#so I can’t spell big whoop

[saxamophone]

wip snip

Thanks to @academicdisasterfic for tagging me in their laugh-out-loud-i'm-deceased wip snip (Bottoms x Drarry, swoon).

I'm in the middle of three things right now. There's The Big Thing (wip snip below, you can skip the rest of this paragraph if you want) that I needed a break from. I'm at the dreaded halfway point were plot lines need to start actually making sense, and wanted to clear the cobwebs by writing some fun little side fics. Under 5k. Sexy. Easy. Next thing I know, I'm 10k deep in a Dreville fic about them falling in love and a Drarry hookup piece that somehow has me researching the cult of Apollo, Ezekiel's descriptions of angels, the Green Man, and Beltane rituals. Like, can't everyone just f**k in peace?

Anyway, The Big Thing is a Wolfstar fic ---Aftermath of October 31, 1981, Remus gets Harry and, whoops, Regulus is alive and supposed to help him. They hate each other, but maybe they can get along well enough to break Sirius out of prison. Maybe.

Also f**k Dumbledore.

Opening bit:

“No.” Remus tries to close the door.  “Remus,” he says kindly, and it’s almost more than he can bear.  “Go away,” Remus grits out, pushing the door, and it won’t close. It won’t budge, and Dumbledore isn’t even holding it open on his side of the jamb. He didn’t say a spell either, the fucker, and the door is stuck open, unmoving, and nothing Remus does will change it unless Dumbledore wants it to change.  He realises in this moment that the door is a metaphor for his whole miserable life, stuck where Albus Dumbledore decides, but he can’t address that right now. It’s too much to contemplate after everything else, so he decides the least he can do is close the fucking door.  Remus throws his shoulder into it. He’s always strong, but his strength will increase as the frost moon approaches. His tall, lanky build belies the monster beneath.    “Remus,” Dumbledore says again quietly.  Remus ignores him and throws his shoulder into the door. The fucking door that won’t fucking close. He slams his shoulder into it so hard the frame rattles, grunting at the blow.  “Go away,” he growls. He feels it, the wolf inside. Always lurking but more insistent now. Since everything. “Go away!” Remus shouts and smashes into the door, almost splitting it. It hurts, but it feels good, too.  The damaged door still doesn’t move, and Remus is properly angry now. He’s been numb for days, ever since he found out…ever since…he squeezes his eyes closed and tries to shut out the memory of finding out about James and Lily and Peter. And— “No!” he bellows, and he’s about to give the door one great shove when, suddenly, he’s yanked back as if an invisible rope is attached to his spine. He scrabbles for purchase, trying to grab hold of the hall table or the reception archway. He can’t get a hand on anything before he finds himself deposited on a sagging floral sofa, sitting upright but unable to move, arms pinned to his sides.  Dumbledore glides into the room after him, and Remus can hear the front door close with an offensive little click. He tries to wriggle out of whatever invisible binds he’s in and can’t. His wand is in his back pocket, useless.  He scowls as Dumbledore sits in a chair across from him, elbows on his knees, hands clasped. His blue eyes are red-rimmed behind his half-moon glasses, and he’s wearing a Muggle suit—brown plaid print and a bit shabby, a bit too large on Dumbledore’s thin frame. And that’s when it hits Remus—All of this is true. It’s not some nightmare he’s lived in for the last five days like he keeps hoping.

Five days. He’s been cooped up here in Milton Keynes, waiting for five fucking days. His arrival triggered the mora protocol when he opened the door. The protocol that meant they were compromised and to stay put. Don’t move. The Order will be in touch. And finally, after five days, Frank Longbottom showed up, his big eyes sad, and his voice low. He’d told Remus what had happened, and it didn’t seem real. It couldn’t be real. It was all a big mistake. Someone had made a mistake.  But he’s immobile on an ugly floral sofa, and he knows. It’s all real, and it happened, and it’s still happening, and Albus Dumbledore is wearing a brown plaid Muggle suit, and Remus’s life as he knows it is over. 

Tagging @geesenoises @citrusses @tackytigerfic @arminaa8 @maesterchill @romaine2424 @skeptiquex if you have anything you'd like to share! No pressure!

#drarry #harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry fic #wolfstar

[sheena-is-a-punk-rocker]

Ringing in the new year with three soldiers, an insurance agent, and a criminal who sucks at geography and spelling

Got a prompt for a New Year's fic in which Harley meets Rick's army buddies and they try to wrap their heads around the fact that their friend is dating THE Harley Quinn. Happy New Year, motherfuckers!

Rick’s sitting on the couch in a rented cabin in the woods—sipping a beer and catching up on life with his two closest army buddies that he hasn’t seen since his ill-fated reunion trip that was interrupted six months ago. Harley’s with him this time, so no chance of anything bad happening.

“Dude, you’re dating Harley Quinn?” His buddy, Kane, asks incredulously.

Apparently he hadn’t specified last time they hung out. Whoops.

“Isn’t she wanted in like seven countries?” His other friend, Ramirez, asks.

“Not anymore,” he replies. Actually, that might not be true, now that he thinks about it. They have immunity from Waller and her bullshit, but not necessarily any foreign governments. Best not to take any international trips, just to be on the safe side.

“Wasn’t she with the Joker for like, a really long time? How has he not killed you yet?”

“Oh, I don’t think Mistah J is gonna be a problem for us anymore,” Harley slurs as she makes her way into the living room—plastic glass of champagne in her hand. She plops down on his lap and pats his cheek. “Ain’t that right, baby?”

He chuckles and pulls her closer. “How many glasses of champagne have you had, Harls?”

“Um… I lost count?”

“How many bottles have you had?”

“Oh! Two!”

He grabs the glass out of her hand and downs the rest of it. “Okay, that’s enough of that for you.”

“They weren’t big bottles!” Harley whines.

“Wait wait wait,” Kane interjects. “You can’t just drop a bomb like that and not elaborate. Did she kill him, Flag?”

“Wasn’t me!”

“You killed him?”

Rick contemplates his answer very carefully. These are his ride or die best friends who have been through the worst with him so he’s pretty sure they won’t turn him into the cops.

“Seriously maimed him,” is what he ends up landing on.

“With his bare hands!” Harley says proudly, with a wet kiss to his cheek.

There’s awed silence for several moments as what he just revealed sinks in. He doesn’t see what’s so surprising about it. It’s not like he hasn’t killed before. He’s killed so many people, in fact, that he’s lost count. Besides, Joker isn’t really that scary.

Ramirez looks like he’s getting ready to say something about the whole thing when Kane’s wife, Rachel, makes an appearance. She has beer and a glass of champagne with her—the latter of which she offers to Harley, who makes grabby hands at it.

He grabs it before she can and sets it aside on an end table out of her reach. “Awww, you suck!”

He chuckles and kisses her temple. “You’ll thank me later when you’re not puking your guts out at midnight, Harls.”

That seems to satisfy her and she relaxes into his embrace.

“So,” Ramirez says. “This is the same Harley who almost burned the apartment down trying to make mac n cheese?”

“That was one time!”

“Three times, Harls. And then there was the time you set off the fire alarm making cookies.”

“That was one time!”

“And the time you—” she claps a hand over his mouth before he can finish his sentence.

“I think they get it! Now can we please change the subject?”

Rachel does the honors, as she comes back to the living room with her own glass of champagne. “So, Harley, what do you do for work?”

“Oh lots of stuff! Rob banks, murder dictators, yell at doctors. I have a card!”

She shoves her hand in her pocket and emerges with her handwritten business card. It’s covered in glitter and the ink is smudged. She hands it over to Rachel, who doesn’t really know what to make of the whole situation.

“Oh. I just… work in life insurance,” she says awkwardly, before attempting to read the card.

Rick snorts and tries to cover it up with a cough. People never quite know what to make of Harley when they first meet her.

“Does that say… ‘mercerany’?”

“It does,” he says with a laugh. It’s a running joke at this point. She’s in his phone under the name “Mercerany #4 (Harls)”.

“I was six margaritas and about five shots of tequila deep at that point, so sue me.”

“You also just suck at spelling even when you’re sober, Harls.”

“Fuck off!”

Rachel squints at the smudged handwriting. “Finder of lost things?”

“Oh! Yeah! I’m great at findin’ lost shit! If ya lose somethin’, I’m your gal!”

The alcohol keeps flowing as Harley launches into her story about her time with the Birds of Prey and Roman Sionis. Before Rick knows it, Rachel is lamenting about her asshole coworker who’s been making her life a living hell.

“And HR won’t do anything about it!”

“Oooh, want me to show up and set her desk on fire?”

Rachel laughs and almost chokes on her champagne.

“She’s serious, you know,” he feels the need to clarify. And then adds, “Maybe don’t go straight for arson, Harls? You’d probably get your point across just fine by yelling at her.”

“Can I at least use the giant hammer?”

“Sure, why not,” he says, before downing the rest of his beer.

“God, you are so cool!” Rachel gushes. She’s at least a full bottle of champagne deep at this point. “Can we be best friends?”

“Yes!” Harley agrees. “Ooooh! You should do roller derby with me!”

“Harls, they live in Montana.”

“Where the fuck is Montana?”

“Across the country, Harls. The state we’re in right now, in fact.”

“Oh. Well that sucks.”

The women settle for getting each other’s phone numbers and promising to text each other every single day.

Rick checks his watch once Harley starts losing steam—five minutes to midnight. He nudges her awake and tells her, “C’mon, wake up, you’re gonna miss it.”

She’s wide awake once the countdown starts.

Ten! Nine! Eight!

She quickly stands up and pulls him out the door to the front porch—where they’re surrounded by a blanket of snow.

“Happy New Year!” they hear from inside the house.

Harley rolls up on her toes and pulls him into a kiss. “Happy New Year, baby,” she says, forehead pressed against his.

“Happy New Year, Harls.”

They share another kiss as the snow starts falling again.

#dc comics #the suicide squad #the suicide squad fanfiction #rick flag #harley quinn #rick flag x harley quinn #harley quinn x rick flag #rick x harley #harley x rick #quinnflag #rickquinn #harleyflag #rick's army buddies #new years eve #happy new year #new years fic #harley sucks at geography and spelling headcanon accepted #rick's friends think he put joker in a coma #established relationship #holiday fluff #new years kiss #hopefully editing the tags means this actually gets seen by people 😣

[us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2]

social media’s in a nutshell, but the people who actually use them.

Twitter: So did I you know your an awful person?

also twitter: Racism, racism, racism, sexism, your best friend talking about a dog they saw, sexism, sexism, homophobia, homophobia, homophobia, transphobia, NSFW art from a mutual, transphobia, transphobia, and then the worst take in the history of worst takes by some 13 year old or maybe it was actually 30 something you can’t tell.

YouTube: “why YouTube has become a capitalist hellhole for anyone who dares speak about anything not consumer friendly: A video essay” 4 hours and 50 minutes long, 40,895 views.

also YouTube: “me and my friend are mermaids btw here’s how to do the mermaid spell! Easy in 1 step!” 26 minutes long.

also also YouTube: “I COMMITED TAX FRAUD AND TRIED TO OUTRUN THE AUTHORITIES CHALLENGE 24 HOUR CHALLENGE PART 1 OF 279” 10 minutes long and has almost a billion views.

also also also YouTube: “beheading” 13 minutes long, with 1,600 views.

ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO YouTube: “HUGGY WUGGY TOILET NAKED VORE?” 20 minutes long, 8 million views.

4chan: be me> sexless loser> finds amazing wonderful woman who loves me for me> she’s fat> keep her until someone else comes> me and her do exercise and eat better> she becomes 100/10> gets married> has kids> love of my life>

also 4chan: ROBOTS, /B/ WE MUST UNITE THIS FUCKER BLENDERED A CAT WE MUST KILL HIM>

THAT (insert string of slurs) WILL GET WHAT’S COMING TO HIM>

FOUND HIS ADDRESS AT 404 CATBLENDER MAN STREET>

AUTHORITIES CALLED I GOT THE RSPCA AT THE HOUSE LETS GO /B/ FUCK YEAH THIS IS A WIN FOR ALL THE ROBOTS LETS GO>

also also 4chan: *the most graphic picture you have ever seen that haunts your soul and your life you will never be the same* hey /b/ look what I found>

also also also 4chan: guys, *insert the most out of pocket slur filled green post you hav ever seen* and that’s why I think (insert minority) are degenerates>

tiktok: *video of hatsune miku dancing with the caption* it’s not okay to encourage ED$ instead be kind and respectful and not be f@tphobic and @blei$t

also TikTok: *a video plays before quickly cutting out replaced with a new one* YOU ARE MAKING PEOPLE UNALIVE THEMSELVES WITH THIS TIKTOK GET HELP TRANS PEOPLE AREN’T GŘOÖMËRS AND PDFILES YOU ARE AWFUL!

also also TikTok: *a video plays of a montage of red and black text* you never saw me as real, you never saw me. I’m going to k1ll myself soon, life is too hard my parents have taken away my ps5 and my phones I am making this on my friends phone. Good bye cruel world.

also also also TikTok: *dangerous things happen in quick succession* “so that’s how you do a deep clean of your home!” comments : girly😭 NO you can’t use 🔥 on wooden floorboards 😰

comments: 💀💀💀 bro’s using chemical weapons to clean her sink💀💀💀

Comments: BLEACH IN YOUR FISHTANK? GIRL ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOUR BF’S DISCUS😬

comments: okay you did so many things wrong here and genuinely I’m surprised your are still alive-1

Cleangirly: no it was pretty safe idk what you mean🤷‍♀️

Comments:WHAT DO YOU MEAN SAFE? YOU SET A FIRE TO CLEAN THE FLOORBOARDS?-2

Also also also ALSO TikTok: *a video explaining why if you hate the color blue your a narcissist* yeah anyone who hates blue is a big red flag girlies

Tumblr: “guys penis” 1 million notes

also tumblr: *a long post explaining the intricacies of sexuality, sexism, the queer identity, toxic masculinity, and how colonialism and racism plays into it.* so yeah long post whoops.

reblog: *the most loaded toxic reblog you have ever seen* woman should all be killed.

reblog: *starts out making some form of sense then devolves* ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS AND SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH NOW

reblog: *a story relating heavily to the post, which makes the original post better by its addition* so yeah some other re blogs are missing the point but you really put my experience into words thank you <3

reblog: *a picture of the tags filled with the weirdest take you have ever seen* Uhh who are you and can you leave tumblr? Thanks?

also also tumblr: gifly the gif, share gifly the gif because look at him *mindbogglingly fast images flash*

Quora: “why is the sky blue?”

answer 1: because god made it that way in his infinite wisdom

answer 2: because *long winded but concise explanation on how it works* I have a doctorate in this subject.

awnser 3: Long story short, it’s not blue it’s the ozone or something.

Facebook: “meemaw want to add you as a friend” *presses yes, anyone you have ever known tangentially appears in the Facebook friends page*

Also Facebook: “Gerald is my husband who I love”

Comments: that’s nice Geraldine, happy anniversary

Comments: *long winded conspiracy theory* that’s why the illegals want to rule the world and destroy us all

also also also Facebook: *random 5minute crafts video* TOP TEN LIFE HACKS FOR COOKING!

comments: oh what an amazing video! -Geraldine

comments: YOU CAN MAKE THE POPPED CORN WITH A COKA COLA CAN?

comments: I am showing this to my dear wife Geraldine. -Gerald

omegle: *video starts live-streaming and you see an older man’s cock* “…” “…” “you 13?” “…” *ends chat*

also Omegle: *you and a guy talk for ages* that was awesome here’s my socials! See you soon friend!

reddit: “why the Reddit mods are power hungry” *it is a screenshot of a screenshot talking about mod abuse.* “REDDIT WANTS US SILENT WE MUST FIGHT!” *deleted post*

also Reddit: “top ten anime wifus in (PEDO BAIT SHOW) and why I’d fuck them”

also also Reddit: “how do you fix a bolted screw valve on a pressure cooker…”

Vine: *5 seconds of comedy*

#-pop #My post #social media #Funny #memes #Omegle #tumblr #YouTube #twitter #reddit #Vine #Qoura #TikTok

[zombvibes]

could you draw the weapon equivalents for your au? (like the snow ring, brave axe, etc)

SURE CAN!! Needed to redesign noelle and berdly’s weapons anyways!

Mind you I’m not really good at designing weapons so sorry if they look icky :-(

This is Susie’s weapon : The flame bracelet (left)! Like og Noelle’s weapon, it’s an accessory. tms!Susie’s magic is fire (like how Noelle’s was ice, also og Susie has been associated with fire and fire is the opposite ice yadda yadda). Though it’s only on her left wrist, she can produce fire from her right hand too (among other areas like her maw)! Uhhh don’t really have anything to say. It’s a bracelet that possesses fire magic. Don’t think I need to elaborate.

It originally was supposed to be a ring (shown on the right) but I realized that it would be too similar to the original Noelle’s weapon. So I scrapped it and made it a bracelet instead! The magic didn’t really change so don’t have anything to say about its powers.

This is Noelle’s weapon : The Glacier Spear (left)! It’s a spear that was meant to resemble an icicle. (but…I may I failed that to capture it’s icicle-ness. But I think it looks neat regardless!) The middle of the spear head glows (where the blue gem like thing is) when using spells.

Similarly to how og susie’s axe glows when she uses a spell, shown below. (This also happens with tms!susie’s bracelet too)

Also the blue gem was meant to look like an eye (like how og!berdly’s weapon has an eye) but again…may have messed that up.

The “weird route” weapon (middle) isn’t official yet! I just wanted to jot down an idea at least (and I did it for funsies too). It was meant to kinda sorta resemble a trident but uh again again….think I failed that too. The weird route weapon can produce, instead of a snow storm, an ice storm! (I’ve also thought about hail but I’m not certain at the moment.) The little spikes is where tms!noelle puts her hands btw. She’ll get used it considering how numb her hands will be because WHOOPS SORRY SPOILERS HAHA LOSERS YOU WON’T KNOOOWWWW. (think the spikes are little too low now that I look back at it…YOU GET IT THOUGH SHUT UP.)

The idea of the older weapon design (right) is pretty much the same. However, its magic was just general ice powers (like it could freeze enemies). But currently, unlike the original Noelle’s weapon, the tms!noelle’s new weapon can only produce ice (mostly icicles) and no snow! She doesn’t really freeze the enemies though. She does something else…(CAN’T SAY BECAUSE OF SPOILERS HAHAHAH ONLY *I* KNOOOWWW)

AAAAAAND last but not least, Berdly’s weapon : uhh…it doesn’t really have a name. Now you can’t really tell because of this drawing, but this sword (both swords actually) is HUGE and HEAVY. Similar to Cloud Strife’s Buster Sword! “Oh wow! Berdly must really be strong then, huh?” NO!!! HE CAN BARELY CARRY IT!!!!! He just kinda…drags it around when using it. He CAN swing it overhead but rarely does it (because well…it’s heavy…). “But zomb why would Berdly have a weapon he can’t carry?” Because he wanted a cool big sword!! Leave my man alone!!

I don’t think I have much to say about Berdly’s weapon either…it’s a big sword. That’s it. Big ol’ sword that he can barely carry.

#zomb answers #TEAMMATESWAP - DR AU #tried to make each weapon match each character’s dark world outfit and/or magic #(think i succeeded there thankfully enough) #outside of that don’t really have much else to add… #(or at least anything that won’t spoil the weird route haha) #zombfied art 🪦

[inukag-archive]

hello, do you have any recs on fictions where one of them lost their memories? Maybe some where there are already together? Would love to read them! Thank you!

Hi anon, we hope you enjoy this list of stories featuring memory loss!

Missing Memories by @petri808 (M)

A big fight sends Kagome out into a storm to get away from Inuyasha, her last words of I hate you ringing in his ears as he comes across the accident scene and her car wrapped around a pole... Doctor's say she'll live but without any memory of him, so what is he to do? There's only one thing-- woo her all over again.

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Return to Me by @dawnrider (E)

A human night goes wrong for Inuyasha and the gang. Another crisis arises as Kagome is met with the possibility of Inuyasha never again knowing who she is.

CW: Traumatic brain injury/head injury, minor violence

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Purity by Sueric (E)

Naraku is gone. Kagome has the jewel. After seeing InuYasha's torment, Kagome faces 'the truth' of his feelings. Kagome does the unthinkable, and in a final act of love, Kikyou offers InuYasha one chance to fix it. But is he too late?

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Bump in the Night by @kstewdeux (T)

A year long coma and a rapid descent into madness ends with a confession of love.

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Forgotten Anamnesis by @splendentgoddess (X)

Instead of just Kagome losing her memories, or just Inuyasha, what would happen if they BOTH lost their memories, together, while traveling just the two of them? Could they fight off youkai? Make it back to Kaede's? Resist each other? Whoops, awkward...

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Fractured by @ajoy3fanfics (E)

After calling Inuyasha to her side, Kikyo fears that he will run back to Kagome. To avoid this, she alters his memories, removing any trace of her- or so she thinks. How can Inuyasha piece these fractured memories together, and more importantly, how can he win Kagome back once he does?

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Augmented by @anisaanisa (M)

Inuyasha is a lucky guy. Managing to stay on the right side of the track in a metropolis that near dragged its inhabitants into degeneracy was a feat in and of itself. So what if he hated his job? So what if his best friend was overbearing and his so-called guardian was crazy? None of that matters when you can barely remember your own name.

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The Way it Was Meant to Be by @writemydaydreams (T)

Naraku wants Kagome out of the picture, completely. Can Inuyasha piece together what happened and undo Naraku's plot before it's too late? Or will he be stuck trying to make the best out of his new reality?

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I Can’t See You in the Darkness by @fawn-eyed-girl (T)

Dark canon divergence. Time becomes timeless when Kagome is stuck in the jewel and Inuyasha doesn’t call for her. Will she be able to escape the jewel's influence? Will Inuyasha be able to find her?

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Time After Time by @kstewdeux (T)

After a strange injury, Inuyasha wakes up each morning believing Kagome hasn't returned yet. This causes problems.

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Missing by @ajoy3fanfics (M)

Inuyasha has woken up in a hospital with no memory of the last six months and is terrified when he finds no sign of Kagome. Worse, he finds out that he dumped her for his ex! What happened to Inuyasha and Kagome, and what does that have to do with his accident?

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The Closest Moment to the Dawn by @sassybratt9791 (M)

They named her Kagome after finding her injured and unconscious on the subway. Suffering from amnesia, she recuperates under the care of a semi-retired surgeon and a fresh young doctor. But when dark and violent flashes of her past come back to haunt her, Kagome begins to wonder if her past was worth remembering. Especially when a man she doesn't recognize quite literally lunges into her life, accusing her of murder.

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Unforgettable by Kanna37 (T)

Kikyou, or Kagome? Which one is truly memorable to the hanyou? Kikyou, tired of walking the world only half alive, decides it's time to find out. She casts a spell on Inuyasha, a spell of forgetfulness towards Kagome. But there's a catch - if he loves Kagome more than her, he'll remember her again before daylight falls the next day.

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I Want to Remember You by Discord1 (K+)

Kagome falls and hits her head on a rock, losing her memory. Including the memory of a certain dog-eared demon. What will Inu-Yasha do to get her to remember him? And what will the plotting Miroku do to get the two of them together?

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Memories Forgotten by ananova (T)

Post manga. Inuyasha suffers a head injury and loses part of his memory. Will he get it back? How will this affect his relationship with Kagome?

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Sachi by Quillwing717 (M)

Inn owner InuYasha Kasahara is finally satisfied with his life. Undisturbed, isolated…and peaceful. Until the arrival of Kagome, half-frozen, partially clothed, and unconscious from a gunshot to the head. Worse…her face is chillingly familiar.

#inukag archive #inukag fanfic #memory loss #lost memories

[mylevisdontfitanymore]

rapid wg idea/concept for you: Loki (or any other magic user really!) casts a spell casts a spell that hits Bucky and makes him gain weight at an alarming rate -- maybe every day he wakes up ~50lbs fatter or something like that and it's up to Steve to figure out how to break the spell before Bucky gets immobile...except, whoops, a few hundred pounds into the experience and it starts dawning on them that they're into it and want to see how big Buck can get

This gives me "Worth the Weight" from chubbuckies vibes!!

Of course in that fic the curse makes Bucky gain weight much slower than what you described but yeah... 🤤🤤 similar vibes for sure!

Rapid weight gain is always a yummy concept though, whether it’s the visual of the person changing so fast as they gain, expanding outwards, face softening, arms and legs growing in girth, tummy getting rounder and rounder, wider and wider or whether it’s the destruction of it, their clothes (if they’re wearing clothes 😏) popping off - buttons bursting open and belts snapping and seams ripping and cloth tearing open - or if they get large enough… the things around them getting destroyed. Things like furniture, chairs or beds, or even walls and floors as they grow absolutely massive.

Rapid weight gain is just 🤌delicious🤌

Stucky belly kink, unbeta'd, under the cut. Warnings for rapid weight gain via magic, stuffing, tight clothes, burps, etc.

And with this rapid but not, like, immediate weight gain you described I can also imagine the mounting tension. Like, at first Steve is pretty sure he’s intrigued just by the change that Bucky is going through. That’s why he can’t stop looking at Bucky as he stuffs his face and explodes out bigger the very next morning as a way of consequence.

Steve knows Bucky’s body almost better than his own, he knew it before the war, during the war, and he knows it again after the war in their semi-retirement (only going on occasional missions when they’re either super serious or restless enough to want to go help Natasha or Sam). But… he doesn’t know Bucky’s body when it’s chubby- all soft and heavy. That’s why he’s so interested, right? It’s just another change.

And he likes all of the changes happening at such a rapid influx.

He likes the change of the way Bucky’s clothes go from comfortably falling over his body, concealing the cuts of his incredible muscles (because he’s not like Steve in fashion sense, he’s not prone to tight tight smediums) to bulging in… certain places… (like his puffing belly and rounding ass 🤤) to hanging on for dear life, barely able to cover his rounding, expanding body. Hardly public-appropriate with the way Bucky’s new fat is oozing out of them.

Steve likes the way Bucky goes from never falling out of breath (unless you count when he’s three orgasms deep into riding Steve and is sweating buckets, squirming, and panting with how fucking intensely he’s enjoying himself, or when he’s fighting off aliens from another timeline slip in the middle of New York City) to falling out of breath as he just heaves himself up off the couch. Hardly a physically demanding feat… right? But there he is sighing and breathing heavily anyway, now always pausing to catch his breath before wandering into the kitchen for more food so the next time he moves he can be even more out of breath.

He likes the change of Bucky going from falling asleep on his back with Steve curled up against his side (despite the huge surface of their king-sized bed) to Bucky sleeping on his side instead. His tummy is too heavy to breathe when on his back. And when he’s on his side, it either means all of his new blubber gets pressed up against Steve’s flat, muscular chest and abs when they’re face-to-face, or… when Bucky faces out into the bedroom and not Steve, Steve enjoys how he can spoon Bucky and try his hardest to get his arm all the way around his newly rotund partner. His ability to reach across his girth lessens every night and it’s exciting. It’s so new.

He likes the change in Bucky’s capacity. As he gains weight and admits to Steve around even more bites of food, his appetite is always bottomless, he likes the changes too, they push his capacity until he’s not only got more fat but much more room for food. He eats double or triple what he could at the beginning of the curse. He eats until he’s stuffed so much that his tummy is bloated bigger already and hard to the touch- taut. Packed full. Seeing Bucky blushing and moaning, rubbing his beach ball belly and begging for more at the same time that he begs for rubs to help his endless meal settle will never get old. It will feel new and exciting and impossible every time.

Steve likes the change in Bucky’s attitude and behavior, he likes how he goes from independent and quieter than any of his previous incarnations (he talks more now than he did when he first broke away from hydra but not as much as he did before the war, whistling as he worked, cracking jokes, practicing one-liners on Steve, asking him to dance for no reason, etc.) to lazy and always asking for favors with his most charming smile, popping his dimples, knowing Steve cannot say no. He smiles- cheekily grins from where he’s sat on their couch (and where he’ll stay all day, growing) and wave a lazy hand in a half-recognizable gesture, asking, can you get some more snacks for me? Can you heat up one of those frozen lasagnas in the freezer for me? Can I have the TV remote (even though it’s only on the armchair a few feet from the couch where he’s parked his huge ass)? Can you get the takeout from the front door for me? It should be here in five minutes. Simple things that if he weren’t saying it all, all the time, it wouldn’t be a problem. But he is saying it all. And he has a growing problem. All those things he’s asking of Steve (that Steve is thrilled to do, of course) are not helping him maintain the minimum 50lbs per day gain. He’s gaining much faster than that, getting lazier and lazier. More chill the more weight he piles on. Happier seeming too. Happier as he stops excusing his frequent burps or satisfied moans or his tummy’s gurgles- his tummy actually angrily trying to digest all the food he’s piled into it but mistaken by Bucky himself as more hunger, piling more onto his struggling metabolism 🥵. Steve doesn’t mind. He actually loves it. This Bucky is like the Bucky from before the war, perhaps the most himself he’s ever been, even if he’s… *gulp* maybe three-? four-? approaching five times the size of that Bucky, way back in the 40s.

Steve really likes that Bucky likes it though. Overall. That’s a big part of it. Steve loves how Bucky caresses his own body as it blows up - as he stuffs himself - enjoying how huge he’s gotten. Especially in the mornings, the weight from the curse has piled on overnight, meaning Bucky wakes up and takes his time investigating new fat, curves, stretch marks, and creases in his growing body. Touching himself. Letting his arousal build purely from his own huge, growing body. So heavy and massive… yeah. Steve loves how Bucky loves it. He loves how Bucky asks for more, unable to get enough food but also unable to get enough of himself. Full of himself in the most intoxicating way. And part of it for Bucky is that Steve likes it so… it’s a loop. A feedback loop (ha).

*blows kiss* I hope that was everything you wanted!

(Sorry it wasn't super long, I just think of that fic so strongly I couldn't add a ton to this 😅)

#ask #mylevisdontfitanymore #belly kink #text #stuffing #weight gain #rapid weight gain #steve rogers #bucky barnes #stucky #chubby bucky #fat bucky

[justamarvelnerd]

stuff i love (but mostly hate) about the IB:

Love:

- I’ve created a social identity with other IB students. (basically there’s a “we” in “we’re all suffering” as opposed to “i’m suffering”)

- the social identity is really honestly the greatest thing about the IB because I feel like we all think kind of the same, yk? we are all so stressed and scared but it’s kind of invigorating that we know we are all here together

- kind of related to that, I have some bragging rights about breaking through the IB fog after testing in May. I can say I did the hardest thing I’ve ever done, regardless of if I make good enough scores for sophomore status in college

- Colleges love IB students because hooray college prep give us all your money

- SMART CULTURE. I’m known as “that smart kid” in my family*

- conversations with IB students you can ONLY have with IB students. One time, my school put on a festival, and kids were running around playing, doing activities, having a good time yk. And within all this ruckus, a group of like ten students was standing out in the hallways laughing and arguing over what the correct chemical formula for cobaltic hydroxide was (COOH3 btw). that is a normal, everyday conversation at my school, and these people had to have been younger than me because i’m a senior and didn’t know them

- also, we’re all very tight knit. we kind of have to be. if you don’t leave before freshman year, or even up until junior year, you see so many of the kids around you dropping like flies to go to a normal comprehensive high school.** the size of my senior class as it stands right now is 72 people. i don’t know of anyone in my class that doesn’t know me by name.

- my teachers are WICKED smart.

- my handwriting has become phenomenal because all of our essays are handwritten.

Hate:

- even though it’s “we’re suffering”, it’s still yk. suffering. lmao it isn’t meant to be fun

- *being “that smart kid” means I feel like I’m being held to the standard that I’m meant to be smart and have all the answers all the time, and when I don’t, I feel like I’m failing at… my identity? if that makes sense? makes me feel really, really crappy

- when sleep schedule is screwed, it’s screwed BIG TIME. there’s no happy medium.

- forget to eat in favor of study/ procrastination

- pretty sure those fainting spells were because of forgetting to drink water. whoops

- **i am the only African-American person in my entire grade. the only other Black person in class of ‘23 is Nigerian, and she happens to be one of my closest friends.

- it gets really lonely.

- sometimes, my teachers are so smart that what are basic concepts for them are incredibly complicated concepts for me, and when they skim right past them i can’t get my bearings

- long nights spent watching youtube videos on biology concepts could all be retrieved if my biology teacher had explained them better for me.

- THE IB IS NOT ADHD OR AUTISM-FRIENDLY AHHHHHHHHHHH. THE 504 PLAN HAS RUINED MY PERCEPTIONS OF WHATEVER “ACCOMMODATION” IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN.

- i find that schools in general are not very neurodivergent-friendly. a solution to lack of focus becomes sit in a quiet room by yourself with a ticking clock in the corner that you just can’t block out because it’s just So LOUD and this room is too bright and someone’s watching me from the corner of the room for some reason why do i need supervision i don’t even know what this assignment is asking me to do and i can’t even ask that random staff member watching me because that’s not their job and they aren’t my teacher bc he’s busy teaching all the rest of the class that can keep up with him.

- just no.

but anyway. i don’t know that i’d trade the experience I’ve had with the IB. Character development, yk? and i’m aware it isn’t for everyone.

idk what kind of person i’d be if i hadn’t decided to go through with attempting to get a full IB diploma. i wonder whether i would be as thoughtful as i am now.

#adhd #neurodivergent #adhd things #autism #international baccalaureate #ibdp #burnout #school #acespec

[imfrom-neptune]

You Didn’t Know

I am very bored and have too much time on my hands

..but she was right, Sera. She showed us a soul can improve. He saw the light, Sera. Checked all the boxes that you said would.. prove a person deserves a second chance. Now we turn our backs, no second glance?

It’s not as simple as you think. Not everything is spelled in ink.

It’s not fair, Sera.

Careful Charlie, keep a cool head.

No! Don’t you care, Sera? That just because someone is dead doesn’t.. mean they can’t resolve to change their ways! Turn the page, escape infernal blaze!

I’m sure you wish it could be so.. but there’s a lot that you don’t know!

What are we even talking about?! Some crack whore who fucked up already?? He blew his shot like the cocks in his mouth! This discussion is senseless and petty..

There’s no question to be posed! He’s unholy, case closed! Did you forget that hell is forever??

A man only lives once. We’ll see you in one month. Gotta say I can’t wait to..

Adam..

Come down and exterminate you!

Wait!

Shit-

What are you saying? Let me get this straight.. you go down there and kill those poor souls?

You didn’t know?

Whoops-

Guess the cat’s out of the bag!

What’s the big deal?

Sera tell me that you didn’t know..

I thought since I’m older, it’s my load to shoulder-

No..

You have to listen! It was such a hard decision! I wanted to save you the anguish it takes to.. do what was required..

To think that I admired you, well.. I don’t need your condescension! I’m not a child to protect! Was talk of virtue just pretension? Was I too naïve to expect you to heed the morals you’re purveying..? 

That’s what the fuck I’ve been saying!!

If hell is forever, then heaven must be a lie!

Emily-!

If angels can do whatever and remain in the sky!! The rules are shades of grey when you don’t do as you say, when you make the wretched suffer just to kill them again!!!

I was told not to trust in angels..

By her?

Ha! She should know..

We should go-

No! Don’t you see? We’ve come so close.. look at them fighting, they’re at each other’s throats.

Don’t you act all high and mighty. Did you ever think your little girlfriend might be a liar?

Don’t, Adam please-

What’s the fuss? Why hide the fact that you’re an angel just like us..

#hazbin hotel #you didn’t know hazbin hotel

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball GT 10

✨GT Stands for Grueling Tedium✨

✨Is This Episode Worse than “The Roaming Lake”?✨

Yes.  Yes it is.  “The Roaming Lake” is fucking stupid.  For all its faults, it did not have a lengthy scene where the villains forced the hero to dance to the point of exhaustion.

This episode opens with the same scene of Goku, Trunks, and Pan jumping out of the ship to fight the worm monsters at the end of Episode 9.  They used to pull this trick in DBZ all the time, and I at least tolerated it there because I understood that the show had to pad things out so the manga could pull further ahead, but GT doesn’t have that excuse, and yet it abuses that trick way, way more.

Back at Planet Luud, they bring in some enemies of the cult from the West Galaxy, and Mutchy-Motchy turns them into dolls with his whip, then feeds the dolls to the Luud idol in their temple.  It’s exactly like when he did it to that cultist in Episode 9, only with other aliens.  One of them is cosplaying as Vegeta, for some reason.

✨ Positivity Page✨

 Back at the planetoid, the GT crew was having a hard time fighting these worm monsters, until Goku discovered it’s a lot easier to grab them by the tail end.  This allows them to just have their way with these creatures, which seems kind of suspicious, but at least they gave a reason for the tide to turn. 

Mostly, I just appreciate this part because it’s satisfying to see these characters whoop some ass, without any bullshit nerfing or GT logic getting in the way.  They just punch, kick, and rassle the worm monsters until they’re all beaten, and there’s no stupid “twist” where one of the worms has a magic potion that makes Goku a baby, or Pan decides that they need to use stealth instead of overwhelming force, or anything like that.  It’s not much, but I’ll take it.

✨ “Good” “Ideas”, Poorly Executed✨

During the fight, the Para Brothers were inside the Earthling ship searching for the Dragon Ball.   When they can’t find it, they decide that it must be on one of the GT crew, which means they’ll have to take it by force.  This leads to a nine-hour staredown, because this is all the episode has left.

The brother’s do a goofy pose, then they take off their battle vests, which double as sound and lighting equipment, and then they do a goofy dance.  The heroes look on in confusion, until Giru and Pan begin to dance as well.  Soon, they’re all dancing, and even repeating the stupid chant the Paras are doing, even though they don’t want to. 

That’s right, it’s a spell of some kind.   You watch the Para Brother’s long enough, you get stuck imitating their dance routine, and before you know it, you can’t... stop... doing the monkey!  And while you’re dancing, Bon Para can just walk right up and beat the shit out of you.

Honestly, this is so fucking stupid that it almost becomes enjoyable.  It’s honestly kind of satisfying to see someone beat the crap out of Pan, Trunks, and Goku.  But that’s kind of the problem here.  The Para Brothers suck, and the GT Crew sucks, and their fight sucks.  This episode represents a complete failure by everyone involved who made this show. 

And you know, if it was a short little bit, I probably wouldn’t mind it so much.  Make it like a cliffhanger to round out the last few minutes of one episode and the opening minutes of another.  But no, this is the entire second half of this episode, and it just goes on and on and on.  And the first half of the episode was just padding and filler.   You have to imagine that someone working on this show probably thought they could stretch this out to a full episode, and they had to be talked out of it. 

The big problem here is that the good guys are so powerful, which means it takes for-friggin’-ever to wear them out.  So who saves the day? Turns out it’s the caterpillar monsters, who somehow get up from the beating they took, and attack the Para brothers.  I’m not clear on whether they were affected by the spell or not, but since they don’t have feet, I’m guessing it wouldn’t work as well on them.

So the good guys take out the Paras while they have the opening, and I guess the caterpillar monsters don’t give them any more trouble since they know they’ll get thrashed again, and then Trunks and Pan search the Paras’ ship for the Six Star Dragon Ball.  Just as they’re about to give up, Pan notices something written on a terminal, and when Giru reads it to her, the ship’s computer decides it’s a command, and immediately takes off to return to Planet Luud.

This is easily one of the worst episodes of GT, and by extension, one of the worst episodes of anything related to Dragon Ball.  Hell, this might be the worst episode of anything, ever?  I’m trying to think of something worse, but nothing comes to mind.

✨ The Blade Braxton Memorial Haiku*✨ 

Fuck this episode

Fuck this shitty episode.

Fuck this episode.

#dragon ball #dragon ball gt #really sucks #2023dbapocryphaliveblog #goku #pan #trunks #bon para #son para #don para #*haiku does not come with crown as illustrated #when the mindless lovecraftian worm things are the heroes of the story #you know you've screwed something up

[notstilinski]

Happy Place Starters !

Taken from the 2023 novel by Emily Henry, Happy Place! Some of these have already been edited. You can change them however you see fit!

“We all went to school together but we live in different places now, so it’s hard to get our schedules to line up.”

“Oh, no, it was t a medical procedure. It was an Etsy spell.”

“Remember the first time you brought us her? That guy (Name) ghosted me, and you and (Name) made a PowerPoint about his worst qualities.”

“Wow, things descended into orgy territory pretty quickly.”

“I’ve never had friends like this.”

“Eight years, and you’re still never more than three feet apart.”

“(Name) tends to embellish.”

“You should try sending a big-ass nude painting of yourself ahead when you’re going to meet someone new. It’s always worked for me.”

“You’re staring. Suspiciously.”

“I’m sure plenty of murderers are punctual.”

“They told me it would be impossible to tell whether you were flirting or not.”

“Clearly you’re unfamiliar with the concept of the Regency-era duel.”

“Oh, I’m familiar, but since I rarely find myself flirting with the unwed daughters of powerful dukes, I figure I’m okay.”

“Oh, come on. We’re step-friends now. You might as well tell me.”

“I love sluts! Some of my best friends are sluts. I’ve dabbled in sluttery myself.”

“That’s right. I’m slow-release hot.”

“No. I’m doing this for the sheer pleasure of annoying you.”

“(Name), they didn’t know we’d been hooking up for a whole year.”

“So you proposed and they said no and then they proposed and /you/ said no?”

“You can’t shove a person into a dark room and tell them to relax!”

“(Name) got an air horn app.”

“Are there any places you go back to again and again in your dreams?”

“If you could have another life entirely, separate from this one, what would you do?”

“Overthinking is the thing I’m best at, though.”

“Do I make you anxious?”

“You ask a lot of questions, but you don’t like answering them.”

“Funny. Interesting. It’s like, pick a lane, buddy.”

“Just to be clear, you’re always welcome to touch me.”

“I’m voracious for physical touch. Can’t get enough.”

“Don’t worry. It was clearly vengeful grinding.”

“I’m not made of money, (Name). Water’s all I got.”

“I have never loved a grocery store like I love this grocery store.”

“”How is (Name) even alive let alone whooping and cheering?”

“I’m probably just tired. I always worry more when I’m tired.”

“Um, I literally just walked up. Did I catch you two in the middle of a drug deal or something?”

“Oh, you haven’t found yourself imprisoned with any other jilted lovers in the last five months?”

“Oh? Then what was it that made you finally kiss me, (Name)?”

“I want to know if you’re happy too.”

“I got great pictures of the body shots, by the way. Those will be perfect for the photo wall.”

“You don’t have to be fine.”

“It could still happen. Life’s long.”

“He looks like he’s the tormented leader of a motorcycle gang.”

“If we aren’t friends, what is this?”

“I finally stopped falling asleep to that humiliating memory one month ago and now I have to start all over.”

“The I want to go down on you face?”

“What’s that? Is that just global warming I’m feeling, or has hell frozen over and (Name) is actually agreeing with me on something?”

“(Name), I’m serious. Don’t you dare break my delicate angel’s heart.”

“You’re a mystery to me, (Name).”

“I’m hiring a hitman to take out (Name) for buying that last round of Fireball last night. Feel free to Venmo me your contribution.”

“You have the instincts of a Victorian women’s hospital orderly.”

“Lots of things start with me. That doesn’t make them good ideas.”

“I’m not sure I’m up for four hours of vampires.”

“That just means whoever finds the body has a boring job and wears sweater-vests.”

“If I’m going to be an ass, I’m glad to be yours.”

“They think they’re showing me off.”

“Wow. Being a washed-up former golden boy isn’t so bad after all.”

“Thank you, (Name), for saving them from themselves.”

“I know. I think that’s really why I went. To find you.”

“Moved back in with your mom and get high with her twice a week.”

“I can hardly believe it myself. The chemistry was undeniable, but it wasn’t enough.”

“That is so unbelievably on-brand.”

“The nuance being they can know something’s objectively terrible but if it’s even loosely connected to one of their family members, then it’s got to also be groundbreakingly special.”

“And here I thought it was the crosswords themselves getting you riled up.”

“Hey, are you guys doing drugs down there?”

“We are young, (Name). We’ll always be young. It’s a state of mind.”

“I can feel my blood. And these colors have tastes.

“I am definitely really high. But I’m also right.”

“So I guess some things change and stay the same.”

“It happened! We replaced our parents as the drunk-mom-on-vacation generation

“Tell me to kiss you, (Name).”

“Plus, I want to see if this place is as haunted as it looks.”

“I like how you talk to me like you expect me to understand what you’re saying.”

“I’m every universe, it’s you for me. Even if it’s not me for you.”

“Compared to the rest of our relationship, this is a brawl.”

“I’m great with parents, (Name). Talking to old people is one of my very few God-given skills.”

“Are you planning to stab me or something?”

“Because you’re good at loving and that’s all you have to do.”

“How can love end up like that? How is it possible to love someone so much and have it all just go away?”

“Do you want me to promise I’ll love you forever, (Name)? Because I will.”

“What’s one thing you’ll miss about these trips?”

“Stupid, stupid, stupid heart. Don’t you know he hasn’t been yours to cry over for a long time?”

“Breathe for a second. Rushing makes you clumsy, and we can’t afford to be clumsy.”

“So when they ask for my best qualities, I tell them I’m amazing in bed.”

“I hardly have any expenses right now—maybe you’ve heard: I live with my mom?”

“It’s amazing. Seeing you like this. So happy.”

“I wanted to be special, (Name). And since I wasn’t, I settled for trying to make everyone love me.”

“I am. I am still yours.”

“Thanks. I don’t work out.”

“You think they’re Postmatesing magic mushrooms to the table?”

“If I waited on all of you, this friendship would already be over.”

“So, what, you’re going to consciously uncouple from our friendship.”

“If I’m good enough, I’ll be happy.”

“This is what you wore to a fight?”

“Good. You should be at least a fraction as proud of yourself as I am of you.”

“Good. Don’t forgive me. Stay mad at me. Don’t get over me.”

“Love means constantly saying you’re sorry and then doing better.”

“I never learned how to fight.”

“I don’t know how fights are supposed to end when you love the person you’re fighting with.”

“It’s embarrassing! Being jealous of your own partner? I didn’t even tell (Name) until a few months ago.”

“I don’t need you to stay the same, (Name).”

“You don’t want that anger becoming fear. You want it turning into trust.”

“I told that one shitty poet you dated that I was a witch, and that if he ever contacted you again, I’d he’d him so his dick fell off.”

“Your fingers are cold.”

“All the more reason to give you a ride. These could be the last minutes of your life, period.”

“Because there’s nowhere I wouldn’t go for you.”

“I’d rather have you five days a year than anyone else all the time.”

“I’m saying it’s not home unless you’re there.”

“Because it makes me happy. And I don’t consider anything that does that a waste of time.”

“I’m never not going to worry about you.”

“What about you? Don’t you want to be happy?”

#rp meme #roleplay meme #sentence starters #sentence meme #starter sentences #ask meme #ask prompts #inbox memes #inbox prompts #novel sentence starters #if i made any mistakes here i swear to GOD

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: West Coast Avengers #16: the DIVE

January, 1987

Ooooooooh this is a snazzy looking cover! Love the colors!

I don’t even mind that this is a generic action pose with angry heads type cover with no indication what the plot could possibly be about.

Presumably Hellcat and Tigra running away from giant floating heads.

The plot could be anything!

We’ve concluded our current subplot of ‘Tigra be too horny!’

Master Pandemonium is still out and about but I suspect he’s going to go back into the background for a while. That’s kind of his style. Brief periods of relevance followed by long periods of people mentioning that he’s surely still relevant.

But to more officially summarize: last times on West Coast Avengers: Tigra be too horny. This presented a problem so she made a secret deal with the cat king of demon cat land to have her cat soul taken out if she only killed Master Pandemonium.

But despite ending up in demon cat hell land with Master Pandemonium disarmed and held down by demon cat people for the easiest possible kill, Tigra can’t go through with it. She can’t do a murder and let down the Avengers who are pretty strongly anti-murder.

Nonsense ensues which involved Tigra getting her cat soul taken out and then accidentally put back in while she was wearing Hellcat’s suit which caused her human and cat souls to merge more harmoniously. Also, she grew a tail.

It’s not on the cover but it totally exists. I swear!

Anyway! This issue starts with Tigra jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge for reasons of personal growth. But it’s mistaken as suicide by bystanders in the story so down under the fold it goes.

Don’t try this at home. Tigra has cat based superpowers and you don’t.

But the point proven is that not only is Tigra strong enough to survive a reckless stunt like that now due to her souls integrating better, but she’s also lost her debilitating cat fear of water.

Which, I don’t remember if I pointed this out or not, is not universal!

Tigers like swimming. And Tigra shares several letters with tiger!

What a weird thing that she would have cat fear of water when the cat people in the cat hell world are also not shown being afraid of water!

By the way, Tigra wasn’t even sure that this dive wouldn’t break every bone in her body.

That’s why Hellcat was standing by, to pull her out of the water in case it did.

I know this was for reasons of personal growth but TIGRA WHAT THE HELL.

Also, Patsy’s Hellcat suit just regenerated between issues somehow?

I don’t think anything is said about it. And if Patsy just sewed it back together, that re-raises some questions about how the suit actually works.

Ah well.

Hank Pym, who is also here, congratulates Tigra on the personal growth and on not hating a part of herself anymore.

Then Daimon Hellstrom (secretly the demon busting hero Hellstorm UNBEKNOWST TO ALL) points out that the San Francisco Harbor Patrol is on its way to bust them for reckless bridge jumping.

Or so he thinks.

The San Francisco Harbor Patrol boats zoom right past the heroes’ little sail ship, in pursuit of some zipping through the water at wondrous speeds.

Despite not knowing who the super fast swimmer is, Hellcat decides that the thing to do is to launch her grapple claws and hoist the swimmer out of the water

And whoops, its Tiger Shark. One of the Masters of Evil and a dude whose day job is punching Namor.

But Tigra immediately jumps on his back because she’s just had personal growth.

Tigra: “Dream on, Flap-Face! You’re not killing anybody unless you beat the Tigra-Shark!”

Then, she complains about his theming because she fights too many cats! Leo of Zodiac, cat demons, and now Tiger Shark?

(Tiger Sharks are not, in fact, cats, Tigra)

Tigra: “Isn’t there anybody around here named after a dog?”

Tiger Shark gets big mad and punches the mast of the little sailing ship, rocking the boat and seriously making Tigra think about the wisdom of having a superhero fight on a small boat.

Since Daimon left his magic trident at home and since APPARENTLY HIS SPELLS ARE SO DEMON FOCUSED THAT THEY’RE NO GOOD AGAINST MORTAL PEOPLE and since Hank Pym is entirely useless apparently, it’s all up to Tigra and Hellcat.

Tiger Shark manages to grab the two cat themed heroines by their hair and quips “Let’s see what happens when the fish eat the cats!”

But both Tigra and Hellcat have hit on the same idea and shred the front of Tiger Shark’s costume.

Water gushes out, confirming Tigra and Hellcat’s idea that he uses it to stay hydrated since according to his Avengers file, he does need to moisten up frequently.

And either he instantly loses strength despite his skin and the inside of the suit still being pretty wet or he’s distracted enough that Tigra and Hellcat manage to tie him up so they can hand him over to the ocean cops.

Tiger Shark tries to find some victory in this ass thrashing and decides “hey, at least I’m better than Hank Pym!”

Tiger Shark: “Yeah, you two can laugh! Maybe you earned the right, this time! But whatever happens to me, I’m still one of the guys who destroyed Hank Pym, and nothing can ever take that away from me!”

Hank Pym: “You destroyed Yellowjacket, Shark -- not Hank Pym! The man inside that yellow suit is far from being destroyed -- as you can plainly see!”

Okay, I don’t think either of these two guys remember how things happened.

I expect this revisionism from Tiger Shark who got his ass whupped when Hank soloed the entire Egghead Masters of Evil.

But, Hank, this story is how you got your groove back! C’mon!

So as Hank recaps to Daimon Hellstrom who isn’t up to date on superhero drama, Hank Yellowjacket Pym wasn’t cut out to be a superhero and he took it out on Jan Wasp van Dyne. He also attacked Elfqueen “before determining if she were really evil” (which, no, that wasn’t the point. The point was that Captain America was talking her down and you re-escalated the situation).

Cap called for a hearing to determine Hank’s fitness to Avenger so Hank made the only logical decision of building a robot to murder his friends so that he could stop the robot and his friends would think he was cool.

It didn’t work, Janet saved the day, and the Avengers all know what Hank tried.

In this recap he claims that he was expelled from the Avengers but that isn’t true. He walked off in a fugue state before they could decide anything and then they couldn’t find him no matter how they tried.

Recap Hank also claims that his old enemy Egghead gave him a lab job but that isn’t accurate either. Egghead asked Hank to fit his niece for a prosthetic arm to replace the one she lost in one of Egghead’s schemes but whoops the arm turned out to be one of Egghead’s schemes.

Egghead used the arm to take her hostage to force Hank to steal the government’s strategic reserve of adamantium and Hank had to fight his friendvengers and went to jail.

Egghead then created a new Masters of Evil group, had them kidnap Hank during his trial and claim they were working for Hank (to ruin his reputation) and bring him to work for Egghead’s big defeat aging make money scheme.

Recap Hank claims Egghead wanted him to join the Masters of Evil but that specifically wasn’t discussed. I doubt Egghead would have trusted Hank with his superhero gear.

Recap Hank also claims “I strung them along until the Avengers could find and rescue me!” which completely glosses over the point that Hank never just cooled his heels.

He was furious that Egghead denied him his day in court and built a bunch of traps into the Fight Aging Machine so that when Egghead strapped Hank in and turned it on, Hank used it to defeat all the Masters.

The rest of the recap is correct though, that Egghead died (accidentally killed by Hawkeye), the Avengers did come to save Hank (but never so much as fought anyone unless you count Thor clotheslining the Beetle), and Hank retired from superheroics after his innocence was proven in the adamantium caper and being taken from the courthouse.

This recap gets events very slightly wrong and I don’t think its an accident! I think its an attempted subtle retcon because (spoilers) this issue is going to try to give Hank a Darkest Hour and that requires him to feel like a big loser mocked by supervillains for being a quitter loser who sucks and quit superheroing.

And yes, he did quit superheroing because it wasn’t healthy for him. But trying to erase that even just as Hank Pym no codename no costume, he defeated his archenemy and a whole team of supervillains because the power was in him all along or whatever... It does Hank a disservice.

I’m going to need to see how I feel about this new direction for Hank as it unfolds because it is going somewhere.

But I don’t like how we’re starting off.

ANYWAY.

Hank Pym: “I went on to do some valuable scientific work -- and eventually, when I understood that I’d spent too many years with the Avengers to cut them out of my life completely -- I became an associate of the West Coast group -- where everyone was working out new ways to uphold the Avengers tradition! I’ve got an Avengers-quality lab to work in -- I’ve got friends both new and old -- so if anyone around here’s been destroyed, it’s the goon who holds onto his fantasy that he destroyed me!”

Yeah. I mean, I’ve already addressed how Tiger Shark saying that was a gross misreading of anything that actually happened.

Anyway, Hank tries to prove that he’s living better than the Masters of Evil who tried to destroy him by asking Tiger Shark how they’re all doing lately.

But when he mentions Whirlwind, Tiger Shark starts shouting not to mention “that creep.”

Seems Whirlwind and Tiger Shark had a Plan and Scheme they were working together. Whirlwind was supposed to create a distraction while Tiger Shark stole a thing and ran.

But Whirlwind never bothered to show up and thus Tiger Shark takes the fall.

Daimon, Hank, Tigra, and Hellcat return to Daimon’s Victorian home.

Patsy Walker, Hellcat is feeling quite invigorated from beating up a shark man.

Hellcat: “So, Daimon -- what do you think? Should the Hellcat go back to adventuring on a permanent basis? I could rejoin the Avengers!”

Daimon Hellstrom: “Ha! That would be all they need -- two cat-women at the same time! -- While one is more than enough for me!”

Aw, cute couple. He also jokingly threatens to break her arm if she does rejoin the Avengers which is less funny if you know how he goes crazy later.

ANYWAY.

Uh. Patsy and Daimon run upstairs to go sex one another, while making it incredibly obvious to their guests that’s what they’re doing.

Hank Pym: “The way they banter back and forth reminded me of me and Jan! He’s serious and she’s flighty, but somehow, they make it work! I’m sure glad I’ve got you now!”

Tigra: “Uh... maybe we’d better talk -- !”

OOF.

Yeah, the conversation is going the only place the conversation can go now.

Tigra is breaking up with Hank.

As she explains, when she told Hank she loved him that was when she had the two souls and two personalities. The Greer side of her did mean it but now that she’s merged her two sides, she’s a New Tigra and wants something different.

She’s not super horny anymore so she won’t be dating every dude but she wants to try dating different dudes. Who aren’t Hank Pym.

Y’know.

Its not him, its her.

So very awkward.

And in fairness, she’s not obliged to date him. And the circumstances of how they started their relationship are super sketchy. The healthy thing to do is to take a step back.

Because their relationship started when Horny Tigra started making out with him because he was a dude who existed. And she made out with a bunch of other dudes while he thought they were exclusive.

Yeah, stepping back is healthy.

Unfortunately, Hank has decided to pin his mental health after his robot son died on “well at least I have a cool girlfriend.”

So as soon as she’s out of earshot, he starts shouting about his life.

Hank Pym: “Blast it! Maybe I was wrong to get involved with these people again! They all operate in worlds I never liked -- worlds I’ve frozen myself out of! She loved me! She loved me! But then she became someone else! God, I hate -- No! No -- I can’t start thinking like that! I had a breakdown once already -- I saw what happened to Quicksilver when he went over the edge -- ! No! I just -- Just have to keep plugging -- !”

I like that Hank thinks ‘oh shit rock bottom would be becoming as bad as Quicksilver, time to course correct.’

He also dramatically picks up a lamp to smash at the start of his rant but then gently puts it down as he decides not to be a dick.

Down in L.A. where the rest of the West Coast Avengers are not on vacation but are also not doing much, Wonder Man Williams is cooking spaghetti because he’s forgetti his regretti or something.

Really, it’s because Hank keeps insisting on making barbecue to celebrate any successful mission and Simon wants to show he’s a “gourmet chef” too by making “Spaghetti Will-I-Am-O!”

Sure.

But talking about cooking reminds Bobbi Mockingbird that they seldom spend any time in their bungalows (presumably cooking for themselves) because Hank set up a great always off-panel staff.

This segues the conversation into talking about what a cool, great dude Hank is and what a cool, great job he’s done as the West Coast Avengers’ major domo.

Hawkeye quips that Hank had to do a great job because Bobbi can only boil water in a science context, not a culinary context. Ha ha ha, burn.

So Bobbi tells Tony to punch Hawkeye and Tony doesn’t need to be told twice.

Maybe getting punched reminds Hawkeye of Firebird and he suggests inviting her to be the second women on the team.

... Did Hawkeye forget that Tigra exists?

I... I think he has. I think her existence has completely slipped his mind.

But he says that presumably enough time has passed for Firebird to sort out her feelings about herself and about her “illustrious chairman-to-be!”

Wonder Man: “Keep talking, Clint -- this sauce is a little light on the meat! I can use more bull!”

Zing!

I do like the West Coast Avengers just hanging out and razzing on each other. If you have a superhero team and they live together, I expect this kind of scene every now and again. Otherwise, why even bother?

Anyway, after razzing Clint, they all agree that it’s a good idea after Tigra and Hank get back from San Francisco, to go to Albuquerque and formally invite Firebird to join the team.

Tony agrees but also mentions its a shame that Hank has quit the superhero business for good.

-looks at the future- Tony, buddy, you’re going to be thrilled.

Back in San Francisco, Hank proposes to Tigra, Hellcat, and Daimon that they tie up the loose end on their boating adventure by capturing Whirlwind!

See, Hank knows Whirlwind better than anyone else so he’ll be able to come up with a dynamite plan to capture him!

Hank Pym: “He can move like the wind, but he needs space to really get going! San Francisco isn’t Manhattan, thank god, but the financial district has lots of tall buildings close together -- so, if we could lure him into that area, he could be trapped by our two crafty cat-women!”

Patsy likes this plan and says that Hank should visit more often because “usually we have to entertain our guests, not the other way around!”

Daimon agrees to Hank’s proposal even though its not really a demonic threat which is what he’d really rather be dealing with.

He even has some contacts on the police force he could contact.

SO LATER, AT NIGHT TIME

Whirlwind is lurking around a corner watching something called the “psycho-circuit” get loaded onto a truck.

 He thinks either the police are stupid for not shuffling things around after one attempted robbery. OR its a trap for him.

But he’s so confident that the police are no match for his SPEED that he decides to just go for it.

Whirlwind grabs the psycho-circuit and spins off but founds the police ready for him with a roadblock.

Although I like his response of “Nonsense!” when the police tell him he’s surrounded.

But the other direction he runs has a roadblock too.

A police guy: “Not this way, either, Whirlwind! Save the wear-and-tear on your muscles and stop where you are!”

Whirlwind: “Again I say nonsense! My muscles can keep me whirling longer than you can stand up, Flatfoot! And while I’m whirling, there’s always some way out!”

Whirlwind whirls in yet another direction and this time he runs into “the Pussycat Patrol!” as he calls Tigra and Hellcat.

He tries to just plow right through them but Tigra and Hellcat use Hank’s off-panel advice on how Whirlwind works to grab onto him.

He just spins them off but has to downplay them being able to grab onto him as just luck.

Whirlwind tries to grab the psycho-circuit and run but Hellcat yoinks it away with her grapple claw.

Hellcat: “You shot a cat into the air -- she almost fell to Earth -- you know not where!”

Delightful.

Whirlwind has his own poem though.

Whirlwind: “Given enough momentum, I can fly -- and given my whirling buzzsaws, you can die!”

But Hellcat dodges his attack and Tigra slashes his wrist buzzsaws off, surprising him with her speed.

He twirls and sends more buzzsaws flying out -- where he pulled them from, I do not know -- but she easily dodges.

At this point, Whirlwind gets nervous about how the deck seems stacked against him. Avengers in San Francisco where there weren’t supposed to be any. Hellcat seemingly out of retirement. Presumably how the cops were ready for him.

So he decides to escape, whirling up the side of a building like its a halfpipe.

Only to find his old foe Hank Pym waiting for him!

Really isn’t turning out to be Whirlwind’s day!

Which means he’s going to make it not Hank Pym’s day.

Hank tries to make some kind of point how even though he’s not a superhero anymore, he organized this ambush against Whirlwind using all his Whirlwind insider knowledge so therefore he’s still a cool guy who can thwart Whirlwind.

But Whirlwind spins this encounter around on Hank.

Whirlwind: “You always were a jerk, Pym! I’m not the biggest crook that ever was, but at least I’ve got my honor! I’ve never given up on what I am! By gum, I’ve been wanting to say this to you for a long time! Being a whirlwind may not be as heavy-duty a power as a lot of people’s, but it makes me special -- something nobody else can ever be -- and I’ll never give it up, or let a bunch of other jerks run around with the same M.O., the way you do! You may catch me this time, but I’ll be back, which is more than you can say for yourself! It makes me sick that I ever ended up with you as my main opponent! Why couldn’t I have run up against Iron Man --”

Hank Pym: “Shut up! SHUT UP!!”

Touched a nerve there.

Touched such a nerve that Hank tries to tackle Whirlwind but the guy just dodges out of the way, letting Hank accidentally plunge right off the roof.

Whirlwind: “Beating you now is worth exactly nothing, Pym!”

Oof.

Don’t worry.

Hellcat rescues him.

And Tigra captures Whirlwind by kindly offering to disembowel him.

Having missed the conversation, Patsy Hellcat is confused by Whirlwind’s defiant shouts for Hank to remember what he said.

And Hank just grins and plays it off like ‘wow that wacky villain saying all kinds of things!’

And now this following bit and also this post is getting a cw: suicide ideation warning.

The next day, when Tigra is getting ready to leave la casa de Daimon and also Patsy, she finds Hank wistfully gazing out the window at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Tigra assumes that Hank is just admiring the sweet view.

Tigra: “It sure is gorgeous around here -- the hills, the bridge -- ! I can’t imagine why so many people choose it as a place to commit suicide!”

Hank Pym: “Yes... you’d really have to be certain there was nothing left to live for...”

So West Coast Avengers is taking a turn towards the heavy content matter.

(Tigra, your expression is entirely inappropriate for this heavy content matter that you don’t realize is going on)

Checking ahead on the marvel wiki and Hank Pym is going to carry this energy into the next issue where he will attempt a thing but be stopped.

So some people may want to check out of next post since I am gonna go through the entirely too long Lost in Space-Time arc before I try to resync the east and west teams.

My overall take on this new Hank direction remains ‘I don’t like how we’re starting.’

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for the character thing - judai, jarchivist, jack atlas

I am kissing you on the cheek MWAH very many J’s 👀

Judai

Favorite: he’s a really good subversion of a rousing speeches hero type protagonist! I love that he’s a little bit monstrous, that he comes back from the horrors changed, with the knowledge that that part of him was there all along

Least favorite: the way he treats other people, especially Syo, Kenzan, and Misawa

Favorite line: “we’re from the future. No big whoop.”

BroTP: with Pharaoh (the cat)! I can’t in good conscience brotp judai with any of the students tbh

OTP: heroshipping (Judai x Edo)

NoTP: fianceshipping (Judai x Asuka)

Random headcanon: his parents put a lot of pressure on him as an only son and instead of going the manjoume snapping route, he went the “I’ll do whatever I want” route

Unpopular opinion: he’s not actually that good of a duel strategist, but he has incredibly lucky draws

Song I associate with them: Girl Anachronism by The Dresden Dolls, Perfect by Simple Plan, I Am Not A Robot by MARINA (I swear I had other songs but I forgot them entirely oops)

Favorite picture of them: PLEASE view this art below

Jarchivist:

Favorite: He really does care for others and wants to honor them and do right by them, in his own way

Least favorite: His recklessness, like there was no way in hell the table wasn’t ACTIVELY HOLDING SOMETHING BACK sorry you’re not genre savvy 🙄

Favorite line: “Supplemental: I’m in the tunnels”

BroTP: I would’ve liked more Jon and Sasha and Jon and Basira moments tbh, they had good snarky friend vibes

OTP: JonMartin, naturally

NoTP: JonElias, I really don’t get it

Random headcanon: he looks like his mom, which upset his grandmother when he was little and she was raising him

Unpopular opinion: Sasha would have become The Archivist faster than Jon did

Song I associate with them: Annabel’s Lament from Paul Shapera’s The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera, Amen from Frankenstein: A New Musical (2008)

Favorite picture of them: I haven’t looked up magnus art in SO long, + podcast char = no canon appearance, so just. Imagine a guy, I guess :/ No jkjk lol I like how spooksier draws him! (See link below!)

Jack Atlas:

Favorite: His integrity as a duelist! Jack may be a shit person who -checks notes- threw his friends to the dogs, betrayed his loved ones, and stole Yusei’s ace card and D-wheel, BUT he did also refuse to continue being the King knowing Yusei would have fairly beaten him if the red dragon hadn’t appeared. I think he’s just a funky little guy tbh, he’s a compelling and interesting character

Least favorite: see above the whole point about “abandoning his loved ones for profit”

Favorite line: uhhh I haven’t gotten very far in the anime yet, but maybe “Yes, but it (30$ coffee) makes you feel like a million” this line lives rent free (unlike Crow who has to pay rent)

BroTP: team satisfaction, I guess?

OTP: I’m not far enough to see him have meaningful relationships with anyone except Yusei yet 😭 tentatively I’m gonna say Jack/Carly because I know Of Carly as a Concept

NoTP: don’t really have one, but Jack with anyone not age appropriate for him is a no go

Random Headcanon: he has a super strong satellite accent that makes it near impossible for him to talk in public (for fear of exposing his past) without rehearsing a TON to perfect his accent first

Unpopular opinion: he’s so ugly 😭 also his name is actually Jack Atlus and we’re all spelling it wrong (this is canon actually)

Song I associate with them: King by Lauren Aquilina, The Crooked, The Cradle by The Crane Wives, Ancient History also by The Crane Wives

Favorite picture of them: this one, it’s so silly lol

Thank you for the ask, I appreciate you sm!!! 😭

#ask the whispering gardens #judai yuki #jonathan sims #jack atlas

[aggressivebibliophile]

I’m sharing this on my art blog because I think it deserves to be seen.

This is the story of why I need to keep my computer plugged in.

Today is the first of October so my free Kingsisle-sponsored membership in wizard101 (to make up for the guy who said fuck in the announcements) just ran out. So I was walking around Triton Avenue, which I don’t remember buying but somehow have access to, doing a quest that I accidentally picked up while looking for Waterworks. It was a really basic, maybe level 4 or 5 quest, and somehow it was available to me despite me having already done it and being level 60.

So I was walking around, insanely over leveled, and this random level 20 guy wearing clothes that looked like they cost real money said hi. And I said hi back. And Then We Were Friends. He asks me if I’m strong, and i say yeah, cause compared to him I am. He says, good, cause I keep dying. I say ok. But I can’t teleport to you right now. (I assume it’s because he’s in krokotopia, and I’m not a member so I can’t go there. I’m not entirely sure how to break that news to him.) A moment later he says ok I’m good now, so I go to him. He has the most stupidly expensive looking house I have ever seen. There’s big dungeon entrances neatly arranged along the path and random white stags walking around, the whole place is Christmas themed. He takes me into a gauntlet. It’s like, Doctor Who I guess? I haven’t done a Five Boxes event in a while— I’d like to do one again. This was not that. But anyway, first few enemies are easy. I think, ok, I’ve got this. And I’ll even go a little easy on the enemies. Let this guy have the final hit. (His name was Oran Rose by the way. And he seemed very nice, but I couldn’t tell if he was five years old and being genuine or eight years old and being passive aggressive. I responded like he was being nice, because seeming oblivious is better than seeming mean.)

And then we move on. We fight some Empress lady and I think, oh, that was short, but it was pretty nice. And then it doesn’t end. We keep going. We fight an enemy who is supposedly rank 8, which is way too high for a level 20 person, and so I’m starting to wonder why Oran has this gauntlet anyway. It’s a little annoying because I hate fighting ice types but whatever, we get through. Then we have to defeat these four guys working together. Ok.

One of them uses a star spell. I go, wait, what? I’m level 60 and I just learned those. Why is that there. (I am going to be surprised later.)

Oran thinks it’s funny that I’m freaking out over this. We move on. And we get to the final boss. I think, oh, it’s a butterfly. Cute. And it’s Myth, so I as a storm should have no trouble.

…The first turn it uses a Shadow move to summon Morganthe.

So it turns out the butterfly is a full-on cheating boss, skipping turns and randomly giving itself pips and so on. And of course, when I finally kill it, it immediately resurrects itself with full health and heals Morganthe too. And look, I did my best. I used my limited healing abilities to their full extent. At one point I gave Oran a Pixie and he said he was so grateful he could cry. Stuff like that. We still got crushed.

Went in a second time. I realized that I had forgotten to wear actually good gear. Whoops. Surely now I can do it.

We go in. I kill it once. It respawns. I kill it again.

it respawns. I die.

I need backup. So I go to the commons and ask if anyone’s free, real tried-and-true strategy, and eventually I end up with this guy who’s about the same level as me and his name is Wolf. I take him to the place pretty smoothly. He asks, wow, is this your house? I say no. Oran says no.

So it’s just some rando’s house. Ok.

I have no time to consider that revelation, or the questions that come with it, because we’re all lining up to enter the gauntlet. 7… 6… 5…

My screen goes black.

My computer ran out of battery.

In the end, I did manage to boot it back up again. I somehow came back into the game in the dungeon instead of out of it. And I caught up to the other two, who laughed at me once I explained why I ditched.

And finally. Through trials and tribulations. We beat that butterfly to the ground.

(it was so annoying. but this has gone on long enough, so I am not going to tell you about how many different creatures it spawned or how many times I nearly died, again.)

We had won. All of us patted each other on the back, digitally. Oran said we couldn’t have done it without me, and I was mostly sure that he was being genuine.

Everyone left.

It was at that moment that I realized the boss didn’t actually drop anything

#long post #wizard101 #wizzy101 #was debating adding that last part because it’s funnier if I don’t but you all deserve to know #That I did win. In the end. And got absolutely nothing for it #I consider it a +1 for my social skills though.

[destressjournal]

Weight loss success homework: episode 13 “making friends with your feelings”

Weight this week: 138.5 (I’m just going to be doing this every Monday from now on, and whoops I’m already late, great start!)

This was kinda a two parter with the previous episode.

Mindfulness meditation is one of my favorites and yet I never actually take the time to practice it, so any opportunity that I give myself, I take.

It’s so easy yet so hard at the same time. You try to focus on your breathing, the sensations you feeling within your body, and everything around you at this current moment, and yet your mind wants to wander everywhere.

So this episode there isn’t too much to comment on except this pretty insightful thing about accepting your feelings and emotions. I’m seeing a big theme in this show with acceptance and I am all for it! Once we start accepting things as they are it’s so much easier to move forward. Same thing with your feelings. We can’t avoid how we feel, we are hardwired to feel all types of emotions.

I feel like everyone uses the Pixar movie “inside out” as an example. But here we go. No one likes to be sad. Feeling sad is uncomfortable. It’s scary, it’s not good, it feels wrong somehow. Our brains are trying so hard to avoid discomfort, that it will literally repress feelings. But Sadness will never be able to leave Riley’s head. She has her own special spot up in headquarters. She is an expert in her own field and is just as important as all the other feelings.

I’ve been having a lot of anxiety the past week. I’m officially moving out of the house, and I was trying to find someone to go with me to a concert this weekend. In all honestly I was having way more anxiety about the second thing. Because that’s how my brain works I guess. Anyway, that’s my biggest hurdle, when my anxiety spells happen I get so uncomfortable I wish it would all just go away. And I wish even darker things sometimes and it scares me.

But you think you’re going to feel uncomfortable forever. You’re not. I’m not anxious right now. Food will suppress the anxiety but the anxiety won’t go away unless you specifically address it. Ask it what it wants. Find out what exactly it’s doing to you. And accept that it’s here. But it’s never going to stay. I like the analogy natalie uses with sully from monsters inc too (lots of Pixar references). Silly seems scary on the outside but once you let them in they’re really friendly.

If you don’t like that analogy, I also like the analogy of your anxiety and worry being not inside you but a little pest that lives on your shoulder. You can yell and argue at it or try to reason with it to make it go away. I just like the idea of separating yourself from your feelings and worries. Because it’s not all you. You are not feelings, you HAVE feelings.

Okay I can’t make this post too long. But I loved this episode a lot. Can’t wait to hear more!

[thefreakishmuffin]

Let’s examine the dynamic between Hunter and Luz, Part 2

Whoop this is gonna be a long one as well...

Note that some of this may drift a little bit away from analyzing solely Hunter and Luz’s dynamic, but I promise I’ll always circle back to it.

Link to part 1 is right here

Last we left off, Luz and Hunter have decided to join forces in a truce to thwart Kikimora’s plans to give Emperor Belos the palismen herself. On a wall, Luz draws a fire glyph and an ice glyph and connects them together. Intrigued, Hunter states that he’s never seen a spell like this before, and asks what it will do. Luz begins explaining how it’ll work, only for Hunter to pick up on what she’s doing halfway through and finish the explanation for her. Luz looks at him, thoroughly surprised that he has such knowledge.

Hunter apologizes for interrupting and states that he read about a similar spell in a book about Wild Magic, which happens to be a book Luz has read as well. Hunter seems surprised in turn when realizing him and Luz share a common interest in Wild Magic. He starts to have what I call a “nerd moment”, where he’s starting to get really excited about what he’s talking about. He mentions that these glyphs look very similar to magic that was once practiced back in the Savage Ages. He seems almost thrilled to be talking to someone else who’s interested in Wild Magic, which is something he can’t talk freely about in the Emperors Coven, lest he receive abuse from Belos. 

However, his smile fades and he cuts himself off, saying that information on Wild Magic is restricted for a reason, and that Luz ought to stop messing around with it before she gets hurt. 

And here is something that strikes me as interesting; Hunter’s family is supposedly gone because of Wild Magic. So if that’s the case, then why is he so fascinated with Wild Magic himself, to the point where it’s something he even greatly enjoys studying and talking about? I can’t really think of any other good reason for this, other than the idea that when Belos mentioned their family, he was really talking about his own family, since it’s alluded that Hunter was likely “adopted” to Belos’ family in a way.

After Hunter tells Luz to stop messing with Wild Magic, Luz tells him that, outside of Lilith, she’s never talked to anyone from the Emperors Coven before. And asks what made him want to join? Hunter looks genuinely surprised. It doesn’t seem like he’s ever been asked this question before. Looking away from Luz, perhaps in a sense of shame, he admits that he’s a powerless witch, and that most of his ancestors were. He never felt like he’d ever have a future in their world. That is until Belos found him and took him in, and gave him a staff with artificial magic, telling Hunter that the Titan had “big plans” for him. 

Let’s go over a little analysis here. Hunter says that Belos found him. This is the statement that leads many of us to believe that the two of them aren’t actually blood-related. However, to me it still seems odd that Hunter would call Belos his uncle. Perhaps Belos wanted Hunter to call him uncle? Maybe, but it still seems odd to me for Belos to take in this random young boy as his family. Especially when Belos refers to their family as being the same thing. Part of me believes that perhaps Belos is his biological uncle, but he was estranged from the family. Either way, it’s an interesting bit. 

And we also have a better understanding as to why Hunter stays in the Emperor’s Coven (besides everything I went over in my post analyzing his dynamic with Emperor Belos). The Emperor gave him a purpose in his life, giving him magic when he never had any. Giving him a title, and making him important. This all likely seemed wonderful to Hunter at first, but as we see later on it comes with a definite price. 

Alright back to Hunter’s dynamic with Luz...

Luz listens to what Hunter has to say, and she sits beside him saying, “It must be nice to have your future planned out for you.” To which Hunter responds, “At least you get to plan your own.” It’s this exchange right here that really shows how Hunter feels about his situation. He wants to be free to decide what he wants to do with his life, but he’s now found himself bound to the Emperor’s Cult Coven, tied to a future he’s not sure he even wants. More than anything, Hunter wants to be free. This is the deepest desire of his heart.

And how do I know this? Because right after he speaks right here, Little Rascal, the red cardinal palisman, shows up and comes right to him. Palisman are drawn toward like-minded souls, and the palisman at Hexside chose someone after they shared their deepest wish. This palisman wants freedom, just like Hunter, and this is why he chooses to become his palisman at the end of the episode. (Not to mention Rascal was trying to run away and ‘be free’ at the beginning of the episode).

Okay, again, back to Hunter and Luz’s dynamic...

After their little conversation, Luz and Hunter team up and Luz prepares to cast the spell. Tough hesitant at first, gives Hunter his staff. He asks if she’s sure, and she puts her trust in him. He takes back his staff and Luz activates the glyphs. The plan goes well and Kikimora’s hand dragon falls from the sky, both with her and the palismen as well. But as soon as Luz goes to make sure the palismen are okay, Hunter is ready to betray her, activating his staff and pointing it right at her. 

Luz, however, isn’t angry with him. She’s clearly not happy with him here, but she’s not angry. But rather hurt and disappointed. She asks Hunter if he’s really willing to give up innocents to Belos. Luz then delivers this important and impactful line to Hunter: “I thought that maybe you were a good guy. But I guess I was wrong. You’re not my friend. You’re just the Golden Guard.”

That last comment seems to deeply hurt him. The idea of just being the Golden Guard and losing himself to that false identity is a scary thing for him to think about. So, in that moment, he lowers his staff, removes his mask, and finally reveals his true name to Luz. Hunter did this because he finally got to connect with someone for probably the first time in his life. And I mean really connect with someone. He was starting to feel like someone saw him for him, and not the Golden Guard. So when Luz said that he’s just the Golden Guard, he was hurt, and immediately decided to try and change that. he didn’t want the one person he’s been able to connect with to know him as a title. He wanted her to know him as a person. And what better way to do that than start by telling someone your name?

Luz gasps when Hunter reveals to her his real name. But why? Was it because she saw the good in him, and maybe thought he was having a change of heart? Or was it because he was suddenly sharing such a personal piece of himself? I’m not quite sure on that part. 

But this moment is cut short when a very disoriented Kikimora tries to attack Luz and Hunter. Hunter is quick to defend Luz, once again showing great fighting skill, and allows a now conflicted and troubled Luz to get away. Both of them are now not sure what to make of the other. Are they friends now? Are they still enemies? Neither one of them seems entirely sure. 

And the last bit I want to touch upon here is how at the end of the episode where Kikimora asks Hunter how he survived the ship crash. He simply tells her he was helped by local travelers. Notice how he consciously chooses not to rat out Luz. Just a few hours ago he was ready to arrest her and even threatened her life, but now he’s making an effort to defend and keep her safe. 

These two characters are some of the most interesting in the entire series so far, and the dynamic between these two is only going to get more and more interesting the more time goes on, and the more often they are able to meet.

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[angy-mouse]

Hey, Baby

Y'all remember when ass paintings were the big thing on TikTok right?

It’ll be fine, he said. The greenscreen covers it, he said. No one will ever see, he said. If they do you’re getting tied up, she said.

George wasn’t even thinking of it when he got jumpscared by Sapnap suddenly popping into his view and attacking him and his chair tipped over, sending him crashing into his greenscreen. His headphones had thankfully not been ripped off, so he could still hear the mixture of concern and laughter as he tried to recover, getting tangled in his cords and fallen greenscreen.

“Whoa, George, nice art.”

His scramble turned more frantic as he tried to fix his green screen, giving his best ‘I’m not totally screwed because you saw that’ laugh. “Yeah, I, uh…”

He giggled at the shriek he pulled out of her as his paint covered hand made contact with her ass. “George! I knew you wouldn’t be able to control yourself!”

“Aw, come on, luv, I’m just testing my canvas.” He got her to laugh along with him as he playfully nipped at her still bare cheek, making sure to enunciate every ‘nom’. “When do we break out the blue, hmm? As much as covering you in paint sounds like a fantastic way to spend the afternoon, I wanna see my pretty girl in my color.”

He hummed as she tilted his chin up with a single finger, smiling softly down at him like a gracious goddess. “I know, baby,” she purred with a giggle as he kissed her palm. “Just be patient, we have to cover me in white first.”

“Mmm, how much would it mess with the painting if I put my face between your ass and the canvas?”

“Uh, very much so.”

“Just checking,” he giggled, setting back to work covering her ass and the backs of her legs in white paint.

“Don’t worry, we have at least an hour to let the white dry before we can put your blue handprints on it. You can help clean me up in the shower and spend the rest of it doing whatever you want.”

George purred at the notion. “Promise?”

“...took up painting.”

Dream hummed out an ‘oh really’ that spelled suspicion but it was quickly drowned out by Sapnap. “Fucking hell dude- no, put the greenscreen back down! Who was your model, Gogy, give me her number!”

“Absolutely not,” George scoffed, ears red as the memory of you telling him you wanted to give him a painting of your ass with his handprints surfaced to the front of his mind. Yes your relationship was as open as it could get but that didn’t mean he was going to jump at the chance to share godly pussy. Still, he abandonned the greenscreen on the floor and sat back down.

“Come on, man-”

“Hey, genius,” Dream scoffed. “That’s not the kind of thing a good friend lets you paint. Why didn’t you tell us you had a girlfriend, George?”

George supposed he should be thankful this slip-up didn’t happen on stream. He sighed. “She’s not my girlfriend, she… we’re just friends, I guess, but we fuck around alot and go on dates ‘n shit…”

“Damn, didn’t take you for the type to go for a friends with benefits relationship-”

“Well then why can’t I have her number?!”

“Just because she can fuck around with whoever she wants doesn’t mean I’m going to help you fuck her, Sapnap!”

“Aw, come on!”

“Come on now, George,” Dream giggled. “You gotta at least show us a picture and give us a name.”

He thought about it while Sapnap whooped and hollered like an animal and Dream gently coaxed, eventually pulling his phone out with a smug grin. “I got a picture, hang on.” He picked out the perfect one: from your most recent photoshoot, you sitting preciously on his lap in a pretty little sundress, George’s hand cupping your cheek to hold you still so he could press his lips to the other. His friends didn’t need to know about the vibrating dildo up your cunt or the amount of slick and cum your skirt hid.

Blip

Sapnap whistled. “I don’t mean to be out of line, Gogy, but your girl is way too hot for you.”

George sighed with a smile, now scrolling through the album of ‘you’ photos. “I know,”

“I mean like way out of your league- and mine, and Dream’s-”

“I know,” he chuckled. “...Why so quiet, Dream?”

The Florida man cleared his throat. “Uh, yeah, she’s really cute…”

George let a sly grin stretch his lips. “Aw, not you too, Dream,” he teased. “You’re both after my girl now?”

"Hey, I didn't say that-"

"If I recall she's not your girl," Sapnap teased right back, the two of them chuckling. George faltered as his phone pinged, smiling as your contact popped up in his notification bar.

Luv💙

Are you streaming?

"Speak of the devil," he hummed. He assumed you were asking to see if you could come over and sent back a simple 'nope ;)'. He was about to think about how much you hated his excessive use of winky faces when your phone suddenly slid under his door, blaring some girlboss rap song he didn't recognize. He cackled as you kicked his door open, twerking at him as 'he's obsessed with my ass so I serve it like a snack' played through the room. "I'm gonna have to call you both back tomorrow,"

"Wha- YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T STREAMING, ASSHOLE!"

"Scratch that, I think I'm going to die tonight," he cackled, rushing to leave the vc before either of them questioned or demanded to meet you. "I wasn't streaming, it was just a video call with my friends," he wheezed out around his giggles as you pulled open the first drawer you could reach and started throwing his own clothes at him. "Hey leave the boxers out of this, I didn't know your plan!"

"I'm so fucking embarrassed," you whined, scooping your phone off the floor and turning the music off, pulling your hands down your face.

"Come on, luv, it's not like they saw anything." He gently coaxed you into his lap, letting you hide your blush in his neck. "And even if they did they would have loved it! They were literally begging me for your number five minutes ago!" Maybe begging was a bit of a stretch but it got you to peek up at him.

"Really? You showed them my picture?"

"Come on, luv, you can't expect me to be fucking the most gorgeous person in the U.K. and not brag to my friends," he teased, feeling any nerves about you being upset calm down as you giggled giddily at the knowledge that he showed you off. He hummed as you settled against him, content to let you sit on his lap all night if you wanted.

"...You said it was a video call?"

"Mhm,"

"Then why is your green screen down?"

He tensed, chuckling nervously as you peered up at him with an evil grin. "Aha, well, you see-" He tossed you on his bed and ran for it. "You can't tie what you can't catch, later, babe!"

"Hey, get back here! Your ass is mine, George!"

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