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indirigo · 14 hours
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My take on the Toshiro/ Laios fight
I just wanna share my opinions bc I see a lot of people here boiling it down to oh Toshiro (bc that’s his name btw not Shuro) big meanie and neurotypical hates Laios bc he’s autistic, which completely decontextualises the fight and Toshiro’s background.
Yes, I understand why people are pissed at Toshiro ,and as an autistic person who’s been alienated my whole life what he said to Laios did hit very hard, at first I was pissed too so don’t mistake me as someone completely siding with one or the other.
Also I’m a firm believer that Toshiro is autistic as well FIGHT ME.
Toshiro is first of all very sleep deprived, hasn’t eaten, and shocked not only from seeing Falin turned into a chimera but also discovering that her brother allowed dark magic to be used on her; Toshiro grew up in country with different social norms, AND in a very strict household with a not so nice father, he was taught since his childhood to suppress his emotions (mask) and not complain. This means that he will not complain about something until he has had enough and his frustration spills out unhealthily.
Toshiro ever since joining the group has been called Shuro by Laios even tho that’s not his name, and never knew how to deal with Laios’ excitement towards him (bc again he was taught to suppress his feelings).
Laios on the other hand almost does not mask at all! (Which good for him honestly) and yes he is socially awkward and has bad timing but guess what TOSHIRO IS ALSO LIKE THIS (he literally proposed to Falin after not even telling her that he likes her) Toshiro sees himself in Laios but also sees Laios as all those things he was taught were WRONG; at the end of the fight Toshiro realised he was ENVIOUS of Laios, and I feel like people blatantly ignore it.
This is also connected imo on why he “hated” Laios but fell in love with Falin even though they have similar traits (I wanna make this point clear also bc I see a lot of people treating Laios and Falin like they’re the same person, they’re not) , Falin, like Toshiro, is way more reserved and imo he projected a lot of himself on her.
Now onto the other side, Laios is right, Toshiro should’ve told him more clearly that he thought he was annoying and interrupting him and Falin a lot of the time, bc Laios had no way of knowing as he cannot read Toshiro’s mind. And that’s just the truth.
So in conclusion what I mean to say is that yes Toshiro was mean to Laios during that fight , but the argument was so much more nuanced than how some of the readers interpreted it. It’s ok to recognise that Laios also made mistakes and we know he is extremely intelligent, let’s not dumb him down for the sake of the argument.
And saying that you want Toshiro dead over this is a bit extreme😭 and I say it as someone who got the Laios treatment multiple times.
That’s all, thank you for reading🌷
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horrorshow · 2 months
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Your mom needs you right now. Go open that duffel bag, grab the salt gun. I gotta carry your mom out so if anything comes at us, you shoot it.
SUPERNATURAL 6.21 Let It Bleed
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captainsway · 1 year
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Hi, I'm a newer fan of Star Wars, and I came across your blog. I'm also an Asian, but I never really liked connecting the Jedi with South Asian religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. Maybe my distaste comes from that fact that George Lucas butchered Hinduism offensively in the Indian Jones franchise, and Star Wars reeks of appropriation.
I read through your Star Wars posts, and it was nice to see someone try to respectfully portray the Asian-ness of Star Wars.
I was reading one of your rebuttals regarding the jedi practicing therapy, and I was curious. I've only really seen the movies, Clone Wars and Rebels; no books or comics. Where exactly do the Jedi canonly practice or have therapeutic services? Like, I kind of saw it in ROTS with the Yoda/Anakin scene, but that felt less like therapy and more like just seeking advice from an older person you know. Both are beneficial, but they aren't the same. Is it in the books?
i don't read the books or comics or whatever. the therapy bit is about what is said in the movies (primarily by yoda, but also obi-wan and qui-gon) and what was said in actual therapy, both individual and group practices. it is Established History that 1) western therapy is based on buddhist practices and 2) lucas himself practiced buddhism and wrote it into star wars. the jedi constantly use mantras such 'may the force be with you', 'luminous beings are we, not this crude matter', or even the jedi code (which is not in the movies but it resonates with buddhism:
There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force.
people always misinterpret it as 'oh noooo emotions are baaaad' but it's always about *mindfulness*. if you let your emotions rule you, then you're not peaceful. if you do not take the time to understand why you're feeling what you're feeling and let your emotions rule you, then your emotions will let you lose everything. lashing out in anger, letting opportunities pass you by bc of being too scared, being happy about other people's misfortunes, etc etc. people also liken the jedi to a cult but cults suppress knowledge. the jedi have repeatedly taught their students to seek out knowledge and make mistakes, but learn from them. that's even in the movies when yoda teased obi-wan about 'losing a planet' in front of the kids and told obi-wan to look at it a different way. the last line is about how when you die, you're not really dead - your spirit becomes one with the force and you'll be reunited again there, so while you can mourn for someone's death, also celebrate their life and the fact that you will inevitably see them again. if you focus only on their death, you'll fall into despair and hopelessness and even fear of losing more people. death *is* inevitable and you cannot let the rest of your life pass you by from fear of it.
this is also the belief of attachment - which is directly from eastern beliefs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonattachment_(philosophy) it's literally about not being greedy, being open to your fellow humans, giving yourself to a greater purpose, etc. it's even in christianity where 'it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God'. you cannot be attached to worldly possessions if it hinders your own humanity or the people around you. that's exactly what the jedi preach and why anakin failed when it came to padme. he even explicitly said this to her in aotc about how the jedi work: 'Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi's life. So you might say, that we are encouraged to love.' they love *everyone* because that is their enlightenment and their belief in the force, so focusing on just one person and clinging to that one person to the point where no one else matters is antithetical to being a jedi.
in regards to the whole being asian and cultural appropriation: yeah i get it. but the fact of the matter is that lucas himself was *actively* buddhist and was trying to create a story that would show buddhism to western audiences. was lucas racist? yes, undoubtedly. that's not up for debate. was he actually pretty accurate in displaying buddhism in his space fantasy movies? yeah actually and it's been repeatedly documented over and over and over again. people whine about how the movies were all about white men, but yoda himself was actually a pretty??? clear stereotype of the wise asian master??? obi-wan was too in a sense, but because he wasn't played by lucas' original actor (toshiro mifune), it's not as obvious. but yoda, with his speech patterns, his methods of training, hell, even his appearance (if you discount the fact he's an alien), is all along the lines of the mr miyagi archetype (or is mr miyagi a yoda archetype hMMM).
i guess the question is: would you rather dismiss all asian aspects in star wars even though lucas was directly inspired by both buddhism and samurai movies and has actually been pretty accurate in regards to the former, or would you rather embrace the jedi as being asian inspired and 'reclaim' them? to be honest i find it rather frustrating seeing all the asian beliefs that lucas tried really hard to bring to western audiences be bastardised and dismissed by white people in the fandom, including writers and certain show runners who purposefully misinterpret the jedi because they don't understand buddhism. it's like, why am i told i'm 'wrong' when people who ARE asian/buddhist/etc find kinship in the jedi and have constantly found evidence that they are more similar to east and south asian beliefs than anything and having people dismiss that is actually problematic and pretty racist in itself?
regardless of what i say here, here's more articles i've found from a quick google:
6 Similarities Between Star Wars And Zen Buddhism
The spiritual message hidden in 'Star Wars'
The Buddhist and Taoist influences that underpin the Star Wars universe
Jedis, Buddhism and the translational power of film
may the force be with you!
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sneezemonster15 · 1 year
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Hello there. Not too long ago I was reminded of Naruto, my first anime, how emotional it made me, and looking at it after years with adult eyes.. as a teen, I felt very uncomfortable with SNS bc of internalized homophobia, but now, it's an entirely different story. I couldn't put down my phone after discovering your blog and I appreciate your unapologetic, detailed, thoughtful analysis so much. Maybe you already were asked this question, but what would you ideally wish for Naruto and Sasuke after chapter 698? How would the prophesied change of the shinobi world come to fruition? (You don't have to answer, still I'm happy to be able to read your thoughts. Have a good day.)
Hey.
Hope you had a good day too. :) Thank you for your response. I am glad I was able to communicate what I wanted and that it reached the reader. Heh. No seriously, I am glad. Today was a long day. Sigh.
Well, Kishi wrote the shinobi world as an apathetic world where nothing of significance, the way it was shaped by the narrative, came to fruition. All of Sasuke's efforts went in vain. Uchiha clan was not vindicated of the false accusation of summoning the kyuubi. Itachi's truth was hidden, and he still bears the entire condemnation of the Uchiha massacre despite the complicity of Konoha elders, Danzo and Hiruzen in it. Kakashi, the prospective hokage, still doesn't understand Sasuke or what he went through, much less understand the severity of Uchiha clan massacre and what it implies. He is still a willing tool of the system who follows the rules blindly. Even Sai, who never had a family, who grew up in a clinical environment completely devoid of any emotional expression or affectation, Root ie, even this boy realized what he was doing was wrong and promised himself never to follow rules blindly. Not Kakashi. In the end, he tells Sasuke to behave as if whatever happened was his fault. Was the massacre his fault? Was the kyuubi attack his fault? Was he wrong in killing Danzo? Was his wish for revenge for having his entire clan butchered while asleep so out of place when Kakashi allowed others such as Shikamaru to take revenge? Hinata and Sakura, both were rewarded for their insensitive and consistently unempathetic pursuance of Naruto and Sasuke respectively, when they should have been condemned. The elders are still revered despite their complicity in the massacre, their public personas clean and untainted. Hiruzen is still considered as one of the best hokage to ever live when he was literally the worst, having had an entire clan die under his rule with his complicity, this man who taught his students about the 'will of fire', a philosophy which was supposed to be about protecting the people of Konoha, and yet was entirely inconsequential at the time of the massacre. Him, a hokage. Useless. Complacent. A failure. A blight. He himself admitted his complicity in the massacre and yet was never condemned for it. He should have been.
The problem with suppressing the truth is that unless it is revealed, you will never know what went wrong. And it's important to assign blame to the guilty party and have them punished for it. That's how an ideal society functions. But the shinobi world isn't an ideal world. It's a heartless world. It's an indifferent world. It's a world where there's no true justice. Kishi never meant to write it as an ideal world. It was portrayed as a heartless and unjust world right from the beginning, what with its victims such as Haku, Zabuza, Amegakure orphans, Gaara, Neji, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakumo, Kisame, Oro's sound ninjas etc. And no one got true justice. Not one. Well, Gaara still got some resolution, but it was because of Naruto, and not this world. Most of them got some sort of resolution because of Naruto. But not true justice. Well, he is the MC, so he will be given the savior trope, but look at him in Gaiden and Boruto and in that extra chapter with the hokage ceremony. He is not himself. He is not enthused or excited about being hokage. He is a mere husk of his former self. He is not the same person that we know and love, entirely the opposite as a matter of fact. He capitulated to this world. Just like Sasuke did. It's heartbreaking.
The cycle of revenge only stopped because of Sasuke and Naruto, if it weren't for them, their world was doomed. And yet, they both live a miserable life post 699, just empty shells of what they used to be, having had their zeal and zest and individuality sacrificed at the altar of conformity. For the sake of their world. Living heterosexual lives in public. Being married to superficial and selfish women who don't even know their hearts or what they are truly like, who don't care for anything but their status and fame and looks, to have them as trophies.
Anyway, I have written about what you asked here. It may assume a lot of stuff, but it's what I wanted.
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yeahyeahwhateverrr · 1 year
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ok, to get to the point, i have a huge problem with men that Is causing me a daily obstacle/actually hindering my life at this point. And i guess I'll talk about that, but I'd like to make a point first before anything, that even though there is an explanation for my actions, there is no justification whatsoever, never will be. Men deserve delicacy and kindness just like everyone else, even if they may or may not be bad. But if they're bad, obviously I'm gonna be a shithead. Like bad, bad. Not normal bad, nobody is always morally correct. Even though my own triggers with normal men over small things make me not trust them easily, so i try to suppress rage and resentment towards them. And it's just healthier to tackle that and just talk about it, not to them, unless it's necessary i guess? But at least to someone not involved that sees a different perspective and is able to help, and God knows i can't afford therapy right now lol. So that's a long ways ahead. I'm doing what i can with the tools i have, but they're obviously shit and work sometimes. "I" statements and DBT therapy wasn't enough ok lol. That's on me but obviously i need some more intervention there. Bc i get unbelievably fucking mad out of nowhere, not even bc of men. Idk, but anyways -
I have a lot to work on, and I'm gonna make mistakes, so i should probably withdraw for periods of time. (even though that's proven bad for me, bc then people find me having episodes where I'm crying uncontrollably and talking incoherently about a lot of shit and i cant remember those. Then I'm fucking embarrassed, like i don't even drink when those happen, like do i get sleep deprived...? Wtf) but maybe during those times, I'll have have to take here and there to avoid, so i can still do self introspection and coach myself somehow? Or ask people how they deal with that personally, something that at least shows I'm trying to make the effort to change for the better. But men absolutely deserve to be nurtured and loved just like anyone else, and to feel security. And they shouldn't have to shut out their own emotions, and they definitely need people to be patient with them bc obviously men are taught at a young age to bottle shit up/ignore it/it's whatever, you're a boy, etc whatever fucking bullshit. I was raised the same way, but that's besides the point, really? But men really do deserve to have their inner child healed and dealt with appropriately as well. Eventually I'll have to work my way up to therapy though, and work on that one super hard and see if i can break through it. Bc it's been my strongest barrier my whole life, when i shouldn't be holding my problems against certain people against all men. They're not all aggressors or monster, they're people just like me. And when i act and do things a certain way i make myself unsafe not only to men but others as well. And i want to acknowledge that and apologize for that sincerely for anyone I've hurt. An apology will not mend or fix that hurt, but i want to at least realize the pain I've caused + as well as apologize bc i feel remorse, not bc i don't want to get caught. But bc it's not being fair to others, it's not giving people a chance, and it's just really fucking unnecessary, quite frankly. So i am sorry for that, and i don't expect to be forgiven.
Now i will talk about my examples with men, but as i said, not a justification, but merely an explanation for my behaviors. My experiences in life with men, so at least there is some understanding there.
Was with dad and his friend downtown, i was maybe 13-15 range, we used to listen to music every Saturday downtown. My dad wasn't drinking, not specifying for anonymity reasons. His friend was. My dad was standing beside him, listening to the music, his friend was behind me, uncomfortable close as i was sitting down in those fabric lawn chairs. Just excited to be with my dad, and his friend started leaning forward, and i felt something hard against my neck, and maybe he was just having a hard time keeping himself up. But wouldn't it be soft? Like idk, how do dicks work, i could definitely feel that shit on my neck, and i remember freezing up when i realized. He's just a drunk though so that has to be it, but every other of my dad's friends didn't like me. And he was the only one that actually went out of his way to talk to me.
Was with my dad outside his apt at the same age range, while he was working on his motorcycle, dude came walking from the bar, stopped by to talk to my dad, kept looking at me, and was like, "you have a really beautiful daughters, i have daughters myself." And just kept staring at me the whole time. Mf looked like Lester off of GTA 5 i shit you not, just skinnier. my dad didn't really acknowledge him, and then the dude walked off, and my dad didn't tell me to go inside or anything, it was night and summer. He drove off to test his motorcycle at the time, leaving me outside. And i was feeling weird, so i locked the door and went upstairs, looking out the window on the main street we were on, and the dude was walking across the street slowly (like the other side this time, he was lingering for a while actually.) and looked up at me and didn't pull away his eyes.
My stepdad and his SIL were drinking one night, and i came out. I was the same age, i used to get hit on a lot as a teenager. (Surprisingly, I'm not conventionally attractive, but i was really, really skinny at the time) and his SIL who was and still is with his daughter, started calling me cute and picking at me. And started joking that he wanted to take me to McDonald's so he could get me a "big Mac". i may be Autistic, but i understand fucked up social cues when i hear them. I'm not that retarded, not saying anyone is, but i wish people wouldn't undermine me. Constantly. My stepdad was coaxing it on, and he actually opened up the garage, and his SIL was trying to get me to come outside with him, very insistent. It didn't feel like a joke anymore. He had his keys ready and everything and wanted "to just take me for a ride." (Same man that put a gun to my stepdads daughters head btw threatening to kill him and her) i was like NO. And kept saying it over and over, my stomach was definitely churning that night. Something felt wrong, i don't think he wouldve raped me, i don't think he's that vile, but i felt really aggressive bc my boundaries weren't being respected. If you don't listen to me, sorry but idgaf about your feelings at that point. Maybe I'm looking too much into these experiences
First ex (cheated on me, admitted to it later bc i wouldn't give him what he wanted) i was 14 and didn't care about sex. And it was my first relationship. When we eventually got back together like 2 years later ish, he wouldn't even talk to me, acknowledge me, brushed me off and would actually push me off of him. Completely cold. I cried and said i was gonna go home, and he said what are you gonna do? Walk all the way home to your dad and tell him where you were? So i stayed and i don't really want to talk about it, not traumatizing. Can't say it was, not going to insinuate or say anything there. He wasn't a bad guy, just high sex drive. Did he make me cry a lot that night and got actually vocally shitty at me for crying? Yes lol
Being flirted with at gas stations when my dad used to send me down to them, with money so he could get 2 liters and maybe some candy lol. That's definitely a lot less malicious, not so bad. Having a man whisper to you in your ear some nasty shit when you're literally at the register is a different story though. I was 16 lol. At least when i told him he backed tf off. He was like oh shit nvm. So a respectful gentleman for that at least, definitely not traumatizing, just a funny story now.
My friends uncle hitting on me and looking me up and down heavily when i was at her house, i was definitely not 18 yet. But he also really flirts with any woman, to be fair. She was uncomfortable as fuck too. I remember when i went home with her one day in high school, her brother and uncle both picked us up, nothing said weird about me. But were saying the high school girls were jail bait and. Yeah. That's not really traumatizing, just made me feel gross.
Obviously i also have trauma with women, i was molested as a kid. But that has no relation to this. I will not explain further than that, bc I'm not mad at who did it to me, does it hurt and make things awkward? Yes. Absolutely lol. But i will never put it against them.
Now i will explain things a little more, but this should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt, and just moreso weird experiences. I do not want to incriminate anyone, i do not want to point fingers or even insinuate anything. I'm fine, im cool, the brain is just a weird thing. i used to have dreams of having sex as a kid, even though I didn't know what that was. Only explanation i can think of is accidentally being exposed to porn, but i can't say for sure bc i was really small. Someone would be on top of me, my vision would be blurry/like looking through a fishbowl lens, couldn't see the person's face, so maybe even sleep paralysis. But I'd feel someone on top of me, and then the motions of missionary. I'd have no thoughts at first, like just the vision and looking up. And then it was like a melting, like i was slowly becoming aware, and then i started to feel a spike of adrenaline and slight panic (?) (Only way i know how to explain that, and then i blacked out. I would just black out.) I remembered that when i got older, and then when i first had sex ever, it reminded me of it. I was like woah, this is familiar. But i can't quite pin my feelings on it. I talked to my sister about it, she used to have the same dreams all the time apparently. But she thinks it was spiritual warfare/spirits raping us, but she was also really whacked out of her mind on meth at the time. She's clean, at least she says she is now. Then asked, "what happened to you child?" Idk bro but we talk about something else now lol idk. Nothing happened I'm fine, repressed memories aren't real. Repressed Emotions are, however. But memories can be falsified and made up. So it was just dreams. I'm fine, I'm ok. I'm fine. Did i get night terrors apparently as a teenager? Yeah haha, but i got a few of them at my dad's. My mom never said anything. My stepmom and dad were watching a movie one night, i was asleep already in my room, and she heard me screaming and crying, just screaming NO and STOP over and over, so she came to check up on me i guess, and was thrashing about looking like i was trying to fight someone off and sobbing hysterically while my eyes were wide open. My dad said he heard nothing, so idk lol. The next morning, had no idea, she confronted me quietly, and was like, did something happen to you? Like who hurt you? Like why are we getting really quiet? 😳🥹🥹 I definitely woke myself up to sobbing quite a few times, like really heavily. Feeling pain in my chest. But that's not night terrors. I remember another dream i had as a kid, where i was sitting on the floor in front of my mom, the living room was dim, only one light on that she was sitting beside. I was in front of her sitting on the floor, in my Dora onesie. And she told me to stay out of the darkness and stay away from the ghost. (? Lol this sounds so fucking cliche or made up sorry, it's just an uncomfortable dream so it's sat with me forever) and sure as fuck a ghost comes down the hallway towards me, picks me up, starts taking me down the hallway, and started to unzip my Dora onesie, and the ghost started to rub around my nipple in a circular motion, and walked me into My parents bedroom, which it was at the time. Now it's just my mom's. And has been. The bedroom was dramatically dark in my dream lol. I had the weird sex dreams and that one literally both when i was In elementary school still. Funny how the brain works, right?
My sister i was talking about earlier actually is getting night terrors to this day apparently, and she's older than me. If that's saying anything. But she was an actual victim of molestation and rape in the same house. I didn't know about the rape until way later. She doesn't like to sit in silence or be with her thoughts or anxiety. So she usually needed something to occupy her mind. So now she's literally on sedatives and hardcore meds. I don't blame her, life has been tough on her. I love her and care about her, and i worry about her everyday. I don't think she's doing anything bad, we just been through a lot of shit together. She is my best friend.
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pastelpaperplanes · 3 years
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Big Ol Ask Post Pt. 3 I think
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I haven’t drawn anything other than cursed or plain technical stuff w him 😔😔 have these for now but expect more soon!
anon a way back asked what he’d look like next to Overlord being already so big compared to Megs, that’s why you see Lordie if you’re wondering why he’s thrown in that line up!
by the way I have a voice claim for the big purple simp— Jenner from NIMH, he’s so awful but that suave baritone oh it fits too well >:] it’s the ‘humble servant’ line that got to me
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Yep! Pharma is absolutely in this AU—as well as the CFau and Crack one too—and in all, he’s still an estranged medic long since booted from any legal work back on Cybertron.
He lost his credibility and more all those years ago when he found himself willing to do his fair share of cutting corners and hastily concealed malpractice to expedite his dream of getting his name down in the medical books—ultimately impressing his dear Mentor Ratchet, finally, in perfecting long-since banned risky experiments and surgeries—not to mention cruel and unusual temperament with the (supposedly) taboo practice of non-medicinal mnemosurgery.
His ambitions and aggression always got the bet of him, this hasn’t changed since he found himself working in freelance outposts. Light years away from Cybertron, he’s made a name for himself as a Good Doctor—but to his under-the-table black market part-dealing clients, he’s just about as bad as a Crooked Medic can get.
Bounty hunters and Arms Dealers like him for his business, a certain DJD member likes him for the occasional berth company and seemingly never ending supply of fresh T-Cogs—but no one actually likes him for his nasty temperamental personality, save for a young and naive Ratchet once upon a time.
Pharma is a roamer, as of recent he’s been a hard to reach mech—seems as if he’s found a little project to keep himself pretty occupied in the last few decades—something about a breakthrough for aiding the Decepticon Energon Crisis :] him and a small, horrifyingly cheerful surgeon are well on their way to completing their first trial batches, it’s safe to say that their little synthetic mixture will have it’s users sated and compliant.
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they’ve got that amazing ‘new car smell’ those first few weeks, and instead of chittering like an Insecticons or vibrating their wings like a seeker—they beep and squeak, sometimes even honk a horn depending on the baseline altmode coding, to get their Creators’ attention before their vocalizer truly starts to kick online
It’s cute, but loud
Much like a seeker sparkling, they have to reach a certain ‘age’ (upgrade) to be able to transform completely, in between then they’re still able to rev those engines as a warning should they need it, as well as spin their wheels should they need a getaway HEELIES IF THEYRE LUCKY WOOHOOOOO—for seekers they can hover on their thrusters!
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Crusade is actually pretty formal with Megatron. But yeah as a kid, Megs was always known as Carrier, but as Sadie got older and more aware of their surroundings—they definitely came to learn the true weight of that title and the fact that they were the progeny of the faction leader, a fact they should have really held onto with more pride. Not wanting to draw more attention to the already blatant favoritism (and nepotism) Crusade made a switch to addressing Megatron as Sir, My Lord, Lord Megatron, —ect. to better fit in with their fellow troops.
It bothers Megatron more than than he lets on. Crusade shouldn’t have to hide their high ranking as his child, the heir to the faction. Megs is their Carrier and can only order them around for so long, as their Leader however—pulling rank may just allow for their infuriatingly stubborn sparkling to listen to them should a day come where even a Carrier’s plea is dismissed.
Crusade does slip up every now and then and a ‘Carrier’ will slip—often hushed and annoyed though as Megs does like to tease every now and then, gotta remind them that they’re still his baby every once in a while :’)
Optimus however—whenever him and Crusade should truly reunite, will never be called Sire by Crusade, which they so heatedly established early on—Crusade never needed one and they don’t need one now, better to not let the title trigger those long-suppressed emotions. Sure enough though Optimus will get his moment.
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actually no lmfao so you’re good! Eh, I haven’t mentioned much plot w them outside of them and Megs, plus bits of potential interactions with Optimus—so the rest of Team Prime is free game :D
For what I (hopefully will have) planned, their interactions with team Prime will be eh,,,interesting to each their own to say the least. Some more stressful than others BUT let’s not get into that until I’ve worked it out—for now I’ll just mention what they’re dynamics would be like when the drama of Oh Shit Boss Bot You’ve Been Hiding a Kid For HOW LONG has died down.
A usually touch-wary Crusade actually is the one to initiate a hug with Bulkhead, he’s the biggest and warmest and somehow is always happy to see them. Plus he tells cool recaps of Earth films and gifts them strange blobish paintings every now and then, all of which Crusade doesn’t exactly understand, but at least the colors are pretty.
Bee is annoying,,,which is what Crusade would say if confronted if they actually liked all the shenanigans Bee suggest they pull together, prank wars to the max, sparring for fun, video games?, DOUGHNUTS and RACES in the fortress halls??? Ahem. they are a super serious soldier, not a hooligan. But honestly, Bee is the one they seek out the most should they need an adventure, they missed out on a lot of this ‘fun’ growing up on the Nemesis—Bee seems to know how to balance a day of soldiering and dumbassery. sometimes.
Ratchet reminds them a bit too much of their Carrier than they’d care to admit. The medic is an old soul to his very core, perpetually tired but quick to snap into work mode, and sweet if you reallllllly squint. Sadie has been taught from day one to always respect medics, Ratchet obviously takes the cake on I’ve Seen Some Shit and for that alone Crusade both fears and admires Ratchet. Again, growing up on the Nemesis they didn’t have too many bots willing to talk much with them—but Ratchet (after he’s gone through his own lot of therapy, him AND Arcee. good lord) has a never ending pile of stories to share with them. Ratchet may throw in a few more colorful curses than necessary—which is SURPRISING bc Crusade thought they’d heard them all back home, but he’s entertaining and tells Crusade how it is, no sugarcoating. For that Crusade is grateful, there’s been too many half-truths thrown about to them in their recent years :’)
Ghost Prowl freaks them out—why does he deliberately have to be so sneaky?? Crusade has only met Prowl a fleeting handful of times (visits from the Allspark come with meaning, you know) and each time Crusade has been given nothing but odd riddles and poetic nonsense. Kidding. Prowl does like his wordplay’s but his given advice is always well meaning—the most firm and direct message Crusade has been passed though was probably most definitely “ Get those two cowards for mecha you call your Creator’s to stop fooling around with each other and SPEAK—at this rate it’s physically paining me that they haven’t begun Ritus and they’re not getting any younger”
Team Prime adores Sadie, they ask Megatron to see their sparkling photos every chance they catch him. And Crusade. hates it.
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balillee · 3 years
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here, have some sad clingyduo trauma headcanons :( bc i love these boys and i will die for them
/rp
tommy doesn't fill them in himself, primarily due to laziness, but he gets freaked out by creeper holes. on rare occasions he'll just stare into them for a couple minutes in complete silence, eyes wide like he's terrified until someone taps him on the shoulder or something. it reminds him of logstedshire.
tubbo also has a thing for creeper holes, but he'll be the one to fill them in as soon as he sees one. he knows he can't fix the crater that was once his country, but he can fix the little things.
tommy still sleepwalks. it's not nearly as bad as it was before, but people have still found him roaming around at night near bodies of deep water. people tend not to talk about it.
tubbo pretty much sidles up as close as he can to tommy at all times - he's lost tommy so many times before and he's never really ready to lose him again. if they're in a pretty clingy or distressed mood, they'll hold hands. platonic love, everybody.
when the two lived together, tubbo started to notice that tommy would talk in his sleep. even after dream was imprisoned, tommy would be rambling about how he needed his best friend dream to come spend some time with him during his sleep. tubbo's been kind of afraid to visit dream, because while he knows some details, he doesn't know everything about what dream did to tommy in exile, and part of him is too terrified to think of what he might do if he found out.
tommy, ever since the boat ride where they started really communicating, has really been trying to get tubbo to open up a bit. they've said all their sorries to one another a million times over at this point, and slowly but surely tubbo's starting to open up to tommy about the things that happened under schlatt and during the pogtopia era, and about how dream manipulated him too. one thing he never seems to talk about is where he thought he would die at dream's hand in the museum, mainly because he's still too confused thinking about how he made it out alive.
tommy doesn't really cry. he just kind of shuts down, isolates himself and stares blankly like he's been hypnotised when he's in a bad mood. tubbo doesn't either, he tends to suppress those emotions and put them aside in favour of whatever project he's working on. if they're in a sad mood together, they'll sit at the bench in silence. a couple people have walked past, but they won't ever bother the duo. if they're feeling nostalgic, they'll listen to mellohi.
tommy, while he still walks and talks like an arse most of the time, really does appreciate the time he spends with sam. he doesn't really want to admit that they're friends, mainly due to ego reasons, but he really does think fondly of sam. puffy too, although they haven't spent much time together.
tubbo sometimes just sits on the obsidian grid and looks down into the crater. he sees the flag puffy put in the crater, he sees the festering vines, he sees the bedrock and the rubble and he stares into what remained of his apiary. he may not have enjoyed being president, but he misses l'manberg. snowchester is his substitute for that, and he wants to put his heart and soul into making sure it never falls like l'manberg did. he's become more enthusiastic about pretty much anything, to be honest.
tommy would've moved into snowchester had it not been near a beach. sure, the biomes are different, but a big factor in why he didn't move there is because he didn't want to wake up drowning every morning.
the two have started talking a lot more. any menial little thing comes up, they'll run to each other or they'll call each other. perhaps they're making up for lost time.
tommy got into the habit of making sets of armour every morning while he was in logstedshire for dream to blow up, as per their 'bonding'. he still sometimes does this when he's woken up tired, and so he tends to have a couple extra sets of iron armour around. they keep getting stolen, and part of him wants them all to still be there.
sometimes one of them silently will just walk to find the other, no matter what they're in the middle of doing, just to hug them. it's kind of confused some people, but they tend to find it sweet, so they won't bring it up and make them feel embarrassed by it.
tommy spends a lot of time in his brewery making odd concoctions. if he's in a very weird mood, he'll sit in the camarvan replica in eret's museum and try to think about the good old days.
tubbo's afraid of fireworks. not so much explosions, but things like fireworks and small boxes tend to make him incredibly afraid. one time something had reacted weirdly in the chemistry lab in snowchester, and he had a freakout and had to leave.
he didn't tell anyone, but tommy made not a grave, but a memorial for wilbur. he still doesn't really know how he feels about wilbur, especially with the prospect of resurrection and the disappearance of ghostbur, but he laid out some of wilbur's old things there, such as his old beanie, his tricorn, an old brewing stand and a burnt off piece of the first l'manberg flag. tommy was mortified that he lost chekhov's gun, and he was devastated when he couldn't find wilbur's coat.
tommy taught himself some very basic first-aid while he was in exile, mainly because he was very reckless and suicidal at the time and needed to stitch up all of his wounds. after the big fight with dream, he spent some time with tubbo stitching him up and teaching him how to do it himself.
tommy managed to salvage some parts of his message book with ranboo from exile. he doesn't talk to ranboo much, mainly because he hasn't seen him around as often, but he appreciates the effort that ranboo put in for him retroactively. he won't admit it, but he misses ranboo a little - the two have grown distant, and tommy's not sure what ranboo thinks of him.
tubbo, on his off days, visits logstedshire a lot. again, to him it feels like making up for lost time. a few times he stood at the portal to logstedshire on days he knew tommy was around during the exile days, but he didn't have the courage to walk in like everything was fine when it clearly wasn't. he didn't want to face the idea that tommy hated him, and so he waited outside of the portal to see if he'd come out. when push came to shove, though, he would always hide, and he'd see tommy slowly looking worse and worse. the nervousness to talk to him again culminated after techno's execution, when he figured that tommy must've killed himself. he stares at the pillar a lot quite nervously.
they both carry around blue from ghostbur. it's way overused and by ghostbur's standards, it's past the point where you'd need to throw it out, but they keep it around, just because they want to remember ghostbur fondly, and because the memories of ghostbur truly do keep the sad emotions away.
tommy wants to design tubbo a room in his hotel especially for him all for himself, but he wont let either sam or tubbo know. objectively, it won't look great because tommy's eye for design is mediocre at best, but he'll try.
there was an instance where tubbo couldn't find tommy absolutely anywhere during the period leading up to the final dream fight. he searched absolutely everywhere, even the labyrinth that was their house, and he still couldn't find him. he had another freakout that made him faint like he did when he saw the tower in logstedshire. lucky enough, it was tommy that found him and made sure he was okay. the two of them spent the rest of the day at the bench staring into the horizon, and they fell asleep there.
they refuse to say the word 'goodbye'. they will always go for a 'see you soon', or a 'talk later'. we all know why.
this got sad and bittersweet :((((
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* miguel bernardeau , cismale + he/him | you know santiago atkins, right? they’re twenty-four, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, two months? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to i wanna get better by bleachers like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole   (   golden cross necklace squeezed between his fingers to suppress anger, a worn out book of mormon hidden beneath his nightstand, a tired smile    &    weary laugh echoed down the halls  )    thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is JUNE 25TH    so they’re a cancer, which is unsurprising, all things considered.
                       tw for .    religion, religious trauma, repressed gay ness, suicide 
TLDR: dumb but kind jesus lover who doesn’t know being bisexual exists.  IF YOU WANT TO SIMPLY SKIP TO CONNECTIONS AND PERSONALITY, FEEL FREE TO DO SO!!
insp.  jason from bare: a pop opera, shelby from the wilds.
santiago was born to marina ruiz in 1996.  a low-income waitress from madrid, spain. his father is unknown. one day, when marina was at work, she served a group of young men who described themselves as members of the church of latter day saints (mormons), they were american men sent to madrid to carry out their mission of bringing as many people as possible to jesus christ. they were nice, tipped well, and invited her to church.   feeling down on herself, marina figured there was no harm in doing so and her life was completely changed when she became a full fledge member of the LDS church.  santiago, two at the time, had no choice but to follow in her footsteps.    
life for the two wasn’t bad afterward. marina met a man, Beck Atkins, who quickly became a father figure for santiago. the two fell in love, got married merely five months into their relationship, popped out about four more kids (in which she legally changed santiago’s last name to atkins so that it wouldn’t be obvious he was from a different relationship) and, when santiago turned seventeen, the family of seven set their sights on SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - beck’s hometown.
santiago was in utah for a year before starting his very own mission. he branded a name tag that said ELDER ATKINS, suited up and was shipped to north carolina with a companion, elder brett, as the two went door-to-door in an attempt to save the lives of residence in NC and bring them closer to jesus christ.  between all of the door slams, threats to get off the lawn, and being made fun of, the two always wore a smile and shared a laugh. as thick as thieves is how people would describe santiago and elder brett - which is known to happen when you’re with each other 24/7 and sharing bunk beds.
                            “ one thing led to another and soon i would discover:                               i was having really strange feelings for steve (elder brett) ”
hi if u guessed that bi-repressed santiago would soon fall head over heels for his companion, you’re abso-fucking-lutely right.  however it wasn’t unrequited, the kiss behind the church van four months into their mission taught him that, but santiago was a coward. as much as elder brett was prepared to stand before the church and declare his love - santiago was certain it was a phase, he’s liked girls before, he’s just confused. besides, the scripture, he thought, was very, very  clear.   so they hid it for another year and eight months.
SUICIDE TRIGGER WARNING:        long story short: in a para i’ll get into some day, elder brett had had enough of the secrets, the lying to his family and lying to himself about who he was, at the end of their mission he told santiago he wanted to come out - with or without him - and santiago freaked. he knew it wouldn’t take long for the church to put two-and-two together, and had some extremely harsh words to say to his boyfriend about the decision. about how he was only bored, there were no girls on the trip, he didn’t actually love him, no one could actually love him.     but santiago didn’t know that elder brett was dealing with other demons and, essentially, that came as a last straw for the him. he just remembers a stream of tears pouring from his eyes on his way back to salt lake, the crush of a hug from his mother and father as they apologized for what happened to his friend.    ( in which his dad so lovingly added that elder brett may not make it to the celestial kingdom after ruining god’s plan by ending his life too soon.  )      END TRIGGER WARNING
he stayed at home for a few more years, until remembering a place in NC called irving that he and elder brett felt was quaint and cute, deciding to move there officially in late may. 
BRIEF PERSONALITY  AND  HEAD CANONS.
kind, almost to a fault. he truly is full of love, light, and care. he’s constantly wearing a smile on his face, loves to give hugs and advice and wants the best for everyone.  HE WILL GIVE YOU A HUG UNANNOUNCED
kind of an idiot who is shit at context clues, always finds it strange when people are mean. has never touched a drop of alcohol and doesn’t swear. catch him saying “frick” religiously
jesus christ is his best friend.
has a dark side with an insane amount of anger issues ever since he was a kid. it’s one of the reasons his mother thought the church worked so well because they taught him how to suppress that emotion and... smile instead of feeling it.     which obviously isn’t good, as he could have a tendency to black out and realize he’d completely smashed his tv to bits or punched a hole in the wall.
he’s not 100% sure of his sexuality. he knows he’s into guys so he basically decided that must mean he’s gay but is extremely confused because he also finds himself having crushes on women.  someone sit him down and tell him that bisexuality / pansexuality exists bc he’s HARMED
                                      CONNECTIONS 
he was on his mission in / around irving two years ago ,  2019 - knocking on every door and asking if he and his companion can share the story of jesus christ with them... so pls give me a connect of someone who either entertained the idea, slammed the door in his face or threatened him to get off their lawn.
bad influence. he never touched a drop of alcohol, doesn’t cuss, doesn’t even drink coffee. pls he’s so boring
bible study friends lmao
A FRIEND WHO HE CLUNG TO!! their personality doesn’t matter but it’d be hella cute if they were usually irritated by santiago and he had no idea. he’s like haha ur so funny when ur mean i love u <3
BASICALLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING 
TBA IM SO TIRED
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hey, my alien \ 16. Do you remember when... \ Index 
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genre:  drabble (series), alien au, alien!taehyung, human!reader, angst, hurt/comfort, taehyung is running from people, y/n is gullible and unwise, tae is kinda mean (at first), will graduate into fluff, yes there will be plot lol
warning(s)!!: [Rated: T]
w.count: 800+
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a/n: not officially back from it’s hiatus, but it’s something bc i haven’t been posting bc my monkey sucks lol 
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“Y/n, what kind of stuff do human’s learn about in your school?” Taehyung, who had just clambered from his attic, plopped himself down beside you as you sat on the couch studying for a change.  A textbook cracked open on your lap as a notebook- that was previous on the couch cushion- was now on Taehyung’s lap.  
“What do we learn?” You question, getting a nod in return. “Well, all sorts of things I guess. A lot of people spend a good third of their life in school.” 
“Can you teach me what you’re taught?” 
You bounced your head around, contemplating.  You wouldn’t consider yourself the best teacher in the world, hence why you prefer the side of students.  You're far more interested in learning than teaching, but maybe? For Taehyung, maybe you’d be willing to at least try. 
You take your notebook off his lap and scootch closer to him as you shared the textbook on your lap with him.  You tried your best to try and explain the topics you were currently grueling over, and he seemed to be understanding you to some extent. Or, if he wasn’t, he wasn’t telling you that he wasn’t getting it to spare your feelings.  A noble sentiment if there were any. 
Along the time of your rambling teachings, Taehyung clocked out when he was suddenly reminded of the first time he met Alex and the topic she had brought up. He wasn’t sure why the memory sprung up, but now that it had it wouldn’t let him rest.  He rolled his lips over his teeth as he attempted to keep his curiosity to himself, but ultimately- the curious alien failed to keep his mouth shut.
“Do you remember when I met Alex for the first time here?” He sprung on you as you stopped mid-sentence.  
“Yes,” you chuckled, “I was there.” 
“So, do you remember what she was talking about before you stopped her?” He cautiously asked. “Towards the end of evening?” Your teaching came to a slow halt as you became silent.  You didn’t even show any physical response to his question and he feared he had over stepped a boundary.  Though it is true he had gotten more open and closer with you and wasn’t nearly as cold and distant as before, had he been too cocky in thinking he could open a conversation that clearly wasn’t as shallow as he was originally suspecting? 
“You mean about me not letting guys live with me?” Your voice was shushed and tense. You gently shut your textbook and set it aside and Taehyung felt like he was starting to choke. “Have you ever met another alien that seemed kind when you met them, but they were really something terrible?” Taehyung never really wanted to open this conversation and the way your energy waves around you started dipping made him regret doing it on impulse.  ���I used to be with someone who I thought was going to be the best for me, but he turned out to be a terrible person.” 
“Was this person a romantic partner?” Taehyung’s chest squeezed oddly when he asked.  
“Pathetically enough, yeah.” You picked at your nails, as the alien watched your energy dip and dip until he couldn’t watch it drop anymore. He grabbed your shoulders and pushed you back up against the couch to sit straight.  He then dropped his chest onto your lap where your book used to lay and wrapped his arms around your stomach. 
“Don’t talk about it anymore,” he whined. “I’m sorry I brought it up if all it was going to do is make your energy drop.” You had taken to an inkling of learning about what his alien terms meant to some degree.  Your energy was, put simply, your mood or health. When you were sick, it was unstable and when it’s normal you're healthy enough.  When it comes to your moods, that’s harder to identify according to his phrases.  In other words, he never intended to make you upset. 
You put your hand on his back as he stays against your stomach as you sighed.  The air was stuffy, and the suggestion of Taehyung telling you not to keep talking made it all too tempting to do just that. Drop the topic and never come back to it.  You were sure he was still itching to know- he seemed more and more like a knowledge nut as each day passed. He was just sparing his own wants for your sake. 
You smiled, touched at the heart this alien took so long to show to you.  
“We’ll talk about it some other time, okay?” He just nodded, not speaking up as he buried himself further into your shirt.  “I promise not to keep you in the dark forever. Just, not today.” If Taehyung had it within his own heart to say it, he’d tell you to never bring it up again and act like he hadn’t said anything. 
But, he and you both knew that his inquisitive nature wouldn’t let it rest until he had answers.  He could,however, suppress the urge to know everything until you could speak without such low emotional energy.
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outworldgay · 4 years
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This is an old drabble I wrote for a friend I decided to revisit bc I realized I didn't write anything for pride
A young Kuai Liang tries to patch up Tomas after some teenage antics go awry.
Cw for injuries, blood
"Hold still"
Tomas flinched his leg away with a whimper as Kuai Liang attempted to dab the alcohol soaked rag onto it. The fresh open wound dripped along the ground with every sudden movement, making Kuai huff in frustration.
"You are making a mess." Kuai stated matter of factly. He took a hold of Tomas's ankle to place his foot firmly on the ground. Tomas stood up in an attempt to pull away, only to falter the minute he pulled from his wounded leg. Crumbling with a sharp hiss, Tomas tightened his face in an attempt to stave away any tears. Kuai couldn't help but chuckle at the rather pathetic display, making Tomas blush in embarrassment.
"It is not funny, Kuai!" Tomas pouted. He sat himself upright, propping himself up with his arms. Kuai eased his laughter in earnest, unable to suppress the smallest of smiles at Tomas's endearingly pitiful attempt to escape.
"I am trying to help you!" Kuai said, his tone lightened from its original frustration. He sat back on his knees, waiting for Tomas to compose himself.
"Of course you are, this was your fault after all." Kuai frowned, feeling genuine guilt over the fact. Had he known turning Tomas's room into a skating rink would result in him slipping and falling against a sharp shard of ice, he of course would have never agreed to doing it. He sighed at the thought, snapping out of it quickly to get to the task at hand. He lowered the rag towards Tomas's leg, only to pass through it entirely as it disappeared in smoke. Kuai glared at Tomas, who snickered to himself at his own antics.
"Now who's laughing?"
"I am the victim, I am in my right." Tomas dramatically placed a hand to his chest, making Kuai Liang roll his eyes. Tomas resolidified his leg, only to turn it into smoke each time Kuai brought the rag to it.
 "Tomas, please! I'd like to get this cleaned before the elders see it!" Tomas playfully furrowed his brow, hoping the pain he was in wasn't too apparent.
"Why? So you don't get in trouble?" Tomas teased, knowing his friend's penchant for being a goody-two-shoes.
"No because I care about you!" Kuai stopped himself when he realized the surprised look on Tomas's face. The Lin Kuei were never taught to be bound to their emotions, let alone openly express it over something so seemingly trivial. Kuai Liang cleared his throat a bit, regaining his composure before speaking again.
"The elders can be a bit rough when they dress a wound, so I wanted to do it." Kuai's eyes shifted away from Tomas so he missed the genuine smile that brought to his face. He stared at the puff of smoke that took the place of his leg, suddenly feeling like a nuisance for being so difficult to work with. Tomas stared at the reforming gash with a grimace as he returned his leg to form for the last time. It still pulsed in pain where the cloth had only barely grazed it, but imagining the much stronger elders being infinitely less tolerant and impatient with Tomas's shenanigans made him fear much more than a stinging rag. He took a deep breath before speaking.
"Okay. I am ready." Tomas spoke softly, trying to ease his nerves. Kuai Liang eyed him suspiciously, suspicious of being tricked again. He slowly neared the rag to Tomas's wound once more, lowering his head a bit to get a better view. Tomas watched with gritted teeth as Kuai closed the gap between the cloth and his wound. 
"Wait!" Tomas flinched at the first sting, jutting his knee out and slamming it against Kuai's nose. Recoiling in pain, Kuai cautiously touched a hand to his face, feeling the blood that dripped from his nose. Tomas frantically scooted to his side, careful not to put too much pressure on his wounded leg.
"I am so sorry! Are you okay?!" Tomas placed a hand against Kuai Liang's cheek to gently turn it toward himself. Dried blood trailed from his nose down to his uniform, but Tomas was now much more focused on the shade of pink that suddenly took over Kuai's face and undoubtedly matched his own. Much to both of their surprises, Kuai gently cupped Tomas's hand, keeping it close to his face. They both sat frozen for a moment as they soaked in each other's presence in uncomfortable silence.
"I suppose this makes us even?" Tomas joked in an attempt to break the tension. He was almost immediately met with a sharp stinging sensation on his leg as Kuai had pressed the rag onto it while he was distracted. Tomas yelped and squirmed in place, unable to pull away from the way Kuai now gripped the hand that had so tenderly held his face.
"It does now."
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sixthsensed · 4 years
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WE’RE OPENED !!! ok hi i’m sososo excited to meet everyone !! you can call me merry but tbh i’ll answer to anything gfnjsdj i’m 22 && i think i put she/her on my app, but any pronouns are all right by me :] this is jaime, ex socialite && part time medium’s apprentice at antiques shop/medium service forget me not
links !! bio | profile | connections
under the cut is also a summary on his background && personality !! if you’d like to plot, u can like this && i’ll come to you :)
background ! ( tw: themes of death )
his mom was a witch who eloped with a noble before he & his sibling were born. she ran away with her new husband to marseille to escape the prosecution of her coven in seoul
jaime had a pretty idyllic childhood until his magick started manifesting and he turned out to have very sensitive extrasensory abilities ?
long story short, his father didn’t like it at all bc it would tarnish their family image, BUT he still loved jaime’s mother ( whose witch bloodline was only “more acceptable” because it didn’t manifest in ways that inconvenienced him :\ ), so jaime was just treated as a wayward little footnote in their story && taught to be good, quiet, & “normal,” especially when family business was involved. he basically suppressed his magick until he was eighteen, when he finally had enough and decided to leave
he’s in seoul now, because his eomma always used to talk about her coven here, but he actually has no idea where to look or how to contact them, so he’s just been on his own since
personality ! ( tw: themes of death )
an apprentice to the witch && medium at the shop. he’s recently started doing small things like psychometry and occasionally helping people sense the presence of their loved ones, but this tends to be a huge emotional drain for him
a lil sheltered ?? and maybe still naive in some ways, but also naturally wary of people. he’s v quiet ... usually keeps to himself ... has a resting bitch face ... how unfortunate LMAO but he’s so shifty around new people that he’s sometimes glad it puts them off
get to know him a little better, and he actually has a subtle, sarcastic sense of humor ? he’s tbh a lil spoiled too ... he’s had time to get used to his new lifestyle but old habits still show thru bad money management and how he’ll lowkey sulk when he doesn’t get something he wants dfbhdnjs
despite first impressions he’s not heartless ,, he feels a lot of things, he just never learned how to express them properly or healthily :\ also soaking up so much death and grief leaves him feeling so heavy so often, and he tends to cling to any source of brightness he can find
he likes to draw && paint in his free time or wander around the city exploring. the urban lifestyle’s still kind of new to him, and he’s always looking for quiet pockets of nature and peace
again, he’s really just trying to get by and find someplace to feel At Home at, u feel ?? 
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Zoe and Victoria for the character thing?
whoever you are anon i literally love you so much i love you so much those are my girls !!!!! ok below the cut cause it’ll be long
zoe-
How I feel about this character
i literally love her so fucking much like So Much.. one of my top five classic companions easy. i actually was just talking about her w/ my mom (i like inherited the love of classic who from my parents ksjdhf) about her story arc as a trauma recovery story and like. how her programming from the wheel taught her to suppress all of her emotions and not be in touch with her own self as a person but how being with jamie and the doctor let her heal and learn how to express her emotions again and i just !!!! i love zoe so much!!! 
All the people I ship romantically with this character
aaa her and isobel!!! also i have so many aus or post canon ideas about zoe/victoria like actually genuinely i’m so invested in that... yes they never met in canon yes they’d be in love ok literally i could talk about zoe/vic forever... 
My non-romantic OTP for this character
her and jamie !!!!! their energy is impeccable especially in their audios together there’s so much like. begrudging love there... and also the way how in the audios zoe is always a little snippy or mean to him at the beginning and then at the end she’s like jamie i love you so much actually
My unpopular opinion about this character
the war games was actually a worse ending for zoe than it was for jamie like yes jamie was dropped into a war etc etc and that would suck but zoe.... to have her entire healing process erased. to get put back in the place that convinced her to think of herself as like. a computer instead of a person. it’s literally horrible and also the fact that her brain is so clever and she knows her brain so well that there’s No Way for her to Not realize that something is missing and to be left with the agony of never knowing what it is she lost. yeah idk i’m gonna start crying about this
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
Just Personally I Don’t See Why If The Doctor Went Back For Jamie He Didn’t Go Back For Zoe As Well. Maybe He Should Have Picked Her Back Up Too I Don’t Know. Just Saying.
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How I feel about this character
i simply adore her. i literally think she’s so lovely and so strong and so brave and her narrative is just like a fairy tale to me and idk i just love her so so so much. i especially love her character arc and how when they picked her up she didn’t really have time to process the grief of losing her father and how she reacted realistically to all the batshit stuff they did like i really love that they had a character who realized actually that they don’t like being in danger every day and that it’s hurting them and then making the choice to leave but having no bad blood w/ the doctor or jamie idk i just thought her character arc was really well done and i love her. 
All the people I ship romantically with this character
her and zoe... her and zoe... i mean i said it above but like. i just think they would be in love,,, constantly thinking about my modern university au where zoe is a maths major and vic is a music major (listen victoria is a musician i KNOW she is... its her ENERGY) and they fall in love..... 
My non-romantic OTP for this character
aa her and the doctor !!! that’s her dad !!!! i genuinely love like. the respect they have for each other and especially we see his respect for her in fury from the deep where he obviously loves her so much and doesn’t want to lose her but is like “you need to make this choice on your own and i won’t say anything to try and change your mind” like bro :’) also like her and jamie.. there IS a lot there... i can’t ship them romantically really cause he was introduced as being in his 20s and she was introduced as being 14-15 but they have a lot in common and i love them as family
My unpopular opinion about this character
idk if this is unpopular bc i think everyone with taste thinks this but victoria... isn’t helpess/weak..... victoria is strategic and strong and brave..... like in the ice warriors we see this best but she was talking to the ice warriors and trying to reason with them, she saw jamie get shot right in front of her and still had the presence of mind to figure out how to use a piece of technology from ~200 years after her time, and then was able to give the people back at the base information she’d gathered while stuck with the ice warriors. idk victoria kinda kicks ass i think
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
i haven’t listened to all her audios yet so idk if this happens in one of these but still like. i want to see victoria Snap. i KNOW she’s the same as jamie in that if her family was in danger (especially with the precedent of losing her dad !! like she Wouldn’t let that happen again!) she’d get as threatening and brutal as she had to to keep them safe and idk i just would love to see a moment where victoria loses her morals and does something vicious to keep jamie and the doctor safe
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eggphcbe · 5 years
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((buckle up kids, i’m gonna break that other post down more extensively,,,,
so we all know how felix is in-game. he’s cold, uncaring, selfish, clearly doesn’t give a shit about what happens to ted. then again there’s me, a big softie who believes everyone is inherently good and projects that on all my portrayals. basically, we can safely say my portrayal of felix suppresses literally every emotion he has, and is intensely loyal to his dad but there was a period of time before all the favoritism and need to be completely obedient and dedicated to his dad and to the company, where felix did love ted (and throwing another headcanon into the mix, ‘teddy’ was absolutely an affectionate nickname before it all went to shit and became associated with belittlement,,, bc i love that headcanon,,). 
but being the ‘favourite twin,’ along with seeing the way his father acts towards ted and to other people, felix is an impressionable child and mimics that abusive behaviour. he has clear disdain for the lower class and his dad puts down ted and ignores him, causing felix to do the same. the thing in the roleswap verse, is that his dad’s behaviour is directed at felix instead. and like i said regarding the other post, felix’s entire personality in the main verse is dependent on the way his dad interacts with the people around him, since that’s his father and he looks up to him for guidance on how to act. 
but when that abuse is directed towards him instead, it’s just one part of the whole in ‘why is roleswap felix a nice person’ because he suffers through that, but he has ted to support him in place of his parents. that is the second part of it. main felix is fiercely loyal to his dad; he thinks he can do no wrong and that he’s always right in his decisions, which is reinforced by the huxleys’ decision to make felix the golden child. but when the roles are reversed, and felix is the scapegoat, he desperately tries to prove himself to his dad that he can be good enough, which embeds the thought in his mind that father is wrong about that one thing. who’s to say he can’t be wrong with anything else? even if rs!felix doesn’t want to admit as much on the surface level, his subconscious is well aware of the fact that his dad can be wrong. that he can be untrustworthy, and hurtful. 
so without an authority figure to look up to as a model for how to act to gain his dad’s approval, who does he turn to instead? who else is a prominent family member who knows exactly how to win his dad’s favor? that’s right, ted. and it’s directly because his parents treat felix badly that ted has to step up and be there for felix, because he cares about him and knows no one else will help if he doesn’t. so he does exactly that. and because rs!felix is now looking at ted, the golden child who his parents adore, felix tries to mimic the way he acts instead of his father now. and ted is still inherently kind, compassionate, considerate, and sensitive, so constantly being with him and spending time with him, felix learns to be more in touch with his own emotions and the emotions of others. main verse felix didn’t have that, because all his time was spent with his father, who believes that emotions are weak and then he adopted that mentality too. it was the constant exposure to each thing that made those versions of felix grow so differently from each other. a bit of both nature and nurture :’)c
rs!felix grew incredibly different from canon felix because of the way he was treated growing up (parents believing he’s useless, ignoring him, but having ted around to stand up for him and console him, treating him with kindness and love). it’s clear he’s really different from his canon self, so i guess the next question here is about ted: why doesn’t rs!ted act like canon felix if he grew up to be the favourite twin and endured all those lessons from his dad like canon felix supposedly did?
i’ll answer that,,,,,, under the cut because this is getting really long lmao
so if felix is the incredibly obedient one towards his father, what does that make ted? that’s right, he’s the rebellious twin. “but that doesn’t make sense,” you might say, “he does everything felix asks of him, doesn’t he?”
the answer to that is yes... only when felix is watching. ted’s entire thing is that he goes behind felix’s back to defy his orders. hitman’s potty guard is literally about proving felix wrong, showing that ted does not back down even after felix insults him, calls him mediocre, tells him his plan will never work. we can assume that kind of behaviour from felix is constant and occurs frequently, so ted should be used to being insulted by felix for who knows how long. yet, in the ‘present day’ when kindergarten 2 takes place, he still is willing to prove felix wrong. he still hasn’t given up on showing his family he’s competent and capable. that gives off rebellious, defiant vibes to me. even if it’s in a little way. even if it’s in the smallest way he can allow himself to rebel, it’s still something.
in my roleswap au, of course ted keeps those traits. not to mention, in the game he clearly hasn’t adopted the posh manner of speaking; ted speaks like a regular kid, not a high class adult. he hasn’t adopted the snobbishness that felix has, that disdain for anyone who isn’t wealthy like his family. he knows his morals and is incredibly inclined towards not wanting to be mean, even if he does do whatever it takes to get his plan moving forward. all those things-- is why i have reason to believe ted’s personality definitely isn’t influenced by his father at all. sure, his need for approval comes from wanting his father and brother to love him, but that’s really all there is to it. 
it’s influenced by the way felix treats him. in canon, he’s subservient, compliant, and apologetic. those traits are ones that i don’t consider to be some of his core personality traits, because those are learned behaviours. mostly from felix constantly berating him, insulting him, convincing him that he should be sorry for existing, so ted has learned not to make mistakes in his family’s presence. sometimes ted will ‘step out of line,’ butting into the conversation and trying to do things on his own terms. that independence is what’s actually part of him
so keeping that in mind, that is the reason why his dad’s lessons haven’t gotten to him like it got to canon felix. in the roleswap au, felix reveres ted as basically his savior. because ted stands up for felix in front of their father, despite the risk of getting in trouble for it (which is where the rebellious streak is channeled towards in this au), and felix is incredibly dependent on ted to receive love and comfort because felix has no other source for those necessities. felix is still incredibly envious, of course, but ted keeps him in check by being understanding and kind and vulnerable towards him (making felix learn to behave that way as well), which is spitting in the face of everything his father taught him about business, about being ruthless, coldly ambitious, and selfish. 
in addition, his positive traits in this au are amplified by the positive reinforcement he receives from his parents, rather than them brushing off his abilities. and it’s because he is the golden child, who gets his parents’ love and attention and praise, that ted is more confident in himself in this au. so that confidence plus the natural need to rebel allows him to be brave enough to stand up for his brother when no one else won’t. it gives him the drive to keep going despite all the pressure stacked onto him, while supporting felix on top of that. but it’s his perseverance to hold onto his own beliefs that allows him to stay relatively the same, instead of resorting to the kind of person canon felix is.
basically the short answer to all that is, felix and ted are the same people underneath everything. it’s just the circumstances and the way they grew up and interact with each other change certain aspects about themselves, some more obvious than others between this au and in canon))
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xialing-gf · 5 years
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somewhere out there
Summary: peter quill just really misses gamora and wonders if he’ll ever find her again
Wc: 1021
a/n: this is basically just me angsting over endgame bc gamora+peter deserved better
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Peter forgot about his journal. He stopped writing in it after a couple years of being part of the Guardians of the Galaxy and placed it somewhere in the ship. The last time that he brought out his journal was when he and Gamora were cleaning out the ship after Rocket almost blew up the ship out of anger when he couldn’t find his gun because it ended up getting thrown into a junk pile. Gamora took out a box from underneath a table and frowned as she sorted through all the junk and wires in the box. Peter watched from afar as he cleaned the surface of another table with an affectionate smile, taking in her beauty. She took out a small blue book and flipped through it, “Peter, what is this?”
“Oh, that’s my journal. I totally forgot about this,” Peter walked over, taking the journal out of Gamora’s hands, flipping through the page. He had written in this journal ever since he was young. The first couple of pages were written when Peter’s mom was still alive and the pages in the middle were all angry-sad rants written after his mother’s death and written while he was stuck with Yondu’s men. The entries began to slow and eventually stopped when Peter finally escaped from Yondu’s captivity. He didn’t spend time writing anymore because he was stuck running away from authorities.
“What’s a journal?” Gamora asked, a confused expression still on her face. Peter looked up from his journal, clearly surprised.
“You’ve never heard of a journal before?” Peter questioned, trying to decide whether to be horrifically shocked or to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.
“Of course not, that’s why I’m asking you. Is this some dumb human thing again?” Gamora suppressed a smile as she watched Peter flip through the pages of his journal again.
“I mean, I guess. It’s like a book where you can write down your emotions and what you did that day,” Peter explained, stopping on a page to read the last journal entry. It had been scrawled with a pen that was on the verge of losing ink and his handwriting was messier than he had remembered it to be. There were several misspelled words, a result of skipping the majority of school, in the journal entry.
“Write down your emotions? What’s the use in that?” Gamora seemed extremely confused still, curiously reading the journal entry over Peter’s shoulder. Peter handed the journal over, letting Gamora thoroughly read through a couple of his entries, who was still trying to process this new information.
“To process them? Haven’t you ever just faced your emotions or have you just always repressed everything you feel?” Peter joked and obviously, Gamora took that comment as a statement. A year spent with Peter and she still hadn’t gotten the gist of human humor.
“No, not really. My sister and I were just taught to not feel anything,” Gamora admitted, definitely dousing the light mood with a darker undertone. As she read through the entries, she was surprised at how absurd the journal entries were. They were mostly just about Peter’s everyday life and they were sort of endearing. There wasn’t anything too special but the journal entries were interesting to read.
“Well, that’s not very healthy. See, humans found a way to cope with their emotions, and no, killing other people to cope with your emotions is not a valid coping mechanism. You should try journaling. I think it would help,” Peter rummaged through the box and found a second, empty green journal, handing it to Gamora. Peter had planned to fill up the second journal with writing as well but never got around to it. Gamora handed Peter his journal back and accepted the green journal, flipping through the pages.
“I’ll give it a try,” Gamora smiled for the first time that day and walked away to a bench, picking up a pen from the table and began writing in her journal. Peter began to clean up the mess, watching Gamora out of the corner of his eye. When she finished writing in her journal, she placed it in her bedroom and Peter handed her his journal. Gamora was confused at first as to why Peter was giving her his journal and Peter just smiled and said, “Take care of it for me.”
Gamora didn’t show Peter what she had written in her journal but always wrote in it. During their time on the ship, Gamora was almost always writing in her journal and seemed to be really into journaling. No matter what quest or job the Guardians had on their hands, Gamora would find time to write. That was until Thanos killed her and half the universe. Now, Peter was back from wherever he was snapped to and was on the ship with the Guardians and Thor. He just wanted Gamora to be back and was devastated when Thor explained that the Gamora Peter saw came from a different timeline where she hadn’t joined the Guardians yet.
Now, Peter just had memories of Gamora and whatever was left in her room to remember her. He hoped with all his heart that Gamora, the one he loved and knew, was somewhere out there in the universe. It was hard to accept that the love of his life might really be dead. As he walked into Gamora’s room, he spotted a familiar green journal on her desk. He carefully picked it up and opened it. As he began to read her journal entries, he sat on Gamora’s bed.
Gamora wrote about her ambivalent feelings towards her sister, her anger towards Thanos for raising her wrongly and killing her family, and most surprisingly, her love for Peter. As Peter read Gamora’s writing, tears began rolling down his face and he realized he really missed her. He had lost his mother, his father, and now the love of his life. Even writing in a journal couldn’t fix Peter’s emotions and he might as well just learn from Gamora by repressing them down until he ready to face them.
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onlyfangz · 5 years
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****moderate spoilers ahead for tua****
the truly clever thing about the umbrella academy’s portrayal of neglect and abuse is that it all manifests differently from sibling to sibling.
luther idolizes reginald and believes that he can do no wrong, because to admit that reginald neglected and abused him is admitting that he is *“”weak”” and he sees it as though he has to be strong because not only is it literally his superpower, but he has been unfairly forced into the role of leader, and he cannot see his team see him as weak.
diego seeks approval from his other parent, grace, and absolutely despises reginald and rejects him as a father. he clings to grace’s skirts even when he’s in his 30s because he gets attention from her, something he never received from his other so-called parent. he also regularly keeps up on his superhero work and practices what reginald taught him whilst staying away from the family home.
allison seeks approval from the world. if she does not have attention, something she was lacking in life, she doesn’t feel as though she can survive. she needs people to make her feel good about herself. she also becomes controlling over aspects of her life she shouldn’t be able to control, as the unpredictability of a neglectful and abusive parent can leave someone feel constantly out-of-control and have a great fear of it. of course she starts using her powers in morally grey ways, i would if i were her.
klaus is the most obvious because his trauma symptoms can be physically seen through the drugs he takes. he suppresses himself and his powers, doesn’t let his father use them, so that he can keep control of himself. he has no quarrels with dying, like at the rave or in vietnam, and exhibits complete recklessness and lack of self-preservation. he ruins himself over and over.
five is harder to spot because his trauma symptoms can be misattributed to his father when in actuality, it will be down to the fact that he is an old man who lived through the apocalypse living in a young man’s body. however, if we look to before he time-hopped into the apocalypse, he was very aggressive and impulsive. he ran away, to a different time. he had outbursts, and it seemed as though it certainly wasn’t the first. after he time-hops back, he remains coolly indifferent about his father, choosing the way he presents himself to be calm and collected. he doesn’t show any emotion when talking about his dad, and it’s the lack of emotion that actually gives away the fact that he’s hiding a lot of emotions that he hasn’t dealt with.
ben is also a bit harder to spot bc we don’t see him often, and he’s dead, so there’s that, but from what i could pick up, he gains a strong sense of what’s right and what’s wrong, and anything outside of this needs to be sorted. he has no moral grey areas, and this black-and-white thinking is in fact a symptom of abuse.
vanya becomes reclusive and introverted after her father’s abuse, as well as her self-worth and self-esteem being extremely low. furthermore, she throws herself at the first man who shows her affection to replace the love she never felt growing up. she also has quiet rage, and a long, long fuse. it takes her an age before she unleashes, and when she does, one might say her wrath be apocalyptic. she doesn’t show much emotion beyond worry, and she is dependant on her medication, clutching to it like a lifeline, and whilst she isn’t addicted to it in the usual sense, i.e, it is literally an addictive substance, she isn’t able to seem to let it go and is completely dependant on it when it is in fact useless.
god, you guys, i love tua.
* being abused or neglected by anyone does not make you weak.
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kewltie · 5 years
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Hi!!! I am the anon that asked about the bkdk omegaverse, and your response definitely cleared things up! And the 'single omega with strong pheromones can bring an entire building of alphas to their knees' thing is making my imagination run wild over how the USJ and other high stress events would go down.
Hiiii again!!!!
i kinda consider that omega with a strong pheromone are highly discourage to not use it at all and taught that ‘hey, you don’t have to fight! the alphas/betas will take care of you! only lesser humans use their pheromones like that bc we’re not animals’ which is utter bullshit :P. society enforce this kind of ‘helpless omega’ mentality bc omegas are more controllable this way if they think they have to rely on others and only good at breeding otherwise bc here is this extremely small group but v v v powerful minority that an completely disrupt society and it workflow bc a single omega>>>>>20 alphas. alphas are supposedly physically and mentally stronger, genetically superior in everyway, but in the end no matter how superior they are a single whiff of scent from omega will have them turn into a dog in heat so LOL who really have the real power here???
so if we take that into consideration how izuku was raised with that view that he is only good as his breeding potentials and he was borne quirkless so he’s seen as even worst. omega although view as inferior, they’re actually treated v v v v well by society bc many potential powerful quirks can be born from them so it’s like how you have a pet and you love that pet so much and you spoil and love and love them but scale of value will weigh a human>>>>>>>>>>>>>dog in the end. you can treat someone kindly and still think they’re not good enough… izuku have to work harder than most and have never felt like the world handed him anything. he has to fight for it and though his omega status made him both revered and hated, izuku embraced his identity and also bc he been around katsuki all his life who is the kind of alpha that drive many omegas up the wall bc he’s territorial, aggressive, and treats izuku like well… izuku. he fights off izuku’s suitors (before izuku’s status as quirkless was cemented; in this verse for omega they test the quirk ability up until they’re 13 bc they have to be sure that the quirk won’t develop later in life!!) bc izuku is his and not bc izuku is an omega so izuku has never felt entilte to anything bc he has to work for everything–katsuki’s affections and his place by katsuki’s side bc katsuki wouldn’t settle for anything less than the best.
so when katsuki dropped him later it wasn’t bc he WAS AN OMEGA but he was quirkless. it was a bitter pill for izuku. LIKE SUPER BITTER. when he inherited OFA from all might and got into U.A., izuku who been around katsuki all his life and katsuki had kept izuku’s bonded to him by biting him every couple of months therefore suppressing izuku’s wild pheromones (which is already usually potent) but since he dropped izuku, there’s no one blocking it. it slowly becomes stronger and stronger with time and esp triggered whene izuku is stressed and under intense emotional strain like the usj arc when he sees his classmates being attack and he just unleashed his pheromones unconsciously and all these alphas around the area just freezes and fall on their knees. some alphas will feel it stronger than others (it varies quite a lot but all of them are affected some way or another!), while other become kind of like filled with the scent that they would do anything to pleased izuku and that’s why OMEGAS ARE HELLA SCARY. 
i feel like ppl would be wary of izuku afterward realizing how easily izuku can fucked them up and he doesn’t EVEN HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AND IT’S NOT HIS QUIRK. it’s just him and his pheromone!!!! though im sure the league will figure a way around it bc blockers exist and you can always wear gas mask lol. anyway yea, i think having omega!izuku who dangeous not bc of his quirk but bc he’s an omega with potent pheromones that can easily bring alphas to their knees mean ppl have to tackle him differently. 
ahhhhhhhhhh sorry i thought about this a little too much AS;LJSDF;ASJDF;. thanks for letting me ramble!!!
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