#this is super vague so you know?? just take it wherever and do whatever

[shxtodxroki]

𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚜: 𝙼𝙷𝙰 𝙱𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚂/𝙾

Summary: How would the MHA boys take care of and look after an s/o who’s so sick that they can barely do anything without help?

Warnings: Mentions of throwing up/vomiting (it’s super vague but is mentioned!), mentions of anxiety/overthinking, mentions/vague descriptions of insecurity

Characters: Mezo Shoji, Eijiro Kirishima, Tamaki Amajiki

Word Count: 1.6k

♡ Mezo Shoji ♡

- I’m pretty sure that you wouldn’t even have to tell this man that you’re sick honestly, he seems like the type that would want to check up on you fairly frequently so when he calls you and hears the tone of your voice he’s immediately like “You’re sick. Relax and get comfortable, I’m coming over to take care of you” and heads straight to your dorm

- And take care of you he does, this boy refuses to let you lift a finger while he’s around and will do absolutely anything you ask of him (and even things you don’t, because he can tell what you need even when you don’t want to tell him because you don’t want him to work himself too hard)

- And no matter how much you insist that you’re fine and that he doesn’t need to do so much for you, he won’t listen and will insist that it’s no trouble for him to take care of his partner while they’re sick, and that he knows you’d do the same for him

- Of course, he’ll never do anything you don’t want him to. If you’re too nauseous to eat he won’t make food, and if you just want to sleep and be alone for a while, then he’ll wait in the common room and let you have your peace and quiet to rest

- But he won’t let you shoo him off just because you’re afraid of burdening him, he insists he’s happy to help you with whatever you may need no matter what it may be

- Need to eat something? He’ll prepare any meal from scratch that you want, making sure it’ll be easy on your stomach. Throwing up? He’ll hold your hair for you if it’s long enough to get in the way, and he’ll rub your back and help you through it as best as he can. Out of pain meds? He’ll head out to the store no matter how late it is

- His dupli-arms actually make it quite easy for him to take care of you, as they allow him to get multiple tasks done at once (brewing a nice cup of tea for your throat while also cooking you a meal, for example) and he’s never far from you for more than a few minutes at a time while you're sick

- His quirk also makes him really good at massages, so if your body is sore from the sickness he will happily massage you wherever you need, for as long as you need until you feel better

- He also does not care at all about getting sick, you’re more important to him and he will happily catch your illness if it means taking care of you and cuddling you until you fall into a restless sleep

- This boy is so good with his words when it comes to you, so even if you come to him crying and miserable because you just feel so ill and can’t do anything without feeling horrible, he knows exactly what to say to soothe your cries as he holds you while still validating your feelings

- Overall Shoji is a very patient, doting lover when you’re sick, and he’s exactly the kind of boyfriend you’d want by your side through your illness as he’d comfort you and get you feeling better in no time <3

♡ Eijiro Kirishima ♡

- Kiri is the type of boyfriend to get so sad when you tell him how unwell you’re feeling :( 

- It breaks his heart to see you in that much pain, and even if you try and sugarcoat things and make it seem like you’re not that sick, he’ll see straight through you and insist that he’d be by your side even if it were nothing more than a small cold

- He’s quick to cancel all his plans for the next few days, insistent on being at your beck and call while you’re suffering like this. Even if all you want is some time to relax and rest by yourself for a while, he wants to make sure he’s free and with your notifications turned up on his phone just in case some kind of emergency happens or you need him for any reason

- Now, Kirishima’s actually been working on improving his cooking skills lately by convincing Bakugo to give him some pointers and watching his angry friend when he does cook, so he’s able to make you the perfect food to ease your stomach!

- Homemade soup has actually become one of his specialties, so he’s more than happy to make you some delicious food to help keep you as healthy as possible during this time <3

- He’s also big on giving you massages whenever you mention how sore your body feels. He’s gentle and puts pressure on all the right places to help ease your pain, and he’s more than willing to give them as often as you want! He even suggests it if he can tell you’re hurting but you don’t want to say anything

Kiri's always found hydration very important due to his rigorous workout routine, so while you're sick he makes sure you're drinking enough water to keep your body hydrated. You're already suffering enough as is, don't need to add dehydration into the mix (especially if you're having trouble keeping food down)

- He’s another one who doesn’t shy away from cuddles and even kisses in the slightest, he doesn’t care about the risk of catching your sickness

- He’s lucky enough to have a really good immune system and rarely ever gets sick, but even without that he just can’t resist the urge to hold and kiss you whenever you hold your arms out for him <3 He loves you so much, he will literally never say no to physical affection of any kind with you

- If you start overthinking or telling him how you feel bad relying on him so much for help, he immediately shuts you down with a sweet kiss and some enthusiastic words of support and encouragement

- “Babe, don’t be silly! There’s nothing wrong with asking for help when you need it, it takes a brave person to get through feeling this terrible! You’re doing awesome and I love taking care of you like this, it’s literally my job as your boyfriend to look after you in times like this! So don’t let your mind tell you anything different, I love you and I wanna help!”

- He’s just the absolute sweetest and is willing to be whatever you need during your sickness, and all he asks in return is more kisses and cuddles when you’re up to it and feeling better :>

♡ Tamaki Amajiki ♡

- I hate to say it, but Tamaki would 100% be the overthinking, hovering boyfriend if he found out you were even just coming down with a small cold, so he is incredibly stressed when he finds out just how sick you are this time around

- He immediately begins to hover over your every move, constantly asking how you’re doing, if you need anything, if you’ve eaten or drank enough water, if you’re going to die-

- Safe to say his stress and anxiety have a tendency to get the better of him in these situations, and he admittedly can be a bit overwhelming when you first come down with such a miserable sickness when he realizes just how debilitated you are

- Inevitably, though, you reach a breaking point and ask him as calmly as you can in your unwell state to ease up on all the questions and constant fretting, as your mind simply doesn’t have the energy in your current state and his panic is only serving to make you stressed on top of everything else

- He really is a good boyfriend, though, so he’s quick to do as you ask and eases up a lot on the questioning and constantly hovering over everything you do, even if he is still worried about your health

- Once he’s stopped spiraling, he will notice without you needing to verbally tell him when you want some time to yourself to just rest vs. when you need to be held and taken care of, he’s incredibly perceptive due to his heightened anxiety so it’s easy to adapt to your ever-changing needs

- He is still prone to comforting you with cuddles if you’re open to it, though. Of course he’ll give you space without question if you ask, but in holding you, he can feel you - can feel that you’re still doing okay - and that comforts him as he comforts you

- And whenever you want him near you, he’ll wrap his arms around you and rub your back soothingly as he tells you how sorry he is that you’re in so much pain and how he wishes he could take it all on for you

- And if you’re feeling insecure or like a “burden” of any kind he’ll reassure you that he’s more than happy to take care of you, and that you deserve help and care when you’re feeling so ill. You don’t have to be strong in times like this

- Tamaki has a huge collection of tea since it helps with his anxiety quite a bit, he has every flavor imaginable and plenty of choices including decaf. So when you’re sick you will have your pick of the crop as he’s more than happy to share whatever you need. Rest assured, your throat will be soothed with warm herbal tea as long as your boyfriend’s around lol

- And even though social situations usually make him anxious, he’ll do anything you need while you’re sick. He knows it makes you feel nauseous to even stand up, so he’s more than willing to go out and order food for you or whatever you need even if the thought makes him internally want to shrivel up and crumble, because he loves you more than he fears others <3

- Tamaki may be a bit overwhelming at first when you get sick, but once he gets past that hurdle he will go above and beyond to get you well as soon as possible, he values you more than anything else and just wants to get rid of your pain as soon as possible :]

Request - @orangeishsstuff said: Hey Hun! Its been a while! I hope you're doing well and I love the way your page is looking:DSo y'know about me from last time I had an ask and guess what? I'm sick as a dog. I tried to tough it out for that past few days with some midol but today was the tipping point. I can't eat much without feeling like puking and I can't stand without feeling like I'll fall, I'm exhausted, pale, my hair is a mess,  I can't go to my classes, I can't run (very mad about that) and I can't do anything without feeling like crap. Last time I tried to get to class my parents stopped me before I could get out the door. I hate the help but I can barley do anything on my own. How do you think some of our fave mha boys would deal with it?  Specifically shoji, kiri, or Amajiki...if you are to busy rn I completely understand since it's flufftober but I thought I'd shoot my shot! I hope youre doin well!

A/N: I know this ask is from a while ago and I’m sure you’re not feeling ill anymore so I know this won’t be as comforting as it would have been at the time of you sending this ask, but I hope you’re able to enjoy this anyways! You’ve always been one of my sweetest followers and one of the only people I’ve actually gotten to talk to on this blog so far, so I try my best to get your requests written first even if they are a few months late </3 I've actually had this in my drafts for the past like 4 days just needing to proofread lol but this semester just started and it's already kicking my butt, so I'm glad I'm finally getting around to posting it! :D My requests are currently open, so feel free to send in any requests you have to my inbox!

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[wyrddogs]

Are there things that you're excited to do with Zaku that you couldn't do with Kermit and vice versa?

Oh yes, definitely!

Kermit is too small to effectively pull a bike, so I'm excited to go bikejoring with Zaku. I've been wanting to participate in Iron Paws for years, so I'm super happy to finally have a dog that I can do it with. I do have vague plans to purchase a bike trailer for Kermit to ride in, but first Zaku and I have to be super solid on commands, speed, stability, etc. because I want to keep things safe for Himself.

Zaku is my first dog who both loves water and loves jumping off things into water, so he'll be my first dock diving dog. Super excited to get into this sport.

And also Zaku loves to chase things and (as of this moment) doesn't give a shit about other dogs, so he will be my first competitive racer. My dreams of having a racing Field Champion may finally come to fruition. I love volunteering at race meets and lure operating but I do want to be able to run one of my own dogs at the meets, you know? XD

Kermit gets to do terrier things like earthdog and earthwork, and dachshund things like field trials that Zaku is exempt from, so that's fun! It's also just fun to have a tiny dog who does big dog things; everyone expects the Belgian to be badass or whatever, but no one expects the dachshund to deliver. Kermit collects a fan club wherever we go. XD

And Kermit is super portable and actively dog friendly, so I can take him to big dog meetups and litter socialization parties without having to worry or micromanage him, which is super nice.

Thank you for asking!

#kermit #zaku terv

[galaxythreads]

help! I need to plan a multi-chapter fic and I don't know how

Step 1. fic idea

step 2. panik

step 3. fic magically pours out of your trauma.

Jokes aside, planning a fic can be just as intense as planning out an original novel. You know you want certain things IN the fic, or maybe just a base idea, but what goes in between those pieces is tricky and can be vague and unknown.

STEP ONE: The idea

Start with an idea. This could be a paragraph you were just playing around with, a headcanon that you really want to work on, a prompt idea. Anything. It does not need to be a coherent story plan to begin with. You don’t need to know the beginning end or middle. Just this idea. 

STEP TWO: Brainstorm

Take the idea and plop it down somewhere you can plan. A notebook, a doc, a tumblr draft. Wherever works. You need a place to put your thoughts. 

- put your Original Thought, or paragraph or whatever, down. 

-With this Thought, what else do you want to put into the story? How can you bridge from this point? What OTHER Thoughts have you had about fics you’ve read, written, or just thought about that you think you can put into this fic? This Thought doesn’t stand alone despite how much you think it does. 

FOR EXAMPLE. This was the Thought I had for a current fic I’m working on for the Avengers and Loki: 

-Loki didn't know he was mind controlled, but Clint does.

That was it. That was the basis. And then I thought about that and was like. Okay. So what else could come off of this fic?

Then I sat down and I put a bunch of bubble ideas around this one. Like “Okay, well what if Loki’s mind control had lasting effects, not for clint, but for Loki?” and, “I read this fic where an Asgardian civil war broke out over Loki being imprisoned and that was super cool. How could I do something like that?” or “what would happen if THOR went missing instead of Loki?” and “I really like Natasha/clint so I’ll put that in here” and “I think that the scepter was vastly underused as a plot device, so what if we throw that in here, too” and “I have a this headcanon about the Chitauri that Thanos rescued Loki from them” and “What if Frigga was even worse than Odin in some ways as a parent?” 

It’s like when you write an essay and they make you do the brainstorm of ideas branching off from your topic prompt. That is LITERALLY what you are doing, but it’s for fun. 

STEP THREE: Rough outline

The next thing I DO, and this might not work for everyone (of course all of this might not work for everyone and that’s fine), is to outline the fic in a really rough, terrible way. 

So it’s more like a “I’ve gathered all my thoughts, great. Now it’s time to try and put them into a narrative.” 

Then you kind of jumble it together. Where the Original Thought goes is up to you. 

Here’s a bit of the rough outline for the Loki and Clint fic I mentioned earlier. 

-5 months after Loki gets rescued, Thor goes missing between NY and visiting Jane

It takes Three Days before they realize what happened. 

-The Avengers start looking for Thor upon Jane’s request, and Loki is surprisingly willing to help them.

-They can find no evidence of where Thor went

-One week after Thor goes missing, SHEILD calls them to let them know the chitauri woke up. 

-Loki is apprehensive about this. 

-Clint is too, though he couldn’t say why

-They go to the SHIELD facility where the Chitauri are, somewhere in New Mexico, and drag Loki with them. 

-Fury says that he doesn’t think the two things -- Thor going missing and the Chitauri waking up -- are related. 

-Says that there’s a group that escaped from a different facility and they have pictures of the Chitauri in NY. 

-Loki is not happy with the fact that Thor may have been taken by the Chitarui, and it’s fairly obvious to anyone who watches them. 

-Loki asks to speak with the Chitauri. Fury says that’s a dumb idea, but Loki’s like, literally, what do I have to go back to?

-Clint realizes that he can understand the convo and is immensely disturbed by this

-The Chitauri taunt Loki openly about Thanos, and neither confirm nor deny that they have Thor

-They threaten Loki pointedly and Clint finds the situation strange

-They leave for the day and try to figure out what to do about Thor. The Chitauri escape and attempt to claim Loki after beating him brutally. The Avengers come after him, and Clint stays to help Bruce clean up Loki.

-Loki poisoned by chitauri and having nightmares 

-Clint realizes that he recognizes the scars on Loki’s back from dreams and is like “???”

-Loki’s like “np” 

-Clint’s like “SoME ProBlem!” 

-Clint doesn’t tell Loki that he recognizes them, and Loki doesn’t suspect so

-The Avengers go to Jane’s house to look for signs on where Thor went and Clint sorta expects Loki to treat Jane like crap, but he just ignores her.

-They find evidence of magic around the house, and Loki says that the possibility of Thor being taken by the Chitauri is low. The Chitauri don’t have a teleportation device of their own. 

-Draws them back to square one.

-Fury suggests the possibility of it being an on-earth person. No small number of people who would like to use Thor for anything. Powersource, norse god, etc.

Anyone who has actually read the fic is aware that the actual story doesn’t go in this direction anymore. But that’s kind of the point. The plan shouldn’t be so rigid that you aren’t willing to evolve it with the actual story. 

STEP FOUR: ACTUAL PLAN

Personally, this is what works for me for an Actual Plan rather than a distorted rough narrative plan. 

- I decide on how many chapters I want in the fic. Usually, about 12 because my chapters are lengthy. Then I set out a long line of numbers.

1.

2.

3.

etc. 

and I plan out exactly what is supposed to happen in that chapter all the way out to the end, using the rough narrative plan as a basis. Think of these as summaries. You don’t NEED to put down dialog or exactly who is doing what all the time, but you should be able to picture the scene(s) in your head. 

AND

There should, ideally, be at least ONE thing you are excited to write in every chapter, or writing the fic will be a burden on your soul. 

OUTLINE FOR THE WEEPING SIREN CHAPTER 4

-End chapter 3.

-Thor tells them the next morning to gather their strength because they’re going deeper into the woods to find the girl, says that she can’t be far.  THEY LEAVE THE HORSES IN THE VILLAGE. They stay overnight for another three days without successes, only faint moaning and all of them are exhausted. 

-Thor says that they should stay there, and he and Prince Tjan are going to go hunting.

-They stay where they are, and set up the tents as Loki attempts to start the fire without much success

-The others teasing him, Loki’s kind of like “I’m done!” and starts to walk off, but then the Weeping Siren attacks.

^^^ this was, side note, the original scene I wrote for this fic. 

-All of them panic and scramble to make any sort of defense against the Weeping Siren with very little success. 

-Hogan gets dragged off and all of them panic, attempting to search for them, but feel sorcery wash over them, freezing them in place. Sif screams, and Loki is the only one to escape somewhat. Tries for an attack, and the Weeping Siren catches him and Loki pleads with her to spare the WT and Sif’s lives. 

-WT and Sif are startled. 

-Loki insists that he’s more valuable, he’s the second prince of Asgard, he’ll make a good ransom. 

-The Weeping Siren says something like “you are weary, child. You do not think clearly. This is salvation.” 

-And then she hits Loki over the head with a rock or something, and Sif and the WT panic. Loki crumples into unconsciousness, and the Weeping Siren gathers him into her arms like a lost pup 

-Puts the rest of them to sleep.

-end chapter 4. 

The benefits of doing it on a chapter by chapter basis is that you -- generally -- know what’s going to happen in the fic later and can foreshadow and plan accordingly. It’s not some big mess that you hopelessly untangle yourself from. you’re less likely to have narrative inconsistences. AND. you can watch yourself get closer to the end of the fic which is just a boost of serotonin. Because you know how many chapters there are (ish) so when you get to chapter ten you’re like “Oh! Great! Two more chapters to go!”

(And then it turns out to be three but that’s okay we all enjoy suffering anyway) 

if you really don’t want to do a chapter by chapter plan, here’s what I recommend instead: 

KNOW THE MIDDLE. THE BEGINNING. AND THE END. 

Fill in the bits in-between with “I would like this to happen about here” and kind of work your way from there. 

STEP FIVE: WRITE. Adjust plan as needed. 

It is extremely unlikely that you will write the entire fic without adjusting your plan once. You may get halfway through the story and realize that it’s not going to work this way, so then you have to restart the plan from that point on. I did that with the Loki and Clint mentioned above a few weeks ago and I feel like it’s much better now than it was originally. 

Honestly, most of my fics I start planning AFTER I’ve written the first chapter in it’s entirety, which is why I’ll post a fic and then not update it for like four months much to everyone’s frustration. XD 

Hopefully this made sense, and please feel free to add any thoughts on how you plan your fics successfully or any questions you may have. <3 

#fics #my fics #how to plan a fic #fanfiction #fic advice

[empty-pizza]

Hey so maybe I've missed it but what do you think, did harrow got to break in the tomb when it was a kid or no?

During my first read was a good fridge moment to get the answer and now I wait for anyone reading this book to get it

idfk! My general view on this kind of thing is that, an author can take it either way. I'm about to go into a full logical breakdown of it, but the author has full ability and right to say that all of my assumptions were wrong and it doesn't work remotely the way I think it does. Both paths for the story are entirely valid and potentially interesting!

All of that said, I'll still try to think it through a little.

We know that Harrow made it in somewhere. God said he wasn't sure what false chamber or whatever she made it into, but why would there be a false chamber? Would the Ninth House have constructed such a thing at some point? Why? That would imply there's some Ninth House scandal in their past where some other bombshell blonde had to be imprisoned. Or Harrow is just so insane that she imagined the whole thing, which would be very unsatisfying.

Harrow sees the Body. Wherever she made it into, it left this magical-psychological imprint on her. This leaves three possibilities: She made it into the Tomb, and Alecto has been part of her mind because magic. She made it into some other chamber, holding something which just also had the ability to enter her mind. Or she's that crazy. Her being that crazy would be unsatisfying, and I think that the lore would feel inelegant if there's just some completely different thing that can cause this. It clutters the concepts, and takes away narrative space to actually explore what should be interesting about the Tomb itself and Alecto herself.

Another possibility is that Harrow didn't make it into the Tomb, but did make it far enough that Alecto could enter her mind like this.

Narratively, I think the reason you raise a possibility like "Harrow is deluded and didn't actually enter the Tomb" is not so that a book or two later, you can say "Yes, it continues to be true that she didn't enter the Tomb." It's so you can mess with the reader's mind and gaslight into thinking Harrow didn't enter the Tomb, so that we can then say that she did. That, or it reveals some unexpected third thing that provides equal surprise value. It would just feel structurally flat if God was right about what he said. If the answer is supposed to be that Harrow didn't enter the Tomb, then we would reveal that, and give further explanation (of things like why she thinks she did and sees the Body) at the same time. Not claim it but leave it as a further open mystery.

We know it is possible to enter the Tomb without God, if you're his kid. The reason Gideon didn't die to the gas is probably because she's this universe's Jesus equivalent (this disqualifies her from being my favorite character), but maybe the attempt to kill her did something funky and gave Harrow some of her... essence? I dunno if this one makes sense; they implied it was really about like, cellular DNA, not souls or anything. Maybe Harrow had some of Gideon's spit on her while she tried to enter. Still, this is at least proof that the Tomb is not impossible to open without God. Sanderson's First and all; we can provide a magical explanation to how Harrow got in, but it does need some foreshadowing somewhere, such that it's an a-ha! moment rather than an asspull. The thing is, the base concept of Alecto being visible to Harrow like this, is super vague! Whether or not that's caused by Harrow entering the Tomb, there's clearly some big magical stuff going on that we don't know the details on yet. Along with what kind of monster Alecto is. Now, sure, we can say that God has explained the rules and thus those rules can't be broken — but we also know from Harrow seeing the Body that there are more rules going on than those which have been revealed to us, therefore the possibilities are endless and we can't say that Harrow having entered the Tomb is impossible.

All of this combined, I think the more likely outcome is that Harrow did enter the Tomb and see Alecto. But you know, I'm not even sure if that was the question you were asking. Like, it's possible that the answer is supposed to be something we can figure out already, if we pay close enough attention to the evidence. Everything I said was trying to predict things off the presumption of a future reveal. If it is possible to figure it out for sure by now, then I can safely say that I haven't.

...you know, this is completely unrelated, but I only just realized the sheer extent to which Harrow is inspired by a certain character from Umineko. I literally can't even describe why because of how insanely big of a spoiler for Umineko it is, but it involves the stuff we're talking about right now. Harrow is for sure fairly different, and has a lot of her own stuff going on, but this one aspect is so specific as something so similar.

#pizza reads locked tomb #the locked tomb #tlt #harrow the ninth

[timidloner]

ram here to join all the debate over what joren would do in case MC plans to kill him (hope you're having a good day <3):

if the betrayal is too much for him to tolerate but also he's a yandere so keeping his bae aka MC, what about making /sure/ they can never try to scheme again like (warning for incoming silly goofy violent actions) breaking their wrists so they can't be violent again (temporarily or indefinitely, i feel like that would depend whether MC ends up submitting or not tbh, tho i think he'd take care of them regardless? you tell us wink) or even mindbreaking them (through torture or intercourse, both can work but perhaps joren would be more interested in the latter considering more chance of MC becoming dependent on joren without going against him again so it could be almost romantic in his eyes) thoughts?

also the talk about MC sad / scared crying may me wonder, how would joren react to happy tears or even tears of pleasure pause....

Hi <3!! Hope you're having a good day(night) too!

Ughhh, I really was indecisive about what to do. I consulted it with my pillow, my cat, the Kylo Ren's poster on my door... I even asked my brother for his opinion, lol.

He knows I'm making a romance/"mystery" game, but just that, so I asked him in a vague: "thoughts about MC getting killed by their love interest in a bad ending?". His idea was to make MC marry a duke(???), get an army(?), kill Joren's family(????), and have these two die in an epic battle sequence(???).

So, no luck there.

I was thinking about adding the option to talk him down, but yeah! It still didn't feel right!! It felt too "murdersim", not "yandere game" enough.

I actually think it's better to limit MC's death to 1 horrorporn ending, and leave the rest as survival endings, no matter if they are normal or horrorporn endings. It makes more sense for a yandere character. TW: minbreak for later.

And yes! I can still keep the "Joren uses violence as an outlet for his anger/sadness" and "Joren uses violence to fix his problems", but like you said, he breaks their wrists, maybe their legs... And tada! Problem solved, MC can still have their freedom because he'll take them wherever they want to go, and help them to do whatever they want to do... But now they won't be able to betray him again, since they need him, permanently.

I could even add the option "to talk him down" but instead of avoiding death, MC avoids getting their limbs permanently broken. I want it to be a little extreme since this is the greatest reminder of his trauma.

And sexual mindbreak! Yes! I'm into the unrealistic "happy" kind of mindbreak, where the character loses their mind, but learns to enjoy it? The realistic "blank-eyed" mindbreak just makes me sad T_T

But I can see Joren being satisfied with both.

In the "happy" one, he'd totally feel like he won everything he ever wanted, even if MC is a shell of themselves, can't do anything without him, and gets some lucid attacks of panic... But they look happy (and broken) most of the time, so it's fine, they are in love <3. Here he'd still have sex with them.

In the "blank-eyed" one, he'd also be content, but not really happy. He got them, yes, but they're pretty much comatose all the time, so all he has is a doll. He'd take care of them, but having sex would lose its appeal if they just lay under him like a corpse. He'd eventually learn to treat them like a trophy on a shelf.

And happy tears?? The man has seen tears of pleasure, yes, but not that!! It has so much comedy potential!!

If someone else made MC cry with happiness, you bet he's picking a fight with that person, who do they think they are for making MC cry?

And if he was the reason behind the tears of joy, he'd fear he just hurt/scared them somehow!! He would be super confused, what in Moon's name did he do????

And imagine Joren pushing past his fear of intimacy for the first time, and telling MC he loves them... Just for them to cry?? Traumatic. He would feel rejected, and all the progress he made about showing his feelings would be lost, so MC better tell him those are tears of happiness before that happens.

Also, tears of pleasure are a yes!! He's licking them off MC's face!! And when he becomes comfortable with being soft, he'll kiss them <33!!

#ask away! #from lon to you #horrorporn awful #rambling✒️!!! #thank you!! #your opinion actually really helped me to decide what to do #some times i really need to hear other opinions to #get things into perpestive

[rinbowaman]

I was just thinking about how heeseung and reader fuck like every single day multiple times without using any protection so im genuinely super confused about how she isnt pregnant yet like it doesnt make any sense or is she using birth control also if she is how does heeseung feel about it

<3

so there was a similar anon ask that expressed the same question, and i left it unmentioned in the chapters, but it's pretty much left up to how you would go about it (since your'e the female lead) so if you have a planned parenthood wherever you live, or if you have access to birth control, or a plan B, whatever the case, i left it vague strictly bc i don't know what all the readers have access to when it comes to birth control, so it's up entirely to your own perspective. When i drafted their smut scenes, i personally just thought of reader being on birth control. but also, my mother has friends who have expressed that it took them 3 years to get pregnant with their first child despite being overly sexually active, so i kind of had a mixture of both those aspects in mind whenever i think about heethan and reader doing the deed. My older step sister was known to be VERY sexually active with her husband (so she would express to me and my other step sisters) and it took her four years before she had her first baby....sooo....it's just up to your perspective since you are the readen in this universe.

and as far as heethan, again, i left it unspoken, but generally, because they aren't officially married yet, he doesnt really push the issue. He has a breeding kink with you, and so yeah, he'll express it (and he does mean it) but he pretty much isn't pushing it because 1.) he rather wait till you guys are officially married. and 2.) he likes having you all to himself and enjoys your guys time alone. knowing that a child would take alot of time and focus, he (and readen) are taking the time to enjoy each other first.

Again, it's all left unspoken, but that's how i imagined it. is that they want to enjoy each other, so as of now, heethan doesn't mind readen being on BC. But that doesn't mean he's not going to have a breeding kink and if in the case it did happen, he would be thrilled knowing that his baby is growing inside you.

[butterflydm]

wot reread: the fires of heaven (chap 51)

 spoilers through the fires of heaven; vague references to the future and to one of the themes that is explored in the series but I try to keep it spoilers-lite

1. lol, back to the constant pipe-smoking. From Rand again, this time. Pipes sound so uncomfortable, always being clenched in the teeth like that. I suppose you get used to it? Sounds uncomfortable though. We also learn that ten days have passed since our last Rand & Mat chapter.

2. Selende (I think she’s a random Cairhienin noblewoman) is snuggling super-close to Rand and, for whatever reason, he doesn’t seem to feel like he can tell her to back off the way that he was willing to do with Berelain back in Tear? Not sure why, because he’s definitely still uncomfortable.

3. They’re really hammering in how unseasonably hot that it is right now. Ugh, I feel my doom approaching. Go away, hot weather. I disapprove of what you mean in this narrative.

4. Ah, he finally scares her away by talking about how saidin is gonna make him go crazy. Here he thinks about why he’s not just asking them to leave -- it only works very briefly and then they chase after him again. He’s also thinking about how he wants to build up his forces in Tear and then go after Sammael when and how he chooses, rather than rushing off in a temper.

5. Rand’s PoV of the information diet that he’s been put on: “Egwene gave him hints of things, but she saw matters from the White Tower, wherever she stood. The Aes Sedai point of view was not his.”

6. Berelain is marching north from Tear with a small army to help him. Her letter to him asked after Perrin, which baffles Rand somewhat and makes me sigh in resignation. Rand thinks it might be a good idea to put Berelain as the person in temporary charge of Cairhien, since he’s reserving the throne for a person he has not yet named on page.

7. We learn that Andor/Morgase (actually Rahvin, though no one here knows it) has claimed “half our lands west of the Alguenya” in the name of Andor. We also learn that apparently Rand was tempted by the first of the ladies that Colavaere sent to try to cozen him, until he realized who was sending them. The Maidens sent those who tried to sneak into his chambers away because they think he’s with Aviendha and Aviendha (harshly/violently) chased away the one that she found because she believes Elayne owns him. Jordan’s weird-ass gender relations strikes again. I really do dislike the whole “this person is claimed as my sexual/romantic property, regardless of their own feelings or whether or not I treat them well, so everyone else must stay away” vibe that happens a lot and that Jordan seemed really into. I cannot tell him this for obvious reasons but: hey, Jordan, your kinks were not Universal Truths about the Human Condition!

I certainly have my own share of Things I Like to Write/Read about, but I do my best not to make it sound as if that’s just How All People Are. Though I suppose I’m not the best judge on whether or not I’m successful, lol.

I do understand, from a hormonal standpoint, why Rand would have been tempted by the Cairhienin ladies at first, because his engine is literally getting revved every night by Aviendha undressing in front of him (apparently with great satisfaction these days? honestly, I wish I could get a glimpse of Aviendha PoV to know WTF she’s thinking in these moments; her motivations don’t make sense to me!) and he probably doesn’t even feel like he can take care of it himself because he’s pretty much never alone. He’s smart enough not to actually do anything, but I get why he’s tempted.

8. Ugh, I do dislike that the Maidens don’t respect Rand’s privacy when it comes to Moiraine, Egwene, & Aviendha wanting to talk to him? They don’t even give him a courtesy warning when it’s one of those three coming in, they’re just let inside his chambers. And this from Egwene is exactly what I mean when I say that I understand why Rand is frustrated: “You know what you need to know. And I will not tell you what you do not need to know.” That’s so condescending and frustrating beyond belief.

And it’s hard to try to untangle how Rand’s mental state is... which parts of his mental state is affected by the taint vs the clear trauma vs his frustration with how other people are constantly trying to keep him on an information leash. Those three things all combine together to cause him even more mental stress, I would expect. Anyway, it’s been six days since Egwene talked to Rand. And just... Rand’s frustration with how little he’d being told is so obvious and he gets absolutely nothing back from Egwene and Moiraine except a frustrating brick wall of calmness.

9. Anyway, he has received two letters from Tar Valon, one from Elaida and one from Alviarin. Elaida’s letter is short: she’s sending Aes Sedai to Cairhien to ‘escort’ him to Tar Valon with honor and respect. Alviarin’s is longer: very fawning, lots of compliments, and says she wants to serve him. He suspects Moiraine may have already read the letters as she barely looks at them. In the two letters, Rand can see the split in the White Tower and the presence of White Tower spies in the city. Moiraine actually gives him a compliment here: “You learn quickly. You will do well.”

10. Yeah, Rand has been heavily affected by his recent bout with the taint, I think. He’s now deliberately using Moiraine, Egwene, and Aviendha’s presence to throw Mat off balance and frighten him. Shadow Rising!Rand would be disappointed in him. Even early Fires of Heaven!Rand would be disappointed. Anyway, Rand sent for Mat four hours ago (as soon as he learned Mat was in the city) and now Mat is arriving.

And, again, we have random people calling Mat ‘Matrim’, pls just let people have nicknames. How did the Aiel even find out that his given name was Matrim, anyway? When he asks to go to Rhuidean in book four, he is specifically asked what name he calls himself and he says “Mat. Mat Cauthon”. Is it just That Well Known Even To Aiel that Mat is short for Matrim? Did Moiraine or Egwene tell them?

11. Actually... huh. Rand losing his protectiveness over Mat (which has come across as a normal level of protectiveness that isn’t at all controlling) coincides fairly closely with Rand’s increasing OVERprotectiveness over literally every woman who exists in the world, even his enemies who want to kill him (and this overprotectiveness of his IS frequently controlling; just ask the Maidens). That’s... interesting.

I’d chalk it up to Jordan changing characters’ backstories and relationships between books, as he has done before (ex. Rand and Egwene’s constantly changing backstory), except that it’s definitely been happening over the course of The Fires of Heaven (because Rand was protective over Mat when it came both to the Darkhound attack and to Moiraine’s interest in Mat’s medallion at the start of the book).

Three possible factors spring to mind, though I’m sure there are more:

Rand’s exposure to saidin/the taint itself is what is causing his weird overprotectiveness towards women, and his lessened care towards the lives of men. This theory has textual evidence but it’s mostly coincidental -- that it seems like Rand’s changes are tied to when he uses a lot of saidin.

This also may be related to Jordan’s thing about how queerness is for adolescence/single-sex environments and heterosexuality is for grownups. Because the other big event that happens in this book is Rand losing his virginity to Aviendha. And Jordan DOES have a weird thing about being queer as something you ‘grow out of’ and then go be a ‘happy heterosexual’ (the primary example being Siuan/Moiraine to Siuan/Gareth & Moiraine/Thom, but pillowfriends in general tend to follow this idea). Once Rand sleeps with a woman, his protective feelings for his male friend are now considered a hindrance to his life rather than an important part of his emotional landscape and must be tossed away. (this would likely be subconscious/unintentional on Jordan’s part tho) - and this is not a hang-up that is solely Jordan’s, to be sure. There was a huge thing a few years back where Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey fans got very frustrated with the game-makers for forcing a m/f relationship on the main character in one of the DLCs (when you had previously been allowed in-game to play the character as 100% gay if you chose, as all the romance was in the player’s hands). The ‘achievement’ for doing the DLC and having a kid with the forced m/f love interest was even called ‘growing up’, iirc.

Does Lews Therin actually know how to have friends? Legit question. At least, does he know how to have friends who are men? Because thinking back about what we know about his relationships with men during the AoL, I don’t think he has ever thought back to a strong friendship like Rand and Mat had growing up. We know he had people under his command and we know that a LOT of men were jealous of him but... did he have any friends? So it could be that LTT’s lack of understanding of How Friends Work could be contributing to Rand’s actions as LTT’s personality gets more space and time in the driver’s seat, especially when Rand doesn’t notice.

12. I will continue to evaluate as I go on. But I do note that Perrin was removed from the friend group the next book after he was paired off with Faile (he decided he couldn’t live without her at the end of TDR and then was off to his own storyline in the start of TSR); and now that Rand has officially lost his virginity, we have the upcoming separation of Rand and Mat as friends who actually get to hang out in the next book. It’s just... a potentially interesting pattern.

And one of the hallmarks of toxic masculinity is the notion that men are supposed to be stoic and aren’t allowed to share feelings with each other, only with their romantic/sexual partner, who is supposed to take on all the emotional load of the relationship (*cough* Min *cough*). And Rand is very much an exploration of the dangers of toxic masculinity, so I wonder if this is actually an intentional part of that or if this is just one of those things that Jordan thought was Just The Way The World Is.

13. Rand would like to inform us that he can see Mat’s sweaty chest because of his half unlaced shirt. Thx for the info, Rand. Mat is also wearing a silk scarf to cover up his scar from being hanged by the Eelfinn. Mat finds some security out of touching his medallion while he’s in the room with Moiraine. We learn about the Band of the Red Hand here! People (well, sigh, ‘young men’) are lining up to join. Moiraine tells us the Old Tongue name: Shen an Calhar and that they were the last to fall when Manetheren died, guarding Aemon himself.

I feel so cheated out of a ‘Mat raises Manetheren’ plotline tbh. It would have been so much more thematically appropriate than Perrin doing it. Perrin is simply not attached to the Manetheren history that way that Mat has been from the very beginning. Perrin should have been given his own narratively-relevant plotline, not taken the one that seems tailor-made for Mat!

14. Ah, the reason that Mat has only just gotten back to Cairhien is that he went to scout what was going on with the Andorans to the south/west. “Andoran supply wagons burned, outposts destroyed. And three battles. Three battles, and three victories. With small loss to your own men, though outnumbered.”

15. And Rand has a glimmer of realization about how hard he has gotten when it comes to using men, including his friends, but it’s quickly gone from his mind. Ah, MAT is the one who brings the news that Morgase is ‘dead’ (from his scouting mission). Also, Mat saying that he’s glad Elayne isn’t here to hear about her mom being dead. Aw. Also: ha, love that Rand’s plan to try to ‘soften’ Mat failed and Mat’s back just goes up. Weirdly, I also wonder if some part of Rand isn’t trying to sabotage his own plans? Because Rand SHOULD KNOW that it would just put Mat’s back up to corner him like this? It always did in the past, and it did for Rand too. It’s a Two Rivers thing. And that really does make me wonder if this is LTT’s influence, because RAND should know what Two Rivers people are like, but LTT wouldn’t.

16. Gaebril has declared himself King of Andor and of Cairhien. Okay, it also sounds like no one has officially declared Morgase dead; the official word is the Morgase is the one who made Gaebril king, but everyone is talking about how no one has seen Morgase for weeks. And Mat already knows that Gaebril was the one who wanted to have Elayne killed off back in TDR.

17. Rand’s first thought is that Elayne will ‘never forgive him’ for letting Morgase die as Rahvin’s prisoner. It makes him “quiver with fury” thinking about it. His temper is also getting worse, I think. Again, dead heat between whether this is the taint or the ptsd; though the taint is also used as a metaphor for ptsd sometimes. He is immediately too angry to go through with his plans to go after Sammael methodically and wants to go take revenge for Elayne’s sake RIGHT NOW. And he blames himself for Morgase’s death as if ‘his own hand had been on the knife’. Moiraine does convince him to hold off until ‘tomorrow’ instead of going right now to kill Rahvin.

18. Rand kicks Asmodean out when he starts playing a song called “The Fool Who Thought He Was King” and then tells Moiraine, Egwene, and Aviendha to leave so that he can talk to Mat alone. Egwene and Aviendha want to come help him with Rahvin (and Rand is still boiling over with anger inside) but he tries to tell them it’s too dangerous. And here, they call him out on being controlling & overprotective, like I just talked about above! It’s so much more extreme than he used to be at the start of this book. He did still try to protect the Maidens but he wasn’t hyper-focused on preventing Every Woman’s Death in the World like he kinda is now (he wonders here, when Moiraine mentions Lanfear, what he’ll do if she’s there with Rahvin). Rand DOES finally give in and say that they can come the next day with him to kill Rahvin. And then just as fiercely as he was trying to AVOID putting Egwene & Aviendha in danger, he tells Mat that he MUST go into danger, no choice involved. Very very changed from the start of the book!

19. Moiraine talks to Egwene and Aviendha and tells Egwene that she thinks that she handles Rand’s temper well (lol I doubt this somewhat; I guess it’s not the WORST she could have done but she could have done better too) and that Rand needs people with him who won’t be driven away by his rages (true but also... like, maybe we could TRY therapy? just a little?).

Ugh, after Moiraine leaves, Aviendha asks about whether or not the Aes Sedai in Salidar really will help Rand and Egwene warns her not to say that name in front of Rand, because he needs to be ~prepared~ first and, yes, the taint is definitely causing an increase in Rand’s temper and his paranoia, but the compete lack of trust he gets from everyone around him who claims to care about him doesn’t help, especially when they all trust each other so much more than they trust him! Egwene does think that she’s doing this for Rand’s own good, to protect him from the Aes Sedai, but she doesn’t at all consider giving Rand this information so that he can make an informed decision. And Egwene justifies this based on how Rand is behaving now but they were doing this to him BEFORE he overdosed on the taint as well. Rand has been getting the runaround from Aes Sedai since before he even knew/believed that he was the Dragon Reborn.

Egwene’s ‘protecting Rand for his own good’ thing here does very much mirror what Rand is attempting to do with them tho. They continue to be very much paralleled in their actions/behaviors.

20. Mat gets special chambers as the “young hero of the battle against the Shaido”. The argument with Rand lasted for hours, it sounds like. But Mat has noticed that he can’t seem to AVOID battles right now. The sound of the dice pretty much always means another battle over the rise, these days. He wonders if maybe he can take a ship to escape things, but figures he would manage to find a battle there, too. Anyway, what Rand wants Mat to do is take command of his Tairen army (as they move on Illian, I think?).

21. Melindhra is there in his chambers. When he tells her that he’s going to be going away for a while, ‘for Rand’ (though he’s still pondering the idea of escape), she’s annoyed. She tells him that he needs to leave behind Rand’s shadow. As soon as he mentions Caemlyn in relation to Rand, she attacks without warning. I do note that Mat’s initial thought of where to ‘escape’ to is Tear (even as he realizes that would definitely NOT remove him from Rand’s influence). When he sees her pull a knife, he instinctively throws one of his own -- a killing blow that he immediately regrets. Even as she’s dying (and tells him she always liked his ‘pretty eyes’), she tries to bring up the dagger for one last attempt to kill him, but it hits the foxhead medallion instead. He realizes that she was a Darkfriend because she says he has “the Great Lord’s own luck” when her attack fails.

22. Mat thinks about how he’s never killed a woman (...I assume he means in this life and not the past memories because I absolutely DO NOT believe that every single one of those past battles was genuinely a man-only affair). He thinks about how all he ever wants from his time with women is “a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered fondly”. He realizes that the dagger hilt she used had golden bees on it, the sign of Illian/Sammael. He thinks that she attacked because she connected him going down to Tear with him leading an army against Sammael, but the readers have additional info!

The intent of the Lanfear-Rahvin-Sammael-Graedal plan was to aim Rand at SAMMAEL, not at Rahvin, so once Mat showed that Rand was about to go off course and head to Caemlyn instead, she was the person planted to kill Mat so that Rand would get angry enough to continue to chase Sammael, who is expecting him, and not Rahvin, who is NOT expecting him.

But that is the end of Melindhra. As far as Mat’s ‘evil girlfriends’ are concerned, she is definitely my favorite, so I am kinda sad to see her go here. Goodbye, Melindhra. Also, in totally depressing news, he straight-up just sits there with her dead body for hours. Oh, bb.

#wot #wheel of time #wot reread #the fires of heaven #wot book spoilers #wot spoilers

[westcalled]

𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳 @sonofgondcr​

𝑺𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑲𝑺  him  one  of  her  own  people,  his  bearing  and  countenance  similar  enough  to  have  her  pause.  yes,  some  of  the  old  blood  runs  in  his  veins,  amera  thinks,  knows  almost  instinctively,  though  his  garb  is  richer  and  that  of  a  soldier,  not  that  of  a ranger.  “i  would  think  you  of  the  north,  friend,  were  it  not  for  the  emblem  you  bear.” 

a  hand  gestures  loosely  to  his  bracers  and  a  small  glimmer  of  a  smile  appears,  “not  oft’  do  i  see  the  white  tree  in  these  lands  nor  oft‘ do  men  of  gondor  tread  them.”

#sonofgondcr #this is super vague so you know?? just take it wherever and do whatever #also the logic is basically just 'he doesnt look dirty enough to be a ranger'

[creature-wizard]

I have noticed that many Experienced Witches™ love throwing around phrases like “this is very dangerous if you aren’t properly trained” and “don’t do this unless you know what you’re doing” under the pretense of helping new witches stay safe, but the actual purpose of this is to demoralize them and make them feel small and helpless. See, vague statements like these don’t actually set any concrete, achievable goals, which means that Experienced Witches™ are free to move the goalposts wherever they please. No matter how much someone learns, no matter how much they practice, the Experienced Witches™ can still claim they’re fluffy witches, baby witches, poser witches, whatever.

Another thing I’ve noticed is basically putting new witches into a double bind by making it clear that they shouldn’t even think about practicing all this supposedly super-dangerous stuff, but also making it clear that you can never be a “real” witch if you don’t, and also you’re a coward and a weenie if you decide it’s not for you. So apparently, you’re supposed to stop being a wimp and dive into this stuff - but also you’re an absolute fool if you actually do it and you deserve whatever terrible fate happens to you.

Okay then!

And then of course, magic is constantly divided into “beginner” and “advanced.” There’s no sense of what “intermediate” magic even looks like, or what you’re actually supposed to really even do once you’ve done some “beginner” spells. Experienced Witches™ might go and tell you to Read A Book, but the trouble is that most of these books don’t explain half as much as they act like they do. The first book I ever found that actually properly explained things to me was, of all things, The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnus: Of the Virtues of Herbs, Stones, and Certain Beasts, Also a Book of the Marvels of the World. (It’s a fun read, I absolutely recommend it so long as you take the spells with a grain of salt, lol.) Of course this isn’t the only book that actually explains things, but the fact that it took me so dang long to find one that did... speaks volumes. In any case, people who only ever give you vague tips and instructions that they can easily move the goalposts on probably don’t have your best interests in mind. They’re probably just trying to keep you feeling small and helpless, to help them maintain their own illusions of power and wisdom.

#witchcraft #magic #spellwork #folk magic

[makeste]

BnHA 323: “I Don’t Know How to Explain to You That You Should Care About Other People”

Previously on BnHA: Kacchan was all, “Izuku, I’m sorry.” Bakugou Stans were all, “[sobs for a week straight and tearfully awards him the Nobel Prize for character development].” Deku was all, “[faints in Kacchan’s arms].” Iida was all, “[trying to decide if Ochako genuinely tried to kill him a few minutes ago].” Horikoshi was all, “NO TIME FOR HUGS WE MUST GET BACK TO UA.” The civilians holed up at U.A. were all, “WE TOOK A VOTE AND DECIDED THAT WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE JERKS ABOUT THIS AND MAKE A BIG FUSS ABOUT YOU LETTING DEKU BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.” Deku was all “[stands there looking like he expected nothing less and breaking my heart more and more with each passing moment].” Ochako was all, “that does it, looks like I’m gonna have to do something about this... next chapter, that is.”

Today on BnHA: Flashback!Rat Principal is all “I just want you all to know that I spent nine million dollars turning U.A. into a giant Battleship-style grid that can burrow underground and zoom around in a giant subway maze because Horikoshi lacks a grounded understanding of both civil engineering and economics.” Back in the present day, Jeanist is all, “EVERYONE TAKE HEED, MY COMRADES AND I HAVE DEEMED IT EXPEDIENT TO CONVEY THIS AUSPICIOUS YOUTH BACK TO THIS STRONGHOLD. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE MAY DEPEND UPON YOUR GOODWILL AND ACQUIESCENCE TO THESE TERMS.” The civilians were all, “NO.” Ochako was all, “EMPATHY, MOTHERFUCKERS, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!” The civilians were all, “oh shit.” Anyway so Ochako is a giant badass, but I’m a little worried that she’s going to get struck by lightning. Please come down from there.

so before we start this chapter, I would just like to apologize for having not posted the ch 321 recap yet, and would like to reassure everyone, and especially Iida who is staring at me with Sad Wobbly Guilt Trip Eyes, that I will get to that as soon as I can

OMG FLASHBACK??

yes please Horikoshi please show us more of class 1-A and their Deku intervention strategy jam sessions

oh dear

Iida you are too pure and good for this cruel world. [sprays the U.A. civilians with a water bottle] NO. BAD CIVILIANS! NO OSTRACIZING SCARED AND EXHAUSTED CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE

EXCUSE ME RAT PRINCIPAL WHAT’S WITH THESE MIXED MESSAGES

???

RAT PRINCIPAL: he’s free to return to us at any time!!

ALSO RAT PRINCIPAL: but it’s too risky for him to return to us

?? ??????? ?????????????????????

so now he’s going on about how strong the U.A. Barrier is, and how it’s comparable to the defensive capabilities of Tartarus. this would have sounded a lot more impressive before chapter 297 lol

OH!!!! HELLO, WHAT’S THIS!!!

A TIMELY CALLBACK TO A CERTAIN MYSTERIOUS EVENT WHICH HASN’T BEEN REFERENCED SINCE USJ? [U.A. TRAITOR MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

so now Rat Principal says he upgraded U.A.’s security systems with his own “modifications”, whatever the fuck that means. I mean look, I’ve been saying for a long time now that U.A. is the best place for everyone to hole up, don’t get me wrong. but that was mostly on account of there not being any other practical alternatives. but you’re making it sound like you figured out a way to actually make it Decay-proof or some wild shit like that

-- hold up, DID YOU ADD A FORCE FIELD. DID YOU TRICK THIS SCHOOL OUT WAKANDA-STYLE YOU CRAZY MARSUPIAL. HOLY SHIT. because that would actually be perfect

LMAO

WHAT KIND OF GALAXY BRAIN BULLSHIT. “NAH THERE’S NO NEED FOR A FORCE FIELD, LET’S JUST PUT WHEELS ON IT”

oh okay so the whole campus is basically capable of burrowing itself underground. that’s insane lol I wonder how they pulled that off. probably got poor Cementoss working overtime

blah blah blah so basically the entire campus is split into a grid and each section of the grid is capable of its own independent movement. lol this is just the Merone Base from KHR. you thought no one would notice this casual plagiarism ten years after the fact, but YOU UNDERESTIMATED YOUR AUDIENCE, HORIKOSHI

“joke’s on you imma just lampshade it” WELL ALL RIGHT THEN

“look at me I’m so fucking self-aware” fucking swear to god. I can’t believe this man is my favorite mangaka of all time smdh

“excuse me, I wasn’t finished describing all the rest of this bullshit yet,” Rat Principal breaks in impatiently. “we also added a steel wall all around the underground of the campus that’s 3000 steel plates thick. that’s fifteen fucking meters of solid fucking steel just fyi. and if anyone fucks around with any part of it the defense system will activate immediately! and also all of the plates are independently motorized, whatever the fuck that means!! in conclusion you’re gonna need a fucking tower crane to suspend all of your disbelief by the time I’m through with this paragraph”

“also Shiketsu is almost as reinforced as U.A. but not quite because we still had to make sure we were better.” but of course. and apparently the two schools are connected via a secret tunnel as Hagakure mentioned earlier

LSDKFJLSDKJFLK

“WAIT WHAT” LMAO YOU HEARD HIM, NOW INASA CAN VISIT YOU BOTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE WEIRD DREAM HE HAD. GOD BLESS YOU HORIKOSHI

(ETA: moment of appreciation for Shouto and Katsuki having the same thought at the same time and making Knowing Eye Contact and saying the exact same thing out loud in perfect unison like the best friends they are. what a blessed day.)

so Tokoyami is all “but wait if you engineered all this shit all the way back during the Band arc how did you even know that Tomura’s quirk awakening would become a thing, Horikoshi -- uh, I mean, Principal Nezu”

and Rat Principal is all “lol idk”

“basically I just woke up one morning and was all ‘say, you know what this school really needs? a fifteen-meter-thick underground steel wall, and the ability to break up into little pieces that individually zoom around wherever the fuck they want.’ jesus christ. lol if money and common sense were apparently no obstacle why didn’t you just teleport U.A. to the fucking moon or something. maybe I should shut up before I given him any ideas

dsfaelkjldkjgl

you heard it here first, folks, all of this cost a grand total of nine million U.S. dollars. well technically it cost “more than” nine million dollars. never has that distinction been more important lmao. are we sure this barrier was really made of steel and not cardboard? who the hell sold it to them, Ea-Nasir??

this is my favorite manga series of all time. yes I am ashamed

“in conclusion please do your best to reach Deku-kun” SO WHAT WAS ALL THAT NONSENSE ABOUT IT BEING TOO RISKY THEN. anyway thank you for this super informative and edifying flashback, Horikoshi. I will cherish it always. I don’t even want to read another translation of this absurdity lmao, there’s something special about it just the way it is. pretty sure Horikoshi just had a cracked out fever dream one night and transferred it to the pages of the manga verbatim

anyway so back to the unruly mob

not their finest moment. please excuse me while I cover poor Deku’s ears and give him a good shoosh pap

oh wow the parents are out here too

is Mitsuki trying to hold Inko back?? that’s the last thing this fandom needs right now is more Mitsuki discourse fffwlkjs. and even Jiroudad, scientifically proven to be the best dad in all of BnHA, is just standing there silently looking vaguely unhappy. way to rise to the moment you guys

MONOMA

so this settles it for me that Aizawa is not at UA. I know a lot of people have been wondering about his whereabouts, and if I had to wager a guess it would be that something happened with Shirakumo/Kurogiri. I can’t think of anything else -- even the loss of an eye and a limb -- that would keep him from his kids at a time like this

anyway but this is excellent Monoma content right here though. I love that he apparently adopted Eri after a single interaction with her. also WHERE IS SHINSOU DAMMIT. THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW

and Kouta’s there too looking like he wants to run over to Deku but Ragdoll won’t let him :/

it’s gotta be pretty upsetting for him to see his hero like this and not having anyone stand up for him. [taps megaphone] IS THIS THING ON. OKAY YEAH IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. AHEM. PAGING URARAKA OCHAKO. GONNA NEED YOU TO GET OVER HERE ALREADY AND MAKE THAT BIG DRAMATIC SPEECH WHICH YOU ARE CLEARLY DYING TO MAKE. IF YOU DON’T DO IT SOON I’M GONNA HAVE TO STEP IN, AND YOU REALLY DON’T WANT ME TO DO THAT SINCE MY SPEECH WILL NOT BE VERY GOOD OR INSPIRING, AND WILL PROBABLY JUST CONSIST OF “HELLO, YOU ARE ALL STUPID, PLEASE SHUT UP AND GO AWAY”

so now Mic is telling them to calm down. at least someone’s speaking up here, geez

OH MY GOD

MY MAN JEANIST OUT HERE DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST: MAKING EVERYONE FEEL GUILTY AND JUDGED

OH MY GOD HE IS GIVING SUCH A LONG AND BORING SPEECH LMAO IS YOUR STRATEGY TO PUT THEM ALL TO SLEEP OR WHAT

truly in awe of this man’s ability to take messages which could easily be conveyed in ELI5-speak, and stubbornly convert them into incomprehensible language the likes of which you need a graduate degree in order to understand

“hey guys, so originally our plan was to use Deku as bait for the villains, but that didn’t really work and also we realized it was kinda dumb and was probably gonna get him killed, so we brought him back here instead.” was that really so hard, Jeanist. also are we all really just gonna sit back here and watch Jeanist take full credit for Bakugou’s plan just like that lmao

(ETA:

WHERE DID ENDEAVOR GO AND WHO IS THIS DIABOLICAL MASTER OF DISGUISE. lol I genuinely didn’t notice this because I was too busy digging through thesauruses trying to rewrite Jeanist’s speech; many thanks to @class1akids​ for pointing it out and making my day immeasurably better. take it easy there Dick Tracy.)

“anyway so please stop being dicks and let him fucking rest so he can save all your ungrateful asses” what an impassioned and inspiring plea. time to see if the masses will listen to reason

narrator: they did not listen to reason

oh my god finally Ochako is doing something. YEAH OCHAKO WOOOO SHOW THEM HOW IT’S DONE

hmm

this entire chapter is truly and utterly nonsensical to me lol

(ETA: on my second readthrough I’m fucking dying at how she stole the megaphone right out of Mic’s hand lmao. and how Kacchan is all “fuck yeah nothing I appreciate more than some quality fucking larceny.”)

oh I see she was jumping on top of the main building so as to scream down at them all more impressively

“ANYWAY DEKU IS PRETTY COOL ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS ARE JUST MEAN” couldn’t have said it better myself Ochako

lol uh

gotta say I did not have “Ochako reveals the secret of OFA to the entire U.A. Citizen Clown Parade” on my bingo card for this week. it’s a bold strategy cotton let’s see if it pays off

SDLFKJSL

“NO, SERIOUSLY, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HIM YOU GUYS. YOU THINK HE LIKES RUNNING AROUND DRESSED LIKE A RUSTED OIL DRUM?? HE DID THAT FOR YOU YOU UNGRATEFUL SLOBS”

so she is basically explaining the entire Deku Angst arc to them and explaining what a good and selfless protagonist Deku is, YES, PREACH

OMG IT’S THE GIGANTIC FOX LADY

not to insinuate anything, but what exactly were you doing standing out here with the hysterical mob, Gigantic Fox Lady? you’re better than that

-- KACCHAN SIGHTING!!

sdlkfjl. thanks for weighing in with that helpful and important observation. where have you been for the last five minutes. were you asleep. was it Jeanist’s speech

never mind, now he’s yelling at the civilians so I instantly forgive him

THE FUTURE NUMBER ONE HERO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HE’LL BE HERE ALL WEEK

“anyway so I’m just going to end the chapter here” lmao seventeen pages truly do go by so fast. at least he didn’t try to force in a cliffhanger at the end this time. dare I say, growth

so I guess the civilians are either gonna have a Kamino and/or Fukuoka-esque moment where they remember how to be decent people and apologize to this poor young man, or else they’ll remain unpersuaded, and so Kacchan will have to knock a few of their heads around until they become more inclined to be reasonable. either option is fine by me lol

#bnha 323 #uraraka ochako #rat principal #class 1-a #bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers #makeste reads bnha

[aro-aizawa]

Locked Out - Chapter 2

A Danny Phantom / My Hero Academia Crossover, set mid season 2 and pre-canon respectively.

[Chapter 1]  |  [On AO3]  |  [Chapter 3] | [Latest]

I’m gonna miss the algebra test tomorrow. Danny faintly thought. 

“I’m…” He said again, stepping back slightly. “I’m stuck here. In an alternate universe. Alone.”

“Kid, I—” She started, before she sighed. “Look, I can. I can go get some answers why I can’t use my quirk, I got you trapped here, I’m gonna get you home. For now, let’s get back to my apartment. You can crash for the night. Day. Whatever.”

Danny heard her, he just wasn’t sure what to say. His brain felt like an old record that got stuck and started to repeat the same thing over again. He was stuck. He was vaguely aware of going to pinch himself to make sure that he wasn’t dreaming, because it didn’t exactly feel real. But the wind on his face, the sound of traffic below, the texture of the roof scraping against the soles of his boots. He’d never had proper senses in dreams, so this was very likely real. 

He noticed that the sky was starting to brighten, and wondered what time zone he was in. The woman said they were a few hundred years in the future, did the time of day line up too or was that like Australia time? 

“Kid?” She called. 

Danny looked up at her. “Why?” 

“What?” 

“Why’d you grab me? Was it money? Power? What?”

She sighed. “Look, I don’t really have much use for money. I hop universes on a daily basis, if I need money I just take something unimportant from a different universe and sell it here, pays rent. If I need money in another universe I do the same thing in reverse, you get me? And I don’t really need power, I just go wherever I fancy, why would I need power? They came to me and told me to help them. They didn’t outright threaten me, but they made it clear that they could track me down in this universe. I was born here, didn’t want to avoid this place, so I just did what they wanted me to. Didn’t think it would be that hard to just give them what they wanted. Obviously I was wrong.”

Okay that was a reasonable answer, Danny had to admit. The things she implied though made it feel like she wasn’t pinned down like everyone else, she had free range, could go wherever or whenever she wanted. She kind of reminded Danny of Clockwork in that way. Danny wasn’t sure what he’d do in that situation himself, so maybe getting mad at her for doing something she was threatened into doing wasn’t going to help. 

“Alright.” Danny said, letting his transformation go. “Take me back to your place, but I swear if you put me in danger again…”

“I won’t! I know it’s hard to trust me, but you gotta. You can’t keep your guard up all the time, I have no reason to hurt you, I’m not a villain.” 

“Yeah that’s another thing, ‘villain’? That’s an actual title here? Not just, some bad guys in media? And what the heck are quirks?” Danny questioned, following her down the somewhat dubious looking fire escape. 

“I’ll give you the run down as we go, but the basics is that two hundred ish years ago super powers started to appear in children being born. First one was a glowing baby, we call the powers quirks. Society adapted, wars happened, and eventually we get to now where people started to fight superpowered criminals with superpowered law enforcement. Villains are people who use their quirks to break the law, and Heroes are those licensed by the government to fight criminals with their quirks.”

The woman continued to tell Danny the basics of the world, there were differences that made Danny’s head want to spin. There was even a part of Danny that was excited, because he was one of two people in his universe that had superpowers, he couldn’t exactly go to Vlad and chat about how awesome their powers were. He could just imagine it.

“I used my powers to prank Dash today, he tripped in the cafeteria and landed face first into his spaghetti.” 

“Nice one, Daniel. I used my powers the other day to overshadow a political rival and ruin his twenty year marriage, devastating him on an emotional level and making him withdraw to focus on his personal life.”

Yeah, no. 

The woman also told him a bit more about her own power, saying that she’d seen at least a hundred different universes, and started to tell him the specifics of it until—

“Wait, we’re in Japan? How come everyone’s speaking English?” 

“Simple answer: we’re not. You’re actually speaking Japanese right now, your brain is just translating it into a language you understand how it works. If you concentrate though, you can speak actual English, but you have to work at it to understand exactly what you’re saying in Japanese. It depends where I first touch down in the universe that you default start to speak. If I brought you to this universe’s Spain, then you’d be speaking Spanish. When I first went to your world I landed in France, so when I go there my speaking defaults to French even if I’m in America.”

She pursed her lips. “I’m hoping that I’ll be able to figure this out and get you back soon. I haven’t left anything in your universe, so _hopefully _I can drop you back off at a time that’s somewhat close to when I picked you up. See if I leave something from this universe in another, it…locks down? Aligns? The timelines, so that if that item is gone from this universe for like a year, then a year would have passed in the other universe when I go back. If I don’t leave anything, I can choose which part in time to go to with rough accuracy. I can’t do that if there’s something that’s been left there at any point in time.”

Okay, at least there was that, Danny gave her. With any luck, she’d figure it out in the next few days and get him back home within the hour that he was taken. No one would even know that he got kidnapped to an alternate universe! 

“Here we are.” She said, motioning up to an apartment block. “My place is up here, it’s like five am, I only have one bedroom so you can either have the couch or my room. The bed is kinda shit though, the couch is comfier.”

On one hand, if he took the bedroom, he wouldn’t have to be around her for longer than he had to, but on the other he’d feel really weird being in a stranger’s bedroom. They walked up the stairs until they came to a stop at a door. The woman went about unlocking the door and Danny looked at the plate on the side of it. 

It was obviously in…kanji? It was something that Danny knew he wouldn’t be able to read if he was in his home universe but somehow he knew that it said “Watanabe”. It then occurred to Danny that he did not know this woman’s name. 

“Uh, what’s your name? You didn’t say.” He asked, as she unlocked the door and flicked the light on. 

“Oh! I didn’t did I, kid? The name’s Watanabe Kirika, surname first. You can call me Kirika though. You cool with me calling you Danny or do you want me to call you something else?” 

“You mean you’ll stop calling me kid? You’ve used my name only twice now, and kid about sixty times instead.” 

She laughed. “Yeah fair enough, kid. Okay, decision time, couch or bedroom? You need to choose so that I can take the other and do some research.” 

Danny took the moment to look around. The place wasn’t the cleanest place, not that it was dirty, just things were left out and not put in the right place. Knick knacks were scattered throughout and rested in odd places, there was seemingly no organisation, and the only clear area was surprisingly the kitchen. Danny wasn’t all that familiar with Japanese architecture, but he did know that open plan apartments weren’t all that common. 

From where he stood, the couch did look comfortable, and honestly he didn’t want to trap himself in a room with only one exit. He could stay out here and know what was going on. 

“Couch.” He said, turning to move the stuff that was on it onto the floor, not particularly caring about being polite. Kirika had kidnapped him, she could deal with a little bit of a messy floor. 

“Alright kid, blanket’s now on the floor in that pile, steal food if you need and give me a shout if you want to know anything else. Bathroom is the door on the right, my room is the door on the left.” Kirika told him before leaving him in the room. 

Danny wanted to keep freaking out. He couldn’t help it, he was trapped in an unfamiliar world. Honestly it felt like that time that his parents had left him behind at the park one time for a few hours, accidentally. They’d thought he was asleep on the backseat with Jazz when they’d left, it wasn’t until hours later at dinner did they realise. He was seven then, so it wasn’t super traumatising, but the memories had definitely stuck. 

Except now it was even worse because he knew that his parents wouldn’t come racing down the street breaking three traffic laws and almost running over the neighbour to come and pick him up when they realised. At the moment, he had no way home. No one knew where he was, he’d have just disappeared into smoke. 

But Danny was exhausted. 

His body was so tired. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d gotten a solid period of sleep without interruption. He was always fighting ghosts, burning so many calories, ghosts showing up in the night, doing homework for hours on end so that he wouldn’t have to repeat the grade. Just last night he’d been up until four chasing a ghost around Amity, then cramming for the Algebra test, because he was so critically in need of a better grade in that class otherwise he’d flunk. 

So after digging up the blanket from the pile, he fell back on the couch, pulled the blanket over his face and passed out almost immediately.

When he woke up, he could almost convince himself that the previous night’s events had all been a dream. 

Almost. 

“...In todays news, rumours have been circulating about All Might’s return to Japan, after being overseas in the states for many months, the public have stated their concern about the Number One Hero’s disappearance. Though we have a press statement from The Might Hero Agency, informing us of a convert investigation, appearances have been few and far between…”

Danny woke up to see a television playing what looked like the news. One of the presenters had a horn on the side of his head. By his feet resting her back against the couch while sat on the floor was Kirika. From the angle, Danny couldn’t see what she was doing, but she was scrolling through her phone.

“Did you find anything out?” Danny asked, making Kirika jump out of her skin. 

“Jeez kid, nearly scared me to death.” She sighed out, putting a hand over her heart before looking down at it and frowning. “Yeah, I did. It’s…not exactly good news.” 

He expected his stomach to plummet at that, but it didn’t. He was just…sort of numb. “Oh.” He said simply. “What is it?” 

She sighed again, tapping at her phone until she found what she was looking for and turned the phone to show him. It was a mugshot of the boss guy from yesterday. “The guy who got me to take you, his villain name is Locksley. He can ‘lock away’ someone’s quirk, disabling it until he lifts the lock. He uses it to blackmail people into paying him money, or do favours for him. You remember that villain ranking system I mentioned? He skirts the line of the B and A ranks. He’s tough and pretty illusive, the heroes only caught him once and he got out within half a day.” 

“Is there any way to lift the locks besides from him doing it?” Danny asked, still trying to get his head around the mechanics of quirks, it wasn’t quite as unrestricted as his concept of superpowers from what he could gather. 

“Not that anyone knows, some of my contacts guess that if you kill him it might release the locks but then it could also permanently lock them away forever so no one wants to take the risk. I’m guessing that his plan was to use his quirk on you so you couldn’t fight back and make you tell him what he wanted.”

“...But he couldn’t use it on me because my powers aren’t a quirk.” 

“Exactly. Which is why he took a different approach. I can get like, zero information about his motivations for you though. When I talked to him, he was just wanting to be stronger, my guess is that he’d want to be a big enough threat to the heroes that they leave him alone. So because I don’t know his motivations, I can’t tell you how much effort he’ll put into tracking you down. He might decide you’re more trouble than your worth and give up, he might be desperate for what you can give him. But he might just be fascinated by you. He seemed to be very interested in ghosts? I guess? He was specific about what he wanted at least.”

“He knows where you live.” Danny said. “Are we safe here?” 

“Nope, not really. I’ve stayed up the whole time though, have a gun I was gonna use to scare him, but I’ve also got another apartment in a different city I was gonna move to. I already did some packing,” she waved to the room that now that Danny was looking was actually surprisingly emptier with boxes stacked by the door. “I was waiting for you to wake up.”

“Why?” 

Danny couldn’t really think. He was a do-er. If there was a problem, he didn’t passively wait until a solution fell into his lap, he went out and fixed it. Or he’d go to his friends and they’d brainstorm a solution until he knew what to do. 

“Kid, I don’t know what we’re going to do but we need to figure out how to convince Locksley to unlock my quirk, so I can get you back. I’m not exactly a law abiding citizen, so going to the heroes isn’t an option even if they were at a point where they could catch him.” 

“So…your idea was that I come with you to your other apartment, and we plot to coerce this big name criminal into giving you your quirk back?” 

“Yeah pretty much, unless you have something that we can use to do it ourselves?” 

Danny paused. “I…might do. But it might be something we figure out after we leave. How long was I asleep?” 

“Six hours. You showed that you were pretty tough though so he might be trying to get some stronger or faster guys, or something to get an edge on you. He’s not likely to strike during daytime because that’s when there’s more heroes about, so we’ve got about six more hours to be gone from here. I was gonna wake you up shortly because my other apartment is a couple hours away, so we need to be gone ideally as soon as possible.”

Danny sat up and looked around properly. There didn’t seem to be too many boxes, he wasn’t sure exactly how Kirika had managed to get so much stuff to fit neatly but she did it. He wasn’t sure how they were going to get to the other apartment, nor how they were going to get the boxes there, but they should probably get a move on. 

“Feed me then we’ll leave.” 

Kirika snorted. “Fine, are you a picky eater?”

“Just as long as it’s not grass. Or soil.”

“Okay, one mud pie coming right up.”

He gave her a very unimpressed look which made her snort. “Fine, I need to use up the eggs, so I’m making tamagoyaki, a sweet rolled omelette; or the other option is omurice, which is omelette over fried rice with tomato sauce.”

“I dunno, the sweet one?” Danny shrugged. He hadn’t had much experience with foreign food, there was a chinese takeout in Amity but he didn’t eat there very often, and the Italian restaurant got shut down because of a ghost rat problem. 

“‘Kay. Any other questions you have about this world while I’m cooking, probably be less suspicious asking here than when we’re on the train.” 

And so they talked more about the world. It was still very bizarre. He didn’t have much more questions other than quirk limitations, she likened quirks to a function of the body and told him about some of the quirk drawbacks she knew, like her neighbour growing up could produce water from his mouth but it would take moisture from body and quickly dehydrate him. 

He wanted to know more about Kirika herself, but he wasn’t quite sure if it’d piss her off. She’d been rather tolerant of his many questions, he could see it was slightly annoying explaining it all to him, but it seemed like she’d decided that she genuinely wanted to help Danny out after trapping him in this world. It was decent of her, and he didn’t want to cut that decency short by asking something he shouldn’t have. 

After they ate, Danny helped Kirika pack the last of her things. There were things that were so foreign and unfamiliar that he could only assume that these were things from other universes rather than this one or his own. But there were also a few normal things as well. By the end of the hour, they’d boxed almost all that they could and Kirika got a text as they finished up. 

“Oh right on time.” 

“What?” Danny asked, raising an eyebrow. 

“I called a favour, I’m borrowing a van to get these boxes to a storage lot so we can take a train to my other apartment. I usually would have just used my quirk to ship them back and forth, but that’s not an option until I get it back. And we’ll be safer if we use public transportation, less chance they’ll run us off the road. Help me get these into the van.” She said picking up one of the boxes and starting to leave the apartment. 

Danny picked up one of the heavier boxes before he paused a moment. Would…would it be too obvious if he used his levitation? After all, they were in the world of quirks. He wouldn’t have to make so many trips up and down the stairs, four flights of stairs just to get to the bottom floor could add up for a minimum of five trips each. 

He shrugged, the worst that could happen was that he’d drop something. From what Kirika told him, they were going to be gone from here, there wouldn’t be any harm even if someone did spot him. 

So he lifted the boxes behind him, there weren’t that many, not including the box Kirika took down and the box in his arms, there were eight floating behind him. He didn’t run into anyone until he met Kirika on one of the stairs. He saw her eyes widen as she saw the boxes he was floating, he just raised an eyebrow at her. 

“Right. Ghost powers.” She shook her head, grabbing one of the boxes he was floating and then leading Danny down again. “Try to limit your powers though, maybe don’t use more than one around other people. At a glance, it’ll be pretty recognisable.” She advised him. 

“Yeah I thought so. But if we’re not going to be coming back here, I figured there wasn’t any harm.” 

“Fair. Word of warning, be very careful about using your quirk around heroes, it’s potluck if they’re super strict about quirk usage or not. If they are, you get minimum a fine, max a mark on your record. Which considering you don’t exist…”

“Would be…a nightmare yeah okay.” Danny got the idea, he’d probably end up being interrogated and marked a villain. That would seriously hinder his plans to get home, he didn’t know the specifics of how his powers interacted with things meant to counteract certain quirks, so he couldn’t rely on just going through the walls to escape. 

They managed to put all the boxes in, drove for a short while to a storage lot. Danny had never really been in a place like it, where people rented storage sheds. It was somewhat of a surreal experience considering they were there back home he just never had any need of them. Though arguably, his parents should have used one instead of filling the garage full to bursting with equipment.

After that, they left the van in a seemingly random location and headed for the station. 

(“Why’d we leave the van there?”

“Oh, it was stolen.” 

“Wait what?”)

Danny didn’t exactly pay attention to where they were going. His grasp on geography was limited to the states of America, the cities outside of Amity Park and a few major cities. He didn’t even know if the states in this US was the same back home. It was exhausting and somewhat boring ride considering his phone was dead and presumably cut off from the internet. He complained as such to Kirika who was listening to music, she rolled her eyes, offered an earbud to him and told him to take a nap. 

He did both, listening to music sung in Japanese that he understood perfectly, and nodded off resting his head against the window.

[Chapter 3]

#danny phantom fanfiction #my hero academia fanfiction #crossover fanfiction #danny phantom #my hero academia #dp / mha crossover #locked out #gonna post the first chapter to ao3 later on when i finish writing chapter 3 #i got 1k words into the next chapter so i feel safe to post this

[roonilwazlibimagines]

What are some of your scenarios to fall asleep to? 👀

Ahhhh I’m glad you asked !! Also please feel free to share some of yours they can be specific or vague idc I’m in desperate need

I will be going into heavy detail because I can’t help myself I’m sorry and I will put in both normal ones and Harry Potter ones

Also this is just like one big ramble I’m sorry I got too excited I literally turned into that Tik tok sound where it’s like ‘you’re asking me about my theories? I’ve waited years for someone to ask me about my theories’

Update - I think I’m just going to keep updating this as well when I think of new ones because I keep forgetting some

My most recent one is a royalty one where they’re like royalty but in their really prestigious and royal school they were academic rivals and did not get along and after school they like try to go their separate ways until a couple years later their parents force them into an arranged marriage for like the good of the country or whatever I don’t really care!! You can take it wherever you want from there but in case you were interested in mine he fell for her first and kinda gave up on the enemies thing pretty early on but she still made it clear he wasn’t her favourite person and she despised the situation and there is still constant teasing until she meets his sister or friend or whoever who says that they can’t believe how happy he is with them and she feels so bad because she thinks he deserves better and ends up being much meaner to him because she’s an idiot who can’t express her emotions and he gets angry at her because she’s being super mean after they were just starting to get along and they have a big argument and are forced to talk about their feelings and then I can never decide whether they actually like each other when they get married, I feel like either way is fun

I have a thing for royalty so my other one is literally just princess x stable boy and you can honestly take that wherever you want but I will tell you where I took it for some ✨inspiration✨ so I don’t have my drivers license and get really bad driving anxiety so I self projected and made her terrified of riding horses right (I’m so smart I know) and he is like trying to help her ride the horse and feel comfortable and like obviously they end up in love but I created drama because she sneaks out to his birthday party (!!) but his friends don’t like her because they just think she’ll be a snob but he obviously defends her but like it’s a perfect opportunity for a bit of an innocent princess as well

My personal favourite is the two co stars falling in love and like thinking about doing all those stupid interviews from like buzzfeed and all that and I personally love the trying foods from different places thing (like making them try fairy bread - because I’m from Australia and we aren’t that cultured and being mad when they don’t like it because it is my favourite food) and it’s great because i can make the guy any actor I am currently obsessed with 😭 but also like the red carpet opportunities and interviews and fan reactions and it’s very fun also this keeps my brain very busy because I like making it as realistic as possible and figuring out the actors timeline so I can match the story up with it, it’s always really intense, also if you want inspiration for what moving they’re staring in I always go for the live action version of tangled even if I don’t look anything like rapunzel

Another fun one is where one of them is in a band and you have a friend who is dating one of the other members but you don’t like the band and you’re not shy in letting the other members know that and it turns into an enemies to lovers thing but I haven’t really developed it because halfway through I ended up changing it with the fact that they befriend one of the members and like fall for them but the band member like ‘gets around’ and it makes them jealous until they drunkingly confess it made them jealous this one’s a bit of a mess and is tipping into a 2012 wattpad story but it was how I got back into my 5sos phase two years ago because I felt icky about them but I’m still a slut for Calum 😭

Another one I love is moving abroad to study or whatever (idk I just always need a reason to be in America/Uk because there’s no one here in australia) and you make friends with someone who turns out to be related to someone really famous (insert whoever you want) and you meet them and you think they’re the hottest person you’ve ever seen and you get drunk to gain confidence to talk to them and you’re like unashamedly flirting with them and they think it’s cute and you’re funny but the whole little plot twist is that you don’t know they’re famous (famous people love that, trust me, I have about 10 wattpad stories in my library that can prove this) !! And the don’t believe you don’t know they’re famous !! Anyways I took it in a sugar daddy direction but each to their own!

Specifically for Harry Potter though, you ask?

Currently I am obsessed with Regulus Black and for about the past two weeks I’ve been obsessed with the idea of James potter sibling x regulus black enemies to lovers story and then about a week ago I found an actually good wattpad story about it?!?! (I have recommended it here with warnings but I really encourage you to read it if you’re not a minor) but you can also do your own version because I am still doing my own version and will continue to do my own version tonight even if I am obsessed with the wattpad one !! Currently I am up to post Hogwarts and her and regulus are trying to defeat Voldemort and regulus tells her that Peter is going to betray James and so ofc she tells James but James is like ‘how to do you even know this??’ And he is so afraid and gets angry at her and it’s really dramatic and she tells him she’s dating regulus and then he gets super mad at her because she’s dating like one of the most well known and loyal death eaters (even if regulus is sneakily trying to destroy Voldemort) and because he didn’t tell her and it’s very dramatic

My favourite Sirius black idea is also a James potters sibling one, but I never have any good ideas for it and just end up self projecting so if anyone has any ideas, I am begging you, please tell me !!!

My other Sirius black one is one I’ve been working on for like the last 4 years of my life and I probably should write it but who knows, but basically it’s a 10 things I hate about you x Harry Potter story where reader is about a year or so older than the marauders and she is like Kat Stratford (for people who haven’t watched it the best way to describe her is just an angry early 2000s feminist who is like anti dating and fun (kinda)) but she is Lily Evans sister!! And so Lily gets fed up of James constantly asking her out and makes an offhand comment that she’ll date him when her sister goes on a date with someone and James is like really?!? And Lily is like ‘sure’ because she knows her sister will never date anyone at Hogwarts so James tells the marauders and Remus is like ‘if anyone can take her on a date, it’s Sirius’ and Sirius is like ‘no, I’m stupid but not that stupid’ and James is like ‘please I’ll pay you’ and Sirius is easily bribed so he tries to get her to go on a date with him and like she doesn’t until she does and then finds out he only did it because James paid him but then they fall in love? Basically just 10 things I hate about you lol

My next one is with Draco Malfoy and all it is is that reader comes from a pure blood family and they’ve known each other since they were babies and it’s like basically destined they get married but she gets like really upset when he gets the mark which makes for a good cuddling and crying scene and like idk people are probably more creative than me but I just like reimagining scenes from hp but with this new character so like Poa when she gets angry at him about buckbeak or the bathroom scene (maybe she duels Harry?) and she’s so upset about Draco and comforts him, or helping him in sixth year and comforting him or the quidditch scene in the fifth book (weird note, but I’ve always headcannoned that my original character finds out about dumbledores army but doesn’t say anything and like the da knows she knows but she doesn’t tell Draco or maybe Draco finds out and gets angry at her?)

My other one is another Draco malfoy one where James and Lily live and she’s Harry’s younger sister (and Voldemort isn’t a thing) but like there’s still stereotypes and beliefs and such and like it’s obviously enemies to lovers and maybe they get prefect duties together ? (I am a sucker for this trope in Harry Potter) but then when they do date they try to hide it but Harry finds out but doesn’t say anything until they get into a fight at home and he is like ‘well at least I’m not fucking Draco malfoy behind everyone’s back) (in my head they aren’t fucking because they’re still in Hogwarts but you get the idea) and James and Lily are just like ‘WHAT?!’ Like idk I just think it’s funny imagining James and Lily finding out their kid is dating Draco and Lucius and narcissus finding out Draco is dating a potter - so many possibilities!

Update 6.10.21

I also have one for Charlie Weasley !! And basically you’re friends with the twins and like you go your whole Hogwarts life with the biggest crush on Charlie but like he low key doesn’t even know who you are and you want to become a healer and then after Hogwarts there is a position in Romania and you take it because you know Charlie’s there and at first he is like hmmm I think I know you and you explain you’re friends with the twins and obviously he falls in love with you I also took it in a nsfw direction where it’s like major innocence kink because Charlie is just such a dom to me and he like teaches you everything but he makes sure you’re happy and safe and it’s not really like serious sex you’re both just having fun and he kinda introduces you to dom/sub dynamics but you can do whatever is most comfortable

#I’m probably going to regret posting this #it’s a mess #but let me know if you do actually use any of them and how you change the story #and please feel free to share some of yours because I am running out of scenarios 😭😭 #scenarios

[whomst-art-thou-whomst-whomst]

10 Things that Have Not Happened in the Lost Tomb Series Canon But Definitely Have: My Super Legit Headcanons

1.) *prayer circle for pingxie*

2.) Pan Zi isn’t dead. He and Wu San Xing have retired to a village, all is going well, then of course his friggin nephew moves in down the road. With his “friends.”

3.) Once he accepts that “my nephew kinda went insane briefly and stole a kid, “Wu Erbai loves playing video games with Li Cu.

4.) Wu Xie got wasted one night and typed up a complete manuscript titled “Xiao Ge and Me.” Pangzi, also drunk, wrote the foreword. The manuscript has since disappeared but duplicates have been seen in the homes of Huo XiuXiu and (oddly enough) Zhang Rishan. Liu Sang loudly ridiculed the very idea but soon after was spotted at a cafe, reading what looked suspiciously like an autographed copy.

5.) Pangzi makes three different coffees every morning for Wu Xie, Xiao Ge, and himself. He personally prefers it plain and cheap, whatever is on sale—having decades of tomb raiding experience, he learned early that was often all you get and he got hooked on it. Wu Xie gets a spoonful of honey in his nice stuff (nice in the sense that Hei Xiazi brought it one day and smiled innocently “how much did you pay for it”). It’s one of Pangzi’s favorite things about this post-Thunder City life, the knowledge that when he looks up, Wu Xie will be absently swirling honey in his drink while reading at the table in the morning, all healthy and content. Xiao Ge stated (with his eyes, you know all the detailed and understandable communication he does with his eyes) that he has no need for special coffee. However, after a coffee cart mixup one day where he wound up with the wrong order, Xiao Ge privately developed a love for caramel macchiatos. Pangzi provides it in colorful mugs for him. He doesn’t say it aloud, but the monochromatic warrior with a sword who huddles up around his whipped cream topped mug? Adorable.

6.) Hei Xiazi once worked as a nanny.

7.) Zhang Rishan once heard a rumor that Wu Xie was going to be taking on an exploration soon and immediately closed the tea house indefinitely “for insurance reasons.”

8.) it’s not that Xiao Ge and Xie Yuchen don’t get along. They do! Really! There’s just…not much in common outside of Wu Xie. One is the monochrome-dressing pretty-faced leader of his family who had to grow up way too fast and has a weird bond with Hei Xiazi and the other—oh wait. Once they figure this out, there are tentative, occasional lunches. Hei Xiazi is never invited and shows up every time.

9.) Wang Meng has invested really well over the years and doesn’t actually need to work for Wu Xie, he just sticks around because this moron keeps wandering off and needs supervision and for someone to deal with accountants (after The Incident of 2019, wherein some accountant got so enraged with Wu Xie’s, well, personality that he unwisely made a vague and meaningless threat over the speakerphone to “beat your ass” and then spent a week feeling like he was being watched from several rooftops wherever he went).

10.) Xiao Bai started the tea house rumor, made and distributed the copies of the Xiao Ge and Me manuscript, and alerted Xiao Ge to the accountant situation. Wu San Xing is oddly charmed by her whenever they meet.

#whomst #ultimate note #the lost tomb #wu xie #dmbj #pingxie

[alto-march-of-death]

I’m so excited to get this posted!! This is my first collab and there’s some big names on there so I was super nervous but!! I love the way it turned out!

Summary: Akaashi plans a fun surprise for Valentine’s Day! Tsukishima makes a cameo but he’s only there to help the story move forward. Hope you like scavenger hunts as much as I do!

Pairing: Akaashi Keiji x female parts reader

WC: 2.2k

Warnings: just a touch a soft sex; Akaashi calls you “love”; mentions of alcohol and a little bit of drinking

Collab can be found here!

Why you and Akaashi had decided to set the bed up where the sun shone right in your face as it rose was truly beyond you. What were the two of you thinking? Surely if you shuffled some things around, the bed would be in a better place. Maybe the sun wouldn’t wake you up the moment it peaked over the horizon.

You turned to tell Akaashi as much, but stopped short when you noticed he wasn’t there. You gave his empty spot a pat, just to ensure he wasn’t actually there, and felt something vaguely paper-like.

You pull yourself up into a sitting position, grabbing for the paper. After rubbing the sleep from your eyes, you took a minute to read over it.

Good morning, love. I’m sure the sun woke you up bright and early like it always does. We should really look into moving the bed. You smile at that before continuing to read; he was always one step ahead of you. I’m sure you’re wondering where I am. Not to worry, it’s all a part of my master plan. Do you remember the place we first met? Not our first date, but the very first place we met. Go there. They’ll tell you what to do from there.

You hum in thought. The very first place would have to be… What was it? It had been so long since the two of you had first met.

Vaguely, a memory comes to you. You were working the late shift at the library when someone came up to ask for some help. You remember thinking he was very pretty, extremely handsome, and soft-spoken. That first night he talked to you hadn’t been the last either. He continued to come see you during your late shifts too. It was when you told him your last night working at the library was coming up, that he finally asked you on a date.

To the library, then. Once you had gotten dressed, you made your way there, feeling giddy and excited from this little scavenger hunt.

Your old boss greeted you when you came in, handing you another letter without much fuss. She did comment that if you didn’t “snag that boy” for yourself, she would happily do so for herself. You were fairly sure she was being serious about it too.

You opened the next letter, not even having to think much about where to go next once you finished reading.

Hello again, love. If you’re reading this, it means you remember all those late nights I visited you at the library. For your next location, go to the place we had our first date. Give them my name when you get there. Your order is already put in and you just have to pick it up.

With the two letters in hand, you made your way to the coffee shop. There were a bunch of couples out and about, flowers and chocolates in hand, as they wandered around in each other’s company. Seeing it made your heart warm. While you wished Akaashi were here with you, this whole elaborate plan he had was just as good.

You entered the coffee shop then, heading to the pick-up counter. They asked for your name - though you of course gave Akaashi’s - and they handed over your usual order of an iced coffee and lemon loaf, along with your third letter.

This one went rather quick, I’m sure. Now that your hand is frozen from your coffee, but your appetite is curbed, your next destination is the place I fell in love with the way you laugh. You toss your head back, your mouth stretches into the biggest grin… It’s truly beautiful. I realized this after we got chased by those ducks.

Thankfully, the last line clued you in on the location. The park where the two of you liked to walk wasn’t too far and was, unfortunately, the place where you had been chased by ducks. He had taken your hand, pulling you along until they were no longer interested in running after you. You’d laughed, half out of breath and he had smiled softly at you, apparently falling in love with the loud cackle you’d let out.

As you approached the park, you noticed an older man with a teddy bear sitting on a bench. He saw you approaching and gave a small wave. “You’re the one Akaashi left these for?” You nod, taking the bear and envelope. “One lucky lady you are to have a guy like that.”

The older man walked on, leaving you to read over your letter.

Hello, love. Me again. You’re about halfway through, I’d say. Or at least close to it. Do you remember our first Christmas together? You know when we went to the museum because they had that historically accurate display about the wise men? It was snowing, and I fell in love with the way the flakes caught in your hair.

You rub a strand of hair between your fingers, finding that your heart beats just the smallest fraction faster knowing it’s something he fell in love with.

Pushing that thought aside so you could get to your next destination, you began to make your way to the museum. It wasn’t too busy today, though there were a few people making their way through the exhibits.

At the front desk, you notice a somewhat familiar face. Tsukishima Kei, one of Akaashi’s friends made back in high school, was manning the desk. He gave you a small wave, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

“Hey there, stranger.” You lean your elbows on the desk and he gives you a droll stare. “What are you doing here?”

Tsukishima pulls an envelope from under the desk. “I got asked to come here to help the staff for a couple of weeks. They needed the support. Lucky for Akaashi, I am available to give you this. So here’s your letter. Go and be in love or whatever.” If you didn’t know any better, you’d say he didn’t really care about helping his friend. But you do know him, and know that, despite his words, he was having just as much fun with this as you and Akaashi were.

You opened the envelope, giving it a read. Your cheeks flush reading it, but the words inside make your feet move without much thought.

My love, this is the final one. I fell in love with the taste of your lips for the umpteenth time on the first night in our new apartment. It was the same night that I fell in love with how you loved me on that ugly, raggedy couch. I can’t wait for you to come home.

The words of the letter itself played in your mind on a loop the entire walk back home. Your scavenger hunt adventure had taken you the majority of the day, which was fine with you. It made you happy knowing he had put so much thought and plan into this, especially since it was for you.

By the time you arrived in front of your door, your nose was cold, and you were hungry again, but another envelope on the door made you pause.

That last one was the final clue for your hunt. This is the last letter. I suppose I could have worded that a little better, but it’s okay. I fell in love with you the first moment I saw you; I just didn’t know it yet. Come into our home like the way you came into my heart; slowly but with conviction. I’ll be waiting.

Akaashi turns when he hears the key in the doorknob. You were home, right on time. Your shoes were slipped off, placed exactly where you always left them, and the things from your scavenger hunt were placed on the table near the door.

Akaashi waits patiently by the dinner table, albeit a little fidgety. He pulls at his fingers, nervous to hear your thoughts on his hunt. “Hello, love. I have dinner for you.”

You smile upon seeing him, and he does the same. His eyes take in your cold-induced flush, wind blown hair, and tired but guileless expression. He begins to worry. Did you hate it? Did you think it was a waste of time?

“Akaashi, I had such a great time today! That was so fun.” He visibly relaxes, tension receding from his body. “You made dinner too? And there’s wine? You went all out, huh?”

He gives you a kiss on the cheek and pulls your chair out, gesturing for you to sit. “It’s your favorite too. I don’t think it’ll be as good since you didn’t make it, but I tried my best.”

“I’m sure it tastes wonderful. Although,” you say, taking a sip from your wineglass, “I can just wash it down with this if it doesn’t.”

He takes his own seat, asking you about your day. Obviously he knows what you did, considering he planned it, but he wants to know what you thought of it.

You tell him, including all of the comments from the people you encountered, and all of the different couples you saw. Your story is finished before the food and wine are gone, but the two of you continue to talk.

It’s when you’re talking that he realizes his eyes haven’t left your lips in a while. He stands suddenly, startling you. In seconds, he’s pulled you up, hands going up to hold your cheeks between them.

They’re warm beneath his palms, whether from the alcohol or the surprise, he wasn’t entirely sure. What he did know was that he wanted you, and wanted you now. His lips find yours, a bit sloppy and messy. You find that you don’t particularly mind that as he moves his hands to your waist, guiding you back towards the bedroom.

Akaashi trips, too busy focusing on you to really pay attention to where his feet are landing as he steps. Your lower back gets hit by the doorknob as you make it to the bedroom.

“Sorry,” he mumbles against your lips. “Thought the door was open.”

You shake your head, reaching behind you to open it. “It’s okay, come on.”

Akaashi lets you take his wrist and pull him to the bed. It’s slow going and kisses pressed into warm skin as the two of you shed your clothes, tossing them aside.

He gives your shoulder a gentle push, laying you back against the bed. His fingers trace lightly over your breast, raising goosebumps wherever they roam. You let out a sigh, back arching for something, anything more.

Akaashi gives you a soft smile, places a kiss where your collarbones meet, and then continues placing the gentlest of kisses down your chest.

He uses one of his knees to spread your legs enough for him to rub his fingers between your slick folds. A breathy moan echoes through the room, letting him know he’s okay to continue.

Akaashi kisses you as he rubs your clit, small circles against the bud that have you lifting your hips from the bed. If he could cum just from the way you moan into his mouth, he definitely would have just now.

Once you can no longer handle the feeling of not having him inside you, you bring one of your hands up, caressing his cheek. “Please, ‘Kaashi?”

Who was he to tell you no? He adjusts his position, rubbing the head of his cock against your folds. You gasp in pleasure once he finally enters you, and he bites his lip to keep the groan he lets out under control.

Once he bottoms out, he brushes some hair from your face, smiling down at you. “Let me know when you’re ready, love.”

You give yourself time to adjust, then give him a nod. He begins moving his hips, thrusting into you softly. One of his hands finds yours, threading your fingers with his own. He leans down onto his other elbow, placing kisses against your jaw, your neck, any place he can.

Akaashi can tell he’s going to finish soon, and if the way your breath has sped up is any indication of your own end, you’re close too. He kisses a spot in front of your ear before whispering, “I love you. Now and always.”

Your hips lift up to meet his, a soft cry tumbling from your lips as you cum. He finds himself unable to stop the stuttering of his own hips as you clench around him, and reaches his peak not soon after.

After taking a moment to catch his breath, he lays down beside you, pulling his softening cock out before doing so. You snuggle close into his side and press your lips to the area right above his heart. “I love you too Akaashi, always and forever.”

He hums in acknowledgment, running his fingers through your hair until you fall asleep. Your soft snores and even breaths bring him comfort, causing his own eyes to droop. The last thought that crosses his mind before falling asleep himself is of the small ring box sitting in the dresser. Not tonight, but soon, he thinks to himself. We’ll have forever.

Thanks for reading! ❤️

#al’s writing #collab fic #love club server collab #akaashi #akaashi keiji #akaashi x reader #akaashi x y/n #akaashi keiji x reader #akaashi keiji x y/n #akaashi x you #akaashi keiji x you #haikyuu #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu x y/n #haikyuu x you #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu smut #cw alcohol #tw alcohol

[hanazou]

Hi! Could I ask for Dazai, Ranpo, Kunikida/Atsushi with an s/o who frequently picks their skin/scabs/scalp. My psychologist, mom, and I are pretty confident that I have ASD, and it's a relatively common stim. This can also happen with ADHD, OCD, and anxiety disorders -- I'm not sure if this suggestion is too centered around a reader’s identity! (Also, it's not intentional self-harm; it relieves stress and boredom, but just happens to cause damage :/ If you're uncomfortable, I understand) Thx! <3

dazai, ranpo, and atsushi and a lover who constantly picks skin/scalp/scab.

📜 Books : Dazai | Ranpo | Atsushi

📜 Word count : 2.3k

📜 Shelf : Paperback

📜 Category : Headcanons

📜 Genre : Fluff, with a tiny hint of angst with Dazai and Atsushi

📜 Caution : Vague mentions of disorders and insecurities

📜 Note : Don't worry, @my-introvert-hideout! I'm not uncomfortable nor is this too specific. In fact, I had so much fun writing this! I chose Atsushi (because I kin him I resonate with him better), I hope this does your suggestion justice. I apologize if any of these is inaccurate.

Enjoy your books! 💛

Dazai Osamu

He's an ex Port Mafia executive and currently employed as a detective. Never doubt that he'll catch on your habit the first time you display it around him. But only when things are official between you two will he take an action about it.

With his background and quick wits, Dazai knows a lot about the quirks people can have, where they came from, and why they do it. By judging from your expression and slights of movements, he knows that it's caused by your certain conditions and nothing like deliberately inflicting pain on yourself. After all, he's well accustomed to self harm itself too, and he doesn't see it in you, not that way.

Dazai's understanding on your habit will be more personal rather than analytical--because of his self destructive tendencies. He can relate to you in this aspect, but whether this is a bad or good news is completely up to your personal interpretation.

Only after things become official between you both that he steps his feet into ‘that’ zone, deciding now he has the right to interfere. He's the type of guy that perceives intervening with issues like this requires a special established relation with you beforehand, if not, who is he to say anything?

Dazai doesn't mind that you never took the initiative to tell him first, what matters that is he knows and he has for long. He'll take his chance of intervention when you start picking yourself again, but only when it's just the two of you around. If you're with the other ADA members or within a crowd, he'll just figure out something to distract you and do it subtly.

The private moment will come sooner than you think. With a swift move that escaped your eyes, he has taken your hand hostage. "Nuh-uh," He cooed. "You're prone to injure your pretty skin."

His direct words will push you off guard. You'll notice that he knows about your quirk, maybe get a little shy from not realizing that he knows if you're the shy type of person.

Dazai is a clingy guy and even more so as a boyfriend, your habit will only give him a legitimate reason to hold your hand wherever you two go. Your hands will sweat from constantly holding his. He will definitely use it as an advantage to tease you too.

"I have to go to the bathroom, can I trust your hand or do I have to keep holding it?"

You will literally throw his hand away. "What th—Go by yourself."

Dazai has loads of tricks up his sleeve, and combined with his knowledge, he knows more than one or two or three methods to help you. Whether they are effective or not depends entirely on you and your condition. Sometimes his tricks are so subtle that you didn't even realize until you think back about it.

Assuming you're thinking of seeking help from experts, Dazai will be totally with the idea. "I can feel your earnest effort for this, I'm glad for you."

He'll take you to your appointments and wait for you, and sometimes walk you back home, which is also another trick to ditch work and piss Kunikida off. Two birds with one stone, right? :)

Expect him to shower you with loving words after every session. Maybe it will even make you feel corny. But truth be told, he'll deeply ponder about your condition, you, and himself. He's well aware of his nihilism and ponders whether the words he said are genuine or just part of the new personality he adopted when he left Port Mafia that sometimes run on autopilot.

(aka he suspects he's not being totally earnest with his sweetness)

If it's the latter, the corny lovey dovey words will double as an effort to help you and himself. Don't blame Dazai too much, he has trouble differentiating between what’s good and bad (as what was said by my man Oda), but at least he's trying hard for your sake.

When you show some progress, he will be so expressive in praising you. His self doubt or whatever it is, that can wait. His darling comes first.

Dazai will give a hug or two and other romantic stuffs like that even if you're in public. He's a tease and you know you love it. If you especially get embarrassed about it, he'll try to fluster you even more. Is it to distract you or himself? Nobody knows.

Edogawa Ranpo

This Yokohama's best detective is well versed in a lot of things, psychological conditions included. If you have any condition at all, it doesn't take him long at all to understand it. Nothing escapes his pretty green eyes.

Ranpo's approach will be the opposite of Dazai. His will be more analytical rather than emotional or personal.

In the scenario where you don't feel too confident about your condition, you might be constantly worrying Ranpo will make a blunt comment about it. But trust me, you don't have to worry anything about it with this guy. He’s straightforward, but he’s not rude.

Even if Ranpo hasn't had any personal experiences of feeling/witnessing this sort of thing firsthand, you can count on him to be knowledgeable about it, although his words won't be exactly delicate. He knows that some people have problems if it's addressed boldly and he knows where the line for him lays.

Ranpo is the type of guy to think that if you never told him about it, then that's your decision and it's nothing to make a fuss about/make complaints for, but he's not going to pretend he doesn't notice. He doesn’t hold back his tongue.

He will treat this situation slightly akin to a case for him to solve. Why? Because first of all, he’s your boyfriend. Who else is better fitted to take care of you and analyze the root cause? Second, because of that personal attachment with you, he will feel the obligation to step in.

When nobody is in the agency office since they don't slack off like him, he'll stretch back against his chair, hands behind his back, and call out your name who stayed behind to assist and babysit him.

"Won't you hurt yourself if you keep doing that?" He asks, his sharp eyes closed. Blunt questions are his signature. You will instantly freeze, only realizing that you were going off with your habit.

You won't feel the need to explain it, because you know that he knows, and he knows that you know he knows (do I make sense? this sounds like that one Dazai and Fyodor meme)

"If you want, I know some ways to help and I'm acquainted with some experts." He says easily, stuffing his mouth with chips. After he swallows, only then his green eyes opens. "You're hurting yourself, you know that?"

I'm not going to sugar-coat his personality. If you want heartfelt, supportive, and warm words, talk to Kenji or Yosano because you won't hear it from Ranpo. But the brighter side is that Ranpo is a very good listener and offers practical suggestions that you know are fool-proof. With each word you vent to him, the more methods spring up in his head to help. Lucky of you to have him!

If you agree to seek professional help or his own, he's a different kind of romantic than Dazai who knows how to swoon you off your feet. Ranpo’s praise won’t be like Dazai’s (since receiving conventional praises is his thing), but he'll say something rather indirect like "Good for you. Nobody knows what's best for you other than yourself, not even me."

After your sessions are over for the day, Ranpo will gift you his favourite snacks. Chips, cookies, ice creams, jellies, sodas. Do you know how lucky you are if Ranpo gives you his favourite snacks? Mostly it's because he's not confident in sweet talks so he's hoping that you'll get the gist of what he's trying to do.

Heck, he'll even wait for you (partially because he doesn't know how to go home by himself, but that's not the point) quietly without whining that it's taking too long. To occupy himself, sometimes he'll bring some papers of the cases Fukuzawa gave him and solve interesting cases. But when you emerge from the door, everything is forgotten and his attention is fully back to you.

"Oh, you're finally finished!" He springs back up to his feet, arms expanded.

I encourage you to tell him about your sessions. He'll compliment you in his own ways believe me.

"My super deduction concludes that you did well." He says as you pop out the popsicle he gave, a cheeky grin on his face. Oh, you one lucky fella.

On the way back to the agency, presumably on a train, if you're getting better, Ranpo will definitely smile cheekily to himself, prideful of you and him.

"I'm always right, after all." He says. "What do you think, aren't I such a great boyfriend and detective? You're lucky to have this combination all for yourself!"

Damn right you are.

Nakajima Atsushi

This will be slightly lengthy.

In terms of discovering this quirk of yours, Atsushi's approach will be different than Dazai and Ranpo's. If anyone is insecure about this one aspect in your relationship, it will be Atsushi.

Let's be frank, Atsushi's abused background didn't let him know much about the world, disorders/special needs included. We're talking about the boy whose first idea of survival was to jump on strangers. He was thrown into the real world without any experience and minimum social skills, it's almost impossible he immediately clicks on the reason behind your habit.

Despite so, Atsushi will notice it, weretiger senses used or not. Growing up abused, he was forced to notice the microexpression changes on people’s face and their quirks/habits as a defense mechanism in case he earns someone's ire (remember about the infiltration mission with Akutagawa on Rats of the House of the Dead when he said he can hear when someone’s mind snaps). Even though he believes you will never pose a harm to him ever, he couldn't help but to overthink every single little thing you do. He just can’t help it.

Constantly picking your scalp/scab/skin makes him free fall to the assumption that you're anxious around him since he knows that people sometimes fidget when they feel unsafe. At first, he thought that you're nervous around him. Is it because he's a weretiger? Because you don't trust him? Because you think of him as a hindrance?

This sweet boy thinks a lot about you. You basically live in his head rent free, and ever since he noticed your habit, you will quickly climb up the ranks of things-Atsushi-overthinks.

He will address you about his insecure thoughts after they're brewed aka rotted his brain long enough

When you're picking your skin, Atsushi will call your name softly as he fidgets. "Are you, maybe, uncomfortable around me?"

The confusion you will feel. "What?"

The conversation will spin around how and why that thought even popped out, and because of mutual confusion, it will take a while until you're like "OH. That's why."

You will have to explain it but he's not that dense as to he'll keep asking "Huh?" As I mentioned, anxiety is his old friend. He understands very well the constant need of having to pick to ground yourself and alleviate the intruding thoughts.

He will apologise for assuming things himself, maybe overreact a little, blaming himself for thinking things are about him when it’s actually about you, and he will be very tender about it. After all that, he will do everything in his power to help with your condition.

Atsushi will keep your hands busy by holding it before you start picking yourself, gently, but firmly. He will use his heightened senses to pick on the signs before you pick your skin/scalp/scab and try to distract you by doing anything.

Remember that one scene of his entrance test where he panics, not knowing what to say to Tanizaki? yeah he will be like that.

"AAH! Look! A cat!"

Then Atsushi will get more creative. He will not hesitate to spend the money from his cute wallet to buy lotion/moisturiser for your skin that smells so good (thank you for your help to guide him pick it, Kyouka), hoping it will help you. Maybe he'll get you gloves to match his own (matching couple things are never outdated). You won't pick on your fingers that way.

If you ever want to talk about your condition, please, share it with him. I insist. He insists. It's a win-win solution for both of you. His faith that you truly treasure and believe in him will harden (helps with his self esteem), and you get to throw off the load burdening you down.

He also feels it's his responsibility, part of that is because of his Headmaster's words, but mostly because he treasures you that much. If he caught you picking again, he'll become super worried and so guilt ridden.

If you decide to seek professional help, he will be 100% supportive. I won't sugar-coat again—Atsushi will detect his disappointment at himself for not being enough to help you on his own, but at the same time he's also realistic. He knows that he doesn't have what it takes by himself.

His Headmaster's words will echo again, again, and again. "You failed to help your own lover? Have this orphanage taught you nothing—have I not taught you anything? Will you ever amount to any good?"

He will fight it back harder than usual because now, it's about you. He can't afford to fail you, especially you. If you do talk about your condition to him, it will calm him down by a lot.

In short, your condition impacts Atsushi more that you ever thought. Please support each other.

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I need spoilers for episodes 5 and 6. They've got to be out there. I can't take two more weeks of this.

I think what's giving me this vaguely ill feeling, right now, is the sinking realization that there was no grander plan behind Loki's getting drunk, breaking the Timepad, just general kinda incompetent behavior. There were theories and there were hints and subtext and it amounted to nothing.

Cut for spoilers/negativity, sorry.

Basically I'm getting major "that opening scene in IW was just too full of holes, the-sun-will-shine-on-us-again, one little dagger, Loki has to have something up his sleeve - oh .... no, no he's really dead, there was no greater plan" flashbacks.

It's so incredibly frustrating for Loki's narrative to come so close to something profound, again and again, only to swing and miss at the last second. The pieces are there. The threads are there. And tptb keep choosing to just ... sit on them, bc idk, it's easier for Loki's complexity to remain unexplored?

Tom says that episodes 4 and 5 are where the series takes off and I'm just like, you can't wait until the second to last episodes to have something happen! You've been dropping breadcrumbs since episode 1 - episodes 4 and 5 are where you start to sweep them up! You've only got 6 total!

Also, I was really interpreting Loki having confused friendship with romance, bc that's what makes the most sense for his character but then there was this, and the aforementioned 'oh so this really is just surface-level material and I shouldn't even waste my time examining the subtext and context clues' feeling occurs. (Note - this article isn't overly flattering to Loki, bc of course it isn't, so just be aware of that before reading.)

So, yeah, it's just - it's not exactly the content of this episode that has me so upset. I can live with bad plots and dangling threads. Lord knows I tolerate other, arguably much more terrible tv shows for the sake of the parts I like (Reign, Once Upon a Time, a few seasons of Pretty Little Liars, just to name a few).

It's not the content. It's the refusal of tptb to take Loki's character to the depths he deserves, especially since they promised us that this series would really explore his identity and his gender and all of these things that the fandom mostly has wanted. It's frustration in the overall way the surface-level plot makes Loki's characterization suffer. And it's definitely the trigger of those feelings of heartbreak and fury and denial and grief that followed IW. I practically have ptsd from that death scene.

(I realize that these are hefty words to use to describe one's reaction to fiction, especially in the sense that an emotional downward spiral is being legitimately triggered by a tv show, but - look, everyone already knew I was cringe, okay, so leave me alone with my feelings.)

I think that if the show had more episodes, there would have been hope for it? Like all the breadcrumbs that have been dropped implied lots of fascinating things to be explored, but they just didn't have room to explore them as thoroughly as they'd need to in order for all of it to have an impact. Loki/Sylvie does not feel earned. Mobius turned on the TVA super quickly (so did B-15, for that matter). Ravonna went from kinda sus to outright villain in, like, ten minutes. And Loki and Mobius's friendship didn't exactly come out of nowhere, bc it was set up as the outcome from the first episode (in my opinion) but it did happen much too quickly. It wasn't earned, either. And the reason I'm harping on this is because these are all really good character journeys that could have been done so much better - yeah, even Loki/Sylvie - if they had just paced them better, used more of their own subtext, and had a few more episodes in which to develop the characters alongside the complicated plot.

(Yeah, there may be a season 2, but I'm not here for waiting a whole nother year or so for it to be filmed, produced, and released only for it to continue to ultimately not meet my expectations.)

So, yes. I'm sorry for the negativity; I realize I went from "hey I mostly liked this! It wasn't that bad!" to "I will ragequit and kill everyone in this story and then myself" in, like, a few hours but - well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'll most likely rewatch it again tonight. I may or may not cry it out and then do my best to enjoy the remaining two episodes for what they are, not for what they could or might be. Once the rawness of all of this fades, I'll focus on the things I liked and come up with my own headcanons, I suppose. Or maybe I'll overall change my mind again. Idk. Whatever. I just need a glass of wine and a few more xanax tbh. (Great. Now fiction is going to give me a drug problem as well lmfao.)

Also - it is actualy really, really funny that, if you think about it, it turns out that a fanfic by Tom isn't actually all that good. (I'm being facetious, but the general sentiment is true.) I'm sorry, Tom. I know you're excited about this and you said this episode was your favorite, so I hope you don't see some of these reactions (either here, or on twitter, or reddit, or wherever he may end up) and feel bad about yourself/your project. I guess there's just no universal cup of tea for everybody.

#loki tv series spoilers #loki spoilers #loki series spoilers #loki series negativity #loki pokey artichokey #no i will not be accepting constructive criticism #(but i mean if this makes you mad and you wanna come at me feel free; i could do with #verbally eviscerating someone. i think it'd make me feel better) #(also i'm not joking - if episode 5/6 spoilers leak or have leaked please link me) #tag rambles