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((Ask / shipping blog for Aran Ryan + Great Tiger + Piston Hondo from Punch-Out!! Please read the Rules and Notes! ((This blog is dead. You can find me @Eraty for more about this ship.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

And with that last post, we’re done. Since this will be the last post at the top of the blog, here are some useful links:

My main blog 

Answered asks (some are drawn, the last ones are text) and OOC posts

Imagine Your OTP / Who In Your OTP and Text Messages

Drawn stuff that isn’t an answer and a couple of requests I got

All the posts about Aran, all the posts about Tiger and all the posts about Hondo

Thanks again for everything!

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Hey Tiger! A while ago you described everyone in the Minor Circuit. Well, what about the other Major Circuit fighters? The World Circuit?

“Bear Hugger is the nicest person I know. It seems like he has an instinctual, deep understanding of people’s and animals’ behaviours and knows how to act around everyone. He’s the only person I know Aran has not snapped to, and I think even Bald Bull enjoys his company. He’s perfect to make small talk and drink a good tea with and sometimes he joins me and Hondo in our meditation sessions.

Don Flamenco is… Well, he’s Don. I enjoy his company in small doses and he can be a good friend, even though we clearly have… different tastes, in house furnishing. He’s always there if you need him, he’s a good person at heart, even if a bit dramatic sometimes. However we’ve been avoiding each other lately, I suppose he doesn’t want to face me after I’ve seen his bald spot… and I don’t really want to confront him about Aran stealing his toupee.

Soda Popinski is… Uh… Uhm. I don’t really know him so I don’t have much to say. I fought him once. It was terrifying. Let’s move on.

Oh, Bald Bull! I actually would love to be friends with him! However, like Mr.Sandman and Super Macho Man, he seems so unreachable! I think we could get along if we tried, but he seems to associate me exclusively with Aran now and it’s a well known fact he doesn’t like him…

Super Macho Man is another person I just can’t seem to get to know. He must be more than a rich, vain showoff. I think Aran is sorta friends with him? I’m not sure, I’ll ask.

Mr.Sandman… Ah, I said a little about him already. I find him very scary and not only because he destroyed me on the ring, but also because of his… detached, aloof attitude. He emanates this aura that makes my hair raise. I’m not even sure what he really is like.

Piston Hondo is… a very talented boxer, with a bright future as a coach. He’s smart and cute and I immensely enjoy his company. He’s extremely important to me and I’m grateful for his presence in my life.

Aran Ryan is a… an unconventionally attractive pile of trash, under which a sweet and endearing fellow hides. He shows himself to those he trusts, and I’m forever glad I got to be one of them.”

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Do you ever spar or train together?

Not exactly, they all have strict workout schedules and sometimes they overlap. I actually had a week planner with all their activities but somehow lost it and I can’t for the life of me remember everything.

What I remember: Tiger and Hondo find themselves twice a week to meditate and once for weightlifting, three times a week Tiger and Aran find themselves for post-stretching at the end of the day, once a week Aran and Hondo find themselves for pre-stretching and outdoor cardio (usually running or ropes).

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

((in the anon's defense, on this blog it was never outright stated (which was kind of a point, Aran is stealth and no one but Tiger is supposed to know, blog's audience included) ((I'm sure they wouldn't have sent it if they had known lol

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

POOF! Aran turns into a girl, now what?

He runs towards the nearest bridge, jumps down and dies. 

This was one of the very first questions I got and I couldn’t answer it for one simple reason: Aran is a post-op trans man. I considered putting him through the trauma of having again a fully developed female body, if only to show what a heavily dysphoric Aran is like, but realized that it would’ve brought too much depression into the blog and me, so I ultimately decided against it. I don’t know why I kept the ask till the end.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

So how did you two get together?

I had a comic planned, never finished it. I’m not confident in this story, but here’s how it goes. It’s gonna be long.

World circuiters get invited to fancy, exclusive parties to meet VIPs, celebrities and sponsors. Aran doesn’t like going because it usually implies having to dress up and have a certain behaviour that drains him.

To make it more interesting, Soda bets Aran can’t bring someone else with him. To make sure Aran couldn’t cheat and pay someone, they had to settle on him convicing someone from the Association.

Minor circuiters are too low in ranks and would not be allowed in. World circuiters are invited by default (and wouldn’t accept Aran’s invite anyway). Major circuiters are the only ones left.

Piston Hondo doesn’t even hear Aran’s question, he just refuses and leaves. Aran thinks that’s kinda rude, but he really likes watching him go. The view is good.

Bear Hugger politely declines, saying he’d be too out of place at such a fancy party. Aran considers asking for the bear, but decides against it. 

Don Flamenco walks away as soon as Aran tries to approach him. And walks faster. And faster. He’s running. Aran isn’t even following him, he just watches him go. Like with Hondo, he doesn’t mind the view.

Great Tiger hesitates, much to Aran’s surprise. Tiger thinks differently, where anyone else see “a date with Aran Ryan”, Tiger sees “a golden opportunity to befriend the higher ranked opponents and meet sponsors”. So he says yes. Much to Aran’s surprise, who at this point was considering asking the squirrel.

Aran gets 50$ from Soda and a taxi ride with Tiger, where the awkward silence is filled by him rambling on and on about old fights and the world circuit.

At the party, they don’t actually spend time together at first. The people there are very interested in the Great Tiger and almost immediately hound him. Tiger finds himself answering questions and requests for magic tricks. While he likes the attention, he gets quickly overwhelmed when people get so close. He’s more used to being on a stage, on a ring, higher and above than everyone else, with only people’s eyes on him. Interaction with so many people at once might be too much.

Aran just doesn’t care. The sponsors he gets look for him through other means, he doesn’t really need to be there if not to pretend he cares about celebrities. He just sits and drinks until he can’t stand anymore, hardly talks to anyone and if he does, it’s just to throw jabs and be an annoyance. So much of an annoyance that someone - Mr.Sandman, most likely - just grabs him and puts him out on the balcony. 

That’s also where Tiger goes to save himself from the crowd. He finds Aran drunk and sits next to him. Aran starts rambling about how he misses home, how different the US are compared to Ireland, how he feels foreign. And Tiger can relate. This is how they start bonding and talking, much to Aran’s surprise.

Aran ends up throwing up on Tiger’s shoes, forcing Tiger to flee.

The next day, Aran feels about ruining Tiger’s shoes and wants to repay, much to his own surprise. What’s up with this cat man that everything keeps surprising Aran? Tiger doesn’t want money, Aran offers him dinner. The first of many.

After this, they just start hanging out more and more. Until Aran decides he has feelings for Tiger, tells him, and Tiger laughs in his face, thinking Aran is joking, which greatly upsets Aran. At this point, Tiger decides he might just as well become “official” with Aran and see where it goes.

A little addendum: they start living together when Aran gets kicked out of his apartments for owning pets (which were not allowed). He just asks Tiger if he can keep his rats for a while until he finds a good place but Tiger decides Aran can just stay with him. The house is big you know?

About Hondo. Aran has always wanted an open relationship and brings it up with Tiger. Of course, if he can get another partner, so can Tiger, you know? Tiger is unsure, so to ease him into this, Aran pushes him to get with Hondo, who has a crush on Tiger. Everyone but Tiger knows this. 

While Tiger and Hondo start hanging out, Aran tries to get with Glass Joe, Disco Kid and Super Macho Man. Glass Joe rejects him because he’s straight. Disco Kid rejects him with the excuse that they’re too friends to be more, actually he thinks Aran stinks too much. Super Macho Man is flattered but refuses because, come on, he can get better. So much better. Dude please why did you even try, it’s embarassing. 

Aran wanted the open relationship but ends not finding anyone, he does manage however to get close to Hondo and while they’ll never be actually together, they get on very friendly terms.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Do any of you have any rivalries with other members of the WVBA?

Don and Tiger have a sort of friendly rivarly. 

Dragon Chan really, really hates Hondo, for reasons that are unknown to Hondo himself and considers himself Hondo’s #1 Rival. Hondo just accepts it and humour him.

Aran will claim his rival is Mr.Sandman, but Sandy doesn’t really care about him. However, Narcis Prince is a name that should never be mentioned around Aran and is probably the closest thing to a rival Aran has.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

POOF!! The creator of this blog shall spend 7 questions with Aran and Tiger! Enjoy the world of your beautiful creation

I would’ve liked to answer this, if only because

they’re huge. They would bully me.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Flashback Time! Okay, Hondo. No matter what you say, your most happiest moment will be seen by the Internet. Hopefully it's not embarrassing. *heuheuheu*

I’m sorry I never answered this. I had two ideas, the first was more serious while the other was. Well I thought it was funny. I didn’t know which to choose and at the end I didn’t choose either.

His happiest moment was his first heart-to-heart talk with his parents. Age 18, he finally admitted out loud to them he would not go down the path they chose for him and so much pressured him to take. No university, no marriage, no job at the father’s office. He wants to box and that’s what he’ll do, and if they don’t agree? Nevermind, he’ll live with being the family disappointment, but at least he’ll finally do what he wants.

The parents actually accepted that. Tons of “why didn’t you speak up earlier?” “we’re glad you found your way”. He’s happy. No embarassment, sorry.

I would’ve drawn a comic with the flashback. In Japanese. I have a friend who’s fluent and she would’ve helped me translate. There would’ve been a final shot of Aran going “what the f*ck was that?? I need subs??” and Hondo and Tiger refusing to translate.

The other idea was having Hondo in his empty steakhouse. He’s sitting at a table in the darkness, his head between his hands. After an indefinite amount of time, he stands, takes off his jacket, shoes and tie, takes his phone out and places it on the table, and walks out. He comes back shortly after, pouring gasoline everywhere. He lights a match, drops it and calmly walks out of the restaurant while the flames start growing.

Outside, despite the late hour, many people are gathering and panicking. Was the fire deparment alerted? Should they call the police? Did anyone call the restaurant’s owner? Hondo just stands among the crowd, unnoticed. He watches the fire steadily but surely destroys his steakhouse. A small smile forms on his face. He’s finally free.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

What do you guys think of Little Mac?

They haven’t met him yet! Where I placed this blog timewise, Little Mac has just fought King Hippo and become the Minor circuit champion! 

Aran and Tiger don’t care about the Minor fights (and thus don’t watch them), so they have no idea who Little Mac is, while Hondo does follow them and is very eager to fight Little Mac.

Aran and Tiger however know Doc Louis and get excited knowing he’s Mac’s trainer.

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

It’s the end kids, this hiatus has gone long enough to make realize I have no interest in continuing this blog. I didn’t have the ability to steer it the way I wanted it to go and I had to face it. I think anyway it had a good run and I’m glad of it. Ask box and submission box are now wiped out and closed, thanks to everyone for all the questions sent and all the notes! There are still some questions I want to answer, so I’ll write some text for them and post them in the following days. Of course I’m still a fan of this ship and if you want to see more stuff about them, just keep an eye on my main @eraty where I’ll keep posting doodles and headcanons and stuff. Thanks again everyone!

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Aran: *sits next to Tiger* hey how's the cutest person in the world doing?

Tiger: I don't know *turns to Hondo* how are you?

Hondo: ...

Aran: ...

Hondo: *blushing* I-I'm fine...

[prompts-for-the-otp]

Prompt 109

Person A and Person B have a minor disagreement over something. Person A, being the petty person they are, decide to give Person B a bit of a silent treatment.

Person B responds by initiating a tickle fight.

Bonus: Person C walks in and cringes, which results in them getting dragged into this tickle fight.

[fandoms-and-randoms-24-7]

All of the Best Ships™

Person A: *Is always angry, serious, and/or working, so is always frowning.* Person B: *Exists.* *Smiles at A.* Person A: *Smiles and stares for a second* *whispers to themself* Goddammit. Person C: ????

[that-terrible-otp-prompt-blog]

Who in your otp would arm wrestle the other just as an excuse to hold their hand?

[ask-aran-and-tiger]

Hondo, do you have any inspiring saying to share?

“Miracles only occur for those with the determination to never stop trying.”

[otp-imagines-cult]

Imagine Person A asking where Person B is. Before anyone can answer, Person B burps really loudly, and Person A says “Nevermind, that’s them.”