#//Cade Hunting Season

[barricade2007]

You have tempted fate and lost. M!A enjoy your week-long heat cycle. <3

........

Welp, it was a good run. He's promptly blocking everyone on everything, and he'll suffer in silence.

[supernatural-bias]

what sonas do on road trips? :]

fun ask concidering i'm currently in the process of flying out to paris

tracker—

he can't drive, so he's condemned to the front seat. refuses to give that position up no matter how much scout whines of soldier threatens to shoot him with his rocket launcher. tracker is one of those people you think is sleeping the whole car ride, but in reality he's just sitting and chilling with one of snipers spare sunhats over his eyes until the whole thing is over

shrimp—

bro has never been on a road trip on his life. he lives in the heart of the city. public transport his one true love. if he ever did go on a road trip, he'd be complaining the whole time or taking control of the radio whether everybody else wants him to or not. also probably has to stop to use the bathroom every five minutes. idiot

puck—

he's used to touring nations with the band on tour busses, so puck spends a lot of the time on the road going over new song ideas and adjusting lyrics. when he's not chilling on a couch with someone as the bus rattles from underneath him, he's hard at work on the next upcoming project. he's got a job to do after all

cru—

the last road trip he tried to take (pre-season three at least) ended with his rental car exploding and getting stuck in the middle of oklahoma. safe to say he doesn't go on very many road trips if he can help it.

quinn—

drives. he loooooves driving. enjoys the scenery, both city and country side, so driving is his way of soaking that all up. also enjoys getting to control the radio and talking with whoever's in the car, even if most times they just want him to shut up and keep driving

ezra—

one doesn't hunt with the winchesters for so long and not get used to the feeling of cramped legs and long hours in a car. most of the time ezra does what he always does; talk about the latest cade they're all after, ask dean to turn the radio up, or pass out with his cheek pressed up against the window. he's a simple guy

[bluestar22x]

Chapter 1: Found

Alien Son - Chapter 1: Found

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Series Summary: Unbeknownst to him, Cade was a product of an experiment with the goal of raising a super solider. Saved from that fate by his adoptive parents, he is still hunted. Eventually, as it always does, his past catches up with him, though now there's another plan for him, one he could've never imagined.

With the help of friends, Cade must escape his captors again, resuming his life on the run in hopes of finally ending it once and for all, before another generation of his family line has to suffer the consequences.

Rating: 18+ series (explicit content, sensitive topics)

Chapter Word Count: 1,300(ish)

Series Warnings/General Info: Science fiction, mpreg (due to fictional science), violence, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, friendship (found family), romance (male x female), eventual love scene, violation of autonomy (by the antagonists), cloning, inter-species relationship (sort of - Cade is part human/more human than not), xenophobia, alien super human abilities

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Cade Dalton was being followed. He was certain of it. It was too dark of a night to see whatever or whoever was on his trail and the long dirt road to his rented home absorbed sound too well for him to hear his stalker through the wind, even with his sharp senses, but he had that primitive sensation of being watched. The hairs on the back of his neck were standing at attention.

He cursed under his breath, and picked up his pace, wishing for the millionth time that day that his rusty 1993 Chevy Lumina wasn’t in such rough shape that he’d needed to bring it to the local mechanic. Of all nights to be pursued, it had to be the night he was without a ride. To make it worst, he’d left his handgun in his safe as well.

Cade silently chastised himself for being so careless. Every time he slipped up in some way, he exposed himself to being taken by them. Whoever they were. His parents had never revealed names to him. They’d been too afraid of what he’d do with the information at the time. They’d thought they’d always be there to protect him. He only knew that the mysterious they his parents were running from, were protecting him from, belonged to a wealthy corporation somewhere in the southern U.S., and that they were hunting for him because he was special. Gifted. More like cursed.

Like a prey animal, Cade’s eyes darted left and right, his pulse quickened, and he geared up to bolt at the sound of leaves snapping nearby in the dense forest along the path. But before he could, a deer’s head popped out of the brush yards ahead of him and swung around to stare at him.

Cade felt his adrenaline crash at the sight of the doe, and he burst out laughing, clutching at his stomach with one hand. Somehow, the creature was not alarmed by the sudden loud noise being admitted from him. She only stared in his direction and flicked her ears around, more curious than cautious.

Once he’d composed himself, Cade combed a hand through his thick, short dark hair and shook his head at his tawny companion. “You are much braver than you should be. You do realize it’s hunting season, don’t you?”

The doe snorted a response at him and trotted back off into the woods. As she did, Cade exhaled loudly, and did his best to shake off the remaining physical repercussions from the surprise encounter.

“Get a grip,” he muttered to himself at the sight of his trembling hands.

It had been a full decade since an attack from the corporation’s hunters. For all he knew they’d forgotten about him or simply given up. Maybe he’d finally hidden too well and too far away. Maybe they had more important things to focus on.

But maybe it was just wishful thinking.

Turning a corner on the road, Cade reached his driveway. At the end of it was an old, but cozy looking log home. It had been his rental for the last month. He was hoping to get another couple of months out of it before moving on.

Cade approached the front porch and climbed. When he reached the only door in, he took one last wary glance at his surroundings, then unlocked the door and slipped inside. He immediately relocked the door behind him and flicked on the kitchen light. He wasted no time heading into his bedroom to swap his tool belt for the Glock in his gun safe that was hidden under his bed. He loaded some rounds in it and strapped it to himself before returning to the kitchen to heat up some leftover pizza he’d bought at a gas station the previous night.

The microwave had just beeped when Cade heard one of his tin trashcans tip over outside on the porch. He stiffened. It’s probably just a raccoon, he thought reasonably. But it was better safe than sorry. He pulled his Glock out, flicked the safety off, and held it in both his hands at ready as he slowly approached the front door.

When he opened the door, he quickly scanned his surroundings. He saw nothing too concerning. There was no sign of someone or something being out there, except for his tipped over trashcan.

Maybe it was the wind.  

Cade shrugged to himself and applied the safety back to his gun before sliding it into its holster. He bent to pick up the wayward trashcan and to throw the trash bag that had flopped out back into it. He was reaching for the door handle again when he felt a slight stinging sensation in the side of his neck. His left hand automatically flew up to the area and he felt something metal with a soft tip sticking out of his skin. He tugged on it, and it fell out.

It was a silver tranquilizer dart with pink fluff on the end. 

Almost immediately after pulling the dart out, Cade started feeling the effects of the whatever drugs it had injected into him. Fear gripped him as he suddenly felt like a ton of bricks. He stumbled, trying to fight the effect, to get inside to safety, but quickly collapsed and fell unconscious.

Out of the shadows of the trees, a bearded man twice as bulky as Cade strolled towards him, a dart gun slung around his right shoulder.

“He’s down,” the shooter shouted.

A scraggy, scarlet haired man who was a few years younger than Cade emerged from behind the cabin.

The shooter sighed impatiently as the significantly shorter man fixed his glasses and opened the silver briefcase he was carrying. Inside were a handful of test tubes, needles, paper, and other things the bulky one could not identify.

While waiting for his coworker to prep, he studied Cade’s face and frowned. “Weird. You’d think an alien kid would look more…you know, alien. He doesn’t even have Spock ears. You sure this is the right guy, Percy?”

“Adam was genetically engineered to look like a human,” Percy explained. “Besides, his mother had shapeshifting capabilities. So even if he hadn’t been, he’d have likely been able to blend in perfectly anyway.”

“Still finding it weird to think they’re among us,” the shooter said wryly, poking Cade in the ribcage with the barrel end of his shotgun.

“Just him now, as far as we know,” Percy told him as he drew blood from Cade’s forearm. “What’s left of the rest is at our lab.”

He proceeded to inject the drawn blood into a blood tube and cap it before snapping the tube into a small handheld metal device that looked like nothing the shooter had seen before.

“What’re ya doing?”

Percy glared up at him, annoyance in his pale eyes. “You’re paid to shoot, not ask questions.”

The device beeped and he glanced down at the screen. “Yep, perfect match. This is definitely Adam. I need you to get him in the car.”

The shooter grunted. “You’re not going to help?”

Percy snorted. “Who’s the one here who’s got at least fifty pounds of muscle on him? It’s definitely not me.”

“This kid doesn’t have a ton of muscle or fat on him, but he’s gotta be only a couple inches shorter than me and it’s a ten-minute walk to the car. Any help would be useful.”

“Throw him over your shoulder and deal with it.”

The shooter flipped him the finger, which Percy ignored, then did as instructed. “Oof. Let’s get going then, before he wakes up.”

Percy nodded, buckled up his briefcase, and followed his coworker into the forest.

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[uwlmvac]

Thanks to Jim Theler for this week’s post –

A LATE WOODLAND (EFFIGY MOUND CULTURE) WINTER HOUSE BASIN: Keeping Warm in Frigid Winter

December 2022 brought a true winter blizzard propelled by the weather phenomenon known as a “bomb cyclone.” Below-zero air temperatures and sustained winds of 20-40 mph dropped wind chills to -40 F. Prolonged outdoor exposure was life threatening. Most of us were fortunate to be cocooned in warm dwellings with a predictable heat source and good winter attire. Even so, it was a frightening situation--and for some people, a fatal one. Especially for people in rural settings, in an emergency, help might or might not be on the way.

So how did people survive harsh Midwestern winters centuries ago? The Cade 5 site in Vernon County, Wisconsin, offers an intriguing possibility. The site is attributed to the Effigy Mound culture, an archaeological term for peoples who constructed a stunning array of animal/spirit-shaped burial mounds in western Wisconsin and surrounding areas during Late Woodland times, ca. A.D. 750-1050. Archaeological studies have provided insights into daily lifeways of Effigy Mound related peoples. There is good evidence that they were heavily invested in hunting and gathering wild plant and animal resources (wild rice, fish, and deer) harvested on a seasonal cycle across the landscape. Corn horticulture appears to have developed rather late during this time, and corn is thought to have been a lightly used supplemental resource.

Effigy Mound related peoples sometimes used south- or east-facing rockshelters during cool-season deer harvests and camped along rivers or lakes during the warm season. They probably built houses similar to a traditional Ho-Chunk house type called a ciiporoke (pronounced chee-POE-doe-kay). These rounded, wigwam-style structures, made of bent saplings covered with bark sheets or cattail mats, would have been suitable for a wide range of conditions. (For a photo of a ciparoke, see https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM64092.)

A house basin found in 1996 at the Cade 5 site (47Ve643) in Vernon Co., Wisconsin, raises another possibility for winter— a covered, semi-subterranean house that might have served as an emergency shelter during severe cold snaps. An apparent house basin (Feature 3) found beneath the disturbed plowzone soil was 11.5 by 13 feet in area and 30 inches deep. The bottom had fire-cracked rocks, a projectile point, and a few pottery sherds attributable to the Effigy Mound culture. Several feet away was a large hearth (Feature 1), partially excavated in 1995, that contained 600 pounds of burned limestone (dolomite) rock lying on a bed of oak charcoal. Radiocarbon samples dated both Features 1 and 3 to about AD 1000.

The excavator (Jim Theler) was initially unsure about purpose of the basin, but he now thinks it was a winter house for extreme cold weather. It might have had a flat or low dome covering. Hot rocks brought in from the outside hearth would have warmed the interior without the smoke produced by an interior fire. Similar “winter” houses of a “keyhole” design, with long, narrow entryways, were excavated at Late Woodland sites in Dane County, Wisconsin, by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

[kiss-my-freckle]

Fans getting specific with each season of The Vampire Diaries, so I’m gonna let ya’ll know what I think of each season. 

Elena sleeping in a coffin meant more focus to the Salvatore relationship. That said, I loved having Elena in a coffin during the time in which she was. 

I loved the first four seasons just as they were. Should you read my master post on the sire bond once I get it finished, you’ll understand why I actually love that storyline for Delena. I loved Shane and the whole cure for vampirism storyline, so I’m good up to the end of season 4. 

Season 5 is a problem for me. I didn’t give two shits about Silas, Amara, and Tessa. I hate Markos and the traveler storyline. I hate Katherine taking over Elena’s body because as far as I’m concerned... they played that one too many times, to the extent I felt it unoriginal and viewed it as downright lazy writing. Why come up with something new when you can just go with what you’ve already done, right? 

The ONLY good thing about season 5, is Damon’s storyline with Enzo and Augustine and his spiral. This includes Damon being a ripper after being injected with the ripper virus. I absolutely love seeing him as a ripper. We saw Katherine’s power over Damon in season 2. Because that power shifted to Elena soon after, we had to see Elena’s power over Damon. That’s why I enjoyed watching him spiral. Season 5 into season 6 is gorgeous. I absolutely love season 6. 

Jo and the Gemini shit is where it becomes a problem for me. I don’t give a damn about Gemini witches, and I sure as hell don’t like Alaric with Jo. I would’ve preferred Alaric pick up where he and Meredith left off. Kai is the only interesting part of the Gemini storyline. The rest of them can bite it. I loved the prison world storyline with Damon and Bonnie. I loved watching how everyone dealt with the loss of them. I loved watching Elena fall in love with Damon all over again. I loved the storyline surrounding Liz’s death, and I absolutely loved Caroline without her humanity. 

Most of season 7 sucks as far as I’m concerned. Rayna and Bonnie was the only storyline I liked. I didn’t give a damn about Lily, Julian, and the heretics. Enzo being attracted to Lily was downright dumb. Steroline was the only thing worth watching, aside from Damon being Damon. I absolutely hated the three-year time jumps. They were the most annoying thing ever. I hated Matt and his fiancee and all that crap with them hunting vampires together. For me, the biggest disappointment of the series... that of season 7. 

Sybil and Seline were fantastic. Season 8 was great for what it was, but it could’ve been better, and simply stretching it to a full season would’ve allowed for it to be. Everything felt rushed because it was so short. If it were me... Cade would’ve lasted three more episodes, Steroline and Defan would’ve had more screen time, Alaric would’ve had a flashback montage to go with his little speech about how they became a family, and the finale with Katherine would’ve offered more. Since they felt the need to bring her back for one last run, I would’ve given her two more episodes. That’s three for Cade and two for Katherine, which would’ve brought them to 21 episodes. The 22nd episode could’ve allowed for a single day in the life of human Damon, which I’m pretty sure fans would’ve liked. Even Stefan fans, who I’m sure would’ve liked to see what he sacrificed his life for. 

But yeah, their first four season are gold. After that, it’s a struggle for me. 

[encntada]

M U S E R O S T E R ! ( AS OF 10/21/2024 )

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS aanisah, aladdin (animated and live action), rug maker and seller and younger sister of aladdin, fc: golshifteh farahani

jennifer 'jenny' anne cade, the outsiders (musical, film and book), diner waitress and older sister of johnny cade, fc: n/a

josephine de chagny, the phantom of the opera (musical), missing viscountess masquerading as a opera chorus girl and twin sister of raoul de chagny, fc: taylor russell

camila charming, cinderella (live action), princess and twin sister of prince charming (kit), fc: jess alexander

aurora deetz, beetlejuice beetlejuice (2024), daughter of lydia and twin sister of astrid, fc: asha banks

juliet desrosiers, beauty and the beast (animated and live action), princess and younger sister of the beast (prince adam), fc: havana rose liu

nicolette danielle renata devereaux, princess diaries 2: royal engagement (2004), famous actress, socialite and younger sister of nicholas devereaux, fc: camila morrone

emily fitzherbert, tangled (2010), royal baker and younger sister of eugene fitzherbert, fc: grace caroline currey

annelise josefine hubermann, the book thief, laundress and combat nurse and third and youngest child of hans and rosa hubermann, fc: ellise chappell

princess amina luna magnifico of rosas, wish (2023), singer and musical prodigy and the only daughter of king magnifico and queen amaya of rosas, fc: rachel zegler

anisette mellark, the hunger games (books and films), baker and peeta mellark's older sister, fc: cailee spaeny

september plinth, the hunger games: ballad of songbirds and snakes (book and film), aspiring television producer turned nurse and sejanus plinth's twin sister, fc: paulina chavez

elizabeth rose sanderson, hocus pocus (1993), protection witch and fourth and youngest sanderson sister, fc: n/a

wendy scott, yellowjackets (not caught up on season two), yellowjackets defensive midfielder and coach ben scott's younger sister, fc: maia reficco

fiorella tigelaar, wicked (movie and stage musical), twin sister of fiyero and winkie princess, fc: n/a

jane van dort, the corpse bride (2005), victor van dort's younger sister, fc: ella hunt

CANON MUSES (all canon muses are subject to personal headcanons) lillian "lil" ashlock, the hunger games: the ballad of songbirds and snakes, book and film compliant, fc: isabel deroy-olson

ella "cinderella" baudin, cinderella, disney, rodgers and hammerstein musical based, fc: brittany o'grady

johanna barker, sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street, strictly musical based, fc: maria bilbao

juliet capulet, romeo and juliet, canon compliant with influences from rosaline (2022), fc: isabella merced

annie cresta, the hunger games, films and books compliant, fc: n/a

esme cullen, the twilight saga, film and book compliant, fc: fiona palomo

regina george, mean girls (2024), musical based, fc: reneé rapp

betty schaefer, sunset boulevard, based on the alw musical, fc: auli'i cravahlo

lisa swallows, lisa frankenstein (2024), canon compliant, fc: kathryn newton

maría vasquez, west side story (2021), fc: rachel zegler

michelle "shelly" webster, the crow, 1994 film based, fc: whitney peak

carrie white, carrie, 1976 and 2013 film based, fc: sarah catherine hook

addison wells, zombies, canon compliant, fc: megan donnelly

sally, the nightmare before christmas, canon compliant, fc: ella purnell

[kmze]

Mythology-wise,how would u rank the vampire diaries seasons?

Interesing question! Okay here's my rank

Season 2: Solid mythology all around, the sun and moon curse being fake was a great twist, werewolves intro, transitions for vampires and werewolves explored, doppelgangers, Klaus and Elijah plus learning about rippers.

Season 6: Prison world was great, Gemini Coven insanity, anti-magic spell used by hunters and the introduction of siphoners and heretics. Again just solid all around everything made sense easy to follow.

Season 1: Love the macguffins, introduction to vampires, Bonnie's witch powers, Damon's powers seemed to change from the beginning but I'll give them a pass on first season kinks

Season 7: Huntress and phoenix stone mythology was great, season is disjointed by once that plot took over it was interesting. I really liked that the mark created a psychic link between hunted and huntress.

Season 3: The originals family backstory is great but the serial killer ring to Evil Alaric is too confusing and boring.

Season 4: The Five mythology was great and lifting the veil on the Other Side as well as Silas when he kept appearing as everyone. But the cure was convoluted and the sirebond can rot in hell

Season 8: Really liked the sirens and the creepy whistle, Cade was great pre bell ringing, good search for the macguffins, 100 witches house reveal. The criteria to be sent to hell was never explained well and boy do I hate the cure and the "it was Katherine all along" felt thrown in.

Season 5: Doppelganger curse/prophecy was good but Silas/Amara/Tessa was just commentary on the triangle of doom. The travellers and Augustine stuff was unbelievably boring.

[redrangermike]

Dwampyverse x Bratz

Well...I've kinda gotten into the Bratz universe lately and now I'm kinda thinking about who in the Dwampyverse would best suit each of the Bratz and the Bratz Boyz character wise...

Isabella would totally be 'Pretty Princess' herself Yasmin - the stylish Latina with a soft spot for animals and as evidenced in 'Operation Crumb Cake', Isabella can also do creative writing much like Yasmin.

'Cool Cat' Jade...that would be the scientific mind of the Dwampyverse girls and that's Stacy Hirano.

'Bunny Boo' Sasha...honestly, I wanna say that's Amanda Lopez. Rewatching Milo Murphy's Law, Amanda's kinda like the mom of the Murphy crew even more so than Sara - similar character trait to Sasha.

The last of the original core Bratz is the drama queen herself, 'Angel' Cloe and honestly...that's Candace. She freaks out at anything and everything, crushes on the cool jock Jeremy and do I even need to mention the outfits she went through throughout the series?

For 'Sugar' Phoebe - I think that would go to Melissa Chase, she's sweet, level-headed, mature...but she could also be 'Funky Fashion Monkey' Meygan as Milo's curse has her always hunting for the next adventure.

'Sugar Shoes' Dana...that's gotta be Lydia. Her style is very feminine and girly, just like Dana.

As for their respective boys...

Phineas is so Eitan 'The Dragon' - similar character traits with being a gamer, soccer player and a rocker...plus they have a princess Latina going after them.

Coltrane would be Dylan 'The Fox' - slick, stylish jock and musician, not much more to be said here.

Koby 'The Panther' - I think that would be Zack, especially in season 2 of MML. He became more outgoing as the show went on, his outlook on life became more easy going, he just reminded me of Koby after I watched the Bratz TV show for the first time.

Cameron 'The Blaze' - that would be the only guy who could keep Candace mellow and that's Jeremy. Just like Cameron and Cloe balance each other out, Jeremy does the same for Candace.

Cade 'The Viper' is definitely Milo - sporty, adventurous, easy-going...enough said.

That just leaves Thad 'The Shark' - that would be Bradley. While pessimistic, I think that Lydia would find a certain charm in Bradley she wouldn't expect. He also gives off this strange punk vibe that I didn't see in MML's first run.

[anon-e-miss]

Foster Egg AU: Is Jazz the creator of the egg and now frantically searching for his missing family? Slowly losing hope, because no egg could survive without warmth for that long, but trying at least to murder everyone who was responsible in making his egg a paperweight for a duke.

Jazz is looking for the egg but it's not his. It belongs to Cade and Rico. The single viable egg they've produced after nesting together for many seasons. They got battered, especially Cade, trying to protect it so Jazz is on the hunt.

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Masterlist

A list of my old writing that you can request I revise

Song Prompts

Meeting and Dating Headcanons~

Pretty in Pink

Andie Walsh

Duckie Dale

Blane McDonagh

Steff McKee

Sixteen Candles 

Jake Ryan

The Lost Boys

Paul

Dwayne

Poly Lost Boys

Edgar Frog

The Breakfast Club

Brian Johnson

John Bender

Andrew Clark

The Outsiders

Sodapop Curtis

Dallas Winston

Two-Bit Mathews

Rumblefish

Steve Hays

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Cameron Frye

Karate Kid

Daniel Larusso

Johnny Lawrence

Dutch

Heathers

Veronica Sawyer

Jason Dean

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Jeff Spicoli

Brad Hamilton

Better Off Dead 

Lane Meyer

Weird Science

Gary Wallace

Wyatt Donnelly

Dream A Little Dream

Dinger Holfield

Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure

Bill S. Preston Esquire

Ted Logan 

Dating Poly Bill and Ted 

The Princess Bride

Inigo Montoya

Interview with the Vampire

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Children of the Corn

Malachai Boardman

National Lampoons 

Rusty Griswold (European Vacation)

Cant Buy Me Love

Kenneth Wurman

The Chocolate War

Jerry Renault

Archie Costello

The Mighty Ducks

Fulton Reed

Dean Portman

Adam Banks

Les Averman

Porkys

Brian Schwartz

Anthony ‘Meat’ Tuperello

Tommy Turner

Tim Cavanaugh

Mickey Jarvis

Just One of the Guys

Terry Griffith

Greg Tolan

Dead Poets Society 

Neil Perry

Todd Anderson

Charlie Dalton

Knox Overstreet

Steven Meeks

Earth Girls are Easy

Mac

Combat Academy 

Perry Barnett

Waynes World

Garth Algar

Austin Powers

Austin Powers

Toy Soldiers

Ricardo Montoya

Good Will Hunting

Chuckie Sullivan

10 Things I Hate About You

Joey Donner

My Bodyguard

Ricky Linderman

Melvin Moody

Stand and Deliver

Angel Guzman

Something Wild 

Ray Sinclair

Three O’Clock High 

Buddy Revell

Intruder

Randy

Young Guns

Jose Chavez y Chavez

Billy the Kid

Doc Scurlock

Dazed and Confused

Benny O’Donnell

Don Dawson

Kevin Pickford

Randall “Pink” Floyd

Fred O’Bannion

Mitch Kramer

Ron Slater

Shavonne Wright

Dogfight

Eddie Birdlace

Ladybugs

Matthew

Goosebumps

Sticks

Freddy Renfield

Twister

Robert ‘Rabbit’ Nurick

Stand by me 

Ace Merrill

School Ties

Rip Van Kelt 

Chris Reece

The Untouchables

Eliot Ness

The Godfather

Tom Hagen

(Young) Vito Corleone

(Old) Vito Corleone

Goodfellas

Henry Hill

Little Shop of Horrors

Seymour Krelborn

Newsies

Specs

Near Dark

Severen

Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees

Scream

Billy Loomis 

Poly Billy and  Stu

Stu Macher

The Craft

Nancy Downs

Hocus Pocus

Max Dennison

Thackery Binx

Beetlejuice

Lydia Deetz

Adam Maitland

The Crow

Eric Draven

Ghostbusters

Ray Stantz

Aliens

Bishop

An American Werewolf in London

Jack Goodman

Sleepaway Camp

Ricky Thomas

Re-animator

Herbert West

Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling

Fright Night

Jerry Dandridge

Candyman

Daniel Robitaille

The Evil Dead

Ash Williams

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Harvey Kinkle

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Spike

Full Metal Jacket

Sgt. Hartman

Joker

Animal Mother

Pyle

Preference~ the boys with an s/o whose ex stalks them

Grease

Kenickie

Labyrinth

Jareth

Total Recall

Douglas Quaid

Requested “Would Includes” and Imagines/Fics~

Darry falling for Johnny’s sister

Allison Reynolds dating a shy nerdy girl

Starting a family with Cameron Frye

Making out with Cameron Frye

Cameron Frye comforting you when you’re upset

Getting drunk with the Ferris Bueller crew

Gary Wallace dating a tall girl

George Mcfly with a dominant flirty s/o

Comforting and being comforted by Will Hunting

Will Hunting having a crush on you

Being apart of the good will hunting gang

Armand with a virgin s/o (including nsfw)

Lestat and Louis dating a girl who loves horror movies

Making out with Duckie Dale

Duckie Dale cheering you up

Cliff having a crush on you

Making out with Cliff

Making out with Bryce

Bryce having a crush on you

The Lost Boys with an s/o having an anxiety attack + fighting depression

The Lost Boys with a sweet and innocent s/o

The Lost Boys with a curvy mate

The Lost Boys fighting with their mates

The Lost Boys dating a shy short girl

The Lost Boys taking care of you when you’re hurt

Getting drunk with the Lost Boys would include

David x Laddies older sister

Making out with Edgar Frog

Being Married to Archie Costello

Going to the beach with Archie Costello

Making out with Archie Costello

Darrys girlfriend landing a job at a local cafe as a singer

Making out with Kenneth Wurman

Being Cindys friend and Ronalds crush

Harold Sherbico having a crush

Kim Kelly dating her polar opposite

Neil Perry dating an artist

Making out with Charlie Dalton

Jealous Charlie Dalton

Jealous Knox Overstreet

A study date with Steven Meeks

Spending the winter season with Neil Perry

Comforting Charlie Dalton after he gets expelled 

The dead poets walking in on Charlie and his secret, shy girlfriend 

Simon Boggs having a crush on Laneys friend

Faking It-Cindy Mancini falling for the girl who paid her to be her friend

Spike having a crush on you

Steff McKee having a crush on you

Marko having a crush on you

David having a crush on you 

Paul having a crush on you

Dwayne having a crush on you

Dwayne x vampire reader who dresses like Stevie Nicks

Making out with Keith Nelson

Meat having a crush on Peewees sister

Admit it- Mickey Jarvis and his future s/o having crushes on each other

Being a part of team USA and meeting Adam and Charlie

Dwayne Robertson having a crush on you

Sleepover with Bill and Ted (including nsfw)

Being pregnant with Ted Logans child

Starring in the schools Romeo and Juliet with Ted Logan

Ted Logan asking you to be his valentine

Spending Valentines day with Steff McKee

Spending Valentines day with Steven Meeks

Spending Valentines day with Keith Nelson

Spending your first Valentines day with Bryce

Wishing I Was Her (Nick Andopolis)

If You Want Out Just Say It (Ace Merrill)

Going on the Ferris adventure

Going on your own adventure with Cameron Frye

Making out with Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd

Travelling back in time with Marty McFly

Tommy Devito dating a chubby artist

Years Gone By (Michael Corleone)

Sonny Corleone dating his opposite

Phillipe Gaston x reader~ Fairy Tale 

Being Fulton's sister and Dating Dean Portman

Comforting Todd when he’s upset

Being married to Bill S. Preston Esquire

Being married to Ted Logan

Spending Halloween/October with Knox Overstreet

Making out with Knox

A will they, won’t they relationship with Seth Brundle

Falling in love with Edward Scissorhands

Dwayne Hicks with an Android!Technician s/o

Private Joker dating an artist 

Jareth falling in love with you

Being married to Matt Hooper and going to Amity

The way you make me feel~ John Bender

Being in a long term relationship with JD

J.D. with a chronically ill s/o

Archie with a chronically ill s/o

Making out with Ted Logan

Archibald Craven falling in love

Andy Dufresne falling in love

Nsfw Headcanons~ 

Group sex with the lost boys

Sam Emerson

Threesome with Obie and Archie

Armand

Archie Costello

(sub) Archie Costello

Obie

Johnny Cade

Cameron Frye

Duckie Dale

Blane

John Bender

Randy (Intruder)

Joey Donner

Kenneth Wurman

Keith Nelson

The Dead Poets Kinks

Knox Overstreet

Charlie Dalton

Steven Meeks

Todd Anderson

Neil Perry

Gerard Pitts

John Bender taking your virginity

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Dinger Holfield

The Lost Boys

JD

Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd

Benny O’donnell

Fred O’Bannion

Cliff

Bryce

Johnny Walker

George Mcfly

Brian Moreland

(sub) Perry Barnett 

Bill S. Preston Esquire

Ted Logan

Randy Meeks

Michael Emerson

Nancy Downs

Ray Stantz

Egon Spengler

Spike

Angel Guzman

Sgt. Hartman

Brad Hamilton

Douglas Quaid

Chris (night of the creeps)

Sonny Corleone with a shy, virgin s/o

George Mcfly getting jealous and being dominant

Grease Monkey (Keith Nelson smut)

Sins of the flesh and matters of the heart (David x reader + Dwayne smut)

[theoriginofgossip]

Dearest reader,

It seems that while not much has changed for some around town, there are a few with quite a bit of news to share. Starting at the top, while Remy Snowbury has clearly been avoiding the soulmate season activities, our other heiress Josephine Tate seems to be unable to obtain an escort to any activity despite quite a bit of trying. She made plans for multiple events but was seen showing up alone to every event.

Speaking of events, while many were engaged in activities surrounding the circus last night, it appeared there was a small wedding on the other side of town. Curious indeed. I suggest you ask Valerie Green if you want more details-- and no, she was unfortunately not a bride. Someone needs to get on that. We all know she would have been too stunning to send on a private ceremony. 

Savanna Rowland and Alec Wilder seem to have gotten over their interest in other people and have been seen together acting very intimately and were even spotted doing the soulmate scavenger hunt together- and we all know that the people you decide to participate in soulmate season activities with are those that you hope to be potential soulmates. The gossip on that seems to be confirmed by the way Savanna hung all over him as if to show the whole town they were official, and the fact that they have been seen cuddling together inside Alec’s business. However, we all know that our esteemed Olympian is married and has been seen chasing Dylan Wilson since shortly after his arrival back in town, and those two were seen together in the café after hours. Though it is to be noted that he did reach out to Savanna first. This could mean bad news for his marriage-- though perhaps not, because Savanna has also been seen spending the night at Snowbury Manor with Remy himself, and they’ve been seen walking together late at night and we all know everything is of import at this time of year-- many would ask for a divorce based on these kinds of rumors, especially knowing that this is the second time he’s been involved in rumors about cheating and we still have our suspicions about him and Dylan. Meanwhile, despite talking to people about being on the road to recovery, alcohol was delivered to Nouveaux Rouge over the weekend. Don’t worry about him though, noble townspeople, because I can assure you that things are looking much brighter for him now than they did then.

Speaking of a brighter future, it looks like Saber Bellerose has finally gotten over her last scandal and has moved on from a teacher to a librarian. Clearly, this woman has a type. She has been seen with Jonah Carrol on multiple occasions, including what looked to me to be a date at the circus in which she won him more stuffed animals than he could carry while they laughed and ate fried food. They were then seen disappearing off into the dark of Miss Bellerose’s home, and they did not appear again until well into the next afternoon. I can even share a bit of a secret with you, dear readers-- Saber has called them official. 

This might be nothing, but there is no such thing in a town like Snowbury-- Jameson Reynolds was seen together with Cade Webster. Of course, they were at the circus and were soon joined by Sabrina Warner so it could be completely unrelated to soulmate season.

Snowbury newcomer Ruben Dario has been seen working harder than anyone else in town. Perhaps there might be those that argue different, but he has been seen riding his bicycle away from the grocery at all hours of the night. I’m not sure he sleeps. In other newcomer news, we do have a few new faces but nothing of mention has happened with them. So we would like to cordially welcome Mykel Reid, Diana Geum, and Bridgette Huffman to Snowbury.

[indelibleevidence]

The Blindspot Palindrome - Season One and Season Five

This is just from the first and last seasons, working my way in from the pilot/series finale to 1x23/5x01. Not actually in order, because I’m kind of bad with organisation. If anyone wants to make this clearer by making a chart out of it or something, please feel free. XD

And if I’ve missed anything, let me know. I’m sure there are things I’m not seeing yet.

Jane comes out of the duffel bag – goes into a body bag, both in Times Square.

The introduction scene between Jeller is referred to in the pilot and in the finale.

We see Remi in a church, shooting a fake nun – and then we see Jane in a church, kicking ass, at the end of the series.

Markos tries to betray Sandstorm and is shot down – Keaton tries to betray Tasha, but then Madeline, and is shot down.

Kurt has a discussion about Taylor Shaw with his father in season one, and the exact same discussion with him (with a different ending) during his hallucination in season five.

Kurt also tells Hallucination!Oscar in 5x05 he knows exactly who Jane is, and in early season one, he has the same conviction (but he was wrong then).

Kurt is injured by Cade’s bomb blast in 1x15, and is desperately worried about Jane in the aftermath, because she’s AWOL. Jane is shot in 5x05, and desperately worried about AWOL Kurt.

Allie gets pregnant with Kurt’s child at some point during their relationship in season one, or during a one night stand shortly after Jane is black sited (there’s no clear word in canon on when, exactly). Tasha gets pregnant with Reade’s child where season four becomes season five. Obviously, you can’t have a backwards pregnancy in a palindrome, so I guess they chose to make the conception dates palindromic.

Jane attempts to arrest Oscar and has to fight her way out of a burning barn. The team flee arrest in the season four finale/season five premiere, and their cabin gets exploded/burned by a drone (so burning buildings in both).

Mayfair dies at the end of season one. Reade dies at the start of season five.

Weitz arrests Mayfair at the end of season one, earning the whole team’s mistrust. He calls the team at the end of season four/start of season five to warn them about the drone strike, which (kind of) earns their trust.

Patterson loses David at the mid-point of season one. The team thinks they’ve lost Patterson around the counterpoint in season five.

Carter and the CIA are portrayed as villains in season one, and Jane is tortured for information by Carter. Keaton ends up betraying Tasha and the team at the counterpoint in season five, though his aim is to save his family. Both Carter and Keaton are gunned down by the season masterminds (or their lackeys). You could compare Keaton to both Markos and Carter in terms of how he died.

Carter recruits Zapata to spy on Jane. Zapata recruits Gregory Burke to spy on Madeline.

Kurt worries a lot about his family in season one (Sarah, Sawyer, Bill Weller, Taylor Shaw, though she’s missing). In season five, he worries a lot about Bethany.

Bill Weller has to be admitted to hospital for his terminal cancer in season one. Bethany ends up being admitted to hospital in season five.

Jane is tortured for information in season one. Kurt is tortured for information at a similar point in season five.

Fischer is introduced in season one as an impediment to Patterson. He’s back at around the same point in season five, to impede Reade and Zapata.

Agent Rose pops up in both season one and season five, but isn’t there in-between.

Orion is revealed (abstractly) in season one. Carter is back in a brief speaking role as a hallucination in season five, to mention Orion. I suspect they would have done more with this if they’d had time.

Patterson and Rich’s scavenger hunt in 5x06 clearly is a lot like 4x12, but before there was Rich on the team, Patterson followed David’s posthumous clues in 1x17.

 General season one/season five parallels that don’t really fit the palindrome (but kind of fit a looser themic palindrome, I guess?)

A Director dies at the end of season one and season five (and two, but that doesn’t fit here).

Weitz is being used by Madeline in season five in the same way Jane is being used by Sandstorm.

Sho Akhtar’s dancing and the Gardner paintings both feature in season one and five, though at different points.

Rich is helped to escape from FBI custody (successfully) by Boston in season one and season five.

There is an unknown player sending cryptic clues to the team in both season one and season five – in season one, it’s Sandstorm, and in season five, it’s Allie, Boston and Keaton.

The theme of season one is ‘you did this to yourself’ and the theme of season five is ‘you did this to us’.

Jane is helping Oscar to take down a ‘corrupt’ FBI in season one (even if it’s kind of under duress, to protect Kurt). In season five, she’s doing the same with a truly corrupt FBI, with the team.

Jeller pine for each other in season one – Tasha mourns Reade in season five. I only mention this because Jeller kind of parallel Repata as you work through.

Jane is carrying out missions for Oscar in season one, under the team’s noses, and in season five, Afreen, Weitz and Brianna are carrying out missions for the team in a similar way.

Allie supports Jeller even before she and Kurt start a relationship again… then in season five, Allie is the one who goes to bat for the team, recruiting Keaton and Boston to help.

[bluestar22x]

Chapter 14: New Orleans

Alien Son - Chapter 14: New Orleans

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Series Summary: Unbeknownst to him, Cade was a product of an experiment with the goal of raising a super solider. Saved from that fate by his adoptive parents, he is still hunted. Eventually, as it always does, his past catches up with him, though now there’s another plan for him, one he could’ve never imagined.

With the help of friends, Cade must escape his captors again, resuming his life on the run in hopes of finally ending it once and for all, before another generation of his family line has to suffer the consequences.

Rating: 18+ series (explicit content, sensitive topics)

Chapter Word Count: 1,570(ish)

Series Warnings/General Info: Science fiction, mpreg (due to fictional science), violence, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, friendship (found family), romance (male x female), eventual love scene, violation of autonomy (by the antagonists), cloning, inter-species relationship (sort of - Cade is part human/more human than not), xenophobia, alien super human abilities

— Don’t like, don’t read or comment! —

xxx

“Cade, we’re here,” a soft voice announced.

He stirred and peered out of Noah’s pick-up to see a darkening sky backing historic buildings that were whooshing by. 

New Orleans.

Cade lifted his head from his arm, which had been bent and pressed against the bottom of the passenger window to form a makeshift pillow and turned his head slowly on his kinked neck to see Kamilah looking back at him, a hand on his left elbow.

When their eyes met she dropped the hand quickly to her lap and glanced away to Noah, clearly trying to act casual but failing to do so. It made Cade wonder if she had feelings for him that went beyond friendship too.

“How far are we from the hotel?” she asked.

“It’s a ten minute walk from here,” Noah replied as he turned into a parking lot. “It’s on the edge of Bourbon Street. It’s more like an apartment than a hotel though. It’s got multiple rooms.”

“That couldn’t have been cheap,” Kamilah presumed.

“Nope,” he confirmed, popping the p, “But I convinced the program it’d throw the bad guys off our tail. Almost didn’t happen anyway though. Anything near Bourbon Street is always packed, especially now with Maris Gras closing in. Some celebrations are already ongoing. Can you believe that? It’s still over a month away from Fat Tuesday.”

Kamilah perked up. “Oh, can we at least go to a bar while we’re here? Please?”

“Maybe for a meal,” Noah said as they slid out of the truck. “I have to scope out the area first.”

She sighed heavily, clearly frustrated. “Of all times the opportunity arises, I find myself in New Orleans under witness protection. No fun.”

Cade pulled her travel bag out of the back of the truck and handed it off to her before grabbing his. “You’ve wanted to visit?”

“Ever since I saw it on a show I watched during high school,” Kamilah told him as they stepped in line behind Noah. They followed him closely down a busy street.

“It really painted the city as a magical place,” she continued. She nodded at an antique streetlight as they passed. “Especially at night. I can’t wait to look out over the city once it’s fully dark out. We need to at least see the streets from a roof while we’re here.”

“You’ll get even better than that,” Noah said over his shoulder. “The suite has a balcony facing the street.”

“I love you,” Kamilah blurted.

He chuckled and winked at her. “I know.”

She rolled her eyes and glanced back at Cade. “Do you have any place you really want to visit someday?"

He shook his head. “I’ve been many places in my life, all across the U.S. To be honest, I don’t have anywhere I want to visit. What I want most is a place to call home.”

Kamilah nodded at him, a sober expression on her face. “Do you have a place in mind? Once this is all over?”

“Somewhere with mountains,” he answered surely. He'd thought about this many times before, when he was on the road with his parents. “And seasons. I’m not a huge fan of the cold, but I like a white Christmas. And I like going through the cycle. You know?”

She pursed her lips and shrugged. “I’ve never lived anywhere outside Florida. We have two seasons. Hot summer and cool summer.” 

Cade laughed.

“Why have you never visited New Orleans before?” he inquired.

Kamilah sighed again. “I’m just one of those ten percent or so of people that never traveled outside of their state yet. My parents were homebodies and I’ve been very involved with local journalism. But I’d made plans. And visiting New Orleans was up there on the to visit list. And I don't know how to feel right now getting to see it, but not quite as I wished to."

Maybe we could visit again someday, Cade thought but left unspoken. It didn't feel like something a friend would say at that moment. Maybe because of the feelings that stirred up in him whenever she looked at him for longer than a second.

“We’re here,” Noah interrupted. He gestured towards a red brick building with many windows and flowerpots hanging from its second story balconies. It, like many of the surrounding buildings, appeared to have been built in the mid nineteenth century, but clearly had been updated a time or two since.

Noah held open the front door and waited for Cade and Kamilah to slip through before letting it slam behind them. “We’re on the second floor.”

He picked up keys at the front desk by the entrance and took back the lead, escorting them up a flight of stairs to suite 208.

The place was cozy. A small living room containing a single couch, a rocking chair, a flat screen TV, and a coffee table was to the right and to the left was the kitchen with a small island bar, four stools, and the usual amenities. Beyond that, three doorways led into two bedrooms and a bathroom.

Kamilah’s eyes were drawn immediately to the white balcony doors. She dropped her bag and started walking towards them, as if pulled by an invisible force. She unlocked the doors and opened them up to step outside onto the terrace.

Cade glanced to Noah, who headed towards the bathroom without a word, then followed her out.

“Nice night,” he commented as he wrapped his hands around the black metal railing before him. A mild breeze ruffled his hair as he twisted slightly so she was in his view.

She brushed a stray strand of her dark, flowing hair behind an ear as she watched the crowd on the street below them. “Perfect night.”

Cade found himself studying her. All of her. Everything from her big brown eyes, to her many curves, and long but sturdy legs. In the golden, sparkling lights of the city she’d wanted to lay eyes on for years, she was particularly radiant.

“Kamilah...,” he murmured.

She looked up at him with a small smile on her face. “Call me -”

“Kam,” he interrupted. “I know.” His words came out deeper and yet also softer than usual, amusement injected in them.

Kamilah’s eyes swept over him, quickly settling on staring into his striking amber ones. She swallowed hard as his gaze fell to her mouth, as hers fell to his. They soon found themselves closing the gap between them without thought, compelled to do so. Their eyes briefly shut and their lips brushed lightly together before they parted just enough so that they could read each other’s expressions. Cade wanted more, he felt it in his gut, and he knew Kamilah did too. It was there, in her soulful eyes. Yearning.

He didn't need anything else. He pitched forward, cupping the back of her head with one hand and pulling her towards him so they could lock lips. They kissed passionately, roughly exploring each other’s mouths, and as they did so, Kamilah wound her arms around his shoulders, drawing herself even closer to him at the waist.

They stood there, in each other’s embrace, for over a minute before she backed off, appearing to be ashamed.

“I shouldn’t have done that,” she muttered, more to herself than him.

“We did that,” Cade countered as he took a confident step towards her. “And why not?”

“Because of everything,” she said, her voice suddenly sharp. “Because we’re on the run together, because…”

“Of the baby?” he assumed, hurt.

Kamilah huffed and annoyance crossed her expression. “Of course not. Stop finishing my sentences.”

She leaned against one of the balcony posts and folded her arms. For the first time since the day they’d met, she appeared uncomfortable in his presence.

“Is this about your past relationships?” he inquired.

She sighed as she let her arms drop. “Noah told you?”

Cade hesitated, not wanting to throw their guardian under the bus. “Kind of. Look, I know we haven’t known each other that long, and I don’t know what your previous relationships were like in detail, but you know you can trust me, right? That I’d never hurt you on purpose in any way?”

She smiled slightly at his rambling and the kind expression on his face. “Yeah, I know.”

“So, why not?” he asked, arms raised and palms out. “There’s nothing stopping us from being together. Distancing ourselves if we needed space, now that would be more difficult.”

Kamilah snorted softly and fell quiet for a few moments. The silence made Cade nervous until she broke it with a small giggle. “Noah will be so annoyed with us.”

Cade's spirits immediately lifted and he strolled towards her, only stopping when their hands were brushing. “So, yes?” he questioned hopefully.

“Yes,” she confirmed, tilting her head up towards his as he bent a little so they could kiss again, long and slow this time. Nothing but sweet.

Cade could’ve stood outside on that balcony all night if it meant never ending that kiss, but once they broke apart for air, Kamilah plopped down on a metal chair by the open doors and patted the second one beside her.

He gladly took the seat she's gestured to and caught her beaming at him before they both stared out at the moonlit sky and the dazzling lights of the street below, a comfortable silence falling between them.

xxx

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[uwlmvac]

Thanks to Jim Theler for this week’s post –

RATTLESNAKE!

Many archaeologists who have worked among the rocky bluffs of western Wisconsin’s Driftless Area have encountered timber rattlesnakes. These snakes were once common and widespread in the region, but due to fear of this venomous reptile they were hunted for a cash bounty until 1967, and they are now relatively rare and confined to a few locations. Jim Theler and Suzanne Harris were showing visitors a rockshelter in Vernon County this past August when one of the visitors had an encounter of the very close kind, nearly stepping on a 50-inch timber rattlesnake at the shelter entrance. This beautiful animal was not aggressive and just gave its warning buzz-like rattle-- “Keep Away, Don’t Step on Me.” On average there is one rattlesnake bite every four years in Wisconsin, with only two deaths reported since 1900. Most bites occur when rattlesnakes are harassed or mishandled.  Luckily, no one (snake or human) was injured in this close encounter.

This particular rockshelter had been visited many times in past decades, and no rattlesnakes were ever observed.  In fact, it’s thought that a rattlesnake hasn’t been seen since on this property since the 1950s.  Theler and neighbor Loren Cade saw the snake again at the same location two days after the first encounter. Timber rattlesnakes are a Protected Wild Animal in Wisconsin, so Theler placed a call, and a DNR ecologist arrived a few days later to move the snake to a more remote location.

The DNR ecologist suggested that this 50-inch timber rattlesnake was probably a male and may have come from a den that was overgrown and no longer satisfactory for the snake’s life cycle. Moreover, late August is breeding season for timber rattlesnakes, so this one may have been searching for a mate.

One other species of rattlesnake, the eastern massasauga, was once common in the Driftless Area. This species is smaller than the timber rattler and is associated with moist lowlands. Today the massasuga exists in just a few locations and is Wisconsin’s most Endangered reptile.

[kiss-my-freckle]

I've seen a lot of comments regarding Damon's friendship with Alaric in the 8th season, so I'm clearing the air about it.

Alaric had every right and reason to kill Damon, fans should simply be happy in the knowing that Damon made his deal with Cade prior to his death. Matt wanted to kill Damon for killing Tyler. Alaric added to that, killing Damon for killing Tyler and for his children being placed in a dangerous situation.

Young, innocent children. Damon was hanging out with Sybil, Seline, and the twins. Even though he didn't help Seline with the abduction, Damon still could've fought her with the intent to return them to Alaric and Caroline. Rather than fight with the ientent to return them to their parents, Damon had them drive to a motel for the sake of making a deal with Cade.

Because Cade could've chosen the twins over the Salvatores, Damon most certainly put the twins at risk. He put them at risk, and did so for the sake of escaping hell. That's why Alaric killed him. Sybil outwardly admitted that Damon flipped his humanity switch when she first introduced him to hell. One glimpse was all it took, that's how terrified he was and why he was so desperate to make a deal.

So what you get is Cade agreeing to Damon's deal, then Damon's death that would've sent him to hell. The point. Had Alaric killed Damon before the deal, he would've went to hell. He didn't go to hell because he already made a deal to escape it. Terrified of hell, yes. But we're also talking about an Augustine vampire that was tortured for 5 years.

Damon understood Alaric's position.

"You know, at least Ric looked a little torn up when that stake went in my heart. And you looked pretty psyched. But I forgive you, Matty. You've had a lot of tragedy in your life. Here's the deal. Ric was just doing the parental thing, much like what he's doing upstairs right now. Do I want to kill him? Yes, but that's personal. This should be principle."

Damon's intention at their Christmas dinner is to kill someone for Cade. It's his job. Him wanting to kill Alaric isn't about his job, it's about their friendship. Of all people, Alaric should know Damon. He should've given Damon the chance to speak in his own defense. I say this because Damon only had two choices.

Damon's first choice would've been to fight Seline with the intent to return Alaric's children. This choice would've resulted in Damon's death because Sybil wanted to stop serving Cade, so she would've aligned with Seline. This would've resulted in Damon's death, and the twins woud've ended up servants to Cade anyway.

Damon's second choice would've been to do the selfish thing, and despite it being selfish, would've been the only way he could save the children. So what appears to be a completely selfish choice isn't, it's a two-for. It wasn't just Stefan, it was Damon who saved Alaric's children. That's the truth Alaric would've gotten had Damon been given a chance to speak. Instead, Alaric straight-up killed him.

Did this ruin their friendship? No.

"Did I ever tell you why I came to Mystic Falls? I was hunting Damon. He had killed my first wife. Then I found out he had turned her, and that was what she wanted. Eventually, I got past that. I guess I didn't have the energy to hate somebody forever. We've all made terrible mistakes in our lives. Done things that no apology can heal. But you just have to keep going. Try to find some new happiness. No matter how much you've lost. The strange thing is losing those people is what brought us together. It's how we found each other. It's what made us a family."

Here, Alaric put Damon in the family category. As he told Stefan earlier in the season, Damon is the closest thing he has to a brother. Despite this storyline with the twins, the dangerous situation they were put in with the sirens, Alaric trusted one of his daughters to live with Damon and Elena in Legacies. If you'd like to see the mention, it's in 3x9. Alaric has a conversation with Josie in front of Delena's home.

Stop saying Dalaric's friendship was ruined. Stop saying that Damon didn't deserve to get killed. Step saying that Alaric had no right to kill him. A real parent would put their children first, period.

[mathiaskillmaster]

Rebirth of the Dragon (After GOT / Daenerys Targaryen) Part 13

Westeros, beyond the wall

_ "Wait until I understand ... you want to go back to Winterfell to make sure everything is fine, just because you've had a nightmare?"

Tormund was more than perplexed as he saw his friend Jon, busy preparing a package in his tent, under the somewhat perplexed look of Ghost. Jon sighed as he rolled a fur so he could hang it from his bag and turned to his wildling friend.

_ "I know what I saw, Tormund ..." he said morosely "... It was not just a dream, I have the presentiment ...."

He kept thinking about it. Last night, a new nightmare than the perpetual assassination of Daenerys had come to fall in his mind, almost like a warning sent by some superior and invisible force. He had seen it as clear as crystal. Winterfell, reduced to the state of dormant ruin, black columns of smoke rising from behind the ramparts, the devastated streets and buildings, and above all, no survivors .... a real bloodshed, a bloodbath and tripe ..... and Sansa, cornered against a wall, isolated and helpless, in tears and trembling like a leaf, pleading with all her strength to a threatening shadow advancing slowly towards her, and coming to seize her cruelly to the throat .... a somewhat familiar shade, with two glowing blue eyes .....

_ "In this case, I'm coming with you." suddenly said Tormund, decided. Jon smiled but did not want to impose that on his friend.

_ "You don't have to come with me, I can do it alone."

_ "You know nothing, douchebag ..." Tormund laughed, giving him a strong but friendly pat on the shoulder "... I'm coming with you, whether you like it or not. And I'm not the only one.... "

He invited Jon out of the tent, to see outside a small group of other wildlings, all veteran hunters and warriors, having volunteered. Among the group was a particular member, especially in size. Mahr Gath Wuz Mahr Geth, or Mahr simply, a young giant, a female specifically, one of the few to have escaped the scourge of the Night King, and who joined very recently the group of wildlings when she had nowhere to go, her entire family having been killed by the white walkers. Her companion had also been killed by the ice creatures trying to protect her while their encampment was assaulted.

Dressed in animal leather clothing and furs at her size, sporting long, dusty black hair, small ears slightly twisted and pointed at the ends, a bony ridge above the eyes, and a hairless face and two wild brown eyes, Mahr looked almost like a giant teenager and was a little smaller than Wun Wun, whom she knew by the way and was very sad to hear about his death from Tormund's mouth. Jon had already met giants before, and had even made an alliance with the late Wun Wun, but it was the first time he saw a female of this people. He had however accept without problem the young giant in the camp. Mahr had quickly proved being a good huntress, despite her young age, knowing all the tactics to hunt in the best conditions, and her size and colossal strength were also very useful talents. Her equipment was not left out, constituting a bow made with a mammoth bone, arrows as large as javelins, and a sword whose blade as large as an adult man, had been forged by her with iron of poor quality but nevertheless very sharp, that she handled with a formidable force. Arriving to speak a few words of the human language, which she had learned while listening to the wildlings talk among themselves, Mahr had told Tormund to have learned how to handle weapons with Mag the mighty himself.

The wildlings departed respectfully as Mahr stomped forward, just ahead of Jon and Tormund, who nodded to her. On her shoulder, Mahr was holding a large sack of old cloth, containing her provisions and big enough to hold a whole adult man.

_ "Tormund .... Snow ...." Mahr pronounced in her feminine but still very cavernous voice, before showing a semblance of a smile and left to prepare for the departure. Jon accepted the arrival of this small group with him. Although trying to look pleased that his friends came with him, the young man was still haunted by this nightmare more than realistic, and that made him fear the worst for what was going to happen.

Essos, near Volantis

Good for nothing ..... shabby ..... garbage ..... these are the words he now heard every time he went somewhere to hope to find any contracts for him and his men. Cade was sick, furious, all mixed up in his mind in an invisible and foul molasses. At the age of 20, with his long, dark brown hair, green eyes and nascent beard. Inexperienced, he found himself hoisted one day to the rank of captain of the Golden Company, or at least some miserable remains that remained. As the second of Harry Strickland who trained him to become the new big captain of the company, Cade had heard of the fiasco that had occurred in Westeros, like many others. All the most seasoned and experienced men, killed in a few seconds, and Harry Strickland himself had not survived. The most powerful and prestigious army of mercenaries in the world, annihilated in a few moments like vulgar amateurs. Just thinking about it made Cade even more depressed and made him cringe.

After a final failure to seek contracts with Volantis, the disgraced young captain joined the wretched camp he and his men had set up in the midst of wild grass hills not far from the city. A little less than five hundred men, scattered in white tents, in a moribund silence that would have passed a crypt for a crazy party place. Locked in his golden captain's armor, Cade was walking among the tents, his men as depressed as he was, giving him brief glances and some reserved salutes. He also went to see the last ten remaining war elephants, locked in their pens and busy eating. Since they became increasingly degraded, the company had been forced to resell several of their war elephants in order to earn some money, but many of the remaining mercenaries had chosen to leave, considering that the Golden Company was dead. Only the most loyal had stayed with Cade, and he thanked them for that. He, the son of a slave, who at the age of six was sold to the company and in a way adopted by Harry Strickland, who saw in him the potential to become a leader.

"A leader?" Cade thought of it again, and seeing the miserable condition of the encampment of which he was the so-called leader, he almost wanted to laugh. Entering his tent in the middle of the camp, taking off his gloves and throwing them almost to the ground, he dropped into his chair behind his little desk, rubbing his eyes, blowing with fatigue. A man from the company entered the tent.

_"Captain?"

_ "What? What did you imagine?" Cade answered curtly, "... the same thing, no one wants to hire us, or even respect us!"

_ "Captain ..." the man insisted, not being offended by the almost aggressive tone of his captain towards him. "... you are summoned to the temple of Volantis, by the high priest himself, saying that a very important person must meet you."

_ "Who? And what can red priests want from me?" Cade asked, raising an eyebrow. The other mercenary shrugged slightly.

_ "I don't know, but he's asking you to come unarmed."

Cade was suspicious, and with good reason. Why should these strange priests and priestesses venerating a god of fire and light want to speak to him, a mere captain of a troop in perdition? He could refuse the invitation, but on the other hand, his instinct and curiosity drove him to go and see. And then, seeing what conditions he lived in, what more did he have to lose? He accepted the proposal and got up from his seat to get out of the tent and prepare his horse.

It took only a little less than an hour for Cade to reach the great temple of Volantis, after having crossed the city. The young captain, his white cape floating behind him in the light wind, set foot on the ground, to be welcomed at the entrance of the temple by two servants of R'hllor, one of them taking charge of driving the horse at the stable, and the other humbly demanding Cade to follow him up the many beautifully carved steps leading to the first imposing building of the religious building. As agreed, he had come unarmed, having left his sword at the camp, in his tent.

But as he climbed the steps in following the servant, Cade was suddenly surprised to see the light of day suddenly fall, and a giant shadow covering him. Looking up, he was flabbergasted by what he saw. A black dragon with dark scarlet wings, gigantic and uttering a titanic roar, was flying just above the temple, describing large arches in the air. Two more dragons flew with him, much smaller, but seemed to follow him as their leader. Cade remained paralyzed in front of this vision, which he thought at first to be a hallucination, but saw the servant also look towards the creatures, but did not seem at all surprised or intimidated.

_ "But .... but what does that mean?" Cade asked, unable to look away from the dragon.

_ "Come ..." the temple servant answered, bowing. "... she's waiting for you."

She? Who could be this "she"? Cade was more and more perplexed, but decided to continue. He followed the servant through many corridors and rooms of varying size, all bathed in that heavy and mystical atmosphere, as palpable as the air he breathed. He heard the echoes of prayers and other religious songs echoing through the walls of this giant temple, and it made him shudder.

Finally, the servant pushed two large doors decorated with flames and stepped aside to let the captain pass. Cade walked slowly and cautiously into this room, to find himself before another vision he never thought he would see one day and left him speechless.

In this large room with frescoes of flames covering the great majority of the walls, as well as two large braziers on each side, dancing with their scarlet flames, stood several people whom he did not know, all looking at him in silence.

At the foot of a large staircase of marble steps stood two men. The first was a thin man with a matte skin, very short hair and a stern face, standing upright like a statue, with his hands behind his back and wearing the very recognizable unsullied uniform, which Cade had seen many times before, knowing their reputation as great soldiers. The other man had a pale yellowish skin, slanted eyes, hair and a black goatee. He wore a dark blue tunic, a conical hat on his head, and held a large, supple wooden stick in his hand.

At the top of the steps was a bald, pale-skinned, tattooed-faced man with the characteristic outfit of a Rh'llor priest. Beside him, a young woman with brown hair and a warrior look, dressed in an armor whose symbol represented a kraken, a large gray coat, and a sword at the waist. A young female teenager with long, black hair, in a sky-blue dress stood straight and silent, and in the center, sitting on a chair, stood the person who caught Cade's attention the most. A gorgeous young woman with purple eyes and long, silver hair as a ponytail falling on her neck and wearing a long white silk dress and a silver dragon-shaped necklace around her neck. Her face remained closed, but she showed no sign of aggression towards Cade. Her gaze was filled with great strength and unparalleled determination, he could clearly guess it.

_ "You are in the presence of Daenerys stormborn, of house Targaryen ...." proclaimed the young teenager girl, who appeared to be her maid "... chosen one of the master of light, great khaleesi of the grassy sea, breaker of chains and mothers of dragons."

Daenerys Targaryen? Breaker of chains? The mother of dragons? Cade remembered having already heard of her, and of her war against the slavery empire of Slaver's Bay, which had been much talked about. He had also heard, through the mouth of one of the very few survivors of the company who had been able to join Essos after the massacre in King's Landing, that it was she and her big black dragon who had effortlessly swept the whole troop of Harry Strickland.

_ "You can approach, Captain Cade." Daenerys said without hostility. Cade swallowed, feeling a few drops running down his forehead and an irresistible urge to escape. But after reflection, he walked to the foot of the steps, between Grey Worm and Shen-Zoan, and having been educated, decided to bow respectfully to the mother of the dragons.

_ "I feel you're nervous, Captain Cade. Don't worry, I don't want you any harm." said Daenerys, having guessed on the young man's face, the stress that was invading him and that he was trying to conceal.

_ "It's just that ...." Cade replied "... your name is known to everyone now, ma'am, and in our company in particular, especially since what happened in Westeros, as you know. .... "

_ "Yes," Daenerys answered at once, without anger in her voice, "Queen Cersei had engaged the Golden Company to defend her interests, but unfortunately they were not very effective against Drogon. But very few creatures in this world can stand against the dragons in terms of power."

_ "Know, ma'am," said Cade, standing upright "... that Harry Strickland was a good man. He was like the father I never had and trained me to become the new captain after his death ... you imagine, I, a wretched little orphan from the slums of Braavos, destined to become the captain of the largest army of mercenaries in the world? It's true, the Golden Company has always sold at the most offering, this is the principle of every good self-respecting mercenary."

Daenerys felt the pride of those words when he spoke of this Harry Strickland and the Company. He was devoted to it, body and soul. Such determination for such a young man made her smile.

_ "It is true that you have destroyed our Company," Cade said, looking at the Targaryen girl straight in the eye, without fear "... but if your goal is to finish what you started, then kill me without further delay."

He seemed more than sincere in saying that, preparing for her to order Grey Worm to kill him with a dagger. But after long seconds of silence, she did nothing, just scratching her chin.

_ "You are mistaken, captain ...." she said simply ".... why would I want you dead? You didn't cause me any harm. I didn't bring you here to to kill you .... on the contrary .... I invite you and your men to join me."

_ "J .... join?" Cade raised an eyebrow, shared between the relief of not dying today and the curiosity of this request. Daenerys nodded slowly. Rising from her seat without a word, she walked down the stairs, escorted by Yara, to go down to Cade's level and stand right in front of him. She seemed to examine with her eyes the armor in pitiful condition of Cade.

_ "I got warned of your situation ..." says Daenerys "... the reputation of the Golden Company has gone up in smoke. No one wants to give you any contracts, and what remains of your army is agony .... I know that I'm the main one responsible, but what should I have done? Let the Golden Company decimate my troops and kill my dragon without reacting?... Captain Harry Strickland had the bad idea to sell himself to the wrong person ..... But you, Cade, I know you will not make the same mistake .... If you join me, you will never have need contracts to make a living and I'll make you the first captain of my new Knights Order."

Cade did not know what to say, shared between his attachment to what Harry Strickland and the Golden Company had brought him, and the desire to revive the army he had grown up in all his life .... The situation was more than critical he knew it ... Almost everyone was starving in the camp, and even the reserves for war elephants were falling dangerously .... If he did nothing, all would be dead at the end of the year. Hesitating between yes and no for long seconds, the young captain yielded.

_ "I accept your offer." was his answer. Daenerys smiled at that, and while Cade was about to kneel down in front of the Targaryen woman, she stopped him in his gesture and simply handed him a hand. Her goal was not to humiliate him, but to make a covenant. Cade then extended his arm, joining it to that of Daenerys, and both thus sealed this new covenant, under the gaze of the master of light. Yara smiled too, nodding to Daenerys that she had done well. However, Cade did not stay there, and placing his fist against the plastron of his armor and kneeling down, pronounced his oath.

_ "I, Cade, captain of the Golden Company, swear on my life and on my sword to serve you, Daenerys Targaryen."

Although she did not ask him, Daenerys was very pleased to see him do so, reinforcing her trust to him. Mira, the young maid, went down the steps and held in her hand a small box of carved wood, which Daenerys opened, revealing inside a small object: a gold brooch, to hung on a cape, and having the shape of a dragon spreading its wings. Taking the object between her fine fingers, Daenerys came to give it to Cade, who took it in his palm, admiring the magnificent work of the object.

_ "Get up ...." Daenerys proclaimed with a smile ".... Ser Cade, first captain of the Order of the Golden Dragons."