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Ngl I kinda want them to cast Five's powers aside next season instead of Five as a whole.hes exhausted. Can't keep using coffee as his only fuel, right?

Oh, he’s definitely past about seventeen very overdue emotional breakdowns and also an entire weekend of just sleeping, but I think it’s difficult to separate Five from his powers. Out of all the siblings, he’s probably the one most comfortable with his abilities, and also the one who most casually uses them. I don’t think we can get Five as a character without his powers, unless someone strips him of them forcefully. Like, I feel like it’s an established fact by now that there is nothing that will keep Five from fighting as long as he even has a smidge of energy to keep doing so. 

I think the only way that we can get Five without his powers is if someone takes them away, and this probably comes coupled with Five being locked up and/or tortured. I can see Reginald having taken the sixty years between him meeting the Umbrella Academy and the Hargreeves popping up in the Sparrow Academy in 2019 to have figured out a way to neutralise Five’s powers. Because, although I love the Hargreeves and their inherent chaos dearly, I think from that one meeting, Reginald would have correctly identified the space-hopping and time-jumping rational man with a plan as the one that absolutely needs taking down. So I can totally Five being incapacitated by Reginald and/or the Sparrow Academy for part of Season 3.

To be honest, I kind of want to see Five be captured and put somewhere, preferably Hotel Oblivion, and his siblings for once having to be the one to save him. I want them to infiltrate Hotel Oblivion Ocean’s Eleven style to get Five out of there, with all the shenanigans a Hargreeves-heist would entail. And I want Diego to make it to the room where Five is held, only to be immediately confronted by a plethora of guards who take him down, but not before Diego can throw out one single knife, a knife that missed everybody. “You suck!” one of the guards says, unimpressed. Diego only smiles blissfully at him and is all “I really don’t, but it’s not me you should be worried about. It’s him.”. And the camera cuts to Five slowly flexing his previously incapacitated fingers, Diego’s knife, having cut clean through the restraints, gleaming in the light. And then Five looks up. And all hell breaks loose. Is this just a convoluted set-up for us to finally get the gazelle-speech in the show? Yes. Would I like to see it regardless? Also yes.

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The Brawns and the Brains (The umbrella academy)

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AIDAN GALLAGHER and EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN in The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Blooper Reel

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Sign this petition to have Cuties removed from Netflix

#petition #cancel netflix #boycott netflix #cuties netflix

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Netflix is SICK

EDIT: The filmmakers spent six months having 650 little girls twerk for them in auditions 🤢

EDIT 2: Netflix has lost over $9 billion in market value since the hashtag came out.

Why? Producing a movie called Cuties that is basically child p*rn by sexualizing children. They're trying to normalize pedophilia and make little kids think doing crap like this is fine. This is not ok and unfollow me if you see this as harmless.

If the tua fandom agrees sexualizing Aidan is wrong, then there should be even more outrage at 11 year olds being sexualized. Write Netflix and let them know this won't be accepted or if you can delete/stop watching Netflix. SAVE OUR CHILDREN!

#the umbrella academy #cuties netflix #boycott netflix #cancel netflix

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“I would take my year with you over a lifetime with anybody else.”

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imagine being a teen actor today like tua Aidan & Xolo, Jacob, and Tanner from cobra kai (well tanner in designated survivor actually) playing in well known tv shows and doing all the cool things that come with it, then turning around and going to normal high school having homework due and chores to do when you get home. That must be wild as heck honestly. But I'm all for balance though!

#aidan gallagher #xolo mariduena #jacob bertrand #tanner buchanan

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bts of on my block, julio who plays oscar walked around in character as much as he could so he could stay focused (he played a tough gang leader in LA btw. he's so much more than that though. julio can act if you know you know)... I wonder if aidan does the same. a teenager acting like a grumpy old man haha

#thoughts #omb #tua #aidan gallagher

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Dating Vanya headcanons

she loves physical affection! in public she almost always has her hand on yours, or sits close enough for your legs to touch.

when you're working, she never just asks how's it going like normal people. she kisses the top of your head and then rests her chin there before asking you. all with the softest smile ever

a lot of the pictures on her phone is of y'all wearing matching clothes

which is funny because she isn't a big fan of wearing matching clothes together but she will if you ask. it happens, oh, a few times a week. no biggie

she thinks you always look cute and hot in the pictures so she keeps them all and tries to ignore how embarrassing she thinks she looks

weekly dates to y'all's favorite diner. sometimes you go every night. she always orders pancakes and milk no matter how much you try to get her to get other things

"this is what I got the night we became friends so its my own tradition to eat it every time we come here"

"so what? if you don't, we break up or something?"

"most likely. five said that anything could mess up the timeline even ordering something different. and i don't wanna lose you." which is sweet but a bit much in your opinion

you asked five later if that was true

"of course not. only if something else happened like murdering a waitress who was supposed to have 3 kids could things get screwed"

"then why tell her that?? she has eaten so many pancakes this month that I'm considering just burning the restaurant and finding some place new!"

he stares at you. "do you know what happened the last time my siblings messed with the timeline? we ended up not even being adopted and so much more! i will not take any chances." boy has ptsd from the whole 60s shenanigan

then he grins. "it's also hilarious that she fell for it."

she's pretty much addicted to maple syrup now too.

besides dealing with your girlfriend's eating choices, you bring her flowers every so often. she loves sunflowers.

vanya forbid you to watch a movie you both want to see before her, because if you do and she asks about it, you'll literally tell her the entire movie and ruin the surprise lol

even though she has powers, you taught her hand to hand combat (dad was a cop and insisted you learning it) because she was never part of the umbrella academy training sessions

when the day has been long, y'all take bubble baths together and just sit in comfortable silence

#vanya hargreeves #tua #tua headcanons

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How you and Vanya met headcanons

you both were regulars at a small diner and crossed paths often but never talked

until late one saturday night, you came in fresh off work, tired and hungry. she was sitting in your booth.

she looked up at you and smiled. "sorry. i know this is your spot, but i didn't know you'd be here and i wanted to change things up some, you know? but i can definitely move if you want."

you would like to be alone but was too tired to care right now. so you sat across from her and her glass of milk and pancakes. you ordered the same as her, plus bacon.

while you waited for your meal, you guys struck up a conversation and realized you had a lot in common.

"hey, do you want to do this again?" you asked as you finished your last bite.

"sure," vanya said. "tuesday afternoon?"

"sounds good. I'll be here."

and that was the start of a new friendship which eventually became more. although you both had no idea then.

#tua #vanya hargreeves #tua headcanons

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Dating vanya headcanons? Maybe some nsfw?

I don't write nsfw but I can do regular dating vanya headcanons! It'll be up this week ☺️

#vanya hargreeves #tua headcanons

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How (not) to train a child

How do you train a child with super strength? You work him to the bone, make him lift heavy things under worsening circumstances until he drops. He will inevitably collapse, out of exhaustion, or weakness, or fear, eyes wide with shame, shying away from your disappointment. When this happens you give him a stern look and tell him, “Number One, you’re the leader. You should be better than this.” 

How do you train a child who can hold his breath underwater and control the trajectory of weapons? You hold him in a glass tank, nothing but the scratching of your pen taking notes and the dull thunks of knives being thrown at him. He sometimes forgets to hold his breath as he twists another dagger from his face and bangs desperately on the glass ceiling. He screams, shouts, sobs, “L-let me o-out!” You watch in disappointment, unlocking the tank and sighing at the wet, shivering form at your feet. “Number Two, If you ever want to be better than Number One you must be strong,” you reprimand with no warmth in your voice. 

How do you train a child who can bend minds with her voice? You make her talk until her voice is scratchy and hoarse, make sure she has no reservations of her power. She will beg you to stop, beg you to not do this, but you will force her anyways. It is for the better of this world, you tell yourself as you make her cough out the command. The nanny is panicked when she slices her finger off, but not as terrified as the crying child in your hold. You drag her away from the bleeding employee and make the annoyance known in your voice, “Number Three, you cannot let your emotions and fears get in the way of your job.” 

How do you train a child who can see and talk to the dead? You lock him in the mausoleum, heavy door clicking with the lock. His fear of ghosts is irrational. You must condition him out of it if he is to ever be useful to your prestigious academy. He scratches at the walls and writes nonsensical phrases on the floor in his own blood. He clings to the hem of your pants when you open the door, tears mixing with blood as he shouts at you to please, please, please let me out. “Another hour, Number Four,” you tell him and shut the door on his screams. 

How do you train a child who can summon portals though space and time? You make him jump, faster and longer every time. He will puke at the end, on his knees and spewing vomit with drops of water lining his eyes. You force him to his feet and make him go again, no interruptions this time. Sometimes he will try to run from the course you’ve set up, act mouthy with you when you catch him again. You will hit him, again and again and again, look him in his tired eyes and say, “You have a job, Number Five. And that job is to listen to me.” 

How do you train a child with monsters in his stomach? You set up a reinforced room, numerous ways to subdue the small boy huddled in the corner. You have a wary staff member pull up the child’s shirt and watch the tentacles pour out from your safe perch behind the sturdy glass. They rip into the employee, training dummies, and everything else in the room as the child sniffles and rubs at his head. He will fall to the ground and try to shove his shirt down, but he will fail because he’s too weak compared to the terrors he can summon. You will use you security robots to hold him down and look down at his trembling form with a sneer. “Number Six, you need to grow up and take control.” 

How do you train a child with sound powers too catastrophic to release? You don’t. You can’t control her, not like the other children. She’s strong willed and strong powered, something you haven’t seen before. The room is expensive to build but you make it anyways, locking her powers and the girl inside herself. Inside her head. She will never get out now, you know. forever tossed to the sidelines with no idea how strong you could possibly be. You don’t say anything. You have more important things to do, pushing her out of the way. “Move aside, Number Seven, I have to talk with your siblings,” you tell her, and don’t look down when she falls to the ground under the force of your push. 

They all leave, one by one, gone from the mansion they once called home. There is absolute quiet for the first time in very long, Grace standing completely still and awaiting her next job and Pogo hiding away in on of the rooms. You think of all seven of the children briefly before shoving the thoughts from your mind and standing up. You have a job now, plans to make. There is no time to waste reminiscing on those children. 

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So like- at first I thought that Five being the only one who wasn’t killed instantly by The Handler was just very convenient, but this is The Handler we’re dealing with. She’s good. She knows how to shoot someone fatally, she simply chose not to, she wanted him to be last one alive, for him to know what she had done. She knows him and his biggest fears, she wanted him to suffer.

#five hargreeves

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Hey, so remember ep 10 when everyone died but then Five time traveled so it was ok?? :)

Remember this scene?

Yeah, me too. But did you see that in the background?

No?

Need some slow-mo?

Zoom?

Yes, that’s Klaus Hargreeves using his dying breath to try and get to his brother.

Also, I can’t stop thinking about the funeral scene,, if Klaus wanted to protect Five from a stray punch in that scene then of course he wanted to protect Five from a machine gun here.

#ok WHAT #how did we not see this?? #good eye op! #five hargreeves #klaus hargreeves

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If anyone wants TV show recs during the yearish wait, here are some of my favorites!

Call The Midwife: set in 1950s-1960s London, specifically the poor part. Based on a true woman's story along with events of the times. If you love history, children, friendships, Christmas episodes (one every season!!), sweet romances at times you will enjoy this. All in all total heartwarming (and some breaking) show with bits of amazing ending dialogue/messages that are really wise and insightful.

Outlander: time travel, romance, history. A British woman fresh from WW2 battlefield as a nurse vacations in Scotland and manages to travel 200 years back in time. Totally recommend!

Downton Abbey: set right after the Titanic sunk and the years to follow, a wealthy British family and their staff go through ups and downs. so funny, sweet, and has amazing outfits! plus a movie out as well!

others i like but don't have time to expand on is Raising Dion, Anne with an E, Bones, 911, 911 Lonestar, Reign, and that's all I can think of right now. Feel free to add on!

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Sharing this so everybody can see. I like this theory and it makes sense a lot more than the fact that he really died. Thanks for sharing @godblessthecactusess! ☺️

#tua #ben hargreeves

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i wish tua woulda made ben die as adult and not a teenager. plus it's confusing when he's the same age in looks with the adult siblings but yet the funeral scene was not Justin.. ghosts don't age right?? is it just something the creators ignored bc i think klaus should've noticed when his dead brother ages a few years lol

#tua #ben hargreeves