#I'm such a freak for knowing these episode titles by heart

[maya-matlin]

What are your top 3 favorite episodes for each of your favorite Degrassi ships?

I probably won't do this in any real order:

Sean/Emma:

1.) White Wedding

2.) Message in a Bottle

3.) Friday Night

Jimmy/Hazel:

1.) Take on Me

2.) The Power of Love

3.) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Craig/Ashley:

1.) Dressed in Black

2.) Voices Carry

3.) Neutron Dance

JT/Liberty:

1.) Voices Carry

2.) Rock This Town

3.) Turned Out

Jay/Manny:

1.) Paradise City

2.) Bust a Move

3.) Owner of a Lonely Heart

Toby/Kendra (not sure they even have three episodes worth mentioning):

1.) Karma Chameleon

2.) Careless Whisper

3.) Mirror in the Bathroom

Snake/Spike:

1.) White Wedding

2.) Our Lips Are Sealed (1)

3.) Mother and Child Reunion

Spinner/Paige:

1.) How Soon Is Now

2.) Don't Dream It's Over

3.) Ghost in the Machine

Spinner/Darcy:

1.) Redemption Song

2.) Foolin'

3.) Pass the Dutchie

Sean/Ellie:

1.) Take on Me

2.) Anywhere I Lay My Head

3.) Our House

Joey/Caitlin:

1.) Holiday

2.) Showtime (Degrassi High)

3.) One Last Dance (Degrassi High)

Marco/Dylan:

1.) It's Raining Men

2.) Total Eclipse of the Heart (even though I hate half the plot)

3.) Free Fallin' (1)

Danny/Mia:

It's literally just Uptown Girl. Everything else they get is group scenes when Mia is with Peter.

Sav/Holly J:

1.) You Don't Know My Name

2.) All Falls Down

3.) Halo (2)

Danny/Chantay (see Toby/Kendra):

1.) Waiting for a Girl Like You

2.) Keep on Loving You

3.) Why Can't This Be Love (2) (this is solely because they look cute at prom)

KC/Clare:

1.) Heart Like Mine

2.) In Your Eyes (for some reason, they were more interesting to me as exes)

3.) Uptown Girl (2)

Clare/Jake:

1.) Should've Said No

2.) Lose Yourself

3.) Nowhere to Run

Clare/Drew:

1.) Sparks Wil Fly

2.) Something's Got to Give

3.) Everything Is Everything

Dave/Alli:

1.) Smash Into You

2.) Got Your Money

3.) Mr. Brightside

Connor/Jenna:

1.) Ray of Light

2.) Close to Me

3.) Cannonball

Riley/Zane:

1.) Purple Pills

2.) The Way We Get By

3.) Still Fighting It

Wesley/Hannah (see Toby/Kendra):

1.) Drop It Like It's Hot

2.) Hide and Seek

3.) What's My Name Again (they're basically around in the background while Connor is off stealing panties in at least two different episodes)

Drew/Bianca:

1.) Sabotage

2.) Dead and Gone

3.) Lovefool

Adam/Becky:

1.) Tonight, Tonight

2.) Building a Mystery

3.) Scream

Mo/Marisol:

1.) Doll Parts

2.) Hollaback Girl

3.) The Time of My Life

Imogen/Jack:

1.) Hypnotize

2.) If You Could Only See

3.) What It's Like

Zig/Maya:

1.) #Fire

2.) #YesMeansYes

3.) Get It Together

Tristan/Miles:

1.) Thunderstruck

2.) #CheckYourPrivilege

3.) #RiseAndGrind

Zoe/Grace:

1.) Summer Girls

2.) #NoFilter

3.) #Woke

Zoe/Rasha:

1.) #Unsubscribe

2.) #Preach

3.) #ThatFeelingWhen

Frankie/Esme (they technically dated):

1.) #KThxBye

2.) #GetMoney

3.) #Fire

Tiny/Shay:

1.) #TheseAreMyConfessions

2.) #Fire

3.) #GetYouAManWhoCanDoBoth

Lola/Saad:

1.) #Preach

2.) #GetYouAManWhoCanDoBoth

3.) #GetMoney

[respectthepetty]

Give me merch, BoC!

Before I freak out about colors in episode three of 4 Minutes, just know that if this was a time-traveling show on GMMTV, the cats in the claw machine would've been merch yesterday!

BoC, why don't you want our money?!

But even without making them merch, these cats made my day!

And it's all because Great gave Tyme the white one.

Tyme is color-coded black and Great is color-coded white.

So each cat represents them in this time-shifting story, and Great gave himself to Tyme by giving him the white cat.

And strangely enough, these color-coded boys won several cats which is a successful date, but also something something about several versions of themselves existing within the story . . .

But what really makes me happy is each cat has a heart in the other color on its side, so when held together, those heart patches form a dual-colored heart!

And although I think Tyme approached Great because he wanted information on Great's family, the boys got hit with a tiny blinding light of love right before they were supposed to kiss.

And Tyme did expose himself to Great instead of fighting him even though he could have easily overpowered Great, which is something we saw when Tyme fought Title.

Because this story is really about the gray area everyone is existing in.

When Win showed up the first time, Tonkla was guarded with a boundary firmly planted between them and Win was light.

But this episode, Tonkla removed his barrier, and let Win in, but Win, in his dark colors, definitely crossed a line he shouldn't have.

Win is a good guy.

And so is Korn.

But circumstances and choices change people.

And even the best people are capable of doing bad.

So it's interesting that Tyme has been positioned in black from the beginning even though he is a doctor.

And Great is positioned as white even though we have seen him run away from doing what's right several times.

Yet when Tyme went to ask Great out and Great confessed to seeing the future, Tyme was in gray as he shifts between the two colors.

Great's interactions with Tyme advance the clock a minute closer to 11:04 from 11:00, but the number four is special, as many people have pointed out because it represents death.

And Great keeps getting closer and closer.

So him throwing down his phone causing the number four ball to roll into the pocket was perhaps telling that it's not all Tyme moving the clock, but just like Win and Korn and their colors, Great's choices are moving the clock and impacting his life.

Doctors save lives, but we have been shown through the woman who tried to die by suicide and the patient this episode in Bed #4, that doctors also need to know when to listen and end a patient's suffering.

(Spare Me Your Mercy, I'm so ready for you and your color-coded boys in love to give us a story about these specific ethics! I'm going to watch you so hard!)

Tyme continues to say he isn't a doctor but a surgeon. Tyme doesn't listen to his patients, which is why Den is upset at him. And Tyme isn't listening to Great because if he was he'd hear exactly what is being said - "these symptoms happened when [the] heart stopped"

Tyme needs Great to remind him, that regardless of the past, it's important to listen and care, and Great needs Tyme to listen to his sad rich boy stories. They need each other to save each other. Triage, is that you homie in a trench coat and mustache glasses?!

But more importantly, they need each other to save each other's hearts! Great needs Tyme to literally save his life by saving his heart, but Tyme was hardening his heart. He had stated several times that he is in his career for the money, but Great reminded Tyme that money was irrelevant if the love was missing with his story of a 1,000 baht toy. They have both good and bad in them, but they need the other color-coded person to be complete. They need the other person to live.

Since I still believe Tyme is the one having cardiac arrest in the first episode, if one of them actually gives up his heart to save the other, I'm gonna be unwell about it.

Random Thoughts:

The friend calling Tyme a "pale guy, very handsome, and kinda brooding" hit me personally because I call characters who are black color-coded Black Brooders and Tyme is the Black Brooder in this story.

Great seeing the message on the tea cup change from "Don't forget to get your wound checked at the hospital" to "Can you forgive me, Great?" has me thinking this won't just be about Tyme trying to get dirt on Great's family and Great being upset about. That question feels heavier. That question feels like both their lives are changed by Tyme.

The female patient who experiences the same symptoms as Great was wearing white and black when she was being interviewed, but when Great envisioned a woman on the bed, red lights were flashing, like they were meeting while coding.

The way the red reflects on Great's shirt in the car makes it look like a heart on his sleeve when he looks at Tyme.

MY BOY MIO!

[elfboyeros]

Things in TDP that surprised me but I'm not mad about

The title is a bit misleading because I could never be mad at The Dragon Prince but I'm specifically talking about season 6 because I think Aaron, Justin, and everyone that worked on this show infused this season with drugs because this is so fire they fucking cooked with this one.

Soucering: most of the gifs used in this post are from this post  by celestialowlryx unless stated otherwise! (I am not in the business of stealing people's shit)

SPOILERS AHEAD

The Blood on the Beach!

There was a lot of blood on that beach like the blood that you could tell was blood on that beach in the first episode, and I know this show doesn't shadow away from death but THAT'S A LOT OF FUCKING BLOOD IN THE SAND! Not to mention, CLAUDE IS COVER IN BLOOD! Plus the whole Claude amputated her own leg, and her fucking voice actor during that scene, oof my heart!

The Bathing Scene

I'm very surprised that this was allowed dispute knowing nothing about TV rating (I mean obviously it was allowed it's in the fucking show!) But that scene is silence, besides a backing track, and you have a Terry bathing Claude in the ocean! That scene is so fucking intimate, especially for what is supposed to be a children's show and it makes me go insane!

Rayla and Callum's Bed Sharing Scene

Yionked from this post by rayllurn 

I'm looking at this in part from the eyes of a parent dispute not being a parent and just being a 23-year-old fucker that watches children's cartoons they have a weird obsession with, But this is another scene I'm a little surprised was allowed. Although I love that it was allowed! I can see from the eyes of a parent this scene be too "raunchy" because "What happens when two be people share a bed... sex!" but Fuck you this scene was great!

Viren and His Wife's Backstory

Yoinked picture from this post by Kilfeur

Okay fucking attack me in the internet town square if I'm wrong, but Viren described abuse... right!? Like that was Spousal Abuse right!? Because if it wasn't it was so fucking close! And where the scene wasn't animated in the traditional sense respective to The Dragon Prince, that whole sequence is insane!

All the Kissing Scenes

Damn, there was a shit ton of PDA this season, Specially thinking about the one scene with Rayla and Callum on top of the Starscraper, THINGS ARE GETTING FUCKING INIMATE FOR KIDS SHOW! I fucking love it! I love when we can do Romance like this so no complaining here there was just a lot, or many in the scope of the series as a whole this seems like a lot, I don't know, but regardless a win for romantics everywhere!

Viren's Sacrifice*

Yoinked from this post by madou-dilou

This one is more of an honorable mention, was it surprising, fuck yeah, but it didn't surprise me in the way everything else did. I did think Soren was going to be murdered for a hot second, which was shocking but fuck this scene had been balling like a God damn baby!

Janai and Amaya's Wedding*

Another Honorable mention because it's not shocking that it happened The Dragon Prince has not strayed from representation and the longer it continues the more representation we seem to get, although queer representation is still always shocking to get especially in children's cartoons, so it's going on this list for all the creators that have wanted to give us queer rep but couldn't and to those that have paved the way for us to get here!

Allen

Couldn't find a picture of Allen lol

Okay, you may not get this if you haven't read the graphic novel Through the Moon but Allen is a minor character way back from season one that Lujanne couples up with and I was surprised to see especially because the day before the season came out. I had read the graphic novel and cackled at his presence! So I freaked the fuck out when he was just there, at the moon nexus!

Rayla and Her Parents*

I'm adding this because it was another scene that had me balling (I think mostly because I have a good relationship with my parents and I couldn't imagine losing them) Knowing Rayla's character it wasn't surprising but I respect everyone who made that scene possible because, brother, that's emotional!

Finally Leola

*sigh* Leola's existence in general is a shock, and to me changes Aaravos completely! That purple motherfucker created the Sea of the Castout with his own tears, then got imprisoned in a pearl in a calm in his daughter's bones in the same sea he made with his own tears of grief! In addition, THEY FUCKING ANIMATED CHILD DEATH! THE ANIMATORS ANIMATED A CHILD DYING ON SCREEN! I don't give a fuck if there wasn't blood, THERE WAS CHILD DEATH ON SCREEN IN A CHILDREN'S SHOW! HOW HEAVY METAL IS THAT?!

Honorable of the honorable mentions: Big Aarvaos

Fuck he's huge.

Alright, I'm done.

[greythemed]

𓂃 ♥︎ⴰ bloodhounds . kim gun-woo

˚ TITLE 𓂃 ♥︎ⴰ how is like to date gun-woo part two ˚ WORD COUNT 𓂃 ♥︎ⴰ 1770

dating gun-woo consists of you being a lightweight while he has the best alcohol tolerance in the group, consequently making him your babysitter for the rest of the night no matter how much he drinks (this man's tolerance is no joke, we saw it on episode seven).

he IS the type of boyfriend who spoils you like there is no tomorrow. gun-woo is so detached when it comes to money that soon after winning a pay-per-view match (it was his first one after being officially sponsored by your father!) he was ready to deposit the whole freaking 3 billion wones on your account like that was NORMAL.

"but babe, you don't want it?🥺" he says once he is out of the ring, innocent eyes rising accordingly to your patience. "you can buy whatever makes you happy 'cause i want to see you happy". and you're like "NO GUN-WOO YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR ENTIRE MONEY ON ME". and he be like. "yes i can????".

honestly we should navigate more of that. gun-woo knows the value of money in this world, he knows that it can change some people's lives. but he never once did something to get money for himself. he was always running and fighting for his mother, her café, her safety and her dreams. so when everything was over and he caught himself with a pile of gold in his hands (he helped his mom and there was still much money left!), he didn't know what to do and how to spend it.

that's when you came through and saved gun-woo's life. because again he has something to spend money with, and someone to spoil.

it doesn't matter if you're rich already (your dad is a ceo and you just became a doctor by yourself!), gun-woo's love language is buying you food whenever he goes out. it is your birthday? expect numerous gifts throughout the entirety of the day. he caught you eyeing something in a store for a little more than 4 seconds? boom! new package arriving at your door the following day.

and that goes even before he became a well-known pro-fighter in korea. when he still was only your cousin's friend that min-beom suspiciously kept by his side during difficult times. he wasn't that big on money, you could tell that, but he still was trying to get your attention by buying different snacks on his way to your home.

HE LOVES HIS PILLOW PRINCESS.

each type of gun-woo's hugs has a different meaning and he is so happy that you caught that in the early stages of your relationship. this six feet tall man is hugging you from behind while you're innocently staring at his penthouse's living room's view? that means he's feeling vulnerable and in need of some of your love.

when you feel his arms enveloping your waist and his lips leaving a kiss on your ear? you already know he is feeling excited enough to express his love for you in many different ways.

gun-woo is a loveable person at the end of the day. he needs some validation from time to time and will get clingy if you don't express your feelings for a while. that causes some agitation in your relationship, including arguments about the different love languages both of you have.

sometimes, you think gun-woo is too honest about certain things. the fact that he wears his heart on his sleeve while being a war trunk makes him incredibly dangerous. how do you expect to act around your gorgeous boyfriend while he is a softie on the inside and you know it? you have no option left but to act like a slut.

he points that out someday when you are both alone. "baby, are you okay? you are staring weirdly at me for the past 30 minutes and i'm getting worried".

and you cannot react, otherwise, you'd be ruining your family dinner and jumping that man's bones in the middle of the fancy restaurant while everyone's watching.

even when he is in desperate need of some affection, he doesn't want to disturb you. he doesn't know how this works in the long run, after all. he doesn't feel confident enough to say that out loud. that he needs you at that moment. so you'll have to get pretty good at reading his signs, especially his eyes.

woo-jin's knowledge comes in handy in times like these.

like the first time you met his mother (you were his first ever girlfriend, so he wanted her to like you too!) and he was staring at her the entire afternoon at the café with so much anxiety coming out of him that you had to drag him to the bathroom so he could calm down.

he had the habit of clenching his jaw when he was anxious. "it's okay, baby, i'm gonna be fine, i'm sure she is lovely". you tried to reason with the boxer, constantly having to cup his jaw so he could relax. "i'm sorry, i'm just apprehensive". he replied with those puppy eyes that you'd immediately pout for.

everything went smoothly with his mother and she even made a special dish for you that day! but the second you're alone in your room that night you call woo-jin and ask for some advice on how to deal with your boyfriend's anxieties because who else would know about that other than his marine best friend?!

i'm not done talking about this man's alcohol tolerance because is SO FUCKING SEXY AND FOR WHAT?! i swear on that scene in episode seven, my eyes were glued on the screen every time he took a sip like sir please be my boyfriend????

and even woo-jin was surprised it was so funny to me.

so expect your first club night outs (honestly, gun-woo just came because you asked him nicely) to be completely HORROR for the boxers. the second you started drinking, woo-jin and gun-woo didn't take their eyes off you because they KNOW how YOUR alcohol tolerance is almost non-existent but still you want to have a good time.

like "NO Y/N YOU SHOULDN'T PISS ON A BURNING TO TAKE THE FIRE DOWN BC ITS EASIER". and woo-jin would be SO done with you all the time, glaring at gun-woo every time you said something stupid. he'd be like "this is your phd doctor girlfriend???". and send a dirty look to his best friend.

and on the rare occasions where you don't feel like drinking you can't help but stare intensively at gun-woo's adam's apple bobbing every time he takes a sip from the soju bottle woo-jin challenged him to take (it was indeed a rare occasion) because WHY WAS HE SO HOT?!

and then finishing with the most polite smile and the glossiest eyes you've ever seen like IT WAS NOTHING?!?!?

he looked at you asking what was wrong and you would turn nonverbal for the next 30 seconds before kissing him in front of the bar AND WOO-JIN

nsfw under 😳😳😳

hear. me. out.

at first, gun-woo wasn't the most speaker in bed because - let's be honest - the boy is timid. but the second he sees your reaction when he accidentally lets a whimper slip from his mouth one day, a whole key is turned inside the boxer's brain.

when you're riding him, he entwines your fingers with his, placing kisses on your wrist, your palm or wherever possible and just breathing "you're going to make me lose my goddamn mind, fuck".

you get high from watching him orgasm and vice-versa.

when he comes back up from between your thighs for a breather, for example, his eyes notice your clutched hands at your sides, nails digging into your palm - because he pays attention to every little detail you let it slide, you already know that - and he wasn't having it. leaning down to continue from where he left off, he takes your hands in his and places them on his head, a gesture telling you to just pull his hair already.

this man is timid but he's also a romantic. when i tell you gun-woo needs confirmation from you whenever you are together, i mean at sexy times as well. the moment you start to feel too level-headed and too euphoric and close your eyes, he is fast to turn your attention to his voice so he could guide you.

"no, no look at me baby—keep 'em open. need you to see me, ye?". he grunts and your eyes flicker open once again, obediently following his rules, giving him the eye contact he so desperately craves.

there is a thing we need to talk about gun-woo sizing you up for the first time.

when the realization dawns on you, your eyes almost roll to the back of your head. gun-woo was sliding his length past your clit and up your stomach so far that his balls press against your core. he said it was for 'safety purposes' when you caught him doing it, embarrassment evident on his flaming cheeks and stuttering mouth.

but the second time he does it? you were feral, almost coming right then and there. essentially, he was trying to see just how far in he was going to be, just how deep he was going to fuck you and you clenched so hard around nothing that you had to slap him to stop.

"you can't just do this, gun-woo!". you wanted to curse. "s-sorry", he was caught again, but now not a single drop of shame adorning his features. by the looks of it, he was smirking.

cursing? let's talk about that.

you knew you dated an angel so to speak. but the whole angelic persona gun-woo carried on his daily basis was left at the door when he was alone with you. cursing? he did on rare occasions, maybe when woo-jin went too far with a joke about his mother or when he pressed his little finger on the car door while rushing to the gym.

but never with you.

so imagine your surprise when the first string of 'fucks' slipped past this man's lips when he entered you for the very first time. and then the constant self-control he needs to collect when you are too far in orgasmland and whisper dirty things in his ears.

"feel too full woo", you moan absentmindedly and gun-woo lets out a heavy breath, dropping his head down so your foreheads can touch.

"god—fuck—you can't say shit like that, princess". he warns.

i began to pass out and my head hit the wall boom!

i am not proud of this one (sorry for any misspellings, this is not proofread!) and i'm sorry for ending this here hahahahahah leaving y'all dry and wanting because that's what life is about!!! (suffering) THANK YOU ALL FOR THE KIND WORDS YOU GUYS ARE THE LOVELIEST <33

this blog is desactivated, if you want to reach me, follow me on my new account ( @zerocoded ) new kdrama content there soon, xx.

[fountainpenguin]

Riddle watches New Wish - Post #25

Fairy For a Day

FAIRY CON!!! Third appearance SWEEP!

Okay, now THIS is more useful to me in setting up a timeline. Definitely saving that.

"Cosmo and I look forward to this convention all year!" -> Yeah, you've gone 3 times since meeting Timmy; I bet you do.

I actually own a Cosmo Con button IRL and it's precious to me <3

?? So... "Cosmo Con" and this episode both went with godkids not being at Fairy Con, but we know from the Season 10 "Fairy Con" episode, Timmy's gone every year. Hmm.

If we see the same tents that appeared in both "Cosmo Con" and "Fairy Con," I'm gonna lose it.

Fairy Con is at the CASTLE?? Are they allowed to do that?? We never get to go inside the castle!! I wonder if the Fairy King is still implied to be either dead or abandoned his throne, or...?

Hey wtf, Jorgen put his office on top of the Castle?? I missed that, if that's come up before.

oh my gosh, I can't believe even in the spin-off, King Northiae and Prince Eastkal are still out of the picture... Lmao??

"Eastkal appear onscreen when he's not dying" challenge (Impossible)

Disclaimer, they don't have canon names. These names come from my 'fics where I've written them alive and interacting with people until the war, so these random background characters have significance to me <3

We did see the title Fairy King in "Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour 1," but he was mysteriously absent then and any other episode about Fairy World, and "Balance of Flour" (the episode this screenshot is from) confirms the people I'm talking about were important in Fairy society even if we didn't have their names.

slkdfjskdljf, they're still getting their tickets scanned. And everything goes off without a hitch?? Somewhere out there, Chloe - who lost her ticket and was banned - is staring into the void.

Hazel looking at her cosplay options: Hmm, what's my fairy vibe? :)

She's so cute.

I'm glad Cosmo and Wanda's friends just... have accepted their goofiness and it doesn't damage their friendship.

Hmm. Godkids were able to attend in previous years, but not this time. I have suspicions Hazel will run into another godkid even though she snuck in.

Presumably Dev, but this would be a fun place to reveal a new kid (or see nods to OG characters)

OMFG, I know these are probably meant to be candles, but I said in Post #5 that I've always used these interior decorations in worldbuilding as memorials and/or representations of the soul:

- and they're so important in Fairy culture that in Frayed Knots Chapter 27, Anti-Cosmo and Anti-Sanderson used their presence or absence to check which Fairy homes had been evacuated from the fire. So... I just find this very funny :'D For incredibly specific reasons.

(Hazel's little hand gripping the pole)

SDLKFJSDF. Memorial for people lost to magical back-up this year.

I mean... I didn't think it was that serious considering Cosmo and Wanda have survived exploding from magical back-up multiple times, but... Good to know sometimes you don't survive?

Holy flip, this makes the Fairies dropping H.P. and Sanderson on earth and forcing them to drive / bike home without using magic so much darker. hey wtf.

Technically I did headcanon Pixies as getting inspiration back-up if they didn't inspire people to innovate rather than the magical back-up route, but... basically the same thing.

I just saw the Musical ending to get this screenshot and ?? I'm so glad Flappy stayed long enough to see Gary and Betty take over and make changes to the Learnatorium? In my memory, he ditched them instantly, but I'm glad he was there to make sure they'd be okay without him <3

F in the chat for Betty toppling over from a heart attack and Gary freaking out in the background while Flappy is partying onstage. lol.

I wonder if this is how Fairies pass when they're old as well, like if whatever magic they have at that age becomes too much for their physical forms.

Hm. Okay, so is the canon we're going with for New Wish that Fairies leave confetti when they die? In the OG series, it's heavily implied Fairies turn to dust and that's why Jorgen freaks out when he finds glittery dust on Cosmo and Wanda's beds in "Fairy Idol," but I'll take it! That's clever, and it's close.

Interesting move considering one of the Season 1 episodes depicts Cosmo exploding from magical back-up, because it's not like it was buried randomly in Season 7 or something- It's one of the things that people are first likely to encounter.

But I'm not really picky; just noting it down as a reminder to myself that this show is a spin-off and AU and I shouldn't try to jump through hoops to see if it will fit in my canon-compliant-with-OG-series Cloudlands AU. It's still fun to watch and this is a creative spin on the OG magical back-up!

I'm glad we're still playing into "Fairies don't leave skeletons and all the skeletons we keep leaving in jails are fake." lmao. Iirc, the canon from "Wishology" was "Halloween party that never got cleaned up."

I think bones are just really freakin' scary to people who are elastic and turn to dust. Like, what the heck is a skeleton? A dead human?? omg. doin' me a frighten.

Oh, maybe confetti is for this death specifically and other deaths can still be dust. Yeah, I'm good with that.

I was totally prepared for some kind of familiar face to show up on the board, like Mama Cosma or Big Daddy or Juandissimo, but I'm glad it didn't. But Cosmo and Wanda are going to be in trouble, probably later this episode...

Presto, old manager from the diner? Gonna make a note.

I like this tent dedicated to sleight of hand.

skdjf, you get a close-up on this tent in a moment and this guy also has the Shakespeare for Mimes book that kids always have at school. Reused assets...

?? There was one tent in the background I saw that made me say "Huh, they didn't put any detail inside this one except some boxes that haven't been unpacked," but I like how we get a new angle on it and it's just called Mystery Crates. That's fantastic.

I am OBSESSED with the fact that we are in the Pink Castle courtyard, so of COURSE there are still crossed wand symbol tapestries hanging on the walls. I love how much thought was put into the location.

I like the tent that says [word]-Free Books. I wish I could see what that first word was. I hope it's something like Curse-Free Books.

I'm LOSING IT at Hazel once again reminding us she likes paperwork.

Oh, and Wanda backed me up on that! ... PLEASE let her meet the Pixies, I am begging.

Surely they're setting us up for that someday. There's an established species that does paperwork and writes contracts. It's right there... We even have the cube head model already in play! My favorite boys are so close, I can taste it... and yet, so far.

I will actually have a meltdown if I get to see H.P. again. It's such a foreign concept, I can't even imagine. I just really miss him... I watched "Oddlympics" recently and it made me sad.

I wonder if Hazel likes official documents because she likes researching rocks :) Girls only want one thing and it's wonderful

Wow. I can't believe it's that easy? You can just sign a paper and be a fairy? Lol.

???? This feels like such a dangerous plot thread to play with. There's a million ways you could swing this. Are some Fairies former humans who chose the magical life?

Where is Timmy. Did he find out about this? I'm stressin' out...

Actually, wait... Godkids aren't supposed to be here. It's probably fine.

Now that Hazel's made herself a fairy, she's gonna experience magical back-up if she's not careful.

Oh, I love her dark, sparkly purple hair.

Holy flip, batgirl-

That's not the direction I thought this episode was going??

Oh no... And right after Dev's gone looking for Anti-Fairy info? He's gonna flip... This spells trouble...

I'm delighted Lezah was born in a gray smoke cloud like Foop :>

?? I like that she has a snaggletooth. I personally gave Teen & Adult Foop a snaggletooth in my design for him, but I think I like Lezah's blatant "the rest of her teeth are flat and she only has this one fang" vibe better than what I went with for him.

I think I already said this in Irep's debut, but... If Anti-Cosmo shows up, is he going to debut with the name Osmoc; is that legit the direction we're going? Lol.

At this point, seeing as Irep's griping implies he didn't have a choice in changing his name, and Lezah is the 2nd Anti-Fairy to have a backwards name (With Hazel and us as audience only knowing these guys in New Wish), I feel like they HAVE to commit to Osmoc and Adnaw.

I feel like they're trying to make it easier to distinguish them or at least so they can have cool names or something, but I feel like that's actually harder on the audience?? At least without subtitles.

A lot of people headcanon Nega-Timmy as Timmy’s anti when they do fairy designs of him, so… Ymmit??

Anxiety girl...

Lezah: You're not cool and it's about time you knew. Hazel: If anyone already knew I wasn't cool, it was me.

oh no <3

Huh. That's a lot of blue structure. I like it.

I appreciate how Lezah, in traditional Anti-Fairy fashion, got bored in 2 seconds. I think that's the best part of Fairy-Pixie-Anti-Fairy dynamics to me:

- Fairies are nervous and jumpy, but they calm down when they have structure and rules. So the Pixies always take over by giving them new rules to follow and no one makes a fuss; Timmy always has to step in and rescue them because the Fairies (except Binky) just go along with it. - Anti-Fairies are super restless and bad at sitting still. They can't handle boredom, which means they can't focus on rules or plans. Even when they make plans, we know Anti-Cosmo gets so distracted that he switches pen colors throughout his notes, implying he leaves and comes back 4 or 5 times before completing one sheet of paper... which is probably why Anti-Cosmo defers to the Head Pixie, who gives off "knows what he's doing" vibes. lol. - Luckily for everyone, H.P., is always down to relinquish everything he took over for raves and soda <3

Shout-out to the totally real upcoming plot of Lezah kicking every rock she sees into the void because Hazel loves rocks

Saving Hazel's signature for my collection:

I like how Timmy and Hazel both sign fae contracts with only their first name. I hope this means H.P. would also call her Hazel at least sometimes... He used to call Timmy "Turner" most of the time, but he called him "Timmy" when he was prank-calling him <3

Holy flip, I can't believe Cosmo and Wanda touched butterfly nets so they could catch balloons. I think it would've been funny if they caught each other on accident.

Purple road gives me the same energy as Fairy World's purple grass in "Odd Squad."

Okay, so... the Big Wand is now inside the castle? Interesting.

??? I'm curious about what the logic is in designing Irep with a cube head. Lezah doesn't have one.

Me, who has an established square mutation in my 'fics, but it's for Pixies and not transferrable to Anti-Fairies :'D

Hm. Well, it is a kids' show. Maybe they weren't sure kids would recognize him without the cube head.

I'm sorry, I hate to be the one to say it, but... Since Anti-Cosmo and Anti-Wanda were alone when Foop was born, do you think anyone ever thinks Foop has a Pixie parent? At this point, I'd be shocked if the Pixies didn't have square heads in this show, so ??

If A.C. and A.W. show up without cube heads when cube heads are established in this universe, I just feel like there would be questions of legitimacy??

Does Irep just look like that on purpose because he likes it? He WAS a cube for (implied) way longer than other anti-fairy babies, and the only other anti-fairy baby we've seen wasn't a cube but was of ambiguous age, so... Hmm. Is it just HIS biology? Does it run in his family? Huh. Well. Okay.

You want to give us pixies; you wanna reuse your cube head model for pixies so bad...

Them...

Those eyelash designs are super clever. Also, I like how the lightest parts of Hazel's sweater match the darkest parts of Lezah's shirt.

I'm really glad Fairy-Hazel is not immune to getting upset by her counterpart. I'm glad she's not trying to befriend Lezah; I'm not the biggest fan of counterparts getting along well. It's great. Give me weird complexity and bullied children <3

I was going to make a joke about how I couldn't believe Lezah had better magic when she was just born, but then she screwed up her magic and that's hilarious.

Hazel: I don't want more of me! I want less of you!

Brutal.

I like how we've been going the direction of "Hazel is a person who overthinks things." I'll definitely keep that in mind, because I didn't see that in the early episodes, but it seems to be a thing recently.

Lezah is 3 seconds away from dying. oh no.

She GONE!

..... I'm really uneasy about where the magical backup lore is going since it wasn't relevant in this episode. We've got a storm on the horizon, I'm sure. :'D Also that chip powering the Big Wand is definitely coming back.

I assume Lezah is a one-off character. I really like how much thought and detail was put into her design in spite of that.

Fingers crossed for Anti-Wanda to get a mild redesign (Ex: new clothes) if she ever shows up.

Me staring into the void: Hey, why were we shown the Hocus Poconos earlier in the season, and should I be worried that we're making new, detailed characters and ditching them?

slkdjf ?? Literally on the floor that King Northiae and Prince Eastkal have a second chance to indicate to me they're not totally dead, but we're not taking it. SKLDFJSDF.

I mean ?? I don't know what I expected since it's heavily implied the Fairies and Anti-Fairies called a truce to end the war after Eastkal's death, but...

Nobody cares about these background characters who appeared only once in a flashback in Season 7, but I care!! Eastkal, my baby!! D:

Stuck In My Head

For some reason, it's funny to me that Dev eats cafeteria food despite being rich and lactose intolerant.

I was going to make a joke about Winn being allowed to wear a hat in school, but I don't think I can when we had Timmy Turner.

I really enjoy these characters with new hair styles, especially after 3 notable characters with the same hair for so long (Timmy, Cosmo, Vicky, Anti-Cosmo). I always struggle drawing their hair and I'd like to draw some new guys :)

Dev has had some bad times lately, but he's SO ready for lunch.

Hazel, on the heels of the overthinking episode: I am once again overthinking myself into oblivion.

I love Hazel's parents. I love how Cosmo and Wanda are totally down to dance. They used to love dancing <3

I like how the Hazel museum has Hazel's drawings from past episodes.

Oh, I'm sad we can't treat everything here seriously. The fact she wants to be a comic book artist is likely true, but her inventing the sun... I don't think so.

I wonder if Hazel's going to learn something she doesn't even know about herself.

Oh no... Hazel's anxiety led her to try getting rid of stuff that embarrassed her by throwing it down the trapdoor she was warned to never, ever open... That’s so funny… She is 10.

The mind worm concept is funny and engaging. Nothing much to say except I enjoyed the bit with the bird and all of Hazel's negative thoughts.

Mind Worm: wow, what a loser thought you are. can't even exist outside a child's mind. lmao. cringefail.

Hazel loves and trusts her mom so much <3 She's saying things her mom's surely taught her.

Another good moral, and more fun Hazel lore. Hazel's got a good home life and we still get to see some messy parts of her, so I really enjoy that.

Winn and Jasmine adore Hazel and her creativity so much.

Mind the Gap

Uh-oh, Hazel's friends just made it clear they notice Hazel's tooth gap all the time...

Geez, Hazel was doing (mostly) fine in the early episodes of the season, and ever since her fight(s) with Dev, she's gone from 0 to 300 in the anxiety department. Girl, are you ok?

Crying, I love how Hazel's hiding spot is the janitor's closet. She's been going there ever since Episode 1. I'm so glad we get to see her struggle.

Tooth Fairy!!! I knew she'd be here for a tooth episode, and after Cupid's redesign, I was wondering if she'd change much. She looks the same and tbh, I enjoy that.

??? I was going to make a joke during Lezah's ep, I think, about how the DMV keeps coming up and it's always different. I should've made that joke. It clearly wasn't just me.

I'm disappointed they made a "Seal the deal" joke with the tooth exchange program and did not seal Hazel's tooth into her mouth with dentistry.

Jasmine: Did you get your gap filled? How'd you get a new tooth so fast? Hazel: Uh... the Internet?

slkdfj, oh no.

omg, H.P. and Sanderson would think Guzman is the coolest. I miss them so much...

I like how Hazel's mom was disappointed with her (Hazel's tooth) for booing her dad, but instead of snapping at her, she just gently suggested Hazel spend some time alone in her room. She's so good. I love her <3

I'm glad Cosmo and Wanda went to get their mail in human form again. They love mail so much.

skldfj, oh... They actually DO love mail.

If there's candy and soda at the tooth party, I'm going to lose it.

I am SO GLAD Jorgen is at the Tooth Fairy's gala! He supports his WIFE!!!!!!

SLKDFJSDLKF, there's soda at the party! Cosmo and Wanda are gonna get so drunk... They won't onscreen, but I'll know.

This is the final episode before season finale. I hope they get some good rest or they're gonna be hungover at a very bad time. oh no.

AAAH, it wasn't just coincidence! I was unsure since the gala was full of familiar models, but Jorgen IS here on purpose! He even dressed up nice for it!!

He loves his wife!!

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Task Failed Successfully

The Owl House » Huntlow

Title: Task Failed Successfully

Author: fairytalesandfolklore

Fandom: The Owl House (Masterlist)

Relationship: Hunter | The Golden Guard x Willow Park

AO3 Rating: Teen & Up (a complete collection of author's notes, inspiration credits, content warnings and tags can be found on AO3)

Summary: Convinced she'll never feel the same, but intent on not keeping any secrets from one of his best friends, Hunter's grand plan to confess his feelings for Willow backfires in the best possible way.

Hunter takes a deep breath, studying each change in Willow's expression. In the last few seconds, her face has gone from pale to pink to a deep shade of scarlet, and for a moment, Hunter worries that he has made her angry, or at the very least, embarrassed her. Because of course he has. This is embarrassing. He is embarrassing. He thought he was doing the right thing, being honest about how he feels, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe dumping all of these unwanted, one-sided feelings on her had been a mistake, because now she's faced with the uncomfortable task of rejecting him, and someone as sweet and kindhearted as Willow should never have to— "Do you want to go out with me?" Willow blurts out in a giddy, flustered rush.

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One of the best things about having a fully functioning portal back up and running (you know, aside from the whole not being trapped in another realm and having no idea if your friends and family are still alive thing) is that the demon realm has access to wifi again, which means Gus gets to borrow Luz's Netflix password and binge-watch all the popular human realm tv shows he wants.

It's become something of a tradition these past several months, sleeping bags strewn across each other's living room floors, all five of them crowded around Luz's old laptop, marathoning movies and mindlessly shoving popcorn into their mouths — a comforting bit of nostalgia from their time in the human realm. 

But today is Luz and Amity's one year anniversary, and Willow had noped out the minute she found out the new show Gus wanted to watch featured some kind of demonic plant entity as its main antagonist (she doesn't need to give herself nightmares every time she goes to work in her greenhouse, thank you very little) so tonight, Gus sets up camp on his bedroom floor, queues up an episode of Stranger Things, and waits for Hunter to come over.

In the meantime, Gus is texting Willow, who has finally, finally admitted to having feelings for Hunter. Only took her the better part of a year.

See, Gus has known for quite some time now that Hunter and Willow have got it bad for each other (it's painfully obvious to everyone but the two of them.) And look, he's not interested in playing matchmaker or anything (he's not Hooty, for Titan's sake) but he does want to help nudge them in the right direction. Much as Gus loves his best friends, he's not sure how much longer he can stand to watch the pair of them make heart eyes at each other whenever they think the other isn't looking.

So he's texting Willow, telling her it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Hunter likes her back — boy blushes so hard whenever he's around you I'm afraid he's gonna give himself third degree burns — encouraging her to go for it and tell Hunter how she feels, but Willow won't budge. Keeps insisting that it'll just freak him out. That if he does like her back ("and that's a very big if," she says, and Gus has to fight the urge to roll his eyes) then she needs to wait for him to make the first move.

Which would be super sweet, if it wasn't totally a front for her own insecurities. Gus has known Willow for a long time, and while she's made some amazing strides in gaining back her confidence, evolving from the soft-spoken, brokenhearted little girl who used to let herself believe she wasn't good enough, to the strong, fierce captain of her own self-started team, fearlessly fighting alongside friends that she knows, without a shadow of a doubt, she could trust with her life…deep down, there's still that little tendril of fear, that what if that stops her from going after what she wants, if she thinks there's even the slightest chance she'll get rejected by someone who means the world to her, all over again.

And then there's Hunter, whose inherent lack of self-worth is so hard-wired, he won't even entertain the idea of asking. He just assumes unrequited feelings are an inevitable certainty, automatically rejecting himself before anyone else even has the chance.

At least, that's Gus's guess, but he'd like to think he's gotten pretty good at reading his closest friends.

He's about to text back something along those lines — a softer, more tactful version, of course — when he hears a familiar set of footsteps trudging up the stairs, and instead types out a hasty, "he's here, we'll talk more about this later," smiles at Willow's reply of, "sounds good, you boys have fun," and vanishes his scroll.

On cue, Hunter comes strolling into his bedroom, sleeping bag, pillow, and little pink frog plush curled under one arm, the other laden with all manner of tooth-rotting snacks, some of which fall to the floor as he hastily tucks his scroll into his back pocket. As he swoops down to pick them up, Flapjack flitters out of his makeshift nest in Hunter's hair and lands on the bed next to Emmeline, the two of them striking up cheerful conversation.

"Darius says I can sleep over tonight, but that I need to, and I quote, 'go to sleep at a reasonable hour or so help me Titan, I will go full dad mode and ground you, we don't fly coach in this house and those duffel bags under your eyes aren't designer'," Hunter says, huffing out a laugh as he drops his overnight bag on the floor and settles in at Gus's side, dumping all his snacks into one big bowl so the two of them can share.

Two minutes in and they're completely transfixed, concepts like sleep and dinner thrown out the window as they marathon their way through most of the first season, shaking each other by the shoulders as they shout things like run! and hide! and don't be an idiot, tell them what you saw! at the characters on the screen. 

They're picking through the remnants of the snack bowl, playing roulette with handfuls of Skittles and M&Ms, when the iconic friends don't lie scene comes up, and Gus nods sagely, mumbling, "So true. What a lovely random moment of wholesomeness amidst all this horror and chaos," through a mouthful of rainbow corn syrup.

And Hunter just sort of blue screens because, well, shit. 

Every once in a while, Hunter's past mistakes catch up with him, seemingly out of nowhere, triggered in ways he never would've expected (like, say, a line of dialogue from a television show.) It's been over a year since the whole recruitment incident, and he knows they've all forgiven him a thousand times over, but in this moment, Hunter can't help the guilt that courses through him when he hears the words friends don't lie, when he sees Gus so readily and enthusiastically agreeing with the sentiment, branding it as a law of friendship. He doesn't think he's lied to any of them since that first day, unless…

"Hey Gus?" Hunter asks, hesitant. "Do secrets count as lies?"

"Hmm?" Gus says distractedly, far too engrossed in the episode to give Hunter's query his full consideration. "I mean, I guess so. Kinda depends on the context."

Hunter mulls it over, momentarily panicking that he's been a bad friend this entire time without even realizing it, because, well…as it happens, he's kind of been keeping this monumental secret from all of them for months now.

But maybe if he just comes clean, it'll all be okay?

Oh, but talking about it is scary.

But friends don't lie, and if secrets count as lies…

"Okay, if that's the case, then I need to tell you something," Hunter prompts with the somber severity of someone about to deliver shocking news. He takes a deep breath, steeling his nerves as Gus turns to face him with a look of mild concern, and says, "I think I might have a crush on Willow."

As soon as the words leave his mouth, Hunter winces, waiting for the inevitable fallout — laughter, ridicule, a lecture about how stupid and hopeless he is, or, oh Titan, maybe Gus'll give him the shovel talk, complete with a novel-length list of reasons he'll never be good enough for Gus's long-time best friend and honorary big sister — but to Hunter's immense surprise, Gus merely blinks at him, mouth curving into a smile that's half fond, half amused, and says, "Yeah, I know. That's not exactly a secret."

And Hunter panics even harder because what? He thought he'd been hiding it so well. After a bit of a freak out, during which Gus has to reassure Hunter that he hasn't been embarrassingly obvious about his feelings for Willow (a white lie, because while he's been obvious, Gus wouldn't call it embarrassing, especially since Willow is just as bad) Hunter breathes a sigh of relief, feeling like a Titan-sized weight has been lifted off his shoulders, and sets about plotting his next course of action.

"Willow is my friend," he reasons, twisting the ties of his pajama bottoms until the threading comes loose. "And friends don't keep secrets from each other, so I think…" Hunter swallows nervously, a muscle ticking in his jaw as he squares his shoulders and gives a resolute nod. "I think I need to tell her."

Gus purses his lips to hold back a beatific smile because this is it! Willow has been waiting so long for Hunter to make the first move, and now it's finally gonna happen! His best friends, falling in love and finally getting their shit together. This is truly a momentous occasion. He wonders which one of them will win in the fight to have him as their best man…

"I think that's a great idea," Gus says encouragingly, hastening to add, "As long as you're ready to. For the record, it's not a requirement of friendship for you to divulge all your secrets. You're entitled to your privacy." 

Because ultimately, this needs to be something Hunter does because he wants to, not out of some misplaced sense of guilt or obligation.

Hunter takes another deep breath, much steadier this time, and nods. 

"Thanks," he says, lips tugging up into a small, self-assured smile. "But I think I'd feel better if I did, so…yeah, I'm ready."

• • •

A few days later, Hunter comes barreling into Gus's room with a whiteboard under his arm, a fistful of note cards, and a foolproof plan. Tomorrow, after flyer derby practice, he's going to pull her aside, deliver his confession as professionally and succinctly as possible, and when (not if, but when) Willow politely rejects him, they can move forward as friends with no secrets left between them.

"So, what do you think?" Hunter asks, a little breathless after reading from a set of cue cards upon which he has handwritten some long-winded confession speech. Gus stares at him in disbelief, glancing back and forth between Hunter and the whiteboard, where two poorly-drawn stick figure representations of Hunter and Willow appear to be shaking hands like they're closing a business merger.

Well…at least Gus can say he knows his friends very well. He didn't want to be right, but…called it.

"Hunter," he says with as much patience as he can muster. "Buddy, I don't think you've thought this all the way through."

"What?" Hunter huffs out an incredulous laugh. "But I have a whiteboard! I made cue cards! I—"

"No, I can see that," Gus reassures him, pursing his lips in an effort not to laugh. "I just meant…I don't think this confession is gonna go the way you think it is. I think you need to be prepared for all possible outcomes."

"Oh," Hunter says, looking crestfallen. "What, like…you think she'll be mad?"

"No, that's not—" Gus falters, patience wilting by the second. How in the world is he supposed to talk date night contingency plans with a guy who won't even entertain the idea that this little confession plan of his might actually work out in his favor?

"Look," he sighs. "All I'm saying is…have you considered the possibility that Willow might reciprocate your feelings?"

Hunter stares at him for a moment, arching an eyebrow like Gus has just spoken some strange alien language and he's waiting for the script to finish running through an internal translator.

And then he's doubled over, bursting out laughing.

"Oh sure," he says, rolling his eyes like Gus has just suggested something utterly absurd. "Like someone as beautiful and sweet and smart and strong as Willow would ever fall for someone like me. Pfft. Good one, Gus."

Gus heaves a long-suffering sigh, resisting the urge to facepalm.

"I think you need to give yourself a lot more credit here, dude," he tries, but Hunter is already making his way out the door, still laughing, whiteboard and cue cards in hand.

"They're both utterly hopeless. Worse than Luz and Amity. I am hanging on by a thread here, Matty," Gus groans a little while later, sinking down the length of his bed and ending up in a puddle on the floor in front of his crystal ball, where Mattholomule's smirking face stares back at him, one eyebrow arched because seriously — pot, kettle.

(Little does he know, Matt has been dropping hints like crazy, but every time he tries to ask him out, putting all of Steve's dating advice to good use, Gus just assumes he's asking to hang out as friends. Honestly, it's a wonder anyone in their friend group managed to get into an actual relationship.)

• • •

"Alright team, that's a wrap for today!" Willow calls out across the field as she dismounts from her staff, beaming around at her fellow teammates, breathless but euphoric. "You guys did amazing out there. We're totally gonna crush Glandus at next week's tournament!"

She's about to head to the front gates, zipping up her sports bag and slinging it over her shoulder, when she rounds the corner and crashes face-first into Hunter, who stutters out an apology and blushes bright red when he glances down and notices that Willow's hands are splayed across his chest in an effort to brace her fall.

"Hunter!" she exclaims, cheeks flushed an adorable shade of pink from the efforts of their practice session, turning darker as she lets go of him with a breathy chuckle and moves to readjust the strap of her bag. Hunter has half a mind to offer to carry it for her, but if he's being honest, he thinks even the weight of a feather would be enough to knock him down right now.

"Captain!" he says, wincing at how loud and screechy it comes out. "I was wondering if I could talk to you about something…just the two of us?"

"Oh," Willow replies with a soft little gasp of surprise. "Um. Yeah, of course. What's on your mind?"

In the distance, Hunter catches sight of Gus giving him an encouraging thumbs-up, arm in arm with Skara and Viney as the three of them make their way through the front gates, leaving Hunter and Willow alone together on the field. 

"Captain," he prompts, spine ramrod straight as he forces himself to maintain steady eye contact as a sign of respect. "It has come to my attention that friends don't keep secrets, and so I must inform you of a secret I have been keeping from you for quite some time now."

Willow arches her eyebrows, gazing up at him expectantly.

"You see, several months ago," he starts, so nervous he's practically shaking, palms sweating, voice cracking, full body blushing like someone's just poured a vat of fire bee honey down the back of his shirt, but somehow, he manages to barrel his way through it. "I became afflicted with an ailment that caused me to experience momentary lapses in cognitive function, heart palpitations, and fever-like heat concentrated primarily in my face, any time I found myself in your presence."

He maybe takes the professionalism a bit too far, diving straight into pretentiousness and speaking like he's from the Deadwardian era, but he thinks he still manages to get the point across well enough. He presses on, willing himself to get through the hardest part  (i.e. the confession) without said heart palpitations and fever blushes tripping him up.

"Extensive research into the subject lead me to the conclusion that I had developed something called lovesickness, and that the object of my affection was— is— you. I had hoped that, in time, this malady would fade, but it's only gotten worse the stronger our bond has become. I think it's because…well, you make me happier than I ever thought I could be, and I—" he falters, heart threatening to beat right out of his chest as Willow's lips part in surprise, a soft gasp escaping them. "I've never been in love before, but I'm pretty sure this is what it feels like."

"So," he exhales on a shaky breath, forcing himself to keep going, to get to the part where Willow lets him down gently, reassures him that she'll keep being his friend, and then everything can go back to the way it was. "Before this gets any more out of hand, or you find out through some other means — as it has recently come to my attention that I am not very good at keeping feelings of this nature hidden from the observant eyes of our friends — I thought you should hear it from me. I hope that my candor will not negatively impede your life in any way, and that, now that it's all out in the open, we can continue to move forward as friends."

He holds out his hand, actually holds out his hand for her to shake, and for a moment, all Willow can do is stare down at it in utter astonishment, because what? Did that really just happen? Did he really just tell her that he likes her and then reject himself before she even had the chance to—

Hang on.

Willow's brain rewinds the conversation, zeroing in on one cardinal detail — I've never been in love before, but I'm pretty sure this is what it feels like — and a blush like a summer sunset spreads from the bridge of her nose to the tips of her ears.

Hunter takes a deep breath, studying each change in Willow's expression. In the last few seconds, her face has gone from pale to pink to a deep shade of scarlet, and for a moment, Hunter worries that he has made her angry, or at the very least, embarrassed her. 

Because of course he has. This is embarrassing. He is embarrassing. He thought he was doing the right thing, being honest about how he feels, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe dumping all of these unwanted, one-sided feelings on her had been a mistake, because now she's faced with the uncomfortable task of rejecting him, and someone as sweet and kindhearted as Willow should never have to—

"Do you want to go out with me?" Willow blurts out in a giddy, flustered rush.

"What?" Hunter blinks at her, certain he must have misheard her.

"I just figured—" Willow falters, suddenly unsure of herself. "I mean, I like you and you like me, so maybe we could—"

"You like me?" Hunter blurts out, positively awestruck.

"A bit more than like, if I'm being honest," she says, shy smile dimpling her sun-kissed cheeks, and for the first time in months, possibly his whole life, Hunter's mind goes blank. Blissfully, wonderfully blank. No thoughts, head empty, just her. All he can do in that moment is stare at her, a slow, utterly besotted smile spreading across his bright red face.

"So, does this mean we can be together now?" she asks, gazing up at him with a hopeful smile, sending his heart into overdrive. "Do you want to be my boyfriend?"

• • •

Hunter lays against his pillows later that night, not entirely certain how he'd managed to make it all the way back home after his brain melted into soup and spilled out of his ears onto the flyer derby field. 

All he remembers is that somehow, in his delirious state of giddy euphoria, he'd managed to stutter out the words, "yeah, absolutely," and then offered to walk Willow home, singular brain cell zeroed in on the feeling of her fingers interlaced with his, how soft and warm and small her hand had felt holding onto his. Cheek still burning from where she'd stood on her tiptoes to kiss him goodnight, the way her dads had smiled at him and called him a nice young man. 

He's pretty sure he's going to have permanent dimples from how hard he's smiling right now.

Hunter feels his scroll vibrate in his outstretched hand and absentmindedly lifts it up to check his notifications. There's a new message from Gus — "So??? How'd it go???" — and a notification from Penstagram informing him that Willow Park has updated her status to in a relationship. 

For a moment, Hunter's whole world crumbles, heart sinking into a pit of despair, until he realizes, with no small amount of wonder— oh Titan, the relationship is me.

He didn't just get one date. No, they are dating. They are in a relationship. Willow is his— he can't even think the word girlfriend without breaking out into a full-body shiver. Of all the ways he'd imagined confessing his feelings would go, he never once considered the possibility that this could be the outcome.

Willow Park is his girlfriend.

He is Willow Park's boyfriend.

Oh hey, who's that blond guy walking down the halls of Hexside, hand in hand with the most amazing witch in all the realms?

That's Hunter, Willow Park's boyfriend.

He sends back a quick, "it went amazing, thank you for everything" to Gus, and then logs onto Penstagram, clicks the little heart on Willow's status update, and swiftly sets his own to in a relationship, wearing his brand new title with far more pride than he'd ever felt as the Golden Guard.

A few seconds later, a notification pops up informing him that hello_willow has just commented on his status with a trio of green and gold hearts. Hunter buries his face in his pillow, kicks his legs in a little flail, and lets out a hysterical laugh so loud he's got Darius knocking on his door a few seconds later, asking if everything is alright. Hunter resurfaces, rolling over and laying flat on his back with his scroll clutched to his chest.

"Oh yeah," he responds with a swoon-worthy sigh, beaming over at Darius with one of those rare smiles that puts the adorable little space between his two front teeth on full display. "Everything is just fine."

"Oh? Did something happen today after practice? Something involving a certain plant witch, perhaps?" Darius prompts with a knowing smile, folding his arms and leaning against the doorframe.

In lieu of a reply, Hunter buries his face into his pillows and resumes his manic giggling, the tips of his ears practically glowing bright red.

Darius chuckles, shaking his head in fond amusement as he closes the door behind him, murmuring, "Oh thank Titan, finally," as he heads back to his room.

The plot of this story was inspired by this post by lollytea and the title was inspired by this comic by moringmark

[scoobydoodean]

Thinking about 4.05 "Monster Movie" and how the shifter (Lucy) who dresses up as Dracula fixates on Jamie and Dean, casting Jamie as Mina and Dean as Jonathan Harker—Mina's fiance—the righteous hero who, with Van Helsing, saves Mina from Dracula.

The last time we really focused on the POV of a shifter was 1.06, where our shifter was a Dean parallel. This time I think our shifter represents Sam—or rather, the shifter represents Sam’s feelings about his own monsterhood, and the occasional envy he feels toward Dean—Dean who is cast by the envious shifter as righteous hero who "gets the girl" (but not this time, Harker!) In season 4, Dean will be given the title “The righteous man”. The same angels calling him that will call Sam “The boy with the demon blood” and “abomination”.

Opening on the scene where Dean has been dressed in lederhosen and tied up by the shifter:

DEAN looks at a portrait of a woman’s face on the wall which resembles LUCY. DRACULA She is beautiful, no? Bride number three from the first film. She never got the acclaim that she deserved. Which is why I chose her shape, her form, to move among the mortals unnoticed. To listen to the cricket songs of the living. That is when I discovered my bride had been reborn in this century.

The shifter wanted to fit in—to be perceived as normal—so they chose Lucy’s shape. It isn't difficult to connect that desire for normality with Sam's initial desire for normality. But the shifter discovered Mina (Jamie) and then everything changed.

In “Monster Movie”, the shifter initially despaired of their monsterhood, but monster movies gave the shifter a sense of dignity—a taste of power.

DRACULA "Real" is being born this way. Different. "Real" is having your dad call you "monster" -- it's the first time you hear the word. And he tries to beat you to death with a shovel. Everywhere I ran, everywhere I tried to hide, people found me, dragged me out, attacked me. Called me "freak," called me "monster." Then I found them. The great monsters. In their movies, they were strong. They were feared. They were beautiful. And now I am like them. Commanding. Terrifying.

I'm immediately reminded of a speech Sam gives in the previous episode, explaining why he's decided to embrace demonic power (4.04):

SAM I've got demon blood in me, Dean! This disease pumping through my veins, and I can't ever rip it out or scrub it clean! I'm a whole new level of freak! And I'm just trying to take this - this curse... and make something good out of it. Because I have to.

In Dracula, Mina was saved from Dracula at the end of the story by Harker and Van Helsing. Lucy wasn't able to be saved—she was a victim of Dracula’s, who started out a kind, soft hearted woman, but was killed by Dracula and reborn as a monster who fed on children. She was subsequently destroyed by Van Helsing.

In our parallel, I don't think Mina (played by Jamie) parallels a person so much as Mina represents an ideal or desire. Mina represents "getting to be the hero"—Mina represents the capacity for redemption.

What the shifter (and Sam) don't know is that redemption is something Dean is also seeking:

JAMIE That must suck. I mean, you're giving up your life for this terrible... I don't know, responsibility. DEAN Last few years, I started thinking that way, and, uh, it started sort of weighing on me. Of course, that was before... A little while ago, I had this – let’s call it a near-death experience. Very near. JAMIE sits down next to DEAN. DEAN And, uh, when I came to... things were different. My life's been different. I realize that I help people. Not just help them, though. I save them. I guess it's -- it's awesome. It's kind of like a gift... like a mission. Kind of like a... a mission from God.

Dean is on a mission from God—and we as forward-looking viewers who know Dean tortured souls in hell have a better understanding of why Dean ties himself to that mission—as a form of redemption.

Monsters on the other hand... monsters don't get the girl—monsters don't get redemption—monsters don't save the day. Harker and Van Helsing save the day, and Harker (Dean) gets the girl.

DEAN You do realize what happens at the end of every monster movie? DRACULA Ah, but this movie is mine. And in it, the monster wins. The monster gets the girl. And the hero, he’s... electrocuted. And tonight, Jonathan Harker, you will be my hero.

This is, in some sense, our Sam from 4.04 manifesting a win—manifesting becoming the hero through monstrosity. Dean doesn't get to be the hero this time.

SAM Dean, I need her to help me kill Lilith. I know you can't wrap your head around it, but maybe one day you'll understand. I'm the only one who can do this, Dean. DEAN turns back around. DEAN No, you're not the one who's gonna do this. SAM Right, that's right, I forgot. The angels think it's you. DEAN You don't think I can? SAM No. You can't. You're not strong enough. DEAN And who the hell are you? SAM I'm being practical here. I'm doing what needs to be done.

Sam wants Dean to take a back seat. In a sea of motivations for lying and working with Ruby, one of them—most certainly—is that Sam wants to be the hero and wants Dean to not be the hero... and in some sense, this also fits with shifter who tries to force Dean into a role—who insists Dean play the role of Harker... who, while one of the story's heroes, also plays the part of the damsel in distress at various points in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Crucially though, Sam isn't just represented by Lucy and the shifter in "Monster Movie". Sam is also associated with Van Helsing—or rather—when Sam arrives to free Dean and Jamie, the shifter shouts,

DRACULA You will never be Van Helsing!

This is Sam's despair in the mouth of the shifter. Sam could never be a traditional hero. He's unclean—he could never be a hero like the badass Van Helsing—the closest thing the Dracula novel has to a hunter (knowledgeable, strong, tenacious, clever). Sam could never go on a quest like that.

SAM Knights of the Round Table. Had all of King Arthur's knights, and they were all on the quest for the Holy Grail. And I remember looking at this picture of Sir Galahad, and, and, and he was kneeling, and— and light streaming over his face, and— I remember... thinking, uh, I could never go on a quest like that. Because I'm not clean. I mean, I w— I was just a little kid. You think... maybe I knew? I mean, deep down, that— I had... demon blood in me, and about the evil of it, and that I'm— wasn't pure?

The thing is, Sam is paralleled with the shifter as Lucy (desperation for normality) and as Dracula (despair, reclaiming monstrosity as his own), but Van Helsing is also a part of Sam too. Van Helsing represents Sam's ability to choose his destiny—Sam's ability to choose to be a hero, despite how he's despaired of ever being clean. He just has to realize it's his choice—that life is not a maze he has no choice but to run through. He is not unclean. His destiny is not defined by Azazel's blood.

JAMIE Ever think that maybe you're lonely because you kill people? DRACULA Or I kill people because I’m lonely.

Sam continues through season 4 with this same frame of mind in a sense—not in the sense that he's killing people (though... at one point, he will) but in the sense that his actions are someone else's fault and are out of his control. And yet, the capacity to be Van Helsing and not the monster who despairs remains.

[thefringespod]

Hello wanderers, its time for another late #AudioDramaSunday post! This week has been wildly busy but there was still time for @doyoucopypod to rip my heart out of my chest (on my birthday of all days, Delaney!!) We're getting closer to the end of season 2 and I have Many Concern

@woebegonepod continues to stress me out (positive). I'm so worried about all of the Mikes Walters but especially my boy MW what's going on with him Dylan what is happening please leave him alone he's a good not-cowboy

We're gonna drop in some older episodes because I didn't post last week so let's talk @grottopod because whooboy episode 12 really lived up to the title of Shattered I have. Concerns. About Emily. I'm sure she'll be fine (<- lying to myself)

Last week also had @audistorium's first foray into romance and it broke my heart into a million pieces Landon Lemon Whisnant has written another brilliant story and I'll be unwell about it forever I cried SO MUCH YALL

I am officially caught up on @thecellarletters and I'm. Gnawing on wood over it every aspect of this show is phenomenal but the way it's weaving mystery and horror is REALLY making my brain buzz right now it's so well crafted and Jamie is phenomenal

@ethicstownpod this week terrified me!! It was so well done!! Idk if yall know this from listening to the Fringes but AI freaks me out. And Ethics Town is REALLY digging into that fear of mine it's incredible I love Ethics Town so much

Today marked the launch of @allatseapod which is. Fucking fantastic already. Not only is Noah Bell an incredible writer and voice actor, they are also my friend and I love what they've done so far I can't wait to keep listening to this show congratulations Noah it's amazing!

Here on the Fringes, we've released the season 3 trailer! Our final journey to the Fringes begins on September 18th, I hope you'll join us

And over on @forgedbondspod postcards for indiegogo backers have been mailed! We're getting closer to the point where I can release that trailer/release date but for now know that I'm buzzing with excitement and love for my cast

If you want to get access to all things Fringes and Forged Bonds early (as well as supporting my fantastic casts and the creation of my next projects) you can check out our patreon at patreon.com/pinetreepods!

That's all for this week! Before we head off, I'd like to share some belated birthday wishes for my dear friends/cast members @totcoc0a and @taytayheyhey because gods know i couldn't do this without the two of them and I will take any excuse to mention that 💜

[nevereverthem]

Gotham : Season 1 Episode 3

Earlier than I thought, here I am watching the third episode of the show.

Honestly, I can't wait to see what happens with Oswald because dude kidnapped a guy to ask for ransom... that he did not get. 🤣😭 I'm still not over the mother not believing it AT ALL.

My silly little crush wants to see Alfred so much! 🙄 I'm also all for having Brucey in his emo phase as I like to call it. I know that's not it, but just the 10 seconds frame of Bruce listening to metal-ish singers while doodling on a piece of paper was 🤌.

Selina is going to save her ass, but that sucks for the other kids though! She is one of the main characters, of course, but the other kids got their ass sent upstate! Don't you forget about that. 🥲

Anyway, here we go.

"There's a war coming..." Aaaaahhhhh! Honestly, starting the episode with Oswald's voice as a 'previously in Gotham' sort of thing, warms my heart. 😌

Gotham's streets... A bus... Oswald Cobblepot in a freaking pullover! Man is gonna be wearing a suit most of the time in the future. Let's enjoy these precious moments of him in casual clothing. 😌 The SMUDGE BLACK MAKEUP!! I know the man's got dark undereyes from exhaustion, but still.

Dude sees : Kids stealing a wallet from someone's back pocket. A cop taking money from an old asian guy. A man stealing a woman's bag. Prostitutes proposing their services to a person in a car... And all that Oswald is thinking is "home, sweet home". 🤣🤣😭😭

Okay, the story starting with a rich guy (Ronald Danzer) who did some shit. He's out on bail and plans on paying for his freedom and sneaking out to escape any problems. Like dude! That is sadly a great representation of how it works in real life too... 🙃

Balloons! And did you see that pig mask!? Foreshadowing I guess!? 😏

Oh MY! Cuffed to a balloon and being pulled up in the air!? That's so cool & terrifying at the same time. 😱

💥 INTRO TITLE 💥

Not the same punch as Oswald stabbing someone in the neck, but we'll settle for it.

Jim! 😍

"No body. We're calling it a murder?" I mean... If the guy went up until there was no oxygen available and died... I suppose it is. 🤷‍♀️ We'll see. Or, if he went that far up and then fell... He probably died from the fall... somewhere. So, it would be a murder.

For once, agreeing with Harvey. The man kinda got "what he deserved". I mean... It's a bit strong... But he probably ruined lots of people's lives so...

Bill Cranston... Switches so fast to being angry to having a hypocritical smile on his face... Dude. X) Okay, so the guy does interviews by beating people down with a little statue? I... 🙃

Hey, that's what I said! Two people killed themselves because Ronald Danzer ruined them...

Oh! Jim bringing up the Mario Pepper case! Ah!

Selina! 😌

Did she really steal Harvey's PEN!? 🤣🤣

Selina "I can see in the dark" Kyle. x) Kitty cat Kat

I don't know why, but Jim and Selina facing eachother with both hands on their own hips just makes me laugh. x)

Selina cuffed to a staircase. Legit... She's using the pen she stole to free herself from the cuffs? Damn! Plus, payoff!

Jim in the sewer. Yuk! Shoes in dirty water.

"Son of a bitch! She was telling the truth." 🤣 (Reminds me of Dean from Supernatural iykyk)

"Oh, Detective!" in Selina's sing-song voice. 🤣🤣 How she throws him back the cuffs in the sewer!

Jim's groan of frustration. 🙄

Fish! Oh no, Lazlo got beaten hard damn. 😮

Fish directly telling Montoya and Allen that Jim killed Oswald. Bitch! 🤣🤣 I mean, great move though. That's technically what happened, although he didn't actually do it. I love when the 'bad guys' tell the truth and it does serve their interests.

"Jim Gordon pulled the trigger, but who gave the order?" Yeay! Mama tryna bring Falcone down!!

"I just want justice for little Oswald." 🤣🤣 I would believe the earth is flat more than that blatant lie! 🤣🤣

Speak of the devil... 🙄

Oswald counting coins... What did he do with the guy he kidnapped? For real, are we ever gonna know? I suppose he killed him, but I would like to get some real answers. ��

Pocket knife. 😭😭 For food at least...

"Hey, Cobblepot! You're supposed to be dead." Fuck! I wasn't expecting that.

"I'm afraid you have me confused. My name is Dimitri-" Still, the way he talks... 🥵 Plus, did he try to pull off a fake accent? x)

Oh no! Each time Oswald pleads not to be killed is... 😮

"I couldn't stay away. Gotham is my home. It's my destiny. You don't see what's coming. I do. Gotham needs me. I'm its future." Dude sounds like a cult prophet. 🤣😭 He's right though. Foreshadowing at its MAX. x)

Ouch! Achilles tendon! 😮 Killed. By the way, how Oswald manages to get rid of guys who should have physical dominance over him always impresses me.

His teeny-tiny walk! 🐧

"Can I have a tuna sandwich please?" Aw, he can be so soft... when he's been so violent ten seconds before. Bro! 🙃 I love the callback to episode 1. The first time he slits the throat of a stranger to steal his sandwich. The second time, he kills a bad guy, takes his money and actually buys the sandwich. 😌 Can someone draw Ozzie eating a tuna sandwich? 🥹 I just love seeing characters do every day activities. 😌

Waynes' manor! 😍 Okay, I might just like little Brucey ☺️ and crush hard on Alfred. 🙄

Alfred teaching Bruce fencing? Aaww.

"En garde." Aaaahhhh! I know it's the actual term for the sport practice, but each time a character says a french word, I just melt! 🫠 I am french, so just hearing my language makes me somehow proud! And boy... I'm wet. 🤣🤣 Kidding, alright. But it's AWESOME!! Plus, that's Alfred who says it. 🙄🥰

And how is the actor so good at manipulating that cane (used as a replacement for the foil)!? I'm so impressed!

By the way, that scene must have been so much fun for Bruce's actor at the time. 😌

Alfred apologizing to the armor he accidentally hit. 🤣

*Alfred hitting Bruce on the thigh or butt, not sure* "That's gotta hurt." BITCH. 🤣🤣

How did Bruce got the police file of his parents' murder? Okay, he said it wasn't hard. I suppose he just payed them. But how? I don't know if he has access to his money on his own. He's 11. Doesn't he have to get Alfred's authorization or something because he is his legal guardian? Anyway. 🙄

Bruce "If I find a clue, I am" Wayne. 🥲

Jim scrapping mud from his shoes with a paper knife? x)

Montaya straight up asking Jim about him killing Oswald. Not wasting time with innuendos. Effective.

"I didn't kill him." Which is the ACTUAL TRUTH! That's the best part. x) He is both praised and condemned for something that he did not do! I like that SO MUCH! x)

Oswald searching for a job.

"You don't even have the right shoes." Him directly looking down behind at one of the staff's shoes and grinning evilly... Is he planning on killing for SHOES now!? 🙃🙃

By the way "Here, you're on your feet all day." Me, thinking about his bad leg. 🥲

Jim and Harvey arguing about the whole situation of the Waynes' murder...

"For the last time Gordon, let it go."

"Or what? Am I gonna be the next person taken out to the pier to get a bullet in the head?"

AH! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

OSWALD!! You actually really... The shoes. 😭😭

"What size are your shoes?" Blabla "What a coincidence!" 😭😭 His laugh. 😭😭

I CANNOT.

That reinforces the feeling that I have about the fisherman's sandwich scene... That was not Oswald's first murder... Surely not... And if it was... Dude's taking a long way down... 😭🙃

Right now, I'm just thinking about Oswald telling his story to Edward, like the very first steps he took into his villain career... That would be something. 🤣😭

The interview.

Oh, 4 balloons... Who are gonna be the three other supposed-to-be victims then? 🤔

"47$?" - "You're a disgrace to drug dealers." Okay, chuckled a bit. 🙄🙃

Cranston!? OMG, I did not even recognise the guy. 😱 Honestly... I don't really mind... We saw him once... But I don't think he really deserved the balloon thing... Man... That's tough...

Attached by the ankle is worse though.

In the night with a lot less witnesses too!

ALFRED! 😍😍 No, I won't shut up.

Bruce reading the newspaper. Yeah, totally doing that at 11. 🙃

Bruce, GIMME YOUR BREAKFAST! 😋 The lil' flower though. PLEASE!

"What's the new program? Trying to see how long you can go without eating anything? If that's the case I should save myself the trouble of making it." 🔥 DAMN! 🔥 I love how he doesn't miss a moment to shoot! x) By the way, Alfred... You can make breakfast for me. 🙄 Breakfast in bed? Breakfast in your bed... in OUR bed... 🙄

Alfred is trying SO HARD. 🥲😭

Gun holder, the gun, the tie, Jim's gaze straight into the camera aaaahhhh!! 😍 Man's going into battle!

Barbara! 🥰

"[newspaper talk] It says he killed a cop. You're not in danger, are you?" GIRL! Your man is a cop... in GOTHAM. He is in danger every second of his life!

"Everyone has to matter or nobody matters." -Jim Gordon. That did something to my heart. 💔❤️‍🩹

Barbara calling Jim a "hero" because he caught Mario Pepper for the Waynes' murder... That hits hard...

Jim talking about the fact that the balloon man's targets are dirty public figures... And Harvey going "Basically any elected official should stay indoors." is so legit. 😭😭

"Listen, one thing I know is how to find someone." Harvey chatting with prostitutes... I mean, he's not wrong! They can have a lot of informations. Tough job it is! Then he beats a guy down... Typical Harvey. 😅 Stopping to get food. TYPICAL HARVEY! That was the fastest summary of his character. x)

The SHOES. 😭😭 Oswald...

Him realising that he's been hired in a Mob boss owned restaurant! 🤣🤣 His FACE. 🤣🤣 Sorry Ozzie, but you deserve it a bit. "Don Maroni!"

"Great opportunity indeed." Oswald... I can't with him. x)

Harvey got so much informations about the guy they're searching for... Okay, I have to admit that's a damn skill! Respect.

DAMN! Harvey 'woman-handled', thrown around. I appreciate that. Sorry. 🙄

Lazlo being actually worried about Fish is so cute. 🥺

What!? Bitch is getting rid of some girl I didn't understand... AND Lazlo. I... 😭

Barbara. Oh hi Montoya!

Montoya HAS THE KEY!? DAMN!!

OMG yeah, Barbare is smoking... weed I suppose. Okay okay... 🤔

Talking about Jim...

"When we were together I did lie to you." I KNEW IT!! Former lovers! Aaaaahhhh

She's talking about being sober for a year etc... What she did blabla... What did Montoya DO!? 😮

Failed attempt at a kiss. I saw that coming. RIP.

Barbara being with another person (Jim) who might also be lying to her... The pattern is repeating itself... Girl must be feeling so down.

OMG the balloons are gonna pop? It's gonna rain bodies? 😭😭 Imagine you're going about your day and then a dead body falls from the sky... 😨

Totally what happened. The woman who died though. RIP for real... 🙏

A church guy being the third victim? Not surprised... 😅🙃

Maroni talking about Arkham!! I'm so excited!!

Obviously, Oswald listening in the background...

New name : Paolo. He's really trying, but he gets it wrong. x)

He's lying about being Italian on his mother's side, "the side that he claims", but the truth is that he actually does love his mother. Half lies. x)

Maroni just gave him money out of the blue?

The little talk about starting from nothing and making yourself by working hard etc... FORESHADOWING!! 😌

"Gotham is the city of opportunity." Hum... Shouldn't it be 'Gotham is the city of crimes'? x)

"Honestly sir, I didn't hear anything at all." "Atta boy." YES!! That's actually the ONLY way to react when you are asked if you heard ANYTHING! 😌

"Go take care of your mother, Paolo." That would be so sweet... but you know... x)

The walk! I like the fact that even when we just see his upper body, Oswald's actor actually always does the walk! I mean, that's part of the character so you HAVE to do it, but like, you notice it, you actually do notice it, and I love that about him! 🥰🐧

The guy actually hiding in the former juvi facility. Meh, can't be smart about everything. Gotta catch the guy 9 minutes before the end of the episode ya know. x)

Is it a TRAP!? Like for Harvey, or Gordon? 😮

Oops. Harvey's been caught.

Harvey pleading his case to the killer saying that he's thankful, that he's doing them a favor. Great defence. 🤣🤣

Oh my God... The killer's talk though... He's so right... Public figures almost never pay for their crimes... So he did justice himself... I feel that man...

Jim's conflicted because he knows that the man's right...

FUCK!! The whole man's speech!! This is the premise of Jim's morality path... Damn it!

NNNNNOOOO! Harvey cuffing the guy to the balloon was a fucked up move! Jim grabbing the man! Please I hoped he would, but damn he's flying in the air with him now. 😭😭

Jim didn't want to let go and begged (ordered?) Harvey to shoot the balloon instead! THANK GOD! Jim, you're doing so good there. I know you're gonna go somehow dark later, but for now... freaking thank you!

The landing on the top of the pickup must have hurt though. 😅

Falcone!!

OMG Natalia was Falcone's "girl"... 😮 That's the one Fish ordered to get into an "accident". 😭

Arkham again... Damn.

Btw, Fish's makeup. 🤌

Damn. Who's the guy's last target?

Bruce's "He killed people too. That made him a criminal." Okay, let me get this straight. I don't condone murder, but I get the idea that sometime you need to be a bad guy to do good. Imagine if killing that guy now would prevent a hundred innocent people to be killed. Killing is not something right to do, but in that context, you kill one to save the others, you know? What I mean is... It's a tough subject, but if killing one person saves a lot of others... And I mean one actual bad person against kind of good people... and I don't really mean "good people", just people who actually did not do terrible things, you know. I don't even know if I would be capable of doing something like that, but the self righteous belief that killing is bad in every context... I don't think it's true. Anyway.

Alfred with his APRON. 🫠 Make me dinner too. 🥰 Please. 🙄🥰

Alfred witty remarks. x)

Bruce is EATING, finally dude.

Jim, home, must be full of bruises, damn. The man struggles to sit down. He didn't break a bone because it's a tv show, hum. 🙄

Barbara concerned again. 🥲

Seeing Jim's face... It's like he's really been 'moved' by the balloon man's speech. It's like an electroshock. I feel like he's about to tell Barbara about Oswald. 🤔 (he did not, oops)

"I want you to know that you can tell me anything." BRO! She's giving you a chance to come clean. I mean, technically you are clean, but ya know.

"This city's sick. Sick in a way I hadn't realised." For real though. 🙃 Harvey told you in the first episode. 🙃

"Doesn't matter" That's the 'last target'? Disappointing, but I get it. That also genius 'cause basically the guy only had 4 balloons, but there's way more people that would 'need' to be cuffed to it...

Jim's speech on people, justice, the law... 👌

Barbara wants to believes him so bad! Girl's crying!

OOOOHHHH, the knock knock knocking... Tell me... I think I saw that... That's him right? HIM!?

OSWALD!! 🎉 In a SUIT!! I told YOU!! (Btw, did he buy a new suit with the money Maroni gave him ? Or did he take his suit to dry-cleaning to get rid of the blood stains? Just wondering 🤔) He wanted to look good for Jim. 🙄 Let me fantasize. x)

"Hello, James. *huffs* Old friend." AAAAHHHH!!

He's already calling him 'old friend'. 🙃🙃🙃🙃 I guess throwing you into the water, instead of shooting you, makes him somehow closer to a friend than an enemy, but... 🤣🤣😭😭 The AUDACITY!! x)

Jim's face. Oswald's smile. AH!

Jim had a freaking day... and it's not over. 😭

FUCKING HELL. MY GOD. I... AWESOME.

I don't even know what to say... Just... My brain's not working anymore...

[Okay, a tiny bit disappointed that we didn't see Edward this time, but I know there is going to be a lot of him in the future. So that makes up for it.]

1. Alfred did not say "bloody", not even once, in the whole damn episode!! 😮 I'm utterly disappointed!! 😔 But I still like him, of course. 🙄🥰

Late additions, two hours later, when my brain decides to function again :

Like, comment, loose your shit with me... It's your choice!!

2. Barbara will at least be relieved that her boyfriend is NOT a liar (not really yk) nor a murderer. Because here he is : Oswald Cobblepot, flesh and blood!! 😌

3. The fact that Barbara is BI, BI, BI! 🎶

Looking forward to the next episode!! 🫶

[winter-tospring]

You know I'm so maaaad seeing multiple videos with titles like "The ATLA live action actually sucks" on my feed. It's so freaking upsetting to hear the worst takes trying to justify their negativity just because the show is not point for point exactly like the cartoon. NEWSFLASH, IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT BAD. The crew clearly cares a ton about the show. The additions they made truly ADD to the scenes we already know. The meshing of episodes/settings necessary to go through the whole first season in only eight episodes is honestly as clever as it could be, things make sense.

Fans just decided from the get-go, from the very announcement of the show, that they would hate it, that they would be disappointed, that it would be terrible. It's really unfair to the creators and young actors who clearly put their hearts into this, to have the fandom just shit on their work, and for what. What do you really want? You would've shat on any live action remake. Do you realize how rare it is to have a cast and crew like the one on this show???? Feels so ungrateful whek they're simply reviving something beloved for new and wider audiences to get to know and love. It's truly shameful to see the lazy take down takes given as reasons to hate this. Really ashamed of what I'm seeing. Wish we could just appreciate getting this new content because it's freaking amazing.

[vvivacious101]

Mere liye pyaar ka matlab ho tum! - Part 4

Radhe & Tamanna from Bandish Bandits

So, it's finally time to talk about the climax of season 2 episode 7 titled Bandish Bandits. The scene that had me so jazzed that it got me to watch this show in the first place. A scene that has been discussed endlessly in Youtube comments without any nuance.

But I have nothing but nuance, I have made three posts discussing the buildup to this scene and the state of Radhe & Tamanna's relationship before the competition starts. Now let's talk about the Jugalbandi moment in exhaustive detail.

First of all, Tamanna was completely dominating the song and the round. She was winning. It was so obvious to see how far she had come because she was going head to head with so many classically trained singers and coming on top. Especially considering how nervous Radhe makes her it was amazing to see her absolutely floor her performance.

But while Radhe is on the back foot for most of the performance it is his mother who is really helping him every time he seems to get lost watching Tamanna perform. On multiple occasions, his family brings his focus back to the rhythm of the song. If it was only Tamanna versus Radhe, Tamanna would wind this round but in a realistic assessment of pitting Royalty Free against Rathod Gharana, the Rathod Gharana would win because as a team they are able to overcome every challenge Tamanna presents and she is keeping everyone on their toes singlehandedly.

Secondly, it is amazing to see how starstruck Radhe is for most of the song. He did say he was Tamanna's biggest fan and he proved that till Tamanna starts singing Sajan Bin he has to be brought to attention at least twice and on top of that he is not only starstruck but very much lovestruck as well.

This is the point where we inspect the freaking lyrics of this song for having committed the crime of being blatant as fuck. The parts Tamanna sings are in purple while Radhe's parts are in blue. Any parts not in these two colours are primarily being sung by someone else (Mohini gets her own colour which is pink).

So, as I analyse this scene which I have watched too many goddamn times for my sanity I am coming to realise this song is very complicated with multiple singers and so many vocalizations that trying to get the lyrics down has been a struggle. The lyrics as they appear below are a gross simplification for the purpose of this post.

How to Feel Alive When My Soul is Dying Inside?

Baby, It’s A Darker Time

Baby, Come and Grab My Soul

My Heart is Quite Inside

I want you to be by my side.

Tamanna begins the song by directly singing to Radhe. Radhe meanwhile is busy being a fanboy.

Garaj Garajne Laga Yeh, Tarasta Mann Su mera, Ye Mann Su mera

Piya Ka Mann Aaj Raz Kholne Laga Re

[Vocalizations]

Na Jane Kaisi Yeh Bala Hai

Har Pal Teri Yadon Mein Jala Hai

Fir Bhi Nazar Na Tu Aa Aa Aa Aaye,

Kyun Sata Aa Aa Aaye

Na Jane Kaisi Yeh Bala Hai

Har Pal Teri Yadon Mein Jala Hai

Fir Bhi Nazar Na Tu Aa Aa Aa Aaye,

Kyun Sata Aa Aa Aa Aye

Radhe is still in fanboy mode.

Khali Sa Mann Yeh Mera, Aake Tu Dekh Zara

Tujhko Pukare Sunn Le Zara, Tu Ghar Aa

Tamanna is back to singing to Radhe. This time while standing directly in front of him.

Tu Ghar Aa mahi

I’m waiting for you.

O Bhatka Rahi

Maaahhiii

I’m waiting for you.

Tamanna is literally singing 'I'm waiting for you' standing in front of Radhe and I think at this point he starts to understand that she is singing for him.

[Vocalizations]

Sajan Tora Take Rasta, Ratiya Beeti Jaye

Haye Ratiya Beeti Jaye

Time for Radhe to play an Uno reverse card and sing to Tamanna this time.

Imma See the Light I’m Lost In Darkest Time

It’s Growing Up Inside

You’re the One to trap my soul

You’re the One who Will Revive

I want you to be by my side

The fact that Tamanna turns around to face Radhe when she starts singing 'You're the one to trap my soul' is so fucking poetic.

Don’t Wanna Lose You Now, You Know I’m Alone

The Pain Is Taking My Skin and Bones

You Gotta Come and Heal It

You Gotta Come And Steal The Pain

I’m Waiting For You

We already know she was thinking of Radhe the first time she sang these lyrics and now she is singing those words to him. At this point, Radhe is definitely lovestruck and this is when his band comes to the rescue.

Ho Kaali Si Ghata Chhaye

Umad Ghumad Har Kali Pe

Aaye Hain Jaise Bhanwar Bhanwar

Ab Kohra Kohra Chhaye Raha

Mohini trying to bolster Radhe.

Ho Kaali Si Ghata Chhaye

Umad Ghumad Har Kali Pe

Aaye Hain Jaise Bhanwar Bhanwar

Ab Kohra Kohra Chhaye Raha

Sajan Aaja

Tu Ghar Aa Mahi

Balam Aaja

Oo Bhatka Rahi

Sajan Aaja

Tu Ghar Aa Mahi

Again Tamanna is singing to Radhe and this time Mohini is definitely getting the hint. It is interesting to realise that these two are so hopelessly entangled yet Radhe's family has no idea about his relationship with Tamanna but at this point, Mohini is definitely realising that the Sajan Tamanna is singing of is Radhe. At this point, Radhe actually follows Tamanna into no man's land but he looses this particular round of jugalbandi.

I’m Waiting For You…

Oh, Waiting For You.

Oh, I’m Waiting For You.

Oh, How To Feel Alive? How To Feel Alive?

I’m Waiting For You, Waiting For You.

I’m Waiting For You.

Mohini to the rescue again...

Sajan Moray!

Sajan Moray!

Moray

Moray

Sajan

Sajan moray moray

Moray

Moray

Sajan

Sajan Moray

...but this time Tamanna is matching her beat for beat. I think Radhe is genuinely mindblown to see Tamanna sing with his mother. His brain can't comprehend seeing his two worlds collide this way. At this point, we get a shot of Rajendra and Devendra looking quite bewildered and frankly worried. I wonder if they think they are going to lose to Tamanna.

Sajan Bin Aaye

Sajan Bin Aaye Na

The point where Tamanna starts singing Sajan Bin has interspersed shots of Ayaan and Nandini Ma'am looking worried. I can't quite figure out why she chooses to sing Sajan Bin.

The emotion she has tapped into this whole song makes Sajan Bin a good choice for transitioning into but this song has so much history for the Bandish Bandits and I feel like at this point, things get really difficult to parse out.

Clearly, Tamanna is using her heart a little too much as she transitions into Sajan Bin. This entire song she has let go of the reins on her emotions, Tamanna has always told Radhe that she doesn't think they should be together but that is very much a logical choice, it is also the correct choice but correctness matters little in the fact of emotions and her emotional choice is very much to give in to Radhe.

I feel like at this point as Radhe slowly and steadily realises what Tamanna is trying to say to him via this song, he gets angry. He wants to be with Tamanna, it is Tamanna who is forcing this separation and I think at this point he starts to feel like it's unfair that she gets to sing with these emotions when the choice causing those emotions is her own, unlike his situation and that means that when he sings the next paragraph he goes all out. On second thought, that was a reach on my part and I feel like in this particular moment the simplest explanation is likely the truest. It was about his ego. Radhe's ego which uptil this point has proven disastrous on multiple occasions gets the better of him and he truly can't digest the idea of her being better than him.

Sajan Bin Aaye Na Mohe Nindiya

Rain Bhar Aaye Re Jage Ratiya

Kahe Tu Mohe Sajan Piya Re Dikhe Yeh Nazare Mane Na Apne Akhiyan

Sajan Bin Aaye

[Vocalizations]

I’m Waiting For You

[Vocalizations]

Tu Ghar Aa Mahi

[Vocalizations]

Mahi! Mahi!

[Vocalizations]

I’m Waiting I’m Waiting For You.

I’m Waiting For You.

Oh Ghar Aa Mahi!

This captivating performance ends with the crowd chanting Radhe! Radhe! It's literally Tamanna's worst nightmare come to life! The release of Phas Gaye (Sajan Bin) is what first started to erode Tamanna's self-confidence with every fan pitting Tamanna's musical talent against Radhe's and finding it lacking. And, this is just that on a much bigger platform and it hurts even more because she has worked so hard to get to where she is and she is still found lacking. The fact that Tamanna can rally herself so quickly that she can help her band win the next round is honestly astonishing considering the blow she was dealt but I guess she is in a much better place self-esteem-wise then she was at the end of season 1.

A lot of people in YouTube comments especially were talking about Tamanna going a little too far in singing 'Sajan Bin' and basically injuring Radhe's ego which given Radhe's personality isn't completely out of the realm of possibility. It is a distinct possibility that the idea of Tamanna surpassing him made his ego rear its ugly head. [So, the people in the YouTube comments were on the nose in this instance.]

But the question is - is Radhe wrong? No.

Is Tamanna wrong in blaming Radhe for exploiting a weakness he was intimately aware of? No.

But, she is wrong when she tells Radhe that he was lying when he said that he would happily lose to her because he would, he does. I don't think it is right of Tamanna to expect Radhe to lose to her without putting his best foot forward. I also believe that a lot of what she says in their conversation following this performance is more out of an emotional response than something she actually would have wanted. It also explains why she doesn't hold this against Radhe because I feel she realises that a hollow victory would be worse than defeat. But, given that she has quite literally lived her worst nightmare excuses her state of mind especially because Radhe does, he realises that what happened has been extremely distressing to Tamanna to the point that he has a hard time focusing on his conversation with Ananya.

Also, I saw a braindead opinion talking about how Tamanna disrespected Mohini. She didn't and that is very evident given how Mohini praises Tamanna's performance when the round ends. When she hugs Tamanna, Radhe is again thrown for a loop because I feel like he is literally seeing a dream come true. His mother embraces Tamanna something I don't think he ever gave himself hope to ever see become reality.

In hindsight, I am glad I decided to split these posts up because it would have been impossible to talk so much in-depth in just one post.

My conclusions will have to be in Part 5.

Part One I Part Two I Part Three I Part Four I Conclusion

[respectthepetty]

The Loyal Pin - Episode 5

To know if a dish is good or not, pay attention to the tortilla. If someone eats the entire plate and the tortilla, the dish is fine, but if someone eats the whole plate, then uses the tortilla to clean the plate, that dish is one of the best damn meals ever eaten.

The Loyal Pin is a plate cleaned with a tortilla.

Because just like Pin's amazing dishes, it's fucking delicious!

To begin this episode with Pin running away from Anin and locking herself in the room WHILE IN ANIN'S BLUE and Anin crying outside to be let in is exactly how I want my meal served!

Because Pin loves this Blue Beauty but she cannot bring herself to admit that such a love is possible.

So having Anin give her color and her love to Pin only to be left standing outside alone is the exact angst I needed from this sixteen-course meal.

Anin is making herself sick as she is quickly shut out, but all I know is Becky and Freen better win all of the awards because we are only five episodes in and I. Am. Invested!

Pin shows Anin she still cares by cooking her favorite meals, but she cannot bring herself to face her because she knows what is in her heart. Her pink is so light, it's almost white, yet her skirt is lines which shows Anin is always on her mind.

She is barely herself and the servants are running scared going as far as contemplating eating the food just so Pin will snap back to herself.

So by time her mother returns (still not in her color!), Pin has started turning into an AKA with the pink and green (This is a Greek-letter org joke, but I don't want no smoke from them very kind and fine ladies. They have phenomenal branding is all I'm saying, so good for them. Please and thank you.)

But, thankfully, Prik is a real one and quickly runs back to her princess upon her return only to find her talented and intelligent Blue Beauty passed out on the floor, so my girl runs to save the day.

Because Anin truly has made herself sick over Pin's rejection.

And her color-coded brother is freaking out already making arrangements for his sister-in-color and blood to move back into the big house immediately!

Luckily, Pin decides to take it upon herself to lift Anin's spirit, so Anin takes advantage of the situation and tries to lift some other things as well.

But that backfires and Pin reinforces that she feels nothing for Anin which makes Anin a different kind of blue.

And just like that, Anin loses her color!

She is putting on a brave face for her brother, but then she gets hits with even more bad news from her other color-coded brother.

Ueangfah's father has died!

But leave it up to the realest one in the house because Prik makes sure to always stay loyal to her beautiful and intelligent princess by spinning this dark tragedy into a golden opportunity to make Pin jealous! Sidenote: can we all appreciate the button on Looknam's top that is fighting for its life because it was all I could think about in this scene?

And BOOM, just like what I wanted to happen to that button, Pin snaps and is fully back in her pink color with a knife in her hand and jealously in her heart!

Sorry for your loss Ueangfah, but whatever gets the plot moving works with me.

Pin isn't afraid of what is in her heart anymore. She is a Pink Person once again in her floral skirt!

So once her mother returns (not in her color, so now I'm very worried!), Pin wears her pink skirt with lines for Anin and runs straight over to The Palace of Pines when she hears Anin is back.

Because even though Anin lost her color for a moment, she is as radiant as ever in a blue floral dress. It's clear her heart still belongs to Pin and @babyangelsky and I cheered!

But now it's time for Pin to give her heart to Anin (as well as a few other things).

And we finally got the title-relevant pins!

SO LET'S GO, LESBIANS! IT'S YOUR TIME TO THRIVE!

(well, until the angst returns again next week but until then . . .)

LET'S GO, LESBIANS!

[venomwrites]

Live anon-ing Here from Seismology chapter 19. First of all, if anyone ever feels the need to draw Act 2 episode 6 Cait in Vis pit-fighter jacket. I'm down.

Lol @ Lori's meeting Vander and Jinx making fun of Cait for bedding 2 of her strike team.

Jinx looking at Vis hair and going 'Imma trust the woman who tried to kill me the past half a year with those scissors cause she did a fine job with my sisters hair'

Caitlyn admitting to herself how convoluted Piltover can be with never actually saying what is what. Also Isha is a champ standing by while her big sis has a heart - to - heart with the woman who was shooting at them a few months ago. Two sides of the same coin...

Caitlyn finally getting to be just Caitlyn for a moment even tho it's dire circumstances!!!!

The implications!!! Loris and Scar making bets on the wedding date.

Vi being horny on main for Cait in her jacket!

Listen here: Seismology and Anomalies are my two faves, I love all your AUs, but those two take the cake. Prince Caitlyn is my fave headcanon!!!

A LIVE ANON-ING IM SO FLATTERED!!

I love everything you said so much!

Okay with the haircuts there is like several layers to it (no pun intended) including them shedding some of their grief. They can't do it together yet, but I wanted a common thread. But for Caitlyn it's almost a test. Cutting your family's hair is something that would be expected of a Zaun matriarch. They both kind of see if Caitlyn can do this distinctly Zaun thing. And even though she's nervous Caitlyn pulls it off. It's also the first time she has physical contact with Jinx without freaking out.

Also we all know I'm weak for Caitlyn in Vi's clothing, but I also wanted to contrast her having been in the cape last time Loris saw her to now she's in the jacket. It also helps her with that contact with Jinx. And YES Vi is horny on the main for her in the jacket. She held it together remarkably well I think because Ekko just about died at Jinx's new haircut. But that's not gonna last much longer.

Prince Cait is my fave. I feel like cherry-lemon/sleeping beauty Cait is getting to the Prince Cait title too. But I'm so glad both of those fics are your favorites!!

[not-so-mundane-after-all]

✏️ new year, new wip game 🖋️

the rules: list all your wips (or as many as you feel comfortable sharing), and open your ask box for people to inquire! share the ideas you had, any for it, a snip if you're feeling generous! whatever makes your lil heart happy.

Tagged by @sotvtaughtmehowtofeel thank you for giving me a reason to yap about my wips in public 💙

Okay so there's not many (she said before listing 7 of them). At least for now. But those that are here I am determined to finish

#1. Candid Discourse (Prospect) - Cee and Ezra are kidnapped by Ezra's old crew who demands the money that Ezra stole from them when he ditched them around 10 years ago. Neither knows the other was also kidnapped, though. Two scenes written so far, neither finished.

#2. Febuwhump 2025 - I decided to take part in it this year and write out a few prompts, so far all ideas I have are for Dick and Rachel but it might change. One of the ideas I can share something about is the series finale AU where it's Rachel who goes against Brother Blood in the final fight, but doesn't come back unscathed like Kory did. About half of it is written.

#3. title pending (Titans) - during a standard patrol, Rachel gets accidentally hit with a ricochet knife. I got inspired by a list of angsty panic-filled dialogue starters. Nothing written so far, I just picked the lines from the list that I'm going to use (like 10 of them)

#4. The Prospect/TLOU Crossover - I have no clue when will I actually start writing it but the idea is, Cee and Ezra crash land on Earth, a patrol from Jackson finds them. Joel is freaked out by a guy from space who looks like him. Ellie is losing her shit because there's a guy FROM SPACE that looks like Joel (!!!). Cee might be bleeding. Ezra is definitely panicking more than he's showing. Nothing is written as of now, but there's a lot of notes.

#5. Like a Bullet From a Gun, Run, Daddy, Run (The Hunger Games) - Haymitch takes a bullet for Katniss. I started this a while ago but got stuck, and then the rot went away. I'm hoping the Sunrise at the Reaping will reactivate the rot enough for me to finish it. I have about two scenes left. Maybe three.

#6. Ice Cold (Titans) - during a mission, Dick and Rachel are accidentally locked in a giant freezer. Inspired by one episode of Castle. Nothing written but there are notes

#7. [REDACTED] (Titans) - this one I'll keep under wraps for now, but I am veeeeery excited to work on it. It's in the plotting stage right now, with a lot of notes and rotting. I got some art for it that I'm itching to post, will give it some special treatment in fact, the kind you might have seen before if you've been here long enough 😉 one detail I can share is that it has something to do with time travel and magic 🪄⌚

No pressure tags (as in feel free to ignore) for @undertheknightwing @wonderbatwayne @dilf-din @channelrat @ambeauty

[these-emo-thoughts]

Two if you don't mind! Jeff 5+1 & Owned

First off, thank you again for the tag!! I was going through my WIP's and really was enjoying it 🥹 sometimes we just need little reminders haha

To answer!!

5 + 1 (Jeff centred, Pit Babe)

Originally this was going to be a bit of an angst piece (because let's face it, this is my hell and I've made a home in that genre 🥲) but of course with a happy ending

The main idea was Jeff being acknowledged as the pack omega but feeling conflicted about it since he didn't feel good enough for that role

And ofc the + 1 time was when he realises just how much he's needed and happily accepts that he's home klasdklfjlaks

The 5 scenario ideas included: taking care of a sick character (either Alan or Charlie), wound-tending (Kim after he's been training), advice giving (to Babe or to Sonic/North), nesting (to comfort Kenta / OR Way - I always write Way in these and change his narrative LOL sorry I'm Way/Supanut trash), and being a helpful little angel (just having everything anyone needs at any given moment, eg, food, medicine, a shoulder to cry on, etc)

The title I'm not happy with - I basically put it down so that I wouldn't lose the idea, but I'll post it here anyway! It was: "5 times Jeff was the pack omega + the 1 time it mattered most"

Owned (King/Uea, Bed Friend)

This started after I received this message from my friend/co-worker about the latest episode we had watched for Bed Friend: “If I were King I would make Uea wear that collar all day just so that Krit knows who he belongs to.”

That line did things to me so :""")

The outline is that when the new manager Mr Krit comes onto Uea at work for the nth time, he freaks out so bad that he starts thinking it would be better if he could definitively say he has a boyfriend - except, that's not what Uea and King decided on and he's conflicted about even bringing it up because that would mean accepting that he was getting feelings for King and ofc Uea can't be doing a silly little thing like that. But the harassment gets worse and King notices and proposes a way to shake Mr Krit off Uea's back - by having him wear his collar at work, so that the creep sees that Uea's taken. While it complicates their 'friends with benefit' agreement, they're both way too into it and collar-wearing starts becoming a more regular things for Uea.

Some lines I really liked when working on this!! In their few weeks of sleeping together, Uea had come to realise that King didn’t want him to be an unwilling participant in his fantasies, didn’t want him to be forced into an unpleasant and unenjoyable situation; it was just a proposal, an idea, and the ball was in Uea’s court to either accept or decline. And Uea knew that King would understand if he declined. It was dangerous, feeling happy. Bad things happened to Uea so frequently that happiness always came with conditions. It made Uea’s heart swell with the feelings for King that he was desperately trying to ignore. Agreeing to King’s request came very easily after that, and Uea had experienced a night unlike any other. He may have been the one wearing the collar, but he was definitely the one in control. King was utterly enamoured by him, and Uea had never felt so valued.

Hope you enjoyed that!!

[nalyra-dreaming]

I freaked out so much when I saw those episode titles!! I know in my heart that "don't be afraid, just start the tape" is going to be the finale, and it's going to be said by Lestat when he shows up in the present day. I can't wait!

Ohhhhh, that would be something spicy indeed!!

I'm not so sure myself, I think it might be the first one instead, but... I do love the idea!!! :)

Not that long till we'll know :))))