#I was hit by the mental image and needed to get it out :D

[watchingblsnowandforever]

Ep. 16: The Happily Ever After

Hello! =D

I can't believe this is my last We Are post wow- It feels like just yesterday I was here typing out my first one because I had one too many Thoughts about it. Anyways, not to get too sentimental on main, here you go:

Warning: not a very long post, actually 😊😅

The result of long-term exposure to his boyfriend and his extreme levels of cheesiness hehe

Seriously though, I love how Fang is slowly but surely opening up to loud gestures of love (I think previously, he just wasn't used to loving loudly, he was used to loving with his whole heart but keeping it to himself because he never felt safe enough to express it).

I love how they're from absolutely different faculties and are still studying together like yess go besties who are in love with each other but are too oblivious to realise it!

Peem with Phum usually: *swats at Phum at the slightest sign of PDA even though he really enjoys it*

Peem when others say something about their relationship: So, Phum, what do you say, want me to kiss you senseless right here right now?

(And we all know what Phum's answer is gonna be hehe)

Hasn't even been two minutes in the room and they're already breaking into the bed 😭😭

(I really love this scene btw, the simple fun of it, and even though it's not sensual, it's intimate and very them.)

This pair of besties is gonna kill me istg

They keep hitting me with banger after banger of emotional lines and my heart is already weak don't do this to me 😭😭

Frankly though, I like this scene very much, the "I loved you no matter who i knew you as" and "I have always loved you" of it all really got to me.

Poor Tan 😭

That's why you never brag about something before it gets over Tan-

I love how Fang not only lets him lie on his lap but also scratches his hair hehe

And how Peem doesn't hesitate one bit to give Tan a good smack upside the head 😭

AND THE SCENE WITH TAN "ACCIDENTALLY" LETTING OUT THAT CHAIN HAS A CRUSH ON PUN AND PUN STILL BEING SO DAMN OBLIVIOUS I'M DYING 😭😂😭

I adore this scene a ridiculous amount, but I love even more that it was Phum who planned it like yess he's been wingman-ing his phi and friend since Day 1 and he never stopped.

Others have gaydars, PhumPeem have faen-dars: they know when their faen is looking at them or coming towards them.

Not a bad power to have, honestly. I approve.

THIS SCENE.

THE FRIENDSHIP. THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF IT.

THE OG 5 (note how Peem is sitting at the centre? It's indicative of how he's the centre of the group and if I had to make an educational guess, probably the reason why they're all together in the first place).

This made me cry.

I have nothing else to say about this except this is one of the best damn shots of this show, which is saying something cause the cinemtaography up till this has been ridiculously good.

Of course. <33

And I'll be writing about how they spill the tea about their respective faens

😳

Tan: *tries to be slow and sexy*

Fang: no. We're doing this now.

Honestly though, this kiss was amazing, as were all their other kisses. Hats off to AouBoom, they absolutely slayed.

Et tu, Toey? T~T

Also another very nice scene.

I knew where this was going (how could anyone not after all those 15 eps) and I think Phum would have definitely gone over to sit on Peem's lap (@Peach thank you for that mental image btw 😭) if not for the structural instability of boats on land (I did sit on once with and trust me, those things maybe super sturdy or whatever in water, but they do NOT belong on land, especially not on the beach).

I-

I'll be right there in the corner sobbing my eyes out if you need me.

The way he kept saying his name, like he was actually tasting it, trying out all the different tones, and the way Phum kept replying, all smiles and soft voice, I-

I can't with these two. They're too damn much for my poor heart.

This also inspired another smut fic but SHUSH

No, nope, not doing this-

SIGH.

Okay, so see how Phum says "Thank you for being a good story in my life?" For Phum, having Peem in his life really does feel like a story, something out of the books he read (headcanon) and something too good to be true. But he's starting to realize that this is true, that Peem is here to stay.

Peem says "Thank you for letting me step into your life" because he knows all the issues Phum has, that it's hard for him to really let people in. But he let Peem in to love him, and Peem is grateful because it gave him someone to love and be the comfort zone for, but also gave him someone who loved him.

In this essay, I will-

BROTHERS-IN-LAW.

Also, no kidding, I got a mental image of Fang and Peem sitting and sipping at their drinks while Phum and Tan argue and compete like children, and when they go too far, Fang and Peem let out this long suffering sigh while they try to pull apart their husbands.

Did I say husbands? Oops-

HEHEHE

I didn't see you denying anything, Fang~

got another fic idea but we don't talk about those

🥺🥺🫶🏼

Okay, about that dinner scene. I actually kinda liked it. The awkwardness of it, the halted conversation, the prompted actions. As with the rest of the series, they kept it real, and I'm glad for it.

A lot of BLs, especially Thai BLs forgive the parents too soon too fast, and I really like they did not do that here.

Phum just (sorta) started on this path of being on talking terms with his dad (not forgiveness, or forgetting what he's done, mind you) and I'm going to be carefully neutral about it. If Phum likes it, well and good. If the father does something Phum doesn't like well *looks at two of my wips specifically* I always keep back-ups.

Peem is never letting that go hehe

(I don't think Phum minds all that much now, because he did end up with Peem, fuck you Kluen)

Also I'm two eps behind on Wandee Goodday and I hear Title finally got a nice boyfriend role? Good for him!

FOREHEAD KISS MY BELOVED.

(...should I change my header again? Nah, I'm happy with what it is rn)

I love how even if it was never explicitly shown beyond Tan, literally everyone and their pets know about Chain and Pun except Chain and Pun 😭😭👍🏼

We Are probably has the most kisses out of all the BLs I've watched and somehow the very last kiss gets the Best Kiss award. Surprising, but well-deserved. The kissed like they were dying and Chain tried to climb Pun like a tree, and I was gleefully watching and cheering them on.

You're covering his eyes, when you've literally made out with him naked, that's some hypocrisy there, Q *raises eyebrows*

One word: roses.

(Did Peem ever tell him? Did Phum figure it out? Does Phum give him roses for every single occasion now? Hm... guess we'll never know... Fic writers, this is your cue-)

'HAPPY' has it's special place 🥺🥺

I now know for sure that the simplicity and boldness of this painting was absolutely on purpose. The other paintings in the gallery are stunning.

Friends. <33

Also, due to Tumblr's restrictions, I couldn't add the last pic, but Peem's/Phuwin's face looks hilarious in the very last shot 😭😂

That's all! See you ne- oh, right. Well, see you the next time I get brainrot so bad about a BL I have to write smut about it hehe.

If you got this far, thank you so much for reading! 😊

Here, have 🍛 (imagine it's your favourite dish)

All my We Are posts.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for setting a boundary on a Minecraft server that I didn’t want to interact with one of the admins after he quit my partner’s dnd campaign?

I (20, nonbinary) was on a lgbtq+ discord and had become friends with a trans guy (henceforth referred to as A) who was a minor. This was easy to forget as he made raunchy jokes, got drunk and high on call, and I have horrible memory issues (so I often opt to just remember people’s names and topics I should avoid around them via making little notes.)

We would very often end up in a vc together with others from the server, including our respective partners, chilling, playing games, sharing fun things we found. (His partner will henceforth be referred to as B, and mine as C) (I had known his partner before from another server and was happy to see them getting along then eventually getting together)

(C especially would always give advice like “if you’re drinking, make sure to eat/get some carbs, drinking on an empty stomach is bad!” Because they love researching medical effects to make their writing and worldbuilding feel more realistic)

There were a handful of incidents where I believe I was the asshole

I loved showing off games and musicals to people, and this has the unfortunate effect of sometimes unintentionally saying words that anger people.

Incident 1) I was playing a game and mindlessly saying location names- and I got a dm- I pause to glance at it- and I got a message saying “hey remember [redacted] is A’s deadname and he’s uncomfortable that you keep saying it”. I pause, make a mental note of “but. It. Wasn’t directed at him?” Then continue playing, dodging saying the name for the rest of my time showing the game.

Incident 2) I was showing off a musical I like- and there’s a cute scene where a character suggests a name for another character, saying that they don’t need it anymore, and it just so happened to be A’s deadname again.

Incident 3) I was playing Sea of Thieves solo- and struggling. I’d been hit by lightning, and now was being attacked by a shark. A and B were making fun of the fact I had slipped into an accent out of sheer panic so I (enraged and not thinking at all) said “I’ll name the damn shark after you, fillet and gut it!” (A really likes sharks. I also like sharks but apparently not as much as him)

(I apologized for this on call later, saying that I was emotional and mad, and if I’d been thinking I wouldn’t have said that. I also apologized for the previous incident about the deadname)

A and B had also joined C’s dnd campaign alongside another one of our mutual friends, D (who did not leave the campaign, but that’s not important right now). I have reason to believe C told the others they couldn’t be either of the two classes I said my character thought they were, but I don’t know. Things went great (or so I thought) we got some plot trails (one connected to the race of my character, one being D’s character’s family) and everything seemed fine- A was flirting with a lot of the enemies and NPCS (C found the character arts via google images and unfortunately ‘attractive’ seems to be a main character design commonality)

Then one day, I woke up to check the campaign discord because of a ping and noticed both A and B had left the server and there was no new messages- confused, I hopped into call with C- who explained that A had dropped a long list of accusations about Myself and C, essentially insulting us and accusing us of things like ‘sending NSFW things to kids’, ‘acting like the victim’, ‘naming a character A’s deadname’, ‘DM favouritism’, and a whole bunch of other things. I was- shocked.

(A also apparently messaged D and said something like “sorry for ending the campaign like that, if you want to use your character you can always write with me!” And got angry when D said they didn’t leave the campaign.)

(C is also a generally sex-repulsed Asexual. They were forcing themself to become more comfortable with it because of A’s raunchy jokes)

This was followed by some harassment from A and B.

A tried publicly calling out C on social media (which C had only used to make a single post sharing something they had made for someone’s art/design) for “sending nsfw things to minors” and on another platform for “being a fake ass bitch”, as well as both of them heckling a new haircut I’d been nervous but excited to try and get for years and just figured out how to ask for (responses such as “omg no ew why would you do that”), as well as A saying “no I don’t” a picture I shared of C and I going to see a musical together with the caption “you wish you were here!” (All were shared and reacted to publicly on the discord server)

(To be fair about the haircut- the stylist had cut part of it a little too short and it made my face look especially chubby)

This is where I start to feel less like the asshole

So I went on the discord for the Minecraft server and said “hey, I don’t feel comfortable interacting with A after the allegations they’ve been making”. A immediately got defensive and angry about me saying “allegations” and kicked me from the discord before I could defend myself (and C).

I explained the situation to the admin of the server we’d met on, who also owned the Minecraft server, and apologized to them that they had to moderate. Both A and I lost our mod privileges on the discord, and I also found out A had been given multiple “cease and desist”s for… saying/sharing vulgar/nearly nsfw things on the discord before. And they did it again. The reason they were never banned or kicked was that the admin had made it in hopes that A would make friends.

Now. To a part that still horrifies me.

A legitimately found out C’s mom’s number, and called her to insist that C sent NSFW things to minors. (C suspects that they got it from a time C called the police out of genuine concern for A who hadn’t responded to any messages in around a day)

C also told me that the most they had sent A was like. Attractive anime guys from the first page of google images because C really liked big anime man chests. A apparently sent C full on p*rn once.

The problem is- I feel like I was the asshole- even though most of the “incidents” were accidents because I try to not remember someone’s deadname because- it’s? Not their name anymore? And it didn’t help that I genuinely do not remember being told it was their deadname until after incident 1.

Was I the Asshole?

What are these acronyms?

[mysteryanimator]

SENSES - Animatic breakdown :D

Breaking down my panels because I am silly and I know some people wanted me to break down my thoughts for this. THOUGH, I still leave a lot up for interpretation!

You can watch it here :D

(Also I ended up adding subtitles to this, so you can see what panels get timed to each lyric)

(I won't go through every single panel since 30 image limit BUT please know that 99.9% of the panels have been beamed with a lot of symbolism. I'm very passionate about this subject, esp with drama scenes LOL)

Also here proving to myself I don't use ten billion close up shots HAHAHAH, ty for three days ago me for thumbnailing everything

SECTION 1- MIZRAK'S POV

yes, the first verse and first chorus is from Mizrak's perspective/second verse is from Olrox's perspective.

OK, not only is the establishing shot, but it kinda establishes the major symbolism stuff I play into- hands and windows! Connection and dividers! Please keep in mind eyes are the window to the soul :D

It very much informs the entire animatic LOL.

From here on out (till a certain point :3) the window acts as a divider. This shot will be important for later btw :))) Also I have a feeling Olrox would say something like "Destiny always seemed make believe."

Fun fact, I ended up dropping a wip section 01 to a few people and they were all eviscerated by the part of Mizrak reaching for Olrox. This acted like a screen test for me and later informed me to focus on Mizrak's hand for a few more shots.

WHICH, BY WAY THE CHORUS BREAKUP SECTION FROM MIZRAK'S POV:

I won't delve too much into here, BUT mentally i decided that when interpreting the chorus, it was as if they were speaking to each other. It also happens again for the bridge part :DDD

SECTION 2- OLROX'S POV

What was important to me was getting Olrox's POV on Mizrak, since in Nocturne we explored Mizrak getting insight into Olrox's past I went "omg, let's do the reverse!" and get Olrox to gather insight on Mizrak's past.

I've perceived Mizrak to be a lot more snappier with his co-workers and friends (take for insistence him yelling at the other monks, and being a lot more direct without fanfare with Richter and Maria in the first ep)

PARALLELS !!! Which, the abbey is intentionally overlayed over Olrox, hahaha Mizrak needs to choose between duty and desire :))))) Also this is the sole reason why the placements are skewed heavily to one side, so they can literal mirrored version of each other and be put side by side.

I actually debated myself a lot for this part, because the plan was going to go in a very different direction, however I thought having them not facing the camera, much like how they both can't seem to face themselves (or each other directly for this matter). Which I noticed was a huge thing with the character acting between those two characters.

ANOTHER CALL BACK LOL. Also I personally interpret Mizrak saying "we make our own destiny".

Mizrak reaching out !!! Also, while there is no window, the wood panels are there to substitute for the division theme. Olrox is standing on that divide and Mizrak has to decide if he wants to "break" through that divider.

SECTION 3 - omg they do it

OK, the scenes where they do the deed!!! By this point I feel like you guys are already getting very used to all the call-back scenes, so instead of doing a mirrored version of the first chorus scene, I decided to make all of the lyrics a contradiction to what was happening on screen. This helps for the hard cut to their argument hit sooo much harder (well i would hope sooooo LOL)

also if this shot feels familar, It's from an animation wip I'm working on that's been shelved for now because of uni HAHAH

A fight? No no, you're getting them fuc-

HAND, this will be the only time they will touch hands. The only time they connect. Also I like the contradiction with the "leave me alone with all of my questions", while they literally hold hands as they do it LOL.

SECTION 4- The argument

OK SO, me explaining these frame isn't super important, its more so a fun fact BUT going back to them using parts of the song as their "dialogue", I thought it would be fun to have them jab at each other. SO when Olrox is paired with:

"Know you fell for the person that tried to be someone they're not." Olrox is taking a jab at Mizrak for not being himself.

"You long for a feeling you'll never get back and I'm scared that you'll finally give up." Mizrak is taking a jab at Olrox for being a 'coward'.

HA, so remember eyes are window to the soul? Well so I decided that for this argument section, I wanted to give off that the argument here was literally going to dig DEEP, so I just ended up reusing the exact same lighting/posing for them. Which is the reason why they're both dead center (and it helps make this section slightly disorientating).

Which by the way, I noticed in Nocturne, these characters don't face each other directly when being vulnerable- they're always like behind or off to their side. The only times where they've been face to face properly are these:

"You're an animal whose soul died centuries ago." "Oh, has the world abandoned you Mizrak?"

They're jabbing into each other's inner psyche, so I wanted to do that here :D

Yes, that is right. Briefly you see Olrox's lover and Olrox's amercia fit. I thought it would be SO angsty for the earring piece to come from Olrox's previous lover. Also the past versions only start appearing during the "but the one you'll never love." :))))))

Btw I'm not 100% solid on Olrox's prev lover design, but I'd love to develop him more someday (if he doesn't get further developed season 2)

SECTION 5- Aftermath

From here on out, I make the references so much more obvious! For Olrox waking up I ended up going backward of the introduction! Which as a final note, the abbey and Olrox are on opposite sides of the divide :)))

Also, around this time I had realised "oh I have 30 seconds left and I want this done now or else it'll fester and rot in my brain, making me unable to do anything else until I finish it." So instead of completely making new assets from scratch, a much more straightforward parallel was in order (and it makes it super angsty too, which double points)

The ending I wanted to leave very open ended! However, I will make it known that he crosses over that divider when he balls his hands into fists, unlike how he was unable to when I first showed this exact shot.

Also these are the three shots I reference back to for this final scene. Mizrak ends up crossing over that divide, much like he did when the animatic started. WHICH AGAIN, you are super free to infer and make up your own thoughts as to why these scenes were crucial for referencing.

By the way, every time we have seen Mizrak from the chest down, it starts from the back, then the side, and now the front :))))

As a side note, every time I cut off a character's head (specifically eyes too) in a shot, it is very purposeful to force the audience to infer what these characters are feeling and base it off their body language alone. It is also in a way, an attempt to conceal as much as I can about what the character is feeling, playing into the theme that eyes are the window to the soul, and we, as the audience, are not allowed into their private thoughts.

anddd done :D hope y'all enjoy this info-dumping soup. I'd love to try my hand at some action boards and see how my analytical brain puts drama beats there, since at this point applying emotional connections to compositions and camera angles is second nature. So that for action hrmmmmmm we'll see AFTER UNI THO (ANNETTE IT'S YOUR TURN)

I have one assignment left for this semester, wish my uni wouldn't adamantly put down 2d focused students (or wish they'd even teach us, though honestly teaching myself is very fun and rewarding) BUT I digress!

I had a lot of fun doing this! Ty for reading this far LOLOLOL

[apocalypseornaw]

A Memory or Me (Pt 1/3)

Sam Winchester X Reader

You and Sam have been together for a while now. You're head over heels for him and he feels the same...doesn't he?

Perks of hunting meant you only ran in such a big circle of people. You'd known Sam and Dean for years, occasionally hunting with Dean during the years Sam was at Stanford. Things never got weird between you and Dean for multiple reasons, one being you knew you weren't his usual type. You by far didn't look like you'd be walking the catwalk any time soon, your thighs were thick and you always had a tummy. Don't get it wrong Dean was an amazing friend and he was easy on the eyes but you and him had always been simply that, friends. 

Sam on the other hand. The two of you had been friends for years and when he came back to hunting he was rightfully in mourning for his girlfriend. You hadn't never meant to develop an attraction to the younger Winchester but it wasn't exactly something you had control over. Who wouldn't fall for Sam? He was tall, broad and absolutely gorgeous. Beyond his looks he was sweet and caring but still would stand toe to toe with anything that crawled out of hell the same as Dean.

Luckily Sam never seemed to notice but unfortunately Dean did and for the longest he would go to the extremes to amuse himself at your expense because he knew just how much you did like his brother. He credited himself with pushing the two of you together.

 

The hunt was rough, leaving all of you bruised and sore. Dean and Sam had decided to check out the bar next door while you opted to go to sleep. 

You were sitting on the bed when they started to leave and Dean winked at you from the doorway “Now try not to shoot us when we get back sweetheart” “I won't shoot Sam” you told him with a smile which made Sam laugh and Dean shook his head “Yeah I bet you wouldn't wanna hurt him” 

You could feel your eyes widen even as Dean pulled Sam out of the door behind him, the sound of his laughter drifting back to your ears even through the door. You were gonna kill him if he ended up letting your feelings slip to Sam.

____________________________

Eventually you got settled in one of the beds and started to doze off but before sleep could pull you under fully you heard a key in the door.  A part of you registered to grab a weapon but you could make out Sam and Dean's voices.

You sat up in the bed and watched as Dean eased the door open, Sam's larger frame draped over his shoulder. “Easy there” he mumbled as he helped Sam into the room. You raised an eyebrow at Dean who shrugged “I forget Sammy doesn't hold his liquor like I do” 

Sam was leaning against the wall just inside the door and grinned brightly “Hey Y/N” you laughed lightly “Hey Sam” He cut his eyes towards Dean and you think he meant to whisper but instead he said fairly loudly “She's so damn pretty”

You knew your eyebrows were probably at your hairline by that point but Dean was grinning, obviously pleased with himself as he nodded “I know Sammy, I know” he offered to help Sam to one of the beds but Sam pushed off the wall “I can do it!”

You were trying not to laugh when Sam narrowly avoided ending up on the floor and instead flopped down heavily on the foot of the bed you were currently in. Dean never really managed to get drunk anymore but this was once you couldn't describe the drunk in question as anything short of adorable.

___________________________

You moved a little towards the end of the bed and touched Sam's shoulders gently “Sam” He jumped when he realized he'd sat on your bed instead of the one him and Dean were sharing “Y/N…I'm so sorry!”

Dean was biting his lip by this point so you shot him a look to be quiet before saying “It's ok. I was just wondering if you need help with your boots” 

When his eyes got big the mental image of a golden retriever hit your mind “You wanna help me?” You smiled despite yourself “Yeah Sam I wanna help you” you slipped out of the bed and cut your eyes at Dean “Come help me you damn enabler”

His chuckle was deep as he walked over and squatted down next to you. You slipped Sam's left boot off while Dean slipped his right boot off. By that point Sam was laid back across the bed with an arm thrown over his face. 

________________________

You looked from him to Dean “Is he still conscious?” Sam lowered his arm and smirked, honest to God smirked which was something Sam didn't do. “Mostly” you laughed again “Well how about you scoot on up in the bed so we can all get some sleep?”

He scooted up, his long legs curling as he moved. Once he was settled you moved to pull the blanket up over him then looked at Dean “So, are we sharing?” Dean shook his head “I'll take the floor” Sam looked up at you “You can share with me Y/N. I promise I'm not gonna touch you” a giggle escaped him before he said “Well if you asked me to I would. I'd fucking love to touch you”

You could feel your cheeks warm as Dean cracked up laughing. You swung on Dean but he ducked so you swallowed your embarrassment before saying “Ok Sam just scoot over” he moved over again and you hesitated before crawling into bed next to him. He tried to pull the blanket up over you but missed his mark. You bit your lip to not laugh when he said “Goodnight beautiful” then flopped over dramatically onto his stomach and was snoring within minutes. 

You looked over at Dean's bed and he had his face buried in the pillow but his back was shaking with laughter “Why did you get him drunk?” You whispered and he turned to look over his shoulder at you “I was tired of hearing you both talk about the other. Someone had to make a push”

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The next morning you woke up and felt like you were pinned to the bed. When you opened your eyes you saw one of Sam's legs was thrown over your lower half and he was curled up with his face buried into the slip of collarbone that was sticking out of the shirt you'd worn to bed. 

Dean's bed was empty so he'd probably gone on a breakfast run. You tapped Sam gently “Sam” He woke up slowly then froze when he realized the position he was in “Did I say everything I think I said last night?”

You nodded then offered “We can forget it if you want because you were extremely drunk” he slowly looked up at your face which was a little awkward considering his leg was still over you “Just because I was drunk doesn't mean it wasn't the truth” 

He pulled his leg from over you and pushed himself up the bed, stopping once his back was against the headboard. You sat up too and turned to face him in the bed. One of his hands came out to rest on your leg and when you didn't pull away he smiled. “I've felt like this about you for a while and um Dean might have insinuated it wasn't one sided?” 

You nodded slowly “It's not” his eyes flew up to your face so fast you saw the moment his brain registered fast movement was a bad idea. “So do you think this could work?” You shrugged “We could try” Sam leaned closer to you and your heart leapt into your throat. How many times had you thought about kissing him? 

Right before your lips touched the motel room door swung open and there stood Dean with a broad grin “What did I interrupt?” Sam turned to look at his brother and if looks could have killed Sam would've been an only child. “You're an ass Dean” Dean shrugged shutting the door behind himself and sitting the food and drinks down on the table “I no longer have to hear you two drool over each other so call me what you want”

You shook your head then placed a quick kiss on Sam's cheek “I'm gonna go shower. We'll talk more later”

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You had just shut the door when you heard Sam say a very low “Thank you” to Dean

You laughed at the memory as you felt the bed dip behind you and Sam's arm slipped around your waist “What are you laughing at baby?” He whispered into your ear and you squirmed from the feeling of his breath on your neck “How Dean pushed us together”

He chuckled then kissed the skin of your neck “Yeah I still need to find a good thank you for him” You turned in his arms to face him and smiled “Or you could kiss me?” He grinned “I like that idea even more”

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There were times you still heard that little voice at the back of your head. The voice that told you how gorgeous Jess was, how Sam was going to propose to her, how your relationship would never measure up to theirs. 

You tried to ignore that voice because you knew Sam cared about you, the way he touched you, kissed you and made you feel was unlike any other man you'd ever been with.

He was happy with you, wasn't he?

@lacilou @fullbelieverheart

[sunny-reacts-to-stuff]

tma 123 "web development"

body horror, spiders, insect infestation, direct violence, extreme aggression, emotional trauma, grief, toxic relationships

this one looks like its about to suck (as in, its gonna scare me)

good title btw

i need a run down of the archives, jon, and you better deliver it

oh she is so not okay oh no

oh no

:(

melanie, martin and gerry are my favorite characters and she is doing whatever this slaughter shit is, martin is petering lukasing and gerry invented post-mortem euthanasia. great.

could be worse ig.

tbh it couldnt be.

YEAH MELANIE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SIX MONTHS THATS NOT "JUST FINE"

melanie i love you more than i love anyone but i need you to take a breather

did he just. did he just "melanie, this isn't the you we all know and care about!" her?

who transcribed this

i think tim did threaten you but ok

lmao the mental image of all the other entities peer pressuring the eye into a ritual is hilarious

nooo the flesh is nasty

SHE SAVED ALL OF THEM :( MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL

IT HIT HIM HARD :c

im gonna kms

hey so idk if im just weird but the way they all talk about peter and martin it just seems like peter is grooming him

"are you sure he is real" guys maybe peter lukas is just a collective hallucination

whooosh!

that was cute

well at least you know its the lonely and we dont have to deal with another the stranger situation and wait the whole season for it to hit

"play dead" i love her

the archivist :D

oh no a people pleaser

oh poor guy :C

that is crazy tbh

the web out of all avatars formatting emails poorly is hilarious

why the fuck did i google that if i already knew it was gonna be spiders

i think its super interesting that the "being trapped in a net you can't see" entity operates online and shares terminology with the internet

he digitalized the dark note. got it.

THE STORY-SPINNER IS SUCH A GREAT NAME

again, very interesting that the entity about being controlled without knowing and that is somewhat related to the internet and social media gets a name that suggests perturbation of real events and fake tellings of occurences

ew

but well done for giving money to those in need

on the same way that it's interesting that the eye, rather than having a cult, has an academic institution, it's really interesting that the web's more organized following things are related to the foster system, which is bordering if not crossing the border for legallized human traffic and social network

oh angie you are going in the good statement givers list

you are gonna need to rehire

ohh supplement?

CARLOS?

noo my boy :(

my sweet traumatized 30 something year old boy

[alarrytale]

With Louis’ new persona (on stage, the denials, the blocks) I wouldn’t be surprised if he did play along this time no offense but there were a few pics with D that looked pretty convincing to some, even some Larries.

An actress on the rise on a hit show with a predominately male audience could be what they want, think of all the appearances too, red carpets, celebrity parties, circles including people who hobnob with Harry, so many chances to look lovey dovey and straight to people who have no idea about Larry.

Who knows who it could be maybe an actress with a shiny new contract with a management group who on the day after the “like” was being interviewed as One to Watch on an entertainment show and had the “lots of things to celebrate” as a caption on the pics (not saying it’s her)

They’ve already used Glasto for PR, F1 and when he was going to the Euros walking with the Prince for PR all historically male focused things would we really be surprised. Not saying he would like it but he doesn’t seem to have an issue with other things they’ve done lately (not including a certain stunt)

Hi, anon!

We've talked about it a million times before, so i'm not going to go into that discourse again. But who exactly would that woman be? I'm pretty sure lthq is taking suggestions. SN was the best they could do two years ago. Who would fit that bill? Who would take that risk?

Here is Louis' issues;

He's a gay man in a relationship with one of the most famous pop stars in the world. Everyone who cares to know knows and everyone who follow celeb news have heard about larry stylinson. The risk of fans and the gp not buying the fake relationship is very high.

Louis hasn't got the best public image and he's got a lot of baggage. Being romantically connected to Louis could put the woman's own fans off or end up changing people's perception of the woman for the worse.

Louis is forcibly closeted and doesn't want to play along. He played along with D, because he needed to distance himself from B. He needs to be motivated to play along. If bg was ending, that would be good motivation.

Louis is so gay that even if he plays along and tries his hardest, it doesn’t look natural. He's a bad actor and can't fake his attraction and chemistry with women. He struggles to properly hold hands and kisses with his eyes open. He's just awkward doing PDA with women.

Louis is 33 years old with a 9 year old kid. He can't date anyone too young. Fandom wouldn't tolerate it. Lessons learned from SN. Fake dating Louis would also entail playing stepmom.

In order for this to be a PR relationship and not just a bearding situation, he needs to date someone who can give him that career boost, someone with an established fandom/fanbase of their own, who could become fans of Louis.

Louis is tired of stunting and lying. He has stunt obligations in regards to bg, so stunting with a woman on top of that would make it hard to have any authenticity left. It could also hurt his mental health.

Louis' fandom is majority larries. Larries are tired of stunting, and a stunt with a woman on top of bg would be too much for his excisting fans. None of us would believe it's real. We'd be vocal about it. The woman would get loads of negative attention from Louis' fandom.

Considering all these risks and factors. Who in their right mind would fake date Louis Tomlinson, thinking they'd come out ahead and gain something from it? Who would Louis take a chance on, that would be worth the effort?

Furthermore, the women who is willing to take risks like this are up and coming, unknown, young women who doesn’t trust their own talent, or have aspirations beyond their own talent. Someone too naive or inexperienced to know what they're getting themselves into. It would be morally wrong to expose them to the hate and backlash they would inevitably get. It could end up traumatising them. And again, age is an issue. There aren't many 33 year old celebrity women who aren’t already married or in long term relationships, who's willing to take the risk of dating Louis and play stepmom.

A mutual bearding situation is something i could possibly see working for Louis, but again it would be bearding and not primarily for PR. And not only one queer person trying to fake it, but two? Yeah, no i just can't see that ending well either...

[nol0nger-human]

MAG155: The Cost of Living: Basira Hussian Perspective. Word Count: 1892

This episode was a massive turning point for Basira and I don't think many people are really able to acknowledge this due to the subtlety of it, but just like how Jon finally cracked in 154 with his confrontation with Martin, this is really Basiras cracking point as well. As I've talked about in extremity, and as we all know, Basira is deeply, deeply reliant on Daisy. After all the shit that's gone down in her life Daisy has been the one constant, the one thing that's always there for her to rely on. Not only did they go through extremely traumatizing events together when working as partners in Section 31, but with everything happening in the institute, they're practically bound together. Even the very first interaction we have with Daisy, there's an expression of her concern and care for her 

[DAISY - [anxious, drawn] Don’t tell Basira. She doesn’t know about that procedure. I, I’m not sure how much she’d understand, she – she’s not – cut out for that kind of work.].

 Time and time again we begin to realize just how deeply bound they are as people. As the series goes on, we see them go from work partners, to trauma-bound, to full on codependent to a point where neither of them see life worth living without the other one in it. To the point where Basira practically sacrificed her life for Daisy, joining the institute and signing the rest of her life away on a contract that would save Daisy's life. They're incredibly bonded, to the point where we really barely see them interact. This is because they're so close that they don't *need* to talk to each other a lot for their bond to hold strong. They're so incredibly close that interaction simply isn't needed, because their care for eachother prevails despite how much they're around each other or not. This expression comes to a climax in mag146 during everyone's intervention with Jon. Basira explodes at Jon, furious with him for hurting innocent people to save his own life. However, when it's brought up that Daisy has murdered people again and again for this same reason, using her status as police to get away with it, Basira ADAMENTLY defends her viciously, insisting that what Daisy did was different, despite it being much, much more severe than what Jon had done. This is because Basira idealizes Daisy more than she likes to admit and for several reasons. Basira is someone who thrives off stability, so with her entire life crumbling around her, Daisy is the stone pillar she can lean on, rely on, count on as someone who's always going to be the good in her life. So when this image of Daisy is threatened, Basira becomes enraged. I've talked about this before but this mentality is illustrated well by Leson Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance. When a person's conviction does not align with physical evidence of reality, and so that person rewrites reality in order for that awkward gap to be closed. Basira needs Daisy to be a good person due to her devotion to Justice, and so even when it's proved to her that what Daisys done is extremely immoral, she makes excuses for her to eradicate the dissonance created between her belief and reality. This is especially because of Basiras massive dedication to justice, and her black and white good and evil way of thinking. And so, the events of 146 go down. (if you want more on this scene [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aWHkkKeG9iDYXaesQ927NAvnHeczZnToT8y_NKBeLSU/edit?usp=sharing]) 

NOW let's take this in the context of mag155. The previous night after Jon was attacked by Julia and Trevor, he called Daisy for help, and this situation ended up exhausting her. We see just how incredibly weak Daisy has become, as we realize she can hardly take much physical work, is scarily thin, and is exhausted incredibly easily, getting her sick from the temptation of the hunt. This puts her out of commission for a little, and we are really truly hit with the reality of what her resisting the hunt has done to her. Painful, and intense withdrawal with no escape. Then, in 155, when Jon asks Basira about Daisy, we get the following interaction. Let's go through it, starting with the words exchanged. 

[BASIRA - I’m trying to convince her to go after them. To, uh… Hunt them. ARCHIVIST - Why? BASIRA - Because I’m not going to lose her. ARCHIVIST - She goes hunting again, you might anyway. BASIRA - And if she doesn’t, she might die. ARCHIVIST - Something you’re fine with in certain other cases, and something she’s made peace with. BASIRA - Because of the guilt she feels over the stuff the Hunt made her do. It’s not her fault.] 

Now. my fucking god lets go over this. This is really the scene where everything that happened in 146 and everything that's been happening, Basira really admits to. And what's truly revealed is just how dependent she is on Daisy. Seeing Daisy so weak, Basira is more dreadful than she could ever imagine, because aside from just seeing Daisy as a pillar, she also loves her. She cares about her. Hell she's everything to her even if that fact is extremely repressed. To the point where when she sees Daisy in such a state she is trying to convince her to kill people again. Basira the woman who quit the police force due to the corruption in it, Basira who judges people in black and white based on how just they are, Basira who exploded on Jon when he temporarily hurt four innocent people for his own survival, pleads with Daisy to go back to her own ways. Desperately tries to convince her to give into the hunt just once in order to feel better. Basira cares about Daisy so much that she's willing to set aside every moral she's ever had every thought of justice simply so that she doesn't have to lose Daisy, because she doesn't know what she would ever do without her. [BASIRA - Because I’m not going to lose her. ] 

Because she doesn't want to lose her. Because she cant lose her. And so she betrays everything she bases her own self on just to try and protect her, finally admitting how much she relies on her even if it's just through a few vague words. Even after this, when Jon snaps at her for her own hypocrisy, calling Basira out for excusing Daisy but not him for hurting people far less for the same reason. 

[ARCHIVIST - Something you’re fine with in certain other cases, and something she’s made peace with.] 

Her own hypocrisy staring her right in the face, she still denies, and still does everything in her power to eradicate that dissonance. She makes vague excuses for her, "it's not her fault", "she didn't know what she was doing", "it's different i swear it's different". Then Jon lays down the lines that really just end up cracking her.

 [ARCHIVIST - Earlier, when she was still out of it, I… I saw some of the things she was talking about, some of the things she did while she was police. Do you want me to tell you? BASIRA - No. No I don’t. ARCHIVIST - you knew, didn’t you? You knew the sort of things she did, and you let her. BASIRA - No. Not exactly. I thought… It’s not that simple.] 

Jon hits her right in the chest with the "I know what she's done. Do you want me to tell you in all the detail I know will crack your vision of her? But that's when we realize. He doesn't need to. It's not that Basira was slightly in the dark about the full extent of what Daisy did and so she filled in the gaps of her knowledge with excuses. It's not as if she only tried to justify what Daisy did due to not having the full picture. Basira knew every fucking thing. Every last detail and yet still excused her actions. She knew every disgusting truth and still clung onto her love for Daisy, and justified it. "Did Festinger ever consider how our justifications are to save not only ourselves, but others too? Did he ever consider how lies and love are intertwined?”  Basira isn't just lying for herself, she's lying to protect Daisy. Her lies about reality mix and tangle and knot with her love for Daisy, twisting and warping the two things into one ugly truth mixed with devotion and heartache. Without realizing it, without saying it directly, without even wanting to, Basira reveals everything about her mindset in this scene because it's when she finally becomes desperate. Just like how Jons desperation (rant coming soon :) ) in mag154 is what finally characterized his motives, Basira has been driven to a point of desperation that reveals her motives in full daylight without her even realizing it. Because at the core of it all: is Daisy. The person she truly lives for and the one that she is willing to do whatever it takes to protect because she's dependent on her to a point of no return, a deep, painfully repressed love driving her every action. Even in the last few words exchanged between the two here, we see how Basira bases her every action based off Daisy.

 [ ARCHIVIST - Have you thought any more about what I said? BASIRA - Yeah, I don’t think I can. Daisy wouldn’t come if I didn’t, and I’m not leaving her behind. Besides, both of us being blind would be… anyway, being stuck here isn’t exactly her main problem right now. ]

 "What i said" was referring to what Jon figured out to be the one way of leaving the institute. (Gouging one's own eyes out). And through hearing that, through Basira realizing the position that's ruined her life, through the job that she was manipulated into joining with Daisy's life on the line, Basira still refuses. Because of Daisy. Her one and only chance of escape is denied because she wants to be able to take care of Daisy. And because she doesn't know if Daisy would follow her. And where Daisy goes, she goes. Which is not going to be a reference to a heartbreaking line later in the series because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon.

because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jon because Daisy and Basira are not parallels to Martin and Jo-

[featherlumina]

hmmm 1 and 22?

Heck yea thank you so much for the ask @banorawhite! :D

1. The character everyone gets wrong.

You know 'im, you love 'im, it's the one and only Genesis Rhapsodos, babey~! Honestly, I've seen people treat him like he's some special kind of terrible for an antagonist whilst not holding the same measure to other characters who have behaved just as bad. Do I condone any of the terrible actions he took? Of course not! Do I also find him infinitely fascinating and nuanced and not just a one-dimensional poetry-quoting asshole? Yes! I get Mr. Rhapsodos drove quite a people mad with his LOVELESS-quoting tendencies, and I will say that Crisis Core suffered for being limited to the PSP and from some poor writing choices. But I'll also say that if Square had properly contrasted his pre-and-post degradation mental state and built a sturdy foundation of his friendship with Angeal and Sephiroth, the impact of his desertion and the betrayal he felt would've hit much harder. that's what fanart and fanfic are for and Genesis is so much richer for it

22. Your favourite part of canon that everyone else ignores.

I bet there's a bunch, but my brain is malfunctioning and all I can think of right now is not quite something that's ignored per-se but I haven't seen much on yet. Gillian Hewley's house in Banora is covered in lovely nature photos that I am certain were taken by Angeal and gifted to her by him to brighten things up.

Also, another obscure thing that I noticed that when Zack goes to Banora in Crisis Core, there are wreaths on all the doors of the houses. The timeline notes that this happens in December, which would imply these are festive decorations. And that just kind of breaks my heart for whatever reason cause it means the village was taken over not long after people put out decorations. Ouch.

Also I need to mention my headcanon that Mideel appears to be in the southern hemisphere, which means Banora has a summer Christmas. And cause I'm Australian, for years I've had the mental image of Genesis, Sephiroth and Angeal (and screw timelines, Zack and Cloud too) having a typical Aussie barbeque/Christmas celebration in Banora. Think Angeal on the barbie, cooking up a storm and chugging a beer, Zack and Cloud playing backyard cricket, Genesis and Sephiroth sitting in those dingy white lawn chairs in shorts and silly Christmas shirts with sunnies on, Gillian putting together a pavlova, etc.

[rach172]

The Office Fic Idea:

Okay, I was rewatching the Office again when S06E01 Gossip played. It was as I was listening to dear Andy's(he's my fav and I'll never forgive the writers for doing him dirty like they did) 'Hypothetical Scenario' involving Brad Pitt and a Cabana when the thought hit me...that is an extremely specific situation to be referencing. Which brings us to the prompt, wouldn't it be hilarious if that actually happened. Like a young Andy, either fresh out of Highschool, or possibly during college, went on vacation to a beach resort somewhere, coincidentally the same place that Brad Pitt went to 'get away from it all'.

There are several routes this could take, alcohol and dares may have been involved, maybe it was because of whatever equivalent of a scienceology challenge was going on at the time. The reasoning isn't important, just that the actor ended up planting one on Andy Bernard and the Nard-Dog ended up with an I.O.U. that he should feel free to cash in at any time in exchange for 1. Not suing and 2. Keeping the incident under wraps.

Which brings us to the fun part of the fic. Andy calls in that favor, maybe to get tickets to a sold out show, or arrange a meeting between Oscar and his favorite Director/Actor/Writer/Whatever. Or maybe one of Oscars relatives has an emergency back in Mexico, or he missed his flight and is currently stranded in a foreign country because all outgoing planes are booked full for at least a week? No need to fear cause the Nard-Dog knows a guy with access to a private jet that totally owes him one. And once its out Oscar just thinks back to that conversation they had and is just...in shock. His boyfriend kissed Brad Pitt! What the hell Andy?!!! Can ya'll tell I love Oscar/Andy btw? :D But no seriously, I think this scenario is hilarious and it can pretty much work with any pairing or even no pairing. I might try to write something for it eventually myself, but in case I don't get to it, or wont do it justice, I'm putting this out there in case any competent writers who loves Andy as much as I do gets inspired. Also, if somebody already did something similar and I just haven't found it, I apologize and please let me know so that I can read it and link it here!

In any case, may you all get as much giggles out of this mental image as I did! :D

[ghostsandmirrors]

for anyone interested in the tma adventure;

(spoilers for s2) (this is very long)

we hit episode 60 tonight.

i mistook martin for sasha when he said 'what right-?!' because it was so high pitched that my brain decided 'female voice' and then jon goes 'it's not about rights, Martin,' (or smth to that effect) and I went 'that was martin?!'

anyway, I have three new segments of episodes to listen to repeatedly and occasionally take notes of! but I don't remember which episode martin sasses jon into joining him for lunch in nor which episode jon confronts martin in and martin admits to lying for a job. it's somewhere between 52 and 60 because those are the ones we listened to.

as a note for anyone who missed when i started listening to tma: 'we' is my friend who was hyperfixated on tma prior to us listening now and i. he's the reason i started listening. it's very fun to be listening with someone who already knows it all, because i don't care about spoilers so i occasionally bounce things off of him like 'hey, the vampires and the web... are they related?' 'I don't think so.' 'okay. that's hilarious. i'm into them being unrelated to any entity. we have all these creatures that are related to entities and then also just... vampires.'

or 'this is a new spooky noise' 'it is?' 'yeah. s1 had a different noise. ... does every entity have a specific noise?' 'oh. I don't know. maybe.' (I'm not convinced they don't; the episode in space had a New Noise to signal 'this is spooky time in this statement' that kept building while the episode for.... the watcher? had one that didn't continuously build; I noticed pretty quickly in s1 that during statements, when something Spooky is mentioned, there's a noise in the background. obviously, it's to build tension but my brain is dumb and read it as 'now is the spooky time' so every episode, I go 'ah, spooky moment' while my friend is typing ':)' or letting me know 'hey, important name!' bcus he knows my memory is absolute dogshit.)

my friend is also a tall Martin truther and I'm very happy to be a short Jon truther because of him. i thought the heights of the archive five were like sasha, jon, elias, tim, martin (shortest to tallest) but he mentioned the idea of jon being shorter than sasha and i'm also very into that idea. the mental image of teeny tiny jon being in charge of lanky bollock tim, 'large' martin, and sasha (who's probably tall compared to the average or at least compared to him, but not by much) is incredible,

especially after his confrontation with martin where he's trying to be intimidating, being loud, slamming his hand on the table, and you can just feel the stare Martin's giving him of 'I could sit on you and you could not do anything about it don't test me, jon.' which i love and approve of. put his skinny, tiny ass in timeout, martin. get 👏 him 👏

'i'm big and gay and i'm going to ruin your day.' - martin in my heart, where he would not hesitate to put jon in timeout during s2.

maybe it's a good thing that I don't have a jon to write opposite, because I am already a clown with Martin and TMA, I don't need to pull someone else into the circus with us.

haha circus. talking about tma. ... I'm funny.

also we have like three continuous bits while listening, now. there's maaaaaaahtin (making fun of how jon says 'martin'), 'dear jonny sims, you got shit wrong' (me writing letters to the writer of TMA because john doe is the american unidentified man name, not the english one, jonny, have you never seen an episode of doctor who?! and also the inland revenue doesn't deal with money laundering or inform people of how to avoid it with the source being my mum who worked for the inland revenue for almost 30 years), and me pointing out spooky noises which became a bit today because I kept fuckin doing it.

honestly, making fun of how a character says another character's name is so fun. we did it in the Pacific Rim fandom with Chuck's RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHLEIGH and my friend and I are doing it now with jon's MAHTIN.

I did also mention martin speaking in cursive with 'felt it... pop... beneath my shoe' and the fact that I keep listening to episode 22: Colony and I thought he'd find it weird but I think we're the same amount of 'MARTIN VOICE MAKE BRAIN GO BRRRRRR' that it was chill and he just went 'do you like relistening to martin's voice' followed by a very quick 'yes' because AJN did good shit and acts that part very well.

also one episode, at the end, when he's talking about all the rusty quill stuff, AJN changed his voice in one (1) episode and it jumpscared me so hard that I went crosseyed. that's a normal reaction to jumpscares for me, btw. my eyes go double vision if I get startled badly enough. fucking hilarious, actually.

so that was today's 8 episode adventure and we listened to music mid-way through from my friend's TMA playlist and then we watched a video that I have on my martin playlist and i mentioned that it's louder than everything else on that playlist because it is and I mentioned that I get jumpscared by it. here's the video. I don't know the context, I just know that I love it.

[tortoisetales]

I saw that the next one was Joker's Wild and was like ... is this the story I think it is? =D Let's go!

We're starting right off with "bad people shouldn't have rights" but also ... I don't think you actually do have a legal right to see your mother on your birthday.

Even though this story doesn't take place in Haiti or involve Chinese gangs, Dixon's still taken a moment to make sure we understand that foreign taxi drivers no speak english good. How sweet of him. (I'm kind of surprised Joker doesn't kill the cabbie.)

Tim's first solo patrol! And he immediately gets hit with the bat signal, of course.

I just love Tim getting driven around by Alfred in a van.

Freeze looks like an action figure. He's even got a red button on his back that you can press to shoot rockets.

Joker calls him a second-rate Captain Cold. I am amazed at the idea that Joker knows who that is and also that Freeze is the second rate one?! Joker's secretly a Flash fan I guess. (He hasn't met Impulse yet.)

Tim is cool, but a nerd. Like you!

This is our first real look at Tim's civilian life and Ives is already here. (And probably thinks Tim has a troubled home life.) The banner says "Gotham Heights" so I think we've left the boarding school we saw previously behind. I guess Bruce let Tim go to public school and Jack's gone along with it? (Where is Jack anyway?)

Tim calls Alfred Alfie. =D

Is cute.

Love this shot.

So the Joker's kidnapped a computer guy, potentially to show of Tim's computer skills in thwarting this?

Tim starts bringing a Bat-hologram with him to convince criminals (specifically, the Joker) that Batman's still in town. This isn't even the weirdest of their tech, since it's just an image of Batman seen only from a distance.

What a good friend. =D

The Majestic Theater? Is that the one where Bruce's parents died?

Even Batman "has a difficult time getting a transoceanic call through." Do you remember what that was like? Easier for writers. Though the van at least has a cellular line.

Thank goodness that's not Gwen Stacy.

Feels a bit weird to agree with the Joker on two things: 1) this costume is better and 2) Tim smol

Holy shit, the police were useful! That never happens! The Joker gets away, of course, but Tim also gets away with a single smack to the face. Though the Bat-hologram has backfired, and the Joker knows for sure that Tim's on his own in Gotham.

Cool cover.

The mayor won't admit that the Joker is behind this, he'd rather take the blame and look like a man.

what is he wearing why does it look like the sleeves were torn off

Also so many of Alfred's bits are just comedy. I hadn't expected that.

Tim using his friend's game to solve his problem and then leaving them behind immediately: =(

Tim drinking soda instead of zesti: >=(

The Gotham rogues sure cross over a lot. Earlier Scarecrow had a Mad Hatter-ish vibe, now Joker definitely dosed that woman with something fear toxin-ish and is giving Tim a bunch of riddles. Pick a theme!

This is interesting. It's a trap that relies on Tim wanting to solve puzzles--the sort of trap someone who's used to dealing with Bats would make. Tim shuts the computer down before it can be infected but now he's down the Batcomputer, because he can't just turn it on again I guess?

Gotham's being declared a disaster area. I wonder how often that happens. At least the government won't cut them off this time.

I laughed so fucking hard at this. This is what being a teen vigilante is really about.

Wait, Jack is still in the hospital bed? I thought he woke up? Maybe this is another case of "ehhh, let's pretend we didn't do that for dramatic purposes".

Wh--why are there so many of them.

Still really love Tim's mental narration.

"Must be real important. They interrupted the Simpsons for it."

Joker doesn't need money, he only needs Batman. Also check out that weird glove.

(I wonder why the comic frame is within a frame? To make us feel "zoomed out"? The artist in me wants an explanation for this choice.)

So Tim is an adrenaline jockey, obviously, but it's a consistent point of his characterization that he gets nervous beforehand but is really good in the moment. Which just adds to my AuDHD headcanon honestly.

=D =D =D Joker gets sewaged and MOCKED BY THE OTHER ROGUES FOR IT.

I really do wonder how Bruce reacted to hearing about this. What a nightmare.

I wonder if that's the last of the pointed successor plots. Next is Huntress!

[retroaria]

❁ Rensuke Kunigami: NSFW Alphabet ❁

ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩

warnings: aged up 18+ NSFW (MDNI)!!!, FEM!reader, removed letters that I felt were repetitive, choking, hitting, spitting, unprotected sex, breeding kink, degrading names, overstimulation, oral (f+m), bondage, use of sex toys. NOT proofread!!

BLUE LOCK M.LIST | enjoy my little freaks 🍑 - aria

ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩 ᡣ𐭩

❁ A is for Aftercare

Ren turns into an absolute saint after fucking your brains out. He’s harping on your every request. Water? Yes. Food? Yes. Cuddles? Absolutely!!! Whilst doing the deed he tends to get a bit carried away and his thrusts towards the end (after you cum enough to his liking) are fueled by pure selfish ego. So in the aftermath of the earthquake he’s just slammed into you, he wants to make sure you’re feeling comfortable, safe, and happy. He cleans you up, will run a shower for you, and makes sure all your needs are fulfilled before snuggling into bed with you.

❁ B is for Body Part

He’s a big fan of his arms. Loves the way they look wrapped around you! He takes a lot of pride in his body and how hard he’s worked on it (I’m sure he’s got some trauma from what ego put him through). Definitely tits over ass for this guy. Loves playing with your tits in one hand and rubbing your clit in the other, and the soft flush on your face as you lay fully exposed and vulnerable beneath him.

❁ C is for Cum

Would cover your whole body in his cum if he could. Loves cumming on your ass after he fucks you from behind, right on top of the red stinging handprints he’s left behind. Loves watching it drip out of your mouth and soaked cunt. Sex isn’t complete until he’s ensured that he’s pushed every last drop of it back inside you. Loves watching you cum all over him, his groin soaked in your arousal. He feeds off that power surge for the remainder of his time with you, thus, you will always be coming undone before him. A slight breeding kink, the thought of fucking a baby into you makes him go nuts

❁ D is for Dirty Secret

Kunigami is a panty thief! Well not really a thief, you know what he’s doing with them, but still. He’d roll off the bed after sex and pick your loose panties off the floor, “mind if I take a little souvenir?”. It’s always fun to look around his room when he’s gone and find missing panties you haven’t seen in months. Giving you the mental image of him wrapping the soft fabric around his cock stroking himself, draping them over his face as he drowns in your sweet scent pushing him over the edge. Goes out of his way to buy you fancy lingerie just for the bottoms to find a new home under his pillow. He likes cotton, nylon, and lace panties, says they hold your scent the longest. Such a dirty boy.

❁ E is for Experience

Kunigami didn’t have much sexual experience before being with you. He’d had his fair share of heated foreplay sessions with past high school lovers, but technically speaking, you took his virginity. His entire style of fucking is based on his perfect analysis of what makes you tick and cum the most. He is a scholar in pussy anatomy and just knows what he’s gotta do when it come to positions, eating you out, hitting all the spots inside you that make your scream his name.

❁ F is for Favorite Position

His favorite position is fucking you from behind but he’s got his hand wrapped around your neck or tugging on your hair so you’re standing right up against him. Loves the way your legs shake, barely able to support yourself anymore, the access he has to your neck and nape, nibbling on your earlobe, planting kisses all over, whispering obscenities in your ear. “You take this cock so well baby, love wrecking my pretty little pussy like this.” “ gonna fuck a baby into this cute tummy of yours, mmm wanna make you m-mine.”

❁ G is for Goofy

He isn’t very playful during sex, but during foreplay he likes to tease and get on your nerves just because he gets a kick out of it. Will stop mid ramming his fingers into you just to see the frustration on your face, “aww poor baby” he’d say with a slight giggle. If any mistakes or mishaps happen during sex he’ll always laugh it off with you. Like if he misses/accidentally goes into the wrong hole. “Sorry baby, I’m getting carried away.” (if you let him fuck your ass though he absolutely would)

❁ H is for Hair

He keeps himself well groomed but honestly doesn’t pay it much mind until he’s with you. It’s something he only keeps up with if you ask him too bc he personally doesn’t mind it, but would absolutely understand if it was uncomfortable for you. He doesn’t mind if you’re unshaven but truly he does prefer when you are. Doesn’t have to be bald as a baby, but he isn’t into bushes. He just loves the sight of pretty pussy when he can see the flush red skin glistening in his cum mixed with yours

❁ I is for Intimacy

Kunigami makes every time you guys fuck an intimate experience. His touches, no matter how rough he’s being, are so filled with love. The way he could be fucking into you with the force of a thousand men but he’s still using his arms to make sure you’re stabilized in a comfy position. The way he’ll pause his dirty talk to ask if everything feels ok and tell you how good you feel and how much he loves you, loves being this close to you and making you feel so good. He’s a thanker btw. Will literally THANK you for letting him have the gift of good pussy - 🙏amen

❁ J is for Jack Off

If he’s away from you, he’s definitely jerking off any time he needs to. Sends you pictures of his cock resting on his stomach in a subtle pool of his cum, “missed you so bad today, look what just the thought of you does to me.” Won’t really jerk off if the two of you are living in the same space together unless there’s something truly stopping you from fucking. Like if you’re on your period and you’re worried it’ll hurt, he respects that and takes care himself. (Would still offer to eat you out in this situation though)

❁ K is for Kinks

He’s definitely got a breeding kink, wants to make you a mommy so bad. Knowing that his cock could cum so deep inside you that it straight up makes a baby start forming drives him crazy. Likes being called daddy and likes calling you bunny or kitten, “daddy’s little cumslut”. He’s into various forms of bondage, purely for the sake of overstimulating you, doesn’t like when it’s something that hurts you too much. making you open your mouth for him mid fuck so he can spit in it and watch you swallow it. (this is a personal kink of mine sorry if it happens to be recurring in all my nsfw stuff LMAO)

❁ L is for Location

He honestly only likes sex in a home of some kind, be it your apartment or a hotel room. He doesn’t like having to squander the experience just for the sake of fucking. Wants to take his time with you and have it be comfortable for you both.

❁ M is for Motivation

Motivated is his middle name. He’s always ready. Particularly loves when you initiate, loves knowing you want him so bad. He’s a sucker for bodycons and mini dresses. Also low rise jeans. Won’t stop thinking about tearing them off your body until he can finally do so and makes sure you know that he’s thinking about that too.

❁ N is for No

He really doesn’t like being the one not in control during sex. A huge chunk of his pleasure comes from pleasuring you and if he isn’t at the forefront of that he isn’t having a good time. Will definitely let you be on top and use his cock as you please, but he still needs to be the one in control, he’s just allowing you to do that.

❁ O is for Oral

Would and could go down on you for hours. It doesn’t get him too pent up so he doesn’t feel the need to ever stop until you want him too. What he really loves about it how dirty it feels having your cum and wetness all over his hands and face, he loves the smell, taste, and heat of your pussy and would gladly keep his face tucked between your thighs for as long as you want. On the flip side he also loves having your face up against his groin, taking the whole of his length down your throat as he uses your mouth like a fleshlight. Loves to watch you swallow his whole load, makes him feel like he gave you a little treat.

❁ P is for Pace

His pace is usually always fast, when I said he likes to take his time with you, I meant he likes to fuck you like a mad man for as long as your cunt can handle it. Going too slow just doesn’t feel as good for him and he hates that there’s any pause between your moans and whimpers for him. Wants to have you a blabbering mess all the time.

❁ Q is for Quickie

He isn’t fond of quickies, as stated before he wants you for as long as possible. That’s not to say that there haven’t been times where neither of you can hold back and something needs to be done right then and there.

❁ S is for Stamina

He’s got a lot of energy this boy. Could stay on top for hours at a time, but sometimes his stamina can’t keep up with his sexual need in the moment. During times like that he’ll opt for you to be on top while he catches his breath but then goes right back to fucking you into the bed.

❁ T is for Toys

He loves using vibrators on you, loves watching you squirm beneath him as he presses it down on your clit on the highest setting. He uses all the different settings and patterns that they have too, liking to give you a variety of sensations. For himself he definitely has a fleshlight that he doesn’t use often. If the two of you do mutual masturbation he loves letting you pump it up and down his cock for him. His absolute favorite is the remote controlled vibrator he has for you. Before you guys go out for casual days of running errands he’ll clip it to your panties right over your clit or stick it inside you just to see your flushed face in the grocery aisle as he gradually increases the speed.

❁ U is for Unfair

He’s a major tease! Edges you with his tongue or a vibrator, every time he pulls away he flashes you a little smirk, peppering kisses on your skin until he’s ready to start again. He’ll finger you until you’re overstimulated and stop very abruptly, which of course makes you beg him to keep going, “oh you want more? I could’ve sworn you were begging me to stop before princess, I thought it was too much? Just relax and maybe I’ll let you cum this time.”

❁ V is for Volume

He gets louder the closer he is to cumming and it depends on what’s happening to him. If you’re sucking his cock, he’ll let out breathy almost whiny moans, maybe even whimpers just before he pumps his load down your throat. If he’s fucking into you his moans are much lower, like growls and grunts as he reminds you how good you are letting him use you like a little cumdump.

❁ X is for X-Ray

Ren has such a pretty cock in my mind. Solid 7 incher but he’s thick. He has a few large veins wrapping around it and his tip is very prominent, red and bulging. It doesn’t have much curve to it. The pinkish-red of his tip is a nice contrast to his pale skin, you honestly think it’s a little cute.

❁ Y is for Yearning

Hes got a lot of self control, but he definitely finds himself not being able to shake you from his mind throughout the day. The peak of his desire is the feeling of your naked body against his and it’s a feeling he can’t help but miss when he doesn’t have it. Always lets you know when he misses or needs you, even if there’s nothing you can do about it, he wants you to know that you make him insatiable.

❁ Z is for Zzz

He specifically prefers to have sex with you at night before bed so that he can snuggle up and fall asleep in your arms immediately after. Despite his dominant nature, he will be big spoon or little spoon. His favorite cuddling position is the two of you facing each other, noses almost touching.

[hellsfirekeepsyouwarm]

All Hell Breaks Loose Pt. 3

Hello my beautiful people, here i am with the third part, LET THE ANGST CONTINUE. I dunno how long this series gon be, so bear with me guys, and i'll promise i'll stop the angst train soon, just not now :d Comments, feedback and reblogs are appreciated, i love your reactions. love y'all

Simon "Ghost" Riley x F!Reader

Warnings:, torture, language, graphic scenes, again: military men, mention of urination (weird i know), canon typical violence i guess, overall distraught

Summary: While your try to hold it together both body and mind in the midst of darkness and pain, Simon and the team try their best to get to you, without walking into a deathtrap.

A soft feather like touch is grazing the inside of your wrist, so light but apparent, eyes snapping open. Is he here? A wave of relief washing over you momentarily before registering your own finger on your own skin, caressing the veins under the thin skin.

You choke on the sob that erupts from you, realizing you tried to comfort yourself unconsciously, your mind in shambles, making you believe Simon got through all the Shadows to you. Damsel in distress you said? You snort at that, the fast switch in your head is comical at this point. You are loosing your mind already? That cannot be the case, no. You are stronger than that.

You keep petting your wrist, now fully aware of the fact that it's just you, not Simon making sure of the pulsing under his fingers. It became something so intimate between the two of you. When you woke up in the hospital, in the midst of nightmares, fire and pain, you could feel the sensitive touch of callused fingers, holding your hand the same way, all the time. Wrapped around your hand, warm, fingers meeting on top of the veins where you can feel the rhythmical thump of blood rushing in them.

So you woke up like that, him on your bedside, not letting your hand go for a second, pulling his chair closer when you found his gaze, devoid from the black camouflage makeup or haunting image of a skull. A handsome man with worry in his deep gaze, telling tales of how much hell he's been trough.

So it became a habit, a couple thing if you will. He does this anytime he seeks comfort, and anytime he feels you need reassurance of his presence. When you first sat up with a hole still in your chest, when he confessed how fucking terrified he was when you hit the ground, when you walked out scarred mentally and physically, when he tried to catch you attention, or when he wanted one more kiss before you turned back to the stove. It's a silent i love you. Neither of you are good with words, but you found other ways to communicate.

You doing it gives a tiny bit of ease in the middle of the dusty cold room.

You look around, slowly to see every corner and darker part, and while you are certain no one else is in the room with you, you are still cautious with your surroundings. Everything is in the exact same place as before your head decided to give in to the bleariness. You remain on the sad wooden chair screwed to the ground in the middle, a reeking bucket of your piss behind you in the farthest corner, old electrical boxes so old you can't see the color of them under all the rust. You inspected everything, the boxes are rooted, they might open but you doubt you'll have enough juice in you to crack open any of it.

Other than the boxes and your makeshift toilet the space is empty, and it was a miracle that you even have the luxury to pee in something. Graves left you with one of his goons for a while, inspecting your every move, so when another Shadow brought it, you peed looking into his eyes. The man was so flustered he left the room minutes later, and you thought about how Soap would laugh at this story after going on a rampage of your humiliation. You couldn't care less. If this is all you have to endure, so be it. You are off the hook easy so far, and you fear Graves is waiting for the big finale. You are the bait, and he's hiding out to lure the targets closer and closer before he can land a solid attack.

The moment Graves left you behind, you had a deep breath, having a moment without the poker face and resistance. Now you are going mad in the quiet. Just how he said. Memorized every bit of the space around you, counted the steps on the other side of the door, focusing on the difference between boots, your brain high from stress. He wants you to crack, and you have to admit with shame, that if someone can do it, it's him. He knows you well, as a person and as a soldier.

You freeze when the door bursts open, Graves and two of his Shadow following behind. Here we go again, you think.

"You know what time is it Darling." Yeah, you know the drill already. He comes and watches as his men does the dirty job. God forbid Philip Graves gets blood on his hands.

So the first punch lands right to your stomach, air knocked out of you with a painful grunt. Shit, no foreplay this time? He's getting impatient. He wants progress, his math didn't work so he's upping his game. He anticipated the task force by now, a siege, an attack. Anything. You can see on his face, frustrated expression with deep purple bags under his eyes.

The blows are calculated. They cause pain, creating vivid colors on your skin, but too far from being fatal. A busted lip, blackeye, cuts and bruises deep enough to bleed, but drying out in a short time. It's not time yet. That might be your play.

He observes every hit on you, instructing the men assaulting you when he needs to. The pain is irrelevant at this point. You can barely feel the abuse after the impact. Which is good and real bad at the same time.

You need time. You have to buy some time for yourself, and for the guys to get to you before it's too late.

You realize you are on autopilot mode. Your brain working in military mode. Endure. Survive. Plan. No matter what. Just the reminder of a ghost touch on your wrist collect the tears in your eyes with the sting of the blade pushing slowly under your nail.

You blocked the pain so far, but your body has limits. In the middle of the constant blows, you didn't noticed the ziptie locking in on you ankles. Now when the sharp metal is threatening to broke off your first nail from your finger you try to move you knee up to meet with the man's jaw. But the impact never comes, and makes you wonder when it all happened. When the numbness left your body and switched places with pure agony and terror. Soon your hands are tied to the damn chair that's been your only support in this hell, and your wrists are painfully tight against the wood.

You hyperventilate, you cannot know but can imagine the pain you are about to experience. Simon told you it was probably the worst he ever felt. And he never says things like that unless he means it.

Then you scream.

*

He was ready. Blood boiling, heart aching, but ready. He was so close to action, and that clouded his judgment. Or blinded is a better description to it. He missed the subtle but clear signs that the others caught sooner. Though they agreed on the plan, it was clear and fast forward, they couldn't go with it. First Price suggested to take a step back, have an eye on everything, before making a move. That's what he did, watched and monitored and he ignored every fucking red flag that was in his face. Then everybody else hinted on the fact that the plan won't work, but he's too stubborn to hear them out.

"What are you suggesting? Leave her there to fucking die?" He's dangerously close to jump on Price for putting a complete halt on the mission. "There should have been proof of life delivered for hours now. Fuckin' 'ell she might be already DEAD!"

His voice is roaring, filling the room, dancing in his teammates ears. While they were prepared for Ghost's wrath, they never could fully understand the lengths this man will take to do what need to be done. Right now Simon is mere inch away from marching right down to the Shadow hideout, and demolish the place to the ground.

"You let me take the lead for a reason, Simon. What do you think why we haven't seen proof of life? So you lose your mind over it, because they anticipated us hours before. They know we had eyes on the area for days." Price is steady against Ghost, but he's a little out of breath, eager to reason with Ghost to prevent him do something life threatening stupid shit.

"You know Lt. the Captain is right. Every corner of that base is orchestrated for us. Every man there moved the same everyday, took the same route at the same time as before. They made it look hard but easy enough for us to try." Johnny is passionate as always, Ghost admires the fire he has in every damn situation. But in this hell of a state, Simon can't see past the red.

"She's the bait for us to go down there, and when the bastards have us, we guaranteed her death with ours."

Price and Soap talks from different sides of his head, desperate to knock some sense into his brain, making him see the ovious. But if they are right, Simon can't get closer to the goal. That means more hours and days of suffering. Suffering that he endures, and guilt doubling down on him when he registers he's afraid of his own suffering first, and not yours.

Simon's heart breaks over and over, the heart he had doubts about ever existing, head pounding against the thick skull of his. And while every fiber in his body tells him to break down the fucking doors and destroy anything and everything in search of you, he have to admit his brothers are correct.

Soap picks up Ghost's break, he can hide his face behind the mask, but he cannot hide his feelings, not when Soap watched his two teammates break into shreds, then slowly picking up what remained and putting the pieces back together. Before Simon can protest, Johnny is nudging him outside of their small long forgotten barn that sheltered them the past few days.

Simon lets Soap to guide him further, where he can breath, and might have that long awaited collapse Soap would have had at the first moment if it was about his significant other. To be honest, he already had his fair share of outrage and terror the moment he got the news about you. His best friend for years now, a friend he found in a place void of this kind of relationship he has with you.

He overcome that fury, but Ghost is a stubborn son of a bitch, and he's not sure he can turn his friend's head to the right way.

"C'mon man. You need to see what i'm seein'. You saw yourself, just think about it." Simon takes deep breaths, the cool fresh air clearing his head, the wind forcing some tears out of his eyes.

"I know." Simon grunts, head hanging defeated. "I know." He clears his throat in effort to swallow back his words. Fight is in his nature, not acceptance.

A few moment goes by like this, Johnny supporting his mate with silence, a comfortable and an awkward silence at once.

Just as Soap would try to speak again, Gaz approaches the men out of breath, stumbling over in his words before he can say it.

"We got a video, a minute ago. She's alive."

Ghost shots up, like he was shot with electricity. He lunges towards the barn, the boys hot on his trail.

*

The small laptop show a horrific scene, right in the middle of a scream. If Ghost wouldn't know better, he would think it's someone else, not her. But the inhuman voice is coming out of your mouth, he knows, because he sees your face fully for a moment before the video continues on to show how your nails are being removed one after one. While your face was shown in a swift blurry move, the picture of raw meat under your nails are as sharp as his precious knife in his holster.

Price reaches for the laptop, but Simon claps his hand before he could close it down, and prevent Simon to see all of it.

"No." He grumbles, Price retreats, not pleased at the slightest. He's done watching, the sound is enough to imagine the content of it.

It goes on and on, the images burning into Simon's memory, and he wants it that way. If you have to go through that, he'll too. This is going to be his fuel for what's about to come, because he will ravage the very existence of Philip Graves. He will erase his memory off of this goddamn earth, with nothing to remain.

Slowly every one of the guys takes a step back from the proof of life they awaited so much, and only Simon stays rooted in front of the screen. Not much is visible of the place, dark hugging the room, black gloves on the torturer, black tactical wear on the others holding her down, no face shown, no other sound just the screams and some grunts of the captivators. Because she still fights, of course she does. She has to.

Just as Simon feels his own limit of watching you in anguish, not fucking feeling anything anymore, your voice changes, turns into words before the torturing hand freezes, and video cuts off.

"Do you...do you remember Istanbul Phil? Hmmm, the good ol' days huh?"

Blood rushes with full force again in his veins, the words awakening his senses. Your voice drowning in the accent at the end Soap laughed so much on, and he did have some low chuckle himself when he first heard them in his ears through the comms.

All pair of eyes locked at him, realization hitting every one of them. You gave them a way in.

*

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Twelve Days Of Winter Day Five: The YTTD Cast In A Snowball Fight Headcanon's

A: Naomichi starts the fight by hurling a snowball at Shin because he was being obnoxious. Kanna felt the need to defend her brother's honor and threw one back. Things escalate from there.

B: Shin is the one who dips into the house the second snow starts getting thrown. He's not getting decked in the face, again, and his arm will hurt if he has to throw things.

C: Joe and Gin make a snow wall so they can duck and hide. Sara is impressed by this idea and enlists Kanna to build an even bigger one. Before long both groups have dropped out of the snowball fight and instead are having fun building things out of snow.

D: Ranmaru focuses on attacking Keiji over anyone. His throwing arm is so weak Keiji doesn't even know he's being hit.

E: Anzu has a snowball machine gun. That's it, that's the headcanon because I like the mental image.

F: Hinako is quick to make a team with Q-Taro since he's a baseball player. She assumes he can throw well, and makes the snowballs for him to throw. She takes full credit for the multiple people they hit.

G: Mai has a deadly aim. She's hitting people dead on like she's a trained assassin. Even Kai's aim isn't that precise, but it's pretty close!

H: Shunsuke is the person who somehow gets hurt. He ends up getting a black eye with the cause being...snow.

I: Reko ends up not getting hit by any snowballs because Alice dives in the way to protect her from them all.

J: Nao wins the snowball fight. She gets so worked up seeing Mishima and Sara being pelted by snowballs that she ends up rapid fire throwing them at a borderline scary pace while screaming "Repeat! Repeat!"

K: Mishima has so much fun he ends up purchasing some fake snow so they can have another fight again on a later date.

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No context yes spoiler riff art :)

I think my thought process (such that there was [not] one) was basically WWX and the racoon and uhhh a magical girl transformation a la Miraculous Ladybug?

Heavily inspired by this still from the manhua

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Madam Jīn & Jīn Zǐxuān, Madam Jīn & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jīn Zǐxuān & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jīn Zǐxuān & Luó “Mián Mián” Qīngyáng, Luó “Mián Mián” Qīngyáng & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jīn Zǐxuān, Luó “Mián Mián” Qīngyáng, Madam Jīn (Módào Zǔshī), Jīn Guāngshàn Additional Tags: Crack, Fluff and Humor, Jīn Sect Wèi Wúxiàn, Chaos Gremlin Wei Wuxian, the chaotic jin trio we could have had, Genius Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, BAMF Luó “Mián Mián” Qīngyáng, Found Family Series: Part 2 of Weaponized Chaos: The Jin Sect AU Summary:

Series of random oneshots from the Jin Sect Wei Wuxian AU

[waitingforwinterwinds]

ASOS; Steel and Snow: 20 CATELYN III (pages 273-284)

Robb puts an ally to the chopping block when said ally kills two team Lannister hostages in revenge for his own dead sons, the Stark/Tully fam try to keep a hold of the situation, and Jeyne asks Cat for advice on helping her husband.

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Only the fact that some had spears and others empty scabbards served to set them apart. All were clad in mail hauberks or shirts of sewn rings, with heavy boots and thick cloaks, some of wool and some of fur. The north is hard and cold, and has no mercy, Ned had told her when she first came to Winterfell a thousand years ago.

I feel like there's something of a metaphor in there, in that ally and enemy look the same, and which is which doesn't make a difference to their fallen foes, or those left to pick up the pieces.

...Karstark makes an unfortunate point. In absolving his mother in order to absolve himself of his broken oath instead of even a symbolic punishment, Robb has said the treatment of prisoners outside of his orders is not treason no matter what is done to them even against his orders.

Robb has effectively traded his own forgiveness for the "sanctity" of the law. (all of which is made worse by the fact Robb is an oathbreaker now, and why should men keep oaths to him when he does not keep his own.)

Her son wanted comfort, Catelyn realized; he wanted to hear that it would be all right. But her king needed truth.

I don't really have a comment here, just that this line hits hard, damn it's raw. The internal conflicts it contains.

"Th Others can take her, then," Robb cursed, in a fury of despair. "Bloody Rickard Karstark as well. (...) and all the rest of them. Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? (...) I told myself... swore to myself... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies... now I can't even tell one from the other. How did it all get so confused? -"

D&D suck at their job = 🥛

I'm sorry, but show!Robb felt whinier, like he wasn't having much internal conflict beyond "this sucks but I gotta", (or maybe I'm remembering wrong because it's Been A While) Book!Robb is fully cracking under this pressure and you can feel it. It's not just "oh no, things are going wrong" it's the falling dominoes of consequences out pacing him before he can see they're there, and it weighs on him.

(also I'm thirsty and I wanted to excuse to drink... I think I'm coming down with something...)

... why were the boys naked? just sleeping nude? is that a thing? they don't have PJs and won't sleep in their clothes?

"Old gods or new, it makes no matter," Lord Rickard told her son, "no man is so accursed as the kinslayer."

I just had a mental image of Ardyn Izunia tearing this book apart for coming for him like that.

... damn this execution is a heavy scene, it feels like there are moments in it where Robb could turn back here and avoid his fate, but it's a lie. They've locked themselves into course with their actions, and at this point there is no turning back, no avoiding this execution or its fall out. The fallout would be devastating either way.

"It's a hard thing, to take a man's life." "I know. I told him, he should use a headsman. When Lord Tywin sends a man to die, all he does is give the command. It's easier that way, don't you think." "Yes," said Catelyn, "but my lord husband taught his sons that killing should never be easy."

... you know what? D&D suck at their job = 🥛

Because I really don't think they got this. It's a central theme, responsibility and the value of life, and it seems to have just flown over their heads in favour of cool sword fights and sexposition. But it's so present in the books? all the characters who have killed people, you can see how it weighs differently to them, the people and circumstances and justifications and reasoning and the trauma. and D&D just ask "how many packets of fake blood can we buy with this season's budget?"

"Jeyne, child, you have wed the north, as I did... and in the north, the winters come." She tried to smile. "Be patient. Be understanding. He loves you and he needs you, and he will come back to you soon enough. -"

This feels both like a poetic way to talk about culture shock between the south and north, but also like Cat's saying "you've married into a family with a history of mental health issues." Because yeah, there are vibes in the Starks; depression, anxiety, lowkey autism. And that is good advice for living with people who do have mental health stuff going on: be patient, be understanding. Most importantly be aware that it's a long haul, whether there's meds that can make things "better" or not, some mental health stuff is a 'for life' thing.

The girl did seem to have a good heart, just as Robb had said. And good hips, which might be more important.

Ehehehehe