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[id: A five-panel sequence from the Pokemon manga featuring a conversation between Guzma and Hau in a Tapu Cocoa shop. When in frame Guzma looks tired while Hau looks concerned.

Panel 1- Guzma: This tastes like crap.

Panel 2- Guzma: But in Alola, there's only one kind of tapu cocoa you can drink. As long as you're here, you've got no other choice.

Panel 3- Hau: Have you... ever had a good tapu cocoa? Guzma: Yeah. When your grandpa took me to another region for a training battle.

Panel 4- Guzma: Whenever I think about spending my whole life on these four islands, it makes me shudder.

Panel 5- Guzma: Ever since I was a kid, all I've seen are familiar faces living "normal" lives and forcing Alola's idea of "normal" onto me. And they treat folks who can't conform to that idea of "normal" like they aren't welcome here. /end id]

#damn i need to read some pokemon manga #guzma

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I want him, your honor.

#the babygirl #a date with death

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i miss my wife

#I have to reblog this #lmao #I was thinking the same thing reading the wife part #it just kept getting better

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Inspired by the fact that I am rewatching my first ghibli movie spirited away

Please reblog for bigger sample size

#my neighbor totoro

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what would you imagine azul’s ideal first date would be? whatever it was, he’d probably be very awkward, but would try to cover it up, of course, because azul?? being nervous?? no way!!

Don't Question Me!

Epic idea, dearest anon, I love flustered Azul hehe <3

Notes: Teasing reader bc I was in a silly goofy mood

If someone told Azul Ashengrotto that he would be closing the Lounge for an entire night just so he could deal with the anxiety he felt going out with his crush, he would've laughed in their face.

But here he was, sitting in a seat, desperately attempting to keep his composure while you looked at him with amusement in your eyes.

"Hey, Azul," you said, picking at your dinner. "Is something wrong?"

Azul hastily shook his head.

"No, not at all," he said.

You just grinned. He didn't like that look one bit.

"Really?" You said. "You seem nervous."

Azul scoffed. He couldn't let himself be so easily teased.

"Preposterous," he said. He didn't like the way your amusement only seemed to increase at that.

"You don't have to deny it, Azul," you teased. "It's normal to be nervous on a first date."

"I pride myself on deviating from the norm."

"Bold words. Can you prove them?"

What was your agenda here? Were you intending to get something from him? Was this all some convoluted blackmail attempt?

"Of course I can." Azul decided to answer your challenge. "How exactly do you intend for me to do it, then?

You smirked, as if you were completely certain that whatever you said next would render Azul defeated.

"Why don't you let me feed you, darling?"

His face warmed up. Curses.

How was he meant to respond to that? Let you? That seemed like the only way to avoid being teased here.

You sensed the embarrassment radiating off of him, if the way your grin widened was any indication.

"Unless, of course, you're too embarrassed?"

"P-Preposterous!" Azul exclaimed, cursing himself for how flustered he sounded.

"Prove it, then." You didn't give him a moment to compose himself before picking up some of the salad on his plate and putting it up to his mouth. "Say 'ah'."

What sort of game was this? It should've been so easy to just allow you, prove he wasn't flustered by intimacy, put an end to this tomfoolery of yours-

But he couldn't. His face had flushed, his palms dripping with sweat, as if this were some Herculean task rather than an act common during dates.

Why? He was ordinarily so composed - even when the most bone-chilling of insults and threats were hurled at him. He'd spent years ensuring he knew how to effortlessly navigate conversations, but it seemed like that had all been thrown out the window.

You seemed all too smug about this. That wouldn't do. He had to regain his composure.

"Apologies," he said, more mumbled. "I was merely confused at how stupid- er, unfamiliar your behavior is."

The fake Freudian slip - that usually worked. No one managed to see through it.

But, of course, it seemed you were an exception.

"You don't have to get all huffy just because you're too embarrassed to let me feed you, Azul," you crooned, and he could feel his face flush.

"I wasn't intending to call your traditions stupid, that was merely-"

"You never say the entire word when you accidentally say what you think about something," you said. "And your fist always clenches when you realize your mistake."

How did you know him so well? It was mortifying. Flattering, too, but he'd never say that aloud.

That was irrelevant. He had no defense here. What did he do?

"This is all a foolish endeavor," he said, and you merely laughed.

"Aww, is the infamous Octavinelle housewarden getting embawewassed?" Your baby talk was infuriating. "Or maybe you're just nervous?"

You really wanted to make him suffer, didn't you?

"Don't question me!" He said, sounding much louder than he intended. Curses.

He looked away, feeling his lips jut into a pout.

"I'm simply not- all that accustomed to romance."

There was something that felt oddly vulnerable about this, as if he'd just shown you his body lain bare.

He really wasn't. Before you, he hadn't even gone on a date in his life. No one wanted to get anywhere near the ugly little octopus boy from back then, after all.

Would you be the same? Had this all been some elaborate attempt to gather blackmail, or perhaps just a laugh at his expense? It certainly seemed like it.

Your face softened.

"I wasn't trying to make you feel bad, Azul," you said, seeming almost remorseful. "I just- It's so rare to see you out of your element for once. You're always so perfect, so in control that I just, uh, couldn't help but want to see more, y'know?"

That sudden shift in tone was odd.

Wait.

Had he said that out loud?

That wasn't good. He had to regain his composure, reassert himself, he wasn't just some awkward boy!

"It's nice, actually." Your odd statement pulled him from his thoughts.

"What?"

"You know, this," you said, gesturing to him vaguely. "Seeing you act- more like me. Like you're not some vaguely capitalist entity. You look cute when you get all flustered, too."

You thought he was cute? Preposterous. He wasn't cute, he was a businessman, he was intimidating.

And he was hideous. Did you honestly think highly of his appearance?

It felt- nice, in all honesty. Someone who thought he was attractive. But he couldn't assume.

"Spare me the flattery," he said, though he was smiling. "Now then-"

He stood from his seat, extending a hand.

"I'm aware our date's meant to conclude by now, but I must ask for you to continue things back in my dorm."

This was it. This was where he'd see if you were interested in continuing to date him or not. He'd picked out a weekend, made sure your schedule was completely clear, that you had no commitments to attend to. He'd kept this date short to avoid draining your energy.

Now, all that was left was to see how you acted.

You smiled, taking his hand.

"I would love that."

#too cute #azul x reader #azul ashengrotto x reader #azul ashengrotto #twst

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getting into a new horror game because it reminds me of the mandela catalogue and i love how open the world is to interpretation only to find out everybody is thirsting over a milkman

#auburn

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NOOO????

getting into a new horror game because it reminds me of the mandela catalogue and i love how open the world is to interpretation only to find out everybody is thirsting over a milkman

#auburn #I'm scared to even check #it's probably cursed

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PEOPLE ARE THIRSTING FOR THE MILKMAN?

getting into a new horror game because it reminds me of the mandela catalogue and i love how open the world is to interpretation only to find out everybody is thirsting over a milkman

#auburn

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Ok, What in the absolute Fuck.

So, I only just recently learned about the "Kids Online Safety Act."

What. An Absolute. Load. Of BULLSHIT.

This isn't PROTECTING kids! This is putting them in more danger!

God damn, if this fucking bill ACTUALLY gets passed...

Just... LOOK at this! What kind of LUNATIC thinks this will be ok? You're telling me these IDIOTS are SO stuck in the past they're going to try and CENSOR the FUCKING INTERNET? If you care SOOO much about Kids being SAFE, THEN FUCKING LEAVE THEM ALONE! GOD!

STOP KOSA. PLEASE. NOTHING GOOD IS GOING TO COME FROM THIS.

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please don't. i love you

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Short love story. When I have more time, I want to do more of these and collect them in a small book.

I got the idea for this story when writing down what books and dvds I was checking out from the library at the time. I thought, "what if someone found this? What would they be able to tell about me based on my rentals." I was checking out a lot of teen flicks from the 2000s and cookbooks. To a stranger that probably would have made me seem very earthly (laughs).

The nature of privacy in the internet age is generally an invasive topic. But what if the nature of the compromise was charming? I want you to decide how you feel about it. If you If you take nothing else from this comic, take this recommendation: use your local library!

Thank you,

-Dom

Created Spring 2022 in Savannah, Georgia

#something very human and charming about this #comics #comic

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I wanna talk about the scene in the museum with Azul...

(SPOILERS FOR BOOK 3 AHEAD. ALSO LOTS OF RAMBLING! :D)

During Ch. 38 of Book 3, Azul and Yuu have a short conversation post-overblot in the underwater museum place. I always felt that this bit of dialogue was weirdly charged? The whole scene felt very intimate to me (and the soft music in the background doesn't help lmao), but I never knew WHY since nothing said was inherently romantic.

So, I went back and re-read through every post-overblot and realized that Azul is the only who who has a one-on-one conversation with Yuu after their overblot??

It's rare enough to have one-on-one conversations between Yuu and another character, but then Azul goes a step further. He's the only one to open up to Yuu about his problems:

Some of the other overblot boys talk about their problems, but not to Yuu specifically. It's more of a declaration than confiding in someone, you know? (E.g. Riddle talking about how he prefers milk tea even though the rules stipulate lemon tea)

We, the players, are shown flashbacks of the overblot boys to explain how they reached this point but I can't recall if Yuu is privy to this information as well. (It's theoretically possible since Yuu already has visions / dreams of the Great Seven, but no one ever mentions it so who knows. I'm personally on the side of Yuu NOT knowing because it feels a bit invasive that they'd have this knowledge of people who weren't ready to share it.)

Regardless of whether Yuu can or cannot see those flashbacks, Azul is the only one to willingly talk about his motivations to Yuu. For Azul, this is especially important as he's so protective of his image as a clever and upstanding housewarden, and yet here he openly admits to Yuu that he was a bit of a loser as a kid (his words not mine!).

I guess you could argue that he felt there was no reason to hide it anymore since Yuu already saw him as a chubby octopus baby, but he didn't have to talk about it at all if he didn't want to. But he did. On his own. With no prompting. (Really, though. Yuu can either say they want to make sure he puts the photo back or that they're worried about him, and either way he drops his lore on them lol) And then Yuu tries to help him feel better??

To my knowledge, Yuu doesn't do this with any of the other overblot boys, either. I could have missed it during my research, but if they did it wasn't nearly to the same extent as with Azul.

I still don't know why Azul felt like opening up to Yuu. He didn't have to, but maybe he wanted to? Maybe he wanted to try his hand at being genuine for once and felt Yuu was the least intimidating person to do it with (the magicless human that they are). Who knows? I wish there were more scenes like this. It makes Yuu feel more included in the story. I also think it shows a lot of growth on Azul's end to open up about his problems to Yuu of his own volition.

I'm not sure what I wanted to say with this post, only that I wanted to get my thoughts out there about this scene because it always stood out to me. I felt there was always an undercurrent of something and I think it's because this was the only post-overblot private conversation we got with Yuu and an overblot boy, plus the added encouragement from Yuu at the end.

I'm curious to know if anyone felt the same way about this scene or if I'm just imagining things. I'm also interested in hearing any theories why Azul suddenly felt the urge to open up to Yuu, if you've got them!

Thanks for enduring my rambling!

Bonus!

Azul's so funny for trying to play it off all cool like he isn't doing flips and princess twirls in his head rn. Yuu laid it on THICK. We all know he's freaking out internally.

#i love this scene #pretty sure its the main reason azul is my fav #twst #azul ashengrotto

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I wanted to draw something simple, but I did the rendering again after spending 19 hours.....

Repost me, please? ;D

I will also be happy to answer any questions and queries)

...Later I will translate My fan fiction related to this picture into English)))))))

#twisted wonderland #twst #azul ashengrotto

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Well this sure hit me like a ton of bricks

#true #assist where you can and teach them to be patient with themselves #teach them to search for creative solutions #help them learn how to work with themselves instead of fighting themselves #shame is not helpful #adhd #actually adhd #i still struggle working with myself instead of fighting because i was shamed so much

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the whole “i used to be a teen who hated authority only to grow up to become the authority that hates teens” is a bad bad thing that practically every other generation has fallen into and we all need to make an extremely conscious effort not to repeat the fucking pattern

#this

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I don't care what people think I think his new slick hairstyle is cute. It has a different vibe

It's usually springy/wavy and curls up but his new style is all slicked and a bit more deliberate. Also the drawing style feels different like you can see more hair strands to it.

#agreed #the art style difference can be a bit jarring at first #but I like it #twst azul #twst #azul ashengrotto