Shizuka just stared at her brother, unsure how to respond to this revelation. Her brother was in a gang, an old gang leader was trying to have him murdered. She did the only thing she could, she ignored the bit of information for the moment to ask another question, 'and how do you know it is him?'
((Actually just finished the season and watched the season 10 premiere (although I skipped that interviews/recap episode as I assume that's all it was?) today as still sitting around ill. The series did significantly pick up although I thought Abaddon was anti-climatic in the end. The premiere also didn't really have much substance to it though I do love Crowley/Dean bromance, I've always loved Crowley. Not sure where all is going though but the season definitely improved.
To be perfectly honest my favourite character is probably Appa. I love Appa. But, favourite human character might be Iroh. I do rather like Zuko when he finally figures s**t out (as in I will stand up to my father and not be evil) but that is quite late in the series. It's hard to say because most characters go back and forth between I really like them and care about them but they also annoy the s**t out of me, in the end though I think I find myself in sympathy with Katara the most (even when she annoys the s**t out of me). I also really like Ty Lee but you don't get a great deal of substance on her. I did love the series though and am not sure why I never really got into it years back. I guess because I never really sat down and watched and always watched an episode out of place here and there.
I think part of why I'm putting off Korra is I'm already expecting it to not be as good and I don't want to just go in missing everything from Avatar with no interest in the series in its own right. Despite my difficulty in answering 'favourite' character, my love for the series is very much character based and I don't know if anyone is still about in Korra (though given the premise I am aware of I have to assume Aang absolutely cannot be) but I don't know if I really want to see them all as hobbled 80-90+ year olds. I figure it'll be something I put on next time Tom and I need a mutual binge series as we have few shows in common and he watches far more TV than I have time to so watching with him is difficult. Being ill together is why Avatar was put on as we needed something to stare at with both of us incapable of moving from the bed.
I will say, I now dislike the Sham-a-llama movie even more. I mean the actors are absolutely s**t, but actually getting to know the characters they fail to capture (and whose names they can't pronounce) is really upsetting. I feel like the Katara actress (who in a sea of terrible she is THE worst) was the actress in that play of their adventures before the season 3 finale (which was great fun), only even worse. Like omg, it's bad enough they made all the good guys white and left all the bad guys ethnic, but couldn't they at least have cast decent actors? They stripped all the humour and humanity out of the series and that is just depressing. The only thing that was alright in the movie was Iroh (though still stripping away the humour and other aspects of Iroh that I love, but while a different character I think he was a good character in his own right), but man. And they really butchered a lot of overall themes and story, that was just a nightmare. I guess as long as Korra doesn't end up being the pile of s**t that film was it'll have something to make it worth watching. razz ))
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:27 am
"His family name was in the book, and it's an uncommon name. It was just a suspicion, so we went to question him, but he tried to use the spirit to attack us." Jounouchi said quietly as he stared down.
((Yeah, it was just an interview episode. Though we found out in it that Robert Singer hadn't actually chosen Bobby's last name in the show, and that the staff did as a joke because the original name they'd chosen was copyrighted. XD Singer was actually upset about it, and wished he'd put his foot down more on them not doing it, since Bobby became such a big character. I do agree pretty much on everything you said. Wish Abaddon had had more. I'm loving the Dean/Crowley thing, but man I gasped so loud when they jerk-bitched. I'd thought the writers had forgotten about that. D: I'm starting to realize with Supernatural they have a tendency to end the seasons strong and start very weakly, which I wish they'd change. Just because it's a formula they've followed for a long time doesn't mean it works. But I saw a preview for this season that looked amazing, with Dean going after Sam with an ax like in a horror movie, so I'm looking forward to that.
Haha, Zuko is definitely my favorite. He even was when he was a whiny little b***h. I just love his complexity. Iroh is my second-favorite, then Toph. I really love almost all the characters though. I'd say my least-favorite major character is Suki, but I still like her.
Well, Korra introduces a *ton* of new characters, and even though for the first two seasons the main four are nothing but Comic Relief, Obnoxious, Boring, and Obnoxious+Boring, they all (except for Obnoxious+Boring) improve massively in the second two seasons (to the point where Boring is now probably my favorite character). Plus almost all of the adult and secondary characters are just fantastic, to the point where I've many times wished the series was about them. (Just warning you, about to say stuff about Avatar characters and their relatives who are in the series. Not really spoilers because they're not like big reveals or anything, and pretty much all of this was announced before the series premiered, but in case you don't want to be spoiled, just don't read the following paragraph. XD)
Katara, Zuko, and Toph are all alive and in the series at some point. Katara's fairly reoccurring. Sokka was stated as passed near the beginning. It hasn't really mentioned any other past characters besides like little references or descendants of Cabbage Man and other minor characters. Aang and Katara's son Tenzin is probably the most major of the secondary characters, and he's fantastic. They also have another son and a daughter who play fairly major roles in the second and third seasons, plus Tenzin has a bunch of kids. Toph has two daughters, one of which is also a major secondary character (and competing with Boring as my favorite character), plus a pile of her own grandkids. Zuko has a daughter who is the current Fire Lord, but hasn't been shown yet, and a grandson who makes a cameo in the first season.
Anyway, rather than putting the series off, I recommend blasting through the first two seasons so you can get to the epicness that is the third and fourth seasons.
Yeah, that movie was pretty awful. Granted a lot of the actors sucked, I think part of the problem was just the director for the acting, because Zuko's actor was fantastic in Slumdog Millionaire. I hated the racial changes most of all. Iroh's actor and character were pretty good, even if it didn't look anything like him. Don't worry. I'd say for Korra, if we put it on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being the movie and 10 being Avatar, the first two seasons are a 7 and the second two are a 9.95.))
'You went to question him?' Shizuka shrieked, 'so you didn't just lie to us about information you already suspected, you purposely went off and put yourself in danger and just left us to look through books?' She was a bit embarrassed by the childish nature of her rant but she was furious, and nobody else was saying anything. Suddenly the last few days just became too much to handle. Tearing up she stormed off toward the back of the room, unable to even look at anyone anymore, she didn't think she could handle another lie.
((Yea episode 2 - dunno if you've seen it yet so won't say much - is still on the weak trend but better than one? The angel line is starting to feel stagnant though and I'm honestly not sure where it's going. I might watch the interview episode one day but trying to catch back up on all that TV I'm behind on. Way behind on Agents of Shield and then I have no idea where I left off in Archer. After that I'll be mostly current...for now. We'll see how long that lasts.
I guess I never quite count Suki as a major character so I wouldn't have ranked her, so my least favourite major is Sokka though I still like him. I feel like Zuko is always a character I want to like and yet I watch the show and feel he is just so dislikeable and stupid. I want him to 'grow' earlier than he does. I mean it's interesting how he doesn't, several opportunities present themselves when he's on his own and he almost steps up and then doesn't. Which I think is a benefit to his character but also makes him a very unlikable person and I find it hard to consider him a favourite character because of it. I was torn between Toph and Katara, and while I came down on Katara I do like both.
I kinda saw the spoiler stuff before I saw the warning, oops, anyhow will avoid the rest of the paragraph now as I didn't really want to know who comes back or who is dead (though I saw the first sentence as that's where the page break was so it was more eye catching, guess that mostly just spoils Sokka though ~_~ ) , I just more don't have the time to binge after I'm done being ill - or really much now anyhow even though I'm still ill. And it seems more like something to binge on, particularly if it's kind of a meh beginning, then something to trek through when I have time as if I don't get invested I'll probably leave it off (which is kinda what happened with Avatar originally)
I think directing was bad but I do think a lot of it was the actors. Rathbone was okay (Sokka), and he's been okay in other things (and I do say okay as a very mediocre kind of statement). I think Zuko's actor was decent because it was a decent actor (I think they had more decent actors amongst the fire nation cast), and so with a better director he might have been capable of more. I still think many of those kids would not have been capable of a great deal more even with better direction. Considering Katara's next biggest role is jail-bait in the newest Transformers nightmare I feel like most of the industry hasn't seen much talent in her either.))
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:11 pm
"Shizuka-" Jounouchi put a hand out as she fled. He looked completely exhausted and hurt, but also horribly guilty for what he'd done. It wasn't like he would've changed what happened if given another chance, but... he just wished there'd been a better option. He looked at his friends, knowing he'd see his own hurt reflected in their eyes.
Yuugi looked around, then met Jounouchi's gaze and offered him a strained smile, "You should know that we're always here for you Jounouchi Kun. You've always put yourself in danger for us in the past, and we'd do the same for you... we're all in this together. But... I understand why you did it."
"I don't." Anzu frowned, "How can you just keep things like this from us, after all we've been through together? Every problem any of us have, it's all of our problems. I can't believe after all of this time, you still don't trust us." her eyes were slightly teary, "...you should go apologize to Shizuka Chan." she turned to her other friend, "And Honda, I can't believe you went along with this!"
Jounouchi nodded slowly, "Don't blame Honda. We were already leaving when he found out." he said quietly, "...I'll be right back." he went after Shizuka, having no idea what he was going to say to her.
Mokuba stood with his arms crossed, just staring at his brother. "I really don't know why I'm even surprised at this point." he said quietly.
((Yes, I've seen it. I agree fully once again. I liked the extended insight into the new Dean. It ended with a bang too, and next episode looks like it's the 'ax' thing that I saw in the season preview. I feel like Hanna is just turning into another Castiel, slowly discovering what it's like to be human. They don't have enough range among their gigantic cast of angel characters to keep them interesting. Even though I hate Metatron, he's at least completely unique. I need to catch up on Agents of Shield too, as well as American Horror Story. Agents of Shield my dvr errored and stopped recording it for a while. It happened right after a hiatus, so I assumed the series was still on pause when I wasn't getting new episodes, and didn't fix it for a long time. A friend of mine has the first season though, and I'm recording the second season, so I should be able to catch up soon. American Horror Story just started season four, and I only need to watch season three now, so that's not as bad.
Haha, poor Suki. I wonder if she ended up with Sokka, because I really don't like those two together. For me Zuko is a character that I completely see all of the reasons people don't like him or what makes him a bad person, but I just was always so invested in waiting for him to get better, and when he first appeared, I liked him as a villain too, and didn't expect him to become a good guy until a bit more was revealed about him. For me he's one of those characters that has enough to him, and enough interesting about him, that I can look past his flaws in hopes that he'll grow up, and he did, so my investment payed off. XD For Katara, I've learned to love her (and she's grown a lot as a character too), but honestly she reminded me too much of Anzu when I first started watching the series. I've learned to appreciate Anzu in her own way too, but back then I really had a dislike for her, and that sadly kind of rubbed off on Katara, so even now I just can't make her one of my favorites. I'd say for me it goes Zuko, Iroh, Toph, Sokka, Azula, Aang, Katara, Mai, Ty Lee, Suki. Those are the ones I consider the main characters, and I'd say the top five are my full favorites. The only one I really have any dislike for is Suki, but she goes back and forth for me.
Oh man I'm sorry about the spoilers. D: They're not really too spoilery, but sorry. And I think it's even the first episode that they just kind of off-handed mention Sokka.
Ugh, I didn't even know Katara's actor was in anything else. Just... yeah, they were too inexperienced.))
Shizuka exited the shrine and kept walking. She could hear her brother behind her but she didn't slow her pace, he'd have to run after her. Frankly, and it was a bit selfish, but after everything she kind of wanted to get him away from everyone else. She felt so left out and so unsure of what to do. Thus far she'd not done much but get kidnapped and cause further problems, how was she going to help if he wouldn't trust her?
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'I don't know why any of you would be,' Seto replied shortly, before exiting the room and heading back toward his car. He was going to use these few moments of personal drama to do his own research, no reason to get involved.
((I feel bad making Shizuka mad at Jounouchi, but the rest of my characters are in the know, I've gotta have someone antagonistic right? xd
Most things I just stream off of various online sites, Agents of Shield has a a putlocker site I've been using. A friend gave us Netflix which I am enjoying for things that are there, but otherwise don't have a TV or cable (UK TV license isn't worth it) so being behind is more about not being able to both work on my computer and watch TV on it at the same time. Being ill not working much anyhow but finally starting to take a swing upward. At about episode 17 now in Agents. How's American Horror Story? It sounds like something I'd be interested in, though again probably won't pick up any new in progress series for awhile.
I think I thought it obvious from the pilot that Zuko was always going to become a good guy so while I found him interesting as a bad guy I was already waiting for an inevitable that seemed slow in coming. There were a few points where I thought, maybe he really won't (and then Iroh will be the fire bending connect because he's definitely good), but I still suspected it was coming. After they had his divided history (great grandson of both the last avatar and the fire lord who started the war) I definitely knew there was no more back and forth. My one regret is I really would have loved to watch Iroh break out of prison. razz I definitely still have a dislike for Anzu and you are right they are similar characters. But it's also probably kind of how Seto is my love because he has been but were I watching the series for the first time now, over a decade later, that might not be the case. Similarly I was just more open to that type of character and seeing the merits with Avatar than with Yu-gi-oh. I also think Katara is a stronger female and becomes moreso throughout the series where I feel Anzu is still very much the female friend. I think the only characters I never dislike are Iroh, Azula and Ty Lee, but nonetheless my list (using the same characters) is probably Iroh/Zuko, Katara, Ty Lee/Toph, Suki, Aang, Mai/Sokka. And if I put Appa and Momo in there Appa is first and Momo probably ties with Katara. Having a think through there is probably nobody else I'd put in as a main character.
No worries, they aren't, just one of the downsides of an academic approach to reading. I skim to get a jist for 'relevant' content (even though with personal messages I inevitably am going to read everything and don't need to do that) before doing a deep read. I guess if you ever really having anything spoiler
hide it from me. razz
Yea, most of the kids don't have amazing other credentials. Sokka's actor plays a Twilight character. He plays both characters very similarly which is quite wrong for Sokka, who is not a constipated sparklepire. Can't remember if it was Movie Bob or what, but I do remember one review saying that these kids are bad even by child actor standards (talking primarily about the main three) and he's right.))
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:14 pm
"Shizuka, wait-" Jounouchi ran after her, catching up easily due to their height difference. "I... I don't know what to say." he frowned. He may be someone who liked to run his mouth a lot, but when it came to using words to actually have emotional connections with people, well... he was more of a doer than a talker. "What can I do to make it up to you?" he asked, going to his automatic need to perform for other people.
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"I think they're more surprised about Jounouchi not confiding in people! Everyone already expects that from you!" Mokuba called angrily after his brother, turning and heading off in the opposite direction.
((Haha it's fine. Lord knows she's justified in it, and that I've been doing much worse with Mokuba towards Kaiba.
I do that for some things, but for like Agents of Shield, I watch it with my dad, and now that my laptop's done, we don't have a means of hooking a computer up to the TV, so it's either wait or crowd around my desktop, which we actually do do for Legend of Korra now, since it's online only for the last two seasons. I think I'm a couple episodes behind you for Agents of Shield. I do know I left off right before the series apparently really took off. As for American Horror Story, it is fantastic. It has a lot of strange horror, but it does a wonderful job of eventually answering most of your questions little by little. The best thing about it is definitely the actors. They have so much talent, and each season is stand-alone, with different characters played by the same actors. There's one person, she plays a woman from the twenties in the first season, then a nun in the second. She was so good at acting as different people, I didn't realize for forever she was the same actress, then something happens that greatly changes her nun character, and when she starts acting in that situation, I actually thought she was a different nun at first. But anyway, it's not really a jump-scare series, just disturbing. And it seems to have a focus on giving the main characters relatively happy endings for a horror. But man, I really just love this series. Great plot, great characters (you're constantly trying to hate characters that totally deserve it, but can't help but kind of like them), spectacular acting, and really good at making you want more.
Yeah, sometimes I wonder if I watched old loves for the first time today, how different my opinions on them would be. But you're right, Katara grows a lot more than Anzu, and honestly even from the start she just has a lot more to her. I love that the animal companions are up there as some of your favorites. XD I mean, they are great, but it's just funny to me that Appa beats all, and Katara ties with Momo.
Holy crap there's a spoiler option?! Why was I not aware of this?!
Who did Sokka play in Twilight? I haven't seen the movies yet, besides vaguely half-watching the first one.))
'This isn't about making it up to me,' Shizuka snapped back, 'you are always trying to protect and appease me and that is not what I want. I mean even when I got here, which I had to lie in order to do in the first place, you immediately ran to hide me. I mean, our father is my father too, and I get he has lots of problems and you want to protect me. But you know what that isn't your call to make, it isn't your call to decide what I can and cannot be exposed to. You need to stop treating me like a child!'
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Seto sighed but didn't turn back to confront his brother. He was going to bury himself in research while everyone else hashed out feelings.
((Yea it would be harder to get two people around a desktop depending on where it's positioned. My laptop has a fairly large screen but obviously can be positioned in a place that will work for both Tom and I to watch it. I was getting a bit bored of Agents which is why I kind of stopped but trying to give it another shot, seems to be getting a bit better but I still have the problem of I don't really care about most of the main characters so its hard to feel invested.
Lol, yea I was actually quite bothered for the many episodes in which Appa was missing. Part of what kept me putting on episode after episode was I wanted to see him come back. I think it partly started out as a joke with Tom and then kinda grew into a genuine attachment. There was also the fact that most of the human protagonists are quite annoying quite often.
I KNOW! My friend used it in PMs to hide previous convo points (rather than just deleting) and I was blown away. Glad I'm not the only one not in the know. It would of course be useful for 'spoilers' when wanting to discuss a series or film but not knowing if the other person has seen it yet. Rather than hedging on what is saying to much you can hide things and they can decide whether they want to know or not. But yea, I've only known about it within the past month or two? Haven't had call to use it in here yet.
He plays Jasper, the blond vampire who controls emotions (which is odd looking as he is so not naturally blond and they did weird things with his hair). So he's kind of a stiff/constipated like character who always is awkward because he's busy feeling everyone around him. He kinda plays Sokka like that, which obviously makes no sense for Sokka.))
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:17 pm
Jounouchi went silent. That hadn't been the response he was expecting. He'd expected Shizuka to just tell him what her big brother could do to make everything better, and he'd do it, and they'd move on with their lives. This was different... Shizuka really was growing up, and he wasn't ready to accept that.
"Shizuka, that's..." he looked at her sadly, "It's not because I see you as a child... but you're my sister. I want to protect you because I care about you. And Dad..." he had to glance away. He wasn't sure if he could tell Shizuka just how messed up the man was, but... at this point, he owed her the truth. About everything. "It's not just about protecting you from being exposed to him. He... he has real problems. I'm sure you know he drinks a lot, but... that's not the only thing." he'd never told anyone this before, not even Honda (though he was sure the other'd figured it out to an extent at least). It only seemed right that Shizuka should be the one he finally confided to about this, even though it hurt him the most to imagine her reaction.
"...Shizuka, he... he hits... people sometimes." he tried to make it seem better, that it wasn't abuse focused on him, but just a violent temper. Then he realized he was bending the truth again. Jounouchi swallowed hard, "No, he... hits me sometimes. I mean... I can defend myself. I just leave when it happens. But... you're a lot smaller and younger than me. And I don't know how he'd react to seeing you after so long. He... what if he sees our mom in you? What if that sets him off?" he grimaced as he imagined this, "...that's why I can't let you see him. I'm... I'm sorry I kept it from you all this time."
((I do like Fitz and Simmons a lot, so the few episodes that have really focused on them I thoroughly enjoyed, but otherwise haven't been too invested.
I was pretty upset too. And that episode all about Appa... D: Still though, I have a hard time categorizing animals in the same way as people. Appa is my favorite animal character. XD
Oh man that's so cool. I'm gonna totally start using that when I talk about things I'm not sure you watched.
Ah, got it. Yeah, that type of acting makes sense for Jasper, but not Sokka at all.))
Shizuka smiled at her brother, not unable to appreciate his concern but still not willing to be babied anymore. 'Big brother, I kind of understood that, and I don't think you can - or do - handle it, the abuse, any better than I would. You've just had to, and I'm so sorry that I haven't been there for you. But, it's not up to you anymore what you can and can't do. I'm sorry, I'm your little sister but I'm no longer a little girl, so I'll make the decisions about what I can and can't handle. And I'd appreciate if you'd include me in yours, and then maybe we won't get into another situation where I feel I have to hide things from you. I haven't been perfectly honest about my thoughts either, I've noticed a lot more than I've let on. True I didn't really have the insight to piece together your - that - well I guess I never would have guessed about the past gang activity. But I can tell you are hiding things, and I wanted to just trust you but I think our relationship isn't one of trust and mutual understanding. But I'd like it to be, and if you could try a bit harder to move us in that direction I think that would be a great first step in making it up to me. Running off without a word, well, that's very Kaiba - and I'm watching that destroy his relationship with his brother. But I don't see how I can butt in and help them if I can't even get my own familial relationships in order. So, I'll trust your decisions on this matter because ultimately this revolves around you - though your friends and I are clearly in danger and deserve to at least not be left sitting in the dark. If you could maybe treat me a bit more like a friend and less like someone you need to protect, I think that'll be a good step in the right direction. And will definitely help me avoid things like getting kidnapped again in the future.'
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Seto sat in the back of his car in silence, reading through old police reports. His mother's death had been a sad but natural part of life. His father died in a tragic but not exactly remarkable accident. Women die in child birth everyday, even in the developed world; men and women are often the victims of drunk drivers. Still, something wasn't right, there was something he was missing. There was a reason this spirit, which was summoned after Jounouchi, seemed to be obsessed with him. Jounouchi hadn't been wrong to notice that. The very first thing that had happened had been in that cafe during his poorly timed coffee trip. Maybe if he hadn't gone out that night he wouldn't be involved now. Yet he was, and the spirit attacked him - not Jounouchi - first. With no actual reason. The spirit only had the freedom to move to people Jounouchi was bonded to and that certainly couldn't have been the case then. He'd been a victim of circumstance, but there was no way that it had been a coincidence.
He wanted a plan, action. Kill Hirutani, kill the shikigami, anything. But he didn't know what that would do, he needed more information, he couldn't be rash. His brother was furious at him, and that hurt but as long as his brother was safe he could handle that. He could deal with the hurt later. That seemed to be his constant motto lately, 'later', even before this supernatural nonsense had cropped up again. He sighed and tried to force himself to focus on the police reports, the news articles, anything he could get his hands on in this moment. Something concrete, something for now.
((I will similarly use the spoiler thing. All I will say thus far about Agents is I've finished season 1 and I'm two episodes into season 2. Don't know if it'll be awhile before you get invested and don't want to leave stuff in a spoiler for you to come back to but do let me know when you get through season 1. I'll probably try to stay current on the show but we'll see. I will agree with whatever source you were referring to about I'm at the point where the show takes off. It does get significantly better (and stays better) and while I'm still not fully attached to any specific character I like the characters enough to care about them, though thus far this is one of those rare shows where I'm more attached to plot the character. But yea, won't get into the whys or anything for now.
I usually don't attach to animal characters at all so it's a bit unusual for me. I think part of the joking I probably imposed more personality on Appa then what is there but I got attached to that imposed personality. They do well characterize the animals though.))
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:19 pm
Jounouchi stared down at Shizuka. For the first time, he felt like the smaller, the weaker of the two of them. She was just so... so smart, and brave, and grown up. He felt like she had already matured past him. She probably had always been the more mature one.
He fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around her waist and pressing his face against her belly in a strange, exhausted hug, "...I... I want that too... I want us to trust and be honest with each other. I'm so tired of hiding things, and I can't do it with you anymore. I don't want to." he closed his eyes, faint tears lining at the corners, "I'm so sorry Shizuka. I-I know I'm gonna mess up a lot more, but I'm gonna try to be a better brother to you, and to trust that you can take care of yourself and make your own decisions. I'm gonna try." his voice choked.
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There was a light knock on Kaiba's window, "...Kaiba Kun?"
((Alright, I'll let you known when I catch up. ^^ I'm glad to hear you think it gets better too.
Well, imposed personalities can still be valuable. I mean, Rishid hardly gets any character development in Yugioh, but I've read some amazing fanfiction featuring him.))
Shizuka ran her fingers through Jounouchi's hair, whispering a grateful 'thank you' glad to finally have things out in the open. After a few moments she helped her brother to his feet, gave him a quick hug and said, 'we should probably head back inside. Maybe now that we know who is responsible it'll give us a better direction for our efforts. We've been focused on the essence capture for the most part since you've left, obviously that won't be needed.'
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Seto hurriedly closed his web pages before opening the door to his back to see who was hailing him. 'Yes?'
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:45 pm
Jounouchi nodded, quickly swiping at his eyes with his arm, "Let's go then." he reached out for Shizuka's hand. It wasn't condescending or protective at all. It was just... wanting to hold his sister's hand.
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"It's me." Anzu stood outside the car, shuffling awkwardly, as if she wasn't completely sure if this was a good idea or not. "I know you don't consider us friends or anything, but... you've taken on a lot lately, and I just feel like even you might need some support. Mokuba Kun seemed really angry, and I can understand why, but... well, it can't be easy for you either. So I guess I'm just here in case you needed someone to talk to."
She knew he would say no, leave me alone, but for some reason her conscience just couldn't let Kaiba go off on his own, stressing and his brother angry at him, with no other friends there for support.
Shizuka gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and followed him back into the shrine.
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Seto stared at the girl for a few moments, trying to decide what would be the most appropriate way to answer. Maybe he should try and be polite, at least for Jounouchi's sake. Although why should that matter, he wasn't exactly happy with the other man at the moment. That realisation had him kicking himself internally, why should Jounouchi upset his mood? They weren't friends, he didn't need friends. He just needed to figure out how to get rid of this spirit and then he could be on his merry way. Except that wasn't right either, sure he had his own personal investment in this matter, of that he was certain. However, that was no reason to stick around Jounouchi, he and Mokuba probably would be safer far away from the others, investigating on their own. So why was he still here.
He mulled over his thoughts for a few minutes, uncomfortable that Anzu was just standing there silently watching him, waiting for him to say something. 'I - I'm fine. Just trying to be productive, figured working out here would be better while everyone cooled off,' he finally answered, neither smiling nor putting on his usual cold front.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:22 pm
Jounouchi walked back in, glad the worst of his apologies were over. He looked around, noticing Yuugi gave him a small smile. He returned it. He'd need to talk with him and Anzu, offer them a more proper apology too. Speaking of which, "...where'd Anzu go?" had she been so upset she'd left?
"She went to go check on Kaiba Kun... Mokuba Kun was pretty angry at him." Yuugi replied.
"Oh." Jounouchi frowned, having a feeling this wasn't going to go well. He had a bit of a temptation to go after her, feeling like... what, he could talk Kaiba down, make him feel better and be nice to his friend? It wasn't like he had any more influence on the guy than Anzu could, probably even less. He should let her handle it.
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Anzu's shoulder slackened in relief, honestly surprised Kaiba wasn't just dismissing her, but glad that her conscience had paid off this time, "That makes sense." she nodded, "...you know... I know you probably don't want any advice from me, but... it might be a good idea to go talk to your brother. I know he'll forgive you regardless, but... he's really hurt. He feels like you don't trust him. And he could really offer a lot of help to us. All of us can. We'd be more productive if we're all working together, and not angry or mistrusting one another." she tried for a more logical approach, figuring Kaiba would appreciate a gain in productivity over appeasing hurt feelings.
Seto was not going to talk to Mokuba. As much as he hated the kid being mad at him he also felt he was probably safer at a distance. He didn't think Mokuba would be high up on the list of victims the spirit could use against Jounouchi. However, if it did turn his way he didn't want it to give it any reason to go after Mokuba to hurt him. This of course assumed that the spirit would be more interested in hurting Seto than any member of their family, which might not be the case. At the moment though he seemed to be the more interesting target, he wanted to keep it that way. However, with everyone now in the know that Hirutani summoned the spirit, and summoned it after Jounouchi, he couldn't quite explain why he thought he or his brother might still be in danger. At least nobody had asked. Well, that's untrue, Honda certainly asked. Thus far nobody else had though, and nobody had posed the question to him. He didn't want to encourage a discussion that he would have to evade if he could help it.
''I will, but right now I don't want to step on Jounouchi's toes while he decides how he wants to handle this Hirutani thing. I just need to finish,' he paused, unsure how to explain, 'what I'm looking into and then I'll come back inside for more fabulous team work.' He finished sarcastically, but not as cruelly as he might have in the past. Hopefully Anzu had had enough conversation, trying to be civil to people he didn't care about was exhausting.
((Been watching Korra in the background while doing work as I've decide I won't be watching Bones anymore and thus mostly caught up on TV - save for Archer and South Park, but not in the mood for those at the moment.
Anyhow, yea, I almost wanted to give up halfway through season 1 as it really is so much worse than Avatar. As you say, a lot of the adults/side characters were pretty good, but the main 4 are just the worst. I've finished the first two seasons now and still pretty much hate the main characters. Korra is an arrogant idiot, Bolin is just an idiot and Mako was growing on me but him being kind of an inconsistent douche (I'll date her, no her, now maybe her) is really irritating. Aside from his romantic investments I'd almost like him as a character but unfortunately Korra has gone the route of dating is what Avatar was really lacking (umm no, the small elements of dating in Avatar were certainly not the best parts). Asami is a bit bland but I guess slowly she has at least become likable if still not much of a person.
However, I did like the spirits season as it at least was quite different from anything done in Avatar, and I do really like Katara's children and Jinora (can't say the other grandchildren are wowing me), and I do like the creepy twins quite a bit. I also like Varrick even if he is 'evil'. I do find it a bit odd that the water nation is now full of all the evil people. Must evil be confined to one nation always?
Thus far I do appreciate that it isn't exactly Avatar, and that they are exploring the universe in new ways. Unfortunately with much worse characters, but we'll see if any of them ever manage to grow on me (of the protagonists). I mean with the accolade of 'bland' one really shouldn't be standing ahead of the crowd.))
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