#Anna Sun by WALK THE MOON

[snek-of-eden]

something I absolutely adore about spirk playlists is when 90% of the songs are about undying love and faith and science and their unbreakable bond... but about halfway through you get to a block of just. really really horny shit. the most animalistic lyrics possible. kind of songs you wouldn't dare play in public, and you think gleefully, ah. amok time.

[mr-imagin8ion]

♪ What do you know, this house is falling apart ♪

♪ What can I say, this house is falling apart ♪

♪ We got no money but we got Paul Blart ♪

♪ We're gonna rattle this Mall Cop ♪

(Trivia: this is actually what I convinced myself the song said when I first heard it)

[toribookworm22]

5 Songs

Thank you @writeintrees for the tag!

No pressure tagging: @manuscriptsatmidnight @the-forgotten-sunfish @kaiusvnoir @rsdan & my open tag!

Pulling from my Indie/Folk Playlist:

Anna Sun by Walk The Moon

Post Humorous by Gus Dapperton

Boys Will Be Bugs by Cavetown

Golden by Wakey!Wakey!

BRIGHTSIDE by The Lumineers

[notesofseptember]

We got no money, but we got heart

We gonna rattle this ghost town

[mygaymindpalace]

I don't wanna fall apart

[reboundernyc]

rebounder x yoke lore live soon

[butchlifeguard]

2 more. i can stop any time dw

[ID: 2 sets of lyrics:

from aquaman by walk the moon: "It's been my fashion to keep my head dry and get my feet wet / But step by step, I've been letting you lead me towards the deep end."

from steps beach by childish gambino: "No hangtime, no hairline / No more swimmin' by myself." end ID.]

songs about pools and love are underrated

[welcometoneverland-98]

Fire of Venus // 𖥸 Chapter 5 𖥸

#Anna’s POV#

The palatine had started to feel like a second home by now. Time seemed to pass slowly and quickly all at once whenever I was within its walls. 

Emperor Geta insisted I stayed around most of the time. At first he showed me around his favorite places, he grew patient with me and almost kind, but that only happened when there were no prying eyes around the two of us for when there were he was back to his ruthless persona. 

Both him and Caracalla were slowly spiraling into madness about how much empire they wished to have. I tried talking to Geta, making him see how much the people he already had needed them, but he wanted more. And the more Geta wanted, the more Caracalla wanted. It was an endless cycle and not even I could break it. 

Truth is, I was no one inside or outside these walls. 

The men in the coliseum started to trust me and warm up to me after many moons of visiting them and telling all the stories I could remember. They asked for their favorite ones over and over again and I obliged, they seemed happier for the time I was there but then there would be some kind of grand celebration in the arena and I would have to see the life drain out of their eyes once they were slaughtered, and Geta and Caracalla would cheer and compliment me on making them fight even better. 

I didn’t make them fight better. I gave them no special skills with swords or shields or any sort of weapon, I only gave them an escape from the place they were trapped in. I saw their dreams and hopes and heard their own stories of how broken they had become and then saw them met their end by the hands of others. 

Another endless cycle that I could not break. 

My spirit had been down for the last week and it had only worsened when Geta told me the news of my father’s departing to go on yet another conquest. 

I had been wondering in the gardens for who knows how long, the sun was still high up on the ground and sweat had been starting to form itself on my forehead and it was becoming quite uncomfortable. The pond had started to look good by now, the water in it seemed to almost be calling out my name as I slowly approached it, discarding my sandals somewhere in the way as I slowly dipped my feet in. The feeling of being refreshed was instant but there was still the sun heating down on me and burning at my shoulders and arms. It was almost like it was taunting me to the point of no relief. 

My father was leaving and Apollo seemed to be taunting me with these scorching sun rays. 

Without even realizing it I had walked further into the pond to the point where the water reached my waist. My hands danced around the water enjoying the coolness it brought me and slowly I dipped my body down until my head was fully submerged. 

For a moment I felt peaceful. Like I had not to worry about my father leaving yet again and have the uncertainty that he would ever return to us. That he was going to have to tear more people apart and bring home their screams etched into his memory for as long as he lived. Everyone that wanted to see could see it but everyone just cheered him on and ignore the truth that lived behind his eyes. 

My mind was nowhere near here until I heard my name being called out making me pop my head out of the water as fast as I could. I brought my hands up to my eyes and then to my hair, trying to get the water out so I could see better who had called out to me, and then after a few seconds of adjusting back to the light I saw the emperor with wide eyes as he stared down at me in the water. 

He was alone which was unlikely for him to be. Both him and Caracalla were chaperoned by someone to make sure they stayed alive and somehow well, the only time where they seemed to be alone was in their own chambers and when they yelled out at the guards to leave them be, which, thinking about it actually happened more often than not. 

His hand was shading his eyes and they squinted due to the strong sunlight as it reflected on his pale skin. It was a rare sight to see them outside, they were often hiding out from the sun rays as a way to keep their godly appearance unlike my father whose skin had been kissed too often times by the scorching sun and sands. My own skin was pale but not as pale as Geta’s as I stared at it right now. 

His dark eyes kept squinting as he slowly approached the edge of the pond, still trying to shade himself with his own robes that could barely do the job. 

“What in the gods are you doing?” He asked as he looked around the gardens, probably to make sure that I would not be seen in such a state as I was still a guest at his home. 

“It’s very hot” I spoke as my hands threaded the water around me, the fabric of my white tunic flowing around me “and I guess I needed to clear my head”

“To clear your head?” His head kept looking around frantically as he took his sandals off and reached a hand out to me “come now, before someone lays eyes on your state”

My head tilted as his statement as a thought popped into my head. 

I got closer to the edge, not enough to stop being covered by the water but just enough to feel near him. My eyes locked on his hand and then back at his face. 

His scowl was the same it ever was these last months. Hiding in plain sight who he seemed to be. 

For the last months I thought he had begun to show me his true colors, that there was something actually inside him that made him not be untouchable and not as mad as he passed out to be. There were lesser parties that he attended and no more whores seemed to hang around his chambers. The wrath on Caracalla was becoming untamable and Geta seemed to not care. There had been a shift and for a split second every day I wondered if it was because of me being here. Was I the reason he seemed human? 

“Is that an order emperor?”I slowly lifted my body out of the water, the drops falling down my hair and down my chest who was now in full sight due to my dress now turning clear. 

He gulped. 

“Why is it that Venus is so temping?” He spoke almost only to himself but I still heard him and saw the way he took a deep breath before starting to come into the lake, making me step back just enough “why are you now retreating?”

“I thought you didn’t like the sun, much less the water of a common pond” he came closer to me making slowly step back until I felt the deep of the lake. There was nowhere else to go unless I wanted to be under water by that point. 

The water was at my shoulder blades and barely reached his chest making me realized just how taller was in comparison to me. 

His hand reached out and for a split second I held my breath. He seemed to notice as he stopped his movements and looked me deep in the eyes. 

“I apologize for you fathers departure” he adjusted the sleeve on my dress that had slipped down due to the water “but I will say these words and mean them: I vow to you and you only that you will be under my protection. No harm shall be done to you.”

Then he did something new. 

He placed a kiss on my check before turning around and leaving me there all by myself once again. 

[amikaelsonstory]

Not the end, but a new beginning - I

Chapter one.

“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” Lev Tostoy, Anna Karenina

As the brothers stood up, eyes full of tears, racing hearts with fear and gratitude, a breathless, loud scream cut the silent moment

- "DAD DON'T!! WE FOUND A WAY, STOP!"

Hope was running fast followed by Freya, hugged Klaus back, almost following on her knees, gasping with tears running down her face.

Klaus and Elijah turned fast, lowering their pieces of white oak daggers as they approached.

- " What do you mean, darling? I need to go, please understand"   Klaus whispered, lifting Hope face up, whipping tears from his daughter's face.

 Elijah remained speechless, his lips slightly parted in surprise, as Freya reached out and hugged him tightly, making him close his eyes and take a deep breath in some sort of relief.

- It's true brother, I found a way, the Old Gods... they finally gave me an answer. I will explain everything, but please, let's go home"

As they found their way into the compound, Rebekah, Marcel and Kol stood apprehensively up from their seats, relieved to see the girls were able to reach them on time to avoid the tragedy. 

- It seems it's not gonna be tonight you're gonna get rid of the almighty Klaus Mikaelson!  Klaus orotund, opening his arms with his crooked smile, trying to mask his remaining fears and doubts.

- Nik! Rebekah cheered running to hug her brother tightly, while Marcel and Kol tapped his shoulders, welcoming him and Elijah back.

- Let me show you what I found out.  - Freya commanded, guiding the family to follow her to the study room. 

The room was dark, as they entered and approach the table Freya showed them. It had some runes symbols written in blood on a old manuscript, a dead white bird, some herbs and a pendulum spinning fast over a bowl on fire. The air around was thick, heavy, with a slight purple mist around them.  

- Since this whole thing started I've been searching for a way to overcome the hollow power, it had to have another way, she is not the biggest power in the universe. Freya pleaded. "So I had no choice but to reach the Old Gods, from motherland, where our family comes from"

- Norway? - Elijah whispered, lifting his eyes from the runes to meet Freya's, who slowly nodded. She closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath before opening them again.

- Odin heard my prayer but the spell hasn't been fully revealed yet. For now I can suppress the hollow effects in Klaus, but until the full moon we must find The Undead whose sunlight cannot harm. 

- A vampire that doesn't burn in the sun? With no magic, no ring? Kol bawled in disbelief, crossing his arms against his chest - That should be easy - he taunted ironically.

- It doesn't matter, we will find it - Rebekah assured, touching Marcel's shoulder - Can you ask your people to track it and bring it to us?

I'm on it, I'm gonna make some calls and my guys will bring it to us. - Marcel stated, picking up his phone and walking out of the room - Dead or alive, or it doesn't matter?

- ALIVE - Freya's voice sounded louder than she expected - Please, we still don't know what we will need to do next, for now, you can go rest. Klaus you stay, I need to make the ritual to hold the hollow until the next full moon.

___________________________________________________________

As the days passed, the Mikaleson's basically turned the whole vampire world upside down, reaching all the possible sources in order to find this so-called "sunlight proof vampire", but they were running out of time and all they had was a whole bunch of nothing. 

Okay, not nothing. They knew there was a woman, but nothing sounded like the real deal, more like gossip if much.

Elijah, Klaus and Hope were at the study room, digging deep into all they could find.

- Alright, I managed to filter all we have, names, places, stories and got into 3 possible names. - Hope shared with them, without taking her eyes out of her laptop screen. - Natalya Fyodorova, a ballerina from Bolshoi ballet, last seen circa 1970, in Moscow. Sister Ionescu, the oldest register, seen in Romania in the beginning of 20th century and - she folded her index fingers quoting- the most "recently" - we got Minna Murray, 2007, UK. No job, no city info, just a name.

Klaus paced side by side in the room, placing his hands on his hips, looking down as he was hearing his daughter.

- Most likely it's the same person - he paused - But how do we find this bloody woman? It's not possible that nobody knows her whereabouts!!  - Klaus exploded while pouring himself a glass of bourbon 

Elijah placed his papers down on the desk, paying attention to the names Hope said. His eyes wandered away, frowning his eyebrows.  - Niklaus... weren't we in Moscow in 72?

But before Klaus could answer, Freya stormed into the room.

 - We have visitors, they found something.

[bullet-prooflove]

On the darker nights, you get me through

Tagging: @kmc1989 @queenslandlover-93 @newyorkrican922 @bryandechartisasmolbean @lovethis-lovethat @goblinenby @foxfables @solar-raccoon

Companion piece to Wild Bloom & A Boy from Bozeman

It’s been twenty years since you left Bozeman and Lee still carries that worry doll. It’s a saving grace during the nights he’s plagued with bad dreams about the shit he’s done and the shit he’s going to do in the name of the ranch.

When he wakes up, his heart pounding, his breath catching, he clutches that worry doll to his chest and he thinks of you, of that last summer you spent together, so young, so recklessly in love.

He starts to calm as he recalls the glow of the campfire across your skin, his fingertips guiding down the straps of your white sundress before he took you to bed for the first time. He’d been a late bloomer back then compared to the other guys in his class but he’d been happy to wait for you, glad that he did because you were perfect that night, and all the others that followed after.

“I’m worried about the man I’m becoming.” He tells the doll, his lips brushing over the slender threads. “About the man this place has turned me into.”

As always the doll remains silent as he tucks it underneath his pillow and turns onto his side, imagining you laying in the space alongside him. He runs his palm over the sheets and he thinks about what could have been, a wedding at the small church in town, you working on your research papers at the desk he would have built you.

It's pathetic he knows, that he still holds a torch after all this time, that every single woman he’s been with since hasn’t come anywhere close to his memory of you.

“You need to take a wife.” His father had told him last week. “Carry on the ranch.”

Lee had had to walk away because that’s the one thing he refuses to budge on. He won’t bring a child into this legacy, he won’t let the burden of it destroy their dreams, the same way it destroyed his.

He’s out in his workshop around the back of the farmhouse working on a chess piece for the wooden set he’s creating for Jamie’s birthday when he hears a car pulling up beside his truck. He glances up at the clock on the wall and realises he’s lost track of time again. He always does when he gets involved in a project. He’s supposed to be meeting up with a conservationist regarding the wild bloom in the field not far from here.

He’s positive he’s spotted some streambank wild hollyhock up there, a flower so rare that it’s endangered throughout the US. Seed germination usually only starts after a wild fire and there’d been one a few years ago that had gutted the pasture. Since then a plethora of flowers had sprung up through the destruction and Lee spends most of his very little free time, documenting them in the journal he keeps tucked inside his left interior pocket.

He almost does a doubletake when he sees the car parked alongside his truck. It’s an old Volkswagen beetle similar to the one you’d driven away in back then. His heart skips a beat as his gaze strays down to the bumper and sure enough there’s the ding from where he backed it into a fence post, trying to manoeuvre it into your daddy’s garage.

The car door opens then and you step out into the sunshine, hair falling across your features, the same way it did back then. He longs to reach out and touch it, to tuck it back behind your ear but instead he jams his hands into the pockets of his worn Levi’s.

“Anna-May…” He says and you tilt your head up to look at him.

Your eyes meet and in that moment twenty years just fall away and you’re both eighteen again, standing beside an old Volkswagen Beetle that’s seen much better days.

“Lee.” You say, a smile lighting up your features and it feels like the moon, the stars and the sun have all colluded to bring the two of you right here to this very point in time. “It’s great to see you.”

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[boag]

Don’t just post this without context . We all know I’m Taylor Swift hater in chief but she ate that one little thing it was a definitive 2012 indie sleaze pop song for me….

karma is texting me the lyrics to starlight by taylor swift RN

[astro-tag-9]

The signs as songs that’s title is a name

Aries Sun: Lolita - Lana Del Rey

Aries Moon: Nina - Ed Sheeran

Aries Rising: Cheryl - Yung Gravy

Aries Mars: Daphne Blue - The Band Camino

Taurus sun: Carolina - Harry Styles

Taurus Moon: Pete Davidson - Ariana Grande

Taurus Rising: Cinderella - Mac Miller

Taurus Mars: Cassandra - Taylor Swift

Gemini Sun: Jenny was a friend of mine - The Killers

Gemini Moon: Mandy - Barry Manilow

Gemini Rising: Emily - Two Friends

Gemini Mars: Laredo - Chris Vagle

Cancer Sun: Betty - Taylor Swift

Cancer Moon: Fernando - ABBA

Cancer rising: Juno - Sabrina Carpenter

Cancer Mars: Proud Mary - Tina Turner

Leo Sun: August - Taylor Swift

Leo Moon: Clementine - Halsey

Leo Rising: Anna Sun - Walk The Moon

Leo Mars: Dear John - Taylor Swift

Virgo Sun: Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp

Virgo Moon: Norman F*** Rockwell - Lana Del Rey

Virgo Rising: Angel - The Weeknd

Virgo Mars: Margret - Lana Del Rey

Libra Sun: Olivia - One Direction

Libra Moon: Evangeline - Stephen Sanchez

Libra Rising: Delilah - Florence + The Machine

Libra Mars: Carmen - Lana Del Rey

Scorpio Sun: Feeling Whitney - Post Malone

Scorpio Moon: Marjorie - Taylor Swift

Scorpio Rising: Matilda - Harry Styles

Scorpio Mars: Runaround Sue - Dion DiMucci

Sagittarius Sun: Mary on a Cross - Ghost

Sagittarius Moon: If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

Sagittarius Rising: Clara Bow - Taylor Swift

Sagittarius Mars: Jimmy - The Tones & I

Capricorn Sun: Roxanne - The Police

Capricorn Moon: Mary’s Song - Taylor Swift

Capricorn Rising: Hey Stephen - Taylor Swift

Capricorn Mars: Lisa Baby - Walk the Moon

Aquarius Sun: Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus - Taylor Swift

Aquarius Moon: Chloe - Emblem3

Aquarius Rising: Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield

Aquarius Mars: Paul Revere - Noah Kahan

Pisces Sun: Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis

Pisces moon: Peter - Taylor Swift

Pisces Rising: Diana - One Direction

Pisces Mars: Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s

[kitkat13001]

જ⁀➴ 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭, 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

moodboards + song recs based off yuzuya’s fantasy series on yt (incl. kirishima, bakugou, and my self-insert isa)

⚔️ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝…

જ⁀➴ 𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚

♬ little lion man - mumford and sons ✦ king and lionheart - of monsters and men ✦ pompeii - bastille ✦ ho hey - the lumineers ✦ evergreen - richy mitch & the coal miners ✦ like real people do - hozier

𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝…

🕯️ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝

જ⁀➴ 𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐲𝐚

♬ rhiannon - fleetwood mac ✦ pierre - ryn weaver ✦ dog days are over - florence + the machine ✦ mountain sound - of monsters and men ✦ would that i - hozier ✦ anna sun - walk the moon ✦ ophelia - the lumineers

𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝…

👑 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧

જ⁀➴ 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐮

♬ viva la vida - coldplay ✦ arabian nights - will smith ✦ little talks - of monsters and men ✦ eat your young - hozier ✦ arms tonite - mother mother ✦ sex on fire - kings of leon

𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝’𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐨𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝…

>> dividers by @/saradika-graphics, pictures from pinterest (not mine), title and lyrics from the oh hello’s song “soldier poet king,” fantasy series by yuzuya, self-insert belongs to me — this is a self-indulgent for fun project. most likely i will update this when i re-listen to the series to get accurate lore for the character descriptions LMAO

[indigenous-character-tournament]

Indigenous Character Tournament

Round 1

The bracket was randomly generated with minor tweaking to balance it out since there are so many characters. Ties are allowed only when there is an exact 50/50 and in that case, the characters will move on as a team. Propaganda is allowed and encouraged! The polls of each bracket will last one week! Below are the match-ups in case it is hard to read the bracket! :)

Voting will start Monday, May 8th at 6:00 P.M. EST! The polls will be released in waves.

Bracket A

Eliza Maza (Gargoyles) vs Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs)

Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs Kamakiri (One Piece)

Joseph (Blood Quantum) vs Fuzzy Mac (Grace Beside Me)

John Redcorn (King of the Hill) vs Clinton Skye (FBI: Most Wanted)

Travis Manawa (Fear the Walking Dead) vs Jessica Keynes (Miraculous Ladybug)

Artemy Burakh (Pathologic) vs Nakamura Kotan (Yuusha Dan)

Delsin Rowe (Infamous: Second Son) vs Moana (Moana)

Pike Dexter (Big Eden) vs Naru (Predator)

Victor Joseph (Smoke Signals) vs Volo (Pokemon Legends: Arceus)

Prince Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke) vs Kurapika Kurta (Hunter x Hunter)

Naranpa (Black Sun) vs Kirikou (Kirikou and the Sorceress)

Fredzilla (Big Hero 6) vs Margaret Kohere (Apex Legends)

Wyper (One Piece) vs Jenna Begay (Echo Project)

Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove) vs Rock (Nanbaka)

Ka'kwet (Anne with an E) vs Akita (Ninjago)

Tanis (Letterkenny) vs Caitlin (Mohawk Girls)

Bracket B

Asirpa (Golden Kamuy) vs Asterix (Asterix the Gaul)

Little Strongheart (My Little Pony) vs Atticus O'Sullivan (The Iron Druid)

Makoa Gibraltar (Apex Legends) vs Joss (Blood Quantum)

Kenai (Brother Bear) vs Ratonhnhaké:ton (Assassin’s Creed III)

Miyax/Julie (Julie of the Wolves) vs Massai (Fortnite)

Anna (Mohawk Girls) vs Princess Maya (Maya and the Three)

Izel (Onyx Equinox) vs Mercy Thompson (Mercy Thompson)

Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption 2) vs Dr. Joshua "Strongbear" Sweet (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Lady Silence/Silna (The Terror) vs Dedue (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Koen West (Cleverman) vs Hau (Pokémon Sun and Moon)

Elora Danan Postoak (Reservation Dogs) vs Iduna (Frozen)

Zia (Mysterious Cities of Gold) vs Knuckles Thrash/Harley (Sleepless Domain)

Carlos Oliveira (Resident Evil series) vs Nainoa Flores (Sharks in the Time of Saviors)

Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs Little Creek (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)

Asta Twelvetrees (Resident Alien) vs Hototo (Appare-Ranman!)

Bracket C

Nate Kinski (Neighbours) vs Usui Horokeu/Horohoro (Shaman King)

Reki Kyan (SK8 the Infinity) vs Waruu West (Cleverman)

Mugen (Samurai Champloo) vs Sitka (Brother Bear)

Samantha Black Crow (American Gods) vs Sasappis (Ghosts CBS)

Nina Aroyo (A Snake Falls to Earth) vs Malakai Mitchell (Heartbreak High)

Echo Reverie (Friends at the Table) vs Nuna (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)

Margu (Klaus) vs Raúl Cocolotl (Wendell & Wild)

Huā Chéng (Heaven Official's Blessing) vs Leilani (Indivisible)

Elatsoe Bride (Elatsoe) vs Tao (Mysterious Cities of Gold)

Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Jesse Cosay (Infinity Train)

Kalgara (One Piece) vs Molly Mabray (Molly of Denali)

Miko Kalani (Barbie) vs Tom Evans (Captain Canuck)

Nani Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch) vs Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Smoke Signals) vs Fiza (Daevabad Trilogy)

Tikal the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Greiger (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Maya Lopez/Echo (Marvel comics) vs Bear Smallhill (Reservation Dogs)

Bracket D

Chakotay (Star Trek: Voyager) vs Piper McLean (Heroes of Olympus)

Emperor Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove) vs Denahi (Brother Bear)

Ricky Baker (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) vs Kristoff (Frozen)

Serapio (Black Sun) vs Boy (Boy - 2010 film)

Inkarmat (Golden Kamuy) vs Geronimo Jr. (Cyborg 009)

Tanigaki Genjirō (Golden Kamuy) vs Betty (Infamous: Second Son)

Pacha (The Emperor's New Groove) vs JJ Jacobs (DImension 20)

Kaya'aton'my (American Girl) vs Danielle Moonstar/Mirage (Marvel comics)

Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Sacagawea (Night at the Museum)

Débora (Cidade Invisível) vs Matthew Carver (Kagagi)

Papa-Capim (Turma da Mônica) vs Professor Kukui (Pokémon Sun and Moon)

Tainá (Tainá uma aventura na Amazônia) vs Nuna (Indivisible)

Ken Hotate (Parks and Recreation) vs Nizhoni (Race to the Sun)

Revali (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) vs Daunis Fontaine (Firekeeper's Daughter)

Korra (The Legend of Korra) vs Ch'ah Toh Almehen/Namor the Submariner (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Tye Longshadow (Young Justice) vs Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch)

[witch-oftheflowers]

How the boys react to altars?

(Ximena x Simon.{COD} Morgana x Marc y Altars.{Moon Knight} Enjoy this multi fandom chapter I wanted to see how this went!)

Simon x Ximena Riley:

The crisp air hit Simons face as he returned home. Seeing his little house covered in yellow and orange flowers

Marigolds

His brown eyes looking to the driveway. Loose petals leading to the doorstep. A tradition he has grown used to around this last week of October.

His wife coming from a small town in Mexico. Still celebrating day of the dead. Seeing it the first time was confusing. He got used to it as the years have came.

He grabbed his bag, and a few bouquets of flowers he got on the way home. Holding the large bag in his arm as he walked inside.

Seeing garlands of flowers coating their living room. Hallways to the bedrooms the same.

But the living and kitchen-

He smiled a bit. Locking the door behind him as he took his boots off. Setting his bag down.

Looking around as the house was empty. But the pathway of flowers lead outside to the garden.

He set the flowers down. Remembering to tell his wife when he finds her.

The house had candles around. Not yet lit.

Bread was on plates. Multiple meals cooked, many he likes or haven't tried yet. His eyes landed on the photos.

His eyes shaking for a second as there was many of his own on there. His whole family

Besides his sperm donor. Thank god-

"You're back early."

His head turned to met her. His eyes soften as he smiled to her. Ximena was in a simple white dress. Her flat ballade sandals on. She had twin braids down to her knees.

A kinder smile to her lips as she grabbed a tray. Setting the food on it.

"I was hoping to have this done. Surprise you even. Kiddos are outside setting up and having fun. Luna's with them too." She was softly speaking. Grabbing some of the pictures.

Even the one of her father that passed recently.

Her eyes stilled as she set it on the tray. A small tear slipped as her smile softly faded.

Simon walked over as he gave her head a gentle kiss. Pulling her in by the side

" 'M home. That's all that matters luv. And what surprise?" He asked her as he peer down at her.

"I was adding your family for this years altar."

His eyes met hers. Seeing the kindness she had for him. He never took her up on the offer. Scared if he'll disrespect his family. Or if waking them from their deserved rest was selfish for a few nights

He learned a bit of the holiday with his wife. And her loving family. He felt at ease as she wanted to do this small act for people she met a few times. Because she understood how much they meant to him

" Such a lovely idea my luv. Need any help?"

"Can you bring out the candles? I'm almost done."

He nods his head as he grabbed he ones from the kitchen she had set.

Walking out after her. Seeing their garden to life even as the sun was setting.

The stringed lights flickered on. Lanterns set in the pond, the garden had fireflies floating around. The many plants they had for fall flourishing in the still warm night.

Anna was playing with the twins keeping the toddlers distracted.

Johnny was helping his mum. Setting the photos on as they chatted a bit.

Simon smiled as he walked behind hearing his wife chatter on as she taught her kids about the tradition

"Once a year our ancestors visit us. For a few nights they come and enjoy the company. They're our family, so we cook food for them they loved while alive. We put their favorite things like bread or trinkets, or anything really"

She spoke on and on as they finished the most. Taking the candles from her husband as she set one each with a photo.

Most of them filled with her family. Aunts he met a few times. To her godparents, to her tia's and tios. Even her grandparents.

On the top of the tiered alter, her father sat. And then his mother. Underneath was his brother and his family. And her brother with his daughter.

A few years dripped, her hand shook as she finished lighting the last ones.

Stepping back she stood there admiring the table theys set.

Johnny grabbed his mum's hand. As she softly cried at the sight.

Simon came besides her as he squeezed her shoulders. Giving her a kiss on the head as he smiled.

"They would love this... Thank you for taking the time." He whispered as he gave her arms a rub. Letting her cry a bit.

He knew why she was crying more. It's only been a month since her own father untimely passing.

The girls came over as they admired the alter. Giving their mum a hug as they smiled.

"It's ok mum. They're visiting us tonight." Johnny said as he beamed with his sweet smile.

Making Ximena chuckled as she gave a kind smile back.

"Yeah.. they're always with us mijo~"

Morgana x Marc and the boys

Steven came home first before his wife and kids. The young man fidgeting with his backpack as he hanged it up.

He was tired from their trip back from New York. They had a few months out there dealing with Khonshu's deeds.

"Blood hell. Those stupid wankers in New York." He mumbled a bit as he noticed how the usual cleaned Victorian house looked.

Clothes and robes everywhere. His eyes flicker to his wife's library of books being litter on the floor.

He noticed even her crystal ball. Usually covered and tucked away was smashed on the floor.

The mirrors she had hung up were smahed and broken.

"Lads- You gotta see this." His voice was a bit shaky as he let Marc front. His eyes flickered as he stood straight. His hands flexing as he took it in.

Marc's eyebrows furried in confusion as he looked around the rest of the house.

"Girls! You're not home right?!" He called out trying to make sure none of his family was home.

Thankfully it was quiet.

Besides the bird coming in as he noticed his avatar being deranged

"What are you doing?" Khonshu's voice boomed as Marc sighed

"Can't you see I'm dealing with something? And you!" He pointed his finger at the god

"Can't be inside this house! Or aren't supposed to be!"

"Whoever or whatever did this. Broke her protection circle and her work. So I'm here now." He sassed the human as he stood in a corner. The bird looking around at the damage

"Someone knows what they were doing."

"Well that someone is gonna be murder if she comes home to this."

Khonshu laughs as he sneer at his avatar

"You fear that woman?"

"Fear? God no. But I do know not to piss her off. Have you seen what she can do? She took me out one night because a civilian was hitting on me."

He stared at the god as he stared back

"She banished me from your house"

"She really hates you. You should know that after what five years?" He gave him attitude back as Marc started to clean. He flinched when he felt a small burn.

"Ow!"

Khonshu walked over as he used his staff. Nudging the broken mirrors.

"Someone was here. Smarter than you even. Cursed all her objects. Only she can fix this. Or her gods."

Marc held his hand as he groaned. Knowing his wife was gonna be a storm to handle.

As the time did arrive. Marc cleaned what he could. But all her magical objects were out of his field

Morgana came home alone. Wearing a long frilly dress. She had meetings all day with the other clans -

"Marc Specter!"

Here it goes.

"Are you okay?" Her voice was gentle as she rushed into the kitchen. Seeing her husband as she noticed all her items broken

"I'm fine. How was the meeting?"

"It was a trap."

He moved and shook his head at her declaration.

"What?"

"Clearly it was. Because I know you value your life more than break my items."

Marc gentle nods his head as he sipped his espresso. A wince in his face as he hated the taste alone.

His eyes flicker as Steven came forward. Finishing the cup as he set another to brew

He smiled as he walked to his wife, grasping her hand as he spoke

"I'm terribly sorry my love. Those wankers deserve whatever you serve them back."

She smiled gently as she looked up to him. Her waves swirling as she stood on her tippy toes. Her little fangs brushed against his lips as she gave him a kiss.

"And that's why I love you boys. Always good at keeping me calm."

"I say other reasons too"

Her eyes widen as she wiped her head to the dreadful bird

"You're not supposed to be in my house!"

Khonshu sighs as he ran a boney hand down his beak

"Your protections got destroyed!"

"I know! No get out you good for nothing bird!" Morgana sassed him as she tapped her foot. Her house swirled and spun as the bird was thrown out

The broken items swirled as they picked up. Restored even as they set her things to their rightful spots. She was calm again. Her curls landing flat against her back. She brushed a few strands out of her face.

Everything was fixed. Her protections, her items, and her house. But she would have to find out who did this.

"I'll be in the attic. The girls are coming home with Adrian later. He took them out for dinner."

She seemed peeved, as she ascended the stairs. Her steps seem more eerie as she was out of sight.

All three knew something was wrong.

Jake pulled to the front as he told the others to shush

"I got her~"

Marc rolled his eyes at him as he sighs

"Oh you got her? What about us?"

"You two haven't seen... Everything she can do."

As Jake walked up the stairs. The attic seemed cold, he got a glimpse in as his wife was lighting her candles. She was in a black fluffy robe. Her hair in braids as she wrote on the floor in chalk.

Marc and Steven peer with Jake as they saw how cold she seemed.

"It's her worship room... Usually I don't bug her. Unless she needs help with something."

"What kind of something?" Steven asked as he noticed Jake scratched his cheek

"Sex rituals."

"And she's only asked you?" Marc asked as he seemed upset.

Jake smiled as he shook his head.

"Hey you two would freak out from the things we've seen."

The trio got silent as they noticed the room shaking. Morgana was moving with the air swirling around her. Her eyes shut as she was thinking.

Her hands ran through the chalk ward she made as she chanted

"Gods above. Gods below. Come and aid this witch. Come from sea and off the mountain peaks. I becon those I seek to aid me in my defeat"

Her eyes flickered open as she smiled. Seeing her two favorites floating besides her.

And Jake just watched. Seeing the gods in view.

Poor Marc and Steven were slightly confused why they could see them.

"Why can we see them???" Steven asked as he watched his wife talk.

Persephone and Hetec

The pair eyeing the woman. But small smiles to their lips as they took her offerings and her speech.

"Those clans should know better than to cause distrust with the Aradia clan. They left their own clues to know who it is child. Seek those clues. Find it and they'll reveal whom you seek." Hetec was calm as she gave her piece.

"If they seek to start a war. Knowing those other groups. All acting like children during these trying times for our kinds. But if they seek a war. They will receive one" the goddess vanished.

Leaving Avatar with her goddess

Persephone beamed as she floated over.

"I'll need a better offering child. You know the kind. And I think your husband's do too. But hear my words. If they believe a war is important during these times. They're mistaken. As fall creeps in, they might think this is the best time to strike. Keep a keen eye on your enemies my child. Anything can happen~" the goddess gave her a cryptic speech. Leaving her be as she floating away.

Morgana sighed as she didn't get what she expected. Her eyes flickered to the doorway as she noticed Jake

"Come here my love. We got some offerings to make~"

[midnight-mourning]

'Theme' Songs for the Cast of Confused Spirit

Hello! I've already shared our main three's playlists, so might as well share these too lol (all it took was one person saying share and I JUMPED on the opportunity, thank you for enabling me Lucky <3)

All the main cast has a song that I think 'fits' them in some way, with the glamrocks having two-three each. And by fits I mean I heard these songs and was then put in a death grip by my subconscious which told me 'this is their song' and I said 'okey dokey!' Anywho, enjoy!

Parts & Infastructure Team:

Savannah: Humble - Ren

Pete: 1922 - Box the Oxford

Liv: Kilby Girl - The Backseat Lovers

Jesse: Cough Syrup - The Young Giant

Tyler: Slow Ride - Foghat (I can take no credit for this one, beloved ao3 commenter TiredThoughts shared this and they're so right for it)

The Glamrocks (and Monty):

Freddy: Mr Loverman - Ricky Montgomery; Line Without a Hook - Ricky Montgomery

Bonnie: Anna Sun - WALK THE MOON; Faster Car - Loving Caliber; Helpless - The Regrettes

Chica: Serotonin - Girl In Red; Good Together - Shy Martin

Roxy: The Love Club - Lorde; Popularity - Julian Moon

Monty: Hard feelings/loveless - Lorde; West Coast - The Neighborhood

Misc.

Abby: Cup of Coffee - Julian Moon

Bri: Whiskey Fever - Dorothy

Derrick: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (he is a cowboy, this should be expected)

Lizzy: Playing Like You Used To - Amor Amor

Michael: Still Not Dead - DREAMERS, American Teeth, Wes Period; I've Been Dead All Day - Bayside (a little on the nose I know lmao BUT they fit in perfectly in certain places of the story like I wish I could explain to you-)

David: Fat Lip - Sum 24

I'll update with Vannessa/Vanny's when she appears in the story, kind of spoilery if I share now :) (but i stg they fit SO WELL THEY ARE SO VANESSA CODED LIKE GAHH)