#16 because Alina

[cabeswaterdrowned]

every character I love in alphabetical order: Adrian Ivashkov, Vampire Academy & Bloodlines series

“Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore.”

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 16 (Leigh Bardugo)

... there was something comforting in the control... Geez, Alina, really? Perhaps it's that... control?

What about attempting to learn it without crutches? So you don't have to rely on extra items you'd need to keep on you?!

Alina is like a child, who just got her first bike with training wheels, immediately after that a motorcycle, and now she's looking for a racing car.

No wonder once she gets it, it turns into a nasty crash.

[carriehobbs]

teen alina is also very fun to write because she is so incredibly sixteen, so when she encounters a problem she handles it in the most sixteen-year-old way possible

[occasionallyprosie-mc]

MyStreet Headcanons (pt. 1)

Aphmau & Aaron / Katelyn & Travis / Cadenza & Laurance / Garroth & Zane & Vylad

AKA- How I make their PDH/MS actually reflect their MCD equivalents & how I lessen the questionable aspects

btw this is congruent with a MyStreet/MCD rewrite I have floating in my head and am slowly penning :)

Aphmau

(As someone who was homeschooled and then moved to public schooling later in like, I feel appropriately qualified to discuss this)

She was held back a year due to anti-Homeschool stuff but was supposed to enter PDH as a sophomore/is the age of a sophomore

Slyvanna got caught up in working so they could move to Phoenix Drop for the good school system, and then the chaos of house hunting and moving

As a result, Aph never took the 9th grade standardized test

Thus, she enters PDH as a freshman and is forced to repeat her classes

This is also why her and Garroth were best friends as little kids, they are the same age

By MS, she works security at an arcade but because of the high fatality rate she makes insane money (call back to her FNAF series; it might be her canon job?)

Because she’s been there for a couple years now & hasn't died, they can’t afford to lose her

Is naturally a great leader but ask her a leadership question and the crickets are chirping

Or she says “I’m just nice to them wdym ‘How do you make them listen’??”

She Knows things

"What do you think Vylad's up to?" "Oh he's in France." "Cool!"

Everyone assumes she's just still in contact with everyone or keeping up with their socials

She isn't

Sure she's still in contact with a lot of people, but not to the point that she knows where they are and what they're up to at all times

She Just Knows

Comes from being the MS equivalent of God, and also the self-insert of the creator of the story

She is unnaturally good at video games, it’s how she and Aaron met

They joke that yeah, Aaron totally carried her, the reality is she carried him

Dated Zoey after FC/before MS and still gets Christmas cards of her and her two baby brothers

If I remember PDH right, her and Aaron take care of a neighbor's baby (Lilith Garnet I think)?

Nope, instead, they do a 'Fledgling Program' in high school where juniors/seniors adopt either a sophomore/freshman or a middle schooler

Either way, Aphmau's fledgling is a girl named LG (Lilith Garnet) who's an outspoken, bright, sassy girl with a little sister she adores (Alina) but loves loves loves to tease

Dante is her (adoptive) twin

They do a survivalist thing in college together, get lost in a snowy forest, and now they call each other twins

Same birthday as Dante, like year/month/day are the exact same they were just born hours apart (partial reason for twin thing)

She refuses to do couples costumes with Aaron on Halloween because her and Dante are doing a costume together

Aphmau 100% cannot swim because Sylvanna tried to teach her when she was little and got scared of her baby drowning so she keeps Aphmau away from pools from then on

She is a 10/10 skater though, it's the only sport-y thing she can do

ice skating, roller-skates and rollerblades, skateboards, scooters, all of that

She can do spins and kick flips easily, but she's hopeless in other sports

Ask her to kick a ball straight, and yeah it's straight, just to her left and not forward at the net

Has kicked a ball behind her

She tries to teach Zane how to skateboard and he kicks the skateboard into her face (they don't go to the skate park together again)

Is genuinely so smart, absorbs information like a sponge and will infodump whatever obscure thing she's learned on you if you're quiet for 0.2 seconds too long

Aaron

Not super senior, just regular senior

He skipped a grade in school

He transfers into PDH at like 16-17ish

By age/when he was born in the year, he should've been a junior

Derek makes him skip a grade because he doesn't like Aaron being at a public high school

He's like two years younger than Melissa

Anyone who's seen JJK -- Aaron and Melissa are the Fushiguro siblings

In middle school, Aaron's always angry and always getting into fights

He has a sense of righteousness and he will inflict it on others whether they like it or not

This travels through high school and into adulthood, but he's better at restraining himself as an adult

Is good at video games but Aphmau consistently beats him

It's half of what why he fell in love with her after learning Shu = Aph

Tried to tear out his eyes once after PDH S2, Melissa caught him and stopped him

It's why he wears his blindfold in GD and FC

He doesn't wear a blindfold in MS at all (until Emerald Secret)

Instead he works between PDH and MS to control his eyes with a motivation he lacked as a kid

Does boxing and gets Katelyn into it

They fight a lot but its like spars so they're chill

Bonds with Garroth during LLP and starts being dragged into his shenanigans without escape

Zane unsettles him, for no good reason, he tries very hard to make friends bc he's Aphmau's best friend and Aaron is consciously aware of the person Zane is

But he still feels some underlying hatred toward him and it does not make sense

He originally thinks its jealousy, but then they talk at the end of S1, and he's trying so hard to tamp it down but it's always just there in the very back of his mind

Works as a dog trainer; loves it but Derek hates it

Volunteers at the same puppy hospital as Travis

Their coworkers make fun of his last name (Lycan) and the fact that he works with dogs

The running joke is that Aaron is actually one of the dogs turned human and he's there to break them all out

Travis will reference this when they're not at work and they both refuse to elaborate

During Starlight, Aaron frequently leaves his and Aphmau's room to go to Melissa's and just sits on the floor by her bed

Most of the time, Melissa will wake up tell him just get in the bed or find a couch

It's because of nightmares

Before Aphmau, Melissa was the one who helped him control the whole Ultima thing, so he always turns to her on instinct for help or comfort

Goes to therapy at some point between FCU and MS, Dottie is his therapist and she's amazing at it

She also doesn't let Derek pay her under the table to tell him how Aaron's doing with control, unlike Aaron's past therapists

He and Aphmau are the "He fell first, she fell harder" couple but a little skewed

He fell in love with her in PDH, she fell in love too but when they broke up in PDH S2, Aaron never gets over her and Aphmau learns to

By MS S1, he's still in love, but she's convinced herself it was puppy love like high school sweethearts usually are

She gets hit with a truck that says "you still love him" at some point in S1

Aaron dated Lily (MCD!Aaron's wife) in FCU to try and get over Aphmau, it doesn't work and Lily can tell, she breaks it off with him because she knows she deserves better

Is the most mentally stable of the mentally unstable group while also being the most mentally unstable

His mental stability is an extremely solid skyscraper on top some dry spaghetti noodles

Aaron's the age of a junior but he's a senior, Aphmau's the age of a sophomore but she's a freshman.

I understand that Jess made the age gap as it was to reflect hers and Jason's, but Aphmau and Aaron are in a diff situation. You're can't really lie about their ages when you're in school together.

[taragreenfield]

the reason i cannot excuse the darkling’s crimes is because he has no loyalty to his people. sure, everything he did was to create a better, safer world for grisha, and he did a lot of good things for them, but how many grisha did he kill because they didn’t agree with his methods? how many innocent children did he sacrifice because they were pawns in his plan? how many otkazat’sya that also wanted a better world for grisha did he kill or try to kill because, at the end of the day, his goals were not to make the world safer for grisha, it was to make a world where grisha were the rulers of society and everyone else was left to suffer

Hi, anon. I've seen that post. The author also mentioned they haven't read the trilogy, and yeah, that shows.

Saying the Darkling had no loyalty to his people is straight up laughable. I mean, you can call him ruthless, or cruel, or manipulative (if you squint and believe the author's words), or call his methods controversial, but disloyal to his people? The man who swore to protect his people when he was a child and never swayed from this goal? The man who built the Little Palace and gave Grisha from all around the world a (relatively) safe space? He could have built a mansion for himself and never worried about anything else. Or, alternatively, he could have seized the power centuries ago and simply killed anyone who opposed his rule. He certainly had enough power for that.

In the beginning, he's actually shown as a good leader. He eats sitting on the ground with his soldiers, from the same pot, he trusts his men and doesn't want them to take unnecessary risks. He has a fairly trusting relationship with Genya, Ivan thinks highly of him. After Alina takes over the Second Army, most Grisha are said to have joined the Darkling. You'd think they would breathe a sigh of relief if their despotic commander who punished them for the slightest disagreement was gone, but no, they up and go to look for him and join his side. Weird. Yes, he kills traitors. But who doesn't? It's war, they are soldiers who committed treason. Did Alina's team not kill Grisha who joined the Darkling?

Later, when he briefly takes the throne, he could have been shown as a bloodthirsty tyrant who viciously exploits Grisha and kills otkazats'ya for fun, but for some reason he isn't? All he does is sign some paperwork. We are literally not given a reason to believe that his rule is all that bad. Definitely not worse than the Lantsovs' (or aggressive, self-important moron Zoya, who uses slurs for Corporalki, bullies her subordinates and jumps at people like a rabid chihuahua). Neither is he shown as being a grisha supremacist. I mean, he even his trusted people, Oprichniki, are all otkazats'ya. There is literally no evidence besides Baghra's senile mumbling and Alina's biased assumptions.

Innocent children sacrificed as pawns? There are no such cases. He didn't kill children at the orphanage. If you are talking about young soldiers, well, at that time period and considering the political situation, everyone used them. The First Army recruited Alina and Mal when they were...15-16? The Apparat recruited kids as young as 12 to their creepy cult. Zoya sends 16-year-old Nina on a dangerous mission to Fjerda.

If you want to find those who had no loyalty to their people, Baghra is right here. Despite having an immense power, she never lifted a finger to help anyone but herself. Alina is right here. She deserted twice, she sided with the very same monarchy that's been oppressing her people for centuries, she killed plenty of Grisha who didn't side with her, and in the end she happily fucked off to her orphanage despite the fact Grisha became even more oppressed than before. Ironically, Aleksander was the only one who cared for Grisha and was actually willing to do something about that.

[spideymichelle]

me explaining through my tears that zoya's and the darkling's dynamic goes way deeper (in the books) and it says a lot about zoya's relationship with authority and power but also safety as a whole because of the (almost) parental nature of their relationship like the darkling is already playing favorites with her by the time she is 13

they are close enough for him to pick her over a lot of the older grisha's at the little palace for the possibility of getting an amplifier something we know is so special and not something just anyone could have yet he gave zoya that opportunity and when she felt like she failed him for protecting and releasing the cubs it broke her in a million pieces because she doesn't want to disappoint him

the darkling represented grisha's as a whole. he was their leader, their protector in a world that hates them and wants them eradicated, for a power they were born with. it is the way the little palace was meant to be a sanctuary for grisha's to feel safe, a place where zoya felt safe, yet it was the darkling was the first to completely destroy it and kill any grisha that wasn't on his side he was their biggest protector and he killed them in cold blood like that absolute betrayal

it wasn't just about her losing her aunt, he took away her home, the home she made with her aunt and lada and the one she made at the little palace the friends she made he took everything from her because she believed him when he said they would change the world together like she put so much trust in him, she gave him her power and he broke it so easily that wound just festered on because the darkling betrayed her just like her mother did in the past

and it just parallels the darkling with her mother so well because as a young child just wanted to make her mother happy which meant getting the highest grades, eating only half her meals so her mother could eat the rest, and stealing fruit from the duke's garden so her mother could eat them something she could get severely punished for by the duke zoya a young commoner girl who is from suli descent like she could have died but her mother never stopped her from taking them again and again and didn't her mother truly never saw her other than a pretty face that she could capitalize out of

zoya didn't make a sound on her wedding, didn't cry a single tear on her wedding, and never spoke out because she couldn't bear making her mother angry until the only person who ever spoke up for her was her aunt who almost beat to death for speaking up for her and even then could only be spent little over 2 months with her (mostly on the streets) before being separated for the next 7 years when she first goes back when she is 16. (they did write to each other)

the only adult that "cares" for her was the darkling he had continuous access to her, to groom her, to make her his perfect little girl. she is so desperate to impress him, to be around him, to be noticed, and worst of all he does. he gives her privileges, the important missions and she gets to ride his coach with him like he makes it known and clear that she is special, unlike her mother he gives her the attention she wants. but it doesn't really mean anything to him

he has no issue switching her out with alina sending her faraway as a punishment just like her mother had no issue selling her to a man old enough to have grandchildren of her age

zoya being stuck in a vicious cycle of being abused by people who should be protecting her

and it just speaks volumes that is zoya is the one who advocates for the darkling's victims because if she doesn't speak for alina, genya, liliyana and baghra who will

it speaks to her relationship with nina, her worries, her concerns about her, i wonder if all she sees is a beautiful and powerful girl with a deep love for her country with no support, no family i wonder if she sees herself so desperately trying to prove herself to the world

basically zoya co-wrote would've, could've, should've

*will be edited after i had a good night of rest and crack open the books again

[radio-ghost-cooks]

ghost on the mercs: Engie! :]

headcanon that involves the both of them:

they're brothers and twins! but not each other's twin.

i'll explain more in their sections lmao

BLU Engie

Maynard

him and his twin, Zed, are RED Engie's younger brothers!

he's older than Zed by 16 seconds

(yeag they're Emesis Blue references lowkey)

dating the BLU Medic/Fritz

doesn't like the cold, but likes comfy fluffy winter clothes

always told he was mature for his age

his buildings are really durable, but have really shitty targeting

prefers making nests because of it

moves his nests as BLU advances though, especially when there's a payload

genuinely pretty laid-back

that being said, not afraid to beat the shit out of his brother in a match

actually learned to play ukulele before acoustic guitar

always tells his teammates where his teleporters lead

he loves his level one sentries sm <3

obsessed with ghosts

actually a decently good artist

does all the decals on his buildings himself

beats video game levels for Scout when he gives up

fully aware of what Fritz does with his innards while being operated on, oddly fond of it

fixes the dents in Soldier/Solly's helmet after fights

the only person Heavy/Ivan trusts to work on Alina (his minigun)

RED Engie

Dell

in love with the BLU Spy/Jacques, but it's very "forbidden love" and it's driving him crazy

he's the oldest of all of his siblings, clocking in at a whopping nine seconds older than his twin brother Riley

he's the only one missing a hand! the others wear a single glove so he won't feel self-concious abt it

they halfway made up a language with each other

every fifth word out of his mouth when talking to Riley sounds like complete nonsense to everyone else, even Maynard and Zed

has a herding dog named Daisy Bell

thinks of Pyro like a little cousin

helped Pierre make half of his sappers

ADORES bullfrogs

keeps a pet bullfrog in his workshop

big on platonic physical affection

mystified by Maynard's ability to draw things that aren't blueprints

always kind of wondered if he'd make a good architectural engineer

100% ranch/farm boy

owns one of those stetson-shaped hard hats

will rage about how easily horses break if given the opportunity

the only other person on RED who can stomach BONK!

side effect of college.

only drinks the raspberry flavor though

the human equivalent of a potato (put him in any conditions and he'll be just fine)

[stuffforme2]

Something I hate about the Grishaverse community is the DARKLING AND ALINA SHIPS.

Can I jsut remind you that man is 100+ while in the books she's 16 and tvshow she's 19 THAT MAN IS A GROOMER.

Your meant to hate the darkling bcuz of all the shitty things he's done but also because of how he grooms and treats Alina he groome her to be his perfect sun summoner and romanticized the idea of her not being her as an actual person but as an object.

AND YALL ARE ENJOYING IT AND ENCOURAGING IT LIKE NO ITS DISGUSTING YOUR MISSING THE POINT.

[countrymusiclover]

Gemini Runaway

"Being a twin of the Gemini Coven is a curse to never have children."

Raelyn Primrose Lane is on the run from her own family. She isn't trusting of anyone she comes in contact with all because she was forced to kill her twin sibling recently. Raelyn stumbles into the town of Mystic Falls and starts making friends. Alongside catching the eye of the original hybrid Klaus Mikaelson. Will Raelyn let Klaus in her heart or will her family manage to catch their traitor of a daughter

1 - Vow to never have Children

2 - Getting to know Him

3 - Original Vampires

4 - Blonde Friends

5 - A Hybrid's Offer

6 - Homecoming

7 - Abominations

8 - Date with an Original Hybrid

9 - Haunting Vengeance

10 - The Original Coffins

11 - Intense Family Reunion

12 - My First Friend

13 - The Mikaelson Ball

14 - Gemini Business

15 - Esther's Ritual

16 - You Only Live Once

17 - My Cousin Jo

18 - Tricky Witches Spells

19 - My Life Or Theirs

20 - One Last Hurrah

21 - The Ultimate Hunter

22 - Three Words Longed For

23 - The Bonds of Family

24 - The Sights of New Orleans

25 - A Dangerous Encounter

26 - A Coven’s Leader

27 - Dead or Alive

28 - The Miracle…Baby

29 - Sweet Vampire-Witch

30 - What's Wrong With Raelyn?

31 - Raelyn Let Loose

32 - Bringing Her Humanity Back

33 - Kol's Downfall

34 - Who Makes Him Human

35 - Finding the Cure

36 - Evening in the French Quarter

37 - A Harvest Ritual

38 - Davina - The Attic Witch

39 - Impatient Witches

40 - The Fate of Three Children

41 - Blood of Enemies

42 - Never Truly Gone

43 - A Magical Favor

44 - Papa Original and Confind Spaces

45 - Babies and a Ring

46 - Big Milestone and Mysterious Woman

47 - Proper Family Meeting

48 - Official Wedding Planner

49 - Uniting Friendships

50 - I Forever, I Do

51 - Our Secret Weapons

52 - Betrayal Can Come From Anywhere

53 - Dahlia's Offer

54 - Getting What They Deserve

55 - Vampires to a Witch Fight

56 - The Magical Border

57 - The Gemini Portland House

58 - Message For The Sire

59 - Red Head From His Past

60 - Sisterly Trio

61 - A Mikaelson Thanksgiving

62 - To Getting Rebekah Back

63 - Aurora's Revenge

64 - A Christmas Hex

65 - Vampire Camille

66 - Rescuing Klaus

67 - A Caring Vamp Sire

68 - King and Queen

69 - The Trial of Klaus Mikaelson

70 - Fighting the Magical Border

71 - Mikaelson’s before Gemini

72 - Kai's Message

73 - We're Screwed

74 - Gemini Fights and Supernatural Fates

75 - I Will Rescue You

76 - Moment of Peace

77 - The Horrific Merge

78 - Finally a Family Reunion

79 - A Long Awaited Evening

80 - One Day of Peace

81 - Gemini Downfall Wedding

82 - Finding the Heretics

83 - Heretics in Mystic Falls

84 - Meeting one of the Heretics

85 - Another Vampire Pregnancy

86 - Calling Us Home

87 - What's the Hollow

88 - Bloodline Deals

89 - The Last Remaining Gemini

90 - Parker/Lane Family Reunion

91 - A Family Dessert War

92 - Bye bye Hollow

93 - The End of Always and Forever

94 - Anything For Our Children- Flashback

95 - Running the School

96 - Family Troubles

97 - Unexpected Visitor

98 - The Family Falling Out

99 - Missing Coffins

100 - Not Little Girls Anymore

101 - Red Roses and Blood

102 - Owner of the Golden Coin

103 - A Rescuing Price

104 - Working through Changes

105 - Alina Mikaelson - Keener

106 - Changes under the Moon

107 - To Getting Elijah Back

108 - Like Father Like Daughters

109 - Always and Forever Lives On

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[vesselsscarlet]

Wembley First Year Anniversary Post – 16|12|2023 (written: 16|12|2024)

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London, 16th of December 2023. The day has come.

The day I was looking forward the most to during my stay abroad. Goddamn, that was a disaster, mentally draining even. I got up at 8AM because I wanted to go to the pop-up store. But I felt like shit. My back hurt like hell, my limbs sore. I didn't know I had Covid but hell, if I knew, I would say "Fuck it!" and still go. Because... This stay abroad was hell. I felt like being in a hole and Sleep Token... I needed them to say the least. To get comforted by their presence and music.

I won't recapitulate everything. But I can say this:

I was one of the first 100 people with Philipp, one of my dearest uni friends (who I could convince getting a ticket with my presale account information) queuing up and waiting for Alina, the person who ordered me a ticket, even though she didn't know me. All she knew was, that I was German, like her. And as she came to the pop-up store as well, it felt like....I belonged there. Behind us, Amy, from Ireland, a treasure of a person.

And as we stood there, I was texting with Alex ( @fivewholeminutes ) who gave me updates of the queue. With her, a propeller hat and a sign, asking the boys if they could give her a pick or a drumstick "for a friend". The friend that she knew for only 3 months, that she met a day before Wembley. Hi, that was me.

As I stood there, with Philipp and Alina, my back killed me even more. The pain was unbearable. But if you know me well and see me, I am like a little owl, looking around, to make sure how my surrounding situation looks like. Because big crowds, people I don't know... they scare me.

And as I looked on my right side, I stared into a camera. I started smiling and the person took it down. The person was no one else but Adam, and as he took the camera down, he smiled at me and gestured to not tell anyone he was here. I nodded and he rushed off. "What are you doing?" Philipp asked me in confusion but I just shook it off and smiled.

After 90 minutes of waiting we were allowed to finally go inside. To my surprise, the pop-up was just a tiny corner, located inside a bar in Camden Town. And it was stressful. Because of the little space with too many people inside. I got myself the limited T-Shirt for £30, not getting the coin (which I truly regret). But in the end I spent more than £200 lol.

And in the evening, being at the arena, it just felt like home... I hoped that III would come back. I didn't see the posts of him, or the new masks that were made by Lani. I didn't know anything.

Lets just skip Health (even though they were incredible, fuck, I love them)...

As Vessel came onto the stage, the melody of Chokehold buzzing in my ears, my back still killing me, I felt the tears streaming down. I was here, united with the boys.

And before the second part started, I could spot a red spot, moving and dancing around like a goofball. And then I realized that he was back. III was back. And I glanced over to IV and II, admiring them as well, I noticed that something was different. From the very distance it was hard to say but... I saw the new masks. Wow.

The ritual went on, I got to hear Dark Signs live for the first time, the growlings of IV during Vore made me sob as well. Everything was just... perfect.

But after quite a while, it was dark. And silent. I started to worry. The boys were not on stage. Where are they? It doesn't take that long, when they take a little break.

And then the lights went on again. The crowd cheered, but.... nothing. A little while later, Sam and Vessel came onto the stage. I was scared. Was it Ves who wanted to say something to us? Since it was Wembley? Did he need Sam as his emotional support? What was it? Were they about to cancel the rest of the ritual?

"Hey guys. How is it going?" Sam spoke, my hands, recording, slightly shaking.

"So... Vessel can't sing but you guys can." Sam continued. Telling us, while the poor soul of Vessel was standing next to him, wiggling nervously, he was sick and couldn't sing because he was not well. Fucking hell. At this time I wanted to run down and just scream it would be alright. That Vessel was loved. I could see from the distance he was tense. Nervous. Anxious. After Sam was done, he hugged Vessel tightly. And damn, Vessel needed this.

As they walked off the stage again, I heard someone saying "What is that kind of fucking bullshit?" That guy was bothering me ever since he said it. And trust me when I say he made it worse.

But I wanted to do my personal best. For Vessel. For the boys in general. My body hurt, I had an entire emotional rollercoaster going on inside me. But they needed us, they needed me. As much as I needed them.

And ... The Summoning came up. The lights were incredible. We sang it. We sang this song for Vessel. Next to Granite and The Love You Want. And seeing Vessel singing the last notes of TLYW with us and then breaking down, sobbing... Holy shit. It killed me.

But second mental kill was Atlantic. I recorded everything. And... I lost my words for a while. I sang... with him, and broke down into tears. Of sadness that was consuming me. The desperate signs of me missing someone I loved so much, breaking down with Vessel together... but... after Atlantic he went on with Nazareth (Vessel, excuse me!? Are you kidding me!?). Dude, I was shocked. Don't get me wrong but... that was the biggest twist ever. That is all I can and will say.

The lightshow was insane as always. The dancers during TLYW, and Rain... wow.

Oh Ascensionism, my beloved. It was so beautiful... but this one guy ruined everything. He never stood up... but then he did, during Ascensionism... and before that he was complaining that he "didn't sign up for a karaoke event".

Fucking bullocks.

Take Me Back To Eden... it was beautiful. Vessel, on his knees, singing his lungs out as much as he could.

And after I thought it was over when they finished The Offering... Vessel came back. Standing at his piano.

And it felt like he wanted to give us something.

For the first time being... I looked at him, nervous.

But all he did was sobbing and choking out two single words...

"Thank you... Thank you." And he started playing the notes for Blood Sport.

Blood Sport. A song I always am crying to.

But... Vessel. Hearing his words without a voice changer, expressing his gratitude for everyone. His second one was barely hearable because he was crying a lot.

Gosh. What a moment.

I sang along, with him, tears in my eyes, sobbing, shaking.

And breaking down when it was over. When everyone came to do their goodbye, it was hard to let them go. I didn't know what to do. Instead, I sat down, my body aching in pain and crying a lot. Feeling the sadness washing over me, the gratitude I have for the boys, every emotion flodded me.

And all I can say...

Wembley was amazing. Vessel and the boys did everything to make this night unforgettable.

Even though I cried, yelled, screamed, laughed and was in pain...

This collective had my back. As they always do.

Thanks to them I got new friends. My second home.

Thank you guys for being here.

And thank you Sleep Token, thank you Vessel, II, III and IV for everything.

I will join you, no matter what will happen next.

Until our paths meet again.

You are so loved.

—

Thank you to everyone who read this.

I will add some extra links to another post of Wembley here. It will contain some pictures and videos from this night.

Special thanks to @fivewholeminutes and @thevenomousseprent ... two Tumblr cuties that I got the honor to meet and spend time with for the first time ever. I love you. So much.

Off-Tumblr people but worth mentioning: Thank you to Alina who bought the tickets. You are a gem. And thank you Philipp for doing this by being so casual about it (and also buying the groceries for me on Monday before you flew back home).

Have a lovely Wembley anniversary day everyone.

Love, Lia.

(Wembley archive #1 and #2 – Video and photos taken by vesselsscarlet, please give credit if you want to use/repost them! ©vesselsscarlet)

[twistedlimefire]

Hiiiiii Happy holidays @redwineflowers and @grishawintergifts here is the playlist. I i also love feedback so anything you have to say about the playlist. I would love to hear. this is My first playlist as a gift, so i really hope you love it *also I go one by one in order with the songs and who their about under the cut*

*Also IDKH is the abbreviation for the band I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME because I am not writing that out every time lol*

1. Colors by Halsey- Every one

2. Sailing by the strumbells- the first part the the sab trilogy *malina if you squint* 2d part is the crows

3. Did I die? By the strummbells- Nikolai

5. This is Home by Cavetown- Up to Your interpretation

4.hayloft ll by Mother Mother- could be the shows theme song based on these edits 1 2

6. Dress by taylor swift- Genlina

7. Down with the king by Good kid- Genya or Nikolai

8. Madeline by Good kid- Malina

9. Everything Everything By Good kid- darklina or Nikolai/Alina

10. Two birds by Regina spektor- Up to you

11. TrusT by half•alive- almost every one sadly T_T

12. Arrow by half•alive- Alina

13. Slingshot by Good kid- Darklina from alina's perspective

14. Atlas by Good kid- Alina @ darkles

15. Pox by Good kid- Nikolai

16. Soldier, poet, king by Oh the Hellos- the main sab cast

17. Destroyer by Saint Motel- Zoya

18. Sweater weather by The neighborhood- Zoylia

19. From the start by Good kid- Zoylia

20. Youth by daughter- The crows after mattias dies so it's kinda sad

21. Choke by IDKH- Kaz

22. Ground by Good kid- Kaz @ Pekka Rollins

23. Dance class by Good kid- Kenej

24. Bullet by Saint Motel- Jasper vibes/fight Seens

25. Are you satisfied? by MARINA- Nina

26. Bleed magic by IDKH- Mattias when hated Nina

27. Sugar pills by IDKH- This just reminds me of kaz making any deal

28. The fall by half•alive- Kaz with anyone

29. Leave me alone by IDKH- Kaz and jasper bantering or kasper

30. I found by Amber run- Helnik

31. So alright, cool, whatever by the happy fits- Jasper filtering with wylen

32. Devil town by Cavetown- ketterdam theme song

33. Falling for you by boywithuke- Kenej

34. The bird song by noah floersch- Helnik * the very end of this one I feel could be put in an edit with all the characters tbh*

35. Alchemist by Good kid- SoC and KC for wylens perspective

36. Getaway by Saint Motel- kaz saving inej in KC

37. Meet you at the graveyard by Cleffy- kind of every sad moment in all the books. Especially when people die

38. Bubbly by Good kid- SoC vibes

39. Witches by Good kid- HEIST VIBES !!!!!!!!

40. Osmosis Good kid- Sab vibes?????

41. Can't catch me now by olivia rodrigo from the hunger games movie- alina running from the darkles

42. Summer by Good kid- how we all felt when the books ended T_T

Really Hope you love it. I have been working on collecting all these songs for so long, and i'm so excited to get them out to you <3.

[stromuprisahat]

"Guys, meet my totally normal girlfriend, who's NOT marrying a prince..."

Siege and Storm- Chapter 16

Malyen's possible ulterior motives (Wanting the small, inconsequential "just Alina".) aside- I don't this is the best time to humanize her in people's eyes.

Alina needs to establish herself as a worthy player, a force to follow... introducing her as "daughter, sister, friend", especially when she's Grisha, means making her ordinary, a girl sticking her nose where it doesn't belong, and as a consequence admitting she bleeds too.

Half a page ago Malyen admits plenty of nobles want Grisha dead, and that they see Alina as one as powerful as the Darkling. Now her guard's telling them she's just a girl...

When you have to agree with a classist snobbish leech...

Yeah, because Alina isn't driven by ambition, but her traitorous pussy heart could point in a charming man's direction. Unlike Nikolai, Vasily is repulsive to her, and she doesn't like him at all.

See? Whore!

She remembers other man's kiss without appropriate feeling of disgust!

[doodle-do-wop]

Lowkey you aren’t a good person

I was gonna ignore this because I highkey don't give a fuck babes✌️🤪😂😂😂😂 Do you see any flying monkeys carrying my fucks to give because I sure don't. Elphaba do you see the monkeys?!🙊

like Okay???? whatever??? say this off of anon so I can ignore you better

I'm not for everyone babes and I don't promote myself to be but also like you're just some sleemo wearing sunglasses with zero guts to say it to my face like a real person. If you're gonna make a statement, stand on business don't crawl to my ask box you roach

I don't have to 'prove' that I'm a good person to pests. Cause unlike you who spends time on anon saying nonsense I've got friends I adore and can brainrot with while showing them this lame anon ask and laughing. I'm living my best life, you're gathering dust in an inbox, we are not the same

lmao like what were you even expecting? Omggggg!!! 🤩🤩🤩✨thx for noticing XD, 💖i like, would've never guessed ✌️🤪😘

get outta here dog

what gave it away?:

liking keeper of the lost cities (full of red flags right there, total bad person behavior🚩)

reading (ugh how scandalous, we should go back to illiteracy)

drawing (HARD PASS! who even needs art am i right guys?)

drawing hot guys to feed the fandoms im in (how dare I, one with a knack for creating scrumptious looking guys feed a fandom art!!! the audacity!!! (dont worry yall I swear I'm working on gethen))

being funny (comedy isnt even real)

supporting my friends (come on heather chandler get it together)

listening to music (RED FLAG!!)

liking Percy Jackson and the Olympians (ugh a MALE protagonist?!)

liking Gallagher Girls (ugh a FEMALE protagonist?!)

supporting Alina Lavanza (women aren't allowed hobbies such as being hot, sexy, power hungry, or singing)

dancing (tsk tsk tsk)

saying Sophie's birthday is August 16 (she's clearly a resses pieces rising moon star!)

wearing shoes (HARLOT!!)

not wearing shoes (WENCH)

burping (THE HORRORS!!!!)

I had my fun but for realsies now: LMAOOOO GIRL BE FFR WHO DO YOU EVEN THINK YOU ARE 🤣🤣😚 stay mad girly poo

[watermelonfrog2]

Do you have a dnd character or any other oc I could try to draw? (with any additional information as well bc I’ve been getting so invested in all my friends’ oc lore lmao.) I’ve been trying to draw more recently and I’ve just started collecting other’s ocs apparently. For definitely completely non nefarious purposes >:) /j

BOY DO I !!! also I saw the dnd character drawing you did for Soop it was so cool, like genuinely!!!!! I have 2 dnd characters (and one oc but I want to focus on the dnd characters!!)

---SOOP NO READING THIS ONE SPOILERS FOR THE CAMPAIGN The first one is for an active campaign, her name is Alina (cant remember if she has a last name.) Her story is basically, she was abandoned at this wizard/scholar/tower thing and was looked after by like the teachers and who ever. but when she turned 16, she was ousted from the tower because, unknown to her until the moment she was ousted was that she was believed to be the child of a prophecy (THE prophecy, but Ill get back to that). When she was 16 somehow it was revealed she was not the child of the prophecy, Oh also I forgot to mention she's a half elf sorcerer, but she thinks shes a full elf sorcerer. The reasons this is is because she was abandoned by her parents at the school tower thingy *because* her father believes that her mother slept with a human and i.e half elf. Her parents are these really rich nobles. We met them in session 2 of our campaign, and thats when she realised they were her parents because before that she had no clue. After being ousted ffrom the tower shes just been roming the country, until she eventual stumbles upon the other memebrs of our party where they reluctantly work together, first because they were hired for a mission by the barkeep, and now because theres something more sinister afoot with politicians nad shit. Theres more to be explored, but we havent played too much of it but im so so excited too . (The reasons soops not allowed to read it is because it has secrets that she doesnt know). Oh yeah The propechy is like a propechy about waro r somehting and my character was supposed to be the key to stopping it but no longer because they are no longer the propechy child. at the time of the story they are 18. They are heavily inspired by Aelwin Abernathy from D20's Bad Kids campaign (cannot remember what its called) For drawing them, heres a refrence! (i drew this >:DD)

---Soop you can read now. My next character is one for the campaign soop is dming!! It hasnt started yet but im really excited! My character is a tabaxi rogue. They're 19 if I remember correctly. Their lore is more dependent on the worl around them. Basically they were apart of the religion blah blah blah in the religion there was this guy (woman) called the Head Scholar, whose like the pope. They were an apprentice under the Head Scholar and basically the head scholar was/is experimenting on how to cure this disease/make spirits so they killed and revived my character! and a bunch of other people, but after my character was killed and revived they ran away. This was when they were 16. I think? And they also had a found family (that they found after running away) that were taken/killed by the Head Scholar as a way to get my character back. Their name is Tabi, with no last name. Since the campaign hasnt started yet they havent met the rest of the party. THey dont stay in one area too long as they are being sort of chased by the Head Scholar, more details to be added when the campaign starts/if Soop tells me more stuff. Refrence for them under neath, wich i also drew!

You can pick either you want!! Thanks so much for asking me I love talking about these two. I will trust you when you say no nefarious purposes/lh. >:DD

[akaakeis]

gnawing at my nails rn i miss my bf (i dont have one) how do u pick like,,, one person to selfship with bc⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

like there r so many options ushijima i dont even know who's my favourite character rn ushijima like guys☹️⁉️⁉️

BUT I cant wait for savyaku😼😼😼😼😼 SOCUTE

goshiki is my babey though he is sososososososososo cute and i would want him irl and i bet i could even pull him irl toooo

yk what this type of starting is called! a HOOK sentence cuz u got HOOKED and now ur reading this long ass ask. WAIT FUCJ mattsun guys hear me out here ANYWAYS. HRU SAV!!!!!!!!!!!! its 4am for yew rn right!!

anyways.. its 4pm havent had lunch yet am so fucking tired but soft rice.. soft white rice.... i want to sleep but rice....... call me basic but soft white rice is the best fucking thing in the entire world right after u. teacher gave my english composition an 80 i think ill end up on the news. i just stood up abruptly and the world went 🌀🌀🌀🌀 should i be worried..!!!!

THERE WAS AN OWL ON OUR ROOF THE OTHER DAY SO COOL i almost started writing akaashi hurt comfort (???) at school today but i didnt get time and now im Too Tired :(

im reading and the mountains echoed by khaled hosseini and erm. the plot is so questionable at times like wdym the guy was in love with his chauffeur wdym she tried to kill her sister and changed her mind last second so it was only paralysis but its ok bc she killed her fr next time. wdym this one girl dated her moms ex and then married her friend's ex like guys.. guys i have Questions..

IDK IF U READ JJK MANGA BUT U SHOULD READ JJK MANGA

i cant wait for ur birthday #weirdkidthings Im So Funny Guys Im So Funny

im going to sleep so hard tonight grrgrgrhrgrg i had ice cream on the way home from school YUM and then math kid era p2 i finished this one thinf before everyone else even started and the teacher asked if i did it qt home cuz wtf. ew now i remember her using her nail to create indentations in the paper and i feel nauseous my skin is crawling

WHATEVER eRmmrmrm im sitting on the stairs rn hashtag procrastination ahahahahah ive been writing this and zoninf out for the past 7 minutes yyyyyippeeee

im so tired guys let me sleeeep

my parenrs were supposed to find baby gender today but the little shit kept its legs shut and didnt let them see (just like me frl)

correction im lying on the stairs rn ..

honestly me x goshiki would be Bomb why is he so unpopular all his fics are mid or questionable so far,,,, anyways. konoha is so beautiful i would want him excpet i have like no grip on his character so #tweaks. i hate andrew tate so fkn much. i cant wait till i turn 16 idk i feel like life will be significantly cooler then. anyways bb i take my leave gotta go eat lunch

i hope youve eaten by the time ur reading this!!! stay hydrated and safe and dm me to be silly together whenever >:]]]]] i hope u have a WONDERFUL day sav!! ily <3

look at my man hes so gorgeous btw

alina... bf... :D alright then! umumumummm honestly there were many characters that i wanted to do a selfship with but i didnt want to be self shipping with the same character that someone im following consistently self ships with LMAO cause i feel like it gets weird for me at that point cause all the hcs in my head get mixed up? ANYWAY i just think of selfships with any character im hyperfixating on at that very moment... in fact my selfship very well may change!!!

anyway since im replying after you decided on yuulina... NOYA AGHHH U GUYS WILL BE SO CUTE TOGETHER!!! IM UR NO 1 SUPPORTER THIS IS YUULINA SUPPORT CENTRAL‼️‼️‼️

savyaku sounds so funny i need to thank of something that sounds better stop rn 💔 BUT I LOVE HIM SO SO SO SO SO MUCH IM SUPER EXCITED TO DO SOME SELFSHIP STUFF :))

u would so pull goshiki irl 🙂‍↕️

HELP thanks for the english lesson lina 😭 those terms always make me shudder because they were drilled into my head in my college comp class it was horrifying. and NO not mattsun i do NOT approve of that at this point in time!!!! AND IM OKAY!! tired as hell and i have 3 projects to work on <3 (i stacked my classes this year, im not proud.) IT IS NOW 3 PM AS I ANSWER THIS ASK SO SORRY IT TOOK ME LIKE 12 HOURS WOAH

honestly u were probably tired because you didn't eat but i digress... AND SOFT WHITE RICE HAS MY HEART IT MAY BE AN ASIAN THING?? and awh stawp😋 ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ENGLISH TEACHER THAT YOU CORRECTED IN CLASS? THE ONE THAT CANT SPEAK AS WELL AS YOU?? insanity 😨 i may end up on the news as well. AND YOURE PROBABLY HUNGRY AND DEHYDRATED GO EAT AND DRINK WATER IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY WHAT??? PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!

WHAT AN OWL ON THE ROOF THATS SUPER COOL!! bro i love owls :( and ugh i get what u mean i feel like sometimes the time just slips away... but its okay! you'll have time at some later date <3 make sure you rest enough!!

guys what my jaw just dropped?? THOSE WERE THE MOST RANDOM PLOT POINTS YOU COULDVE LEFT ME WITH. NOW IM JUST CONFUSED? KINDA WANNA READ IT NOW (my readlist has 100+ books on it)...

AND IVE READ SOME OF IT BUT IM NOT UP TO DATE RN I HAVENT HAD MUCH TIME TO CATCH UP RECENTLY

im excited for your bday too!! im trying to math away the time differences in my head so like i would dm at 12 pm the day before your bday so i would catch u at midnight i THINK.

i hope u are having an AMAZING sleep rn alina!!! and u are so smart <3 barf ur teacher needs to stop doing that thats lowk unsanitary? in my book

HELP ME NOT THE JS LIKE ME FR 😭😭 hopefully u guys are able to figure out the gender soon!! im so excited for you guys <33

goshiki is under appreciated as a character honestly and i think its cause of his fuckass haircut 😭 NO OFFENSE TO YOU WHATSOEVER IM SORRY!! HES CUTE BUT THE HAIR IS NOT FOR ME. when i saw him shirabu AND tendou i was like "what the HELL is wrong with shiratorizawa they are all fucked" no they werent they had semi and ushijima BUT THAT WAS FIRST IMPRESSION ANYWAY also konoha UGRHSHSBNDMSJABD hes so!!! so!!! yeah!!! i love him sm... also how did we get on the topic of andrew tate hes such a weird guy i dont like him 💀 AND SO REAL im excited to be 16 <3

AND I HAVE!! make sure u eat something nutritious before school! and drink some water!! i hope your day is lovely <3 ily!!

[grishaverse-chaos]

alina starkov is not 17 in the books. That's a retcon Leigh Bardugo makes when she waited and wrote SoC. Instead, read the trilogy again. Mark all instances of timeline time passing. Leigh bardugo made alina starkov be in her early 20s if she'd just done SIMPLE MATHS.

Alina arrived at the orphanage and the very experienced caretaker says she looks like an eight year old. However, the cooks and Mal overhewr how alina isn't eating and as we the readers know she's struggling with wasting sickness. So a heavily malnourished child, who looks one age, is actually one or two years older. But for arguments sake let's leave her at eight.

8

When she starts the trilogy, alina mentioned she and Mal had already completed one full year of first army training.

1

At one point alina mentions the full length of time she stay at the orphanage with mal "over ten years." So more than ten tear...is it 11 years 10 and a half? Who knows but let's mark 10

10

Add these together and from the first page of the first book alina is AT MINIMUM 19. And that's a lenient count because again she's likely older than that with her wasting sickness in tye beginning and the "over ten" remark.

Only now does the story begin. The story that spans multiple months to years. Alina starts in the first chapter in the early autumn and stays in the Little Palace for multiple months since the winter fete happens at the very last day of winter. And I'm not even looking at all the weeks/months it takes them to travel around the country for the stag, leave ravka later etc. Girl was in her 20s.

Leigh bardugo simply cannot math...

okay lmao.

there are inconsistencies in the timeline, I agree, but for my personal calculation, I use the only thing which isn't an estimate - her military training. the draft age is 16. she's had 1 year of training: she's around 17. her being "about 8" when she arrives at the orphanage and staying for "about 10" years are estimates.

if she joined the army at 16 and has been there for one year, she's 17.

again: I agree that the timeline is inconsistent and I've never said it isn't. but this is the evidence I personally use to support my reading of the text, which has been confirmed to be the canonically correct answer.

(also: book 1 spans a couple months and alina leaves the little palace at midwinter. she spends summer at the grand palace after returning there with nikolai. it's entirely plausible that less than a year passes over the course of the trilogy!)

so like, thank you for this ask, and I agree that there's room for interpretation here, but I think our readings of the books differ significantly!