#we still stan our big monkey boy :')

[the-grove]

Meeting the Grove!

Alright so here is your guide to the Grove!

Rosie(she/her or fae/faer)- Rosie is the closest thing we have to our original host. She is a non binary trans girl who associated her gender with the fae. She likes to consider herself a sort of fey spirit often in the image of a Pixie or a Gnome. Fae likes to write and read poetry.

Mima Melonbun(she/her) originally a pathfinder character, when she retired from the game. We found her still with us in our headspace. She is demisexual. She is a halfling baker and cleric. She likes to come out and help out when other members of the system are cooking.

Fae-fae-(she/her or fae/faer) she has a younger mental age then the rest of us. She likes Pokemon, Blue Clues, Kirby, Blu. She loves her stuffed animal Bertha(who is a giant sloth and she enjoys talking too). She likes sweets and to help with chores.

Tumblr: @sweet-fae-dreams (For Rosie, Mima, and Fae-fae)

Florina Sanchez( fae/faer, or she/her)- Florian was previously known as Eliwood, but has recently decided to change her name and pronouns, Fae is still the same person though, loving to show off and attention seeking. Very social. She is a bit more demure now but that might just be because fae is going through quite a bit. Enjoys socializing, warm baths, wine, and finger food.

Tumblr:  @florina-fae

Roxanne Loveta Brown (Roxy for short) ( she/her or he/him)- roxy is a werewolf/wolf spirit. She considers herself bigender. He enjoys hiking, longwalks, and paintings of landscapes and especially winter landscapes. She is very loyal and dedicated. Alpha was her name when she thought she was exclusively male. She still goes by Alpha but also Roxanne or Roxy. Suffers from both gender and species dysphoria.

Tiphanie Dupont(She/her)- I am a fictive that was previously a pathfinder character. I am rather rambunctious. I like antiques and artifacts and cool stuff like that. And also #1 Tinkaton stan.

tumblr: @roxyscave (For Roxy and Tiphanie)

Powder(she/her or it/its)- an introspect of the character Jinx from Arcane/LoL. She has gone down a different path then the character that has inspired her and has started down a path of recovery. She has a Monkey fursona. She is a cuddlebug. Likes graffiti, punk music, hip hop music. Please don't ask her or us about league of legends, we do not play. You can ask us about Arcane but don't expect us to be the same. Turns out I am also a fictive of Marceline from Adventure time. (Hecate and I are connected somehow)

Hecate(she/her)- Hecate Is not likely to front but is more likely to co-front with a different headmate. She is goth. She likes witch-craft, vampirism, greek mythology. I am a goddess an intend to treated as such. I love my partners very much.

Tumblr: @misfit-toy (For Powder and Hecate)

Princess( nom/noms, he/him, she/her, it/its or your majesty)- she has intense species dysphoria in our body. Nom believes it is too big and she doesn't enjoy human hair. I am a kobold princess or even a draconic heir. She likes to remind the rest of the system to take time for our body to recover and to do things for ourselves, be it treats or a nice long bath, fancy food, and relaxing. Is NSFW, especially a lot of Vore.

tumblr: @kobold-royalty

Abayomi( It/it’s or whatever you perceive)- My name is Abayomi, I am a familiar happy to serve and perform tasks. I enjoy tea, books, and cleaning. It is a pleasure to meet you. I consider my primary gender identities to be Maid and Object.

tumblr: @clayvessel

Westley + Willow(he/him and she/her pronouns, Alternatively They.them)- These two are actually a sub-system. Consisting of Willow the Skeleton girl, and Westley the Ghost boy that possesses her. They get along well enough. I like milkshakes and egg creams, poodle skirts, the color pink,  gloomy things, I like strawberries. I like to stim by ripping stuff up.   I love birds(peacocks are my fave). I love chocolate covered cherries.

tumblr: @harpyboytits

Crona( it/its or she/her) - Still figuring myself out, but I am fictive of Crona from Soul-Eater. I don't like to be perceived by strangers in person. it scares me. I like swords. I like mice and bunny as well. I also am a subsystem, consisting of myself and Ragnarok. I also am a big fan of FMA, Madoka Magika, and Hunter x Hunter.

tumblr: @rose-thorn-storm

Rio Rainbow(He/him or they/them)- Nice to meet ya! Fat Fishboy. lets chill and enjoy the waves and some food yeah? (Rio hasn't been too active as of late)

tumblr: @river-rainbow​

Nebula(Nebby for short) -(she/her or they/them) I'm an alien from outer space! And that makes me the coolest!! Ignore the fact that my UFO crashlanded and Idk how to fix it. I'll figure it out eventually. I post a lot of Macro Furry stuff.

tumblr: @junker-ufo

15/Quince (Any/All Pronouns. use whatever works) I am new. I am a robot. I like bubbles. I do not know how i'll active I be. Still getting used to stuff. I am very small.

tumblr: @babybattlebot

Reyna- (SHE/HER nothing else) Fictive of Ranko/that girl/Ranma/episode 49 Ranma, from Ranma 1/2. Don't know if i'll make a blog or do something else. Still figuring things out but i'm happy to be here. i'm uh not the martial artist type. I like being cute, and dressing up and being pretty and taken care of myself. I like cooking and um being a housewife.

Reynya-(she/her, it/its or purr/purrs) Hi I'm the cat, I'm a part of Reyna, she has her own mini sub-system that consists of her, myself and Rain. i'm mischievous. A bit of a Brat. *Don't touch my human ears.*

Rain(She/her or he/him)- Still figuring myself out. A bit of a protector I guess. Genders a mess, and i'm still trying to figure it all out. Member of Reynas subsystem. We're all Ranma I guess. Master of Anything Goes Style Martial Arts. Bisexual and Bigender.

tumblr: @reynasdojo

Dick Grayson-(he/him or they/them. can playfully use she/her) Fictive of Dick Grayson from DC comics. isn't too active but certainly exists. Does not have a tumblr.

Marcille Donato (She/her) - fail-girl half elf. Fictive from Dungeon Meshi. She just got here and has a lot of strong opinions. Doesn't have a blog yet. Don't let her lie to you, she likes all the depraved things you think about elves. I AM CALLING HER OUT. (does not have a tumblr yet)

tumblr: @forbidden-elfstrogen-magic Sue (She/her or it/its)- I'm a supercute objectkin girl whose also still a boy sometimes for funsies. Fictive of Tsubasa from Ranma 1/2. Still figuring myself out. Dogs Scare me. tumblr: @himedashi-trashcan

[love-deserving-spaceboy]

People complain about Luther’s trauma after spending years alone in the moon, but they loose thier shit after a few weeks of quarantine...

#kjdgkdfg #sorry i abandoned thos blog #but now the new season is getting closer I might come back! :D #we still stan our big monkey boy :') #the umbrella academy #luther hargreeves #number 1 #tom hopper

[scott-mccall-the-hot-girl]

my ultimate guide to thiam fic !!

( as a new teen wolf stan )

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the classic post war, long ass (multi chapter) fic !!with great development that genuinely made me laugh out loud, they have the best friendship in this & i love it very much. ( like theo teaches liam to drive and i just *happy sobs* ) a fundamental in thiam fanfiction !! all stans have probably already read it but if you haven’t this is in fact a threat ,, go show this vv iconic story some love !!

Airplanes - Captainmintyfresh

Summary: After the Anuk-ite and the hunters are dealt with Liam needs a break. Cue Theo and a road trip that Liam should know better than to think will be peaceful.

Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply, Completed, 43/43 Chapters, Words: 236,875 (236k)

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okay okay so this one is also post 6B !! but ,, now we introduce fighting monroe & the hunters again ,, so we get the boys & a new mission !! so if you like an intresting plot 11/10 would recommend !! just to be clear this ISN’T complete ,, if that turns you off i understand but definitely give this one a read !! it litterally have theo doing crossword puzzles & fighting zombies

Vacancy Signs - LovelyLittleGrim

Summary: Theo and Liam are in Manhattan negotiating a pack allyship when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. Now, the two of them have to find their way back to Beacon Hills without getting eaten by zombies or killing one another.

Rated: Explicit, Graphic Description of Violence, Not Completed, 15/17 Chapters, Words: 89,605 (89k)

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Royalty AU !! I REPEAT ROYALTY AU !! a fantastic au where i stan their moms more than i stan them !! genuinely so good at the childhood rivals to lovers trope !! i’m genuinely obsessed with this one. has made me cry more than once ,, hurts in a good way <3 the ending is just *chefs kiss* also one of the tags is genuinely: # theo and liam make bad choices for over 130k straight !! if that doesn’t sound appealing i don’t know what does !!

Artificial Love - songbvrd

Summary: Prince Theo and Prince Liam are forced to spend every Summer together from age five onwards. They hate each other, and usually find ways to make each other miserable as much as possible in their six weeks together. But when they're reunited because of intended unions as adults, things change. They're both supposed to be married to noble women, but neither of them is as interested in anyone else as they are with their childhood rival.

Rated: Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply, Completed, Chapters: 32/32, Words: 172,935 (172k)

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so if you are in the mood for a crack fic that’s not explicitally a crack fic this is for you !! okay so i’m really hit or miss with AU’s ,, sometimes i feel like they don’t quite capture the characters right but this story have the BEST dramatic liam i have ever seen in my life !! basically they all live in the same apartment building & it’s fantastic !! i saw this one floating around a lot but the summary didn’t really unrest me until i have it a shot !! so go read it rn !! also nolan & brett are genuinely fantastic and make me wheeze ,, LIKE ACTUALLY VERBALLY LAUGHING !! all i’m gonna say is that my fav characters are scott & the beetles but that won’t make actual sense until you read it !!

The Neighbors Song - TheodoreR

Summary: “I always hear you singing on your balcony every morning, but suddenly you’ve stopped?”

Or the one where Theo annoys Liam every morning with his awful singing until he doesn’t anymore and Liam is even more annoyed. Liam hates every single thing about his mornings -the fact that they happen in the morning alone is enough. The thing Liam hates the most about his mornings though is the terrible voice of the guy who lives below him. He can’t sing for shit and Liam tried to politely let him understand that by throwing flour and water on his balcony, and also by shouting it to him, you can’t sing for shit!, and then by writing it into a note he proceeded to attach to his door, but this Raeken guy just keeps doing it, every single morning, like a fucking rooster. Liam did nothing to deserve this. He probably didn’t do anything to deserve better either to be fair, he doesn’t expect to open his window and be welcomed by some angelic voice singing him good morning, he’d just be happy with nothing. Silence. That’s something Liam can appreciate in mornings. Just some bark from his dog and the sound of his misery and that’s it. But no, god forbid the new guy lets him have that.

Rated: Explicit, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Wanrings, Completed, 8/8 Chapters, Words: 42,814 (42k)

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me: i’m not a big fan of AU’s ,, proceeds to talk about ANOTHER au… OKAY BUT THIS ONE !! it’s not complete but the author has been updating regularly ,, vv slow burn !! but in a REALLY intresting way !! i lOVE LIAM IN THIS SO MUCH ,, he is such a diaster of a person and it’s wonderful !! they have a great dynamic & i’m sucker for general puppy pack content ( and erica reyes being a badass ) !! also theo plays lacrosse in this & i really like it ahhhhh ,, also liam is just being an artic monkeys stan the whole time & theo is like *que confused repressed gay noises*

Inglorious Roommates - honeyscape

Summary: A roommate is defined as “a person with whom one shares a room.”

Theo would say a roommate was more along the lines of, “The person who's the bane of his existence. The weirdo that sleeps for days. The spaz that exercises at 3am. The guy with a revolving door of annoying friends. An insufferable human being that Theo has no control over living in his room.”

Example: Theo hates his roommate Liam.

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okay okay i hate myself but i have another WIP for y’all !! this one is jUST FANTASTIC. i’m genuinely so upset it’s most likely not going to updated again *incoherent screaming ensues*. for this story ,, it’s very theo-centric bUT thats bc it ends right before liam becomes a concrete member of the story !! ANYWAY: basic plot = theo & acquiring not one but two children ,, so #dad theo but he is still crusty & homeless and i love him very much. it’s just so GOOD !! just read if you want to experience my fav theo coming out story & him etching high school musical

Look who's talking - Captainmintyfresh

Summary: Theo had been labeled many things in his life. Evil, failure, monster. He'd never thought Father would be one of those things but as he looked across the table to a six year old with blue smears of bubble gum icecream across her face trying to coax the first words out of her sister. Finger jabbing towards Theo's face as she repeated 'Daddy' again and again he couldn't bring himself to dispute the label.

(Theo accidentally adopts two young werewolves)

Not Rated, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings, Not Completed, Chapters: 16/?, Words: 48740 ( 48k )

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so here me out: post-canon ( poetry like angst ) summer get away !! just the boys doing cute little domestic things together whilst pining !! theo’s guilt in this is just so powerful & aGjffkgkkfkvkdlv !! i think it’s so interesting to see how they interact in this one, it’s just very heart warming !! and it features one of my favorite niche teen wolf tropes of theo being great with like seven year old girls- it’s just so good ,, very much a wonderful little one shot that just makes your heart happy.

(next time i see you you'll show me) a hundred different ways to say the same things - cherrysprite

Summary: “...You deserve good things,” Liam says eventually. He makes sure not to look at Theo even though he can feel his eyes turn on him. Somehow he can already tell that Theo doesn’t believe him.

Liam instantly makes that the goal of this summer - making Theo believe him.

Rating: Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, Chapters: 1/1, Words: 28875 ( 28k )

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okay so this next section of fic recs is a bit different !!

two of my favorite authors !! and a compilation of fics i’ve read by them both !!

for context: these two have written some genuinely gorgeous fics, like pure poetry, they explore the real gritty & scary side of our boys relationship in such a wonderful way. they’ve both used some of my favorite tropes & i love them very much !!

whenever i need something soothing but so genuinely intresting & enticing these are my go to !! ( also they both write a lot of good nolan angst & some vv good fics with hayden )

go check out:

eneiryu

as well as fallingforboys

here are some of my favorite fics by them ~

darling i want you here in my arms (kiss the pain away, i know you can) - fallingforboys

even before you touched me, i belonged to you (all you had to do was look at me) - fallingforboys

memories linger like tattoo scars (but your touch on my skin is just as permanent) - fallingforboys

skin, bones, a stolen heart, and an ugly creature lurking underneath -fallingforboys

i don't know how to breathe in the place i called home - fallingforboys

whisper your gossamer truths into the shadow, maybe you'll find the answers you're searching for - fallingforboys

between the mountains and the valley we built a monument to our regret - eneiryu

cracked the hinges of the cage and waited for you - eneiryu

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okay and finally: since i am a self centered whore

my own fic: an rendition of the # elevator scene

it’s basically my version of post canon if we did get the kiss in the elevator. we got a classic liam pov in which he is has 12/10 for extreme bi diaster energy even whilst being shot at !! so go him ig…

Fuck Off, Fuck This & Fuck It! - nefelibata_peach

Summary: Liam thought to himself heart rate climbing, they were bound to be dead by morning. So he thought with everything but his brain and he kissed him.

Where Liam Dunbar is very confused, slightly traumatized, and just a bit scared but hey, aren't they all! Bad decisions ensue as two boys fight in a war they never did sign up for.

Rating: Teen and Up, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Chapters: 1/1, Words: 3558 ( 3k )

#this took me so long #please go read these or i’ll cry #fan fiction #fan fic recs #teen wolf fic recs #thiam fanfiction #thiam fic recs #thiam #theo raeken #liam dunbar #theo x liam #teen wolf fandom #teen wolf gay #teen wolf #ao3 #fuck you fuck this & fuck it #thiam fanfic rec #thiam fanfic #thiam is endgame

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

His Dark Materials - Season 2 Episode 5 (rambles)

I only realized last week, there’s only 7 episodes this series because the eighth would have been the Asriel centric one. So only two left now after tonight! :(

Also I finished the book during the last week so I am so READY

Ahh gotta love that London traffic!

I don’t know why but the Golden Monkey wearing a seatbelt SENT ME

Mrs Coulter is watching the mother and baby :(

Boreal saying that our world is barbaric and our world is corrupt is so accurate tbh I’m not even mad

Will literally just threw the knife into the wall omfg watch it!

Red PAN-da is becoming a permanent fixture in this show apparently

Lyra’s hair was so pretty this episode? Her costume too obviously but her hair had me in awe

The theme music to this show gives me literal chills

Boreal is evil but his house is A-fucking-plus

Okay but how does Ruth Wilson always look so gorgeous and fluid in this show?!?

Her faking nearly dropping one of Boreal’s precious collection pieces and him panicking 😅

Mrs Coulter’s little “hmm” and smile... we love a Queen

“Why are we whispering?” “I don’t know” - LMFAO

“Will, you left the window open” - LMAO and also please don’t do that, that’s like one of the BIG rules about the knife!

“He’s getting good at this” “he is” - we love a supportive feral wild girl and her dæmon

Mrs Coulter looking bored as fuck as Boreal plays his music is such a damn mood

“You’d like it here too” - Umm NO STOP PLEASE SHE DOESNT WANT IT

“Carlo, can you make that stop?” - OMG 🤣

“You’re far too conspicuous like that” - but she’s not??? She just looks like a posh well dressed woman, maybe that’s not common in this world but she looks fine??

Boreal picking out clothes he’s obviously got just for her is... eww. Just ewww.

Her reaction to the jeans/clothes though XD

“Would you mind?” - YEAH BOREAL STOP CREEPING AND FUCK OFF PLEASE

“Maybe it’s time we issue a firm denial of the tear in the sky” BRO IT’S LITERALLY HUGE AND RIGHT THERE YOU CAN’T PRETEND IT AIN’T

Oh shit the Magisterium know about that witches going to the new world + the massacre

MacPhail literally imprisoned Father Graves and for WHAT?! I think the power’s getting to him (which I know it the point but still!)

MRS COULTER SHUT THE DOOR ON HER DÆMON I’M-

Okay so I know it’s been implied/said that Mrs Coulter can go far away from the monkey already, and that they maybe have been through some kind of process that’s made that a thing, but like DAMN.

“I’m sure you’ve encountered witches in your travels” - if I hadn’t already read the books, I would be asking if she IS a witch tbh like omg

This is probably one of the few times I’ll say this but... I feel so sorry for the monkey?? Just him watching her as she leaves from the window... like that’s so sad. I get why she couldn’t exactly walk around with a monkey but urgh

“I apologize if she was a nuisance” “She wasn’t a nuisance!” - Oof you tell her, Mary

“You must be so proud.” “... I am.” - OOF

Mary showing that she’s better fit to be a parent to Lyra than Lyra’s real mother tbh

Damn Marisa disappeared FAST

Mary really googled Mrs Coulter I’m-

“You must play the serpent” “hornbeam” “save the girl and the boy” - IT’S HAPPENING IM GOING TO CRY IM SO EXCITED

The computer turning completely off and the room going dark before going red OH MY GOD

“Oh shut it, Pan” - LMAO

OH NO OH NO ANGELICA FOUND TULLIO AND SHE IS PISSED D:

A+ acting from Bella Ramsay by the way

“We WILL get you” - OH SHIT

The fact that Will feels guilty over fighting and inadvertently getting Tullio attacked by spectres because he has the knife :’(

It’s so sweet to see Lyra and Pan comforting him though

“I’m not judging” - Mary’s sister says while totally judging her for reading the Holy Bible. She probably thinks she’s about to rejoin the convent!

I find the relationship between Marisa and the monkey so interesting?? I’m so intrigued by it

“Do they drink in this world?” “That, they do well.” - LMFAO ACCURATE THOUGH

“I found her arrogant, like many women in this world.” - umm, FUCK you, Boreal you misogynistic sexist piece of shit

So Mrs Coulter was denied a doctorate despite being the best in her class because she’s a woman, and they would only have published her papers if they were by a man. I’m starting to see why she got upset when she met Mary, who’s got her own office and a doctorate and is head of the department/project

“Who I could have been in this world” - oh shIT

The way she started talking about how she felt after the whole affair/baby ordeal, followed by “we’re not talking about Asriel, we’re talking about ME” - FUCK. I love Ruth Wilson’s portrayal, I love it

“You’ve spent your time trading trinkets” - lmfao you tell him ma’am

“Were you hoping to add me to your little collection?” “I was hoping this would be a life for you here” - oh god I hate it, fuck right off Carlo

“If you got me, you wouldn’t even begin to know what to do with me” - oh SHIT :O

Lyra turning up to distract them so Will could have the chance to cut a window and steal the Alethiometer had me on the edge of my seat

Let’s be real right now, the whole last 15 minutes? THE MOST TENSE AND INCREDIBLE PIECE OF TELEVISION ASDFGHJKL

Mrs Coulter’s face when she saw Lyra at the door :’(

Also she nearly saw Will and I was sitting there praying she wouldn’t find him, I was so worried even though I’ve literally just reread the book

So um THE FUCKING MONKEY BASTARD JUMPSCARED ME AND I AUDIBLY YELLED SO LOUDLY HOLY HECK

The way that Lyra saw her mum and immediately tried to run away though, she just keeps trying to yeet herself away from her parents and I honestly don’t blame her at all

Boreal was being truly extra in the way he dropped his snake dæmon out of his sleeve like that whilst advancing on Will

“Why would I trust you?” TRUTH

Coulter saying for Lyra to stay away from Will and getting super teary eyed makes me think she’s worried Lyra will suffer like she did? Like she’s worried that Lyra will suffer at the hands of men and be in the same situation she was I think? And that’s so sad but nuanced

“I am NOTHING like you.”

So Lyra did this little head move like Marisa did in 1x02, when she made the monkey attack Pan to subdue Lyra - AND THEN PAN ATTACKED THE MONKEY JUST LIKE THAT, LITERALLY EXACTLY THE SAME, AND MRS COULTER FALLING TO THE FLOOR AND CLUTCHING THE SOFA LIKE LYRA DID?? AND LYRA WATCHING WITH THIS COLD LOOK ON HER FACE?!

SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE A COMPARISON GIFSET BECAUSE IM CRYING

I love Will getting mad at Boreal taunting him over his mum, and immediately starting to punch him

HE SMASHED THAT COLLECTION PIECE ON BOREAL’S HEAD FUCK YEAH WILL 👏🏻

That was a DAMN close escape, holy fuck, but she’s got the Alethiometer back!

“The man who hurt you, I wanted to kill him” - same Lyra

I was so emotional when she was talking about how Marisa used her dæmon to hurt her and Pan, and Will saying that he’s never worried about his mum hurting him... the comparison is so sad

“I hope I’m not like either of my parents” - I mean I don’t blame her tbh

SHE CONSIDERED MA COSTA AND LEE SCORESBY TO BE BETTER PARENT FIGURES TO BE LIKE I’M CRYING

So Mrs Coulter is definitely planning some shit, like she didn’t seem that concerned when Boreal was talking about the Spectres, and like obviously I know what happens but I’ve always been intrigued as to why the Spectres listen to her instead of just attacking her. Also is it something to do with her dæmon? Like if they ARE separated in some way, maybe the Spectres don’t feed on her because it’s Dust or something? (Idk if that makes any sense)

“Deceive the guardian... okay... okay...” honestly same XD

Mary pretending to be Mrs Coulter to get past the guard is such a brilliant idea, like she just ran with it immediately, we have to stan a Queen who keeps a calm head

SHE WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW AND INTO THE CITY AAAAHHHH

The angels said they’d protect her, right? So she doesn’t need to fear the Spectres I’m assuming (I need to assume or I’ll worry)

The promo for next week was literally half what we saw THIS week and half Lee/John Parry footage I’m assuming is next week... ?

The fact there’s only two episodes left makes me so sad :( I have no idea what I’ll do waiting for the final series - and I’m assuming it’ll be delayed maybe because of Covid. Plus I’m hoping we get the extra episode NEXT series, the one that was Asriel-centred and supposed to be in this one but wasn’t filmed because of Coronavirus, so fingers crossed! 🤞

#his dark materials #hdm #lyra belacqua #marisa coulter #will parry #pantalaimon #lord boreal #charles latrom #the golden monkey #golden monkey #philip pullman #the subtle knife #dafne keen #ruth wilson #amir wilson

[hylaversicolor]

a ranking of all the nancy drew games i’ve played during quarantine so far

i’ve owned a big batch of these games for years (steam had a sale on them a long time ago and i snatched them up, but i hadn’t bothered to use bootcamp nor did i have a pc for the longest time). and then came 2020, so i started marathoning these little bastards. some have been amazing. some have been....so fucking bad. here they all are, according to me. i didn’t want to rate them out of 10 or 100 or whatever, because i’m drawn to each one for such bizarre and often arbitrary reasons, so i divided them up into “ouch” “okay” “good” and “favorites,” with a bonus section including the games i haven’t played yet, for whatever reason. enjoy

OUCH

Ransom of the Seven Ships - i….did not hate ransom? there are a lot of things about it that infuriate me: the lack of suspects, the entire existence of johnny rolle/john poole/oh you know and his role in the story, george’s inability to fix that fucking phone, nancy’s total lack of concern for bess’s safety, those goddamn monkeys, etc. but despite of these things i have a weird fondness for, say, diving for treasure at the old shipwreck, and swimming around in blue hole, and driving around the island and crashing into shit. i think the music is fun and atmospheric and i dunno, i played it during early april when everything was still gray and cold, so seeing the sun and the beach was like YES…....YES!!! which may have clouded my judgment. but my personal feelings don’t really matter here; i can’t in good conscience give this one a good rating just for the fact that our single suspect wears fucking BLACKFACE for a third of the game. HER was right to discontinue it.

The Creature of Kapu Cave - i tried to play this one immediately after finishing SAW, which was a HUGE mistake. i think i got to malachi’s lab and got bored and then fucked off for about five months? then i opened the game back up on a whim just a little while ago, saw where i was stuck, decided to just start over, and beat it in one sitting. the setting and plot for this one was GREAT, in theory. and that, i think, is the main problem with kapu cave: it had a good concept but it was halfassed and rushed and didn’t really deliver on anything it had promised. i was so excited to play a game set in hawaii! what were they going to do with it, i wondered?? but the lore and mythology was barely there, the hardy boys just sat around fishing and delivering shave ice, and big island mike made me feel…violent. i kind of stan quigley though. collecting frass was weirdly fun. and the endgame puzzle was HILARIOUSLY bad to the point where i almost consider it avant garde.

OKAY GAMES

Alibi in Ashes - the number one thing that draws me to a nancy drew game is the setting and atmosphere, and this one just DID NOT do it for me. i totally get the appeal some folks might have: the whole “innocuous suburban town holds dark underbelly of backstabbing and secrets” thing is, i’ll admit, a perfectly cromulent concept. but goddamn it, switching characters was a pain in the ass; the fact that we had to transfer important items from one inventory to the other was a pain in the ass; talking to suspects as every single different playable character was a pain in the ass. i think if you’re going to go the multiple characters route you should at least give them somewhat distinct personalities and skillsets lol. and i get that they tried to do that a bit, with certain characters being able to get more out of certain suspects, but oh my god it was tedious. also: that fucking door puzzle at the end. actually, all the puzzles in this one felt rather badly-integrated to me. i YEARN for the days of dusting for fingerprints on alarm system keypads. the highlight of this game for me was having each of the characters drive to the cemetery and listening to them give a little sob before getting back into their cars. impeccable attention to detail.

Ghost of Thornton Hall - UGH. i really wanted to like this one!!! it had everything going for it, too. i mean, crumbling southern gothic mansions! messy family histories full of secrets and lies! grappling with the fraught topic of american slavery and the implications of its legacy!! thornton hall has everything i love, and yet i was so disappointed. even worse, this game started off so strong. savannah’s story about the willow tree had me completely captivated. the vibe of the house and the grounds were just right. this thing hit the ground SPRINTING and then it all just sort of fell apart for me. i didn’t connect with any of the characters. clara came the closest to being interesting to me, but we never really got to delve into her past until the very end, and even then there were so many questions left unanswered. i feel like the writers were like, “okay how do we make this ~~~~~scary~~~~~?” and then wrenched the characters around in these insane directions in order to pull it off. charlotte was supposed to be this kind, well-liked character, except that apparently she hung out in the crypts and put trinkets in all her ancestors’ coffins (HUH??!!) just so that the writers could fit in that sweet sweet shock factor of having the player opening up coffins later in the game. same with jessalyn, to a lesser extent: clara claims jessalyn would never put everyone through this whole kidnapping ordeal, and yet that’s exactly what jessalyn was doing the whole game. i suppose this is the theme of “perfect girls turn out to be not so perfect once they go missing/die” but it just comes off as lazy and inconsistent. harper didn’t enchant me, even though i was expecting her to. i feel like the writers just left it at “she’s craaaaazy!!” in order to justify having weird shit happen in the game. like, yep, that weird thing was harper’s doing. why’d she do it? she’s fucking crazy, that’s why. charlotte popped up so often that i just wanted her to move out of the fucking way so i could click the forward arrow and get on with the game. i felt that the puzzles were badly integrated into the gameplay; there was NOTHING in charlotte’s character (or at least the way she was described by others, i guess there was one throwaway line in her journal) that would indicate that she’d be paranoid enough to leave a trail of puzzles for future characters to find. i had a lot more to say about this one, and if anyone wants the full post, i will absolutely make it, but suffice it to say that it is FAR better to create a tense atmosphere through fear of the Unknown than to repeatedly hit the player over the head with a short charlotte cutscene saying “scary!!! scary!!! this game is scary!!!”

The Haunting of Castle Malloy - a HOT MESS of a game, saved (for me anyway) by the atmosphere and especially the music. stepping into the great hall of castle malloy gave me chills the first time i did it, and i think i was so excited to finally have a game set in ireland that i duly ignored its many faults. in retrospect, if i were to make a game set in ireland, it certainly wouldn’t be this. i’m willing to forgive the jetpack thing because it’s so fucking absurd that it might as well happen, but i’m less forgiving towards the ogham runes puzzle in particular. man, fuck that thing!! kyler has the charisma of a damp piece of paper, and the fact that donal’s main personality trait was his obsession with fairies (donal, the only actual irish character in the game, i might add!) was a bit…tone deaf. i enjoyed mixing “fruit juices,” and exploring what was left of the castle was fun (and also a clever way of avoiding creating massive set-pieces for nancy to explore), but of all the paths the plot could have taken, i so, so wish they hadn’t made brendan malloy ambiguously a nazi. hello?????!!!

GOOD GAMES

Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake - not unmemorable, per se (there were some great moments: that sphincter-tightening opening scene, discovering the untouched speakeasy for the first time, finding paw prints on mickey malone’s crypt), but not my favorite game. i think the setting is mainly to blame for this: it’s close enough to where i grew up that i spent more time critiquing the ecology than becoming invested in the mystery at hand (western tanagers in pennyslvania?? really????). it also felt a little too mundane for me: jeff akers’ old ranger station and emily’s ugly little country store are basically places that i know and frequent, and part of the appeal of these games (at least for me) is to get to explore castles and mansions and faraway places and that sort of thing, you know, places you don’t get to see every day. points for accuracy, though! i really can’t hate this one, when all is said and done, if only for the fact that you can die by falling through rotten floorboards while trying to read a note warning you that the floorboards are rotten. amazing.

Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon - oh my god, fatima is so fucking weird!! i actually don’t have much to say about this one? it was a perfectly solid game with lots of fun little moments, but for me it falls into the abyss of nd games that i didn’t hate but didn’t really love either. the culprit kind of came out of nowhere and i didn’t particularly love any of the characters (except for the crypt-keeper in copper gorge), though camille and jake’s romance was definitely on par with frances and dirk’s. the mine cart ride was fun, but the highlight of the game for me was hanging out in the diner as frank and piling jalapeños on my chef’s choice burger. i’d replay the game just for that. i like that nancy won’t pick up the gem with tino there, in case he thinks we’re doing something suspicious, but we can go right behind his desk and pick up a handful of carbide as if that’s a normal thing to do. i loved playing leaping lizards. to this day i do not understand the slugs puzzle and have always just done it by guessing. where is the bathroom on this train??

Warnings at Waverly Academy - an infuriating game that i love. i went to a hoity-toity historically women’s college and the layout and design of waverly was UNCANNILY close to the real thing, even down to the upholstery on the cheap lounge furniture in the rec room!!! i think the first thing i did in this game was try to climb the tree in broad daylight and immediately get expelled. i have to give a shoutout to rachel hubbard for writing us a note before we’ve even MET her asking us to do her homework, despite the fact that she’s got a whole other twin to help her do it as well (a fact which nancy willfully ignores by the end of the game - get that education bro! hell yeah!). izzy was delightfully bitchy, and playing darts with leela just to get another scrap of case-related information was like putting staples through my forehead. corine’s desperate attempts to come off as effortlessly likable were just that bit too real (yet another uncanny resemblance to waverly’s real life equivalents). the whole blackwood society/hidden treasure thing was completely superfluous and unnecessary: wasn’t the valedictorian race motive enough for sabotage and attempted murder? i love that nancy forgets how to play piano in this one and that you can’t solve that one puzzle until she reads a book and re-learns it.

The Final Scene - impeccable atmosphere, but somehow lacking in some unidentifiable department. maybe it was just too short? i also felt like (as i feel in many of these older games) that i wanted just a BIT more out of the characters, because they’re often so interesting, yet our dialogue options are so limited. i unironically am nick falcone, and i guess brady was…there? i especially wish i could have talked to simone more (“someone’s just climbed out of my wardrobe,” iconic line). i really, really loved the palpable urgency pulsing through every action in the game (actually, maybe that’s why it felt so short?), and nancy’s genuine, desperate concern for maya - where was that energy when bess got kidnapped? lol? i also wanted a little bit more from the harry houdini aspect of the plot; it seemed like we didn’t really get to do much “magic” other than those foot elevators and the flash paper at the end (which i accidentally activated the instant the culprit walked into the frame, so i missed their entire final speech, OOPS). points for the setting (i LOVE old dilapidated buildings) and especially for the music. this might have the best and most cohesive soundtrack of any nancy drew game - that maya motif that shows up in the “danger” track!! impeccable!!

The Secret of Shadow Ranch - i didn’t play this one as a kid, so i didn’t have that moment of “hehe fun horse game WHOA THERE’S A TRAGIC LOVE STORY IN HERE” while revisiting it as an adult. frances humber and dirk valentine’s ill-fated romance was a nice little cherry on top of a perfectly executed game (if this were an objective ranking it’d definitely be in the S tier, but it’s not one of my personal favorites so it’s down here), though i was a little tired at this point in my marathon of nancy doing all the work and thus leading the culprit right to the treasure at the end. on the other hand, i absolutely LOVED the soundtrack and the setting in this one. i do not love horses, and yet riding bob was a real treat, somehow. the vegetable-picking sound effects were intensely satisfying, and collecting eggs was oddly fun. i think my favorite character had to be tex because he just scared the absolute shit out of me every time i had to talk to him, yet he’s such a simp for mazz yazz. keep it up legend. HE’S the one you should be using as your phone wallpaper in SAW, nancy.

MY FAVORITE GAMES

Legend of the Crystal Skull - the worst of my favorite games from an objective standpoint, but i LOVE this one. the plot is a total mess: nancy gets knocked out by some skeleton man breaking and entering in this dead guy’s house, and instead of investigating properly, she wanders around the house collecting glass eyeballs, and solving puzzles, presumably hoping that it’ll all make sense at the end. which it does, kind of. also bess is here too, and lamont’s shop is INSANELY fun to wander around in. i could do without dr. buford’s flirting (isn’t he literally like 95 years old?), but motherfucking henry goddamn bolet is in this one and he makes everything okay. the vibes in this one are impeccable. i love nancy’s silhouetted figure click-clacking through the maze of graveyards in her heels and dress; i love renee’s scary ass room and her pile of koko kringles; i love henry’s strained trying-to-be-polite demeanor and his increasing desperation as his toxic relationship falls apart before his eyes. (dump her, henry!!!) and the music in this one??? incredible. also shoutout to that…thing in the glass tank in lamont’s shop. what the fuck even was that.

Treasure in the Royal Tower - this might be the perfect game? it’s not my favorite (i wish it was a little longer, and that we could interact with the characters more), but i loved every minute of it. the castle feels so real, has that perfect blend of grandeur and somberness that HER has rarely captured since. everything in this game, from the sound and look of the ancient elevator to ezra’s insect collection to nancy’s broken radiator, feel so well-placed and atmospheric. i love that nancy gradually becomes dexter’s ally; i love “achilles security systems,” i love that lisa’s fake IDs are set to expire on february 30th. the only thing that drags the game down for me is its navigation system. it takes approximately 5 business days to figure out where to click on the screen in order to progress down the hall, but once you get used to that, it’s not as awful. unfortunately by the time you’re used to it the game ends. lol. but anyway on a positive note (because this game is full of almost nothing but positives) there’s something liminal and almost magical about setting the alarm for 3 am and sneaking down to the lobby to rendezvous with hotchkiss. none of the other games have that particular ~vibe~. ugh. muah

Secret of the Scarlet Hand - i just have an insane amount of fondness for this game. the setting and the lore are so rich and even on multiple replays i’m still finding new dialogue trees to get lost in, which is lucky because i love all the characters so much. yes, even you, sinclair! this one was kind of a sleeper hit for me; it took me a few months to finish because i kept not having time for it, but once i was done, i looked back on the whole ordeal and was absolutely amazed at the journey i had just taken. for whatever reason i love trivia-rich games, so walking around the museum picking up random bits of information was just plain fun for me. and i also loved the setting - not just the museum itself but the time period. everything about this game screams early 2000s, from nancy’s ancient laptop to the 100mb zip drives to the beige phones and even joanna’s outfit. i’m a sucker for that shit!! but more importantly i’m a sucker for henrik van der hune and all his bizarreness. i love that he commits the actual crime than nancy is investigating (even if it is for supposedly noble purposes) and then gets off without even a second of jail time in the end. and what an iconic ending. that slam poetry bullshit haunts my every waking moment

Shadow at the Water's Edge - the only true horror game in the series, and i applaud the shit out of HER for it. this is, to date, the only nancy drew game that has gotten an actual terrified scream out of me (you all know the scene!). the atmosphere of this one is TERRIFIC. it’s so heavy and melancholy. you can just feel that something awful happened in these baths, and that all the characters are slowly suffocating under the oppressive weight of the tragedy. this is one of the only games in the series where i actually get nervous about moving through the ryokan for fear of seeing…things. but the ryokan is also beautiful, and pristine, and even the terrible accents can’t stop me from enjoying takae’s story about the sparrow or yumi’s penchant for sewing. i don’t even mind the huge sudoku and nonogram puzzles; i find them oddly calming. i love that you have to figure out how to navigate the subway before you can go anywhere (realism!), and i’ve spent more time than i’d like to admit playing pachinko in order to win all of the cute little prizes. i want to live in yumi’s apartment and the little phone dress up games are a fun distraction from all the pants-shittingly terrifying moments at the ryokan. ugh, i love this game.

Curse of Blackmoor Manor - the ultimate. the big daddy. the king of the hill. this is absolutely my nostalgia talking, but come on. this game has everything!! here’s a story. i’m ten years old, and my mother brings home this “nancy drew: curse of blackmoor manor (dvd game)” for me to try out. it sits in a cabinet for a while, because right now zoo tycoon two is my shit and i’m not about to give that up. i think i must have been in middle school when i finally first attempted it. the dvd game, mind you!! i sat my ass down in front of the tv and gradually worked my way through about 1/16th of the game before giving up because i just couldn’t figure out what the point was. (i was kind of dumb.) i was oddly drawn to the setting, though, and i thought about it from time to time. fast forward to high school. my sister and i sit down to try it out (why not??) and we actually start SOLVING things. the astrology puzzle? cracked. brigitte’s box? slam dunked that motherfucker. the whoop bla-ding bang bang stairs? got em. i was scribbling down notes like a fucking fiend. i felt like a total badass. i was CRACKING THE CASE, guys. it was this first fervent foray into the world of puzzle-solving that really flicked the switch on for me. i was a changed person. oh and when we realized that linda was turning into a FUCKING WEREWOLF???? minds blown. this game had a PLOT. something was going ON. i cannot possibly convey how wild it was to me, age 16 or so, to have had this game for years and to have ONLY JUST realized how goddamn cool it was!!! anyway we ended up solving it over the course of a weekend, and it became something of an in-joke in the household, complaining about jane’s puzzles and those fucking glowsticks, the moving rooms and that frog game that was completely up to chance. then i finally got the computer version when steam had a sale (years ago now) and my eyes were opened once again. so THIS is what the game is supposed to be like. the navigation is so clean!! the puzzles are even harder than i remember! i love the rich backstory of the penvellyn family, the weirdness of the puzzles, the fact that fucking oliver cromwell is in this game, sort of. i have an entire blackmoor manor blog AND i’m working my way through a penvellyn-themed bullet journal, yall. i love this game so much lol.

NO INTEREST

Secrets Can Kill - not even the remake could save this one. i just don’t care

The Silent Spy - i hate this premise. i cannot get behind it. i hate when these games have nancy do ~~~~super secret spy shit~~~~ when it’s really just an excuse to insert tedious puzzles into the plot and have nancy do other people’s chores. like she already does that, there’s no need to pretend it’s cool

The Shattered Medallion - i’m kind of tempted to play this one just to see how bad it is. but also i don’t want to waste my time

Labyrinth of Lies - from everything i’ve read, it sounds like i will hate it

Midnight in Salem - uhhhhhh

Danger by Design - maybe it’s good but i don’t care enough to find out

The Phantom of Venice - again i hate these stupid ass spy plots and venice doesn’t have sewers. idk maybe i’ll give it a try someday.

TO PLAY

The White Wolf of Icicle Creek - i just started this one, having the time in the top right corner gives me anxiety

Danger on Deception Island - i hope this one is good. i really want to enjoy it

The Captive Curse - my sister said this one is good?

Stay Tuned for Danger - this one looks like a classic lol. i have a soft spot for the early games

Message in a Haunted Mansion - another classic, it’s on my list

MAYBE

Trail of the Twister - the setting doesn’t inspire me but maybe the characters will?

Tomb of the Lost Queen - perhaps altho i’ve heard hotchkiss overstays her welcome in this one

The Deadly Device - i don’t feel like playing this one at the moment but maybe someday i will actually do it and find that i love it

Sea of Darkness - the setting looks really nice so maybe i will enjoy it

Secret of the Old Clock - maybe i will find this one oddly charming???

The Haunted Carousel - i played this as a kid (it was the only pc game from the series i owned, i played the rest at my friends’ houses lol) and i have like…zero memories of it. i think it was really short. nancy got stuck on roller coaster tracks? and the ending came out of nowhere. maybe i’ll try it again, idk.

#nancy drew #clue crew #txt #nd #gth

[peachbearies]

omg ion know if ur taking. Requests rn but I was wondering just a cute lil imagine bout zion in which the reader and him are dating and it's they're one yr aniversary or sum idk lol but just zion being a cutie and telling how much he loves her and shiii (because we all know that his ass acts all big and bad but he is a 6'4 teddy bear irl) yaa ik that was supper cringey but shehej yee okay byee (ur an amazing writer btw I've read all ur work and may I saY I stan 💖)

Promise: Z.kuwonu

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›› Synopsis: it’s your first anniversary with Zion, around this trademark period it makes you apprehensive but Zion reminds you how much

›› Genre: Fluff

›› Paring: Female Reader x Zion Kuwonu

›› Warnings: Slightly hinted nsfw, lots of cursing (I mean it Zion so…), a little glimpse of toxic behavior.

›› A/N: what?! This is not cringe at all baby! I admire cheesy romantic headcanons/ imagines like this. My likes and drafts are filled with fluffs or angst to fluff🤧. I’m sorry this is a tad bit delinquent And thank you for reading my work that means a lot I’ve been exploring a lot of vocabulary words to scrutinize my writing, this may be a long one I apologize I got too into it.

The marvels of what a year could do. From going through a hurricane of songster roaring at each other, the strikes of austere comments leading up to the thunderstorm of a anguish. Your ex-fiancé cheated on, with considerable women before you found out. The ring on your finger was nothing but a reflector and leverage for him, he wanted to appear a saint to the kingdom, but a devil in the moonlight. Apologizing and buttering you up like a slice of bread, didn’t make you dawdle.

Your lucidity and rectitude were more caliber than staying, so you moved out of your shared apartment a week later, during the rotation of moving haphazardly you’ve incoherent yourself from the boys' realm, nor have your inner circle heard of you. You dissipated from the earth. And if you had to be adequate, you relished it that way, what was anyone overlooking anyways? but you were silently asking for space, you would give your leg for it.

Zion stirring in disgruntle, pushing profanities in between his gritted teeth. Don’t get mistaken he wasn’t mad you were ignoring him, just by the way your handling things on your own, he knew it had to be really fucked up if you couldn’t come to him. The veins crawling up his proffered hands outstretched for the keys. The boys jumping up in fear he may do something reckless, Brandon putting his hand in front of the boys to halt them. “Listen—even if we stop him, say anything to him or follow him, he will remotely do exactly what you think he’s going to do, you know how much he cares about (y/n), all we can do is have faith in him” Brandon confirms, but deep inside that rickety heart of his fear was kicking his ass too. They all discern Zion, once the peak of anger overflows his eyes only opines vermilion.

Zion parked in the lot, not noticing your car ghosting its rightful place. His mind was set on figuring what was wrong with you. Climbing the flight of stairs, he knocks on your door, his foot tapping the pallid base. When the door swung open it was ex-fiance, their eyes met in pique just burning to throw punches and a few sparks of curse words. “What do you want?” Your ex tempts him.

For your sake, Zion never snapped in front of him the way he should’ve. “Not you that’s for sure” commenting on his current attire, which was shirtless and some sweatpants. “Where’s (y/n)?” He queries, a scruffy ‘tsk’ pass through his lips. “Not here, that bitch moved out after she broke up with me”

Zion looked at his watch the time read 9:35 pm. “Cool, all I need is nine minutes of your time” Zion tranquility explains to him. Swinging and docking him in the throat; the girl that was staying with him bolting into the living room finding the source of the thump. She screams for Zion to get off him, after give or take six punches, Zion walks away not giving him or her the slightest sight. “If I catch you or her around y/n, better make sure you have good health care insurance and dental”

The next day he waited outside your classroom leaning his foot up against the wall; few girls noticed him but that wasn’t on his mind. When your silhouette appeared, he excused himself in a rush to catch you. “Pretty rich seeing a smile from a ghost” your heart dropped; the voice you were scared to dump your problems on.

What lie could you conjure? “Hey Zion” you breathe, turning in his direction. “That’s my fault I’m sorry, dealing with classes and moving I lost track of time” which was half correct, but it wasn’t the biggest factor. Zion tilted his head, signature hand in hoodie pocket. Closing your eyes with a heavy sigh, you knew he didn’t believe you nor did he want to push you. “Zion—“ he groped your wrist pulling you to the parking lot, he leaned on his car's hood without saying a drop of words, he wants for you to stream all your worries.

“Well, that’s half the reason. Okay, I didn't mean to go completely ghost, life just wasn't easy for me lately, I didn't want to add more dead weight to your shoulder. Sorry” zion scoffs pushing himself away from the car with no hands. But they followed the path to your jawline. ”burden on my shoulder or not, they're made for you to cry on. Stop going through things on your own alright?, as long as I'm here you don't have to sink”

Ever since you and zion grew close, a year later and he still gazes at you like a diamond. Even after a year, the astonishment gets the better of you. The insecurities start raging in, fighting in a war of love and hate. Your phone was laid upon the cherry wooden table, the vibrations frightening you, the goosebumps crawling up your arms. The name it read was “Love🤍”

“Hello?” You answer still shaken up; Zion lets out a soft scoff that vibrates through your body “you’re still in bed mamas? you should be awake beautiful” rubbing your eyes slightly, the clock flashed the numbers ‘ 2:30 pm’ your groan only makes him smile bigger.

“Goddamn I love you, look how ravishing you are in the morning” Zion's eyes shimmering in adoration. Those eyes always reflected his emotions, deep down you knew Zion loved you wholeheartedly, but the fear of having something good taken from you. That is what kept you hesitant. “No, I don’t stop lying” you stroke his ego.

“Me? Lie? Babygirl, I can’t and won’t lie to you stop playing” Zion said in a low octave, your stomach stirred in feelings “do me a favor baby” “Which is?” You reply, Zion looks over on his nightstand smiling. “Why are you smiling? Are you being mischievous again?”

“Who me? Nah” Zion shrugs off. The ringing of the doorbell distracted you from his spreading grin “answer that” sighing you walk towards the door, propping your phone on the counter, Zion moans out loud. “Maybe I should’ve slept over last night! Who told you to look that good mamas?” Ignoring his flirty antics you open the door, glimpsing at fresh bouquets of your favorite flower and a self-care basket. “Baby!!!” You screech, Zion simpers at the brightest smile on your face. The sun doesn’t shine as bright as you did at the moment.

“Why?, why are you so loving to me” you start to happy cry “Nah baby none of that, I love you too damn much for you to self-deprecate” Zion shuts your negativity down. Flipping the card over you read the message. ‘You thought I’d forget the day you changed my life? I’ve always loved you and I’ll continue to love you, but it’s not your love that I adore the most, it’s those gorgeous eyes that look back at me. Like I’m some type of angel when we all know that’s you, it’s the way you’re compassionate about others, I love your free spirit baby you’re a dove to me, even though I get under your nerves, I wouldn’t want anyone else to deal with me or my problems happy one year’

You look up at Zion, his eyes were already glossing by admiring your figure. Oh, how you wish jumping through a screen wasn’t just a cartoon thing. “Fuck” you whisper covering your face “angel, you are beautiful” Zion reminds you “stop!!! I’m in my feelings!!” You Jokingly spat at him. “What you wanna do for our anniversary it’s up to you” Zion smiles.

“Can we go to a petting zoo then get tacos?” Your eyes sparkling as your lips turn into a pout, Zion looking up towards the ceiling as his Adam’s apple points at the camera. “Yes, how could I say no” twenty minutes later Zion was at your house, complimenting you the whole car ride. Protectively and passionately rubbing circles on your knees being careful not to raise his hand any further.

“Look! Rabbits” Zion follows your finger pulling you in that direction, you sit on the bench holding the rabbit in your lap feeding it the food. Zion takes pictures of you getting the best angles, falling in love with your beauty, even more, the way the golden light bounced off your skin. It made him think twice if you were real or just a lucid dream. Feeding the monkeys were the best part, they hugged you and Zion; even gave you two kisses. The giraffes were the most exciting to you, joking to your boyfriend “wow look something taller than you”. Walking into a blue-lit aquarium a class of fish surrounded the both of you. Your finger softly touching the fish that was pressed against the glass, it followed your every move. Never realizing Zion detached his hand from yours, it hasn’t hit you until a ring was slid on your finger.

“Not an engagement ring, but soon don’t worry this is a promise ring, and I promise that you’ll feel nothing but comfort and love with me” his fingers gripped into your waist “with a side of pleasure too” you smack his shoulder while smiling ear for ear. “You promise?” “Of course I do, I wholeheartedly promise, I will never hurt or disrespect you baby, you mean too much to me”

Once you were back to the apartment your body couldn’t even make it to the bed, but Zion helped you to the bathroom. To wash off the dirt and sweat, even helped you with your skin routine. His fingers padding over every inch of your back, your soft snores in the crook of his neck. “I’m so glad to be the girlfriend of your dreams” you whisper “oh lord she’s finally figured it out!!” Zion pushes your buttons “should I send you back home?” You test him, “you wouldn’t dare, you need me tonight” Zion teases his swollen lips attacking your neck upwards your jawline, a low gruffly growl trickles down your spine.

“So is this the side of pleasure?” You press your teeth into your lower lip “if that’s what you want”

“Well, you did make a promise” wasting no time Zion straddles you, your legs wrapped around his waist, giggling at how he fumbled to remove his shirt.

“You damn right I made a promise, and I’ll show you how serious this promise is” Zion kisses up your stomach “I love you”

Your hands cupping his jaw the breathing becoming erratic “I love you too”

#prettymuch #zion kuwonu #prettymuch zion

[glitterblazercalum]

you can tell a lot about someone by the type of music they listen to 🎵🎶

rules: hit shuffle on your media player and write down the first 20 songs, then tag 10 people. no skipping!

tysm to @clumsyclifford for tagging me! I still can’t actually believe it when I get tagged in things lol. PLEASE do not call me out for my very strange and noncohesive taste in music. also, my ability to ramble is unparalleled, so feel free to skip all the commentary bc I know I would. 

Hometown by French 79: wow. I guess we’re starting off by exposing me and the techno/edm I listen to while studying/working. the lyrics in this song are practically non-existent, which is how I like my study music, but something about it is very soothing, while still being very fast-paced. I heard it/ some other songs on my study playlist described once as “orchestral electronic” and that seems very fitting. a good song, for sure, although I wouldn’t really say it plays a big role in my music taste. 

False Confidence by Noah Kahan: the only noah kahan song that I had heard before actually getting into his music, and still one of my favorites. all of busyhead is honestly so good. I think I said this to bella once, but Noah Kahan has such a woodsy, cabin-in-Vermont vibe, and at the moment, I’m very into that. 

High Highs to Low Lows by  Lolo Zouaï: I really forgot this song existed. My cousin? second-cousin? (idk not much of my family is in the us, so whatever she is to me, we’re close) and I went to see Lolo Zouaï live on of our NYC trips. (Fun fact: this is the only concert I’ve ever been to!) I didn’t know anything about her until like a week before we went, so I listened to a bunch of her music for a week before and after seeing her, and then I forgot about it. It’s honestly pretty good, and her voice is very ethereal-sounding in parts, which is how I like to imagine mine sounds when I sing, so it’s fun trying to sing it. 

Classic by MKTO: if I could pick a song to encompass the feeling of sixth grade, it would be this one. this really isn’t the type of music I’d usually choose to listen to, but I always let it play through when it comes on, for nostalgia purposes. 

Castaway by 5SOS: YESSSSSS. Best song on SGFG, and no, I will not be taking any criticism. I adore Castaway with my entire heart, and even though I listen to it at least once a day on my morning run, I will never get sick of it. 

Teeth by 5SOS: Speaking of getting sick of things... I mean, not really, but I also do not love this song anywhere near as much as I used to back in like March/April. This was one of the first songs by 5SOS that I listened to consistently, and probably THE one that convinced me to get more into their other music, so for that, it holds a special place in my heart, but I overplayed this wayyyy too much. Still good, but I’d prefer to not hear it for a while so I can get back to the place where I would scream-sing my heart out to this. 

Mauja hi Mauja by Mika Singh: the first Bollywood song on the list! My parents actually introduced me to this one when I was like seven years old, and I’ve loved it ever since. It always puts a smile on my face, and it’s really fun to dance around my room to, which is always my main goal when listening to Bollywood. 

Alejandro by Lady Gaga: Where did this even come from, and why do I still remember all the lyrics?

UNSTATUS QUO by Duckwrth: I originally listened to this bc I liked the title and as a pretentious debate nerd who used the phrase “status quo” at least four times a day, it felt like blasphemy not to. This is def my “cool kid in a movie walking down the street” song. It’s more... loud? cacophonous? than the music I usually listen to, but it really, really does make me feel cool. I think if I were to hear it more often than I do, I would probably stop liking it. 

Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens: yeah, I don’t know about this one. I feel like I can only listen to this when I’m already sobbing, so I’m gonna skip it for now. I never actually watched CMBYN, so idk how I even found this song. ALSO fun fact, I found a ten hour loop of this song on youtube once, and listened to the whole thing in one sitting. as I’m sure you can guess, that was not a good day :)

Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys: bitches listen to one arctic monkeys song and think they’re indie, yeah, it’s me. I’m bitches. 

Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex: wow, really proving my own point about only listening to very well-known indie music. 

Greek God by Conan Gray: This song just FEELS aesthetic and I don’t quite understand that but I still like it. 

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood: it’s actually been a minute since I last heard this, but I still like it! I was def more attached to this song about two years ago, so I don’t have much to say about it anymore. 

Summer is a Curse by The Faim: I actually heard this on a German tv show once and LOVED it. I really didn’t have any idea that Ashton was involved until a few months ago and I was like “wait, what??” it’s def a v good song, but I feel uncomfy endorsing/supporting it bc of the sexual misconduct allegations against one of the Faim’s members. Unfortunate, really, but that’s not something I can really get past. 

Bang! by AJR: I’m surprised AJR hasn’t shown up sooner tbh. The “Metronome” line and “pretend you know this song everybody” are CONSTANTLY stuck in my head. If I could choose any concert to go to, it would be either AJR or 5SOS. They actually had a really cool socially-distant drive-in concert yesterday, but it was in Philly, which is a bit too far to drive the week before college starts. 

Formidable by Stromae: <3 the song I was listening to when I made an ao3 account <3 I feel like I know too many people who had a Stromae phase. I don’t even understand French music all that well, but this is a bop. 

Hasta el Amanecer by Nicky Jam: Damn, I just realized that there’s music in four languages on this list now. We stan multilingualism. This is one that I do actually understand most of the lyrics for, so we love that. It was fun listening to this again, bc I really haven’t heard it in at least a year. 

Higher by The Score: The album that this is from came out on my birthday a few years ago! (just realized that there’s no recent music on this list, and if one thing describes my music taste accurately, it’s finding music a few years after it was released/popular). This is back from my soccer-playing days, and it was one of my pump-up songs for bus rides to away games. I think I might put this album back on regular rotation bc this is actually quite good!

No Control by One Direction: what even is there to say? I wasn’t really into 1D while they were actually active (rip me), and this is the song that made me give them a chance (chonce). perfect note to end on. 

As for tagging others, I think I’ve avoided it enough times that I kind of have to now, so sorry in advance if 1. you’ve already done this/ been tagged and/ or 2. you have no idea who I am and are confused as to why I’m acting like I know you. I’ll just do the first ten people who pop up when I type the at symbol: @originalashstan @tothemoonmikey @5sos-fan-boy @calumcest @ashesonthefloor @kaleidoscopeminds @mashlums @poisonjaffas @tirednotflirting @fuckyeah5sostakemehome

#tag game #tag challenge #fun stuff #music #i have bad taste #5sos

[brightokyolights]

I just saw your tags on the "harry was oppressed" post. Might elaborate on that when you are not tired? How Zayn was oppressed? His relationship to ot4. Other celebrities? I love your thoughts!

*cracks knuckles* buckle your seat belts folks we’re in for a wild ride here lmao.

also for context *here* is the post this anon is referring to

I think to start off i should just make a little disclaimer, everything i am going to discuss will be based in my biases probably seeing as I am also a brown British Pakistani person who is Muslim. Zayn has been someone that especially when i was younger I looked up to and was very essential in my journey of learning to love and accept myself and my culture tbh. It’s cheesy as hell but it’s true and i think this is important to know before I go into this more because like I said i am definitely biased towards him. Another thing is that I’m just going to be discussing my personal opinions and also my memory is not very good so i will probably miss out a lot of other things that happened/could be discussed. please dont take this as anything more than just. my opinion.

A thing that really opened my eyes to racism and especially the racism in the 1d fandom was the day that zayn left. I dont think thats what the post above was about btw and ill go into that but i kind of just want to talk about this. The day he left was. a severe mess. Not only because it was obviously upsetting but because of all the bs that people were spouting about a situation that absolutely no one had any context on. the statement that was released on facebook gave us nothing. literally just stated that zayn was leaving the band and the accusations and hatred people were directing towards zayn when we didnt know what actually fucking happened (and still dont might i add) was disgusting. people accusing him of being selfish and how they hated him and why he had to ruin everything. Accusing him of using mental illness as an excuse and lying about it and so much more. i had unfollow more than half of the people i followed that day. it really opened my eyes to the fact that these were all thoughts and opinions people had underneath it all and zayn was fine as long as he was part of 1d and giving people what they wanted. which was essentially being the token in the group and once he wasnt providing that anymore? people turned and people turned fast.

i think its also important to point out the flip side of it and that was zayn stans saying that 1d were nothing without 1d etc. i want to talk about why this was different from ot4 stans hating zayn. of course it wasnt nice to see or hear EVERYONE arguing with each other. i hated it so much. but i think what people failed to realise was that when it comes to situations like this you need to look deeper and think about all the nuances of the situation. zayn stans being happy about zayn leaving the band and saying 1d was going to die i did not agree with. anyone who knew me then and knows me now knows that i am a 1d stan regardless (preferably ot5 but i supported 1d until the end even as a 4some) BUT these opinions were rooted in his mistreatment in the band and the racism he was having to face as a result of being in the band etc etc i apologise for not being a person who can better describe and explain this situation but hopefully you are getting the picture. when fans were hating on zayn. with no context with nothing. that was based on racism. point blank. the amount of tweets FROM 1D FANS talking about how he was leaving to join isis and how upset fans were gonna be vulnerable and join etc etc all this deplorable bs. and he had to deal with comments like that throughout his whole time with one direction and i imagine even now. 

Another thing id like to talk about is who zayn stans at least from my point of view usually were. For me i remember when i first got into the fandom i actively made the decision that i didnt want zayn to be my favourite because i didnt want to be a stereotype and this was a point in my life when i still tried to shun and push my culture down because i was ashamed of it. it was only as i slowly saw that zayn was considered as cool and hot and everyone else liked him that i kind of understood that maybe. being brown was alright and it was something cool and that maybe i was cool. it sounds fucked up and honestly i dont even know if i want to be admitting this so adamantly but argh if it helps someone understand then maybe its worth it. (mortifying ordeal of being known eh?) anyways i noticed as i engaged more in fandom and looked for more diversity, more fans like me, majority of non white fans were also... zayn stans. and honestly it makes sense because we all tended to flock towards the closest diversity we could find it seems. im not saying that there werent white zayn stans and that the other boys didnt have non white stans but i just wanted to point out this trend. so when you also take this into account and the fact that on the day zayn left it was majorly... white stans who were criticizing zayn it puts it in perspective for you. majority of fans who still like and support zayn are also not white.

there is a lot more to do with fans but hopefully thats enough of an insight and you can understand the kind of vibes that were present during 1ds prime and what not only zayn had to go through but also as a result the racism we ended up having to deal with as well tbh.

now!!!... something i dont really like talking about lol so this will probably be short but the other boys. so as far as i can remember liams always been kind to zayn since hes left (no surprise there <3 also please correct me if im wrong), niall was kind of indifferent/didnt say anything really, and then there was louis and harry *awkward smile*. hahaha. from my memory i remember when asked about what the most difficult thing was about zayn leaving harry said ‘the paperwork’ which was *awkward smile* and he also kicked that monkey mask/pinata? i cant remember with naughty boys face on it and honestly im sure theres more but his overall reaction to zayn leaving was kind of not caring and maybe being slightly nasty which :) with louis there was the massive twitter fight which literally tears my soul in half so lets not go into that haha and honestly other things where it maybe seemed like he was upset with zayn leaving as well. honestly i am a bit in two minds about these reactions because at the end of the day we dont know what occurred behind the scenes and we probably never will as much as we can speculate or whatever. not to mention that this 10th anniversary it seems maybe everyones on good terms which, who knows really im going to try be optimistic. i think whats important to note about heir reactions is that we dont know anything about their situations but the problem was really how fans reacted tbh (btw i forgot to mention earlier this is about basically everything except for harry and the nb thing. that is inexcusable). the boys reactions were understandable but the problem is that fans of course vicariously are influenced by the boy they stan so when one of them acted a certain way of course that ended up reflecting in fandom and resulted in more racism etc. 

another thing with zayn was that there were many files leaked with like promo or whatever basically describing what kind of role the boys would take on/ their image etc. and of course all the other boys got things like bubbly/funny/charming etc and zayns descriptors? moody, mysterious, dark horse etc etc like from the inception of 1d zayn has been victim to racist stereotypes being pushed on him. and i think this is where harry comes in because of course the image pushed onto him was also extremely harmful and i definitely dont think we should not talk about that but often you'll see that... thats all that is talked about because people are uncomfortable admitting racism and talking about it. 

When i mentioned other celebrities my point was basically just that while ive only talked about zayn in one direction this... is so present among any and every fandom. 5sos, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony... any fandom you can think of, i promise you it is there. racism in fandom is a real thing and a big problem and honestly this is why i always say representation is so important. and when i say that i mean everywhere!!! because if I didnt seek out non white fans to follow then maybe i would’ve had a completely different perspective on all of this.

The thing is also that a lot of this is just stuff that we’ve been able to get our hands on and also fan analysis and theories etc. there is probably so much more to talk bout or go into or stuff we’ll never even know about. I’ve kind of had to make peace with the fact that with celebrities you just really don’t actually know anything about them.

I think i’ll end this here if there’s any more questions you have about anything feel free to ask! and again this is all just my opinion  but hopefully i’ve been able to help answer you <3 have a nice day and i hope youre hydrated!!!

#ask #anon #1d #zayn #long post #i also have links to posts for proof of how zayn was treated on the last day if youd like but i thought id simplify #and just talk about what i though #there really is so much more that can be said

[marksarmel]

What I’m Consuming

Gather ‘round ye mongrels of media as we attempt to satisfy our primal urge to consume!

TV

I started watching Steven Universe and these tasty 10 -12 minute episodes are like candy for my soul. Fun and light and happy.

Warrior Nun - Three episodes in and it’s a bit slow paced and I’m not a fan at all of the narration, but the action is very well done and it seems to be getting better.  I do love how seriously they’re taking a seriously ridiculous concept.

Game of Thrones is on rewatch. Not sure if I’m doing this to try to gain a new respect for some of the show’s lowest moments or just to relive the dragon fights and bastard fights and girl fights and wight fights and Tormund making goofy lusty eyes at Brienne. Also, can we get a GOT X-Files type of spin off with these two please? The first episode can be them figuring out whatever happened to Daario Naharis.

MOVIES

Take Shelter - This is an oldie that I was recently reminded about. Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Take Shelter is a lazy snake that you’re not quite sure if it’s poisonous or not. Nothing in this film happens fast and everything feels cramped. Whenever Shannon’s Curtis LaForche is on screen he feels ill fit to the world around him. Like he’s wearing clothes that are too big for him and indeed in some scenes he looks that way as well. Chastain as Samantha, displays a weary tension throughout, but has a steady mid-western constitution that allows her to maintain her sanity when things get weird. Watch it, but not if you’re the least bit sleepy.

Life of Pi - In one of my bouts of insomnia I decided to rewatch this. It was as good as I remember and I even teared up. After it was over I found my blessed pillow and drifted of to a dreamland filled with tigers and boats and monkeys.

MUSIC

Crushing - Julie Jacklin (2019)- If you believe a song can have a hauntingly danceable groove look for me at the edge of the dance floor hoping Julia Jacklin will pick me. Body, the opening song to her album Crushing is like walking the hallways of your high school at 2am in the morning. Everything is stuffed with an adult melancholy that the kids only mime in broken hearted text messages. The soft plodding bass and spare drums plucked at my emo heart strings so deftly that my first listen turned into a second third and a then a fourth when I watched the video. Now I’m off to listen to the rest of the album.

Oh My God - Kevin Morby (2019)- Oh my god indeed. I recently stumbled across Kevin Morby and I’m so glad I did. There’s a yearning religiousness that runs through this album, but don’t let that burden you. The music here is haunting, beautiful and vividly illustrative of those parts of America that feel sleepy, dark and a few years behind.

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015) - When this album dropped I remember being slightly disappointed as I was expecting something more in the realm of good kid, m.A.A.d city. After several listens I realized it is very much in the same realm. It’s just that the realm is Kendrick Lamar’s and he roams large. I’ve returned to this album lately as a salve for what’s happening now. It’s a salve and also a guiding light. How can it not be with songs like, Alright and the self realization of Momma and I?

The simple fact is Kendrick is a storyteller from a different time, the future perhaps, or maybe the past. Alternate dimensions are not out of the question. In a time where we are careening wildly from fear to hopelessness to hate to the unknown, Kendrick’s lyrics are the guideposts leading us home.

Tobe Nwigwe - I mentioned him in a WIC recently and was pleasantly surprised when a friend posted a video of him on a track with a guest verse by Paul Wall. The track Juice is a banger through and through with my favorite verse being when Paul calls Tobe, “Too real. True and real. Trill.”

Love What Survives - Mount Kimbie (2017)- Sometimes an album digs deep into your ear like Dig Dig and you can’t shake it no matter what. This is a good good thing. I’d heard a couple of songs from this album (Blue Train Lines with King Krule and Marilyn with Michau), but never gave it a full listen. I finally did and it’s like a lazy drive with the windows down on a cool day that ends with a sweet makeout session at night in a parking lot. Soft, electronic music with a deep soulfulness.

COMICS/BOOKS

Silver Surfer - Parable - This old classic by Stan Lee and Moebius is an interesting ride. It moves at a brisk pace and some of the story feels a bit dated, but it’s always a joy to see work by Moebius.

I re-read Jupiter’s Legacy Part 2 recently and was just as immediately enthralled as I was in my first read. The art from Frank Quitley is as gorgeous as ever and while the story by Mark Millar rushes a bit too fast to the end it’s still a great read.

The History of the Marvel Universe - This plucks all my Marvel nerd boy heart chords. The art is beautiful and while the writing feels a bit cramped as it struggles to fit in all the bits and pieces it’s a must have for any Marvel fan. (Add artist and writer names)

GAMES - I’m still driving with Mario Kart. It’s just too good.

RANDOM NOTES

I have re-discovered candy from my childhood. Obleas Mini Wafers and Gloria’s Goats Milk! I used to get these when I was a kid when my mom went to Mexico and brought them back for me. The Obleas are like tiny tortillas, about the size of a silver dollar, with a caramel filing in the middle. The outside is this super thin wafer that always reminded me of the wafers you get when you take communion. You can eat these without having to admit your sins so that’s great!

The Glorias are like mini sausages, but have nothing to do with meat. They’re made from goats milk and often come with pecans. As a kid I used to eat these by the handful, but now I savor them and take a half a bite and then come back later for the other half. Andalé!

#Whatimconsuming #what I'm consuming #consuming #watchingtv #musiclistening #reading comic books #comicbookreview #watchingmovies #silversrufer #parable #history of the marvel universe #jupiters legacy #tobynwigwe #JulieJacklin #steven universe #warriornun #gameofthrones #takesheltermovie #lifeofpi #mount kimbie

[throwmyheartawayagain]

I Wan’na Be Like You

This is my entry for @this-kitten-is-smitten​ ‘s 200 Drabble Challenge. Clearly, I don’t know the meaning of “drabble” since this exceed 2k words. Oh well. I hope you like this Kate! 

Any and all mistakes are mine. My fics are not to be saved or posted on any other sites without my written permission- that’s just fucking rude. Thanks!

Title: I Wan’na Be Like You

Characters: MCU Sebastian Stan, Cora(OFC), Oliver/Ollie (OMC)

Pairing: MCU Sebastian Stan/Cora

Prompt: I Wan’na Be Like You from Disney's The Jungle Book 

Warnings: Fluff, swearing

Word Count: 2,077

“Ghostbusters, whadya want?”

“Are you always going to answer your phone like that?”

“Yes, I am, Mr. Stan,” she laughed. “Especially when you are calling.”

“What am I going to do with you, lubirea mea?” Sebastian chuckled.

“Dunno, you’re the one that married me.”

“I see, well, I only asked you to marry me. You agreed to it.”

Cora laughed. “Is that how it is?”

“That’s how it is.” There was a beat of silence until Sebastian whispered, “Oh, fuck. Not again.”

“What’s going on?” Cora asked. She knew Sebastian was back in New York City, having arrived earlier that morning, but he had a meeting with his manager, and an interview for a magazine after that.

“Hold on.”

She could hear some excited chatter from Sebastian’s end of the call. “Sweetheart?”

“Look, I’m not Bucky Barnes or the Winter Soldier, so there’s no need to call the police.”

“See, I told you he doesn’t have a real metal arm. It’s all a marketing ploy for the Avengers!” someone exclaimed.

Cora giggled at her husband’s current misfortune. Ever since 2014 when the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarriers crashed into the Potomac River and Bucky Barnes escaped the clutches of H.Y.D.R.A., Sebastian has been mistaken for the former Winter Soldier on a weekly basis. The first couple of times it happened, the police were called and Sebastian was taken to Avengers Tower in Manhattan. Each time after the first, Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson greeted Sebastian with huge smiles and big laughs as soon as he was brought in through the lobby doors. 

After the nth time in one week, Steve finally had Stark create a special identification card for Sebastian that verified he was actually Sebastian Stan, the actor, and not James Buchanan Barnes. 

Four years later, he was still being mistaken as Bucky Barnes. During that time, Sebastian and Cora struck up an odd friendship with Steve, Sam and eventually the real Bucky Barnes, even inviting all three to their wedding.

“Sorry about that, baby,” Sebastian apologized, then grumbled, “that is never going to stop.”

“It’s alright. How’d the interview go this morning?” Cora asked.

“Interview went well, I was asked about you, Ollie, and Nacho.”

Cora’s giggle was music to Sebastian’s ears. “Nacho, is that really what you’re calling our unborn child?” she continued to giggle.

“Well, that’s better than ‘It;’ or ‘The Unborn,’” he reasoned. “Besides, what else would you call the baby?”

“Devil Spawn.”

“Cora, no.”

“Cora, yes! If you had this thing growing inside you and using your internal organs as their very own personal punching and kicking bags, then you would call them ‘Devil Spawn,’ too.”

“I guess you got me there,” he laughed. “Have you heard from my mom about Ollie?”

“Nothing since the picture she sent of him by the board with the arm span of the primates. I’m sure they’re having lunch at the zoo right now.” 

Sebastian sighed, “I know I shouldn’t be worried and it’s not like she’s going to lose him anywhere, but sometimes I can’t help thinking that some crazy person would do something to Ollie or my mom. There’s even a chance someone obsessed with Barnes could do something, too. You three, soon to be four, are my entire world.”

“Nothing has happened so far to us, sweetheart,” Cora started. “I know how much you worry and how much you do to keep us safe.”

“I love you, too.” 

“Oh, shit,” she moaned, then mumbled, “Devil Spawn.”

“Are you okay, baby?” Sebastian asked full of worry.

After a few grunts and groans, Cora stood up. “Yeah, just got a big kick to the bladder and now I have to pee. Any idea if you’ll be home tonight?”

“Bietul meu bebeluș. Are you sure you’re going to be okay?”

“Seb, I swear to god if you ask me that again, I will steal Bucky’s arm and shove it so far up your ass.”

A hearty laugh was heard, and followed by, “I don’t think Bucky would let you have his arm, even as fond of you he is,” Sebastian laughed. “I guess I should let you go so you can pee. I’m hoping to be back home early this evening.”

“Okay, I will see you then. I love you,” Cora said.

“I’ll send a text when I’m on my way home. I love you too,” he said before disconnecting the call.

Just as Cora was finishing in the bathroom, Georgetta had let Ollie and herself into the apartment. “Hello? Anyone home?”

“Mama!” Ollie called out.

“Be right there!” Cora answered while drying her hands.

A couple of hours later, Cora was curled up on the couch reading a book when she heard the tell tale pitter patter of Ollie’s feet coming down the hallway after his nap. “Mama?”

“Hey, Bubby, did you have a good nap?” she asked her three-year-old while placing a bookmark in her book before closing it to set on the side table.

“Yeah,” Ollie responded as he climbed on the couch and curled into her side.

“Did you have fun at the zoo with Grandma?”

Ollie nodded his head before his eyes lit up and he excitedly talked about seeing the primates. “Mama! King Louie was there!”

“Oh yeah? Who else did you see?”

“Bears, no Baloo. I saw Simba, and Khan, and owls, and penwins, and famingos,” Ollie beamed at her.

“I’m sorry you didn’t get to see Baloo, I’m sure he’s still in the jungle with Bagheera and Colonel Hathi,” Cora smiled as she brushed Ollie’s unruly hair out of his eyes. “Do you know what tonight is?”

Ollie shook his little head and said, “No.”

“Daddy comes home!” Cora leaned over and scooped her little boy into her arms and tickled his sides as he squealed and giggled in delight. Of all the sounds that Ollie made, she wished she could bottle his laugh to keep forever.

“Yay! Daddy!”

After Cora stopped tickling Ollie, she held him close with her arms under him to support his bum that was perched against her pregnant belly. He rested his head on her clavicle and pressed his face into her skin. “I miss daddy,” Ollie said as he wrapped his little arms around Cora as best as he could.

“I know, Bubby, I miss him too. But you know what? You have been so good for me while he’s gone and I’m so proud of you! I know daddy’s proud of you too.” She pressed a kiss to the crown of his head. “He’s coming home and you’ll be able to tell him about your day when you see him. You can tell him what you and Grandma saw at the zoo.”

“Okay,” he mumbled into her skin.

“How about we get a snack and you can pick out a movie to watch until dinner?”

Ollie nodded his head, rolled off of Cora, fell off the couch onto the floor and jumped up like nothing was wrong. Instead he was giggling. “You are my silly little monkey.” Cora shook her head as she scooted forward to the edge of the couch cushion to get up.

“Not a monkey, mama, I’m a rang-o-tang, like King Louie!” he huffed.

“Oh, I am so sorry, your highness, King Louie!” Cora bowed with a laugh. “What kind of snack would the VIP of the Jungle like?”

“Cheese and crackers!”

After eating their snack, Cora and Ollie were back on the couch watching Ollie’s favorite movie. Baloo and Mowgli just finished singing about the Bare Necessities and were floating down the river. Cora’s phone dinged, alerting her of a text and when she looked who it was, she smiled and responded right away.

Once the monkeys appeared and kidnapped Mowgli, Ollie scooted away from Cora as he got wiggly, knowing what was coming up.

“Hey, Mowgli, how about you flickin’ that ol’ mean fly off your papa bear’s nose?” Baloo said in the movie. The monkey sitting on the sloth bear’s tummy whacks him on the nose with a stick. “OUCH!”

Ollie burst out in the brightest giggles and Cora loved every minute of it. While Mowgli was being carried away by the monkeys, then Baloo talking to Bagheera, Cora heard the door open to the apartment and shut quietly. 

Sebastian was home.

Sebastian was finally home after weeks away filming, and instead of kissing his wife hello first, he set his stuff down and crawled from the kitchen to hide behind the sofa. Cora looked over and saw him creeping into the family room and raised an eyebrow at her ridiculous husband. He smiled wide as he put his finger up to his lips telling her to be quiet. She shook her head as she looked over at Ollie.

The little boy was enthralled in the movie, even after watching it about a bazillion times. Sebastian and Cora damn near have that movie memorized line for line, but they would always sit down and watch it if that’s what Ollie wanted. That little turkey had his parents wrapped around his finger, whether he knew it or not. 

In the movie, Louie had just finished squeezing two bananas out of their peels and right into Mowgli’s mouth, and was making a deal with the man cub. “Well, then,” Louie started before he jumped off his throne and scrambled to Mowgli’s left. “I’ll lay it on the line for you. A-baba-beep-boop Boop-ee-doop.”

As Louie slapped the floor of the ancient ruins, Sebastian placed his hands on the back of the couch while getting himself ready. Jumping up from his position behind the couch, Sebastian sang along with Louie in the movie.

“Now I’m the king of the swingers, oh, the jungle VIP, I’ve reached the top and had to stop, and that’s what’s botherin’ me!”

As soon as Sebastian made himself known, Ollie turned around and laughed at his dad. “Daddy!” he squealed.

Sebastian kept singing with a huge smile on his handsome face. He was dancing his way around the couch to be in front of his little family. “I wanna be a man, Man Cub, and stroll right into town, and be just like the other men, I’m tired of monkeyin’ around.”

He held his hand out to Ollie, who launched himself right into his dad’s arms. Sebastian danced around with Ollie, spinning around and dipping his giggling son while Louie started the next part. Soon Sebastian joined in when there were words again in the song.

“I wanna be like you-hoo-hoo, I wanna walk like you, talk like you too-oo-o! You’ll see it’s true, shoo-be-dee-doo, an ape like me-e-e, can learn to be human too-oo-oo!”

Sebastian set Ollie down on the floor as Cora stood up from the couch. All three pranced around the couch making trumpet noises until the monkey started whistling in the movie. Sebastian scooped Ollie, who has not stopped squealing and giggling from all the excitement since Sebastian popped up from behind the couch, up in his arms and pulled Cora close so all three were dancing together as the music played on.

Now it was Cora’s turn to quote lines from the movie as it played on. “Gee, Cousin Louie, you’re doin’ real good.”

“Now here’s your part of the deal, cuz,” Sebastian quoted along. “Lay the secret on me of man’s red fire.”

“But I don’t know how to make fire,” Cora said with Mowgli.

Sebastian winked as he held onto Ollie as he stepped away from his wife. “Now, don’t try to kid me, Man Cub, I made a deal with you. What I desire is man’s red fire to make my dream come true.” Sebastian had a good hold on Ollie as he swung him around and held him upside down, as Louie was doing to Mowgli in the movie and Ollie lost it. The little boy was laughing so hard, it was that true deep from the belly laugh.

Righting his son, Sebastian set him on the couch and continued to sing with Louie. “Now gimme the secret, Man Cub, come on, clue me what to do. Give me the power of man’s red flower, so I can be like you.”

Sebastian sat on the couch and Ollie scrambled into his father’s lap facing him.

“Daddy,” the little boy said as he grabbed Sebastian’s face with his little pudgy hands. “Daddy, someday I wanna be just like you.”

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Stan Lee University (Part 4)

Prompt: What would the Avengers be like in college, more importantly, what would they be like if Y/N existed around them?

Word Count: 2031

Warnings: drama, language, betrayal

Notes: This is based on a HC from @carryonmyswansong. They helped brainstorm and write part of this series. In this AU, no one will have powers, everyone is a normal human. Beta’d by @carryonmyswansong​

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The following Monday, the club you resided over was ready to meet. The food was ordered, the room reserved, the guest speaker had arrived and you’d talked to him for a little bit. The guest speaker started to go around the room before the meeting actually began, and was talking to them while you got the presentation set up.

“So do you also wear a cape?” Stephen suddenly said from beside you, making you jump slightly. He was so close to you you had no idea how he got there, or when, and why you didn’t notice.

“What?” you asked, confused.

“Oh, I just noticed your course load is rather heavy and you manage all this. I was just wondering if you also wear capes when you’re saving the day and being a superhero,” he said with a faint smile.

You shook your head and laughed before going back to the screen.

“I’m hardly a hero. Just a college student with zero social life and a lot of late nights,” you muttered.

“Sacrifices, huh?” Stephen murmured.

“Yep. But I’m sure you know all about that, being in the same boat I’m in.” You glanced down at the time. “Shoot, only got five minutes. Okay, can you sign this sign in sheet real quick so I can round everyone up?” you asked, handing him a clipboard. He scratched his name and email and you looked at it. “Strange? Your last name is Strange?”

“Yes? Why? Is that… strange to you?” he asked, cocking an eyebrow.

“Other than the really bad pun, no. It’s… I like it.” You smiled fondly to yourself. “You do realize you’ll be Doctor Strange, right?” you asked, laughing a little.

“The thought had crossed my mind,” he said cheekily before you shooed him away to go sit and you called attention to the room to get the meeting going.

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“Did you read?” Loki asked, leaning over towards you just before class.

“Yeah, why? Did you not?”

“I did, I just thought this was stupid. I wanted to hear your take,” he said casually.

“Oh… Well I suppose it’s a little… how do I put this… very rose colored glasses,” you said, trying to decide if that was the right way to word it.

“You’re being too kind. This was optimistic garbage. The first three chapters are empty…”

“Have fun telling that to our professor,” you said, reminding him of the class discussion.

“I have no problem telling her that I think this is utter crap.”

“I can’t wait to see what she says,” you said with a coy grin.

“Believe it or not, Y/N, you can stand up to people,” he retorted. “It does happen.”

“Hey, I stand up to people all the time,” you snapped, frowning.

“You don’t seem the type,” Loki said with a bit of amusement in his voice.

“I just stood up to you, didn’t I?”

“Prove it then, when the professor starts this discussion, tell her how you really feel. Don’t sugar coat it either,” he pressed.

“Fine. Easy. Sharing my opinion with the class, I do it all the time.”

“Good, then this should be like a walk in the park,” he noted before folding his hands behind his head and leaning back.

The professor dashed into the classroom, threw her briefcase down, grabbed out her book, checked the time, and called attention to the class. “Alright everyone, what did we think of those first three chapters?”

For a moment, everyone was quiet, too shy to say their piece.

“Anyone? Did anyone like it, love it, hate it?” she asked as she stood at the podium.

Loki glanced to you before raising his hand quickly. “Y/N has something she wants to share about the book,” he proclaimed.

“Oh?” the professor said, turning to you on Loki’s right. You shot him a glare full of daggers before you cleared your throat.

“I, uh… I thought it was wildly and hopelessly optimistic. I mean, they live in horrid conditions but somehow cling to this odd notion of hope that somehow everything will be okay, that someone will come rescue them. I just don’t see how that’s plausible… It felt very… childish to me. No adult would think this way. No adult would look at their situation and say ‘everything’s okay’.”

“Interesting, so you think it’s--”

“Bad. I think it’s bad. The grammar is just… did he even learn grammar? The story jumps around and I can’t tell where we are, and when I can tell, it’s just total shit. If you picked this book as a starter to say ‘It will get better from here’, good, I hope so. Or if you picked this as an example of a crappy book, then job well done.”

With that, you sat back in your seat and Loki glanced sideways at you, giving you an approving smirk, almost as if he were proud.

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Later that night in your dorm, between your studies, you checked your email. Your advisor had sent you an internship opportunity. Well, to be correct he sent it to all the psych majors, which meant Wanda got it too. You didn’t think she would be interested in something like this. It was clinical psychology and she wanted to work with schools, children, counseling. This was definitely more up your alley. Still, you wondered if she would even try for it.

You emailed your advisor and stated you were interested and wanted to see if you could get an interview for the spot. Within ten minutes he replied and gave you all of their information to set it up yourself. You called the company and secured an interview for next week. If all went well, this could very well be the company you did an apprenticeship at, or even got you into medical school.

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The next day you were back at class with the science trio, happily taking physics notes. As soon as class ended, the four of you began walking out of class together when a younger kid came bouncing up. He had to be a freshman… maybe a sophomore. He looked really young, but then again who were you to talk? You were nineteen and everyone else in your class was twenty-one and up.

“Hey, Petey,” Tony said as he greeted the bright-eyed young man.

“Who’s this Tony?” you asked politely.

“Guys, meet Peter Parker.”

“Is he…?” you asked, not sure where to take the question, just hoping Tony would fill in the gap.

“Oh, hey guys. Nice to meet all of you. Wow, this is great. Tony talks about all of you all the time,” Peter said, his words tumbling out like a flood.

“Really?” you asked, giving Tony the side eye.

“Pete here is a sophomore in my robotics class,” Tony explained. “He also shares the bathroom across the hall from Bruce and me.”

“Oh, very cool. Nice to meet you, I’m Y/N. This is Bruce, and Stephen,” you said, introducing everyone.

“This is awesome. I don’t have a lot of friends, well not here on campus. See I tested out of senior year so I graduated early…”

“Just like Y/N,” Tony noted, giving you a pointed look.

“Yeah, how about that,” you mused watching the brunette boy walk backwards in front of all of you. “What’s your major?”

“Double majoring. So far it’s computer science and physics.”

“Oh wow, Tony, a man after your own heart,” Bruce joked, pushing his friend.

“Har-har. Mock if you want but Pete here is the real deal. He might even be as good as me,” he stated, impressed.

“Is there room for anything besides your ego in that head?” Stephen suddenly asked from beside you as he leaned forward to address Tony.

“Just my great fashion sense and the ability to land any woman,” he informed confidently.

“Oh, is that all?” Stephen asked with an amused eyeroll.

“Sounds like you’re doing some great things, Pete. That’s awesome. We’ve got a science club if you’d want to join,” Bruce offered.

“Who’s the cult leader now?” you asked, eliciting a shy smile from Bruce.

“You still are,” Tony interjected with a smug face. “We’re just followers. Big difference.”

“Oh, right. More money being a leader, I forgot,” you teased before making your eyes cross to give him a stupid and goofy face.

“So Y/N, you graduated early too?” Peter asked as he fell in line with the four of you.

“Yeah I--”

“Graduated early?” Tony interrupted, sounding floored. “She could barely drive a car and she was coming to college with us. Imagine my surprise when this little freshman suddenly shows up on orientation day.”

You blushed slightly while Stephen slid his eyes towards you in curiosity. He had no idea you were younger than him. The way you carried yourself, your knowledge, your class level -- it all seemed like a junior or senior. He was suddenly even more intrigued than he had been.

“It wasn’t that big of a deal, Tony. We knew each other before I got here,” you reminded.

“Yeah, but I was pretty pissed that you came and joined us. Made me and Banner here look like trained monkeys.”

“Are you sure that was Y/N’s doing?” Stephen asked, making you, Peter, and Banner chuckle.

“You all can laugh all you want. I’ll remember how much you mocked me when I’m a famous billionaire.”

“And you’ll remember how much we love you,” you said lovingly as you wrapped an arm through his and leaned your head on his shoulder, looking up at him.

“If this is love to you, I’d hate to see what it’s like when you don’t like someone,” Tony retorted sarcastically. “Speaking of, I’m off to my lab.”

“You mean your super secret lab that no one is supposed to know about?” you asked.

“Yes, that one.”

“Wait, lab? Secret? Oh, Mr. Stark you gotta show me this!” Peter requested excitedly as he stepped back out in front of all of you again.

“Okay, kid, don’t call me Mr. Stark, makes me feel old. That’s weird… Secondly, you can’t see it, it’s a secret.”

“Well who all knows about it?”

“Well now, all of you,” he said with an eye roll.

You laughed. “He’s being a drama queen. Only Bruce and I have been to it. See, Peter, freshman year, towards the end of spring semester Tony broke into one of the labs in the old science building. It was an old lab, no one used it, hardly any equipment in there. It was one of the ones in the basement, right?” you explained as you walked.

Pete nodded, hanging on your every word.

“Well… he wasn’t authorized to use it, obviously. It’s considered trespassing. Tony worked in there for about three weeks. He got a project built for one of his classes. It was a really cool invention. But one day, he came back and…” You paused, having to laugh a little. “And the lock had been replaced with a new one, with a key in an envelope sticking to the door.”

“Holy… So was there a note or anything?”

You shrugged and shook your head. “No. No one from the faculty has contacted him, and no letter or anything has ever been left there. We just all came to the silent understanding that it’s Tony’s lab.”

“That’s freaking awesome!”

“Don’t get too excited,” Tony said, raising his hand.

“Why? Don’t want him to follow your criminal behavior?” Stephen remarked with a raise of an eyebrow.

“Hey, I didn’t do anything illegal.”

“Except trespass…” Stephen noted.

“Okay, fine. I broke into an empty lab for space and tools to build something for a project that got me grant money. Sue me,” Tony snapped.

“Boys, boys. Don’t fight. Tony, Bruce, let’s go to the lab. Stephen, I’ll catch up with you later, okay?” you said as the three of you started to veer away from Stephen and Peter.

He waved a small wave at you and smiled. “Yeah, sounds good.”

“It was nice to meet you, Peter,” you stated sweetly.

“Yeah, you too, Y/N,” he said as he blushed before rubbing his neck.

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Favorite Sohma’s

Hi yes, uh, I needed a space to rant about fruits basket because I am still very broken so yea

Disclaimer that this is just my opinion and I still love them all very much, just needed to get this out of my system ayee. Also I will include a song that reminds me of them because I am that invested in this so yeaaaa

14- Kagura Sohma

Boy by Little Mix - “I know what you’re worth girl, you know what you got”

I rank Kagura as my least favorite just for the fact that I cant really relate to her I guess? I mean, she is okay, I think she is cute and all but I don't think violence is the way to go about her struggles and she is so much more worth than she gives herself credits for. In the end, I dont think I full understood her big struggle as much as the other characters and thats why she is at number 14, although I want her to be happy and full of love and support like the others ;w;

13- Akito Sohma

My Eyes by Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day - “But it’s plain to see, Evil inside of me is on the rise”

Akito is a complicated one for me man. Of course, in the beginning and throughout the manga you learn to really dislike her because she did some terrible things, specially to my baby boi Yuki and eye-.... But then when we learn more about her and everything she has gone through we start sympathizing with her but i..... cant just forget everything she did. I get she was traumatized since she was little, she became dependent on the zodiacs because of her father’s words and mother’s behaviour thus becoming a broken person with this big responsibility she didn't ask for. It really ticks me however, how much pain the others underwent through her, and even though its a healing process, the traumas and everything they suffered is still there which is why I cant place her higher. I do not hate her by any means, but she isnt my favorite person on this list either. I do ship her with Shigure and I think they help each other out, and they grow from the other.

12- Shigure Sohma

Used to the Darkness by Des Rocs - “Now would you pray before you twist the knife? Yeah, would you take my hand and take a life?”

*big sigh* Shigure is also a complicated one for me. It may be my big dumb energies showing but I didnt fully get a grasp on his character? I know he was doing everything for Akito’s sake to liberate from the curse and be with her so she is finally a “woman” but he always acted a bit shady xD?? I would have love to know more about his backstory, we dont get much from his motivations and character other than the perverted aspect and that he loves Akito lmaoo. I do think he is hilarious and I love the dynamic he has with Hatori and Ayame lol

11- Ayame Sohma

Starships by Nicky Minaj - “Starships were menat to fly, Hands up and touch the sky “

To be honest I am pretty neutral about Ayame’s character. He is hilarious and I love how Yuki insults him every tike he gets the chance lolll. I like how throughout the story he tries to change to become a better brother to Yuki and person even though he is pretty extra most of the time about it. He has a good heart and even though he made some mistakes he owns up to them which in my opinion, makes him a good character <33 I love his friendship with Hatori lmaooo they balance each other out sooo well

10- Kureno Sohma

Taking Chances by Celine Dion - “Never knowing if there's solid ground below, Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay”

I really like Kureno! He has gone through quite a bit and he needs a hug. I am sad thinking how most of his life he lead it pretty similarly to Yuki’s, apart from everyone and super enclosed to his relationship with Akito due to him breaking the curse and feeling bad about it. I do wish we would have gotten to know more about his personality and story, if we did I would have definitely ranked him higher! He really reminds me of Tohru’s father and I think Uotani is perfect for him <33 would have love to see more about the two of them and hopefully they expand upon it in the anime

9- Ritsu Sohma

Waving Through a Window by Ben Platt - “On the outside, always looking in, Will I ever be more than I've always been?”

Okay okay so I have a lot of thoughts on Ritsu. Manga Ritsu is okay, I really dont have much of an opinion on him due to him appearing only in a few chapters, I feel like from the Sohma’s, he is the one we get the least information about. But then the anime episode came out where they presented Ritsu and I thought they gave him so much more life and rounded personality where, I get to relate a lot to him? I am someone who is constantly apologizing for absolutely no reason and seeing him be all anxious and stressed about others interactions is big relate to me and I stan. I also think the whole dressing as a woman plot line is better dealt with in the anime and I hope we get to see more about his insecurities and troubles in the future because he is truly a very interesting character! I stan my one (1) anxious monkey.

8- Kisa Sohma

Mean by Taylor Swift - “But you can take me down with just one single blow, But you don't know what you don't know”

Cinnammon rooooooolll. Kisa is such a cutie. I dont have much to say other than my mood every time I think about Kisa is hugging her like Tohru does because she is babyyyy. Also her bullying story is one I think many viewers and readers can relate a lot to and such an important topic I think they covered pretty well and I loveee. Also her and Hiro are one of my favorite ships because they work so well and asdfgh in this household Kisa is a queennn.

7- Isuzu Sohma

Take me Home by Jess Glynne - “Came to you with a broken faith, Gave me more than a hand to hold”

I really like Isuzu!! I am pretty bummed we wont get to meet her in season 1 of the Anime reboot but hopefully in the nest season! She is quite a complex character that I didnt really understand at the beginning but once we see how much she loves Haru and all that she does in order to protect and keep him save she really went up my list. She has gone through so much, from her shattered reality from her parents, Akito threatening Haru, her being locked up withour given any food.... Isuzu is so strong and one of the best build characters in the series and I am super excited to see her in the anime!

6- Hiro Sohma

Time to be a Man by The Airborne Toxic Event - “And it’s time to be a man, Tell me how does that go?”

My bastard childdd <33 He is such an asshole and such a sweetie at the same time. His whole inner struggle of not feeling like a good enough man for Kisa is so heartwhelming and I think it really makes sense to the type of person he is. The flashbacks of him telling Akito how he loves Kisa and the feeling of uncertainty and impotency when seeing the girl he loves being hurt by his actions and wanting to be good enough for her even though he is more than enough sdfghjasd. I am also a softie for older brothers who love their families *cough cough* spoiler alert: Momiji *cough cough* that I love me one angry boi

5- Hatsuharu Sohma

4 Seasons by Rex Orange County - “I saw myself as less and you so high above me”

Cow boil! apart from the fact that I love love loveeee Haru’s design, I think he is also such a well build character! He is not only supportive of everyone (aka the loves of his life, Rin and Yuki xDD) but he is so interesting! His split personalities give him a cool trait (even though dark Haru doesnt appear much in the end of the manga) and I love how he helps everyone and makes sure those he loves are protected at all cost and happy. He is Rin and Yuki’s fan club stan leader and I am co-leader so we been stanning aye

4- Hatori Sohma

Fireflies by Owl City - “I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes, I got misty eyes as they said farewell”

Boooooy the next four to come are my absolute favorties and I would die for their happiness and love so *takes big breathe* I LoVE hAtORi sOhMAAa. To be honest when we first meet him I didnt like him much. I thought he was your usual dark deep character who doesnt talk much because he is too cool for everyone (which, he is) and that was that. But boi was I in for a riDE. His story about having to erase the memories from the woman he loves is one of the ones I cried through the most. I put myself in his shoes and wonder if I had to erase the memory of the person I loved the most, make them forget they ever met me, all our happy times, sad times, angry times.... No matter what its one of the most saddening moments and the whole scene is heartbreaking, which makes me love Hatori even more for the fact of how strong he is and selfless. He puts himself before others and he need to know he also deserves happiness and I am glad in the end he got it because homeboy needed a break ;w;. I also adore Ayame’s relationship with him xDD, he is like his idol and big same.

3- Kyo Sohma 

This song saved my Life by Simple Plan - “Sometimes it feels like nobody gets me, Trapped in a world where everyone hates me”

Top three babyyyy. We have now my angry cat boi™. I mentioned it before but going into the reboot firsthand without reading the manga nor watching the first anime, I thought Kyo was going to be my absolute favorite character. I knew he would be the angry boi who was soft inside and probably had a tragic backstory™ that made him act the way he did and I am a sucker for those types of characters. And I love Kyo, I really do, specially when we find out more about his struggles and past. The exclusion he felt throughout his life for being the cat, the abandonment, feeling like he had no one and was ready to die because he didn't have any source of genuine happiness (well, apart from Kazuma ya know but stillll). Then he finds Tohru, the girl he promised to protect, the one that reminded him of the woman that helped him out all those years ago and I just.... poetic cinema at its finest. Kyo and Tohru make one of my favorite couples and I love how flustered and In absolute l o v e he is with her and Kyo is great man....

2- Yuki Sohma

Nandemonaiya by RADWIMPS - “Crying even when you're happy, Smiling even when you're feeling lonely”

THIS WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS OF MA ENTIRE WEEB CAREER SO EXCUSE WHILE I SCREAM. Yuki Sohma won my heart and entire soul throughout the series. I liked him from the start but he wasn't my favorite favorite at the beginning you know? I thought he was isolated and thats why he didn't have much friends and he was perfect and what not but boi was I wrong and happy about it. I think one of the reasons Yuki is one of my favorite characters in fruits basket is how much I can see myself in him. Having the constant need of perfection while also wanting to connect with others but finding it hard is something I personally struggle with and every time we learned a little bit about his backstory my heart broke. Everything Yuki had to go through, the rejection, the isolation, understanding that you are loved and not a burden, falling in love with someone, finding that figure of a mother/friend he always yearned for.... The complexity of Yuki’s character is astounding and I love my rat boi so so much.... When he joins the student council, finding his little group of friends and opening up to a more carefree and true Yuki, forgiving those around him and going and eye- YuKI IS MY BABY RAT BOI AND STAN HIM OR PERISH FROM HERE ;w;

1- Momiji Sohma 

Eine Kleine by Rachie - “If I were to go through life living just to take somebody else's place, Then I would rather have been born as a pebble, living out my peaceful days “

*Clears throat* *trumpets sounds intensify* *stands on podium* I LOVE MOMIJI SOHMA WITH ALL MY HEART AND HE MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. Thats it. Thats what I want you to get out of this post. I don't know if this is maybe an unpopular opinion-ish but Momiji’s backstory of his mother rejecting him, saying awful things, him having to accept being forgotten by his mother and sister whom he loved, not even being able to live with his family, is one of the most heartbreaking ones of fruits basket. Maybe its like what I said with Hiro and I am a sucker for big brothers that love their families, the sad smile of Momiji, my baby, angel, perfection when he sees his family and not being able to be with them, him loving Tohru but letting her go and be with Kyo because its her happiness that matters to him and I am-..... The selflessness of Momiji and how much of a sweetheart he is, his heart of gold and always being there for those around him, that moment where Akito was looking for Tohru and he got hurt trying to defend her.... Momiji is one of my all time favorite characters. He is a precious bean and I will never not shut up about my love for ma boi <333

Anyways that was long and ramble but I just needed to shout this somewhere because I've been missing they //rip

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[2chainlovebot]

👤 - First impression of each member, ✌ - 3 things you have in common with your favorite member, 🔎 - How you found them

HEY TAWA how you doin thank u for askin ayyy👤 - First impression of each member:Oh boy ok a long one uhh keep in mind this is my VERY FIRST impression of them and does not reflect how I feel about them NOWShownu: tol, Big Quiet, not very supportive, kinda standoffish and when he does interact with the other members he literally shoves them why does everyone love him again??? (You dan tell I’ve changed my tune dhshs)Wonho: oh... Big Boi... hUGE FLIRT GOOD LORD uhh wow he acts 12 sometimes but like... watch out for him I’m near certain this man is dangerous... like flirty and lowkey probably got a temper?? Yike omg... lowkey wanna date him tho... (DEF CHANGED THAT OPINION HOOH)Minhyuk: cutie!! Lil tiny baby!! Kind of a gremlin but like def cute cute cute!! I have NO IDEA how anyone finds you sexy you’re literally a singing sock monkey!!! (...where do I begin)Kihyun: wow!! A cute boy with a really nice voice! He seems ok, his voice is one I’d usually stan but idk if he’ll even wreck me, he’s a lil mean and doesn’t seem to be the type with a powerful stage presence I like (... i can’t even begin to state my feelings on seeing this again)Hyungwon: hyung...won?? Oh! The froggy one? Idk dude. I kinda forget he’s there. I don’t really notice him, he’s quiet, his voice doesn’t stand out, I’m not really sure what all the hype is about “how handsome he is” he just looks froggy to me I guess some people are into that, I can’t even tell you which lines he has I can’t pick out his voice from Minhyuk or Shownu (I am mortified. The IGNORANCE...)Jooheon: Im gonna marry you. You’re a kind man with a cool rap style and a duality KING with your growly voice and cute demeanor and YOUR CHEEKS GOOD LORD I WANNA LIVE IN YOUR DIMPLES how cute are you and wow your raps murder me and your dance is good!!! I hope he sings later I think he’d sound good. (L...lmao... I... yeah...)I.M. : you, little demon, are gonna bias wreck me until the end of Time WHY ARE YOU SO HOT and how DARE you be SO CUTE and so TALENTED at rapping at the same time I’m SO MAD how could you do this I want ONE LANE!!!! ☝️ (I’m... in sorry...)✌ - 3 things you have in common with your favorite member:I got two faves so I’ll do both🐹: we’re both Parent Friends Who Always Have Supplies and kind of herd and care for everyone, we’re both flirty but easily flustered/embarrassed, and we both prefer to work on projects as a team or duos rather than solo.🐝: we both get compliments a lot on our dimples, we are very clingy and cuddly with our loved ones to the point of being annoying, and we both have pretty big self esteem issues from being the “ugly duckling” and considered chubby and ugly for a good chunk of our lives and feeling the whiplash from becoming an adult and being told we’re “attractive”.🔎 - How you found them:@youngjaes-choker made it her personal mission in life to convert me to monbebe and worked TIRELESSLY DAY AND NIGHT to bombard me with their work and force me to learn their names until I agreed to stan them and pick a bias. And then proceeded to FORCE ME TO BIAS HER BIAS because she was STILL MAD AT ME for me bombarding her with SO MUCH Jinjin content when I was an aroha that she left her bias. 😊 Thank you for sending these! Please feel free to send more!

[minimin1993]

S/M 1

Warning: None.

A/N: Welcome to the beginning of this journey ^^ this is not BETA read so please don’t judge me to harshly ^^

“Miss Tudor, welcome to the set of Captain America” Kevin Feige said shaking her hand before walking her into the studio to meet the other actors/actresses. “Please call me Min, I am honored to be cast as Linda Gray, never in my life have I ever thought of being in a Marvel Picture.” Min said still stunned.

“Never have I, name is…” 

“I know who you are Mr. Human torch I am a big fan. My name is MinYoung but please call me Min” Min said shaking Chris Evans hand.  

“Well then Min welcome to the set. Please call me Chris, everyone had already met each other last week, you seem to be the last one here.” Chris said. 

“Oh, I have to apologize, my management was finalizing my parts for my group next album before we go on a little hiatus, hence why I never made it to the screen testings.” She explained. 

“We heard about your group, Mystic right?” Chris asked.  

“Yes Sir, Maknae and Lead Vocal of the Group Mystic at your service.” She said doing a little curtsy.

“You’re cute you know that, I am going to be playing Captain America. Since we already meet everyone else and no one has claimed the role of Linda I am guessing your her?” Chris questioned.

"Yes I am, I am going to be playing Linda Gray. Awe man if your Captain America who is going to be my Bucky?" Min said pouting making Chris and Kevin chuckle.

“Anyways since you both forgot my presence, I suggest we go meet up with your Co-stars and your 'Bucky” Kevin said with air quotes.

“Opps I am sorry Mr. Feige, I was starstruck meeting Chris that I blanked out.” Min said making Kevin laugh.

“Min call me Kevin, Mr. Feige is too formal. Let me introduce you to the person you will be spending the most time with other then Chris of course, this Sebastian Stan who will be playing James Buchanan Barnes." Kevin gestures to a tall brunette with the prettiest bluish grey eyes who was smiling brightly at her. 'Woah he has such pretty eyes and that smile...he’s going to be the death of me.' she thought or so she ‘thought’ before Kevin and Chris start to chuckle.

 "Thank you but I can’t have you die on me yet, we have so much to do before then, call me Sebastian." he said smirking. 

"Ohh please don't tell me I said that out loud." Min said covering her blushing face.

"You did, but don't worry. You’re cuteness might be the death of me as well." Sebastian said removing her hand from her face winking at her making her blush more.

"I think we will all get along very well." Chris said winking in her direction.

"Well now if you'll excuse me I am going to borrow this shovel right here and go dig me a hole to bury myself in." Min said grabbing the prop to head outside.

"Nope, you're very much stuck with us for a while." Sebastian grabbed the prop out of her hand. 

"So I am going to leave you guys be, Min you already got your printed script. Since everyone has been training for the past week, you might be behind but I know with your background you can catch up pretty quickly." Kevin said.

"I learn pretty quick so I don't think that will be a problem."

"Good well I am going to get going. You're training with Maria Monday at 8am sharp, so you can settle down for the next 4 days." Kevin said.

"Thank you Mr. Feige, I mean Kevin." she quickly corrected.

 "So MinYoung, how was your flight? I heard you flew from Korea." Sebastian said walking over to the table with Chris and Min.

"Please call me Min, the flight was tiring but honestly it's the longest I have slept in a while." Min said shaking her head.

"Really?" Chris questioned.

"Ohh yeah, before our group debut being a korean trainee as a foreigner was hell. I was lucky to get 4 hours of sleep a night during those 2 years. Then once we finally debuted it has gotten a little bit easier as we can sleep for at least 6 hours a night now when we not prepping for a new single. Oh my god, I am so sorry I don't mean to ramble, I promise I am not always this annoying. It's just been awhile since being able to speak this much english. " Min rambled to the boys.

"Don't worry about it. Trust us, you're personality is much welcomed since everyone here is pretty serious." Chris said with Sebastian agreeing.

"I don't mean to be rude but you look really young, please don't tell us your underage." Sebastian asked.

"How old do I look?" Min question back with a playful glare.

"To be honest, you look 14 but I highly doubt Marvel will hire someone that young to play Linda."

"Awee thanks I am actually 19, I guess my korean beauty products works. Soooo I am not trying to change the subject but I haven't had real food in over 24 hours, do you guys recommend anything around here. I haven't had american food in almost 5 years and I am really craving pasta." She said as her stomach like on cue growls loudly making the boys chuckle.

"Food it is let me go ask Hayley if she wants to come." Chris said getting up walking away.

 "She plays Peggy if you are wondering." Sebastian noticing Min question look.

"Ohhh cool." She said beaming him a bright smile. "So Mr. Collin, how's your day been?"

Sebastian looked at her questionly "My name is Seb.... Ohhhh god, don't tell me you seen that movie." He said blushing this time shaking his head making Min laugh.

"Are we ascending?" Min said jokingly.

"Oh god, now if you excuse me I will be taking that shovel and bury myself." he said standing up before Min grabbed his arm stopping him laughing harder.

"I was joking, plus I actually didn't find that movie that bad. Hot guys in really tight swimwear. Can't complain." she said winking at him. 

"Uh huh, you do know that the majority of your stuff is on Youtube right? Let's actually search your group up right now." Sebastian said taking out his phone.

"Nononono" Min said trying to take the phone out of his hand. He stood up, lifting the phone in the air away from her reach making her jump to reach but failing miserably.

"Ohh look at this a cute compilation of MinYoung Tudor." Sebastian teased and pressed the video.

"Please don't, its freaking embarrassing. I hate being cute, but the group requires the maknae to do it, please I beg you!" Min begged jumping on his back startled Sebastian as he drops his hands to wrap around her thighs to stop her from falling.

"Aaahh haaa, I got it!" Min said successfully grab the phone out of his hand to stop the video with a bright smile on her face.

 The interaction between the pair didn’t go unnoticed as Chris and Hayley stood back to watch the scene unfold.

"Whats going on here?" Hayley said making the pair look up before busting out laughing.

"Hi you must be Hayley, my name is Min. I was teasing Sebastian here about a movie role he did a while back and he thought it was funny to search up a video an embarrassing video of mines on YouTube and ended up here with his phone which I will now hold captive."

"Really, Seb which video is it I'll search it up." Chris said taking out his phone.

"No.No.NOOO!!" Min said trying to get off of Sebastian but he now holds her captive on his back refusing to let go.

"It's Cute compilation of MinYoung Tudor, the one with pigtails as thumbnail." Sebastian said tightening the hold on her as she thrashes around.

"Nooooo! Please oh my god why are you guys ganging up on me. Hayley pleasee help me." Min begged pouting to Hayley making the older woman giggle.

"Oh come on guys stop teasing her." she said with her british accent snatching Chris phone away from him making Min smile in victory.

"Yasss!! Keep his phone captive. Now Sebastian as much as I like it up here, can you please put me down?" Min begged.

"Give my phone back and I will put you down."

"Nope put me down first then I will give you your phone." She insisted before Sebastian releases her down only to see her mischievous smirk, she starts booking it around the studio.

"Heyy!! Give me my phone back." Sebastian said chasing after her making Chris and Hayley laugh hard watching the pair.

"NEVER!!! BLACKMAIL IS A BITCH! LETS SEE WHAT MR. SEBASTIAN STAN HAS ON HIS PHONE. YOU ARE SO SCREWED!! JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I AM A PRETTY FAST RUNNER." She said running so fast Sebastian couldn't keep up to her which now is attracting the other crew member around the studio to watch the interaction. Even Kevin stepped out to see what the commotion was.

"COME ON!! HOW CAN SOMEONE AS SHORT AS YOU RUN SO FAST?"

"OHHH YOU CALLING ME SHORT NOW YOU'RE SCREWED I AM GOING TO GO ON YOUR CAMERA ROLL NOW" she said flipping through his phone trying to send embarrassing photos to her phone.

"HEYY DON'T YOU DARE!!" He said still trying to catch her but she is like a monkey keeps slipping away from him until he hears multiple dings coming from her pocket.

"Done. Here you can have it back now." Min said giving him his phone back finally not even one bit out of breath while Sebastian was already a little tired from chasing her. It wasn't long before she books it to Hayley and snatches Chris phone out of her hand.

"HEYYYYYY! MIN DON'T YOU DARE!" Chris said now chasing her.

"OHH COME AND CATCH ME CAPTAIN AMERICA. OHH YOU BALLSY NO LOCK CODE!" She said doing through his phone now.

"WHATT THE FUCK! HOW ARE YOU SO FAST??" hearing dings after dings before she finally stops with a victory smirk on her face giving his phone back now.

 "Now I have great blackmail material from you both. Lesson number 1 of being my friend. Never let me get ahold of your phone." She said brightly clasping her hands behind her back rocking back and forth on her feet like a mischievous child.

#sebastian stan #sebastian x reader #bucky x reader #james buchanan barnes #originl character #chris evans #marvel #captain america #avengers #infinity war #civil war #endgame

[junker-town]

These are the best and worst sports in fiction, according to us

What is your favorite fictional sport and why is it Calvinball?

Inventing a sport is hard. The best fictional sports from movies/books/shows/etc. seem to fall into two categories: Either exceedingly clever games you have always wished you could play (and sometimes can!), or senseless, broken dreck that no one could possibly find fun, no matter what a story’s canon would lead you to believe.

Here are the best and worst fictional sports, as selected by SB Nation staff. There are a lot of other options out there, however, and plenty of discussion to be had about what sports even count as “fictional.” Does a sport you can “play” in a video game count? What about, uh, murder-based sports?

Let us know in the comments. Or just yell at us about our decisions. That’s fine, too.

Best: Jumanji

I wanted to consider the board game oeuvre of fictional sports, and considered Cones of Dunshire for the top spot. But Jumanji is it to me for the way it captured my imagination as a kid. Will it inflict untold damage, and potential death, upon you and everyone around for miles? Sure. It may also turn you into a cool monkey boy with a prehensile tail. Just roll the dice, dingus, it’s your turn.

Worst: Star Wars holochess (I guess it’s called Dejarik)

It’s kinda like Magic: The Gathering crossed with chess. The board looks too cramped for much strategy to take place, though. Plus you have to let the Wookiee win.

— Louis Bien

Best: Blernsball

Blernsball is the 30th-century version of baseball, which took place in Futurama (Season 3, episode 16, “A Leela of Her Own”).

The reasoning behind this being the best fictional sport, is that baseball in the future undoubtedly has to be better than baseball in its current form. It’s that simple. Baseball is good now, and assuming they were to actually evolve over nine more centuries, it could be great.

But that’s also a big if.

Worst: Poohsticks

The objective of Poohsticks (from Winnie-the-Pooh, obv) is to stand over some running water, drop a stick, and see whose stick gets down to the end first.

Go play Fortnite or Call of Duty instead.

— Harry Lyles Jr.

Best: BASEketball

A sport that combines all the fun of basketball with none of the running, jumping, or otherwise-needed athletic traits one needs to typically be good at basketball. Any game you can play with a beer in hand is a good one. Especially if all you have to do to play defense is remind opponents how their sister’s GOING OUT WITH SQUEAK.

Worst (but not really): Bouillabaseball

It’s just baseball with fish parts. I expected better from the ALF writer’s room, but I still stan the Equinox Weenies.

— Christian D’Andrea

Best/Worst: Vampire Baseball

Though I’m loathe to admit I’ve read “Twilight,” I would like to make fun of “Twilight,” so here we are. Basically, in the book, a real treat for our heroine was getting to watch Edward and his vampire family play vampire baseball. Wow, sounds fun, they have superhuman abilities I wonder what their sports will be like?!

Get your hopes down, it’s just regular baseball that’s louder. Because they hit the ball so hard. Great date idea Edward, Bella gets to watch your family game of regular baseball. She doesn’t even get to play. I can’t believe she likes Edward more than Jaco— I mean I don’t care, Twilight’s for children.

— Clara Morris

Best: The Running Man

I’m sure there are some prudes out there saying “but Jaaaames, murder isn’t a sport!” To which I would reply “it is the REALEST sport, even when fictionalized.”

The Running Man is unquestionably one of the greatest action movies of all time, which game us the best fictional sport of all time. It’s professional wrestling, with all its pomp and circumstance mixed American Gladiators with a healthy sprinkling of pure, unadulterated murder.

In case you’re not familiar with the plot, the basic concept is simple: Dangerous convicted felons are given a chance to fight for their freedom in gladiatorial battles against armed, themed enforcers on a dystopian game show. It probably says something about me that I like this so much, but here we are.

Worst: Taking the Stone

This is from the show Farscape and is the dumbest thing of all time. Rather than try to explain in my own words let me just share the entry from Wikipedia, which does a great job detailing how dumb this is.

“The game consists of jumping into a deep well, and chanting while falling. A sonic net at the bottom of the well, sustained by the participants’ voices, cushions their fall. When the youth reach the age of 22 cycles, rather than grow old and be deformed by the planet’s radiation, they stop chanting part way into the leap and die against the rocks. This death is called Taking the Stone.”

Jumping into a well. Maybe killing yourself. Bad sport.

— James Dator

Best: Cricket

Or, more specifically, the good Dr. Stephen Maturin’s take on cricket. At the beginning of Patrick O’Brian’s The Fortune of War, what can only be described as the hulk of the HMS Leopard drifts into the Indonesian bay of Pulo Batang. The crew, exhausted by their recent ordeal in the Southern Ocean, relaxes with a game of cricket against that of the HMS Cumberland. Or they try to, before Maturin, equipped with a bizarre, home-made bat, makes his appearance on the behalf of the Leopards.

A rapacious grin ran round the Cumberlands: they moved much closer in, crouching, their huge crab-like hands spread wide. The Admiral held the ball to his nose for a long moment, fixing his adversary, and then delivered a lob that hummed as it flew. Stephen watched its course, danced out to take it as it touched the ground, checked its bounce, dribbled the ball towards the astonished cover-point and running still he scooped it into the hollow of his hurley, raced on with twinkling steps to mid-off, there checked his run amidst the silent stark amazement, flicked the ball into his hand, tossed it high, and with a screech drove it straight at Jack’s wicket, shattering the near stump and sending its upper half into a long, graceful trajectory that reached the ground just as the first of La Flèche’s guns, saluting the flag, echoed across the field.

As far as rebukes towards English pretensions go, deliberate or not, it’s pretty hard to beat Dr. Maturin’s efforts. This is cricket as it really ought to be played: nonsensically and with maximum force.

NB: My favourite part of the above passage, incidentally, is the confusion it created amongst O’Brian’s significant American audience over whether Dr. Maturin was any good at cricket or not.

Worst: Quidditch

Take a perfectly good magical sport, with three goals, multiple balls, rogue and malevolent magical items designed to hurt you, and flying. The bones of quidditch are close to perfect, giving scope for brilliant tactical and individual play in three dimensions.

And then the Golden Snitch ruins it. There’s absolutely no need for the damn thing. The chasers, beaters and keepers are playing an interesting, well-constructed sport. The seekers, meanwhile, are playing a ridiculous version of hide-and-seek which almost inevitably overrides what everyone else on both teams are trying to achieve.

Not only does the hunt for the Snitch render the actually good part of the sport irrelevant, it also destroys quidditch as a spectator sport. Since the Snitch is so small as to be untrackable, the audience in the stands has no idea what’s going on at any given time, making this a sport that’s both nonsensical and impossible to follow.

Kill the Snitch, and then we’ll talk.

— Graham MacAree

Best: Crunchball 3000

Now I know what you’re all thinking. What the hell is CrunchBall 3000. Well it’s a computer game that has LORE.

The game has elements of rugby, soccer and football and is an excellent time waster at wo— I mean it’s a really underrated way to pass the time.

Worst: Quidditch ... but in real life.

*It’s not really the worst, I just wanted to talk about it.*

Don’t get me wrong, IRL quidditch is fun. I’m just mad that the one time I played, I was the seeker and the snitch could go anywhere. We were in a park and there were no boundaries. I stopped chasing them after three minutes. I have asthma, man. I was off it.

— Kofie Yeboah

Best: Calvinball

When I was a kid in my hometown, there were a few boys on my street who were around the same age as me. In the summer, we would all spend our hard earned pop-bottle deposit returns on buying used baseballs at rummage sales and then use them to play in an open field down the road from our houses. Baseball is actually a very loose term for what we played, especially once the ball was lost or the cover tore off. Then it was a free for all. Little did I know until later in my development that such games as those we played were already mastered by the titular characters in Calvin and Hobbes. Calvinball, you see, is a game with no rules, other than the rules you make up as you go along. No two games are allowed to be the same, and no rules made up on the fly are allowed to be duplicated. Throw on some masks, hit a baseball with a mop and go score some points by running seven times around the sprinkler. Wait! The sprinkler is now the loser zone, so you have to use a croquet mallet to hit a tennis ball over the driveway without it touching any dirt or concrete. If it does, you lose 10 points.

“Other kids’ games are all such a bore!

They’ve gotta have rules and they gotta keep score!

Calvinball is better by far!

It’s never the same! It’s always bizarre!

You don’t need a team or a referee!

You know that it’s great, ‘cause it’s named after me!”

As Calvin opined in the final Calvinball strip when a football game turned into one of the crazy contests, “Sooner or later, all our games turn into Calvinball.”

There really isn’t a better sport out there, real or fictional.

Worst: Star Trek’s parrises squares

Let’s keep this portion short and sweet: They never gave any rules to parrises squares on the show, but it clearly is dumb because there is no way the folks who made Star Trek: The Next Generation were able to come up with a cool sport. That’s probably why they didn’t bother showing viewers much of the game, which is played with an “ion mallet” on a padded playing field.

I know no other details. But it’s is clearly dumber than real-life quidditch, which is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever watched in my entire life.

— Sam Eggleston

Best: Rocket League

Video games are murky territory, and I’m not sure if most of them can be classified as fictional sports. Is Counter-Strike a fictional sport, or a simulation of a military operation? I’m not really sure. But Rocket League is unquestionably a game about a fake sport, and it is by far the best fake sport anyone’s ever invented.

Soccer is the most popular sport ever invented by humans. The coolest iteration of soccer ever invented is from Nike’s 3v3 Secret Tournament ad, which was played in a metal cage. Rocket League iterates on this concept further by replacing the human competitors with freaking rocket powered cars. If it was possible to create Rocket League in real life, it would be the world’s most popular spectator sport.

Worst: Professional wrestling

Oh no, I’ve exposed the business! It’s difficult to classify wrestling as a type of sports or entertainment, hence the term “sports entertainment,” but essentially it’s a TV show about a fake sports league. There’s no non-fixed sport that bears a strong resemblance to pro wrestling, so I think it’s fair to classify pro wrestling as a fictional sport.

Wrestling Twitter, don’t scream at me. I am not here to talk shit about the entertainment you love. I’ve watched thousands of hours of pro wrestling and I love it. But as an actual sport, it’s kind of a mess. There are no published rules, and the referees seem utterly incapable of enforcing the ones that broadcasters tell us about. Competitors are not punished for repeatedly assaulting referees. Any sensible sport would have introduced additional referees or an instant replay system after 100 years of consistent shenanigans, but the major pro wrestling organizations simply refuse. No fictional sport has less competitive integrity.

— Kim McCauley

[z-exie]

There are people who just don’t get what the hype is about with superhero movies and it’s simple: they tell a good story.

Except for the first Hulk movie. Wtf with that one.

In context of the Ironman, Captain America, Thor, Spiderman, Antman, and upcoming Black Panther, Captain Marvel franchises, all of storylines were strong enough to stand alone while coming together to tell a wonderful action and heartfelt tale about camaraderie and choosing between what’s truly right and wrong at any cost. This is the basic storyline you’ll find in elementary literature like, oh I don’t know, comic books!

Side note: Is Dr. Strange going to be a franchise?

What Marvel has done here is complicated this storyline a bit so that it’s better suited for adult audiences while keeping the imagery and action colorful enough to keep the attention span of a kid. Albeit, Endgame was a little PG13, but whatever.

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While this storyline that Marvel calls “Phase I” is riddled with superheroes like War Machine, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch, and The Winter Soldier, the story as a whole seems to revolve around Ironman, Captain America, and Thor.

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Tony Stark – Ironman

This dude sets it off, but not on purpose. Ironman, played by Robert Downey Jr., was created as a means of escape when he got kidnapped by some dudes so they can get access to his warheads—the commodity that made him a billionaire. Tony’s character took on the persona of a narcissistic “genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist” who, according to Captain America, “wouldn’t make the sacrifice play” when it came down to it.

Rogers was right, but then he was wrong. So wrong!

Damn! Damn! Damn!

The Ironman franchise goes on to introduce Black Widow, War Machine, and Pepper Potts. As this particular storyline progressed it became more about how tortured Tony Stark was becoming about his unknown destiny. Ever since The Avengers (2012), the monkey of Thano’s army led by Loki (Tom Hiddleson) had been on Stark’s back which was why he created an army of centurions (Ironman 3 and Age of Ultron). Tony was also torn by the carnage that The Avengers left behind (Spiderman Homecoming offers a great perspective of this) and sided with the Sokovia Accords (Captain America Civil War) that required all superheroes to register their superpowers so that the government can regulate them. In other words, Tony was starting to give a damn. So throughout this 11-year period, Tony Stark went from a narcissistic billionaire playboy who made his fortune from warheads to a family man who made the ultimate sacrifice play to save the world.

Before biting the big one, Tony Stark went back in time on a time heist mission with the remaining Avengers and was able to reconcile with his father. This gave him a final peace within himself for a proper ending to his character. It was sad, but it was also beautiful.

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Steve Rogers – Captain America

Played by Chris Evans, Captain America went from being a puny little dude who the army didn’t even want to an enhanced soldier who became as symbolic as the American Flag. So when he went against the Sokovia Accords, he was committing the ultimate treason against his country. But even then, it seemed righteous. His beard was supposed to reveal his “dark” side I guess, but it was like “woo-hoo!” Still, Steve Rogers seems to be the compass for leadership here, so the pendulum of his character’s evolvement doesn’t swing too far to the left or right but it swings, believe that!

Seriously, it’s like Captain America can do no wrong. Throughout the 11 years, his character’s transformation basically went from good to honorable to worthy enough to wield Thor’s hammer. I mean…

In the Captain America franchise, Falcon (Anthony Mackie), the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Spiderman (Tom Holland), Antman (Paul Rudd), and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) is introduced to the team. The Scarlett Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) was introduced in Age of Ultron.

In the Endgame, Steve Rogers also had to fight himself. He knew what his own strengths and his weaknesses were: his best friend and the love of his life—and used one of them against himself. It wasn’t brawn. It was wit that won himself over.

Rogers goes back in time only to realize his life is really…back in time when he crashed into the ice. He’s been trying to convince everyone to move on from the whole Thanos (Josh Brolin) apocalypse when he never moved on from his own personal apocalypse where he was the one who disappeared from the world. After returning the Infinity Stones to their rightful timeline, he then returned himself to his own rightful timeline. After living a full life, he came back as an old man to pass the Captain America mantle on to his boy, Sam Wilson (Falcon).

He’s back and he’s black!

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Sam Wilson – Falcon – Captain America

Wait a minute: A Black Captain America?

Yes! The Falcon (Anthony Mackie) is now Captain America, folks! There should’ve been a roar of applause in all of the black theaters because just think about it… Captain America…of the United States…is black. If Marvel does a fraction of what they did with Black Panther’s storyline in terms of embracing black culture and society…ya’ll don’t hear me!

Black. Captain America.

It’s like being able to tell some fictitious stories of what might happen in a world where the leader of a free world that was built on racism and bigotry was led by a black man.

I’m here for it, baby! Cut the check and take my money!

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Thor Odinson, Ruler of Asgard

Oh my god, Chris Hemsworth’s character is the most colorful of them all in Endgame and I enjoyed every scene he was in! Talk about character development.

Screenwriting 101 teaches us that every character should start one way and end the total opposite, more or less. Marvel totally did that with Thor. I mean, he was the sexiest, most confident, and strongest Avenger. By all purposes of this fictional story, he’s a god! So to end Phase I with him being overweight, drunken, and insecure is hilarious! Although, you can’t blame the dude. It seems that he of all the Avengers lost the most. His entire family got murdered, but not before getting his butt kicked by his sister who gauged his eye out, his entire planet was annihilated, and anyone who was left was handled by Thanos—or so we thought until Endgame. Apparently, some Asgardians were left. Plothole, but whatev’s.

In the Thor franchise, Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and a new kind of Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) is introduced.

In Endgame, Thor goes back in time, retrieves his hammer and accidentally receives much needed counsel from his mother. Who doesn’t want their mommy when they’re down and out? I mean, if you can’t confide in your mother when you’re fat and travel back in time, who can you talk to?

It’s clear that Thor’s storyline isn’t over since he’s boarded the Guardians of the Galaxy’s ship. However, the arc of his storyline in Phase I is satisfying nonetheless. We all want to see more of Fat Thor so this is going to be great!

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Natasha Romanoff – Black Widow

I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). I just don’t really think she’s gone. Probably because I know there’s a Black Widow movie in the works. Here’s the thing though: There’s been so many Black Widowish movies out like Red Sparrow and Peppermint, one wonders how Marvel is going to make her standalone movie…stand out. For one, Marvel fans already know this character, but not really. I’m thinking this could be a prequel for us to find out what actually may have happened in Budapest with her and Hawkeye. We’ll no doubt get more insight to Nat “having red in her ledger” (Avengers) and her flashback in Age of Ultron. There could also be a flashback/time jump in her movie too, I’m speculating. Just as sure as War Machine could be in Black Panther movies, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) could also make an appearance in her new Ironman suit in the Black Widow movie. Tony Stark will live on in the Marvel for sure! Also, am I tripping or…

Is Black Widow in the New Spiderman Movie?

What Does it All Mean?

So what have we learned here? Ironman had to see his daddy. Thor had to see his mother, and Captain American had to face himself. Even superheroes have to get right with who they are and where they come from before winning the game. Did it take 11 years to say that? Perhaps. Sometimes, it take people an entire lifetime to get it.

What’s the Fate of the Other Avengers after Endgame?

There’s so many more sub storylines to dissect like Nebula’s (Karen Gillan) daddy, sister, and self-issues—all which played a crucial part in the Endgame plot. There’s Hawkeye’s (Jeremy Renner) whole rouge ninja gig and him adopting an Asian kid. What’s up with that? Bucky’s a.k.a. The Winter Soldier’s (James Buchanan) relationship with Wakanda as The White Wolf (Infinity War), and what happened with Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) to make her cut her hair? Last, but never least, Mr. Bruce Banner finally embracing all of who he is, the good, the bad, and the green, but really, who’s willing to read much more of this? I totally get appealing to people’s attention spans and I thank you guys for skimming through this article. I hope I offered a new perspective in terms of storytelling.

The Mystery Kid at the Funeral

I found out that’s the kid in Iron Man 3 who he gifted with all that stuff in the garage, if you didn’t know that already. Ok. That’s it for now.

Guess I’ll see you after Spiderman Far From Home if it’s good enough!

Written by Zorina Frey

Written by Zorina Frey

Avengers Endgame: What Does it All Meannn? What did we just spend 11 years of our money on? There are people who just don’t get what the hype is about with superhero movies and it’s simple: they tell a good story.

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