#I'm kinda sad because I love Newt

[hr-nm-grnd-zr]

I remember how my friends and I thought about this scenario:

A bunch of old people, sitting in their living rooms, in nursing homes etc. And they watch the news or check social media and they find out that JK Rowling died. And all of these old people walk over to their cupboards and take out the old dvds and wands and robes and go out into the street, lifting up their wands into the air and spending the rest of the day watching the Harry Potter movies.

But now everyone hates her and instead we're all gonna throw a party or maybe no one will care because Harry Potter might still be a part of our lives, but we completely forgot about the person who created it.

[lucystark12]

how to convince the ga that byler isn't rushed (kind of just a rant about lettergate)

they need to and i mean NEED to vecna mike because the only way the ga will understand that byler has been built up since the beginning is if we’re given scenes in context. we as bylers obviously get it but byler is at risk of being labeled “too rushed” if they don’t put effort into referencing the important parts of mike’s feelings developing.

the audience doesn't really have a problem with believing that will is gay and in love with mike because there are things in his arc that are just obvious and clearly point to that.

but mike on the other hand is in the middle of a love triangle. unlike most of the other main characters, mike isn't open about his feelings. we don't get his internal monologue. he doesn't tell others how he's feeling. thats why its so easy for bylers and milevens alike to interpret his every move in either direction. it's purely because we don't know. so, in season five, there are things they have to address and give concrete meaning to so that people understand how byler actually does make sense.

the most important scene that i’ve already kinda talked about to do this is...

this one, obviously, the most important little part of all of byler's season three. i want vecna talking about this. i want mike thinking about this. it’s crucial. it’s essential. his behavior here is weird as hell! it even reads weirdly in a script that was released and then edited quickly after. it's important and it needs to be addressed and treated as such. in the script (forgive me if i'm off, i don't have a copy of it so this is from memory) it reads as "what's wrong with me?" that obviously points our way, but since we don't get his internal monologue there's no way to be sure. it needs to be addressed.

this is also kinda lettergate proof because i think the unsent letters and the fact that mike did try to call will also be essential to proving what was going on with him during the gap between season three and four. if i were in charge of the show, i would do a whole flashback sequence to these six months. i want to know exactly where he is, what he’s doing, what he's thinking, how the people around him are reacting to his behavior. we need a shot of the love, mike. it's SO IMPORTANT.

literally i could scream about how important (and likely) lettergate is.

one thing that REALLY scares me about lettergate is the possibility of them reddieying us. yes that is now a verb. for any of you who never had an it 2017 phase, reddieying is where richie and eddie, two characters, had feelings for each other but never admitted it. at the end of the movie after eddie dies, we get this scene:

this is what i like to call reddieying. and yes that is also finn wolfhard. this is why we are scared.

the letters could be used in a VERY similar way if either mike or will dies to express the love that they both once had for each other. closure of sorts. i think that would be VERY poor writing (we've all heard my theory about how mike's love for will is literally essential to the ending of the show) but i think it's highly possible especially given the overlap between it and stranger thing's fandoms. the letters could be read at the end in a similar way to the way hopper's was, sad heroes and all. this draws another parallel.

yes i am bringing newtmas into this. fuck you.

above is a letter written by newt from the maze runner to thomas. newt is confirmed gay by the author of the book, and this letter is written to thomas but never read by him until newt dies. letterboxd reviews of this movie read:

"that letter at the end was the gayest thing I’ve ever witnessed and I’ve seen call me by your name."

"homophobia is thomas reading newt’s declaration of love and the shot cutting to thomas scratching his ex’s name into the rock ABOVE newt’s"

"newt, to thomas: "and i remember you. [...] i knew i would follow you anywhere. and i have." me: *im ready to be queerbaited again meme*"

and i didn't even have to search for these. these were like the top couple reviews of the movie. they were all on the first page of reviews.

all i'm saying is, by having the letter be an idea in our minds, they've set up a way to kill off one of the characters and still have a slightly resolved, weirdly up to interpretation ending. i do still think it's poor writing. i could kind of go into that too if anybody is interested.

i think that if lettergate is used as a device during mike's flashbacks to show how long he's felt this way that they will be using this thing they've set up for good, however, if they newtmas us and reddie us i might die. just letting you know.

[misc-obeyme]

I was looking for another word for 'moan' and I imagine a scene after the whole newt syrup shenanigans where mc walks into hol and goes "huh" Satan:"what is it?" mc: "guess now that I'm here again there's another reason for the name lamentation" Satan:*blushes deeply cuz he understands immediately" mc is suppressing a laugh Mammon:"I don't get it" Belphie: what... oh *blushes too* Beel:??? Levi:"mc you need to chill" *can't stop blushing either and runs to his room" mc bursts out laughing, Satan pats mc on the head: "I've unleashed a beast" Hope it gave you a good chuckle or smth

LOL anon please I love that Mammon doesn't get it. I'm just imagining MC having to explain it to him later. Or maybe Satan does, that'd be pretty funny, too.

Now I kinda wanna use that word in place of moan. I do feel like it has a more depressing connotation to it, though lol. Like everybody is sad that MC has arrived... but really it's more like everybody is going to be crying because MC has arrived. You know, because MC makes them feel so good they can't help but cry about it.

I quite like whimper and whine myself. They make everyone sound so much more needy than moan.

Groan is funny because if used in certain ways it sounds like the person is in pain lol.

Anyway, I love Satan just being like, yes this is my fault and I accept it fully. Meanwhile Levi is just like nope absolutely not. Doesn't come out of his room for hours. Maybe days.

Belphie will tell Beel later.

Good thing Lucifer wasn't around for this, I think he'd be giving everybody a lecture about it lol.

[zhvakinnn]

There's no time

Newt X (any gender) Reader (romantic)

Gladers X reader (platonic)

Warning: mention of blood, cursing , mention of death, maybe kinda angsty but it will be fluff

A/N: this is not actually an AU but in this situation alby was not sting but will be sting at the time where they're escaping

All the gladers are waiting for reader to come back because its already getting dark the gates started to close the others left because they knew reader can't survive there

"They're not gonna make it.."

"they're gonna die"

"they're not coming back"

Etc.

Newt can hear the others but he still have faith that you can out run the door

Then there was you running for your life

"C'MON READER RUNN"

"READER!!"

The gates were so fast and your to far once you touch the walls its already close all you heard was newt shouting

"READER!"

Some of the gladers had a disappointed face and left because its already getting dark but newt stayed there

.

"hey newt.. you can't just stay here you have to take a rest..."

Jeff said as he sat next to newt

"... let's just wait for those walls to open and I'm pretty sure the runners will look for them. Lets just have a little fate that they will get out of there safe"

Newt was hesitate but nodded and got up to he's hut

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When newt woke up he saw minho and ben running to the maze he only stared at them for a minute then he started he's job

Then a few hours later he saw minho carrying reader on he's back to the med-jack

Newt quickly ran up to them but was stop when minho pulled him away

"wait man you cant go in there, they're still healing"

Minho grab newt's shoulder

"well no bloody shit i have to go to them i need to know that their ok"

Newt said trying to get out of Minho's grip

"newt please be patient... they're resting for the meantime alright"

Alby said and he only nodded

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A few minutes past there's a loud sound that cause newt,minho,alby to look inside the med-jack

Minho caught jeff and only stared at reader

"wh-what happen to them?...."

Minho asked

"they're stung by a griver"

'no no no I'm only dreaming this isn't true' newt thought as alby call the other's and tied reader

"wait stop y'all are gonna hurt them!"

Newt said to the other glader seeing reader like this minho and alby didn't notice the stung on they're back when they saw reader lying down

"I'm sorry newt but we have to banish them"

Chuck said seeing the commotion

Newt's eyes were widened he was so furious that he attack gally who has been holding up reader

The others pull newt out off gal and put him in a time out

Newt only sat there waiting for reader to get banished he said its more better to be there than seeing reader go to the maze

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The sound of closing gates which means reader is gonna get banished then he heard reader screaming

"shit please dont let be in there again please!!"

Newt stand up and tried to open the cell door once he did open it he ran as fast as he can but when he got there reader was already inside they made eye contact and reader mumble

'i love you'

Then the walls are closed

The other gladers were sad aswell reader has been like a family to them they couldn't help but feel gloom

Newt only knelt down there crying

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A/N: I'm tired, in this part where many months have past now thomas and Teresa were here and they escape the next part will happen in the scorch trial

There will be a part 2!!!!!

[justwearthegoddamncardigan]

All in two days - Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | full masterlist on pinned post

Newt x gender neutral!reader

Set a few days after Part 3, with the group settled in the Safe Haven already

Warnings: nightmares, language (Glader slang and normal swearing)

"So, new kid." Brenda sits beside you from where you're stretched out on a blanket on the beach. "Thoughts on the fight?"

"Kid? You know, we're probably the same age. I might even be older than you." You shoot her a grin.

She laughs. "All of you Maze people seem younger though. Different world experience. Oh, wait. You weren't there right?"

"Yep, lived in the Scorch just like you."

"Ah, I remember you now. You're the one Newt was all crazy about."

You control your expression, shoving down the fluttering in your stomach. "What do you mean?"

"He kept insisting that we go back for someone in the Scorch, after we found the Right Arm."

She snorts, "Was almost ready to throw hands when Jorge said there was no point going back for one person."

"Oh," you look down and self-consciously brush some sand off your legs.

Brenda looks at you suspiciously. "What, you guys dating or something?"

You shake your head. "Nah, it's not like that. He doesn't- We're not together."

"Oh. Well it's not my business, but it seemed like he..." she shrugs.

"Anyway," says Brenda. "Are you in for the fight?"

Lately, the Right Arm has been planning missions to rescue the other children WCKD still has.

Even though Lawrence's rebels attacked the Last City, WCKD is still standing, and they've continued shipping Immunes around for their research. Ava Paige and Janson are still alive too.

Because of all that, the Right Arm has been recruiting people from the Safe Haven who want to fight and help with the mission.

"You know," says Brenda. "You're all allowed to opt out on this one. You've already been through a lot, and it's more than reasonable for you to stay here."

You sigh deeply. "Yeah, we know." You turn your gaze to her. "But we're all in."

"Really?"

"Yeah. None of us have ever really been able to back away from a fight; especially Thomas."

"Although," you add, "My sister is definitely staying here. No way in hell am I sending Elle into a fight."

Brenda nods, smiling. "Well then, come join the meetings when you're ready."

⭒----⭒

You're having dinner one day when someone brings it up again.

"Hey," says Thomas casually. "How're things with you and Newt?"

You put down your fork and give him a look.

"I'm just asking," he protests.

You turn to Teresa for support, but she shrugs apologetically. "I kinda want to hear it too," she admits.

There's no one else at the table to stop this conversation, and you roll your eyes. "Why do people keep asking that?" you say exasperatedly.

"It's just- we all know you two had a thing," says Thomas. "But now you're just both flirty and sad at the same time, and someone has to do something about it."

You frown. "We're not flirty and sad."

"You are." Teresa leans forward. "You're both so in love it's borderline exhausting, but you're also so stubborn and no one has made a single move yet."

"I literally saw the two of you cuddling on the beach the other day. But you still insist on not getting together." adds Thomas.

"Y/n, we're just trying help you. As your friends, we know you'd be so much happier being with Newt for real."

You look down, tapping the table absentmindedly.

"You can't honestly say you don't like him," prods Thomas.

You sigh. "I do," you admit.

At Thomas and Teresa's expressions, you hastily add, "But it's not like that. He doesn't feel that way about me. Not anymore, I mean."

"So, you're saying that, if he was in love with you, you would definitely be together."

"Of course," you say. "But it doesn't matter. I just want him to be happy, and being friends is what he wants."

"God, you're made for each other," says Teresa, looking at you fondly. "That's exactly what-"

You shake your head. "Can we change the topic?"

Thomas sighs. "Okay. He's coming over here anyway."

You turn to say Newt, Minho, and Frypan walking over to your table.

As Frypan sits on your left, Minho pushes smoothly in front of Newt to sit on your right.

Newt stops and blinks. In that moment of hesitation, Minho sends him a shark's grin. "Oh, sorry, did you wanna sit here? I can move."

"I- uh... No, it's fine. It's..." he trails off and moves to the other side with Thomas and Teresa, sitting diagonally across from you.

You shut your eyes and massage your temples as Minho turns his smirk to you.

You know your friends mean well, and are just having fun, but this is getting to be a bit much.

You stand abruptly and leave the table, depositing your plate and cutlery at the wash station.

Later, you're walking past the area again, with Newt and Minho on wash station duty.

You don't mean to eavesdrop, but you hear their conversation on the way past.

"Minho, you can't just do that mate. Did you see how embarrassed they were?"

"Relax, they were fine. Maybe a little pissed, but-"

You walk up to them. "Hey."

They stop talking immediately, Newt flushing red as he looks up from the dishes.

"Y/n, hi."

You lean on the counter casually. "What're you guys talking about?"

As Newt fumbles for words, Minho slides in with "The weather. It's real nice today isn't it?"

"Beautiful," you agree, raising your eyebrows.

"Well, we better be getting back to these dishes," says Minho, holding up a soapy plate.

You nod. "Right, bye then. Bye Newt."

"B-" he clears his throat. "Bye Y/n."

⭒----⭒

You're lying awake again, your hut feeling small and confining. Elle's in the next room, sleeping soundly.

It's safe and comforting, but it also brings you back to the Scorch, when it was just the two of you. You can't shake the loneliness.

You think about the night you and Newt had gone out and sat together in the sand, talking and alternating between the heavy topics and light conversation.

You get up out of bed and leave the hut quietly, shutting the door softly so you don't wake your sister.

Looking out at the beach, you can see two figures huddled close together. You can also see a lone person sitting on the tall branch of a tree, staring out into the ocean, and another three people walking in the shallows with their hands linked.

You suppose that with so many of these people coming from WCKD, there would be a lot of uneasy sleepers.

Maybe if you walk around for a bit, you'll find Newt awake sitting somewhere.

You wander around the Safe Haven, your path lit by dying torches and moonlight.

You see more people awake as you walk around, with one girl sitting in front of her hut holding a mug in her hands, and two boys sitting together at the dining tables. There's another pair lying in the grass field, their hands raised as they point at constellations in the sky.

"Y/n."

You turn. "Teresa, hey." Not who you were looking for, but someone to talk to.

"Couldn't sleep?" she asks.

You shake your head in response, and she waves you over to where she's sitting in the empty kitchen.

"Late night snack?" she offers jokily, smiling softly.

You grin back. "So, what's keeping you up?"

Her smile fades, and you wait patiently for her to speak.

She takes a breath. "WCKD did something to me, way back before we escaped and met you. They unlocked some of my memories, and I started seeing my childhood again." She stares off into the distance, lost in her memories.

"My mother... she got the Flare. It was horrible. And I was just a kid." You can hear her voice wavering.

"Teresa..." you reach out and take her hand.

"Actually, I kinda wanted to tell you about this. I understood why you... you know."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, for your sister. The circumstances are a little different, but for me... I would've done anything to save my mother. If that meant giving up my friends to find a cure, I would've done it."

"I just," she continues. "I'm trying to say I get it."

"Thank you for understanding," you whisper, squeezing her hand.

"But then, when we were the ones to experience it, the simulations they put us through to get what they wanted... I've got half a mind to give up on finding a cure. Just let Immunes have children and pass the gene on."

Your heart hurts at her cynical, hopeless tone. "Maybe we can do it. You're a genius, T. You and Thomas could find a way to do it without harming people."

She nods gratefully, her smile returning.

"Yeah, thanks. So what's your thing tonight?"

⭒----⭒

You end up having a lot of late night conversations with Teresa. You learn about the visions WCKD forced her to see, and how she still has nightmares about them.

It's not always Teresa though. You're glad when you don't see her, because that means she's slept better.

You see Minho out there too. Sometimes you get to talking with him, but the two of you usually just sit or take night time walks in comfortable silence, drawing comfort from each other.

Aris and Frypan are rarities to see; they’re probably the type of people who don't dream at night. Just fall asleep and wake up the next morning. Lucky bastards.

You see Thomas on occasion, and you usually plan missions or talk about everything you’ve been through.

With him, there have been many a “fuck you WCKD!” screamed into the ocean. Sometimes other people join in too. It’s a good way to make friends.

Although, you do owe your sister’s life to WCKD, so you probably can’t say they’re all bad.

You’re on the way out again when you hear noises from a hut nearby. Your group occupies a cluster of huts together, and one of them has an open window tonight.

It’s Newt’s, you realise as you walk up to the hut. As you get closer, you can hear little whispers of “no” and quick breathing. He’s having a nightmare.

You hesitate for a bit, then climb in through his window.

“Newt.” You grab his shoulders and shake him. “Wake up. Wake up.”

You panic as his cries grow more distressed. “Newt!”

He finally opens his eyes, launching up and flinching away, blanket scrunched in his hands as he backs up against the wall.

As moonlight streams in, you can see the sheen of sweat on his face, and you can still hear him panting.

You stay crouched on the ground beside the bed, not wanting to startle him.

Suddenly, he starts to yell again. “Y/n!” He looks around, gaze turning wildly. “Y/n!”

“Newt! Newt, I’m here.” You move up onto the bed, perched on your knees as you grip his wrists.

“Y/n?”

“Yeah, I’m here” you say, giving him a smile. “It’s okay. Just a nightmare, wasn’t real.”

He deflates, exhaling shakily. “That’s good, just breathe,” you say.

“Can you…” he gestures vaguely.

You nod, and pull him closer so he’s resting flush against your body, face pressed into your shoulder.

You card your fingers through his hair gently, whispering soft comforting words.

“I keep seeing them,” he says with a scratchy voice. You don’t know how long you’ve been sitting there without speaking, until he starts.

“I keep seeing the visions WCKD showed me in the simulation.”

“I’m sorry,” you whisper.

“It’s not-”

“I know, I’m just sorry you’re still going through that. You can tell me, if it’ll help. Maybe get it off your chest.”

He closes his eyes. “They showed me the Maze, made me run until my stupid leg gave out, and the Grievers got me.

“I’ve watched Minho, Alby, and Thomas getting crushed by the Maze doors when they didn't make it back in time.

"And I saw you. My mind made up a vision where WCKD got you too. They were torturing you, making you tell them where we were. That’s what I was dreaming off tonight.” He ends with a raspy voice.

“Newt…” You can’t think of words to express the sorrow and pain you feel for him. “I’m okay, I promise. You never have to worry about that.”

You fall asleep soon, holding each other in his bed.

You still don’t sleep as much as you should, and you wake up before sunrise, but it’s better.

“Hey, do you want to go for a walk?” You offer.

“Yeah, that’d be nice.”

You pick your jacket up off the floor, where you dropped it last night.

As you start to pull it on, he stops you. “Wait.”

You follow his gaze to the leather wrapped around your upper arm. “Is that my…”

“Oh, yeah,” you say. “I, uh- I’ve worn it every day, actually. You know, just as a… reminder, or something.”

“Huh.” His expression is unreadable.

You don’t speak again until you get to the beach.

“Y/n.”

You turn to Newt. “Yeah?”

There’s a pause. “You know I trust you, right?”

You’re caught off guard. “What?”

“I trust you,” he repeats. “Listen, when I tell you about nightmares and all, it’s because I trust you with that stuff.

“I’m not bringing it up to tell you that what happened was your fault. You got that? I’m just tellin' you cause I trust you.”

You smile at him. “Yeah, thanks.”

“I’m serious, Y/n. Everything is… it’s all okay. There’s nothing left to forgive.”

“I feel like you have another point.”

“I just mean, don’t hold yourself back because you think I don’t trust you, or cause you think you don’t deserve to get closer.”

You furrow your eyebrows. “What do you mean?”

“Get closer,” he says, turning to look you straight in the eyes. “I- I want you to get closer. I don’t need this shield you put up, especially since you’re putting it up for my sake. I miss you. I miss you from before.”

“Look Y/n,” he continues. “We fixed things, mostly. But even though it’s fixed, there’s still one thing between us, and it’s that invisible barrier you keep up. There’s a line you think you can’t cross, but I’m telling you it’s gone. You don’t need that line.”

“Jeez Newt, that was like five metaphors in one sentence,” you put on a casual grin and give a short laugh.

“Y/n.” He physically moves in front of you this time, and you stop walking.

You rake a hand through your hair. “I don’t know what you want from me, Newt,” you say quietly.

He cups your cheek gently. “I want you to stop holding back. Let this happen.”

You look up into his eyes.

“Tell me if I’m wrong,” he says, voice lowering, and you feel his nose brush against yours.

You close your eyes automatically as he presses a soft kiss on your lips.

Your eyes flutter open as he slowly pulls back, running a thumb over your bottom lip.

“So was I wrong?” he asks huskily.

You force yourself away. “You just had a nightmare about me. You could just be-”

“Was I wrong?” He interrupts.

You huff out a laugh and loop your arms around his waist. “You weren’t wrong.”

He kisses you again, and this time you respond, tugging him as close as possible and kissing back.

You break away with a breathless laugh, pressing your forehead against his. “I’ve wanted this forever,” you tell him.

“I know,” he says, grinning. “Me too.”

You decide to take the leap. “I love you,” you say.

You’re only halfway through the ‘you’ when he crashes his lips into yours, everything colliding as arms wrap around bodies and hands thread through hair.

“I love you too.”

⭒----⭒

Breakfast that day is a fun ordeal.

Minho takes one look at the smiles on both your faces and knows instantly.

The rest catch on after Minho starts yelling and pointing.

The ‘we’re so happy for you’ phase quickly gives way to relentless teasing, but you go through it with your hand linked with Newt’s, so it’s a pretty good time in the end.

Ahhhhhh that’s it. That’s the end of this one request that was meant to be a nice two-parter at most and ended up being this.

Thank you to everyone who read and/or interacted with this!! As a new writer I’m honestly so grateful for my 4 person squad of people who like each fic ❤️❤️

There’s more on the way, I’ll see you on the next fic!

[navxry]

aster ehe

[ aster— do you have any 'fictional crushes' on any movie, tv show, or book characters? who and why? ]

well there's a lot.

like a lot lot.

but to give the general rundown of every crush I used to have AND still have to this day.

(warning: long ass post lmao)

dear God help me

I used to really like Jack but that's cause my sorry ass was cis and straight and I did not know what it felt to like other girls.

I grew out of it cause it was cringe and tbh he wont get along with me too much LMAOOOO

ANOTHER ONE I LIKE IS MINHO FROM THE MAZE RUNNER AND IT'S THE BOOK VERSION OF HIM- but the movie somewhat justified his sass like DAMN.

I also love Newt in the books, fucking cried when I red The Death Cure (I'm so sorry Newt) AND THE FUCKING ENDING I AM WEEPING AT THE TRILOGY.

Theresa was my then crush now :/ because the conclusion was. wack.

Okayokayokay so uh next lmao

on the topic of TMR, I red a lot of books when I was in my 7th to 9th grade years (mostly cause my old phones either broke or got taken away), and I actually liked a few people I red?

I love Poison from Chris Wooding, but it became less love and more "I like the character" (and also it got me into the matters of worldbuilding with fantasy so ty Chris Wooding)

The Selection by Kiera Cass was a book I CANNOT put down and I love the MC and the male lead. I forgot their names because its been years BUT I CRAVE TO READ IT AGAIN AND THE REST SOB SOB

Uhhhhh who else fuck uh, rattling my brain---

there was this one book that's like (I forgot the title name I apologize in advance) the house is abandoned and there's the typical girl that moves in from her apartment, and the plot is just. so wack? But the ending is that this one guy she's into is running some fucking cult and he's into this other girl but it is MESSY.

And the other guy which was the bad boy was tryna help but reminded me of Scara

my dumbass back then liked the guy that ran the cult. yeah, freaky.

mmmm which book uh, fuck-

OH THERE'S ONE BOOK I KINDA REMEMBER THE PLOT OF

its premise is so!! Interesting!! And basically the plot is just royalty but with magic, and the parents got killed one night. and then the MC and her brother ran away from royalty (so true), and in recent times, her and her bro tried to get away cause she found em, he dies, and she's out for blood.

I'm so sorry this plot is wack its been years bUT I LOVE IT AND OH MY GOD

HOLDING YOUR SHOULDERS RN

I LOVE THE MC

I am not joking the MC??? She's such a girlboss and my young self was SMITTEN. Fucking lesbian that's closeted smh smh

I swear I'm gonna write abt that plot one day in a series once I remember, trust me.

OKAY NEXT

uhhhhh tv shows

um shit

so I have a confession to make:

I have no idea who I liked back when I was so young and used to wach TV shows. like a normal kid.

BUT I used to like Boboiboy because an old friend from elementary had me hooked on the series…

… buuuuuut I fell out of it and honestly lost touch with her :( it was sad because she's the first person I can say I rlly enjoyed talking abt shit like this, but. yeah. still miss her tbh.

mmmmm I think that's it? I mean, if you want me to rant abt gaming fictional characters then I'll def rb this LMAO

but yeah, that's all the crushes I have lol

[scopriusmalfoy]

*i meant incentive not incense

just a quick add-on to this:

how she treats people online and offline, people who don't agree with her and most especially people she's trying to take rights away from: transgender people, has strongly impacted how i feel about hp

I don't love it as much anymore as i used to

I was obsessed up until about 6-7 years ago when she really started to become more outspoken about her transphobia. then it started withering, my love for this world - it's not only transphobia, remember when she blocked people who called her out for queerbaiting in cursed child and before when she implied on pottermore that newt scamander was poc and then she cast a white actor and people called her out for it and she blocked every single one

and that makes me sad

as i'll never be able to fully relive that feeling when i have a kid of my own, i'll still share the stories with my kid, but it won't feel the way I imagined it feeling when things still felt safe

harry potter doesn't feel safe for me anymore, not as it used to anyway

and i'm mourning it, because i've grown up with it and it's always been there with and for me and now it's not anymore

it kinda feels like a betrayal to me

Thoughts on J.K.R.?

Nothing positive. She lacks empathy and the incense to even look at studies that prove how harmful her stances are to already vulnerable people.

she's arrogant, self-centered and sadly, too stubborn to even try and look at the other side of this or just the consequences of her transphobia.

and frankly that she claims she's doing it to protect women "because she was abused once upon a time" is disgusting. Trans people face much higher chances of abuse than cisgender women.

I love her HP books, everything HP related that came after seems to be only for money and her own wealth as the quality of new content is severely lacking.

so far this very short summary of what I can talk at length about for hours, but can't right now as i'm supposed to be working rn.

[occidentaltourist]

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I miss Lena being a CEO. L-Corp Lena, Season 2 and 4 Lena. I mean, I love Lena at all times and I love all she can do and is great to see her finally being part of the superfriends and I'm loving the more casual looks but there was something about her energy when she was in charge of things that I kinda miss. And as much as I enjoy Katie and magic, I prefered her science-tech side and I think deep inside Lena does too.

Come sit by me, friend! We can be a party of two. :)

I was just thinking that I miss the days of Lena having an independent storyline and her own orbit of characters; back when she wasn't a magical plot device who sat around the Tower all day and night. Remember when we had that moment of excitement about what her leaving L-Corp and her family's fortune might mean for her? Joke's on us, I guess. :)

Isn't there a happy medium in which she and Kara can still have reconciled but Lena has a life outside the SuperFriends and a story that considers her own legacy outside of what they need her to do for them? It would be one thing if there was some attention paid to Lena adjusting to the huge changes in her life, and what being part of a team - and not its captain - feels like for her. But there isn't any of that - she doesn't even talk to Andrea! - instead all the time is spent on elaborating the totems nonsense. And now, Lex is back.

Since he's from the future maybe he already knows this, but can you imagine his reaction to Lena now being a witch. "Don't tell me you believe in all that hocus-pocus, Lena. I knew you weren’t a real Luthor. Where's your cauldron? Should I contribute an eye of newt?"

Or maybe the other main reason he's back - aside from saving Nyxly - is because he wants to stop Lena. Sad that the remainder of her storyline is likely going to be centered on him, once again.

[limetimo]

RAB fics I read 14-20 March

the salt and the sea by WizardGod I'm not usually one to read "James Potter' little sister this and that" fics, but boyyy am I glad I gave this one a chance. It's their NEWT year and Theresa (Teddy) Potter is paired up with Regulus Black for Prefect Patrols. The disinterest/disdain they feel for each other is whacked all out of balance when they fuck against a wall. Evan ships it :D

Best Friend's Brother by zeppazariel this is!!!!!!!! fantastic!!!!!! I know I've been reading a lot of Jegulus/Wolfstar identity porn lately but this one *chef kiss* stands out. Regulus and Sirius didn't talk or see each other since Sirius run away from home, and Regulus run away at 18. Regulus and Remus are coworkers at a café. Regulus starts dating James, not knowing that James is his beloathed brother's best friend. Remus starts dating Sirius (and he doesn't even know Regulus HAS a brother until later). Eventually Remus and James realise that their boyfriends are the infamous hated brothers and they're kinda in deep shit: because Black Brothers are petty, bad bitches that should not be fucked with. Mind the tags for hardcore past child abuse and other trigger warnings.

a shrike (to your sharp and glorious thorn) by nyxveuss the author announced they were rewriting this glorious story, so I re-read the whole thing for my pleasure. I'm sad to see it go but eager to see nyx's new vision of the "Regulus dies and is yeeted to his fifth year"

Dripping With Sin by ScreamingFae I! Bartender!Regulus catches Vampire!Barty's eye who simply must make him his. Doesn't matter Regulus is already dating Guitarist!James.

Silent Screams by Izumi284 semi-dead Regulus gets tossed to OotP! Also who's the white and gold cat? O.O

I see you in the stars by Bibliosmia0 James is having nightmares about Regulus drowning which makes him approach the younger Slytherin... and I mean ofc he accidentally falls in love with Regulus. Feat a really good friend Remus!

Finders Keepers by jeggie_toast a slowburn Jegulus that starts when Regulus signs up for the Quidditch team, just checked the tags and it's canon COMPLIANT :( as I said, slow burn, and pretty long, I'm currently about 1/5 way through :D

Follow In Her Paw Prints by Erica45 Regulus gets offered a helping paw... hand... from Mcgonagall :D AKA Regulus gets adopted! And fuck Dumbledore! All my homies hate Dumbledore! I hope he gets stabbed honestly

when you were mine by battlehamster our most beloved "secret high school sweetheart turned single parent and a criminal on house arrest" AU Regulus and baby Harry are SO CUTE I'm gonna die

Drugs and surgical scrubs by anauro another most beloved! Doctor!Regulus and addicts!Marauders! Slowburn Jegulus! Black Brothers drama! Battling one's demons! Platonic Bartylus subplot that makes me smile! And much more on Drugs and surgical scrubs~

My Own Private Blackpool by LadyVisenya an OC from Percy's year makes friends with a deeply traumatised man who lives in a villa in her town... turns out his name is Regulus Black. When Harry Potter claims Voldemort is back, these two set of Horcrux hunting! And accidentally fall in love but it's super slowburn and pretty organic and doesn't give me creepies despite the age difference.

The Horcrux Hunt by Keysie I can't believe there's only two chapters left of this beauty ugh. Regulus comes to the conclusion Voldy is a little bitch, goes to Dumbledore, Dumbledore hooks him up with Remus to do some Horcrux hunting; Remus wants to date Sirius but Sirius is a dummy with attachment issues; Remus and Regulus develop a friendship only two men who almost died together numerous times can develop. Their combined snark makes Dumbledore want to retire :D In short, Voldy's going d o w n ♥

As The World Caves In by reylo_is_canon Hermione/Theo Nott time travel with Regulus as the head cockblock :D

Professor Black by FaithlessBex Regulus teaches History of Magic, yay. (Quick thought, did anyone think of Astronomy!Professor Regulus? I think it'd be very sexy of him.)

Born to Run, Break the Mold by agentofreedom Regulus goes to cave and survives and ends up on Sirius' couch, time to fuck some shit right up :D

glimpses of heaven by lunahunt !!!!!! So good!!!!! After the Prank, James is all off his groove. Euphemia signs him up for a Quidditch course with Wronski, the Seeker who invented the Wronski's faint. But guess who else got enrolled in the course! Yep, you guessed right, Regulus Black! Them boys gonna be seeing each other once a week for the rest of the summer :D

Harry just can’t wait to be a big brother by anauro for battlehamster what it says on the tin! super cute dometic Jegulus ♥

Lion's Roar by Seralyn semi-dead Regulus to OotP

and we're gone by blackkat the night Sirius run away

Black Madness by LimeOfMagicLimo Regulus is Tired and when Walburga hexes Kreacher over a minor mistake, he snaps and kills her. And then he becomes and alcoholic and kills Voldemort too.

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Strike a Pose by Anonymous okay so this is Ron Weasley/Draco Malfoy PWP but it's??? so good??? and the first time I read this pairing so I'm just going to leave it here as a treat for ppl who want to broaden their horizonts

[meryamthebadassbitch]

𝐀 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 ! {𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨 𝐱 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜!𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫} Part 2

[if you don't look nothing like Thomas , just imagine y'all are adopted before the whole maze thing]

Warning : swearing , idk everything...

A/N talking : [ ]

Walking toward the forest , muttering some random words , deeper she saw some skeleton , which kinda creeped her out , walking deeper she turned around at the sight of her being followed by , Ben , her eyes widened in fear at the way he was groaning in anger and rage "Ben right i don't know if we ever , you okay ?" she said but he only kept doing the same thing over and over again , she slowly backed away , her frown was back on her E/C eyes , putting her arms in front of them trying to ease the tension going on between them , the growling going louder each second she stepped back , "look-" she said getting cut off by him tackling her down to the ground as she yelped in pain , struggling , Y/N tried pushing him off but he only grabbed her both wrist , his nails digging around her S/C skin making her scream even louder , grabbing the closest thing on hold she slammed it to ben's head , getting up she started zooming in a speed not even a Cheetah would beat when hunting his prey, screaming on the top of her lungs till her voice would crack , calling for help , Newt eyes snapped from his plants/work to the forest then up to the crows who flew away at the girl yelling , as he soon saw her running out of the bushes chased by Ben , while her feet dragged themselves toward the Second-in-command , just before the rays of the sun shining around the glade could touch her , the H/C haired girl once again fell to the ground with the runner pulling her toward the forest from her feet , everyone gathering around both the infected Runner and his goa l wanting to kill her , trying to pull Ben off , Newt hitting him in the head with one of his work shovel both he and Gally grabbing a hold of his arms , Thomas dashing toward his sister trying to calm her down , pulling her into a warm welcoming hug fear still could be seen in her eyes , everyone staring at her—feeling guilty

Chuck coming from behind every glader as they watched her staring into nothing her wide eyes still there not fading away , slowly walking toward the girl who still sat on the ground , collapsing on his knees beside her , the cute little kid pulled her into a hug .

Minho grabbing a hold of his Partner, he looked so fucked up. how did he get stung in the middle of the day? taking a deep breath. he wants to shout, he wanted to scream, let it out but didn't want to say words he doesn't mean, be hurtful. The handsome runner held it all in for 3 fucking years since he was 14, the boy suffered...a lot. Walking out of her room beside Chuck toward the open walls with each glader holding huge staff, Minho cutting the rope as his partner started vomiting a black-looking liquid with the boy on the ground begging not to go behind those walls. what is going on behind these walls? she thought walking toward her brother standing beside him, narrowing her eyes she stepped forward, watching as Alby ordered to push him with those staff between those walls. everything happened in a second, the walls shutting close making the ground under them shake a bit. Minho still standing looking more fucked up, walking toward him she could see the way his eyes showed sadness, he was about to breakdown any moment, it's because of me, I failed... he thought looking at her, whispering 'sorry' to him with a soft guilty smile, she pulled him into a quick hug

"look I'm sorry but I fucking suck at confronting people, so just accept this.....hug, I guess? and no you're not a failure, you are the best and coolest Glader in here then of course comes Newt our favorite Gay second-in-command, we all love him and like Alby we all here are a family ok? now go wash your face and rest for today, you've had enough ?" she said walking with him not noticing Newt and Thomas whispering to each other behind them "Language !" they both said in unison, Making the Runner and her eyes widen before staring deadly at the 2 boys snickering , a sigh leaving her lips before giving the Asian a small smile, "go rest , I'll deal with these two !" she said turning back to the boys who slowly backed away , shaking her head she rolled her eyes playfully

"do not let that nasty shitty thing go to your mind , nothing is between us , he had a bad day what do you want me to do make a party , the fuck ?" she said trying to hold her smile , Newt eyebrows lifting with a smirk in the corner of his lips , his Dark brown eyes soft "sure ! come on let's go have dinner , Tommy you can go take a shower and come have dinner with us ?" said the boy dropping his teasing smirk turning it into a affectionate one , glancing at her brother he nodded walking away , the smile Newt just did was affectionate-a smilethat shows the love a person feels for someone or something , basically fangirling she nudged his shoulder both of them walking around the glade , chatting random things

"Between are you alright love, you know after today accident ?" he asked not looking away from his Plants, her putting Seeds on the ground, smiling at him she replied "I am don't worry Newt !" getting a nod from him, continuing her work Y/N couldn't concentrate anymore, she only stared at how Newt eyes showed a little pain whenever he kneeled on the ground, fixing his Plants

"Hey Newt can I ask something ?" she said finally getting his attention as he nodded suggesting for her to continue , taking a deep breath she asked "can I see your limp , it looks painful ?" finally letting the words that's been stuck on her mind whenever she see him limping , it took him 10 minutes to finally say yes , lifting his leg she could see his leg all pale , nodding she thanked him thinking of a way to get rid of it

but nothing seemed to pop out on her mind

Sitting on her bed sweating, she looked around her body still tensed up, her heart pounding so hard that it was about to jump out of her chest, her face covered in a cold sweat, looking around the homestead suspicious and paranoid that the horror may have followed her here, the corner of her mouth drawn downwards, she hated to have those nightmares who wakes you up at 3:00 AM, only to never go back to sleep and drink water, her head snapping back toward the walls who slowly opened at the sight of Minho and Alby's figure vanishing behind those walls, her hands still intertwined together she looked down praying for them, wishing them good luck inside the Maze getting up she slowly washed her face and brushed her teeth [idk if it happened in the maze but just pretend they send toothbrushes lol] before continuing her way toward Newt who seemed to be the only one awake—as always

her smile was fake as hell but still managed to say "oh just had a nightmare nothing bad, I'll go make breakfast can I take some tomatoes, please?" trying so hard to change the topic she looked at the boy still waiting for an answer, which of course he's gonna say yes, what is this dumb question Y/N? she thought mentally slapping herself

[TIME SKIP : I'm fucking lazy ]

"why would Alby go in the Maze, i mean his not... his not a runner ?"

"things are different now , Alby went to retrace Ben's foot steps before sun down , look are you gonna help ?"

"okay so he's just gonna go back where ben was stung-"

"Alby knows what he's doing alright ? he's better than any of us"

"what does that mean ?"

oh boy Newt had enough she thought , Here they were once again helping Newt cut a branch or some shit she doesn't know what's happening cause the only thing on her mind was , Are they coming back ?, but sure as hell know that Newt became quiet annoyed by the stupid question Thomas kept asking , cleaning the swords beside her she rolled her eyes , "Bro can you please shut up with these question ?" she said trying so hard to forget the fact that Minho & Alby are still in there and the weather suddenly changed , throwing the sword to the ground in anger , the blonde boy finally had enough of this bullshit cut off her brother by saying :

"Alright, it's like you've heard, yeah? Every month, the Box sends up a new arrival. But someone had to be first, right? Someone had to have spent a whole month in the Glade alone. That was Alby. I mean, it can't have been easy. But when those other boys started coming up, one after the other, he saw the truth. And he learned that the most important thing is that we all have each other. Because we're all in this together."

Wow what a beautiful speech , Y/N once again thought , putting her hand over Thomas shoulder , "listen big bro what he's trynna say is ; he's the Leader and knows what he's doing , now quiet down all this rubbish and go help Newt while I clean these swords , will ya ?" she said surprisingly he seemed to listen , taking a sword from her collection he walked toward the two boys , kneeling down on the ground , doing the same thing Newt and Zart were doing

"Congratulations you got a new member , as a Track-hoe" said Chuck imitating Alby's voice with a smirk , earning a chuckle from Newt as he stared down at the boy , "yeah , there you go Greenie !"

A single rain drop fell upon her nose , looking up her E/C eyes shifting from the grey clouds toward the Maze , every glader running to take cover , she couldn't believe it anymore , throwing everything on the ground she ran toward the walls , standing in the front waiting for their figures to pop out of any side , left or right , she didn't care on which side they're coming out from but only wanted to see them safe and alive , the rain pouring heavily , wetting her outfit , her H/C hair soaked , her foot tapping on the ground nervously, clenching her first she stared into nothing for god knows how many HOURS, but soon enough the rain stopped leaving her still standing, everyone surrounding her waiting for the Keeper of the runners and their leader, Chuck grabbing her wrist tightly trying to calm her down "come on guys can't we send someone after them?" she said looking worried as hell but they could hear the rage in her voice, "it's against the rules, they make it back or they don't..." Gally answered back not looking at her, which made her even mad, snapping back at him "OH FUCK THESE RULES !!" the sudden wind slapping their faces as the Walls slowly started closing making her grab Thomas hand, suddenly the sound of Minho grunting cut off the silence, pointing at them "THERE !!"

"wait something is wrong ?!" "COME ON MINHO YOU COULD DO IT !" screamed Chuck as everyone started cheering for the boy who seemed to be struggling with the leader on his back, Y/N wanted to run and help him but couldn't, the walls closing faster as Minho tried to pull the unconscious by his legs , Gally yelling for Minho to leave him , Newt on the other side saying about them not making it looking at Thomas she slowly let go off his hand , putting her hair into a ponytail she kissed his cheek tapping Chuck shoulder , everything turned into slow motion watching the boy trying his best to finally return home after another bloody day in the Maze , she suddenly dashed between the walls as fast she could , Newt trying to catch her by the hand but it was too late this dumbass already was between these walls , followed by her brother who did the same , "Y/N , THOMAS NO !" yelled Chuck , the huge ass walls closing behind them as they both fell to the ground , a deadly silence she only heard the sound of Minho breathing heavily on his knees

"Good job. You just killed yourself."

"oh shut up Minho, get up before we get killed ! " she said the last sentence trying so hard not to show how worried she was, helping Thomas up, they both picked him up, looking around she spotted a long rope that looked like a long ivy branch, pulling him toward the wall she slowly lifted the leader, as both the boys looked around checking if there was any Griever—which indeed there was one

Minho's eyes widened in fear, his mind going off as he tried to pull both of them with him not to get eaten by that killing monster or some shit, his nightmare was happening. Y/N nodded before hiding under the gap under the wall, holding her breath at the sound of metallic whirring and clicking sound hitting the ground one foot away, still holding the branch in her hand, shaking badly the H/C haired watched at how the monster crawled making a weird creepy noise, but soon dashed away at the sound of something coming from far, praying she got out of her hiding place tying the thing hurriedly making sure Alby wouldn't fall, the sound of the Griever getting closer once again snapping her head to the right, regretting her decision, she ran behind the wall waiting for the monster to go away, peeking her E/C eyes going from left to right if the thing was still there, she got out of her second hiding place looking up at Alby who still was unconscious his head hanging low, running toward the direction where Thomas & Minho went too, something slimy was about to make her fall lifting her shoes a disgusting sticky liquid was stuck on her shoes, she wanted to puke but soon the same disgusting shit fell on her shoulder, taking her jacket off in a hurry, even her t-shirt had a spot on but all that was cut off by the sound of Griever behind her, looking behind she immediatly started running not knowing that she was on the opposite way where Minho went, "SHIT EVEN THIS FUCKING MONSTER KNOW A SHORT CUT !" [if that was right] continuing her way around the maze, she stopped looking from left to right, nowhere it was the dead end, looking behind there was the Griever trying to reach his pray "Ah SHIT !" she yelled jumping on a rock that probably fell grabbing a hold of the ivy climbing she once again started running the Griever still on her tail, I'm going to fucking die ! she thought jumping over a hole , stopping once again in another death end about to run back behind the spider looking thingy still was there , having no idea she let her leg drag themselves toward the front wall grabbing the plants , the griever following every movement she did , as his needle was about to sting her , she took her pocket knife cutting the thing as she slid down falling on the ground , head hitting she got back up watching at how the griever was stuck between those plants trying to get to her , her wide eyes still on her face but it seems like someone cut her off by pulling her , scaring the life out of her she looked at Minho and Thomas wanting to hug them for them to be still alive but only a sentence came out of her lips "you crazy son of a bitch !" "come on !" following his rules she ran following behind him , Thomas in the front she could feel the Griever still following them "the maze is changing , come on this way is closing" he yelled running down the way followed by her brother , as she was about to follow them an idea popped down on her mind , shit , i'm about to die and this idea just came out of no where , ugh fuck it Y/N just do it ! she thought waiting for the monster to reach, she said "come on fucker !" "come on Y/N you could do it, don't look back !!" yelled Thomas watching at how the space became tighter, looking back she ran faster the oxygen running out as the walls closed making Minho yell out for her name, "COME ON GREENIE YOU COULD DO IT !" shouting for her to make it, falling to the ground catching her breath watching in horror at how the monster was now crushed dead between these walls, Thomas pulled her into a hug, kissing her forehead every time making her glare at him, pushing the boy away "bro I just survived a fucking race with a fucking griever, let me breathe Jesus ?! I'm good alright calm your tits" she said smiling at him getting back , Minho still couldn't believe what he just witnessed, he has been a Runner for 3 years and still never killed one, while her she was a new afraid greenie who has been here for 1 week and killed the thing everyone feared when going in the maze, tapping his shoulder with a beautiful smile on

her lips she said "come on let's go bring alby and go back home ?" nodding he leaded back to where Alby was still unconscious , she took her black knife out of her pocket , cutting the rope off they both put Alby arms around their shoulders , Minho once again leading the way , turning to the left as said. The walls slowly opened waiting for the 4 survivors to come out safe, Chuck on the verge of tears as he clenched the Necklace Y/N gave him before dashing into the maze, "told you, Chuck, they're not coming back..." said Newt trying not to show his cracking voice, they just lost the only option to get out of this hell hole, their closest friend, leader, 2 gladers , everyone walking away leaving the poor boy alone standing Zart looked behind only to fully see the 4 survivors coming out of the left side, "no way..." "YES !!" screamed Chuck getting everyone's attention, Y/N & Thomas slowly giving the Leader to Clint and Jeff, before falling to the ground breathing heavily Minho rubbing her back trying to calm the girl down as Chuck hugged her, "girl what did you do, to make Minho that proud ?" asked Frypan making her look at the boy who indeed looked—proud

"no shit sherlock..." she said still catching her breath, the next question made her look at the boy "you saw a griever?" remembering what happened back inside a shiver went down her spine "yeah I saw one......" "she didn't just see it, she killed it," said the runner looking at Newt and the others who still eyes are wide looking at the H/C haired girl who stared into the sky her arms under her head as she tried to ease down the pain that went suddenly went through her body, trying to stop her still shaking body, closing her eyes her vision was only of the griever chasing her.

TO BE CONTINUED_

[superblizzarddrift]

Teething Problems

This one kinda wrote itself so thanks for the awesome prompt choice @hermanncodednewtboy​! (AO3 version here)

Hermann had been in the waiting room for nearly an hour when Newt finally shuffled in, one hand clutching an icepack to his jaw and the other holding the nurse’s arm.

‘Oh, good.’ He hurried over, struggling to hide his worry. ‘Newton, how are you feeling?’

Newt stared back at him with a look of betrayal. ‘They took my teeth, dude,’ he slurred.

‘Not all of them,’ the nurse said kindly, ‘just the ones that were causing you trouble.’

Newt had been complaining about his wisdom teeth for as long as Hermann had known him. “I’ll get it fixed when the apocalypse is over,” he’d insist whenever Hermann nagged him about it. Ten years later, the apocalypse was over and Newt was out of excuses.

‘Can we go home now?’ Newt let go of the nurse’s arm and latched onto Hermann like a dejected limpet. With a sigh, Hermann settled things with the nurse and listened to her instructions. It was a little hard to concentrate with Newt being so… affectionate. Judging by her smile, she noticed his blush.

It was dark outside. Mako waved from her car. ‘Did it go well?’ she asked as they clambered into the back.

‘No, it was bad,’ Newt muttered, clutching the icepack against his cheek. ‘Didn’t feel any of the teeth come out.’

‘That is a good thing, Newton.’ Hermann leaned over to buckle him in.

‘But I don’t know if they even did it!’

Mako laughed. ‘I’ll get you home.’

“Home” was still the Shatterdome for now, although clean-up had begun and pretty soon the K-Science division would be a thing of the past. Hermann never thought he’d miss that lab – or his annoying co-worker. As they turned a corner, Newt slumped against his shoulder. Hermann put an arm around him.

‘Had really cool dreams.’ Newt mumbled. ‘Each dentist was a different Kaiju…’

In the mirror, Mako’s eyes flicked up briefly before returning to the road. A Kaiju had taken her father, just as it had taken her family before it. He knew she was still grieving, in her own quiet way. ‘How many dentists were there?’ she asked, incredulously.

‘A family,’ Newt pronounced, eyes slipping closed. Without his glasses, he looked more vulnerable somehow. Hermann could see the line across his forehead where the stitches had recently healed, the yellow stain of a bruise on his cheekbone. He resisted the urge to comb his fingers through his messy hair.

Back at the Shatterdome, Mako helped Newt to walk up to his room. He wobbled along amiably enough, but when he started bumping into things Hermann quickly returned his glasses.

Outside his door, Newt fumbled through his pockets. ‘I… I can’t find my key. Maybe I left it inside…’

Hermann’s heart sank. Newt had changed his mind about going five times, until he’d had to almost drag him out the door. The key was probably inside his room.

Mako bit her lip. ‘You could borrow my room for the night? I’ve been sharing with Raleigh anyway.’ She blushed a little.

Hermann shook his head it. ‘Mako, you have done more than enough tonight. I’ll… I’ll take him to my quarters. It’s probably better if someone keeps an eye on him, anyway.’

Mako hesitated. 'Are you sure? I really don't mind...'

Newt looked to Hermann hopefully. 'Sleepover? Please?'

Oh, it was going to be a long night.

Mako followed them to Hermann's room then bid them goodnight.

'Take care, rock star,' she said fondly, with a wink at Newt.

'Mmm,' said Newt vaguely, eyes drifting closed.

Hermann ambled into his apartment, scanning for any litter or discarded underwear before remembering that he never left anything in his room out of place.

Newt sat down on Hermann's bed, groaned and promptly spat a mouthful of bloody gauze into his lap.

'Oh, for heaven's sake, Newton.' Hermann grabbed a handkerchief and cleaned up the mess.

'Hurts,' Newt said miserably, but held still as Hermann gently mopped the red saliva off his fingers and chin. 'Are you sure they took my teeth out?'

'I assure you that they took all four of your wisdom teeth, yes.'

'Where did they put them?' He stared at him tiredly, icepack pressed against his cheek again. 'They're my teeth. So I own them.'

'You can't keep them. If it's any consolation, you have plenty more.'

'But I had them for so long,' he whined, flopping down on Hermann's pillow. 'I saved the world with those teeth!'

With a sigh, Hermann patted his ankle. Sometimes he thought he could feel Newt’s emotions, like some residual effect of their Drift. Some mornings he woke up with a song in his head he'd never heard before. Like it or not, they were connected now.

Newt sighed softly as Hermann's hand found his shoulder. Hermann wasn't sure how it got there, but he couldn't bring himself to remove it. 'Get some rest,' he said finally. Newt did indeed seem to be dozing off, mumbling nonsense as Hermann relieved him of his glasses and shoes.

It would be hard to say goodbye to him, Hermann realised. At some point, their volatile relationship had morphed into something harder to define. He’d told himself it was merely co-dependency from working together for so long, but that didn’t account for their Drift. He’d been inside Newt’s head, and he knew that there was something there too.

Newt appeared to be asleep by the time Hermann draped the blanket over him, but then he stirred. 'I think I'm in love with you,' he said dreamily.

Hermann froze. 'It's only a blanket Newton, no need to be so dramatic.'

'You think I'm joking.' He looked so adorably sad, only his head visible above the blanket. 'You always think I'm joking when I say nice things. But I do love you.'

Hermann looked back at him, and for a moment they were standing together in the pouring rain, minds reeling from the Drift. ‘I – that’s very nice of you. Please try to get some sleep.’ He couldn’t tell him. Not now, when Newt probably wouldn’t remember it, and not when they’d most likely be on opposite sides of the world in a week or two. It was easier to remain detached. That was how he’d been able to do his work in the first place. No ties.

‘Where are you going?’ Newt asked in alarm as Hermann turned away. ‘Don’t go! I’m sorry!’

‘I’m not going anywhere,’ he said. ‘I’m going to sleep on the sofa.’ He barely used the battered old couch by the window, but it would suffice for tonight.

‘There’s enough room for two, you know.’ Newt patted the space beside him. ‘Your leg hurts, doesn’t it? I can feel it too.’

Indeed, Hermann’s leg had been throbbing for most of the walk back. He gaped at him. ‘You can?’

‘You’re so cute when you’re all uptight. Come on. Please?’

If they’d been in this situation a month ago, Hermann would have probably marched out and slept in Mako’s room. Perhaps a little bit of Newt had rubbed off on him in the Drift, because he found himself shrugging off his jacket, kicking off his shoes and climbing into bed beside him. He switched off the light. Now, only a faint glow came from under the door.

Newt curled up under the blanket, squishing his face into the pillow. ‘This is nice,’ he sighed.

Hermann dared to shuffle a little closer, not quite touching him but close enough to feel Newt’s warmth. ‘Yes, it is.’

There was an itch under his skin, a yearning. He didn’t want to say goodbye, not after all they’d been through. Would he still feel the effects of their Drift when they were far apart? What if Newt got into trouble somehow, would he feel his pain? His loneliness?

‘Newton,’ he said quietly, ‘I – I don’t want you to leave.’

Newt yawned. ‘I’m not leaving, I’m staying here.’

‘I don’t mean this room. I mean you. I don’t want to go back to sending letters.’

There was a silence so long that Hermann was sure Newt had gone to sleep. But then Newt shuffled over until his forehead rested on his shoulder. ‘I don’t want you to leave either.’

Relief flooded through him, so strong that he was sure Newt would feel it. ‘It’s settled, then,’ Hermann said calmly, though his heart was singing. ‘Wherever we go next, we shall go together.’

The bed rustled as Newt fidgeted, then there was a puff of air on his cheek as Newt sighed. ‘I can’t kiss you ‘cause my mouth hurts.’

‘You can’t kiss me because you are full of drugs, you silly man.’ But when Newt rested his head on his chest, he didn’t complain. The icepack dripped cold water onto Hermann’s shirt. ‘So, Doctor Geiszler.’ Fondly, he ran his fingers through Newt’s hair. ‘Was this experience better or worse than drifting with a Kaiju brain?'

‘Better, ‘cause I get cuddles. S’not as cool, though.’

Hermann smiled into the darkness. ‘Tell me about these Kaiju dreams you had?’

‘Well, one of them was Otachi, which was funny because she has wings so she couldn’t hold any of the tools…’ As Newt spoke, a warm contentedness seeped through the both of them. Hermann had no idea what was going to happen next, but all that mattered was they did it together.

He didn’t need the Drift to know that he loved Newt too.

[maeglinyedi]

Wait wait maybe I'm being dumb but were you joking that Tom in Between Thought and Reality met Indy or in your mind did he actually? Like where in his travels with Newt and friends did he meet him? I loved that fic back in the day but I like it being separate and in its own world. Kinda makes me sad if even though he's sweet on Harry and realising he wants her in his life that he can still go off and fuck some strange Muggle man you know??

It was a joke, because I once wrote a Tom/Indy fic.

[silverynight]

They haven't talked about kids yet... they're mated, but Newt decided to take a potion because he felt he wasn't ready for pups. Gellert respected that, he said he just wanted to be with Newt and never brought up the subject again.

But a couple of weeks ago, Newt was so busy trying to get the two unicorns Gellert rescued to trust him so he could patch them up properly he forgot about the potion when he slept with his mate before he went on a trip.

And now Gellert is coming back and Newt, well... it was actually Dougal, his demiguise, the one that realized he was... pregnant.

Newt is pregnant and Gellert is coming back tomorrow and he doesn't know how to tell him. He's not sure if his alpha wants to have pups, but if he doesn't, Newt will have to leave, because now that he is pregnant, he has realized that he really wants to have babies.

He chuckles, a little bit nervous but excited before caressing his flat belly. The omega sighs and starts thinking about what he's going to do when the fireplace bursts into green flames and Gellert Grindelwald walks in the room with a huge smile on his face.

"I know I said tomorrow, but I wanted to see you as soon as possible, Liebling."

He rushes towards him, but before he can take the magizoologist in his arms, Newt makes a gesture with his hand that makes him stop.

"What is it, love? Did something happen? Are you angry with me?" Gellert's smile vanishes quickly and it's replaced by an expression of sadness and concern.

Newt shakes his head, but doesn't say anything yet; he's anxious, he doesn't want to leave Gellert but he will if his alpha doesn't want his pups. He wants to be a Mummy.

Gellert takes a step closer; he's being careful, almost like he's afraid Newt will run away if he does something wrong.

"I–I am pregnant," he blurts out after a couple of seconds, he sighs and looks back from the floor to Gellert's mismatched eyes.

The alpha blinks twice in surprise before a huge grin quirks up the corners of his lips. His eyes are glimmering with love and so many kind emotions Newt relaxes almost immediately.

"We're going to have pups," he mumbles in awe before pulling the omega in his arms, kissing him all over his face and taking him to the couch so he can get on his knees and stroke his belly. "You'll be such a gorgeous, lovely Mummy."

Newt blushes to the tip of his ears as a happy giggle escapes from his lips.

"I wasn't sure if you wanted pups," he whispers his confession, prompting the alpha to look at him.

"I've wanted to fill you with my pups from the moment I met you, love," he smirks, leaning forward to kiss Newt's neck, making him shiver. "Now... Stay here while I feed our other babies."

"Gellert, I'm not sick, I'm just pregnant..." Newt protests, rolling his eyes when he sees the alpha getting inside the case anyway. He sighs, smiling fondly and realizing that the dark lord is going to be one of those overprotective alphas.

He kinda likes it.

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My picks 3rd week of April 2019 part 2/3

Ok that was weird my phone just glitched and i had to start over..which is kinda ironic because of something in this section...ok anyway we're on part 2/3 so I'll try to be quick before it glitches again.

This section will be MOVIES:

1. Wreck it Ralph: Ralph Breaks The Internet

Ok so this is why i said my phone glitching was a bit ironic (those who don't know watch the first movie and you'll know why) Ok! This movie like the first one was really good (and because the characters are already developed perhaps even better than first one) it is a really cute feel-good movie that is definitely rewatchable. I'll definitely watch this one again!

2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

I enjoyed the first movie (i thought the characters and the relationships were cute) so this past week i finally got around to watching the sequal. It was alot darker and kinda got a creepy vibe at some parts. I won't give anything away but this one unlike the first one takes place in Europe. A few things: Newt is cute, Dumbledore is hot and dang there's a big twist at the end that i did not see coming!

3. Green Book

First off I'm a sucker for a good historical film, even bigger sucker for those that are based on true stories, and love the ones that are about the outsiders fighting descrimination to stick it to the man! So from reading synopsis of this film it definitely sounded like one i would like. It turned out to be a really enjoyable film. I could see that some people may not like it because i could see how it can seem a bit slow paced to some (although it didn't to me) i don't really know what to say other than : great actors and a good story. I personally always enjoy watching historical film based on true stories so i can learn a little about some pretty cool people. I really liked how at the end credits they showed photos of the real people.

4. Spiderman: into the Spider-Verse

This was a movie that i really wanted to see because i really like Spiderman movies (Toby Maguire Spiderman was the first superhero DVD i bought back in the day at Blockbuster with a Blockbuster giftcard so it holds a special place in my nostalgic heart lol) and I've heard so many great things about this movie! The animation is awesome!! I've never seen a movie with animation quite like this and having the variety of animation styles in one movie was really cool! I know the Spiderman story but i didn't know this one and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie! This movie had me laughing so much that I cried, to feeling sad and to feeling worried. This movie had it all action, drama, suspense, humour...all in all a great film, definitely will watch it again! Oh!! If you do watch it there's a short post-credit scene!

Alright done part 2...onward to final part!

[the-wandering-whumper]

Omg thank you, thank you for this great help and posting my ask so others could help me thank you and @shadow-warren-whump and @whumprecs, omg you gave me a so nicely listed long list! Thank you guys! I'm actually in a quite shock that you came all the way to help me, others usually wouldn't even posting my asks so in my despair I went to fyeahvulnerablemen. tumblr DOT com/post/178403018242/13-sorry-to-rant-here-but-i-need-an who was that kind and posted it, also tries to answer me. LUW U ALL

2/ It was a quite great shock to me that the Endeavor fandom is so small, I came from much bigger ones. I'm kinda sad and confused about it, I mean WHY? There are scary similarities between the 2 show (and their major characters), it's british & it's just as good as the BBC sherlock, even the topic is the same and Morse really looks (and behaving) like Sherlock or Newt Scamander, who both was a great success in the audience. Ps. Are you want the few fic I found on my own for adding to the list?

3/ I tried to check out @disappearinginq' comments too (in the hope of more recs), I have notifications they commented on the post two different times but I can't see any from them ;(

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No problem! And I totally agree. It’s a huge shame that the fandom is so small. I’m not really sure why, because, as you pointed out, the show is incredible with engaging characters and excellent storytelling. I’m just glad they keep coming out with new seasons :)

I would love to get the links to the whump fics you found! The more the merrier! Shoot them over, or reblog that lovely fic rec post and add them on. However you want to do it!

As for disappearingq, I think it was someone accidentally posting whump to their main blog which is why you can’t see it anymore.

Anywho, thanks for reaching out and Happy Whumping!

[joeyloganho]

Andromeda, Apus, Cancer, Ursa, Pyxis & Carina for Newt!

Cancer, Leo, Lepus, Ursa, for Balem!

Heyoooo thank you for the asks buddy pal. :)

Newt's questions-

Andromeda - Has there ever been a time where you or your F/O have had to save the other? What was it from and what became of it?

For the most part, Newt keeps me safe from any of the creatures he works with that might be dangerous in some form or another. There might be the stray incident of like, getting chomped by something or scratched and Newt being like WHOA NO. but it's never been a life or death type situation thank goodness.

Apus - What sort of future do you and your F/O desire to have? What sorts of things are keeping you from it (if there is anything)?

tbh I'd be content to just live together and be a happy little couple, but I know. I KNOW He wants to get married sometime and I have no like...like I'm not gonna tell him no if/when he does propose but I'm just kinda like "We don't HAVE to right now" but he's like "But I WANT To." Which is adorable.

Cancer - What’s something about the other that never fails to capture your attention?

Oh geez. ok so every time I hear Newt laugh, i'm automatically like "YES? WHAT IS IT DEAREST?" because his laugh is so cute. It just always makes me go HUH. For him i'd say he probably say my eyes always make him be like "oooo" :P

Ursa - How do you comfort each other in times of sadness or anguish? How do you heal each other?

Newt becomes like a security blanket when i get sad. He will not leave my side. It's so sweet. I tend to do the same for him, but with extra like "Let me take care of you." vibes. lol

Pyxis - Who’s the best at planning and putting things together? Who just goes with the flow and does things blindly?

I'd say I'm better at planning. Newt tends to be like "yeah so this is happening. ok." And just goes with it. I can't do that lol.

Carina - Do either of you travel very much or do you tend to stay in the same place? Does one ever have to leave the other?

OK So Newt travels for work sometimes. I remember very early in our relationship he had to leave and i couldn't come along with him and we were constantly writing to each other and calling. Now anytime we have to go anywhere, we make sure the other comes along. Can't be apart. :P

Balem's questions-

Cancer - What’s something about the other that never fails to capture your attention?

I'm just gonna say it. He walks around with no shirt A LOT and I am always like "Oh hello sir." lol For him, he would probably say everything because he's a drama queen and loves to be like "That's my love."

Leo - What’s something either of you have done that’s made the other proud? What about disappointed?

He's proud of me when i stand up for myself. Which is cool, I'm like hell yeah support me. I would say I'm only disappointed in him when he hurts people i don't think he needs to hurt.

Lepus - What pace do both of you move? Is one of you faster than the other? Slower? Explain!

OK SO. Balem is literally like...*walks slow for dramatic effects, but will not hesitate to jump attack someone at the same time* and meanwhile I'm just *walks slow because I'm disabled and that's just how it be.* He doesn't mind it, he'll walk slow with me. The drama works in this case. :P

Ursa - How do you comfort each other in times of sadness or anguish? How do you heal each other?

Oh man. Balem is NOT good at comforting. Like, even when he genuinely is trying to comfort me. He does give a good effort tho. he's just...he's never had the need to care for someone before and so he doesn't know how. He really is trying tho. but when he gets angry i rub his shoulders to calm him down. it works usually. lol