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✿ Monday Sneak Peaks ✿

The Best Revenge Chapter 43 | ShikaHina ✿ Ongoing

The conference room door opened back up. Hinata glanced up, expecting to find Gaara having forgotten something, but it wasn’t him. It was his sister, Temari. Oh. She must have the next meeting time slot. “I’m sorry, I am leaving.” She closed the bag and pulled it up onto her shoulder. “Wait.” Temari held her hand up and stopped her before she could pass her. “Can we talk?” Hinata paused, startled by the request. “I guess.”

Better Late Chapter 24 | SasuHina ✿ Ongoing

Hinata would text him back. It would eat at her. That’s just how she was. He hated that he was relying on that part of her personality for his hope. ‘I’ll give you some time. Just text me when you are ready.’ The message turned red. ‘Message could not be sent.’ She blocked him. Maybe he was wrong about her.

Hard Feelings Chapter 1 | SasoHina ✿ Ongoing

“You’re not in a very good mood today. I’ll leave you be.” Hinata dipped her head as she took her tea back to her office. Sasori’s perfectly painted eyebrows twitched together in irritation. He didn’t understand her. Why was he created like that? Why would she want this? Why would she allow a poor mood in the first place? What was his purpose? If she only wanted a companion, why make him unpleasant to her? Why bake in all the irritations that come with a normal human? Why did she create him?

The Yakuza and Miss Bunny Chapter 09 | KisaHina ✿ Ongoing

Hinata tried to push it out of her mind and tilt her head up a little higher. She didn't want to live in fear. She needed to build her confidence back up, just like she had done before. She wondered what Kisame was doing right now. She wished that she would have gotten his number so she could ask about his shoulder.

House Husband Chapter 14 | ItaHina ✿ Ongoing

Maybe he should bring something back for his mother. Red heels were always her signature look. It's what he'd always associated her with when he was young. If he wasn't mistaken, he may have gotten her a pair for her birthday once when he was a little boy. He wondered if Sasuke associated the same thing with her. Red heels and red lipstick.

A Kiss Between Strangers Chapter 35 | GaaHina ✿ Ongoing

Temari was sure that wanting to learn in his own interest was probably more healthy, but she would take whatever she could get to have him take on a hobby that he seemed to enjoy. Honestly, she found it incredibly cute. “I think that you really care about this girl.” Gaara glanced up at her curiously. “Cooking is a form of care. It's a form of taking care of another person when you're feeding them and making an effort to make sure that they have good food.” Temari explained her reasoning. Gaara tilted his head. “Do you use it like that?”

Riding Hearts Chapter 38 | Akatsuki x Hinata ✿ Ongoing

Hinata scrambled into her father’s office, slamming the door behind her and pushing a chair in front of it. It had to be in here. She jerked open her father’s desk and dug around. She struggled as she held a towel to her forearm. Blood was soaking through.

All Stories ✿ Completed Stories ✿ One Shots

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mschifknight · 1 year ago

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The Midnight Club - Season Two

I'm very disappointed that Netflix has decided not to pursue a second season of THE MIDNIGHT CLUB.

My biggest disappointment is that we left so many story threads open, holding them back for the hypothetical second season, which is always a gamble.

So I'm writing this blog as our official second season, so you can know what might have been, learn the fates of your favorite characters, and know the answers to those dangling story threads from the first season.

So for those of you who want to know what we were planning to do, here's a look at what would have been season 2!

AMESH Season 2 would open with Amesh, his glioblastoma advancing quickly. He would tell the first story of the season, but would be struggling to make it through. We'd focus on his love story with Natsuki for those first few episodes as it becomes clear that Amesh's death is imminent.

Meanwhile, Ilonka is trying to reconcile how she was fooled by Julia Jayne, all while falling further in love with Kevin, and she realizes he may be fading faster than he lets on.

Ilonka begins a serialized story in an effort to encourage him to "stay alive a little longer," like he did in season one. And the story she tells is... REMEMBER ME.

This was the thing I was most excited about for this season.

REMEMBER ME is one of my all-time favorite Pike books - it tells the story of a teenage girl who is pushed off a balcony, and awakens as a ghost. She has to navigate being a spirit while trying to solve her own murder. We would have stretched this story out over 5 episodes. We were going to use it as a vehicle for Ilonka to try to come to terms with the fact that she is going to die, and to begin to trying to wrap her head around being a ghost... but this is the coolest part... the lead character of Ilonka's story wouldn't be played by Ilonka. She'd be played by...

Anya.

Because this is how we live on, isn't it? In the minds of those we leave behind. And Ilonka would use REMEMBER ME as a way to imagine her dear friend Anya, waking up as a ghost, navigating the afterlife. And this sets up one of the best mechanisms of the show - even if a character dies, as long as they're remembered by members of the club, they live on in their stories.

As the story starts to pick up steam, though, the group will have to deal with the death of Amesh, which he greets with grace and bravery.

In his final moments, he sees someone in his room - the Janitor from the first season, as played by Robert Longstreet, who says comforting things to Amesh even though he can't respond.

In his final, final moments, the SHADOW descends upon Amesh, and he is engulfed into it, which reinforces the idea that the Shadow is DEATH...

With Amesh's death comes something that upends the entire thing: a NEW PATIENT. We didn't work out too much about who this would be, but it would be a new roommate for Ilonka. Someone taking Anya's old bed. Ilonka would find herself being initially cold to her - just as Anya was when Ilonka arrived. Even feeling like this new girl shouldn't necessarily be ushered into the Club. But of course they would develop a beautiful friendship over the course of the season. The new girl joins the club, where something else exciting is happening - Cheri is telling a story. We hadn't decided which one, but I think it might have been MONSTER.

Natsuki would be the next to die, which would be heartbreaking. And again, she would talk to the janitor just before it happened... and again, the Shadow would come in the final moments.

For Spence, though, things would take a different turn.

The advancements in HIV treatment in the late 90's would come into play, and we'd see his prognosis change. The HIV cocktail came out in Dec 1995, and we really wanted to explore that.

Spence would ride the swell of antiviral advancements, and by the end of the season, he'd no longer be classified as terminal. In the finale of season 2, Spence would leave Brightcliffe just like Sandra did in Season 1, heading off to manage his disease and live the rest of his life.

But onto the BIG MYSTERIES of the season one... here are some answers: What is up with Dr. Stanton's tattoo and bald head? Well, a few things. First, Dr. Stanton is actually the daughter of the original Paragon cult leader, Aceso. Her nickname was Athena, she wrote the Paragon journal that Ilonka found in S1. She turned on her mother and helped the kids escape, but because she was part of the cult in her teenage years, she had the tattoo.

It was her initials that Ilonka found carved into the tree in season 1 (her maiden name was Georgina Ballard, hence the G.B. that Ilonka finds carved in the tree).

She hated what her mother became, and the atrocities of the cult. She reclaimed the property after her mom was gone, and wanted to change it into a place that celebrated life. She was trying to undo her mother's legacy and leave something behind that was beautiful. She is wearing a wig at the end of S1 not because of a sinister reason, but because she is undergoing chemo. Dr. Stanton has cancer. Having helped so many people deal with disease, she now has to deal with it herself.

Her treatment would be successful, and she'd go into remission, but having to face that - while caring for the terminal kids at Brightcliffe - was going to be a very introspective arc for Stanton.

What about the Living Shadow? It's Death, right? Well... no.

At the end of the season, Kevin will die... followed shortly by Ilonka. And as she is dying, two things will happen. First, she'll find herself talking to the Janitor, played by Robert Longstreet... and she'll make a discovery.

HE is Death. And nothing to be afraid of. It turns out no one else ever saw this character. Stanton has a cleaning service, and the Nurse practitioners make up the rooms - the only people who ever saw this mysterious Janitor were the patients. He is Death, and offers them kind words before they die. Then what was the Shadow?

This is an idea we take directly from the book REMEMBER ME, and we'll see it play out in the final moments of Ilona's final tale. In Pike's book, Shari is pursued by a dark entity called The Shadow. When it finally catches her, though, it turns out it is not a bad thing at all.

The Shadow is THEMSELVES. It's the Unknown. As it engulfs someone, in the last moment of their life, it takes them through a place of understanding and catharsis, preparing them for the next step.

THIS is what happened to Anya in S1 when the Shadow finally reached her - that's why she fantasized a life beyond Brightcliffe, which ultimately let her find acceptance of her death. It looks different for everybody, depending on their mind-set - because it is simply an extension of themselves.

The Shadow is just the final catharsis, a return to our original form - it is a moment of true understanding, and once we experience it, we move on to the next place.

We see the Shadow in full effect when it finally comes for Kevin. KEVIN DIES with Ilonka at his side, and it leads to the biggest reveal of the season:

Who were the Mirror Man and the Cataract Woman?

They were Stanley Oscar Freelan and his wife, who built Brightcliffe (fun trivia, he is named after the real-life Freelan Oscar Stanley, who built my favorite hotel in America - the Stanley Hotel. The Stanley is also the inspiration for THE SHINING!).

But more than that... there's a reason that Ilonka only sees Stanley in the mirror, and sees the Cataract Woman whenever she looked at Kevin. This is something else we took from Pike's original book... these aren't ghosts, but glimpses of PAST LIVES.

Ilonka WAS Stanley Oscar Freelan, and Kevin WAS his wife. They've lived many lives this way, and are true SOUL MATES - they always find each other, and they always fall in love. In this life, they knew it would be a short one, so they agreed to find each other in the house they built. They've been "remembering" who they are, and glimpsing their former selves in reflections, and sometimes when they look at each other. This is also why Ilonka's very first words to Kevin in S1 were "Do I know you?" and why Kevin thought she was familiar as well. They are two souls who always find each other, again and again.

The story is this: Stanley was dying, and built this cliffside home hoping that the seaside air would help him. It did, and he far outlived his prognosis (this is also true of the real-life Freelan Stanley). However, his wife began to succumb to dementia.

She would wander the halls, looking for him ("Darling!") and would even forget to feed herself ("I'm starving...") and she eventually refused to leave the basement. Heartbroken for her, Stanley painted the walls to resemble the woodland view, and the ceiling to resemble the night sky, so that it would be a little more beautiful for her.

He also painted a labyrinth on the floor, which was a technique used to try to curb the effects of dementia. She'd walk the pattern of the maze and it was believed it could help her cognition. Eventually, she developed frightening cataracts, but Stanley loved her through it all.

They were soul mates.

So while they seemed scary in season 1, that was just how Ilonka and Kevin's mind were trying to remember their pasts. We even had their faces distorting in ways consistent with how memories degrade over time. When the Shadow comes for Ilonka, and gives her this understanding - this "remembering" - she realizes she has nothing to fear. She and Kevin will shed these personas and be reborn, and have the joy of finding each other another way. The Shadow comes for her, Death takes her gently, and Ilonka goes off with Kevin back into the cosmos, ready for their next incarnation. The series would end with Cheri telling this story to a whole new table of patients, including our new series leads. Most of our original cast now would exist as stories, a story told to the next "class" of storytellers at the table, all of whom we will have met by the end of the season. A story called "The Midnight Club."

Well, that's it... that was what we had in mind. It's a shame we won't get to make it, but it would be a bigger shame if you guys simply had to live with the unanswered questions and the cliffhanger ending. I loved making this show, and I am so proud of the cast and crew. Particularly our cast, who attacked this story with incredible spirit and bravery each and every day.

But for now, we'll put the fire out, and leave the library dark and quiet. To those before, and to those after. To us now, and to those beyond.

Seen or unseen, here but not here.

I'll always be grateful that I got to be part of this Club.

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mschifknight · 2 years ago

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💖 Thank you for all these beautiful moments dear @katarinahime 💖 I'll always remember you 🙏🏽

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mschifknight · 2 years ago

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happy birthday to the blueprint

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mschifknight · 3 years ago

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Makes my heart flutter

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mschifknight · 3 years ago

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Ducklings Part One

I saw a video about ducklings last week and sure enough, this happened. I doubt it will be more than two maybe three parts. Not my best work but it is after all just for fun. :) Sasuke and ducklings? Yes please.

It was a ridiculous situation.

He stared at the rain pouring down and the puddles growing on the side of the leaf strewn sidewalk. A river had formed, small but powerful at the curb and sitting in a huddle together were what appeared to be dirty little balls of lint. Except for when they moved, and occasionally a small duck bill fluttered weakly in the half light of evening.

God damn it.

Keep reading

#read later

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mschifknight · 3 years ago

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mschifknight · 3 years ago

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hii!!! i was wondering if you know any fics where hinata gives up on waiting for naruto or just naruto realizing his feelings to late?? thank you!!!

oof 😢 here you go!

Hinata tries to move on AU

“Naruto’s Weakness” by Satoorihoya - Rated E for fun smut, Modern / College AU, Two-shot. In which Hinata sought out for someone new and Naruto disapproves it.

“A Prior Engagement” by @mmmbuttery - Rated G and very fluffy, Canon-Divergent, One-shot. Hinata's on a blind date - and guess who crashes?

“The Loving Type” by @peppercornpresses - Rated M and featuring gorgeous accompanying art every chapter!!, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Ongoing. “...So you got over that...guy?” Naruto asked. “Mm-hm.”

“Why would innocent little Hinata be out dressed like that?” (One-shot) and its follow-up “On Any Given Day” (Long One-Shot) by @utsus - Rated T, Canon-Divergent. Hinata tries to move on from Naruto, right when he realizes he wants to keep her.

Naruto Realizes His Feelings Too Late AU - Heavy Angst!!

“Duplicity” by GoldKing - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. Uzumaki Sakura wants to know why Hinata's children are blond.

“Road to Redemption” by averagejane497 - Rated M, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Complete. Naruto's made a lot of mistakes in his life, especially concerning the women he loves. Maybe this time he can get it right.

“My Favorite Night” by @peppercornpresses - Rated M, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. Hinata harbors deeper feelings for Naruto after three years of being his roommate. When he starts dating Sakura, Hinata decides it's in her heart's best interest to turn the other way, and leaves Naruto for good with a heart-breaking secret in tow.

“Arranged Marriage AU Take 2″ by @magmawrites - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, One-shot. A canon divergent fic in which The Last never happened and Hinata Hyuga was promised to another.

“April - Too Late/Missed Opportunities” from “Still Falling for You” by @chloelapomme - Rated T, College/Modern AU, One-shot. After her 3 years away for college, Naruto decides to confess.

“In Another Life” by theGeneralissimo - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Complete. In which Naruto listens to his mother’s advice and marries a girl like her. And lives to regret it.

#read later

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