#I think this is like . . . the one scheme of theirs that she wasn't really a willing participant in lmao

[rosecrowned]

margaery when she heard renly and loras were scheming to get her to court so robert would become infatuated with her and replace cersei with her

[uramitashi]

one of the most disheartening parts of studying feminism is learning that simone de beauvoir was part of the problem.

yes, she is the most influential feminist pioneer and her works helped women in a radical way - but what about her life?

she's 21 and she falls in love with 24 years old sartre - a man who is ugly, "doesn't care about his body", but "with such a male ugliness he becomes charismatic". de beauvoir worships him. she's going to be his caretaker and, sadly, the main pimp of his lovers.

sartre and de beauvoir are in love, but not monogamously; theirs is a polyamorous relationship in theory, and a polygynous one in reality. because sartre may ignore his body and neglect his physical well-being (his teeth are said to be rotten), but he does love other women's bodies.

particularly, he likes two things about women: their hotness and the thrill of their sexual conquest; sartre is harsh with them: he despises ugly women openly, and admits to only care about how beautiful women are before he decides to (assault) court them. he argues that rationality (ideas) are the main domain which concerns him (a male), and irrationality (women's beautiful bodies) is only given to him, a male, when admiring women's hotness.

sartre was just a philosophical snob, in the sense that he wasn't special: a lot of men thought of work and rationality as a masculinity domain while women were supposed to be the beautiful, irrational gift they could take pleasure from at the end of a long day. they were just less sophisticated with their words.

the sexual conquest is a factor graciously granted by de beauvoir, the feminist herself: she's a teacher; she notices VERY young women she deems hot enough for sartre, grooms them, sleeps with them and passes them to the misogynistic asshole (sorry, i already wrote "sartre" too many times). this is a pattern. if sartre cant fuck the girl, he goes for her YOUNGER sister (remember how i said the women noticed by de beauvoir were already very young?)

the irony is that sartre doesnt really cum a lot. like, he is "hard to climax" and "finds sex boring" (!!!!!!). he only likes to a) watch hot women and b) know he can fuck them. the actual fucking, he doesnt care about that much.

and de beauvoir, simone "first honorary feminist" de beauvoir, pimps young women for sartre's wicked schemes. and this is terrifying - because de beauvoir's works are so important to feminism, and yet she supported the bigger enemy of the movement: male sexual entitlement.

i dont really care about recovering her image, or contextualising her actions; this is the work for another person. but i do want everyone to know that a) feminism IS A WORK IN PROGRESS; NEVER THINK THAT "ORIGINAL FEMINISM" WAS BETTER and b) men like sartre are all around you, always. it doesn't matter how much you love them or how smart and charismatic and stunning they are. they are misogynistic. they would not love you if you were a worm - they would not love you if you were ugly. beware of them. don't let female socialization or whatever it is take over your rationality - don't endorse them, don't support them, don't laugh at their sexually objectifying jokes. don't "oh they are kind of sexist but have other qualities" them.

reject them; you can be financially independent from them, and that was something de beauvoir realized to be useful.

now, reject male sexual entitlement.

[rubylovessharks]

floyd leech x fem reader x jade leech smut warning: this has some yandere details and this is smut. kinda dark (?) reader is fine with it though. this didnt start with an established romantic relationship with the twins but did end with one. from my (very short) research i have found some stuff about how moray eels get to the point of mating, which is to have enough food, for the water temperature to be warm and if i remember correctly the ok sign for them to mate is their mouth being open (?) so ive been thinking of this scenario for the past few days. this was longer then intended :(

You were in the Monstruo Lounge with your friends after you all finished all of your tests for this semester, you all wanted to celebrate together. So here you are talking and waiting for your orders but you feel eyes on you. I mean it makes sense because you are in a dorm full of scheming guys, so you can never tell what any of them is thinking. Yet the unnerving feeling of being watched doesn't seem to end. Little did you know that a set of twins were looking your way from not too far preparing you and your friends order.

"Ughh I just don't get why shrimpy hangs out with those guys! Like are they better then us? no!" The taller of the two pouts his face as he talks with his twin. "Now now Floyd, there's no need to worry. I know she prefers us a lot more then her..." he pauses for a moment there as to find a better word then the one he is thinking, "friends." his signature smile on his face as he finishes making your food. "how about you help me get these orders to the customers and then we'll call our lovely pearl for a little..talk?" "ohhh~ that sounds sooo much more fun then handing out orders!"

And here was your food. Delivered by the Leech twins. Their smiles uncanny yet charming, you think to yourself. It really was true that you like them over your friends. Your fantasies just as twisted as theirs, you wouldn't even mind if your food was spiked just so they could take you down into the depth of the sea.

"I hope you all enjoy your food and drinks." Jade says with a smile. His head then turns to you, "i hope you won't mind if he had a chat after you finish your dish? Me and Floyd had something we wanted to talk to you about." It wasn't everyday you were called to a one on two chat with your crushes, you nod a bit to fast with a smile that was too wide. "We hope you enjoy your meal! We worked reaaal hard on it, we even got you extra!" Floyd says as he waves to you while he and his brother walk away.

You finish your food quickly as you were excited for your interaction with the twins. You bid your friends farewell and walk to the Monstruo Lounge bar table to find the twins, instead you are greeted by Floyd. "You actually came! Saves me work. C'mon Jade is waiting in our room!" He tells you, seeing your confused look he adds, "what you didn't think we wanted to talk here. With all of those hungry eyes on you."

as you walk over to their room Floyd takes your hand roughly, squeezing it. He is also tagging you a bit but other then the rough treatment nothing really happens on your way to their room. Although you seem to notice that Floyd's eyes are on you and not the way ahead. Once you get Infront of their door Floyd slams it open, not enough to break it but you are sure they'll need to fix it later...

In the room Jade is standing there with a bunch of different stuff mostly food and bottles of water, and there's even more on their tables. "I brought them!" Floyd takes you as if showing his brother a prize he won, big smile on his face. "Floyd i am sure you are leaving a ton of bruises on them...You should let them go a little." Jade says as he finishes putting all the stuff he had in his hands on the table and turns back to the both of you. "oh come onn.. We are gonna leave marks on them anywaysss! Why not start now.." Your face turns to one of confusion after what Floyd said, what did he mean by 'we are gonna leave marks anyways'...?

"My Floyd you are scaring the poor thing." Jade gives Floyd his usual calm face. "Do not worry pearl, it won't hurt too much." he looks at you now, yet his words don't help you understand the situation any better. "I do hope you ate all of the food we gave you. We would be very upset if you didn't." He gives you a hurt face "yeaah we worked so much just to keep you from bein' hungry in our lil' session~" now you are even more confused.. "Oya? It seems she doesn't know what we are talking about. My did you not tell her brother?" "huhhh? Was I supposed tooo.."

"Alright then, dearest I hope you noticed the temperature this season. Eels don't have an actual mating cycle. We get to mating when the water temperatures are warm, that there's enough food to eat and we have all of these conditions." Now you get it...All that extra food, that talk about marks.. All of it was their natural instincts. Wait- what does that mean that they took you for that?!

"ahha! Red fits you well shrimpy~!" "It seems our little prey has understood their situation." You weren't actually listening, still trying figure out how you got both of your crushes to pick you as their mate you don't even notice as Floyd pushes you over to his brother who pushes you on the bed. "Do not worry pearl, we will take good care of you." Jade smiles at you as he starts taking your uniform off. "Can't we just rip it though?? Like she won't need it anyways if she is gonna be staying here.." "my brother where are your manners."

You try to ask what is it that they mean by that and you immediately feel small after asking. They laugh at your question, your stupid, stupid question. "My shrimpy you are so silly!" Floyd gets closer as he says that, "you won't need to go outside when you are our mate. All you need to think about is being a good lil' wifey or us, yeah?" "Floyd's right dear. The outside is no place for you, with all of those hungry, hungry people just wanting even one bite out of you! You are a lot more safer here with us." they flash a smile at you, one that should be considered creepy yet you aren't afraid at all. Instead you give one smile of your own, maybe not as creepy and sadistic, yet still a smile that says a lot from how you feel about your situation.

"Oh what a cute smile you've got there shrimpy! I just wanna squeeze you to death!!" Floyd falls on top of your body as he says that and immediately starts to touch your squishy parts. You guess that he isn't a huge fan of your clothes as he starts to claw at them trying rid of them. "Oya oya Floyd no need to claw at her clothes." The shorter twin tries to calm his twin down yet to no avail as the taller one broke the fabric with his unkept nails, scratching a bit of your skin in the processes. Seeing as he already got to break down some of your uniform he continues until he finishes destroying the piece of clothing off your body, leaving you naked and easy for the taking.

"See! I told you it'll be better if we just cut her clothes to pieces!" Floyd tells his brother, big smile on his face. His brother looks at you before answering Floyd, "my, I guess you were correct." As you look at Jade Floyd gets to work on your body, his not so human tongue all over your neck and some of your chest, licking and licking until he puts his mouth on your body.

Sharp teeth nibling on your body threatening to draw blood, as he gets closer to your most sensitive spot and he bites it. And he bites it HARD. You let out a small scream as tears well up in your eyes and you immediately feel a set of fingers on the top of your head. "shhh. As I said before this doesn't hurt too much, please try to endure for us love." Jade pets your head trying to keep you from thinking too much about the pain. You try to keep yourself from making any more pained sounds as Floyd's mouth lets go of the spot, Jade shoos Floyd to let him comfort you further as he licks the wound.

"Hey hey shrimpy now even if someone sees you they'll know who you belong to! Ain't that funn~?" You nod at him as your hand reaches to Jade's head as he still licks your wound from Floyd. "YEAH!? Greatt!! I'm so happy to know we both agree this is for the best" his smile grows wider by the second. You suddenly feel a soft kiss being placed on another sensitive spot of yours, Jade loooks up at you from his spot before speaking. "Now I want to warn you before I mark you as well love, I promise to be gentle just bear with me, alright?" you nod at his words preparing yourself before the second assault, and as Jade promised his bite is indeed more gentle then Floyd's yet it still hurts a lot.

"Heyy shrimpy how 'bout you jerk me off as Jade continues to mark you up?" You look over to Floyd as he already has his pants off and his dick out. So now you have one hand that is clenched on Jade's hair and the other is jerking Floyd's cock. You take time to take in the details of his privates, a lot more girthy then long, it gets more red as it gets to the head it would probably hurt to take into your mouth. Yet you don't think you will be against it. The closer Floyd is to orgasam the louder his noises are.

You feel Jade stop what he was doing and his head's direction turns to Floyd. "Don't you want to have your first orgasam of the session inside of her Floyd?" "ugh get off my back I can paint both her outside and insides white. It doesn't matter!" Even though it is clear Jade doesn't approve of his twin's way of thinking, he can do nothing as Floyd releases his come over your stomach and chest.

"Heyy Jade think lil' shrimpy could take the both of us in the same time?" Floyd looks over to Jade with a sadistic smile, "my not with her dry her flods are!" your privates are in fact not dry at all, how wet do you even have to be to properly take them?! "Oh don't worry love. I'll make sure you can take us both as soon as I finish eating you out." "whatt? I was hoping I could eat her out first!" "you can take her mouth if you'd like. I'm sure it's just as fun."

Right when they finished arguing they both got into position. They lay you down on the bed so your head would stick out for Floyd to have easy access to your mouth, and for Jade to have an easy access to your privates. Jade's own mouth is skilled enough to please you to orgasm after a short while of just some licks and tongue fucking, while Floyd abused your mouth and throat already getting close to his second orgasm.

That's what your few next hours looked like. Sucking on Floyd's cock as he throat fucks you and as his balls slap against your face. Having Jade in between your legs fingering you, sucking on your clit and of course, tongue fucking you. You came so many times by now you have lost count! Of course Floyd isn't any different.. Stuffing and messing your throat, mouth and face with his sticky cum.

"Don't you think she is ready to finally take us both?"

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for ditching my friends because they tried to surprise me for my birthday?

So I (F19) have really, really bad anxiety I'm trying to overcome. I've been on a couple different medications (still trying to find the right one) and working with a therapist, but it's still really bad. Like, one time I couldn't leave the house to go grocery shopping for over a week, because the thought of being in public sent me into panic attacks. So a friend tried to help me by ordering me a pizza and said I just needed to sign his name for it when it got there, and that sent me into another panic attack because 1) Now I needed to wait for this pizza, 2) I needed to open the door and talk to a stranger, 3) I needed to sign a guy's name when I'm obviously a girl so they're gonna KNOW I'm not the one who ordered the pizza and what if they take me to jail?? Yeah, it's totally irrational I know. And I hate it. I'm TRYING to work through it, but it's hard.

A few days ago it was my birthday and 3 of my best friends (all 19) took me out to eat at a restaurant. Before we went they joked in our group texts about getting them to bring me a cake and sing happy birthday, and I told them if they do that it will undoubtedly send me into a panic attack and I will never forgive them. Full stop, do not do that to me. And they agreed. But halfway through our dinner I hear the clapping and singing, and here come a bunch of waiters carrying a cake and singing Happy Birthday. I'm freaking out but think surely this is just a fluke, they're going to another table and not to ours. My friends wouldn't do that to me. But no, they come straight up to our table and put the cake down. I get up and run out of the restaurant before they're even done singing.

I end up going back to my car and sitting there shaking and crying for I don't know how long. Eventually someone knocks on my window and it's one of my friends asking me to come back inside so they can talk to me, I say I don't want to see them right now and drive away. Instead of going home I go to my mom's house and tell her what happened and she tells me to stay as long as I need, so I turn off my phone and hide in my childhood bedroom and try to get some sleep.

I woke up the next morning to a bunch of missed calls and texts from my friends. Apparently they didn't think I'd freak out that bad (even though I told them I would) and said technically the cake wasn't for me. They lied to our waiter while I was in the bathroom and said it was one of their birthdays, not mine. So that way they could "cheat the system" and still get me a free cake and someone else would get the singing, not me. I said it doesn't matter if the singing was for me or not, I had told them if that exact situation happened it would freak me out and they did it anyway, and they did it behind my back without telling me. Like, of course I would assume the singing was for me? It was my birthday and not any of theirs and they didn't tell me about their scheme? They said I just overreacted, and it's normal for friends to surprise friends on their birthday. Did I overreact?

What are these acronyms?

[caustic-cola]

Forgive me for saying something we all know already, but episode 15 of OUAW is an all-timer. Minor spoilers and observations below the cut as I ramble on about this for way too long.

It feels like a straight up soap opera or something. Plus the jokes are top notch, everybody's firing on all cylinders and throughout the episode everyone gets a chance to take the spotlight and be the funniest. Gideon throughout the entire ceremony was just funny as hell; when he's given the right setup Mace knocks it out of the park. Derek riffing with him ("the old ball and chain, and chain, and chain") before they walk down the aisle really adds character to their dynamic. Mikey being hilarious goes without saying, he comes up with bits as naturally as I breathe air and is also responsible for some of the most out of pocket jokes in the series. "Anyone else hear the sound of wind going through a canyon" and "You know, I have King's Right" are just foul and I love it.

And Richie and Nikkie. Couldn't have done it without you two. Richie playing the part perfectly, as always, and dutifully sneaking in with that one line during a bit that just kills. Not to mention coming up with the whole scheme in the first place. And I would never be able to do the things Nikkie does. She is a very well-balanced DM and it's extremely impressive how she knows when to move the plot along and when to just let things go off the rails, as well as pulling out random side characters that give the boys new material to work with and are funny af in their own right.

Episodes like these really put into perspective how well everyone works with each other. Groups like theirs don't happen all the time, and it takes a lot of time and effort to be so in tune with each other that you can improv funnier stuff for your free Youtube series than some teams of professional paid writers can come up with for a syndicated television show. They all bring different things to the table and keep each other balanced.

I know some people find Mikey's brand of humor a bit grating but I honestly adore it and he has a special place in my heart; out of all of them I think he's made me laugh the most. Richie is quieter and isn't a joke machine but the ones he does make are top tier, plus out of all of them I think he understands the most about the character he plays and considers that before every action. People talk a lot about Mace's laugh and yes, whenever he laughs the bit in question gets twice as funny. But he's sneaky with the jokes too, and delivers them with a lot of charisma that sells the punchline very often. Derek is kind of a combination of them all; he can do the physical comedy and the one liners and the banter, with a deadpan delivery that makes everything that comes out of his mouth more humorous. Plus when he drops the monotone and goes full out nuts it's an absolute treat. Andy wasn't in this episode (sigh) but he is absolutely excellent, not only does he manage to have good banter with every member of the group and of course plays the resident stuffed toy dipped in a bedpan that we all know and love, but he also is the one bigging up his tablemates the most often and it's super endearing. And of course, Nikkie is creative as all hell with the characters she brings to the table and the situations she cooks up for them to navigate through. I know she's working out of a book but there are so many things she made up on the spot so that we, the audience, could have a good time. She's also my favorite in Uprooted, I think her comedy style is similar to Mikey's but a bit less loud and a bit more sex-pesty, which I very much like.

Anyway, episode 15 rocks. That's it, see ya.

[komotionlessqueenmm]

Lost & Found

(2-3)

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Short story # 20

Gif NOT mine.

Summary - With the universe saved and everything set right, (Y/n) sits within her apartment alone, thinking about the man she had to leave behind in the Void. Her heart aching as if she'd lost him all over again, she drank her sorrows away. While Wade schemed to make things right for his best friend.

Year posted - 2024

Rating - SFW (There is several moments where attempted suicide is mentioned.)

Reading time (roughly) - 14 minutes

"What are you doin' kid?" Logan asked when he and Wade barged into her apartment, which was just across the hall from theirs and Al's. "What's it look like." She hummed before tipping the bottle back, drinking the amber liquid within. "You look like yer waistin yer life." Logan said before taking the bottle from her to drink from it himself. "Gotta have a life to waste it." She shot back, glaring at Wade, who was collecting her stash without a word. "Can I fuckin help you Wilson?" She hissed at the merc. "Nah I've got it sweetcheeks." He flashed her a smile, ignoring the way she glowered at him. "Why are you taking my shit?" She huffed, before snatching her bottle back from Logan. "Because you aren't going to be drinking yourself to death, not while I'm around." He sassed as he stuffed the assorted bottles into a hello kitty book bag. "While we are around." Logan added as he snatched back the bottle from her. "I lost him again okay... I can't... I can't fucking stand it." (Y/n) said getting choked up. She stood up from her chair, she crossed the room and snatched Wade up off the floor. "I can't fucking breathe, I can't eat, I can't sleep. I had him right there, in my fucking arms, and I had to leave him behind, like he wasn't my heart and soul." Tears spilled from her eyes, her voice wavering, she let go of her friend.

"You got your happiness, and I'm grateful for that. But I had to loose the love of my life twice now, and I don't think I can take any more heartbreak." She stepped back, sitting onto the coffee table, she looked to Logan. Who against his better judgement, passed her the half drank bottle. "I can fix this." Wade said as he slung the bag over his shoulder, determination on his face. "You can't fix everything bud." She hummed before drinking from her bottle. "But I can fix this, I promise you (Y/n), I'll get you your happiness, if it's the last thing I do." Wade said as he walked towards the door, pointing a finger at Logan, who leaned against the nearby wall. "Stay with her." He instructed before lowering his voice. "And keep her away from her weapons." Logan nodded in agreement, while (Y/n) simply rolled her eyes as she lay back on the table. "You're one to talk." She muttered. "I can regenerate, you can't! And I'm not losing my best friend." Wade huffed at her, before storming out of her apartment, the door slamming shut behind him. "He's a good friend." Logan muttered quietly, sitting down on her couch with a soft groan. "He's a fool." She huffed. "I won't argue with that." Logan said with amusement.

"But if anyone is crazy enough to bring someone back from the dead... Again... It's Wade." Logan added casually. "The TVA will only put up with so much of Wades bullshit. They sent Frank back to his universe where he belongs, and that's that." (Y/n) said as she stared at a random point on her ceiling. "Maybe but he is annoyingly persistent, and he cares a lot about you bub. Hell he hasn't shut up once about helping you after everything was said and done." Logan said with a small shake of his head. "It was honestly getting really fucking annoying." He added, smiling faintly when (Y/n) laughed. "Sounds like Wade." She mused, her smile fading as her mind wandered to Frank. "You know he's probably going through the same thing as I am, except he doesn't have Wade keeping his head on straight." She stood up and crossed the room, pulling out the last picture she had of her Frank from a nearby desk drawer. "Losing someone hurts bad enough, but to loose them twice... Something like that will take a heavy toll on someone." She sat aside the liquor bottle. "We're only human after all." She said with a soft chuckle, she glanced to Logan, who seemed to understand exactly where she was coming from. "You haven't tried doing yourself in just yet, I'm sure he hasn't gone that far either. Probably just drinking his days away like you've been doing." Logan said, as he lounged back comfortably. "I hope for his sake, you're right." (Y/n) sighed, crossing the room and flopping down beside him.

Hours passed by and after an insane amount of nagging, Wade had convinced B-15 to let him travel to Frank Castles universe, and try to convince the man to come to his universe instead. This Punisher wasn't an anchor character, and so it made it a bit easier to convince her. When he stepped through the portal, Wade found himself standing in a hallway of a dismissal looking apartment building. The masked merc looked at the door nearest to him, and shrugged, before kicking the door open, the junk door breaking off its hinges and falling onto the floor. Inside were two men, a skinny blond with facial piercings, and a heavy set brunette. Who both screamed in surprise at the sudden intrusion. "Sorry to just barge in, I'm looking for The Punisher. Big scary guy, with dark hair, and an attitude like that of an angry honey badger." Wade held up a crude drawing he'd made earlier on, but the guys just looked at him like he was crazy. "Look I'm best friends with his wife, and I'm trying to reunite the two." He added as he tucked away the drawing, pulling out a picture of (Y/n) to show them. "His wife's dead." The blond pointed out, making Wade sigh with a shake of his head. "I am aware of that. Look I don't have time to explain, do you know where I can find him?" Wade asked but they remained quiet, making Wade groan loudly in frustration. "Okay fine." He huffed before pulling out one of his newly acquired gold-plated Desert Eagle Mark XIX 50AS, and pointing it directly at the brunette who whimpered in fear.

"Tell me where I can find him, or so help me-" Before he could finish his threat, he was curtly cut off. "Wilson?" Frank stood in the doorway, staring at the merc with confusion. "Fucking finally!" Wade put away his pistol, and turned his full attention to The Punisher. "You need to come with me." Wade said, stepping across the broken door, towards Frank. "Why the hell would I do that?" He asked before walking to his own apartment, Wade following after him like a puppy. "(Y/n)'s trying to kill herself." Was all he needed to say to get Frank to freeze in his tracks. "What?" He turned to Wade, who pulled his mask off to emphasize his point. "She's going to drink herself to death... I've got Logan keeping her away from any and all weapons... But she's creative." The merc shook his head a little. "Look after seeing you in the Void, she feels like she's lost you all over again... I kept her from killing herself before... But I don't know if I can this time. She's hurting so much worse this time." Wade told him, feeling that if need be, he'd drag Frank back to his universe. "How do we get to your universe?" Frank asked. "It's just a push of a button away." Wade explained as he held up the device temporarily lent to him by the TVA. "Let me pack up a few things." Frank said before barging into his apartment, quickly packing up a bag with clothes and necessities, and another with several of his late father's guns, and plenty of ammo just in case.

"Anyone you need to say goodbye to?" Wade asked as he took hold of one of the bags, his mask back on. "No." Frank said gruffly, grabbing the wrist watch (Y/n) had given him in the Void, a present she had bought for her universes Frank, but never had the chance to give to him. "Let's go." He said to Wade, who smiled giddily behind his mask at the sight of The Punisher, who stood before him all geared up, with his black leather trench coat. "She's gonna be so excited." Wade gushed as he opened the portal that would lead him to his universe. Frank smiled faintly to himself at the thought, while his heart jumped at the realization that in just a few moments he'd be reunited with the love of his life again. Which was something he never thought was possible. They stepped through the portal, and straight into (Y/n)'s living room. Logan reclined on the small loveseat, while (Y/n) lay on the couch. The both of them passed out, with empty liquor bottles littering the coffee table. Frank looked at Wade, who chuckled nervously. "This is so embarrassing, he's got such a weak will when it comes to booze." Wade chuckled. Frank dropped his bag on the floor, and crossed the room, kneeling beside (Y/n) he brushed a bit of her hair out of her face. Prying a half drank bottle of spiced rum from her hand, he kissed her temple gently. Her hand instinctively coming up to push away his face, grumbling softly as she did so.

"Go away Wade." She muttered before turning her head to bury her face into the throw pillow. Frank looked at Wade with a pointed look, the merc pulled his mask off, having dropped the bag. "I promise I've never kissed her!" He held his hands up in surrender. "I may or may not have thought about it once or twice before, but I never did it! I swear on Logan's life!" Wade pointed to Logan, who still lay sound asleep. Frank shook his head, finding it unbelievable that (Y/n) is best friends with him. And while he knew he'd get tired of the mercs antics, he'd put up with him for her sake. "(Y/n) wake up sweetheart." Frank murmured softly, his hand rubbing soothing circles across her back. She instantly recognized his voice, her eyes snapping open, she whipped around to see if it was really him. "Frank." She breathed out in astonishment, before quite literally tackling him in a hug. Frank fell back with a grunt, breaking the wooden coffee table, and sending the empty bottles rolling across the room. "You're here! You're actually here!" (Y/n) gushed in excitement, clearly still feeling the effects of the alcohol. Logan woke up at the sound of the table breaking, and glared at Wade who was trying to gain his attention. "I'm here sweetheart." Frank muttered softly to her, smiling brighter than he has in oh so long. "Let's go home peanut." Wade hissed at Logan, who quietly rose up from the loveseat, as to not bother the two lovebirds. The two of them leaving the apartment without word, leaving the couple to reconnect after being separated for so long.

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[trashrattt]

I totally think Code lyoko should have it's talked about reboot, mostly because

- when it came to Carthage, the most canon explanation from Franz himself, the explanation only lasts about 1 minute and 25 seconds, and nothing else comes of it

Sure, we knew why Xana was created, but like, Franz never really said Xana stopped it as it was his main intended purpose, why Xana was made to begin with, so like, that's a real issue in canon consitering Franz wanted to stop the project but never got to consitering Xana gained autonomy and all

And like, Carthage was kind of hinted at to be a bad thing too, you'd think that could be a real issue in universe

- spent 3 whole seasons building on this one character only not to do much with it at all and give him a really bad rep in universe afterwards

Okay, you know me, I like William an abnormal amount, but with all things considered, he wasn't a character to begin with, neither was a plot device imo

Yeah, he absolutely has no personality, argue with the wall if you need to

So like, yeah, he got posessed, but then what? Sure he was used to try to throw Aelita into the Digital sea, but like, tarantulas could do the same thing with those long ass arms, they could just use them as bats

And you've literally seen megatanks push her closer to the digital sea when she used a energy field as a sheild of sorts, so really, what was the point of him to begin with of other monsters could do the same thing no problem

And after a whole season of dawdling around, the writers rushed the whole "set him free" arc after ignoring it for basically the whole season, like there wasn't any episodes besides cold sweat where the characters actively try to break him free, you'd think there would be a little more give from the characters considering how #depressed Yumi was

(and yes, I know the show says, "I made ___ program" but let us see the FAILURE!!!!)

Even then, when he came back, the characters all decide "fuck this, you ain't shit to me" and dropkick him back to his life without any support, like dude lost months of his life without something he either remembers or blanked out on

- character writing in season four

Okay, this isn't really a reason why, it's more of saying "Why did you make your characters worse, we deserve better"

Because Odd in season four just became an absolutely terrible person, man

Constantly throwing his freinds under the bus just for some scheme he pulled or literally abusing the fact that he knows about Lyoko as a point to say to the others "This is why we're friends!!!1!@1!!" Even though at this point their friendship is downright terrible, like to the point where they just want to get Lyoko dealed with so they can fall apart like a poorly put together cup with scotch taped all over it

Imo nobody seemed to like each other as opposed to season 1 and 2 where they talked casually, like they had an actual friendship going on, not like "so, what's new on Lyoko, I want this shit dealt with today..." they were actual friends who did stuff together and had fun, I miss that :<

Anyways that was a more personal take, but season 4 just leaves a bad taste in my mouth with that rushed ending of theirs

Uhm oops, this was a long rant of what I dislike about the show, I was supposed to make this post simply to tell you guys what I'd propose for a continuation

Here's what I'd do:

Consitering Carthage was an abandoned idea from the depths of season 2, we build on that again

I'm imagining a non-terribly written Evo mixed with the chronicles, like bitch I actually love the idea of Ulrichs dad being tied in with Carthage simply because like, it would make so much sense (absolutely don't pull a chronicles though making EVREYONES mothers under the sun being tied in, that was stupid)

I'm also thinking, the antagonist we have is still a program, but it isn't Xana like in main series

Sure, they're simular, but it's a remnant from Carthage that has the same ideas as Xana, but worse (this is all first draft, but that's like the main idea that could work)

Also, give Will and actual personality this time, not just this "I'm soooooo sad" attitude that any traumatized character has, he has the potential to be COMPLEX!!!!

Kids cartoons nowadays are getting complex so don't say "Oh no they can't, it's a kids cartoon"

Anyways I'm hoping they build off of Carthage because that would be a PERFECT continuation aauaghh

Enjoy (?) My unexpected rant, idk

[toxinoire]

So I've been thinking...

What if Heathers was a scheme? An elaborate plan created by Veronica, the Heathers, Betty and Martha?

Because I remember in the musical, JD smells the drain cleaner yet still gives it to Heather Chandler. Meaning the smell was faint.

Or there wasn't a smell, because it wasn't drain cleaner.

Okay, so hear me out.

The six of them have been friends since they were freshmen. The Heathers are starting to be popular because ✨rich kids✨

H³ + V have been dating since sophomore year.

They realized how shitty the school system is and how bad everything outside of their rooms are. But of course, until they're adults, they can't do shit about the outside world.

Yet school is within their reach.

So, here's how it worked.

As the Heathers became more and more popular, everyone would try to get close to the three to gain popularity, creating the social ladder. To maintain popularity, everyone would bully the "weak", Martha, Betty and Ronnie included. The adults don't care so school became hell.

The six of them plan to stop it.

They decided to pretend to go with the flow to see how far every student would take it.

Which led to Kurt and Ram learning to rape and other terrible things.

They needed to do something, but they would need a clueless puppet to do so. A person with no morals.

A person who does terrible things with no regrets. A person beyond redemption. They are not recruiting this one, they'll be using this one.

Fast forward to senior year.

Veronica has done her research and learned that the son of Big Bud Dean, a man who was accused of physical assault, yet was let go due to lack of evidence.

Jason Dean, a boy who had a bad reputation of violence among his peers. Students from previous schools complained about how he's manipulative yet no one took it that seriously. There was an instance he almost killed a student, but he wasn't sued.

Perfect.

They talked it out and came to the agreement that someone will have to get close to him to learn more.

And that became Veronica.

In order for this to work, Veronica had to be a popular girl. Uphold the image of "I'm popular but I'm more human than all of you" to get his attention. So Veronica became a Heather.

It happens like the movie, during the lunch time poll, she conversed with JD, pretended to look like she was into him. Which led to Kurt and Ram approaching him and the fight happens. JD pulls the blank gun on Kurt and Ram.

Sign 1 that this boy is dangerous.

The croquet scene we see in the musical where Heather Chandler acts like a bitch to Ronnie and Duke is staged because Veronica's parents are within their earshot.

Everything they say that the public hears that make them look shitty are practiced.

One could say their school is a theatre and they're the ones pulling the strings for the acts.

So we get to Freeze Your Brain where Veronica indulges him into a conversation and learns his backstory. Understandable, yet not justifiable. Of course, Heather Chandler walks in and says her lines.

In the car, the two talk about it. Then they decide to test the boy. Veronica has to mess up at the party to see how far JD could go. If JD really is someone who'd kill someone all because he can and not regret it, they'll have to be prepared.

The party happens and it goes as it does during Big Fun. Again, these are all scripted acts of theirs.

Veronica is by no means, a lightweight. But you can smell the alcohol from her. So when she goes into JD's room (The Heathers were fine with this knowing it's a show) and Dead Girl Walking happens, it proved that he is willing to take advantage of someone. Mind you, Veronica MAY have known what she was doing, she was still ever so clearly drunk. The fact that JD did not stop it and let it happen WILLINGLY says a lot.

Sign 2 that he's dangerous.

Now you couldn't say they "fucked" it was more they had little clothing on and Veronica was the one in control so it extremely quick but of course, JD had his d!ck t0uch3d so he considers it a fuck.

Morning came and Veronica telling JD that she needs to apologize to Heather Chandler.

"By the way, you were my first." A lie. The Heathers were obviously.

Heather Chandler asked for the prairie oyster because that was the script they followed.

They hid the REAL drain cleaner and JD didn't know.

So when HC drinks it, she pretends to fall and die. She wore a kimono specifically, one that's a little bigger than her to avoid showing that she's still breathing.

Veronica says her lines and JD convinces her of the fake suicide note.

Sign 3.

The police officers were H³ + V, Betty and Martha's accomplices. My idea is that Veronica has an older sister who is also an anarchist and went with their plan, and is lowkey kinda proud that Veronica is following her footsteps.

The events I'm basing off are mostly the musical to make it longer so there was no HC funeral. She was in the hospital "recovering". The doctor also works for Veronica's older sis.

So Blue/You're Welcome. The HD and HM's moment to enter the curtain.

Again, getting Veronica there (and being stone cold bitches if Blue) was scripted. Kurt and Ram being rapists aren't but they expected it.

So in the movie, JD coerced Duke to taking the scrunchy. In the musical, she did it herself. So this is a mix mix sitch.

JD "convinces" her to take the scrunchy by blackmail (that HD and Martha purposefully left out) and she takes the scrunchy from HC's locker.

Kurt and Ram were the ones who spread the rumors. They knew beforehand. So they tasked HD (and HM if Blue) to make it worse.

Veronica cried on command for this one so JD could see.

Cue Our Love Is God.

She knew, they all knew JD would try to kill Kurt and Ram. They didn't mind that.

Kurt and Ram are rapists and they don't regret what they've done one bit. They brag about raping, so they were fine with them dying.

Veronica acts like she's clueless. JD tries to lovebomb her which she pretends to succumb to.

And here's sign 4.

Cue Dead Gay Son.

Now Seventeen, which once again, staged.

Veronica and Martha's interaction after that? Staged. Veronica said that within JD's earshot. They needed to let him think that he's got Veronica under his control.

Then Shine a Light.

And Lifeboat.

Which was staged, but also wasn't.

HM talking was staged. What she said was real.

HM already had terrible mental health so HD making fun of her might've been scripted, what the other students said is what hurt her. It ran through her head over and over. It's why she ran.

Veronica admitting her crimes was a test they pulled on everyone to see how'd they react once HD said that anyone would say anything to be more popular.

"Just like McNamara." Said HD, as she looked into Veronica's eyes, silently telling her to follow the girl yellow. Because she truly looks hurt.

Veronica got the memo and went after HM.

So Shine A Light Reprise.

Veronica tells HM that maybe they should pause their plan first to help her heal but HM told Veronica it's fine.

After a long conversation Veronica decided to go through with the plan.

After learning what happened HD couldn't stop apologizing even though HM constantly told her that she wasn't hurt by her words but the other students'.

Martha on the other hand overheard Veronica and HM's conversation. So she realized that for this plan to work, someone has to get hurt.

Physically.

Actually, almost DIE.

Because to get the school to realize how they treat others is only when someone gets hurt.

So she calls Betty and tells her the idea. Betty of course tries to talk Martha out of it but she caved in because Martha was insistent.

So Kindergarten Boyfriend is her written suicide note. The note she gave Betty was her plan.

She couldn't reach Veronica so the ones who knew at the time were her, HC and HD.

Cue I Say No. Veronica wants to see how JD would take it and what he would do to get her back, because she knows what happened.

The lines before Yo Girl was said in the way it was to keep the act, but HD's eyes were saying something different.

See, when she handed HM the "petition" it wasn't the petition JD made her make the student body sign. It was the note Martha gave Betty.

THAT'S why Yo Girl happens.

Now JD is in Veronica's room. Veronica is hiding in the closet. What should she do now? How are they-

Then JD mentions the bomb.

That's it. That's how she'll end it. She finally sees the final picture.

So Martha doing what she did would be kind of worth it.

So she pretends to kill herself and we get the first verse and first Chorus (only that) of Dead Girl Walking Reprise.

Because the fight happened the way it did in the movie.

But the bomb is still on, which Veronica forgot about. So she had to take it outside.

But she sees JD get up to try and follow her.

So she still takes the bomb out but with the intention of JD blowing up instead.

I Am Damaged happens but differently. We don't hear Veronica say "Oh my g0d, wait hold on, not this way" we only hear JD.

Veronica takes out a cigarette and behind her, HD, Betty and Martha walk by the door watching them, smirk and walk back to the pep rally to signal HM thats it's almost over.

Then HC enters stage right, leaning against a tree within JD's sight, smirking. JD's eyes widen as he realizes that he wasn't the one in control.

The bomb is at 6 seconds.

"Say hi to God."

Aaaaaaannnnnnddddd Seventeen Reprise.

It happens as it does at West End, wherein HD takes Ronnie's hand.

And there it is.

The final act is over.

~~~~

So opinions???

[masquayla-the-splendid]

Here's a fnaf headcanon I've had since forever that I think might actually be canon.

Ennard is his own character, separate from being an amalgam.

This claim brings me back to pre SL, post SL teaser era where people thought Ennard was actually this puppet master character who was only a head that moved like a spider with a few skrangly wires.

I've seen many fan interpretations on what animatronic his mask was supposed to be for, but do you ever wonder why it fits his face perfectly?

Yes, I do believe that the rest of his body was just a big metal knitting session between the Funtimes. There are some parts that are obvious from what came from who.

But his face? They couldn't have put that much detail into making his head look so unique that it doesn't line up with any of theirs.

To compare, I brought up Ballora and Funtime Foxy, as I thought they had the most resemblance.

I used a more polished version of the Help Wanted model in SFM for Ennard.

Not only that, but when making these renders, I just now realized that his right eye is shoved way further back, and has a pretty bad overbite.

(It's also really obvious how Scott models here. His head is completely made of clipping errors.)

Speaking of his eyes, he has 3 eyes of the same color. Usually it's assumed that his left eye is Funtime Freddy's, but the half closed eye, and the eye dangling below that are the same color as the left one. Ennard has one eye of each of the Funtimes, so that means Funtime Freddy's is the one that's off to the side.

Yes, there can be multiple animatronics with the same eye color.

The eye on his torso is commonly mistaken to be Ballora's, but as you can see, her eyes are tiny. Who else has pink eyes? BonBon. Who doesn't have eyes in the scooping room? BonBon.

Then where are Ballora's eyes? Somewhere in the mass of wire that you can't see. He's saving them for when he gets his skin, because they're same size as human eyes.

Okay so if that was his own head, what level of consciousness or awareness does he have?

This is where the headcanons come in.

It's unknown how he "thinks," but one can only assume he works as a hive mind.

My personal headcanon is that he has his own conscious, and was probably just chillin where Funtime Chica would've been if she wasn't rented out. Either that or the Private Room. He'd be the one that controls the body, and the rest of them are just spectating. Maybe having more of a say on what limbs move that belong to them.

The SL robots seem to have their own conscious, since Baby tells her story in her perspective, but at what stage of programming awareness comes in, I have no clue. I'd guess it would have to be at the head?? Depends on where the main computer is?

(On a side note, they must have a lot of know-how on robo physiology, because they were able to wire up their individual abilities, like the voice mimicking, to a separate body without flaw. I mean it ain't like the Funko toys that snap on, they had to like actually tie things together. How did they do that without soldering anything? Were the Funtimes programmed to be able to fix themselves, or did they have the bidybabs/minireenas snoop through all the drawers to find the blueprints for each of them?)

Then what does the "there's a little of me in every body" mean?

Could be teasing the real ending, but "every" implies multiple. Maybe there's was more done to him than just a head, and had to get dismantled for the Funtimes. I've seen that theory tossed around a few times.

HEY HEY THE BOOKS.

I can't remember which book it was, one of the Fazbear Frights I'm sure, but it described a Clown-like animatronic that has a green/yellow color scheme. He wasn't a whole robot though, he was attached to a separate attraction, and had spring for a body from the chest down. I think he had hair. I'm pretty sure it's name was like Coils or something. I thought it was Coily at first, but that's the snake from Qbert.

Edit: In Ultimate Custom Night, Scott only uses "he" when referring to Ennard. There is a completely valid reason for the use of "they" or all pronouns, considering he is literally multiple robots. Now if you're a new age Scott hater, you may chalk it up to generalizing him as whatever phobic, but this is the same guy who uses "he" AND "she" for Mangle. (Not to mention designs "boy" animatronics with blush/lisstick in 2015) Why would "He" be the only pronoun? Because it's his head. Wherever his main computer is, it's somewhere up there. This would mean that all unpossesed animatronics have their "conscious" wired to a motherboard somewhere in they noggin. They're just a piece of plastic with transistors and diodes melted to it at their core.

So you can't just attach Chica's arm to Bonnie, and have Chica control everything he does. You'd have to swap their heads. But when you got remnant infused metal, it's a bit different. Hence, Ballora would have a say in moving the arms, because they're hers.

Anyway that's my rare fnaf rambling.

[soleminisanction]

How did Steph become Robin and how did she become fired? I know it was her starting a gang war but how exactly?

I had this whole thing typed up last night with citations and everything and then the post editor glitched and I lost the whole thing. :/ So, take 2:

Around Robin issues #124-125, Tim's father Jack discovered that he was Robin and went to Wayne Manor with a gun to threaten Bruce over the whole thing. To keep the peace, Tim volunteered to step down as Robin and promised his dad that he'd give that life up forever.

Shortly thereafter (Issue 126), Steph was stalking Tim at his school because if she doesn't see him every day she immediately assumes that he's cheating on her. She arrived at just the wrong moment to witness his classmate Darla plant a kiss on him, took that as proof that he was cheating, and ran away without bothering to wait the ten seconds it would've taken to see Tim push Darla away and tell her, again, that he has a girlfriend, sending her off in tears.

Steph went straight home, made herself a Robin costume, then went to the Bat-cave and told Bruce she would be the new Robin now. And Bruce agreed to let her try.

It's never actually defined what Stephanie's motivation for this is, BTW. We're left to pick it up from context clues -- like the fact that she was perfectly happy being Spoiler and had zero thoughts or plans in this direction until she saw Tim "cheating," and the fact that she then immediately ghosted Tim for what's implied to be weeks, potentially months, with no explanation.

It is, however, implied that Bruce might be going along with it all as a -- quoting Alfred -- "scheme to lure Tim back." Which, yeah, is not great.

So Bruce sets Steph up with a non-homemade Robin costume and a stupid new haircut (it only looks passable when Damion Scott draws it, everyone else needs to stop trying) and gives her this ultimatum.

Remember this for a later post, this one got too long. This arrangement of theirs lasts for a grand total of two full issues.

Seriously. Steph is hired as Robin at the end of issue #126, and she's fired at the end of #128. She appears in, I think, one or two issues of Cass's Batgirl, maybe the same months' corresponding Detective Comics and Batman issues (I don't really care to look them up to double-check), and a single B-plot appearance in an issue of the contemporary Teen Titans mostly dedicated to Superboy calling her a backstabbing wannabe poser and telling her she'll never be welcome at the Tower because she's not the real Robin.

That is the only time those two have ever spoken, BTW. Which is why a lot of people have been annoyed that they're suddenly being written as buddy-buds in the recent continuity for no reason.

Anyway, the point is, Steph's Robin career lasted a grand total of 3 months out-of-universe and forty-nine days in-universe, which we know because she started calling her diary-based narration her "War Journal" and counting the days there. This was recently re-confirmed in 2021's Robins miniseries.

Which brings us to how it ended, which is where I need to correct you slightly, anon. The gang war wasn't the cause of Steph's firing, it was the result.

The cause was an encounter with a powered-armor-wearing assassin called Scarab, who'd been hired by an old enemy of Tim's to kill black-haired, blue-eyed boys in Gotham in the hopes that she would eventually kill Robin. Encountering Steph with Bruce convinced Scarab that she must've killed her target ("resulting in the need for a replacement") and she was preparing to leave Gotham when Bruce & Steph tracked her down.

Bruce suited up in some power armor of his own and went down to fight Scarab, giving Steph strict orders to stay in the Bat-plane and not touch anything. Over the course of the resulting fight -- in which Bruce does seem to struggle a bit but never loses his cool and never seems to be in more danger than he would be in other fights -- he repeats these orders to Stephanie no less than five times.

Stephanie does not listen.

Stephanie rushes into the building, continues to disobey orders once she's there, and immediately gets herself taken hostage. Her life is threatened by the bad guy and Bruce lets Scarab go to save her.

That incident is what gets Stephanie fired.

Interestingly, despite what Bruce said about this being "the precise moment [Stephanie's] out," he actually waits until his injuries from the fight have recovered to drop the bomb, and it's implied that he stretches that out longer than he usually would -- out to a full three weeks -- to give her time to stew. Which I find very interesting, I'll talk about it more in the later post.

The gang war comes in because he gives her some privacy in the Batcave to collect her personal belongings before she goes, including her personal files off the Bat-computer. While doing this, she decides it's a great idea to steal one of Bruce's, quote, "contingency plans" to "wipe out all crime in Gotham... if worst came to worst." This particular plan involved bringing all of the Gotham crime families under Batman's control, and Steph figured that if she could "set that in motion, show she could help him" then he might "take her back."

Unfortunately, one of the "Big Secrets" that she wasn't privy to as a result of being on probation was the fact that Matches Malone, the guy on whom the entire plan hinged, was actually one of Batman's secret identities, so when he didn't show up to the meeting she arranged... boom. A bunch of mafia heads ended up dead, and that led to retaliation from their subordinates. Cue War Games.

[wavewrites]

A story of neither hate nor love (revamp)

Tales of fire and lily

~ this is the introduction to my fanfic “a story of neither hate nor love” on ao3, just testing how to post on here since this will be my first post. My fanfic is Rhaenyra x Alicent and there is no smut in this chapter mind you.

No warnings for now, in future chapters there will be plenty. If you like what you read, check out other stories on my Ao3.

Hope you’ll enjoy what I have written~

Lillies and vast fields were the lands that the young Rhaenyra roamed besides the castle walls she felt so confined in. A formidable young child with the fire of a dragon in her. She was the epitome of daring and intelligent.

Her childhood friend, Alicent, finding the solace of quiet and books to fall into rather than the tales of dragons and grim death.

That had been years ago though, now the two girls are in their teens. Rhaenyra herself having to adjust to being the potential heir, the recent death of her brother causing great pain to her father and disarray to the lineage of the Targaryen crown. And Alicent, adjusting to the circumstances of court that she now must embrace head on.

The weirwood tree they sat under croaked and swayed along with the wind.

"I hear the funeral will be soon." Alicent said, her hands finding silver hair and dancing in it. Rhaenrya hummed her approval. "Yes, father says he shall have it organized soon enough. I just hope it won't disrupt my training."

Ah yes, the training she has had with Criston, her royal gaurd, has been fruitful. The relationship with her brother Baelon, not so.

He was eight and ten when he died, he apparently passed peacefully in his sleep but Rhaenyra doubted it.

When he was younger he never fancied Rhaenyra, rather basking in the attention of his father. Viserys never really fancied her either. Not just due to the fact she was a daughter and not a son, but the fact he took his only wife's life on the birthing bed. It was a sad story indeed, to hear Aemma's death course through all the kingdoms, but in their eyes she was serving her purpose. Her womanly duty.

Rhaenyra grimaced at the thought.

"Maybe you shall show me one of your graceful skills you learn?" Alicent asked as she started to braid Rhaenyra's hair.

"So your father can try to hang me like a common thief? Trust me with the amount of guards around you, you'd do just fine." Rhaenyra laughed slightly at her own jab.

Though the thought of teaching Alicent the ways of fighting and martial arts to spite the girl's father was something she couldn't deny intrigued her.

"Defense of a woman of noble status such as myself would be the standard. I simply play the part of a damsel in distress without it." Alicent gasps playfully, her hand falling on her forehead in an act of dramatic effect.

"Yes, I can see it now; a quiet and humble lady such as yourself taking down the most strongest of men. Why, you'd even take down Ser Criston one day!"

"Imagine the horror that'd bring amongst the ladies in the court? I'd never find myself a husband." Alicent said horrified.

Noble and modest women don't participate in such things, especially if they have no family name or business regarding fighting. Such would portray her as manly, not feminine.

"Then...if you can't find a husband I could marry you. Like we talked about before." Rhaenyra said.

"Do you even think our fathers would allow it?" Alicent asks.

"Alicent your father is a scheming fool and mines an even bigger one. Who cares what mere men think? It'd be better than having a husband who you don't love would it not?" Rhaenyra said, sitting up all the way and looking at Alicent as she turns.

"But that's common amongst the court. Most ladies are lucky to even tolerate their husbands Nyra."  Alicent says solemnly. The way of royal life such as theirs wasn't for destined lovers but rather a political party where one must dance and scheme. Rarely ever would one actually love their betrothed.

"But imagine us betrothed, Ali. We could roam the seven seas and eat only cake, and ride on dragon back peacefully away from it all!" Rhaenyra's mind wandered.

"You do realize I'm afraid of heights?" Alicent said as she laughed.

But she could imagine it, living life with Rhaenyra as they laughed and cuddled together infront of a fire, enjoying the warmth of which neither could ever give inside the cold castle walls.

"You're never to be afraid with a dragon on your side." Rhaenyra said proudly. She laid back down on Alicent's lap and looked up at the leaves.

The thought of it all soon died down to the duty of court. She couldn't just leave, burden her father with more trouble than he already has. She couldn't imagine a lifetime where she could leave, yet she couldn't live one without Rhaenyra.

"Is something on your mind Ali?"

"You think when we turn old we'll still be friends?" Alicent asked.

It took a few moments of silence to find the right words.

"I hope so. I'd go mad without you."

And Alicent wouldn't doubt it. Breaking a promise they had made when they were five would make way for heartbreak years beyond repair.

"Oh to have an insane dragon roaming the castle would probably make the walls crumble."

"Anyone would tear down the castle's walls if it caused them to be driven mad." Rhaenyra looked at Alicent and smiled, and Alicent smiled back.

Yes, anyone would if it came to love she supposed.

[winwin17]

An observation about the matchmaking system....

Okay, so we know that the elves never age once they are fully grown. Which means that, as in Alden and Della's case, for example, they could be a couple hundred years apart in age. And yet, weren't Alden and Della pretty high on each other's match lists? It doesn't seem like elves usually need to request all five lists like Jolie did. So it makes me think that many of the elves must not be in a big hurry to get married. Like, how old was Alden or Grady or Edaline before they got their first lists? And if Della was high on Alden's, he couldn't have even picked his up until he was a couple hundred years old, because Della didn't even exist before then so her name would t have appeared anywhere.

It's just a minor issue in the grand scheme of things, but it seems like there is a little inconsistency in how the matchmaking system is described to the teenage elves, and the way it evidently has been used by older elves. The teens talk a lot about theirs as if they're in a hurry to find out the information (most of them, anyway). Jolie apparently got hers at a pretty young age, considering she was not even through the Elite levels before she was requesting match lists. So does the matchmaking registry compile all five lists right away, or....? Do they wait and come out with a new one every hundred years or so? Unless you're like Jolie who has an itch to get five lists right away.

Which makes me think - if most elves do wait a few hundred years or so before getting serious about requesting match lists, is that why there are so many single adult elves, like Tiergan, Elwin, Lady Cadence, etc ? Maybe they get their first one when they're, say, seventeen, and they're like, "Eh, I'm not impressed with any of these, let's wait a couple hundred years and then request another one, see if we like any of those better." In such a case, could it be possible for, say, Biana to end up with like Councillor Emery on her list or something??? And yet, if I remember right, the first list is supposed to be the top best matches, the second the second best matches, and so forth - so how could Della have been high on Alden's lists if she wasn't even born for a couple hundred more years?

Overall, the system "works" for the world, so no criticism to Shannon's world building and everything, but there are a few logical issues with the matchmaking system (beyond what's obvious) if you really give it a good think. 🤔🤔

[robyn-goodfellowe]

For character questions! 3, 7, 9, 21, 38, B, H; for whichever character you’d like!

you know what this is a perfect amount of questions so i'll do one for each :)

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

cricket's usually spending her days doing fuckall in the woods or studying to get her mortician's certification so she's normally pretty tired by the end of the day. she'll settle down with her favorite entomology book most often. once hilde's been in the picture for a while (i'm talking post-hillside) then i'm sure there's a good chunk of times she falls asleep on the phone with her... if she doesn't end up impulsively making the trek to spend the night at her house that is

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

there's a lot but the most common for hilde is definitely sleepovers with her cousin jay. when they were little kids his mom wasn't able to fit up, so hilde's mom ended up stepping in and raising her alongside hilde. this kept going up until jay was almost eight and his mom got her shit together. although their parents aren't close for a plethora of reasons, they dont want jay and hilde's relationship to be strained the way theirs is, so they've always tried to have bimonthly sleepovers for the kids while they were growing up. this continued up until hilde ended up getting sent to blossom hills, but i like to think jay would visit a few times of year once they're adults.

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

loanshark actually doesn't swear as often, which comes as a surprise for most people. usually something slips out when he stubs his toe or something but it's not super often. not for any particular reason, he's just quiet and standoffish lol

Why do they get up in the morning? 

synthia's got a world to conquer and an audience to wow!

What memory do they revisit the most often? 

zahra revisits a lot of memories of their time in music school tbh. they're a massive hater and spite fuels them. it's gotten them far

What inspired you to create them?

hilde and cricket are so old that i literally don't remember. i know i wanted opposite gfs where one was a city girl and one was a country girl and it just kind of developed from there. i know cricket's color scheme (washed out white girl with dark hair and big blue eyes that she maintains way too much eye contact with) was inspired by how i initially imagined tain from the good daughter to look like, and taïga from the grey witches as a child. not too sure about hilde anymore

synthia and zahra were both fnf ocs. i wanted to see an 80s oc and a classical music oc so there they were. loanshark was originally an ahit nyakuza cat but i've been pretty attached to his gijinka as of late so i've just been focusing on that story, which is totally unrelated to his hatty time self (although the vibes are the same)

What trait do you admire most?

i love cricket's chill vibes and earnest whimsy. i like to think i am also chill and whimsical but she just has a way of embracing stuff and going with things in a way i could never imagine. i also really enjoy hilde's blunt honesty and ability to just shut people down and be like, a dick when being a dick is needed, because i always struggle with boundaries. channeling my inner cunt with her tbh.

i like synthia's stage presence and bubbliness a lot. i like loanshark's loyalty. and i really like how when zahra puts their mind to something they get it. they're very disciplined in a way i am only just now learning to be

thankyou for asking annika ily ^_^

[notebookmusical]

Hi. I'm sorry I haven't replied but I wanted to give a quick review on the show and wish you a fantastic trip of seeing great shows! I meant to reply before you left but this will probably be short and don't worry about replying. I hope it's going well so far! The concert was amazing! I think it might have been my favorite show I've been to of theirs and I've seen them about 6 times. I think this was because being in the pit was kind of a fun and different experience with a lot of energy and fans loving the band as much as I do. At one point they were in the back of the pit and we got really close..they even walked right by us at one point getting to the other stage and I lost my mind and started laughing and almost crying in shock so that was really cool. I love the staging and effects..lots of pyro and flames. They tried to include fans in the pit for the last song which was something new. It reminded me a bit of the eras tour cuz they sort of went by eras almost and had a really good setlist..I think they played like almost 40 songs or something. That's also probably why it was my favorite cuz it had a bit of everything. It was really fun and I can't believe it's over! I totally understand everything you said about the stage door and how crazy fans are so I guess it makes sense if you don't want to. I know some of the Outsiders fans are crazy and apparently someone actually followed one of the actors home before. Btw did you try the Stay Gold cookie there? Probably not since you didn't see the show but I recognize it cuz I saw some of the cast was there earlier in the week. But anyway I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip and tell me all of the other cool things that you did! Thanks for the recommendations for tropes too. I admit Gossip Girl is not anything close to what I meant for the last one..I meant it more in a this will never work we are doomed sort of way similar to Aladdin, Newsies or Moulin Rouge, kinda the Outsiders too lol. I do see a bit with Normal People though and it would be hard to come up with a book like that. Also I only watched the first two seasons but Dan and Blair just make no sense to me haha. Like they really feel forced and he doesn't like anything about her or who she really is. I get some of the criticisms of her and Chuck but at least they have the chemistry and similar qualities like the scheming. Honestly Dan makes sense with no one knowing the big spoiler but I do like him and Serena more I guess. I realized with couples and tropes I usually like couples that are similar to each other. Anyway Idk if I will ever finish the whole show though and maybe it makes more sense in the show but idk. I hope you are enjoying Interview with the vampire..I definitely see a lot of gifs on here. I do have Seven Year Slip on my list though but have been so behind on reading lately. Maybe I will try to read something today. Also I just found out about Rachel Lynn Solomon's new book so I guess I'm excited for that although it includes fake dating and marriage, a trope I'm not used to. I've also been listening to Short and Sweet. What do you think about it and what are your favorites? At first I wasn't impressed but it's grown on me now and still has a few songs I really love. I think I just expected a bit more overall but it's fun with some catchy songs. I hope you're having an amazing time!!! 🩷

hi friend!!! i had the best time on my trip! so sorry this is so late + shorter than normal, i'm replying on my phone (which i normally don't do) 🤍 i definitely want to hear more about your concert — what were your favorite songs they sang? were you surprised by anything?

i did not, but i did see it on one of the days i was there! i don't think they sell it every day? i got a peanut butter cup and a funfetti and then realized very quickly that both are way too sweet for my taste :( funfetti was already very sweet to me back in like 2017-2019 but having it on this trip really made me go: oh this is Very Sweet.

ugh no you have to watch all of gossip girl (at least up till the end of season 5) for the full dan/blair experience. they're everything to me. no other relationship on that show comes even remotely CLOSE to them. serenate maybe. i did like serena & nate back in the day! i just finished watching the second episode of interview with a vampire so by the end of the year i'll probably have finished it haha. but i am enjoying it!

i really like short n sweet! it's also grown on me, it's very catchy but i think it took a second for me to solidify my favorites (juno, taste, coincidence). what are your favorites? 🤍

[pointless-crustacean]

13/05/2024 - an interaction between two of my characters except I'm projecting.

...

Where are you?

...what?

Like, where do you go when you do that?

Do what?

I don't know man. It's like you let the conversations happen around you until it swallows you whole, but you're still not part of it.

Wow

Shit, I'm sorry I-

No don't apologise, you didn't do anything wrong, I was just suprised how direct that was.

I guess I could just say I'm zoning out, or that I'm just listening. But the truth is I don't know what I'm doing.

What do you mean?

Well I don't know how to do what you and H do. I don't know how to just slide from one topic to the other with this smile that's basically always constant.

I don't do that.

You do, I know you don't think you do, but you do. Apparently everyone was born with this ability to pretend that they feel okay regardless and lying about it was normal, but I don't know how to pretend that I feel fine when I feel like shit. And I'd much rather scoop my own eyes out then answer those half assed "are you okay?" When I KNOW they don't really care.

Do you feel that way rven with your Mum and with N? Or like with your friends? Surely you kinda feel like they care at least? I mean, when I ask I know I mean it.

Come on man.

What? Was it a dumb question?

...No.. no it wasn't a DUMB question. But I've really only got two friends that aren't my sister, and I only had one friend as a kid. And in both cases you are one of said friends.

I thought we weren't friends anymore B.

Oh shut up.

...

But yeah. Even with my friends. I know my Mum cares, and I know N cares but she's my sister, they both HAVE to care. It's their job or whatever. If they didn't care something would be definitely wrong. But in the grand scheme of things I think everyone mutually doesn't care about the same things and we're too scared to say it. I don't want to waste anyone's time, theirs by making them ask if I'm okay, and my own by pretending to be okay. It's just easier to shut up and day dream.

I guess you have a point, I wish you didn't but you definitely do. Like I can get behind it, and I relate on some level, but in reverse if that makes sense?

Huh?

Well, you'd rather be quiet and listen, but I think if I ever slowed down enough to be quiet people would realise I have no idea what I'm talking about, that I'm this social fraud that just wants to be praised for good deeds. I barely do anything unless it'll better my own life in some way, no matter how small. Which now that I'm saying it out loud I definitely sound like some selfish prat.

Definitely.

Hey! You're not meant to agree!

What do you want me to do? Lie? What good friend would lie to you about that sorta shit, I know I'd rather hear the truth and that you still saw me as a friend despite it.

Fuck, you definitely have a good point B.

See??

...

...

Is that why you wanted to be my friend again? As like you're good deed to clear your conscience of what happened before we graduate?

I want to say no, but I think deep down it was atleast a factor.

...

But when I saw you in class, I remembered how much I missed you. We didn't talk for years and things happened, but I think you still had a place in my heart and it ached when we reconnected.

...

What?

Cringe.

Bahaha you know it. But I'm still glad we met again even after what felt like a life time.

Me too.

[ofgods]

   ❝  YOU GOT A POINT THERE, BUT only because you've got more reach and gravity would've happily done the dirty work for me.  ❞   while it's never something she thought about during their relationship ( or didn't have the perspective of, rather ), the idea that he can be marked by her mistakes is a concept that doesn't sit well with her now for reasons she can't quite articulate. perhaps it's the guilt. or the fear. or the weight of all that's unresolved between them. maybe it's a combination of the three, but still she continues to hold onto the stubborn hope that this will be only a speed bump in the grand scheme of their story, so her smile doesn't falter.   ❝  wait, really? top five? wow, you always did know how to make a girl feel special.  ❞   a statement that's mostly true because the reality is that he's good at making everyone feel special. all without any effort because it's simply who he is. she wonders if everyone knows how lucky they are that they get to exist at the same time he does. she doesn't bother to acknowledge his comment, for no reason other than because there's a stark difference between his lack of forethought verses her selfishness; mainly in the hurt left behind. she feels a sudden burst of pride at his words, her agreeance spoken as a matter of fact because she can't be convinced otherwise,   ❝  we make the best team.  ❞   they have since day one.

   truthfully, it's something that often caught her of guard in the earlier days of their relationship, the way everything felt so easy. even during the more trying times that happen in relationships. it was as if the clouds in her chest suddenly parted, her heart whispering where have you been? i've been waiting for you. shocking to her because she had already been convinced that happiness, especially of that magnitude, was never going to be in the cards for her because it wasn't meant for her. now that she's back in town, she finds herself asking a similar question, but deep down she knows it's not true. there's just no way a love like theirs could be found twice. not unless they find it with each other again. floating back to their conversation, she attempts a peek at the subject of her affection only to be caught off guard by the warmth she finds looking back at her. it comforts her, almost makes her... sleepy? she can't remember the last time she's knocked out for longer than an hour. well, that's not right, is it? of course she does. she remembers because he was beside her. her face glows softly, lips curved in a honeyed smile that belongs to him alone. her words adopt a mirroring tone,   ❝  i'll be there, marcus. i promise.  ❞   she knows the statement is weightless, but come hell or high water, she'll show up. the small moments are just as important as the bigger ones, sometimes even more so given how easy it can be to wash them away with excuses. she offers laughter of her own,   ❝  i have no doubt you'll notice me. i mean, when have i ever been able to stop myself from waving like a madwoman at you when i stopped by before?  ❞   it didn't matter how busy he was, she made it a point to catch his attention with an overly excited two handed wave tucked to her chest as if meant to be a secret before blowing him a kiss once she caught his attention. sure, the latter of her routine may not happen at her next visit, but she doesn't doubt the former will. after she's paid for her own stuff, of course.

   her attention shifts to the floor when she notices the shift in his smile, fingers tucking into the back pockets of her jeans.   ❝  i appreciate the warning,  ❞   she says once her gaze is brought back,   ❝  but i'll be here when you call. regardless of the when or why, i'll still be here. it doesn't even need to be in the evening nor does it need to be a call. you can't sleep and decide you wanna meet up for three a.m. waffles instead? shoot me the location, i'll be there. even if it's a year from now.  ❞   not that she thinks that much time would truly pass, but after being gone eight months herself, it'd only be fair if she waited. plus, she wants to wait.   ❝  anyway!  ❞   she brings her hands together in a clap, looking around the shop with a silent thank you to the universe that their time still hasn't been interrupted by another customer.   ❝  i hope i haven't wasted too much of your time or kept you from something important. would you like to start working on that bouquet you came for originally? it was a just because sort of one, right?  ❞

More easy laughter came from Marcus as he stayed with the memory a little longer. "I think I was doomed to get cake batter on me no matter what." Even if she hadn't gotten it on him, he was sure he'd manage to make a small mess on himself as he helped her clean it up. "Not that I'm complaining. I'd probably put that up somewhere in my top five birthdays." As far as he was concerned, the hiccups and imperfections just made it all the more special. He studied her with a thoughtful expression, "Sometimes. I can't let you take all the credit though. I'm sure we could find plenty of times where I was the one making a huge mess." It wasn't uncommon for him to find himself in some odd problem by doing the opposite and not thinking something through before doing it. "Regardless of who makes the mess, we do make a pretty good team when it comes to figuring it out and cleaning it up." Maybe it would've been a little more appropriate to use the past tense, but it didn't feel right.

There was a small voice in the back of his mind trying to shout at him to not get his hopes up for anything in regards to the two of them so he could avoid any further heartache. He was already ignoring it, but it was further drowned out by her sweet words. The only response he could give was a kind smile and loving look in his eyes that was useless to try to hide. He knew if he spoke up, how much he missed her and how he still had feelings for her would spill out, and while he intended on letting her know both of those things, they were probably best saved for another time. Then again, maybe it didn't matter because his next words surely gave part of that away. "I wouldn't mind seeing you there. In fact, it'd probably help the day from all blurring together if you did show up." It was unlikely that he would have much time to do much more than acknowledge that she was there, but still. He found himself laughing again, "I'd like to think I'd still notice you sneaking in, but on the off chance things are so busy that I wouldn't be able to, I promise to let you support me so I don't miss when you stop by." He held up his free hand before doing a cross motion over his heart.

While his smile remained as the conversation shifted, it did become slightly weaker. He thought coming back and providing him with any sort of explanation or closure on the matter was thanks worthy, even if she was the reason it was necessary. Still, he didn't press the matter and instead turned his attention to the business card she gave to him. In truth, there were a few times when he considered deleting her number all for the sake of making a fruitless attempt to move on. Similarly to any other attempts he may have made to do so, he didn't follow through with it. It was a daunting task in general, trying to move on, especially when he was so certain that there'd never be anyone quite like her in his life again.

"Dinner sounds great." He spoke, nodding along and pulling his mind back to the present. It felt like a fairly safe option as he couldn't imagine the conversation going so horribly that he'd be desperate to dash for an exit. He took a moment to think over his schedule in detail this time before continuing, "It might be a couple days just with how busy things are with people graduating and whatnot around now, but I'll definitely call you." The reassurance was tacked on so she wouldn't be under the impression he was blowing her off if time got away from him.