As a Scum Villain fan, I am reminded again at how incredibly grateful I am that we recieved a lovely, thoughtful translation of our MXTX story. I have only one (1) gripe with it - during the IAC, when they're discussing going in after the disciples, it accidentally has Liu Qingge rather than stating that they would have to go in.
And... Yeah, that's it! I love our translation, and hearing about the MDZS mess, I am so, *so* glad we have it the way it is!!!
The svsss translation and all iterations remain top tier, and if I didn’t hate 7seas so much rn, I would absolutely buy their hard cover of it. Instead, I will be waiting on my CN version with the new extra to arrive 😊
I'd love to hear more about your stories, or any headcanons that we don't really see or that you especially like! ...especially if it's a Scum Villain story. Or about Airplanes and Cucumbers. XD Or whatever story is on your mind right now! I'm trying to distract myself from work that I really should be doing and stories I want to be writing, but I'm no Airplane with that *ridiculous* daily wordcount!
@annaisu Oh man, right? I feel like the Airplane in the story had to have made a deal with some demon or something to be able to write that many words in a day, EVERY DAY…. That’s just not human, yo. Especially now that I too am an adult, having just moved out to live on my own… I get it. I get it, Airplane! How did you survive??
Well, I mean technically he didn’t, and that’s kind of the point… I digress.
I do wish there were more fics that went deeper in on the trauma that Airplane and SY both absolutely most definitely have regarding the fact that they, uh, DIED… more than once, too!! That’s really gotta shake a guy’s mental state, just a bit. Leave scars. They’re too unaffected, there’s definitely some compartmentalization going in, and shoving their traumatic thoughts and memories into boxes waaaay in the back of their heads…. All that stuffs gotta come out sometime, guys… the boxes are just gonna burst… wyd?
They're as Subtle as Cognitive Recalibration - which would also make a great title XD
Yes, subtlety definitely isn’t their strenght. In their defence: I don’t think the time travel was planned or at the very least they didn’t land where they wanted to -- they’re just too damn uncoordinated for anything else.
lmao I love it!! Too bad I wasn’t feeling that creative when I came up with the ‘verse name XD Apropos cognitive recalibration:
They run into Romanoff on the hallway.
She looks just about ready to murder all of them. Considering she’s never graced Tony with that much emotion when he was actively trying to get under her skin at his most annoying, he makes the executive decision to get the fuck out of dodge. Meaning he calmly takes a step to the left to hide behind Rogers. From what he’s seen so far, they can afford to lose him if it comes to that.
“What’s going on?” Rogers asks with a relaxed air that violently clashes with the murderous air Romanoff eludes.
Part of Tony wants to do a Thor, blow a convenient hole through the nearest wall and make a graceful exit. The rest of him desperately wishes he had popcorn.
“It’s Barton,” Romanoff states grimly. “He’s leading a team of eight hostiles. Their aim appears to be to free Loki.”
Oh. Tony grimaces. Yeah. That would do it.
[continues under the cut]
Romanoff’s narrow-eyed gaze fixates on Rogers, confirming once and for all that Tony chose the right sacrifical offering because his instincts are amazing like that.
“I take it cognitive recalibration will work on him as well?” Romanoff asks politely. There’s a very loud ‘you better tell me what I want to hear or I’ll use you to beat some sense into that little shit’ at the end of that sentence. It’s almost impressive how unfazed Rogers’ seems when Tony can see his life expectancy dwindle right before his eyes.
...nah. The much more probable conclusion is that the man -- supersoldier whatever -- is an idiot with zero self-preservation.
And after having read his file that shouldn’t surprise anyone.
“Oh yeah,” Rogers nods, already hefting up his shield and moving. “Don’t worry, I can-”
Romanoff has her gun aimed straight at his head before he finishes. It’s a very big gun. Where did she even hide it?
“You,” Romanoff enunciates slowly, “can handle the rest of the minions. Or the controll center. Barton’s mine and if you try to go after him, I’ll shoot you.”
“That escalated quickly,” Banner mutters under his breath.
Tony for his part can’t say he is surprised. He still regrets the lack of popcorn though.
“But wouldn’t it be easier if I--” Rogers, proving once and for all that he has less common sense than DUM-E before his first ever upgrade, starts.
Romanoff removes the safety. “The last time you recalibrated someone you almost crushed a god’s skull.”
And alright, fair point. Tony still recalls the terrible cracking sound the shield made against Loki’s skull even if he really wishes he didn’t. A human. Unfortunately he can imagine the outcome just fine and it’s a lot more than just messy death.
“She’s got a point, Captain,” Banner cuts in, speaking right over Rogers’ outraged “I’m in perfect control of my enhanced strength, thank you,”, shrugging off the betrayed glance Rogers shoots him. “We don’t need to argue about this.”
“I shall ensure my brother is not disturbed,” Thor announces with a thunderous -- pun very much intended because Tony has to take his fun where he can get it, what with the company he’s currently keeping -- scowl and walks away. Without another word.
Thanks for that, man. Go team.
“Alarms register intruders on the second level as of three minutes ago, moving towards Storage Unit 33,” Tony repeats JARVIS’ message because his boy is fucking amazing and also it’s high time to blow this joint before something else goes wrong. “Seems like Barton’s minions are on the move. Might want to stop them, from what SHIELD’s super secret files say, they really shouldn’t get in there.”
That earns him a fond grin from Rogers. Tony blinks, feeling like he’s taken two quick steps to the left without his brain registering the motion.
“Guess we’ll take care of that then, huh Stark?”
Okay?
“Not like I can trust you to get the job done on your own, Icicle.” Tony blinks, surprised by the amount of sarcasm his mouth is capable off sprouting while his brain reloads.
“Glad to see some common sense under all that posturing.” Romanoff smiles sweetly and stalks off into the opposite direction with a fuck-with-me-I-dare-you stalk that could clear out an entire shopping center on Black Friday.
“Hang on, what did you mean by handle the control center?” Rogers calls out after her.
“It’s on fire.” And with that cheerful proclamation and a casual wave over her shoulder, Romanoff takes a turn and disappears out of sight.
Tony blinks. Recalculates. “Secure 33 and the minions first, then worry about the fire.” Because the fire will be the least of their worries if any of the intruders get their hands on even one of the weapons cleared for Phase 2 that Tony knows are in that room.
Thankfully, neither Rogers nor Banner question his decision, just take off after him.
Well, Rogers does. Banner takes two steps, freezes, slaps his forehead hard enough to be heard over the distant sound of another explosion, cries something about ‘fill’ as the aircraft tilts sideways and runs off without another word.
Tony would really like an explanation for that. [And for 47 other things while he’s at it. He’s keeping track -- and what he misses J definitely doesn’t.] And he’ll get one.
As soon as the walls stop shaking and the floor doesn’t threaten to breake away under his feet.
Really, who thought keeping an entire agency’s base on a flying aircraft that doesn’t even need a missile to get a hole ripped into its outer shell would be a good idea?
Rightfully or not, Tony blames Fury. For everything.
How about WTL! Hisana and Harry Potter - perhaps a Harry younger than 16?
To be honest, Harry didn’t really know what was happening. All he knew was that during lunchtime, Dudley had shoved him down from behind and Harry’s teacher had sent him to the school nurse to patch up his skinned knees. Miss. Yukimura, the new nurse, had taken one look at Harry-- at his crooked glasses whose frames were more tape than metal at this point, his overly-large clothes handed down from Dudley, the ugly, yellow discoloration of a bruise in its final stages of healing peeking out from under a sleeve-- and her entire body had gone very, very still.
She’d recovered soon enough though, had given Harry a gentle smile and had offered to give her own lunch to him upon learning that Dudley had taken his-- he’d refused, she’d insisted, and they’d ended up sharing-- and then had told him that she needed to leave for a bit to make a few calls. Then a well-dressed man with a no-nonsense expression had come and asked him a bunch of questions about the Dursleys, and then he brought in a doctor to do a physical examination and Harry was exhausted.
“Miss. Yukimura?” Harry asked, straightening up when the nurse entered the room again. He covered his mouth with one hand, trying his best to hide a yawn. “What’s going on?”
She hesitated for a second.
“Harry, how do you feel about leaving the Dursleys for a while? Staying someplace else-- for now, at least,” she asked.
“Leave the Dursleys?” Harry blinked. “Like a vacation?” He’d never actually been on a vacation but Sarah from class said a vacation was a fun trip away from home.
Any place away from Privet Drive definitely sounded like a fun trip away from home.
Miss. Yukimura’s smile turned a little sad.
“I guess you could say it’s a little like a vacation, yes.” She leaned down, a serious expression on her face as she looked him in the eyes. “Harry, would you like to come home with me?”
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Hisana: Ah yes, this trip to Britain where I work as a school nurse will be a nice way for me to relax a little and also reacquaint myself with the modern world. I’ve really missed working with children too, so this job is perfect :)
Hisana 0.001 sec after meeting Harry and hearing about the Dursleys: I’ve decided to relax by ruining some peoples’ lives :) :) :)
(also I have no idea how UK CPS works, so...bear with me here)
Oh!!!! Happy birthday!!! *offers hugs!* Seeing you pop up in my likes always gives me a little boost!! And reminds me of the awesome convention a few years ago, where I got to actually meet you ^_^ I hope you're doing well!! And that this new year for you treats you as well as it can!! ^^; Again, Happy Birthday!!!!
Thank you!!! *hugs back* （⊃≧ω≦(˘⌣˘⊂)♥
I’m so happy I can give you a boost like that! You are really amazing and a joy to follow. And yes! I remember! I’m so happy to have met you too! I was probably an awkward mess but I was so super happy to have a chance to go and meet so many amazing peeps like you girl (≧◡≦)♥
I’m doing fine with everything as it is XD
And thank you so much for the well wishes! I hope this year will be good to you too ♥＼(￣▽￣)／♥
