmet and I are both capable of performing pyrokinesis and hydrokinesis, but we lend each other our ability to do so through duality.”

“I give Ingo my ability to use hydrokinesis and his becomes stronger. He gives me his pyrokinesis. My abilities are enhanced. Give and take. A winning combination!”

“So it’s like… letting someone borrow your psychic power.” / “I’ve done that before! Or. Well, someone’s done it for me, so I could beat up some nasty [idk].”

The twins blinked at him in perfect unison. Though their expressions didn’t betray it, Raz took that to be surprise.

“Verrrrry interesting.” Emmet said, affectation flat.

Slowly, Ingo inclined his head, “That’s… also a [viable] application. It’s not nearly as sustainable, however, and I can only recommend that track if there’s no other viable option. No, what we do is on a much smaller scale, and can be maintained indefinitely.”

“You guys are doing that all the time? Don’t you get, y’know, tired?”

“Do your mental defenses drain you?” Ingo asked, humoring him.

Raz shook his head.

“That’s because it’s a subconscious act. This is an ability we’ve exercised for quite some time, Agent Aquato-- long enough that it, too, has become routine.”

---

“Do you happen to remember our conversation about duality?”

With a badly hidden air of anticipation, Raz said, “Yeah…?”

“Duality, in its intended application, is a skill often employed by telepaths. I’m unsure if you’ve experienced it, but if one spends too much time outside of their body, they become prone to dissociation. If you apply duality in such a situation, it helps to sort out foreign thoughts or find mental stowaways.”

“Don’t Censors already do that?”

“Censors cannot be controlled. They dispose of what they see with no regard for [priorities]. Duality allows you to prioritize a problem.”

[...]

“I think-- yeah. I think that’s happened to me before. Sometimes it gets all fuzzy and I think I’m someone else.”

The twins shot each other a wry look.

“That happens.” / “We’ve been informed that you visited a great number of stations over a comparatively short commute. Was that when this occurred?”

Raz nodded, “In Edgar’s mind. He taught me confusion, though, so I thought maybe it was just… y’know, normal for him?”

“Edgar…?” / “I don’t believe we have any Edgars on staff at the moment. If this was an untrained teacher, that may very well have been the case.”

“He’s, uh. Yeah. Let’s go with untrained.”

“We will revisit confusion.” / “It is not a standard issue psychic power. However, it is important to have a proper handle on your abilities. Safety first!”

“Are there any other powers you learned in an informal setting?”

“...does it count if one of the Psychic Six taught me?”

“We will allow it.”

“Then just clairvoyance and shield.”

[...]

“Is clairvoyance another one of those powers that makes you go all,” He wiggled his fingers without concluding the question.

“It can be, especially if you weren’t taught the basics. Did you want to discuss it further?”

“Well I was in this whale’s head once […]”

[‘Yeah, that sounds right’/Raz concludes with admitting that he just thought it was him going loopy in the Rhombus of Ruin again.]

The [adj] atmosphere all but evaporated, along with any ambient moisture in [the area]. Though the brothers were silent, impassive, they were clearly in some kind of heated mental debate.

“That is enough.” Emmet eventually said, aloud, locking his arm with his twin’s.

“Why… why were you anywhere near that station?” Ingo asked, ignoring the declaration.

[Raz tentatively starts, thinking it might calm whatever just started. Is interrupted.]

“No. We will not be continuing on this track.”

[...]

“No, it’s okay! I can help!”

“Respectfully, Razputin,” / “It’s neither your responsibility nor your place. We understand that you’ve helped a great many people, some of them even colleagues, but you’re failing to see the distinction.”

“They were lacking a support system. We do not. Support is our system.”

[...]

“You are familiar with outpost Charlie Psycho Delta.”

[nods]

“We were not on staff when it was established. But we were stationed at the base prior to its [decommission?].”

“Just prior to its [decommission]. We were there for two months before the entire [outpost] was deemed too hazardous to warrant pouring resources into. In part, our station there was one of convenience; many agents were assigned to, and then requested transfer from Charlie Psycho Delta, so it was common sense to have someone from the transportation department on hand.”

“We were also meant to remove the train. Sunken boats and aircraft could be explained. A boxcar was more difficult to justify.”

“Yeah, I was wondering about that...” [Raz]

“We did not remain there long enough to plan an extraction. Together, we were able to withstand the psilirium’s effects better than our coworkers. It was still uncomfortable.”

“We’re used to enclosed spaces, but the outpost was built by minds under constant exposure to a psychoreactive substance. The safety measures weren’t up to code and the contingencies were incomplete--”

“They had to remind employees not to consume an active psychohazard.”

“--even without taking the psilirium into account, it was a disaster waiting to happen.”

“As a hydrokinetic, being the final fail safe also made Ingo uneasy.” Emmet said for his twin, seemingly unable to resist getting a light jab in.

“And Emmet had a tendency to start sparks when he got excited, or upset, or stressed. It wasn’t an ideal situation for any of the parties involved.” They spent a second staring at one another, daring the other to either escalate or back down. Ingo sighed.

“Even though it wasn’t our responsibility anymore, the boxcar became a personal project. When work permitted, and we were mentally able, we would requisition use of a research vessel and try to decide how best to remove it from the psilirium deposit.”

“Okay, but why? Your introductory issue explained that Truman recruited you guys as conductors, so do you just like trains that much?”

“We mistakenly teleported the train there.” Emmet declared, unabashed. “It was only right that we remove it.”

“You-- wait.” / “A whole train? You accidentally teleported an entire train?”

“There was a mechanical failure. To pool information, I attempted to teleport to Ingo. He attempted to teleport to me. We are still unsure where the Rhombus of Ruin factors in.”

#ihaveatheoryonthat pkmn #ihaveatheoryonthat psychonauts #writing scraps #power trick

[kyrodo]

I do wish I had been there more for Red while he was in mourning. Cause I do realize how tough things were for him. I experienced it at face value but very little of his time being depressed did I spend supporting him. I was too busy with my blooming romance to really be there for him. And I do feel bad about that. This morning especially while I was dreaming about super sad music with an organ or something playing with four descending notes, the fourth note played twice with a rest before looping. And it was slow and very sad sounding. You can visualize light brown film grain fish eye effect from it. And I think what I saw was a bunch of make -up, most likely my mom's, that I could freely experiment with all of a sudden. And that thought is eerie and troubling. Cause I realize in the past year I've been closer to a family death than I've ever been in my life. My dad having a stroke, Red losing his, and consoling Choskey. And only now do I fully appreciate how deeply saddening the entire ordeal can be. What it means to truly grieve a loss of a relative friend or loved one. Why life insurance is so important to people, though grim.

And I know how my luck is like. It is pretty extreme. When life events move in a direction it always feels like it's leading somewhere. Ideally with More than adequate time to prepare if I truly guage what it tells me. I know how much of it is just overanalyzing. But given my history, it has never not led somewhere. It has never failed to go wherever it will go. Ult's loss for example, without that experience I probably would never have tried to squeeze Choskey into my relationship. Simply because it didn't work out back then and I never tried.

And I remember how self conscious I became when I publicized these types of superstitions I have regarding my luck. Like how whenever I learn a new word, I suddenly hear it mentioned everywhere. It could simply be that I wasn't looking out for it, but a part of me believes it was genuinely never mentioned around me until then.

So peer pressure aside I still take those kinds of clustered events seriously. Perhaps not as seriously as I used to but I can't avoid thinking about it. They always lead somewhere and the ending isn't always a happy one. Luckily aside from the stroke things have been relatively okay back home. I hope that it stays that way at least for a good while yet.

And I think back to my health. The sleep issues. How ineffective the current treatment is with the lack of pressure. And I do hope at some point my dr starts taking my health a bit more seriously, cause I am seriously considering switching doctors at this point. Which honestly I should just do.

But yeah. Especially after hearing that sad song loop over and over for who knows how many hours, I am sad I wasn't there for Red more when things got tough for him. I do care about him deeply. But my actions rarely show it sometimes. I remember how tightly Red held me after we confessed, how strongly he loved me, and Choskey is experiencing something similar, but I don't want to lose Red in the process. I want to make this work out for both of them.

Thinking back further to Rot again. I was extremely immature about how I handled my feelings when things were clearly not going to work out. And now I feel the opposite. I feel like I'm too mature for my own good sometimes. There are definitely times I just want to react to things at face value because of Choskey gaming banter but I know better. If I didn't know better though I know things might change a bit faster. But I'm not the type to freely explode anymore. I'm not the type to go on poetic rants bleeding away at someone's self esteem as much as I perceptively can. My trauma corrected me extremely hard. It was painful. And no matter how happy I am now with Choskey's heart wrapped tightly around my finger, it is still painful. It is still jarring the extent of hostile actions against me because I chose to give into my feelings while I was already at a low point for other reasons. It is eye opening how hostile people can be towards me that I would normally never have experienced in my lifetime. How hard people can troll with memes and how disgusting it looks when they do. Unwittingly validating someone's horror kink while they continue to compromise our security for their own peace of mind while treating mine like absolute dog shit. I expect it is a one time experience for them as well. Despite taking the brunt of things, I realize my life isn't the only one that changed. At least that's the hope. I made a very big deal out of rectifying whatever perceived evil I was for their benefit whenever I had trouble justifying my own adultery venture. And I know it's not the kind of thing most people expect from an enemy. And that is part of the reason I kept at it so hard. My enemy being someone who likes to "share" and not always in an unsensationalized way, I kinda had to. I had to be the hero as much as I possibly could have and getting to know me much more closely it isn't far from the real me. I'm up stand in the sense that I am harmless. I find ways to piss away time and when I don't I'm working or staring at the ceiling thinking or tweeting. And besides having Red, that is in essence my entire existence. I rarely interfere with other people, I normally keep to myself aside from that one event where it very much was no longer the case and I was struggling to make things easier for my heart to process. And had we not gone to utah in the first place that is ideally how it would have stayed.

I am a kind soul. Overly sensitive, clearly able to make myself seem bigger than I actually am when I need to. And without Red and my sister I was a complete loner. And I was sick of that always being the case. I wanted something where if things went online our friendship would still be intact.

You meet all these furries and have this one group you used to hang out regularly with and they don't even bat an eye when you move away. And I couldn't accept that. But my friendship with them wasn't direct enough, wasn't personal enough with Red always being the point of contact, and that is why I wanted so badly for someone where that wasn't the case. Ult was going to be my answer.

But that role was by all accounts passed to Choskey instead. And I am much more ready for it this time. And my interest is much more viable in every possible way I can think of. Ideally it wouldn't always be a love interest to fix my issue, but that's where I'm strongest socially. Me and Red can interact in so many ways other people can't, and that's exactly the type of connections I need with someone to be able to hold onto them more permanently. To be "gay" with someone in significant excess. Choskey embodies a different set of interactions but we have more than enough to promise that. When I am not limited by how much affection I can reasonably show someone that is where I shine the most. And the only place I can do that is with a lover. And I am ready to accept that. Red is ready to accept that, and it's working. It's working better than I could have possibly imagined.