revLynng

Lynn | Ze/Zem, any | AroAce @Revlynng on AO3

[what-even-is-thiss]

Also people being obsessed with Greek mythology as kids wasn’t invented by Percy Jackson. My dad read the Iliad and the odyssey in high school because one of his friends was super obsessed with Ancient Greek lit and he was like “well I can’t let him be smarter and more well read than I am I’ve gotta catch up”

[revlynn-rabosa]

Mine was God of War. 2 and 3. I never managed to end it on my own. Lovely times.

[revlynn-rabosa]

We talk a lot about eridian and human diferences, but I haven't seen anyone mention a really funky perception thing: light travels faster than sound. Much faster. Now, I think eridians are supposed to have a magnetic field sense, like birds, so I don't know how they would perceive something like lightning, but:

Grace seemingly doing "magic" by knowing lightning is going to strike before eridians can hear it.

Something blowing up in the distance and Grace being the first one to notice.

Also, do we know how far the eridians' echolocation goes? By virtue of being on Erid, Grace wouldn't be able to see as far as he should, since the surface is pitch black, but humans do probably see farther away (even if without too much detail) than eridians can hear.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

in hindsight, growing up as an aromantic person who didn't know aromanticism was a thing...it woulda been really easy for me to assume that something was wrong with me, that I was "broken" or "missing" some piece of humanity.

luckily I was autistic, oblivious, and had a huge ego. it literally never occurred to me to frame it as a "me" problem. i just thought every single person i knew was a dumbass

[revthefex]

My mom when I said I would never understand why character A didn't break up with character B in a show: Well, you'll understand when you're older.

My aroace ass: I sure as heck hope I do NOT

[revlynn-rabosa]

Forgot how tiring it is to do a canon re-write bc I have to watch the same scenes fifty-seven times to make sure I got things right and I still mess up. Also my super legal watching site stopped working since I used it last.

[violet-hady]

Honestly, I love the little earth beanbag Grace has. Not only is it absolutely hilarious to see Grace tell the dictator of the world that the little beanbag she’s holding is lava, but also:

She’s the dictator of the world, who can do whatever she wants. The world is in her hands. The beanbag, that looks like the earth, is in her hand.

And then later, when Grace is on the Hail Mary, Stratt sent the beanbag up with him. Sure, part of it was probably because it’d be comforting for him, but it’s also because the fate of the world is in his hands now.

[revlynn-rabosa]

Yes yes yes. Not all symbolism has to be hidden and only discernable after long analysis, and that's great. Also, it's a great scene for stablishing personalities (at least at that point): Stratt waltzes in and starts touching things without permission. She goes as far as to grab something that is not hers and look at it as if she is judging it (and judging Grace and his position at the same time). Then Grace tells her it's lava, a joking, make-believe statement that is directly tied to his job as a teacher, and Stratt shuts it down without hesitation. Grace concedes the point without much fight, which is in line with his non-confrontational attitude at the time and tries to run away.

Furthermore, Stratt shutting down Grace is an early demonstration of how little she cares for his lies, as seen later when she asks him not to lie to her and say he doesn't want to go to space "for the children". Grace also doesn't stick with his reasoning in that scene, jumping to other points to explain why he won't go to space.

The little Earth is an intrinsic part of Grace's character, in a way, because is a direct connection to teaching that he has during the entire movie. His love for science not just as a researcher but as a communicator. His joy in what he does, which he is good at. Perhaps the act of sending the beanbag to space is, too, a reminder that what Grace needs to do is be himself. A little something so he knows who he is, like Carl said.

[revlynn-rabosa]

This has been said time and again, but I rewatched PHM with my family yesterday and it's just—

I could never explain the visceral reaction to the scenes of Grace being forced into the Hail Mary to them. Because they aren't aromantic. Because they don't even believe it's a real thing. Because not having a relationship that is seen as 'natural' is not a defining trait for them.

"You don't even have a dog," but it's aromantic people who get the crappy beds or rooms on trips bc they don't have a partner. Folks who don't get invited to things because they are 'couples' stuff' and will never be. The questions, the judging, the 'oh, you'll find someone's. Being less than others because romance isn't something they feel or want, because their life isn't lived in the way everyone else lives it.

"You don't even have a dog" and it's an aromantic person enjoying their life as they want.

Anyway, live laugh love Aromantic!Ryland Grace, my beloved. You have no idea how important you are to me.

[revlynn-rabosa]

Why on the Universe's not so green anymore Earth do I keep getting posts about formula 1 on my dash all the time? I don't like this sport?? I don't care about motors or racers or the stupid tracks???

Release me from your clutches, F1 fandom

[revlynn-rabosa]

Cannot imagine Rocky's thoughts about Stratt if he was told the full story. There's a lot of opinions about this going around, and I get the "Rocky would just hate her" theory, but it's so much more complicated. Like Grace's own opinion.

There's this woman who was doing everything imaginable to save her species, her planet. Your friend worked for her, trusted her, cared about her. You love your friend, and he's the first sentient being you have met in decades, half a century. He's the reason your world is saved and you can go back home. He's the reason you're alive and gave you hope. His mission was supposed to end in death, by design, but you saved him. He uses that gift to save you instead. Save your planet. There's a woman who did awful things for the sake of the world knowing she would pay the price. She (thought she) killed your friend. But he's not dead! But she couldn't know. The woman sent you a saviour, a gift from the sky beyond your perception. She betrayed your friend. She's the reason you can go home. She hurt him and made him scared scared scared. She saved her world, gave you your best friend. She took his memories (eridiana don't forget. Can't. Amnesia must be a horror story) and autonomy. She is the reason no other crew will die, because now you know the dangers of space.

I don't think Rocky hates Stratt, but I'm not sure he would like her either. Respect for doing what had to be done, anger for following through with it.

[squirrel--boy]

He would shake her hand, give a small trill signifying respect, then begins his attack

[revlynn-rabosa]

"Hello, Eva Stratt, you did a good job keeping Earth alive. My name is Rocky, you (attempted to) murdered my friend, prepare to die."

[revlynn-rabosa]

Chapters: 6/8 Fandom: 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Saiki Kusuo & Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Kayama Nemuri | Midnight & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Characters: Saiki Kusuo, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Nedzu (My Hero Academia) Additional Tags: Dimension Travel, Mentioned Kaidou Shun, A few tdlosk characters are mentioned, Saiki Kusuo is so Done, POV Saiki Kusuo, Post-Canon, for saiki k, Pre-Canon, For My Hero, Saiki Kusuo Loves Coffee Jelly, Incorrect Japanese School Year, I pick and choose between anime and manga, no beta we die like nendou's dad Summary:

Interdimensional travel? Sure. Of course. Just another useless power to add to his repertoire. He can't activate it again? Of course not, when do his powers ever cooperate? A world full of people with superpowers? None of them are as powerful as Saiki, but he's an expert at being normal by now. He can adapt. Tedious work? A talking rat? An annoying pro-hero that won't stop popping up? Saiki wants to go home. Not even new brands of coffee jelly can make up for this bothersome situation. He'll still take them, though. ---- Or: Saiki Kusuo and his accidental trip to the MHA universe. There's a kidnapping (he only wanted free ice cream), an accidental vigilante tenure (he can't just ignore people in great danger in front of him, his mother would be disappointed), a meddling hero (he thought that only happened in movies), and a temp job at a school (he just graduated and now he has to go back?) There really is no God.

[revlynn-rabosa]

Cannot imagine Rocky's thoughts about Stratt if he was told the full story. There's a lot of opinions about this going around, and I get the "Rocky would just hate her" theory, but it's so much more complicated. Like Grace's own opinion.

There's this woman who was doing everything imaginable to save her species, her planet. Your friend worked for her, trusted her, cared about her. You love your friend, and he's the first sentient being you have met in decades, half a century. He's the reason your world is saved and you can go back home. He's the reason you're alive and gave you hope. His mission was supposed to end in death, by design, but you saved him. He uses that gift to save you instead. Save your planet. There's a woman who did awful things for the sake of the world knowing she would pay the price. She (thought she) killed your friend. But he's not dead! But she couldn't know. The woman sent you a saviour, a gift from the sky beyond your perception. She betrayed your friend. She's the reason you can go home. She hurt him and made him scared scared scared. She saved her world, gave you your best friend. She took his memories (eridiana don't forget. Can't. Amnesia must be a horror story) and autonomy. She is the reason no other crew will die, because now you know the dangers of space.

I don't think Rocky hates Stratt, but I'm not sure he would like her either. Respect for doing what had to be done, anger for following through with it.

[revlynn-rabosa]

It's always "hail Mary, full of Grace" and never "Eva, the first woman, whose sins cast humanity away from Eden (but humanity found it's place out there)".

Anyway, Eva Stratt, you did everything correctly, you made the wrong choice, humanity is alive because of your determination, the most woman ever. They coul never make me pin your morals down as 'good' or 'bad'.

[revlynn-rabosa]

A really stupid drawing of Mullidet from my fic Fluffing Things Out, bc I never got around to drawing him. He may or may not be under the influence of magical catnip. We shall never know.

Here's him w/o the wings.

[revlynn-rabosa]

Magic 9-1-1 (mostly Buck-related) fic recs

No one asked for this, but since I'm a self-declared expert on the matter (121 read & bookmarked fics) I'm here to give 10 recomendations of fics I enjoyed. If you couldn't tell between this and my own published fanfics, I love when 'mundane' stories have a bit of magic, so:

As a general rule, this fics happen in the canon universe, or somewhere close enough, so the 118 are still firefighters in LA and all that. If this is not the case, I'll say as much.

Iridescence by songbvrd: Mermaid Buck! It's a one-shot, around 10k and rated E. Buck's parents try to exchange his life for Daniel's, but, as it tends to happen with these things, they don't look at the fine print. Buddie.

devotion, be the death of me by cicelsticks: Uhhhh. Buck kinda gets cursed to make everyone who eats his food to fall in love with him. By a dream demon. This one does deal somewhat with the issues that come with that and how to break the curse. Typical 'nothing changes with a love spell because the spelled one was already in love' situation. One-shot, 7k, rated T. Buddie.

hippity hoppity by staticsilencee: Buck gets turned into a rabbit. Eddie finds out, tries telling the rest of the 118 and things go on from there. One-shot, 5k, rated T. Buddie.

lay right down in my favorite place by kermytheefrog (tardigradeschool): Buck gets turned into a dog this time. Eddie (and everyone else) is a little slower with the realization. Buck is declared dead and there's some angst about it, also I believe Buck kinda started to forget being human before he was transformed back. 2 chapters, complete, 9k, rated T. Buddie.

Penny For Your Th- Oh Shit That's A Lot of Thoughts by znks: Buck gets psychic powers (telepathy) and Eddie freaks out about it. A lot of panic about unsaid feelings. They fuck about it. One-shot, 12k, rated E. Buddie.

Dare to sit and watch what we'll become... by ReallySmartLadyMarieCurie: Buck has prophetic dreams about meeting Eddie long before they end up at the 118. There's a soulmate-esque quality to this one, if that floats your boat. It was pretty well written, if I remember correctly. Don't remember much more, but I liked it. 4 chapters, complete, 22k, rated T. Buddie.

floating in the blue lagoon (now's your moment) by intotheblue: Mermaid Buck again, except not really. He was a merman, then decided he wanted to live on land, so now he has legs and can breathe underwater. Short and sweet, kinda joint NDE except obviously Buck can't drown. One-shot, 2k, rated G. Buddie.

Check the date, darling, fall is almost there by thanatoskull: this one is lockedd, you need an account to read it. Buck dies, then goes back to life because he talked a grim reaper into it. The reaper is Eddie, although his arrangement is a bit complicated. It's more like a job instead of a state of being. 3 chapters, complete, 35k, rated T. Buddie.

to choose a soul by tawaifeddiediaz: Eddie is a fallen ange, Buck is the reason he fell. Reincarnation on Buck's part. Also, he's a dragon shifter. The do still work as firefighters. Soulmates, pretty much. They have monster sex. One-shot, 10k, rated E. Buddie.

Deviant (Savior, Bubble) by RB (BlueflowersandWings): Mostly canon, but Buck doesn't work as a firefighter. He's a merman who saves Chris during the Santa Monica pier tsunami. Short one, but it's interesting. One-shot, 3k, rated T. Buddie.

Also, honorable mentions to Siren song: start the show! and Fluffing things out, both by Revlynng (me). The first one has Siren Buck fighting a sea demon with magic and songs (Mermaid Melody system). Fluffing things out involves magic mascots, dimension travel and one giant squid. Both happen as much in the canon setting as they can.

There's a ton more still in my bookmarks, so I might make another list. See ya!!

[revlynn-rabosa]

Average Mera & Ackerman conversation, btw (except the emojis. Ackerman uses way too many of those)

[revlynn-rabosa]

Eddie & Chris at Buck at the start of season 3. What's that? The rest of the three-episode plot? No, don't think about that.

[my-heart-of-heart]

I relate to Ryland Grace for many reasons one of which is I too would rather doom earth than make a major change to my plans on short notice

[revlynn-rabosa]

It ruined the tour

[revlynn-rabosa]

If you can't tell, Knox likes green. And being an offense to fashion. ALL the green tones are necessary in a single outfit, yes.

I did end up removing the septum (tho ae does have a fake one ae puts on sometimes) and instead gave aem one singular real piercing: snake bites (or smth like that).