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xfirechickx · 6 years ago

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Arrow Rewrite

So I’ve (finally) caught up with the latest seasons of all the DCTV shows on Netflix, and to the utter surprise of no one, including myself, Arrow has definitely not gotten any better since the first two seasons, and the only good thing that’s come out of this train wreck of a show since killing off the Black Canary, is bringing Katie Cassidy back as the Black Siren. But still, to say that this show is a huge disappointment is a gross understatement, so much so, that the only reason I still watch is for Katie and for the annual crossovers. But, to actually make keeping up with the show tolerable, I had to pretty much mentally rewrite most of the show and headcanon the shit out of it, and make my way through with all the denial I can manage. So, this is how I like to pretend that the show actually went. And even though I doubt anyone will read this - this is more for my getting my thoughts down - bear in mind, this is super anti F*licity with all the nolicity feelings I have. Also, after reading a whole bunch of posts with the same feelings as me, this became a sort of mashed clusterfuck of ideas that came together from everywhere.

SO first of all, Laurel is a metahuman, you know, like she should have been. What the fuck was the idea behind not giving her actual powers? That’s just stupid. So yeah, either Laurel was in Central City when the particle accelerator exploded, or some other freak accident gave her the canary cry. I don’t care how it happened, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that Laurel is the team’s meta, and it caused her to want to don a mask even before Sara was killed.

Next, I’d like to think that she got the hang of street fighting a lot faster. Like, I appreciate that it took her awhile to be able to handle herself on the streets, but this “Oliver is the best fighter” mindset is absolute bullshit. Ik we’ve all been thinking of the Arrow as a bargain-bin Batman (and the horrendous bullet we dodged that was the mere suggestion that F*licity could ever be anything close to Oracle didn’t help), but I am so sick of Oliver’s fighting abilities being thought of as if he was the freaking Batman. Bullshit. I’ll admit, Oliver can fight and hold his own; he’d have to to be a vigilante facing down supervillains on a constant basis, that’s fine. But the Black Canary is one of the best fighters in the DC universe, and I will be damned if that was never acknowledged here.

So the way I see it, Laurel not only kept up with Oliver and Roy while on patrol, but after he came back from his new life in Ivy Town, Oliver comes to realize that she’s actually better than him. Like, I want them to be out on the field, and she’s literally outdoing him at every turn. And at first, he’s all, “Damn, I must be a bit rusty,” but it becomes clear after a couple more episodes, when he no longer has that excuse, that she’s actually running circles around him, whether it’s on patrol or while they’re sparring. In fact, I want an entire scene of them sparring in the bunker, and as distracted as everyone else is doing their own thing, everyone can clearly see that she’s holding back, and Oliver thinks that her head’s just not in it.

Oliver: Come on, I know you can do better than that!

Laurel: Nah, it’s okay. This is a good pace.

Oliver: Come on, you’ll never get better if you don’t give it your all. Let me have it!

And then she brutally knocks him on his ass.

“Lucky shot,” he grumbles as he gets up and gets ready for another round, and Laurel has a look on her face that’s almost annoyed, but honestly, she’s been waiting for forever to knock him down a peg. Diggle, Thea, and Roy are trying not to laugh in the background.

And speaking of Thea and Roy, holy shit, Roy doesn’t leave! Whoever came up with that idea needs a good smack. Team Arrow comes up with literally any other plan and Roy fucking stays! Thea, is instead given the mantle Artemis with her own outfit. Yeah, ik it still wouldn’t give us the Artemis Crock storyline, but it’s still better than the Evelyn Sharp bullshit that we ended up with. We currently have two tech geniuses on the team, what’s wrong with three archers? They could continue having their relationship ups and downs as subplots as the show goes on. I would even like that at some point, they decide to get their own place together, and Thea decides to sell her old apartment (you know, the one she was brutally stabbed in) to afford a nice one with Roy. And I would like F*licity try in vain to hide how much of an asshole she is by getting all indignant about it. Like, Thea offers to sell it to F*licity first, but she tries to spin it like, “You didn’t want it anymore, so I took it, so it’s mine now?” And everyone’s like, “What? No, that’s literally her apartment, which she bought with her father’s money? Idk how the hell it came to be thought of as yours anyway?” And she eventually has to break down and either buy it or move out because Thea and Roy have their hearts set on getting their own place.

As far as nolicity goes, I always thought that they would at some point have a brief relationship (a ship that I originally didn’t care for, but quickly became my ultimate notp) which would be doomed from the start due to having little to no romantic chemistry, and even though F*licity definitely had a strong sexual attraction to Oliver, she mostly seemed to view him as an older brother; or at least, Oliver viewed her as a slightly annoying younger sister.

But because of Guggenheim’s constant interference, the will-they-won’t-they crap just kept dragging on and on and on until holy fuck I have negative five care points to spend on these two assholes, just give me more BC! Their relationship has to be the most boring aspect of the show, something that’s definitely not helped by the fact that F*licity is an emotionally abusive and manipulative piece of shit Mary Sue. Seriously, for the amount of times that she’s been really vocal about how hypocritical and controlling she is, it just boggles the mind how few times anyone has called her out for it. I say few, because it has happened before, twice I believe, once by Oliver, who calmly insisted, “Enough,” and once by Ray Palmer after she threw his dead fiance in his face. Classy lady, isn’t she? But the farther this show goes on, the more she gets away with and the more infuriating it is that Oliver becomes the bad guy in her place. And holy shit the fact that literally everyone needs to assure Oliver - and the audience - that they are, in Guggenheim’s world, the perfect couple. I honestly can’t tell anymore if he actually believes this, and is just trying to shove his own weird obsession with EBR down everyone else’s throats, or if he’s just trying to get those of us who don’t like the ship to come to the dark side. Either way, I’m not buying any of this shit. SO, for every time that there’s a character to remind everyone how “good” Oliver and F*licity are together, take a shot, and then block out their words and then replace them with various observances and reassurances on Oliver’s behalf. I’d like to think that those closest to him, like Diggle, Laurel, and Thea were totally ready to call F*licity out on her shit whenever she started taking things out on Oliver, but he would subtly shake his head and calmly assure them later on that “F*licity’s right, I’m wrong. But no really guys, we’re totally happy together, I’d just appreciate it if you guys not confront her because she’s the queen of right on every subject ever and I’m just lucky to be with her.”

And the rest of Team Arrow just reluctantly agrees not to say anything unless Oliver is the one to bring up that he has a problem with her, but are totally ready to throw down at moment’s notice. Even people outside of Team Arrow notice it and tend to comment, with characters like Mick and Constantine on the crass side of the spectrum with phrases like “Does she occasionally let you take your balls out of her purse?” and more sensitive words from people like Barry and Sara, who actually try to get it through his head that, despite what F*licity says, not everything is his fault, and he does not deserve to be kicked around by her over situations that he had little to no control over (Samantha and William, anyone?)

And then there’s Damien Darhk. Hoo boy, my hate towards him killing Laurel burns with the fury of a thousand suns. There was literally no reason for it, you know, besides eliminating her as a threat to Nolicity. Except, she wasn’t even a threat?? It was pretty clear that Laurel and Oliver weren’t even considering a romantic relationship, and even I, as a hardcore GA/BC shipper, didn’t even want them to get back together at this point. Despite the unintentional victimization of Oliver, Laurel absolutely did not deserve any of his shit. So, as much as I wished that F*licity was the one who died, Laurel was still targeted by Darhk in order to get back at Lance, but she doesn’t just die and that’s it! She gets to be critically injured - getting intentionally stabbed by a former member of the League of Assassins tends to be pretty life-threatening - but she does get to heal while in the hospital and make it back out onto the field to continue as BC.

Hell, I’d even be okay with her actually dying that night if, and only if, they brought her back. For a universe based on superhero comic books, Guggenheim and company seemed to have totally forgotten (or just outright ignored) how often characters get brought back from the dead, at times in pretty nonsensical ways. But here, there was a way to conceivably bring her back; there were three in fact: In Arrow, the Lazarus pits would have been available; Flash could have brought her back with the introduction of Flashpoint, or you know, Sara, who happens to captain a fucking timeship could have brought her back, either by manipulating the timeline, or by pulling a Kingsmen II and had just shown up right after Darhk stabbed Laurel to revive her. I would’ve happily gone along with Team Arrow believing that Laurel was dead if the plot twist was that the Legends brought her aboard the Waverider so that Gideon could heal her.

Sidenote: ik that this would have never have happened simply because all of the Arrowverse shows have to check in with each other to some degree so that they’re all on the same page, but wouldn’t it have been absolutely fan-fucking-tastic if, after Arrow had confirmed that BC was for sure dead and wasn’t coming back, that Flash and LoT just totally undermined it. Like, if Laurel was brought back with either Flashpoint or the Waverider, and KC’s just hanging out on a different set while Arrow just tries its damnedest to discredit them?

Arrow: She’s dead.

Flash/LoT: Well she was, but she got better.

Arrow: She’s def not coming back.

Flash/LoT: Not until you learn to be nice to her anyway.

Arrow: She’s not the real Laurel. Our Laurel is D E A D

Flash/LoT: Nope, this is definitely her, and she’s going on cool adventures with us because SHE’S A DAMN GOOD CHARACTER AND YOU DICKBAGS NEVER DESERVED HER

All the while more of Arrow’s fans flock to every show except Arrow until the assholes in charge of the decision to kill Laurel finally have to (publicly) beg to have her back because literally no one will watch their shitty show anymore without BC, and then they’re forced to respect her character and give her a fair amount of screen time. That would just be poetic justice in my book.

So as season 5 kicks off, Oliver, Roy, AND Laurel take in and train the new recruits to join Team Arrow. I don’t have much to change about this season except that since Laurel isn’t dead, and as much as I like Juliana Harkavy, there’s literally no reason to bring in Dinah Drake. Also the shared hallucination in the Invasion! crossover partially rekindles the romance between Laurel and Oliver, which actually feels pretty heartfelt and like it could possibly lead to them getting back together for real.

And then F*licity ruins it because that’s what she does.

F*licity and Oliver get back together and things progress normally, with the rest of Team Arrow quietly building up a resentment towards the abusiveness of their relationship. I’d also like to think that since Curtis had progressed as a team member, that there’s a slight undertone of “what is she even here for anymore?” among them. Like, whenever she butts in with her hypocritical opinions, someone else will actually step in like, “Hey, you’ve had a long day, so why don’t you go ahead and go home. Don’t worry, Curtis knows what he’s doing, so we’ve got this. Yes, we’ll call you if we need something, but don’t worry. You’ve worked hard today! You deserve a break!” Meanwhile, the rest of the team is literally patching themselves back together with bandages and whatnot, blood and sweat everywhere, all giving each other The Look™ when she nods like, “Yeah, you’re right, I could use a hot meal and a shower. Plus, this tracking system is so simple an idiot could use it, just try not to fuck it up while I’m gone.” Still, no one says anything because Oliver is back to trying to make it work between them, and she occasionally helps William with his homework, so he can’t complain.

William btw, while appreciating the fact that F*licity brings intelligent conversation with her, has not forgotten how much of a bitch she was when trying to save him. Sure, he wasn’t present while all the shit-talking was going down, but there was no way that Samantha didn’t mention it at least in passing later on. “I’m amazed at how much Oliver has grown as a person. He was a real jackass when I knew him before, but he was genuinely worried about you and how we’d get you back. I just wish that the blonde chick he was working with wasn’t being such a pain about it. Like she had any right to any of our business, or any right to be a bitch about the rescue mission.” At this point, nolicity’s domestic life is pretty much out of some crappy fanfiction, and I will be damned if William doesn’t get to bring up F*licity’s pettiness at least once.

And since F*licity apparently feels threatened when Oliver’s past love life gets brought up, William tends to go to his Aunt Thea whenever he feels the need to talk about his mom without having to feel as if he’s the one bringing up a touchy subject. She’s also the one to get him out of the house whenever Nolicity gets especially nauseating at home, and he ends up growing a bond with the rest of Team Arrow in the process. While he still doesn’t want Oliver to be the Arrow anymore, he grows to respect the rest of the team, and ends up with all of their numbers in case he needs any of them to kidnap him for the day. He gets to spend some time in the bunker while they’re out on missions (with Diggle under the hood, of course). Funnily enough, after one mission without F*licity or Oliver, he asks Thea, “So what exactly do you need F*licity for anyway?” And Thea explains that she’s usually down in the bunker handling all the tech stuff while they’re all out in the field, but then he says, “Yeah, but Curtis was handling all that and working in the field??” And Thea and Roy exchange The Look™ again and change the subject.

Things finally come to a head during the Crisis on Earth-X crossover. Oliver, totally taken by the magic that is WestAllen still proposes during the rehearsal dinner, and F*licity, still very publicly says no. Classy. Naz*s invade and everything goes to shit, and Oliver and F*licity still try to make things about them while shit is literally falling apart around them, and to the people whose wedding actually got ruined for some reason. To her credit, Iris doesn’t outright tell F*licity that she’s being a self-obsessed drama queen at what is literally the worst possible time, but she does put out a few comments that both remind F*licity that it was in fact Iris’s day that was ruined, and gets her to shut the fuck up.

F*licity: Oh, wah! Oliver and I had a fight and then naz*s ruined any chance of makeup sex! Wah!

Iris: They literally ruined my wedding and abducted my groom.

F*licity: *internally* oh fuck I forgot about that

Meanwhile on Earth-X:

Oliver: Oh, wah! F*licity said she wouldn’t marry me after I proposed at your rehearsal dinner! Wah!

Barry: Yeah, what the fuck was that about anyway?

Oliver: Ikr? She wouldn’t say yes even after all the beautiful things that were said during the speech! If that doesn’t scream romance, idk what will!

Barry: I actually meant, why the fuck would you propose at the rehearsal when you can do it at literally any other time that isn’t supposed to be about Iris and I getting married?

Oliver: There was magic in the air!

Barry: *facepalm*

No, but the conversation between Barry and Oliver would go on to a touching, if not repetitive explanation about how Oliver was so taken, not just with Barry and Iris’s union, but the idea that Barry has been able to balance his life as a hero and his personal life. Oliver had once told him, “Guys like us don’t get the girl,” but Barry actually did it. And Oliver was envious, because his own life was one clusterfuck after another, with an on-again-off-again relationship that he’s only sort of making it work, and after the Dominator’s simulator, he realized how much he wanted his life as Oliver Queen to be fulfilling and filled with love, and how much he wants a partner in both halves of his life, like Barry and what he has with Iris. And throughout all this, Barry listens and quickly notices that throughout his whole explanation, Oliver never once uses F*licity’s name; he doesn’t even bring her up specifically. Barry probably means to point this out, but Oliver brushes him off thinking that he’s just going to tell him off some more, because that’s what he’s come to expect from having F*licity around all the time, and that’s what people who love you do, right?

It’s actually Snart’s doppelganger who points this out (after eavesdropping on their entire conversation) and suggests that maybe Oliver just hasn’t found the right person to be his partner the way he wants. “Just look at Barry and Iris, or me and Ray.” Oliver shrugs him off too, and just resigns himself to the loneliness of either being without F*licity, or being with her in all the wrong ways.

They get back to Earth-1, Supergirl is saved, yadda yadda yadda. I would like to change Stein’s death into him also making a miraculous recovery and leaving the show still intact. Just, using naz*s to kill off a Jewish character? REALLY?? Fuck all of that. Anyway, Barry and Iris still decide on an impromptu wedding right after *insert literally any event that doesn’t involve killing off Martin so disrespectfully* and Barry still brings Diggle to perform the ceremony, and Joe, Cecile and Wally are present because of course they fucking are. You could even argue for Cisco and Caitlin, but it doesn’t matter to me as much if they’re there. So Barry and Iris exchange vows, say their I do’s, and-

Fucking F*licity interrupts. Because of course she fucking does. “Would you marry us, too? Would you marry me?” A moment of silence and then everyone just explodes.

Barry: Seriously, though? After waiting my entire life for this, two more seconds is literally all I could have asked for

Wally: I’m a speedster, and I could have waited a couple more seconds

Iris: Really? Can I not just have one (1) wedding go uninterrupted?

Joe: In retrospect, we probably should have waited until these assholes left and done this at STAR Labs or something

And F*licity just gets overwhelmed because she’s literally never had so many people tell her she was wrong in her entire fucking life and Diggle tries to mediate (no matter how much he agrees with the rest of Team Flash).

Diggle: F*licity, you don’t even have a marriage license.

F*licity: Oh, no, it’s okay, John! We could just share the moment with Barry and Iris, and then go get a marriage license when we get back to Star City and have our own wedding there.

And then everyone explodes again because, seriously what the FUCK? “So I have to share my second interrupted wedding, and you’re just going home to have another one of your own?” And literally everyone is so fucking frustrated and angry, even more so because they all knew they should have been celebrating at that very moment but F*licity seems to think her awkwardness is still cute when it might just be the most infuriating thing ever. Finally she turns back to Oliver, who hasn’t said anything since she proposed like, “Hey?! A little help here?!” And Oliver is busy with finally seeing her without the rose-colored glasses and seeing her as the selfish and problematic person she is and it’s fucking glorious because he’s just so calm but everyone hears him when he just says, “No.”

F*licity: What? NO? What do you mean, NO?

Oliver: No, F*licity, as in, no, I’m not gonna help you ruin their second wedding, no I’m not going to defend you after fucking this up, and NO I won’t marry you. Not here and definitely not now.

Everyone else is pretty taken aback because up until now, no one’s ever told Queen Fefe off and they’re all doing an internal happy dance at how, for once, Oliver isn’t backing her up. Oliver and F*licity have a staring contest, F*licity waiting for him to back down, and Oliver holding his ground, until F*licity, finally realizing that she’s been unanimously outvoted, just storms off without saying anything, probably expecting Oliver to come running after her to apologize. But he doesn’t. He actually just quietly apologizes to Barry and Iris, and stays in his place as a groomsman (best man, my ass) and stands and waits for Cecile to take up her new place as matron of honor (how the fuck Fefe got that position is beyond me) all the while having this look on his face that says “It had to be done, but I’m gonna catch serious hell when I get home.” Diggle repeats himself in pronouncing Barry and Iris as husband and wife, they kiss, and the crossover ends with an UNBLOCKED shot of them two while their remaining wedding party claps it out.

I would keep everything in the gift scene in next episode of The Flash exactly the same except for Iris’s line is changed to, “Okay, not on the registry, but I guess trying to get married during our wedding wasn’t on the registry either. I’m not bitter.”

The whole wedding reception scene in Arrow is also completely done away with, and replaced with a long-awaited breakup scene, the one to end all breakup scenes (between nolicity anyway). Down in the bunker, it starts off with (what else?) F*licity trying to blame everything on Oliver. “Shit like this is why I didn’t wanna marry you. And then I put MYSELF out there and what do I get? Rejected, that’s what! I get rejected and humiliated in front of everyone!” And then she rambles on and throws in a couple references of the island and how he hasn’t changed since his frat boy days for good measure. Some guilt tripping and a few hypocritical statements later, and then she ends it. Or, at least, that’s what it’s supposed to be, but it really comes off as more of a threat to end it. Her closing statement sounds a lot like “You better straighten up because you’re damn lucky to have me.”

And Oliver just kind of silently stews until she finishes and he immediately jumps into how far he’d obviously come since his five years on the island, and how unfair it was for her to throw that in his face, and even worse how she tried so hard to justify butting her way into Barry and Iris’s special moment to further put herself in the spotlight. She tries to butt in a couple times (like she does) but gets immediately shut down because hell to the fucking no that was not okay. It ends with them trying to yell over each other, and F*licity yelling, “Well maybe I shouldn’t even be on this team anymore since you’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t need me!” right as the rest of the team walk in. They immediately try to backtrack, but F*licity, being her usual dramatic self yells, “No! No, you stay! I’ll go! He obviously doesn’t need me anyway!” and just leaves.

The rest of the team is just so shell shocked and embarrassed at having walked in at that exact moment (they’d all secretly been hoping to be there at that exact moment because that’d mean they’d officially have permission to drag F*licity the way she should have been several seasons ago) but the moment turned out to be more awkward than anyone could have hoped, so no one really knows what to do. “You alright, Hoss?” Oliver pretends that the past minute never happened and redirects everyone’s attention to the latest update on Cayden James. Meanwhile, Laurel, recognizing that Oliver is going to opt out of dealing with the problem, quietly excuses herself and leaves the bunker after F*licity. And Laurel finds her just outside the bunker, pacing because was she was actually expecting Oliver to run up after her after causing that big scene.

Laurel: That was some fight you guys just had.

F*licity: What, oh that? Nah, Oliver’s just being a jerk. Don’t worry about me, we’ll be-

Laurel: Where the hell do you get off talking to him like that?

F*licity: Wait, what?

Laurel then unleashes the mother of all lectures, bringing up every single problematic thing F*licity has ever said or done, which is pretty much anything and everything anyone has ever had to complain about the Mary Sue-ish nature of her character, every time she’s been an asshole, every time that she and the rest of the team has wanted nothing more than to tell her to shut the fuck up but how Oliver had asked them not to because of how much he wanted their shitty relationship to work, whether they were together or broken up at the time. F*licity tries to keep a stoic facial expression, but it’s pretty clear that she’s embarrassed and angry and incredibly surprised because damn, first Oliver and Team Flash, and now Laurel is calling her out on her shit and she was so far from expecting it. Laurel, to her credit, never even raises her voice, because she doesn’t want the rest of the team to hear and get involved, and she makes it clear that no one is kicking her off the team (if she wanted to leave, then that was her own prerogative) but she’s just so glad that she finally gets to unload everything she’d been holding back since Oliver and F*licity had gotten together and the bitch was not going to worm her way out of it this time. Her rant ends with the sentence, “Don’t think for even a second that you’re in the right about any of this,” and she turns on her heel and heads back down to the bunker while F*licity stays frozen where she stands, still trying to absorb that she’d just been told off, and how no one was going to apologize for it.

In the upcoming days, it seems like F*licity is gone for good; she hasn’t come back down to the bunker or contacted anyone on the team, and the team slowly adjusts to not having her around (and encouraging Oliver in that he did the right thing by breaking it off). Curtis pretty much takes over her role on the team (he’s the third smartest person in the DC universe, dammit! Why in the fuck has he been reduced to Fefe’s sidekick?!) and makes time to go out on patrol with the others and besides not having anyone back in the bunker, the team dynamic really doesn’t change. But just as things escalate with Cayden James, F*licity comes back; she shows up unannounced at the bunker after the team comes back from the field, and insists that she’s ready to resume her role as Overwatch. The rest of the team is pretty iffy considering all the drama that she’d left in her wake, but they agree to take her back because they’d probably need all the help they could get against Cayden. So the show goes on, with some tension still between Oliver and F*licity, but Laurel quickly shuts her up with a look every time it looks like she’s about to start some shit.

Team Arrow obtains the list of people on Diaz’s payroll, and after some celebrating on taking down the bad guy, F*licity announces that she was officially leaving the team. There’s a lot of confusion, since she made such a big deal about wanting to come back, but she explains how she only wanted to finish what she started with Cayden James, and now that the mission is over, she’s ready to go back to a normal life, like what she had originally planned when joining the team back in the first season. This scene is actually a bittersweet one; no matter any of our opinions on how badly this character was fucked up, she was a part of the original team, and her departure from it should be treated like the end of an era. She leaves, but not before assuring them that she would help out if they ever need it.

Idk what the future holds for the plot, but as far as GA/BC being endgame (because they were, dammit) I actually wouldn’t want it to happen in the next season. Now with F*licity gone, Oliver got bumped up from the second to the biggest asshole in the Arrowverse, and like I said before, Laurel absolutely does not deserve his shit. So I don’t want there to be any romantic relationship between them at all, for at least one whole season. Hell, I want them to date other people during this season. At this point, I’d just really like to see their friendship to become more solid. I want them both to come to terms with what happened between them in the past, and decide to extend their partnership. I want Oliver (and the rest of the team) to see Laurel as his equal, not as his potential love interest, and definitely not his sidekick. I want Oliver to start resembling his comic book counterpart at this point. I want him to more frequently crack jokes and become less like a Batman wannabe. It felt like that’s the Oliver we were supposed to get when this show started, after he’d had a chance to deal with some of his trauma.

The eighth season is when Oliver and Laurel start showing romantic interest in each other again. They maybe start flirting while on the field, and eventually they go out on dates without the masks. And at first it’s weird, because of all the history they share, and a running gag where every time they sit down, they’re immediately summoned on a mission (original, ik). But they not only find the time to be together, but they actually realize that the life actually works for them, because there are no more secrets between them anymore. I want them to start calling each other Pretty Bird and Robin Hood and pretty much all the fluffy (and probably smutty) scenes that it would take for their relationship to better resemble their comic book counterparts. And their chemistry is just as good as it was in the first season, when you could just look at Oliver and see just how in love he was with Laurel, only better now that they both share the vigilante lifestyle.

This all eventually leads to them getting married; it doesn’t matter if it happens in the eighth season or the ninth, but the proposal is similar to the 2010 Green Arrow short, where he proposes while in full costume after completing a mission together.

Their wedding could be the premise for the annual crossover, but I wouldn’t mind if it was purely an episode of Arrow. If it’s not a crossover, then I would at least like a brief cameo of Barry and Iris, probably calling or video chatting them before the wedding, wishing them luck because they sadly can’t make it due to having to deal with this season’s villain. But Sara has to be there, for sure; with or without the rest of her team, she needs to be present as the maid of honor.

And their wedding gets interrupted, because of course it does (probs by Orm leading the Atlanteans or some shit) so they break up the wedding party to suit up and join the fight. This is actually the first time we see F*licity since she left. They need her tech skills yet again because Curtis was either incapacitated during the fight, or he’s off on a trip somewhere with the hot police officer from this past season. Anyway, they’re at whatever office/genius bar she’s working at, hovering while she does her thing, and she’s rambling on as per usual until she says something like, “I expected to hear from you like everyday, tbh. I’m honestly surprised everything didn’t fall apart the moment I left.” And everyone just kinda rolls their eyes like, damn, what a bitch. And then she makes it more awkward when it comes out that Oliver and Laurel’s wedding was supposed to take place earlier that day, and it’s like, “Oh, so I guess you are willing to get married, just not to me!” And Oliver has to physically hold Laurel back from cussing her out because, “We need her, okay?”

The episode/crossover ends with the team (and William and F*licity because reasons) back in whatever location they’re using as the Arrow Cave at this point, everyone in full costume, patching up their injuries, and it overall looking like the shawarma scene from the first Avengers movie. And despite having just won the day, everyone’s still sorry that they couldn’t finish the wedding. So, just like how Barry and Iris should’ve had their second wedding in STAR Labs, they decide to hold their wedding in the Arrow Cave. So, everyone still tired and dirty from their recent fight, but it still makes for an interesting ceremony. But it’s mostly because I want Oliver to lift Laurel’s mask the way he would’ve lifted her veil. And not only do they actually have vows, they’re actually pretty fucking beautiful. Like, Oliver’s are about how he’s loved her for most of his life, but how this is the first time where he feels like he’s finally worthy of her, and how he sees her as an equal, and as his partner in both halves of his life. Laurel’s reflect on how they went from friends to lovers, to strained acquaintances, back to friends, to actual partners, and eventually back to lovers. And no matter how many times their paths lead away from each other, they were forever intertwined. And then Diggle pronounces them husband and wife and everyone cheers.

F*licity hangs back from the rest of the crowd that’s hugging and kissing and congratulating, because she really can’t stop herself from thinking “That should have been me,” but she manages to keep it (mostly) classy and only hints towards the thought twice in her rambling congratulations. In the end, she hugs the both of them, and makes her exit right after Oliver and Laurel stroll out to catch their plane to their honeymoon.

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getsuruito · 6 years ago

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TANBA, GRAND ASSASSIN CANDIDATE

now wait a minute there friend, before we get into this, let me preface this for all the people who might see this and think “LOL WHAT” OR “get a load of this guy” by saying that this is a headcanon, its just my personal take on things for Tanba, and my speculations about the Grand Assassin class. On that note, it’s very likely that one day more information about Grand Servant’s, and specifically, Grand Assassin, will be released, and it’s likely that some or all of what I’m going to talk about today is wayyyyy off the mark, BUT FOR NOW!! just let me live pls.

So I have it as a thing that Tanba eventually, at some point in the FGO timeline, becomes Grand Assassin, filling the spot that was vacated by King Hassan, but i've never addressed "how" this is possible, or i.e, "why" I think he's qualified for the role, and that's what I'd like to lay out today. Think of this as a.. meta of sorts. Nothing prosey here, it's just something I want to talk about.

What makes a "Grand Assassin" in the first place? We don't know that answer , as it's yet to be revealed. We know with Grand Caster's that they all possess some form of Clairvoyance, with it being a requirement to even be considered a candidate for the role. We know in general too that a Grand Servant is typically thought of as being the "best of the best", the “pinnacle” of heroic spirits in terms of their respective roles (saber, archer, lancer, rider, caster, assassin, berserker). With the Grand Assassin role, however, we know little of the requirements for sure, but looking at the only Grand Assassin to date, King Hassan, we can make some educated guesses about what we're missing.

As it is with Grand Servants in general, we can assume that to be qualified for Grand Assassin, someone has to be exceptionally, and I mean exceptionally good at their line of work-- everything that being an "Assassin" class entails basically. On the surface, King Hassan, who fights with a shield and a great-sword, might not seem to fit the aforementioned requirement, but the skills he possesses prove otherwise. Being a great Assassin can't be the only requirement however-- sheer power is important to the Grand class as well, and considering how powerful King Hassan is on his own (as a “regular” servant), the bar is high. King Hassan also possesses an ability that is very similar to Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and I feel very strongly that having an ability of that nature or having the eyes themselves is a requirement for being Grand Assassin as well, just as Clairvoyance and related skills/abilities are to Grand Caster's.

Tanba meets all of the above requirements, in my opinion, and I'll go into detail why. First off, as far as skill is concerned, Tanba is without a doubt, one of the most proficient killers to have ever walked the earth. Being a master of his craft, Tanba has extensive knowledge of and proficiency in every facet there is surrounding ninjutsu from Bajutsu to Tenmon, and you can bet that it's made him an unparalleled killing machine and agent of subterfuge-- the perfect shinobi, perhaps the perfect assassin. Tanba also may as well have created the system countless other shinobi used, running parallel to King Hassan and his founding of the Hashashin.

SKILL is something Tanba has plenty of, case and point. Skill isn't the only thing Tanba has going for him of course-- POWER is something Tanba is rich in, too. On account of his noble phantasm's, and his mastery with shinobi magecraft and Kuji-in, Tanba wields immeasurable power, and he is easily among the most powerful servants period. For example, Tanba can take the forms of other servants through The Seven Ways Of Going, he can literally become them, skills and noble phantasms (to a degree) included. With Getsuruito, Tanba can manipulate the energies of the moon, it's light and the shadows cast by it. With the Tsuki-no-Kage, he’s practically invulnerable to all poisons, ranged, and magical damage at night, including blasts from NP’s (unless he’s facing a demonic enemy, poison, or weapon). Tanba commands an array of specialized shinobi incantations and Kuji-in, and is capable of utilizing each Kuji-in to their fullest extent, and between all of his incantations and hand seals he can manifest the greatest fears of entire armies, control the weather, control the elements, be in multiple places at once, simultaneously exist and yet not exist, strike enemies with magecraft so powerful it can potentially override A ranked magic resistance-- power is clearly not an issue for Tanba. One of Tanba's Kuji-in can even grant him the ability to see the Lines and Points of Death that lead to all beings as those with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can, further qualifying him for the position of Grand Assassin imo.

But why does Tanba deserve to be Grand Assassin? Tanba may meet all of the requirements, and he may be the most promising candidate for the role, but why would the Counter Force choose him? Surely Tanba's too reprehensible of a person to be trusted with such a role, right? A person as twisted as Tanba, someone who wants to RULE over everyone, couldn't possibly have the world's best interests in mind, could he? If you've read some of the other headcanons (x, and x) I've posted, you will see that Tanba does, in fact, have the world and humanity's best interests in mind. Tanba believes that the world is his domain (or that its meant to be his domain), his kingdom, and while he's not above killing people for whatever reasons he desires, he see's the people across the world as his subjects in a sense, and like any good ruler, he wants them to generally be happy, he wants them to prosper, and he would do ANYTHING to protect them from total annihilation. In a way, Tanba extended the view he had for Iga and Japan in life to all of humanity, and because of this, there's a good chance the Counter Force would see him as worthy. Tanba may be a dumpster fire of loose morals and egocentricity but he would lay down his life to defend humanity from whatever perils come its way, and that's all the Counter Force would truly care about.

The only question remaining is, when would Tanba become Grand Assassin? Personally I'm not sure yet. I've thought about placing this event after the end of Cosmos in the Lostbelt, but we'll see how that ends up playing out. That topic will get its very own post in the future though! The point of this one is to simply make clear that Tanba is Grand servant material, and that it's destined for him, at some point. Thanks for coming to my presentation.

#;the marks of a lost war (HEADCANON);#//had this on the other site but i had to tweak it a bit b4 posting here dsjflhfsdkj #//anyway. yeah. now im off to play borderlands with my gf everyone haVE A GOOD AFTERNOON!#//LONG POST

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convxction · 6 years ago

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niore as chrom's child? your thoughts?

meta meme

/ / rubs my chin. that’s interesting question tbh.

i’m not against chrom x tharja but i have some points which can be a hindrance to their relationship. their short time of knowing one another does not count for me because then it defies chrom x olivia that i like as well.

but that aside, i can talk about them if anyone interested (i think i did? right? . . i have a memory of a fish my dudes…;;)

but anyway, noire of they were ever got together haha

first. the hair

not to be biased to the blue but it is nice. maybe not the best look for her but it is nice nevertheless. black (grey) kind of suits her better i think haha

the brand placement is not my concern, it could be her other eye (like inigo) or arm or leg or whatever. it does not surface like lucina however on birth (or it can? oooo~)

idk about you guys but one of the things that makes me find it hard to think of chrom x tharja, is her little…abusive self to everyone including her child. do you think chrom would allow her to do magic voodoo on his daughter? hell no. so i dont know how much this…can happen if they married. maybe if she linked it to ‘protecting her’ for something idk man but magic on children is forbidden. no magic, wife, please.

archer class (lol duh?) because chrom gives this class to his kids so noire’s strength is good if not strongest point from her father (and magic points from mama.)

what else. rubs chin …

i think she still prefers her mom over chrom because unlike lucina, she does not find much common with him beside the brand and the hair. but i think when they spend time they will notice more similarities; like how awkward they can be in certain situations, fretting about the people they love, etc.

if noire was interested in magic, i can see chrom encouraging her, even be her test subject at times lol. (who best than a man with low resistance to try the magic spells?)

archery competition from time to time between krum and noinoi.

listen, he will call her noinoi (or nowa chan) every kid of his gets a nickname lol

i can see the maids a little bit scared of noire unlike lucina because she spends more time with tharja and you know dark magic and all, the maids kind of get scared of her (doing something to them.)

noire have imaginary friends because of the previous point, especially when lucina is busy with studying or not around for a reason or another

however, wherever lucina is, noire is right behind her, sticking close to her all the time if tharja was not around.

noire does not ask for anything out of chrom unless lucina conveys her feelings to the man. basically, the father sucks at understanding her most of the time since he feels bad about probing her. imagine every time he tries to ask her something, her eyes wells up and minutes away from crying so he just stops bothering her. actually, noire every time tries to talk to him but because she did not interact with him much, she is both scared and shy so…she cries quickly (also she thinks he will get mad at her)

the only time when she is not crying when chrom gets her on top of argent. at first, she cried a lot but argent is a good horse so she liked him a lot. imagine noire running to chrom and just “horsy!” and wiggles in happiness because finally something she can ask chrom of. (then proceed chrom to cry in a corner because thanks @ naga this is what i have been asking for; my daughter loving me.)

horsy rides with fam~ noire in front then lucina then chrom (tharja probably does not like this but would humor this..rarely sits behind chrom or after lucina)

noire learned how to use swords but she is afraid of close ranged fighting so she wont use it but has hidden knife in her boots in case she had to fight face to face with someone. though hey, she with an arrow is lethal too if she could not shoot it.

for now that’s what my brain can give. hey! you can send me what you think! i am very ok with people sending me their headcanons about chrom or anything. this house loves and appreciates everyone who contributes to anything.

#⚔anonymous.⚔ (unknown sender)#⚔headcanon.⚔ (building up)#⚔ooc.⚔ (faty speaks)#chromxtharja tag pending #chroja ? chrja?#//hm m m #//thansk anon for this qustion it was out of the blue but...thanks!

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oakmd · 7 years ago

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Congratulations ! You received 1,000+ followers !

Continue? ▶YES ▷NO

Well, I can’t really express anything but amazement at such an accomplishment, and to be honest I’m pretty blown away that so many of you have stuck with me since the beginning of this blog, and that so many of you enjoy Professor Oak enough to stay. I’ll forever stand by the fact that this blog was the best 'joke’ I ever made, and probably one of the most fulfilling things I’ve actively kept at.

As much as I hope this blog has helped you find comfort and laughter, RPing Professor Oak has definitely changed me for the better, as well. It has given me an outlet to heal parts of myself and provide help to others, and also pushed me to practice positivity even when I know I get so low sometimes that I don’t even want to try. Another bonus is that I have met wonderful people here, most of you just strictly friends on the dash, but I’ve also gained relationships with people that have extended into discord and I’m sure it has made all the difference this past year and a half.

As usual, I’m not really a fan of long-winded gushes of emotion, so I’ll keep it short, but I would really like to have it be known that my love for Professor Oak has grown tremendously, in ways I would have never reached without taking the time to thoughtfully craft his backstory and work to develop him further. I know he’s a very nostalgic character that so many of us know and respect that I’m always very careful of how I choose to build on the image without ruining what’s already there. Out of all my many muses here, this one has seemingly ( and surprisingly ) all at once snuck its way as my primary blog; the blog I always look forward to logging into the most, where I enjoy following your activity whether it be IC or OOC, and just generally enjoy being in the presence of people so passionate about a fandom associated with my childhood. I love this little corner of a community that has welcomed me and engaged with me and unknowingly kept me going, and to look back at my experience and see that I’ve had no trouble at all makes me feel really lucky.

There will never be a way to fully and accurately express my thanks, but I will say it anyway: thank you so much, and I hope that no matter where you go, and no matter what you do, you are trying to be your best, and that you’re happy. Professor Oak will always be there to congratulate you when you reach your dreams.

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER ( because my mind is so scattered - ) special shout outs to special people:

@timecapscle - wasn’t it you that said i’d one day get 1,000 followers? : ) you’ve literally supported me since the beginning and i just wanna say that i appreciate your enthusiasm for professor oak as much as i appreciate your enthusiasm for bill. its wonderful to see someone represent an otherwise under represented character and you do it well. i care for you so much, and wish nothing but good things for your future even if you want to do bad things in the name of science

@diligentseeker / @evolutionexpert - someone i consider a cherished friend, despite how sporadic our interaction seems, i appreciate all our random long talks on discord, and i’ll never forget our very first conversation. it meant a lot to me, and i want to thank you. i dont meet a lot of ppl that i feel ‘get’ me on some unspoken level, so when it happens, its a nice surprise. anyway i won’t ramble because i take it you’re not one for praise, but im glad people like you exist. with that being said please stop making professor elm stress me out.

@undinaes - the moment you’ve been waiting for. SIKE! just kidding; its no surprise that you’re always filling my dash with testimonials from people that see you for what you are. you’re a beam of sunshine with all the qualities to match; warm, bright, and a natural source of energy that brings people together. your passion for writing is astounding and even when ppl dont deserve your kindness, you’re unbiased in giving it out. truly a mom through and through. but most importantly, ur my girlie and im glad we met :v

@ofpalletown - in my mind, you are practically ash, and ill be here to support you even during all your moments of Extra™ ... but aside from that you’re very loyal to your friends and full of something sunny that i can’t describe. ur gonna be okay, kid. so pls stop stressing out ur dear prof oak

@03redd - i probably mentioned not long ago that your blog is really good, but ill say it again in case you weren’t listening. i love your blog? its very fun to follow, and i think you’re one of my favorite reds. even with me not being game verse, its so easy to just immerse myself in whatever nonsense you have red drag professor oak into. i dig your creative energy.

@normaliium - and ofc i cant leave out my cousin. the one to be admired, the ever-successful, brilliant human being that loves me even when i take off ten years of your life each night. my life would lack such substance without you, and i will never forget all you’ve done to help me when i would otherwise be left to myself. you make me really proud to know you, you really do, and everyone i ever talk to you about can attest to that. #YOLO

@bossgiovanni - you haven’t been active in forever, but you remain one of my friends and that’s all that matters. from skype to discord, im glad we could stick together even with our blatant differences in opinion. you are always so nice to me and say the kindest things, and i just wanna say thanks. hope youve been doing well! you are capable of so much, and i believe in you, so don’t forget that.

@agentmansley - can i jsut say thank you for staying true to your muse and throwing even the purest of characters into your mess? i have loved your blog long before i made professor oak, and you’re seriously one of the funnest people i’ve rp’d with here. everything i’ve written with you is refreshing and new, and never fails to make me laugh. thank you for your love for kent, and also for writing with me. i know you’ve been MIA for a while, but you’re definitely a memorable person.

@tcssaiga - i dont have a lot of cross-fandom interactions so when they happen im usually pleased. you’ve got great characterization, and have perfect dialogue. i never watched a whole lot of inuyasha but i’ve atched enough to know that you’re pretty close to canon. thanks for the interactions even if you’re mean to prof oak on archer ; (

@askgarymfoak - MY LITTLE ACORN!!!! the dedication you have for gary honestly gives me so much life, and i love rping with you on discord and just yelling about sam / gary hcs. its always a highlight of my day and i can tell you’ve thought about gary and his life long and hard, and its so cool to see someone interested in all that makes him the Headache we all recognize and love. please never stop sharing with me the personal hcs you have for the boy, i always want to hear them.

@futureheld - we don’t even rp with each other on this muse BUT youre one of my longest tumblr rp friends that i still talk to and you’re really important to me. we have history, we go back!!!! okay? #FRIENDSHIP n all that. but tbh id follow you on any muse because your writing is just great? id write any weird crossover with you because you have a talent for making it work seamlessly anyway. thanks 4 the memories, loser.

@seviiserver - CELIO!!! we dont talk as much as we used to, or rather, we talk in bursts every now and then but i consider you one of my good friends! not only are u really talented in all things artistic, but i love your writing and it’s always enjoyable to read, even if its not one of our threads together. you made me have so much adoration for celio and like all the other ppl ive met who bring life to underrated / under-rp’d muses, i enjoy seeing everything you pour into him... AND ALSO I LOVE OUR OAK / ROWAN INTERACTIONS? i love them so much it hurts okay. even if its just silliness in discord it brightens my day. anyway perhaps one day we will cross paths in this sleepless city and i will finally teach u how to ride a bike.

@rottenrhythms - i know i dont have much to say or comment with whenever you message me on discord, but i admire how much detail you put into your characters and meta. im always impressed with all the work and thought you put into your world-building; i wish i had that much drive. also, you’ve made a lot of improvement with yourself from the time i first started talking to you on skype. be proud of your progress, and keep working at it, it’s worth it in the long run!

@lack--two NATE youre definitely a very sweet person, and perhaps a little more devious ooc than i’d imagined you would be ( at least to me, why must you poke me for reactions? ; ( u wound me ) but you’re a soothing presence to be around and im glad you were finally able to make discord work. bonus points for letting me yell about yugioh all the time. never stop being wonderful. im here for you whenever you might need a listening ear, okay?

@loyalpika / @palletbloomer - #PRIKA!!! ever since i first followed you i remembered being blown away by your extensive headcanons on pikachu and i genuinely enjoy every blog you make! we dont talk OOC but from all your ooc posts you seem like a very caring older sister and thats nice to see; with you running around all the time, i hope you do get some rest every now and then! i hope our camaraderie never falters, take care friend!

@thepkmnnurse - i cant forget all the love and support both you and your muse have for professor oak, and im happy you try to spread positivity on the dash whenever you can! we don’t talk much OOC but from what i can tell you’re just as kind and nurturing as nurse joy herself. i hope you’ve been taking it easy wherever you are, and i hope your days are bright!

@rebelracket - will there ever be a day that i dont enjoy seeing your delinquent muse causing havoc on the dash? your creativity is wonderful to witness and i enjoy clarissa so much, thank you for interacting with a pure ol’ muse like mine. i hope we can continue to keep writing together, im excited at where we might end up. p.s. your art is delightful.

@porttownprince - you’re a gentle presence on my dash but im glad that youre here and that you’ve stuck around despite all the bad things that followed you. i hope you can overcome all the trauma you’ve been through. thank you for being kind with me!

@nikkouki - i know i dont say much but i enjoy your random check ins with me on discord, and i think youre a sweet young girl. you’re gonna go far in life, just make sure you keep going! continue being a precious kiddo and don’t forget to study your japanese ; (

@viciousvainglory & @midoriyamight - i cant think of one without the other so accept this double-tag lol. you’ve both supported this blog since the beginning and i wont forget how welcome you made me feel! no matter what blogs you’re on im glad we can still be friends! you deserve the big toblerone!

@fateandfury - my long time writing parter without knowing we were long time writing partners! the work you put into professor juniper is something to behold! we haven’t seemed to interact much despite rping professor muses, but that doesn’t mean i don’t appreciate your take on such a muse!

OTHER BLOGS TO BE ADMIRED ( also in no particular oder) : @sterlingsilverchampion @starmarkcd @pxgtails @satanstories @champofpallet @golden-oak @spriggaens @nurturen @florenselite @craniumaniac @ask-guzma @tenderpoison @gocatchem @faemoria @hikaup@writtenbykaichu @executiveariana @honoxtokage @simikami @bigcalavera @rotorotom @thehopcful @and-they-succeeded @metalprincess13 @keep-those-memories-away @hisvanity @attitxde @asmayflies @sesshcmaru @theagentlooker @ambcrly @kantocowboy @dauphindekalos @beareroftheblueorb @blastingxff @aquaelegance @bugeyesboutique @make-it-trouble @thunderstonereject @theagentlooker @soultattered @scvedbylove @diluviumx @inevitabilis-sors @pokedouche @fightiniumz @firespun

I’M SO SORRY IF I MISSED PEOPLE, THIS IS REALLY HARD FOR SOMEONE SO SCATTER-BRAINED AND MEMORY-FOGGED AS ME. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT INCLUDED AND EVEN IF WE’RE NOT MUTUALS, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS BLOG. WITHOUT ANY OF YOU I WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN HERE.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A GIVEAWAY!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

#congratulations hall of famers! ▸ [ PROMO. ]#this is too mcuh work im sorry if i missed anyone dnfkgh #also sorry if i started sounding repetetive but i dont say anything i dont mean #this was overwhelming but it was worth it!!!!#follower count for ts #wat a nice early bday gift :o #and around the same time as the anniversary pkmn game release

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princeadams · 8 years ago

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Meg’s Ultimate Beauty and the Beast Fic Rec List

so, you all are probably going to think i’m exaggerating (and be horrified when you discover i’m actually not and probably decide that i’m weird af) but over the years i have pretty much read every Beauty and the Beast fic on fanfiction.net. YES, i know, that’s Extra to the point that it can’t even pass off as being cute or quirky anymore, but it’s true. i started in 2013, though, in my defense, and just kind of read every single night when i’d finished my homework all throughout high school. ANYWAY, because of this, i know a lot of good fics that some of you guys may not remember reading or may have not seen bc they were written in 2008 or something crazy like that. so, here’s my recommendations for BATB fics!! these will mostly be Belle/Beast and Belle/Adam, but other stuff might be in there. a lot of these will be based on the 1991 film since obviously there’s a lot more fic in that, but i’ll probably sneak in some recent stuff i’ve read that i really like either from fanfiction.net or Archive of Our Own. i’ll add comments to the ones i specifically remember reading and am able to elaborate on my thoughts, but otherwise i’m just pulling stuff out of my favorites (i only favorite a fic if i really really like it.) here we go!!

Multi-Chapter Fics

A Change in Me by disneylove89 Description: Belle is saved from the wolves by the Beast, but is injured and becomes ill as a result. Because of this, though, Belle is unknowingly able to find the chink in the Beast's hard heart and begin their odd relationship. A larger look at Belle and the Beast's lives with expanded movie scenes and original chapters beginning from just after the wolf chase and past the movie's end. My comments: this is one fic I specifically remember reading my freshman year of high school. I *loved* it. It basically gave a bit more depth to Belle and Beast’s friendship and allowed that friendship to transcend into love a lot more naturally. I’ll probably be re-reading this one tonight, since I don’t think I’ve re-read it in a couple of years!

A Prince in Disguise by The Green Archer Description: The Beast gets a reprieve on his curse, but will he find out if Belle truly loved him? Meanwhile, Gaston will do anything to make Belle his wife. Alternate ending to the movie. My comments: If I remember correctly, the author said she got the idea for this from The Princess Bride. Anyway, this is another one I loved when I first fell in love with BATB. It’s got the perfect amount of heartache and pining (yes, I am quoting the Beast) and she captured Adam’s character perfectly.

After They Stopped Dancing by lebardetriste Description: This is a creation for my inner child, who always wondered what happened to Belle and her prince after they stopped dancing. I did my best to honor the character development already established by the movie. To me, Disney's Beauty and the Beast is one of THE great love stories. This a direct continuation of the story, picking up just moments after the movie ends. My comments: Guys, I think this may be the first BATB fic I ever read. I’m not sure. It’s definitely one of the first few, and I remember loving it so much.

All Men Are Afraid of Dying by LadyBaelish1127 Description: "I just wish you would let me help you find yourself again," Belle murmured. - Belle is adjusting to life in the rejuvenated castle. Prince Adam is learning what it means to be human again. Novel-length, based on 2017 film. My comments: This was one of the first multi-chapter fics to come out of the 2017 movie, the first chapter was posted on the day the movie officially premiered in theatres. She really captured 2017 Adam’s character perfectly, especially considering she was probably just going off of seeing the movie once! There was barely any meta or headcanons on 2017 Adam at the time, so to me it’s mind-blowing how well she wrote him. There’s an amazing plot twist about halfway through the fic that I wasn’t expecting at all, which was great. Also, this is super smutty, and I’m here for it.

Mirrors by @greensearcher Description: Everyone knows the Beast was selfish and unkind—which, of course, is exactly what a jealous enchantress would want the world to think. A retelling in which young Adam was an innocent victim caught up in his father's past mistakes, and Belle a willing presence seeking to repay her own father's debt. And with a vengeful witch on the loose, Gaston is the least of their worries. My comments: WOAH, MY FRIENDS. THIS FIC IS AMAZING, PLEASE READ IT. As the description would suggest, this fic is basically what Adam and Belle’s friendship and love story would’ve been like if Adam hadn’t been such an apocalyptic fuckhat in the beginning. (Sorry, bby, but you know it’s true.) I love the idea of Adam actually being really kind and good (which we all know he is deep down, but I mean like in his behavior as well) and that’s actually how the Prince is in the original Beauty and the Beast, which I always loved about La Belle et La Bete.

The Beast Prince by onceuponanobsessedfan Description: With an obsessive love for the prince, the Enchantress places a unique curse on him--beast by day, human by night. In order for the curse to break, he must marry the Enchantress or remain locked away in his castle for eternity. If anyone sees his true form, he will be lost forever to a woman he will never love. My comments: This is a different twist on the story we’re used to, and I love it. I especially love Belle and Beast’s relationship in this.

I Will Be With You For Evermore by ImagineATale Description: Alternative ending based on 2017 remake. What if Belle decides she wants to return to the castle after rescuing her father? And what if she leaves the mirror with the Beast? My comments: This is incredibly depressing, and I’m totally here for it. Also, it’s not completed yet, but it’s totally worth reading anyway.

Behind a Fair Façade by @theteaisaddictive Description: Belle and Adam are college roommates whose dislike soon melts into friendship - and maybe more. But Adam has a reason beyond Belle's smile for pursuing her love, to do with his parents tragic death ten years ago. And Belle has her own motives for choosing a college over a hundred miles from her beloved father. Can their friends get them to fall in love? Complete, 3 bonus chapters. My comments: I’ve been reading @theteaisaddictive‘s stuff for years now, and I always love everything she writes. This is one of the modern AU’s I’ve really liked where I felt like the characters still seemed like themselves in a modern setting.

A Rose’s Thorn by @theteaisaddictive Description: Because a prince insulted a witch, he was cursed. Because a girl fell in love, the spell was broken. But when a merchant chooses to trust his horse, the prince risks never breaking his enchantment. And the merchant's daughter will be trapped in marriage with a man she doesn't love. Can they find each other, even with all the changes to this tale as old as time? Movieverse AU. My comments: Another great fic by @theteaisaddictive. It’s not complete yet, though, you’ve been warned.

Kissed by a Rose by SamoaPhoenix9 Description: Mature content Beauty and the Beast. Belle comes to the castle burdened by an unspeakable secret and a deeply wounded spirit. The Beast carries betrayal in his own past. Can they still learn to love, and to trust, one another? Complete! My comments: First of all, can I just say, SamoaPhoenix9 has literally been in the BATB fandom forever. Like, I remember seeing authors thanking them for their comments on fics from 2012. They definitely get some credit for that alone, since reading/writing about BATB for that long will definitely allow you to really understand the characters. As for this fic, I haven’t read it in a year or so, but I do know that I loved it.

My Heart Will Go On by Charlie’sLostVampire Description: Engaged to be married to a woman who he does not love - a match enforced by his money grubbing father - the poised young aristocrat, Adam, is utterly miserable. On his first night aboard the RMS Titanic, he debates pitching himself over the edge of the ship and into the icy waters below, never to be seen or paraded around ever again. And then he meets Belle. My comments: It’s a Titanic AU, what more can I say? Yes, I know, this only has three chapters thus far, don’t fight me. I’m just as desperate for more as you are.

Beauty and the Beast: The Tale Continues by CJ Ambrose Description: With the curse broken, Belle and Prince Adam start to enjoy their new life together, and remaining happy for evermore. Takes place during and after the ending of the 2017 live-action film. Please review! Some OOC moments. My comments: Another one of the first fics to come out of the movie. As they mentioned in the description, some moments are a bit out of character, but overall I’m into it. I definitely have this set for email notifications, and they update pretty often, so it’s always something to look forward to.

Love Will Save Your Soul by Hammyham9 Description: After the curse is lifted, Adam and Belle are getting used to life together, hopefully with a semblance of self-restraint. Après L'Enchantement by The Green Searcher Description: Becoming a prince again was just the beginning. Post-movie fluff. My comments: This is another one of the first BATB fics I read. I’ll have to re-read it, since it’s been a while, but I remember being in love with it.

Love Changes Things by JonniLyne Description: What if the Beast hadn't forced Belle to stay? What if it was her choice? What if she stayed to escape her own tragic fate? My spin on the classic story.

Tune As Old As Song by So-Crates Johnson Description: Modern/AU: Belle, a writer for a local newspaper, is helping a friend with a story when she meets Adam, a guitarist for a popular local metal band. As she gets to know him, she realizes that they have more in common than their seemingly different interests would suggest. My comments: Another good modern AU. In this one, Adam is a musician, which my former Band Slut self was very into in 2013. Also, Belle is a journalist in this one, which my current journalism major self is very into.

Song as Old as Rhyme by So-Crates Johnson Description: A modern retelling following the original storyline, in which most of the main characters are gainfully employed adults. My comments: Basically the same idea as the previous one, except this one more closely follows the plot of the movie.

Certain as the Sun by disneylove89 Description: Belle and Adam have returned from their honeymoon to begin their lives as husband and wife. They find out quickly though, that nothing is ever as certain as the sun, that there are many things than can change their lives in a single moment. This story follows Adam and Belle as they experience life, with all the joys and the difficulties that come with it. A series of short stories.

Notre Dame by FoxyBoxy Description: What if Belle used the Portal Book again before she left the castle? And had a midnight stroll with Beast? My comments: This is amazing, that’s really all I can say

Perchance to Dream by SamoaPhoenix9 Description: Based on the 2017 movie, with a twist from the original French story. After coming to the castle, Belle meets someone in her dreams who seems oddly familiar... My comments: As you all know, I love the original Beauty and the Beast stories - both Villeneuve’s and Beaumont’s. So, obviously, I adore this. As The Long, Long Nights Begin by ladymacbeth99 Description: AU. After the fight with Gaston, Belle is just in time to save the Beast's life-but too late to break the spell. Can they manage to find some happiness anyway? My comments: This is depressing and I love it.

One-Shot Collections (kind of like a multi-chapter fic but they aren’t all necessarily related. You all know what I mean.)

The Nature Points the Way, So Much Left to Say series by @je-suis-em-jee My comments: I actually posted one of these one-shots in the one shot section because it’s my absolute favorite, however these are all amazing. And her smut is amazing. And she’s amazing. Emjee, why you so good. Why.

The Beauty of a Beast by @theteaisaddictive My comments: Would you look at that, another thing from @theteaisaddictive. If you can’t tell, I really like her writing.

Reflections by SamoaPhoenix9 My comments: Some more stuff from SamoaPhoenix9. Again, they really get Beauty and the Beast. I got a lot of perspective into the characters when I first got into BATB by reading their fic.

Be With Me For Evermore by @quicksiluers My comments: UGH, I LOVE THESE SO MUCH. Whenever I get an update in my email notifications, it makes my day.

The Inventor and Her Prince by PennyHazel My comments: I ADORE THESE. I’m sad there’s only three chapters though :(

Human Again by So-Crates Johnson My comments: Haven’t read these in a couple of years, but it’s So-Crates Johnson so I know it’s good.

How Does a Moment Last Forever? by doppelgnger08 My comments: This is definitely one of my favorite series of one-shots to come out of the 2017 movie.

Fading from Memory by Michaela Martin My comments: The first one I’ve reblogged on here before, and I’m in love with it.

What If... by @uncledisney My comments: a ton of 3-sentence-long AU fics, and they’re all amazing. By the way, Reyna is always accepting prompts for this series.

One Shots

Pouf-pouf by @je-suis-em-jee

Description: "Not for the first time, Belle found herself curious about the dusting of gold Plumette so often applied to the corner of her eyes and the swell of her cheeks. 'Actually. I did have one question. How do you…' She touched the side of her face to indicate where Plumette’s skin shimmered. 'How do I do my makeup?' 'Yes.' Plumette shook her head in amazement. 'There were really no other girls in Villeneuve?'" In which Belle makes a friend and learns more about her fiance. My comments: This is easily my favorite one-shot of all time. It’s incredibly well-written, fluffy and cute and it features Makeup-Wearing Adam, which is one of my favorite Adams. It features lots of different characters, like Plumette and even Maurice. The second chapter is amazing, it’s so fluffy and sweet and if I’m being honest, sometimes when I’m anxious at night and having trouble falling asleep, I just read it and it calms me down enough to drift off.

When We Touched by A Self-Promoting Attention-Thirsty Hoe, AKA Meg. AKA me. This is my fic. I’m self-promoting my fic.

Description (which is awful, by the way, I never knew I’d be so bad at writing descriptions): The five times the Beast had human contact for the first time in years, and the one time he had it as a human himself after the curse is broken. Based mostly off the 2017 movie. My comments: Well, my dudes. What do I have to say other than this is my fic, I think it’s somewhat okay, and I hope that you enjoy it.

Mon Beau Garcon by radiofedora

Description:

"Pretty, pretty boy!" Madame de Garderobe and her son, through the years.(Garderobe character study)

My comments:

This actually isn’t an Adelle fic, but I love it so much that I had to include it. It basically just shows Mme. Garderobe being a wonderful mother to Stanley.

Blue Suede Shoes by @mmedegarderobe Description: Once upon a time, @uncledisney suggested that pre-curse trash baby Prince Adam would be the human embodiment of snark and wear Heelys so that he could be a grade-A asshole. (Read more on that here and here.) This is what would happen if he found those wheely suckers after the curse was broken. My comments: this is literally the Heelys fic please read it

All Along by SamoaPhoenix9 Description: The spell has finally been broken. The Beast has some explaining to do, and Belle has a few secrets of her own to get out: she knew about the curse. Postmovie oneshot. Evermore Reprise by @theresadunn Description: A reprise for Evermore sung by Adam to his daughter. My comments: This made me cry Evermore (Reprise) by @uncledisney Description: One night, Adam finds himself overlooking the castle grounds from the tower, just like the time Belle left him. Only this time, this is his wedding night and Belle is now his wife. My comments: Another reprise for Evermore, except this is just the lyrics. However, it’s still great.

Changes by TrudiRose Description: One-shot: Belle and her Prince adjust to life after the transformation. My comments: Remember what I said earlier about SamoaPhoenix6 being like, an OG BATB fic writer? THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 2004, AND I STILL SEE TRUDIROSE LURKING IN THE BATB FICS ON FANFICTION.NET. Honestly, to me, TrudiRose is a legend. I say this half-jokingly, but seriously. I remember back in 2013 when I began my mission to read every BATB fic out there, I’d read something from 2012, something from 2010, and something from 2008 and the fic writers were all thanking TrudiRose for their support or doing beta work or whatever. That’s so crazy and cool to me, idk. Anyway, this one-shot is great.

Two Hearts Become One by disneylove89 Description: This is the story of Belle and Adam's wedding night. Plenty of fluff, but pay attention to the rating, it's there for a reason! My comments: This is some good smut, my dudes. Pretty sure 15 year old Meg learned everything she didn’t know about sex from reading this. So, thanks for the free sex ed, disneylove89.

One Passion by disneylove89 Description: A sort of sequel to my story "Two Hearts Become One." Adam and Belle are celebrating their one year wedding anniversary in all sorts of lovely, smutty ways. My comments: Once again, smut. Also, I distinctly remember geeking out over the fact that both these smut fics were titled after the Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) from the Broadway musical, as if I was the only one that knew that.

The Beast Within the Man by ladymacbeth99 Description: One-shot. Even after he's transfigured back to his human form, Belle still recognizes the Beast she grew to love.

Proof by Amabeth Description: He told Gaston he wasn't a beast, and he proved it. But Belle didn't need any proof. / OR a short drabble about the before and after of the Beast's transformation. Set in the 2017 remake.

Snow Covered Dreams by SpoonyLupin Description: After the Beast thinks he has injured Belle during their snowball fight, this leads to an intimate fireside chat. Various things come to light including the fate of their mothers and something Belle had never before thought to ask – the Beast's name. [A missing moment from the 2017 film.] My comments: THIS IS ADORABLE

Beauty and the Beast: A New Beginning by Prinsesa Isabella Description: (Takes place one and a half year after the BatB 2017 movie) A series of one-shots, dabbles revolving around Adam and Belle as the new monarch rulers King and Queen... and... as the new parents of their first newborn princess. (Based on guiltyhipster and theresadunn's BatB Parenting Headcanons on tumblr) My comments: these are based on those amazing Adelle parenting headcanons and I love them Well, my friends, that’s all I have to give you for now. However, there’s over 2k fics for Beauty and the Beast on fanfiction.net, so you should definitely scroll back and see what you can find. And as @uncledisney said in their fic rec post, please remember, if you like a fic, tell the author!! Words are important to writers, and your words mean a lot to us.

Also, feel free to check out my fic tag and my fic rec tag, because I’m sure there’s something on there I forgot to put here.

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