#to be fair we talked to him for about 6 seconds total

[parkerpeter24]

hi hi for the winter blurbs: mcu!Peter, prompt list 1: 6&8 (idk if I sent it right but you get it)

you sent it right bestie 🥰

pairing: mcu!peter x reader

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“one normal christmas, that’s all i wanted.”

usually peter found his aunt, may, to be pretty chill. never ever scolding him even for silly mistakes. not even the time he tried to cook popcorn for movie night and almost burnt the house. but right now she looked fed up, almost worried.

it was only fair, she had been working her ass off at feast and it got pretty tough around the holiday season what with the freezing winter and snowfall.

plus he’d given her more than one reason to be mad. he was barely home– going on patrols anytime he wasn’t busy with homework. he often forgot to bring back groceries that may had asked him to and now he had messed up the postcards. she had reminded him four times to post them before the twenty third so that the cards reached everyone on time, but now it was the evening of twenty fourth and all the postcards were kept on the table, untouched since they had been left by her.

peter felt guilt eating at him as he apologised to her.

she sighed, looking at her nephew’s saddened expression, “it’s fine. i guess it’s fine if the cards are a few days late.” she gave him a kind look, returning to her usual self.

“are you sure because i can-” peter stumbled upon his words before getting cut off mid sentence from the sound of the doorbell ringing. the brunette stared at the door for a second before hopping up quickly, “i’ll get it.”

opening the door, he found you with a big grin and two bags in your hands, “merry christmas eve!” you grinned and instantly your arms were around peter. he noticed the snowfall outside and quickly invited you in.

“did you walk here in this cold weather?” your boyfriend asked, his eyes wide and you shrugged.

“cold never bothered me anyway.” you chuckled and went over to greet may and she smiled as you hugged her.

peter’s heart swelled when he noticed how you’d managed to completely change the whole mood of the room just by being in it. you handed one of the bags to may, “i got you a christmas sweater!”

his aunt smiled, taking the bag from your hands and digging in. she pulled out a grey sweater with a red banner in front that read ‘it’s the time to be jolly’ and the twelve reindeers dragging santa’s sleigh. may laughed, looking at the sweater, “thank you, sweetie. you didn’t have to do this.”

“except that i absolutely did!” you grinned and pulled out another sweater from the second bag, “and i got one for peter too.” this one was a green one with lots of candy canes and snowmen printed over it.

peter reached out to take the sweater from your hands and smiled at it, “thanks, i really love this.”

you looked at the postcards placed on the table and then the two of them, “i’m sorry if i interrupted you guys… what were you talking about-”

“nothing important! it was nothing important.” peter quickly interjected, punctuating his sentence with an awkward chuckle, “anyway… how about we go make some hot chocolate?”

“and watch some nice movies! may, you should totally join us.” you smiled at her, taking off your coat to reveal your own red christmas sweater, a huge christmas tree with glimmering lights upon it, making peter laugh.

thankfully, may agreed to your suggestion and the three of you sat on the couch, each with a cup of hot chocolate, spending the best christmas eve– as peter would claim later– and the postcards stayed forgotten for one more day.

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#peter parker #peter parker x reader #peter parker imagine #peter parker fanfiction #peter parker fluff #peter parker x y/n #tasm peter x reader #mcu peter parker #mcu spiderman #spider man

[sagittato]

This is my first post and it’s gonna be low effort because I swear I can’t get this off my mind—

Do people from twisted wonderland realize how much Azul Ashengrotto could potentially look up at Vil Schoenhiet??? ONLY @jxnebuggy ACKNOWLEDGES THIS IN HER fem!twst FANFICS AND IT DRIVES ME INSANE!!!

Vil is a successful, confident, drop dead gorgeous fashion icon. He has a whole business for cosmetics because he’s so gorgeous. He’s very skilled in potion making, so much so bro makes his OWN makeup. He has a strict diet he follows and it’s clearly gving him the results he wants. Vil Schoenheit is everything Azul wants to be!! On top of that, Vil is Azul’s bloody UPPERCLASSMAN.

And does everyone forget how Azul literally info dumped about the man in Book 5 Chapter 2?? Nobody talks about it. They’re too busy headcannoning Sebek or Riddle or Floyd to be neurodivergent af (jkjk)!! Such a shame Vil told him to stfu but in his own pretty, 3w4-coded ways😔😔

Azul has shown before he will invest inhumane amounts of time into things he thinks are important. An example of this is in his birthday jackect card, he talked in a fair amount of detail about the quality of the pillow Ace gave him. He could do this because he researched ON pillow qualities.

It’s likely when he was trying to step up his game with success or diet, he stumbled upon Vil, researched the frick out of this guy, and lo and behold became a fan of his.

Some honourable mentions are when he made a deal with Vil in his ceremonial robes. I haven’t seen it because I wanna save the feeling of raw happiness with these two characters interacting once I get the card. If we didn’t see Azul show any sort of fan behaviour when Vil made that deal then I firmly believe he was kicking, giggling, twirling his hair off camera behind closed doors over it. Then I do hear in the second Camp Vargas event, Azul and Vil had some more interactions! I thiiiiiiink they were getting competitive with each other??? That changes nothing from my ignorant eye. It’s NRC. Everyone is really competitive and will turn on each other’s backs faster than Leona can fall asleep (bro’s actually depressed, I swear).

Anyway, I think it’s only right I list my headcanons now for them:

Azul gobbles up any dietary/beauty tips Vil has

Azul uses Vil’s makeup brand that’s probably vegan

He also collects Vil’s magazines and puts them all in a box hidden away in his closet or under his bed

Vil probably finds him annoying💀💀💀 (what can I say? he has a reputation for not stfu around higher class people)

Elaborating on that, Vil does respect his success but I bet he can see the unhealthy greed that lies under it all. Thus, that’s prolly a reason why he would try to distance himself away from Azul.

BADLY wants to collaborate with Vil because Mostro Lounge profits would soar if they did. Knowing his bold arse he probably made the request at least thrice and Vil shut him down each time. He’s obviously not gonna stop because we all know him. (never back down never what—)

Yes, I know he canonically looks up to Ursula, but I think he would like someone… yknow… alive to look up to.

Keep in mind I’m only on Book 5 Chapter 29 as of this moment so it’s totally possible I missed some things! Leave your opinions, headcanons, or anything else in the comments, I’d love to see them! Do leave spolier warnings though. That way I can decide whether I wanna spoil things first myself or not.

EDIT: I already fixed it but did I really just say book 6 😭😭😭 i meant book 5 i am so sry hdgdhjjjdhdjj

#azul ashengrotto #vil schoenheit #i’m procrastinating #the world needs to know how great the azul & vil duo is #first post #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland rant

[eddies-whoreee]

Will you be continuing 'I can make you Scream?'

Ch.3 - The County Fair

Series Summary: There has been a recent string of your murders in your small town. Everyone, including you, is freaking out. You and your friends stay close together, as time goes on the murders get more and more closer to you and the people you know. Soon you find out that the killer is who you least suspect and everything is not what it seems. You find yourself in a situation that you never thought would be possible, how will it end?

CW {for this chapter} : swearing, Tommy, and I think that’s it!!

Eddie drags you to the bumper carts, as you guys are waiting in line you feel a tap on your shoulder. You look back as does Eddie. "Hey sweetheart, see you downgraded to the freak" Tommy says with a laugh, you roll your eyes. "Fuck off Tommy this is getting real pathetic" you snap at him. "Oh, please the only thing pathetic is this beauty and the beast shit" he states gesturing at the two of you.

"You're the beast by the way" Tommy tells Eddie. "Hey, don't you have a girlfriend?" Eddie asks in a bitter tone. "Yeah? What about it" Tommy responds crossing his arms. "Why are you still worried about Y/n." Eddie questions giving Tommy a shove. You gasp slightly, Tommy is pulled back by someone. "Hey! Walk away or else" Steve tells him shoving Tommy out of line. Tommy scoffs fixing his jacket and walking off.

"You guys okay?" Steve asks worriedly. "Aww worried about me Stevie" Eddie replies with a smirk. Steve rolls his eyes, "more so Y/n" Steve tells him playfully shoving Eddie's arm. Stacey comes up hugging Steve from behind poking her head out the side of him. "He's a jerk" Stacey says with a huff. You all move forward in the line. As Stacey and Steve have their own conversation.

You can tell Eddie is more quiet that usual. "Hey Eds, you know if we were dating you would be a total upgrade, right?" You speak looking at him. His face lights up and a smile creeps on his face. "Ya think so? You know I'm a freak, and apparently a beast" he states in a playful tone. You wrap your arms around his waist looking at him, then his lips. "Those all can be good things" you state with a devilish smirk. His smile widens, "yeah, they definitely can" he replies as you lay your head on his chest. He gives the top of your head a kiss, breathing in your fruity shampoo mixed with your perfume. To him it smelled like heaven.

Finally it was your guy's turn after 15 minutes waiting. That may not seem like long but when you have two teenage boys with ADHD it's not fun. "Us against those dweebs" Eddie whispers in your ear, making you giggle. You guys get into your cart. You personally are scared of the bumper carts, you hated crashing in to people especially with Eddie, you let him take the wheel and he would crash into everyone. But you love seeing him having so much fun, how his face would light up and let out a devilish cackle when he bumped into someone.

"You guys are so dead" Eddie taunts Steve and Stacey. Steve rolls his eyes, "yeah all talk" Steve snaps back mimicking talking with his hand. You shake your head knowing what's to come. "Lord please help me" you mumble with a smile. The ticket guy makes sure y'all are buckled in correctly.

Then he walks back to the station before starting the ride. You tuck your head between your arms. Eddie was absolutely wild, total dare devil. It scared you but you knew he would die protecting you so it made you feel safe in a way. After about 6 minutes with Eddie crashing into Steve and Stacey every 2 seconds. It had you screaming and laughing. Eddie was having the time of his life.

When it stopped Eddie was panting like he ran a marathon. He threw his hands up and cheered. You untucked your head from your arms. "You are insane" you tell him with a laugh. Eddie unbuckles himself and you. He helps you up. "I'm never going on that thing with you guys again!" Steve says shoving you two playfully. "Hey! I didn't do anything, that's all Eddie" you exclaim pointing at Eddie. He laughs and nods, "all me big boy" Eddie state proudly. "You're an absolute menace" you tell Eddie, he snakes a hand around your shoulder. "You love it, sweets" he responds, you nod agreeing.

You guys walk past a couple rides before you gasp and grab Eddie's hand. Pulling him over to the Ferris wheel. "Eddie we have to go on" you tell him. He rubs the back of his neck and look down. "Why don't we do something on the ground" he debates. You scoff smiling smugly. "Is the Eddie Munson scared of heights" you gasp dramatically. "I am not!" He states looking at his shoes.

"You so are" you poke his chest. "I'm not! It just like it could get stuck" he mumbles lying straight through his teeth. "C'mon please, I don't want to go alone, wanna do it with you" you pleadingly ask. He looks at your puppy dog eyes and then the ride. He sighs rubbing his head. "Only because you ask so nicely" he gives in. You squeal excitedly jumping up and down. "thankyouthankyouthankyou" you speak out dragging him to the line. He smiles at your excitement.

You guys give your tickets and then get seated and tied in. You clap your hands happily, you turn to Eddie and he is holding on to the sides, looking like he's going to vomit. "Jesus take the wheel" he mutters. "You don't believe in God" you laugh out. "Right now I do" he tells you breathing out a sign. "Hey! Good luck man let's hope you don't fall" Steve yells out teasingly. "Shut up dude I'm gonna fucking kill you when I get down" Eddie shouts back at him. "If you do make it down" Steve yells back, laughing at Eddie's reaction. Eddie flips him off.

You put your hand on Eddie's lower thigh rubbing it soothingly as you guys are lifted off the ground. His eyes shoot down to your hand as his breath hitches. "It's okay just look at how pretty it looks from up here" you say admiring the sight of the fair. "Not as-" Eddie tries to speak out but you stop him.

"Please don't say 'not as pretty as you', that's really corny" you tell him and he laughs. "How'd you know" he asks, "you're like the personification of corny" you respond. He nods agreeing. "But it's really cute" you tell him. He gives you goofy smile, "ya think?" He asks tilting his head to the side like a confused puppy, you giggle and nod.

"Well then I'll keep being corny" he states, "good." You say laying your head on his shoulder. He smiles to himself, you admire the stars as the start to creep in. "You know it almost looks as if Hawkins isn't a shithole" Eddie speaks, making you laugh. "Yeah, it looks halfway decent up here, like there isn't animal feces and trash scattered everywhere on the streets" you say smiling. "Or an old drunk or crackhead yelling at you for 'spare change'" he mocks a old and creepy voice making you laugh. " 'it's for food' then you bring them food and they flip you off" you chime in.

"I always told you not to but you insisted" Eddie responds. "Yeah well a good 2 times out of 10 they took it and thanked me profusely" you state lightly smacking his chest. "You were always too kind for this town.. hell for this world" he says looking down at you. "The whole world?" You ask, "yep! So much you couldn't imagine or your little head would explode" he says mimicking a explosion. You giggle and snuggle into his chest.

"Remember that time in 5th grade, you made me and Steve go to the local park and pick up all the trash, you insisted, you said 'we are dying each day that we let the world go like this, one day there will be so much trash, it will run the world'" he recalls mimicking a high pitch voice. "Hey! I don't sound like that" you laugh. "No, much prettier."

He states leaning his head back. "You and your climate change and pollution" he says smiling at the memory. "You guys played along though" you chime in. He nods, "we were scared of being beaten" he speaks, you gasp dramatically. "I did not beat you guys" you deny, "you didn't exactly nurture us" he debates scratching the back of his head with a laugh. "Oh please! You and Steve were wild you needed to be tamed somehow" You state.

"Oh yeah? Who put super glue on Mrs.Dwight's seat in 3rd grade?" He asks, "who give a 3rd grader a F on a page about how much she loves her mother? I tell you she had it coming" you respond, both of you break out in a fit of laughter. The ride ends shortly after you 2 recalling old pranks and antic you did together. You guys exit the ride, laughing like fools. Stumbling and speaking gibberish trying to make coherent words but being stopped by laughter. Steve stands there brows furrowed confused and honestly concerned. He crosses his arms, "what are you two howling about?" He questions.

"You had a toupée because—holy shit!— because I wanted to be a hair stylist and you let me cut you hair!" You choke out pointing to Steve, trying to contain your laughter. Eddie is cackling as he falls to the ground holding his stomach. He bumps into you causing you to topple over sitting next to him dying of laughter. "Alright haha funny I was bald for 2 summers, it was hell!" Steve exclaims shaking his head as a smile appeared on his face. Eddie and you came down from your fit of laughter. Letting out wheezes, Eddie hops up still laughing a little helping you up. You guys dust yourselves off.

"Ooo, I want funnel cake" Eddie states, "duhh that a must have at the fair, let's go!" You tell him. "You coming?" You turn asking Steve, "uh, I'll meet up with you guys in a minute Stacey is pissed about something gotta see if she's fine" he replies frowning. "Ditch that bitch" Eddie calls out in a funny voice, you gasp slightly smacking his chest.

"Okay see ya" you say giving him a pitiful smile. He nods jogging off. You turn to Eddie with a smile, " 'ditch that bitch' really? I swear your like 4" you giggle. He shrugs, "she's always bitching, Steve is always stressed around her, I mean he sees her at school, then at the Family Video because god forbid she gets a job that's not with Steve, then she is up his ass everywhere he wants to go" Eddie rants shaking his head.

"Oh! And Steve better not go somewhere that's not his house without her or she'll have a fucking hissy fit like a fucking 2 year old!" Eddie exclaims. "Someone sounds jealous" you joke, "I'm tired is what I am, I just want my best friend back" he says with a grin. "Yeah, it's sucks but it's how life is gotta just wait it out" you sigh. "Wait it out?" He asks curiously. "There's no way, Steve and Stacey stay together till homecoming" you reply. He smiles and nods. Then your phone rings and it's your mom, you hand Eddie some cash and tell him to get the funnel cakes and meet you at the table. He agrees, you sit down at an empty table that's for the most part clean.

"Hey sweetie, do you know what time you'll be home?" She asks almost worried. "Uh probably another hour or so why is everything okay?" You question. "Just really worried the town curfew is in 2 hours" she says, "I know mom, but seriously do you think a curfew is going to stop a killer from slashing us in our homes? No one even listens to that anyways" you reply. She sighs, "just be home by 8 okay?" She states. "Okay I will bye mom love you" you tell her and she says the same.

As you hang up setting your phone down and putting you head in your hands that rest on the table. Someone pokes you on you sides, you shriek. Eddie comes up behind laughing. He sets the cakes down. "That not funny asshole" you say playfully slapping his chest. "Oh it is" he speaks sitting across from you. "I hate you" you playfully state a smile creeping up on your face. "C'mon you love me" he says playfully pinching your cheek. You swipe his hand away. "Oh look Steve's coming and he's alone!" Eddie happily exclaims. You turn you head seeing Steve on the phone walking up, indeed alone.

"Yeah? Well fuck you too!" He states angrily pressing the hang up button. You try your best not to laugh. So you just cover your mouth. "Trouble in paradise?" Eddie asks jokingly. "Paradise, my ass. She's a fucking bitch I swear, I can't deal with her anymore" Steve exclaims. "She calls her dumbass brother telling him I don't want to give her a ride home, which is true but she didn't even ask me! So he's tryna get all tough guy with me. Stupid cunt!" Steve yells lightly.

Eddie puts his hands on his shoulder, "it's okay, the time will come" Eddie whispers at Steve making him smile. "Guess you took 'ditch that bitch' literally" you say lightly laughing. "Fuck her and not the good way" Steve states making you furrow your brows. You push away your funnel cake as you are half of it and are full. "Sweets, you only ate a quarter of it" Steve says, "I'm full, plus mom is nagging me about getting home at 8, town curfew" you speak, obviously annoyed.

"That town curfew is great I'm mean all the Hawkins high kids in their homes, e-" Eddie begins to speak but Steve smacks him in the back of the head. Eddie furrows his brows looking at Steve and Steve shakes his head. Eddie just sits back. "You two are being weird anyways hurry up we have a thousand more ride we have to conquer!" You exclaim impatiently tapping the table. "Alright Jesus can a man enjoy his funnel cake" Eddie says. "Enjoy it but hurry up!" You reply smiling. Steve grabs your funnel cake and starts picking off pieces of it and eating it.

After about 6 more rides you guys are spent and ready to sleep. "You're going home first because Eddie wants to show me something at his house." Steve says getting in the car. You shrug to tired to even ask further questions. "M'lady" Eddie speaks open the door for you. You thank him when he enters the back seat. "Okay off we go" Steve says pulling out of the parking lot and onto the street.

You were asleep by the time you got to your house. You were woken up by a knocking sound. Your eyes flutter open. Eddie was holding you bridal style. "What are you doing?" You ask groggily looking around. "You fell asleep, tried to wake you up but you're a heavy sleeper" he responds. You hum, laying your head back down on his chest.

Not long after your mom asks who it is, Eddie responds. She opens the door and thanks Eddie for helping you in. He sets you down, "thanks Eds, you're the best" you tell him giving a kiss on the cheek. "No problem see you tomorrow" he says waving bye to your mom before leaving. Your mom closes the door and locks it. "When are you going to date him! I want grand babies!" She asks. "Ew mom slow down! I'm only 18 and you're already talking babies" you exclaim, furrowing your brows.

"But you do like Eddie, right?" She asks quirking a brow. You roll your eyes and turn away trying to hide your smile. "I'm going to go take a shower, byeee" you say jogging up the stairs to avoid the conversation. After a warm shower, you head to your room and pass out once you hit your bed.

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[yuukei-yikes]

hope you dont mind me asking this but since you seem very knowledgeable about the fandom and all i thought it was suitable

why is there so much ship content between sato kido and kano?? are they not adoptive siblings?? theres even some in semi canon (i think) contents like in anthologies too,, i mean not surprised it exists since weird people are in every fandom but its talked so casually here

with momo and hibiya too actually! because of the huge age gap you would think it wouldn't be such a casual ship but it somehow is?? as far as i seen anyways

oh man lollll nah i dont mind. fair question and it's much better to have an answer to this

im putting it under the cut bc it turned out kinda long and into a rant, and also to warn i mention the themes suggested in the ask (incest, age gaps)

basically it's no secret that in japanese media, incest and age gaps are widely normalized even today so just imagine in 2013 when kagepro was at its peak.

back then, kido and kano specifically were a WIDELY popular ship. here's the thing with the weird kano and kido (and seto too but mainly kano and kido) shipping, aside from what i said abt normalized incest and shit. kano and kido (and seto) being siblings is actually... sort of a spoiler? it's not revealed early on.

kano and kido are presented as 2 kids the same age living together and having different names. and they purposefully stop acting like siblings. SO it doesnt register until you get into their backstories. they're both adopted into the same family when theyre like... 7 or 8, and were friends before becoming siblings so people were able to use this excuse: "OHHH THEYRE MORE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS"

but like..... they live together as siblings for YEARS and to be honest im sure 99% of people watch the song mvs FIRST which u can binge in 1 afternoon and if ur watching with any sort of actual interest and attention, you WILL see kano and kido as part of the tateyama family in ayano's theory of happiness. not to mention the anime came out in 2014 which im also sure 99% of kagepro fans have seen. so to me that was always an excuse if it came from a very dedicated fan though i do understand it if it's from a casual enjoyer, like they truly didn't catch that they're siblings

when i joined the fandom i was 13, didnt know eng or japanese, and thought mekatrio childhood friends made total sense for some good 6 months into the fandom until I realised properly. a few months ago, i discovered a very close friend of mine had a kagepro phase in 2014 or something and told me he really shipped kano and kido and when i told him they're siblings he was like WHAT!!!!!!!

and another thing abt kano and kido. they're indubitably the queerest characters. THEY LOOK THE FUCKING GAYEST. there is Something abt pushing the gay characters together?? kido is constantly mistaked for a guy. kano the poor thing had ANOTHER popular ship going for him with ayano because people decided he is that way to shintaro because he actually had a crush on ayano. yeah. this was the fucking consensus with kano, shintaro and ayano. like i mentioned i DONT KNOW japanese and only ever read the translations of the novels and i also dont Know what jin was thinking when writing kano and shintaro. But. dear lord it reads fucking homosexual my dude. jin does this by accident a lot though. look at kido and momo. momo calling kido beautiful 1000 times but she's like Well as a woman i am jealous i wish i was that pretty. bruuuh ok anyways moving on Ill GET to jin again in a second.

like you said, semi official stuff like the anthologies are very heavy on this ship and also.... sorry, the manga which is an official media. is Heavily into this ship. for jin's stance on it, i am not sure. i do think he laughs it off but he NEVER intended to write them that way. in the seventh novel theres a whole bit where kido's telling kano you shouldve never hidden this from me im your sister we are family. even shintaro who is the pov ur reading from is like wow what a nice brother and sister AND THATS THE SECOND TO LAST NOVEL WHICH BY THEN THE SHIP WAS SUPER POPULAR SO TO ME THAT WAS JIN'S WAY OF REMINDING EVERYONE THEYRE SIBLINGS. personally i think jin truthfully intended to write kano and kido as siblings but doesnt care people ship them otherwise he wouldnt have had the manga written by someone who shipped them

so basically what happened. kagepro was confusing and people sometimes missed they are siblings. in japanese media its super normalized. it is 2013 so here it is also normalized in fandom spaces. fanart ensues, even official or semi official content teases it, and yeah. boom its popular

another big part of it was, EVERYONE GETS A PARTNER!!!! kagepro content has A LOT of Shipping Pieces if that makes sense. idk what to call it but like god, pixiv entries with 1 shinaya, 1 harutaka, 1 setomary.... and 1 hibiya and momo and 1 kano and kido. god awful. if any golden year kagepro fans follow me they will KNOW what im talking about.

now that i mentioned it. hibiya and momo. ough. idk man. people were properly weird with this one. because with kano and kido they at least made up a damn excuse. with hibiya and momo there was nothing. but the thing is, jin is entirely to blame here. absolutely fucking disgusting bro. unlike with kano and kido, with hibiya and momo he actively wrote it. in the third novel their chapters together or any of hibiya's chapters are actual fucking torture to read. i wont go into details if u havent read it but like there are Reasons i never recommend kagepro to people.

its good to give jin proper respect he IS the creator of my favorite characters ever in the whole wide world and the writer of the story that makes me the happiest ever in the history of life. but. that doesn't mean i dont hold him accountable for being weird as hell in his writing because he absolutely is

back in the early days of this blog i had my very own Gets Send Deaths Threats arc by some people who shipped these guys or people who were mad i criticized jin (i always suspected it was like. the same 1 or 2 people. with a lot of time in their hands) soooo honestly answering this activated my fight of flight a little bit but tbh i havent seen Any content here on tumblr (i do have everything blacklisted to hell and back) or gotten ANY rude messages here in years, so i think we're good👍

hope this was helpful and i hope ur not grossed out of kagepro though I'd understand. u kinda need a strong stomach not only for its themes but sadly kagepro does the gross anime thing animes do :(

#ask tag #kagexplain #feel free to ask me to tag this any specific way. i dont rly know how to tag it

[starscweam]

RISE OF THE BEASTS THOUGHTS BELOW

For the sake of fairness, I'm going to list some of things about the movie that are good:

The designs are good.* The majority were recognizable while also still feeling like alien robots. They are colorful and not too overwhelming to look at.

The humans were good! They were sympathetic and felt well written for the most part. You weren't annoyed when they came on screen and they played an actual part in the events of the movie.

The number of cops that crash and burn in the movie's first hour is beautiful.

Mirage, the transformer that is paired with a human for this movie, is fun! The "You were inside me" line got a laugh out of me.

Optimus actually has an arc in this movie. It's small, but it's there. And the parallels that movie draws between him and the main human character, Noah, actually make sense in the context of that arc.

The movie ensures to avoid the ancient aliens trope. It is explicitly stated that humans were the ones to build ancient structures, which is refreshing to see.

There were some typical marvel movie type lines, but it's not the worst.

Ok. Now onto the bad stuff:

There are only a grand total of 4 beasts wars characters in this movie. Not only are some of the most colorful beast wars characters not in the movie, but the autbots outnumber the maximals 6:4. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE ABOUT THE RISE OF THE BEASTS IF THERE ARE HARDLY ANY BEASTS IN IT?

Out of the 4 of them that are there, only two of the maximals really talk. Cheetor only has one line and rhinox doesn't speak at all.

Airazor dies. She delivers exposition, makes some heroic saves and then dies. We never get to see her transform out of her beast mode either. (Bumblebee also dies but is brought back at the climax.)

The women coded characters are once again second fiddle to the rest of the man coded cast. This is inevitable given the franchise we're talking about here. All of them also fall into the "sensible woman" trope as well. The rest of the cast can have colorful and funny personalities, but they can't. This movie only just barely passes even the bechdel test. Out of the four, two die.

The sense of scale/the stakes of this movie are totally off. Unicron is a planet eating god of chaos and destruction with endless hunger. He is a climax of the narrative level villain. They showed him too much in this movie and diminished any impact he could have had. He is not what you want to start out with, especially if Hasbro intends to make a trilogy. How much bigger than Unicron can you get? Where can you go from here?

It's a little unclear what kind of damage a transformer can walk away from. In order to get visceral fight scenes, the movie made it unclear how much is too much. (Save for head and spine being pulled out. That was pretty clear. )

*Wheeljack. Nothing about how Wheeljack's character was handled in this movie was good. From the bad, unrecognizable design, to the tone deaf bits of dialogue (calling a latino character racist for assuming an alien with a spanish speaking accent could speak spanish is not funny), it was all bad. The whole movie could have benefited from his character not being there.

Mirage could have been replaced by Jazz. Not to say that Mirage's movie personality is a 1:1 match with Jazz, but his original personality would have been a much closer fit that Mirage's original personality.

G.I. JOE? Why in the WORLD would Hasbro think teasing a G.I. Joe crossover for the next movie is a good idea? The worst part of the previous transformer movies was the presence of the military, there is no good reason to bring them into the mix again.

Hasbro wanted too many things in this movie and the pacing suffered immensely for it. This is the root cause of most* of the issues in this film. Many scenes lack impact because they pass by so quick that you can't process them. You are given too much information all at once and it's hard to lose yourself in the story as you are meant to. In my opinion, the story would have benefited more if it was broken up into two movies. The first movie could have been about getting the first half of the key and would have given us time to get to know the characters more so that stakes would feel higher when they were in danger. The emotional impact on the main humans leaving their home in search of the other half of the key would have had more weight if it had taken place in a second movie, and would have given room for the trust between transformers and humans grow more organically.

All in all, in terms of a Transformer movie it's not terrible, but it could be better. Hasbro, sadly, did not manage to learn anything from what Bumblebee did right.

Transformer Movie Score: 7.5/10

General Movie Score: 6/10

#rotb spoilers #tf rotb #tf #star.txt

[absolutebl]

Secret Crush On You - the good, the bad & THE AGONY of indecision

a not so quick, and not quite pitch for... 

Secret Crush On You 

(Thailand, Feb-May YouTube) 

Rating: 7/10

(let me explain!) 

Main Tropes: stalking, obsession, hottest guy on campus, multiple couples, queer affirming 

Previously known as Stalker the series, and you can TELL. Co-produced by and featuring (but NOT staring) Saint and directed by Cheewin (sigh) with mostly fresh faces it was pure pulp and... I hated the plot. 

In fact I was ALL OVER THE PLACE with this show. 

I ADORED both queer friendship groups, and the language use that resulted, and the main character reads as out gay and a bit femme, which is lovely to see. As @heretherebedork​ pointed out this show is basically giving the characters that usually get punch downed on, mocked, side-lined, and pillorized, their own love stories and happy endings - and I LOVE THAT for them. And for Thailand. 

The show even hangs a lantern on this in a flash of brilliant self reference:  

But (and you knew there was a big ol’but coming) the stalker aspect was far too much for me. Toh, the lead, was so cringey I dropped it at ep 3 because it had become my personal hellscape of second hand embarrassment. Those whose opinion I trust WOULD KEEP talking about it here, so I gave it a second... and then a third try. 

Like Bridesmaids or The Hangover this is NOT a style of humor or romcom that I enjoy at all. 

As is often the case with stories of this type, initially Toh came off as desperate, needy, and awkward while Nuea had no personality. 

This meant that I could find no reason for Nuea to fall in love with Toh (although sexual attraction seemed to play a BIG role and that, by episode 6 started to save the show for me). Also the only reason I could find for Toh to like Nuea was Nuea’s appearance (fair cop). 

Self consciously, the narrative seemed to recognize its own flaw in this matter too and sought to address it by hanging yet another lantern (or two) on it in the final episode but, I was over it by then.

And while Nuea did grow out of his blandness, Toh never stopped being a complete nightmare (for me).

Certainly as we got to know Toh better his disposition was better understood (Austen) BUT I never grew to like him, or entirely understand why Nuea liked him, either.

I DID like how very first love and gay sexual journey of discovery Toh & Nuea’s relationship was. 

This was one of those rare (and much coveted) BLs where the characters actually do seem to want to fuck each other. 

In fact, SCOY’s Nuea & Toh are the pinnacle of that awkward first-time super-sexualized relationship. Their hormones practically leak off the screen. I REMEMBER what this was like. Knowing how cool you want to be, but also just craving another human THAT BADLY you totally forget your cool. 

And frankly, I like that in a BL drama. Really good, adolescent first love, shown in a positive light with a pro-sex message as well a themes of communication and safe sex? We NEVER get that from Thailand. In fact, we rarely get it in any gay shows, anywhere, BL or not BL. Just ANYWHERE. 

The fact that this show featured a drunk kiss that was NEGOTIATED ahead of time blew my mind. How clever. What a subtle way to address dub con.

In this aspect the actors did a GREAT job, especially Billy (who played Nuea).

There was an awkward raw visceral connection going on with these two that really worked and that previously only Taiwan and Japan have ever bothered to attempt. The other show that got this DOWN was HIStory 3 the BL that shall not be named (but the actors are clearly much older). 

All that said, I spent more time cringing than enjoying the main couple. 

The side couples, however.

THE SIDE COUPLES!

I lost my mind first over Sky & Jao. 

A confident cheesy king who falls head over heals for the sweet scared boy with self worth issues and makes no bones about his interest? 

Actually we have seen this trope before, but it was so perfectly executed with this show.

And then at the very end SCOY gave us Intouch & Daisy

Even though I wasn’t really talking about this show in the bloggosphere, I had to talk about them.

Daisy & Intouch did not have enough screen time, and I could watch a full series all about them. 

I think the show runners didn’t have quite enough faith in standard Thai BL watchers’ willingness to invest in them as a couple, over which I am quite sad. Because I get why. But in this matter, at least, I wish the show had been even more brave and boundary pushing. 

In the end, for me, this show was a real doozy. 

It was a mix of Thai cheer meets creepy, Taiwanese in-your-face queer, and Japanese chaos muffin slapstick (like Kieta Hatsukoi). 

Was it successful mixing these things? 

Not for me.

It had a ton of things I really did not like (e.g. the humor was crass and awkward, and the whole thing was extremely CRINGE). It also had things that really worked: (e.g. representation of multiple different kinds of queerness, about which it very Taiwanese - in that there was no doubt that the characters really did want to bone). It was the opposite of sanitized gay. Honestly, if you can make it through the first half, and survive the never ending cringe-factor that IS this show, the second half is entirely unique - content we’ve never seen before in BL. 

SCOY must be applauded for giving us, without question, the queerest, most honest, most truly gay Thai BL campfest that I’ve ever seen. 

It has to be praised for everything that it does accomplish: 

beautiful peer groups; 

all powerful and encompassing friendship support; 

those friend’s giving equally bad advice & gossiping; 

discussions of topping versus bottoming and safe sex; 

examinations of wife/husband language; 

concerns around body image and self-worth; 

AND the gross, weird, ugly, hilarious side of all of the above.

Did I love this show?

Absolutely not.

Did I want to love it?

Fuck yes.

Do I admire what it was trying to do and, to a certain extent, did do?

Absolutely.

SCOY drove me nuts and made me bush but had flashes of unparalleled genius.

SCOY was many things (a lot of them annoying af) but it what it was, primarily, was actually quite special. 

So, I remain conflicted. 

SCOY made me feel whiplash and I hate that sensation. But I love what it was attempting. I loved when it was suddenly very sexy but then I hated SO MUCH when it was suddenly not sexy at all. I certainly fast forwarded more than I watched. But when I paused to take it in, it did get fun and enjoyable. 

If you like slapstick and you don’t mind cheese and cringe then you likely enjoy this BL quite a bit. In the end, this one really came down to a matter of taste. It’s not to my personal taste, the narrative was hit or miss, but its intention was pure gold. This one waffled from 5-9, so I ended up just going with 7/10. 

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS, just not the usual ones

Final note, the sub team on this show was AWESOME, gotta give them a shout out.

They did mad good work. 

(source) 

#secret crush on you #bl review #series review #scoy #scoy review #scoy series #thai bl #thai bl series #thai drama series #queer romance #asian bl #recommended bl #quick pitch bl #you should watch this #or maybe no #it's up to you

[wrenreid]

Conflict of Interest

mature content discussed in this story… all chapter in masterlist

Chapter Twenty: Out With It

Nina’s words replay in your head like an echo or a verse of a song that’s stuck in your mind and you can’t stop annoying yourself by singing it over and over again.

“And if he doesn’t?”

And if he doesn’t reject you and tell you your relationship has and always will be purely physical- purely friends with benefits and no strings attached, and all that bullshit that never works out in the books? What if he doesn’t turn down your feelings, but rather reciprocates them?

You suppose you haven’t quite considered that possibility. Well, it’s crossed your mind, but more so in a way in which you think it, then you tell yourself you’re crazy and need to slow your roll.

These thoughts have been going through your head all morning like an annoying snapchat video you can’t click out of.

You texted him back last night, responding with an optimistic and not at all nervous: “For sure, I’ll see you at 6!”

After sending it, you felt pretty good and empowered, then a total of 13 minutes and 27 seconds later, you wanted to throw up and unsend it. In that order. But unfortunately for you, Spencer had already responded with a cute “Looking forward to it!”

Nina, both annoyed and worried that you’re sitting in bed practically chewing your lips and nails off, drags you to lunch in the cafeteria downstairs. You sit with your friends and enjoy spending time with them for the first time in a while. It’s actually nice to not think about Spencer and this incredibly frustrating situation.

Being so nervous to tell a guy you have feelings for him reminds you of your school days. You weren’t necessarily a shy person, but admitting to a guy or girl that you like them was always difficult. So many gone-wrong scenarios played in your head that made you choke up or stutter.

But since you’re nearly 26 years old, you remind yourself to buck up and just fucking come out with it.

After lunch, Nina occupies your time with movies and gossip about her family she learned and or saw during the holidays. Their efforts of distracting you do not go unnoticed. You’re grateful to have a roommate/ best friend like her.

Eventually, it’s time to start getting ready. You head to the showers, missing having the nice bathroom from your childhood to use.

Once you’re back in your room, you get dressed in your favorite jeans and an oversized light blue sweater. You pull your hair back into two somewhat loose pigtails and put on a little bit of makeup. You pull on your boots then head out the door at 5:45, talking a deep breath.

Looking out the window of the cab, you can’t help but imagine either way this may go. And how both ways will ultimately change the relationship between you.

If Spencer does not feel the same, then you’ll have to stop seeing him; that would be the only choice fair to yourself. Class would be awkward as hell and maybe even hard to get through some days.

If he does reciprocate your feelings, then you’ll have to decide whether or not to make that extra step in the relationship. And being your professor’s girlfriend has to be difficult. You’d still have to keep things a secret.

A part of you feels like either outcome this situation will have could end poorly.

The cab driver pulls into Spencer’s apartment parking lot, and parks. You pay him the fee, then get out and take the elevator to his floor. When it lands, the stomach drop feeling comes from nothing the elevator stopping and the fact that you’re actually doing this.

You knock three times and wait the short amount of time it takes Spencer to open the door.

“Hey,” he smiles to you, opening the door wider so you can go in. “I almost thought you were going to stand me up, you haven’t texted me all day.”

“Oh shit, yeah. I’m so sorry, Nina was distracting me all day and we were catching up some more.”

“No worries,” he says softly. “You’re here now.”

“That I am,” you rub your hands together with nerves and follow him as he leads you to the couch.

“How was your break?”

“It was good,” you say honestly. “It was nice to be with my family again. Though my mother did not come.”

“Really?” He says with a sympathetic look. “I’m sorry, Y/n.”

“It’s okay. I think it was for the best.”

He nods.

“How was that party your friend took you to?” You ask before you can even think it through. What if he says he met someone?

“It wasn’t half bad actually,” he tells you. “Normally I hate parties or really any event where there’s a ton of people I don’t know, but it wasn’t awful.”

You nod. “I’m glad you could enjoy yourself even if it was just a little.”

He smiles softly. “What about yours?”

You completely forgot until now that you told him you were going to a party. Which you were totally lying about but ended up actually going to one. You can tell your cheeks are burning red. “Yeah, it was nice.”

“Nice?” He questions.

“Okay, it was good until it was kind of awkward. I got a little tipsy then made out with my brother’s old best friend.”

“Oh,” Spencer says.

Oh? What does “oh” mean?

“It didn’t mean anything though,” you say quickly.

“Hey, I mean you can kiss whoever you want. It’s not like we’re dating.”

That sentence hits you like a baseball bat to the gut.

“Right. We’re not dating. And you’ve made it abundantly clear we never will.” You say, turning away from him.

“What?”

You stay silent, still not looking at him.

“We both agreed that this would just be some stupid risk we’re taking-”

“So now it’ stupid?”

“Yeah, Y/n. It is stupid! The whole no strings attached friends with benefits thing is stupid!”

“Well sorry, Doctor, I thought we were enjoying this!”

“I thought we were too. But apparently you’re angry about your own rules.”

“I’m angry because I broke my own rule!”

“What?” He furrows his eyebrows.

This is not how you intended to tell him. You sigh, bouncing your leg. “The most basic rule of this type of relationship is don’t fall for the other person… I broke that.”

His face changes. His eyebrows relax a little and his eyes widen a bit. Spencer’s cheeks turn a bright shade of pink. “Wait… really?”

“Yeah,” you breathe out softly, looking down at the carpet. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for it to happen, and I definitely didn’t intend to tell you like this. I don’t want to be mad at each other.”

Spencer’s hand cups your cheek gently, forcing you to look at him. He starts to say something, but leans in and presses his lips to yours instead. It’s soft, but passionate.

You relax against him entirely, despite your brain telling you to pull away; you still don’t know how he feels. Your hand rests on his knee.

After a moment, he pulls away, lips swollen. “I’m not mad at you.”

“Really that’s all you have to say?” You say with an almost laugh.

“I’m not really good at saying how I feel, but I’ll try for you. I didn’t want this to just be a casual, no strings attached relationship. I do think those are stupid and hardly work out, especially not for people like us. I agreed because I wanted to get close to you, and I thought that was all you wanted. But I stumbled and fell for you harder along the road. Like the type of fall where you hit your head on gravel, and you’ve got scraped knees and elbows, and everything hurts afterwards.”

You chuckle softly, feeling your heart in your throat. You feel like crying, but you choke it down. “So what now?”

“I just poured my heart out to you, and you ask ‘What now?’” Spencer laughs softly.

“Hey, all you said was that you weren’t mad.”

“Touché, well deserved.”

“But seriously, what do we do now? Do we move on with our lives or-?”

“What? No, of course not!” He says, cutting you off. “I want a real relationship… if you want that too.”

“I do,” you smile softly. “But don’t you think that it’ll make things weird?”

“Things have been weird for months, Y/n.”

You nod, chuckling softly once again. “You’re not wrong there.”

“I’m never wrong.”

“Whatever, genius,” you roll your eyes.

He smiles, bumping your shoulder playfully. “Will you be my girlfriend? Officially.”

“I don’t know,” you tease. “That’s a hard decision.”

“Okay, go home.”

“I’m kidding! Yes, yes I will be your girlfriend.” You grin up at him.

He smiles down at you, kissing you again. “You’re something else.”

“You like it,” you scrunch your nose at him cheekily.

“I suppose.”

You roll your eyes then pull him into you. Your lips find each other’s again, and your hands lock behind his neck. Spencer’s hand trail down to your thigh as he leans you back into the couch. Your tongues graze against each other’s roughly.

Spencer pulls away, drawing out a soft whine from you. “I don’t want to have sex.”

“Oh,” you say. “Okay.”

“Well, I mean it’s not that I don’t want to, but that’s how our last relationship started, and we’re having a clean slate. So tonight could just be I don’t know… am I making sense?”

“You’re making sense,” you assure him, twirling the hair against his neck in your fingers. “I agree.”

“Good,” he smiles. “Good, okay. Um how would you like dinner?”

“Are you cooking?” You wiggle your eyebrows.

“I was thinking takeout, but I can cook for you later this week.”

You sigh, pouting. “I guess that’s fine.”

“Yeah, you guess?” He chuckles, and his smile makes your guts melt all over the couch.

After dinner, the two of you lay in his bed, fingers interlocked as you talk about winter break, the academy, and the BAU.

Earlier your mind was racing about the two different outcomes this night could’ve had. You were worried that either one would’ve ended poorly. But now, laying in this bed next to the guy you’re falling in love with, you can’t possibly imagine how this could go wrong. He’s perfect, this is perfect.

chapter twenty one

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[freebooter4ever]

how's the job hunt going? would you ever relocate for a job love?

Oh wow what a question lol! Honestly i dont expect to be able to find anything new till this strike is over, the competition is insane right now. In the meantime my plan is to teach myself faster hard surface sculpting in z*brush using hockey gear \o/ mostly because i dont want to pay the $150 a month for maya, that shits insane. Like a fucking health insurance payment.

For the second question - i dont think i've ever experienced love like that. I think it would take a lot of devotion and sacrifice to give up your dreams for someone else. Admirable, for sure. And also a sacrifice that historically women are the ones expected to make. Every time. :( For a job? Lol, i would move in a heartbeat. I stayed in pittsburgh 6 years after college for my dream job - i only left when i lost it. Knew the next dream job wasnt going to be there, so made my way to LA. And now im having to come to terms with the idea that the dream job doesnt exist as i imagined it - or only exists for a very VERY select few.

And actually, thats not totally true about me and love. I think if i thought for one second that nick could love me back like i diid him, id already be in new england. When i applied to this one job, that sounded like a dream come true it listed the salary, and brian and i just read it and gaped. We looked at each other and i was like i dont even know what the fuck i would DO with all that. And of course the first thing that popped into my mind was i could buy that sailboat nick always talked about. When i was writing my programming textbook a decade ago, and really going through it, and nick and i were up until 3 or 4am every night painting theater sets, he'd talk about his sailing adventures, teach me rope knots, that sort of thing, basically a mental escape. And so last week i texted him like 'hey no promises but what if im suddenly actually making good money. Do you still want that boat?' Because, nick's worked so long and so hard and all he's gotten to is the point of still working on boats other people own, and its just not fair how devalued physical labor is, you know? And his immediate reaction was to launch into our very old daydream - the whole 'yes and you're coming with me, sail off into the sunset' stuff. And that hadnt occured to me - my idea was just- id give him the boat, and he'd fix it up, and id maybe demand photos or a visit or two every so often. Because i think finally -finally- im at a point in my life where being in love isnt enough - i want the other person to love me back. And lol definitely not someone who declares love one minute and then stops talking to me for weeks or months, and the cycle repeats over and over. I think its possible to love someone enough that you recognize you arent the one for them, but still want them to be happy? Happier than you could make them.

So long answer is yes, i would relocate for love, but i have learned the hard way to know when i shouldn't.

#And if this anon is who i think it might be? #My friend i fully support your adventure across countries for love <3 #Just please have back up plans cause as romantic as love is #Sometimes it can go wrong and you need to be independant enough to extricate yourself from bad situations #whether thats just having the savings or having family friends connections who can help wherever you are going #I know personally how VERY wrong love can go #And im not saying it would happen but if something does go wrong you dont want to end up trapped #Out of the frying pan and into the frier so to speak #Im on the negative side of this debate #a positive example of relocating for love would be my favorite youtuber couple justin scar*ed and ally war*en #Her whole story was absolutely an escape from her family the minute she could and helped by justin #but i feel like theyre the lucky ones not all of us get that #anyway lol if this isnt who i think it might be sorry!! #that was a long rant from me

[series-thoughts]

Strangeness and Charm - Part Six

Word Count: 2K

Summary: Season 1 AU where Andy and Kyle arrive at Charles Lee Ray’s old house before Tiffany leaves with Junior and Nica and ultimately save them. Set in 2017, two weeks after Cult since that's when the show was originally mentioned to be set and in my opinion, makes the most sense.

Notes: Sorry this took so long. I had my end of year exams at University and then a severe case of writer’s block. I had to write at least a small interaction between Nica and Caroline to make up for the pain of Don getting rid of Alice. I also wanted to bring up how Devon looks up to Andy cause he totally does and Don just doesn’t devote enough time to it.

Tags: @streets-in-paradise @losersclubisms @cult-of-dollbabies 

Two hours later, the movie was coming to an end and the kids were mostly quiet. There had been a fair amount of discussion to begin with, the other teens filling Junior in on what happened and Lexy calling her parents to assure them that both her and Caroline were safe for the night while they were still in the hospital. 

Nica hadn’t been paying much attention to the movie, preferring instead to quietly talk to Kyle whilst the kids were occupied and, in all honesty it stopped her hearing Chucky as much. Since she regained control Chucky had been fighting to take the wheel again and with that Nica discovered that it was harder for him to fight if she was occupied, if her body actively had to focus on doing something. Not to mention both adults were growing increasingly concerned as time went on and still no word or sign of Andy. 

Kyle was a little more used to it, after 27 years of being his sister she had grown pretty familiar with his increasing recklessness. Not that it ever stopped her worrying fully, but it helped knowing that it wasn’t exactly unusual. For Nica it was a different story, anything to do with Chucky for her, all she had to do was turn her back for a second and she would be met with another bloody corpse. 

“So, Andy’s mom basically adopted you?”

“Yeah pretty much,” Kyle confirmed as she finished her drink, “I mean I was an adult by the time Karen was out so not as official as usual but definitely appreciated.”

“Wait, so what actually happened?”

“From what I know, there were cops there when the doll was killed the first time that saw him but no evidence to back up the claims so they advised Karen not to mention anything about the doll. Obviously Andy only being 6, the logical thing was to tell the truth but there were no alibis for him so Karen stuck with the doll story as well, to keep him safe. Well, that story can be considered a logical trauma response for a 6 year old..”

“But not for the mother taking care of him.”

“Yeah.”

“Legal system’s a joke, huh?” Kyle let out a small chuckle in response.

“I grew up in foster care, you don’t have to tell me.” Nica smiled at her in response before Junior’s voice tore through the quiet.

“No way Andy did that!” 

“Junior, shut up. Caroline’s asleep.” Lexy hissed, playfully trying to cover his mouth.

“He did, we swear.” Devon argued from his spot next to Jake. The two adults stopped their conversation and turned towards the teens.

“What did Andy do?” Nica asked, with a hint of amusement in her tone. 

“Apparently he gave Tiffany the middle finger as he drove away in the truck.”

“Yeah, and Kyle sabotaged the engine in Tiffany’s car.” Jake added. Nica’s only response was to turn to Kyle with raised eyebrows. 

“Look, my move was calculated and gave us an advantage, my brother’s, well…”

“With everything that woman’s done, the middle finger is the least she deserves.” Nica comments with a smirk as the teens let out a giggle at the memory. 

Just at that moment they heard the door open and Kyle instinctively reached for her gun as the kids' heads shot up. 

“Kyle? It’s not tomorrow yet so you don’t have to lecture me.”

“Only just.” Kyle responded, checking the time on her phone as she got up to meet him. “Oh, shit! Nica, it’s probably best if you cover your eyes.” Kyle called from the front door upon seeing her brother. Nica instantly stopped herself before wheeling back towards the couch and checking on Caroline as the teens continued to follow Kyle. 

‘You should go and check y'know,’ Chucky was trying to break through again, ‘I’m sure ya remember what happened to Barbie when she was alone with me.’ Nica took a deep breath and squeezed her eyes shut, desperately trying to fight the images of her sister’s lifeless body that were forming.

‘How stupid do you think I am Charles? I’m not letting you regain control.’ 

‘Don’t test me kid, mommy dearest couldn’t survive one of me. Ya really think Andy’s gonna be fine after facing 72 of me?’

“Just shut up.” Nica mumbled under her breath. 

“Lexy?” She looked over and met the sleepy eyes of Caroline as the little girl looked for her sister.

“Hey, sweetie. It’s ok, Lexy and the others are just helping Andy and Kyle. You can go back to sleep if you want.” The young girl looked at Nica with a confused expression before pointing at her face.

“Your forehead’s gone funny.” She stated as she reached to point at the vein on Nica’s forehead that had made itself known next to her scar. 

“Oh, I just have a bit of a headache. It’s nothing to worry about.” Nica claimed as she desperately tried to keep Chucky quiet. Just then she heard footsteps as Lexy made her way back into the living room. 

“Hey, Care. Are you good?” her sister nodded in response, “Okay, we’re just checking on Andy now that he’s back.”

“Is he alright?” Nica tried to mask the concern in her voice, the kids didn’t need to start worrying about that too.

“Yeah, he’ll be fine. Just a few cuts that Kyle is taking care of but obviously, blood.”

“Right.”

“What’s wrong with blood?” Caroline questioned innocently looking at Nica, “If he’s going to be okay then the blood doesn’t matter.” She paused again, still looking at Nica as she tried to come up with an explanation.

“Well, Care-” Lexy began.

“Oh, are you scared of blood? My friend Mia is scared of blood.” Nica looked up with a smile at the sudden explanation, “Yeah, um, looking at blood has made me feel strange recently so I try to avoid it.”

“Well Mia’s starting to get less scared of it so, maybe you will too.”

“Yeah, I’m sure I'll be fine with it soon enough.” Lexy looked at Nica then, pity clear in her eyes no matter how hard she tried to hide it, Nica knew that and did her best to give her a reassuring smile in return.

One by one the teens made their way back into the living room and began to settle down around the room before falling asleep. Nica kept her eye on them all, passing the blankets around them, finding anything to keep her occupied and to keep Chucky at bay. By the time the siblings had entered the living room Nica had restarted the movie quietly and was fixed on listing everything she could spot on the screen in an attempt to bore Chucky into submission.

“Hey.” Kyle whispered, pulling Nica’s attention from the screen. “You want a drink?”

“Uh yeah, that would be nice.” Nica responded as she followed them into the kitchen. It was only when they gathered around the small table in the kitchen that she got a look at Andy, his face was littered with multiple scrapes that Kyle must have patched up and he was walking a little slower than before but other than that he seemed okay.

“Are you alright now?” She asked gently as Kyle made them all some tea.

“Yeah, a couple of scratches and bruises but I'll live.” he gave her a smile before continuing, “Are you okay? I thought I heard you mention something about a headache?”

“It’ll be fine, probably just the last of whatever drugs Tiffany gave me wearing off.” Andy continued to look at her, he could see her reluctance to look him in the eye, the way her eyes kept flickering to anything and everything around the room. Andy moved a little closer to her and checked Kyle was still occupied before whispering to her. “The little bastard’s trying to fight you isn’t he?”

Nica looked up at him, shock clear on her face. It couldn’t be that obvious, could it? Is this why Tiffany was so smug? Was Chucky better at controlling her own body than she was?! That thought alone made her skin crawl.

“Hey, whatever’s going on we will help. We will find a way to get him out, I promise.” Nica looked at him with a smile before taking a deep breath, “He can’t regain control unless I see blood, I'm pretty sure. He just likes the sound of his own voice a little too much.”

“Or a lot.” Andy retaliates, drawing a look of curiosity from Nica, “I’ll explain later.”

At that point, Kyle made her way over to the table with three mugs of tea.

“Okay, so what happened?”

“Well, the plan got altered slightly,”

“That much was clear.” Andy turned to see his sister doing her best to remain serious and she scolded him, but there was a clear glint of amusement in her eyes.

“There wasn’t just Chuckys in the truck, Tiffany was inside a doll too. She must have split her soul as well.” Nica instantly turned her head back towards the living room, a reflex, making sure all the kids were still accounted for. “And we have no idea how many dolls she has?”

“No. But I have a feeling not many, possibly only that one. Though it’s usually best to assume the worst with those two.”

“What makes you say that?”

“The dolls didn’t remember me at first, the Tiffany one did but Chucky didn’t. They just kept talking about how I seemed familiar but they didn’t know why. It was only when I killed Tiffany that they properly remembered.”

“So, you think that the more the soul is split, the harder it is for the new ones to remember past events?” Andy looked at Nica and shrugged. 

“Should that even be possible?”  

“None of this should be possible.” Nica responded instantly “Soul splitting, transferring, it’s all bullshit! When their bodies died they should have gone, just like all of their victims.” She didn’t mean to snap. She knew it didn’t help them in any way. But after everything that had happened the past month; rediscovering that she didn’t kill her family, the possession, Tiffany’s delusions, finally meeting people who knew the truth and understood seemed to have opened the floodgates for her. Just as Nica took a breath to apologise, Kyle spoke up and offered her a small smile. “You don’t have to apologise, we get it.”

“Thank you.” She turned back to Andy, “So, was Tiffany in a good guy doll too?”

“Uh, no. This doll was different. Tiffany had made it look like her so I couldn't tell what the doll was originally. You know the most about her, do you remember anything that could help?”

“Not really, I mean from the time I had to spend with her I'm pretty certain that if she gave one doll a makeover, she would have done that to any she used. She has a very child-like manner about things, especially when they are sinister, she treats it like a game.”

“What about the Chuckys? Did you manage to kill them all?”

“I can’t be certain, once they recognised me they all started getting out of their boxes and trying to attack so I just had to take the first turn I could. It ended up being the overlook and I jumped out of the truck before it went over. It blew up but the cops were already on their way before I could get down there to check so I made my way back here.”

“Good. It would have been fucking stupid to check that on your own.” Andy let out a soft chuckle at Kyle’s response before attempting to cover a yawn.

“We should probably try to get some sleep, facing Chucky and Tiffany on no sleep is one thing, something tells me adding five kids to the mix isn’t gonna make it any easier.” 

With that all the adults left the kitchen, Nica made her way back to the study and the sofa bed that was still open. She still didn’t like the idea of sleeping, of not being certain that it would be her who would wake up but she knew it had to happen. So, before settling down she made sure to once again tie her legs together, for her own peace of mind if nothing else.

#chucky #chucky 2021 #child's play #chucky syfy #andy barclay #nica pierce #kyle simpson #junior wheeler #jake wheeler #lexy cross #devon evans #caroline cross #tiffany valentine #charles lee ray #chucky fanfiction #strangeness and charm

[yuraimi-lee-bunny]

Same anon that asked about gray's analysis, just wanted to say that it's nice to see that you're writeing "the 13 reason's why" inspired fic, I remember you said that it was based on a speech the boy (forgot his name) wrote to hannah. Looking forward to it

would also like to share some anti-rc arguments as you were asking

Gray groomed carmen.

Carmen is trying to 'fix' gray.

Gray chose a corprate job over his little sister. Would also like to rant about the last argument you taked about refering to gray keeping quiet for six months(hope you don't mind) can I just point out that carmen kept quiet about gray's brainwashing for 18 months, that's 3 times the amount gray did and you don't see anyone talking about that, the hypocrisy. It's also important to understand why they did that, they've both wanted to not be on opposing sides, carmen see's gray's date as a "second chance" before realising that she could gray in danger and walks away same goes for gray who after carmen is brainwashed doesn't do anything for 6 months and then does something when carmen is awarded faculty and is going to kill shadowsan. I feel like a lot of people would just say that what carmen did was fine since gray wasn't a criminal anymore but gray was living a life without choosing it/being himself and that's still wrong, that's something they're totally gonna be trauma bonding and apologising about. Anyways best of luck on the fic and hope you have a great day.

Hi! Oh my! Did I comment on my idea here? I didn't remember it (it must have been in 2021 or 2022 that I mentioned) Thank you very much for your support and desire to read it!

About the other reasons why they come to deny/hate Red Crackle: hmmmmmm let me comment on it point by point.

1.- huh?… how? when? like why? There is no reason or proof for that. The word "groomed" shouldn't be used lightly.

2.- Carmen? That Carmen? Our Carmen Sandiego? The one that in the second chapter, basically because she didn't agree to return to Vile, 5 minutes later, kicked Gray in the face and handed him over to Chase? Are we talking about the same Carmen that in Chapter 4 of the fourth season, when Gray told her that he was returning to VILE and asked her not to continue messing to them, she immediately blew up half a laboratory and ran away, thus saying goodbye to Gray?

……..let me first laugh freely.

I guess since there is no real reason to deny Red Crackle, they have no choice but to lie.

3.- ……………………. Carmen left Gray, her older brother, to make her own path. Gray chose to let Carmen free because of her criminal career (and because of threats than mere pleasure). Everyone chooses her path…

And about you rant. I somewhat agree. I mean, Carmen didn't do anything for 18 months because she didn't really know what VILE had done to Gray. I mean, she believed that only Gray had his memory erased from his time in VILE, but not from the change in morals. And yet, Carmen didn't have the tools to do that. And even if she had them, she was going to choose hers well and it was best of her not to make him remember her past with VILE. As for what happened to Gray when Carmen was brainwashed, let's go to the same thing: he may have first thought that it was a "good plan" because FINALLY he wasn't going to be with a high probability of having to face him again Carmen, and that if the Faculty ordered him to "get rid of her" he would have no choice (again, for his life, not for "loyalty" to VILE, that one left when he returned, but again, I will talk about it later in my analysis)

He no longer liked the plan because he saw what happened at the fair (because Gray saw himself in Carmen, he projected himself, but again, I talk about that later in my analysis) he started to take care of her in those 6 months. , but once she became part of the Faculty, she was in their hands and with the rumor about Shadowsan, he had no choice but to take risks.

Both in the ENTIRE SERIES ALWAYS took risks to take care of each other. Yes, some were of dubious actions and morals, but there were no other options. It was what they both had at that moment, for the sake of their own well-being. Why everyone believes that Gray returned to VILE with such pleasure? it's TOO obvious that it wasn't like that, that he only did it out of fear for his life and Carmen didn't do anything in those 18 months because she didn't know the change in morals, she didn't have the tools and for her own good?

Anyway, thanks for your ask! And thanks for your encouragement to my fic!

#carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego 2019 #carmen sandiego netflix #graham calloway #graham crckle #red crackle #ask #annonymous #anon ask

[isekai-crow]

Mashle: Magic and Muscle Season 1 Re-Cap + Season 2 - Episode 1

Other Episodes-> ep2 ep3 ep4 ep5

This anime shits all over JKR in the best way possible. Highly Recommended if you can make it through the 2nd half of Season 1.

Overall Rating So Far: 8/10 with hopes it will stay there.

For comparison, season 1 ended up 6/10. TToTT as to why...

I'm writing this while re-watching season one, and maaaaan what a strong start Season 1 had!! 9/10 for the first 4 episodes!!

How is this avoiding copyright? I don't know but I fully support it.

I LOVE MASH AND HIS REALISTIC TAKES.

The pacing got completely thrown off after episode 5. Did we really need those fight to be THAT long and drawn out?? No. I get that animation studios are limited in how far into the manga they can go in a given season, but I would have preferred anime original filler over 2 episodes of metal punch dude, and the whole "chamber of secrets" esque episodes...

Despite being sorely disappointed by the second half of season 1, I did finish it. Starting episode 1 of Season 2, I completely forgot where the last episode had left off and it hasn't even been that long!! I had to laugh at just how much my brain had tuned out by the end, which is sad, because this is such an amazing premise.

HOWEVER

SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 BROUGHT BACK THE DRIVE TO WATCH!!

The first episode of season 2 doubles down on poking ALL sorts of holes in the plot of Harry Potter and sidestepping any massive overlaps to avoid copyright. BUT IT'S SO OBVIOUS, I LOVE IT.

May I introduce you to...

"Harry Potter with just enough serial numbers filed off to avoid a lawsuit." - Capybara

Spoilers for Episode 1 Below the Cut

We started off with a small recap of the end of season 1 and honestly I don't remember most of it happening.

Woo they beat the Tom Riddle/Abel Walker, Woo they won tons of points for their dormitory, Woo Mash's super special "magic spell" the Suplex!!!

But oh no! There is a rumor that Mash can't use magic has gotten out! To be fair, it was only a matter of time. Bicep Smash Magic can only get you so far lolol.

The little celebration party is very cute, and suddenly Abel and Abyss show up, and Mash is just totally chill with them joining in their party. Abel even brought a deck of cards and they're playing bullshit of all games lmfao

Personally I want to know why Dot has his mouth and face all bandaged up, but I assume that's Lemon's doing for some reason or another lol

Let me just say, I love Abel and Abyss. Abel is terrifying and carrying around his creepy doll and freaking Finn out, and literally just wants to have fun with everyone. He's far more incompetent, or maybe just normal? than he seems. And cares about Abyss!! And Abyss is doing his best to take care of his master, and thanks Mash for stopping them both. And can't talk to women!!

We love a traumatized bishonen.

Mash gets called to the Bureau of Magic and basically gets called a Mudblood to his face for not having magic and is being sentenced to death.

AND DRACO MALFOY SHOWS UP TO SAVE HIM.

You cannot dissuade me that this isn't another Draco.

And of course, to counter Draco/Ryoh Grantz, we get Knock Off Harry Potter and gang!

Neville with a dragon? Snow girl is Luna? The one with the book is Hermione? Obviously these are also original characters and there is no one to one with characters, but it's fun to try and place them.

Fake Harry Potter / Orter Madel says the most Not Harry Potter thing ever, and its hilarious that a character known for going against the rules has a caricature doing exactly the opposite.

Fuckin' mood Mash. Where the hell did RON come from??? ah.. his only purpose is to narrate what's happening. Makes sense.

The magi-parasite shows up, mob deals with, and it should be a done deal, but Orter continues to push the issue as Ryoh tries to stop him.

Will Mash be taken away and executed? He's not budging. Will Draco and Harry fight? What will become of Mash now that Dumbledore and Finn's Big Bro have shown up?

Until Next Time..

What the fuck is this show I love it so much.

#anime winter 2024 #mashle #mash burnedead #magic and muscles #マッシュル

[zalrb]

OTH 3X05 Rewatch Review

OTH won.

1. I keep forgetting OTH is on Prime

2. IIIIIIIIIIII DON’T WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYNA BE LATELYYYYYYYYYYY

3. One Tree Hill wants Tree Hill to be a basketball town so badly and doesn’t put in any of the effort.

4. I like how stiff these cheerleaders actually are.

5. “You’re breaking her heart you know that?” I’m sorry, he nearly died and she DIDN’T COME HOME.

6. Lucas, SHUT UP. You were the one who cheated on your girlfriend with her best friend and then dated that girlfriend’s neighbour broke up with said neighbour and went next to that girlfriend’s house RIGHT AFTER BREAKING UP WITH HER NEIGHBOUR

7. Right, I forgot they thought he kissed Haley. I mean, still though.

8. The fight between Nathan and Lucas escalates to an unbelievable point, it would not cause a brawl between the team, that’s dumb.

9. Peyton, if you hate being a cheerleader, stop being a fucking cheerleader, jesus christ.

10. OH MY GOD, A WOMAN WITH ARMPIT HAIR? BURN HER AT THE STAKE.

11. Every time I see Rachel, I think about how me and my friend shipped Jensen with Sophia, I don’t even know HOW that came about but we were like Chad is disgusting and Sophia and Jensen should totally date and get married and Chad can choke and die then we found out Jensen was with Danneel and we were like ....................

12. Chris’ album name is “Keller Instinct”? Ugh.

13. I like how Chris is supposed to be a hot shot musician but also has nothing better to do than hang around Haley and Chris, that’s weird dude.

14. It’s funny I rewatch Veep a lot and this character Jonah who is terrible is about to be offered like hundreds of million of dollars for his website and Selina the protagonist is like:

and every time one of the characters is like “Dan’s running for mayor?? It’s like...” I think of this scene.

15. This shit is SO unsanitary.

16. Dan, you’re running your own campaign.

17. I am posting this without comment and tagging @initiumseries​

18. I totally forgot about Gigi.

19. The casting as Ellie as Peyton’s birth mom was a good choice though.

20. Oh God, is Peyton going to see Ellie’s picture of her and be like YoU LiEd To mE!!!! It is this scene right.

21.

22. (it is).

23.

24. At least she isn’t crying this time.

25.

OH MY GOD, PEYTON, GET A FUCKING GRIP 

26. I am so done with these scenes, can we move on.

27. Ha.

28. What is this dialogue? What does it even mean?

29. I like how she puts this on Nathan like she didn’t kiss him and insist on working with him and didn’t ask Nathan to come with her on tour

Once again I am reminded of how I like Naley together but build up Naley not so much.

30. “If you work with Chris and end up having feelings for him again, then I guess I have my answer.” “That’s ridiculous, Nathan, that’s not fair!” I mean, how though? You didn’t even say you didn’t have feelings for him, Haley. THIS IS HIS POINT.

31. I like how when Dan actually is mayor it’s not really a catastrophe, unless I’m misremembering.

32. At least Peyton tackles Rachel when she punches Brooke.

33. Like these fights don’t make sense because it’d be an entire team and an entire squad trying to pull apart TWO people of their OWN team/squad.

34. You were slut shaming Brooke like 2 seconds ago, Rachel

35. At least he looks uncomfortable here, with Brooke he looks bewildered and then into it by the very end.

36. This always bothered me because it DOESN’T. MAKE. SENSE. Is it last year or two years ago?

37.

38. I always found it HILARIOUS that Brooke slaps Rachel and Lucas just watches like damn, Brooke. Doesn’t even go to see if Rachel’s OK.

39. “You know that thing about judging a book by its cover? Well it’s true. Sometimes you gotta read the whole thing” this is the clumsiest shit ever, STOP TALKING.

40. Nathan, why are you lurking by a tree?

[artsysmadworld]

Operation Save Aaron pt. 6

Content warning: blood

Continuing from this

Characters:

Anna the unaffected human

Elise the armed serpent

Aaron the mutant cat

Anna: Aaron! Aaron, we've found you-

Aaron: Leave.

Anna: ...Aaron?

Aaron: I said leave. Leave me alone before I hurt you even more...

Elise: Aaron, please. We've come all the way from the city to save you.

Aaron: And in doing so, you've gotten yourself in terrible trouble. Please, it's better you save yourself.

Anna: Ok, cut that nonsense. Aaron, we are your best friends. And best friends don't leave each other behind. So, come home with us.

Aaron: And what if Damien returns?

Anna: He has a stupid little town. We have the whole of America to hide from him. He'll get tired of us eventually.

Aaron: I wish you could be right. But, he has pawns under his control. We're nobodies. We have nothing.

Anna: That's it. If we can't convince you, then I guess I-

Aaron threatens with a shadow arm Anna and Elise.

Aaron: I'm not the Aaron you remembered. Not anymore, at least. Since you two left, he's changed me. He excited me until I'm excited no more. I'm powerful, but uncontrollable. He put a leash on me, but I escaped. So he locked me inside of his mansion. So please, for the sake of my love for you two, leave and save yourselves.

Elise: God...What do we do, Anna?

Anna: Hm...Well Aaron, since you insist so much, I guess we do have to leave.

Elise: Anna?!

Aaron: Thank you, Anna. Good Lord, I can't help myself to look at you two. But thank you for always being there with me. This is goodbye. Forever.

Anna: Goodbye to you too, dear friend.

Elise: Anna, you can't be serious.

Anna: I am, Elise. This is Aaron's wish and we have to respect it. This decision is out of love. Our love for each other. I guess it's like what happened to the French. They abandoned their king and made their own country.

Aaron: What?

Anna: That's what happened, right?

Aaron: That...never happened. When are you talking about?

Anna: The French Revolution.

Aaron: King Louis XVI? He didn't just get abandoned, they straight up chopped his head off.

Anna: Wait, for real?

Aaron: Yeah for real!

Elise: (...Ohhhhh.....) Oh wow, what did he do?

Aaron: Well, he was just terrible at running the economy. He was spending away at jewellery and such instead of taking care of his kingdom. He also waged a lot of wars—colonialisation era—which used up more of the French finances. Though, what you said before actually matches with the second Chinese revolution, which resulted in the creation of Taiwan as its own country.

Anna: So...let me get this straight...You're not the Aaron we used to know?

Aaron: ...Well...

Anna: It's okay. You can look at us.

Aaron turns around. Realisation hits. Though Damien has aroused him and kept intimacy, the two people he's staring at know him deeply. And he knows them deeply as well. He stands up and sprints towards them.

Aaron: I can't believe you guys made me nerd out to realise who I was.

Anna: That's what we love about you.

Aaron: God...Thank you. Both of you. You're right, you came all this way to save me. God, how foolish I was.

Elise: We forgive you, Aaron. It's all in the past now.

Aaron: Thank you. I guess that's history for us to learn. Also, I can't believe you're wearing those stupid robes.

Anna: Rich coming from you.

Aaron: Hey!...Fair.

Elise: Ahaha! Well, I think we've had enough chaos for one day.

Aaron: A-gree! Let's go home now.

Anna: Yeah well...we haven't thought of that.

Aaron: Well you haven't. But...you did see me use those shadow portals.

Anna: Oh YES! We can totally use that!

Aaron: Well, just hop on in. We'll get out of town undetected.

Anna: Yeah, good thing Damien and the others are still distracted. Let's go, Elise.

Elise doesn't answer.

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There's no answer from Elise

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The soul of Elise has left the puppet body. The blood that stained the sword and the floor has disintegrated. The puppet is now lifeless.

Part 7

#world plague #artsy's world plague #apocalyptic fiction #oc lore #oc writing #amwriting #apocalypse #oc story #fantasy #original writing #writeblr #oc angst #writers on tumblr

[idontlikeem]

would you be willing to make a list of pens who’ve taken discounts to stay with the team this year? i have a shitty memory and can’t remember contracts past a couple months ago but i wanna know for a thing and it feels like there’s more than i’m remembering

hey anon!

i can do my best—it's tough because we obviously cannot know for sure which players could have taken more to go elsewhere, but i'll give you my best analysis!

so first let's look at which roster players we've signed so far this offseason:

(note: i didn't include WBS players or players we traded for)

between extensions and free agents, we've signed eight guys, six of whom were already our guys. to keep things simple, i'm going to be looking only at cap hit; salaries may vary year-over-year for the multi-year contracts, and there are additional complexities around how they're paid out, but we're not gonna get into that.

so let's talk about 'taking a discount'. that doesn't always mean taking less than they did in their last contract; it can also mean 'taking less than their market value'. market value is also tricky, because it can fluctuate wildly year over year depending on supply and demand. last season a TON of d-men got big-time overpaid. this season there's a glut of middle-six forwards still unsigned even though we're well into the offseason. a player may be 'worth' a certain amount of money based on age, past performance, and predicted future performance, but what they actually get is going to hinge first on what else is out there, and THEN on their actual skill level.

so with that big fat intro that basically says 'everything i say could be entirely full of shit', let's get into it! i hope this helps, and if anything i say below the cut doesn't make sense or you want to chat more about it, feel free to send another ask! :D

bryan rust: rusty got a six-year contract with an AAV of $5.2M. in my opinion, had he gone to market, he could have gotten between 4-6 years at an AAV of $6M+, depending on whether he was going to a contender already near the top or not. something to keep in mind is that sometimes players who have already won a cup (or two!) will instead go after the biggest payday possible for their next contract, as opposed to prioritizing staying on a competitive team, which IMO makes total sense but is clearly not something rusty did. i would say that yes, he took a discount to stay, although the term he got here vs what he may have been offered elsewhere may have actually made it closer to equal.

casey desmith: he got a little bit of a raise. the goalie market is always absolutely fucked; their salaries are a mess from top to bottom, and the position itself is essentially witchcraft, so there's really no way of knowing that you've got a for-sure top-line goalie for the life of the contract. if we look around at other career backups, casey is IMO making about the right amount. he might be a bit overpaid, but if he can smooth out his play next season so he's consistent vs being either terrible or amazing, and if he can stay healthy, i think this is fair value. he could perhaps have gotten more if he'd gone to market, but i don't think it would have been significant enough of a difference to consider this a discount.

kris letang: discount for sure. other teams may not have offered him 6 years, but he could easily have gotten 3-4 somewhere at a much higher AAV, which would have meant the overall worth of the contract would have been higher. he wanted to stay here and took less than he could have asked for elsewhere.

...or did he? john klingberg, who would have been the second-best option for D had kris made it to free agency, just signed for one year at $7M in anaheim. the AAV is more but a one-year deal for an established player is...interesting, let's just say. i don't think that would have happened to kris because he seems to keep getting better every year, but who knows! i would still classify this as a discount contract, though.

rickard rakell: market value. we may have given him an extra year than he would have gotten elsewhere for the same cap hit, which is why he stayed instead of going elsewhere, but his AAV is just about right provided he can do what it looked like he was capable of doing over the course of a full season. no discount here IMO.

evgeni malkin: discount. someone else would have made room for him for at least 2 years at $8M at a minimum, OR a top-flight contending team like colorado could have courted him to take much less with the promise of a fourth cup, which has its own value when you're considering destinations as a player (especially at his age). he's the second-best player on the team and his overall contract is less than kris's; this is a steal.

jan rutta: now take this with a grain of salt, but his agent said on a podcast that he was offered similar contracts in other teams, and a few that were even slightly more $, but he opted to come to pittsburgh because of the competitive nature of the team and the locker room culture. we could probably consider this a slight discount, but even if it's market value, it's a mark in our favor for sure :)

josh archibald: go get vaccinated.

danton heinen: absolutely a discount. i saw somewhere that the jets were prepared to/had already offered him significantly more in both term and money, and he opted to sign at less than he made last year with pittsburgh. i think this is a combination of wanting to stay in a good, competitive environment, and also hoping to have a big prove-it year so that next summer he can negotiate a much richer and longer-term contract for himself, which if he does what he did last season + a smidge more he'll have absolutely earned—and i hope we'll be able to keep him!

#i am once again Feeling Bad so this was a nice distraction; thanks anon! #pittsburgh penguins

[epicmiscellaneousponderings]

Miscellaneous Media Moment

Alright so I'm watching the anime The Way of the Househusband on Netflix and writing my thoughts as I watch. This might be a tad unhinged, but here we go. As always if you liked this content feel free to be me a coffee. Also, yes, I do know that there a multiple episodes in each episode but I'm going to number them by how they're contained and labeled through Netflix as that's how I'm watching it :)

Episode 5

A job outside of the house in a cafe interesting, beans =bullets, the latte art of a cat, aww doing it for extra cash to get his wife a present

He's so loud, Again the food in this series really does deserve its own analysis post, overtime is exhausting,

Boss lady of the torii group in a grocery,

this is going to be a disaster of a birthday lol, wow happy birthday song as a dirge, shades and bling

the old boss has a dog, he sewed a sweater for the dog! nice tie in to previous episode, the impromptu cooking is wild,

The cat adventure with the grocery lady

Episode 6

he was totally going to roast that lady's "72 hour" cured sausage, he's taking this show so seriously, man loves his wife so much

the excitement over the steam oven, white powder=flour again nice call back, well that's one way to beat the dough, oven down!, keep warm on the rice cooker is innovative

fire next door, talk about needing proper air ventilation. the cops probably wanted some food, oh its rare eh

I admit nothing, oh nice flowers, oh its not that much and then proceeds to unwrap a dessert feast, rain as a mood killer, they're such a good couple

why would you try hitting a watermelon blindfolded?, the volleyball smacking into them, I love how Miku can be high energy as well, a real man is willing to get wracked protecting his loving wife, her carrying him

teacher au?? what am i watching?, apron art, the intensity in this scene

Episode 7

tapioca milk tea, getting the intel from the streets, the scary smiles keeping the customers away XD

Adding to the arsenal of the blond guy

The waking up to the husband in the middle of the night is seriously ominous, well that was an interesting take on the classic peach boy story, and then they had a group hug,

The hit list of summer assignments, a pen holder, colorful soap, school is tomorrow, the report to the teacher is so good

Tatsu you're so dramatic ( this is true, he a very dramatic king), oh the housespouse meet up, family gopher, the differing interpretations of what he's describing, is that really what Miku is rally like?, listening in one the one side of the conversation, the support from the housewives is so good

Oh, cat adventure of fair fighting with the other cat

Episode 8

urg the rap battle, so unnecessary, the explanation of what a rap battle is, the punch of silence, well ok

take it easy (yeah no, this guy has no chill), febreze the sheets, instant noodles as a vice lol, Masa helping him take it easy but as a horror show, Tatsu kicking him as a flight or fight moment

Wanting second place instead of first for the rice, and Miku wants the vacation, what a bribe, the kid wins of course

buffet battlefield, welp I'm hungry now, fruit with cream cheese is a delicious combo, aww the splitting of a desert

Oh, the dad wants to do the hotpot, Dad and Miku cooking like each other, Miku being a wild child (this explains so much), aww the dad saying she has someone else to protect her now and then Tatsu saying he has the dad's back, the mom being the true master is perfect

Masa wanting make his boss proud through the way of the househusband, tomorrow though

Episode 9

Virus depicted as a group of punks, trying to head off a cold through early preventive measures is such a mood, Miku being the light aww, the light with grenades lol

new threads, Masa is so not subtle, the brown powder as opposed to the white powder, and Masa has officially broken, Pine Dew huh, Tatsu sleeping with eyes open, the utter chaos and Masa being the sober one, the next day drawing of them is adorable

Will I need to use my dagger? no a normal knife will do, the intense music x_x,

The power couple helping the newlyweds

winged pup from the sky, you can't run from boss fights!, the magic girl transformation, the deconstruction of the outfit, Its all a dream and the meeting next week is perfect

Oh no cat adventure this episode

Episode 10

The fact that Miku has such high energy, the toys r us tribute

Sending dog pics to his boss, the bonding over the dogs, the random kidnapping, but its to a dog park

The cafe hurts the guys eyes, too much sweet things, lemon and honey chicken sounds good, the flashbacks paired with the wistful music is a nice choice, I don't remember there being a wasp

ok extreme dental care, um yeah that's not a good way to get a kid to the dentist, gotta face the music

counting to try and get to sleep, calming sounds turning to dark past is hilarious, also him without glasses is rather adorable, accidentally made a whole meal (he's got adhd a bit doesn't he), the cat being awake

the cat adventure with crow/raven

End of Season One!

Alright well thanks for coming to this Miscellaneous Media Moment where I do unhinged and most likely nonsensical rambling of what I watched is a thing. I will most likely continue at some point, so stay tuned and please let me know if this is a format that you liked. Along with any comments on the show that you have.

#Miscellaneous Media Moment #Miscellaneous Media Moment 2/? #Binge Watch #Watch & Write #Anime #way of the house husband #unhinged thoughts #nonsense rambling

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My brain seems to have switched to creative overdrive…or I have gotten extremely inquisitive 🧐

This is a fair warning to my Artists, Authors, and all -around interesting people (because anyone who is not me is interesting) of Tumblr that The Asker’s Studio™️ is in session!

When last we met, I had intended to ask this set of questions, but the fates (and my keyboard) would NOT have it. We jumped tracks and went to Yularen, instead. (Not a bad thing ❤️)

While watching the new Andor series, I could not help but to think of you, and your fic, We Regret.

For those of you unfamiliar with this fabulous, Rebels (say what you will, that show brought us 6 more Thrawn books) based fic, it has all of our favourites: Kallus, Thrawn, Eli, Yularen, Pryce, Andor, and a host of interesting Original Characters.

A brief overview:

Follows Kallus as the very foundations of his life, and his most precious relationships are twisted and poisoned by his continued loyalty to the Empire. He finds it more and more difficult to silence the still small voice that wants him to question, to doubt but to go from blind loyalty to betrayal is a journey that is neither easy nor quick.

As anyone who is familiar with Rebels knows, Kallus eventually defects from the Empire and joins the Rebellion.

While the series did not include the character of Cassian Andor, you have done us all a favour and corrected this wrong. Andor plays his own pivotal role in your fic.

The questions that were pummeling me as I was watching the series were fast and furious, so I will try to keep it to a low roar. However, as I always remind my guests: you have carte blanche to answer, deviate, expand…or go in a completely different direction from my presentation. All I ask is that you talk, and talk a lot.

The first group of queries concerns, Andor, himself.

When you started the series, was there any urge to edit, expand, or depart from how you presented Andor thus far?

Was there anything about the series/character presentation that you would have changed?

The second set of questions involves your fic as a whole

Was there any desire to change how you were going to present the Rebellion & Kallus’s experiences after viewing the series?

Finally, I am curious how set is the arc of We Regret, are you certain of how it ends and the journey in-between here to there (end)?

I ask this last question, because I have always wondered if authors wake up one morning and totally trash the outline, jump rails, and end up in a completely different place!

Once again, it is my honor and pleasure to take up some of your precious time. Thank you, kindly.

I love your Asks, they are always so insightful and force me to (try) and be equally insightful.

I'm going to start with the last question first. No, I never trash the outline and go haring off in a completely different direction. For me the value of outlining or "breaking a story" as is said in Hollywood, is that I have explored all the dead ends, or seemingly attractive paths that only lead you into a swamp well before I actually start writing. And I plot backwards. I know the end of a story or novel or script before I ever start writing. If I know where I'm going it's very easy to figure out the scenes that I need to get there.

I know exactly how I will end this story, several years after the restoration of the Republic, and I will give away this much -- it won't be on Lira San. As I've indicated elsewhere I could never buy the happily-ever-after ending for a man with this much blood on his hands.

Andor has had a profound impact on me, but only in so far as how it bolstered by own views about the Empire. I have always seen the rebellion as having a dark underbelly because you don't overthrow a government without making some ugly compromises with decency and morality, and Andor does not shy away from that. Neither did Rogue One. One of the first moments in which we see with Andor is him coldly killing an informant to keep him from falling into the hands of the Empire.

I'M GOING TO THROW OUT A FEW SPOILER HERE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANDOR STOP READING NOW.

The two rebel leaders we see in ANDOR are Mon Mothma and Luthen and they both make some truly ugly decisions in support of the rebellion. Mon Mothma basically sells her teenage daughter to a crime boss so she can keep financing the rebellion. And Luthen in an act of cold calculation doesn't warn a fledgling rebel cell that the Empire is waiting for them because it would compromise his informant inside the ISB. Ugly choices forced on these individuals by the dark times in which they live. Of course the crimes and brutality of the Empire are far worse than the morally grey choices made by the rebels, but none of these people are saints.

I'm going to try to keep that balancing of the light and dark now that Kallus is in the rebellion. Draven is a hard man. He expects his agents to be hard as well, to know they must bury their morals because everyone on all sides thinks they are fighting for the greater good.

YOU CAN START READING AGAIN.

I knew before I ever started typing that it would be Andor who recruits Kallus into becoming a Fulcrum agent. But I didn't want it to be a straight line from crashing with Zeb on the ice moon, asking a few questions and then ringing up the rebellion to ask if he could help. A man as dedicated and loyal as Kallus wasn't just going to throw aside his life and beliefs that easily, so I took him to rock bottom, and had it be a single, simple event, the death of a single young pilot trainee, that was finally too much. The proverbial pebble that starts the avalanche.

I wouldn't change a thing about Andor. I think Gilroy did an absolutely stunning job with the character's development. We first see him as a small time crook, a man with no direction and no purpose. A string of petty crimes, mooching off his friends, sleeping with a variety of woman, committed to nothing. Then slowly, slowly he starts to discover outrage and finally his purpose. It's how I wanted to move Kallus from loyal Imperial officer to rebel spy.

The other point where I found support from Andor was the presentation of family. Throughout the movies the rebels all seemed to have either real or found families, but the Imperials were presented as just two dimensional bad guys. And the treatment of the stormtroopers always offended me. Who were these men and women in the white armor? Wouldn't they have had mother's fathers, siblings, wives, husbands and children? Someone would mourn their passing.

Andor showed us people on both sides of this conflict with families. There is the commandant of the garrison on Aldhani with his wife and teenage son. There is the lieutenant who turns traitor because of a woman. There is Syril and his domineering mother. Mon Mothma has a husband and a sulky teenage daughter. There is the ISB informant who wants out because of his new born child. And of course there is Maarva who saved and raised a child, and whether Cassian knew it or not instilled in him a thirst for justice.

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