#1 shot of titos for fun. another so i can get back to my friend's house

[lapdogchase]

is anyone else using alcohol as a painkiller or is it just me and house out here

[beauvibaby]

table for two – a.beauvillier

a/n: a little fic I threw together that I really love 🥺 it’s not proofread tho

“A forty minute wait?” You tried to hide your disappointment, it had been a terrible day at work, your feet were aching and your stomach was on the verge of growling. “Yes, I’m-“ the hostess stopped herself, she glanced over to the only other single party here, “give me just a moment.” She gave you a smile before rushing off. You sighed dramatically, pulling your phone out. The only reason you were so stuck on eating here is because you had a gift card and didn’t want to cook tonight. You glanced up as the hostess approached you, “we have a table for two available, if you don’t mind sitting with this gentleman.” She explained, motioning to the guy sitting in the corner, he had an optimistic smile on his face. He clearly had a much better day than you, as you were about to turn down the offer, your stomach clenched, reminding you how long it had been since you ate.

“Yes. I’ll sit with him.”

You stayed silent, following them to the table, the guy shot you a soft smile as he sat across from you, he seemed like a nice guy, his eyes showed his genuineness. The bright blue only making them more vibrant, you mirrored his smile, crossing your legs under the table. “So, how are we playing this? Awkward silence while we listen to each other eat, or are you going to tell me your name?” He spoke up as you hid behind your menu, you raised an eyebrow at his forwardness, although you could hear a slight nerve in his tone. “You first.” You laughed softly, lowering the menu to reveal your whole face. “Anthony.” He grinned, the name fit him, his smile wide and bright as he looked over at you, not having even picked up his menu yet. “Y/N.” You spoke, glancing between him and the menu, he chuckled at your obvious desire to eat, not that he could blame you, he’d been waiting for a while before you showed up, and the hostess undoubtedly was trying to play matchmaker, not that he was complaining. “Nice to meet you, Y/N.” He murmured, opening up his menu, he glanced over at you, seeing your eyes darting between two items, “never been here before?” He asked, already settling on his meal. You shook your head, chewing your bottom lip as you weighed your options, chicken or pasta.

“Are we ready to order?” The waiter asked, setting down the drinks you’d ordered when you sat down. Anthony nodded, going first to give you another second to decide. He ordered the exact chicken dish you’d been debating on, “is it good?” You asked him, closing your menu, he nodded instantly. “I’ll have the same, please.” You handed over your menu, watching the guy whisk away. “So, Y/N.” Anthony started, resting his elbows on the table, “are you a nurse?” He asked with a tilt of his head, motioning to the scrubs you were wearing. “Medical assistant.” You answered, looking over at his outfit, “I have no clues, this isn’t fair.” You countered, stifling back a laugh when he looked down at his pants and shirt, he hummed, giving you a smile. “You watch sports?” He asked, you thought he was derailing the conversation, “not really.” You answered truthfully, he nodded in understanding, “I play hockey.” He told you, and you thought he was just being a show off. “Athletic, fun, still doesn’t tell me what you do for a living.” You countered easily, whether it be the way he was so easy to speak to, or the way you were sure to be dying of hunger, the words toppled out before you could stop them.

You felt your face flood with warmth as he tilted his head back in laughter, “hockey.” He spoke, raising an eyebrow, “I play hockey for a living.” He watched your face go from confused to shock, “oh.” You whispered sheepishly, “for who?” You asked, mirroring his earlier actions and resting your elbows on the table. “New York Islanders.” He spoke with ease, glancing over the restaurant, suddenly feeling like he came off as arrogant. “Oh thank god, my family would disown me for talking to a Rangers player.” You quipped, you might not have been much into sports, but growing up in New York, you knew a fair bit about the local teams. Plus your cousins were avid fans. So maybe you knew a bit more than average.

“Thought you weren’t into sports?” He answered instantly, becoming engrossed in the conversation with you. He listened intently to you as you began to ramble about the hockey fans in your family, you hadn’t realized how long you’d been talking until the food showed up. You fell silent abruptly, embarrassed for how much you’d spoken. Anthony gave you a reassuring smile as he began cutting into his chicken. You did the same, brushing your sheepishness aside. Your eyes shut in relief as you ate your first bite, “told you it was good.” He spoke up as he swallowed his food. You giggled softly, looking up at him through your lashes, he smirked to himself as you hid behind some of your loose hairs. He found himself wanting to do this again with you, sit, talk, eat. A classic date if he’d ever seen one, but it wasn’t, you were just a complete stranger that he’d probably never see again.

Your meal had come and gone, and you both settled your checks, about to part ways out in the parking lot, “you know, I might just have to take my cousin up on that extra ticket to the game in a couple weeks.” You blurted out, cursing yourself mentally, he faltered in his steps, “I’ll be looking for you.” He called as he walked to his car, leaving you there to process his words with a flutter in your chest.

Of course, the first thing you did when you got home was look him up on Instagram, boldly following him and wondering about the what if’s.

***

You rushed out the door the next morning, knowing you’d never hear the end of it from your cousin, Ava, if you were late. It was a tradition for you, her and her twin brother to get together once a month for breakfast, something your dad had instilled in you all, and something you made sure to keep up after he passed.

You didn’t even check your phone.

“You’re late!” Aidan shouted, “shut up! I tried my best.” You groaned, tossing your purse down on the counter, your phone half hanging out of it as you went to wash your hands. As you turned the water on you heard Ava scream at the top of her lungs, you went running out as Aidan shrieked in surprise by his sister's actions. “What? Are you ok?” You gasped nearly slipping in your socks, “Y/N.” She gaped at you, she had your phone in her hands, “why did Anthony Beauvillier request to follow you?!” She shouted, Aidan snatched the phone, “oh my god.” He mumbled, unlocking the device, seeing that it really was his account. “He what?” You mumbled, yanking your phone out of his grasp, quickly accepting his request, before facing the millions of questions they had.

It felt like an eternity until they stopped asking you things, “well obviously you’re going to the game with us, and you’re borrowing my Beauvillier jersey.” Ava smirked, you began shaking your head furiously, “no, no, no.” You whined, crossing your arms as they gave you glares. “Yes, yes, yes.” They mocked you, “by the sounds of it, he was clearly flirting with you, how could you pass up on him?” Ava dramatically swooned, “besides, maybe you’ll fall in love and you can get me in with Mat.” She giggled girlishly, “puck bunny.” Aidan muttered jokingly, she turned to him quickly, “I’m not afraid to hit you with my stick again.” He didn’t say anything after that as he shifted away from her.

“I’ll go to the game, but you better not embarrass me.” You mumbled in defeat, only wondering what you just got yourself into.

***

“Stalking her now beau?” Mat joked with his friend, looking over his shoulder as he scrolled through your Instagram, “shut up.” Tito sighed, faltering as he stumbled across one of your beach pictures. “Oh, damn.” Mat whistled teasingly, he shut himself up when his friend glared at him.

***

“Ava.” You snapped, lightly whacking her hands away, “I’m fixing your hair.” She complained, pouting at you, sneakily grabbing your pony tail and tightening it before you could react, “ow!” You snapped nearly falling on the escalator, Aidan chuckled as you scolded her. “It’s not funny.” You both snapped at the same time as you stepped off the escalator, following them to their seats, you all the clueless to how close to the glass you were really going to be. “Woah.” You gasped, Ava grabbing your hand and pulling you a couple rows down to look up close at the glass, Aidan settled into the seats, snapping a few pictures of the two of you looking out in amazement. “There’s Barzal, oh and pageau, you wanna keep your eyes on them. They’re really good right now.” Ava explained, you nodded listening as your eyes darted around, looking for number eighteen. “Have you spoken to him since that night?” Ava asked as they began skating around the ice, pucks flying everywhere. You stayed silent as you suppressed a smile, easily spotting Anthony as he passed a puck back and forth with Mat. “You have!” Ava gasped, shaking your shoulder violently, “so what if I have?” You mumbled, biting your lip when she looked over at you. “You are something else.” She giggled, shrieking softly when Anthony skated up to the glass, a puck in his hand. He motioned for you to catch it, which you did with ease. “Good luck!” You shouted, hugging the puck close to your chest as he grinned, he gave you a quick wave before going back to skating around.

“That was flirting.” Aidan declared as you both settled into your seats beside him, “yeah, it was.” You surprised them by not arguing, you felt your face warm up as they looked over at you in shock.

The game had gone on without a hitch, the islanders winning 4-1. So you did what you’d promised Anthony, Tito as he requested you call him, you sent him your number.

“Good game, you earned this.”

You felt giddy as you sent him your number, knowing by the time he saw it you would probably be asleep for the night, but the excitement of if he was going to use it, that kept you on your toes.

***

“What can I say, you made me work for it”

“Goodnight, Y/N”

Your heart fluttered more than it should have when you woke up to his messages, bright and early, much earlier than he would be up the day after a game.

“Morning, Tito!”

You sent it, eyes widening as three bubbles popped up instantly.

“Have a good day at work”

You read it over and then saw him typing once again.

“Are you free Friday?”

Your heart nearly lept out of your chest.

“See you Friday”

A confident response that unknowing to you made him nervous, he was never nervous when it came to dates, but you were already so different to him.

You went about your day as normally, occasionally sneaking a moment to text Tito back as he sent you random things throughout the day, including the planning of your date for Friday. He insisted on picking you up, and you agreed, appreciating the chivalry he was showing that not many guys still had.

You were giddy, and he was thrilled, already mentally preparing himself, although he knew once he was around you, it would be easy. It always was.

***

The knock on your door made you inhale sharply, glancing down at your outfit once more, the skinny jeans hugging your curves just right, and the delicate blouse showing just enough skin to be flirty but modest, and it went along with the casual dress code he had established. You quickly zipped up the sides of your wedges, you flipped your loosely curled hair behind your shoulders as you unlocked the door. “Hey, Tito.” You breathed out, smiling at him, the both of you quickly taking in the sight of each other, “hi, you look great.” He complimented, his nerves instantly melting away as you let out a sheepish giggle, “thanks.” Your voice was soft and he soaked up every bit of it, seeing the shy smile adorning your face. “You clean up nice.” You responded, grabbing your purse as he chuckled, looking down at his dark jeans and short sleeve printed button shirt, you took notice of the chain he had underneath it. You shot him a smile as you turned back to him fully, “ready?” You asked, adjusting the purse on your shoulder.

“Ready.”

You burst into laughter as he pulled into the parking lot, the same restaurant you met at, “you’re serious?” You asked through a smile, he nodded, “I mean unless you don’t like it–“ you cut him off as he was about to ramble. You grabbed his hand that was resting on the center console, “no, I love it. It’s really cute honestly.” You assured him, not missing the way he instantly relaxed when you touched him. “Oh, good.” He breathed out, “let’s go inside.”

The hostess did a double take as she saw you two walk in hand in hand. It was the same one from the first night you met, “hello.” She grinned, grabbing two menus, “sitting together, again?” She asked, Anthony nodded brightly. “Yeah.” He answered, letting you walk in front of him as you followed her to a table. “Thanks.” You smiled at her, sitting in your seat, Anthony thanked her as well as he followed behind you. “So, is the chicken any good?” You asked, he broke into laughter, his head tipping back as he gave you an incredulous look. “I think it’s really good.” He answered, snickering as he picked up his menu, you smiled at his reaction, feeling giddy as you knew you were the reason he was having such a good time. “Ok but seriously, what else is good here?” You asked, shifting to an overly serious tone as you scanned over the menu, he smiled at the concentration on your face.

“It’s all good here.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

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[hit-em-with-the-four]

Lifetime of Waiting *Chapter 1*

Anthony Beauvillier and Mathew Barzal X Original Female Character

Soulmate AU (All aspects of the fic are real and in real time except for flashbacks and the aspects of soulmate/aging)

Authors Note: Hey y’all so I’m super nervous about this fic but I know a lot of us are wh*res for these boys and I thought that “hey, why not take a stab at a soulmate fic like this” so I’ve been sitting on this for a while trying to figure out how this goes and have decided how I wish the story to go forward as. So I hope you enjoy and if there’s any feedback or criticism I’d be more than happy to hear as I haven’t written in a bit. Enjoy!

Takes place January 2020 pre covid in New York City, New York, USA

Also I promised @matbarzyy that I would tag them when it came out like a few months ago! Sorry about the delay! I got sidetracked with school and wasn’t happy with the way it was going.

Gif by: samgirard (didn’t want to tag them to have them get notifications but thank you for the gif if you see this 💜)

“Come out with us Tessa, it’ll be fun I promise.” Tessa sighs looking up at her roommates from her case work she was working on for school.

“It’s not like he’s gonna be there or my other one, so what is the point?” She says with no emotion in her voice.

“You’ve got to get out to find them.” Anise exclaims looking exasperated.

“I have this curse on me, you know this! I am alive until I find them and until then I am stuck in my 23 year old body forever! Once I meet them, only then will my body begin to age naturally. Do you understand how long I have been like this? My parents and siblings except for Jonah have been gone for over 100 years” Tessa holds back tears at the thought and mention of her family who she outlived due to a once in a lifetime curse she was born with.

“It’s 2020 babe, anything can happen. You’ve only been searching for them for how long?”
“I was born in 1880.” Anise’s eyes practically bug out of her head.

‘Ooppp.. Well you’ve only been looking for them for 140 years that’s not too bad.” She tries to downplay her own reaction to how old her roommate and best friend was. Anise herself was born in 1925 so she was 95 figuratively speaking but physically, she was stuck in her 25 year old body, plagued with the same curse Tessa has. “I mean Tessa, you have got to be getting close by now right?”

“I’m just convinced they do not exist and I’ll be stuck like this forever.”
“Don’t be so melodramatic girlfriend, they are out there. I promise!”

“I can be as dramatic as I want!” Tessa protests rolling her eyes. Anise glares at her and then looks back at Isabella, another one of their roommates who is just leaning against the island in the kitchen scrolling on her phone.

“We’re not letting you out of this, you have to come with us. Please Tessa, you have to.”
“Fine, let me go and get ready, but you’re buying me some drinks got it?” Anise squeals happily nodding her head.

“Thank you, thank you you’re the best. I promise you’re not going to regret it!”
 When they pull up to the club Tessa has a pit in her stomach, like something is gonna happen but she puts on a brave face and makes her way into the club with her friends. Turns out, her friends had ordered bottle service for the night in a VIP booth.

“You really want me to get drunk tonight don’t you?” Tessa giggles throwing herself down into the booth.

“YES! You need to lighten up and let loose. You’ve been cooped up in that body of yours for so long, it’s time to let loose and live your life! You’re only going to be 23 for so long.”
“Anise, I have been 23 for 117 years. I think I’ve lived enough for all of us!” Anise rolls her eyes at her best friend.

“Relax, you’re going to find your soulmates and you’ll start aging.”
“They better hurry the fuck up.” Isabella pours her friends some shots and shoves them towards them.

“Drink.” Isabella orders both of them before downing her own vodka shot. Anise and Tessa down the shots quickly obeying Isabella before turning back to their conversation.

“They’re probably stubborn like you Tess. Stubborn, feisty and full of life. Maybe they have been waiting for you for a lifetime too.”
“Hopefully, can you pour me another shot. I need to forget about them for a while.” Isabella laughs nodding her head.

“Do not have to tell me twice!” The trio do two more vodka shots before Isabella’s soulmate Ryan shows up.

“We’re going to go dance if you two want to join us.” Anise and Tessa say to the love birds across from them.

“We’re good here, you two go!” Ryan pushes the two girls to go dance. The two girls move to the middle of the dance floor with the sweaty bodies surrounding them. The music playing from the speakers was vibrating through Tessa’s body, amplifying the alcohol that has been consumed by her and Anise.

“Tess, there’s two men over by the bar staring at us.” Anise speaks into Tessa’s ear before making a gesture towards the two men by the bar, each holding a bottle of beer tightly in their hands. While it was dark and hard to see clearly Tessa could make out the two men thanks to the light by the bar. From what she could make out the two men were buff in a nice sort of way. Not the type where it’s so intense but it’s noticeable.

“Should we give them a show?” She asks turning to face Anise.

“We should.” Anise smirks and turns Tessa back around so she can grind into her. Tessa runs her fingers through her hair and down her body in a way that was captivating to others watching her. She closes her eyes and lets herself get lost in the song and how her body is feeling. When she opens them she makes eye contact with one of the men who seems to have a dark and stormy look in his eyes. Like he wanted her in any way he could get her. She shivers but thinks it was due to a breeze and not her desire that slowly crept onto her.

As soon as Anthony Beauvillier and Mathew Barzal entered the club with their teammates they knew something about tonight was going to be different.

“I’m gonna go grab a beer, you want to come with me?” Mat asks.

“Sure let’s go.” The two make their way through sweaty bodies and drunk people to the bar to grab a beer. After they get their beers they are leaning against the bar when they see someone that catches both of their attentions.

“You see that woman over there?” Anthony asks motioning to the woman grinding on another woman without a single care in the world.

“Fuck, you noticed her too?” Mat asks.

“She’s hard not to notice.” Anthony takes a sip of his beer as the girl looks up and makes eye contact with them, specifically Anthony. He smirks and she looks visibly worked up by a single look. Tito’s grip on his beer gets tighter as she licks her lip and turns to the girl she was dancing on. When the woman turns back around both men feel their pants tighten as they watch the show she was putting on.

“Is she driving you as insane as she is me?” Mat asks giving a quick chug of his beer. He turns around and orders another beer.

“Yes, she has been driving me crazy with her dance.”

“I’m gonna go talk to her.” Mat says quickly chugging his second beer.

“Will she be good with both of us coming up to her?” Tito asks worried about her already.

“She should be good.” Mat shrugs. The two men walk over to the girls in the crowd.

“The two men are coming over, want me to dip out?” Anise asks and Tessa nods.

“I’ll be okay, I don’t think they’ll hurt me.”

“If you need me I’ll be over there. Don’t be afraid to pretend you’re friends with other people here.” Tessa giggles and nods shooing her friend away. Mat and Tito stop right in front of her and smile.

“Hey beautiful, if I can call you that?” Anthony asks giving the young woman in front of him a soft smile.

“You may! What are men like you doing here talking to a woman like me?” Tessa asks trying not to continuously check either of the men in front of her.

“Well we just happened to see the little show you put on for us back there.” Mat says coming around to press his chest against her back. Tessa feeling the drinks still coursing through her veins grinds back on Mat and he groans.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” She plays innocent biting her lip.

“I think you do.” Tito smiles at her.

“Pfft nah... I’m innocent.” She smiles and Mat puts his hands on her hips. He feels an overwhelming sensation take over and he can tell Tessa feels it to by the way she pushes back into him.

“Soulmate?” He whispers in her ear and she shivers closing her eyes nodding softly.

“Soulmate.” She whispers back and Tito’s eyes bulge out of his head practically. He reaches forward and grabs her hands feeling the same overwhelming feeling Mat felt.

“Fuck, soulmate.” She smiles and nods feeling overwhelmed by what’s going on. She has waited for over a century to find them and now they’re right in front of her. It almost feels like a dream, an amazing dream that she was afraid of waking up from.

“I need to get a drink I’m sorry!” She runs away from the two boys and over to the bar.

“What can I get you beautiful?” The bartender asks.

“Can I get a triple of gin and ginger ale.” She says and he nods going to make her drink. She waits tapping her fingers on the bar running the situation through her head again. She felt different, changed almost in some weird way.

Tito and Mat looked at each other in disbelief as their soulmate ran away from them.

“Why is she running?” Mat asks running his fingers through his hair.

“Couldn’t tell you bud.” Tito shrugs.

“We gotta go after her, we don’t even know her name!” The two men spent the rest of the night looking for the soulmate that got away.

[the-starsabove-you]

Forever Yours, Emily.

Chapter 1 - You’re breathtaking  A/N: So this is sorta a spin-off. If this doesn’t really get notes or any feedback I’ll just drop this story and it will just be a one-shot. But I’ve written a Mat Barzal / OFC story that features a Tito/OFC and I thought: Hey! It would be nice to write for Tito as well! It wouldn’t connect much to the Mat Barzal story because I really want this story to focus on Tito. But let me know if you do like it! Because I’m kinda nervous that no one will like it.  Thank you for reading!  Tito, Bailey, Lee and Mat were walking in the garage. They were all buzzing with excitement as they just won their game. Now they were pep-talking Mat and encouraging him that his date with Michelle Wilson, a famous supermodel, was going to go well tonight. “What if she hates me? Literally she could just take one look at me and just walk off. What if she’s stuck up or just hates the way I dress or talk? What if she ditches me in the middle of the bar because she thinks I’m boring?” Tito narrowed his eyes “She’ll be a fool to not like you Mat” He said as he took out his phone and sighed and Anders Lee looked at him “You got a date tonight?” “Believe or not boys, dating is hard right now. It’s such a pain to use this dating app. I’m just ready to give up” But Tito sighed and nodded “Yeah, this girl is gonna meet us at the bar tonight. Maybe she’s the one? I don’t know” Mat placed a hand on Tito’s shoulder “You’re literally the sweetest guy ever. If our dates fail tonight, we can enjoy our single lives together” Tito laughed and shook his head “As much as it’s fun being single with you Barzy. I miss having a girlfriend. It would be nice to have someone to come home to in the end and just be happy..” Mat nudged him “If Michelle and I end up in a relationship, I’ll ask her for if she has a cute and single friend for you” Tito narrowed his eyes playfully “I can get a girl myself, thank you” “Looks like there’s something happening over there” Tito said as he and Mat were walking towards a car and saw a whole swarm of Islanders fans circling something and Bailey came towards them and whistled “I guess we got a fight going on.. We always got that” “Michelle hasn’t answered me yet, maybe I came off a bit strong?” Mat said, worried about the lack of messages that he was getting and Tito shook his head “Nah.. She’s a fool if she doesn’t meet you tonight, you’re a great guy” “Well, also she’s pretty hot..”  Lee said behind them and Mat glared at him and Lee raised his hands “Sorry” Soon a couple of guards were running past them and towards the swarm and Tito shook his head “Hopefully the fight doesn’t go overboard” He muttered and he heard Michelle’s name being called followed by two girls running. “I’m so sorry!” Michelle yelled towards them as the head guard opened one of the areas and Michelle and her friend made it inside and Michelle bent her a bit to catch her breath and Emily looked over at her best friend “I’m going to kill you, if not tonight. One day” She muttered and Tito looked at the two of them with a confused expression “My god, I’m so grateful we don’t get chased like that” He muttered as he went towards the girls “What an entrance you made” Tito spoke with amusement as Michelle and Emily looked up. Michelle and Mat locked eyes and Tito looked over and saw both of them were in awe of each other. Mat couldn’t stop smiling “You came..” “Why wouldn’t I?” Michelle asked with a smile. Tito nudged him “Look, I told you!” Emily smiled softly at the two “Score one for Emily” She said and Tito went besides her “So I guess you’re the friend whose the Islanders fan?” He said looking at Emily who was wearing a Mat Barzal jersey. She nodded “You guys are my favorite team. That’s coming from a girl who was born and raised in LA” She said as she stuck out her hand “My name is Emily Smith. It’s a pleasure to meet you” She said with a smile and Tito took her hand and shook it with a smile  “Anthony Beauvillier, it’s so nice to meet you” He said as he looked at her. Emily was small, she had dirty blonde hair with warm brown eyes. She had a smile that was the widest and Tito could see that she was full of life. “I’m also here to make sure Mat wasn’t some random creep on the streets. I gotta protect my favorite girl” Emily said as Tito looked at her in amusement “Good thing Michelle wasn’t some random old lady. We would have had to call Catfish” He joked and Emily laughed. Tito looked over at Mat and Michelle “You guys wanna get walking to the bar?I don’t wanna freeze” He said and the two were smiling “Yeah, we would love that” Tito and Emily were walking behind Mat and Michelle who were laughing and talking. Emily looking at Tito “It’s very nice out” She said and Tito smiled at her “It is, those two lovebirds are enjoying themselves” He said before observing Emily “So how do you know Michelle anyways?” Emily smiled “I’m her personal make-up artist, but also serving as a companion for her” She said and Tito looked confused and Emily saw that “Michelle is very new to the spotlight. So her agent, Marie, does this thing where she wants her clients to have someone with them at all times. It’s good because Michelle does travel alone and is on a plane for a long time. We get along very well and she’s basically been my best friend for the last year too” “Is it fun?” Tito asked and Emily smiled softly “It is, I get to travel the world with my best friend and I’m getting to show off my talents on her by doing her make-up.” Tito nodded and he grinned a bit “Not to be a creep or anything.. But do you have a boyfriend?” He asked and Emily laughed and shook her head “I don’t, I got out of a long term relationship a year ago” Tito nodded “Yeah, it’s been hard for me too.” He said and Emily sighed softly “It’s very hard because you’re traveling and you’re enjoying the sight seeing and the amazing moments.. It just gets..” “Lonely”  Tito said and Emily grinned “Yeah, that” “I have a date tonight, I’m using a stupid dating app” Tito said and Emily grinned “Make sure you don’t get Catfished” “I won't,” Tito laughed. The group made it to the bar and Mat and Michelle went to a corner to just talk and get to know each other. Tito saw Emily going to the bar to order a drink and just relaxing and watching what sport was on the TV. Tito looking over and saw his date for the night. Her name was Alexa, she had blonde hair with blue eyes. Typical model. She stuck out her hand “My name is Alexa, are you Anthony?” She asked and Tito nodded and she grinned “It’s nice to meet you!” The date was going pretty decent. Well, Alexa was mostly talking about herself and what she wanted to do with life. Tito was just listening but he couldn’t help but look over at Emily who was enjoying her drink and laughing along with the bartender. “Is she your sister or something?” Alexa asked and Tito snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her “Excuse me?” “The girl at the bar. You keep looking at her” Alexa said giving him an annoyed look and Tito coughed “No, she’s a friend of mine. I just wanna make sure she’s good” He said and excused himself and went towards the bar. Emily laughing at what the bartender was saying and Tito stood next to her “You doing okay?” He asked and Emily smiled and nodded “Yeah, I’m enjoying the jokes and stories from my friend over here. Mr. Bartender” She said as the Bartender grinned. Tito nodded and ordered a drink for him and his date. He looked at Emily “How do you think the two love birds are doing over there?” He said looking at Mat and Michelle who were smiling and laughing at something Mat said. Emily smiled “I think they’re going on well.” She said and Tito looked over at her “And you?” Emily smiled a bit “Hopefully Mr. Right comes along, maybe he’ll be here tonight” She said and something in Tito made him nervous but also warm. He gave her a smile “I think you will” He said before excusing himself to go back to Alexa. Tito could tell Alexa was getting annoyed by each passing second because Tito would keep looking back at Emily or would excuse himself to get another drink and when he couldn’t finish his drinks, he would get napkins or little things. Something to just get up and talk to Emily. Tito got up from the bar and he went to the bathroom. But when he got out and was heading towards the table, he saw that Alexa was gone. Tito looked around and saw she was completely gone. Tito looked over and saw Emily was still at the bar but this time there was a guy next to her, clearly flirting with her. Emily laughing and smiling at what the guy was saying. Something in Tito made him feel something. It was a sense of jealousy within but also looking at Emily made his heart skip a beat. She made him feel nervous and all happy inside. Tito made his way towards Emily and he cleared his throat and the guy looked over at Tito “Hi!” Tito sighed “Can I borrow her for a second please?” He asked and Emily nodded at the guy “We can talk later!” She said before the guy nodding kissing her cheek “I’ll text you tomorrow about lunch” He said and she grinned. Tito narrowing his eyes before grabbing her hand and leading her to the corner of the bar. “What’s up Tito?” She asked and he looked at her “It now just made me realize that you’re very kind, talented and someone that is just breathtaking” Tito said and Emily looked at him in shocked, she was blushing and Tito went on “I kept wondering why I was paying attention to you more than my own date. But it’s because you’re one of a kind and down to earth.. Not like those models, no offense to Michelle” He said to which Emily chuckled and Tito smiled “I was wondering if I could take you out on a date. I wanna get to know you and I just feel like I know we can both be happy and we won’t be.. Lonely anymore” He said and she smiled softly and she leaned forward to kiss his check “We better be planning for the first date then” “Make sure you cancel that date with that guy first” He said and she looked at him before laughing “Oh! That’s one of my friends from college. I don’t think you have to worry, he’s not into girls” She winked and he was blushing “Oh”  Emily smiled as she leaned forward and kissed his cheek before looking at him “Don’t worry, I had my eye on you the whole night.” She said and Tito looked at her “Why didn’t you say anything?” He asked and she smiled softly  “Because, if you did like the model and wanted to get to know her.. I didn’t want to just get in the way of that”  Tito smiled as he took her hand “Well, let me buy you a drink and we can talk and everything besides..” He said looking over at Emily’s Barzal jersey  “We need to get you the correct jersey” 

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RPER Resolutions

Write your RPer Resolutions for 2018! (What are some goals for yourself as a writer? Improve descriptions? Plot with more members? Etc.

I want to do better at describing things and doing more action-based things. I feel like I’ve gotten really bad at that so I want to majorly improve that for sure. Add more detail and that kind of thing. I really really admire people who can do good action based plots or fighting or something like that. I want to be able to do those. I really do. So those are things that I definitely want to improve on. And of course I would love to plot with more people. I’m a tad awkward so it takes me some time to throw myself at people but I really would love that too.

Write at least one resolution, or “goal,” that you have as an RPer for your character(s)

I want to actually have Shego do her job. As a “henchwoman” or as a “thief” let Shego take from your character and get away with it. Let your character be frustrated with whatever was taken. Is it valuable? Sentimental? Even better. I also want to focus a bit more on the financial circumstances of my characters. Maximus and Shego both don’t have a lot of money, and neither of them have stable work right now, so my goal is to explore just what they do when the money gets really tight and stuff. Shit what else? I think I talked about my many goals for Maximus in an ask, but to summarize I want him to be more comfortable with his magic, and to actually be able to joke about it and see where he goes from there. Shego I want to actually do shady shit, and make really cool connections, and I want to honestly explore her backstory a bit and how it’s made her who she is. I want to do more one shots with that because there are still so many things about her, and it’s close to the chest cause she doesn’t share with anyone. She doesn’t trust people. So giving her a person to trust would be cool. As for Wilbur? He’s got his major quest to hunt down the stolen item, but I want him to get into other trouble. I want him to be manipulated by someone shady, or maybe have him jump into a situation he’s not well informed on and majorly fuck up.

Write at least one resolution IN CHARACTER for your characters. What do THEY want to accomplish or change in the New Year?

Shego: “Okay, so I really don’t buy the new year’s resolution thing. I think you should make up your mind to change whenever the fuck you want. But, I suppose my new year’s resolution is to at least not be in an empty bed on next new year’s. I plan on having a good lay for the next one. Oh is that a bad one? Fine, my new year’s resolution is to have a stable job with a sensible boss, so that I can do my job and not have to worry about him fucking up his or her side of things. I deserve a good boss fucking hell.”

Maximus: “I...well I’d like to make up for being gone. I want to show Gabe every day how much I missed him, how much I love him, and how much I want to spend every day with him if I can. Really all I can think about is making right for my past mistakes. I want to do better, and be the person that Gabe seems to think that I am.”

Wilbur: “I feel like I’m doing pretty good with this stuff. Last year I wanted to jump into the lake when it was winter and I did that so go me. This year...uh..let’s see. I want to start a food fight at school, learn a little more about kissing, FIND MY DAD’S INVENTION, learn how to drive, find a way to fly just once that’d be really fucking cool, pass my classes, do something wild in the nude, ride a horse in tandem (so like where me and a friend ride the same horse) because why not? also bareback would be rad, go cliff diving (i heard it’s awesome). meet a shapeshifter and ask them to do something cool, have a sorcerer cast a spell on me (yolo), fight a magical creature and not die (but you know just a friendly duel nothing serious) and uhhh....not tell my parents about any of this.”

List one or more characters you have never interacted with that you would like to do so:

Oh I have so many characters that I’d love to interact with. I’m going to go ahead and list at least one per mun cause I want a lot of things. Yep okay:

MK- Hercules largely

Lauryl - I want to meet Charlie, but also Merida I think would be interesting

Avarick - okay but imagine putting Shego and Jessica in a room together. Right? I’d love to write with Jessica, but also Alasdair and Terence.

Alex - Kim. Possible. Yes. Let me actually write with her properly this time that’d be great. I would love to write with Kim. Also really wanna meet Tito tbh. Tito seems great.

Andy - Jiminy and Mateo. Honestly all of my kids could use some therapy tbh. And Mateo...well he’s part of the Avalor squad and I want to meet them alllll. Let me at him.

Ashley - it’s in the works interacting and all, but I would love to meet Panic too, and Moana.

Bee - god damn let me interact with Sgt. Tibbs!!! I want to so badly! He seems so great! Also Judy or Marie would be rad for different reasons. Honestly just all of these. All.

Carter - I would happily interact more with Orville. He’s great. I really like him.

Chloe - okay so I’d love to put Mitte and Shego in a room together lol. But also I really really want to write with Perry. Come back soon so I can love them okay?

Dee - Miss Spider would be absolutely fascinating. Give me a chance to get to know her.

Emily - dude I want to meet the Huntsman. I think ooo him and Maximus could be a rad combination, but him and Shego could be great too.

Faith - um both of your characters. but damn WOODY! I wanna meet him. With my former cop, my criminal, or my troublemaker, any will do. Any.

Ginny - I mean I’ve got my hook into you already with Namine and Hook who I love. But I’d also enjoy meeting Thomas O’Malley, or perhaps Cornelia. She seems like she’d be a good time. I think she and Shego could theoretically see eye to eye.

Jaby - lol listen I always want to write with you and your characters. Particularly Tink, Soleil, -whispers Adam-. Honestly. I love all your babes. I will write with all your babes. Haven’t met Rita yet though so I’d love to interact with her for sure.

Kate - I am here for interacting with Tombo! Granted I know very little about his story, but I’d love to find out about it.

Katie - ugh omg I want to interact with so many of your babes. Why have I never had the honor? I’d love to be able to write with Celia or Dodger. They look like they’d be so fun to interact with.

Kiara - my god you have the incredibles babes, and I love them. I’d love to write with Dash. Dash and Wilbur maybe causing trouble. or who knows really. Yeah I’d love to be able to meet Dash.

Lauren - EEYORE pretty please!! He’s so precious! i have in fact gotten to interact with Roscoe a little teeny tiny bit i think. And I love him and want more chances. But my god Eeyore is a cutie patootie.

Lichi - Wendy is awesome, I love Peter Pan characters, and I’d love to throw my children at her. Possibly Maximus? I’m debating on what would work best.

Lily - Beau Dunn looks absolutely adorable and I’d love to meet your other babes Lily.

Macy - damn I want to interact with all the Adamsons tbh. But yeah Barrell. He could influence my youth Wilbur, or Shego could mess with him or idk. Either would be cool.

Mathew - it’s Nick Wilde! Yesss. Idk maybe throw Nick and Maximus together? lol they’d probably hate each other. But that’s always fun.

Mckala - well I’ve gotten lucky and been able to interact with two out of three of your children. So last left? I must interact with Will obviously. Not sure yet who would work best with them though.

Pet - all your babes. lol but real talk I’ve never met Lymantria or Dipper or Alana...or Callie even honestly. Any of those I’d love to write with. Dipper I think would be fun to put with Wilbur. Wilbur is just the kind of guy who would go along on an adventure with Dipper. Whatever that might entail.

Reanna - SHOCK! And Kovu!!! Pretty pretty please? Shock and Shego perhaps? Shogo? Shock and Go? Go Shock? lol idk but I think they’d be fun.

Sam - Jenny and Theo omg goals. Theo and Wilbur really should meet. They could both make terrible life decisions. Also they both have big families right? They can relate to each other sort of?

Sarah - I think I’m getting both of yours, so for now I shall say I look forward to getting to know both Cass and Penny <3 and to plotting more with them.

Sav - uh I want to write with both Shere and Frollo like wtf. VILLAINS. Everyone knows I love villains. Let Shego get close to both of them. My dream.

Sierra - Rapunzel! And Lock! I would love to have Rapunzel and Maximus meet or to discuss their stories some more. And my goal to interact with the Adamsons is real. Shego or Wilbur to get into trouble with there.

Silv - okay I really want to meet Goliath for very obvious reasons, and Jim cause he seems great. lol. Jim and Wilbur possibly, Goliath and Maximus or Goliath and Shego lmao. That would be incredible.

Plotting Exercise! Pick one of the resolutions/goals in #2 and plan a rough guideline to how you could accomplish it.

Shit okay...so for the one goal with Shego to steal stuff it’d be like

Part 1: Shego seeks out target

Part 2: With mun’s permission, Shego sneaks into place and takes item she wants (in a one shot or if you want your character can get a glimpse of a figure or a green glow idk)

Part 3: item is stolen and your character gets to go to the police or worry over the item and Shego gets to go try to pawn it off somewhere out of town for money.

For Maximus:

Part 1: Maximus connects with another person and gets comfortable being around them/friendship

Part 2: He shifts around said friend and the reaction to that etc.

Part 3: Maximus starts shifting more if said friend reacted well to part 2.

For Wilbur:

Part 1: Wilbur meets shady af character

Part 2: Shady af character convinces Wilbur to do something

Part 3: Wilbur does something hella sketch and gets busted

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Writing Task: BDRP Resolutions Exercise

Trigger Warnings: None

Extra Warnings: Actually.... it isn’t too long for once hahaha

Write your RPer Resolutions for 2018! (What are some goals for yourself as a writer? Improve descriptions? Plot with more members? Etc.)

I actually have a couple!!!!

I’d like to balance out my attention between all of my babbess. This I know is going to be tricky for me because like I have eight characters xD, but I want for all of them to be given equal attention. I can easily give a lot of attention to like Minnie and Isa because they are very loud muses in my head, but then Georgette is also a STRONG muse of mine and I know I don’t give her the due attention she deserves, so I would like to really balance it all out. Give each baby the same amount of loving. xD

Secondly, dive in a little deeper with each of my children. I have like plans for many of them and some I’m still figuring out, but I want to actually pull through with the ideas I have for them!!! Plus do more freaking one-shots that will help me accomplish my plans for them!!!

Which, brings me to this goal, to stop being a freaking shy-scared shit!!! I am SUPER shy about messaging ANYONE and I’ll have this GREAT plot idea but will let it slip away because I’m scared to share it. :((( I’m hoping this year I can really break from that!!!

I mentioned this goal once in one of my other resolution tasks, and I’m going to mention it again. I want to write a smut so pure, and gushy, and lovey-dovey, and GROSSSS that it will hurt to type!!!!!! Someone help me accomplish this goal!!!!!

Write at least one resolution, or “goal,” that you have as an RPer for your character(s)

SALLY:

Use her magic more!!!!! Look, she is a Psychic/Seer what have you she can basically see ANYTHING!!!!!! You need to figure out a secret for your character??? Sally can see it!!! You want to take your chances and figure out how an outcome will play in the future??? Sally can see that too!!!! She can see the past, present, future she can see it ALL!!! USE HER!!!! But I also want her to control her empathic abilities because those are really hindering her. It’s basically turning her back to her old Sally, which is such a major regression for my baby from how far she has come. :((( She is also a MEDIUM!!! This is pretty new for her, but I want to be able to do more with it because I really love stuff like that!!! And since she’s new to it like she can be used for granted!!!! I wouldn’t even minddd!!! xD

RAKSHA:

HEAL. It is always a goal of mine for her and it has yet to be completed because now she ended up with a baby that landed her with PPD. That being said I want for her to be able to connect with her daughter and be okay with the idea of getting help if need be. Give me all of the pack interactions too please and thank you. :DDD Also, I want her to be more open towards her husband. Like woman TALK TO THE MAN HE IS YOUR HUSBAND!!!! HE’S THE ONE THAT CAN SEE YOU CRY AND WILL BE THERE THROUGH YOUR GRIEF!!!!

ELLIE:

My poor precious sick baby!! I would love for her to give chemotherapy another fighting chance. She is so completely set on the fact that she’s going to die soon that she won’t even try to see any other alternative. :(( I do want to play on her cancer a little more as well, maybe even have her be a long-term patient at Swynlake General Hospital. At the same time, I want to touch on the anthropology side of her some more too because she is a down right nerd!!!!!

DASH:

MEND. Bring him back to my beautiful, care-free, shit-head, pure  and sweet, fun-loving boy!!!!! We also have to figure out what he’s going to school for once he enters the University. He’s very talented with his guitar both acoustic and electric and I want to touch on that some more, especially now since like he’s been using music as a big escape for him.

MINNIE:

Umm….. wow things are actually pretty good for Minnie at the moment haha. I should make it a goal to screw that up. xDD Let me not be mean. I would love though to like expand her relationships with those who wore born and raised here in Swynlake. I’m sure she must have gong to school with like half of them all!!!! Gimme connectioonsss.

VIOLET:

My goal for this little babe is very similar to Sally’s in that I want her to touch on her magic some more!!! More so because she doesn’t like her magic much at all, but I want her to get to like it. I’d like to get her to open up some more too!!! Vi is very reserved and closed off person, I want her to groowww.

GEORGETTE:

UgHhHhHhhhh she’s my most complicated onneee. I want for her to freaking get THERAPY!!! She’s swirling down very badlyyy and therapy would do her some good. She really needs to speak about her trauma to help her get past through it. I also want to touch the part of her that she’s like becoming because of all that has happened to her. She wants to get away from her old life. Maybe I’ll even make her work, learn how to cook, and all that jazz!! haha

ISABEL:

My goal for this lil munchkin of mine is simply to let her find out who she is haha. Her whole life has basically just been running! She doesn’t know what a teenage life is suppose to be like, hell she doesn’t even know her sexuality!! I want her to make mistakes, fall, get back up, rebel, fall in love, fall out of love, just do everything a normal teen should be allowed to do!

Write at least one resolution IN CHARACTER for your characters. What do THEY want to accomplish or change in the New Year?

Sally: “Umm.. uhh c-control my er empathic abilities… and learn how to build well guards against everyone else’s emotions…”

Raksha: Doesn’t really care about resolutions… but I’m sure it would be along the lines of being able to connect with her daughter.

Ellie: “Explore!! Go out some more!!! Graduate with my new major!!! See the hospital ten times less!! Umm…. hopefully not die this year?”

Dash: “Figure out what the fuck my major is going to be when I go to college. Graduate. Get this magic of mine under fucking control!”

Minnie: “Laugh more and simply go out more because I tend to live in the hospital. Be a good girl-friend!”

Violet: Another one who doesn’t believe in New Year’s Resolution because she thinks all people are the same and no one will change so why the fuck bother??

Georgette: “Sleep.” Preferably without the need of alcohol please and thank you.

Isabel: “Live life to the best that I can!!! But also make sure not to upset Elena while I do it. Oh! Get good grades in school and get to read all the books that I want to read!! Maybe invent something brand new that could help out many people!!!”

List one or more characters you have never interacted with that you would like to do so

Omg!!!!!! I would interact with anyone and EVERYONE!!!!! Legit!!!! Everyone here are excellent and wonderful writers!!!! All your babes are awesomee!!!! If I haven’t interacted with a babe here let me know because I will definitely do so!!! I mean I can type a list of everyone I haven’t interacted with, but like I might be here all night because it’s a lot and that’s really sad. :((( I should add it as another goal!!!! Get to interact with EVERYONEE!!

Plotting Exercise! Pick one of the resolutions/goals in #2 and plan a rough guideline to how you could accomplish it. Here’s an example.

I’ll go with Georgette here since I’m posting this on her’s too.

Para 1: Georgette gets caught being very drunk in Pixie’s or where ever else and gets confronted about it. (Could be anyone from her past really who knew how the original Georgette was/ anyone who knows about what happened to her: Perdy, Dodger, Tito)

therefore

Para 2: Once back home, Georgette breaks down mentally she either drinks a lot more, or breaks a mirror and needs medical attention because of either or that she did. (Tibbs, Rama, Sweet, any of the medical peeps)

therefore

Para 3: One of those medical peeps places a social work order after finding out her blood alcohol level and tells her she needs to seek help. That’d be a fun talk. (Again, the hospital peeeppss)

therefore

Para 4: Georgette becomes forced to see a therapist as part of the condition placed by social work and seeks one out in Swynlake!!! (James Cricket, or like anyone else who’s a therapist)

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updates 1/2 - Goa

Our Diwali break started Friday. Our weekly Friday excursion was put aside and we had a party in the afternoon instead. I wore my sari which was finished just in time for the party; it’s a pale blue-grey with gold stripes. I’ll post a picture (I keep saying that. I’ll actually do that today). We introduced all of our host parents to the other students, and our parents introduced us to the other parents. It seemed like everyone was matched with their family really well and everyone is settled now. I feel a little more settled, anyway. I still get homesick, especially lately, but the semester is officially half over. A lot has happened since my last post so I’m not sure where to start, chronologically. I guess I’ll just type and see where it takes me.

The last weekend of September, most of us students took a holiday in Goa since we had that Monday off. We had to book a random, inexpensive hotel last minute because we waited too long to book the original one we were looking at and it was taken by someone else. After a very long, twelve-hour bus ride, we arrived in Goa near Baga beach Saturday morning. We were able to check in early to the rooms we booked: two rooms for the 11 of us. The rooms each came with a pretty large bed, but the people renting out the room gave us extra mattresses to lay on the floor. My room had five people, with me and the other two girls on the bed and two of our three boys on the floor mattresses. Sharing the room, bathroom, and deciding what to do with the air conditioning (everyone but one person wanted it off; too cold) took some adjusting but it didn’t become too big of a problem since we were there only two nights. Saturday we went to the beach, which the room owner said was a mere five minute walk from where we stayed. It was at least 15 minutes, maybe more depending on the heavy traffic that squeezed through the small, very muddy streets near the beach. The water was salty and a perfect temperature. The sand was fine and not too hot to stand on barefoot. We had been told that the farther south you go in India, the less people stare or take photos without permission. I thought maybe Goa was south enough of Maharashtra that we could escape the unwanted attention like we had received at Ajanta-Ellora. Not south enough, it turned out. Later, a friend told me that south Goa beaches, the ones meant for tourists and rich people, are safer and kinder to travelers. Oh well, next time.

Saturday night in Goa was fun though. I went to my first nightclub (ever) after we had dinner at a restaurant which served cheap, strong drinks. I might’ve gotten more than tipsy that night. The first club we went to was very small but being a group of Americans comes with perks, I guess. They first gave us a free round of shots, then a *whole* free bottle of sprite and vodka. I was more interested in dancing, for the record, if my family happens to read this.We stayed there a while and then moved on to the famous club in the area, Tito’s. I broke my shoe while dancing there and the lady checking bags confiscated an apple that I had bought earlier in the night for breakfast the next day. A stray dog laid at the base of the steps going up to the dance floor and I thought it must be so loud for it to lay there, but when we came down to leave later it was gone. The bag-checking lady still had my apple when I left and I took it, proud of intoxicated-me for looking out for morning-after me by providing a healthy breakfast. In the morning, I woke up early and with an unhappy stomach. The first bite of my apple hit a rotten spot, but I thought nothing of it and decided to eat around the spot. A few bites later I realized the apple was inhabited by worms. Many worms. I walked down the road to find a different breakfast.

The rest of the weekend was somewhat uneventful, but welcome after all the work we were doing for our classes. We had lunch at another well-known place and a few of us walked around shops for a while before heading to the beach one last time. The day before I had worn my one-piece swimsuit with shorts over it but that didn’t stop a group of guys around our age from harassing us. They circled around us in the water when we didn’t even look their way and splashed us in the face. The saltwater hurt my eyes but I’m glad they didn’t try anything else. Sunday, I skipped the swimsuit altogether and wore a new tourist-y Goa t-shirt with loose, black pants and just stood in the water up to my knees. Nearby, two of the other girls from our group were repeatedly telling another group of men that they don’t want their picture taken when one of them threw sand at their faces. We left soon after that. A few of us were expertly pressured into buying some anklets from women selling mostly to foreigners. They said things like, “Your skin is so fair and pretty! Not like us, we look like monkeys.” We were all made uncomfortable by this and I wasn’t sure if they believed it as a result of the colorism that came during the colonial times or if it was just a clever compliment to boost sales. I can’t say for sure but I think about it often.

The next morning, we left with our hired bus driver to begin the long drive home. Home, because that’s what Pune is feeling like now. Especially after going out of state where we could not communicate with the little Marathi we had learned. In only three or four days I had started to miss the pace of the city and the routine I had settled into. And I missed my ai’s cooking, and watching Marathi serials with them at dinner. I can’t wait to get home, real home, and see my real mother and my dogs and all my friends at school. But I can tell that leaving Pune will also be very difficult. I have friends here now, and a temporary family. I look for familiar stray dogs when visiting different parts of the city. I know where to find the most reliable rickshaws, and I know how to tell them when they’ve charged me too much. People look surprised when I show understanding when listening to a conversation, and when I even contribute to it. I feel like part of me has rooted here, fed by the daily rains that should have stopped with monsoon season. Before I know it, it’ll be time to dig them up again to board a flight back to the US.

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The Life of an Avenger Masterlist

Facts: -Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader

          -Tony Stark x Reader!Best Friend

          -Ongoing and already longer than it should be, but I’m exrtra

          -Reader has ice manipulation powers (yes, like Frozen. Fuck you)

          -Reader has an attitude and no time for your bullshit because she’s constantly saving the universe from destruction, you know, as one does

          -Reader swears a lot, so this is not a fanfiction for the faint-hearted

          -I appreciate everyone who has stuck by me through my long-stretched updates, but please know that this is an escape for me and all of your comments, messages, and love really make a huge difference to me. So thank you so much and I wish you all clear skin and tons of energy to get through the daily bullshit. You all deserve it! Please enjoy…if you dare xx

~Part 1~ The Avengers

 Summary: This is the introduction to the series that goes through (Y/N) being thrown into the Avengers by Phil Coulson who saw something in her that no one else did, including Nick Fury himself. Along with her new teammates, she faces Loki in the Battle of New York, and succeeds is defeating him (you know, as the movie goes). Instead of going their seperate ways after the battle, however, the team remains together afterward for a short period where (Y/N) grows closer to the team, especially Steve and Tony (except one is the basically the older brother that teases her and tries at all costs to make her say, “uncle,” while the other one she fucks, so…very different types of loves, but still the same amount of love). So, in all honestly, consider this the origins story, I guess.

Chapter 1 (Steve’s POV): Found

Chapter 1 (Reader’s POV): Found

Chapter 2: The Beginning

Chapter 3: Babysitting

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Chapter 4: Plot Twist

Chapter 5: Trust Issues

Chapter 6 (Part 1): The Ice Queen

Chapter 6 (Part 2): The Ice Queen

Chapter 7: He’s a Deadman

Chapter 8 (Part 1): The Battle of New York

Chapter 8 (Part 2): The Battle of New York

Chapter 8 (Part 3): The Battle of New York

Chapter 9: Home, Sweet Home

Chapter 10: The Bombing

Chapter 11: Stevie Nicks Cures All

Chapter 12: Blueberry Pancakes

Chapter 13: Speed

Chapter 14: The Party

Chapter 15: Mario Kart

Chapter 16: No Fear, No Weakness

Chapter 17: The Mission

Chapter 18: I Love You

Chapter 19 (Part 1): The Truth

Chapter 19 (Part 2): The Truth

Chapter 20: Moving Out

Chapter 21: The Birthday That Shouldn’t Have Been Celebrated

Bonus: Dumb and Dumber

~Part 2~ The Winter Soldier

Summary: (Y/N) goes to Asgard with Thor for a bit of otherworldly adventure to only get her ass trapped in the middle of an alien space war. And if things couldn’t get weirder than that, she time travels to a past incident that holds a key in the furture before her as a painful memory brings one of her biggest mistakes back to haunt her. Yay. And, again, if it couldn’t get weirder than even that, she dies. But, like, not really. Only a little bit. But, yeah, she dies. And, then, she gets a dog with her boyfriend. I promise, this all makes sense somehow. Or maybe it doesn’t. You decide. But, just know that it was a lot of work, so don’t torch my house or anything. I really tried.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Asgard

Chapter 2 (Part 1): The Cave of Time

Chapter 2 (Part 2): The Cave of Time

Chapter 3: The Plan

Chapter 4: The Winter Soldier

Chapter 5: Half-Naked

Chapter 6: Alive

Chapter 7 (Part 1): The Mechanic

Chapter 7 (Part 2): The Mechanic

Chapter 8: The Real Truth

Chapter 9: Take Me Home

Bonus: What a Dog

MASTERLIST (Part 3)

~Part 3~ Age of Ultron

Summary: After a run-in with a reoccurence of her cancer, (Y/N) bounces back to start fighting as one of the Avengers again (of course, with her over-protective team’s ever-present, watchful eyes to make sure she wasn’t dying, or anything). The Avengers face Ultron in a sequence that never should have happened, but Tony is a broken person and just wanted to protect the world. Don’t hate him, people, he actually has diagnoable psychological problems that not many people are willing to acknowledge…anyway, (Y/N) got really drunk in this part and it was really fun to write, so three cheers for Tito’s!

Chapter 1: Age of Ultron (She Named Without, Hopefully, Infringing Too Much on Marvel)

Chapter 2: A Suit of Armor and Three Too Many Beers

Chapter 3: Home Run

Chapter 4: Magic

Chapter 5: A Shot to the Heart

Bonus: Let’s Beat Them Into Shape

~Part 4~ Attack of the Aliens

Summary: *Honestly, you can skip this part. It’s mostly an add-in, but I had this idea in my head and I had to write it out. This was the result* (Y/N)’s cancer and government/alien attacks get sorted out by Tony and Bruce in Malibu. Afterwards, (Y/N) faces her “father” by only blood in The Raft before he is executed (God, I just keep getting lazier and lazier with these summaries).

Chapter 1: The Mansion in Malibu

Chapter 2: The Killer Surf

Chapter 3: I Need Help

Chapter 4: A Peaceful Sleep

Chapter 5: Goodnight

~Part 5~ Civil War

Summary: Eh, fuck it.

Bonus: Crazy Is, As Crazy Does

Prequel: Into the Rabbit Hole

Yet Another Prequel: Girl’s Day

Chapter 1: LAGOS

Chapter 2: The Kids Aren’t Alright

Chapter 3: I See Red

Chapter 4 (Part 1): Civil War

Chapter 4 (Part 2): Civil War

Chapter 5: The Escape From Earth

~Part 6~ Ragnarok

Summary: All you need to know is that (Y/N) sided with her boyfriend/unsaid fiancee/soulmate(?), Steve Rogers, during Civil War despite her best friend on the face of the planet (and any other planet, in fact), Tony Stark, being on the opposite side of the white line that seperated them. During the fight over freeing Bucky in Siberia, Tony accidentally almost killed (Y/N), an event that will haunt him for the rest of his life. On the other hand, now it’s up for Steve and (Y/N) to decide what to do under the guise of ‘fugitives’ in a world that won’t accept them as heroes any longer. And, as any rational person would, they decide that taking refuge on an alien planet is the best route to go. Logic at it’s finest.

Chapter 1: A Champion Is Born

Chapter 2: Smash

Chapter 3: Fear of the Unknown

~Part 7~ Destiny’s Arrived

Summary: Y’all know what it is. It’s time for the ending of all endings. This part is dedicated to the reader navigating through Thanos’s power struggle against the Avengers and her own struggles fighting with, and possibly against, the power of the Orb. Where does everyone’s loyalties truly lie and will the cliche be broken where the heroes actually die in this one? Only Time will tell.

Chapter 1: The Orb

Chapter 2: Currently Fearing the Reaper

Chapter 3: Earth is Closed Today

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Week 5 Preview

LOAD Week 5 Preview

Fellow Germans, welcome to your LOAD Week 5 preview. We’re a quarter of the way through the season and your three time reigning champion has reclaimed his rightful spot at the top of the standings. Bow down peasants. Thinking about winning a fourth straight championship gets me harder than seeing Jared without a shirt on. Dom came into the league swinging and looks like a formidable challenger to take me down, but until someone else reclaims the title I’m going to keep swinging my monster hog around any chance I get. Deal with it. In other news... the Browns are still fucking awful, Chad did anal with a random on Sunday, and Tj said he’s going to quit fantasy after this year. If I remember correctly, I’m pretty sure Tj had similar complaints last year as well about the “fantasy gods” being against him. Sounds to me like a guy that can’t take the heat when the going gets tough. Everyone deals with injuries, so let’s all cue up our tiny violins and shed a few tears for Tony. The Squad is going to be splitting up this weekend with half of us heading back to Homecoming and the other non-fun half staying back in Cleveland to watch the Browns lose to the fucking Jets in person. I really hope we win but jesus fuck last week was brutal. Meanwhile Dom is going rogue and staying in Columbus to try and fuck some female he’s in love with (dude wants to have sex with a girl, what a fag). Alright enough bullshit let’s get into the matchups.

2 Gurleys 1 Cup vs. G-reg 3rd Leg

I’ll go ahead and get my own matchup out of the way first. Bennett congrats on getting your first win two weeks ago, but those may be few and far between the rest of the season, and don’t expect win number two to be coming this week either. Bennett has a lot of confidence in his team now with his savior, Doug Martin, coming back from suspension. I hate to break it to ya pal but he’s not that fucking good. I will admit, his white power duo of Rodgers and Jordy has been paying off in a big way this year, but that’s about all he’s had going for him thus far. I expect that to continue with the Packers playing a weak Cowboys defense that just got wrecked by the Jared Goff and the Rams. I’m sure those two will connect for some major points and even Cooks is bound to go off against Tampa Bay’s league worst pass defense, but those three aren’t going to be enough. My receivers leave a lot to be desired, but my three headed monster at RB should have another huge week to pick up the slack. Bell has a great matchup against the Jags, Hyde gets the Colts who are giving up the most points per game in the league, and Gurley is going up against a Seattle defense that’s giving up 5 yards a carry this season. Last but not least, Famous Jameis is going up against the Patriots defense that has been absolutely shredded by quarterbacks so far, so expect a shootout. Bennett is going to hate seeing that big dumb nig scoring tuddies all over his starting defense. Side note, it also wouldn’t surprise me if Bennett benched Rodgers and started his man crush Mitch this week. Seriously man you should do it, that’s what a real friend would do. This one might be a little closer than I’m making it sound, but I still take the W this week.

2 Gurleys 1 Cup > G-reg 3rd Leg

Hollas Heavy Hitters vs. Ain’t EZ Bein Breesy

Due to the first round of bye weeks there are a few shitty matchups this week and this is one of them. Two early season bottom dwellers are going at it as Holla takes on Solden. If Solden put as much thought and effort into fantasy that he does trying to get laid every single night he might actually be a pretty decent manager. Just kidding Solden, but seriously though if you showed as much enthusiasm for your fantasy lineup as you did last Friday night at Dom’s when you wanted to go out at 9:45 pm and not “stay in all night and not get laid”, you could really make some noise. Holla loses Matty Ice and Freeman to the bye week. Dak is a solid backup but has a mediocre matchup against the Packers. What’s really going to hurt him is not having a respectable RB to plug in this week for Freeman. Paul Perkins and Jeremy Hill are trash options so Holla’s going to need a lot out of Shady in a good matchup against the Bengals to make up for it. On the other side, Solden loses his Brees, Pryor, and Ingram so he’s getting hit harder by this bye week than Janay Rice in an elevator. On the plus side, his receivers all have some pretty decent matchups and Gronk is going up against the worst pass defense in the league. It may come down to whether or not Alex Smith has another big game which would also hurt Holla’s defense on the other side. Also important to remember, Holla is going to be bouncing around in Athens this weekend so there’s a good chance he blacks out and forgets to set his lineup while he’s balls deep in some freshman. This one could really go either way (kind of like all of us on the weekends) but I’m going to give the edge to Holla with the bye week being too much to overcome for Solden’s team.

Hollas Heavy Hitters > Aint EZ Bein’ Breesy

Jon SnOBJs vs. The Brady Bunch

Our own El Presidente finds himself in last place after a two game losing skid, and it hasn’t been pretty. After swindling AB away from Solden to pair with OBJ, it looked like Chad was going to be the team to beat going forward. Needless to say that hasn’t been the case. Chad might be killing one too many brain cells with his excessive Titos intake, because he’s had some trouble getting his lineups right and benching the wrong guys. That being said, Chad is too good of a manager and I think he starts to turn things around this week. *Insert standard “boring Doug joke” here*. QB advantage goes to Doug, Brady is going up against the worst pass defense in the league...no further explanation needed. That particular matchup could get uglier than the blood bath Chad left behind in the room at the Double Tree last year. I’m going to give the WR advantage to Chad. All three of his receivers have plus matchups, especially Randall Cobb against Dallas. Devante Adams is more than likely out this week (fuck me right) so Cobb is going to see more targets against a bad secondary. If AB and OBJ both go off like they should, that’ll give Chad a big cushion. On the other end, Doug gets the advantage at RB with Kareem and Bennett’s favorite color of RB, Christian McCaffrey. I like Chad’s TE matchup with Brate going up against the Pat’s awful pass defense, whereas old man Jason Witten has to go against a Packers D that has shut down opposing TE’s, advantage Chad. This one comes down to the flex position and Bilal Powell coming off a big week going up against our perennial playoff contending Browns makes it an easy choice, Doug wins a close one.

The Brady Bunch > Jon SnOBJs

Crows before Hoes vs. Little Diggs

Pot Stirrin’ Paul faces off against LOAD rookie Dom this week. Paul’s pot stirring tendencies continue to go unchecked as he continuously tries to tear our friendships apart and no one says anything. Ever since he became official with Bean his pot stirring antics have been nonstop, it’s almost as if he doesn’t need us anymore and could care less about the consequences. It’s funny how these two are matching up this week because Dom also knows a thing or two about stirring the pot among a friend group, right Solden? Let’s pull a quick tequila shot and take a look at this matchup. Dom is putting a lot of faith into Mariota playing this week, otherwise he’s going to be scrambling on the free agent market for a QB last minute. It’ll be interesting to see what Dom’s RBs can produce with both Montgomery and Gordon banged up. At full strength Dom’s lineup has the advantage across the board but it looks like this one will be close with the injuries in play. Mike Evans and Larry Fitz have perfect matchups for Paul this week. Paul’s hoping that Watson can continue his hot streak but that may come to an end against the undefeated Chiefs. Paul can make things interesting if Ajayi finally produces this week but Dom has a huge advantage with Kelce and Diggs in the TE and flex spots. This one will be close, but in a phrase he’s all too familiar with, Paul is going to come up a little short.

Little Diggs > Crows before Hoes

*MATCHUP OF THE WEEK*

The Injured Reserve vs. Julio Tones

On paper, this matchup looks to be the most competitive going into the week, earning Matchup of the Week status. More importantly, the two roomies square off in matchup with both hoping to go to 4-1 and remain atop the standings. Earlier in the article I mentioned how Tj has had some injuries to deal with, and to his credit he had a brutal week. Losing Carr for a few weeks and Dalvin for the year would piss anyone off, but I doubt any of us would be pussy enough to want to quit after that. Just kidding Tj, we all know you just want to “enjoy the games” and not have to worry about fantasy. But I think I speak for all of us when I say none of us feel bad for you. You got lucky with the Zeke situation and it was your decision to draft a quarterback that was going to be questionable for the entire season. Moving on, I almost forgot to even mention Cholly. That’s probably because he doesn’t come around very often I sometimes forget he’s even our friend. I’ve seen more of Bennett in the past month and he lives four hours away. But looking at the matchup this is going to be a good one. Tj did a good job plugging in guys in place of Carr, Julio, and Dalvin and has a sneaky nice lineup this week. Casey’s biggest advantage is his receivers, and this one is going to come down to Tj’s running backs. Zeke should have a huge game against the Packers, but unless Blount and White can find the endzone once or twice, it may not be enough. Cholly should get consistent production across the board. With Ertz going up against a stingy Cardinals defense and the lack of production from T.Y. without Luck, I don’t see enough big scores to overcome Cholly’s squad.

The Injured Reserve > Julio Tones

Alright fellas that’s all for this week. Hopefully none of you are too offended and I’m sure none of my picks will be correct but as long as I get the win this week I don’t give a shit. Solden, Tj, Paul, Chad have fun soaking with each other this weekend and bring a few W’s home for the Tribe and Brownies. Dom, good luck with your dream girl, hopefully she lets you eat her ass. I’ll do my best to make sure Holla doesn’t end up in the Hocking River again but I can’t make any promises. Love you all and I’m glad we’re all friends......yes even Doug.

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Pet’s Questionnaire

Name: Pet

Characters: Jane Porter, Howl Pendragon, Eva Grimhelde, Roger Radcliffe, Calliope Harper, Daisy Duck, Jake Long, Lymantria Khan, Al McWiggin, mystery character 10 wow when the fuck did i get so many

Pick a thread from the past six months that you’re proud of and talk about why.

What HAVENT I been proud of in the last six months haha---ok jk jk.

Not really a thread but the whole arc of Howl turns into demon bird was really a thrill to write. I was a bit slow with it because school (ahhh schoooolll), but I was really proud of how it all ended up. From the intial unbecoming—which was short, but action-paced—to the kidnapping of the egg, to Kiki searching for Howl, then the reunion with Mel, and confronting Suliman—ugh it was so action-packed and fun and the egg has yet to unveil herself dun dun dun. (I do realize the first few paras of this fell before the six month line, but we will ignore that).

One of the things I find difficult in writing is, well, action sequences when a lot of things happened at once and this whole arc was full of them, so it really forced me to think about character placement and what a good next move would be. And I want to thank MK and Lauryl for being good partners with this (and being patient when I was slow) and just giving me a lot to work with and ugh yeah.

An honorable mention is the Titsy closet thread (lmao) not just for the smut but because I think that moment was like really character defining for both of them. There was a lot going on. It was also hot and steamy.

Another honorable mention is MILANO BREAKS INTO A MUSEUM AND WAKES A MUMMY AND OH GOD THE REPURCUSSIONS ARE JUST BEING FELT AHHH. Yeah that still has to play out but wow it is fun.

Identify a challenge you’ve faced in this rp. Reflect on why this is a challenge for you. Are there any strategies you can develop to overcome this challenge?

I’m too shy. And I know that is my one big weakness. And I know it might not seem that way in the group chat because I’m a jokester and I say weird shit and am generally jovial and talkative, but like one on one I am…so…anxious and shy and asdkjadlks. I swear to god no matter who you are if we’re talking one on one I get really anxious and im like oh god they noticed I was typing but then I realized I didn’t say anything oh god I feel awful maybe I should clarify wait no I shouldn’t wait no I should wait no it’s too late //screaMs and then I think you hate me. Rinse, repeat.  

This is a challenge, of course, because it makes it really hard for me to plot—because it’s not just me going to approach people, but like people approaching me and I don’t know WHY because 9/10 I love their ideas/they love my ideas. And like I am trying my best to slowly get over it. Im trying to branch out and hit more people up and I am starting by outlining my goals for my characters and then trying to contact people who would be relevant and hopefully I don’t like combust with anxiety whilst doing so wish me luck;;

Pick one of your characters and talk about their growth (we recommend choosing an older character, but it’s up to you! ) What about their story has surprised you? What are you proud of? How have they changed from their original inception to now?

I did Howl last time so now it’s time for Miss Jane Porter.

Ah, Jane, Jane, Jane. SO like a little TMI background into the creation of Jane. I’ve roleplayed Jane Porter for like 6 years now. My original Jane was much different from this Jane. This Jane grew from quite a dark time in my life and her early days were very reflective of that dark time (only getting darker for those first months I had her). Thus, without me even intending it, she got quite depressed. I hadn’t expected it, but that’s the sort of thing that happens when you trap someone who never wanted to make a real commitment in a small town.

Jane was supposed to be fun, energetic, just happening to be weighed down by a dark secret—what she is now is more reflective of what I wanted for her. Instead, the idea of being trapped in one place, the idea of death lurking at the corner of her vision consumed her. She was lonely. She shut herself to the world. She regressed in a way that I did not anticipate. The only way out was for her to crash and burn.

So, I made Jane crash. I gave her everything she feared—the chance of falling in love, the potential of a child, a glimpse of a life that she could live in another world, basically what could be’s that she had been trying to stay away from. And she crashed and those few months were her darkest (like right after rejecting Milo, the time jump, then the pregnancy thing).

Now she’s coming back around. What’s fun with Jane (and by extension Milo) is that they have this—and I’m using a Lauryl ™ term for this—complicated happiness. Where they are happy, but ya know, there are issues. At their best, they are an unstoppable team—they hunt demons, they sneak into museums, they make each other brave (they are both brave, I think, in different ways, but the way that they are not brave is exactly what the other is brave in, so it like complements each other). But at their worst, they become scared: Milo frets, Jane avoids, Milo overanalyzes, Jane tries not to acknowledge. And so far there hasn’t been a real issue with that, but they should have a Talk sooner or later.

I’m proud that Jane was able to pull herself up. But what I want her to do is recognize her problems. She’s very avoidant that way, turning to alcohol/sex when she’s really down or simply ignoring the little things when she’s on a high. She fits her enneagram type to a tee. She ignores bad things and just tries to focus on something new, something exciting, something good. But she needs to recognize problems and work to fix them before they become Big Problems.

Pick another character and talk a little about where you WANT them to go. What are your plans for them for the rest of the year?

I’m going to go with Daisy on this one.

So Daisy, Daisy, Daisy. My little flower. Daisy is always weird for me because literally everything I ever planned for her went in the complete opposite direction. Date Stan? Nope. Interact with Tito just for fun? Lol. Fake-date Lou in the Hogwarts-verse? Hahaha. Even the long term things ended up getting derailed by events (titsy wasn’t supposed to like get together for a bit, but then valentine’s happened, for example). So with Daisy a plan is more like a rough guideline. (which is so FUCKING META IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE LITERALLY PLANS EVERYTHING AHHH)/

There are two paths I envision for Daisy: the first requires a lot more work, but may be more fulfilling in terms of character development and lead to a happy ending. The second is more comfortable and honestly, more unexpected and might be more interesting.

The first is that Daisy rejects the notions of class and wealth she was bred into, which as I mentioned before, would require a lot of work in changing her thinking, but it can be done. Not to be super Sorting Hat Chats in here (okay but when are we not), her primary is Ravenclaw and right now her system is in a bit of a flux and she’s trying to rebuild it. She would need the right type of influence—not just from Tito, mind you, because she feels that she is biased should she solely listen to him (Daisy’s quite analytical and logical and will try to put her own feelings aside when it comes to that decision). It would need to be a mix of outside forces, and this I can see ending in her graduating and doing what she wants to do, instead of what approved jobs her mom would have picked out for her (so maybe trying to strike it out on her own and starting her own lifestyle blog, or working at a smaller company, or maybe one focused on social justice instead of just haute couture idk) and most importantly, choosing her heart over preapproved options.

Now this is the option that would represent the most character growth, but my hesitation? It’s cliché. It’s a bit overdone. It’s Rose from Titanic. It’s been done, and for the way it would pan out with Daisy, it would not be super unique. Would it be the happier ending? Well, yes. I’ve not closed it off completely and tbh I am a sucker for happy endings, so this might be the way to go, I’m just leaving room to think of option two.

Option Two is that Daisy decides that her whole system of class and wealth and status is the one for her. This would just need little nudges from her family, from her friends of high status, reminders of people who have fallen, glimpses into a future that is glamorous and glittering—where she has access to her wealth and name and can use that to better the lives of others. Without having to focus on meeting her own needs, she can turn to the world. (That would be the argument there). Now this has a clear end for Daisy—she graduates, she moves to London or Paris or New York. Will she be satisfied? We won’t know. Her story in Swynlake will end. It ends with a whimper, not a bang. It’s classy, it’s literary, it’s Sister Carrie achieving her dreams, yet feeling empty in her rocking chair..

Now these two options are by no means the only paths for Daisy to follow (and heaven knows she’s done an amazing job at skirting around literally every other plan I’ve set up for her)—so we will see! Maybe it will be some weird combo of those two. Maybe something will happen to expedite one or the other. Maybe she’ll turn into a zombie.

OPTIONAL (REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T DO THE LAST QUESTIONNAIRE): In terms of your own writing, identify 1-3 strengths and talk about why you think it’s one of your strengths.

Uhhhhhhhhh. Srry ive felt bad about my writing lately but here goes:

Structure: now this is like. A weird one?? Idk it stood out to me when I wrote Ly’s one-shot about her brother, but I like playing with structure and having set forms and beginning sentences certain ways and having repetition and idk this is weird but I really enjoy doing this so I do think I do it well.

Description: I think I do this well. When I do it I mean. I try. I think I do it the best with magic, Howl’s and Ly’s specifically. Also Daisy’s outfits lmao.

Humor: This one I will say I do well. I make myself chuckle.

OPTIONAL (REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T DO THE LAST QUESTIONNAIRE): In terms of your own writing, identify 1-3 areas of improvement.

Dialogue: last questionnaire I said I did dialogue well but I take it back. I feel like all my characters sound the same. Idk. Except for like Howl maybe, and Roger. I guess it’s like the cluster of Ly/Daisy/Eva with their weird accents that don’t actually exist in youtube videos so I cant quite pin them down.

Setting: im really trying to improve on this! And just add like little details in general! It’s still a work in progress but it’s getting there!!

Like action/forwarding things this is vague: I remember very specifically in one of my creative writing classes, I had written something I was very proud of and someone told me something along the lines of “I enjoyed reading this and it was well-written…but it was just people sitting around and talking for the most part. Nothing happened.” And that really resonated with me because ya know, I do that well. I do sitting around and talking and thinking and longing and sighing quite well. It’s the like actually furthering things along part I am bad at. This rp has definitely forced me to do that and I am definitely improving, but it is still something I need to work on.

OPTIONAL (REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T DO THE LAST QUESTIONNAIRE): Reflect on other writers you love– in the rp or out! How have they influenced you? What do you love about their writing that you want to bring to your own?

Every1 is great, again. 

IF YOU DID THE LAST QUESTIONNAIRE: Alright, now pick an item from the Wishlist you completed in January that you’ve started to pursue. How far are you from completing this goal? Talk about the steps you took to make it happen.

Jane and the cheating thing. Not that Jane is going to cheat, not by a long shot. (Actually in the most recent of my replies to the Jane/Paul thread, I think Jane like drunkenly had the epiphany that she was just lusting over Paul because he represented her could-have-beens—will she remember that come morning? Find out.)

This is a thing that I don’t think will be resolved-resolved till Jane brings it up to Milo whenever they have that Talk that they need to have that’s kinda been building up haha.

I actually can’t remember if Lauryl offered Paul as the sacrificial lamb first or we had LADS interact with all our characters and Jane and Paul kinda hit it off (they’re both naturally flirty)—but whichever one it was, we took it off and just kept playing with it. It did take a brief hold up as my school picked up (darn you school), but I think it’s back on track and combined with this mummy plot. Well. Should be a fun time.

IF YOU DID THE LAST QUESTIONNAIRE: Pick another item on your wishlist that hasn’t happened yet. We’re gonna do a MOCK-PLOT!!! Pick a character who could help with this goal, and plan at least three threads or “steps” that would kick-start this plot. Need help? Remember to look at the plotting tips and tricks! See the end of this questionnaire for an example. You do not have to follow through with the plot as you planned it here– but it can kickstart brainstorming and get you thinking in terms of cause/effect.

Ok im cheating a bit for this and picking a character with a plot that I did not have on the wishlist (and then adding someone that I did bc why not)

LYMANTRIA GOES OFF THE DEEP END

Have someone further influence Lymantria into believing that she’s nothing without her magic (Mel or Mellie)

Lymantria seeks someone who will take Fey’s with her. They do the drug together. (Alice)

A trusted friend notices what’s going on and tries to intervene. (Maui or Meg)

Lymantria does not listen. Stronger forces must get involved (depending probably on who it was in the previous thread but most likely Esme or Copper/law enforcement in general (lmao or both)).

DAISY ADMITS SHE NEEDS THERAPY

There’s a thing that’s supposed to happen which will result in a big fight. (Tito)

Daisy most likely will go to Lou for advice. (Lou)

Most likely, she will not feel any the better from that and will probably save face since she hates seeming weak (especially in front of Lou lol) and then will be like let’s do what normal college aged girls do and go clubbing! And then get a full blown panic attack while clubbing. (Annette probably does daisy have any female friends idk---oh maybe Hermes tbh)

Either ends up at home or in the hospital, and like the boys will come so this is between Tito/Lou idk who is more likely to suggest that to her. Heck maybe Stan. Or ya know maybe a medical professional—Minnie? Sweet? Idk this end part is really up in the air and I think depends on what happens in the previous part.

AL LEARNS ABOUT FEMINISM

While online gaming, Al is confronted by a female gamer who calls him out for being a chauvinist. He relates this experience to a friend who further calls him out. (Gogo)

Al wants to find out what the heck he is doing wrong. Don’t women have it good already? He seeks out a woman he knows who has a better education than him and a better job, because he was definitely qualified to get into a good school he just couldn’t ya know and he wants to find out /why/ women think they are at a disadvantage. (Nala)

Al can’t believe it! He tries to find a man whom he respects who agrees with Nala. (a man Al respects—Wade, idk. Who is a nerd here?)

Finally: write a NEW wish list for the upcoming half of the year. It’s fine if you use a lot from your previous wish list if you still haven’t completed them and you still want to!

1.       Family connections—leftover from my last list, but in the works as we speak mwhaha

2.       I know I have already had a few love triangles, but I want one where the two outer points are like actually close and would hate to hurt each other by picking the love interest (like Angelica-Eliza-Hamilton, tbh) ‘cuz the ones I have right now the two outer points don’t really care about each other remotely.

3.       POLYAMOROUS RELATIONSHIP—who knows, could be the solution to the above conflict haha.

4.       Threesome—I’ve been pitching this endlessly. Someone write a threesome with me.

5.       Explore Jake’s magic: I think his is the most undeveloped. I need an opportunity to bring it to light. I want him to either heroically help someone OR get in trouble and have to face the Dragon order repercussions, etc ,etc.

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Week 4 Preview

After a less than satisfying recap from LOAD Presidente I figured we could get a little 2 for 1 action here. No shit talking, just wasn’t your best effort, you ruined a fantastic week of football and possibly the entire evening. But the original OG preview/recapper is here to pick up the slack. I mean honestly who doesn’t love a little 2fer action, 2 girls 1 weekend, 2 fingers 1 hole, and 2 giant LOADS 1 night comin at ya. Not only do we have some promising divisional matchups this week, we have some steaming hot (dude) LOAD matchups. Not to mention the return of this guy to Cleveland Friday after a 1 week hiatus to give little Solden a rest (plus my bed is a little comfier than hugging the toilet). But seriously, if Chad doesn’t step up with Lexi, my best bud Dom (unless he teases drunk Solden with tequila shots) will take our next step into the promised land and become brothers. Of the eskimo variety. Alright, back to football. Let’s get after it.

Holla’s Heavy Hitters (1-2) VS. 2 Gurleys 1 Cup (2-1)

After accidentally shouting out Sam for his name in the introduction, it’s safe to say this will be roast session on Sam. I mean honestly, could you think of a more annoying friend to win this much in fantasy? Mostly kidding roomie. Holla has some decisions for this week as his current lineup is relies heavily on a 2 hard hitting games (get it?) Atlanta facing a Buffalo defense that still hasn’t given up a passing touchdown this year and Tennessee at Houston which could be a snooze fest or actually fun to watch. Sam has some favorable matchups as his RB’s face defenses who have been struggling stopping it and Jameis facing a Giants team that’s never the same week to week. I gotta go with my guy Holla this week as I see both of his premier games being shootouts. And I mean seeing as no one else has banged a 50+ year old, who am I to bet against him.

Holla’s Heavy Hitters > 2 Gurleys 1 Cup

Ain’t EZ Bein Breezy (0-3) VS. Jon SnOBJs (1-2)

A lesser man would probably pack it in and call it quits after an 0-3 start, hell relationship Matt with a bush on his chest probably would too. But not this guy, we’re staying positive and sticking it wherever it fits. The only two to make a trade this year are already facing off as we see who got the better hand. I expect Brees to continue to shred it up but need some consistent help from my wingmen receiving core, after all everyone loves a good assist besides Sam. Chad is somehow more blacked out than me on a Wednesday reading this thinking he’s in a good spot. I do have to agree as his trio of receivers are locked in for solid performances but expect Chris Thompson to come back down to earth and minimal production from the rest. With that being said, Chad will be face first in a bottle of Tito’s this weekend living it up knowing he’s walking away with another win this weekend as I fall to a pitiful 0-4.

Jon SnOBJ’s > Ain’t EZ Bein Breezy

The Brady Bunch (1-2) VS. Julio Tones (3-0)

I thought about making this the matchup the week but I couldn’t let that be that boring with Doug being involved. I’m not sure anyone could have predicted the monster starts TB12 and Kareem Hunt would be off to. But just like any conversation with Doug goes, it slows down and becomes about Parker or IT as I see happening this week with those hosses. Still not sure how TJ nabbed this team but unlike his pants it is LOADed. I’m almost tempted to rosterbate to another mans team. That’s not weird you’re weird shut up dude. Continued success from his big 3 receivers (who honestly might be able to compete with Boston’s “big 3″ on the hardwood) and beefy backs I see TJ falling asleep at dive bar all the way to victory.

Julio Tones > The Brady Bunch 

G-reg 3rd Leg (1-2) VS. Little Diggs (2-1)

The matchup of the two people who have probably seen each other the least out of this whole group. Bennett feeling a little of the Cinci neglect can wag his little pecker in celebration that his just wait and see strategy finally paid off. Jordy and Aaron are set to have big weeks again against Da Bears (Mitchell starting week 8 you heard it here first) and the woman beater himself will probably go off against the Browns. Seriously Bennett, what the fuck is wrong with you drafting a black guy like that? I expect Dom to tinker the hell out of his lineup after a week like that but the decisions are easy this week as every position is projected over 15 points besides the kicker and D. You still don’t fuck more than me. I expect Dom to pull back the tequila shot of victory back on Bennett and take this one all the way back to the butthole (ass eating season is always in season).

Little Diggs > G-reg 3rd Leg

The Injured Reserve (2-1) VS. Crows Before Hoes (2-1)

Interesting matchup here as the tallest and smallest square off. The newly wifed up LOAD member against the 2nd newest wifed up member. The morning after boozing pacer against the thinks he’s a big time beat maker. That’s right, with the surprise pick I’m coming atcha with the MATCHUP OF THE WEEK. ch503710 (it’s been nice knowing ya) goes into the week coming off monster performances from key players and hoping to see Gillislee and Rudolph join the fun. Pauly finally gets a big week from Kirky and half his squad ends up as questionable as his sexuality. No way Oakland doesn’t rebound after that pitiful week so see Crabtree to rack up some points Mike Evans and the renewed fan favorite old man Larry against the 49ers. I see this one being a nailbiter, but expect Paul’s dreams to come true as these large black men carry him to the promised land of victory. Speed kills, and I mean who else can get 25 rushing yards on Alabamas defense??

Crows Before Hoes > The Injured Reserve

In conclusion, I’m ready to go 5-0 with my picks this week and reclaim my throne of the ultimate LOAD layer this weekend. Paul - I think it’s been 5 minutes since you showed a group of girls your abs. Boom Roasted. Casey - You have a girlfriend. Boom Roasted. Doug - The only thing worse than your 401k plan is having to hear about it every weekend. Boom Roasted. Bennett - Have you fallen asleep at your kitchen table lately? Boom Roasted. Holla - Are we too cool to hang out with the friends you got at the hillbilly convention? Boom Roasted. Chad - Do you know what the difference between you and an alcoholic is? Nothing, seriously text me we need to talk. Boom Roasted. Sam - The only thing worse at closing than you is a revolving door. Boom Roasted. Dom - How you get laid every weekend wearing clothes off the mannequins in the little boys section? Boom Roasted.  TJ - I like you better now that you’re not at Kent changing your major ever 2 weeks. Boom Roasted.

Much love my dudes but someone’s gotta keep you in check. Ready for a big fantasy free agency add/drops at 4am from Dom and seeing how the waiver wire works. Let’s get an early start Friday and keep the train rolling into the Tribe playoffs. And Holla, seriously invite me to your next gathering of guys that ring of fire wrestling looked wild.  

Solden out.