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hi, i'm considering the different pledge rewards for the TMA RPG crowdfunder and saw there's a version at the highest pledge level that will be autographed by you and Monte Cook. i was wondering - will the autographs be printed or hand-signed?
i thought it'd be the latter? but wanted to check. thanks!
They'll be hand-signed, though obviously due to the international nature, I believe for some of them we'll be signing bookplates/stickers that will be put inside the books (so MCG don't have to ship thousands of copies to my tiny house and then out to the rest of the world!) Regardless, all signatures will come from our own flesh-and-blood hands.
#im so glad im not in charge of the production for this#the scale of the thing makes my head swim a bit#macguffin and co scale production is about as much as i can handle tbh
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I’ve got another idea.
Okay, so I love those fics that have Harry trying to use his Parselmouth on either (or both) the basilisk and the dragon in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, with varying degrees of success. And a lot of the time, talking to the dragon kinda works, right? Like, it’s not direct communication, more like two people who are just above beginner’s level in learning the other’s language, and both languages are derivative of another one, so even if they don’t fully understand they can kinda piece together what the other is saying?
So, let’s say it’s like that. And of course, dragons aren’t born like squishy humans who take forever to learn to even roll over; they immediately start walking, flapping their wings, and hiccupping sparks, right?
AU
FIRST YEAR Harry, of course, doesn’t realize yet that he’s a Parselmouth–he doesn’t even know what Parseltongue is and just assumed being able to talk to that snake in the zoo was just a wizard thing.
So, they’re in Hagrid’s hut, Norbert(a) is born, and Harry hears something that sounds an awful lot like, “Food? Hungry? Momma?” or whatever a newborn dragon would try to communicate.
Harry tries to tell Hagrid he thinks the dragon is hungry, he might want to feed it, but the others are confused because it sounds to them like Harry is hiss-cooing or something to the dragon. (Hagrid thinks it’s adorable.) But anyway, however it comes about, it becomes obvious in the time between the dragon being born and Charlie’s friends coming to get them, that Harry can, in fact, understand the dragon and speak to it.
It’s not perfect, but he’s able to communicate to the dragon not to set something on fire or that they need to try to eat the rats as they’re being weaned off the whiskey/blood mix thing. No one thinks it’s a perk of Parseltongue because hello, he’s talking to a dragon, and isn’t this incredible? It must be some kind of ancient inheritance thing.
So, when they write to Charlie, they naturally have to ask him if he’s ever heard anything like that, so instead of just coming to collect the dragon, Charlie comes, too, and they witness this incredible thing. (So does Draco, in the shadows, of course.)
Charlie is super excited and reaches out to every expert he can, and he convinces McG to let him bring Harry out to a dragon range to be evaluated, and they try to keep this new, rare ability under wraps, but some of the assessors blab, and Draco wrote to complain to his father who goes on his own investigation, etc. At any rate, it becomes A Thing.
While Dumbledore steps in to ensure Harry goes back to the Dursleys, the obsessed dragon crowd refuse to be refused outright and secures Harry a camp-like thing at a dragon resort (because they think it’s clearly Harry’s destiny to become, like, the Ultimate Dragon Trainer, and Harry thinks dragons are cool and likes the sound of getting away from the Dursleys for a few weeks).
Their letters don’t get through that summer, though, and Charlie hears from his brothers that they haven’t heard from Harry either, so it’s Charlie who goes to check on him and finds him locked up with bars on his windows. Unlike Ron, Fred, and Geroge, Charlie is a grown-ass adult with his own connections now, which go beyond Dumbledore’ reach because the wealthy dragon resort that’s so interested in Harry is in a goddamn different country with a whole different magical government, and also, ain’t nobody wants to get on the bad side of a self-sufficient DRAGON RESORT that has a ton of dragons that aren’t just roaming their countryside thanks to them.
So, a new arrangement is made. Harry will return to the Dursleys, under strict Romania supervision (I imagine it's some seasoned, scary-looking dragon tamer who demands to stay in the house with them, taking over the guest room, like… ahhhh chef’s kiss) just long enough to satisfy the protection spell, but for the rest of the summer, Harry stays at the resort. Charlie becomes his unofficial guardian, kinda, and: enter, a bunch of OC dragon tamers who are awesome and very protective of their little dragon-speaker.
Second year goes a little differently. First there’s Draco, who hates Harry more than ever over this, but while he knows he’ll never get a dragon-in with the Weasleys, there’s still a slight chance with Harry (and goddamnit, dragons are his NAME’S SAKE, if anyone deserves free access to any dragon they want, it’s HIM), so he tries to become less of a bother. Harry’s still outed talking a different language during duel club, and some people are still suspicious, but most people know about his dragon-ability and wrongly assume the opposite of what it actually is (ie, he can kinda talk to snakes because he can talk to dragons), and Harry only tells Ron and Hermione that the snake was actually a lot easier to understand.
Go to next summer, when his new dragon-tamer-family learn about the events of second year, they firstly, throw a fit because they should have been informed their charge was in danger, and secondly, go and collect the basilisk because like hell are they going to let something like that just rot somewhere. So, figuring out how to destroy Horcruxes later becomes, like, SUPER easy and accessible.
Charlie’s the one who tells Harry about Sirius Black when he escapes, and he straight up tells Harry everything, about Black being his godfather and betraying his parents, all of it, so Harry goes into third year fully informed. He, of course, does not see the grim that summer. But he doesn't spent the year an emotional wreck, just getting a little bit of the info at a time, do with that as you will.
Harry arrives to school with a signed permission slip for Hogsmeade, and even though McGonagall still wants to refuse him because of Black, members of his dragon-tamer family just happen to be in the area for that year for ‘business’ or whatever (aka, protect Harry because ain't nobody said shit to them last year) and escort him to Hogsmeade anyway.
(“With all due respect, Professor, I once had a Peruvian Vipertooth grab my leg and toss me over a hill, and I still got back up and got the collar on her. You think Black scares me?”)
Most of their patronuses are dragons, except for one tamer whose patronus is a chipmunk, and funnily enough, it’s the most powerful patronus of all of them.
Draco doesn’t insult Buckbeak because he wants to prove to the tamers and probably Potter that he can, in fact, handle himself with larger magical creatures. He becomes Hagrid's best, most dedicated student.
I mean, COME ON, imagine how the whole series can go differently.
Maybe the tamers get hilariously invested in the Scabbers/Crookshanks feud. It's the tamers, maybe, that figure out Scabbers fucking Pettigrew.
Different dragons have to be imported for the first task because Romania would be too biased - or they change the first task altogether because Harry's a known dragon-speaker.
They would DESTROY Umbridge.
Death Eaters vs Dragon Tamers. Dragon Tamers in the Order. Sirius lives because a Tamer was there in the Department of Mysteries to save him. Sirius not going out of his mind being stuck at Grimmauld because he can go to the resort where no one outside the Order recognizes him/cares.
Draco not becoming a Death Eater because he wants to become a Dragon Tamer.
DRAGONS AT THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS. USING THE GRINGOTTS DRAGON INSTEAD OF GRIPHOOK TO BREAK INTO (AND OUT OF) GRINGOTTS.
THE POSSIBILITIES
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Wildflower - George Russell x f!reader [prologue]
You and Delilah have been friends for years. When Delilah finds out the boy she loves has fallen for someone else, she seeks refuge in your arms. Little does she know you are the very reason for her undoing.
PROLOGUE
You smile as you shut the door to your apartment. The warmth that spread through your body was unmatched. In fact, you began to wonder if you had ever felt such a way before. The grin that was plastered on your face failed to dissipate, as if it had been stretched and glued that way.
You touch your cheeks, feeling how warm they were. How rosy they must have been the entire night, an evening where the blushing was endless. It was the middle of August in Melbourne, most nights had you spending countless dollars on the gas bill in order to heat the house. But tonight was different. No, not tonight. Your body was warm. Like you had been wrapped in an electric blanket and fed the best soup made by your Nonna. That just wasn’t true, though.
Your warmth was a direct result of your happiness. It’s crazy how a man you barely know could make you feel things that men you had allowed into your life and trusted in long term relationships had never come close to creating. You close your eyes, press your back against the, now closed door, and slide down. You bring a hand to your mouth, feeling the smile on your lips and pressing them against your palm before giggling.
God, I must look like a teenage girl! The giggling continues as you bring your hands from your mouth and look down at them, seeing that your lip gloss had smudged itself on your palm. You are startled when you hear a low chuckle sound from the other side of the door, before footsteps boom, growing softer as they moved away from the door and down the hallway. Oh my goodness, you thought to yourself, he just heard my fucking giddy laugh.
Springing to your feet, you move away from the doorway in embarrassment, and head to your kitchen. You switch on the kettle and pull out a stool from under your island bench. You sigh as you finally sit down, you must have walked around Church street for hours. As you wait for the kettle to boil, you think back to the past 24 hours and how the string of events followed through as a result.
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36 hours prior. Thursday 9.30am
“Dan, I really don’t care about the bullshit corporate boxes. If you don’t release more upper ground seating to the public, we’re gonna have half empty stands to answer for!” You exclaim into your phone, gripping it tighter as if that would sway Dan into agreement.
You worked for the MCG, Melbourne’s biggest sporting venue, and had multiple blockbuster AFL matches to plan for that weekend, the biggest being Friday night’s class between Carlton and Essendon. The two teams are historical rivals that always draw large crowds and today was Thursday, the day before. Supporters from around the state were going nuts on every radio station and media outlet spraying the league for its lack of seating for the match. The problem? The large corporations hoarding the seats for businesses and international clients that had no real interest in the match, taking away from die hard fans.
Who has to deal with this problem? Why of course, it’s you. And the fact that you had gotten the train this morning made your venture that much more aggravating as the quiet roads were filled with electric scooters rather than cars. This probably seems like a boring and rather complex issue, so don’t worry, it is not pivotal to your story, Y/N.
“Y/N, listen. We can’t release those seats, we anticipate a large turnout from the upper tiers-”
“You’re telling me 8,000 seats are being put aside for Melbourne Demons supporters for a Bombers v Blues match?”
“Come on, Y/L/N. You know Demons supporters aren’t the only MCC members.”
“No but they make up the majority. I am doing your job- Shit!” All of a sudden something pushes into your back and you are sprung from the pavement and onto the road. You squeeze your eyes shut as you see a single vehicle plummet towards you. A large black car swerves before jolting to a stop just beside where you have fallen on your face.
You press your palms into the road, and push yourself up. You snap your head in the direction of an electric scooter which has zoomed off after screaming a “Sorry!”
“Fucking idiot!” You scream out. “Ugh!” You kneel down and locate your phone which is actually just a scrap of metal as it has been completely squashed by the wheel on the black car.
“Well, I guess thats a ‘no’ from Dan.” You mutter to yourself. Dusting your skirt off, you examine your outfit for any rips or pulls before returning to the sidewalk. You lift your head to notice the black car has not moved. Shrugging you continue to walk and wave off the car to let it know your alright.
Immediately, the rear passenger door swings open and a tall fair headed man hops out before approaching you. “Are you alright there?” He calls.
You laugh at his accent and continue to walk away from him, towards your office. “I’ll be alright mate, don’t worry about me!”
He frowns down and jogs lightly to catch up. “No seriously, are you okay? You were pushed and fell pretty hard.” You shrug.
“Im alive aren’t I?” He raises an eyebrow, “well you didn’t hit me, your car is alright, I’m in one piece.” He walks with you and motions to your hand, holding what was once your functioning phone.
“I’ll get work to get me a new one, it’s not a big deal.” Thats a lie, your work will not get you a new one.
“No, no. I almost ran you over, let me buy you a new one.” You furrow your eyebrows at him before shaking your head with a chuckle.
“Thats really not necessary, I need to get to work so I’ll just-”
“Well then what about a coffee? Tomorrow perhaps?” He quizzed. This brought you to a halt, which also stopped the tall man. You fold your arms over your chest before looking up to his face. This is the first time you’re able to take in his appearance.
He has wide bright blue eyes and fluffy eyebrows. His nose is large and pointed and he has defined cheekbones with a sharp jawline. His lips are full and pink, complimenting his soft cool brown hair. A gorgeously defined man, he does not look British at all. He wears a classically smart casual outfit that looks like it came straight from an R.M Williams catalogue; refined and sleek.
“Who are you?”
“Erm.” He coughs, “my name is George.”
You raise an eyebrow again, more whimsical this time. He really is quite attractive. “Well, George” you emphasise, “I am now well and truly late for work, and have a very busy couple of days, so if you would excuse me-”
“I’m sorry, I just-” he cuts his own sentence off this time, “I feel really bad, when I saw you fall, immediately felt awful for you and then I watched you get up and you looked so lovely, I felt even worse!”
He concludes and you look at him dumbfounded, quite literally with your mouth parted. You pause for a second. “Alright, so you have only checked on how I’m doing,” you pause again to recollect, “because you think I’m attractive and want to ask me out?”
Without hesitation he grins widely and responds “Precisely.”
This is ridiculous! You think to yourself about how completely absurd this is. You quite literally had almost died five minutes ago. But something inside you felt excited, felt warm. And so, the better part of you prevailed and entertained the idea.
“Alright.” You hum, “walk me to work then, George.”
“Uhh.” He turns back to his car which still is stopped in its same position. He motions for the car to go on with his hand and the car slowly pulls away and drives off without hesitation. Weird. “Okay then, where is work?”
“Just up here! About a five minute walk.”
“Only five minutes?” He smirks down at you as you both begin walking. A smile creeps onto your face before you respond.
“Yes, any longer and I may not have a job or a head if my boss has a say.” He laughs at your sadistic remark.
“What is your name?” He asks.
“Y/N.”
“Y/N.” He tests out, “suits you perfectly.”
You smile in response.
“So what do you do for work, Y/N.”
You explain to him your role with the MCG, particularly how your responsibilities are spread across ticketing and media which somehow meshes into one title. He seems impressed with your extensive knowledge of sporting and passion for fan experiences.
He listens to you talk like you are giving the most captivating speech in world. His eyes peer into yours, you feel heard and understood. Not an ounce of judgement clouding his expression. He was so easy to talk to, you never wanted him to leave.
You quickly learn that your suspicions were correct and that George is, in fact, from the UK. As well as the fact that he has never been to an AFL match in his life. It was even more shocking that he had never even heard of the sport.
“What!” You shriek as you arrive out the front of your office, which is actually inside the MCG. “You’re telling me, you’ve never heard of the AFL?”
He laughs at your hysteria and nods “nope!” He pops his ‘P’.
“Oh my gosh, we have to go to a game!” ‘We’? Pull it together, Y/N! “Let’s um- oh shoot!” You look at your watch. It’s almost 10am. You may be hung when you get inside. “Ok, ok. If you’d like, we can hang out tomorrow.”
George’s eyes light up in excitement. “Really?”
“Yes, yes! If you’re keen.” You double guess yourself, of course he wants to hang out you freak. “If you meet me here, tomorrow night at 7.30, I’ll take you to your first AFL match.
He grins widely, “That would be wonderful.”
“Alright, so I’ll see you then?” You confirm, “I really have to go now, I am sorry.”
“Yes, I’ll meet you here.” You begin to walk away from George, backwards. And towards the sliding doors.
“I would give you my number, but I don’t currently have a phone!” You exclaim.
“Don’t worry, Ill see you tomorrow.” He waved.
“Bye George.” You wave before spinning and speeding inside.
You can’t help but peer over your shoulder one last time to see him watching you walk away with a slight smile on his face.
This is absolutely crazy.
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You sip on the last of your tea, an hour later, cozied up in bed. The memory of yesterday makes you shiver, but in a good way. George was incredible. You had never known a human to be so welcoming and friendly. He was truly lovely.
As you set your tea aside, and push your supporting pillows off the bed, your body begins to drift into a heavy state of tiredness. Just as your eyes begin to droop close you hear a loud knocking on the door.
What the hell?
You slip out of bed and walk out of your bedroom. As you approach the kitchen you grow nervous. Oh my goodness, George must be a serial killer. You shake your head at your ridiculous conspiracy. You look through the peephole to see a familiar face, with tears streaming down it.
Instinctively, you quickly unlock the door and swing it open. “Delilah!” You exclaim.
She quickly moves inside and engulfs you in a hug as she lets out soft sobs. What has happened to your poor friend? More importantly, why was she here and not back at home in London?
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Random Headcanons from Random Characters in 'The Girl in IT' Pt. 3 - Minor Characters
Have you always wondered how Tess came to work at Miller Construction Group? Or how Ellie ended up being adopted by Joel? Here are the headcanons for the rest of the gang at Miller Construction Group! Read Joel's and Sugar's lists!
Tess Servopoulos:
Tess actually met the Miller Brothers by chance. She was fresh out of a divorce and went to Austin on a whim- they met at a pool hall. She did have a minor attraction to Joel - before he met Sugar, but their tempers and clashing personalities never allowed a romantic relationship to flourish. Joel helps Tess by giving her a Job, which gives her the fresh start she was desperately searching for.
For those curious, she and Joel have never been intimate with each other, not even a kiss!
She IS slightly jealous of Sugar, though. I think it's more because everyone sees a different side of Joel with her around, which solidifies the fact that Joel never saw Tess as a potential romantic partner.
Joel also helped Tess further her career by paying for her MBA.
Tess lives in Joel's old house (in the show). It is completely renovated, of course.
Tommy Miller (& Maria):
Tommy is the Construction Superintendent for Miller Construction Group. He's the man on the ground, managing the project from the site.
Before Sugar, Joel would never watch porn at work, but Tommy would. He once disabled the entire company server with a virus, and their old IT specialist, Gloria, subsequently quit afterward from all of the stress.
Tommy would sometimes "spy" on Sugar before she started to work for the company. If he saw her in passing, he would mention it to Joel, asking him why he just doesn't get his head out of his ass and just talk to you.
Maria is the official "office mom". She runs the odd errands, offers to pick up lunch for people, and acts as a recon for Sarah. Like Connie, she knows everything that happens in the office.
Joel and Sugar are not the only ones who fool around in the office...
Sarah Miller:
Sarah is slightly younger than Sugar (Sugar is 36, Sarah is 32). Sarah was initially weirded out by this fact but being that her husband is older than her by ten years, she's a lot more open to her relationship with Joel. She also found an old Polaroid photo of Sugar in Joel's nightstand drawer once while looking for something, and she tells herself that she won't get in the way of her father's happiness.
She is married and has one child, making Joel a grandfather. Sarah's husband also works at MCG as an Electrician. They had a secret romance - Joel had walked into her office, catching them making out which led to him punching him out. Her eventual husband then spends a year trying to convince Joel that he is in love with Sarah, and only ends up relenting when he witnesses a sweet moment between the two of them, realizing how happy Sarah is with him. Joel still gives her husband a hard time, though.
Sarah kept her last name after she got married.
She has a bachelor's degree in communications.
It is rumored that Sarah was only placed as the head of HR only because she had to keep cleaning Tommy's messes (because let's not forget- he watches porn at work too), and Joel didn't feel comfortable with an outsider handling their business.
Ellie Williams-Miller:
Ellie moved to Austin with her Guardian, Marlene. Marlene was hired as the Head Architect for MCG, so Ellie was always hanging around the office in her youth. When Marlene suddenly passed away when she was 14, Joel felt like he owed it to Marlene to adopt Ellie. This happened five years after Joel met Sugar, which makes Ellie 19 going on 20 in TGIIT (I did age her up a bit).
Ellie loves music and noticed Sugar with her Sennheiser Headphones in her office, naturally, she waltzed into her office asking about it. They bonded with their love of music - Ellie feels comfortable enough with Sugar to talk to her about her problems. Sugar is the person she comes out to first, asking her for advice on how to approach Joel with the topic.
Ellie has a crush on Riley, an engineering student working under Bill.
When Ellie finds out about Sir Bubbles (Sugar's cat), she begs Joel to help her make a cat tree for Sugar's birthday. This cat tree is massive.
Ellie is tattooed, just like how she is in TLOU 2. She got her tattoo at the same time Joel got his - she drew the Sunflower that eventually ended up on his hand.
If Ellie didn't apprentice for MCG she would like to be a tattoo artist.
Bill & Frank:
They are married.
Bill teaches a self-defense class for women, including weapon handling.
Frank is an interior designer.
Frank has a secret group chat with all of his fellow gossips in the office, including Maria and Connie.
Bill cooks for all of the company meetings and seminars. He refuses to be compensated every time.
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you know trying to buy supplements does kind of make me want to turn into the joker why do i have to buy like gummies for children to not be buying quantities of vitamin c in excess of like 1000% of what the human body needs daily who decided this was the correct idea i dont even need vitamin c this is just to help absorb iron based upon a few studies on iron absorption did you know how hard it is to find plain vitamin c in quantities between 50-100 mg? why does it all have zinc which apparently makes it harder to absorb iron the more u fucking know why do people apparently need about 2.4 mcg per day why do all b12 supplements contain like 1000mcg surely this might be a little too much is this an effort to make sure the sewer rats below our houses are also not vitamin deficient also why are iron supplements all so large its hard on your stomach liver and kidneys to have too much iron and yet thats all you can fucking buy off the shelf… i just want my blood improvement potions without participating in such a deranged industry full of pseudoscience and garbage whatever whatever
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I wish you would write a fic about James and Lily debating if a hotdog is a taco
🤨
We need answers, bonus points if McG is the judge
It turned into a @jilymicro-oops but here we are!
She could hear them from down a floor above. The bickering rises above the familiar noise of a hallway filled with students. Their words did not quite make it to the ears of the older professor and yet somehow she had no issues making out which voices were locked in a very spirited debate.
Minerva knew that she should not feel excited about this. She should not be encouraging the pair to be loud and disruptive, but she couldn’t help but feel a rush to accompany her curiosity as she wove her way through a sea of second years to her Head Boy and Girl in the nook across from the mural of Merlin.
Though the closer she crept to the alcove, the clearer the words got, the more confused the head of house got. So far, she could make out that it was, much to her disappointment, not a transfiguration debate and likely not charms either.
If anything, it might be potions until she heard the word ‘sausage’ and all hopes of a good academic debate left her. Now, she could have turned back. Returned to her office and let the pair go toe to toe until they reached an impasse or one of them landed in the hospital wing.
However, Poppy had previously suggested that there was a third option. Something she had not considered until the notorious pair were brought up over a nightcap of dry sherry. Nearly choking on the sip she was taking.
The thought was now ever-present in her mind as she observed the pair of them in her classes and during meals. Watching James draw a little closer than needed to glance at her notes and Lily playing with her hair and fluttering her lashes as they discussed equal exchange in transmutation.
Frankly, Minerva was a little disappointed in the fact that she had not noticed it earlier herself. The way their friendly rivalry had shifted into something more. So, she supposed that Poppy might be right that a snog could be a perfectly acceptable ending to one of their squabbles.
Normally, she was particularly interested in the romantic escapades of her students. There were plenty of them that coupled up. More than once she had found herself in a lover's quarrel, and that would be the first time she would realize that a pair had ever formed. Others she would catch in varying stages of compromise in broom closets or unused classrooms.
However, those couples did not usually include her favourite student. Not that she would ever admit aloud to having a favourite. Since that would be completely inappropriate. The only ones aware of this fact were, she, Poppy, and very likely James Potter and Sirius Black. They were simply too keen and clever for their own good.
“No! Absolutely not! You cannot just substitute the bread and expect it to be the same dish. That’s the whole point, Potter.” Lily’s voice reached Minerva, who watched her hands fly up in exasperation. Clearly very passionate about her point.
James leaned in, a grin on his face that she knew far too well. It was something he usually reserved for when a particularly complicated spell came together or when he was on his broom. Rising to meet a challenge.
Something Miss Evans could definitely take as a complement.
Speaking of Miss Evans, she looked particularly proud as she gave a casual shrug and watched James pull at his hair. Clearly enjoying the way she was affecting him. Leaning ever so subtly closer to him as he rested his forearms on his knees to close some more of the distance.
Both of them have a good time getting a rise out of the other.
“That is where you’re wrong, though, Evans. If we were talking about any other protein, you would not make the same call, though. If you put a burger in flatbread, it is still a burger,” he argued in return, and it did not help in the slightest to figure out what they were discussing.
She watched Lily’s eyebrows rise and heard her voice lower, another challenge. “Try me, James.” Which was Minvera’s cue to get out. This seemed like just the type of moment where someone would get a little too close and she was not about to linger when her students seemed on the verge of being inappropriate.
Her tartan robes swished as she turned, adjusting her hat with determination before striding away from the scene. Only to hear someone call her from over her shoulder.
“Professor?” Which was probably the better address than the one that followed it.
“Minnie!”
She really should tell him off for that, someday. But today was not going to be that day. Minerva, instead, settled for a gentle reprimand. “Mr Potter, should I remind you of our talk?” she told him in her most clipped and professional tone, biting back a smile.
“Minnie,” he continued, unperturbed until Lily’s hand smacked him on the shoulder and the pair of them exchanged a look, and he straightened his back. “Professor McGonagall.”
Minerva offered them a friendly nod and a smile. “Yes, Mister Potter?” Watching him brighten up and shoot the girl beside him a smug look.
“We need your help settling an argument.” She somewhat expected that, and the more looks that were exchanged, the more her curiosity grew. “See, Lily here thinks that the shape of the bread determines what kind of dish you’re eating.”
The professor narrowed her eyes at them, peering over her spectacles, wondering what they meant with this. But so far, it did not seem like something to be arguing over. But who was she to judge. “Well, to make a fair judgement, I will need to hear both your arguments.” She waved in Lily’s direction to hear her out first.
“I believe that depending on how you present it. So, one side of bread is toast, two a sandwich, three is a taco and after that, it gets a little complicated but that is irrelevant,” she started and Minerva smiled and nodded in understanding. “I am saying that, by these rules, a hotdog is a taco.”
Before she could even offer her critiques or judgement, James hopped in with his own two cents. “And I believe that a dish depends on the protein. A sausage cannot be a taco. That is just not done.”
She considered this for a moment, watching both their eager faces as they willed her to agree with them. Even though, frankly, she did not really see much merit in either argument. “Well…” she started to say, though found that she had trouble saying anything else.
Folding her hands in front of her, offering them both a look, she considered transforming into a cat simply to avoid having to rule on this. But she could not do that. It would be a poor example. So, after a deep breath, Minerva decided. “I believe Miss Evans’ argument has a more logical approach.” Before either of them could say anything, the professor bid them a good day and walked away as fast as she could.
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FHJY Spoilers || my live thoughts as I watch episode 8
I am playing tomodachi life as I watch this. if anyone is curious, I named my island Yorb Island. I just restarted it
IT'S OUR TIME IT'S OUR YEAR
The lip syncing
see you at basrars! goodnight everyone
"Confirmed to be dead" NO. she is confirmed to not be on the mortal plane, perhaps she simply is chilling in the astral realm (I don't want her to be actually dead she looks too lovely)
licking baby..... :(
the lobster bisque
"Gorgug's roots of never being good" CRYING
I feel adaine right now. I am in such a point where I am very antisocial
glassblowing!!!
This disadvantage stuff is actually making me stressed
There's something beautiful about the bad kids not really caring that Kristen doesn't have magic, they still love her. A true "would you still love me if I was a worm?" She has nothing to offer right now, and yet, her friends move her more than anything
Riz can't focus :(
LYDIA 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
OH NO.... ADAINE.....
A d100???????????????????
91?!?!!?! oh no
ADAINE?!!?!??
FLASH OF RED??????? HUH???? WHAT??? WHAT IS GOING ON??
Not Cassandra???? Familiar scream???
"Maybe it's not your fault at all"
"Yeah I definitely killed her..."
Fiendish aura??
"I out wretchrot on it!" "oh good..."
"I thought it was because he was a straight man wearing the pride armor"
"Are you talking about emo music...?"
Lala Embers..
AW DON'T CRY
I feel like the cup of tea..... would be the worst idea
"All drums welcome!"
"What the fuck are we doing?"
there's a nudity tent
There's nothing wrong with a body 🔥
CASSANDRA WAS MARRIED?
I can't wait to see all the theories after this episode
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Do you want a bardic" no one wants fig'd bardic 😭😭😭😭
oh thanks goodness he has meticulous notes
Theothantic silence
There's so much information being thrown at us
Gods could always remember dead goda
"I thought you were dead" oh my
Lucy was possessed...
AYDA MENTION!!!!
OH MY GOD AYDA MENTION!!!!! ADAINE MENTIONED AYDA!!!!
Alter Emo
"It's all natural, man"
"sexy"
BUCKY!!!!!!!!!! BUCKY BOY!!!!!
24 point starts have to be the red crystals
I love all this theorizing. This feels like a debriefing
"Wretchrot is so fucking god at his job."
Minor illustration running drills 😭😭😭😭
"That's my owl bear!!!!"
"8 foot Fabian on the field next week"
"You know how you see the unknown? You shine a light on it."
"Pop off my first prayer"
A 6TH LEVEL SPELL SLOT?
a lot of invisible naked people
I want to partake in this festival
FICUS
MURPH IMMEDIATELY PUTTING HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS AFTER FIG TURNS INTO WANDA CHILDA 😭😭
not a mosh pit environment
4 1/2 long pipe??!!? ;!
"You wanna get fucking high?"
RUBEN
"Fig had to take a shit."
"Why are there so many naked old people at your house?" "I don't know man! I don't have anything to do with that."
Gorgug disliking Ruben is so good I can't stop giggling
MY CLERICAL GNOMANCE
There is. Something going on.
PRINCIPAL GRIX
RIP RUBEN???? DISINTEGRATE???
NEW MAP!!!
I can't believe Ruben is the front man of MCG
COUNTERSPELL
"don't do this...."
OH NO. OH GOD.
oh god.......... dildo lawnmower
"I've had sex before!"
IT WAS ALL UNDER THE TARP
NOOOOOO WILMA AND DIGBY!!!!!!! NOOOOO
"Ruthless... So they were into fucking machines?"
"These are your champions, Grix?!?!!?!"
"You're not perfect order."
Save the turtle!!!!!
yeah -5 movement. that's tough.
FABIAN TURN 🔥🔥
26 to hit 🔥🔥
they're all just from this summer 😭
"I'm in"
REMOTE ACCESS
That is a four!!!
GAMER POSE 😭
"We got him Porter."
The shoe rack
"Come with me!"
So many nude gnomes
MURPH CANCELLED A CRIT INTO A MISS
"♪I'M GONNA SAVE YOU♪"
DIMENSION DOOR
SO MUCH GOING ON WITH WANDA
"But that moment of terror does happen, 'cause I want him to feel it. I want him to know what would it feel like if the most important thing in his world disappeared."
LISTENING TO A PODCAST AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL
CLOBICA!!
He's not raging???? Let him rage!!!
Bypasses the shield?!?
STUNNED??
What A Day.
Can the air elemental go up Grix's butthole?
Intelligence saving throws
ALLY GOT THE 3 MUSKETEERS
D12 bardic??????
42 POINTS OF PSYCHIC DAMAGE?
NOOO CLOBICA
Rip Clobica
FOR THE LAWN AND FOR PLEASURE
HE BYPASSES'S GRIX'S SHIELD
Wilma and Digby to the rescue!
Kristen healing 🔥
11 points to Riz </3
33 POINTS OF FIRE DAMAGE?
the little mini displays of what's going on is so cool and cute I love them
Four parents on a battlefield is too many
MY CLERICAL GNOMANCE GIVING OUT BARDIC INSPIRATION
THE VULTURE
Gilearean!
THE COMPLICATED WOMEN PODCAST
I love the CW
BIG GRIX
I love Lou and Ally's energy together is so good
RIZ GUKGAK
"If I take 5 stress tokens—"
HE'S ABOUT TO WHAT? TAKE OVER WHO? RIZ NO!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOO RIZ IS GETTING MIND CONTROLLED
"I'm mad at you for asking."
NOOO HE GOT A ONE NOOOOO
HE'S GONNA HIT THE TUBE
FINALLY HIS BAD ROLLS HELP
omg the vulture
"Yes. Abso-fucking-lutely, Brennan. Ally Beardsley is at a place of doubt and uncertainty with this move."
hey hirlie
OH MY GOD THE BACKDROP
THE CULTURE DIMENSION???
WHAT?????? WHAT????? THAT'S WHERE IT'S ENDING????????????
#fantasy high junior year spoilers#fhjy spoilers#spoilers#d20#fantasy high#dimension 20#d20 fantasy high#dimension 20 fantasy high#fantasy high junior year
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Listen here @prewettpotter I'm already on to you! But yes I absolutely love Maia being a parselmouth as well!! It would be so fun! They'd just send little snake messengers while one of them is grounded and Sirius would get so fed up with all the snake skins and snakes all around their house. he would then crack slip and confront James and tell him it's all his fault Harry and Maia are the way they are.
What's Lil baby girl Auroras special power gonna be?? She's gonna be so sad when she gets her Hogwarts letter and they have banned snakes as pets because of her siblings
One: I think you enjoy saying crack slip way too much.
Two: Why you blaming James???
Three: Aurora is not her name
Four: McG definitely banned snakes because of Harry and Maia.
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well here's my full season 5 (nezha edition) rant bc what did i just watch
obvious spoilers 💀
what the fuck was that
blah blah animation, blah blah main character sacrifice, wowee
first off, the mechs?? yeah, i know it's just product placement, and i've never actually liked the concept. in a world of mythology and magic, something to technological belongs in a sci-fi movie, not among gods. and in season 5 especially, they feel *so* out of place. the only people who end up actually using their mech are nezha (twice) and mei (once.) i can't be mad at mei, since yeah it's just one time to have an epic moment and goes away after that, but it's nezha that i'm mad about. that standoff at the festival? okay, product placement, epic moment, never brought up again. but then during the battle thing against the chaos guy??? he's the *only one* using a mech and it ticks me off. i wanna see the third lotus prince not the third lotuce mech!! i wanna see him being all badass with his staff and firewheels (like sealing off the jade emperor's power in s4)
i'm gonna be so honest, i only watched the season (and show) for nezha, as i tend to do to medias when i have a top unbeatable absolute favorite. and the show did not deliver.
tldr; nezha had so much potential and all of it went right down the drain
speaking of the power
so you're telling me that mr. "my job is super duper important and more important than my life" would take lightly to his dad going "lmao no" and just taking his seal and reinforcing it with his little magic house?
OH. THE LI JING SITUATION.
"i've always been proud of you" NO YOU HAVE NOT??? YOU HATED NEZHA SO MUCH YOU BURNT DOWN HIS TEMPLE AND LITERALLY YOU GUYS HAVE A BURNING HATRED TOWARDS EACH OTHER?????
i wanted a fucking fight scene SO BAD. SO FUCKING BAD. but noooOOOOOO you're DEFENDING YOUR BITCH DAD??? okay, i get it, power imbalance or something! give nezha a *reason* to be so buddy buddy with his dad, because he sure as hell wouldn't do it without one!!
that ties in to the whole pagoda thing, how fucking hurtful must it be for your dad, who you are far from on good terms with, to pop in, take the power you've put on your shoulders, deem you not good enough ("you got demoted!"), and push you around?? very! very very!
you do not understand what i would've done, what war crimes i would've committed in order for nezha to get some focus on HIM. specifically angst. with the shit that he went through in s3, being nerfed and having his long-term position as guardian of the map pulled out from right under him by his little friendly rival, and then *s4*, getting his ass absolutely kicked by the shit that went down with azure, being the most injured and put under the giant strain of containing the jade emperor's power, you're not gonna elaborate and give him some depth besides "big brother energy but distant and super 'regal'"?? (btw if you've ever EVER written nezha angst (or even some nezha-centric stuff in general) on ao3 i've probably read it and oh my god i love you so much for gifting it to the world, and if you read this far recs are always appreciated 😭)
actually on that note, mk is the one constantly making trauma jokes, and while i get that he's the main character, everyone's gone through shit. s5 at least kind of works with that, with mei's samadhi fire thing and wukong/macaque's death memory thing, along with pigsy's insecurity moment and sandy's little "i'm very very angry but i control myself" spiel, but like come on ☹️ (not a ruse to get nezha some angsty focus wdym)
ALSO mk breaking the seal? yk how in s4 we had that little thing where their eyes flashed and they felt the jade emperor die? i was lowkey expecting a little similar shot of nezha feeling his seal on the power break but no we needed the emotional moment 😒
i was so excited in the festival scene for nezha to go "yeah, okay, i see you", fight against his father, and join the MCG, but nooooOoo he gets sent to the celestial realm to not be seen until the end of the world
OH SPEAKING OF not nezha but red son??? what happened to the poor guy i feel so bad for red son enjoyers because he had ONE EPISODE of screen time. that's worse than us nezha fans. that little bit about the dog videos meaning help us could've so been used later, he literally joked about how this time he was invited and just. didn't show up?? there could've been such a sick moment of mei sending the dog video, and red son seeing it and coming in and being all badass with them but no he was just literally not featured again except for the 'world is ending/being saved' flash shots. (unrelated but please i want canon big brother nezha lil bro red son content those guys are Iconic)
ANYWAY it's coming to an end now, and boy oh boy
basically i have futile, naive hopes for s6 - please, PLEASE give nezha focus that lasts longer than 1-2 scenes. it literally does not have to be angsty, nor big brother energy, not even a badass moment!! just make it mechless and put the camera on *him*, and i will die a happy woman. (another badass moment, in which he wins for once, would make me cry for joy. a big brother, to literally anybody, specifically red son or mk, would make shake and snarl like a feral animal. an angsty moment would make me force the world to be puppies and rainbows. a nezha episode would make me implode and take the world with it.)
bring back li jing and do it *right*. make nezha bring up their horrible past, and at that point, i'd even settle for a corny talk-it-out session with wise words and an issue that gets resolved way too quickly, though an epic fight scene would be preferable. angst not optional, because you can't tell me that interaction would end without tears and breakdowns on nezha's end. (at this point, i'll write it myself)
LET NEZHA WIN. i do not care what he fights, who he fights, when he fights, why he fights, how he fights, let him actually cop a win for once. this fearsome general who was entrusted with guarding the samadhi map, is a protector deity, and managed to singlehandedly contain the jade emperor's power has never won a single fight within his show screen time?? bull fucking shit i tell you. stop treating this guy who carried the end of s4 like some shit side character who never gets his way, and start treating the guy right.
can you tell i'm mad about this
also ACTUAL s5 thing, not gonna lie, mk's decision is stupid. nüwa is trying to protect her creations like a good mighty goddess, and you go "erm actually me some random guy who you created to save the world and was about to do so is gonna undo all of your work and decide to make my own path and simultaneously create a massive crisis where i not only flip normal on its ass and give everyone magic but also potentially unleash the same cosmis horror you're protecting us from"
i'm kinda curious about this new magic tho... (pls have a negative effect or some sort of effect) (pls let nezha win)
yeah okay i think that's it if you've stuck around to the end here's a selection of desserts because you need it after the crash of the season ending 🍮🍭🍬🍫🥧🧁🍰🍪🎂🍩🍨🍧🍦🥠🍡🥮🍥
#mercy rambles#lego monkie kid#lego monkie kid season 5#lego monkie kid s5#lmk season 5#lmk s5#lmk nezha#li nezha#lego monkie kid nezha#fandom rant#lmk rant#he is the third lotus PRINCE treat him like one lego 😊
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I’ve unlocked a timeline based on @moondragon618’s Hybrid AU but canon-divergent. For now, I only remember Dream, but we’ll see if I end up remembering someone else. I (Tommy) was an avian, and Dream was an enderdragon hybrid.
I believe I was a reincarnation of @mcg-127’s Hybrids!Tommy, which is why I had internalised fear, hatred, and disgust for my own hybrid features, as well as memories of my past abuse caused by said features.
Dream was aware of my traumatic memories of my past life and it was trying to help me feel better about expressing my instincts, but what I didn’t know was that it was Its way of making me used to anything, so that It could get away with abusing, experimenting on, and even eating me.
It never made me file down my talons or suppress my instincts in any way, which always absolutely confused me because it felt Wrong.
Since the very beginning of the server, Dream was utterly fascinated with me. Even before it turned into an obsession, It saw some spark in me that no one else seemed to have, so It wished to play and study me more. Just like in canon, we fought in the disc war, Dream used a tunnel to get to my base, tried to steal my discs, and lived in my walls. It’d also sometimes leave me something small as a sign of Its presence, but it was more lighthearted than threatening. However, after the prison break, It’d leave threatening signs, feathers, and dead birds at the entrance to my house…
Dream called me ‘my little fledgling’, ‘my little songbird’, and ‘my treasure’.
It used exclusively It/Its because of Its God complex.
It enjoyed playing hide and seek or making me run away from It, and then finding/catching me. It’d often hurt me afterwards, but not always because It enjoyed confusing the shit out of me and then comforting me,,,
Dream enjoyed making purring sounds during our softer moments because it always made me vocalise as well, and we’d communicate like this for a bit,,,
When comforting me after a bad punishment, It’d hum the melody of Chirp or Wait and/or let out a purring sound because it always calmed me down (It picked that up from Techno btw).
Dream was very possessive and kept me in a house very, very far away from where anyone on the server lived. My room was made of obsidian because it reminded It of Its home, and I was even more precious to It than Its home :) And besides, it meant that I couldn’t escape easily because It’d hear every sound of mine :)
Dream adored preening my wings and It generally tried to be soft about it because It didn’t want to ruin the moment, but It’d often dig Its claws into my wings, just to elicit some sweet whimpers, and if It was lucky, some alarm calls as well :)
Here’s what we looked like:
(Art by @haunted-here)
#I’d also like to ramble about the art because I’m forever in love with it!!!#Every single part of it is canon to my tl it’s sooo accurate fhqvwhsgs!!!!!#The swirly purple pattern on the scaly parts >>>>>#Tommy’s scars!!! The colour palette!!! The expressions and poses!!!!!#The matching necklaces are everything to me awgwsgwgwf!!!!!#The way Dream’s observing Tommy with interest and sympathy but also condescension .#And ohhhh Tommy’s shaky grateful smile and the way he’s trying to make himself look smaller >>>>>#Every time I look at this art I can literally Feel Dream stroking my hair#willingly pinned ❤️#dsmp#dsmp fictionkin#c!tommy fictionkin#c!tommy kin#fictionkin
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films watched in july 2024
174. Godzilla vs Biolante (1989, Omori) / 1st viewing / Criterion Channel 175. The Public Enemy (1931, Wellman) / 2nd viewing / Amazon rental 176. Jaws (1975, Spielberg) / no idea what viewing / Brattle Theatre, 35mm 177. Blow Out (1981, De Palma) / 3rd or 4th viewing / Coolidge Corner Theatre, 35mm 178. "Daffy in Wackyland" (2023, Winston) / 1st viewing / Youtube 179. Charlie's Angels (2000, McG) / not sure what viewing / Apple TV 180. The Addams Family (1991, Sonnenfeld) / no idea what viewing / 4K 181. 2nd Chance (2022, Bahrani) / 1st viewing / Max 182. Dudley Do-Right (1999, Wilson) / 1st viewing / Amazon rental 183. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995, Thomas) / not sure what viewing / Paramount Plus 184. Popeye (1980, Altman) / 3rd or 4th viewing / blu-ray 185. Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990, Stein) / no idea what viewing 186. I Like Bats (1986, Warchol) / 1st viewing / Severin House of Psychotic Women blu-ray box-set 187. Mission Impossible (1996, De Palma) / no idea what viewing / 4K 188. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003, McG) / 1st viewing / Apple TV 189. 3 Women (1977, Altman) / 2nd viewing / Criterion blu-ray 190. "It's the Natural Thing To Do" (1939, Fleischer) / 1st viewing 191 - 196. Faerie Tale Theatre: "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Nightingale", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel" 197. Nobody is Innocent (1986, Minter) / 1st viewing / Criterion Channel 198. Nobody is Innocent: Twenty Years Later (2010, Minter) / 1st viewing / Criterion Channel 199. "Little Nemo" (1911, McCay & Blackton) / 1st viewing / Youtube 200. "Gertie the Dinosaur" (1914, McCay) / 1st viewing / Youtube 201. Body Heat (1981, Kasdan) / 3rd viewing / Somerville Theatre, "Hot Summer Nights" program, 35mm 202. 9 1/2 Weeks (1986, Lyne) / 1st viewing / Somerville Theatre, Hot Summer Nights program, 35mm 203. "Coreys" (2024, Streit) / 1st viewing / Youtube 204. Presumed Innocent (1990, Pakula) / 2nd viewing / Amazon rental 205. The Mad Monk (1993, To) / 1st viewing / Amazon rental 206. The Bare-footed Kid (1993, To) / 1st viewing / Amazon rental) 207. Presumed Innocent (1990, Pakula) / 3rd viewing / Amazon rental 208. Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019, Miele) / 1st viewing / Max 209. Tomb Raider (2001, West) / 2nd viewing / Paramount Plus 210. Inside Daisy Clover (1965, Mulligan) / 2nd viewing / Blu-ray 211. Rat Fink (1965, Landis) / 2nd viewing / Blu-ray 212. Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971, Banno) / 2nd viewing / Coolidge Corner Theatre, "Godzilla vs the Coolidge" series, DCP 213. The First Omen (2024, Stevenson) / 1st viewing / Hulu 214. Scum of the Earth! (1963, Lewis) / 1st viewing / Blu-ray 215. Evening Primrose (1966, Bogart) / 1st viewing / Youtube rental 216. The Chase (1966, Penn) / 1st viewing / Criterion Channel 217. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003, De Bont) / 1st viewing / Paramount Plus 218. Uncharted (2022, Fleischer) / 1st viewing / Hulu 219. The Champion (1957, Inoue) / 1st viewing / file 220. Twisters (2024, Chung) / 1st viewing / theaters
#films seen in 2024#films seen#shelley duvall#faerie tale theatre#popeye#mother goose rock n rhyme#godzilla#glen powell#the first omen
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Who's that girl? 3
McG was a ruthless professor. You had respect for her and you thought it was mutual too. You weren't the favourite but there wasn't a time she looked at you with her disappointed gaze which could kill a man. You were but just a tiny teenage student. Maybe it was because you knew a side of her that not everyone was privy to. A mother's. By all means she wasn't the real one but she raised you.
*11 year old you *
You were in your front yard late in the evening playing with your cat when you saw this beautiful woman looking down at you through her incomplete glasses.
She sat down and put her arm out for you to take.
You ofcourse were hesitant but the cat was in love. You mother came out and as the night progressed you only heard your mother going from frustrated about life to angry about the crazy lady who refuses to raise her voice but you never saw that your mother will throw your a bag full your clothes out of the house.
"Come child " You heard Minnie's voice the first time.
That night you spent curled up a warm bed with her and your cat in a strange place and nothing was the same again.
****
But that day in class, you saw it. You saw the gaze as she asked you to stay back. Your heart dropped.
"Y/n do you mind reading this essay?"
She held it out for you to take and looking at it you knew it was the one that you wrote for Black. You held it and read it. It felt fine until you reached the last page and found your name at the bottom. It was a bad day. Black pissed you off and you had to work till late to do this work. By instinct you wrote your name and now you didn't know what to say.
"It-clears throat- it's fine to me."
"Detention, you will help me correcting my class essays after dinner."
"But...i have never....I am sorry. I was jus—I am sorry ma'am. I will be there."
"Good"
You were so close to crying. Disappointing her was your worst fear. You could handle the dark lord but not that gaze.
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Oh my god I can hear fans at the MCG screaming FROM MY HOUSE
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This is 2023. Nothing will change is shipperville.
Anonymous asked:
Do you think cait had any idea what her marriage would do to outlander?? Or with Sam reputation?
denise-alwaysuselove answered:
I must preface my response by saying that I don’t believe Cait is married to anyone other than Sam. The public “marriage” is nothing more than a publicity stunt to bring the focus to the narrative. It’s not so much about Cait’s “marriage” as it is about “proving” that Sam and Cait are not together.
That said, I doubt Cait realized that the bigwigs would hijack it for Outlander promo. Their co-opting of the fake engagement and wedding for their own nefarious purposes should tell anyone with a brain that they are part of this nonsense. Executives at that level have no reason to get involved in a narrative unless it serves them.
I think Cait’s upset that her stunts didn’t stay in the background as she had planned contributed to her lashing out on twitter and to her blocking sprees. I believe she was blindsided by her bosses, leaving her feeling backed into a corner whenever she was questioned.
I don’t think the “marriage” has hurt Sam’s reputation. Those of us here on Tumblr study everything with a magnifying glass. Casual fans don’t see what we see, and for the most part they accept what they are shown without question. However, based on the number of new followers the past few months, it appears that some of the new OL viewers have noticed the same thing shippers noticed years ago. Some things are hard to hide if you have the eyes to see.
What the bigwigs at LG/Sony/Starz didn’t take into account is that shippers have very long memories and a mega-warehouse full of receipts. We’re also smart, and many of us are intuitive.
I know what I’ve seen all these years, and I know what Sam and Cait openly showed us before Albrecht brought the hammer down on January 8, 2016. They can bring in all the ridiculously fake girlfriends they want for Sam, and all the fake ceremonies they want for Cait, but I know better.
My blog is about love. I honor the love I’ve seen between Sam and Cait both before and after the denial. Why am I so steadfast? It’s really about trust: I can choose to trust myself and my own inner knowing, or I can believe the illusion that others are desperate to sell. For me and my house, I trust love.
importantcowboyfestival
I'm brand new shipper just since covid19 and I'm no fool!!! I'm on board with you.
happilyscentedsoul
You guys are definitely not alone. I know what I've seen and observed on my own with a little digging, and what I've seen here with this "group" so far only confirms what my gut has been telling me. Glad to find I'm not the only one who believes in "standing back and observing" when one encounters a brick wall. Sam and Cait both (but especially Sam) have been sharing little nuggets all along. Of course, the nuggets com in spurts, but that is to be expected, due to what they must do to try and satisfy everyone, especially bosses. I strongly feel more will be coming and it is just a matter of patience. I think they are honestly doing the best they can at the mo.
lindah1919
July 9 is when Sam’s contract is supposedly up. Hopefully he’s hired high powered attorneys.
briarbushies
WOW everything you have said is 100% right some who don't know don't really want to know but we've known since OL began and no narrative will change our minds as we've seen them fall in love and have their family even though hidden but we can always read between the lines but seeing all the fake GF they've thrown at Sam they have never been a match like Sam & Caitriona who's love just oozes from their bodies and souls!!
pizbernina-79
It’s a good thing to let the newbies see all facts which the engaged shippers have sampled since the beginning of the love story of S/C. You all have done a great job and you always trust your feelings! Love you all for that! 😍
Denise dear, stop lying to your followers, newbies and pretend this is about beliefs and trust. It's not anymore, it's about facts. Public marriage ain't an article in People anymore, public Tait marriage is all her people going to Bruton, St Mary's church being booked for T McG and then a marriage certificate with both C and T named legally registered at GRO. Certificate of which several people got several different copies. So public marriage what? Married to S when and where?? Ibiza??
LOL you are so pathetic carrying tales VS actual data.
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My guests this week on the KMW podcast include Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament, Keanue Reeves, & Les Claypool of Primus!
And on WFPK, I'll be hanging with McG, Shelley Hennig (Obliterated), Kate Siegel (The Fall of House of Usher), The Offspring, and re-airing my Jimmy Buffett interview on Christmas night.
#pearljam#keanu reeves#primus#les claypool#shelley hennig#kate siegel#the fall of the house of usher#obliterated#the offspring#jimmy buffett
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I did that thing today and remembered The Darkest House was a thing that I could buy that might help me with a project I'm currently wrestling with. Then I did the other thing and remembered that it's a Monte Cook Games book and remembered that it would be of no help.
I own four MCG books. I regret every one of them.
#Monte Cook is 1994's insufferable indie designer but in 2023#ttrpgs#indie ttrpg#in ten years he's going to discover the Forge and we're all going to regret it
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