#<-i feel bad every time i tag her as julii because i know it makes sevro sensitive but it’s my organizational system

[insignificant457]

It’s so funny to me that victra has like…a normal job. Everyone else is either military or military adjacent, but she’s literally just the ceo of a huge shipping company, she’s not even in politics. Like sure, she’s former military, but she hasn’t been doing that in years until the war comes back to mars. Like imagine turning on the tv and you see footage of Jeff bezos beheading an enemy general. That’s what the citizens of mars were experiencing during the battle of Phobos.

[therandomfics]

Anniversary: 20

As spring rolled through New York and the ice and snow melted not only from the ground and trees, but from your shoulders as well, you found yourself trying to get out and meet new people. Not necessarily for dating, although you weren’t opposed to it entirely - after all, how long had it been since you’d been hugged, or kissed, let alone had physical intimacy? You tried to think back. It had a month since your divorce, plus six months of separation, plus the month that you’d left Sonny alone... eight months? And that was only because of the limited but enjoyable lip service you’d had with Sonny. 

You didn’t want to think about how long it had been since you’d had sex. The idea of opening yourself up to someone like that made you vastly uncomfortable. It reminded you of how you felt your freshman year of college and how you’d almost had a panic attack when you lost your virginity. Similar feelings took you over again, but you shook them off. You were an adult, a grown woman, beautiful and capable, and if a man wanted to rush you or shame you, he could piss off. 

In your attempts to meet new people, you’d struck up a friendship with the woman who lived beside you. You lived on the top floor of a house, essentially an attic transformed into a studio, and she lived in the next house over in a similar situation. Her name was Anna and she was close to your age. She worked in the city and trekked in daily, so you saw her mostly on the weekends, but you enjoyed her company nonetheless. She was witty and funny, always had a good story to tell, and always brought the wine when she visited you. It was a good friendship. 

“So, confession,” you began as you sat at her apartment one Saturday afternoon. You were both single but didn’t know each other’s stories just yet, so the topic of men was on the table at any given point in time. “I think I’m gonna branch out and start dating. I mean, not really dating. Nothing serious. Plus men are kind of stupid. I just don’t know where to start because there’s so many places online to look - and I know, online isn’t everything but I wanna screen them first if I can.” 

Anna laughed and filled your glasses up again before she pulled her phone out and hesitantly held it to her chest. “I was on Tinder. I thought we were too old,” she explained and you nodded in agreement, having had some interesting experiences of your own on that app. “But I met this guy a year ago and he’s really charming! I’m so surprised! He lives in the city, so sometimes I see him after work and we’ve actually spent the night together a few times. I deleted the app and so did he.. I mean I guess it’s getting serious?” 

You smiled and let out a laugh. “After a year? Yes, I think it’s time to get serious. That’s great, though! I’m happy for you! So you’re saying there’s hope on Tinder after all?” 

She nodded enthusiastically and unlocked her phone. “Oh. Wait. Well I was going to show you a picture but neither of us are on Tinder and he’s not really the selfie type.” 

“It’s okay. I’m sure if he’s gotten your attention he’s pretty handsome,” you said encouragingly. 

“He is! He’s tall and athletic, and smart, and sarcastic. He’s got really gorgeous eyes that I swear change color.. blue, green... so nice,” she swooned and took another sip from her glass. “I’m so glad I met him! We’ve worked near one another for a few years and didn’t know it. He said he’s just been out of a really bad relationship so it’s good we’re taking it slow. Actually, Y/N! Actually! He’s going to come over later tonight and stay. Won’t you please come meet him?”

You smiled and nodded, finishing your glass of wine. “Yes. I will! But that means I’m going home for a while so you can do whatever you need to before he gets here. Just text me, ok?” 

“Okay!” 

Although you were happy for Anna, you were jealous, too. You’d been on Tinder and OkCupid for nearly a month now and your only successes were in trolling men who thought they were God’s gift to women. One guy on Tinder sent you his address. You declined, politely, only to be called a whore. It was an entirely different world now than it was when you’d been dating - the era now known as BPS. Before Peter Stone. You had, though, been chatting with a guy you’d matched with on OkCupid. He was very articulate and humble, two traits you appreciated, but you were kind of bummed that for whatever reason, he only had one picture and it wasn’t exactly close enough to really see his face. Still, he was nice, and you at the very least appreciated having someone to talk to these days. 

And then, at the end of the day, there was always Sonny. Always. You hadn’t spoken in ages although you’d considered sending him a message nearly every single morning when you woke up and realized that you’d lost him. Maybe it was better that way? You’d reactivated your Facebook but you’d been hesitant to see if he was really in a relationship. You were quick to assume when you saw him post a picture of himself with a gorgeous female, tagging her and the works. Instead of investigating, you just unfollowed him. He wouldn’t know you were friends but he wasn’t visible to you anymore, and he wouldn’t know how angry you were with him for moving on. 

He had promised, and you reminded yourself of that every morning, about ten seconds after you thought about reaching out to him. He promised to wait forever and he hadn’t. What did he think, you were just going to run off with him into the sunset? This wasn’t a Harlequin romance. This was real life, and you had to sort your life out before you dragged him into your pit of misery. You thought you were doing him a favor, but apparently that wasn’t the case. 

The ding from your computer let you know that you had a new message. You were pleased to see that it was from your new friend on OkCupid. 

Brighton19: Hey, cubsarescrubs. One day you’ll tell me your real name. Anyway just wanted to let you know that I hope you’re having a great day. I spent the morning doing some volunteer work - does that get me brownie points? - for underprivileged kids. Thankful to say that they were all really appreciative and despite their hesitations at first, we grew on them. If you’re ever in the city and you see lime green bikes I bet we built them. How’s your day going? 

You smiled. He was so nice. It was weird, though, that he was from Brighton Beach. In your time in New York you’d never met anyone from there. 

cubsarescrubs: Alright I give. My name is Y/N. What’s your name? Or should I just call you Brighton? Sounds like you had a really productive day!! That’s great. I love that you’re part of outreach programs; that’s a really big bonus for you. My day is going well. My neighbor’s introducing me to her new boyfriend tonight so that’s.. fun? I mean surely I’ll be jealous but patience is a virtue and all of that jazz. Get it. Chicago.. all that jazz? Ok.. I’m going. 

Brighton19: Benjamin. But you can call me Ben. Actually if you called me at all I’d be happy. :) No pressure I’m only teasing. I won’t keep you, but I hope you enjoy your time tonight. I’m heading out soon myself, got some friends I’m going to meet up with and maybe if I can con them into it, head to see the Yankees. 

cubsarescrubs: Gross... to the Yankees. I fully support the White Sox though. 

Brighton19: Why? Your name says Cubs? I don’t know too much about baseball just trying to impress you.

cubsarescrubs: Well you know I’m from Chicago. Let’s just say I used to know a guy... hope he’s got herpes now. Probably does! Talk later! :) 

So Benjamin from Brighton Beach. What an interesting development. God, you hoped he wasn’t 50 and balding... if, that was, you ever decided to meet up with him. 

Another burst of inspiration hit you as you sat in front of your laptop, scrolling through the endless drama of Facebook. Maybe you needed to get over yourself. You typed in Sonny’s name in the search bar and then clicked on his profile picture to bring up his page. 

There it was, in plain view. 

Dominick Carisi Jr Detective at NYPD Lives in Manhattan, NY From Staten Island, NY ❤ SINGLE

Your heart stopped. So who was she? You picked up your phone to text him, but as soon as you did Anna called. 

“Hey.” 

“Hey! He’s here. He’s cooking us dinner, isn’t that great! So come over in like twenty minutes.” 

“I don’t want to interrupt your dinner, Anna.” 

“NO!” She laughed in the most giddy way you’d ever heard. “He’s making all three of us dinner, Y/N. See you soon! Can you bring another bottle of that cab? Thanks!” 

She hung up and you looked at the small wine rack on your kitchen counter. Cab, hmm? You slipped your flats on and grabbed your purse. It would have been quicker to take the car out of the garage and drive, but you didn’t want to arrive too early, so you set out on foot to the grocery store. Anything for Anna and her mystery man. 

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[hannibalcatharsis-zero]

My Top 10 Favorite Women Characters (no fuck this it’s 12 + mentions)

tagged by the awesome @darkcyradis,  thank you once more for all the tags :) This was the interesting one!

I'll be completely honest: the moment I read the title, I thought 'Well I think this will take me a while' because I normally memorize the male characters more. With a couple of exceptions, I had to think title by title and run the mental list of characters - quickly enough though the names started popping up and I broke the title rule.

So, I’d keep this short, but.

零

I will take after darkcyradis and actually pour in my Ruins, my original characters from my stories and they don’t count to the top cause they’re RUINS and they’re zero

零 Big Bloody Sister / Kira K

Kira is her pet name (her real name’s quite longer), Bloody Sister her title. Go figure :) 

I always thought her younger sister and major character in the story would be my pick, but I cannot overcome the surprise and love I’ve created for Kira’s unexpected mixture of ruthlessness, cruelty and power together with her self sacrifice and pragmatic responsability over her life and her family, mostly her children. And fuck she has 7.

零 Projection 

I fucking love Pro. I love everything about her, her wit and sharp tongue, her complete and utter comfort with herself and living in her skin, her hair, her piercings, her dark humor and interest in decadent life. I wish I’d write her more.

零  Amanda 

I love Amanda since the very first imagining in my mind and first letter I wrote what’s like 10 years ago. Pragmatic straightforwardness and no-fucking-nonsense in face of people who are ruled by frantic and unthought emotion.

零  Angerius

Poor girl doesn’t have a sketch. Her inquisite mind and intellectual driven atitude contrasting with her almost childish actual interpretation of the dark world she’s in were an unexpected pleasure for me to explore and write. Also the fact that she falls in love with a slave (it’s a slave-based society) and has to deal with the reality that he doesn’t love her back was pretty cool for me. She undergoes the biggest character development of all these 4.

So the top starts here.

(in no order of preference)

1 - Toph Beifong (Avatar The Last Airbender/Legend of Aang; Legend of Korra)

Toph is the definition of badass. She’s so funny and powerful and amazing. Best character amongst a lot of amazing characters of Avatar world. I want Toph for me, the kid self and the old self. (also I think I’ll end up like her, blind and cranky and alone ruined as hell)

2 - Doll / Freckles (Kuroshitsuji /Black Butler)

Her innocence and naiveness she is able to keep even though the dark and horrible things they do and the hell she’s been through before is heartwarming. Her utter devotion to her family and the desire to keep it safe is gutwretching. Don’t tell me that you didn’t feel your heart get strained when reading chapter 35 or watching episode 10. If even Ciel feels guilty (well in time he does, kinda, he still thinks about it on chapter 95 so! She was the most innocent of all of them and he fucking played her the most)  about the utter destruction he brought to her, then you have to feel something too. Also her complete tomboy self in constrat to her circus image is awesome.

3 - Hange Zoe (Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan)

Funny hilarious hyper badass genuis mad genius all for truth capable of hideous acts and stand up to your believes and fight the damn opressive power. I like Hange a lot.

4 - Lisbeth Salander (Men Who Hate Women / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Her character is amazing in the books. The movies aren’t bad and capture her appearance beautifully and faithfully, but the books have Lisbeth.

5 - Morticia Addams & Wednesday Addams

Of fucking course. Morticia is the pinnacle of ellegance and darkness and Wednesday was my childhood hero whom I strived to be like. Morticia absolutely loves her family and has built one that is open to all sorts of bizarreness and embraces all of this with love, including having found a husband that shares this and with whom she can share who she really is.

Wednesday is a role model for the morbity and comfort of it. The whole Addams Family is what it means to be comfortable with being excentric.

6 - Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)

I love Bellatrix since the first time I read her in the book and branded her in my heart after the movies. It’s nice to have a female villain that’s just on par or above cruelty and madness of the main villain.

7 - Atia of the Julii (Rome) & Lucretia (Spartacus)

I’m pairing these two together because the first time I saw Lucretia, my immediate recollection was Atia - similar physical aspect and aura. Both women show the ruthlessness and power hungry and viciousness and unshattering resolve that makes such great antagonic female characters (they’d fit the antagonists criteria almost, but they’re not antagonists, they’re just absolutely the don’t-fuck-with-me-you-fucking-scum criteria)

Also, although with completely different outcomes, both their final scenes are memorable for me: in both cases, their aura of superiority and victory is palpable. Atia was cursed, suffered losses and struggles against her wishes and conquests and rises to the position she built and longed for, and Lucretia lost everything in a sort of curse of her own and became the ‘blessed’ curse herself, yet got exactly what she wanted in the end. Both finales are amazing. Atia’s final line is memorable:

“Remember: Far better women than you have sworned to do the same (destroy me). Go look for them now.” 

8 - The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)

One of most powerful characters of MGS, a patriot beyond any definition of the word. She’s power and amazingness and tragedy incorporated.

9 - Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil Code Veronica X)

Alexia was an inspiration for me as a kid, even though she’s a psychopath and , she’s an insect - worst she’s an ant, she’s a FUCKING ANT and the Queen Ant. But I loved her and still do. Also her theme songs.

The only good thing about her in Darkside Chronicles are the improved graphics and the FUCKING BEAUTIFUL IMPROVED theme. Otherwise fuck Darkside Chronicles what the fuck did you do to my Alexia who the fuck is that person with her name how annoying

10 - Empusa (Primal)

She’s beyond words. She was one of my biggest inspirations as a kid. She’s such a memorable villain. Vampire evil aristocracy prespering from every frame. Just look as her. Perfection.

11 - Lulu (Final Fantasy X)

First and foremost character to have sparked interest in me in this  masterpiece of a game. She’s wonderful.

12 - Eris (Sinbad)

For Lulu and Eris, I break any rule on number of characters. The concept of this character is beyond words. Goddess of Chaos enter.

and Lara Croft

Characters I want to know more so they’ll enter this list in the future

tagging you specially if you read up to this point! As you can see this is one awesome exercise to do. Please mention me I really want to read your choices!

@lynxyz @aph-belarusia @nuuttikuu @hedera-helixwriteseruri @maavalas @the50-person @notweirdbutunique @arcadianwishdom @frenchieleigh @lvl99fangirl @mintful @cokris @animaniacal @lostcauses-noregrets @momtaku  @adrastia @fujoshilyfe @snapmaw @maty-yami @noteblue13 @fannibalmonica @cietsutsu @sithiere @the-winnowing-wind @wiith-my-hands @bu0nanotte @indezaisive @kimijude @cannibalcuisine @suntosirius @hammblwllgrhm @crave-that-mineral 

(SNK folk keep this one in mind for after the hype of the beginning of season2 please if you want to)

Honorable mentions:  

- Kyoyama Anna (Shaman King) - Sieglinde (Kuroshitsuji) - Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood) - Olivier Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood) - Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter) - Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) - Yuna (Final Fantasy X) - Rikku (Final Fantasy X) - Paine (Final Fantasy X-2) - Lumina (Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Returns) - Korra (Legend of Korra) - Kuvira (Legend of Korra) - Eska (Legend of Korra) - Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds) - Lady Violet Crawley (Downton Abbey) - Surreal (The Black Jewels books by Anne Bishop) - Brienne of Tarth (A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones) - Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones) - Lagertha (Vikings) - Carrie / Ana (Banshee)

[paprus-teutonic-knight]

that would be fun i think

It’s so funny to me that victra has like…a normal job. Everyone else is either military or military adjacent, but she’s literally just the ceo of a huge shipping company, she’s not even in politics. Like sure, she’s former military, but she hasn’t been doing that in years until the war comes back to mars. Like imagine turning on the tv and you see footage of Jeff bezos beheading an enemy general. That’s what the citizens of mars were experiencing during the battle of Phobos.

[violethowler]

#red rising#light bringer#light bringer spoilers#victra au julii#victra au barca#<-I feel bad every time I tag her as julii because I know it makes sevro sensitive but it’s my organizational system#anyway I love her I’m so glad she got to go apeshit on Ajax it’s what she deserves#I just think it’s funny that she was like…meeting with union organizers in her business two books ago#do you think those union members are watching that and going like…oh man glad she’s a progressive that could have been us#also sorry to compare you to bezos babygirl I just needed a recognizable ceo these tags are a mood OP

It’s so funny to me that victra has like…a normal job. Everyone else is either military or military adjacent, but she’s literally just the ceo of a huge shipping company, she’s not even in politics. Like sure, she’s former military, but she hasn’t been doing that in years until the war comes back to mars. Like imagine turning on the tv and you see footage of Jeff bezos beheading an enemy general. That’s what the citizens of mars were experiencing during the battle of Phobos.