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satchan (satchan) posted a new discussion:
sorry if this is annoying or wteva but im pretty new to this entire fandom and, like, hero shipping in general?? at first i was bit weirded out since they’re like, you know, real ppl and they’re heroes, but i got over myself LMAO.
but basically can anyone give me like,,, a starter pack for the fandom?? y’all have been around since like,,, their second yr sports fest, right? or something like that, and its just a lot of content and inside jokes to root thur and im hella confused
like,,,, what the fuck is #sobacat?? do they have a cat???
pls help me im suffering
TAGS: #newbie #pls help #sobacat #questions
#new user #siren #shouto
#mercury #shouren #meren
butterfyy (butterfyy) replied:
dw you’re not annoying at all!!! i still think of myself as a newbie since i’ve only been in the fandom for a few months, but it’s always nice to see a new face!!!
the inside jokes/memes are a lot but they’re p easy to understand via exposure! uhh let me @ some ppl i know have been in the fandom for a while!
@ddandeleon @silveeon @pikachuwu @swabblues @overlord
swabblues ( swabblues ) replied:
Welcome to the fandom [confetti_emoji]!!!! Alright, so, like we don’t have a “starter” pack since it’s, like, five years of content, as you’ve said in your posrt, but if you’re confused about any of the inside jokes on the forum, just reach out and say that you don’t get it!! we’re a chill bunch, so there’s always someone willing to explain what’s going on if you’re confused!!
Believe me, I tsill get confused and I’ve been in the shouren/meren fandom since that 2nd yr festival. I’m an oldie lmao.
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pikachuwu (pikachuwu) replied:
honey, you’ve got a big storm coming your way. pi can do a quick for some of the more popular inside jokes/memes, but there’s SO MUCH and im gonna miss a lot. Some of them I’ve even forgotten are like,,, headcanon/memes LOL
as for the soba cat thing, that’s because we know that shouto is obsessed with cold soba, and from what little we know of siren (he’s underground so there’s not much info on him, his quirk, or like, anything and im pretty sure the nightmare class is under a shitton of NDAs to protect his and the other UGH’s identities --> u can read more about that on this discussion board! or in the server, if you’re in it!), he like. adores cats.
like there’s a rare photo of him on patrol, next to some tied up villains, petting a cat [LINK leads to a photo of a grainy, textured and dark photograph, taken by someone with shaking hands, likely, of Pro Hero Siren, identified by the mask over his face and the cat-eared hood of his uniform, petting and cooing over an unidentified cat, while a few feet away, there’s three villains tied up in a capture-like weapon.]
so: soba cat
its just another ship name for them
ok im running out of space so im just gonna reply again with more info about the jokes and memes!
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Hitoshi’s browsing through the menu when someone directs a shy question at him. “Has anyone told you that . . . you, uh, look like that streamer?” He blinks at the barista, slow and nearly cat-like, before they flush and give an awkward cough. “N-not that it’s a bad thing, just . . . an observation.”
“No worries,” Hitoshi replies without pause, hoping his lack of irritation soothes their frazzled nerves. “Uh. Could I get an iced chai . . . and a hot chocolate? Medium, for both.”
“O-of course!”
At least, Hitoshi thinks as he steps off to the side once he pays, drifting to where his drink would soon be placed. They didn’t say I looked like me as a Pro Hero.
He already has enough identity shenanigans as is with being a relatively anonymous so-called “cozy” streamer—and, of course, that doesn’t touch upon the entire chaos that are his and Shouto’s fandoms. Hitoshi’s read various conspiracy theories about their relationship—as their streamer identities, as their Pro Hero identities. One such theory even said they were in a polyamorous relationship, assuming they were four people instead of two.
It’s both a regular headache and a source for confusion. Shouto doesn’t help, being a diehard conspiracy theorist himself (he still believes Aizawa’s related to Hitoshi somehow, despite the years of evidence in the form of the scrapbook Hitoshi’s mother lovingly put-together every five years), and tends to fan the flames, so to speak.
Much to the dismay of his PR department.
It doesn’t take him long to get his drinks, and soon he’s out of the local coffeeshop and down a familiar path. It’s a short walk to Shouto’s apartment, but Hitoshi takes his time. He isn’t in much of a rush, since it’s his and Shouto’s day off, and the neighborhood they’re in is calm. Hitoshi hopes so, considering the time he’s taken to practically comb through every dark crevice in the area on his patrols.
Shouto lives in a 3-bedroom apartment with Yoarashi and Utsushimi, two Pros he’d befriended back in high school. Ironically, the three of them were also popular streamers, though Shouto’s the only one that doesn’t put any effort into keeping his identity separated.
Yoarashi lets him inside with a cheerful greeting, slipping out the door in his hero gear as Hitoshi steps deeper inside. “GOOD EVENING, SHINSOU-SAN!! I WILL SEE YOU LATER!!”
Hitoshi chuckles quietly. “See you, Gale Force.”
“HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING!!”
Ears slightly ringing at Yoarashi’s natural loudness, Hitoshi makes his way into the living room where he hears the familiar noise of someone editing their video content. Shouto’s hair peeks over the edge of the sofa, and as Hitoshi gets closer, he sees the man curled up on the couch with a knitted blanket around his shoulders.
“Here’s your liquid poison, loser,” Hitoshi greets the one he lovingly calls ‘his other half.’ Before Shouto could react, Hitoshi proceeds to smush the hot drink against the mans’ cheek. It’s not hot enough for it to burn, given the five-minute walk has cooled it considerably.
“Fatherless behavior,” Shouto replies, voice slightly muffled by the way Hitoshi pushes the drink against his cheek, and Hitoshi snorts. “Hot chocolate?”
“Of course,” Hitoshi responds warmly, knowing Shouto seldom drank anything other than hot chocolate or water. He’d have some herbal brews here and there, especially if it were offered by someone else, but his go-to tended to be that drink. “How goes editing?”
Shouto takes a sip of his hot chocolate and then groans like he’s being skewered. Considering Hitoshi knows what that sounds like, given their career, he’s concerned. He sinks against Shouto’s cooler side as he settles on the couch, listening to the distant sound of Camie get ready for her patrol, some pop song playing aloud.
“That bad?” Hitoshi hums and takes a sip of his drink. He peeks at the laptop screen and almost chokes upon seeing the video paused on Shouto’s mid-sneeze, and then sputters when Shouto pinches his cheek in retaliation.
“I don’t deserve this slander,” says Shouto, a quiet pout forming on his lips, and Hitoshi snickers quietly, unable to smother his rising amusement. For someone so photogenic, Shouto could sometimes be the victim of the ugliest, hilarious photographs.
Hitoshi should know, given half his camera roll is full of them. The other half is cats, obviously, both his three rescues and the strays he happens upon during patrol.
“I’m just teasing,” Hitoshi says and leans in to kiss away the pout. Shouto smiles into it, but they break apart a moment later, so they don’t accidentally spill their drinks (or potentially ruin any laptops). “Now . . . what can I help with?”
Shouto takes a moment to think about it, a light flush in his cheeks. Hitoshi hides a growing smile with the rim of his drink, inwardly marveling at how adorable his boyfriend could be. “Nothing really,” Shouto says finally, setting his hot chocolate down on the coffee table. “I’m just doing some clean up before I post it on my channel. It’s just . . . tiring.”
Hitoshi cards fingers through Shouto’s hair, gently scrubbing the pads of his fingers against Shouto’s scalp. “How about a cuddle break?”
Shouto tugs Hitoshi closer in response, always a fan for cuddling. They end up sprawled on the couch, Hitoshi nearly purring like one of his cats as he’s pressed against Shouto’s warmth.
Yeah, Hitoshi thinks as Shouto presses a soft kiss to his forehead. This’s the life.
shoutos
CHILL VALO DAY W/THE ROOMIES ///// 2 HOURS AGO
[An emote of an expressionless Shouto with poorly photoshopped blue hair and a tiara bounces off the edges of the screen like the DVD logo. A few minutes later, the Sailor Mercury magical girl transformation music plays. The cam turns on to Shouto spinning in his office chair.]
iingso0: hi!!
CathJenny: helloooooooooo
bingsoon: missed u
hiro_twice: hihihi!!
winnve01: we missed you
Shouto slams his feet down. “Hello everyone,” he says. “Thanks for joining the stream. Today is Thursday, not Sunday, so if you’re here for my Conspiracy Corner please come back Sunday evening at 9PM JST." His eyes dart to the side, where he adjusts something. “Today, I’m going to be—”
“OI! SHOUTO! QUEUE UP!”
“—playing Valorant,” he continues, unperturbed. “Joining us will be my roommates Utsushimi Camie, who you can find at youtube.com/NotCamie, and Yoarashi Inasa, who you can find on twitch.tv/GaleForce.”
Behind Shouto, his door slams open. Camie stomps up to him, and peers at his screen. “I’on know if I’m going blind but it don’t look like you’re queued up. OR in the discord call.” She spares a quick glance at the chat. “Hey, simps.”
004382redx: she called us simps
peachiz: hi camie!!!
johnnos: simp nation that’s us
Shouto looks directly up. “I just started stream.”
“I don’t care. Get in queue. And stop looking at my double chin like that, it makes me self- conscious.”
“No.”
Camie heaves a long sigh, shoving Shouto out of the way to pull up the game herself. “I gotta do all the shit myself in this household,” she grumbles. “Y’all’s fave strimmer man ain’t shit, chat. 1s in the chat if I should get 50% of Shouto’s sub revenue, 2s if y’all hate women.”
HoloNtv: 1
cheffers: 1111111
dawnahh: gaslight gatekeep gtake shouto’s revenue girlboss
High_n0on: 11
Meanwhile, Shouto scoots back to the computer as Camie accepts the invitation to join the lobby, and then starts the queue. “Have you eaten dinner yet?”
“No,” she huffs, “I been busy as shit most of the day, I ain’t got time for basic human nourishment. Who d’you think I am?”
“Someone who’s going to go heat up some leftovers while we’re in queue?”
“Nah, I got snacks in my room. I’m chillin’.”
“No, go get some food,” Shouto sighs, nudging Camie out of the way, “I’ll get on discord, I’ve got it.”
Camie glares at him, backing out of the room without breaking eye contact. “You’d better.”
eightiesfan: mom friend shouto
fighting_thinkers: queen pls eat
peachiz: ahhhh what a good friend
Shouto rolled his eyes as Camie closed the door. “So,” he says, “right now I’m queueing up for a few games of Valorant with my roommates. Maybe we’ll play something else later, like Left 4 Dead or Genshin, but that depends on how badly we get beat down and how much caffeine is in the house.”
“SHOUTO! JOIN THE DISCORD CALL!”
Shouto sighs, and covers his mic. “I’M COMING!” he bellows back, joining the call.
“GOOD FUCKING JOB!”
He immediately mutes the call. “Anyways,” he says.
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soba cat 4lifers @sobacatt • 3mo
am i losing it or is this shadow siren
[Attached Image: a screenshot taken from Pro Hero Mercury [Todoroki Shouto]’s recent stream where the focus is placed on a blurred, moving silhouette in the background. Mercury is looking slightly to the side, having a brief conversation with the person offscreen with his mic muted.]
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mercury for #1 or we riot @mercuryy • 3mo
Replying to @sobacatt
yeah you’re losing it
it’s a good day to love sobacat @sobas • 3mo
Replying to @sobacatt
dont listen to the haters its definitely siren
new user @user265982 • 3mo
Replying to @sobacatt
who is siren??
SIREN NATION WAY @swabblues • 3mo
one day….. the truth will be discovered.
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. . . @chuwus • 3mo
Replying to @swabblues
thats not ominous at all
streaming in 5hrs @MERCURY • 3mo
Don’t forget, I’m streaming at 7 P.M. tonight with our fave cozy streamer @cozycats. We’ll be playing Stardew Valley!
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HERO CON ETA 9 WEEKS @DEKU • 3mo
Replying to @MERCURY
Shouto-kun…
This is your pro hero account…
streaming in 5hrs @MERCURY • 3mo
Replying to @DEKU
And?
HERO CON ETA 9 WEEKS @DEKU • 3mo
Replying to @MERCURY
ALFKHAKFG
you know, like nya? @cozycats • 3mo
Replying to @MERCURY
send your pr a gift basket
cozykit vp fanclub @cozys • 3mo
can someone PLEASE confirm that cozycats is gonna be at herocon
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spooky vibes @ilovechargebolt • 3mo
Replying to @cozys
i don’t think its happening
please @ me miruko @mirukoswife • 3mo
Replying to @cozys
we can dream bby
#3 HERO NERD @HEROHOURS • 3mo
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isn’t cozycats a gamer tho???
watch jjk @jjks • 3mo
he’s number one in our hearts
[QRT: #3 HERO NERD @HEROHOURS: isn’t cozycats a . . . ]
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the og cozykit @denkiwis • 3mo
Replying to @jjks
#cozycatsfornumberone
HERO CON ETA 9 WEEKS @DEKU • 3mo
Replying to @jjks
I support this.
SCREAMING @dekuuu • 3mo
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ADJKLFHADGF DEKU???
you know, like nya? @cozycats • 3mo
please stop nominating me for number one…
i am but a littol creture
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streaming in 5hrs @MERCURY • 3mo
Replying to @cozycats
can confirm
you know, like nya? @cozycats • 3mo
Replying to @MERCURY
shut up shouto no one asked u
streaming in 5hrs @MERCURY • 3mo
Replying to @cozycats
rude :/
you know, like nya? @cozycats • 3mo
Replying to @MERCURY
:/
owokittens reblogged mjdnight:
catfanatic
swabblues asked you:
is this cozycats?
no <3
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cozyfanclub reblogged cozyfanclub:
cozyfanclub
i cant believe i’m saying this but can someone please explain why there’s a theory that cozycats is the underground pro hero siren? y’all we’re gonna upset the shouren fanclub and i’m not prepared for their brand of crazy ok
shourenfc
bold, but true words.
also that theory is thanks to @swabblues!
swabblues
IM RIGHT
Y’ALL JUST DON’T WANNA SEE
shoutowos
tell me more.
swabblues
AKJLGHAKJDLHKJDFG PRO HERO MERCURY?????
cozyfanclub
there is a lot going on here.
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“Honey, I’m home!” Hitoshi called, walking into Shouto’s apartment.
“GOOD EVENING, SHINSOU-SAN!”
“Get out of my apartment!”
“Good evening, Yoarashi. Camie, I’m going to spit into your food.”
“How was work today?” Shouto asked, putting a wooden spoon as he tugged Hitoshi into a kiss. Behind him, Camie loudly gagged over the onions she was chopping.
“It was alright,” he said, peering over Shouto’s shoulder and into the stew pot. “That looks amazing. Thank you, house-husband.”
“Anything for my hard-working husband coming home from his 9-5 office job that definitely didn’t involve getting tossed into a streetlight, which, by the way, what was that?”
“Okay, first of all, I was not tossed , I was pushed , and second of all, you’re one to talk after that stunt you pulled last week with those—”
“Hey! This is not about me, this is about you, and you’re just deflecting because you know how embarrassing that was.”
“My friends,” Yoarashi boomed, “there is no need to fight. You are both embarrassing.”
“Wow, ok.”
owokittens reblogged ddandeleons:
ddandeleons
I’VE PROPOSED A NEW THEORY HEAR ME OUT ALRIGHT
We know that for all we make jokes and memes and shit, it’s a high possibility that Shouto and Siren are in a relationship. For one, UGH’s (Underground Pro Heroes) have their identities protected under the Hero Safety Act 2XX9 that passed like 32yrs ago, so basically anything identifying about them is literally scrubbed out of existence, and that includes their spouses/families, etc., because that could be used to identify them.
Hybrid UGH’s are a bit different (see Ms. Joke, Tsukuyomi, Cellophane, and Prism (previously Invisigirl) to name a few), but that’s for another post another day.
BASICALLY. I’ve crunched the numbers based on the evidence I know @swabblues, @pikachuwus, and a few others (im not @’ing everyone but u know who u are) have, and there’s a 85% chance that PHs Shouto and Siren have been in a committed relationship, possibly since their high school days. Why is this important, you might be asking?
That’s because of my theory:
THEY’RE MARRIED!
It makes sense if you think about it. Most couples get married (on average) after two years of dating. No one was surprised when Earphone Jack and Creati tied the knot after a year and a half of dating, or at Cellophane and Red Riot after their 3 years, or even Deku and Chargebolt!! They were only dating for SEVEN MONTHS!
[ though many fans think they’ve been dating for longer, and were only out for seven months, but that’s a whole other theory ]
tl;dr: sobacat is married and nothing you say to me will change my mind!!!!!
swabblues
OMG THIS WOULD EXPLAIN ALL THE MARRIED COUPLE JOKES COZYCATS AND SHOUTO MAKE TOO
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swabblues posted:
am i the only one that thinks cozycats is siren? yes? no?
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cozycats
WE DIE LIKE MY TURNIPS / / / 4 HOURS AGO
“Welcome, welcome, make yourselves comfortable,” the streamer named Cozycats greets his stream. One of his cats (lovingly named Menace ) lounges on the desk near the controller, simply vibing in peace, which the chat appreciates and showers the feline in praise. “Yes, Menace is going to join us for tonight’s stream. Yes, he’s perfect, I know.”
Most of the streamers’ features are hidden by a face mask, though with the high-end equipment, it isn’t difficult to understand him. He wears a hoodie to cover his hair, and his cat-eared headset is comically bright against the dark clothing. His headset has red and white swirls, designed with Pro Hero Mercury in mind.
“As you can already guess, today’s stream is going to be . . . drumroll, please,” Cozycats tells the stream, and the chat flows with emotes of a miniature Cozycats hitting a drum. After clearing his throat, the streamer continues with a dramatic: “. . . tarantula hunting!”
Cheering emotes flood the chat as the loading screen for Animal Crossing: New Horizons blinks. Cozycats hums along to the theme music as he enters his island (named: Cozy – hey, he has a brand, you know?), and his player exits his home, dressed in the dark brown ‘fall dress’ item, no shoes, and a bandage over his nose.
“Let’s get this bread,” Cozycats says as he equips his star-shaped butterfly net and goes on the hunt for wandering tarantulas. There’s no guarantee that said spiders would even spawn on the island, though, so he does some tasks here and there, chatting with villagers and continuing to decorate certain areas of the island.
He chats with the stream and his mod team while he does so, and manages to find his first tarantula of the night. He isn’t paying attention, currently trying to defend one of his villagers the stream decided to clown (“They are gorgeous to me, leave them alone!”), when the tarantula jumps out at him from behind, causing him to startle.
Menace hisses in complaint, and Cozycat winces at the unfortunate presence of claws. “Sorry ‘bout that, Menace,” he apologizes, petting the frazzled cat to help her calm down. His avatar blinks awake back at his house, and Cozycat takes a moment to crack his knuckles. “Alright, folks, the hunt is on.”
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From the phone records of Shinsou Hitoshi.
Today at 2:56 A.M.
CONTACT: beloved <3
im cold :/
you literally have a fire wuirk
quikr
QUIRK
*wuirk
dont test me
i have the power of caffeine and feral cats on my side
i am shaking in fear <3
</3
rude
[smiling_face_with_hearts]
Anywaes
u have like seven blankets how r u cold?
because we’re not cuddling
so: im cold
LOL
the touch starvedness jumped out
[eyerolling_emoji]
you’re more touch starved than me
says who
our therapists
RUDE
but
gimme like
ten min
no
im??? literaly???? in a boss fight???
:/ :/ :/
:/
:/
ur lucky ur cute
:D
shoutos
TEACHING COZYCATS HOW TO PLAY VALO ////// 8 HOURS AGO
“Why are you so nice to Cozy and so mean to us!” Camie shouted, aggressively adjusting her mic, “This is favoritism!”
“Discrimination,” Cozycats corrected.
“This is discrimination and favoritism, you bitch!”
“He’s nice to me, unlike you,” Shouto defended, “and also he makes me food. You never make me food.”
“You don’t like us because we don’t do things for you? Shouto, I thought we were friends,” Inasa said sadly.
“Actually, yes,” Shouto replied.
“I’m inting,” Camie said, “I’m gonna int so hard all of us’ll de-rank even though we’re playing unranked. We’ll just lose repeatedly for two hours straight and then feel like shit and it’ll be all your fault.”
“You literally just called me a bitch, how is any of this my fault.”
“Pop the queue,” Cozycats begged, “please, please, please, pop the queue.”
“Whoa, you don’t like to listen to us make conversation? Are you sure you’re not the bad friend here?”
“We invite you to our lobby, to hang out with us , and now you don’t want to be here?? I can’t believe it.”
“The disrespect. The audacity,” Camie sniffed. “Shouto, you have terrible taste in friends.”
“I already knew that.”
“HEY!”
The queue found a match, and Cozycats loudly sighed in relief as Inasa got cut off mid-yell. “Thank god, let’s start, let’s start, hey Shouto who should I pick to play?”
“Raze,” Shouto said, “she’s got a lot of grenades, so even if your aim isn’t great you can help defend or pre-fire corners.”
“I wanna see him ‘nade the shit out of the enemy team,” Camie said, “I agree with this choice.”
“Thirded!”
“’O...kay,” Cozycats, said suspiciously, “and this doesn’t have any hidden drawbacks, right? Like do the grenades do damage to myself?”
“Of course not, they’re your grenades, not the enemy team’s. There’s no friendly fire in this game.”
“Oh, ok then.”
—
TEACHING COZYCATS HOW TO PLAY VALO ////// 7.5 HOURS AGO
Cozycats, trapped in a corner by his teammates’ bodies, started screaming as his character got hit by a beam of light from the sky and slowly died.
“YOU SAID THERE WAS NO FRIENDLY FIRE?????”
Shouto, Camie, and Inasa, crying with laughter, stood in place so long that an enemy came up behind them and shot them all to death.
“You guys are the worst,” Cozycats hissed as the three continued to laugh, “the worst. I’m never playing with any of you again, consider our working relationship over with, I’m ending stream literally right now, you’re no longer invited to my sweet sixteen beach birthday barbeque—”
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From the phone records of Todoroki Shouto.
Yesterday at 2:16 A.M.
DM @too tired for this shit
the og siren fan
hi sensei
are u awake
too tired for this shit
its 2am, kid
everything okay?
the og siren fan
yes
i just have a question
too tired for this shit
it couldn’t wait?
the og siren fan
no
too tired for this shit
. . . What is it.
the og siren fan
i want to go ring shopping but idk where to start
or how to do it w/o the entire world knowing
ik you and mic sensei have hidden your relationship for years so any advice would be appreciated
too tired for this shit
how do u know i’m married to hizashi?
the og siren fan
i didn’t but ty for confirming <3
too tired for this shit
you’re so lucky i can’t make you run laps anymore
the og siren fan
:red_heart:
too tired for this shit
Anyways. Meet me here at 6 A.M. You already know his ring size?
[Location sent.]
the og siren fan
i do
ty sensei
too tired for this shit
It’s no problem.
And congrats, to both you and hitoshi.
the og siren fan
:smile_with_hearts:
too tired for this shit
Please stop.
the og siren stop
you love me <3
too tired for this shit
problem child.
shoutos
IT TAKES TWO W/COZYCATS //// 3 HOURS AGO
“Stop hitting me! This is why this marriage is failing!!”
“They’re literally just snowballs!”
“And??? You’re hitting me with them!”
“You can hit me with them too!! That’s the point of the minigame!”
“I can’t believe this,” Cozycats said as the scoreboard displayed Shouto’s score as a handful of points above his. “Devs, I’ve found a problem. My score is lower than it should be, please fix this.”
“Oh, and now you’re accusing the devs of being the problem. I see how it is, you just don’t know how to take a loss.”
“I’m not taking this from you! You’ve been proposing a divorce for this entire game!”
“And??”
“Actually, never mind, I get it,” Cozycats said, staring at the mustached Book of Love leap out from behind a door and attempt to give the two relationship advice. “Let’s get a divorce, I hate this guy.”
“Exactly! But actually though, these two characters are actually so messed up. I know the point of the game is probably to get them back together, but honestly neither of them are good parents,” Shouto sniffed, affronted. “I’m probably a better parent to Menace than these two are to their daughter, and I don’t even live with him.”
“You are,” Cozycats assured him. “Menace loves you, somehow.”
Shouto leaned into his microphone, outraged. “Somehow?? ”
“He loves you for the treats you bring. It’s your money, not your personality.”
“Wow, that just sounds like you’re projecting. Are you only in it for the fame and my subscriber count?”
“Wow, are you trying to call me a clout chaser? You’re so rude, and we’re definitely getting a divorce after this.”
“Literally bet.”
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It hits Hitoshi sometimes, the fact that he’s essentially been in love with Shouto for almost five years. They’d reconnected sometime after they graduated U.A., ending up on the same rescue mission. As they were graduates from the notorious ‘Nightmare Class,’ they ended up in the same hospital room once it was over with. It was history after that, once Hitoshi made joked that they were ‘following Midoriya’s footsteps.’
They discharged themselves earlier than the medical team advised (a tribute, of sorts, to their old homeroom teacher), and grabbed coffee at a nearby coffee shop. Kaminari liked to joke that it was their ‘first date,’ even though it really wasn’t. Their first date followed almost a month after the mission, after long nights spent texting and swapping memes while Hitoshi patrolled the streets.
Shouto had taken Hitoshi to an exclusive cat café—one where the waiting list was nearly six months long—and then to a dessert tour through Kyoto. Hitoshi, on their second date, had taken Shouto to museums, knowing it was something the man had never gotten to experience in childhood, and ended the night at a festival.
Nonetheless, it’s been four years and nine months since (but who’s counting, y’know?) they decided to have a relationship. Sometimes, Hitoshi wonders about taking those next steps in their relationship. Wonders about weddings, and days spent together with the one he loved. Wonders about sleepy nights on the couch, with some Studio Ghibli movie in the background.
Wonders about the overall domesticity of living with your spouse.
His spouse.
He knows Shouto often thinks of the same; sometimes, when they’re curled up together, Shouto carefully observes the ringless fingers on his hand. They’ve discussed marriage various times once they hit their third year in their relationship, days after the excitement of Jirou’s and Yaoyorozu’s wedding faded. Many of their close friends have nudged the topic as well; Hitoshi distinctly remembers Kaminari wiggling his eyebrows at them over a glass of champagne during some charity gala.
A poke on his cheek pulls him away from his thoughts. “Spare change for your thoughts?” Shouto questions, breath warm against his forehead, and tightens his grip around Hitoshi’s waist. “You’ve been staring at the same meme for almost ten minutes.”
Hitoshi looks at the meme on his phone (something Sero had sent the group chat at four in the morning), and snorts. “That’s not enough change.”
Shouto quietly chuckles, and the soft sound warms the pit of Hitoshi’s stomach. His toes curl at the thought of being with Shouto for the rest of his life. “No discount for your boyfriend?”
“No,” says Hitoshi, and then he turns around to see Shouto’s pout. Smiling, he leans in to kiss it away before breaking apart, their noses brushing. “But I will because you’re cute.”
Shouto sniffs, imitating Monoma’s often imperious posturing. “As one does.”
“I’m going to throw you off this bed.”
“Your cuddling privileges? Revoked.”
“ Rude.”
Shouto’s eyes crinkled in warmth. “It’s a little something called ‘the consequences of your actions.’”
Hitoshi laughs and stares at Shouto with the sappiest expression ever. He’d be embarrassed if Shouto weren’t currently looking at him as if he’d hung the stars. “I love you,” Hitoshi whispers. If Bakugou were there, he’d hiss and grumble about them being ‘lovesick extras.’
Shouto draws him in for another kiss. “I love you, too.”
[Three photos of four different cats in various states of chaos. The first photo has two of the cats entangled in yarn, the second photo has another cat (suspiciously similar to Menace) perched on the counter, eyes hauntingly bright as they stare at the camera, and the last photo is of a cat on their back, toe beans on display.]
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love is found in the toe beans <3 #cats
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chuwus: YOU HAVE CATS???
uravity: THEY’RE SO CUTE OMGGG
mercurynumberone: I didn’t take mercury for a cat lover but it makes sense.
ddandeleon: omg wait are those siren’s cats :eyes:
user21: not this shouren bs again
ddandeleon: let me live my life dammit
Mandalay.Official: so cute!! did u adopt or were they rescue?
swabblues: Wait….. is that menace???
[A photo of Menace curled up on the couch, a Switch console propped up on the cats’ side as it displays the Cozy Grove game’s loading screen. A shadowed silhouette could be seen in the distance, hair mostly hidden by a cap as they exit the room.]
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you already know.
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DUMBHOURS: BABEY
chaii: ooo are you streaming cozy grove next??
cozyys: i love u
cats my beloved: omg omg omg whose that in the background
iceteas: why yall so nosy for
sobacats: u act like u don’t wanna know
iceteas: i mean…
swabblues: i think im hallucinating
swabblues: is this not one of the cats on mercury’s last post???
pikachuwus: I think everyone is hallucinating
rrr.edriots: can everyone please leave cozy alone,,,
cozycats
REACT WITH ME AND MENACE //// 12 HOURS AGO
Cozycats stared at the post, motionless. Then he heaved a large sigh, and put his face down into Menace’s fur for almost an entire minute.
xyz_lowdown: is he ok??
cristalene: bruh literally what is this
mcfallin3960: lmao same
Lifting his head back up, Cozycats sighed again. “Guys. C’mon. I know you enjoy making things like this, but please don’t do this,” he said, scrolling past the fanart of himself and another streamer leaning in for a kiss. “It’s none of your business who I like or date, and you’re just making it weird for everyone involved. Stop it.”
Virgil_xXx: oh god not the shippers
25sheeps: fucking creepy
tenelino: i mean as long as it’s not totally accessible it’s not really that bad
“Ok, ok, no dogpiling in chat. Mods, timeout people being rude.” He went to rub his forehead, before aborting the movement halfway through. “Look. It gets public and ends up affecting the streamer or whoever no matter what, so I don’t want to see any of it.” He switched off of Twitter and onto his normal background. “And that’s all I’m going to say about it. Anyways, since I’m not in the mood anymore, we’re going to do my Genshin dailies, since I haven’t done those yet.”
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mitchii
Look, I didn’t want to be the one to say this, but ever since Cozycats and a few other streamers who watched his clip addressed the whole shipping culture thing, I feel like this is a good time to drop this since some of ya’ll are getting too comfortable with constantly pressuring and harassing public figures about their relationships.
STOP SHIPPING STREAMERS.
PRO-HEROES TOO, FOR THAT MATTER.
It doesn’t matter that they’re public figures. It doesn’t matter that their chosen careers have an inherent lack of privacy built in. It doesn’t matter that they’re not minors (not that that’s historically mattered to plenty of ya’ll). It doesn’t matter that they share stories and secrets and feelings with you, because none of that gives you the right pester them about or impose relationships that may or may not exist on them.
Bypassing the fact that a lot of them have expressed how uncomfortable they are with shipping (see: this tweet by Pro Hero Eraserhead concerning minors, this tweet by Pro Hero Miruko, this clip from the Esports org Grandax podcast, this clip from variety streamer Siniko, ad nauseum), it’s just not our right to try and presume things about public figures, and then go on to bother them about it or make potentially uncomfortable content that they have no control over about it.
And if none of that convinces you, consider that it could also very likely ruin the relationship you’re pushing for so hard. Prominent figures such as popular boy band Fighting Lights and vlogging group Low Down have publicly expressed how the intense and almost fanatical shipping of them and their friends have made it uncomfortable to interact with them not just online, but also in private (here and here). I don’t want to be the person to presume why some of these groups have broken up, but it’s safe to say that the extremely large number of shippers could very possibly have eroded friendships, causing them to have separated earlier than they might have.
Just because they’re freely putting their relationships with other public figures out there for people to observe and as content to consume doesn’t mean that they’ve completely given up their right to privacy. They’re still people with their own lives, and regardless of how public their relationship with others is, it’s not your place to speculate or try and force it on them just because you enjoy the interactions and chemistry between them.
This has been a PSA.
15,389 notes source: mitchii #shippers #shipping #gamers #gaming community #streamers #proheroes #prohero community #parasocial relationships #tldr; stop bothering people about their relationships it’s weird
shoutos
VARIETY DAY W/NO ONE. IT’S JUST ME ////// 1 HOUR AGO
“So, what do you guys want to do next?” Shouto asked. “I don’t really care, as long as it’s not League. Which I won’t play.”
FadeFlame: ranked valo!!
Ina_Ngo4: whatever u want king <3
jardvano: genshin
Six7485: have u seen that post abt real life shipping bit.ly/3ajW98ha
“Real life shipping?” he asked, opening up the link and scrolling through the post quickly. “Oh yeah. I don’t really get it? It's kind of weird? And it always devolves into a lot of sexual fanart or fanfics or whatever.” He clicked out of the post. “Anyways, I’m seeing a lot of Little Nightmares 2. If it’s multiplayer I could probably find another person, but I also heard it’s not? Is there not two main characters?”
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LMFAOOOOOO HE ACTUALLY DON’T GIVE A SHIT
HE REALLY JUST SAID “yall weird.”
[attached is a clip of Shouto’s perspective on shipping]
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as he should!!
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actually goated take from the candycane man tho
“Hey,” Hitoshi murmured, throwing himself on the couch and slumping against Shouto’s shoulder.
“Hi,” Shouto replied, continuing to type.
“What are you doing,” Hitoshi asked, eyes closed.
“Momo found a new organizational app and I’m moving a bunch of things over to it.” He paused. “You good?”
“I’m gonna take a nap. Keep talking.”
“Okay. Well, the app is kind of terrible at being formatted, but I downloaded a template some Youtuber made, and once I finished setting up everything it was pretty much fine. Now I’m making a few sub-pages to the two original pages I have— one for my schedule and weekly tasks, and another to keep track of my sub-pages of personal things, like grocery lists and things to watch, and—”
—
A couple hours later Hitoshi shifted, abruptly swinging off Shouto’s shoulder and onto the couch arm. “Ugh, that was such a bad idea. My neck’s going to be disgustingly sore tomorrow.”
“Good evening,” Shouto said, amused. “Ready for dinner?”
“No. Yes. What is it?”
“Leftovers from the past few days because I was stuck as your pillow for the past two hours.”
Hitoshi yawned. “Damn. Wait.” He sat up straight. “Do we still have more of that curry?”
“I think so?”
“Ok never mind I’m ready for dinner,” he said, jumping off the couch and hurrying to the kitchen. “Do we have rice?”
“Not basmati rice, but we have jasmine,” Shouto said, rummaging through the glassware. Setting a bunch of plates on the table, he brushed past Hitoshi. “You feeling better now?”
Hitoshi grunted in agreement as he spooned curry into a bowl. “Yeah, just tired of sponsors.”
“Huge mood. Tell me about it?”
[A photo of Todoroki’s silhouette as he looks at a display of rings, though an emote from his stream has been photoshopped over his features. In the background, one can see what looks to be Pro Hero Eraserhead, observing another set of rings for Todoroki.]
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shoutos: im going to kill u.
chargebolt.: IM SORRY
PRO HERO MERCURY’S ENGAGEMENT?
--Hero’s Archive
TWO DAYS AGO
A scoop brought to you by your most favorite journalist (read: me) in the matters of our Top 20 Pros, I’ve uncovered knowledge that Pro Hero MERCURY (Other Alias: SHOUTO) has been spotted in a jeweler. An establishment that focuses on customized wedding rings, one should note. It’s a high-class boutique that has seen many a celebrity, Pro Hero, and, on one occasion, royalty, walk through its’ doors when they’ve decided it’s time to pop that question.
Which, in MERCURY’S case, brings about another: just who is the lovely future spouse in question?
MERCURY is notoriously tightlipped about his private life, even if one might think he’s an open book considering he’s a member of the Nightmare Class. Twitter User swabblues (along with an entire dedicated fan club that has, in fact, been running for almost five years) believes that MERCURY’S spouse is an Underground Pro Hero (Pro Hero SIREN) . . .
Much to the surprise of literally no one, Hitoshi doesn’t really pay attention to articles and what’s trending whenever it’s about him or one of his friends.
“Aren’t you worried about it?” Momo asked, twirling her straw through the boba in her drink, “this is all that people are talking about concerning you. Isn’t he eventually going to notice, even if it’s through people making comments in his chat?”
Shouto shrugged. “Nah. He’s already told me that he’s mostly stopped reading his chat, and plus his mods are pretty good at banning the more rude or persistent chatters, who are mostly the ones asking in the first place. He doesn’t read his Youtube or Instagram comments either. I guess he might see something on Tumblr or Twitter, but he’s been pretty busy lately so I don’t think he’ll see anything there either.”
“He’s probably just going to assume it’s a meme,” Kyouka added, “you know how he is.”
Momo sighed. “I do, but I don’t get how you can be so calm about it when it’s so out there.”
“I mean, there’s not much I can do about it now,” Shouto said pragmatically, “trying to prevent him from streaming or looking at social media would only make him suspicious and more likely to look at it. Besides,” he flushed a little, and tried to continue casually, “pretty soon I won't have to worry about that.”
Momo and Kyouka simultaneously made excited noises, Kyouka almost knocking over her boba tea in the process.
“Are you doing it soon?? When???” Kyouka whisper-shrieked, bouncing in her seat. Eyes wide, Momo nodded furiously in agreement.
“Okay, you have to promise not to tell anyone,” Shouto said, hushed, face still faintly pink, “but I was thinking about—”
[The first image is of a beach taken on the sunrise, the edge of a blanket on the lower part of the frame. The second image is of a picnic style breakfast with a basket of chilled champagne. The last image is of two clasped hands, one of them with what’s clearly an engagement ring on their finger.]
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chargebolt.: see! it all worked out!!
shoutos: im still going to kill u.
chargebolt.: fair enough
izukus: AHH CONGRATS SHOUTO!!!!!!!!
tenyas: Congratulations on your engagement, Shouto-kun!
uravity: I WANT DEETS
alien.queen: GIRL SAME GIVE US THE TEA!!!!!!
aizawa: good job kid
yama: SHOU OUR KIDS ARE GROWING UP IM SOBBING
aizawa: sob quieter im trying to nap.
From the phone records of Shinsou Hitoshi.
Today at 3:15 P.M.
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