#I miss the iron bull XD

[agent-jaselin]

Iron Bull: By the way, Varric, you write some nice fight scenes. Varric: Well, thank you. I'm surprised you think so. They're not exactly realistic. Iron Bull: I figured that out when the good guy did a backflip while wearing a chain mail shirt. Varric: And that didn't bother you?

L'Calem: What do you mean unrealistic I've seen people do that in full plate? Iron Bull: Mind passing that by me again Boss. L'Calem: Dragoon's can leap about twenty feet in the sky and then do a back flip on the landing? I've seen it a bunch of times. Varric: I'm never going to make anyone believe a single line of your memoirs Wildcat.

[pikuna]

All the Dragon Age Veilguard news got me hyped and finally pushed me to finish this art series of my Dragon Age protagonists. Hawke was the one missing and you can see it since her coloring looks the best. My Inquisitor was from 2 years ago and my Warden from 6 years, only updated the shading in her hair. It shows nicely how my rendering process has improved.

Really so proud of how I did Hawke, used some more textures and overlay effects. Added some overlay effects on the other two, but really couldn't bring myself to fully render tham again. xD

Lineart (c) Riza23 (deviantART) Colors (c) Me/Pikuna

Characters infos under cut

HoF/Warden Name: Anra Veilguard Age: 42 She/Her, Straight Origin: Dalish Elf Class: Duelist Rogue Team: Alistair, Wynne, Zevran ♥

Hawke Name: Ashira Inquisition Age: 34 (left in Fade) She/Her, Bi Class: Force Mage Team: Varric, Isabella, Fenris ♥

Inquisitor Name: Ashryn Veilguard Age: 47 She/Her, Bi Class: Assassin Rogue Team: Varric, Dorian, The Iron Bull ♥

Can't wait to add my Rook to the rooster in a few months. 😁 They will be another Qunari and probably a Rogue.

And yes, I left my Hawke in the Fade, just because I believed that she would survive better and I believed in the protagonist armor. 😭 Never changed that decision, just because I hoped it would be addressed again in a future game. Apparently that won't happen immediately in Veilguard, but I keep my fingers crossed. Otherwhise this is the end of the Hawke bloodline, because none of the twins survived. I do like the tragic behind it and I just try not to think of Fenris in that case. 8D

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

6, 7, 9 and 15 for your dragon age protags!

Thank you! <3

6. Attitude Toward the Qun

Setah and Mena both find it interesting. I think Setah was interested in the philosophy from Sten, while Mena was interested in the culture. Later, I think it mostly makes Mena sad, missing Sten, and wishing things were different.

Mariah actually is fascinated by the Qun and almost considered converting not because of their views on magic or other stuff, but the notion of purpose really appealed to her. I think she can’t wrap her head around most organizations in general, so she doesn’t end up converting, but she respects the Arishok but can’t abide anybody trying to conquer anything.

Sula has a complicated relationship to the Qun, but has never been a part of it. She was raised Vasoth, but most of her family escaped and she has lived with people with many different views on the Qun her whole life. Her family in particular is partially run by her grandmother who was a tamassran but rescued two mage girls and ran away and spent the rest of her life trying to find out who the Qunari were before the Qun, gathering history and artifacts and trying to rebuild an old faith from that (somewhat similar to the Old Gods). She keeps to that faith, but asks Iron Bull a lot about the Qun out of curiosity from all the things she’s learned before.

7. Most important person

Setah’s was Merrill, and then Morrigan.

Mena’s was Gorrim, and then Zevran and Sten, though she never went official with those romances.

Mariah’s is a complicated answer because I think she would say her family is her most important person, and she would say the whole Kirkwall crew is her family. That’s why it hurts so hard.

Thom and Jenny, their daughter, are Sula’s most important people.

9. Love Language

Setah’s is gift giving. She loves to make little things.

Mena’s is just chatting. She loves to to talk and listen both and could spend hours doing it with people she loves.

Mariah on the other hand loves to listen. Physical touch to, but her ideal way to show love is to hold you and listen to you.

Sula’s probably big into physical touch. I think her family is full of huggers and kissers and there’s lots of snuggling and cuddling!

15. Preferred weapon

You will begin to notice a pattern. xD

Setah’s is a Great Sword.

Mena’s is a Sword and Shield.

Mariah’s is a Great Sword or an Axe.

Sula’s preferred weapon is a Great Sword! Specifically, Certainty! ;)

[the-monkey-ruler]

Dong Yue is such a troll because from the wiki I got this

At the end of the novel, the author lists twelve hypothetical questions that a reader might ask and answers them. Some of the answers are very similar in nature and, sometimes, contradictory.

The eighth asks how it's possible for Monkey to have a wife and children. He states that the book is simply a dream.

Since the Supplement is about Wukong’s desires, it would be funny if Wukong subconsciously thought Princess Iron Fan was pretty and that Demon Bull King didn’t deserve her (therefore uncle) and that she’d make a good mom for his 5 sons that he also apparently desired? Wukong desiring Tang to be a warlord though XD

Anyway bad timeline where everyone is OOC because it’s a fever dream sounds crazy awesome I wish I could read it.

Sometimes people are all about allegories, and nothing about substance! Which nothing wrong as long as it is entertaining. I do like how he anticipated the question because he knew himself, but he didn't explain them well enough. Also that Red Boy also doesn't exist in the book as it was said that these were Princess Iron Fan's first kids so its like Wukong willed Red Boy from ever existing as well! THAT IS FUNNY! He wanted a big family and no annoying nephew! Nooooo!

But you can read it actually it’s in English!

Here’s a link!

You are going to make a profile but still. Even comes with audio options if you want it out loud.

Have fun with the crazy fever dream!

While I will admit it is absolutely insane. I myself hope one day to have a script of how to make it into something of substance because I think there is a lot to work with. Time travel and inter-dimensional transportation aren't anything new but to know that this was one of the first 'time travel' books out there is pretty fun! It’s somewhere between a dream and a nightmare, where the dreams become so intense that they just go overboard. I feel like nowadays a lot could be played with, especially with how to look into what Wukong really wants and what he is willing to do to take it when in the middle of his journey. Like to measure himself mentally where he has changed from being willing to do anything in his power to get what he wants verse actually seeing the consequences of his desire affecting those around him that he has grown to care about and how their lives are ruined as well.

Sanzang becoming a general probably is too farfetched but the idea is that he becoming controlled by a Evil King because Wukong left and Sanzang lost his way. Now THAT can be interesting. Bajie tries to go back to Gao but as expected by rejected and thus he also joins the Evil Army. THAT is a cool take. Wujing being lost in all this and going back to hire hermit lifestyle, THAT IS SAD. BaiLong been forever, forgotten by his family and force the roam the Earth has a horse. THAT IS ALSO SO SAD. I don't know why people look any further for angst when if this story could be put in a more cohesive manner without the loose plot point or useless quests could be an interesting introspective of Wukong's desires have how they have changed from what he thought he wants versus what he wants now.

I do feel like a lot of the takes are more out of character but that is what makes it kind of scary and a bad timeline way. To think that because you (Wukong) can push people to new means. Maybe Wukong just wanted a big family before and missed his monkey, projecting that onto Princess Iron Fan who is deprived of both a son and husband and he understood that missing family. And maybe he feels responsible for both Bajie and Wujing on his journey to keep them together else they lose their ways and just go back to being forgotten criminals of heaven, nothing better than canon fodder. And his greatest fear of Sanzang losing his way... and becoming more like him. Choosing violence as the real answer to his problems, similar to Wukong. Any little desire he wished for Sanzang to be "more like him" taken to the extreme of him being a general sending out armies.

And it's that image of King Paramita, his desire for a family verse General Sanzang, his desire for Sanzang to be stronger (or rather just a little bit crueler to their enemies) being forced to confront each other in the climax!

Like I said there are a lot of wishy-washy side quests in the middle that really lead nowhere and are more of a commentary of the times and certain historical figures but there CAN be a lot of interesting plot points that could be SO MUCH FUN to play with! Wukong is always some of the first to say that he is a monk that left the family but maybe he still has that desire to be more than a grandpa to his monkeys and he a family man, but is that worth the cost of the friends he made along the way? I like to think that a lot of dreams are more his distorted desires which is what a lot of the book is. He even meets himself in a human form in the book which helps him out of his red strong of desire to help see reason.

It is only at the end when he sees the son he never knew kill Sanzang does he lose his mind, going into his giant form as he tries to destroy everything around him in a second.

But he can't.

Because he finally starts to wake up.

And when he sees that Fake Fish coming in as their "new" fellow disciples.

Man does NOT hesitate to snap his neck for messing with his dreams like that.

Have to admit that is definitely one way to end a story! But why anyone that is interested I definitely recommend it a read if anyone has the time!

[junsei-draws-rotasu]

Monkie Kid: A Hero Is Born Live blog rewatch

Before I can go to S3, the season I left off and avoided for sometime until it’s available to watch, I needed to refresh my memory.

Oh wow straight to the intro

I also forgot that this has the same studio that animated ROTTMNT cuz the animation is sick!

Fun fact I only started to watch this because of a TIKTOK video of Macaque

The fight sciences scenes😍

Not SWK trapping DBK under a mountain just like Buddha did to him 🙂

Is this how the Journey to the West really ended? I really want to read but I don’t have it in me to read it. I’m just waiting for Overly Sarcastic Productions to make their video

Wow, sick translation Narrator

Ngl I forgot how Monkie Kid characters sounds like. With the fanfics I had read I genuinely written off Tang having a smooth gentle voice

Although MK’s voices caught me off guard

!!! I never noticed this!

This is a nice wallpaper

A warthog vs a pig in cooking… not sure who’s going to win this one /s

M.K. has some nice jams to listen too

M.K. is like me with phone screens. Never bother fixing them :,)

There's our impulsive Monkey!

How does M.K. do that?! How did he climbs—ah anime cartoon logic combined together is dumber than normal

You know I just realized. If this was an anime, you know they would put fan service on Iron Fan Princess

Even SWK was surprised at MK

Is that bull a robot or those arms are just prosthetics?

Oh, it is a Robot… you would think the Robots they created wouldn’t have this much emotions in them.

“Deemed worthy can hold it” what is this? Excalibur?

Just what kind of mystic did you infuse in that gauntlet?

Oh wow, Red Son you actually did it! Didn’t remember that

Can you even call that a mountain anymore? It turned into a hill!

Ooooo, didn’t remember that broken horn on DBK

“I had returned to the world of the living!” You didn’t die DBK, just sealed 😒

"No go away" *proceeds to peck* SWK you little shit

Aw, Red Son’s little face when DBK said excellent 🥹

What’s nothing more romantic than having your first meeting of your partner than landing on them… literally

I’m just giddy and amused by Red Sons antics on trying to look cool and impress his father

“Noodle boy” Oop, he said it!

Really want to put ADHD on M.K.’s character sheet cuz he just zoned out by looking at SWK staff

The two kids in the room having exaggerated expressions while the adults are just there with tired and confuse expression XD

Ah, I seem to forget that M.K. is also a little shit

With DBK’s exaggerated movements, I think I know where Red Son’s love of theatrics came from

The vehicle looks out of place

Not the noodles!

Red Son, why are you always ready to combust?… actually wait, don’t answer that

Oh that poor women’s apartment! How will she pay for it???

“Pigsy going to kill me🥹” Not if Red Son kills you first

Does the actual toy of the car really have a motorcycle inside?

Now how did Mei know M.K. was in trouble?

Ows, the property damage 😬

We all need Mei as a friend. I would know, because I am her

Something rare and expensive… go to a museum, but remembering the plot, it has to be a shoe

I'm sooo using this as a reaction

Props to the cashier to tell an intimidating person to go back in line

This feels like a fever dream but it's not

They’re immediately got to Flower Fruit Mountain?! Where’s the gag of day and night cycles going too fast?! Missed opportunity really

Technology defeated magic, oh how Rise!Donnie would be so smug

Here’s the cliche protag team thinking the MC is dead but they’re really not

Aw 🥺

You know they’re really angry when they’re smiling instead of raging

To think that staff used to be a pillar of a Sea Dragon God

Not my boy M.K. releasing the recent traumatic event he went through

Comparing Sha Wujing and Sandy… they look nothing alike… is this why people likes to write fanfics where Sandy killed Sha Wujing?

Yeah I don’t recall this magical sequence…

Aw, M.K. 🥹

Once again, I’m taken back at the voice

And here I thought it was fanon that SWK had his eye on M.K. as his successor for a while

Man, I would be mad at SWK for thrusting this kid into this situation but I remember now SWK is sooooo

“You believe in ourselves” that… does sound like a good plan

Convenient

Wow M.K. got rebirth into a stone egg

I was about to comment on how history going to repeat itself then I remember the future episodes I’m going to watch and DBK clearly not trap under something

Ow, that’s going to hurt

I’m having severe flashbacks of Krang vs Leo fight here qwq

Here’s the toy shot

I finally get it! Red Son's nickname for Mei! It's because Mei represents the dragon that turned into a horse in the Journey to the West! Wow!

And finished!

[heniareth]

For the Codex ask: "something written about your OC, post-Trespasser" for Marelas?? ❤️

I got so worried about Saeris in the codex you wrote that I'm gonna run into angst with this. Or, rather, it's more of a prelude to angst, but hey! Half of the angst is the suspense.

On the writing desk of magister Dorian Pavus lies this letter. It bears stains stemming from a long travel. The script is his: practiced and elegant, but terribly hurried.

Dear Divine Victoria,

Am I doing this right? It's so odd to address you like this. It seems like yesterday when you were spying on all of us from your high perch in Skyhold. You're still spying on us, right? I would be severely distraught if that had changed.

Jokes aside, I would be distraught. Have you heard anything recently about our dear Inquisitor? And don't say you were about to ask me. He hasn't written or spoken to me in a week now, as if I hadn't given him that blasted crystal to avoid this very situation. Qunari rampaging through the countryside, ancient elven gods trying to destroy the world and he chooses this moment to disappear! We have an appointment every friday afternoon that he hasn't missed once without informing me first, except for this week. A whole week of silence, it's not like him! Please tell me you know something. I am, quite frankly, beside myself with worry. I am writing to all our other friends as well in case they know something, but letters travel so dreadfully slow. If you know where he is and/or can get a hold of him, tell the bastard to call me back! This is not like him and I don't like it; I'm beginning to fear something bad might've happened. If I don't hear anything for another week, I'm heading south. The magisterium will simply have to deal with that, as will you all. I will be heading for Val Royeaux; no need to write a second letter, you will be able to tell me in person what you know. Maker give that it doesn't come to this.

I hope you are well and the Southerners are behaving.

Yours,

Dorian

An unsealed reply lies next to the letter. Both of them have been abandoned in a hurry.

Dorian,

Last I heard, Marelas was heading to the Tirashan forest. This was a week and a half ago. I haven't heard anything from Charter, either, who was accompanying him. I will send some of my agents out to investigate. I would appreciate your presence in Val Royeaux. The Iron Bull is currently at the border between Tevinter and Nevarra. You might want to travel together.

Stay safe,

Leliana

I imagine Dorian could very well be a bit of a worry-wart, but in this case, the worry is very much merited. Thanks for the ask!! I was grinning gleefully as I was tip-tapping away on my keyboard XD XD XD

(The ask game in question)

[starsfic]

(The Stolen Prince au) the days passed and things somewhat went back to normal, Xiaotian fought demons and delivered noodles.

Wukong's lawyer managed to meet with the bull family and at least made some progress in the contract, the noodle boy felt more like his old self and it felt good!

well, he was the one of the few who felt better

(don't answer this right away XD)

...

It wasn't the kid's fault.

Wukong shifted in bed. He was tempted to get up, maybe get a snack or watch a movie, but he had to resist. He had been working on getting his sleep schedule to the point where he didn't have to nap.

And miss time with his son.

Who wasn't living there with him.

Which was fine. It was Qi Xiaotian's choice. He remembered Pigsy and Tang more than he did Wukong. That wasn't fine. Why had Macaque decided to take his kid?

Wukong tried to think back to what he could've done specifically to Macaque to deserve that. Nothing came up, which was a surprise. Whenever he tried to delve into his memories of Macaque, it always felt off. Someone else was there-

It didn't matter anyway.

-_-

"You're still awake?"

Pigsy grumbled, staring at the wall. The curtains were drawn on the windows to his back, allowing the slightest bit of neon lights to peek through. His eyes traced the pattens.

Then fingers were tracing his face, leading his eyes down to Tang’s face.

“...you think the kid remembers him?”

Him. The Monkey King. Sun Wukong.

Qi Xiaotian’s father.

He was honestly surprised Xiaotian hadn’t left them yet. He had looked up to Wukong for so long, drank in every last story Tang had told, been the greatest fanboy. And then Wukong had...

Ever since the escape from the Demon Bull family, Pigsy feared opening the door to Xiaotian’s apartment to find his son gone.

Tang seemed to understand.

“He loves us.” Even as he reassured, his voice was filled with worry. Seems Tang had the same fear. “I trust him to choose what’s best for him. Wukong being his father or not.”

“...I know.”

“And we’ll support him.”

Pigsy wrapped his arms around Tang and pulled him close.

“...I know.”

-_-

“Are you still worrying?”

Red Son looked up from the pile of books in front of him at his mother’s words. He didn’t regret getting that law degree despite not using it much. But now he was regretting the lack of experience. “Just in case,” he admitted.

His mother sighed. “Don’t worry, my precious baby,” In a rare show of physical affection, Iron Fan pushed his bang back and pressed a kiss to his forehead. “You’ll get your Noodle Boy.”

He leaned into the gesture.

“I know.”

[damnation-if]

who would the ros romance from the dragon age games

ooh, this is a bit of a tough one in some spots lmao. read these only as the characters that each RO would romance while playing these games as games and not as a sort of Who They'd Actually Be Compatible With. as a bonus i'll add on what kinds of characters they would play...

Arianis - Dragon Age Origins: (Mahariel rogue, though they're mad that they can't play a Mahariel mage) Morrigan. Dragon Age 2: (blue Hawke mage) either Anders or Merrill. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Adaar mage) Iron Bull.

Heluur - Dragon Age Origins: (Amell mage) Alistair. Dragon Age 2: (blue Hawke bow rogue) Merrill. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Lavellan mage) Josephine, his absolute favourite character in all three games <3

Lithiana - Dragon Age Origins: (Tabris rogue) Leliana. Dragon Age 2: (red Hawke daggers rogue) Isabela. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Adaar daggers rogue) her two preferred options would be Cassandra or Dorian, but not wanting to play a male pc she'd end up romancing Blackwall probably just for the sake of romancing Somebody.

Malkorath - Dragon Age Origins: (Brosca 2h warrior) Alistair, though i think they'd be confused as to how it happened and how they somehow wound up in a romance with him. Dragon Age 2: (red Hawke 2h warrior) there is no other character in this game but Fenris. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Adaar 2h warrior) never finished playing because they got to Here Lies The Abyss and had a meltdown having to choose between leaving Warden Alistair or their Fenris-romancing Hawke in the Fade... they were probably flirting with Cassandra beforehand.

Suchebh - Dragon Age Origins: (Cousland rogue) romance Zevran but marry Alistair so that they can become queen. Dragon Age 2: (purple Hawke mage) ragequit partway through Act 3 when they finally realised they couldn't romance Varric. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Trevelyan mage) Cullen, because making someone commit blasphemy is sexy XD

Twilit - Dragon Age Origins: (Surana mage) i think they'd probably miss every signposted opportunity to flirt with any of the ROs and end up trying to flirt with like. Caridin. if you forced them to pick one it'd probably be Morrigan. Dragon Age 2: (blue Hawke mage) probably either Fenris or Merrill. Dragon Age Inquisition: (Lavellan mage) i think they'd probably get got by Solas XD Suchebh finds this HILARIOUS.

[katytheinspiredworkaholic]

I’ve been rewatching CM and god, what I wouldn’t give for them to bring TG back for this revival. I haven’t even watched seasons 12-15 yet because I’m in denial about him being gone 😭😭😩

omg I haven't watched it either xD I've been holding off watching s11e22, The Storm, for like a month I swear. Which, I know is going to be amazing but I also have heard it's the beginning of the end and I'm not readyyyyyyy.

I would give anything for TG to come back. A n y t h i n g. But idk what CBS feels is the appropriate amount of time to be blacklisted or whatever the hell they did 🤷‍♀️ despite how it would be so easy to write him back in, and the missed opportunities is already making my skin crawl.

Okay. This was going to be a quick answer, but I've been THINKING about this way more than I should lately, without ever having watched 12-15 but I feel like I know enough, and with all the projects I'm going to be finishing/starting soon I know I won’t have time to do anything with my ideas. So I'm just going to type this little beginning I have plotted out and maybe one day I'll make it into the fic I want it to be:

(I know you didn't ask for a hc/blurb thing but surprise you get one xD)

CW: Spoilers for season 11-15 that are probably inaccurate af, fighting, violence, bit of blood and injuries talk, some profanity. 

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((I legit have this all plotted out like a full season, and picture everything as shots and scenes and I know exactly how I would want to bring Hotch back.))

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It would start in a small suburban town in Indiana, legit white-picket fence, middle of nowhere, off the grid town. With the most pedestrian name ever, we might as well call it Mayberry. Typical weekend morning, bright green grass and trees and summer sunshine lighting it all up, they still get papers delivered it’s that picturesque. And it’ll pan to all sorts of people on this street of nice, two-story houses, and finally zero in on not the man picking up his paper from his front porch, but the jogger slowing down that the man calls to next door, calling him a name we’ve never heard before -- but the jogger answers with that dark eyed squint and a nod... and it is Aaron Hotchner. Or the man who used to be Aaron Hotchner. He hasn’t gone by that name in years, WITSEC provided him and Jack with new ones.

His house isn’t even really decorated like a home, he’s been in enough over the years to know tell-tale signs of what a happy home should entail. Photographs, memorabilia, nostalgia tucked away in corners -- they don’t have that. He has a couple of photographs he keeps in his office, the only two in inconspicuous view being a photo of Haley and Jack when he was two years old, and a photo of his team the day he completed the FBI triathlon and they all showed up to support him. Everything else of their old life is in boxes in a storage facility in downtown D.C., under another false name that can never be linked back to them. 

Mr. Scratch was a poor excuse for why he and Jack were still under WITSEC, but he hopes near daily that it was enough of a reason that no one would question why he didn’t return once that monster was dead. That no one smart enough to read between the lines would go digging for more reasons, or worse -- try to find him -- and they pictured him living a happy retirement very similar to the charade he is living now. 

But Aaron Hotchner was never meant for retirement. No matter how easy and simple his days have been the past few years. It was only a matter of time. 

He walks through his home that looks more like the insides of a Home Living magazine, to his kitchen which is bright and spacious and tiled white that he knows Haley would have loved, getting a glass of water from the sink and chugging it all in one go. It isn’t until he’s getting a second glass that he hears it. The faucet was supposed to have masked any disturbance, they were careful in when they moved, how they placed their feet, the slowness of the their approach -- but not enough.

Hotch keeps his shoulders relaxed, his spine still ram-rod straight but that’s just how he stands and it keeps tension ready at a moment’s notice. Keeps him on alert, which he needs as he takes slower sips of water and lets all his other sense shift to a heightened awareness. Knows this house like the back of his hand, even if he’s never allowed himself to consider it home, so he knows which floorboards creak and where all the furniture is strategically placed. Always prepared for something like this to happen, even if he never imagined someone would be so bold. 

Their mistake.

With a careful tick of his head, peripherals his only guidance, he strikes before the intruder gets to. An iron grip and momentum that propels their face into the metal of the sink basin, shocking them that what their file was so misleading about their target. Retired FBI agent, almost 60 years old, living in Pleasantville with a picket fence and a vegetable garden. This should have been easy. The intruder is stunned by the blow, attempts a quick recovery where they lash out and get a few good body shots into the older man -- but he’s built like a brick wall, can take a blow and give it back twice as hard -- a few more precise hits and another crack of their face to the sink that shatters the bridge of their nose leaves the attacker slumping to the floor. 

“You didn’t do your research,” Hotch tells them, breathing a little heavy, opening up a drawer usually deemed for junk and pulls out zipties and an ancient looking cell phone buried deep at the back. “Sloppy. I expected more from him.” 

The attacker kicks out Hotch’s knees in a fit of rage (at having his skill set insulted so), leaving them both crashing to the floor. They grapple and fight a bit more, knocking dishes from the counters and pots and pans to the floor from the grill top island, but Hotch is so well-trained in take downs he gets the slighter man pinned with only a split lip and a single hitch in breath. He barely broke a sweat. Knocks the guy out clean, two solid punches to his face, and he stops because he knows better. Has been there before, and they need to question whoever was sent to his house to kill him. 

He’s barely off the floor, the intruder binded and stuck in a corner when Jack walks in from early morning soccer practice. Takes one look at the kitchen, his dad with blood in the corner of his mouth, and the guy all in black bound by zipties and already knows what happened. Sixteen, nearly as tall as his father now, he looks only mildly worried for all of two seconds until he sees that his dad has an old flip cell phone held up to his good ear, awaiting a connection with their handler in Indianapolis. 

“... Does this mean we get to go home?” 

The shot would pan back to Hotch, and he wouldn’t answer him, just tells the person on the phone to ‘patch him through, they have a situation’, and there would be no very obvious look in answer to Jack’s question. But all of us who know him, know the subtle changes in expression and the slight softening to that stern frown, knows what his reply would have been.

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The very next scene would be the BAU. JJ and Emily walking at a brisk pace covering a debrief, since they basically run the department now. Everyone has been called in, everyone, retired and moved away and even the ones who cut all ties have been contacted. JJ has just gotten off the phone with Elle, who is working as a liaison in Rome and assured her that if anyone showed up in her home to attack her that they would be leaving in a body bag. But she appreciated the heads up. 

In the bullpen it’s more like a family reunion than anything. Garcia has just gotten off the elevators, a flurry of color and blonde curls and bright as ever, Morgan and Savannah are trying to corral Hank and the twins (both girls and pure chaos now that they can walk) while still making introductions with the new team and their families, and asking if Reid or Rossi know anything about what’s going on as JJ gets there and asks for everyone’s attention. 

“Not everyone is here yet, Kate and her family are on their way from upstate, Will’s getting the boys from school, and Alex and her husband are on a plane, but we need to get started as soon as possible.”

“What’s is going on, JJ?” Morgan asks, passing off one of the twins to Penelope who is in full baby fever mode despite what is obviously a very bad circumstance that has brought them all together. It’s a juxtaposition that has put everyone on edge. It doesn’t help when JJ and Emily look at each other as if in confirmation, trying to decide who is going to tell them.

“Okay, that doesn’t inspire confidence,” Rossi points out. “What happened?”

Emily sighs and makes a gesture for JJ to take the floor, since she has been on point for most of this.

The bull pen is silent in anticipation.

“Earlier this morning, Hotch was attacked in his home in Indiana,” she says, and whatever anyone thought was going on -- that wasn’t it. The shock across the room is like a bomb has detonated.

Rossi curses something out in Italian, looking down, and JJ immediately realizes how this all sounds. But doesn’t even get to backtrack as Reid looks completely devastated and Garcia like she’s about to cry and everyone else starts shouting questions at her. 

“What happened to Jack?”

“How did they even find him? What the fuck is wrong with WITSEC?!”

“Is he okay?” asks Tara, the only intellectual who can see the panic now blooming on JJ’s face.

“Yes, yes! He’s okay, sorry, no -- Hotch is fine. The guy who tried to kill him... not so much, but he should be conscious soon so they can question him.” 

“Jesus Christ, JJ,” Morgan says looking like he just aged ten years in the past 30 seconds. “Lead with that.”

“Sorry, I’m sorry. He’s okay, Jack is okay, they’ve been picked up. But... there’s a lot we need to be filled in on,” she admits, which quiets the room once more. “Apparently, the WITSEC had nothing to do with Mr. Scratch. There’s something much bigger and more dangerous going on, and he went under to keep us all safe. As well as himself, and Jack.” 

“What is it?”

JJ makes a gesture with her hands splayed as she looks a little lost. “I only know bare bones, we have to wait to hear the specifics and get everyone somewhere safe.” 

“You think we’re going to trust WICSEC after this?!”

Emily intervenes this time, “We have a plan, or... Hotch has a plan, I think. We’re just learning about everything as we go, he’s really the one that knows the most about it.”

“Then where is he?” Morgan speaks up again. “If he’s been pulled out, and we’re all in danger, why isn’t he here explaining this to us himself?” 

It’s a good question, and everyone looks expectantly at the two women leading the informal briefing. 

“Will he come back at all?” Reid asks, speaking up for the first time. It’s been years, that’s a long time to rethink a life like the BAU, and everything it entails.

JJ takes a deep breath. “He’s... in--”

“Out-processing.” 

Hotch is at the back of the room. Everyone turns to him, even JJ and Emily look surprised to see him so soon.  ((But we all know the CM cinematography love that kind of return shot, so I’m catering to it. For situational parallels if nothing else. Imagine the gif sets.))

“I pushed it as fast as they could go, but WITSEC always drags their feet.” The familiar drone, dry barely-there-humor, breaks whatever spell that had been over the room at the sight of the old Unit Chief. Disbelief and relief and stunned surprise litter every expression, and although Penelope looks like the first to say something, her words change course just as she opens her mouth. Because  Hotch is still in civilian clothes, a duffle-bag over his shoulder he used as a go-bag for decades, and beside him with a bag of his own with messy dirty blonde hair is--

“Oh my God, is that Jack!?” she near sobs, the teenager smiling at her in a way that looks so much like Haley, and she goes to hug him first with the boy meeting her halfway. “You’re so tall! And so grown up, look at you!” There’s definitely tears and the team converges on the Hotchners all at once. Reid hugs Hotch first, as tight and bone-crushing as that night in Atlanta all those years ago, followed soon after by Rossi who looks like he might shake the man but just hugs him tight and plants an absurdly embarrassing kiss on his cheek that finally cracks Hotch’s expression into something like a smile. Everyone hugs, everyone, Savannah calls him Aaron instead of Hotch because that was how he’d introduced himself all those years ago, the twins wave shyly and he shakes hands with the newer members that never got to meet him but have heard very tall tales about him for years and years. 

(And y’all, it would be the best damn scene and I would sob like a baby watching it.)

Morgan would be the one that would hold back and let the others go first, but it would also be the most profound when Hotch goes to shake his hand and the other man uses that to pull him into a tight hug of his own. 

“I’m glad you can still hold your own,” he’ll tease with nearly no heat behind it. Hotch hears it for the caring that it is.

“Like hell I would let that happen twice in my own home,” he assures him. 

Everyone settles down, and Emily leads some finer points of what’s going to happen with everyone in the next few hours. Days. Weeks, even, because there’s no knowing what is going to happen next. Hotch observes her, and there HAS to be a shot where she glances over to him and they share a look of understanding -- because she is Unit Chief now, and he approves of what he sees. 

But she turns the floor over to him, and Hotch explains what’s going on.

((I’m going to leave the finer points out about the case and the unsub, mostly because I haven’t finished ironing them out yet and I hope once I watch the remaining season I will be able to much more easily))

But at SOME POINT in the briefing, when Hotch is explaining what happened with the assassin in his home and how he apprehended him, and Emily maybe interjects with the injuries sustained and that they are still waiting for the man to regain consciousness. Penelope will 100% lean over to where Jack is sitting beside her and say without flinching, “Your dad is such a bad ass.”

((I also plan on bringing up Reid was in prison in this scene but it will be more humorous than anything because of Hotch’s reaction, stay tuned on that one. Again I’m not there yet))

((and where I’m taking them is also a secret because I need to do research and it will be so damn cool, but Hotch has everything completely planned out -- like he does. Goes as far as asking the few who question him “Secure enough for you?” when he drops where they will be staying and the protection they will have. Full blown mic drop moment.))

“So gather all of your belongings that you have here. Secure pets and homes, call the kid’s schools, whatever you need to do,” Hotch informs them, stepping back into his old shoes as team leader without even meaning to. But no one tells him to stop. “We need to be in the air ASAP, the jet is being prepped as we speak so we need to move on this.”

He leaves it at that, and everyone doesn’t move. Watching, waiting, smirking a little bit (Penelope, maybe even Reid), until he gives in.

“Wheels up in 30.”

Garcia giggles so much she near cackles with it. “Oh, I just got goosebumps!” And by Emily’s smirk and Morgan’s shared grin with Reid, a million watts between them, everyone is up and moving and pulling out cell phones to get their affairs in order.

Rossi sidles up to Hotch at that point, also openly smirking that they got him to say those four time-honored words. “Welcome back, Aaron.”

And Hotch, well -- he looks around the room at the family he had to leave behind without any hope of seeing them again, and feels every hardened edge in his face and demeanor soften. Before he looks to Dave and tells him what’s been going through his head ever since he walked back through the doors of the BAU.

“It’s good to be home.”

((END SCENE))

[meganmoonlight]

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Male Amell/Zevran Arainai, Amell/Zevran Arainai, Zevran Arainai/Male Warden, Zevran Arainai/Warden Characters: Male Amell (Dragon Age), Amell (Dragon Age), Male Warden (Dragon Age), Warden (Dragon Age), Zevran Arainai Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Dragon Age II Spoilers, Implied Sexual Content Series: Part 2 of Daylen Amell's Adventures Summary:

Daylen Amell travels to Antiva to meet with Zevran.

Written for Day 1 for my *30 Days of Dragon Age Writing Challenge*

4 notes • Posted 2021-03-30 17:32:15 GMT

#4

1 and 5 for the fanfic asks please!

Thanks for the questions!

1) How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently, 214 works.

5) Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I try to respond, because I like interacting with people and letting them know that I appreciate their comments. I'm incredibly bad at responding, thought, because I often get distracted and because of that my replies are extremaly late. But I'm trying to work on that.

You can still send me asks for *THIS* meme!

6 notes • Posted 2021-11-06 20:45:22 GMT

#3

Captain Jack Harkness

Oh, such a good choice!

favorite thing about them: his sense of humour and attitude. Also, his fashion choices.

least favorite thing about them: I honestly don't remember. In my mind, he's still perfect *lol*

favorite line: "Hey kids. Did you miss me?" (I have a giant soft spot for that one)

brOTP: Jack & Martha

OTP: Jack/Ianto, Jack/real!Jack (I still can't decide!)

nOTP: Jack/Gwen

random headcanon: he loves memes. A lot. He keeps sharing his favourites with the team

unpopular opinion: it's been a few years since I thought about this fandom. I'm not sure what counts as an unpopular opinion anymore XD

song i associate with them: Don’t Rain on My Parade by Barbra Streisand

favorite picture of them: There's so many good ones to choose from! Here's one that still gives me feels:

You can still send me asks for *THIS* meme!

6 notes • Posted 2021-08-10 16:51:10 GMT

#2

Tv show and music recs?

Oh, good one!

When it comes to music, my current favourites are:

- Pentatonix

- Superfruit

- Latrice Royale

- Todrick Hall

- Ava Max

As for TV shows:

- Schitt's Creek

- Derry Girls

- Galavant

- Sense8

- The Exorcist (TV series)

6 notes • Posted 2021-07-20 17:44:42 GMT

#1

I was tagged by @stormtrooper-in-converse ! Thank you!

rules: tag nine people you want to know better.

Three ships: Patrick/David (Schitt’s Creek), Joe/Nicky (The Old Guard), Iron Bull/m!Inquisitor (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Last song: Lil Nas X - “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”

Last movie: Jumanji: The Next Level

Currently watching: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Currently reading: Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

Currently craving: Some very specific Dragon Age fics

I tag: @dark-alice-lilith, @lordnochybaty, @impalachick, @lovetourmaline, @ponury-grajek, @ladygollum, @illusivesoul, @stormkpr, @thegrumpyjournalist

7 notes • Posted 2021-09-02 16:36:28 GMT

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[splashytors]

Hey can you do the inquisitior asks #'s 3,4,8,7 and 12 for Andr’assan and Eirlan? I love them your honnor.

Hi sorry @mfmoonbear this took so long I was trying to get photos! I’m sorry they aren’t the best photos :’) Thank you so much for asking I’m honoured.

I just realised I had previously misspelled Andar’assan, apologies.

Andar’assan:

This is her before and after trespasser. During trespasser she let her shaved hair grow out and she has gained more scars and stress lol.

4. Andar’assan absolutely hates being called herald of andraste. She understood why it seemed helpful at first but now it just reminds her of how much everyone opposes the dalish. she was a proud dalish but now she distrusts what she learned and hates the evanuris.

8. Her rival kinda turned out to be blackwall. They weren’t very close and she was mad when she found out his lie but after she gave him a chance they grew really close and he was there for her when she was missing Solas. He mediates a healthy competition between her and sera’s archery skills.

7. Her best friend is Dorian, she trusts his opinion on almost everything. He helps her stay focused and calm. Her trust in him was hard earned. Also she had thought Solas was her best friend but now she is unsure.

12. She was initially actually very curious about the qun. She sees it as a way for the qunari to manage their extreme power. After meeting Gatt she understands Solas’ repulsion for it and sees it as another regime of oppression.

Eirlan:

This is him before. His scars came from bad interactions with humans before his clan became more trusted. They may have been quite serious injuries at the time but he doesn’t see it that way. He has had to learn how to trust humans slowly. I absolutely love his ears and nose!

At trespasser his hair grew out and they forced him to get it cut smartly. He knew Dorian would tell him off of his hair was a mess XD. [see below]. The extra scars on his neck came from an assassination attempt.

4. Eirlan didn’t think much of it at first. He thought the humans foolish and saw it as a way for him to assert power if needed. He half uses the title to maintain his people’s hope but he always doubted the existence of the maker.

8. His rival is definitely Vivienne. He gets annoyed by her constant snark and he is fiercely protective of Dorian. He hates when she dares critique his wardrobe or spells.

7. He would say his best friend is (was) Solas. He grew close to him without trying and sees him as a trusted mentor almost like family. It just seemed to happen! He also really respects Cassandra and treasures her friendship despite himself. He sees dorian as his best friend as well as his lover.

12. He hates the qun. It only seems a threat to him. He finds qunari difficult to trust (like humans) and he never knew any until he met the iron bull.

[purble-turble]

Idea for Calabash: MK is now an artist, making a very popular comic version of The Journey to the West and thanks to the money he makes from that, he lives in a penthouse with Shan. However, for some reason, one that his fans have been unable to figure out, he absolutely refuses to touch Red Son's chapters.

I love the idea of MK becoming a comic artist! He probably has all sorts of projects he works on, but yeah making a comic of Journey to the West is his absolute favorite! The comic is already super popular by the time the retelling gets around to chapter 40 of the novel, which is the part where Red Son first appears. All his readers are eagerly anticipating this part as Red Son is one of the favorite villains of the novel, but to everyone’s surprise, after the Monkey King leaves Black Rooster Kingdom and heads into the Fiery Mountains... suddenly the comic skips ahead and Monkey King is suddenly at the Black River on the other side of the mountain range. Everyone is very confused about this. MK gets bombarded with questions about the missing chapter.. Why did he skip Red Son? Is he saving it for later or something? If he doesn’t include Red Son, what’s going to cause Iron Fan and the Demon Bull King to turn against Monkey King later? Did he forget how important that chapter is? Did he just forget altogether???

MK’s friends who all know why he couldn’t do that chapter are all very understanding and try to help him field these kinds of questions, but it still bothers him. The thing is though, he tried. He really did. He wanted to be able to put it behind him and just be able to draw some stupid pictures of Red. He even tries to come up with a design that looks completely different to the real Red Son... but every time he tries he just freezes up. He just can’t do it. After awhile the readers move on as they get excited about future chapters, but once in awhile he still gets an avid fan angrily questioning why Red Son was skipped. It still hurts him to get those reactions.. he feels like he’s let people down because he’s too weak.. Of course he doesn’t let that show. His standard response is just to shrug and say “I dunno what to tell ya, guy..” and then walk away lol

Also, a single dad working as an artist being able to afford to live in a penthouse in a city is the most farfetched thing about this world despite the fact that there’s demons running around in the street XD but I love it and MK is a good good boy who deserves nice things so we’re just not going to question that part of it lol

[whumpqin]

Day 3: Held at Gunpoint (Whumptober 2020)

Here’s day 3! Not as good as I would have hoped, but I hope that you guys enjoy it XD

Taglist: @lonesome--hunter@strahlenderzynismus @whump-only

CW: Guns, minor character death, nonhuman whumpee, whump of a minor (he says that he’s 18 but he’s not), blood, biting, mention of someone being shot, likely more. Let me know if something needs to be tagged!

Word count: 826

The click of a gun was his cue to look up.

A grizzly human with a salt and peppered beard greeted his eyes. One eye was clearly missing, and the several scars that littered his face hid the proper reason of its disappearance well. Despite that, his aim was impeccable - trained directly between Adair’s eyes. The human’s calloused, thick fingers peeled back on the hammer of the gun, preparing to fire.

Adair watched silently. Brought to his knees, cradling a bloodied compass that was struggling to point north. A crack was fitted across its top, broken from when it was dropped suddenly and had rolled over to him, when that human had first fired the gun. The recipient of the bullet lay face down, blood pooling from the gunshot wound he had suffered.

If he ignored the deep red, it simply looked like his father had passed out drunk again. Like one of those late nights he spent at the bar.

Adair tried to ignore the way his stomach twisted.

His wet hair plastered against his face and the small horns that curled around his head. Adair kept his tail close and still as he stared up at the Captain, who watched him with an uncomfortable fascination. As if he was expecting a reaction that he wasn’t getting, and that interested him.

“You’re pre’y strong, ain’tcha?” The Captain muttered. “Thought you would’ve come up after me for that.”

“...What’s the point? It won’t bring him back.” Adair winced at how his voice shook, like several weights had been pressed on it. It had been run ragged from when he’d screamed for his father after he’d been shot.

A tear fell down his cheek. Unwanted.

“No, don’t ‘spose it will. How old are you, boy?”

Adair swallowed, forcing his eyes closed so he wouldn’t glance over to his father. He remembered stories that were told of the pirates in the seas. He had always thought that they were child stories to give them a healthy fear of the ocean, but now they were the only thing he could count on.

Pirates, they say, don’t like weak folk, he used to hear his father say. They kill ‘em outright. Bleedin’ devils they are. More than us, eh?

Then he had chuckled, gone back to his beer.

He’d give anything to watch his father drink right now.

“Eighteen. Working age, Sir.” Adair’s gaze flicked up to the Captain’s one eye, hardening his expression as much as he could. “I can be useful to you.”

“Bullshit,” one of the other crewmen said. He walked around from behind the Captain, careful not to get in the way of the gun, moving to forcefully grab one of Adair’s horns and shake his head about. “Bet the little cockroach’s just takin’ us for a ride, Captain. Look at him! Not a responsible bone in that little bod-aaUUGGHH!”

The crewmen had made a fatal mistake. He had gotten too close.

Adair had ripped his head away from the human, and instead of cowering he lashed out, parting his jaws to sink his fangs directly into the man’s forearm. As he screamed the crewman pulled back, separating skin from muscle as Adair ripped the other way.

The disgusting taste and smell of iron and brine was everywhere. In his palate, his nose, and caked all over his mouth. He pushed down the feeling of a retch with a small gag, returning his icy blue gaze back to The Captain.

“Working age, Sir,” he repeated, blood spattering onto the ground as he spoke. He tried not to look at the barrel of the gun aimed directly at him or feel the way his heart skipped a beat when the Captain’s fingers twitched against the trigger.

Moments passed in silence as the two stared each other down. The only sounds were the rocking of the ship and the creak of its metal as the ocean brushed against its sides, and the gentle ticking of Adair’s compass. He supposed it was his, anyway. His father always meant to give it to him.

Suddenly, the Captain let out a hearty laugh and lowered the gun. “You’ve got a lot of grit, biting my crewman. Nice to know someone’s not ‘fraid to show their fangs every once in a while.” The Captain swept an accusatory gaze over the rest of the crew. Then his intense eye landed back to Adair as his crooked teeth drew up into a smirk. “I think I’ll let you live for now, boy. Keep you ‘round as a trophy. I’m sure you’ll fit right in.”

“...Thank you, Sir,” Adair murmured, gaze falling down to his father. I hope I’m doing this right.

“From now on, boy, I’m Captain to you,” the Captain corrected sharply. “Anything else I’ll shoot you dead. Got it?”

He lifted his gaze to meet that one eye. Making a vow in his head.

I’ll never let you forget this.

“Yes, Captain.”

[time-is-a-pain]

Bella Is Not Impressed: Part Two

Previous, Next

“And that’s how I ended up saving a litter of stray kittens from a Southern Smooth snake”

Bella rolled her eyes as the latest of Lila’s tall tales reached her ears from where she was sitting surrounded by her faithful listeners. 

“That’s bull. Southern Smooth snakes are in southern France. It’s literally in their name.”

“I know I’ve already said it a lot,” Marinette started from her seat across the table, “but I’m so glad there’s someone else here who realizes that Lila is lying.” 

Bella shrugged, “Honestly Mari, um, full offence to Alya and the others, but it’s not even that hard to tell she’s lying.” 

Marinette sagged a little and Bella instantly felt a pang of guilt. She hadn’t meant to make her only friend in the country sad. But she was right, the things Lila tried to sell as the One and Only Truth were quite frankly ridiculous and Bella couldn’t believe anyone bought it. 

“I know,” Marinette grumbled in frustration, “no one will notice the glaring holes in her stories and I can’t even get Alya to fact check any of them.” 

Bella was patting Marinette’s arm when Adrien sat down at their table. “Hey, I heard you guys talking about Lila.”

Bella didn’t miss the way Marinette heaved a sigh and scooted away from her crush. Which was weird considering how hyped she’d been at the idea of sitting together in class. Bella also didn’t miss the mumbled “I didn’t tell her.” aimed towards Adrien. 

“You mean the Liar?” Bella asked bluntly, noting with interest the way Adrien flinched. 

“You haven’t told anyone about her lies, have you?” 

Bella shrugged and folded her arms, “I haven’t seen any reason to yet, and quite honestly I have a bet going with my uncle about how long it’ll take before her Faithful Listeners catch on a hole.” 

Adrien but his utensils down, frowning slightly. “You shouldn’t tell anyone about her lies.” 

Bella raised her eyebrows. “No one, not even if I have a good reason to?” 

Adrien shook his head. “If you tell on her there’s a risk she’d be Akumatized, and no one wants that.”

Marinette deflated more and Bella scowled. “No. If I have a good reason to tell on her, be it that her lie is spreading actually harmful information or that her lie is causing someone to feel bad enough to be Akumatized, then I will.” 

Adrien started to argue but Bella cut him off. “From what I’ve seen of Paris, everyone is at risk of becoming an Akuma. Even those of us right here at this table. I will not, enable anyone to be a manipulative bully just on the off chance that they’ll be forced to show their true colors.”

Bella glared at Adrien, daring him to argue. He didn’t. But he did huff and leave the table. Marinette lightly kicked Bella’s leg under the table, pointing to the other side of the room when she had Bella’s attention. Apparently the group had heard at least part of what Bella had said and were staring at them. Bella couldn’t quite read Lila’s expression,  but everyone else’s was clear. They were all confused as to who the manipulative bully Bella mentioned was. 

Bella sighed and turned away. “Just ignore them. If they want to know they’ll have to tear themselves away from their precious darling and ask.” 

Marinette and Bella finished their lunch in silence, keenly aware of the rest of the class throwing puzzled looks their way. Marinette kept Bella in the lunchroom for a minute after the bell rang and everyone had filtered back to class.

“Can I talk to you after school?” 

Bella agreed, wondering what Marinette wanted to talk about. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~

After school let out Bella waited for Marinette by the gate. She knew that Marinette’s bakery wasn’t that far from school and the two of them had agreed to talk there during a lull in class. Bella still didn’t really know what Marinette wanted to talk about, but the way she twisted her hands and wouldn’t look Bella in the face made her worried. 

She greeted Marinette’s parents when they got to the bakery and happily munched on the pastry Mr. Dupain had given her on the way up to Marinette’s room. 

Marinette sat in her desk chair, motioning for Bella to sit on the bed. Bella toed her shoes off and sat cross-legged on the bed.

“So, what did you want to talk to me about?” 

Marinette chewed her lip, obviously finding it hard to start. Bella knew what that was like. 

“Does it have to do with what we were talking about at lunch?” 

Marinette nodded and Bella rolled her head back, thinking about which part of their conversation could have sparked this. 

“What’s the biggest word in your head right now?” 

Marinette brought her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. “Butterfly.” 

Bella felt a knot start twisting itself into her stomach. That word and Marinette’s body language were Not Good together. She started to ask another question, but it seemed that was all Marinette needed to get started. 

“I was almost Akumatized. In the bathroom, Lila’s first day back at school.” 

That knot moved up to Bella’s heart and started burning. She had to remind herself to calm down before she got angry enough to attract a butterfly of her own. 

“I knew she was lying, and she threatened me. Said she would take away all my friends.” 

Bella flexed her hands, biting her lip to keep herself from pointing out that Lila had pretty much already accomplished that. 

“Does Adrien know about that part?” Bella struggled to keep her voice even.

Marinette shook her head, “I couldn’t tell him,” she whispered. “Because Lila threatened to take him away from me too. He made me promise not to expose her. Said it wouldn’t be a good example and it was okay as long as we knew and she wasn’t hurting anyone. He said exposing her wouldn’t make her a better person.” 

Bella sucked in a breath. “Mari, I hate to say this cause I know how much you care about Adrien, but that is a steaming pile of bs. It isn’t your job to make sure Lila becomes a better person and all you’re doing by not calling her out is telling her that it’s okay to walk all over you.” 

Marinette curled up tighter, tears welling up in her eyes. “But what about the chance she’ll get Akumatized?” 

Bella leapt off the bed and went to pull her over to the bed where Bella gently gathered Marinette into her arms, rubbing soothing circles on her back. “Just like I said at lunch, allowing and enabling someone to manipulate their way into ruining someone’s life, your life, is in no way excused by the possibility of Lila being Akumatized.” 

Marinette nodded, burying her face in Bella’s neck to hide her tears. Bella rocked them back and forth, rubbing Marinette’s back and humming her favorite tune. Some time passed before either of them spoke again, content to simply rock back and forth. 

“Mari?” Marinette hummed, tickling Bella’s neck. “Mari have you told your parents?” Marinette stiffened and a long moment passed before she shook her head. Bella rushed to assure that it was okay. They sat again for a long while, Bella managing to get Marinette’s promise that she’d tell her parents about Lila and her threats before the week ended. Bella almost called her parents and tell them she’d be having an impromptu sleepover, but Marinette had turned down the offer. 

“Thanks, but I already feel much better. And I have your number if things get bad again.” 

So Bella had instead called her parents to pick her up from the bakery, hanging out with Marinette and her parents until they arrived. On the way home Bella talked to her dad about the best way to collect evidence against a bully. That got her some worried looks, but she was quick to assure them the bully wasn’t hers. 

When they were home and Bella was up in her room, she texted Ley-Ley. In part to vent and part to see what his demonic take on the situation would be.

Bella: Heyyyyyyyyy are you up?

Ley-Ley: Am now, what’s up?

Bella: I need to yell and also I need your demonic opinion.

Ley-Ley: Wait hang on, let me get angel in on this.

Ley-Ley: Okay, yell away

Bella: Okay SO. You remember sausage girl? Yeah she’s a huge liar. Like, first day at school she claimed to know you before you’d gotten popular and you said you’d never met her, plus you’ve been popular since we were tiny babs. 

Bella: So obviously she was lying but I figured, “what the hell, it’s not like that kinda lie would hurt anyone here.” so I left her alone.

Ley-Ley: Uh oh. This is looking bad already

Bella: But then I found out today that my friend Mari has not only been threatened by sausage girl, she was nearly Akumatized because of her. 

Bella: And to top it off, Mari’s crush knows that sausage girl is lying, but doesn’t know that she threatened Mari, and made Mari promise not to expose Liela because “doing so wouldn’t make her a better person.” 

Ley-Ley: First of all, bullshit. Second of all, that’s not your friend’s job? If sausage girl is a bad person then she is gonna have to be the driving force behind being a better person. 

Bella: That’s what I said! And to make matters worse, the teachers at school are all whipped into favoring the bullies. Except Mrs. Mandeliev, but unfortunately we aren’t in her class.

Ley-Ley: WHAT?!? The teachers are supposed to help the kids being bullied, not the other way around!

Bella: I know! What makes this ironic is the teacher told me outright to report if I saw anyone getting bullied. And then she turns around and tells the bullied kid to “be the better person” and keep letting the bully (Chloe) walk all over them. 

Ley-Ley: Angel’s saying we should go to Paris and knock some sense into your school. 

Bella: XD Please

Bella: In all seriousness though, it would be nice if you were here.

Bella:

They know my uncle is one of the most popular gardening blogs in London, but I never told them you’re my uncle and they all heard the story of how Liela met the famous A.J. Crowley before he became a popular blog so having you show up and then deny ever meeting her would also be a good start in tearing her web apart

Ley-Ley: Bella my sweet niece, I would be happy to help you defend your friend. Aziraphale and I will be in Paris next week.

[ashalsdream]

tagged by @astralarias <33

— Personal

Name: Zee

Nickname: I don’t really have one? xD

Birthday: August 7th

Age: 18

Zodiac: Leo

Nationality: British

Languages: English

Gender: AAAAAAAAAAA

Sexuality: also AAAAAAA

Height: 5’1

Meaning behind URL: my baby is Ashal & I thought adding dream sounded cute

— Favs

Favourite animals: Snow Leopard!!!

Favourite books: Beauty and The Beast (original!) & The Calling

Favourite colour: Blue or Purple

Favourite fictional characters: Canach, Fenris, Iron Bull, literally every oc introduced to me by my friends

Favourite flower: magnolia!

Favourite scent: the heat (which sounds weird but yknow the smell when you walk out of a cool room into the outside world and you can smell the heat? No? just me?)

Favourite season: Autumn!

— Random

Average hours of sleep: hah,, hah,, *sweats*

Cats or dogs: Dogs, I’m terrified of cats :((

Coffee, tea or hot chocolate: hot chocolate

Current time: 1:25 am, don’t look at me

Dream trip: Hawaii, I really want to go

Dream job: Film Cinematographer!

Hobbies: art, writing, film making, reading, ummm idk I guess gaming too? But I only really play verdant skies, gw2 and dragon age

Last movie watched: Justice League Dark for the 19th time

Last tv-show watched: the dragon prince, again.

Last song listened to: Midnight by 1979

Number of blankets you sleep with: technically I sleep with one, my dog has the other 2

Things you’re looking forward to: being able to see @commander-luna again :( I miss him and I’m sad we didn’t get to see mcr + nightvale together

Random fact(s): I have two dogs! They’re called Jax and Benson & Jax sleeps with me every night <3

 uhh tagging anyone that would like to do it tbh! 

[murfeelee]

Backed Up Replies! (Long AF)

So, small RL update: I’ll be starting a dinky little summer internship starting this Monday. (I’m just doing it for the résumé boost, cuz the pay’s literal peanuts; not even enough to cover my frikkin train fare. Effing exploitation, effing scam, I hate everything.) I won’t know exactly what my schedule’ll be till I go in and talk to them, but this is just a heads up in case I can’t be around much. I’m not dead (heavens willing), just out here doing more for less. ^_^

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@simaddix​ replied to your post “Replies? On a Tuesday?! Say whaaat!”

Geeks out a little bit - you replied to little old me!(((: lol Thank you!    

I love comments and simmer interaction more than anything -- I will reply to absolutely anyone! It saddens me to see just how little interactive exchange there is in the simming community. I don’t want anyone ever feeling too shy to drop in and speak to me. 😘🤗

solori replied to your photoset “Chibi Pics! I’m seeing everyone and their mother turning their OCs &...”                        

awesome!! :)                    

I can’t get ove how cute that app is. :3

ice-creamforbreakfast replied to your photoset “Memes Charts - sims!Spartacus Household Thanks to @in-sempiternam for...”

This post had me at "would you stab someone" XD Best post of the day.

Sometimes you just gotta stab someone. 😂

altaaira-ashuratan replied to your post “Replies? On a Tuesday?! Say whaaat!”

Wow, cool! I may have watched too many documentaries about people living in Russian countryside... o_o Anyways, well done! ':                    

I love watching historical & cultural documentaries. So cool.

bloody-personalblog-mary replied to your photoset “Windows Meme - Pt1  Super super SUUUPEEERRRRR late, I know. (－‸ლ) ...”

wow what a cool house !

Thank you! I was very inspired. ^__^

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DA:I REPLIES

bloody-personalblog-mary replied to your post “Replies? On a Tuesday?! Say whaaat!”

oooooooooooh, how nice !!! Herah is very happy about it !!!                    

I thank your sim!Herah Adaar for convincing me to get back into Dragon Age Inquisition! 👍

altaaira-ashuratan replied to your photoset “Party Banter on the Road - Adoribul Pt2   Dorian: I hope it doesn’t...”

Need time to play DA:I. So far, I've got the GOTY version for PS4 and created my character - and I bought it over three years ago. Lame. ._.

SAME. My first run was bad. I bought it in 2015, for like $60. Mofo took for EFFING EVER to install. Then the gameplay was just SO slow going for me, stuck in those frikkin Hinterlands & going on endless fetch quests and requisitions and blah blah. And Bioware’s glitchy AF animations are...interesting to experience. By the time we FINALLY got to the actual PLOT and met the big-bad at Haven, Corypheus was just running his mouth monologuing, and after wandering aimlessly around Skyhold I lost my patience with DA:I entirely. I returned it at Gamestop and got The Witcher 3 instead -- BEST DECISION EVER.

But DA:I was always at the back of my mind, and after all this time I decided to revisit it. I like it! TBH, the best part about DA:I is the party banter, and getting into the lore about Thedas’ history and what’s up with the Fade and effing Solas and everything. And I already told y’all about my crush on The Iron Bull -- I missed him so much! XD

nemexia-of-the-nightfall replied to your photoset “Party Banter on the Road - Adoribul Pt2   Dorian: I hope it doesn’t...”

AHHHHHHH! love these so much!!!!! Great job!! XXXX

omgdoubleume replied to your photoset “Party Banter on the Road - Adoribul Pt2   Dorian: I hope it doesn’t...”

Cool❗

rottenxroses replied to your photoset “Waylaid on the Road  Inquisitor Lavellan and her fellow mages take a...”

I love this!! amazing!

nemexia-of-the-nightfall replied to your photoset “Waylaid on the Road  Inquisitor Lavellan and her fellow mages take a...”

Love your DAI posts! so accurate :D                    

I’m blown away by all the positive feedback, y’all! ❤️ Thanks!

omgdoubleume replied to your photoset “Thawing the Ice Queen Iron Bull: You know, ma'am, you’re not bad with...”

I see someone's flirting here 🙈🙊                    

LOL, Vivienne ain’t slick! XD She DEFINITELY wanted to Ride the Bull. Too bad he only sees her as a mother-figure. :P

nemexia-of-the-nightfall replied to your photoset “Thawing the Ice Queen Iron Bull: You know, ma'am, you’re not bad with...”

Damn, really can't get over Iron Bull, you really made him perfect!!! ❤️❤️❤️

gaiahypothesims replied to your photoset “Banter at the Campsite: The Lone Vint  Vivienne: I presume you know...”

That bull is amaaaazing    

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!! I’m relieved that sim!Bull’s being well received. I’m struggling with the joints being kinda awkward in places, and there’s some UV mapping I need to fix, and close-up his whole horns/eyepatch business is NOT kosher. But I’ll keep working at all of it. The support means a lot, trust! ^_^

simsmidgen replied to your photoset “Banter at the Campsite: The Lone Vint  Vivienne: I presume you know...”

Lol, look at those healthy appetites with a dozen sausages on a skewer XD

LMAO! It’s so effing ridiculous, the nonsense these stupid sims roast at the fire pits! XD A whole frikkin pumpkin? Come on, EA. XD #Because TS3.

andantezen replied to your photoset “Banter at the Campsite: The Lone Vint  Vivienne: I presume you know...”

gorgeous scene!                    

Thanks so much! Frikkin horses PERSISTENTLY kept photobombing all the pics, but yeah. :D

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TUTORIAL REPLIES

pitheinfinite replied to your post “Hologram Lights - Tutorial Time!”

Awesome!! Murf’s School of Crap and Crap-Making is my all time favorite!!♡♡♡

Aw schucks, thanks! XD

nornities replied to your post “Hologram Lights - Tutorial Time!”

Thank you!

rollo-rolls replied to your post “Hologram Lights - Tutorial Time!”

Hottttt. Thank you for sharing! 👏👏👏

The more we know, the more The Sims grows!

gaiahypothesims replied to your post “Hologram Lights - Tutorial Time!”

Omg this is amazing. I may need to try this out one day.

Do! It’s extremely versatile, what y’all can make -- neon signs, glowing crystals, magic sigils/seals, holograms, etc etc.

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CC REPLIES

samkat10423 replied to your post “DAI Guitars”

Thank you!

simsmidgen replied to your post “DAI Guitars”

Thank you!

bmit04 replied to your post “DAI Guitars”

cool!

bmit04 reblogged your post and added:

brilliant!

swordcoastsimming reblogged your post and added:

WOW

packagedblyss replied to your post “DAI Guitars”

They look great! Thank you so much 😍

simsmidgen replied to your photoset “Maker: A Bard’s Song ♪♫ Maker, have you left me here? /...”

Your guitar thingie is looking awesome!

Cuz we can never have too many exotic & cultural musical instruments! ^_^

enchandycorn replied to your post “TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights”

Hoooleeee sheeeeet!!! Thank you so much Murf!!! This is just what this crystal thirsty dork needs!!!! 💙💙💙                    

I feel you! I’ve been wanting those TS4 crystals for a LONG time; just never got around to it till now. :P

doka-chan replied to your post “TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights”  

Yeah ! Thank you !

nornities replied to your post “TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights”

Oh, wonderful, thanks!

pitheinfinite replied to your post “TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights”

brilliant idea!! thank you♡♡♡                    

simsmidgen replied to your post “TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights”

Ooooohhh, shiny! Thank you <3                    

Glad y’all like them!

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Enjoy, and Happy simming!