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montcumbry-gaytor · 1 year

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Scar Tissue

Genji x Male!Reader smut

Summary : Reader is very talented in creating cybernetics, and assisted in creation of the omnics, in progress of Joining forces with overwatch, he meets Genji, who during a mission has his armour beat up, and comes to reader for assistance.

A/N : this was one of my ideas that I Shitposted Abt, so I'm very happy to start writing it

A/N : Pronouns for Reader are He/Him and Reader has a Penis

FEM ALIGNED DNI

@danjo-ao3 - asked for .3 on my lil prompt thing so this is for u </3

WARNINGS : Smut, Scars, Injury, Nightmares.

The Omnic war was a harsh one, Omnics fighting for their right to survive and Humans who hated their very existence fighting to make sure they never had the taste of peace.

It hurt your heart, beings you had helped to be created being treated so poorly, if it weren't for Overwatch, you would have no hope for humanity.

And for that reason you wasted no time joining their side when rumors spread like wildfire that the old overwatch leader, soldier 76 had been doing vigilante work, and old members were gathering again.

You set out to make improved armour for them all, finding Jack in his signature coat and yet little to no armor, was a little amusing, but you scolded him nonetheless.

You couldn't help being heavily intrigued by One man who had grouped up with Overwatch alongside a Omnic who's name wasn't foreign to you, Zenyatta had been a somewhat known Omnic, you had seen him from time to time in your younger days.

"Ah, I do remember you, it is very good to meet you again."

Zenyatta said, the robotic hum in his voice was comforting to hear again, like you were safe from the chaos.

"It's very good to see you again too, Zenyatta."

Every now and then through calm chit chat with Zen, you caught yourself eyeing the green light of the Strangers visor, eyes flicking back to Zenyattas in hopes whoever they were wouldn't notice, but of course, Zenyatta did.

"Let me introduce you to one of my Pupil, Genji."

He hummed, hand gesturing to the standing stranger, who's head peered down at you, you caught the cock of his head, as if he was studying you before speaking.

"Any friend of my Master's is a friend of mine, it's very good to meet you."

His voice hummed, a more humane accent to it, something you couldn't name.

"I could say the same."

You said, holding your hand out, Genji's hand coming to clasp yours and give it a firm shake before pulling away, bringing his hands back to his side.

Through the time you worked with Overwatch, you spent most of it with Zenyatta, which granted you time with Genji, who soon warmed up to you, as you did with him.

You found yourself spending more time alone with Genji, occasionally meeting in the kitchen area of the remote base as you stayed up unnecessarily late, and he woke very early.

You got to know him, more and more, finding that Hanzo, A black haired man who kept to himself around the base, was his older brother, Occasionally you'd stay up to listen to his stories, whether it be in the dead of night or whilst fixing plates of his armour that he had damaged.

From time to time, little brushes against eachother made your face heat up to your ears, finding yourself to like him more than just an acquaintance.

"I see you have found yourself interested in my Pupil."

Said Zenyatta, who hovered beside you as you rested on the roof of the base, you rolled your eyes, sometimes you didn't like how aware the omnics were made.

"I find myself interested in everybody, Zen."

"Everyone is interested in everyone, but with you and Genji, you are different."

"I know I can't lie to you."

You heard Zenyatta hum, sounding pleased at how defeated you were trying to hide something like that to him.

"I'm more than just interested, he's nice and easy to talk to, never have I found someone that I can talk to as easily as him, no offense, Zen."

"None taken, but I do understand, He has been more joyous since meeting you, I do believe you two could be happy together, I do not doubt it."

He hummed, hands clasped in his lap, though his facial expression stayed the same, you could feel his delighted energy radiate off of him.

Your attention turned to the van that had pulled into the base, the same one that had left since yesterday, it took Genji, Angela, and Jack with it.

You watched as genji had walked out, plating on his armour worse for wear, beaten in, bullet marks penetrating it's no longer polished surface.

You saw him look up in you and Zenyatta's direction, Your Omnic friend giving him a small rotate of his hand as a wave, while you nodded back at him, turning to make your way back inside.

When you made it to the main area, Genji stood as if he was waiting for you.

"You alright?"

"I could be better."

"I'm assuming Dr.Zeigler already cleared any injuries?"

You turned to the blonde doctor, who smiled and nodded.

"Let's get your armor fixed, again."

You joked, and began walking with Genji to your "Office" of sorts, comfortable silence carrying the two of you.

"You're lucky this is an easy fix, if this was anywhere else it'd be a pain in the both of our asses."

You said, removing the plating from the bulletproof underside, tossing it into a pile of scraps that had formed from other repairs.

"I luckily, have extras."

You said, clasping the new metal piece in your hands, slipping it neatly back onto the padding, making sure it stayed on properly.

"Your arm is luckily fine, and no one thought to shoot your twinkle toes."

You hummed, checking over everything else, noting to make up a new plate out of the old one if anything ever occurred.

Genji hopped off the little table he was on, your eyes meeting and your ears seemed to buzz as time felt as though it stilled, your face flushed as you realized how close the two of you had gotten, pulling away from him.

"Your repairs all finished, Try not to get shot as much next time." You said, the door sliding open as you approached it, gesturing for Genji to follow you out.

The day carried on as usual, the memory of how close he was that you could hear the artificial hum in his breathing stuck in your mind, your mind wandering to question what was underneath the mask of his.

You blushed at the thought of it, being shook out of your thoughts as a hand patted your shoulder, your head whipping around to meet Lena, who looked at you with a mix of concern and her casual friendliness.

"You alright 'Luv? You looked a little off."

She said, cocking her head to the side with a smile, as usual, her smile was contagious, a green twisting the ends of your lips to a smile.

"I'm alright, my minds just elsewhere, thank you though."

You replied, tucking hair behind your ear, you felt exhaustion creeping up behind you.

"Sounds like you're in for a nap, you seriously need more sleep luv, you're gonna get sick going on three hours like that."

"in my defense, it's four."

"You know what I mean, go get some rest."

You sighed in defeat, retreating back to your room and cuddling into the warmth of your bed, passing out before you even realized it.

You shot up, a mix of dizziness and a splitting headache piercing your sleep, rubbing your temples as your brain awoke, the digital clock that rested on your nightstand reading around Three in the morning.

Of course, you did sleep early, but you didn't expect to sleep as much as you did.

You pulled yourself from your bed, slipping out to the front of the base, back resting on the vine ridden metal plating, the nights cool breeze tickling your face.

It was nice, you thought, the burden of a war fell short to the calmness of the night, though that feeling of peace went disturbed for just a second as that familiar voice hummed from above you.

"Headache or a bad dream?"

Said Genji, who stood on the roof of the tiny building, dropping down to stand with you.

"bit of both, but I'm okay."

You said, leaning the crown of your head on the metal of the forgotten building.

"-Why are you up so early?"

"I could not sleep in the first place, I've been deep in thought."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

You heard him sigh, but no answer, you took it as him not sure if he wanted to and took it as that, looking out at the flowing patches of overgrown grass.

"I have shown very little people.. myself, not just opening up, but.."

You eyed over as you caught glimpse of his hand coming up to hold at his mask, metal grazing over metal.

"You are someone I have come to find comforting, I cannot explain it- but, this is something I want you to see."

He sighed, his other hand coming up, both fingers wrapping to the back of his head, pushing down four cylinders on either side, a hissing sound leaking from his mask.

Brown eyes met yours, the moonlight hitting them perfectly, you let out a breath you didn't even know you were holding.

"Wow.."

You sighed, taking in the sight of genji unmasked, black tousled hair, thick yet taken care of eyebrows, long lashes that threatened to meet his eyebrows, eyes flicking down to eye his tongue run over his pink lips, a scar running from his chin to just below his eye.

Scars, they were littered all around his face, you could see his eyes drift away, as you stared.

"Genji.. you're beautiful.."

You whispered out, thought the quiet night made it feel so loud, you couldn't tell if it was the cold or if he was actually blushing.

"that is not something.. I've ever heard."

He admitted, chewing on his scarred lips, your heard did kickflips.

Hesitantly, you placed a hand to his chest, the other resting on his shoulder, bringing yourself up to give a chaste kiss to his lips, you felt ablaze, it just felt right, and you were half expecting to be shoved away.

"Oh-"

You snorted a little at how dumbfounded he was, his nervous smile making you giggle.

"I think you're beautiful Genji, with or without this."

You said, plucking the mask from his hands, leaning close once more, but not connecting your lips, seeing if Genji would reciprocate, your eyes fluttering shut as he leaned into you, chilling metal contrasting your warm flesh.

"I would like to show you more, if you would allow me."

"Of course, but let's take this to my quarters, M'kay?"

You said, placing another kiss on the outer edge of his eye, placing your hand to the holographic pad ATHENA had been programmed into, along with the rest of the old building.

The door slid open, welcoming you and Genji back into it's warmth, footsteps lightly patting through the halls to your room, the door opening once again with the touch of your hand.

You locked the door behind you with a touch, gently resting his mask on your dresser, eyeing Genji, as he came close to you once more, craning his neck down to kiss you, this time deeper, as if you had all the time in the world.

You slipped your tongue into his mouth, tasting him, hands slipping around his neck pulling the sleeve that protected the back of his head off, black fluffy hair sprouting from it.

"You're cuter like this, though I always thought of you with green hair."

"In what other ways did you think of me?"

He hummed, a grin evident on his lips, his canine teeth peeking out of his smile.

"Ways you couldn't imagine, but we could make it work."

You joked, a hand slipping down the plating of his body.

"As your mechanic for all armour and cybernetic paraphernalia, I know everything about your artificial body, even it's hidden functions."

You hummed, finger teasing over a little button on the inside of genjis metal thigh, causing him to shudder.

"I've thought about that the most."

You hummed, leaning up to kiss him before pulling away, pulling your shirt over your head, dropping it to the floor carelessly, eyes locked on Genji's, who's averted away from yours, a blush rising to his cheeks.

"Lay back on the bed."

You said, nodding towards your bed, watching as genji made his way to it, sitting on it and looking at you.

You kicked your shoes off, pulling your pants off and discarding them into a pile on the ground, your erection poking through the fabric, cool air contrasting your skin.

"I've been wanting to do this for such a long time."

You sighed, pressing your hand to genjis chest and pushing him down onto your bed, your fingers going back to the hidden button, a silicone type cock springing out.

Your fingers traced the details on it, Genji squirming under your touch.

"I wonder when you got this added, you've had it before I've met you, did you get Dr.Zeigler to do it?"

You teasingly hummed, stroking his artificial length, spitting onto your opposite hand, slipping it into your hole.

"Ah.. shit-"

You whispered out, forehead resting on Genji's leg as you prepped yourself, concentrating on the noises Genji made as you played with him.

Deciding you had gone long enough, you crawled up, slipping off your boxers, erection slipping free and grazing your stomach, your knees coming to straddle either side of genjis waist.

You shivered as genjis hands came to rest on your hips, grinding his cock in between your thighs, letting out small whines.

you lifted your hips, hovering over his tip, sinking down slowly as your ass rested on his thighs.

"Oo-oh.. fuck-"

"You feel amazing.."

Genji hummed, rubbing circles into your skin, both of you sitting in comfortable silence as you adjusted to his girth, eagerness hitting you as you began to bounce your hips at a comfortable pace, lewd noises spilling out of you.

It took a while to register that genjis hands had a death grip on your waist, guiding you up and down his shaft on his own, no longer needing you to work yourself on him.

Though it was minorly scary that he could lift you up like that on his own, he was a cyborg, so you couldn't be too surprised, not that you could think of that anyway while you were being used like a pathetic sex toy.

His name spilled from your lips, a pit forming in your stomach as you babbled incoherent words, both of you chasing your release, synthetic or otherwise.

Before long, cum spilled from your tip, falling onto the metal of genji's stomach, your walls tightening as genji fucked into you, synthetic semen spilling inside you.

You flopped onto the bed, curling into Genji, exhaustion catching up to you, glancing at your clock, it read to be 4:30am.

Yawning, you brought yourself back to genjis warmth, who brought an arm around you, tugging a blanket over you and watching you with adoration as you passed out.

A/N : hello ppls I wrote this in advance because not only am I sick but my mental state is ass, hope y'all enjoyed

#genji x male reader #genji shimada #male reader smut #smut #overwatch #im so sorry i didnt get this done #im facing the big depression ehe

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hornystiel · 2 years

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i saw ur post about feeling dismayed at less enagement with your art. i feel the same way!! though i'm a smaller blog and newer to spnblr so i guess it makes sense that my art doesn't get exposure. anyway just wanted to say hi! love ur work im sorry its discouraging sometimes but ur art is gorgeous <3

omg that's so sweet of you to reach out, thank you and hi in return! 🖤

I'm not a huge blog myself tho I've been back in spn fandom for two years now, but yeah, people are engaging less and less with art and fics but continue to be very active with the other stuff and it feels so disheartening sometimes. I'm not saying other forms of creations don't deserve attention but I think everybody understands that a shitpost or a screencap made with zero effort getting thousands of notes looks like some kind of mockery when there're artpieces and fics that struggle to gain 500 notes on the best day. most of the time I'm used to it (which is one way to cope i guess) but sometimes I just feel done.

so thank you for dropping by and complimenting my art! it really means a lot 💕 I hope your art gets the recognition you deserve too!

#anons <3 #asks

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incarnateirony · 1 year

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you've got such confidence that everybody ever daring to criticize you is in some secret cult based around your destruction or something. you are wrong sometimes, so what, everyone is! writing paragraphs upon paragraphs "owning" your hater's and wanting to quote "rip their face and nuts off, kick them, then throw them in an acid container so nobody can find the body" makes you look like a weirdo, not someone capable of taking criticism and grow from it.

...No secret cult, just common sense when I catch you guys bitching on twitter in the middle of my anon storm. And the fact that you can't communicate like normal human beings for shit, and are so unplugged you think you can use words like "mistress" while pretending to not be from Over There. Bruh. They're the only ones that use that dialogue. I literally scrolled like a week of a muted cockles channel to find this since you guys went absolutely useless and hid when you realized I was HAPPY to think it was her. So I found it myself and was honestly disappointed. Guess what? Not a single cockles person uses that FUCKING term.

You. Can't. Communicate. Like. Normal. Human. Beings. Anymore. Even if you think you are, you're not. And you're too socially dysfunctional to understand why you're like HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW HELLERS whenever you try.

Again. I put in my post, and listed things I've been wrong about, and when I responded to them then. I also admitted I was wrong about a vague yeah i put on some random anon about who someone might be because it's an area I don't care about because I DONT FUCKING SHIP AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TV OR LEAKS? I also very clearly highlighted the difference between leaks and memes, because that's confused you.

Not times I've had a human margin of error in day to day life.

LEAKS, MOTHERFUCKER. TELL ME ONE I GOT WRONG, THAT ISNT A VAGUE CLAIM OR A LIE YOU'RE PARROTING FROM 2pO'S CULT. No, you don't have to be IN the cult to be dumb enough to parrot it either, that's not what I'm saying. NOT SHITPOSTS. NOT. I DUNNO. SEEING THE WRONG CONSTELLATION IN THE SKY SOME DAY.

LEAKS, MOTHERFUCKER. SPEAK CLEARLY. WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN WRONG.

LEAKS DONT COME BY PROXY OF GIDDY FAN REACTIONS. LEAKS COME BY WAY OF TANGIBLE PROOF OR DIRECT DISCUSSION WITH CREATIVES AND MULTIPLE TIERS OF CONFIRMATION BEFORE I EVER PEEP A FUCKIN WORD. (with exception to minor caveats I give specifically, such as the capacity limit of a current source or the ability for something to slip through which. GASP. ADMITS MARGIN OF ERROR EVEN IN LEAKS FROM GOOD SOURCES.)

LEAKS. WHAT. HAVE. I. GOTTEN. WRONG. STOP VAGUEBLOGGING. YOU KEEP SAYING IT. FIND ONE.

(Oh, and don't hope for Margin Of Error to save you on Deancas. I can promise you, it won't here.)

I'd give you a half point if you were smart enough to say "you got the episode filming numbers mixed up" (which, by the way, I admitted and corrected), which also has nothing to do with the leaks, because grabbing bulked out footage and trying to mentally attach them to filming days is, yet again, NOT THE SAME AS FUCKING LEAKS. I already CLARIFIED earlier the divisions on sources and where shit is from. Like yeah, 90% of those vids are from insta, 10% good luck chucklefuck try to find it. That 90% I try to plug in by filming and don't get a clapboard for every. Sometimes you skew a couple of days. OH LOOK THERE! HUMAN ERROR ON SOMETHING I ADMITTED AGAIN. Just. Not actually leaks (spare for that 10% or so). As much as. Trying to find the shape the leaks I have are taking visually, which is an entirely different thing you guys also suck bad at.

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uupiic · 5 years

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Nameless: If I punch myself in the face, and it hurts, am I strong, or weak?

Milten: Strong.

Gorn: Weak, obviously.

Diego: A fucking idiot.

#incorrect gothic quotes #Uupiic plays games #Gothic (video game)#gothic shitpost #I am sorry I saw this joke and couldn't resist #like... regardless of which faction you choose... Diego is still the one who has to put up with most of your shit #''Hey he just had to go and fetch the list what could go wr- Oh FUCK he's met Lares''#''Ok so I just gotta make sure he gets the focus. Sounds easy eno- shit there's a troll there''#''Haha so he found the crawler queen. Good. Now we can mine more- what the fuck do you mean IT FLOODED''#(tbh it WAS kinda Nameless' fault because if he hadn't gone in there they wouldn't mine there so I can see where Gomez was going with this)#''Okay so lead the way out of this death trap I mean valley. DAMN IT KID I SAID NO ORCS''#''Oh sure when HE tells them of dragons he's the Chosen One but when I do it I'm ''a threat to society'' and get sent back to the colony''#''Sure let's sail to Irdorath and kill A FUCKING UNDEAD DRAGON''#alternatively ''Sure let's sail to Irdorath with... only 10 people WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU KID''#no no but I understand now why in G3 he fucked off to Varant #the man probably hoped you most certainly wouldn't go TO THE FUCKING SANDY DEATH TRAP #BONUS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T END WITH G2 OBVIOUSLY #''WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE HASHASHIN ARE MAD AT YOU AND WILL NOW KILL EVERBODY NOT HASHASHIN??? DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CURRENTLY AM''#(yeah that was a fun ride once I realized they... attacked EVERYBODY now...)#''What do you mean you helped Lee kill the king??? WHAT THE HELL MAN''#If anybody deserved the big pile of money then it's definitely Diego :P

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make-me-imagine · 2 years

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Hiya! Congrats on 7k! If I'm not too late, I'd like to request a ship for the celebration. (If I'm too late you can ignore, I totally understand!)

I'm a 31 year old bisexual woman. Slytherin, ESTP, Taurus. My main love language for expressing it is gift giving. For receiving, it's quality time. I'm a movie buff and enjoy going both going to the theater and watching at home. I also enjoy writing when I can, some miscellaneous crafting things, and singing. I'll give almost anything a try, but I also know my own limits. I love trying new foods (even if the combo sounds gross.) If it's edible, I'll try it. I prefer nighttime and if I had the choice, I'd sleep during the day and be up late. I love animals of all kinds; insects, reptiles, basically all of them. I've kinda become a jack of all trades type as I like to do a lot of things, but I don't have the patience to become really good at them. I also have the, "I'm not immediately a master at this, I give up" thing. I'm always ready to throw down on behalf of others (legit almost fist fought a cab driver once bc he wouldn't leave this poor girl alone.) I stick up for myself as well, ofc. I'm outspoken and will just... do things. I care very little about how others view me. It's very difficult for me to get embarassed. I can be pretty loud. I'm the friend that people tag in cursed memes. I'm into that nerd scene; anime, manga, video games, etc. I legitimately listen to all types of music as well. My friends had to to keep me from eating a pizza I found in the box on a windowsill downtown. I've been told I'm both intimidating and that I look very innocent so tbh I have no idea which I give off more. Physically I'm kinda tall (5'7,) thique, and pale. I don't care much about how someone I'm interested in looks. I've got all sorts of types and there's not much consistency. I believe in ghosts and aliens, and used to be big into ghost hunting media. I've I've two separate PeeWee Herman dolls. One of them talks. I'm kinda like a human shitpost at times. I'll do almost anything for a bit. I'm kinda rambling but I feel like I'm telling you a lot about me with these rambles. I can be pretty stubborn - especially about going to the Dr. I accidentally swallowed some Drain-O once and just... went about my day. (I'm aware I'm a dumbass and follow a strict do as I say not as I do guideline for everybody.) I give really good advice despite all of that. I also have surprisingly good manners. I hold the door open for everyone, say thank you about a million times during a transaction, etc. I do the thing where you don't realize something is traumatic until you tell the story and other people are like omg are you okay? And I'm like lol yeah I was making a joke it's chill. I'd love a ship for LotR and Leverage! Thank you!

I hope you like them! Ships under cut!

Lotr:

I ship you with Boromir.

I feel like he would be one of the few that could handle you lmao. He loves your energy, and your personality, even if times he can't always keep up. He finds you immensely interesting, and can talk to you about anything. His father can't stand you, but that doesn't bother Bormir at all, because you are one of the few people that isn't afraid of his father. Boromir adores your confidence, and appreciates your candor.

Best-Friend: Merry and Pippin. Both of them. Once you met them they were like long lost brothers. Together you are absolute chaos in the best way. But you are care a lot about your friends.

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Leverage:

I ship you with Eliot.

He thought you were intense, but very interesting. He appreciates people who don't take shit from anyone, and are willing to stand up to people who are wrong. He thinks you are hilarious, but sometimes can't tell when you are being serious or not. He likes to cook for you, and always has you try his more experimental ideas because he knows you will always be honest and will have good suggestions. He does try to get you to stay with interests and hobbies to master them, but will never force you.

Best-Friend: Parker. Again, chaos twins, agents of chaos, the ultimate team of confusion. You get along really well and understand each other when no one else does.

#ship #ships #7k milestone ships #milestone ships #lotr ship #leverage ship #zalera8310 #zalera8310 ships

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river-bottom-nightmare · 3 years

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Damijon Secret Santa

@woahjaybird happy holidays ris!!!!!!!!!! i admit, i was a bit confused, bc you signed up for a ship fic exchange and requested platonic bros, but whatever. i hope you like it!

To be honest, it was something Damian said a lot.

Jon heard those words practically every time Damian opened his mouth: in the middle of a mission, when they were baking pies with Ma Kent, during a stakeout, on a rooftop eating takeout.

They used to be annoying. God, sometimes Jon just wanted to drop his restraint and punch Damian in the face, full-force. Especially when he said those words, again and again and again. Over time, though, Jon grew used to them, and after a while, they just began to amused him.

You should be afraid of me.

Because Jon never understood those words. What was there to be scared of?

The two of them were sitting on a rooftop in Metropolis, Jon with his long legs dangling over the side of the building, Damian cross-legged next to him. Taking a long slurp of his smoothie, Jon glanced over at Damian, who was outlining their plan of attack for tomorrow-- a mission to take down an arms dealer who had been working out of Metropolis for months. With Dad stretched thin over League, international, and intergalactic affairs, criminals were becoming a little less hesitant to step foot into the city. Superboy and Robin would be taking care of that soon.

Jon was listening, he really was. The battle plans were definitely lodging themselves somewhere in Jon’s subconsciousness. But he had to admit, most of his attention was fixed firmly on Damian himself.

Jon remembered the days the prickly young boy would throw his nose up haughtily in the air, state he’d been intelligent enough to have a doctorate at seven years old, and miff at anyone who insinuated otherwise. It was a far sight from when Damian had curled himself up on Jon’s bed, and under the guise of watching a movie, told Jon about his acceptance into the most prestigious art schools in Gotham.

And that was the reason behind Jon’s inattention, wasn’t it? Damian was eighteen, now. Their age difference didn’t seem like much when they were ten and thirteen and going against the world with all the confidence of a couple boys playing pretend. Now, Damian had a weariness in his shoulders, but lips that quirked up into a smile far too often, skin layered in scars but hands gentler than Jon ever thought he was capable of. Jon himself was a fumbling, awkward fifteen year old with jeans that were always too short, hair that was always too messy. And Jon used to think he was over feeling inferior to his best friend.

He’d miss him. Jon would miss Damian so much. Sure, Damian would probably try and keep their visits somewhat consistent, but work would pile up, and a curator would probably see Damian’s talents and whisk him away to the world of the famous artists, and Damian would forget he ever had a friend named Jon and would go on to become a household name while Jon spent the rest of his life living in his parents’ house and updating his mediocre blog that he started because of a dare.

No, he wasn’t being dramatic, thank you very much.

Unfortunately, Damian seemed to catch onto his lack of attention and snapped his fingers underneath Jon’s nose, startling him back to focus.

Never one to sugarcoat, Damian said, “You look miserable.”

“What? No, I’m fine!” Jon didn’t know why he even tried to play it off, he’d never been able to lie to Damian.

“Right. My mistake. Someone who was fine would definitely spend the past hour drinking out of a smoothie cup that’s already empty.”

Huh. Jon hadn’t even realized he’d finished the drink. He put it to the side and shook his head. “Really, it’s not a pro-oblem.” Oh, goddamnit.

“Your voice cracks are ridiculous,” Damian informed him. Why had Jon ever thought he’d changed? That smug voice was as irritating as ever.

“Yeah, they’re hilarious, thanks.”

“I don’t understand why you’re upset.” Apparently, this matter was serious enough for Damian to put his map down. Wasn’t that comforting?

But Jon had never liked to keep things from his best friend. “That. That’s what’s bothering me.”

“Your voice cracks?” Now Damian just sounded confused.

“Yes! No, I don’t know. I just don’t like them.” Jon crossed his arms in frustration.

When he looked over at Damian, the other boy’s eyes were wide, and in that stupidly deep and non-cracking voice, he said, “This conversation has gone well past the point of understanding and I’m going to continue with the plan now.”

Jon sighed. “No, Damian, it’s not that.”

“Then?”

Searching for the right words, Jon drummed his fingers together. “You...you’re going off to that fancy art school soon. You’re all grown up. And here I am with my stupid video games and voice cracks.”

Jon wasn’t exactly sure what he was expecting. Damian could never be called a master of social interaction, and his basic settings were sarcastic, condescending, or incredulous. Still, Jon expected something a bit kinder than:

“You’re such a moron, Jonathan.”

“What?”

“You heard me.”

Jon stared at Damian for a moment, blinking stupidly. “So I tell you about the problem that’s been eating me up for weeks, and all you say is that I’m a moron? Thank you so much for that.”

“I’m telling you you’re a moron because you’re worrying about something so inconsequential.”

“Oh please, do elaborate.”

Damian paused, then let out a tired sigh, turning to face Jon. This was going to be a serious conversation, then.

“Jonathan. I have told you time and time again. You should be scared of me-”

“Oh my god,” Jon interrupted. “This stuff, again?” He was laughing now. “I know, I know. You should be horrified, cower in terror underneath my ruthlessness, blah blah blah. You say it all the time, I get it. I should be scared of you.”

Damian stared at him. “Are you done?” he said with a raised eyebrow.

“I’m tired of you bringing up the same thing over and over, Damian.”

“And in saying that, you just proved my point.”

Jon frowned in confusion. “What?”

“I’ve always said that you should be afraid of me. But you never have been, not since the moment we met.”

“Like there’s anything to be scared of.”

“Yes, Jonathan. There is.” Damian looked Jon in the eye, his gaze sharp and serious.

Damian’s honesty was strange, something Jon wasn’t used to, so he tried to play it off with a laugh. “Yeah, yeah, assassin training’s tough-”

“When I was six years old, I murdered a man in front of his daughter.”

Jon fell silent.

“I used to command an entire legion in my grandfather’s army. We completely destroyed and took down three different countries.”

“Damian, I-”

“Once, Grandfather put me in a straightjacket and wrapped me in chains, surrounded by trained guards, with no instruction other than to escape. And I did.”

Hesitantly, Jon said, “I never knew.”

“Because I never told you. That, and so much more, is why everybody I ever know has been scared of me.”

“Even Nightwing?”

“Nightwing grew out of it eventually,” Damian admitted. “But everyone else. The rest of the bats. Father. Even Mother. There’s fear in their eyes when they look at me.”

“Oh. Uh,” Jon shrugged. “That sucks.”

“That sucks?” Damian said, dry but amused.

“I didn’t know what else to say!” Jon defended.

“See? That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”

Jon furrowed his eyebrows. “You’ve been trying to tell me it sucks? Because I already knew it sucks.”

“Jonathan…” Damian trailed off, then grabbed Jon’s wrists with his own hands.

“Hey!” Jon protested, though only out of surprise. Because Damain’s hands were warm and his thumb was pressing down on Jon’s pulse point and Jon could honestly say he had no objection to this.

Damian’s face showed nothing but piercing intensity: brows furred and eyes locked on Jon’s own. “Jon. Look me in the eyes, and tell me you’re scared of me.”

“But I’m not?”

“I just told you things that would have grown men running away from me in terror. Tell me at least some of that scares you.”

“No,” Jon shook his head and gripped the other’s boy’s wrists back. “No. I’m not scared of you.”

Letting out a breath, Damian moved away. For a moment, Jon found himself chasing that warmth.

“You are the only person who’s ever thought that.” Damian turned, shifting to mirror Jon’s position. Staring out over the city, a billboard washed colours over Damian’s face. He looked like a work of art, and Jon had no idea how anybody could ever fear him.

“You’re my best friend, Damian.” Jon shrugged, despite the fact that Damian couldn’t see him. “I’ve seen you scream at a machine for losing at Cheese Viking. I’ve seen you befriend a little squirrel you found on Ma’s farm. So how exactly am I supposed to be afraid of you?”

Damian nodded, as if that solidified something. “If you really think that I would leave the only person that isn’t scared of me, if you think that I would stop being friends with someone who has always thought of me as a human first and a weapon second just because I’m going to a university, then you are the biggest moron to ever walk the face of the earth.”

Stunned, Jon moved to sit next to Damian. “Oh.”

Jon had always been aware of their height difference, made plenty of jokes about it, but it really struck him how much smaller Damian was when the older boy turned to look up and smile at him. “So stop worrying, okay Kent? It’s unbecoming.”

“Whatever you say,” Jon acquiesced.

Damian wasn’t leaving for good. Damian, with his burning green eyes and molten beauty, still wanted to be friends with him.

With a smile on his face, Jon turned to look out at the city, letting the quiet wash over him. At his side, Damian did the same. A huge thank you to @iamwhelmed for organizing the secret santa this year!!

tag list: @woahjaybird @birdy-bat-writes @elles-shitposts-personified @subtleappreciation @screennamealreadyused @pricetagofficial @catxsnow @iconbicon

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moncapitaineee · 3 years

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I was asked to do Kirk so sure! Headcannons for Kirk finding out you like him 😁

• Ok so you kinda knew it was wrong to like the captain but in your defense, look at him! He’s handsome, he’s charming, he’s stunning! Even though everybody knew that Scotty was pretty much the only one who knew you liked him.

•While in engineering you were fixing a couple malfunctions it was no big deal, you had no problem with doing things like this until you noticed Kirk and Scotty talking, you instantly turned pink when you saw Kirk.

•”Ahh, Lieutenant ___ you must be the one Scotty keeps talking to me about excellent work. Keep it up!” Kirk said. “Aye aye sir!” You agreed. ‘So Scotty talks about me to him huh? Never knew..’ you thought trailing off. “Oh captain one more thing before ya leave!” Scotty said. “Yes Scotty?” “Tell Lieutenant to go to yer quarters at 7 they might want to er..tell you somethin’ rather intriguing sir..” Scotty whispered. “Alrighty. Will do Scotty” ___ was confused what did he say to the captain? You wandered

•So at 6:45 the captain did say to head to his quarters and you did and when you arrived you signaled to be let in “Come in!” You heard a voice, you entered the captains quarters and looked around. ‘I’m wondering why I’m here was this because Scotty was talking to the captain?..’ ___ asked themself “Ahh, Lieutenant- Scotty said you wanted to tell me something…I believe he said “Rather intriguing “ Kirk asked

•’DAMN YOU SCOTTY’ you mentally screamed, you realized that Scotty set this up and there was no way out of it but to tell him. “Ok sir this might sound insane- but- Ilikeyouandihaveforaverylongtime.” (I like you and I have for a very long time.)

• “What..?” He said confused. “I know it sounds insane.” You said sighing heavily “No no I want you to repeat what you said I couldn’t understand!” He said chuckling. “O-ok- I like you and I have for a very very long time.” You said adverting your eyes away from his. When you look back at him he showed you (the smile above) “Join me on shore leave?” He asks. “Ye-yeah sure!” You said excited. “Also call me Jim” he said giving you a quick kiss on the lips. ‘I guess I owe Scotty a Thank you..’ you said to yourself.

(Authors note I am very tired 🥱 I made this and it felt like it took forever but I hoped you enjoyed this pretty much shitpost🥴)

#shitpost #kirk x reader #i’m tiiiiiired #i made this at like 3 am #hope you enjoy #a bit bored

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badtnbcideas · 3 years

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I really hope this is the last time I have to say something like this, but...

-You are free to block, unfollow, or filter this blog and its tags.

If you do not want to see the posts, whether it be on your dash or in the TNBC tags, just block this blog or the tag, #badtnbcideas. I will take no personal offense if this happens.

This is a shitposting blog, so I understand it isn't for everybody. You are allowed to control the content you see. So please - do not make any posts or send any hate to/about this blog. Just block, filter, or unfollow. It's very easy to do.

This is a blog made for fun that allows submissions from fellow fans. I only submit twice a day at the MOST. The TNBC fandom is quiet for most of the year, out-of-season - it is not my intention to clog if my posts happen to appear in the tags a lot.

If this issue is going to be more frequent, I will temporary close submissions and possibly the blog. Thank you.

#Nightmare Before Christmas #not an idea #PSAs #so sorry to post this into the main tag #but can i stop seeing posts about this blog?#its so easy to unfollow or block it.

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gravitasfalls · 2 years

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Filthy Ford Apologist Squad

In addition to rerunning nostalgic old posts, this year I’m adding a long-overdue dedicated tag for the Filthy Ford Apologist Squad.

What was the Filthy Ford Apologist Squad? The only GF fandom history that matters. The posts that ran so you could bitch about people walking while you crawl (x). 20-40 decent people against an entire fandom “led” by dogpiling bullies - active roughly from August 2015 to the end of February 2016, when the worst discourse imploded. To put it the Vonnegut way:

When it became obvious what a dumb and cruel and spiritually ruinous mistake this fandom’s discourse against Ford was, every blogger worth a damn in this community, every serious fic writer, fanartist, shitposter, editor, meta writer, you name it, came out against the thing. We formed what might be described as a laser beam of protest, with everybody aimed in the same direction, focused and intense. This weapon proved to have the power of a banana-cream pie three feet in diameter when dropped from a stepladder five-feet high.

But these posts were the only thing keeping me sane back then, still are. I wasn’t part of the Squad in actual practice (no one writing post-finale was) but it was the only thing reminding Ford fans we deserved better until the BNF hand suffocating us (ha) loosened its deathgrip - and it was the source of better Ford Understanders than anyone can hope to find today. It’s past time we remember this beautiful dream of what this (as every) fandom should be -gushing about what you love, not shaming what you hate- and some of the best character studies this fandom has ever seen.

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hephaestiions · 3 years

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thank you @stavromulabetaaa for tagging me in this wonderful game!! it’s so much fun and such a lovely way to get to know the people behind the blogs that make the fandom experience better <33

1. why did you choose your url?

why did i choose this url? i saved the url way before i made the blog, and the reasoning is a bit foggy but i do remember wanting to be very clear on it being a drarry blog (makes the anon who sent me the ‘why do u rb so much drarry’ ask that much more hilarious) and added the ‘oh’ because it expresses a certain sentiment that most drarry shippers are intimately familiar with 😂

2. sideblogs?

this blog is itself a sideblog, my main is @yesperfahey . that said, i am going to be embarrassingly exposed, but: @kitchenism (aesthetic sideblog where i rb reference photos, aesthetic images, web weaving posts, etc.), @geetstudies (studyblr), @yusufalkasayni (for films/tv shows, it was supposed to inspire me to watch more stuff but it’s languishing inactive mostly), @doriangray (dark academia, classics, pretty edits + moodboards + occasional fashion inspiration, etc.), @psykhes (mythology), @andrewminyyard (for aftg and trc) and @stevenroguers (for marvel and stucky). i have a few others but they aren’t particularly relevant or active and i don’t want this to go on forever.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

i think about 5/6 years.

4. do you have a queue tag?

yes!!! it’s potteresqueue !! i have a separate queue tag for every single one of the blogs you’ve seen up top but this one is one of my favourites.

5. why did you start your blog?

i started my main because tumblr was the fandom hub and i was neck deep in drarry as a teenager, but this specific sideblog happened when i started segregating my interests into separate blogs and wanted to be more active specifically in the drarry fandom.

6. why did you choose your icon?

it’s a picrew of me from my favourite picrew!! it’s too slytherin from back when i thought i was a slytherin and i might change the colours a little to fit the ravenclaw vibe better, but the slightly grumpy lesbian is here to stay <33

7. why did you choose your header?

i searched up drarry headers and this was one of the first ones i found. i think i’m going to change it, because while it does fit the aesthetic of my blog, i’m all about desi!harry. much as i love dan radcliffe, he’s stopped being the harry i imagine in my head.

8. post with most notes?

this one which is surprising, because i posted it,,,, two days ago, i think? people seem to enjoy me writing fluff, who would’ve thought. i’m not a big blog and i don’t create a ton of original content on tumblr, so it’s not objectively a ‘big post’ but it makes me happy either way to know a bunch of people chose to spend their time reading what i had to say <33

9. how many mutuals do you have?

tumblr’s system for checking this is... very basic and full of holes so i have no idea but i get very excited whenever an url i recognise likes/reblogs/comments/tags me in anything, so if you’re a mutual, then please know i cherish you deeply and you make my day whenever i see you in my notifs <33

10. how many followers do you have?

tumblr hides this for a reason, i choose to not share this <3

11. how many people do you follow?

520. i used to follow upwards of 900, but i purged many inactive blogs a few months ago so we’re at 520.

12. ever made a shitpost? not with that specific intention, i don’t think, but the #geets.txt tag on this blog and others feels plenty shitpost-y to me.

13. how often do you use Tumblr each day?

😬 i’m... very online. tumblr is my safe space on the internet and i spend a great deal of time on here with little regret.

14. did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog?

i don’t think so? i’ve got a couple rude anons, but those don’t count, right? there was a whole Situation on my main once upon a time, but i stay pretty chill on this one and i hope it stays that way.

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

i choose to ignore that line if it’s there. if i agree with the message and think it’s an important one to have on my blog, then i reblog, but if it’s a post that’s either fishing or guilt-tripping or being threatening, then i scroll past. i understand where the sentiment comes from but there’s a better way to phrase these things.

16. do you like tag games?

i love them, they’re so much fun.

17. do you like ask games?

yes!! ‘someone thought of me?? someone remembered me? someone went into my askbox to say this???? i am a puddle of love’

18. which of your tumblr friends/mutuals do you think is famous?

fame on tumblr is a myth, honestly

19. do you have a crush on a mutual? so many tumblr crushes. So. Many. everybody is so lovely, so welcoming, so full of excitement and appreciation for art and creativity, how could i not?

tagging @shealwaysreads @tackytigerfic @dragontamerdame @onbeinganangel @the-starryknight @orange-peony @drarrymybeloved @amortentiaboys @hogwartsfirebolt if they want to do it/haven’t already done it. this was quite a bit of fun so if you want to do it and i haven’t tagged you, then this is an open tag for you too <3

#geets.txt #tagged

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shinidamachu · 3 years

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Hey hey hey, lemme ask ya... i haven't wached the spin off yet because I'm binge watching InuYasha and I just reached mid-season 3. So, is there any confirmation that the twins are full demon blood OR is there a possibility that they're half-demon? Asking cause I was wondering how much possibility there is that the writers f-ed it up and actually made Rin the twins' mother

First off all: hi! I’m so glad you’re binge watching Inuyasha! Whether is your first time or a rewatch, it is always a magical experience. At least it was for me.

So... About the sequel... Four episodes were all I could take. Other than that, and private conversations with friends, my knowledge on the matter is only updated by the gifsets, shitposts, memes and theories that fill my dash every saturday. With that in mind, please take into consideration this answear might not be as accurate as you deserve. In fact, I encourage anyone to correct me if I’m wrong.

Anyway, it seems to me that the whole premise of the show is that the three girls have both demon and human blood. That’s what they’ve advertising them as from the very beginning. Its own title tells us that: Hanyō no Yashahime or Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.

If the Inuyasha Wiki is reliable enough for you, then “hanyō” equals supernatural beings that are a hybrid between human and demon. That’s why I seriously doubt that the twins are full demon blood. Actually, that’s the very first time I ever saw anyone bring up this possibility.

In fact, I’d argue Sunrise wanted Towa and Setsuna to have human blood as well, given who their father is. Sesshomaru having daughters? Shocking. Sesshomaru having hanyō daughters? Drama, drama, drama! And an excellent opportunity to baite certain shippers while they’re at it. Sunrise killed two birds, maybe Sesshomaru’s character development and definitely my patience.

So yeah, is not a matter of “are they hanyo?” because is no secret that they are. The good news? Just because their mom is human, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s Rin, despite of what other people are trying to shove down our throats. Don’t quote me on this, but... I heard there was more than one human woman in the Inuverse.

That being said: I don’t trust the writers. Like, at all. One of the reasons that made me drop the show was precisely the feeling that they were going to make Rin the mother. And I wasn’t the only one to think so. But I’m not so sure anymore. Maybe that’s only because I put a lot of distance between myself and the sequel. Maybe it’s because the Kagura theories have been getting stronger. Maybe it’s because I’m living in my own little bubble. I don’t know.

The only thing I’m absolutely certain is that we are not going to find out who the mother is until the very ending. Until then, Sunrise will try to keep alive the hopes of both antis and shippers, so they can profit from everybody.

Then, I don’t know. Maybe they toss a coin or something. They said nothing is a coincidence, that there are clues about the mother everywhere. And antis seem to have picked up on a lot of signals pointing to a ressurected as a human woman Kagura, but I honestly wouldn’t put it past Sunrise to look us in the eye and then say “yeah... these clues were just coincidence. Bazinga!” It’s hard to use logic to try and understand where the story is going when the writers don’t know what they are doing themselves.

You know what’s sad? I remember when the sequel was announced. The fandom was so excited, for its most part. Myself included. Now we’re just tired and fighting each other, when it would have been so fucking easy to make the show decent.

So, to summarize:

PS.: I’m not going to reply to your other ask for obvious reasons but I want you to know I’ve read it and it made me laugh out loud.

#Beijos de luz ♥#Thank you for the ask #My inbox is always open #Anti Sessrin #Sidposting

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facelessxchurch · 4 years

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What we’re your thoughts about the book?

Some asks were answered already in this post already so I just smacked those asks in here at the part where I talk about the topic in question, which is why the answer may not 100% fit the question.

Massive “Seasons of War” spoilers below the cut:

First off, of all, this book read like GoT/any zombie movie ever. With the necromancers being like the white walkers, Vile is the night king and daugar are the wights. even with the necromancers crumbling away after Vile got killed Tell me I’m not the only one seeing that.

I think there was a lot of fanservice and some confirmed headcanons in the book, which I really liked. Saracen magic got revealed, there was a return to the Leibniz dimension, the Vile vs Vile fight so many wanted finally happened (tho that was kinda underwhelming) and the Dead Men returned which I’m sure made a lot of people happy.

Ravel poisoning Saracen during the war and Vile being so powerful bc of being dead were two popular headcanons that got confirmed. And I am personally so happy that this book killed the ‘there is no sarcasm in the Leibniz dimension’ headcanon bc I bloody hated that.

Finally, Landy tries to please the old fans instead instead of what feels like purposefully pissing them off. I guess the phase 2 book sales weren’t that great so far (nice try blaming it on the pandemic, but no).

I’m also glad that the romance in this book was kept to a minimum bc The Val/Militsa kiss in the beginning, yikes, fanfiction has better written kisses than that. And the the dialog for the lesbian love triangle (bc for some reason Ms.Wicked aka Laura’s self insert is Militsa’s ex??) was cringy and stiff as hell, it felt more like first graders trying to do a dramatic play and not natural at all.

Surprisingly enough Mevolent’s and Serafina’s relationship seems to be the most healthy and romantic in the entire series and I have no idea if that was on purpose or if Landy just has twisted views on relationships.

I however am actually kinda happy with how Mev was written. He was sympathetic and charismatic, tho some of the stuff he did doesn’t fit to they way he’s characterised when he’s on screen (I know he is probably lying 90% of the time he speaks, but still). Like, banning all languages apart from English doesn’t seem like something a man who cares about culture, literature and art would do. It also seems kinda stupid bc those languages will be forgotten eventually and if they need an old text translated no one will be able to do it. Also, why English? Isn’t Mev old enough that his first/original language should be Gaelic? So weird. I have the feeling this was mainly done so Valkyrie (and with that the audience) can understand what the people on the continent are saying bc I very much doubt she understands/speaks any languages apart from English.

But I loved that Mev was also shown as insanely smart. He managed to outsmart Val multiple times. And I love how he doesn’t need his magic to fight, how quick and agil and skilled he is. So I take it that his fighting style is more based on agility and not getting hit, and he uses brute force only when forced into it (by Darquesse/the Unnamed). I was wondering about that bc his armor is made of leather and chainmail instead of metal plates which is considered light armor and not something a tank type of fighter would wear.

What really rubbed me the wrong way tho was when he was talking Tanith and Skul and more or less stated the war wasn’t a challenge anymore ever since Skul died. Or when he was talking to Val being like ‘you’re more powerful than I could ever hope to be’.It bothers me even more knowing that Val is based on girlfriend!Laura. Does really everyone and everything in-vers, even a big bad like Mev, rub Skul’s/Landy’s and Val’s/Laura’s ego? Big yikes.

Crespular Vies is surprisingly fun. At first I thought the two men going after the Obsidian Blade were hired by the Unnamed, but since that wasn’t the case, I think Crespular Vines hired them that so he could show up in time to save Omen and his friends. I think him opening up to Omen about being Skul’s former partner came too unprompted, too quickly and that he is trying to gain Omen’s trust so he can get close to Skul through him. I think another giveaway that that’s the case is bc one of the men Omen had to meet to get his brother back wore a Cleaver outfit and Vies gave that man probably the same reasoning Omen gave him.

That said Omen’s chapters were surprisingly enjoyable. By what I had heard of others I expected a sad sack that can’t fight worth a damn.

I’m not found of the Temper/Kierre stuff, it came out of nowhere.

Val is overpowered AF, it seems that she can get on Darquesses level with more practise/learning how to keep the doors open. She certainly needs to be nerfed.

Also I skipped the Darquesse chapters bc I’m giving negative fucks about her and the plague doctor.

The last 10% of the book were too rushed and felt like half finished thoughts.

Also I was kinda really bothered by the citizen of the Leibniz dimension. They were cartoonishly racist and it was very pretty black and white for the most part AKA everybody good is in the Resistance and all other sorcerers are evil/corrupt. That is also shown by there being children in the Resistance camp while there was no mention of children in the mage cities. In reality, most people are fairly mellow and it’s just a small percentage that is either really good or really wicked. I would have liked to see more racism towards mortals in form of apathy or ‘the soft bigotry of low expectations’ like I’ve seen it from Serpine in DotL. You know, make it a little less black and white.

Also, I understand the mermaids, but the bats in Europe were random AF. Like, I would understand it if they were just in Romania/Transylvania as a nod to the Dracula-typ vampire legends originating from there. As a plot-device they weren’t really needed to keep the protagonists from flying bc the danger of getting spotted by necromancer by doing so should be enough of a threat to keep them on the ground. This might seem nit-picky of me, but the bats just seemed so bloody random to me like wtf????

And also bc I’m a slut for magical creatures, I would have really liked to see more of them than just daugar and giant bats. Some undead cut together and resurrected necromancer experiments would have been pretty cool tbh. Like whatever the hell this is.

Something like zombie bears would have also been acceptable, I mean, bears are fucking terrifying on their own, let alone when undead and decaying.

I’m kinda pissed at China that she wanted Skul to kill Nef, but it does seem in character. Of course I still don’t like it bc I headcanon as Nef, Eliza and China having been besties during the war (no matter what canon says, I’m keeping that headcanon). I’m surprised Skul didn’t let Wreath have Nef considering that. Then again, he thought Nef might still be useful. And he was right. I loved how Nef actually had an essential part in saving the world by throwing the bomb. So proud of my boi <3 But Skul refused to kill him even after that. Could it be that Skul is finally getting character growth and development? 👀

Aaaand, China’s continuing to be a tyrant. With Tanith’s sense of justices flaring up shown when he killed the city governor, Erato, and Nef being shown to go after people that betray him (Lorien) I think those two are being set up to go after China to kill her (and to probably kill Creed too). Imagine Eliza joining the team bc she want a piece of China too.

I feel sorry for Baron, but at least he got a few speaking lines this time around. Still, I really wanted Nef to save him. :C Like, he suffered so much before he died too considering he spend a year alone starving and thirsty with broken legs in the middle of nowhere wft, why is Baron getting fucked over like this? #BaronDeservedBetter2020 he is the only honorable person of all faceless followers and he’s the one that gets screwed over in every book he shows up in, why tho- 😭

Speaking of Nef, I absolutely loved him in this book, he was a delight and stealing the show whenever he was on the page, despite being used as punching bag through pretty much the entire book. If people have always treated him that way I can see why he turned evil jfc that poor man. Despite that, he was still being such a clever, funny and relatable bae <3 He’s described as ‘cynical, and nasty but also kinda cheerful’ and as liking to ‘needle’ people (aka trolling and roasting) by Val and that essentially describes every shitposter on the internet ever. And I so loved the way he roasted Saracen lmao

And how he’s so clever, like the Lorien part was my favourite scene closely followed by how Nef essentially talked Remus Crux into getting himself killed, just 👌 smart snek boi, I love him <3 Also I hope he keeps poisoning everybody thoughts against Skul like how he had already been doing it to Tanith, he’s poison in human form and that’s just my jam.

That obedience bracelet was kinda fucked up tho.

Why does this thing even exist? Aren't electro shocks or any other form of pain enough instead of shutting his nervous system down/rendering him completely defenceless? I feel like some messed up mage 100% used it to keep himself (sex) slaves at some point in time :/ Landy might have gotten that idea from some fucked up hentai. Even the implications of the name "obedience bracelet".... I can’t be the only one that got creepy perv vibes from that thing, right?

Btw what the fuck happened to Harmony? You know, Leibniz Serpine’s girlfriend. She hasn’t been mentioned again. Did she die? She didn’t seem too found of him in DotL, was she plotting against him and he found out about it, killed her and fled the Resistance? Or did she die prior to him leaving and it was part of the reason he left bc she was the only thing that had tied him emotionally to the Resistance?? Or Landy just forgot she existed. I would not be surprised.

Of course my biggest issue with this book was how he retconned Nef’s magic and how he took his trademark, his red hand, away, but more about that in a different post.

TL;DR: Nef was a delight even though he was done dirty. Mev’s scenes were a 50/50 split between good and bad. I actually liked the Crespulare and Omen chapters. The Unnamed was a disappointment. The last 10% of the book were to rushed and the final fights that were supposed to be the biggest were underwhelming. The rest is meh, didn’t really care tbh. Let’s be real here, I only bought this book bc Nef played a bigger role in it, anyways.

#skulduggery pleasant #seasons of war #seasons of war spoilers #review #book review #I hate 'read more'#but this got so bloody long #RIP mobile users #long post #Anonymous #answered

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incarnateirony · 3 years

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I haven't done a deep dive in this. No time or, realistically, motivation to. But something pinged me recently, and I started flashing between J2M's tweets. And frankly if I was Jared's manager, at his age and in his media position, I would be deeply worried right now.

It used to be, historically, that Misha got less engagement per-tweet than either of the J2s. I mean he still had IMPRESSIVE pull, and you know like, once in a while he'd get one of those tweets that surged past, but generally speaking, he had lower appeal.

Now, that only applies with Jensen.

While there's some impact, in the past, over who tweets more or less that could work in Jared's favor technically... no.

Like yeah, Jensen doesn't post a lot, so any time he peeps online every thirsty bitch on the internet retweets it into the abyss. Misha, on the other hand, was generally available and kinda used to shitpost like an average joe more often--which you know still got impressive like 2K likes for a shitpost, but generally speaking, a lot of GA are like oh look another shitpost.

Misha's really cleaned up his marketing on that front, and almost every tweet serves a purpose without being telegraphed. It remains organic, but whether it's promoting himself or someone else, he's showing his Influencer personality in understanding how to engage his audience pretty well.

Result? A hugely increasing average. Pinned tweet 78K+ on twitter. Oh that's been pinned too long? Let's count the percentage of tweets a week old or less and see how many are at or above 5K (and how few are below that). Misha supporting Jensen less than 10 hours ago already has almost 9K. Despite waves of bot purges hitting big accounts, Misha's twitter following stays where it was.

Jensen hasn't really changed in his approach much. But his content is even hotter than before. 28K after 13 hours. 37.9. 62. Mixed content, high averages. Jensen's twitter following was hit a bit harder by the bot purges, but generally it's his secondary media anyway, while he crushes the others over on IG and has for years.

Jared? Man... buddy. His last post is 3 days old at 11, after directly engaging a bunch of fans and waking everybody up hoping he would notice them and engage. Jared's now running the same 5K average as Misha. The only content that breaks that pattern is when he posts about SPN, which then gets, say, 11-20K. Sometimes. Sometimes 5-6 still. Walker tweets cap around 4-5K tops. (I will give, all the way back in August, Jared managed to get up to 25K with that Jason picture). His numbers got dragged down within about 100K of Misha, when he used to be more like 300-400K ahead. And let's not talk about where most of his mantra tweets rot at some lol 1.5 k which I don't think even Misha's been as low as for a while.

Short sighted, pea brained people would go "BUT HE STILL BIGGEST FOLLOWERS" without recognizing the ratio shift, the engagement shift, the pacing of gain.

Again, if I were any kind of handler for Jared I would be deeply worried. Jensen's shitting all over him in progress and visibility (while also getting handed roles like candy on halloween) and was initially supposed to be his equal (or to hear Jared stans say it, his "sidekick"). Misha's caught up to him and is about to blow past him. He's lost, not gained, interest in running his own show as a lone lead. Everyone else has gained steam. He's slowed down.

His only high performing posts are specifically SPN posts, which Jensen and Misha also get comparative (if not larger) boosts on.

There's such an intersection of things that probably caused this, but the question is if he can course correct before it gets worse. His fans won't stop harassing his coworkers any time soon, like we shouldn't hold our breath. The Mantra postings haven't slowed down, nor the promotional crosstags. It feels like Jared DESPERATELY needs new representation that improves his marketing presence because he's tipping into the path of irrelevant aged out CW actor. (They'll call "hate". I'm just saying, like, looking at the numbers sir, this isn't A Good.)

This would definitely be a time when you review the decisions you're making.

Let's see if anybody does.

If anyone feels like making a timeline chart tracking their tweet/ratio growths over time etc, by all means, this is just a general at-glance overview while scrolling from distant past to current.

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