#Fallen Angel!Regina

[16sydd16]

Not the original asker, but I’m new to the cadina fandom and now I’m curious about the ever-prevalent fallen angel AU that the cadina bitches kick around sometimes.

For this ask game!

Hi new person! We're so happy to have you! The Cadina bitches can't help but think about three things: 1) A woman putting her canine teeth in the side of my neck; 2) Cadina height difference, which is only like 5 inches in actuality, but it looks like a foot (which we love); 3) Fallen Angel AU. Okay, that's a little dramatic, but the collective brainrot about Fallen Angel!Regina is so real! For all of the obsessive thinking we do, we don't have a ton of concrete ideas about this. Here's five that have infected my brain!

Fallen Angel Regina dresses like an angel for a college halloween party in an attempt at irony. She hopes the big, judgmental man upstairs appreciates her humor, but she knows he won't. Though she's lost all of the perks of being an angel, she still takes her responsibilities pretty seriously. She spends her Friday and Saturday nights at local college parties, watching out for predators spiking drinks or making moves on girls who are far too drunk to say yes to anything. The first time she meets Cady Heron, she's laying on the frathouse lawn on Halloween night. She'd laid down to look at the stars before realizing she was too drunk to stand back up on her own. Regina lays next to her for a few minutes at Cady's insistence (Cady yanks Regina onto the ground when Regina offers her a hand up) and makes sure she gets home safe.

Cady talks Regina into staying until she falls asleep, but Regina is gone by the time she wakes. Cady spends the next two weeks searching student records, but it's tough, because she doesn't have much to go on besides "hot blonde angel who rescues drunk girls." She tries putting that in the student database, but it doesn't work.

Regina may not still have her angelic powers, but she does have her angelic beauty and a wicked right hook. Many men who have gotten too close to her have learned this the hard way.

The first time Cady sees the angry, raised scars on Regina's otherwise flawless back, she can't help but reach out to touch them. Regina wakes the instant she feels Cady's hands on her, the tender touch still painful to her damaged skin. She yells at Cady, screams, tries to push her away. Cady apologizes, gently strokes her shoulder and her cheek and her hair until Regina can't be mad at Cady. She can only be mad at herself, and the pain she's caused. She collapses into Cady's arms, and Cady holds her while she cries. Cady asks if Regina has those scars because she was hit by a bus or something. Regina hesitates before telling Cady the truth. That she's a fallen angel, and that her wings were savagely ripped from her back for her "crimes." Cady doesn't say anything at first. She just keeps stroking Regina's hair.

Later, much later, Cady jokes about how she always knew Regina was something ethereal. That Regina was too beautiful to be human. Regina asks if Cady always thought she was an angel, if the costume was a dead giveaway. Cady admits that vampire was actually her first guess, because Regina has a real Rosalie Hale kind of vibe. Regina scoffs and rolls her eyes and tries to get up. Cady Refuses to move from her lap. (Regina could push her off, but she doesn't. Won't. She used to think getting kicked out of heaven was the worst fate someone could suffer. Now, she knows being kicked out of Cady Heron's embrace would be the real hell.)

Thanks so much for the ask!!

[unknownn-girl]

[kittenfangirl20]

I am just thinking about Lucifer fantasizing about Adam singing that “My Name is Regina George” song from the musical version of the movie and instantly thinking of getting Adam a black leather jacket and black leather pants like Regina wore while singing the song.

[wolfythewitch]

Honestly I want to hear all of your thoughts on Good Omens.

Uhhhh none here! Brain empty mostly. I think Crowley is lovely. I think he's the most human demon I've ever seen. I like that just because aziraphale defied heaven once doesn't mean he hasn't fully got rid of all his prejudices/ whatever you call them. Biases? Preconceived notions? I wish they would just talk but alas, communication doesn't come easy even to the most timeless of us. Aziraphale thinking what's best for Crowley is returning to what once was vs Crowley thinking what's best is what they've carved out for themselves FIGHT. The idea that Crowley thinks aziraphale chose heaven over him vs aziraphale thinking Crowley chose his bitterness over him. I think they should listen to two birds by Regina Spektor. They love each other so much but that doesn't really help if the other doesn't realize, does it. Crowley is a fallen angel, he knows the worst of both heaven and hell, and he wants neither of it. Aziraphale, unfortunately, still likes Heaven. That so religious trauma core of them. The thought of tearing full away from your only bastion of security and comfort must terrify you, doesn't it angel. You cannot conceive of heaven being unfixable because if heaven is as bad as hell, then what is good? How can you define it? If your paradigm shifts now, then the right you've been so righteously doling out, well, isn't so right anymore is it. But you can fix it. Surely you can fix it. But you're too human for them. They cannot love like you

Sorry, got off topic. Hope they make up in the next season.

[sugolara]

𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝

Feat. Shota Aizawa x daughter! reader

An ongoing series.

Synopsis: After a deadly virus leaks all over the world, Shota Aizawa and his eldest daughter must survive from the flesh eating monsters in hopes that Eri is still alive.

Cw: gore, quirkless! au, apocalypse! au, zombie! au, weapons, death, angst, blood, cannibalism, suicidal thoughts, cross-posted on ao3, wattpad, qoutev

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Included Characters: Eri, Hizashi Yamada, Nemuri Kayama, Toshinori Yagi, Hitoshi Shinso (love interest)

Inspired by, "The Walking Dead A Telltale Game Series"

playlist!

" Fresh Blood – Eels " Walk Among the Cobras, Pt. 1 – Dan Sartain " Leave Behind – Sarah Cripps " Hope Prevails – Jesper Kyd " When I Grow Up – First Aid Kit " Fight For Survival – Klergy " Snow – Lisa Hannigan " Aeon Ending – Dew Of Light " To Live A Life – First Aid Kit " Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode " Death Is Not the End – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds " How Low – Jose Gonzales " The Fear – Ben Howard " Carrion Flowers – Chelsea Wolfe " Kettering – The Antlers " Coxcomb Red – Songs: Ohia " Five Years – David Bowie " Hard As Nails – Peter Wolf Crier " Swept Inside – Future Islands " Killing Machine – Tony Crown " Harmonix – Surfer Blood " Stand By Me – Ki:Theory " M.T.M.E. – Alexandra Saviour " Audience No.2 – Autolux " Palace Of Montezuma – Grinderman " In The Water – Anadel " Two Birds – Regina Spektor " Clocks – Coldplay " The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd " I’ll Be Good – Jaymes Young " To The Bone – Mirel Wagner " I Ain’t The One – Spoon " Take Us Back – Alela Diane " Salty Seas – Devics " In The Pines (Oakland) – Fantastic Negrito " Waiting around to die – The Be Good Tanyas " Red Morning – Devics " Gun In My Hand – Dorothy " Be Good – Waxahatche " Clementine – Elliot Smith " World Undone – Calexico " Blood – Algiers " Especially Me - Low " Release Me - Corrina Repp " No Death - Mirel Wagner

table of contents:

Season 1: Episode 1: A new day Episode 2: I'll understand what you meant in a few long months Episode 3: Afraid Episode 4: Weak Episode 5: Quick and steady Episode 6: To live Episode 7: Just a little longer, my dear

Season 2: Episode 8: New beginnings Episode 9: Company Episode 10: Day something Episode 11: Bad news Episode 12: Check, check, check Episode 13: Fallen angel

Season 3: Episode 14: Little by little Episode 15: The feeling is nice Episode 16: Down below, where the sounds of growls will be the last you hear

To be continued...

Book one: Welcome To The New World Book two: To The One You Left Behind

[midnightsun-if]

Relationship phase: MC wakes up the RO and asks if they "like them" or "like like them." Ros response? I'm cackling just envisioning how peeved Sloane would be at being woken up to answer such a stupid question lol

Koda: He sneezes slightly, a gentle huffing noise, as he rouses himself from the world of sleep— whiskey brown eyes staring at you in confusion. “Of course, I like like you, MC.” He shakes his head, squishing his face back into his pillow, next words slightly muffled due to it. “Do you think I just get into people’s beds that I simply like?”

Scarlett: Viridescent eyes blink open slowly, not unlike a deadly jungle cat assessing her new prey, before her brow furrows— mind fully processing the question that had been asked. “No, I don’t like like you.” Her lips curl sardonically over the two words, practically spitting them out, but she soon softens. A slender finger running down the expanse of your cheek in a gentle caress, Scarlett presses a brief kiss to your brow. “I love you, my heart, more than I will ever be able to put into words.”

Cyrus/Cyra: They tilt their head to the side, brow furrowed in contemplation. “That’s quite the odd question, my flame.” They press a gentle kiss to your cheek, a gentle warmth permeating through the chilly night air between you. “Loving you or, in this case, like liking you, has been one of the few things I’ve never questioned in my life.” Their face scrunches due to the force of their smile. “At least when I finally realized what it was.”

Quinn: A gentle smile curls their lips upward, sapphire eyes twinkling softly. “Do I like like you?” They tilt their head, tapping their chin in faux thought, before pressing closer to you on the bed. “I think I like like you a lot, MC.” Quinn nuzzles their nose against yours. “Something my wolf agrees with wholeheartedly.”

Caden: “I’m not sure what that means.” They shift underneath their pile of blankets, tugging them up around their chin to keep out the chill. “Is this some sort of test? I must admit I’m wholly unprepared for it.” At your expectant look a soft sigh falls from their lips. “Of course I do. I wouldn’t be here otherwise.”

Sloane: A pillow is thrown at your head before you have time to prepare, their soft growl of warning being all that intercepts the relatively peaceful atmosphere that had fallen over the room. Though, after a beat, you hear Sloane’s muttered “dumbass”— their body burrowing back underneath the warm cocoon they had made for themself. Not bothering to entertain the conversation any more than that.

Blake: A soft huff of air escapes them, reminiscent of an airy laugh, as Blake shifts to wrap their arms firmly around you, pulling your body against their own. “Fishing for compliments are we, angel?” They tuck a strand of hair behind your ear, placing a single kiss to your neck. “I’m quite fond of you, but you should know that by now. After everything.” A smirk grows on their lips. “What about you? Do you like like me?”

Reginald/Regina: “Aren’t I the one that’s supposed to ask odd questions at random times?” They burrow further into your side, a gentle smile curling their lips as they look up at you. “You’re stealing my brand, which isn’t cool. But—“ A dramatic huff leaves them. “I suppose I can tell you that I like like you too. As long as you like like me back.”

[the-song-of-the-day]

April wrap up

Out of 31 the top three most voted songs this month were:

Diamond Dogs by David Bowie it had a total of 44 votes. It was chosen by Mod Gremlin

Keep Your Eye On The Money by Mötley Crüe it had 30 votes and It was chosen by Mod Gremlin

Calling Dr. Love by KISS it had 27 votes and was also chosen by Mod Gremlin

The Three least voted were

Hiding In The Blue by by TheFatRat&RIELL has 8 votes and was chosen by Mod Secret

A tie between I'd Rather Sleep by Kero Kero Bonito chosen by Mod Secret and Too Good At Raising Hell by The Strutus chosen by Mod Gremlin both with 9 votes

There’s a three way tie all of them having 10 votes is Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford chosen by Mod Gremlin, Folding Chair by Regina Spector and Who Are You, Really by Mikky Ekko both chosen by Mod Secret

The top three most liked songs were

(the ones with the most amount of yes)

With 95.7% yes out of 23 votes is Rock Of Ages by Def Leppard chosen by Mod Gremlin

Then having 94.4% yes out of 18 votes is Fallen Angel by Poison chosen by Mod Gremlin

Then finally a two songs with 92.9% yes with 14 votes each are Canary in a Coal Mine by The Crane Wives chosen by Mod Secret and Dream Warriors by Dokken chosen by Mod Gremlin

The bottom three were

(the ones that had the least amount of yes)

Pomegranate Lips by Derivakat with only 50% of likes out of 12 votes, it was chosen by Mod Secret

Live And Let Die by Guns'N Roses with 58.3% of likes out of 24 votes, it was chosen by Mod Gremlin

Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford only had 60% of likes out of 10 votes, it was chosen by Mod Gremlin

Average amount of Votes

The average amount of votes this month was 17

Thank you guys for all your support - Mods Secret and Gremlin

[themousefromfantasyland]

The Creatures of Yuletide: The Lost Christmas Goddess

This is my last Creatures of Yuletide of the year, so I decided to finish with something huge, an ancient winter goddess that had her feast day exactly on Christmas day and whose influence can still be felt to this day. This goddess has many names and many forms across the Alpine Region, but for sake of clarity, I will refer to her as Holda.

Holda is a figure associated with motherhood, winter, and spinning and weaving. Stories and myths about her spread across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, usually involving her being both an angelic presence and a demonic force, rewarding the good and punishing the wicked. The anthropologist and archaeologist Marija Gimbutas believes she was the Germanic supreme goddess and is older than the Germanic pantheon, including deities like Odin, Thor, and Loki. She also says:

"[Holda] holds dominion over death, the cold darkness of winter, caves, graves and tombs in the earth….but also receives the fertile seed, the light of midwinter, the fertilized egg, which transforms the tomb into a womb for the gestation of new life."

With the Christianization of Europe, myths and stories about her survived in the countryside and as folk stories.

Jacob Grimm, of the Brothers Grimm fame, in his seminal work 'Teutonic Mythology', described her basic characteristics:

“In popular legends and nursery tales, frau Holda (Hulda, Holle, Hulle, frau Holl) appears as a superior being, who manifests a kind and helpful disposition towards men, and is never cross except when she notices disorder in household affairs. […]

From what traditions has still preserved for us, we gather the following characteristics. Frau Holle is represented as a being of the sky, begirdling the earth: when it snows, she is making her bed, and the feathers of it fly. She stirs up snow, as Donar does rain: the Greeks ascribe the production of snow and rain to their Zeus: so that Holda comes before us a goddess of no mean rank. [...]

Another point of resemblance is, that she drives about in a waggon. She has a linchpin put in it by a peasant whom she met; when he picked up the chips, they were gold. Her annual progress, which like those of Herke and Berhta, is made to fall between Christmas and Twelfth-day, when the supernatural has sway, and wild beasts like the wolf are not mentioned by their names, brings fertility to the land. Not otherwise does 'Derk with the boar,' that Freyr of the Netherlands (p. 214), appear to go his rounds and look after the ploughs. At the same time Holda, like Wuotan, can also ride on the winds, clothed in terror, and she, like the god, belongs to the 'wutende heer.''

The Brothers Grimm also collected a tale about her in which she appears as Frau Holle, and it can be found here. Resuming, an abused stepchild loses a spindle in the well and jumps there to get it back, only to find herself in the magical realm of a kind woman named Frau Holle that has the power of making snow in the real world when she shakes her featherbed pillows.

The girl does the household chores for the old woman and is rewarded by returning to the real world with a shower of gold and the spindle which had fallen into the well.

Jealous, the stepmother sends her biological daughter to try the same, but the girl is so unhelpful that Frau Holle sends her back with a shower of pitch.

Basically, Frau Holle is the female version of Morozko.

Holda is associated with many of the evergreen plants that appear during the Yule season, especially mistletoe and holly, and she had her feast day on December 25, Christmas day.

An early-13th-century text listing superstitions states that "In nocte nativitatis Christi ponunt regina celi quam dominam Holdam vulgus appelat, ut eas ipsa adiuvet.” This text, an Aberglaubenverzeichnis (a common late-medieval and early modern genre), was compiled in the years 1236–1250 by Rudolph, a Cistercian monk. Translating, it states the following:

"In the night of Christ's Nativity they set the table for the Queen of Heaven, whom the people call Frau Holda, that she might help them".

Hulda was known as a goddess of women, which eventually tied her to magic and witchcraft, and she is specifically called out in the Canon Episcopi, written around the fourth century. Those who honored her were required, as faithful Catholics, to do penance. The treatise reads, in part:

"Have you believed there is some female, whom the stupid vulgar call Holda ... who is able to do a certain thing, such that those deceived by the devil affirm themselves by necessity and by command to be required to do, that is, with a crowd of demons transformed into the likeness of women, on fixed nights to be required to ride upon certain beasts, and to themselves be numbered in their company? If you have performed participation in this unbelief, you are required to do penance for one year on designated fast-days.”

Holda was widely mentioned in catalogs of superstitions and sermons during the 15th century, and in the 16th, being equated with other female figures like Diana, and Herodias, the princess that asked for John Baptist’s head.

Her motherhood aspect also is used to link her with the Virgin Mary, and she is the goddess to whom children who died as infants go.

Holiday figures like the witch Frau Perchta from the Alpine Region, and the witch La Befana from Italian folklore, both associated with Epiphany, the feast that celebrates the visit of the Three Wise men, are sometimes linked back to her.

This holiday season, I hope this ancient winter goddess blesses you all and brings a reward for all the good you put out to the world this year. Happy holidays my friends.

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @tamisdava2 @princesssarisa

[moskeetees]

Alma, the fallen angel who is trying to get back to heaven!

Here's Alma!

Echinine's son, he is what some may refer to as a "fallen angel". The former leader of the angel army, Alma was exiled for the crimes of killing and eating a fellow angel. Now, he’s doing everything he can to get back to heaven.

Picked up by Queen Regina, he has now become a member of her elite team. Although he has a strict "no killing" rule, he is still an incredibly capable fighter, and in turn great at apprehending opponents.

If he ever needs someone dead, his second-in-command, Seiya, is brought in for the job.

[mcheung]

your new icon is SO SLAY ACTUALLY where is it from!!!!! And send pluto all my love 💕💕💕, you go pluto!!!!!!!!!!!! And none for elyn BYE also we need to add mean girls to our watchlist 📋 speaking of have you watched the mean girls musical? I’ve seen mixed reviews and some clips of Renee rapp and while she slays so hard idk it doesn’t feel as sinister as the og regina george? But then again this is a musical so hmmmm not sure if I should watch it (also I finished umbrella academy and the next (and FINAL 😭😭😭) season doesn’t come out till August what am I supposed to do until then??? Have a LIFE????? god gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers etc etc fr 😔) wow this ask/life update went so many different directions LOL

^^me rn w my headphones cuz GUESS WHO ALSO LOST HER EARBUDS LOLLLLLL (I think I’ll find it when I clean my room why is it always so messy :(((( —> girl who liveblogs every second of every day)

HIIIIIIIII it’s from fallen angels!!!! i’m so obsessed with wong kar wai’s films we HAVE to watch at least one together soon 😌 nooo my love pluto gimme back my moots >:’(( dont worry tho he’s receiving every single one of your kisses <33

no i have not seen mean girls the musical the movie LOL renee does indeed seem like she slays so hard but if i know anything it’s that movie adaptations of musicals SUCK i might give it a chance tho!!!! or i’ll watch a bootleg of the original musical LMAO

SO FAST????? WOWWWWWW HAAHAHAHA guess you’ll just have to listen to my movie recs now heheheehehehehe

[oldsoul--newmachine]

Sleepless Nights Get More Done: A Fallen Hero Playlist

I lived and breathed this playlist for a long time. These are only the songs I conglomerated together while working on the Retribution guide to get me by in the dead of night. In the order that I had added them, over a period of 9 months. You can see the cutoff point, when I was made to think of The Void (just listen, you may understand). It's an interesting reflection for me on where my thoughts were at; I certainly found something special to express about self confidence, and the Outside scar. During this time is also when I finally named my MC Wicke. Shamelessly after John Wick. And also Citizen ("There isn't any miracle... I'm leaving. These are my last lines. Farewell to you, my unknown, to whom, when I came down with 'soul', I revealed all of myself, right down to the last pulverized screw, the last busted spring... I'm leaving.")

I've listed all below. Most having meaningful connection for me, some are just series vibes. I actually removed a few I later decided had no real significance. Snatched a few from other playlists.

Boats on Fire - Seeming

2. If You're Shooting With The Left It Means The Right Side Is Working - Ashbury Heights

3. Sick - ThouShaltNot

4. Blue Lips - Regina Spektor

5. Machine - Regina Spektor

6. Tear Me To Pieces- Meg Myers

7. Celebrity Skin - Hole

8. Sarcasm - Get Scared

9. I Really Want You To Hate Me - Meg Myers

10. Blue - The Birthday Massacre

11. The Green Room Pale - Pale Shapera

12. Bodysnatchers - Radiohead

13. The Fighter - In This Moment

14. Blue - A Perfect Circle

15. The Outsider - A Perfect Circle

16. Annihilation - A Perfect Circle

17. The Invisible Plan - Kidneythieves

18. People Are Strange - The Doors

19. Sections - God Module

20. Floating Angels - Kidneythieves

21. Monster - Imagine Dragons

22. Angry Too - Lola Blanc

23. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

24. Left For Dead - Ksenia Lewis

25. I'm Back - Royal Deluxe

26. Another Way Out - Hollywood Undead

27. Outside - Staind

28. Blast Doors - Everything Everything

29. Appetite For Destruction - Vo Williams

30. Top Of The World - Dorothy

31. Can't Sleep, Can't Breathe - Digital Daggers

32. Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek - Blue October

33. Dude, Where's My Skin? - Schoolyard Heroes

34. Synthesize Me - Diorama

35. Control - Halsey

36. The Noise Inside My Head - Assemblage 23

37. Cut The Cord - Shinedown

38. I'm Alive - Shinedown

39. Blood Code - Le Castle Vania

40. Sharks - Imagine Dragons

41. Cult Leader - King Mala

42. You Don't Own Me - Nikki Williams

43. The Death Of Me - Meg Myers

44. The Noose - A Perfect Circle

45. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

46. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

47. Right Where It Belongs - Nine Inch Nails

48. Liar - The Arcadian Wild

49. Coma White - Marilyn Manson

50. I Love You Citizen-Extended Version - Seeming

51. Green Valley - Puscifer

[16sydd16]

Give me Fallen Angel AU too.... both of these were definitely not from pookas... definitely not...

For this ask game!!

From pookas?? No, definitely not... pookas isn't completely and entirely obsessed with the idea of Fallen Angel!Regina or anything...

Fallen Angel!Regina AU, but a little darker this time...

It's been almost a decade since Regina was kicked out of heaven, but she still hasn't been able to shake that unwavering desire to beat the fuck out of disgusting men do good. She may not have the supernatural gifts she did as an angel, but her heavenly beauty and her stubbornness remain, and those are just as useful.

Also useful are the muscles Regina's developed here on earth. After she gave up on regaining her status as an angel, she decided to make a difference here, in this filthy place with these filthy creatures. Lifting weights and working out like a professional athlete have aided her in her pursuit.

The first time Regina sees Cady is on the street. It's late, and Cady is so small and unaware that Regina wants to grab her and shake her until she understands how much danger she's in. Instead, Regina follows her home, just to make sure she gets there safely. Regina keeps up this routine for a couple of weeks before she starts to feel creepy. She swears tonight is the last night until she notices that someone else is following Cady too. He only manages to wrapsone hand around Cady's arm and tug before Regina is there, bringing him to his knees with a carefully-placed kick. Cady's shellshocked from the whole thing, so Regina walks her home. It doesn't occur to Cady that it's probably not safe to bring a stranger into her apartment until Regina is on her couch, holding her while she cries. Cady tells Regina as much, and Regina agrees to leave right away. Cady pleads with her not to, knowing that as soon as her "guardian angel" (disguised as a blonde bombshell, duh) leaves, she won't ever feel safe again. Not even here, in her own home. Cady drifts off to sleep on the couch, in Regina's arms. To Cady's indescribable relief, Regina is still there when she wakes up.

Regina walks Cady home from her job every night. Cady always asks Regina to come up, and Regina always says no. She tells Cady to get some sleep, and that she'll see her tomorrow. One night, Cady gets tired of her words failing her and just kisses Regina. (Regina accepts her invitation to come up this time.)

It takes a while before Cady gathers the courage to ask about the scars on Regina's back, identical, brutal markings on each shoulder blade. "Is this why you saved me? Because someone hurt you?" Cady asks, perched in Regina's lap, her legs wrapped around her girlfriend's waist and her chin resting on Regina's shoulder, her fingers tracing featherlight patterns over Regina's never-fully-healed wounds. Regina flinches at the touch, still so vividly and immediately recalling the searing pain of her wings being torn off by a supposedly merciful god, the deep gouges in her back left blue and bleeding. Cady's touches are soft, though, and so tender, that Regina thinks, with enough time and enough of Cady's touches, she may be able to forget the brutality done to her. A wry almost-smile finds her lips as she says, "I guess you could say I had an abusive father."

Okay we got a little dark and twisty, but here we are. Thanks so much for the ask!!💖

[last-knight-who-was]

Here's a list of ships/fandoms I'm into, in case anyone's interested.

RWBY Ruby/Penny (Nuts and Dolts) Ruby/Weiss (White Rose) Ruby/Blake (Ladybug) Ruby/Yang (Enabler) Weiss/Blake (Monochrome) Weiss/Yang (Freezerburn) Blake/Yang (Bumbleby) Weiss/Blake/Yang (Bee's Schnee's) Ruby/Weiss/Blake/Yang (Pollination) Ruby/Cinder (Fallen Petals) Ruby/Neo (Strawberry Shortcake) Ruby/Emerald (Blood Mint) Ruby/Ilia (Chasing Rainbows) Yang/Neo (Baked Alaska) Cinder/Neo (Spicecream) Weiss/Ilia (Prismatic Ponytails) Weiss/Winter (Schneecest) Blake/Ilia (Catmeleon) Ren/Nora (Renora) Jaune/Pyrrha (Arkos) Jaune/Ren/Nora (Renorarc) Winter/Robyn (Snowbyrd) Robyn/Fiona (Springthyme)

Danganronpa Mukuro/Junko (Despaircest) Komaru/Toko (Tokomaru) Komaru/Syo (Syomaru) Makoto/Kyoko (Naegiri) Chiaki/Sonia (Soniaki) Chiaki/Chisa (Yukinami) Chiaki/Hajime/Nagito (Komahinanami) Hajime/Nagito (Komahina) Fuyuhiko/Peko (Kuzupeko) Kiyotaka/Mondo (Ishimondo) Imposter/Ryota (Mitworai) Ibuki/Mikan (Band Aid) Monaca/Kotoko (Class Clowns) Aoi/Sakura (Sakuraoi) Komaru/Kotoko (Komasugi) Junko/Monaca (Towashima) Komaru/Kotoko/Toko Mukuro/Kotoko

Kingdom Hearts Aqua/Cinderella (Aquarella) Kairi/Naminé (Namikai) Roxas/Xion (Rokushi) Sora/Riku (Soriku) Lea/Isa (Leaisa) Aqua/Kairi

Kill la Kill Ryuko/Satsuki (Satsuryu) Mako/Ira (Iramako) Nonon/Uzu (Uzunon) Rei/Nui Ryuko/Satsuki/Nui

Avatar Azula/Katara (Azutara) Aang/Katara (Kataang) Sokka/Suki (Sukka) Zuko/Azula (Zucest) Mai/Ty Lee (Mai Lee) Korra/Asami (Korrasami) Korra/Kuvira (Korvira) Korra/Jinora

She-Ra Adora/Catra (Catradora) Entrapta/Hordak (Entrapdak) Glimmer/Bow (Glimbow) Glimmer/Frosta (Glimmta) Adora/Angella

Supergirl Kara/Lena (Supercorp) Kara/Alex (Kalex) Alex/Sam (AgentReign) Alex/Maggie (Sanvers)

Resident Evil Jill/Claire (Red Valentine) Jill/Wesker (Weskertine) Chris/Wesker (Chrisker) Leon/Ada (Aeon) Leon/Ashley (Leshley) Claire/Sherry (Clairry) Helena/Deborah

Sonic the Hedgehog Metal Sonic/Amy (Metamy) Shadow/Maria (Shadaria) Shadow/Molly (Shadolly) Rouge/Topaz (Roupaz) Sonic/Sally (Sonally)

Pokémon Dawn/Cynthia (GirlPowerShipping) Hilda/Rosa (WhiteSquareShipping) Selene/Lillie (MoonLilyShipping)

Mass Effect f!Shepard/Liara (Shiara) Jack/Miranda (Jackanda) Tali/Legion (Talgion) Tali/Garrus (Talibrations) Samantha/Gabriella

Dragon Age f!Tabris/Leliana f!Mahariel/Morrigan f!Cousland/Alistair Alistair/Morrigan f!Hawke/Merrill f!Hawke/Bethany f!Adaar/Sera

Hazbin Hotel Charlie/Vaggie (Chaggie) Charlie/Emily (RoyalHalo) Charlie/Emily/Vaggie (Charlie's Angels) Angel Dust/Husk (HuskerDust)

Miscellaneous Arya/Daenerys (Danarya) - ASoIaF/GoT Arya/Sansa (Sansrya) - ASoIaF/GoT Andrew/Ashley (Coffincest) - The Coffin of Andy and Leyley Carla/Penny - Kindergarten Max/Kate (Marshfield) - Life is Strange Alex/Steph (Chenrich) - Life is Strange: True Colors f!Dragonborn/Serana - Skyrim Gaz/Tak (TaGr) - Invader Zim Emma/Regina (Swan Queen) - Once Upon a Time Elsa/Anna (Elsanna) - Frozen Rapunzel/Cassandra (Cassunzel) - Tangled: The Series Heather/Alessa - Silent Hill Dipper/Mabel (Pinecest) - Gravity Falls Ben/Gwen (Bwen) - Ben 10 Luz/Amity (Lumity) - The Owl House Hunter/Willow (Huntlow) - The Owl House Lightning/Serah (Farroncest) - FF13 Kara/North (Northara) - Detroit: Become Human Kara/Alice - Detroit: Become Human Cal/Merrin (Merrical) - Star Wars: Jedi Series Mai/Maki (Zenincest) - Jujutsu Kaisen Raven/Jinx (Raejinx) - Teen Titans Vi/Jinx (Vijinx) - Arcane Anna/Marnie - When Marnie Was There Isabela/Mirabel (Isamira) - Encanto Wynonna/Waverly (Earpcest) - Wynonna Earp Chell/GLaDOS (Chelldos) - Portal Monika/Sayori (Sayonika) - Doki Doki Literature Club Yuri/Natsuki (Natsuri) - Doki Doki Literature Club Zelda/Link (Zelink) - Legend of Zelda Link/Midna (Midlink) - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Lana/Linkle (Lalinkle) - Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors Enid/Wednesday (Wenclair) - Netflix’s Wednesday Kim/Shego (Kigo) - Kim Possible Katniss/Johanna (Joniss) - The Hunger Games Frisk/Chara (Charisk) - Undertale Alphys/Undyne (Alphyne) - Undertale Ripley/Call - Alien: Resurrection f!Revan/Bastila (Revastila) - KotOR f!Exile/Atris - KotOR 2 f!Exile/Brianna - KotOR 2 Mercy/D.Va (Hanamercy) - Overwatch Sayo/Hina (Sayohina) - BanG Dream Jessie/Zofia (Terror Twincest) - Wolfenstein: Youngblood Yuzu/Mei (Yuzumei) - Citrus Needy/Jennifer (Needifer) - Jennifer's Body Ginger/Brigitte (Fitzcest) - Ginger Snaps Kanade/Yukino - Candy Boy Vanessa/Gregory - Five Nights at Freddy's Gaige/Angel (Gaigel) - Borderlands 2 Ahsoka/Barriss (Barrissoka) - Star Wars Ahsoka/Bo-Katan (Bosoka) - Star Wars Alice/Rain (Ralice) - Resident Evil films Lara/Sam (S.S. Endurance) - Tomb Raider Tara/Sam (Carpentercest) - Scream Sydney/Tatum (Tatney) - Scream Danny/Jazz (Sibling Secrets) - Danny Phantom Danny/Dani (Sue Killer) - Danny Phantom Coraline/Beldam - Coraline f!Deputy/Faith - Far Cry 5 f!Captain/Carmina - Far Cry New Dawn Bella/Alice (Bellice) - Twilight Bella/Rosalie (Rosella) - Twilight Bella/Leah (Belleah) - Twilight Nicole/Jecka (Jeckole) - Class of 09

[guillotinna]

Angsty songs that are GhostSoap and the lyrics that makes me think that:

Iris - goo goo dolls

"I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think they'd understand. When everything's meant to be broken, I just want you to know who I am"

Another life - motionless in white

"I hate that it seemed you were never enough. We were broken and bleeding but never gave up. And I hate that I made you the enemy. And I hate that your heart was the casualty. Now I hate that I need you"

Mercy - Shawn Mendes

"I'm prepared to sacrifice my life, I would gladly do it twice

Oh, please have mercy on me. Take it easy on my heart

Even though you don't mean to hurt me, You keep tearing me apart

Would you please have mercy on me?"

Heartless - The Weeknd

"I lost my heart and my mind. I try to always do right. I thought I lost you this time. You just came back in my life. You never gave up on me

I'll never know what you see. I don't do well when alone"

Two Birds - Regina Spektor

"Two birds of a feather. Say that they're always gonna stay together

But one's never going to let go of that wire. He says that he will, but he's just a liar"

How to Save a Life - The Fray

"Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend. Somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night. Had I known how to save a life"

The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives

"The Moon will sing a song for me. I loved you like the Sun. Bore the shadows that you made. With no light of my own. I shine only with the light you gave me"

Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey

"I think I'll miss you forever. Like the stars miss the Sun in the morning skies. Laters better than never. Even if you're gone, I'm gonna drive"

Angel With a Shotgun - The Cab

"I'm an angel with a shotgun. Fighting till the war's won. I don't care if heaven won't take me back. I'll throw away my faith, babe, just to keep you safe. Don't you know you're everything I have?

And I want to live, not just survive, tonight"

Ziptie - Julien Baker

"Someone's got my head in the slums. And everything I do makes it worse. Human nature, call it a curse. Tired of collecting the scars

And stories and the parties and bars. Trying to find a reason to fight

But someone’s got my head in a ziptie"

Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish

"No fair. You really know how to make me cry. When you gimme those ocean eyes. I'm scared. I've never fallen from quite this high. Falling into your ocean eyes"

Work Song - Hozier

"I didn't care much how long I lived. But I swear I thought I dreamed her. She never asked me once about the wrong I did. When my time comes around. Lay me gently in the cold dark earth. No grave can hold my body down. I'll crawl home to her"

Gilded Lily - Cults

"Haven't I given enough, given enough?. Always the fool with the slowest heart. But I know you'll take me with you. I know I'll take you with me"

I'm Yours - Isabel LaRosa

"Nervous, trip over my words. You're so pretty it hurts. Baby, I'm yours, Baby, I'm yours, Baby, I'm yours. I need something more. I'll pray to the Lord That, baby, I'm yours"

Soldier - Trixie Mattel

"Don't look down the barrel with an arrow And a bow. Dressed down in apparel With camouflage from head to toe. With everything so sterile in a heavy monotone. Oh soldier, you gotta let things go."

Until I found you - Steven Sanchez

"I would never fall in love again until I found her. I said I would never fall unless it's you I fall into. I was lost within the darkness, but then I found her. I found you"

Tears over beers - modern baseball

"He needed more than me. I'm friendly and thoughtful and quite awfully pretty but he needed more than me"

[negative-speedforce]

2, 4, 8, 11, 15 ("fell in love" can be used loosely if you'd like), 18, 21, and 25 for Jay and Ellis please?

2) Will they have any children? What are their names?

Jay: Yes! Regina "Reggie" Barron is Jay and Cassandra's child and they named xir after Jay's dead best friend.

Ellis: Probably not. They might be placed in a guardian angel position over a child at some point, but that's more like a godparent.

4) What color or colors do you most associate with your OC?

Jay: Cool tones, like soft blues and greens. Specifically- sky blue, seafoam green, olive green, baby blue.

Ellis: Sky colors, I guess I'd call them? Metallic gold and silver, white, light gray, blue-white.

8) Greatest strength and greatest flaw about your OC?

Jay: Jay's greatest strength is his earnestness. He puts his entire self into everything he does, and he's very steadfast in what he believes in and his loyalty to the people he loves. His greatest weakness is that he's loyal to a fault. He will stand by a person who he cares about, even if they're destroying both him and themself (see: Siv)

Ellis: Ellis' greatest strength is their compassion. They're always willing to help someone in need, no matter the cost. Their greatest weakness, on the other hand, is their inability to understand humans. Given that they've spent most of eternity with other angelic beings, only coming down to earth for specific missions, they don't really get mortals.

11) What actor or voice actor do you see best playing as your OC?

Jay: While preferably I would put out a casting call for a trans guy who uses mobility aids, Sasha Allen I think is the closest to how I imagine Jay.

Ellis: Immediately Gwendoline Christie. She'd be 100% perfect for Ellis, full stop. Plus, she's already played Lucifer in The Sandman, so she'd already have experience playing an angelic being.

15) Has your OC ever fallen in love before who their intended love interest is, or is the intended love interest their first love?

Jay: He dated Cat for a minute, but they didn't work out, since Cat realized partially through their relationship that she was aroace and was just dating him because she was scared to be alone.

Ellis: Has never been in love in the traditional human sense. I'm not even sure if they'd particularly understand the concept.

18) What is your OC’s greatest fear?

Jay: Losing another friend. One reason Jay is so fiercely protective of the people he cares about is because he doesn't want another Gina to happen.

Ellis: Becoming something they're not. Because of their smiting, Ellis is terrified that when they finally lose all their angelic traits, they'll become something malevolent and hurt someone they care about.

21) Any embarrassing secrets your OC demands you take to the grave but you will share anyway?

Jay: Paid for his engineering degree by drawing furry porn for commissions. To be fair, he only had to attend a year and a half of college, since he graduated so early, but he's probably never going to tell anyone how he paid for school.

Ellis: Crashed through a barn roof when they fell from heaven and spent the next few days hiding out in said barn, living with the cows and the horses.

25) The name you chose for your OC, why did you chose it?

Jay: In the original version of my fic, which was a Marvel/DC/Star Wars/Percy Jackson crossover (I was 14, okay and I thought that was THE SHIT), Jay was the kid of Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye (Yes, I did change only one letter of his last name when I adapted out all the Marvel stuff) so I chose his name to sound similar to Clint's other kids.

Ellis: Their name means either "Benevolent", which fits their personality and story pretty well, or "the lord is god" which is a pretty good name for an angel. In disguise as a human, Ellis goes by "Ellis Angelos", with "Angelos" being just "Angels"

[thesinglesjukebox]

RENÉE RAPP FT. MEGAN THEE STALLION - "NOT MY FAULT"

I guess one could argue this whole site is kind of a Burn Book for pop music...

[5.58]

Jackie Powell: When I first saw the “Not My Fault” music video, I was worried. Reneé Rapp looked a little stiff and apprehensive while synchronizing pop star choreography to a song that on paper was going to take her music career to another dimension. She also looked slightly intimidated by Megan Thee Stallion, whose dancing talents are as natural as the swagger she brings to every song she’s on. And Megan doesn't fall short here. Her performance on this track at first felt more natural than Rapp's. Was this really the natural progression in Rapp's music career? Who was she trying to be here? Ryan Tedder joined the 24-year-old Rapp and her frequent collaborator Alexander 23 to craft a sexy pure pop song that relies upon a slick bass line, overdubbed backing vocals and a variety of percussion. (There is a cowbell in there if you listen closely enough.) When watching Rapp in the video prior to her SNL performance, I felt like she was battling between being herself and the character she had portrayed for so long, Regina George. But by the time Rapp got to Studio 8H and had a meta moment with Meg and the original Regina, Rachel McAdams, it was almost like Rapp could then fully lean into the song as herself, and become the pop star she wants to be rather than the pop star she’s expected to be. When she debuted “Not My Fault” live on the SNL stage, she passed a test on her continued path to pop stardom. The confidence she has exuded in the past on Everything to Everyone and Snow Angel returned. “Not My Fault” is the most pure pop single she’s ever made and a different set of expectations come with that. It’s almost like she dropped all expectations and took her not-giving-a-shit chaotic energy during the “Mean Girls” press cycle into her performance of the song on SNL. She sang and added the choreography in when she wanted it in. She expressed herself and shook her ass when she wanted to. It was just another example of how Rapp continues to redefine what it means to be an openly queer artist in pop. It’s not her fault that the world has fallen in love with her, but it most certainly has been her plan all along.  [8]

Will Adams: Reneé Rapp is convincing as neither Regina George nor a pop star, so thank god for Megan Thee Stallion for picking up the slack on this too-slick-for-its-own-good piece of disco-pop. Her rapped verse brings the energy, while the sung hook of "I woke up hotter than I was yesterday" is more effortlessly cool than anything else in the song. [5]

Katherine St. Asaph: [4] for you, Reneé Rapp. You go, Reneé Rapp! ...and more for bossy Megan bye. [6]

Taylor Alatorre: The halo effect of Megan's verse is so strong, it took me a while to realize that Reneé Rapp's part is not just rote placeholder pop, but actively bad placeholder pop. She sabotages her Miss Steal Your Girl routine by singing all her lines in a pinched register that aims for "husky" and lands on "sleepy", over a compressed air blast of sterile lite-funk product that even Maroon 5 would sneer at. It's not made clear whether we're meant to be cheering or pitying this incarnation of Regina George -- probably some mixture of both, given the changing perceptions of her character over the years. But the sudden squeal of that viscerally discordant "AMEN!" makes me want to root against her out of respect for my eardrums. The song itself seems impatient to get to Megan Thee Stallion, who wisely disregards the surrounding environs in order to jolt us awake with her own brand of tightly controlled mapcap energy. Through sheer bravura she's able to better capture the spirit of the original film, or at least the way it's been endlessly refracted through countless internet exchanges, without ever intending to portray anyone other than herself. Megancore will never die, but you will. [5]

Jacob Satter: With the exception of a quick dalliance with "Talk Too Much," I have managed to avoid Rapp (and, more shamefully, Mean Girls in all its iterations) until now, but "Not My Fault" suggests she's currently manifesting as the safe gay Meghan Trainor? Maybe that's catty but excuse me if I'm a little incensed that Rapp is responsible for the first time I've heard Megan get mired in cookie dough.  I mean, that IS Rapp's fault. [3]

Alex Clifton: Am I overrating this? Maybe. But this is the first new song in months where I've listened on repeat because I just need another hit. Rapp reclaims the original insult into a cheeky, proudly queer pick-up line, which is such a neat reversal. Meanwhile Megan brings a different and powerful contrast to Rapp's candy-coated vocal, a well-matched foil. On top of all that, Rapp and Megan sound like they're having a good-ass time. It's fun, it's gay, it's a little stupid but in a smart way, and it's exactly the kind of confidence boost I needed for this year. [10]

Leah Isobel: A perfectly serviceable "Say So" rehash, enlivened by Megan's old-school showmanship and Reneé's very modern disaster-lesbian hyperactivity. But their pairing feels a little artificial, and the song's for-kids-but-also-grownups energy strains to encompass them both. [5]

Nortey Dowuona: To be quite frank, I get why this happened. It's good synergy, it's a good idea, but: has this idea already existed? Let's check: JoJo - Sabotage (ft. Chika); Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl (ft. Eve); Queen Latifah & Dolly Parton - Joyful Noise; Reneé Rapp - Tummy Hurts (Remix) (ft. Coco Jones); Reneé Rapp & Alyah Chanelle Scott - The Sex Lives of College Girls. But what about this song? Oh. Reneé Rapp - Not My Fault (ft. Megan Thee Stallion) -- a smug, pretentious song about being cool and rich. A classic? Who knows? Sing this to me in 20 years. [5]

Kayla Beardslee: I don't mind adding another ethical "Say So" substitute to the shelf, but there are better options for all the Dr. Luke vegans out there. [4]

Dave Moore: We do have Kim Petras at home, but it's the sort of thing where you just buy another one when it's on sale because you're just going to stick 'em all in the basement anyway.  [5]

Jeffrey Brister: I like Rapp’s woozy but vaguely menacing gay-girl posturing -- we need more shameless “steal your bitch” sentiment from our female pop stars -- and then Megan jumps in and makes what was already text supertext, aggressive and swaggering, sprinting across the beat. It’s enough to make me look past the paint-by-numbers disco beat and enjoy the frothy confection of the vocals. [7]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: It’s supermarket-friendly disco, the bassline just muscular enough to make the coos feel like comfort food. The lines don’t stick at all, but the breeziness does. [5]

Alfred Soto: As meltable as cheap Brie, "Not My Fault" complements Mean Girls too well: marketable queer subtexts that upset Ron DeSantis #Wokewarriors. [4]

Mark Sinker: Welcome to the dessert of the real (it’s mutant ninja semiosis all the way down). [4]

Dorian Sinclair: While I'm not a huge fan of Jeff Richmond's compositions from Mean Girls, "Not My Fault" has a lot more in common with the pop pastiche of his work for terminally underrated sitcom Girls5Eva. G5E, though, pairs his smoothly derivative songcraft with Meredith Scardino's frequently absurd -- and memorable -- lyrics. It turns out when you give a blandly competent composition some blandly competent words you get, surprisingly enough, a competent yet bland final product. Thank goodness Megan Thee Stallion is there to provide some interest, but she can only do so much. [5]

Ian Mathers: Trying hard not to grade this on a curve just because the project its from is so incredibly ill-conceived (and, according to people I trust, not terribly well executed) but you know what if you just ignore that and listen to the song, it's pretty fun! Megan referring to herself as "Black Regina George" is so on brand that it has actually happened before and so doesn't automatically yank you out of it here if you're pretending to forget the movie and Rapp sounds the kind of over it you kind of want when you're being this offhandedly dismissive. Musicals are, generally speaking, a mistake, but this works just fine on its own. [7]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: The Mean Girls reboot is a lame ass musical, and this gay girl magic is relegated to the closing credits instead of worse versions of the Broadway tracks? Lesbo Regina George deserved better.  [7]

Rachel Saywitz: I watched a horrible bootleg of Mean Girls on Broadway a few weeks ago -- horrible in that the camera focused primarily on Cady’s actress and that the musical itself is horrible, with dull and unremarkable music, fatphobic jokes that seemed so tonally out of place for a show that debuted in 2018, and a cast that mostly didn’t bother to expand beyond their movie counterparts. I was watching it as the release of the Mean Girls: The Movie: The Musical drew near because I was curious what the hullabaloo over Reneé Rapp was about; the now B(ish)-tier pop star played Regina George on Broadway from 2019 'til its closure in 2020. I don’t know what I was expecting -- some kind of snarky bi-sexual-babe take on the character? Something at least a little similar to what I had seen of her in movie trailers, which showed off her low growl of a speaking voice as if to elicit both fear and lust in even the enviest peers? But on Broadway, I just saw someone hot and blonde playing a mean girl -- no spunk or disarming friendliness, just someone with a nasty attitude. Thankfully, some time away from the stage, and the closeness of a film camera (not to mention a lack of body shaming), has given her a chance to rough up some of Regina’s smoothest edges. “Not My Fault” offers up a Reneé (and a perfectly non-apologetic Megan Thee Stallion) who not only enjoys being a bully, but who I would love to be bullied by. This Regina doesn’t hide in platitudes; she sings the truth with a citrusy ting: “You came with her but she might leave with me,” she shrugs amidst a funky bass groove that squelches like an arrhythmic heartbeat. She’s the quintessential bully of my childhood -- strikingly hot; flutteringly soft in public while actually being totally unapproachable; probably, definitely, at least a little bit gay. In posters advertising the new Mean Girls, I’ve noticed that Reneé’s Regina occupies the center of every group photo -- a marked change from the original’s promotion which squarely had Lindsay Lohan’s Cady as the star to watch. “Not My Fault” shows why and how this change happened. In this decade where bimbos and Barbies are celebrated non-ironically, where cultural ideas of femininity have simultaneously expanded and shrunk drastically, we’ve shifted from being afraid of Regina George to welcoming her with open arms into a hot girl society, where “girl” is always subjective but we always “wake up hotter than [we were] yesterday.” And okay, we’re a little mean. But it’s not our fault!! [7]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: By a wide margin the most competently written and performed part of Mean Girls The Movie The Musical. [4]

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