#[[the look on Katherine's face says it all lmao]]

[he11fireclubtm]

"I saw you cheat those savings throw numbers to let Steve dodge."

"What good are DM perks if you don't get to take advantage every once in awhile to make the story more interesting?" An admission without actually admitting or more like making an excuse for his behavior. But he's not sorry for letting Steve make it a little longer through the campaign.

[jack-kellys]

notes from december performance post-previews that i somehow just wrote up last night in august 2023 whattt how did that happennn:

the way jack replies to “you’re seeing stars alright” feels way more in response to crutchie’s attitude- and when he talks abt his dad getting stomped on it’s not just a context reveal. it’s jack telling crutchie he’s self-aware, he understands his shit place in the world and his desire to change it. just that it’s nice to dream. ow

“time for dreaming’s done” isn’t said with a smile. btw. if u even care

jack stealing finch’s mirror gets me every time

katherine looks back at jack at his “im crushed!” with a little smile

i get that the only reason buttons helps with a lot of the tricks is because he’s the DC but that doesn’t make it any less sweet… he’s always with splasher lmao

jack is quite uncomfortable with the nuns, he doesn’t look at any of them

never ever over spalsher’s little head tilt after his big flip

oscar grabs race’s collar on “i guess he didn’t take care of me!”

morris goes to hit crutchie again after pushing him to the ground before jack stops him

love when race bounces on his toes when he thinks he says something funny

morris blows his cig smoke into davey’s face when he’s grabbing him the extra paper

henry imitates les with finch as his davey, hobbling up to weasel down on his knees

jack rolls his eyes after telling davey “it’s just business” after shaking les’s hand. like can u believe this guy lmao

“mine taught me not to starve” looking at davey like ‘wtf is wrong with you’ LMAO. like jack’s irked with davey actually judging for something so ingrained into jack’s life fr

“HEY!! who was that guy >:(!”

medda checks on jack’s hair and he giggles mid sentence :) like “mooom in front of my friends??”

kaths look of Disgust when jack goes “i admire smart girls” is soooo done. she’s finished w this mf

katherine stays on the set as it shifts into WWK’s scene, staring at jack’s drawing, totally absorbed. i just think it’s fun how when davey sees jack’s backdrop he’s stunned in the same way kath is at her portrait. anyway

jack goes toward finch during the “our union is hereby formed to watch each other’s backs” after leaving ike and finch sweeeeerves away from him. finch only comes on board when davey does actually

when jack’s on the wagon with the “what if the delanceys come out swinging” etc he does a small laugh when the newsies all yell their response like he’s surprised !!

katherine is positioned right above the world’s door as if she’s. inside. ofc initially we read it as her just observing from above but it’s her literal building too.

“specs, you take queens.” “thank you!”

buttons gives kath a friendly wave and race offers his water cup when katherine comes into jacobi’s. walks right past the water even as race keeps his hand out lmfao

tommy lifts elmer into his arms after kath says they’d make front page

“this is not some little vaudeville im reviewing” felt more significant

“give those kids and me the brand new century and watch what happens” is a Plea.

welliguessitdependsonhowyoulookatitifyoulookandseebrooklynthenthey’rewithushaha! then race guns toward davey to yell at him

davey is not afraid to yell when his nerves get shot —> when the scabs boutta get they shit rocked

“them? or them.” OSCAR WAVES LMFAOOO

piggyback for les from racer

fight time

-morris has it OUT for racer in the pre-cop half. literally think he gets smacked with the bat TWICE. he’s on the ground, watches splasher get smacked from the ground, and BOLTS UP and races over to him shoving past morris. insane

-jack only swings on the rope to make a clear path for davey and les actually bc that action is the only reason they get to that half of the stage

-finch and romeo teammates for LIFE. they fought like the whole thing together fr. only pair that stuck out to me for the whole length of it (and then of course they watch crutchie get taken from the audience ough)

-nah jack Is a good fighter thru this it’s just the seize the day moment w the delanceys that he’s shit at btw

-davey doesn’t fight literally at all the whole time :/ c’mon. uncanonizing this in my mind

-SPECS KICKS ASS !! he’s got a bat and everything!! fuck yeah!!

shut up jack wipes at his eye during santa fe at “guy can catch a break”

^guy who lets out a sigh of relief when the post card is still in his pocket. fuck off

act twooo

kath goes to racer abt where jack might’ve gone and he’s abt to answer before albert pipes up

race flicking davey’s hat to the side>

^also they keep chatting thru tap sequences i love it

kath holding davey’s hand while they talk in the corner during table movement

crutchie holds his side when he sings…

^the only part crutchie gets teary at is when he starts talking abt the boys/family :,)

“and a little something extra, just on account of im gonna miss you so-” sounds like medda broke off bc her voice got watery 🥲

“every newsie—who could walk—was out there selling papes” OW the rephrasing of that line

as soon as jack turns his backdrop around to show the strike painting davey walks away soooo fast to turn away

WWH reprise is such an argument. “WE’RE ALREADY WINNING!!” yell davey yell!!

^jack makes the most fuming, boiling angry face after “y’know why a snake starts to rattle 😌?”

davey initiates the spit shake when jack offers his hand

kath is Mortified watching snyder expose jack’s refuge history AND SHES SO MAD when pulitzer gets between her and jack omfg

“be glad you’re alive, kid” is spoken and cruel asf but wbk

morris’s laugh kills me everytime it’s so fucked in the head. goddamn

jack doesn’t let davey touch him when he enters the rally like he doesn’t want davey to look like he knew abt the betrayal beforehand….

scope runs RIGHT up to jack after spot pushes him and goes to yell at him LMAO… lucky has to drag her away

“is that really what it’s like in there? rats everywhere, and vermin?” is taken as judgement and not concern and jack fuckin jumps on it LMAO

the actual motion of disgust jack makes at “you just double crossed us to your father- your… father.” dead every time he literally flinches

“i just didn’t tell you everything!!” is said at the opposite side of the stage as jack and looking down and away. idk why she’s the only katherine that has ever played this line as guilty but i’m always so glad for it

“i’m not stupid.” “no-” “i know girls like you… don’t wind up with guys.. like me.” heathers voice: i will never shut up abooout this

jack seems very afraid of the word love?? during kath’s entire piece of STBI he stays away from her… and she def thinks she’s fucked up for a sec fr

wah this song is so tender :( they hold each other very softly

“hey! um… it’s good to have ya back.”

clarice’s spot also has a moment with race beside just letting the kids into the cellar together..<3 ik lillie’s has more tho

there is something so personal abt davey jacobs saying “bleeeed ‘eeeem” while looking dead into jack’s eyes

davey’s reckless hug once jack’s made the deal with pulitzer… every timeeee

FINCH CRUTCHIE HUG!! first to get to him and holds him the longest before race and jack come along :)

“new york’s got us. and we’ a family.” is said as such a statement of fact like crutchie just ends any argument right there. he just knows jack so fucking well.

:)

[zalrb]

idk if this is an umcomfortable ask, i'm sorry if is but with steferine coming up a bit recently i was wondering which are some of the steferine sex scenes your most proud of from your stelena+steferine fic? cause i know you said writing sex scenes is super tricky with finding natural dialogue that doesn't just seem corny and unnatural. (i think you nailed it by the way! it all seemed very sincere and in character for the story. just like what they would say and do in those scenarios.)

Oh, with the amount of things we've talked about on this blog, trust me, this is not an uncomfortable ask so dw 😉

Steferine sex scenes, hmm ... I will choose three.

Their scene in "Kill" because I'd already written them doing quite a bit in the previous parts and so I was like, how am I going to keep this fresh and dark but still in character for Stefan specifically with it continuing a cycle without it being too repetitive of what's been done/said in the parts before and also for Katherine figuring out a way to, in her mind, beat Elena and beat Rebekah, which is through the intensity of their dysfunction and the intensity with which Stefan fights the urge to take things too far because with Elena he'd never do that and with Rebekah (specifically in the 20s) he was already off the deep end so it's that struggle between both that Katherine's like, oh yeah, this is mine, and I think I found a really fun way to do it that also didn't undercut Stelena:

“Fine,” she said, opening her eyes to look at him. “So then fight for me. Keep me from walking out that door. Make me stay here.” 

            Katherine’s eyes glinted with a primal kind of malice.

[...]

She walked out of his room but then found herself backing into it again. Stefan had intercepted her in the hallway, blocking her path, and started walking, guiding her back to where they were a moment ago. His expression was dangerous. Katherine’s skin tingled. He was doing what she told him to. Keeping her from leaving. But she needed the words. She needed his surrender. 

“You want me to stay here,” she said. “Say it.” 

He took a hold of her, his grasp tight enough to break the bones of a human, and kissed her violently, bruising her lips, thrusting his tongue in her mouth, making her knees buckle and head swim.

There was no affection, just an angry passion. She pulled her mouth away and slapped him hard across the face, splitting his lip, her fingernails clawing his skin with one sharp rake that left scratches on his cheek. His eyes reddened and veins darkened his face, his upper lip curled as fangs descended. Katherine grabbed him by the back of his head and forced him to her, kissing him again, pushing him to a wall. She bit his tongue, making him wrench away. Reacting instinctively, he grasped her throat and lowered her to her knees. She looked up at him with excitement, her eyes daring him.  

He blinked rapidly and his irises were back to their normal green, the veins disappeared from his face, his fangs were gone. Now that his senses had returned, he let go of Katherine but his hand, trembling, still hovered around her neck, as if itching to continue. This, Katherine thought triumphantly, he’d never do, never have to do, never feel with his precious Elena. Or that wench Rebekah. This battle within himself, that belonged to her.

2. One of their first scenes in "Toxic" when they're starting to get into their rhythm and Stefan threatens to break the door if she doesn't let him in, just because I think it's a hot scenario, lmao, and I could absolutely see Stefan just being very matter-of-fact about it, like it's happening

Stefan immediately went to open the door but it was locked. He waited for her to open it but she stayed where she was, her body bowing off the bed, delighted at seeing his taut expression, his stillness. She knew that his quietness, his lack of reaction only proved how aroused he really was. She started to pant and then –

“Let me in.” 

Katherine grinned and continued, turning her head even further to the side so he could see the agonized pleasure contorting her face. He flexed his jaw and looked her in the eye.

“Katherine, I will break this door.” 

That elicited an urgent noise from her, which only inflamed Stefan further. He exhaled, frustrated. She smirked and when Stefan saw her eyes cloud as she edged closer, he broke off the door handle, banging the door open with a force that made the glass shatter.

3. Their scene in "Blood" because I didn't expect the reaction it got from readers of the series, I didn't realize they'd find it to be so hot and so heartbreaking for Elena lmao

Could he do it? And then, like the week before, the belt was around her neck and he held onto it like a leash. She waited, still looking up at him, and he tugged her forward, into him, and then she surprised him as she sank her teeth into his inner thigh, making him curse. She moaned as she drank and he panted, smashing his fist against the brick, making a hole in the wall, instinctively pulling on the belt, tightening it around her, making her groan and feed, making him dizzy with the carnality of it all.

Did this make Katherine his or did it make him hers? She’d had him in 1864, she’d had him drunk on her, blinded to her, infatuated with her, yearning for her, and then she’d killed him. Condemned him. How to make up for that? How to get her back. For that. The confusion made him want to conquer her, possess her, for good. No blurred lines.

Somewhere, he knew he should resist. Stop this game. Stopping would be what proved something. But it was a distant caution in comparison to the immediate, overwhelming pleasure radiating throughout him from the source of her bite. She started massaging him as she fed and his free hand was twisted in her hair and he licked his lips, tasting her blood, as she drank his, pulling on the belt, and he hated himself as much as he relished the pleasure and he wanted to leave and he wanted to stay and —

“Oh my God, Stefan!”

[regina-cordium]

For the writer asks: 4, 14, 18, 35, 40?

please pretend like i answered this in a timely manner i truly am the worst at answering messages

4. What's a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

cobble is The best word to say. Great mouth feel.

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your "lost" books are and which specific friend from school you haven't seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

OP has been deeply wronged in their life jfsdiojfsf but yes, I'm willing to lend by books out to whoever. HOWEVER. it is a one strike system. the second u hand me back a book that looks worse than when i gave it to u, u get no more books. use the library.

18. Chose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end.

I wanna talk about the cafe scene from like a star across my heart

i knew that katherine and sarah needed to get together to work out the details of their fake dating endeavor, and it seemed to me that it would be easier to work it out in person rather than just over text. plus, they uuuuuhhhhhhh needed to actually meet in person lmao

i really didnt have anything specific planned beyond (and this is a direct quote from my outline) "[Insert increasingly cartoonish reasons they haven’t actually met before]" which. miiiiiiight be obvious? i'm gonna be sososososo real with you. i wrote that scene at, like, 4 am. it was VERY much just going with the vibes

however, to again quote my outline, i knew the background vibe was "Oh No She's Hot" and "Katherine Ethel Pulitzer can be Totally Fucking Normal in the face of extremely pretty girls. She’s an Adult." i definitely went overboard with katherine dying in the presence of a pretty girl, but also she is NOT as dignified as she pretends. she is no less chaotic and messy as her friends. i Needed it to be noted that not a single person in this friend group is normal

35. What's your favorite writing rule to smash to smithereens?

using "says" like. sometimes characters are Just Saying Something. not yelling, not snarking, not whispering. just. they're just saying!!

also, i love me an adverb. let me overly describe the most minuscule of details for no reason whatsoever

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

My absolute favorite poem is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot

[thatpunkmaximoff]

Story: 3/5 Smut: 2.5/5

For a moment, I thought this was going to be a bit too taboo for my tastes (godfather/goddaughter). Fortunately, it wasn't, and I was able to get into it.

I've read MC fanfiction, so I was a bit surprised this took me a little while longer to get into. For the first legit MC book that I own, however, it was pleasant. I will definitely look for more MC books now because I did enjoy this one.

Now enjoy my ramblings as I read..

* So you just gonna start the book like that? What happened to Ahryn?! 🥺

* Man, fuck Mace! What a dick doing that to a kid.

* “He needs to fucking die.” — Ayyyyy. I agree. Let’s do it.

* Thank god Killian got to be the one to take out Mace. Bastard deserved it. Now I’m just scared for anyone else to find out 😬

* Only fifteen and the crush has started. But honestly, I don’t blame her 😂 Killian sounds hot!

* He really showed up to her school and TOLD her he was taking her to school tomorrow. Get it together, Killian.

* Oh no. No, no, no. Don’t go to the lake 😂 🙈

* I knew the lake was a bad idea. And stfu, Julie!

* And that’s what happens when you try to flirt with the bikers 😬 Poor Ahryn. She’s traumatized.

* Oh shit. They lit up their bikes 😂

* Fuckkkk. They went after the wives and Ahryn.

* ONE MONTH LATER?! Don’t do this to me 😩

* They gave her back 🥺 but what the hell did they do to her? And what secrets do they know?

* Uh oh. Feelings are getting weird for these two 👀

* Not the daddy kink porn 😂

* Oh shit. She put on the lingerie to dance in her office and Killian got an eye full 👀 😏

* Lol Killian is so fucked 😂

* So Ahryn kept the club’s secrets, but the envelope left next to her said otherwise? 🤔 What is going on..

* Shiii- Killian woke up on the wrong side of the bed lol. Someone’s got blue balls.

* “You may be my goddaughter, but if you slap me like that again, I will have your ass covered with my handprints.” — Goddamn, Killian 😏

* So she didn’t spill club secrets! They were bluffing. Thank god. She’s a badass for sure.

* Killian voted no! Wtf!? You better make him beg for forgiveness.

* Ugh. Out of all the sweetbutts, why Katherine?

* Ugh. That flashback to Killian’s childhood with his mom hurt my heart. Poor kid.

* Damn. Ahryn’s trauma really came for her right before her first job as a prospect 😬

* And goddamn.. Bane acted like that only because he thought Killian was about to kiss his daughter? Can you imagine if he was kissing her 👀 It’s gonna be a shit show.

* Oh shit. They kissed 😨

* Fuckkk. Who left the note in her pocket? She says they were in a club where a lot of ppl bumped into her, but what if it’s someone closer..? 🤔

* Holy shit! She rode his face as if her life depended on it 😂

* Goddamn.. he railed her 👏🏻👏🏻 My moral compass is officially out the window lmao.

* Hatchet is annoying as fuck.

* Ohhhh. Who’s following Ahryn?

* Damn. They tried to take her out? All hell is about to break loose.

* It all started when?!?!?! You can’t end a chapter like that!!

* God. I feel so bad that they’re fucking behind her dad’s back lol.

* Oh fuck. He just told everyone in Church that Ahryn is his 😨 I knew that wasn’t going to go well. And again, fuck off, Hatchet.

* Oh my god. What is this fucking secret?!

* Oh fuck. She was swapped at birth?!

* Get your shit together, Bane 🤦🏻‍♀️

* Griller.. what the fuck, dude.

* Damn, Ahryn. You really just shot your dad’s bio kid, huh? 😂

* Woo. It’s a property patch. For a moment I thought her birth control failed.

* First motorcycle romance and I definitely loved it. I need more romances like this haha.

[castle-dominion]

c1x1 flowers for your grave

Apparently the petals were silk. Frame rate could use some help. Sexy murder tho.

I didn't realize Gina was introduced so early!

I feel bad for the normal detective from the initial pilot that they replaced in the series/extended pilot with ryan, probs be he looks cuter. Unless my man lived in NY whereas SD (KR) lived in LA.

I've watched the commentary version of this & wowie there is a lot that makes sense the second time around

Wow what a sexy pilot episode. HOLY CRAP WHERE IS RYAN'S CLOTHING I CAN SEE HIS ENTIRE TORSO /hyp.

LP: Even bought her flowers. Who says romance is dead? KB: I do. Every Saturday night.

Espt in the first episode talking abt just doing his work, getting paid, & going home. The first episode really is trying to set characters right off the bat even tho I feel like they didn't get their groove until e4 (which is why I'm watching these backwards).

Don't you guys read? Doesn't mean they specifically read Castle books.

Castle puppydog face uwu, also wow stubble man. Must be a huge rebound for NF after his last show. Martha & Alexis getting their characters set XD. lmao Gray-dar! She sounds so young! I love alexis! (But at least where I live it is legal for a guardian or a guardian's partner to give their kid alcohol in the safety of their own home.)

New york, LA, NY, LA

RC: When I was your age... (he stops himself) I can’t tell that story. It's wildly inappropriate. Which, oddly, is my point. Don’t you want to have wildly inappropriate stories that you can’t tell your children?

CASTLE Just once, I’d like someone to come up to me and say something new. BECKETT (O.S.) Mr. Castle? [Castle turns around and pulls out a pen.] CASTLE Where would you like it? [Beckett approaches and holds up her badge.] BECKETT Detective Kate Beckett. NYPD. We need to ask you a few questions about a murder that took place earlier tonight. [Alexis takes the pen while she hangs around his shoulder.] ALEXIS That’s new. (https://scriptline.livejournal.com/16926.html)

Again, the intro is so much bigger than it is in the future.

Says here that you stole a police horse? And you were nude at the time?

Castle is kinda gross sometimes. I am glad I saw him in later seasons bc now seeing the start I know I would Hate Him. I kind of do. Beckett is so strong & castle is such a boy.

Ooh music. I noticed good music earlier too.

RC: C’est apres minuit dans un school night. Don’t you turn into a pumpkin or something? Wow language alexis!

the physicality is so cute & sweet.

[Beckett comes in carrying a box full of Richard Castle books.] RYAN o.o ... What are those? BECKETT Castle's greatest hits. You're going to familiarize yourselves with all of his murder scenes so we don't miss any. ESPOSITO Got any on tape? (laughs) A point for the espt adhd hc, not as strong as my adhd ryan hc. But hey castle does readings, I'm sure he could record one of those... he's a famous author he surely has audiobooks, tho I always like it when the author narrates their own book.

KR: "From the library of Katherine Beckett." KB: Do you have a problem with reading Ryan? didn't u already use this like JE: Yo, check it, girl. You're totally a fan! KB: Right. Of the genre. Girl u'r a homicide detective u rly want to read more crime after work? KR: Right. The-the genre. That's why you're blushing. KB: What are you, twelve? & then actually she gets ryan into these books which I think was a great touch even tho it is never explicitly spoken about. Ryan looks somewhat normal today, not like a weird college student. It def seems like ryan is not just the new guy on the show but espt also looks closer to beckett & ryan seems like the new guy here, even tho as confirmed somewhere in s2 they had already been partners for three years or smth.

Rly weird to see the two precinct sets. Are they canonically considered the same location & we are supposed to suspend our disbelief?

Nope : )

Castle sherlock holmsing here & then gets too close to home. & beckett's face just falling ever so slowly, I love it. That was good.

Maybe the guy was just a fanartist.

Man the livejournal transcript has some info but sadly the captions have more & I just can't hear it that well. Castle is chatting with espt at his desk & I can't tell who is saying what, esp when that fellow walks across the screen, covering their lips. I think it went smth like this: (conversation happening before the scene switches) (RC probably asks smth like: so have you ever shot anybody?) (JE: ...) Shot anybody? RC: Did you ever shoot anyone? JE: Yeah KB: *interrupts with stuff abt the case* Like bro idk how that convo actually went but typically u don't ask someone if they ever shot anyone. idk if it was cop talk or if castle just learned this man is ex-military or what. I also just enjoy learning abt the characters & I wouldn't mind having seen more convo.

Big cheese...? Also ew there are like.. protocols. JE: Man’s got the Mayor on speed dial. The rich really are different. KB: You want him? He’s yours. (that's gay) JE: A control freak like you with something you can’t control? No, no. That’s going to be more fun than Shark Week. These two with their banter. Love it.

Bro you DO come to a complete stop & do proper taxes. you might do a rolling stop at a stop sign or pay for parsley instead of cilantro.

Lanie is a fan <3 *extending hand* Lanie Parish. Medical Examiner. I love your books. Y’know, you have a real gift with the details of death.

Then u don't know me very well.

Why is she wearing a vest but not rysposito?

NY, LA, NY, LA, I def recommend watching the commentary version. Man got a shrine.

Ew ableism. You are really frightening the fellow there. My brother had to (verbally) kick a nurse's ass when she kept touching a patient without consent. He's a "lowly porter" tho so yk how things go. Nurse was too obsessed with doing what SHE thought was right (soothingly touching the patient) instead of respecting the patient's boundaries & explaining what was going on.

KB: This isn’t one of your books, Castle. Out here, we find a guy standing over a body with a gun, he’s usually the guy who did it. Not foreshadowing...

Love the writer poker. Presents it like he's writing a story.

She just runs after him all angry. He becomes sweet. He WAS sweet. Even though he used the opportunity. The music <3

I like how apples is a reoccuring word.

Martha <3 "I've had LOTS of father figures" lmao

Still, espt is the one talking with beckett.

I love how rick & alexis are chatting & then Martha is just there. MR: That makes about as much sense as Mouse Trap. I did that play eight times a week for a year. I still have no idea what it's about.

I love how the show still managed to have beckett & castle finishing each other's sentences even tho they r not even in the same room.

AC: by a lot MR: Mine too

I love seeing the scenes that they used in the intro for s1. I don't think s4 has an intro tho & I kind of miss it.

RC: This is not what it looks like. This-- I-- Okay, this is exactly what it looks like. But I can explain.

I suddenly remember how this ends. Oof poor guy, children was such a habit & now he has to say child.

Want a hot dog? I want a hot dog. (Beckett grabs his nose) Ow apples apples apples! He couldn't have lost weight to look sick thin becks. Maybe he WAS workout thin & then he's all depressed bc his daughter was just murdered & now he LOOKS sick thin, but that's a stretch.

Good on her for this lie/train of thought. Does he KNOW when all three were murdered? I mean they were probs in the paper, that's how he "found out" her case kid "killed" her.

Why did he specifically fly out on those days? I think being out of town /specifically/ those days is sus.

RC: Oh Markway! Tell him I say hello.

I love the way that castle talks versus beckett. Lol writing on castle's back

Boy just puts it in the shredder like that?

Yay the non-ryan cop & the scaffolding, now it looks like a city. Beckett talking to him like a toddler. She just cuffed him XD. You know, I'm glad I have a cuff key. You're actually more likely to be accidentally cuffed in some sort of sex cult than accidentally cuffed by a cop. I also have an elevator key which is useful. Too bad I actually lost my keyring. Rick is so cool & sexy & valid. Why would he take off his shoe tho? The audio commentary: "I have never seen toes that small on a man over six foot." The poor filming, they had to clean up the paper every time. & make sure they were no rocks or needles for poor NF (RC).

tbh I understand this guy. Sibling is the pretty one, the loved one, the smart one. That WAS cool castle! Even the weird little sound effect.

I forgot that castle know guns, at least a bit. Probs research for his prev books. I'm remembering that episode, probably 5-8 somewhere, when beckett taught him to shoot a gun but he already knew & then won a bet. Ye. He knew the safety was on too.

Hoowee she is so self confident & hot.

nice skull lamp

tough BUT savvy?

Little eyebrow cock at the end. The start of everything!

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

alright we are BACK! last three acts let’s get it

-once again, gratuitous word changes

-pls get my kiddo out of military fatigues

-seriously though she’s such an amazing chorus i love her energy so much

-okay so i looked up this actress and according to her instagram this was her first EVER shakespeare production. how the FUCK

-NICE lighting and effects

-i continue to love this quartet of singers

-ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH

-they’re singing sweet caroline oh boy

-protect her <3

-the way she switches to mandarin because she’s scared 🥺

-katherine is also gower

-falstaff is fluellen

-Stereotype Captain Time!

-quickly is macmorris!

-“say that to my FACE, you little bitch” -not what macmorris said but what macmorris MEANT

-the governor of harfleur is on a video call

-when henry threatens the women at harfleur exeter (a woman in this production) gives him a side glance like “WHAT”

-this scene is always a LOT

-katherine and alice are boxing!

-i love them both so much

-alice playfully punches katherine in the elbow when she gets the word wrong

-this katherine is definitely DELIGHTED to be able to cuss

-“bloody england” in a french accent goes HARD

-most exciting take on the king of france’s speech ever

-fluellen’s got a little snack

-also hi subtitler why can’t you translate any of the welsh

-pistol flips fluellen off

-now montjoy has a fancy coat

-henry offers montjoy a seat beside him and montjoy takes it but not before dusting it off lol

-bardolph gets hanged onstage after montjoy leaves and henry just watched

-and that’s where they put intermission!

-haunting song to kick us off for the second half!

-chorus rocks it again

-is the dauphin sniffing cocaine?

-“MON CHEVAL EST MA MAITRESSE”

-HARRY LE ROY

-“no i’m a welshman” “OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE”

LMAO PISTOL

-go OFF williams

-yeah henry this is…not a great argument

-the way williams just casually tossed her glove at henry omg

-time for henry to have a breakdown

-more beautiful singing

-awww we only got the first bit of “o god of battles” :(

-rambures is not your lackey just because she’s a woman

-alright everyone it’s st crispin’s time

-let’s sit down and have a Moment

-say it with me: we few, we happy few, we band of brothers…

-henry groans and rolls his eyes when montjoy shows up

-henry: how many fucking times do i have to tell you i am NOT going to be ransomed

-henry made a very naughty pun on constable

-alright battle of agincourt HERE WE GO!!!

-wait is he singing the aria of the cold spirit from purcell’s king arthur? if so weird choice but okay

-clever that the sword becomes a bayonet in this staging

-kiddo went (citation needed)

-shoutout to sound and lighting and special effects y’all are POPPING OFF

-someone give exeter a hug

-rip all the kids

-except our kiddo is apparently the english herald now? at least she lived i guess

-henry just YEETED kiddo dude why

-ope it’s prisoner killing time

-everyone else: what the fuck henry

-henry just killed one himself omg

-and rip all the french prisoners

-well that broke my heart (the quartet sang while all the dead french prisoners took off their shoes and left them in the dirt. i think a few english did so too. kiddo stood there and cried and a couple soldiers tried to provide comfort)

-rare production to keep fluellen’s rambling here

-also interesting that fluellen seems to be REALLY upset with henry here

-montjoy does not have his fancy coat anymore :(

-poor montjoy needs a hug

-henry’s first reaction after learning of the victory is to go “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

-fluellen starts singing in welsh and someone shoots him a Look

-well at least we simplified the glove subplot because in full form it works very rarely

-poor williams is spiraling

-williams is so relieved she goes “oh FUCK”

-someone give williams a hug

-henry does not seem very shocked or upset by the french death totals

-they also cut the english death total down to 25??? they just omitted the reading of the four names because…reasons?

-RAGER in the english camp

-“rager over everyone our time for me to do my next speech”

-yes girlie do that mic drop

-leek scene!

-so they’re setting up for this meeting

-chorus kiddo replaces gower, presumably bc gower is also playing katherine

-who thought it would be a good idea to have fluellen and pistol work together

-fluellen is just straight up beating pistol

-fluellen is now holding a knife to his neck and making him eat chunks he spit out from the floor, which seems…a bit much

-and fluellen is now…peeing on pistol? because reasons?

-and now pistol is trying to shoot himself because of quickly’s death

-first production to actually make me feel really bad for pistol in this scene?

-the queen of france is not in this production

-katherine gets her lines, which are translated into french

-i love katherine and alice so much

-henry is HOPELESS

-GET HIM KATHERINE

-henry yells at alice for not being able to translate dude chill out

-oh he’s PISSED

-oh that was a “fuck you” kiss from katherine if i EVER saw one

-dauphin flipped off henry lol

-“zadok the priest” time

-“his england…my england…our england” ouch. the world belongs to and has ramifications for more than just the powerful, huh?

anyway, great show and great job everyone!

national theatre/donmar warehouse henry v is free for the next few days, so let’s react:

-starting off strong with this quote

-chorus immediately wins my heart

-also i want her outfit

-weird choice to just change words here and there but okay i guess

-i do miss the double meaning of “ciphers” (they replaced it with “actors”)

-chorus is apparently doubling boy

-her little wink at the audience omg

-“sweet caroline party remix” LMAO

-starting off with a scene from 1 henry iv (i think) with bardolph (who is also a woman) instead of poins?

-okay but this sweet caroline remix low key SLAPS

-“boy!” “GIRL!”

-quickly is FINE

-henry iv hal plot speedrun

-okay but that is NOT how hal found out about his dad’s death. he was there!

-love the singers

-poor hal 😭

-funeral crashers!

-also yeah that was NOT how that rejection happened

-also why are you only going to do like five lines of that speech if you’re going to do it. you can spare a couple extra minutes

-this is now the second english history production i’ve seen with the opening of monteverdi’s vespers to the blessed virgin

-the throne is a blue plastic chair lol

-THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY HAS A SALIC LAW POWERPOINT I REPEAT HE HAS A SALIC LAW POWERPOINT

-does not feature clip art unfortunately but STILL. OH MY GOD.

-henry is STRUGGLING

-i just need to share exeter’s face

-everyone groaning when the powerpoint continues lmao

-montjoy is also FINE

-gratuitous word changes continue

-everyone starts awkwardly laughing at the tennis balls

-montjoy’s calm side eye at “but this lies all within the will of God” omg

-great tennis balls speech

-oh so that’s where that line went

-chorus/kid is part of a training montage. isn’t the kid supposed to be like 12???

-nym is just Sad (nym is also played by the same actor as montjoy)

-what do y’all have against iceland

-pistol kisses his (arm) guns on “i am armed” lol

-kiddo yells at bardolph in mandarin

-“little body with a mighty heart” yeah that’s you chorus <3

-cambridge and scroop are played as women but still referred to with masculine titles

-british friends: is that a thing now? i’ve noticed it a couple other times too

-also bye bye henry/scroop homoeroticism i guess

-cambridge and scroop are also both very pretty (and i want cambridge’s sweater)

-henry cannot remember grey’s name for the life of him lolol

-cambridge screams “you are destroying this country!” and then tries to attack henry…and then immediately asks for mercy

-weird cut here but okay i guess

-this speech breaks my heart every time

-nym very awkwardly gives quickly a thumbs up before leaving

-okay but why are pistol and quickly low key adorable

-oh honey someone give her a hug please

-off to france!

-ooh they’re doing this scene in french!

-ooh katherine is here! and she’s fighting with her brother! she is politically savvy!

-the dauphin awkwardly greeting exeter in english lolol

-the king is just looking at the dauphin like “what the FUCK did you do”

-the dauphin took that euphemism and ran with it

-the dauphin going “bye bye” omg

-EXETER GOING “AND ENCHANTÉ” BACK AT HIM LMAO

okay i’ve got my own play to get ready for so that’s it for now but rest later, i hope!

[marvellousinternethideout]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

Season 2

Ep 6 - Halloween

Why does this vampire looks like sam Winchester or is it just me?

That's a creepy vampire. Recording Buffy fighting. Weird kink but okay...

Oh no, not again, not the Cordelia and Angel misunderstanding. Disappear Cordelia.

Buffy and angel(the actors) do have the chemistry that you just have it. They have the spark, that breathlessness, that angst and I will die without you presence.

Lmao not the principal whipping out three pens as if any school would be this rich. Unbelievable. Unrealistic.

Go xander beat that guy or... Well buffy did, nvm.

"Boys are so fragile", willow speaking facts.

Reading about angel in library... Yeah that will end well. No dark secrets.

Lmao not buffy using ms calendar card.

"a babe, i can work with that", oh my poor adorable Mr. Giles. My man.

"oh buffy you must be hot stuff when it comes to demonology or whatever but when it comes to dating I am the slayer" , that was such a Cordelia thing lol.

Buffy is gonna wear the dress...is it haunted or angel gonna die by a boner after seeing her in this? Stay tuned, we'll see.

What accent does spike have? British...?

Spike saying, "talk to daddy", it was hot and eww at the same time.

Someone new is gonna come..well well...interesting.

Buffy kinda looks like nina/Elena/Katherine pierce in this dress. Probably just me.

OZ BABY!!!

OZ AND WILLOW JUST BUMPED!!

Damn, wtf! Now people are just randomly turning into monsters or ghosts...or past life soldier?

Oh they're turning into what they've dressed up. I love this! Oh I love this episode.

Lol, buffy just fainted. In this scene, she does remind me of Katherine when she was innocent.

Even demon magic can't change Cordelia lmao.

I can't have amnesia because "I bathe quite often" Okay ms buffy from 70's lmao.

Oh hey angel, you finally came, welcome to the amnesia demon magic land.

Evil shop guy.

I am sorry, "hello Ethan" , "hello Rupert(I heard ripper for some reason and got a shock of this lifetime)". They know each other. It's gonna be interesting.

Damn, soldier Xander is kinda die for hot. I have a thing for him, the soldier xander, not the normal one.

Holy, Rupert has got a dark past. HOLY FUCK, DID HE JUST HIT THE ETHAN, DAMN GILES. Who is he really ?

Oh so he did say ripper or still Rupert. Who is GILES. DAMN, SIR.

Yesss buffy is back. You go my girl.

Yes willow, embrace your hotness

LMAO, NOT OZ. HIS FACE 💀💀OZ MY GUY. HE'S GONE GONE. Oz and willow, my OTP from now on.

Angel we're not dissing women of old eras. They had no choice, so shut up.

Giles just got more interesting, what happened to the awkward mess? Who is he?

Why are we in chemistry (?) Lab. Giles my man wtf are you doing!

WHO IS RUPERT GILES REALLY!?

Also spike was in it but he didn't interest me as much but can we talk about Giles, who is he again?

Okay, phew, this episode.

First of all, I loved loved this episode. So far it's my favorite. It had everything, drama, craziness, humor - different from the other episodes - and I really loved it. Again, turning people into their Halloween costume - a masterpiece 🤌. I absolutely loved this plot.

I loved watching Buffy's character being this woman lmao. Xander as the soldier - my heart, he really looked and even sounded hot. Willow as always my adorable hot girl. And we had OZ. Mr. Who's that girl. Adore this guy lol.

Now, WTF GILES? WHO ARE YOU? WHO IS HE!? I swear to God it took me by surprise. Damn Giles. Everyone here has a dark past(minus the teenagers but living in this town, they're well on their way).

Anyway, fav episode so far, loved every second of it. That's it for now, see ya in the next one. Cheers 🥂

[atlabeth]

hold onto me (im a little unsteady) - sokka x reader

i was listening to the song when i came up w this so feel free to listen to that if you want

summary: a late night with sokka reminds you that even on the worst days, you always have someone in your corner.

a/n: lmao this is 100% self indulgent i have no excuses. my parents are getting divorced and almost every time they're together they argue and so this is just a comfort fic after it happened again tonight bc GD i wish i had a sokka. this one goes out to all my divorce babies or people with parents that never stop arguing. you are very loved<3

wc: 1.7k, this got away from me lol

warning(s): mentions of parents arguing n shit, like the tiniest mentions of implying sex and problems with consent (in general, not with them), but this is all fluff

hey. i know you’re probably asleep right now but could you come over?

It was far too late at night when you sent the text. A question asked on a whim, an offer that would most likely go ignored due to the boy on the other end being asleep.

But goddammit, you really didn’t care. Even if he didn’t respond, just hitting ‘send’ made you feel slightly better. You had already taken refuge in one of the sweatshirts he had left at your house (read: one that you had stolen and refused to give back) and as your eyes fell on the glow of the digital clock on your bedside table, you were once again reminded of how stupid this was.

But you heard the telltale buzz of a notification and all but lunged for your phone, an uncontrollable smile tugging on your lips. You didn’t know why you ever doubted him.

sokka💙: you know i never sleep babe

sokka💙: a curse of my genius

sokka💙: im omw

you’re the best thank you love<3

A pair of fuzzy socks and a refilled water bottle later, you heard the sound of something hitting your window. Though you tensed up at first, a roll of your eyes was all it took before you remembered just who you had invited over. Another smile took over as you pushed yourself off of your bed, pushing the curtains aside in time to see another pebble hit the pane.

A physical effort took place to stifle the laugh as you pushed your window up, and you leaned against the sill on your elbows to get a better look at your ridiculous boyfriend.

“Throwing rocks at my window? I think I’m stuck in a bad romcom.”

He grinned and let the remaining pebbles fall to the ground. “It’s what’s to be expected from your Prince Charming, right? Besides, I’m assuming that your parents wouldn’t just let me walk through the front door at this hour.”

You felt the heat rise to your cheeks. Just the sight of Sokka was always enough to make you feel better, and tonight was no exception. The vice on your heart was already starting to loosen. “Right as usual. Think you’ll catch me if I jump?”

He laughed and made a show of looking up and down the distance and then at his arms. “I’d like to say so, but I think we’d have better luck if I climb up.”

“You sure you can do that, big guy?” you asked with a teasing grin. He rolled his eyes with the same sentiment.

“Of course I can. I just thank nature that there’s a tree so close to your window. It’s saved me from a lot of embarrassing falls.”

You chuckled and backed away from the window, the slight chill from the night air beginning to get to you. “I’ll leave you to it while I get things ready.”

Truth be told, your room was a total mess at the moment. You knew Sokka wouldn’t care, especially not now, but it put you slightly more at ease to have something in your life that you could control. You were in the middle of shoving some previously strewn-about clothes into your closet when you heard the click of your window closing. When you turned around, you were met with your boyfriend’s smiling face.

“You’re so pretty,” you murmured as you walked over to him. He wrapped his arms around your waist as you kissed him lightly on the lips, unable to stop the blossoming smile nor the warmth that the action gave you. “Thank you for being here.”

“Of course.” The softness of his words were in stark contrast to the joking bravado from only minutes earlier, and as you stepped away from his embrace and pushed yourself onto your bed, he joined you on the other side. “And not that I’m not happy to be here, but I just wanna know. What’s going on?”

You sighed, letting one leg hang off the bed as you tucked the other in. It was a testament to Sokka’s power how quickly he had gotten you to forget about the new mess of the night. “The usual showing of fuckall and fuckup. I’m more impressed by how they never run out of things to scream at each other about.”

Your bad joke didn’t get a laugh out of him, which you were secretly glad for. Instead, he snaked an arm around your back and tugged you closer, a contented sigh falling from your lips as you nestled your head into the space between his shoulder and his head. “I’m sorry,” he murmured. “You know it’s not your fault, right?”

The phrase had gone in one ear and out the other more times than you could count from your parents, but each time Sokka said it, the words held a different weight. You knew it wasn’t your fault in the first place, but guilt didn’t care all that much for logic. You knew he meant it though, and once more the vice loosened.

“I know. But it still helps to hear it.” You glanced up at him, reaching a hand up to twist a loose strand of his hair around your finger. “You should wear your hair down more often,” you mused. “It makes you look like a prince.”

He chuckled, amusement glinting through his ocean eyes. “I did say I was your Prince Charming, didn’t I?”

You smiled, slowly uncurling his hair from your finger. “Yeah.”

“That means I’ll always be there for you. Especially to save my royal from their evil stepparents.”

Another laugh bubbled in your chest at that, and you leaned closer into him. “Thank you. The more I visit your place, the more I want your family to be mine. Hakoda is like, the nicest man I’ve ever met, and your mom? She actually makes me want to cry with how sweet she is. I think I know where you get it from.”

He grinned and bumped your leg with his own. “You know you’re welcome over there any time. But maybe you shouldn’t — I think my mom might actually adopt you with how much she loves you. That… that would be really weird.”

His joy was infectious as you planted another kiss on his cheek, something that earned you a, as you liked to call it, dazzling Signature Sokka Smile. “I’ll make sure she holds off on the adoption papers for now.”

“I’d like that.”

And though the happiness you felt at the moment was almost overwhelming, that was just what caused that tiny sliver of doubt to come in. When people invited their partners over at three in the morning, it usually wasn’t to sit on the bed and talk about their problems. It was… it was for more, and you didn’t want that right now. And because you were an expert at it, you decided to put your foot in your mouth and start talking.

“I— I’m sorry that I called you over here so late, for no reason. I know you probably expected something else than me ranting, but…” you sighed, drawing your knees closer to your chest as you brought your other hand to Sokka’s resting on your shoulder. “I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong idea.”

He sighed at that, but you knew it wasn’t one of disappointment. “You know I’m here for you. I don’t care if you just want to sit in silence for the next five hours while we stare at the wall, or if you want to watch sappy rom coms until your eyes bleed. I’m more than okay with staying like this. I didn’t come over here because I expected anything from you — I came over here because you needed me, and so I’m here.” Sokka smiled, an image you didn’t think would ever stop making you melt, and intertwined your hand with his. “This is perfect. You’re perfect.”

You were so stunned at the brazen declaration that your voice got stuck in your throat for a moment, holding back tears. (Happy tears. They were never anything other than happy tears with Sokka.) It hit you then that you didn’t really know what it was like having someone get close to you without an ulterior motive.

“Thank you,” you murmured after a moment of comfortable silence. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” You knew he was smiling, even without having to look up at him. You could hear it in his voice, feel it in the kiss he pressed to your hairline.

A comfortable silence hung in the air for a long time until you broke it. “You know… my dad kinda ran off to a motel for the night after this whole thing, and my mom leaves early in the morning. If you were serious about those rom coms…” You allowed the unsaid question of staying the night to fester so Sokka knew he could say no if he wanted to, but he didn’t even hesitate.

“Of course I was serious. I mean, I’ve gotta get the ideas for our future wedding from somewhere.”

You laughed, a sentiment that had occurred more times in the ten minutes he had been here than the past week, and picked the remote for your little box TV off of your bedside table. You clicked through various movies until you found one Sokka liked, and then you cuddled deeper into his side to prepare for the ride you had ahead of you.

Thirty minutes into 27 Dresses, he had fallen asleep, arm still around you and one of his legs slightly intertwined with one of your own. But it’s not like you minded — the familiar weight of Sokka in your bed had caused all your worries to melt away, if only for the night.

You didn’t expect him to last past the first movie, but you were sure you would at least get through until Katherine Heigl got the man. But there was an overwhelming feeling of safety permeating the air with Sokka��s arms around you, and you ended up knocked out before she could even get through all twenty seven dresses.

It wasn’t lost on you how fortunate you were — he didn’t expect anything like that from you, he just wanted you to be safe. He was there for you. You would never understand how you had gotten so lucky with your boyfriend, but you would never stop being grateful for him.

-

this is the most self indulgent thing ive ever written and i am NOT sorry

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[maxbernini]

Hello! Do u personally believe they really don't know about "symbolism"? The more i think the more i convinced they knew perfectly. Like there're so MANY considencies - moon/window, plant, wig, eliott speech and so on. They clearly used them w purpose to bait and then traumatize us. But it's so f**king cruel and they do realize this, so now it's more safe to look like innocent idiots.

the math isn’t adding up :/

i mean i do think some things were just insane coincidences, like i believe them when they say they didn’t know march 18 was a full moon lol. and they’ve said the wig was an aesthetic choice, not a symbolic one right?

but the idea that the moon, plant, and circle/cycle symbolism (which are all inextricably linked! moons are circles, have life cycles, and are part of nature etc) was all unintentional and entirely people reading into things? absolutely no way lmao. like...you custom BUILT that circle window!! you purposefully gave them matching interconnected circle tattoos. own up to it!! the last shot is literally katherine surviving!! just come up with some boring line about how it was all meant to represent mayla breaking the ~toxic cycle of their relationship so they could be reborn as friends or whatever. lying is so lame and embarrassing and i don’t see why they’re doing it to save face when the newest interview is them saying “we knew this would upset people but..we don’t care”.

but re: eliott’s speech: the point of that, alongside jo, tiffax, june, bilal all emphasizing the importance of communication, wasn’t symbolism but essentially a way to say ‘communication IS important to healthy relationships! but lola and maya will not take that advice to heart because if they do they might actually solve their issues which is not the point of this season, so instead they won’t talk once because they ARE unhealthy and incompatible and thus need to breakup’ lmaooo

[leossmoonn]

omg omg omg stefan in 1864 with katherine and everything right???

youre catching his eye and all that maybe even are being arranged with him by your dad and kat literally tries to KILL YOU over stefan but swoops in and saved the day omfg

Saving him from that monster 😩 (lmao)

This sounds like the story I wrote but like instead of the reader dying and Stefan doesn’t realize he loves her in time, she actually stays alive and he’s always liked her lol

Ok little background bc I cant help myself but build a plot: you and Stefan have been arranged to be married for like a year now, so you’ve had plenty of time to get to know each other. And you two very much like each other, but Katherine then showed up and fucked y’all over. So you kinda took a step back bc Stefan seemed to really like her (and while some of his feelings were real) he loved you the whole time and Katherine was just manipulating him

Anyways.

Just imagine there’s like a banquet or ball or whatever they had in the 1860s lol and kat and Stefan are dancing and youre dancing with some loser, and you catch Stefan’s eye

He gives you a grin that makes you’re heart flutter and your knees go week. In turn you give him a smile back. Then he excuses himself to go and dance with you and kat is pissed lmfao

“Fancy seeing you here,” he says. “Oh, really? I’m only the daughter of a very important businessman,” you smirk.

He lets out a hearty laugh. “Very true.”

You look behind his shoulder and Kat is death staring you. You look back at Stefan, giving him an amused smile.

“You’re girlfriend is planning on killing me.”

Stefan looks back, rolling his eyes and looking back at you. “She’s not. And she’s not my girlfriend.”

“Good. If she was, she’d be in for a rude awakening.” Your eyes flutter close as you press your lips to his. Stefan pulls you closer by your waist and his hand that is holding yours goes up to your face and cups your cheek.

You open your eyes slightly to peer at Kat who is fuming. You give her a wink before closing your eyes again and melting into the kiss.

After that night Kat comes into your room and tries to kill you. You almost escape when Kat starts to use her vampire speed.

“You’re one of them, huh?” You hum. “You don’t seem that surprised,” she says.

You shrug, “I am, but it’s not like I’m shocked.”

“Maybe you’ll be when I kill you.” Veins start circulating under Kat’s eyes and you try to show no fear, but you’re dying on the inside lmao.

She lunges at you and you hit her with one of those fireplace sticks and manage to stick it in her arm. That gives you enough time to run outside and call for help. Kat recovered faster than you anticipated tho and she grabbed you by the collar of your nightgown.

“I hope you’ve said your goodbyes,” she whispers. She is so close to snapping your neck, and you hear a crack but it wasn’t your own neck. At first you think you’ve already died and that you’re in limbo or whatever, but you turn around and see Stefan. He’s holding a baseball bat and a syringe.

“My hero,” you smile. “Are you alright?” He asks.

“I’m fine. I was wondering when you’d hear my screams,” you say.

He smiles, “Luckily we live near each other.”

“Is she dead?” You point to Kat. “No, she’s just knocked out,” he says.

“Why don’t we bring her to your father and get married tomorrow?” You suggest with a sly grin.

“I would love to.” He sweeps you up in a mind dizzying kiss.

You two go to his father and get married the next day. Since this is an alternate universe, you two stay human, have a few kids and a dog, and live happily ever after <3

[jack-kellys]

hi guys i saw newsies again

i think what we collectively didn’t realize about the context of which santa fe is sung is that jack is beat to hell, like on his way to a concussion while he’s singing that. he is barely pulling himself up that ladder, he’s leaning against literally every piece of rail or penthouse beam that he can. like. santa fe is, really, a dream. he sings it when waking early in the morning with charlie and then when he’s fucking concussed. it’s actually a delusion in this version. god…

david jacobs will get his way or die trying and i have to admire his gay little snooty faces LMAO… “tell me how quitting does crutchie any good?” is said while he’s looking over the paper with his back to jacks with an eyebrow raised. and when jacks doesn’t respond (which davey doesn’t even see he just fuckin knows) his “exactly” is this sing-song told-you-so of-course-i’m-right and i’m obsessed with it

tommy boy’s like plot thru this is really strong???? he’s reluctant to strike and then shows up as a scab and is the last one to agree to join the strike, and then at the rally when jack betrays them he. he is literally screaming “we hate you! we hate you!” at the top of his lungs at jack oh my god. jack bromage i owe you everything holy shit

charlie is genuinely like my favorite character in this production. i think this is the best take i’ve ever seen, the best acting, the most genuine acting, like. matthew is that good, and so is crutchie as a character. he’s so fun to watch react

^going off that through the whole precursor scene to TWWK for him is like. visceral. charlie has an understanding of the streets and the police that is sort of… almost deeper than jack’s. jack is ready to fight, but charlie is like horribly aware of their position, and almost argues jack’s for-the-strike fervor against the strike. he’s looking at other guys with this older sibling “don’t be stupid don’t do this” look, he’s very in favor of finch’s “the cops’ll bust our heads”, and his “like we got a choice?” to henry’s “[can we sell] at those prices?” is definitive. it’s a fucking command, until jack says to hold on obviously. idk… i just really crutchie’s very obvious position as a leader in this show, and he’s not just strong for “getting through it”, he’s jaded from living with it. ugh. best character.

jack’s face through the “my daughter, katherine” scene is such a journey LMAO… michael is soooo. good. he gets so mad at pulitzer’s “and beautiful, isn’t she?”, he has this withering look when he says “i’ll tell her you said so.” god. and then the WAY that goes to a different kind of anger—

one thing about jack is that anger is not one emotion for him, and he shows it every time. disgust looks different, shock/betrayal looks different, rage looks different. he is so, so, genuinely angry as a character and that’s terribly romantic and sad. to feel the fight for every scenario in your veins, to only feel forced to run at every opportunity. god god god, jack kelly, the character you are.

also i asked michael to sign my sketchbook’s inside cover like everyone else has so far and he was SO excited and went “you sketch???” with the most enthralled inflection. and then we also talked about interracial relations on stage and jack kelly being black. and i’m really not sure how many people have actually asked him or told him how much it meant, because he was very ready to talk about it, which is quite bittersweet.

that’s all i have rn it’s late :( see y’all soon

[zalrb]

can’t believe i forgot the ‘sacrifice’ sex dreams in my favs, your depiction of dominant elena was beautiful. i hope you can update, would love to see more of that. especially since in the flash forward, they’re separated and we all know how elena fares when away from Stefan..

Oh, thank you! Writing outwardly desperate Elena vs inwardly desperate Stefan was a nice challenge

But he was still holding himself back – Elena knew what it felt like to be really felt by him, to be explored and his restraint incensed her, made her physically shake with impatient craving.

“Please,” she whispered urgently, pressing herself to him, wrapping her arms around him, kissing him, nipping at him, biting him. “Just please. Please.”

But also, actually one of my favourite sex scenes to write was quasi-submissive Stefan in a flashback scene in the Need series and I expected it to be a bigger deal and it wasn't, lmao

“All this…” said Elena quietly. “Just to get you back.”

He’d looked at her, a smile between amusement and assurance on his face.

“It’s not why she’s here, no matter what she says.” He’d stroked her hair. “I know her. Katherine doesn’t care about anybody but herself.

When he saw she was still unconvinced, his gaze changed – all traces of amusement gone to be replaced with a seriousness that made Elena’s mouth dry.

His eyes searched hers for a few seconds and then kissed her gently and with purpose, and when he pulled away – Elena breathless from the impact - he whispered, “You have nothing to worry about.” 

“I–”

He kissed her again, moaning in her mouth and she gripped his shirt, ready for him right then. “Nothing,” he repeated.

She could barely speak. “I know that.”

He shook his head slightly, as if to say ‘not well enough’ and he held her gaze as he knelt in front of her. Her hand flew to her chest. Staring up at her, he unbuttoned her skirt and then slowly, deliberately, pressed his lips against her, earning a sharp intake of breath. She slipped her hand beneath her top, rubbing in sync with his tongue.

She mewled.

He stopped. 

She looked down at him, her brow furrowed.

He looked up at her again, his expression carnal and sincere. 

He licked his lips and said slowly, “I will do anything you want.”

She gulped.

His voice was soft. “Like this? You want me like this?” 

[empiressmpheadcanon]

We got crumbs of corrupted Gem I am a happy fox (but not satisfied, never satisfied)

Also I am taking pride in the fact that I called the ice hibernation thing like 2 asks ago lmao

So I’m honour of that have some more corrupted Gem ideas, this one based on if Fwhip didn’t take her to Katherine’s (let’s just assume she didn’t go to him and sent the warning over comms or something)

The Crystal Cliffs have turned into a fierce military under the direction of the Grand Wizard. Their first march was on the Lost Empire, what better way to show the other empires they were powerful than to get the most powerful crown on the server?

The crown and a large amount of your empires resources in exchange for none of the citizens getting hurt, that was the deal Gem made. Joey recognised the look in her eyes, the sharp grin on her face, and gave in to her demands. She left with her empire, true to her word.

He wondered how long that would last.

After the Lost Empire, it was Rivendell, for daring to threaten her brother. There were no negotiations this time, just damage and revenge. The citizens were left alone, she understood it wasn’t their fault, but buildings were left devastated and Gem personally tore down the Aeor statue. No one but Scott saw the satisfaction not quite her own that flashed in her eyes when she killed him.

Then they had to defend for the first time, against the combined forces of the cod and ocean empires. Jimmy was there to defend his boyfriend and Lizzie stood by his side. It was a hard battle, with many losses on both sides, but when Shrubble arrived the fight shifted in Gem’s favour, and they managed to drive out the opposing forces.

Gem looked at her soldiers and where she might have previously had compassion for her wounded citizens she only saw weakness. The training got harder, the fighters got stronger and any hints of mercy got stamped out.

Soon they marched on Mezalea as revenge for Lizzie’s attack, then Pixandria for Pix daring to try and talk her down from the revenge she deserved.

The moved through the nether to avoid detection, but soon the empires caught on and positioned guards near the portals. That was fine, Gem was more powerful in the nether anyway.

When each battle was won, either through surrender or force, they would claim a significant amount of resources to further strengthen the Cliffs.

It was a shock when Pearl publicly challenged her to a duel, saying if she won Gem would give up the crown and surrender herself to Helianthia to answer for her crimes. Gem tried to laugh it off, what was Pearl doing? They were allies, why was she trying to fight her? But Pearl remained steadfast and Gem realised that this betrayal was real. Using her rights as the challenger, Gem picked the fight’s location. The nether.

All the rulers she had faced showed up to support Pearl, confident the buff farmer queen would win the fight. Gem didn’t give them a second glance, all her attention on Pearl as they circled the makeshift arena until they were called to start.

Immediately Gem jumped into action, dodging Pearl’s first attack and unsheathing her sword, the very same sword Fwhip had made her. They fought for a bit until Pearl knocked the sword out of her hands and threw it out of the area before turning around and raising her arms in victory. Gem growled and stretched out an arm, doing something none of the celebrating rulers could see.

One moment Pearl was celebrating and the next she was being shoved to the ground by corruption and held in place, the vines stopping her from moving. And standing over her, a sword made from corruption just above her neck, was Gem.

Pearl yielded soon after, and Gem set her reward for winning. Helianthia would henceforth only trade with the Cliffs and it’s allies, so no food exports for most of the empires. Pearl tried to protest, but Gem wouldn’t budge and her honour kept her from going against it. As everyone was leaving Gem expressed a hope that soon Pearl would come to her senses and they could be friends again, only to get a dark look in return.

A few days after the fight Gem realised she’d been so busy with all the fighting that she hadn’t had a chance to catch up with her brother in a while. However when she flew over to the Grimlands she almost got shot out of the sky by the guards along the wall. She could feel the corruption magic curling in her palm and she almost unleashed it but stopped herself for Fwhip’s sake. It was such a pain to find competent soldiers, she didn’t want him to worry about finding replacements.

She landed in the fields in front of the wall and just as she was trying to figure out how to find Fwhip, he showed up, though he didn’t leave the wall.

Gem took a step forward only to find dozens of bows drawn and pointed at her, one of which being Fwhip’s own.

He told her to leave, that the Grimlands would defend itself fiercely and she should avoid the loss by retreating now.

She was confused, she wasn’t going to attack him, and she said as much. She was his ally, his sister, why would she attack him, especially without provocation!

He kept his stance for a moment longer before his bow dropped and he let out a tired sigh and begged her to leave before she regretted it. She took off, casting one more glance over her shoulder before she flew into the waiting arms of her only true ally in all of this, Shelby.

An earlier Gem would have seen Fwhip’s begging and realised she had gone way too far, immediately stopping and trying to undo all the damage she caused and submitting to any punishment given.

The current Gem returned to the Cliffs with a determined expression and new orders for her soldiers.

Tomorrow, they would march on the Grimlands.

And that’s the end of that! Sorry it got so long, if I could put a readmore on asks I would

Also pspsps writers I would love if someone properly wrote this idea, I would but I’m not good at writing haha

I do not think Gem is fully uncorrupted in canon that arc wrapped up way too quick and she said way too many ominous things at the end for it to be over

Confident power hungry villain Gem my beloved <3

So yeah hope you enjoy! I’ll enjoy reading this when it comes on my dash again because I will probably forget about it lol

-🦊

CORRUPTED POWER-HUNGRY GEM MY BELOVED !!

but also pain ;-; so much pain ;-;

[elizabethan-memes]

reading articles about thomas more i keep noticing how apparently some historians have claimed he was somehow obsessed with sex and/or equally repressed in his sexuality, but the articles never give any sufficient explanation or evidence for such claims or what the reasons for them are lmao…so im wondering if u know what they are referring to?

Oh boy do I!

Indeed, some historians (Richard Marius in particular) have argued that he was obsessed with sex and/or sexually repressed. Personally, I don't think the evidence is that strong for either being true.

Brief content warning: mention of a rape trial

In terms of being sexually repressed, the evidence is the fact that he wore a hair shirt and practised mortification (like whipping himself). This is not enough evidence by itself: Wolsey and Katherine of Aragon also wore hair shirts and people don't argue they were sexually repressed.

There is also a line from Erasmus saying that Thomas More sampled the monastic life "but chose to be a good husband rather than a bad priest." (Ie. he wasn't suited to celibacy so he chose not-sinful married sex rather than sinful priestly concubinage.) Some historians have chosen to take this at face value. However, Erasmus also claimed that in 1511 More married a woman past childbearing age in order to give his children another mother. Why would More reject celibacy in the 1500s only to embrace it in the 1510s? He could have married a widow in her 20s and had more children. So I don't think celibacy was a deal-breaker for More. I think Erasmus possibly misread the situation (and this is a guy who can't correctly name all 4 of More's children- he's probably not the most reliable when it comes to More's private life). Alternatively, Erasmus partly or wholly fictionalised that bit. Erasmus advocated in his life that marriage was equal to celibacy in holiness, and if you were unsuited to the latter, it was right to choose the former. It's quite possible he used More as an upright honourable example of that ideal, and to make More look good, never mind the truth.

Interestingly, historians who think More was sexually repressed assume it was heterosexuality that he was repressing. Only one scholar I know of (in a book on renaissance friendship) tentatively speculated that More perhaps chose marriage over monastery because he couldn't handle the temptation of living with men.

In terms of being obsessed with sex, scholars look at More's writings. More did tell some rather ribald jokes. He said that women were being absurd when they said they were too small to marry because "if you can get your legs around a horse, you can get them around a man". He also joked of a woman that "she is my wife by day and Cranevelt's wife by night". The epitaph he wrote for himself said that he looks forward to having both his wives back because they can all 3 live together merrily as they weren't permitted on earth. (A bigamy joke or a threesome joke? Either way.) He wrote a story about candles shaped like penises. He also wrote a story where a lawyer wins a rape case by taking out his client's penis and showing it to the accuser and saying "do you recognise this member?" Naturally the woman is embarrassed so she says "no, no" and the lawyer uses that as proof his client is innocent. Gross, I know. Personally, the fact he was happy to joke about sex suggests to me that he wasn't repressed. If he was repressed, I think he'd avoid the subject. But I wouldn't say he found sex more interesting a topic than other medieval people did. (Like the manuscript illuminators painting penis trees, for instance).

More significantly, in his anti-Luther polemic he will not shut up about the fact that Luther (a monk) married Katherine van Bora (a nun). Some take this as evidence for an obsession with sex. However, this isn't strong evidence, as More's aim is to discredit Luther by attacking his moral character. In More's mind, Luther and van Bora are basically sex criminals, because they're bound by holy oaths to be celibate. It's not the sex that's bothering More, it's the crime.

[arttheclown]

hi! i hope this isnt super weird but i kinda just got into watchmen and i saw ur tag on that post abt rorschach and i was wondering where moore confirmed hes gay? id love to see that for gay reasons & purposes

@ufonaut this isn’t weird at all! rorschach is a favourite character of mine so i’d love an excuse to talk about him! it was brought to my attention a while back by @catboyrorschach that alan moore confirmed he was gay. ruben made this discovery while looking at academic articles about watchmen and noting that several of them cited moore as saying this. but when we actually tried to find the source itself, we came up short. we believe it’s because he made these statements when interviewed back in 80s / early 90s, when watchmen was still new and there was a ton of hype surrounding it. we don’t know how easy such interviews would be to find now, but here’s something very important to keep in mind: whether or not alan moore has confirmed that rorschach is gay is irrelevant, because the way that he wrote rorschach speaks for itself.

to quote something ruben said on discord earlier: the topic of ror’s sexuality has been so widely analyzed and so thoroughly dissected over the years, it’s just common knowledge at this point that he’s gay. (though it’s totally understandable if a new fan doesn’t know that because as much as i hate to admit it, many cishet rorschach fans are desperate to cover it up or outright deny it lmao.)

that aside, the text of watchmen itself explicitly confirms ror’s sexuality over and over again - the handshake scene between rorschach and dan, rorschach’s behaviour around dan in general, rorschach stealing dan’s bottle of nostalgia and rubbing it all over his face. (nostalgia is important because according to a letter from veidt to his director of cosmetics & toiletries, they choose slightly androgynous women to appeal to the gay market. here’s the wiki page on it.) on a more grim note, when attacked by the police in the comics, rorschach has a bunch of homophobic slurs hurled at him; something that, interestingly enough, the movie version omitted. but the cops weren’t just calling him slurs to because they hate rorschach - they knew rorschach was gay, and were expressing their hatred of gay men.

another thing we need to keep in mind is that rorschach is (again, directly quoting ruben here) notably, characteristically and archetypally A Hypocrite. the mere fact that moore chose to have him comment on homosexuality in the context of passive condemnation, or disapproval, is a notable example of this. it was not chosen dialogue for no reason, and it wasn’t tossed in there to make rorschach look like an even bigger dick. if i’m not mistaken, they touch on rorschach’s sexuality in not just the original watchmen, but pretty much every spin-off comment that’s come out since.

if you’re curious about the analytic pieces on rorschach, his sexuality, and lgbt themes in watchmen in general, i strongly recommend the following:

thomas smith’s analysis on non-normative sexuality in watchmen

peace, love & comics’ character analysis

the comics cube’s observations about rorschach’s sexuality, among other things in watchmen

this breakdown on how rorschach doesn’t actually hate Women, but Female Sexuality

rorschach & watchmen through a queer lens, with summarized commentary by dr. katherine hubbard

for anyone else reading this who’s interested, here is a digital copy of watchmen to read safely and for free online, and here is a compilation of rorschach’s scenes from the motion comic.

i hope this helped clear things up! if you ever wanna talk more about him, i strongly recommend you hmu or going to ruben himself - no one understands that character like he does, and i say this as someone who’s liked watchmen for the last 6 years.