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badpanduhmemes · 3 years

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Much Ado About Nothing (Useless Rambling and Weird Character Takes. Nothing Makes Sense, and OP has Lost Their Mind)

So a quick thing about Lord Shen. If you’ve seen my blog, you know that I post a lot about him. But the thing I love about him most, is how complicated and weird he is. I do not understand him. I don’t. I can’t. I know he wants to conquer China because he’s deeply insecure and needs everyone to validate his greatness. I know he has some deep seated Mommy/Daddy issues. And I know he’s a murderous madman, who may or may not have been dealt an unfair hand. So, in my head I can put all the pieces together, but I still don’t get it. I don’t think I ever really will. And I love that he represents this unapproachable enigma while also presenting a beautifully complex moral quandary. Tai Lung is I think is genuinely sympathetic. And Kai is genuinely evil, and easy to condemn. But for me Lord Shen fell into this perfect middle ground. He seems remorseful...for a moment. He’s not beyond compassion, if his treatment of Soothsayer is anything to go by. (But still capable of murdering his right-hand guy.) So who is he? What is he? I have no clue. I have no answers. He’s not straightforward. I do sympathize with him, but after everything he’s done, he deserves exactly what he gets, and then some.

Tai Lung, just... got a not so great father, his hopes and dreams destroyed, imprisoned for twenty years, and like yeah he did some bad stuff, sure. And by the end he was perhaps too far gone to change, but he comes across way more sympathetic than anything else. And Kai? Kai relishes in his villainy. He’s a warlord from bygone era, who’s come back to destroy a former friend’s legacy, wipe out the pandas, steal everyone’s chi, and generally wreck the place. The fact that he feels betrayed by Oogway, falls flat and rings hollow. Oogway realized what he was, learned a new way, and changed for the better. Kai did not, and actively tried to steal chi from the very people who saved his friend’s life? Yeah, there’s a good guy. He is so far beyond the pale, and that’s before the movie’s conflict starts, that’s there’s nothing left to truly sympathize with. He is easy to condemn. To me, Shen just isn’t that straight forward. He’s sympathetic, but I don’t feel comfortable sympathizing with him because of the horrible stuff he’s done. On the other hand, he deserves everything that he got, but I don’t feel comfortable seeing him get killed, because there’s a part of me that wanted to see him get better. It’s hard to sympathize with someone so terrible. But it’s hard to outright condemn and cast aside someone so sympathetic. And I love that. I love the conflict not only in the story being told in the second movie, but the inner conflict that the story forced me to walk away with, and reflect on.

I love that I can revile him and pity him at the same time. And while both those things are in conflict, they’re both somewhat justified by the narrative we’re presented with.

I really don’t get Shen at all, and probably never will. He’s a compelling and challenging character from a challenging story and I am here for that.

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finleyjayne · 4 years

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Living a Lie: Chapter 2

Thank you for everyone who helped with this fic, including the fantastic @2smittinkittin, the wonderful beta for this chapter, and @kittykatlow, who is still forever supportive.

Summary: Penelope Grace Darling: the name you live by, the only name the world remembers. That doesn’t keep the memories of Y/N out of your head. All you ever wanted to do was create a better world. You thought you were doing that until some unexpected visitors to your hometown turn your world upside down. Can you leave your past behind you in order to keep your loved ones safe? Or will your fragmented memories keep you from the truth?

Pairings: Past Winter Soldier/Reader, Plus sized!Reader. Slow burn Bucky Barnes/ Reader.

Warnings: Dub/Noncon, Rape, Kidnapping, human trafficking (referenced), Underage Rape, Swearing, PTSD, Anxiety attacks, Unhealthy coping mechanisms, Non-consenting drug use, underage Drug use, Violence, Domestic Violence, I’m trying to remember what else comes later in the series.

This is a Dark Fic if you don’t like it, Don’t Read It!

Chapter 1

Looking genuinely confused as you try to place the name with the context, your eyes flipping between the four people who were now staring at you. Three highly amused with your confusion and one completely flabbergasted. “Daisy calm down a bit? I am apparently missing something here, and you yelling is definitely not helping me piece it together.”

At this, Clint bends over himself, clutching his sides as his laughter rips through his chest. What a sexy laugh? Even though it’s at my expense. Nat smirks a little longer than her usual quick flashes. Wanda, ever the peacekeeper, extends her hand, “Hello, My name is Wanda, but I’m usually more recognized by my superhero name: The Scarlet Witch. These are my teammates and friends, Natasha, or The Black Widow, and Clint, also known as Hawkeye. It’s very nice to meet you, Penelope. We definitely appreciate the help with the shoes.”

As her sentences click in your brain, your eyes grow as big as your glasses’ rims. Your jaw pops open, “Oh, well, it’s nice to meet you, too?” You say with a nervous laugh, well, this is embarrassing. “Thank you for coming into our store. Daisy, don’t do anything stupid. I’m going to go grab my purse, and then I’m going to lunch.” you face still plastered with saucer-sized eyes as you slip through the curtains.

How could I not know who they were? I know I use Daisy and Bruce as my source of current events, but I should at least know the Avengers’ faces. You grab your purse, slinging it across your body before proceeding out the front door toward the little corner bakery. At least I didn’t act like a complete fool. Daisy is probably freaking out. I shouldn’t have left her alone with them, she’s going to eat them alive. Who am I kidding? They’ll be fine, they are the Avengers, they can handle an over-excited almost adult.

Thankfully, lunch and the rest of your shift flew by without any other famous guests. Your nerves were on the fritz, though; it felt as if someone was watching you. No matter what you did, You just couldn’t relax. Every movement drew your attention. Every sound made you flinch. As Bruce came through the door, you burst at the seams with the need to make your escape. You threw a passing goodbye to your boss as you jogged to your car, not even sparing a moment to change the radio back to a public station. You were out of the parking lot and on the road in seconds, causing Gertrude to complain loudly. Fighting off the sharp edges of the panic that blistered your mind. Within two blocks, you were pulled over, hand clawing at your chest, sight wavering as you throw Gertrude into park. Before you can even think about counting the rails in the fence, your vision is black.

“Пожалуйста, прекратите! [Please stop!]” The high-pitched scream echoes through the small, dark room. “Вам не нужно этого делать [You don’t need to do this].” a shock of pain courses over your back as a second resounding crack follows.

“Тишина [SILENCE],” comes the cold order. “Вы говорите, когда я хочу, чтобы вы говорите! [You speak when I want you to speak!]” two more cracks and, after a second, two more blazing paths are scorching your skin. Confusion is mixed into the muddled neurons of your brain as you hear the metal door sliding open.

Cautiously you lift your eyes, peering over your shoulder, only to be met by another crack that catches you across the cheek. With another bloodcurdling scream, you fall onto your freshly whipped back. Holding a cuffed hand to your sliced cheek, you meet the coldest pair of steel-blue eyes you have ever seen. “Этого достаточно. Они готовы к этому. [That’s enough. They are ready for it]” came the icy baritone through the black mask.

Your assailant scowls at the man. “Пациент не готов. [The subject is not ready]”

The empty-eyed man ignores him as he steps closer to you. “Они готовы [they are ready],” he repeats. He reaches for your arm mechanically. It was as if he was only going through the motions without knowing what he was doing.

You flinch from his extended right hand, cowering away. “Вам не нужно этого делать [You don’t need to do this].” comes the pleading voice that you realize is coming from you.

He continues forward, dragging you out of the room to the scream of the man you left behind. “Она не твоя [She is not yours]!”

Sobbing into the steering wheel of your beloved clunker, you hold onto your thick sides. The black-rimmed, ice-filled eyes continue to hover in your peripheral as you come out of the onslaught of memories. It’s not real, I am in Utah, they are not here, he is not here. I am safe. Coulson promised I am safe. After eight more deep breaths, your thoughts are cut off by a peppy, upbeat melody sung by a flowy lyric-soprano. “I know you can hear this Penny, so pick up, or I’ll sing it higher.” As the melody repeats for the third time, you scramble to pick your phone up.

“Delilah, I hope you realize that the ringtone you made me is, in fact, the cruelest practical joke anyone has ever succeeded in pulling.” You snip the need to portray normalcy coming through in your irritation at one of your best friends.

“I loooove you too, darling.” came the cloying giggle from the other end of the line. “Taylor and I were just talking about the Stark expo that is opening tonight. Also, we haven’t heard from you in a couple of days. Please save me from going to this thing without you. You can interpret Tay’s wild ramblings for me, and you can get out of that dungeon you call a bedroom for a night! It’ll be fun! Pleeeeeeeease~.”

You can see the bright amber puppy-dog eyes she was giving you through the phone. There was no way she would let you off the hook if Taylor was dragging her to the Expo. Knowing Taylor, they had probably pre-ordered three VIP passes months ago and had been secretly geeking out since, waiting to haul us to their favorite displays and setting up the perfect itinerary. But also in their excitement, forgot to tell us about it until now.

With a sigh, you throw your head back onto the headrest. “I’m going whether or not I want to, aren’t I?”

“You know us so well,” came Taylor’s dark-tenor chuckle through the speaker.

“Well, I’m headed to my appointment up there right now. If you want to meet me at the east entrance of the Salt Palace afterward...” You resign, glancing at the radio clock in the dash. “I should be done by the time you get there, but I’ll text you when I’m on my way.” Delilah squeals, and Tay’s hums in contentment.

“See you there,” they both reply. “Drive safe, Drive smart.”

“You too. I’d suggest taking Trax if you can. The parking is gonna be a nightmare. I can take y’all home when we’re done.”

“Sounds like a plan. See you there,” Tay calls through Lila’s squeals before hanging up.

Staring blankly through the window for a minute before turning on the radio and making your way back into heavy Utah traffic.

An hour later, you pull into the large parking structure, running out of the car and into the blazing summer heat. Fucking Utah drivers. Unable to go a single day without causing some sort of preventable crash. Bursting into the large hospital, you clip your little identification tag before heading to the research lab where they run all their tests. Pulling your shoulders back as you scan your ID and pass the double doors that say: AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.

You follow the labyrinth of hallways to a small medical-exam room in the furthest corner of the buildings. X-rays, MRIs, and Photos were stuck to lightboards around the room. With a huff, you look away from the gruesome images, towards a devilishly-handsome blond clothed in SHIELD emblazoned shrubs and a University of Utah Hospital doctor’s coat. The modelesque picture on his ID not doing him justice.

“Hello, Miss Darling, only ten minutes early. What happened, you get stuck in traffic?” His aggravatingly-nasal voice pierced through the sounds of him typing on his small laptop, reminding you just how much you dislike this man.

“Yes, actually, Dr. Fenris. There were three crashes on I-15, and then there was a line of cars four miles long getting off for the Expo. I never realized that there was enough parking for that here.” I grit my teeth, plastering on my smile at his joke.

“Well, I see no use dilly-dallying any further; if you’ll change into your gown and then sit on the exam table, we’ll start with that today, then we’ll head to the MRI and X-ray followed by your physical strength and endurance testing.” Dr. Fenris said as you grabbed the scratchy hospital gown off the end of the exam table and started changing. There is no use hiding your body, this man has seen every part of my it over the last four years since you’ve come back to the states. If you were honest with yourself, you would stop these useless exams. The longer they went, the worse you were being treated, and the more you get the feeling that something is wrong. It’s not like they were making any progress in making this “cure” that you are supposedly helping with.

Gown on, you sit on the bed. Legs dangling off the floor slightly as you wait for Fenris to finish whatever he is typing. As he turns his attention to you with a smirk, a wicked glint enters his eye. “Look at that; just as predicted, your healing time has decreased since the last time you got an abrasion. This week we’re going to analyze how your platelets are going to react to different poisons.”

Looking at him cautiously, you move the slightest bit away from his seat.

“Oh silly, we are going to do it in the lab. Just a couple of vials of blood from you are needed. For now, at least.” He placates jovially, pulling out a tray of vials and a winged phlebotomy kit.

You warily keep your eye on him as he comes around to the side of the table. Right as he’s about to stick you, a knock comes at the door. You look at the doctor surprised. He just gives a tight smile, showing a tight smile as he turns to the door, opening it. “Dr. Banner, I didn’t think you were going to come in today.” the jittery surprise made evident his cheerful mask.

“I wasn’t planning on it. Then I noticed that the subject of your tests was going to be in today and couldn’t help but want to see her for myself.” responded the gentle-looking man with salt and pepper hair and black-rimmed, nerd glasses. “My name is Dr. Bruce Banner. I am here to check on the status of Dr. Fenris’ research.”

“Hey,” you say with an awkward little wave, “I’m Penelope, but I guess you knew that already since I am his research,” you can’t help the self-deprecating chuckle and tight smile that follow Dr. Banner’s staring. “You just got to his favorite part. Fenris here was just about to stab me like Vlad the Impaler.” Your anxiety at Fenris’ obvious joy from your pain showing slightly.

Dr. Banner looked at you with complete horror. Turning to Dr. Fenris with a look of disgust. “I should hope not. It would be disappointing if this project were to stop. There is great potential for new knowledge and understanding here.”

Giggling slightly at the furious look Fenris throws you, your chest releases. “It was one time, Ms. Darling. And you healed before you even left the hospital.”

“Doesn’t mean you won’t do it again, Dr. we-are-testing-your-platelets’-reaction-to-poisons-this-week. I feel like my cautiousness is well deserved, and I still hate needles,” you pout. “Now, if you’ll hurry up and stick me so we can get this over with. I’m supposed to be going to the Stark expo thingy. Gotta play the interpreter between my friends. Though, I’m pretty sure they are just using that excuse to get me to go with them.”

Dr. Banner chuckled awkwardly as you turn to him, trying to ignore the deplorable doctor to your right. “Anyway, how hopeful are you for this research Dr. Banner? Are you going to the Expo? I hear that they will be talking about the new renewable resource cells Stark Industries is working on. I hope that they are planning on making them powerful enough to bring about an electric car. There are just too many oil refineries around here to be healthy. I personally would hop on that electric car bandwagon if there was one affordable and efficient.”

As you rambled, two large sterile culture bottles and six smaller tubes are filled with your blood. Dr. Banner keeps out of the way as Fenris goes about testing your reflexes and taking measurements of your leg, inspecting the other doctor’s work before Looking at the pictures, and medical imaging on the wall. “How long ago were these pictures taken?” He finally asks, pointing to the first set of photographs. Your leg was utterly ravaged, exposing the metal skeleton while the flesh looked like it was used as a cougar’s chew toy.

“Four years.” I wince, remembering the carnage that Fury and Coulson had found me in. “Almost to the day.”

“And this one?” gesturing to the next picture; muscle and tendon now in some sense of a sinewy leg. The skin overlying the fragile tissues without much scar tissue.

“Two weeks later. The next is two weeks after that. I can tell you that growing pains are indeed worth all the crying that children do over them.” You joke, looking at the almost normal looking appendage in the picture, then at the more tone,d version currently attached to your body.

“Can you feel it? When did it start?” You could tell that Banner’s questions were from a scientific fascination that made you smirk. He looked kind of like a little boy set loose in a candy store; intrigued, and full of genuine curiosity.

“I can’t really feel it, but my brain started to connect to it a few months after the initial accident. I am kinda glad I can’t feel it though. Getting back feeling all at once makes ‘pins and needles’ look like child’s play. Though according to Dr. Fenris, my body is apparently fully healed, and I could get the feeling back any second.”

“Have you had today’s scans? Can I see them?”

“Not yet. That comes after the blood draw today, Then it’s time for some superhero training. Apparently, it’s not enough to take all my healing into account. I’m also being studied as a Superhuman… Fenris here likes to refer to me as a Supersoldier. I don’t really see how that fits since I never was technically a soldier-”

“Well, if you wouldn’t mind me accompanying you, we can see what you can do. Who knows maybe by the end of today you’ll be vetted into the Avengers.”

“I don’t think that will be a possibility, Dr. Banner. I don’t think SHIELD is a big fan of my existence. I am only useful as a lab rat.”

The man looks to Fenris through the corner of his eye. “Is that right? I have a feeling many things about this research are going to be changing,” a deep undertone of discontent laced through the Dr.’s words.

Throughout the next hour, more medical tests are done. By the time we are back into the little exam room, you are full of pent up energy. Now was your favorite part of these appointments. You get to actually use some of the ‘powers’ that You were given. You could set yourself free.

If you want more Winter Soldier fics, check out @darkficsyouneveraskedfor. They have a great one called Breach.

Thank you all for reading.

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abbybandianna · 5 years

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It’s a Sunday,

And there’s a storm on the way, right now it’s 12:33pm, I am sitting in my double bed with it’s newly purchased bed spread, the spread has a velvet side and a cotton side (the cotton being the inner side). It’s a warm, dusty, luminous mossy olive green, it compliments the deep slightly dull and dark red wall it clashes into. I awoke some time late 8am, it wasn’t an alarm that awoke me as that was set for 9:38am, yes 9:38am, I hit the hay early last night after a very early wake yesterday morning which deprived me of adequate sleep for my body to function at some degree of optimal. Usually when I’ve had lack of sleep I tend to stay up late, later than I want to and later than I normally do, always a contradicting habit but I do enjoy the state of mind that comes with lack of sleep causing a delusional state of awake, it brings ghosts I can fall into nostalgia with, it brings things I need to hash over or work out, man one sec sorry to deter away from this but I have incense burning and I need to.. back, ahh that's better, I enjoy burning incense but I does get a little too much and I have a sudden urge to extinguish the stick, my old room (one suburb over, how did that I happen I wanted to be far away ah ha) was a bit bigger so burning a whole stick would bother me too much, my new digs is 3x3 which I like as it’s cosy, especially with a large window and glorious RED wall, COLOUR, ugh, one thing my old place lacked, you will never find me owning a house with a large white wall ANYWHERE, okay tread carefully Abby your you may fall into a rant here, steer away, steer away love before it’s too late!

There, distraction, as I pressed down on that “!” my superficial would twinged, I had my 3rd laser removal session the other day on the tattoo on my wrist, my useless desire to connect in my early twenties felt a band name as a tattoo on my wrist was a good idea to get me through the life of working in a shit job 50-60 hours a week and being paid below what they should have been paying me, another story another day if I have find the need to dwell time again on that part of my life, so the tattoo is on day 3 of healing and typing on my laptop I probably shouldn’t really be doing as I have a TERRIBLE habit of not being able to just CHILL after a session and SLOW DOWN I like to GET SHIT DONE... well I am always STRIVING to be in a place in life where I am always TAKING IT ALL ON and working towards them life goals... and dreams, both of the same thing to me, don’t fear what you dream, not all will come true but hey, some of them if you put the time, dedication, and effort into they might just manifest even greater than you initially engendered because to THINK, to CONCEPTUALISE is one thing but when actions and movement continue to be applied to a given situation a catalyst begins to form...

Where was I...

Oh yes, you see what my mind is like?

I was mentioning my sleep, well anyway, I slept 9-10 hours straight last night, have not slept like that in many months, I cannot remember the last solid sleep for that long.. it was delectable.

I awoke slowly and got out of bed to open the shutters which block out all the light and most of the noise from the street outside, I crawled back into bed and laid snuggled in my cocoon of 3 blankets, one my doona with a new cover, one a blanket from my family when we were growing up, it’s blue died wool (poor sheep) with a fabric binding on the ends that is red with printed shapes, the print is a combination of white and blue paint brushes, tubes of paint, and pallets. I remember thinking when I was 8 or 9 how some of the brushes look like a set of drum sticks, the third blanket which is a quilt was made just for me by a family friend for my 18th birthday, also blue. As I slowly adjusted my well slept eyes to the morning light seeping through the paisley swirls of my make shift “hung fabric” curtains spills into my room gently illuminating the space, the material itself is a rather dull colouring in moderate light but when light is passing through it electrifies the colours from dull blues, red, oranges, and yellows to vibrant hues. Once the nag for coffee beckoned my being more than the desire for the warmth and cosiness of my cocoon I got up and peculated a mug of black cawffee ***makes Homer Simpson drool noise***.

I have been making a many on changes in my habits for what feels like a long time now, one of the very few last things I am yet to do is either cut out coffee all together or at least not have a it everyday, I use to drink 3-8 cups a day and have only been drinking one cup a day for about 3 years now, just struggling to take that next step to have it a few times a week, it’s a personal thing not something I believe everyone should do, I would one day like to see how it feels to live predominately on a very low acidic diet and a high alkaline and ph balanced diet. Modern lifestyle habits can be a hard bad habit to kick, or at least so I’ve discovered on my own personal journey on this spinnin’ ball of dirt.

There is no real point to what I’m rambling on about here, fuck I need to change song wait, ahh, now yes, there’s no real point, this is what I call rant pant rambles, sometimes it’s nice just to write what ever is on your mind, after my coffee I relaxed fighting the urge for a possible wake n bake (something I DO NOT do that often, especially nowadays), I ended up feeling today needed to go in that direction, I have been working so hard lately on focusing on all that I want to develop and create in my life right now, I need a day just to relax in my little nest all day, eat fruit, drink tea, smoke billies, and just create, draw, write, read, listen to music, plan, organise... I am so fortunate to be able to have a roof over my head right now and for all the things that have been becoming a part of my life lately... to have the time and money to obtain and do these things is a blessing, I try to always be appreciative of all that I have at my finger tips, from hot water in the pipes to gas in the car, to the technology I type and communicate with and utilise for all the things I am trying to manifest right now. Time, time is energy and energy is money, a game I don’t agree with, money, what a concept hey... that’s a whole other ramble, oh golly, I now must listen to Ramblin’ Rose by Chuck Berry after this current tune which is just now drowning out to a close, uno momento, ahhh there we go, in come the brass, the drums, the keys, and vocals n’ guitar of our late Chuck, sing it brother, I have this tune on vinyl in a storage locker but yet here I sit with only a few seconds past with a few taps of the finger and here plays a tune with no wires connected to the waterproof portable speaker next to me. Modern Technology has changed human life forever...

Rain is gently starting to fall outside, it’s a chilly day, my fingers a cold as they along with my head are the only parts of my extremities that are exposed direct to the air right now, the storm is due in the next 2 hours, should probably close my window.

I stretch daily, a combination of general stretches, yoga, tai chi, and low impact callisthenics and/or pilates. I just call it “stretching” though AH HA. It is just insane how much stretching daily has aided getting my body back, I feel so good after a stretch, I usually do 20-45 minutes daily, I try to focus on all areas with my routine but make it different everyday so I don’t get bored or have it feel like a repetitive mundane daily chore, ya know, keep it fresh and different, routine is good but too much consistency can lead to dissatisfaction and restlessness.

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iggytheperson · 6 years

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Jenrya and Takato please. Them being boyfriends is completely opitional :3

[Send me an ask and an emoji and I’ll write some headcanons]

-Even after everything, the two of them will always love playing the digimon card game. Takato eventually actually starts to get good and for kicks the two of them start signing up for tournaments. The first person to get first place gets to have the other buy all the food they want.

-Jenrya wins. He doesn’t break Takato’s wallet all that much though. Just the fanciest restaurant in town. He teases him about it for weeks.

-They keep the tradition up over the years and eventually Ruki decides to join in. The added bonus of this is that the winner now has two wallets from which to buy loads of food. Which is usually Ruki.

-Takato knows so many useless trivia facts about cartoons and super hero movies that it isn’t even funny. Jenrya will listen to him ramble about it forever though.

-At one point Jenrya attempted to get Takato to pick up Tai Chi. To no avail. The nerd’s arms are like wet bagels.

-As they age, Takato’s infatuation with cartoons turns into full blown otaku-hood. Jenrya...is terrified, and tries to avoid bringing up Takato’s obsessions as much as he can.

-He’ll never forget the year that Takato convinced him to come along to comiket. He ranks that as one of the most terrifying experiences of his life. God, he hates crowds. He’s so bad at getting a sense of direction in large crowds. It took him five hours to relocate Takato after he managed to get lost. In the biggest crowd of people ever. Fuck. He hates comiket. He hates anime. He wishes Takato would get a different hobby.

-He’ll still play card games with Takato though. Even if his cards are wrapped up in all the stupidest nerdy cases imaginable. He really doesn’t understand the appeal.

-One year for his birthday, Takato gets him a giant holographic Terriermon card. He doesn’t know whether to slap Takato or hug him. He ends up just crying.

-He frames the card and keeps it next to his bed. He knows it’s stupid. But even if he has to hide it anytime a friend comes over, he still likes to have it there. It’s...nice.

#oh no tamers my only weakness #the one chiaki konaka thing that I hate #oh well I tried my best #also please put an emoji next to asks instead of being vague it's supposed to be not-vague that's the whole point #headcanons #ask meme #replying #bobgoesw00t

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theofficeimagines · 7 years

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Toby x fem!reader

This is for the anon who wanted: the reader likes Toby, and Jim is their best friend so he tries to set them up together. Friday Afternoon "Hey, Jimbo! Jimothy, it's time for lunch break." Jim took a glance at you and smiled. "OK, I'm coming y/n. Just let me finish real quick." "PFFT- THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" Michael burst into uncontrollable laughter. Pam frowned at the camera. It was very well known you and Jim were the best of friends at the office. You guys had been close since college, and you always had each other's backs. Pam, once upon a time, was almost jealous of you, until she realized that you were more like Jim's sister if anything. It also helped that you pushed Jim into asking her out. "Hey Bees- I mean Halpert, wanna come with us for lunch?" Jim grinned at his wife. You and Pam both rolled your eyes. "I would, but I have a lot more administration stuff to go over, so maybe later?" Pam said, knowing that you needed Jim's advice on something. Pam Beesly-Halpert was not incompetent. She recognized a office romance about to bloom when she saw it. Well, she had some trouble figuring out her own relationships(Jim vs Roy), but that didn't matter. She was the one who figured out Dwight and Angela were a thing. (Two chocolate bars?) It was weird and unconventional to her, but she knew you liked Toby. Sure, there was the time in the past where he groped her knee. And there was that other thing with Nellie. But... The guy was a little bit socially awkward, but he meant well. If anyone deserved some loving, it was probably Toby. Pam knew that any member of the Finer Things Club was awesome, and while she didn't reciprocate Toby's feelings, she knew that you were crushing. You walked into the break room and sat down at a table, opening up your tuna sandwich. Jim was about to follow you when Pam pulled his arm. "Jim, y/n is going to ask your advice on something, and I just wanna say..." Pam whispered. Jim waited for whatever token of advice he should tell y/n. "Tell her to go for it! Tell her how great their personalities go together, and tell her that it's gonna be fine and she should just tell him. Also, tell her I called it." Pam hushed. Jim, despite being your best friend, had no idea what Pam was on about. "Y/n has a crush on someone? Is it... Kevin? Or Gabe?" Jim fake shuddered. Pam giggled but told him to be respectful, and pushed him on his way. "Hey, y/n." "Hey, Big Tuna!" You held up your tuna sandwich and smirked. "Har-de-har, y/n. So what did you need to tell me?" Jim glanced at you, getting a granola bar from the vending machine. You weren't sure how to answer, being put on the spot like that. Sure, you needed advice, but on your own terms. "Tell you something? Who said I needed to tell you something?" "Ah, cut it out, y/n. I know when you're hiding something." Jim laughed. You were silent, unsure of how to proceed. "Plus Pam told me you were totally head over heels for someone here." Jim looked at your reddening face. "Oh my god." Jim was surprised. "Jim, you've been clueless since day one! God! I can't believe Pam figured out before you..." you groaned. "How could you not tell me, y/n, that you liked someone? This is so cool, finally! The last time was like... first year college, I believe?" It was no secret to Jim that you tended to be very quiet about feelings. He thought it was just ridiculous that someone as awesome as you could be so unsure of themselves. He knew whoever it was would be really happy to date you, and was psyched he could finally see his best friend find her Pam. Or should he say, Jim? Who was it, though? "Y/n l/n, please tell me you do not have a crush on Gabe. Or Oscar, because I think I have some bad news for you." Jim grinned. You laughed nervously, wondering if you should tell Jim and face judgement. "Actually, it's fine, because no matter who it is, I'm totally right here for-" "I have a crush on Toby." You said, with zero emotion. You didn't want Jim to make fun of you, because you were completely serious. "Yes, Jim, I have feelings for our HR rep. OK?" Jim seemed to have zoned out, upon hearing your deep claim. You got increasingly worried. Was it because, as Michael always said, Toby was the devil? Worse than hell? Apparently an evil snail? You always thought Toby was great. Kinda quiet, but that was part of the appeal. He was cute when he didn't quite know what was going on, which was like always. He was also really kind, and helped make sure you had a comfortable start when you started at Dunder Mifflin. Of course as a HR rep he probably did that for everyone, but whatever. "Y/n that's..." "Yeah? OK I know you guys think he's lame or whatever but I don't! I think he's-" "Great! How can I help?" Jim patted your shoulder. "Wonderful..." you trailed off your last sentence. "Y/n, only Michael G. Scott has the unmitigated nerve to hate someone that much. Honestly I think Toby is really responsible, and it gets on Michael's nerves that he can't party all the time." Jim said. "So what are we gonna have to do, to get my best buddy in Toby's life?" Jim said, nudging you. "Also Pam said to go for it, and you guys have really matching personalities, and it's gonna be fine, and to just tell him. Oh, and she..." Jim smiled when he realized his wife really noticed a lot. "Called it." "Pam really knows, huh? Crap... I hope I wasn't too obvious about it." You blushed. Jim really understood now. He totally could see why you'd like Toby. You probably never noticed but Toby definitely made a bigger effort to talk with you, than anyone else in the office. He couldn't believe that he didn't see it before. Jim was gonna do everything to make it happen. "Lunch is over, Jimmy. I'm going back, see ya." You stood up, and threw out your trash, and sauntered out the door. Jim headed over to his desk, knowing he'd need all his energy to set you up. --- Monday Michael was holding another mandatory meeting that was of course, about nothing. You walked in to the conference room, and noticed that you were the last person to get in. Everyone else was sitting down already. The only empty seat was next to Toby. You immediately turned red, as Jim waved at you. Maliciously. Sitting next to Toby, you tried not to seem too fidgety. Jim mouthed "breathe". Toby smiled a warm, placid smile. "Have a nice weekend, y/n?" "Oh, yeah! It was a lot of fun, I found the perfect teapot cosy, and at such a low price too, it's got such Austen elements." You rambled, feeling kind of stupid. "Sorry, I don't mean to take up the whole meeting with my rambling, haha." You winced. "Well it's not like anything worthwhile happens during these meetings anyways, right?" That's what you loved about Toby. He was so assuring. "Anyways, if you're interested, maybe you can join the Finer Things Club? If you're a fan of Austen, I'll recommend you to Pam and Oscar." Toby whispered, as Michael was getting suspicious that no one cared. "Really? I'd love to!" You beamed. "I heard it was pretty exclusive to get in, though. Isn't it only you, Oscar, and Pam?" "I'm sure we can make a exception for someone as well tasted as you, Y/n." Toby looked rather pleased. You heard the rest of the office giggling like a bunch of school children. You smiled good naturedly at Toby, wondering if they were laughing with you or at you. "Jesus, you guys! If you wanna talk, do it somewhere else. Listen to me during my meetings." Michael groaned. Everyone shuffled out of the conference room. You could see Toby asking Pam and Oscar about something, and felt your heart flutter. Did he care so much that he had to ask right after the meeting? Pam smiled, nodded, and punched Toby in the arm absentmindedly, while Oscar nodded. She ran over and pulled you aside. "Y/n, guess who's a part of the FTC! You are! That's great, just stupendous, right?" Pam excitedly held you by the shoulders. "Oh my god, really? You guys are just gonna let me in?" Pam nodded and gave you a hug. "Take it or leave it, l/n. I've been trying to get in the FTC since the start... of my love for Pam." He winked at her while she laughed. --- Tuesday "So, y/n..." Jim sashayed over to your desk. "How's the whole deal on the oby-tay situation?" The office was already quite aware of your feelings to Toby, so Jim's discretion was kind of useless. "Didn't Pam tell you?" You typed away, creating another spreadsheet. "Uh, yeah. She said nothing really happened at the Finer Things Club meetings, that you guys really just discussed... finery." Jim made his signature look. "I was hoping you'd have better news, l/n!" "Listen to your wife, Jim. Nothing happened. Nada." You groaned. Excel shut down before you could save. "Y/n, you gotta put yourself out there! Just seduce him. Use your magically enticing good looks." You rolled your eyes. --- Wednesday Jim knew it had to be today. He had assigned the rest of the office to leave Toby alone today, which was a rather easy task in itself. He also asked Kelly to do her work in the break room for today, just to keep the annex clear. So it would just be Toby. And you. "Hey, Y/n?" Erin popped by your desk. "Yeah?" "I need you to hand this file report in to Toby...heh." Erin couldn't help but snicker a little bit. You sighed. "Erin, isn't that your job? Why should I-" "It's a report about your personal HR situation in the accounting department." "But-" "No buts! You have to meet with him!" Erin bustled back to her receptionist seat, leaving you with the file. The rest of the office ushered you in through the kitchen, and Jim and Pam gave you a good luck wave. Not even thinking to look at the file, you approached Toby, as everyone pretended not to watch from the kitchen. "Hey, Toby?" You said quietly. And hopefully. "Yeah, yeah, what is it Micha- oh. Y/n? Hi, what's up?" Toby seemed to be blushing, at the back of your mind. "Michael has been asking me the most idiotic questions in the last hour, so I've just been tuning a lot out. Sorry." "Uh... Erin told me to give you this file..." you mentally kicked yourself as you realized you had no idea what was in it. Was it promiscuous, lasvicious? Toby gingerly took the file from you nervous hands. As he was about to open it, his computer immediately crashed. "Ah, damn it." Toby said under his breath. "Gonna have to get IT to fix that..." "Oh, I can do it! My computer has been going through the same problems in the last couple of weeks." You hoped you didn't sound overly eager. You scooted your chair really close to Toby, and the computer, and powered it back on. As you were doing a bunch of tech stuff, your arm brushed Toby's and he stiffened. He worried, if he was too anti-social for you to like him, and to purposely touch his arm one day. He was sure he was going to freak you out like he did to Pam. You got up out of your seat, so consumed in fixing the software, you didn't realize how many times you had leaned over Toby. Your hair brushed his face, and he caught a whiff of your perfume on your neck. Jim smirked. "Y/n does not realize how suave she's being right now." he whispered to Pam. Toby was slowly losing count of how many times you have to brush his whatever it was, until he would, in all actuality, have to jump a fence again to save face. Long at last, the computer was fixed. "I-I can't thank you enough, y/n." Toby stuttered a little, but you didn't think it was anything. "Of course, no problem, Toby! Anything for a friend." You smiled, in a way that Toby wanted to memorize, because he never wanted to forget the way you especially beamed at him. He felt almost entitled to it, although he knew it was your kind nature that made you smile so much. "Now, let's see that file..." Toby opened it, hoping you wouldn't see him smiling like a weirdo. If you could just be beside him more often, he'd be happier than ever. You braced yourself for some odd kinky message. "Hmm... well it says that you feel quite lonely. Sounds like depression, or lack of contact outside work. You get along well with most co-workers. Hey, isn't Jim your best friend?" Toby said, pulling you out of your surprise that the file was actually very accurate. Toby's tone sounded scathing, he realized. He didn't like that somehow Jim managed to snag two beautiful women. It wasn't that Toby hated Jim, it was just that everything Jim had done could only remind Toby of his own pathetic failures. Earlier in life, he could have been Jim. Married to a great woman, best friends with the greatest woman. Well, obviously Toby wanted to be married to the greatest woman. "Well yeah, Jim is my best friend... but he's not like you, Toby, for starters." You said honestly. Toby nearly dropped his pen out of surprise. "Well I mean, Jim is really great. I've known him for quite some time. But for some reason, I think you get me better, Toby. You somehow totally get eveything I like without making too much noise." You laughed. Toby felt his spirits lift, glad someone appreciated his nonchalant attitude. "The file says I'm lonely, right? But it's more like I don't hang enough around people who really get me, I guess except for Jim. And you. Office relationships are as simple as can be. It's hard to find a real friend out there." You ended off quietly. Toby's heart, unexpectedly filled with sympathy. Somehow you had described how he felt everyday. He never thought someone as lively and stunning as you, could be feeling the same way as him. "Y/n, we're real friends, aren't we?" He gave you a reassuring pat on the shoulder, too afraid to try anything inappropriate for the work place. "Yeah! Of course we are, Toby. That's what I was saying. It might not be appropriate for a HR meeting... but-" "Of course we can be better friends. We can get to know each other. Er, we can hang out soon if you'd like..." Toby cut you off early. He didn't want to get his hopes up. You, on the other hand, were more courageous than him, and you'd come way too far now to be shut down. You caught Jim's eyes in the kitchen, as he batted his eyelashes girlishly and pouted his lips. It was clear Jim was telling you to seduce Toby. Jim wanted you to avoid the "best friend" thing for what you really wanted. You smiled, knowing nobody was expecting this. "Toby?" "Yeah, y/n? What date should we hang-" You promptly leaned in and kissed him. Toby froze, unsure of how to move, because it had been so long since he kissed someone. Plus he didn't think it would be happening with you. Eventually he started kissing back, but you pulled away, took an exaggerated breath, and said "Yeah. It's a date." Toby couldn't help but grin really stupidly at you. And you couldn't help but smile back, and loop your arms in a hug around his shoulder. The office roared in the background, and Jim couldn't help but be so very grateful for you. Pam, too. Not to mention Toby.

#theofficeimagines #submission #the office #the office us #michael scott #jim halpert #pam beesly

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fantasticcloaksandhowtolevitate · 7 years

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If my children inherit my ability to retain information and apply it to learning useful things instead of retaining loads of useless garbage like their mother; they might just be geniuses.

#tay rambles #just sayin #useless facts #I'm your gal

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kitto-toberu-sa · 7 years

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Tri Spoilers

I feel the new trailer has kinda spoiled some of the films best moments since they take some of the tension out of it... On the cast talk, they didn’t say much of interest, since we hadn’t seen the movie, so anything interesting would have been a spoiler...

Cast Talk Sora’s va had invited other cast members to her concert and they came, so she felt like they were family. They twirled around in the uniforms and said they thought the movie was interesting. Next broadcast is those two + Mimi, with Takeru as the MC, because he’s cheerful and able to chat. He called himself ponkotsu (useless, terrible etc) and said he found it difficult, so Sora should do it, but she said she was ponkotsu too. Mimi’s va is the ‘you can do it’ senpai, so the announcer said the three of them probably balance each other out lol

Warning: I was working on three hours of sleep and did have a teeny tiny bit of alcohol before the movie (I get tipsy easily :/) so I may or may not have missed something.

Shipping moments - honestly whenever someone asks me about a ship moment I never know if they’re talking friend or romance. Because in all honesty, character A can look at B and half of tumblr will say it’s code for them dating. So when y’all say ‘moments’ I never know what you’re thinking because half of you exaggerate nothingness into canon. So when I’m asked about moments, I talk about times when characters interacted. I hope that clears things up.

Also please slow down on the shipping asks. I deleted over 10 messages. Patience is appreciated. So is not being rude. I’m happy to talk about literally any ship, but don’t spam me and demand answers. You make your ship and the fandom look bad. (Also why are y’all on anon I don’t bite lmao)

We start off with a flashback, done in an old timey style (like old movie cinema noises, flickering visuals etc. I thought it was rad like it made me so happy I love it) HIMEKAWA AND DAIGO ARE DIGIDESTINED. (HE’S A GOGGLEHEAD I LOVE HIM) So we see their final story and that’s hella cool but I can’t read kanji and some of it was written in kanji so :/

Looks like she was possessed like Hikari? Glowing eyes and shit, mentions of light, hope, Yggdrasil and homeostasis. (Apparently they were the original chosen which seems kinda blegh to me but w/e)

So they both know they’re chosen and Maki works her butt of to try and get them back (looks like she may have made reboot in order to reach her partner?). At one point Daigo tries to get her to STOP (even though she just wants to see her partner??? Bakumon/Tapirmon)

“I’ll be your new partner”

I fucking squealed HOW CUTE

But also what a dumb confession you nerd. This looked to be high school or uni btw. She was favourable to that. It seems they dated for a time but he forgot everything? (Which explains why she’s so bitter 24/7)

In any case, the kids are stuck in the D World with no way to contact anyone (Gennai isn’t answering) or to get home. They eat. Koushirou goes on a lecture about Oolong because Mochimon said it was nice. Mochimon is looking for a polite way to say ‘I honestly don’t care’ since Koushirou is rambling about it while everyone is doing their own thing. Sora made food for everyone. Everyone’s bonding but Piyomon is being an unreasonable bitch. I can understand her being scared, confused etc, but she’s full on aggressive the whole movie, and it literally makes no sense. It’s distracting, not like the first Piyomon we knew and it doesn’t advance the plot or characters.

Ah, there’s also a few scenes where they’re trying to bond with their Digimon. Hikari’s whistle smells like her so they bond pretty quick and it’s pretty cute. Tsunomon is hiding even though yamato is standing ages away just looking over his shoulder. Lots of ‘DON'T EAT ME PLZ’ which is cute and Mochimon is adorable.

Koushirou is busy so Mimi tries to feed him!!!! He goes bright red and puts his laptop in front of his face, saying he can feed himself. I’m screaming everyone loved it they’re SO CUTE. Sora made some weird shit with jelly beans and whipped cream. Koromon is the only one who likes it. Everyone else thinks its fucked up. I wouldn’t eat it.

Everyone Digivolves because of food? Palmon has a cute scene where she’s all like ‘Am I cute~?’ and Mimi is like YAAAAS YOU ARE! YOU’RE THE DIGIWORLDS NEXT TOP MODEL (okay not a direct quote but shush) which is super cute since Mimi wasn’t impressed with having an ‘ugly’ digimon originally so it really shows her development and growth.

Meikuumon appears, runs away and then disappears through a portal. Meikuumon is very odd, going from crying to being incredibly angry the whole time. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. Meiko gets to the Digital World after her Digivice changes.

Sora is upset because Piyomon is being a bitch so Taito try to comfort her. They sit on either side of her, so it’d be an excellent opportunity for them to both show interest in her. Or for Yamato to go ‘dude, my girlfriend/love interest, back off’. But no. Apparently neither of them know more than ‘Sora’s upset’ and have no idea what’s really wrong or how to help, so they’re using each other as back up to try and make her happy.

How many years have they known each other now? They should have some type of guess at how to help her inidivdually. It makes me wonder if the epilogue is tri canon because this could have set Sorato up perfectly, but if you didn’t know the epilogue, you honestly never would know. Everyone would assume it’s Koumi that’s the official pair.

Agumon floats by on a log? So Tai goes to help and Sora walks off. Tai says the same line Piyomon said about taking care of herself and she’s all like ‘don’t say what Piyomon said!!!’ as if Tai knew about it??? The whole scene is funny, but it’s filler and just goes ‘boys and girls are SO different they CAN’T understand each other?!???!’. It’s basically Taito speaking in unison and going ‘girls are troublesome’.

Considering they don’t know how to comfort her and they’re constantly together, I wouldn’t say it’s a win for anyone but Taiorato fans, and due to the bad writing, I don’t think you can call it a win.

At some point they’re discussing Meiko and Hikari’s like ‘ehhh Takeru, don’t you have a crush on her?’ and he’s like ‘don’t worry, my number one person is...’

-looks at Yamato-

‘Isn’t that great, oniichan?’ (Taichi)

Tsuntsun Yama makes his appearance again. I LOVE IT.

Everyone (Meiko not included) is deciding what to do and Jyou is old reliable Jyou again. Takeru mentions how he’s like Jou of the past and Mimi wonders if he’s responsible now because he has a girlfriend to look after. Jyou can tell by her tone she doesn’t believe he has a girlfriend. I live for these jokes tbh.

Everyone gets separated when the big bad attacks. The scene of Jyou/Pata/Pal is adorable, since we see Palmon and then it pans up to Jyou. It looked so dramatic but then it’s Jyou and two weak/girly looking Digimon against a stormy sky and everyone just burst out laughing.

Tai and Gabu are together. Tai’s shouting for everyone. Gabu joins in.

“YAMato... kun”

He’s too embarassed because they aren’t close enough and stuff to just say ‘Yamato’. Tai is a bit miffed that Gabumon won’t use honorifics on him lmao Gabu’s the cutest little muffin and everyone loved it. It happens again later when he and Yamato are reunited and Yamato is like ??? why honourifics??? and Taichi’s still pissed he doesn’t have honorifics lolololol

Anyone Tai and Hikari meet up and Tai’s like ‘well all their memories are gone it sucks’ and Hikari’s like ‘I don’t know. This way, Plotmon doesn’t remember all the bad things that happened to her. I think it’s okay this way.’ AND DAMN THAT HIT ME. Abuse isn’t something you just magically get over. It’s a lifelong fight. Honestly it was really simple and wasn’t elaborated on, but it seriously touched me. It says a lot about Hikari and her relationship with Tailmon to me.

Palmon draws Mimi on some rocks. Koushirou and Yamato are together and Koushirou just shows photos of everyone having fun which is cute, but do we really need all this bonding stuff? Tri has been really well character driven, but it rebooted to 0 character for the Digimon so I just feel like it’s a bad decision and I’m worried about the time it ate up, since it leaves less time for plot.

Piyomon and Sora are in the desert, Piyomon tries to ditch, they find Meiko. They go recoop and Piyomon doesn’t want to talk to Sora but she happily does whatever Meiko says? Which considering how little she trusts Sora, why would she trust some random human she just met? It’s honestly so cringey and Sora and Meiko were uncomfortable with it, and it made no sense. Sora deserved better.

Ken appears to Sora and Meiko. He shows himself to be Gennai. But apparently is NOT Gennai, but is on the Digimon’s side. Whatever the fuck that means.

Also, he licked Sora’s face while pinning her down and felt all over her to steal her Digivice. It made me hella uncomfortable. It wasn’t necessary, the cast is already freaked out by him, he’s stronger and smarter than them, so it did nothing except make the audience uncomfortable. Sora didn’t make much of a reaction either, so it was weird and unnecessary and not what Digimon is about.

Maki finds her partner but obviously it doesn’t remember her. She seems really shocked? Like what the fuck? She probably knew this would happen, or the amount of time it’s been could have changed things. Instead of being understanding or sad, she goes berserk and grabs it and shakes it? Girl needs to chill (honestly made me uncomfortable, like imagine shaking a small child? ew)

(Meanwhile, Huckmon fills Daigo in in Maki’s office and just info drops really. Daigo has some nice hacking skills tho. Mostly cuz he knows Maki too well lol)

By the end of the movie everyone except Tailmon is at their final form iirc. That was pretty rad, except I’m pretty sure Takeru’s digivice said MagnaAngemon instead of Holy? Also, Butterfly was playing instead of Brave heart for some of the evolution and that’s weird and wrong. (I love it but it isn’t the evolution song :/)

The end battle is everyone going ‘oh shit Sora/Meiko are in trouble lets get Gennai away from them’ and for some reason they’re on a boat? Okay then. Taito run off with Hikari and encounter Seadramon. Hikari is left to float by herself while the other two drown. They're ultra gay because Taichi can’t swim enough so starts drowning (even though he should theoretically be more athletic than Yamato? Or at least equal) so Yama comes back and swims around him to save him? But they both drown and the AguGabu’s friendship saves them and they Digivolve. As you do. They monologue and shit, but, as much as it’s my OTP and Yama is bae of baes, it didn’t fit the tone, the situation or anything. It wasn’t important. Generic friendship stuff.

Nobody really brings Sora back to her normal self, but Piyomon comes to her senses after Sora tries to save her and is repeatedly smashed into a mountain. Meiko does try to comfort Sora before they’re all attacked and is all like ‘Digimon are our partners’ and using the words Sora used to comfort her (this is right before Meikuumon attacks her too lmao so Meiko tries to help Meikuumon and then they’re all attacked by gennai).

So the others come up with a plan to distract Gennai from SoraMei (which backfrires because Sora runs off to help everyone and he can teleport? So he’s like lol thanks for leaving Meiko wide open nice).

JYOU FULL ON TACKLES GENNAI IT’S BRILLIANT AND COMES OUT OF NOWHERE FUCK DIGIMON I’M USING MY FISTS WHAT A BRAVE GOOD BOY

Piyomon gets captured, Sora tries to save her and is smashed up against a wall of ice numerous times. Piyomon digivolves, mostly everyone else does and a giant Tentomon appears?!? Because Koushirou used a hologram, nice. There was no reason for Palmon and Gomamon to be on the sidelines. Nice fight tho. Takari scene were ice is crashing and Takeru is looking out for her, but that’s what he’d do for anyone, and I’m honestly sick of her needing to be saved (happened like, three times this movie? Yuck no thanks)

Anyway Gennai plot drops and I don’t really get it but it looks like he was using Maki to make reboot so Digimon who were sealed away could be reborn and Meiko is needed for some reason (maybe due to Meikuumon’s virus?). Yggdrasil seems to be the big bad. Gennai is trying to get Meikuumon to do something but it won’t so he strangles Meiko until she passes out (I honestly don’t believe she’s dead) and Meikuumon evolves.

The end.

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My thoughts:

Weakest movie so far. Many scenes were enjoyable but since the Digimon are memoryless, it didn’t add to development, character or plot wise. Enjoyable scenes were also dragged out too long, leaving little room for plot. Plot came out of nowhere and was unexplained (where the fuck are the 02 kids) and Sora honestly just cried a lot. This should have been her and Meiko’s movie, because Taito didn’t do much plotwise and Sora’s arc was written too weakly to carry the movie. At the end of the movie everyone kinda paused, going, ? oh, that’s it? It didn’t feel like a complete movie

Felt a little like filler. I enjoyed it, but I’m very worried about the pacing the last two movies need to fit everything in.

Especially if the epilogue is canon. They’re either glossing over everything (ie Sorato) or … I don’t know. Like, to show a relationship, all they need is Sorato standing next to each other, Yamato attempting to comfort her alone and like, one or two lines a movie where they show concern for each other on more than friends level. But Koumi + Jyou/Mystery Woman get more than that, so it’s worrying to see how it will end out.

I honestly don’t care if they rehash the epilogue. I like it as it is, but unless they did something majorly off like pair Meiko with Yamato I’d probably be happy with it (I only wouldn’t accept this as it comes out of nowhere). I don’t think there’s really been tonnes of Takari hints (some, yes) but I wouldn’t mind betting that Koumi has good chances of being canon, though Mimi doesn’t always seem to realise Koushirou likes her, so maybe not. But if any couple was going to be canon that wasn’t originally canon, that’s where I’d put money.

#Digimon #Digimon Adventure #Digimon Adventure Tri #Tri Spoilers

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apatheticcitizen · 7 years

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No epiphanies

I had smokes with Chito Miranda at Tomato Kick once. It was the otherworldy draw of bumming a stick together with this seemingly larger-than-life figure that brought me back to the edge of the abyss. I told myself, “just this once. Just this once, and then I’m out.” But my friend only had reds and I ended up getting a sore throat that lasted a whole week.

It’s Easter and I am still trapped by the same old habits.

I still wipe the rim of a glass after drinking from it because I cannot stand the thought of my saliva lingering there. I still can’t resist spouting off useless trivia to people who are largely uninterested in the subject. I still scroll aimlessly through any and all social media feeds in an attempt to feel like I am really on vacation and not struggling to meet a thesis deadline I convinced myself I could reach two weeks ago. I am not that strong. I still waste 2 hours every morning on breakfast so I can delay the inevitable. I still float back to the past so I can avoid thinking about the future. I still constantly doubt anyone and everyone who has ever come into my life

It’s been 22 years and I no longer believe humans can really change. In my mind, there had always been this unaddressed contradiction between telling people to change, and then telling them to be themselves.

I’ve been on and off smoking for a while. Once, when I was especially drunk on vacation, I lit one without realizing it. Three years ago I would have taken it without hesitation.

I wandered off to the hotel bar later that night, on some misguided notion that there were cute, available girls in the area. I ended up wasting 95 pesos on a can of Red Horse, a drink that we already had an abundance of back in the room. I would’ve been better off spending my money on a mai tai. My friends eventually came to pick me up, dragging me back to the hotel room as my drunk ramblings filled the empty beach air. One year ago, I would have never let myself be so vulnerable around anybody.

Then I realized that I had changed, but not in the way I thought. Three years ago, I would’ve never had the guts to approach Chito Miranda like that. Four years ago, I would’ve never had the courage to ask my parents whether I could take a trip like this. Five years ago, I would’ve never imagined being able to pour my heart and soul into anything like my thesis. Six years ago, the thought of entering a school I didn’t originally choose would have netted nothing but endless complaints from me. Now, I thrive in it.

In the end, that contradiction that had nagged at my head for years was finally addressed. I think I finally figured out the secret to character development As humans, we probably can’t change, but we can try to be the best version of ourselves.

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Quahog Heat – Review & How Did You Do Poll

Hey there readers, it would appear the crime spree that wreaked havoc in our towns is over and I can once again waffle on about what I thought about an event in general. Yes, Quahog Heat saw us spend 4 weeks investigating everything from Robbers to Card Sharks, and there certainly wasn’t a dull moment.

Well it all started with a teaser from TinyCo that some 80’s Detectives were heading to Quahog, and soon we were all speculating who might make an appearance. And I think I can safely say none of us predicted Pamela Anderson in their cast of potential characters, lol.

And I have to say when I saw Donuts and MacGyver I started to think I was in my other game, Tapped Out. But no, soon sadly my Quahog would be overflowing with donuts whilst my Tapped Out premium currency cupboard was bare, lol.

The game update unfortunately had some of the usual App Store delays, and I’m honestly not sure there’s an awful lot TinyCo can do about this, they are at the mercy of the various app stores when it comes to the updates appearing for our games, but I do get the there’s frustration when one set of players can play whilst another sits twiddling their thumbs. All we can hope is these delays get shorter and that TinyCo continue to acknowledge players who are starting events late through no fault of their own.

The event certainly started on positive note for me, as once again we were seeing an event with a link to the Family Guy TV show, Erik Estrada, MacGyver and Pamela Anderson had all made appearances, so that was a thumbs up.

I was also immediately delighted to see this was a 4 week event, I think this is starting to work well for events, I prefer it to the 6 week events.

This event also seemed to be about bringing back some more 80’s nostalgia to the game, as many do forget Family Guy was at one time just one big parody of the 80’s. It’s the comfort zone era of the show, and it’s therefore no surprise the game is pulling so much from that decade now.

I also decided to try a different kind of strategy in this event, purchasing the Week 1 premium character costume, Chopper Cop Quagmire, to see just how good a leg up it would give me going forward in the event. I rarely buy premium character costumes unless it’s a must have, such as Tai-Jitsu Lois. But with the rare drop on Police Tape I thought it’s now or never to try this strategy. And at first I was very disappointed in my purchase, he seemed only to be a little help at first, allowing me a cheaper room investigation.

It wasn’t until Phase 2 his true worth started to become apparent, as I kept pulling Kingpin Consuela from investigations at a high heart level and having Chopper Cop Quagmire helped me defeat her over and over, allowing me to build up loads of resources to exchange for Detective Badges, I ended up with not only enough to buy all the Phase 2 prizes but even had enough to see me through Phase 3 when it launched. So a worthwhile investment of clams that allowed me to relax a little during the event when drops went out the window and others started to struggle. But he wasn’t the only big help, the other was a freemium unlock Erik Estrada, only problem was many if you struggled to unlock him.

But now let’s take a mor in-depth look at the event, and yes I will say this from the off, a lot of players found the early Phases extremely tough going.

FORMAT: A 4 week event that brought back the dreaded timed characters. Now 4 weeks was fine, but the event started to show issues in the first days with the very early poor drops of Police Tape, this in turn impacted on player’s ability to unlock Erik Estrada within the 7 day timer period. Making handcuffs, essential for unlocking him, a random investigation drop was never a good idea. And not unlocking him had a detrimental impact once you entered Phase 2, as you lost his ability to do cheaper Investigations and having him as a much-needed extra character to have for Police Tape drops. I honestly believe those who didn’t get him, or were delayed getting him, struggled with due to a knock on effect throughout the remainder of the event. He was probably the most valuable of the freemium unlocks, so I’m interested to see how many managed to get him, and if you feel you were hindered if you didn’t have him.

CONTENT: More Family Guy TV show linked content. As I said earlier Family Guy related content to keep us happy.

INVESTIGATION RESOURCES: I felt the task lengths were fine for drops but the rare frequency was a real issue at times, we just couldn’t get enough Police Tape to complete countless Investigations, this made the random nature of the Investigation prizes an issue, as nothing worse than grinding out tasks all day to get enough Police Tape to do an investigation to only find a worthless box of donuts at the end of it. This kind of random drop is ok if we’ve unlimited resources to use to investigate but not good when things are tight.

CHARACTER DROPS: With regards to gameplay it was good to see less characters have multiple tasks for different drop items, I know there was still some crossover but that will always happen as core characters that were unlocked in the early Districts are used in events to allow newer players to join in events. I really think TinyCo got the balance quite well in this event and used a good ratio of characters and buildings with drops. Also good to see more old characters being use for even just Donut drops, players have been asking for that for a long time..

CHARACTERS: What did I like, well we got quite a few new freemium characters as opposed to just a whole lot of costumes. Although we got load them too.

WEEKLY CHALLENGES: The weekly challenges were once again tough, and many struggled with the 1st one which meant their chance to get what seemed like a coveted prize, The B-Team van, gone. I think these challenges will vary between easy and very tough, and you never know what to expect until they drop.

STRUCTURE: For the most part there was no surprises, everything you needed to do in each phase was spelt out early by simply moving through the first few parts of the main Questline for each Phase. And we’d had a mini run of Investigation gameplay in the previous short event Undercover Gigg-Olo.

GAMEPLAY: They seemed for a while to be taking on board issues that derailed previous events, but seem to have fallen into bad habits again, the rare drop on Police Tape was an inexcusable error, but I have to say they seemed to slow down the amount of content as the event went on and the final Phase was very light and hopefully this allowed players to catch up some.

SUPPORT: There has been definite improvements in this area, but more work needs done, for a small company they are trying hard to have a good system in place. However there is still an over reliance on sending standard responses to players, which at times either appears to ignore their concerns or miss the nature of their complaint completely.

MYSTERY BOXES: It’s no mystery what my feelings on Mystery Boxes are, I’ve long despaired at the way TinyCo implements Mystery Boxes in events. But in one way they seem to be responding to concerns by putting returning characters in as potential prizes rather than too many useless decorations. But they also still have too many repeatable resources and the odds of winning the top prize can be brutal.

BOSS BATTLES: These weren’t too bad, freemium players could attack up to every level within the 24 hour time frame but it would see you lose a little sleep. But at least the choice was there if you wanted to go for it, in past battles there was nothing freemium players could do to attack never mind defeat at the higher Boss levels. Also was good to see few of the bosses were Family Guy characters. Just a shame they never brought back Bertram as a returning character.

QUESTLINES: Now the dialogue and tasks were fantastic, no issues at all there, but what I do find troublesome is having a character with a timer needing to be activated to be able to progress a Main Questline. This causes a delay in players getting new content if they delay activating the timer, or they panic and activate the timer too soon and end up losing out on the character.

DROPS: Rare drops on an essential item should raise concerns with the development team immediately, as should random drops you can’t control on a timed character. These really are errors that shouldn’t be being repeated 3 years after the game’s launch.

EXCHANGES: The exchanges really got better as the event went on, so there was some improvement in this area.

So fellow addicts, that’s just some of my thoughts, and I want to stress they are just my thoughts, they in no way reflect what Bunny or Lotty felt about the event, but before I ask for your thoughts I want to say one last thing about the event and that’s how fantastic the animation has been yet again, really top work from the guys at TinyCo.

Anyway that’s my ramblings, now I want you to tell me your thoughts. But please don’t turn this into a boiling hot What the Deuce post by releasing the your ire in your comments as Bunny will throw me head first into the nearest jail if you do. Please give us your feedback and thoughts in a fun in the sun sort of way. Tell us what you like, don’t like? What you’d like to see more of, what you’d like to see less off. Share with us everything and anything you think would improve FGQFS, as TinyCo do read this blog and of course Bunny also takes your feedback to TinyCo. And if you can please take a minute to complete the end of event poll at the end of this I’d be very grateful.

And just incase you can’t see the poll or find it jumps about when you’re trying answer, here’s the direct link:

https://goo.gl/forms/ASrxG4eM6FJ4ovxo1

~ Russian Tigger

Quahog Heat – Review & How Did You Do Poll was originally published on Yatterz

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