#sorry for the random youth with you rant but i’m so mad

[yes-hello-yehet]

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE IM SORRY BUT HOW THE FUCK ARE JEROME AND JOJO STILL IN AND JINGZUO ISN’T??? I KNOW THEY’RE TRYING AND IMPROVING BUT THEY CAN’T DANCE FOR TOFFEE WHILST JINGZUO IS SO TALENTED AND GORGEOUS AND STAYED UP TIL 7AM LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT DANCES (PERFECTLY MIGHT I ADD) FOR THE ORIGINAL SONG PERFORMANCE IN CASE HE HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER GROUP Y’ALL ARE LITTLE FUCKERS FOR NOT APPRECIATING HIM AND VOTING FOR HIM :(

#sorry for the random youth with you rant but i’m so mad #absolute injustice #he should honestly be in the top 9 he’s incredible #youth with you 3 #youth with you #ywy3 #qcyn3 #qing chun you ni #青春有你3 #jiang jingzuo #jingzuo

[moons-and-stars-and-shit]

hi !! can I please get a 🍰?

i just came across of you writing and it is so cute !! (´-﹏-`；) every post made me feel all warm & fuzzy inside ~ please feel free to totally ignore this if this isn't the proper way to ask or if you already closed your request (also I'm sorry if you already closed your request I didn't noticed) . Also sorry if this has any grammatical errors or if the descriptions don't make sense, english isn't my first language.

so, uhm, to begin my name is elliot (she/her) I'm 5'4, I'm from argentina (south america) i speak spanish & english (among other languages) idk how much I'm supposed to put on here so I'm just going to describe myself as redacted as possible. (Don't know if this is necessary but I'm jewish ¿) ^_________^

I have short brown wavy hair, just a couple of centimeters below my ears, i have bangs, I'm very pale ¿ not chubby but also not skinny average if i may say so. My fashion style changes from time to time but i usually wear clothing in the range of black to white, also sometimes I like trying whatever aesthetic is going around at the time.

Personality wise I'm pretty calm at first, i'm not very good with getting to know new people so I try to be as quite as possible but once I get comfortable i tend to be very loud, i like making my friends laugh since i think that's the most sincere way of knowing they talk to me because they like me. I would say I'm like the mom friend/therapist friend since i really like helping and listening people talk. I love having deep conversations with friends/loved ones, they give me this sense of connection nothing else can give me. I am very blunt and it usually comes off as rude but i try to sugar-coat my words as much as possible.

And while I very much love everyone who is friends with me I have a very hard time showing it and/or showing my empathy for them (one of the reasons as to why I'm not good with meeting new people) but i try to become a better version of me day to day.

What i look in a person is someone who can understand me and my boundaries, since I'm germophobic PDA isn't really something that i enjoy doing but with time i can get myself around to it. Someone whom I can trust enough to be emotionally open with and vice versa. Talkative or not doesn't matter to me. My love language is acts of service. ^_________^

I hope you have a really amazing day ! ! remember to drink water and eat something yummy (*＾3＾)/～♡ don't be too harsh on yourself and keep in mind that many people love you, ba-bye ! ╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯

🍰 for @vvanteffect

Romantic Matchup

Sakusa Kiyoomi

How yall met

You guys met during the All-Japan Youth Training Camp

(You were a partial manager from Nekoma during that time)

Shockingly enough he actually approached you

Granted his cousin was forcing him to socialize but that's not important

He had noticed how you tended to stay away from other people or how when you did talk to someone it was usually a very short conversation

Basically you seemed like the least contaminated person he could talk to so he just went for it

Right away he noticed how blunt you were

Like he would ask you a question adn the longest answer you would give him was about a sentence

“Hey how are you”

“Good”

“Uh so what school are you from”

“Nekoma”

You get what i'm saying

But honestly he didn't really care he just kept talking to you

And the longer he talked to you the longer your responses would get

You guys spent the rest of camp together

And when it was time to go home you exchanged numbers so you could stay in contact

Your schools weren't too far from each other so you guys would see each other in person when you were both free

And well he ended up falling for you

What they love about you

Of course he loves that your also a partial germaphobe

It makes it easier for him to be around you knowing that you try your best to stay clean

He loves how simple you are

From the clothes you wear

To how you talk to other people

He tends to over analize if people are to complicated

But with you everything is just short and sweet

He loves how good of a listener you are

Like if he's had a bad day he can just call you and rant about it

And not only do you listen

But you also help him solve his problems

This next one isn't really something he loves more like something he's proud of

He's very proud that he's gained enough of your trust for you to talk to him

Like full blown conversations

Your guys convos have come a long way from the very first conversation you had

He's just happy that you trust him enough to talk to him

What you love about them

You love that he respects your boundaries

Let's be honest here

Mans isn't really into PDA either

Like come on

LOOK who were talking about here

But that's not the only boundary he respects

He respects All of your boundaries

Like all you have to do is tell him you don't like something and he'll stop

You love how he can handle your bluntness and not get offended

Honestly when you look back on how you met him

Your shocked that he even kept talking to you

That whole training camp people would keep on trying to talk to you

But then leave after a short while because you were being blunt and they took it the wrong way

But not Sakusa

He kept on talking to you even when you were acting pretty cold

And your very appreciative about that

Favorite things to do together

Ok so even though you live semi close together

It's not like your neighbors

So his favorite thing to do with you is to just facetime you and talk about each others days

And when you guys are able to get together

He prefers that you both just stay inside for the most part

So you do just that

Usually your in person hangouts include playing board games, reading,or watching movies together

And if you guys decide to go out

He makes you wear a mask the whole time

And you guys will usually just take a walk at a park or on the beach

Somewhere where theres not a lot of people yk

Random Hc

He has bought you two matching masks

His homescreen on his phone is a picture of you that he took while facetime you

Once you guys were in public and he accidently gave you a kiss while both of your masks were on

And now thats just became a norm for you two

You guys have these matching pajamas

Friendship Matchup

Kuroo Tetsurou

How yall met

You are Nekomas manager

And since kuroo was the captain you worked very closely with him

Which eventually made a friendship bloom

Why you became friends

He kind of saw you as a compitition if that makes sense??

Like when he first met you it's almost like you didn't want to talk to him

Which couldn't be true because he's awesome!

Sure you are kuroo

Anyways kenma had made some backhand comment on how some people just dont wanna talk to him

And kuroo was like 🧐

So he made it his goal to befriend you

It started with him having basic conversation with you everyday

Then it turned into him talking to you during the school day

Which then turned into him inviting you to hand out after school

Eventually you guys just became besties

What yall love about each other

He loves how straightforward you are

Like if you don't like something youll say it

If someones ticking you off you'll tell them

Even though your bluntness is something you get insecure about sometimes

He thinks it's one of your best traits

He also loves that you are bilingual

It makes for a good time when your ranting about something because your languages will start to blend

And if your really mad you'll just switch to spanish and just start ranting

And even though he can't understand a word your saying

He just smile and nods till your done

You love how deep your conversations can get

Like he'll play along with whatever deep topic you talk about

“What's the meaning of life”

“I would say its to give life a meaning”

Yeah y'all talked about that for HOURS

You also like how helpful he is

If your ever having a hard time managing the team he'll always offer a helping hand

And if your ever struggling with schoolwork he's always there to help you

Random Hc

He was very shocked when you and Sakusa started dating

He threatened to kick his ass if he ever broke up with you

Hes tried to learn spanish but gave up after a week

But he did learn how to say all the cuss words in spanish

After he befriended you he rubbed it in kenmas face

Kenma was just like 😐 ok

But kuroo took satisfaction in his victory

You really had kuroo thinking for a whole day when you asked him

Did the color orange come before the fruit? Or is it vice versa?

Still hasn't come up with an answer to that question

#haikyuu!! #haikyu x reader #haikyuu fandom #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu x y/n #haikyuu hcs #haikyuu matchups #sakusa hcs #sakusa x reader #sakusa kiyoomi #sakusa x y/n #kuroo headcanons #kuroo tetsuro x reader #kuroo hcs #kuroo x y/n #kuroo tetsurō

[theomengirl]

hello! may i request a friends to lovers scenario with erwin smith ? 🥺 thank you!!!!

Thank you for the request! I added a little comedy in this so i hope you don't mind. Sorry this took a while but i hope you’d like it <3

- Fool -

scenario: being good friends for years, will Erwin continue on keeping the title?

Discerning. Tall. Amazing self-control. Leadership. Good-looking. Remarkable combat skills. Erwin Smith has it all.

Everyone talked about him as soon as he joined the Survey Corps. He was said to be very ambitious to explore the outside world which gained confusion of the people he talked to.

He may be smart and all, but stupid to let himself swayed by curiosity only to get eaten by those giant motherfuckers

That's what everyone thought, but you didn't. You approached him because he was unique and you wanted to befriend him. Eventually, the two of you will be comrades.

Just leave if you want to befriend me out of pity

Don't get ahead of yourself. I'm friends with anyone who aren't scaredy-cats and smartasses

It didn't take long to be friends with Erwin eventhough he was obviously shocked by your... choice of words.

Teasing him about his bushy eyebrows. Telling shitty jokes to make him laugh. Making weird facial expressions just to annoy him when he was being concentrated on something. All of it were parts of your daily routine and Erwin never get mad.

But he got a bit tense and raised his voice when you injured yourself which surprised you by his sudden change of behavior.

It's only a cut. You're making it a big deal

Shut up or i won't tell you regarding the plans on upcoming expeditions the higher-ups have been working on

You instantly went silenced as you let him stitched your wound caused by excessive training. He knew you were also ambitious when it comes to the Survey Corps. He stayed on your side until you healed.

The friendship you and Erwin shared led to mutual trusts, resulting in solid team work and notable achievements. He always watched your back and you also did everything to protect him.

In a blink of an eye, youth was gone and both of you entered your 30s. Everything remained the same except for the wrinkles that started to appear and of course, ascend in ranks. He became the Commander and you served directly under him as one of the Squad Leaders.

Maybe not exactly the same because...

He was aware of it.

He could feel the burn sensation on his cheeks when you playfully hopped on his back.

He found himself smiling like a fool everytime you acted silly in front of him.

He frequently asked for your presence at his office just to know how you've been doing.

There's only one answer.

He's in love with his best friend.

You.

~~~~~

“What should i do now?”

You huffed, gulping down a glass of beer in your hand.

“Hey, stop drinking. You’ve had enough,” Hanji said as she attempted to steal the glass.

You pushed her away. “I’m fine, okay? You’re worried for nothing,” you let out a small chuckle as you continued to gulp it down, then you put the glass down. “Hanji, tell me. Is it normal to love your good friend? Or is it because i’m already in my 30s but still living my single life? I’ve been feeling so lonely but that idiot is as clueless as ever.”

Hanji let out another sigh. She’s been listening to your rants about Erwin for the past two hours.

“Like i said, tell him how you feel. I’ve been watching you guys since we were cadets and his eyes were shooting hearts at you, didn’t you realize that?”

You glanced at Hanji and shushed her out by putting your finger on her mouth. “No way! That idiot won’t like someone as messy as me. Don’t you think so, hey you little kid!” You suddenly pointed your finger at some random stranger who’s obviously not a kid. Hanji quickly let your hand down while mouthing ‘sorry’ as she was puzzled.

"Let's get out of here. You're losing yourself," Hanji were packing your things, preparing to go home when you suddenly ran towards small stage inside the bar.

"Hey, (Y/N)!" Hanji called out in frustration. She was panicking on her seat as you grabbed a mic and made your entrance.

The crowd started to murmur at your presence.

Please, (Y/N). Don't do something you'll regret forever, where the hell are they?!

Hanji thought to herself. She kept looking back and forth at you standing on the stage and the main door, hoping they would come.

"Hooooow many of ya here in love with yeeeer best friend? Raise your hand!" You asked the audience with overflowing confidence, you couldn't even stand still.

Everyone was confused as to what is a drunk person doing up there, but surprisingly some played along with you spewing nonsense.

"Me! I'm in love with my childhood friend but she's now married to my boss!" A person shouted.

"My best friend dumped me as soon as i told her my feelings!" Another one confessed.

"Yeeeer rock ma men!" You gave thumbs up to them, resulting in loud laughter filling the bar. "Let me tell you ma case. We've been friends since our teenage years, but he's d-uuuuuuuumb! I aaaalways show him ma utmost care but he didn't notice that i like him, is that ma problem?"

The people booed at the person you referred to, of course it's Erwin.

Hanji couldn't believe the event happening before her very eyes. You'll definitely remember this for life.

"Hanji! Where is she?"

Hanji was overjoyed when the two people she'd been waiting desperately finally came. She knew you'd cause trouble in your drunken state so she told Levi and Erwin in case things started to get out of hands... and it did.

"Oh? H-heeeeeeeeey!" A hiccup escaped your throat as you noticed the blond man was there. "Everyone! Meet ma dumb best friend whom i have feelings for, the Commander of the Survey Corps, Erwin Smith!" You cheered and clapped your hands. "You made me wait for damn years, asshole! Now make me your girlfriend or i'll pull out your eyebrows!"

Erwin was perplexed at the sudden attention he got from the whole bar. Hanji was totally done with the situation. Levi clenched his teeth.

"Fuck. We're late."

~~~~~

Erwin smiled widely at the person beside him, sleeping peacefully with her flushed cheeks. The first rays of sunlight lit up the room, the chorus of melodic birdsong drifted in. A perfect morning, especially with you.

It was hectic last night. You literally made a fool out of yourself, not to mention he also got humiliated by your public confession. Levi even swore to never allow you to sip on alcohol again.

But above all, he was beyond happy to know that you returned his feelings. He was thrilled at the thoughts of waking up next to you every morning, kissing you to his heart's content, spending the days as lovers. He's ready to more adventures with you as his partner, romantically. That's all what matters.

He caressed your face, admiring your beauty that got him overwhelmed. He'd always thought you were beautiful since the first time he met you. He poked your nose, giggled by himself. He couldn't get enough of you.

Your eyes began to twitch, slowly opening them.

"Good morning, girlfriend."

You heard Erwin saying something. You got up and rubbed your eyes, finally having a clear vision.

You were in his bedroom. Bedroom. You two shared the same bed. You spent the night together. You knew something happened last night.

"I... did i dozed off while writing reports?" You asked him, smiling awkwardly.

Erwin gave you a smirk and he leaned in closer to you with his bare chest. His blue eyes staring at you intently, he gave you a kiss on the forehead before heading to his closet and putting on his uniform. You were in a daze.

"I didn't know you were so keen on becoming my girlfriend. Let's talk about this later after i finished with my meeting," he reached for the door knob. "And don't pretend like nothing happened once you remember. Rest well and i'll be back, my love."

He exited the room, leaving you alone with your wild thoughts.

A moment later, the memories from last night started to reappear.

You remember it.

You clearly saw it. The embarrassment.

You fucked up.

But the fact that Erwin is now your lover got you excited.

And you couldn’t wait for him to be back from his Commander duty.

#attack on titan #aot imagines #shingeki no kyojin #snk #erwin smith #erwin x reader #snk imagines #aot erwin #aot scenario #snk scenario

[datawyrms]

Ectoplasmic Bonds

Dannymay2020 Day 30: Family

“AHA! I have found you, ghost child. You are no match for my peerless intellect!”

This was weird. Not the ranting and dramatic posing in midair, that was just Technus being the weird little boaster he was. The fact he was boasting at a park with no gadgets in sight was the confusing bit. He’d expected the Box ghost or some random animal when his ghost sense rudely interrupted his Saturday, not the tech crazed monologuer. 

“I didn’t know we were playing hide and seek!” His hands glowed green, ready to blast the second his foe made a move. “I know a great place you can hide though!”

“Playing? No, we are not playing hide and seek!” the ghost crossed his arms, almost looking insulted. “We are playing BASIC HEALTH EDUCATION, for your feeble mind is clearly LACKING THIS DATA”

“Uh. What.” Danny blinked, eyebrow raising in bafflement. Blasting the ghost would probably be best, but he hadn’t even taken advantage of his blank stare.

Technus shook his head and tisked at him. “Your cousin let us know about your RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR, ghost child! It is a wonder that you haven’t collapsed!”

“My cou-Dani? Wait why would Dani be buddies with you?” the green glow snuffed out, brain struggling to figure out what was going on. Was it April first? Was this a really complicated distraction plot?

The green skinned ghost tisked again. “By being as reckless as you! Young and thinking you are invincible!”

Well that answered approximately nothing at all. Yet the ghost did seem to be serious, he was getting the distinct impression Technus was scolding him. For something. Maybe he was just having a weird dream. “I still have no idea what you’re babbling about.”

“Your education is LACKLUSTER, child! How can you not know you are starving yourself? You are more a ghost baby than a ghost child!”

“Well excuse me for not getting the ‘ghosts for dummies’ book!” he snapped back, wondering if he should go after the ghost for that baby comment.

“Ah, ah, I am not fighting a half starved toothpick! You put those fists down, child and listen to your elders!”

He was totally scolding him, what the heck. “Ghosts don’t eat, what are you even on about?”

Technus put his face in his hands. “The youth of today! So uneducated!” Yet when he looked back up he just seemed more determined. “Fear is all well and good child, but it is no replacement for ectoplasm! The state of your cousin was appalling!” He seemed to notice how Danny tensed at the mention of ‘cousin’ and continued. “She is FINE thanks to our cardboard enthusiast!”

“Well uh. Thanks for helping her out?”

“It was AVOIDABLE! If you were not so reckless in hanging around over here all the time! Do you WANT to start falling apart from lack of ectoplasm? It is distinctly UNGROOVY”

...Was he actually worried about the two half ghosts? Weird. “Errr no, I would not like to do that, thanks.” He had enough nightmares from just seeing it happen to the other clones.

“Then you must stop AVOIDING returning to the ghost zone! You have not come in over a month! Perhaps exhaustion is a thrill to you, but you take it to RIDICULOUS levels! The cousin was quite WORRIED for you, ghost child!”

Dani had managed to set Technus on him for...not going into the ghost zone. What. That was important? “I don’t think I have to-”

“YOU DO! Do you think ectoplasm will rain from the sky for you here? NUH UH. IT DOES NOT.” He seemed larger,  looming over the teenager as he pointed at him. “You might have a big battery but it will still RUN OUT. Then no more RECKLESS ghost child!”

Why did he feel so embarrassed? Why was he even letting Technus of all people chew him out? “Okay, okay! I get it!”

“GOOD. Puddles are very BORING nemeses!” He glared at the jumpsuited teenager for a moment longer before vanishing, apparently planning to keep his word on a lack of fighting.

He really, really hoped all this was just a very dumb dream. People had definitely seen the encounter, it was pretty hard to overlook two ghosts yelling in a park in the middle of the day. Mom would probably call it proof that all his fights were staged, or something fun like that. Not that the truth of ‘he came to yell at me because I’m bad at being a ghost’ was much better.

Mom’s pondering at the table in the evening shot any hope square in the chest. “I suppose they do look similar, colour scheme wise. I’m not sure it’s any proof of a familial relation though, there’s no real reason for such relationships”

Jack nodded, scratching at his jaw before adding his thoughts. “Maybe new ghosts cling to older ones at first before separating off to do their own thing? Phantom’s got some electricity powers, doesn’t he?”

“He does, they do share the tendency to never stop talking as well, come to think of it.”

It was very difficult to not respond to that remark. He was not the kind of scenery chewer Technus was! This was going to be a looooong night.

“It’s just strange. They’ve never shown to have a friendly relationship before now. If they wanted to take the town for themselves it’d make more sense to let Phantom stay ill.”

“Even ghosts want to protect the young of their species?” Jack frowned “I didn’t think the spook was actually a young spirit though.”

“True. Technus might only call him a child because of his appearance. Yet it did look like a parent scolding a child, didn’t he complain about the youth?”

“Well if we can nab one of em, we can see if they share or have similar ectoplasmic signatures! It could be an instinctive thing if they’re ‘related’ that way.”

Danny worked to suppress a groan, rubbing at his forehead. Great. Now they thought Technus was his ghost dad. All his dated references were going to be way worse now! He so wasn’t like him! The second his friends found out it was going to be their new favourite joke.

-

He never did manage to figure out how to track Dani down, instead getting surprised by her with a tackling hello.

“Does this count as a ghost attack?” he asked, smirking as the the ghost snickered at the question.

“I dono, does it? You aren’t fleeing in terror.”

“Maybe I’m just an out of towner that doesn’t believe in ghosts“

Dani shrugged before landing, taking a few glances around before shifting back to her human form. “Then I guess I’m a ghost that doesn’t believe in ghosts either.”

“New outfit?”

“Yup! And it’s all mine,” her grin was infectious as she grabbed the edge of the thick purple hoodie, fiddling with the dark lining that seemed to have a scattering of stars. “I don’t even feel cold in the zone with this on.”

“You know you don’t have to live in the ghost zone, right? Jazz can probably make up some forgotten branch of the family you’re from, or something.”

“What, and join you in tip toeing around ghost hunters that love and hate you at the same time? No way cuz. If I wanted that, I’d be with Vlad.” she paused with a frown. “Well okay, it was fake love but you get it.”

“Too well.” he shrugged, trying to ignore the rush of irritation from his parents being compared to that absolute fruit loop. “What did you drop by for then? Seeing as you sent Technus after me last time. Which I’m still mad about.”

“Oh you know, catch up with Val, enjoy some sunlight. Nothing big.” she rolled her eyes “I didn’t send him after you! I just mentioned to Boxy how you don’t go to the ghost zone much and I guess he spread it around?”

“Well thanks to that people think Technus is my dad!”

“What, he’s not?” she burst out laughing from the other half ghost’s full body shudder, ducking the half hearted snowball thrown her way.

“Oh you think it’s funny now, just wait until they start saying it about you too.”

“Nope, still funny! Besides, I already got a ghost dad.”

“You what.” he stared, but she didn’t seem to be kidding. 

“Well after the whole Boxy making sure I didn’t drop dead from lack of ectoplasm thing a lot of ghosts kinda felt bad for me?” the dismissive wave of her hand seemed a bit forced. “Way easier to deal with over there than with humans. They knew I didn’t really have a place that was mine so they let me stick around for awhile.”

“I guess that was nice of them. You sure it isn’t some trick?”

“You worry too much cuz. You really think I wouldn’t have been super suspicious at first? Already did that once!” her glare made him blush, rubbing the back of his neck. Stupid question, of course she’d be careful after Vlad. “Being a clone with no papers is way easier in the ghost zone, so spending most of my time there just makes sense.”

“Yeah, I guess it is,” He couldn’t imagine wanting to live in that green chaotic world, but he actually had a decent amount going for him on this side. Dani...didn’t.

“So yeah, basically got adopted by Nocturn. He helped me figure out the design, it’s reversible.”

“Wait wait NOCTURN? The guy who tried to put everyone to sleep to take over the world? That one?!” he sputtered, only causing his clone to laugh again.

“Yeah? Everyone likes to try and see how powerful they can be sometimes, did you take it personally?”

“Yeah a little! People could have been hurt! And he dumped me on a random rock in the ghost zone! Then tried to kill me!”

“Everyone tries to kill you.”

“Like that makes it better?! He’s a nutcase!”

“Or maybe you’ve only actually met him once? Everyone wants to try messing with Amity Park at one point. It’s just a thing to try, since you never really seriously hurt anyone.”

“Now you make it sound like the ghost attacks are my fault.” he muttered, quickly realizing Dani didn’t care if he wasn’t exactly a fan of the dream ghost.

“Well they’d come anyway because the human world is cool. Some of them are totally only coming to try stealing the town from you though, sorry cuz.” she shrugged again “Oh! Noc’s pretty impressed by your ice attacks by the way, but he’s still pretty sure Frostbite could help with a few things.”

She nicknamed him! “Noted. Uh. Maybe tell him not to do the whole take over the world and kill me thing again?”

“He won’t. One, I consider you family. Two, watching and learning from dreams is more his thing. The take over the world bit was more of a ‘sure why not give it a go’.”

She seemed so relaxed, even while his mind was yelling that she couldn’t be safe around a ghost like that. Yet she was the one who mostly lived in the ghost zone. She probably would know a lot of his foes better than he actually did...though it still rankled. “Well I’m glad you found more family over there. But I’m not inviting him for lunches.”

“You’ll have to be the one to come visit sometime! You have no idea how scared some ghosts are of you, it’s hilarious. They don’t know you’re a total dork.” She perked up when he stopped crossing his arms.

“Hey, that just makes you dork squared ya know.”

“I don’t think that’s how it works.”

“Sure it does. Or not. I’d have to ask Tuck.” he managed to keep smiling, trying not to think too hard about why he’d be considered terrifying to ghosts.

“Or you could ask your daddy” her smirk was vicious as he let out an offended squawk, flinging another snowball after her.

“Don’t even joke about that!”

“Tooooo late! Bye cuz!” her laugh was warm and carefree as she fled from her flustered cousin, vanishing as she darted behind a large bush.

Probably off to go find Valerie now then before headed back home. Still, it was good to know she had a home to go to now. Even if it was with some ghosts he usually had to beat up. Family reunions would be a whole lot messier if she kept that up. Though really, she deserved any kindness she got.

He still wasn’t going to forgive her for the Technus thing though. He was going to need to brush up on dream and sleep puns for proper retaliation. 

#dannymay2020 #Danny Phantom #technus #dani phantom #Maddie Fenton #jack fenton #my stuff #brain: ghost adoption #brain also- DANI gets NOT GARBAGE FAM #because srsly she needs some #never have nightmares again with dream control dad #that's probably a plus #HOW IS IT THE30TH

[tumblunni]

okay to talk about EXACTLY HOW i would handle giving charon a big good boss fight and also sympathetic backstory and redemption and all that jazz

there are approximately ten million words beneath the cut, and also ten million raspberries in my shampoo, and these charon thoughts are just as sweet as that

alright so ALREADY i kinda did feel like he was sort of a friendly enemy when i first played the game?? like his Thing of being the constantly never fightable dude actually was kind of sympathetic in a way. it always just felt like he was Chilling Out and not giving much of a shit about being evil and also had nothing personal against you the player. he doesnt follow any of cyrus’s big philosophy and he’s clearly only here for the money and really phoning it in, and that kinda makes him not your enemy at all, even though he’s on the team youre fighting. Like I always found it a good establishing moment that in the Valley Windworks when they first introduce “hey this time there’s two galactic teammates here” and all, CHARON IS STANDING DIRECTLY IN EYELINE OF YOU RUINING EVERYONE’S PLANS. he’s just standing there! and of course he’ll never do anything to warn mars about you, the game just isnt programmed that way. but it fits really well with his character if you think of it as an intentional thing? just imagine this random gramps sitting there drinking tea while all his teammates actually Care About Things and Use Effort. He’s always criticizing team galactic’s plan too and like WHY IS HE DOING THAT TO YOU if not because Nintendo Wants Him To Be My Best Friend ok. Like he doesn’t fuckin trust anyone on his team so why would he spill the beans about his big secret plans he has to make money off of this villain plan and then bail before they actually do all the dumb shit with legendaries and such. Yes ok its PROBABLY just because its a videogame and they need to exposit stuff to the player that the character is probably just thinking and not saying out loud. But wouldnt it be so much better this way!!!! Also even when you finally face off against him personally in the postgame for his actual dumb money plan he’s still like ‘lol fourth wall breaking time im gonna not have a boss battle cos if you beat cyrus’s ass i aint got no chance’. Dammit nintend i still wanted to fight him but thats endearing so i cant stay mad at u! And he has several lines during it with stuff like “i like seeing children trying so hard BUT YOURE TOO LATE” and “youth like you can live in idealism but for me its all about the money”. Like man u remember that time i had a big angry rant about how his manga version was super OOC cos they didnt just choose to make him eviler but made him murder a child? like the only time anything involving children is mentioned in canon its him being mildly more polite to children!!! MILDLY FRIENDLY! LET ME HAVE THIS...

okay so YEAH the first big change would be just giving him more screentime and more fleshed out character in these early scenes. Make him a full on friendly character who is technically on the opposite side but has no beef with you and no loyalty to the greater plan of his team. So he’s just comically like “oh hi again! yeah lol today’s plan sucks huh?” and makes idle conversation while the main character villain admin of the day is actually doing important plot stuff. like have him along for everyone’s scenes not just mars at the start, dissappear for hours until the very end. And yes definately keep the thing of the game constantly lampshading that he’s a new character for the third version of the game, and everyone in the team thinks he’s useless and forgets he’s even there. it was annoying in the original game cos he actually didnt get any love from the writers themselves, but yknow you could give him an expanded role and rewrite that stuff to be more like “oh poor guy he’s the underdog”, yknow? am i the only one who felt inherantly sorry for him?? i mean he’s a tiny grandpa!!! and he looks so sad on his official art!! Oh oh and also add the additional running jokes and expanded characterization he had in his very brief anime appearance, which was honestly the only well written part of the entire team galactic arc. It fleshed out a bit of his relationship with jupiter who never really appeared alongside him in the game except to say “im not teaming up with you” at the end. Having the context that she finds him annoying cos she’s very serious and also very dedicated to cyrus so she hates this opportunistic bastard pretending to be dedicated when its an obvious lie. And also she thinks his laugh is obnoxious XD Oh also I liked how they expanded upon that one scene of Saturn being sarcastic at gramps and made it into an actual thing that him and charon most often work together and have a mutually sassy dynamic. I found it humanizing that anime saturn is very serious but can comically overreact to very minor teasing from this grandpa! I thought that was better than the games where he’s just serious or the manga where he was 100% changed to be 100% silly and kinda stole charon’s personality for reasons i will never understand.

ANYWAY! IN SUMMARY! show scenes of charon being endearing by being not really interested in the big evilness, being underdog-y by always failing at his smaller evilnesses and getting disrespected, and also maybe drop in some more interpersonal relationships between the admins to hint that charon does indeed have some friendship going on even if he’s a tsundere bitch who’d never admit it. Also maybe the other thing from the anime where they made him a cool computer guy? cos srsly it was lazy that the games just said “he’s the science” and never clarified wtf he actually does at his job. cos cyrus is already a science boss??? he kinda already did most of the big sciencey plans?? why does he need this man if its not for mechanical or legendary pokemon stuff OK HEY MAYBE COMPUTERS! also its funny to imagine him being a memey blogger but sun and moon actually made faba canonically that so i dont think you could improve on him. TAKE NOTES FROM BEAN MAN, NINTENDO

Also maybe you could hint at the rotom backstory before it actually happens? like could just show some mild implications that he is sad, cos the ‘friendly enemy’ thing would already be decent foreshadowing for him potentially having a soft spot. “Wah i am an emotionless evil money man” says local villain, while gossipping with Dawn about his coworkers and sharing lemon squares. But like I mean i don’t really want him to be LITERALLY that, i still like him being grumpy and guarded about his secret good heart. I’m just saying “friendly” as in.. sort of a disconnect between what he says his personality is and how he actually acts. The stuff he actually says is very grumpy but like.. hey he’s saying stuff to you when he doesnt need to, and nobody else on this team is casually talking to you as if youre not an enemy. Like he’s SUBCONCIOUSLY friendly and doesnt realise it? He’d never SAY “i am lonely hello please talk to me” but he’d sure as hell walk over to you and talk to you anyway. About grumpy things! Grumpily! And maybe express occasional compliments in a sort of “haha im surrounded by idiots you’re way more down to earth than all these adults who act more like children”. Cos in that fourth wall breaking moment he has, he respects that you’re a badass and decides thats why he’s not gonna have a boss fight. “You’d just kick my ass, so lol fight these grunts instead while i run away and do my evil plan” That is the kind of sympathetic charon i want!! He’s doing a douchey thing by breaking the script of how boss battles work and making everyone else fight you instead even though he knows that they’ll lose. But he’s also likeable because breaking the script of boss battles is unexpected and comedic! And he’s also accidentally being complimentary to you so its like SIMULTANEOUS JERK AND NICE AT THE SAME TIME. Thats the good stuff!! That quality grumplegramp content!!! if he got redeemed and just 100% changed his personality to lose all the sass and sneakyness then that’d be boring yo...

OKAY WHERE WAS I? Okay hey once you’ve established that, maybe now you have a basis for the sad foreshadowing!! Like you could have one scene where he’s suddenly NOT friendly, he’s not just grumpy in the funny sort of way but actually seems cold and stoic and actually does something useful to the team’s mission or whatever. Sort of a ‘whoa what’s wrong with him today’ thing and it could be subtle cos on the first playthrough you’d just think he was being a jerk cos he’s a jerk and all. but maybe it happens on a scene of team galactic doing some evil plan in eterna forest/other place that’d potentially relate to the rotom sidequest. like he’s just really fuckin depressed to be reminded of his one big failure in life. OH maybe it could actually be at the unnamed junkyard thats mentioned in his backstory but doesnt actually feature as an area in the original game? It could make sense that it’d be part of their plan cos team galactic attacks various energy sources and other technology related places to find the stuff they need to make the big world erasure machine. could just be simply them robbing some old generator parts after their attempt to take the whole power plant failed.

Oh and also maybe add a lil something to his last scene at the galactic lab? Cos like.. what we already have in the game has potential to be a moment where he did a good thing but no its not. Like when you look at it, hey he kinda helped you out here by being all “hey lol saturn the kid is here, bye im not stopping u, feel free to take the lake trio”. Even if saturn is the one who actually SAID feel free to take the lake trio and actually had a good hint at redemptiveness moment and all. Please never take that away, that was good, you just coulda had both of them do it, yknow? And we dont wanna make charon go full good guy all of a sudden when he hasnt even finished his characetr arc, so instead make it more of a moment where its like “im a bad guy but this is going too far”. Like maybe ACTUALLY HAVE A PAYOFF for the foreshadowing that he has no loyalty to cyrus and is blatantly plotting to betray him at some point. He never actually did!! He only tries to capitalize on cyrus already being defeated in an entirely optional sidequest that fails at delivering a proper payoff.

So hey! My idea! Add some complexity here by making it clear that charon is evil in a more petty and mundane way and not in a.. like.. actually dangerous way. Once things start getting actually dangerous he starts chickening out! Like he’s a jerk who does mean things to get money but he’s just MEAN and not friggin murderous or worldending. Give him a moment of “oh shit cyrus was actually serious oh god how do i get off of this train”. Like it seemed that he never really believed that team galactic would ever truly create a new world, and he certainly didnt give a shit about it, he just thought he found an easy opportunity for a paycheck in some dumbass’s deluded plan that’d never really work. But OOPS i guess it actually is happening, oh fuck! Give him a bit of a crisis where he realizes what he actually helped this man do, but not like a full on “everything ive ever done is bad and i dont wanna be evil anymore”. Not YET! Just friggin.. “oh fuck i cant spend money if the universe doesnt exist and also i am dead”. “PLEASE HELP ME CHILD, CYRUS IS GONNA TAKE AWAY THE MONEY!!” xD It’d be fitting for his character and a good light moment of comic relief after the emotional and dark stuff happening around this section of the game. Like he already kinda does that by having that scene of saturn snarking at him, but it could be even more funny! Move the first him and saturn bickering scene to earlier on and have this be like a satisfying scene of saturn actually winning? cos in the anime it was always charon being smug and making fun of him while saturn gets all grumpy about it, now it could be the reverse with smug charon having a breakdown and realising his whole money plan is in shambles and its his own fault.

Also maybe it could have additional payoff with Charon actually helping you take down cyrus? Again, not actually because he’s switched sides but because he's still evil but evil for different reasons than cyrus. That good ‘reluctant teamup with minor goofy villain to take down big actually scary villain’ thing. With the added bonus that the minor goofy villain is objectively a worse person than the scary villain and the scary villain is still redeemable, as opposed to in the manga where they used this same trope in the form of “cyrus is good now and we’re making charon the big scary villain to prove how good cyrus is cos charon is worse”. That was dumb. It was especially dumb cos WHY ON EARTH would you pick charon for this??? like they still had moments of him being comedic and wimpy yet at the same time wanted us to believe he was legitimately threatening? ANYWAY my idea for this is that charon’s computer skills could pay off and it could be something like “oh i always put a failsafe kill switch in my computer just in case i need to grab the money and run”. Like him being a paranoid untrusting selfish asshole was actually the reason he was able to save the day! Also it would explain why cyrus’s machine only fails and summons giratina in platinum version. the manga actually did say that charon sabotaged the machine so thats one actually good thing that came from it! Congrats u filled one plothole while making twenty more XD

OH and perhaps this same section could also foreshadow the rotom thing? like I was thinking about how he could actually choose to give up and let you take the lake trio and have it still be 100% in character. It could be an extension of his “shit, i didnt think things would get this serious, please save me from the consequences of my own actions!” moment. Cos I think that any normal dumb greedy money man would still be horrified at the idea of mutilating a thousand year old majestic unicorn of mythology and then flushing it down the toilet when it outlives its uselessness. Like he doesnt do it because he wants to help you save the day or anything, just cos the idea of killing the lake trio is just too evil for even him. It could be kind of a meaningful moment about how cyrus is doing all this for good reasons yet they caused him to do these actions that are even more evil than the actual dude with evil motives. And maybe you could establish this through a scene of him and cyrus inetracting, which could also help amp up how intimidating cyrus is, in preparation for the big climax? Have charon trying to wimp out of “disposing of the useless specimens”, but cyrus is having none of it. Like it could start off funny with him making up loads of other excuses cos there’s no way he’d admit he’s having Feelings and all. “Wait but let me have them! if theyre useless to you then i can just sell them right?? ha ha thats the only reason im saying this, lol you know me i’d never be swayed by any sentiment” But cyrus sees through it instantly and gets right up in his face like fuckin Raw Cold Fury, no you are NOT going to disobey me. He is PISSED OFF because the only reason he kept this useless senile old bat around is because he’s the only one in this group who isn’t a simpering moron at the mercy of their pitiful heart. If you can’t even do that, then what’s the use of you? So everything charon tries fails and all he accomplishes is getting fired on the spot for even TALKING ABOUT defying his boss. And cyrus just orders saturn to dispose of the lake trio instead. Saturn of course is smarter and says nothing in defiance, but then the both of them work together to let you take the pokemon and just act like they failed to stop you rather than doing it on purpose. And its kind of an uncharacteristically quiet and intense moment between these dudes that are usually at each other’s throats with funny banter. They’re united for a moment but for very different reasons. Charon knew that cyrus wasnt a good guy from the very beginning and he just underestimated him, and is now feeling in over his head and worried this could be the end. And saturn always thought cyrus was good but is starting to struggle with doubts. And maybe charon actually tries to warn saturn about it? Like “hey i knew this all along but i never told you but HEY CYRUS MIGHT ACTUALLY KILL US ALL” and saturn starts on his usual speech about cyrus being the greatest but he starts to question it and AAAAA! but ultimately this moment isnt the moment where he makes the right choice, and he does end up going back to cyrus and continuing the plan. and also charon is on the edge of actually doing something good and trying to stop cyrus’s big ol doom time (albiet for selfish reasons of No Money In The New World) but he also wimps out from this chance and instead decides to grab as much cash as he can and run the fuck away, as if its even possible to outrun the destruction of a whole dimension. but at least him and saturn agreed on the lake trio rescue operation, thus their moment of almost-redemption helped the player even if they didnt actually turn good. AND then you’d have the surprise moment of charon actually stepping up at the last minute and doing his thing to sabotage the machine and all. which again doesnt really solve the whole thing and doesnt really make him turn good but at least it downgrades the threat from ‘cyrus actually succeeds in destroying the world’ to ‘okay we just need to deal with a slight case of poke-hell and one collossal centipede’. Srsly man sinnoh’s plot has the highest stakes cos in platinum you straight up actually fail and cyrus actually would have destroyed the world if not for giratina! Oh and also a random note is that i think it’d be funny if charon helped you out while still running away? like you just learn about the machine sabotage being his responsibility cos it flashes his goofy hacker logo from the anime or something. Maybe instead he hacks your Poketch and is like HEY HELLO IM GONNA SPLODE THE THING BUT NOT COS IM A GOOD GUY, BTW I AM A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY PLEASE DONT LET CYRUS KNOW I DID THIS

SO YEAH! whatever! whether or not we get that added bit of teamup with charon in the climax, we’ve still given him a bit more screentime so the player actually remembers him and actually cares about doing his optional sidequest in the postgame. so him not having a boss fight would be less of a letdown and all. But having the teamup plot would be a good opportunity to turn the wifi event into not a wifi event! maybe during his panic charon drops the key to his secret lab and thats how you get it? cos really it makes no sense at all that the magic wifi gods can just hand you something you’d have no idea existed and never have an opportunity to get. none of the other wifi items are literally a thing owned by a significant character that needs to be teleported out of his pocket by plot magic! Also it sucks that a chunk of important backstory would be hidden in a wifi event so if they still wanted rotom’s alt forms to be a wifi event then JUST make it the ability to get the forms and not the charony diary bit. Cos it makes no sense that the ENTIRE REASON CHARON EXISTS is to introduce the rotom form event yet you’d have no clue he was connected to rotom until after youve already finished the event. It gave no damn indication you had to take the key to this particular dude’s lab in team galactic!! ANd click on an otherwise unmarked wall!! Put the diary somewhere else and hey there’s a Charon Clue(tm) and now you can actually find the damn event, there you go, fixed. Also annoying cos nothing in the event tells you you have to go somewhere entirely different to catch the one rotom in the game, and click another unmarked piece of scenery that only has a staticky screen to indicate rotom if you happen to be playing at night. Seriously this is why serebii.net was such a lifesaver!!

Okay so WOOP there we go, here we are at a point where the player has seen more of charon and had oppotunities to grow to like him as a character and be suspicious that maybe he could have some sympatheticness. And if he drops an Importante Key Itemme right before the end of the game then thats a hint that postgame stuff exists involving him, and at least one clue where to find it! All the rotom diary stuff would play out exactly the same except that its less of a hell to find, lol.

BUT THEN the big difference in Stark Mountain is that now you have the full context of charon’s backstory and the game actually reacts to you having that knowledge. Like maybe if you dont do that step first then either charon never appears at stark mountain until you do, or you get an abbrieviated version of the quest without the redemption plot? I was thinking actually maybe make it one of those daily repeatable quests, to avoid the player doing the quests out of order and permenantly losing the chance to redeem gramps. Like if you dont see the rotom diary then instead of a big actual quest you just get some five minute “oh we’ve seen team galactic sneaking around stark mountain, defeat them for Some Money Or Something hey thats weird that they were only stealing money hey yknow who’s all about the money? charon! maybe go follow up on his Importante Key Itemme to continue the plot.”

SO THEN once you return Emboldened By The Knowledge Of Good Gramps, you get the proper thing. And... it would actually play out totally the same as in vanilla platinum. Charon doesn’t have a boss fight, all his minions leave him and say he sucks, he gets anticlimactically taken out by someone else in a cutscene, and his last moment is someone making a crack about him being so frail and useless that the hot volcano breeze could knock him over.

BUT THAT ISNT THE END

Its just a fake out that its gonna have the same funny ending as every other charon appearance, and the same lack of him being remotely threatening.

cos NOW WE FINALLY GIVE THE MAN A GODDAMN BOSS FIGHT

and yknow how i said i hate the manga where he’s all super evil and owns three legendaries and kills a guy? okay take away all that stuff but KEEP THE MOMENT OF GRANDPA GETTING TO DO SOMETHING BADASS FOR THE ONLY TIME EVER

Maybe he surprises everybody by actually not being down for the count! And by now he’s just SO pissed off from a whole game’s worth of failing and being disrespected that he does something desperate and stupid at the last minute. If he was meant to be the dude who invented the red chain, maybe he could use it to control heatran even if looker took away the magma stone? like i feel it’d be in character for charon to secretly steal a prototype red chain for himself during the whole “oh fuck my boss is legit destroying the world i need to get out of here” thing. Grab some stuff to sell now your last paycheck is dissappearing into an ominous void, lol. He didnt expect to actually be using it, and if the actually completed red chain puts enough stress on its weilder to make them cry blood then this thing must be even more risky to use! so its a really huge holy shit moment of tiny gramps actually doing something intimidating! and his boss fight could actually be using heatran and actually having heatran get to goddamn appear in this sidequest. it was soooo underwhelming to have to return thru the dungeon a second time to actually see heatran, this time without any story stuff to break up the long walk...

also this entire thing could be a great climax to his character arc and sort of a moment of “okay THIS was actually his motivation all along!” Cos I always felt like Charon’s real motive was low self confidence? Like he’s always on about money but he seems to focus more on SUCCESS instead. Fame and success. “Ha ha i am the greatest scientist and i want people actually aknowledge me” is a thing he repeatedly brings up and also that other characters directly demonstrate in how they act towards him. It just feels like he thinks he can buy that with money if he’s failed his whole life in earning it. And the old “acts egotistical because he actually hates himself” character archetype would work really well as a sympathetic interpretation of his character. It would be like how he’s ‘subconciously friendly’. The thing he actually does (being boastful) is because of a different reason (not believing his own lies and being super insecure about his self worth), but he keeps it so well hidden that not even he realises that its really what he feels. Similar to how he acts grumpy because of a different reason, because he actually DOES want friends and he’s just guarding his emotions under a million walls cos he’s scared of being hurt again. And scared of how he knows he’s a weak willed person who might betray his friends again for his desperation for money. Which is really a desperation to feel valid as a human being, which is really just ‘i want friends’ again under another coat of paint. So depressingly he caused his own problems because of the same character trait that was once a positive in his life! I think he works well when interpreted from that angle, he’s like a dark subversion of a pokemon professor or of your classic ash ketchum figure. Like “the power of friendship” is what turned him evil, and also turned him into a guy who acted awful to his friends. And it could add to this thematic thing if “loving pokemon” was also referenced throughout his plot in a negative sense?

That’s actually one other good thing about the manga, they removed his greedy grumpyness (bad) but replaced it with the same motive as the villain of the 2nd movie (weird flex but okay). Aka “a guy who collects legendary pokemon just as trophies and has forgotten how to treat them like genuine friends”. Even if that wouldnt be his main character concept in this hypothetical rewritten game, it could still be a secondary trait that’s used to suppliment the main emotional arc. Like instead of just saying “money money money” you could flesh out more scenes of him actually talking about HOW he’s gonna get the money and what he’s gonna use it for. Via collecting all the rare pokemon, and to collect more rare pokemon. Which will somehow (in his twisted cynical perception of how the world works) make him a person of value and get people to respect him. It could also tie together pretty much every scene he already has! Cos his backstory is finding this pokemon friend... who was a rare unknown species. And maybe as a kid he decided to become a scientist initially just out of excitement to learn more about his new friend and show them to the world! But then the realities of the difficulties in being respected as a scientist gradually wore him down and he became more cynical, more obsessed with recognition, more believing that the only way to get it was by being an asshole and he’d just get taken advantage of if he kept being soft. And he started to forget why he really wanted that fame in the first place, and instead it just became an obsession, a vain hope that he’d hate himself less if he accomplished his life’s dream. When really from the player’s perspective its obvious that even if he succeeded he’d still be depressed when he realized how he’d lost everything in the process. And it’d be a more realistic sort of way he could have turned from a good kid to an asshole gramps. There wasnt any single day he suddenly made the decision to change, it was just a gradual wearing down of his morals over the years. he became more obsessed and more cynical that normal moral ways of doing things would never get him what he wanted. he started making small sacrifices to his personal sense of morality, and eventually reached the point where he’d completely abandoned it all without even noticing the gradual change. And somewhere along the way he forgot that he started this because of his pokemon friend, and discarded it as “not good enough” in favor of this vain quest to acquire a million other rarer pokemon and just friggin put them on a shelf to boast about them and feel less empty inside. And then also his redemption was a gradual change too? After he reached that point of completely betraying his own sense of goodness, he gradually got sadder and more tired with living this way. By the time you see him ingame he’s not remotely happy with being evil and he’s just a poor dude who’s deluded that being evil is the only way to escape the sadness rather than the cause of it. And thats why his whole ‘oops im accidentally subconciously befriending my coworkers and also the enemy’ thing kinda set him on the road to eventual redemption, cos its the first bit of small upliftingness he’s had in ages. sorta recharges his Ability To Care and he starts realizing what he’s doing and feeling regret. But yeah throughout the main game he never actually acts on his doubts and just repeatedly misses the chance to get redeemed and makes you Kinda Frustrated, similar to zuko or peridot’s redemptive arc? And ultimately reuniting him with his old best friend and showing him that its not too late to fix what he broke = the actual catalyst for his changes to fully stick and he completely switches to the good side.

BUT ANYWAY thats why he needs a boss fight first!

Something like 50-70 years worth of self hate and frustration from devoting himself to a super incorrect way of defeating that self hate, and sacrificing EVERYTHING for the sake of it, and being disrespected the entire time, and being terrified that you’re getting old and running out of time, and almost dying to some guy’s weird void plan, and losing the only thing you had left aka the team galactic job and a few maybe sorta kinda friends you had, and now being disrespected AGAIN by those same people you thought were friends (but never actually admitted it to them) and then also bitchslapped by a frog?? Also this place is real fuckin sweaty?? Yeah stark mountain is a great climactic point for his entire frustrations to boil over and be a bigger eruption than the actual volcano!

Thus we have Grand Dad Gets Serious And Has An Actually Interesting Boss Fight!

but also grand dad is being emotionally open and whoops accidentally might be tearing down those walls he built up around his big ol soft as fuck heart

like the battle would possibly be more ‘you talk him down into giving up, realizing he was wrong, quitting being evil, and going home to his friend that he misses so much. and finally realizing that thats actually the only way he could ever really defeat the self hate that drove him this far in the first place. also he’s not worthless and his friends always believed he was the awesome dude he always wanted to be’. Yknow, rather than actually defeating him and all. I mean you still do that but i think it’d be a case like with the giratina fight where even if you lose or run away you get the same result, just slightly altered text? Just as long as you come here with rotom in your party your victory was already a foregone conclusion. you just get a really cool boss fight as your reward, yknow? cos seriously I WAS WAITING THE WHOLE GAME FOR THAT DAMN BOSS FIGHT!!!

obligatory link again to the cool song i think is a great summary of all of my headcanons for this man’s character arc and would also be badass backing music for a hypothetical boss fight:

context: it makes more sense if you imagine it as his own internal thoughts of all the stuff he’s been running away from accepting in his own feelings. and/or what he THINKS that the player and rotom would be saying to him, so he’s shocked into speechlessness by the fact that they actually do think he deserves a second chance and has the potential to be good.

actually that could be a really good ending to the fight!!!

like when you get through to him and convince him to stand down, he cowers in fear thinking he’s gonna get the karmic payback for everything he’s ever done. and he tries to run away from reuniting with rotom. half of him is scared that his friend hates him and the other half is.. well..

i think it would be thematically appropriate to end it with a hug

just an image of this lil toy robot pokemon hugging this scared old man, and he’s just so empty and doesnt know what to say. its the last thing he ever expected. and then his shock turns into pain and sadness, as he was really the most scared that his friend actually would forgive him. that everything he ever did really was all for nothing, and he should have done this years ago and saved all that lost time. he’s so scared because he thinks he doesnt deserve forgiveness and he doesnt know what to do now its happening. so he just lets out all those tears he’s never cried over all these years, and the scene ends with him desperately hugging his best friend and never wanting to let go ever again

And then that’d be the big moment that was really the turning point for him, though of course that wouldnt be the end of his redemption and if there was any further postgame content you could show various scenes of him atoning throughout that. or just some images in the second credits scene after you beat the postgame stuff. i’d kinda like if there was some moment of him apologising to the rest of team galactic and joining them in their attempts to rebuild the team into something good. and maybe an extra postgame segment where this redeemified team goes on some bigger quest to try and rescue cyrus from the distortion world and heal his pain too. i think you could get a lot of good scenes out of a redeemed charon being along for the ride! like you’d obviously have cyrus being skeptical that this dude really has changed so much, and probably an extension of that earlier scene where he’s pissed off that the one guy he thought agreed with him about emotions being foolish is actually being the most emotional of everyone. but i think because of that they could also have scenes of relating together and actually starting to form a friendship in the end? like i can see charon feeling guilty for never trying to reach out to cyrus before, and also believing really strongly that cyrus can be redeemed cos like ‘yo i’m way worse than you and i was able to change, please believe that its a possibility for you too!’ Also cyrus likes machines so i think he’d be happy to meet rotom and become friends. And he has that whole grandpa related backstory so it might help a lot towards healing those scars and reuniting the two of them if he starts forming a friendship with a different gramps? THERES A LOT OF GOOD THEMATIC LINKS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TEAM GALACTIC MEMBERS THAT ARE NEVER EXPLORED IN THE ORIGINAL GAME

also in the original version of this plotline it was a fanfic/fangame idea of an alternate universe swap where dawn/lucas/other customizeable protagonist is a galactic grunt instead of the hero. so a lot of the details were different but in that version the protag was literally adopted by whichever galactic admin they picked as their main friendship route. entirely because of self indulgent ‘i wish these guys were my dad/sister/grandpa/whatever’ feels cos sinnoh helped me thru a tough time as a kid. soooo i cant really do that charon grandpa idea where he also renovates the Old Chateau into a ghost pokemon sanctuary and becomes like an actual good pokemon professor. (also rekindles his friendship with prof rowan and agatha from the kanto elite four cos thats just a random headcanon i have) BUT i could still do all that except the part where he adopts u cos canon dawn/lucas already has a mom lol. And i think it’d be more fitting of canonverse protag to adopt Cyrus? Like obv in the canonverse itd probably be the main boss of the team who gets the bigger redemption plot and is canonically the best friend EVEN THO for tumblr user tumblunni in particular it is All Grandpas All The Time. And i like the idea of Cyboy being a survivor of child abuse who tries to become a good dad just like his parents werent. But i also like the idea of dawn’s mom adopting him as her new big brother and him getting to experience a genuine loving family for the first time! I think itd work that way cos cyrus is meant to be 27 even tho he looks older, and i dont think dawn’s mom is that young and also i just see no chemistry between them as any sort of ship. (and headcanon cyrus as asexual anyway) But also the family does still keep in touch with all the other galactic friends!!!

hhhh i wrote So Many Word just about grandpa redemption holy shit i’ll probably die if i try and cover all the other teammates now

ok i will leave it here but just know i also have Deep Headcanons about all of them, even if charon gets the most. somedaayayyyay i will share with you more!!

#commander charon #why. why am i like this #okay apparantly i have used that exact tag like 15 times already on this blog and im betting most of them were also about charon #please love charon

[maraudeerrs]

Youth|Peter Parker x reader part 2

Summary: in which Peter tries but (y/n) has that classic stark stubbornness.

Word count: 1092

It had been a day since your shocking conclusion that insect boy was your self-proclaimed arch nemesis and you had been avoiding him at every chance.

But while you had been avoiding he has been trying to have a conversation, seeing as you both were the only teens around the house he felt he'd feel more comfortable around you, well wasn't he just wrong about that one.

Your once sided feud had soon become obvious to the others living in the house, so they all tried their best to get to at least be decent towards peter but you weren't having any of it.

The worst part about all of this though was that you didn't know why you hated Peter, he didn't do anything and to be completely honest with yourself you were being quite unfair, but you pushed that thought away cause (y/n) is always in the right.

Later that night at dinner you were sat next to Peter, stupid god playing avengers I swear you thought as soon as you'd seen the seating arrangement, but other than that it was going well.

You were talking to your mum who sat on your right about your random findings on the Internet.

"Did you know that the human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap." You say casually to your mum while putting some of the dinner food on your plate.

She leans her head back laughing, "sometimes I worry about you." She continues laughing.

You join in a bit and then you both go back to eating, everyone making small talk here and there but other than that it was a quiet dinner.

Well quiet until the security system buzzed and your dad yelled: "come in."

The doors open and a beautiful middle-aged woman walks in, taken away by her beauty you choke on your food, your mum leans over to pat your back.

The lady smiles at you and then turns to your dad, "thank you so much for this tony, you really didn't need to do everything."

Your dad smiles back shaking his head, "no anything for you and Peter, you guys are basically family now."

What, you think to yourself, Peter and her practically family? wait this beautiful woman is related to turd brain next to me? you sit there basically frying your brain with all the questions.

Your dad must've noticed your confusion cause he starts explaining.

"Everyone this is peters aunt may she's also going to be around the house a bit to help Peter settle in and make him a bit more comfortable." Your dad says to everyone, sending you a look at the last bit which you reply with a sheepish grin.

Everyone greets may and your father turns to her asking if she'll be staying for dinner.

"No no I couldn't intrude I just came by to check up on Peter." She says still smiling then kisses peters forehead and goes to make her leave.

"Nice to meet you all," She says waving and walking out of the room.

You blush and wave at her as she leaves.

Who would've thought that would be Peters aunt.

-

Later that night you were hanging out in your room listening to some music when you heard knocking at your door.

"Come in?" You yell out but the person just continues knocking.

Sighing you get up and open the door expecting to see your father but instead, you see the spider dweeb himself hand raised in a knocking position.

Bang, that right there was the sound of you slamming the door in Peter Parker's face.

Thinking he'd just walk off and leave you be you head towards your bed about to get in when you hear the fucker knock again.

"Ughhhhh." You grumble dragging your feet along the floor to your door and open it seeing peter still there.

"What do you want?" You ask him with a bored tone.

"Well your dad wants me and you to wash the dishes, perks of being teens I guess." He said attaching the back of his neck awkwardly.

You roll yourself and hold up a finger and close your door.

"(Y/n) please don't make me wash them on my own please." You hear peter start pleading on the other side making you laugh.

"Chill spider boy I'm just getting changed into some old clothes."

-

You and Peter walked to the kitchen to get her and got right to work, him washing you drying.

It was all fine and dandy until Peter asked what your problem with him is that's how the argument started.

It then escalated to him splashing water at you, you throw plastic plates at him and then there was bubbles, so many bubbles everywhere in the once nice and clean kitchen.

Which is why the argument ended with tony dragging you both to his office, which is where you both now stand faces bright red and heads down.

"what the hell where you two thinking!?," your dad starts yelling at you two disappointment and anger in his tone.

"You two are teens almost adults start acting like it, I honestly expected better from both of you and I'm so disappointed." He started ranting off about how irresponsible you guys are and about how your mother was going to be mad about the state the kitchens in now.

You and Peter both stood there just taking it all, what else were you both going to do. As much as you hate to admit it your dad was right.

After your dads' rant was over you started apologising immediately.

You dad shook his head.

"You're gonna be really sorry now cause guess what, you and peter every Friday night are going to hang out together and get to know each other."

That's when you look up, staring at your father with your mouth wide open, you're about to protest when your father gives you a look, you close your mouth.

"I don't care what you two do, video games, movies, whatever just get to know each other, you're both making everyone here feel horrible with all your fighting."

You nod at him head down and angry tears about to fall any moment.

"I understand." You say voice cracking.

Your father nods his head, "thank you, you may leave (y/n) goodnight, peter you stay here."

You nod and wish him a farewell and walk back to your room.

Why'd you had to be so stupid? you thought

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The signs as letters to my exes/love interests

Check Sun, Moon & Venus

ARIES: 

You were so confident, energetic, happy and honest. You told it how it was and you never ever let anyone disregard your opinion. You were never afraid to push people away or shut them out when you thought it bettered you. I still remember your optimistic outlook on life, problems never seemed to drag on with you. You saw life as it was, simple and beautiful and never let anything get you down. However, your moods flickered like a switch. I couldn’t stay on top of them, your aggression and short fuse was ultimately the end of our 3-week-romance. But, when I think of you, I think of how strong you were. I still remember your parent’s divorce and how you hated them fighting yet you never complained, always fighting issues with a mere ‘I’ll get over it’ or ‘It’ll pass’. I think that’s what kept you so strong in the end.

TAURUS:

 You were the first person to break my heart with your stubborn, uncompromising ways. You didn’t realise it then, but that’s ultimately what had ruined our relationship. You wanted to do everything for everybody, but when it came down to me you didn’t give a sh*t. I hated you for months after our breakup, I hated what you had done to me. Only recently did I realise you didn’t mean to hurt me, you didn’t mean to be malicious, you’re too kind. I realised that I was unfair, that I wasn’t exactly easy to be with. On the outside, you came off as materialistic and selfish, but your heart was far too big to realise what you were doing was wrong. I don’t blame you for breaking up with me, you had your reasons. However, I do miss that goofy smile or the way your brown hair effortlessly flowed with youth and shine. You have everyone under your spell, we all adore you, it’s time for you to realise that. It’s a shame we don’t talk anymore, I wish things would’ve ended up differently instead of arguments and glares. I wish you the best.

GEMINI: 

You were probably the funniest, most down to earth, chill person I’ve ever met. I remember late night conversations with you over stupid shit like how Donald Trump might actually be a hot-cheeto and how one day we were going to conquer the world together. I wish things would’ve worked out for us, you were always so much fun to be around. People were drawn to you, they loved talking to you as much as you loved talking to them. Everything was fun and new to you, I loved that. I still remember your silly inventions like peanut butter on Spaghetti or Icing on pickles. You wanted to try and invent everything and loved to show off your inventions with your witty tactics and interesting facts. I wish things would’ve worked out in the end for us, but things began to become a game. I just hope whoever you’re laying next to right now can give you bigger, brighter dreams than I could. I’m sorry.

CANCER: *my sun sign*

We met and it was like suddenly our worlds combined. We were exactly the same, I couldn’t tell if it was because of our sun sign or not but we understood each other in ways I can’t explain. I met you during one of the hardest stages of my life, I was heartbroken and down and you did everything in your power to make me feel better. You’re so calm, caring, kind and loyal.I loved that about you. We didn’t last long, I don’t think anyone expected us to, either way, babe. It was fun while it lasted, but us together would’ve caused chaotic storms. I’ll never forget your late-night messages and how you overused the term “SMILE FOR ME!”. You always wanted people to feel better and would risk becoming sleep deprived just to hear my wild tales of heartbreak, madness and issues. You had a way of thinking through problems and coming up with logical answers but you were never afraid of suggesting to “SET HIM ON FIRE!!!” However, I wanted free from your grasp. You knew me too well and you became too obsessive and I started to feel trapped. I really wish I could’ve made it work, I really wish I could’ve been the one who kept your heart but it wasn’t mine in the first place. I’m sorry.

LEO:

You were the first person that I fell completely, utterly, chaotically in love with. Right from the start, you had captured my heart and I knew there wasn’t any way I was getting away from you without being broken. You were so charismatic, loveable and educated, it alarmed me. You had so many skills and you could play the guitar so well I honestly had fantasies of you serenading me. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE loved you. You had a way of drawing in crowds as if it was nothing, my introverted self hated that. You were absolutely adorable too with your bold ways and interesting speech. People love you, they still do. You make everyone feel so comforted and attractive, I envy that. Our relationship was rocky but it had been the best two months of my life, you sparked something so deep inside of me that I never expected it to burn out, but it did. You see, Leo, you were far too egotistical, social and prideful that it ruined our relationship. Instead of staying home to talk, you’d rather go out and have fun. I needed more from you that you couldn’t provide and it ultimately lead to our breakup. I just couldn’t keep a leash on you. I’m still in love with you, god, I hope you know that. I hope you know that it’s going to take a long, long time for me to forget you. I think that’s what makes me come back for more each time. I really wish you’d love me back, but it’s okay, life doesn’t work out the way you planned for it too, ever.

VIRGO:

You were the first person I immediately clicked with. We had known each other for a maximum of ten minutes and I had felt like I had known you for thousands of years. Part of me still believes you were my soulmate in some sense like we were bound to get to know each other for the short-lived time we had together. You were extremely flirtatious and neat, it was almost humorous to watch. But you had such a sad view on life. You were extremely critical and if someone didn’t live up to your standards you almost became offended. I remember staying up late with you and how you’d go on for hours ranting about your silly mistakes, I hated it then but I miss it now. And although your outlook seemed dark, you DID radiate some degree of positive energy. You loved to help out in any way you could, I still remember those snapchats you sent me where you found a stray kitten on the side of the street, named him “Sausage” and decided to keep him. I loved that about you, how you weren’t afraid to show a more sensitive side to you. I wish we could’ve worked things out, I wish it didn’t end with us hating each other. I’m sorry, love, I really am.

LIBRA:

I have no words other than you were insane and if I never see you again I will be JOYFUL.

SCORPIO:

You were so dark and manipulative- I loved it. I simply adored how you were so blunt and honest about everything, it was refreshing considering I was always afraid of offending people. However, you did seem to think you were better than everyone nonchalantly. Yet we talked for hours about almost anything, I still remember how caught up you were over that blonde girl who broke your heart. You told everyone you didn’t care but I saw through your ways. You were like a brother to me, we had fun with our playful flirting but when it came down to you catching feelings for me? I ran. I’m sorry I made you open up to me and I couldn’t stay for long..I really am. I wish I could’ve figured things out and I wasn’t so naive but, that’s just me. We haven’t spoken for four months now, I hope you’re okay.

SAGITTARIUS:

You were so reckless, care-free and fun. I loved being around you and still do. I had a small crush on you like the way a child would, but could you blame me? You were always out there with your ideas and your crooked smile, I adore it. You loved anything and everything to do with memes, drake and “bitches” (as you called it.) You were a year older than me and I’ll never forget the random words of “wisdom” you taught me. We still talk, it’s funny how a year from today I was watching you skateboard in the rain while I yelled at you to be careful and now we exchange casual ‘hellos’ while I ask you about your family and you shoot me blank dry stares. I wish things went back to how they used to be, but they can’t, and that’s okay. I don’t blame you.

CAPRICORN:

You’re so gentle in ways I can’t explain, It’s almost kind of sweet. On the outside, you pose as a stubborn person. You pretend that nothing bothers you and that you have a mentality that “I WON’T FORGIVE AND I WON’T FORGET!!!” but really if people genuinely get to know you, you’re pretty easy to figure out. When we first met I felt attraction flicker inside of me, only for it to be burnt out by your proclaims of love for someone else. I don’t blame you, you’re doing the best you can. I wish we could talk more, but I’m afraid I’m growing bored. I’m sorry..holy fuck, am I ever sorry.

AQUARIUS: 

I don’t love you in a romantic way, but rather in a platonic way. You were the first person I met who could truly tell me how it is. I love how original, independent and clean you are. Everything you do makes me smile and you put me in a genuine better mood. I never fail to have fun with you and even when I feel like things are crumbling down you’re here with your sweet ways! You love to listen and I think that’s my favourite quality about you considering all I do is complain and whine like the true child I am. Thanks for not running away even when it got rough, thank you.

PISCES:

You were so wise and gentle, I loved it. You never did things out of spite and loved to see things from the other person point of view. Issues were never forever in your eyes and you loved to work them out. I envied that, I was always the whiner who was sure that my problems would bury me deep and you always found a way to dig me back out again. I thank you for that, honestly. You taught me that not everyone is trying to destroy you and that sometimes, the world is beautiful. I love you and always will, thank you.

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[valley-of-dyingstars]

The Witch

The house was lovely, with a large garden filled with flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Greg could spot a brush of big red strawberries, and the sight made his stomach grumble. While every piece of architecture they had encountered while they were lost was aged and weathered, this house looked brand new. Greg and Hanna had to assume the was the house of the woman Meo's Grandmother had spoken of. Greg felt a mixture of relief and anxiety. They were finally approaching a person that could actually help them get home. Though, it wasn't certain that this person was trustworthy, there seemed to be a number of questionable characters in the woods. With a cautious glance exchanged between the two of them, the siblings walked towards the house. The bannister of the house porch was smooth and freshly polished. Not a single floorboard creaked as the ascended the stairs that lead to the front door. There was a shining silver knocker at the front door of the house. Hanna delicately took the door knocker between her fingers and rapped it against the door three times. The two children took a step back and waited for someone to answer. However, for a few agonizingly long minutes, nothing happened. Just as Hanna stepped forward to knock again, the front door was violently flung open. Both siblings yelped and jumped backwards in alarm. An old woman stood before them with a deep scowl on her withered face. Her face was heavy with wrinkles and she possessed a long crooked nose. Her thin lips were pressed into a sour frown as she looked over the children. Her hair was a pale silver but long and straggly. Her long boney fingers were wrapped around a wooden cane that had several nooks and knobs, she was leaning heavily on it due to her hobbling knees. A thick cloak made of black wool was dropped over her hunched shoulders and hung to the floor. The grey cotton dress she wore was lumpy and moth eaten. The only youthful thing about her was her eyes, they were sharp as knives and the colour of spring grass. Greg shrunk away from the old woman in fear. Her appearance was identical to practically every illustration of a witch he had ever seen within his childhood. The idea of approaching her made him want to book it in the opposite direction. The woman looked over the children suspiciously, wobbling forward to examine the children more closely. "You two don't belong here," she stated accusingly as she looked them over, her eyes becoming wide and her face becoming more animated. Her voice was high pitched, raspy, and filled with uneven cracks and fluctuations. "What are you doing at my house?" Hanna stood protectively between the woman and her brother, her hands clenched at her sides as if she was ready for a fight. "Sorry," she apologized quickly to the grumpy woman. "My brother and I were lost, and we were told you could help us." The woman looked them over from top to bottom, picking the two of them apart with those bright eyes. After an uncomfortable moment of the old woman staring them down and the children staring back while contemplating making an exit, the woman's lips stretched into a wide eerie smile. "Why of course I can help you," she crowed with a voice that was meant to be sweet, turning to the doorway and motioning the children to follow her. Hesitantly, Hanna trailed after the woman with Greg right on her heels. Greg was shaking violently as they stepped into the woman's house and he had to swallow the large lump in his throat in order to keep breathing. He didn't think he had so many stressful moments in a single day before. The inside of the house was cluttered with a variety of different antiques and knickknacks. There were several book cases against each wall filled with a large assortment of thick books. There was a single rocking chair with a large checkered quilt draped over the back. On the seat there was a small grey cat with white stripes who sat with its eyes narrowed on the children. Hanna and Greg jolted in surprise when the door slammed shut behind them, without anyone to close it. The closed off exit only served to make them feel more trapped. "You two just wait here," she said, wobbling off to a separate part of the house. "I've got just the thing to get you two home." When she left Hanna and Greg in the front room of the house, the cat leapt off the chair and scurried to follow her. Greg flinched back when the cat hissed at him as it ran by to catch up with it's owner. When the woman and the cat were completely out of sight he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. With the darkness of night descended upon the house, the only source of light was the lamp placed beside the rocking chair. Long shadows were being cast by each object in the woman's collection, and it made Greg fight in his spot. Caught up in his own nervousness, Greg nearly missed how his sister perused through the woman's belongings as if she were in a store. Hanna had stopped by the small unlit fireplace and plucked something from the mantle above it. Her eyes were wide like saucers as she brought a large pink seashell before Greg's eyes. With a contemplative expression, she repeatedly turned the shell over in her hands. "It's a seashell," Hanna whispered. The conspiratorial look she gave Greg made him very worried. "Why does she have a seashell?" Greg shrugged in response, attempting to dissuade her from overreacting with a nonchalant approach. "Why does she have half this stuff?" he asked looking around the house and the random assortment of objects scattered about. He could see an oddly shaped hourglass sitting atop one of the bookcases and a bowl of fake apples on another. There didn't seem to be any particular synchronization of her household. "Also lots of people have seashells." "But don't you remember what Giuseppe said?" Hanna ranted in a hushed voice. "The seashell with the children's souls in it. What if this is the seashell he was talking about?" Greg gaped at her in disbelief. "That's ridiculous," he scoffed. "You remember how loopy that guy was, right? There's no way that seashell is anything magical." Hanna shot him an annoyed glare. "I seem to remember you breaking a flute and a woman popping out of it," she stated, sticking her nose in the air with a proud stance. "Nobody came out of the flute," Greg hissed, getting increasingly antsy and frustrated. "That Savana lady was just in the tree." "The flute was talking, Greg," Hanna argued. "That thing that was chasing us in the forest howled like a wolf and laughed like a human. This lady looks like a witch. I think it's safe to say there's some magic stuff going on here." "Look, I admit we've run into a few weird things today," Greg grumbled begrudgingly. "But that does not mean that seashell has children's souls in it." Hanna looked at Greg with a blank unblinking stare and then she looked back at the seashell. "Only one way to find out," she replied, gripping the seashell tightly in her hand and chucking it at the ground with considerable force. It shattered into countless pieces upon hitting the floor. There was rush of wind that brushed past the house and the lamp light flickered. It was as if the entire forest released a breath and released a stream of tension all at once. With the brief gust of wind, Greg could faintly hear childlike laughter in the background, though the sound was quickly lost with the rustling of the trees. There was a whisper, one that the children nearly missed. Neither Greg nor Hanna had any clue where it came from. "Well done." After that, the entire house fell into silence. Hanna and Greg stared at the shattered pieces of the seashell with very different emotions. Hanna being awed and astonished at the mystical occurrence. Greg being horrified by his sister intentionally breaking the belonging of the woman that was going to help them get home. Both of the the siblings snapped to attention when they heard the frantic footsteps at the other end of the house. The old woman came into the room with an expression of seething fury. "You broke my shell!" she screeched, looking over the damage in horror. "After I planned on helping you ungrateful kids to get home!" "Uhh," Hanna struggled to find a good response, the impulsive nature of her decision suddenly hitting her. Hanna was unable to explain her actions because before she could, the woman's wrinkly hand shot out and wrapped around her wrist. With a surprising amount of force the woman dragged Hanna by her arm to a remote area of the house. "Hey!" Hanna cried out in protest as the woman pulled her behind her with unbelievable strength. "I'm sorry! I'll clean it up! I'll get you a different shell." Greg tried to pull his sister out of the old woman's grasp, but her hand was curled so tightly around Hanna's arm that her long nails dug into the skin. Hanna's wrist began to bleed as the woman's sharp nails pierced her flesh. Hanna cried out in fear as the woman flung her into a dark room and slammed the door shut. Greg rushed forward on impulse to get the door back open and set his sister free, but the woman shoved him aside like he was a nothing. The woman had locked the door when he managed to get to his feet again. "Wait!" he yelled, rushing forward to try and take the key from the woman's hands, but she held it out of reach. "Please, it was a mistake! We'll pay for the seashell. We just want to go home!" The woman whipped around to face him, eyes wide and glimmering with madness. "What would you do to pay for your sister's freedom?" Greg was quick to find a reasonable compromise so he could get the two of them out of this. He hadn't realized how truly terrifying this woman was until she reacted so violently to a broken seashell. He needed to get Hanna and get away from here. "W-well, I don't have any money on me," he began with a nervous stutter, but he was quick to regain some composure. "But if you let me call my parents, we can-" "I don't want money," the woman interrupted and a vicious and hungry grin curled at her mouth. "I require a different sort of payment." Greg was floored by this answer, and he recoiled in fear as his imagination ran wild with possible payments she would demand. The most consistent theory was her demanding his life, so she could use his flesh as her next meal. "Greg!" Hanna screamed from the other side of the door. "Just run! Get out of here! This woman is crazy!" Despite his fears and his distrust of this woman, Greg pushed down the urge to follow his sister's words. He couldn't just leave her in this place. "What did you want?" he asked, reluctantly putting himself up to take on her request. He wasn't sure what he would do if she did turn out to be a cannibalistic witch. The woman beckoned him to follow her with a long boney finger. Greg swallowed hard as she led him away from the dark hallway he was in. He turned to give a lingering glance to the door. Hanna was still banging on it, yelling at him not to listen to the woman. The woman ushered him back to the living room full of various collectables and she shuffled off, mumbling that she needed to get something. Greg looked towards the the front door for a moment before quickly turning away. The woman came back with a broom, a dustpan and a cloth. She dropped them before Greg's feet with a smug grin. "Your first task will be to clean up this mess your sister made and then you can dust everything in this room," she ordered before hobbling off to the rocking chair and settling into the seat. As soon as she plopped herself down, the little grey cat scurried over and made itself at home on her lap. Greg looked down at the broom in shock before slowly bending down to puck it up This woman wanted him to do chores? After all the horror stories he had came up with in his mind on his way from his sister's prison to the living room, this punishment seemed pretty mild. Though, he wouldn't start complaining. Greg swept up the seashell pieces and soon got to work on dusting the objects and surfaces. With the random objects scattered throughout her house, he had a lot of work to occupy himself with. As he continued to dust over the numerous books and shelves, the woman decided to start a conversation. "Now what possessed your sister to break my seashell?" she asked with narrowed eyes and a grim smile. "Or does she usually run around breaking things?" A bright blush rushed up to his face when he thought of his sister's ridiculous reason for breaking the woman's shell on purpose. "Oh, well, she just-" He paused, wondering if he should lie to make himself sound less idiotic. He thought better of it and settled for the truth. "She thought there were souls trapped in the seashell." The woman's eyes widened a fraction and she simply stared at him before nodding in understanding. "Oh, I suppose that's why it was making all those moaning sounds," she stated to herself in contemplation. Greg's head snapped up in surprise, not believing that he heard her correctly. "You believe her?" he asked incredulously. "You'd be surprised how many peoples souls are trapped in those sort of objects," she replied casually, as if it she weren't talking about a completely ridiculous notion. Greg tried to laugh, but it sounded unconvincing, even to himself. "But that's just a joke, right? It's not real," he said in a shaky voice. The woman gazed at him with a peculiar grin on her face. She seemed to be mocking him with that grin. "You don't know where you are, do you?" The question was ominous with the tone she used. Greg was unsure with his response. "The woods?" "Everyone comes through these woods eventually," the woman said without really explaining her previous question. "Some get lost along the way. Some walk straight through and finish their journey without a hitch. The two of you aren't quite ready for that journey." "What do you mean?" Greg asked, a bit frightened by this woman's cryptic statements and odd behaviour. He paused in his cleaning. "I mean that you're far too early," she answered with a mysterious lilt in her voice. "But don't worry, you'll be ready eventually." Greg stared at the woman in confusion, trying to piece together everything she had just told him. Before he could come up with a reasonable explanation for everything that was happening the woman snapped at him to get back to work. It took him nearly half an hour but he managed to clean every nook and cranny in the living room. Though, shortly after he had finished dusting, the woman ordered him to go outside and demanded that he water her plants. Greg could think of a number of reasons why it would be unwise to water plants in the middle of the night, but he didn't argue with the woman. Unfortunately, there wasn't any running water in the woman's house, so Greg had to walk over to a nearby well in the dark. It was hard on his arms, continuously pulling the pail out of the well and refilling his watering can over and over again, but he suffered through it, eager to get out of this woman's house and debt. Eventually he had managed to water the woman's rather large garden. When Greg stumbled back inside, his arms and legs aching and his fingers caked with dirt, the woman smiled with a disturbing glint in her eye. "Now, for the final task," the woman said with a giddy cackle. She held up a wooden comb. "You need to brush out little Aurora." The woman pointed down to the sleeping cat on her lap. She stroked the cat's side with a fond sigh. "The poor thing has so many mats in her fur." Again, Greg could only stare at the woman with an aghast expression. Despite locking his sister in a prison for simply breaking a seashell, this woman's payment wasn't very steep. Though she was still quite unsettling to be around. If Hanna hadn't been locked away and her safety wasn't being held over his head, he would think this woman to be reasonable. Aurora turned out to be a vicious creature, despite her size. Whenever the comb hit a snag in her fur, she yelped and started to claw and bite at him. The cat tried to run away from him, so he had to keep her in his arms where it was much easier for her to dig her claws and fangs into his flesh. Several scratches and bites later, Greg let the cat run off with her now soft fur. He sighed in relief, grateful that he had finished the final task. The woman stood from her chair with a exhausted sigh, as if she had done all the work herself. "I suppose we should go release your sister now," she muttered, taking the key from her pocket and hobbling off to the room where she had left Hanna. Hanna was still pounding her fist on the door, though it was a much weaker movement. After trying and failing to break the door down as well as being unable to find any window to escape from, Hanna couldn't stop the tears from falling. She thought of all the things that could be happening to Greg because of what she did. She desperately hoped the boy had come to his senses and tried to escape. Hanna let out a screech of surprise when the door swung open. Since she was leaning so heavily against it, she toppled to the floor with a thump when her support was removed. Hanna looked up at her unscathed brother with watery eyes. With a cry of joy, she leapt to her feet and wrapped her arms around his core. "I'm so sorry, Greg," she whispered into his shoulder. "It was all my fault." Greg tentatively hugged his sister and patted her back reassuringly. "It's alright," he reassured her. "Lets go home." The woman interrupted the siblings reunion with an impatient grumble. "Come along you little brats," she said, shewing them towards the back door of the house. "If you want to go back so badly, you need to go this way." With some coaxing from Greg, Hanna followed him and the woman to the backyard. It was when the two children exited the house that they noticed the back door led to a path of shining white stones. "The path," Greg whispered in awe. "It led to this place?" "It leads to many places," the woman answered with a knowing smile that hid a number of secrets. "But you don't need to follow it any further. Your journey ends here." Both Hanna and Greg have the woman a fearful and alarmed look at her ominous words. She only patted their heads in an affectionate way. "Take care of yourselves, Hanna and Gregory," the woman said. "The land of the living can be much more treacherous than this place." Greg was caught between being confused by her odd statement and being worried that this woman knew their names even though they never told her who they were. However, before he could respond to either of these emotions, the old woman took her wooden cane up in her hand and bopped him on top of his head. Greg closed his eyes when the cane hit the top of his head. His entire body went numb with the impact. He fell but didn't hit the ground. He just kept falling through empty space. Greg floated in blackness for a long time before he was finally able to open his eyes again.

#hansel and gretel #good witch #kinda

[monstersofsilence]

Video games the cause of real life violence?! More likely than you think [big rant. I’m sorry]

I need to get this out of my chest because I have been seeing this and with the recent shootings, I’m just gonna say this

VIDEO GAMES DON’T CAUSE REAL LIFE VIOLENCE

if anyone, ANYONE BELIEVES THAT, I’m sorry, but you’re just an idiot. I don’t try to get mad for certain things but this topic just pisses me off to no end. video games have never, EVER been the root cause for the violence going on in the world and it never will because it’s been proven TIME AND TIME AGAIN

I know that this isn’t new news but NOT EVEN AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS OR MONTHS!

A DAY FUCKING LATER AFTER THE TWO MASS SHOOTINGS TRUMP PUTS THE BLAME ON VIDEO GAMES

and you know why? they’re diverging. they’re trying to make people believe that THIS CERTAIN THING is the cause for what happened. and it wasn’t the first time but not this quickly which is shocking and infuriating. and the shameful thing is is that they will spout random bullshit saying “oh! and it’s been proven by so and so that video games influences violence among the youth and yadda yadda yadda, bullshit bullshit bullshit! AH DERR”

no. shut the fuck up. if you are saying shit like that: BACK IT UP instead of just saying the proven test results that is inside your little head

though! one thing I have heard they tested this on: kids with minecraft. I’m not joking. let me explain and if you can find that, please do. so what I heard is that the testers let a few kids play minecraft but they did a few tests. they let a kid play with a gun [I don’t know how. I guess a mod? or the bow? IDK], a sword, and with nothing. then, they bring the kids into another room and gave them toy guns and foam swords to play with. the kids chose the toy guns and the testers LITERALLY SAID that the kids were playing the typical kid game: cops and robbers and cowboys vs indians. but what they said next still baffles me. they said the kids were SIMULATING TRIGGER PULL

I SHIT YOU NOT. SIMULATING. TRIGGER PULL.

THEY’RE FUCKING KIDS. JUST. KIDS. THEY’LL TOUCH, PULL, PUSH ANYTHING THAT THEY’LL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH! KIDS ARE FUCKING KIDS!

so what? if a kid plays Fifa and later goes outside to play soccer, all of sudden he’s part of a well renowned soccer team and is instantly better than every soccer player? if a kid plays a fighting they’re suddenly able to do karate, jo jitsu, tai quan doe [I probably spelled that wrong. I’m sorry], or some shit? go fuck yourself with that stupid shit. it doesn’t prove crap. you there’s a whole lot to know how to wield a weapon. yes, it’s easy to know that pulling the trigger fires it but do you know how to maintain it? how to strip it down? how to handle it? do I know all that? HELL FUCKING NO! and I have been playing FPS games since Halo 1 and do you see me on the news? fuck no

and I love that they keep saying that kids are dysensitized from violence. well, here’s a thing: people that plays video games know that it’s not fucking real. it’s fiction. even if games based on real life, it’s all virtual. this is similar to the controversy with Modern Warfare 2 in the No Russian level [a level in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 where you play as an undercover operative with the enemy and you literally shoot up a whole airport though at the end of the level the enemy you are with found out you were an undercover soldier and kills you. FUN FACT: you can choose NOT TO SHOOT ANY CIVILIANS IN THAT LEVEL. NOT FIRE A SINGLE BULLET AT CIVIS. and the other option, which was implimented after that whole thing blew up after the release of the game where they give you a prompt where you can skip the level entirely. optional, obviously]

we know what’s real and what’s fake. when we shoot people in games, they’re not real people! they’re just a bunch of codes and numbers. REAL PEOPLE, that’s entirely different. if you punch someone, you will feel the impact of you knuckles meeting flesh, you will see them in pain, and you will react emotionally as well in that moment. video games is different. ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. we don’t care about the violence in games because IT’S NOT FUCKING REAL. IT’S FUCKING FAKE

and not only that, violent video games is actually good for some people that maybe had the worse day of their life and have a lot of built up anger. violent video games helps with that where they can just play the game and get lost in it and their aggression they were feeling will just go away! FUCKING SHOCKING RIGHT?!

AND ANOTHER THING: a good amount of these shooters DON’T FUCKING PLAY VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES. it’s literally mental health. it’s always been that problem and it’s worse from someone that’s probably not right in the head and gets influenced from a CERTAIN NACHO FACED RACIST and start developing this ideology and motive for why they will commit this tragedy

remember that shooter that shot up that one school? it was said that he wasn’t right mentally because his neighbors complained about him, always hearing him shooting things. SO EVEN BEFORE, THERE WAS RED FLAGS THAT THE TEEN WASN’T MENTALLY STABLE aND POLICE WERE CALLED ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE BUT DID NOTHING THINKING THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. and guess what? he shot up the school. and the shooter at LA where he shot at a crowd at a country concert, nobody fucking knows why he did it. nothing on him. NOT A SINGLE FUCKING THING. especially from his ex-wife but I call bullshit on that

moral of the fucking story: video games aren’t the problem. MENTAL FUCKING HEALTH IS. I have seen an image that shows a graph of certain places in the world that plays video games, and SHOCKINGLY [sarcasm], a large amount of people ranging from UK, China, Japan, etc. plays video games! INCLUDING THE U.S.!

and then they showed another graph of gun shootings

every other place is lower but GUESS WHICH ONE IS THE FUCKING HIGHEST?! THE U FUCKING S

and another fun fact that I learned: in China you can own a gun! but there’s some things that you have to do. you have to take a survey to be sure that you MENTALLY CAPABLE AND RESPONSIBLE TO WIELD A WEAPON and do this every now and then similar to like taking classes to learning how to drive

to end this, video games aren’t the problem and never will be and if they do influence people, then it’s always a very, VERY small percentage and most of the time it’s never guns. I remember hearing about a guy stealing a car and the thief said they learned it from GTA. I think. I can’t remember but I remember hearing about that

I’m done. rant over. I just NEEDED to let this all out because this whole thing is just fucking ridiculous

#//gun violence #rant #long post