#the handholding moment....... insane. insane!!!!!

[masterelrond]

Further adventures in the Eastemnet and more handholding

#i love having my own little fellowship sometimes a family is a dunlending girl a rohirrim outcast and two random elves<3333 #ssg was so insane for nona and horn's storyline #the enemies to friends to lovers trope......... i eat it up every time #the handholding moment....... insane. insane!!!!! #i love third wheeling with corudan<33 and look at his little mittens he's soo cuuute #and i'm continuing my series of holding main characters' hands - i even gave legolas and éowyn a little flower<3 #lotro #lotro spoilers #lotr #nori disrupts air #horn #nona #corudan

[riconas]

Rico, that mountrain ficlet fucked up my whole day, thank you for that!

May I humbly request some bottom Aether just desperate for Dew's little knot? And maybe Dew's just as out of his mind but trying so hard to keep his composure and give Aether what he needs? c:

guh huh

tags: knotting (duh)

Chest pressed to the mattress, back arched like a goddamn cat, Aether reaches behind him and uses both hands to spread his cheeks, and Dew thinks he might actually go insane. 

“Give it to me,” Aether breathes. “I want it.”

Dew takes a deep breath in, lets that deep breath out. Nice and slow, to calm his racing heart. “You want what?”

“Your cock,” Aether says, just as Dew pushes two fingers into his twitching hole and sinks them down to the knuckle. Aether seizes up, groaning, and Dew presses on his lower back to get him nice and arched again. 

“Can’t even take my fingers,” Dew says. “How are you gonna take my cock?” He scissors his fingers a little, twisting them this way and that, probing for that spot that’ll make Aether whine so loudly Dew will finally have an excuse to gag him. 

Disappointingly, Aether doesn’t respond, just buries his face in the pillow as he rocks back onto Dew’s hand. Dew does recall telling him not to move, but Aether’s a hopeless case. 

“I’ll take it.” Aether sounds so small. “Put it in.” 

When Dew pushes in, squeezing Aether’s broad hips, Aether reaches back to wrap his hands around Dew’s thighs, like he’s trying to stop him from pulling out. Dew doesn’t know if he’s clenching on purpose, but it sure feels like it. Feels like his dick is getting a real good massage.  

“Fuckin’ relax,” he snaps. He doesn’t mean for it to come out so harsh, he swears, but it’s difficult enough to keep his composure as it is. Doesn’t help when Aether is so warm inside, so soft. 

“Dew,” Aether groans, his voice brittle. “Dew, you have to move. You have to—”

“Hold on,” Dew says through gritted teeth. “Satanas, give me a moment.”

Aether nods. His hands come up to grip his own hair, twisting and pulling at the strands. Grounding himself. Dew wishes it was his hair instead.

“You feel good,” Dew says passionately. “But you have to give me a moment, alright? You feel so good.”

“Really?” Aether mumbles, slurring, muffled by the pillow. 

Dew gives him a nice, deep thrust for good behaviour, and another to distract him from saying anything else that might make Dew finish way too early. “‘Course you do.”

Aether makes a pleased little sound. “Move?” he asks hopefully. “I’m ready.” 

Dew isn’t ready, but that’s not the point. If Aether wants, Aether gets, because Dew is weak and Aether doesn’t deserve to be denied. He grabs the soft folds of Aether’s love handles, using them as leverage to fuck into Aether as deep as he can. 

“Give me your hands,” Dew demands. 

Aether puts his hands behind his back. Perfect handholds, in Dew’s opinion. He grasps Aether’s wrists, and Aether turns his head just enough to lock eyes with him, violet on blue. “Will you give me your knot?”

Dew’s rhythm falters. 

“Aeth,” he says slowly. “You’ve never—”

“I want it,” Aether says simply. He wiggles his ass, gets Dew shifting around inside him. “Need it. Please, Dew.”

Aether wants, Aether gets. It’s not that Dew doesn’t want to. Lucifer, no. He’d be lying if he said he doesn't think about it every time Aether lets him in like this. He’s just—

“Okay,” Dew says. 

He’s just nervous. 

Dew decides, right then, that he absolutely cannot do this staring at the back of Aether’s head. Reluctantly, he pulls out, grabs one of Aether’s legs to tip him onto his side and roll him onto his back, and Aether makes the most endearing little sound when it knocks the breath out of him. 

And then it’s just Aether. Aether, staring mournfully at Dew’s burning face, stupid doe eyes making Dew’s stupid legs turn to jelly, and Dew can’t bear it anymore. He pushes Aether’s knees to his chest, slamming in and fucking him as hard and fast as he dares, the sound of skin slapping against skin bordering on obscene. 

Aether’s big hands come up to grip the sheets. “Oh, Dew,” he moans. “Dew, Dew.”

“I’m here,” Dew says hoarsely. He’s losing his mind. He’s lost it, surely. 

“Knot me,” Aether pleads. “Give it to me, I want it, I want it—” 

“Take it,” Dew grits out, fingers pressing dimples into the meat of Aether’s thighs. He doesn’t know what it sounds like on Aether’s end, but he hopes Aether doesn’t pick up on his nervousness. He can feel himself swelling up, Aether’s rim catching more and more with every thrust, until it becomes a real struggle to push in smoothly. “Take it, take all of it—” 

He fumbles to grab Aether’s dick, really just grinding into him at this point. He feels great. He can only hope Aether does too. Can only hope his knot isn’t as little as Swiss likes to bully him for. How humiliating it would be, if he knotted Aether and Aether didn’t even notice. 

“Oh, fuck,” Dew groans, as Aether squeezes impossibly hot, impossibly tight around his cock, his knot. “Squeeze it, squeeze it. Yeah—”

Aether makes a kind of garbled noise, shuddering violently. Without really thinking, Dew’s palm lands hard on his ass, and he jolts in surprise. 

“It’s so much,” he moans. “It’s so much, Dew, oh—”

“Such a slut,” Dew rasps. He reaches up to pinch Aether’s nipple, other hand holding his leg to the side, spreading him open. “Look how much of slut you are for this.” 

“For you,” Aether says immediately, voice so thick with emotion Dew can barely make out the words. 

“Only me,” Dew snarls, and Aether nods in affirmation. 

“Fill me up,” Aether pants. “Gimme it, fuck me, breed me—”

Dew can’t take it. He leans forward, sliding his hands up Aether’s sweaty body to pin his wrists to the mattress. Aether is quite a bit taller, and it’s a bit of a stretch, but Dew is nothing but if not determined. He surges up to catch Aether’s lips in a sloppy kiss, nudging with his tongue until Aether opens up for him, so he can swallow those lovely ah ah ahs that Aether won’t stop making. 

Dew cums like that, buried deep inside his favourite ghoul in the entire world. He feels it coat Aether’s insides, feels it wet his dick, and he’s always run hot, but this is scalding, burning him. 

Aether keens, tugging desperately at his own chubby cock, and Dew feels so bad for cumming before him that he reaches up to squeeze Aether’s throat, to help him along. 

“Cum,” he snarls. “Fuckin’ cum, dammit—”

And Aether wails, shooting all over his lovely tummy, into the smattering of hair on his chest. Dew looks down between them, head spinning at the way Aether’s hole swallows his knot. How it sucks him in every time he dares to pull out even a little bit. Like it never wants him to leave. 

How the fuck Aether does this is beyond him. 

“Stay,” Aether gasps, gripping his hips with bruising strength. “Oh, Dew.”

Dew closes his eyes. “Was it alright?” The question tumbles out with no filter as insecurity gets the better of him. Satan help him, if Aether says no—

“Dewdrop,” Aether says, so very affectionate. “Of course.” 

#rico writes #rico rambles #fanfiction #the band ghost #aether/dewdrop #dewdrop x aether #dewdrop/aether #aether x dewdrop

[magicaldragons]

'bade miyan chote miyan' is an insanely messy movie

(what to expect: no spoilers)

this movie has: 1. over the top hype 2. intensely cringe dialogue at points (and i have a high tolerance) 3. a storyline that compromises its character & narrative depth for plot complexity, and ends up falling a bit short on both. 4. a terrible of usage of what could have been strong female characters.

having said that though, this is a movie that gives us [in no particular order]:

✓ a movie that begins with a fight scene (feat. manushi chhillar)

✓ fervent glances? between two men (especially when the other isn't looking)

✓ intense eye contact between homebois

✓ banter? bickering like a married couple? (hello, enemies to lovers)

✓ two explicit declarations of love (this isn't even a joke)

✓ wonderfully choreographed fight sequences (though the camerawork sometimes prevents us from appreciating the details)

✓ a sonakshi sinha cameo

✓ a villain with a solid backstory, but SIMULTANEOUSLY psychopathic for no reason at all (which is a bit refreshing)

✓ excessive handholding (not exaggerating, at least eleven times)

✓ refusing to let go of said hand (even in dangerous situations)

✓ prithviraj with long hair

✓ a villain that does NOT monologue, other than giving us essential backstory (finally!)

✓ a cheek kiss?? (again, not kidding. yes, between the main characters.)

✓ telepathic understanding between our main bois

✓ prithviraj with long hair (if i hadn't mentioned already)

✓ a cohesive, fast-paced, fun story, with plenty of plot points and surprising moments (crazy amount of potential)

(what you are ALSO signing up for):

the overt sexualization of men. men being tiger shroff and akshay kumar. (did i mention tiger shroff?)

a genius character who is also a professional simp 86% of the time

MULTIPLE dialogues that make you want to gag 😃(but entertaining in it's own weird way)

a blatant reference to the RRR dance scene during a dance montage of tiger & akshay (goood times)

prithviraj giving his 124% to a character, as usual (in a movie that is incapable of being taken seriously at times)

witnessing the lost potential of three potential badass female characters

situations that should not be escapable (but surprise, they are)

situations that should not be survivable (again, surprise)

obvious references to multiple other movies and real life memes (choti bachi ho kya?)

#you win some you lose some i guess #bade miyan chote miyan #just realized how gay this movie is. #akshay kumar #tiger shroff #prithviraj sukumaran #sonakshi sinha #manushi chhillar

[tigertofu]

Hello! Hope you are doing well! Super cool that you’re taking requests now, I have a prompt if you’d like to use it :)

Trevor as a dad! Could be headcannons about how he is as a father, how he acts during the 9 months, how he is during delivery, finding out reader is pregnant, etc. Excited to see your take on this scenario!

im doing well and i hope u are too <33 !! and ty for the request ! i've actually never thought much abt what trev would be like as a dad 🤔 so this was fun to come up with X))

pairing: fem reader/Trevor

summary: headcanon list of how Trevor would be during his partner's pregnancy and how he would be with a baby.

cw's: mentions of sex

wordcount: 1,174

• when you first tell him that you’re pregnant, he’ll be completely dumbfounded (despite his dislike for condoms and tendency to fuck rough enough to sometimes break condoms, anyways). he’s always thought he’d make an incredible father, but once he finds out that he’s actually going to be one? utter shock. it’s a good shock, though, and once it wears off he’ll give you the biggest bear hug ever, pick you up, spin you around, and absolutely cover you in manic kisses.

• he’ll watch you like a fucking hawk throughout the whole pregnancy. he won’t let you go out in public unless he’s with you, “just in case” (if you ask him, “in case of what?” he’ll ominously say “in case of anything” as if it’s obvious what he’s referring to).

• get ready to be completely smothered with attention and over–protectiveness. tensions may sometimes rise. you’ll be stressed about the whole growing another human inside of you thing, and he’ll be constantly on high–alert for anything/one that may do you harm, so he will get unfairly snippy with you more than once.

• he has good intentions though, and he’ll use every ounce of self–restraint to prevent these little tiffs from devolving into full–blown arguments because he’ll understand that stress is bad for the baby. despite all this, he may inadvertently do some things that aren’t conducive to a healthy pregnancy. like trying to light up a cigarette or his pipe while you’re sitting right next to him. remind him it’s bad for the baby enough times and he’ll start to remember to step outside to smoke, though. 

• he’ll be unable to keep his hands off you during the pregnancy. every single day, he’ll take a moment to press an ear against your stomach, trying to listen for a heartbeat or feel the baby moving around. he might get impatient over this when it doesn’t happen as soon as he expects. but once he does finally hear or feel it for the first time, he’ll (loudly and kinda pathetically but still adorably) cry of happiness.

• sex will be even more frequent than it was pre–pregnancy, if you’re up for it.

• constant handholding while in public together will become a must. he’ll want everyone to know that you’re his and that it’s his baby you’re carrying. just knowing that you two will soon be a little family of three will make him insanely proud. he’ll be sure to mention that you’re expecting every single chance he gets, to literally anybody you interact with, no matter how irrelevant/inappropriate it is to any given conversation.  

• the day of the delivery can go either one of two ways. if you go to a hospital, things might get a bit not–great. he’ll stay glued to your side and regard any poor nurse or doctor who comes into the room with a scowl and intense suspicion. he’ll demand an excruciatingly in–depth explanation of every single procedure they do on you. fights with healthcare professionals may or may not happen. if they do, he’ll probably get carted out by security (after a struggle that may or may not result in the costs of broken medical equipment getting added on to your final bill). then somehow sneak his way back into your room not an hour later. don’t worry, they’ll eventually give up on trying to throw him out.

• things will probably be a lot easier if you have a homebirth with the help of a midwife (depending on the patience of the midwife and whether or not Trevor decides to tidy up his place before the delivery.)

• wherever you have the baby, he’ll insist on being involved throughout the entire birth. you can hold his hand and squeeze as hard as you want to. he’ll constantly give you words of encouragement.

• if you let him, he will also take interest in (closely) watching the actual moment of birth itself. he obviously isn’t squeamish, and he’ll insist on his face being the first thing the baby sees as it enters the world so that he can “imprint on them and they'll know who their dad is” (try to tell him you don’t think that’s how it works and he’ll vehemently disagree.)

• while you’re recovering from the birth, he’ll dote on you 24/7. he’ll ask you a million times per day if there’s anything, anything at all, he can do or get for you and the baby. most of his time will be spent right by your side, but he may sometimes get extremely irritated by the baby’s frequent crying. he’ll take a moment to have some alone time outside when this happens, probably just to pace around and punch a tree or an unlucky passerby, though. then it’s right back to snuggling and fawning over the baby once he’s blown off some steam.

• no matter what the baby’s sex is, he’ll ask if you can name it Trevor Jr. he’ll let the naming be ultimately up to you, though.

• limiting the amount of time the baby is left alone with him will directly increase their chance of surviving past infancy. not because Trevor would ever do anything harmful to them on purpose, but because he isn’t the most well-versed in what objects/food/substances are appropriate or not for a baby to interact with. he’ll try feeding them solid food the day after they're born; probably meat of some kind so they’ll “grow big and strong.”

• if you decide to breastfeed, expect him to over–eagerly and constantly ask if he can help with pumping or if you want a breast massage. he will also definitely ask, at least once, if he “can have a taste.”

• he’ll absolutely love to spend time with the baby, when he’s in the right mood, which will be more often than not. he’ll lay down and have them sleep on his chest. he’ll intensely stare at them while they sleep with an expression that looks like something halfway between mild disbelief and annoyance. but he’s really just in awe that you and him have made an entire other human being together. he’ll love to let them hold onto his fingers with that, like, automatic grabby fist that babies do. 

• he’ll talk to the baby a lot. Trevor loves to talk about himself, and now that he has someone who can’t tell him to shut up, or tell him that he’s fucking insane, or question whether or not his stories are real? perfect. he won’t talk to them like they’re a baby; he’ll treat them as if they understand every word he’s saying. definitely for the best that they actually won’t though because he’ll recount some very gorey stories about his past escapades.

• however, he’ll also frequently tell them that they are the most badass, most handsome/beautiful, smartest, strongest baby ever. he'll constantly give them kisses and gently poke at their chubby cheeks. despite all his shortcomings, he’ll be a very loving and protective father.

#requests #trevor philips #trevor philips/reader #trevor philipsxreader #trevor philips/you #trevor philips headcanons #gtav #gta v #gtav fanfiction #headcanons

[gayofthefae]

If nothing else, the number of people who TOLD Mike he had feelings for El in season 1 is insane. Lucas, Dustin, and Nancy.

Mike got three, some REPEATED. And has even continued to have similar reaction-based behavior since: Lucas telling him to get back together with El, a collective pressure from EVERYBODY hearing him say "I love her", and now Will pushing him towards her. We barely have confirmation that he has any internal motive when it comes to their relationship. At BEST, it's deniable.

Show versus tell, people. Show versus tell.

Jonathan and Nancy had tension, a cheek kiss, and jealousy before Owens or Murray got involved (not including Steve bc his "tell" was based on their "show"). Joyce and Hopper were mistaken for Will's parents passively in season 2 (I honestly both missed and then forgot about it. I edited this back in bc I remembered) but other than that had almost 3 full seasons before anything direct, the only other exception being a comment made out of earshot in episode 1. Lucas and Max, like Steve commenting on Nancy and Jonathan, had their handhold commented on after it was observed. Mike and El only had moments in private, this none of which the comments were motivated by and most if not all of which were predated by said comments. (And somehow I was still surprised when they kissed bc I wanted them to be friends💀)

You shouldn't have to tell us BEFORE showing us, but more importantly...you shouldn't have to tell Mike.

#stranger things #elmike stancy parallels #being told who to like #steve has been a victim twice #lookin at you dustin #heteronormative mf #byler #anti milkvan

[touchstiel]

Whats your favourite touch scene?

And better yet, what would you have wanted to see on screen if cw wasnt homophobic?

Personally ik a lot of us would have wanted a kiss (i do too) but id of loved a long embrace followed by a forehead touch while they expressed their love for each other :) 💕

well my favorite touch scenes are probably the ones where dean's hands run all over cas's body and wind up holding his face - 11.3 the bad seed right after cas beats up dean and has a seizure, and dean picks him up, rubs his leg, and looks like hes about to pull him close to make out... and 9.3 i'm no angel when dean (TWICE) runs up to a just dead and then alive again cas in the chair, touches his knee and his arm and cradles his face. unmatched romance. inconceivable jacting joices. just pure insanity.

i think of course i would have loved to see a kiss just like anyone else and yes definitely a long desperate clingy hug would be so satisfying. but i think something underrated that we were also robbed of was a proper handhold. the one in 12.12 is too circumstantial and functional, despite how lingering it is. i would have loved to see them holding hands instinctively, for comfort, or support in a tense moment, or leaning on each others shoulders maybe on a long drive in the back seat while sam drives, or during a movie night like they got to do with charlie, but snuggled up on the bed with only the light from the screen on their faces.

and also hands running through hair.. fingers casually tickling the back of the neck while they have a conversation with other people completely oblivious to proper social behavior hands going into back pockets and maybe running up the back of tshirts just a little bit of unconscious mine mine mine...

#but nobody minds because they are in love and it is canon and nobody is homophobic and everyone #basks in their love anyway #i am ruined just thinking about all this so THANKS #took me 2 days to answer cuz it was so hard to try to choose....theres too much #give me all of it #destiel #ask

[insinirate]

much respect to woo sr but i do not for a SECOND believe nai held hands with him in public on purpose for romantic reasons. either papa woo had a very realistic daydream or nai was just standing there and papa woo snuck up and stealthed a handhold. man is delusional (i love him A Lot)

secondary headcanon, woo jr thinks he's the "kid" papa woo is talking about but he's actually fully imagining popping out a fresh batch just for nai. he has big arms you could stack at least 2-3 infants no problem. my man is Insane.

nai pulled ww sr aside to stop him from blocking the walkway, completely unceremoniously, no other intention, and that was wws doki doki moment

#also obsessed with woo sr actively contemplating cooking up a new little family like he has any ability to do that #hed be like what if i stopped taking birth control for him and his son is like. you dont take birth control actually #i mean nais in-denial ass would never stand for this #but his mommy kink would appreciate it #anonymous

[vethbrenatto]

TLOVM S2 E4: Thoughts

Trinket origins???

oh my god baby bear trinket I love you

oh my god the string the string of connection TAKE ME INSTEAD YOU RAVEN BITCH

she severed their connection?????

Percy’s guilt shining through we love to see it

oh they’re really going in on zahra’s villain era wow- did she summon a beholder???

Not sure if im loving the Vax visions they’re kind of disrupting the flow for me (the finale to it changed my mind pretty sick)

the pikelan handhold turn to stone I am hyperventilating

oh my god perc’ildan scene. this is what I wanted.

“I’ve got an ass that won’t stop” kash I love you

SO NO KASHLETH KISS. *throws phone and jumps on skateboard*

Best Characterization: Vax, Kash

TLOVM S2 E5: Thoughts

little baby keyleth you can’t do this to me. and I love vilya too much don’t take her away

poop song. of course poop song. very pleasant actually.

im both surprised and not to see an episode dedicated to pyrah . Necessary for Keyleths journey but also what I was worried with adaptation was too much of a meandering journey- jury’s still out there if the whole season will fee cohesive

KIMALLURA ALERT

I’m going to be saying “SHIT SHIT IM VERY FLAMMABLE” for a long time

okay looping back around to the connection point of Pyrah, the Thordak backstory from allura really makes it feel like there’s a larger point

this shot of keyleth in front of the flame is gorgeous

RED CLOTHES NOW SICK SICK

Vex is so mature now bestie I love her

Best Characterization: Keyleth, Vex

TLOVM S2 E6: Thoughts

his balls are ice CUBES. huh.

percy giving vex his jacket and being cold as hell I’m-

GROG BABY BJORNED SCANLAN THIS IS ACTUALLY SO FUNNY

vax got yeeted lol

brains over brawn let’s go scanlan

oh my god it’s a pop ballad. THE TRUE WAY TO PAIN IS A POP BALLAD. IM FUCKING OBSESSED.

Mythcarver shrank for scanlan it’s so cuuute

CAM NOOOOOOOOO

oh my god I was waiting for it and still the moment where grog stabs pike is making me go insane

DID THEY REALLY DIVIDE THEM INTO PERCY/VEX/VAX/KIKI AND GROG+GNOMES. WOWWWW

Best Characterization: SCANMAN

Favorite overall characterization: Even though I didn’t pick him for any of the three, I think Grog had the most solid and consistent characterization across the batch of episodes

Overall thoughts: After these three episodes I’m really seeing the vision- giving each character focal episodes I went from skeptical in E4 to fully onboard by E6. Vex will get The Echo Tree (2x8) (possibly also the Fey Realm (2x7) with Syldor- I assume we’ll get our Lady Vex’ahlia moment then), Grog will have a Test of Pride/(2x9/2x10) The Killbox probably with some Pike focus too because Westruun. And then 11-12 will be about defeating Umbrasyl. Considering Vax and Kiki already got their big moments- the only person who misses out is Percy, who was the literal focus of Season 1 and possibly Pike, who also had a major individual story in Season 1. VERY excited to see this all play out.

#tlovm thoughts #tlovm spoilers

[comradekiwi]

bkdk ficlet inspired by this gif!

Katsuki had never understood the big deal with small animals. They were just normal furry shits scaled down— how did they warrant those odd squeaky noises from every girl in the vicinity?

But, as usual, Deku had a way of making Katsuki reevaluate everything he thinks he knows about himself. Because if small animals remind people of Izuku, then… he kind-of gets it.

Unfortunately, he maybe, sort-of, really truly gets it.

Deku’s suit had seen many design adjustments, some subtle, some drastic enough to denote different eras. Most notably (at least to Katsuki, and a truckload of creeps on the internet), his brief stint with a Miruko-inspired summer costume, which had the public and most members of their own fucking agency in a sun-hot daze until their agent but their foot down and had it changed. Deku’s designers played with shaping cuts, fabrics, practicality— but they were incredibly talented, and never lost sight of the essence of Izuku’s original style.

Namely, those godforsaken fucking bunny ears. Currently flopping all over the place, cut into an oversized hood, and trying the very last threads of Katsuki’s already tumultuous supply of restraint.

He looked like a goddamn bunny rabbit. Katsuki was going insane.

It didn’t help that Izuku was years into hero work, now, and had grown with the ear flaps, sought comfort in them like a child would their favourite blanket, subconsciously safe in the familiarity.

Meaning 21-year-old Deku, off patrol and caught embarrassed or shy and still in his hero suit, blushed and hid his face under his big hood, and subsequently his bunny ears, much to the delight of onlookers. It was something of a game in their hero agency to provoke Izuku into it.

It also didn’t help that Izuku had given up insisting the flaps were All Might’s hair, and had long since leaned into the green rabbit angle, so now most of his merch had some depiction of the creature, and so did half the promotional material their agent roped him into.

(The moment he turned 21, they got him to do Playboy. Katsuki was furious, and then…. significantly less furious, later, when the photos came back. He did not have a good explanation for either reaction, at least not one he would ever be willing to admit.)

Something about the soft, thick, loose fabric of Izuku’s bunny hood hanging over his head, edges of curls and a freckled blush peeking out from the hem, made Katsuki’s hands itch. His teeth ached.

So he couldn’t help it, how he tugged on an ear like it were a braided pigtail, how he ducked down to keep eye contact with Izuku when he tugged valiantly at his hood for red-tinged cover.

Maybe Katsuki liked how these things made Izuku blush harder. Maybe the action soothed some of the ache, a balm on his palms and fingers.

But numbing treatments are always short-lived. Katsuki can practically feel fangs growing in his mouth, and knows it’s only a matter of time.

Which is how they ended up here, Izuku hiccuping whines in his lap, Katsuki’s mattress sinking under their combined weight as Izuku’s legs twitch around his waist.

Katsuki’s fingers dig into the subtle dip in Izuku’s sides, a fathomless itch scratched, press in hard so Izuku will see and remember later. Dipping purple paint into the slope of Izuku’s silhouette, handholds for future Katsuki, just beneath the hem of a t-shirt for Katsuki to slip his fingers under and press at if he wants to, just to feel the marks pulse. As he is now, hands slipped through the unzipped front of Izuku’s suit, cupping his solid, lean waist as Katsuki kisses him like they have all the time in the world.

Like they’ve been doing this for an eternity. Like Izuku isn’t squirming and breathless and whining in his lap, begging for more with words he cannot find in his kissdrunk state. Poor nerd.

Finally getting everything he wants from his Kacchan and all at once too overwhelmed to say anything about it. So Katsuki revels in it, kisses him slow, languid, savouring every bite into Izuku’s mouth until Deku calms down and learns to take what he is given.

It was the goddamn bunny hood that made him snap, go figure, but Izuku had been blushing at something he said and had decided to tug his hood down over his head with the dangly ear flaps in his fists like some kind of — anyway. Katsuki was only human.

So he’d crumpled both ears in one hand and lifted them high above Izuku’s face, not enough to choke him but enough to give him the appearance of a startled caught rabbit, eyes wide and ears straight up and wrinkling in Katsuki’s fist, the tips hanging over his knuckles.

Katsuki had looked Izuku in the eyes and told him, quite plainly, exactly what he planned to do to him if he followed him quietly back to his apartment. Izuku had gone a delicious, delirious red and nodded so quickly Katsuki might’ve worried for his neck, if he wasn’t busy basking in the triumphant pleasure of a complete and absolute win.

Izuku asked if he should change out of his suit before going. Katsuki threatened abject violence if he even thought about it.

link to twitter thread

#tbc maybe!! #bkdk #his floppy bunny ears just make me INSANE #art of them makes me INSANEEE #kiwi writes #bakudeku #bkdk fic #bakudeku fic #bkdk drabble #deku #katsudeku

[seraphtrevs]

my monkey brain saw fargo so i have to ask, how would you rank the seasons?

I hope you're still around anon because I love this ask. I just wanted to wait until I was finished with s5 to see if it effected my rankings, and turns out it did! Two caveats - I have only seen each season once so I don't have 100% recall on them lol and 2) I have not seen season 3 yet! which is completely insane because I love Ewan MacGregor. That's next on my to-watch list, but for now, here's my ranking of the seasons of fargo, from best to worst (I'm also going to grade them on a scale out of 10 because I think it's important to note that when I have criticisms, I still think this show is consistently excellent):

Season 2 - one of the best seasons of television in television history. An incredible work of art. This is the season that really exemplifies the kind of profound absurdity that defines the series. The comic and the tragic are perfectly blended, and the characters are all depicted with an unsentimental empathy that I found very moving and enlightening. All of the moving pieces of the plot slot together so perfectly and there is zero handholding. Like I love a show that respects me enough to not spell things out so I can have a little think for myself, as a treat. Perfect season, no notes. rating - 12/10

Season 4 - I guess there are people who don't like season 4?? I don't get it. Maybe I'm just predisposed to like it because I love the historical setting, feuding crime families, plucky girl detectives, and female serial killers. It doesn't get on the profound level of season 2 but it's very entertaining. rating - 9/10

Season 1 - there was a lot to love but i feel like they were kind of finding their footing. It's not as polished as the later seasons, and I actually find this one unpleasant because I hate Martin Freeman's character so much - like, he's meant to be hated and they did a super good job of making him hateable, so I can't knock them for it exactly. But seriously there was nothing to like about this guy and watching him was often very unpleasant. Obviously I love Malvo, because I can't resist satan-coded characters. But sometime I felt like they went a little too far with him - like sometimes his only motive is that he's just so cccrraaaazzzzzy! Like there were a couple of moments that were moriarty from sherlock kind of lameness. But those are very minor complaints. Rating - 8.5/10

Season 5 - I still really enjoyed the first half of this season, but the back half really rubbed me the wrong way. I loved Dot and I especially loved that when you discover she's a secret badass, it's not because she's really good at martial arts. Instead, her strength is in her quick thinking and ability to construct elaborate home alone traps, which is so much fun. I also love the actress - this is a great performance. John Hamm is also really good. But the whole season had this maudlin tone that was very at odds with the other seasons. Lorraine's character didn't work for me at all - like her "no daughter of mine will be held captive!" moment was supposed to make us feel good, i guess? except it felt so forced and unearned. And I really have no idea why the narrative decided that she was a cool girlboss for using her power to control people via their debt for....good, I guess, by giving the cop lady a nice job and using her influence to punish john hamm via prison violence. That last part I particularly hated - not that i have sympathy for asshole rancher john hamm but the idea that prison violence is a righteous part of the justice system is very fucking gross and they really wanted me cheering for that. the battle of the sexes aspect in general was very on the nose, and it read like a fantasy of domestic violence by a man who feels very upset and guilty over the fact that women suffer from domestic violence than a more serious look at the issue. I also HATED both of the deaths in this season - I'm not against character deaths but they both felt completely pointless and just there to add to the body count. rating - 7/10

#i know nothing about fargo fandom so i don't know how popular these opinions are lol #fargo #asks

[markantonys]

wheel of time books rated by cauthor content

the eye of the world: The Great Cauthor Roadtrip in all its glory. there’s bedsharing, there’s handholding, there’s cuddling for warmth, there’s comforting after nightmares, there’s caretaking while sick, there’s everything you could ask for. if i even tried to start listing specific moments we’d be here all day, but i will note that “i won’t leave you. i won’t leave you no matter what.” and “you’re rand al’thor, that’s who you are. with the ugliest face and the thickest head in the two rivers.” are two of my top most romantic WOT lines of all time. 10/10

the great hunt: they spend a good chunk of the book separated, but there’s still plenty of content to go around. rand’s main motivation throughout the book is to find the dagger to save mat’s life. mat finds out rand can channel and angst ensues. “i thought we were.............however you want it, al’thor” drives me insane to this day. 7/10

the dragon reborn: they don’t see each other all book, but they do think about each other. the first thing out of rand’s mouth in this book is “do you think mat is all right?” mat spends a lot of time angstily thinking about rand being the dragon reborn, reflecting on their friendship, and clearly missing him despite his insistences that rand is dangerous now and mat doesn’t want anything to do with him anymore. still, no actual interactions to sustain us. 4/10

the shadow rising: The Great Cauthor Roadtrip Part 2: Desert Edition. boy does this book feed us. mat feeling such a strong ta’veren pull to rand that he can’t even SAY he’s going to leave him, let alone actually leave. rand saving mat’s life in rhuidean by giving him mouth-to-mouth, and then the two of them having a solid Battle Couple moment. mat sitting quietly alone with rand all day after rand finds out about his birth parents, setting aside his uneasiness about rand’s channeling to be there for him when he needs him. and so many other wonderful moments, too many to list. 10/10

the fires of heaven: i think of this book as having cauthor bookends. the whole middle is devoid of cauthor, but their moments at the beginning and end are godtier. rand starts and ends the book by using balefire to save mat’s life. there is a whole chapter dedicated to mat telling rand he’s finally leaving (after which he does not actually leave, of course) and every second of it is iconic. mat lingers shaking rand’s hand thinking about how different his hand feels now than it used to before all the trauma started, and after mat leaves for what rand thinks is the last time, rand tells asmodean to play the saddest song he knows. they are both such angsty melodramatic bisexuals about each other in this book. 9/10

lord of chaos: we have only two cauthor interactions in this book, both brief and one just a flashback. both times rand displays trust in mat despite his growing suspicion of most other people, and both times mat worries about rand’s wellbeing in his narration and it’s clear he still cares for rand despite his uneasiness about who he’s becoming. good scenes, but scraps compared to the wealth of content we enjoyed in previous books. 5/10

a crown of swords: no cauthor interactions, but mat spends the whole book hanging out with rand’s girlfriends and proving himself a natural fit for the polycule. and the line “he had promised to keep [elayne] safe for rand. he had promised.” is so godtier that it singlehandedly gives this book a cauthor rating of 2/10

the path of daggers: mat isn’t even in this book and rand has almost no thoughts about him, but “‘mat’s alive,’ rand snarled. ‘i’d know if he was dead.’” is husband behavior for sure. 0.1/10

winter’s heart: “for some odd reason, [mat] felt sure he would know if rand died” more husband behavior! mat sees rainbows every time he thinks about rand and goes “okay i’m just gonna stop thinking about him” but literally Cannot. on rand’s end, he gets 1 point for wanting to see mat when he gets to caemlyn but loses that point for not being worried that mat never arrived in caemlyn or asking elayne and nynaeve what happened to him. 1/10

crossroads of twilight: mat and rand continue to see rainbows when they think about each other and also progress to having visions of what the other person is doing at the current moment, but this only happens once each and otherwise they do not think about each other. 0/10

knife of dreams: mat repeatedly has magical visions of rand having sex and is shook about it. he has such trouble Not Thinking About Rand that he has to institute a rule that no one is allowed to talk to him about rand. talmanes says with full confidence that mat can pay the band when rand gives him titles and estates, because he clearly believes that mat is rand’s sugar baby. no significant thoughts about mat on rand’s end. 1.5/10

the gathering storm: mat is worried about rand when he sees via magic vision that he’s lost a hand and looking kinda mad, and when he learns that verin has seen rand recently, his first question is whether rand is doing okay. rand learns that mat kidnapped the seanchan empress and says “well IF that’s true then he had a good reason because mat has done nothing wrong ever in his life” and proceeds to declare that mat is a good man and as solid a friend as anyone could ask for. and there are several other excellent crumbs on both sides. 3/10

towers of midnight: mat continues to struggle with Not Thinking About Rand, at one point so obviously that moiraine gives him a weird look and he blushes and gets flustered. rand includes mat in the list of loved ones who have helped him turn out well. 0.5/10

a memory of light: REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD except it actually doesn’t because their one scene together was so lackluster compared to all rand’s goodbye scenes with his other loved ones. however, mat saying “you can trust rand al’thor with the world itself” is the most romantic thing i’ve ever read in my entire life, and mat proudly flying rand’s banner and rushing to shayol ghul to protect him is also peak romance. also “your life is a gift from the dragon reborn, gambler” took me out, even the heroes of the horn ship cauthor. 4/10

#i have been painstakingly compiling this research over many months and now the results are in #cauthor #rand al'thor #mat cauthon #the wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers

[zarnzarn]

okay watching the ladybug and chat noir movie here are assorted thoughts:

The animation is SO FUCKING COOL. LIKE SERIOUSLY WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO BE SO SMOOTH.

i appreciate that it does have cartoonish movement (like when the police cars arrive, when marinette has clumsy moments) but it's all so??? grounded??? everything looks like it has WEIGHT to it, like it's based in reality somehow.

nino u king of comedy

WHOEVER DECIDED TO ADD GLITTER TO CHAT NOIRS MASK DESERVES A RAISE

i fucking LOVE how plagg and tikki first showed up as animals!!!!!!

tikki is. something. "I'm about to kick your butt" was hilarious to me. she was SO done and uncaring lmao.

sabrinas hair is cool!! and i didnt expect the jolt of seeing all the other characters in the movie for some reason I love how they've done all of them

marinettes singing va. girl. holy fucking shit. what a VOICE. why is it so deep. why is it so cool. what the fuck. it is a jolt from the series but also DAMN.

also speaking of the songs!!! I have never liked musicals much but goddaMN IS THIS SOUNDTRACK GOOD. WHY IS IT SO FUCKING GOOD. I NEARLY CRIED WHEN MIRACULOUS DUET STARTED AND IVE NOT EVEN BEEN ABLE TO WATCH HALF THE SERIES.

oooh love square DRAMA!!!

damn they did a good job with disheveled gabriel

GABRIEL DOES WHAT NOW???????

oh those wings r fucking BALLING!!! oh and I love the detail of the butterfly screeches that's absolutely horrifying I love it

oh that's a good apocalypse

FUCIIGN CARELSS WHISPER HELP IM WHEEZING

"less interested you are the more they run after you" adrjens such a unbothered bitch in this I love it

o shit that window run was something

(bitter) LMFAO

oh shit first times shes shown signs of being hurt

what

WHAT

WHAT???????

HELLO????????????????

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS MOVIES INSANE

THE TOWER???? WATERFIRE???? WAS THAT CATACLYSM???? CAT NOIR GETTING KNOCKED OUT LIKE THAT????

maris breathing to swim them away was so visceral it got me damn

butterflies seething....

WHOO PUNCH HIS ASS

the akuma thinning as she hallucinates tikki.... storytelling.....

man the way gabe still ain't listening during his speech... Adrien get ur ass Away

oh hey cat eyes Adrien tho

miraculous of CREATION WHOO

the dove fluttering at her feet... NICE

HOLY FUCKING SHIT HELLO OMFG THAT RESTORATION WAS PHENOMENONAL GO GIRL GO

oh shit chloes dress is absolutely gorgeous!!! and her eyes have been crazy well animated too.

"bullyings back on" the way marinette leaned in after that was from a whole different genre

sabrina looked happy!! wonder if she and Chloe got into something in the timeskip

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OH HES CRYING CRYING

THE HANDHOLDS FUCK U MAN

the subtle tiptoes was something what an ending

NATHALIE???? HELLO????????

#miraculous ladybug #ml #miraculous movie #miraculous: ladybug and cat noir the movie #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste

[bylrlvr]

reasons why byler needs to be canon:

• it’s byler. that’s a good enough reason already

• the phenomenon of stranger things reddit burning down after byler is made canon

• i want to laugh and eat popcorn while watching the world go absolutely insane over this and say “what’d i tell ya”

• i want to see the homophobes being mad ngl. i swear they’ll pull the most illogical takes and give the biggest bullshit arguments

• but seriously, the amount of positive impact it will have on the queer community and the show itself? stranger things is a huge show with a very diverse audience. like, if you’ve been on the internet for the past six years or so, even if you don’t watch the show you have at least heard of it and know what the show is about. a main queer endgame couple on a sci-fi show that is this big? please, that’s all i ask for

• i want to brag about how i was a kaypeace truther before it was made canon

• noah wants this, he told me. actually he told everyone publicly, so it’s not even a secret

• i want robin and her girlfriend nancy being gay-mentors to our little wheeler

• byler actually makes sense lmao. i’m not going to elaborate but this is probably one of the biggest reasons why byler should happen.

• byler allows the characters (including el) to grow, learn, develop (here’s a great analysis on that, read it)

• the huge pile of subtext and queer-coding???

• will byers and mike wheeler are my beloveds

• a new byler handhold will heal the earth, unite nations, stop global warming, and cure depression /j

• mike wheeler i know what you are

• this would solve 73 of my 99 problems

• my heart hurts for them

• you byler truthers need to be recognised for your hard work and the effort you put in. i love you all <3

• i want to video-tape the face my homophobic mother would make the exact moment she sees canon byler on TV, while i internally cackle manically beside her (she didn’t notice that robin is gay even after her coming out scene with steve. god help me. so byler needs to be explicitly canon for her to pick up on it)

• that awkward milkvan kiss with mike opening his eyes (you know the one) in the s3 finale haunts my nightmares

• i will be haunting the duffer brothers and get inside their walls until byler is made canon /j

• THEY ARE YEARNING GAYS, YOUR HONOUR

• it’s byler. it’s meant to be.

thank you for coming to my ted talk

#byler #some of these are jokes don’t take it seriously lmao #well most of these

[99liv3s]

Hope I'm not flooding your ask box, but this is too much fun!

Name: Belle Age: 22 Hair: Curly blonde Eyes: Green Body: Slender, 5'4" 110 lbs, freckles Personality: Naive, sweet, rural farm girl. Went into the clinic with bloating and bad stomach cramps. Is scared of the hospital and doctors, but learns to trust them. Especially when she learns she is a mother.

The word "clinic" was the only thing Belle had read on the sign as she drove up, not noticing or caring what kind it was. Clutching her bloated belly as her stomach cramps got worse, Belle moaned as her curly blonde hair fell into her face. This cramp was lasting much longer than the others, and hurt worse. As the pain finally subsided, she steeled herself and made her way toward the clinic, pushing aside her fears and misgivings of hospitals and doctors.

A few minutes later, the sweet, green-eyed, freckled farm girl was wheeled into a private room, still clutching her bloated belly, where a fresh wave of cramps had taken hold. "Ok, we'll get you going in a few moments," the nurse said to Belle as she was helped onto the bed. "How far along are you?" The young nurse asked, looking over Belle carefully. "What are you talking about?" Belle responded, eyeing the nurse with confusion. "With your pregnancy?" The nurse said, still examining the young patient. "I'm not pregnant," Belle exclaimed, as if the nurse had suggested she had grown a second nose. The nurse turned as a doctor entered the room, and recounted Belle's vitals to him, as Belle shifted, her mind slowly putting two and two together. "I'm pregnant?" She asked the room, in pleading disbelief. The two staff looked at her. "Very," the nurse answered.

As Belle had changed from her usual farming attire to a loose hospital gown, she was thinking silently to herself, trying to figure out how she had gotten pregnant. Belle was a bit naive, and upon learning she was pregnant, her first thought was, "Did I catch this from something on the farm?" The rest of her brain catching up, Belle remembered that day after the county fair, when that cute boy that had helped her set up her farm booth, had helped her carry her stuff home at the end of the day. A bit of flirting had occurred, and eventually, the two of them had spent the night naked in the haystack, their bodies wrapped around each other. Belle had never seen that boy again afterward, and she had never considered that she might have gotten pregnant after that day, for the weight she gained was minimal, and since she had been gaining weight anyway beforehand, she brushed it off. She had not noticed any morning sickness, felt no kicks, noticed any major body changes, cravings, or sensations. Perhaps, with her life so busy on the farm these past months, she had not noticed these things. Only now, when the fact she was carrying a baby hit her full force, did she start to consider what was going to happen next.

Belle lay spread out on the bed, her legs tied in stirrups and stretched wide, and her hands clutching two handholds on either side of the bed, panting heavily. The cramps had definitely increased in intensity and had turned into a painful pressure, feeling as if she needed to poop badly. Twice, she had begged the nurse to let her use the bathroom, but the nurse had shaken her head and said soothingly, "No dear, that's the baby you're feeling, getting ready to be born!" Belle groaned loudly, feeling as though a huge weight was about to drop out of her. A few minutes later, the urge to poop turned into an insanely painful urge to push, and Belle began crying. "Let me out," she pleaded, trying to shake her legs free. "I gotta go... I gotta get it out," "It's the baby," the nurse reassured her. "It's putting pressure on your cervix!" "That feeling you're having is normal!" As the doctor came in, Belle cried out, "PLEASE LET ME PUSH!" The doctor made a quick check between Belle's shaking legs, ignoring her moans, and then said, "Yes, it's time, give me a good firm but gentle push!"

Belle had pushed for half an hour, the pressure and pain worsening as this baby slowly worked its way out. Belle grunted, groaned, and cried as she pushed, and finally collapsed onto the pillows as the contractions ceased for a bit, trying to catch her breath. "Ohh, this is...hard..." Belle exclaimed, as the doctor looked between her legs. "I see it," he said to the young farm girl. "It's getting close to coming out, just a few more little pushes will do it." "You'll be happy to hear this little one has a full head of black hair!" Belle shook her head, eyes closed in pain. She did not care what this baby looked like, she just wanted it out of her right now! The nurse wiped sweat off Belle's forehead as the next contraction started up. Belle wanted to run away, and leave this pain and pressure behind, but of course, she could not. "Please help me, It huuurrts!" Belle begged, as she felt the head begin its emergence. The head stretched her vagina open slowly, and the burning sensation was so awful, Belle thought she was going to die. "OH, OH GOD HEEELLPP! AAAHHHHH!!" She screamed, as the head crowned. "Just like that, a few more pushes," the doctor coached, but was not sure he could be heard over Belle's screams of agony. "GET IT OUT PLEEEEAASSEEE OOOHHH GET IT OUT!" She screeched, thrashing in pain, internally hoping she would pass out and perish, just to get rid of the pain. "Honey, you've got to push the baby out," the nurse shouted over Belle's noises. The head was at full crown now, hanging out of Belle's vagina like a melon. Belle bore down, feeling like she was taking the biggest crap of her life, and with a pop, the head jerked out of her, along with a gush of fluids. The doctor pulled, and the rest of the baby easily slid out. Belle's cries were replaced by that of her newborn baby's as she collapsed onto the bed, panting in relief and exhaustion. "It's a healthy baby boy," the doctor announced, as he cut the umbilical cord and handed the baby to Belle. "What do I do now?" She asked as she took the baby and held it awkwardly. "Well, you're a mother now," the doctor said. "Your life is forever changed!"

(Your character rolled a 7 = single baby birth)

[britishassistant]

Deuce is the designated getaway driver for most of royal flush’s heists, yet despite his skills he is an absolute mad lad of a speed demon every time he gets behind the wheel (ace swears his heart stops every time he gets a look at deuce’s maniacal grin during a getaway)

Thank you for the ask, dear anon!

And how does it feel to have such a big brain? Because I LOVE THIS.

Yuu knew from the moment Deuce’s serious face began to curve in a almost…manic grin that they were going to regret whatever came next.

“O-oi, cauldron-brain!” Ace pipes up from where he’s securing their tied hands to the handhold in the car’s ceiling, voice wavering oddly. “Remember, Royal said inconspicuous, okay?! In-con-spicu-ous!! No, no crazy shit this time, alright?!”

Deuce scoffs. “I know that, you jerk, it was one time!! The axle wasn’t even that broken! You don’t hafta keep going on about it like a broken record!!”

Yuu would quite like to ask what in the world they’re talking about, only the gag in their mouth is keeping them from doing so.

“Ah, crap! The meathead’s onto us!” The minion in the shotgun seat cries out, “We gotta scram!”

The reporter can see Yuuken dashing towards the unmarked car they’ve been shoved into in the wing mirror, camera abandoned, yelling their name alongside demands for their captors to stop and let them go.

Deuce guns the engine.

The tires actually squeal and the engine belches black smoke as the car peels away from the sidewalk into oncoming traffic, going from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds.

And they keep speeding up.

Horns are blaring around them as the car swerves in and out of traffic lanes, the passengers getting jostled violently as the vehicle rides roughshod over dividers and onto sidewalks.

Even as they’re thrown against the window, the rope tying them to the car and seatbelt hastily pulled across their chest the only things holding them in place, Yuu can’t stop watching in horror as the numbers on the speedometer keep ticking up. 80. 85. 90. 95. 100. 110. 120.

They’re pretty sure Ace isn’t attempting to keep them from escaping anymore as he clings to them and screams, interspersed with hollers of “OI, OI, OI, WAIT, NO CRAZY SHIT, YOU SAID NO CRAZY SHIT!!!” and “THE ROAD DEUCE, GET US ON THE ROAD, OH GOD, WE'RE GONNA HIT SOMEONE, WATCH OUT!!!”

The minion in shotgun hasn’t said anything for a while, and from how his limbs are ragdolling with every turn the car takes, the reporter’s not sure he’s still conscious.

And through it all, Deuce just spins the wheel with that manic, insane, terrifying grin on his face as he jackknifes the brakes to slide through a set of traffic lights before putting the gas through the floor again.

Well, if this doesn’t kill me, Yuu thinks, dazed, then I don’t know what could.

#twisted wonderland #twst #supervillain au #ace trappola #twst ace #deuce spade #twst deuce #twst yuu #twisted wonderland yuu #the prefect #deuce is the best driver because he can actually pull off all these stunts #he’s the worst driver because he attempts them in the first place #grim has been spared this torture #because if he wasn’t I’m sure that would constitute animal cruelty

[bloodgulchblog]

ok on the topic of Kelly, I need to ask you this because I can’t be the only one that sees this. I really think our poor dude Troy Denning either has no idea how to write her (ie last light and her argument with Veta) or he just straight up dislikes Kelly (the weird personality change in Shadows of Reach that kind of made her seem like a bitch). Do u see it too? Am I going insane???

The only pre-existing character I think he has handled with high accuracy is the Arbiter. I'm not sure why that is, but I'm at least grateful he seems to know what to do with him.

Denning sometimes does an okay job with Chief, but I think he fumbles him a lot. It's not that his characterization is outright horrible, it's that he misses opportunities to explore interesting ideas and doesn't feel like he fully thinks through implications. I think he's just not overall a particularly strong character writer, he's better in setting and plot ideas.

When it comes to any Spartan less developed than Chief, which is most of them, it really looks from the outside like he just doesn't know what to do with them? Team Saber is missing the defining handhold traits they were given in Ghosts of Onyx, which was weird to me because if I had to pick up characters like them that would be the first thing I grabbed onto. Blue Team is all over the map.

Fred in Last Light reads mostly the way he writes the Master Chief, which is kind of generic. Then you've got Shadows of Reach, where Chief was back so he had to think of something else to do with Fred to make them not exactly the same and apparently he just... decided that Fred should be Blue Team's funny guy?

I think he has super struggled to figure out what to do with Kelly and Linda, they're frequently just kind of there if they're there at all. They basically get written out of Last Light as soon as there's an opportunity, and it feels like because he's not sure of their characters he feels like he has to invent random surface traits (Kelly being a fan of 20th century classic rock (???) and Linda doing a lot of meditation (in fairness though, I think this one works)) in order to make them more... interesting?

Kelly in particular suffers because Kelly had more of a pre-existing character: She's funny and observant, supportive toward her team mates, and actually an excellent right hand. I seem to recall that he gives her a lot of Being The Anxious Guy moments, which is weird to me with her because she's generally one of the more getting-the-fuck-in-there guys. It's Fred who's Blue Team's Anxious Guy generally, so it feels like some of their traits got flipped.

And hey, I get it, man's doing contract work on a pre-existing IP with specific goals on the job board he's supposed to hit. He seems to be genuinely enthusiastic and it's possible he's actually read the prior books with these characters (he has a tendency to bring up surprisingly deep cut bits of setting lore from older material?) but if he has, I think he really missed the characterization handholds on most Spartans and has kind of chalked them up to "these characters are flat and have no detail so I need to invent details about them."

#i'm trying so hard to be more cool about denning these days #i feel like an ass for saying mean things in the past #like yeah it's funny to be mean but also it's not good for me or cool #so i hope this is more just tough but fair